Asian stock markets are trading mostly lower on Friday, ignoring the positive cues overnight from Wall Street, as lingering worries over rising spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus in several parts across the world rendered the mood cautious. The markets are supported mainly by crude oil prices as […]

U.S. population growth slowed over the last decade to its lowest rate since the Great Depression. The U.S. population is aging rapidly, as baby boomers have started to hit retirement age, while challenging economic circumstances caused many younger Americans to postpone having a family — and this was before the […]

New York (CNN)Online trading platform Robinhood was set to make its highly anticipated Wall Street debut on Thursday, even as the eight-year-old company faces intense regulatory scrutiny and public-relations headaches. Even six months after GameStop trading frenzy, Robinhood is still dealing with blowback from its role in the saga, in […]

After showing a lack of direction early in the session, stocks continue to turn in a lackluster performance in mid-day trading on Thursday. The major averages have spent the day bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line. Currently, the major averages are all little changed. While the Nasdaq is […]

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell concedes that linear ratings for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been lower than expected, but says the company will still book a profit on the star-crossed Games. “We had a little bit of bad luck, there was a drumbeat of negativity, the Games got moved a […]

An initiative from philanthropists Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott and the family foundation of billionaire Lynn Schusterman awarded $40 million Thursday to four promoting gender equality projects in tech, higher education, caregiving and minority communities. The projects are the winners of The Equality Can’t Wait Challenge, a funding competition launched […]

High fuel cost adds to the cost of almost all goods and services, whether it is food or consumer durables, thereby hurting the poorest the most. An average Indian spends no more than Rs 1.3 lakh per year, according to official statistics. This is close to what an average Indian […]

WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators on Wednesday again extended the expiration dates on Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, providing health workers with six more weeks to use millions of doses of the shot. The Food and Drug Administration said in a letter to J&J that the shots remain safe and […]

Netflix has announced plans to launch its own gaming platform. The video streaming giant has hired Mike Verdu, a former executive at EA Sports and Oculus. While Netflix remains one of the biggest fishes in the streaming service pond, the rise of multiple giants including Prime by Amazon, Apple TV, […]