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Trick-or-What? Pandemic Halloween is a mixed bag all around
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NEW YORK (AP) — Roving grown-ups tossing candy at kids waiting on lawns. Drive-thru Halloween haunts. Yard parties instead of block parties and parades. Wider paths through corn mazes.
The family holiday so many look forward to each year is going to look different in the pandemic as parents and the people who provide Hallo ... (full story)
Coal giant Murray Energy out of bankruptcy under new name
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A major U.S. coal mining company has emerged from federal bankruptcy protection under a new name and ownership group.
Murray Energy Holdings said its Chapter 11 plan was approved last month in U.S. bankruptcy court in Ohio and became effective Wednesday. The company said in a statement that it has ... (full story)
(Over) night moves
Q. How can a stock suddenly start trading at a very different price than where it closed the day before? -- V.B., Winona, Minnesota
A. It means that something happened overnight while the market was closed. Imagine that shares of Help Depot (ticker: RUOK) are trading around $75 per share when the market closes. If the company th ... (full story)
US budget deficit hits record $3 trillion through 11 months
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit hit an all-time high of $3 trillion for the first 11 months of this budget year, the Treasury Department said last week.
The ocean of red ink is a product of the government's massive spending to try to cushion the impact of a coronavirus-fueled recession that has cost millions of j ... (full story)
From a stable job to a tent: A waiter's homeless struggle
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Lello has never been rich, but the 42-year-old could pocket $100 cash most weekend nights at the steakhouse chain where he waited tables. He always had enough money for groceries, his car and the modest Orlando apartment he rented with roommates.
But when he reported for work on a Friday n ... (full story)