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U.S. moves to fill gap in treatments for COVID, as Delta variant creates worrying spike in new cases in the U.K.
The U.S. is planning to invest $3.2 billion to develop antivirals to treat COVID-19 and other viruses that have the…
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CEOs want SEC climate reporting separate from earnings but concede new rules are likely
CEOs at the powerful Business Roundtable, investor groups and mostly Democratic lawmakers told the Securities and Exchange Commission they’d support…
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Oil Giants Are Dealt Major Defeats on Climate-Change as Pressures Intensify
Exxon XOM 1.17% Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A 0.38% PLC suffered significant defeats Wednesday as environmental groups and…
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WHO head slams ‘scandalous inequity’ in COVID vaccines with 10 countries accounting for 75% of doses administered
The head of the World Health Organization slammed wealthy countries for a “scandalous inequity” in COVID-19 vaccines that is prolonging…
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As World Runs Short of Workers, a Boost for Wages—and Inflation
The inflationary pressures now roiling the economy and markets will probably fade once the economy has fully reopened and the…
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COVID-19 was never going to have a Hollywood ending
The coronavirus pandemic will end as it began — unpredictably. The long, slow march of the pandemic was always going…
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Oil’s Rebound Greases the Way for Energy Giants’ Green Pitch
Investors returning to Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A -0.72% and BP BP -0.12% are likely more interested in higher oil prices…
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Opinion: It’s time to toss the unwieldy income tax and replace with it something far simpler
Financing President Joe Biden’s agenda will require substantial tax increases for corporations and wealthier Americans. In a tightly divided Congress,…
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How a Wave of Electric Trucks Could Create Millions of ‘Accidental Environmentalists’
Bob Dykes speaks in the gravelly drawl you’d expect of a man who grew up in Wyoming and owns an…
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To Win Electric-Vehicle Wars, Europe’s Auto CEOs Want More Taxes on Gas Guzzlers
Auto makers in Europe eager to boost sales of their electric vehicles have a new strategy: Demanding higher taxes on…
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