I’d love your thoughts on selfies (or self portraits if that sounds more agreeable). The other day, I wondered if I was taking enough of them. Then immediately was embarrassed for thinking such a thought. I’ve been instagramming since 2013 — the year the selfie was recorded as a global …
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As the pandemic plows into the holiday season, more than 50 million people are going hungry, according to one estimate. A growing share of Americans say it’s tough to make ends meet and millions are behind on their rent as an eviction moratorium nears its Dec. 31 end. People have …
Read More »The Tell: Pace of home-price growth is ‘unsustainable’ in many global cities, warns UBS
The view from a Brooklyn neighborhood on Tuesday. The UBS report gave a mixed picture for New York City real estate. Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic may have triggered the worst global downturn in more than 60 years, but home prices in the world’s biggest cities still have shot higher …
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The financial hurdles women confront to attain financial security in retirement can be colossal, as a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing last week validated bluntly. The hearing entitled, “Women and Retirement: Unique Challenges and Opportunities to Pave a Brighter Future” focused on the barriers that women face in planning …
Read More »Economic Report: As many as 500,000 were furloughed without pay in the U.K. in May
A sign informing shoppers that the shop is temporarily closed is displayed outside a John Lewis store in Oxford Street, central London on July 2, 2020. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images) ben stansall/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Between 450,000 and 500,000 people were furloughed …
Read More »Philip Morris says cigarette sales in many places could end in a decade and they’ve got a ‘safer’ product to replace them
Philip Morris International Inc. thinks the sale of cigarettes could come to an end in countries around the world in the coming years, but have no fear, because they’ve got another product ready to sell that offers a “safer” nicotine fix. Philip Morris PM, +4.02% and the Food and Drug …
Read More »New York City welcomes more hospital beds, but still needs many more
A handful of white tents popped up in Central Park’s East Meadow on Sunday. The structures are Mount Sinai Hospital’s new 68-bed field hospital and are just one creative way that New York City is hoping to create 40,000 more hospital beds. Mayor Bill de Blasio estimates that the city …
Read More »Key Words: Trump touts ‘biggest stock market rise in history yesterday,’ but many investors believe worst isn’t over amid coronavirus panic
‘BIGGEST STOCK MARKET RISE IN HISTORY YESTERDAY!’ President Donald Trump That is Trump on Saturday morning, referencing the Friday surge by the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +9.36% , the S&P 500 index SPX, +9.29% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +9.35% , which constituted the major equity benchmarks’ biggest daily percentage …
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