Investors are getting ready to reposition their portfolios for the post-pandemic world. That means moving money out of big tech, which did amazingly well in the work-from-home economy, and into more cyclical sectors, like manufacturing. But hold on a moment — big tech might have another ace up its sleeve. Next week’s earnings calendar is
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Former President Donald Trump’s continued promotion of the “big lie” about the 2020 election could still incite his followers to violence, the Justice Department and judges noted repeatedly this week, as courts weigh the future dangerousness of US Capitol riot defendants. Two federal judges this week brought up the disinformation about 2020 from right-wing figures,
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A year after losing everything in a flood, a Michigan man won $2 million from a scratch off lottery ticket, according to lottery officials. The 29-year-old man, who decided to stay anonymous, bought the ticket at a grocery store in Midland. “Last year, I lost everything in a flood, so to win this prize is
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(CNN Español) — Laura Pausini está nominada a su primer premio Oscar. Una nominación inimaginable, dice. La cantante italiana llega a la edición 93 de los premios de la Academia con una canción en su idioma, de una película extranjera y que se estrenó en Netflix, plataforma que hasta hace poco era vista de reojo
Continue Reading (CNN) — La Armada de Indonesia cambió el estado de su submarino de «desaparecido» a «hundido» el sábado, cuando un jefe naval reveló escombros que se cree que son del buque en una conferencia de prensa. Las autoridades ahora esperan llevar a cabo un proceso de evacuación para recuperar el submarino KRI Nanggala-402 y su
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A turtle crashed through a car’s windshield in a story that seems on-brand with the weird news that comes out of Florida. What may surprise you though, is this bizarre accident has happened around here before. A 71-year-old woman was riding with her daughter on Interstate 95 near Port Orange, Florida, on Wednesday when a
Continue ReadingThe brewing California gubernatorial recall is one of the more fascinating political dramas unfolding in 2021. Who would have thought Caitlyn Jenner could be the great Republican hope — and potentially the nation’s first transgender governor? What Matters went to CNN’s Maeve Reston, who has been closely following the effort to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Marcelo Ebrard, secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de México, anunció este sábado en su cuenta de Twitter que el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador sostendrá una reunión virtual con la vicepresidenta de Estados Unidos, Kamala Harris, el 7 de mayo. En el encuentro participarán la secretaria de Economía de México, Tatiana Clouthier, y
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Here’s how to handle the tax bill you’re about to get Louis Goffinet never imagined that raising tens of thousands of dollars to help his community through the Covid-19 pandemic could cost him financially. The 27-year-old middle school teacher from Mansfield Center, Connecticut, started making grocery runs last April for elderly neighbors who didn’t feel
Continue Reading An assault that left a 61-year-old Asian man in critical but stable condition Friday night is being investigated by New York police as a possible hate crime. The man was approached from behind on an East Harlem corner about 8:20 p.m., struck in the back and, after falling to the ground, kicked in the head
Continue Reading Welcome to Wonder Theory, your weekly space and science digest. When Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon’s surface in 1969, it became a defining moment for the space age. For the first time, humans truly explored beyond their home — and it won’t be the last. We were witnesses to history once again as two
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A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying four astronauts from three countries — docked with the International Space Station early Saturday morning ET, beginning the crew’s six-month stay in space. This mission, dubbed Crew-2, marks the third-ever crewed flight for Elon Musk’s company and the first to make use of a previously flown, privately-owned rocket
Continue ReadingThe White House’s top official on the response to the massive SolarWinds hack says the sweeping measures announced by the Biden administration against Russia are unlikely on their own to prevent Moscow’s malicious cyber activity against the US and did not dispute that the hackers responsible for the massive breach are still lurking on American
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By Ben Church, CNN World No. 1 Novak Djokovic says he hopes Covid-19 vaccines will not be mandatory for tennis players on tour. Speaking to reporters during this week’s Serbia Open, the 33-year-old insisted he wouldn’t reveal whether he gets a vaccine in the future and hoped receiving a jab would not be made compulsory
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When promoting new products, most tech companies host a flashy event followed by TV and digital ads. Now, Samsung is taking promotion to a new level by co-creating a six-part series for Hulu in which eight photographers use its new Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G phone to take photos and compete for a prize worth $250,000
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When my husband and I realized that we weren’t going to get pregnant the old-fashioned way, we initially talked to my obstetrician and later on, our fertility specialists. While we were on this roller coaster of emotions, we didn’t even know what IVF (in vitro fertilization) or IUI (intrauterine insemination) stood for. We certainly didn’t
Continue ReadingThe Small Business Administration will make a second attempt to open a federal emergency grant program for theaters and live music venues Monday, more than two weeks after the initial launch failed due to technical issues. The funding for what’s known as the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program was approved by Congress in December as
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DMX, the acclaimed New York rapper and actor, will be laid to rest this weekend. The artist, born Earl Simmons, died at the age 50 on April 9 after suffering a heart attack in his New York home. He burst onto the rap scene in the late 1990s with songs including “Get At Me Dog,”
Continue Reading Five people were injured early Saturday in a shooting on New Orleans’ famous Bourbon Street, and no arrests had been made as of a few hours after the incident, police said. The shooting was reported to police at 1:16 a.m. CT on the street popular with tourists near an address on the edge of the
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A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying four astronauts from three countries — docked with the International Space Station early Saturday morning ET, beginning the crew’s six-month stay in space. This mission, dubbed Crew-2, marks the third-ever crewed flight for Elon Musk’s company and the first to make use of a previously flown, privately-owned rocket
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