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Portola Pharmaceuticals Announces Upcoming Cerdulatinib Data Presentation at American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2016

Apr 14, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 14, 2016 -- Portola Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:PTLA) today announced that new data from a pharmacokinetic modeling study designed to identify the dose of cerdulatinib for expansion...

Encore Capital Renews Commitment to Financial Literacy as a National Partner of Jump$tart

Apr 14, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

SAN DIEGO, April 14, 2016 -- Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECPG), an international specialty finance company, announced it has renewed its commitment to financial literacy as a national partner with Jump$tart...

SITO Mobile Launches Real-time In-store Attribution

Apr 14, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

JERSEY CITY, N.J., April 14, 2016 -- SITO Mobile Ltd. (SITO) (NASDAQ:SITO), a leading mobile engagement platform provider, announced today the launch of Real-time Verified Walk-In (VWI), a proprietary technology that...

Voyager Therapeutics to Host R&D Day and Webcast on April 29, 2016

Apr 14, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 14, 2016 -- Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VYGR), a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing life-changing treatments for severe diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), today...

Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals Presents Data on Immunomodulatory Agent SB 9200 at the 2016 European Association for the Study of the Liver Annual Meeting

Apr 14, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

SB 9200 followed by entecavir resulted in significant declines in viral DNA, RNA and surface antigens in the woodchuck model of HBV; results support advancement of SB 9200 to Phase 2 in HBV SB 9200 inhibited the...

CCA Announces 2016 First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Dates

Apr 14, 2016 12:00 pm UTC| Business

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 14, 2016 -- CCA (NYSE:CXW) (the “Company” or “Corrections Corporation of America”), America's largest owner of partnership correctional, detention, and reentry facilities, announced today that it...

Unitil Schedules First Quarter 2016 Earnings Conference Call

Apr 14, 2016 11:50 am UTC| Business

HAMPTON, N.H., April 14, 2016 -- Unitil Corporation (NYSE:UTL) (www.unitil.com) will host a quarterly conference call to discuss first quarter 2016 financial results on Thursday, April 21, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time....

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

Technology

Mastercard Launches ‘Next Generation’ Blockchain Payments Startup Program

Mastercard has launched the next generation of its blockchain payments startup program, adding 5 innovative firms to explore new payment technologies and real-world solutions. This phase focuses on use cases and trials,...

iPhone Owners Alarmed as iOS 17.5 Resurfaces Deleted Nudes, Troubling Bug Reported

A troubling bug in Apples iOS 17.5 update is reportedly resurfacing previously deleted photos, including sensitive images, causing alarm among iPhone owners. Users on Reddit and beta testers have flagged this issue,...

Dovish CPI Inflation Boosts AI Coins--Is WienerAI The Top Crypto Pick?

The April Consumer Price Index bodes well for risky assets, with US stocks and cryptocurrencies rallying in the aftermath. The YoY headline CPI data came in at 3.4%, exactly in line with market forecasts. The MoM...

Bitcoin Soars on Cooling US CPI Inflation Data, Investor Sentiment Improves

The Bitcoin price remains constant, as investors appear to have dismissed inflation concerns, particularly following the recent U.S. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been released. Notably, market investors were keenly...

Shiba Inu Rep Lucie Makes Major Bullish Statement on Shibarium Coins

Lucie, the Shiba Inu teams official marketing head, has taken to her X social media account (previously known as Twitter) to declare the SHIB, BONE, and LEASH pricing behavior she expects to see during a hypothetical...