Tag: covid-19
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Making sense of the markets this week: September 20, 2021
Each week, Cut the Crap Investing founder Dale Roberts shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors. New inflation data: transitory signs? The week ending Sept. 17 delivered a very generous data dump in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, with updates on inflation data, economic activity numbers, housing figures and more. Portfolio managers, professional…
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Making sense of the markets this week: August 9, 2021
Each week, Cut the Crap Investing founder Dale Roberts shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors. The inside story on earnings and revenue for S&P 500’s Big 6 In terms of valuation, the largest companies on the S&P 500 are Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Facebook and Tesla. These are the behemoths that…
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More Vaccine-Hesitant Hongkongers Are Finally Signing Up for COVID-19 Shots. Is It Because of the Give-Aways, or the Outbreak Nearby?
For months, Hong Kong’s leaders have fretted about the city’s low COVID-19 vaccination rates. Despite vaccines being plentiful, free and available to anyone who wants one at a slew community health centers, just 18% of the city’s 7.5 million people chose to get a shot between February and the end of May. But, there are…
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Elon Musk says Tesla prices are increasing because of supply chain disruptions across the auto industry
Tesla Model Y. Tesla The prices of some Tesla models are going up because of the supply chain issues, CEO Elon Musk said. Tesla earlier this month boosted prices on its Model 3 and Model Y. The global auto industry has been hit hard by supply chain issues, notably a shortage of computer chips. See…
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Global stocks pull back from record highs as COVID-19 cases rise at the fastest rate since the pandemic began
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images Global stocks broadly pulled back from record highs as COVID-19 cases worldwide rose. The stock market's "fear gauge" logged its biggest daily rise in three weeks. The unveiling of a proposed European super league boosted some soccer clubs' shares. Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell.…
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Employers seek the right balance as they calibrate new policies for remote and in-office work
Most are chasing a hybrid model moving forward, however, workers need a say in how and if their office reopens. Keep reading for insider happens on how leading orgs are handling the next phase of pandemic-era productivity. Since the pandemic finally eases its grip on the U.S., firms have some big choices to make. When…
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Top 1% Of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From Bottom 90%
PA Images The coronavirus pandemic was once said to be the ‘great-leveller’, threatening people from all backgrounds equally. But it quickly became apparent that those predictions were way wide of the mark. As millions of people struggle with unemployment and face massive challenges just to keep food on the table and a roof over their…
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Can You Use an Electric or Hybrid Car to Get a Title Loan?
#Vanlife can be for everyone in tumultuous times So you want to be green, cut on your carbon footprint and then move electric? Want to fund one car against the price of another one? This is an area known as title loans. A title loan is a type of short-term loan that employs the borrower’s…
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Lana Del Rey’s Mesh Mask As Useful As Magic Marker On Face, Doctor Says
lanadelrey/Instagram A physician has dubbed Lana Del Rey’s net face mask as useful as ‘drawing with a magic marker’. The Video Games singer was the subject of strong backlash on Saturday, October 3, after she attended a book signing at a Los Angeles Barnes & Noble sporting a mesh mask, at a time when everyone…
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Billionaires’ Wealth Rises To $10.2 Trillion Amid Coronavirus Crisis
PA Images Over the span of the coronavirus catastrophe, the planet ’s billionaires have seen their fortunes skyrocket to $10.2 billion. Earlier findings from the Institute for Policy Studies’ Billionaire Bonanza report found that the United States’ 645 weakest people, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, gathered $845 billion because the…