The WGA East and Hearst Magazines Media have reached a tentative agreement for a first-time contract covering some 500 of the publishing giant’s writers, producers, and editors at 28 brands, including Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Popular Mechanics, Car & Driver, Oprah Daily, Seventeen, Elle, Redbook and Woman’s Day. Related Story WGA Reviews & Counters Latest AMPTP Offer As […]

EXCLUSIVE: In the event of a strike by the Writers Guild, IATSE members working on struck shows have the “legal right” to honor the guild’s picket lines, though they might be replaced temporarily by non-union workers, according to IATSE president Matthew Loeb. Related Story WGA Reviews & Counters Latest AMPTP Offer As Potential Strike Deadline Moves Closer – Update With […]

Keep watch over banks, but try not to alarm anyone. That is how bank regulators appeared to view their duties in the lead-up to last month’s banking crisis, at the center of which were the failures of Silicon Valley Bank in California and Signature Bank in New York. For years, federal regulators overseeing Silicon Valley Bank pointed out its many […]

Asian stock markets are trading mostly lower on Monday, following the broadly positive cues from global markets on Friday, as traders seemed reluctant to make significant moves ahead of several key economic reports and corporate earnings numbers later in the week from the U.S. They are also looking for additional clarity about the outlook for the markets following the volatility […]

Delta Air Lines Network and Southwest Airlines have recorded the highest marketing carrier on-time arrival rates in February, according to the latest Air Travel Consumer Report by the U.S. Department of Transportation. In February, air carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 79.5 percent, up from 76.2 percent reported in January. Delta Air Lines Network has the best on-time arrival […]

Several times a year, a car research firm or magazine will release its “worst” car brand or brands. Range Rover often ends up near the bottom of rankings. So does Jaguar. In a new study, the GMC truck brand of General Motors is the worst. (These are 25 of the ugliest cars ever made.) The 2023 Global Happy Motorist Index from […]

The News Over a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s economy is showing signs of avoiding the worst expectations that it will fall into a recession. The 20 countries that use the euro currency expanded slightly in the first quarter, despite high energy prices and a rise in the cost of most basic goods, Europe’s statistics agency reported Friday. […]

World War II was the origin of many of the world’s most legendary military special operations teams. One of these is Great Britain’s Special Boat Service and Special Air Service, or SBS, which is comparable to the famous U.S. Navy Seals. (Also see: what it takes to be part of the U.S. Military’s most elite special forces) The motto of […]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist and the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, has launched his campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for 2024 U.S. presidential election. Announcing his presidential bid in Boston on Wednesday, Kennedy said his mission over the next 18 months of his campaign and throughout his presidency “will be to end the corrupt […]