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[MarketWatch, AP Photo] September is a notoriously weak month for investors and October also has the hallmarks of a rough patch for Wall Street, with the Nov. 3 presidential election looming. A bout of volatility returned to financial markets with a vengeance last week, disrupting a nearly uninterrupted climb to […]
[NPR, AP] People wait in a queue to register their names before giving their nasal swab samples to test for COVID-19 at a government health center in Hyderabad, India on Saturday. India’s coronavirus cases have crossed 4 million. India passed 4 million reported cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. Since July, […]
[The New York Post] Residents of seven Midwest states need to be on high alert for catching COVID-19 over Labor Day weekend, Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned. “There are several states that are at risk for surging, namely North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois,” Fauci, the director of […]
(CNN) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking states to get ready to distribute a coronavirus vaccine by as early as next month. The CEO of Pfizer says he thinks it’s possible his company will have enough data to ask the US Food and Drug Administration for […]
[Forbes, Getty Images] Bitcoin has declined sharply this week, losing over 5% in under 24 hours and causing traders to nervously eye the psychological $10,000 per bitcoin level. The bitcoin price lost $1,000 in a matter of hours, falling under $11,000 per bitcoin on Thursday morning with the U.S. stock market posting […]
[CBS NEWS] Air travel is getting bumpier for travelers who decline to wear face masks. Delta Air Lines has added 270 passengers to its no-fly list for refusing to comply with the carrier’s requirement to don a mask while aboard one of its flights to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. […]
[Wired, Getty Images] On a “body farm,” researchers are exploring whether the nutrients from human cadavers can change the look of plants, which authorities might use to locate missing persons. SINCE 1980, THE University of Tennessee’s Forensic Anthropology Center has plumbed the depths of the most macabre of sciences: the decomposition of human […]
[CNBC, GETTY IMAGES] Despite lingering global economic risks from the Covid-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions, Wednesday saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both notch record highs. A “Minsky moment,” named after economist Hyman Minsky, refers to a sudden market collapse following an unsustainable bull run, which in this case could […]
[CNBC] Popular trading platform Robinhood is under investigation related to its disclosures around its practice of selling clients’ orders to high-frequency traders, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s probe into the Silicon Valley start-up is at an advanced stage and could result in a fine of more than […]
(CNN) Tropical Storm Nana is moving quickly toward Central America and has just enough time to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall early Thursday in Belize. Nana, as of 5 p.m. ET Wednesday, was releasing sustained winds of 60 mph, with stronger gusts. “Nana is forecast to become a hurricane […]