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Opinion: This is the tipping point for when people vaccinated against COVID-19 should mask up again indoors
With the highly infectious delta coronavirus variant spreading at an alarming rate, the World Health Organization in late June 2021 urged people to again…
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With COVID cases rising in all 50 states, CDC head urges unvaccinated to get their shots; U.S. ‘not out of the woods yet’
The U.S. is not out of the woods yet as COVID-19 cases are rising in all 50 states, driven by…
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FCA staff receiving stress-related counselling triples in ‘challenging’ pandemic year
The numbers of Financial Conduct Authority staff receiving counselling for “work or external stress” tripled during the first year of a…
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Why coffee futures scored their biggest 1-day gain in over 7 years
Coffee futures soared 10% on Thursday, with prices posting their largest single-session gain since early 2014 and their highest settlement…
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Biden says COVID-19 fast becoming pandemic of unvaccinated, hopes children under 12 can join program ‘within months’
The coronavirus pandemic is fast becoming one for those people who have not yet gotten vaccinated, a frustrated President Joe…
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The FDA may not fully approve a COVID-19 vaccine until January. Here’s why
It looks as though the first full approval of a COVID-19 vaccine will happen by January at the latest, according…
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Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 will likely be dominant strain globally within months after spreading to 124 countries, says WHO
The highly transmissible delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus causing the disease COVID-19, is now present in 124 countries and…
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View: How lockdown proved the M&A defeatists wrong
“Everything ground to a halt, full stop,” recalls an M&A adviser as the pandemic struck. When global lockdowns came into effect…
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Open for business: U.S. companies are reopening or forming at a frantic pace
The “chief business of the American people is business,” President Calvin Coolidge said almost a century ago. They are proving…
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Judge rules that Indiana University can require COVID-19 vaccinations for students, employees
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana University can require its roughly 90,000 students and 40,000 employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 under…
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U.S. warns travelers to avoid U.K. as long as delta variant of COVID is rampant, and study finds India death toll likely 10 times higher than official count
One day after the U.K. lifted its COVID-19 restrictions and allowed its citizens to gather maskless in bars, restaurants and…
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European stocks and U.S. futures rebound after worst rout in months
European stocks rose and U.S. futures gained ground on Tuesday, setting a partial recovery after the worst session in the…
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Stock picking fund managers see bargains as markets digest ‘living with Covid’
The spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19 sparked stock market tumbles on 19 July — while the pound posted a five-month low against the…
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Christophe Roupie: ‘Brexit does make life a bit more difficult’
MarketAxess could be said to have had a good pandemic. As the Covid-19 crisis ripped through financial markets and forced…
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American Academy of Pediatrics urges universal masking in schools for everyone ages 2 and up — whether vaccinated or not
Parents should probably add fresh face masks to their back-to-school shopping lists — even if their kids are vaccinated against…
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U.K. drops COVID restrictions against advice of experts, and delta variant drives cases higher across the U.S.
The global tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 climbed above 190.5 million on Monday, as the U.K., against the advice…
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Dow skids 600 points lower as spread of delta variant rattles Wall Street
Stocks opened sharply lower Monday, with concerns about the global spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus that causes…
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Jamie Dimon predicts return to pre-Covid working by September
JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon said the idea of hybrid working has been “blown out of proportion” and that the working…
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Goldman Sachs UK staff ‘strongly encouraged’ to reveal Covid-19 jab status
Goldman Sachs has asked its UK employees to divulge their Covid-19 vaccine status, but the bank’s City operation has stopped short…
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Covid reproduction rate in England jumps as Delta variant continues to spread
The reproduction rate of coronavirus in England has jumped up to between 1.2 to 1.4, as the epidemic becomes fuelled…
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Fidelity International, Lloyds, Barclays: City figures in top firms made the Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2021
Senior City figures from Fidelity International, Lloyds Banking Group and Santander are among those that have been given top recognition…
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Morgan Stanley boss James Gorman hints at widespread office return
Morgan Stanley chief executive James Gorman has said that the bank’s employees will do their work “inside Morgan Stanley offices”,…
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Delay to lift lockdown means government’s advice to work from home remains
The final stage of lockdown will be pushed back by a month to 19 July in England amid the spread of the…
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UK health secretary Sajid Javid tests positive for Covid
The UK’s new health secretary Sajid Javid has tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. In a statement posted on social network…
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JPMorgan, Goldman, Deutsche Bank push back wider return to UK office as ‘Freedom Day’ delayed
