by Beth Holmes | Jan 30, 2023 | Companies, News
The Galactic Starcruiser, the expensive and immersive Star Wars hotel in Disney World Resort, is beginning to cut rates in response to poor sales. Disney Company opened the hotel in 2022. It only has 100 rooms, and guests get to eat and play with costumed actors,...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 23, 2023 | Companies, News
Wizards of the Coast wants to ‘tighten’ the open game license (OGL) agreement they’ve extended to fans and collaborators for twenty years, in a move wildly unpopular among their fans. The OGL, as it has stood since the early 2000s, allows users to...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 16, 2023 | Companies, News, Technology
The Miami Heat Arena will have a new name, following the contentious fall of cryptocurrency company FTX. FTX Trading Ltd was founded in 2019, and for a brief time in 2021 was one of the largest trading exchanges in the world by volume. They operated a crypto hedge...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 11, 2023 | Companies, News, Technology
Coinbase, a major cryptocurrency trading platform, has reached a $100 million settlement with New York State over criminal activity using their resources. Coinbase Global, Inc., founded in 2012, operates the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. The...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 19, 2022 | Companies, News
The Keystone pipeline, lightning rod of fossil fuel controversy, has spilled about 14,000 barrels of crude oil in a creek in Washington County, Kansas. TC Energy, the Canada-based company that operates the onshore pipeline, reported that they shut the Keystone system...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 12, 2022 | Companies, News
Confidentiality agreements in the case of sexual harassment may soon be curbed, as President Biden signs new legislation limiting their use. Confidentiality agreements in business are supposed to protect the practices that businesses don’t want their competitors...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 5, 2022 | Companies, News, Technology
A subscription fee to allow cars to reach their top acceleration is Mercedes-Benz’s latest brilliant new idea. The Mercedes-EQ EQE 350, Mercedes-Benz’s newest electric car, is capable of going from 0-60 MPH in about 5.2 seconds, according to the company’s online...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 28, 2022 | News
A rail strike threatens as pressure increases with the approach of the holiday season. Four of the largest rail unions in the United States have failed to reach contract agreements recently, over matters such as long required working hours, low paid sick leave, and...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 21, 2022 | Advice
Thanksgiving this year is expected to cost between 9% and 15% more than it did last year, with turkey and other traditional staples having jumped up in price. Food prices in general have risen between 9.5% to 10.5% this year; historically, they’ve risen only 2%...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 14, 2022 | Companies
The Washington Attorney General has filed a lawsuit to block Albertsons from offloading $4 billion to shareholders before the review of their upcoming merger. Albertson Companies Inc, which owns grocery store chains Albertsons, Safeway, Haggen, Kings, Tom Thumb, Vons,...
