As the Internal Revenue Service starts cutting a second round of direct relief checks, the waiting may be the hardest part for people who just want their cash — or badly need it to cover basic living costs. The waiting is also a critical part, according to new research from …
Read More »CityWatch: Increased wait times for COVID-19 test results coincide with higher rates of infection among younger people
The average New Yorker is now getting their COVID-19 test results back in three days, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday, as the city works against a national “logjam” in diagnostic testing. This week, test result time has started to “rapidly” decrease in New York City, de Blasio said, …
Read More »Dispatches from a Pandemic: ‘We are now experiencing the aftershock’: As Italy’s death toll exceeds 10,000, Italians wait for the coronavirus surge to finally peak
Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images A mural dedicated to all Italian medical workers depicting a nurse cradling Italy and reading ‘To All Of You… Thank You!’, on a wall of Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Italy. Bergamo is the epicenter of Italy’s hardest-hit region, Lombardy. The Italian government continues to enforce …
Read More »Mnuchin says broad economic response to coronavirus will have to wait, backs smaller plan
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday a robust economic stimulus won’t be able to pass Congress quickly and threw his support behind a smaller measure designed to help small businesses and workers grappling with the coronavirus outbreak. “The president very much wants to consider a stimulus bill, whether it …
Read More »Need to Know: Wait for these signals to buy coronavirus-battered stocks, says BNY Mellon strategist
President Donald Trump’s coronavirus press conference has not stemmed the global equity slide as world-wide infections climb and U.S. stocks have tumbled into correction territory. Our call of the day comes from BNY Mellon’s chief strategist Alicia Levine, who has advice for those wanting to know when to buy beaten-down …
Read More »Don’t Wait
I talk about this subject a lot in my book, Cozy White Cottage. The subject of “Don’t Wait” is really important to me. That phrase can mean many different things to many different people at many different seasons of life. Right now, & in my book, don’t wait to me …
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