The court order is the latest move in an ongoing battle between state Democrats and state attorney general Ken Paxton, a Republican, over voting during the pandemic. Democrats argued that people should not have to choose between their right to vote and their health. Paxton has been adamant that expanding …
Read More »US Coronavirus: $ 600 unemployment benefit ending one week earlier
According to USA Today, the weekly unemployment benefit of $ 600 received by Americans who lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic “will disappear almost a week earlier than expected.” The benefit was included in the CARES Act passed by Congress in March in an attempt to mitigate the …
Read More »Reopening of the lag behind Texas and Florida amid waves of COVID-19
In a major change, the Republican governors of Florida and Texas rolled back their states’ aggressive reopens on Friday, which President Trump had touted as successful national role models, ordering the closure of bars and restaurants to reduce capacity as prices increased. coronavirus infections. Florida banned alcohol consumption in bars …
Read More »A hideous U.S. Covid curve has a simple explanation
(Bloomberg’s Opinion) – The alarming picture below has been going around. It illustrates the poor job the United States has done in containing Covid-19 compared to the European Union, a larger region of independent countries that suffered a previous outbreak. Why the big difference? What is America doing wrong? There …
Read More »The author of ‘Black Swan’ says that if investors don’t use a ‘tail hedge’, he recommends ‘not being on the market’ – ‘We are facing great uncertainty’
“ “If you don’t have tail coverage, I suggest that not being in the market we face great uncertainty.” “ That is the author of “Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Unlikely”, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who offers his point of view on the risks that arise in the market …
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