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Stock futures slip after Dow, S&P 500 hit fresh records

Finance
In this article@ND.1@SP.1@DJ.1A Wall Street street sign is displayed in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFutures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes slipped at the start of the overnight session Sunday evening, suggesting Wall Street could see mild losses on Monday to curb last week's strength in U.S. equity markets.Dow futures lost 30 points around 6 p.m. in New York, while contracts tied to the S&P 500 shed 0.15%. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.1%.The movement in the futures market on Sunday followed yet another record close for the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday, when it gained nearly 300 points to end at 33,800.6. The S&P 500 gained 0.8% and hit its third straight record close.Stocks ...
Dance label R&S Records accused of racial discrimination

Dance label R&S Records accused of racial discrimination

Entertainment
Getty ImagesThe head of influential dance label R&S Records discriminated against black and female artists, according to a former employee.Label founder Renaat Vandepapeliere dismissed the music of several BAME artists as "meaningless" and claimed the history of techno was "very white", said former talent scout Raj Chaudhuri.Chaudhuri is suing R&S for unfair dismissal, citing race discrimination.The label said there was "no truth" to his "spurious" and "damaging" claims."Mr Renaat Vandepapeliere is certainly not racist and everyone at R&S Records embraces equality," said R&S co-founder Sabine Maes, who is also Mr Vandepapeliere's wife, in a statement.The statement characterised Mr Chaudhuri as a "freelancer who became disgruntled", and accused him of trying to "blackmail" t...
Retail sales for 2020 show largest annual fall since records began

Retail sales for 2020 show largest annual fall since records began

Business
Retail sales in 2020 saw the largest annual fall since records began in 1996, as retailers continued to suffer from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.Despite a 0.3% rise in sales volumes during December, the figure for 2020 as a whole saw sales down 1.9%, with clothing sales slumping by more than a quarter. The slight rise in December was far less than the 1.2% increase expected by economists and left sales 2.9% higher than a year earlier, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures.Live coronavirus updates from UK and around the world Image: Shoppers at Westfield Stratford City the run-up to Christmas While spending online surged by 46.1% in 2020, non-essential retail was closed for much of the year under rul...
How did debut artist Olivia Rodrigo break chart records?

How did debut artist Olivia Rodrigo break chart records?

Entertainment
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Covid-19: UK records more than 1,000 daily virus deaths

Covid-19: UK records more than 1,000 daily virus deaths

Health
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