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Johnson & Johnson after the announcement of the test of its coronavirus vaccine, JNJ stock has continued to surge, rising over 7%.Multinational pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) on Monday announced that human trial of its experimental vaccine for ravaging coronavirus will start September and would be ready for emergency use authorization early next year.After Johnson and Johnson made the announcement, the firm’s JNJ stock has continued to surge, rising over 7%.Johnson...

At the time of writing, bitcoin – the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap – has fallen an additional $200 and is now trading for just over $6,000.Bitcoin Has Dropped Another $200This means the currency has lost about $700 in just a few days. At the end of last week, the asset had reached a solid price of about $6,700 – a nice throwback to where it had been before all this crazy coronavirus panic. While this was still more than $3,000 less than its February high point, bitcoin...

President Donald Trump reversed his earlier decision to open the United States by April 10, 2020, and now he plans to reopen the country for business on April 30.On March 29, President Donald Trump reversed his earlier decision to open the United States by April 10, 2020. He has decided to extend national social-distancing guidelines to April 30. This initiative is aimed at keeping the forecasted coronavirus death toll in the U.S. from reaching catastrophic and worst-case scenario levels.In...

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) stock rises further following the company’s announcement about its system for identifying coronavirus. Today, during the pre-market hours, Abbott Laboratories shares were 8.77% up. Now they are 6.83% up.It is high time to see where do things stand in healthcare companies. One of them, Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT), has recently got FDA approval on its coronavirus test m2000 RealTime System, which takes a 5-minute minimum to get the results. The test is portable and...

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) stock price remained in the neutral territory today in the pre-market as strategists say that the worst is over for the financial markets. As the trading opened, JPM started falling.JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) stock remained neutral during the pre-market. Sources say that the banking behemoth’s stock prices seemed to hold steady as many expect the U.S. economy to go into a recession.This period of negative growth has been expected for the past month or so. This...

BlockTv, an Israeli-based blockchain and cryptocurrency video content media, has reduced its workforce by almost 80%. The company reportedly ended its contract with all but 5 of its employees as a result of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. BlockTv Layoff 18 EmployeesOwned by controversial Israeli businessman Moshe Hogeg, BlockTv has been providing crypto-related video content since it was founded in 2018. The company was seemingly performing well with 23 staffers until the recent Covid-19...

The extreme levels of volatility reached the U.S. dollar as well, and the world’s reserve currency is losing value. It comes only days after the historic $6.2T “stimulus package,” which aims to help individuals and businesses in need.Amid the rising threat of inflation and concerns amongst numerous experts, the cryptocurrency community broached Bitcoin’s scarcity as an alternative to the constant increase of fiat money in circulation.U.S. Measures Harm The DollarThe novel coronavirus appeared...

The Singapore-based blockchain company, Algorand Foundation, has launched an application called IReport-Covid to help the fight against the novel COVID-19. Users can fulfill a survey, which will soon be publicly posted on the Algorand blockchain to ensure free and constant access.Blockchain App Against COVID-19At the time of this writing, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases is exceeding 600,000. The death tolls are close to 30,000, and the effects are not slowing down. In attempts to...

Abbott Laboratories gets FDA approval on its coronavirus test m2000 RealTime System, which takes a 5-minute minimum to get the results. ABT stock rose nearly 2% after hours to trade around $76 though on Monday its price was $62.Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) announced on Friday that it has received the approval of its rapid COVID-19 test from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to the company, the molecular point-of-care test will be run with their portable called ID now. This...

Nachdem die Schweizer Polizei eine dringende Warnung vor diversen Betrügereien im Zusammenhang mit der Coronavirus-Panik publiziert hatten, warnen nun auch die deutschen Behörden vor Corona-Betrüger: Warnung vor falschen Corona-Testern, Fake-Shops und Betrug-Mails: Helfen Sie mit zu verhindern, dass Betrüger die aktuelle Situation ausnutzen. Seien Sie achtsam und teilen Sie diesen Aufruf. Verlässliche...