In Major League Baseball and other professional sports, players and sometimes managers get the lion’s share of attention. General managers are less well known, although
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It will be four years in May since Oprah Winfrey aired the final episode of her eponymous talk show. She recently announced plans to close
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Snapchat — the ephemeral photo-sharing app — has been grabbing headlines left and right in 2015. In late January the four-year-old company launched Snapchat Discover,
Two of the Midwest’s most iconic buildings — Willis Tower in Chicago and the Fisher Building in Detroit — were recently put up for sale,
For decades, L.L. Bean was known for two things: its catalog and its iconic store in Freeport, Maine. Raise your hand if you planned a
Shopping malls, which thrived in the late 20th century as millions of families decamped from the cities to the suburbs, are struggling to survive. About
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Last Friday marked the 30-year anniversary of boxer Mike Tyson’s first professional fight against Hector Mercedes, and his controversial legacy was analyzed in long form
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