Disney and Charter Communications, one of the country’s biggest cable TV providers, are locked in an intense battle over carriage fees, a fight that CNN reported “could lead to the dismantling — or revolution — of the cable television bundle.” The conflict reached a critical point over Labor Day weekend “at the most inopportune time…
It’s been more than fifty years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act into law, lauding the “technological miracles in our transportation” with “one great exception.” In spite of “airplanes which fly three times faster than sound,” America remained stuck with “the same tired and inadequate mass transportation” of decades past. Five…
It’s been more than fifty years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act into law, lauding the “technological miracles in our transportation” with “one great exception.” In spite of “airplanes which fly three times faster than sound,” America remained stuck with “the same tired and inadequate mass transportation” of decades past. Five…
The smartest insight and analysis, from all perspectives, rounded up from around the web: Sky-high prices for luxury rooms Hotel prices are rising to unprecedented heights, especially for five-star stays, said Nikki Ekstein in Bloomberg. Prices at brands like Holiday Inn and Best Western have risen 19% in the U.S. and 32% in Europe since…
Here are three of the week’s top pieces of financial insight, gathered from around the web: A terrible gold deal for retirees Gold IRAs are no safe haven, said Jeremy B. Merrill and Hanna Kozlowska in The Washington Post. Gold IRA investment companies like Lear Capital and Hartford Gold Group typically promote their products as…
Would taxing robots help the people whose jobs they’ll take? Bill Gates recently offered a simple solution to the problem of automation: Tax the robots. But that premise raises several thorny issues. | View caption Hide caption Automation may soon affect even industries and jobs we thought were immune, so what should countries do to prepare for those…
Buses began moving tens of thousands of Scouts to inland venues Tuesday ahead of a tropical storm, bringing an effective end to a World Scout Jamboree that had already struggled with heat, hygiene and land use controversies. Known for its insatiable desire to host international events, the South Korean government scrambled to keep the Jamboree going as thousands…
Here are three of the week’s top pieces of financial insight, gathered from around the web: A $100 piece of a $55 million painting A 1963 portrait by British artist Francis Bacon is about to make its stock market debut, said Carol Ryan in The Wall Street Journal. Next month, “a company named Artex is…