(Bloomberg) — More than a year of political paralysis in Israel could be nearing an end now that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and bitter rival Benny Gantz have signed a power-sharing agreement to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. It’s a big achievement for Netanyahu because he gets to stay in power for the next 18 months […]
Under the Trump administration’s $2.2 trillion CARES Act, the Internal Revenue Service is sending $1,200 to individuals with annual adjusted gross income below $75,000 and $2,400 to married couples filing taxes jointly who earn under $150,000, plus $500 per qualifying child. The payments begin to shrink above those levels. Do you think that threshold is […]
Netflix Inc. executives admitted Tuesday they have no idea what the future holds amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and any forecasts they make for the rest of the year are pure “guesswork.” The streaming giant said Tuesday that it added nearly 16 million new subscribers in the first quarter, an unprecedented surge in growth, as millions […]
Three years ago, at age 45, I found a lump in my breast that would mark the end of my life as I knew it. I am not alone: In 2020, approximately 276,000 women in this country will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Most will be cured. Their treatment will challenge their bodies and […]
Social Security recipients who have children but haven’t filed taxes recently need to submit their payment information to the feds by Wednesday in order receive a $500 stimulus check for every dependent child. While Social Security recipients who don’t usually file taxes do not need to take any special actions to get their own $1,200 […]
Updated with late Tuesday afternoon WTI prices for June and September delivery. Oil producers seem to face black-swan events that can destroy demand or greatly increase supply at any time. So far this year the pain is only getting worse. Below is a list of U.S. oil producers and oilfield servicers with the highest leverage […]
For the past several weeks, a fixture of President Trump’s daily coronavirus task force press briefings has been his insistence that the ultimate measure of his administration’s handling of the pandemic will be the number of Americans killed by COVID-19. At Monday’s briefing, Trump said the latest projections for coronavirus fatalities proved the wisdom of […]
In this Sunday, April 19, 2020 photo Syrian Wassim Mukdad poses for a photograph at the Berlin offices of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Germany. Together with more than a dozen other witnesses, Mukdad will testify before a German court in the trial of Anwar R., a former member of Syria’s secret […]
Snap Inc. and Netflix Inc. have seen increased usage as the COVID-19 pandemic forces people to entertain themselves at home, but only one is expected to see increased earnings when they report financial results Tuesday afternoon. Snap US:SNAP depends on advertising revenue through its popular Snapchat platform, which will make it the first internet company […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump has started feuds with several governors during the coronavirus response, with diatribes against Jay Inslee of Washington, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and J.B. Pritzker of Illinois complicating calls for national unity and bipartisanship. Even New York’s Andrew Cuomo, usually the recipient of the president’s praise, has come in for the occasional […]