This is why Amazon is the wrong comparison for Best Buy
I look at Best Buy, which recently fired Hubert Joly, its CEO, and say to myself: Really? Do they hate him that much? I’m a fan of Joly’s efforts, and at worst it seems…
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Patriots, Bills each throw 1 incomplete pass in 43-25 loss
The New England Patriots had two passes complete for a total of nine yards in Sunday’s 43-25 victory over the Buffalo Bills, an NFL-record low for passes thrown in a game. New England matched…
The Canadians who found themselves linked to Panama Papers
Image copyright Planet Money screenshot Image caption The Canadian Government has asked the Panama Papers investigative journalists to look at data around some Panama-registered companies David Suzuki’s recently launched TV show on public issues…
Assange loses extradition fight, but the Supreme Court green-lights questioning
LONDON — Britain’s Supreme Court Thursday allowed a U.S. attempt to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to answer questions on charges of espionage against him, turning down a last-ditch challenge to his deportation. Assange,…
Immigration, public opinion and cuts
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Home Office is expected to make further cuts to immigration targets and take decisions about whether to recruit more staff We are seven months out from the…
Artist: ‘Art That I Make, I Hope, Can Help People to See that the Climate Crisis Is Heading Our Way.’
Kim Abeles is an artist based in Washington, D.C. An urban planner by training, Abeles became interested in art after an internship at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, an organization dedicated to…
Hannity Creates First Crowdsourcing Show for Live ‘Academy Awards’-Like Telecast (Video)
Television broadcaster Sean Hannity has broken new ground in the commercial age for using crowdsourcing for a show’s backstory. Hannity acted in several segments of a live, four-hour presentation in New York City on…
NGO floats ambitious ocean clean-up project
A new Seattle-based startup has taken seed funding from Tusk Ventures and billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen to pilot a project that will provide resources and electricity to six isolated small islands in the…
A mother explains why a picture book is ‘anti-racist’
Now, if you don’t want your daughter to grow up to judge everyone by race, you might want to consider educating her about this. No wonder everyone’s so nervous. You see, some children are…
Top Chancellor posts now occupied by 2 women
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will begin her sixth term as chancellor on Wednesday as leader of the Christian Democratic Union and head of the conservative bloc, but she will be succeeded after 16 years…