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 […]
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Vice President Mike Pence speaks to reporters alongside the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington, March 10, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the federal coronavirus task force, delivered a clear message to governors about reopening schools. Help us help […]
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty If the streaming wars reinvented network television, the digital streaming device Roku amounts to something like basic cable. Through purple software packaged in a set-top box or smart TV, Roku peddles a discount option for the average viewer, bundling a limited range of shows […]
FILE – In this Jan. 22, 2021, file photo, people under umbrellas on the square in front of the Old Opera in Frankfurt, Germany, on a rainy. Nearly a year to the day after Wuhan went into lockdown to contain a virus that had already escaped, President Joe Biden began […]
Hello International Insider readers, and welcome to 2021. Jake Kanter here with you to reflect on a week when the industry was well and truly woken from its Christmas slumber. Got a story you want to share? You can contact me on [email protected], or my DMs are open on Twitter. […]
Luxury companies are fussy about where their products are sold online and would love to remain that way. But few will have the option after the pandemic. That will boost the status of already-powerful brands, as well as tech giants like Amazon that are eyeing the industry. The luxury business […]
But the match between Kasparov and Deep Blue had its own plot twists and huge audience. Game 1 of the tournament began Feb. 10, 1996. After a bad draw by Kasparov, Deep Blue won the right to take the first move. A dozen turns later and Kasparov found his queen. […]
David Attenborough may be a national treasure, but he sure caused a stink with his recent gift of a shark’s tooth to young Prince George. Sir David had personally found the tooth – a fossilised gnasher from the jaws of a megalodon – in Malta, which prompted the Maltese government […]
From big banks to Starbucks, American corporations are rolling out initiatives to address racial inequality. JPMorgan Chase has a new $30 billion five-year plan to fund things like affordable housing. IBM has announced a quantum computing outreach to historically Black colleges and universities. Advocates for greater equity welcome the attention, […]
Published in partnership with Drilled News. Tennessee’s Republican movers and shakers probably weren’t expecting pollution to be a major issue in this year’s Senate race. Since Al Gore vacated his Senate seat in 1993 to serve as Bill Clinton’s vice president, Tennesseans have elected only Republicans to the chamber and the […]