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PALO ALTO, Calif., May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Kodiak Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: KOD), a biopharmaceutical company committed to researching, developing and commercializing transformative therapeutics to treat a broad spectrum of retinal diseases, announced today that Victor Perlroth, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 2025 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in New York City, NY on Thursday, June 5, 2025, at 9:20am ET (6:20am PT). A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the “Events and Presentations” section of Kodiak’s website at http://ir.kodiak.com/ and will remain available for replay for a limited time following the event. About Kodiak…

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CBS News Live CBS News New York Live Bernard Kerik, who served as the commissioner of the New York City Police Department during the 9/11 terror attacks, died Thursday at the age of 69.Kerik, who joined the NYPD in 1986, served as the department’s 40th commissioner from 2000 to 2001 under former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.”For nearly two decades, Kerik served and protected New Yorkers in the NYPD, including helping rebuild the city in the aftermath of 9/11. We offer our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones,” the NYPD wrote on social media.  Bernard Kerik, former…

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[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump on Thursday won a temporary reprieve for his aggressive tariff strategy, with an appeals court preserving his sweeping import duties on China and other trading partners – for now.The short-term relief will allow the appeals process to proceed, after the US Court of International Trade on Wednesday barred most of the tariffs announced since Trump took office, ruling that he had overstepped his authority.Since returning to the presidency in January, Trump has moved to reconfigure US trade ties with the world while using levies to force foreign governments to the negotiating table.But the stop-start tariff rollout,…

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Regulations and legal frameworks for artificial intelligence (AI) currently lag behind the technology’s uptake. The rise of generative AI (GenAI) has pushed artificial intelligence to the fore of organisations’ modernisation plans, but so far, most development has taken place in a regulatory vacuum. Regulators are rushing to catch up. According to industry analyst Gartner, between the first quarter of 2024 and Q1 2025, more than 1,000 pieces of proposed AI regulation were introduced worldwide. Chief information officers (CIOs) need to act now to ensure AI project compliance in a regulatory environment that Gartner vice-president analyst Nader Henein warns “will…

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TOKYO :Core inflation in Japan’s capital hit a more than two-year high on persistent rises in food costs, data showed on Friday, keeping the central bank under pressure to hike interest rates further.But factory output slid in April in a sign manufacturers are feeling the pinch from slowing global demand, highlighting the dilemma the Bank of Japan faces in balancing inflationary pressures and the hit to the economy from steep U.S. tariffs.The Tokyo core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food costs, rose 3.6 per cent in May from a year earlier, exceeding market forecasts for a 3.5…

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[SINGAPORE] A strategic review is underway for Acrophyte Hospitality Trust, as a potential transaction involving its stapled securities is on the table but not guaranteed.On Friday (May 30), the managers said that they are currently evaluating a “range of strategic options” for the hospitality stapled group. This is in light of its potential capital expenditure needs in relation to the ongoing asset enhancement requirements of its existing portfolio. “In connection with their evaluation, the managers are also in discussions with the sponsor in respect of a potential transaction involving the stapled securities,” they said. Despite being in the process of…

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Microsoft has launched a preview version of the Windows Update orchestration platform. This is an update to Windows Update itself which opens it up for use by third-party developers. This means that Windows Update could soon be able to update not only Windows, but also drivers, and third-party apps. So broad is the scope of what Microsoft is working on that it feels as though Windows Update will soon be a misnomer, and a rebranding may be in order. See also: The idea behind having one central point for updating everything is a simple one — consolidation. At the moment…

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The Washington Capitals said Thursday that no decision has been made on Alex Ovechkin’s future in the NHL after an email was sent to season-ticket holders calling next season his last.The team on social media said that the email was mistakenly sent by someone in the corporate sales department.Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky’s career goal-scoring record this spring and now has a total of 897. The upcoming 2025-26 season is his last on his current contract, signed in 2021, and he turns 40 in September.Ovechkin has said he intends to play next season, which would be his 21st in the league.Reporting…

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An accused movie pirate who stole more than 1,000 Blu-ray discs and DVDs while working for a DVD manufacturing company struck a plea deal this week to lower his sentence after the FBI claimed the man’s piracy cost movie studios millions. Steven Hale no longer works for the DVD company. He was arrested in March, accused of “bypassing encryption that prevents unauthorized copying” and ripping pre-release copies of movies he could only access because his former employer was used by major movie studios. As alleged by the feds, his game was beating studios to releases to achieve the greatest possible…

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