Slideshow ( 5 images )JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel plans to open up some hotels, gyms and other leisure facilities in two weeks to those documented as being immune to COVID-19, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Wednesday, in a possible harbinger of a wider emergence from the pandemic. Having administered Pfizer Inc vaccines to almost 40% of its 9 million […]

(Reuters) – AstraZeneca has enlisted Germany’s IDT Biologika as a contract manufacturer of its COVID-19 vaccine, as Germany and the European Union seek to boost a delayed immunisation campaign.FILE PHOTO: A general view shows building of German vaccine maker IDT Biologika in Dessau Rosslau, Germany, November 23, 2020, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. Hendrik Schmidt/Pool via […]

FILE PHOTO: Honda’s logo on its Modulo model is pictured at its showroom at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoonTOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co on Tuesday posted a better-than-expected 67% jump in third-quarter operating profit to 277.7 billion yen ($2.65 billion) as car demand gained momentum in the latter half of 2020. The […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Bitcoin was fast approaching the $50,000 mark on Tuesday as the afterglow of Elon Musk-led Tesla’s investment in the cryptocurrency had investors reckoning it may become a mainstream asset class for both corporations and money managers.FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask walks past a Bitcoin digital currency ATM shop in Marseille, France, February 7, 2021. […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson is in talks with private Indian drugmaker Biological E to possibly run local trials for its COVID-19 shot and manufacture it in India, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, “COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine/ Injection only” and a medical syringe are seen in front […]

DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on strong demand for trucks and SUVs during the COVID-19 pandemic but forecast weaker-than-expected 2021 results citing a shortage of chips used in car production.Slideshow ( 2 images )GM shares were down 0.3% to $55.89 in premarket trading. The automaker expects a chip shortage to trim $1.5 […]

Even though this is the busiest week for companies reporting quarterly earnings in this go-round, most of the results already have been released. After the closing bell on Thursday, three companies of note are expected to release results. The most closely watched likely will be Walt Disney, one of 30 stocks that comprise the Dow Jones industrial average. We’ve covered […]