(CNN)More than 8 million people around the world die each year as a result of breathing polluted air that contains particles from fossil fuels, a new study has found. Burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil produces greenhouse gases that trap solar radiation in the atmosphere and cause climate change. But it also releases tiny poisonous particles known as […]

One problem with being The New York Times—big, lumbering, important—is that you sometimes get in your own way. It happens even when you cover the movies. Every now and then, you find yourself looking at a picture that’s looking at you. And that can be awkward. Just such a moment is pending, as The Times prepares to deal with She […]

Stocks moved sharply lower in early trading on Friday, extending the downward move seen over the course of the previous session. With the extended decline, the major averages fell to their lowest intraday levels in two months. The major averages have regained some ground since then but currently remain firmly negative. The Dow is down 197.56 points or 0.6 percent […]

Covid-19 has been an inflexion point for e-tailers. E-commerce companies managed to beat the odds by adopting a flexible approach in terms of transforming their business models and leveraging emerging technologies. They had to constantly align their objectives with evolving customer needs. With companies hiring thousands of temporary workers, expanding to smaller cities, and launching new products, e-commerce giants gird […]

The Los Angeles Unified School District has announced that it will make Narcan, an anti-overdose medication, available to all schools. This announcement was made after a 15-year-old student was found dead in a Hollywood school’s bathroom following a fentanyl overdose. Alberto M. Carvalho, the superintendent, said that naloxone (Narcan) would be available at all K-12 schools. The medication has turned […]

Asian stock markets are trading mostly lower on Friday, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight, as weak crude oil and bullion prices weigh on energy and materials stocks. Traders also pause to assess the impact of the proposed aggressive interest rate hikes by global central banks in their bid to reign in surging inflation. Asian markets ended […]

After showing a lack of direction early in the session, stocks continue to turn in a lackluster performance in afternoon trading on Thursday. The major averages have spent the day bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line. Currently, the major averages continue to turn in a mixed performance. While the Dow is up 107.66 points or 0.4 percent at […]

(CNN)Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Sunday slammed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for suggesting interest rates should go up to combat inflation in the US, saying he could “tip this economy into recession.” “I am very worried about this because the causes of inflation — things like the fact that Covid is still shutting down parts of the […]

Robert Kyncl, a 12-year veteran of YouTube’s senior executive team, will become CEO of Warner Music Group on January 1. Kyncl, who is currently chief business officer at YouTube, will become Co-CEO of WMG along with current WMG CEO Steve Cooper for the month of January 2023. As of February 1, 2023, Kyncl will become sole CEO and assume Cooper’s […]