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Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech’s (BNTX) COVID-19 vaccine is proving effective six months after the second dose, according to an ongoing analysis of the Phase 3 trial participants. The vaccine showed 91.3% efficacy against COVID-19, slightly lower than the original 95% seen in Phase 3 trials. The data, from 12,000 of the more than 44,000 adults in the trial, is a result of observations from seven days through six months after the second dose was received. The two companies announced the results in a… Source link

Bloomberg One of World’s Greatest Hidden Fortunes Is Wiped Out in Days (Bloomberg) — From his perch high above Midtown Manhattan, just across from Carnegie Hall, Bill Hwang was quietly building one of the world’s greatest fortunes.Even on Wall Street, few ever noticed him — until suddenly, everyone did.Hwang and his private investment firm, Archegos Capital Management, are now at the center of one of the biggest margin calls of all time — a multibillion-dollar fiasco involving secretive… Source link

With just a week before opening day, the Chicago White Sox were dealt a significant blow. Outfielder Eloy Jiménez will miss the next five or six months with a ruptured pectoral tendon, which will require surgery. Eloy Jimenez ruptured his left pectoral tendon and will be out 5 to 6 months, per Rick Hahn. He will need surgery. — Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) March 25, 2021 Jiménez injured himself on Wednesday during the White Sox’s spring training game against the Oakland Athletics. While… Source link

Bitcoin might be diminishing in a quality that’s long been a sore spot for criticism: volatility. One critical gauge shows the cryptocurrency’s expected price swings are now at their lowest point in three months. The cryptocurrency’s implied volatility, or expectations for price turbulence, declined to an annualized 75% early Monday, based on calculations using options premiums with a one-month horizon. That’s the lowest since Dec. 25, according to data provider Skew. They peaked… Source link

TipRanks Billionaire David Tepper Bets Big on These 2 “Strong Buy” Dividend Stocks Anyone trying to keep track of where the markets might be heading, could be forgiven for displaying signs of dizziness. The markets are being violently pulled in opposite directions lately, making it difficult to form a coherent investing strategy. It is in time like this that some expert advice might provide a clearer picture. Hardly any on the Street come more highly regarded than billionaire David Tepper…. Source link

Bloomberg China’s Yuan Becomes Latest Victim of Treasury-Led Selloff (Bloomberg) — The Chinese yuan erased all its gains against the dollar this year, the latest to fall prey to the Treasury-led global market selloff.The onshore yuan weakened as much as 0.5%, falling past the 6.5283 per dollar level it closed at last year. At its January peak, it was up 1.6% from 2020 as the economy rebounded and investors poured money into the Chinese bond market.Optimism over a global recovery from the… Source link

Custom Notifications Performance Insights Long Time, No Updates The Google Ads mobile app is getting updated with two new features to help advertisers monitor and improve campaign performance on the fly. New features include: Custom notifications about performance and status changes. More data about fluctuations in campaign performance. Here’s an overview of each of these updates. Custom Notifications Advertisers can now use the Google Ads mobile app to set custom notifications about things that… Source link

Google has updated the Gmail iOS app for the first time in months, along with Meet, Sheets, Docs, Calendar and Tasks. Aside from Tasks now supporting widgets on iOS 14, these are minor updates centered around bug fixes and performance improvements. It’s the first time Google has rolled out new versions of these apps since Apple started forcing third-party developers to submit privacy nutrition labels. It updated several YouTube apps in February. Some other major Google iOS apps are still on… Source link

Enlarge / A Wear OS watch. Ron Amadeo Poor, dying Wear OS. Apparently, the Google Assistant on Wear OS has been broken for months, and until now, no one at Google has noticed. About four months ago, diehard Wear OS users started a thread on the public Android issue tracker saying that the “OK Google” hotword no longer worked on Wear OS, and several claimed that the feature has been broken for months. Recently, news of the 900-user-strong… Source link

Enlarge / The current state of Google’s iOS app lineup. Aurich Lawson Google’s major iOS apps have been seeing serious neglect for the past few months. On December 8, Apple’s App Store started requiring all apps to show privacy “nutrition labels” in their app store listing, where developers self-report what data an app uses for tracking and how that data is linked to a user. Coincidentally, a lot of Google’s apps, especially the most popular… Source link