A Los Angeles resident, left, sets a banner on her home fence reading “Squatting is not the Answer,” across the street of a formerly vacant home that had been recently taken over by a group of homeless mothers in 2020. Four years later, a controversial TikTok has ignited the issue of squatting, and some lawmakers […]
US stocks were set to bounce back on Friday as Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT) earnings revived hopes for a Big Tech-led rally. But a key inflation report ahead could put a spoke in the wheel. S&P 500 (^GSPC) futures rose roughly 0.8%, while contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) jumped 1%. Futures […]
A Los Angeles resident, left, sets a banner on her home fence reading “Squatting is not the Answer,” across the street of a formerly vacant home that had been recently taken over by a group of homeless mothers in 2020. Four years later, a controversial TikTok has ignited the issue of squatting, and some lawmakers […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The year-old war in Sudan between rival generals vying for power has sparked “a crisis of epic proportions” fueled by weapons from foreign supporters who continue to flout U.N. sanctions aimed at helping end the conflict, the U.N. political chief said Friday. “This is illegal, it is immoral, and it must […]
Jamie Dimon Knew Subprime ‘Could Go Up In Smoke’; Now He’s Worried About An Artificial Economy ‘Fueled by Government Deficit Spending’ In the chaos of the 2008 recession, perhaps no bank stood more prepared than Jamie Dimon’s J.P Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM). In advance of the crisis, Jamie Dimon realized that “underwriting standards were […]
In the weeks after she fatally shot an elite cyclist in Texas, Kaitlin Armstrong led authorities on a manhunt that spanned thousands of miles, crossed international borders and nearly ended with authorities deflated and empty-handed. Eventually Armstrong was caught and, in November, she was found guilty of shooting Moriah “Mo” Wilson, 25, three times in […]
Last week, the two leaders in The House of Murphy offered a unified, macro-defense of New Jersey’s county line system, which gave us a two-term governor from Goldman Sachs. It is best summarized this way: Despite all the complaints from grassroots activists and progressives about the line balloting that gives endorsed candidates an unfair advantage […]
(Bloomberg) — Adobe Inc. dropped about 10% in extended trading after giving a weak outlook for sales in the current quarter, fueling concerns that new AI-focused startups pose a competitive threat. Most Read from Bloomberg Revenue will be $5.25 billion to $5.3 billion in the period, the company said Thursday in a statement. Analysts, on […]
LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, apologized Monday for “confusion” caused by her editing of a family photo released by the palace — an image of Kate and her children that was intended to calm concern and speculation about the princess’s health, but had the opposite effect. Several news agencies that initially published the […]
BEIJING (AP) — The hotel was spacious. It was upscale. It had a karaoke bar. The perfect venue, the CEO of the Chinese hacking company thought, to hold a Lunar New Year banquet currying favor with government officials. There was just one drawback, his top deputy said. “Who goes there?” the deputy wrote. “The girls […]
WASHINGTON — The corporate tax cuts that President Donald Trump signed into law in 2017 have boosted investment in the U.S. economy and delivered a modest pay bump for workers, according to the most rigorous and detailed study yet of the law’s effects. Those benefits are less than Republicans promised, though, and they have come […]
(Bloomberg) — Dell Technologies Inc. gained more than 15% in late trading after reporting better-than-expected sales and profit fueled by demand for information technology equipment to handle artificial intelligence work. Most Read from Bloomberg Known for its PC business, Dell has attracted investor attention over the last year due to a spike in interest for […]