Mookie Betts swears he didn’t mean to look at the scoreboard Sunday afternoon. But when he did, it crystalized the urgent situation the Dodgers found themselves in. Late in Sunday’s game against the lowly Colorado Rockies, the Dodgers were trailing and in danger of dropping two of three to the National League West’s worst team. … Read more
Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing the country’s two biggest supermarket chains, alleging they falsely claimed to have permanently dropped the prices of hundreds of items. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) claims Coles and Woolworths broke consumer law by temporarily raising prices before lowering them to a value either the same as or higher … Read more
Paul Sankey, lead analyst at Sankey Research, joins ‘The Exchange’ to discuss oil prices. Source link
I looked up yesterday and was surprised to realize my Heptacodium miconioides (Seven Sons Tree) was in full bloom. Even though it is mid-september, it somehow seems early – but maybe not. The seven sons tree is an anomaly in my garden; in full bloom just when everything else is looking a bit tired and … Read more
SOURCE: Flikr.com On first pass, the words fungus and basement together in a sentence is a cause for panic for any homeowner. But mushrooms are a type of fungus. Lo Even though they don’t make chlorophyll, they used to be included in the plant kingdom; but now they are rightly in their own kingdom. Mushrooms … Read more
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation into economic ruin. Dissanayake, whose pro-working class and anti-political elite campaigning made him popular among youth, secured victory … Read more
This comes a few days after Twitter announced that legacy verified accounts will lose their blue checkmark starting April 1 unless they sign up for paid Twitter Blue. At the same time, Twitter is working on a way for paid subscribers to hide their blue checks, presumably because it might seem embarrassing to have one … Read more
Olive oil is good for your digestive and immune health Olive oil is generally considered good for you; it’s a mainstay of the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet, which may help prevent cardiovascular disease. It has antioxidants (as does coffee) so that’s a good thing. And olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fats, said Jamie Stang, the … Read more
SAN DIEGO – The Chicago White Sox had a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of the eighth inning on Sunday, and then history struck. That tenuous lead disappeared in the span of four San Diego Padres batters and the White Sox went on to their 120th loss, tying the post-1900 record set by the … Read more
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s bumper 50-basis-point interest rate cut last Wednesday caught several market watchers by surprise , one chief market strategist said — sharing where and how he’s investing in such an environment. The U.S. is “five weeks in front of what’s a very chaotic presidential election … and the Fed is never really … Read more