pti Samuel felt he had no option but to withdraw money from his super By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:38:57 +1000 Samuel Clarke knows withdrawing his retirement savings early is not ideal, but he says the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent loss of business has left him no option. Full Article Superannuation COVID-19 Business Economics and Finance Federal Government Health Epidemics and Pandemics
pti No hustle. No bustle. Emptiness and stillness fill the streets By www.theage.com.au Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:55:00 GMT As the Great Lockdown continues our cities are looking strangely familiar yet eerily different. Full Article
pti Bombardier starts gradual resumption of manufacturing, reports Q1 loss By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 07:49:33 EDT Bombardier Inc. said it has started the gradual resumption of manufacturing operations at both its aircraft and rail operations that had been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as it reported a loss of $200 million US in its first quarter. Full Article News/Business
pti It’s OK to slow down: Why you don’t have to optimize your coronavirus quarantine By www.thestar.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:10:50 EDT The pandemic has not given us time to self-actualize. It has robbed us of time and exhausted us. And it’s OK to feel that way, experts say. Full Article
pti Retour choc chez les aînés: «les filles qui travaillent ici, elles sont exceptionnelles» By www.journaldemontreal.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:02:10 EDT En 2017, je me suis plongée dans la peau d’une préposée aux bénéficiaires. Cette fois, le travail est le même, mais le contexte est bien différent. Full Article
pti Chicago-area flea market vendors with no other income are forced to sell products on the street. ‘We have no other option.’ By www.chicagotribune.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:08:22 +0000 Coronavirus closures have been hard on Swap-O-Rama vendors and their families who struggle to pay bills with diminished incomes. Full Article
pti Differentiate or Die: 5 Keys to Disruptive Positioning By sandhill.com Published On :: Wed, 16 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Driving the need for strategic positioning is not a marketing game - it’s a game-changing CEO-level initiative. Keep on reading: Differentiate or Die: 5 Keys to Disruptive Positioning Full Article
pti NRL says letter shows it can restart in May despite scepticism from health authorities By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 18:47:36 +1000 Rugby league's governing body says a letter sent by NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller shows there is nothing to "preclude the commencement of the modified NRL competition" in May, despite health authorities being wary about relaxing restrictions too soon. Full Article NRL Rugby League Sport COVID-19 Diseases and Disorders Health Respiratory Diseases
pti Doctor who supplied peptides to disgraced sports scientist Stephen Dank has licence revoked By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:39:42 +1000 Alicia Meneghetti met Stephen Dank in 2014 when the sports scientist was at the centre of Essendon's infamous supplements program and serving a lifetime ban. Full Article Law Crime and Justice Sport Community and Society Drugs and Substance Abuse Doping in Sports Doctors and Medical Professionals Medical Ethics Courts and Trials
pti A 10-week AFL season? Patrick Dangerfield says it's a realistic option By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:44:19 +1000 The Geelong star and AFL Players' Association president says cramming 16 rounds into 10 weeks is not ideal, but it may be the model the league has to adopt to get the 2020 season completed after the coronavirus shutdown. Full Article Australian Football League Sport COVID-19
pti More NRL players refuse flu vaccination, Raiders seek exemption By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:02:19 +1000 The restart of the NRL could be jeopardised as Raiders forwards Sia Soliola, Joe Tapine and Josh Papalli join Titans forward Bryce Cartwright in refusing to sign an unedited version of the vaccination waiver. Full Article Sport Rugby League NRL Respiratory Diseases Infectious Diseases (Other) COVID-19
pti Review: 'Spaceship Earth' is a captivating look back at Biosphere 2 and life in isolation By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 18:05:44 -0400 Matt Wolf's latest documentary, "Spaceship Earth," is a layered and absorbing account of a widely dismissed but remarkable scientific study. Full Article
pti Congress looks at options to punish China over the coronavirus outbreak By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:52:28 -0400 Republican lawmakers, determined to punish China for concealing early data on the coronavirus outbreak, are proposing ways to turn up the heat. Full Article
pti ACRO offers unique insights on risk-based monitoring of clinical trials, calls for adoption of RBM as a best practice By www.acrohealth.org Published On :: Thu, 16 May 2019 19:01:42 +0000 Following meetings with then-Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and senior leadership from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research on the role of CROs and technology companies in designing and implementing risk-based monitoring (RBM) of clinical trials, ACRO this week submitted extensive comments on recent FDA Guidance.Increasing the use of innovative RBM technologies helps make clinical trials safer, more efficient and higher quality. ACRO’s comments offer unique insights into the recent expansion of RBM implementation and call for further increasing the use of these oversight technologies. Full Article News Press Releases digital FDA oversight RBM Risk Based Montoring
