Shares of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, + 7.93% rose 6.2% in afternoon trade, to add $ 91.3 billion to the cloud and e-commerce giant’s market capitalization, after MKM Partners analyst Rohit Kulkarni raised his price target by a 33% citing the company as a dual beneficiary of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon’s …
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Italian coast guard struggles to free sperm whale from fishing net
Divers from the Italian coast guard work to free a sperm whale caught in a fishing net in the sea north of the Aeolian Islands of Sicily in this still image taken from a video, July 19, 2020. Italian Coast Guard / Brochure via REUTERS ROME (Reuters) – The Italian …
Read More »Florida teachers union files lawsuit to prevent DeSantis from reopening its schools as coronavirus cases increase
One of Florida’s largest teacher unions filed a lawsuit Monday to arrest Governor Ron DeSantis and state education officials for the “reckless and unsafe” reopening of schools for face-to-face classes amid growing cases of coronavirus. Florida Education Associated (FEA) filed the lawsuit in Miami state circuit court against DeSantis, Commissioner …
Read More »UK coronavirus vaccine elicits immune response in early test
LONDON, England – Scientists at the University of Oxford say their experimental coronavirus vaccine was shown in an initial trial to elicit a protective immune response in hundreds of people who received the vaccine. British researchers began testing the vaccine in April on about 1,000 people, half of whom received …
Read More »Antonio Brown tweets that he has finished playing soccer
It is not the first time that Brown has threatened to withdraw. Last September, he said he would no longer play after being cut by the New England Patriots, as the parties haggled over guarantees on his contract. Before that “retirement,” Brown threatened to resign amid a dispute with the …
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