Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Veterans Health Administration turns down Biogen Alzheimer’s drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) will not include Aduhelm, the $56,000-a-year Alzheimer's drug made by Biogen Inc and Eisai Co Ltd, on its list of approved drugs due to a lack...
Aug 11, 2021
Australia’s AMP holds back dividend, to review policy post unit demerger
(Reuters) -Australian wealth manager AMP Ltd posted a 57% jump in first-half underlying profit on Thursday, helped by stronger AMP Bank earnings and investment income from Group Office division, and h...
Aug 11, 2021
Trump allies including Giuliani lose bid to dismiss Dominion vote machine lawsuits
(Corrects name to U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols instead of U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, paragraph 2) By Jan Wolfe and David Thomas (Reuters) -Three prominent allies of former U.S. President...
Aug 11, 2021
Crews from Kentucky, other states to join Consumers Energy in restoring power in Michigan
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Crews from as far away as Kentucky and other states will be in Michigan on Thursday to help Consumers Energy crews restore electric service to customers. The measure i...
Aug 11, 2021
Brazil reports 32,443 new coronavirus cases, 975 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 32,443 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 975 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Brazil has re...
Aug 11, 2021
ISS, Glass Lewis urge shareholders to back hedge fund’s call for changes at Monro
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Two powerful proxy advisory firms support an activist investor's proposal to overhaul the financial structure at auto service company Monro Inc, according to ...
Aug 11, 2021
Israel to OK new homes for West Bank settlers, Palestinians -security official
By Rami Ayyub TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel is set to approve construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank but in a rare step will also grant permits for Palestinian housing c...
Aug 11, 2021
Shell to pay $111 million over decades-old Nigerian oil spill
LAGOS (Reuters) - Oil major Shell will pay a Nigerian community 45.9 billion naira ($111.68 million) to settle a case over an oil spill that took place more than 50 years ago, a spokesman said on Wedn...
Aug 11, 2021
NIH’s experimental antibody drug prevents malaria in small study
(Reuters) - An experimental monoclonal antibody developed at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) prevented malaria for up to nine months in volunteers exposed to the disease-causing parasite ...
Aug 11, 2021
Age restrictions on AstraZeneca shot have ended reports of rare clots -UK scientists
LONDON (Reuters) - No new cases of a rare and severe blood clots following vaccination with AstraZeneca's COVID shot have been reported in Britain in recent weeks after a decision to restrict its use ...
Aug 11, 2021
