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What the Fed’s Moves Mean for Mortgages, Credit Cards and Savings

January 31, 2024|Comments Off on What the Fed’s Moves Mean for Mortgages, Credit Cards and Savings

Higher rates benefit those who can save, but for borrowers, falling rates would reduce bills on credit cards, student loans and other forms of debt. ​Read More Interest Rates, Savings, Credit Cards, Student Loans, Banking and [+]

Biogen Abandons Its Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm

January 31, 2024|Comments Off on Biogen Abandons Its Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm

The pharmaceutical company will give up its ownership rights to the drug and stop a clinical trial that had been aimed at confirming whether it works. ​Read More Aduhelm (Drug), Biogen Inc, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Alzheimer's Disease, [+]

Unlikely Allies Want to Bar JBS, the Brazilian Beef Giant, From U.S. Stock Markets

January 31, 2024|Comments Off on Unlikely Allies Want to Bar JBS, the Brazilian Beef Giant, From U.S. Stock Markets

Environmentalists and American meat producers alike are asking regulators to keep JBS, the world’s biggest meatpacker, off the New York Stock Exchange. ​Read More JBS SA, Initial Public Offerings, New York Stock Exchange, Securities and Exchange [+]

Universal Music Group Threatens to Remove Music From TikTok

January 31, 2024|Comments Off on Universal Music Group Threatens to Remove Music From TikTok

The company has been renegotiating the contract that licenses its vast catalog of songs to the social media platform. The agreement expires on Wednesday. ​Read More Music, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Universal Music Group, TikTok (ByteDance), [+]

Child Safety Hearing: Tech Companies Have ‘Blood’ on Their Hands, Senator Graham Says at Hearing

January 31, 2024|Comments Off on Child Safety Hearing: Tech Companies Have ‘Blood’ on Their Hands, Senator Graham Says at Hearing

Executives from Meta, TikTok, X, Snap and Discord are testifying in a hearing focused on protecting children online. They face lawmakers’ questions about their companies’ efforts to protect users amid a rise in material depicting [+]

Meta Rejected Efforts to Improve Children’s Safety, Documents Show

January 31, 2024|Comments Off on Meta Rejected Efforts to Improve Children’s Safety, Documents Show

Lawmakers released internal emails detailing the company’s failed efforts to add staff to focus on the online safety of minors, hours before a hearing on the topic. ​Read More Social Media, Computers and the Internet, Children [+]

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