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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Bird Flu Spooks Meat, Milk Traders as Virus Hits Dairy Cows  Yahoo Finance Source link

Patrick Pleul/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Netflix’s company culture guidelines say staff should be able to work on content they find harmful. In response to a tweet about the guidelines, Elon Musk said it was a “good move” by Netflix. Musk last month said of Netflix: “The woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable.” Elon Musk praised Netflix for its new company culture guidelines that say it might not be the best place for employees who cannot work on content they disagree with or find… Source link

Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan, told Yahoo Finance Live that ending the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t likely to end anytime soon. “Endemicity is what we’re really talking about,” she said.  One reason COVID-19 may be here to stay is because of its ability to infect different animals. “I don’t think that elimination is going to be possible with this virus. This virus infects a number of different animal species… Source link

Stocks fell on Monday at the start of a holiday-shortened week of trading, with investors considering renewed virus-related restrictions overseas and prospects that a significant social policy bill may be scuttled.  The S&P 500, Dow Nasdaq each dropped more than 1%. Treasury yields fell as investors piled into safe haven assets, and the benchmark 10-year yield held below 1.4%. The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, spiked more than 20% to hover above 25.  U.S. crude oil prices sank 3% to trade… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Investor sentiment sagged Monday amid turmoil for President Joe Biden’s economic agenda and rising global omicron infections, spurring selloffs in stocks, equity futures and oil, while bolstering sovereign bonds. Most Read from Bloomberg U.S. futures and European shares all trimmed losses to about 1% after Moderna Inc. said its vaccine increased antibody levels against the variant. Treasuries pared an increase and the dollar held a jump from Friday, while crude oil slid on… Source link

Stock futures opened higher on Monday to hold onto gains after a recovery rally, with investors at least temporarily shaking off concerns over a new coronavirus variant and looking ahead to new market catalysts.  Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq rose. Each of the three major indexes had ended the regular trading day solidly in the green, with technology stocks leading the way higher and helping pull the Nasdaq up by nearly 2%.  Investors were heartened by remarks from the White… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Most Read from Bloomberg Symptoms linked to the omicron coronavirus variant have been mild so far, said South African health experts, including the doctor who first sounded the alarm about the new strain. But the World Health Organization cautioned there is “no information” symptoms caused by omicron are different from other strains. The 13 omicron cases identified in the Netherlands on Sunday suggest the new variant already has a strong foothold in Europe, with more… Source link

Stock futures opened slightly higher Thursday evening as investors considered the latest batch of earnings and economic data and continued to contemplate the path forward for monetary policy.  Contracts on the S&P 500 edged up. Earlier, the index narrowly eked out its first positive trading session in three days. Technology stocks led the way higher, and the Nasdaq outperformed.  Traders this week have watched a number of market concerns unfold, with infections related to the Delta variant… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. government is poised to being offering booster shots as soon as next month, with the country facing a renewed wave of infections fueled by the highly transmissible delta variant. New Zealand, which has run a successful Covid elimination strategy, will enter a lockdown after reporting its first community transmission since February. Switzerland recorded its biggest jump in infections in months, and the government has redoubled efforts to get more people vaccinated…. Source link

Government officials and health experts are leaning on the private sector to lead the U.S. out of a COVID-19 surge caused by the highly infectious Delta variant. The reason lies largely in the fact that the federal government won’t issue a blanket mandate, and some states are actively fighting mitigation measures. “We don’t have the ability to function as a country,” said Dr. Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. We are facing a “formidable version of… Source link