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Global Trade Management Software Market Report 2021: Market Opportunities in the Deployment of Software-as-a-Service and Cloud-Based Services - PRNewswire

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DUBLIN, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Trade Management Software Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis By Component, Deployment, Organization Size, and End User, Geography" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

In terms of revenue, the global trade management software market was valued at US$ 825.0 million in 2020 and is projected to reach US$ 1,748.4 million by 2028; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.1% from 2021 to 2028.

The sales of trade management software are largely influenced by several economic and non-economic factors prevailing across the globe. Logistics & transportation, retail & consumer goods, and automotive sectors are expected to impact the growth of the trade management software market considerably. Besides, with the increasing import and export of medical devices and drugs, the healthcare & pharmaceutical industry is creating a huge demand for trade management software market globally.

The global trade management software market is majorly driven by the ease of using the software over the complexities faced during the use of traditional trade management approach. Moreover, the increasing adoption of cloud technology across the industries is driving the market.

The integration of advanced technologies, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), advanced analytics, conversational systems, and robotic process automation (RPA), with trade management software is significantly driving the market. However, the rapidly changing nature of businesses and regulations require consistent change in technology and services. Also, the integration of advanced technologies is expected to provide substantial growth opportunity to the key players in this market.

Every business across the globe has diverse concerns related to trade management. These concerns are based on several factors including product's geographical location of sourcing, manufacturing, and shipping.

Further, import and export volume of the products; compliance and security regulations of the delivery location; the multitude of Free trade agreements and Free-trade zones (FTAs and FTZs); number of partners involved in the supply chain; and the level of internal trade know-how are other key factors.

Additionally, the need of any business may change on timely basis or depending on the location. Thus, businesses across the world are seeking for appropriate trade management solutions to simplify their global trade processes.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Introduction

2. Key Takeaways

3. Research Methodology

4. Trade Management Software Market Landscape
4.1 Market Overview
4.2 PEST Analysis
4.3 Ecosystem Analysis
4.4 Expert Opinion

5. Trade Management Software Market - Key Market Dynamics
5.1 Market Drivers
5.1.1 Complexities in Global Trade Management
5.1.2 Cost Reduction and Real-Time Visibility
5.2 Market Restraints
5.2.1 Unexpected Expenses Caused by Changes in Regulations Related to Data Security
5.3 Market Opportunities
5.3.1 Deployment of Software-as-a-Service and Cloud-Based Services
5.4 Future Trends
5.4.1 Integration of Emerging Technologies in Trade Management Software
5.5 Impact Analysis of Drivers and Restraints

6. Trade Management Software - Global Market Analysis
6.1 Overview
6.2 Global Trade management software market Forecast and Analysis
6.3 Market Positioning - Global Market Players Ranking

7. Trade Management Software Market Analysis - By Component
7.1 Overview
7.2 Trade Management Software Market, By Component (2020 and 2028)
7.3 Solutions
7.4 Services

8. Trade Management Software Market Analysis - By Deployment
8.1 Overview
8.2 Trade Management Software Market Breakdown, By Deployment, 2020 and 2028
8.3 Cloud
8.4 On-Premise

9. Trade Management Software Market Analysis - By Organization Size
9.1 Overview
9.2 Trade Management Software Market Breakdown, By Organization Size, 2020 and 2028
9.3 Small Enterprise
9.4 Medium Enterprise
9.5 Large Enterprise

10. Trade Management Software Market Analysis - By End User
10.1 Overview
10.2 Trade Management Software Market Breakdown, By End User, 2020 and 2028
10.3 Retail & Consumer Goods
10.4 Automotive
10.5 Logistics & Transport
10.6 Healthcare & Pharma
10.7 Government, Aerospace & Defense
10.8 Chemicals & Minerals
10.9 Manufacturing

11. Trade Management Software Market - Geographic Analysis
11.1 Overview

12. Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak
12.1 Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Trade Management Software Market

13. Trade Management Software Market-Industry Landscape
13.1 Overview
13.2 Market Initiative
13.3 Key Export Control Management Companies
13.4 Trade Management Solution Competition Benchmarking

14. Company Profiles

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Bamboo Rose LLC
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
Integration Point, LLC
Livingston International
MIC
Oracle Corp
QAD, Inc
QuestaWeb
SAP SE

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GOP reps question Biden admin on alleged 'political interference' in census, citing departure from estimates - Fox News

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More than a dozen House Republicans Friday are questioning Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on whether there "was any political interference" in the final census numbers used to decide how many House members each state will get for the coming decade.

