Category: Business News

‘We Cannot Drop the Ball’: Al Sharpton Hopes Washington March Jolts Congress

‘We Cannot Drop the Ball’: Al Sharpton Hopes Washington March Jolts Congress

WASHINGTON—Thousands of people are expected to march in the nation’s capital to protest police brutality against Black Americans, a demonstration planned earlier this summer in the wake of George Floyd’s death that has gained new urgency after this week’s police shooting of Jacob Blake. The program for Friday’s march includes remarks from the family of…

New Zealand’s stock exchange was shut down on 2 straight days after a ‘mafia type’ gang launched a cyberattack

Getty Images Trading activity in New Zealand’s stock exchange was halted for a second consecutive day as “mafia style” hackers targeted the country’s stock market with a cyber attack, authorities confirmed. The stock exchange said in a statement that it faced a “volumetric distributed denial of service” attack from offshore via its network service provider. …

BLOOMBURG: Nintendo Plans on Higher Spec Switch Console for 2021

(Photo: Daryl Harding)   After the very profitable year Nintendo has had so far in 2020 – even with the Japanese gaming company being hush hush about new releases –, Bloomberg writer Takashi Mochizuki is reporting (using sources from Economic Daily News in Taiwan) that the Kyoto-based company will release a brand new “upgraded” Nintendo Switch in 2021,…

For Many Pandemic Victims, Lingering Effects Stress Insurance Coverage

For Many Pandemic Victims, Lingering Effects Stress Insurance Coverage

The new coronavirus that infected Tricia Sales in March still plagues her. The horse trainer and onetime cocktail server deals with dizziness and nausea. At times, she can’t feel her hands and feet. Her five-month struggle has meant specialists, drugs, a spinal tap, imaging scans and 15 hospital visits. The uninsured single mother said she owes…