MARCH 1, 2020
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina on Saturday became the fourth state to make its voice heard in the Democratic presidential race.
Who were the big winners and losers?
WINNERS
Former Vice President Joe Biden
It was a huge night for Biden.
He needed a blowout win and got one - with an even bigger margin of victory than almost anyone had...
FEBRUARY 29, 2020
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 63 for 0 trail India 242 (Vihari 55, Shaw 54, Pujara 54, Jamieson 5-45) by 179 runs
Kyle Jamieson rattled India again. - Getty Images
The depth in New Zealand's five-man seam attack pulled India back from positions of strength on two occasions to leave them bowled out for 242, and...
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, one of the country’s most successful athletes ever, was slapped with an incredible eight-year ban on Friday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. And that means not only will the 28-year-old two-time Olympian will miss the 2020 Tokyo Olympics this summer, but he’ll also be excluded from the next Summer Olympics, the...
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Party and politics aren’t all that distinguish the billionaire New Yorker in the White House from the one seeking to displace him.
President Trump’s Fifth Avenue apartment in Manhattan’s Trump Tower feels “like you’re walking into a casino. Very lavish. A lot of gold,” said John Catsimatidis, another billionaire New Yorker. He also has visited Michael Bloomberg’s New...
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
The U.S. stock-market rally has unraveled, with a period of historic gains coming to a screeching halt, as fear that the coronavirus epidemic may reach America rattles Wall Street.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell into correction on Thursday, widely defined as a drop of at least 10%, but no more than 20%, from a recent peak. The...
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Stocks ended sharply lower after a volatile session Thursday as traders worried that the coronavirus might be spreading in the U.S. A slew of corporate and analyst warnings on the virus also dragged down the major averages.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 1,190 points, or 4.4%. The S&P 500 also plunged 4.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite sank 4.6%.
Those losses put...
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Reddit CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman called TikTok “fundamentally parasitic” due to concerns over privacy during an appearance at the Social 2030 venture capital conference this week (via TechCrunch). Huffman specifically called out TikTok’s practice of fingerprinting to track devices as being of particular concern.
“Maybe I’m going to regret this, but I can’t even get to that...
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
President Donald Trump during a Keep America Great Rally in Battle Creek, Mich., on Dec. 18, 2019. - Jeff Kowalsky
When the top EPA official overseeing its WaterSense program first heard President Donald Trump's rant about toilets that must be flushed a dozen times and modern faucets that only provide drips of water, she was at a loss...
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
People stand near a window overlooking the financial district in Shanghai. - Reuters/CHINA STRINGER NETWORK
BEIJING - China minted three times as many new billionaires than the United States in the past year, with fortunes made in drugs and online entertainment after a mini-boom from the coronavirus outbreak, a ranking of the world's wealthiest people shows.
The Greater...
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Mailboxes are flooded with tax forms every year around this time, and many of them can be confusing, feel unnecessary or involve seemingly trivial amounts of money. But before succumbing to the urge to shove those pieces of paper into a drawer and pretend they don’t exist, beware — the IRS probably already knows what’s in that...
