Day: May 27, 2022

Higher cost of US cancer care doesn’t improve survival rates: study

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AFP

Washington (AFP) – The United States spends twice as much on cancer care as the average high-income country, but gets only middle-of-the-table survival results, a study said Friday. The results were published in the Journal of the American Health Association (JAMA) Health Forum. “There is a common perception that the US offers the most advanced cancer care in the world,” said lead author Ryan Chow, who is pursuing a medical degree and PhD at Yale University, in a statement. America is touted for developing advanced new treatments and approving them faster than other countries, and the team wer…

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Vomit, fighter planes and donkeys: Cannes highs and lows

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The Bangkok Post

Vomit, fighter planes and donkeys: Cannes highs and lowspublished : 27 May 2022 at 16:45 CANNES: No clear frontrunner has emerged in the race for the Palme d’Or, to be announced on Saturday, but the Cannes Film Festival has certainly delivered some memorable scenes in its 75th year. – Projectile vomit – The images perhaps most seared into audiences’ minds from the 21 films in competition came from an extended bout of sea sickness among the ultra-rich passengers on a cruise ship in the brutal social satire “Triangle of Sadness”. The magisterial, near-balletic sequence of projectile vomiting, di…

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Fiji joins U.S.-led Indo-Pacific economic framework to offset China

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Kyodo News

The Pacific island nation of Fiji has joined an Indo-Pacific economic initiative recently launched by the United States to balance Beijing’s rising economic clout in the region, the White House said Thursday. U.S. President Joe Biden has welcomed Fiji’s decision to become the 14th country, and the first in the Pacific islands, to join the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, or IPEF, according to the press release. The announcement comes as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi touched down on the Solomon Islands on Thursday, marking the start of an eight-country tour of the Pacific isla…

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Constellation Brands to Present at the 2022 RBC Capital Markets Global Consumer and Retail Conference on June 2, 2022

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VICTOR, N.Y., May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B), a leading beverage alcohol company, announced today that Garth Hankinson, chief financial officer, will present at the 2022 RBC Capital Markets Global Consumer and Retail Conference on Thursday, June 2, 2022 in Boston, MA. The presentation is scheduled to begin […]

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings to Participate in the Baird Global Consumer, Technology & Services Conference

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PHOENIX, May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (“WillScot Mobile Mini” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: WSC), the North American leader in modular space and portable storage solutions, today announced that Brad Soultz, Chief Executive Officer, Tim Boswell, President & Chief Financial Officer and Nick Girardi, Sr. Director of Treasury & Investor […]