Combatting misinformation has become one of the most important issues the medical community faces, according to experts like Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency room physician in Providence, R.I. Just as a new coronavirus variant of concern, Omicron, has been identified, the rush of information shared and discussed on social media […]
U.S. stock benchmarks suffered withering losses on Friday as stock and commodity markets plunged, after scientists detected a new COVID variant in South Africa that could be to blame for a recent sharp surge in cases, especially in Europe. U.S. markets were closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday and ended at […]
Pacific Asian Market opened its second location in Longview earlier this month at 2305 Gilmer Road. The first Longview store, 1432 McCann Road in Brookwood Village Shopping Center, remains open. Romel Igaya and his wife, Esusana, own the stores. Alongside business partners, they also own a similar grocery store in […]
Amaravati: Unbridled revenue expenditure and constricted capital expenditure have pushed Andhra Pradesh’s finances into disarray, causing a revenue deficit of a staggering Rs 26,441 crore (1,486.28 per cent over the estimate) in the year 2019-20, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has observed. The CAG strongly rebuked the state […]
Last week, you might have seen that Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) released its second-quarter result to the market. The early response was not positive, with shares down 2.7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to US$114 in the past week. It was a credible result overall, with revenues of US$7.8b and statutory earnings per share of US$0.97 […]
U.S. stocks plunged on Friday, with global markets rattled by a new coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa, which fanned concerns that new growth-crushing lockdowns could be imposed if the variant spreads widely. Trading volumes were low due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., which may have exacerbated the […]