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Covid-19 crisis pushes US higher education to brink

The coronavirus has already dealt a vicious blow to key sectors of the US economy. If the pandemic drags on into the fall, though, it’s likely to devastate yet another area that has so far escaped with minimal damage: higher education. The problems confronting the nation’s colleges and universities long predate today’s crisis. But if current trends continue, the pandemic ...

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Sunday in the park with ‘coronavirus’

The photo stopped me in my tracks: Californians jogging, walking and cycling along a crowded bike path. Surely it must have been snapped weeks ago, before “social distancing” became a phrase on everyone’s lips? No: The photo was dated March 28, almost 10 days after Governor Gavin Newsom issued a “stay at home” order to combat the coronavirus pandemic in ...

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Does Richard Branson want a Virgin Atlantic bailout?

In 2017, the British billionaire Richard Branson agreed to cut his stake in Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd to just 20% by selling one-third of the airline to Air France-KLM. In December, he had a change of heart about that 220 million-pound ($274 million) deal, and opted to keep his shareholding in the company he founded at 51%. America’s Delta Air ...

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