Supermodel Linda Evangelista revealed the extent of her cosmetic procedure disfigurement in an interview with People magazine on Feb. 16.
Shares of the restaurant software company Toast rose 63% after it went public on Sept. 22, with the company’s valuation climbing to nearly $33 billion, up from $8 billion last November.
Netflix unveiled its latest acquisition in a shiny gold candy wrapper on Sept. 22 when it announced it has purchased the rights to British-Norwegian author Roald Dahl’s catalog.
President Joe Biden announced before the UN General Assembly on Sept. 21 that the US will double its financial commitment to help low-income countries tackle the climate crisis.
Universal Music Group’s highly anticipated IPO is off to a successful start, with stock rising 38% after the company was listed on Amsterdam’s Euronext exchange on Sept. 21. The company’s market valuation climbed to €45 billion ($52.8 billion), up from €33 billion ($38.8 billion) in August.
Vaccinated people visiting the US and UK from abroad may be subject to less stringent travel restrictions in the coming months, according to new Covid-19 guidance announced by both governments in recent days.
French president Emmanuel Macron, still seething over losing an Australian submarine deal to the US, touted a safer investment back home when he debuted a mockup of the newest high-speed TGV train today.
As retailers gear up for the holiday season, a record number of container ships trying to bring imported goods into the US are stuck off the coast of California, another casualty of ongoing disruptions to the global supply chain.
The US Soccer Federation announced on Sept. 14 that it has offered identical contracts to the players associations of both the men’s and women’s national teams in response to an ongoing battle over pay equity.
UK government officials somehow found themselves in the crosshairs of US rapper Nicki Minaj on Sept. 14, when they tried to push back on misleading comments she made on Twitter about Covid-19 vaccines.
US president Joe Biden’s Sept. 9 order directing companies with more than 100 workers to require Covid-19 vaccinations or weekly testing has caused concern among some business owners, who worry workers will quit as a result of the mandate.
While House Democrats in Washington debate over a corporate tax hike, New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was in her hometown wearing a “tax the rich” dress for her first-ever Met Gala appearance on Sept. 13.
Eighteen-year-old Emma Raducanu shattered records over the weekend when she beat Leylah Fernandez to claim the US Open women’s singles title, the first qualifier ever to do so. She’s the first British woman to claim a Grand Slam title in more than 40 years, and the youngest winner since Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon in 2004.
Amazon announced on Sept. 9 that it will cover tuition costs for most of its employees. The retailer is the latest company to offer education-related perks as a bid to attract more workers in a historically tight market, but there is at least one major caveat: due to current federal regulations, they will only offer up to $5,250 a year.
