Vehicles sit in drive-thru lanes at a McDonald’s Corp. restaurant in Princeton, Illinois.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMcDonald’s said Wednesday it has entered a strategic partnership with IBM to develop artificial intelligence technology that will help the fast-food chain automate its drive-thru lanes.As part of the deal, IBM will acquire McD Tech Labs, which…
Containers are stacked on the deck of cargo ship Seamax New Haven as it is under way in New York Harbor in New York City, U.S. October 13, 2021.Brendan McDermid | ReutersThe U.S. economic recovery slowed sharply in the previous three months, as products remained stranded at normally bustling ports, employers struggled to find workers…
The S&P 500 fell from a record high on Wednesday as the momentum from a strong earnings season started to fade.The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped about 190 points, falling for the first time in four days, dragged down by Visa. The S&P 500 traded down 0.3%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite traded 0.3% higher…
ATU Images | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesA major expansion of Medicare that Democrats proposed as part of the Build Back Better initiative is in danger of being trimmed or even taken out of the legislation as lawmakers scramble to make a deal.In their original $3.5 trillion budget proposal, Democrats included a revision of…
Investigators probing the fatal movie set shooting by Alec Baldwin said Wednesday that they believe they have found the lead projectile that caused the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.Authorities said the object was recovered from the shoulder of director Joel Souza, who was injured during the incident Thursday on the New Mexico set of the…
Food is served to customers on a small raft at the Krua Sai Noi restaurant, which is built partly over water, in Nonthaburi province on Tuesday. The service is aimed at eliminating contact between customers and staff for health safety and has proven popular. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) There were 8,452 new Covid-19 cases and 57…
published : 27 Oct 2021 at 07:45 Queen Elizabeth II had an overnight stay in hospital after a packed schedule in early October. LONDON: Britain’s 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the COP26 UN climate conference in Glasgow, after “advice to rest” from doctors following an overnight hospital stay, her Buckingham Palace office said…
published : 27 Oct 2021 at 06:59 This file photo taken on Nov 29, 2020 shows people walking past the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province. (AFP photo) Foreign tourists will soon roam Cambodia’s ancient Angkor Wat temples once again, after officials on Tuesday flagged a partial reopening to vaccinated travellers.The coronavirus pandemic and…
K-pop star sought for countdown Ministry to invite Lisa to New Year event published : 27 Oct 2021 at 06:39 Locals are seen walking on Sarasin Bridge in Phuket, which is a landmark of the island, and may be the venue for the countdown celebration. Sarod Meewongsom The Tourism and Sports Ministry plans to send…
Delta Plus won’t stop tourist plan Detection of the first case of the Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 in Thailand will not affect the country’s plan to reopen to international tourists on Nov 1, the Public Health Ministry said on Tuesday.”Because viruses mutate all the time, only a mutation that causes severe illness and makes…
Stock trading app Robinhood reported Tuesday a huge revenue miss for the third quarter, as cryptocurrency trading dropped off.Robinhood said that, barring any change in the market environment, the headwinds that dragged down last quarter — like lower retail trading activity — will persist into year-end.Shares of the newly public company tanked by 8% in after-hours…
WASHINGTON — New details of a Democratic plan to enact a 15% minimum corporate tax on declared income of large corporations were released Tuesday by three senators, Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Angus King, I-Maine, and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore.The senators will propose the tax be included as a source of revenue to help…