Fred Greaves/Reuters Amazon announced it will introduce a new fee for sellers using its Fulfillment by Amazon program and who want to store and fulfill “dangerous” items like aerosols and lithium-ion batteries. The fees are a step higher than those charged to store and fulfill other kinds of items. The new fees come after a […]
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Stocks Fall Sharply as Nasdaq Closes Near Bear Market
The Nasdaq Composite Index tumbled and threatened to enter a bear market as the Federal Reserve’s latest guidance on interest rates spooked investors in growth-sensitive assets such as technology shares.
Amazon Has a History of Bear Repellent Accidents
Dozens of Amazon warehouse workers in New Jersey were sickened after a robot punctured a can of bear repellent on Wednesday. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c0948171554ed7f00412fa2/master/pass/Business-Amazon-bear-spray-880283146-w.jpg
Stocks wipe out 2018 gains as FAANG stocks slide into a bear market
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Stocks erased gains for the year Tuesday, dragged lower by the biggest technology companies. FAANG stocks entered a bear market, marking the first in seven years for Google parent Alphabet. Follow the US indexes in real time here. Wall Street erased yearly gains Tuesday as high-flying technology companies plummeted into a bear market, adding […]
Russia’s Cozy Bear comes out of hiding with post-election spear-phishing blitz
Enlarge / Russian President Vladmir Putin in St. Petersburg today for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, acknowledged today that Russian hackers may have interfered in the US election. (credit: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) Attackers suspected of working for the Russian government masqueraded as a US State Department official in an attempt to infect dozens of […]
WATCH: The terrifying moment a bear opens a front door – can you guess what happens next?
A viral video has captured the heart-stopping moment a bear managed to open the back door of a house. At first, he looked through the glass section of the door at the people filming. Suddenly, he jumped on his hind legs and with his paw, grabbed onto the door and swung it open. He then […]
Russian Bear bomber gate crashes NATO’s largest drill since Cold War (PHOTOS)
A Russian Tu-142 bomber blindsided a US flagship taking part in NATO’s massive Trident Juncture 18 drills off Norway. Spectacular photos of the flyby have expectedly sparked a media uproar, while Moscow called the flight routine. The plane appeared in the air at the very moment the marines on board the USS Mount Whitney, the […]
Here’s how you can prepare for the next bear market
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson The next bear market will likely be associated with a U.S. recession. While it is impossible to pinpoint exactly when this might occur, the risk of recession is growing as the expansion ages. Most likely, the next recession will be milder than the last, and the next bear market will be milder than […]
Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls: Paris Lees QUITS show after battle with fatigue
Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls saw Paris Lees in a bad way this week. After engaging in a brutal argument with Pete Wicks over the water filter, Paris became determined to sort herself out the following day. However she came under fire once again when her camp mates gathered to tell her that she wasn’t […]
Turkey’s Banks Bear Weight of Currency Crisis
Turkey’s banking system is chock full of foreign currency debt to companies. Borrowers who took out loans in U.S. dollars and euros will see the value of their payment obligations skyrocket in lira terms. A slowing economy will also intensify the pain.