Tesla is not watching you any more than TikTok is — or so Elon Musk tried to assure China and other countries over the weekend. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that China’s government is barring military staff and the employees of key state-owned companies from driving Tesla TSLA, +2.31% …
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“ ‘We believe that hindsight will show the champion of head-smacking craziness in the American stock market to be the period playing out right now.’ ” That’s billionaire Paul Singer of Elliott Management suggesting that the market for equities has pretty much jumped the shark, in a Jan. 28 letter …
Read More » The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday that it’s too soon to ease mask mandates and social-distancing rules, and warned the more contagious strain of COVID-19 first identified in the U.K. could be the dominant U.S. strain by the end of March. In an interview …
Read More » Personal-finance guru Dave Ramsey says people need a $ 1,000 emergency fund. He also says that if a $ 600 or $ 1,400 stimulus check would be a lifeline for you during the current pandemic state of emergency, “you were pretty much screwed already.” The radio host and author argued against …
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“ ‘It just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective.’ ” — Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on double masking Dr. Anthony Fauci says two masks are better than one. “It just makes common sense that it likely would …
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Former coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said her job was hampered by misleading information and COVID-deniers within the White House. In a wide-ranging interview with CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Birx said “outside advisers” were feeding then-President Donald Trump a “parallel data stream.” “ “I saw …
Read More » On Jan. 3, three days before the attack on the Capitol, Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right organization known as the Proud Boys, shared a cryptic post on the messaging app Telegram: “What if we invade it?” The message was sent to his more than 7,000 followers on the app, …
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“ ‘President-elect Biden’s relief and recovery proposal would be a lifeline to workers and their families.’ ” — Josh Bivens, director of research at the EPI On Thursday evening, President-elect Joe Biden said he will call for $ 1,400 stimulus checks and more vaccine funds as part of a $ …
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“ ‘We’re the most bullish on the market that we’ve been in about a year.’ ” That’s Meghan Shue, head of investment strategy at Wilmington Trust, explaining to CNBC why she’s optimistic that the stock market has some upside over the next nine to 12 months. She said a combination …
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