US medicine spending shows rare dip Total U.S. spending on prescription medicines declined last year, a first in more than half a century. The dip was 1 percent, to $325.8 billion — a 3.5 percent drop after accounting for population growth and economic expansion, according to the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. More
Microsoft may buy Barnes & Noble's Nook unit for $1 billion According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. More
US casino revenue up nearly 5 percent in 2012 Things are looking up for most of the nation’s commercial casinos, as gambling revenue increased by nearly 5 percent last year and jobs held roughly steady. According to the annual survey of casinos by the American Gaming Association, America’s nontribal casinos took in $37.3 billion from gamblers last year, an increase of 4.8 percent over 2011. More
Check out stunning photos from the $2 billion space telescope that captures the invisible universe — and that NASA plans to defund The Chandra X-ray Observatory has snapped stunning photos of the invisible universe for 25 years. NASA may end the mission early. 04/16/2024 - 3:49 am | View Link
A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest. Avi Loeb thinks the public has a right to know the truth about UFOs. He hopes his controversial ideas backed by tech tycoons will help shed light. 04/7/2024 - 10:59 pm | View Link