News Around the Globe
By Feuer Amazon shares rose after the e-commerce giant reported a record quarterly profit as pandemic-fueled demand for online shopping lifted its first-quarter earnings, helped by growth in its cloud …
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By Feuer Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin announced that it is officially challenging NASA’s decision to award a $2.9 billion contract to Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a moon lander for …
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By Feuer GameStop shares rose more than 6 percent in early trading after the company announced it raised $551 million through a stock sale to speed up the company’s turnaround …
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By Garger “Shark Tank” investor Daymond John is taking heat over a since-deleted tweet praising the remarks delivered by controversial religious leader Louis Farrakhan at DMX’s funeral. “What a powerful …
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By Natalie NASA’s history-making helicopter Ingenuity made its fastest and farthest flight on Mars ever on Sunday. The four-pound space chopper – which last week became the first controlled aircraft …
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By Steigrad Bitcoin investors are nursing their losses amid reports that President Biden is planning to raise capital gains taxes on the richest Americans. The volatile cryptocurrency’s price plunged nearly …
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By Elisa LONDON – Organizers say 4,000 people will be able to attend the ceremony for Britain’s leading music prize night next month as part of the government’s easing of …
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By Fickenscher Walmart is ditching the massive, automated pick-up towers inside its stores that hold online purchases for customers. The retailer is removing 300 of these towers and “hibernating” another …
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By Garger Johnson & Johnson will resume its COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Europe, the company announced, with added packaging labels warning of a rare risk of blood clots. The announcement …
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By Elisa Meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin fell after hitting an all-time high in a wild session that saw supporters of the token once considered a parody use hashtags to fuel a …
Read More By Alexandra GameStop shares shot up after the company announced plans to search for a new chief executive officer to help accelerate the company’s transformation into a digital retailer. GameStop …
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By Fonrouge Israel ended its outdoor mask mandate Sunday, now that about 80 percent of its adult population has received both doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, reports said. “Being without …
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By Jaosn An advocacy group called on Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg not to create a version of photo-sharing app Instagram for children who are under 13, as it would put …
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By Elisa Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG unveiled a battery-powered counterpart to its top Mercedes luxury sedan as German carmakers ramp up their challenge to electric upstart Tesla. The EQS is …
Read More By Manskar The price of bitcoin climbed to a new record high above $63,000 Tuesday as the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase prepares to go public this week. The world’s largest and …
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By Elisa BEIJING — In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country’s top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is …
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By Elisa Tesla CEO Elon Musk is once again drawing scrutiny for questionable comments he made to Wall Street analysts, this time involving the status of his company’s vehicle production. …
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By Manskar A hacker appears to be selling a giant stash of LinkedIn user data that was scraped from the networking website and other places, according to the company and …
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By Manskar The cryptocurrency market’s total value climbed past $2 trillion for the first time this week as big-name corporations continued to embrace the digital assets. Cryptocurrency’s market capitalization crossed …
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By Salo Egypt’s first female ship captain says she was wrongly blamed for the Suez Canal debacle – which occurred while she was on a different vessel hundreds of miles …
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