This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series, which examines technological, economic, social and cultural shifts that happen as businesses evolve. Comic books have been around since the 1930s, each story taking shape as it moves from its writer to its artists (usually a penciler and an inker) and then to its letterer […]
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Almost 18 months since the Vegas Golden Knights’ improbable inaugural season ended, they look much more like the team that vanquished them in the Stanley Cup Final. If you can’t beat ’em, be more like ’em. Once a ragtag group relying on more will than skill, Vegas is beginning to resemble the Washington Capitals they
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CROOKSTON, Minn. — Collin Peterson just wanted to talk about soybean prices and dying potato crops when he flew home to the western Minnesota farmlands that he has represented in Congress for almost 30 years. But when you are one of just two Democrats in the House to vote against the impeachment inquiry, the subject
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MUNICH — It was a crisp fall morning, and Tom Wilson was contemplating the latest sign that the world of finance had turned upside down. Greece had just sold bonds with a negative interest rate. It was the most recent example of how policies that revived growth after the last financial crisis have forced investors
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRylan’s karaoke challenge: The best bits Rylan Clark-Neal has raised more than £845,000 for Children In Need by singing non-stop karaoke for 24 hours. The presenter sang 231 songs, assisted by more than 90 celebrity guests, including Rick Astley, Nicole Scherzinger and Craig David. He ate spoonfuls
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Image copyright Financial Conduct Authority Image caption It looks nicer on the outside than on the inside, apparently City of London regulators tasked with mucking out the financial stables have been making a “shameful” mess of their own, it has emerged. Financial Conduct Authority staff have been upbraided for leaving their HQ in an “unacceptable”
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After dinner, the mood rapidly downshifted. Whoosh, the lights went out. The effect was of being in a birdcage over which your owner has abruptly dropped a blackout cloth. Everyone lay down and (it seemed) fell asleep on the spot. Alone with my obsessions, I kept remembering “Lost in Translation,” the 2003 film in which
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An important global energy forecast says the world’s thirst for oil will continue to grow until the 2030s and climate-damaging emissions will keep climbing until at least 2040 November 13, 2019, 10:01 AM 3 min read The world’s thirst for oil will continue to grow until the 2030s and climate-damaging emissions will keep climbing until
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Major League Baseball is investigating allegations of cheating by the Houston Astros during home games after an active player went on the record about the scheme. Mike Fiers, who pitched for Houston in 2017, and three other unnamed sources who were with the team at the time, told The Athletic about a special video feed delivered to
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Since Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry in September, House investigators have conducted weeks of fact-finding largely in private to determine if President Trump abused the power of his office in his dealings with Ukraine. On Wednesday, the inquiry enters a new phase: public hearings. The Basics Who: William B. Taylor Jr., the
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