A think tank’s new estimates on the 2021 poverty rate are revising down its earlier projections
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Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales: Big Tech is headed for its biggest year yet, and it isn’t even close
If government regulators around the world thought Big Tech was too big last year, 2021 has not changed their mind.
Financial Crime: Nikola electric-truck prototypes were powered by hidden wall sockets, towed into position and rolled down hills, prosecutors say
Prosecutors said the prototypes didn’t function and were Frankenstein monsters cobbled together from parts from other vehicles.
: Here’s how much the 2021 NBA draft picks will earn on their rookie contracts
Expected no. 1 pick Cade Cunningham will make an estimated $36.8 million from his rookie contract.
Key Words: The new monthly payments of up to $300 per child won’t be ‘a sustained policy,’ says conservative analyst
While some experts from across the political spectrum expect a long life for the new monthly Child Tax Credit payments that began this month, the Heritage Foundation’s Robert Rector isn’t convinced.
NewsWatch: Amazon stock falls 6% as pandemic sales boom appears to stall
Amazon.com Inc. sales growth slowed down in the second quarter of the year as bricks-and-mortar stores reopened across the U.S., sending shares south in after-hours trading Thursday.
: Remembering Ron Popeil, the visionary who helped America see the drama in shopping — and once tried to sell me a turkey fryer
The pitchman popularized the infomercial as a vehicle to sell one-of-a-kind products including the Showtime Rotisserie and Pocket Fisherman.
Earnings Results: Mastercard tops earnings expectations as spending recovery continues
Mastercard Inc. topped expectations with its second-quarter results Thursday amid a continued recovery in spending trends.
: As CDC reverses its mask guidance, Apple, Costco, Walmart and others have some soul searching to do
The agency now recommends that people, regardless of vaccination status, wear face masks indoors again in certain situations.
IPO Report: Robinhood stock jeered in its public debut
Robinhood Markets Inc., which has disrupted Wall Street with its no-fee trading app, was jeered in its public debut on Thursday, as the stock stumbled below its reference price.