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On Thursday afternoon, President Joe Biden announced that U.S. businesses with over 100 employees will soon need to ensure that their employees are either fully vaccinated or tested weekly. Within hours, the reaction in the political class was intense. The hashtag #wewillnotcomply was trending on Twitter, Biden was called an authoritarian and a fascist, and Republican governors and the RNC threatened legal action. Brooke Rollins, the CEO of Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute, was one… Source link

(Bloomberg) — A summer resurgence of the pandemic stoked by the spread of the delta variant is raising alarms, sparking a global stocks selloff. The U.S. warned citizens against travel to the U.K. and Indonesia amid rising infections in the two nations. Singapore will re-tighten restrictions on dining-in and social gatherings amid a record number of daily cases. Half of Australia’s population is back in lockdown after South Australia state joined Victoria and New South Wales in ordering… Source link

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers claimed a 2-1 series lead on the Phoenix Suns in the opening-round of these playoffs, and their dominance over the last two games is becoming awfully familiar to the postseason run they displayed in the bubble. Anthony Davis was the catalyst for the second straight game, producing a game-high 34 points and 11 rebounds to usher a 109-95 win at Staples Center on Thursday night. LeBron James recorded 21 points, six rebounds and nine assists. Viewed as a… Source link

Rep. Lauren Boebert on the House steps of the Capitol on Monday, January 4, 2021. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Rep. Lauren Boebert falsely claimed Texas hasn’t recorded a single COVID-19 death in two months. “Since removing the mask mandate …Texas has not reported a single COVID death,” she claimed. Data shows 3,600 Texans lost their lives to the virus since March 2, the day restrictions were lifted. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado… Source link

Stocks fell sharply Monday, tracking declines in European and Asian equities as concerns mounted over a new infectious strain of the coronavirus identified in the UK. The Dow shed more than 200 points, or 0.8%, while the S&P 500 dropped about 1% around market open. Stocks poised to benefit from an economic reopening – including airlines, cruise lines and lodging firms – fell Monday morning, unwinding some of the gains made over the past month amid rising vaccine optimism. The CBOE… Source link

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 2, 2020 — A man wearing a face mask walks past the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Dec. 2, 2020. Most Federal Reserve districts reported that firms’ outlooks remained positive, but “optimism has waned,” as COVID-19 cases continue to spike, the U.S. Fed said in its latest Beige Book released on Wednesday. (Photo by Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Liu Jie via Getty Images) The Federal Reserve on Friday loosened its restrictions on share… Source link

Stocks fell Friday morning as rising COVID-19 cases raised the specter that more restrictions would be unleashed across U.S. cities and states, threatening to crimp business activity and jeopardize the tenuous economic recovery. An apparent dispute between the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve over whether to renew some pandemic-era emergency lending programs also weighed on risk assets. Investors weighed these risks against a steady flow of positive news over a vaccine. Pfizer (PFE) and… Source link

Kelly Stafford, wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, isn’t happy with the new COVID-19 restrictions in Michigan. Kelly Stafford expressed frustration over those rules Thursday, saying she was “over living in a dictatorship.” Stafford made those comments on her Instagram live story. Her full comments read: “So I’m going to be blunt, I’m so over it. I’m so over living in a dictatorship we call Michigan. I understand there’s a pandemic, and I understand it’s very… Source link

Stock futures opened little changed Wednesday evening as investors weighed rising COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and increased restrictions against hopes for an effective vaccine. At least on Wednesday, the bad outweighed the good. The Dow posted its biggest loss in three weeks, dropping nearly 350 points, or 1.2%, amid more signs of deterioration in the battle to keep COVID-19 cases at bay. New York City, home to the largest public school system in the country, is set to end in-person schooling… Source link

An emotional Daniel Andrews has ended Melbourne’s lockdown, lifting several restrictions after the state recorded no new coronavirus cases for the first time in 139 days. The Victorian premier thanked the state’s people for staying the course as he announced Melbourne’s five million people will be able to return to pubs, cafes and restaurants alongside other social changes. It comes a day after Mr Andrews hit pause on a planned step forward on Melbourne’s road out of lockdown as he… Source link