As autumn arrives quickly, many are wondering whether the race for a vaccine will bear fruit as early as January 2021. I am a physician-scientist and specialist in infectious diseases at the University of Virginia, where I care for and examine patients for COVID-19. I am sometimes asked how I …
Read More »Court of Canada Rules ‘Safe Third Country’ Pact with US Invalid, Cites Risk of Detention
OTTAWA / TORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian court ruled Wednesday that a bilateral pact that requires asylum seekers trying to enter Canada across the U.S. border to seek refuge in the United States is invalid, saying the arrest of immigrants violates their human rights. FILE PHOTO: The Canada Border Inspection …
Read More »When does it make sense to take Social Security at age 62?
It’s best to wait until you’re 70 to start receiving Social Security retirement benefits, even if it means tapping your retirement assets deep in a bear market. Why? Because the guaranteed and risk-free increase of 8% per year in the Social Security benefit is an unbeatable deal. And yet, in …
Read More »When does it make sense to take Social Security at age 62?
It’s best to wait until you’re 70 to start receiving Social Security retirement benefits, even if it means tapping your retirement assets deep in a bear market. Why? Because the guaranteed and risk-free increase of 8% per year in the Social Security benefit is an unbeatable deal. And yet, in …
Read More »Bigger tech stocks get even bigger: Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft stocks set records
Text size The four largest technology companies are now worth almost as much as the next 19 largest companies listed in the United States together. Tomohiro Ohsumi / Getty Images Mega-capitalization technology companies are growing again. On another strong day for the general market on Monday, the shares were led …
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