This week's Alpha Trader podcast features hosts Aaron Task and Stephen Alpher talking COVID-19 treatments and vaccinations with Adam Feuerstein of Stat News.Much of the treatment talk has been about Gilead's remdesivir, and Feuerstein - who has been at the ce…
Amid the dark threat of illness, death and hoarding, English language speakers are coining a whole new vocabulary to help get us through the most trying of times.
In an extraordinary case being brought before the High Court, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro (pictured) is demanding the UK hand over £1bn in gold bullion to help it fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tapered cross‐section photoelectron spectroscopy is introduced as a new method to analyze complete electronic devices in thermodynamic equilibrium and in operation. The power of the method is demonstrated by analyzing a state‐of‐the‐art mixed ion perovskite s…
Ryerson Holding Corporation (NYSE: RYI), a leading value-added processor and distributor of industrial metals, today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020.
Kate Burridge and Howard Manns recently wrote a piece about how the Covid-19 pandemic is changing the English language. It's wri
LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anivive Repurposes Veterinary Drug GC376 for COVID-19 And Submits Pre-IND to FDA
I have written couple of blog posts on R packages (here | here ) and this blog post is sort of a preset of all the most needed packages for data science, statistical usage and every-day usage with R. Among…Read more ›
RYI earnings call for the period ending March 31, 2020.
Times of crisis have always changed our slang, with the help of a little black humour. Coronavirus is no exception.
Announcement of Periodic Review: Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of Bancroft Fund Ltd. New York, January 30, 2020 -- Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has completed a periodic review of the ratings of Bancroft Fund Ltd. and other ratings that are associated with the same analytical unit. The review was conducted through a portfolio review in which Moody's reassessed the appropriateness of the ratings in the context of the relevant principal methodology(ies), recent developments, and a comparison of the financial and operating profile to similarly rated peers.
During the last few months, most closed-end funds have been hit hard. Moreover, their recovery has been much slower than that of the rest of the market.However, it does not make them bad investments. For income investors, CEFs remain an attractive investment …
The central bank of Venezuela has filed a claim against the Bank of England to force it to release $1 billion of gold to help the country tackle its growing coronavirus pandemic.
Full, luxurious beards signal a certain machismo vibe but they have served a practical historical purpose — cushioning the impact of a punch to the jaw, much like the way the mane of a dominant lion protects ...
The Board of Trustees of Bancroft Fund Ltd. (NYSE American: BCV) (the "Fund") has approved a transferable rights offering that will allow the Fund’s common shareholders to acquire additional common shares (the "Offering"). The Offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any of the Fund’s securities.
RYE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of Bancroft Fund Ltd. (NYSE American:BCV) (the “Fund”) declared a $0.29 per share cash distribution payable on June 23, 2020 to common shareholders of record on June 16, 2020. The Fund intends to pay the great…
LONG BEACH, Calif., May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Anivive Lifesciences, a biotechnology company focused on developing first-in-class therapeutics for veterinary patients, has filed a pre-Investigational New Drug (pIND) request with the Food and Drug Administra…
The Board of Trustees of Bancroft Fund Ltd. (NYSE American:BCV) (the "Fund") declared a $0.29 per share cash distribution payable on June 23, 2020 to common shareholders of record on June 16, 2020.
People love creating words — in times of crisis it’s a “sick” (in the good sense) way of pulling through. More »
People describe the experience of living through COVID-19 lockdowns and extreme social distancing as being "weird", "strange", "unsettling", "disturbing", and so on. As such, the current circumstances give rise to all sorts of new expressions to express thei…
Anivive Lifesciences, a biotechnology company focused on developing first-in-class therapeutics for veterinary patients, has filed a pre-Investigational New Drug (pIND) request with the Food and Drug Administration for GC376, a candidate for the treatment of …
People love creating words—in times of crisis it's a "sick" (in the good sense) way of pulling through.
The Bancroft Fund Ltd. (NYSE American: BCV) (the "Fund") has suspended until further notice the previously announced transferable rights offering that would allow the Fund’s common shareholders to acquire additional common shares.