The letter, first obtained by Fox News, is led by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee.

The Republican House members cited gaps between the number of House seats some right-leaning states were projected to gain -- or some left-leaning states were projected to lose -- and the final results announced this week.

They told Raimondo, overseeing the Census Bureau, that they "have questions about the methodology and the role the Biden White House may have played in releasing these numbers."

CENSUS SWEEPSTAKES: TEXAS TO GAIN 2 HOUSE SEATS WHILE NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA AMONG THE LOSERS

"The apportionment population results released by the Census Bureau are strikingly different from the population evaluation estimates released just months ago on December 22, 2020," the GOP members wrote. "Remarkably, the differences benefit traditionally blue states – which gained population compared to the estimates – over red states which tended to lose population compared to the estimates."

They added: "For example, New York was estimated to have a population of 19,336,776, but was attributed an apportionment population much greater than that of 20,215,751, a difference of nearly 900,000 individuals. Likewise, states such as New Jersey and Illinois experienced large population increases of hundreds of thousands of individuals compared to the December estimates, while states such as Arizona, Florida, and Texas experienced large decreases from the December estimates."

The House Republicans' letter was the first high-profile allegation that the Biden administration may have interfered with the census. There's been no other evidence besides the departure of the final numbers from December estimates to indicate it did.

The letter is also signed by Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; Jody Hice, R-Ga.; Glenn Grothman, R-Wis.; Michael Cloud, R-Texas; Ralph Norman, R-S.C.; Paul Gosar, R-Ariz.; Virginia Foxx, R-N.C.; Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio; Clay Higgins, R-La.; Fred Keller, R-Pa.; Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.; Andrew Clyde, R-Ga.; Scott Franklin, R-Fla.; Jake LaTurner, R-Kan.; Yvette Herrell, R-N.M.; and Byron Donalds, R-Fla.

In this image from video provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during a virtual news conference Monday, April 26. The Census Bureau is releasing the first data from its 2020 headcount. (U.S. Census Bureau via AP)

CENSUS DATA REVEALS WHAT'S BEHIND US GROWTH SLUMP

According to some estimates, Texas was set to gain three seats. It gained two instead. New York was projected by one estimate to be on the edge of losing either one or two House seats. It lost one seat but was 89 residents short of not losing any, according to census officials.

According to the Census Bureau, differences between the estimates the Republican members cite and the final census apportionment results are "typically interpreted as error in the estimates and are used to inform research and methodological improvements over the decade." But Comer and the other Republicans on the letter ask Raimondo if the break between estimates and the census results may be the result of something else.

"This trend calls into question whether there was any political interference with the apportionment results released by the Census Bureau," they write.

The GOP group asks Raimondo for a trove of documents, including communications between the Census Bureau and the White House, and whether the counting of illegal aliens in the congressional apportionment may have had an effect on the final result. Past decennial counts have counted illegal aliens.

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Former Attorney General Eric Holder, meanwhile, raised another theory as to why some states showed counts that departed from last year's estimates, according to the Washington Post. He said that former President Trump's attempts to add a citizenship question to the census may have lowered Hispanic turnout in right-leaning states with a large Hispanic population.

"I just wonder if it had the impact of suppressing the count," Holder said.

Acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau Ron Jarmin speaking as a graphic showing the U.S. population as of April 1, 2020, was displayed during a virtual news conference April 26, 2021. (U.S. Census Bureau via AP)

But Chris Dick, a former Census Bureau statistician, told the Post it's difficult to make any judgments about the cause of the unexpected numbers.

"I think we have to be careful," he told the Post. "I don’t think we have enough information to say the census was flawed, but I don’t think we have enough information to say the census was a success."

Comer and the other Republicans also raise another concern in their letter, saying their staffs were redirected to the White House for questions about the census.

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"When our staff contacted the Census Bureau on the morning of the release with questions about the apportionment count, they were referred by Census officials to the White House for questions," they told Raimondo.

The Republicans continued: "Yet the statute is clear: it is the Secretary of Commerce who reports the apportionment count to the President, not the other way around. Referring our staff’s questions to the White House about the results produced by the Census Bureau is entirely inappropriate, and raises questions about the level of White House involvement in the process."

