The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that Europe’s death toll from the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 could exceed 2 million by March, as cases have climbed to nearly 4,200 a day and the illness has become the No. 1 cause of death on the continent. WHO European regional director Dr.Read More →
Roblox Corp. was digging itself out from a three-day outage that shut millions of users out Monday, as investors wiped away more than $1 billion of the videogame company’s market capitalization. Roblox RBLX, -2.68% shares declined as much as 4% Monday, and were last down 2.9% at $81.61, afterRead More →
Meta is the new name for Facebook Inc. The change, announced Thursday by Facebook FB, +3.48% founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, relegates Facebook to one of the company’s three major platforms — which also includes Instagram and WhatsApp — rather than the overarching brand amid whistleblower revelations andRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of LG Chem is seen at its office building in Seoul, South Korea, October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd and LG Electronics Inc said on Tuesday their latest quarterly results accounted for costs of about 1.1Read More →
With supply chain channels snarled by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, major retailers like Target Corp. and Home Depot Inc. are taking matters into their own hands, chartering ships to deliver goods in time for the important holiday season. Retailers large and small, consumer packaged goods companies andRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Alex Beard, head of oil at trading firm Glencore, looks on during an interview in Tlalnepantla, state of Mexico, Mexico, August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ginnette Riquelme/File Photo By Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON (Reuters) – Alex Beard is losing his thirst for oil. Once one of the world’sRead More →
If you were thinking of starting a business with money from your individual retirement account, you might want to put that idea on hold for a moment. Ditto if you were thinking of using tax-deferred retirement accounts to invest in a startup run by a friend or a memberRead More →
Evergrande, a Chinese property giant nursing more than $300 billion in debt, remains on the brink of default — sending global equities tumbling Monday as investors, who had previously ignored the situation, sat up and took notice. Fears of a bursting property bubble have long been a concern forRead More →
Your Tom Cruise fix is going to have to wait a bit longer. Paramount Pictures on Wednesday moved back the release dates for Cruise’s next two films yet again, due to concerns that COVID-19 will continue to hurt the movie-theater business. “Top Gun: Maverick,” which was expected to premiereRead More →
Requiring that schoolchildren get vaccinated for COVID-19 “is a good idea,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday. While acknowledging that a vaccine mandate for kids would likely be controversial, President Joe Biden’s top pandemic adviser told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the benefits would far outweigh the risks. “IRead More →
Shoppers moved online in droves during the pandemic — and online prices moved upwards. “The COVID-19 pandemic reversed a predictable pattern in e-commerce, where consumers were generally able to purchase goods cheaper online. This reversal was the result of surging demand, supply chain constraints, and growth in categories that hadRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Peloton exercise bike is seen after the ringing of the opening bell for the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in New York City, September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo (Corrects typo in paragraph 10) By Joyce Philippe (Reuters) -Peloton Interactive Inc investorsRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A map of China is seen through a magnifying glass on a computer screen showing binary digits in Singapore in this January 2, 2014 photo illustration. Picture taken January 2, 2014. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China moved on Tuesday to tightenRead More →
© Reuters. SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Nesius (Reuters) – SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on SaturdayRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane is seen at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the Greater Los Angeles Area, California, U.S., April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines (NYSE:) Co became the first big U.S. carrier to warn of a hit fromRead More →
A new form of digital layaway has taken Europe by storm and gained some acceptance in the US, and the growing handful of opponents in space want to encourage more online purchases that Americans pay for over time. ‘Buy now, pay later’ options – referred to in the paymentsRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo for Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global Inc is pictured during the IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo (Reuters) -Ride-hailing company Didi Global on Thursday denied a media report thatRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of the exterior of the Nasdaq market site in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (Reuters) – Exchange operator Nasdaq Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, boosted by strength in its trading business asRead More →
Gary Vaynerchuk wears many hats. He’s an entrepreneur, CEO, angel investor, public speaker and social-media guru — not to mention the actual hat he wore during his interview with MarketWatch showing he’s a fan of the New York Jets. Vaynerchuk, 45, is the CEO of media and communications companyRead More →
Weeks before Didi Global Inc. went public in the U.S., China’s cybersecurity watchdog suggested the Chinese ride-hailing giant delay its initial public offering and urged it to conduct a thorough self-examination of its network security, according to people with knowledge of the matter. But for Didi DIDI, -5.30%, waiting would be problematic.Read More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines passenger jet lands at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, U.S. December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren By Tim Hepher, Tracy Rucinski and Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) – United Airlines was putting the finishing touches on Monday to an airplane order potentially worthRead More →
By Yilei Sun and Tony Munroe SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG (OTC:)’s ID series – the backbone of its electric vehicle ambitions – is off to what even company sources call a worryingly slow start in China. Sales in May of two ID.4 electric SUV models, launched only twoRead More →
Professional short-sellers have changed their ways this year. They have limited their exposure to risk after taking heavy losses earlier in 2021 as traders using Reddit’s WallStreetBets channel and other social media bid up prices of stocks the pros had bet against. But there are still stocks with heavyRead More →
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission warned Monday that it is closely monitoring frenetic moves in the stock market, amid the stratospheric surge in values of meme stocks AMC Entertainment and GameStop Corp. “SEC staff continues to monitor the market in light of the ongoing volatility in certain stocksRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market index listed company JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is seen in Los Angeles, California, United States, in this October 12, 2010 file photo. JPMorgan Chase & Co. owns Chase Commerical Bank and JPMorgan HONG KONG (Reuters) – JPMorganRead More →
