• Business & Finance 1 year ago

Starbucks is setting up shop in the birthplace of espresso, opening a 25,500 square-foot roaster in Milan next year. While Italy is not the biggest coffee market, CEO Howard Schultz explained in an interview with Bloomberg Television the importance of opening in this location, since “the Italians mastered coffee way before Starbucks.” (News)

  • Business & Finance 1 year ago

President Trump insists his tax and spending plans will boost the economy, but his promised fiscal stimulus will not be enacted or take effect until federal fiscal year 2018. According to Stan Collender, federal tax, spending and deficit specialist at Forbes, Trump intends to increase the military budget by up to $40 billion, but no more than about $4 billion will be spent in calendar year 2017 – an insignificant amount in a total U.S. economy that is approaching $19 trillion. (News)

  • Digital/Social 1 year ago

#PancakeDay is trending on Twitter and foodies everywhere are sharing their favorite breakfast recipes. Aerosmith shared a Steven Tyler pancake, while NASA chimed in with a galaxy that looks like a pancake, since they are undoubtedly few and far between in space. (Twitter)

  • Entertainment 1 year ago

Video game giant Ubisoft is developing a new video game based off of James Cameron’s blockbuster movie, Avatar. The developer announced the project today at GDC 2017. (Facebook)

  • Government & Public Affairs 1 year ago

Wilbur Ross, billionaire investor, has been sworn in as U.S. secretary of Commerce. Ross is expected to play a large role in cutting the U.S. trade deficit and bring back manufacturing jobs to America as President Trump promised during the campaign. (News)

  • Government & Public Affairs 1 year ago

Russia and China have blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution backed by the Trump administration that would have punished the Syrian government for using chemical weapons. This is the first public clash at the UN Security Council between Russia and the U.S. under the Trump administration. (News)

  • Health 1 year ago

According to research from the Radiological Society of North America, digital technology has improved cancer detection rates for diagnostic mammography, but has also increased the abnormal interpretation rate leading to more women undergoing biopsies for benign conditions. (Search)

  • Health 1 year ago

New data from the U.S. Geological Survey shows that spring is coming early this year, in some regions by up to three weeks. Longer spring seasons lead to longer and more severe allergy seasons. Health experts are also concerned that temperature fluctuations might affect insects that spread infectious diseases like malaria and Zika. (Search)

  • Sports 1 year ago

The Pittsburgh Steelers and wide receiver Antonio Brown have agreed on a new extension that will make the two-time Pro Bowler the highest paid wide receiver in the NFL. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the new deal is worth $68 million over four years. (Facebook)

  • Sports 1 year ago

The Washington Redskins have placed the exclusive franchise tag on quarterback Kirk Cousins. This is the second consecutive year the Redskins have used the franchise tag on Cousins, which prevents him from negotiating with other team. The Redskins will have until July 15th to sign Cousins to a long-term deal. (Search)

  • Technology 1 year ago

Part of its “last mile mobility” internal employee challenge, Ford has announced its new “Autodelivery” van concept that pairs an electric self-driving van with autonomous drones to help transport packages that last few feet to a customer’s door. The van is very much just a concept for now, currently only possible to check out how it works first-hand in VR. (News)

  • Digital/Social 1 year ago

Happy #MardisGras! #FatTuesday is trending as New Orleans will hold its famous celebration today filled with debauchery and #paczki. Good Morning America tweeted wishing everybody a happy Mardis Gras and USA Today Travel shared a link on memorable takes on king cake across the USA. (Twitter)

  • Digital/Social 1 year ago

Twitter is sharing what #WillBeMyGoodDeedForTheDay, with everyone discussing how they will pay it forward to others. Some ideas mentioned are being patient with others, showing up to work, and sharing pizza with loved ones. (Twitter)

  • Entertainment 1 year ago

Today’s New York Daily News cover is already going viral: It blames the Best Picture Oscar snafu on PriceWaterhouseCoopers accountant Brian Cullinan, showing a picture of Cullinan holding a copy of yesterday’s “You Had One Job” cover under the headline “And The Loser Is…”. (News)

  • Entertainment 1 year ago

Rihanna will travel to Harvard University today, where she will receive the Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award. Rihanna has been involved in helping to build a breast cancer screening and treatment center in Barbados. She’s also created a scholarship program for students from the Caribbean attending U.S. universities and supports other educational efforts in developing countries. (News)

  • Government & Public Affairs 1 year ago

The President will address a joint session of Congresstonight at 9 p.m. ET to talk about his plans. If it weren’t a first-term Inauguration year, it would be the State of the Union address. Rosie O’Donnell is set to lead a protest against Trump today outside the White House in response. She and the President have a long-standing feud and have been known to feud over Twitter. Thousands are expected to attend the protest, dubbed the “Resistance Address.” (News)

  • Government & Public Affairs 1 year ago

Kellyanne Conway sparked online debate due to how she positioned herself on the Oval Office People are calling Conway disrespectful as she was kneeling on the couch with her shoes on. (Twitter, Facebook)

  • Health 1 year ago

According to Delta Dental’s 13 annual Tooth Fairy Survey, children are receiving an all-time high average of $4.66, an increase of 75 cents from 2015. Interestingly enough, the Tooth Fairy’s generosity has historically been a healthy indicator of the economy. (News)

  • Business & Finance 1 year ago

New court documents allege that Ford, Honda, Nissan and Toyota knew for years that Takata airbags were dangerous but continued to use them to save on costs. The defect prompted the nation’s largest automotive recall ever and is linked to at least 11 deaths in the U.S. (News)

