Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, which runs Norway’s oil fund. hakon mosvold larsen/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The boss of Norway’s $ 1 trillion oil fund has said it should sell out of more companies that perform badly on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, to increase its returns. …
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“ “The global picture and the U.S. picture are both more bleak than I would have expected.” ” That’s Bill Gates, the Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +1.26% co-founder whose philanthropic foundation has long funded the global fight against infectious diseases, speaking about the coronavirus pandemic Thursday night during a virtual town …
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Neighborhoods in southeast Queens as well as Brooklyn have the highest death rates from COVID-19 in the city, according to data New York City’s health department made public for the first time on Monday afternoon. The deaths by ZIP Code offer a new window into how the coronavirus has ripped …
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“Pray for the best — prepare for the worst,” says “Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ author Robert Kiyosaki, who laid out in a tweet over the weekend how he suggests doing just that: The gloomy assessment is in line with what he’s been saying for a while. Clearly, he’s bullish on …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday tried to clarify comments he made in a Sunday interview about the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, and said he used a “poor choice of words.” At a White House news conference, Fauci, a health-policy adviser to Trump, said he wanted to clear up an answer …
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