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FDA Panel Votes Against Approval Of Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 Booster Shot For General Public
Friday, September 17, 2021 - 4:52pm | 567Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE)-BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) shares are sliding after a Food and Drug Administration panel voted against recommending a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, to the general population. What Happened: FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory...
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Bluma CEO Plans More One Plant Florida Stores Amid 'Unprecedented' Covid Challenges
Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 12:43pm | 616One Plant Florida (OPF) is aiming to expand in the Sunshine State with the launch of a fifth retail dispensary and delivery hub in Ocala. And more stores are on the way. "The company also plans to open four additional One Plant Florida retail locations and/or delivery...
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Amazon To Add 100,000 US, Canada Workers In Fourth Major Hiring Drive During Pandemic
Monday, September 14, 2020 - 4:45am | 321Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) said Monday it was hiring 100,000 additional part-and-full-time workers for its operations network in the United States and Canada. What Happened: The e-commerce behemoth would offer a starting wage of $15 per hour , Amazon said in a blog post. In select...
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PreMarket Prep Stock Of The Day: Moderna
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 - 12:02pm | 657Benzinga's PreMarket Prep airs every morning from 8-9 a.m. ET. During that fast-paced, highly informative hour, traders and investors tune in to get the major news of the day, the catalysts behind those moves and the corresponding price action for the upcoming session. On any given...
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Neptune Wellness Fights COVID-19 With Launch Of The Halo Pulse Oximeter
Monday, June 15, 2020 - 10:57am | 467Canadian CBD extraction company Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: NEPT) (TSX:NEPT) announced Monday the introduction of Neptune Halo, an electronic device monitoring the oxygen saturation levels and pulse rate of the patients. The company claims that its new pulse oximeter - developed...
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Apple Adds Coronavirus Testing Sites To Maps In US
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 5:04am | 334Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) on Tuesday added novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testing locations to the "Maps" apps on its devices in the United States, TechCrunch reported. What Happened The functionality is available in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, according to TechCrunch. Testing locations...
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Wednesday's Market Minute: Reckoning With Coronavirus
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 9:43am | 297What are the skeletons in the closet of the financial market? In other words, even if there is a miraculous sudden end to the virus, which problems will linger or have yet to be realized? Even if the U.S. manages to contain COVID-19, it's likely that the severity and speed of recent declines...
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Freight Railroads Further Adjust Workforce Plans Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Monday, March 16, 2020 - 2:35pm | 672The freight railroads are monitoring the latest developments related to the coronavirus pandemic while adjusting working conditions and preparing for an anticipated surge in volumes once the outbreak subsides, according to recent operations notifications. Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) changed some...
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Intel, AMD And Marvel Screen The Best In This Analyst's Macro Stress Test For COVID-19 Impact
Saturday, March 14, 2020 - 10:44am | 660COVID-19 caused by the new coronavirus is having far-reaching consequences for individuals, corporations and the global economy at large. An analyst at UBS sifted through the semiconductor space to see how each of these companies will cope up under three potential macroeconomic scenarios. The...
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Wedbush Analyzes Microsoft Amid Coronavirus Uncertainties
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 3:20pm | 399Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a strong tech stock to own, for those willing to navigate the high market volatility caused by the coronavirus outbreak, according to Wedbush. The Microsoft Analyst Daniel Ives maintained an Outperform rating for Microsoft with a price target of $210....
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Airlines, Casino Stocks Come Under Additional Pressure On Painful Data From China
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 10:45am | 2475Climbing out of this ditch is going to be an uphill battle. That’s the takeaway after a night when futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) traded in a huge range of 1,000 points and struggled to find footing. Markets were all over the place overnight as people continue trying to...