The government and AT&T will square off in court this week to decide the fate of a massive media merger in a trial that will have far-reaching effects on the market and regulators. The trial begins Monday in the Justice Department’s lawsuit to block AT&T’s $85 billion proposed merger with Time Warner. The case has […]
Colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon or rectum) is the third most common cancer diagnosed in men and women in the U.S. according to Colorectal Cancer Facts and Figures. During 2018, it is estimated that colorectal cancer will result in the death of 50,630 lives, ranking it as the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in […]
After a stream of erroneous media coverage about how spaceflight affects astronauts’ genes, NASA issued an updated statement yesterday (March 15) about its “twins study” of former astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly. The study is following changes to Scott Kelly’s body after he spent nearly a year in space between 2015 and 2016. His brother […]
Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) will close two facilities in Texas and Panama and is also considering shutting its engine manufacturing plant in Illinois as part of a strategy to boost profitability and better handle business cycles, but the move could cut 880 jobs. The plant closures, which were announced internally over the past two months, were […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Qualcomm was co-founded in 1985 by Irwin Jacobs, who took the company public and made it a mobile chips behemoth. He later passed the baton to his son Paul. Now Paul Jacobs is trying to make sure that Qualcomm stays a family business — but he will have to do it from […]
What does coffee have to do with cannabis? According to a new study, your morning joe causes a drop in the levels of certain substances that are linked to the body’s system for responding to marijuana. The levels of these substances — metabolites found in what’s known as the endocannabinoid system — decrease in people […]
DENVER — NASA is pressing forward on plans to build a Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, an outpost for astronauts positioned in the space near Earth’s moon. According to NASA, the Gateway will not only be a place to live, learn and work around the moon but will also support an array of missions to the lunar […]
Walmart shares fell more than 1 percent Thursday after a former executive filed a federal court lawsuit claiming the retailer issued misleading e-commerce results. Tri Huynh, a former director of business development at Walmart, who had also worked at Amazon, says in the suit filed in San Francisco that he was terminated by the company […]
The mood in the courtroom was hopeful when Toys “R” Us filed for bankruptcy last September. The company’s lawyer, in the first hearing, played a clip of the retailer’s famous jingle “I’m a Toys ‘R’ Us Kid” and vowed to restore the company’s place in the hearts of millions of American families. The reality is […]
Prosthetic hands have gotten increasingly sophisticated. Many can recreate the complex shape and detail of joints and fingers, while powered prostheses allow for independent, willful movement. But a new study published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine offers a potential glimpse into the future of the technology: Artificial hands that actually feel like a living limb […]
World dignitaries, celebrities and academics on Wednesday mourned Stephen Hawking, the British physicist who died aged 76 after a cosmic career in which his mental genius transcended his physical disability to probe the secrets of the universe. Propelled to stardom by his 1988 book “A Brief History of Time”, an unlikely worldwide bestseller, Hawking’s genius […]
Luxury automaker Tesla is manufacturing a surprisingly high ratio of flawed parts and vehicles, according to several current and former employees, leading to more rework and repairs than can be contained at its factory in Fremont, California. Tesla’s future as a mass-market carmaker hinges on efficient, automated production of the Model 3, which more than […]
