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Pfizer to discontinue twice-daily weight loss pill due to high rates of adverse side effects
Pfizer on Friday said it would stop developing the twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill after obese patients taking the drug lost significant weight but had trouble tolerating the drug in a mid-stage clinical study. The…
Home prices kept rising even as mortgage rates surged, S&P Case-Shiller says
A townhouse for sale in the Upper East Side neighborhood of NYC.Adam Jeffery | CNBCHigher mortgage rates appear to be doing very little to cool home prices.Nationally, prices were 3.9% higher in September compared with the same month a year…
Feds want to make tobacco companies help fund efforts to curb smoking rates – National |…
Major tobacco companies may soon be required to help foot the bill of government efforts to reduce Canada’s smoking rates, according to the Liberals’ fall economic statement.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2023 fiscal…
Mortgage rates plunge and demand finally inches back
House for sale in Millbrae, California.Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty ImagesMortgage rates saw the biggest one-week drop in over a year last week, causing the first increase in mortgage demand in a month.Total mortgage…
Gold and silver prices on November 5: What are latest rates for your city?
To purchase gold on Sunday, buyers must pay the same rates as they did on the previous day, as there is no change in the yellow metal's daily price, as per the Goodreturns website. FILE PHOTO: People shop for gold ornaments at a…
Why breast self-examination is crucial for creating cancer awareness and improving survival rates
Many younger women are being affected by breast…
US Fed keeps interest rates at 22-year high in attempt to curb inflation
Security personnel walk past the US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC on Oct 22, 2021.— AFPIn an effort to curb persistent inflation without weakening the robust economy, the US Federal Reserve decided on Wednesday to keep…
What the Fed’s Vote on Interest Rates Means for Your Credit Cards
The Federal Reserve voted Nov. 1 to again hold the benchmark interest rate steady. It’s the second time in a row that the Fed has voted against increasing the federal interest rate, since it began its aggressive strategy in…
Bank of Canada governor won’t say when interest rates will drop, but insists it won’t…
The Current18:56Why Tiff Macklem won’t rule out more rate hikesBank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says he knows aggressive rate hikes have caused financial hardship for many Canadians, but he can't say when those rates will come down…