WASHINGTON — A federal judge has issued an injunction against President Trump’s executive order banning the Chinese social media app WeChat from carrying out commercial transactions in the United States after Sunday, presenting at least a temporary setback in the…
Read MoreMental health challenges rise as work-from-home demands drag on
Jaime Aguilar remembers when he left the office to work at home — March 13 — and can tell you the precise number of days he’s been away. “They gathered us around and told us starting tomorrow, we are going…
Read MoreHow liquid air could help keep the lights on
It sounds like magic but it is real – a plan to store cheap night-time wind energy in the form of liquid air. Here is how: you use the off-peak electricity to compress and cool air in a tank, so…
Read MoreThe positions of key GOP senators on replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talks to reporters on Capitol Hill last Thursday. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images With President Trump planning to nominate his third Supreme Court justice nominee by next week, key Republican senators are indicating their stance on…
Read MoreFactors to note before becoming a landlord
(BLOOMBERG) – Should you be a landlord? That’s a question some middle-class young people may be asking themselves lately. As millennials ease into early middle age, those with a bit of money saved up will be looking to park it…
Read MoreTrump Says Deal Between Oracle and TikTok Has His ‘Blessing’
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Saturday that he had given his “blessing” to an investment by the software maker Oracle in the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, suggesting that the app may be given a reprieve from his administration’s upcoming…
Read MoreBig Tech takes the climate change lead
Photo illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Getty Images photo: Jit Chattopadhyay/Pacific Press/LightRocket The tech industry is playing a growing role in fighting climate change, from zero-carbon commitments to investments in startups and pushing for the use of data to encourage energy efficiency….
Read MoreHungary extends loan moratorium for some borrowers until mid 2021 – Orban
FILE PHOTO: A worker is seen at the construction site of a building in Budapest, Hungary, May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett SzaboBUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary has decided to extend a moratorium on loan repayments for targeted groups of households and also…
Read MoreNYT: White House drug price negotiations between broke down over $100 "Trump Cards"
President Trump with Mark Meadows, his chief of staff, on Sept. 3 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Negotiations on a deal between the White House and pharmaceutical industry to lower drug prices broke…
Read MoreEquities sink on virus angst, Fed aftermath; gold, yen rise
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets slid on Friday as investors sought direction after this week’s U.S. Federal Reserve meeting and a jump in coronavirus cases in Europe rattled sentiment, while gold rose and safe-haven buying lifted the Japanese…
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