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Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) Baird Global Healthcare Conference September 10, 2024 10:50 PM ET Company Participants Johanna Mercier – Chief Commercial Officer Conference Call Participants Brian Skorney – Baird Brian Skorney [Starts abruptly] biotech analysts here. [Technical Difficulty] to have presenting with us next, Gilead Sciences. Thanks for coming today. We really appreciate it. Maybe just to kick things off, I’ll kind of ask the general question to give a broad overview of what Gilead does and what areas of development you’re focused on right now. Johanna Mercier Okay. Great. Hi, everyone, and thanks for having me. So Gilead Sciences…
Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for freeThe stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White HouseThe US has accused China of providing Russia with direct support for its “war machine” for the first time, as part of an intensified campaign to urge Europe to join Washington in ratcheting up pressure on Beijing.US deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell told reporters in Brussels that China was supplying Moscow with items that were directly helping the Russian military as it prosecutes its war of aggression in Ukraine.Campbell’s comments after a visit to Nato headquarters in the…
President Joe Biden on Tuesday described the killing of a 26-year-old American activist in the Israeli-occupied West Bank last week as an apparent accident, backing the Israel government’s description. Israel has claimed that Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was “hit indirectly and unintentionally by IDF fire” on Friday. Biden said his administration was still looking into her death. “We’re finding more detail,” Biden told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday. “Apparently, it was an accident. It ricocheted off the ground and it – (she) got hit by accident, but we’re working that out now.” US officials have sharply…
The bigger your retirement account withdrawals, the higher your tax bracket will be in retirement. The good news is that you may owe fewer taxes in retirement than when you were in the workforce. There are no Social Security payroll deductions from your retirement account withdrawals. Everyone should have a plan to mitigate the tax hit on their retirement income streams. How Many Tax Brackets And Rates Are There? There are currently seven federal tax brackets. As you earn more money, you will move into higher tax brackets and owe more taxes on the next dollar earned. Current federal tax…
A gauge of economic misery that has a strong track record of predicting elections is tilting toward a Kamala Harris victory — but it appears tight entering the race’s final stretch.The “misery index” is the addition of the unemployment rate to the annualized inflation rate in the U.S. It has correctly predicted 15 of the past 16 races for the White House, including every presidential matchup since 1980, according to an analysis by research firm Strategas.This index now sits at 7.02, below the level that Strategas has found would be consistent with the incumbent party losing the election. That number…
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : GameStop — The gaming retailer was trading 1% lower after posting mixed second-quarter results. While revenue fell to $798 million from $1.16 billion a year ago, GameStop posted net income rose to 4 cents per share from a loss of 1 cent a share a year ago. Petco Health & Wellness — Shares rose 4% after the pet retailer posted second-quarter earnings that came in line with expectations, while Petco’s revenue of $1.52 billion was slightly below the $1.53 billion analysts surveyed by LSEG had anticipated. For its third quarter,…
Starbucks has been on the decline, with shrinking sales as it moved from a traditional sit-down coffee shop into one where people place orders on their phones and grab a drink from the counter. Its new CEO has a plan to fix it all. And it starts with comfortable chairs. Brian Niccol, on his second day as Starbucks’ chief, said in a letter to employees and customers that he wants to return Starbucks to its roots as a “community coffeehouse” with comfortable seats, design and a clear distinction between “to-go” and “for-here” service. “There’s a shared sense that we have…
Fiverr International Ltd. (NYSE:FVRR) Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference September 9, 2024 2:30 PM ET Company Participants Jinjin Qian – EVP, Strategic Finance Conference Call Participants Eric Sheridan – Goldman Sachs Eric Sheridan Okay. So in the interest of time, we’re going to get started with our next one. It’s my pleasure to welcome Fiverr to the conference. We have Jinjin Qian, EVP, Strategic Finance. Jinjin, thank you so much for being part of the conference. Jinjin Qian Thank you for having me. Question-and-Answer Session Q – Eric Sheridan Okay. All right. So I think to set the table…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Apple unveiled the iPhone 16 on Monday as the tech giant seeks to breathe new life into its flagship product, betting that consumers will be persuaded to ditch their older devices by a steady rollout of new generative artificial intelligence features.Chief executive Tim Cook said the latest model was the first of its smartphones to be “designed from the ground up” for artificial intelligence “and its breakthrough capabilities”, as audience members packed into the Steve Jobs Theatre on Apple’s Cupertino campus for…
Several prominent Republicans, including the party’s vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, promoted false claims on Monday that Haitian migrants in Ohio are killing and eating family pets. It’s the latest turn in a campaign that has increasingly embraced race-baiting messaging, questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity while seeking to undermine her immigration policies. The rumors center on the Ohio city of Springfield, which has experienced a surge in recent migration from Haitians seeking to escape a Caribbean country that has been rocked from years of natural disasters, political assassinations and gang rule. A post in a Springfield Facebook…
