Covid cases continued to rise in Los Angeles County on Thursday, albeit more slowly. The raw number of daily cases rose 17% in the past week, to 3,248. That’s roughly half of the 7,458 cases recorded in California on Thursday, even though Los Angeles County’s population accounts for only roughly 25% of the state’s residents. Driving this rise, according to […]

In March 2020, college students across the country were forced to transition to remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the pandemic persisted, millions of students continued learning remotely during the 2020-2021 school year.  Throughout this transition, surveys suggested strong negative feelings about learning online among students.  According to a July 2020 survey of 13,606 college students in the […]

MILAN — Formalwear has been featured front and center on the runway in recent seasons, but the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are still very real, and the category continues to be impacted by halted business travels and a new work-from-home routine. Despite this — and in a sign of confidence from its majority shareholder — luxury men’s wear brand […]

HBO and Dish Network have resolved one of the most bitter distribution disputes in pay-TV history (and that’s saying something), agreeing to terms on a new carriage agreement. The companies had reached an impasse in the fall of 2018, resulting in the first blackout for HBO starting in November of that year. Negotiations at the highest levels failed to bear […]

Craig Robinson is a board director at Roofstock and serves as a board adviser at StateBook International. Eddie Fishman is a managing director of D.E. Shaw & Co. and a member of its executive committee. Craig and Eddie are both founding members of Leadership Now Project, a national organization of business leaders committed to fixing our democracy. The opinions expressed […]

New York (CNN Business)McDonald’s is partnering with hip-hop artist Saweetie for the newest in a series of celebrity collaboration meals that’s boosted the fast-food chain’s sales. Beginning August 9, the “Saweetie Meal” goes on sale in the US and includes a Big Mac, four-piece Chicken McNuggets, medium fries, a medium Sprite and BBQ sauce that’s being renamed “Saweetie ‘N Sour” […]

The US economy has recovered to surpass its pre-pandemic peak according to official figures – though growth was slower than expected in the latest quarter. Robust consumer spending fuelled by vaccinations and government stimulus helped gross domestic product (GDP) grow at an annualised rate of 6.5% in the April-June period, according to the bureau of economic analysis. But that fell […]

Logan Paul, the YouTube personality and podcaster who has also dabbled in boxing most recently fighting former world champion Floyd Mayweather to a draw in a pay-per-view exhibition match, has signed with WME. In addition to his nascent boxing career, Paul hosts the ImPaulsive podcast featuring celebrity guests, athletes, comedians and more. It has more than 2.7 million followers on […]