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Biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies both produce medicines, but the medicines made by biotechnology companies are derived from living organisms while those made by pharmaceutical companies generally have a chemical basis. The coining of the term biopharma further complicates matters. The term describes companies that are using both biotechnology and chemical sources in their medical research and development

SpaceX stacks Starship prototype 20 on top of Super Heavy rocket Booster 4 on August 6, 2011. @elonmusk on Twitter Elon Musk’s SpaceX stacked a Starship prototype rocket on top of a Super Heavy rocket booster for the first time on Friday morning, giving a look at the scale of the combined nearly 400-foot-tall vehicle.

Close up imagery of the dredging operations underway around the Ever Given in the Suez Canal, captured by the company’s WorldView-3 satellite on Saturday, March 27, 2021. Maxar Technologies Space company Maxar Technologies shares dropped in trading Thursday after it announced another delay to the launch of its next-generation imagery satellites. “We have decided to

What Is Tron: Overview Tron is a blockchain-based decentralized digital platform with its own cryptocurrency, called Tronix or TRX. Founded in 2017 by a Singapore non-profit organization, the Tron Foundation, Tron aims to host a global entertainment system for the cost-effective sharing of digital content.  Initially marketed primarily in Asia, Tron had now gone global.

Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity, carrying Richard Branson and crew, begins its ascent to the edge of space above Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, U.S. July 11, 2021 in a still image from video. Virgin Galactic | via Reuters Virgin Galactic delivered second-quarter results after the market closed on Thursday

In this article ASTR Rocket 3.2 lifts off on December 15, 2020 from Kodiak, Alaska. John Kraus / Astra Publicly traded rocket builder Astra will go for its first launch of the year later this month, aiming to carry a Pentagon payload to orbit. “The Space Force is right now lined up to do a

There are many official currencies that are used all over the world, but there are only a handful of currencies that are traded actively in the forex market. In currency trading, only the most economically/politically stable and liquid currencies are demanded in sufficient quantities. For example, due to the size and strength of the United

In this article VRA VERA A woman walks past JPMorgan Chase & Co’s international headquarters on Park Avenue in New York. Andrew Burton | Reuters JPMorgan Chase‘s new healthcare unit has made its first investment, CNBC has learned exclusively. The bank has agreed to invest $50 million in Vera Whole Health, a Seattle-based start-up that

In this article HOOD Vlad Tenev, co-founder and CEO of Robinhood rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq on July 29th, 2021. Source: The Nasdaq Robinhood shares are jumping in early trading on Wednesday, setting the newly public stock trading app up to extend its 24% rally from the previous session. Shares of Robinhood popped

It all began with passage of the $8.3 billion Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, enacted into law on March 6, 2020. The $192 billion Families First Coronavirus Response Act came next onMarch 18. With the passage and signing of the CARES Act into law, March 27, 2020, Congress and President Trump set into

SpaceX rolls out Super Heavy Booster 4 in preparation for the company’s first orbital Starship launch. Elon Musk SpaceX on Tuesday rolled out the rocket booster that the company plans to use to launch the first Starship orbital flight, and Elon Musk shared photos of the enormous vehicle. A look inside SpaceX’s high bay after

In this article SEDG A Solarpro employee installs a SolarEdge Technologies Inc. inverter at a residential property in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, May 17, 2021. Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of SolarEdge jumped nearly 12% during premarket trading on Tuesday after the company topped expectations during the second quarter and provided an

Editor’s note: Below you’ll find the week 49 release of the NYC Recovery Index, originally published July 26, 2021. Visit the NYC Recovery index homepage for the latest data. New York City’s economic recovery index remained unchanged as of July 17, as rising COVID-19 hospitalizations and a decline in the city’s housing market erased modest

In this article RKT Signage for Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans is displayed on a laptop computer in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Rocket Companies jumped as much as 8% on Monday after the

A customer shops for groceries at La Tapatia Market during a blackout in Napa, California, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The electric grid in the West is being tested like never before amid extreme-weather events, including raging wildfires and severe droughts fueled by climate change. Utility companies

Covered Call vs. Regular Call: An Overview A call option is a contract that gives the buyer, or holder, a right to buy an asset at a predetermined price by or on a predetermined date. A call option is used to create multiple strategies, such as a covered call and a naked call. Key Takeaways

Tesla’s Model Y compact crossover vehicles at a showroom in Shanghai, China, on January 18, 2021. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Earnings season is well underway, as a number of mega-cap tech names released their financial results this past week. However, there’s still plenty more to come as several companies have yet

In this article XOM CVX Oil well pump jacks operated by Chevron Corp. in San Ardo, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chevron reported a second straight quarter of profits Friday as improving demand for petroleum products and a jump in oil prices boosted operations. The

The S&P 500 is probably the most accurate quantifier of the U.S. economy, measuring the cumulative float-adjusted market capitalization of 500 of the nation’s largest corporations. While other benchmark indices measure merely stock prices, which can be limiting, the S&P 500 has been hailed as the market standard against which many funds are compared. With

People exit the headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it will now require additional disclosures from Chinese companies seeking a listing on U.S. stock exchanges, following Beijing’s intensified crackdown on oversea share issuance. “In light of