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Emerging Markets Are Stumbling as Old Bugbear Gatecrashes Party

(Bloomberg) — Just as early bets on an emerging-market recovery start fueling appetite for stocks and currencies, an old bugbear is reappearing to haunt investors: U.S.-China tensions.MSCI’s emerging-markets stock gauge moved into the red last week as China announced plans to impose a national security law on Hong Kong, deepening the friction between Washington and Beijing. Signs are mounting that President Donald Trump will make his tough-on-China stance a key element of his re-election bid. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday some Americans are pushing the two countries toward a “new Cold War.”“The market mood had been rather constructive …read more […]

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Gilead’s Remdesivir Most ‘Beneficial’ In Covid-19 Patients Who Need Extra Oxygen, Study Shows

Gilead Sciences Inc.’s (GILD) remdesivir, its coronavirus drug candidate, is most “beneficial” for Covid-19 patients who require supplemental oxygen but don’t need mechanical ventilation, according to a study by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).”Ultimately, the findings support remdesivir as the standard therapy for patients hospitalized with Covid-19 and requiring supplemental oxygen therapy,” the report said, citing preliminary results from the randomized, controlled trial, published in The New England Journal of Medicine.Over a 10-day course, patients received the antiviral remdesivir intravenously and a placebo. The report showed that patients who received remdesivir had a shorter time to …read more […]

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Tesla Asks China To Build Model 3 Cars With LFP Batteries – Report

Tesla Inc. (TSLA) is asking the Chinese government for approval to build model 3 vehicles in the country equipped with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, Reuters reported.The name of the battery maker wasn’t disclosed, according to a document by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology seen by Reuters.Reuters exclusively reported in February that Tesla is in advanced talks to use LFP batteries from CATL that contain no cobalt – one of the most expensive metals in electric vehicle (EV) batteries – in cars made at its China plant.Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.Model …read more […]