Rocketing medicine pricing for new products sicken insurersÂ
US drugmakers worried about a backlash over soaring drug prices are increasingly talking with insurers ahead of time about paying for new therapies that could cost six figures a year.
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Alec Hogg’s regular column covering investment, economics, moneycraft and, occasionally, something very personal.
Elephant rampage: Unintended consequence of Botswana hunting ban
Easy answers are rarely the right ones as Botswana’s Government is discovering after banning all hunting in the country.
Signals from the summit: How social media proved to be a matter of life or death in Nepal earthquake
Last week, Biznews posted an interesting article on the science behind the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal. Today, we’re posting a fascinating article from AFP on the power of social media to put people into action ASAP when disaster strikes.
Munich owns up to its past with Nazi museum Â
Munich opened a museum on the former site of the Nazi party headquarters on Thursday, in a long overdue reckoning with the German city’s status as the “home of the movement”.
UPDATED: State to appeal precedent-setting right-to-die rulingÂ
People suffering from terminal diseases should lawfully be allowed to end their lives in a dignified manner, a member of Dignity SA said on Wednesday ahead of an urgent application before the High Court in Pretoria.
At the height of its fame, Apple could face the Goldman dilemma of staying on topÂ
With the prospects for innovative and robust developments creating some shadows at the edges of success, Apple would do well to consider several challenges lying just ahead
Public Protector’s budget briefing descends into insults & rebukesÂ
Relations between the ANC and Thuli Madonsela reached a new low on Wednesday as Mathole Motshekga rubbished her annual budget briefing.
New heir to Saudi throne in reshuffleÂ
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman named his powerful interior minister as heir on Wednesday in a generational shift that also saw one of his sons promoted to second in line to the throne.
South African university makes the global top 10 in new QS rankings
The University of Cape Town has excelled, along with other South African tertiary institutions, in the QS World University Rankings for 2015.
“Prisoners are treated better than us” – Crewmen stuck on ship in Cape Town waters
Otto Lasrado, 45, from Goa in India is furious about the fact that he and his 20 fellow crewmen have been stuck just off Three Anchor Bay in Cape Town since March 17 on the vessel Agatis.