FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson wears a face mask as he visits the Public Health England site at the Porton Down science park, near Salisbury, Britain November 27, 2020. Adrian Dennis/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo November 28, 2020 By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – England needs tough restrictions after […]
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Zappos’ Tony Hsieh steps lively
(CBS News) Millions of Americans still need to find jobs, and millions of consumers will need to keep shopping, if the economy is ever to regain its footing. One up-and-coming company we know of is doing its best to improve things for customers and workers alike, by thinking differently. Erin […]
Wilton Gregory becomes the first Black American cardinal
Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington D.C., became the first African-American cardinal on Saturday when Pope Francis raised 13 new cardinals to the highest rank in the Catholic hierarchy. He said ahead of the ceremony that he viewed his appointment as “an affirmation of Black Catholics in the United States, […]
Tony Hsieh, retired Zappos CEO, has died at 46
Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com who spent years working to transform the city’s downtown area, has died. He was 46. Hsieh was with family when he died Friday, according to a statement from DTP Companies, which he founded. Downtown Partnership spokesperson Megan Fazio […]
Serum Institute CEO sees AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as “very good” candidate
November 28, 2020 By Euan Rocha and Nidhi Verma MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, sees AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate as a “very good” option, giving it a major vote of confidence after some experts raised questions around its trial data. Serum […]
Italy reports 26,323 new coronavirus cases, 686 deaths
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks on a street in the Spanish quarters, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Naples, Italy November 26, 2020. Picture taken November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi November 28, 2020 By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – Italy reported 686 COVID-19-related deaths on Saturday, […]
Energy is where investors send money ‘to die’ but there is one stock to like in the space, trader says
The S&P energy sector closed out its best month ever after rallying nearly 40% in November. But, energy finds no fan in Mark Tepper, president of Strategic Wealth Partners. “The energy sector has been a place you’ve really sent your money to die for the last decade. If you go […]
Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge for scientist’s killing
Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday called for the “definitive punishment” of those behind the killing of a scientist linked to Tehran’s disbanded military nuclear program, a slaying the Islamic Republic has blamed on Israel. Israel, long suspected of killing Iranian scientists a decade ago amid tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program, […]
U.S. tops 13 million COVID-19 cases as holiday season begins
The United States reported more than 205,000 new COVID-19 cases and 1,400 deaths on Friday as the number of confirmed infections in the country soared past 13 million. Over 30 states saw increases in new daily COVID-19 cases before the Thanksgiving holiday, leading experts to fear a post-holiday surge that […]
Ethiopia’s Tigray capital reported to be “heavily bombarded”
Ethiopia’s military launched an offensive on the Tigray regional capital Saturday in a quest to arrest the region’s defiant leaders, and the city was being “heavily bombarded,” Tigray TV reported. Humanitarians confirmed the shelling in Mekele, a densely populated city of a half-million people, which immediately raised concerns about civilian […]