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With his new chicken documentary, is Morgan Spurlock part of the solution and the problem?
When you watch Morgan Spurlock tell people he wants to open a fast-food joint, you see skeptic looks and stunned...
14.09.19
Can cooking serve as a balm for depression? For one British author, it saved her life
Ella Risbridger's new cookbook opens predictably enough: "There are lots of ways to start a story, but this one begins with a chicken." Here is the universal emblem of home cooking in ...
14.09.19
At the Toronto International Film Festival, movies grapple with a confounding present by revisiting the past
TORONTO - "Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?" That's a quote from "Joker," which made its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this week....
13.09.19
Yellen expects Fed to 'do more' to keep U.S. economy on track
Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that while the U.S. economy was in a good place, threats to the outlook have increased and the central bank will continue to respond. Spe...
13.09.19
Deutsche Bank emerges as whistle-blower in bond-rig probe
Deutsche Bank is cooperating with the Justice Department in its antitrust investigation of whether several of the largest global banks conspired to rig trading in unsecured bonds issue...
13.09.19
How Jim Watkins took over one of the web's most notorious hate sites
He was an unknown former U.S. Army repairman of attack helicopters when he arrived in the Philippines in 2001, where he would run websites featuring Japanese pornography, tend to a pig farm and pursue his interests in yoga and fountain pens. Jim Wa...
12.09.19
Advisers struggle to obey Trump's Kafkaesque rules
WASHINGTON - In President Donald Trump's renegade orbit, there are unspoken rules he expects his advisers to follow. He tolerates a modicum of dissent, so long as it remains private; e...
12.09.19
California could become the largest state to ban facial recognition in body cameras
California could soon become the largest state to ban the use of facial-recognition technology in law enforcement body cameras, a milestone in the regulation of the fast-developing but...
12.09.19
Purdue Pharma reaches tentative settlement in federal lawsuit and some state litigation
Purdue Pharma, manufacturer of the blockbuster painkiller OxyContin, reached a tentative settlement Wednesday with 23 states and more than 2,000 cities and counties that sued the compa...
11.09.19
Forbes named 99 men and only one woman on its list of 'most innovative leaders'
Forbes Magazine may be best known for its lists of the world's wealthiest billionaires, but its recent ranking of the most innovative CEOs is the one that has been getting the most att...
11.09.19
Boeing's 737 Max may not fly until early 2020, Barclays says
Boeing Co.'s troubled 737 Max jets are unlikely to return to service until early 2020 as regulatory authorities in the U.S. and Europe remain divided and the planemaker has yet to subm...
11.09.19
Facebook hires health expert to help prevent suicides
Facebook said it will begin sharing public data about how users talk about suicide as part of ongoing efforts to address concerns about suicide and self-harm on the social media site. ...
10.09.19
Google is always listening. Now it's watching, too, with the Nest Hub Max
With the new Nest Hub Max, a smart speaker with a screen, Google is adding an eye to its talking artificial intelligence. When I flash my palm at the device, a camera spots me and imme...
10.09.19
China loves its pork but prices are rising and that could be a problem
BEIJING - The most pressing political problem facing China's leaders this week may not the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. Nor the protracted trade war with the United States. No, it is...
10.09.19
Apple accused of worker violations in Chinese factories by labor rights group
A report released Sunday by China Labor Watch, a nonprofit advocacy group, accused Apple and its manufacturing partner Foxconn of a litany of labor violations, from withholding bonus p...
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