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Ransomware Attacks on the rise in APAC Region, Businesses forced to...

Ransomware, a malicious software that can infect your system, typically displays several messages demanding a specific fee to ensure your system start...

Warren Buffett sours on banks, trims tech and laps up pharma stocks

Berkshire Hathaway’s third-quarter filing is out. This time Warren Buffet has given food for thought to his followers, especially with regards t...

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine impresses, demonstrates 94.5% efficacy

US biotech firm Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) on 16 November 2020 announced that its experimental vaccine against COVID-19, mRNA-1273 was 94.5% effective,...

What is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership?

After eight years of meetings, negotiations and discussions, Australia finally signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) deal on S...

SpaceX, NASA Make History with First Crew Dragon Launch to Space

At EST 7:27 PM (Sunday 15 November 2020) the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft "Resilience" lifted off four astronauts to the Internat...

Biden Gets Ready for White House Despite Trump’s Refusal to Concede

The presidential race to the White House has finally come to an end with Joe Biden elected as the 46th President of the US on Saturday, 7 November 202...

E-commerce boom: Brazil the next major country to reap the benefits

E-commerce activity has soared to record heights throughout the current coronavirus pandemic due to rise in demand levels. The widespread use of e-pay...

Ford Unveils New All-Electric Commercial Transit Van

As part of Ford's plan to invest USD 11.5 billion in electric vehicles through 2022, the American automaker company has unveiled its new all-electric...

COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough fuels US tech stocks’ sell-off

The US achieved a significant milestone in the direction of COVID-19 vaccine when on 09 November 2020, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq...

How will Biden victory affect health insurance in the US?

After the US welcomed their new Democrat president Joe Biden in the most intense presidential elections ever, many Americans greeted the decision with...

Why Royal Caribbean shares saw a 29% spike

  The travel and tourism industry has been hit the hardest by the backlash of the coronavirus pandemic as most countries restricted internationa...

Is Hydrogen the fuel of the future?

In a world where the need for sustainable energy is growing by the day, engineers are facing a crucial task of finding new resources. After NASA star...

Petco plans to go public, files IPO with the US Securities and Excha...

Petco Animal Supplies Inc has announced its intentions to go public in the US after having submitted a registration form S-1 to the US Securities and...

Brazil Halts Clinical Trials of Sinovac’s COVID-19 Vaccine, CoronaVa...

Anvisa, the Brazilian health regulator, has paused the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech Ltd’s (NASDAQ:SVA) COVID-19 final-stage cl...

China's October 2020 CPI growth rate falls to 11-year low, PPI drops...

  The growth rate of China’s consumer price index (CPI), the indicator of retail inflation in the country, has fallen to the lowest level...

GE Healthcare in partnership with GenesisCare to deliver improved Ca...

GE Healthcare is the healthcare division of the American multinational conglomerate, General Electric (NYSE: GE). The division alone is valued at US$1...

Pfizer, BioNTech’s share prices jump on upbeat COVID-19 vaccine news

On 9 November 2020, Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) announced that their vaccine candidate, BNT162b2 was found to be over 90% effe...

AstraZeneca (AZN) and Regeneron (REGN) beat COVID-19 blues, report s...

During the current reporting season, several companies have reported losses due to the impact of the ongoing pandemic. However, in the healthcare sect...

Sneak peek at COVID-19 Vaccine frontrunners: AZN, Moderna, Pfizer, J...

Since the outbreak of the catastrophic pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 has taken a severe toll on human life as well as economic and financial aspects. We are al...

Why did the streaming video service Quibi fall?

A once-promising idea that was supposed to transform the entertainment industry and Hollywood itself, Quibi is now a long-forgotten project that tumbl...