As companies from Coca-Cola to Amazon to Citigroup appear to be tripping over each other to declare that they are “pausing” or “reassessing” donations to Republicans who sought to overturn the election — and, in some cases, suspending giving to both parties — they might want to look at a company that didn’t say anything. That company is IBM. It […]

Nanaia Mahuta began as Foreign Minister by putting out a statement – supported by the USA, UK, Canada and Australia – calling on China to respect democracy in Hong Kong. China responded by threatening to tear out our eyes. Last week, using the new national security law that China forced on Hong Kong, there were mass arrests of pro-democracy activists. […]

A stockbroking and trading firm has been fined $200,000 for what a judge described as “deliberate and blatant” lies involving New Zealand’s Financial Service Providers Register. In what is just one of a handful such prosecutions in the country, Pegasus Markets Ltd was charged by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) in February 2018 with breaching the Financial Service Providers (Registration […]

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers can require workers to take medical tests that are “job-related and consistent with business necessity” — and that includes tests for COVID-19. The logic here is simple — COVID-19 is wildly contagious. Additionally, you can spread it like wildfire without having so much as a single symptom. That’s a big reason when we’re […]

Stock futures pointed toward a lower open Monday morning as investors took a pause following last week’s record-setting rally. Contracts on the S&P 500 dipped 0.6% after the index reached a record closing high on Friday. Dow futures dropped by more than 200 points, or 0.6%, while those on the Nasdaq decreased by 0.5%. Last week, stocks had kicked off […]

The British footwear brand Dr Martens has confirmed plans for a London flotation that will see its private equity owner sell down its stake. The company, sold by the Griggs family in 2014 for £300m, said the stock market listing being considered would consist of a sale of shares held by Permira and some other existing investors. Sky News revealed […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares paused near historic highs on Monday while Treasury yields were at a 10-month top as “trillions” in new U.S. fiscal stimulus plans were set to be unveiled this week, stoking a global reflation trade.FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a facial mask, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, stands in front of an electric board showing […]

“Sex and the City,” the landmark HBO series that ran from 1998 through 2004 and was later made into two feature films, is returning yet again. Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis will reprise their original characters for a new 10-episode series, HBO Max said on Sunday evening. Kim Cattrall, the other major “Sex and the City” cast […]

Eric and J.C. Helmstaedter have a trove of stories about EMW Carpets & Furniture, naturally. The brothers were the third generation to run the family business that operated on Broadway just south of Evans Avenue for almost a century. EMW was their grandmother, Elizabeth Mary Wagenblast, the family and company matriarch who once joked in a Denver Post article that […]