A trio of scientists earned the 2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for unlocking revolutionary treatments for malaria and roundworm, helping to roll back two parasitic diseases that blight millions of lives. Tu Youyou of China won half of the award for her work in artemisinin, a drug based on ancient Chinese herbal medicine, the Nobel jury announced. Irish-born William Campbell and Satoshi Omura of Japan shared the other
World stocks jumped on Monday on expectations that U.S. interest rates aren’t likely to rise soon, while oil prices surged after Russia said it was ready to meet with other producers to discuss the market. Oil prices jumped along with copper and gold, lifting U.S. materials and energy shares. It was last up 0.1 percent at 95.89, with gains limited as traders bet the Federal Reserve may delay raising interest
NEW YORK (AP) — George Harrison, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, Tom Petty and John Mellencamp are among the A-list contenders nominated for the 2016 Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Retail brokerage firm Scottrade has announced that it has been the victim of a major data breach. The company was informed of the disaster by federal law enforcement officials. Scottrade was previously unaware that the breach had taken place until that point. Interlopers were apparently active on the organization’s network around the end of 2013 going into early 2014, and details from no less than 4.6 million user accounts were
Twitter Inc named Jack Dorsey as its permanent CEO but said it would look elsewhere for a chairman, seeking to allay concerns about its co-founder’s dual role as head of the mobile payments company Square. Twitter’s shares rose as much as 6 percent on Monday after the announcement, which ended months of speculation about who would take the top job at the microblogging service. Dorsey has been running Twitter as
The U.S. government on Monday announced that it would hold a final auction of bitcoins seized during the prosecution of the creator of Silk Road, an online black market where illegal drugs and other goods could be purchased with the digital currency. The U.S. Marshals Service said it would hold an online auction on Nov. 5 for about 44,341 bitcoins. The auction will be the last of bitcoins the government
NEW YORK (AP) — Britain garnered a leading seven International Emmy nominations Monday, led by Sheridan Smith who received a best actress nod for her role in “Cilla.”
