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#BREAKING: Australian musician Thelma Plum has revealed she has tested positive for #COVID19. #9News
https://twitter.com/9NewsSyd/status/1239446346907545600
14 Las Vegas Strip hotels and casinos to close Tuesday due to coronavirus
LAS VEGAS — Fourteen resorts along the Las Vegas Strip will close temporarily, effective Tuesday, as the impact of the coronavirus on daily life significantly expands.
Wynn-Encore and MGM Resorts International announced Sunday that all of their Vegas properties would shut down as travel to the gambling and entertainment city declines. Numerous conventions have canceled their upcoming events, and many big-name shows, including Cirque du Soleil, David Copperfield and others have canceled upcoming performances.
“It is now apparent that this is a public health crisis that requires major collective action if we are to slow its progression,” Jim Murren, MGM’s chairman and chief executive said in a statement posted on the company’s investor relations website. “This is a time of uncertainty across our country and the globe, and we must all do our part to curtail the spread of this virus.”
MGM properties Aria, Bellagio, Delano, Excalibur, Luxor, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Mirage, New York-New York, NoMad, Park MGM, Signature at MGM Grand and Vdara will reopen “as soon as it safe to do so.” No time frame was suggested.
Wynn-Encore said its sister properties will close at 6 p.m. Tuesday. In a news release, the company said the shutdown was “expected to be in effect for two weeks, after which time the company will evaluate the situation.”
Wynn-Encore said the closure was “part of its continuing effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus),” and added that all full-time employees would continue to be paid.
MGM Resorts said it would continue to “support” its workers, but did not specifically say whether they would receive paychecks during the shutdown.
Caesars Entertainment, MGM’s biggest competitor in Las Vegas, hasn’t revealed its short-term plans. In a text Sunday evening, Celena Haas-Stacey, a vice president of public relations, said only that she had no further information. Shows at all 11 of its Vegas resorts have been suspended through March 31.
The Venetian, which includes the Palazzo, said Sunday evening it planned to stay open. “Our property remains open and we will continue taking the recommended precautions necessary to keep our team members and guests safe,” it said in a statement.
The closures are unprecedented. After 9/11 and during the Great Recession of the late 2000s and early 2010s, when travel to Las Vegas sharply declined, resorts remained open.
https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2020-03-15/14-vegas-strip-hotels-and-casinos-to-close-tuesday-because-of-coronavirus
James Bond Co-actress Olga Kurelenko Infected With Corono Virus
https://theindianewstoday.com/james-bond-co-actress-olga-kurelenko-infected-with-corono-virus/
https://www.instagram.com/olgakurylenkoofficial/
Locked up at home after having tested positive for Coronavirus. I’ve actually been ill for almost a week now. Fever and fatigue are my main symptoms. Take care of yourself and do take this seriously!
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BREAKING NEWS!! China sends aid to the U.S.
Jack Ma
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The first shipment of masks and coronavirus test kits to the US is taking off from Shanghai. All the best to our friends in America.
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https://twitter.com/JackMa/status/1239388330405449728
'Ndrangheta mafia 'made more last year than McDonald's and Deutsche Bank'
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Study finds crime network made billions of euros from drug trafficking, illegal rubbish disposal and other activities
The 'Ndrangheta mafia from southern Italy made more money last year than Deutsche Bank and McDonald's put together with a turnover of €53bn (£44bn), a study has claimed.
The study by the Demoskopika research institute detailed the international crime syndicate's sources of revenue, including drug trafficking – which brought in an estimated €24.2bn – and illegal garbage disposal, which earned it €19.6bn.
The southern Italian mafia earned the equivalent of 3.5% of Italy's gross domestic product (GDP) last year, said the report based on analysis of documents from Italy's interior ministry and police, parliament's anti-mafia commission and the national anti-mafia task force.
The 'Ndrangheta is thought to have about 400 key "operatives" in 30 countries, but its activities are believed to involve as many as 60,000 people worldwide, the report said.
Extortion and usury last year brought in a substantial €2.9bn, while embezzlement earned the mafia €2.4bn and gambling €1.3bn. Arms sales, prostitution, counterfeiting goods and people-smuggling were less lucrative, bringing in less than €1bn together.
The 'Ndrangheta – whose name comes from the Greek for courage or loyalty – has a tight clan structure which has made it famously difficult to penetrate.
With its network of hundreds of family gangs based around the southern region of Calabria, it is even more feared and secretive than the Sicilian mafia.
Its roots go back to a criminal association specialised in gambling, the Garduna, which was created in the Spanish city of Toledo in 1412.
It spread to Calabria, one of Italy's poorest regions, and started building up as a crime network based on kidnapping for ransom.
