Finance
Finance: pandemic - long-haul - capping - jetliner
Boeing lost $8.4 billion in the fourth quarter — capping a record loss for all of 2020 — as the pandemic undercut…
Boeing lost $8.4 billion in the fourth quarter — capping a record loss for all of 2020 — as the pandemic undercut demand for planes, and the company announced another costly delay to it…
Finance: disadvantaged - signaled - sworn
…000 employees that they would play a major role in addressing the country's biggest economic challenges.
Janet Yellen, sworn in as the first female Treasury secretary, told the department's 84,000 employees that they would play a major role in addressing the country's biggest economic challenges.
Finance: 20-year-old - winger - Major League Soccer
Colombian 20-year-old winger Déiber Caicedo finally coming to Major League Soccer club after months of pursuit.
Colombian 20-year-old winger Déiber Caicedo finally coming to Major League Soccer club after months of pursuit.
Finance: Trump International - emoluments - patronize - deemed
The suits were deemed moot now that Trump is no longer in office.
The suits were deemed moot now that Trump is no longer in office.
News: first-quarter - pandemic - uneven - Xiamen - traction
Starbucks's rebound in China continues to gain traction, even as its key home market and other international segments…
Starbucks's rebound in China continues to gain traction, even as its key home market and other international segments lag. The fiscal first-quarter results show the company is facing an uneven road back after the deep impact of the global pandemic.
Finance: Tokyo Olympics - streaming - COVID-19 - torch
…Tokyo Games to boost its streaming platform.
NBC and Discovery spent billions on rights and are betting on the Tokyo Games to boost its streaming platform.
Finance: Leon Bennett - faith-based - filmmagic - doherty
…Dead franchise changes name to Pinnacle Peak Pictures.
Pure Flix faith-based film studio behind God's Not Dead franchise changes name to Pinnacle Peak Pictures.
Finance: CEO Scott Kavanaugh - wealth
…CEO Scott Kavanaugh told investors.
The holding company’s existing bank and wealth management headquarters will remain in California, CEO Scott Kavanaugh told investors.
Finance: Koss Corp - Glendale-based - headphone
The Glendale-based headphone maker's stock was trading at $6 at closing time Monday.
The Glendale-based headphone maker's stock was trading at $6 at closing time Monday. It opened at nearly $12 Tuesday morning.
Finance: Charlie Baker - POOL PHOTO - Sam Doran - peeling
…public health experts tell the Herald that peeling back some…
As Massachusetts on Monday cancels the coronavirus curfew and allows businesses to stay open late, public health experts tell the Herald that peeling back some restrictions is OK right now while ot…
Finance: lower-income - Joe Biden - heather
President Joe Biden is considering another round of $1,400 stimulus payments.
President Joe Biden is considering another round of $1,400 stimulus payments. Some in Congress have urged the president to target aid to lower-income families only
Finance: Netflix Gets - Reed Hastings - Ted Sarandos
Netflix scored a debt ratings upgrade from S&P Global Ratings on its subscriber momentum and free cash flow trends.
Netflix scored a debt ratings upgrade from S&P Global Ratings on its subscriber momentum and free cash flow trends.
Walmart
Finance: Oklahoma City - self-driving - groceries - signage
…help of robots to keep up with a surge in online orders.
NEW YORK — Walmart is enlisting the help of robots to keep up with a surge in online orders.
Finance: Southfield - afloat - Gallery - entrepreneur
…with giving entrepreneurship knowledge to young workers.
A Southfield-based delivery company is hoping to assist small businesses in staying afloat, along with giving entrepreneurship knowledge to young workers.
Finance: Bellevue-based - wrestled - improving
Bellevue-based truck manufacturer Paccar reported a sharply lower annual profit but improving results in the year's later quarters.
Bellevue-based truck manufacturer Paccar reported a sharply lower annual profit but improving results in the year's later quarters.
Finance: Technology Writer - brien - raged
…Microsoft’s business continued chugging…
As the pandemic raged through the U.S., Microsoft’s business continued chugging ahead and beat expectations for the last three months of 2020
Finance: Grapevine - GameStop Corp.’s - volatility - trigger
GameStop is up 287% in January to...
The Grapevine-based retailer’s stock traded at $72.82 as of 11:43 a.m. on Friday when shares triggered a volatility halt. GameStop is up 287% in January to...
Finance: catered - Penney - shoppers
…will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Belk, the department store chain which has catered to generations of shoppers for nearly 190 years, announced it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Finance: Hawaii's COVID - linchpins - aloha - innovation
Tourism and celebrations are the linchpins of Hawaii's lei culture.
