Marriott beats 2Q profit forecasts
BETHESDA, Maryland - Marriott International Inc. (MAR) on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings of $240 million.
BETHESDA, Maryland - Marriott International Inc. (MAR) on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings of $240 million.
Tesla Motors is launching a $2,000 referral program for buyers and owners, attaching a rare direct financial incentive to a Model S sedan lineup that typically carries a waiting list.
Extreme heat and humidity, along with the possibility of lightning, thunderstorms and heavy rain, are on tap as a new El Niño-influenced monsoonal flow moves into the area.
Family road trips are fraught with peril, from outrageous gas prices to sketchy rest stops to endless choruses of "Are we there yet?" But for the new comedy "Vacation," a sorta-reboot of 1983's "National Lampoon's Vacation," there are further bumps on the road to summer fun.
Cecil the lion died in an apparently illegal hunt in Zimbabwe. But legal trophy hunting can bring in big bucks for Africa nations. Our interviewee thinks tourism is a far more profitable venture.
PITTSFORD, New York - A person familiar with Gosder Cherilus' visit with the Buffalo Bills tells The Associated Press that the free-agent offensive tackle has completed his meeting and intends to visit other teams.
Ronnie Raymond has joined the cast of "The X-Files," and fans of all things nerdy cannot contain their excitement. Robbie Amell, the Firestorm actor on the CW's "The Flash" is pretty happy about it as well. The actor posted a few photos of him on set of Fox's "X-Files" mini-series reboot alongside co-star Gillian Anderson, and it looks like the two are enjoying themselves.
BOSTON - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRTX) on Wednesday reported a loss of $188.8 million in its second quarter.
"Sesame Street" is getting a Spanish-language makeover at Univision, which is launching a new show called "Sesame Amigos" for Spanish-speaking U.S. audiences.
Oscar- and Grammy-winning recording artist John Legend is taking his musical chops to television.
Whole Foods reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts' expectations on Wednesday.
Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said one issue is more important to the U.S. economy now than monetary policy.
GREENFIELD, Indiana - A church bus that overturned near Indianapolis this week, killing a 6-year-old and injuring several others, lacked a required federal registration needed for its planned out-of-state trip, Indiana State Police said Wednesday.
Voting at company meetings isn’t enough — you have to take the matter into your own hands, says Phil van Doorn.
From Cato University 2015: Summer Seminar on Political EconomyThe Cato Institute’s premier educational event, this annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country and, often, from around the globe in order to examine the roots of our commitment to liberty and limited government, and explore the ideas and values on which the American republic was founded.
After seeing a video that PETA published on the treatment of crocodiles, Jane Birkin asks Hermes to remove her name from the line's crocodile-skin version.
ModCloth, a women’s fashion site selling indie clothing, is the latest online retailer jumping from clicks to bricks with a three-week pop-up called ModCloth Fit Shop, opening Thursday at 222 Grant Ave. near Union Square. “Customers want to see the brand evolve to have a three-dimensional experience,” said CEO Matthew Kaness, who joined the San Francisco company in January. He replaced Eric Koger, who co-founded ModCloth with Susan Gregg Koger, now his wife, while both were students at Carnegie Mellon University. Читать дальше...
Mullah Mohammad Omar, the spiritual leader of the Taliban, has been dead for two years according according to Afghanistan’s Intelligence Agency.
When the wine critic James Suckling described a Château Haut-Brion in the pages of Wine Spectator in 1992, he needed just a single phrase to sum up the taste: “Big and meaty, with lots of fruit and full tannins, but featuring a sweetness and silkiness on the finish.” At the time, the field of wine criticism was gaining momentum—the magazine’s circulation that year surpassed a hundred thousand—and written tasting notes were moving beyond encyclopedic reference books aimed at wealthy men. When Suckling... Читать дальше...
An Israeli airstrike killed at least two pro-government fighters in the volatile border zone in southern Syria on Wednesday, according to a report by a television station affiliated with Lebanon's Hezbollah militia.
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PASADENA, Calif., July 29 (UPI) -- Los Angeles-area motorists stopped at traffic lights have captured video footage of a sunglasses-clad man jamming out to rock 'n' roll classics on a recorder.
DETROIT - Electric car maker Telsa Motors Inc. is offering its first incentive, $1,000 to new-car buyers who are referred by current Tesla owners.
TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Florida Gov. Rick Scott is ordering state health officials to inspect Planned Parenthood offices to ensure they are obeying the law when performing abortions.