AbbVie prices new rheumatoid arthritis drug at $59,000/yr
(Reuters) – AbbVie Inc has priced its new rheumatoid arthritis treatment at $59,000 a year after gaining U.S. approval on…
Facebook failed to warn users of known risks before 2018 breach: court filing
(Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) users suing the world’s largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed…
North Korea says no face-to-face dialogue with South Korea
“South Korea is deluding (itself) that the dialogue will come naturally,” said the spokesperson for the North Korean Committee for…
A 7-foot crocodile was swimming in an Ohio creek while elementary school kids played in the water
Children from a church group were playing in a creek in West Alexandria, Ohio, on Wednesday evening when one of…
Dale Earnhardt Jr. survives plane crash at small Tennessee airport, officials say
Elizabethton Fire Chief Barry Carrier told CNN affiliate WJHL that Earnhardt and his wife, Amy, were on the plane that…
DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach warns Fed rate cuts will not stop U.S. recession
(Reuters) – Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive of DoubleLine Capital, warned on Wednesday that rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve…
U.S. FDA approves TB Alliance’s treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved TB Alliance’s treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis as part of a…
Virtual reality experiences can help ease severe pain
(Reuters Health) – Playing virtual reality games or relaxing in a virtual nature setting might help ease chronic pain, particularly…
Novartis replaces top scientists at Avexis after drug data manipulated
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Novartis AG said on Wednesday it replaced the two top research and development executives at its…
Poorer kids may have less shade in their schoolyards
(Reuters Health) – Elementary schools with the greatest proportions of poor children may have the least amount of shade in…
Air pollution, especially ozone, tied to worsening lung damage
(Reuters Health) – The more exposure people have to air pollution, especially ozone, the more lung damage they develop over…
India’s Coffee Day to sell Bengaluru tech park to Blackstone, cut debt
FILE PHOTO: The ticker and trading information for Blackstone Group is displayed at the post where it is traded on…
China’s economy worsens in July, industrial growth at 17-year low as trade war escalates
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy stumbled more sharply than expected in July, with industrial output growth cooling to a more…
Lion Air ‘urgently requires’ more 737 MAX jets to support growth: co-founder
FILE PHOTO: Lion Air’s Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane is parked on the tarmac of Soekarno Hatta International airport near…
Novartis names Bulto as new head of U.S. drugs business
FILE PHOTO: Logo of Swiss drugmaker Novartis is seen at its branch in Schweizerhalle near Basel, Switzerland, March 29, 2018.…
ViacomCBS is just the beginning of Shari Redstone’s media deals
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than two months before CBS Corp (CBS.N) and Viacom Inc (VIAB.O) succeeded at a third…
WeWork preps for IPO with growing revenues and widening losses
(Reuters) – WeWork owner The We Company on Wednesday published detailed financial statements for the first time, showing it lost…
Macy’s not looking to raise prices if new tariffs imposed: CEO
(Reuters) – Macy’s Inc (M.N) Chief Executive Officer Jeff Gennette said on Wednesday that the department store chain would not…
Air Canada sees A220 jet delivering boost for key U.S. transit traffic
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Air Canada said on Wednesday it will launch a direct Seattle-Montreal service in May 2020 with its…
China’s Tencent cautious after surge in quarterly profit
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s Tencent Holdings (0700.HK), the world’s largest gaming company by revenue, warned on Wednesday of a…
U.S. yield curve inversion highlights recession fears, Fed dilemma
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates last month for the first time in more…
Novartis says top R&D executives no longer at Avexis unit after test data manipulation
FILE PHOTO: Swiss drugmaker Novartis’ logo is seen at the company’s plant in the northern Swiss town of Stein, Switzerland…
Ryanair Spanish cabin crew unions threaten 10 days of strikes
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Unions representing Ryanair (RYA.I) cabin crew in Spain on Wednesday announced plans to hold 10 days of…
Stocks, oil tank on growing signs of global slowdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equity markets tanked and oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday after a closely watched bond indicator…
Ford extends warranty on 560,000 Focus, Fiesta models
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Ford is seen on a 2020 Ford Explorer car at Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant in…
Oil slumps more than 4% on weak global economic data, U.S. crude build
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices sank more than 4% on Wednesday after global demand fears were revived by weak…
Macy’s shares sink as discounts to clear inventory hurt, tourism drops
(Reuters) – Macy’s Inc (M.N) cut its full-year earnings forecast on Wednesday after missing estimates for quarterly profit for the…
U.S. import prices rebound, but trend remains subdued
