President Xi Jinping has asked former CEO Howard Schultz of Starbucks, one of the most prominent American brands in China, to help repair U.S.-Chinese relations amid a tariff war and tension over technology and securityBy JOE McDONALD AP Business WriterJanuary 15, 2021, 8:19 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleBEIJING — President …
Global shares have declined after a worse-than-expected U.S. jobs report and late slide in several Big Tech stocks left major indexes lower on Wall StreetBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business WriterJanuary 15, 2021, 8:56 AM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleGlobal shares shares fell Friday after a worse-than-expected U.S. jobs report and a …
After its longtime chief curator unexpectedly left last year, the Guggenheim Museum in New York has found a replacement in Naomi Beckwith, currently the senior curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Beckwith will start as the Guggenheim’s deputy director and chief curator in June. Beckwith has been at the MCA Chicago since 2011. …
Delta Air Lines is reporting a $755 million loss for the fourth quarter, which brings its loss for all of 2020 to more than $12 billion, a company recordBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines WriterJanuary 14, 2021, 9:36 PM• 4 min readDelta Air Lines closed the books on a disastrous 2020 with a comparatively small fourth-quarter …
Airlines and airports say they are stepping up security before next week’s presidential inauguration, with Delta and other major airlines saying they will prohibit passengers flying to the Washington area from putting guns in checked bags.The moves follow the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump and politically tinged …
After Dr. Martens revealed its new line of shoes featuring illustrations by Keith Haring, another fashion brand has unveiled more merchandise paying homage to the famed artist. Uniqlo has launched a new UNIQLO UT x Keith Haring collection of T-shirts and hoodies inspired by the artist’s relationship to Tokyo, where he presented his work and opened …
Shares are mostly higher in Asia as traders wait to see details of President-elect Joe Biden’s plan for helping the economy recover from the coronavirus crisisBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business WriterJanuary 14, 2021, 5:15 AM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleShares were mostly higher Thursday in Asia as traders waited to see …
Encrypted messaging apps Signal and Telegram are seeing huge upticks in downloads from Apple and Google’s app stores, while WhatsApp’s growth is on the decline following a privacy fiasco where the company was forced to clarify a message it sent to usersBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology WriterJanuary 14, 2021, 9:47 AM• 3 min readShare to …
As a craze for contemporary figurative painting continues on in the art world, archaeologists have uncovered what may be the world’s oldest representational artwork. In a new study published on Wednesday by Science Advances, a team of experts claims that a pig painting discovered in a cave in Sulawesi, an Indonesian island, is at least …
NEW YORK — Stocks notched modest gains Wednesday following another choppy day of trading on Wall Street, leaving the market near its recent record highs.The S&P 500 inched up 0.2% after flipping between small gains and losses in the early going. Gains in several Big Tech companies, including Intel, Apple and Amazon, helped nudge the …
