[USA TODAY] When will travelers be able to slide $20 bills into a slot machine, feast at a celebrity restaurant or see a show in Las Vegas again? MGM Resorts, operator of a dozen properties in the gambling and entertainment capital, can’t answer that question because the decision rests in the […]
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[Buck Bully, Getty Images] There’s no doubt we are in a epic pandemic with serious financial ramifications. Tens of millions of jobs were lost this month, and millions filed for unemployment. More than a million cases of coronavirus have been reported in the US. And it seems we are millions […]
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[Zachs, BigStock] In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, sweeping travel bans, cancellation of large events as well as shutting down of schools, colleges, universities, restaurants and bars, and shopping malls are being observed globally. In such a scenario, people are increasingly resorting to modes of in-house entertainment like video […]
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[Bitcoinist] Bitcoin fell 4.30 percent as US oil futures slipped below zero for the first time. The cryptocurrency does not correlate with the black gold, albeit it remains under the influence of equities. Its crash Monday has not deterred bulls from the market – yet. Bitcoin was in for a […]
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[CNBC, GETTY IMAGES] KEY POINTS The first two episodes of ESPN’s “The Last Dance,” chronicling Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls, drew an average of 6.1 million people on ESPN and ESPN2. The series was ESPN’s most watched documentary ever and most watched program since college football’s national […]
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[Cointelegraph] A cryptocurrency staking app which offers 1.5% daily returns might be a Ponzi scheme related to one that exit-scammed two years ago. A cryptocurrency staking wallet that offers users as much as 1.5% daily returns is bearing striking resemblance to a Ponzi scheme. That’s according to a Medium article published on […]
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[MarketWatch, Getty Images] To conserve cash, some employers are suspending contributions to their workers’ 401(k) accounts. And if this downturn plays out like previous recessions, more will follow. The handful of employers announcing suspensions in recent weeks include travel companies and retailers hit first and hardest by shrinking consumer demand, […]
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[ESPN] Iconic bat maker Louisville Slugger has temporarily closed its factory and furloughed the majority of its workforce because of coronavirus shutdowns. “We’re not doing any advertising. We’ve cut all our expenses we can. We’re just hoping we get back to normal before we run out of cash,” CEO John Hillerich […]
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[MONEY, GETTY IMAGES] Is the check in the mail? For many people receiving paper stimulus checks, the answer is: no, not yet. While tens of millions of taxpayers have already received $1,200 coronavirus stimulus payments, as part of the $2 trillion CARES Act, most of this coronavirus relief money so far has […]
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[FORBES, GETTY IMAGES] Over 80 million taxpayers have already received stimulus checks, however, it could be months before all stimulus checks have been issued. In the meantime, millions of Americans are out of work and there is no definitive timeline for businesses to reopen and the economy to get back on […]
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