Новости за 01.11.2020

Cities like Philadelphia deprive the cops of crowd-control tools.

How Democratic policies would punish the South and Southwest.

The social-media firm finally unfreezes the New York Post after its story on Hunter Biden’s laptop files.

The week of U.S. economic and political news includes the election, the employment report for October and a Federal Reserve policy meeting.

Claims that he’ll spur growth ignore that his policies are a repeat of the stagnant Obama years.

A rebound in streaming is boosting the value of song catalogs and driving investor interest.

A proposal to lift the state’s wage floor to $15 by 2026, if successful, would make Florida the eighth state to adopt an eventual $15-an-hour minimum wage.

Photo ID could keep the dead from casting ballots, and modern tech can do it safely.

The price of the digital currency has surged about 90% in 2020 and traded as high as $13,848 last week. The renewed surge of interest appears to be tied to bitcoin’s potential as a hedge against inflation.

Governments across Europe are reintroducing strict new measures to tame a resurgent coronavirus pandemic after concluding that light-touch strategies have failed to keep infections in check.

The Pentagon has begun withdrawing top military officers from U.S. embassies in Africa and downgrading other such posts world-wide, a move officials say shifts resources toward China and Russia.

New rules from the Trump administration restricting skilled foreign workers are unnerving U.S. startup hubs, as founders and investors say the limitations will hamstring their ability to recruit top-tier talent.

The diaspora of tech talent is apparent in towns around the Rockies, where wealth and business activity are rising, along with property prices and wage competition.

Several of these businesses recently have entered into medical delivery partnerships with drug companies and retailers—including Merck & Co. and Walmart Inc.— that could help position them to take part in the high-profile effort to distribute Covid-19 vaccines.

U.S. consumer-spending growth may be soft overall, but use of debit cards is soaring. Keeping that volume up will be key for payment companies’ stocks.

Despite less stringent rules and more defiance of them, infections are dropping sharply, likely because of more widespread use of masks, epidemiologists say.

With connections more important than ever in uncertain economic times, here is advice from experts on virtual tactics to advance your career when you can’t schmooze in person.

Police arrested seven opposition figures, including four sitting pro-democracy lawmakers, and charged them with offenses related to a scuffle that broke out in the legislature earlier this year.

Fed officials aren’t preparing to announce any changes after their two-day policy meeting ends Thursday but could begin reviewing contingency plans for possible refinements.

Airlines are resorting to buy-one-get-one-free ticket offers to help travelers feel comfortable flying again and keep at least some cash coming in.

Many companies rebounded faster than expected following the coronavirus-related economic shock this spring, but leaders are warning that the bounceback wasn’t uniform and may prove fleeting as infections surge again.

Many money managers and strategists are reluctant to project confidence after being caught off guard by a number of market-jolting shocks over the years.

While Sean Connery, who just died, is best known for his performances in films like the Bond franchise, ‘The Hunt for Red October’ and ‘The Untouchables,’ some of the Scottish actor’s best roles are his least known.

Founders often find themselves without crucial skills. These classes would have been a big help.