Tourism and celebrations are the linchpins of Hawaii's lei culture. A combination of innovation and the 'aloha spirit' is helping vendors get by.
Finance: Rudy Giuliani - bizarre - jobless - famous
…careers under a new job training program.
The landscaping company made famous by the bizarre Rudy Giuliani press conference will help train jobless residents for landscaping careers under a new job training program.
immigration-reform - Abrazos No Muros - Rio Grande
…reform measures the new administration proposed
The deportation moratorium was part of a package of immigration-reform measures the new administration proposed
Finance: schwarzenegger
…Schwarzenegger legacy is crippled by budget deficit
Mercury News editorial: Schwarzenegger legacy is crippled by budget deficit
Politics: Joe Biden - President Kamala Harris - broadly
…focused on providing economic relief, on Friday.
The president will sign both orders, which are broadly focused on providing economic relief, on Friday.
Finance: ultra-dovishness - undramatic - obfuscate
The Fed will hope to stage this week's policy meeting as an undramatic event for markets. Its success in doing so should…
The Fed will hope to stage this week's policy meeting as an undramatic event for markets. Its success in doing so should not obfuscate, however, the mounting challenges of a macro policy handoff from excessive reliance on central banks to...
Lounge Lizards - John Lurie - Bob Ross - subverts
The Lounge Lizards founder John Lurie promptly subverts the Bob Ross formula
The Lounge Lizards founder John Lurie promptly subverts the Bob Ross formula
picchi - Aimee - refund - anticipated
Get answer to questions like whether you'll have to pay taxes on those stimulus checks and how they could impact your…
Get answer to questions like whether you'll have to pay taxes on those stimulus checks and how they could impact your anticipated refund.
Finance: Nicolaus Czarnecki MediaNews Group Boston Herald
Coming off a 10-day break, the Cambridge Rindge & Latin boys basketball team could’ve been forgiving for losing heart…
Coming off a 10-day break, the Cambridge Rindge & Latin boys basketball team could’ve been forgiving for losing heart while facing a double-digit deficit at home heading into the fourth q…
Finance: Entertainment One - Floyd Kane - CBC
network has picked up the first two seasons of the series created by Floyd…
The U.S. network has picked up the first two seasons of the series created by Floyd Kane for the CBC and Entertainment One and starring Vinessa Antoine.
Crime: persistently - fraudulent - dissolved - conducting
The suit argues that the NRA should be dissolved because it has shown a…
The suit argues that the NRA should be dissolved because it has shown a pattern of conducting its business in a persistently fraudulent or illegal manner, violating its tax exempt status.
Finance: Civil Emergency Measures - Great Canadian Gaming
…face two charges under the Civil Emergency Measures Act.
Rod Baker, former CEO of Great Canadian Gaming, and actress Ekaterina Baker each face two charges under the Civil Emergency Measures Act.
Finance: diversifying - teaming
By Bailey Schulz / Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Inc.
By Bailey Schulz / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Caesars Entertainment Inc. is diversifying its online offerings by teaming up with daily sports fantasy platform SuperDraft Inc.
Finance: Las Vegas-based - Cripple Creek - operator - guest
…Colorado, but now has plans to grow the expansion to 300 rooms ...
Las Vegas-based casino operator Full House Resorts had been planning to add 180 guest rooms to Bronco Billy’s in Cripple Creek, Colorado, but now has plans to grow the expansion to 300 rooms ...
Finance: early-afternoon - Detroit Pistons - 14-year
The stampede of mortgage lenders from Southeast Michigan and elsewhere going public\u00a0come as U.S.
The stampede of mortgage lenders from Southeast Michigan and elsewhere going public\u00a0come as U.S. home sales in 2020 reached a 14-year high.
Entertainment: coronavirus - shattering - gloom - breakneck - doom
…interesting pacts were closed via Zoom.
Amid doom and gloom, many of the past year's most interesting pacts were closed via Zoom.
Legendary Pictures - Warner Bros
Kong' has arrived.
The first trailer for 'Godzilla vs. Kong' has arrived.
Finance: reveals - transform - campus
…2021 will transform the company by 2030.
Ford land decisions in 2021 will transform the company by 2030.
Finance: cloud-computing - second-quarter - at-home - 17Ya
Microsoft said fiscal second-quarter sales rose 17Ya faster clip than analysts projected,…
Microsoft said fiscal second-quarter sales rose 17Ya faster clip than analysts projected, thanks to buoyant demand for corporate cloud-computing services and software tools that support at-home workers. Shares soared in late trading.
Finance: United Shore - Pontiac-based - fast-growing - UWM
…000 people and just had its best year ever in the mortgage business.