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Data Security Market will grow by $ 2.85 Billion, 2021-2025|Increasing IT Security Budget to be Major Trend|Technavio - PRNewswire

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The market is fragmented, and the degree of fragmentation will accelerate during the forecast period. Amazon.com Inc., Broadcom Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Cloudera Inc., HP Inc., International Business Machines Corp., McAfee LLC, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., and Proofpoint Inc. are some of the major market participants. Stringent regulations regarding data protection will offer immense growth opportunities. To leverage the current opportunities, market vendors must strengthen their foothold in the fast-growing segments while maintaining their positions in the slow-growing segments.

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Data Security Market 2021-2025: Key Highlights

CAGR of the market during the forecast period 2021-2025
Detailed information on factors that will assist data security market growth during the next five years
Estimation of the data security market size and its contribution to the parent market
Predictions on upcoming trends and changes in consumer behavior
The growth of the data security market
Analysis of the market's competitive landscape and detailed information on vendors
Comprehensive details of factors that will challenge the growth of data security market vendors

Table of Contents:

Executive Summary

Market Landscape

Market ecosystem
Value chain analysis

Market Sizing

Market definition
Market segment analysis
Market size 2020
Market outlook: Forecast for 2020 - 2025

Five Forces Analysis

Five forces summary
Bargaining power of buyers
Bargaining power of suppliers
Threat of new entrants
Threat of substitutes
Threat of rivalry
Market condition

Market Segmentation by Deployment

Market segments
Comparison by Deployment
On-premises - Market size and forecast 2020-2025
Cloud-based - Market size and forecast 2020-2025
Market opportunity by Deployment

Customer landscape

Geographic Landscape

Geographic segmentation
Geographic comparison
North America - Market size and forecast 2020-2025
Europe - Market size and forecast 2020-2025
APAC - Market size and forecast 2020-2025
South America - Market size and forecast 2020-2025
MEA - Market size and forecast 2020-2025
Key leading countries
Market opportunity by geography
Market drivers
Market challenges
Market trends

Vendor Landscape

Overview
Landscape disruption

Vendor Analysis

Vendors covered
Market positioning of vendors
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Broadcom Inc.
Cisco Systems Inc.
Cloudera Inc.
HP Inc.
International Business Machines Corp.
McAfee LLC
Microsoft Corp.
Oracle Corp.
Proofpoint Inc.

Appendix

Scope of the report
Currency conversion rates for US$
Research methodology
List of abbreviations

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Dow Jones Drops 200 Points As Stock Market Sells Off; Apple Hit With Antitrust Case - Investor's Business Daily

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Key market indexes extended their losses midday Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 200 points as Chevron and Apple weighed.

The S&P 500 fell more than 0.6%, the Dow Jones industrials lost 0.6% and the Nasdaq gave up nearly 0.5% in the stock market today. Small caps tracked by the Russell 2000 slumped 0.8%. Volume was lower on both major exchanges vs. the same time Thursday.

For the week, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are on track for flat to slight gains. But the Dow is headed for a 0.7% loss.

In 2020, tech stocks boosted the Nasdaq to a 43.6% gain — its fifth best year ever. The S&P 500 rose 16.3% in 2020 and the Dow added 7.2%. After a strong start this year and a short correction, the market has rebounded near record highs. Read The Big Picture for more detailed daily market analysis.

Covid-19-Update

The Covid-19 pandemic has roiled the U.S. economy, as nationwide lockdowns have passed the one-year mark. But many states are relaxing restrictions and cases are starting to plateau or decline in some states as vaccinations roll out.

U.S. Stock Market Today Overview
Index	Symbol	Price	Gain/Loss	% Change
Dow Jones	(0DJIA)	33845.33	-215.03	-0.63
S&P 500	(0S&P5)	4185.72	-25.75	-0.61
Nasdaq	(0NDQC )	14017.26	-65.29	-0.46
Russell 2000	(IWM)	226.22	-1.77	-0.78
IBD 50	(FFTY)	46.70	-0.50	-1.06
Last Update: 12:08 PM ET 4/30/2021

Cumulative Covid-19 cases worldwide have topped 151 million, with more than 3 million deaths, according to Worldometer. In the U.S., cases have surpassed 33 million with over 589,000 deaths, although the number of new cases in the U.S. has slowed dramatically in many states.

