The continued rise of the dollar is one of the most surprising success stories of the markets this year. And that’s usually a bad sign for stocks. Read More
Related Articles
Great Gatsby, Agatha Christie and more: Famous works from 1925 enter public domain
The start of a new year means the end of copyright protection for a variety of books, songs and movies—and a bonanza of free titles for pop-culture fans. For 2021, these will include works by novelists F. Scott Fitzgerald and Virginia Woolf, actor Buster Keaton, composer Irving Berlin and mystery master Agatha Christie. These are […]
ViacomCBS sells Simon & Schuster into Penguin Random House Proprietor for $2.2 billion
ViacomCBS agreed to market its Simon & Schuster book printing company to German media giant Bertelsmann for $2.18 billion, also a portion of the broadcaster’s strategy to depart nonstrategic companies. The purchase provides heft to Bertelsmann’s publishing portfolio also matches with plans to enlarge the organization’s Penguin Random House unit. Meanwhile, the ViacomCBS sheds a […]
PC sales have surged for at-home workers and learners during the pandemic
With millions of workers and students forced to stay home owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, sales of personal computers shot to their highest level in six years. Sales of laptop and desktop computers exceeded 302 million in 2020, a 13% increase from the year before and the most since 2014, according to market tracker International […]