Month: September 2020

Integrated circuits on a circuit board. The semiconductor industry has been in focus during the U.S.-China trade war. filonmar | E+ | Getty Images The Trump administration is considering imposing export restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, China’s largest manufacturer of semiconductors, according to a Defense Department spokesperson.  The Department of Defense is in discussions over
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View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images There is a great debate raging around the world on the future of office spaces. Many are trying to return to the way things were, while others claim the modern office is dead. Huge companies are following Twitter’s example in saying that their workforce can work from home
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The Tulum, Mexico, location of Outsite, a co-living and co-working start-up that has become popular with digital nomads, and is betting that work-life balance will become work-tourism-life balance amid the massive shift to remote work caused by Covid-19. Outsite With much of the professional world shifting to remote work and widespread acceptance of the concept among
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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – SEPTEMBER 04: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a … [+] campaign event September 4, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden spoke on the economy that has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Getty Images Joe Biden has promised a vast array of new spending — not,
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Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft Unity reaches space for the first time. Source: Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic plans to conducts its next crewed spaceflight test on Oct. 22, according to documents the company filed with the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday. The flight will be the first of two that the space tourism company has planned to complete
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Saving for retirement is hard enough without having to manage multiple investment accounts. With the proliferation of tax-advantaged accounts, however, many individuals juggle several if not more than a dozen retirement accounts. An investment tracking tool can help manage all of these accounts in one place, and below are the three best investment tracking apps
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WAN CHAI, HONG KONG, HONG KONG ISLAND – 2018/04/07: A Bitcoin ATM machine in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. … [+] (Photo by Miguel Candela/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) © 2018 SOPA Images Popular virtual currency Bitcoin has been a news fixture since its introduction in 2009. If fact, Bitcoin is the world’s leading virtual currency,
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The affects of indoor air quality is top of mind as we spend more time at home Is your vacuum spewing particles back into the air? picture alliance via Getty Images The EPA cites indoor air quality (IAQ) as one of the top five environmental risks to public health. Since the pandemic’s March shut down,
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Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: DocuSign (DOCU) – The provider of electronic signature technology reported quarterly earnings of 17 cents per share, more than doubling the 8 cents a share consensus estimate. Revenue also beat forecasts and DocuSign issued upbeat full-year guidance. Broadcom (AVGO) – Broadcom came in
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Ariel Skelley | DigitalVision | Getty Images Saving for retirement could look very different during the pandemic. Especially vulnerable are independent business owners and the self-employed, who in the best of times are on the hook for not only funding their own future retirement but daily income, as well. Even before the pandemic, just 13% of those
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Hoteliers and prospective visitors hope Fort Lauderdale’s all-important beach, the local tourist industry’s most valuable asset, will be open for the Labor Day weekend. Thus far, officials say, it will be. Amy Beth Bennett| Sun Sentinel | Tribune News Service via Getty Images The United States is headed for a new phase of the coronavirus
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