Grocery store operator A&P is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to sell off stores as it faces increasingly tough competition. This marks the second time in five years that the Montvale, New …
When historians look back at the 2016 presidential elections in the United State and ask the important question: “When did the whole thing turn into an uncontrolled dumpster fire?” the consensus answer will almost certainly be the third weekend of July 2015.
Gold prices plunged as much as 4 percent to their lowest in more than five years on Monday as sellers in top consumer China offloaded the metal. Spot gold fell $45.55 to its weakest since March 2010 at $1,088.05 an ounce shortly after the Shanghai Gold Exchange opened, with volumes soaring to a record. It regained some ground, trading above the key $1,100 support level, but was still down 2.2
Amazon is seeing a wave of upgrades just days before it reports quarterly earnings. The team of analysts, led by John Blackledge, sent out a note this morning predicting that Amazon will become the No. 1 U.S. apparel retailer by 2017, “comfortably passing” Macy’s within two years. Keep in mind that, according to Cowen, Amazon’s apparel and accessories segment is driving the sales of electronics and general merchandise (EGM), which makes up roughly 70 percent
Lockheed Martin will spend $9 billion to acquire Black Hawk helicopter maker Sikorsky Aircraft. United Technologies Corp. said in June it planned to shed Sikorsky, either through a sale or spinoff. The …
NEW YORK (AP) — Critics dismissed it as a rough draft for “To Kill a Mockingbird” and readers despaired over an aging, racist Atticus Finch.
Paul McCartney will forever be identified with The Beatles, but jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli has attempted on a new album to revive some of the legend’s lesser known solo tracks. “‘It might be interesting for you to do a few of my songs that are lesser known than some of the others,’” Pizzarelli quoted McCartney as telling him in a letter. Pizzarelli, explaining the album in a statement, said that
“The Redeemers” (Putnam), by Ace Atkins
“Speaking in Bones” (Bantam), by Kathy Reichs
SAN DIEGO (AP) — You might say Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Debicki danced their way into “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”