The 20th Annual BET Awards will be held on Sunday night and might look a little different this year. Rather than putting on the show with on-stage performances and a celebrity-packed live audience, BET is hosting a fully virtual show that will air at 8 p.m. ET on June 28, …
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Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, DC, USA, on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | fake pictures The United States Federal Reserve bought $ 428 million in bonds from individual companies through mid-June, making investments in …
Read More »Facebook falls as Starbucks joins ad spending boycott
Facebook Inc. (full board) – Get report Shares extended declines in pre-trading on the Monday after Stabucks Corp. (SBUX) – Get report, the world’s largest coffee chain, joined a list of more than 150 companies planning to freeze advertising spending on the social media platform. Starbucks, Coca-Cola (KO) – Get …
Read More »Mixed stock futures such as investor eye-jump in coronavirus infections
Futures for the S&P 500 and Dow were higher Monday morning, even as a growing number of states across the country re-imposed social distancing standards to try to stem increases in coronavirus case counts. The pre-market moves came after a sell-off on Friday, with the Dow ending lower at more …
Read More »Texas and Florida bar owners close their doors a second time and fear devastating impacts
In the short time they were open, Repass says staff followed safety guidelines down to a T: They required customers to wear masks when moving. They offered hand sanitizer at the door. Waiters and servers wore masks. No one gathered and almost no one used cash. But that was not …
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