The cancellation leaves hydroxychloroquine, an older malaria drug that Novartis Chief Executive Vas Narasimhan is touting as a potential coronavirus treatment, in its Sandoz generic unit's portfolio. Novartis is donating 130 million hydroxychloroquine doses to support efforts against the epidemic, though the European Union has so far said there is no proof it works....
The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) and Walmart announced that Susie De Ridder, a driver for Armour Transportation Systems in New Brunswick, Canada, has been named winner of the first annual Female Driver of the Year Award. ...
(Bloomberg) -- American intelligence officials concluded that China concealed the extent of the outbreak there. The Pentagon aims to provide as many as 100,000 body bags for civilian use in the U.S.New York and New Jersey said deaths have doubled in the past three days, while Florida ordered residents to stay home after weeks of rejecting calls to do so. President Donald Trump’s administration is weighing whether to halt flights from some of the hardest-hit cities.France and Spain reported their deadliest days. Italy and Germany moved to extend lockdowns. In the U.K., some 1 million people have surged onto welfare. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan would ask all arrivals from overseas to go into quarantine. A cruise-ship standoff is intensifying off Australia.Key Developments:Global cases top 932,000; almost 47,000 dead: Johns HopkinsYoung age of many N.Y. patients surprises doctorsLos Angeles mayor says entire city should wear masks: APPivotal climate conference is...
Season two of the HDT Talks Trucking podcast is now available, covering topics such as California’s AB5 law restricting the use of independent contractors, autonomous trucks, electric trucks, and reducing unscheduled downtime. ...
General Electric Co is asking its lenders to replace US$20bn in revolving loans with a new debt package that will come with a smaller size and shorter maturities, sources said. The new loans, that will come at the reduced size of US$15bn, are a testament to a changing bank landscape as firms seek to get better compensated for the risk they take to lend as volatility rattles the markets. JP Morgan, Citigroup, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley lead the GE loans....
