Covid-19 Daily News Updates – Download December 15, 2020

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Federal News

• A massive data breach at Desjardins was caused by series of security gaps, according to a privacy watchdog. The breach has affected some 9.7 million Canadians, making it the largest to date in the Canadian financial services sector. Breach to have started due to malicious employee.
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• TC Energy Corp are said to have signed a deal to buy out the other unit holders of TC Pipelines LP, a U.S. master limited partnership it operates, this comes after it raised its earlier offer. Under the new proposal, TCP unit holders are expected to get 0.7 of a TC Energy share for each unit they hold.
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Provincial News

• A Quebec company is looking to develop its own COVID-19 vaccine as Montrealers are taking part in Phase 2 of testing. Participants, at the MUHC vaccine study center in the West Island, received doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Medicago.
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• Rapid COVID-19 testing begins its roll out soon in Quebec. Laval schoolchildren are beginning to receive home testing kits for COVID-19 that use saliva instead of a nasal swab. Passengers bound for France at Trudeau airport will also be able to take the rapid COVID-19 test before boarding.
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USA News

• U.S. stock index futures rose today as headway towards a government spending bill and COVID-19 relief measures kept feelings upbeat, while investors also waited for new economic hints from the Federal reserve’s final meeting of the year. U.S. S&P 500 E-minis up 20.5 points.
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• Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly set to buy Prevail Therapeutics Inc in a deal that could be valued at $1.04 billion, in order to expand its presence in the profitable field of gene therapy. Lilly is also projecting 2021 revenue to be between $26.5 billion and $28 billion.
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International News

• EU are set to unveil a pair of new laws; the Digital Services and Digital Markets Acts this Tuesday. They are set to be the biggest revisions in 20 years, focusing on competition and keeping platforms responsible for hosted content.
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• Aon’s bid of $30 billion for Willis Towers is on track to create the world’s largest insurance broker, now unleashing a full-scale investigation due to complexities. The two companies are the second and third largest brokers globally and looking to boost their pricing powers with this deal.
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