As countries rush to vaccinate their populations, Pfizer (PFE) partner BioNTech (BNTX) leapt 6% in heavy trade to a new high. Shares are now about 46% extended from a 131.10 buy point of a consolidation.

Moderna (MRNA), whose Covid-19 vaccine also has FDA emergency use approval, rose 3.5%. The biotech's stock is about 4% away from a 189.36 buy point of a cup base. Moderna raised manufacturing goals for its vaccine on April 29. The company expects to make 800 million to 1 billion doses this year and 3 billion next year.

Dow Jones Movers

Chevron (CVX) gapped down and skidded 3% in heavy volume to test its 50-day moving average. Shares are working on a seven-week flat base with a 112.80 buy point, according to MarketSmith chart analysis. Chevron stock is about 7% away from the entry.

The oil giant reported mixed Q1 results early Friday as earnings missed but sales topped views. It earned 90 cents a share on revenue of $31.7 billion. Analysts expected 95 cents on revenue of $30.9 billion.

Among other blue chip losers, Dow Inc. (DOW) and IBM (IBM) fell more than 2% each. Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Visa (V) gave up nearly 2% apiece.

Apple (AAPL), which trimmed a bigger earlier loss to 0.4%, is on pace for a fourth straight decline. The stock is slightly below a 135.63 buy point of a cup with handle it briefly cleared Thursday. Apple reported blowout quarterly results late Wednesday.

The European Commission hit Apple with antitrust charges over its distribution of music streaming apps. That could lead to fines of up to 10% of the iPhone maker's total annual revenue and changes to its App store rules.

Blue chip gainers included Amgen (AMGN) and Merck (MRK), up more than 1% each.

Outside The Dow

Oil and gas, solar and travel booking stocks led the downside among IBD's 197 industry groups. Automakers, steel and utility stocks were among the few groups bucking the decline.

In the automaker group, Tesla (TSLA) rallied nearly 4% in fast turnover to retake its 50-day line. Shares are building the right side of a new cup with handle, offering a 780.89 buy point. But it is a late-stage base.

Amazon (AMZN) rose 2% in huge volume, on track to extend its win streak to six. Amazon stock remains in potential buy range from a 3,436.03 buy point of a handle. The buy zone tops out at 3,607.83. A slightly higher entry also awaits at 3,552.35, a dime above the left side high.

Late Thursday, the e-commerce giant reported Q1 results that beat Wall Street targets on both the top and bottom lines. Amazon delivered adjusted earnings of $15.79 a share on revenue of $108.5 billion. Analysts expected $9.54 on revenue of $104.5 billion, according to FactSet. Amazon also guided for higher-than-expected Q2 revenue.

AstraZeneca Soars

AstraZeneca (AZN) gapped up and soared nearly 5% in fast turnover, retaking its 200-day line for the first time since January. AstraZeneca stock remains about 17% off its 52-week high.

The U.K.-based drugmaker's Q1 results topped views, thanks to strong sales of its cancer-treating drugs. Its coronavirus vaccine also contributed $275 million in sales. But its raised guidance for 2021 excludes the impact of the vaccine. AstraZeneca sells its Covid vaccine outside the U.S.

The Innovator IBD 50 ETF (FFTY) dipped 1%, on track for a fourth straight decline. BioNTech and Cricut (CRCT) soared more than 5% each, but 360 DigiTech (QFIN), At Home Group (HOME) and Louisiana Pacific (LPX) weighed.

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Betting market surged ahead of Trey Lance pick by San Francisco 49ers in NFL draft - ESPN

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Trey Lance went from underdog to favorite to be the No. 3 pick quickly Thursday afternoon, with a rush of betting action on the quarterback out of North Dakota State hitting sportsbooks leading up to the NFL draft.

Lance was as high as a 15-1 underdog to be taken third in early April, but his odds improved dramatically Thursday afternoon. He closed as the consensus favorite.

The betting market was proved correct when the San Francisco 49ers selected Lance with the third pick and settled the most volatile and most heavily bet proposition wager of the draft.

Alabama quarterback Mac Jones and Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields had been the top two favorites to go third for much of the past three weeks. At Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill, Jones eventually emerged as a -300 odds-on favorite entering draft day. Lance began the day as a 3-1 underdog. That changed in just a few hours Thursday afternoon.

