This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. The U.S. government on Thursday announced that former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf is barred from ever working at a bank and will pay $17.5 million in connection to scandals at Wells that first came to light a few years ago […]
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Obama portraits to go on tour
The famed portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will soon be more accessible than ever before. The two paintings will go on tour next year, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., announced this week. “From the moment of their unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National […]
Anti-abortion rights groups get support from Trump
President Trump on Friday will become the first sitting president to speak at the annual March for Life rally — a visible show of support for those who want to restrict abortion access. The event comes six weeks before Supreme Court arguments in one of the most important abortion cases […]
Coronavirus drives up sales of masks and rubber gloves
Employees at the Shanghai factory where America’s 3M Co. makes its surgical masks in China are working overtime to meet skyrocketing demand for the protective product as the deadly Wuhan coronavirus spreads throughout Asia. 3M has run out of its stock of masks at both its factory and flagship stores in […]
23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline, CEO says she was ‘surprised’ to see market turn
23andMe Co-Founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 at Pier 48 on September 19, 2017 in San Francisco, California. Steve Jennings Home DNA-testing company 23andMe is laying off about 100 people, or 14% of its staff, on Thursday, in the wake of declining sales. The […]
Helicopter-sharing app Blade enters organ transport business
The Blade helicopter service is reducing the critical travel time for organs; Dr. Marc Siegel shares more and a transplant recipient tells his story on ‘Fox & Friends.’ There’s a small window of opportunity for an organ transplant to be safely and healthily transported. Continue Reading Below NYU Langone Health, in […]
US regulator plans enforcement actions against former Wells Fargo executives: Source
Sarge986 Stephen Guilfoyle discusses Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan’s testimony on Capitol Hill. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of Wells Fargo & Co’s top regulators plans to bring enforcement actions against as many as 10 former executives in relation to the bank’s sales practices scandal as soon as Thursday, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Continue Reading Below Ticker Security Last Change […]
In rush of transports earnings, one group has reached a ‘key juncture,’ trader says
A flood of airline earnings out Thursday failed to give the transports sector a lift on Thursday. JetBlue, Southwest Airlines and American Airlines were all higher after reporting on their recent quarters, but the IYT transports ETF was flat on the day. One corner of the transports is on the cusp of a […]
Democrats try to persuade reluctant Republicans to join push to remove Trump
People demonstrate outside of the U.S. Capitol on the third day of the Senate impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger January 23, 2020 By Steve Holland, David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats were poised on Thursday to press […]
Explainer: Central bank digital currencies – Moving towards reality?
FILE PHOTO: Bitcoin (virtual currency) coins are seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, May 27, 2015. Picture taken May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier January 23, 2020 By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – Central banks are looking at creating their own digital currencies […]