Malls Face Ruinous Crisis

Posted: February 29, 2020 at 8:20 am

A new study forecasts that a global coronavirus pandemic could chop mall traffic severely, leaving both owners and department store retailers in deep trouble. It would be another blow to ...
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Places Having the Most Unusually Mild Winters this Year

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 6:34 pm

January 2020 was the world’s warmest January on record, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, which maintains a 141 year climate history. This January was ...
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16 Tips to Prevent Coronavirus and Other Viral Infections

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 4:56 pm

The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which was first detected in Wuhan City, China, late last year and has since spread to nearly 60 other countries, has met two of the criteria ...
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Most Devastating Insect Plagues In US History

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 2:57 pm

Hundreds of billions of locusts are currently ravaging several countries in East Africa and South Asia, causing devastating damage to crops both in the field and in storage. Swarms ...
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Fed Chairman Powell Makes Unscheduled Statement on Coronavirus Economic Damage

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 2:50 pm

It is not a normal event for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to issue unscheduled statements about the financial markets and the economy. Then again, it's not a usual even ...
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Preparing for COVID-19 Pandemic: Food With the Longest Shelf Life

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 2:47 pm

The novel coronavirus has the potential to become a pandemic, according to the World Health Organization, a United Nations agency that deals with global public health. The Centers for Disease ...
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Is the Murkowski-Manchin Energy Bill Good, or Just Better Than Nothing?

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 1:55 pm

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia on Thursday released a 550-page domestic energy bill called the American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA). The ...
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Beyond Rate Cuts, How Can Governments Boost the Economy During a Pandemic Outbreak?

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 1:45 pm

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak has felt like a pandemic whether it has been classified that way or not. While the first concern should be about those who ...
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US Consumer Sentiment Improved in February, but Coronavirus Overhang Looms

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 1:35 pm

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose from a January reading of 99.8 to February's final level of 101.0. When the preliminary February index score was reported last month, ...
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The Year Women Won the Right to Vote in 46 Countries

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 12:59 pm

The United States is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the constitution, passed in 1919 and ratified in 1920. Introduced well over a century after the ...
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NYSE Suspends Trading in Pot Grower CannTrust Stock

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 11:00 am

Ontario-based cannabis grower CannTrust Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CTST) announced Friday morning that it has received written notice that its stock does not meet New York Stock Exchange rules for continued ...
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50 Oldest Things in the World

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 10:46 am

From family heirlooms to antique shops to museums, many Americans share an obsession for old and extremely old things. Such old things might include man-made artifacts hundreds of thousands of ...
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The Top Stocks to Beat the Coronavirus Market Scare

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 10:35 am

The coronavirus fear is now a pandemic, at least in the markets. All major American averages were down over 3% on Friday, after what has been the worst week since ...
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Can Box Stock Dig Itself Out of Trouble?

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 10:20 am

Box Inc. (NYSE: BOX), the cloud content management platform company, has a slew of competition. The field is muddled, and Box is small enough in terms of revenue that its ...
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Are Mylan Results Enough for Investors?

Posted: February 28, 2020 at 9:55 am

When Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ: MYL) reported its fourth-quarter financial results after the markets closed on Thursday, the firm said that it had $1.40 in earnings per share (EPS) and $3.19 ...
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