Jerry Baker, the self-styled “America’s Master Gardener” and highly successful huckster for home-remedy books and products died in March of this year at the age of 85. I was curious to see how the gardening world would note his passing, especially those who attacked his teachings, some repeatedly. I myself started attacking Baker’s advice on … Read more
A hedge fund mogul who helped oust former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is being sued by his own mother in an ugly dispute over unpaid debts, The Post has learned. Jason Ader — CEO of Spring Owl Asset Management — was sued last month by his 81-year-old mom after he defaulted on a $13 million … Read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk after he failed to appear for scheduled testimony for the regulator’s probe into his $44 billion takeover of Twitter. In a court filing, the SEC said the sanctions motion would seek an order to show cause for why Musk should not be held in … Read more
Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission on Friday sued three large U.S. health companies that negotiate insulin prices, arguing the … Read more
The expletives and biting one-liners that Eric Bieniemy unleashes on a football field never cut as deep as the internal dialogue. If anyone is to blame for what goes wrong, it’s UCLA’s offensive coordinator, and he’s not afraid to let himself hear it. “You’ve got to understand, I go back and kick myself in the … Read more
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister has hailed ties with Serbia, traditionally seen as one of Europe’s more Russian-leaning states, on a visit to Belgrade. He was accompanied on the trip by Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In March 2022, Kyiv’s Serbian embassy closed with the United States and the United Kingdom accusing Serbian businesses of … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Chad Sweet, Chertoff Group CEO, joins CNBC’s ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss how last week pager blast in the Middle East was carried out, the potential impact for U.S. companies, and more. Source link
Have you heard the term Genius Loci (often misspelled and pronounced as genus loci)? If you aren’t a landscape design professional or an architect, I’d guess the answer is NO. But even if you do dabble in somewhat archaic Latin terms – it still seems very possible that this term might not be familiar. So … Read more
For decades in a former garden, my bird-watching consisted of standing on my deck and pointing the trusty binocs at the bird houses in the wooded valley below. I can’t tell you what birds actually filled them – I’m that bad at bird recognition – but anyway, my favorites were the flying squirrels that lived … Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya — NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Facebook ’s parent company Meta on Friday lost its appeal in a Kenyan labor court that ruled the company could be sued in Kenya over the mass sacking of content moderators. The court had earlier ruled that Kenyan courts had jurisdiction over the matter, but Meta challenged the … Read more