LiveBank CEOs to Testify as US Congress Ramps Up Scrutiny of Wall Street
The US Congress will hold hearings next month with the chief executives of major Wall Street banks as Democratic lawmakers step up scrutiny of the...
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China’s Q1 GDP Grows at Record 18.3% as Recovery Speeds Up
China’s economy grew at a record pace in the first quarter, official data showed on Friday, expanding 18.3 per cent from a year earlier as...
US Govt Imposes Sanctions on Russia
The United States announced economic sanctions against Russia on Thursday and the expulsion of 10 diplomats in retaliation for what Washington says is the Kremlin’s...
Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Buys $246 Mn
Three funds at Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management bought shares of the biggest US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. on its highly anticipated trading debut...
EU to Get 50 Mn Pfizer Doses Early as US Prolongs J&J Pause
The European Union has said that it is expecting 50 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses earlier than expected, as the United States said it would...
US Strikes Conciliatory Tone on Intrusion into India’s EEZ, But Unrepentant
The United States sought to allay outrage over the April 7 intrusion into India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by invoking security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific...
US Pauses J&J Vaccine Over Rare Blood Clots
US federal health agencies on Tuesday recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson‘s COVID-19 vaccine for at least a few days after six women...
Massive Fire at Russia’s Historic Saint Petersburg Factory Still Burning
A spectacular fire gutted a historic factory in Russia’s second city, Saint Petersburg, on Monday, sending clouds of black smoke over the former imperial capital....
Diabetes Drug Farxiga Fails in Trial to Treat Covid Patients, Says Astrazeneca
British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Monday primary data from a late-stage study to test whether its diabetes drug Farxiga could treat patients hospitalized with COVID-19,...
Global Coronavirus Cases Tops 135.8 Million
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 135.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.93 million, according to Johns Hopkins University. In...