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Market report: FTSE pulls back from record high despite rosier GDP picture

Derren Nathan
  • UK GDP grows 0.4% month-on-month
  • FTSE down slightly after record close
  • Dax also tests record highs
  • Wall Street pulls back after stubborn inflation print
  • Palo Alto, Applied Materials, Deere in focus today
  • Brent crude weakens on Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine
  • BATS outlook disappoints as noose tightens on cigarettes
  • Nestle cooks up a solid set of results
  • Barclays sets positive tone for UK bank earnings

Derren Nathan, head of equity research, Hargreaves Lansdown:

“UK GDP for...

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Coronavirus Origin? Five Mysteries That Remain

According to a recently published article on Nature, with the WHO team investigating the origins of Covid-19, there are still few key questions unanswered about when, where and how the pandemic began.

Investigating COVID-19 origins

The World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic concluded that the coronavirus probably originated in bats and passed to people through an intermediate animal.  But fundamental questions remain about when, where and how...

https://mfame.guru/coronavirus-origin-five-mysteries-that-remain/

Plot Yields Bats With a Trove of New Coronaviruses

  • 302 samples of faeces and urine and 109 mouth swabs taken from 342 live bats studied.
  • Team sequenced 24 coronavirus genomes, of which 4 were new viruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2.
  • One of the viruses isolated from a Rhinolophus pusillus bat shared 94.5% of its genome with the pandemic virus.
  • The results suggest that viruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2 continue to circulate in bats.

According to an article published in the Nature, bats in the province of Yunnan in southern China have...

https://mfame.guru/plot-yields-bats-with-a-trove-of-new-coronaviruses/

A Close Match To the Virus That Causes Covid 19 Found in Bats

  • Scientists say coronaviruses related to Sars-CoV-2 may be circulating in bats across many parts of Asia.
  • They have discovered a virus that is a close match to the virus that causes Covid-19 in bats at a wildlife sanctuary in eastern Thailand.
  • And they predict that similar coronaviruses may be present in bats across many Asian nations and regions.
  • The discovery extends the area in which related viruses have been found to a distance of 4,800km (2,983 miles).

A recent news article published in...

https://mfame.guru/a-close-match-to-the-virus-that-causes-covid-19-found-in-bats/