Jobless Claims Fell to New Pandemic Low of 267,000
Worker filings for unemployment insurance edged lower last week, continuing their long glide path toward pre-pandemic levels as the labor...
Month: November 2021
American journalist Danny Fenster could face life in prison in Myanmar
Fenster, a 37-year-old from Detroit, Michigan, has been detained in Myanmar for more than five months. He has been denied...
Opinion: Your rights could be taken away rapidly. I know because it happened to me
My grandmothers had escaped the 1917 Russian Revolution and fled to Iran in search of freedom. And to a certain...
Judge Rejects Apple’s Request to Delay App Store Order
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected Apple Inc.’s attempt to delay her September injunction that would loosen some of...
WSJ News Exclusive | Rivian Prices Shares at $78 in Highly Anticipated IPO
Rivian Automotive Inc. priced its highly anticipated initial public offering at $78 a share, well above its raised expectations, valuing...
Honeybees make a chilling warning noise when attacked by hive-destroying murder hornets
They descend en masse after a scout has identified the target hive, killing the defending adult bees, occupying their nest...
Review: Citi Simplicity Credit Card | The Ascent
0% introductory APR for 21 months on balance transfers: One of the longest introductory periods on balance transfers we've come...
Review: Citi Simplicity Credit Card | The Ascent
0% introductory APR for 21 months on balance transfers: One of the longest introductory periods on balance transfers we've come...
Thanksgiving Dinner Staples Are Low in Stock Thanks to Supply-Chain Issues
The supply-chain crunch is about to hit another part of American life: Thanksgiving dinner. Supplies of food and household items...
General Electric to Split Into Three Public Companies
General Electric Co. said it would split into three public companies, breaking apart the more than century-old company that was...
There is no fear on Wall Street. Only greed
It's no wonder then that the CNN Business Fear & Greed Index, which looks at seven gauges of market sentiment,...
Satellite images show China’s new aircraft carrier with advanced technology – CNN Video
A new Chinese aircraft carrier with technology nearly equaling the capabilities of its US counterparts could be launched as soon...
India Zika outbreak sees surge of nearly 100 cases
First discovered in 1947, the mosquito-borne virus Zika virus reached epidemic proportions in Brazil in 2015, when thousands of babies...
China Evergrande Scrapes Together More Cash From Tech Company Stake Sale
SINGAPORE— China Evergrande Group raised around $145 million in recent days by selling a chunk of its shares in a...
Biden administration will waive immigration application fees for thousands of evacuated Afghans
The resettlement challenge has dogged the administration since the frenzied evacuation from Afghanistan in August: resettling tens of thousands of...
SoftBank Suffers $54 Billion Bruise From China’s Tech Crackdown
TOKYO— SoftBank Group Corp. took a more than $50 billion beating from Beijing’s tech crackdown, but its leader said he...
Fed’s Randal Quarles to Resign at End of Year
Federal Reserve governor Randal Quarles said Monday he would resign his position around the end of this year, giving President...
Crisis worsens on Poland-Belarus border as migrants congregate and troops are mobilized
In the latest in a weeks-long migration crisis at the border, the head of the Polish border guard said that...
Why more Brits are turning to food banks
Volunteer Tania Nedvetsky helps arrange donations at Dad’s House, a food bank in London. In an upmarket neighborhood in west...
Consumers Trade Rib-eye for Ground Beef as Grocery Prices Rise
Americans are cutting back on steak as rising grocery prices squeeze spending. Supermarkets say shoppers are buying more store-brand meat...
