COMMENT: A Dunedin woman was declined an urgent extension to her mortgage because what she described as a $187 Christmas shopping trip to Kmart. Another loan applicant claims to have had her social life probed in a series of inquiries on everything from her eyebrow waxing and parking bills. Elsewhere, headlines have warned that those Uber Eats, Netflix and Spotify […]

Michael Jackson, the Los Angeles talk radio personality who spent 32 years at KABC Radio and was syndicated on the ABC Radio Network for nearly a decade, died peacefully today at his LA home after a decade-long battle with Parkinson’s disease, a family spokesperson tells Deadline. He was 87. “The world knew and adored our Michael Jackson. But Michael’s home […]

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The high-street bellwether said that full-price sales for the eight weeks to Christmas Day were up 20 percent on pre-pandemic […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Zoetis Inc.’s Solensia (frunevetmab injection) to control pain in cats associated with osteoarthritis. It is the first treatment for the control of such pain, and also the first monoclonal antibody or mAb new animal drug approved by the FDA for use in any animal species. Solensia is available only by prescription from a […]

Construction of a Tesla Megapack in West Sussex We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The popularity of electric vehicles has grown enormously with latest figures from […]

Pharmaretailers, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA), and CVS Health Corp. (CVS) are closing down stores as the number of cases keeps breaking records in the country. The chains have reported massive staff shortages in the wake of the omicron spread. Walgreen reported that the demand due to the superspreader strain of the virus is unlike anything it has seen before. […]

Bitcoin fraud: Victim discusses ‘warning bells’ We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Since 2021, Bitcoin and many of its contemporaries have successfully broken new ground, despite […]

EXCLUSIVE: Minnie Driver is getting into the scripted podcast world. The Speechless star has been tapped to star in The Lesser Dead, a supernatural audio drama series. Christopher Buehlman is adapting his own novel – about a colony of vampires – for the audio medium. The Lesser Dead comes from podcast studio Echoverse, which was launched in 2020 by Lloyd […]

TPG, owner of CAA and 30% stakeholder in DirecTV, is on course to raise $1 billion when its stock begins trading Thursday on the Nasdaq at $29.50. The pricing of the initial public offering, reported by The Wall Street Journal and other financial media outlets, values the firm at $9 billion. The company filed last month for the offering. The […]

The December-quarter earnings season goes into second gear Friday morning. Four of the country’s biggest banks are reporting results, and expectations overall are for results to be outstanding. Even better, higher interest rates could lead to even stronger results for the rest of this year. So far this week, we have seen only a handful of noteworthy earnings reports, and […]