Verizon’s occasional efforts to make a big acquisition appear shut down for the moment. The wireless giant has in the past reportedly explored purchasing Charter Communications (CHTR, -2.82%) and major pieces of 21st Century Fox, but plans on going at it alone for now, Verizon CFO Matt Ellis told...
Come Wednesday morning, customers arriving at 29 airports in the U.S. and Mexico will find something missing: all check-in counters, kiosks, signs and gate areas branded as Virgin America. These 29 airports are where Virgin America and Alaska Airlines are both still operating flights, but on Tuesday night, two years...
Could the no-calorie sweetener you rely on to replace sugar in your diet actually cause weight gain instead of the weight loss you were expecting? The answer may be yes, according to a new study. "Artificial sweeteners are not risk-free," said Brian Hoffmann, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering...
The inner solar system looks downright crowded in a new video showing the fruits of an asteroid-hunting spacecraft's labor. The video plots the data gathered during the first four years of NASA's NEOWISE mission, which has spotted and characterized more than 29,000 objects since December 2013. Most of those are...
Southern California home prices soared to all-time highs in March, pushing values further out of reach for some buyers and causing others to stretch their finances more than expected. Home sales, meanwhile, dipped from year-ago levels due mainly to a persistent lack of inventory. The median price of a Southern California...
Elon Musk is firmly in the driver's seat at Tesla Inc. (TSLA) , but not surprisingly, it's a bit of an unconventional ride. Musk only owns 22% of the equity of the battery-powered car company that he founded and runs as CEO, but that stake coupled with corporate super-majority voting...
Very small differences in the way a patient lies during radiotherapy treatment for lung or oesophageal cancer can have an impact on how likely they are to survive, according to research presented at the ESTRO 37 conference. These differences of only a few millimetres can mean that the radiation treatment...
Starting Sunday, people can buy their favorite drinks at Tennessee liquor stores. Governor Bill Haslam signed the Sunday Wine and Liquor sales law Friday. Stores across the Mid-South are cashing in. Brown Jug Liquor on Summer Avenue is among the first liquor stores taking advantage of a new law that allows...
In a routine flyover in the Arctic ocean earlier this month, a NASA scientist photographed images of mysterious ice holes over the eastern Beaufort Sea. The holes appear to be the first of their kind ever captured on film, and researchers are struggling to understand what they are and...
It was looking like a banner year for business in China. The U.S. clothing company was expecting a 20 percent jump in online sales on Alibaba's Tmall, thanks to the e-commerce giant's massive reach. But executives soon learned that what Alibaba gives, it can also take away. The company refused to...
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