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US dollar drops to lowest in more than two years NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar hit its lowest in two and a half years on Monday as broad risk sentiment improved overall, with investors looking to President-elect Joe Biden's economic team that is likely to push for more stimulus to counter the shock from ...
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Bitcoin Hits New Record, This Time With Less Talk of a Bubble Bitcoin is back. Again. Nearly three years after it went on a hair-bending rise and hit a peak of $19,783, the price of a single Bitcoin rose above that for the first time on Monday, according to the data and news provider CoinDesk. The cryptocurrency has soared ...
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3 energy stocks for the pandemic rebound that has already started The S&P 500 energy sector rose 27.5% last week on widespread expectations for a rebound in the global economy. Email icon; Facebook icon; Twitter icon; Linkedin icon; Flipboard icon. Print icon; Resize icon ...
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Dow heads over 200 points lower to start week, but remains set for best month since 1987 Stocks fell at the start of Monday's trade, but equities remain on track for a historic month as investors cheered progress toward vaccines while looking past a continued rise in COVID-19 cases. What are major benchmarks doing? The Dow Jones Industrial ...
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FTSE 100 set for best month in over 30 years but BP and Shell fall ahead of OPEC meeting The FTSE 100 traded flat on Monday, despite reports the U.K. regulator could approve the COVID-19 vaccine from drugmaker Pfizer PFE, +1.59% and its partner BioNTech BNTX, +4.77% within days, and signs that infections are falling sharply. The blue-chip ...
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Average Roth IRA Returns Roth IRAs are a great tool to help you save more for retirement. Unlike its traditional IRA counterpart, a Roth IRA doesn't offer a tax deduction up front. Instead account holders pay taxes on their contributions the year they're made but don't pay any taxes on ...
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to leave agency next year Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced Monday that he'll resign his post in January, concluding a four-year run atop the nation's telecom regulatory agency. President Trump tapped Pai, then a commissioner, to serve as his first ...
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3 Reasons to Be Excited About Snapchat's TikTok Clone Snap (NYSE:SNAP) already shares a good amount of DNA with TikTok, but now, it has downright cloned elements of the increasingly popular social media app. The company behind Snapchat introduced a new feature in its flagship app called Spotlight, ...
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Moderna asking US and European regulators to OK emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine Moderna Inc. said it would ask U.S. and European regulators Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection — ramping up the race to begin limited vaccinations as the coronavirus ...
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Delta Air Lines Avoids Pilot Furloughs A month ago, Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) reached a tentative agreement with its pilot union -- the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) -- to avoid pilot furloughs. The deal offered partial pay for more than 1,700 pilots who would have been furloughed, ...
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Novavax, swamped with FDA's manufacturing 'questions,' hopes for US coronavirus shot trial within the year With two players in the race for a COVID-19 vaccine nearing the finish line on world-first regulatory approvals, Maryland biotech Novavax continues to lag behind in getting its candidate into a late-stage trial in the U.S. Now, that trial has been pushed back ...
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IPO Roadshows for Airbnb and DoorDash Investors who expected DoorDash's valuation to be rising because of Covid-19 made a good assumption. The food delivery company was valued at about $16 billion in 2019. Now DoorDash is looking for a $25 billion IPO valuation.
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Elon Musk: Tesla Full Self-Driving beta to expand in two weeks New Autopilot feature will let Tesla cars handle red lights and stop signs. Watch Now. A little over a month after releasing Tesla Autopilot's Full Self-Driving (FSD) to a small group of select drivers, Tesla is gearing up for a wider release of the software, ...
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Starbucks Cyber Monday: Get a rare gift card deal and earn a free drink Monday The Seattle-based coffee giant is offering Starbucks Rewards members who buy a grande or larger handcrafted beverage on the app using mobile order Monday a free drink coupon to redeem the following week, between Dec. 7-13.
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Bitcoin Rallies Above $19000 After Biggest Rout Since Pandemic Bitcoin clawed back all of its losses from the biggest rout since March, showing a resiliency in a cryptocurrency rally that's outperformed most major asset classes in 2020. The most-traded digital coin rose over the weekend and added almost 5% more on ...
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Blumenthal: Metro-North Faces 'Existential Crisis' as it Considers Layoffs, Service Cuts LX, or Local X stands, for the exponential possibilities of storytelling in our communities. weddings 4 hours ago. Weddings and Events ...
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ABN AMRO presents outcome of strategy review and hosts virtual Investor Update ABN AMRO presents outcome of strategy review and hosts virtual Investor Update. Clear vision of the bank we want to be. 'A personal bank in the digital age' serving clients where we have scale in the Netherlands and Northwest Europe; Our clients' first ...
