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Asian stocks continue to rise on Wall Street on stalled US bets.

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Asian stock markets strengthened on Thursday, while bonds held big gains as investors waited for a clear outcome of the US election, with the possibility of a policy stale seemingly welcomed by Wall Street overnight. MSCI’s broader index of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan added 0.5% to its highest …

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COVID Vaccine Deliveries On Ice As AstraZeneca Waits For Trial Data

[ad_1] REUTERS: A summer drop in coronavirus infections in the UK has delayed test results for AstraZenca’s potential COVID-19 vaccine, prompting the drugmaker to delay deliveries of injections to the government of the United Kingdom. Britain’s vaccine chief said on Wednesday that it would receive just 4 million doses of …

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‘Vote and go home,’ say eager voters on Election Day

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: She carefully planned a five-hour trip to the polling place in her hometown of Tennessee to vote on Election Day. He considered the traffic, the weather, the growing coronavirus pandemic and – something he never imagined having to contemplate – the possibility of civil unrest after the US …

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