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CVS Health To Offer No-Cost COVID-19 Vaccines In Four More US States

CVS Health is now offering no-cost COVID-19 vaccines at select CVS Pharmacy locations in four more U.S. states as part of its ongoing effort to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines. It has now expanded the program to 51 more select locations in Arkansas,...

FDA Okays Marketing Of First Device Using AI To Help Detect Colon Cancer Early On

Health Alert Issued For Certain Raw Ground Turkey Products Of Plainville Brands

New Zealand Retail Electronic Card Spending Jumps 0.9% In March

The value of retail electronic card spending in New Zealand was up a seasonally adjusted 0.9 percent on month in March, Statistics New Zealand said on Tuesday. That followed the 2.5 percent drop in February. Spending in the core retail industries...

China Trade Data On Tap For Tuesday

Japan Producer Prices Jump 1.0% On Year In March

106 People Are Shot To Death A Day In US, Biden Says Unveiling Executive Actions On Gun Violence

US President Joe Biden revealed the statistics of the heavy price that United States is paying as a result of the surging incidents of gun violence. Announcing a set of executive actions aimed at curbing gun violence in the wake of a series of mass...

White House Announces Executive Actions On Gun Control

Asian Markets Mostly Higher Amid Cautious Trades

Asian stock markets are mostly higher on Tuesday, as traders are optimistic on a faster global economic recovery after last week's reiterations from the U.S. on a positive outlook for the economy and are cautiously positive ahead of U.S. earnings season...

Lower Open Expected For Indonesia Stock Market

Hong Kong Expected To Open Under Pressure

COVID-19: Drugs in Development

Asian Markets Mostly Higher Amid Cautious Trades

U.S. Stocks Close Weak Ahead Of Earnings, Crucial Economic Data

Flight Cancellations At Miami International Airport Leave Many Stranded

U.S. Stocks Mostly Subdued As Investors Look Ahead To Earnings, Inflation Data

Iran Blames Israel For Incident At Natanz Nuclear Site, Vows To Take Revenge

Intel's Mobileye, Udelv Partner On Autonomous Delivery Vehicles

Domino's, Nuro To Start Autonomous Pizza Delivery In Houston

CVS Health To Offer No-Cost COVID-19 Vaccines In Four More US States

FDA Okays Marketing Of First Device Using AI To Help Detect Colon Cancer Early On

European Shares Drift Lower In Cautious Trade

European Economics Preview: Eurozone Unemployment Data Due

Unemployment data from euro area is due on Tuesday, headlining a light day for the European economic news. At 3.00 am ET, Spain unemployment data for March is due from the labor ministry. The number of unemployed increased by 44,400 in February. At 4.00 am ET, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders releases UK car registrations data for March.

European Shares Poised For Positive Opening

European stocks look set to open on a positive note Tuesday as traders return to their desks after a long holiday weekend. Asian markets are trading mixed as concerns that China is curtailing loan growth and worries over rising Covid-19 cases around...

China's Service Sector Growth Accelerates In March

China's service sector growth accelerated in March driven by steeper increases in activity and overseas sales, survey results from IHS Markit showed on Tuesday. The Caixin Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 54.3 in March from 51.5 in February. The pace of expansion was the fastest in last three months. The score has remained above the neutral 50.0 level for eleventh consecutive month.

Australia Central Bank Keeps Monetary Policy Unchanged

Australia's central bank maintained its interest rate as well as bond purchase programme on Tuesday, as widely expected, as these measures continued to help the economy by keeping financing costs very low. The policy board of the Reserve Bank of Australia headed by Governor Philip Lowe decided to leave its cash rate unchanged at a record low of 0.10 percent.

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U.S. Wholesale Inventories Rise Slightly More Than Expected In February

Wholesale inventories in the U.S. increased by slightly more than anticipated in the month of February, the Commerce Department revealed in a report released on Friday. The report said wholesale inventories climbed by 0.6 percent in February after spiking by an upwardly revised 1.4 percent in January.

