Early detection, better data and preventative measures could reduce costs considerably Disease-carrying mosquitoes, crop-ravaging rodents, forest-eating insects and even the domestic cat are all “exotic” intruders whose cost to …
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Mass transit isn’t getting much use during the pandemic, but Canada wants to be sure it’s eco-friendly when the crisis is over. The Canadian government plans to invest $2.75 billion …
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A health worker applies a Sinovac’s CoronaVac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine on an elderly citzen in Sao Goncalo near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 18, 2021. Ricardo Moraes | Reuters …
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(Bloomberg) — For once, Main Street is beating Wall Street. In a matter of weeks, two hedge-fund legends — Steve Cohen and Dan Sundheim — have suffered bruising losses as …
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Call them the Reddit Rich. GameStop’s parabolic stock surge over the past two weeks, driven partly by the Reddit Wallstreetbets crowd, has created more than $2 billion in personal wealth …
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Indonesia’s rupiah could rise further as billions of foreign funds return, says central bank governor
Indonesian rupiah notes. Adek Berry | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — The Indonesian rupiah is expected to strengthen further against the U.S. dollar as foreign investors pile billions back …
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It took evolution 3 or 4 billion years to produce Homo sapiens. If the climate had completely failed just once in that time then evolution would have come to a …
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Text size A man charging his electric car at Nissan’s global headquarters in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images Electric vehicle makers, as a group, are worth more …
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Firefighters ride a boat beneath an underpass while conducting search and rescue after heavy rain resulted in flash floods in Washington, DC, U.S. September 10, 2020, in this still image …
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The UK’s flagship airline, British Airways (BA), intends to begin settlement discussions later this year relating to a massive data breach that occurred in 2018. The legal firm responsible for …