Delta variant

An estimated 62.4% of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at this point, but the nationwide outbreak of the delta variant is an ongoing concern for investors. On Tuesday, Bank of America economist Aditya Bhave said the delta variant will likely continue to be a...

A controversial item companies are navigating is how to manage whether they can or will require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. One airline is giving its employees an ultimatum that could affect their bank accounts if they are not vaccinated. What Happened: Delta Air Lines...

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) CEO said the company is working on a specialized vaccine targeting the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19. What Happened: “We are making a specialized vaccine for Delta. I am almost certain that we will not need it because the booster shot of the current...

In the face of rising cases of COVID-19, more companies are delaying their planned return to offices until January 2022, including Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which was due to welcome employees back in September. Fears of the more contagious Delta variant have also caused a few states and big cities to...

It's safe to say that stakeholders across the supply chain imagined that by the third quarter of 2021, the capacity crunch facing air, sea and ground transportation would've loosened.  "We're all trying to do our best to be prognosticators, as industry veterans are even surprised by what's going...

Chinese restrictions to control a spike in COVID infections have severely curtailed cargo operations at several airports and reduced crew availability, forcing airlines to cancel hundreds of flights as the peak shipping season kicks into high gear in a sector already struggling to keep up with high...

The ADP jobs report earlier in the week was a bit of a shocker, falling well short of expectations. Given how the ADP report has not been a consistent indicator of how well the private sector performs in the official BLS nonfarm payroll report, it set the tone for lower expectations for today...

The market is still in a waiting mode, with a lot hinging on tomorrow’s jobs report. Predictions of a volatile, choppy week in the equity markets did not disappoint on Wednesday as the market continued to ride waves of concern about Lambda, the Delta variant’s apparent successor, supply...

On Friday morning, Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL) announced six passengers on board the Royal Caribbean International’s Adventures of the Seas tested positive for COVID-19. Four of the passengers were vaccinated, while the other two were not. All are in quarantine. Passengers over the...

The Delta coronavirus variant continues to spread, particularly in parts of the west, southwest, and Midwest, according to recent data by the John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. What Happened: Despite the fast economic recovery, the Delta variant appears to be slowing growth —...

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd. (NASDAQ: IPA) skyrocketed 136% on Thursday after the company announced its TATX-03 PolyTope Therapy demonstrated potent pseudovirus neutralizing activity against the COVID-19 Delta variant in vitro. IPA’s four monoclonal antibody cocktail previously showed...

The coronavirus strikes back! It’s bad news for almost everyone and everything… except for merciless gold. So, were you hoping that the epidemic was over? After all, millions of people got vaccinated, and the economy is booming. Restrictions have been generally lifted, the Fed removed...

As the Delta variant rapidly spreads across the U.S., accounting for 83% of the country's cases, a new study showed that neutralizing titers induced by Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE: JNJ) COVID-19 vaccine decreased 5.4-fold against the Delta plus variant. What Happened: ...

Canadian railway CN is still recovering from a nearly two-week outage of a bridge that is part of a key route to Vancouver. The impacts of the outage remain to be seen, as the bridge outage, as well as wildfire conditions, have contributed to a backlog at the Port of Vancouver, said CN executives...

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