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Edtech giant 2U is under severe market and financial pressure, saying earlier this month that its “ability to continue as a going concern is in serious doubt” if it is unable to secure further capital or reduce its debt. warned investors.This means a significant reversal of fortune. Four years after his online program manager (OPM) 2U went public in 2014, the company's stock traded close to his $100. This year, it has hovered below $1 due to signs of trouble, including some universities terminating their contracts.Major investment firms lowered the stock price after 2U expressed doubts about its continued status…
The plan to spin off 3M's healthcare business will come to fruition on April 1st. The spinoff, known as Solventum, will continue to operate out of 3M's Maplewood headquarters for the time being, according to a Feb. 20 registration filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The more than 300-page filing contained a wealth of details about the new company, which will employ about 22,000 people and operate in more than 90 countries. In 2023, 3M's healthcare business will generate annual revenue of $8.2 billion, representing about a quarter of the company's total revenue. The filing notes that the…
Nvidia (NVDA) released its fourth quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, with revenue and bottom line numbers beating analysts' expectations.For the quarter, Nvidia reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $5.16 on revenue of $22.1 billion. Analysts had expected EPS of $4.60 and revenue of $20.4 billion. This is a significant increase from his $6.1 billion in the year-ago quarter, when Nvidia reported his EPS of $0.88. Elaborating on Nvidia's performance, the company reported $27 billion in revenue for all of 2022.The company also said it expected first-quarter sales of $24 billion, plus or minus 2%, beating analyst expectations.…
American singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine has just released details about her latest album, Old, and announced that she will be going on tour in support of the album later this year. The run will begin in April in San Diego, then cross the Atlantic and travel throughout Europe in the fall, concluding the tour in October at Dublin's 3Arena. Advance tickets are available now and general sales will begin on Friday, February 23rd at 10am local time. Additionally, a portion of ticket sales will be donated to LGBTQ youth charity The Ally Coalition. Listen to the title track of “Older” below,…
EClinicalWorks, a cloud-based vendor of electronic health records and practice management systems for small practices, hospitals, and large health systems, will have a significant presence at the HIMSS24 Global Conference & Exhibition. Healthcare IT News We spoke with Sameer Bhat, Co-Founder and VP of Sales at eClinicalWorks, to learn about the algorithmic workflow process innovations the Massachusetts-based EHR vendor is bringing to HIMSS24 attendees, and how AI integration improves patient satisfaction. We asked him for his thoughts on how it can be improved. and reduce burnout. Q. How has AI in healthcare evolved in the past year since the last…
Imagine sailing across a vast ocean. There, the currents change unpredictably, and each wave brings new challenges. This is the world of search engine optimization (SEO), where Google's algorithms play a role in the ever-changing tides. As a veteran journalist, I have witnessed firsthand the impact of these digital waves on websites large and small alike. Today we embark on a journey to explore the latest developments in search engine operations and their implications for the future. David and Goliath of the digital realm In a recent statement, Google promised to increase the visibility of small sites in search results.…
Follow Josh VanDyke on XMona Shores junior Katie Phillips, 14, and junior Ava Frey, 20, of Muskegon, during a game at Muskegon High School on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, in Muskegon, Michigan. They tried to stop 10-year-old sophomore Mariah Antionette Sain. Muskegon won with 57 points. -32.MUSKEGON, MI – The girls basketball regular season is in its final stretch, with several Muskegon area teams vying to cross the finish line for a conference championship and the top seed for the upcoming district tournament.Before the postseason begins, let's take a look at some Muskegon area girls basketball teams that are trending…
SEKAMUAH – A new plan was recently announced by the DeKalb County Community Foundation to provide unlimited financial aid to students in Sandwich Educational Foundation District 430.Students in District 430 will directly benefit from the newly created fund, according to a news release from the DeKalb County Community Foundation.“The goal of this fund is to secure future funding that will benefit Sandwich students,” Sandwich Education Foundation President Janet Wright said in a news release. “The new fund also provides gap funding in the event of unforeseen circumstances (e.g., COVID-19) that prevent us from holding our annual fundraiser.” Our spring fundraiser…
Step into a heartwarming story of an unlikely friendship as Studio Ten brings “Driving Miss Daisy'' to life on the stage of the Turner Theater at the Factory in Franklin. Performances will begin on March 7th and run until March 24th.Alfred Woolley's “Driving Miss Daisy'' depicts the decades-long relationship between a strong-willed, wealthy Jewish woman and her black driver during the Jim Crow era in the Deep South. What began as a troubled and antagonistic pair, set against a backdrop of changing world conditions from the late 1940s to the early 1970s, quickly became the center of gravity between them…
More than 50 years ago, when young Joe Biden embarked on his first political career, it was his younger brother Jimmy who dropped out of college and crisscrossed the country to raise money for his candidacy.A few months later, when Joe Biden's wife and 13-month-old daughter are killed in a car accident, Jimmy ends up going to the hospital to help identify the bodies.And as Joe Biden rose to political prominence, it was Jimmy who took his brother's two surviving children under his wing, forming an especially strong bond with his younger brother Hunter, with whom he had much in…