Things look good for retailers this holiday season. Nearly 190 million U.S. consumers shopped from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year. That reflects an increase of 14 percent over last year’s sales numbers according to the National Retail Federation. And most retailers are small businesses. So the future looks good to get your share…
Congress Saves Coal Miner Pensions, but What About Others?
Lawmakers will use taxpayer money to fill a roughly $10 billion hole in the miners’ doomed fund. But more plans face the same problems. Press Release Distribution Service
Tesla Stock Hits Elon Musk’s Magic Number: $420
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Forget Stock Market Forecasts. They’re Less Than Worthless.
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Dear C.E.O.: Before You Give to Charity, Look at Your Own Workplace
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What Baby Yoda, O.K. Boomer and Hemp Farming Told Us About the 2019 Economy
Baby Yoda is a productivity metaphor, O.K. Boomer can be tied to homeownership and hemp farming is an outgrowth of the trade war. Press Release Distribution Service
The Nightjet: A Big Bet on Train Travelers Who Take It Slow
While other European rail lines have reduced their overnight train services, Austria’s state-owned system is investing in its own. Press Release Distribution Service
The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker: Rub-a-Dub to 2019
A visit with three kinds of tradespeople still vital to holiday happiness. Press Release Distribution Service
Chinese Restaurants Are Closing. That’s a Good Thing, the Owners Say.
The share of Chinese restaurants has fallen in metro areas across the country in the last five years. Many owners are glad their children won’t be taking over. Press Release Distribution Service
Tracing the Path From Fast Fashion to ‘Trashion’
Vanessa Friedman, the fashion director and chief fashion critic for The Times, discussed “Stare Shopping in the Face,” a special section. Press Release Distribution Service
Marciano Foundation Worker Files Suit Claiming Mass Layoffs Were Illegal
The lawsuit asks to be certified as a class action and seeks back pay and other damages for former employees. Press Release Distribution Service
8 Comic Books to Get You to Spring
There is something for nearly every reader: memoir, biography, religious satire, time travel and more. Press Release Distribution Service
Karl E. Meyer, 91, Reporter, Editorialist and Author, Dies
He reported on Castro’s rise and the Bay of Pigs invasion and, as an opinion writer, criticized, in retrospect, a Times reporter’s Stalin-era dispatches. Press Release Distribution Service
New Boeing boss Calhoun is a tough-minded veteran of crisis
Beleaguered Boeing Co is putting its future in the hands of an industrial veteran who has led several companies in crisis, began his career at engine maker General Electric Co and has already spent a decade on the board of the world’s largest planemaker. Press Release Distribution Service
Emaar says may raise funds against Burj Khalifa viewing decks, not selling them
Dubai’s Emaar Properties said on Tuesday it was considering raising capital against cash flows generated by the observation decks on its Burj Khalifa skyscraper, but was not looking at selling them. Press Release Distribution Service
New Boeing boss faces EU pressure over Embraer tie-up: sources
As Boeing’s new boss tackles the immediate crisis over its grounded 737 MAX jet, he also faces pressing questions from European regulators over a deal to buy the commercial arm of Brazil’s Embraer – seen as key to its longer-term strategy. Press Release Distribution Service
Oil prices rise in Christmas Eve trade amid supply cuts
Oil prices rose on Tuesday in thin pre-Christmas trading after Russia’s energy minister said cooperation with OPEC to support the market would continue and as analysts forecast a second weekly decline in U.S. crude inventories. Press Release Distribution Service
Nissan top executive Seki to resign in blow to turnaround plan
The executive tasked with leading a recovery at Nissan Motor Co Ltd said he had decided to resign just weeks into his new job, a move that could disrupt the automaker’s push to turn the corner on scandal and slumping sales. Press Release Distribution Service
Festive world markets pause for breath near record highs
World stocks flatlined near record highs on Tuesday and remained on track for their best year in a decade, as China’s latest policy easing pledges added to the optimism generated by signs of detente in the 17-month long Sino-U.S. trade war. Press Release Distribution Service
Electric vehicle startup Rivian scores $1.3 billion investment from T.Rowe Price, others
Electric vehicle startup Rivian said on Monday it closed a $1.3 billion investment round led by T. Rowe Price and including existing investors Amazon.com and Ford Motor Co. Press Release Distribution Service
How risky ETFs won the decade – and why they might not repeat that performance
Exchange-traded funds that use leverage to offer double or triple the daily return of benchmark U.S. stock indexes rank among the 10 top-performing funds of the decade, with returns that in some cases neared 2,000%, despite warnings that they are not suitable for most investors. Press Release Distribution Service
Beauty brands tap TikTok influencers for holiday campaigns
In a TikTok video with the hashtag #awesomekiss, viral teen star Charli D’Amelio uses an eos Products lipbalm before kissing the screen and transforming into a dancing, costumed Santa in an ad for her 12 million followers. Press Release Distribution Service
