An Iowa pro-Trump governor’s aggressive drive to reopen schools amid a devastating coronavirus outbreak has plunged into chaos, with some districts and teachers in revolt, and experts cited the scientific benchmarks used by the state random and insecure. The clash in the Midwest has illustrated in condensed form the tension …
Read More »Asian stocks fall, gold jumps to dead Fed
TOKYO / NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian stocks and US futures fell Thursday, hurt by the US Federal Reserve’s cautious view of the economy, tensions with China and new clusters of coronavirus infections. PHILO PHOTO: Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) Employees Work on Tokyo Stock Exchange Japan, October 11, 2018. REUTERS …
Read More »Uber, Lyft say they will stop driving in California unless the court appeals
OAKLAND, Calif. – Uber and Lyft say unless a state appeals court appeals on Thursday, they will shut down passenger services in California for at least several months if not more than a year. The companies say it is virtually impossible for them to follow the orders of a San …
Read More »Review ‘Tesla’: Ethan Hawke Plays Nikola Tesla in New Movie
Almereyda, a particularly cerebral filmmaker who thinks of captivating, terrifying images, does not intend to solve the riddle in such a way as to find new ways of articulating it. Ethan Hawke, with a gloomy face and a heavy mustache, plays Tesla like a restless soul laden with genius and …
Read More »Trump’s OPEC Push fails to prevent the breakdown of the US oil industry
(Bloomberg) – A pressure from President Donald Trump and the world’s largest oil producers to raise crude prices has failed to stop an avalanche of bankruptcies in the sector, and more are yet to come. The devastating effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the oil market is rippling across the …
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