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Melanie Stricklan of Slingshot Aerospace encourages startups to take a hybrid approach.
Melanie Stricklan of Slingshot Aerospace encourages startups to take a hybrid approach.
Students at a high school in Canada were glued Wednesday to coverage of former student Kamala Harris's inauguration as US vice president, saying her achievements would drive them to reach new goals.
Tom Hanks is hosting a primetime TV special with performances from Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato and more
Tom Hanks is hosting a primetime TV special with performances from Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato and more
The United Nations Office for Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs has halted programs in Venezuela that provide cash transfers to the poor via local nonprofit organizations, according to five people familiar with the matter. The U.N. office known as OCHA is now asking the government of President Nicolas Maduro to establish clear rules regarding cash transfers, according to a U.N. letter circulating on social media whose veracity was confirmed by three sources. "Given the lack of clarity regarding the institutional banking/financial framework with respect to the Program of Monetary Transfers, we see the need to temporarily suspend cash transfers," reads the letter.
On his way out the door, President Donald Trump pardons a former Googler, Jack Ma reappears and Wattpad gets acquired. Although Donald Trump is no longer president of the United States as I write this, he still held the role on Tuesday evening, when he included former Googler Anthony Levandowski (who had been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets) in his final set of 73 pardons.
Andrea Pirlo won his first trophy as a coach on Wednesday as Juventus beat Napoli 2-0 in the Italian Super Cup.
China said on Wednesday it wanted to cooperate with President Joe Biden's new U.S. administration, while announcing sanctions against "lying and cheating" outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and 27 other top officials under Donald Trump. The move was a sign of China's anger, especially at an accusation Pompeo made on his final full day in office that China had committed genocide against its Uighur Muslims, an assessment that Biden's choice to succeed Pompeo, Anthony Blinken, said he shared.
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Tom Hanks will host the “Celebrating America” inauguration special program following the official transfer of power to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris. The presidential celebration, which takes place Jan. 20 at 8:30 p.m. ET, is intended to showcase the commitment to American healing and unity. It will feature a slew of performances […]
In today’s TV news roundup, The CW has moved “The Flash” premiere date, and Estrella TV renewed its primetime talk series “Tu-Night con Omar Chaparro.” RENEWALS Estrella TV has renewed primetime talk series “Tu-Night con Omar Chaparro” for a second season, which is scheduled to premiere Jan. 25 at 9 p.m. Co-produced and hosted by […]
Brazil's central bank on Wednesday held the country's benchmark interest rate at two percent, concerned that the second wave of Covid-19 infections means the economy still may need a boost despite a rise in inflation.
Facing antitrust investigations, Amazon's offer to help the Biden administration distribute the Covid-19 vaccine isn't entirely selfless.
Bruce Springsteen, Demi Lovato and John Legend are among the artists performing at the Celebrating America concert
Turn on one of these LGBTQ+ flicks to see yourself onscreen.From Good Housekeeping
The coronavirus pandemic and the risk of civil unrest made the inauguration of the 46th president one of the most unusual in American history. The Capitol, the epicenter of democracy that was invaded by violent loyalists of former President Donald Trump just two weeks ago, was surrounded with multiple rings of heavy steel fencing, topped with razor wire.
Insurance firm Aviva is closing three UK offices and reducing the size of others as it makes flexible working a permanent feature beyond the pandemic. The FTSE 100 firm is to close two offices in Broadland Business Park in Norwich and another in York by the end of March. It is not, however, abandoning any of its 14 locations in the UK, with both Norwich and York retaining one office in each of the city centres. It also said there will be no job loses. Aviva is seeking third-party occupiers for the two Broadland offices - which hosted 1,500 staff - as soon as possible. It aims for its 16,000 employees in the UK to be able to work from an office if they would prefer and expects most to do so at least one day a week, on a rotational basis. The insurer said plans to create a more flexible work environment have been in place “for some time”, and employees are being consulted in the process. The transition, however, has been accelerated by the outbreak of coronavirus which has seen workers across the country abandon the commute and turn their homes into work spaces. “The way we use our office space is changing significantly. As our people continue to work in a new flexible way we want our offices to inspire creativity and collaboration. Our intention is to invest in our sites to provide a more vibrant, inspiring and flexible workspace for our people,” Aviva said in a statement. “We are combining office space in some locations and reducing the space in others. We are not leaving any town or city where we currently have a presence”. “The next steps are to continue engaging with our people across these different locations, working with them to build the best working environment to support their needs, the needs of the business and our customers”, it added.
Record closing highs for all three major Wall Street indices on Wednesday - the same day Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States. Wall Street was relieved with the inauguration going off without a hitch, despite the threat of unrest. Liz Miller is president of Summit Place Financial Advisors. "The inauguration is actually very important. We did see all the major indices sort of dipping around 11 o'clock going into it, and then it's coming out of that rather smooth transition, at least compared to what was expected and those who were enthused by the messages of hope in the future, driving the major indices to new highs into the afternoon." By the closing bell: The Dow rallied 257 points. The S&P 500 jumped 52. The Nasdaq surged 260. Politics could only take partial credit for the rally. Netflix was, by far, the star of the day. The streaming media giant, which has been besieged by a growing list of new challengers, said it will no longer need to borrow billions of dollars to finance its TV shows and movies. The main reason: it continues to take in millions of new paying subscribers. Netflix ended last year with more than 200 million paying customers worldwide. Shares of Netflix surged 17 percent to an all-time high. Netflix's quarterly results fueled enthusiasm for other tech companies like Google parent Alphabet - who have yet to report quarterly results. Alphabet shares jumped to a record high as well. In other high-profile earnings, Morgan Stanley, the last of the big U.S. banks to report, smashed estimates thanks to strength in its trading unit. Procter and Gamble, one of the world's largest consumer products companies, boosted its full-year sales guidance for the second time after demand for its cleaning products remained at an elevated level due to the health crisis.
Former Villarreal forward Roberto Soldado gave the visitors the lead midway through the first half but Ruben Pena levelled soon after. Moi Gomez scored from the spot to put Unai Emery's side in front midway through the second half only for Granada's Kenedy to equalise in the 75th.
Immigrants cheered President Joe Biden's plan to provide a path to U.S. citizenship for about 11 million people without legal status, mixing hope with guarded optimism Wednesday amid a seismic shift in how the American government views and treats them. The newly inaugurated president moved to reverse four years of harsh restrictions and mass deportation with a plan for sweeping legislation on citizenship. Biden also issued executive orders reversing some of former President Donald Trump's immigration policies, such as halting work on a U.S.-Mexico border wall and lifting a travel ban on people from several predominantly Muslim countries.
Penske Media Corporation (PMC) announced today that after a decade of partnership and co-ownership of Hollywood Life, founder Bonnie Fuller, President and Editor-in-Chief of Hollywood Life, will buy-out PMC’s stake in the company and assume full ownership and operations for the business effective Jan. 31, 2021. Fuller first partnered with PMC in 2009. She has […]