featured business

From Nobel Prizes to vaccine development, the UK is ahead of the pack in science and technology

OSTN Staff

Getty Images The UK government is boosting science and technology investment to almost $30 billion annually. Building the country’s reputation ...

Billionaire investor Charlie Munger bashed crypto, blasted speculators, and predicted a painful crash. Here are his 16 best quotes from Daily Journal’s annual meeting.

OSTN Staff

Charlie Munger. Yahoo Finance/YouTube Charlie Munger blasted speculators, crypto, and the Fed during Daily Journal’s annual meeting. Warren Buffett’s right-hand ...

Proposed US sanctions will sever financial institutions’ ties with Russian banks should Ukraine be invaded: report

OSTN Staff

Russia’s VTB bank was listed as one of those targeted by the proposed sanctions, according to Reuters’ sources. Kirill Kudryavtsev/Getty ...

A Trump-backed candidate in Arizona is trying to raise $750,000 for a legal defense fund after he was subpoenaed by the January 6 committee

OSTN Staff

State Rep. Mark Finchem, of Arizona, gestures as he speaks during an election rally in Richmond, Va., on Oct. 13, ...

Russia is creating lists of Ukrainians ‘to be killed or sent to camps’ following an invasion, says UN ambassador

OSTN Staff

Demonstrators seen at the Lincoln Memorial calling for the US to take action amid the Russia-Ukraine tensions. Kenny Holston/Getty Images ...

Trucker protests in Ottawa are winding down after police made 191 arrests and towed 76 vehicles away

OSTN Staff

Police officers worked through the weekend to clear Ottawa’s downtown core area, deploying pepper spray and stun grenades Alex Kent/Getty ...

Biden and Putin have tentatively agreed to hold a summit on February 24, says Macron’s office

OSTN Staff

The summit will only take place if Russia does not invade Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said. Alex Wong/Getty ...

GOP Senate candidate JD Vance said he doesn’t ‘really care what happens to Ukraine’

OSTN Staff

Vance is a venture capitalist and author of the bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.” Jeffrey Dean/AP Photo JD Vance said he ...

US embassy in Moscow urges Americans in Russia to avoid crowds due to ‘threats of attacks’ in urban areas

OSTN Staff

Security patrols outside the US embassy in Moscow in April 2021. Pavel Golovkin/AP The US embassy in Moscow issued a ...

Get all the healthcare coverage you need with the Digital Health Briefing from Insider Intelligence

OSTN Staff

Healthcare has finally begun to embrace digital transformation after years as a stubborn holdout. The coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated ...

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn launches a battle for 2 board seats at McDonald’s after slamming the fast-food chain for its treatment of pregnant pigs

OSTN Staff

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn at the 2015 Delivering Alpha Conference on July 15, 2015 Adam Jeffery/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty ...

Another death during Navy SEALs’ ‘Hell Week’ highlights the dangers in one of the military’s hardest selection courses

OSTN Staff

A Navy SEAL instructor with BUD/S students during a Hell Week surf drill, in Coronado, California, April 15, 2003. Getty ...

THE ONLINE GROCERY REPORT: The market, drivers, key players, and opportunities in a rising segment of e-commerce

OSTN Staff

Business Insider Intelligence This is a preview of The Online Grocery Report from Business Insider Intelligence. Purchase this report. Business ...

Why another ‘act of intimidation’ by a Chinese warship with a laser appears to be an escalation

OSTN Staff

A Chinese navy amphibious transport dock vessel in the Torres Strait, February 18, 2022. Australian government Australia’s government says a ...

After 30 years, a popular Chapel Hill restaurant is lost to the pandemic

OSTN Staff

There’s still time for a few more margaritas and some guacamole. But you’d better hurry. Powered by WPeMatico

After 30 years, a popular Chapel Hill restaurant is lost to the pandemic

OSTN Staff

There’s still time for a few more margaritas and some guacamole. But you’d better hurry. Powered by WPeMatico

Texas GOP House candidate says young people become ‘radical, leftist, hating-America atheists’ with no skills when they graduate college

OSTN Staff

College graduation Getty Images A Republican candidate running for Congress said college graduates become “radical, leftist, hating-America atheists.” The comments ...

25 Bold Predictions for 2021

OSTN Staff

2020 was defined by the coronavirus pandemic. While in many ways the world was brought to a halt, digital transformation ...

Watch 2 US Air Force B-52 bombers land in the UK in winds gusting up to 122 mph

OSTN Staff

A US Air Force B-52 bomber lands at RAF Fairford in the UK, February 11, 2022. Royal Air Force US ...

Massive Credit Suisse leak reveals bank managed hundreds of millions of dollars with clients tied to criminal activity and human rights abuses

OSTN Staff

A man enters Credit Suisse’s offices in New York. Brendan McDermid/Reuters German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung obtained leaked data containing information ...

‘There’s not a lot of parallel between’ Ukraine and Afghanistan, Pentagon press secretary says

OSTN Staff

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon on February 14, 2022. Alex Brandon/AP Pentagon ...

Russian media awash with seemingly faked videos, matching warnings of ‘false flag’ campaign to justify invading Ukraine

OSTN Staff

Annotated images taken from videos shared in Russian media which have had their authenticity questioned. Donetsk People’s Republic/Luhank People’s Republic/Insider ...

A Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate is running on a platform to decertify the 2020 statewide presidential results

OSTN Staff

State Rep. Timothy Ramthun listens to Gov. Tony Evers during the State of the State address at the state Capitol ...

Australia says China committed ‘act of intimidation’ by pointing laser at one of its military jets

OSTN Staff

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) naval frigate ‘Mianyang’ approaches Sydney Harbour on September 20, 2010. Torsten Blackwood/AFP via Getty Images) ...

Olympic snow-maker says Beijing’s artificial snow is not to blame for this year’s ski and snowboard crashes

OSTN Staff

Nina O’Brien of Team United States crashes during the Women’s Giant Slalom second run on day three of the Beijing ...

AI in Insurance: How three forward-looking insurers are infusing AI into their front, middle, and back offices

OSTN Staff

Incumbent insurers have accelerated their use of mature AI deployments in the past year to meet changing customer expectations and ...

I thought owning a home and having a business were pipe dreams for me, but these 3 strategies made it a reality

OSTN Staff

The author, Allison Nichol Longtin. Allison Nichol Longtin I was born and raised in Toronto, which is notorious for its ...

Domino’s and Pizza Hut are both turning to curbside pickup as they struggle to hire delivery drivers — but Domino’s does it better

OSTN Staff

Hollis Johnson Pizza Hut and Domino’s are both facing shortages of delivery drivers amid the labor crunch. The chains have ...

Russia cancels plan to withdraw troops from Belarus, preserving its easiest route to strike Ukraine’s capital Kyiv

OSTN Staff

Russian and Belarusian troops take part in Allied Determination-2022, a military drill in Belarus, February 10, 2022. Belarus Defense Ministry/Anadolu ...

Better.com is losing more executives as another redundancy round looms nearly 3 months after its mass layoff

OSTN Staff

Better.com CEO Vishal Garg. Better Senior executives resigned from Better.com nearly three months after a mass layoff via Zoom.  Employees ...