Brandi Susewitz founded Clear Office, a website that lists and sells high-end furniture leftover from office buildings. Brandi Susewitz When Oracle announced plans to move its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Texas, it needed to clear out multiple floors of furniture sitting inside its office. Instead of putting it […]
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Wall Street’s top analysts see these stocks as compelling plays
Signage is displayed on the ZoomInfo Technologies headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Scott Eisen | Bloomberg | Getty Images How are investors supposed to find stocks poised to outperform amid the latest round of market volatility? One way is by following the activity of analysts with […]
Russian-Chinese pact to explore the moon is another sign the U.S. must change its approach to Moscow
Photo taken by the rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2) on Jan. 11, 2019 shows the lander of the Chang’e-4 probe. China announced Friday that the Chang’e-4 mission, which realized the first-ever soft-landing on the far side of the moon, was a complete success. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | […]
Air travel is picking up as TSA records highest passenger screenings in nearly a year
A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent wears a protective mask and stands behind a protective barrier while screening a traveler at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images TSA officers screened 1,357,111 people at airports on […]
‘Avatar’ retakes box office crown from ‘Avengers: Endgame’ after China rerelease
Avatar Source: Walt Disney Studios “Avatar” is once again the highest-grossing film of all time. Over the weekend, James Cameron’s sci-fi epic was rereleased in China and garnered enough in ticket sales to overtake “Avengers: Endgame” for the record. “Avatar” first became the top-selling global release of all time in […]
Here’s where sports betting is legal, and the 19 states set to vote on it this year
2021 is a crucial year for sports betting sites like DraftKings and FanDuel. Nineteen states will decide whether to legalize sports betting this year, either through voter referendum or state legislature statute. If every state votes yes, that would more than double the amount of states that have legalized — […]
Crude to $100: Trader makes the case for a spike in oil prices
Crude oil prices are on a path to highs not seen since 2014, according to one chart analyst. As the energy sector tracks for its best quarter on record with a year-to-date gain of nearly 40%, there’s “clearly some upside” for oil prices as well, Piper Sandler’s Craig Johnson told […]
Bitcoin surpasses $60,000 in record high as rally accelerates
Representation of the virtual currency Bitcoin is seen on a motherboard in this picture illustration taken April 24, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Bitcoin crossed a record high of $60,000 on Saturday morning, continuing its rally as major companies and financial institutions adopt cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, was […]
The pandemic stranded these Americans overseas. Now, their unemployment benefits are in jeopardy
Justin Samuels, 44, was living in Malaga, Spain, when the Covid pandemic hit. The freelance writer is fighting New York for unemployment benefits. Justin Samuels Justin Samuels was living abroad in Malaga, a Spanish port city in the country’s south, along the Costa del Sol, when the pandemic chaos began […]
Here are all the states that will vote whether to legalize sports betting this year
2021 is a crucial year for sports betting sites like DraftKings and FanDuel. Nineteen states will decide whether to legalize sports betting this year, either through voter referendum or state legislature statute. If every state votes yes, that would more than double the amount of states that have legalized — […]