The World Health Organization said the United States could become the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, as New York state suffered another quick and brutal rise in the number of infections ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-25
The Dow soared on Tuesday to its biggest one-day percentage gain since 1933, after US lawmakers said they were close to a deal for an economic rescue package in response to the coronavirus outbreak, i ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-25
The best definition of a leader I have ever heard is the person who knows what to do in a given situation. A simple exposition of something that we recognize the moment that it is said. I remember, as ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-24
Nearly one in three Americans was under orders on Sunday to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as Ohio, Louisiana and Delaware became the latest states to enact broad restriction ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-23
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy rose in the last 24 hours by 427 to 3,405, overtaking the total number of deaths so far registered in China, Reuters reports. Thursday’s figure ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-20
US President Donald Trump will cancel an in-person meeting of G7 leaders at Camp David in June because of the coronavirus and will hold a video-conference instead, Reuters reports. White House economi ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-20
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday announced 10,491 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 3,404 from its previous count, and said the death toll had risen by 53 to 150, ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-20
US President Donald Trump said he would back the government taking stakes in certain companies as the coronavirus outbreak upends the nation’s economy, Reuters reports. Asked if he supported the feder ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-20
US President Donald Trump has pledged to give every adult American a US$1,000 check as part of efforts to stimulate economic growth. The plan, to benefit over 250 million citizens, would be the bigges ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-20
US stocks deepened their selloff on Wednesday and the Dow erased virtually the last of its gains since President Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, as the widening repercussions of the coronavirus pand ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-19
US President Donald Trump moved on Wednesday to accelerate production of desperately needed medical equipment to battle the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reports. Scrambling to address the virus after ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-19
The US Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation providing billions of dollars to limit the damage from the coronavirus pandemic through free testing, paid sick leave and expanded safety-n ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-19
Joe Biden was headed to a blowout victory over Bernie Sanders in Florida’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, moving him closer to clinching the nomination to face President Donald Trump in N ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-18
The Trump administration pursued a US$1 trillion stimulus package to buttress an economy hit by coronavirus fears that could deliver US$1,000 checks to Americans within two weeks, Reuters reports. Wit ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-18
Major US airlines sought a government bailout of more than US$50 billion in the wake of a steep falloff in travel demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reports. Airlines for America, the trade ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-17
US stocks fell sharply on Monday, with the Dow plunging nearly 3,000 points, as worries intensified about the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic despite fresh monetary easing moves by the Fed ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-17
Google said on Saturday that it is working with the US government to develop a nationwide website that would help Americans with questions about coronavirus symptoms, risk factors and testing. “We are ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-16
2014年5月13、14日小欄淺淺寫過《法蘭西馬克思》，那陣子我們俱在追看Thomas Piketty的Cap ...全文
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered panic-selling in stock markets around the world. In the United States, the Federal Reserve intervened and slashed interest rates by half a percentage point last wee ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-13
