LA Bid ‘not Only About 2024’
Los Angeles Olympic bid chiefs hinted for the first time on Wednesday that the city could be ready to step aside for Paris in the race for the 2024 Games. LA 2024 chairman Casey Wasserman suggested...
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Owner of Largest Star Wars Memorabilia Collection Robbed
The owner of the largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia said on Monday a longtime friend had robbed him of more than 100 items, including rare vintage US and foreign carded action figures. Steve...
Gains At Big US Newspapers Mask Slump In Sector
The US newspaper industry remains mired in a slump despite gains in digital subscriptions at some of the big dailies, a study showed Thursday. As the newspaper sector sinks, cable television news is...
With Or Without Trump, US Businesses Moving On Climate
President Donald Trump may be dragging out his decision on whether to ditch the Paris climate agreement, but major American corporations have not waited for a government signal to start cutting their...
LA Olympics Officials Deny 2028 Deal, Say ‘focused’ On 2024
Los Angeles Olympic bid officials insisted on Wednesday they remain focused on 2024, despite a Wall Street Journal report of a looming deal that would see them host the 2028 Games with Paris given...
ExxonMobil Faces Climate Showdown At Annual Meeting
ExxonMobil's controversial stance on climate change will be back in the spotlight Wednesday when shareholders vote on an environmentalist-backed measure calling for an accounting of climate policy...
Music Legend Gregg Allman Dies At 69
Gregg Allman who overcame family tragedy, drug addiction and health problems has died Gregg Allman, a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band who overcame family tragedy, drug addiction and...
UK Hunts For Bomber’s Network Amid Row Over US Leaks
Britain pressed a manhunt Thursday for a Libya-linked jihadist network thought to be behind the deadly Manchester bombing as US President Donald Trump threatened to prosecute those responsible for...
Twitter’s Co-Founder Is Totally Sorry For Helping Trump Get Elected
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams wants you to know he’s super sorry for any role the social media platform played in the election of President Donald Trump. The sort-of apology was made in an...
Washington’s UN Envoy To Travel To Jordan, Turkey
US Ambassador Nikki Haley will make her first trip overseas this week as Washington's envoy to the United Nations, traveling to Jordan and Turkey to focus on the plight of Syrian refugees. Haley will...
Digital Subscriber Gains Help News Corp Results
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Tuesday reported some positive signs for its global newspaper operations, as the number of digital subscribers for the Wall Street Journal topped one million. The New...
Marathon Runners Target Two-Hour Barrier
Three elite runners backed by a small army of scientists will on Saturday attempt an audacious assault on the boundaries of the possible by trying to run a marathon in less than two hours. Reigning...
Verizon Wins Streaming Rights For NFL London Game
US telecom giant Verizon has won the right to stream a National Football League game from London in September, expanding the online presence for professional American football games. Terms were not...
Twitter Signs Deal With Bloomberg On Rolling Video News
Twitter is working with media firm Bloomberg to create a 24-hour rolling news channel for the messaging service. The live video stream will be made up of original programming as well as feeds from...
Twitter, Bloomberg Team Up For Streaming News Channel
Twitter is launching a 24-hour streaming news channel in partnership with the Bloomberg news agency, in a major expansion of its video operations. Bloomberg Media chief executive Justin Smith...
S.Korea Outrage Over Trump’s China Comment
Buffeted by the currents of diplomacy, South Korea is sometimes described as a "shrimp between two whales", and US president Donald Trump has touched nerves with remarks that the peninsula "used to...
A Corporate Governance Commentary
Recently, the salary levels of some Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of some state-controlled corporations in Ghana have come under quite a bit of public scrutiny. What has been in short supply is a...
Strong US Dollar A Threat To Trump Campaign Pledges
President Donald Trump takes credit for revitalizing the US economy even though he has not yet been in office for 100 days. But the new president's boasts of breathing life into the world's biggest...
Trump Says He Had Good ‘chemistry’, ‘bonding’ With China’s Xi
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had forged good "chemistry" with China's Xi Jinping during their summit in Florida, adding that he believes Beijing is willing to work with Washington on...
Trump Says China Is Not Manipulating Currency
US President Donald Trump reversed himself Wednesday and said China is not manipulating its currency to gain a trade advantage. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump appeared to lay to...