Covid-19

Consumer

Amazon, Starbucks Both Hit with Holiday Strikes

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Though small compared to each company’s total workforces, work stoppages have set uncomfortable precedents for management.

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Healthcare

Moderna Pins Hopes on Combined Flu and Covid Jab

A recent trial showed its new 2-for-1 injection was more effective on both illnesses than existing individual shots.

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Markets

Most Pandemic-Darling Stocks Aren’t Too Healthy

The 50 companies with the biggest pandemic-era gains have collectively lost $1.5 trillion in market value since the close of 2020.

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Personal Finance

The Small Business Bankruptcy Surge is a Race Against the Clock

A special $7.5 million debt threshold for filing is due to expire in June, when it will revert to the previous $2.7 million limit.

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Real Estate

Big Tech Offloads Office Space, Putting Commercial Landlords in Flux

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Some of the more reliable office building tenants are reversing course by letting leases expire or subleasing space across major cities.

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Healthcare

Pfizer Built a Covid Empire, But the World Has Moved On

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Pfizer’s stock slumped its lowest level in more than 10 years. The world’s moved on from the pandemic, and nobody loves you when you’re down.

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M&A

Roche Elbows into Weight-Loss Drug Market Via M&A

Roche agreed Monday to acquire anti-obesity drug developer Carmot Therapeutics for an appetizing $3.1 billion.

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Indicators

Healthcare Hiring Boom Buoys Job Market

A white-hot healthcare sector powered an much of the job growth in the past six months, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.

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Healthcare

Amazon Offers Prime Members a Discount For its Posh Healthcare Service

Amazon said Wednesday it plans to offer Prime subscribers low-cost annual memberships to its boutique One Medical primary care business.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

China Gets Even Shadier With Its Covid-19 Story

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China is aggressively pushing a revisionist history of the pandemic, even as it continues to clash with U.S. officials about its origins.

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Economics

Early Pandemic Loans Bite in Sync With Inflation

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Economics

One Year Late, the US is Releasing Pandemic Small Business Stimulus

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Technology

The State of the Billionaire Space Race

Blue Origin is going slower than SpaceX, but it also nailed a massive rocket launch on the first try. Jeff Bezos is back in the space race.

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Finance

Crypto-Friendly Neo-Broker eToro Files for IPO

The listing marks a potentially triumphant comeback story and an insult of sorts to the embattled London stock exchange.

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Energy

Oil Markets Show Signs of Resilience and Retreat as 2025 Gets Underway

With the way things are going today, it’s becoming increasingly hard to figure out what’s going on with the oil market.

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