Asian markets were little changed in early trading Thursday, after Wall Street bounced back and Japan reported miserable exports data. Japan’s Nikkei JP:NIK inched down slightly, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index HK:HSI eked up a bit. The Shanghai Composite CN:SHCOMP rose 0.1% while the Shenzhen Composite CN:399106 slid 0.1%. South Korea’s Kospi KR:180721 gained […]
A new food show, a romantic spinoff and a slew of hit movies highlight Hulu’s additions in June 2020. Inspired by the 2018 movie “Love, Simon,” the new half-hour series “Love, Victor” (June 19) is a rom-com about a gay teen trying to find his place — both in life and in a new town. […]
Global media company Condé Nast, publisher of Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Wired and others, has committed to becoming a carbon-neutral company by 2030. “While governments, businesses and many volunteer organizations around the world are trying to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge of the global climate crisis is, of course, not going away and […]
WASHINGTON — Amid growing concerns over a lack of passenger screening for the coronavirus at the nation’s airports, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday that the Trump administration was taking the issue seriously. “The president is working with TSA. He’s working with airlines,” McEnany said at a White House press briefing. “We want […]
By Rebecca Cook and Maria Caspani MIDLAND, Mich. (Reuters) – Rising floodwaters unleashed by two dam failures submerged parts of the central Michigan town of Midland on Wednesday, displacing thousands of residents and spreading into a Dow Chemical Co plant in the riverfront city. By late morning, the company said, floodwaters were confirmed to be […]
A follower of QAnon, a conspiracy theory that has been spreading from the far fringes of right-wing social media into more mainstream Republican circles, won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Oregon Tuesday, crediting fellow followers for her victory. “Where we go one, we go all,” said candidate Jo Rae Perkins in a tweet […]
FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Sherburne County Sheriff Office shows Zacarias Moussaoui. Moussaou, the only man ever convicted in a U.S. court for a role in the Sept. 11 attacks now says he is renouncing terrorism, Al-Qaida and the Islamic State. In a handwritten court motion Moussaoui filed with the federal […]
Christopher Wells believes his employer didn’t have any business seeing his mother’s COVID-19 test results. Now he’s out of a job and suing his prior company, alleging wrongful termination. In a case highlighting thorny issues on medical privacy and public health during the coronavirus outbreak, Wells filed a lawsuit earlier this month alleging Enterprise Rent-A-Car […]
Dear Moneyist, My husband refuses to give me my stimulus check from his savings account. We filed taxes jointly, but I’m not listed on the checking account. I have a checking account, and he has his own checking account. He says that I don’t deserve it because I didn’t earn it. What is my best […]
U.S. stock-index futures were pointing to modest gains on Wednesday as investors get set to review quarterly corporate results from retailers Target and Lowe’s. An account of the Federal Reserve’s most recent policy meeting, released later in the session, may also draw investor attention. How are benchmarks performing? Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]