Factors such as age and underlying health conditions such as diabetes can put you at a higher risk of contracting coronavirus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But one more factor that could affect your chances of getting coronavirus is your blood type, at least accordingRead More →
The number of Americans with confirmed case of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed above 1.8 million on Tuesday, amid concerns that protests about the death of George Floyd last week, and people gathering in groups as lockdowns are lifted, will spark a fresh wave of infections. President Donald TrumpRead More →
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toshiba Corp (T:) said on Saturday it “could not confirm existence” of transactions worth some 20 billion yen ($181.59 million) at one of its subsidiaries in the first half of this fiscal year, prompting it to revise past financial statements. The irregularities, which occurred over multiple years,Read More →
Getty Images President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence examine a wheel loader from Caterpillar Inc. on the South Lawn of the White House in 2017. President Donald Trump’s strategy to use import tariffs to protect and boost U.S. manufacturers backfired and led to job losses and higher prices,Read More →
TOKYO (Reuters) – An investigation by the Japan Post group has found some 9,000 cases of improperly sold insurance, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Sunday, adding the group will release the findings on Dec. 18. Japan Post Insurance Co Ltd (T:), a unit of Japan Post Holdings (T:), said inRead More →
A report by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research found that about 30% of all bond mutual funds contain riskier holdings than what is being reflected by Morningstar, Inc, a large, third-party research service that aims to help investors vet these funds and their performance. The report warns thatRead More →
© Reuters. A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson (N:) said on Friday it would recall a single lot of its baby powder in the United States after the Food and Drug Administration found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken fromRead More →
Getty Images Service-oriented companies such as hotels are still doing decent business, but things are not as brisk as they were a year earlier. The numbers: Service-oriented companies that employ the vast majority of Americans registered the weakest growth in September in three years, adding to a cacaphony of reportsRead More →
Bloomberg News/Landov Employees prepare jet engine components using liquid nitrogen at the General Electric Co. assembly plant. American manufacturers face tougher times owing to a U.S. trade war with China and a slowing global economy. The numbers: American manufacturers posted the biggest contraction in September since the end of theRead More →
© Reuters. Recovered belongings believed to be from the crashed Lion Air flight JT610 are laid out at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta (Reuters) – Indonesian investigators have found that design and oversight lapses played a key role in the October crash of Boeing Co’s (N:) 737 MAX jet thatRead More →
Companies with better representation of women in their workforce and their senior ranks see better share-price returns than those who don’t, according to new research. The findings from Morgan Stanley echo other studies but is based off very recent data, from January 2010 to May 2019. The brokerage evaluated 1,875Read More →
Bloomberg A worker welds metal components. Manufacturers are still expanding, but barely. Ongoing U.S. trade fights have dampened exports and hurt the global economy. The numbers: American manufacturers grew in July at the slowest pace in three years thanks to festering U.S. trade disputes that have hurt exports and underminedRead More →
Getty Images The U.S. economy is still moving forward, driven by service-oriented companies such as retailers, banks and restaurants. The numbers: The service side of the U.S. economy that employs the vast majority of Americans posted somewhat faster growth in May and executives were “mostly optimistic” despite worries about tradeRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Boeing 737 MAX 8 takes off during a flight test in Renton, Washington By David Shepardson (Reuters) – A Federal Aviation Administration review board said on Tuesday that a software update to the grounded Boeing (NYSE:) 737 MAX aircraft was found to be “operationally suitable.”Read More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Surveillance camera is seen outside an Apple store in Beijing By Stephen Nellis and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – Mobile phone chip supplier Qualcomm (NASDAQ:) Inc on Friday won a legal victory against iPhone maker Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), with a jury in federal court in San DiegoRead More →
Fans from Mexico are by far the top international ticket buyers at this year’s Super Bowl, snapping up nearly half the tickets sold to non-U.S. buyers for America’s biggest sporting event. That’s according to data from Ticketmaster LYV, -1.38% on the growing global ticket market for the NFL championship.Read More →
Just when it seemed as if gold’s rally was running out of steam, the metal got a big lift on Friday from a convergence of bullish factors. Not the least of these factors was the sharp decline in the U.S. dollar index as the British pound strengthened on speculations overRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Subaru’s logo is pictured at its factory in Ota TOKYO (Reuters) – Subaru Corp (T:) on Friday said it did not pay overtime wages over a two-year period to some 3,400 employees who under-reported their hours, a revelation that surfaced in an internal probe following theRead More →
The can: Fort Point Beer Co.’s Manzanita, $11.99 for a six-pack The back story: Call this a marriage of craft brewing and a campfire, with a woodsy California twist. Fort Point, a San Francisco beer maker with an eclectic array of offerings, is one of the few American breweries toRead More →
Two years ago on the main stage at CES, Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Jensen Huang proudly proclaimed that his company’s technology would lead to Level 4 autonomy — basically full self-driving — on the market by 2020. As 2019 dawned, Huang’s big news at CES was a “Level 2+” systemRead More →
