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BitMEX Shift From Hong Kong Reflects the Toll of Stringent Covid Policies; Bitcoin Trades Sideways Amid Energy, Employment Concerns
Earlier in the day, ADP’s Employment report on job creation in the private sector arrived hotter than expected as businesses created 208,000 jobs in September, versus consensus estimates for 200,000, ...
Timing Isn’t Everything
This bear market in stocks, though grueling, is not (yet) as bad as the Covid bear market of 2020. That decline did 37% in damage (versus 22% today) yet lasted only two months, blunting its lasting im...
Norwegian Cruise Line Drops Covid Vaccination, Testing And Masking Mandates
Topline Norwegian Cruise Line, the world’s third-largest cruise operator by number of passengers, announced Monday it will drop Covid-19 vaccination, testing and masking requirements on voyages beginn...
Here’s Why Royal Caribbean, Carnival Stock Are Good Buys
For the past two years, since the covid pandemic hit in late-February 2020, the cruise industry has taken one punch after another. And, while the situation has improved from the extended period when c...
XpresSpa Pivots Back From Covid Testing With A More Balanced Retail Vision
The launch of wellness brand Treat, shown here at JFK Airport, and the reopening of XpresSpa units … [+] are taking the brand back to its roots. XpresSpa Group XpresSpa Group, has launched a sui...
Front Line Workers Owed A Dose Of Gratitude
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 09: A firefighter smiles while walking towards a medical worker outside of … [+] NYU Langone Health hospital during the nightly ‘Clap Because We Care’ ...
The Biden Administration Announces $8 Billion In Commitments To Address Hunger, Nutrition, And Health Issues
Today, President Biden and key senior officials hosted the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The goal behind the conference is straightforward: to address issues regarding food ...
Supreme Court to allow public at hearings, first time since Covid
A crosswalk signal is seen outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters The Supreme Court starting Monday will allow members of the public to ...
Covid vaccination tied to increase in length of menstrual cycle: NIH
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Va...
Almost Half Of All Online Daters Want To See Covid Vaccination Status On Profiles
Topline Nearly half of all Americans who have used dating apps in the last year say seeing someone’s Covid-19 vaccination status on their profile is important, with Democrats more likely than Republic...
Mainland Rebounds On Zero COVID Dial Back, Healthcare Equipment Loans Raise Sector
China Last Night KraneShares Key News The US dollar’s parabolic rise has taken a breather, allowing some Asian markets to recover overnight. Mainland China rallied on explicit policy support for equit...
Dementia May Lead To Greater Risk Of Covid Death Than Previously Thought, Study Suggests
Topline Conditions like Alzheimer’s and dementia may put patients at an even greater risk of death from Covid-19 than heart disease and other ailments thought to be the most dangerous, according to a ...
Canada Lifts Covid Vaccine Mandate For International Travelers
Topline Canada will drop its Covid-19 vaccine requirement for visitors entering the country starting October 1, officials announced Monday, reopening the Canadian border to unvaccinated travelers for ...
Hong Kong Ditches Strict Covid Quarantine For Travelers After More Than Two Years
Topline Hong Kong will ditch its strict hotel quarantine policy for international travelers, the government announced on Friday, marking the end of one of the world’s toughest pandemic containment reg...
Novavax Stock Hits 2-Year Low As Challenges Mount For Covid Shot
Novavax stock is trading at a two-year low amid slowly ramping use of its Covid vaccine, dubbed Nuvaxovid, in the U.S. X The Food and Drug Administration signed off on Nuvaxovid in July, six months af...
WHO warns ability to identify new Covid variants is diminishing
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Ge...
Surprises, COVID Challenges, And A Less Carbon-Intensive Approach
In this companion piece to the “peek behind the scenes” of how a “Top 100” wine industry list actually comes to fruition, Wine & Spirits magazine editor and publisher Josh Greene describes general...
China Grows Slower Than Asia For First Time In 30 Years
An aerial view of people lining up for nucleic acid tests during a new round of citywide testing on September 9, 2022 in Tianjin, China. VCG/VCG via Getty Images In a press briefing this week, Asian D...
Hamilton Leithauser’s Raw Account Of His Return To Touring After The Covid Pause
Hamilton Leithauser performs at Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2017 getty What’s it really been like for musicians to go back out on the road amid the unpredictable domino effect of Covid? Hamil...
Biden Vows To Defend Taiwan From Chinese Invasion And Declares Covid Pandemic ‘Over’ In 60 Minutes Interview
Topline President Joe Biden said the U.S. military would defend Taiwan if the island was invaded by Chinese forces, in a broad-ranging interview on CBS 60 Minutes broadcast on Sunday where he also sai...
Eric Clapton Lets Guitar Do The Talking As U.S. Tour Gets Underway
Eric Clapton performs live on stage at United Center. Monday, September 12, 2022 in Chicago, IL Photo by Barry Brecheisen “Thank you!” Over and over Monday night in Chicago, those were about the only ...
Covid Pandemic ‘Finish Line’ In Sight
Topline The end of the Covid-19 pandemic is “in sight,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday, while emphasizing governments must take even more actions ...
Addressing Student Mental Health Is Complex … And Critical
While mental health issues in young people have spiked since the pandemic, the current landscape is truly a minefield for young women, Black and Latinx youth, and those with sexual identity issues. ge...
17 million in Europe got long Covid in first two years of pandemic: WHO
New research suggests at least 17 million people across Europe and central Asia suffered from long Covid within the first two years of the pandemic. Filadendron | E+ | Getty Images At least 17 million...
How A Breakup And Lockdown Led To Lissie’s Best Record Yet
The singer-songwriter Lissie. credit: Lili Peper There would hardly be any disagreement to say that 2020 was a very difficult year for everybody—including the indie pop singer-songwriter Elisabeth Mau...
Senate Republicans Would Pay A High Price To Shut Down The Government To Fight Against Covid Relief Or Manchin’s Energy Provisions Or Liberalizing Medicaid Abortions For Poor Women
To avoid a government shutdown at the end of this month, Congress must pass the continuing resolution (CR) which funds the government. It takes 60 Senate votes for cloture on the CR. A united Senate R...
Democrats want probe of airline Covid bailouts over staff buyouts
Airline pilots walk through the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on December 27, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Two House Democrats have asked a Treasury Departme...
Decades Of Human Progress Set Back By Covid, Climate Change And Ukraine War, UN Warns
Topline Global crises like the Covid-19 pandemic, worsening climate change and the war in Ukraine have started to reverse decades of human progress in education, life expectancy and standards of livin...
Opinion: Micron earnings suggest the chip downturn could be worse than Wall Street expects
Micron Technology Inc. executives warned about a semiconductor downturn in late June, but now say that a “sharp and sudden” drop in demand exceeded even those expectations, suggesting the current chip...