A worker holds a fuel pump nozzle at a gas station in Shah Alam, Malaysia, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Samsul Said | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The International Energy Agency on Tuesday cut its 2021 global oil demand forecast, citing soaring Covid-19 cases and renewed lockdown measures that will further limit mobility.
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Snow lies in front of the entrance to the Garmisch-Partenkirchen hospital. A possibly new variant of the coronavirus has been discovered at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen hospital. Samples are currently being examined at the Charité hospital in Berlin, the hospital announced on Monday. picture alliance | picture alliance | Getty Images Germany is the latest country to
[embedded content] The last time people came out of lockdowns from a pandemic was the Spanish Flu, which was subsequently followed by The Roaring Twenties, a decade of wealth building and prosperity. Alex Kenjeev, president of O’Leary Ventures, said that similarities between now and the start of The Roaring Twenties are evident. In particular, the
Global scientists have reiterated the importance of herd immunity before the economy can fully reopen, but a number of start-ups and major tech companies are looking to speed up the return to normalcy. Microsoft, Apple and Google have shown interest in developing vaccine passports or certificates to usher in safer travel. “It’s pretty clear that
President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid Advisory Board member Dr. Celine Gounder slammed the Trump administration’s piecemeal Covid response as some states across the U.S. scramble to get the vaccine doses they need. “I think we’ve already had too much of a patchwork response across the states,” Gounder said in a Monday evening interview on “The News
A person walks past a Microsoft logo at the Microsoft office in Beijing, China August 4, 2020. Thomas Peter | Reuters BEIJING — Foreigners put more of their money in China last year as the country’s size and growth stood out in a world still trying to manage the coronavirus pandemic. In the capital city
A traveler exits a testing center at Heathrow Airport on January 17, 2021 in London. Hollie Adams | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday lifted a Covid-19 ban on most foreigners from from Europe, the U.K. and Brazil from entering the U.S., effective Jan. 26. The White House put the
Matt James and Tyler Cameron have the ultimate Manhattan “Bachelor” pad. The Bachelor Nation heartthrobs are roommates in a ritzy apartment at One Manhattan Square on the Lower East Side, a source exclusively told Page Six. We’re told their two-bedroom, two-bathroom corner unit faces downtown toward the Financial District and also boasts river views. A
Traders on floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: New York Stock Exchange U.S. stock futures moved modestly higher on Monday evening as Wall Street looked to bounce back from a rough week ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 40 points, or 0.1%. Those
It’s stepping-out time for 425 Park Ave., the 47-story, Norman Foster-designed office tower crowned by a trident of sky-piercing, 136-feet-tall illuminated fins. More than five years since the groundbreaking, L&L Holding Co.’s $1 billion gamble on Park Avenue’s future just received its temporary certificate of occupancy from the Department of Buildings. It allows Ken Griffin’s
Credit Suisse’s Jonathan Golub is painting a more bullish picture for corporate America with earnings season officially underway. ”It’s going to get better and better as we progress throughout 2021 for their profits,” the firm’s chief U.S. equity strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” recently. JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo kicked off the season on
TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations. TBR is Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes. Been dreaming of a “Stitch Fix for books?” Now it’s here! Tell TBR about your reading preferences and what you’re looking for, and sit back while your Bibliologist handpicks recommendations just for you. TBR offers plans
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 22, 2020. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) Google on Sunday disputed claims from a group of attorneys general, led by Texas’ Ken Paxton, that its ad-buying arrangement
Ana de Armas has been looking at rental homes in the wake of her split with Ben Affleck, sources exclusively tell Page Six, and she’s focusing on addresses across town. After news broke on Monday that the Hollywood couple split up, an LA insider told us: “She’s been looking at houses in the $25,000 to
Scout Press and Dark Horses, the astonishing debut novel from Susan Mihalic. 15-year-old Roan Montgomery trains under the laser focus of her father, but she’s come to realize that their relationship goes dangerously beyond that of rider and coach, or daughter and overprotective parent–and she’s ready for it to stop. But to save herself, will
Steven Dillingham, director of the Census Bureau, speaks while unveiling the advertising outreach campaign for the 2020 Census, on January 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson | Getty Images The director of the U.S. Census Bureau said Monday that he intends to retire on Wednesday, as President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Steven Dillingham, a
I love Best Books of 2020 (or whatever year it is) lists. I know they come out every year. Somehow I always love them, even after 2020 was such a lackluster year for so many. Over years of perusing, it is still surprising that some books appear on multiple lists while others do not. I
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers remarks on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Riverside Church in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 15, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Monday for the ability to buy Covid-19 vaccine doses directly from the company. But the company
Just about everybody seems to be moving to Florida — including Tommy Hilfiger, who dumped his $45 million Greenwich mansion for warmer pastures. The American apparel mogul, 69, and his wife, former model Dee Ocleppo, 54, finally closed on the 13,344-square-foot mansion. The 22-acre estate at 30 John St., which they have owned since 2010,
Like so many readers with Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, I’ve found a lot of inspiration and encouragement with a more recent, similar book: Untamed by Glennon Doyle. This part self-development book and part manifesto for leaning into your best life encourages everyone—particularly self-identified women—to let go of the imaginary restraints holding you back from
US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks during her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2021. – Pelosi tasks retired general Russel Honoré with the security review after US Capitol riot on January 6. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via
If I’m not reading, you’ll find me working out—sometimes you’ll find me doing both at the same time, chugging away on a treadmill or elliptical while gazing intently into my Kindle (for those of you who get motion sickness, I am sorry; I do not recommend that for you). Quarantine has inspired even those who
If an investor with $1 million or more in the market thinks that a stock bubble is already here — or soon enough one will be coming — what is the correct response? According to a new survey from E-Trade Financial, the answer is to keep investing in stocks, with more emphasis on undervalued sectors
I am a geek. I am also the mother of geeks. Their father and I definitely started them down the path but both kids (now 8 and 11) have continued to geek of their own volition. And it’s fantastic. I love it. Sometimes we geek together and sometimes we geek separately about whatever we’re each
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