Men wearing face masks walk past a Gap store at a shopping area, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, China February 7, 2020. Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — China’s capital city will hand out about $1.5 million in a limited trial of the central bank’s digital
Month: February 2021
Travelers may have read that now is the “perfect time” to visit Tahiti, but they will be surprised to find it — and the rest of French Polynesia — is suddenly closed to them. As vaccinations are opening borders to some countries, Covid mutations are causing others to close. The volatile nature of the pandemic’s
By Nancy Collamer, Next Avenue Seth and Mark Samuelson are reaping profits from the gardening trend courtesy of Seth and Mark Samuelson It’s been nearly a year since the coronavirus pandemic upended our lives. A year when we embraced new habits (curbside pickup) and technologies (Zoom) and found solace in old pastimes (gardening and baking).
Treasury Department records show that 2020 set a new record for the number of Americans who renounced their U.S. citizenship or gave up their long-term green cards. Common reasons for renouncing can be family, tax and legal complications for people who generally live outside the United States. There is an official list published quarterly, and the
Tom Brady may have won six Super Bowls in 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, but he’s also established a winning record off the field—by moving around, buying and selling real estate from Montana to Los Angeles to New York. After all, it takes shrewd dealmaking to become one of the NFL’s highest-paid players
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Friday a new device that could help prevent sleep apnea and snoring — and it doesn’t need to be worn at night. People who snore — and their partners — currently have very few options on the market to alleviate their suffering. And much of what is available
U.S. stock index futures rose in overnight trading on Sunday, as the major averages looked to accelerate gains following the best week since November. Futures contracts tied to the Dow gained 75 points, or 0.27%. S&P 500 futures were 0.3% higher, while Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.33%. The S&P 500 closed at a record high
At some point during the first quarter of Sunday’s Super Bowl LV, billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is set to appear on around 100 million television screens in a 30-second spot he bought to tout “the world’s first all-civilian mission” to space — a SpaceX mission he is paying to command. The mission, dubbed Inspiration4, is
getty How does income affect fertility rates or, more generally, family size? Or, put more bluntly, do the poor have more kids than the middle class? Do they, are they’ve long been accused of, have “too many” kids? Turns out, it’s hard to find data to answer that question. We know that fertility rates vary
be responsible and protect ecological environment, environmental protection symbol texture getty Last month gave us another building material reuse charitable deduction case. The Fourth Circuit sustained a district court decision that entirely denied any charitable deduction to Lawrence and Linda Mann for material from the tear-down of a Bethesda, Maryland house that went to Second Chance
The Helix will have outdoor gardens on the exterior spiral walkways. NBBJ/Amazon The work-from-home trend isn’t stopping Amazon from continuing with its development plans for HQ2 near Crystal City, VA. This week they submitted plans for the Helix—a spherical shaped building on their PenPlace campus which will bring 2.8 million square feet of new office
Outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, U.S. December 13, 2017. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The U.S. could return to full employment in 2022 if President Joe Biden‘s $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package is passed, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on
Qualcomm reported first quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday. Adjusted earnings beat expectations but Qualcomm’s sales were slightly lower than what Wall Street expected, sending the stock down over 7% in extended trading. Here’s how Qualcomm did, compared to Refinitiv consensus estimates: Earnings: $2.17 per share, adjusted, versus $2.10 estimated Revenue: $8.23 billion, adjusted, versus
A person walks into the Nordstrom store open for business as New York City moves into Phase 2 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic on June 29, 2020 in New York, New York. Rob Kim | Getty Images Retailers including Nordstrom, Coach owner Tapestry and Michael Kors parent Capri Holdings are
A United Parcel Service worker delivers packages in New York City. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Volatility has made its way back to Wall Street. Over the last few weeks, the trading mania related to GameStop and AMC Entertainment has hogged headlines, after a group of retail investors banded together to bid up the share
Before the pandemic, volunteers for Creighton University’s VITA program worked closely with clients to file their tax returns for free. Tom Purcell Creighton University’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, or VITA, program has a new look this year, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of in-person meetings, where people sit face-to-face with students volunteering to help
Chuck Bolotin with gas station attendants in Baja California Sur, Mexico Chuck Bolotin In his book on happiness, Dennis Prager points out that gratitude is a pre-condition for happiness (as well as goodness) and one of the most important emotions one can feel and cultivate. It’s one of the main reasons why, for thousands of years,
Goldman Sachs chief David Solomon sold the home at 145 Central Park West in 2016 for $21.5 million. Warburg Realty The former Upper West Side home of Goldman Sachs chairman and chief executive officer David Solomon has come on the market for $24 million. The investment banking executive owned the fourth-floor co-op at the exclusive
Bruce Springsteen stars and narrates a two-minute Super Bowl ad called “The Middle” for Jeep. Screenshot Bruce Springsteen is encouraging Americans to meet “in the middle” during a Super Bowl LV ad for Jeep – his first-ever appearance in a commercial. The iconic musician, known as “The Boss,” stars in and narrates the scenic two-minute
People volunteer for Covid-19 surveillance testing using the Quest Diagnostics self administered PCR test on on July 12, 2020 in Livingston, Montana. William Campbell | Getty Images Quest Diagnostics said Thursday that continued high demand for Covid-19 testing helped drive record revenues and earnings for the company in the fourth quarter and full year 2020.
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