[Update, Oct. 13: Gov. Newsom on Sunday signed AB 290, the measure to cap reimbursements to dialysis firms that was aimed at the big chains, DaVita and Fresenius. [In his signing message, Newsom leveled criticism at the bill’s opponents for threatening to end charity assistance for Californians undergoing dialysis if the bill had been signed. […]
BEIJING — China’s trade with the United States fell by double digits again in September amid a tariff war that threatens to tip the global economy into recession. Exports to the United States, China’s biggest foreign market, fell 17.8% to $36.5 billion, a deterioration from August’s 16% decline, customs data showed Monday. Imports of American goods […]
I’m Business columnist David Lazarus, with a look today at being nicer to Mother Earth. A couple of recent developments merit highlighting. One involves Legos, the greatest toy ever invented. I’ll get to that in a moment. The other involves the little bottles of shampoo, conditioner and soap found in many hotels. California Gov. Gavin […]
GENEVA — The World Trade Organization has formally given the go-ahead for the United States to impose trade sanctions on up to $7.5 billion worth of European Union goods following a ruling that European plane maker Airbus received illegal subsidies. The move by the trade body’s dispute settlement body was largely a formality after the long-awaited […]
We first connected on Tinder in February. I was out of town for the weekend, at my friends’ very Vegas wedding. I was surrounded by couples and was absently flipping through profiles when I saw him — early 40s, with thick, sandy blond hair, a college professor and musician. In his short bio, he mentioned […]
As the night’s first honoree at the Hammer Museum’s Gala in the Garden, Jordan Peele said his passion for filmmaking was less about making a commentary on society and more about eliciting a laugh or a scream from the audience. “Any audible noise that an audience can make, that’s my passion,” said the actor-comedian and […]
AMMAN, Jordan — As President Trump ordered the withdrawal of the 1,000 remaining U.S. troops from northern Syria, hundreds of Islamic State family members Sunday escaped from a detention camp managed by Syrian Kurdish forces amid a Turkish air barrage. Later in the day, the besieged Kurdish militia, which had previously served as the lead fighting […]
AMMAN, Jordan — Foreign recruits of Islamic State, eager to migrate to the territory the militant group had carved out in Iraq and Syria, would prepare their staples — a phone, a solar charger, a few garments — before buying round-trip plane tickets (the better to avoid suspicion). Their destination? Almost always Turkey. Once having landed […]
NEW YORK — Police were investigating Sunday whether a gambling dispute, robbery or something else led to the shooting deaths of four people at an illegal gambling club in Brooklyn that was just blocks from a police precinct. Click Here: pinko shop cheap The New York Police Department identified the dead as Terence Bishop, 36; Dominick […]
TOKYO — Rescue crews in Japan dug through mudslides and searched near swollen rivers Monday as they looked for those missing from a typhoon that left as many as 36 dead and caused serious damage in central and northern Japan. Typhoon Hagibis unleashed torrents of rain and strong winds Saturday that left thousands of homes on […]