Hope for the COVID-19 vaccine and optimism ahead of employment data are boosting stocks as a long holiday weekend of July 4 awaits US investors. But as cities and businesses roll back reopens, some suggest caution with June payrolls (weekly jobless figures are coming, too). Christopher Dembik, head of macroeconomic …
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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, …
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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 …
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European stocks rose on Friday, but gains were tempered by a record rise in coronavirus cases in the US Earnings for German business software group SAP SE boosted the index, while Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB pulled in the other direction after reporting weak sales. The Stoxx Europe 600 …
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President Donald Trump’s top national security advisers have been unable to make a decision on whether to support an Israeli plan to annex important parts of the land that the Palestinians claim for a future state. By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer June 25, 2020 6:40 PM 5 min read …
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