Apple(NEW YORK) — Jony Ive was already the most prominent design visionary at Apple and now the London-born designer, who has the honor of having a sir before his name, is stepping into the newly created position of chief design officer. The move will allow Ive to Read More
iStock/Thinsktock(NEW YORK) — New home sales were up in April nearly 7 percent from March with 517,000 single-family homes sold, according to the latest figures released by the Commerce Department. March sales were also revised up a few thousand units signaling a Read More
Chris Hondros/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Another cable mega-merger is in the works. This time, it’s Charter Communications buying its much larger rival Time Warner Cable for $55.33 billion. Ahead of the deal, Time Warner — the second biggest company in Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The average American spends about $1,000 a year on their cellphone bill, but some industry insiders estimate about $50 billion is wasted annually on parts of the plan they don’t even need or use. So how do you know if you are Read More
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(LAKE GEORGE, N.Y.) — What’s old is new again in the tourist town of Lake George, New York, where a newly reopened Howard Johnson’s restaurant is seeing a resurgence in popularity among baby boomers. Following the closure of a Read More
PomInOz/iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(MELBOURNE, Australia) — In the ongoing fare war between Australia’s budget airlines, it would seem that travelers are the current victors. Tigerair, a short-haul carrier owner by Virgin Australia, dropped roughly 500 fares Read More
Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Actress Nikki Reed played a vampire on the hit franchise Twilight, but off-screen, she’s promoting healthy eating options for families in need. One of them, she said, is Thrive Market, an online marketplace Read More
papa1266/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Close to 162,000 trailer hitches are being recalled over fears that weak steel can cause the hitch to break. The recall affects the “U-Haul Power Tow” TS1 and TS2 models, which were sold exclusively at U-Haul Read More
Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Billionaire Warren Buffett objected to the idea of raising the minimum wage to $15 in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on Friday, saying that such a move would “reduce employment in a major Read More
Fuse/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Close to 37 million Americans will mark the unofficial start of summer this Memorial Day weekend by hitting the road, a new forecast from AAA shows. The automobile group projects 33 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home Read More
