Aug.20 -- Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says President Donald Trump has done a bad job for the country and economy. Bloomberg said that Trump’s leadership had been terrible for the country, blaming him for hundreds of thousands of Americans sickened or killed by coronavirus. Bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News....
Goodyear Tire Chief Executive Rich Kramer said on Thursday the company had clarified its policy to make clear employees can wear apparel expressing support for law enforcement after it faced a boycott call from U.S. President Donald Trump. The Republican president, who is seeking a second term in office, told reporters on Wednesday he would swap out the Goodyear tires on his presidential limousine if there were an alternative. Goodyear on Thursday said it had a longstanding policy of asking employees of refraining from working place expressions of support for any political candidates....
Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE), and its partner BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX), announced positive results for the Phase 1 trial of their second COVID-19 vaccine candidate, stating that the latest vaccine candidate had fewer side effects than their first.What Happened The second vaccine candidate called BNT162b2 or B2 is already in advanced trials and its administration was well tolerated in the trial participants across the age spectrum, according to a statement released by the two companies Thursday. The companies said 332 people participated in the clinical trial, who were administered either the latest vaccine or the first called BNT162b1 or B1.The recipients of the B2 candidate reported fewer side effects related to the vaccine, with such adverse events reported 16.7% of the time. In the case of B1, the adverse events occurred 50% of the time, according to the drugmakers.Some data from a large study of the B2 candidate may be available...
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. regulators are investigating whether a massive methane release over Florida they say likely occurred during maintenance on a natural gas compressor station this spring violated the nation’s Clean Air Act.The mysterious plume of invisible gas, estimated to total 300 metric tons, was released north of Gainesville between May 2 and May 3, according to Bluefield Technologies Inc., which analyzed data from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P satellite and was first reported by Bloomberg News.“Our preliminary findings indicate that the release may have occurred from maintenance operations at a natural gas compressor station located in Brooker (Bradford County), Florida,” the Environmental Protection Agency’s southeast regional office said Thursday in an emailed statement. The agency “is continuing to investigate the cause of this release and whether any Clean Air Act requirements were violated.”The Florida Gas Transmission Pipeline, a joint venture between Energy Transfer LP and Kinder Morgan Inc. “vented” during...
Posted by OFX AUD - Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar struggled to regain its momentum yesterday after falling a full cent from eight-month highs following the release of US Federal Reserve minutes. Declining from Wednesday night highs of 0.7275, the local currency opened at 0.7180 and continued its shift lower yesterday to … Continue reading "Australian Dollar looks to retest 72 cent handle"The post Australian Dollar looks to retest 72 cent handle appeared first on ....
The American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carrier Conference has filed suit with the Federal Maritime Commission in an effort to protect truck drivers from being forced to use overpriced chassis that are not always up to safety standards. ...
The American Trucking Associations’ Intermodal Motor Carrier Conference recently filed suit with the Federal Maritime Commission in an effort to protect commercial truck drivers from being forced to use overpriced chassis that are not always up to safety standards. ...
