Month: November 2020

The pace of first-time filings for jobless claims picked up last week, with the jobs market showing increasing vulnerability to the coronavirus spread. Claims totaled 778,000 for the week ended Nov. 21, ahead of the 733,000 expectation from economists surveyed by Dow Jones and up from 742,000 the previous week. Continuing claims for those collecting
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Sleepwalking Through a Texas Childhood Simon Han Share article Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . An excerpt from Nights When Nothing Happened by Simon Han Jack Cheng knew
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Dow 30,000 may just be the beginning. Oppenheimer Asset Management’s John Stoltzfus believes the Dow’s record high on Tuesday is justified despite the nation’s battle against surging coronavirus cases. He lists a resilient economy as the major factor for optimism. “Very simply, the fundamentals are improving and prospects for them to improve further appear likely,”
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The Pioneers Assistance Fund’s Covid-19 relief effort has helped more than 8,000 movie theater workers with nearly $3 million in grants during the pandemic. The fund, which is part of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, is chaired by Chris Aronson, Paramount’s president of distribution. The overwhelming majority of financial assistance disbursed by the
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WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden will begin receiving the classified presidential daily briefing, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday. “Following the statutory direction of the Presidential Transition Act, ODNI will provide requested support to the transition team,” said the spokesman. “This afternoon the White
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Nikola Motor Company Two truck Source: Nikola Motor Company Shares of embattled electric vehicle start-up Nikola Corp. fell by more than 8% in afterhours trading after CEO Mark Russell failed to reassure investors that the company’s $2 billion deal with General Motors would still go through and that ousted founder Trevor Milton wouldn’t suddenly sell
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Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s tumultuous marriage is at the center of The Crown season four, as is Charles’s ongoing affair—both emotional and otherwise—with his former girlfriend Camilla Parker-Bowles. Diana, trapped in an unhappy and loveless marriage, had affairs of her own, and the couple’s mutual adultery is explored in episode 9, “Avalanche.” During the
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It’s the end of the line for One Day at a Time.  The series has been canceled for a second time.  The series started its life as a Netflix original, airing for three seasons before being canceled.  Pop TV later stepped into the ring and picked up a fourth season.  The series aired seven episodes
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Wild Turkey / Image Credit: Andrea Westmoreland via Flickr There are 60-foot high balloons floating above packed city blocks, cranberries on the stove, inside-the-turkey stuffing, mashed potatoes, outside-the-turkey stuffing, football, abominably huge turkeys, and one lucky bird. The best part of Thanksgiving dinner? Leftover Thanksgiving dinner. But those leftovers take hard work– that hot, perfect,
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Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Sometimes when I’m trying to trick my brain into calming down, I think about comfort foods: Toasted cheese on oatcakes; honey and
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