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Q1 2024 Pulse Biosciences Inc Earnings Call
Q1 2024 Pulse Biosciences Inc Earnings Call
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Bill Hwang's trial begins over collapse of his $36 billion Archegos fund
Sung Kook "Bill" Hwang's criminal racketeering trial over the collapse of Archegos Capital Management begins on Wednesday with the selection of jurors who will decide if he and a deputy broke the law in a massive stock scheme that unraveled in just days in 2021. The trial in Manhattan federal court is expected to last up to eight weeks and will delve into the implosion of Hwang's lightly regulated family investment office, which prosecutors allege caused more than $100 billion in shareholder losses at companies in its portfolio. Federal prosecutors accuse Hwang of using derivatives to secretly amass positions in multiple stocks that were so large they eclipsed that of the companies' largest investors, driving up stock prices.
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Europe in whooping cough epidemic as cases soar, says health agency
Countries across Europe reported a huge rise in whooping cough cases in 2023 and the first three months of 2024, with ten times as many identified as in each of the previous two years. In total, there were nearly 60,000 cases reported by European Union and European Economic Area countries between January 2023 and April 2024, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said on Wednesday. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a bacterial infection involving the lungs and airways, and is endemic in Europe.