The Pontiac-based company led by Mat Ishbia employs more than 8,000 people and just had its best year ever in the mortgage business.
Crime: stashed - Stephanie - Vancouver - donated
…and called Vancouver police for help returning the cash.
A Value Village employee recently found more than $85,000 stashed away in a bag that was donated, and called Vancouver police for help returning the cash.
Finance: Canadian Institute - Health Information
Canadian Institute of Health Information says 1/9 newly admitted long-term care residents could have…
Canadian Institute of Health Information says 1/9 newly admitted long-term care residents could have remained at home with proper supports.
Susan Lazaruk - alleges - theft - resulted
Lawsuit alleges data breach resulted in 'loss, theft or compromise of highly sensitive personal information.'
Lawsuit alleges data breach resulted in 'loss, theft or compromise of highly sensitive personal information.'
Finance: Pristina Alford - Stephen Elmore - Javid Louis
…will focus on the Black community to start with further expansion eyed to include the Hispanic and LGBTQ communities.
The new division, led by Reggie Dance, Javid Louis, Pristina Alford and Stephen Elmore, will focus on the Black community to start with further expansion eyed to include the Hispanic and LGBTQ communities.
Finance: coronavirus - blanket - omaha - heaviest - Nebraska
…promising to disrupt travel and even forcing the closure of some coronavirus testing sites....
OMAHA, Neb. — A major winter storm threatened to blanket parts of the middle of the country with more than a foot of snow Monday, promising to disrupt travel and even forcing the closure of some coronavirus testing sites....
Finance: Reading Terminal Market - Soul Food Cafe
…South Street as well as KeVen Parker’s Soul Food Cafe at Reading Terminal Market, will be remembered at the Met.
Mr. Parker, whose businesses included Ms. Tootsie’s on South Street as well as KeVen Parker’s Soul Food Cafe at Reading Terminal Market, will be remembered at the Met.
Health: Blue Bell - reshape - commuters - taxing - Coady
Widespread remote work could not only reshape Philadelphia offices, but bring fewer commuters into the city,…
Widespread remote work could not only reshape Philadelphia offices, but bring fewer commuters into the city, eating into a tax base that relies heavily on taxing workers’ wages.
COVID
Finance: pandemic - COVID - scarcity - jobs - talent
ATLANTA — Even amid record high unemployment rates across the world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
ATLANTA — Even amid record high unemployment rates across the world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, talent scarcity remains a major challenge for businesses. According to the 2021 Talen…
Finance: Legislative Building - pandemic - tracing - aiding
Washington state lawmakers Friday afternoon released the outline of a new COVID-19 relief bill aimed at boosting…
Washington state lawmakers Friday afternoon released the outline of a new COVID-19 relief bill aimed at boosting vaccine distribution and contact tracing, and aiding schools, renters and small businesses amid the pandemic.
Finance: International Labor Organization - full-time - 255
The International Labor Organization estimated that the restrictions on…
The International Labor Organization estimated that the restrictions on businesses and public life destroyed 8.8% of all work hours around the world last year
Finance: government-ordered - anting - Andrzej Duda
…COVID-19 lockdown, but said they still must be punished for breaking government-ordered restrictions.
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s president on Monday expressed understanding for the “despair” of people who are opening their businesses in defiance of the anti-COVID-19 lockdown, but said they still must be punished for breaking government-ordered restrictions.
Finance: undetermined - coronavirus - allotments - juneau
…Alaska Housing Finance Corp. will oversee the rental assistance in much...
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska renters will have to wait for an undetermined amount of time before receiving allotments of up to $200 million in federal coronavirus aid. The Alaska Housing Finance Corp. will oversee the rental assistance in much...
Finance: Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort - Donald Trump
…Trump illegally profited off his presidency.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to lawsuits over whether Donald Trump illegally profited off his presidency.
Politics: Identity School - scholarships - nurture
…funding scholarships at the Identity School of Acting
Netflix is investing in a major UK diversity drive, funding scholarships at the Identity School of Acting
Finance: mistakes - likes
…similar stocks that currently offer higher yields.
If you're an income investor who likes the beverage giant for its tasty payouts, consider these similar stocks that currently offer higher yields.
Finance: Detroit News - Patrick - Anderson - writes
The new president and Congress need to do more for employers if they want to get…
The new president and Congress need to do more for employers if they want to get more employment, Anderson writes
Finance: West Holistic Center - Carlos Osorio - microcosm
…Detroit is a microcosm of the disputes taking place across the country.
The uproar over the opening of a pot shop in the city outside of Detroit is a microcosm of the disputes taking place across the country.
