Facebook Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Thursday after the social-media giant blew past Wall Street estimates for the second quarter and addressed how advertiser boycotts could potentially affect their business. Facebook FB, +0.51% shares surged more than 7% in after-hours trading Thursday, following a 0.5% rise to close the session at $234.50, and […]
The supplemental $600 a week that unemployed Americans have been receiving as part of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act expires this month. It has been welcomed by millions of Americans who are out of work and struggling to make ends meet due to the economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic. But employers and some members […]
This is not the first public-health emergency Dr. Anthony Fauci says he has faced, but it’s up there with the worst of them — and it’s not close to being over yet. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for three decades, was on the front lines of the AIDS pandemic […]
Co-founder of The Lincoln Project Steve Schmidt, talking to Joy Reid on Wednesday: (NBC) The co-founder of Republican anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project has called congressman Louie Gohmert ”America’s craziest and dumbest congressman”, following confirmation he tested positive for coronavirus. Steve Schmidt co-founded the Republican political action committee that is aiming to prevent the reelection […]
Michael Flynn’s attempts to have his guilty plea dismissed is now headed for review by the full US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The full panel of the Washington, DC, Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to reexamine the legal fight over Michael Flynn’s guilty plea from the Mueller […]
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Sometimes they approach with a smile. Other times, it’s with the rage of angels. About four months ago, Terence Fitzgerald, and his two sons, who are 5 and 3 years old, were on a weekend bike ride in his neighborhood, a quiet suburb in Southern California with picturesque houses situated amid generous lawns. “My oldest […]
Shares in Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. PPC, +0.93% fell 4% in the extended session Wednesday after the chicken producer reported a second-quarter loss and a decline in sales. Fabio Sandri, interim CEO of Pilgrim’s (CEO Jayson Penn began a leave of absence last month after being charged in a federal price-fixing case), cited challenging conditions during […]
It has been a bruising day for tech’s biggest names on Capitol Hill, but they didn’t break. The CEOs of Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +1.32% , GOOG, +1.44% , Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.10% , Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.91% , and Facebook Inc. FB, +1.37% endured more than five hours of grueling questions about competition […]
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday announced there was an agreement to begin withdrawing federal officers from Portland, but a top Trump official said there would still be an “augmented” force present in the city. Brown, a Democrat, said the agreement, which goes into effect on Thursday, was struck after discussions with Vice President Mike […]