By Craig Daly: Jose Ramirez says he’d be willing to still fight WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis for a 45-45 split with 10% going to the contest’s winner. Apart from that, Ramirez (27-1, 17 KOs) says he wants to fight Teofimo Lopez or Arnold Barboza Jr next. Ramirez has two fights left on his […]
It’s practically endemic in the modern world. The college student finishing a term paper as the sun comes up, the new parents feeding the baby at 3 a.m., the foreman on the graveyard shift — they’re all among the more than a third of adults in the U.S. who don’t get enough sleep. Long-term, sleep […]
Hi, it’s John in New York, where December brings an annual rite for health policy wonks: Tallying America’s ever-growing bill for medical care. More on that below, but first… The number gets bigger each year. Each December, a group of economists and actuaries in an obscure federal office emerge with a new report estimating how much […]
Aerotruth, a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform streamlining the B2B partnership process, has this week closed a $1.3 million oversubscribed seed funding round. The raise, led by Archangel Ventures with participation from Afterwork Ventures, Black Sheep Capital, Change Com, Cut Through Angels, Spring Capital and Unlock Capital, will accelerate the company’s global growth plans. […]
On December 19, 2022, energy-as-a-service provider Redaptive announced that it received a $200 million investment from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). Some of the company’s existing investors, including Linse Capital and CBRE, will also participate in the investment. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Redaptive on the transaction. Redaptive helps organizations cut energy […]
By Bernard Orr BEIJING, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Beijing faces a surge in severe COVID-19 cases over the next two weeks, a respiratory expert said, amid global concerns over possible mutations and knock-on effects for the world economy after the surprise ditching of China’s tough virus policies. Following widespread protests, the country of 1.4 billion […]
TORONTO – Gains in the energy and financial sectors helped lift Canada’s main stock index higher, while U.S. stock markets were mixed in late-morning trading. The S&P/TSX composite index up 58.30 points at 19,259.06. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 19.91 points at 32,777.45. The S&P 500 index […]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is urging her troops to get behind a massive bill to fund the government through most of next year, touting new funding for Democratic priorities and citing an urgency to get the package to President Biden’s desk before a potential shutdown at week’s end. In a letter to fellow Democrats, the […]
This year has been a great one for many travel companies as Americans, free from the confines of Covid-19 restrictions, splurged on vacations. The question now is whether that momentum will continue or get derailed by a possible recession next year. Throughout 2022, consumers prioritized travel even if it meant cutting back in other areas. […]
Almost seven in 10 organizations say they plan to do business in the metaverse within the next three years, according to a Tenable survey of 1,500 professionals representing roles in cybersecurity, DevOps, and IT engineering. The survey, “Measure Twice, Cut Once: Meta-curious Organizations Relay Security Concerns Even as They Plunge Into Virtual Worlds,” found businesses […]
