“ ‘No one should think the government can wave a wand an all of sudden the economy is anything like it was before this happened.’ ” — Bill Gates That is billionaire Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft MSFT, +0.00% and noted philanthropist during a 26-minute interview on CNBC on Thursday. Gates, who boasts a […]
Getty Joe Biden has unveiled two proposals in what he calls a step towards easing the “economic burden on working people” in the wake of Bernie Sanders‘ exit from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, but the moves are far more conservative than the ones at the centre of his progressive rival’s campaign and […]
In his 2014 book “The Loudest Voice in the Room,” journalist Gabriel Sherman reported that top Fox News executives meet every morning to strategize about how the network can angle its daily coverage to advance the Republican Party’s political agenda. After first downplaying the threat of the coronavirus, then accusing Democrats of overhyping it to […]
Dr. Denis Vincent was in the business of smiles. His patients say he was a talented dentist, but remember him most vividly for his gift of making others feel good. “You knew he had competency, but he was also a people person. He made you feel at ease,” said longtime patient Anne Bethune. “You know […]
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is the latest iconic New York City location to be repurposed as a field hospital to assist the city in handling the increased capacity of hospital beds needed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of confirmed cases in the city reached 80,204, and the number of deaths 4,260, […]
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Silicon Valley sage John Chambers is usually a sunny sort. But COVID-19 has him expecting the worst over the next nine months to a year. The legendary tech executive–turned–venture capitalist predicts the health and economic crisis will take three to five quarters to run its course, and any economic uptick won’t occur until at least […]
Dozens of for-profit colleges that are among those most likely to benefit from stimulus funding face thousands of claims from students demanding their money back because they say they were defrauded, according to analysis prepared for MarketWatch. Some of the schools eligible for bailout funds also face federal scrutiny for mismanaged funds, while others have […]
With more than 400,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 14,000 deaths in the United States, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Americans are souring on President Trump’s leadership during the pandemic. After a brief period during which some polls found more Americans approving of Trump’s coronavirus response than not, half of them (50 percent) now […]