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Wegmans is closing one of its largest grocery stores. Its unusual location hurt business

wgrz.com The Natick, Massachusetts store will close on an undetermined date this summer, the Rochester, New York-based company said in a statement on Thursday. NATICK, Mass. — The…

Wegmans is closing one of its largest stores after only 5 years

businessinsider.com Wegmans' closing Natick, Massachusetts, location is an anchor tenant of a local high-end mall. Wegmans Wegmans is closing one of its largest stores this summer. The…

For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her ‘Black Power Household’

nytimes.com “I wanted to talk about the lowercase-p Panthers, as people,” Tori Sampson said of her speculative account of the Black Panther Party’s origins. “This Land Was Made,” at the…

Padma Lakshmi Is Leaving ‘Top Chef’ After Its 20th Season

nytimes.com Padma Lakshmi announced on Friday that she was leaving the Bravo reality-competition juggernaut “Top Chef,” which she has hosted for 19 of the show’s 20 seasons, calling it…

Home Showcase: Beacon Hill style, location … and a pool

bostonherald.com Longtime Home Showcase readers know we don’t usually gatekeep, so we’re hoping you’ll forgive us if we briefly considered keeping Unit 4 at 21 Joy Street in Boston all to…

Teenagers Can Expect a Strong Summer Job Market

nytimes.com Amusement parks, restaurants, pools and other entertainment spots will need workers. Here’s what to know about finding a job. Teenagers seeking work will probably find ample…

Jack Black To Associate Produce Short ‘Gianna’ From ‘School Of Rock’ Co-Star Rivkah Reyes; ‘Happy Endings Funeral Parlor’ Sets Cast; Best of NFMLA Award…

deadline.com Jack Black has boarded Gianna, a horror comedy short written, produced by and starring his School of Rock co-star Rivkah Reyes, as an associate producer. Also starring Emmy…

Will Franklin Templeton’s Deal With Putnam Change Their Fortunes?

institutionalinvestor.com The legacy U.S. fund businesses at Franklin Templeton and Putnam Investments have struggled for most of the last decade. Executives at both companies praised the $925…

Elon Musk is wrong about a housing-market crash

businessinsider.com In May, Elon Musk tweeted his bearish outlook on US real estate market. Matt Cardy/Getty Images Elon Musk tweeted that US home values are set to plummet. Selma Hepp, the…

Wegmans to close Natick, Massachusetts store because of slow business

abcnews.go.com NATICK, Mass. -- The Wegmans supermarket chain is closing one of its largest and most unusual stores because it has not attracted enough business, the company said. The…

The economics of homelessness

marketplace.org As part of a special series, “Marketplace Morning Report” decided to explore how debt ceiling talks are further stalling progress on big priorities like the housing crisis,…

American Airlines Pilots Reject Plan To Explore Merger With ALPA

forbes.com American Airlines pilots have rejected what could have been the initial step in leaving their union to join the Air Line Pilots Association. In a vote Thursday afternoon at…

Father Time Has Caught Up With Boston Red Sox’ Pitcher Corey Kluber

forbes.com It is very difficult to watch Cy Young Award winning pitchers decline in productivity. Throughout his career, it is beyond comprehension how many pitches have taxed the…

Army tank made of Bud Light goes viral

newsweek.com Bud Light boycotters flocked to the comments on TikTok to mock a patriotic display featuring cases of the beer assembled to look like an army tank as controversy over the…

The Best Travel Experiences in 15 U.S. Destinations

thestreet.com A quiet, cobbled lane in the historic French Quarter of Charleston, S.C., is just one of several hidden pathways in the city. This narrow alleyway is just 10 feet wide and…

America’s doughnut capital. Can we stop at just one?

washingtonpost.com We kicked off our investigation with our friends at Yelp, who shared all 24,612 doughnut shop listings on the review site. By grouping stores with the same name and…

Leading Silicon Valley law firm hunts for Canadian talent

theglobeandmail.com One of Silicon Valley’s largest law firms is on the hunt for Canadian lawyers with tech expertise for a planned Toronto office, the latest northern expansion by major U.S.…

‘We Want Total War’: Inside the Republican Rebound in New York

politico.com Various theories have been proffered by operatives and pundits. Many Democrats in New York were quick to blame dysfunction within the state Democratic Party. But the state…

