New year, same results; Home depot sales boom in 1Q
<p>An overcharged housing market is keeping aisles full at Home Depot and on Tuesday, the company reported soaring sales that blew past Wall Street...
Monet’s gardens reopening, a picture-perfect pandemic tonic
GIVERNY, France — Beneath the scudding clouds and amid the luscious blooms, the gardeners tend the flowerbeds that were the pride and joy of...
Changed by pandemic, many workers won’t return to old jobs
<p>There’s a wild card in the push to return to post-pandemic life: Many workers don’t want to go back to the jobs they once...
Bank of America to raise minimum wage to $25/hr by 2025
NEW YORK — Bank of America plans to set the minimum wage for all positions at the company to $25 an hour by 2025....
AP source: NTSB chairman to step down at end of June
<p>WASHINGTON — The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board will step down from his position at the end of June, and the Biden...
Webby Awards go to Fauci, Oprah, DuVernay and Pharrell
<p>NEW YORK — Dr. Anthony Fauci, Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, Riz Ahmed, Dua Lipa, Andra Day and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson all won honors...
Fidelity launches saving, investing account for teenagers
NEW YORK — Looking to draw in the next generation of investors, Fidelity Investments is launching a new type of account for teenagers to...
Investor urges Canadian National to drop bid for US railroad
OMAHA, Neb. — A major Canadian National shareholder is urging the railroad to abandon its $33.6 billion bid to buy Kansas City Southern after...
Irish health system struggling to recover from cyberattack
<p>LONDON — Ireland’s health system was still struggling to restore its computers and treat patients on Tuesday, four days after it shut down its...
Macy’s emerges from pandemic by swinging to surprise profit
Macy’s emerged from an unprecedented year with a surprising swing back into the profit column and it and boosted its guidance for all of...