Americans filed a record number of complaints with the Office of Consumer Financial Protection in March, when the coronavirus pandemic began flooding hospitals and raising unemployment rates. Every month since then, consumer complaint numbers have reached record levels set the previous month, according to a report Friday by consumer advocacy …
Read More »P&G catches up on climate change, but critics say troubling tree-to-toilet pipe needs to go
Charmin’s toilet paper maker Procter & Gamble Co. has teamed up with other consumer product conglomerates with its own updated climate change campaign, and agrees with its rivals that the next decade is a critical time for action, but drawing new concerns from natural resource groups. CEO David Taylor and …
Read More »Stick with Apple and Microsoft, at least for now, says this fund manager
Data from China, a Twitter hack, geopolitical tensions and worries about viruses are scaring investors out of stocks on Thursday, with more earnings and weekly unemployment claims ahead. Markets encouraged positive news about vaccines just a day earlier. The week has also seen the Nasdaq Composite COMP, + 0.59% wobble, …
Read More »“It is dangerous NOT to send a clear message to Americans”: The United States reaches 120,000 cases of coronavirus during the weekend of July 4, with sudden increases in Florida, Arizona and Texas
The United States has recorded at least 120,168 new cases of coronavirus over the weekend of July 4. COVID-19, first identified in Wuhan, China in December, had infected 11,317,637 people worldwide and 2,852,807 in the US as of Sunday, up from 2,732,639 on Thursday by night before the long weekend, …
Read More »New US Coronavirus Cases Reached All-time High of 57,497, as COVID-19 Increases in Florida, Arizona, California, and Texas
United States, on the third day, with new daily coronavirus cases exceeding 50,000, reaching a new 24-hour high of 57,497. The COVID-19 pandemic, which was first identified in Wuhan, China in December, had infected 11,124,651 people worldwide and 2,808,003 in the US through Saturday. It had claimed at least 526,003 …
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