Новости за 17.10.2020

Chinese government officials are warning their American counterparts they may detain U.S. nationals in China in response to the Justice Department’s prosecution of Chinese military-affiliated scholars, according to people familiar with the matter.

Game Plan: A financial adviser weighs in on how Joshua and Melissa Wright can eventually save for retirement and pay for their kids’ education.

The biggest academic benefits accrue to those who didn’t do all that well in high school.

Almost all mass rail transit in Bangkok was shut down as thousands of antigovernment protesters took to the streets, defying a ban on large public gatherings for the third consecutive day.

The pandemic and economic uncertainty is upending some of the old rules about building a college fund.

While AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon all use Apple’s high-speed cellular capabilities to promote their networks, their pitches differ.

With so much going its way already, one might wonder why Amazon.com keeps bothering with Prime Day. The answer is that it seems to have become a profitable endeavor.

Police have detained nine people in connection with a beheading of a middle-school teacher near his school in a Paris suburb, a French official said, an attack authorities are investigating as a terrorist act.

Launched in 2019, Hill House Home’s hybrid nightgown-dress has gone viral during the pandemic due to canny online marketing and lucky timing. A look at its irresistible appeal.

The country’s center-left Labour Party, led by Jacinda Ardern, won a landslide victory in national elections as voters endorsed her government’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus.

A physical therapist for Olympians shares exercises to improve core and shoulder stability.

Shaq, Playboy and Nikola are all on the blank-check bandwagon, part of a boom in SPACs that is unsettling, writes columnist James Mackintosh.

By some estimates, about 40% of U.S. day cares are closed after enrollment fell off in the spring and never fully bounced back.

The South offers a stark example of what happens to an economy when coronavirus measures are less stringent: Lowest unemployment rates in the nation, relatively strong job openings—but bigger rise in infections and deaths.

As utilities seek approval to invest millions of dollars in upgrading their infrastructure to accommodate car charging, their efforts are drawing opposition from consumer advocates, oil companies and startups.

Technology companies are set to end the year with their greatest share of the stock market ever, topping a dot-com era peak in the latest illustration of their growing influence on global consumers.

Electronic trading giant Citadel Securities sued the Securities and Exchange Commission over the agency’s decision to approve a new mechanism for trading stocks at upstart exchange operator IEX Group.

A 104-seat Upper Chamber is on the agenda if Democrats sweep the election.

The Steve Scully fiasco is the latest blow to its credibility.

He’d raise taxes far higher than they were under Bush or Obama.

The lockdowns of the spring haven’t stopped a virus resurgence.

More than 27 million viewers watched the dueling town halls of President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, according to Nielsen ratings.

Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos received bribes from a leading drug cartel in exchange for allowing it to ship to the U.S. tons of cocaine and other drugs, U.S. prosecutors alleged.

A surge of federal spending to combat the coronavirus and cushion the U.S. economy, coupled with a drop-off in federal revenues amid widespread shutdowns and layoffs, contributed to the widening deficit.

The most successful philanthropists not only give to worthy causes, they build institutions.