• Dec 08, 2024

Argentine Oil Output Is Poised to Oust Colombia From South America’s Top Three

(Bloomberg) -- A shale-drilling frenzy in Argentina has put the country on the verge of leapfrogging regional rival Colombia as a top-three crude producer in South America.Most Read from BloombergBrace for a Nationwide Shuffle of Corporate HeadquartersA Chicago Skyscraper Cements the Legacy of a Visionary Postmodern ArchitectCloud Computing Tax Threatens Chicago’s Silicon Valley AmbitionsNYC’s Run-Down Bus Terminal Gets Approval for $10 Billion RevampKansas City Looks Back on its Long, Costly Ri

  • Dec 08, 2024

Eye-Disease Focused Kodiak Sciences Is A Promising 'Turnaround Story For 2025': Analyst Upgrades Stock

Jefferies has upgraded Kodiak Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:KOD), a biopharmaceutical company focused on retinal (eye) diseases. Kodiak’s lead investigational medicine, tarcocimab, is an anti-VEGF antibody biopolymer conjugate under development for high-prevalence retinal vascular diseases. Tarcocimab is currently being studied in two Phase 3 trials, GLOW2 in diabetic retinopathy and DAYBREAK in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). Both studies are actively enrolling patients. J

  • Dec 08, 2024

TikTok asks federal appeals court to bar enforcement of potential ban until Supreme Court review

TikTok asked a federal appeals court on Monday to bar the Biden administration from enforcing a law that could lead to a ban on the popular platform until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge to the statute. The legal filing was made after a panel of three judges on the same court sided with the government last week and ruled that the law, which requires TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance to divest its stakes in the social media company or face a ban, was constitutional. If the law is not overturned, both TikTok and its parent ByteDance, which is also a plaintiff in the case, have claimed that the popular app will shut down by Jan. 19, 2025.

  • Dec 08, 2024

Amazon should buy Bitcoin, shareholders say

Shareholders of Amazon (AMZN) have submitted a proposal to add Bitcoin to the balance sheet. The shareholders of the e-commerce giant are urging the company to learn from MicroStrategy (MSTR), which heavily invested in Bitcoin, resulting in an increase in its share price.

  • Dec 08, 2024

Beam Therapeutics Unveils New Safety, Efficacy Data From Sickle Cell Disease Candidate, Stock Gains

On Saturday, Beam Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAM) revealed new safety and efficacy data from its BEACON Phase 1/2 trial of BEAM-101 in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) with severe vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs). The data were featured at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition. Consistent with Beam’s previously announced data, updated data from seven patients treated with investigational base-editing therapy BEAM-101 demonstrated robust and durable increases i