Are we supposed to be suspicious of the reasons if the United States produces a working and effective vaccine? Politico seems a little suspicious of the Trump administration’s motives for speeding up a vaccine to end a pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands and brought economic activity to a …
Read More »Fall Travel Flop Undercuts Boeing 737 Max Return
(Bloomberg Opinion) – Boeing Co.’s 737 Max may be on its way to finally returning to commercial service later this year, but the plane’s biggest customer isn’t eager for new deliveries. Southwest Airlines Co. does not expect to take on new Max aircraft this year, Chief Executive Gary Kelly said …
Read More »Schlumberger staff shrinks to low since pre-shale era
(Bloomberg) – Schlumberger Ltd. said it is cutting a fifth of its workforce when the oil services giant warned that new waves of Covid-19 could derail the nascent recovery in global energy demand. The Houston-based company posted its worst quarterly sales in 14 years on Friday, reflecting the devastating impact …
Read More »Chinese stocks plummet, leading global markets to crash as investors weigh on mounting tensions between the United States and China that go beyond ‘simple tariffs’
Kyodo News / Getty Global stocks plummeted on Friday as investors weighed in on tensions between the United States and China that worsened at an exponential rate. On Friday, China ordered the closure of a US consulate in its Chengdu city in retaliation for a request to close its own …
Read More »Experts say this could triple the risk of dying from coronavirus
COVID-19 has the potential to become fatal for many people who become infected with the virus, particularly those with pre-existing conditions. However, recent research suggests that levels of a specific protein in a person’s blood could tell doctors whether a common treatment for coronavirus symptoms could help them, or be …
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