New York Live Bird Markets Ordered to Close for Five Days amid Bird Flu Outbreak
New York officials are taking precautions against the avian flu after seven cases were detected at live bird markets in New York City.
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Govt Scientific Advisors Call for Mask-Wearing Outside
The influential Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE) has endorsed a report telling government ministers to consider mandating mask-wearing in busy outdoor settings such as markets, playgrounds, and parks. The paper by SAGE’s Environmental Modelling Group added that there was a
Delingpole: Coronavirus – To Save the Village We’re Destroying It
When all this is over we’re going to look back and see who has had a good war and who has had a bad war; who called it right, who covered themselves in glory, who showed themselves to be an hysterical bedwetter, who placed too much trust in the wrong “experts”, and so on.
Pollak: Coronavirus Panic Partly Driven by Anti-Trump Hysteria
The rise of Sanders is the result of one kind of panic, and the coronavirus panic is another: the reaction of those who believe the “fake news” and have convinced themselves that President Trump really is incompetent in a crisis.
Silicon Valley Giants Lost $200 Billion in Market Cap on Monday
Silicon Valley giants including Google, Facebook, and Apple lost more than $200 billion in market capitalization on Monday as the major stock indices plummeted on growing global fears surrounding the coronavirus.
Farage: Britain Will ‘Shut Down Paris, Frankfurt’ if EU Plays Bully
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has said that if the European Union tries to force the City of London into regulatory alignment for financial services, the British can take the recent example of the Swiss, “undercut” the bloc, and, within a year, Paris and Frankfurt would be closed down.
President Trump: China Must Open Markets to U.S. Manufacturing and Farmers to Make a Deal
President Donald Trump warned Thursday of impending tariff increases should trade meetings with China not result in a deal by March 1.
John Carney’s Against the Grain, Across Curve: Whiskey Wars and Flatter Curves
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by half a percentage point while the Russell small cap index fell by the same amount.
Donald Trump’s First 100 Days: Stock Market’s Best-Ever Expansionary Rally
No modern president taking office in an expanding economy has seen stocks rise by as much in his first 100 days in office as they did during Trump’s.
Dow Jones Has Best Week Since 2011 Due to Trump Election Win
The Dow Jones Index had its best week since 2011, when it rose approximately 5.4 percent after President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory.
Oil, FX Bounce From Early Lows As Investors Hunt For Bargains
HONG KONG – Sterling and Asian emerging market currencies regained some footing on Tuesday and crude oil bounced as investors scooped up beaten down assets after Britain’s shock vote to exit the European Union. But in a sign that sentiment remained
FTSE Slumps To Lowest Closing Level Since Nov 2012
Britain’s top share index fell to its lowest closing level in more than three years on Friday, hit by losses in commodity-related stocks as BHP Billiton (BLT.L) suffered a major writedown and oil fell below a key level. The blue-chip
China Blames U.S. Federal Reserve for Market Crisis
You might think, as many investors do, that a loss of confidence in Beijing caused the Chinese market rout, but Beijing thinks you’ll find the real culprits along the banks of the Potomac.
