Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to get their trading day started: 1. Dow is set to rise nearly 200 points to begin the last week of 2020 Traders work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE US stock futures indicated a higher Monday morning open as…

President-elect Joe Biden plans to enact Defense Production Act to boost coronavirus vaccine production after taking office next month, a member of his Covid-19 advisory team said Monday. “You will see how he invokes the Defense Production Act,” said Dr. Celine Gounder, member of Biden’s Covid-19 Advisory Board, during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”.…

SINGAPORE – The world must remain vigilant for the next six months while the coronavirus vaccine is rolled out as it will take time for most of the population to get their vaccinations, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist told CNBC. “We’re approaching the beginning of the end, we can see the light at the…

Here are the top news, trends, and analysis investors need to get their trading day started: 1. Trump slams Covid Stimulus Bill United States President Donald Trump waves as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Al Drago | Getty Images President Donald Trump railed…

Medical worker Christina Mathers attends to an unconscious patient who is holding the patient’s hand in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on December 21, 2020. Go Nakamura | Getty Images Sorrento Therapeutics is working on new antibody therapeutics that it hopes will be a game changer…

LONDON – European markets closed higher on Wednesday as investors hoped a Brexit trade deal could be reached amid concerns over approval of a long-belated US coronavirus stimulus package. The Europe-wide Stoxx 600 Index tentatively closed 1.1% with Travel & Leisure stocks rising 3.67% to lead earnings. Healthcare stocks bucked the trend, slipping 0.4%. On…

Dr. Atul Gawande, a coronavirus advisor to President-elect Joe Biden, told CNBC on Wednesday that he had participated in Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine study. “My mom, 84, said, ‘I want to give something back,’ so she signed up for the trial. I said if my mom can, I’ll sign up for a vaccination trial,” said Gawande…

[The stream is slated to start at 3:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Health Department and Pentagon officials hold a joint briefing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s Operation Trump Warp Speed ​​Covid-19 vaccination program as Americans receive some of the first few shots.…

People walk past the closed entrance of the Eurostar terminal at Brussels South Station after the UK’s European neighbors closed their doors to travelers from the UK on December 21, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. Yves Herman | Reuters LONDON – Afraid, angry and alone. So many people in the UK are feeling just two days…

Snow falls as people wearing face masks walk through the Asakusa district on March 29, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images SINGAPORE – Towards the end of 2020, many investors are viewing Asia as the region with one of the best economic prospects for the next year as the coronavirus outbreak can…