Hopes of a COVID-19 summer pardon have been dashed as cases rose in June. As infections increase, so does the need for testing. In late June, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, announced that health officials were considering conducting pooled tests for COVID-19 …
Read More »The proportion of Americans who default on their mortgage payments falls to the lowest level in two months.
Fewer Americans now have agreements with their mortgage servicers to skip their monthly payments. Getty Images / iStockphoto Fewer than 4 million homeowners in the US skip their mortgage payments, according to new estimates by the Mortgage Bankers Association released Monday. The business group reported that only 7.8% of mortgage …
Read More »Chipotle earnings preview: digital menu exclusives could drive sales
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. may launch digital-only menu items that drive sales, according to UBS analysts. Chipotle CMG, + 2.42% Digital sales increased 81% in the first quarter. The company has focused on improving its online business, such as installing Chipotlanes that enable rapid digital order picking, despite the coronavirus …
Read More »Airline stocks decrease as travel demand decreases for the first time in 13 weeks
Airline stocks suffered big losses on Monday, after data from the US Transportation Security Administration showed that travel demand declined last week to break a streak of 12-week increases from the bottom. of COVID-19 in mid-April. The drop in demand comes as the number of new cases of COVID-19 in …
Read More »The doctor behind a cognitive test Trump did says ‘it’s supposed to be easy’
The doctor who developed a widely used test that detects early signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease says that cognition is “a pertinent question” during a presidential election with suspected candidates over the age of 70. The problem is that both sides of the political divide are interpreting this. wrong …
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