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IMF’s Lagarde highlights potential disruptive nature of fintech
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks at the Group of 20 (G-20) high-level seminar on financial innovation “Our Future in the Digital Age”, on the sidelines of the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Fukuoka, Japan, on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS FUKUOKA (Reuters) …
Abbott device helps in cutting blood sugar in type 2 diabetics: study
(Reuters) – Insulin-dependent patients with type 2 diabetes saw a significant drop in their blood sugar levels after wearing Abbott Laboratories Inc’s continuous glucose monitoring system for three months compared with those who use routine fingerstick testing, researchers said on Saturday. The study, which was presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting in San Francisco, …
Apex Legends Season 2 to debut on July 2
FILE PHOTO: The Electronic Arts Inc., logo is displayed on a screen during a PlayStation 4 Pro launch event in New York City, U.S., September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo (Reuters) – Electronic Arts Inc said on Saturday it would launch the second season of its popular battle royale game “Apex Legends” on July 2. …
G20 agrees to push ahead with digital tax: communique
FUKUOKA, Japan (Reuters) – Group of 20 finance ministers agreed on Saturday to compile common rules to close loopholes used by global tech giants such as Facebook to reduce their corporate taxes, a copy of the bloc’s draft communique obtained by Reuters showed. US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin (R, on podium) delivers a speech …
Under pressure, Biden drifts leftward on abortion, climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Joe Biden Express to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination went a bit off track this week. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign stop at the IBEW Local 490 in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Since …
Co-owner, ex-employee of pharmacy in U.S. meningitis outbreak acquitted
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday tossed the convictions of a co-owner and former employee of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy accused of conspiring to help it evade regulatory oversight before its drugs caused a deadly 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak. FILE PHOTO: Gregory Conigliaro, a co-owner of the now-defunct New England Compounding Center, enters …
USDA investigates unapproved GMO wheat found in Washington state
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the discovery of unapproved, genetically modified (GM) wheat plants growing in an un-planted agricultural field in Washington state. There was no evidence the wheat had entered the food supply, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a statement on Friday. The wheat …
U.S. Treasury’s Mnuchin says Trump-Xi meeting has parallels to Buenos Aires summit
FUKUOKA, Japan (Reuters) – A highly anticipated late June meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping has some parallels with their Buenos Aires summit last December that postponed a tariff hike, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin talks with China’s Central Bank Governor Yi …
