Trading on the Mexican Stock Exchange was halted for 15 minutes after the key index fell by 7.12%, triggering an automatic halt March 17, 2020, 7:32 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — The Latest on action in the financial markets (all times local): 3:25 p.m. Trading on the Mexican Stock Exchange was halted for […]
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As the nation struggles to reconcile itself to a new and spreading peril, it also struggles with a patchwork of rules that vary dizzyingly from place to place: For now, your life and lockdown in the shadow of COVID-19 depends on where you live. In some places, many ordinary Americans are making public health choices,
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The music community is coming out in droves to help make people feel better during the coronavirus pandemic, taking to Instagram to perform live while people isolate and quarantine. COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has killed more than 7,000 people worldwide and has caused leaders to enact bans on public gatherings. Due
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Image copyright Beth Marletta Image caption Beth Marletta and her partner are stuck in Morocco British tourists in Morocco and Peru have told the BBC they are stranded and unsure how they will get home after their flights were suspended. EasyJet and British Airways told the BBC they were running rescue flights from Morocco after
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It happened around the world, and now it’s happening in the United States: The more people stay home to avoid the coronavirus pandemic, the more they find themselves glued to their screens. In South Korea, as cases spiked, television viewership shot up 17 percent, according to Nielsen. Last month in Italy, the size of the
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The unimaginable has happened to Patriots fans: Tom Brady is moving on By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer March 17, 2020, 6:26 PM 3 min read The unimaginable has happened to Patriots fans: Tom Brady is moving on. The predictable has occurred for Saints fans: Drew Brees is staying put. No matter what else
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Voting in major cities was rife with confusion and early turnout in many areas was significantly lower than expected as Florida, Illinois and Arizona held their Democratic presidential primaries on Tuesday amid fears about people gathering in groups and putting themselves at risk of coronavirus transmission. But election officials in the three states hoped that
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Mr. Bradley, who was a top aide for the House Republican leadership during the 2008 crisis and helped negotiate the recovery package, said that the term bailout gets carelessly thrown around when it shouldn’t. He noted that banks ultimately paid back the funds they were allocated in 2008. “A program where the government doesn’t lose
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge say they are working “as hard and as fast as we possibly can” to find a vaccine to stop the spread of coronavirus. Prof Jonathan Heeney spoke to BBC science correspondent Richard Westcott at a laboratory in the city, with access so restricted he had to talk through a
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Image copyright Universal Pictures Image caption Singer Taylor Swift played the mischievous Bombalurina in Cats Cats was the big loser at this year’s Golden Raspberry Awards, which are given to the year’s worst movies. The widely derided musical was given six Razzies, including worst picture and worst director for Tom Hooper. James Corden was named
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