September 2, 2020 – Icarus Signals. The home of economic insight

Lockdowns and Mask Mandates Do Not Lead to Reduced COVID Transmission Rates or Deaths, New Study Suggests

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A new National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper by Andrew Atkeson, Karen Kopecky, and Tao Zha focused on countries and U.S. states with more than 1,000 COVID deaths…

China Punches Oz’s Biggest Grain Exporter as Tensions Rise

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We've reported here, many times, the rising tensions between the US-allied countries and their opposing economic force in China. Recently, China begun proceedings to investigate alleged dumping of Australian wine…

ICARUS EXCLUSIVE: ASX.WTC – WiseTech

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Well, this is never a pleasant article to write, but more pleasant than the dollar impact to my portfolio by going short on WTC last week. From close of trade…

Unilever to Drop Fossil Fuels from Cleaning Products by 2030

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(Reuters) - Unilever Plc (L:ULVR) said on Wednesday it would invest 1 billion euros to eliminate fossil fuels from its cleaning products by 2030, cutting down on carbon emissions created…

European Shares End Choppy Session Lower, Tech Outperforms

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(Reuters) - European shares fell for a fourth straight session on Tuesday due to losses in British blue chips and weak euro zone inflation data, while the technology sector outperformed…