Which home styles are sold in greatest (and least) quantities, across the Flathead? Does it vary by city? How many acres (or fractions thereof) come with which home styles, and does that vary by city? I was recently asked about the acreage which comes with home sales. This week, I’ve analyzed the 2018 single-family home Read More…
Montana lawmakers are considering two bills to tax carbon pollution, and not surprisingly owners of Colstrip Power Plant say the measures would kill the facility. Democratic legislators are floating two bills creating a $10-per-ton tax on carbon dioxide from various sources, including coal-fired power plants. Theirs aren’t the first attempts targeting Colstrip. Washington State, Read More…
Over the last decade, some of Montana’s larger airports have added new flights or extended certain flight services. The increased traffic is even causing some airports to expand. Since Glacier Park International Airport director Rob Ratkowski started in 2004, the number of direct flights has gone from just four to 11. He thinks the area Read More…
Exxon Mobil Corp. made a final decision Tuesday with Qatar Petroleum to build a $10 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project on Texas’s Gulf of Mexico coast. Energy Secretary Rick Perry joined representatives of Exxon and Qatar Petroleum, the country’s state-owned oil company, to sign the deal Tuesday. The project would greatly expand the Read More…
SÃO PAULO, Feb. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — JBS will be an exhibitor at Gulfood, the world’s biggest annual food fair which is being held in Dubai, where it will promote its portfolio of high added-value products as part of its focus on the significant potential across the Arab market and the opportunities to increase its business across Read More…
DOHA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s Doha Tower, a spike-tipped cylinder that glows orange at night, won an award when finished in 2012 amid a Gulf-wide real estate boom, but today about half of its 46 floors are empty. Towers under construction are seen in Doha, Qatar February 5, 2019. Picture taken February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer The Read More…
DUBAI, UAE, Feb. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Bordon, Brazil’s brand leader in the canned protein (beef and poultry) segment, will relaunch its traditional Corned Beef range in the Middle East with a new visual identity, which it will use in all its international markets. Bordon is also developing twenty new options in the Middle East product Read More…
Dear John: I moved into a townhouse complex in July 2017. As FiOS was not yet available, I asked Verizon to install Wi-Fi and phone. The technician came out and installed a box, but he could not make the service connect. He said a Verizon team would come in the afternoon. No one came. He Read More…
Dear John: I’m a tax preparer, not a CPA, so I only do individual returns. Many of my tax clients are city workers and typical middle-class W2 employees. Out of the 23 tax returns I have done so far this year, only two returns caused a higher net tax rate compared with 2017. So even Read More…
People walk past a dealer shop of Nissan Motor Co. in Tokyo, Japan, February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoon TOKYO (Reuters) – A Nissan Motor governance committee will recommend the appointment of an external director as board chairman, a role distinct from company chairman, in a move to decentralize power at the top level, the Nikkei Read More…
Tod’s has recently boosted spending for special events and more-rapid product launches; the brand’s runway show during Milan fashion week in September. Photo: Jacopo Raule/Getty Images 16 Comments By Eric Sylvers Eric Sylvers The Wall Street Journal Biography @EricSylvers eric.sylvers@wsj.com Feb. 16, 2019 12:00 p.m. ET CASETTE D’ETE, Italy— Tod’s TOD -0.70% SpA built a Read More…
So Amazon’s Jeff Bezos divorced NYC on Valentine’s Day and certainly broke a lot of hearts, but he received no love in return for the greatest gift a company can give a city — jobs, 25,000 of them. You can blame progressive Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and NY state Sen. Michael Gianaris, whose combined résumés Read More…
Talk about dirty money. According to a recent report, the typical Manhattan ATM is more bacteria-ridden than a wide range of other heavily used objects, including a subway pole, an NYC Wi-Fi hub and the handle of a public toilet at Penn Station. Mike Brown of financial product marketplace LendEDU left the comfort of his Read More…
The adidas Originals by Ji Won Choi collection celebrates the designer’s Korean heritage with stylistic inspiration and cultural references. Choi adapted her personal design philosophy to the sportswear-inspired line to deliver a fresh take on the classic tracksuit. The presentation took place in Hawley Wharf, a never before used underground location in Camden. The vast Read More…
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Ollyball, made by VICTURY Sports, was awarded a “Toy of the Year” at the 19th annual Toy Association Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards, in the Rookie of the Year category. Continue Reading Founder Joseph Burke, Ellen Burke and son Jameson Burke The annual award ceremony, known as Read More…
