[The Motley Fool, Getty Images] Bigger isn’t always better, but five experts think in this case, it certainly is. Investors have signaled their optimism, making April one of the best months in market history; the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT:SPY) is off only 9.3% since the beginning of 2020, even with the economy […]
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[Business Insider, Bettmann Archive/Getty Images] These surprisingly relevant vintage ads show how officials tried to convince people to wear masks after many refused during the 1918 flu pandemic Mask-wearing was enforced during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, but many refused, citing the government mandates as threats to their civil liberties. […]
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[Motley Fool, Getty Images] While others are focused on the oil industry, check out these top picks. Everybody’s talking about oil right now: oil stocks, oil prices, oil tankers stuck offshore because there’s no room for their cargo in storage. But the outlook for the oil industry is uncertain at best, and […]
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[ESPN] ESPN’s 10-part documentary series “The Last Dance,” which chronicles Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, continued Sunday with Episodes 7 and 8. Jordan and the Bulls allowed NBA Entertainment to follow them throughout the season and document their final championship. The series features never-before-seen footage, as well as interviews with more than 100 people […]
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[AFP] The marble statues at Caesars Palace are fenced off, the Venetian hotel’s gondolas sit empty, and the New York-New York casino rollercoaster has ground to a halt. Even the Bellagio’s famous dancing fountains are “completely shut” due to the coronavirus pandemic, says a surly security guard, before shooing an […]
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[CNN Business] Hundreds of people lined up outside of Vegas casino for food New York (CNN Business)The US job market has completely cratered within mere weeks. And it isn’t coming back anytime soon.The pandemic forced local and federal officials to shut down the American economy, delivering an instant shock to the […]
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[CNN] It’s been more than two months since Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed in a south Georgia neighborhood, but in recent days the case has taken on new urgency as outrage over the killing has grown.Along with the new attention is a dizzying number of people involved with the […]
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[The Score, JOHN SWART / Associated Press] In 1994, Frank Thomas entered spring training for the Chicago White Sox fresh off earning the first MVP Award of his Hall of Fame career after hitting 41 home runs the season prior. Normally, the media attention and spotlight would be on him. Instead, it […]
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[Forbes, Microsoft] We’ve now seen the first showcase of next-gen gameplay—at least some of it—from Microsoft and the Xbox Series X, and “whelmed” seems to be the word of the day. It’s all over social media at the moment, and it illustrates the general reaction to Microsoft’s livestream. It was […]
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[Cointelegraph] Bitcoin price is struggling to crack $10,000 while other cryptocurrencies are attempting to catch up during the weekend lull. The price of Bitcoin (BTC), the top-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization, hit the psychological barrier of $10,000 but immediately rejected. Meanwhile, the sentiment is shifting from fear towards greed as the Crypto Fear […]
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