© Reuters. Passengers wear masks at Hong Kong West Kowloon High Speed Train Station Terminus, before temporary closing, following the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong HONG KONG (Reuters) – Trade unions in Hong Kong, including hospital and rail workers, are threatening to go on strike unless the government closes theRead More →
Saudi supporters called for an Amazon boycott on Thursday, angered by the accusations that their crown prince had hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone. U.N. human-rights experts linked Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday to the hacking of a phone belonging to the Amazon AMZN, -0.43% founder and Washington PostRead More →
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Walmart is facing increasing pressure to pull guns from its shelves in the wake of the recent shootings at its El Paso, Texas and Southaven, Miss. stores that killed 24 people. Shoppers were also on edge after a man in body armor and armed with a rifle sparked panic atRead More →
Warren Buffett said “only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked”. If the Federal Reserve’s recent move to possibly lower interest rates results in weakness in the U.S. dollar, yield-hungry life insurance companies in Japan and Taiwan that bought dollar-denominated bonds without hedging for currencyRead More →
Helping to make America great again has become this retired Home Depot co-founder’s own DIY project. Billionaire Bernie Marcus recently made headlines by sharing that he plans to give 80% to 90% of his wealth (estimated at $4.53 billion by Bloomberg, or $5.8 billion by Forbes) to charity when heRead More →
