Pfizer nixes more study of twice-daily obesity pill treatment that made many patients nauseous
Pfizer shares sank Friday when the drugmaker announced that it was abandoning a twice-daily obesity treatment after more than half the patients in a clinical trial stopped taking it
2023-12-02 00:16
Fed's Powell notes inflation is easing but says further progress is needed
Inflation is slowing steadily, but it’s too early to declare victory or to discuss when the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell said
2023-12-02 00:15
Cyprus and Chevron reach a deal to develop an offshore natural gas field, ending years of delays
An official says the Cyprus government and U.S. energy company Chevron have reached a deal on how to develop the Aphrodite gas field, the first to be discovered under the seafloor off Cyprus
2023-12-01 22:47
Vacuum tycoon Dyson loses a libel case against a UK newspaper for a column on his support of Brexit
Billionaire vacuum cleaner tycoon James Dyson has lost a libel lawsuit against the Daily Mirror
2023-12-01 22:28
Stock market today: Asian shares slip after Wall Street ends its best month of '23 with big gains
Asian shares have slipped after Wall Street closed out its best month of the year with big gains in November
2023-12-01 15:28
Why hold UN climate talks 28 times? Do they even matter?
The annual U.N. climate talks are nearly two weeks of delegates meeting
2023-12-01 13:53
Congressmen ask DOJ to investigate water utility hack, warning it could happen anywhere
Three members of Congress are asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate how hackers breached a water utility system near Pittsburgh
2023-12-01 08:52
Federal judge blocks Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on TikTok, says it's unconstitutional
A federal judge has blocked Montana's first-in-the-nation law banning the video-sharing app TikTok in the state while a legal challenge to the law moves through the courts
2023-12-01 08:47
Montana miner backs off expansion plans, lays off 100 due to lower palladium prices
The owner of two a south-central Montana precious metals mines is stopping work on an expansion project and laying off about 100 workers because the price of palladium fell sharply in the past year
2023-12-01 08:16
Haslam family refutes allegation from Warren Buffett's company that it bribed truck stop chain execs
An attorney for the billionaire Haslam family has called the bribery allegations from Warren Buffett’s company a “wild invention."
2023-12-01 07:54
Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in New Jersey Legislature
A bill that would end smoking in Atlantic City's casinos continues to go nowhere
2023-12-01 06:57
Cockpit voice recordings get erased after some close calls. The FAA will try to fix that
Federal officials say they will give investigators a better tool for understanding accidents and close calls between planes
2023-12-01 06:26