When it comes to sports, there really is no fan like a true, diehard football fan. The 2017-2018 NFL season was a great season for football, with the Philadelphia Eagles taking the W at the Super Bowl in February. But what makes true NFL fans as diehard as they are is the unwavering support of and dedication to their favorite […]

McKinsey & Company, the consultant to blue-chip corporations and governments around the world, has agreed to pay nearly $600 million to settle investigations into its role in helping “turbocharge” opioid sales, a rare instance of it being held publicly accountable for its work with clients. The firm has reached a $573 million agreement with attorneys general in 47 states, the […]

Chris Evans jokes he may bid on his own item in an auction Brian doggedly pursued his own bargain hunt in a bid to find a batch of new plastic boxes that he had used in March to send off the items, an inheritance from a late relative’s estate, before the sale last year. They had set him back £96.97. […]

NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – A 24-year-old founder of two New York-based cryptocurrency hedge funds with more than US$100 million (S$133 million) in investments pleaded guilty on Thursday (Feb 4) to securities fraud. Stefan He Qin was charged with one count of securities fraud, after duping investors by claiming he used a trading algorithm to take advantage of price differences for a […]

LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – – Global shares approached record highs on Friday and the dollar headed for its best weekly gain in three months, as progress in vaccine distribution and U.S. stimulus hopes prompted bets on further normalisation in the global economy.FILE PHOTO: People walk through the lobby of the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain August 25, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File […]

Both the Capitol riot and the GameStop mania have revealed the instability of our institutions. These events could be a sign of more chaos or a last bout of wildness before normalcy. Whether we go down one path or the other depends on how the government and society responds. Dan Alpert is an adjunct professor at Cornell Law School and […]

A 2019 report from the Federal Reserve found that nearly one in every four American adults have no retirement savings. During the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, that share has likely grown. Despite stimulus payments and enhanced unemployment benefits, millions of Americans have reduced retirement account contributions or stopped them entirely — some have even been forced […]

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased last week to 2.92% from 2.95%. The Mortgage Bankers Association's refinance index hit its highest level since March. Mortgage applications to purchase a home were essentially flat for the week, rising just 0.1%. Mortgage rates fell for the first time in nearly a month, and that lit a fire under […]