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US GDP plunged nearly 35% as over 50 M Americans filed unemployment

Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 32.9 percent in the second quarter of 2020, according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP decreased 5.0 percent. Department of Labor released the data which shows that another 1.4M Americans filed unemployment claims last week. It is an increase of 12,000 from the ...

Google, Amazon, Apple & other tech companies participated in a teleconference with White House

The FINANCIAL -- Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Twitter, and other tech companies participated in teleconference planned by White House. U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael ...

Tornadoes kill at least 24 in Tennessee and leave about 50,000 customers without power

The FINANCIAL – The devastation came overnight on the day Tennessee participated in the Super Tuesday presidential primary. East Nashville residents only had 6 minutes to prepare and get to safety. ...

President Trump puts VP Mike Pence in charge of US coronavirus response

The FINANCIAL -- President Trump announced in a Wednesday night press conference that he was putting Vice President Mike Pence "in charge" of coronavirus prevention efforts. The President did not ...

Suicide bomber blows himself up near U.S. Embassy in Tunisia

The FINANCIAL – A man has blown himself up near the US embassy in Tunisia leaving at least five people wounded. The attack took place in the business district of the Lac, an area in the east of ...

Facebook cancels F8 developer conference will Apple do the same?

The FINANCIAL -- Facebook announced that its annual developer conference, F8, will be canceled due to coronavirus fears. Instead of the F8 event the company would organize "a combo of locally hosted ...

Amazon opens first cashier-less Amazon Go Grocery store

The FINANCIAL -- The online retailing giant - Amazon opened its first-ever full-size, cashier-less grocery store. Just Walk Out Technology automatically detects when products are taken from or ...

Kodak will receive $765 million loan to launch Kodak Pharmaceuticals

At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Chief Executive Officer Adam Boehler will today sign a letter of interest to provide a $765 ...

United Airlines Q2 revenue reports 87% decline

United Airlines (UAL) today announced second quarter 2020 financial results, the most difficult financial quarter in its 94-year history, with a net loss of $1.6 billion, and an adjusted net loss¹ ...

Bank of America's Q2 profit plunged over 50%

Bank of America reported its second-quarter 2020 financial results today. "It is the most tumultuous period since the Great Depression for Bank of America", says its CEO Brian Moynihan. The fall in ...

116 members of Congress demand to end transgender military ban

Trump announced the transgender ban in July 2017. On April 12, 2019, the Trump administration banned transgender individuals from serving openly in the military. The Pentagon argues the policy is ...

What Trump Said About China

The FINANCIAL -- “China’s pattern of misconduct is well known. For decades, they have ripped off the United States like no one has ever done before. Hundreds of billions of dollars a year were ...

IMF Executive Board Approves a US$ 520 Million Disbursement to Jamaica to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic

The FINANCIAL -- The Jamaican authorities have adopted timely and targeted measures to boost health spending and mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic, supporting jobs and vulnerable segments ...

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US GDP plunged nearly 35% as over 50 M Americans filed unemployment

Google, Amazon, Apple & other tech companies participated in a teleconference with White House

Tornadoes kill at least 24 in Tennessee and leave about 50,000 customers without power

President Trump puts VP Mike Pence in charge of US coronavirus response

Suicide bomber blows himself up near U.S. Embassy in Tunisia

Facebook cancels F8 developer conference will Apple do the same?

Amazon opens first cashier-less Amazon Go Grocery store

Kodak will receive $765 million loan to launch Kodak Pharmaceuticals

United Airlines Q2 revenue reports 87% decline

Bank of America's Q2 profit plunged over 50%

116 members of Congress demand to end transgender military ban

What Trump Said About China

IMF Executive Board Approves a US$ 520 Million Disbursement to Jamaica to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic

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