Stock futures stutter ahead of a big batch of housing and jobs data

Volkswagen to tie High executives’ bonuses by hitting ESG Goals

Volkswagen AG intends to connect top executives’ incentives to ecological, strategic and social goals since the German industrial giant attempts to reinforce sustainability credentials which are increasingly related to investors. Executives’ settlement involves the incentive, a fixed salary plus a long-term incentive program associated with share-price performance. “Incorporating ESG criteria to the incentive calculations because […]

Biden’s omicron battle plan includes 500 million home test kits

Enlarge / Rapid at-home COVID-19 test kits. (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) In an address to the nation today, President Joe Biden outlined his administration’s plans to battle the omicron variant. The federal government plans to purchase 500 million rapid COVID-19 test kits for home use, set up new testing sites, and mobilize 1, 000 […]

The S&P is rallying—even after a violent mob stormed Congress

The S&P 500 is still rallying. Despite an armed insurrection in Congress intended to disrupt the certification of the U.S. presidential election results, global markets are in the green on Thursday morning, as confidence that further economic stimulus is on its way appeared to overrule what many have called the most severe threat to American […]