Economic Indicators3 hours ago (Apr 28, 2020 07:25PM ET) SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s factory output unexpectedly expanded at its sharpest pace in nearly 11 years in March, official data showed on Wednesday, aided by virus-related production disruptions in China and new product launches. Industrial output rose by a seasonally […]
Does It Matter That the DOD Released Those UFO Videos?
On Monday, the US Department of Defense officially released three videos depicting encounters between Navy pilots and unidentified aerial phenomena. These events occurred in 2004 and 2015, but the videos didn’t publicly surface until The New York Times included them with a front-page story about the Pentagon’s “mysterious UFO program” […]
UK retailers cut non-food prices by most on record: BRC
Economic Indicators3 hours ago (Apr 28, 2020 07:20PM ET) (C) Reuters. The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London LONDON (Reuters) – British retailers cut the prices of non-food items by the most since at least 2006 this month as they try to shift stock that they are struggling […]
5 Big Mistakes We Can Make Fighting the Covid-19 Pandemic
Look, we get it: Sheltering in place is a tremendous burden. If you’re lucky, you’re going stir crazy. The less fortunate have lost work or are struggling with mental illness. But governments do not take this strategy lightly: The best way to keep hospitals from getting overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients […]
U.S. consumer confidence, exports sink amid coronavirus disruptions
(C) Reuters. Paragon Sporting Goods is closed, as retail sales suffer record drop during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19) in New York By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer confidence tumbled to near a six-year low in April as tough measures to curb the spread of the […]
Millions of Americans locked out of unemployment system, survey finds
(C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Fort Smith By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Millions of Americans who have been thrown out of work during the coronavirus pandemic have been unable to register for unemployment benefits since the U.S. economy entered a free fall, […]
U.S. goods trade deficit rises as auto exports tumble
Economic Indicators13 hours ago (Apr 28, 2020 09:35AM ET) (C) Reuters. Sea gulls sit on a lamppost beside shipping containers stacked at the Paul W. Conley Container Terminal in Boston WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. goods trade deficit widened in March amid a collapse in exports of motor vehicles and […]
Now Is the Time for Main Street Shops to Go Digital
As Manhattan braced for lockdown in early March, the main street of Fredonia, New York, was still buzzing with activity. The town had been chosen as the location for season five of Small Business Revolution, a TV series hosted by Amanda Brinkman in which the shops in a particular community […]
Covid-19 Was Here Earlier Than Most Americans Thought. Now What?
For the past two months, the earliest known community spread of Covid-19–passed between people here in the United States, rather than a traveler bringing it home from abroad–was a case identified at the UC Davis medical center on February 26. Now we have confirmation the virus was circulating here far […]
UK retailers suffer worst month since 2008 as COVID crisis hits: CBI
Coronavirus14 hours ago (Apr 28, 2020 07:55AM ET) (C) Reuters. The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British retailers suffered their biggest fall in sales since the 2008 financial crisis in the first half of April as the coronavirus kept shoppers at […]