Big European companies have started to ban or restrict business travel for hundreds of thousands of employees as the coronavirus outbreak accelerates. Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, said it has asked all 291,000 of its employees not to travel internationally for business until the middle of March. “Domestic travel should be replaced by alternative…… MORE
Erika James has a knack for making history. Five years after she was named the first African-American woman to be named dean of Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, James was named as the new dean at the University of Pennsylvania’s the Wharton School of Business. She’ll be the first woman and person of color to…… MORE
Nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to express “serious concerns” about the anticipated US-Taliban deal. Led by Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, the 22 members of Congress said they “are seeking assurances that…… MORE
Leave it to Taylor Swift to creatively take on the patriarchy. The 30-year-old pop star is unrecognizable playing a man in her latest music video. The video for her single “The Man” brings to life Swift’s lyrics about how differently the world views men and women. “They’d say I hustled/Put in the work/They wouldn’t shake…… MORE
Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are expected to stand trial starting October 5 on charges related to the college admissions scam, a spokesperson for the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts said. They will stand trial alongside six other parents charged in the scam: Gamal Abdelaziz, Diane Blake, Todd Blake, John Wilson, Homayoun Zadeh…… MORE
Attorney General William Barr has noted with concern over the past year the rising number of police officer suicides in the country. On Thursday, he shared a personal story about a “godsend” social worker who helped his family during his daughter’s cancer battle as he reminded law enforcement that it’s OK to seek out and…… MORE
Gilead Sciences stock was up slightly on Thursday, even as the Dow plunged into correction status. The reason? The biotech company is moving closer to finding a potential treatment for the deadly coronavirus. It plans to start administering its remdesivir drug to patients next month. Shares of Gilead Sciences have risen more than 10% in…… MORE
A record-breaking explosion created by a black hole 390 million light-years away has been discovered by astronomers. “In some ways, this blast is similar to how the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 ripped off the top of the mountain,” said lead author Simona Giacintucci, director of research at the Naval Research Laboratory in…… MORE
On the eve of the South Carolina primary — the fourth vote of the 2020 Democratic presidential race — the dynamic of the contest is now crystal clear: There is Bernie Sanders, and then there are all the other candidates competing to be the alternative option to the Vermont senator. Sanders’ wins in New Hampshire…… MORE
Critics occasionally go overboard with metaphors, but there’s no escaping the “Believe the women” undercurrents in “The Invisible Man,” which transforms invisibility into the ultimate tool of an abusive, high-tech modern stalker. That approach conjures lots of creepiness, thanks foremost to star Elisabeth Moss, but this is one of those movies that works better the…… MORE
