No. 1 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia dropped a first-set tiebreak before coming back to win a marathon over Belgium’s Greet Minnen 6–7 (4), 6–4, 6–2 on Monday in first-round action at the Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby in Granby, Quebec. Kasatkina won despite committing 12 double faults and Minnen serving five aces. Kasatkina…
Tips to Take the Sting out of 50% Higher Car Rental Prices
August 21, 2022
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When making your travel budget, don’t assume that lodging and airfare will be your biggest expense. Now, more than ever, rental cars are shaping up to be one of the biggest—and stubbornly high—aspects of people’s vacation budgets. While airfare and lodging prices are certainly near all-time highs, rental cars are among the biggest price increases…
Men Have Pelvic Floors Too – and Can Benefit When They Exercise Them Regularly
“Kegels” and pelvic floor exercises are usually associated with “women’s business” – think pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause. But men have pelvic floors too. Just like women, at various times in their lives men can benefit from training their pelvic floors to address a variety of health concerns. About 30% of men visiting the doctor have…
Liz Weston: Just Starting Out? Learn From Our Mistakes
Those of us who write and talk about money for a living tend to have our financial acts together. But that wasn’t always the case. I invited some personal finance experts to share what they wish they could have told their younger selves about money. Invest Early, Even if It’s Scary If the stock market…
6th Generation Peak Tram Will Be Put Into Service at End of August
The 6th generation Peak Tram will be put into service at 11:00 a.m. on the 27th of August. Both Central Terminal and Peak Terminal will also be re-opened after renovation. The new indoor waiting area at Central Terminal can accommodate 1,300 people. Waiting time for passengers will be significantly reduced by more than 70 percent,…
MLB Roundup: Braves Complete Series Win Over Mets
Michael Harris II drove in the go-ahead run with a seeing-eye double in the seventh inning to send the Atlanta Braves to a 3–2 win over the visiting New York Mets on Thursday. The victory gave the Braves a 3–1 series win and cut the Mets’ lead in the National League East to 3 1/2…
Big Ten Conference Strikes Multi-Year TV Deals ‘Around $7.5 Billion’
College sports league The Big Ten Conference said on Wednesday it has struck multi-year television rights deals for its football, basketball and other intercollegiate games. The agreements with CBS, FOX, NBC and NBCUniversal’s Peacock give The Big Ten, which includes football powerhouses Ohio State and University of Michigan, a solid lead in the race to…
New Book Challenges COVID-19 Vaccine Narrative
As more research is published on people who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine, more data—at least the data that make it to publication—are revealing that many people have had harmful effects from the injections. Of course, COVID-19 itself came with health consequences, and everyone understood that. The vaccine was supposed to be so safe and…
Target Profit Crumbles as Inflation-Weary Consumers Shun Discretionary Spending
Target Corp. reported a bigger-than-expected 90 percent fall in quarterly earnings on Wednesday and missed estimates for comparable sales as it struggled to lure inflation-hit shoppers with steep discounts on apparel, electronics, and home goods. A host of U.S. retailers have issued profit warnings in recent weeks as consumers squeezed by higher prices for everything…
Monkeypox Vax Maker Bavarian Nordic ‘No Longer Certain’ It Can Meet Demand as Cases Surge: Report
Monkeypox vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic has warned it may not be able to meet demand as cases of the virus continue to surge across the globe. “It’s a very dynamic market situation,” Rolf Sass Sorensen, a vice president at the firm, told Bloomberg on Wednesday. “Demand keeps rising, and it’s no longer certain that we can…
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