Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Here's your midday brief for Wednesday, February 18th. I'm Alex Osola for The Wall Street Journal. The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to begin a review of Moderna's new flu shot. The agency reversed course from earlier this month when it refused to start the review. Moderna agreed to do additional testing in the elderly. The FDA is now expected to make a decision by August.
If approved, Moderna's flu shot could become available for the 2026-2027 flu season. Moderna shares were up more than 5% in midday trading. New data out today from the Federal Reserve showed that U.S.
Chapter 2: What is the FDA's decision regarding Moderna's flu shot?
industrial production rose by 0.7 percent in January, the third straight month of growth. Production topped analyst expectations.
A regulatory filing shows Berkshire Hathaway's stock holdings during Warren Buffett's last few months as CEO. Berkshire sold shares in Bank of America and Apple and added a new position in The New York Times during the December quarter. The company also cut its Amazon position by 77 percent. Greg Abel, Buffett's handpicked successor, became CEO at the beginning of this year.
And American skier Michaela Schifrin has won the gold in the women's slalom. It's the third gold of her career. She now has more gold medals than any other U.S. alpine skier in the history of the Games. Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor.
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