US Surgeon General Calls Parent Stress a Public Health Challenge
Aug. 28 By Jeff Mason (Reuters) – The U.S. surgeon general on Wednesday issued a public health advisory about the impact of modern stresses on parents’ mental health, calling on government, businesses and community organizations to increase resources to provide them more support. The advisory…
Nvidia Sales Likely Doubled – Even That May Not Impress Investors
Aug. 26 By Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) – Nvidia is likely to report on Wednesday that its second-quarter revenue more than doubled. But investors used to its blockbuster results will be expecting even more from the artificial intelligence chip giant. A beat or a miss on…
Anthropic Says California AI Bill’s Benefits Likely Outweigh Costs
Aug. 23 By Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru (Reuters) – The benefits of California’s revised bill that seeks to regulate how artificial intelligence is developed and deployed in the state likely outweigh the costs, Anthropic said on Thursday. San Francisco-based Anthropic is a rival to ChatGPT-maker…
Analysis-Rise in Election Talk From US Execs Highlights Policy Uncertainty
Aug. 22 By Medha Singh (Reuters) – U.S. company executives are talking much more about the upcoming presidential election than they did four years ago as a wider policy rift between candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump raises questions around taxes, tariffs and pricing power….
Mandatory Prison Was Key to George Santos Deal, US Prosecutor Says
Aug. 21 By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – George Santos’ willingness to spend a minimum two years in prison was a critical part of his agreement to plead guilty to fraud and identity theft, the federal prosecutor who charged the scandal-plagued former U.S. congressman…
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Merger Clears US Justice Department Review
Aug. 20 By David Shepardson and Mrinmay Dey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it is reviewing Alaska Airlines’ proposed acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines after it cleared a key review by the Justice Department. The airlines filed a transfer application to combine under…
Analysis-US Regional Bank Deals Rise as Lenders Aim to Bolster Balance Sheets
Aug. 19 By Manya Saini and Niket Nishant (Reuters) – Regional lenders at the heart of last year’s banking crisis are cutting more deals to shore up their balance sheets and compete with rivals, extending a wave of consolidation in the sector that may attract…
Three Exhumed 1921 Tulsa Massacre Victims Found to Have Gunshot Wounds
Aug. 18 By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three of the 11 victims of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who were exhumed on Friday, were found with gunshot wounds, the city said. Two of those three victims were found to have wounds from…
OpenAI Blocks Iranian Group’s ChatGPT Accounts for Targeting US Election
Aug. 16 By Juby Babu in Mexico City (Reuters) – OpenAI said on Friday it had taken down accounts of an Iranian group for using its ChatGPT chatbot to generate content meant for influencing the U.S. presidential election and other issues. The operation, identified as…
Economic consequences of aggressive foreign policy
Aug. 15 By Julia O`Malley For many years, the global economy has been plagued by the consequences of selfishness and the imperial ambitions of western liberal-globalist elites. It should be recognized that, in an attempt to solve their economic problems and maintain their political positions,…