Economic Indicators4 hours ago (Mar 25, 2020 04:05PM ET) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said this week he hopes to “reopen” the U.S. economy by Easter Sunday, which is April 12, despite a worsening coronavirus outbreak across the country. State and city governments, however, have ultimate power under the […]
Researchers Push For Mass Blood Tests as a Covid-19 Strategy
Next week, blood banks across the Netherlands are set to begin a nationwide experiment. As donations arrive–about 7,000 of them per week is the norm–they’ll be screened with the usual battery of tests that keep the blood supply safe, plus one more: a test for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus […]
The Covid-19 Pandemic Is a Crisis That Robots Were Built For
We humans weren’t ready for the novel coronavirus–and neither were the machines. The pandemic has come at an awkward time, technologically speaking. Ever more sophisticated robots and AI are augmenting human workers, rather than replacing them entirely. While it would be nice if we could protect doctors and nurses by […]
U.S. core capital goods orders point to worsening business investment downturn
(C) Reuters. U.S. made plywood is shown for sale in Los Angeles By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New orders for key U.S.-made capital goods fell sharply in February as demand for machinery and other products slumped, suggesting a deepening contraction in business investment that analysts said signaled the economy […]
What Coronavirus Isolation Could Do to Your Mind (and Body)
By now, you may have noticed a divide among your friends. As social distancing and self-imposed quarantine wear on and more workplaces urge employees to avoid the office, the Covid-19 outbreak has left many people more alone than they’ve been in a long time, or ever. Some are responding by […]
The Coronavirus May Actually Reinforce US-China Economic Ties
In these self-isolated days, silver linings are almost entirely obscured by clouds. Yet should the worst-case predictions of mass deaths and overwhelmed health care systems not come to pass, there’s a case to be made that the way the virus is spreading–in waves from Asia to Europe and to the […]
Doctors Are Pooling Data to Help Understand Covid-19
An anti-malaria medicine called hydroxychloroquine might be a rescue drug for Covid-19–or maybe not. Or another anti-inflammatory drug, such as tocilizumab, might dampen the deadliest effects of the coronavirus. For now, there’s a lot of hope–and a controversial plug from President Donald Trump–for existing medicines that could possibly work as […]
China to auction 20,000 tonnes of frozen pork from state reserves on March 27: notice
Economic Indicators3 minutes ago (Mar 25, 2020 08:45AM ET) (C) Reuters. Pork for sale is seen at a Walmart in Beijing BEIJING (Reuters) – China will auction 20,000 tonnes of frozen pork from its state reserves on March 27, a notice from the China Merchandise Reserve Management Centre said on […]
U.S. Mortgage Applications Plunged Last Week by Most Since 2009
Stock Markets13 hours ago (Mar 25, 2020 07:36AM ET) © Bloomberg. Buildings stand in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. It’s a sign of the times in Pittsburgh, where an influx of tech jobs is helping to push home prices in some neighborhoods to […]
UK retailers fear biggest fall in sales since 2009: CBI
Economic Indicators1 hour ago (Mar 25, 2020 07:20AM ET) (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians pass a sale sign on a retail shop on Oxford Street in London LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) – British retail sales fell this month as the coronavirus hit demand for products other than food, and the […]