A marriage therapist testified in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial that the volatile couple engaged in “what I saw as mutual abuse.” Dr. Laurel Anderson, in a video deposition played in a Virginia court on Thursday, elaborated on notes she had taken during the couple’s sessions. “He had been well controlled for, I don’t know, for almost 20, 30 […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street was mixed on Thursday at the end of a holiday-shortened week as benchmark bond yields resumed their uphill climb and investors juggled earnings and economic data.FILE PHOTO: A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo […]

Easter is historically a time for new beginnings. It is also about the only time of the year outside of Christmas when we get a proper break to take stock. We are nearly a third of the way through this cycle of the calendar so it’s worth checking which course corrections are required before the story of the year firms […]

Moskva, the flagship vessel of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, was evacuated due to a fire, the Russian defense ministry said in a statement on Thursday. But Ukraine made a conflicting claim that the Russian warship was damaged in a missile attack. “The fire on the cruiser Moskva is under control. There are no flames visible. Ammunition supplies are no longer […]

FILE PHOTO: A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes inched higher at open on Thursday, following mixed earnings from a slew of banks on the last day of a holiday-shortened week, while […]

The world is full of highways that run over rivers or valleys. For centuries, they have been made passable by bridges. There are tens of thousands in America, from 17th-century ones in New England to colossal ones like the Golden Gate Bridge. As is true with most things, American bridges are new by global and historic measures. When people began […]

“Friends,” the TV comedy, has a rare distinction. It is one of the few prime time shows that ran continuously for a decade or longer, a distinction it shares with “Roseanne” and “CSI: Miami.” It also starred one of the few actors in television history who made the crossover to a major movie career. Jennifer Aniston finds herself in the […]

European stocks advanced on Thursday, even as a cautious undertone prevailed following hawkish Federal Reserve minutes and Washington’s new sanctions against Russia. After digesting more details about the Federal Reserve’s plan to shrink its massive $9 trillion balance sheet, investors now await the European Central Bank’s minutes due later in the day for further direction. The minutes from the ECB’s […]

The key risks against a fast recovery would include long delays in business travel resumption, delays in commissioning, etc. Higher vaccination rates, a relatively mild Omicron wave and the gradual revival of ‘business as usual’ norms could make for a rebound in the hospitality industry, and in some segments of the entertainment industry. Balanced against that, high fuel costs are […]