The generation that is quickly occupying the majority of business leadership roles is one that’s grown up playing video games, spends the most time shopping online, and uses social media more habitually than any other generation. If you were thinking it’s millennials, that’s probably because they’ve dominated the media’s focus for the past decade. But...
Seven people associated with the sex ad website Backpage.com, including its founders Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, are facing charges of knowingly facilitating prostitution as part of a 93-count indictment that was unsealed on Monday. The indictment, which also includes money laundering charges, was made public after Backpage.com and its affiliated websites were seized on...
Starbucks (SBUX) and other coffee companies need to carry a cancer warning, a Los Angeles judge has ruled. The decision comes after a nonprofit group had sued coffee roasters, distributors and retailers under a state law that requires warnings on a wide range of chemicals that can cause cancer. One of the chemicals is acrylamide,...
Our publisher was able to sit and talk with Danny Carr of Jefferson County. Intro: My name is Danny Carr and I’m a native of Birmingham Alabama. I was raised in Ensley one of the toughest areas in the city. I attended Jackson Olin High School, Alabama State University, then Miles College School of law....
Good brows frame your face and make you appear more youthful. If you pencil yours in, you might be searching for alternative ways to achieve fuller-looking brows that don’t require the time and precision of daily drawing sessions. These three new treatments guarantee golden arches. Here, three ways to get fuller brows, depending on if...
There really are upsides to breaking things off. Breakups suck. Getting rejected never feels good, and initiating a split comes with its own set of challenges. But more often than not, the end of a relationship teaches us something about ourselves—as well as who (and how) we want to love. Here, seven women share the...
If only a good idea and a bit of luck were all you needed to launch a successful startup. The reality is that it takes a lot more. Timing, competition, and future market conditions can make or break a business. So if you want yours to still be around in a year–or 10–it’s vital to...
Stay sneeze-proof Who likes getting a runny nose or itchy eyes when allergies flare up? Talk to any allergy sufferer and they will agree it’s never fun. Your goal is to minimize your reactions as much as possible, but you may not realize that seemingly harmless daily habits or things in your environment could make...
Rick Ross has been hooked up to a machine that’s taking over the function of his heart and lungs … according to sources connected to the music mogul. Rick is in a Miami area hospital getting treatment in the cardio unit — a strong sign he might have suffered a heart attack which manifested itself...
Equifax has disclosed that an additional 2.4 million people were impacted by a massive cybersecurity breach last year, bringing the total to about 148 million people. The credit reporting agency says that the new consumers were identified during forensic examination of the breach. They were previously unidentified, the company says, because their social security numbers...