Hopes of a COVID-19 summer pardon have been dashed as cases rose in June. As infections increase, so does the need for testing. In late June, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, announced that health officials were considering conducting pooled tests for COVID-19 …
Read More »The proportion of Americans who default on their mortgage payments falls to the lowest level in two months.
Fewer Americans now have agreements with their mortgage servicers to skip their monthly payments. Getty Images / iStockphoto Fewer than 4 million homeowners in the US skip their mortgage payments, according to new estimates by the Mortgage Bankers Association released Monday. The business group reported that only 7.8% of mortgage …
Read More »Chipotle earnings preview: digital menu exclusives could drive sales
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. may launch digital-only menu items that drive sales, according to UBS analysts. Chipotle CMG, + 2.42% Digital sales increased 81% in the first quarter. The company has focused on improving its online business, such as installing Chipotlanes that enable rapid digital order picking, despite the coronavirus …
Read More »Airline stocks decrease as travel demand decreases for the first time in 13 weeks
Airline stocks suffered big losses on Monday, after data from the US Transportation Security Administration showed that travel demand declined last week to break a streak of 12-week increases from the bottom. of COVID-19 in mid-April. The drop in demand comes as the number of new cases of COVID-19 in …
Read More »Investors applaud when two coronavirus vaccine candidates report T-cell responses, but findings are still at an early stage
At least two experimental COVID-19 vaccines produced a T-cell response in participants in early-stage clinical trials, which may indicate a longer-lasting form of immunity than an antibody response. BioNTech BNTX, + 3.46% and Pfizer Inc. PFE, + 0.69% It said early Monday morning that an ongoing early-stage clinical trial for …
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