A flurry of betting action showed up on Lance -- and against Jones -- early in the afternoon, shortly after NFL Network reporter Daniel Jeremiah said on "The Pat McAfee Show" that he was hearing that the North Dakota State quarterback would be the 49ers' pick.

At 2 p.m. Thursday, DraftKings took a $75,000 bet on Lance to go third at even money, according to a company spokesperson. When it was over, Lance had gone from a 3-1 underdog to closing as a -180 favorite.

The afternoon flurry of action caused sportsbook PointsBet to halt betting on multiple proposition offerings, including the No. 3 pick and the over/under on Jones' and Lance's draft positions. More money was bet on Jones to go No. 3 than any other player at most sportsbooks.

The betting interest on the odds to be the No. 3 pick topped all other draft propositions offered at sportsbooks. More than twice as much money was bet on the No. 3 pick as any other draft offering at William Hill. FanDuel said the odds on the No. 3 pick was its most heavily bet market of the draft as well.

"We took a strong position early in the day yesterday on Lance and took plenty of money on Mac Jones at plus-money," FanDuel sportsbook director John Sheeran told ESPN. "So, the result was positive one for us overall.

"Customers definitely won Round 1, which isn't that surprising given the top of the draft pretty much went to play."

Trevor Lawrence closed as a massive -10,000 favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick, and some bettors were willing to risk a lot to win a little that the Jacksonville Jaguars would take the Clemson quarterback.

PointsBet reported taking an $18,000 bet on Lawrence to be the top pick at -10,000 odds. The bettor won a net $180 when the Jaguars selected Lawrence with the first pick.

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A third of Basecamp’s workers resign after a ban on talking politics. - The New York Times

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About a third of Basecamp’s employees have said they are resigning after the company, which makes productivity software, announced new policies banning workplace conversations about politics.

Jason Fried, Basecamp’s chief executive, detailed the policies in a blog post on Monday, calling “societal and political discussions” on company messaging tools “a major distraction.” He wrote that the company would also ban committees, cut benefits such as a fitness allowance (with employees receiving the equivalent cash value) and stop “lingering and dwelling on past decisions.”

Basecamp had 57 employees, including Mr. Fried, when the announcement was made, according to a staff list on its website. Since then, at least 20 of them have posted publicly that they intend to resign or have already resigned, according to a tally by The New York Times. Basecamp did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mr. Fried and David Hansson, two of Basecamp’s founders, have published several books about workplace culture, and news of their latest management philosophy was met with a mix of applause and criticism on social media.

After the newsletter Platformer published details of a dispute within the company that contributed to the decision to ban political talk, Mr. Hansson wrote in another blog post that Basecamp had offered severance of up to six months of salary to employees who disagreed with the founders’ choice.

“We’ve committed to a deeply controversial stance,” Mr. Hansson, Basecamp’s chief technology officer, wrote. “Some employees are relieved, others are infuriated, and that pretty well describes much of the public debate around this too.”

Coinbase, a start-up that allows people to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, announced a similar ban last year, with a similar offer to give severance to employees who disagreed. The company said 60 of its employees had resigned, about 5 percent of its work force.

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Joe Biden's mask-wearing doesn't have to be political - CNN

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The key part of the guidance was this: "Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask outdoors, except in certain crowded settings and venues." Which Biden paraphrased this way in his speech: "Starting today, if you're fully vaccinated, and you're outdoors ... and not in a big crowd, you no longer need to wear a mask."

And yet, Biden wore a mask when he walked up to make the announcement -- although, when he finished his remarks, he did not put it back on until he went back inside.

Which conservatives, um, took notice of.

"Biden wears face mask outdoors to hail CDC guidelines that say you no longer need to," read the headline on the New York Post's piece on the seeming contradiction.

"Biden Wears Masks Outside, Alone," was the Breitbart headline.

"Why did Biden walk to the podium outdoors wearing a mask to announce that we no longer have to wear masks outdoors," tweeted conservative Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen.

For his part, here's how Biden explained his thinking in an exchange with a reporter after the announcement.

Reporter: "You chose to wear a mask as you walked out here. What message were you sending by wearing a mask outside alone?"

Biden: "By watching me take it off and not put it back on until I get inside."

Which means this: Biden wanted to send a symbolic message. He wanted to wear the mask out, take it off and not put it on again -- showing people that it is OK to do just what he did. Whether you dismiss that move as political theatrics, virtue signaling or using the White House bully pulpit effectively seems to, largely, depend on what political party you identify with most closely.

