At least 23 people have been killed by the fires in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino and Yuba counties, where 3,500 homes and businesses had been burned at last count. Officials expect the death toll to rise when officers begin going into the “hot zones” that were immolated in the firestorm. And […]
Daily Archives: October 12, 2017
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GETTY Loneliness is as dangerous as high blood pressure, diabetes and depression Isolation is prompting millions of OAPs to turn up at doctors’ surgeries simply for someone to talk to. Professor Helen StokesLampard, chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP), will use a keynote speech at its annual conference […]
Spreadbetters expected a mixed start for European stocks, forecasting Britain’s FTSE to open down 0.05 percent, Germany’s Dax to start 0.03 percent higher France’s CAC to open flat. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.55 percent and at its highest since December 2007. Japan’s Nikkei was […]
The move brings relief for the government after a two-year planning delay which it feared could hurt its reputation with investors. Apple in February 2015 announced plans to build the data centre in a rural location in the west of Ireland to take advantage of rich green energy sources nearby. […]
The Justice Department has some questions about Uber’s business practices. Uber Uber is learning that chickens come home to roost. The ride-hailing company is now facing five Justice Department inquiries, according to Bloomberg. Three were identified over the last few months, but two were just revealed on Wednesday. One of […]
View photos Sexual harassment isn’t just about Hollywood, not by a long shot — it’s an insidious and wide-reaching problem. Over the last few years, women have come forward in the sciences, trucking, retail, tech, and many other industries to tell their stories of harassment and assault on the job […]
A bunch of people likely logged into HBO through a DirecTV Now subscription. HBO AT&T‘s foray into the online streaming video business is slowly gaining ground. The Dallas telecommunications giant disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it had added a net 300,000 customers to its DirecTV Now […]
WASHINGTON — Facebook will turn over new information to congressional investigators looking into Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 election, Rep. Adam Schiff said Wednesday after attending closed-door meetings with Sheryl Sandberg, the company’s chief operating officer. “I asked about not just the advertisements, but all the ‘organic content’ that […]