February2017
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Snap Inc shot the opening salvo in its $3 billion initial public offering
Feb 3, 2017News Hour: Snapchat owner Snap Inc shot the opening salvo in its $3 billion initial public offering on Thursday, outlining aggressive expansion plans but offering new investors no say on how the company is run and... -
Amgen Inc’s cholesterol drug Repatha significantly reduced the risk of heart attacks
Feb 3, 2017News Hour: Amgen Inc said its potent cholesterol fighter Repatha significantly reduced the risk of heart attacks, strokes and death in patients with heart disease, according to initial results of a large, eagerly-anticipated trial released on... -
Pfizer’s breast cancer drug is too expensive, British agency said
Feb 3, 2017News Hour: Pfizer’s breast cancer drug Ibrance, or palbociclib, is too expensive to justify its use on Britain’s state-run health service, the country’s healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog said on Friday. The National Institute for Health and Care... -
WHO wants to step up efforts to detect Cancer earlier
Feb 3, 2017News Hour: Late diagnosis of cancer leads to millions of people enduring needless suffering and premature death, and efforts to catch the disease earlier must be stepped up, the World Health Organization said on Friday. In... -
18 Bangladeshi women delegates become Microsoft Brand Ambassadors
Feb 3, 2017News Hour: With a view to empowering women through technology, Microsoft Bangladesh has announced 18 female volunteers across the nation from the National Youth Assembly as Microsoft Brand Ambassadors. Sonia Bashir Kabir, Managing Director of Microsoft... -
Jordan Thompson upsets Jiri Vesely in straight sets to give Australia a winning start
Feb 3, 2017News Hour: Rookie Jordan Thompson upset Czech number one Jiri Vesely in straight sets to give Australia a winning start to their Davis Cup World Group tie in Melbourne on Friday. Thompson, 22 and ranked 65,... -
Radiation level inside a stricken reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant hits a record high
Feb 3, 2017News Hour: Radiation levels inside a stricken reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant have hit a record high capable of shutting down robots, in the latest challenge to efforts aimed at dismantling the disaster-hit facility. Radiation... -
Myanmar’s military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims likely killed hundreds of people, UN said
Feb 3, 2017News Hour: Myanmar’s four-month military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims has likely killed hundreds of people, the UN said on Friday in a report detailing horrific abuses allegedly committed against civilians in Rakhine state. “The ‘area clearance... -
Cancer rates in Britain to rise 6 times faster among women than men within the next 2 decades, says CRUK
Feb 3, 2017News Hour: Cancer rates in Britain will rise six times faster among women than men within the next two decades, according to data released on Friday by charity Cancer Research UK. Nationwide by 2035 there will... -
Deportation stay extended by US federal judge to February 21
Feb 3, 2017News Hour: A US federal judge on Thursday extended until February 21 a stay on visa holders from seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees being deported under President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Judge Carol Bagley Amon took...
