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☆ ‘Boss’: From a Head Honcho in Dutch to a Rock Star in the U.S.A.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Ben Zimmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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New anti-obesity drugs have the potential to transform public health, while obliterating demand for products and services from the medical, food and fitness industries. Drugs developed by Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) and Eli Lilly (LLY.N) appear to be the first truly effective diet treatments. In one clinical trial, patients taking Eli Lilly’s soon-to-be-launched weight-loss drug lost about 50 pounds (23 kg). Only about a third of those who started taking the drugs for obesity were still doing so a year later, according to one analysis. Yet even as Novo, Lilly and others see their addressable markets expand, some companies will see theirs shrink.

Persons: Lilly, George Frey, Eli Lilly, Eli Lilly’s, Novo, Wegovy, Kraft Heinz, Burger, LSEG, Michael Farrell, Zimmer Biomet, Smith, Peter Thal Larsen, Sharon Lam, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Novo Nordisk, Pharmacy, REUTERS, Reuters, TAM, Drugs, Alpha, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Cadbury, Mondelez, Fortune Business, Burger King, KFC, Yum Brands, Centers for Disease Control, Milken Institute, BMJ, Novo, Inspire Medical Systems, Novo Nordisk’s, WW International, Fashion, Thomson Locations: Provo , Utah, U.S, New, United States, Lilly, England

☆ Ancient Logs Offer Earliest Example of Human Woodworking
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Carl Zimmer | More About Carl Zimmer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly half a million years ago, humans in Africa were assembling wood into large structures, according to a study published Thursday that describes notched and tapered logs buried under sand in Zambia. The discovery drastically pushes back the historical record of structural woodworking. Before, the oldest known examples of this craft were 9,000-year-old platforms on the edge of a British lake. It’s not clear what early humans were building in Africa. Dr. Milks said that the new discovery suggested that they used wood not just for spears or digging sticks, but also for far more ambitious creations such as platforms or walkways.

Persons: Annemieke Milks, It’s, Milks Organizations: University of Reading Locations: Africa, Zambia, British

☆ ‘Blurb’: Publishing Jargon Invented to Make Fun of Itself
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Ben Zimmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The Mysterious Allure of a Mogul’s Favorite Letter
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Ben Zimmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ever since Elon Musk announced in late July that Twitter was going to be rebranded as X, the decision has generated no end of agita from longtime users of the social-media platform. Lately some fans of the pre-Musk regime have even deployed online tools to banish the new stylized X logo from their screens and bring back Twitter’s familiar blue bird.

Persons: Elon Musk Organizations: Twitter

☆ Humanity’s Ancestors Nearly Died Out, Genetic Study Suggests
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Carl Zimmer | More About Carl Zimmer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“About 98.7 percent of human ancestors were lost at the beginning of the bottleneck, thus threatening our ancestors with extinction,” the scientists wrote. But outside experts said they were skeptical of the novel statistical methods that the researchers used for the study. The studies all take advantage of the same basic facts of our biology: every baby is born with dozens of new genetic mutations, and some of those mutations can be handed down over thousands or even millions of years. By comparing genetic variations in DNA, scientists can trace people’s ancestry to ancient populations that lived in different parts of the world, moved around and interbred. They can even infer the size of those populations at different times in history.

Persons: ”, Stephan Schiffels Organizations: Max Planck Institute Locations: Leipzig, Germany

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Alphabet, Nike, Costco & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

UBS reiterates Netflix as buy UBS said it's standing by its buy rating on shares of the streaming giant. Morgan Stanley reiterates Ambarella as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's bullish on shares of the semiconductor company heading into earnings this week. " UBS reiterates Disney as buy UBS said it's standing by its buy rating on shares of the entertainment giant. Morgan Stanley downgrades CrowdStrike to equal weight from overweight Morgan Stanley said it's cautious heading into earnings later this week. Morgan Stanley names LifeStance Health Group a top pick Morgan Stanley said shares of the behavioral health company are compelling.

Persons: Tesla, Canaccord, it's bullish, it's, Morgan Stanley, Ambarella, JMP, Piper Sandler, Piper, Bernstein, L3Harris, Evercore, Jefferies, Morgan Stanley downgrades CrowdStrike, Zimmer, BTIG, Wells, Dwight, Truist, Wolfe, Stifel, defensives Organizations: UBS, Netflix, Disney, Pagaya Technologies, MCW, OW, JetBlue, " Bank of America, Bank of America, Akero Therapeutics, RBC, Tetra Tech, Tech, Amazon, LifeStance Health, Mobility, UGI Corporation, TAM, Nike, NIKE, Endeavor Group, Media, Entertainment, Costco, AutoZone, Walmart Locations: China, Underperform, ORLY

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Indie Semiconductor is not a buy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

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Persons: Zimmer, Zimmer Biomet, there's, they're, Cintas, Jim Cramer's Organizations: Nvidia, Networks, Extreme Networks, GE Healthcare, NRG Energy, Indie Semiconductor, Arista Networks, Arista, Cisco Locations: Southern, Republic

☆ Lightning Round: Nvidia you own it you do not trade it, says Jim Cramer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLightning Round: Nvidia you own it you do not trade it, says Jim Cramer'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer weighs in on stocks including: Super Micro Computer, Extreme Networks, Zimmer Holdings, SunRun, NRG Energy, Ecolab and more.

