Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell arrives to testify during the House Financial Services Committee hearing titled “The Federal Reserve’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report,” in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesLet it be known: The leader of the U.S. Federal Reserve, the most important central bank in the world, is a Deadhead.No one is ever likely to confuse Jerome Powell with Jerry Garcia, but the policymaker apparently likes to stop and smell the “Scarlet Begonias” when he can.Indeed, Powell was snapped June 3 at a Dead & Company show in Bristow, Virginia.…
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Sony Pictures said Wednesday that it has removed from its release date schedule El Muerto, the Bad Bunny-starring Spider-Man spinoff movie that is being directed by Jonas Cuarón. The Columbia Pictures pic is set to be the first time a Latino character leads a Marvel live-action film. The studio had previously set El Muerto to hit theaters on January 12, 2024. Today, it said that slot will be filled with The Book of Clarence, the Jaymes Samuel-directed pic starring LaKeith Stanfield hailing from Legendary Pictures. It had been slated for a September 22, 2023 release. The third domino to move is Dumb…
WASHINGTON — Scout Space, a startup developing technologies for space situational awareness, announced June 21 it has secured undisclosed funding from the venture capital firm Decisive Point and from government contractor Noblis. Noblis Ventures is the majority investor in Scout’s recently closed seed round led by Decisive Point, the company said. Scout Space said it could not disclose the value of the seed round. Other participating investors included VIPC and Fusion Fund. A Scout spokesperson said the company, based in Alexandria, Virginia, has raised about $5.5 million in venture funding since it was founded in 2019. Noblis, based in Reston,…
Asus ROG Ally will be launched in India on July 12, the company announced on Wednesday. The Taiwanese firm’s first Windows-powered handheld gaming console will go on sale during a flash sale on Flipkart for one day on July 7, according to Asus. Last week, Asus teased the arrival of the ROG Ally via a Twitter post. The gaming console sports a 7-inch full-HD display with a 120Hz refresh rate and is powered by AMD’s recently introduced Z1 Extreme APU, paired with 16GB of RAM.Asus ROG Ally price in India, availabilityAsus ROG Ally will be priced at Rs. 69,990 in India. The device…
Rep. Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California and ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, during a hearing on China’s economic threats, in Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2023.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — House Democrats on Wednesday will release a slate of reform bills in response to the recent bank failures that triggered the worst crisis for the sector since 2008.Members of the House Financial Services Committee, led by ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., are seeking an expansion to federal regulatory authorities and more oversight for bank executives, including clawbacks on compensation, fines and the closure of…
NewsAphex Twin Shares New Song “Blackbox Life Recorder 21f”: ListenIt’s Richard D. James’ first new music in five yearsBy Allison HusseyJune 21, 2023FacebookTwitterAphex Twin performs at Sonar festival in Barcelona, Spain, June 16, 2023. (Photo by Xavi Torrent/Redferns)FacebookTwitterAphex Twin has shared “Blackbox Life Recorder 21f,” the first new music from the producer born Richard D. James in five years. Check it out below.Last week Aphex Twin performed at Sonar 2023 in Barcelona. A post from the Aphex Twin Twitter account instructed fans to “LOOK OUT FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL IN SONAR +D PROJECT AREA AND AT THE MERCH DESK.” Posters with…
In this articleGSK-GBGSKFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTRespiratory syncytial virus viral vaccine under research.Hailshadow | Istock | Getty ImagesGlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday said its vaccine to protect adults ages 60 and older from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, remained effective across two seasons of the disease.A single dose of the shot was 67.2% effective in preventing lower respiratory tract illness over two RSV seasons, according to new results from a phase three clinical trial. That’s compared with 82% after one viral season, which typically lasts from October to March in the northern hemisphere. The shot was also 78.8% effective against severe RSV…
As we mark one year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the effects of that decision can’t be overstated. Over the last year, those needing abortions, pregnancy care, and their providers have been unconscionably harmed. And now, in order to move forward, we must look back and acknowledge how trying to save Roe became a fool’s errand. Until those who support abortion rights reckon with the compromises that the Roe framework created and stop white-washing history, we’ll never build a just and equitable future. We—and I include myself in this group—need to name and own how a white…
Ever since The Walking Dead wrapped its 11-season run on AMC, the franchise has promised to expand some more thanks to countless spinoffs. The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 1 launched on June 18, and the early numbers are encouraging. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Old Acquaintances” managed 683,000 viewers in its linear airing on AMC. With simulcasts on AMC Networks cable channels and replays, the number rose to 1.12 million viewers. While these numbers are way down from the original series’ heyday, it is an improvement on the premieres of Interview With the Vampire (622,000 viewers), Mayfair Witches (577,000),…
