The nation’s capital has become a culinary hot spot in recent years, with top chefs from around the world making their marks on the city. As a result, D.C. is eating up all they have to offer and still wanting more. But it’s not only the celebrity chefs who dominate the food scene here; local favorites are also taking charge and keeping the district’s food fanatics more than satisfied. Each chef has mastered
Update: If you’ve yet to pre-order your Apple Watch, expect a wait. A long, long wait. Shipments of nearly every unit in the US and UK have been pushed back by at least four to six weeks. The only model available for delivery between April 24 and May 8 is the 38mm stainless steel Apple Watch with classic black buckle, although only if you’re in the UK. As of this
By Astrid Wendlandt and Pauline Askin PARIS/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Consumers flocked to Apple Inc’s stores around the world on Friday to get the first close-up look at the tech giant’s smartwatch, which the company expects will be its next runaway hit. The Apple Watch, CEO Tim Cook’s first new major product and the company’s first foray into the personal luxury goods market, was available for pre-order online and to try
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will end the suspense on Sunday, announcing that she is running for president before heading to Iowa and New Hampshire. A person familiar with the Clinton team’s …
Larry Bossidy, who spent decades as an executive at General Electric, and the analyst community on Wall Street generally agreed.
The case for the Federal Reserve to raise U.S. interest rates in June remains “strong,” a top Fed official said on Friday, dismissing the impact of a rising dollar and falling oil prices as temporary. Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker, who has long called for a prompt tightening of monetary policy, repeated his views that consumer spending, the labour market and other economic conditions have improved significantly over the last
AstraZeneca Plc’s diabetes drug Onglyza may be associated with an increased rate of death, according to a preliminary review of data by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA’s report, posted on the agency’s website on Friday, comes ahead of an April 14 meeting of an FDA advisory panel to discuss the drug’s safety. Onglyza was approved in 2009. A company-sponsored trial of more than 16,000 patients known as
American equities are badly underperforming markets around the world. Here’s why that trend could continue.
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso has tempered market expectations that the bank will expand its stimulus program later this month, saying a cut in its inflation forecast would not be enough to justify more monetary easing. Nakaso, one of Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s two deputies, said that while slumping oil costs have pushed inflation back to zero, rising wages and a steady economic recovery will underpin a long-term rise
