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Giappone
FDA OKs drug firms’ pricey first potent medicine to fight severe eczema
U.S. regulators have approved the first powerful, injected medicine to treat serious cases of the skin condition eczema. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Dupixent for moderate or severe eczema, which causes red, fiercely itchy rashes on the face, arms and legs. In three studies of the drug ...
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USA Giappone
Union-averse Republican-led Missouri House repeals public construction wage law
The Missouri House took a key first step Tuesday toward repealing the state’s “prevailing wage” requirement for public construction projects, the latest in a series of moves by Republican-controlled states to limit union powers. The legislation, which won initial House approval by a 93-60 vote, would undo a longtime Missouri ...
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Giappone
Musk startup Neuralink seeks to get brains to interface directly with computers
Not content to reach for Mars and dethrone fossil fuels, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday is turning his focus to delving into people’s minds. In a message fired off Tuesday on Twitter, Musk appeared to confirm he is creating a startup called Neuralink devoted to enabling brains to interface ...
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Giappone
GOP-led House votes down Obama-era online privacy rule, opening door to browsing habit tracking
The House voted Tuesday to block online privacy regulations issued during the final months of the Obama administration, a first step toward allowing internet providers such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon to sell the browsing habits of their customers. The Federal Communications Commission rule was designed to give consumers greater ...
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Giappone
Osaka to privatize subway, bus operations in 2018, achieving Hashimoto goal
The Osaka Municipal Assembly has approved an ordinance to privatize public subway and bus operations in the major city in April 2018. The privatization of a public subway system will be a national first. According to the ordinance, approved Tuesday, subway operations will be transferred to a new company of ...
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Giappone
Narita airport debuts self-service baggage drop machines
hiba Pref. Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture has unveiled self-service baggage drop machines for international flights. Introduced on Thursday, the baggage machines, along with check-in devices, are expected to help shorten the average check-in and baggage drop-off time from some 20 minutes to 2 to 3 minutes. The first-ever ...
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Giappone
Trump defies climate science, dumps Obama’s clean energy plan, embraces coal
Declaring “the start of a new era” in energy production, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that he said would revive the coal industry and create jobs. The move makes good on his campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama’s plan to curb global warming. The order ...
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Portogallo
DGS alerta para surto de hepatite A na Grande Lisboa
De acordo com a Direção-Geral da Saúde, "no ano passado, na Europa, começou-se a assistir a esta atividade anormal da doença”.
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Portogallo
CEO’s de topo debatem gestão ou liderança, razão ou emoção
A AEP - Associação Empresarial de Portugal vai juntar na mesma sala alguns dos mais importantes empresários e gestores nacionais para debater o tema da liderança e a sua importância na gestão.
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USA
MPF: Suborno a ex-gerente da Petrobras mostra ação da Odebrecht
Conta bancária registrada em nome da offshore Fairbridge Finance S.A, que tem Roberto Gonçalves como beneficiário, recebeu US$ 3 milhões