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Future of Biogen’s Aduhelm hinges on U.S. Medicare Alzheimer’s coverage
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The future of Aduhelm, Biogen Inc's controversial and expensive Alzheimer's drug, may hinge on a decision due this week from the U.S. Medicare program on whether it will p...
Jan 11, 2022
Costa Rica hydro plant gets new lease on life from crypto mining
By Alvaro Murillo SAN PEDRO DE POAS, Costa Rica (Reuters) - A small river in the middle of coffee plantations, sugar cane fields and a forest provides energy to a hydroelectric power plant in Costa Ri...
Jan 11, 2022
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Alaska – USGS
(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck about 71 km (44 miles) east-southeast of Nikolski, Alaska early on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The magnitude of the earthqua...
Jan 11, 2022
Germany needs mass immigration to avoid labour shortages – economy minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will need large-scale immigration to prevent severe labour shortages from undermining productivity and endangering a successful energy transition, Economy Minister Robert Ha...
Jan 11, 2022
JPMorgan’s Dimon says consumer loan growth may take 6-9 months to return to normal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said in a television interview on Tuesday that it could take six to nine months for consumer loan growth to return to norma...
Jan 11, 2022
Exclusive-Smart guns finally arriving in U.S., seeking to shake up firearms market
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Personalized smart guns, which can be fired only by verified users, may finally become available to U.S. consumers after two decades of questions about reliability and con...
Jan 11, 2022
Explainer-U.S. Senate Democrats mull ending filibuster to pass voting rights reform
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats' razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate has led to them making new calls to change the chamber's longstanding "filibuster" supermajority rule to allow...
Jan 11, 2022
Auto parts supplier Aptiv to buy Wind River in $4.3 billion deal
(Reuters) - Auto parts supplier Aptiv PLC said on Tuesday it would buy software firm Wind River from TPG Capital in a deal valued at $4.3 billion. (Reporting by Abhijith Ganapavaram in Bengaluru; Edit...
Jan 11, 2022
Japan’s Ito-Yokado supermarket takes on pricing trial in bid to cut waste
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese supermarket chain Ito-Yokado will undertake a government-backed trial to offer variable discounts on more than a dozen products including bread and desser...
Jan 11, 2022
Israeli security startup Pentera raises $150 million in funding round, eyes IPO
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Israeli cybersecurity firm Pentera has raised $150 million in its latest funding round, taking the company's value to $1 billion, the company told Reuters, adding it was eyei...
Jan 11, 2022
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