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McDonald's Brings Back Shamrock Shake To Menu

McDonald's Corp. (MCD) has announced the return of its popular Shamrock Shake milkshake for a limited time at participating U.S. restaurants nationwide. "The one, the only, the original Shamrock Shake is back," McDonald's said in a news release. The...

Allianz Q4 Profit Up, Lifts Dividend, Plans Buyback; Confident Of Strong FY19

Coca-Cola Q4 Adj. Profit Meets View, But Shares Fall On Weak Outlook

Thailand 2018 GDP Growth Fastest In 6 Years

Thailand's economy expanded at the fastest pace six years in 2018, driven by stronger domestic demand that offset slowing export growth, but the momentum is likely to lose steam due to a general election and a sluggish global economy. Gross domestic...

UK Housing Affordability Improves At Fastest Pace In 8 Years - Rightmove

Japan Core Machine Orders Ease 0.1% In December

Trump Declares National Emergency To Obtain More Money For Border Wall

President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that he will declare the situation on the U.S. border with Mexico a national emergency in order to secure additional funding for his divisive border wall.

Senate Votes To Confirm William Barr As Attorney General

House Votes To End U.S. Military Support For Saudi-Led Yemen War

European Shares Subdued After Friday's Strong Rally

European stocks were subdued on Monday after sharp gains in the previous session on hopes of a U.S.-China trade breakthrough. U.S.-China trade talks will continue in Washington this week as both sides race to reach a deal by the March 1 deadline. Investors...

Asian Shares Rise On Trade Optimism

European Shares To Open Firm On Trade Optimism

Bitcoin Off To A Good Start In New Week

Deep Fall In ICO Investments: Report

India To Host Blockchain Summit This Week

Thailand 2018 GDP Growth Fastest In 6 Years

European Shares Subdued After Friday's Strong Rally

Asian Shares Rise On Trade Optimism

UK Housing Affordability Improves At Fastest Pace In 8 Years - Rightmove

European Shares To Open Firm On Trade Optimism

Asian Markets Rise On Trade Talk Optimism

Optimism About Trade Talks Leads To Strength On Wall Street - U.S. Commentary

6 Top Gainers In Healthcare Sector (NMRD, PTI, MGTA...)

The following are some of today's top gainers in the pharma/biotech sector.

Asian Markets Mostly Higher

Asian stock markets are mostly higher, with some of the markets recovering after a weak start following the mixed cues overnight from Wall Street amid uncertainty ahead of the next round of trade talks between the U.S. and China this week. News that U.S. congressional negotiators have reached an agreement in principle to fund the government and avoid another shutdown boosted sentiment.

European Shares Seen Up On Optimism Over US-China Talks

European stocks may open a tad higher on Tuesday, as investors remain hopeful that a new round of U.S.-China trade talks would help to resolve their trade dispute. Negotiators from the two countries are meeting this week in Beijing, with White House...

Asian Shares Rise As U.S. Lawmakers Reach Deal On Border Security

Asian stocks rose broadly on Tuesday as another round of U.S.-China trade talks got underway in Beijing and U.S. congressional negotiators reached an agreement in principle to fund the government and avoid another shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline...

White House

Trump Declares National Emergency To Obtain More Money For Border Wall

President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that he will declare the situation on the U.S. border with Mexico a national emergency in order to secure additional funding for his divisive border wall.

Trump 'Not Happy' With Bipartisan Border Security Agreement

Congress

Senate Votes To Confirm William Barr As Attorney General

In a widely anticipated move, the Senate voted Thursday to confirm President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican lawyer William Barr as Attorney General. Barr will subsequently reclaim the position he held under former President George H.W. Bush from 1991 to 1993.

Lawmakers Reach Tentative Deal To Avoid Another Government Shutdown

Economy

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rebounds More Than Expected In February

After reporting a notable deterioration in U.S. consumer sentiment in the previous month, the University of Michigan released preliminary data on Friday showing a bigger than expected rebound in sentiment in the month of February.