The Dress Code was ‘Fly and Gay’

nytimes.com By talking frequently for the first year of the pandemic, Ahmad Maksoud and Josef Perou brought each other light in a dark time. Then they finally met. Ahmad Maksoud and…

Attorney accused of rapes in Boston from 2007 and 2008 faces charges

nbcnews.com An attorney accused in a series of sexual assaults in Boston more than a decade ago waived extradition in New Jersey on Thursday and was set to return to Massachusetts,…

Great-West Lifeco Says Goodbye (Sort of) to Putnam Investments

247wallst.com Great-West Lifeco (CA:GWO), the insurance subsidiary of Montreal-based Power Corporation of Canada (CA:POW), announced on May 31 that it was selling its Putnam Investments…

US FinTech Aliaswire sells SMB Credit Card Firm Payvus to Onboard Partners

pymnts.com Boston-based FinTech Aliaswire has sold its Payvus small business credit card issuing and capital management business to Onboard Partners. The acquisition announced Thursday…

The Suffering Is Off The Charts

zerohedge.com The Suffering Is Off The Charts Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Things have taken a turn for the worse. In recent months, economic activity has…

Airbnb Sues New York City Over Short-Term Rental Law

pymnts.com Airbnb, the short-term rental platform, is taking legal action against New York City over a new law that it claims amounts to a “de facto ban” on short-term rentals. As…

How Kobe Bryant Helped Religion of Sports Cofounder Gotham Chopra Discover His Passion

thewrap.com Office With a View: The basketball icon taught the filmmaker and TV producer about the importance of ”putting in the work“ “For me, sports in Boston was just an obsession.…

Harris Faulkner: RFK Jr Could Sway Black Dems From Biden

thewrap.com Harris Faulkner believes Black Democrats may vote in favor of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over Joe Biden. During a Fox New segment, Faulkner chatted with two commentators about…

JetBlue strikes a deal to sell Spirit's LaGuardia operation if it succeeds in buying Spirit

apnews.com JetBlue Airways said Thursday it has agreed to sell Spirit Airlines’ holdings at New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Frontier Airlines if it succeeds in buying Spirit. The…

Compass Medical closure surprises attorney who won $16M judgement against Quincy-based company

bostonherald.com Compass Medical’s decision to shutter all of its facilities in Massachusetts came as a surprise to the attorney who helped secure a $16 million-plus payment from the…

J&J secures dismissal of whistleblower case over misuse of confidential info

reuters.com A federal appeals court, in a decision unsealed Wednesday, upheld the dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson as a sanction for the plaintiffs’ misuse…

Housing Market Forecast: Real Estate Expert Jonathan Miller

businessinsider.com New York appraiser Jonathan Miller has written about US real estate for more than 25 years. • He told Insider that prices this year will disappoint both buyers and sellers.…

The Most Expensive City to Have a Wedding Costs $43,536

entrepreneur.com Inflation and increasing demand for services are the main drivers of the year-over-year increase. Love is priceless — unless you want a wedding. According to a new report…

Amtrak's upcoming high-speed Acela trains have been delayed again

businessinsider.com Amtrak's upcoming Acela trains have been delayed from the original Spring 2021 debut to 2024. Amtrak Amtrak has delayed the rollout of its upcoming high-speed Acela trains…

Meet me at the dog run

techcrunch.com You’ll have to forgive me, I spent most of the morning thinking and writing about VR. In the lead-up to Apple’s expected headset announcement at WWDC next week, I did a…

American Airlines Pushes Back On Antitrust Ruling

thestreet.com For the past three years, American Airlines (AAL) - Get Free Report and JetBlue (JBLU) - Get Free Report have had an agreement unofficially called the Northeast Alliance.…

NBA And NHL Host Cities Will Rake In Millions This Weekend

forbes.com Miami, Denver and Las Vegas can expect to bring in tens of millions of dollars to their local economies as the NBA and NHL finals series start this week, as fans flock to…

Hedge funds are using ChatGPT to do all their mundane grunt work usually relegated to junior staffers

fortune.com The latest artificial-intelligence hype is powering a massive surge in the stock market on bets that a new era of innovation is nigh. Yet for money managers who weaponize…

Why Kids Should Do Chores At Home (And How To Get Started)

forbes.com As parents, it is our job to teach our kids financial responsibility and independence. One excellent way to do this is with chores at home. For our family, this is something…