pti Advancing the Adoption of Risk-Based Monitoring Strategies in Clinical Trials By www.acrohealth.org Published On :: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:01:14 +0000 On July 17, 2019, under cooperative agreement with the FDA, the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy (Duke Margolis) held a public workshop. The event, titled Improving the Implementation of Risk-Based Monitoring Approaches of Clinical Investigations, aimed to identify opportunities to improve Risk Based Monitoring (RBM) implementation and solicit stakeholder input on the challenges, barriers, and enablers that impact the successful adoption of RBM. Full Article News FDA RBM Risk Based Montoring
pti Methadone to be supplied without new prescription during Covid-19 crisis By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-08T05:00:08Z Pharmacists will be allowed to give out medication to patients who have already been receiving itPharmacists are to be allowed to hand out a range of super-strength medicines, including the heroin substitute methadone, without prescription during the Covid-19 crisis, under emergency measures that official drug policy advisers have warned could trigger a spike in drug misuse.The Advisory Council for Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), which makes recommendations to the government on the control of dangerous drugs, was asked by the home secretary to consider the risks of lifting restrictions on certain substances controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Continue reading... Full Article Drugs policy UK news Pharmaceuticals industry Drugs Coronavirus outbreak Politics Science Society
pti FTSE 100 boosted amid optimism over potential coronavirus drug By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-17T12:20:43Z Stock index up more than 3% in early trading on the back of hopes for remdesivir treatmentOptimism about a potential treatment for Covid-19 gave a shot in the arm to stock markets around the world, amid claims that a drug called remdesivir has spurred rapid recovery in 113 patients.A University of Chicago hospital participating in a study of the antiviral medication, made by US firm Gilead Sciences, found that nearly all patients suffering severe fever and respiratory symptoms were discharged within a week. A report of the study, issued by specialist healthcare publication Stat News shortly after Wall Street closed on Thursday night, spurred hopes among investors that lockdowns around the world could soon be eased. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak FTSE Stock markets Business Chicago Medical research World news US news Pharmaceuticals industry Infectious diseases Microbiology Biology Science
pti An important option in the fight against antimicrobial resistance By www.thepharmaletter.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:33:00 +0100 Positive Phase III data for Recarbrio (imipenem/cilastatin/relebactam) have been announced by New Jersey,… Full Article Antibiotics and Infectious diseases/Biotechnology/Drug Trial/Merck & Co/Recarbrio/Regulation/Research/US FDA/USA
pti Japan grants ‘exceptional’ approval for remdesivir in COVID-19 By www.thepharmaletter.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:53:00 +0100 As had been widely expected, Gilead Sciences on Thursday announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health,… Full Article Anti-virals/Asia Pacific/Coronavirus/Focus On/Gilead Sciences/Japan/Pharmaceutical/Regulation/Remdesivir/USA/Veklury
pti Brothers Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Steal Military Optics from U.S. Marine Corps and Export Them Overseas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:00:33 EST Timothy Oldani, 24, of Scott Depot, W.Va., and Joseph Oldani, 21, of Camp Lejeune, N.C., both pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of West Virginia to conspiring to steal military optics from the U.S. Marine Corps and illegally export them from the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Former Employee of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Charged with Corruption and Tax Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:26:28 EST A former employee of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has been indicted on corruption and tax violations arising from her alleged receipt of a $100,000 bribe while working at the Ex-Im Bank. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Former Staff Member in U.S. House of Representatives Indicted on Corruption Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 15:09:17 EST A grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a three-count indictment today charging a former staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives with corruption offenses. Fraser C. Verrusio, 39, was charged by the grand jury with conspiring to accept an illegal gratuity, accepting an illegal gratuity, and making a false statement in failing to report his receipt of gifts from a lobbyist and the lobbyists client on his 2003 financial disclosure form. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Former Alaska State Senator Sentenced on Public Corruption Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:18:56 EDT John Cowdery, a former elected member of the Alaska state senate, was sentenced today to three years probation with a special condition requiring him to serve six months of home confinement for conspiring to bribe another Alaska state legislator. U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline for the District of Alaska also ordered Cowdery to pay a $25,000 fine. