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15M Doses Of JNJ COVID-19 Vaccine Batch Ruined After Ingredient Issues At Emergent Biosolutions' US Plant: NYT
Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 5:51am | 471Read More...One batch of Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE: JNJ) COVID-19 vaccines failed quality standards and are not fit for use, reported the New York Times on late Wednesday. What Happened: The company had found a problem with an ingredient used in the vaccine produced at ...
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Fintech Focus For March 3, 2021
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 10:57pm | 2042Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing. Source: Nassim Nicholas Taleb One Big Thing In Fintech: The electronic Chinese yuan is now being tested in cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. No other major power is as far along with a...
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Google Opts 'Flexible Work Week,' Pushes Office Return To September 2021: NYT
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 9:08am | 444Read More...Alphabet, Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) extends the remote work period for its staff until September 2021, the New York Times reports. What Happened: Alphabet chief Sundar Pichai told office staff in Sunday’s email that the return to office is delayed till...
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Trump Departs Walter Reed, Says 'Don't Be Afraid' Of COVID-19 As Virus-Related Death Toll Nears 210K In US
Monday, October 5, 2020 - 3:33pm | 743Read More...President Donald Trump was taken to the Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday to treat his coronavirus diagnosis. While at Walter Reed, Trump was given several treatments including an experimental antibody treatment from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) and remdesivir, an anti-viral from...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield's $2.7B Tentative Antitrust Settlement Deal Sets To Benefit Americans
Friday, September 25, 2020 - 6:09am | 333Read More...The Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance group is working out a tentative agreement to settle $2.7 billion, in an antitrust class-action lawsuit filed in 2012 on behalf of the health plan customers, reports Reuters. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association comprises of 36 insurance providers....
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'Embarrassed And Humiliated:' Trump Former Lawyer Asks To Reduce His Prison Term
Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 5:54am | 383Read More...Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, asked a federal judge to reduce his prison term, according to the New York Times. What Happened President Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen on Wednesday asked a federal judge to cut his three-year prison to one year or consider the...
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Today's Pick-Up: Nail Bars In Warehouses; FedEx's Smith Goes To War With New York Times
Monday, November 18, 2019 - 2:17pm | 1105Read More...Good day, Do warehouse workers want amenities like basketball courts, a soccer field, a gym, a pizza and grill station, and a pop-up nail bar? Clothing company ASOS seems to think so because it recently designed a warehouse with those perks, according to an article in Material Handling &...
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Disney CEO Bob Iger On Not Buying Twitter: The 'Nastiness Is Extraordinary'
Monday, September 23, 2019 - 8:51am | 394Read More...Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger told The New York Times he decided against acquiring Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) because the "nastiness is extraordinary." What Happened Disney was one of several companies reportedly interested in acquiring Twitter in 2016. In a NYT interview...
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Failing Or Succeeding? Trump Renews Criticism On The New York Times
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 4:30pm | 1019Read More...The “failing New York Times” has been doing a fair amount of succeeding this year in a business sense. And though New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) stock dropped considerably last month after it reported lower profits, it has started to edge back up in September, as it continues to...
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Teva Plummets Amid Massive Price Fixing Accusations; Other Generic Drugmakers Also Fall
Monday, May 13, 2019 - 8:40am | 370Read More...Shares of generic and specialty medicines maker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE: TEVA) fell more than 9 percent Monday morning in reaction to a lawsuit filed by 44 states. What Happened Teva, along with other global drug companies, is accused of conspiring to inflate the prices of their...
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NYT Publishes Accounts Of Sexual Harassment At Signet Jewelers; Company Says Story Unfair
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 3:26pm | 453Read More...Roughly two years after a Washington Post expose on a culture of sexual harassment at Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG) subsidiary Sterling Jewelers, the New York Times published an in-depth article Tuesday featuring several of the alleged victims who were employees of the company. In 2008, 69,000...
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Report: Facebook Under Criminal Investigation
Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 10:27am | 352Read More...Social media platform Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is reportedly facing a criminal investigation into deals it struck with technology companies, according to The New York Times. What Happened A grand jury in New York issued subpoenas to at least two unnamed "prominent" tech...
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Presidents Vs. The Fed: We've Been Here Before
Thursday, December 27, 2018 - 1:01pm | 1029Read More...Fed Chairman William McChesney Martin is a towering figure in the nation’s financial history, in part because of his long service in the role during the terms of five presidents from Truman to Nixon. But on a December day in 1965, when he was summoned to President Lyndon B. Johnson’s...
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Facebook Has Another Data Privacy Problem, This Time Involving Amazon, Netflix And More
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - 9:40am | 461Read More...Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) conceded Wednesday that it did grant other major tech firms access to your private messages — but only with your consent. What Happened The New York Times reported Tuesday that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Netflix, Inc. (...
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Amazon Reportedly Considering Dividing HQ2 Between 2 Cities
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 1:23pm | 581Read More...Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has conducted a search for the company's second headquarter location for a year. Detroit was in contention until January, until the e-commerce titan decided the city lacked the needed talent. After months of scrutiny, Amazon has reportedly reached a...















