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Boeing's Biggest 737 Max Ready For Inaugural Flight

The 737 MAX 10, Boeing Co.'s largest 737 Max model, is taking its maiden flight today, reports said citing people familiar with the matter. The flight after months of testing and certification will be around 10 a.m. local time from the Seattle area....

Smiths Medical Recalls Certain Jelco Hypodermic Insulin Syringes

Saliva-based COVID-19 Testing For New York City Public Schools

UK Retail Sales Decline In May

UK retail sales dropped in May as the reopening of all retail sectors and the easing of hospitality restrictions reduced food store sales, data from the Office for National Statistics revealed on Friday. Retail sales dropped 1.4 percent month-on-month...

BoJ Keeps Stimulus Unchanged; Mulls Funding Plans To Address Climate Change

European Economics Preview: UK Retail Sales Data Due

Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To Affordable Care Act

The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act in a decision that could mark the end of the line for major legal challenges to the Obama-era health care law. It was the third major challenge that the Republicans posed against...

US, Russia To Begin Nuclear Arms Control Talks

Breakthrough In Resolving Long-standing US-EU Trade Disputes

Dow Tumbles To Lowest Closing Level In Over Two Months

Following the mixed performance seen in the previous session, stocks moved mostly lower during trading on Friday. With the drop on the day, the Dow ended the session at its lowest closing level in over two months.

European Stocks Close Sharply Lower On Fed's Hawkish Policy Outlook, Weak Commodity Prices

Asian Shares Mixed In Cautious Trading

COVID-19: Drugs in Development

Dow Tumbles To Lowest Closing Level In Over Two Months

Amazon Web Services Becomes Ferrari's Official Cloud Provider

FDA Approves Bayer's Nonprescription, Nasal Antihistamine

U.S. Stocks Remain Firmly Negative In Mid-Day Trading

COVID Cases And Deaths At Lowest Levels Since Start Of Pandemic: White House

Dow Extending Downward Trend, Drops To Two-Month Low

Boeing's Biggest 737 Max Ready For Inaugural Flight

Futures Pointing To Initial Weakness On Wall Street

Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To Affordable Care Act

UK Retail Sales Decline In May

Italy Suspends AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine For People Under 60 Yrs, After Teenager Dies

Italy suspended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for people under 60 years old, following a teenager died of a blood clot after receiving an initial dose of the vaccine, according to several media reports. Italy has reportedly asked younger people who have already received one dose of the vaccine to complete the cycle with an mRNA jab.

Asian Markets Show Mixed Trend

Asian stock markets are trading mixed on Monday on a light day for the region with four major markets on holiday, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street on Friday. The markets are supported by energy and technology stocks in particular. Meanwhile, investors seem reluctant to make significant moves ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting.

European Shares Seen Opening On Firm Note

European stocks may open on a positive note Monday, with optimism about vaccine rollouts and central bank stimulus likely to offer some support. The head of the EU drug regulator's COVID-19 task force said on Sunday that AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine...

Asian Shares Inch Higher In Thin Holiday Trading

Asian stocks rose broadly on Monday after the G7 summit ended with a pledge to continue to support economies with investment until pandemic subsidies. Amid inflation worries, investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting scheduled...

White House

COVID Cases And Deaths At Lowest Levels Since Start Of Pandemic: White House

The White House announced that cases of coronavirus infections and deaths in the United States are at the lowest levels since the start of the pandemic. "Instead of heading into a summer, like last summer — of isolation, uncertainty, and loss — we're headed into a summer of joy, celebration, and increasing freedom from the virus," COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said at a routine news

Economy

BoJ Keeps Stimulus Unchanged; Mulls Funding Plans To Address Climate Change

The Bank of Japan maintained its massive monetary stimulus and announced the introduction of a new funding programme to support the efforts on climate change issues and also extended the deadline for Covid support programme. The board, governed by Haruhiko Kuroda, on Tuesday, voted 7-1, with 1 abstention, to hold the interest rate at -0.1 percent.

European Economics Preview: UK Retail Sales Data Due

U.S. Leading Economic Index Jumps In Line With Estimates In May

Philly Fed Index Points To Modest Slowdown In Growth In June

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Increase After Six Straight Declines

Swiss Central Bank Retains Policy Rates As Expected

European Economics Preview: Swiss Central Bank Monetary Policy Decision Due

Federal Reserve Estimates Point To Interest Rate Hikes In 2023

U.S. Import Prices Jump More Than Expected Amid Spike In Fuel Prices

Health

COVID Cases And Deaths At Lowest Levels Since Start Of Pandemic: White House

Markets

TSX Ends Notably Lower

The Canadian stock market ended lower on Friday, extending recent losses, as the Federal Reserve's hawkish policy outlook and the sharp slide on Wall Street weighed on sentiment.

Business

Smiths Medical Recalls Certain Jelco Hypodermic Insulin Syringes

Medical devices supplier Smiths Medical, affiliated to Smiths Group plc, is recalling certain Jelco Hypodermic Needle-Pro Fixed Needle insulin syringes with skewed graduation markings, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. The recall was initiated after the company became aware of specific models and lots of Jelco insulin syringes that may exhibit skewed odd number line graduation markings.

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Latest Updates on COVID-19

COVID Cases And Deaths At Lowest Levels Since Start Of Pandemic: White House

Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To Affordable Care Act

US Reports 12.4K New COVID Cases, 374 New Deaths

US Reports Lesser New COVID Cases Than 7-day Average

US COVID Casualties Cross 600,000

COVID-19: Drugs in Development

Cryptocurrency

Nueva Pescanova To Use IBM Blockchain For Traceability Of Seafood Products

Spanish seafood firm Nueva Pescanova teamed up with IBM Blockchain to apply blockchain technology to improve the traceability of its seafood products and help promote consumer trust across their supply chain. Nueva Pescanova specializes in the fishing, farming, processing and marketing of fresh, refrigerated and frozen seafood products. Read More

FDA Monitor

Texas Senate Makes Medical Marijuana Program More Accessible

Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed into law a new legislation that slightly widens the state's restrictive medical marijuana program to make marijuana easily available to additional patients. House Bill 153, which was signed into law last week,... Read More

Biotechnology

EC Approves Sanofi's Aubagio For Treatment Of Pediatric Patients With RRMS

French drug maker Sanofi (SNY) said that the European Commission has approved Aubagio or teriflunomide for the treatment of pediatric patients 10 to 17 years of age with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis or RRMS. The approval was based on data... Read More

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Economic Calendar

Date	Indicator	Period	Country
06/18/21 13:0	Baker Hughes - Rig Count	JUN 18	United States
06/18/21 8:30	New Housing Price Index (Y-o-Y)	MAY	Canada
06/18/21 8:30	New Housing Price Index (M-o-M)	MAY	Canada
06/18/21 6:0	PPI (Y-o-Y)	MAY	Portugal
06/18/21 6:0	PPI (M-o-M)	MAY	Portugal
06/18/21 5:0	Unemployment Rate	MAY	Croatia

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