Dr. Michael Osterholm, Regent Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair of Public Health and Director of the Center for Research and Policy on Infectious Diseases at the University of Minnesota, announced advances on COVID-19 testing in Minnesota at St. Paul, MN. Glen Stubbe | Star Tribune | Getty Images An epidemiologist who advised President Joe Biden’s…

Chinese President Xi Jinping will take part in the WEF Virtual Event of the World Economic Forum of the Davos Agenda and will give a special address via video link in Beijing, the capital of China, on January 25, 2021. Li Xueren | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images An anonymous author, himself described as…

United States President Joe Biden speaks out on combating climate change before signing executive measures in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on January 27, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden took a series of executive action on climate change in his first few weeks in office to undo…

US stocks fell sharply on Friday, ending a rollercoaster week on Wall Street as retail speculative trading continued to unsettle the market. The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 620.74 points, or 2%, to 29,982.62, the first time since December 14 that the 30-share mark closed below the 30,000 mark. The S&P 500 fell 1.9% to…

Check out some of the largest moving companies on the pre-market: Biogen (BIIB) – The drugmaker’s shares rose nearly 12% ahead of launch after it was revealed that the Food and Drug Administration extended the review period for its experimental Alzheimer’s treatment aducanumab by three months. Biogen will provide additional data to the FDA as…

Vlad Tenev, CEO of Robinhood, said Robinhood’s attempt to stop trading certain speculative names is in the best interests of the company and its millions of users. “In order to protect the company and our customers, we had to limit the purchase of these stocks,” Tenev told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin on Thursday evening. “Robinhood…

NBCUniversal launches its new Peacock streaming service. Todd Williamson | Peacock | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Comcast on Thursday reported results for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year that beat analysts’ estimates in both the upper and lower ranges. Comcast also reported record growth in high-speed Internet service customers and an additional 11 million…

Traders work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures fell slightly in overnight trading on Wednesday as the market extended a strong sell-off amid concerns over increased speculative trading. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 20 points lower. S&P 500 futures fell 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 futures…

U.S. Treasury Department yields fluctuated Wednesday morning ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later that day. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose slightly to 1.043% at 4 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury note rose to 1.803%. The returns move inversely to the prices. US…

The S&P 500 slipped slightly from a record high on Tuesday as Wall Street prepared for the heart of corporate earnings season, including reports from a number of blue-chip companies and big tech players. The broad equity benchmark fell 0.2% to 3,849.62 after hitting a new intraday record at the start of the session. The…