Pfizer Slashed Vaccine Rollout Target After Supply Obstacles

Pfizer and partner BioNTech had hoped to roll out 100 million vaccines world-wide by the end of this year, a plan that has since been reduced to 50 million.

 
Meatpacker JBS Removed At-Risk Workers from Plant Amid Covid-19 Surge

The largest U.S. beef processor last month sent home 202 Greeley, Colo., plant workers considered vulnerable to the coronavirus, allowing them to retain their full pay and benefits.

 
Moderna Expects to Produce Up to 145 Million Vaccine Doses by April

Moderna disclosed new details about the expected supply of its Covid-19 vaccine, indicating it could provide enough by the end of March to immunize as many as 60 million people in the U.S. and 12.5 million outside the U.S.

 
Lyft's Path to Profits Could Stall in Traffic

While the Covid-19 pandemic has damaged the company's ride-share volume, it may have boosted margins somewhat.

 
Huawei CFO in Talks With U.S. to Resolve Criminal Charges

The Justice Department is discussing a deal that would allow Meng Wanzhou to return home to China from Canada, in exchange for admitting wrongdoing in a criminal case that has strained Beijing's relations with the U.S.

 
DOJ Sues Facebook Over H-1B Visas

A lawsuit accuses the social-media company of illegally reserving high-paying jobs for immigrant workers it was sponsoring for permanent residence and of failing to adequately search for U.S. hires.

 
Rolls-Royce Prunes Civil Aerospace Business for Potential Sale

As the pandemic continues to roil the travel industry, Rolls-Royce Holdings is looking at its civil aerospace business with an eye to unlocking new growth and capabilities, and eventually selling it altogether.

 
Prominent AI Researcher Says Google Fired Her

Timnit Gebru says she was fired after she refused to retract a research paper and complained about Google in an email to colleagues.

 
Capital One CFO to Leave for Health-Insurance Startup

Capital One on Thursday said Chief Financial Officer R. Scott Blackley resigned, effective March 1. He will take up his new post as the CFO of Oscar on March 16, the insurance provider said.

 
Blue Moon Group Plans Up to $1.27 Billion Hong Kong IPO

China-based Blue Moon Group Holdings plans to raise as much as $1.27 billion through an initial public offering in Hong Kong, the latest firm seeking to test investors' appetite in the active equities fundraising market.

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