Microsoft announced on Jan. 18, 2022, its intention to purchase video game giant Activision Blizzard. The company, publisher of top-selling video games Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush, has been the subject of a series of sexual discrimination and harassment complaints.
Grand Park, a multi-use sporting facility in Westfield, Ind., was built to lure youth sports competitions and tourists to the region. AP Photo/Michael ConroyThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
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President López Obrador wants to halt most oil exports and imports of gasoline and other fuels. Critics say he is reneging on Mexico’s climate change commitments.
Economic output climbed 4 percent in the last quarter of 2021, slowing from the previous quarter. Growth has faltered as home buyers and consumers become cautious.
The liberal workers the company has long attracted are expanding a union campaign to other cities after a landmark victory in Buffalo.
American manufacturers are worried that China’s zero-tolerance coronavirus policy could throw a wrench in the global conveyor belt for goods this year.
Despite that 1.9 percent decline, sales for the fourth quarter of 2021 jumped 17.1 percent as consumers began their holiday shopping earlier.
New York City's vaccine mandates are unaffected by the court ruling. AP Photo/Mary AltafferThe U.S. Supreme Court on Jan.
In the metaverse, your avatar, the clothes it wears and the things it carries belong to you thanks to blockchain. Duncan Rawlinson - Duncan.co/Flickr, CC BY-NCYou may think the metaverse will be a bunch of interconnected virtual spaces – the world wide web but accessed through virtual reality.
Democratic lawmakers say the global fund’s surcharges for emergency relief siphon away money that countries need to fight the pandemic.
