Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently confirmed that additional interest rate hikes are likely to take place until inflation levels decrease. In his prepared remarks for testimony he will deliver to the House Financial Services Committee, Powell stated that the recent decision not to push rates higher was only a temporary respite, rather than an
A large retrospective cohort study has found that different molecular subtypes of breast cancer have varying rates and patterns of recurrence following surgery for early-stage disease. The study analyzed the data of 16,462 women who had undergone surgery for breast cancer at the Seoul National University College of Medicine from 2000 to 2018. The study
A man has been arrested after two people were stabbed at Central Middlesex Hospital in northwest London. The Metropolitan Police responded to calls of an incident at around 1.18 pm on Wednesday, and armed officers were dispatched to the scene. One of the victims has life-threatening injuries, while the other has non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect
The NFL is taking steps to reinforce its gambling policy to its players in light of recent violations. The league is rolling out mandatory education sessions for rookies and in-person visits to team facilities to clarify what activities are prohibited. The NFL’s gambling policy has six “key rules,” which include not betting on the NFL,
National CineMedia, an in-theater advertising firm that was founded and is largely owned by the nation’s largest exhibitors, has announced plans for a reverse stock split. The move is intended to boost the price of the company’s shares and avoid delisting by the Nasdaq market as it works through a voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization. The
As the Chinese economy slows down, top US corporate executives are making it a priority to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his state visit to the White House. Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam will be among the US CEOs attending
On Tuesday, the first trading day of the week, stocks fell as the market took a breather following a rally that drove it to levels not seen in over a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 200 points, or 0.58%, the S&P 500 slid 0.42%, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.25%. Markets were
The optimal induction systemic regimen for patients with initially unresectable colorectal cancer liver metastases is yet to be established. Published data in this patient population are difficult to interpret due to absent or varying criteria for resectability or unresectability, scarcity of long-term follow-up of patients who received local treatment, and heterogeneity in study populations, trial
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is leading a congressional probe into Amazon’s warehouse working conditions. In a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Sanders accused the e-retailer of prioritizing profits over the safety of its employees. Sanders, who chairs the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, called out Amazon’s “dangerous conditions” and called
The US Coast Guard has confirmed that the five people on board a submersible, named Titan, which is missing close to the wreck of the Titanic have roughly 40 hours of breathable air left. Captain Jamie Frederick provided an update on Tuesday and stated that the search for the vessel had not yet produced any