Other items up for grabs include a charcoal drawing of JFK done as a study for the slain president’s official White House portrait; handwritten notes JFK jotted about Vietnam around 1953; and his letter opener and crystal ashtray.… Continue Reading
Amazon Pays Just $2.2M In Tax In UK Despite Surge In Profits
Records show Amazon U.K. Services Ltd. faced a 2017 tax bill of 4.6 million pounds ($6 million) but paid 1.7 million pounds ($2.2 million), deferring the rest.… Continue Reading
Triumph Of The iPhone: Apple Cracks Trillion-Dollar Mark
Apple is the world’s first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion, the financial fruit of stylish technology that has redefined what we expect from our gadgets.… Continue Reading
Strong US Growth Likely Drove Healthy Job Gain In July
With a robust economy at their backs, optimistic employers likely added jobs at a solid pace in July.… Continue Reading
First Guinness Brewery In The US In More Than 60 Years Opens
The Open Gate Brewery and Barrel House will open to the public Friday at 3 p.m. in Relay, Maryland, about 10 miles from Baltimore.… Continue Reading
Parts Of Virginia City Evacuate Over Possible Dam Failure
A failure of the College Lake Dam near Lynchburg could flood the city with 17 feet (5 meters) of water in seven minutes.… Continue Reading
UPS Doesn’t Air Condition Its Trucks. This Petition Aims To Change That
Nurse Theresa Klenk created a petition on change.org in July urging UPS to provide air conditioning in its trucks. It’s been signed more than 210,000 times.… Continue Reading
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Fox News Filed by Parents of Seth Rich
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed in its entirety a case filed by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich against Fox News, one of the network’s reporters, and a Texas businessman.… Continue Reading
South Carolina Septuagenarians Spar Over Costco Samples
Free samples briefly turned a Costco warehouse club into a fight club for two senior citizens.… Continue Reading
Brookstone Files For Ch.11 Bankruptcy Protection Again
Brookstone, the ubiquitous seller of cool but largely unneeded things, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection again and will close the 101 of its stores that are located in malls.… Continue Reading
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