Sharon Wrobel is a journalist and writer with two decades of experience covering financial news in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. Her work has appeared in global publications including The Financial Times, Bloomberg and The Jerusalem Post.

Sharon’s Recent Articles

Sanofi, Translate Bio Kick Off Human COVID-19 Vaccine Trial; Shares Gain 5%

French drugmaker Sanofi and its US partner Translate Bio will kick off human Phase 1/2 clinical trials for...

3y ago

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Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine Is 96.4% Effective In UK Trial; Shares Pop 23%

Shares of Novavax popped almost 23% in Thursday’s extended market session after the biotech company announced that its...

3y ago

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Norsk Hydro Inks €1.38B Deal To Sell Rolling Unit To KPS

Norsk Hydro ASA has clinched a €1.38 billion deal to sell its rolling business to private equity firm...

3y ago

GM, LG Energy Mull Second Battery Cell Plant In US; Street Is Bullish

General Motors confirmed on Thursday that the vehicle maker is weighing building a second battery cell manufacturing plant...

3y ago

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Thursday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes plunged after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell comments failed to calm investor concern about...

3y ago

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Apple Investigated By UK Regulator Over App Store Rules

The UK’s antitrust regulator has launched an investigation into Apple Inc. following complaints that the iPhone maker’s terms...

3y ago

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Green Thumb Inks Partnership For Cannabis-Infused Drinks; Street Is Bullish

Green Thumb Industries has inked an exclusive partnership to manufacture and distribute Cann’s line of cannabis-infused sparkling drinks...

3y ago

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Wednesday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes were a mixed bag after yesterday’s selloff and as investors weighed the prospects...

3y ago

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Sands Inks Deals To Sell Las Vegas Properties For $6.25B

Las Vegas Sands announced the sale of its Las Vegas real estate properties and operations, for an aggregate...

3y ago

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KemPharm Pops 93% Pre-Market On FDA Approval Of ADHD Therapy

Shares of KemPharm Inc. exploded 93% in Wednesday’s pre-market trading session after the US Food and Drug Administration...

3y ago

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Lyft Records Best Ride Volume Week Since COVID-19 Outbreak; Shares Gain 4%

Lyft Inc. shares climbed more than 4% in Wednesday’s pre-market trading session after the ride-hailing company recorded its...

3y ago

NASDAQ

Tuesday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes dropped in what appeared to be some profit-taking after Monday’s big rally. The...

3y ago

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Germany’s Merck Inks €900M Agreement For Head And Neck Cancer Drug

Germany’s healthcare and chemicals group Merck KGaA has inked a global licensing agreement with Debiopharm to develop and...

3y ago

XPeng’s EV Deliveries Plunge In February Due To Chinese New Year Holiday

XPeng said that electric vehicle (EV) deliveries in February dropped to 2,223 due to the week-long Chinese New...

3y ago

NASDAQ

Monday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes rallied, as bond yields eased and the US House of Representatives passed a...

3y ago

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Baidu Clinches Energy Deal With China Huaneng Group; Shares Gain 5% Pre-Market

Chinese tech giant Baidu has clinched a collaboration deal with China Huaneng Group Co. to accelerate the power...

3y ago

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Regeneron Antibody Therapy For Cat-Allergic Asthma Patients Shows Positive Results

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals released positive Phase 2 trial results, which showed that a single dose of of its investigational antibody...

3y ago

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Buffett’s Berkshire Buys Back $24.7B In Stock As 2020 Operating Income Drops

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway posted a 9% decline in 2020 operating income as the billionaire made “no sizable...

3y ago

J&J’s Single-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine Cleared For Emergency Use In US

Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for emergency use by the US Food and Drug...

3y ago

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Allot Targets Cybersecurity Deals In North America, CEO Says

Allot is in talks with multiple US telecom operators for security deals as COVID-19 has accelerated the demand...

3y ago

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Tuesday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes took a dive, led by a sell-off in tech stocks, as Federal Reserve...

3y ago

NASDAQ

Monday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes were looking for direction with commodity prices edging higher and as investors were...

3y ago

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Danone To Buy Plant-Based Foods Pioneer Earth Island To Boost North America Growth

Danone has clinched a deal to buy US plant-based foods producer, Earth Island, as part of the French food...

3y ago

Thursday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes slipped as a surprise increase in weekly jobless applications raised concern about a...

3y ago

NASDAQ

Wednesday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.9% and the S&P 500 Index declined 0.3% as the US Federal...

