The 2020 coronavirus and the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemics share many similarities, but also diverge on one key point. “A big difference between the Spanish flu and COVID-19 is the age distribution of deaths,” according to Deutsche Bank DB, + 4.40%. “For COVID-19, the elderly have been overwhelmingly the most …
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The United States received good news Thursday with the rehiring of 4.9 million people in June, but the economy’s two steps forward in May and June could be followed by a step backward in July. The problem? A resurgence in coronavirus cases, especially in states that allowed their economies to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiance Carrie Symonds received promises on Friday from four British retailers to stop selling coconut products that use labor in their production, and urged others to do the same. FILE PHOTO: Carrie Symonds, partner of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arrives at the …
Read More »Inside FCA’s Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Michigan. Photo: Fiat chrysler Most Fiat Chrysler workers have returned to factories for more than a month after being temporarily laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic. And although production has restarted, workers have also been temporarily detained at two plants separated by …
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