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Governor Signs Encore-Supported Legislation to Help Victims of Identity Theft and Fraud

Sep 19, 2016 17:26 pm UTC| Business

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 19, 2016 -- Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECPG), a San Diego-based international specialty finance company, recently announced that California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. signed into law Friday...

Wellist is Awarded Innovative Healthcare Tech of the Year by MassTLC for Patient Data and Healthcare Insights

Sep 19, 2016 17:21 pm UTC| Business

BOSTON, Sept. 19, 2016 -- Wellist, a patient experience solutions provider, was among a select group of winners at the 19thannual MassTLC Leadership Awards Gala in Boston. Wellist received the award for the most...

Responsible NASCAR Fans Rewarded at Chicagoland Speedway

Sep 19, 2016 17:09 pm UTC| Business

Joliet, IL, Sept. 19, 2016 -- The green flag waved on the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™, Chicagoland Speedway celebrated its 15th anniversary and responsible race fans earned valuable rewards at the Teenage Mutant...

James Fujinaga Named President of Hancock Investment Services, Inc.

Sep 19, 2016 17:00 pm UTC| Business

GULFPORT, Miss., Sept. 19, 2016 -- James Fujinaga, an accomplished wealth management and investments leader, starts today as the new president of Hancock Investment Services, Inc., the broker-dealer subsidiary of the...

Radius Presents Abaloparatide Transdermal Patch Development Program at American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2016 Annual Meeting

Sep 19, 2016 17:00 pm UTC| Business

-Second Generation Transdermal Patch Achieves Pharmacokinetic Objectives– WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 19, 2016 -- Radius Health Inc. (Nasdaq:RDUS) a science-driven biopharmaceutical company committed to developing...

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Reminds Shareholders with Losses on their Investment in Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. of Class Action Lawsuit and Upcoming Deadline – KERX

Sep 19, 2016 17:00 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2016 -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Keryx” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:KERX) and certain of its officers. The class...

EERC, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc., to improve the prediction of CO2 storage capacity in geologic formations

Sep 19, 2016 16:30 pm UTC| Business

Grand Forks, North Dakota, Sept. 19, 2016 -- The Energy Environmental Research Center (EERC), a worldwide leader in the development of solutions to energy and environmental challenges, announced it is working with the...

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Economy

Asian Stocks Drop as Trump Signals Iran War Escalation

Asian equity markets retreated sharply on Thursday, erasing earlier gains as U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to intensify military operations against Iran within the next two to three weeks. The remarks sent...

Asian Currencies Weaken as Dollar Rebounds Amid Middle East Escalation

Most Asian currencies declined on Thursday as the U.S. dollar staged a recovery, driven by renewed safe-haven demand following President Donald Trumps comments signaling a further escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict....

U.S. Stock Futures Steady Amid Iran Ceasefire Talks and Trump Address

U.S. stock index futures held steady Wednesday evening as investors turned their attention to a primetime address from President Donald Trump regarding a possible military de-escalation with Iran. The cautious tone in...

Trump Claims Iran Sought Ceasefire as Middle East War Escalates

Tensions in the Middle East reached a new flashpoint this week as U.S. President Donald Trump publicly claimed that a senior Iranian official requested a ceasefire, a statement Tehran swiftly and firmly rejected. The...

Oil Prices Slide as Iran Tensions Ease and U.S. Crude Stockpiles Swell

Oil prices continued their downward trend during Asian trading hours on Thursday, pressured by fading geopolitical risk and a larger-than-expected rise in American crude stockpiles. Brent crude futures for June delivery...

Politics

Trump Administration Plans 100% Tariffs on Pharmaceutical Imports

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to impose tariffs as high as 100% on pharmaceutical imports, according to a Financial Times report citing sources familiar with the matter. The levies could be...

Trump Defends U.S.-Israel War on Iran in Prime-Time Address as Public Support Wanes

President Donald Trump took to prime-time television Wednesday night to defend the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran, now entering its second month. In a 19-minute White House address, Trump claimed...

Congress Eyes Two-Bill Strategy to Resolve DHS Funding Crisis

Republican congressional leaders have unveiled a two-pronged legislative strategy to end the ongoing Department of Homeland Security funding deadlock, aiming to reopen the agency, ensure federal workers receive back pay,...

Trump's Claim That the U.S. Can Cover Global Jet Fuel Shortfall Doesn't Add Up

President Donald Trump urged nations facing jet fuel shortages caused by Irans blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to simply purchase their supply from the United States. We have plenty, Trump posted on Truth Social. But...

FBI Launches Independent Cuba Probe After Deadly Speedboat Shootout

A team of FBI agents traveled to Cuba this week to conduct an independent investigation into a deadly maritime confrontation involving ten Cuban exiles who attempted to infiltrate the island by speedboat under cover of...

Science

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Technology

SpaceX Eyes Historic IPO at $1.75 Trillion Valuation

Elon Musks aerospace giant SpaceX has quietly filed a confidential IPO registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to Bloomberg News sources familiar with the matter. The move signals that the...

Annie Altman Amends Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Annie Altman has filed an amended civil lawsuit against her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, accusing him of sexually abusing her over a span of nearly a decade. The amended complaint was submitted Wednesday in St. Louis...

TSMC Japan's Second Fab to Produce 3nm Chips by 2028

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the worlds leading contract chipmaker, has confirmed plans to begin equipment installation and mass production of 3-nanometre wafers at its second fabrication plant in...

Apple Turns 50: From Garage Startup to AI Crossroads

In early 1976, engineer Steve Wozniak finished designing a computer circuit board he planned to share with fellow hobbyists at a local California tech club. His friend Steve Jobs recognized a commercial opportunity, and...

Rubio Directs U.S. Diplomats to Use X and Military Psyops to Counter Foreign Propaganda

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has instructed American diplomats to leverage social media platform X and collaborate with Pentagon psychological operations units as part of a broader strategy to combat foreign...