Persons: Jim Cramer Organizations: Nvidia, Extreme Networks, Zimmer Holdings, NRG Energy

☆ Final Trades: NextEra Energy, Stryker & Zimmer Holdings
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFinal Trades: NextEra Energy, Stryker & Zimmer HoldingsThe "Halftime Report" traders give their top picks to watch for the second half.

Organizations: NextEra Energy, Stryker, Zimmer Holdings

☆ 3M names Bryan Hanson as CEO of its health care business
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 22 (Reuters) - 3M Co (MMM.N) said on Tuesday that Bryan Hanson would be the chief executive officer of the healthcare company it plans to spin off. 3M last year disclosed plans to spin off its healthcare business into a listed company, in which the U.S. industrial giant would retain a 19.9% stake. The health care unit, which focuses on wound care, oral care and healthcare technology, accounted for about 25% of 3M's $34.23 billion in sales last year. Hanson joins 3M from Indiana-based medical equipment maker Zimmer Biomet (ZBH.N), where he was president and CEO since 2017, and chairman since 2021. Hanson would join 3M on Sept. 1 as CEO of Health Care Business Group, the company said.

Persons: Nicholas Pfosi, Bryan Hanson, Hanson, Zimmer Biomet, Carrie Cox, Kannaki, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: REUTERS, Health Care Business Group, Humacyte Inc, 3M, Thomson Locations: Maplewood , Minnesota, U.S, Indiana, Bengaluru

☆ ‘Fugazy’: A Term for Fakery That’s Possibly Fake Itself
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Ben Zimmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ As weight loss drug stocks rallied on a landmark study, these stocks were over sold, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

However, the pharmaceutical companies are making the case that weight loss can improve health, and possibly lower health-care costs over time. But analysts have said the news isn't all bad for such stocks, and many were fell too low on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank analyst Imron Zafar estimated Thursday that bariatric surgery accounts for about 5% of Intuitive Surgical's U.S. robotic surgery business, but has been driving much of the company's growth. Some of the surgeons Zafar spoke with said any drop off in bariatric surgery was likely to be offset by increased use of the robot for other procedures. But they expect the drugs will remain necessary because GLP-1 drugs have yet to show they improve fibrosis, which is associated with NASH.

Persons: nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, NASH, Abbott, Robbie Marcus, Marcus, Marcus doesn't, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Stryker, Smith, Zimmer Biomet, Bariatric, Imron Zafar, Zafar Organizations: Novo Nordisk, Abbott Laboratories, CNBC, JPMorgan, Companies, Inspire Medical Systems, Resmed, Philips, Nephew, Deutsche Bank, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Sagimet Biosciences, Akero Therapeutics, Terns Pharmaceuticals, Viking Therapeutics, Madrigal Locations: U.S

☆ ‘Sweetheart Deal’: From Romantic Nickname to Corruption Claim
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Ben Zimmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Enslaved African Americans in Maryland Linked to 42,000 Living Relatives
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Carl Zimmer | More About Carl Zimmer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A construction team working on a highway expansion in Maryland in 1979 discovered human remains on the grounds of an 18th-century ironworks. Eventually, archaeologists uncovered 35 graves in a cemetery where enslaved people had been buried. In the first effort of its kind, researchers now have linked DNA from 27 African Americans buried in the cemetery to nearly 42,000 living relatives. Henry Louis Gates Jr., a historian at Harvard University and an author of the study, published on Thursday in the journal Science, said that the project marked the first time that historical DNA had been used to connect enslaved African Americans to living people. “The history of Black people was intended to be a dark, unlit cave,” Dr. Gates said.

Persons: Henry Louis Gates Jr, Gates Organizations: Harvard University Locations: Maryland

☆ This Ancient Whale May Have Been the Heaviest Animal Ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Carl Zimmer | More About Carl Zimmer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Paleontologists on Wednesday unveiled the fossilized bones of one of the strangest whales in history. The 39-million-year-old leviathan, called Perucetus, may have weighed about 200 tons, as much as a blue whale — by far the heaviest animal known, until now. While blue whales are sleek, fast-swimming divers, Perucetus was a very different beast. Some experts cautioned that more bones would have to be discovered before a firm estimate of Perucetus’s weight could be made. “It’s clear from this discovery that there are so many other ways of being a whale that we have not yet discovered.”

Persons: Perucetus, ”, Nicholas Pyenson Organizations: Wednesday, Smithsonian National Museum of

☆ Medical device maker Zimmer Biomet lifts profit forecast as surgeries rebound
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc (ZBH.N) on Tuesday raised its full-year profit forecast, anticipating demand to hold up for its medical devices following a rebound in knee and hip replacement procedures. Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N) attributed its strong quarter to hospitals addressing bottlenecks from the pandemic while Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) said it expected to top profit estimates with surgeries bouncing back. The company now expects full-year profit of $7.47 to $7.57 per share, compared with its previous forecast of $7.40 to $7.50. The Indiana-based company's second-quarter revenue rose nearly 5% to $1.87 billion, beating analysts' estimates of $1.83 billion. Zimmer also expects reported revenue to grow between 6.5% and 7% this year, compared to its prior forecast of between 5% and 6%.

