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Argentine Oil Output Is Poised to Oust Colombia From South America’s Top Three

(Bloomberg) -- A shale-drilling frenzy in Argentina has put the country on the verge of leapfrogging regional rival Colombia as a top-three crude producer in South America.Most Read from BloombergBrace for a Nationwide Shuffle of Corporate HeadquartersA Chicago Skyscraper Cements the Legacy of a Visionary Postmodern ArchitectCloud Computing Tax Threatens Chicago’s Silicon Valley AmbitionsNYC’s Run-Down Bus Terminal Gets Approval for $10 Billion RevampKansas City Looks Back on its Long, Costly Ri

Eye-Disease Focused Kodiak Sciences Is A Promising 'Turnaround Story For 2025': Analyst Upgrades Stock

Jefferies has upgraded Kodiak Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:KOD), a biopharmaceutical company focused on retinal (eye) diseases. Kodiak’s lead investigational medicine, tarcocimab, is an anti-VEGF antibody biopolymer conjugate under development for high-prevalence retinal vascular diseases. Tarcocimab is currently being studied in two Phase 3 trials, GLOW2 in diabetic retinopathy and DAYBREAK in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). Both studies are actively enrolling patients. J

TikTok asks federal appeals court to bar enforcement of potential ban until Supreme Court review

TikTok asked a federal appeals court on Monday to bar the Biden administration from enforcing a law that could lead to a ban on the popular platform until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge to the statute. The legal filing was made after a panel of three judges on the same court sided with the government last week and ruled that the law, which requires TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance to divest its stakes in the social media company or face a ban, was constitutional. If the law is not overturned, both TikTok and its parent ByteDance, which is also a plaintiff in the case, have claimed that the popular app will shut down by Jan. 19, 2025.

Amazon should buy Bitcoin, shareholders say

Shareholders of Amazon (AMZN) have submitted a proposal to add Bitcoin to the balance sheet. The shareholders of the e-commerce giant are urging the company to learn from MicroStrategy (MSTR), which heavily invested in Bitcoin, resulting in an increase in its share price.