  • Business & Finance 1 year ago

Uber’s SVP of Engineering Amit Singhal has stepped down from his role after the discovery of sexual-harassment allegations at his previous job at Google. His departure follows after Recode’s Kara Swisher notified the company of the allegations through her reporting. (News)

  • Technology 1 year ago

SpaceX is planning to fly two paying customers on a tourist trip around the moon in 2018. CEO Elon Musk isn’t saying who the customers are or how much they’ll pay for the weeklong trip, but he did say it’s not anyone from Hollywood. (Facebook)

  • Sports 1 year ago

Warren Buffett will pay $1 million a year for life to any Berkshire Hathaway employees who correctly predict the NCAA’s Sweet 16 bracket. Buffett says if no one wins the grand prize he’ll give $100,000 to whomever advances the furthest. (News)

  • Sports 1 year ago

Adidas announced yesterday that anybody invited to the NFL combine will win a private island if they can break the record for the fastest official 40-yard dash time. The record is currently held by Chris Johnson with 4.24 seconds. The rules state that the Island can’t be worth more than one million dollars and participants need to be wearing Adidas cleats. (Twitter, Facebook)

  • Technology 1 year ago

Boston Dynamics’ newest robot is six feet tall, lifts 100 pounds, and jumps up to four feet. Boston Dynamics is still presumably up for sale from Google. (News)

  • Technology 1 year ago

SpaceX plans to send two people around the moon in late 2018. Elon Musk said the company would launch its Dragon 2 spacecraft on top of a Falcon Heavy rocket and that the two passengers would be flying solo, without the assistance of professional astronauts. (News)

  • Government & Public Affairs 1 year ago

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to place on hold an appeal over President Donald Trump‘s travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries. Trump has said travel limitations are necessary to protect the United States from attacks by Islamist militants. His original order barred people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the country for 90 days. Refugees were banned for 120 days, except those from Syria, who were banned indefinitely. (News)

  • Government & Public Affairs 1 year ago

Syria‘s main opposition group has urged Russia to put pressure on the government of President Bashar al-Assad to shore up faltering efforts to end the conflict. The opposition believes the government’s emphasis on “terrorism” means Damascus is not committed to a real diplomatic process in Geneva. (News)

 

  • Health 1 year ago

The Director for Vaccines at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Orin Levine, said scientists at the organisation were moving to the next stage of evaluation of a malaria vaccine candidate. He said experts, researchers and physicians at the organisation were working towards finding solutions to neglected infectious diseases killing children and adults in Africa. (News)

  • Entertainment 1 year ago

Last night the new season of The Voice premiered on NBC and people are already dubbing it The Gwen and Blake Show. Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton, who met on the set of The Voice while going through high-profile divorces from their respective high-profile spouses, are now a hot-and-heavy item. So of course NBC has been taking full advantage of their coupling, running Valentine-themed “Feel the Love” promos for Season 12 and loading up Monday’s premiere episode with lovey-dovey “Gwake” (or is it “Blen”?) moments. (Google)

 

 

  • Entertainment 1 year ago

Oscars mistake puts consulting firm’s reputation in jeopardy. For 82 years, accounting and consulting firm PwC has enjoyed a reputational boon from handling the balloting process at the Academy Awards. Now its hard-won image as a dependable partner is under threat. The company has apologised for a colossal mistake at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday night when actors Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty wrongly announced the top Oscar went to “La La Land,” instead of “Moonlight”. The representatives from PwC, formerly known as PricewaterhouseCoopers, eventually corrected the mistake on air but it’s not clear yet how the wrong envelope ended up in the hands of the “Bonnie and Clyde” stars. (Google)

  • Digital/Social 1 year ago

NBC this Monday served up Taken, the prequel, set in 2017, to the film franchise that started up in 2008. Whereas Mills when we met him in the first Taken film was a retired CIA operative, here he only has his Green Beret past behind him, having served three tours in Afghanistan. Clive Standen is succeeding Liam Neeson in this role. (Google)

  • Digital/Social 1 year ago

Ryan Gosling attended the 2017 Oscars at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre on Sunday, February 26, without his longtime love Eva Mendes. Instead, he brought his older sister, Mandi Gosling, who has sent social media users into a frenzy with her stunning good looks. (Facebook)

 

  • Business & Finance 1 year ago

South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday it will charge Samsung Group scion Jay Y. Lee and four other executives with bribery, embezzlement and other offences on its last day of its investigation into a political scandal that has rocked the country. Lee was arrested on Feb. 17 over his alleged role in the corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye, dealing a fresh blow to the technology giant and standard-bearer for Asia’s fourth-largest economy. (News)

  • Business & Finance 1 year ago

The National Consumer Tribunal slapped Eagle Cash Loans, a Strand-based credit provider, with a R250 000 fine and cancelled its registration as a result of reckless lending practices, the National Credit Regulator (NCR) said in a statement on Monday. An investigation by the body revealed that Eagle Cash Loans lent recklessly to consumers and retained consumers’ bank cards and identity documents, which is in contravention of the National Credit Act. (News)

  • Sports 1 year ago

Leicester City caretaker manager Craig Shakespeare said he was ready to take on the role full-time after overseeing an impressive 3-1 win against Liverpool in his first game. (News)

 

  • Sports 1 year ago

Amajita took early leadership of Group B of the 2017 Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations thanks to a Luther Singh hat trick in their 3-1 win over Cameroon in the group’s second match played at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on Monday. (News)