Published: 11/24/2022 4:27:39 PM Modified: 11/24/2022 4:27:29 PM GREENFIELD — In a push to create the largest Black-owned marijuana company in the world, businessman and entertainment icon Sean “Diddy” Combs has agreed to buy Greenfield’s Patriot Care dispensary. Columbia Care, which owns Patriot Care, and Combs Enterprises released a collaborative statement earlier this month framing … Read more
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct 14, 2022– Overwatch 2, Blizzard Entertainment’s cross-platform and free-to-play team-based action game, has seen over twenty-five million heroes join the fight in the first ten days since its launch on Windows ® PC via Battle.net ®, Xbox Series X| S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, and Nintendo Switch™ consoles. The game has proven … Read more
STOCKHOLM (AP) — This year’s Nobel Prize in economic sciences has been awarded to the former chair of the US Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke, and two US-based economists, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig, “for research on banks and financial crises.” The prize was announced Monday by the Nobel panel at the Royal … Read more
A version of this story appeared in Pop Life Chronicles, CNN’s weekly entertainment newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — I am on a mission to get people to stop thinking about shows that bring them happiness as a “guilty pleasure.” This is an ongoing campaign of mine, … Read more
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 1, 2022– Roku, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROKU) announced that “Roku Recommends” returns today with a bigger, better second season with new features including celebrity guests, on location segments, and more. In weekly 15-minute episodes, “Roku Recommends” uses exclusive Roku data to help our users discover new shows and hidden gems on America’s … Read more
Managing money is an essential life skill, yet most US adults would fail a financial literacy test. Consider the results of a survey meant to measure financial literacy, called the TIAA Institute-GFLEC Personal Finance Index. On average, US adults correctly answered only 50% of its financial literacy questions in 2022. In other words: If you … Read more
A devastating new critique in the Washington University Law Review has spelled out how federal law punishes older couples for being married. It’s not just that if you meet and fall in love during your golden years you may be much better off staying unwed than tying the knot: It’s that under current federal law … Read more
EAST HARTFORD — The process for food vendors based in other towns to run their food trucks in East Hartford just became a lot easier and cheaper. On Aug. 2, the Town Council authorized Mayor Mike Walsh to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the state health department, allowing itinerant food vendors licensed in other … Read more
CNN — United States border officials have a message for travelers who bring food items from overseas: Violations will cost you. Last month, a passenger traveling from Indonesia to Darwin Airport in Australia’s Northern Territory was fined $1,874 after two egg and beef sausage McMuffins – along with a ham croissant – were found in … Read more
Powerhouse Habitat, the residential property managed by TwentyTwo Real Estate (4.5 billion euros in assets under management), signed two of the four largest residential transactions in France in 2021. Last April, the OPPCI PWH ( whose sole subsidiary is Powerhouse Habitat) won the precious SRI label. The founder of TwentyTwo Real Estate, Daniel Rigny, explains … Read more