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☆ See the presentations that cutting-edge biotech companies have used to raise millions from top investors
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Leah Rosenbaum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Funding for biotech companies soared in 2021 to nearly $47 billion — a record for the industry. Insider rounded up all the biotech pitch decks we've published, from those seeking early-stage funding to presentations for late-stage rounds, that have helped companies raise money from investors. Here's the 24-slide pitch deck the company used to raise $175 million from investors like Leaps by Bayer. Here is the 24-slide pitch deck the company used to raise $120 million and prepare for regulatory approval in Japan. In late-stage funding rounds, the investors might also be different or used to backing bigger companies.

☆ Stocks could struggle as investors read the Fed's message to mean a recession is more likely
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Patti Domm | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Lerner said investors should also realize that higher rates in the bond market could pressure stocks as investors look for attractive yield elsewhere. Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA, said the more hawkish Fed does not mean the market will keep from rallying in the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter in a mid-term election year is often positive, after stocks crater in September and early October in the typical seasonal pattern. Stovall said he is less enthusiastic about a fourth quarter rally, but it could still happen. "I'm not giving up on a fourth quarter rally, but it might start with a lower case 'r'," he said.

☆ Major U.S. banks threaten to leave Mark Carney's climate alliance - FT
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Kenya's Finance Minister Ukur Yatani and former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney attend the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File PhotoSept 21 (Reuters) - Major Wall Street banks have threatened to leave United Nations climate envoy Mark Carney's financial alliance over legal risks, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing several people involved in internal talks. Some members of the alliance have recently said that they "feel blindsided by tougher UN climate criteria and are worried about the legal risks of participation", the report said. The banks' legal departments are particularly anxious about U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules around climate-risk disclosures, the report added. The SEC will soon require formal disclosures in annual reports about governance, risk-management and strategy with respect to climate change.

A group of Jackson, Mississippi, residents filed a class action lawsuit on Friday over the water crisis that left over 150,000 people in the city without access to clean running water. As a result of water crisis, the plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege they weren't able to "readily go about normal daily activities like using the bathroom, brushing [their] teeth, and cooking." Late last month, Lumumba told reporters the city had been dealing with the water crisis "for the better part of two years." Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency late August, saying the water crisis in Jackson threatened “critical needs” after rain and flooding pushed the Pearl River to dangerous levels, according to officials. A team from the Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general’s office is conducting a top-to-bottom review of what caused Jackson's water crisis.

☆ Black Caps tweak 2021 squad for T20 World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Martin Guptill will play in his seventh T20 World Cup and Devon Conway will keep wickets in addition to his batting duties at the tournament, which starts for the Black Caps with a re-run of last year's final against Australia in Sydney on Oct. 22. Seamer Adam Milne, who was an injury replacement for Lockie Ferguson at last year's tournament in the United Arab Emirates, was retained in the absence of Kyle Jamieson, who has a back problem. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterHard-hitting batsman Allen and all-rounder Bracewell are the numeric replacements for leg spinner Todd Astle and wicketkeeper Tim Seifert, who both missed out. "With the nucleus of that squad retained along with the exciting additions of Finn and Michael, we should go into the tournament with plenty of optimism." New Zealand also face Afghanistan, England and two as yet undetermined qualifiers from the opening stage of the tournament in Group 1 of the Super 12.

☆ Mini to Maestro, Part 2: Intermediate Solving
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jackie Frere | Isaac Aronow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The themes become more complex, the clues get trickier, and you might find yourself going, “Huh?” more times that you might be comfortable with. That, in combination with the new clue types we’re about to show you, is part of what raises the difficulty level of Wednesday and Thursday puzzles. One devious type of clue to look out for is the question-mark clue. For example, if you see a question mark in the clue “Web site?” you can assume that some wordplay will be involved. Another difficult clue type can be seen inside quotes.

☆ Mark Cuban says baby boomers went from 'fighting the man to being everything that was hated in the 60s and 70s'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Cuban says baby boomers went from "fighting the man" to becoming what they'd hated in the 60s and 70s. Last week, the billionaire said on a podcast that he believes Gen-Z is the "greatest" generation. Cuban said Zoomers have a greater consideration for mental health and are changing the workplace. But for so many, to go from 'fighting the man' to being everything that was hated in the 60s and 70s is disappointing." But despite their economic success, baby boomers are about seven times more likely to share misinformation on social media, a 2019 study from researchers at Princeton and New York University found.

