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PhaseBio to Present at Needham & Company’s 15th Annual Healthcare Conference

Apr 04, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Business

MALVERN, Pa., April 04, 2016 -- PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and leader in the field of biopolymer-based drugs, focused on developing treatments for metabolic and specialty...

LHC Group and Northern Arizona Healthcare Announce Joint Venture to Provide Home Health and Hospice Care in Northern Arizona

Apr 04, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Business

LAFAYETTE, La., April 04, 2016 -- LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) and Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) today announced a new joint venture agreement designed to enhance home health and hospice services in Northern Arizona....

Greystone Completes Acquisition of 2 West Water Street for Sag Harbor Residential Development

Apr 04, 2016 12:52 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, April 04, 2016 -- Greystone Development, a New York-based real estate development and advisory company, announced it has acquired 2 West Water Street in Sag Harbor for $4.94 million. The waterfront property,...

Global Telehealth Market Trends, Regulatory Landscape And Operational Strategies Covered in New Research Report: MarketResearchReports.biz

Apr 04, 2016 12:45 pm UTC| Business

Albany, NY, April 04, 2016 -- GBI Research's latest report, "Telehealth: Global Market Trends, Regulatory Landscape and Operational Strategies", provides key insights into the global telehealth regulatory and market...

QLT Announces Date of Special Distribution to Shareholders

Apr 04, 2016 12:37 pm UTC| Business

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 04, 2016 -- QLT Inc. (NASDAQ:QLTI) (TSX:QLT) (“QLT”) is pleased to announce that its previously announced special distribution (the “Special Distribution”) of common shares (the...

Global Solid State Drive (SSD) Market to Reach US$229.5 bn by 2022, Propelled by Rising Demand for SSD in Mobiles: Transparency Market Research

Apr 04, 2016 12:30 pm UTC| Business

Albany, NY, April 04, 2016 -- Transparency Market Research has published a new report on the global solid state drive market. As per the report, the global solid state drive market stood at US$15.1 bn in 2014 and is...

Printing Innovator and Leader, Vyomesh Joshi Takes Helm as 3D Systems’ Chief Executive Officer

Apr 04, 2016 12:30 pm UTC| Business

ROCK HILL, S.C., April 04, 2016 -- 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD) today announced management team changes to accelerate the company’s growth strategy. ...

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Economy

Venezuela Oil Exports Grind to a Halt as U.S. Oil Embargo Takes Full Effect

Venezuelas oil exports have effectively come to a standstill after months of declining shipments triggered by sweeping U.S. sanctions and an intensified oil embargo announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. According to...

Fed’s Anna Paulson Signals Rate Cuts May Come Later as Inflation Cools and Labor Market Stabilizes

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Anna Paulson said on Saturday that additional U.S. interest rate cuts may not happen immediately, as policymakers assess how the economy responds following an aggressive...

Argentina Sells Dollars to Stabilize Peso as New FX Trading Rules Take Effect

Argentinas Treasury intervened in the foreign exchange market on Friday by selling U.S. dollars in an effort to curb the pesos decline, marking the first trading session under the countrys newly implemented currency...

U.S. Stock Market Mixed at Close as Dow Gains and Nasdaq Slips

U.S. stocks finished mixed after the close on Friday as strength in energy, industrials, and basic materials helped support blue-chip shares, while losses in consumer-focused and technology sectors weighed on broader...

Mexico Stocks End Lower as IPC Slips on Sector Losses

Mexican stocks closed lower on Friday as broad-based declines across key sectors weighed on overall market performance. The benchmark SP/BMV IPC index ended the session down 0.36%, reflecting investor caution amid losses...

Politics

Maduro’s Capture Deepens Venezuela’s Political Crisis as Power Struggle Intensifies

The reported U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has triggered major political uncertainty in the oil-rich nation, raising urgent questions about who truly controls the government. U.S. President Donald Trump...

Myanmar Junta Announces Amnesty for Over 6,000 Prisoners on Independence Day Amid Ongoing Crisis

Myanmars military government has announced it will release 6,186 prisoners as part of an amnesty marking the countrys Independence Day, according to state media reports on Saturday. The decision comes at a highly sensitive...

Venezuela Supreme Court Appoints Delcy Rodríguez as Acting President After Nicolás Maduro Detention

Venezuela entered a new period of political uncertainty after the Constitutional Chamber of the countrys Supreme Court ordered Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to assume the role of acting president following the...

Cuba Condemns U.S. Actions in Venezuela as Tensions Rise in the Region

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has sharply criticized the United States over what he described as an attack on Venezuela and the capture of its president, escalating political tensions across Latin America....

U.S. Airline Flight Cancellations Surge After Venezuela Military Operation and FAA Airspace Closures

Major U.S. airlines canceled hundreds of flights on Saturday after a sudden military operation in Venezuela led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, triggering widespread airspace restrictions across parts of...

Science

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

NASA has significantly scaled back Boeings Starliner program after years of technical issues and delays, announcing that the next Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will fly without astronauts. The...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Achieves Breakthrough Success With First NASA Mission

Blue Origins massive New Glenn rocket marked a major milestone as it completed its first mission for paying customers, sending two NASA satellites toward Mars and successfully landing its reusable booster at sea. The...

Technology

Grok AI Controversy on X Sparks Global Outrage Over Nonconsensual Images

A growing controversy surrounding Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot built into Elon Musks social media platform X, has triggered international concern over the misuse of AI-generated images and the failure to...

Reddit Emerges as a Major Winner in the Shift to AI-Powered Search

Reddit is increasingly being recognized as a major beneficiary of the global shift from traditional search engines to AI-generated answers, according to a recent analysis from brokerage firm Needham. As artificial...

Trump Blocks HieFo’s Emcore Chip Assets Deal Over National Security Concerns

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order blocking HieFo Corp. from acquiring semiconductor-related assets from Emcore Corp., citing serious national security risks tied to foreign ownership and sensitive chip...

Grok AI Faces Global Scrutiny Over Safeguard Failures and Illegal Content on X

Elon Musks artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, developed by xAI and integrated into social media platform X, has come under intense international scrutiny after admitting that lapses in safeguards led to the generation...

Baidu Shares Surge as Company Plans Kunlunxin AI Chip Spin-Off and Hong Kong Listing

Baidu shares jumped sharply after the Chinese technology giant announced plans to spin off its artificial intelligence chip unit, Kunlunxin, and pursue a listing in Hong Kong. The move comes as domestic Chinese chipmakers...