The options adjusted spread (OAS) on the ICE BofA High Yield Index, which measures the difference in yields between junk bonds and Treasury debt rose from 342 basis points on Wednesday ...

Mexico has banned junk food in schools to combat childhood obesity and diabetes, replacing unhealthy snacks with healthier options. This initiative faces enforcement challenges. Meanwhile ...

NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. high-yield corporate bond spreads surged to 401 basis points as of late Thursday, their highest since November 2023, as global markets swooned, opens new tab ...

Behind the polished facade of peer-reviewed journals lurks a growing epidemic of junk science — propped up by predatory publishers, ignored conflicts of interest, and research so bad it refuses to die ...

It’s terrible. It’s a scandal. It’s also nonsense. The study was junk science — data manipulated to produce a divisive and partisan narrative. Yet you’d think otherwise, given how the ...

Space junk rained down on Saskatchewan farmland twice in 2024, and no one seems able to explain why the debris failed to burn up in the atmosphere. Last April, Saskatchewan farmer Barry Sawchuk ...

The government has re-asserted its view that “pure brand advertising” should be exempt from incoming rules that will ban less healthy food and drink products online and on TV pre-9pm. At the beginning ...

At this Oklahoma City grocery store, the shelves are nearly filled of tea, coffee, hot chocolate mix, sparkling water and electrolyte drinks. Some of these items could be excluded from SNAP ...

Moody’s downgraded Maryville’s bond rating from Baa2 to Baa3 due to weak prospects for tuition growth, bringing Maryville one step away from junk status. Baa3 is the lowest-level investment ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariff blitz has sparked the biggest sell-off in the US junk bond ...

The art of trade war. An AI-generated video mocking the prospect of Americans working factory jobs has been viewed over 6 million times in the wake of President Trump’s tariff agenda. The video ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin digging up the yards of a small beachside Florida neighborhood that was a dumping ground of military junk from World War II. For decades, residents of ...