Until mid-March, the emergency room entrance at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, looked much like the entrance to other ERs: an illuminated red “EMERGENCY” sign mounted on a brick facade, above an open space where cars and ambulances could unload patients. By the end of the month, part of […]
What Does Covid-19 Do to Your Brain?
During the third week of March, as the pandemic coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was beginning to grip the city of Detroit, an ambulance sped through its streets to Henry Ford Hospital. Inside, a 58-year-old airline worker struggled to understand what was happening to her. Like hundreds of other Covid-19 patients […]
Venture-Backed Startups Debate the Ethics of Taking US Loans
The novel coronavirus pandemic is punishing some venture-backed startups, as lockdown orders jeopardize business plans years in the making. Revenue streams have evaporated overnight, leaving young companies desperate to cut expenses and attract more funding as investors tighten their wallets. The federal government’s $350 billion small-business loan program could be […]
Next budget must be Europe’s answer to coronavirus crisis, EU chiefs say
2/2 (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels 2/2 By Robin Emmott and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union should use its long-term budget to drive economic recovery from the coronavirus outbreak, two top officials with the bloc said on […]
Fast Nanoscale ‘Movies’ Shed Light on a Solar Cell Mystery
Stranks and his colleagues arrived at this conclusion by shining ultraviolet light on perovskite cells and observing them with a high-powered microscope capable of seeing down to just 10 nanometers–roughly the combined diameter of four strands of DNA. The UV light liberated electrons in the solar cell. By measuring the […]
U.S. manufacturing output posts largest drop since 1946
Economic Indicators8 hours ago (Apr 15, 2020 11:00AM ET) (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Line workers spot weld parts of the frame on the flex line at Nissan Motor Co’s automobile manufacturing plant in Smyrna Tennessee By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing output dropped by the most in just […]
U.S. business inventories fall in February
Economic Indicators9 hours ago (Apr 15, 2020 10:35AM ET) (C) Reuters. Warehouse workers deal with inventory stacked up to the ceiling at an ABT Electronics Facility in Glenview WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. business inventories fell in February amid a decline in imports and further decreases are likely as the novel […]
Canada’s March GDP shrinks a record 9% on month amid coronavirus outbreak
Economic Indicators10 hours ago (Apr 15, 2020 09:30AM ET) (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Yonge and Dundas Square in Toronto, Ontario, Canada OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s economy shrank a record 9% in March from February as the coronavirus outbreak forced the shutdown of economic activity during the course of the month, […]
U.S. Factory Output Fell in March by the Most Since 1946
Forex10 hours ago (Apr 15, 2020 09:27AM ET) (C) Reuters. U.S. Factory Output Fell in March by the Most Since 1946 (Bloomberg) — U.S. factory output dropped in March by the most since 1946 as a rolling wave of shutdowns related to the coronavirus crippled the manufacturing sector. Production slumped […]
U.S. Retail Sales Fell 8.7% in March, Most on Record
Economic Indicators11 hours ago (Apr 15, 2020 08:35AM ET) (C) Reuters. By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com — U.S. retail sales cratered in March as state-wide lockdowns began to spread across the country in response to the Covid-19 epidemic. Official data released Wednesday showed sales fell 8.7% from February, nearly three times […]