Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, attends a meeting hosted by US President Joe Biden with business leaders about a Covid-19 relief bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washingt...
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Netflix shares hit lowest point since March 2020, when Covid pandemic started
Netflix‘s stock has now given up all its pandemic gains. On Monday, the streaming service’s shares fell more than 2% to around $332 each, a 52-week low. That’s more than 50% down fro...
U.S. could see another uptick in COVID infections in coming weeks
The U.S. will likely see another uptick in COVID infections in the coming weeks, says the former FDA commissioner, Dr Scott Gottlieb. Highlights from Dr Gottlieb’s interview on CNBC’s &lsq...
‘Stealth’ Omicron Subvariant Is Likely Behind A Surge In Cases And Hospitalizations In The U.K.
Topline Coronavirus infections and hospital admissions are surging across the U.K. just weeks after restrictions were lifted and testing scaled back as part of government plans for “living with Covid,...
Niche Player in Biotech Space Moves Beyond Covid
You might not guess from its stock chart, but a technology supplier to the biotech industry recently argued to Jim Cramer that it’s not pandemic driven. Dr. Udit Batra, president and CEO of Wate...
Hang Seng slumps 3% over COVID lockdown worries, oil falls as Russian attacks in Ukraine intensify
BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mixed in Asia and oil prices fell Monday as uncertainty over the war in Ukraine and persistently high inflation kept investors guessing about what lies ahead. Tokyo and Sydn...
‘The Batman’ Passes ‘Shang-Chi’ With $463 Million Worldwide Cume
Robert Pattinson in ‘The Batman’ Warner Bros. The Batman soared to the top for the second weekend (of what will be at least a three-weekend reign) in a row. The Matt Reeves-directed and Pe...
How Much Of The Gasoline Price Surge Is President Biden’s Fault?
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 08: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House … [+] March 8, 2022 in Washington, DC. During his remarks, Biden announced a full ban on...
Why Is United Bringing Back Unvaccinated Flight Attendants?
After nearly two years of worries over masks and vaccine requirements, United Airlines (UAL) – Get United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Report is doing a 180-degree turn and letting unvaccinated empl...
Bitcoin threatens $38K as 3-day chart hints at March 2020 Covid crash repeat
Bitcoin (BTC) further tested $38,000 overnight as the weekend began with uncertainty among traders. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView 3-day chart could be “precursor...
Oracle’s Latest Earnings Call Indicated Its Next Frontier: Healthcare
Famed technology and software giant Oracle took a bold step late last year when it announced its acquisition of Cerner, an electronic health records (EHR) company. This valiant purchase signaled a new...
Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine Effective In Preventing Kids From Catching Omicron, Study Finds
Topline Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine reduced risk of infection by the omicron variant 31% among children 5-11 and 59% among children 12-15, according to a study of 1,364 children published Frida...
Ulta Beauty sees brand partnerships boosting makeup sales after Covid slump
Inside an Ulta store location in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Ulta Beauty is banking on new brand partnerships to boost lagging makeup sales. For the full year 2021, cosmetics accounted for 43% of the ...
Pfizer planning to submit data on 4th Covid shot soon, while working on vaccine for all variants
Pfizer plans to submit data to the Food and Drug Administration for a fourth Covid shot soon, and it’s working on a vaccine that protects against all coronavirus variants, CEO Albert Bourla told...
True Covid Pandemic Death Toll Could Be Three Times Higher Than Official Count, Study Finds
Topline Covid-19 may have claimed far more lives than official records indicate, according to a new study published in the Lancet medical journal, a sobering figure that marks exactly two years since ...
Covid declared a pandemic two years ago. Health experts warn it’s still not over
Medical staff treat a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California, January 25, 2022. Shannon Stapleton | Reu...
5 charts show the stages of global economic recovery since Covid hit
Commuters on a train in Hong Kong on March 2, 2022, amid the Covid pandemic. Dale De La Rey | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices plunged, travel came to a halt and unemployment rates spiked when the corona...
Why ‘Death On The Nile’ Was A Frightening Box Office Tragedy
Death on the Nile poster 20th Century Studios and Disney Disney has announced that Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile will debut on Hulu on March 29. That’s actually a “normal” 45-day theatrical wind...
DOJ Has Brought Charges Over $8 Billion In Alleged Fraud From Covid Relief
Topline The Department of Justice said Thursday it had brought civil and criminal enforcement actions involving $8 billion worth of alleged fraud stemming from Congress’ $2 trillion coronavirus relief...
House Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill With $14 Billion For Ukraine Aid—But No Covid Relief
Topline The U.S. Capitol building. getty Key Facts The massive spending package, which would appropriate funds for the government until September 30, passed the House on Wednesday evening in largely b...
NYC Health Commissioner Chokshi says Covid pandemic has left U.S. with new epidemic of loneliness
Dr. Dave Chokshi is the Commissioner of New York City’s Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. As another Covid-19 wave recedes across the country, the full toll of the pandemic on our emoti...
Hawaii Becomes Last State To Drop Mask Mandate As Covid Infections Fall
Topline Hawaii plans to drop the nation’s last remaining statewide indoor mask mandate later this month, Gov. David Ige (D) announced Tuesday, as Covid-19 infections have plunged since January—but Ige...
U.S. far from normal with Covid deaths much higher than flu: report
Nurse practitioner Deborah Beauplan administers a COVID-19 swab test at a drive-thru testing site set up for Suffolk County, New York. Newsday | Getty Images The U.S. has a long way to go before the p...
Moderna reaches preliminary agreement to build Covid vaccine manufacturing plant in Africa
A health official prepares a syringe with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine prior to administering it during a mass Covid-19 vaccination drive in Nairobi on September 17, 2021. Simon Maina | AFP | Getty Im...
More Than 6 Million People Have Now Died With Covid
Topline The global death toll from Covid-19 passed 6 million Monday, a bleak milestone as a growing number of countries around the world drop all pandemic restrictions and prepare to live with the vir...
Has the Covid Opportunity Been and Gone for Inovio? Oppenheimer Weighs In
Every walk of life has its winners and losers, and this is no different in the land of coronavirus stocks. The term will forever be associated with the pandemic’s peak crisis when several companies se...
China Sets Slowest GDP Growth Target In More Than 30 Years As Challenges Mount
A woman wearing a face mask walks near the CCTV building at the international trade area of Beijing. … [+] SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images China aims to grow its economy by around 5.5% ...
Chinese Web Giant Tencent Cuts Transaction Fees For SMEs On WeChat
A Chinese vendor stands next to a QR code customers scan to pay via the WeChat app at a local market … [+]t in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) Getty Images Chinese web giant...
More than 90% of U.S. population can ditch facemasks under CDC Covid guidance
US President Joe Biden holds up a KN95 mask as he delivers an update on his Administrations whole-of-government COVID-19 surge response at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2022. Jim W...