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“In a way, everything is technology,” noted one of the world’s greatest economic historians, Fernand Braudel, in his monumental study Civilization and Capitalism. “Not only man’s most strenuous endeavors but also his patient and monotonous efforts to make a mark on the external world; not only the rapid changes . . . but also the slow improvements in …
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Meghan King Edmonds is embracing the great outdoors with her new boyfriend Christian Schauf. The former “Real Housewives of Orange County” star shared on Instagram that she spent the weekend with Schauf, 39, in his home state of Utah. “She needs wide open spaces,” Meghan, 35, captioned a picture of herself overlooking a large lake. …
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US stocks climbed again Monday as Wall Street clutched onto optimism about the economy recovering from the coronavirus crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average soared as much as 314.90 points, or 1.1 percent, to 27,425.88 by midday, building on Friday’s 829-point rally fueled by a shockingly strong jobs report. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose as much …
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Justin Bieber has promised to fight racial discrimination after acknowledging that he has “benefited off of black culture.” “I am inspired by black culture. I have benefited off of black culture,” the 26-year-old performer wrote in an Instagram post Saturday. “My style, how I sing, dance, perform, and my fashion have all been influenced and …
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Last week we exclusively reported that sceney private club, Soho House, is planning to open a new location in the sleepy Upstate town of Rhinebeck, New York. Now we’re told that the club — which currently has spots in the Meatpacking District, London and a rural outpost know as Soho Farmhouse in England’s Cotswolds — …
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AstraZeneca has approached Gilead Sciences about a massive merger that would combine two companies leading the pharmaceutical industry’s battle against the coronavirus, a report says. The British drugmaker reached out to California-based Gilead last month about whether it would be interested in merging, Bloomberg News reported Sunday. But there are no formal talks and Gilead …
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Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic each expressed little desire to come to New York for the U.S. Open, still slated to start Aug. 31 in Flushing Meadows, likely without fans. According to a tennis source, Roger Federer is also on the fence about playing the Open if it is staged. Your loss, Rafa, Roger and …
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Remember in “Breaking Bad” when Walt rehired Jesse at the lab just so Jesse wouldn’t sue Hank for assaulting him? The arrangement met everyone’s short-term needs. It also produced considerably more long-term agita. Which brings to mind the 50ish-game Major League Baseball regular-season schedule that Rob Manfred, on behalf of his owners, has threatened to …
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Last Thursday evening, restaurant mogul Zach Erdem drove up to a customer’s swanky mansion in the Hamptons, rang the doorbell, and left a delicious dinner spread on the front doorstep, COVID-style. Erdem — who owns Southampton hotspot 75 Main, a longtime hangout for celebs like Kim Kardashian West, Leo DiCaprio and Joe Biden — had …
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“Outcry” docuseries director Pat Kondelis says interviewing Greg Kelley — who was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for sexually assaulting a child and later exonerated — was very difficult and challenging. “The first time I met him he was in prison,” Kondelis said during ATX TV…from the Couch. “It was a difficult interview to …
“In a way, everything is technology,” noted one of the world’s greatest economic historians, Fernand Braudel, in his monumental study Civilization and Capitalism. “Not only man’s most strenuous endeavors but also his patient and monotonous efforts to make a mark on the external world; not only the rapid changes . . . but also the slow improvements in …
