#Novavax stock soars after start of coronavirus vaccine trial

#Novavax stock soars after start of coronavirus vaccine trial

“#Novavax stock soars after start of coronavirus vaccine trial” Novavax’s stock price surged Friday after the biotech firm started a key late-stage trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine. Shares in the Maryland-based company soared nearly 11 percent to $113.56 following its Thursday announcement that it kicked off the Phase 3 study in the United Kingdom,…

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#NYC pol demands suspension of alleged anti-Semitic hospital resident

#NYC pol demands suspension of alleged anti-Semitic hospital resident

“#NYC pol demands suspension of alleged anti-Semitic hospital resident” A Brooklyn state assemblyman is demanding that the state Health Department take immediate action against a hospital resident for allegedly making anti-Semitic statements on social media. Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein (D-Brooklyn) wants the DOH to suspend resident Dr. Walid Khass from New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital…

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#Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month

#Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month

“#Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month” ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge has stopped the 2020 Census from finishing at month’s end and suspended a year-end deadline for delivering the numbers needed to decide how many seats each state gets in Congress. The preliminary injunction granted by US District Judge Lucy Koh…

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#Google agrees to workplace changes amid sexual misconduct suit

#Google agrees to workplace changes amid sexual misconduct suit

“#Google agrees to workplace changes amid sexual misconduct suit” Alphabet on Friday settled a shareholder lawsuit that accused the Google parent of covering up lavish exit packages to executives found responsible for sexual misconduct, saying it would overhaul workplace policies and increase oversight of its diversity efforts. The company will prohibit severance packages to employees…

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#Samuel L. Jackson to play Nick Fury in Disney+ series

#Samuel L. Jackson to play Nick Fury in Disney+ series

“#Samuel L. Jackson to play Nick Fury in Disney+ series” Samuel L. Jackson will reprise his role as Nick Fury in an upcoming Disney+ series. It will be the first starring television part for the 71-year-old actor, reported Variety, which noted that Marvel Studios would produce the show. Jackson has played leather-trenchcoat-and-eyepatch-wearing Fury — the…

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#Neiman Marcus emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid COVID-19

#Neiman Marcus emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid COVID-19

“#Neiman Marcus emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid COVID-19” Neiman Marcus said on Friday it has completed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection process, emerging from one of the highest-profile retail collapses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its restructuring plan eliminated more than $4 billion of debt and $200 million of annual interest expense. The luxury department…

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