Which honestly is ridiculous -- and speaks to what I believe is one of the most harmful aspects of Donald Trump's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic as president: The politicizing of mask-wearing.

Biden, it's worth noting, drew criticism from both ends of the mask debate during his speech to Congress on Wednesday night. Some questioned why he wore a mask at all given that the vast majority of members of Congress are vaccinated and social distancing protocols were being enforced. Others fretted about the message Biden sent by chumming around with members -- in close quarters -- after the speech.

"He walked in, had his mask on, and only took it off to speak, which we have seen him do over and over again," principal deputy White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Thursday. "So, there's nothing new there. People were socially distanced."

You'll remember that Trump spent months downplaying the need to wear a mask.

In fact, the day -- yes the SAME day -- that Trump announced in April 2020 the CDC's updated guidance on the necessity of wearing mask, said this of his own plans: "I don't think I'm going to be doing it. Wearing a face mask as I greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens -- I just don't see it."

He also refused to allow himself to be photographed wearing one. On a trip to a Ford plant in May 2020, Trump was asked why he wasn't wearing a mask and said that he "didn't want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it."

Then on Memorial Day, the President retweeted this from Brit Hume in which the Fox News personality appears to mock former Vice President Joe Biden for his appearance while wearing a black mask during a wreath-laying ceremony.

Even during the general election debates with Biden, Trump defaulted to using mask-wearing as a political weapon. "I wear masks when needed. When needed, I wear masks," Trump told debate moderator Chris Wallace, adding: "I don't have -- I don't wear masks like him. Every time you see him, he's got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away from them and he shows up with the biggest mask I've ever seen."

This is the context into which all of Biden's actions -- and public pronouncements -- on masking (and Covid-19 protocols more generally) land. An environment poisoned with politics by his predecessor.

Here's what we need to work to remind ourselves of: Mask wearing should NEVER have had any political significance to it. It is a public health matter, not a political one. Always has been. And always should be.

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Biden's First 100 Days Are the Third Best … in the Stock Market - Chief Investment Officer

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The first 100 days of a presidency have long been the first milestone to see how the Oval Office occupant is doing. While the effectiveness of President Joe Biden’s policies will take a while to gauge, he has scored a big win in stock market terms.

Under Biden, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has marked its third best showing for a president’s initial 100 since the beginning of the 20th century, according to LPL Financial’s chief market strategist and financial historian, Ryan Detrick. The Dow, during the most recent such span, ending Thursday, has advanced 9.9%, LPL found.

The all-time champ was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who had a 75.1% Dow surge. He took office in 1933, amid the Great Depression, and pushed a flurry of plans through Congress. FDR launched New Deal programs to hire the jobless, support farmers, and build infrastructure. These moves buoyed a gloomy public, providing a sense that something was happening to help the stricken economy.

The second best Dow performer, at 13.8%, was William Howard Taft, in 1909. Taft succeeded the celebrated Theodore Roosevelt, and vowed to continue his antitrust campaign and tariffs, both popular issues. The nation was climbing out of the Panic of 1907, and optimism was in the air.

(It’s unclear why LPL didn’t include William McKinley, who took office in 1897, a year after the Dow began.)

OK, the link between governmental action and the stock market is tenuous. Right now, the public mood has improved as prospects for the economy brighten and growing vaccinations prompt hope that the pandemic’s end is in sight. Sure, the economic improvement and vaccine availability began under President Donald Trump, and one can argue—and Republicans do—that Biden is just the passive beneficiary of those forces.

At the same time, however, Biden has indeed been busy on the legislative front, and his proposals have polled well. He enacted a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. And he has assembled a massive infrastructure spending bill (which also contains social service provisions the GOP dislikes), and a plan to tax wealthier Americans more heavily to help pay for it.

“President Biden has been quite kind for stocks,” LPL’s Detrick wrote in his report. He added that although not everybody likes Biden, “the stock market doesn’t have many issues with him.”

Overall, the Dow has averaged 4.3% for the first 100 days of a new president. Plus, the index has been positive over that spell for five of the past six presidents. (Exception: Barack Obama in 2009, losing 1.2%, with the global financial crisis still raging.)

How do the presidents stack up when sorted into parties? The first 100 days under a Democratic president were much better, up 10.3% on average, compared with a 0.2% loss for a Republican president.

