• $Pfizer Inc(PFE.US)$ goes it alone to expand vaccine business beyond Covid-19
  

CEO Albert Bourla says the gene-based technology the company learned in its partnership with Germany's BioNTech will be applied to other diseases.

• French ruling on $Amazon.Com Inc(AMZN.US)$ cloud could ease companies' privacy concerns
  

A French court ruling concerning Amazon's cloud services provides clues to data privacy techniques that could meet European standards.

• U.S. health officials raise concerns over $AstraZeneca PLC(AZN.US)$ data
  

U.S. officials said they were told AstraZeneca may have released outdated information in its disclosure of trial results for its Covid-19 vaccine that could have "provided an incomplete view of the efficacy data."

• Dorsey's first tweet sells as NFT for $2.9 Million
  

The CEO of a Malaysian blockchain company is the winning bidder of a tweet in an auction launched by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, reflecting the supercharged market for digital art and collectibles.

• $Caesars Entertainment Inc(CZR.US)$ sues insurance carriers, saying they declined to cover losses
  

The casino and hotel company brought a lawsuit against a group of insurance carriers, accusing them of refusing to cover estimated losses of more than $2 billion tied to the Covid-19 pandemic.

• $Microsoft Corp(MSFT.US)$ prepares to reopen its offices and enter the Hybrid-Work era
  

The software company expects partial remote work to be routine for many of its jobs, even after pandemic ends.

• Not a bad time to lose a major chip deal

Applied Materials' prospects look strong with a chip shortage boosting equipment demand.