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Mounjaro manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company packaging is seen in this illustration photo taken in a pharmacy in Krakow, Poland on April 9, 2024.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesEli Lilly on Thursday said its blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro showed heart health benefits in a late-stage trial directly comparing it to the company’s older diabetes treatment, Trulicity.Mounjaro met the study’s main goal of showing that it wasn’t any worse than Trulicity at treating people with Type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease. Eli Lilly said it believes the new data bolsters the case for Mounjaro to be prescribers’ first choice for…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 1:55 PM ET, Wed July 30, 2025 The U.S. Department of Justice has just paved the way for American Express Global Business Travel to purchase CWT Holdings for some $540 million. The department, under President Biden, sued to block the merger, saying the deal would eliminate competition. Now, under President Trump, it seems anti-competitive mergers are no longer a priority. The case has been dismissed this week. According to Reuters, American Express Global Business Travel and CWT Holdings are the first and third largest providers of business travel management services. Travel Weekly, our sister publication, reports the…
A new startup called Germ is bringing end-to-end encrypted messaging to the Bluesky social network, allowing its users to have a more secure option for chats than Bluesky’s existing DMs. After over two years of development, the service is launching its encrypted DMs for Bluesky into beta this week, with plans to gradually onboard new testers ahead of a public launch. In time, the technology that Germ is building, much of which is open sourced, could allow Bluesky to introduce encrypted messaging into its own app. Germ was designed to offer an alternative to existing end-to-end encrypted platforms that dominate…
Facebook Tweet Email Link A 76-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison after several children became ill at a summer camp in England, police said Thursday. After an initial report was made by a third party on Sunday, officers and ambulance workers were deployed to the camp in the village of Stathern, Leicestershire, central England, where the children were assessed. Eight children were taken to hospital. All have since been discharged and their parents and guardians have been contacted by officers, Leicestershire Police said in a statement. The arrested man is in custody “on suspicion of administering…
A researcher works in the lab at the Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Covid-19 pandemic turned Moderna and BioNTech into household names almost overnight. Now the two companies are on different paths.Both Moderna and BioNTech helped pioneer mRNA, or messenger RNA, technology. Moderna staked its entire identity around mRNA, while BioNTech saw it as one piece of a broader portfolio focused on immunology and oncology. The pandemic gave both companies a chance to prove mRNA’s promise of using the body’s own immune system to protect against viruses…
by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 2:05 PM ET, Wed July 30, 2025 Celestyal Cruises is improving its cruise and land package tool for travel advisors.Also, the brand is renaming the tool “Celestyal Sail & Stay” for the North American market. The enhanced version is designed to help travel advisors more easily book cruise and land packages for their clients, both at time of booking or at a later date. It’s accessible on Celestyal’s trade booking platform.Travel advisors can book pre- and post-cruise hotel stays at a selection of 18 Athens properties, with private transfers included. Most of the hotels are…
If you’ve been hearing about Trump’s AI Action Plan and wondering who it actually benefits, you’re not alone. On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan caught up with Amba Kak and Dr. Sarah Myers West from the AI Now Institute, a think tank focused on the social implications of AI and the consolidation of power in the tech industry. Their recent report, dubbed Artificial Power, lays out the political economy driving today’s AI frenzy and what’s at stake for everyone else. Artificial Power pushes back on what AI Now calls the “too big to fail” myth, arguing that AI companies…
Comcast beat Wall Street estimates on Thursday for second-quarter earnings and revenue. Yet the company saw a loss of broadband customers even as it shifted its market strategy for the segment.Comcast and its cable peers have been suffering from a slowdown in broadband growth, which has impacted company stocks.Still, Comcast stock was up about 3% in early trading as the company reported fewer-than-expected broadband subscriber losses, based on StreetAccount estimates. On an earnings conference call, Comcast executives mapped out initiatives that were introduced earlier this year meant to drive the broadband business.”While it’s still early days, we like what we…
Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines is introducing a new flexible benefit for its passengers. The Denver-based airline will now offer its customers an add-on service called Disruption Assistance for Any Reason. The service is the first of its kind for any United States airline and is now available for purchase on Frontier’s booking site. As part of the suite of new solutions for customers with same-day flight cancellations or delays of two hours or more, Frontier will offer to book passengers an alternate flight on any airline. Here’s how the new disruption assistance will work: Customers who opt in and have a disrupted…
Google has proposed sweeping changes to its Play Store and advertising policies in India, aiming to allow more real-money gaming apps onto its platforms in a bid to settle an ongoing antitrust case with a local online gaming platform WinZO. On Wednesday, India’s competition watchdog issued a public notice (PDF) inviting comments on a “commitment proposal” from Google, offering to expand access to its Play Store and advertising policy for more real-money gaming apps in the South Asian market. Google proposed to replace its current pilot program by allowing the distribution of all real-money games in the country — which…