Author: Paul E.

Dear Richard,An old friend is fed up with health, fitness and exercise and I don’t know what to do. We have known each other for many years and now live in neighboring villages. We are both retired but well off and in good health. Needless to say our usual meeting place was the pub but we never drank to excess.My friend took up running, cycling and other exercise during lockdown and has seen impressive results, losing a lot of weight (although I think he proves the adage that after a certain age you have to choose between your body and…

The accelerated adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology is seen as key to driving efficiency and operational improvements in the insurance industry, but the industry is only just beginning to realize the impact that AI and automation can bring. A recent RDT technology poll of insurer and MGA technology experts found widespread cautious confidence in the adoption of AI, with insurtech experts highlighting AI’s potential to improve insurance processing and platforms for the benefit of customers and brokers. The majority of respondents (61%) said their organization is currently using generative AI, and more than half of insurtech professionals (52%) expressed…

It looked like the safest game of the early games. Eagles vs. Saints, set at 49.5 total. Yards projection, points projection. Let’s settle for three hours and watch them score.Of course, this is snow globe league: variance hurts: some results are less than satisfying, some just don’t make much sense.The Eagles won 15-12 on Sunday, which was a fair result. Philadelphia dominated the game, gaining 460 yards to the Saints’ 219. It’s amazing that this game was in doubt for three hours.At the very least, most of the major fantasy players were productive. Saquon Barkley scored two touchdowns for Philadelphia…

NEW YORK — Dick Moss, the lawyer who created free agency for baseball players and won the arbitration case that revolutionized professional athletes’ compensation, has died. He was 93. Moss died Saturday at a nursing home in Santa Monica, Calif., the Major League Baseball Players Association announced on Sunday. Moss had been in poor health for several years. Moss, who was hired as general counsel by union executive director Marvin Miller in 1967, handled the case involving pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally in 1975, which led arbitrator Peter Seitz to invalidate the retention clause. The unilateral one-year renewal clause…

Dive Overview: London-based biotech startup Vicebio has raised $100 million in Series B funding to continue developing a technology it claims could potentially produce an easy-to-manufacture, potent vaccine. The Series B round, announced Monday, was led by new backer TCGX, with participation from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Avolo Ventures, founding investor Medixy and others. The new funding will help advance the company’s portfolio of respiratory infection vaccines, led by a combination respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus vaccine that recently began Phase 1 trials. According to Vicebio, its technology, called “molecular clamps,” has the ability to target viral proteins in their…

A promising program at Researchers’ Night. The VERITAS Historical Institute and Archives will once again take part in the Researchers’ Evenings series. During Friday’s program, the Institute’s staff will present the history, systems and documentation of reparations in Hungary to interested parties. The event will start at 5 pm and will be followed by lectures on compensation benefits introduced after the system change, the IT background of compensation administration, storage and processing of case files in the archive, etc., the organizers announced. Share “Veritas Historical Institute to hold lecture on reparations” on Twitter The evening will feature the most interesting…

A new survey by Gallup and the New Hampshire Learning Initiative finds that high school and middle school students are gaining career insight through career-related learning. New Hampshire’s investments in career-related learning (CCL) for young people are paying off, with recent Gallup survey data showing that a majority of high school students want to participate in more of these opportunities to broaden their experiences. According to the report, co-authored by Gallup and the New Hampshire Learning Initiative, one-third (38%) of high school student respondents said their CCL experience influenced their plans after high school, and nearly two-thirds (64%) of students…

Clavate Medtech Intelligence and Relatable software enhances product data management and competitive conversion efficiencies for medtech sales, contracts and pricing teams.LONDON , Sept. 23, 2024 /CNW/ — Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT), a leading global provider of transformational intelligence, today announced a strategic partnership with Relatable Healthcare, a technology company that provides product relationship management (PRM) software to leading medical technology companies to drive revenue and workflow efficiencies.(PRNewsfoto/Clarivate Analytics)Relatable™ is a Product Relationship Management (PRM) platform developed for medical technology manufacturers and distributors, enabling new competitive transformation capabilities that drive cost-effective revenue growth. The platform establishes a single source of truth…

GENEVA – SITA, an air transport technology company based in Geneva, Switzerland, says its 2024 Passenger IT Insights report highlights changing passenger behavior, with many passengers adopting digital solutions such as mobile-enabled travel. The report found that travelers are increasingly using mobile devices to handle reservations, waiting times and baggage claim. Notably, 75% of those surveyed said they would be comfortable storing their passport on their phone with secure digital travel credentials and sharing them before traveling to expedite the process. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports that air travel will see a sharper increase than expected in 2023.…

LONDON — The British pound has surged to a two-and-a-half-year high after the Bank of England kept interest rates on hold in a hawkish manner, but strategists are warning that Britain’s next budget could pose risks to investor and consumer sentiment.Many investors are waiting for the new Labour government’s fiscal plans to be published at the end of October before making any longer-term forecasts for the UK economy and their wealth, with Chancellor Keir Starmer warning of “painful” decisions ahead that will cost Britain money.Meanwhile, the Labour Party, in power for the first time in 15 years, holds its annual…