Higher cost of servicing debt putting Canadian government in a bind
In the fall of 2020, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland gave a speech outlining Ottawa’s approach to debt management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, the federal government was borrowing unprecedented sums of money to fund pandemic support programs. But the risk to the country’s fiscal health…#finance #chrystiafreeland #ottawa #bankofcanada #governmentofcanada #tiffmacklem #daviddodge #baystreet #departmentoffinance #treasury
Source: Reuters: Health - September 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Walgreens ’ new interim CEO Ginger Graham isn’t the only temporary member of the pharmacy giant’s C-suite
Roz Brewer, one of only two black woman CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, stepped down as CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance on Friday. Replacing her in an interim capacity will be longtime board member and pharma industry executive Ginger Graham. That means Walgreens’ top two jobs will be held by…#rozbrewer #fortune500 #gingergraham #jameskehoe #manmohanmahajan #stefanopessina #harvard #wba #pessina #brewer
Source: Reuters: Health - September 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Meta Rejects Justin Trudeau ' s Proposal Amid Online News Feud
Meta Platforms Inc. META has declined Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s proposal in an ongoing online news feud. What Happened: On Friday, Trudeau’s government released details of a law aimed at compelling tech companies to pay news providers. However, Meta has stated it will continue to…#metaplatformsinc #meta #justintrudeaus #rachelcurran #elonmusk #alphabetinc #google #onlinenewsact #alphabet #pablorodriguez
Source: Reuters: Health - September 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Walgreens Chief Executive Rosalind Brewer Steps Down
Rosalind Brewer will advise Walgreens while it conducts its search for a new CEO. Rosalind Brewer has stepped down as chief executive of Walgreens Boots Alliance less than three years after taking the helm of the pharmacy operator.#rosalindbrewer
Source: Reuters: Health - September 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

VersaBank Continues to Be the Canadian Bank to Beat … and Buy
Canada’s Royal Bank (CA:RY) came out as the winner in the latest round of the country’s Big Six bank earnings, reporting that third-quarter 2023 earnings per share increased by 8.8%, to $2.73 from $2.51 a year earlier. (All figures in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise specified.) Including Royal,…#royalbank #bigsix #eps #pcl #july3ndq3 #globeandmail #ontario #versabank #vbnk #ry
Source: Reuters: Health - September 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Online News Act could see Google, Meta pay combined $234 million to Canadian media
The federal government has put a price tag on what it would like to see Google and Facebook spend under an act requiring the tech giants to compensate media for news articles. Federal officials estimate Google would need to offer $172 million and Facebook $62 million in compensation to satisfy…#google #onlinenewsact #draft #bigtech #pascalestonge #canadianpress #metafacebook #bing #meta #rachelcurran
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Walgreens CEO Roz Brewer resigns after less than 3 years on the job
Walgreens Boots Alliance said Friday that CEO Rosalind "Roz" Brewer is stepping down after less than three years at the helm of the global pharmacy chain. Walgreens named Ginger Graham, an independent director on the company's board, as interim chief executive. Brewer, who is also relinquishing…#rosalindrozbrewer #gingergraham #brewer #starbucks #walmart #samclub #opioids #neilsaunders #globaldata
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Walgreens Chief Executive Steps Down
Rosalind Brewer will advise Walgreens while it conducts its search for a new CEO. Rosalind Brewer has stepped down as chief executive of Walgreens Boots Alliance less than three years after taking the helm of the pharmacy operator.#rosalindbrewer
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Kidney Project proves its bioreactor can keep kidney cells alive for at least one week
Scientists have shown for the first time that kidney cells —housed in an implantable device called a bioreactor—can survive while implanted and mimic several important kidney functions without triggering the recipient’s immune system to go on the attack.The findings were published inNature Communications on August 29, marking an important step forward for The Kidney Project. School faculty member Shuvo Roy, PhD, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center ’s William H. Fissell, MD, guided the bioartificial kidney from mere idea to functional prototype.
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - September 1, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Calgary ’s Long Clinical Laboratory Waits at Patient Service Centers Prompt Alberta Health Services to Add Extra Appointments, Temporary Locations
As patients and staff suffer with lengthening wait times, critics claim proposed solutions won’t remedy the ailing system of collecting medical laboratory specimens With a backlog of lab appointments and a plethora of long wait times for phlebotomy services in the Canadian Province of Alberta, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is feeling the heat. As a […] The post Calgary’s Long Clinical Laboratory Waits at Patient Service Centers Prompt Alberta Health Services to Add Extra Appointments, Temporary Locations appeared first on Dark Daily.
Source: Dark Daily - September 1, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: swallask Tags: International Laboratory News Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing Source Type: news

A budding partnership with Korean regulatory science pharmacists
A delegation from South Korea visited to sign a Memorandum of Understand (MOU) initiating potential collaborations between UCSF and Korean schools of pharmacy.
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - September 1, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Roundup: Online pharmacy MrMed scores new funding and more briefs
Also, Abbott has launched its vertigo support app in India.  
Source: mobihealthnews - September 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

There ’s Now an At-Home Menopause Test, But Does Anyone Need It?
COVID-19 changed many things about medicine, not the least of which is how we think about do-it-yourself testing. Before the pandemic, health experts weren’t convinced people would accept, much less embrace, the utility of testing themselves at home for SARS-CoV-2. Pregnancy tests pretty much dominated the at-home testing landscape, although a few recent additions, for conditions like HIV and Alzheimer‘s, have appeared on pharmacy shelves, albeit with varying levels of confidence from the medical community. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Now Clearblue, the company that makes pregnancy and fert...
Source: TIME: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Any canadian website where I can buy 50 CAD $ worth of BTC ?
Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Borrowers at TD, BMO, CIBC see their mortgages balloon due to sharp rise in interest rates
Three major Canadian banks are showing that about 20 per cent of their residential mortgage borrowers – representing nearly $130-billion in loans – are seeing their balances grow as their monthly payments no longer cover all the interest they owe. These borrowers at Bank of Montreal ,…#bankofmontreal #torontodominionbank #bmo #jeffroman #samanthagrant #cibc #bankofcanadas #mikerizvanovic #piyushagrawal #michaelrhodes
Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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