Nearly 4 million Americans have been out of work for at least six months
Jennifer Davis lost her job as director of catering and special events at a small restaurant chain within 15 minutes of Maryland shuttering bars and…
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is launching an energy drink
Can you smell what “The Rock” is cooking? The wrestler-turned-actor-turned-entrepreneur is entering the energy drink business with ZOA, a…
Continue Reading Richard Branson’s mother dies of Covid-19
Eve Branson, mother of Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group, has died of coronavirus, her son announced Monday. In a blog…
Continue Reading Staples offers to buy Office Depot for $2.1 billion
Staples is once again proposing to buy rival Office Depot in a $2.1 billion deal, five years after the US government squashed their prior merger…
Continue Reading Fox News adds another hour of opinion programming to its evening schedule
Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing it with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further…
Continue Reading Bone appétit: Ben & Jerry’s is now making dog treats
Ben & Jerry’s is already irresistible to most humans — and now, they’re looking to hook man’s best friend with a new line of…
Continue Reading Experts warn that Trump’s ‘big lie’ will outlast his presidency
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. So many lies led up…
Continue Reading CEO arrested for breaching the US Capitol during Trump-fueled insurrection
The CEO of a Chicago company said he was arrested after breaching the US Capitol during Wednesday’s Trump-fueled insurrection in Washington,…
Continue Reading Capitol rioter to CNN: We could absolutely f***ing destroy you
Journalists reported on violence and chaos in real time as rioters stormed the Capitol Wednesday, and some members of the media experienced the wrath…
Continue Reading Stelter: Fox News and Facebook are part of the pro-Trump fantasyland that enabled the Capitol siege
A sick brew of misinformation and hate, cooked up for years by pro-Trump media and enabled by Big Tech, culminated last Wednesday in the siege of the…
Continue Reading The Capitol siege began with a web of delusion
The Capitol insurrection didn’t come out of thin air: It was a result of rage and a web of delusion that many supporters of President Donald…
Continue Reading Tesla is surging. Is it too late for investors to get in?
Telsa shares outperformed all other major stocks by a wide margin last year, rising 743%. So does that mean its incredible run is behind it? Maybe…
Continue Reading Political instability is another strike against the dollar
There are plenty of reasons to bet against the US dollar right now. Add the riots at the Capitol last week to the list. What’s happening:…
Continue Reading Has the Tesla rally run its course? Or is it too late for investors to get in?
Telsa shares outperformed all other major stocks by a wide margin last year, rising 743%. So does that mean its incredible run is behind it? Maybe…
Continue Reading CNN’s Elle Reeve: ‘Donald Trump plus the Internet brings extremism to the masses’
It was an Extremely Online riot. Some of the people who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, stalked its majestic halls, and delayed the certification…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank to pay more than $100 million in deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors
Deutsche Bank entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors who allege the bank violated anti-bribery laws while doing…
Continue Reading The fried chicken sandwich wars are heating up. Here are the new entrants
The fried chicken sandwich wars sparked by Popeyes in 2019 are still clucking along two years later — and they’re heating up again. This…
Continue Reading The US economy lost 140,000 jobs in December. All of them were held by women
A year ago, a rare thing happened to American women. For three months, they held more jobs than men in the US economy — something that had only…
Continue Reading Bitcoin rally may be the ‘mother of all bubbles’ says BofA
Bitcoin prices have doubled in less than a month to more than $40,000. And while cryptocurrency bulls argue this stunning surge is justified, some on…
Continue Reading Stocks hit new records despite dour jobs report
Bad news is good news again on Wall Street. Stocks rose at the opening bell Friday to hit more new records — despite the fact that the United…
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