A ThredUp warehouse. Source: ThredUp Despite the coronavirus pandemic upending much of the retail industry and putting a damper on apparel sales, the secondhand clothing market is still expected to boom, according to one online, resale marketplace.  The secondhand apparel market is valued at about $28 billion today and is forecast to reach $64 billion
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TOPLINE Asked whether the government will send Americans another stimulus check in an interview Monday with Scripps Washington correspondent Joe St. George, President Trump said, “Yeah, we are,” and indicated that another bipartisan stimulus bill is on the way, but did not elaborate further on the possibility of another round of direct payments to Americans. 
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Dr. Daniel Kombert, medical director for the Care Logistics Center and the director for the Clinical Command Center, middle, works with other medical professionals as they answer calls and track data at the Hartford HealthCare COVID-19 Command Center in Newington, Conn., on March 10, 2020. Kassi Jackson | Hartford Courant | Tribune News Service via
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An airline employee walks past empty American Airlines check-in terminals at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on May 12, 2020. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: American Airlines — American Airlines dropped more than 6% to become one of the biggest losers in the S&P 500 after the
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Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who made a killing this year by nailing the market bottom, on Monday disclosed plans for an initial public offering of a $4 billion blank-check company, which will target so-called “Mature Unicorns.” The new investment vehicle named Pershing Square
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A mini online shopping cart filled with packages on a laptop. Getty Tax Notes legal reporter Jennifer McLoughlin interviews Richard Cram, director of the Multistate Tax Commission’s National Nexus Program, on the state of the sales tax landscape two years after the Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc.  McLoughlin moderates a discussion between Bradley
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Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft outside Spaceport America in New Mexico. Virgin Galactic Shares of Virgin Galactic shares jumped Monday after it signed an agreement with NASA that will allow the space tourism venture to train astronauts for trips to the International Space Station on flights to the edge of space. The company — which is publicly traded
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Pandemic Adds Psychological Stress To Financial Worries Getty Psychological stress exacerbates existing financial stresses. At the same time, financial stresses obviously contribute to psychological stresses. This vicious cycle is more widespread among non-white or Latinx people, widening already gaping wealth inequality by race and ethnicity. A large share of people suffers from psychological stress right
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