☆ Mark Cuban says there is only ever room for '1 knucklehead' on any type of team
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Billionaire Mark Cuban said there's only ever room for "one knucklehead" in any type of team. He told Adam Grant's podcast he believes culture and chemistry are critical to success. One knucklehead adapts, two, hang out together," the Dallas Mavericks owner told the "Re:Thinking with Adam Grant" podcast. He also discussed the importance of team culture and said he liked to fire poor leaders who prompt their subordinates to leave and join competitors. "Sometimes you've just got to turn it all upside down and get rid of the people that are part of the toxic side of it," Cuban told Adam Grant.

☆ Mark Cuban says Gen Z will go down in history as the 'greatest' generation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Billionaire Mark Cuban said Gen Z understands the importance of mental health. That's why he thinks they will go down as the greatest generation, he told Adam Grant's podcast. Cuban previously told Justin Kan's "The Quest" podcast that zoomers valued digital goods more than any other generation anyone else. Gen Z has also embraced a new way of working, called "quiet quitting," or putting in the minimum amount of effort in a job to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Gen Xers might have called it "slacking off" or "coasting," while millennials might have said it was "having boundaries."

☆ Mark Cuban fires business partners and NBA players for the same reason: 'A team can have 1 knucklehead, you can't have 2'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In boardrooms and on basketball courts, billionaire Mark Cuban says he's noticed one factor that consistently leads to success: team culture. He said he's fired business partners and traded basketball players because of their personalities — especially when the team has multiple self-centered or combative members. When he's hiring, Cuban specifically looks for people who can help make the workplace a better experience for others. "[They] may not have had the experience on the business side that we otherwise would have gone for," Cuban said. In basketball, Cuban said he doesn't necessarily screen new players for narcissism, but he has traded players to spark motivation within the team.

☆ Democrats in Congress are supporting another huge defense budget while ignoring a threat they've warned about for decades
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Yint Hmu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In debates about defense spending and foreign policy, Democrats have failed to deliver on climate. The depth and scope of the IRA's approach to confronting climate change is unparalleled. Yet 180 House Democrats voted for the bill, which expanded our budget for conducting a polluting, militaristic foreign policy to nearly $850 billion. US foreign policy, militarism, and climate policy must go together. The national security community is acutely aware of the effects of climate change — they've been thinking, planning, and gaming out scenarios since the late 2000s.

☆ Frustrated pharmacists are opting out of the insurance system, saving some customers hundreds of dollars a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Headshot_Small.Png | Adiel Kaplan | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +14 min

Hux has owned Pickerington Pharmacy, which takes nearly every kind of insurance, since 2016. For some drugs, especially name-brand medications without generic alternatives, the insurance pharmacy, Pickerington, will most likely be the better bet. For other drugs, particularly those that have recently gone generic, it will be the all-cash pharmacy, Freedom. Or is it the noninsurance world?”For Kitchen, a retired registered nurse with arthritis and fibromyalgia, it was the noninsurance world of Freedom Pharmacy. By cutting out the middlemen, Freedom Pharmacy is far cheaper to operate.

☆ Mark Cuban’s pharmacy startup is actually making drugs less expensive. It's still working on solving the real problem
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-28 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Imatinib, a leukemia medication with a retail price of more than $2,500, is just $14.40 at Cost Plus Drugs. But experts say that Cost Plus Drugs' impact is limited, at least for now, because it hasn't broken into the market driving those exorbitant prices: brand-name drugs. Instead of negotiating prices through those pharmacy benefit managers, Cost Plus Drugs directly negotiates with manufacturers to get generic drugs at wholesale prices. The trade-off: Cost Plus Drugs doesn't accept insurance claims, since insurers don't typically work with pharmacies that avoid pharmacy benefit managers. That gives drugmakers little-to-no incentive to offer rebates to Cost Plus Drugs, Hernandez notes.

