A flurry of announcements relating to COVID vaccines dominated headlines on the pandemic on Monday, with Moderna telling investors it expects to generate some $5 billion in sales in 2023. Read more
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‘Markets are going to get rocked’ as Fed is likely to push rates higher, economist warns
The Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates more than the markets now expect, says Ricardo Reis, an economist at the London School of Economics. “Markets are going to Read more
Kevin McCarthy elected House speaker, narrowly prevailing in 15th round of voting
Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy succeeded early Saturday in his push to become his chamber’s next speaker, claiming the job after first falling short in well over a dozen rounds Read more
Kevin McCarthy speaker drama enters fourth day: Watch the House vote here.
Drama over who will be the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives entered a fourth day Friday, as California Republican Kevin McCarthy failed to win the gavel after Read more
China’s latest COVID challenge: Lunar New Year holiday travel surge
China is hoping to avoid an acceleration in the pace of new COVID cases during the coming Lunar New Year holiday, when Chinese people traditionally travel home to see family, Read more
U.S. Economic Calendar – MarketWatch
The median forecasts in this calendar come from surveys of economists conducted by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. All statistics in this calendar are in expressed in Read more
Southwest sees flight cancellations costing up to $825 million
Southwest Airlines Co. warned Friday that it expects to report a surprise net loss for the fourth quarter, because of the costs associated with all the flights it canceled in Read more
Still no House speaker? Salaries in limbo, taxpayers’ requests turned away
If you’ve got a problem that you want your member of Congress to help solve, you may have a bigger problem at the moment: getting a response from their office. Read more
WHO is ‘concerned’ about coronavirus variant XBB.1.5 and its apparent growth advantage
The global tally of COVID cases rose 25% in the period stretching from Dec. 5 to Jan. 1 to more than 14.5 million, the World Health Organization said Thursday. Known Read more
Kevin McCarthy speaker drama enters third day: Watch the House vote here
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to meet at noon on Thursday to resume consideration of who’ll be its next speaker, amid intensifying drama following six straight failed attempts Read more