Tag Archives: COVID19

On the heels of Santa Clara County forcing the San Francisco 49ers out of Levi’s Stadium with new COVID-19 restrictions, the NFL has had communications with both of its Los Angeles franchises about safeguarding against a forced move to alternative playing sites in the coming weeks, two league sources told Yahoo Sports. The sources said the steps being taken by the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams include troubleshooting potential practice and stadium sites outside the state of… Source link

Legendary macro hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones expects “an explosion” of economic growth next year as a coronavirus vaccine becomes more widely available. As the federal government moves quickly to approve and distribute experimental inoculations from Pfizer (PFE)-BioNTech (BNTE) and Moderna (MRNA), Wall Street’s becoming increasingly bullish on 2021. Reflecting that mood, the CIO and founder of Tudor Investment Corp., expects risk appetite to rebound even further, especially with… Source link

Another Big Ten program is dealing with COVID-19 issues. Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters Monday that his team experienced “an increased number of presumptive positives” for COVID-19, causing the program to pause team activities “out of an abundance of caution.” The university is awaiting confirmation of the results of those tests, Harbaugh said. According to the Detroit News, Harbaugh declined to comment on the status of Michigan’s upcoming game against… Source link

Images of the Android interface for the WA Notify app being released Monday. Washington state unveiled a new app to inform residents if they’ve been exposed to someone diagnosed with COVID-19, as infection rates in the state soar to an average of 2,700 cases a day. WA Notify, announced Monday morning, is a free app that uses technology developed through a joint effort by Apple and Google called the Exposure Notification System. The app takes advantage of low-energy… Source link

TipRanks Billionaire Israel Englander Pours Money Into 2 “Strong Buy” Stocks Following the wild ride that was 2020, where does the market go from here? Major strides have been made in the COVID-19 vaccine race, yet the near-term picture remains unclear, blurred by the virus’ resurgence and the stimulus stalemate on Capitol Hill.In times like these, the investing greats can serve as a source of inspiration, namely billionaire Israel “Izzy” Englander.Who exactly is Englander? The… Source link

In the midst of a COVID-19 crisis, the NFL has disciplined two teams for failing to follow the league’s protocols. The New England Patriots have been fined $350,000, and the New Orleans Saints have been fined $500,000 and stripped of a future seventh-round draft pick for various violations of the protocols, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Sources: The #Patriots were fined $350K for COVID-19 protocol violations stemming from issues in October when Cam Newton & others tested… Source link

TipRanks Goldman Sachs: These 3 Stocks Could Spike Over 40% Expectations of good news on the near horizon are buoying markets right now. Over the past month, both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ are up 11% to new record highs.Investors are excited at the prospect of a COVID vaccine coming before the winter is out. And the electoral results, that Democrat Joe Biden will ascend to the Presidency while the Republicans will emerge strengthened in Congress, promise the avoidance of extremes typical of… Source link

A coronavirus vaccine is being rushed to the United States as preparations to distribute it across the country enter their final stages. US health authorities will hold an emergency meeting next week to recommend the vaccine, which is still awaiting full approval, be given first to healthcare professionals and people in long-term care facilities. The meeting, announced on Friday by a US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) committee on immunisations, suggests that the Food and Drug… Source link

Ohio State’s game against Illinois has been called off less than 14 hours before kickoff. The Buckeyes announced shortly before 10:30 p.m. ET Friday that they wouldn’t travel to Illinois for a noon kickoff on Saturday because of COVID-19 cases within the program. One of the COVID-19 positives is coach Ryan Day. The school announced earlier Friday that Day tested positive and said that defensive line coach Larry Johnson would be the interim coach. The school said it had suspended all… Source link

If you read between the lines, ever so carefully, of the NFL’s latest coronavirus mess, you could tell, or at least suspect, that the league saw this coming. It did not know, specifically, which Baltimore Ravens would test positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. It did not know, with certainty, that the Ravens’ outbreak would swell to double digits. It could not sense, the day before Thanksgiving, that concern would soon peak. But when the NFL initially rescheduled a prime-time Thanksgiving… Source link