American stocks tumbled on Wednesday, pulling back from Tuesday’s record highs, rising cases of coronavirus and a slowdown in private sector job creation weighed on investor sentiment. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% a day after the benchmark hit its 27th closing record of the year. The Nasdaq Composite also fell …
Read More »Canada’s Covid-19 response will now cost heavily and ignore the deficit
OTTAWA – Canada’s deficit is growing at the fastest rate in developed countries as it seeks to boost its economy during the Covid-19 epidemic. Canadian officials are betting that the aggressive approach will pay off, focus on the number of jobs already received, and argue that the country can finance …
Read More »Biden Covid Advisor Dr. Scott offered ‘relief’ at the resignation of Atlas
President-elect Joe Biden’s cowardly advisory board member Dr. Celine Gounder told CNBC that President Donald Trump’s special adviser on the coronavirus epidemic, Dr. She is relieved to hear that Scott Atlas has officially resigned from his post. “I am relieved that in the future those who are qualified, infectious disease …
Read More »The UK test error incorrectly tells 1,300 people that they have coronavirus
(Reuters) – More than 1,300 people in Britain have been falsely reported to have been infected with coronavirus following a government error in the government’s NHS testing and trace system, the Department of Health and Social Care told Reuters on Saturday. Following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on September …
Read More »Bolsonaro of Brazil says he will not get the coronavirus vaccine
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday evening that he would not take the coronavirus vaccine, citing recent statements and doubts about coronavirus vaccination programs. In live broadcast statements on multiple social media platforms, the right-wing leader added that Congress is unlikely to be vaccinated by the …
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