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Gilead shares slide after FDA knocks back rheumatoid arthritis drug

(Reuters) - Shares of Gilead Sciences fell 3% after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve its experimental rheumatoid arthritis treatment, a major setback for one of the drugmaker'...

Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2020

On Facebook, health-misinformation ‘superspreaders’ rack up billions of views: report

By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Misleading health content has racked up an estimated 3.8 billion views on Facebook Inc over the past year, peaking during the COVID-19 pandemic, advocacy group Avaaz...

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Keeper of Beirut’s past looks to architectural future after blast

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Standing in front of the rubble of a house destroyed in Beirut's port blast, Henry Loussian brushes off the dust and dirt from fragments of its architecture all but lost among a tan...

Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2020

GM says over 40% of new China launches in next five years will be EVs

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - General Motors Co is planning an electric car offensive in China with more than 40% of its new launches in the country over the next five years set to be electric vehicles (EVs), ...

Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2020

California urges more conservation to avoid power outages during heat wave

(Reuters) - California power companies urged customers to conserve energy through Thursday to avoid more rotating outages as the brutal heat wave blanketing the state pushes the demand forecast for We...

Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2020

West Bank settlers say Netanyahu duped them with annexation backtrack

By Eli Berlzon MASSUA SETTLEMENT, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel's settler leaders say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defrauded them of their long-held dream of annexing the occupied West...

Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2020

Exclusive: Plant-based egg maker JUST sees profit next year, then will look at IPO

By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - As shoppers raise grocery spending due to the COVID-19 pandemic, plant-based egg startup JUST says it aims to turn an operating profit before the end of next year an...

Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2020

Wall Street futures inch higher after solid results from Lowe’s, Target

By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday following solid earnings from retailers Target and Lowe's, a day after the S&P 500 completed its fastest recovery from a b...

Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2020

Drug costs for COVID-19 patients plunge at U.S. hospitals, but may rise

By Chad Terhune (Reuters) - Medication costs for COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the United States have dropped sharply since May, reflecting advances in treatment, shorter stays and use of cheaper ...

Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2020

U.S. postal chaos prompts Democrats to reassess mail-ballot plan

By Jarrett Renshaw and Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - Turmoil at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is causing some Democrats and local election officials to rethink their vote-by-mail strategies for November'...

Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2020

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