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Pfizer (PFE) CEO Albert Bourla is betting big on repeating the success of its COVID-19 vaccine with an experimental oral treatment — and he's putting the company's money where its mouth is. Bourla told Yahoo Finance Wednesday the company is committing $1 billion to develop the oral treatment — a protease inhibitor — which would give the world an easy-to-use, targeted treatment, hopefully by year's end. The current market for COVID-19 treatments includes monoclonal antibodies and some repurposed drugs, including generics and Gilead Sciences' (GILD) Veklury (formerly Remdesivir) - all of which require being in a hospital or clinic to...

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There’s often magic and meaning in round numbers: The Dow index passes 15,000, a baseball player hits .300, crime falls to 50-year lows. Here’s a milestone that tells a different kind of story: The number of people on Medicaid in New York City has passed 3 million. As records go, this one carries a dubious distinction — and a red alert about the future. The rise in enrollment, from 2.5 million in 2005, to 2.9 million in 2011, to 3.1 million today, adds another headache for the next mayor. In a city of 8.3 million people, that over 37 percent...

With less than 20 days to go to the election, the Presidential race has tightened following Romney's performances in the debates, as the Republican challenger has overtaken the president in the national averages for the first time this year (and RealClearPolitics has him with an edge in the electoral college also). But ever the fair-and-balance bank, Citi believes that Obama's advantages remain substantial, as an incumbent president in an improving economic environment. In this broad discussion, the Pandit-less bank addresses 'the data' driving their Obama call, what would have to happen for a Romney win, the Senate and House split,...

Video at link: http://www.veteransforastrongamerica.org/mother-of-fallen-seal-white-house-leaks-threaten-lives/

Candidates, parties, super PACs ... now even private citizens are promoting their own agendas in political advertisements. Billionaire Thomas Peterffy is perhaps best known as the founder of electronic stock trading firm Interactive Brokers, but the Hungarian-born American entrepreneur also grew up in the shadow of socialism and is not excited about what he sees happening here in the U.S. On Wednesday he began airing his own, privately financed one-minute ad addressing his concerns about the U.S. election and urging viewers to vote Republican. "I grew up in a socialist country and I have seen what that does to people," Peterffy, who is...

State public pension contributions for villages across Long Island will total more than $115 million between now and February 2013, forcing officials to consider hiring freezes, tax increases and potential service cuts. The villages' 2013 tab alone is more than double what it was in 2010, largely because of the state's need to make up for substantial stock market losses the pension plans suffered in 2008 and 2009. Pension payouts are guaranteed by the state constitution, and when stocks do poorly, local employers have to make up the difference -- a process that lasts for years after the market losses...

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/gov/2618821815.html The Working Families Party (WFP) (www.workingfamiliesparty.org) is New York's most energetic, independent and progressive political party. Formed in 1998 by a grassroots coalition of community organizations, neighborhood activists, and labor unions, we came together to build a society that works for all of us, not just Wall Street CEOs and the well-connected. WFP is independent from corporate and government funding and in-addition we are community based; community funded and equally uninfluenced by both major parties. Our agenda focuses on economic and social justice, corporate accountability, job creation, environmental protection, and investment in education and healthcare. For the past twelve...

The following email intercept from a senior Managing Director of Obama bastion Evercore (Roger Altman: nuf said), explains all there is to know about  the Obama presidency, but it does not explain why Groupon still does not have a "meet your president, half off price" coupon yet. Anyway, we'll got and report ourselves to @AttackWatch immediately as this is obviously a non-subversive counter-disinformation campaign. Hi there - fundraising this quarter has been a struggle (as you can imagine give all the negative stuff around the President) - they are offering a one off opportunity to attend this small dinner on...

Obama's Approval Rating Plummets in New York By Caitlin Huey-Burns - August 12, 2011 President Obama's approval rating has taken a sharp dive in the Democratic stronghold of New York, according to a new survey released Friday. A Quinnipiac University poll found 49 percent of voters disapprove of the job Obama is doing as president, while 45 percent approve, marking the first time the president's approval numbers have been under water in a Quinnipiac poll taken in the Empire State. Obama has seen his numbers drop sharply since a June Quinnipiac survey in which 57 percent approved of his performance...

