Governor Brian Kemp issued an order Monday that deployed 1,000 Georgia National Guard troops to protect state buildings in Atlanta, the latest in a series of mounting tensions with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over public health and safety. . Kemp called in troops earlier this month despite opposition from …
Read More »S&P 500 shifts from profit to loss as tech giants fall
Well, so much for going back to black for the year. After spending most of the day and putting the index back in positive territory by 2020, the S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^ SPX) it lost 30 points, or almost 1%, on July 13. Giant snack and drink PepsiCo (NYSE: …
Read More »Boeing awarded a nearly $ 23B Air Force contract for the F-15EX fighter jet program
President Trump congratulates Boeing on its recent progress with the 737 MAX test and says it was probably the ‘best company in the world’ before going through a difficult period. Boeing was awarded a contract with the United States Air Force worth more than $ 22.8 billion to manufacture advanced …
Read More »the battle for the next Tesla plant
By Tina Bellon and Andrea Shalal (Reuters) – Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an oil industry city with a 75-foot (23m) statue called “The Golden Driller.” Austin, Texas is a progressive city in a conservative state with a thriving software industry and a “Keep Austin Weird” counterculture image. These two very different …
Read More »The new coronavirus map shows that more than half of all states have a “poor trend” or “uncontrolled spread”
A new map highlighting the spread of the coronavirus shows that more than half of all states “have a poor trend” or face “uncontrolled spread” as COVID-19 continues to resurface in the United States. Created by covidexitstrategy.org, the map tracks each state’s coronavirus response based on a set of criteria …
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