There is an emerging biotech movement that promises to transform medical science and radically overhaul the arduous process of bringing new drugs, foods and cosmetics to market. Teams of academic and government researchers and a handful of start-ups have created human organs-on-chips — miniaturized versions of livers, lungs, kidneys, intestines and other vital innards. The […]
Read moreTrump administration officials are notorious for their suspicion that a “deep state” of career military, intelligence, diplomatic, or civil service professionals is seeking to sabotage their work. But for a clearer example of sabotage — albeit without much in the way of a conspiracy — Trump would do well to cast his gaze at the […]
Read moreThe “Fast Money” traders shared their moves for the first hours of the trading day. Pete Najarian was a buyer of Nvidia. Karen Finerman was a buyer of Bank of America. Tim Seymour was a buyer of Citigroup. Guy Adami was a buyer of Micron Technology. Trader disclosure: On August 14, 2017, the following stocks […]
Read moreProfessional investors see the stock market higher than it should be and likely to lose one of its key supports, according to a closely watched sentiment gauge. A net 46 percent of respondents to the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey consider stocks “overvalued,” the biggest gap ever recorded. At the same […]
Read moreAmazon is rolling out pickup points in the United States where shoppers can retrieve items immediately after ordering them, shortening delivery times from hours to minutes, the company said on Tuesday. The world’s largest online retailer has launched ‘Instant Pickup’ points around five college campuses, such as the University of California at Berkeley, it said. […]
Read moreA small town in the remote north of the Arctic Circle is set to be home to the world’s largest data center. The Kolos facility is being developed by a US-Norwegian partnership, also called Kolos, who say the site will eventually draw on a record-setting 1000 megawatts of power. On their website, Kolos claim Ballangen’s […]
Read moreSamsung, Google and Philips are working with a start-up called Puls to deliver Genius Bar-style repairs and tech demonstrations to customers at home. Founded in 2015, Puls started out as a mobile phone repair service called CellSavers. It focused on fixing common mobile device issues like spent batteries or cracked screens. This week, the company […]
Read moreUPS Chairman and CEO David Abney said Tuesday the U.S. must fix its roads and bridges because a simple delay adds up to millions of lost dollars. “We have about 100,000 drivers, and if we have a five-minute congestion delay on each of those drivers every day, that’s $105 million a year,” Abney said on […]
Read moreA rise in domestic hate groups — whose vitriol spilled from online forums to the streets of Charlottesville during a violent weekend protest by white supremacists — is intensifying pressure on GoDaddy, Twitter, Google and others to put a lid on U.S. extremist sites. Civil libertarians and religious leaders say the deadly Charlottesville protest on […]
Read moreHerbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows – in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company’s plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows off a card from a 3M supervisor, praising Mays as “a GREAT employee.” But it’s all nostalgia. Mays’ last […]
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