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. import prices unexpectedly rose in July, but the underlying trend continued to be weak, pointing to…
FCC chairman circulates order to approve Sprint, T-Mobile tie-up
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with Sprint logo are seen in front of a screen projection of T-mobile logo, in this…
Trade tensions and a weaker yuan drive Chinese crypto demand, market players say
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Trade tensions between the United States and China and a weakening yuan are boosting demand for…
Macy’s sinks as discounts to clear inventory backfire, tourism drops
(Reuters) – Macy’s Inc (M.N) slashed its full-year earnings forecast on Wednesday after missing estimates for quarterly profit for the…
Wall Street tumbles on rising fears of recession
(Reuters) – Wall Street main indexes slid more than 2% on Wednesday, as a closely watched U.S. bond market indicator…
Homeowner: Delivery driver 'made a big mistake'
A home surveillance video shows an Amazon delivery driver taking a kid’s bike near some trash cans. Source link
Bizarre prank confuses neighborhood
Someone wearing what appeared to be a TV-shaped mask left over 50 old television sets on porches across a Virginia…
Fortnite World Champion Kyle ‘Bugha’ Giersdorf swatted during livestream
But on Saturday, the 16-year-old became a victim of an increasingly popular form of attack. Kyle was in the middle…
Friend who provided Dayton shooter with 100-round magazine and body armor faces federal charges
Hours after the August 4 attack, agents with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives visited…
New video shows police engaging Dayton shooter
Police in Dayton, Ohio, have released new video showing officers engaging with the gunman who opened fire in a crowded…
Who’s who of Jeffrey Epstein’s powerful friends, associates and possible co-conspirators
“Any co-conspirators should not rest easy. The victims deserve justice and they will get it,” Barr said. In addition, Epstein’s…
Lifestyle stressed in cardiovascular disease prevention guideline
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new guideline from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association emphasizes…
Late puberty may lead to weaker bones
(Reuters Health) – Teens who hit puberty late may end up with weaker bones, a new study finds. In the…
Mediterranean diet tied to lower risk of gestational diabetes
(Reuters Health) – Pregnant women at high risk for developing gestational diabetes may be less likely to experience this complication…
Bayer mediator dismisses report of $8 billion Roundup settlement
NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer AG has not offered to pay billions of dollars to settle claims in the United…
Amgen wins U.S. patent battle on arthritis drug Enbrel, thwarting Novartis
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday upheld two patents relating to Amgen Inc’s blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel, denying…
Serbia reports suspected African swine fever cases in backyard pigs
PARIS (Reuters) – Serbia has reported four suspected outbreaks of African swine fever among backyard pigs, the Paris-based World Organisation…
China cuts 2019/20 corn use forecast by 2 million tonnes due to African swine fever
Corn kernels are seen at a corn harvester on a farm in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer…
U.S. records 10 new cases of measles last week
FILE PHOTO: A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is pictured at the International Community Health Services…
Regeneron’s Ebola treatment proves superior to rival in trial
(Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday its experimental treatment for Ebola proved superior to a rival therapy from…
U.S. budget deficit widens; spending up on health, military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s deficit widened to $120 billion in July, fueled by increases in spending on health…
Bills from out-of-network doctors rising at in-network hospitals
A growing number of Americans treated at hospitals that are part of their insurance networks are getting billed for out-of-network…
Alarms in emergency rooms rarely important, which can desensitize staff
Walk into any emergency room in the U.S. and you’ll hear a regular din of beeping alarms going off from…
Obesity, belly fat tied to early death among Mexicans
Residents of Mexico City who are obese may be more likely to die prematurely than their slimmer counterparts, especially if…
Senator Grassley seeks info on Novartis’s Zolgensma data issues
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks to reporters on his way from the Senate floor after a vote…
Scientists hail promise of first effective Ebola treatments in Congo trial
LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists are a step closer to finding the first effective treatments for the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever…
Jeffrey Epstein’s cell was not monitored night of apparent suicide, source says
Epstein, 66, was in the special housing unit in a cell by himself when he was found dead early Saturday.…
Jeffery Epstein’s apparent suicide is fueling questions and myths
Here’s what we know about Epstein’s final days, and what will happen now. Epstein faced similar accusations in Florida back…
AMS plans rival takeover bid for Germany’s Osram
FILE PHOTO: CEO of lamp manufacturer Osram Olaf Berlien poses during the opening of the company ‘World of light’ showroom…