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AT&T Fined $60 Million Over ‘Unlimited Data’ Throttling
The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) that will see the company pay $60 million to settle allegations that the company unlawfully throttled customers’ data. The settlement resolves a... More of this article »
Florida State Lets Coach Willie Taggart Go
Florida State has fired second-year football coach Willie Taggart, ending his tenure with the Seminoles after only 21 games. Taggart, a 43-year-old Florida native, was 9-12 at Florida State and is 56-62 as a head coach. Florida... More of this article »
New Alarming Measles Complication Found
A pair of new studies have found that an infection by the measles virus cripples the immune system in a profound and lasting way. The studies, published in the journals Science and Science Immunology, details how the virus sneaks... More of this article »
Samsung Beats Estimates For Third Quarter
Samsung Electronics Co. posted better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of its fiscal year. The South Korean company posted net income of 6.1 trillion won ($5.2 billion) for the September quarter, higher than the 5.5... More of this article »
Virgin Galactic Debuts On NYSE
Virgin Galactic stock has begun trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange, becoming the first big name in the fledgling space startup industry to make the leap into the public markets. The company’s billionaire founder,... More of this article »
Governments Pledge Nearly $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change
Governments around the world have pledged to donate nearly $10 billion toward an international fund that aims to help poor countries tackle climate change. The Green Climate Fund, which organized the effort, released a statement... More of this article »
Twitter Misses On Third Quarter Revenue Estimates
Product problems and advertising issues weighed on Twitter Inc.’s (NYSE: TWTR) revenue in the third quarter of its fiscal year. The company reported earnings of 17 cents per share on revenue of $823.7 million for the quarter,... More of this article »
2018 Deadliest Year for Pedestrians and Cyclists in Decades
According to a new report released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), more pedestrians and cyclists were killed last year in the United States than in any year since 1990. According to NHTSA’s Fatality... More of this article »
Health Experts Alarmed By Rise In Teen Suicides
A recently released report from Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows an alarming rise in teen and young adult suicide rates over the past decade. According to the report, teenage suicide rates have increased nearly 56 percent... More of this article »
IBM Posts Mixed Quarterly Results
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) beat on income but missed on revenue for the latest quarter. The company reported that net income was $1.67 billion, or $1.87 per share, in the quarter, down from $2.69 billion,... More of this article »
Student Pleads Guilty To Frat House Ponzi Scheme
A former University of Georgia student has pleaded guilty to a single count of securities fraud for running a million-dollar Ponzi scheme from his Athens fraternity house. The student, 22-year-old Syed Arham Arbab, admitted to... More of this article »
Global Effort To Tax Multinational Businesses In Works
A global economic body has proposed a plan to prevent large multinational companies like Apple, Facebook, and Amazon from avoiding taxes in countries where they do significant business by shifting profits between countries. The... More of this article »
Meat Created In Space For First Time
Aleph Farms, an Israeli food company, has announced that it has been able to successfully create meat in space. Aleph Farms collaborated with Russian company 3D Bioprinting Solutions and two U.S.-based food companies to test its... More of this article »
Scientists Discover 20 New Moons Around Saturn
The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center has announced that scientists have discovered an additional 20 moons orbiting Saturn, giving it the most satellites of any planetary body in our solar system. An observing... More of this article »
First All-female Spacewalk Taking Place This Month
NASA has planned the first ever all-female spacewalk for the latter half of this month. Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir are scheduled to perform the historic undertaking on October 21. The announcement was made during... More of this article »
Johnson & Johnson Offers Ohio Counties $20 Million As Settlement
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and its pharmaceutical subsidiary, Janssen, have offered two Ohio counties $20.4 million in a bid to remove itself from an upcoming federal trial. The settlements with Cuyahoga and Summit counties... More of this article »
American Express Says Changes Coming To Delta SkyMiles Cards
Fee increases and changes in benefits are coming soon to consumer and business Delta American Express cards. American Express announced the upcoming relaunch of the cards starting January 30, 2020. There are also new limited time... More of this article »
Marshalls Opens First Online Store
You can now shop at Marshalls from the comfort of your own couch. Marshalls’ first e-commerce store is now live and open for business. TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX), which is also the parent company of T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods,... More of this article »
New Disease Devastating Caribbean Coral Reefs
A mysterious affliction known as Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) is ravaging the reefs in the Caribbean. Once the disease sets in, it is likely to destroy the infected colony of coral within weeks to a month. The fast-moving,... More of this article »
Lockheed Martin Wins New NASA Contract
NASA and Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) have announced the finalization of a contract for the production and operations of six Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicles (MPCV), with up to twelve being manufactured in total. The Orion... More of this article »
North American Bird Populations Declining At Alarming Rate
A team of researchers from universities, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations collaborated on a new study to track bird populations on the North American continent. What they found was alarming. According to their... More of this article »
U.S. Sues Edward Snowden Over Memoir
Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has been sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for failing to submit his memoir, “Permanent Record”, for review before it was published. In the lawsuit, the agency said that Mr.... More of this article »
Novartis Halts Distribution Of Popular Heartburn Drug
Novartis AG’s (NYSE: NVS) Sandoz unit is halting distribution of popular heartburn drugs containing ranitidine because they may be contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical. The company said that it is halting distribution... More of this article »
Steeler’s Ben Roethlisberger Out For Season
Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is done for the year after an injury has resulted in him needing season-ending surgery. Roethlisberger, 37, sustained a non-contact injury to his right elbow during Sunday’s... More of this article »
