Markets are ending the week on a volatile note, with the Dow turning negative, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq climbing into positive territory during the session on Friday. These are some of the most important market stories that may have been missed by Friday, July 17. Novavax gets his …
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BEIJING – In the global race to make a coronavirus vaccine, a Chinese state-owned company boasts that its employees, including top executives, received experimental vaccines even before the government approved tests on people. “Help forge the victory sword,” reads an online SinoPharm post with images of company leaders who he …
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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 …
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Johanna Ramirez works at her supermarket in Fort Lupton, Colorado, where she worries that not enough customers are taking precautions, such as wearing masks, to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), April 23, 2020. Keith Coffman | Reuters Colorado Governor Jared Polis joined a growing list of state …
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Data from China, a Twitter hack, geopolitical tensions and worries about viruses are scaring investors out of stocks on Thursday, with more earnings and weekly unemployment claims ahead. Markets encouraged positive news about vaccines just a day earlier. The week has also seen the Nasdaq Composite COMP, + 0.59% wobble, …
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