After Woody Allen’s Memoir Was Signed, Book Publisher’s Employees Walk Out
Two days after Ronan Farrow announced he “can’t work with” Hachette Book Group after its acquisition of Woody Allen’s memoir, employees of the publishing house walked out in protest as well. (Image credit: Kendra Barkoff Lamy/Twitter)
Read MoreAxiom Space pitches its first 10-day, all-inclusive trip to the ISS for just $55 million
Axiom Space is looking to make history by sending three passengers on a round-trip journey to the International Space Station for the low, low price of $55 million. The Houston -based, venture-backed company has signed a contract with SpaceX for
Read MorePA shutters West Bank, Israel quarantines Bethlehem after coronavirus found
Palestinian premier orders all schools closed, traffic between cities curtailed, after seven cases confirmed; Israeli and Palestinian officials hold meeting to coordinate response
Read More‘Almost Without Precedent’: Airlines Hit Hard by Coronavirus
The effects could wipe out up to $113 billion in worldwide revenues this year, a trade group said, a new blow to the industry.
Read MoreMobile banking app Empower Finance just closed a $20 million Series A round
Another afternoon, another round of funding for a mobile banking app. This time, it’s Empower Finance, a San Francisco-based company that’s headed up by former Sequoia Capital partner Warren Hogarth and which just closed on $20 million in Series A
Read MoreHow the IMF is trying to reduce the economic fallout of novel coronavirus
Restrictions intended to control the global outbreak of novel coronavirus continue to increase. In many countries, schools are closed, travelers face quarantine and business has ground to a halt. William Brangham reports and Judy Woodruff talks to Kristalina Georgieva, managing
Read MoreHow the IMF is trying to reduce the economic fallout of novel coronavirus
Restrictions intended to control the global outbreak of novel coronavirus continue to increase. In many countries, schools are closed, travelers face quarantine and business has ground to a halt. William Brangham reports and Judy Woodruff talks to Kristalina Georgieva, managing
Read MoreKlobuchar calls for independent review of murder case after scrutiny
In calling for an independent review, Klobuchar was yielding to increasing community pressure to re-open a case that interrupted her Democratic presidential primary run, after The Associated Press published the results of a yearlong investigation that uncovered major flaws in
Read MoreKlobuchar calls for independent review of murder case after scrutiny
In calling for an independent review, Klobuchar was yielding to increasing community pressure to re-open a case that interrupted her Democratic presidential primary run, after The Associated Press published the results of a yearlong investigation that uncovered major flaws in
Read MoreWall Street drops over 3% on virus fears, travel shares slammed
U.S. stocks tumbled on Thursday, with shares of banks and travel companies taking a beating, as a new wave of fear about the spread of the coronavirus and its economic impact gripped investors just one day after election results powered
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