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By Sean Brodrick On December 26, 202003:50 AM Eastern
Christmas is a season for many things … and it’s also a time for commodities. No, I don’t mean the jewelry you’ll inevitably buy your sweetheart. I’m talking the old-time commodities like gold,...
By Juan M. Villaverde On December 25, 202003:00 PM Eastern
As we did during the Thanksgiving holiday week, we’ve shortened our normal seven-day trading week to six days in observance of Christmas Eve and Christmas. Index data are through midday...
By Sean Brodrick On December 22, 202004:00 AM Eastern
A buddy of mine — a part-time preacher — says Jesus was actually born in September. The real miracle of Christmas, he says, was the conception of Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary about this...
By Mike Larson On December 15, 202004:03 PM Eastern
“I almost could cry talking to you now ... I feel like I didn’t just get a vaccine, I got a shot of hope.”
That’s what Maggie Hagan, a doctor in Wichita, Kan., said earlier this week when she...
By Mike Larson On December 8, 202004:31 PM Eastern
Margaret Keenan became “Patient X” this week. She was the first recipient of a COVID-19 vaccine shot approved in and administered by a Western nation.
The 90-year-old Coventry resident got her...
By David Dittman On December 8, 202004:23 PM Eastern
As is often the case with a new cabinet appointment, there’s a lot of speculation, story-making and supposition out there about Xavier Becerra, Joe Biden’s designee to run the U.S. Department of...
By Jessica Borg On December 6, 202012:38 PM Eastern
We’re just weeks away from closing the books on 2020. I think it’s fair to say that every person around the globe is eager to put this year’s unique challenges behind them.
Fortunately, we’ll...
By Jessica Borg On November 29, 202009:00 AM Eastern
There is no denying that 2020 is one rough year. For every citizen around the world.
COVID-19 has stuck its tentacles into every facet of our lives: our health, our businesses, our schools, and...
By Mike Larson On November 18, 202004:57 PM Eastern
The headlines — shocking and scary — tell the story: COVID, coast to coast. It’s spreading everywhere — everywhere, it seems, except one eight-block enclave in Lower Manhattan ...
“America Locks...
By Juan M. Villaverde On November 13, 202002:57 PM Eastern
Bitcoin (BTC, Tech/Adoption Grade “A-”) continued climbing during the seven-day trading week ended Thursday, as it was able to cross and maintain itself above the $16,000 level. Unlike the last...