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Moderna starts global launch of Covid vaccine taking in $1.1 billion in deposits

 

 

 

Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA),has taken in 1.1 billion dollars as a deposit from governments. The company has agreements with the Middle East and North America as well as other parts of the world.

Moderna is looking forward to winning regulatory approvals or authorizations for coronavirus vaccine mRNA-1273.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (NYSE: TAK) have agreed to purchase and distribute 50 million doses of mRNA-1273, Moderna’s vaccine candidate against COVID-19, to support Japan’s initiative to distribute vaccines to Japans citizens.

Moderna’s rise in revenue was caused by  $472 million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in July supporting  the  late-stage study of mRNA-1273. BARDA Awarded Moderna $483 million dollars for a smaller phase three study of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Moderna’s huge revenue jump stemmed from the company receiving more grants. The biggest of these was the additional $472 million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in July to support the expanded late-stage study of mRNA-1273. BARDA previously awarded the biotech up to $483 million to fund a smaller phase 3 study of the experimental coronavirus vaccine.

Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results:  Source Moderna

Cash Position: Cash, cash equivalents and investments as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were $3.97 billion and $1.26 billion, respectively.

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

Net cash provided by operating activities was $762.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $(359.9 million) used in operating activities for the same period in 2019.

Revenue:

Total revenue was $157.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $17.0 million for the same period in 2019. Total revenue was $232.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $46.2 million for the same period in 2019. Total revenue increased for both the three month and nine-month periods in 2020, due to increases in grant revenue, primarily due to our BARDA agreement related to our mRNA-1273 vaccine candidate development.

Judge Postpones Megan Markle Trial For Confidential Reason

 

 

Megan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex has been granted a postponement of the trial against a British newspaper. The paper had published excerpts from a private letter that she had written to her father. She put an invasion of privacy lawsuit against them.

 

Judge Mark Warby, the presiding judge in London, granted a delay of around nine months. The scheduled start date was January 11 and the exact date will be set later in the year, close to Fall 2021. There was a private hearing and the judge said that the reason for the delay must remain confidential.

 

Thirty nine year old Markle is suing Associated Newspapers. In February 2019 they published five articles in the Sunday Mail and on the MailOnline website with handwritten portions of a letter written by her to her estranged father Thomas Markle. The letter was written after she married Britain’s Prince Harry. The newspaper is also contesting the claim.

 

Markle is an American actress who became very popular for after starring in the legal drama, “Suits.” She left the show to get married to Queen Elizabeth II ‘s grandson Harry. They got married at a grand ceremony at Windsor Castle on May 2018 and their son Archie was born in 2019. Early 2020 they quit royal duties and move to the United States of America.

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The late Whitney Houston earns third diamond certified album status.

 

 

 

The late Whitney Houston is the first black artist to achieve diamond certified album status announced by  the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Legacy Recordings For the 1987 sophomore album “Whitney”. Diamond status is equivalent to selling 10,000,000 albums. Formally, herself titled debut album in 1985 and 1992’s the bodyguard soundtrack already sold 13,000,000 and 18,000,000 units, respectively.

The RIAA awards diamond plaques to albums and singles reaching 10 times platinum status equaling to selling 10 million songs or albums.   Since 2016   the  RIAA began incorporating streaming from YouTube, Spotify and other digital music services.

Whitney Houston will be inducted into the rock and roll Hall of Fame’s 2020 class. HBO will air the event on November 7th at 8:00 PM Eastern Time.

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Medicare To Cover Early COVID19 Vaccines

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Beneficiaries under Medicare are now eligible to get a free early approval vaccine for Covid-19, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have made a rule change, to allow full coverage for an approved COVID vaccine, even if it has emergency use authorization. According to them, the cost of getting everyone on Medicare to be vaccinated would be $2.6 billion.

 

The CARES Act, was signed into law earlier this year in March. It allows for a no cost sharing for a Covid-19 vaccine for Medicare beneficiaries. This is a special dispensation as standard Medicare rules apply only to vaccines that undergo a strict standard approval process for new biologics. However, the laws have been updated to include fast tracked vaccines due to the pandemic as it’s essential to control the spread of the coronavirus at the earliest.

