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California's insurance commissioner says he will write new rules for insurers in the nation's most populous state

Former McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner analyzes the state of the fast-food industry as the U.S. economy slows on 'The Claman Countdown.'

This week, one of the hallmark events centered on curbing global warming — NYC Climate Week — convened sustainability experts and evangelists from around the world in one place.

₹202-crore penalty on the company over its 2019 deal with Future Coupons. The apex court said that the 'protection' provided to the US-based firm will continue till the next hearing. A bench of Justice AS Bopanna and Justice MM Sundresh said that the matter would be listed for a a non-miscellaneous day during first week of December 2023.

Governments, organizations and businesses have set ambitious goals to combat climate change

European Union antitrust enforcers have slapped Intel with a fresh $400 million fine in a long-running legal fight that the chipmaker appeared to have won last year

A new plan from California's insurance commissioner aims to keep the nation's top insurers from leaving the wildfire-prone state

A recently resurfaced video from 1998 has stirred up speculations regarding the alleged involvement of Hal Finney, an American software developer and early Bitcoin pioneer, in the creation of the flagship cryptocurrency. 

nerve cells while regrowing them is critical to restoring the ability to walk in mice with spinal cord injuries, scientists at the University of California — Los Angeles (UCLA), US, found.

IBM Corp., Nike Inc. and Apple Inc. in a new ranking of employee wellbeing. Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores scored 83 out of 100 in the first-ever survey from job site Indeed, part of Japan’s Recruit Holdings Co., which analyzed millions of anonymous employee reviews to rate US companies on happiness, stress, satisfaction and purpose. Only companies with 1,000 or more employees were eligible, and the top twenty ranged from airlines to consultancies to fast-food chains. Closely-held Love’s, which also operates a truck fleet, hotels and a logistics firm, employs more than 40,500 people including 1,500 at its Oklahoma City headquarters.We're on WhatsApp! Join the ET NRI Channel here The rankings reflect employers’ increased awareness and investments in wellbeing, a catch-all term that became a focus during the pandemic when employee burnout and mental-health issues like anxiety and depression skyrocketed. More than seven in ten people said their employer is now more concerned about their mental health than it was previously, the American Psychological Association (APA) found. Still, organizational efforts to boost wellbeing vary in terms of effectiveness. A survey of more than 2,000 US workers from human-resources technology firm Alight found that less than half believe their employer cares about their wellbeing.

summer was the hottest ever in the Northern Hemisphere. In fact, scientists announced last week that June, July and August this year were the warmest on record globally, confirming that the horrific heat waves in many places were as awful as they seemed. But, as you're probably already aware, the summer didn't bring record-breaking heat to California. Some daily temperature records were broken in July in Palm Springs, Anaheim and Redding, but overall, the Golden State actually enjoyed its coolest summer since 2011, said Dan McEvoy, a researcher with the Western Regional Climate Center. That's a particularly big relief after three consecutive summers that all ranked among the state's 10 most sizzling on record. The northern third of California was warmer than usual (compared with the past 30 years) because of a high-pressure system over the Pacific Northwest that reached into the northernmost parts of the state, McEvoy said.

earning ACM’s highest honor in computer architecture, Google CEO wrote on X (formely Twitter). Further adding, he wrote, “Luiz saw beauty in everything, be it a warehouse architecture, a major 9 chord, or a wing of a hyacinth macaw.

(Reuters) — Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) on Thursday said it planned to expand production capacity at its Leavesden studios near London by more than 50%, adding 10 new sound stages to the facility where much of the «Barbie» blockbuster and HBO's «House of the Dragon» were filmed.

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Kenneth Petty, Nicki Minaj's spouse, is now serving 120 days of house detention for violating his probation terms. This violation stemmed from social media clips where he seemed to threaten rapper Offset. A court order filed recently in California's Central District directed Petty to undergo home monitoring due to recorded threats directed at a specific individual, identified as Offset. These threats were evident in social media posts made on September 16. Petty received a three-year probation sentence in July 2022 after admitting guilt for failing to register as a sex offender in California in 2020. His criminal history includes a 1995 conviction for first-degree attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl, resulting in a four-year prison term in New York. The viral video from September 16 showed Petty and his companions outside a New York City hotel, where Offset was reportedly staying. Amid various menacing remarks, Petty uttered, «Plan that vacation, you gonna be planning your funeral, pussy!» Offset, formerly part of the Migos rap group and Cardi B's husband, responded to the threats in a video on his social media platform. He downplayed the situation, saying, «I'm getting off a jet, he's funny,» and suggested that Petty was financially unstable. It's worth noting that Nicki Minaj and Cardi B have a history of feuding, culminating in a physical altercation at the Harper’s Bazaar Icons party during New York Fashion Week in September 2018. Videos from the event circulated widely on social media, depicting Cardi B lunging at Minaj and initiating an altercation.

• Training AI-powered models requires high levels of energy and water consumption, but they can also be used to help offset greenhouse-gas emissions and control water consumption by making systems more efficient • Energy management and water-and-wastewater management aren’t considered financially material for the technology and communications sector, although it contains most AI-focused companies • Among the 10 largest companies in the Wisdom Tree Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Index, Microsoft and Alphabet lead in energy management, while Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Microsoft are among the leaders for water-and-wastewater management, Dow Jones sustainability data shows The increasing development and implementation of artificial intelligence by businesses has both positive and negative sustainability implications for companies, specifically those in the technology and communications sector. Training AI-powered models, such as the one behind ChatGPT, requires significant levels of energy and water consumption, as data centers use large amounts of water for cooling.

Lawsuits that aim to hold major players in the fossil-fuel industry responsible for climate change are entering a critical phase, as several state courts this fall are considering whether the cases can move forward. Several states including Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island, and dozens of municipal governments, have accused the world’s largest energy companies of playing down the industry’s contributions to climate change. The lawsuits, some of which date to 2017, seek financial damages based on claims that range from public nuisance and negligence to consumer deception and racketeering.

Choosing an anonymous sperm donor has never been easy. But it used to be a lot cheaper. New genetic screening and the reluctance of some would-be donors mean couples and single parents by choice have fewer options when they need help having children.

For the first time in a century, a private passenger rail service will launch new operations in the U.S. and this time it involves high-speed trains

A Las Vegas newspaper is the subject of vicious attacks online for its coverage of an alleged murder of a retired police chief

By Milana Vinn and Anirban Sen