President Donald Trump invoked the the Defense Production Act to force General Motors to produce ventilators despite previously insisting that doing so was not necessary. Trump recently touted offers from GM and Ford to voluntarily help build the critical an…
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Month: March 2020
Can Big Tech “Solve” a Pandemic? Should It?
The assembly plant of the Bell Aircraft Corp. at Wheatfield, New York, near Niagara Falls, in the 1940s. Please, Lets Stop the Epidemic of Armchair Epidemiology Why Did Tech Companies Stockpile Millions of Medical Masks? W…
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Amid coronavirus outbreak Trump erupts at GM and Ford over needed ventilators
At President Trump’s urging, automakers have mobilized with astonishing speed to help medical equipment makers produce much-needed ventilators and masks to fight the coronavirus. But, but, but: With pressure mounting as the pandemic spreads and mixed signals…
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In The Covid Crisis, The Common Worker Is Our Hero
A freight truck near Zernsdorf, Germany. Truckers and other common laborers are keeping us alive and … [+] fed and functioning in this pause to contain the virus. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Copyright 2014 Bloomberg Finance LP Everything wrong…
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Stocks To Watch: Investors Stay The Distance
Welcome to Seeking Alpha’s Stocks to Watch – a preview of key events scheduled for the next week. Follow this account and turn the e-mail alert on to receive this article in your inbox every Saturday morning. A podcast of Stocks to Watch is also available on …
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