The 26-year-old had been recently removed from his parents' health insurance plan and was about $300 short of the $1,300 he needed to pay for his insulin medication, his mother said. Though drugmakers often offer programs that can lower the out-of-pocket cost of insulin for both insured and uninsured patients, the financial burden can still be devastating for some. Why insulin remains unaffordableBut why does insulin — a medication that’s been around for more than 100 years — remain unaffordable for many people in the U.S.? Meanwhile, state and federal lawmakers are pushing for legislation that would lower the out-of-pocket cost for patients on insulin. She is pushing for more states to adopt the Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act, which provides an emergency 30-day supply of insulin to patients for $35.

☆ Mark Cuban says this was his worst 'Shark Tank' investment ever: 'Next thing you know, all of the money’s gone'
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-22 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Over more than a decade on ABC's "Shark Tank," billionaire Mark Cuban has seen his share of good investments — and bad ones. Last week, Cuban told the "Full Send" podcast that after investing nearly $20 million in 85 startups on "Shark Tank," he's taken a net loss across all of those deals combined. In 2013, an entrepreneur named Charles Michael Yim went on "Shark Tank" to pitch his product, the Breathometer, as "the world's first smartphone breathalyzer." Charles Michael Yim pitches the Breathometer on ABC's "Shark Tank" in 2013. "It was a great product," Cuban said last week.

☆ The difference between 'rich' and 'wealthy,' according to New York Times 'Wealth Matters' columnist
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

When Paul Sullivan was hired to write his "Wealth Matters" column in The New York Times 13 years ago, Americans' relationships with wealth and wealthy people were undergoing a rapid shift. I was told I could create the 'Wealth Matters' column when Lehman Brothers collapsed," he says. Among his biggest takeaways: "I always drew the line between people who are wealthy and people who are rich," he says. 1 money habit of wealthy peopleOver the course of his tenure writing the column, Sullivan talked to nearly 5,000 sources about wealth in America. The article "The Difference Between ‘Rich’ and ‘Wealthy,’ According to New York Times ‘Wealth Matters’ Columnist″ was originally published on Grow (CNBC + Acorns).

☆ 10 common pieces of abortion misinformation — debunked by a retired gynecologist
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-09 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

A retired gynecologist debunked common mistruths spread about the procedure by abortion opponents. While abortion has been a top issue among voters, McNabb said there is still a wealth of misinformation about the procedure. "Abortion does not cause breast cancer," McNabb said, noting that abortion opponents often base that argument on discredited studies. Another common claim is that medical abortions, which utilize Mifepristone and Misoprostol pills, are not safe for women. "The risk of abortions go up from first trimester up to the limit of when someone would perform an abortion," McNabb said.

☆ Sustainable finance is poised to fund the future of the planet, addressing climate change, equity, and governance
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-03 | by ( Julia Hood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

This article is part of the "Financing a Sustainable Future" series exploring how companies take steps to set and fund sustainable goals. Metrics include diversity reporting, wage gaps, and health and safety. Metrics include employment and wealth generation, taxes paid, and research and development expenses. Metrics include employment and wealth generation, taxes paid, and research and development expenses. Sustainable finance is bigger than just ESG, though the terms are often conflated.

☆ Science says parents of successful kids have these 26 things in common
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-07 | by ( Marguerite Ward | Rachel Gillett | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

Here's what parents of successful kids have in common, according to research. Children with parents who stepped in to provide instructions frequently displayed more difficulty regulating their emotions later, the researchers wrote. "Too much direct engagement can come at a cost to kids' abilities to control their own attention, behavior and emotions. When parents let kids take the lead in their interactions, children practice self-regulation skills and build independence," Obradović wrote in the study. The parents tend to take parental leave.

☆ Mark Cuban took a trip to celebrate selling his company for $5.7 billion – and ended up in coach in a middle seat
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-24 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Selling a company for billions of dollars didn't immediately upgrade Mark Cuban's life. "When I sold my company for billions of dollars, to go and celebrate, I was on a Southwest flight," Cuban told ABC News earlier this year. In 1999, Cuban and his Broadcast.com co-founders sold their company to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in stock. "That served me a long, long time." Buying a private jet "was my all-time goal," Cuban told Money in 2017.

