Andrew Yang is selling himself as a mayoral candidate who would be New York City’s No. 1 hype man. Too bad New York City does not need a mascot. Maybe try Miami. They’re hyping a lot these days. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the […]
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images Billionaire investor Warren Buffett and his right-hand man Charlie Munger have slammed Robinhood. The online brokerage hit back, saying everyday investors deserve equal access to the markets. Markets experts say investment success is more easily achieved by practicing buy-and-hold investing. Sign up here for our […]
Social media giant Facebook’s Workplace business tool has breached the seven million paid subscribers mark at a time when jobs have gone remote and is now the new normal amid the ongoing pandemic. The number of paid subscribers has grown 40 percent from last year. “We built Workplace as an […]
When Nicole Johnson lost her job as a teaching assistant last May at the height of the pandemic, she decided to stay home with her then 6-year-old daughter who was remote learning. Johnson, who lives in a low-income public housing building in White Plains, New York, used some of her downtime to […]
Hello, Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I’m Shelby Livingston, and I cover how healthcare is paid for and delivered in the US for the Insider healthcare team. Today in healthcare news: The era of “mega biotechs” has arrived, and these startups are drawing high valuations that they could fail to live […]
General Motors reported first-quarter results that easily beat Wall Street earnings expectations. The company expects a strong first half of the year despite the global semiconductor chip shortage that has caused factory closures. GM reaffirmed its earnings expectations for the year, guiding toward the high-end of its range. In this […]
QS Quacquarelli Symonds just published the second annual list of the best US universities. The research firm used four kinds of metrics to develop an overall score for 352 universities. The following are the 10 US universities that ranked at the top of the 2021 QS ranking. See more stories […]
Will the Facebook, Instagram bans on Donald Trump stick? Facebook’s Oversight Board on Wednesday will rule whether former President Donald Trump’s suspension on the platform should remain permanent. In January, the tech giant suspended Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram after a group of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. The decision was praised […]
Authorities arrested a man who they say is suspected of stabbing two Asian women without warning in downtown San Francisco on Tuesday. Officers were sent to 4th and Stockton streets shortly before 5 p.m. and found the wounded women, who were taken to a hospital, according to The Associated Press. There was […]
Asian stocks rose slightly in cautious trading on Wednesday as investors awaited the results of the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee meeting later in the day for further insight into the bank’s thinking on inflation and bond purchases. Investors also awaited U.S. President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session […]
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