Persons: Zimmer, Johnson, Jeff Johnson, Mariam Sunny, Sriraj Organizations: Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Abbott Laboratories, Baird Equity, Thomson Locations: Indiana, Bengaluru

☆ Morning Bid: August cools Wall St stocks
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

China's factory underperformance stood out once again and underlined its struggling recovery - perhaps the main driver of stalling industrial activity everywhere. With markets increasingly impatient at the patchy and underwhelming economic stimulus plans seen from Beijing so far, China stocks fell back (.CSI300), bucking Tuesday's wider Asia stocks rally. Sterling and UK stocks (.FTMC) fell back. Ride-hailing giant Uber's stock rose more than 2% before the bell and ahead of its earnings report. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Mike Dolan, underperformance, Austan Goolsbee, Goolbee, Stanley Black, Decker, Zimmer Biomet, Revvity, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Federal Reserve, U.S ., Chicago Fed, Bank of England, Sterling, AMD, Caterpillar, Big Pharma, Pfizer, Merck, Ride, HSBC, BP, Uber, Prudential Financial, AIG, Starbucks, Molson Coors, Boston Properties, Caesars Entertainment, Illinois Tool, Natural Resources, Energy, Devon Energy, Gartner, Allstate, Paycom Software, Electronic, WEC, Rockwell, Public Service Enterprise, P Global, Dallas Fed, Chicago Federal, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, Wall, Beijing, China, Asia, ., Marathon, Eaton, Altria, Marriott, Illinois, Progressive

☆ Hip-Hop Is Turning 50. Here’s How It Got Its Name.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Ben Zimmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The story goes that a friend of theirs was shipping out to the Army. At a party sending him off, Cowboy poked fun by chanting syllables like a drill instructor: “Hip-hop-hip-hop-hip-hop.” Cowboy and Starski were soon trading variations on the theme. Cowboy performing with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in Munich in 1984. Photo: Fryderyk Gabowicz/DPA/Everett Collection

Persons: Cowboy, Starski, Grandmaster Flash, Fryderyk Gabowicz Organizations: Army, Everett Locations: Munich

☆ A Theory of Childbirth’s Evolution May Not Be What You’re Expecting
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Carl Zimmer | More About Carl Zimmer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

What’s more, the scientist said, the idea sends a pernicious message to women that pregnancy is inherently dangerous. “It perpetuates a narrative of bodily incompetence,” Dr. Warrener said. In graduate school, Dr. Warrener did not see any reason to doubt the obstetrical dilemma. But in 2015, after studying volunteers walking on treadmills, Dr. Warrener found that having a wider pelvis did not create a bigger demand for oxygen. Holly Dunsworth, a biological anthropologist now at the University of Rhode Island, also became disenchanted with the obstetrical dilemma when she took a close look at the evidence.

Persons: Anna Warrener, ”, Warrener, Holly Dunsworth, “ Organizations: University of Colorado, University of Rhode Locations: University of Colorado Denver, University of Rhode Island

☆ How ‘Legacy’ Came to Mean an Unfair Advantage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Ben Zimmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Blood of Young Mice Extends Life in the Old
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Carl Zimmer | More About Carl Zimmer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the 1950s, Clive McCay of Cornell University and his colleagues used parabiosis to explore aging. They joined young and old rats, stitching together their flanks so that the capillaries in their skin merged. Later, Dr. McCay and his colleagues examined the cartilage in the old rats and concluded it looked younger. They found the muscles and brains of old mice were rejuvenated, while younger mice showed signs of accelerated aging. The researchers not only found that the old mice lived longer, but also that the course of their aging appeared to change.

Persons: Clive McCay, McCay, parabiosis, . White Organizations: Cornell University, Drug Administration

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Zimmer Biomet is a buy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Zimmer Biomet's year-to-date stock performance. Zimmer Biomet : "Turn on the jets, I say buy, buy, buy ZBH." Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Vital Energy's year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon HighPeak Energy's year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Activision Blizzard's year-to-date stock performance.

Persons: Zimmer, Zimmer Biomet, Vital, HighPeak Organizations: Vital Energy, HighPeak, Energy, Activision

☆ Lightning Round: I am a believer in Highpeak Energy, says Jim Cramer
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLightning Round: I am a believer in Highpeak Energy, says Jim Cramer'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer weighs in on stocks including: Zimmer Biometric Holdings, Vital Energy, Highpeak Energy and Activision.

Persons: Jim Cramer Organizations: Energy, Zimmer, Holdings, Vital Energy, Highpeak Energy, Activision

☆ ‘Hip-Hop’: How a Musical Movement Got Its Name
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Ben Zimmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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