Business > World
Slowly, Media For Preschoolers Introduce Nonbinary Characters
1 month ago | Forbes
From Fred the bison on the new Netflix series 'Ridley Jones' to picture books and songs, media for preschoolers begin to reflect 'what the world looks like' and encourage...
Read more ...
Crypto Tax: How Congress Wants to Pay for Your New Roads
1 month ago | Time
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME's politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday.
The whole sexiness of...
Read more ...
I never thought I would spend $750 on a bike trailer, but the safety and versatility of Burley's high-end buggy make me glad I did
1 month ago | Business Insider
Dominick Reuter/Insider
Burley is an Oregon-based designer of some of the most popular bike accessories in the world.
The company's iconic kids' trailer, the Bee, starts at...
Read more ...
Meet the typical Walmart shopper, a 59-year-old white suburban woman earning $80,000 a year
1 month ago | Business Insider
REUTERS/ Kevork Djansezian
Walmart has more than 3,500 Supercenters across the US and made $555 billion in sales last year.
The retail giant's size and reach means the typical...
Read more ...
Elon Musk says Tesla is 'quite likely' to build a factory in India but only if import taxes are lowered
1 month ago | Business Insider
Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Delaware this month.
Matt Rourke/AP Photo
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday said a new factory in India was "quite likely."
But he added that the country...
Read more ...
From clip art to Comic Sans: These screenshots from 25 years ago show just how much the internet has changed
1 month ago | Business Insider
Web Design Museum
A report from Morgan Stanley analysts in 1996 predicted the prevalence of the internet.
It said a person of intermediate web literacy was anyone who simply...
Read more ...
From Tuk Tuk races in Thailand to snowboarding in Iceland, a CEO who plans corporate retreats says many firms are ditching offices for team-bonding trips
1 month ago | Business Insider
A group of employees pictured in Gstaad, Switzerland.
Sean Hoff, Moniker
Many companies are sticking to remote work even as the world emerges from the COVID-19 crisis.
For...
Read more ...
A former deputy secretary of the Treasury thinks fiscal policy can be rewritten to combat the climate crisis - here's how
1 month ago | Business Insider
Amazon said in June 202 that its carbon footprint rose 15% over the previous year, even as it launched initiatives to reduce its harm on the environment.
Associated Press
Paul...
Read more ...
Sen. Tom Cotton said the US, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world, has an 'under incarceration problem'
1 month ago | Business Insider
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., interrupts a fellow senator during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee for CIA nominee Gina Haspel, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday...
Read more ...
Sands' Singapore property casino shut down for COVID-19 cleaning
1 month ago | Review Journal
Las Vegas Sands, dedicated to its investment in Singapore with its iconic three-tower hotel, has shut down its casino while rival Resorts World operates at reduced capacity.
Read more ...
Register you to post on News Times
Free Registration
NYC outdoor dining a noisy, dirty ‘nightmare' for residents fighting expansion
The Open Restaurants program allowed eateries to stay in business when COVID-19 precautions made indoor dining off limits. Read more ...
Disney executives won't attend CinemaCon in-person as delta Covid variant...
Disney executives won't be traveling to Las Vegas next month to attend the National Association of Theatre Owner's CinemaCon. Read more ...
Yellen urges Congress to raise or suspend the debt limit by Aug. 2
Treasury Secretary Yellen warned her department will start "extraordinary measures" on Aug. 2 if lawmakers don't raise the debt ceiling. Read more ...
Biden job approval rating drops to 50% in Gallup poll, his lowest to date...
President Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing from Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 1, 2021. Mandel Ngan/Getty Images President Joe Biden's... Read more ...
Can Japanese Natto Beans Help Fight Covid-19 Coronavirus? What This Study...
Natto is a traditional Japanese dish that has a distinctive pungent odor and like a romantic comedy can be quite gooey. Read more ...
Amazon's Leap Into Healthcare
Healthcare organizations are contending with a population that's growing sicker, heightened spending, and shifting consumer demands for fast and convenient services. Big tech... Read more ...
A man used AI to bring back his deceased fiancé. But the creators of the...
GPT-3 is a computer program that attempts to write like humans. Fabrizio Bensch/ Reuters A man used artificial intelligence to create a chatbot that mimicked his late... Read more ...
Biden set to nominate Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador to Australia: report
Caroline Kennedy. Marc Andrew Deley/Getty President Biden is set to nominate Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to Australia, per a CNN report . Kennedy served as US ambassador to... Read more ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill that bans police from posting...
California Governor Gavin Newsom at a June 2021 press conference. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill preventing police from... Read more ...
London luxury homes sell at feverish pace
Luxury homes in London sold at breakneck pace in the first half of 2021. There were 237 deals that closed above $6.8 million, according to Mansion Global. That tally was 59... Read more ...