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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The United Kingdom warned against travel to the Chinese region of Mongolia amid a suspected outbreak of bubonic plague. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) currently advises against “against all international travel except essential travel” to the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, UK Express reported. The warning comes after a …
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While New York and New Jersey were the first virus hotspots, California, Florida, Arizona and Texas have now become the states to watch, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease doctor. . Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, called Covid-19 a “pandemic of historical …
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Moderna’s experimental vaccine for COVID-19 was shown to be safe and elicited immune responses in the 45 healthy volunteers in an ongoing early-stage study, US researchers reported Tuesday. No study volunteer experienced a serious side effect, but more than half reported mild or moderate reactions such as fatigue, headache, chills, …
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Text size Cindy Ord / Getty Images Citigroup reported better-than-expected results for the second quarter, but the news failed to raise the stock. Earnings for Citigroup (ticker: C) totaled $ 1.3 billion, or 50 cents a share, better than the 35 cents stock analysts expected, but 73% below earnings of …
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