Google Settles French Tax Probe
Google has settled a fiscal fraud probe in France after years of fighting with tax authorities over the matter. As part of the settlement, Google agreed to pay more than a billion dollars to French authorities, comprising a $549... More of this article »
Rocky Record Found Of Last Days Of The Dinosaurs
Researchers have found a geological record of the most pivotal moment in Earth’s history. Study lead author Sean Gulick, a research professor at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, called the finding “the most... More of this article »
FDA Sued By European Doctor Over Blocked Payments, Drug Seizure
A European doctor is suing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an effort to continue providing abortion pills to American women over the Internet. Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, who divides her time between Austria and the Netherlands,... More of this article »
JP Morgan Creates ‘Volfefe Index’ To Track Financial Effects Of Trump Tweets
President Donald Trump is tweeting more and it’s affecting the bond market. Since his election in 2016, Trump has averaged more than 10 tweets a day to his nearly 64 million followers. Early on in his tenure, Wall Street seemed... More of this article »
Black Hole Photographers Win Science Prize
The scientists who collaborated to produce the world’s first image of a black hole have won the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Directed by Shep Doeleman at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the team spent... More of this article »
Iran Claims Rocket Responsible For Explosion
Iran has now acknowledged for the first time that a rocket exploded at the nation’s Imam Khomeini Space Center last week. Commercially available satellite images taken of the site after the incident showed a black plume of smoke... More of this article »
Scientists Develop New Gel To Regrow Tooth Enamel
Chinese scientists have uncovered a way to essentially regrow human tooth enamel. Researchers from China’s Zhejiang University and Xiamen University developed a gel that makes tooth enamel repair itself. Dr. Zhaoming Liu, a... More of this article »
Alarming Number Of Donated Kidneys Discarded
New research is showing that many donated kidneys are being discarded in the United States when they could be used to save lives. According to a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal... More of this article »
U.S. Cyber Attack Cripples Iran Capabilities
The U.S. Cyber Command has caused considerable damage to Iran’s cyber capabilities with a retaliatory strike after the Islamic Republic shot down an American drone. The June 20th attack brought down a database used by its Revolutionary... More of this article »
Massive Pumice Raft Drifting Across The Pacific Ocean
A massive pumice raft composed of volcanic rock is currently floating its way across the Pacific Ocean. Sailors first spotted the large mass of hardened lava a couple of weeks ago about the same time as reports began to emerge... More of this article »
Common Antibiotics Linked To Increased Risk Of Colon Cancer
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine recently conducted a study that appears to suggest that antibiotics may increase a person’s risk for cancer. The aim of the study, recently published online in the... More of this article »
Billionaire David Koch Deceased At 79
Billionaire David H. Koch has died at his home in Southampton, N.Y. He was 79. His brother Charles G. Koch announced the death in a statement. David was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1992. Surgery, along with radiation and... More of this article »
Apple Launches The Apple Card For U.S. Customers
The Apple Card, a new kind of credit card created by Apple, is now available in the United States. Apple is partnering with Goldman Sachs as its issuing bank and with MasterCard to provide the support of a global payments network.... More of this article »
General Electric Settles Subprime Loan Charges For $1.5 Billion
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to pay a $1.5 billion civil fine to resolve claims that the company overstated the quality of loans packaged into residential mortgage-backed... More of this article »
Results Of NASA Twins Study Published
The results of the NASA Twins Study have been published in the journal Science, nearly three years after the experiments for the study were completed. The goal of the study was to determine what changes the human body experiences... More of this article »
Several Changes Coming To The Tax Filing Process
Several changes to the tax filing process will be coming in the next year. The reforms are the result of changes to the tax code implemented by the Trump Administration for the 2018 tax year. The rollout of the tax reforms has... More of this article »
Winners Of NASA’s $100,000 Mars Habitat Contest Announced
NASA has announced the winners of its $100,000 competition to make a full-scale Mars habitat using modeling software. Eleven groups participated in the latest stage of NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. Three teams will... More of this article »
Massive Trove Of Facebook User Data Found On Amazon’s Cloud
Researchers have found a huge collection of data on Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) users on Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) cloud computing servers. According to cybersecurity firm UpGuard, third-party Facebook app developers stored... More of this article »
China Making All Fentanyl Variants Controlled Substances
China has announced that all fentanyl-related drugs will become controlled substances, effective May 1. Officials from three Chinese agencies, including the National Narcotics Control Commission and the Ministry of Public Security,... More of this article »
Astounding Fossil Find Made In North Dakota
Researchers have unearthed an astounding collection of fossils that appear to date from the very day a meteor hit Earth millions of years ago, wiping out nearly all life on the planet. The collection was discovered at a site called... More of this article »
Some Taxpayers Getting Penalty Relief From The IRS
Taxpayers facing unexpected penalties following the implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are getting some relief from the Internal Revenue Service. Typically, taxpayers pay fines if they don’t pay at least 90 percent of... More of this article »
New Rule Makes Pass Interference Reviewable
NFL owners have voted to now allow replay reviews on pass interference calls as well as non-calls. Both offensive and defensive pass interference calls will now be challengeable, making them the first penalties in the history... More of this article »
Nike’s Shares Fall After Miss On North American Revenue
Despite posting better-than-expected earnings results, Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) shares fell after the company reported North American sales that fell short of consensus expectations. Sales in North America, Nike’s largest market,... More of this article »
Levi Strauss & Company Goes Public Once Again
Levi Strauss & Company has started trading publicly again, listing its shares under the ticker LEVI on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares opened at more than 30 percent above the company’s IPO price of $17, setting the... More of this article »