If Bernie Sanders is right about Big Pharma, why are the stocks doing so badly?
I’m old enough to remember when big pharmaceutical companies were seen as heroes, and even liberals in the media wanted to hug them on national TV. But that was a long, long time ago. Way back in … oh … 2021. Vermont’s self-described democratic socialist senator, Bernie Sanders, is dragging the…#vermont #berniesanders #capitolhill #johnsonjohnsonjnj #merckmrk #sanders #pensions #eleanorlaise #spy #merck (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
J & J, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs Testify at Senate Hearing on Drug Prices
The top executives of three major companies appeared on Thursday before a Senate panel led by Mr. Sanders, who has made lowering drug costs a signature issue. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - February 8, 2024 Category: American Health Authors: Noah Weiland and Rebecca Robbins Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Sanders, Bernard Johnson & Merck Company Inc Bristol Myers Squibb Company Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
The Gender Pension Gap
Will Bain hears about the big gap between how much men and women have saved at retirement. Plus, HS2 is "very bad value for money", according to a new report by MPs.#willbain (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ford posts $523 million 4Q net loss on accounting charge for pensions but beats analyst estimates
Ford Motor Co. swung to a net loss in the fourth quarter due to a large accounting charge on pension plans and the effects of a six-week strike at multiple factories by the United Auto Workers union. The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker posted a $523 million net loss from October through December…#fordmotorco #unitedautoworkers #dearborn #michigan #ford #uaw #louisville #kentucky #generalmotors #jeep (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ford Reports Quarterly Loss but Says Sales Grew
Ford Motor said it lost $526 million in the final three months of 2023, mainly as a result of special charges related to its employee pension programs and the reorganization of some of its overseas operations. The automaker said its fourth-quarter revenue rose to $46 billion, from $44 billion a…#fordmotor #ford (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Thousands seek partial retirement in just three months
More than 3,000 NHS staff have applied for partial retirement in the first three months of the rules on pension claims for staff doing so being changed, new data has revealed. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - February 6, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Mexico ’s president steps up reform plans during last months in office
Full final-salary pensions among suite of proposals by Andrés Manuel López Obrador ahead of June elections (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mexico ’s president wants to guarantee people pensions equal to their full salaries when they retire
Mexico’s president has proposed giving people pensions equal to their full salaries at the time they retire, something no other country _ even those much richer than Mexico _does.#mexico (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mexico's president wants to guarantee people pensions equal to their full salaries when they retire
Mexico’s president said Monday he will propose guaranteeing people pensions equal to their full salaries at the time they retire, something done by no other country, not even those much richer than Mexico. It was among a raft of 20 constitutional reforms that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador…#mexico #mexicocity #claudiasheinbaum #morena #constitution #gabrielasiller #nuevoleon #bancobase #lópezobrador #nationalguard (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Opinion: Canadian pension funds must invest more in the domestic resource sector
Frank Giustra is chief executive officer of Fiore Group. Pierre Lassonde is chair emeritus of Franco Nevada Corp. The global race to secure critical minerals for our green future is on, and sadly, Canada is very much at risk of losing the plot. In the past 20 years Canada has lost almost all of…#frankgiustra #fioregroup #pierrelassonde #franconevadacorp #incoalcan #falconbridge #noranda #indonesia #opec #saudiarabia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Work until you ’re 71? It could be time to echo the French – and get angry | Zoe Williams
In the UK, the people who are paying for today ’s retirees are those who won’t be able to retire themselves. We need to muster a full-throated responseThe retirement age creeps up in jerky increments. By 2026, it ’ll be 67; from 2044, it’s expected to rise to 68. But do we know that for sure? Or will it be more like Rishi Sunak’s plan to ban smoking, and get a year further off as every year passes, until the entire concept of retirement isn’t even a recollection, just a thing that used to look cool i n 40s films? The International Longevity Centre produced a report this week to say that the age would definitely...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 5, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Zoe Williams Tags: Retirement age Ageing Money Science Work & careers Guardian Careers Pensions Source Type: news
‘Gloom is good’: after my wife died I found solace in poetry and music
You can ’t fight death, sickness, ageing and life’s various indignities, but you can play very loud rock’n’rollEvery morning my older daughter calls from London. “What you doing today?” Erm… she’s most solicitous. She’s really checking in to check that I’m not checking out – that I haven’t woken up dead or had a stroke or a dizzy spell or plunged down some stairs or otherwise conked out. That I’m still above ground and that the manifold pil ls I’m compelled to take to prevent extinction, continue to kick in. “So what are you up to today?”Erm … doing? Up to? That’s a little too chirpy. Ac...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 4, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Ian Whitwham Tags: Life and style Psychology Science Health & wellbeing Death and dying Music Poetry Books Culture Source Type: news
UK pension trustees raise alarm on transferring risks offshore
Trustees are worried about growing involvement of overseas reinsurance firms in corporate pension deals (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Temasek sells minority stake in Manipal Hospitals
Temasek will continue to hold a majority stake in Manipal Health Enterprises, it has onboarded new investors such as UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, Denmark-based Novo Holdings and California pension fund CalPERS. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - February 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Big Pension Loads Up on Uber, Lululemon Stock. This Is What It Sold
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
