Text size fake pictures Shares of AstraZeneca rose on Thursday as new drug sales helped the British pharmaceutical giant exceed expectations in the second quarter. Late-stage trials for its experimental coronavirus vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, have also begun in the UK, Brazil and South Africa, the company …
Read More »Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterates his support for multilateral cooperation
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the opening ceremony of the fifth annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank via video link in Beijing, capital of China, on July 28, 2020. Xinhua News Agency | fake pictures Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday affirmed his country’s commitment to work with …
Read More »Stocks expected to rise on Friday after four tech giants post solid gains, Nasdaq futures gain 1%
Saul Loeb | AFP | fake pictures Stock futures rose Thursday night, preparing Wall Street to end the week on a high note as some of the biggest tech stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet and Apple) reported quarterly results that exceeded high expectations. Nasdaq 100 futures were trading 1.2% higher. Dow …
Read More »Coastal flooding puts 20% of the world economy at risk by 2100, according to a new report
Residents take pictures and explore the catastrophic damage of downtown Sanford following extreme flooding across central Michigan on May 20, 2020 in Sanford, Michigan. Matthew Hatcher | fake pictures According to the new report published Thursday in Springer Nature, up to 20% of the world’s gross domestic product could be …
Read More »Weekly Unemployment Claims in US Rise Again, Totaling 1,434 Million
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week totaled 1,434 million, the Labor Department reported Thursday, roughly in line with expectations, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the U.S. economy. It was the nineteenth consecutive week in which initial claims totaled at least 1 million …
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