Corporate profits have so far surpassed low expectations so far this winning season, but there are still a lot of wild cards left in the deck. Consensus S&P 500 SPX, + 0.06% income taxes rose only 3% for the third quarter and are not budgeted at all in the fourth …
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At least 11 coronavirus patients were killed early Sunday by a fire at a South Indian hotel that was used as a COVID-19 facility, officials said, in the second such incident this month. The flame at Hotel Swarna Palace in the city of Vijayawada, state of Andhra Pradesh, broke out …
Read More »Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the last three decades and an expert on pandemics for the last four decades, has been optimistic about a vaccine arriving in late 2020 or early 2021, but he has also warned the public about their expectations …
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Uber shares fell Friday after the company’s second-quarter results released Thursday. INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP via Getty Images The shares of Uber Technologies Inc. resigned Friday because concerns about the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company’s business seem to be pending in hopes of its booming food …
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ROME (AP) – The failure of the United States to contain the spread of the coronavirus has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe, as the most powerful country in the world is approaching a world record of 5 million confirmed infections. Perhaps nowhere outside the US is America’s …
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