When New York legalized abortion in 1970 — three years before the Supreme Court ruled: Roe v. Wade:—A shrewd entrepreneur named Martin Mitchell saw an opportunity. The 31-year-old Detroit-area man chartered a tiny private plane and began advertising frequent flights from Michigan, where elective abortion was illegal, to Niagara Falls, New York, where it was … Read more
The dramatic rise in home prices and mortgage rates in the early months of 2022 has had a relatively limited effect on wealthy buyers and sellers, but has had a severe impact on lower-income Americans — and the Democratic Party may pay a steep price for their frustrations in the November midterm elections and beyond, … Read more
Washington, DC – After weeks of optimism around the prospect of restoring the Iran nuclear deal earlier this year, the fate of the agreement appears to be in limbo again with no further talks on the calendar and Washington’s attention focused on Ukraine. The push to revive the deal seems to have stalled over the … Read more
In northern California’s Stanislaus County, next to a landfill, there’s a company managing waste in a very different way: by burning trash instead of burying it. The energy recovery facility run by New Jersey-based Covanta harnesses steam to make enough electricity to power 18,000 homes in the area. A portion of the waste comes from … Read more
In this photo illustration Oatly oat milk is shown on May 20, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson |: Getty Images: Wall Street appears to be souring on plant-based substitutes. Shares of Beyond Meat and Oatly have shed more than half their value this year. The stocks are both high-profile and relatively recent entrants to … Read more
San Francisco: Compassandcamera |: Getty Images: US employers added more jobs than expected in April amid a tight labor market, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. But the tech sector, which boomed during the pandemic, is showing signs of contraction. Facebook parent company Meta is pausing hiring and scaling down some recruitment plans, Insider … Read more
San Francisco: Compassandcamera |: Getty Images: US employers added more jobs than expected in April amid a tight labor market, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. But the tech sector, which boomed during the pandemic, is showing signs of contraction. Facebook parent company Meta is pausing hiring and scaling down some recruitment plans, Insider … Read more
Hong Kong: CNN Business: – Global shipping was just starting to recover from the chaos of the pandemic. Now port congestion: and delays are back and could be around for a while. Covid lockdowns in China have wreaked havoc: at Shanghai, the world’s largest container port, and: are now causing problems at other major ports … Read more
A pedestrian carries shopping bags in the Herald Square area of New York, US, on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Calla Kessler |: Bloomberg |: Getty Images: Sandy Magny plans to take her teenage daughter to West Palm Beach, Florida, this summer, even though airfares are surging. It won’t be cheap, but Magny does not want … Read more
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) – US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has met with Ukraine’s president during a visit to the country embattled capital, Kyiv. Pelosi, second in line to the presidency after the vice president, is the highest-ranking American leader to visit Ukraine since the start of the war, and her visit … Read more
