Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that if Sen. Bernie Sanders were elected president, he still might not be able to get Medicare for All, his signature health plan, passed in Congress. “A president can’t wave a magic wand and pass any legislation they want,” Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told HuffPost this week. While Ocasio-Cortez rarely tempers expectations […]
A mixed earnings report seemed good enough for Expedia Group Inc. investors now that the book has been closed on the company’s old management team. Expedia Group Inc. EXPE, +11.58% announced a leadership shake-up late last year, with both the chief executive and chief financial officer exiting the company. During Thursday afternoon’s earnings call, investors […]
The bottle: 8-Ball Premium Chocolate Whiskey, $29.99 The back story: A box of bonbons is a classic Valentine’s Day offering. But what about gifting chocolate in boozy form? There are plenty of options available, including chocolate liqueurs and a chocolate-flavored wine. But 8-Ball, a newer offering, combines two different favorites in one — chocolate and […]
Oil futures settled higher on Friday to score a weekly gain—their first in six—as traders assessed reported signs of Chinese demand for crude against a backdrop of concern about the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy. “Independent Chinese refiners reportedly went on a buying spree,” said Han Tan, market analyst at FXTM. Among the […]
Stocks were mixed in Friday afternoon trade, bouncing between small gains and losses, as investors parsed mixed data on the strength of the U.S. consumer. Investors were also monitoring the spread of COVID-19 in China, while corporate earnings season moved toward the home stretch. What are major indexes doing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, […]
SmileDirectClub Inc., the company whose “teledentristy” model aims to disrupt the orthodontics industry, hit back Friday at an NBC report that alleged the company has hurt some of its customers, causing broken teeth and nerve damage. The news sent its stock SDC, -16.83% down 15% in early afternoon trade in volume that was about twice […]
1 / 13 Mexico Femicide Protest A masked, female protester takes part in a demonstration against gender violence in Mexico City, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. The protest comes after last week’s vicious murder of Ingrid Escamilla by her husband and controversy unleashed by the leaking of images of her body to the press, in a […]
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Sen. Bernie Sanders would defeat each of the other Democratic presidential candidates in a one-on-one race — in many instances by double-digit margins. Sanders won the most votes in Iowa and New Hampshire and now leads in national surveys. Yet mainstream Democrats seem to think the democratic socialist […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden. Associated Press We’ve combined the results of the primaries so far, Insider’s polling and Morning Consult’s daily survey of the 2020 Democratic primary to create a power ranking of 2020 candidates. With the race now down to eight contenders, every day becomes a crucial make-or-break opportunity for all the candidates. […]
Video Produced by Gaby Levesque As more and more U.S. states expand marijuana legalization, and with weed usage on the rise, doctors and advocates are warning about a little-known condition affecting heavy users of the drug. Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS, causes severe abdominal pain, nausea and “cyclic vomiting” among regular marijuana users — and […]