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Month: April 2021

How JPMorgan Chase got European football so wrong

When JPMorgan Chase agreed to finance a breakaway competition of some of the world’s richest soccer clubs, it expected some heated discussions. But America’s biggest bank didn’t foresee this: Following massive blowback from fans, the sport’s governing bodies, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron and even the British royal family, efforts to

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Simone Biles drops Nike and signs with Athleta

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast ever and one of the world’s greatest athletes, is leaving endorsement powerhouse Nike for a deal with Athleta, the athletic clothing unit of Gap Inc. Biles is a significant signing for Athleta’s marketing efforts. She’s the first woman to capture five all-around gymnastic world

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Infertility and my path to surrogacy

I’ll never forget the look on my fertility doctor’s face, her eyes saddening as she gently turned toward my husband and me, looking away from the ultrasound scan. “I’m sorry,” she said. “I don’t hear the heartbeat today.” At that moment, I swear I could feel my actual soul fracture. How could this be happening?

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Asesores de los CDC se reúnen para analizar el caso de los coágulos y decidir el futuro de la vacuna de Johnson & Johnson

(CNN) — Los asesores de vacunas de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) escucharán sobre nuevos casos de coágulos de sangre relacionados con la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Johnson & Johnson. Los asesores se reunirán este viernes para discutir cómo avanzar con la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Janssen,

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Segundo día de la cumbre virtual: Biden expondrá los beneficios económicos de combatir el cambio climático

(CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, tiene como objetivo exponer los procesos económicos de la lucha contra el cambio climático en la segunda jornada de la cumbre virtual. Biden pretende destacar este viernes las ventajas económicas de la acción climática un día después de anunciar un nuevo y ambicioso objetivo de reducción

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The royal rebrand is already underway

A version of this story appeared in the April 23 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what’s happening behind palace walls. Sign up here. London (CNN) — This week saw members of Britain’s royal family return

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‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ finale completes its ambitious hero’s journey

While more conventional than “WandaVision,” Marvel’s “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” explored a bracingly provocative theme over its six-episode run — namely, can a Black man in good conscience take up the mantle of Captain America? That hero’s journey concluded with a slightly scattered finale that didn’t match the terrific buildup, but which did

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