By Emma Farge and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The origins of a new cluster of coronavirus infections in Beijing are uncertain, World Health Organization officials said on Monday, but the claim that it might have been caused by imports or packaging of salmon was not the “primary hypothesis”. Several districts of the Chinese capital […]
It’s no secret that retail investors have been stepping up their participation in the stock market lately, but the degree by which they have outperformed professional investors may be coming into greater focus. A basket of equities that have been eagerly bought by individual investors since the depths of the coronavirus-induced selloff on March 23 […]
Authorities in Georgia ruled Sunday that the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks outside an Atlanta Wendy’s was a homicide. Brooks, 27, died after he was shot twice in the back on Friday, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a statement. Brooks was shot after a confrontation with two Atlanta police officers in […]
Kyle Bass’s market bet against a Texas real-estate lender seemed like an astute move. Throughout 2015, the hedge-fund manager accused the lender, United Development Funding, of operating like a Ponzi scheme. Authorities opened civil and criminal investigations into UDF, and Bass counted his winnings as UDF stock eventually fell to $1. Today, Bass is also […]
New York — It was easy to forget why they were wearing masks. The fourth day of protests against police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd in police custody, turned into violence on Sunday night as some protestors broke into luxury downtown stores. These scenes were played out across the country. […]
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Sunday that the fatal Atlanta police shooting of Rayshard Brooks showed the “legitimacy” of the outrage being expressed by widespread protests across the country. The death of Brooks, 27, sparked demonstrations in Atlanta on Saturday night, the resignation of the city’s police chief and the firing of one of […]
By Sarah N. Lynch and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tim Scott, the only black Republican member of the U.S. Senate, said on Sunday he is open to exploring whether to enact a new law that would decertify bad police officers as part of a larger law enforcement reform package. Speaking on CBS “Face the […]
The Atlanta Police Department confirmed to Insider that the officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks on Friday has been terminated, and a second officer was placed on administrative leave. A police spokesperson identified the officers as Garrett Rolfe and Devin Bronsan. Rolfe opened fire on Brooks after a struggle in which Brooks grabbed a Taser […]
Tales of out-of-work 20- and 30-somethings using coronavirus stimulus checks to scoop up stocks on Wall Street with reckless abandon are coming fast and furious, but the reasons behind the recent fervor for investing is, perhaps, far simpler. MarketWatch has written a bit about the rising influence of retail investors of late, including in an […]
The dual plagues of the pandemic and racial inequities are shining a powerful light on the cracks and gaps in our systems and revealing the horrific toll of unchecked racism that affect communities of color. I have been flooded with calls from friends, clients, allies, and partners who are not only frustrated and pained about […]