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[colabot1] Strong management can make all the difference to a company “changing stripes” in a corporate pivot, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday. “Although it’s very difficult, it happens,” Cramer said. Cramer pointed out Costco as an excellent example of the difference competent management can make. The big-box retailer is used to having to change strategy …
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[colabot1] Pictured is a shopping street in Shenzhen, China, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s economic recovery is taking longer than expected, prompting Citi analysts to push back their forecast for a stock market rebound by three months. Instead of June, Citi now expects to wait until late …
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[colabot1] A health worker prepares a flu vaccine before administering it to a resident of Los Angeles, United States, December 17, 2022. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The people who receive PfizerRSV vaccine for the elderly should be monitored for Guillain-Barré syndrome, after two people developed the nervous system disorder after receiving the vaccine, …
[colabot1] Research at Biogen Source: Biogene Alzheimer’s patients who take Leqembi retain treatment benefits even when they stop taking it, new search by Eisai watch. The Japanese drug and its partner Biogen last week published an additional analysis of the clinical trials of the monoclonal antibody drug, also known as lecanemab. Alzheimer’s disease continued to …
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[colabot1] Humanity has produced more than 9.5 billion tons of plastic. That’s more than one metric ton, or 2,200 pounds, for each of Earth’s 7.9 billion people. This plastic does not come off. “All the plastic we’ve produced since the material’s inception is still there,” said David Katz, founder and president of Plastic Bank, a …
Plastic pollution credits could be the new carbon offsets Read More »
[colabot1] Research at Biogen Source: Biogene Alzheimer’s patients who take Leqembi retain treatment benefits even when they stop taking it, new search by Eisai watch. The Japanese drugmaker and his partner biogenic last week published an additional analysis of the clinical trials of the monoclonal antibody drug, also known as lecanemab. Alzheimer’s disease continued to …
Eisai Leqembi patients retain their benefits when they stop the drug Read More »
[colabot1] A United Airlines plane taxis at Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on January 11, 2023. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images NEWARK, New Jersey — Faced with congested airports, rising costs, a shortage of pilots and an upsurge in travel demand, airlines are increasingly turning to the same remedy: bigger planes …
Airlines respond to congested airports and rising costs with bigger planes Read More »
[colabot1] Despite an unexpected banking crisis that rippled through markets and the broader global economy, equities ended the first quarter of the year on a high note last Friday. But the first week of trading in the second quarter got off to a rocky start, forcing us to recalibrate our approach to the market. For …
Here are the 6 stocks we traded at the start of the second quarter Read More »
[colabot1] At best, laws requiring pay scales on job postings can help you determine if a role is worth applying for. In the worst-case scenario, however, pay transparency laws can be a red flag that you are seriously underpaid compared to others in the same position. This is what happened to Kimberly Nguyen in March: …
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[colabot1] Nicole Chung Source: Carletta Girma In author Nicole Chung’s new memoir, “A Living Remedy“, she says watching both her parents die in the space of two years. It was all the more painful because her mother and father could not afford the medical treatment they needed. . Chung blames the country’s failing health system, …
[colabot1] U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she arrives to address young people gathered at Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Misper Apawu | Swimming pool | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris plans to announce on Thursday a commitment between South Korean solar cell maker Qcells and Virginia-based Summit Ridge …
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[colabot1] Idaho Governor Brad Little speaks on Day 2 of the Washington, DC Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Harbor Resort & Convention. Lev Radin | Light flare | Getty Images Idaho Governor Brad Little on Wednesday signed a bill that prohibits adults from helping minors cross state lines to get abortions …
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[colabot1] Associate Justice Clarence Thomas during the official group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, U.S., Friday, October 7, 2022. Eric Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted secret luxury trips from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow for more than two decades in apparent violation of a financial disclosure …
Clarence Thomas took GOP megadonor Harlan Crow on secret luxury trips: report Read More »
[colabot1] Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Alphabet Inc. is expected to release earnings numbers on Feb. 2. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Companies announced nearly 90,000 layoffs in March, a sharp increase from the previous month and a giant acceleration from a year ago, outplacement firm …
Layoffs have nearly quintupled so far this year, with tech companies leading the way Read More »
[colabot1] French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Swimming pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images Two of Europe’s most important political heavyweights are talking to Chinese President Xi Jinping at a time when EU-Sino relations are at a serious crossroads. On the …
Macron begins tough talks with China’s Xi Jinping during state visit Read More »
[colabot1] Malaysia is committed to working with the United States and China, Malaysian Commerce Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz told CNBC on Thursday, amid ongoing tensions between the two economic giants. His comments come as tensions between the United States and China have escalated in recent years, over concerns ranging from trade sanctions to tech rivalry …
Malaysia wants to work with US and China: Trade Minister Zafrul Aziz Read More »
[colabot1] The Esso Fawley Oil Refinery, operated by Exxon Mobil, is seen in Fawley, UK, Thursday May 14, 2020. Luke MacGregor | Bloomberg | Getty Images The surprise production cut by OPEC and its allies has pushed up oil prices – and analysts say major oil importers like India, Japan and South Korea will feel …
India, Japan and South Korea will be ‘hardest hit’ if oil prices hit $100 Read More »
[colabot1] All smartphones in the UK will sound an alarm later this month in an emergency test. SOPA Images/Contributor/Getty Images Most UK cellphones will sound an alarm for 10 seconds later this month as the government tests a new emergency alert system. A siren will sound at 3 p.m. local time on April 23 and …
UK phones will sound an emergency test alarm on April 23 Read More »
[colabot1] Ukrainian soldiers train at an undetermined location in Donetsk Oblast on April 4, 2023. Anadolu Agency | Getty Images After eight months of intense and brutal fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in and around Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, both sides are weary as they continue to fight for a town that is now …
Russian and Ukrainian forces are exhausted from fighting for the ruins of Bakhmut Read More »
[colabot1] An aerial view shows a flooded neighborhood in the unincorporated community of Pajaro in Watsonville, California on March 11, 2023. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images More than a decade after a mortgage meltdown in the United States threatened to destroy the international financial system, a “Big Short” investor once again sees financial …
‘Big Short’ investor sees disaster brewing in housing markets Read More »