The murders are scripted. The money is real. In cities throughout China, young people are flocking to clubs to play a game that can be translated as “scripted homicide,” where they become different characters and spend hours solving fake murders. This macabre entertainment is expected to generate more than $2 billion in revenue this year, […]
The group’s design, secret until now, recently received provisional patents. That burst of innovation — and the pace of improvement at Fortescue and elsewhere — is one of many factors bolstering Dr. Forrest’s optimism. He believes Fortescue can take advantage of technologies that have come down in price (around solar and batteries, for example) while […]
Consumers and investors alike have gobbled up Beyond Meat’s burgers, sausage and chicken in recent years, thanks at least in part to the company’s message that its plant-based products are good for the environment. But some aren’t so sure. One investor tracking firm gives Beyond Meat a zero when it comes to sustainability measures. Another […]
37 minutes ago Erin Griffith Carreyrou lawyer: “We believe he’s being singled out because of his prior reporting and because of the animus Ms. Holmes has for him.” Lawyer also says it’s a matter of First Amendment rights. 40 minutes ago Erin Woo Schenk is up for redirect. He notes that the patient experience surveys […]
After Sheila Katz’s husband died of a degenerative nervous system disorder in April, she knew she had to get away. But her husband had been her travel partner, and without him, she was hesitant to travel alone. The pandemic’s ever-shifting travel regulations were intimidating as well. So Ms. Katz, 45, did something she’d never done […]
The snarls show no obvious signs of easing, and although Fed officials still think inflation will fade, they are increasingly concerned that supply disruptions could last long enough to prompt consumers and businesses to expect higher prices. If people believe that their lifestyles will cost more, they may demand higher compensation — and as employers […]
Vaccine mandates seem to be working, younger children may be approved for shots by Halloween, and the coronavirus appears to be in retreat. But those hopeful signs herald a messy new phase for the country’s economic recovery — and that’s putting Wall Street more on edge than it’s been in months. The Federal Reserve has […]
4 hours ago Erin Griffith Burd emailed Holmes complaining about delays on launching Theranos tests inside Safeway stores. “I feel like a jogger running in place waiting for the stop light to turn green.” Another email has the subject line “Becoming Discouraged.” 4 hours ago Erin Griffith Burd emailed Holmes in 2012 expressing concerns about […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Three days a week, Adriana Kratzmann, an administrator, opens the door at 8:30 a.m. to Courtroom 4 of the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse. Journalists and spectators present her with numbered paper tickets that they get from security guards at the building entrance. Once Ms. Kratzmann checks their […]
ImageA Southwest Airlines plane at Hollywood Burbank Airport in California on Sunday.Credit…Robyn Beck/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Southwest Airlines canceled several hundred flights on Monday as it worked to resolve the problems that led it to strike more than a quarter of its scheduled flights last weekend. Over 1,800 Southwest flights were canceled on Saturday […]
