November 16, 20240 Comments

Top China influencer returns after three years

A Chinese influencer, with a huge global following and the approval of the Communist Party, has returned to the internet after a three-year hiatus. Famous for idyllic videos of life with her grandmother in a village in Sichuan province, the 34-year-old has released three videos since Tuesday – and they have millions of views already. Li first rose to fame in 2016 when China’s fast-growing social media users found comfort

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November 16, 20240 Comments

Archegos’ Bill Hwang deserves 21 years in prison, US says By Reuters

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bill Hwang, the founder of Archegos Capital Management, should spend 21 years in prison for running a market manipulation scheme that wiped out his $36 billion firm and cost its lenders more than $10 billion, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Hwang, 60, faces a scheduled Nov. 20 sentencing in Manhattan federal court after being convicted in July on 10 criminal charges including securities

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November 12, 20240 Comments

Fact check: Are weekly wages in the US ‘lower than 50 years ago’? | US Election 2024 News

In a November 10 appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, United States Senator for Vermont Bernie Sanders dismissed a question from host Dana Bash about whether Democrats’ poor showing in the 2024 election came down to messaging over policy. “It’s not messaging, Dana,” Sanders said. He said the economy has been weak for average Americans for decades. “It has to be put into an overall context where, in the

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November 11, 20240 Comments

Why flights to Europe are the cheapest they’ve been in years

A tourist takes a photo as the Acropolis’ Propylaea are seen in the background, in Athens, Greece, on June 28, 2024. Elias Marcou | Reuters Flights between the U.S. and Europe have not been this cheap in three years, when many countries were just lifting Covid-19 era rules. Fares are low even for the traditionally slow late-fall and winter months outside of major holidays. “It is brutal to fill seats

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November 9, 20240 Comments

Friday’s jobs report expected to show slowest pace of hiring in years

Hiring signs outside a Stewart’s gas station in Catskill, New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.  Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Powerful hurricanes and a major labor strike could take a chunk out of the nonfarm payrolls count for October, which is expected to be the slowest month for job creation in nearly four years. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect the Bureau of Labor Statistics to

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November 7, 20240 Comments

Real-life Rosie the Riveter celebrates 100 years of resilience

Real-life Rosie the Riveter celebrates 100 years of resilience – CBS News Watch CBS News Jennifer McMullen is a real-life Rosie the Riveter celebrating her 100th birthday. She went from factory work during WWII to a career at California State San Bernardino. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

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