Traffic Deaths Fell But Fatality Rate Spiked During Coronavirus Lockdowns October 2, 2020 U.S. traffic deaths fell during the coronavirus lockdowns but drivers engaged in riskier behavior as the fatality rate spiked to...
Meat Packing Plant Owners Defend Operations During Pandemic July 27, 2020 By Michael Hirtzer and Isis Almeida As part of an investigation into the spread of coronavirus at U.S. meat plants, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory...
Robots Gain as Pandemic Lockdowns, Safety Issues Cause Factories to Automate July 21, 2020 By Rajesh Kumar Singh While a resurgence in coronavirus cases in Texas has brought many businesses to a screeching halt, eight robots have kept...
Lloyd’s Insurers Get Ready to Re-Open in September After Coronavirus Lockdown June 18, 2020 Clear screens on underwriting boxes, temperature-check thermal cameras and a click and collect take-away catering service are among changes Lloyd’s...
Federal Reserve Warns of ‘Long Road’ Ahead to Economic Recovery June 15, 2020 By Ann Saphir, Jonnelle Marte and Lindsay Dunsmuir The Federal Reserve expects household finances and business balance sheets to suffer “persistent fragilities” as a result of the shock...
Coronavirus Lockdowns Substantially Slowed the Pandemic, Research Says June 8, 2020 New research shows that the restrictive measures taken around the world to slow the spread of the coronavirus have delivered...
Why We Can’t Wait Until It’s Safe to Lift Lockdowns: Opinion May 12, 2020 By Faye Flam, Bloomberg Opinion Officials in the U.S. have undermined hopes of a successful economic reopening because they’ve garbled public messaging, never clearly explaining...
Lessons on Trade-Offs From the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Viewpoint April 9, 2020 By John Kemp LONDON — Lockdowns have brought most of the world’s advanced economies to a near standstill as policymakers fight the coronavirus...
Western Supply Chains Begin to Buckle on Expanding Coronavirus Lockdowns March 23, 2020 By Jonathan Saul, Sonya Dowsett and Lisa Baertlein Freight carriers are struggling to deliver goods by land, sea or air as the coronavirus pandemic forces Western governments to...
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Says Coronavirus Lockdown to Last Until June March 23, 2020 By Andrea Shalal and Susan Heavey The lockdown affecting large segments of the American public to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus is likely...