The Horn News

Proudly American, Fiercely Independent

Big Pharma mega deal is making investors nervous

Bristol-Myers Squibb is spending $74 billion on fellow drugmaker Celgene in a deal aimed at stocking the combined company’s development pipeline with cancer, immunology and cardiovascular treatments. But so far, investors aren’t loving the deal. Bristol would gain the cancer treatment Revlimid in the cash-and-stock deal announced Thursday, as well… Read More

Looking for a budget car? Here are the 7 best

What to do when you need a car that can rack up miles but not your debt ratio? Here are seven of today’s lowest-priced cars that deliver good fuel economy and have features to ensure your sanity on long drives. The first four are tops among Edmunds editors for extra-small sedans…. Read More

Revealed! The TRUTH behind internet censorship

Earlier this month, Google CEO Sundar Pichai was interrogated by the House Judiciary Committee about the online search engine’s liberal biases. What they shared was disturbing. Google collects users’ personal data and has shared that data with the government and other entities. Recent studies have also proven that Google filters… Read More

With OK from Congress, US hemp market set to boom

Hemp is about to get the nod from the federal government that marijuana, its cannabis plant cousin, craves. A provision of the farm bill that received final approval in Congress on Wednesday removes hemp from the list of federally controlled substances and treats the low-THC version of the cannabis plant… Read More

Space tours? It’s closer than you think

Virgin Galactic’s tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary of space. The rocket ship hit an altitude of 51 miles before beginning its gliding descent, said mission official Enrico Palermo. It landed… Read More

Biometric car rentals? It’s coming…

Biometric screening is expanding to the rental car industry. Hertz said Tuesday it is teaming up with Clear, the maker of biometric screening kiosks found at many airports, in an effort to slash the time it takes to pick up a rental car. Clear hopes it will lead more travelers… Read More

Here’s how Facebook “weaponized” your data

Internal Facebook documents released by a U.K. parliamentary committee last month offered the clearest evidence yet that the social network has used its enormous trove of user data as a competitive weapon, often in ways designed to keep its users in the dark. Parliament’s media committee accused Facebook on Wednesday… Read More

WOW! The 2019 prediction EVERY American needs to see

Two years ago, the Wall Street hotshots were all predicting financial ruin because of President Donald Trump. And he hadn’t even taken office yet! Sponsored: If you’re an American and 55… Today those same “geniuses” are making the same ugly predictions – and every time the stock market dips, they… Read More

Big Pharma giants announce mega-merger

Drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer are merging their health care divisions, creating a market leader in “over the counter” health care products like pain relievers and vitamins with combined sales of $12.7 billion. British-based GSK will own 68 percent of the joint venture, which will bring together GSK’s brands such as… Read More

Top U.S. investment firm facing CRIMINAL charges

Malaysia filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two former executives on Monday for their role in the alleged multibillion-dollar ransacking of state investment fund 1MDB. Attorney General Tommy Thomas said the government is seeking several billion dollars in fines from Goldman Sachs for breaches of securities laws that involved… Read More