Gary Cohn says the White House is ‘very excited’ about the dismal jobs report that showed the US economy lost jobs

Bloomberg TV/Twitter Gary Cohn, the National Economic Council director and top economic advisor to President Donald Trump, said that the White House was “excited” with the jobs report released Friday. The report showed that the US economy unexpectedly lost 33,000 jobs during September. “We at the White House are very excited about the numbers,” Cohn said […]

The 10 biggest box-office bombs of 2017 so far, after a dismal summer

Warner Bros The fall movie season has started strong as Warner Bros.’s adaptation of the Stephen King novel “It” has followed its record-breaking $ 123.4 million opening weekend by becoming the highest-grossing R-rated horror of all time two weeks later.  But there are numerous titles that have not found the same success. For every 2017 […]

Wells Fargo shares have had a dismal year, and it’s not just because of its massive sales scandal

REUTERS/Noah Berger This year is almost certainly one that Wells Fargo  would like to have a do-over, as the performance of its stock proves. Since the beginning of 2017, shares of the nation’s third-biggest bank by assets have lost 10%. That in and of itself makes Wells Fargo’s performance seem dismal. But making it even more so is the […]

Eurovision 2017: Former winner Katrina Leskanich blames BBC for UK's dismal record

Katrina Leskanich, who as the frontwoman of Katrina and the Waves won the competition 20 years ago with Love Shine A Light, launched a scathing attack on the broadcaster. The singer said the corporation’s continual championing of former X Factor contestants was one of the reasons the UK did not stand a chance of winning. […]

The Nightly Show ends with dismal ratings as Dermot O'Leary teases second series

Having launched in February with just under three million viewers, the end of the series aired last night won just 6 per cent of the available audience. Dermot O’Leary interviewed Fawlty Towers actor John Cleese during his second week of hosting, having also welcomed stars such as Eamonn Holmes, Kym Marsh and Dennis Quaid. The […]

FDA lashes out at Mylan for dismal quality control at HIV drug facility

Enlarge / Heather Bresch, chief executive officer of drugmaker Mylan Inc. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Mylan—the pharmaceutical company infamous for raising the price of EpiPens—is in hot water with the Food and Drug Administration. This time, the dust-up is related to the quality control practices at one of the company’s drug facilities making antiretroviral therapies […]