Baseball sees a boost in players of all levels

Feb 20, 2019
If you thought baseball was dead ... think again.
Cali Ann Kershaw throws out a ceremonial first pitch to her dad Clayton Kershaw #22 of the Los Angeles Dodgers as brother Charley Kershaw sits on the mound before the game against the Minnesota Twins at Dodger Stadium on July 26, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
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Walmart reports a great holiday quarter

Feb 19, 2019
Booming e-commerce, robust toy sales, and grocery pick-up and delivery powered the retailer to one of its strongest quarters in years.
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How a recent ban on gambling in Albania is impacting the country

Feb 18, 2019
At Albania's betting shops, people could gamble on everything from soccer to the gender of the next royal baby.
This picture taken on December 19, 2018, shows a man removing a sign from a betting establishment in downtown Tirana, Albania.
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Can tech really fix the housing crisis?

Feb 15, 2019
Start-ups want to make housing more affordable, but the crisis may too broad for them to solve
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Were December retail sales as bad as they looked?

Feb 14, 2019
The decline of 1.2 percent was the biggest in nine years, but noisy data may be the culprit
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Levi's are about to return to the stock market

Feb 13, 2019
The iconic jeans and fashion brand is planning its second IPO after going private in 1985.
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Airbus may kill production of A380 superjumbo jet

Feb 13, 2019
Once touted as an aircraft for the future, the Airbus A380 was supposed to offer international carriers with an appealing, if massive, option for long-haul flights. Now the A380 appears to be on life support. Emirates airlines has scaled back purchases of the aircraft, and Airbus is expected to fully shut down production soon. Airlines are […]
President and CEO of Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) Holdings, Shinya Katanozaka (C) and President of Airbus Japan Stephane Ginoux (R) wave during a ceremony for the delivery of the company's first Airbus A380, on March 20, 2019 at the Airbus delivery center in Colomiers, southwestern France.
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Isolation and retaliation: the personal costs of blowing the whistle

When employees become whistleblowers, they risk their careers, privacy and peace of mind.
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T-Mobile-Sprint merger plans spark concern

Feb 13, 2019
Representatives from T-Mobile and Sprint are on Capitol Hill today and tomorrow to discuss a planned $26 billion merger.
John Legere (R), CEO and President of T-Mobile US, and Marcelo Claure, Executive Chairman of Sprint, testify about the T-Mobile and Sprint merger during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 13, 2019.
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Play about the Constitution may be Broadway's hottest ticket this season

Feb 12, 2019
Broadway seems to want to seize on the success of global phenomenon hip-hop musical “Hamilton” by having more politically themed shows. This season, Hillary and Bill Clinton are the subjects of one play. But another play is coming off a successful off-Broadway run to grace a marquee on the Great White Way. Its subject? The […]
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