3y ago

NASDAQ

Tuesday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes fluctuated between gains and losses as investors assessed the prospect of a $1.9...

3y ago

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Lanxess Inks $1.08B Deal To Snap Up Emerald Kalama Chemical

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has inked a deal to buy US-based Emerald Kalama Chemical for an enterprise value...

3y ago

Vivendi Mulls Universal Music Spin-Off, Special Dividend Distribution

Vivendi is mulling a plan to spin-off its subsidiary, Universal Music Group (UMG) via a listing and distribute...

3y ago

Moderna Inks 100M COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Supply Deal With US

Moderna Inc. has won another order for the supply of 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to...

3y ago

NASDAQ

Thursday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock were a mixed bag as investors were weighing the prospect of a coronavirus stimulus...

3y ago

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Kraft Heinz To Sell Nuts Business To Hormel Foods For $3.35B

Kraft Heinz has agreed to sell its nuts business to Hormel Foods Corp. in a cash deal valued...

3y ago

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ARC Resources Inks C$8.1B Energy Deal To Buy Seven Generations

ARC Resources has inked an agreement to buy Seven Generations Energy Ltd. in an all-share deal worth C$8.1...

3y ago

Wednesday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes fluctuated between gains and losses ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chair...

3y ago

NASDAQ

Genfit Pops 29% Pre-Market On ‘Positive’ Data From Liver Disease Therapy Study

Shares in Genfit popped 29% in pre-market trading on Wednesday after the late-stage biopharma company announced “positive” results...

3y ago

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Boeing Jan. Deliveries Double As 737 MAX Returns To The Skies

Boeing handed over 26 of its aircraft during the first month of the year, while new orders started...

3y ago

NASDAQ

Tuesday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes rose as earnings season continues and vaccination efforts coupled with the prospect of...

3y ago

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Coty Tanks 14% As Quarterly Sales Fail To Impress; Street Says Hold

Shares of Coty plunged 14% after the cosmetic maker’s quarterly sales fell short of analysts’ expectations. In the...

3y ago

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KKR’s $44B Fundraising Broke Record In 2020 As Deals Boom

KKR & Co. raised a record $44 billion in new capital in 2020 and invested a record $12.5...

3y ago

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Monday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes appreciated amid investor optimism for a COVID-19 relief package coupled with the continued...

3y ago

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Tesla Buys $1.5B Of Bitcoin, Plans To Use Digital Currency For Car Payment

Tesla disclosed on Monday that the electric vehicle maker has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin as part...

3y ago

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Air Liquide, Siemens Energy Join Forces For Hydrogen Partnership In Europe

Air Liquide and Siemens Energy are joining forces for the development of hydrogen and electrolyzer technologies in Europe....

3y ago

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Hyundai-Kia Say Apple Talks On EV Tie-Up Are Off The Table

Hyundai Motors and Kia Motors announced that they are not in discussions to partner with Apple Inc. for...

3y ago

NASDAQ

TG’s Ukoniq Gets FDA Nod For Lymphoma Therapies; Shares Pop 12%

Shares of TG Therapeutics spiked 12% on Feb. 5 after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved...

3y ago

TGTX

Chevron Makes Buyout Offer For Noble Midstream; Street Sees 18% Upside Potential

US energy giant Chevron Corp has offered to buy all of the shares it doesn’t already own in...

3y ago

NASDAQ

J&J Files For FDA Approval Of COVID-19 Vaccine; Street is Bullish

Johnson & Johnson has submitted an application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use...

3y ago

NASDAQ

Thursday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes climbed following a batch of mixed corporate earnings and as US labor market...

3y ago

NASDAQ

EBay Profit Tops Estimates In Holiday Quarter; Shares Pop 10%

Shares of eBay spiked 10% in Thursday’s pre-market session as the e-commerce platform’s quarterly results outperformed forecasts, fueled...

3y ago

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Vaxart Tanks 58% On Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Early Trial Data; Street Says Buy

Shares of Vaxart cratered 58% on Feb. 3 after early preliminary trial data showed that its oral COVID-19...

3y ago

VXRT

Wednesday’s Market Snapshot: Here’s What You Need To Know Right Now

Wall Street’s main stock indexes gained, led by tech stocks, as large corporates from Amazon to Google outpaced...

3y ago

NASDAQ

Cassava Shares Go Through The Roof On Alzheimer Drug Trial Results

Shares of Cassava Sciences jumped another 10% in Wednesday’s pre-market session after more than doubling yesterday, as the...

3y ago

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