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There was a tacit acknowledgment on Centre Court on Friday that we might need to pace ourselves. It’s been 10 years since Andy Murray was the last Briton to reach a men’s semi-final, but everyone remembered how exhausting it can be. It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity; it’s not the hits, it’s the hopes. […]
Even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 11 states limited whether employer-based insurance plans could cover abortions with exceptions for rape, incest, life endangerment, and fetal impairment. But those states, which include Texas, Indiana, and Oklahoma, couldn’t prevent plans from covering out-of-state abortions, said Harvey Cotton, a principal lawyer within Ropes & Gray’s […]
Two asset managers from Switzerland and Argentina have been charged in an alleged $1.2 billion Venezuelan money laundering scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. An indictment alleges that the asset managers, Ralph Steinmann, 48, of Switzerland and Luis Fernando Vuteff, 51, of Argentina, from 2014 to 2018 laundered proceeds from an illegal bribery […]
Billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate is participating at an auction of 5G airwaves by India scheduled for later this month, the company said in a statement Saturday, as it seeks to enhance its presence in the country’s digital space. The company, which is seeking to build its own digital platform, superapps and data centers, said it […]
The transit agency for the Washington, DC Metro area announced Friday a deal worth up to $50 million over 25 years to install solar panels atop buildings and parking structures at four subway rail bus stations. Combined, Metro says the four sites will generate 12.8 megawatts of electrical capacity and make this “the largest community […]
Chelsea are closing in on the signings of Raheem Sterling and Nathan Aké from Manchester City. Sterling is expected to leave City for £45m plus £10m in add-ons and Aké is understood to be close to agreeing personal terms on a return to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea’s owners are working hard to strengthen Thomas Tuchel’s squad […]
Heart failure patients experiencing grief or in mourning following the loss of a close family member are at an increased risk of death, particularly during the first week following the family member’s death, according to a study published today in JACC: Heart Failure. Heart failure (HF) affects more than 64 million individuals worldwide. Previous study […]
U.S. June consumer prices data due early on Wednesday has market participants’ undivided attention, standing as the last potentially market-moving catalyst before second-quarter earnings season hits full stride. Economists poll expect the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), which tracks the prices that urban consumers spend on a basket of goods, to have accelerated in […]
CoinFlex said it has taken legal action to recover $84 million in losses from a single customer and is in talks to sign a joint venture with another crypto exchange in a bid to revive its fortunes. The crypto exchange paused withdrawals on its platform last month after a counterparty, which it later identified as […]
Almost all of us will have stories about words or phrases that we mispronounced as a child. I for one used to have to sing the Robbie Williams hit to be able to say millennium properly, while a friend thought the boneless cut of chicken was a “chicken rest”, and I’m still the butt of […]