Top Topics
At least 2 killed and 8 injured hurt in shooting at Brown University with suspect still at large | Fortune
A shooting in the engineering building at Brown University left at least two people dead and eight critically injured Saturday, Providence’s mayor said, as authorities searched for a suspect.Officers were hunting through buildings on the Ivy League campus more...
Top Topics
More financially distressed farmers are expected to lose their property soon as loan repayments and incomes continue to falter | Fortune
Jason Ma -
Financial conditions in the agriculture economy are flashing more signs of strain as farmers’ costs remain high while prices for their crops stay low.A survey last month from the Chicago Fed found that third-quarter repayment rates in the Midwest...
Top Topics
2 U.S. service members and one American civilian killed in Islamic State ambush in Syria, Central Command says | Fortune
Two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed and three other people wounded in an ambush on Saturday by a lone member of the Islamic State group in central Syria, the the U.S. military’s Central Command said.The attack...
Top Topics
A Wisconsin couple was paying $2 a month for an ACA health plan. But as subsidies expire, it’s soaring to $1,600, forcing them to...
For one Wisconsin couple, the loss of government-sponsored health subsidies next year means choosing a lower-quality insurance plan with a higher deductible. For a Michigan family, it means going without insurance altogether.For a single mom in Nevada, the spiking costs mean...
Top Topics
It’s a sequel, it’s a remake, it’s a reboot: Lawyers grow wistful for old corporate rumbles as Paramount, Netflix fight for Warner | Fortune
Corporate-law scholars say the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery has become a strange kind of legal nostalgia trip, dragging Paramount back to center stage for the first time in decadesand reviving vintage doctrines from Revlon to the “Cuban...
Top Topics
The CEO of one of Asia’s largest co-working space providers says his business has more in common with hotels | Fortune
Kong Wan Sin, the founder and CEO of JustCo, one of Asia’s largest co-working space providers, doesn’t quite think of himself as leading an office company. Instead, he sees parallels with a different property business: Hotels.“It’s a hospitality business....
Top Topics
Trump names Warsh, Hassett as top Fed contenders, WSJ says | Fortune
President Donald Trump said that Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh are his top choices to lead the US Federal Reserve and that he expects the next chair of the central bank to consult with him on interest rates.Trump, in...
Top Topics
Trump says ‘starting’ land strikes over drugs in latest warning | Fortune
President Donald Trump said the US would be “starting” land strikes on drug operations in Latin America, though again declined to provide details on when and where the escalation of his military campaign would actually begin, or if countries...
Top Topics
The Fed just ‘Trump-proofed’ itself with a unanimous move to preempt a potential leadership shake-up | Fortune
Jason Ma -
The Federal Reserve’s early reappointment of its regional bank presidents took markets by surprise and eased concerns the central bank would soon lose its independence as President Donald Trump continues demanding steeper rate cuts.On Thursday, the Fed announced 11...
Top Topics
‘The question is really just how long it will take’: Over 2,000 gather at Humanoids Summit to meet the robots who may take their...
Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui.But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit a spark under long-simmering visions to build humanoid...
Latest News
U.N. chief says 6 international peacekeepers killed in drone strike on a U.N. facility in Sudan
A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers,...