Topline Pfizer-BioNTech’s new bivalent Covid-19 vaccine—which targets the original strain and some Omicron subvariants—provides more protection against the virus and its omicron variants than its init...
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Alibaba Shares Surge With Buyback, Signs of Covid Easing
(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. shares rose after the Chinese e-commerce giant unveiled a new buyback plan and suggested Covid-19 restrictions are beginning to ease enough to benefit it...
Burberry Beats First-Half Profits Forecasts, Announces New Growth Strategy
Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images Burberry’s share price rose 1% in risk-off trading on Thursday following the release of better-than-expected trading numbers. Thanks to f...
After 2 Years Lost To Covid, San Diego’s Wonderfront Music Festival Returns November 18-20
Ernie Hahn at Pechanga Arena (formerly San Diego Sports Arena) Ernie Hahn Ernie Hahn, the founder of Hahn Entertainment and one of the significant players behind the scenes of the Wonderfront festival...
Renewing Covid’s Status As A Public Health Emergency Was The Right Call. Here’s Why
CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Public health law experts Lawrence Gostin and James Hodge explain the importance of the public health emergency declaration as Covid cases and hospitalizations begin...
Chinese Stocks Storm Into Bull Market on Covid, Property Shifts
(Bloomberg) — November’s stellar rebound in Chinese stocks got another fillip on Monday as plans for a sweeping rescue package to bail out developers sent property stocks rallying. Most Read fro...
As Pandemic Aid Dries Up, Businesses Chase Covid Tax Credit
A temporary tax break for small businesses has spawned a cottage industry of advisory firms tapping into federal pandemic aid, raising alarms at the Internal Revenue Service that some claims are going...
U.S. will keep Covid public health emergency in place at least until mid January
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus dis...
U.S. extending Covid public health emergency through spring, administration official says
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus dis...
Markets Cheer Dynamic Zero COVID, Major City Mobility Tracker, Week In Review
China Last Night KraneShares Week in Review Auditors from the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) have left Hong Kong, which investors took as a positive sign that they had a successf...
China eases Covid measures, trims quarantine time by two days
BEIJING — China reduced the quarantine time for international travelers by two days, state media said Friday. Instead of making travelers stay at a centralized quarantine facility for seven days upon ...
Country Artists Join ‘Musicians On Call’ To Honor Those In VA Hospitals This Veterans Day
Craig Morgan, accompanied by Mike Rogers, performs for Musicians On Call’s concert For Veterans … [+] Presented by Wrangler. (Morgan is singer/songwriter and proud Army veteran) Courtesy o...
China Travel And Hotel Stocks Vault On Plan To Ease Covid Restrictions
Employees walk through the reception area at the Trip.com Group Ltd. headquarters in Shanghai in … [+] 2021. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Share prices in China’...
The Impact Of Oprah’s Documentary On Racial Health Inequality
LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 16: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) Oprah … [+] Winfrey attends the EE British Academy Film Awards 2014 at The Royal Opera House on ...
Bitcoin Supply In Loss Now At Similar Levels To COVID Crash And 2018 Bottom
On-chain data shows the amount of Bitcoin supply in loss has now reached levels similar to during the COVID crash and the 2018 bear market bottom. Bitcoin Supply In Loss Spikes Up Following The Latest...
State Council Balances Zero Covid & The Economy As Guangzhou Takes Center Stage
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were a sea of red, as Singapore and Malaysia managed small gains. The onshore versus offshore dynamic played out again overnight as offshore China,...
Covid outbreak worsens in southern Chinese city of Guangzhou
Guangzhou city in the southern province of Guangdong is the hardest hit in the latest Covid outbreak. Pictured here are closed stores in part of the city on Oct. 31, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | G...
Real Estate Rebounds On Gov’t Backing As COVID Cases Increase
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equity markets were mixed overnight with Taiwan and South Korea outperforming. Hong Kong and China were off with October’s PPI reported to be -1.3% and risi...
China COVID Cases Increase Though No Lockdowns
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equity markets were mixed as Japan and South Korea outperformed while India had the day off for Guru Nanak Jayanti which celebrates the birth of the first S...
China’s Covid controls are hurting more of the economy
Pictured here is a Shanghai neighborhood under Covid lockdown on Nov. 7, 2022. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s Covid situation is only getting worse, preventing the count...
China’s Covid lockdowns an ‘absolute gut punch’: Analyst
COVID lockdowns at Apple’s (AAPL) main iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max plant in Zhengzhou, China, are hitting the company at what’s arguably the worst possible time. The holiday season is Apple’s ...
Hong Kong Rallies On Incremental Loosening Of Zero COVID
China Last Night Kraneshares Key News Asian equities had a nice start to the week as Hong Kong outperformed to the upside. Investors continue to read the tea leaves on China’s reopening as small, incr...
Appetite for Risk Sours on Covid Zero in China: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — Appetite for risk taking slumped as trading got underway Monday, sending the dollar higher and US equity futures lower after China affirmed its Covid-Zero policy stance. Most Read ...
Risk Currencies Retreat as China Vows to Stick With Covid Zero
(Bloomberg) — Risk currencies slumped early Monday — paring strong gains seen Friday — after Chinese authorities vowed to stick to their strict Covid-Zero stance. Most Read from Bloo...
Deaths From Alcohol—On The Rise For Decades—Soared During Covid Pandemic, CDC Says
Topline Deaths directly linked to alcohol rose sharply during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, acceler...
Hong Kong Rugby Sevens back, but Covid rules remain
The Hong Kong Rugby Sevens tournament kicks off Friday for the first time since Covid-19 hit. While the city’s pandemic regulations remain strict, Chris Brooke, chairman of the Hong Kong Rugby U...
Companies look to diversify as China’s Covid controls take a toll
After a Covid outbreak at a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China, some workers chose to go home. Pictured here are the shuttle buses on Oct. 30, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — ...
Investors Inhale CanSino Biologics’ Return Today As China’s Big Three Regulators Address Concerns
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equity markets were mixed in advance of today’s Fed decision to raise interest rates another +0.75% with China and Hong Kong outperforming. Yesterday’s rumo...
Jeep Quietly Leaves Huge Market
It is an adventure that ends in total anonymity. Jeep, the iconic all-terrain brand in the automotive industry, has just quietly left one of the most important automotive markets: China. The Asian gi...