Teddy Schleifer, “finance and influence” editor at technology news website Recode, on Wednesday tweeted out a link to his story about how Bill Gates is working to convince his fellow billionaires to donate more in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. The Microsoft MSFT, -1.46% co-founder suggested the creation of …
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US authorities warned Wednesday that Chinese hackers were attempting to steal coronavirus data on treatments and vaccines, adding fuel to Washington’s war with Beijing over the pandemic. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said organizations researching COVID-19 were at risk of “targeting and network compromise” by …
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The COVID-19 outbreak is bringing more people into the digital fray and providing a further tailwind to e-commerce growth. In Latin America alone, 13 million Visa Inc. V, -1.16% cardholders made e-commerce transactions for the first time ever during the March quarter, the company’s Chief Product Officer Jack Forestell told …
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Oil prices failed to find support on Wednesday, even after U.S. government data showed an unexpected weekly decline in domestic crude supplies, along with a fall in stocks at the Cushing, Okla. storage hub. “Any further upside [for prices] will be rather tepid from here,” said Tariq Zahir, managing member …
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Telemedicine is no longer just for millennials. The coronavirus pandemic is driving a surge in companies offering online medical consultations as patients and health care workers are forced to seek new ways of interacting. And the big winners will be private equity and venture capital firms that have already identified …
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“ “I have never made myself out to be the end all and only voice in this. I’m a scientist, a physician and a public health official. I give advice according to the best scientific evidence.” ” That’s Dr. Anthony Fauci, responding Tuesday to a rebuke by Sen. Rand Paul …
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While airlines are providing refunds when they cancel flights, very few carriers are doing so when a customer proactively chooses to cancel a trip because of the coronavirus outbreak, a new report from a group of Democratic lawmakers charges. U.S. Senators Edward Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal and Kamala Harris …
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Dear Moneyist, I owe back child support for a son from my first marriage, and so I have not received a stimulus check. Does President Trump not realize I now have another family to take care of? They need me now. If I can’t feed my family, I will do …
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Tesla Inc. escalated a showdown with local health authorities and reopened its Fremont, Calif., car-making plant beyond minimal operations. Chief Executive Elon Musk earlier Monday vowed on Twitter to reopen the plant, Tesla’s TSLA, -0.99% sole U.S. car-making facility, in defiance of a regional shutdown order to curb the spread …
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