NBC is failing its Olympics coverage, says social media
The network had boasted about its ability to live stream every sport in the Games, however, viewers discovered that it was necessary to have an account with a cable or satellite TV provider or download an application from NBC.
Plan created to reform New Orleans police force
Known as a consent decree, the 122-page statement calls for hundreds of new department policies, including governing the use of force, arrests and searches and seizures.
Hollywood attempts to regroup after attacks in Colorado theater
Warner Bros., the company that released the latest Batman movie, pulled a trailer for its upcoming film, “Gangster Squad,” a 1940s period flick that features a scene in which mobsters fire automatic weapons into an audience from behind a movie theater screen, according to the Associated Press.
Success of drug testing could impact a company
Pfizer, one of three companies backing research on a drug to treat Alzheimer’s, announced on Monday that the most recent experiment to prevent the disease proved ineffective in its first large-scale trial.
Disaster is preventable with proper preparation
Research shows that an engineering business discovered that for over 15 years, the geometry of the Bronx River Parkway was “unsafe and in violation of numerous safety standards.”
Top hospital changes policies after young boy’s death
NYU Langone Medical Center has created a new checklist to ensure that all test results are reviewed, and a patient is properly informed, before he or she is released.
CEOs are image of company, for better and worse
Marissa Mayer is Yahoo’s fifth CEO in five years, but the tech company is confident that the former engineer has what it takes to bring it back to the top of the industry.
Severe drought rocks U.S. small businesses
The NCDC released its monthly report saying that 55 percent of the country was in a moderate to extreme drought at the end of June and that it was the largest amount of affected land since December 1956.
Sometimes it’s a better business plan to walk away
Both Microsoft and NBC News desired to have more control in various online enterprises and thus, decided to end their 16-year partnership.
Apple and DirecTV making adjustments to cater to customers
Apple is developing a smaller tablet to fit customer needs while DirecTV added Disney Junior, a 24-hour channel targeted to viewers ages 2 to 7, to its basic channel lineup after losing Nickelodeon.
