Economic Indicators10 hours ago (May 11, 2020 04:05PM ET) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Almost four million mortgage borrowers have had their payments paused or reduced as the novel coronavirus outbreak continues to strain household balance sheets, a survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed on Monday. The share of mortgage loans […]
Brazil to announce new business measures, eyes tax exemptions: official
Economic Indicators11 hours ago (May 11, 2020 03:25PM ET) BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will announce further measures to support businesses and help preserve jobs in the coming weeks, productivity and competition secretary Carlos da Costa said on Monday, adding that the government is considering longer-term tax exemptions for companies. Speaking […]
Turkish regulator drops days-old FX trading ban on UBS, Citi, BNP
Economic Indicators14 hours ago (May 11, 2020 12:30PM ET) 3/3 (C) Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The BNP Paribas logo is seen at a branch in Paris 2/3 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s BDDK bank regulator is dropping a trading ban imposed last week on UBS, Citigroup and BNP Paribas (OTC:BNPQY) because they […]
U.S. consumers’ expectations deteriorated sharply in April: New York Fed Survey
Economy15 hours ago (May 11, 2020 11:15AM ET) (C) Reuters. (Reuters) – In a month when Americans in most states were being asked to stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. consumers became more fearful about losing their jobs and more pessimistic about their ability to access credit or […]
How Albert Einstein’s Son Tamed the Mississippi River
From a mile up in the thick Louisiana summertime air, the structure looks so fragile, just a spidery wisp of a pale-colored highway bridge crossing an expanse of flat-brown river, the waters of the Mississippi brimming on one side and the outflow like slashing white brushstrokes running down on the […]
Wildfires Already Threaten the West. Then Came Covid-19
Controlled burns in the spring are essential for keeping that from happening again. And indeed the California government declared controlled burns an essential duty during the pandemic, so Cal Fire could lessen the chances of an out-of-control blaze later this year. As usual, the firefighters carefully monitored wind patterns to […]
The Search for a Covid-19 Research Animal Model
“It’s not always going to be monkeys,” says Dave O’Connor, a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Wisconsin. He works with the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, which, like Tulane, is part of a network of primate research centers jointly supported by the NIH and university […]
Infrared Cameras Can Spot a Fever, but May Not Slow Covid-19
Hildegarde Schell-Chaple, a professor of nursing in charge of screening people entering UCSF’s hospitals, says the available evidence revealed the time and expense of screening with infrared thermometers or cameras was unjustified. “People feel better if they see it happening, but it’s a false sense of security,” she says. “It’s […]
Infrared Cameras Can Spot a Fever, but May Not Slow Covid-19
Hildegarde Schell-Chaple, a professor of nursing in charge of screening people entering UCSF’s hospitals, says the available evidence revealed the time and expense of screening with infrared thermometers or cameras was unjustified. “People feel better if they see it happening, but it’s a false sense of security,” she says. “It’s […]
Democrats, Eating Their Cake
The Democratic party seems to want things both ways. The current narrative on the coronavirus response is, the President was doing too much, and he wasn’t doing enough. Before the outbreak, numerous Democrats were downplaying the virus and condemning Trump as a racist for his China and Europe travel bans. […]