Monthly Archives: July 2020

Dow slips on Friday, Nasdaq posts consecutive declines amid mounting tensions between China and the United States and languishing fiscal stimulus

US stocks closed lower on Friday as the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite registered its first consecutive drop since mid-May, while investors worried about rising Sino-American tensions and lack of progress in another. fiscal stimulus bill in Washington. The increase in coronavirus cases in 40 US states is also limiting consumer and …

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Florida beats New York in confirmed COVID-19 cases

Florida overtook New York in confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday, with state figures soaring to more than 414,000. Florida now has the second-highest number of cases in the country, behind only California. With 12,180 additional new infections, Florida reported a total of 414,511 confirmed cases on Saturday, beating New York. …

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Seattle Police Declare Riots Amid Ongoing Protests

The Seattle Police Department declared a demonstration in the city on Saturday night as a riot after the buildings were destroyed and multiple fires were started. Approximately 2,000 people gathered in the area formerly known as the Capitol Hill Busy Protest (CHOP) in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood to demonstrate. …

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