This $9,800 technology could help university students learn and explore things from a more visual perspective.
The sweeping reform bill would nullify the new wave of voter restrictions that Republicans are pushing at the state level.
"It's getting f*** ridiculous."
All my infected exes live in Texas. Or so it may be, a panicked Trevor Noah noted tonight, as he lamented the decision by Texas, Mississippi and a handful of other states to life the pandemic restrictions. “New infections are kicking up,” Noah said, warning that “before new variants do us in,” it is important […]
The For the People Act, also known as H.R. 1, would provide sweeping reforms on redistricting, absentee voting, voting rights and election security.
(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell with U.S. futures Thursday after an overnight surge in sovereign bond yields once more dragged down shares on Wall Street. Treasuries held those losses and the dollar ticked higher.China led losses amid the worst drop in MSCI Inc.’s Asia-Pacific gauge this week. The technology sector struggled while real estate, finance and energy shares outperformed, part of a global shift to value segments. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures dipped after a slump in the indexes took the tech-heavy gauge to a two-month low. Declines in Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. outweighed gains in banks and energy producers.Australian bonds tumbled after benchmark Treasury yields approached 1.5% in U.S. trade. A market gauge of inflation expectations over the next five years hit its highest level since 2008. Traders also assessed data pointing to an uneven economic recovery from the depths of the pandemic.The rise in inflation expectations and long-term borrowing costs is stoking concern that equity markets may wobble after a prolonged rally. Investors are trying to assess central banks’ appetite to buy more longer-dated bonds to keep financial conditions loose. The focus turns to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s upcoming comments, after Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said the recent climb in yields reflected economic optimism.“Inflation is a concern; there is a lot of money sloshing around the system and it makes sense to have some sort of a correction right now,” said Shana Sissel, Spotlight Asset Group chief investment officer. “And bond yields going up is the market’s implicit way of tightening since the Fed has made it clear they don’t have the intention of doing so.”Read: U.S. Inflation Expectations Hit Decade High as Yields ResurgeDemocratic leaders in the Senate are working to consolidate support for the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, which is expected to bolster economic expansion. The U.S. economy expanded modestly in the first two months of the year and vaccinations are supporting business optimism, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book.Elsewhere, oil was above $61 a barrel as investors waited for the result of a critical OPEC+ policy meeting later Thursday. Bitcoin retained recent gains to trade around $50,000.Some key events to watch this week:OPEC+ meeting on output Thursday.U.S. factory orders, initial jobless claims and durable goods orders are due Thursday.Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks Thursday.The February U.S. employment report on Friday will provide an update on the speed and direction of the nation’s labor market recovery.These are some of the moves in markets:StocksS&P 500 futures fell 0.6% as of 12:50 p.m. in Tokyo. The S&P 500 fell 1.3%. The Nasdaq 100 lost 2.9%.Japan’s Topix index fell 1.3%.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index fell 1%.South Korea’s Kospi index slid 1.5%.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lost 2.3%.Shanghai Composite was down 1.6%. The CSI 300 Index lost 2.7%.CurrenciesThe yen traded at 107.06 per dollar.The offshore yuan was at 6.4763 per dollar.The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose less than 0.1%.The euro traded at $1.2054, down 0.1%.BondsThe yield on 10-year Treasuries was steady at 1.48% after rising nine basis points.Australia’s 10-year bond yield rose 11 basis points to 1.79%.CommoditiesWest Texas Intermediate crude added 0.5% to $61.57 a barrel.Gold was 0.2% lower at about $1,709 an ounce.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
It’s been almost exactly 30 years since the release of Janet, the fifth studio album from Janet Jackson—and the one that launched her from “second best-known musical superstar of the Jackson family” to “first-name basis with the entire planet” status. Preceded by a massive bidding war, and followed by record-breaking chart success, the album was a mission statement for Jackson’s career—not just in its swerve toward direct confrontations with sex and intimacy, but in its self-confident assertion that this was Janet’s album, with Jackson writing and co-producing every single track.
A total of 20 zero-emission Hyundai NEXO hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles have been registered and are set to hit the road in March as part of the ACT government fleet.
By forging key partnerships with filmmakers, financiers and distributors through the years, The Exchange, founded by veteran sales executive and CEO Brian O’Shea, has grown to become a leading worldwide sales and finance company. Together with VP of acquisitions & production Caddy Vanasirikul, and the rest of the team, The Exchange has backed a diverse slate of films that […]
Maxime Comtois (Anaheim Ducks) with a Goal vs. St. Louis Blues, 03/03/2021
If the deal is approved, Mercy would operate as a full-service, acute care hospital.
Mar. 3—Toledo-based Welltower Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), said it is largely severing its relationship with financially troubled Genesis HealthCare, an operator of rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, and assisted-living complexes in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, which Welltower has been connected to for 10 years. In April, 2011, when it was named Health Care ...
Mar. 3—COLUMBUS — Making its biggest statement yet in the wake of a $61 million Statehouse bribery scandal, the Ohio Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to kill a controversial $1 billion bailout of two northern Ohio nuclear power plants. The chamber, however, kept the portion of the now tainted House Bill 6 passed in 2019 that provides $20 million a year to support qualifying utility-scale ...
Residents in eastern Kentucky fled from rising floodwaters this week after the Kentucky river burst its banks, damaging structures including a school in Lost Creek, located in Breathitt County.This footage, recorded on March 2 by Justina Mullins Salyers, shows how floodwaters filled the halls of Riverside Christian School, overturning furniture and leaving the hallways waterlogged. When she visited on Tuesday, the school’s gym was still filled with water.“This is really just heart-wrenching seeing this,” said Salyers.On Tuesday, mandatory evacuations were issued in Breathitt County, as the region suffered some of the worst flooding in decades. Credit: Justina Mullins Salyers via Storyful
The latest heavy-duty launch vehicle prototype from SpaceX soared flawlessly into the sky in a high-altitude test blast-off on Wednesday from Boca Chica, Texas, then flew itself back to Earth to achieve the first upright landing for a Starship model. It was the third such landing attempt to end in a fireball after an otherwise successful test flight for the Starship, being developed by SpaceX to carry humans and 100 tons of cargo on future missions to the moon and Mars. For Musk, the billionaire SpaceX founder who also heads the electric carmaker Tesla Inc, the outcome was mixed news.
Mar. 3—Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court welcomes a new judge this month. Joshua J. Sánchez will take the bench on March 15 after being appointed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. He fills the vacancy created when Judge Courtney Weaks was elected to the 2nd Judicial District Court last year. Metro Court spokeswoman Camille Baca said Sánchez previously worked at the Law Offices of Michael S. ...
At least 38 protesters were killed by Myanmar security forces on Wednesday, the highest number since a Feb. 1 military coup, according to a United Nations official.
Mar. 3—Crowded homes, limited water and electricity, and an underfunded health system have fueled COVID-19 infections in the Southwest's tribal communities. To help tackle these inequities, Community Organized Relief Effort, or CORE, builds small shelters on Navajo and White Mountain Apache homesites to prevent vulnerable residents from contracting and spreading the virus. The 120-square-foot ...
Mar. 3—Scott Sampson was four years old when he learned to spell the word paleontology. The next year, he knew he could become a doctor of paleontology. "I was one of those kids that just knew," he says. "I still love these dinosaurs and I've spent a big chunk of my life, living in tents and digging up old bones. It's a wonderful trip for me." Today, Sampson is not only a doctor of ...
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