Masks on Two months after the C.D.C. said it was OK for vaccinated people to forgo masks indoors, the agency reversed course yesterday, saying that they should put them on again — at least in areas where the coronavirus infection rate is high. The official guidance — swayed by research on the Delta variant, which is causing rising case counts […]

Babe Ruth made $80,000 when he signed a new contract with The New York Yankees in 1930. Adjusted for inflation, the number is in the millions of dollars. His comment at the time was that he made more than President Herbert Hoover. When asked what he thought, his answer was “Why not?” At the other end of the spectrum, some […]

FILE PHOTO: Sea gulls sit on a lamppost beside shipping containers stacked at the Paul W. Conley Container Terminal in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Brian SnyderWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deficit in goods increased in June as imports continued to rise amid an acceleration in economic activity, suggesting trade likely remained a drag on growth in the […]

(Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp said easing COVID-19 restrictions and the roaring popularity of a new meal inspired by South Korean pop band BTS helped the world’s biggest fast-food chain beat Wall Street expectations for global sales on Wednesday.Slideshow ( 2 images )Same-store sales jumped 40.5% in the second quarter and exceeded the pre-pandemic levels of 2019 for the second straight […]

Ports of Auckland’s controversial container terminal automation will not now be completed until late March next year – more than a year after promised rollout dates, and even then, it’s not a firm commitment. A notice on the Auckland Council-owned port’s website said a detailed review of the project had found it “realistic and achievable” to complete the project and […]

Louise Story, who oversaw digital strategy and technology at The Wall Street Journal, has decided to leave the paper after less than three years. Her departure was announced on Tuesday by Matt Murray, the editor in chief, in an email to the staff that was obtained by The New York Times. “I’m personally grateful to Louise and will miss her […]

OPINION: The heads of the nation’s District Health Boards (DHBs) had a meeting with the Minister of Health where they explained our hospitals are in crisis. If the nurses’ strike proceeded the hospitals would cease to function. There are hospitals that are already at 120 per cent capacity, that is when patients are in the corridors. Emergency departments are overflowing […]

OPINION There is no indication that our appetite for data transfer capacity or bandwidth will diminish any time soon. Anything that can be done or be provided over a network will migrate online, a shift accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, requiring ever increasing amounts of bandwidth. With booming demand, why then are big network companies being sold left, right and […]