Saying goodbye to a wild year for stocks
We’re hoping to shelve the word ‘unprecedented’ for a while as 2021 gets underway — but first, one final look at a 2020. The Dow…
Continue ReadingWe’re hoping to shelve the word ‘unprecedented’ for a while as 2021 gets underway — but first, one final look at a 2020. The Dow…
Continue ReadingLegendary talk show host and former CNN interviewer Larry King has Covid-19, according to a source close to the family. King, 87, has been…
Continue ReadingBitcoin has been flirting with the $30,000 mark for weeks, and finally passed that record-setting level Saturday. The virtual currency is now valued…
Continue ReadingThe UK’s chief medical officers have defended a decision to delay second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in order to prioritize first…
Continue ReadingThe Dow and the S&P 500 started and ended this unprecedented year at all-time highs — with a lot of volatility along the way. All three major…
Continue ReadingThe stock market’s wild 2020 ride is finally coming to an end. Stocks are at record highs once again, just like they were at the start of this…
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. The year 2021 is…
Continue ReadingAlden Global Capital, the largest shareholder of Tribune Publishing, said Thursday it offered to take full control of the newspaper chain in a deal…
Continue ReadingTarget is recalling some infant and toddler clothes because of snaps that could be a choking hazard. The snaps on the Cloud Island infant rompers and…
Continue ReadingNew York City tourism and real estate officials are hoping Thursday night’s New Year’s Eve celebration will mark a turning point for…
Continue ReadingThis is normally the time of the year that gas prices fall to their low point. Not this year. Gas prices are now close to their highest point since…
Continue ReadingAnother 787,000 Americans filed first-time claims for jobless benefits during the Christmas week, factoring in seasonal adjustments, the Labor…
Continue ReadingCome Friday, many low-wage workers across the US are getting a pay bump. Twenty states are raising their minimum wage rates — some by pennies,…
Continue ReadingBritain’s largest supermarket chain Tesco underpaid almost 80,000 of its workers, the UK government has revealed, as it “named and…
Continue ReadingTicketmaster entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York and will pay $10 million in fines to resolve charges that…
Continue ReadingJill Soltau was hired to save JCPenney. Two years later, her company was sold out of bankruptcy and she’s been shown the exit. This isn’t…
Continue ReadingIn a year of widespread and often devastating hardships, no business or industry came through 2020 untouched by the Covid-19 pandemic. But for some…
Continue ReadingFirst it was Beyoncé. Now it’s … Elvis? Peloton is unveiling its second music partnership, which includes custom-made tunes from the…
Continue ReadingIn a year of widespread and often devastating hardships, no business or industry came through 2020 untouched by the Covid-19 pandemic. But for some…
Continue ReadingThe United Kingdom on Wednesday become the first country to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca. The shot…
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