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A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 plane passes by the Capitol dome in Washington as it comes in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Nov. 9, 2025. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images No sky perks for you! Delta Air Lines suspended its airport escorts and red coat services […]
The Chinese government has executed 11 members of the Ming family crime syndicate. This comes after investigations into the criminal empire uncovered “intentional homicide, intentional injury, illegal detention, fraud, and operating gambling dens”, as well as other penalties. In the announcement, which has been translated, the Supreme People’s Court has confirmed that the group, led […]
Thirty Congress members have supported a bill that would prevent federal officials and political employees from using prediction markets that could be influenced by insider information. After an anonymous Polymarket user cashed out with over $400,000 on a trade related to the operation to depose Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, concerns were raised that the bet […]
Costco Wholesale, Sam’s Club and BJ’s Wholesale stores. Getty Images On Costco’s last earnings call, executives were grilled about a problem few companies have: how is the company managing crowded stores and jammed-up parking lots? That dilemma is a sign of the times for membership-based warehouse clubs. More Americans have literally joined the club — […]
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 20, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he […]
Berkshire Hathaway founder and Chairman Warren Buffett is going to forego his usual stage appearance at the 2026 company shareholders’ meeting, the Omaha World-Herald reported on Sunday. Buffett instead will be seated alongside the company’s board of directors while his successor and current vice chairman and incoming CEO Greg Abel answers questions, the report said. Warren Buffett in 2023. REUTERS At Buffett’s […]
March 10, 2025, 5:04pm [As news broke last Friday of the Trump administration’s plan to revoke $400 million dollars of research funding to Columbia University, filmmaker and Columbia professor James Schamus posted the following to a faculty list serve there. It has been lightly edited for publication here.] * Allow me to address a few […]
A few weeks ago, Kathryn Wylde, the normally consensus-driven president of the Partnership for New York City, did something totally out of character — and downright reckless, according to some business leaders. Namely, Wylde, whose group is supposed to advocate for the city’s biggest banks and real estate firms, appeared to endorse Letitia James for mayor […]
