McDonald’s global sales and profit surged past Wall Street expectations with customers lapping up a new chicken sandwich and a wildly popular celebrity meal inspired by South Korean pop band BTS
Ranging from warehouse staff to delivery drivers, Amazon plans to hire 75,000 more people as the coronavirus epidemic keeps Americans locked in their homes and demand for online orders surges
Die-hard fans of K-pop sensation
@BTS_twt
are hoping to secure at least one share of the band's label, Big Hit Entertainment, as order books for next month's listing opened this week. Read more
In Poland, where coal is king, dozens are lining up at the Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka coal mine, waiting for days and nights to stock up on heating fuel. Read more:
WATCH: Germany, the United States, France, Canada, Italy, Great Britain and the European Commission agreed to cut Russia out of the SWIFT global payment system and include limiting the ability of Russia's central bank to support the rouble
The high-flying shares of Apple and Tesla rose further, as investors jumped at the opportunity to own shares at more affordable prices after the companies split their stock
Apple CEO Tim Cook said at a White House forum that nearly 50 percent of the people the company hired in the United States last year did not have a four-year degree
Developing countries are allowing some key industries to restart in order to safeguard jobs and avert an economic collapse because of the coronavirus outbreak
PayPal joins the cryptocurrency market, allowing customers to buy, sell and hold virtual coins including bitcoin using the company’s online wallets.
@annairrera
reports
British Airways, the world’s largest operator of Boeing 747, retires entire fleet of jumbo jets with immediate effect due to the downturn in travel industry caused by the coronavirus pandemic $BA
More than half of Nike’s sales come from outside the United States. Therefore, the potential hit from the Kaepernick ad is likely to be limited via
@Breakingviews
BREAKING: SEC charges boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., music producer DJ Khaled over initial coin offerings; says it charges them with failing to disclose payments they received for promoting investments in ICOs
U.S. stock futures and European stocks fell after President Donald Trump said he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus. Here are some analysts’ comments 1/5
Three U.S. lawmakers asked Zoom to clarify its data-collection practices and relationship with the Chinese government after the firm said it had suspended user accounts to meet demands from Beijing
EXCLUSIVE: China has temporarily blocked planned cross-border listings between the Shanghai and London stock exchanges because of political tensions with Britain. More here: by
@julie_zhuli
@abhinavvr
and Jonathan Saul
#Bitcoin
has grabbed headlines with its ascent to an all-time high.
Yet, under the radar, a trend has been playing out that could change the face of the
#cryptocurrency
market: a massive flow of coin to North America from East Asia 1/5
Apple is now the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company.
@randewich
examines its transformation from a niche player in personal computers into a global powerhouse:
Exclusive: Accounting and consulting firm PwC will allow all of its 40,000 U.S. client services employees to work virtually and live anywhere they want, making it one of the biggest employers to embrace permanent remote work
Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli must forfeit $7.36 million in assets following securities fraud conviction, including rare Wu-Tang Clan album, Picasso painting - court order
WATCH: Joe Lewis, the British billionaire and owner of the Tottenham Hotspur soccer team, has been criminally charged in New York for orchestrating a ‘brazen’ insider trading scheme
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The Greek island of Astypalea received its first electric cars from Volkswagen in an experiment to turn the entire island’s transportation green. Read more here:
Disney announced an aggressive expansion of the Marvel and Star Wars franchises on its Disney+ streaming service, which now has 86.8 million subscribers
The Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran with no survivors suffered a technical malfunction and wasn't brought down by a missile, five Western security sources told Reuters. More here:
'I'm not a cat': YouTube streamer known as Roaring Kitty clarifies a few things he is not, including an institutional investor, during the GameStop hearing. Watch live: