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With over 20 million having recently lost work, scammers could swallow lots of stimulus checks. They tell you that there’s a wonderful job waiting for you. Just fill out a form and send money. Often there’s no real job. Phony offers snag thousands, regulators and employment pros warn. “These scams are everywhere. Job scams are …
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China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader. Reuters was unable to immediately determine what …
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These days the minimal bathing routine includes a shower or bath, brushing one’s teeth and hair, and washing one’s face. Most of us have access to running water and indoor toilets, but what if we didn’t? Or didn’t believe in using water to bathe? A scant 200 years ago, our founding fathers’ hygiene habits were anything but …
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The Biden presidential campaign announced on Wednesday that it would refund a $2,800 donation comedian Louis C.K., who has been accused of multiple instances of sexual misconduct. The donation was made on March 4, according to Federal Election Commission records. That was one day after Biden’s sweeping Super Tuesday victories that put him on a …
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Hedge fund and private equity firms are not eligible for the types of US government loans designed to provide relief to small businesses from the economic hardship of the coronavirus outbreak, the Small Business Administration said on Friday. “Hedge funds and private equity firms are primarily engaged in investment or speculation, and such businesses are …
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Former Univision star Maria Elena Salinas makes her “48 Hours” reporting debut Saturday (10 p.m. on CBS) detailing the 2018 murder of Binghamton University student Haley Anderson — and the ultimate conviction of her killer. “The way I see it, the types of stories we do in a show like ’48 Hours’ are not morbid …
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The rest of the world may have shut down, but the Big Machine (drama) is still spinning. On Thursday, Taylor Swift spoke out against her former label — now controlled by über-manager Scooter Braun — which she claims is set to release a new album of archival live recordings at 12 a.m. on Friday. Taylor …
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Everybody was kung flu fighting. A French stunt school has provided an entertaining take on the viral #StayAtHomeChallenge sparked by the coronavirus: a high-flying fight sequence that adheres to social-distancing restrictions. The hard-hitting YouTube clip, posted last week by the school — Campus Univers Cascades — boasts over 340,000 views. During the exhilarating 2½-minute montage …
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The New York City Council wants to ban food-ordering apps like Grubhub from charging most of their usual fees to restaurants during any government-ordered state of emergency, The Post has learned. The bill seeks to prohibit food-ordering and delivery apps like Grubhub’s Seamless Web site, UberEats and Doordash from profiting from Big Apple restaurants during …
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Hedge funds just weathered what might be their worst month ever, with some of the industry’s biggest names getting hit the hardest. Panicked investors yanked roughly $33 billion from hedge funds during the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic rocked the global economy. Data from Hedge Fund Research released late Wednesday shows that net outflows …
With over 20 million having recently lost work, scammers could swallow lots of stimulus checks. They tell you that there’s a wonderful job waiting for you. Just fill out a form and send money. Often there’s no real job. Phony offers snag thousands, regulators and employment pros warn. “These scams are everywhere. Job scams are …
