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Celebrities And Entrepreneurs Who Started Successful Businesses During The Pandemic
LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 16: The Hollywood Sign is seen on November 16, 2005 in Los Angeles, … [+] California. The historic landmark is undergoing a month-long makeover; erected in 1923 ...
Tycoon Tony Fernandes’ Capital A Posts First Quarterly Profit Since The Pandemic Amid Travel Rebound
Capital A CEO Tony Fernandes Courtesy of AirAsia Capital A—controlled by Malaysian tycoons Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun—reported its first quarterly profit since the pandemic grounded most of ...
High Prices And Risky Credit May Steer Buyers To Older Used Cars; Dealers, Lenders Adjust
1986 Ford F-150 pickup truck Photo: Ford By process of elimination, older used cars are becoming the purchase of last resort for bargain-hunting shoppers and those with subprime credit scores, analyst...
Zoom Could Post First Loss Since Pandemic as Demand Dries Up
Key Takeaways Zoom will likely say fourth quarter FY 2023 adjusted EPS was -$0.11 vs. $1.60 in the prior-year quarter. Zoom’s revenue probably climbed 2.6% to $1.1 billion. Zoom’s net inco...
Stock Bull Pain Threshold Swells to Pandemic Size in New Market Run-Up
(Bloomberg) — Anyone who lived through the 2020 bull market knows: investors, especially of the retail ilk, can stomach a lot of pain. However dark is the here and now, light beckons at the end ...
RV Makers Enjoyed Pandemic Boom, But Would Settle For Pre-2020 Sales
Activity at the Airstream factory in Jackson Center, Ohio. Airstream Recreational-vehicle makers enjoyed a record decade of sales after the Great Recession, with the industry’s unprecedented boom time...
WHO says Covid remains a global emergency but pandemic could near its end in 2023
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues, including COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine in Geneva, Swit...
A Good Year For Stocks? Sure
Happy days: A bullish case for the stock market Getty Images Last year was a bummer for the stock market, with the S&P 500 down 19%. Economists keep predicting a recession in 2023, although they t...
A Job Posting, Subscriber Growth, And The Stepping Down Of Co-CEO Reed Hastings
Founder and CEO of Netflix Reed Hastings attends an interview with The Associated Press in … [+] Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Netflix employees were personally affected by U.S. Pres...
Novartis CEO says Covid to become endemic, calls for better pandemic preparedness
Novartis said in August that it plans to spin off its generics unit Sandoz to sharpen its focus on its patented prescription medicines. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The chief executive of Swis...
US Producer Price Index Declines by Most Since Start of Pandemic
(Bloomberg) — US producer prices dropped in December by the most since the start of the pandemic, extending a months-long pullback in inflationary pressures and giving the Federal Reserve room t...
‘The Last Of Us’ Zombie Infection Is Real—Here’s What Scientists Say About The Threat To Humans
Topline HBO’s hotly anticipated TV adaptation of the acclaimed Last of Us game series premiered on Sunday, showcasing the world after a devastating fungal pandemic wiped out most of humanity, a fictio...
U.S. uninsured rate fell during Covid pandemic, Medicaid, Obamacare coverage grew
The number of people in the U.S. without health insurance declined during the Covid-19 pandemic even as millions of people lost coverage through their employers due to layoffs. The uninsured rate in t...
FTX Donations to Early Covid-19 Researchers Raise Questions of Propaganda Tied to Pandemic Prevention – Bitcoin News
While the former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, awaits his trial at the end of the year, reports indicate that the company donated millions of dollars to early Covid-19 researchers. The research was r...
Bitcoin extends longest rally since 2020 Pandemic; More BTC upside ahead?
In early U.S. trade on Monday, January 12, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) surged to a level that hasn’t been seen in two months. Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH), and other cryptocurrencies have all rallied recent...
The Post-Everything Energy Market
One of the most puzzling aspects of oil market analysis (and policy making more generally) concerns the frequent tendency to assume that short-term and transient developments represent the ‘new normal...
Indicted FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Discussed ‘Pandemic Prevention’ With Biden Administration Officials – Bitcoin News
According to public filings, former crypto billionaire and FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried met with senior Biden administration officials before he was indicted for financial fraud. When asked about ...
White House Claims Meetings Between SBF and Senior Biden Officials Were About Pandemic
White House records recently made public have revealed that disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried met with senior Biden administration officials in the White House on four occasions over the course ...
White House says SBF meetings concerned pandemic prevention, not just crypto
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried visited the White House to discuss pandemic prevention and cryptocurrency, according to a statement on Jan. 3. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said: “Th...
Why Talent Tops All In Manufacturers’ Year Ahead
The workforce of tomorrow will look, learn and work differently, forcing organizations to reimagine … [+] their talent strategies to meet employees’ evolving expectations around everything from ...
China’s economy looks different than it was going into the pandemic
The central China city of Taiyuan saw its GDP grow by 10.9% year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2022. Pictured here is a screen displaying details of a new factory in the city. Vcg | Visual Ch...
New- And Used-Car Supply Improves In 2023, But Affordability Still Tough, TransUnion Says
Plenty of open parking spaces in a storage lot for a car dealership in California. MediaNews Group via Getty Images Scarce new- and used-car inventory in 2022 should give way to slightly better availa...
Give The Gift Of Appreciation In Your Organization
getty Each year, our communities prepare to mitigate the effects of seasonal influenza. This task requires preparation and care. As a team, we take great care to minimize risks. A global pandemic is a...
Carvana Shares Crash To All-Time Low—Here’s How Its 99% Drop Compares To Other Pandemic Darling Stocks
Topline Carvana shares plummeted 41% Wednesday to $3.95, down 99% from its all-time high of $370 just 16 months ago, the latest drastic indication of investors abandoning assets that skyrocketed durin...
China Appears To Ditch Zero-Covid In Overhaul To Pandemic Rules
Topline China on Wednesday announced it would ease some pandemic restrictions across the country, including harsh quarantine measures and lifting some barriers to travel between regions, signaling a s...
China people worry wrong Covid test results mean pandemic won’t end
Residents queue at a Covid-19 testing booth in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. The capital city has required regular virus tests for more than half a year. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Imag...
How A Rock Star, A Physician-Legislator, And An Evangelical Senator Bonded To Help End The Global AIDS Pandemic: A Backstory
Three weeks ago, Bono came through Nashville on his book tour for “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.” Following his 2-hour solo performance at the historic Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Gra...
Economic Uncertainty, Higher Interest Rates Curb Demand For Used Cars, Trucks
Used cars for sale in El Cerrito, Calif. Getty Images Inflated used-vehicle prices have started to come down at the wholesale level, and that implies consumer demand may also have declined, due to hig...
Kellogg, General Mills, Post cereal sales slow after pandemic surge
Kellogg, the 117-year-old brand that started as a breakfast cereal company has since expanded to be one of the largest food companies in the world, has seen declining cereal sales over the past couple...
After weathering pandemic storm, cruise-line stocks offer upside, says Stifel
Like the rest of the travel industry, cruise operators have weathered a pandemic-related storm over the last couple of years, but they now deserve attention from investors, says analyst firm Stifel. “...