PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news - July 2

July 2(Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- Richard Branson, the British billionaire who founded a galaxy of Virgin companies, announced on Thursday night that he would be a member of the crew on the next test flight of the Virgin Galactic space plane. https://nyti.ms/3Aiho9v

- The Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the highly contagious Delta variant, even eight months after inoculation, the company said on Thursday. https://nyti.ms/3dArhWB

- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday imposed a moratorium on federal executions pending a review of the Justice Department's policies and procedures, reversing the Trump administration's decision to resume executions of federal death row inmates last year after a nearly two-decade hiatus. https://nyti.ms/2UYQMKG

- Robinhood Markets Inc, the stock-trading app, revealed skyrocketing revenue and a loss of more than $1.4 billion in the first three months of this year, as it took a key step on Thursday toward one of the year's most anticipated initial public offerings https://nyti.ms/3hqaBly

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