Month: March 2022
5 things to know before the stock market opens Wednesday
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stock futures drop, a day after Wall Street had resumed its upswing Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, March 21, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters 2. Moderna […]
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Apple buys UK fintech start-up Credit Kudos
Customers walk past a digital display of the new green color Apple iPhone 13 pro inside the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, in New York, March 18, 2022. Mike Segar | Reuters LONDON — Apple has acquired British fintech start-up Credit Kudos, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC, confirming an earlier […]
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Moderna Covid vaccine for kids under 6 years old was up to 44% effective against omicron infection
With her husband Stephen by her side Erin Shih hugs her children Avery 6, and Aidan, 11, after they got their second Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on Friday, June 25, 2021. Sarah Reingewirtz | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Moderna’s two-dose Covid vaccine was about 44% effective at preventing […]
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Watch live: Biden Supreme Court pick Ketanji Brown Jackson begins final day of questions in Senate confirmation hearings
[The stream is slated to start at 9 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is set to answer senators’ final round of questions during the third day of her confirmation hearings. Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee, if confirmed […]
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Tencent ‘exploring’ a financial holding company for WeChat Pay if Chinese regulators require it
An image of WeChat Pay in action. Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images Chinese tech giant Tencent is exploring whether regulators will require it to create a financial holding company to house is fintech business, a top executive said on Wednesday. The comments come after Bloomberg reported last week that Chinese authorities are considering […]
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Watch UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak’s budget announcement
[The stream is slated to start at 08:30 ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] U.K. Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is announcing a new government budget in his Spring Statement. A planned 10% increase to National Insurance (a tax on earnings) kicks in for many workers […]
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Omicron’s ‘stealth’ subvariant BA.2 could go ‘wild’ in Europe before going global, top epidemiologist says
Doctor Immanuel Hardtmann holds a syringe with the vaccine Moderna in a temporary vaccination center inside the Excursion boat Alexander von Humboldt on the first day of the #HierWirdGeimpft (Get Vaccinated Here) Covid-19 vaccination campaign on September 13, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Carsten Koall | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — While war […]
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Bitcoin is a lifeline for some Ukrainian refugees, like this 20-year-old who escaped with $2,000 on a thumb drive
Civilians continue to flee from Irpin due to ongoing Russian attacks in Irpin, Ukraine on March 07, 2022. Wolfgang Schwan | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images On the morning that Russia went to war with Ukraine, Fadey woke up at 9am to a deluge of Telegram messages from friends asking him what was happening on […]
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Adidas announces new network that will allow more than 50,000 student-athletes to be paid ambassadors
Adidas announced Wednesday a new “name, image and likeness” network that will be open to student-athletes at NCAA Division 1 Adidas-sponsored schools. The new program will allow more than 50,000 students across 23 sports at 109 schools the ability to become paid spokespeople for the brand. “The adidas NIL network embodies our belief that sport […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: General Mills, Winnebago, GameStop and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: General Mills (GIS) – General Mills gained 1.6% in the premarket after reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings and raising its full-year outlook. The food maker earned an adjusted 84 cents per share, 6 cents above estimates, with revenue essentially in line with analyst forecasts. General Mills said […]
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