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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The NHS has agreed a deal with global pharmaceutical companies after tense negotiations, raising the growth cap on the health service’s bill for branded drugs from a 2 per cent annual increase to 4 per cent from 2027.The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, the drugmakers’ trade body, said it supported “this tough deal” even though the agreement would continue to restrict pharmaceutical companies’ sales to the NHS.Drugmakers have been critical of the government after the tax on excess sales that surpass…
© Shutterstock Germany is bracing for another quarter of economic contraction, as reported by the Bundesbank today. The country, which has been grappling with high energy costs and supply chain disruptions, is currently listed among Europe’s weakest economies. Despite these challenges, there are early indications of a potential recovery in the coming year. The Bundesbank’s latest forecast suggests that Germany’s economy will continue to face difficulties in the final quarter of 2023. This period marks an extension of the industrial downturn that has been exacerbated by the ongoing war against Ukraine, rising energy prices, and increasing interest rates. Out of…
© Reuters. Asia Index Private has announced that come December 18, Yes Bank, TVS Motor Company, Power Finance Corp., Persistent Systems, APL Apollo Tubes, Hindustan Aeronautics, and IDFC First Bank (NASDAQ:) will be included in the S&P BSE 100 index. This reshuffle will see the exit of Bandhan Bank and ACC from the index. Separately, LTIMindtree (NS:) and Bharat Electronics (BEL) are set to join the S&P BSE SENSEX 50 on the same date, replacing UPL and Dabur India. The latest revisions follow significant changes earlier this year when HDFC’s merger with HDFC Bank resulted in its removal from the…
6/6 © Reuters. Premature babies which were evacuated from an incubator in Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City receive treatment at an hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled 2/6 GAZA (Reuters) – Ambulance crews of the Palestinian Red Crescent evacuated 31 premature babies from Shifa Hospital on Sunday in coordination with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the group said in a post on its Facebook (NASDAQ:) page. The babies were transferred to the south of Gaza “in preparation for their transfer to the…
Greenland Technologies GAAP EPS of -$0.07, revenue of $21.84M misses by $2.43M
President Biden is set to celebrate his 81st birthday at the White House on Monday by honoring a Thanksgiving tradition.Biden, the oldest president in U.S. history, will join first lady Jill Biden Monday afternoon for the presidential pardons of Liberty and Bell, two Thanksgiving turkeys that will be spared from becoming someone’s dinner. Later, the Bidens will continue holiday festivities by accepting the delivery of the official White House Christmas tree – an 18-and-a-half foot Fraser fir from Fleetwood, North Carolina.The event marks the unofficial start of the holiday season in the nation’s capital and will be held on the…
Russians are snitching on rivals and neighbors, a BBC report said. A police officer told the BBC police are inundated with denunciations.The Kremlin has introduced draconian laws to suppress criticism of the Ukraine war. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Russian police are being inundated with denunciations by Russians of their fellow citizens over their alleged views on the Ukraine war, BBC News reported.In the wake of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin introduced draconian new rules to punish…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Bayer shares plunged to their lowest level in more than a decade after the group abandoned a key late-stage trial of a blood-thinning drug that was seen as a prospective blockbuster, saying it did not work as hoped.The German company on Monday said its Oceanic trial studying asundexian as a treatment for atrial fibrillation had shown “inferior efficacy” compared with standard treatment.Over the weekend, Bayer also lost a key case in the US related to the weed killer Roundup, which it acquired…
© Reuters. The logo of Nikola is seen on a truck, during the press day preview of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. REUTERS/David Swanson (This Nov. 17 story has been corrected to say that the CFO leaves less than a year after taking up the role, not after joining the company, in paragraph 1, and removes reference from the headline) (Reuters) – Electric-truck maker Nikola (NASDAQ:) said on Friday Chief Financial Officer Anastasiya Pasterick would resign to “pursue other opportunities” less than a year after taking up the role. Pasterick was appointed…