Pfizer and others Big drug companies are pushing to block legislation that would make it easier for whistleblowers to hold companies accountable for corporate fraud. Amid a dizzying legislative environment, with great attention to the Build Back Better debate, major corporations including Pfizer are fighting an update to the war-era False Claims Act civil...
Read MoreThe newly discovered planet is relatively close to its star, at a distance of only about 1.5 million kilometers. Credit: NASA, ESA and G. Bacon An “ultrahot Jupiter“has the shortest orbit of all known gas giants. The hunt for planets beyond our solar system has revealed more than 4,000 distant worlds, orbiting stars thousands...
Read MoreThe verdict is in and three men have been convicted of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery, 25, was fatally shot by three white men as he walked through a Georgia neighborhood in February 2020. A jury on Wednesday found Travis McMichael, who fired, guilty on all nine counts, including murder malicious and four...
Read MoreBy Sam Reisman (Nov 24, 2021, 11:43 a.m. EST) – The South Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the state governor and overturned a voting initiative to legalize recreational cannabis for adults which was adopted with 54% of the vote. The court ruled in a 4-1 decision that the measure, Amendment A, violated...
Read MoreTThis is arguably the most difficult time for an income investor in decades. On the one hand, the S&P 500 returns less than 1.3%, which is very close to its all-time low of 1.1% in 2000. At the same time, the annual inflation rate of 6.2% last month hit a 31-year high. Anyone sitting...
Read MoreOutrage among European Union officials who say Belarus is deliberately trying to inundate Middle Eastern migrants in Poland and Lithuania reached new highs on Monday, with EU announcing it would sanction airlines who have made special agreements to transport migrants to Belarus in recent months. The announcement comes after European Commission President Ursula von...
Read MoreIn New Delhi, chipmaker Nvidia announced on Wednesday “Omniverse Avatar,” a technological platform for generating interactive artificial intelligence (AI) avatars. Omniverse Avatar connects the company’s technologies in voice AI, computer vision, natural language understanding, recommendation engines and simulation technologies. “The dawn of intelligent virtual assistants has arrived. Omniverse Avatar combines core graphics, simulation, and...
Read MoreCentral banks in the United States and elsewhere are trying to chart a course that will curb inflation but not stifle growth as they navigate the process of weaning economies from extraordinary measures – including lower interest rates. lower and huge bond buying programs – deployed to support their economies. The surge in demand...
Read MoreThe boys is gearing up for Season 3 premiere at one point, and to whet your appetite we’ve got a picture of what a The walking dead star is going to look like all super’d up. Laurie Holden played Andrea in the AMC zombie series, as well as Marita Covarrubias in X files, and...
Read MoreMontgomery County will delay reinstating a face mask warrant for now, although county leaders have said the measure could revert if the community sees a week of severe coronavirus spread. Montgomery County Council voted unanimously on Tuesday against reinstating an indoor public space mask mandate unless health officials report seven consecutive days of substantial...
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