Philip Morris moving corporate headquarters to Connecticut

Philip Morris International is moving its corporate headquarters from New York to Connecticut.

The company said Tuesday that the relocation will bring about 200 new jobs to Connecticut. The new office will include employees on the Americas teams and members of other corporate functions. Its operations center will stay in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Philip Morris split off from Altria years ago. The breakup gave it more leeway to pursue sales growth in emerging markets. Philip Morris has handled international sales for Marlboro cigarettes and has churned out new Marlboro-branded products catering to local tastes in Asia, Europe, Latin America and other regions.

But like many companies dealing with declining cigarette sales, it has been investing in alternatives. This includes a heat-not-burn cigarette option, iQOS.

Philip Morris’ new headquarters are expected to be running by the summer of 2022.

Beyond Air Gains 13%

Shares of Beyond Air, Inc. (XAIR) are gaining over 13% on Tuesday morning despite no stock-related news to drive the shares.

XAIR is currently trading at $5.80, up $0.70 or 13.73%, on the Nasdaq. For the 52-week period, the stock has traded between $4.62 and $7.87.

Early this month, the company reported full-year revenues of $873 thousand as compared to $1.4 million a year ago, all of which was licensing revenue.

For the fiscal year, the company reported a net loss of $22.9 million or $1.27 per share, compared to a net loss of $20.5 million or $1.78 per share a year ago.

Rose Lavelle on Tokyo Olympics: ‘Women’s soccer is starting to get the attention it deserves’

Rose Lavelle has represented the U.S. women's national soccer team dozens of times. She's played with her idols, flourished on the largest stages and won a World Cup. 

Yet, there's one achievement the 26-year-old midfielder hasn't accomplished: represent her country in the Olympics. And at the moment, coach Vlatko Andonovski is on a tight schedule to submit the 18-player roster ahead of July's games. 

In the meantime, Lavelle is balancing rehabbing a nagging ankle with her club and national team schedules, anxiously awaiting Andonovski's decision. 

"The Olympics is the pinnacle of sports," Lavelle said, speaking to USA TODAY Sports as part of her partnership with Icy Hot, the first female ambassador for the brand. "To like potentially be a part of that is amazing." 

Lavelle's memories of the Olympics are jumbled into a collage. No one moment stands out. Instead, when she considered her favorite memory, it was sitting on a couch, every four years, consuming the 24-hour cycle of competition like "a sports junkie." 

Almost 900 Secret Service employees were infected with COVID

WASHINGTON — Roughly 900 U.S. Secret Service employees tested positive for the coronavirus, according to government records obtained by a government watchdog group.

Secret Service records show that 881 people on the agency payroll were diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 1, 2020 and March 9, 2021, according to documents obtained by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington .

The records received through a Freedom of Information Act request did not include the names or assignments of those who tested positive. But more than half — 477 — worked in the special agent division, which is responsible for protecting the president and vice president, as well as the families of these leaders and other government officials.

CREW noted that the Trump administration took actions that risked exposure to Secret Service workers, but it could not verify a direct connection to possible infections because the identities of those infected remains private.

After President Donald Trump contracted COVID-19, he took a drive in his presidential vehicle as Secret Service personnel drove and protected him. The former president also held multiple large rallies and events, including the announcement of Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, despite restrictions on public gatherings.

Analysis: Olympic trials show the United States has its sprinting swagger back

EUGENE, Ore. — In each of the past three Summer Olympics, Usain Bolt and his Jamaican teammates have been the dominant force at 100 and 200 meters.

But if the opening weekend of the U.S. Olympic track and field trials is any indication, the sprinting landscape will be a bit different this summer in Tokyo.

In the span of 24 hours, fans at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, witnessed a star turn from 21-year-old Sha'Carri Richardson in the women's 100, and a final on the men's side to rival any recent world or Olympic championship. And next weekend's 200-meter competitions promise to be just as tight, and compelling.

All told, the United States appears poised to bring home perhaps its largest medal haul in the short-distance sprints – the men's and women's 100, 200 and 4×100 relays – since the 1980s. Americans won just four medals in those six events in Rio in 2016.

"If you look at the top times in the world (right now)," said Trayvon Bromell, who won the men's 100 on Sunday night, "you see the United States' flag."