Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell makes no secret of his admiration for Alan Greenspan. And now, more than half-way through Powell’s four-year term, his Fed is looking a lot like that of the man once dubbed the monetary maestro. It is a Fed that, …
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BOSTON – Gas prices in Massachusetts are down a penny this week. AAA northeast reports that self-serve, regular unleaded is selling for an average of $2.15 per gallon. That price is two cents higher than a month ago and seven cents below the national …
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(CNN) The US should be performing as many as 200 million Covid-19 tests every month well into next year to have any chance of controlling the pandemic, experts say in a new report. That number is far beyond the country’s current capacity, according to the …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) shares closed down almost 3% on Wednesday, extending this week’s slump that has wiped around $13 billion from its market capitalisation, as investors fretted about the conglomerate’s exposure to sliding …
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Shares in AstraZeneca fell on Wednesday after the drugmaker said it has paused late-stage trials of its coronavairus vaccine candidate following an unexplained illness in one of the trials’ volunteers. AstraZeneca AZN, -0.79% said it was a “routine action” and …
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