Wherever you are right now, take a quick look around at people’s footwear. What brands are they wearing? Chances are, the results of your visual sneaker survey will look a little something like this: Adidas, Nike, Converse, New Balance, Nike, maybe a bit of Reebok if you’re lucky, Adidas, Nike, Nike.No matter how classic the shoe or how exclusive the drop, it’s clear that just a few companies have a monopoly on the sneaker market. So what are you supposed to do if you don’t want to follow in the air-cushioned footsteps of everyone else? Thankfully, there are plenty of…
I feel the recognition in my bones when I read the opening line of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer: “I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces.” When I write in English, I feel like I’m lying. I am making up every waking thought I had since childhood, in a language that I did not grow up dreaming in. And yet, I feel the constellation of letters tickle at my senses, rebuilding a life reimagined in English. For instance, I do remember this being true: waking up in the first house I lived in,…
In this articleNOVO.B-DKFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTIn this photo illustration, boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter on April 17, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesNovo Nordisk on Tuesday sued five medical spas and wellness clinics for allegedly selling cheaper, unauthorized versions of the company’s weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. The Danish drugmaker initiated the lawsuits in federal courts in New York, Texas, Florida and Tennessee, according to complaints obtained by CNBC. The suits accused the spas and clinics of marketing and selling “compounded” drug products that claim to contain semaglutide, the active…
Glacier surfaces in certain parts of the world contain concerning amounts of toxic radioactive materials, a result of weapons testing and nuclear accidents such as the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. Fallout radionuclides accumulate within cryoconite – a granular sediment found in holes on glacier surfaces – and there is a risk of this material entering local ecosystems as glaciers melt due to climate change. Glaciologists and ecologists say this poses urgent questions. What regions are at highest risk? How diluted is the nuclear material entering proglacial zones? What impact might that have on organisms? Find out more about this emerging…
In-theater advertising firm National CineMedia announced a special shareholders meeting to vote on a reverse stock split — a move that boosts the price of a company’s shares — as it risks being delisted by the Nasdaq market and works through a voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization. The company, which was founded and is largely owned by the nation’s largest exhibitors, announced its plans in an SEC filing that, however, didn’t include the date for the 2023 meeting yet, or the terms of the reverse split. Those details will come, with “the exact ratio to be determined by the Board of…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has started to reduce the amount of airspace it closes for launches from Cape Canaveral as part of efforts to limit the impact of growing launch activity on commercial aviation. The FAA recently introduced a revised zone of restricted airspace around and extending offshore for many launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the Kennedy Space Center. The revised zone keeps open airspace to the north of the spaceports that had previously been closed for all launches. By doing so, the FAA said in a June 15 statement, it keeps open a key…
WhatsApp is rolling out a feature designed to protect users from unwanted calls on the messaging platform. The Meta-owned app will allow users to simply toggle a setting that will silence calls from spam and nuisance callers. These calls typically come from numbers that are not part of a user’s contact list, and the new feature is designed to prevent calls from unknown numbers from disturbing the user. WhatsApp users who do not enable this setting will hear their phone ring when any other WhatsApp user — including those not in their contact list — calls them using the app.On Tuesday,…
U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) speaks to the media as he leaves Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, May 10, 2023.Eduardo Munoz | ReutersThe identities of the people who guaranteed Rep. George Santos’ $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case will be revealed Thursday at noon ET, a federal judge ordered Tuesday.Judge Joanna Seybert’s order in U.S. District Court in Long Island came less than two weeks after the Republican lawmaker’s attorney argued that the bail backers’ identities should be kept private because of the “media frenzy” surrounding the case.Other sealed documents in the case, including Seybert’s…
Nio’s ET5 stands on display at the Central China International Auto Show on May 25, 2023, in Wuhan, China.Getty Images | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Chinese electric car company Nio announced Tuesday it received $738.5 million in new capital from a fund owned by the Abu Dhabi government.The strategic investment ultimately gives the fund, CYVN Holdings, a 7% stake in Nio.The deal was priced at $8.72 a share, a release said. That’s 6.7% below where Nio’s U.S.-listed shares closed Tuesday, down by about half a percent.Nio earlier this month said lackluster car deliveries was affecting cash flow,…