J. Edward Moreno

Facebook Dating Is a Surprise Hit for the Social Network

No way this is true. Please contact me if you actually use Facebook dating and are a human. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/t...

Really good read from sex, drugs, and rock n roll correspondent @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social:

How upstart dating apps like Cerca are capitalizing on the “anti-swipe” moment sherwood.news/business/how...

Who is winning the GLP-1 race? It’s hard to keep track of all the next-gen GLP-1s in the pipeline, but we tried our best....

My colleague @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social is covering the hell out of the whole GLP-1 (Ozempic, etc) industry. He built this super interesting tracker to keep up with all the different drugs, their regulatory status and the results from their trials.
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Lilly cuts partnership with Noom in latest salvo in war on compounded GLP-1s The end of the partnership marks the latest schism drugmakers and telehealth providers....

fun scoop from @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social sherwood.news/business/lil...

Slate Auto CEO Chris Barman tells us how exactly it’s making a $25,000 EV The automotive veteran explains why her company can deliver a cheap electric vehicle when others, like Tesla, have failed....

I interviewed Slate Auto CEO Chris Barman this week. She told me why she thinks Slate can actually make a $25K electric truck and that I’d be able to wrap mine in hot pink for $500 sherwood.news/tech/slate-a...

Eli Lilly appears to be fattening its stockpiles of GLP-1s as the threat of tariffs on pharmaceuticals looms. sherwood.news/world/eli-li...

Why Grindr decided to build a side hustle selling erectile dysfunction pills From stoic Senator Bob Dole to racy ads targeting men on a gay dating app, erectile dysfunction marketing has changed wildly over the past three...

Grindr thinks there’s room for yet another ED telehealth brand. It might be right. sherwood.news/business/why...

Selling government-sponsored insurance is looking less lucrative. It’s about to get even messier. Cuts to Medicaid and signs that ACA enrollees are becoming costlier are weighing on some insurers. Is Centene the canary in the coal mine?...

Cuts to Medicaid and signs that ACA enrollees are becoming costlier are weighing on some insurers. Is Centene the canary in the coal mine?
https://sherwood.news/markets/selling-government-sponsored-insurance-is-looking-less-lucrative-its-about/

The controversial rise of Franken-pills: Telehealth companies push to mix meds in a single pill Combination pills, like those that treat ED and hair loss at the same time, help companies like Hims & Hers and Ro with customer retention. But...

My colleague @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social has been covering the hell out of these telehealth / pharma startups like Hims & Hers / Ro. He dives into the growth of “franken-pills” that combine ED+hair loss drugs via compounding which aren’t regulated or approved by the FDA. sherwood.news/business/the...

AGI is coming soon... chart showing various date range predictions for when AI will arrive

screenshot of AI predictions from Sam Altman and Elon Musk

screenshot of AI predictions from Geoffrey Hinton and Jensen Huang

screenshot of AI predictions from Demis Hassabis and Eric Schmidt

🔮🤖 Some AI folks bold enough to predict when AGI (artificial general intelligence) will arrive — even though nobody can agree on a definition!

We’ve seen enough of these, so we decided to track some high-profile public statements with dates. (With @rani.bsky.social )

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In the first quarter of 2025, $68.7 billion in pharmaceutical products were imported compared to $48.7 billion in the same quarter period last year.

many people are saying

Is a Hims & Hers short squeeze brewing? The company has high short interest and the stock has risen significantly in the past week. Its earnings report could be make or break for short...

The company has high short interest and the stock has risen significantly in the past week. Its earnings report could be make or break for short sellers.
https://sherwood.news/markets/is-a-hims-and-hers-short-squeeze-brewing/

Healthcare companies are paying out more...for security sherwood.news/power/health... @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social

Healthcare companies massively upped their spending on executive security in 2024 In 2024, UnitedHealth reported spending $1.7 million protecting its c-suite, up from $0 the previous year....

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Virtually every healthcare company that has filed a proxy statement so far this year reported increased spending on protecting their executives in 2024.

GET YOUR KICKS

If you made a plastic pipeline out of all the Zyn cans that Philip Morris has already sold this year, it’d be longer than Route 66 sherwood.news/markets/phil... by @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social

Breaking News Editor, Markets Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY

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Hims & Hers, at a crossroads, wants to be the Netflix of healthcare The generic drug maker started with cheeky ads selling knockoff Viagra. Now it’s trying to fend off big drugmakers and navigate a critical government...

Hims & Hers, at a crossroads, wants to be the Netflix of health care. I spoke with CEO Andrew Dudum about his vision for the company going forward.
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Chart: US trade deficit with China, 2004-2024

Chart: Top US exports to China Yearly, 2004-2024

Top US imports from China Yearly, 2004-2024

US imports and exports to China by category Yearly, 2004-2024

A full-on trade war has broken out between the US and China. Trump has slapped 145% tariffs on most Chinese imports. China retaliated by increasing the 34% tariffs it had in place on US imports to 84%.

A look at America’s trade deficit with China in four charts.

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First chart: how opinions about EVs have changed in the last two years by group.
Second chart: Where those groups stand now.
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How a game of broken telephone added then subtracted $4 trillion in market value The news may have been fake but the market's desire for tariff relief is very, very real....

My take here is that Walter Bloomberg probably didn't start the misinfo but also its not a bad thing if people grow more skeptical of accounts that only tweet headlines sherwood.news/markets/stoc...

RENMAC: “.. Trump believes he was spared an assassin's bullet to do this. .. I would not expect Trump to be the one to deescalate because he does not believe in trading with other countries. His heart is not in that. It really is that simple.”

@sherwood.news
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a man in a suit and tie playing a guitar ALT: a man in a suit and tie playing a guitar

All of the richest men in the world have become poorer since Trump took office.

Except for Warren Buffett.

sherwood.news/power/the-ri... by @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social

Oh look, nice to see the NYT do the same story on ARC-AGI that I did a month ago (sherwood.news/tech/openais...)

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

US Signal downloads are on track for a record this year Laid-off government workers and Hegseth are leading the way....

It looks like Pete Hegseth and government workers fearful of reprisal from the Trump administration are onto something: Signal. The encrypted messaging app is on track for a record year in the US. sherwood.news/tech/us-sign...

Why a US cannabis CEO is at war with an ETF manager In an unusual exchange, Green Thumb CEO Ben Kovler accused an ETF manager of influencing the price of his stock....

Why is a US cannabis CEO at war with an ETF manager?

$GTBIF $MSOS $MSOX

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Huntington Ingalls board members who almost never buy company stock bought just before Trump’s speech sent it sky-high An accounting professor who studies trading by corporate insiders described the transactions as “very unusual.”...

A few weeks back, giant shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls had its best trading day ever. It followed President Trump’s state of the union announcement that he intended “to resurrect” the US shipbuilding industry.

I noticed something, and did a bit of digging ...

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Americans’ impression of Tesla has tanked to its lowest level ever among liberals, moderates and the general population, according to new data from @today.yougov.com sherwood.news/tech/the-pub...

Huge congrats to my talented @sherwood.news pals @rani.bsky.social @matthewsphillips.bsky.social @jedwrdmoreno.bsky.social + David Crowther for their @sabew.bsky.social Best in Business Honorable Mention!

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