It took vigilance by educators at Walnut Middle School in Grand Island, Nebraska, to blow open one of the most egregious cases of U.S. child labor abuse in recent memory.  In August 2022, the school told police about acid burns on the hand and knee of a 14-year-old student who said she worked nights at a local slaughterhouse. A Department […]

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the Santa Clara-based semiconductor company, has introduced its latest artificial intelligence or AI chip, the MI300X, as part of its efforts to rival chipmaker Nvidia in the rapidly expanding AI-driven business tools market. Touted as “the world’s most advanced accelerator for generative AI,” the MI300X chip is expected to garner interest from major cloud providers such […]

The major U.S. stock indexes moved in opposite directions early in the session on Wednesday and continue to turn in a mixed performance in afternoon trading. Currently, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 are well off their highs of the session but holding on to modest gains. The Nasdaq is up 17.36 points or 0.1 percent at 13,590.68 and the […]

Stocks saw substantial volatility following the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy announcement on Wednesday. The major averages showed wild swings back and forth across the unchanged line before eventually closing mixed. The Nasdaq climbed 53.16 points or 0.4 percent to13,626.48 and the S&P 500 inched up 3.58 points or 0.1 percent to 4,372.59, once again reaching their best closing levels in […]

After moving notably higher over the past several sessions, the major U.S. stock indexes are turning in a mixed performance during trading on Wednesday. While the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 have once reached their best intraday levels in over a year, the narrower Dow is giving back ground after ending Tuesday’s trading at a four-month closing high. Currently, the […]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a new global initiative to inspire and enable the world to move more every day. Led by Olympians and created in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Let’s Move campaign will begin on Olympic Day with an invitation to make time every day for movement for better health. The world is […]

India’s wholesale price inflation was negative for a second month in a row and prices decreased more than expected from a year ago, suggesting that inflationary pressures are set to ease in the months ahead and give more space for the central bank to maintain a pause in the monetary policy tightening. The wholesale price index, or WPI, declined 3.48 […]

European stocks traded higher on Wednesday, with Fed pause hopes and encouraging data from Germany and the U.K. helping underpin sentiment. Signs of moderating U.S. inflation reinforced bets the Federal Reserve would skip a rate hike later in the day. Eurozone industrial output rose more than expected in April, helping ease concerns surrounding the economic outlook. Industrial production rose 1.0 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Independent films that found it impossible to get bonded or financed this spring and summer with a potential SAG-AFTRA strike looming — as well as new projects that were looking to start after June 30 — now have a shot at moving ahead as the union proceeds with interim agreements. Related Story WGA Strike At Day 50: Writers Remain […]