This spring, Congress passed the CARES Act for those impacted by the pandemic. The landmark bill has several provisions for those facing financial difficulties—including one for those looking to borrow from their retirement accounts. The new rules provide temporary access to your 401(k) with fewer penalties and…Read more…
Ministers accused of reckless behaviour over roll-out, with Guardian learning of data breachesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK government broke the law in rolling out its test-and-trace programme without a full assessment of the privacy implications, the Department of Health and Social Care has admitted after a legal challen […]
In a crisis, investors want information about relative strengths and weaknesses not just downgrades
‘Our staff are working hard to quickly change signage and update announcements in 2,500 stations,’ said a spokesman for the Rail Delivery Group
Here’s one issue that could affect baseball in 2020: With so many fewer games this season, players could worry if their stats look bad because of one bad stretch
The Terrible Consequences of Australia’s Uber-Scientists calculate that the unprecedented wildfires burned 37,500 square miles. For already-endangered species, the conflagration may have spelled doom.
Good sound, battery life, case and design, with instant translation and different silicone tip with open-air-like fitGoogle’s AirPods competitor is finally ready. The Pixel Buds are true wireless earbuds that aim to be all things to all people with a hybrid design that’s neither fully open nor isolating.The £179 earphones are Google’s second attempt at Bluet […]
TikTok, the popular video-messaging app with Chinese roots, is facing global scrutiny as countries consider imposing restrictions on the company. WSJ’s Liza Lin explains why the U.S. government says the quirky platform poses a risk on American smartphones. Photo composite: Sharon Shi
I didn’t like being called “freckle face” when I was a kid. So when my mum took me to the paediatrician for a routine check-up, I asked him if he could make my freckles go away.He kindly told me he could, “but you will never be able to go out in the sun again or your freckles will come back”. So I got used to being “freckle face”.Freckles may be the least of […]
CFP executive director Bill Hancock is remaining cautiously optimistic about the 2020 season
Scientists working in Jerusalem and New York believe that may have found a surprising treatment for COVID-19 – a cholesterol-lowering drug which makes the virus weaker.
Hong Kong director Ann Hui and British actress Tilda Swinton will be given lifetime achievement awards at this year’s Venice Film Festival, organisers said on Monday.Hui, 73, is “one of the best female directors in Asia” and “one of the key figures in the Hong Kong New Wave film movement” from the late 1970s and 1980s, the festival said in a statement.A […]
The post-pandemic world, the economist cautioned, has to face the need to not return to the pre-pandemic ‘normal’.
Today (July 20) would have been Chris Cornell’s 56th birthday. To commemorate the occasion, Vicky Cornell and the Chris Cornell Estate dropped a never-before-released cover of “Patience” by Guns N’ Roses. Cornell recorded this rendition in Los Angeles in March 2016. “Listening to [Chris Cornell’s cover] again after so many years… […]
British clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) said on Monday it planned to cut 950 jobs as part of a restructuring, dealing a further blow to a sector that has already seen thousands of redundancies during the COVID-19 crisis.
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