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Desperate families searching for critical Covid-19 medication in China, faced with bare pharmacy shelves and an explosion of cases, are being driven into murky online marketplaces rife with price gouging and fraud. Beijing last month abruptly tore down its hallmark zero-Covid virus containment policy, lifting widespread restrictions that had triggered nationwide protests and stifled the […]
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Dec 7 (Reuters) – More than two years after China re-entered their market, U.S. corn exporters are finally being displaced by Brazilian ones as the No. 2 exporter’s shipments to China are set to explode this month. Nine vessels totaling 606,540 tonnes of Brazilian corn were set for sail to China this month, […]
U.S. dollar banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken, February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register HONG KONG, July 11 (Reuters) – The dollar climbed to a 24-year high on the yen on Monday after Japan’s ruling conservative coalition’s strong election showing indicated no change to loose monetary […]
BROOKLINE, Mass. — There has been drama at this U.S. Open from the moment players arrived on property. Before it started, it wasn’t about the golf. It was about the state of golf. Now, it’s about the golf, with a leaderboard that has a mix of stars, up-and-comers and a few who-are-they contenders. So what […]
After sinking almost 20 percent from a record and flirting with a bear market, the S&P 500 saw a broad-based rally. By Rita NazarethBloomberg Published On 13 May 202213 May 2022 Stocks bounced back at the end of a chaotic week in financial markets, with a little help from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s reassurance that […]
In New York City, many neighborhoods where shootings have long been part of the fabric of daily life — largely lower-income with predominantly Black and Latino residents — bear the brunt of the pandemic’s sustained spike in gun violence. Last weekend, 29 people were shot, including two patrons at a bar in Queens; a man […]
“You use the quiet periods to do the hard work. You don’t use the quiet to forget.” JENNIFER NUZZO, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, on how she believes the United States could be using a time of falling Covid cases to prepare for a possible next wave.
The U.S. homeownership rate had its largest-ever annual increase in 2020, according to a recent report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). However, mirroring historical trends, White families became homebuyers at a much higher rate than racial minorities, specifically Black families, during that time . . .
The numbers: The U.S. trade deficit jumped 7.1% in January to $107.6 billion and hit a new all-time high for the second month in a row, reflecting huge American appetite for imported goods such as autos and oil. The deficit rose from a revised $100.5 billion in December. Last year, the U.S. posted the highest […]
The Valero St. Charles oil refinery is seen during a tour of the refinery in Norco, Louisiana August 15, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Nov 11 (Reuters) – A Valero refinery outside of New Orleans recently produced lung-damaging soot at rates that exceeded federal limits while outpacing other major U.S. refineries, according to disclosures by state and […]