Gold futures took a small gain on Friday to stop a third consecutive slide, but the advance of the precious metal for the day was not enough to prevent the first back-to-back weekly declines since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March . Experts say a resurgence in US dollar investors …
Read More »Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine could be authorized by October, analysts say
Text size Jeenah Moon / Getty Images Pfizer hopes to get emergency food authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its Covid-19 vaccine, produced in collaboration with BioNTech, in October – a timeline that is possible, and not the only positive for the biotech industry, according to a Mizuho …
Read More »A tidal wave of news about covid vaccine is on the market
Text size Data from BioNTech and Pfizer were particularly promising. Jeenah Moon / Getty Images After a hiatus from a late summer break, the news of a Covid-19 vaccine is heating up again as a handful of leading programs are rapidly moving to a decisive phase. Reports from several companies …
Read More »CureVac and EU in advanced talks for 225 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine
Shares of CureVac NV rose Thursday after the German biotech company said it was in advanced talks to deliver at least 225 million doses of a potential Covid-19 vaccine to EU member states. CureVac said talks with the EC, the executive arm of the European Union, include an option to …
Read More »Alibaba earnings analysts have cheered ‘V-shaped recovery’, but stock falls
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said most of its companies are now back to “healthy growth” as China recovers from the COVID-19 crisis. The Chinese e-commerce giant topped revenue and revenue expectations with its fiscal report in the first quarter beginning Thursday, although its shares were 1.6% off in midday trading. …
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