Sluggish U.S. inflation means the Federal Reserve can keep borrowing costs where they are without much cost and with a lot of potential benefit for workers, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said on Saturday.
Venezuela’s oil exports rebounded in October, surprising friend and foe by using some proven shipping tactics to ship its oil to customers in Asia …read more […]
Q3 2019 Geron Corp Earnings Call …read more […]
Many patients with severe but stable heart disease who routinely undergo invasive procedures to clear and prop open clogged arteries would do as well by just taking medications and making lifestyle changes, U.S. researchers reported on Saturday. The $100 million government-backed study, presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in Philadelphia, is the largest yet to look at whether procedures to restore normal blood flow in patients with stable heart disease offers an added benefit over more conservative treatment with aspirin, cholesterol-lowering drugs and other measures. At least two prior studies determined that artery-clearing and stenting or …read more […]
UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said the Labour Party will exclude Britain’s National Health Service and medicines from trade deals with the United States, as he accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of covering up “secret talks” on the NHS.
Q3 2019 Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Inc Earnings Call …read more […]
Q3 2019 MannKind Corp Earnings Call …read more […]
Canada’s Teamsters labor union has given Canadian National Railway notice that it intends to strike starting Nov. 19, the two parties said on Saturday, following a stalemate in contract negotiations. The company, the largest Canadian railroad operator, offered the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference a binding arbitration, which the union declined, CN’s Chief Operating Officer Rob Reilly said in a statement. …read more […]
Many patients with severe but stable heart disease who routinely undergo invasive procedures to clear and prop open clogged arteries would do as well by just taking medications and making lifestyle changes, U.S. researchers reported on Saturday. The $100 million government-backed study, presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in Philadelphia, is the largest yet to look at whether procedures to restore normal blood flow in patients with stable heart disease offers an added benefit over more conservative treatment with aspirin, cholesterol-lowering drugs and other measures. At least two prior studies determined that artery-clearing and stenting or …read more […]
Q3 2019 Cyren Ltd Earnings Call …read more […]
(Bloomberg) — Airbus SE could potentially build an emission-free, 100-seat regional aircraft by the early 2030s, as the aviation industry speeds its response to mounting concern over air travel’s carbon footprint, according to the head of the planemaker’s new production-development arm.The European manufacturer is working on multiple methods to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions, Sandra Bour Schaeffer, chief executive officer of Airbus ExO Alpha, said in an interview Saturday ahead of the Dubai Airshow.The company is working with partners including engine manufacturers and startups to build more fuel-efficient engines, explore hybrids and alternative fuels, and to improve aerodynamics, Schaeffer said.Airlines and planemakers …read more […]
(Bloomberg) — Protests erupted in cities across Iran, leaving at least one person dead, after the government unexpectedly hiked gasoline prices, the semi-official Iranian Student’s News Agency reported.The fatality occurred during clashes in Sirjan in the southern province of Kerman on Friday, ISNA reported, citing the city’s acting governor, Mohammad Mahmoudabadi. Protests spread on Saturday to Tehran, where motorists blocked highways and intersections with their vehicles in a dense snowfall, according to the Fars news agency.A special economic commission decided late Thursday to boost gasoline prices by as much as three times and also to ration the motor fuel, the …read more […]
The looming climate change crisis is pushing massive policy shifts around the world, but some of the new regulations being introduced could be doing more harm than good …read more […]
In our opinion one of the best tools for ordinary investors who are on the hunt for new ideas is 13F filings. Once every quarter hedge funds with at least $100 million in total positions in publicly traded US stocks are required to open the kimono and disclose the number of shares and the total […] …read more […]
Milk and orange juice. They’ve been breakfast staples of the Fix (and America) for a long time. And now both industries are facing an existential crisis.
America’s largest milk producer, Dean Foods, filed for bankruptcy this week (CNBC). Dean Foods will remain in operation while it reorganizes and addresses its debt. So don’t worry about milk disappearing from the shelves of your grocery store. There’s plenty to go around.
Dean Foods hopes the Dairy Farmers of America will buy it out. The two parties are in “advanced” discussions about that possibility.
But even if Dean Foods is acquired, that doesn’t change the fact …read more […]
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