The Latest Breaking News from Gerd Altmann

Perhaps a bear market is really a time to grow, even if you aren’t a billionaire adding to your holdings. 

Dementia is a leading cause of death in Australia.

Astronomers have developed a method that will allow them to see through the fog of the early universe and detect light from the first stars and galaxies.

Pre-clinical biotech psychedelics company Psylo has signed an agreement with Australia’s national science agency CSIRO to collaboratively investigate the therapeutic potential of the company’s lead drug candidates.

The White House unveiled the first phase of its national monkeypox vaccine strategy, with plans to send doses to areas with confirmed outbreaks.  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to distribute 296,000 doses of the Bavarian Nordic A/S's (OTC:BVNRY) Jynneos vaccine, an already-developed monkeypox vaccine. The U.S. is releasing 56,000 doses of…

Few investors are as well known as Jordan Belfort, not only because of the Leonardo DiCaprio film "Wolf of Wall Street" revolving around his early life, but as a popular author, speaker and investor in cryptocurrency and in traditional finance. 

Sanofi SA (NASDAQ:SNY) and GSK plc (NYSE:GSK) have announced positive data from their vaccine trial of adjuvanted bivalent D614 and Beta (B.1.351) vaccine candidate.  "Sanofi-GSK's vaccine is the first candidate to demonstrate efficacy in a placebo-controlled trial in an environment of high Omicron variant circulation," Sanofi said in a statement. The bivalent vaccine targets the…

As Sequoia Capital looks beyond current investment weakness in new companies in Asia, it has raised $2.85 billion to fund Indian and Southeast Asian startups.

Twitter, Inc (NYSE:TWTR) refused to remove Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban from its board after failing to win the support of the necessary majority of Twitter investors.  The board considered Durban a highly influential member bringing an unparalleled operational knowledge of the industry, a unique perspective, and an invaluable skill set and experience…