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Former Alaska State Representative Pleads Guilty to Public Corruption Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:39:53 EDT Beverly L. Masek, a former elected member of the Alaska House of Representatives, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bribery. Masek pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline in Anchorage to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Lobbyist Sentenced for Destroying Evidence in Public Corruption Investigation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 16:49:19 EDT A partner in a Pennsylvania-based lobbying firm was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr., to five months of home detention for destroying evidence in connection with a public corruption investigation, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor for the District of Columbia, Assistant Director of the FBIs Washington Field Office Joseph Persichini Jr., and Special Agent in Charge C. André Martin of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Border Patrol Agent Pleads Guilty for Attempting to Receive Protected Leopard Tortoises By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:13:21 EDT Rene Soliz of Alice, Texas, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Corpus Christi, Texas, to a violation of the Lacey Act for attempting to receive fifteen Tanzanian leopard tortoises that were transported into the United States in violation of a law, regulation or treaty, specifically, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Five Defendants Sentenced in Puerto Rico Corruption Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 22 May 2009 15:42:37 EDT Five defendants were sentenced this week for their participation in a corruption scheme involving the 2000 resident commissioner and 2004 gubernatorial campaigns of a former governor of Puerto Rico. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Department Asks Alaska Corruption Cases Be Remanded to District Court, Former State Representatives Be Released By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:05:26 EDT The Department of Justice today asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to remand the cases of former Alaska State Representatives Victor Kohring and Peter Kott, who were convicted on corruption charges in 2007, to the District Court. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Two Individuals Charged with Attempting to Bribe U.S. Army Contracting Official By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:05:19 EDT Two dual Afghan/U.S. citizens were charged today with conspiracy and bribery in connection with a scheme to offer $1 million in bribes to a U.S. Army contracting official in order to influence the award of a road construction contract in Afghanistan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced for Attempting to Receive Protected Leopard Tortoises By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:16:34 EDT Rene Soliz of Alice, Texas, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Corpus Christi, Texas, to serve three years of supervised probation, 250 hours of community service and pay a $1,500 fine for violating the Lacey Act by attempting to receive 15 Tanzanian leopard tortoises that were transported into the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Former U.S. Army Contracting Official Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 17:48:42 EDT A former U.S. Army contracting official pleaded guilty today to accepting more than $80,000 in bribes in exchange for providing contract work to two Afghan trucking companies. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Former Government Official Indicted on Public Corruption Charges Related to Ongoing Abramoff Investigation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:24:11 EDT A former Congressional staffer and chief of staff in two federal agencies was indicted today by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on public corruption charges, the Justice Department announced. The five-count indictment charges Horace M. Cooper, 44, of Lorton, Va., with one count of conspiracy, one count of fraudulent concealment, two counts of false statements, and one count of obstruction of an official proceeding. U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay today issued a criminal summons directing Cooper to make an initial appearance in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, at 1:45 p.m. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Former Inspectors of New York Defense Contractor Plead Guilty to Accepting Bribes on Department of Defense Contracts By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:44:21 EDT Two former Department of Defense contractors who worked as inspectors at the U.S. Army installation at Ft. Hamilton in Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty for seeking and receiving bribes in connection with the award and performance of contracts to move and store military household goods. Today’s charges are the first to arise from an ongoing investigation into the moving and storage of military household goods between New York and New Jersey and other states or overseas military installations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Pennsylvania Businessman Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced in Puerto Rico Corruption Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:46:56 EDT Dr. Candido Negron Mella pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for his participation in a corruption scheme involving the 2000 Resident Commissioner campaign of a former governor of Puerto Rico. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti FBI Arrests Jordanian Citizen for Attempting to Bomb Skyscraper in Downtown Dallas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:46:11 EDT Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, 19, has been arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Hunting Guides Plead Guilty for Knowingly Attempting to Acquire Protected Alligator By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:48:22 EDT Travis Dardenne and Jeffery Brown of Plaquemine, La., each pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge, La., to a violation of the Lacey Act for knowingly attempting to acquire an American alligator in violation of the federal Endangered Species Act and Louisiana law. