Facebook turns 20, a trillion-dollar empire

Facebook turns 20, a trillion-dollar empire The anniversary On February 4, 2004, from the dormitories of Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg launched the first version of Facebook. Today it finds itself with a business empire and the personal data of three billion people 04/02/2024 Cristina Bolzani

McDonald’s launches ‘Best Burger’ ahead of earnings report

A man drinks a coke and eats a Big Mac at a McDonald’s in Cologne, Germany, on May 25, 2015. Oliver Berg | picture alliance | Getty Images McDonald’s has upgraded its burgers — but it’s unclear if its sales will get the same boost. The fast-food giant has outperformed its rivals in recent quarters, helped by price hikes across […]

World Cancer Day, 16 questions to overcome disparities

World Cancer Day is celebrated on February 4th with the slogan ‘Close the Care Gap’. This was discussed at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in a national conference to reduce social disparities. It emerged that a quarter of deaths in Italy are associated with low education, financial toxicity and healthcare migration. Financial difficulties affect 26% of patients. The first questionnaire […]

The first time a pro-Irish republican is at the helm of Belfast, agreement on O’Neill as prime minister

Belfast has a record: the vice-leader of the Sinn Fein, Michelle O’Neill, it’s the new one prime minister of thenorthern Ireland And the first Republican head of government. It was officially appointed today, after an agreement was reached in recent days to unblock it political stalemate and return to the formation of a local government of national unity, among the […]

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) Q4 earnings report 2023

Bristol Myers Squibb reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped expectations on Friday as its portfolio of new drugs posted strong sales growth.  Here’s what the company reported for the fourth quarter compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv: Earnings per share: $1.70 adjusted vs. $1.53 expected Revenue: […]

Covid, the new variant BA.2.87.1 arrives from South Africa

A new variant of Sars-Cov-2 makes its appearance on the international scene. It was discovered in South Africa by the same group of scientists who first detected Omicron, and has already been identified with the acronym Ba.2.87.1. It is a hypermutated variant: in fact it presents over 100 mutations, of which more than 30 in the Spike protein, the experts […]