
- BusinessYahoo Finance
Moderna CEO offers a bleak assessment of COVID-19: Virus to stay with the world 'forever'
While Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said his company's vaccine remains effective against coronavirus variants, a reoccurring booster shot could be likely.
- PoliticsThe Telegraph
Behind the scenes of the Trump circus: what three years reporting from Washington taught me
The first thing you notice about Donald Trump in the flesh is his size. He has a rugby player build: 6ft 3in and 17 stone. His sheer physicality is never quite captured on television. Neatly cut suits hide his bulk from the camera, but in person - especially side-on - it is unavoidable. The second thing is the hair, swept across and back and fixed in place. It is like a crashing wave frozen in motion. And then there is the skin complexion. A warm, yellow hue that draws your eyes after all the speculation about sunbed use. At least, that is the order I remember when seeing him first after moving to Washington DC as The Telegraph’s US Editor in October 2017. After years covering Westminster, I had been sent to try to unpack the Trump phenomenon to British readers, the nature of his appeal and how he was wielding power. For the next three years and four months my working life revolved almost entirely around the president - his moods, his decisions, his controversies, his tweets. There were rallies across America, where he was welcomed like a saviour. There were foreign trips to Hanoi, Singapore, Brussels, Helsinki and London, where he was treated with caution. Most of the time you simply felt swept along by an unrelenting current of news, much of it directed by Mr Trump himself, a master media manipulator.
- BusinessBusiness Insider
The MyPillow guy built a multimillion-dollar business on his faith in God and unorthodox business strategies. But his loyalty to Trump could put the company in peril.
A staple of late-night infomercials, Lindell and his pillow company have become one of the most curious business phenomena of the Trump era.
- BusinessBenzinga
Biden Says Entire Federal Fleet Will Be Replaced With Electric Vehicles — Workhorse, Lordstown Surge
President Joe Biden said Monday that the entire U.S. federal fleet of vehicles would be replaced by EVs made in the United States. What Happened: “The federal government also owns an enormous fleet of vehicles, which we're going to replace with clean electric vehicles made right here in America, by American workers,” said Biden. Pres. Biden: "The federal government also owns an enormous fleet of vehicles, which we're going to replace with clean electric vehicles made right here in America, by American workers."https://t.co/figJbDMrpt pic.twitter.com/racgwk9VGw — ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) January 25, 2021 American manufacturers of EVs include Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), Lordstown Motors Corp (NASDAQ: RIDE), and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN)-backed Rivian among others. See Also: Why Goldman Sachs Is Bullish On Lordstown Motors The president gave no timeline for the move and did not indicate which vehicles would be replaced first. Why It Matters: “This would be the largest mobilization of public investment and procurement, infrastructure and R&D since World War 2,” said Biden. The U.S. fleet is made up of 645,000 vehicles which include 245,000 civilian vehicles, 173,000 military vehicles, and 225,000 post office vehicles, according to the Federal Fleet Report, as cited by Electrek. U.S. Post Office vehicles are said to be due to fo replacement and the government has been running bids to replace them. Workhorse Group Inc (NASDAQ: WKHS), a company that plans to offer delivery vans, has bid for the contracts but the process is stalled. The company’s stock surged 7.4% in the after-hours session to $26.54 and after closing 5.1% higher at $24.71 on Monday. Lordstown shares traded 5.2% higher at $24.4 in the after-hours session on Monday. Tesla shares dropped 0.7% after closing the regular session 4% higher at $880.8. Click here to check out Benzinga's EV Hub for the latest electric vehicles news. See more from BenzingaClick here for options trades from BenzingaFacebook Users' Phone Numbers Are Going Out For Each On Telegram: What You Should KnowWhy Nokia Stock Spiked 23% Today© 2021 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.