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related investing news. after the company reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and said its production would remain on track despite supply chain snafus. AstraZeneca – The pharmaceutical company added 6.6% after it raised full-year profits, pointing to strong sales among its cancer drugs. from 14.9%.

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Cognitive/AI Business Spending Expected To See Strong Growth

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Spending on cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) systems is expected to see continued strong growth as businesses invest in projects in those areas. Two areas of focus for the investments include conversational AI applications and deep learning and machine learning applications. billion in 2022, more than three times the $24.0

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Shares In Jumia Technologies Tumble After Q1 Results

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Shares in African eCommerce company Jumia Technologies took a dive on Monday (May 13) after Q1 losses were reported to be bigger than the year before, according to a report from Bloomberg. The firm became well-known after it targeted Valeant , a pharmaceutical firm. The company’s Q1 operating losses increased to 45.5

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Edible Barcodes Turn Sights On Counterfeit Goods

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TruTag offered no immediate comment, but news of the funding round comes not only amid an ongoing push to enable more online pharmaceutical sales and delivery, but also an increasing focus on the global problem of counterfeit goods. In fact, medical items and pharmaceuticals are typically the most-seized products. Counterfeit Trends.

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Can Edible Barcodes Fight The Counterfeit Goods Problem?

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TruTag offered no immediate comment, but news of the funding round comes not only amid an ongoing push to enable more online pharmaceutical sales and delivery, but also an increasing focus on the global problem of counterfeit goods. In fact, medical items and pharmaceuticals are typically the most-seized products. Counterfeit Trends.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. Investment Implications: Asset Classes, Geographies and Companies. The Lead In. to 25% for the Eurozone.

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Catastrophic Risk: Investing and Business Implications

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He suggested Blue Lagoon, a well-regarded Icelandic Spa with a history of profitability, that was finding its existence under threat, as a result of volcanic activity in Southwest Iceland. The market capitalization of many young pharmaceutical company have been wiped out by the failure of blockbuster drug, in trials.