Activists and community members who opposed Amazon’s plan to move into Queens rally on Thursday in celebration of Amazon’s decision to pull out of the deal. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images 134 Comments By Chip Cutter and Chip Cutter The Wall Street Journal Biography @ChipCutter chip.cutter@wsj.com Vanessa Fuhrmans Vanessa Fuhrmans The Wall Street Journal Biography Vanessa.Fuhrmans@wsj.com Read More…
DARMSTADT, Germany and NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — JAVELIN Renal 101 shows significant improvement in progression-free survival with a hazard ratio of 0.69 in patients regardless of PD-L1 expression US FDA has granted Priority Review to BAVENCIO plus INLYTA for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma Data at 2019 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium reinforce consistency Read More…
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL TOY FAIR – LEGO Systems, Inc. was honored with four Toy of the Year (T.OT.Y.) Awards at the Toy Association’s annual gala to celebrate the best and most innovative toys Friday, February 15, 2019. Building sets from LEGO® Harry Potter™ were recognized with top honors in Read More…
FILE PHOTO – Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland attends the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Saturday she had made clear in a meeting with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Munich Security Conference Read More…
BOCA RATON, Flórida, 16 de fevereiro de 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A Phoenix Tower International (“PTI”) anuncia que fechou uma transação de venda e arrendamento de propriedade vendida (sale and leaseback) com a Trilogy International Partners Inc. (“Trilogy”), para adquirir os direitos de propriedade e administração de 600 instalações de torres de comunicações wireless, pertencentes à NuevaTel, Read More…
More gender options are needed in airline ticketing, as passengers are asked to provide personal data that must match their government-issued IDs. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg News 44 Comments By Alison Sider Alison Sider The Wall Street Journal Biography @alyrose alison.sider@wsj.com Feb. 16, 2019 10:57 a.m. ET Airlines are planning to change their reservation systems to Read More…
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT), the leading global children’s entertainment and toy company, made headlines today as Jurassic World™ Dinosaur action figures received the highly coveted Toy of the Year (T.O.T.Y.) award in the Action Figure category. Receiving accolades from toy retailers, media, TIA members and consumers, the award Read More…
KEENESBURG, Colo., Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — With no end to the Captive Wildlife Crisis in sight, The Wild Animal Sanctuary is setting itself up to continue rescuing captive-born large carnivores for decades to come. After the acquisition of over 9,000 acres of additional land in 2018, the Sanctuary is going to formally introduce its vital Read More…
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — This morning, the 116th North American International Toy Fair opened its doors at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City to more than 30,000 global play professionals, who made the trip to New York City to view hundreds of thousands of ground-breaking and creative toys and games that Read More…
D’une année sur l’autre, la société innovante de ventes aux enchères a doublé le nombre de ventes en Europe en 2018 LONDRES, 16 février 2019 /PRNewswire/ — La plateforme mondiale de l’immobilier de luxe Concierge Auctions débute 2019 en ayant enregistré l’année dernière son plus haut niveau d’activité annuelle jamais atteint en Europe, après avoir commercialisé Read More…
Das innovative Auktionsunternehmen konnte die Zahl seiner Verkäufe in Europa 2018 im Vergleich zum Vorjahr verdoppeln. LONDON, 16. Februar 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Concierge Auctions ist ein Marktplatz für weltweite Luxusimmobilien. Das Unternehmen beginnt 2019, nachdem es im letzten Jahr seine bis dato höchste Jahresaktivität in Europa verzeichnete und einzigartige Immobilien in der Schweiz, in Frankreich, Italien Read More…
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — To close out New York Fashion Week, Edo Ferragamo, grandson of Salvatore Ferragamo, put on a multi-event night at the famous Milan-based venue 10 Corso Como, which recently opened a new location at Howard Hughes’ new Seaport development in lower Manhattan. Continue Reading Edo Ferragamo EP Release Party at Read More…
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Golden Globe Award-winning actor Colin Farrell will accept the City Summit & Gala’s Inspiration award at the 4th annual event which takes place at the Burbank Convention Center Feb. 21–24. “I’m grateful to organizations like the City Summit for highlighting professionals and providing awareness and support to entrepreneurs Read More…
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) was recognized at the 2019 Toy Industry Association’s Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards ceremony, winning the Toy of The Year Award in the Infant/Preschool category for the Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Learning Home and the Preschool category for the Fisher-Price Think & Learn Read More…
