“We’re not having super spreader events because we have quite stringent public health measures,” Dr. Shahab is keeping a close eye on the situation in the Northwest zone, which has 198 active cases, and Far Northwest, which has 65 active cases, due to increased spread of the P.1 variant. …Read the full story
France’s CAC 40 dipped nearly 0.2% to 6,374.45 in early trading, while Germany’s DAX fell 0.2% to 15,375.92. The market’s most anticipated economic data of each month, it showed employers added just 266,000 jobs in April, far fewer than the 975,000 jobs that economists were expecting. The Fed has been holding short-term rates at a […]
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged up 0.4% to 28,729.22, while the Shanghai Composite was little changed but inched up to 3,418.95. Many will be from countries where people have been vaccinated, while the rollout has been extremely slow in Japan, with about 3% of the population inoculated so far. The S&P 500 index rose 0.7% […]
Dogecoin lost more than a third of its price on Sunday, after Musk called it a ‘hustle’ during his guest-host spot on the “Saturday Night Live” comedy sketch TV show. …Read the full story
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 318.19 points to a record close of 34,548.53. …Read the full story
BMW said that its sales in China nearly doubled in the quarter to 230,120 vehicles, partly reflecting the shutdowns in early 2020 as China was hit first by the pandemic. The earnings underscored the German auto industry’s strong connections with China; competitor Volkswagen said Wednesday that it recorded a 61% increase in first-quarter unit sales […]
This spring, he sold his luxury townhouse and jetted off to the desert sheikhdom of Dubai to start a new life with his family. Sales of Dubai’s upscale properties, once slow, soared 230% in the first quarter of 2021, compared to the same period last year. A record-breaking 90 properties worth 10 million dirhams each […]
After the first positive, the 17-year-old tested negative twice, leading him to believe he’d had a false positive. “He was a man among boys a lot of the nights. In 2019, Sillinger was selected to represent Canada’s U17 squad and he was named assistant captain. …Read the full story
The Delhi government, in association with a non-profit organization, has kitted out more than a dozen autorickshaws with hand sanitizers and face masks, while oxygen cylinders are provided on a need basis. “We must all help each other out at this time of need to get out of this situation,” said Kumar, who wears a […]
The state-run Cuban News Agency cited Habanos officials at the event on Tuesday as saying that sales in Europe and Asia-Pacific had risen 2% and 10%, respectively. This March 1, 2013 file photo shows a worker selecting cigars at the H. …Read the full story
Germany’s DAX lost 0.6% to 15,143.42 while the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.2% higher, to 6,317.39. In Asian trading Tuesday, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 0.7% to 28,557.14 and the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.6% to 7,067.90. Stocks have been grinding higher on expectations of an economic recovery and strong company profits this year as […]
Bitcoin prices continued their rebound Monday, rising about 4% to nearly $59,000. Ethereum, or ether for short, hit a new record high Monday of about $3,200. Musk’s Tesla and software firm MicroStrategy have bought bitcoin to hold on their balance sheets. One NFT piece by digital artist Beeple sold for nearly $70 million at a […]
Markets have mostly climbed in recent weeks as investors remain optimistic that the pandemic is slowly and steadily coming to a close, at least in the United States. Despite the decline, the S&P 500 ended April with a 5.2% gain, its best month since November 2020, when Biden was elected. Under Biden, the Dow notched […]
“Strong U.S. The S&P 500 rose 28.29 points to 4,211.47 after hitting an intraday record of 4,218.78, while the Nasdaq composite was up 31.52 points at 14,082.55 after posting an intraday high of 14,211.57. …Read the full story
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 164.55 points at 33,820.38. In a statement Wednesday, the Fed expressed a brighter outlook, saying the economy has improved along with the job market. He aims to pay for the US$1.8 trillion in additional spending with higher taxes on the wealthy, although Bangsund noted it […]
France’s CAC 40 gained 0.3% in early trading to 6,291.87, while Germany’s DAX edged up 0.2% to 15,279.81. Japan’s Nikkei 225 added 0.2% to finish at 29,053.97, while South Korea’s Kospi slipped 1.1% to 3,181.47. The slow pace of coronavirus vaccinations in some parts of Asia, including Japan, and a surge of cases in India […]
But that wasn’t enough to prevent the sector from being the biggest laggard on the day as Oceanagold Corp. The Federal Reserve will give its assessment of the state of the economy on Wednesday but the central bank isn’t expected to suggest any near-term shift from its support of monetary stimulus. In New York, the […]
