Global Nation: Wall Street retreats, S&P 500 still set for best November ever; Bitcoin hits all-time record as 2020 rally power on; Facebook to buy customer service startup Kustomer

[Inquirer.Net]( Global Nation  USA & CANADA  [Wall Street retreats, S&P 500 still set for best November ever]( Wall Street stocks fell on Monday as investors took profits after a sharp rally that has put the benchmark S&P 500 index on course for its best November ever. All 11 major S&P 500 sectors fell, with the energy index leading losses with a 3.5% decline, tracking a drop in crude prices.... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bitcoin hits all-time record as 2020 rally power on]( LONDON/NEW YORK – Bitcoin hit a record high on Monday of $19,864, breaking its prior record set in Dec. 2017 as its 2020 rally powered on. The world’s biggest virtual currency was last up 7.3% at $19,524. Bitcoin has gained more than 170% this year, fuelled by a demand for riskier assets amid unprecedented fiscal... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook to buy customer service startup Kustomer]( Facebook Inc said on Monday it would buy customer service startup Kustomer, as the world’s largest social network forays further into e-commerce. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported about the acquisition, said the transaction valued Kustomer at $1 billion. Kustomer allows businesses to aggregate customer conversations... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fear, anxiety set in as Alberta foreign worker program shuts down]( RED DEER, Alberta – Immigrant workers are feeling the brunt of the recent shutdown of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) in this province. On October 26, Alberta’s Labor and Immigration ministry announced it is limiting the number of jobs available to temporary foreign workers. A vast majority of the occupations under the TFW program... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fauci warns Americans to brace for ‘surge upon surge’ of virus]( WASHINGTON – Americans should brace for a “surge upon a surge” in the coronavirus as millions of travelers return home after the Thanksgiving holiday, US government scientist Anthony Fauci said Sunday. “There almost certainly is going to be an uptick because of what has happened with the travel,” Fauci told CNN’s “State of the Union.”... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fil-Canadian lawmaker bypassed again for cabinet post]( VANCOUVER, B.C. – In yet another perceived bypass, B.C.’s first and only Filipino Canadian member of the Legislative Assembly has been left out of the new provincial cabinet. Elmore, however, was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to Seniors Services and Long Term Care under Health Minister Andrian Dix  who has been retained as minister. “I’m deeply... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Recount in Wisconsin county demanded by Trump increases Biden’s margin]( LOS ANGELES  – A recount in Wisconsin’s largest county demanded by Republican President Donald Trump’s election campaign ended Friday with Democratic President-elect Joe Biden gaining votes. After the recount in Milwaukee County, Biden had a net gain of 132 votes, out of nearly 460,000 cast. Overall, Biden gained 257 votes to Trump’s 125. Trump’s campaign... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [To Father Bobby Yap, who set the right tone as Ateneo president]( Dear Father Bobby, It’s been 40 years since we last saw each other. I’m not sure you’ll remember me. It’s even possible you’d rather forget. I suspect you don’t have fond memories of my class, 4-C Ateneo High School 1981. We were a difficult bunch. I gather you did not really enjoy the year you... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Monolith mystery deepens as Utah desert object vanishes]( No word as to whether Star Trek’s Scotty “beamed it up,” but the mysterious, shiny monolith that was spotted in a remote southeastern Utah desert two weeks ago is gone. A state crew that buzzed through the wilderness, counting bighorn sheep from a helicopter, found the alien-looking object on Nov. 18 and touched off international... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [BTS ‘Dynamite’ costumes to light up U.S. music charity auction]( LOS ANGELES – The K-pop band members of BTS are offering up their outfits from the music video of their hit single “Dynamite” to the highest bidder in a Beverly Hills, California, charity auction in January. The pink, blue, yellow and lavender pastel outfits the seven singers wore in the record-setting video are expected to... [Share this article](  Want to see more latest news? [Visit our website]( FOLLOW US © Copyright 2020 [INQUIRER.net]( [INQUIRER.net]( is the official news website of the INQUIRER Group of Companies (IGC) Your privacy is important to us. We will not share, sell or authorize any third party to use your email address for commercial or other purposes without your permission. You can opt-out of any emails from us by [updating your preferences](. [Forward to a Friend]( | [Feedback](