JPMorgan Chase (JPM), the largest US bank by assets, kicked off the second-quarter earnings season for big banks Tuesday by delivering stronger-than-expected results during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. These were the key figures against expectations for the second quarter, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. JPMorgan’s bottom line …
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Los Angeles and San Diego schools to resume online classes in fall due to jump in coronavirus cases
California’s two largest school districts announced Monday that they will not open their facilities to students in the fall, but will resume classes online. In a letter to parents, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner said the second-largest school district in the country had decided to resume classes …
Read More »Judge lifts gag order on Mary Trump before book launch
New York judge lifted temporary restraining order on President Trump’s niece Mary Trump, allowing you to speak freely before the next publication of your book that says it all. The Trump family had argued that Mary Trump violated the 2001 terms of patriarch Fred Trump’s estate by writing the report, …
Read More »First recorded case of unborn baby contracting COVID-19 in utero
Doctors in France reported the first confirmed case of an unborn baby who contracted COVID-19 from his mother while still in the womb. The case was published in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday. The authors said the baby’s brain had evidence of inflammation caused by the coronavirus. They also …
Read More »Restless, then uplifting, penguins show smiles in the opening field
BLUEBERRY, Pa. – It’s a great hockey team. But man, it took half an hour on this Monday morning, not to mention the hellish four months that followed, to rediscover that understanding. At 10:32 am, a couple of minutes after my fever was checked and I was asked a questionnaire …
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