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...Apple and Google-owner Alphabet were accused of favouring their own app stores while Facebook-owner Meta is being probed over its use of personal data for advertising....
...One good read Thoughts on drug decriminalisation from a tolerant but mildly grouchy New Yorker....
...to September 23, the Vuse product line generated $2.2bn in sales, accounting for 40 per cent of the total vaping market, according to a Goldman Sachs analysis of Nielsen IQ sales data from convenience stores...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on February 2. ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...In the papers, Friedman also likened Apple’s process of reviewing new apps for the App Store to “more like the pretty lady who greets you . . . at the Hawaiian airport than the drug-sniffing dog”....
...“For me, it’s comparable to a drug addiction — when can I get my next fix of going into a store, buying something and getting that hit of dopamine,” she told me....
...Per Bloomberg: Juul Labs Inc. is beginning talks regarding funding for a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to people with knowledge of the preparations....
...Swoop, according to its app store page, “aims to be the crypto Fantasy Cricket app for India”. A noble enough aim, we suppose....
...Brewer said its newly created Walgreens Health division was rolling out doctor-staffed clinics at its drug stores “at pace” and that the company was “in the final stages of welcoming a new leader” for the...
...After shrinking its brick-and-mortar footprint, Godiva has turned its attention to reaching customers where they already shop frequently, including grocery, drug and department stores, as well as online...
...Pfizer had a good reason to worry: even many western healthcare providers had struggled to store the shots....
...But the company’s vaccine is far easier to store and transport, remaining stable at normal refrigeration temperatures rather than needing to be frozen....
...The J&J vaccine is easier to store than either the Moderna or BioNTech/Pfizer inoculations and requires only one dose, making it important for vaccinating people who are harder to reach....
...The vaccine is easy to transport and store, and is being produced on a non-profit basis, making it more likely to be widely adopted in the developing world....
...For instance one of Apple’s top fraud detection engineers has likened the App Store review process to be “more like the pretty lady who greets you with a lei [garland] at the Hawaiian airport than the drug...
...US drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen has agreed to buy the distribution business of Walgreens Boots Alliance for about $6.5bn as it pushes further into Europe....
...This month WBA struck a deal to sell its distribution business, Alliance Healthcare, for about $6.5bn to AmerisourceBergen, the US drug wholesaler....
...Charlie O’Shea, senior retail analyst at Moody’s, said that despite its success shaking up a wide range of consumer industries, Amazon would face considerable challenges in disrupting traditional drug stores...
...The US public health agency and drugs regulator issued a joint warning on Tuesday recommending that healthcare providers temporarily halt the use of the J&J vaccine, following six reported US cases of “rare...
...The country’s biggest retailer, which operates more than 5,000 in-store pharmacies in the US, accused officials of being more focused on “chasing headlines than fixing the crisis” over the drugs....
...Not only has AstraZeneca promised to make no profit from it during the pandemic, but the vaccine is easier to store and transport than the two other most advanced candidates from the Pfizer/BioNTech partnership...
...Deliveries to developing countries could be initially complicated by the need to store the vaccine at approximately minus 75C during transportation....
...Even so, three of Simon’s top occupants have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, while its largest, Macy’s, faces widespread store closures....
...Following the Alliance Boots deal, it went on to snap up a portfolio of Rite Aid stores and distribution centres for $4.4bn....
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