Some provinces were forced to push back vaccination for health-care workers and vulnerable seniors on Monday as deliveries from a major manufacturer ground to a temporary halt.

Merck & Co. is discontinuing development of its two experimental COVID-19 vaccines after early trial data showed they failed to generate immune responses comparable to a natural infection or existing vaccines.

Across Wall Street, signs of speculative excess are everywhere. Penny stocks surging. Cash pouring into trendy thematic bets. Risky debt paying less than ever. With unchecked animal spirits and historic valuations, what’s an investor to do?

To see how far GameStop Corp. has outrun anyone’s ability to render sensible analysis, consider what its dizzying rally has done to Wall Street’s best guesses of its value.

President Joe Biden says he anticipates that coronavirus vaccines will be delivered to 1 million Americans per day within the next three weeks, and that the medicines should be available to anyone in the nation who wants it by Spring.

Air Canada dropped as much as 6.2 per cent, the most since Dec. 21, as the Canadian government considers tougher measures to limit travel into the country because of new variants of Covid-19.

Delta Air Lines Inc. will return 400 pilots to full flying status by this summer, betting that the expansion of coronavirus vaccinations will trigger a rebound in travel demand.

The U.S. Treasury Department will resume Obama-era plans to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill and President Joe Biden wants to accelerate the process, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

A world-beating surge in Tencent Holdings Ltd. has pushed its market value to the cusp of $1 trillion for the first time, a marker for the euphoria sweeping global technology stocks.

Technology shares led gains in U.S. stocks as investors awaited earnings from the biggest names.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he aims to secure passage of the next round of Covid-19 relief by mid-March, just when jobless benefits from the last package will be running out.

The Fannie Mae 30-year 2.5% mortgage bond TBA, or forward settling mortgage-backed securities, hit a fresh record high, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. said it was no longer at risk of an imminent bankruptcy filing after assembling US$917 million of fresh financing, continuing its fight to fend off the effects of COVID-19 on its theater business.

Megacap technology and internet stocks rose on Monday, with names like Apple Inc. and Google owner Alphabet Inc. extending advances into record territory as optimism rose about their upcoming earnings results.

As lawmakers negotiate over more coronavirus relief, U.S. households say they’re more likely to spend extra income than usual.