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Gainey McKenna & Egleston Announces A Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Regulus Therapeutics Inc. (RGLS)

Feb 02, 2017 00:30 am UTC| Business

NEW YORK, Feb. 01, 2017 -- Gainey McKenna Egleston announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Regulus Therapeutics Inc. (“Regulus” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:RGLS) in the United States District Court...

Nexeo Solutions Announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2017 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Information

Feb 02, 2017 00:05 am UTC| Business

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 01, 2017 -- Nexeo Solutions, Inc.(NASDAQ:NXEO) announced today that it will hold its first quarter fiscal year 2017 earnings conference call onThursday, February 9, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. CT(10:00...

H&R Block with IBM Watson Reinventing Tax Preparation

Feb 01, 2017 23:30 pm UTC| Business

KANSAS CITY, Mo. and NEW YORK, Feb. 01, 2017 -- HR Block, Inc. (NYSE:HRB) is reinventing the category it founded more than 60 years ago by introducing a new, exclusive, consumer-facing experience that incorporates IBM...

Century Aluminum Sets Date for Fourth Quarter 2016 Earnings Announcement

Feb 01, 2017 23:02 pm UTC| Business

CHICAGO, Feb. 01, 2017 -- Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ:CENX) will report fourth quarter 2016 earnings on Thursday, February 23, 2017 after the close of market trading. The news release will be issued through...

MediciNova to Attend Mizuho Healthcare Conference in New York

Feb 01, 2017 23:00 pm UTC| Business

LA JOLLA, Calif., Feb. 01, 2017 -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced...

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action against Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. and Certain Officers – RRTS

Feb 01, 2017 22:30 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, Feb. 01, 2017 -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. (“Roadrunner” or the “Company”) (NYSE:RRTS) and certain of its officers. The...

SPX to Host Analyst and Investor Event on March 6th in New York City

Feb 01, 2017 22:30 pm UTC| Business

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 01, 2017 -- SPX Corporation (NYSE:SPXC) today announced that it will present to analysts and investors on Monday, March 6, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time in New York City. The presentation will...

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Economy

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

What if the Reserve Bank itself has been feeding inflation? An economist explains

Heres something for the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia to ponder as it meets next month to set interest rates. It has pushed up rates on 13 occasions since it began its attempt to restrain inflation in May...

China’s new world order: looking for clues from Xi’s recent meetings with foreign leaders

There is broad consensus that Chinese foreign policy has become more assertive and more centralised in the decade since Xi Jinping has ascended to the top of Chinas leadership. This has also meant that Chinese foreign...

How India’s economy has fared under ten years of Narendra Modi

More than 960 million Indians will head to the polls in the worlds biggest election between April 19 and early June. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is seeking a third...

EU enlargement: What does the future hold?

To widen or to deepen. This has been one of the longstanding dilemmas throughout European Union (EU) history, and a perennial sticking point in the unending process of European integration. In its time, the UK...

Politics

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

Joe Biden Proposes Record 44.6% Capital Gains Tax in Latest Budget Plan That May Favor Cryptocurrencies

President Joe Biden has proposed raising the capital gains tax to an unprecedented 44.6% in a bold fiscal move, targeting the wealthiest Americans. This hike is part of his 2025 budget proposal to reduce income...

Georgia is sliding towards autocracy after government moves to force through bill on ‘foreign agents’

Georgias ruling party attempted to pass a controversial bill on foreign agents in March 2023. The law would have required civil society groups and the media to register as being under foreign influence if they receive...

Opening statements are the most important part of a trial – as lawyers in Trump’s hush money case know well

Though Hollywood movies about courtroom dramas often glamorize the closing arguments given by lawyers, in reality the opening statement is likely the most important single event of a trial. Such was the case in the hush...

South Korean President Yoon faces foreign policy challenges after the National Assembly election

South Koreas parliamentary election of April 10, 2024, was widely seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeols first two years in office. That being the case, the nation collectively expressed its strong...

Science

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains

The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST for short, is one of the most advanced telescopes ever built. Planning for JWST began over 25 years ago, and construction efforts spanned over a decade. It was launched into space on...

US media coverage of new science less likely to mention researchers with African and East Asian names

When one Chinese national recently petitioned the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to become a permanent resident, he thought his chances were pretty good. As an accomplished biologist, he figured that news...

If life exists on Jupiter’s moon Europa, scientists might soon be able to detect it

Europa is one of the largest of more than 90 moons in orbit around the planet Jupiter. It is also one of the best places to look for alien life. Often termed an ocean world by scientists, observations to date strongly...

Exploding stars are rare but emit torrents of radiation − if one happened close enough to Earth, it could threaten life on the planet

Stars like the Sun are remarkably constant. They vary in brightness by only 0.1% over years and decades, thanks to the fusion of hydrogen into helium that powers them. This process will keep the Sun shining steadily for...

Technology

TikTok Vows to Fight US Ban After Biden Signed Bill

TikTok is facing a total ban in the United States after President Joe Biden signed the bill forcing ByteDance to sell its short-form video hosting service app. The president signed the new bill into law on Wednesday, April...

Mercedes-Benz to Release Luxury Electric Van in China

Mercedes-Benz, the German luxury and commercial vehicle manufacturer, plans to release a luxury electric van model in China. This information was shared by the companys head of the vans unit, Mathias Geisen, to the local...

Elon Musk vs Australia: global content take-down orders can harm the internet if adopted widely

Do Australian courts have the right to decide what foreign citizens, located overseas, view online on a foreign-owned platform? Anyone inclined to answer yes to this question should perhaps also ask themselves whether...

BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Sees Zero Inflows; SEC Delays Ether ETF Decision

BlackRocks Bitcoin ETF registered zero daily inflows for the first time since its inception. At the same time, the SEC delayed its decision on a major Ether ETF, highlighting uncertainty in the cryptocurrency...

Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested, Crypto Markets Tumble Amid Regulatory Heat

The cryptocurrency market dipped significantly after the U.S. Department of Justice arrested Samourai Wallets CEO and CTO, exacerbating volatility amid geopolitical tensions and the recent Bitcoin halving. Bitcoin and...