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The UK was the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine; it has now become the first to approve an at-home treatment for Covid. On Thursday, the medicines regulator, MHRA, green-lit the antiviral drug molnupiravir, produced by Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and Merck & Co. and shown in trials to…

The “China shock” was one of the most significant economic events of the last two decades in America. Most of the shock is now over — Chinese imports are competitive with much of the output of US manufacturing, and China has already displaced many US jobs — but there is a new and possibly larger…

As the automobile industry evolves toward an electric future, incentives will be a big driver of the transition — not just potential tax credits to accelerate demand, but investor behavior that helps shift automakers' priorities. Manufacturers are going to try to ramp up spending on future…

Progress on Covid-19 vaccines has been wonderful for the world, but in financial markets it has dulled enthusiasm for firms whose business involves virus testing. Now two of Europe’s big Covid-19 diagnostics firms — German-listed Qiagen NV and France’s BioMerieux — are mulling a union. The snag is…

The majority of Lebanese politicians running the country are professional procrastinators. They are incredibly skilled at pushing dates and delaying stances and solutions. They behave on the basis that this profession grants them the ability to steer their public and private affairs, playing…

At a time when President Joe Biden’s competence is being questioned, let's talk about blocking and tackling — that is, how the administration is doing on the basics of the presidency. Note that this is very different from the question of whether he’s making good policy decisions, however one would…

What do you do when you want to do something and yet you feel embarrassed about doing it? This is the question that the “Supreme Guide” of the Islamic Republic in Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei faced this week as he wondered how to deal with one of his annual rituals celebrating the seizure of the…

The UK was the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine; it has now become the first to approve an at-home treatment for Covid. On Thursday, the medicines regulator, MHRA, green-lit the antiviral drug molnupiravir, produced by Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and Merck & Co. and shown in trials to…

What exactly do the likes of BlackRock Inc. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board see in the unprofitable Indian payments startup heading for the country's biggest-ever initial public offering? A simple answer: the raw power of data. Paytm, formally known as One97 Communications Ltd., has…

That is the conclusion I had reached with my comrade and companion, Dr. Mohamad Chatah, before he was assassinated. I openly expressed this “dangerous” opinion in a dialogue moderated by Marcel Ghanem on LBCI the day before my dear friend Mohamad was buried. But what does a friendly divorce…

The Group of 20 meeting of high-level policy makers in Rome this weekend provides a timely opportunity to assess progress on the four broad policy responses that I have argued repeatedly are vital for the global economy. They hold the key to maintaining a strong and durable recovery that is also…

If a stock market is a mirror of a society’s state of mind, then the US is feeling exuberant right now. But in China, it is all about trepidation. Investors there are worried the government is going to mess things up. Both economies face the same set of problems: Supply chain disruptions,…