Harvard Seeks Short Sellers Amid Market Volatility

Harvard Eyes Short Sellers to Navigate Frothy Markets Harvard University’s $38 billion endowment fund is taking precautions as market conditions become increasingly unstable. The university is looking to hire short sellers—investors who bet on declining stock prices—amid concerns of “frothy” markets, according to Stephen Blyth, Harvard’s Chief Investment Officer. Blyth, who took over the endowment…

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Canada won’t be ordering Novavax’s updated COVID-19 vaccine, cites low demand – National

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it is not providing Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine this respiratory virus season, citing low demand. It says the manufacturer requires a minimum order of its updated protein-based vaccine, called Nuvaxovid, which far exceeds the uptake by Canadians last year. The agency says a very small portion of the doses…

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Hurricane Helene: Search for survivors intensifies as death toll tops 150 – National

Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris on Tuesday looking in the mountains of western North Carolina for victims of Hurricane Helene, days after the storm carved a deadly and destructive path through the Southeast. With Helene’s death toll passing 150, searchers fanned out across the region, using helicopters to get…

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HAL Granted ‘Maharatna’ Status: Shares Surge, Market Cap Crosses ₹3.2 Lakh Crore

HAL Granted ‘Maharatna’ Status: Shares Surge, Market Cap Crosses ₹3.2 Lakh Crore Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) received the prestigious ‘Maharatna’ status, boosting its shares by over 2%. The stock hit ₹4,544.80 on the NSE following the announcement. In the past year, HAL’s stock has seen a 129% rise, with a 526% increase in three years….

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Mics cut after Vance says ‘you weren’t going to fact check’ during VP debate – National

Both vice-presidential candidates had their microphones briefly cut off following a fact-checking fracas during Tuesday’s debate, in one of the evening’s most contentious moments. JD Vance and Tim Walz kept Tuesday’s debate mostly civil as they squared off on issues of abortion, immigration and the economy, but that Midwestern niceness appeared to dissolve when the…

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