UConn men’s basketball unveils back-to-back championship rings
Oct 18, 2024, 11:14 AM ET There’s never been a ring celebrating back-to-back championships in men’s college basketball. Until now. On Thursday, the UConn Huskies revealed a special ring commemorating their 2023 and 2024 NCAA tournament titles. UConn defeated the 5-seed San Diego State Aztecs 76-59 in 2023 and the 1-seed Purdue Boilermakers 75-60 in […]
Procter & Gamble earnings beat estimates, but weak demand in China hurts sales
Procter & Gamble on Friday reported weaker-than-expected revenue as lower demand in China again weighed on its sales. The company’s organic sales in Greater China, its second-largest market, fell 15% in the fiscal first quarter. As home prices drop and jobless rates rise in the country, shoppers have pulled back their spending, hurting P&G’s sales […]
Op-ed: The financial toxicity of cancer is growing. Here's what can be done to reduce it
Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman’s breast for breast cancer. Hannibal Hanschke | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Cancer drains individuals of their physical, emotional, and financial health. Given the impact on both patients and the people in their lives — including their employer — it’s time that CEOs take […]
81-year-old woman goes viral after voting for first time because late husband wouldn’t let her
Your support helps us to tell the story This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story. The Independent is […]
Govt seeks to amend law to bolster institutional arbitration
New Delhi: The Union law ministry has proposed to strengthen the process of institutional arbitration by making provisions for appellate arbitral tribunals, giving disputants the option to appeal arbitral awards without moving courts of law. This provision would, however, only be available for arbitrations conducted under the aegis of arbitration institutions, as per the draft […]
How marathon running stopped former tennis player Monica Puig from descending into a ‘big black hole of depression and sadness’ | CNN
CNN — Monica Puig won more than 300 matches during her tennis career and the feeling afterwards was often the same: relief, excitement, and satisfaction that the weeks and months of sacrifice and preparation had paid off. Today, exactly a year after shoulder issues forced her to retire aged 28, Puig is still able to […]
U.S. boosts passenger screening as Marburg and mpox viruses spread
Johannesburg — After the world was caught largely unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists warned that lessons must be learned. Now, two more viral outbreaks are giving health officials sleepless nights. Rwanda is still grappling with its first outbreak of Marburg virus. A cousin to the Ebola virus, Marburg is one of the deadliest viruses […]
Interest Rate Cut Likely Soon? RBI Governor Drops Major Hint
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said that interest rate cut at this stage will be ‘premature, and very, very risky’. Speaking at the fireside chat at the India Credit Forum event in Mumbai by Bloomberg, Governor Das warned against any premature interest rate cuts when inflation risk […]