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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour changed everything

If Taylor Swift were her own genre, she’d be bigger than jazz. Here, eight ways Swiftmania is likely to change concerts forever: Catapulting the Next Wave of Concert Acts Swift’s opening-act slots on the 149-date Eras Tour functioned like an incubator for up-and-coming Swiftian stars. “The Eras Tour raised the standard for other artists by pushing them to perform for …

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3 weeks ago

Intel CEO Gelsinger retires; Zinsner and Johnston Holthaus named interim co-CEOs

Associated Press

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, the struggling chipmaker said Monday in a surprise announcement. Two company executives, David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, will act as interim co-CEOs while the company searches for a replacement for Gelsinger, who also stepped down from the company’s board. “Pat spent his formative years at Intel, then returned at a critical time for …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

‘The bane of retail.’ To prevent theft, many big chains now lock up all kinds of merchandise

LA Times

Detergent and deodorant, toothpaste, the entire shampoo aisle. “It’s all locked up,” Corey Potter sighed, describing shelves encased behind security glass at a Target near her Echo Park home. “Locking a product,” a spokesperson for CVS said in an email, “is a measure of last resort.” Retail theft has become a priority for California leaders in recent years. “These measures …

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1 year, 2 months ago

PepsiCo hikes prices by double digits for the 7th consecutive quarter and profits jump 14%

Associated Press

Price hikes lifted PepsiCo’s profits in the third quarter, but the company says those increases are likely to moderate in the coming year. “Units are growing much faster than volume,” PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Ramon Laguarta said Tuesday in a conference call with investors. “I do think that we see the consumer right now being more selective,” PepsiCo’s Chief Financial …

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3 years, 1 month ago

‘What’s that smell?’ Carson joins Southern California’s fraternity of stank

LA Times

The Dominguez Channel, source of a stink that has plagued Carson for more than a month, runs through neighborhoods. “We haven’t really developed a good and precise language around smells,” said Emily Friedman, an Auburn University associate English professor who has studied the history and language of smell. “For Western languages, it’s always, ‘this thing smells like rotten eggs or …

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3 years, 1 month ago

'Micro' Snowy Hydro: Renewable energy fix to tackle town's power problems

ABC

An energy storage project that has been dubbed the world's smallest version of the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric power plant is taking shape in Western Australia. Key points: Pumped hydro is long-term energy storage involving the transfer of water between two reservoirs A start-up firm will build the world's smallest pumped hydro project at Walpole in Western Australia Experts say long-term …

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3 years, 10 months ago

James Packer's company CPH severs ties with Crown board after damning report halted opening of new Sydney casino

ABC

James Packer's company Consolidated Press Holdings has cut its ties with Crown's board after terminating its consultancy contract with non-executive board member John Poynton. Key points: ILGA chair Philip Crawford said the resignations were a "promising start" Crown were told to undergo significant cultural changes Shares in Crown dropped almost 9 per cent when the market opened Wednesday morning Mr …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's energy company AIE signs lease for Port Kembla gas terminal

ABC

Just a few months after Santos won planning approval for a multi-billion-dollar Narrabri coal seam gas project, Australian mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest is speeding up plans for a floating gas import terminal at Port Kembla. Key points: Squadron Energy, part of Mr Forrest's Tattarang group, has signed a 25-year lease with NSW Ports It says it can provide 75 …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Titanic: Plan to retrieve radio on shipwreck raises question whether it still contains human remains

The Independent

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