Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the Trump administration’s goal is a stable US dollar, while, separately, he notes that some foam is seeping into the stock market that has risen from its coronavirus lows to end of march. “ “Clearly there are some individual stocks, I’m not going to mention …
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As the Covid-19 crisis intensifies in the United States, the fight for an effective vaccine is about to collide with the electoral calendar. Pfizer (ticker: PFE) says it will seek authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its Covid-19 vaccine starting in October. Meanwhile, the federal government’s Covid-19 vaccine …
Read More »USA Today says Peter Navarro’s op-ed criticizing Anthony Fauci was “misleading” and did not meet “fact-check standards”
Just as the war of words between Anthony Fauci and the Trump administration seemed poised to come to a stop, things suddenly took another nasty turn. The fractured relationship between President Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for three decades and …
Read More »Airlines are taking new bailout cash as prospects worsen
Text size Daniel Slim / AFP via Getty Images American Airlines Group and other companies are queuing for more rescue funds under the Care Act, as the industry faces an increasingly precarious situation due to an increase in coronavirus cases. Five major airlines signed a letter of intent with the …
Read More »Inovio withdraws from 20-year high, as lifelong bull says he’s ‘less palatable’ after recent rally
Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. rebounded to a 20-year high in high volumes on Friday, erasing a previous sharp loss, after a longtime bull downgraded the Pennsylvania-based biotech company, and later that the company disclosed some terms of the funding agreement with the US Department of Defense announced earlier this …
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