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• AstraZeneca slides after announcing its COVID-19 vaccine candidate is 70% effective

  23-11-2020 10:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  AP Photo/Ted S. WarrenShares in AstraZeneca slid 2% on Monday after the company released results that showed its COVID-19 vaccine is just 70% effective, compared with rates of above 90% for those of its two biggest rivals.The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is cheaper to produce and easier to transport than those of US peers Pfizer and Moderna, but is clearly less effective than the other two.AstraZeneca said its vaccine can be stored in normal refrigerated conditions.Visit Business Insider's homepag
  
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• Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman says Biden won't engage in Trump-style boasting — and his team will be unlike the 'quacks and hacks' in the incumbent administration

  23-11-2020 10:16 via feedproxy.google.com
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  BINobel laureate Paul Krugman said President-elect Joe Biden won't engage in Trump-style boasting and his team won't be like the "quacks and hacks" that populate the incumbent administration.He expects US growth to boom next year, once a COVID-19 vaccine is widely distributed, but warned Biden shouldn't become complacent about good news on the economic front."So even if I'm right about the prospects for a Biden boom, the political benefits of that boom shouldn't be cause for compl
  
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• AstraZeneca and Oxford University announced a 3rd working COVID-19 vaccine, which they say is 70% effective

  23-11-2020 08:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Researchers said the trial of more than 20,000 volunteers showed the vaccine stopped people from developing symptoms about 70% of the time on average.
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  The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca released positive results for their COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.
  In a statement, they said the vaccine is 70% effective on average.
  It follows results being released for two other vaccines — developed by Pfizer and Moderna — which are 95% effective.
  The Ox
  
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• Biden taps longtime adviser Antony Blinken as next secretary of state

  23-11-2020 05:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Blinken served in the state department's number two role under former President Barack Obama as deputy secretary of state.
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  President-elect Joe Biden is expected to announce Antony Blinken as his pick for secretary of state in one of his first cabinet nominations, Bloomberg News reported Sunday.
  Blinken served under former President Barack Obama as deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017. Prior to that, he served as national security adviser to former
  
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• Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski calls on Trump to begin transition process

  23-11-2020 02:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "It is time to begin the full and formal transition process," Murkowski said.
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  Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Sunday said that President Donald Trump should begin the transition process to President-elect Joe Biden.
  "President Trump has had the opportunity to litigate his claims, and the courts have thus far found them without merit," she said in a statement.
  Murkowski is one of the first Republican senators to congratulate the president-elect, along with Sen
  
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• Travellers reassess trip types and plan more as pandemic persists

  23-11-2020 01:00
  
  Avoiding crowded places has become a more important factor in their choice of destination for 65% of consumers surveyed, according to a new report by Tripadvisor and Phocuswright.
  
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• P&G cites consumer benefits of cross-media metrics

  23-11-2020 01:00
  
  Procter & Gamble, the fast-moving consumer goods manufacturer, believes that cross-media measurement would have significant benefits for consumers as it leads to outcomes like reduced duplication and optimal frequency.
  
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• Indian consumers ready to pay for premium home entertainment experiences

  23-11-2020 01:00
  
  The new homebound work and leisure economy has led to rising demand for new and quality content and for better devices in India, a new study by Dolby Laboratories and Wakefield Research has found.
  
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• Google reaches copyright agreement with French news groups

  23-11-2020 01:00
  
  Google, the US internet giant, announced last week that it has reached agreement with six French newspapers and magazines over copyright payments and that talks with other media groups are continuing with the aim of reaching a “framework...
  
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• Giffgaff strategy resonates with consumers

  23-11-2020 01:00
  
  Telecoms giants have benefited massively since March, and none more than Giffgaff, the mobile virtual network operator, which emerged as the fourth best performing business across all sectors under lockdown in an Opportunity Index devised by...
  
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• Deciphering audience behaviours will be a key challenge for 2021

  23-11-2020 01:00
  
  According to Kantar’s newly released Media Trends and Predictions 2021 report, audience behaviours will be more complex and difficult to decipher than ever in the coming year.
  
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• Trump campaign purges conspiracy-theorist Sidney Powell from legal team

  23-11-2020 00:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sidney Powell, right, speaks next to former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, as members of President Donald Trump's legal team, during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington.
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  The Trump campaign has purged attorney Sidney Powell from its legal team.
  On Sunday, the campaign issued a statement asserting that Powell "is practicing law on her own."
  But just last week the campaign and the Republican Party we
  
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