U.S. Producer Prices Jump Much More Than Expected In March

German Industrial Output Falls; Exports Continue To Rise

China's Inflation Turns Positive; PPI Rises Most Since 2018

European Economics Preview: Germany Industrial Output, Foreign Trade Data Due

U.S. Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise For Second Straight Week

Policymakers Saw Recent Bond Yield Rise Premature, ECB Mintues Show

German Factory Orders Improve On Domestic Demand

Fed Minutes Reiterate Policy Likely To Remain Unchanged For 'Some Time'

U.S. Trade Deficit Widens To Record $71.1 Billion In February

Health

Iran Blames Israel For Incident At Natanz Nuclear Site, Vows To Take Revenge

Iran blamed Israel for an incident at their underground uranium enrichment facility in Natanz at the weekend, and vowed to take revenge for what it called an attack. The enrichment and centrifuge assembly lines in the nuclear power plant suffered a large-scale blackout on Sunday. Behrouz Kamalvand, a spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), said the incident did not cause any huma

Markets

Indian Shares Seen Tad Higher At Open

Indian shares may open higher on Tuesday after TCS reported strong quarterly numbers, in line with analyst estimates. The upside, if any, may be limited by weak macroeconomic data and concerns surrounding Covid-19 lockdowns as the virus surge continues unabated in the country. India's industrial...

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Health Alert Issued For Certain Raw Ground Turkey Products Of Plainville Brands

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service or FSIS issued a public health alert for around 211,406 pounds of raw ground turkey products over concerns of Salmonella Hadar illness. The affected products were produced by Pennsylvania -based Plainville Brands, LLC. A recall was not issued as the products are believed to be no longer available for consumers to purchase.

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Stock Alert: Chipotle Mexican Grill Shares Hit 52-Week High

Stock Alert: GeoVax Labs Rises 25%

Stock Alert: Greenwich LifeSciences Gains 6%

Latest Updates on COVID-19

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Sharp Rise In US COVID Deaths

Emergency Use Authorization For Symbiotica COVID-19 Self-Collected Antibody Test System

Lowest COVID Death Toll In 6 Months In US

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COVID-19: Drugs in Development

Cryptocurrency

Riot Blockchain Set To Boost Total Hash Rate To 7.7 EH/s By 2022

U.S.-listed company Riot Blockchain, a former biotech firm now focusing on bitcoin mining, is set to almost double its miner fleet and boost total hash rate to 7.7 exahash per second (EH/s) by 2022 after executing the latest purchase order for an additional 42,000 S19j Antminers from Bitmain Technologies Ltd. at a total price of approximate $138.5 million. Read More

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Biotech Stocks Facing FDA Decision In April 2021

Four novel drugs were approved by the FDA in March taking the tally of new drug approvals in the first quarter of this year to 14. Let's take a look at what's in store for April 2021. Read More

Biotechnology

Sage Therapeutics : Phase 2 Study Of SAGE-324 In Essential Tremor Meets Primary Endpoint

Sage Therapeutics Inc. (SAGE) and Biogen Inc. (BIIB) said that phase 2 KINETIC Study, which evaluated SAGE-324 in the treatment of people with essential tremor, achieved its primary endpoint of a statistically significant reduction from baseline compared... Read More

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Economic Calendar

Date	Indicator	Period	Country
04/12/21 23:0	M2 Money Supply (Y-o-Y)	FEB	South Korea
04/12/21 23:0	M2 Money Supply (M-o-M)	FEB	South Korea
04/12/21 21:30	NAB Business Confidence	MAR	Australia
04/12/21 21:30	NAB Business Conditions	MAR	Australia
04/12/21 19:50	M2 Money Supply + CD (Y-o-Y)	MAR	Japan
04/12/21 19:50	M3 Money Supply (Y-o-Y)	MAR	Japan

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