Bernie Sanders Airplane Joe Raedle/Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders called Tesla CEO Elon Musk a “hypocrite” and “pathetic” over his tweet disparaging another government stimulus package. “Another government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people imo,” Elon Musk said on Twitter on Friday. Musk on Friday said only direct payments should […]
ASU/Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office The case of a missing Arizona State University professor who vanished in March took a dark turn on Friday as police announced the discovery of his remains in a landfill, allegedly dumped by two Louisiana teenagers. Junseok Chae, associate dean for research at ASU’s School of Engineering, was reported missing March […]
Getty Images for iHeartMedia Charlamagne Tha God has hit out at Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden for branding Donald Trump the “first” racist president. Mr Biden had criticised Mr Trump for what he called “his spread of racism” on Wednesday, calling him the “first” racist to be elected president. “The way he deals with people […]
Verizon Communications Inc. shares gained Friday after the company posted results that analysts called “clean” and “reliable.” The wireless operator topped both revenue and adjusted earnings expectations for the June quarter even as both dipped from a year ago as the company felt the effects from COVID-19. In particular, Verizon’s VZ, +1.79% media business saw […]
The Federal Reserve has proven it knows how to keep credit flowing during a crisis. Look at the record debt already issued this year by highly rated and speculative-grade U.S. corporations during the pandemic. But bond investors now also expect the Fed’s unprecedented stimulus sloshing around financial markets to turn the tide on the credit […]
This is not the first public health emergency Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced. But it’s up there with the worst of them, he says, and it’s not close to being over. “We’ve had challenges with Ebola, the early years of HIV/AIDS, the anthrax attacks and Zika,” he told MarketWatch in a wide-ranging interview. “This is […]
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was scrapping the Jacksonville, Fla.-component of the Republican National Convention that was scheduled for late next month, underscoring an apparent reversal of tone and approach to the viral pandemic that has crippled much of the country for months. The president said he would still deliver a speech accepting […]
Intel Corp. shares dove and rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares gained in after-hours trading Thursday, after Intel reported its next generation of semiconductor technology will be delayed and that it may actually use a third party to manufacture it as a contingency plan. Intel INTC, -1.06% reported along with second-quarter earnings that the introduction […]
The coronavirus pandemic sent users to Facebook Inc.’s social-networking, messaging and live-streaming platforms in record numbers, but little else has gone right for Mark Zuckerberg’s company amid COVID-19’s spread. Facebook FB, -3.03% is in the jaws of a world-wide advertising boycott, faces withering criticism of its hands-off policy toward President Donald Trump’s missives on its […]
An Apple store in Sydney, Australia. Bloomberg News Apple is reportedly delaying a fall launch event for its next batch of iPhones to the “latter half of October.” The tech giant was forced to push back its traditional September keynote address due to production delays caused by the coronavirus, according to a tech blog. Apple […]