In this image from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, Alec Baldwin stands in costume and speaks with investigators following a fatal shooting on a movie set in Santa Fe, N.M. Special prosecutors said Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, that they will seek to recharge actor Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in a 2021…
Thomas Wilson prepares to hit a shot from Ross Whittaker and Christopher Haworth during the first round of the Pro Mens Doubles at the 2023 BioFreeze USA Pickleball National Championships held at the Brookhaven Country Club on November 8, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. Bruce Yeung | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images QVC, the owner…
A sign outside of the Starbucks headquarters is seen at Starbucks Center on July 3, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. David Ryder | Getty Images More than a decade ago, Starbucks bought its first coffee farm, in Costa Rica. Now the coffee giant has added two more to its portfolio. The Seattle-based company said Thursday that…
The boss of Tesco has called on the UK government to work with business to ensure new legislation to improve workers rights also increases productivity and growth as the retailer revealed better-than-expected profits. Ken Murphy, the chief executive of the UK’s biggest supermarket, said he was keen to use a planned consultation on the wide-ranging…
Bank payments can be delayed by an extra three days if lenders suspect consumers are being scammed, as part of a crackdown on booming levels of digital fraud in Britain. Under changes designed to protect consumers against online scams, high street banks are to be handed new powers by the Treasury to delay and investigate…
The number of people out of work due to ill health is growing by 300,000 a year, according to fresh analysis by a leading health thinktank. People of working age who quit their job due to ill health were also three times less likely to return to employment than those in good health, adding to…
Revelations that Keir Starmer and his team have accepted donations of clothes, accommodation and sports tickets have focused attention on the official register of MPs’ interests, usually published every couple of weeks. Here are some highlights from the latest version, published on Wednesday. Keir Starmer Seven donations of various types (most of which have already…
OpenAI has raised $6.6bn (£5bn) in a funding round that values the artificial intelligence business at $157bn, with chipmaker Nvidia and Japanese group SoftBank among its investors. The San Francisco-based startup, responsible for the ChatGPT chatbot, did not give details of a reported restructuring that will transform it into a for-profit business. The funding round…
Costco continues to chip away at the gold mine that is the precious metals market. The wholesaler is adding Swiss-made platinum bars to its selection. Costco on Wednesday announced the 1-ounce platinum bars, on sale for $1,089.99 on its website alongside its now-famed gold bars and silver coins. The bars are only sold online, and…
World leaders at the next AI summit will focus on the impact on the environment and jobs, including the possibility of ranking the greenest AI companies, it has been announced. Rating artificial intelligence companies in terms of their ecological impact is among the proposals under consideration, while other areas being looked at include the effect…