Finance: Michigan Occupational - screenings - coverings
Those cited had issues including a lack of health screenings,…
Those cited had issues including a lack of health screenings, face coverings, employee training and preparedness plans, the state said
Finance: long-blighted - China Daily - CCTV - Eleven
BEIJING — Eleven workers trapped for two weeks inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday,…
BEIJING — Eleven workers trapped for two weeks inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday, a landmark achievement for an industry long-blighted by disasters and high death tolls.
Crime: National Rifle Association - General Letitia James
NEW YORK — A New York judge on Thursday denied the National Rifle Association’s bid to throw out a state lawsuit…
NEW YORK — A New York judge on Thursday denied the National Rifle Association’s bid to throw out a state lawsuit that seeks to put the powerful gun advocacy group out of business.
upbeat - visitation
By Richard N. Velotta / Las Vegas Review-Journal Passengers walk around the baggage claim area at McCarran…
By Richard N. Velotta / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Passengers walk around the baggage claim area at McCarran International Airport ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend in Las Vegas on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019.
Finance: steep - steady
Tech companies are leading stocks lower in the early going…
Tech companies are leading stocks lower in the early going on Wall Street, including a steep drop in IBM
Philadelphia CBS3 - Los Angeles Times - disparaged
…jive guy and did not make efforts to hire or retain Black talent.
The Los Angeles Times said a top CBS executive disparaged Philadelphia CBS3 anchor Ukee Washington as just a jive guy and did not make efforts to hire or retain Black talent.
Crime: President Biden - Omar Abdalla - rediscover
…country to rediscover its source of greatness.
President Biden challenges the country to rediscover its source of greatness.
Finance: Delta Sky Club - Plain Sight - pandemic - mid-March
…that have pivoted to survive, say that they're offerings aren't changing anytime soon.
Startups created to serve a need in the pandemic, and companies that have pivoted to survive, say that they're offerings aren't changing anytime soon.
Finance: President Biden - bolder - 2021 - 11
To meet the moment, President Biden must be even bolder.
To meet the moment, President Biden must be even bolder.
Finance: coronavirus - Stalingrad - sacrifice - praised
…turning it into a sort of Stalingrad in China’s war against the coronavirus.
The city has been praised for its sacrifice in the service of the nation, turning it into a sort of Stalingrad in China’s war against the coronavirus.
Finance: Nicolaus Czarnecki MediaNews Group Boston Herald
TEWKSBURY – Austin Prep had their skating legs from the jump and did not relent until the final buzzer Saturday at…
TEWKSBURY – Austin Prep had their skating legs from the jump and did not relent until the final buzzer Saturday at Breakaway Ice Center in Tewksbury, earning a 3-0 victory over Central Catholic Lea…
Finance: Tri Pointe - master-planned - homebuilders
…legacy building tens of thousands of homes in hundreds of neighborhoods and master-planned communities across...
Pardee Homes, one of Southern Nevada’s leading homebuilders with a nearly 70-year legacy building tens of thousands of homes in hundreds of neighborhoods and master-planned communities across...
Finance: in-store - coronavirus - pandemic - Penney
…during the coronavirus pandemic.
Godiva is closing all of its U.S. locations as in-store visits for its luxury chocolate\u00a0dip during the coronavirus pandemic.
Finance: Realty Partners - longpoint
Longpoint Realty Partners has...
A Boston commercial property firm has joined with a local company to build a new office and warehouse project in Carrollton. Longpoint Realty Partners has...
Conor McGregor - Dustin Poirier - round-by-round
…round recaps of the main event.
Conor McGregor takes on Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 257. Follow along for live updates from the main card including round-by-round recaps of the main event.
Finance: Mustang Mach-E - CEO Jim Farley - reposition
…2021 will reposition the automaker.
Ford CEO Jim Farley predicts 2021 will reposition the automaker.
Finance: aiding - Powell - signals - comeback - inventory
…they're confident in a spring comeback .
Despite a rough winter for the economy and hiring, firms keep spending on inventory, equipment and other items, show they're confident in a spring comeback .
20-something - Hank Aaron - farewell - junkie
Our farewell was something I'll never forget.
I was a 20-something baseball junkie who spent a few hours feeling honored just to help Hank. Our farewell was something I'll never forget.
David Baillargeon - John Bielamowicz - Fort Worth
Two guys start a D/FW mask factory but can’t catch a break. Forget made in Texas. China always wins.
Now all they need are customers who won't buy from China.
In a burst of patriotism, two local business men launch a start-up mask factory. Now all they need are customers who won't buy from China.
Health: processed - stimulus - stressful
…2019 returns not yet processed.
