Electric vehicle startup Canoo detailed some of the features that may be on its app on Thursday, foremost of which is a one-stop shop functionality that customers could use for their Canoo vehicles — and all their other cars, as well. This unusual approach to its branded vehicle app could potentially pay off big-time for…
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New claims for US unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose back above 400,000 last week from a pandemic-era low, though the labour market is expected to improve as vaccinations increase and lockdown measures ease. The pace of jobless claims filed for regular state programmes rose by 37,000 in the week ending June 12 to 412,000, the US…
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CureVac’s chief financial officer said the company had not given up on its coronavirus vaccine despite disappointing results from trials, with hope remaining that the jab might be targeted at some parts of the population. Interim findings from CureVac’s late-stage trial suggested that the vaccine had only 47 per cent efficacy, but Pierre Kemula said…
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New claims for US unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose back above 400,000 last week from a pandemic-era low, though the labour market is expected to improve as vaccinations increase and lockdown measures ease. The pace of jobless claims filed for regular state programmes rose by 37,000 in the week ending June 12 to 412,000, the US…
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Vitosha Venture Partners is a brand new venture fund launching out of Bulgaria, and backed by the Bulgarian government. The 26 million euro ($30M) fund aims to invest in approximately 100 companies, starting from low ticket sizes all the way up to a million, in early-stage and growth-stage companies that are based in or related…
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This article is an on-site version of our #techFT newsletter. Sign up here to get the complete newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekday UK fintechs are coming of age, with Wise today announcing it will go public in London and Nutmeg being snapped up by JPMorgan Chase. The IPO journey for Wise has…
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The entity that resulted from the merger of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care will officially be known as Point32Health, the insurers announced Wednesday. Here are things to note about the name and the organization’s goals: The name is inspired “by the 32 points on a compass” and “represents the role the organization…
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A rise in coronavirus cases in the UK has put 30 to 39-year-olds at greater risk from severe Covid-19 than from the blood clots associated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, casting doubt on official advice that this age group should still be offered an alternative jab. According to a Financial Times analysis of the latest infections…
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As Democrats in Washington made their final preparations for an assault on the power of Big Tech, it looked like a decisive one-two punch. A week ago, the House of Representatives proposed a clutch of new antitrust laws. This followed public hearings and a damning Congressional report last year that owed much to the behind-the-scenes…
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