Where I currently live, the TV goes on before 7 a.m. each day and stays on until 10 p.m. every night. The awkward staccatos of morning news cascade into an endless cacophony of cable —the dour melodies of WWII documentaries, the tinny early-Western gunfights, the crunch and wail of cop […]
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John Authers is a senior editor for markets. Before Bloomberg, he spent 29 years with the Financial Times, where he was head of the Lex Column and chief markets commentator. He is the author of “The Fearful Rise of Markets” and other books. Read more opinion Follow @johnauthers on Twitter […]
Each period branded the city with deep economic pain, triggering massive job losses and the evisceration of small businesses. He remembers headlines blaring, “New York is over,” but that “every single time, we bounce back,” he said. Now 49 and the chief operating officer of a health and fitness app, […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — American tennis player Sam Querrey was placed in isolation by Russian authorities after testing positive for the coronavirus and then left the country on a private plane, organizers of the St. Petersburg Open said Thursday. The tournament said Querrey and his wife tested positive on […]
Adventure Did What? will premiere free on Facebook October 18. Adventure Theatre MTC (ATMTC) presents Adventure Did What? during its weekly StoryTime this Sunday at 2PM on Facebook Live. Adventure Did What? both celebrates all the new plays ATMTC has developed during COVID and previews these works that will provide […]
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Most nights, people fight and scream outside the small room where Elizabeth Maldonado and her four children sleep—or try to, at least—at a homeless shelter in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Maldonado’s 15-year-old daughter, in particular, fears that if […]
Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg When the coronavirus pandemic shut down bars and concert halls in March, a new phenomenon was born: the vacation-rental nightclub. Professional party promoters started scanning Airbnb, Vrbo and other short-term rental sites for mansions and luxury condos for hire. Tickets were going for $90 […]
They bent over individual white boards, grasping markers bearing their names (there is no more sharing) and taking dictation. “How do I spell get?” asked Ms. Moore. “Sometimes in the South we say, ‘g-i-tt,’” she hinted. “So, you have to be careful because it is ‘guh-Eh-tt.’ ” But the hybrid […]
Can you visit Lisbon? With excellent surfing, outstanding city break destinations and the world’s favourite custard tarts (pasteis de nata), Portugal has long been a favourite holiday destination for Brits. But with quarantine measures across Europe changing quicker than the British weather, are we still allowed to go? And, what […]
As travel inches upward following a near shutdown caused by the coronavirus, more people are deciding at the last minute to head out on trips. September was the strongest month of the year for hotel bookings, according to AAA, though it still trailed September 2019 by 12 percent. Nearly half […]
Text size Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Getty Images Here’s what you need to know about the impact of Covid-19, Hurricane Delta, and more ahead of the coming trading week. • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday rejected the White House’s latest $1.8 trillion coronavirus relief package, saying in […]
“By now, I’ve lost any hope of educating my senior colleagues,” I joked after a lengthy debate about the educational implications of COVID-19 at a recent online faculty meeting. “Oh, stop it,” others protested. And in fact, the truth is that I do have hope. It rests squarely on the […]
As soon as lockdown lifted and states started reopening, the question on most people’s minds was the same: What are the riskiest places when it comes to potential COVID-19 infection? Nonprofit journalism outlet CivicMeter conducted a survey of 27 epidemiologists, asking them to rate the risk of contracting COVID-19 at […]
Think Britain’s quarantine rules are daft? Some of the policies put in place elsewhere make ours look like the very height of common sense… Make-up worries in Malaysia One of the hidden dangers of coronavirus — according to the Malaysian government, at least — is that women might wear less […]
When the long-overlooked series Schitt’s Creek swept the board at last month’s Emmys, it was not only a triumph for the Canadian sitcom, but also spectacularly timed. The story of a wealthy family forced to relocate to live in two rooms of a motel, its awards success has coincided with […]
Enrollment in nearly all of Whatcom County’s seven public school districts have dropped, some sharply, likely because of COVID-19 and the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, according to new figures and a news release from the state on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Hundreds of Whatcom families didn’t enroll students in public […]
A refinery in Norco, Louisiana, U.S. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg The global network of tankers, pipelines and refineries that makes useful fuels out of crude oil is built on long-standing patterns of consumption: so much gasoline for the world’s drivers, a certain amount of diesel for trucks and a […]
Some mutual-fund managers will look back on 2020 as the worst of times. Others are having the time of their lives, posting year-to-date returns of 75% or more. The difference between the winners and the laggards is relatively straightforward: the extent to which portfolios were heavily weighted with stocks of […]
vail resorts American ski resorts are clamping down hard on the virus with a more stringent approach than in Europe Travel across the Pond continues to be off the cards for British skiers and snowboarders and it remains to be seen if ski holidays in America will be possible this […]
John Authers is a senior editor for markets. Before Bloomberg, he spent 29 years with the Financial Times, where he was head of the Lex Column and chief markets commentator. He is the author of “The Fearful Rise of Markets” and other books. Read more opinion Follow @johnauthers on Twitter […]
Weddings These will still be allowed to go ahead, with ceremonies and receptions of up to 15 people permitted. However, Mr Johnson made clear that they must be conducted in a Covid-secure way. Guests will have to stand or sit at least one metre apart, as well as take other […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House officials sought to project an air of business as usual on Friday despite President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, but aides privately expressed concern about the presidential election and showed signs of rising worry about the coronavirus. “The business of government continues,” economic adviser Larry Kudlow […]