A late start, stimulus payments that still need to be issued, 2019 returns not yet processed. These are just a few of the issues that could make for a stressful 2021 tax season.
Finance: Paycheck Protection Program - fraudulent - luxury
…to buy luxury cars and two luxury...
A Las Vegas man has been charged with fraudulently obtaining nearly $2 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program money, meant for struggling small businesses, to buy luxury cars and two luxury...
Finance: philanthropist - Jewish American - seven-day
…giant and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson .
Jewish leaders came together Thursday for a global memorial event marking the end of the shivah for business giant and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson .
Finance: 22
Biden is right that the federal government should step in to provide help during this historic pandemic.
Biden is right that the federal government should step in to provide help during this historic pandemic.
state-issued
Among those who have downloaded the encryption apps onto their state-issued phones are a lieutenant-colonel,…
Among those who have downloaded the encryption apps onto their state-issued phones are a lieutenant-colonel, two majors, and two first lieutenants.
Politics: Washington Times - Linas Garsys - explicitly
…explicitly clear that the communist country is focused on dominating the emerging technology of cryptocurrencies.
Last September, the People’s Bank of China made it explicitly clear that the communist country is focused on dominating the emerging technology of cryptocurrencies.
News: Campbell Soup - Godiva Chocolatier - chocolates
…premium chocolatiers who have...
The brand has been building up its network of retailers that sell to the masses. It also faces competition from regional premium chocolatiers who have...
Crime: DeSoto Independent School - Joey Jones - tasked
…helping the district achieve fiscal...
DeSoto Independent School District has hired Joey Jones as its new chief financial officer. He will be tasked with helping the district achieve fiscal...
Culture: African-American - Brodhead Association - derail
…u00a0that\u00a0is steeped in\…
Preservationists warn that the Parade Co.'s plans would destroy an architectural gem\u00a0that\u00a0is steeped in\u00a0American military and African-American history.
COVID
Finance: Gallery - shutdowns - looting - experienced
But there is still hope the area will return to normal again.
Businesses in Madison and along State Street experienced COVID shutdowns and looting in 2020. But there is still hope the area will return to normal again.
Finance: Associated Press - Serum Institute - maqbool
At least five people were killed in a fire that broke out…
At least five people were killed in a fire that broke out Thursday at a building under construction at Serum Institute of India
Finance: wine-consuming - cerfication - Donna Morris
…are considering getting B corp cerfication.
To appeal to millennials, expected to become a dominant wine-consuming group, wineries are considering getting B corp cerfication.
Dining: timeline - in-person - alleys
…it offers relief to restaurant and bar owners.
While the announcement does not change the timeline in place for the last two weeks, it offers relief to restaurant and bar owners.
Finance: Genesis Healthcare - covid-19 - Katherine Frey
…then announced he was retiring in January.
Nearly 3,000 residents of Genesis Healthcare nursing homes have died from covid-19. The company's CEO got a $5.2 million retention payment in October, then announced he was retiring in January.
Finance: boardwalk - ponderosa - Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove
…caused millions of dollars in damage.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Yosemite National Park will remain closed through the weekend after high winds that battered much of California knocked down two giant sequoias and caused millions of dollars in damage.
envelope - debit - snafu - issuing - checks
…coming from the federal government.
Instead of paper checks, some people are getting debit card that arrive in a plain envelope that they don't recognize as coming from the federal government.
Finance: co-worker - dined - outpouring - comforting
…worker who had dined at their home.
When reader’s wife died, he heard nothing from a former co-worker who had dined at their home.
DeSoto Independent School District - bookkeeping
…years by reports of financial mismanagement, sloppy bookkeeping and questionable spending, said this week...
DeSoto ISD, which has been troubled in recent years by reports of financial mismanagement, sloppy bookkeeping and questionable spending, said this week...
Finance: Washington Post - Tamika Scriven - Allure - WeWork
Women are starting businesses out of necessity, because the timing is right or both.
Women are starting businesses out of necessity, because the timing is right or both.
Finance: Ellen Schmidt Las Vegas Review-Journal
…accounts in Nevada is dead for now.
By Richard N. Velotta / Las Vegas Review-Journal
(Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A regulatory amendment some gaming industry leaders believed had the potential to establish remote registration of sports-betting accounts in Nevada is dead for now.
Health: President Joe Biden - White House - bipartisan
…extend federal unemployment past March…
President Joe Biden has unveiled a stimulus package that would give Americans another $1,400 in relief checks, extend federal unemployment past March and increase the current amount of $300 per wee...
Crime: Gus Dougherty - indicted
Donald Gus Dougherty was indicted in November.
Donald Gus Dougherty was indicted in November.