For a ‘First on Yahoo,’ Lyft Business introduces Lyft Pass, essentially allowing companies to pay for its employees’ rides. Yahoo Finance’s Ines Ferre joins The First Trade with Brian Sozzi to discuss Lyft’s new B2B venture.
The policy doesn't apply to public figures for the most part, but there are exceptions.
With less than four weeks to go until Christmas, Kristyn Begari has been rushing to find enough doll styling heads to give to kids in need. Others charities who give to kids during the holidays say they're also facing challenges finding enough gaming consoles, laptops and other electronic items amid the global shortage of chips used in cars, phones and other devices. Attempting to grant thousands of holiday wish requests has always been challenging for Begari.
Those who do not get vaccinated will be fined 100 euro ($113.66) every month until they receive the shot.
Stocks dropped on Tuesday as volatility resumed after a brief rebound earlier this week, with investors contemplating the impacts of a new coronavirus variant.
New evidence makes clearer CNN host’s involvement in scandal that engulfed Andrew Cuomo’s administration Chris Cuomo has been a primetime host on CNN since 2018. Photograph: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Evidence released by New York’s attorney general on Monday stoked speculation over Chris Cuomo’s future at CNN, showing that the primetime host used media contacts to glean information about women accusing his brother, the then New York governor Andrew Cuomo, of sexual harassment – then sought to ma
Lara Logan compares top US infectious diseases expert to Dr Josef Mengele who experimented on Jews in concentration camps Dr Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden’s top medical adviser, said he dealt with rightwing attacks ‘by focusing on what my job is’. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock A Fox News commentator has stoked outrage by comparing Dr Anthony Fauci, Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, to Josef Mengele, the Nazi “Angel of Death”. Lara Logan, a host on the Fox Nation streami
Jacob Stolworthy runs through the films that didn’t get the attention they deserved
A patient has been fitted with a highly realistic 3D printed prosthetic eye for the first time ever.
via YouTubeA political-science professor at one of Idaho’s top universities has sparked outrage after openly calling for women to be kept out of engineering, medical school, and law so that they can instead focus on “feminine goals” such as “homemaking and having children.”Boise State University Scott Yenor, who previously served on far-right Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s task force investigating right-wing claims of “indoctrination” in schools, made the bizarre declaration during the National Con
As the world awaits scientific data sufficient to predict risks of COVID-19’s latest variant, Omicron, U.S. companies are considering whether they need to rethink their still nascent return-to-office policies.
‘Easy on Me’ singer is currently No 1 in the charts with her new album, ‘30’
Syrian authorities said Tuesday they seized over 500 kilograms (1,000 pounds) of amphetamine pills known by the brand name Captagon hidden in pasta packages in a van bound for Saudi Arabia. U.S. law enforcement officials say smuggling of the amphetamine-based drug from Syria and Lebanon has been on the rise, with over $3 billion worth of Captagon seized since February 2020. The amount far exceeds the value of Syrian legal exports, said James Walsh, a high-level official with the State Department’s international narcotics bureau, earlier this month.
Ninja's 10-in-1 multicooker has received a 41 percent discount to $119, making it good deal if you want an Instant Pot alternative.
An experimental COVID-19 drug that could soon become the first U.S.-authorized pill to treat the coronavirus faces one final hurdle Tuesday: A panel of government experts will scrutinize data on the medication from drugmaker Merck. The Food and Drug Administration is asking its outside experts whether the agency should authorize the pill, weighing new information that it is less effective than first reported and may cause birth defects. The panel’s recommendations aren't binding but often guide FDA decisions.
NASA has assigned astronaut trainee Jessica Watkins to SpaceX's next crewed launch, making her the first Black woman to join a full ISS mission.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp said Congress did not authorize the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to enact the vaccine rule.
‘The good news is that employers can take action to prevent increased staff turnover,’ says study leader
U.S. home prices rose briskly in September, another sign that the housing market is booming in the aftermath of last year's coronavirus recession. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price climbed 19.1% in September from a year earlier. The strong price gains marked a deceleration from August's 19.6% year-over-year increase.
After a slow start, the United States has improved its surveillance system for tracking new coronavirus variants such as omicron, boosting its capacity by tens of thousands of samples per week since early this year. To find and track new versions of the coronavirus, scientists analyze the genetic makeup of a portion of samples that test positive. It's a global effort, but until recently the U.S. was contributing very little.
Standard & Poor’s said Tuesday that its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index posted a 19.5% annual gain in September, down from 19.8% from August. The 20-City Composite posted a 19.1% annual gain, down from 19.6% a month earlier. The 20-City results came in lower than analysts’ expectations of a 19.3% annual gain, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates.
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