The House could vote by the end of this week on a third coronavirus relief package that would send a round of $1,400 stimulus checks to millions of Americans during the pandemic. The House Budget Committee will consider the 591-page bill, based on proposals by at least nine committees, on Monday and put together one … Read more
Gillian Anderson Reveals Her Own On Set Sex Education Gillian Anderson explains how the characters she’s played have opened up her own sexuality. Showtime has rounded out its main trio of First Ladies for the upcoming anthology series. After playing Margaret Thatcher on Netflix’s The Crown season 4, Gillian Anderson will now portray First Lady … Read more
Velodyne Lidar: An Option for Apple’s Lidar Plans?
When you peek in your fridge and wonder what to keep or toss, you may be surprised to know there’s a lot of wiggle room. As much as 40% of food is wasted in the U.S. every year, and while the “smell test” is not reliable when it comes to cleaning out your fridge, these … Read more
Deep Freeze Mints Winners and Losers Among Energy Suppliers
WASHINGTON — As the Senate Judiciary Committee weighed Merrick Garland’s confirmation as attorney general Monday, the fate of former President Donald Trump also looms for the Biden Justice Department. Federal judge Garland, who last served in the Justice Department during the Clinton administration and was blocked as Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, will … Read more
TipRanks Billionaire Ray Dalio Places Bet on 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks When billionaire financier Ray Dalio makes a move, Wall Street pays attention. Dalio, who got his start working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange trading commodity futures, founded the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, in 1975. With the firm managing … Read more
US attorney general Bill Barr (AFP via Getty Images) Former Trump attorney general Bill Barr was sharply criticised during the Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing for his successor under Joe Biden, Merrick Garland. In his remarks, committee chair Senator Dick Durbin slammed Mr Barr, saying that during the Trump administration “the Justice Department became an … Read more
A Times investigation found that the nonprofit Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. regularly issues substantial payments to its own members. (Photo illustration by Nicole Vas / Los Angeles Times; photos by Al Seib / Los Angeles Times, Mark Wilson / Getty Images) It appeared to be a moment of triumph in the long, tumultuous story of … Read more
Text size Vehicles drive past an M&T Bank branch in New York Daniel Tepper/Bloomberg Another bank merger is in the works and Wall Street is loving it. M&T Bank (ticker: MTB) announced Monday that it plans to buy People’s United Financial (PBCT) in an all-stock transaction that values the Bridgeport, Conn.-based bank at roughly $7.6 … Read more