By Maria Caspani, Brendan O’Brien New York / Indianapolis (Reuters) – U.S. Health officials, shipping services and hospitals are set to launch an unprecedented mass inoculation campaign on Friday, as federal regulators gave emergency approval to the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. Preparations for the vaccine rollout were …
Read More »The Trump administration has placed China’s S.I.M.C. on the defense blacklist. And CNOC.
By Alexandra Alper, Humera Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday fired China’s top chipmaker, SMIC. And oil giant CNOC. Added to the alleged blacklist of Chinese military companies, with President-elect Joe Biden likely to escalate tensions with Beijing before taking office. The Department of Defense appointed a …
Read More »Wait Wall Street, as Biden is close to victory
By Medha Singh, Amber and Warrick (Reuters) – Weekend Street’s main index breathed a sigh of relief on Friday after a sharp gain this week as Democrat J. Biden came close to winning a nail-biting election, while a monthly job report highlighted the economic challenge facing the next U.S. president. …
Read More »Wall Street has sunk 3%, with the Dow epidemic on the rise in late July
NEW YORK (Reuters) – US stocks fell on Wednesday, with the Dow closing at its lowest level since late July, as coronavirus cases rose globally and investors rallied in U.S. markets next week. Concerned neo-hippies and their global warming, i’ll tell ya. November. The epidemic and Washington’s failure to reach …
Read More »The US outlook is sluggish; Economists say Democratic sweep best for resurgence: Reuters poll
BENGALURU (Reuters) – The outlook for the U.S. economy has dwindled in the run-up to the presidential election, according to a Reuters poll, with the recent resurgence in the novel coronavirus case posing a high risk of hindering economic recovery. File photo: On May 18, 2020, a “We Hiring” sign …
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