Month: May 2021

In this article POSH Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images Poshmark on Wednesday reported first-quarter revenue growth of 42%, as consumers turned to the secondhand site to refresh their wardrobes without breaking the bank. “There’s a real meaningful shift as people are preparing for reopening,” said Manish Chandra, founder and Chief Executive, in a
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Justin Mackey, his wife, Cassie, and their three young children: Camdyn, 14, Connor, 7, and Charlie, 3. While Justin Mackey worked to rebuild his locksmith business, the 38-year-old was relying on getting a $420-a-week unemployment check for another four months. That money was a fraction of what he brought home before the pandemic shut down
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Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft outside Spaceport America in New Mexico. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic stock drop after reporting first quarter results accelerated in early trading on Tuesday, with the company’s next spaceflight test – and its broader path to beginning commercial flights – possibly delayed further. The space tourism company gave an update on progress toward
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In this article PLTR Peter Thiel, co-founder and chairman of Palantir Technologies Inc., pauses during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir, the maker of software and analytics tools for the defense industry and large corporations, reported 49% revenue growth for its first quarter,
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Joggers run along the Bund across from the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, April 10, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s once-a-decade census showed that the national population of the mainland was 1.41 billion people as of Nov. 1, 2020. The average annual growth rate was 0.53%
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In this article MBAYX Caiaimage/Robert Daly | Getty Images Chances are that deciding when to claim Social Security likely will be one of the biggest retirement choices you will ever make. Yet a recent survey from MassMutual found that many pre-retirees are getting key facts about the program’s rules wrong — and just one mistake
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Virgin Galactic’s carrier aircraft releases its spacecraft Unity during a glide flight test. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic delivered first quarter results after the market closed on Monday, announcing that it has yet to set a target date for its next spaceflight test, which the company previously planned for this month. “Timing of next flight test
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Mary Ann Sergeant Source: Kara Sergeant After a year of grappling with the pandemic, many baby boomers have made changes to their retirement plans.  Mary Ann Sergeant, 65, spent more than 15 years working as a pharmacy technician at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Massachusetts. She wasn’t planning to retire from the community hospital for
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