Month: September 2021

Westend61 Panic selling often happens during stock market dips, and those who dump investments may later regret their decision.  The bigger issue, however, is getting back into the market after a “freak out,” according to research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Panic selling is predictable,” said co-author Chi Heem Wong, researcher at MIT, and there
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a news conference about the House vote on H.R. 3755, the “Women’s Health Protection Act” legislation to “establish a federally protected right to abortion access” at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 24, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters House Democrats on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation to protect abortion
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Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin on the set of ABC’s The View. Jeff Neira | Disney General Entertainment Content | Getty Images Two hosts of ABC’s “The View” tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday moments before a sit-down interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.  Host Sunny Hostin and guest host Ana Navarro are fully vaccinated
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Passengers wearing protective masks wait to board a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airlines have banned hundreds of passengers for unruly behavior since the start of the pandemic. Delta Air Lines wants carriers to
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President Joe Biden on Friday blamed unvaccinated Americans for slowing down the U.S. economic recovery, accusing some elected officials of actively trying to undermine the administration’s efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Biden’s comments came hours after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved distributing Pfizer and BioNTech’s booster shots to roughly 60 million
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In this article PFE Lisa Wilson receives a shot of the Pfizer vaccine at a mobile COVID-19 vaccination site in Orlando, Florida. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images A key Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group unanimously voted Thursday to recommend distributing Pfizer and BioNTech‘s Covid-19 booster shots to older Americans,
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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who has been selected to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Susan Walsh | AP CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky insisted Friday she didn’t overrule a vaccine advisory committee by expanding the
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In this article NKE Pedestrians walk past the American multinational sport clothing brand, Nike store and its logo seen in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut | LightRocket | Getty Images Nike shares dropped in extended trading Thursday after the sneaker giant reported quarterly revenue that missed analysts’ expectations, due to softening demand in North America. Its
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held benchmark interest rates near zero but indicated that rate hikes could be coming sooner than expected, and it significantly cut its economic outlook for this year. Along with those largely expected moves, officials on the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee indicated they will start pulling back on some of
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The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Federal Reserve will likely start to tiptoe into the unknown before the end of the year. Central bank officials indicated Wednesday that they’re ready to begin “tapering” — the process of slowly pulling back the stimulus they’ve provided during the
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