It’s been two weeks since a botched charity concert with The Chainsmokers drew the wrath of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and troubled Southampton restaurants say they’re still paying the price. Eatery owners in the posse beach town say they have had fourth visits since July 27 from a variety of state …
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Seres Therapeutics stock rockets nearly quadrupled to positive Phase 3 data on treatment for obese infections
Shares of Seres Therapeutics Inc. MCRB, + 332.15% hit nearly fourfold (up 270%) on heavy volume in premarket trading Monday, after the microbiome therapy company reported faster results from a Phase 3 trial of its SER-109 for recurrent C. difficile infections (CDI), as an infection of the colon. Trading volume …
Read More »Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested, newsroom raid under China’s new security law
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested and his newsroom raided by police in the semi-autonomous nation’s semi-autonomous nation of China’s new security law. The 71-year-old Lai is an outspoken pro-democracy figure and regularly criticizes the authoritarian rule of China and the Hong Kong government. He leads the …
Read More »President Trump has temporarily raised unemployment – but strings have been added
Americans desperately need it in light of the COVID-19 crisis and the ensuing recession as it burns. One such relief measure is to reduce unemployment – something unemployed workers were involved in earlier this year under the CARES Act. Signed into law in March, the CARES law allowed dismissed workers …
Read More »Players unite in push to save college season, create union
Defensive back Michigan Reynolds of Michigan saw the tweets of Trevor Lawrence and other college football players, pressing on the opportunity to play this season, despite the pandemic. Reynolds, one of the organizers of a Big Ten player rights movement, does not like the way some on social media liken …
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