We're adding to our position in this casino operator on a pullback

cnbc.com We are buying 100 shares of Wynn Resorts (WYNN) at roughly $96.89 apiece. Following Thursday's trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 300 shares of WYNN, increasing…

Karol G Adds New Dates to ‘Mañana Será Bonito’ U.S. Stadium Tour

billboard.com Update: Karol G has added more dates to her Mañana Será Bonito Stadium Tour. On Thursday, June 1, the “TQG” singer announced an additional nine stops for her previously…

Amtrak's new high-speed trains have been delayed again because the tracks they're supposed to run on are too old and busted

businessinsider.com The 28 new Acela trains will have nearly 25% more seats than their predecessor and operate at top speeds of 160 mph. The current fleet operates at top speeds of 150 mph.…

Camille Vasquez thrilled with Johnny Depp's career comeback

newsweek.com Attorney Camille Vasquez told Newsweek of her joy over Johnny Depp's career comeback, one year after his high-profile court battle against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Screen…

Toledo’s ABC station hires Kaplar as news director

talkingbiznews.com ABC station WTVG-TV Ch. 13 in Toledo, Ohio has tapped David Kaplar to serve as a news director. Since September 2018, he held the same post at WOWT-TV Ch. 6, an NBC…

Billionaire Jim Simons Makes Second-Largest Donation To Public College Ever

forbes.com Hedge fund billionaire Jim Simons made one of the largest gifts in the history of higher education Thursday, gifting $500 million to Stony Brook, the Long Island institution…

The Morning Risk Report: Fewer U.S. Companies Applied to Export Sensitive Technology to China Last Year

createsend.com Good morning. Fewer U.S. companies are applying to export sensitive technologies to China amid growing government scrutiny of the flow of goods to the country, especially…

Meet The Former Insurance Executive Who Built A $350 Million Cannabis Edibles Empire

forbes.com Nancy Whiteman grew Wana Brands using a bold national strategy and sold it for a fortune—just before pot stocks crashed. Whiteman, 64, who cofounded the Boulder-based…

American Airlines says it will appeal a ruling that would break up a partnership with JetBlue

bostonherald.com American Airlines said Wednesday it will appeal a court decision that would force the airline to break up its partnership with JetBlue Airways in the Northeast. American and…

Column: Right-wing hatemongers count on the cowardice of companies such as Target

latimes.com If there’s a company in America you’d expect to have the gumption and spirit to see off a stupid and specious attack on the selling of LGBTQ+-themed merchandise for Pride…

Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat Can Gloat Over Haters, But Others Can’t

forbes.com It’s the one that sits near the vicinity of what Jimmy Butler said slightly above a monotone last month after his Miami Heat shocked the Celtics in Boston during the opening…

What is berberine, the supplement dubbed 'nature's Ozempic' on social media?

nbcnews.com A dietary supplement called berberine is gaining momentum on social media for its weight loss effects, even being referred to by some as “nature’s Ozempic,” in reference to…

Derrick White Or Caleb Martin: Who Will Be This Year’s Playoff Paycheck?

forbes.com Every season, a role player seems to make such a substantial impact on a team that goes on a deep run that they capitalize afterward by signing a larger deal than they were…

The average wedding just hit $29,000

cnn.com Weddings are back, in full force. That’s the good news. But engaged couples will pay a tad more to get hitched in 2023. The average cost of a wedding, nationally, this year…

Insiders Load Up on These 2 Dividend Stocks With Impressive Yields of 8% or More

yahoo.com Saying ‘insider trading’ conjures up images of smoky back rooms and shady deals, but that’s only for the movies. In real life, insiders refer to corporate officers, such as…

Too Much Talent: Why Boston Might Move On From Jaylen Brown

forbes.com After coming up just a game short of NBA and American sports history, it is another year where the Boston Celtics fell shy of their ultimate goal. And despite being a game…

Did Jimmy Butler Deserve The Eastern Conference Finals MVP Award?

forbes.com In 2015 it was unclear who the truly deserving winner was. The series was muddled and it was apparent that LeBron James was the best player in the NBA Finals when the…

‘This is civilization-threatening’: Here’s why AI poses an existential risk

bostonglobe.com Many of those who signed this stark warning actually know what they’re talking about. Over 100 of them work in the AI industry, at companies including OpenAI, Anthropic,…

American Airlines plans to appeal ruling that blocks JetBlue partnership, CEO says

cnbc.com An American Airlines plane takes off near a parked JetBlue plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.…

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