The order, which will remain in effect until at least Sept. 1, directs residents to wear masks in public indoor settings regardless of their vaccination status and encompasses students from kindergarten to college. Louisiana joins Nevada as the only states with updated mask mandates, though Nevada's order only applies to counties with high transmission rates. Data from Johns Hopkins University […]
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David Simon continues to be the ultimate brick-and-mortar believer — and is more invested than ever. The mall giant, who leads Simon Property Group as chairman, chief executive officer and president, held court on a conference call with analysts on Monday after turning in stronger second-quarter results. Simon said the lockdown lease fights with most retailers have died down and […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency investment products and funds posted outflows for a fourth consecutive week, the bulk of which came from bitcoin products, which also experienced its fourth straight weekly outflow, data from digital asset manager CoinShares showed on Monday.A representation of the virtual cryptocurrency Bitcoin is seen in this picture illustration taken June 14, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar Su/Illustration/FilesCrypto outflows […]
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Henry Fernandez is chairman and CEO of MSCI. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. The coronavirus pandemic, which left so much destruction in its wake, revealed the depths of human resiliency and ingenuity. Seemingly overnight, many of the world’s largest, most complex organizations underwent radical transformations in order to rise to the challenge. People across the globe […]
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Consumers in India will soon be able to sell their closets on the Poshmark app, as the social marketplace prepares its second global expansion this year and third overall. For the Redwood City, Calif.-based company, which opened in Canada in 2019 and Australia last February, the addition represents more than just a business move. When Poshmark launches in India by […]
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave transportation workers the option to get vaccinated by Labor Day or face weekly coronavirus testing. The mandate mirrors an order Cuomo issued for state hospital employees last week in response to the surging delta variant. The announcement follows a week that saw New York's seven-day coronavirus case count jump to 2,418, an increase of […]
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It is easy to forget how badly COVID-19 has savaged the United States since January 2020. Officially, America has had 35,039,644 confirmed cases, which is about 18% of the world total, despite large surges in high-population countries such as Brazil, India and Indonesia. The number of U.S. fatal cases is 618,197, or about 15% of the global figure. Most of […]
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Growing Covid case numbers in Ireland still loom over many businesses despite the gradual reopening of the economy. Case numbers have steadily risen in recent weeks, driven by the delta variant, with average daily numbers above 1,000. The further reopening of hospitality services has drawn criticism with the moves compared to the staggering surge in cases in late December when […]
Read more Growing Covid case numbers in Ireland still loom over many businesses despite the gradual reopening of the economy. Case numbers have steadily risen in recent weeks, driven by the delta variant, with average daily numbers above 1,000. The further reopening of hospitality services has drawn criticism with the moves compared to the staggering surge in cases in late December when […]
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