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BRIEF-Mateon Therapeutics terminates FOCUS study in ovarian cancer
Sept 26 (Reuters) – Mateon Therapeutics Inc: * Announces termination of focus study in ovarian cancer and restructuring to prioritize OXi4503 for AML * Company to reduce headcount, concentrate on OXi4503 for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) * Remaining members of senior management team will take 50% salary reductions, effective immediately * Implementing various cost reduction measures, which includes decrease in co’s workforce of about 60% since beginning of year Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Source link #USA #News #USnews #worldnews #headlinenews #Breakingnews Read More
Successful veterinarian finds love again with younger doctor: Part 1 Video
Transcript for Successful veterinarian finds love again with younger doctor: Part 1 Hey, it’s valley Mcdaniel and it’s March 15, 2017. I’m sitting outside. And I wanted to take time, and tell my story. From the beginning. Try not to judge me. Reporter: It’s been said that only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don’t have time. Well, 48-year-old Valerie Mcdaniel took time to confide her most private, innermost thoughts in an audio diary she recorded on her iPad. She talks about her daughter. She’s the most precious thing to
Read MoreFlood, fix and flip: Houston housing investors see profit in Harvey’s wake
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Addressing a real estate conference in flood-ravaged Houston this month, longtime investor Ray Sasser detailed his strategy: buy up to 50 flooded homes at deep discounts, then fix and flip them for a hefty profit. Sasser first followed that game plan after Tropical Storm Allison flooded the city in 2001. He bought homes for 30 to 40 percent of their pre-storm value, spent another 15 percent on repairs, and sold many a year later – at full value. The quick recovery surprised him, he said. “This can’t
Read MoreRescue workers just feet away from child trapped in Mexico City school collapse
WATCH Rescuers desperately searching for survivors in collapsed school in Mexico City Rescuers continue to frantically dig through the rubble of a collapsed school in Mexico City two days after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck, killing hundreds. SLIDESHOW: Pictures from the Mexico earthquake and the race for survival ‘) One rescuer, who was caked with dust from a pile of cinderblock and rebar that once made up a wing of the Enrique Rebsamen primary and secondary schools, told ABC News early Thursday morning that rescuers were just 3 to 4
Read MoreDrones destroy child’s drawing in Banksy protest at UK arms fair
LONDON (Reuters) – Military drones destroy a child’s picture in British graffiti artist Banksy’s latest work, the highlight of an anti-war art show in London which protests against one of the world’s biggest arms fairs this week. “Civilian Drone Strike” depicts three drones flying above a framed picture of a simple line drawing of a house which has been blown up. A crudely drawn little girl and her family pet look on in horror. “Banksy is apparently offering a critique of the military industrial complex by deliberately destroying a rather
Read MoreAmicus to abandon wound treatment after late-stage failure
(Reuters) – U.S. drug developer Amicus Therapeutics Inc said on Wednesday it would no longer invest in clinical trials of its drug for healing wounds after the experimental treatment failed a late-stage trial. Shares of the company, which fell about 15 percent following the news, pared losses to trade 0.6 percent lower at $13.20 in trading before the bell. “We believe this blip could be short-lived,” said Leerink Partners LLC analyst Joseph Schwartz, pointing to investor optimism around other drugs in development in Amicus’s pipeline. Amicus said its wound drug, Read More
Film on rivalry of tennis greats Borg and McEnroe premiers in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The film “Borg McEnroe”, which traces the fierce rivalry between tennis greats Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe on and off the court, premiered in Swedish capital Stockholm on Monday. The movie, starring Swedish actor Sverrir Gudnason as Borg and American Shia LaBeouf as McEnroe, centers on the battle between the two in the 1980 Wimbledon men’s singles final. That hard-fought duel, which was won by Borg in the fifth and final set, is widely considered to be one of the greatest tennis matches in history. Borg and
Read MoreObama offered accolades, advice in farewell letter to Trump – World #CBC
Before he left office in January, U.S. President Barack Obama offered his successor accolades and advice in a private letter that underscored some of his concerns as he passed the baton. In the letter, published Sunday by CNN, Obama praised President Donald Trump, saying: “Congratulations on a remarkable run. Millions have placed their hopes in you, and all of us, regardless of party, should hope for expanded prosperity and security during your tenure.” Obama went on to urge Trump to “build more ladders of success for every child and family,”
Read MoreCBS Corp agrees to buy Australia’s Ten Network
SYDNEY (Reuters) – CBS Corp (CBS.N), owner of the most-watched United States television network, agreed to buy Australian free-to-air broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd (TEN.AX), the broadcaster’s administrators said on Monday. Australian broadcasters, and Ten in particular, have suffered large losses and are scrambling to cut costs as advertisers follow viewers, who have turned to streaming services, such as Netflix (NFLX.O) and Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) Amazon Prime. The youth-focused and struggling Ten was placed in administration in June, after creditors, including News Corp (NWSA.O) co-chairman Lachlan Murdoch, pulled a debt Read More
Spanish PM plays down post-attack criticism of authorities
Spain’s prime minister on Friday dismissed criticism about the lack of coordination between Spanish national authorities and those in the widely self-governed Catalonia region during the attacks by an Islamic extremist cell that killed 15 people last week. The probe into the Aug. 17-18 attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils has suggested that the alleged cell leader’s ties to other jihadists and his criminal record for drug trafficking may have been missed because Catalan regional police didn’t have information that was in the hands of central authorities. A judge had granted
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