How Politics Saves Lives - The New York Times

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Good morning. We look at an Ebola epidemic that didn’t happen.

On a Sunday in July 2014, a man boarded a plane in Monrovia, Liberia, and flew to Lagos, Nigeria. He felt sick with a fever when the trip began and was in worse shape by the time he landed. The Nigerian authorities took him to a hospital, where doctors eventually diagnosed Ebola.

From that first patient, infections soon began to spread in Lagos, which is Africa’s most densely populated city. It was the most terrifying period during any Ebola outbreak, Dr. Thomas Frieden, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has said.

But two months later, the crisis was over. Nigeria had no more Ebola cases, and fewer than 10 people, including the man from Liberia, had died. How did Nigeria prevent an epidemic? It wasn’t science, or at least not science as people typically define it. It was more basic than that.

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Nigeria succeeded through a combination of good governance and organizational competence. Officials conducted roughly 18,500 in-person interviews with people potentially exposed to the Ebola virus and then moved those who seemed to be at risk into isolation wards. They were released if they tested negative and moved to a different isolation ward if they tested positive.

More recently, these same kinds of logistics have helped some countries fare better against Covid-19 than others. Canada has suffered only 37 percent as many deaths per capita as the U.S., thanks partly to tighter travel restrictions. Vietnam and some other Asian countries benefited from intense early contact tracing. Britain and Israel are now doing better than continental Europe not because of laboratory discoveries but because of more effective vaccine distribution.

The pattern extends far beyond infectious diseases like Covid and Ebola. The greatest human accomplishment of the last century is the near doubling of life spans, as Steven Johnson argues in the cover story in this weekend’s Times Magazine. Johnson refers to it as “Our Extra Life.” It is all the more remarkable when you consider that average longevity barely budged — around 35 years — for most of recorded history, into the 18th century.

Since then, science has played a crucial role in progress, including the development of antibiotics, vaccines and drugs to treat cancer and heart disease. Yet scientific discoveries often take decades to affect most people’s lives. And basic health measures, like hand washing, are sometimes even more important. Johnson writes:

Those breakthroughs might have been initiated by scientists, but it took the work of activists and public intellectuals and legal reformers to bring their benefits to everyday people. From this perspective, the doubling of human life span is an achievement that is closer to something like universal suffrage or the abolition of slavery: progress that required new social movements, new forms of persuasion and new kinds of public institutions to take root.

A 92-year-old woman in London participating in a dance movement psychotherapy session. — Lynsey Addario for The New York Times

Politics as a lifesaver

I wanted to highlight Johnson’s essay, because I think it sheds light on many of the world’s biggest challenges today, like Covid and climate change. On their face, they might seem to be technical problems. In truth, they are more political than technical.

Scientists have already invented amazing Covid vaccines; the question is how quickly the world can produce and dispense them. Scientists have also developed technologies that produce energy with relatively little pollution. Yes, further technical progress is important, but the bigger question is when political leaders and voters will decide to prioritize the fight against climate change.

A similar dynamic also applies to many big economic questions. There isn’t a big mystery about how to reduce inequality and lift living standards for most Americans. Raising taxes on the wealthy, which are historically low, and devoting the money to everyone else would make a real difference. But that doesn’t mean it will happen.

Americans sometimes like to dismiss politics as a grubby business that is disconnected from the things that really matter — science, health and everyday life. And while politics certainly can be grubby, it also remains the most powerful mechanism for human progress.

For more:

The story of Nigeria’s success against Ebola appears in a new report, “Epidemics That Didn’t Happen,” from the public health group Resolve to Save Lives.
The latest issue of The Times Magazine focuses on health, and it includes articles on how long human beings might be able to live, by Ferris Jabr; the racial longevity gap in Chicago, by Linda Villarosa; and more.

THE LATEST NEWS

The Virus

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Latin America is facing a vaccine shortage and recorded more than a third of global Covid deaths last week.
More than 100 U.S. colleges will require in-person students to be vaccinated.
How to begin to say “I love you” after a year? Nursing home residents are finally seeing their families.
Virus resources: How to get used to life (outdoors) without a mask.