PLYMOUTH, Michigan, 16 février 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Rivian a annoncé un tour de table d’investissement en fonds propres de 700 millions USD dirigé par Amazon. Cet investissement fait suite au dévoilement en novembre dernier par Rivian du pick-up R1T et de l’utilitaire sport R1S tout électriques au LA Auto Show de Los Angeles. Rivian a développé ses véhicules, à partir Read More…
VERNON HILLS, Ill., Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Throughout its 35-year history, Learning Resources® has dedicated itself to developing toys on the forefront of what children need to learn and how they are best inclined to learn it — through play. Now, its efforts to provide the earliest possible screen-free coding experiences to kids have earned Read More…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Saturday ordered Michael Calvey, the U.S. founder of one of Russia’s biggest private equity firms accused of fraud, to be kept in custody until April 13. Founder of the Baring Vostok private equity group Michael Calvey, who was detained on suspicion of fraud, looks out of a defendants’ Read More…
WARREN, N.J., Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Horizon Group USA, a dynamic leader in the creative D.I.Y. marketplace, continues to lead the category by expanding upon the company’s numerous on-trend brands with new products and line extensions focusing on creativity children can feel. Through various tactile and all-in-one D.I.Y. kits, Horizon Group allows children to Read More…
Founder of the Baring Vostok private equity group Michael Calvey, who was detained on suspicion of fraud, looks out of a defendants’ cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva MOSCOW (Reuters) – Michael Calvey, the U.S. founder of one of Russia’s biggest private equity firms, told a Russian court Read More…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Moscow court has ordered Baring Vostok’s founder Michael Calvey to be kept in custody until April 13. The Basmanny court’s judge, Artur Karpov, said on Saturday that Calvey, a U.S. citizen, was accused of a “serious crime” and could try to flee. Reporting by Maxim Rodionov; Writing by Katya Golubkova; Editing Read More…
SANTIAGO/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is planning to take on U.S. rival Uber in some of Latin America’s fastest-growing markets, recruiting managers in Chile, Peru and Colombia, according to job postings and a company official. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Didi Chuxing is seen at a Didi station in Beijing, China Read More…
DALLAS, Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Formula Wellness Center is implementing a non-invasive and drug free solution for Erectile Dysfunction (ED) called GAINSWave, which boasts a 75% success rate. GAINSWave is a premium brand of shockwave therapy designed to remove micro-plaque and stimulate the growth of new blood vessels to improve blood flow. Erectile Dysfunction is Read More…
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Signature Wellness is implementing a non-invasive and drug free solution for Erectile Dysfunction (ED) called GAINSWave, which boasts a 75% success rate. GAINSWave is a premium brand of shockwave therapy designed to remove micro-plaque and stimulate the growth of new blood vessels to improve blood flow. Erectile Dysfunction Read More…
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — SDbody is implementing a non-invasive and drug free solution for Erectile Dysfunction (ED) called GAINSWave, which boasts a 75% success rate. GAINSWave is a premium brand of shockwave therapy designed to remove micro-plaque and stimulate the growth of new blood vessels to improve blood flow. Erectile Dysfunction is a Read More…
“Gross toys and collectibles are evergreen play patterns for boys,” said Randy Shoemaker, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing, Funrise. “The magic of Fart Ninjas is combing these two authentic play patterns with an awesome theme to deliver a fun new experience that boys will love. Fart Ninjas are cool to collect and display, and Read More…
CULLINAN, South Africa (Reuters) – The owner of one of the world’s most famous diamond mines could be about a decade away from clearing its multi-million-dollar debts, in a sign of the struggles facing an industry assailed by synthetic rivals and uncertain demand. Mine workers are seen under ground at Cullinan mine, near Pretoria, South Read More…
FILE PHOTO: A HNA Group logo is seen on the building of HNA Plaza in Beijing, China February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Chinese conglomerate HNA has cut its stake in Deutsche Bank to 6.3 percent, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. That marks a reduction from 7.64 Read More…
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, center, shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, right, in Beijing on Friday. Photo: pool/Reuters 126 Comments By Lingling Wei and Lingling Wei The Wall Street Journal Biography Lingling.Wei@wsj.com Bob Davis Bob Davis The Wall Street Journal Biography @bobdavis187 Bob.Davis@wsj.com Updated Feb. 15, 2019 7:17 a.m. ET BEIJING—China and Read More…
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China will resume trade talks next week in Washington with time running short to ease their bruising trade war, but U.S. President Donald Trump repeated on Friday that he may extend a March 1 deadline for a deal and keep tariffs on Chinese goods from rising. Both the Read More…