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...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....
...Related links: What Hertz tells us about the future of shared mobility – FT Alphaville Shared mobility V.1, USSR edition – FT Alphaville Do the economics of self-driving taxis actually make sense?...
...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...
...The top-five list included the addition of Oracle, which ousted Pfizer after the pharmaceuticals group completed its $17bn takeover of Hospira....
...Richard Lane, analyst at Moody’s, estimates that US companies have $1.1tn in offshore cash, with the largest balances belonging to Apple, Microsoft, Google, Cisco and Oracle — none of which has done inversions...
...Trickier than keeping in lane or a safe distance behind the car in front is the “softer side” of driving, says Mr Buczkowski....
...“There has been little progress toward corporate tax reform that would incentivise US companies to permanently repatriate funds held overseas,” said Richard Lane of Moody’s....
...Some fear any similar fall today would leave the genetic medicine revolution moving back into the slow lane. Investors are already jittery....
...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...
...“Right now, there’s a map that shows all of our origins and destinations, and we have got complete track and trace [capabilities] over anything that is moving inside those lanes from a logistics perspective...
...beyondbrics India v China: a new race in biopharmaceuticals, beyondbrics...
...True: around 35,500 v 33,500 for each MP elected in 2010. But misleading, since tactical voting means that many Labour supporters in hopeless seats have until now voted Liberal Democrat....
...The Fed’s Maiden Lane, Maiden Lane II and Maiden Lane III facilities were and are subject to credit risk that is not covered by a Federal Treasury guarantee or indemnity....
...Mr Vernon, who is the ‘v’ in Brevan, intends to “pursue other interests”. Of the five founding partners, Jean-Philippe Blochet left in November 2009 to join Moore Capital....
...Philip Lane, professor of international macroeconomics at Trinity College Dublin, told the Financial Times: “In terms of income tax, Ireland is basically an undertaxed country.”...
...Pfizer, the largest US drugmaker by market value, inched down 0.7 per cent to $14.54 as the stock being removed from the “conviction buy” list at Goldman Sachs....
...Weaving through traffic on it is like lane splitting in a large car – and scarcely any stealthier. Not only is the Vision big, but it also has more lights than Blackpool and Coney Island combined....
...He no longer owns Idol and five years ago sold his company, 19 Entertainment, to media group CKX Inc....
...In Comcast v. FCC – the “network neutrality” case – the agency was found to be making up the law as it went....
...Last week’s US jobs report has knocked investor confidence, and those predicting a V-shaped recovery are finding it harder to justify their positions....
...I’d say the George V for sheer over-the-topness and people-watching, lunch at Noura, a treat from Goyard and dinner at Ferdi....
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