The Miss America pageant was dreamed up in the 1920s to bring money to Atlantic City. In 2016, thats what New Jersey considers as economic development for the beleaguered seaside resort. The beauty contest will return Sept. 11 — thanks in no small part to public dollars. With Atlantic City on the financial brink, the…
Written by Leela Prasad | Updated: July 20, 2016 12:36 pm Pokemon addiction: Like a flash mob, gamers, who possibly havent seen daylight in a long time, were seen congregating at public parks to catch that elusive, rare Pokemon. Adult gamers are so hooked to playing Pokemon Go that it wouldnt be surprising to hear…
Leonard Postrado July 19, 2016 As the U.S gambling industry starts to evolve due to the introduction of bills aim to regulate other forms of gambling, credit debt watcher Fitch Ratings sounded alarm bells that such progress will come with a hefty price. Fitch warned that Atlantic City casinos will feel the full brunt of…
Image: Jim Cooke/Getty Who ultimately inserted Michelle Obamas words into Melania Trumps convention speech? At the root, there can only be two options: Melania herself. A speechwriter. http://gawker.com/melania-trump- The first would be more understandable. If Melania had asked to write the speech herselfas she said she didyou could see how she might have looked over…
When Adrian Boniciolli was retrenched after more than a decade at photocopying powerhouse Xerox, his final payout was nearly six months’ salary. With the luxury of time before lack of money would force him to find a job, he decided to tackle the task of renovating his home in the inner-Sydney suburb of Marrickville. Adrian…
(Repeats for wider distribution) By Emily Flitter Donald Trump, who often says he only likes winners, tells one grand tale of loss: In 1990, he nearly went bankrupt and was forced to ask dozens of banks to whom he owed money to change the terms on their loans and forgive some of his debts. It…
With the S&P 500 index close to record highs and U.S. Treasury yields near record lows, world markets increasingly resemble the ball-on-top-of-a-hill diagram used to illustrate an unstable state in popular science books. Roll to the left for a cataclysmic stock market collapse; roll right for resurgent global growth, soaring equity prices and a crash in…
Last June, as dusk fell outside Tony Schwartzs sprawling house, on a leafy back road in Riverdale, New York, he pulled out his laptop and caught up with the days big news: Donald J. Trump had declared his candidacy for President. As Schwartz watched a video of the speech, he began to feel personally implicated.…
Donald Trump, who often says he only likes winners, tells one grand tale of loss: In 1990, he nearly went bankrupt and was forced to ask dozens of banks to whom he owed money to change the terms on their loans and forgive some of his debts. It was, the real estate developer admits in…
There’s numerous ways that The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air has managed to continue to make a lasting impression with audiences over time. Not only was the show supremely hilarious, but it also had a lot of heart with more than enough Fresh Prince Of Bel Air episodes to make you cry. But that doesn’t…