Alere Stock Goes Nuts, Abbott Likely Still Picking Up The Tab
If you're invested in Alere , Wednesday was quite the rollercoaster. I was unfortunate enough to have been looking at my portfolio when ALR first dropped 10% in less than a minute.
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US move to seize assets piles pressure on Malaysian PM
Pressure mounted Thursday on Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, with lawmakers demanding he go on leave and be held accountable after U.S. officials initiated action to seize more than $1 billion they say was stolen from a state investment fund by people close to the premier. That fund, known as 1MDB, was created in 2009 by Najib to promote economic development projects.
Senate Republican groups gather cash ahead of election
A super political action committee and related nonprofit group raised more than $15.5 million this spring to help preserve the Senate majority. That's according to spokesman Ian Prior.
Medical briefs
EXETER – Exeter Hospital Rehabilitation Services has just introduced a new and innovative approach to rehabilitation with the AlterG anti-gravity treadmill, one of only a few in the state of New Hampshire. This new treadmill enables physical and occupational therapists to care for patients who are not able to bear weight due to recent surgery, injury or chronic pain.
Top House Democrat urges colleagues to oppose GOP Iran bills
The top House Democrat is urging her colleagues to vote against Republican bills that would upend the Iran nuclear deal even if they oppose the landmark agreement. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says in a Tuesday letter the pact is the best way to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Clinton after ‘Hamilton’: ‘Let’s not throw away our shot’
Hillary Clinton said Tuesday the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton" offers lessons for the nation, telling donors following a special fundraising performance, "Let's not throw away our shot." The Democratic presidential candidate spoke at the end of a campaign-sponsored performance of the Broadway smash at New York's Richard Rodgers Theatre.
The Latest: Trump blames news media for 6-pointed-star storm
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is blaming the news media for the controversy surrounding an anti-Hillary Clinton tweet that appeared to depict the Star of David atop a pile of cash. Trump says on Twitter: "Dishonest media is trying their absolute best to depict a star in a tweet as the Star of David rather than a Sheriff's Star, or plain star!" It's his first response since his official account tweeted - then deleted - the image Saturday.
Discount airline to land at Newark with opening up of slots
In this Wednesday, April 13, 2016 file photo, a small plane with a banner flies over Flint Bishop Airport to celebrate the ribbon cutting for Allegiant Air joining Flint Bishop International Airport in Flint, Mich. Discount airline Allegiant Air is set to land at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Congressional dysfunction likely to stall Zika funding bill
President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion emergency request to combat a potential public health crisis from the Zika virus is more than 4 months old, but congressional dysfunction appears likely to scuttle a scaled-back version of the president's request, raising the prospect that Congress may leave on a seven-week vacation next month without addressing Zika. Senate Democrats say they will block a $1.1 billion Republican-drafted measure to combat the virus, arguing that it contains unfair spending cuts and limits which groups can deliver health care and provide contraception to women in Zika-infested Puerto Rico.
Trump: We don’t know ‘about Hillary in terms of religion’
Republican Donald Trump appeared to raise questions about likely rival Hillary Clinton's religious faith at a closed-door meeting with evangelical leaders on Tuesday. The presumptive GOP nominee, in a video clip of his remarks, appeared to suggest the public doesn't know "anything about Hillary in terms of religion."
Ap Fact Check: Clinton takes liberties in Trump takedown
Hillary Clinton rattled off a series of claims about Donald Trump on Tuesday that seemed too strange to be true. Some were.
GOP plan promises to reclaim congressional powers
The latest piece of the campaign agenda commissioned by House Speaker Paul Ryan is promising to reclaim powers ceded to the presidency, give stronger directions to federal bureaucrats, and reassert lawmakers' control over the federal purse strings. The plan is a product of a task force studded with Republican conservatives.
Helping to heal a shattered city’s wounds
There is satisfaction in even a grim job done well. On Tuesday, doctors at the Orlando Regional Medical Centre described for reporters the onslaught of patients from Pulse Nightclub, only a few blocks away, who filled the hospital's trauma bay to overflowing in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Union: No room for old technology in new airport towers
Union officials say new airport towers due to go into operation this fall in San Francisco and Las Vegas will first need extensive remodeling to make room for technology that dates back to the early days of air traffic control. The towers were designed for equipment to electronically track planes, rather than using the historic system of passing paper strips from one controller to another to hand off responsibility for a plane.
Libertarians pick ex-New Mexico Gov. Johnson for president
The Libertarian Party has nominated former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson as its presidential candidate just as it did in 2012. Delegates to the party's convention in Orlando on Sunday picked Johnson on the second ballot over Austin Petersen, the founder of The Libertarian Republic magazine, and anti-computer virus company founder John McAfee.
Scoop: Code Black on CBS – Thursday, June 9, 2016
"Buen Arbol" - Angus uses his background in psychology to help a woman who doesn't remember how she injured herself and others. Also, when Christa bonds with an illegal immigrant whose son is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, she becomes determined to help the woman find long-term care for her son in the U.S., on a rebroadcast of CODE BLACK, Thursday, June 9 on the CBS Television Network.
Bernie Sanders Endorses Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Progressive Challenger
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders announced in an interview released late Saturday that he would be backing Tim Canova, the progressive challenger running to unseat incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz in the congressional race for Florida's 23rd district. Wasserman Schultz has been a highly controversial chair of the DNC this primary season, and is widely perceived by many Sanders supporters as rigging the primary to bolster establishment candidate Hillary Clinton over Sanders' progressive campaign.