Month January 2024

Norway braces for most powerful storm since 1990s

Norway’s central Atlantic coast battened down Wednesday as authorities warned that the country could see its most powerful storm in three decades and urged people to stay indoors. Hurricane-force winds were expected to hit the region, as air traffic companies… Continue Reading →

Kosovo to make euro its only currency, even in Serb-dominated areas, raising concern in West

Kosovo authorities on Wednesday said they would impose the use of the country’s currency, the euro, and abolish the use of neighboring Serbia’s dinar in the north where most of the ethnic Serb minority lives. Kosovo’s Central Bank Governor Ahmet… Continue Reading →

Traffic-blocking farmers now closing in on EU capital in a protest seeking better market conditions

Farmers blocked more traffic arteries across Belgium, France and Italy on Wednesday, as they sought to disrupt trade at major ports and other economic lifelines. They also moved closer to Brussels on the eve of a major European Union summit,… Continue Reading →

Budweiser brings back Clydesdales as early Super Bowl ads offer up nostalgia, humor, celebrities

Budweiser is bringing back some familiar characters this year in its Super Bowl ad.

U.S. worker paycheck growth slowed late last year, pointing to cooling in a very strong job market

Pay and benefits for America’s workers grew in the final three months of last year at the slowest pace in two and a half years, a trend that could affect the Federal Reserve’s decision about when to begin cutting interest… Continue Reading →

Biogen to shut down its controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm

Biogen will stop developing its Alzheimer’s treatment Aduhelm, a drug once seen as a potential blockbuster before stumbling soon after its launch a couple years ago.

Meta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify before Senate committee on child exploitation

Sexual predators. Addictive features. Self-harm and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media – and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to… Continue Reading →

IBM says managers must return to the office or quit

IBM is telling managers to return to the office at least three days a week or “separate” from the company, according to an internal memo.

Boeing cuts its 4Q loss to $30 million, but that was before one of its jets lost a panel in flight

Boeing narrowed its fourth-quarter loss to $30 million and increased production of its best-selling plane just before one of them suffered a blowout of a side panel during a flight, an accident that has raised new safety concerns about the… Continue Reading →

Former Scotland leader admits deleting COVID WhatsApp messages, says no decisions were made on app

A former leader of Scotland acknowledged Wednesday that she deleted WhatsApp messages sent during the COVID-19 pandemic, but she insisted that anything to do with policymaking had been made available for the public record.

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