Shares of Tesla Inc. TSLA, +10.78% on Friday surged 11% to close at a record $1,544.65 as some investors bet demand for the Silicon Valley electric-car maker’s vehicles remains strong despite diminished prospects for car sales overall amid the coronavirus pandemic. The shares traded as high as $1,548.92. Tesla is scheduled to report second-quarter results […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content]U.S. Treasury yields rebound on Friday as concerns about the impact of rising American coronavirus cases ebbed, pulling investors into stocks at the expense of government bonds.
1 / 6 Confederate Flag Protest South Carolina Demonstrators dressed in civil war attire participate in a flag ceremony in front of a Confederate statue at the Statehouse, Friday, July 10, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. Demonstrators gathered for the five year anniversary after the Confederate battle flag was removed from the Statehouse grounds after a […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan re-converted Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia into a mosque Friday, hours after a court ruled that a 1930s decision to make the iconic building into a museum had been unlawful. Erdogan said in a decree shared on Twitter that he had handed the majestic domed building over to the government’s directorate of […]
1 / 7 APTOPIX Visiting Comet Comet Neowise soars in the horizon of the early morning sky in this view from the near the grand view lookout at the Colorado National Monument west of Grand Junction, Colo., Thursday, July 9, 2020. The newly discovered comet is streaking past Earth, providing a celestial nighttime show after […]
President Trump’s re-election bid has had a rough few weeks, with challenges coming from both his stewardship of the presidency and past personal controversies that may be catching up with him. Coronavirus is worsening in much of the country, he’s down in the polls, his response to the pandemic has been heavily criticized and he […]
On Thursday, Jack Dorsey, the billionaire CEO of Twitter, announced he is working with 14 American mayors to fund universal basic income (UBI) trials in their cities. The pilot programs will be run city by city and have not yet launched. Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang helped bring the idea of universal basic income into […]
Countries such as South Korea have curbed the coronavirus by using contact-tracing phone apps, but the U.S. has stalled in its own efforts because of privacy concerns and other hurdles. One of the biggest challenges, experts told a congressional panel this week, is dispelling the unease people feel about the government or private companies gaining […]
Global PC shipments rose in the second quarter, driven by COVID-19 demand, with Chromebooks accounting for a big boost — but that demand is not expected to remain the case going into next year, according to industry tracking firms. Late Thursday, International Data Group said second-quarter global PC shipments rose 11.2% from the year-ago period […]