 

It is expected that the government will make available small quantities of an early vaccine to high risk individuals. The majority of these are at age 65 and above and most of them are already under Medicare. Medicare would pay $28.29 if a single dose vaccine is required and $16.94 for the first and $28.29 for the second, for a double dose vaccine.

 

Many pharmaceutical companies are fiercely competing to bring in a vaccine. Pfizer will apply for emergency use authorization of its vaccine by November 2020.

Latest Stock Surge Doubles Pinterest Founders’ Wealth

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Defying the market slump, Pinterest’s co-founders multiply their wealth after quarterly sales were much higher than analysts’ expectations. Cofounders Paul Sciarra, Evan Sharp and CEO Ben Silbermann increased their fortunes by $750 million. Bloomberg Billionaire Index puts the combined net worth of these three at $5.8 billion as per Wednesday’s surge.

 

Pinterest, a scrapbooking company, has increased its revenue by a whooping 58%. Their share price increased in New York by 32% in late trading. The San Francisco based company greatly benefited during the pandemic as many people went online for social engagement, communication and engagement. This lead to strong advertiser demand which in turn lead to soaring revenues. CEO Silbermann said, “Obviously, there are still a lot of unknowns in the future because of Covid-19. But I am confident about our team’s ability to innovate in the midst of all this change.”

 

Pinterest was founded in 2009 and allows users to share images, videos and animated GIFs on its site as pin boards. It gains advertising revenues by promoting specific pins that look like pins posted by its users. It has an over 400 million active user base. It is available in several languages including English.

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon Asks Congress To Pass Stimulus Bill To Increase Holiday Sales

During the pandemic online stores have received billions of dollars in sales. Mom and Pop stores, and many retail brick and mortar stores have permanently closed.   The stores that are functioning are doing so with decreased profits.

Another round of stimulus checks, together with the forced shutdown of physical stores could boost online holiday sales over $200 billion dollars. In this scenario, McMillon at the Yahoo Finance All Marketers Summit this week said, “I think it’s important that we all understand in some ways we are having a shared experience because we are in a pandemic together, but we are having a very different experience,” He added, “If you have been let go and don’t have income, you really need help.” He continued, “The voice we have at Walmart is to say to Congress and the administration we need you to help those people who need help.”

 Walmart, Target, Dollar Store and Home Depot stands to gain immensely if people have more money during the holidays, from stimulus checks. Home Depot CEO frankly said, “In terms of overall benefit from stimulus, hard to quantify, but…when customers have more money in their pockets, there’s some benefits to that. So, we don’t kid ourselves to think that that didn’t have some kind of impact.”

 Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT)’s CEO Doug McMillon has been with Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) since 2014. He is considered the genius who took Walmart to the next level of e-commerce operations and in direct competition with Amazon. From 2009 to 2014 he was president and CEO of Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) International. From 2005 to 2009 he served as president and CEO of Sam’s Club.

 About Walmart
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save money and live better — anytime and anywhere — in retail stores, online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, over 265 million customers and members visit approximately 11,500 stores under 56 banners in 27 countries and eCommerce websites. With fiscal year 2020 revenue of $524 billion, Walmart employs over 2.2 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting  corporate.walmart.com, on Facebook at  facebook.com/walmart  and on Twitter at  twitter.com/walmart.

 

NYSE: WMT      CWEB Analysts view the stock as a long term growth and a great addition to your investment portfolio with an upward momentum of $1000 by 2021 with direct competition to Amazon.

Trending Headlines, Business News October 29

 

 

 

 

 

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon Asks Congress To Pass Stimulus Bill To Increase Holiday Sales

 

France attack: Deadly stabbing in Nice ‘is terrorism’

Shell third quarter earning way above forecasts, company increases dividends

 

Worst single day drop of European stocks as France and Germany announce lockdown

 

Brad Pitt and girlfriend Nicole Paturalski Break Up After Dating For Two Months

 

Adele Confirms Relationship Status As Single Cat Lady

 

Hospitals Across The US Targeted By Ransomware

 

233, 137 COVID-19 Deaths in the US

Dodgers Justin Turner Tests COVID positive during Final Game of World Series

 

LVMH snags discount on its purchase of Tiffany

 

WeWork’s new CEO is eyeing an IPO again

 

Ford returns to profitability as it shutters past estimates

 

Regeneron (NASDAQ:REGN) COVID-19 antibody treatment cut medical visits in trial

 

