I have had time to reflect, and have reflected, on a great many things while in quarantine. Being a lawyer is useful for a wide array of life’s little obstacles, whether those obstacles be a recalcitr
You may have heard of this parable before. But if you haven’t, let me reframe it in the real world. This first picture is of a church built in the United States in 1886. St. Anne de Detroit Catholic C
The Federal Reserve is trying to get ahead of possible funding disruptions caused by the coronavirus, ramping up cash injections in the coming weeks to as much as $505 billion in a bid to keep short-t
Part of the U.S. Army's Northern Command in charge of homeland security is isolating at the Cheyenne Mountain bunker in Colorado as the coronavirus spreads across the country. The bunker is a command
Rhode Island police have begun stopping cars with New York license plates, and the National Guard will soon help officials conduct house-to-house searches to force anyone who has traveled from New Yor
Thomas Schäfer died by suicide after his body was found on train tracks near Wiesbaden. He was the finance minister for the state of Hesse, where Germany's financial center Frankfurt lies.
Looking east, California can envision its coronavirus future in the overflowing hospital wards of New York City. Looking west, it can draw hope from the disease’s swift decline in Asian nations that q
The death of a 25-year-old pharmacy technician this week from the coronavirus has prompted Riverside County officials to remind residents that the elderly are not the only ones as risk. The deceased m
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The economic debate of the day centers on whether the cure of an economic shutdown is worse than the disease of the virus. Similarly, we need to ask if the cure of the Federal R
Contagion was a wildly popular depiction of a pandemic on screen — but it’s still relevant today. Warner Bros. Alissa Wilkinson covers film and culture for Vox. Alissa is a member of the New York Film
T hree months ago, no one knew that SARS-CoV-2 existed. Now the virus has spread to almost every country, infecting at least 446,000 people whom we know about, and many more whom we do not. It has cra
Alleged espionage tests UK-China relations September 11, 2023 UK authorities have confirmed the arrest of two men on suspicions of espionage for , one of whom reportedly worked as... Steven Spielberg
The United States Senate is on the verge of adopting a $2 trillion bailout to help American industries hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis. The proposed plan includes more than $350bn in loans and l
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× Anthony Behar/Sipa USA via AP Images The New York State Department of Labor is one of many creaky systems that will be employed to deliver vital relief. First Response Last night, the Senate approve
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX The S&P 500 extended its weekly rally by 6.2% Thursday after the Senate approved the $2-T fiscal stimulus package for the economy, which saw a record surge in weekly jobless
It’s not just grocery shoppers who are hoarding pantry staples. Some governments are moving to secure domestic food supplies during the conoravirus pandemic.
T he public health challenge of our generation is right in front of us. SARS-CoV-2 appears to be the Andromeda strain that public health workers fear to see emerging. After many years of working at th
Paris (AFP) - COVID-19 could lead to more than 80,000 deaths in the US and overwhelm hospital capacity nationally as soon as early April even if social distancing measures are respected, new research
(With Mark Spitznagel) Published in INCERTO · 4 min read · Mar 26, 2020 -- T he U.S. government is enacting measures to save the airlines, Boeing, and similarly affected corporations. While we clearly
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman announced earlier this month that he had been hedging his portfolio against market volatility spurred by the coronavirus . The bet p... Already a subscriber? Sign In
The new coronavirus may already have infected far more people in the UK than scientists had previously estimated — perhaps as much as half the population — according to modelling by researchers at the
Fourteen Days. That’s the Most Time We Have to Defeat Coronavirus. These decisive measures can prevent a decade of dislocation and extraordinary levels of deaths. March 23, 2020 A virtually empty Time
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(Bloomberg) -- Real estate investor Tom Barrack said the U.S. commercial-mortgage market is on the brink of collapse and predicted a “domino effect” of catastrophic economic consequences if banks and government don’t take prompt action to keep borrowers from defaulting. Barrack, chairman and chief…
A public service announcement Published in Forge · 4 min read · Mar 18, 2020 -- Photo: Tempura/Getty Images Remember this CBS News graphic, from last year? The great joke, of course, is that everyone
By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Countries can’t simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Sunday, adding that
In an important conversation about the hard realities of the current world affairs, Moe and Kapil explore the hidden dimensions of a crisis and why it always reverts back to one’s own mind. The New No
A 39-year-old woman who was 'in good health' has died days after she was tested for coronavirus - after she initially turned down a test because she thought she was low-risk. Natasha Ott, of New Orlea
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1 of 13 | Alison Steffensen is joined by her daughter, Elin, 3, as she works at the home office she set up in the front yard of her home in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, March 20, 2020. Steffensen, a ps
1 of 7 | FILE - In this March 20, 2020 file photo, Rodef Shalom Rabbi Aaron Bisno, center, delivers his sermon with soloist Molly May, left, during an Erev Shabbot service that is being streamed live
Total cases are the wrong metric Let’s start at the top. How is it possible that more than 20% of American s believe they will catch COVID-19? Here is how. Vanity metrics — a single data point with no context. Wouldn’t this picture scare you? Look at all of those large red scary circles! These…
The Dow DJIA, +0.25% dropped 913.21 points, or 4.6%, to close Friday at a 3 1/2-year low of 19,173.98, and has now dropped 35% since closing at a record 29,551.42 on Feb. 12 amid growing fears of the
Before sunrise this morning, a normally calm and very senior Wall Street banker texted me: “All hell is about to break loose. No safe havens.” His text could not be ignored, coming as it did on the mo
In an analysis published Tuesday, Stanford’s John P.A. Ioannidis — co-director of the university’s Meta-Research Innovation Center and professor of medicine, biomedical data science, statistics, and e
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