A nurse prepares the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on January 10, 2021 at a vaccination center in Sarcelles near Paris. ALAIN JOCARD | AFP | Getty Images France is considered one of the most vaccine-skeptical nations in the world. Public distrust of vaccination programs was confirmed in opinion polls before the coronavirus pandemic. In France,…

Passengers arrive on a flight from London under new restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at JFK International Airport in New York on December 21, 2020. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters The U.S. will soon require passengers to show they recently tested negative for Covid-19 before flying into the country, the Centers for…

An Indiana-based auction house emerges as a technology company amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the disruption caused by the global health crisis has turned a three-year process into an overnight success. KAR Auction Services, based near Indianapolis, has made a name for itself in the used car auction business. As pandemic lockdown made more businesses…

Shoppers wear masks while shopping at a Walmart store in Bradford, Pennsylvania on July 20, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Janey Whiteside, Walmart’s chief customer officer, said Tuesday that many of its customers are not expecting the economy to recover quickly from the pandemic. Nearly half of customers surveyed in November said Walmart were concerned…

The Trump administration on Tuesday issued new guidelines extending coronavirus vaccine eligibility to anyone aged 65 and over, as well as those with comorbid conditions such as diabetes. States’ focus on vaccinating health care workers and nursing homes has created a bottleneck, a senior administrative official told CNBC, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of…

Starbucks is launching a $ 100 million fund that aims to invest in community development projects and small businesses in areas populated by blacks, indigenous peoples and colored people. The company’s Community Resilience Fund is part of a broader plan to strengthen its commitment to racial and social justice, particularly in the communities where it…

Women sunbathers sit on a beach in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on July 24, 2020, while the Burj al-Arab Hotel can be seen behind it. After a painful four-month hiatus in tourism that ended in early July, Dubai is paying off as a safe travel destination with the resources to ward off coronaviruses. KARIM…

He Xiaopeng, CEO of Xpeng, stands next to the company’s P7 electric sedan speaking to the media at the 2020 Beijing Auto Show. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC In July 2020, local branches of four of the “Big Five” banks granted Nio 10.4 billion yuan in loans for the startup’s China activities in Hefei near Shanghai.…

SINGAPORE – As domestic automakers in China attempt to position themselves against Tesla in the growing Chinese electric vehicle space, Nio is well positioned to capture a sizable slice of the market, an analyst told CNBC. The Chinese electric car start-up released its first sedan, the et7, on Saturday with self-driving technology features that are…

The Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. company logo will be displayed on Monday, August 18, 2014 at the headquarters of Chugai Pharma Manufacturing Co. in Tokyo, Japan. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg via Getty Images SINGAPORE – Shares in Japanese drug maker Chugai Pharmaceutical rose sharply in trading Tuesday after the UK government found the drug tocilizumab was…