President-elect Joe Biden speaks at the Queen Theater on December 22, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware before the holidays. Speaking before the Christmas break, Biden called the $ 900 billion coronavirus aid bill passed by Congress on Monday as a start and insisted on more post-inaugural economic relief. Joshua Roberts | Getty Images The brother of…

Debris lies on the street near an explosion site in the Second and Commerce area of ​​Nashville, Tennessee, the United States, on December 25, 2020. Elliott Anderson | via Reuters Investigators received more than 500 tips about the Christmas morning explosion in Nashville, but failed to establish the bomber’s identity, officials said on Saturday afternoon.…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold a press conference at 10 Downing Street in central London on December 24, 2020 to brief the nation on the post-Brexit trade deal. Paul Grover | AFP | Getty Images LONDON – The UK and the European Union struck new Brexit trade deals on Thursday, more than four…

Congress officially began on Thursday to send a massive Covid-19 aid deal and state funding package to President Donald Trump, who has not yet said whether he will sign it. The Covid relief effort includes roughly $ 900 billion in spending on programs to help businesses and individuals suffering from the recession caused by the…

Traders work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE At the end of trading next Thursday, the bull market will be ready to run through 2021, but likely at a slower pace. January is the month Wall Street tradition says sets the tone for the year – “this is January, this…

Patrick Pleul / Image Alliance via Getty Images President Donald Trump’s opposition to a $ 900 billion coronavirus bailout package, largely passed by U.S. lawmakers late Monday, jeopardizes the first major climate change piece of legislation to have received Congress approval in about a decade. Trump has threatened a veto of the stimulus package, which…

Alibaba Group’s signage will be displayed during the company’s December 11th Global Shopping Festival on November 11, 2020 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING – Alibaba’s shares fell for prolonged periods in both Hong Kong and U.S. trading as reports surfaced that the Chinese government is conducting an anti-monopoly investigation into…

An “Open House” sign is posted outside a new home for sale in the DR Horton Cambridge area of ​​the Southbury housing estate in Oswego, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images New home sales were far weaker than expected in November and construction stocks are not doing well. The stocks of the biggest…

SINGAPORE – Asia-Pacific stocks were slightly higher on Wednesday morning after US President Donald Trump made new remarks on the new Covid-19 aid package. Mainland China stocks were higher in early trading, with the Shanghai Composite gaining 0.3% while the Shenzhen component gaining 0.33%. The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong was slightly above the…

Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images IAC is splitting its full stake in its video software company Vimeo, the company announced on Tuesday. IAC’s shares rose more than 5.5% in premarket trading. Upon completion of the transaction, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021, Vimeo will…