Trump Needs To ‘Show Empathy’ And ‘Project Strength,’ Says Super PAC Chief Donald Trump is in trouble this election unless he dramatically changes his message, warned the head of an influential super PAC supporting the president’s reelection. The Trump campaign is “adrift,” Ed Rollins, chairman of the Great America PAC, told The Hill in an […]

L’Oreal to drop words such as ‘whitening’ from skin products L’Oreal, the world’s biggest cosmetics company, will remove words referencing “white”, “fair” and “light” from its skin-evening products, a spokeswoman said on Friday, a day after Unilever made a similar announcement in the face of growing social media criticism. Unilever and L’Oreal are two big […]

Microsoft to permanently close most of its physical stores Microsoft said Friday it is permanently closing nearly all of its physical stores around the world. Like other retailers, the software and computing giant, co-founded by now-philanthropist Bill gates, had to temporarily close stores in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to its Web […]

Stock Alert: SYNNEX Trading Up 12% On Upbeat Results Shares of business process services company SYNNEX Corporation (SNX) are up more than 12% Friday morning driven by upbeat second-quarter results. The company also provided third-quarter outlook, better than analysts’ view. Earnings of $1.83 per share, excluding items, was a positive surprise compared with the average […]

Philippines workers resort to bicycles amid lockdown In the capital, Manila, thousands of essential workers resort to bicycles after public transport was shut down amid the coronavirus lockdown. During the coronavirus lockdown in the Philippines capital, Manila, thousands of essential workers have resorted to bicycles – after public transport was shut. And now, as restrictions […]

Oil Futures Close Notably Higher Crude oil prices moved higher on Thursday, recovering from losses in the previous two sessions, despite continued concerns about energy demand outlook in the wake of reports showing a surge in new coronavirus cases. Data showing a bigger than expected increase in U.S. durable goods orders contributed to oil’s uptick. […]

CAA Signs ‘Strong Island’ Filmmaker Yance Ford EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Award-winning filmmaker Yance Ford. Ford is best known for his Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary Strong Island. The feature premiered at Sundance in 2017 and is a Netflix Original. The feature docu chronicles the 1992 murder of Ford’s brother and the failure of the all-white […]

Andrew Yang Offers Scathing Explanation For Donald Trump’s Racist ‘Kung Flu’ Slurs Former presidential contender Andrew Yang said Donald Trump’s repeated use of the racist term “kung flu” to refer to the coronavirus “is the desperate thrashing around of a losing candidate.”  Trump uses derogatory and offensive slurs to “distract attention from the fact that the administration has […]

Walker & Dunlop Buys Beler Advisory Group; Terms Not Disclosed Walker & Dunlop (WD), a commercial real estate finance company, announced Thursday the acquisition of Beler Advisory Group, a New York City -based independent real estate advisory firm. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company said the acquisition will immediately benefit […]

Major pilots union asks US to purchase empty seats on planes A major US pilots union said on Wednesday it has begun discussing with key lawmakers a plan for the government to purchase seats on each flight to prevent passengers from having to sit next to strangers. The idea, launched by the Allied Pilots Association, […]