Cover your nose. Perhaps the biggest mistake that many people are making with face masks, other than not wearing them in public, is pulling the face covers down so that the nose is exposed. Amid the ongoing debate about when and where people should wear masks, and the mixed messages …
Read More »Honeywell Beat Earnings. What their numbers mean for the industrial economy.
Text size Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images Honeywell’s earnings, reported Friday morning, beat Wall Street estimates for the pandemic-hit second quarter. That’s good news for Honeywell, but the company is a huge and distant industrial conglomerate. Your earnings are a useful read for many companies in many industries. …
Read More »Apple reportedly delays launch of new iPhone 5G until October
An Apple store in Sydney, Australia. Bloomberg news Apple is reportedly delaying a fall launch event for its next batch of iPhones until the “second half of October.” The tech giant was forced to delay its traditional September opening speech due to production delays caused by the coronavirus, according to …
Read More »The FDA’s list of toxic disinfectants is increasing, now at 75. Here’s why
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its list of toxic hand sanitizers to 75 products that it says contain methanol, a toxic substance that could ultimately lead to death if absorbed through the skin or ingested and therefore it is not safe for human use. The warning includes some …
Read More »Microsoft shares pull back from record as sole analyst downgrades after strong quarter
Shares of Microsoft Corp. retreated from record levels on Thursday when an analyst downgraded the shares despite Wall Street’s general agreement that the software giant was well diversified to handle the challenges posed by COVID-19. Microsoft MSFT, -4.12% Shares fell to an intraday low of $ 204.42 and last lost …
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