July 20, 2020
Grocery store chain Trader Joe’s says it is changing its ethnic food packaging after more than 1,400 people signed a petition describing brands such as “Trader Ming’s” and “Trader Jose’s” as racist.The popular food store is the latest U.S. company to announce changes in product labeling that critics say are akin to racial stereotyping. Source: …
March 17, 2020
Investors are simultaneously trying to assess the damage from the coronavirus outbreak and how effectively governments can counter it. Source: Markets Are Jumpy After Dow’s Biggest Drop Since 1987
...March 13, 2020
Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen, who died in 2018. Gates is also leaving the board of Berkshire Hathaway. Source: Bill Gates leaves Microsoft board
...April 24, 2019
In case you hadn’t noticed, this is a brand-new site with some pre-existing content that came from a site I am re-purposing. On the roadmap are the following things, in no particular order: Graphics. The site is pretty bland, and that’s purposeful, but it needs a little pizazz. Not a lot. I don’t want to …
July 20, 2014
NEW YORK — Amazon is rolling out a new subscription service that will allow unlimited access to thousands of electronic books and audiobooks for $9.99 a month in the online giant’s latest effort to attract more users. The largest U.S. e-commerce site said Friday that the Kindle Unlimited service will give users the ability to …
May 27, 2014
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — China called for a halt Tuesday to what it called unscrupulous U.S. cyberspying, saying that a monthslong investigation into reports on the “ugly face” of U.S. espionage has concluded that China is a major target of those efforts. The complaint in the form of a government agency report comes a week …
May 27, 2014
If you’re watching a major league baseball game today, perhaps you’ve noticed something strange about the uniforms. The numbers are hard to read, and so are the names on the back. The caps look like part of the costume design package for The Deer Hunter. It’s all….camouflage. Read the entire article here.
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