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“Yellowstone” Reaches TV Milestone With 12.1 Million Viewers For Season Five Premiere
“Yellowstone” Reaches TV Milestone With 12.1 Million Viewers For Season Five Premiere
Kevin Costner’s Paramount epic “Yellowstone” garnered 12.1 million viewers on the opening night of its fifth season on Sunday, making it the most popular episode of the scripted series of the new television season to date, according to the company Nielsen. That it was on a cable network series — rather than a major network like CBS, NBC, or ABC…
Investors nervous about the Polish missile are sending Asian markets down and Europe up
Investors nervous about the Polish missile are sending Asian markets down and Europe up
European equity benchmarks were mostly higher in early Wednesday trading after Asian equities across the board ended lower. Investors were nervous about global risks after Poland said a Russian-made missile killed two people there. France’s CAC 40 rose 0.1% to 6,650.25 in early trade, while Germany’s DAX fell nearly 0.2% to 14,354.27. Britain’s FTSE 100 was up 0.3% to 7,388.77.…
“Zombie debt” rises to bite homeowners of old loans with new collection efforts
“Zombie debt” rises to bite homeowners of old loans with new collection efforts
Rose Prophete thought the second mortgage on her Brooklyn home was settled about a decade ago — until she received paperwork claiming she owed more than $130,000. “I was shocked,” said Prophete, who refinanced her two-family home in 2006, six years after arriving from Haiti. “I don’t even know these people because they never contacted me. They never called me.”…
NASA’s Artemis rocket launches to the moon 50 years after the end of the Apollo lunar program
NASA’s Artemis rocket launches to the moon 50 years after the end of the Apollo lunar program
NASA’s New Moon rocket lifted off on its debut flight Wednesday with three test dummies on board, taking the US a big step closer to returning astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since the Apollo program ended 50 years ago. If all goes well during the three-week tour, the crew capsule will be launched into a wide…
Inside the converted Club Suite of British Airways premium business cabin
Inside the converted Club Suite of British Airways premium business cabin
British Airways is on a mission to revamp its transatlantic flight and lounge experience. The first piece is the redesign of the premium business cabin Club Suite. While originally completed in 2020, BA is currently scrambling to revitalize the popular business travel corridor between New York and London since the pandemic began. The Club Suite was first available for premium…
Donald Trump is launching a 2024 presidential bid despite growing concerns from the GOP and his role in initiating the Jan. 6 insurgency
Donald Trump is launching a 2024 presidential bid despite growing concerns from the GOP and his role in initiating the Jan. 6 insurgency
Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would launch a third campaign for the White House to get an early start to the 2024 contest. The announcement comes just a week after a disappointing midterm record for Republicans and will force the party to decide whether to accept a candidate whose refusal to accept defeat in 2020 sparked an…
Ben & Jerry’s slams parent company, saying selling its ice cream in the West Bank is ‘against its values’
Ben & Jerry’s slams parent company, saying selling its ice cream in the West Bank is ‘against its values’
Ben & Jerry’s board of directors on Tuesday rebuked the sale of products bearing the ice cream maker’s insignia in West Bank settlements, the latest salvo in the Vermont-based company’s feud with its parent company over ice cream sales in the territories. Last year Ben & Jerry’s board said it would stop selling its ice cream in annexed East Jerusalem…
Crypto contagion from FTX implosion threatens other companies: “There are many more bankruptcies to come”
Crypto contagion from FTX implosion threatens other companies: “There are many more bankruptcies to come”
The reverberations of the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire continue to ripple through financial markets, threatening the future of crypto lenders like BlockFi and Voyager Digital. BlockFi, which said in a Monday blog post that it has “significant exposure” to FTX and the company’s affiliates. The Wall Street Journal reported that the lender was preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing.…
Your mother was right. Your headphones are too loud – and they could ruin your hearing forever
Your mother was right. Your headphones are too loud – and they could ruin your hearing forever
When we were younger, my sister used to give me an irritated nudge on car rides because she could hear the music coming through my headphones on her side of the car. I’m sure I’m not the only one listening to music a little too loud. Maybe you’ve ignored the people staring at you across the subway who can hear…
Sperm counts have been declining for years, and new research shows the problem is getting worse
Sperm counts have been declining for years, and new research shows the problem is getting worse
Two key measures related to male fertility – sperm count and concentration – have fallen sharply in recent years, according to a new study, fueling fears about future population growth. From 1973 to 2018, sperm concentrations worldwide fell by more than half, according to a new analysis by an international team of researchers, published in Update on human reproduction diary…