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☆ Horns Blaring and Engines Roaring, 100s of Tractors Bring Farmers' Plight to an EU Summit
  + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Associated Press | Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +3 min
BRUSSELS (AP) — Convoys with hundreds of angry farmers driving heavy-duty tractors advanced toward European Union headquarters, bent on getting their complaints about excessive costs, rules and bureaucracy heard by EU leaders at a summit Thursday. Even if the EU summit was supposed to be laser-focused on providing Ukraine financial aid for its war against invading Russia, the farmers were likely to squeeze their plight onto the informal agenda of the 27 leaders too. Jean-Francois Ricker, a farmer from southern Belgium, braved the winter night close to EU headquarters and said he expected 1,000 to 1,400 vehicles. Farmers coming to Brussels on Thursday have been insisting their protest will be peaceful and security forces have handled the protests lightly so far. I think we are addressing two very important (concerns) of them right now,” European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič said.
Persons: Jean, Francois Ricker, Maroš Šefčovič, Sylvain Plazy, Mark Carlson Organizations: —, European Union, EU, Farmers, police, European Commission Locations: BRUSSELS, Belgian, Ukraine, Russia, Belgium, France, Italy, Rungis, Brussels, “
☆ Gates Foundation Funding $40 Million Effort to Help Develop MRNA Vaccines in Africa in Coming Years
  + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Associated Press | Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +4 min
The two Africa-based vaccine manufacturers are receiving $5 million each in funding from the foundation, while another $10 million is earmarked for other companies that have not yet been named. Political Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesThe mRNA vaccine technology came to the forefront with the production of COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna. Those COVID-19 mRNA vaccines were fast-tracked through the regulatory process and granted emergency use authorization. The new vaccines under development in Africa face a far longer development timeline — anywhere from three to seven years. It has spent billions of dollars to vaccinate against polio, treat and prevent malaria and HIV and more recently advance vaccines for diseases like cholera.
Persons: Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, “, Dr, Amadou Sall, ” Sall, COVID, ” Jose Castillo, ___ Mark Carlson Organizations: Melinda Gates Foundation, Associated Press, Institut Pasteur, Quantoom Biosciences, Pfizer, Moderna, Gates Foundation Locations: DAKAR, Senegal, Africa, Dakar, South Africa, Belgium, Crimean, Congo, Nivelles
☆ Investors are dipping a toe back into high-yield ETFs. Here's what you need to know
  + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Potentially, that marks the start of a reversal from this year's pattern, which has seen sharp outflows from high yield funds. High yield bond funds have been beaten down this year, like the rest of fixed income. FlexShares' offerings include the actively managed High Yield Value-Scored Bond Index Fund (HYGV) and the ESG & Climate High Yield Corporate Core Index Fund (FEHY) . To be sure, growing concerns about bankruptcies can hurt high yield investors, even if they never materialize. Because the underlying companies are also essentially investment funds, investors are paying management for both the companies and the ETFs.
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