I received this email, not sure if it was ever posted, but it is still worth posting again: 2013 One sunny day in January, 2013 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue , where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. . Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama." The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Obama is no longer president and no longer resides here." The old man said, "Okay", and walked away. The following day, the same man...

This Weiner needs to go immediately. Sign the Petition: http://form.strongnewjersey.com/weinermustresign/

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Smoking in New York City's parks, beaches, boardwalks, pedestrian plazas and other public spaces will be banned from May 23 despite complaints about excessive meddling by government in people's private lives. Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed the legislation on Tuesday after the city council voted 36 to 12 in favor of the smoking restrictions earlier this month. The law extends the city's existing ban on smoking in restaurants and bars. "Frederick Law Olmsted hailed public parks as the 'lungs of the city' - a haven where one could escape the overcrowded, noisy and polluted streets," Bloomberg said...

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Redistricting Fight Starts Nov. 2 Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott stands with running mate Jennifer Carroll at a campaign stop Tuesday in New Port Richey, Fla.... View Enlarged Image Republicans are poised to retake control of the House after the midterm elections. Big state-level gains should bolster their chances of winning and holding more seats in the coming years. Population trends should give more House seats and electoral votes to "red" states at the expense of typically "blue" states. Additionally, Republicans will get a boost in redistricting battles next year from expected big gains in statehouses and governorships.

“HAS THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT BEEN GOOD FOR AMERICA?” (from Joe DioGuardi R-NY) This was the question asked by the reporters from NY-1, YNN, and Noticias-TV at the second televised debate between former Congressman Joe DioGuardi and sitting U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on October 21 in Troy, New York. Joe DioGuardi answered emphatically, “Absolutely.” Kirsten Gillibrand, who was appointed by NY State Governor David Paterson to fill the second U.S. Senate seat representing New York, held by Hillary Clinton until she left to become Secretary of State, answered, “No.” With her response, Gillibrand demonstrated that she is out of touch...

where Map Data - Terms of UseMap DataCloseMap data ©2010 Google MapMapSatelliteHybridTerrainview large map It was a story of tragedy turned to triumph. A Mineola nurse whose husband was killed and son wounded during a murderous rampage on the Long Island Rail Road runs for Congress and soundly defeats the Republican incumbent who voted against gun control. "I don't want to go to Congress and get caught up with whatever goes on there," Carolyn McCarthy said after her upset victory in 1996. "I don't want to change. I like who I am." She predicted she would return to her modest...

One large trader led to May 6 stock market plunge Gov't report finds large trader triggered May 6 stock market plunge with $4.1B computer trade Marcy Gordon and Daniel Wagner, AP Business Writers, On Friday October 1, 2010, 2:20 pm WASHINGTON (AP) -- A trading firm's use of a computer sell order triggered the May 6 market plunge, which sent the Dow Jones industrial average dropping nearly 1,000 points in less than a half-hour. A report issued Friday by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission determined the so-called "flash crash" was caused when the trading...

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked legislation that would have repealed the law banning gays from serving openly in the military. The partisan vote was a defeat for Senate Democrats and gay rights advocates, who saw the bill as their last chance before November's elections to overturn the law known as "don't ask, don't tell." With the 56-43 vote, Democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation. It also would have authorized $726 billion in defense spending including a pay raise for troops.

This was sent to me by a friend who works for a large company in the financial sector Math By The Numbers 1. GLOBAL BUSINESS - 47% of the sales of the S&P 500 companies in calendar year 2009 were made outside the United States. The S&P 500 is an unmanaged index of 500 widely held stocks that is generally considered representative of the US stock market (source: S&P). 2. THE DEAD RISE - On 8/13/79 (i.e., 31 years ago), BusinessWeek’s cover story was titled “The Death of Equities.” The S&P 500 closed at 107 on 8/13/79. The index closed...