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British Airways Investigating Flight Attendant Offering 'Adult Entertainment On-Board' British Airways is hoping to identify a Heathrow-based crew member who is allegedly offering passengers "adult entertainment on-board." According to The Sun, the female flight attendant advertises her services through racy photos posted on social media.
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Cyber Monday: Amazon, Walmart offering deals on robot vacuums If you need help cleaning up during the holidays, these Cyber Monday deals might be something to sweep up. There are a number of deals on robot vacuums this year. So whether you're looking to buy one yourself or gift it this holiday season, check out all ...
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5 things to know: How about some brisket in that Chipotle burrito? Welcome to Monday, loyal readers. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Here are your business headlines. Let's start with brisket. Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) announced today that it's testing smoked brisket at 64 locations in Cincinnati and ...
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5 Medicare Surprises That Could Wreck Your Retirement Millions of seniors rely on Medicare for health coverage, but misunderstanding how the program works could make for a financially rocky retirement. Here are a few aspects of the program that tend to catch retirees off guard.
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Tesla Stock Climbs Because Its Model Y Is About to Give NIO Competition In China Tesla has been given approval to sell its Model Y crossover in China, giving another boost to a stock already juiced by its recent inclusion in the S&P 500 index. This will be Tesla's (ticker: TSLA) second made-in-China vehicle available for sale in the country.
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Tips from the postal service on holiday package safety Picture this: That expensive gift you spent weeks waiting for on back order finally gets delivered in time for the holidays, only to be swiped from your doorstep without a trace. Millions have fallen victim to package theft at some point, and the growth in online ...
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Donations to the Salvation Army on Giving Tuesday will be matched up to $51K GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — All donations on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 1, to The Salvation Army of Kent County will be matched up to $51,000. Contributions of any amount that are given to a physical or virtual red kettle, gifted online, by phone, or mail will be ...
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Free drive-thru COVID-19 test site to open in Northampton County BETHLEHEM TWP., Pa. - A free COVID-19 testing site will be open in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County for five days. The drive-thru/indoor walk-in clinic will be open Wednesday, Dec. 2 through Sunday, Dec. 6 at the William Penn Highway Park ...
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Aurora Solar Raises $50M to Power the Digital Transformation of the Solar Industry SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Aurora Solar, a SaaS company developing tools that enable solar professionals to design and sell solar remotely, announced today that it has raised $50 million in Series B, bringing the company's total ...
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Lloyds names HSBC's Charlie Nunn to role of CEO Lloyds Banking Group PLC said Monday it will appoint HSBC Holdings PLC's Charlie Nunn to be its next chief executive and executive director, succeeding Antonio Horta-Osorio. The FTSE 100-listed bank said Mr. Nunn is currently serving as HSBC's global ...
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What guidance is CDC giving for holiday travelers? With Thanksgiving carved up, many are now looking forward to decking the halls for Christmas, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new coronavirus testing guidance for those traveling. When it comes to international ventures, the CDC ...
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Average gas price in Springfield increased, still under $2.00 per gallon SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Gas prices in western Massachusetts have increased in the past week by 3.3 cents. According to Gas Buddy, the average price for a gallon of gas in Springfield is $1.97. Prices have unchanged compared to a month ago.
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Contactless, in-vehicle payments are focus of partnership between Gentex, PayByCar ZEELAND, Mich. — Some drivers will have new opportunities to pay for gas from their vehicles thanks to a partnership between Zeeland-based Gentex Corporation and PayByCar Inc. in Boston. A written statement from company representatives Monday, Nov.
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DoorDash Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- DoorDash, Inc. ("DoorDash") today announced that it has launched the roadshow for the initial public offering of its Class A common stock. DoorDash is offering 33,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock ...
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Cyber Monday 2020: Deals, steals, and how not to end up a victim of scammers COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) — If you're not done with your holiday shopping, there are stills deals to be had on Cyber Monday. Despite several major stores and brands leaning heavily into online sales for the past week or month in lieu of a ...
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LPD: Driver threatens to kill man in Walmart parking lot LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln Police Department is investigating an assault that happened over the weekend at a the N. 27th Street Walmart. LPD said on Saturday around 2 p.m., a man told officers that a car had been going too fast in the parking lot ...
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New Jersey Resources: Fiscal 4Q Earnings Snapshot WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Resources Corp. (NJR) on Monday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $43.3 million. The Wall Township, New Jersey-based company said it had profit of 45 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains ...
