Real 'Fault in Our Stars' couple reunited by hope Katie and Dalton Prager, a young couple who both have cystic fibrosis, celebrated happy news when they reunited Tuesday afternoon after nearly five months apart: Katie is on her way to getting a lifesaving lung transplant. More
US home sales rebound slightly in February U.S. home sales picked up slightly in February but remain sluggish due to tight inventories, affordability problems and nasty winter weather. More
Dollar rises above 100 yen for 1st time in 4 years The dollar has risen above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years as currency traders persist in selling the Japanese currency in reaction to Tokyo's aggressive credit-easing moves. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
Retailers report modest gains for April Americans spent briskly during the early spring months in the latest sign that they’re encouraged by the economic recovery. Falling gas prices, a rallying stock market and gains in the job market all fueled Americans’ shopping habits even as cold weather tempered their desire to buy spring fashions. More
April jobs report falls short The jobless rate also rose to 3.9 percent during the same period. {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY The Big Story US economy ... 05/3/2024 - 10:33 am | View Link
U.S. economy adds 175,000 jobs in April but sees a rise in unemployment Fed rate cuts would, over time, reduce the cost of mortgages, auto loans and other consumer and business borrowing. Stock futures jumped Friday after the jobs report was released on hopes that rate ... 05/3/2024 - 2:42 am | View Link
US economy adds 175K jobs in April, much weaker than expected The April jobs report released Friday provided a look at the labor market's health as the economy continues to confront high interest rates and inflation. 05/3/2024 - 1:32 am | View Link
US economy adds 175K jobs in April, falling short of expectations The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs and the jobless rate ticked higher to 3.9 percent in April, according to new Labor Department data released Friday. The April jobs report fell short of ... 05/3/2024 - 1:32 am | View Link
A growing chorus of experts don't think a rate cut is coming in 2024 Investors are starting to take seriously the idea that the Fed might not cut interest rates in 2024. Strong job gains and elevated inflation reports could put the Fed in a difficult spot later ... 04/5/2024 - 11:28 pm | View Link
With packaging that looks like beer and cigarettes, water is positioning itself as your next vice.
Last summer, a new beverage brand hit the market. Accompanying the product release was a two-minute promotional video with some eye-catching details: a man in a skull mask cracking open a cold one to some death metal, a bikini-clad woman emerging from a lagoon in front of an industrial plant, and some seemingly intoxicated shenanigans in a kiddie pool.
Ashish Kothari is the founder and CEO of Happiness Squad, a company launched in 2022 with the mission of helping people integrate the art and science of happiness into their lives. Previously, he spent 25 years in consulting, most recently as a partner at McKinsey & Company where he organized efforts in leadership, well-being, and […]
Ashish Kothari is the founder and CEO of Happiness Squad, a company launched in 2022 with the mission of helping people integrate the art and science of happiness into their lives.
The German sportswear giant is preparing for the inevitable downward trend in Samba sales this year.
As Adidas aims to build on hot demand for its three-striped white and black Samba and multicolored Gazelle sneakers, it’s also taking steps to prevent the shoes from becoming victims of their own success.
Large cities such as New York, Miami, Denver, and Boston are struggling to house new arrivals and meet their basic needs.
Immigration has become a defining issue in the 2024 elections and a major challenge in many U. S. cities. Over the past several years, wars and armed conflict, violent persecution and desperate poverty have displaced millions of people worldwide and propelled the arrival in the U.
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Most scammers and cybercriminals operate in the digital shadows and don’t want you to know how they make money. But that’s not the case for the Yahoo Boys, a loose collective of young men in West Africa who are some of the web’s most prolific—and increasingly dangerous—scammers.
Thousands of people are members of dozens of Yahoo Boy groups operating across Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram, a WIRED analysis has found.
Enlarge / Artist impression of a glory on exoplanet WASP-76b. (credit: ESA)
Do rainbows exist on distant worlds? Many phenomena that happen on Earth—such as rain, hurricanes, and auroras—also occur on other planets in our Solar System if the conditions are right. Now we have evidence from outside our Solar System that one particularly strange exoplanet might even be displaying something close to a rainbow.
Appearing in the sky as a halo of colors, a phenomenon called a "glory" occurs when light hits clouds made up of a homogeneous substance in the form of spherical droplets.