Stocks have been even more fickle than usual. The main stock indexes are all up this month, and they have had double-digit gains since January. But it has been hard for traders to muster much enthusiasm. Despite the recent rallies, stocks haven’t made substantial net gains since the beginning of last year. For the American […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Slow walkers have ‘older’ brains and bodies, the study found How fast people walk in their 40s is a sign of how much their brains, as well as their bodies, are ageing, scientists have suggested. Using a simple test of gait speed, researchers were able to measure the ageing
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Just call it the one that’ll put a spell on you to reminisce about the ’90s. It seems that the iconic fountain in the opening credits of “Friends” is the same one featured in the 1993 cult-classic Halloween movie “Hocus Pocus.” Some sleuthing fans recently noticed the link and posted about it on Twitter this
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Facebook had said it hoped to launch Libra in 2020 Mastercard, Visa, eBay and payments firm Stripe have pulled out of Facebook’s embattled cryptocurrency project, Libra. Their move, first reported in the Financial Times, follows the withdrawal of PayPal, announced last week. It represents a huge blow to the
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England lost its first qualifying game in 10 years, France and Portugal made progress in securing their places at next year’s European Championship, while Andorra ended a 56-match losing streak. A goal five minutes from the end halted England’s unbeaten streak in qualifying for a major competition with hosts Czech Republic beating Gareth Southgate’s team
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Penzeys spent nearly $120,000 on Facebook advertisements addressing politics during those seven days, Facebook data showed. (That’s less than Democratic presidential candidates like Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Elizabeth Warren, but more than Pete Buttigieg.) The company’s ads aren’t subtle. “This week the curtain was finally pulled back on how deeply un-American the Republican Party
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WeWork will close the school it opened last year in New York with the lofty goal of promoting “conscious entrepreneurship” as the office-sharing company retrenches following its botched attempt to sell its stock on Wall Street. The “WeGrow” elementary and preschool in Manhattan will close at the end of the 2019-2020 school year, the company
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Harry Styles dropped a steamy video on Friday for “Lights Up,” his first single in more than two years ― and fans have a lot of questions. In an August interview with Rolling Stone, Styles said his new music was “all about having sex and feeling sad,” and to that end, “Lights Up” certainly does not disappoint. The video
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Image copyright Getty Images Planes owned by failed airlines could to be used to repatriate passengers – instead of being immediately grounded – under government plans. Proposed legislation would enable collapsed carriers to be placed into “special administration”, it said. This would mean aircraft and crew could continue flying in the short-term. Under the existing
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Facebook’s troubled cryptocurrency initiative, Libra, suffered new blows on Friday as the departures of key partners became an exodus. Stripe, Mastercard, Visa and eBay said they were all pulling out of Libra, a week after PayPal became the first company to drop out. While they continue to support the idea of Libra, they said, they
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