American Airlines AAL, -1.98% It has come under scrutiny for its decision not to block intermediate seats on flights in the name of preventing coronavirus transmission, but many other airlines have taken the same stance. The airline announced last week that starting Wednesday, July 1, it will resume booking flights …
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An emerging strain of flu in China is drawing scientists’ attention just as the world is battling the worst pandemic since the 1918 Spanish flu. Chinese researchers identified a new strain of influenza that is infecting pigs in China and that has characteristics of the so-called swine flu, or H1N1, …
Read More »City-wide Italian study finds 40% of coronavirus cases had no symptoms
FILE PHOTO: Members of the Italian army wearing protective masks verify a driver’s permission to enter the Turano Lodigiano red zone, closed due to an outbreak of coronavirus in northern Italy, in Turano Lodigiano, Italy, February 26, 2020. REUTERS / Yara Nardi / File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – A study …
Read More »Why stock market strategists have never been more confused in June about year-end prospects for stocks
It has been the best and worst time for US equities benchmarks in the past two quarters, and that is perhaps the reason why Wall Street analysts face their most perplexing challenge yet. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, + 0.84% and the S&P 500 SPX, + 1.54% According to …
Read More »Republicans in the United States Senate will push the next coronavirus aid bill in late July
FILE PHOTO: US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) pauses as he addresses journalists after Senate Republican Weekly Policy Luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington , USA, June 23, 2020. REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Another potentially large coronavirus aid bill will pass the United States Senate in …
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