[Moneywise] He might have billions of dollars to his name, but unlike other celebrities and financial gurus, Warren Buffett prefers to live life simply. The Oracle of Omaha won’t be found living in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills, collecting a fleet of fancy sports cars or dining daily on […]
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[CNBC, Getty Images] Robinhood’s initial public offering (IPO) is scheduled for Thursday, and the investing app is betting big on its users by letting them buy up to a third of its shares before it begins trading on the Nasdaq. But on forums including Reddit, Twitter and other social platforms, the individual […]
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[The Associated Press, Getty Images] Almost always in arm’s reach, rarely turned off and holding huge stores of personal and sensitive data, cellphones have become top targets for hackers. As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security […]
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(Reuters) – Almost 99% people who have died of COVID-19 in Italy since February this year were not fully vaccinated, the National Health Institute (ISS) said on Tuesday. The study, contained in a regular report on COVID-19 deaths released by the public health body, added that the few fully vaccinated […]
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[ABC NEWS] Organizers of Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival have a strict message for music lovers who want to attend all four days of the event: Get vaccinated, or get tested for COVID-19 more than once during the weekend. The outdoor event, which typically draws hundreds of thousands of fans over the […]
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[CNBC, Reuters] Fuel supply delays and constraints are the latest issue to hit U.S. carriers. Airlines are also facing labor shortages after a surge in travel demand materialized faster than executives expected. American said it is among several carriers facing the fuel supply shortage. American Airlines on Monday said it might […]
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[CNBC] Sales of new single family homes fell to an annualized rate of 676,000, 6.6% below May’s rate of 724,000 and 19.4% below the June 2020 level of 839,000. The median price of a newly built home in June rose just 6% from June 2020 The inventory of new homes […]
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[New York Times, Reuters] The link between the rare neurological disorder and the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine may be real, but the risk appears to be very small. Johnson & Johnson’s beleaguered Covid-19 vaccine may be associated with a small increased risk of Guillain–Barré syndrome, a rare but potentially […]
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[CNBC] Ford is significantly cutting its North American vehicle production in July due to an ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips impacting the global automotive industry. The automaker plans to idle or reduce production at eight plants, including six in the U.S., for varying periods of time into early August due […]
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[CNET, Chuang Zhao] The story of our species may run through a war-time construction project back to the wild and woolly steppes of Asia where Dragon people once roamed. One of the key pieces to the puzzle of our long narrative arc as a human species may have been hiding […]
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