UK Borrowing At Record High As Virus Cost Soars
Government borrowing surged to £62bn in April, the highest monthly figure on record, after heavy spending to ease the coronavirus…
Day: May 22, 2020
E.l.f. Beauty Shares Rise After Company Reported Triple-Digit Online Sales Growth
Shares of E.l.f. Beauty surged more than 5% in extended trading Thursday after the cosmetics company said sales rose 13%…
Alibaba’s Sales Surge As People Shop Online During Lockdown
As people stayed indoors and brick-and-mortar stores remained shut during the health crisis, online orders surged, with the company’s core…
Organizers Cancel 2020 New York Auto Show
Organizers said Friday they were canceling the 2020 New York auto show that had previously been pushed back until August,…
Osaka Becomes World’s Highest-Earning Female Athlete
Japan’s Naomi Osaka has surpassed Serena Williams as the world’s highest-paid female athlete, raking in $37.4 million in prize money…
South America Is A ‘New Epicenter’ Of The Coronavirus Pandemic, WHO Says
The epicenter of the global Covid-19 pandemic has shifted to South America as cases in Rio de Janeiro and Sao…
Hong Kong Tensions Shocks World Stock Markets, Oil Tumbles
Oil prices tumbled and global equity markets wavered on Friday as China’s move to impose a new security law on…
Unemployment Rose In All 50 U.S. States In April
Unemployment rates rose and total employment fell in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in April as…
Plane Crashes In Pakistan With 99 On Board, Many Feared Dead
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 99 passengers and crew crashed into a residential area of the city of…