American Dream megamall and entertainment complex in East Rutherford, N.J., seen on Oct. 25, 2019. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images New Jersey’s American Dream mall — the second largest mall in the country — was evacuated minutes after it opened on Black Friday because of a bomb threat that was later deemed
Month: November 2023
Anastasiia Krivenok | Moment | Getty Images Online spending on Thanksgiving Day jumped 5.5% compared to a year ago, according to Adobe Analytics, a reflection of holiday shoppers who are buying more of their gifts online and responding to discounts. E-commerce sales totaled $5.6 billion on the holiday. That’s nearly twice as much as the
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about administration plans to forgive federal student loan debt during remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2022. Leah Millis | Reuters President Joe Biden’s new plan to forgive student debt is likely to look much different than his first. After the Supreme
TikTok has officially launched its e-commerce service TikTok Shop in the US. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Consumers are increasingly turning to social media for their shopping this holiday season, and TikTok’s latest venture into e-commerce has emerged at the forefront. The platform introduced TikTok Shop in the U.S. in September as an in-app
Target hosted a free “Winter Wonderland” event in New York City to show off the holiday season’s hottest toys. It’s an example of the extra effort that retailers are putting in to motivate shoppers. Melissa Repko | CNBC NEW YORK CITY — On a recent weekend in downtown Manhattan, a long line of families with
Ольга Носова | Istock | Getty Images If you’re retired and giving to charity this season, there’s a planning move that can reduce your 2023 taxes while donating to a worthy cause, experts say. The strategy, known as qualified charitable distributions, or QCDs, allows retirees to transfer money from an individual retirement account to an
US President Joe Biden holds up a copy of the Republican’s FY2024 budget as he delivers remarks on Bidenomics and Republican economic policy during an event at Prince George’s Community College, in Largo, Maryland, United States on September 14, 2023. Kyle Mazza | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images With an economy posting significant GDP growth,
BYD’s Han electric car, pictured here at the 2021 Shanghai auto show, is one of the most popular new energy vehicles in China. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — Chinese electric car company BYD said Friday that it launched its flagship Han sedan in the United Arab Emirates this week. It wasn’t immediately clear when
A mother carrying her young son and looking down a suburban road in spring sunlight. Christopher Hopefitch | The Image Bank | Getty Images Single mothers face high rates of financial insecurity. Between 2021 and 2022, as pandemic-era aid dried up, the poverty rate for families headed by one woman soared to nearly 27% from
The National Football League is sticking with X, formerly known as Twitter, as Elon Musk’s site faces an advertiser revolt over hate speech and antisemitism on the platform. “I think X is in a very difficult business because of the content moderation that they have to deal with,” Brian Rolapp, the NFL’s media and business
Apartment blocks under construction in the Nanchuan area of Xining, Qinghai province, China. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s property market, which makes up a substantial chunk of the country’s economy, needs more government support to prevent it from deteriorating further, analysts said. Existing home prices fell in October by the
Some 165 photographers working on assignment for National Geographic shot more than 2.1 million images in 2023. Now, 29 are featured in its annual “Pictures of the Year” retrospective. The feature — published in the magazine’s December issue and online in November — contains “stunning photographs that unearth remarkable, rarely seen moments,” according to National
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