Stocks falter on the last trading day of the quarter, as the World Health Organization warns that “the worst is yet to come” with COVID-19. But up to 16% and 18% respectively, the Dow DJIA, + 2.32% and S&P 500 SPX, + 1.46% They are poised for the best three-month …
Read More »European stocks recover, earnings in dollars before the quarter
LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks rebounded on Tuesday after a weak start, spreading optimism for the Asian session, and oil prices stabilized as investors looked for signs of an economic recovery in the second half of 2020. FILE PHOTO: The DAX chart of the German Stock Price Index is shown …
Read More »Here is the “official” leader in the COVID-19 vaccine race
When the World Health Organization (WHO) says that a certain anti-coronavirus product is a leader, that’s as official as it is in the fast-moving world of COVID-19 vaccines and therapies. Earlier this year, a senior WHO executive stated that Gilead Sciences‘remdesivir was the leading therapy directed at COVID-19. Remdesivir, of …
Read More »Pro-Trump retirement community Villages are descending into civil war
When an elderly man was filmed screaming “white power” as he drove through the largest retirement community in America in a golf cart, it was the latest installment in a culture war that Chris Stanley had seen unfolding for years. “The battle lines are drawn,” he told The Daily Beast …
Read More »Global warming will cause ecosystems to produce more methane than was first predicted.
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research suggests that as Earth warms, natural ecosystems, such as freshwater, will release more methane than expected based on predictions based only on temperature increases. The study, published today in Climate change, attributes this difference to changes in the balance of microbial communities within ecosystems …
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