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SEIZED OZEMPIC, WEGOVY AND OTHER WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS AT JFK AIRPORT’S INTERNATIONAL MAIL FACILITY. CNBC COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Europe’s pharmaceutical sector is bracing for the potential impact of U.S. tariffs as hopes of an industry-wide exemption by U.S. President Donald Trump fade. The pharmaceutical industry has until now been exempt from trade levies, but Trump […]

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House, Feb. 27, 2025 in Washington, D.C., U.S. Carl Court | Via Reuters As countries around the world brace for the implementation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs and with […]

Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, addresses a press conference on his company’s annual results for 2024 at Norges Bank in Oslo, Norway, on January 29, 2025. Ole Berg-Rusten | AFP | Getty Images Norway’s government is under growing pressure to let the country’s $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund invest in certain defense […]

The Eli Lilly logo is shown on one of the company’s offices in San Diego, California, on Sept. 17, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters Eli Lilly is suing two pharmacies for compounding Zepbound and Mounjaro, claiming the companies are skirting the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on the practice and luring people away from Lilly’s […]

As a doctor and food scientist, I’ve spent 20 years studying how our diets can help us beat diseases and live longer.I’ve always taken a natural food-based approach, and much of my diet is inspired by a unique blend of two of the greatest food cultures in the world: Mediterranean and Asia. I call it… […]

Shipping containers at the Port of Seattle.Patti Domm | CNBCThe labor strife continues on the west coast with the announcement of the Port of Seattle shutting down due to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) refusing to dispatch labor to work at the container terminals. This is according to an announcement by the Pacific… […]

Old adages are often rooted in timeless wisdom: where there’s smoke there’s fire, two wrongs don’t make a right. But some truisms need to be put to rest, says Rachel DeAlto, chief dating expert at Match.com. When it comes to dating, if you want to find a long-term partner it might help to abandon the thought… […]

Over the course of his decades-long career, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has learned a thing or two about success.He’s a Grammy-winning rapper, successful businessman and a prolific actor who stars and produces in both TV and film. But Jackson didn’t break into showbusiness overnight. In an interview with Vulture, he explained how his previous success… […]

Darby Dunn, the Vice President of operations at Commonwealth Fusion Systems.Photo courtesy Commonwealth Fusion SystemsFrom March 2009 to December 2018, Darby Dunn held a handful of engineering and production roles at SpaceX.”In one role in particular, my unofficial title was ‘Mother of Dragons,'” Dunn told CNBC in an interview in Devens, Massachusetts. “In that role,… […]

OpenAI on Monday announced it had closed what amounts to the largest private tech funding round on record. The $40 billion financing values the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, including the fresh capital. It’s nearly three times the largest amount previously raised by a private tech company, according to PitchBook. The valuation puts OpenAI behind […]