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Former U.S. Army Contracting Official Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Accepting Bribes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:47:11 EDT A former U.S. Army contracting official was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for accepting more than $80,000 in bribes in exchange for corruptly providing contract work to two Afghan trucking companies. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Bill Allen and Richard Smith, Former Officers of VECO Corporation, Sentenced for Roles in Alaska Public Corruption Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:36:30 EDT Bill J. Allen and Richard L. Smith were each sentenced in separate hearings today for their participation in a corruption scheme in which they provided approximately $395,000 in corrupt payments to public officials from the state of Alaska. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Attorney General Eric Holder at the Opening Plenary of the VI Ministerial Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity By www.justice.gov Published On :: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:04:36 EST "We come here for two reasons: To celebrate what has been accomplished since Global Forum One; and – more important -- to recommit ourselves to the task that remains -- the task of fighting corruption wherever it manifests itself. We have made progress in this fight -- but we must do more." Full Article Speech
pti Two Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, Men and Four Police Officers Indicted for Hate Crime and Related Corruption By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:39:01 EST A federal grand jury has returned multiple indictments arising out of a fatal racially motivated beating and related police corruption in Shenandoah, Pa. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Nigerian National Charged with Attempting to Destroy Northwest Airlines Aircraft By www.justice.gov Published On :: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:55:47 EST A 23-year-old Nigerian man was charged in a federal criminal complaint today with attempting to destroy a Northwest Airlines aircraft on its final approach to Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Christmas Day, and with placing a destructive device on the aircraft. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Department of Justice Will Not Challenge Proposed Online Subscription News Service By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:26:27 EST Based on representations made by MyWire Inc., the department said that the formation and operation of the news service is not likely to reduce competition among Internet publishers and could provide procompetitive benefits to both publishers and consumers. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Chicago Man Charged with Providing Material Support to Al Qaeda by Attempting to Send Funds Overseas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:57:07 EDT Raja Lahrasib Khan was charged with two counts of providing material support to terrorism in a criminal complaint that was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Chicago and unsealed today following his arrest. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Former U.S. Army Colonel Pleads Guilty to Accepting Illegal Gratuities Related to Contracting in Support of Iraq War By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:40:05 EDT A retired colonel in the U.S. Army pleaded guilty today to accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from a contractor during his deployment to Iraq as a contracting officer’s representative. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Former U.S. Army Reserve Officer Pleads Guilty to Accepting Illegal Gratuities Related to Contracting When Serving at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:54:44 EDT A former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve pleaded guilty today to accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from a contractor during his deployment to Kuwait. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Accepting $1.4 Million in Illegal Gratuities Related to Military Dining Contracts in Kuwait By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:58:44 EDT A U.S. Army sergeant pleaded guilty today to accepting approximately $1.4 million in illegal gratuities from private contractors during his deployment to Kuwait in 2002 and 2003. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Man Admits Attempting to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction to Bomb Skyscraper in Downtown Dallas By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 26 May 2010 18:11:51 EDT Hosam Maher Husein Smadi pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn to a felony offense related to his attempted bombing of a downtown Dallas skyscraper in September 2009. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti Iranian National Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Export Munitions from the United States By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:09:01 EDT Omid Khalili, an Iranian national, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama to attempting to illegally export fighter jet or military aircraft parts from the United States to Iran. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti DEA Heads First-ever Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-back Day By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:04:40 EDT The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and government, community, public health and law enforcement partners today announced a nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. Full Article OPA Press Releases
pti California Man Charged with Attempting to Extort Sexually Explicit Images from Minor By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:17:07 EDT According to an indictment dated June 24, 2010, and unsealed today, James Dale Brown, 27, is alleged to have used the Internet social networking website Facebook to communicate with a minor female identified as Jane Doe. Full Article OPA Press Releases