What to know in the week ahead

This week, the second-quarter earnings season continues with a host of companies across industries slated to report results. Mid-week, a handful of pharmaceutical companies that are working to quickly develop a Covid-19 vaccine will testify before Congress. Vaccine manufacturers’ appearance Five companies working to develop a coronavirus vaccine are set to appear before a US House of Representatives subcommittee to discuss their work in creating inoculations. Officials from Merck (MRK),… Source link

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Can you get the coronavirus twice?

For many survivors of COVID-19, the silver lining of the grueling illness is the hope that they will have gained permanent immunity and can never contract the disease again. But new studies suggest this may not be the case and that immunity to the coronavirus may be short-lived.        A U.K. study published on July 11, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, found that antibodies may start to decline 20 to 30 days after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms and that detectable amounts of… Source link

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Europe’s ‘Hamilton Moment’ Is a Flop. That’s Fine.

(Bloomberg Opinion) — Europe is boring. That is a great achievement. Throughout the 20th century, Europe mass-produced history, most of it disastrous. The two most destructive wars in history began in Europe over obscure questions such as the governance of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the ownership of Gdansk (now in Poland, then the “free city” of Danzig). The most dangerous location in the Cold War was not Cuba but Berlin. If World War III had broken out, Europe would have been its principal… Source link

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The number of Americans who trust Biden to handle the pandemic better than Trump is increasing

Back at the end of March, when the coronavirus was first surging in the United States, polls showed Americans felt similarly about both presidential candidates ability to handle the pandemic. Three months later, that’s changed, a new survey released from The Washington Post and ABC News finds. The poll, released Sunday, shows the presumptive Democratic nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, holding a 20-point advantage over President Trump when it comes to which candidate voters trust more… Source link

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OnePlus Nord will rely on Google’s calling and messaging apps

OnePlus is still dribbling out details of its sub-$500 Nord ahead of the phone’s July 21st launch, and its latest may be noteworthy if you loathe redundant pre-installed apps. The company has revealed (via 9to5Google) that the Nord will use Google’s phone, Messages apps rather than OnePlus’ own. It’ll come with Duo, too. The phone maker wasn’t specific about the reasons why, but said the Google apps would deliver the “smoothest” experience. Raw performance shouldn’t be an… Source link

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Trump’s new Biden attack: Socialist Trojan horse

WASHINGTON — During a campaign-style speech last week in the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump lamented that his efforts to turn Joe Biden’s son into a political vulnerability for the Democrat had flopped. “But Hunter — where’s Hunter?” Trump said, referring to the younger Biden’s lucrative position on the board of a Ukrainian gas company while his father was vice president. “And you all know about Burisma, but nothing happens. Nobody cares.” It’s one of many… Source link

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Roger Stone’s commutation is more of the same from the Republican Party

Roger Stone walks out of a federal courthouse following a hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 25, 2019. (Lynne Sladky / Associated Press) To the editor: Columnist Jonah Goldberg omits President George H.W. Bush’s pardons, not merely commutations, of six defendants relating to the Iran-Contra scandal, four of whom were already convicted or had pleaded guilty. (“It’s Roger Stone’s Republican Party now,” Opinion, July 13). Lawrence Walsh, the special prosecutor, said: “It demonstrates that… Source link

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China’s growing belligerence

China has been throwing its weight around from Hong Kong to India. Why the new aggression? Here’s everything you need to know: What is China doing?In the past few months, Beijing has exploited the U.S.’s and the world’s preoccupation with the coronavirus pandemic to assert China’s hegemony throughout Asia. It has threatened or sunk boats from Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan, and Malaysia, and flown fighter jets into Taiwanese airspace eight times. It instigated a skirmish with India in the… Source link

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Brooklyn Beckham is ‘too immature’ for marriage, according to his ex-girlfriend

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz attend the Saint Laurent show at Paris Fashion Week, February 25. (Photo by Dominique Charriau/WireImage) Brooklyn Beckham is “too immature” to get married, according to his ex-girlfriend Lexy Panterra. David and Victoria’s eldest child, 21, shared the news of his engagement to actress Nicola Peltz last week. However, US dancer Panterra, who dated the aspiring photographer for a year, said he was “not ready” to tie the knot and admitted to being… Source link

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