Starbucks execs said they wanted to embrace simplicity and show that coffee shops are a “sanctuary” during the holidays
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Hollywood tie-ins and better technology behind the boom
Read More Facebook bans rival that shares ad revenue with users
Facebook is deleting millions of posts with links to Tsu — more than 9.5 million of them since September, Tsu says
Read More Fast food protesters set sights on candidates
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Read More Whatever Happened To … Ed Ladd, the first general manager of MacArthur Center
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“I didn’t fully appreciate the challenge until I got here” nearly two decades ago, Ed Ladd recalled last week.
His mission: to open MacArthur Center in Norfolk. Just as important: to build public support.
Ladd said “the project had plenty of naysayers” when he arrived as general manager in December 1997 before the mall opened. The most common barbs:
Read More “I didn’t fully appreciate the challenge until I got here” nearly two decades ago, Ed Ladd recalled last week.
His mission: to open MacArthur Center in Norfolk. Just as important: to build public support.
Ladd said “the project had plenty of naysayers” when he arrived as general manager in December 1997 before the mall opened. The most common barbs:
While markets tumbled, many savers held tight
When fear was pumping through the stock market this summer, most retirement savers kept their cool
Read More O’Connor: Maximize your Social Security benefits
Because the file-and-suspend strategy is being suspended doesn’t mean there aren’t options to maximize Social Security
Read More Detroit’s firefighting downgrade fuels insurance hikes
A group that analyzes communities’ fire protection for insurance companies downgrades Detroit, first time in 25 years
Read More Circle Is A Disney-Backed Blackhat Box To Control Family Screen Time
Set this box up in your home, and you can monitor and control the apps your kids use.
If I were to tell you that I was going to enter your home, use an antenna to spy on your personal web browsing, and block your access to apps, email, or your entire Internet connection at will, you’d probably call the cops.
Apple’s Marc Newson Designs Some Very Jetsonian Kitchen Appliances
The prolific industrial designer brings his space-age aesthetic to your counter top.
Marc Newson, the prolific designer whose portfolio includes everything from pens and power boats to jetpacks and, most recently, the Apple Watch, has turned his hand to kitchen appliances. His matching toaster and kettle set for venerable Australian house goods company Sunbeam is decidedly more low-tech than the projects he’s working on with longtime pal Jony Ive, but still has an unmistakable Newsonian flare.
