insert_link Food & Drink These Major Restaurants have filed for Bankruptcy during COVID-19 and many more are At Risk In life after COVID-19, experts warn that the local restaurant scene may be no more than a KFC, McDonald’s, Burger King and one or two overpriced craft cocktail bars serving tapas which somehow managed to survive the financial distress from the pandemic. There have been eight bankruptcies of outright restaurant chains or operators of franchises since early April. With each month that has passed, the filings have become prominent as […] todayJuly 20, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness A New Study finds that Cholesterol-lowering drug could see Coronavirus treated like Common Cold Could a simple drug that has been on the market for decades be used to treat COVID-19? A research team led by Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)'s Professor Yaakov Nahmias says that early research looks promising; their findings appear in this week's Cell Press Sneak Peak. Over the last three months, Nahmias and Dr. Benjamin tenOever at New York's Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have focused on the […] todayJuly 20, 2020
insert_link Food & Drink National Ice Cream Day is July 19th – Here’s where to get the best Freebies and Deals As the summer heats up, the best day of the season is rounding the corner: National Ice Cream Day! The holiday for enjoying a classic hot-weather sweet treat always falls on the third Sunday of July, which is actually known as National Ice Cream Month. That means it will take place on the 19th this year. If you think that National Ice Cream Day is just another made up 'day' […] todayJuly 16, 2020
insert_link Fashion Brooks Brothers Goes Bust With Business Clothes Losing Favor Brooks Brothers Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy, felled by the pandemic’s impact on clothing sales and its own heavy debt load. The two-century-old apparel company is the latest to succumb as lockdowns during the coronavirus outbreak add to the woes of old-line retailers. Neiman Marcus Group Inc., J. Crew Group Inc. and John Varvatos Enterprises Inc. each filed for bankruptcy since the virus took hold. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing […] todayJuly 16, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness These 3 Grocers Are the Safest During Coronavirus Wearing face masks and limiting the number of people in a store are just a couple ways grocery shopping changed these past few months due to COVID-19. For the launch of its Consumer Health & Safety Index, global research firm Ipsos provided results of a survey revealing which retailers are successfully carrying out proper health and safety measures. While there were some shocking findings (e.g. 64% of the stores visited had no staff actively cleaning high traffic areas!), […] todayJuly 16, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Humans left behind a record amount of e-waste in 2019 2019 set a record for the amount of e-waste ever generated worldwide: 53.6 million metric tons of discarded phones, computers, appliances, and other gadgets. That’s more than the combined weight of all the adults in Europe. It’s also a 21 percent increase since 2014, according to a new international report. Just 17 percent of that waste was officially recycled, the report finds. The vast majority of it was either sent […] todayJuly 16, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Google bans ads for products and services that secretly track or monitor people Google says it will no longer allow ads for products or services marketed for tracking or monitoring another person without their authorization. In an ad policy update, Google said this will apply to spyware and technology used for intimate partner surveillance, including tech used to monitor texts, phone calls or browsing history. It also applies to GPS trackers marketed to spy on someone without their consent, along with surveillance equipment such as […] todayJuly 15, 2020
insert_link Fashion Beauty influencer Patrick Starrr announces new cosmetics brand launch with Sephora Patrick Starrr does things differently. For starters, you won't catch him participating in internet catfights. (Although, an occasional subtweet isn't out of the question.) He's not hawking out his name to every brand on the planet. And in a beauty industry with a culture that thrives on what's happening now, how to be relevant at this moment, and who's hanging with who, Starrr is focused on the big picture: the […] todayJuly 15, 2020
insert_link Home Improvement Summer Home Improvement Projects to Avoid Sometimes the most important summer home improvement projects are those that you don’t actually undertake. Because not every enhancement will pay off, either in terms of property resale value or visual punch, and it’s vital every dollar you invest in a project bring back a positive ROI. Though every property (and market) is unique, here are a few home improvement projects that maybe should be at the bottom of your […] todayJuly 15, 2020
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