Press Clippings It’s Tuesday, 29 November 2016. The Black Friday/Black Monday weekend of shopping is over (temporarily). While everyone checks their shopping lists, see what’s happening in the rest of the world by clicking on the links below to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers. The Times (London) Financial Times (UK) The Irish …
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Hot Stuff: The Maple Syrup Shortage
Paying Attention Embed from Getty Images Who would have thought it? That maple syrup–that cold Saturday morning breakfast staple, the sweet glue that brings sugar and eye-popping taste to waffles and pancakes throughout North America–would be more valuable than oil (maple syrup was, at the time of the writing of this post, $32 a gallon …
The Nightshift: 28 November 2016
Press Clippings It’s Monday, 28 November 2016. America is back at work, having survived traveling for the Holidays and Black Friday. Now, the country must survive CyberMonday–the online equivalent of Black Friday. Good luck with that (and good luck to all the retailers and shoppers). While the cash registers sing, see what’s happening in the rest of …
The Nightshift: 27 November 2016
Press Clippings Embed from Getty Images It’s Sunday, 26 November 2016. America is on the road, returning from the Thanksgiving Holiday and recovering from the exhausting buy-fest that is Black Friday. See what’s happening in the rest of the world by clicking on the links below to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers. The …
The Nightshift: 26 November 2016
Press Clippings Embed from Getty Images It’s Saturday, 26 November 2016. Fidel Castro. the long-serving premier/dictator/strongman of Cuba has died. That island country will now undergo its’ own transition as America transitions into a new Presidential administration. History will judge Castro’s reign in Cuba and only time will determine if diplomatic and commercial relationships with Cuba will …
The Nightshift: 25 November 2016
Press Clippings It’s Friday, 25 November 2016, Black Friday (THE SHOPPING DAY) in America. See what’s happening in the rest of the world by clicking on the links below to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers. The Times (London) Financial Times (UK) The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland) The Wall Street Journal (European edition) …
The Nightshift: 24 November 2016
Press Clippings It’s Thursday, 24 November 2016, Thanksgiving Day in America. See what’s happening in the rest of the world by clicking on the links below to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers. The Times (London) Financial Times (UK) The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland) The Wall Street Journal (European edition) Washington Post (Washington, D.C.) …
The Nightshift: 23 November 2016
Press Clippings It’s Wednesday, 23 November 2016 Today is one of the biggest travel day of the year, as families move across the country to celebrate Thanksgiving together in a uniquely American Holiday. See what’s happening in the rest of the world by clicking on the links below to the front pages of the world’s great …
The Nightshift: 22 November 2016
Press Clippings It’s Tuesday, 22 November 2016. Embed from Getty Images On this date, in 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. It’s a day that broke America’s heart and changed the country forever. Today, 53 years later, America is undergoing another major change as a new administration takes …
The Nightshift: 21 November 2016
Press Clippings It’s Monday, 21 November 2016. The transition is on and things will change. See what’s happening in the world by clicking on the links below to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers. And, if you’re traveling for Thanksgiving, have a safe trip. The Times (London) Financial Times (UK) The Irish Times …