A Venezuelan migrant gets a shot at stardom
After a chance encounter Mexican pop singer Mario Domm is helping 22-year-old Venezuelan migrant Alexander Beja, pursue his dream of musical stardom....
U.S. prices for multiple sclerosis drugs are on the rise
(Reuters Health) – Annual costs of disease modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis more than quadrupled from 2006 to 2016 as several new, costly medicines entered...
Hyundai Motor, South Korean union reach tentative wage deal without strike
Hyundai Motor and its South Korean union reached a tentative wage deal without resorting to a strike for the first time in eight years, a...
Vet saves animals, sounds alarm over Bolivian wildfires
What was until recently a verdant area of trees and wildlife in Southern Bolivia has now become a charred landscape where life teeters on the...
Purdue Pharma in discussion on $10 billion-$12 billion offer to settle opioid lawsuits: sources
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, the Sackler family, are in discussion to settle more than 2,000 opioid lawsuits against the company for...
Alternate-day fasting associated with weight loss
(Reuters Health) – People who start fasting every other day may lose more weight than they would if they stuck to their usual eating habits,...
Philip Morris and Altria in merger talks as Marlboro fades and e-cigs light up
Marlboro maker Philip Morris International Inc said on Tuesday it was in talks to reunite in a merger with Altria Group Inc following its 2008...
Explainer: Ex-Google engineer faces severe penalties in self-driving trade secrets case
U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday brought a criminal case against a former high-ranking Google engineer, alleging he stole confidential technology from the company’s self-driving car unit...
Ex-Google engineer indicted for stealing self-driving car secrets, pleads not guilty
Anthony Levandowski, a pioneer in self-driving car technology, was criminally charged on Tuesday with stealing trade secrets from his former employer Google before joining rival...
Fitness startup Peloton Interactive files for IPO
Peloton Interactive Inc, the fitness startup known for on-demand workout programs on its exercise bikes, on Tuesday filed for an initial public offering, the latest...