Practically everybody will be directed in the future to get a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Anthony Fauci signaled on Tuesday. “Ultimately I believe that the optimal regimen for the vaccine for the mRNAs is going to include that third booster shot,” Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,…
Nasdaq Futures up 1 Percent as Tech Stocks Rebound
September 29, 2021
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Nasdaq futures jumped 1 percent on Wednesday as technology stocks led a rebound after concerns about inflation and rising Treasury yields drove one of Wall Street’s worst selloff of this year. Shares of heavyweights Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple, and Google-parent Alphabet Inc. rose between 1 percent and 1.3 percent in premarket trading….
United Airlines Set to Terminate 593 Workers for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine
United Airlines is set to terminate 593 of its employees who have chosen not to comply with the company’s vaccine mandate, the company confirmed to The Epoch Times early Wednesday. The company was the first U.S. carrier to mandate vaccines for all domestic employees, having announced its mandate in August. Employees were required to be vaccinated…
Californians Protest Against Vaccine Mandate in Front of Disneyland
The Walt Disney entertainment giant announced in late July that all non-union and salaried employees must be vaccinated by the end of September, and all new employees must be vaccinated before starting work. In August, the company further announced that it had reached an agreement with the union that all unionized employees at Walt Disney…
Home Price Growth Surges to Record High: Reports
Two new reports show U.S. home prices continued their skyward vault in July, as supply shortages and strong demand combined to keep buying pressure high. Single-family home prices across the United States rose at a record 19.7 percent annual pace in July, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national composite home price index (pdf), released…
AstraZeneca Buys Rare Disease Drugmaker Caelum in Potential $500 Million Deal
September 29, 2021
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AstraZeneca will take full control of Caelum Biosciences in a deal worth up to $500 million, the drugmaker said on Wednesday, sharpening its focus on rare-disease drugs following its purchase of Alexion Pharmaceuticals. The deal gives AstraZeneca access to another potentially lucrative rare disease drug that is undergoing late-stage trials and has a “fast track”…
Russian Man Finds Rubber Duck That Travelled Over 6,000 Miles From River Race in Canada
September 29, 2021
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A man from Moscow, vacationing with his family on a rocky beach in northwestern Russia, stumbled upon a rubber duck bath toy that had floated far from home. After some inquiry, Vladimir Matusevitch, a graphic designer, learned that the yellow duck had voyaged some 6,000 miles to the shores of Rybachy Peninsula—all the way from a…
Post-Meng and Release of the Michaels, Canada Needs Tougher China Policy
Commentary In his famous 1947 article “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” the American diplomat and historian George Kennan described the “innate antagonism” between socialism and capitalism and how this had become “deeply embedded” in the foundations of the Soviet regime, making peaceful coexistence between the Soviet Union and the West difficult. “It means that there…
Spain’s Inflation Levels Hit 13-Year High Driven by Increasing Energy Costs
September 29, 2021
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Inflation levels in Spain surged to a 13-year-high in September driven by increasing energy costs, among other things, data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Wednesday. The flash indicator prepared by the INE (pdf) showed that national consumer prices rose 4.0 percent year-on-year, the highest reading since September 2008, when the rate was 4.5 percent. The…
Tokyo Prosecutors Seek Two-Year Sentence for Former Nissan Executive Kelly
TOKYO—Japanese prosecutors asked a Tokyo court on Wednesday to send former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly to prison for two years for his alleged part in helping Carlos Ghosn, the carmaker’s ousted CEO, hide earnings. Prosecutors, who are also seeking a 200 million yen ($1.8 million) fine for the Japanese carmaker, called for the jail…
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