Bruce Hawsking, Author at Equicoli

U.S. Makes Initial Offers in Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

2Feb

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Health

U.S. Makes Initial Offers in Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

Why It Matters: The price offers kick off negotiations.The medicines selected for negotiations are taken by millions of older Americans to treat conditions like diabetes, cancer and heart failure. The administration identified them in August, beginning a lengthy process intended to result in an agreed-upon price that would take effect in 2026, assuming the negotiation program survives legal challenges.The initial round of price offers is a key step in the negotiation process. Each drugmaker has until early March to accept the offer or propose a counteroffer to the government. A series of negotiation sessions could follow, with the process set to conclude by August.Health policy experts said the announcement of the initial round of offers amounted to a kind of starting gun, giving the Biden...

After Jackie Robinson statue is destroyed, Wichita rallies around a baseball league

2Feb

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Sports

After Jackie Robinson statue is destroyed, Wichita rallies around a baseball league

It was around noon last Thursday when Bob Lutz walked outside of his work and headed home before the start of his daily radio show. He looked across 17th Street in Wichita, Kan., from the offices of League 42, the nonprofit baseball league he founded in 2013. On a rainy, overcast day, he gazed over toward the Jackie Robinson statue the league had erected in 2021. The statue was a symbol of hope and resilience. Lutz, though, could not see the bronze depiction of the man who broke baseball’s color barrier.For a moment, Lutz wondered if it was covered by fog. He blinked. Looked again. Doubting himself, he called an assistant out of the building to join him. The woman looked and also could not see the statue.Soon they were across the street, where the odd hallucination of a missing statue turn...

Apple Sees First Quarterly Revenue Increase in a Year

2Feb

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Technology

Apple Sees First Quarterly Revenue Increase in a Year

Apple has had plenty of challenges to start the year. The Apple Watch has been altered by patent lawsuits, the App Store has come under fire from developers, and the iPhone has faced renewed competition in China.Topping it all off, the company was recently dethroned as the undisputed king of the stock market when Microsoft replaced it as the world’s most valuable public company.But on Thursday, the tech giant showed the versatility and strength of its business, reporting that sales rose 2 percent to $119.58 billion during the three months that ended in December. It was the first quarterly revenue increase for Apple in a year and helped the company deliver $33.92 billion in profit during the period, a 13 percent increase from a year earlier.The results showed that Apple had the ability to o...

Biden Takes Aim at Grocery Chains Over Food Prices

1Feb

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Business

Biden Takes Aim at Grocery Chains Over Food Prices

President Biden, whose approval rating has suffered amid high inflation, is beginning to pressure large grocery chains to slash food prices for American consumers, accusing the stores of reaping excess profits and ripping off shoppers.“There are still too many corporations in America ripping people off: price gouging, junk fees, greedflation, shrinkflation,” Mr. Biden said last week in South Carolina. Aides say those comments are a preview of more pressure to come against grocery chains and other companies that are maintaining higher-than-usual profit margins after a period of rapid price growth.Mr. Biden’s public offensive reflects the political reality that, while inflation is moderating, voters are angry about how much they are paying at the grocery store and that is weighing on Mr. Bid...

Bullfighting Returns to Mexico City. A Fight Over Its Future Goes On.

1Feb

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World

Bullfighting Returns to Mexico City. A Fight Over Its Future Goes On.

At 4:30 p.m., the near-capacity crowd of 42,000 people at La Plaza México started restlessly whistling. They had waited since May 15, 2022 — a period of 624 days of legal challenges — for bulls to return to the world’s largest bullfighting arena, only to face another delay because of the hundreds of protesters outside.When the parade of the afternoon’s three matadors and their bullfighting entourage finally emerged to salute the fans, the arena in Mexico City erupted. Then, at 4:58 p.m., the first bull charged out and raced around the ring. Over the next two and a half hours last Sunday, fans cheered and jeered, shouted “olé,” smoked cigars, ate grilled meats and chips, drank beer and mezcal, and watched five bulls die with swords plunged into their spines.“To see it here, the ‘olé’ and h...

Los mejores servicios financieros en Latinoamérica

1Feb

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Noticias Recientes

Los mejores servicios financieros en Latinoamérica

La industria de servicios financieros en Latinoamérica ha experimentado un crecimiento significativo en los últimos años. Con la expansión de la economía y el aumento de la clase media, la demanda de servicios financieros ha aumentado considerablemente en la región. En este artículo, exploraremos algunos de los mejores servicios financieros disponibles en Latinoamérica. Banca en línea Uno de los servicios financieros más populares en Latinoamérica es la banca en línea. Con la creciente penetración de internet en la región, cada vez más personas están optando por realizar sus transacciones bancarias en línea. Los bancos en Latinoamérica ofrecen una amplia gama de servicios en línea, que incluyen transferencias de dinero, pagos de facturas y consultas de saldo. La banca en línea ofrece com...