Public and private markets are racing through the pandemic, and many of the erupting IPOs and newly enriched startups are racing beyond that – in the cloud. The software boom of 2020 found an unlikely and gruesome tailwind in Covid-19, and there was talk of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. DocuSign, Zoom Video Communications, Fastly…

The signage will be displayed outside a JC Penney Co. store in Chicago, Illinois. Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jill Soltau, CEO of JC Penney, who wanted to flip the contested department store, will leave the company on Thursday. The company’s new owners, Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management, said Wednesday that…

ESPN Monday Night Football Studio analyst Louis Riddick during the regular NFL soccer game between the Cleveland Browns and the San Francisco 49ers on Monday October 7, 2019 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Ric Tapia | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images In 2020, the National Football League certainly spoke about its commitment to…

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Lower Manhattan. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The legacy of 2020 will endure in America’s collective memory for many reasons: a deadly pandemic, a vicious presidential election. It also brought about the worst recession in nearly a century, plunging millions into poverty and unemployment and causing burgeoning inequality.…

Decommissioned and suspended commercial aircraft will be stored at Pinal Airpark in Marana, Arizona on May 16, 2020. Christian Petersen | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic has been brutal for U.S. airlines, and significant relief is not expected until the second half of 2021. FactSet analysts estimate that U.S. airlines’ net…

[The stream is slated to start at 3 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will hold a press conference on Wednesday on the coronavirus as Covid-19 hospital admissions hit the levels last reported in early May. According to the…

Russell Okung # 76 of the Carolina Panthers Grant Halverson | Getty Images It’s often referred to as a new form of gold, and now the Carolina Panthers offensive linemen Russell Okung is betting heavily on Bitcoin. After almost two years of struggle, Okung finally fulfilled his wish and will have his salary diverted to…

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, speaks to Alex Azar, the unpictured Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS), before receiving the Cova-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc. during an event at the NIH Clinical that Center Masur Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland, the United States, on Tuesday, December 22, 2020.…

Tech investor Gene Munster told CNBC Thursday that he saw a sensible path for Apple to reach a future market cap of $ 3 trillion. The iPhone maker was the first publicly traded US company to reach a market capitalization of $ 2 trillion in August – a milestone that Munster anticipated in January when…

A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London, United Kingdom, on December 8, 2020. Frank Augstein | Reuters Doctors in the UK are pushing for health officials’ decision to change the schedule for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccinations, saying it will not “follow science”. UK health officials said Wednesday they would…