September 2019

Volkswagen bets big on electric. Will consumers buy in?

Volkswagen is rolling out what it bills as the breakthrough electric car for the masses, the leading edge of a wave of new battery-powered vehicles about to hit the European auto market. The cars are the result of massive investments in battery technology and new factories driven by environmental regulation and concerns about global warming. […]

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‘It: Chapter Two’ Floats To The Top Of The Box Office With $91 Million Debut

LOS ANGELES, Sept 8, (Variety.com) – Leave it to Pennywise to deliver a much-needed jolt to the domestic box office. Warner Bros. and New Line’s “It: Chapter Two” arrived with $91 million, a promising start to fall after a lackluster summer moviegoing season. While those ticket sales are behind the jaw-dropping $123 million launch of

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They May Not Golf, but They Like the Lifestyle

When buying golf homes, the wealthy often turn to Sotheby’s International Realty. The firm has nearly 7,000 property listings at any given time in more than 30 countries and territories. “Golf homes have consistently been one of our top-selling categories,” said Philip A. White Jr., the company’s president and an avid golfer. (Sotheby’s International Realty

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Pelosi and Schumer, in Push for Gun Safety Legislation, Urge Trump to Defy N.R.A.

Yet some Republicans, especially in states where there have been mass shootings, are also calling for gun safety legislation. In Texas, where there were multiple deadly shootings in August, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a staunch proponent of gun rights, called on Friday for background checks on private gun sales. In Washington, the August shootings prompted

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Northern Ireland economy ‘enters or is entering’ recession

Image caption Manufacturers posted their fastest rate of job losses in over seven years last month The Northern Ireland economy “has entered or is entering recession” according to a survey by Ulster Bank. It suggests Brexit-related uncertainty underpinned the fall in private sector output in August. Every month the bank asks local businesses about things

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