Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock lost ground in Thursday’s trading. The e-commerce and cloud computing giant’s share price closed out the daily session down 2.6%, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Amazon stock pulled back today following a report from Bloomberg that TikTok is planning on entering the e-commerce market. Wall Street is showing […]
Providing a gift to investors during the holiday season, electric vehicle stocks accelerated through the finish line of 2023 and ended notably higher than where they were at the end of November. From encouraging delivery figures to new partnerships, there was a variety of things that led investors to park Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN), Nio (NYSE: […]
NEW BEDFORD — Construction on the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge’s replacement is targeted for 2027, but there’s still much to decide in the meantime. The movable span swing bridge opened in 1903, and averages 5,000 openings per year to allow vessels to pass on the Acushnet River. It also averages about 11,500 vehicle trips per day, […]
A teenager armed with a shotgun and a handgun killed one pupil and wounded five other people at an Iowa high school on the first day of classes in the new year, US authorities said. People took shelter in classrooms, barricaded offices and fled the barrage of bullets fired by the suspect, a 17-year-old pupil […]
(Bloomberg) — “The biggest car brand you’ve never heard of.” Those are the words China’s top carmaker is using to promote itself as it looks to expand across the globe. Having become China’s best-selling auto brand at home, BYD Co. (which stands for Build Your Dreams) has now surpassed Tesla to be the world’s biggest […]
Speculation on Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Escalates on Potential January 5 Approval Rumors that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to approve a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on January 5 reached a high on social media, fueled by cryptic tweets and claims. A tweet from Grayscale’s chief legal officer, Craig Salm, […]
Athens-Clarke police conducted safety checkpoints at three intersections in Athens on New Year’s Eve that resulted in numerous traffic violations ranging from drunk driving arrests to seatbelt citations. In the words of the checkpoint organizer, Sgt. Vincent Schill, the operation was “very successful.” “Not only were we out there trying to get unsafe drivers off […]
A standout stock in the healthcare sector last year, Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) isn’t doing too badly so far in the embryonic days of 2024. On Thursday — yet another gloomy day for the market when the S&P 500 index dipped by 0.3% — the drugmaker’s share price closed nearly 4% higher. Sparking that upbeat […]
When a stock pundit increases their price target on a company’s shares, they tend to rise at least modestly in price. Unfortunately for stockholders of storied tech hardware company Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the opposite occurred on Thursday — their company lost 0.4% of its market value following the move. That, however, more or less matched […]
A Kennewick couple was sentenced to 30 and 28 years in prison Thursday in federal court in Richland for conspiring to produce child pornography using a Tri-Cities child who was being molested and raped. U.S. Judge Mary Dimke told the victim, who was at the sentencing hearing, that she could not convey how horrendous their […]
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni assured Ukraine of the continued support of the Group of Seven (G7) major democratic industrialised nations. According to Italian media, in a telephone conversation with head of state Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday Meloni announced that Russia’s aggression against the neighbouring country would be the focus of Italy’s G7 presidency. Italy […]
The power emanating from a tower in Saudi Arabia could soon be a substantial force, at least according to the simulations. By appearance, renderings of the twin solar tech look like a Middle Earth wizard’s abode (think Isengard), though you won’t find any tree-chopping orcs in this tech from the Middle East. The planet-friendly tower […]