#Dish Network profits jump despite 133,000 lost subscribers

#Dish Network profits jump despite 133,000 lost subscribers

“#Dish Network profits jump despite 133,000 lost subscribers” Dish Network, the satellite-TV company led by chairman Charlie Ergen, posted an 88 percent jump in quarterly profit even as it lost subscribers. Dish said Monday it continued to hemorrhage pay-TV subscribers during the fourth quarter at a slightly slower clip, shedding 133,00 subscribers compared with a…

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#Chinese state fund invests in gene firm BGI

#Chinese state fund invests in gene firm BGI

“#Chinese state fund invests in gene firm BGI” SYDNEY – The Chinese government has made an investment in BGI Genomics Co, a listed Chinese company that has supplied millions of COVID-19 tests globally as the gene firm seeks to fund exponential growth driven by the pandemic. BGI Group, which runs a massive gene databank in…

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#Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight

#Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight

“#Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After beating bone cancer, Hayley Arceneaux figures rocketing into orbit on SpaceX’s first private flight should be a piece of cosmic cake. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital announced Monday that the 29-year-old physician assistant — a former patient hired last spring —…

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#Boeing stock slides after airlines ground 777 jets

#Boeing stock slides after airlines ground 777 jets

“#Boeing stock slides after airlines ground 777 jets” Boeing’s stock price slipped Monday after it advised airlines to ground dozens of planes like the one that burst into flame over Denver this weekend. Shares in the Chicago-based planemaker dropped about 2.9 percent to $211.12 in premarket trading as of 8:28 a.m. as regulators probed safety…

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#United Airlines probing Ted Cruz leak: report

#United Airlines probing Ted Cruz leak: report

“#United Airlines probing Ted Cruz leak: report” United Airlines is investigating the leak of Sen. Ted Cruz’s revised itinerary — in which he returned to Texas earlier than planned from Cancun, Mexico, amid outrage about his trip during the winter storm, according to a report. The Republican lawmaker at first claimed he was just escorting…

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