The $65 Million Perk for CEOs: Personal Use of the Corporate Jet Has Soared

[ad_1] One of the flashiest executive perks has roared back since the onset of the pandemic: free personal travel on the company jet. Companies in the S&P 500 spent $65…

Opinion | The Employee Retention Tax Credit Is the Biggest Covid Scam

[ad_1] It’s hard to feel sorry for the Internal Revenue Service, but cleaning up for Congress is never fun. The Covid employee retention tax credit is turning into a classic…

Investigators Probe Whether U.S. Was Billed Twice for Coronavirus Research in China

[ad_1] Dec. 23, 2023 10:00 am ET WASHINGTON—Two federal inspectors general are investigating whether a nonprofit group involved in high-risk coronavirus research in China double-billed U.S. taxpayers for hundreds of…

Pfizer Warns 2024 Revenue Could Fall, Weighed Down by Soft Demand for Covid Products

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 13, 2023 10:16 am ET Pfizer shares tumbled Wednesday morning after the company said revenue could fall next year and issued 2024 guidance below analyst expectations. Shares…

Covid-19 Cases Are Rising Again, Just in Time for the Holidays

[ad_1] In what is becoming a holiday-season tradition, Covid-19 cases are rising once again in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Doctors and virus trackers…

Worrying About Pandemics Is So 2020. Should It Be?

[ad_1] Amid all the concerns about inflation, interest rates and wars this year, at least investors haven’t needed to worry about pandemics. But maybe they should: The risks haven’t gone…

WHO Presses China for Data on Wave of Undiagnosed Pneumonia Cases

[ad_1] Updated Nov. 23, 2023 8:35 pm ET The World Health Organization said it has asked China to provide more information on an outbreak of pneumonia among children in northern…

Outbreaks of H5 N1 bird flu confirmed on three farms in Germany and Denmark

[ad_1] AN outbreak of highly pathogenic H5 N1 bird flu has been reported on two farms in Germany this Wednesday, November 22. A spokesperson for the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim confirmed…

Opinion | The Covid Vaccine Windfall Turns for Pfizer and Moderna

[ad_1] Updated Nov. 19, 2023 3:03 pm ET The U.S. was in a fit of Covid panic during Thanksgiving week two years ago. The Omicron variant had emerged like a…

Sweden’s largest egg producer to cull all its chickens following recurrent salmonella outbreaks

[ad_1] STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s largest egg producer, which had nearly 1.2 million chickens or 20% of all laying hens in the country before a salmonella outbreak, has been ordered…