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TARTA, TARPS phone lines down Monday after outage The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority is reporting that phone lines and call centers are down due to an unexpected outage by the service provider. SERVICE ALERT: All TARTA & TARPS phone lines & call centers are down due to an unexpected outage ...
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Solar power nonprofit goes digital to bring installation instruction to underserved communities In 2019, Remote Energy traveled to Kenya to train women in solar photovoltaic installation in partnership with a nonprofit called Women in Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship, which works with women in Eastern Africa. (Photo courtesy of Katie G.
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Rhode Island field hospitals expected to admit patients this week CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — The field hospital run by Care New England is expected to begin accepting patients sometime early this week. In a statement sent to 12 News last week, the hospital group's President and CEO Dr. James Fanale said Kent Hospital ...
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Three Hospitalized After Car Slams into Rideshare Vehicle in Brooklyn Police are investigating a car crash in Brooklyn that sent three people to the hospital — one of them in critical condition. A black Dodge Charger (with a white decal) was going Northbound on Bedford Avenue just after midnight when it slammed into a ...
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BBVA, Sabadell merger talks fall apart BBVA and Sabadell have cut off talks of a potential deal that would have created Spain's second-largest domestic lender, both banks confirmed Friday. Disagreements over price in part led to the decision. At issue, Sabadell said, was the proposed exchange ...
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Libor's Final Retirement Date May Get Delayed Until Mid-2023 (Bloomberg) -- The administrator of dollar Libor is considering granting a one-and-a-half year stay of execution to key maturities on the discredited set of interest-rate benchmarks. The ICE Benchmark Administration Ltd. said it is consulting on plans to extend ...
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IBM Cloud Claims Quantum-Safe Cryptography Firsts IBM researchers say they have unlocked the key to keep data safe from quantum computing attacks, and the vendor now offers quantum-safe cryptography support for key management and application transactions in IBM Cloud. This makes it the industry's ...
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Australia Central Bank Seen Holding After Success of QE Drive (Bloomberg) -- A month into the Reserve Bank of Australia's A$100 billion ($73.6 billion) bond-buying program, it looks to be doing its job by driving bond yields lower and keeping a lid on currency appreciation. The RBA will leave the cash rate and the ...
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ECB Sees Inflation Near 1% Next Year, Guindos Says The European Central Bank sees inflation remaining negative for the rest of this year before rising to around 1% in 2021, according to Vice President Luis de Guindos. "All in all, we expect inflation to be close to 1% in 2021 and to see it moving up towards ...
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Ritchie Bros. sets record with $82 million in sales at Grande Prairie auction Ritchie Bros. saw its largest Grande Prairie auction ever last week, selling more than 4,900 pieces of equipment for more than $82 million — and beating previous auction records by 32%. A record 12,350+ online bidders from 53 countries registered for the ...
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Kadmon Announces FDA Acceptance of NDA for Belumosudil in Patients With Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease FDA Grants Priority Review and Sets PDUFA Date of May 30, 2021 - - Application Being Evaluated Under FDA's Real-Time Oncology Review (RTOR) and Project Orbis Pilot Programs -. NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / November 30, 2020 / Kadmon ...
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Early season for Christmas trees SALISBURY — The holiday season is kicking off after a late Thanksgiving but Christmas tree customers are already cutting down their orders. Heidi Stevens Tatro is the owner of Stevens Tree Farm in Salisbury, which opened Nov. 21 — the earliest date since ...
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Amazon UK discounts LEGO Art and Hidden Side – Cyber Monday deals Amazon UK has discounted LEGO Art and Hidden Side sets by up to 34% for Cyber Monday. The online retailer is currently offering substantial Cyber Monday deals across four LEGO sets, including 70423 Paranormal Intercept Bus 3000 and 70424 Ghost ...
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Study Identifies Potential Trends in Pediatric Sickle Cell Mortality A new population-based cohort study of pediatric patients with sickle cell disease found that mortality trends have largely shifted from bacterial infections as a cause to other associated complications, subsequent treatments, or comorbidities. The study also ...
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Families arrive back to South Florida after traveling for Thanksgiving MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The Sunday after Thanksgiving is usually the busiest travel day of the year, but the pandemic may have changed that. Families were seen returning home Monday at Miami International Airport after flying out for the holiday, ...
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Virtual visits with Santa? Just another offbeat thing about 2020 If there were any year without a Santa Claus, it would be 2020. Randy Maxey, of Clearwater, decided 2020 would be the year he'd don the red suit and show off his natural white beard as Santa, but then the pandemic hit. Like most men who embody the jolly ...
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