Friday, May 20, 2016

Microsoft bringing Minecraft to China

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Minecraft is insanely popular, and for good reason. Not only is it fun, but light on resources. In other words, it can run on many desktop and laptop computers, not to mention smartphones and tablets. There is even a special Windows 10 edition in Microsoft’s app store.

Auto Insurance Customers Disappointed in Their Insurers’ Websites: J.D. Power

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While overall customers are more satisfied with their experience shopping online for auto insurance, they are less thrilled with the websites of individual insurance companies, with only slightly more half saying they “definitely will” return to the site for their servicing needs, according to the latest J.D. Power study.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Scientists have determined how we can prevent half of all cancer deaths

Imagine a powerful new treatment that could cut all cancer deaths by more than half.

In the age of $10,000-a-month cancer drugs that often extend life by the thinnest margins — a few precious months before the cancer rages back — the idea of such a potent effect sounds like a fantasy.

FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Bladder Cancer

(HealthDay News) -- A new drug to treat bladder cancer was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday.

Tecentriq (atezolizumab) treats the most common type of bladder cancer, called urothelial carcinoma. It's the first in its class of drugs, called PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, approved to treat this type of cancer.

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Wall Street turns higher as bank stocks offset retail shares

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 16, 2016.

(Reuters) - Wall Street reversed course to trade slightly higher on Wednesday as the prospect of higher interest rates sent financial stocks up, offsetting a fall in retail shares.