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5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday, February 14
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Futures steady after comments from Russia’s top diplomat Traders on the floor of the NYSE...
FDA plan to fast-track Pfizer vaccine for kids under 5 fails
Parents of children under 5 will have to wait until at least April to get their kids vaccinated against Covid-19, after the Food and Drug Administration and Pfizer this week abruptly delayed plans to ...
Netflix will do series on accused bitcoin hack money launderers
The bizarre case of a New York couple accused of trying to launder $4.5 billion in bitcoin stolen by a 2016 hack will be the subject of a docuseries on Netflix, the streaming company said Friday. The ...
NFL lobbies the SEC on blockchain technology
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports | Reuters The National Football League lobbied the Securities and Exchange Commission on “issues related to blockchain technology”...
Canadian leader declares state of emergency over bridge blockade, plans to arrest protesters
Vehicles clog downtown streets as truckers and supporters continue to protest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 10, 2022. Blair Gable | Reuters DETR...
Oil jumps amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine
Oil well pump jacks operated by Chevron Corp. in San Ardo, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices jumped in afternoon trading Friday amid...
The Tax Advantages of Series I Savings Bonds
At first glance, a stodgy, government-guaranteed investment may not seem like the most thrilling investment idea. But for many investors that’s exactly what U.S. Treasury Series “I” savings bonds are ...
No one knows when the pandemic will end after omicron upended most hope
Residents wait in line at a Covid-19 mobile testing site in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senior U.S. health official...
FDA committee votes against Eli Lilly cancer treatment over concerns trials conducted only in China
The outside of the Food and Drug Administration headquarters is seen in White Oak, Md. Al Drago | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images A Food and Drug Administration committee on Thursday recommended against f...
Nets send James Harden to Sixers for Ben Simmons
James Harden #13 of the Brooklyn Nets drives against Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers during the third quarter at Wells Fargo Center on February 06, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tim Nw...
Biden touts wage growth, slower inflation forecasts after another surge in prices
US President Joe Biden, speaks about rebuilding manufacturing on February 8, 2022, from the South Court Auditorium in Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialow...
Republicans And Democrats Will Both Support Bitcoin: Here’s Why
CLEVELAND, OHIO – SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe … [+] Biden participate in the first presidential debate moderated by Fox News anchor Ch...
Struggling small businesses hope more Covid relief is on the way
andresr | E+ | Getty Images Almost two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, many small businesses are still struggling. While financial assistance for those impacted by the crisis has ended, some of the ...
Covid mask mandate lifted because hospitals OK
A recent sharp drop in Connecticut’s Covid hospitalizations allowed the Democratic governor there to feel comfortable dropping the state’s mask mandate, effective later this month. “...
Biden rolls out $5 billion to states for electric vehicle chargers
President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Detroit. Evan Vucci | AP The Biden administration this week r...
Elon Musk’s Tesla helped make EVs ‘possible in America’
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday recognized Tesla as a pioneer of electric vehicle manufacturing in the U.S. “We admire the range of American companies that have innovated, i...
New York state lifts indoor mask mandate as surge in omicron cases subsides
A person wearing a face mask leaves a store on January 26, 2022 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images New York is dropping its strict indoor mask mandate as the surge in Covid-19 cases a...
CDC tells health officials to expect first shipments of young kids’ Covid shots by Feb. 21
A healthcare worker prepares to administer Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines at an elementary school vaccination site for children ages 5 to 11-year-old in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 22, 20...
Tesla Finally Gets a Mention as Biden Talks Up Electric Vehicles
Text size President Joe Biden spoke in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images President Joe Biden just publicly said the T-word— Tesla —seeming to extend an olive branch to ...
Why the U.S. is facing a paint shortage
Demand for raw materials in the paint industry soared over the pandemic as quarantined consumers took to DIY projects and home improvement. But supply just couldn’t keep up. “The raw-mater...
Pfizer CEO says chances are ‘very high’ FDA will approve low-dose Covid shots for kids under 5
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Tuesday said he believes the Food and Drug Administration will authorize the company’s Covid vaccine for children under 5 years old under a fast-track process that al...
Army’s climate plan will slash emissions, build electric vehicle fleet
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth testifies before the House Armed Services Committee about the FY2022 defense budget request in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, June 29, 2021 ...
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer won’t be charged in sex attack case
Prosecutors said Tuesday that they will not criminally charge Los Angeles Dodgers superstar pitcher Trevor Bauer for an alleged brutal sexual attack on a woman last year at his home. The L.A. District...
WHO says new omicron BA.2 subvariant will rise globally
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations in Ge...
Johnson & Johnson plant pauses Covid vaccine production, report says
Syringes and a box of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The only Johnson & Johnson facility currently making usable batches of the companyR...
Pfizer (PFE) earnings Q4 2021
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla addresses a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the factory of U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer in Puurs, Bel...