When House members vote whether to retain Mike Johnson as their speaker in the coming days, he will receive something not granted to his predecessor Kevin McCarthy: Democratic salvation. That decision can be boiled down to the inverse of an old saying: The devil the Democrats barely know (Johnson) has been deemed more trustworthy than […]Read More
ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Bonnie Swetman is a big fan of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She read his book about the coronavirus pandemic and has excitedly followed his presidential campaign and his status as an outspoken vaccine skeptic. But as Swetman, 72, stood near the merchandise table at a comedy show fundraiser for Kennedy’s independent […]Read More
ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Bonnie Swetman is a big fan of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She read his book about the coronavirus pandemic and has excitedly followed his presidential campaign and his status as an outspoken vaccine skeptic. But as Swetman, 72, stood near the merchandise table at a comedy show fundraiser for Kennedy’s independent […]Read More
Is being nice holding you back at work? One viral TikTok has young workers up in arms about the perils of being pleasant in the workplace. A TikToker who goes by the name Jacqueline recently posted a TikTok video where she claimed that people who are “a pleasure to work with” will “never get promoted.” The video […]Read More
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday there was no sign of stagflation in the economy, even as inflation remains stubbornly high and some signs of slowing growth have started to emerge. In remarks after the release of the Fed’s decision Wednesday to leave interest rates unchanged, Powell said he didn’t ‘really understand where talk […]Read More
Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday said it plans to pay $6.5 billion over 25 years to settle nearly all of the thousands of lawsuits in the U.S. claiming its talc-based products caused ovarian cancer, pending approval of the claimants. Those cases have for decades caused financial and public relations trouble for J&J, which contends that its […]Read More
Skydance Media is prepared to walk away from its offer for Paramount Global unless it receives a firm commitment from controlling shareholder Shari Redstone, following the latest offer from Apollo Global Management and Sony Pictures, according to a person familiar with the matter. The exclusivity window for discussions between David Ellison’s Skydance, backed by private equity firms […]Read More
America’s job market increasingly appears to be splitting into two tracks, economists say, alongside a steady demand for skilled workers and a flagging interest in hiring more ‘knowledge-based’ professionals. The evidence can be found in the data, which shows a higher unemployment rate for professional and business services workers, and a lower one for people […]Read More
Sony Pictures and private equity firm Apollo Global Management have sent a letter to the Paramount Global board expressing interest in acquiring the company for about $26 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The expression of formal interest comes as David Ellison’s Skydance Media, backed by private equity firms RedBird Capital and KKR, awaits word […]Read More
As protests over the Israel-Gaza war sweep college campuses, pro-Palestinian activists are ramping up plans for a major show of force at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, increasingly worrying Democrats who fear the demonstrations could interfere with or overshadow their efforts to project unity ahead of the November election. If unruly protests unfold during […]Read More