The National Football League is about to sign new rights agreements with media partners who might see Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -2.89% They sell many games exclusively and television networks pay up to …
Read More »Biden’s SEC Pick Faces Senate Panel Amid Calls To Address GameStop Frenzy
WASHINGTON— Gary Gensler, chosen by President Biden to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, faced calls from senators Tuesday to address issues ranging from climate change to GameStop. Corp. commercial frenzy. Progressives, …
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An optimistic start to the week is threatened, with equity futures sloping lower. Some point to a senior regulatory official in China who warned of bubbles forming in the US and European …
Read More »Chief of J&J Covid-19 Vaccine Shipments to States
Trucks carrying the recently licensed Covid-19 vaccine by Johnson & Johnson began being distributed en route Monday to states and sites that have been searching for more doses to increase vaccines. McKesson …
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An executive at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who helped build its consumer banking business from the ground up is leaving to take on a similar assignment at Walmart Inc. Omer Ismail, a …
Read More »Texas Power Market Short of $ 2.1 Billion in Payments After Freeze
The financial consequences of the Texas blackouts are beginning to emerge in the state’s electricity market, with some players not paying for the power they bought last week and others revealing sizable …
Read More »The SEC is examining Robinhood’s trade arrests and options practices
Text size Wachiwit / Dreamstime The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Robinhood’s options practices and its decision to restrict the trading of certain shares at the height of the GameStop mania …
Read More »J&J Covid-19 Single-Dose Vaccine Effective in All Demographics, FDA Scientists Say
Johnson and Johnson‘s JNJ -2.01% The single-dose Covid-19 vaccine was effective “in all demographic subgroups” in a late-stage study, as scientists from the US Food and Drug Administration plan to report to …
Read More »Pfizer Vaccine May Reduce Transmission After 1 Dose, New Study Finds
A single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer PFE, + 0.21% and its partner BioNTech BNTX, -1.61% reduces infections and reduces the risk of transmission, according to …
Read More »GameStop Resurgence Reinforces New Hedge Fund Reality
Companies in the hedge fund industry unloaded short positions that win when stock prices drop, after a handful of stocks promoted on Reddit and other social media platforms surged in January. They …
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