U.S. Industrial Production Unexpectedly Drops 0.6% In January

Growth In New York Manufacturing Rebounds More Than Expected In February

U.S. Import And Export Prices Show Continued Decreases In January

UK Retail Sales Rebound Strongly At Start Of Year

U.S. Business Inventories Unexpectedly Edge Down 0.1% In November

U.S. Producer Prices Unexpectedly Edge Lower In January

U.S. Retail Sales Unexpectedly Show Steep Drop In December

Health

Sunshine Vitamin Lowers Diabetes Risk, Says Study

Vitamin D is very essential for healthy bones and to prevent osteoporosis. Known as the "Sunshine Vitamin, as sunlight is the main source, the deficiency of Vitamin D has been associated with fatigue, depressed mood and bone, and muscle pain, to name a few.

Markets

Swiss Market Ends Modestly Higher

The Switzerland stock market ended higher on Monday, extending gains from previous session, amid optimism about U.S.-China trade talks that are set to continue this week in Washington.

Business

McDonald's Brings Back Shamrock Shake To Menu

McDonald's Corp. has announced the return of its popular Shamrock Shake milkshake for a limited time at participating U.S. restaurants nationwide. The minty green milkshake is made with McDonald's vanilla soft serve blended with Shamrock Shake syrup and topped with whipped topping. It first debuted on the McDonald's menu in 1970 and has been a seasonal tradition for nearly 50 years.

Cryptocurrency NEW

Bitcoin Off To A Good Start In New Week

Bitcoin got off to positive start in the new week, touching $3700 for the first time in a month. The leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization rose by $163.86, or 4.60 percent, in a 24-hour session starting Sunday. As of writing, BTC is changing hands at $3,752 on Conbase, back to the levels seen a month ago. Bitcoin's 24-hour trading volume has jumped to more than $8 billion for the first Read More

FDA Monitor

NASH Drugs - Reality Or Pipe Dream?

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, which refers to liver inflammation due to fat buildup in the liver, is said to affect an estimated 16 million Americans. NASH is a more severe form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD. The incidence of NASH is on the rise, and even worrying is the fact that there are no approved treatments for the disease, yet. Read More

Biotechnology

It's Déjà Vu For Motif Bio's Iclaprim

Shares of Motif Bio plc (MTFB) plunged as much as nearly 75% today to touch a new low of $2.61, following disappointing regulatory news. Read More

Technology

India To Host Blockchain Summit This Week

Organized by Blockchain technology company Auxesis, the "Blockchain Summit India 2019" will be held on February 22 and 23 in the north Indian IT hub of Noida. The event, first of its kind, is supported by the Indian government's Department of Science and Technology and the north Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. "The summit is targeted towards enabling Indian government and ministries to speed up

Date	Indicator	Period	Country
02/18/19 4:30	Markit Household Finance Index	FEB	UK
02/18/19	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q4	Thailand
02/18/19	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q4	Thailand
02/17/19 19:1	Rightmove House Prices (M-o-M)	FEB	UK
02/17/19 18:50	Core Machinery Orders (M-o-M)	DEC	Japan
02/15/19 16:0	Total Net TIC Flows	DEC	United States

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FDA Calendar

Event Date	Symbol	Drug Name	Event Name
04/30/19	HRTX	HTX-011 (NDA)	FDA decision on HTX-011 for the management of postoperative pain
04/28/19	SNYNF, SNY	Praluent (sBLA)	FDA decision to include the effect of Praluent in reducing overall risk of major adverse cardiovascular events
04/28/19	REGN	Praluent (sBLA)	FDA decision to include the effect of Praluent in reducing overall risk of major adverse cardiovascular events
04/02/19	ADMA	RI-002 (BLA resubmission)	FDA decision on RI-002 to treat primary immune deficiency disease
04/01/19	EVOK	Gimoti (NDA)	FDA decision on Gimoti for the relief of symptoms in adult women with acute and recurrent diabetic gastroparesis

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