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WuXi AppTec Says It Left Washington Lobbying Group Voluntarily

The trade group has since updated its statement on Thursday, saying that WuXi AppTec “proactively ended its membership in BIO.” The trade group has since updated its statement on Thursday, saying that WuXi AppTec “proactively ended its membership in BIO.” FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful…

Kerry Washington, Jane Fonda Set For Day of Unreasonable Conversation

Los Angeles will be engaging in A Day of Unreasonable Conversation for a fourth straight year, via a lineup packed with both stars and top political figures. A Day of Unreasonable Conversation, put on by social impact agency Propper Daley, seeks to bring together people with different life experiences and viewpoints to share their stories with TV industry leaders, who hold the power to shape global conversations through their projects. Kerry Washington, Jane Fonda, Kesha, U.S. Surgeon General…

Archaeologists unearth abandoned townsite at Washington on The Brazos

Site Manager Jonathon Failor ’17 talks with archaeologists from Integrated Environmental Solutions as they search for artifacts during the townsite excavation at Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Credit: Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M Division of Marketing & Communications A short walk from the banks of the Brazos River in Washington County, members of a small crew dressed in sun…

Mick Cronin and UCLA left frustrated in loss to Washington State

PULLMAN, Wash. —  The search continues.Saying he was trying to discover whom he could build a team around near the end of a maddening season, UCLA coach Mick Cronin did not unearth any surprises Saturday evening.Point guard Dylan Andrews is likely to be a cornerstone going forward after he continued his late-season surge with another strong showing against Washington State.Center Adem Bona may have no choice but to come back for another college season after committing more needless fouls that limited his…

OpenAI to name new board members in March, Washington Post reports

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is planning to appoint several new board members in March, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The move would finally end an impasse which began after the Microsoft-backed company's former board fired CEO Sam Altman in November. However, Altman returned just days later, with OpenAI also unveiling a new initial board with former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor as chair. OpenAI's new board has since on an active search for six members with expertise in…

Kroger-Albertsons merger challenged by Colorado attorney general

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said Wednesday that he is filing a lawsuit seeking to block the $24.6 billion merger of Kroger and Albertsons, the state’s largest grocery store chains, because he believes it would eliminate competition and harm shoppers, workers and suppliers. Weiser joins Bob Ferguson, attorney general for Washington state, who filed a lawsuit in January that said the consolidation of the two large supermarkets would severely limit options for shoppers and eliminate competition that helps keep…

Spike Lee, Denzel Washington reunite for a crime thriller

Denzel Washington and Spike Lee are reuniting for their fifth film together. The actor and the veteran filmmaker, who last collaborated on `Inside Man` (2006), are now partnering on `High and Low.` The crime thriller is an English language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 film of the same name. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa’s classic was based on Ed McBain’s novel, King’s Ransom, which chronicles the ruin of a businessman following a ransom payment to kidnappers. Lee and…

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reuniting for Akira Kurosawa remake | Spike Lee

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are teaming up for the fifth time, reimagining Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama High and Low.The pair, whose previous projects include Malcolm X and He Got Game, will start filming a reinterpretation in March. Based on the novel King’s Ransom by Ed McBain, the original film stars Toshiro Mifune as a wealthy man in ruin after paying the ransom for a kidnapping.The story also served as the inspiration for Steven Soderbergh’s 2023 miniseries Full Circle. In 2008, it was reported that Martin…

Kroger, Albertsons keep up drumbeat for merger as opponents push back

Nearly 16 months after announcing a $24.6 billion merger, grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons continue to sell their plan to federal and state regulators, workers and customers. Union members are pushing back against the transaction with the public and policymakers. And analysts don’t see the merger as a done deal. A consultant with the financial services company Solomon Partners told reporters during a call last week that the merger between Kroger, which owns and operates King Soopers and City Market stores in Colorado,…

FAA chief vows ‘boots on ground’ to get quality control

Michael Whitaker, nominee to be the next administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill October 4, 2023 in Washington, DC. The FAA has been without a Senate-confirmed administrator for 18 months. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has "boots on the ground" at Boeing's 737 Max factory — and will keep them there…