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Inside Moderna: The Covid Vaccine Front-Runner With No Track Record and an Unsparing CEO

At the year's start, few outside the world of biotech had heard of a Boston-area company with a New Age name and unproven approach to drugmaking. Most in the industry who did know Moderna Inc. MRNA -6.07% doubted its prospects. Investors barely had ...

Fed Debated Options to Provide More Economic Support

Federal Reserve officials last month reviewed how to design more support for an economy reeling from the coronavirus pandemic after they had earlier cut interest rates to zero and sharply expanded their asset portfolio. The central bank on Wednesday ...

In unusual deal, US Treasury to acquire 30 percent of trucking company in exchange for $700 million loan

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The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it will loan $700 million to a trucking firm that ships military equipment, in exchange for having U.S. taxpayers acquire an almost 30 percent stake in the company. Support our journalism. Subscribe today.

Fed's $600 Billion Main Street Lending Program Sees Lukewarm Interest

WASHINGTON—The government is offering to lend up to $600 billion to help small and midsize businesses weather the coronavirus-induced recession, but so far interest has been sparse. Under the Main Street Lending Program, commercial banks lend to ...

What to watch today: Dow futures turn positive after best quarter in over three decades

Dow futures cut their losses and turn higher Wednesday on positive results from a coronavirus vaccine trial as the third quarter on Wall Street begins with hopes of a repeat of the past three months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shot up more than 200 ...

Coronavirus live updates: Pfizer's early stage vaccine sees positive results as new US cases continue to climb

White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Tuesday the U.S. coronavirus outbreak is "going to be very disturbing" if it continues on its current trajectory. States with surging outbreaks continue to pause and rollback efforts to reopen the economy ...

Oil prices climb after US inventory drop signals demand rise

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday after an industry report showed crude stockpiles in the United States staged a bigger drop than expected, suggesting demand is improving even as the coronavirus outbreak spreads around the world.

Oil rises on manufacturing data, US inventories

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday on a string of positive manufacturing data and a drawdown in U.S. crude inventories, both indicating an economic recovery and rise in energy demand despite surging coronavirus infections around the ...

ECB's Lane signals policy pause as markets stabilize

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane signalled a pause in policy action, arguing that a rebound is underway, markets have stabilized but that many months will be needed before there is clarity over the shape of the ...

Antitrust Enforcers Update Approach to Vertical Mergers

The U.S. issued new guidance on how authorities assess whether mergers within a supply chain might affect competition—an update that could have implications for federal antitrust enforcers' focus on the technology sector. The guidance on so-called vertical ...