US just took a step beyond funding Covid-vaccine research towards actively securing shots. The government signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc and BioNTech securing 100 million doses of their vaccine candidate for $1.95 billion, payable if the inoculation succeeds in clinical trials and gets approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Vaccine pricing is always contentious, and even more so ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co 737 planes in storage because of the coronavirus pandemic are at risk of losing power in both engines when they fly again and must be inspected, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. The emergency order applies to about 2,000 older Next Generation and Classic versions of Boeing’s workhorse single-aisle jet in the US, not the grounded ...

Bloomberg British Airways owner IAG SA is looking at raising as much as 2.75 billion euros ($3.2 billion) in a share sale to help strengthen its balance sheet and ride out the coronavirus crisis. The London-based group, which also owns Spain’s Iberia and Aer Lingus of Ireland, said that it may opt for a rights issue, though no final decision ...