Pope Francis last week called on Italy's mafia groups to "stop doing evil" as he met relatives of their victims to demonstrate the Catholic church's opposition to organised crime.
"There is still time to avoid ending up in hell, which is where you are going if you continue down this path," he warned mafiosi, telling them to relinquish their "blood-stained money" which "cannot be taken into paradise".
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/26/ndrangheta-mafia-mcdonalds-deutsche-bank-study
U.S. Stock Futures Are Halted After Fed Cuts Rates. Here’s When the Rest of the Circuit Breakers Kick In.
U.S. stock futures were halted shortly after the open Sunday night after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to zero and said it would buy $500 billion of Treasuries and $200 billion of mortgage-backed securities in the coming months in an effort to support markets and an economy reeling from the coronavirus.
Until recently so-called trading curbs rarely kicked in during pre-market trading and hadn’t activated during the regular session since 1997. Market volatility tied to the spreading coronavirus and fears of its health and economic repercussions triggered trading curbs several times last week.
It takes a 5% fall from the previous session’s close to halt trading during the pre-market session. That’s what happened Sunday night. Below are the levels to watch for further broad market halts during the trading day Monday.
Level One Breach
Next is a 7% decline in the S&P 500 from Friday’s close of 2711.02. It would take a 190-point decline to 2521.25 to trigger a 15-minute halt. Trading wouldn’t be interrupted if the drop came at or after 3:25 p.m.
Level Two Breach
The next threshold is 13%. A decline in the S&P 500 by that much would similarly result in a 15-minute halt.
To trigger a level-two circuit breaker Monday, the index would have to drop 352 points to 2358.59. Trading wouldn’t be interrupted if the drop came at or after 3:25 p.m.
Level Three Breach
It takes a 20% drop in the S&P 500 to trigger a level-three circuit breaker. If this happens at any point in the trading day, market-wide trading is halted for the remainder of the day.
To hit level three on Monday, the S&P 500 would need to fall 542 points to 2168.82.
Single Stocks
A different rule covers single stocks, for which the Securities & Exchange Commission has price bands set by tier (Tier One covers members of the S&P 500, Russell 1000 and some exchange-traded products, while Tier Two covers other securities) and by price.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/u-s-stock-futures-are-halted-after-fed-cuts-rates-51584315211
CornoShiftyShit has the SHITS…
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I was informed that a former staffer who left our office 10 days ago has tested positive for COVID-19.
Although doctors believe the staffer contracted the virus after leaving my office, I'm taking additional distancing precautions, including postponing meetings and teleworking:
USDA Approves Hemp Plans For Georgia And Montana
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved hemp regulatory plans for two additional states and one Indian tribe.
With approvals for Georgia and Montana announced on Friday, that brings the total number of states that have had their proposals cleared to ten. The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe’s approval raises the number of authorized tribal plans to 12.
While USDA is still considering changes to interim federal rules for the crop since its legalization under the 2018 Farm Bill, it has systematically been approving plans submitted by states and tribes.
“USDA continues to receive and review hemp production plans from states and Indian tribes,” the department said in a notice.
Industry stakeholders have welcomed the department’s commitment to ensuring that the hemp market is supported. However, they raised a series of issues with the proposed interim final rule that USDA released last year.
USDA announced last month that it had considered the feedback and decided to temporarily lift two provisions that the industry viewed as problematic. Those policies primarily concern testing and disposal requirements. The department declined to revise the THC limit, however, stating that it’s a statutory matter that can’t be dealt with administratively.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testified at a congressional hearing last week that the Drug Enforcement Administration is partly to blame for the imposition of restrictive policies in hemp regulations.
Separately, the Food and Drug Administration submitted an update last week on the status of its regulations for hemp-derived CBD. The agency said it is in the process of determining whether the cannabis compound can be marketed as a dietary supplement, and it’s still developing enforcement discretion guidance for cannabidiol.
A public comment period was reopened indefinitely for individuals to submit feedback on the cannabis compound.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/usda-approves-hemp-plans-for-georgia-and-montana/
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US Federal Reserve ‘setting a precedent for all central banks’
The Australian Financial Review’s John Kehoe says the US Federal Reserve's decision to cut their interest rates was “a really aggressive move”.
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>US Federal Reserve ‘setting a precedent for all central banks’
🦠NYC SHUTS RESTAURANTS 💰Interest Rates Slashed to Zero 🚦Amazon Out of Goods 💻Tips for Working from Home & What to do with Your 401k
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Published on March 5, 2020 ←—– wtf?????????
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After what China did (ignored the virus outbreak in November, failed to close its borders to contain it, silenced journalists reporting on the virus & made critics vanish), they should be held responsible. All our countries’ debts to China should be wiped out. Give them nothing.