Don’t be fooled by the final score or the fact that Connecticut mostly dominated, a March tradition unlike any other. Women's basketball won on Saturday, and it's because of Caitlin Clark and Iowa, even if the Hawkeyes lost the Sweet 16 marquee matchup 92-72.  Clark, the freshman phenom, scored 21 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Documentary+, the nascent streaming service from XTR, is bolstering its rank with the hire of Sundance’s Charlie Sextro. Sextro is working with the company as its editor-in-chief of the service, overseeing the curation of films for the nonfiction platform. He will also remain a Senior Programmer for the Sundance […]

When Anand Mahindra becomes non-executive chairman in November, Shah will become the first professional MD and CEO in the history of the Mahindra group to have a complete oversight of and responsibility for the Mahindra group businesses. Mahindra and Mahindra’s board of directors has appointed Anish Shah as the managing […]

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio, founder of the world's largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, thinks bitcoin may have a similar fate as gold did in the U.S. during the 1930s. "[B]ack in the '30s in the war years … because cash and bonds were such bad investments relative to other things, […]

Shares of ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAC) had soared by about 170% from January 2 to March 22. Over the past two trading sessions, shares have dropped about 30%, from just over $100 at Monday’s close to around $68 Thursday morning. ViacomCBS isn’t the only casualty. Shares of Discovery Inc. (NASDAQ: […]

London (CNN Business)China is slapping massive duties on wine from Australia for the next five years, a move that threatens to deprive the country’s winemakers of their top export market and escalate a trade dispute. The duties, which range from 116% to 218%, were announced Friday and come after an […]

In search of something good to read? USA TODAY’s Barbara VanDenburgh scopes out the shelves for this week’s hottest new book releases. All books are on sale March 30. 1. “Children Under Fire: An American Crisis,” by John Woodrow Cox (Ecco, nonfiction) What it’s about: An intimate, hard-hitting account of […]

A central California home for sale received 122 offers in a single weekend. The selling price was “in the mid-$400,000 range,” according to Fox affiliate KTXL. It’s a symptom of a soaring real estate market where inventory is low and demand is high. See more stories on Insider’s business page. A […]

Stellantis will temporarily close five North American plants starting next week through early- or mid-April due to an ongoing semiconductor chip shortage. The impacted plants are in Illinois, Michigan, Mexico and two in Ontario, Canada. They build an array of products for the company. Semiconductors are key components used in […]