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The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is disappointed in today’s final health care rule. The rule restricts small businesses’ ability to select health coverage by limiting access to flexible, low-cost, short-term health plans. NFIB previously submitted comments to the administration opposing the rule. “This rule is a step in the wrong direction for small business owners seeking more affordable, flexible, and predictable options”
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2 years ago Read more at NFIB

Home Depot will buy building materials supplier SRS Distribution in an $18.25 billion deal, in the top U.S. home improvement chain's largest acquisition. This has put pressure on the Do-It-Yourself segment, which makes up about half of Home Depot's business. The company has sharpened its focus on "Pro-customers' such as roofers, landscapers and pool contractors to drive sales.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

Using a $1,000 grant from the Louisiana World Hunger Offering, the student teams from Miner Baptist Church, Sikeston, Missouri, split the money and went on a shopping spree. Each box contained food, a blanket and hygiene items. This was the ninth trip MBC has taken to work with City of Life NOLA.
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2 years ago Read more at The Baptist Message

Highs today will be in the 60s for much of the state, but we rise into the 70s tomorrow and Saturday. On Sunday, most places will see a high at or just over 80 degrees. Mornings will stay cool; in fact a few colder spots could dip into the 30s early tomorrow morning with a touch of light frost.
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2 years ago Read more at Alabama's News Leader

The Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition took place March 14-23. It was the second time in three years that a team representing YIGH has won this prestigious event. This year, the case challenge was “Tackling India’s Twindemic: Accelerating integrated diabetes mellitus-tuberculosis care to end TB”.
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2 years ago Read more at Yale School of Medicine

MelliCell Inc. has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $275,000 to conduct research and development work on "Industrial Scale Technology for Drug Development in Mature Human Fat Cells. The company's innovative approach promises to improve patient outcomes by tapping into the therapeutic potential of mature human fat cells.
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2 years ago Read more at PR Newswire

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy announced Thursday that he has raised $1.5 million for the family of slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller. The 31-year-old cop was shot and killed when a routine traffic stop in Queens turned into a shootout with alleged career criminal Guy Rivera, 34, on Monday night. Diller leaves behind his wife, Stephanie, and baby Ryan.
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2 years ago Read more at New York Post

The top players in the world will descend on its immaculate grounds for the 2024 Masters beginning on Thursday, April 11. The Masters has been decided by a single shot or a playoff in 41 of the 87 times it's been held. Scottie Scheffler is coming off back-to-back wins in the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Players Championship. Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris, and Viktor Hovland are all 21
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2 years ago Read more at CBS Sports

The American Gaming Association estimates Americans will wager $2.72 billion with legal outlets this year. There's still a chance Georgians could vote on authorizing sports betting in November. But a top Democrat said his party still wants to see changes in how state taxes on sports betting would be spent. Some GOP lawmakers oppose sports betting, saying they don't want the state to sanction destructive and addictive behavior.
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2 years ago Read more at Danbury News Times

POSTECH Metalenses, nano-artificial structures capable of manipulating light, offer a technology that can significantly reduce the size and thickness of traditional optical components. Despite its potential, the current technology requires tens of millions of won for fabricating a metalens the size of a fingernail. This technology holds great promise for various applications such as LiDAR which is called the 'eyes of the self-driving car'
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2 years ago Read more at Phys.org