July 2015

Whole foods store

The cheaper version of Whole Foods

Whole Foods wants to be cool. And it also wants a younger customer base. So, the upscale grocery store chain is going downscale — sort

newly-wed couple

Young couples want cash as wedding gifts

With the wedding season in full swing, a new generation of couples is starting their married life. If you’ve been to a wedding recently, however, you

A pedi-cab in San Francisco

The pedi-cab economy

Does your town have pedi-cabs, those bicycle driven carts that haul people and tourists around? You might think they’re a nuisance, as some motorists do,

boston skyline

Why Boston’s 2024 Olympic bid failed

A 2024 Summer Olympics in Boston is officially off the table. The city’s bid organizers and the United States Olympic Committee agreed to withdraw Beantown’s

Intel Extreme Masters tournament in Poland

Big profits from video gaming

Performance-enhancing drugs have been a controversy in sports for some time. Now, the problem has crossed over to the virtual world. The Electronic Sports League,

food waste in multiple trash cans

The big problem of wasting food

During his show “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday, HBO’s comedy news anchor John Oliver put the spotlight on a serious problem here in the United States: food

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