By Sean Pyles In a holiday season that many of us will spend apart from loved ones, gift-giving might feel even more important than usual. After all, if you can’t travel to see family, at least you can see them unwrap gifts over a video call, right? And just as […]
Month: December 2020
FINANCE Trump’s longtime banker at Deutsche Bank resigns President Trump’s longtime banker at Deutsche Bank, who arranged for the German lender to make hundreds of millions of dollars of loans to his company, is stepping down from the bank. Rosemary Vrablic, a managing director and senior banker in Deutsche Bank’s […]
LONDON—Scientists around the world are racing to assess the dangers posed by a new variant of the coronavirus that has spread rapidly in Britain, as more countries shut their borders to travelers from the U.K. in an effort to keep it out. Epidemiologists and virologists advising the British government say […]
Woman in shopping mall with bags shopping during pandemic and wearing face mask against coronavirus. When I reached out to financial experts with the query, “What holiday splurges do you think are worth it,” I expected some of their responses to be, “none” — or lengthier ways of essentially saying […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — While business owners in Shelby County are standing by to see what may or may not change with any new health directive, a new report outlines how the economy of the Mid-South has been affected by COVID-19. An analysis by Business.org found In Tennessee businesses connected to […]
The Detroit News Published 10:38 p.m. ET Dec. 22, 2020 What’s with Whitmer? Is Gov. Gretchen Whitmer competing with New York’s Andrew Cuomo and California’s Gavin Newsom to be America’s most destructive governor (“Michigan extends indoor dining ban but allows casinos, cinemas, bowling alleys to reopen,” Dec. 18)? Back when we […]
Li Changming just purchased a new Huawei smartphone and the 70-year-old retiree is still a bit puzzled by a high-tech device that China policymakers hope will help unlock spending by millions of older Chinese. © NOEL CELIS China has plans to help its legions of pensioners keep up with a […]
Tin Nguyen slept in on Christmas Eve 2018. It was a light sleep. Nguyen says at California State Prison in Lancaster you sleep light for your own safety. He heard his cell number, 144, prison number, 06, and last name called over the mic. His door popped open and he […]
Woman walking at the frozen lake. It’s inevitable: After the glitz and festivities of the winter holidays, the rest of the winter can seem anticlimactic. But it doesn’t have to be. Related: 35 Easy Ways To Save Money This Winter As tempting as it might be to take up an […]
I learned what the word “paranoid” meant from my grandfather. “Yes, I’m paranoid,” he would quip in a very grandfatherly way, in that he was always forgetting that he’d told us this joke many times before. “But am I paranoid enough?” The answer to that question, when it comes to […]
CLOSE Here’s a list of who’s open for grub and last-minute goodies Christmas Day 2020. USA TODAY Desperately hunting for last-minute stocking stuffers or a can of cranberry sauce? Your options will be limited. Christmas is the one day that Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, shutters its locations and several […]
On your marks, get set…hand over your phones? 1. The show’s name is different in the US because “Bake Off” is copyrighted by Pillsbury. Pillsbury / Via giphy.com The food company, famous for its delicious crescent rolls and adorable Doughboy mascot, has been hosting the Pillsbury Bake Off since 1949. […]
Snohomish County connects job seekers to local opportunities On Dec. 16, Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers announced a countywide effort to assist job seekers and companies to keep talent local and preserve, build and attract long-term partnerships with companies. Unlike other online employment portals, this is a unique connector given […]
Yahoo Life is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. The holidays are here folks! If your scrambled 2020 brain is having trouble coming up with […]
Ned and Linda Heindel have enjoyed the Hexenkopf Ridge so much they decided to share it with the world. The couple has donated 76 acres on Hexenkopf Road in Williams Township to Northampton County so it can be saved for public use as the Hexenkopf Ridge Preserve. Northampton County Executive […]
Yahoo Lifestyle is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Everybody loves the right gift card. (Photo: Amazon/Chewy/Sephora/Brooklinen/Baublebar) A little behind on that holiday shopping? Hey […]
In a stunning display of cruelty and heartlessness, the owner of one Sacramento residential hotel has decided to hand out eviction notices during the holiday season. If the Ezralow Company gets its way, dozens of paying tenants will soon be on the streets in the middle of winter — and […]
Videogames have grown to resemble competition-based, interactive movies, and the COVID-19 pandemic has propelled the industry to make more money than movies and sports combined. Global videogame revenue is expected to surge 20% to $179.7 billion in 2020, according to IDC data, making the videogame industry a bigger moneymaker than […]
Walker Ryan got two important things when he was 14: his first skateboarding sponsor and a box of books written by his grandmother. He can’t remember whether it was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or his friend’s older brother who got him interested in skateboarding. Forgive his fuzzy memory: He […]
Billie Eilish. DAVID SWANSON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock She’s not having it! Billie Eilish shuts down haters who criticize her signature green-and-black hairstyle in the most epic way. On Monday, December 21, the 19-year-old hitmaker took to her Instagram Story to share a story about her dog. But before she got to it, she […]
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Sales of pedal-powered bicycles and electric bikes were on the rise even before the coronavirus pandemic left many consumers spending more time at home, with less need for a car. Since then, bicycles and their electric-motor-powered cousins have been […]
A Singapore court sentenced an Indian woman to over six years in jail for cheating people of over Rs 3.31 crore or 6 lakh Singapore dollars. Kaveena Jaya Kumar, 42, pleaded guilty for the offence on Monday. Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Zhi Hao told the court that she had difficulty […]