Asian equities are off to a strong start Yesterday’s close by the Nikkei 225 above 30,000, last seen in 1990, appears to be spurring more buyers...
A news agency is claiming that North Korea launched a cyber-attack on Pfizer in a bid to steal The post North Korea ‘launched cyber-attack on Pfizer...
ACI Worldwide has partnered with Auriga to launch a self-service banking platform and a next-generation ATM, which will include mobile and internet banking. ACI is a...
US futures higher, dollar loses ground US markets were closed for a public holiday overnight. That was probably no bad thing as rolling blackouts swept parts...
South Korea Latest To Doubt AstraZeneca Jab As Cuba Joins COVID Vaccine Race Summary: UK PM says likely won't need "vaccine passport" to go to "the...
The World Health Organization listed AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, widening access in the developing world, while sources said the EU is in talks with...
The euro fell against the majority of most-traded currencies today, though managed to keep its previous gains versus the US dollar and extend the rally against the Japanese yen. Market analysts named two most...
Summary table from the previous post covering worldwide trends (https://trueeconomics.blogspot.com/2021/02/14221-covid19-update-worldwide-data.html) puts Europe and EU 27 in the context of global trends:The chart next shows weekly data...
Sanofi’s CEO, Paul Hudson, said that the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine developed with Translate Bio will not be ready this year
EU's COVID-19 Vaccination Debacle Is "Epochal Failure" Authored by Soeren Kern via The Gatestone Institute, The European Union's much-touted campaign to vaccinate 450 million Europeans against...
Minutes and PMIs eyed Investors are growing increasingly hopeful about the economic outlook and next week’s PMIs will tell us whether businesses share their optimism. Central...
Mario Draghi Officially Becomes Premier Of Italy, Names His Top Ministers Update (3:00pm ET): As expected (see below), Mario Draghi has agreed to take over as...
A molecular test from Becton Dickinson that detects viruses that cause Covid-19 as well as influenza and produces result in 2-3 hours was given emergency use...
Australia Imposes 5-Day Lockdown; Japan Approves Pfizer Jab: Live Updates Summary: Australia imposes 5-day lockdown Japan approves Pfizer jab world nears 108MM Czech lawmakers reject request...
The life sciences industry has an important role in the Irish economy, with sectors such as biologics booming The post Ireland is open: The biologics boom...
US stocks are mixed as investors head for the sidelines and brace for a few weeks of hard stimulus negotiations. A fast-track to a stimulus deal...
Equity investors, quite rightly, remain resolutely focused on the positive, medium-term outlook for corporate profits rather than the near-term economic challenges. In our view, the economic...
Mintos, the largest marketplace for investing in loans in Europe, saw a stable increase among women investors in the EU, with the sharpest growth in Estonia,...
Chile made a strong case for price reductions, cut deals with multiple providers and participated in trials for early access.
A new EU-funded project called In Silico World aims to encourage the use of simulation for drug and The post EU-funded project encourages use of simulation...
The European Union has rubber-stamped its order for a further 300 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine
When the pandemic heated up early last year, the UK Biobank set out to urgently gather data on COVID-19 diagnostic tests, deaths, and hospitals episodes, such...
Countries may or may not choose to give their share doses to Covax, but regardless, redistribution needs to be driven by need.
The new coronavirus mutant strains are playing havoc with the already approved Covid-19 vaccines. The latest data shows AstraZeneca's (AZN) vaccine, AZD1222 is ineffective against the...
NYC Middle School Students Set To Return To Classrooms: Live Updates Summary; NYC middle school set to reopen Feb. 25 Global cases near 106.3MM US deaths...
US Sees Fewest New COVID Deaths This Year; Scientists Scramble To Update Vaccinations: Live Updates Summary; Global cases near 106.3MM US deaths decline alongside cases, hospitalizations...
Stock markets are off to a decent start again this week with the US seeing more record highs on Wall Street. This week is shaping up...
The question now is, how to turn a crisis into an opportunity.
The UK has agreed a 50 million-dose order for a COVID-19 vaccine with German biotech CureVac
Russia's "Sputnik V" COVID Vaccine A Surprise Global Hit Bloomberg, one of the most implicitly pro-western media outlets in existence, has finally admitted, after months of...