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HONG KONG — Global markets were mostly higher on Monday as investors watched to see what may come of negotiations over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The future for the S&P 500 dropped 0.3% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.2%.Germany’s DAX added 0.2% to 22,294.34 and the CAC 40 in Paris gained 0.4% to 7,568.75. Britain’s FTSE 100 advanced 0.3% to 8436.78.Shares in China slipped despite more efforts by Beijing to boost the economy, as the status of talks between Washington and Beijing remained unclear.Trump has said he’s actively negotiating with the Chinese government on tariffs…

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A famous anti-piracy campaign from the early 2000s is in the spotlight after it appeared the font used in the adverts was pirated.The dramatic campaign compared pirating films to stealing cars, handbags and televisions, telling viewers: “You wouldn’t steal a car”. It appeared in cinemas and on DVDs around the world from 2004. But now, social media users have discovered the font used in the campaign was pirated from a typeface created by designer Just van Rossum.Bluesky user Rib extracted the fonts used in one of the campaign’s old PDFs and discovered the pirated font Xband-Rough was used instead of…

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Shares in meal delivery platform Deliveroo have surged by 17% as investors react to news of a £2.7bn takeover proposal.The company revealed after the market had closed on Friday that it had been in talks since 5 April with US rival DoorDash. Deliveroo suggested then it was likely the 180p per share offer would be recommended, though full terms were yet to be agreed.Money latest: Vet hits back at critics of prices At that price, the company’s founder and chief executive, Will Shu, would be in line for a windfall of more than £170m. Deliveroo further announced, before trading on…

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VANRAFIA (atrasentan), FDA-approved in April 2025, showed strong proteinuria reduction without REMS but carries similar safety warnings, requiring ongoing liver and pregnancy monitoring. However, its approval has sparked the competition between other pharma companies such as Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Vera Therapeutics, and AstraZeneca, among others, to bring their candidates to the IgAN market. LAS VEGAS, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is an autoimmune disorder that affects the kidneys by impairing the filtration function of the small blood vessels. It is caused by an abnormal protein that damages the glomeruli, the kidneys’ filtering structures. Other IgA nephropathy symptoms may…

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Getting a college education has traditionally been seen as a way to move up the economic ladder. But an analysis by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that the cost of a degree may not always be worth it.The value of a college education has increasingly come into question in recent years, especially as tuition costs steadily climb and millions of Americans grapple with student loans. As a result, only one in four U.S. adults say it’s extremely or very important to have a four-year college degree to get a well-paying job, according to a 2024 Pew…

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Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting.She has the most common fatal genetic disease in the U.S., which afflicts 40,000 Americans. But her case is caused by a rare genetic mutation, so medications that work for 90% of people with cystic fibrosis won’t help her. The same dynamic plays out in other genetic conditions. Stunning advances in genetic science have revealed the subtle, insidious culprits behind these brutal diseases and have started paving the way for treatments. But patients with these exceedingly rare mutations…

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COCONUT GROVE, Fla., April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — NextPlat Corp (NASDAQ: NXPL, NXPLW) (“NextPlat” or the “Company”), a global e-Commerce provider, announced today that it has received written notice (the “Notice”) from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), as the Company’s closing bid price for common shares were below $1.00 per share for the last 30 consecutive business days. Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has been granted a 180-calendar day compliance period, or until October 27, 2025, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price…

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Thousands of UK deaths each year could be linked to the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs), analysis suggests.Experts believe there is a relationship between people eating UPFs – such as processed meats, ice cream and crisps – and an increased risk of early death. UPFs often contain high levels of saturated fat, salt, sugar and additives, which researchers said leaves less room in people’s diets for more nutritious foods.The analysis suggested that in 2018-19, some 17,781 premature deaths in the UK could have been linked to UPFs.Such foods also tend to include ingredients that are not normally used when people…

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