Biden's Transition Appeal; Oxford Vaccine Optimism; Deadly Protests in Uganda: World Brief
Published Date: 11/19/2020
Source: Bloomberg Quicktake: Now
President-elect Joe Biden said Wednesday the General Services Administration’s delay in allowing the official presidential transition to begin could set back the effort to distribute a coronavirus vaccine by weeks or months. This as deaths from the virus passed the grim milestone of 250,000. MORE: https://bloom.bg/35Kw581 The University of Oxford confirmed that the Covid-19 vaccine it’s developing with AstraZeneca Plc produced strong immune responses in older adults in an early study, with key findings from the last phase of tests expected in the coming weeks. MORE: https://bloom.bg/2IOHA5p Anti-government protesters in Thailand are planning to expand their set of demands after generating “significant” support for a movement that’s broken long-held taboos about publicly criticizing the monarchy. MORE: https://bloom.bg/2KeyQWS Riots erupted in the Ugandan capital after the authorities arrested Bobi Wine, a pop star-turned-politician who’s running against President Yoweri Museveni in elections scheduled for January. At least 3 people have died. MORE: https://bloom.bg/32Ybprg Apple Inc. will pay $113 million to settle allegations by more than three dozen U.S. regulators that the company misled consumers about iPhone battery power and software updates that slowed the performance of the devices. MORE: https://bloom.bg/3lLcI4d Boeing Co.’s 737 Max can safely return to the skies with an extensive package of fixes, after a scarring 20-month hiatus prompted by a pair of fatal crashes. MORE: https://bloom.bg/3kPdThL Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake