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Are you looking to invest in Dogecoin but don’t know where to start? If so, you have come to the right place. Cryptocurrency assets come with a lot of risk. However, it’s also growing in popularity amongst investors.
The crypto market is crowding up quickly. But, Dogecoin has turned a fun joke into an actual investment opportunity. Take a glance at its thriving community and you will understand why.

Why Should You Invest in Dogecoin?
Dogecoin investing is community-based and that’s exactly where its potential lies. For example, disaster struck just weeks after its original release in 2013. On December 25th, a hacker …read more […]

Yahoo Finance’s Brian Sozzi, Alexis Christoforous, and Ines Ferre break down the market action for Tesla. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Novavax Inc., one of the front-runners in the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, will receive $1.6 billion from the U.S. government, the biggest contribution yet from the Operation Warp Speed program.The funds will allow the company to conduct advanced human studies and establish manufacturing to deliver 100 million doses as soon as late 2020, Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax said in a statement.Shares of Novavax rose as much as 41%, the highest since September 2016, in Tuesday trading.Novavax is among companies striving to develop an inoculation against the novel coronavirus that’s spreading quickly in countries including the U.S., India …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Delta Air Lines Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc. are among major airlines that may tap a federal loan program as the industry copes with the coronavirus pandemic damages, the Treasury Department announced Tuesday.Southwest Airlines Co. and JetBlue Airways Corp. have also told the agency that they may need a share of the $25 billion pandemic relief loan program that Congress allotted for the industry. Last week, the Treasury Department said that American Airlines Group Inc., Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, SkyWest, and Spirit Airlines also indicated that they may take the federal aid, with American confirming it would …read more […]

Corvus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CRVS) shares shot up 115% on Tuesday after the clinical-stage biopharma company said that it has initiated a Phase 1 study to investigate a novel immunotherapy approach for patients with COVID-19.The stock surged to $5.85 in early morning trading. Novavax reported that the first cohort of 5 patients enrolled in the study was treated at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. The initiation follows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) review and approval of the company’s investigational new drug (IND) application for the COVID-19 study. The trial will evaluate anti-viral antibody response in up to 30 COVID-19 …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Sunrun Inc., America’s biggest rooftop-solar company, is set to become a behemoth through a $1.46 billion takeover of its rival Vivint Solar Inc. Shares of both companies surged.The agreement announced late Monday is one of the industry’s biggest. It comes after Tesla Inc.’s 2016 purchase of debt-plagued SolarCity Corp. and the failed 2015 acquisition of Vivint by SunEdison Inc., the clean-energy giant that went bankrupt soon after.The second major U.S. energy deal in as many days — following Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s $4 billion purchase of Dominion Energy Inc. assets — also threatens to further weaken Tesla’s grip on …read more […]

There’s an interesting subtext to pharmaceutical companies’ battle against COVID-19. Taming the “invisible enemy” is undoubtedly the main objective, but the race for a vaccine or treatment has also created a David vs. Goliath narrative between the companies chasing solutions.July 1 provided a good example of this subtle duel.Pharma giant Pfizer and its partner, BioNTech, presented the first set of positive data from a Phase 1/2 study of their experimental coronavirus vaccine.All 24 participants who received two doses (of either 10 or 30 micrograms) of its BNT162b1 candidate produced neutralizing antibodiesseven days after the second dose.As a result, shares of …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Bayer AG’s plan for moving on from its Roundup legal woes hit a snag barely two weeks after it announced a nearly $11 billion settlement of claims the popular weedkiller causes cancer when a judge expressed skepticism about its proposed treatment of future claims.U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria called the plan to create a class action for future litigants problematic in a court filing Monday and said he was “tentatively inclined” to reject it. He set a July 24 hearing date. Shares of Bayer, which inherited the weedkiller through its purchase of Monsanto, fell as much as 7.1% …read more […]

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United’s reservations for travel within the coming month quickly began to slide after New York, New Jersey and Connecticut said last month they would require people arriving from hot-spot states to quarantine for 14 days, the report said. The slump was most pronounced at United’s Newark hub, where near-term net bookings were just about 16% of year-ago levels as of July 1, the Journal said. Earlier this month, United said it was adding nearly 25,000 domestic and international flights in August, tripling the number it flew in June, while standing ready to shift plans if recent spikes in …read more […]

Shares in Novavax (NVAX) are currently jumping 42% in pre-market trading after the biotech company said that it has been granted $1.6 billion by the U.S. government to fund the development of a potential coronavirus vaccine.The stock is soaring to $116.53 in Tuesday’s pre-market trading as Novavax announced that it has been selected to participate in Operation Warp Speed (OWS), a U.S. government program that seeks to begin supplying millions of doses of a safe, effective vaccine for COVID-19 in 2021. As part of the program, Novavax has been awarded with the funding to complete its late-stage clinical development, including …read more […]

American Airlines is telling the U.S. Department of Transportation your pet dog cannot apply for a credit card. Nor can you apply for a credit card using other fraudulent means. Lawyers for the airline made that clear this week in a 53-page document alleging some loyalty program members recently took part in an “elaborate scheme […] …read more […]

Stock futures fell Tuesday morning, with the S&P 500 poised to snap a five-day winning streak as investors considered prospects of a drawn-out economic recovery alongside an ongoing rise in virus cases. …read more […]

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is reportedly interested in buying the gaming unit of Warner Bros-owned AT&T Inc. (T) to ramp up the game-making capabilites of its Xbox devices.The Information reported on Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter, that AT&T hasn’t yet decided whether to sell the Interactive Entertainment gaming division that owns popular videogame “Mortal Kombat”.The interest comes as Microsoft is poised to announce a new lower-tier Xbox to accompany its upcoming console release of the Xbox Series X this fall.Reported on June 26, by The Verge, a leaked Microsoft document revealed plans for a lesser-powered next-gen Xbox console …read more […]

Many people contact me to pick up their banner… their cause.
I’m glad they do because it keeps me abreast of the varied ideas people have for cultural policy.
Note that I purposely did not say public policy because that sounds political.
When I think of policy, I think of society choosing – voluntarily – to do something different.
For example, right now the number of people gardening is probably the highest it’s been since the 1940s.
Everywhere folks are putting in some veggies, planting a fruit tree and buying berry plants.
No government agency encouraged it. The IRS did not incentivize it. I can’t even …read more […]