Category: year

Stocks to See in New Year Near Record Highs After Banner 2021

LONDON—Stock markets dipped on Friday in thin trading but were set to see in the New Year with double-digit gains for 2021 while oil prices hovered near $80 a barrel following their biggest annual rise since 2009. The U.S. dollar, which has had its best year since 2015 with a 6.7 percent rise, was steady…


Programming Alert: Times Square New Year’s Eve Celebration

This year’s Times Square New Year’s Eve Celebration will be held on Dec. 31, 2021, amid COVID-19 restrictions. The event marks 118 years of celebrations that have been watched worldwide with enthusiasm and become not only a national but also a universal tradition to greet the New Year with dazzling lights and the bustling energy…


Bitcoin Down Almost 50 Percent From Year’s High

Bitcoin fell 13 percent on Sunday after the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency suffered another sell-off that left it down nearly 50 percent from the year’s high. Bitcoin fell to $32,601 at 1800 GMT (2 p.m. ET), losing $4,899.54 from its previous close. It hit a high for the year of $64,895.22 on April 14. Ether,…