Merck’s shares jumped over 5%, amid an announcement that deputy CEO Kai Beckmann will take the reins currently held by CEO Belén Garijo.
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Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
The five-year survival rate for a woman diagnosed with breast cancer has jumped up from around 75% in the early 1980s, to over 90% in the past few years.
The last northeastern gallery in this competition assailed Montgomerie so relentlessly during his match with Payne Stewart that the Scotsman’s father walked off the course on the front nine.
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Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
The media giant also has announced plans to acquire most of Fubo and combine the pay-TV operator with Hulu + Live TV, creating a formidable sports-centric combination that critics and at least one shareholder have assailed as a potential monopoly.
After a stint staying with her police detective son, Charlie, Harry begins to investigate crimes herself, now finding an unlikely new sleuthing partner, a teen who had mugged Harry.
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Anne Easton,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
The draw for the 1994 World Cup was held there, when James Brown performed and Robin Williams mugged for the cameras with Sepp Blatter, one of entertainment’s more unlikely double acts.
The Eagles attacked Skinner again, and the home crowd begged for a flag after the safety aggressively defended tight end Dallas Goedert, but no penalty was called.
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Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
In the southern border city of Sderot, which was attacked on October 7, and is frequently the target of rocket fire, a group of Israelis gathered at an observation deck overlooking Gaza to revel in its ruin.
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