European Carmakers Will Report Impressive Profits, But War Ruins Short Term Prospects

Aerial view new cars for sale stock lot row, New Cars dealer inventory import export business … [+] logistic global. getty Europe’s automakers will report strong profits for the first quarter in...

Covid and JNJ earnings Q1 2022

Syringes and a box of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday lowered its full-year sales and earnings outlook, and sto...

Supreme Court Won’t Block Punishment For Air Force Officer Who Refused Covid Vaccine

Topline The Supreme Court Monday denied an Air Force Reserve officer’s request for a preliminary injunction shielding him from punishment for refusing to follow the military’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate...

Leaving Covid safety to personal choice will ‘come back to bite us,’ ex-Obama health official says

A former Obama health policy director on Monday criticized what she sees as a potentially dangerous shift in government messaging on Covid safety protocols. “My biggest issue with the it’s...

Shanghai reports first Covid deaths since start of latest lockdowns

Shanghai, China’s largest city and the one hit hardest by the latest Covid outbreak, announced another round of mass virus testing that’s set to end Thursday, April 21. Str | Afp | Getty I...

Pharma Billionaire Wu Yiling Loses $1 Billion In One Day As Questions Mount Over His Covid Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine Lianhua Qingwen produced by Beijing Yiling Pharmaceutical is seen on April 11, 2022 in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou province of China. Hu Yan/V...

Shanghai Reports First Covid Deaths From Current Outbreak As Case Counts Continue To Remain High

Topline Shanghai on Monday reported the first deaths linked to the city’s ongoing Covid-19 outbreak—China’s worst since the start of the pandemic—as the continued rise in cases in eastern China and th...

Chinese Home Sales Plunge 29% as Covid Bites: Evergrande Update

(Bloomberg) — China’s new-home sales tumbled by 29% last month, the most since July, as the latest Covid-19 outbreak threatened to prolong a property slump. Most Read from Bloomberg A Bloomberg ...

Covid Cases Rise In 32 States Amid New Virus Strain—But White House Says Vaccines Are ‘Holding Up’

Topline Covid-19 cases are rising in more than half of all states due to the new coronavirus subvariant, but White House Covid-19 advisor Dr. Ashish Jha said Sunday the vaccines are still “holding up”...

Another China Lockdown Threatens This Apple Product

As electric vehicle maker Tesla  (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc Report is preparing to resume operations at its Gigafactory Shanghai after shutting down since March 28 for a Covid-19 lockdown, tech gian...

Shanghai by the numbers: China’s Covid lockdowns

The Huangpu River splits the Chinese city of Shanghai between the older settlement on the west and the newer, financial center on the east. Johannes Eisele | Afp | Getty Images China’s latest wa...

Reliance, India’s Largest Company, May Potentially Buy Walgreens’ British Drugstore Business

Reliance Industries is one of the world’s largest multinational conglomerates and is India’s largest private sector company. The industry giant has robust business units that span across multiple vert...

Broadway Extends Mask Mandates Through May As More Shows Cancel Due To Covid

Topline Broadway theaters are extending mask mandates for theatergoers through at least May 31, the Broadway League said Friday, which comes as more shows have had to cancel performances after members...

Omicron More Likely To Cause Upper Airway Infections Among Children Than Previous Covid Varieties, Study Says

Topline The omicron variant is more likely than other coronavirus variants to cause upper airway infection (UAI) among children, which puts them at risk of heart attack and other severe complications,...

Medical spas see a boost in beauty procedures after Covid pandemic

Goddess Brouette, 22, decided to receive lip treatment at Upkeep Medical Spa in Manhattan during the pandemic. Source: Goddess Brouette Goddess Brouette didn’t want to wait much longer. It was t...

China’s 2022 Covid lockdowns inflation risk bigger vs 2020

China’s automobile and component exports more than doubled in 2021 from a year ago, exceeding 30% growth in China’s exports overall, Bernstein analysts found. Yi Fan | Visual China Group |...

Here Are New Shortages You Might See Soon

An aerial view of shipping containers stacked at Yangshan Deepwater Port, the world’s biggest … [+] automated container terminal, in Shanghai. The United States is dependent on a number of...

Underoath Band Overachieves On Tour

Underoath in respose Dan Newman This next series of articles are about how musicians and businesses connected to live entertainment are rebuilding their brands as fans return to live events. Underoath...

California Nixes Bill To Require Covid Vaccines In Schools

Topline A California lawmaker on Thursday withdrew from consideration a bill that would’ve required children in grades K-12 to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to attend California schools—the ...

FDA Authorizes First Covid Breath Testing Device

Topline The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization Thursday for InspectIR Systems’ “Covid-19 breathalyzer,” the first government-approved device capable of detecting corona...

Chinese EV maker Nio says it’s gradually resuming production after Covid halt

In February 2020, Nio got a lifeline of financing support led by the government of Hefei city, where the electric car start-up has established its China headquarters. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Im...

Pfizer May Have Omicron-Optimized Covid Vaccine Ready By Fall, CEO Says

Topline Pfizer and BioNTech could finish work by the fall on a new version of its Covid-19 vaccine that can better protect against the omicron variant while still being effective against other known s...

Covid still a global health emergency even as deaths fall: WHO

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. Denis Balibouse | Reuters The World Heal...

Covid outbreaks in New York and D.C. infect senior officials as omicron BA.2 variant sweeps the U.S.

A man is given a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at pop-up testing site in New York, April 11, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Covid infections are rising again in the U.S. with outbreaks in New ...

Taiwan Covid Cases Hit ’22 Daily High, May Nearly Double By End Of April

Members of the public registers at a vaccination facility administering the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine … [+] set up at Taipei Main Station in Taipei in January. Photographer: I-Hwa Cheng/Bloomberg...

Kelly Clarkson’s Divorce Brings Family Court Battles Over Vaccinating Kids Against COVID-19 Into Spotlight

Contributing author: Dylan Mitchell One of the stipulations of Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock’s March 2022 divorce was for both … [+] of their children to be vaccinated against COVI...

2022 Forbes Midas List “Refugee” JP Gan Plugs Away In Beijing As Covid Lockdowns Slow Shanghai

INCE Capital’s JP Gan as he appeared on the cover of Forbes China in 2019. “Young consumers enabled … [+] by technology will lead the consumption trend,” Gan says. “That’s some...

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Will Be Fined Over Covid Lockdown Parties

Topline British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be fined by the Metropolitan Police for breaking Covid-19 lockdown rules following allegations of parties at government offices, Johnson’s office told...

Shanghai Loosens Some Covid Curbs But U.S. Orders Non-Essential Consulate Staff To Leave City

Topline The U.S. State Department ordered non-emergency consulate staffers to leave Shanghai after previously flagging concerns about the city’s “arbitrary enforcement” of pandemic rules even as local...

U.S. Tips For American Citizens Still In Shanghai

Workers in personal protective equipment facilitate a round of Covid-19 testing during a lockdown in … [+] Shanghai on April 7. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP The...

U.S. State Department Orders Non-Emergency Staff In Shanghai To Leave Amid Covid Surge

Volunteers transport boxes of food delivered by the government in Shanghai amid Covid lockdowns on … [+] Saturday, April 9.. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP The U....

‘Very Low’ Risk Of Heart Issues After Covid Vaccination, Large Study Finds

Topline The risk of rare heart inflammation following Covid-19 vaccination is “very low,” and much smaller than the risks linked to a coronavirus infection itself, according to a peer reviewed study p...