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The metal arms that once held rockets on the launchpad are still standing.
From Barron's
Moderna held a Type A meeting—an urgent regulatory meeting—with the FDA after the agency last week issued a “refusal-to-file” letter rejecting the vaccine candidate.
From Barron's
Nvidia held relatively small stakes in each of the companies as of the end of the third quarter of 2025, the largest being a holding in Applied Digital worth around $177 million at the time.
From Barron's
The trilateral meetings, held in Geneva, went on late on Tuesday but only lasted two hours on Wednesday.
From BBC
Once she held court with Russian reporters, including one dressed as Michael Jackson himself, complete with red sequined top and silver gloves, Petrosian took a single question in English.
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