Topline North Korea confirmed its first Covid-19 death on Friday and said hundreds of thousands of people are sick with a rapidly spreading “fever,” according to state media, a day after the reclusive...
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Pandemic Helps Amazon Cement Its Lead
Amazon is No. 6 on Forbes’ Global 2000 list of the world’s biggest public companies, up four spots from last year. Bloomberg Finance LP Amazon has spent the last two years in hyperdrive, doubling its ...
EU Will Scrap Mask Mandate For Air Travel
Topline Face masks will not have to be worn in airports or on flights in Europe beginning next week, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Center for Disease Prevention and Con...
U.S. gun homicides reached highest level in 25 years during Covid pandemic, CDC says
Gun homicides in the U.S. reached their highest level in more than 25 years during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Homicides from guns rose 35% duri...
AMC reports its ‘strongest first quarter’ since start of the pandemic
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC) narrowed its Q1 loss as revenue surged sharply on a year-over-year basis, the theatre chain reported on Monday. Shares are up 7.0% in after-hours trading. AM...
Collective Pain Calls For Collective Action
Collective Behavior has gotten a bad rap. When sociologist Franklin Henry Giddings coined the term more than 100 years ago, he described it as the actions that a loosely organized group of people migh...
Warren Buffett-Backed BYD’s EV Production Nearly Quadrupled In April Despite Pandemic Fallout
A BYD logo on a Yuan sport utility vehicle displayed at the company’s showroom in Beijing in 2021. … [+] Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP BYD, the Shenzhen-he...
These stocks soared during the pandemic, and then crashed. Ten are now expected to double in price.
A screen of stocks that popped during the coronavirus pandemic highlights dozens that have crashed. But some are considered worthy of purchase by a majority of analysts. You might want to keep an eye ...
Online Gardening Start-Up Sproutl Partners With Kew Gardens
Sproutl, the new curated online gardening marketplace has announced a strategic partnership with the … [+] world-famous plant science institution, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew) focussed on en...
Beijing Capital Airport Losses Since Start Of Pandemic Hit $735 Million
Travelers walk through Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, on Saturday, May 1, … [+] 2021. Photographer: Yan Cong/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Beijing Capital Inter...
U.S. Reports First Human Case Of Contagious Bird Flu In Colorado
Topline A man in Colorado has tested positive for an H5 bird flu virus, state officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday, marking the first recorded human infection ...
Tycoon Tony Fernandes’ AirAsia Group Q1 Traffic Nearly Quadruples As Pandemic Travel Restrictions Ease
A Thai AirAsia Airbus A320 takes off from Donmueang International Airport. getty AirAsia Group—controlled by Malaysian tycoons Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun’s Capital A Berhad—said first quarte...
Despite Pandemic Challenges, Collective Wealth Rises To $158 Billion
Taipei’s Skyline. getty This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Taiwan’s Richest 2022. See the full list here. Forbes Forbes With the Omicron outbreak in the region disrupting production and s...
Euro Poised to Challenge Pandemic Bottom at 1.0636
The Euro is down sharply but off its lows on Monday as a wave of risk aversion swept global markets, increasing the U.S. Dollar’s appeal as a safe-haven asset. Meanwhile, Euro traders shrugged off Fre...
Temporary, Or ‘New Normal?’ Naturally, Dealers Prefer The Latter
A man browsing at a dealership in Alhambra, Calif. AFP via Getty Images It’s well documented the nation’s auto dealers have low supply and high demand working in their favor — but that’s not all deale...
Walgreens & Alphabet Launch Inaugural Drone Deliveries In DFW
Walgreens, one of the nation’s oldest and well-known pharmacy chains, has had an astounding last few years. In addition to providing numerous retail services to communities during the Covid-19 pandemi...
Verizon Stock Had Its Worst Its Day Since the Pandemic Hit
Verizon Communications’ first-quarter report won’t be changing any investors’ thesis on the stock. The wireless giant continues to spend big on improving its 5G network to meet management’s promises f...
Pandemic darling stocks Netflix, Peloton, Zoom, and DocuSign face a rude awakening
Netflix (NFLX), Zoom (ZM), Peloton (PTON) and DocuSign (DOCU), are some of the bottom performers of the Nasdaq 100 year-to-date. The once pandemic darlings known as stay-at-home stocks have been incre...
Singapore moves closer to pre Covid living, lifts most pandemic measures
Singapore is set to ease most Covid measures from April 26, authorities said. Lauryn Ishak | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore is set to remove nearly all virus safety measures from Tuesd...
China Stocks Fall Anew; Pandemic Stirs Growth Worries, Thins Billionaire Ranks
A pedestrian walks past the Shanghai Stock Exchange in Shanghai in 2020. (Photo by HECTOR … [+] RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Bellwether China stocks fell anew in the U.S. t...
Kindergarten Vaccination Rates For Measles, Mumps, Tetanus Fell Due To Pandemic Disruptions, CDC Says
Topline The proportion of U.S. kindergarteners vaccinated against diseases like measles, mumps and tetanus decreased by about one percentage point during the 2020-2021 school year, as the Covid-19 pan...
Pandemic Demand Destruction No Match For Supply Shortages
TOPSHOT – A man wears a protective face mask on the promenade of the Bund along the Huangpu River in … [+] Shanghai. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty ...
Opinion: Are you sharing a Netflix password? Not for long …
After an unprecedented downturn in subscriber growth in the first quarter, Netflix executives are eyeing the millions of people using other subscribers’ accounts as a way to reverse the streaming serv...
China’s Censors Target WHO Chief After Comments Criticizing Flagship Zero-Covid Policy
Topline China’s internet censors have targeted the head of the World Health Organization after he questioned the viability of the country’s zero-Covid policy on Tuesday, removing social media posts re...