Hints and tips:
...Christopher Cassidy, vice-president at Schott North America, blamed the delays on the ramp up in production of Covid-19 vaccine vials. It expects to make 2bn this year....
...Rivals AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Russia’s Sputnik V and new entrants such as Novavax make up the remainder of the market, which is forecast to double in value to $124bn next year....
...The AU will pay $6.75 a dose for the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine and $10 for Johnson & Johnson’s, a single-dose product....
...After such strong reads from the first two releases (three if we count Russia’s Sputnik V), the disappointing AZN figures were perhaps bound to prompt downward pressure on the company’s shares....
...In August, Russia became the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine — named Sputnik V — for civilian use, but western experts cast doubt on its efficacy and safety....
...Christopher Neiberger, a tank gunner, was killed in Baghdad on August 6, 2007, three days after his 22nd birthday, when the Mahdi Army detonated an explosive designed to penetrate tank armour....
...star Regulatory oversight has not kept up with growth in premiums Indian banks: power to the consumer Private-sector lenders exposed to the consumer sector should outperform European takeovers: Macron v...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on April 20, 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...(FT) Japan Inc goes global for M&A advice Only three domestic brokerages rank among the top-ten deal advisers in Japan during the third quarter. Why is Japan Inc looking for foreign advice?...
...Christopher Cole was toiling away deep inside Merrill Lynch’s New York office, arranging complicated debt structures for pension funds and insurers, when he fell in love with volatility. ———————————— Volatility...
...Lord Justice Sir Christopher Floyd rejected Pfizer’s appeal against a High Court ruling last year that overturned its UK patent for use of Lyrica as a pain relief drug and its claim of patent infringement...
...“It’s like something out of Tron,” says the show’s director, Christopher Turner....
...Directed by Zack Synder, 2016 Warner Bros The themes come thick and fast — the morality of power, democracy — but Batman v Superman skids across the surface, leaving characters and notions underdeveloped...
...There can only be one winner in the case of the actor Harry Shearer v Vivendi, the French media group, over royalties from the 1984 film, This is Spinal Tap....
...(WaPo) Clinton v Trump: clash of the operatives David Brock and Roger Stone are masters of the dark arts of politics – 2016 will be their greatest canvas....
...But there was no joking about Univision’s interest in The Onion, whose properties include the pop culture-focused A.V....
.... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Ben Hall, world news editor, picks: • Isis Inc: how oil fuels jihadi terrorists by Erika Solomon, Guy Chazan and Sam Jones• Why China’s ‘migrant miracle’ is...
...This new recording, by contrast, captures a pathetic intimate quarrel between Mr Sterling and a 31-year-old woman, V Stiviano....
...But Christopher Bailey, incoming and open-collared chief executive of Burberry, made clear to the City that he would be “unconventional”....
...The possibility of a Pfizer/AstraZeneca deal still has the politicians talking (the chief executives of both were hauled before the UK parliament this week)....
...This may complicate life for makers of driverless cars: because of legal uncertainties and hugely variable driving environments, “self-driving” is likely to be offered as an optional setting for decades...
...Christopher Glynn, analyst at Oppenheimer, said: “This company’s strategy has been to work successfully on the acquisition front....
...The case (now called FCC v. Fox Television Stations et al) was appealed to the US Supreme Court, where it was debated on Tuesday....
...beyondbrics India v China: a new race in biopharmaceuticals, beyondbrics...
...According to a presentation given to prospective investors, Sir Christopher has already struck a deal with Merck and is in discussions with companies including AstraZeneca, Novartis and Pfizer....
International Edition