A worker hands-out vaccination cards as members of the public receive vaccinations at a drive-through vaccine center in Hyde, near Manchester, U.K., on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.K. health officials are anxious to trace one of six individuals infected with a more contagious variant […]
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Chinese ministry calls for supply chain resiliency, without mentioning chip production targets
Michaela Rehle | Reuters BEIJING — In the face of a global chip shortage and U.S. sanctions, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology declined Monday to name targets for semiconductor production. China would like to build up self-sufficiency in competitive technologies and rely less on imports of semiconductors, or […]
Dow futures rise more than 200 points as the 10-year Treasury yield declines
A woman walks past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at Wall Street on January 12, 2021 in New York City. ANGELA WEISS | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures rose sharply in early morning trading on Monday, as Treasury yields continued to retreat from their highs from last […]
4 charts show how the UK’s coronavirus vaccine rollout is starting to work
Pharmacist, Murtaza Abdulkarim (L) administers a dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine to a patient at a temporary vaccination centre, staffed by pharmacists and pharmacist assistants, at the Al-Abbas Islamic Centre in Birmingham, West Midlands on February 4, 2021. Oli Scarff | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The first […]
This multibillion-dollar company is selling lab-grown chicken in a world-first
You’d know a chicken nugget if you saw one, right? How about one grown from a single cell, with no animals harmed in the process? Josh Tetrick is betting not. He is trying to win over consumers with his lab-grown chicken bite following the world’s first approval of his company’s cultured chicken in Singapore […]
Dow futures rise around 200 points as Treasury yields fall
A woman walks past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at Wall Street on January 12, 2021 in New York City. ANGELA WEISS | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures rose sharply in early morning trading on Monday, as Treasury yields continued to retreat from their highs from last […]
Soccer, basketball and football are the future of sports for Generation Alpha, survey finds
Eddie Segura #4 of Los Angeles FC defends against Sergio Santos #17 of Philadelphia Union during the MLS match at the Banc of California Stadium on March 8, 2020 in Los Angeles. Shaun Clark | Getty Images U.S. professional football and basketball have a future, baseball needs help and global […]
Biden expresses support for Amazon union vote in Alabama: ‘Make your voice heard’
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks prior to signing an executive order, aimed at addressing a global semiconductor chip shortage, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, February 24, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Without naming Amazon specifically, President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed support for […]
China’s aging population is a bigger challenge than its ‘one-child’ policy, economists say
A medical worker takes care of a newborn baby lying inside an incubator at Jingzhou Maternity & Child Healthcare Hospital on the eve of Chinese New Year, the Year of the Ox, on Feb. 11, 2021 in Jingzhou, Hubei Province of China. Huang Zhigang | Visual China Group | Getty […]
Dow futures rise more than 200 points as Treasury yields fall
A woman walks past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at Wall Street on January 12, 2021 in New York City. ANGELA WEISS | AFP | Getty Images U.S. stock futures rose sharply in overnight trading on Sunday, as Treasury yields continued to retreat from their highs from last week. […]