Economic Indicators12 hours ago (Apr 14, 2020 07:10PM ET) (C) Reuters. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in Liverpool LONDON (Reuters) – Two-thirds of small British companies have put at least some staff on temporary government-funded leave due to a drop in business caused by the coronavirus, a survey by the […]
Peru will emerge from ‘economic hibernation’ by May, elections date safe: president
Economic Indicators13 hours ago (Apr 14, 2020 06:10PM ET) (C) Reuters. Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra attends a swearing-in ceremony at the government palace in Lima By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Peru hopes to gradually emerge from the economic hibernation aimed at halting the spread of the novel coronavirus and […]
Wall Street Turns a Blind Eye to Catastrophic U.S. Economic Data
(C) Reuters. Wall Street Turns a Blind Eye to Catastrophic U.S. Economic Data (Bloomberg) — Wall Street’s interpretation of economic data has always been a curious thing. There are times when bad reports are bad news and prompt traders to unload stocks, and times when bad is good and sparks […]
The Apple-Google Contact Tracing Plan Won’t Stop Covid Alone
Apple and Google are offering a bold plan using signals from more than 3 billion smartphones to help stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus while protecting users’ privacy. But epidemiologists caution that–privacy concerns aside–the scheme will be of limited use in combating Covid-19 because of the technology’s constraints, inadequate […]
The Apple-Google Contact Tracing Plan Won’t Stop Covid Alone
Apple and Google are offering a bold plan using signals from more than 3 billion smartphones to help stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus while protecting users’ privacy. But epidemiologists caution that–privacy concerns aside–the scheme will be of limited use in combating Covid-19 because of the technology’s constraints, inadequate […]
Exclusive: France to hike crisis response by 10 billion euros to 110 billion – sources
Economic Indicators18 hours ago (Apr 14, 2020 12:40PM ET) 2/2 (C) Reuters. The Champs Elysees avenue in Paris as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease in France 2/2 PARIS (Reuters) – The French government is set to raise the total amount of its crisis-response […]
Trump to make announcements on reopening U.S. economy in next day or two: adviser
Sign In/Free Sign Up 0 Economic Indicators6 hours ago (Apr 14, 2020 11:45AM ET) (C) Reuters. Larry Kudlow participates in coronavirus economic “relief update” virtual event at the White House in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will make a number of “key, vital” announcements […]
U.S. import prices post biggest decline in over five years; more to come
2/2 (C) Reuters. Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Jersey 2/2 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. import prices dropped by the most in more than five years in March amid declines in the costs of petroleum products and a range of other goods, pointing to import […]
Stephen Wolfram Invites You to Solve Physics
Holy matrix! In other words, he’s suggesting that what happens in these models, which exist only as computations, is as valid as phenomena in what we call the real world–even though these model universes are spectacularly less complex than the actual universe. (Even building his simulations with a 100-core network […]
How the Pandemic Has Reshaped Portland, Oregon’s Restaurants
Han Oak’s Peter Cho is looking to Adams’ model to develop a system that could work for his restaurant. “I talked to [Adams] for like an hour yesterday, and it was the first time I felt like, yeah, here’s a plan that I feel comfortable putting in place,” Cho says. […]