Janet Blaser knows a thing or two about reinvention. Once a food and restaurant writer in Santa Cruz, Calif., the now-63-year-old struggled to find work roughly a decade ago as journalism increasingly moved online. She lost one beloved job, got her hours cut at another, and ended up working odd …
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Starting Monday, the U.S. will require all air passengers coming from the U.K. to have a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of their departure, the CDC announced late Thursday night. In a statement, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said President Donald Trump will sign the order …
Read More » The numbers: The second and final reading of the consumer sentiment index from the University of Michigan fell to 80.7 in December from an initial 81.4 earlier in the month. The index remained higher than the 76.9 reading in November. Economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast the index would slip …
Read More » The numbers: A pair of surveys of U.S. businesses added to mounting evidence on Wednesday that the economy is slowing in the wake of a record coronavirus outbreak. IHS Markit said its “flash” survey of executives at service-oriented companies such as restaurants, financial firms and health-care providers fell to 55.3 …
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• U.S. case tally climbs to 15 million from 14 million in five days • Birx and Fauci say Americans must stop gathering in large numbers • President-elect Joe Biden pledges to deliver 100 million vaccine shots in first 100 days in office • German Chancellor Angela Merkel pleads with …
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Getty Images “ ‘The United States is at a tipping point in which it could go from manageable internal tension to revolution and/or civil war.’ ” That’s Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, sounding the alarm in his latest LinkedIn post on the class and power struggles that …
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• U.S. added record 4.2 million COVID-19 cases in November • Osterholm says there’s light at the end of tunnel in form of promising vaccines • Grand Prix driver Lewis Hamilton tests positive • Vietnam records its first case of local transmission in almost three months The U.S. set a …
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A previous version of this report incorrectly described Chuck Schumer as the majority leader of the Senate. He is the minority leader. The story has been corrected. Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, has vowed to spend a lot of time in the Peach State. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images …
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Now is the time to consider value stocks for your portfolio as the U.S. economy gathers strength and as promising coronavirus vaccines and treatments are deployed. John Buckingham, editor of The Prudent Speculator investing newsletter, has done for this column a special screen of stocks with value characteristics. That led …
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