News Mash-up: Celebrities Posted June 28, 2021 Paul Simon sells song catalog to Sony Music, but no one’s saying what the price was Paul Simon is the la…
Business Spotlight: Tesla Part 2 Posted June 27, 2021 Continued from Part 1… More innovations followed, including a driver-assistance system in 2014 that promised to drive cars automatically, and home battery packs that s…
Business Spotlight: Tesla Part 1 Posted June 26, 2021 Elon Musk is one of the world’s richest men. As CEO of Tesla, he has made the company the world’s largest automaker by capitalization. Yet Tesla hasn’t always bee…
Raul Castro retires as Cuba’s Communist leader, but will still have say in strategy Posted June 25, 2021 Cuba turned the page on the Castro era on April 19 with the ruling Communist Party electing President Miguel Diaz-Canel to replace Raul Castro as party chief, alt…
Doggie desserts: Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s enters pet food business Posted June 24, 2021 Think your dog deserves dessert? So does Ben & Jerry’s. The world-famous Vermont ice cream company has introduced a line of frozen dog treats, its first foray
Armchair Traveler: Belle-Ile (France) Posted June 23, 2021 Belle-Ile is the only island in France’s Brittany region and the perfect place to go to get away from the crowds. There are no less than 60 beaches in Belle-Ile, even though th…
News Mash-up: American Laws Posted June 22, 2021 NY state set to legalize recreational marijuana New York is poised to join a growing nu…
Paper cowboy rides out quarantine in hotel Posted June 21, 2021 By Day 3 of being confined to his Australian hotel room for quarantine, David Marriott was getting bored. He’d watched a few seasons of The S…
Super League fiasco blows up in face of England’s ‘Big Six’ Part 2 Posted June 20, 2021 Continued from Part 1… The big clubs previously threatened a Super League in 2016 and leveraged that to secure four automatic Champions League qualification places for…
Super League fiasco blows up in face of England’s ‘Big Six’ Part 1 Posted June 19, 2021 For years, the “Big Six” soccer clubs have thrown their weight around in the English Premier League. But their latest move — announcing April 18 …