Christopher Durang, one of American theaters most accomplished and acclaimed playwrights, has been diagnosed with logopenic primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a rare disorder of language which, according to a newly published report, “has curbed the prolific author’s career.” The disclosure of Durang’s condition was made by the playwright’s family and friends to the website Broadway News, which published the exclusive today. […]

(CNN)General Motors revealed a new electric mid-sized SUV, the Chevrolet Blazer EV, that will go on sale in about a year. Part of GM’s push to go all-electric in a little over a decade, the Blazer EV will join an increasingly competitive market for electric SUVs. But its real appeal may be in just how many different ways it can […]

Indian equity markets should be able to withstand inflation up to 8 per cent, said analysts at Credit Suisse Wealth Management in a recent note. Should the rate of inflation move higher than this, the valuation of Indian equities could deteriorate further, they cautioned. The fall from the peak levels has seen Nifty’s 12-month forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.6 […]

With the Adanis submitting an earnest money deposit (EMD) of just Rs 100 crore on Monday for the upcoming 5G spectrum auction, the apprehension among the rivals that the group is nursing ambitions of being an all-India mobile player has been allayed at least for now. Based on its EMD, analysts say it can buy spectrum worth just Rs 900 […]

Median rents have hit record highs across the country, thanks to inflation and pandemic-related shortages of housing and building supplies. In many parts of the country, people who choose to rent may find it difficult to meet conventional wisdom’s rule that monthly rent should not exceed 30% of one’s monthly income. While rent prices are much more affordable in some […]

New York (CNN Business)Once left for dead, Toys “R” Us is making a major comeback. The toy store brand will be just about everywhere for the holidays. Toys “R” Us will be in every US Macy’s (M) in the next few months, part of an expanded partnership with the toy retailer’s parent company, WHP Global. The toy stores will range […]

(CNN)New records have been set as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across much of Spain and Portugal Wednesday amid a persistent heat wave across western Europe. In northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, according to Spain’s meteorological agency, AEMET. On Wednesday, Zamora set […]

People who thought inflation would start to taper off were astonished by the June consumer price index. It showed that prices rose 9.1% from the same month in 2021. This was the largest jump since November 1981, and it sent the clear message that the damage done to the U.S. economy by inflation is not over. Still, not all household […]

Rapper Kodak Black’s extensive ledger of legal problems has another entry. The performer was arrested Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after dozens of oxycodone pills were discovered in his vehicle during a traffic stop. The 25-year-old rapper was driving a Dodge Durango in Fort Lauderdale when police pulled him over for a suspected illegal window tint. Police claimed they smelled […]