WASHINGTON — It’s fashionable to claim that the free-market ideas of Nobel-laureate economist Milton Friedman have failed the country, and that it’s time for new policies. Campaigning in 2020, Joe Biden declared that “Milton Friedman isn’t running the show anymore.” More recently, New York Times columnist David Leonhardt noted that people like Friedman promised that … Read more
With 18 teams each playing 23 games in a 24-round season, all clubs are hit with ‘double-up’ match-ups, where certain sides play games against each other twice during the year. The AFL uses a ‘weighted rule’ to determine who plays each other twice, breaking the 18 teams into three groups: the top six teams from … Read more
Formula One is taking over Las Vegas – and it’s even forcing the brand-new futuristic Sphere facility to close down. The Sphere is a 111m tall venue which cost $2.3 billion USD to build and features high-definition screens on both the inside and outside of the building. It was only opened on 29 September and … Read more
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High borrowing costs ate starting to bite in corporate America. Photo / Alexander Spatari, Getty Images The US economy may be growing much faster than pessimists had predicted, but business is still brisk for bankruptcy lawyers. “Things have really accelerated,” says Thomas Lauria, global head of restructuring at White & Case. His team is on … Read more
Max Verstappen is accumulating Formula 1 records so fast that he’s starting to re-break some of his own. Verstappen’s 16th win of the season eclipses the previous best of 15 set by — you guessed it — himself last season. Of course you might argue that numbers like these are historically meaningless with so many … Read more
SHREVEPORT, La. – A $26M partnership between Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and local Shreveport technology powerhouse Outerlink Global Solutions officially launched this August with the announcement of a four-year Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract award. This is the first STRATFI contract ever designated to AFGSC, which marks a pivotal step forward in the … Read more
Cricket will feature as one of five new sports at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The International Olympic Committee* (IOC) approved a push by LA organisers for cricket’s Twenty20 format, together with baseball/softball, flag football, squash, and lacrosse, to be included. Games organisers have proposed a six-team event for both men’s and women’s … Read more
money in the cash register at Frankie’s Pizza on January 12, 2022 in Miami, Florida. The eatery’s co-owner, Renee Pasquarella, said the cost for everything needed to run the business — from cardboard boxes to pizza ingredients including cheese, tomatoes, meat — has gone up. She said that in the 67 years the pizza place … Read more
Alexander Volkanovski’s decision to fight for the UFC lightweight title on 11 days notice has seen him rewarded with a huge new contract deal which, his agent says, now makes him one the highest paid fighters not named Conor McGregor. Already regarded by many as the No.1 fighter on the UFC roster, Volkanovski has again … Read more
A German leisure and vacation airline has launched direct flights from the city of Frankfurt to Mombasa. Condor has been flying into Kenya for about 20 years now but only as a charter to Mombasa. Speaking during a meeting with travel agents at a hotel in Nairobi, Condor General Manager for Kenya and Tanzania Lilian … Read more