Moderna on Thursday posted a surprise quarterly profit, boosted by deferred revenue and cost cuts, even as the company saw slumping sales from its Covid vaccine, its only marketable product. The results cap a rocky year for the biotech company and other Covid vaccine makers, which all saw revenue plunge as the world continued to emerge from pandemic and relied less […]
Moderna (MRNA) earnings Q4 2023
Ban cell phones and tablets in schools, so we keep kids away from classrooms
For twenty years I have been fighting to promote digital awareness and well-being, convinced that the key to navigating the tumultuous ocean of digital is education, not prohibition. The recent decision by the Minister of Education to ban the use of smartphones and tablets in classrooms for teaching purposes is a move that smacks of fear, not progress; a surrender […]
Pnrr. 101 billion arrived, just under half spent. Meloni: “Italy first in the EU”
I am 101.93 billion have been collected to date from our country thanks to the Pnrr. The long-awaited Control Room took place today, chaired as usual by the Minister for European Affairs, Cohesion Policies, the South and the PNRR, Raffaele Fitto, and all the competent Ministers will take part, plus the representatives of the Conference of Regions and autonomous provinces, […]
Dani Alves sentenced to 4 years and 6 months for rape
Brazilian footballer Dani Alves has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub. The three-judge jury at the Barcelona court sentenced Alves to four years and six months. The 40-year-old athlete denied any wrongdoing during his three-day trial this month. The sentence can be appealed. Judges ruled that Alves sexually assaulted the woman in the early […]
Musk, the patient who was implanted with the Neuralink chip, moves a mouse with his thoughts
The patient who was implanted with the brain technology of Neuralink, Elon Musk’s neurotechnology startup, can now control a computer mouse with his mind. Musk himself, founder of the company, announced this in a session on X. “The patient appears to have made a full recovery with no adverse effects to our knowledge and is able to control the mouse […]
Goodbye to Ira von Furstenberg: nobleman, actress, designer and protagonist of the jet set between the 60s and 70s
Gianni Agnelli’s granddaughter has died in Rome at the age of 83
SOC labor coalition accuses Starbucks of ‘flawed’ union strategy
A coalition of unions is laying out its case against Starbucks ahead of a proxy fight at its annual meeting in March, arguing the coffee giant has implemented a “flawed human capital management strategy” in response to a yearslong union movement. The Strategic Organizing Center claims the situation has put the company at reputational risk, diminishing shareholder returns and isolating […]
Cardiac massage, how it is done and what is the maneuver that allowed a 14 year old to save an elderly person
When he saw that man lying on the ground, he thought of the life-saving maneuver seen the night before in the television series ‘Doc’, and intervened. “It was my birthday, but I was at home grounded because I hadn’t behaved very well with my parents – said the 14-year-old student -. Thank goodness, I feel like saying now.” The prognosis […]
The first Italian G7 on Saturday, Zelensky also in videoconference
The first G7 meeting under the Italian presidency will be on February 24, the same day as the second anniversary of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will chair a videoconference meeting of the Heads of State and Government where the Ukrainian President will also be present, Volodymyr Zelensky. Upon completion, a joint statement will be […]
Former Inter footballer Andreas Brehme has died at the age of 63
He was one of the protagonists in the record-breaking Inter of the late 1980s, making 154 appearances and scoring 12 goals. With the Nerazzurri he won, in addition to the 1989 Scudetto, also a UEFA Cup and an Italian Super Cup. Very bad news comes from Germany: according to what was reported by the newspaper Bild, Andreas Brehme, a former […]