Google, Microsoft beat Street with $110-billion revenue haul
Big Tech’s earnings boom stretched into the third quarter, with the pandemic surge in cloud computing, and a strong rebound in digital advertising, all but confirming 2021 will be a banner year for the sector.
Quarterly revenues of the technology giants Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet soared beyond Wall...
Even with New Variants, Experts Say We May Not Need COVID-19 Booster Shots
The coronavirus has already gone through many mutations and will continue to evolve over time.Growing evidence suggests the vaccines will provide long lasting immunity, even against new variants.But experts are watching the variants closely to see whether a booster shot will be needed to...
Support for Life with Secondary Progressive MS: Social, Financial, and More
Overview
Secondary progressive MS (SPMS) is a chronic condition that causes new and more severe symptoms to develop over time. With effective treatment and support, it can be managed.
If you’ve been diagnosed with SPMS, it’s important to get treatment from qualified healthcare professionals. It may...
Heart ‘Calculators’ Overlook Increased Risk for People of South Asian Ancestry
Researchers say current heart health calculation tools may be underestimating the risk of heart attack and stroke for people of South Asian descent.They say these heart “calculators” should be adjusted to account for this higher risk.Researchers also note that more studies should be done...
Zomato Delivers IPO Feeding Frenzy, 3 More Unicorns Line Up
The market for initial public offerings (IPOs) in India is turning into a feeding frenzy.
The amount of money raised in IPOs this year has reached $8.8 billion, already surpassing the totals of the past three years though it's only August. At the current pace,...
European Stock Futures Higher; PMI Data in Spotlight
European stock markets are expected to open higher Monday helped by some bargain hunting after last week’s sharp selloff, but confidence remains brittle with a raft of manufacturing surveys likely to point to a slowing global economic recovery in the face of the new...
Japan Foreign Reserves Fall For Third Month After Intervention
Japan's foreign reserves extended declines in October, following the previous month's record drop, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday, reflecting the largest ever amount of yen-buying, dollar-selling interventionThe data comes alongside separate figures that confirmed Japan did not conduct stealth intervention in September...
Experts Say It’s Unlikely Fully Vaccinated People Are Unknowingly Spreading COVID-19
Those who previously had COVID-19 may wonder how strongly they are protected from the delta variant.Natural immunity does, in many cases, protect people from reinfection. And when they do occur, they tend to be mild.Due to the unknowns, some experts are advising people who...