JPMorgan in talks with Apple to take over credit-card program: report

JPMorgan in talks with Apple to take over credit-card program: report

JPMorgan Chase is talking with Apple about taking over the tech giant’s credit-card program from Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Discussions started earlier this year and have advanced in recent weeks, but a deal could still be months away, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Key details, including price, are still … Read more

‘Dual action’ weight-loss pill helps people drop 13% of body weight in three months in early trials

‘Dual action’ weight-loss pill helps people drop 13% of body weight in three months in early trials

An experimental weight-loss pill is showing promising results, helping people drop 13% of their body weight in a three-month period. The results from early clinical trials were presented by Novo Nordisk — the Danish drugmaker behind Ozempic and Wegovy — at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) annual meeting in Madrid this … Read more

Lincoln Riley isn’t too bothered that Michigan has switched quarterbacks

Lincoln Riley isn’t too bothered that Michigan has switched quarterbacks

Lincoln Riley is not the type of coach to divulge more information than is absolutely necessary. Especially when that information might offer an upcoming opponent even a sliver of a hint about USC’s plans or personnel. Specifics are regularly side-stepped. Injury inquiries are stiff-armed away. Sherrone Moore, his coaching counterpart at Michigan, appeared to share … Read more

Bellingham’s garden of beauty, bounty and purpose

Bellingham’s garden of beauty, bounty and purpose

  I am often grateful when I visit community gardens where there are generous gardeners willing to share and who follow a few rules. Where there is a scarcity of gardeners, unwilling to engage weeds or one another, there is a path to abandonment. At the exuberant Chuckanut Center in Bellingham, Washington, there was steadfast … Read more

Russian gamers race to prevent nuclear ‘war’

Russian gamers race to prevent nuclear ‘war’

Story highlights Latest craze in Moscow is war game in which players race to find nuclear codes Russian officials are playing on fears, staging a mass nuclear drill CNN  —  “Attention! Attention!” blares the Russian voice from a loudspeaker. “The nuclear bombs will be launched in one hour.” Inside a room styled as a Soviet-era … Read more