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London Stock Exchange said on Tuesday that it should complete its $27-billion acquisition of Refinitiv on Jan. 29, as it bulks up into a major financial data provider to compete with Bloomberg.
The company said it expected all outstanding regulatory approvals for the deal to come “shortly”, enabling it to close the all-share deal in coming days. The deal was approved by the European Union on Jan. 13.
London Stock Exchange said on Tuesday that it should complete its $27 billion acquisition of Refinitiv on Jan. 29, as it bulks up into a major financial data provider to compete with Bloomberg.
In this first of three articles, we give our outlook for the COVID-19 vaccine market and distribution. Subsequent articles will cover coronavirus treatments and the prospects for the companies involved.
Following a year with more than 83 million cases and 1.8 million deaths reported globally due to COVID-19, 2021 begins with two newly authorized vaccines being distributed to high-priority populations in the United States and Europe. These mRNA vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech (PFE)/(BNTX) and Moderna (MRNA) have set a high bar for efficacy and safety, and they appear poised to ramp up supply and dominate the U.S. market throughout the first half of the year, supporting a foundation for herd immunity in the U.S. by midyear. With additional support from Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Novavax (NVAX), AstraZeneca (AZN), and Chinese and Russian vaccine programs, global herd immunity looks achievable by 2023.
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When Britain cut its last ties to the European Union on Jan. 1, there were fears about border hassles, trade disruptions and long lines of trucks at the Port of Dover. Many of those fears have been realized, but not in the way most people expected.
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