President Trump said on Thursday that he would impose stiff tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, making good on a key campaign promise and rattling stock markets as the prospect of a global trade fight appeared imminent. In a hastily arranged meeting with industry executives that stunned many inside the West Wing, Mr. Trump […]
The only thing worse than getting the flu is catching it after you’ve gotten a flu shot. It’s been a terrible year for outbreaks – the worst in almost a decade. Contributing to that is the high failure rate of this year’s vaccine. The current shot is just 25 percent effective against the H3N2 virus, […]
Scientists have probed a period of the universe’s early history that no one has been able to explore before — and they got a surprise: It was far colder in the young universe, before the first stars blinked on, than astronomers previously thought. What’s more, that cosmic chill may have come from previously unknown interactions […]
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital has exited its Herbalife bet five years after his on-air verbal brawl with Carl Icahn on CBNC. Ackman told CNBC’s Scott Wapner on Wednesday in a phone call that he had unwound the position. Herbalife shares jumped 9 percent to an all time high on Wednesday. The activist investor had […]
The Dick’s Sporting Goods ban on assault-style weapons, high-capacity magazines and gun sales to buyers under 21 sparked a blitz of mostly positive social media buzz, but it probably won’t slow guns sales. While gun-control proponents hailed the ban, which comes two weeks after the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, the extremely fragmented nature of the […]
New research calls into question what’s in those IV bags that nearly every hospitalized patient gets. Using a different intravenous fluid instead of the usual saline greatly reduced the risk of death or kidney damage, two large studies found. The difference could mean 50,000 to 70,000 fewer deaths and 100,000 fewer cases of kidney failure […]
If a group of ambitious companies gets their way, the moon may get its own 4G network in 2019. Vodafone, Nokia, and Audi are partnering with the organization PTScientists to bring a 4G network to the lunar surface aboard one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets expected to launch sometime next year. The 4G network will […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon is acquiring video doorbell-maker Ring in a move that further solidifies its presence in the home technology and delivery market. The deal comes as Amazon tries to make its Alexa voice assistant a hub for the connected home and reduce one problem with its rapidly expanding delivery operation — package theft. […]
Papa John’s International Inc. PZZA -1.59% will no longer be the official pizza of the National Football League, the pizza chain and the league said Tuesday. “While the NFL remains an important channel for us, we have determined that there are better ways to reach and activate this audience,” Papa John’s Chief Executive Steve Ritchie […]
New York state health officials are warning the public about a possible exposure to measles after an Australian tourist was confirmed to have the disease while visiting parts of the Tri-State area earlier this month. The tourist’s trip to New York, which was between Feb. 16 and 21, included visits to places in the Lower […]
Micro-organisms can survive the most arid conditions here on Earth, raising hopes for life on planets like Mars. In the driest corner of South America’s Atacama Desert, decades can pass without any rain falling at all or just a single rainfall. These conditions mean that salt in the soil is highly concentrated and there is […]
The dollar edged down against most major currencies on Tuesday, with traders cautious ahead of testimony from new Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell that could determine whether the currency’s recovery from a three-year low has more room to run. Powell’s Congressional testimony will his first public appearance since being sworn in as chairman earlier this […]