Politics

President Biden — who was the first senator to endorse Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential bid — met with Carter, 96, and his wife, Rosalynn, 93, in Georgia.
Florida’s bill limiting absentee ballots is the latest Republican effort to restrict voting.
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill to clean up drinking water, a moment of bipartisan cooperation.
Biden is pitching his economic agenda as a way to compete with China and contain Russia, The Times’s David Sanger explains.
How Chuck Schumer plans to shepherd the Biden agenda through the Senate: Try for bipartisanship but prepare for a fight. (Schumer is on the latest episode of Ezra Klein’s podcast.)

International News

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At least 44 people died in a stampede at an ultra-Orthodox celebration in Israel. Tens of thousands of people attended, despite Covid concerns.
Under pressure from the Kremlin, Aleksei Navalny’s opposition network is closing its offices.
Lawyers in Central America are calling attention to a long-ignored killing in Honduras, hoping to increase protections for transgender people.

Opinions

The government should pay Americans to get vaccinated, Slate’s Ben Mathis-Lilley argues.
The bioethicist Nancy Jecker disagrees, writing that persuasion campaigns can have a more lasting impact.

Morning Reads

María Medem

After: Reflections on how to live when we emerge from the pandemic.

Modern Love: The UPS man became an emotional lifeline.

A Times classic: Take the dialect quiz to see how your speech shows where you’re from.

Lives Lived: After being eliminated early in the 1948 London Olympics, Clara Lamore Walker gave up competitive swimming. Then, in her 50s, she made an astonishing comeback. She died at 94.

ARTS AND IDEAS

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Live entertainment is coming back

“We’re already seeing all kinds of live performance starting to return,” our colleague Michael Paulson, who covers theater, says. “The rules are changing fast, and vary across the U.S.”

Theaters have reopened in Chicago, Houston, San Diego and other cities. In New York, several venues — including the Shed, the Guggenheim Museum and some Off Broadway theaters — are welcoming audiences, and Shakespeare in the Park will return this summer. “There’s a little more every week,” Michael says.

Last week, the soprano Renée Fleming gave a performance in Manhattan that The Times’s Julia Jacobs called a success and an example of challenges that live performances face: Organizers spent $2,500 on Covid tests.

“Wow, applause!” Fleming said after her opening number. “Very exciting.”

Uncertainty still abounds. The early shows will sell only limited tickets, which means the economics won’t add up for many venues. But audiences seem to want to return, Michael told us: “People are hungry to go out.” — Claire Moses, Morning writer

PLAY, WATCH, EAT

What to Cook

Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Monica Pierini.

Make chicken katsu and a tangy sauce that’s also good on rice or veggies.

Rising Stars

After scene-stealing turns in alt-comedies like “Shrill” and “Search Party,” Patti Harrison is a revelation in her first starring role, in the movie “Together Together.”

What to Read

Books by Stacey Abrams, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Michael Lewis are among 15 new reads for May.

Late Night

The hosts talked about Senator Ted Cruz.

The News Quiz

Take this week’s News Quiz — with graphics! — and compete with other Times readers.

Now Time to Play

The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were attacking and tacking. Here is today’s puzzle — or you can play online.

Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Tomato type (four letters).

If you’re in the mood to play more, find all our games here.

Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you Monday. — David

P.S. Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a Times White House reporter, has for years been getting calls meant for Roller World, a beloved Massachusetts rink with a similar phone number. “I kind of have a script,” he told Boston magazine.

You can see today’s print front page here.

There’s no new episode of “The Daily.” Instead, listen to the final episode of “Odessa.” On “Still Processing,” Cathy Park Hong discusses finding healing in rage.

Lalena Fisher, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Sanam Yar contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com.

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U.S. President Joe Biden used his first address to a joint session of Congress to a call for “a once-in-a-generation investment in our families,” outlining trillions of dollars in new spending for infrastructure, child care, paid leave, community college tuition, and subsidies for working-class families.

In India, the second wave of the coronavirus has grown into a tsunami, with the country setting records for the world’s highest number of daily cases and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government coming under increasing pressure.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a rising tide of allegations of “sleaze” after a former aide accused him of pursuing plans that were “unethical, foolish, possibly illegal.”

These were among the topics of this week’s most compelling political images.

President Biden Delivers First Address To Joint Session Of Congress

Los Angeles Expands Tiny Home Village Project To House Homeless

India Fights to Stem the World’s Biggest Surge in Covid-19 Cases

Italy's PM Draghi to Tell Parliament How He’ll Spend Billions in EU Aid

Orly Airport Implements 'TousAntiCovid' Coronavirus Tracing App

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