Shake Shack, Serve Robotics roll out autonomous sidewalk robot delivery in Los Angeles

(Reuters) – Fast-food chain Shake Shack and Serve Robotics are partnering to use autonomous sidewalk robots to deliver orders placed on Uber Eats, the companies said on Wednesday. The partnership will cover select Shake Shack restaurants in Los Angeles, the companies added. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Uber’s food delivery arm has been offering Serve’s autonomous deliveries…

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Lilly demands doctors stop selling copycat weight-loss drugs, Bloomberg reports

(Reuters) -Eli Lilly has sent cease-and-desist letters to U.S. healthcare providers in recent days demanding they stop the promotion of copycat weight-loss drugs as the supply of its brand-name medicines improves, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Lilly now considers the brand-name drugs to be available and said compounded drugs from state-licensed facilities should not be…

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Brazil Senate committee again postpones vote on central bank financial autonomy

BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian Senate committee on Wednesday once again postponed a vote on a constitutional amendment proposal to grant financial autonomy to the central bank, which is backed by conservative lawmakers but opposed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The vote had already been delayed in July and the proposal’s sponsor, Senator…

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