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Zoom acquires secure messaging service Keybase to enhance encryption efforts

The acquisition of the 25-person start-up is Zoom's latest move in a 90-day plan that the company announced on April 1 to fix it security flaws

May 8, 2020

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Moderna gets emergency approval from FDA for phase 2 trial of its coronavirus vaccine candidate

Moderna plans to begin the phase 2 clinical trials with 600 participants soon and the phase 3 trials as early as this summer

May 7, 2020

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Coronavirus: Sanofi reportedly enrolling thousands of volunteers for Covid-19 vaccine trials

Sanofi had earlier said that it could produce 600 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by 2021 if clinical tests succeed

May 7, 2020

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Shanghai Disneyland now open for all its visitors

Disney to reopen Shanghai Disneyland on May 11 after taking $1 billion hit due to coronavirus

Shanghai Disneyland was also the first Disney theme park to close on January 24 following the Covid-19 outbreak

May 6, 2020

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Microsoft invests $1 billion in cloud business in Poland; to come up with new datacenter

The new cloud datacenter region in Poland joins Microsoft's global footprint which now expands to 59 regions

May 6, 2020

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Coronavirus: Starbucks to reopen 85% cafes in US by end of the week but with major changes

Starbucks, which had closed all its cafes on March 22 due to stay-at-home restrictions, plans to open more than 90% of its cafes by early June

May 5, 2020

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Clothing giant J.Crew falls prey to coronavirus; files for bankruptcy

The company has secured $400 million in financing from its existing lenders to fund operations through bankruptcy

May 5, 2020

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Coronavirus: Scientists develop new antibody test with 99.8% accuracy and faster results

Blood-screening company Quotient has developed a new machine that has the capacity of conducting 3,000 coronavirus antibody tests daily

May 4, 2020

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US airlines make masks mandatory, up safety measures to fight coronavirus

From using electrostatic fogging machines to virus testing to pre-boarding temperature checks, airlines are adopting different measures for flyers' safety

May 3, 2020

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3M sues five companies for trying to sell fake N95 respirators at inflated price

3M Company said that one of the vendors besides price gouging made claims to officials in Florida that they have up to five billion N95 respirators

May 2, 2020

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Moderna, Lonza tie up to ramp up Covid-19 vaccine development; could start production by July

Under the agreement, Lonza will manufacture up to a billion doses of the vaccine per year following the technology transfer from Moderna in June

May 1, 2020

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AstraZeneca, Oxford University tie up on Covid-19 vaccine; trial results could be out by July

Under the deal, AstraZeneca will manufacture and distribute the vaccine globally and during the duration of the pandemic will supply it at cost

May 1, 2020

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Boeing to cut 10% workforce as coronavirus, 737 Max burns $4.3 billion in cash in first quarter

The airline will lower the output of 737 Dreamliners to 10 a month from 14 aircrafts a year and alter to seven every month by 2022

Apr 30, 2020

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Coronavirus: Gilead's Covid-19 treatment remdesivir shows positive results in preliminary trial

Half the patients tested with a five-day dose of remdesivir improved over the days, while 50% were cured and discharged from the hospital within two weeks

Apr 29, 2020

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UK likely to launch coronavirus contact-tracing app in 2-3 weeks

National Health Service has decided to launch an indigenous Covid-19 contract-tracing app after it rejected Apple and Google's joint model

Apr 29, 2020

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Coronavirus: Quest Diagnostics launches direct-to-consumer Covid-19 antibody testing service

Antibody tests don't guarantee immunity but doctors say a positive test indicates a patient has developed some level of protection from reinfection

Apr 28, 2020

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Will trade tensions resurface? US comes up with new set of restrictions on exports to China

The change in rules comes at a time when relationship between the United States and China has deteriorated amid the coronavirus outbreak

Apr 28, 2020

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Coronavirus: Sanofi and Regeneron stop arthritis drug Kevzara after clinical trial disappoints

Had Kevzara been successful, it would have helped in keeping many patients off ventilators or saving their lives

Apr 27, 2020

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Trump threatens postal service to raise shipping charges for Amazon or he will block aid

Trump has asked USPS to raise shipping charges by four times, as he believes that the department has been too lenient on online retailers

Apr 26, 2020

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US deficit could top $3.7 trillion due to recession and coronavirus stimulus: CBO

US gross domestic product is estimated to shrink by almost 40% on an annualized basis in the second quarter

Apr 25, 2020

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