It is set to be a moderate start to a great earnings week. US stock futures were down at the start of a week, which will see a number of report results from big names, including Tesla TSLA, + 0.01%, Microsoft MSFT, -0.51% and United Airlines UAL, -1.65%. The race …
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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 …
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Text size Mladen Antonov / AFP / Getty Images As the new coronavirus pandemic continues in the U.S., people yearn for a victory after Washington’s spectacular failures to secure adequate supplies of test kits and personal protective equipment. Success depends on whether any of the candidates for the fast-track Covid-19 …
Read More »Vaccine Hopes Boost Earnings for European Stocks and US Stock Futures
Tourists stroll through the center of Rovinj on the Istrian peninsula in the Adriatic Sea on July 4, 2020. Denis Lovrovic / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images European stocks rose Wednesday, and US equity futures also rose as investors accepted positive news about a candidate for the coronavirus vaccine. The …
Read More »Vaccine Hopes Boost Earnings for European Stocks and US Stock Futures
Posted: Jul 15, 2020 at 3:59 am ET European stocks rose Wednesday, and US equity futures also rose as investors accepted positive news about a candidate for the coronavirus vaccine. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index FXXP00 It was up 0.8% after a 0.8% loss on Tuesday. The index is barely …
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