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ARIZONA, United States — (The Conversation) Rose Gagnon could not hug her grandchil...

Rose Gagnon could not hug her grandchildren for several months. Not being able to see and touch her loved ones every day because of COVID-19’s soci

Rose Gagnon could not hug her grandchildren for several months. Not being able to see and touch her loved ones every day because of COVID-19’s soci

Print After years of complaints being blown around about gas-powered leaf blowers, representatives of several local groups have begun meeting to explore forming a coalition to combat the noise and environmental effects. About 14 people, including members of several organizations along with other residents, participated in a May 7 Zoom meeting. Many expressed support for forming a coalition to promote a ban on gas-powered blowers, while others were hesitant, citing concerns about economic equity...

Global stock markets are rebounding, although investors’ jitters remain. In the U.S. JPMorgan’s CEO Jaime Dimon doesn’t expect the equities market to correct or decline in the coming months. Other finance experts like Dimon predicts sustained economic recovery. They believe that even without the Biden administration’s massive stimulus program and infrastructure spending, people can expect a post-virus economic boom. The S&P/TSX Composite Index hasn’t dropped below 19,000 since toppi...

(Alec Favale/Unsplash) Peter Andersen, a Boston-based money manager, started 2021 feeling upbeat. “I think this is going to be one of the historic recoveries, up there with the end of major wars,” he told MarketWatch around the turn of the year. “There’s enormous demand from consumers. Can you imagine when we get the all-clear and start moving back toward normalcy?” But three months into the year, Andersen is glum. In an interview last wee...

A disgruntled Swede has sought asylum in Denmark, after claiming he “couldn’t stomach” the people in his homeland any longer. According to Politiken, life in Sweden got too much for the man, who skipped the country in search of a better existence elsewhere. “He turned up at the council offices in Sonderborg after arriving there by train. I’m not quite sure of the deeper reasons for him seeking asylum, but he said he couldn’t stomach Swedes,” said Peter Andersen of the Foreigners U...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy at Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University view more  Credit: Aarhus University In the span of only 15 years, a small academic elite has increased its share of academic citations significantly. In the year 2000, 14 per cent of all citations went to the top one percent of the most cited researchers. New research shows that this figure had risen to 21 per cent in 2015. The people behind these remarkable findings are senior r...

Reply The site of the proposed Lilac Hills Ranch development near Valley Center, which voters rejected in 2016 and the Board of Supervisors rejected again in 2020. (Photo: Jamie Scott Lyle/Voice of San Diego) January 13, 2021 Theres this thing called carbon offsets, and San Diego County might not be able to make mandated greenhouse gas cuts without them, even though that very program is what tripped up its previous climate action plans. Subscribe The Board of Supervisors kicks off the effort to...

Dow ends lower, but near record levels amid historic impeachment vote in Washington MarketWatch 1/13/2021 MARKET SNAPSHOT U.S. stocks mostly booked modest gains Wednesday, amid a historic House vote on impeaching President Donald Trump, one week before he is set to leave office. Stocks struggled for direction Tuesday, flipping between modest gains and losses before finishing to the upside, allowing the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to avoid their first back-to-back losses of 2021. Stocks ...