The Dow Jones has bounced 30% of its March lows in a move that left many in disbelief. Anger is growing as the stock market climbs in the midst of a devastating health and economic crisis. Some disgruntled traders and investors are stuck on the sidelines watching stocks shoot higher without them. In a gravity-defying…
Because of the coronavirus crisis, Americans spend less and save more money. A high savings rate can be harmful to the economy. Consumers have changed their spending habits. The COVID-19 pandemic is hurting many spheres of the economy. To slow the spread of the virus, the government told people to stay at home. Tons of…
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that the U.S. is in the crisis it’s in “not because of anything that China did. It’s not because of anything the W.H.O. did. It’s because of what this president did.” Murphy stated, “[T]he reason that we’re in the crisis that we are today…
During a press conference on Saturday, Vice President Mike Pence announced that travel from the United Kingdom and Ireland will be suspended at midnight on Monday, but Americans and legal residents of the U.S. in those countries will be allowed to return to the United States. Pence said, “Also, as the president just foreshadowed, in…
South Korea has been trying to become the world’s leading exporter of popular culture. The country’s “soft power” in the global community is increasing at a stratospheric pace. The rapid development of K-culture is helping the government generate immense profits. The South Korean entertainment industry cannot be stopped. Bands like BTS and movies like “Parasite”…
During an interview that aired Wednesday on the Fox News Channel, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) weighed in on the possibility of some Senate Democrats voting along with Republicans to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial currently underway. Hawley told FNC’s Tucker Carlson the case falling apart and pointed to the shifting of the…
Saturday, during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends Weekend, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham elaborated on the Trump administration’s decision to not participate in next week’s impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee. Grisham noted congressional Democrats had not been able to produce any evidence and called the endeavor the product of…
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends, House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA) stated that he will pursue legal action over the exposure of his phone records in the impeachment report. Nunes said, “I believe I am the first member of Congress, and I believe my staff and former…
In a wide-ranging conversation at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco last week, Postmates co-founder and chief executive officer Bastian Lehmann made light of the company’s lack of IPO documents. The San Francisco-based on-demand delivery business was expected to publicly file its IPO prospectus in September in preparation for a fall exit, sources familiar with the matter…
Every year the great and good (and bad) of the hacker/information-security world descend on Las Vegas for a week of conferences, in which many present their latest discoveries, and every year I try to itemize the most interesting (according to me) Black Hat talks for TechCrunch. Do not assume I attended all or even most…
