Way back in 1996, General Motors was at the forefront of decarbonizing transportation. In response to a California state mandate, the company had developed a quirky-looking compact car, dubbed the EV1, that ran on 26 12-volt lead-acid batteries. But GM soon reversed course, moving from EV booster to principle litigant in a 2001 case suing California over the state’s efforts to promote zer…
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The Beanie Bubble, which premiered on Apple TV+ on July 28, tells the story behind the Beanie Baby toy obsession that took off in the 1990s. Based on the 2015 book The Great Beanie Baby Bubble, which follows the story of toy manufacturer turned billionaire Ty Warner, the film centers the women who were integral to his success.
In The Beanie Bubble, three womenâ…
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Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to prohibit the LGBTQ-rights flag from being flown outside its offices during Pride month in June, prompting backlash from Houston-based employees.
Exxon updated company guidance on what flags can be displayed outside its offices, banning “external position flags” such as PRIDE and Black Lives Matter, according to the policy seen by Bloomberg News. In r…
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Peloton Interactive Inc. is attracting interest from potential suitors including Amazon.com Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the home fitness company surged as much as 43% in extended trading Friday.
It’s just another day at the office for the Gray Man. The CIA-trained assassin from the top-secret Sierra program has been sent to Bangkok and given a standard assignment: kill a bad guy. No further details are provided or required—the Sierra program furloughs American prisoners to serve in the CIA, and those details are above the Gray Man’s pay grade.
The assassin has h…
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“She likes to be referred to formally, as Mrs. Wagner,” my assistant said as I was preparing to meet the Estée Lauder Company Vice Chair for the first time.
It was the fall of 1999, and I had recently begun my new job as the Chief Communications Officer for the Company. I had been warmly welcomed by my savvy peers and a cheerful team of public relations professionals. T…
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U.S. job openings fell in April from a record in the prior month though remained historically elevated, suggesting little relief for employers struggling to attract and retain workers.
The number of available positions decreased to 11.4 million in the month from an upwardly revised 11.9 million in March, the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, showed…
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One of the reasons Princess Diana was so beloved around the world is because of her charity work and her ability to connect not only with those in the royal family’s elite social circle, but also ordinary people and society’s most vulnerable. The first part of The Crown Season 6, depicts a cornerstone of what became Diana’s legacy in charity work. In the second episode, Diana is …
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Reginald Andres is not like other vampires. Sure, he has a pair of retractable fangs, subsists on blood, and sizzles in the sun. Yet the hero of Syfy horror comedy Reginald the Vampire, played by Jacob Batalon, is also timid and geeky and self-conscious about his round belly. It doesn’t help that the vampire community is more superficial than a nest of high school mean girls.
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Each spring I get antsy WhatsApp messages from friends across the U.S., as well as London, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Their high school senior kids have just been admitted to colleges in America, Canada, Britain, and elsewhere, and they want my opinion on the best option. Over the past decade I’ve been tracking these late teens’ decisions and the trend has been unmistakeable: …
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