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Getty Images “Opportunistic” screening by AI can find diseases that doctors weren’t looking for This is the sixth feature in a six-part series that is looking at how AI is changing medical research and treatments. When 58-year-old Will Studholme ended up in accident and emergency at an NHS hospital in Oxford in 2023 with gastrointestinal symptoms, he wasn’t expecting a …

Mobile, broadband, and pay TV companies will no longer be allowed to give surprise price rises in the middle of a customer’s contract as a regulator ban comes into effect. In new deals from Friday, before somebody agrees to a contract, providers must tell them “in pounds and pence” about any price rises, as well as when they will occur. …

After months of speculation about his political ambitions, former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney has announced his run for leader of Canada’s governing Liberal Party. Mr Carney formally launched his bid in his hometown of Edmonton, Alberta, on Thursday at a hockey rink where he learned how to skate as a young boy. “I’m doing …

MUMBAI: Stocks of companies belonging to the Adani group rallied as much as 10% in Thursday’s market on the back of news that Hindenburg Research will close down. Nearly two-years to the day, the US-based short-seller had brought a massive crash in Adani group’s stocks after it published a 110-page report alleging several corporate malfeasances by the Ahmedabad-based business house, …

Getty Images Tariffs are a central part of Donald Trump’s economic vision The global economy is set to grow this year at its slowest pace in six years amid fears of US tariffs hitting trade, the World Bank has warned. Growth of 2.7% would be the weakest performance since 2019, aside from the sharp contraction seen at the height of …

The US Federal Reserve could cut rates three or four times this year if inflation data cooperates, with a first cut possible before July, a senior bank official said Thursday. Headline consumer inflation rose for a third straight month in December as energy prices jumped, according to data published Wednesday, but a widely watched measure eased slightly, raising hopes that …

NEW DELHI: The Competition Commission has imposed a penalty of Rs 40 lakh on the investment manager of Goldman Sachs AIF for failing to notify the regulator about the more than four-year-old deal that gives the option to buy up to 3.81 per cent stake in Biocon Biologics. The penalty was levied on Goldman Sachs (India) Alternative Investment Management Pvt …

Planned strike action on Avanti West Coast train services has been suspended for the rest of January. The strike dates that are cancelled are Sunday 19 January and Sunday 26th January with the aim of allowing intensive talks to take place following recent approaches by Avanti to the RMT union. RMT members who are train managers at Avanti West Coast …

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits spiked last week, though the job market is majorly healthy, with layoffs reduced to a historic low.According to the labour department, applications for jobless benefits increased by 14,000 for the week ending 11 January, against 203,000 in the previous week. This marked the lowest number since February last year.The four-week moving average, …

BENGALURU: E-commerce giant Amazon has entered into an agreement to acquire Axio, a Bengaluru-based digital lending startup formerly known as Capital Float, as part of its strategy to enhance its financial service offerings in India.Axio, founded in 2013, allows individuals to avail of pay-later or a credit offering at multiple terminals, Amazon being the largest such. Saif Ali Khan Health …