EXCLUSIVE: Pultizer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham is working on a sports spin-off of his audio series It Was Said. Jon Meacham’s podcast studio Shining City Audio and joint venture partner C13 Originals, a division of Audacy’s Cadence13, are launching It Was Said: Sports, narrated by legendary NBA coach Doc Rivers. […]

The COVID-19 pandemic turned the screws on an already tight U.S. housing market as millions of Americans relocated during the pandemic and prices of building materials rocketed on global supply chain disruptions for everything from lumber to lighting equipment. These are the states where home prices went up the most […]

Reports on home prices, consumer confidence, and Chicago-area business activity might be the focus on Tuesday. Asian stocks finished mixed, while European shares are lower. Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open broadly lower. As of 7.50 am ET, the Dow futures were down […]

It’s not just the pandemic that has shr­unk every Indian festival to a shadow of its exuberant self. Pollution also has been a factor. Enter the fireworks city of Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu and you can smell a familiar mix of sulphur, potassium nitrate, aluminium and carbon — familiar because […]

According to stock exchange disclosure made by the company, the two separate special resolutions on setting their salaries for the next years got 56.77 per cent and 55.45 per cent ‘against’ vote. Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor, managing director (MD) and joint MD of media firm Balaji Telefilms have failed […]

The world "desperately" needs rich countries to deliver on their pledges to donate Covid-19 vaccines to poorer nations, said former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. As of last week, only 89 million doses have been redistributed from high-income countries out to the low- and middle-income countries," she said. Clark […]

The affordability of rent can be an object lesson about the relative relationship between income and cost of living, especially when making these comparisons across countries. An expatriate with a stable income may find renting an apartment in Mexico to be a bargain relative to their wealth and income, while […]

JM Financial, Axis Bank, and Bank of America have been roped in as the bankers to run the mandate, say sources. E-commerce retailer Snapdeal is eyeing an initial public offering to raise $350-400 million, according to sources aware of the talks, and is looking at a valuation of $2-2.5 billion. […]