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Just the latest in a long line. Many before have acted the same way. They usually don't last long.
A drug maker recently doubled the price of chloroquine — but in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s cutting it in half
"A company that makes a medication increasingly touted as a promising coronavirus treatment, known as chloroquine, doubled the drug’s price in late 2019 — but says it has now cut the price in half, to its original level, in response to the pandemic."
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/19/a-drug-maker-recently-doubled-the-price-of-chloroquine-but-in-response-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic-its-cutting-it-in-half/
Sens. Richard Burr, Kelly Loeffler sold millions in stock before coronavirus crippled markets, reports find
"Her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher, is chairman of the
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Loeffler slammed the "ridiculous and baseless attack" in a pair of late-night tweets.Her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher, is chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.
Loeffler slammed the "ridiculous and baseless attack" in a pair of late-night tweets.
"This is a ridiculous and baseless attack. I do not make investment decisions for my portfolio. Investment decisions are made by multiple third-party advisors without my or my husband's knowledge or involvement," Loeffler wrote. "As confirmed in the periodic transaction report to Senate Ethics, I was informed of these purchases and sales on February 16, 2020 — three weeks after they were made."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senators-richard-burr-kelly-loeffler-accused-of-insider-trading-after-reports-show-they-sold-stocks-before-coronavirus-crippled-markets
Intelligence Chairman Raised Virus Alarms Weeks Ago, Secret Recording Shows
"But despite his longtime interest in biohazard threats, his expertise on the subject, and his role as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Burr did not warn the public of the government actions he thought might become necessary, as he did at the luncheon on Feb. 27."
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"Meanwhile, ProPublica released a report Thursday evening showing that Burr had unloaded a substantial amount of stocks in mid-February, before the recent market volatility.
Burr sold personal stocks worth between $628,000 and $1.72 million in 33 separate transactions on a single day, February 13th, according to public disclosures.
It was, according to ProPublica, the most stock he's sold in a single day in 14 months."
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818192535/burr-recording-sparks-questions-about-private-comments-on-covid-19
Senator Dumped Up to $1.7 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness
"Burr was one of just three senators who in 2012 opposed the bill that explicitly barred lawmakers and their staff from using nonpublic information for trades and required regular disclosure of those trades. In opposing the bill, Burr argued at the time that insider trading laws already applied to members of Congress. President Barack Obama signed the bill, known as the STOCK Act, that year.
Stock transactions of lawmakers are reported in ranges. Burr’s Feb. 13 selling spree was his largest stock selling day of at least the past 14 months, according to a ProPublica review of Senate records. Unlike his typical disclosure reports, which are a mix of sales and purchases, all of the transactions were sales.
His biggest sales included companies that are among the most vulnerable to an economic slowdown. He dumped up to $150,000 worth of shares of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, a chain based in the United States that has lost two-thirds of its value. And he sold up to $100,000 of shares of Extended Stay America, an economy hospitality chain. Shares of that company are now worth less than half of what they did at the time Burr sold.
The assets come from accounts that are held by Burr, belong to his spouse or are jointly held.
Correction, March 19, 2020: This story about Sen. Richard Burr’s stock sales originally misstated the amount and the number of transactions. Burr sold between $628,000 and $1.72 million in 33 separate transactions, not between $582,029 and $1.56 million of his holdings in 29 separate transactions."
https://www.propublica.org/article/senator-dumped-up-to-1-6-million-of-stock-after-reassuring-public-about-coronavirus-preparedness
Prince Albert II Of Monaco Tests Positive For Coronavirus
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/19/818698736/prince-albert-ii-of-monaco-tests-positive-for-coronavirus?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=nprblogscoronavirusliveupdates
Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Coronavirus In The U.S.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/16/816707182/map-tracking-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s