Tag: quite

21 NOV

Strictly Come Dancing 2017: Shirley Ballas fuels Brendan Cole feud 'I was quite surprised'

The professional dancer became very defensive when the head judge critiqued his dances with celebrity partner Charlotte Hawkins earlier this series.  Now, Shirley has revealed that she was taken aback by his reaction despite knowing the dancer for a long time.  “I know what Brendan’s like,” she told TV Times. “I taught him for a […]

29 OCT

The US economy isn’t quite as strong as it looks

AP/Mike Groll The US economy grew at a rate of 3% in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday. Both business investment and consumer spending made solid contributions to third-quarter gains. That headline, however, masks the fact that overall growth is still closer to 2%, and some key indicators explain why. Inflation remains well […]

28 OCT

The US economy isn’t quite as strong as it looks

AP/Mike Groll The US economy grew at a rate of 3% in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday. Both business investment and consumer spending made solid contributions to third-quarter gains. That headline, however, masks the fact that overall growth is still closer to 2%, and some key indicators explain why. Inflation remains well […]

12 OCT

Vegas, Leafs, Ovechkin generating quite the buzz

NHL’s 1st week created historic hot starts, surprises and disappointments The first week of the NHL season has been full of hot starts, surprises, disappointments and achievements we haven’t witnessed in decades. Here are seven impressions from the first seven days of the 2017-18 season: Vegas Strong Let’s begin with Vegas and the Golden Knights’ […]

07 OCT

Windows Mixed Reality headsets expected to sell pretty well—or quite badly

Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) Depending on which analysts you choose to believe, Windows Mixed Reality headsets will either sell strongly, outselling the Oculus Rift by two-to-one and the HTC Vive by ten-to-fifteen percent in the fourth quarter… or get off to a slow start, with VR remaining niche. On the more upbeat side is market research […]

18 SEP

Ghana: The new Canary Islands—or not quite?

Andrew Eames September 18, 2017 Share this article It’s culturally interesting, politically stable and has a coastline of golden beaches. So why isn’t Ghana on the tourist map—and could it be? Andrew Eames takes a road trip along the West African nation’s Cape Coast to find out. As winter approaches the northern hemisphere, European minds—as if […]

07 SEP

2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid Tested: The Not Quite Flagship, Electrified

– After a busy few years that included the launch of the ATS, the third-gen CTS, exciting V performance variants of both, a redesigned Escalade, a new XT5 crossover, and a new CT6 large sedan, Cadillac has gone quiet for a stretch. The only new product that has hit the streets since early 2016 is […]

05 SEP

Video: USS Ford’s “digital” catapult, (not quite) ready for duty

(video link) The USS Gerald R. Ford, the US Navy’s newest carrier, has been a source of some controversy—largely because of its next-generation aircraft catapult, the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS). In this first installment of Sitrep, we explain why the system has caused the Navy headaches, and why those headaches haven’t completely run their course. […]