The air pollution levels in the city remained in the “poor” category for the second day in a row with no immediate relief in view as the fire at the dump, which observers blamed for the worsening pollution, aggravated on Monday evening. At Chembur, close to the Deonar dump, the pollution levels were in the “very poor” category.
Departing CIT Group Inc. chief executive John Thain took a 9% pay cut as the lender’s board criticized his work on the bank’s purchase of OneWest Bank.
They see you strollin’ — your babies around in expensive carriages.
NEW YORK (AP) — The bidding war over the Starwood hotel chain is being closely watched by investors and frequent business travelers. Starwood said Monday it has accepted a sweetened $14.41 billion bid from Marriott, just days after a Chinese insurance company appeared to steal it away from the hotel chain with an offer valued at $14.15 billion. The buyout would create the world's biggest hotel company and give Marriott a stable of tony properties run by Starwood, like the St. Regis New York. [...]... Читать дальше...
The major fire burning at the Deonar dump since Sunday and sending plumes of choking smoke into Mumbai aggravated on Monday evening due to strong winds, erasing hopes of any relief in the next 48 hours.
Fearing that terrorists could be plotting fresh assaults, French and Belgian police have intensified their manhunt for a newly identified suspect linked to November’s Paris attacks.Najim Laachraoui, 24, is the latest suspect authorities have pinpointed in a web they say they’re still trying to unravel. Laachraoui’s DNA was found in houses in southern Belgium and Brussels that the terrorists behind the attacks used, the Belgian prosecutor’s office said Monday. Laachraoui ...
GENEVA (AP) — Hotter weather appears to be here to stay, El Nino or not, the U.N. weather agency said Monday, warning that the Paris climate accord last year shouldn't give way to complacency about global warming.
GENEVA - Hotter weather appears to be here to stay, El Nino or not, the U.N. weather agency said Monday, warning that the Paris climate accord last year shouldn't give way to complacency about global warming.
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BURBANK, Calif., March 21 (UPI) -- Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Zac Efron, Olivia Munn and Gigi Hadid were the first celebrities named as presenters for the 2016 MTV Movie Awards ceremony.
ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man who died in an apparent canoeing accident in northern Wisconsin.
Now that SeaWorld is ending its killer-whale breeding program, animal-rights activists wants the company to move the orcas it owns to sea sanctuaries.
Cressida Pollock, chief executive of the English National Opera, is no opera buff. Nonetheless, she thinks she has a plan to turn the troubled company's fortunes around. Here, she outlines her bold rescue strategy
Isles host the Flyers in Brooklyn.
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CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta had a tense exchange with Cuban President Raúl Castro on Monday over political prisoners in Cuba.
At a press conference, Acosta asked Castro about whether Cuba would release its political prisoners. Acosta noted he has Cuban heritage.
Castro, a former Cuban revolutionary, seemed incredulous.
"Did you ask if we had political prisoners?" Castro asked back.
Acosta replied: "I wanted to know if you have... Читать дальше...
Candy maker Mars will add special labels to products that contain genetically modified organisms.
Washington Post | Raúl Castro, Obama spar on human rights, Guantanamo, views of US and Cuba |
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More than one in five of the young transgender women surveyed in Chicago and Boston said they had contemplated suicide in the prior month.
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Erin Callan, who at one time was the most senior woman on Wall Street in her role as CFO of Lehman Brothers prior to its collapse, has written a memoir about rebuilding her life after her Wall Street career exploded.
The take-away message? Don't lean in too far.
"Full Circle: A Memoir of Leaning In Too Far and the Journey Back" is a cautionary tale to women about putting their careers first.
Callan recounts how lost she felt after leaving Wall Street, according to a Bloomberg review of the memoir. Читать дальше...
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Puppeteers celebrate World Puppetry Day in New York