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The government has a habit of chasing simple villains for deeply complicated problems. Every few years, politicians point to either drug manufacturers, insurers, hospitals, pharmacies, or “middlemen” as key to finally lowering drug costs and cleaning up the healthcare system.  Most recently, their scapegoat for high drug prices has become pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. PBMs operate as the middlemen between drug manufacturers, insurance companies, pharmacies, and employer health plans. They negotiate rebates with pharmaceutical companies, determine which drugs are covered by insurance plans, and help manage prescription drug benefits for millions of Americans. In recent years, concerns have grown…

Table of Contents The International Cricket Council has increased the total membership as they have also granted Associate membership to the Mauritius Cricket Federation (MCF). They also made it clear that they had no intention to reduce the ODI format to 40 overs, as per a report in Cricbuzz.With the inclusion of the Mauritius Cricket Federation, the number of associate members has increased to 99, and the number of full-time members remains 12. Jay Shah-led ICC takes multiple key decisions in meetingOn Sunday, the ICC, headed by Jay Shah, took multiple crucial decisions regarding the membership of the cricket boards…

Should trade expectations be high this summer in Montreal? Jim Biringer of NHLRumors.com, Full Press Hockey, and RG Media joined TSN Radio in Montreal and was asked whether the Montreal Canadiens will make a move this offseason. NHLRumors.com Transcriptions Host: “Jim, do you expect- like, what are we expecting here to finish off the summer before we get to camp? I look here. We got a show every single day between 12 and 1. It’s one hour dedicated to the Montreal Canadiens. Habs lunch, and a lot of the text messages coming in, a lot of the tweets coming in,…

Low-income households in London are facing an additional burden of more than £600 a year to access standard goods and services, research suggests.The study by Fair by Design, external, funded by Trust for London, found affected families in Peckham pay an average of £493 more annually than wealthier households for identical items.This “poverty premium” rises to over £600 in the worst affected areas of the capital, driven by factors such as a higher reliance on high-interest credit and increased costs for non-direct debit billing.A government spokesperson said ministers were “determined to turn the tide on poverty after years of rising…

Standard Chartered maintained its end-2026 Bitcoin price forecast of $100,000 in a note to investors on Friday, arguing that the recent weakness reflects a failure by Strategy to explain a strategic shift rather than any deterioration in the company’s balance sheet. Geoffrey Kendrick, the bank’s global head of digital assets research, wrote that Strategy — the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, with 843,775 coins, more than 4% of the 21 million that will ever exist — “appears to be pivoting from its ‘never sell Bitcoin’ mantra to a more complex approach.”  Clear communication of that pivot, he wrote, will determine…

The term Wonderwall is originally taken from the psychedelic and surreal 1968 film of the same name.It stars Jane Birkin as the object of obsession for a man who lives next door, slowly making holes in his wall so he can watch her through it (not creepy at all).George Harrison provided the soundtrack – the first solo album by a Beatle – which is where avid record collector Noel came across it.The original working title for his tune had been Wishing Stone, but a smart tweak to the lyrics resulted in his best-selling song – millions of records and billions…

Lhuan-dre Pretorius scored a record-breaking ton for the Proteas vs Zimbabwe (Image via ET) South Africa’s teenage sensation Lhuan-dre Pretorius has made his priorities crystal clear. Despite establishing himself in franchise leagues around the world, the 20-year-old wicketkeeper-batter says he would gladly give up every other format if it meant enjoying a long and successful Test career for South Africa.Currently representing the San Francisco Unicorns in Major League Cricket (MLC), Pretorius has been in sensational form. He recently smashed an unbeaten 102 off just 52 balls against MI New York, registering his maiden T20 century. The left-hander is also a…

The NTA is likely to release the UGC NET June 2026 provisional answer key soon at ugcnet.nta.nic.in. Candidates can download their response sheets, question papers, challenge answers by paying ₹200 per question, and estimate their scores before the final results are declared. UGC NET June 2026 provisional answer key: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to release the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) June 2026 session provisional answer key on the official website, ugcnet.nta.nic.in soon In addition to releasing the provisional answer key, the NTA will release the candidate’s answer sheets and question papers at the…

Polymarket has filed for Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) registration with the National Futures Association (NFA) via an affiliate entity called Coming Home GBA, according to Bloomberg. The July 3, 2026 NFA filing signals the world’s largest prediction market’s intent to offer regulated margin trading to US users – allowing traders to take leveraged positions on event contracts through a fully licensed intermediary. The central tension this story unpacks is that a platform fined for running an illegal derivatives market in 2022 is now applying for the highest tier of US derivatives intermediary registration while simultaneously operating under a separate CFTC…

So What Are Platforms Doing With AI? Every major eLearning platform announced AI features in the last 18 months. Coursera, Udemy, LinkedIn Learning, Skillshare, they all launched something. But stating “we added AI” is vague. What does that actually mean? What are these platforms building, and does it genuinely change how learning works? The answer is more nuanced than the announcements suggest. eLearning platforms are adding AI in specific places where it solves a problem. But they’re also running into real constraints. And they’re discovering that rebuilding a platform around AI costs significantly more than bolting AI onto an existing…