Blog

Hennessey Supercharged Corvette Puts out 847 HP at the Wheels [w/ Video]

-The 650-hp Corvette Z06 is fast. Freaky fast. But Hennessey wants to outdo it with a regular ol’ Stingray. – The Texas tuner just demonstrated how fast a bone-stock C7 Z06 will do zero to 185 mph (and, subsequently, how quickly the gas gauge will drop on that top-speed run). We’re betting this “lesser” Stingray will do it even faster—provided it can get any traction at all. – That’s because the

Rare elephant bird egg could fetch more than $70,000 at auction

Believed to be more than 400 years old and nearly 200 times the size of a chicken egg, an extremely rare elephant bird egg will be auctioned in London this week, with an estimated price tag of up to $76,000. The egg, over 30 centimeters (11.81 inches) high, was laid by the now extinct elephant bird, a giant flightless bird indigenous to Madagascar, according to auction house Sotheby’s. The bird,

Why Our Right to Choose Keeps Us Healthy

How choice helps us to recover from illness and stay healthy.Recently in my family, an elderly relative became unwell; she was not so unwell that she needed to be admitted into hospital, but was too unwell to be home alone, unattended. Many families face this kind of situation, and aside from any of the wider or longer-term implications, one of…

Schiaparelli names new design director for couture, ready-to-wear

Schiaparelli fragrance sketch from 1937 After the hurried leaving of Marco Zanini, French couture house Schiaparelli has named Bertrand Guyon as its new design director. In November, Schiaparelli confirmed the departure of Mr. Zanini, but did not immediately name a replacement designer (see story). According to WWD, the couture house had been considering Mr. Guyon shortly after Mr. Zanini left the design director position after only a two seasons. Hire couture

Icahn says Apple still undervalued

Apple beat Wall Street’s revenue and profit forecasts on Monday as it sold more iPhones in China than the United States for the first time. Icahn, who has been vocal about his belief that Apple is undervalued, has urged the company’s board to buy back more shares using its huge cash pile. The 79-year-old, one of Apple’s top 10 investors, said in February that Apple stock should be trading at