The Dow is plunging again and other major indexes like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are suffering greater percentage declines March 6, 2020, 3:09 PM 5 min read The Dow over the past five days: up 1,293, down 786, up 1,173, down 967. The Dow tumbled 800 points at the opening bell Friday. The […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPM Boris Johnson warned of a “substantial period of disruption” The UK government has promised £46m to fund urgent work to find a coronavirus vaccine and develop a rapid test for the disease. This will include work on eight possible vaccines which are already in development as
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March 5 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Open runner-up Scott Piercy has lost major sponsors after he posted a homophobic meme on social media about openly-gay former U.S. presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, several media reported. The Titleist and FootJoy brands, both owned by U.S. golf equipment and clothing retailer Acushnet Holdings Co, and Swedish fashion retailer
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Sitting 500 feet above the sea, atop a cliff on Capraia, Italy — one of seven islands making up the Tuscan Archipelago — is a restored 16th-century fortress built to house Genoan soldiers. After hundreds of years of raids and takeovers by the French and British empires, Forte San Giorgio is a testament to a
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SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry seemed every bit himself after a four-month layoff, save for a little long-range rust. “He looks exactly the same to me,” coach Steve Kerr said. Curry scored 23 points for Golden State in his anticipated return from a broken left hand, but the Toronto Raptors beat the Warriors 121-113 Thursday
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Whatever the cause, Mr. Sanders has often made up for losses in white, working-class areas this year with gains among Latino voters and white voters who live in left-liberal areas. In a sense, he has traded strength in states like Maine and Minnesota for strength in California. This is a bad trade in Michigan, where
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LONDON/LOS ANGELES, March 6 (Reuters) – Business districts around the world began to empty and stock markets tumbled on Friday as the number of coronavirus infections passed 100,000 and the economic damage wrought by the outbreak intensified. An increasing number of people faced a new reality as many were asked to stay home from work,
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As the number of coronavirus cases increases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising businesses and employers to socially distance employees from one another, and from the general public, to minimize person-to-person exposure to COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. In response to this guidance, companies are encouraging their employees to disinfect
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Image copyright Getty Images Pale Waves have said they thought they were “going to die” during their recent bus crash on tour. The goth-pop group were involved in a road accident while travelling to Berlin last week, but confirmed at the time nobody was seriously injured. They had been due to support pop singer Halsey,
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Given Mr. Nygard’s alleged sway in the Bahamas, we were told we needed to be careful. We switched hotels every few days so no one could track us. A Courtyard Marriott worker insisted that the hotel could not deny I was staying there if someone asked for me by name, so he disguised me as
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