A report released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday showed the U.S. trade deficit narrowed significantly in the month of July. The Commerce Department said the trade deficit shrank to $70.6 billion in July from a revised $80.9 billion in June. Economists had expected the trade deficit to narrow to […]

Brand value and loyalty studies have become a major part of the American marketing industry. Several of these studies involve brand value. Interbrand is the best known of these. It considers 100 brands, based on its own mix of criteria. Not surprisingly, tech brands such as Apple and Microsoft are […]

Imax has named longstanding human resources executive Michele Golden as its Global Chief People Officer, overseeing HR, recruiting, talent management and diversity, equity, & inclusion. She joins Imax from WarnerMedia (now Warner Bros. Discovery), where she spent 20 years, most recently as chief human resources officer for HBO Max. As […]

Worldwide, COVID-19 has infected 608 million people and killed 6.5 million since the start of its spread in late 2019. According to nearly all experts, these numbers are low. Counts may be low by 50% or more, particularly in nations without sophisticated national data collection systems. The spread of COVID-19 […]

(CNN)The last week has seen a stunning transformation of the battlefield in eastern Ukraine, as a swift armored offensive by Ukrainian forces rolled through lines of Russian defenses and recaptured more than 3,000 square kilometers (more than 1,100 square miles) of territory. That is more territory than Russian forces have […]

Ricky Martin is facing new sexual assault claims after a complaint was filed against the singer. The allegations come after the Puerto Rican star sued his nephew Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin. According to the Associated Press, the new complaint was filed Friday in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Although the name […]

Lindsay Dougherty, leader of Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399, has been reelected to a full three-year term as the local’s secretary-treasurer and principal officer. Dougherty, running unopposed, was first elected to the post by the local’s executive board in May to fill out the unexpired term of Steve Dayan, who retired […]

London (CNN Business)The death of Queen Elizabeth has come at a bad time for the United Kingdom. Against a backdrop of soaring inflation, a slumping currency and the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades, the country has lost one of its few markers of continuity and stability. The government of Prime […]

New York (CNN Business)Freight railroads have been around since the 19th century, but you can’t run a 21st century economy without them. The looming possibility of a strike by unions representing more than 90,000 workers at these nation’s freight railroads has businesses nationwide worried. The unions are poised to go […]

Is self-reliance the right approach in a mega-buck game, or better to be part of a network? asks T N Ninan. India’s bid to join the global chip-manufacturing rush is likely to be its biggest ‘industrial policy’ gambit in a long time. Such government-directed policy intervention went out of fashion […]