Initial jobless claims, week ended Oct. 24 (783,000 expected, 787,000 during prior week)

 

All eyes on Apple smartphone outlook after iPhone 12 debut

 

Polling Places Are Closing Due To COVID-19

 

Miles Taylor Says He Owes Anderson Cooper a Beer for Lying About Being ‘Anonymous’

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Jay Z- launches $300 Earbuds Competing with Apple Air Pods Pro

 

 

 

 

 

SpaceX launches the Starlink App

The SpaceX Starlink app has launched for satellite broadband Internet service for Android an iOS devices.   The app will bring high speed internet access across the world by 2021.. Currently the app is in beta mode and you must be a part of the official beta program prior to  the initial public rollout that is about to begin.

The app will guide users on how to install the satellite dish and connect the device in your network. it will allow you to see what is connected to your network and the speed to which it connects. The Starling faded test named “Better Than Nothing Beta Program,” will be available across the United States and Canada before the end of this year. Starlink will deliver high speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable.

SpaceX, a company with formidable experience in rocket launches, has sent several small satellites   to space, to bring better internet connectivity to rural and sparsely populated areas in the United States and Canada.

 

This paid program called   Better Than Nothing Beta program is offered to a select group of customers. Some school districts and local governments have already started using it. SpaceX hopes to eventually cover the entire world. Major expansions are set to take place in 2021 after they study the impact of the beta program.

 

More than 800 hundred small satellites have already been launched into space. SpaceX has faced criticism as astronomers believe that light bouncing off these low earth satellites can affect telescope images. The company has said that the satellites would have experimental coating to decrease brightness.

 

The beta program fee is initially $99 per month. There’s also a $499 single payment for hardware, including a terminal, a Wi-Fi router and a mounting tripod.   The Starlink service may have a slower speed when compared to other broadband service providers but it is better than having no connectivity at all. Musk wishes to use the revenue generated from this service to advance research on rockets and spaceships than may one day reach Mars.

Participants in the beta program will pay $99 a month with an initial cost of $499 for the hardware, mounting kit, router with Wi-Fi and with networking capabilities and the dish.

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Germany and France Impose Nationwide Lockdown as European Covid-19 Infections Rise

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Germany will impose the strictest lockdown measures since the peak of the global coronavirus pandemic. Germany is Europe’s biggest economy. Macron declares second national lockdown in France. Starting this Friday, people will only be allowed to leave home for essential work or medical reasons. France reported 33,000 new cases Tuesday. These lockdowns will significantly affect the global economy.

The new restrictions announced by Chancellor Angela Merkel will begin on Monday. Coronavirus infections increased to 14,964. Total number of infections is just a little bit below 450,000. France is also considering a complete lockdown that could last as long as one month as new infections rise. The benchmark 10-year German bund yields tumbled to a March low of -0.64% as investors let the markets due to the increased a covid-19 infection rates rising above 230000 cases this past Monday. The doc performance in Germany fell more than 4% closing down 11,500 50.6 points with the total weekly decline past 8%.

 

DAX PERFORMANCE-INDEX (^GDAXI)
XETRA – XETRA Delayed Price. Currency in EUR11,560.51-503.06 (-4.17%)  At close: 10-28-2020 5:44PM CET

Surprises & Wins At The 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards

 

 

The BET Hip Hop awards were aired on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. The ceremony threw a few surprises especially for Megan Thee Stallion, a hot, female rapper, as she won three prestigious awards. There were a few brilliant performances such as Rapper Lil Wayne who performed with 2 Chainz, City Girls, Big Sean, Burna Boy and Lil Baby.

 

There was a surprise appearance by Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, Senator Kamala Harris. She requested viewers to vote in the upcoming elections.

 

The entire list of winners include:

 

Hip Hop Artist of the Year

 

Megan Thee Stallion – Winner

 

Best Hip Hop Video

 

Future feat. Drake, “Life is Good” – Winner

 

Song of the Year

 

“The Box” (Roddy Ricch) Produced by 30 Roc & DatBoiSqueeze – Winner

 

Hip Hop Album of the Year

 

Roddy Ricch, Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial – Winner

 

Best Collaboration

 

Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyonce, Savage, Remix – Winner

 

Best Duo or Group