It could be used for further research into nature or even to prevent fires. The claws allow the robot to carry objects and also to land and perch on a wide range of surfaces. With a heat sensor, for example, the robot was able to provide valuable data for studying the weather in Oregon. It could therefore be used to monitor fires and potentially help to carry out search and rescue missions. "If we could have a robot that could act like a bird, that could unlock completely new ways of studying the environment," he went on.

☆ Nigeria is oil rich and energy poor. It can’t wait around for cheaper batteries
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-03 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

But it’s coming under huge pressure from developed countries to abandon fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy in order to help save the climate. AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockLike the United States, Europe and Britain, Nigeria sees a prominent role for renewable energy, notwithstanding its investments into gas power. “In Nigeria, clean energy is central to our government’s plan to transition to net-zero emissions,” Osinbajo, the vice president, continued. In Nigeria, energy poverty is itself a major driver of emissions, according to Olu Verheijen, the founder of Lagos-based energy advisory business Latimer Energy. This means that in some cases, certainly for Nigeria, gas has an important role to play in providing power.

☆ Industria alimentară din Marea Britanie este în criză din cauza lipsei forței de muncă: „Vor fi probleme toată vara”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-26 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +5 min

Sursa foto: Mark Case/ Getty ImagesIndustria alimentară din Marea Britanie este în criză din cauza lipsei forței de muncă: „Vor fi probleme toată vara”Din abatoare şi până la restaurante, sectorul alimentar din Marea Britanie se confruntă în prezent cu o provocare semnificativă: lipsa mâinii de lucru, transmite Bloomberg. Procesatorii de carne sunt însă forţaţi să reducă producţia din cauza unui deficit de şoferi care perturbă livrarea de alimente către supermarketuri. Companiile au redus deja producţia din cauza lipsei de personal care să se ocupe de procesare şi a şoferilor care să efectueze livrările. Producţia de carne de pui a scăzut deja cu 10% în ultimele săptămâni, susţine British Poultry Council. Pierderea controlului asupra modului în care ne hrănim ca ţară ar submina producătorii britanici de alimente" susţine directorul general de la British Poultry Council.

Persons: Situaţia, Shane Brennan, Nick Allen, susţine Brennan, Ken Murphy, Grocer, Bucătarii, Kate Nicholls Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, British, Agerpres, British Poultry Council Locations: Britanie, Europa, UE, Londra, angajaţi, Britanii, chelnerii, susţine

☆ Amex Blue Cash Preferred vs. Blue Cash Everyday
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-19 | by ( Jennifer Yellin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

But with two different versions of the card — the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express and the Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express — which one is right for you? But right now, you may be better off going for the Blue Cash Preferred over the Blue Cash Everyday, due to the easier to earn bonus offer. Amex Blue Cash card benefitsAlthough both Blue Cash cards offer some great cash back opportunities, the list of perks on them is relatively short. Outside of the bonus categories, the Blue Cash Everyday and Blue Cash Preferred cards earn only 1% cash back. Should you get the Blue Cash Preferred or Blue Cash Everyday?

Persons: you’ll, You’ll, it’s, you’re Organizations: CNN, American Express, American, Disney, ESPN, Citi, Chase Locations: U.S, drugstores

☆ Cristian Raileanu, cel mai bun ciclist moldovean al momentului, a luat startul în Turul Turciei
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-12 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

La moment nu suntem tare stresați, deoarece așteptăm etapa a cincea în care va fi o cățărare de 20 de kilometri. ", a spus ciclistul, Cristian Răileanu.Și ediția din acest an nu este o excepție. Cristian Raileanu concurează de la egal la egal cu cicliști legendari cum ar fi germanul Andre Greipel, multiplu câștigător de etapă în Turul Italiei și Turul Franței, dar și celebrul britanic Mark Cavendish, un sprinter de excepție cu 30 de victorii în Turul Franței și care a câștigat etapa a doua a Turului Turciei. La această cursă dată sunt foarte multe echipe puternice care în acest an vor participa la Turul Franței, Turul Italiei și la Vuelta. ", a spus ciclistul, Cristian Răileanu.În prima zi de concurs, Raileanu s-a clasat pe locul 74, iar în etapa secundă pe locul 83.

Persons: Cristian Raileanu, Andre Greipel, Mark Cavendish, Raileanu, Cristian Locations: Italiei, Franței, Turciei

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