The wait to open up the City just got longer, as large investment banks due to ramp up numbers from…
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Eiffel Tower reopens but COVID passes required as of next week
The Eiffel Tower is reopening Friday for the first time in nine months even though the French government introduced new…
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Why many people who make over $100,000 will likely continue to work from home
As the economy continues to reopen and recover from the coronavirus pandemic, the debate over remote work vs. in-office work…
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MPs warned Covid R rate could reach 7 on Delta variant
The Delta variant of Covid-19’s reproduction rate could rise as high as seven, the chief medical adviser for NHS Test and…
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U.S. consumer sentiment sentiment falls to 6-month low amid record inflation concerns
The numbers: A preliminary reading of the University of Michigan’s index of consumer sentiment fell to 80.8 in July from…
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COVID-19 cases now rising in all 50 states, as global tally tops 189 million
The global tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 climbed above 189 million on Friday, as the highly transmissible delta variant…
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Bank of America follows Wall Street rivals with sharp trading decline as Covid boom fades
Bank of America’s trading revenues slipped by nearly 20% in the second quarter as the boom that has supported banks…
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U.S. COVID-19 cases more than double in two weeks as delta variant spreads fast, and WHO warns ‘pandemic nowhere near finished’
The number of new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. has more than doubled in the last two weeks, as…
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Delta variant drove COVID-19 cases higher across the globe last week — including in the U.S.
The highly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19, now present in 111 countries, drove cases higher across the globe in the…
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Pfizer is making the case for COVID-19 boosters. Health officials say we don’t need a third dose yet. Who’s right?
A very public regulatory debate about COVID-19 booster shots has seemingly put Pfizer at odds with federal health officials who…
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Women set to lag men on City boards for another 15 years
Seventy per cent of companies on the FTSE 350 still have no female executives on their main board, as the coronavirus pandemic looks…
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WHO head slams countries for ordering millions of COVID booster shots, when much of the world has not even vaccinated the most vulnerable
The head of the World Health Organization slammed countries and regions that are ordering millions of booster doses of COVID-19…
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This is the ‘best place’ to live in America — and it isn’t on the coast
The East and West Coasts can stop duking it out over which is the better place to live — because…
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Bank of England lifts bank dividend ban
The Bank of England has lifted its emergency restrictions on UK-based banks paying dividends, arguing that the sector “remains well capitalised…
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Fauci says COVID-19 vaccine boosters not needed for now, with delta variant mostly infecting the unvaccinated
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a top medical adviser to President Joe…
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View: The secret to killing the army of zombie firms that Covid has left us
As Western economies emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, banks and governments are facing a new problem: how to deal with…
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S&P 500 rises to intraday record but Nasdaq wobbles after hitting all-time high Monday
U.S. stocks traded mixed Monday morning, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 gaining some loft toward records…
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Bank profits predicted to spike as JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and more line up results
The economic recovery is looking good for the biggest U.S. banks. Major players such as JPMorgan and Citigroup are expected this week to report…
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Tech Firms to Buy Covid-19 Vaccines on Behalf of Taiwan’s Government
TAIPEI—Taiwan is struggling with the pandemic, short on vaccines and locked in a geopolitical fight with China over access to…
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Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to wear masks, CDC says in new school guidance
NEW YORK (AP) — Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease…
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Delta variant of COVID-19 is forcing Asian countries to lock down, while Africa suffers its worst week a year and a half into the pandemic
In the latest sign of the uneven state of the coronavirus pandemic around the world, a slew of countries in…
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Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans as Japan enters a state of emergency
TOKYO (AP) — Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, following a state…
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Delta variant of COVID-19 poses risk to unvaccinated Americans and could reverse declining cases and deaths, report warns
The official global death toll from COVID-19 climbed above 4 million on Thursday, with the U.S. continuing to lead the…
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U.S. unemployment claims rise slightly in early July, but layoffs remain near pandemic low
The numbers: New applications for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, but the number of people losing their jobs remains…
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New daily COVID-19 cases and deaths spike to 6-week highs as delta variant spreads rapidly
New daily COVID-19 cases and deaths jumped to six-week highs, as the delta variant has continued to spread rapidly to…
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Boris Johnson refuses to say if he sacked Matt Hancock again
Prime minister Boris Johnson refused to tell MPs whether or not he fired his former health secretary Matt Hancock. Speaking…
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