Shares were moderately higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the conclusion of a Federal Reserve policy meeting, watched conversations about a coronavirus aid package in Congress, and continued to advance through an avalanche of corporate earnings reports first order. Market participants also braced themselves for possible fireworks on Capitol Hill, …
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Boeing said on Wednesday it plans to cut production from planes and warned of further reductions in its workforce as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic affects demand for air travel. The pandemic has caused financial losses for Boeing airline customers and has affected demand for new aircraft. Boeing was …
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General Motors President and CEO, Mary Barra, on April 1, 2020 tours one of the company’s facilities in Warren, Michigan, which will produce Level 1 face masks. GM General Motors lost about $ 800 million and burned billions of dollars in cash in the second quarter in what is expected …
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Text size Spencer Platt / Getty Images Large pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced second-quarter financial results on Tuesday morning that exceeded Wall Street expectations, sending shares of around 3% in pre-trade. The company reported earnings of $ 0.78 per share, beating the FactSet consensus at $ 0.10 and the S&P Capital …
Read More »Pfizer CEO says companies should profit from Covid-19 vaccines
Text size Albert Bourla, CEO of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer Drew Angerer / Getty Images Albert Bourla, Pfizer‘s CEO, he has no patience with the argument that pharmaceutical companies should not make a profit from the drugs and vaccines they introduce to fight Covid-19. “I think it is very bad,” …
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