Year: 2024
Oracle announces new AI-powered electronic health record
Larry Ellison, co-founder and executive chairman of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle unveiled a brand new electronic health record on Tuesday, its most significant health-care product update since acquiring the medical records giant Cerner for $28 […]
Read MoreWhy ‘sin taxes’ could play a significant role in Britain’s high-stakes budget
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets with Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, two days before the announcement on the first budget of the new Labour government, at Downing Street, in London, on October 28, 2024. Hollie Adams | Afp | Getty Images Britain’s Labour government appears poised to raise “sin taxes” in its […]
Read MorePfizer tops earnings estimates, hikes full-year guidance as Covid products help sales
Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty Images Pfizer on Tuesday reported third-quarter revenue and adjusted profit that blew past expectations as the company’s Covid vaccine and antiviral pill Paxlovid helped boost sales. The pharmaceutical giant also hiked its full-year outlook and now expects to book adjusted earnings per share of $2.75 to $2.95, up […]
Read MoreLarry Fink says the Fed won’t cut interest rates as much as markets expect this year
Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Nov. 30, 2022. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The U.S. Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates as much as markets expect because “embedded […]
Read MorePayPal beats on earnings but misses on revenue
A PayPal sign is seen at its headquarters in San Jose, California, Jan. 30, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images PayPal reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Tuesday, but revenue came in a bit light of expectations. Here’s how the company did compared to Wall Street estimates, based on a survey of […]
Read MoreDemocrats launch ads in nail salons, malls in final swing-state sprint
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The personal is getting political. One week before Election Day, Democrats are spending big to target swing-state voters in […]
Read MoreOver 46 million early voters already cast ballots as Harris, Trump enter final sprint
Local residents line up to enter a polling site on the first day of early in-person voting in a region still severely impacted by the storm, in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. October 17, 2024. Jonathan Drake | Reuters More than 46 million Americans have cast their ballots in the 2024 election as of Tuesday morning, […]
Read MoreRocket builder Firefly’s new CEO is working ‘maniacally’ to scale launches, spacecraft and moon missions
CEO Jason Kim in the company’s lunar mission control center. Firefly Aerospace Jason Kim just nabbed one of the most coveted yet high-pressure C-suite gigs in the space industry. As the new CEO of rocket and spacecraft builder Firefly Aerospace, he’s no longer under the Boeing umbrella after leaving his previous role leading their satellite-making […]
Read MoreF1 championships are increasingly being decided by how teams use new technology
Motor racing hasn’t always been a display of precision engineering. “Twenty years ago you built the car and found a wishbone would be going through a piece of body work; drill that out and you find the axles are in the wrong place,” Williams CEO James Vowles told CNBC’s “Inside Track.” Yet with 24 races […]
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