Archive for January, 2019
GM’s Cadillac Will Introduce EV in Fight Against Tesla
January 11th, 2019Good luck with that. Via: Reuters: Cadillac is expected to become General Motors Co’s (GM.N) lead electric vehicle brand as the largest U.S. automaker gears up to introduce a new model under that luxury marquee to challenge Tesla Inc, two people briefed on the matter said Thursday. GM is set to announce Friday as part […]
Former Insys CEO Pleads Guilty to Opioid Kickback Scheme
January 10th, 2019Via: Reuters: The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc (INSY.O) pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in a nationwide scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive opioid medication and has agreed to become a government witness. … Prosecutors allege that from 2012 to 2015, Kapoor, Babich and others conspired to pay doctors bribes […]
French Protesters Want to Set Off Bank Run with Withdrawals
January 9th, 2019Via: AP: Activists from a French protest movement encouraged supporters Wednesday to set off a bank run by emptying their accounts, while the government urged citizens to express their discontent in a national debate instead of weekly demonstrations disrupting the streets of Paris. Activists from the yellow vest movement, which started with protests over fuel […]
Kenya Will Start Teaching Chinese to Elementary School Students from 2020
January 9th, 2019Via: Quartz: Kenya will teach Mandarin in classrooms in a bid to improve job competitiveness and facilitate better trade and connection with China. The country’s curriculum development institute (KICD) has said the design and scope of the mandarin syllabus have been completed and will be rolled in out in 2020. Primary school pupils from grade […]
Mobile Carriers Selling Phone Location Data
January 9th, 2019Via: TechCrunch: Last year, four of the largest U.S. cell carriers were caught selling and sending real-time location data of their customers to shady companies that sold it on to big spenders, who would use the data to track anyone “within seconds” for whatever reason they wanted. At first, a little-known company LocationSmart was obtaining […]
Pro-Vaccine Medical Expert Used by the Federal Government to Debunk the Vaccine-Autism Link, Says Vaccines Can Cause Autism After All
January 9th, 2019Via: Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson: A special federal vaccine court has paid out billions for injuries from brain damage to death. But not for the form of brain injury we call autism. Now—we have remarkable new information: a respected pro-vaccine medical expert used by the federal government to debunk the vaccine-autism link, says vaccines […]
Golden Globe Flu Shot Gag
January 8th, 2019Desperation? Via: YouTube:
Second Body Found in West Hollywood Home of Democratic Donor Ed Buck
January 8th, 2019Via: Los Angeles Times: A man’s body was found early Monday in the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck, authorities said. It was the second time a man was found dead at Buck’s apartment. Buck is a longtime political donor, a one-time West Hollywood City Council candidate and a well-known figure in […]
Hyundai’s Elevate Robotic Walking Car
January 8th, 2019Via: New Atlas: Imagine if an emergency vehicle could not only bring the team of responders to the edge of the disaster zone but actually step right in, striding over top flaming rubble to get responders exactly where they need to be. Forget last mile, that’s last 100 yards. And that’s the all-new Hyundai Elevate […]
U.S. Health Care Spending Highest Among Developed Countries
January 8th, 2019Via: Johns Hopkins: The United States, on a per capita basis, spends much more on health care than other developed countries; the chief reason is not greater health care utilization, but higher prices, according to a study from a team led by a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researcher. The paper appears in […]
