Bill and Melinda Gates announced Monday that they are divorcing after nearly three decades of marriage but said they will keep working together at their private charitable foundation, one of the largest in the world. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we […]

Lydall CEO Sara Greenstein told CNBC the filtration products company is supplying a system for NASA's exploration program on Mars in hopes of making human travel to the planet safe. "We're not only protecting people and the environment on Earth, we're starting to do it on Mars as well," Greenstein […]

The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers looked indomitable on paper and started the 2021 season looking the part, winning 13 of their first 15 games while flexing their unmatched depth.  Yet as their losses on the field have mounted, that depth has been thinned by injury – including […]

Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin told CNBC on Monday that he sees inflation pressures reverting in 2022 after rising this year. He added that he is unlikely to vote to change policy at least until the employment-to-population measure is back to where it was pre-pandemic. Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas […]

Miami Marlins pitcher Paul Campbell, who made the first start of his career on Saturday, received an 80-game suspension from Major League Baseball on Monday for violating its performance-enhancing drug policy.  Campbell, 25, who made his major league debut April 3, tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT), according to MLB, and will […]

The past year has changed the lives of nearly everyone, but it’s been a roller coaster for teachers. Many classes quickly transitioned to virtual at the beginning of the pandemic, with some returning to in-person teaching while others are still operating online. From bad internet connections to having to teach […]

US manufacturers continued to recover in April, but new risks are slowing their rebound. Popular gauges of industry growth showed supply-chain issues and worker shortages hindering production. Reopening will ease concerns over bottlenecks and massive backlogs, Oxford Economics said. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Factories can’t keep up […]

Some companies argue that the culture of staying, working and learning at home will persist for a while, altering lifestyle habits of consumers. The number of companies wanting to be classified as essential products’ firms is growing by the day. After manufacturers of smartphones, laptops and desktops petitioned state governments […]

(CNN)US greenhouse gas emissions dropped dramatically in 2020, helping the country meet one of its long-standing climate targets. But the dip came at a great economic cost — and experts warn that unless climate action becomes a priority, emissions will bounce back quickly. The crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic […]