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Pennsylvania House gears up for huge gambling expansion vote
The Associated Press reports the pension overhaul is created to slash risk in the state's deeply indebted public-sector pension systems. "We are working to reinvent Pennsylvania government to responsibly provide efficient, effective and sustainable government services and programs, and pension reform meets that goal", House Majority Leader David Reed (R-Indiana) said in a statement after the... [Full Article...]
Oppenheimer Upgrades Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX) to Outperform Rating
Raymond James Tru Na holds 0.02% of its portfolio in Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) for 3,685 shares. RPG Investment Advisory LLC's holdings in Vertex Pharmaceuticals were worth $1,197,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. [Full Article...]
Sia aims to raise HIV awareness with 'Free Me'
Zoe Saldana plays a pregnant woman diagnosed with HIV in the new video for the Sia song " Free Me ". All proceeds from the track will be donated to #endHIV , a campaign by Abzyme Research Foundation to manufacture "effective and low cost therapeutic" HIV vaccinations. [Full Article...]
FDA approves first generic version of Truvada for treatment, prevention of HIV
Truvada was initially approved by FDA in 2004 to treat HIV in combination with other antiretroviral drugs, and later gained approval as the first drug to prevent sexually transmitted HIV-1 infection in uninfected adults in 2012. The generic form of Truvada was submitted to the FDA by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. But FDA official Jeffrey Murray told Poz the generic drug "will now be avai... [Full Article...]
CCTV reveals the moment police shot London Bridge terrorists
The other two attackers were identified as Khurum Butt, a 27-year-old whose extremist views had been reported to police , and 30-year-old Rachid Redouane , also known as Rachid Elkhdar, a pastry chef who claimed to have dual Moroccan-Libyan citizenship. [Full Article...]
Roche bails on IDO inhibitor GDC-0919; NewLink Genetics down 15% premarket
NewLink Genetics Corp has a 12-month low of $6.03 and a 12-month high of $25.17. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of NewLink Genetics Corp by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. The stock exchanged hands with 8.31 million shares contrast to its average daily volume of 604,796 shares. SunTrust downgraded NewLink Genetics Corp (NASDAQ:NLNK) on Wednesday, May 11 to "Neutral" rating. [Full Article...]
Senior Congress leader & MP P Govardhan Reddy passes away
Reddy suffered a severe heart attack after arriving at Bhuntar airport at around 8 a.m.after which he was rushed to Regional Hospital Kullu where he died. She said Reddy committed his life to the people and the Congress Party at a young age and left behind an "admirable" legacy. His body will be brought to his New Delhi residence, where it will kept today, and will be taken to hyderabad , whe... [Full Article...]
French Open semifinals: Murray-Wawrinka, Nadal-Thiem
He hadn't that great of luck as the clay season started not in Monte Carlo or the Italian Open, but Stan did win the Geneva Open. Hardly the sort of record befitting someone ranked No. Murray said: "When we played past year, it was a similar situation coming in". It was a bit more than five minutes that Stan had lead 3-0 leaving Marin to have his game literally decomposed in front of everyone. [Full Article...]