The games go on, but where and in front of how many? The NCAA’s decision not to allow fans to its annual March Madness tournaments for men and women is the most jarring example yet. NCAA President Mark Emmert made the announcement late Wednesday. “Only essential staff and limited family attendance” are permitted, he said. […]
As millions of workers log into work from home to avoid the spread of COVID-19, there’s the risk that they could increase the chance of exposure to another kind of virus, the kind that can lock up corporate networks. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 a pandemic, a move […]
Somebody at Saudi Aramco thought this was a good idea. طبقية خليجيةاهداء من أرامكو pic.twitter.com/FpWsUNw7mE — هشام فقيه (@HishamFageeh) March 10, 2020 Social media, however, did not, and outrage exploded across Twitter TWTR, -8.77% , with accusations of racism, injustice and “modern-day slavery” dominating the discussion: Outrageous and that guy in the suit compounded his […]
Beware the chop! The takeaway from this Longview Economics visual (our “chart of the day”) seems to be: Don’t get sucked into the bounces. If history is any indication, a true stock market rout doesn’t happen in a straight line. Choppy trading is part of the process. Big up days tend to follow big down […]
Matt McNamara, 46, was concerned when he developed a sore throat, cough and fever last Friday. “Those were the three things that were markers for me to say this is definitely different,” he told Yahoo News. McNamara is a field operations manager at Spectrum and drives for Uber on weekends, so he was concerned about […]
WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats called on Republicans on Tuesday to apologize for language about the coronavirus the Democratic lawmakers slammed as “bigoted.” On Monday evening, the House minority leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., shared the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s page about the coronavirus, which has been named COVID-19, referring to it as the “Chinese […]
One senior adviser to Bernie Sanders delivered a blunt assessment of Tuesday night’s primary results. “The godd*** plane has crashed into the mountain,” the adviser told Yahoo News. Just two weeks ago, Sanders — who earned the most votes in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada — was the prohibitive favorite to secure the Democratic presidential […]
First off, remember to breathe. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +4.89% and S&P 500 Index SPX, +4.94% plunged Monday, causing trading to be temporarily halted, as traders digested news of a possible oil price war between OPEC and Russia. On Tuesday, they rose sharply higher, but did not recover all of the lost ground […]
The debate over fracking in 2020 battleground state Pennsylvania divides the last major Democrats vying for the party’s backing for president — a policy distinction that has wider implications as the U.S. tightens its clasp on energy independence against heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Russia. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont […]
Investing and trading are about making money, and you should never let your political opinions get in the way. Irrespective of what you think of President Trump, Wall Street trusts him. How does this affect you? Let’s explore with the help of two charts. Please click here for an annotated chart of Dow Jones Industrial […]