By Alex DeMarban Updated: 25 minutes ago Published: 28 minutes ago A former chief of staff to Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy will take over as head of an Alaska economic development agency early next year. Randy Ruaro will become executive director of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority starting Jan. 3, replacing Alan Weitzner, […]
Major stock market indexes showed solid gains on Wednesday afternoon, but were flat in the last hour and off the highs of the day. Consumers are feeling more confident as gas prices and inflation readings drop. X The S&P 500 climbed 1.6% while the Nasdaq added 1.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also rose 1.6%, […]
What happened Shares of cybersecurity software stocks CrowdStrike (CRWD -1.55%), Palo Alto Networks (PANW -0.88%), and Fortinet (FTNT -1.18%) were falling today, down 2.1%, 1.1%, and 1.3% as of 1:49 p.m. ET, even though the broader Nasdaq Composite was up by about 1.5% at that time. Furthermore, each of these stocks were down much more […]
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By Craig Daly: Jose Ramirez says he’d be willing to still fight WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis for a 45-45 split with 10% going to the contest’s winner. Apart from that, Ramirez (27-1, 17 KOs) says he wants to fight Teofimo Lopez or Arnold Barboza Jr next. Ramirez has two fights left on his […]
It’s practically endemic in the modern world. The college student finishing a term paper as the sun comes up, the new parents feeding the baby at 3 a.m., the foreman on the graveyard shift — they’re all among the more than a third of adults in the U.S. who don’t get enough sleep. Long-term, sleep […]
Hi, it’s John in New York, where December brings an annual rite for health policy wonks: Tallying America’s ever-growing bill for medical care. More on that below, but first… The number gets bigger each year. Each December, a group of economists and actuaries in an obscure federal office emerge with a new report estimating how much […]
Aerotruth, a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform streamlining the B2B partnership process, has this week closed a $1.3 million oversubscribed seed funding round. The raise, led by Archangel Ventures with participation from Afterwork Ventures, Black Sheep Capital, Change Com, Cut Through Angels, Spring Capital and Unlock Capital, will accelerate the company’s global growth plans. […]
On December 19, 2022, energy-as-a-service provider Redaptive announced that it received a $200 million investment from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). Some of the company’s existing investors, including Linse Capital and CBRE, will also participate in the investment. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Redaptive on the transaction. Redaptive helps organizations cut energy […]
By Bernard Orr BEIJING, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Beijing faces a surge in severe COVID-19 cases over the next two weeks, a respiratory expert said, amid global concerns over possible mutations and knock-on effects for the world economy after the surprise ditching of China’s tough virus policies. Following widespread protests, the country of 1.4 billion […]
