U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives as Senate Republicans hold their weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 16, 2020.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersThe $ 600 boost in weekly unemployment checks ends…
‘It’s dangerous NOT to be sending a clear…
The U.S. has recorded at least 120,168 new coronavirus cases over the July Fourth Weekend. COVID-19, first identified in Wuhan, China in December, had infected 11,317,637 people globally and 2,852,807 in the U.S. as of…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire buys Dominion Energy natural gas…
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is finally pulling the trigger. The conglomerate is spending $ 4 billion to buy the natural gas transmission and storage assets of Dominion Energy. Including the assumption of debt, the deal…
Edelweiss Group books Rs 2,245 cr net loss…
MUMBAI: Edelweiss Group has reported Rs 2,245 crore loss in the quarter to March due to higher upfront provisioning for COVID-19 for possible credit losses across three lending and asset reconstruction verticals. The diversified financial…
Bipartisan Senate bill would punish retailers for refusing…
Ranking member Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Thursday, June 20, 2019.Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty ImagesSens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., have…
World Health Organization reports new coronavirus cases reach…
The number of new Covid-19 cases worldwide has reached a record high at 212,326 cases in the last 24 hours, according to a situation report from the World Health Organization. The report says there have been more…
Contact-less: Soon, pay through a mobile app for…
NEW DELHI: Very soon, you would be able to pay the fare for travelling in a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) or Cluster Scheme through a mobile application and receive an ‘e-ticket’. The same application will…
Tweet Buster: Two years to return to pre-Covid…
NEW DELHI: The liquidity-driven rally on Dalal Street led the benchmark indices higher for the third consecutive week, even as a number of market veterans kept cautioning investors that there might be a ride shock…
Hong Kong officials ‘very disappointed’ at Canada’s move…
Pedestrians walks past a government-sponsored advertisement promoting a new national security law on June 30, 2020 in Hong Kong, China.Billy H.C. Kwok | Getty ImagesSenior officials in Hong Kong said on Saturday they were "very disappointed"…