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The Biden administration admitted that it would miss the US president’s target of vaccinating 70 per cent of American adults by July 4, calling it an “aspirational goal”. Jeffrey Zients, White House Covid-19 response co-ordinator, said 70 per cent of Americans aged over 30 had received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. However,…
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The UK financial regulator has outlined plans to extend climate reporting requirements to most UK listed companies as well as domestic asset managers, in an attempt to meet growing investor demand for disclosure. The Financial Conduct Authority said it wanted the reporting requirements, which ask companies to disclose the risks they face from climate change,…
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The Biden administration will acknowledge on Tuesday that it expects to miss the US president’s target of vaccinating 70 per cent of American adults by July 4, according to a White House official. Joe Biden set the goal early last month, but the country’s blistering vaccine rollout has fallen short as health officials struggle against…
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When SoftBank announced its first Vision Fund back in 2017, TechCrunch gawked at the size of the fundraising vehicle and its $100 million minimum check size. Noting a few of its early deals, we wrote that “the party is just getting started.” Little did we know how accurate that quip would become. The Vision Fund…
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Five Blue Cross Blue Shield plans have launched a new for-profit pharmacy solutions company to combat drug costs, which comprise an ever-growing share of their budgets, the insurers announced today. The Denver-based company, called Evio, will use data from the plans’ more than 20 million members across the U.S. to collect real-world evidence into how…
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Facebook’s first partner for advertising in its virtual reality headset has pulled out of the initiative less than a week after it was announced after a backlash from the gaming community. The world’s largest social media platform said last Wednesday that it planned to start testing advertising in Oculus, its popular virtual reality gaming headset,…
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