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BioTelemetry, Inc. to Release First Quarter 2016 Earnings Results on April 26, 2016

Apr 14, 2016 16:34 pm UTC| Business

MALVERN, Pa., April 14, 2016 -- BioTelemetry, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAT) will release its first quarter 2016 earnings on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time. The BioTelemetry quarterly conference call will be held...

New Clinical Data Further Validate Cianna Medical’s SAVI SCOUT Breast Localization and Surgical Guidance System and Accelerate Clinical Adoption

Apr 14, 2016 16:32 pm UTC| Business

DALLAS , April 14, 2016 -- Cianna Medical, Inc. today announced leading breast surgeon Pat Whitworth, M.D. will present data demonstrating that the SAVI SCOUT® breast localization and surgical guidance system was...

The Nasdaq Stock Market® Leads US Listing Exchanges with 42 Percent of New ETP Listings and Switches in the First Quarter of 2016

Apr 14, 2016 16:30 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, April 14, 2016 -- Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ), the single largest U.S. equity exchange by market share, announced nine new listings during the month of March, reinforcing itself as one of the premier listing and...

WestRock Announces Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter Fiscal 2016 Results

Apr 14, 2016 16:30 pm UTC| Business

NORCROSS, Ga., April 14, 2016 -- WestRock (NYSE:WRK) today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss second quarter fiscal 2016 results and other topics on Friday, April 29, 2016, at 10:00 am ET. WestRock...

Two Arizona Sears Hometown Stores Get Updated Look, Modernized Shopping Experience

Apr 14, 2016 16:30 pm UTC| Business

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz., April 14, 2016 -- Evolving to meet changing consumer needs and to embrace its nationwide branding as “America’s Appliance Experts,” the refresh of two Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores in Arizona...

Haivision Announces Compact Rugged Full Motion Video Streaming Appliance for Situational Awareness and ISR Applications at NAB 2016

Apr 14, 2016 16:18 pm UTC| Business

MONTREAL, April 14, 2016 -- Haivision, a market leader in enterprise video and streaming solutions, announces the Haivision Kraken CR encoder. Designed as a compact rugged video streaming platform for full motion video...

Norsk Hydro: Tax Appeal Board rules in favor of Norsk Hydro

Apr 14, 2016 16:13 pm UTC| Business

Oslo, Norway, April 14, 2016 -- Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA has won a tax appeal, which means that the company will receive a tax reimbursement and interest of a total of around NOK 700 million. In 2008...

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Economy

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Politics

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Technology

Altcoin Market Rally Predicted, Analysts Forecast $4 Trillion Market Cap Surge

Analysts are predicting a substantial rally in the altcoin market, with projections indicating a surge that could drive the market cap to an impressive $4 trillion. This optimistic outlook is supported by positive economic...

Shiba Inu's Remarkable 12% Surge Fueled by Record SHIB Burns, Community Momentum

Shiba Inus ascent reaches new heights as the cryptocurrency experiences a remarkable 12% surge, fueled by record-breaking SHIB burns. The surge reflects robust community engagement and underscores the dynamic nature of the...

Vodafone Ventures into Crypto Integration: SIM Cards to Host Blockchain Wallets

Vodafone, the UK-based telecom giant, is pioneering a groundbreaking initiative to fuse blockchain technology with smartphone functionality by integrating cryptocurrency wallets directly into SIM cards. This innovative...

Leak: Huawei's Kirin PC Chip, Qingyun Notebooks to Launch Next Month

Leaked information hinting at the imminent debut of the highly anticipated Kirin PC chip alongside the release of new Qingyun notebooks. The introduction of this computer-dedicated CPU marks a significant milestone for...

Tesla Enhances Model Y Lineup with Longer-Range Variant, Price Adjustment

Tesla has revamped its Model Y offerings, bidding farewell to the standard range rear-wheel-drive (RWD) model while introducing a longer-range variant for an additional $2,000. This strategic maneuver aligns with Teslas...