FTC sues to block Microsoft's takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Microsoft from completing its deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard, the latest antitrust challenge to the proposed merger but one that could hasten its conclusion
2023-06-13 05:25
Jury finds electric utility PacifiCorp liable in devastating Oregon wildfires; company to appeal
A jury in Oregon has found electric utility PacifiCorp responsible for causing devastating fires during Labor Day 2020 in a civil lawsuit
2023-06-13 03:47
Student loan payments will be due starting in October, Department of Education clarifies
In October, tens of millions of borrowers will be required to pay their monthly federal student loan bills for the first time since March 2020, the Department of Education clarified Monday.
2023-06-13 02:57
South Africa's ruling party expels former top official accused of corruption
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party expelled its former secretary-general on Monday for misconduct and other breaches of party rules
2023-06-13 02:21
Jury finds electric utility PacifiCorp liable in devastating Oregon wildfires
A jury in Oregon has found electric utility PacifiCorp responsible for causing devastating fires during Labor Day 2020 in a civil lawsuit
2023-06-13 02:19
Apollo Theater CEO Jonelle Procope to leave the historic landmark on safe financial ground
Jonelle Procope’s 20-year tenure as president and CEO of The Apollo Theater evolved into an era of prosperity and expansion, markedly different from the tumultuous, cash-strapped decades that preceded it
2023-06-13 01:48
Wisconsin's alcohol industry gets behind update, greater enforcement of laws
Wisconsin’s smallest craft brewers, large retailers and other producers, wholesalers and retailers are getting behind a rapidly moving proposal that would overhaul the state’s alcohol laws and lead to stricter enforcement efforts
2023-06-13 01:24
Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan leaves paper after 9 years at helm
Washington Post publisher and chief executive Fred Ryan is leaving the newspaper after nine years in charge
2023-06-13 00:58
The Reason Gas Stations Charge 9/10 of a Cent
The unusual fractional price you see at gas stations has roots in the Great Depression, but marketing is to blame, too.
2023-06-13 00:49
Senator asks LIV Golf, PGA Tour leaders for records on merger
The leader of a Senate subcommittee wants the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf to present records about negotiations that led to their new agreement and plans for what golf will look like under the arrangement
2023-06-13 00:19
The Athletic Laying Off Nearly 20 Reporters As It Changes Coverage Approach
Layoffs hit The Athletic.
2023-06-13 00:16
Turkey's president unwavering on two-state policy to resolve Cyprus' ethnic division
Turkey’s president says any deal resolving Cyprus’ nearly half-century ethnic division must be based on recognition of a breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the island nation’s northern third
2023-06-12 23:59