What a long, strange trip it’s been. After the end of a long bull market a short bear market, and then a furious rally, the Nasdaq Composite is back in positive territory for the year. The tech-heavy index is up 31% over the last six weeks. Officially, it’s up .08% in …
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Less than three weeks after a soon-to-expire U.S. benchmark futures contract made history by trading below zero dollars for the first time ever, there are signs that the market may soon shift from a surplus to a shortage of crude, one analyst argued Thursday.
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This Sunday will be a Mother’s Day like no other. With restaurants closed and stay-at-home orders in place, there’ll be no brunches or large family gatherings. For the local flower industry, though, Mother’s Day is as busy as ever. Like many other businesses, …
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – The University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine are implementing expense-reduction strategies due to significant financial losses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Two of the changes include furloughs and …
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May 3rd, 2020 by Alex Voigt. Or: why Elon Musk is excited about a technology that has been known for such a long time. Complexity is a vulnerability, and having 1 part instead of 70 single parts eliminates 69 opportunities for something to go wrong.
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