The Milwaukee Bucks decided to “strike” and not take the floor for their playoff game today in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. The game between the Bucks and the Orlando Magic was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, but the teams remained in their respective locker …
Read More »: U.S. holds tariffs on E.U. products over Airbus aid
FILE PHOTO: An Airbus A350 takes off at the aircraft builder’s headquarters in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo regis duvignau/Reuters The U.S. said tariffs on European Union products will remain unchanged despite efforts by Airbus to move into compliance with a World Trade Organization decision …
Read More »The Wall Street Journal: Twitter may emerge as rival to Microsoft in negotiations over TikTok deal
Twitter Inc. has had preliminary talks about a potential combination with TikTok, the popular video-sharing app that the Trump administration has declared a national-security threat due to its Chinese ownership, according to people familiar with the matter. It is unclear whether Twitter will pursue a deal with TikTok, which would …
Read More »The Moneyist: My father died from COVID-19, and left no will. My stepmother threatened to sell our family heirlooms — unless we sign over our claim to his estate. What can we do?
Dear Moneyist, My dad passed away from COVID-19 in April 2020. He was a first responder at a walk-in clinic, and was in great health with no underlying health conditions. His death is still a shock to me as he and I were very close. My sister, our stepmother of …
Read More »The New York Post: Barr taps former aide to take over as U.S. attorney for Eastern District of New York
The top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn is leaving his post for a job at the U.S. Justice Department in Washington. Richard Donoghue, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, told his staff Thursday that he will become the top deputy to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen. …
Read More »The Moneyist: I told my family I boycott Chick-fil-A over its support of anti-LGBTQ causes — now they ‘like’ it on Facebook and go there for lunch
Dear Moneyist, I’m a gay man from a family of 10 siblings, and the only gay member of my extended family of cousins, to my knowledge. I have been dismayed for several years now that some members of my immediate family support Chick-fil-A, the fast-food corporation controversial for its positions …
Read More »Walgreens to cut over 4,000 jobs at Boots on a dark day for U.K. jobs
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Boots, John Lewis, and the U.K. arm of Burger King all announced job cuts on Thursday as companies count the damage of lockdown measures. MarketWatch.com – Top Stories
Read More »The Moneyist: ‘I’m having a hard time understanding how earning over $200,000 a year is too much to qualify for a decent stimulus check’
Dear Moneyist, Unfortunately, we are one of the families who only got a $ 200 stimulus payment. We have a family of five that we provide for, but because one of our kids would have owed around $ 800 in federal taxes and would benefit more from us not claiming …
Read More »British grocers reject U.S. chlorine-washed chicken as row over welfare standards deepen
The row between Britain and the U.S. over food standard has deepened after some of the U.K.’s leading grocers have refused to sell a raft of food imports. Britain’s fifth biggest grocer Aldi said it would never sell chlorine-washed chicken imported from the U.S., regardless of the outcome of ongoing …
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