Image copyright WeWork The hotly-anticipated stock market listing of WeWork’s parent company could be delayed until at least October, according to reports. We Company’s planned flotation has been dogged by worries that investors are going cold on the office sharing firm, which once had a valuation of $47bn. Several reports in the US, including in […]
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When Anthony Rizzo went down in the infield grass at Wrigley Field, it looked bad for the big first baseman and the Chicago Cubs. The result was somewhere in the middle. Rizzo will wear a walking boot for the next five to seven days after an MRI showed he had a moderate lateral right ankle
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With each big rally, Ms. Warren is solidifying her place in an exclusive club of presidential candidates who have become crowd magnets, exhilarating fans at events that can sometimes feel like rock concerts. In the 2004 election, it was Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, whose enormous crowds offered a visibly striking signal of
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They’re simple, cheap and now the most popular way for many people to invest in the U.S. stock market: index funds. Last month, for the first time, the number of dollars invested in funds tracking the S&P 500 and other U.S. stock indexes eclipsed those in funds run by managers trying to beat those indexes,
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If all goes according to plan, Cyndi Lauper and Jane Lynch will be channeling the spirit of one of television’s most beloved sitcoms on a brand new series. Appearing at the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, Lynch said she and Lauper are set to co-star in a new show she likened to a modern-day “Golden
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When part-time cleaner Jackie Alderson saw the household bills mounting up she decided to pawn some of her jewellery. Among the valuable items that secured the loan with Albemarle and Bond was a locket, inside which were pictures of her late parents. Now, having saved up the £1,000 needed to return the 10 rings and
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The partially melted reactor core from the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history could remain in Idaho for another 20 years if regulators finalize a license extension sought by the U.S. Energy Department, officials said Monday. The core from Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania partially melted in 1979, an event that changed the way Americans
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Jordy Mercer hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Monday to split a four-game series between the teams with the worst records in the major leagues. After the first series in American League history between teams in 50 or more games under .500, Detroit (45-104)
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This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Holding the Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess as the lone prisoner in Germany’s Spandau Prison in 1985 cost an estimated $1.5 million in today’s dollars. The per-prisoner bill in 2012 at the “supermax” facility in Colorado, home to
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At the Fed, other ideas up for discussion include aiming for 2 percent inflation on average over a period of time or targeting a price level, rather than a rate of change. Either plan would probably leave interest rates lower for longer after recessions as officials tried to make up for inflation shortfalls. Some central
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