Month: January 2021

Johnson & Johnson Coronavirus vaccine illustration Dado Ruvic | Reuters Johnson & Johnson said Friday that its one-dose coronavirus vaccine was 72% effective in protecting against Covid-19 in the United States. The vaccine, however, was less potent in other regions, it said. The highly anticipated results were based on 468 confirmed Covid-19 infections among the
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To defy Wall Street hedge funds and the stocks they bet against, a group of retail investors on Reddit forum r/WallStreetBets rallied together to help drive the stock price of GameStop, AMC Entertainmentand BlackBerry, to name a few. Many traditional investors are concerned by the speculative trading, but billionaire Mark Cuban is not one of
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Investor Peter Boockvar is calling the Reddit rebellion “another epic parabolic bubble.” In a research note out this week, he warns the mania into trades from GameStop to American Airlines will ultimately go bust. “Let’s break down the investment strategy: Find the most shorted stocks, buy calls, write about it, buy the stocks and jam it
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People wear protective face masks outside McDonald’s in Times Square as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 18, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images McDonald’s is expected to report its fourth-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday. Here’s what
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Biotech firm Novavax said Thursday that its coronavirus vaccine was more than 89% effective in protecting against Covid-19 in its phase three clinical trial conducted in the United Kingdom. The results were based on 62 confirmed Covid-19 infections among the trial’s 15,000 participants. The company said 56 cases were observed in the placebo group versus 6
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When it comes to sustainability, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a top line item. But while the general public focuses on electric cars like Tesla’s Model 3, clean energy startup Proterra is leading the charge to electrify buses and large vehicles across America. #BloombergGreen #MassTransit #ElectricVehicles ——– Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube:
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NBCUniversal kicks off it’s new Peacock streaming service. Todd Williamson | Peacock | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Comcast is set to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings before-the-bell on Thursday. Here are the key numbers Wall Street is expecting: Earnings per share: 48 cents expected, according to Refinitiv survey of analysts. Revenue: $26.78 billion expected, according to
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An American Airlines Airbus A321-200 plane takes off from Los Angeles International airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. Mike Blake | Reuters American Airlines shares jumped by more than 55% in premarket trading on Thursday after posting a smaller-than-expected loss and higher sales than analysts projected. The carrier is the most-shorted U.S. airline, according to
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Signage stands in a GameStop Corp. store in Peru, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images It’s the stock rally no one quite predicted. In recent years, GameStop, a video game retailer, has been shrinking its retail presence by closing hundreds of stores. Yet this week, its stock popped dramatically. On Wednesday, GameStop shares
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Bill Gates was “very surprised” when he and Dr. Anthony Fauci became the targets of “crazy” and “evil” conspiracy theories related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Gates told Reuters on Wednesday. The billionaire Microsoft co-founder and White House advisor Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, have been frequent targets for baseless coronavirus conspiracy theories,
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A visitor looks down an empty hallway at The Fashion Mall at Keystone, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Indianapolis. Simon Property Group, the largest owner of shopping malls in the nation, is closing all of its malls and retail properties because of the coronavirus outbreak. Darron Cummings | AP When Macy’s Chief Executive Jeff Gennette
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour seen docked with the International Space Station on July 1, 2020. NASA A pair of investors are joining the first fully-private flight to the International Space Station — not as financial backers, but as the passengers flying along. Houston-based start-up Axiom Space on Tuesday unveiled that real estate investor Larry Connor
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