Fuel prices are displayed at an Exxon Mobil Corp. service station in Arlington, Virginia, USA, on Wednesday April 29, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | fake pictures Exxon said Friday that it lost $ 1.1 billion in the second quarter amid “global oversupply and COVID-related demand impacts.” It was the …
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The United States economy decreased by a third in the second quarter The Commerce Department said the US gross domestic product collapsed at an annualized rate of 32.9% in the second quarter, the biggest drop since the government began keeping records in 1947, as COVID-19 crushed consumer and business spending. …
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has stood firm against mounting pressure to avoid massive budget cuts by raising taxes on the many billionaires living in his state. As that campaign to tax billionaires received a recent boost from Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the legislative leaders of the Democratic state of …
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The big four tech giants announced box office earnings on Thursday, just a day after testifying before Congress about anti-competitive behavior. Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple added an additional $ 230 billion in market value. Analysts caution that while there may be more difficult times for these companies, their business …
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Image copyright Reuters The hacking of celebrity Twitter accounts this month was caused by human error and a phishing attack on Twitter employees, the company confirmed. Spear-phishing is a targeted attack designed to trick people into giving up information such as passwords. Twitter said its staff was attacked through their …
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