Month: April 2023
Alzheimer’s: Medicare will cover Leqembi for all patients if FDA approves drug, CMS chief says
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during her nomination hearing to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Washington on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Medicare will cover the new Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi for all patients eligible under the medication’s label […]
Read More
Pope will allow females to vote at future bishops’ conference
Pope Francis has resolved to give women the right to vote at an impending meeting of bishops, a historic reform that demonstrates his hopes to give ladies higher choice-making tasks and laypeople much more say in the lifestyle of the Catholic Church. Francis accredited modifications to the norms governing the Synod of Bishops, a Vatican […]
Read More
Disney sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleges political effort to hurt its business
Disney Planet celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 2022. Aaronp | Bauer-Griffin | GC Pictures | Getty Pictures Walt Disney Co. sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, alleging the Republican governor has waged a “relentless campaign to weaponize authorities electricity” against the business amid a protracted struggle over a controversial classroom monthly bill. The federal […]
Read More
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Microsoft, Chipotle, Boeing, First Republic Bank and more
The Microsoft logo displayed on their stand during the Mobile World Congress 2023 on March 2, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Microsoft — Shares of tech giant Microsoft gained more than 8% Wednesday after a better-than-expected earnings report a day […]
Read More
The essential factors fueling the European rally this 12 months
Favorable local climate conditions and a reduce in the cost of all-natural fuel are fueling a European marketplace rally, a stark distinction to energy disaster fears of previous 12 months. “We predicted that [natural gas] charges would go up, but it is really been a very substantial sell-off this 12 months in conditions of the […]
Read More
Bipartisan monthly bill would call for parental consent for minors to use social media
Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Pictures A new bipartisan bill unveiled Wednesday would have to have parental consent for anyone under 18 to use social media. The Guarding Youngsters on Social Media Act would also bar platforms from employing algorithms to feed content material to minors and would established the bare minimum age to […]
Read More
‘I’m in this article because Trump raped me’: E. Jean Carroll commences trial testimony
Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves the Manhattan Federal Court in New York on April 25, 2023, as jury range is set to commence in the defamation scenario in opposition to previous US President Donald Trump brought by Carroll, who accused him of raping her in the 1990s. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Photographs E. […]
Read More
No prison yet for Elizabeth Holmes following last-ditch appeal
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will not go to prison this week, despite a judge’s order that she begin serving her 11-year sentence on Thursday. Late Tuesday, Holmes’ attorneys appealed that ruling to the U.S. 9th Circuit […]
Read More
Amazon commences layoffs impacting HR and cloud units: Browse the memos asserting the cuts
Amazon on Wednesday started laying off some staff in its cloud computing and human means divisions. Amazon Net Companies CEO Adam Selipsky and human resources head Beth Galetti sent notes to staffers informing them of the occupation cuts. The layoffs are element of the beforehand announced position cuts that are predicted to have an effect […]
Read More
Chamber of Commerce will get virtually 50 % its funding from individuals who give at least $1 million
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce seal is displayed in the course of restoration at the headquarters in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Illustrations or photos The U.S. Chamber of Commerce pitches alone as symbolizing the interests of tens of millions of firms of all designs and dimensions. But lately its funding has […]
Read More