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Catalyst Biosciences Announces Agreement to Sell NNR Asset

Oct 18, 2016 12:02 pm UTC| Business

-- Divestment of Additional Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor Asset to Provide Catalyst with $750,000 Up Front Payment -- -- Catalyst Remains Focused on Improved Factor VIIa and IX Programs to Provide Subcutaneous...

Atara Bio Granted Access to Priority Medicines (PRIME) Regulatory Support for Allogeneic Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTL) for Treatment of EBV-Associated Post Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (EBV-PTLD)

Oct 18, 2016 12:02 pm UTC| Business

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 18, 2016 -- Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATRA), a biopharmaceutical company developing meaningful therapies for patients with severe and life-threatening diseases that have been...

Oct 18, 2016 12:02 pm UTC| Business

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. Announces Plans to Add a Third Drilling Rig in the DJ Basin in Q1 2017

Oct 18, 2016 12:01 pm UTC| Business

DENVER, Oct. 18, 2016 -- Extraction Oil Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ:XOG) (“Extraction,” or the “Company”) today announced plans to add a third drilling rig in the first quarter of 2017, earlier than the previously disclosed...

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. Announces Plans to Add a Third Drilling Rig in the DJ Basin in Q1 2017

Oct 18, 2016 12:01 pm UTC| Business

RapidScale Accelerates Enterprise Profitability with NetApp All Flash FAS

Oct 18, 2016 12:01 pm UTC| Business

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 18, 2016 -- “As a cloud solution provider, we view ‘all flash, all the time’ as a competitive differentiator for us against public cloud and other managed cloud providers,” said William Hiatt,...

RapidScale Accelerates Enterprise Profitability with NetApp All Flash FAS

Oct 18, 2016 12:01 pm UTC| Business

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Economy

For the next prime minister to solve the UK’s productivity problem, they must attract more foreign investment – here’s how

The British economy has a serious productivity problem that will have to be addressed by the next government. According to data from the OECD (the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), productivity...

Brexit boredom is one thing – but there’s a real problem when Britain’s leaders won’t even talk about Europe anymore

British politics has, in recent years, been plagued by two competing forces when it comes to Europe. On one side, there is an understanding that the UK and the EU need to rub along, because of their proximity and...

Space arms race may be underway

As conflict rages on Earth, an arms race may be underway in outer space. On May 30, a US diplomat warned that Russia had launched a weapon into orbit, something Russias deputy foreign minister, Sergey Ryabkov, branded as...

Mauritius’ next growth phase: a new plan is needed as the tax haven era fades

Mauritians will head to the polls by November 2024 and politicians are considering the economic direction of the island country. For the last two decades, the countrys economic growth has depended heavily on its...

Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality

If you feel like youre being pushed around in life, youre not alone. Our recent research has found that Canadians are increasingly feeling a sense of powerlessness in their lives. This sentiment has been steadily...

Politics

Microsoft-G42 Deal Forces Huawei Exit, White House Hails Move

The White House praised Microsofts $1.5 billion investment in G42, emphasizing the positive impact of ending relations with Huawei on AI security. White House Sees Positive Shift in UAE Tech Alliances According to...

Three ways politicians always promise to raise money without increasing taxes – and why they rarely deliver

After weeks of controversy over Labour and Conservative costings in which each side accused the other of dishonesty the manifestos show that both parties had wildly exaggerated their rivals plans. But there has been...

Election 2024: migrants aren’t to blame for Britain’s housing crisis

Migration has become the most toxic issue in British politics, driving intensely emotional debates that are often based on prejudice and misunderstanding. Similarly emotional is housing a finite resource in high demand at...

How Vladimir Putin projects his image as a modern-day Peter the Great

Russian energy giant Gazprom is reported to have been hit particularly hard by sanctions imposed as a result of the war with Ukraine. An internal report obtained and published by the Financial Times has forecast that the...

Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned

Nigel Farage, a man who has never been elected to the House of Commons despite years of trying, has again been allowed to set the agenda in the UK. Ten years after Ukip won the European parliament elections, throwing...

Science

SpaceX to Help NASA Deorbit ISS; Starlink Lands Major Comcast Business Partnership

SpaceX will develop the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle so that NASA can safely deorbit the ISS by 2030. Meanwhile, SpaceX Starlink secures a significant partnership with Comcast Business to enhance rural connectivity. NASA Taps...

Japan Discovers 230 Million Ton Manganese Deposits, Boosting EV Battery Industry

Japan has discovered 230 million tonnes of manganese deposits near Minami-Torishima Island, potentially transforming its EV battery industry by significantly reducing reliance on imports and providing enough cobalt and...

Keeping astronauts healthy in space isn’t easy − new training programs will prepare students to perform medicine while thousands of miles away from Earth

In the coming decade, more people will go to space than ever before as human spaceflight enters a new era. NASA, the European Space Agency and other governmental agencies are partnering to develop crewed missions beyond...

Nations realise they need to take risks or lose the race to the Moon

The Nasa-led Artemis-3 mission will place the first human boots on the surface of the Moon since Apollo 17s Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt left the lunar surface in December 1972. The goal of the Artemis programme is...

Some of Earth’s most ancient lifeforms can live on hydrogen – and we can learn from their chemical powers

Three-quarters of all matter in the universe is made up of hydrogen. The young Earth was also rich in hydrogen, thanks to fierce geological and volcanic activity. Just as stars burn hydrogen to produce heat and light...

Technology

McDonald’s Phases Out McPlant Burger and Salads Amid Consumer Shifts

McDonalds (MCD) is the most recent corporation to acknowledge that a previously flourishing trend can no longer be considered working to its advantage. The fast-food chain recently disclosed that it is experiencing...

XRP Poised to Hit $6.4: Key Factors and Technical Indicators Revealed

The price of XRP has stayed consistent despite the markets ongoing consolidation. It has been lingering above the $0.46 level in an effort to seek support above the long-coming support trendline. The neutral candlestick...

Toncoin Surges as Crypto Whales Buy In: $10 Price Target in Sight?

Toncoin (TON) is receiving a lot of attention due to the passionate embrace that market whales are giving the coin. Whales have reportedly purchased more than 45 million Toncoin over the past week, according to on-chain...

Mark Cuban, ChatGPT Analyze Traits Possessed by Donald Trump and Joe Biden in Race for US President

A billionaire from the United States named Mark Cuban inquired about ChatGPTs thoughts on the most recent presidential debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Their responses are the only ones included in the...

Vitalik Buterin Criticizes US Crypto Regulations, Calls for Transparency Reforms

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (ETH), has expressed severe disapproval of the current regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies in the United States. He contends that it unfairly discriminates against...