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President Joe Biden wants to get 70% of the country vaccinated against COVID-19 by the Fourth of July, which means more Americans could soon be getting some form of a vaccination card — and wondering where they should keep it.   You see, the three-by-four-inch paper vaccination card designed by the Centers for Disease Control and […]

U.S. government bonds yields edged lower Friday morning, after a May jobs report that saw a smaller-than-expected rise in nonfarm payrolls. How Treasurys are performing The 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, 1.604% was at 1.611%, down 1 basis point. Yields and bond prices move in opposite directions. The yield on the 30-year Treasury TMUBMUSD30Y, 2.288%, known […]

U.S. government bonds yields edged lower Friday morning, after a May jobs report that saw a smaller-than-expected rise in nonfarm payrolls. How Treasurys are performing The 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, 1.604% was at 1.611%, down 1 basis point. Yields and bond prices move in opposite directions. The yield on the 30-year Treasury TMUBMUSD30Y, 2.288%, known […]

Portugal has been removed from the U.K.’s quarantine-free travel list, just weeks after the popular holiday destination reopened to British tourists, amid concerns over rising cases and mutations of the virus. The decision announced late Thursday sparked anger among airlines and travel companies, with Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye accusing the British government of “all […]

A highly anticipated government intelligence report on unidentified flying objects finds no evidence of alien spacecraft — but it also doesn’t say it’s not aliens, according to a new report. Scores of odd aerial sighting in recent years that have baffled scientists and the military remain a mystery, according to a New York Times report […]

Crypto bull Elon Musk on Thursday evening issued a cryptic tweet that many in the world of digital assets were interpreting as the billionaire’s breakup with bitcoin. About an hour later, he followed that with this tweet: A number of Musk’s recent tweets have sparked in the crypto community a mix of ebullience, confusion, apprehension […]

Crypto bull Elon Musk on Thursday evening issued a cryptic tweet that many in the world of digital assets were interpreting as the billionaire’s breakup with bitcoin. About an hour later, he followed that with this tweet: A number of Musk’s recent tweets have sparked in the crypto community a mix of ebullience, confusion, apprehension […]

In his most extensive public comments yet on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, former Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that he and former President Donald Trump may never “see eye to eye” on the events of that day. “ “You know, President Trump and I have spoken many times since we left office. And […]

Meatpacker JBS said late Thursday its global facilities are “fully operational” and that last weekend’s cyberattack has been resolved. JBS JBSS3, -1.52% said it has been able to limit the damage from the attack to less than one day’s worth of production. Any lost production will be fully recovered by the end of next week, […]

So many things about life during a pandemic do not make sense. Up until last week, Matt Landau had never actually driven a U-Haul truck. It’s an odd choice of vehicle for someone who is not in the moving business. He is not moving house, nor is he moving other people’s stuff. Nevertheless, he drove […]

The global tally of COVID-19 cases neared 172 million on Thursday, and the number of vaccines administered edged above 2 billion, a day after a summit ended with pledges of $ 2.4 billion to the Covax program that aims to secure vaccine supply for the world’s poorest countries. The funds raised at the summit, which […]

The Biden administration said on Wednesday it would slap 25% tariffs on imports worth more than $ 2 billion from six countries over their taxes on U.S. tech companies. But it immediately suspended the duties for 180 days to allow time for multilateral negotiations on a new international tax framework to continue. The office of […]

Niche electric-vehicle company Lunaz announced on Thursday soccer star David Beckham has purchased a stake in its business. The privately owned British auto maker, which coverts petrol-powered vintage Range Rovers, Bentleys, Rolls-Royces and Jaguars into clean-energy autos, said the former Manchester United striker had taken 10% equity. The company didn’t say how much Beckham paid […]

The biggest emitters among oil and gas producers, especially of potent methane, are smaller, often privately-held companies whose pollution relative to the size of their production handily tops their publicly-traded major competitors. The biggest contributor? They’re often scooping up older assets from oil majors. Large producers are still responsible for significant amounts of emissions, however, new research […]

Conventional wisdom says that taking steps to defer your current individual federal income bill is almost always a good idea. True, if you expect to be in the same or lower tax bracket in future years, and you turn out to be right about that. If so, making moves to lower this year’s taxable income […]

After more than a year of remote working, Apple Inc. employees are being asked to return to the office at least three days a week in early September. Citing an internal email sent Wednesday morning that it obtained, The Verge first reported that most Apple AAPL, +0.63% employees will return to work in their offices […]

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission has tried for several years to get Elon Musk to behave more like a typical corporate leader. It hasn’t worked. The SEC sued Musk and Tesla Inc.  TSLA, -3.01%  in 2018 over tweets the regulator deemed fraudulent, settling the case for a combined $ 40 million and changes to the company’s […]

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission has tried for several years to get Elon Musk to behave more like a typical corporate leader. It hasn’t worked. The SEC sued Musk and Tesla Inc.  TSLA, -3.01%  in 2018 over tweets the regulator deemed fraudulent, settling the case for a combined $ 40 million and changes to the company’s […]

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission has tried for several years to get Elon Musk to behave more like a typical corporate leader. It hasn’t worked. The SEC sued Musk and Tesla Inc.  TSLA, -3.01%  in 2018 over tweets the regulator deemed fraudulent, settling the case for a combined $ 40 million and changes to the company’s […]

Grab a piece of fruit, not a sugary drink. That’s the takeaway from a new study, released Wednesday, looking at one aspect of diet and diabetes. People who ate two servings of fruit per day lowered the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 36% compared to those who ate less than half a serving […]