CDC chief endorses plan for youths age 12-15 to get a booster: Live COVID updates – USA TODAY
Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky cleared the way Wednesday for extra booster doses to be given right away to people ages 12 to 15.A CDC advisory panel earlier in the day had voted 13-1 in favor of recommending that 12- to 15-year-olds get a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, and Walensky quickly […]
World Pro Ski Tour returns to its Aspen Mountain roots on the Little Nell ski run – The Aspen Times

News News | acolbert@aspentimes.comBringing professional ski racing back to Aspen Mountain was a meaningful and personal goal for World Pro Ski Tour CEO Jon J. Franklin.The Little Nell ski run, which is the bottom-most pitch of the mountain, has seen its share of epic races over the years, a legacy the former Aspen resident is […]
Giri, Vidit question World Chess FIDE Grand Prix sponsorship demands – chess24
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Samsung Fire & Marine to Underwrite Canopius US Admitted Specialty Lines – Insurance Journal
Canopius Group, a global specialty (re)insurer, announced an agreement with Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance (SFMI), its substantial minority shareholder and business partner, to underwrite U.S. admitted business on its A++ rated paper. This agreement marks the most significant business cooperation to date between the two parties as they seek to develop opportunities in partnership […]
iProov snaps up $70M for its facial verification technology, already in use by Homeland Security, the NHS and others – TechCrunch

Biometrics, and specifically facial recognition, have seen a surge of usage in the last several years, first as a tool to help organizations verify identities digitally against rising waves of fraud and cybercrime; and second as a way to help enable that process even further in our socially-distanced, pandemic-punctuated times. Today, a startup called iProov, […]
5 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn from the Elizabeth Holmes Theranos Trial – Entrepreneur

Signing out of account, Standby… Though the verdict surrounding her wire fraud charge might be debated, what the Theranos founder was indisputably guilty of is a breach of some of the essential ethical codes of business conduct.Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos founder and chief executive, is one of the most notorious entrepreneurs of her generation. She ascended […]
Betty White: Bob Newhart and other celebs react to television icon's death – Fox News

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Next's digital focus pays off as online sales surge – Marketing Week

Our website uses cookies to improve your user experience. If you continue browsing, we assume that you consent to our use of cookies. More information can be found in our Cookies Policy and Privacy Policy. Online sales surged over the Christmas period following Next’s decision last year to ramp up its digital marketing spend, with full price sales continuing […]
Women operated on by male surgeons more likely to die or have complications, study finds – USA TODAY
Women who had surgery performed by a male surgeon were more likely to have adverse outcomes than women operated on by female doctors, according to a study published Dec. 8 in peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA Surgery.U.S. and Canadian researchers analyzed more than 1.3 million patients in Ontario, Canada, treated by 2,397 surgeons between 2007 and 2019. They found that female patients […]
Arianespace looks to transitions of vehicles and business in 2022 – SpaceNews

WASHINGTON — After its most active year in two decades capped by the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope for NASA, Arianespace is heading into a period of transition in 2022 marked by the introduction of new vehicles and a changing mix of customers.At a press briefing Jan. 6, Stéphane Israël, chief executive of […]