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Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is the gift that keeps on giving. The seemingly timeless tune first hit the airwaves in 1994, but it took a whopping 25 years before the track finally reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 list in 2019.  The song climbed its way back to that top spot again in December 2020, and just just hit number one for a third time — becoming the first song in the chart’s history to have led in three distinct runs on the ranking, the outlet… Source link

Rally on despite markets being powered to records by a handful of very large stocks, says David Kostin, Goldman Sachs chief U.S. equity strategist. Goldman’s research shows that five stocks have accounted for 51% of the S&P 500’s return since the end of April. Those five stocks — Microsoft, Google, Apple, Nvidia and Tesla — account for more than one-third of the S&P 500s 26% return this year. While this has unfolded among these household name tech giants, Kostin points to narrowing… Source link

By Sarai Rodriguez December 10, 2021 – A new collaboration between Google and The Commons Project Foundation will provide over 150 million Americans access to the digital version of their COVID-19 vaccination records by using SMART Health Cards via Android. According to The Commons Project, the SMART Health Cards make vaccine verification easier by allowing Android users to save their digital vaccine records as a shortcut on… Source link

Stock futures traded mixed Wednesday morning as investors digested a set of mixed corporate earnings results from more major retailers.  Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were slightly higher, while the Dow pointed to a lower open. Tesla (TSLA) shares extended gains in early trading after jumping 4% for their first rise in four sessions on Tuesday. Peloton (PTON) shares dipped after surging by nearly 16% on Tuesday in its best day since May 2020, after the company announced a secondary… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Cryptocurrencies fell on Tuesday, with Bitcoin briefly dipping below $60,000 and Ether touching its lowest level this month, in a broad-based retreat from recent record highs. Most Read from Bloomberg The largest digital token dipped as much as 8.2% to $58,661, the biggest intraday drop since Sept. 24. Second-ranked Ether tumbled more than 10%. Global crypto market cap has dropped some 10% in the past 24 hours to $2.7 trillion, according tracker CoinGecko. “After several days… Source link

Stocks on Monday extended a record-setting streak of gains on Wall Street, opening at new highs as traders looked ahead to a slew of new inflation data and earnings results in the coming days. At the opening bell, the Dow, S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq all notched fresh highs, carried by last week’s momentum when all three major indexes jumped to their best levels ever. Optimism over a batch of strong corporate profit reports, a better-than-anticipated October jobs report and a Federal Reserve… Source link

Stock futures opened little changed Wednesday evening to hold near record highs, with investors contemplating the the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin paring back some of its monetary policy support as the economic recovery progresses further. Earlier during the regular session, each of the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq set record intraday and closing highs yet again, with the Fed’s latest monetary policy decision compounding with optimism over a slew of stronger-than-expected quarterly… Source link

The fall IPO calendar is heating up, with a slew of hotly-awaited companies, such as Rivian and InstaCart, on deck to list. Yet it’s already been a banner year for equity raises via the IPO process in the U.S. — on track to beat last year’s record.  As of the end of September, 19 companies raised more than $1 billion via IPOs on the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange. The top five are Coupang (CPNG), which raised $4.6 billion, DiDi Global (DIDI), which raised $4.4 billion, Bumble (BMBL),… Source link

Jeff Arview had been kicking around in different jobs. An Army veteran who served in Iraq, after he was discharged he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and fell into addiction, which led to arrests. Moving on and getting a job was a challenge. “Even though I was a veteran, because of that criminal history, I was unable to gain employment, which made it really tough,” Arview said. At times, he fell into homelessness. Arview is far from alone. The unemployment rate among formerly… Source link

Stocks dipped on Tuesday, with the major indexes on track to close out August trading with another monthly gain.  The S&P 500 was slightly lower, pulling back after the Conference Board’s closely watched monthly report on consumer confidence fell more than expected in August amid the Delta variant’s spread. Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq had set fresh record intraday and closing highs during Monday’s trading day, powered higher by a jump in heavily weighted Big Tech stocks.  The S&P 500 is… Source link