TOKYO/MIAMI (Reuters) – Asian stocks jumped on Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reaffirmed interest rates would stay low for a long time, calming market fears that higher inflation might prompt the central bank to tighten the monetary spigot.FILE PHOTO: Men holding umbrellas walk near an electric board showing Nikkei index at a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan February […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – GameStop Corp shares more than doubled in afternoon trading on Wednesday, surprising those who thought the video game retailer’s stock price would stabilize after a fierce rally and steep dive that upended Wall Street in January.FILE PHOTO: GameStop logo is seen near displayed stock graph in this illustration taken February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationThe shares soared […]

VaccineFinder.org is an ambitious but limited attempt to simplify Americans’ search for vaccines. By Rebecca Robbins and Sheryl Gay Stolberg The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hoping to make it easier for Americans to find Covid-19 vaccines, is backing the test of a centralized online portal where the public can search for nearby vaccination locations with doses on hand. […]

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Kevin Sneader, McKinsey’s global managing partner since 2018, was voted out and will not serve a second term.  About 650 senior partners participated in a three-step voting process.  Here’s how the leadership structure works at McKinsey, and what we know about the leadership front-runners.  Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. McKinsey employees have voted Kevin Sneader, its global […]

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Disneyland officials released details on Wednesday about a mini opening of the theme park in Anaheim next month. The limited-capacity ticketed event will be called “A Touch of Disney.” The theme park, which has been shut down for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will reopen partially on March 18 through April 5 for the event, which will offer […]

By Gregory Schmidt and Gillian Friedman Fry’s Electronics, a big-box retailer that nurtured a generation of do-it-yourself tech fans and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, announced on Wednesday that it was shutting down operations, effective immediately. The company, which is based in San Jose, Calif., replaced the contents of its website with a statement that said it had ceased operations and had […]