FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Asian stocks were steady Thursday, while U.S. equity futures dipped, as traders awaited inflation data that may shape views on how aggressively the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy.
Shares rose in Japan but wavered in Hong Kong and China. The region failed to harness all of the tailwind from Wall Street, where the S&P 500 extended a...
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Brief Scorecard: India 237 for 9 (Suryakumar 64, Rahul 49, Smith 2-29) beat West Indies 193 (Brooks 44, Hosein 34, Prasidh 4-12) by 44 runs
The West Indies were jolted early in their reply after Krishna (4-12) dismissed opener Brandon King and Darren Bravo in successive overs. (Image credit: BCCI).
India set the West Indies a target of 238,...
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Senior Republican lawmaker Mitch McConnell lashed out at his own party members days after the Republican National Committee (RNC) censured Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for not toeing the party line with regard to the January 6 attack on Capitol Hill.
The senior GOP leader also joined them in decrying the attacks of Capitol Hill and called it...
FEBRUARY 09, 2022
A plow operator in Ohio was fired after he was filmed launching snow over a highway median.
The slushy mess damaged about 55 vehicles and caused some personal injuries.
The turnpike commission suspended the driver before firing them for "grossly negligent behavior."
Ohio's Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission has fired a snowplow operator after the driver directed snow...
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 26: Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference being held in the Hyatt Regency on February 26, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. Begun in 1974, CPAC brings together conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders to discuss issues important to them. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The North Carolina State Board of Elections...
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
The agency had planned to require taxpayers send video scans of their face to a private company starting this summer
The IRS sys it will stop using facial recognition technology to authenticate people who create online accounts after the practice came under criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers. (Susan Walsh/AP)
The Internal Revenue Service has abandoned its plan to...
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Meta Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. - TheWrap
Meta's stock continued to plummet Monday, adding another 5% to what is now a 27% drop in the last week since the company's disappointing Q4 earnings.
After shedding more than $230 billion of its market value in the last week, its valuation is less than a quarter of Apple's $2.8 trillion market...
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
A small number of pleasure craft are seen in Sydney Harbour in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, 31 December 2021. Fireworks at 9pm and midnight will be displayed against the backdrop of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge with crowd numbers...
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Lata Mangeshkar sang more than 30,000 songs. - Getty Images
Lata Mangeshkar, one of India's most venerated singers who sang tens of thousands of songs in her lifetime, has died at the age of 92.
She had been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai city in January after testing positive for Covid-19.
Federal minister Nitin Gadkari confirmed the news on...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Americans have double vision when it comes to satisfaction with their lives and with the country’s direction.
They are chipper on how things are going for them personally, but glum about what’s happening in the bigger world around them, according to a new Gallup poll.
At a time when the pandemic is slogging toward its two-year mark, stock market...
