The number of global confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 climbed above 133 million on Thursday and the death toll edged closer to 3 million, as India and Brazil became flashpoints amid record death levels and concerns about the spread of more infectious variants. Brazil reported almost 4,200 COVID-19 …
Read More »How Micro Businesses Are Able To Survive A Global Pandemic
For any business in the UK right now, the outcome of any decision made should be to reduce the size of the impact on overall business and on the wider society. To be able to do this it is important to know exactly where a micro business is in regards …
Read More »: Abercrombie & Fitch is closing 7 flagships that account for 10% of global square footage but only 1% of revenue
Abercrombie & Fitch says the stores that are closing don’t accurately represent the brand. Abercrombie & Fitch Abercrombie & Fitch Inc. ANF, +1.49% will have seven fewer flagship stores by the end of January 2021, but the benefits to the business will far outweigh the loss. One store in Dusseldorf, …
Read More »Coronavirus update: Global COVID-19 cases top 38.9 million as trial of promising therapy finds it does not stop patients dying
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 world-wide climbed above 38.9 million on Friday, as a clinical trial found one therapy believed to be promising as a treatment to have no effect on mortality in hospitalized patients. The trial, conducted by the World Health Organization, found that …
Read More »Coronavirus update: Global case tally tops 35 million and doctors are alarmed that Trump’s Sunday jaunt put his security detail at risk
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed above 35 million on Monday, as doctors expressed alarm at President Donald Trump’s decision to leave his hospital bed to wave to supporters from a motorcade on Sunday, saying he has put all of the people in the …
Read More »The Tell: Pace of home-price growth is ‘unsustainable’ in many global cities, warns UBS
The view from a Brooklyn neighborhood on Tuesday. The UBS report gave a mixed picture for New York City real estate. Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic may have triggered the worst global downturn in more than 60 years, but home prices in the world’s biggest cities still have shot higher …
Read More »Coronavirus update: Global cases near 30 million; Trump contradicts CDC head on vaccine timetable and again derides face masks
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 worldwide continued to head toward 30 million on Thursday, and the U.S. case tally climbed above 6.6 million, as President Donald Trump contradicted the head of the main U.S. public health agency to insist a vaccine would be ready …
Read More »Metals Stocks: Gold falls as dollar rallies amid global, tech-led selloff
Gold futures were headed lower Tuesday as investors turned to U.S. dollars with global stocks sinking amid concerns about lofty valuations for highflying, technology-related stocks which had led the rally in equities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Gold has come under pressure as “the dollar wrestles [to] break its downtrend and …
Read More »Coronavirus update: Global cases of COVID-19 edge closer to 14 million as U.S. sets record case tally, Brazil tops 2 million
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 edged closer to 14 million on Friday, as the U.S. counted a record number of cases in a single day and regions around the world resumed restrictions on movement in a battle to contain the spread. Brazil’s case tally rose …
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