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Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio fired off a bunch of tweets promoting his bestselling book on Friday — minutes after it was reported that his hedge fund axed staff amid steep losses. Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates, located in Westport, Conn., handed out pink slips to dozens of employees on Friday, according to the Wall Street Journal, …
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Oh, the horror! Universal Studios in Orlando has officially said “Boo!” on 2020 as they make the difficult decision to cancel their biggest annual event: October’s popular Halloween Horror Nights. This year would have been the 30th anniversary for the late-night fright fest, wherein ghoulishly costumed guests and Universal staffers go on parade. The park …
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Somebody, please save the children! Not from the great white sharks slumming it in the Hamptons this summer, or from videos of idiots dancing on TikTok. Rescue America’s youth from the dangerous young-adult film. Kids, Whitney Houston told us, are supposed to be our future, but with their godawful taste in entertainment, I’m praying that …
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You probably don’t know what “The Kissing Booth 2” is, but trust me — it’s bigger than Jesus. It is a Netflix teen phenomenon: the rare sequel of a film that holds a dismal 17% score on Rotten Tomatoes and then sets up yet another sequel. It’s long, dumb and there’s nothing below these high-school …
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MLB and the players’ union have agreed to expand the playoffs for the modified 2020 season, The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed Thursday. The agreement expands the postseason field to 16 teams and pertain to just the 2020 playoffs. Players will receive $50 million in exchange for the expanded playoff format. There’s a possibility there will …
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Joey Armstrong, the son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, has addressed accusations of sexual misconduct by a fellow musician. Armstrong, 25, drummer for punk rock band SWMRS, was accused of emotional abuse and sexual misconduct by Lydia Night of LA band The Regrettes in a statement posted to Instagram Monday. “What I actually …
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Senate Republicans are at odds over whether to extend the expanded unemployment benefits Congress passed in March to mitigate the economic toll on workers who were laid off during the coronavirus pandemic. Americans who have recently lost their jobs are currently receiving an extra $600 a week in jobless benefits, which are due to run …
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Unilever’s overall business dipped only slightly in the most recent quarter despite the coronavirus crisis, propped up by surging demand from hunkered-down consumers for ice cream, soup and hand sanitizers. The Anglo-Dutch consumer-products giant said its underlying sales in the second quarter fell just 0.3 percent overall despite a massive plunge in the company’s wholesale …
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About 1.4 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits once again last week, new data show — a troubling sign that the nation’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis is unraveling. Workers now have filed more than 52 million initial jobless claims since layoffs spiked in mid-March, suggesting about a third of the American labor force has …
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A top World Health Organization official used her platform to promote a notoriously pro-authoritarian conspiracy site, and after it supported Chinese propaganda claims about Taiwan. Her move has drawn criticism from the highest levels of the U.S. government. Gabby Sterne, WHO’s communications director, spread on Twitter Tuesday morning an article claiming Taiwan had never warned …
Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio fired off a bunch of tweets promoting his bestselling book on Friday — minutes after it was reported that his hedge fund axed staff amid steep losses. Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates, located in Westport, Conn., handed out pink slips to dozens of employees on Friday, according to the Wall Street Journal, …
