Employees make face masks on a production line at a glove factory, which has started producing face masks as overseas orders for masks at an all time high amid the coronavirus outbreak, on May 16, 2020 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. Yu Haiyang | China News Service via Getty Images BEIJING — The global coronavirus
Month: July 2020
The European Commission on Tuesday released its much-anticipated list of countries whose residents will be permitted to travel into the EU starting tomorrow. Who’s in? Residents of Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay. If China reopens its borders to EU residents, it will also
Pedestrians in Washington pass a “We Are Open” restaurant sign during the Covid-19 outbreak on May 12. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters When it comes to the next coronavirus stimulus package and providing more direct financial aid, the question on most Americans’ lips is, “Will they or won’t they?” One political analyst predicts it’s likely lawmakers
Months ago when the virus took hold it looked as if marriage rates might tank – continuing a 100 year low. After all, a lot of couples were postponing big weddings. As it turns out, though, in a number of counties more people applied for marriage licenses than in years past. Couples are now exchanging
NIXVILLE, SC – APRIL 13: A man walks in front of a home destroyed by a tornado on April 13, 2020 … [+] near Nixville, South Carolina. A string of storms across the southern United States that began Easter Sunday and continued into today produced multiple tornados resulting in more than 30 deaths and dozens
Nate Baker is the Co-Founder and CEO of Qualia, a digital real estate closing platform. Getty In today’s world, you can buy almost anything on your phone and have it delivered to you. And with the Covid-19 pandemic forcing the world toward contactless interactions, online shopping has become a fundamental part of daily life. But even
White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Tuesday the U.S. coronavirus outbreak is “going to be very disturbing” if it continues on its current trajectory. States with surging outbreaks continue to pause and rollback efforts to reopen the economy while others that have found some success in fighting virus, particularly in the Northeast, roll out
A person looks into a closed Macy’s Inc. department store near Union Square in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images The road to recovery at Macy’s is likely going to be a rocky one because of the coronavirus pandemic. The retailer warned Wednesday that sales are falling
The front facade of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen in New York City, New York, U.S., June 26, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. 7:52 am: Senate passes extension for PPP The Senate agreed to extend the Paycheck Protection Program through Aug. 8
US President Donald Trump poses with Sheldon Adelson (L) and his wife Miriam Adelson ahead of his sddress ro the Israeli American Council National Summit 2019 at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida on December 7, 2019. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images America’s billionaires are now spending 20 times more on political
Joseph Wardenaar was an executive chef in Portland before the coronavirus hit. Now he’s pursuing a career in computer programming. Source: Joseph Wardenaar Before the coronavirus crisis, Joseph Wardenaar was a successful chef in Portland, Oregon. At 36, he had worked his way up from line cook to executive chef at Irving Street Kitchen. Then,
TOPLINE Despite a surge in coronavirus cases across the country, the market opened higher on Wednesday, the first day of the third quarter, after stocks got a boost from positive coronavirus vaccine news and strong jobs data. Stocks moved higher to start the third quarter. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images KEY FACTS The Dow Jones
The President’s disaster declaration opens a window to unusual tax claims Eyeing losses Getty Are you reporting net capital gains on the 2019 tax return you’re about to file? Have you already taken, or could you take, losses this year on bad stocks? Then you should visit your accountant for another look at Section 165(i)
This has been a period like no other in the past century. We will have to wait through the third … [+] quarter to see its actual ongoing impact on residential, retail, and commercial prices, but one thing seems certain. How we use the built spaces around us will never be quite the same again.
A sign indicating beach at full capacity stands at Bogatell beach in Barcelona, Spain. Bloomberg European travel and leisure stocks have rebounded in recent weeks but still have a long way to go before returning to pre-crisis levels. The Stoxx 600 travel and leisure sector, which covers 16 companies, sank 42% in the first quarter
TransferWise co-founders Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus. TransferWise Financial technology firm TransferWise has obtained a license from the U.K. markets watchdog to offer retail investment services to clients. The London-based firm started life as a means of sending money internationally online. In 2018, it made a deeper push into banking by offering a “borderless” multi-currency
Gary Vaynerchuk wishes young people would stop aspiring to make millions of dollars. The 44-year-old self-made multimillionaire entrepreneur and CEO of VaynerMedia says he’s seen that chasing millions makes people unhappy in life. “If you’re under 25, you think you have to make a million dollars a year to even be in the game,” Vaynerchuk tells
ROBERTO SCHMIDT It’s impossible to think about racial injustice in the U.S. without looking at the distribution of dollars. In many ways that Americans work to establish themselves financially — through the stock market, net worth and homeownership — Black families trail White families. “To put it simply, we don’t have a level playing field,” said Evelyn Brodkin, an
TOPLINE The stock market finished higher on Tuesday, closing out its best quarter since 1998 despite a rising number of coronavirus cases across the country—as many states pause or walk back reopening plans altogether. The market had its best second quarter in decades. Spencer Platt/Getty Images KEY FACTS The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up
Getty The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continues to resume operations. According to the IRS Commissioner, as of mid-month, thousands of employees had returned to facilities in seven states (Kentucky, Texas, Utah, Georgia, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Missouri) with employees in four more states and Puerto Rico returning on June 29. The IRS will reopen facilities in