LONDON – Sales sank and losses widened at Mulberry Group in fiscal 2020, although trading in the current year has begun to perk up, the company said Monday. Revenue in the 52 weeks fell 10.2 percent to 149.3 million pounds, while pre-tax losses widened to 47.9 million pounds from 5 million pounds due to store […]
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Biden campaign’s new plan after Trump’s diagnosis is the old plan, sources tell me: Protect the candidate. Stay the course. No mistakes. What to watch: Biden and Harris still plan to fly to Arizona on Thursday, but they're traveling from different locations on separate planes. Biden will head to […]
Singapore’s Changi Airport has warned of a “daunting period” ahead as the impact from the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of abating. The Asian transit hub is regularly voted world’s best airport for the 60m to 70m passenger range. Changi has suspended operations in two terminals as flights have dropped to the lowest levels in […]
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters about President Trump's positive coronavirus test outside the West Wing of the White House on Friday. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told Fox News Saturday night that President Trump's blood oxygen level had "dropped rapidly" after he was diagnosed […]
The coronavirus outbreak has been followed by a massive decline in economic activity in many countries, often blamed on the lockdowns aimed at stopping the spread of the disease and limiting the deaths it causes. In fact, there are two forces at play. Government rules being one, and voluntary action taken by individuals and businesses […]
Vice President Mike Pence at a MAGA rally in Gilford, NH on Sept. 22. Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence will hold a MAGA rally in Peoria, Arizona next Thursday, following the campaign's plan to keep the VP on the road after President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus […]
Sen. Ron Johnson walks through the Senate subway on Oct. 1. Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday after returning to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29 and coming into contact with someone who had contracted the virus, spokesperson Ben Voelkel said in a […]
By Sarah Witman What if you could get an accurate weather report as much as three weeks in advance? In some parts of the world, that could soon be possible. Right now, forecasters can reliably predict the weather in most parts of the United States up to eight days in advance, according to the American […]
College is so expensive that even the affluent can be considered needy. Oct. 1 is opening day for financial aid season, but the Free Application for Federal Student Aid — the dreaded FAFSA that families were able to start filing on Thursday — is by no means the last aid form that many of them […]
The reason has little to do with money. Family and community ties keep them from leaving their state. By Paul Sullivan New Jersey recently decided to impose a so-called millionaires tax — effectively increasing state taxes 20 percent on people earning more than $1 million. Critics had an immediate, and unsurprising, reaction, arguing that such […]