Johnson & Johnson’s recent investments in medical devices helped boost sales, but the company’s total revenue in the first quarter of the year failed to beat Wall Street expectations. Its stock fell 2%to about $144 on Tuesday, following the healthcare giant’s recent quarterly earnings report. The company’s medical device segment experienced the biggest growth in the company during the three months ending March 31, up 4.5% year-over-year to $7.8 billion. Johnson & Johnson said the growth was...
If one has ever wondered why most people switch off from other people’s reality, wonder no more. In Neil Postman’s book ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business’ he explains how we are distracted by nonsense, served up by the corporate media as entertainment. In “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” Neil […]
Hustle aw corrupt bankers get their comeuppance in the wake of the financial crash. Today's villains aren't businessmen but politician
Idris Elba discusses his role in the upcoming TV mini series 'Knuckles' and what die hard Sonic fans can expect to learn about him.
Editor: You recently published several good articles demonstrating how little our state government cares about Pennsylvania’s citizens. Our Legislature passed Act 12, allowing municipal governments to receive substantial cash windfalls by abandoning their responsibilities for their water/sewage facilities and burdening residents with outrageously high rates, which the Public Utility Commission consistently allows to escalate. Why? […]
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Johnson is reported to have met President Maduro alongside Merlyn Advisors co-founder Maarten Petermann in February.
The IRS says you should receive a refund within 21 days of filing in most cases. Latest data shows the number of refunds is down this year, but the amount is up. Taxpayers can track their money online with the IRS 'Where's My Refund' tool
A staggering 25 per cent of professionals earning at least $175,000 a year say they are either "very poor," "poor," or "getting by, but things are tight," according to a survey conducted by finance researcher Bloomberg.The survey, which studied 1,000 workers in the top 10 per cent of US taxpayers, also revealed that just 50 per cent of the Americans described themselves as "comfortable" with their income.Twenty-five per cent said they felt "rich" or "very rich."Researchers at Bloomberg also...
A new study has revealed that AI can now effectively predict a person's political stance through facial recognition technology.
On Pennsylvania’s April 23 primary ballot are races for president, U.S. House and Senate, attorney general, auditor general, treasurer, and more.
Despite writing this letter each week, I still wonder why so few of us write real ones anymore. I was thinking of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, who corresponded frequently but met only once: ‘The present racial crisis in this country carries within it powerful destructive ingredients that may soon erupt into an uncontrollable explosion,’ More