With stock prices sinking fast, a client emailed me saying, “Your move, boss.” So here is our move: Especially in this coronavirus crash, we continue to seek out what we always look for globally — high-quality businesses that we can buy at a significant discount to fair value. We are prepared for the possibility that […]
“When will you all tell us, we won’t get the money next month because of the virus?” This simple text from Brandy sent me over the edge emotionally. Brandy is one of the mothers involved in the Magnolia Mother’s Trust, a program that has been providing $1,000 a month in cash to black mothers with […]
In an effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic, governors in Connecticut, Illinois and New York announced executive orders on Friday requiring all nonessential workers to stay home as much as possible — a day after California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a similar order requiring all nonessential workers to stay home. In total, about 75 million […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and President Trump. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: AP [2], J. Scott Applewhite/AP) WASHINGTON — In approximately 10 months, a new presidential administration will take shape. It could be a second term of the Trump administration, or an entirely new one led by Joe Biden. It may come as the coronavirus epidemic […]
1 / 6 Virui Outbreak Czech Republic A police officer holds a gun as firefighters unload an airplane after its arrival at the Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague, Friday, March 20, 2020. The airplane brought medical aid and protective materials against coronavirus from China. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP) BEIJING (AP) — As the fight against […]
The Hong Kong government has urged people not to abandon their pets and to stop kissing them after a second dog repeatedly tested positive for coronavirus. A German shepherd living in the Pok Fu Lam area on Hong Kong Island was sent for quarantine along with another mixed-breed dog from the same residence on Thursday […]
Pandemic programming calls for light fare, and while Hulu is low on original series in April, there are still plenty of comforting classics becoming available to stream. That includes most of FX’s vast library of originals, which migrated to Walt Disney Co.’s DIS, -9.43% Hulu last month, as well as new additions such as […]
The Federal Reserve has taken dramatic steps to keep credit flowing in the U.S. and beyond as global markets convulse, businesses shutter and workers lose jobs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Will it be enough? That’s anyone’s guess at this point, particularly since everything hinges on stemming the spread of the virus and […]
I thought my working-from-home situation was bad until I spoke with Juan Pablo Buriticá, an expert on remote work who has been leading distributed engineering teams for a decade. Buriticá and his partner are both working from home in a 700-square-foot studio apartment in lower Manhattan, where they are now sharing their calendars to coordinate […]