The coronavirus might be making paper money seem dirtier than ever. PayPal Holdings Inc., a digital payments platform that helps money move online, raised $4 billion in the corporate bond market on Monday, underscoring how companies that make life under lockdown easier can also borrow cheaply. The company’s 10-year slug of bonds priced at 160 […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has not yet significantly hurt marijuana producer Tilray Inc.’s pot operations, as the Canadian company said late Monday it’s on track to achieve a measure of profitability by the end of the year. Shares of Tilray TLRY, +3.85% fell 5.3% in the extended session after closing up 3.9% to close at $8.08 […]
Tesla Inc. escalated a showdown with local health authorities and reopened its Fremont, Calif., car-making plant beyond minimal operations. Chief Executive Elon Musk earlier Monday vowed on Twitter to reopen the plant, Tesla’s TSLA, -0.99% sole U.S. car-making facility, in defiance of a regional shutdown order to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The plant […]
Two Native American tribes are defying South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s order to remove roadside checkpoints that tribal leaders claim are necessary to keep the coronavirus from infecting reservations, officials said Monday. If the Oglala and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes don’t take down their checkpoints on state and federal highways, the government in Pierre will […]
President Trump said Monday that a video showing two white men in Georgia gunning down and killing an African-American jogger is “heartbreaking,” though he left open the possibility that “an empty spot on the tape” might reveal more information in the case. Trump was asked about the video that shows the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery […]
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is looking for his Joe Biden. Biden has begun the vetting process for a running mate after announcing his vice presidential committee on April 30. Biden has previously told donors that he would like the vetting process done by July. Biden has committed to having a woman […]
Moisés Escamilla May died in Puente Grande prison in Jalisco state Moisés Escamilla May, a notorious Mexican gang leader, has died in prison after contracting coronavirus. Escamilla, 45, was the leader of a group within the feared criminal cartel Los Zetas. He was serving a 37-year sentence for organised crime, including his role in the […]
Tehran (AFP) – An Iranian warship was accidentally hit by a missile during exercises in the Gulf of Oman, killing at least one, state television said Monday, amid tensions with the US in the waterway. The friendly fire incident involving the Konarak vessel occurred on Sunday afternoon near Bandar-e Jask, off the southern coast of […]
Colombian airline Avianca Holdings SA filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. as travel restrictions curtail flights and the company vies for public assistance from the Colombian and other governments to endure the coronavirus pandemic. The company sought Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York on Sunday, saying the filing “was necessitated […]