Hi. I'm Aaron Weinman. The most interesting thing I learned when I first visited a Walmart was the sheer range of goods the retailer has on offer. Turns out that diversity extends to services — specifically banking — too. Walmart has sewn the seeds for a thriving fintech for some time. In January last year, […]
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Riverdale season 5: Fans stunned by fourth wall breaking call-back: ‘Highs and lows’
School is in session once again as Archie Andrews (played by KJ Apa) and his friends started their new job as teachers this week on Riverdale. While the small yet seemingly lawless town is dealing with yet another mystery, viewers on the CW, and later on Netflix, were more focused on a hilarious callback to […]
Archaeologists unearth ‘crucial evidence for thriving Roman community’ near Hadrian’s Wall
Hadrian’s Wall: Archaeologists uncover ‘unknown part’ Excavators working in back garden sites across a housing estate in Benwell, in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne, came across many items and structures hailing from the Roman occupation of Britain. The team’s work has been followed by More4’s documentary, ‘The Great British Dig: History in Your […]
Ratings: Cannonball Makes OK Splash, The Wall Hits Season High in Audience
In the latest TV ratings, NBC’s special preview of Cannonball (which officially premieres July 9 on USA Network) drew 2.8 million total viewers and a 0.6 rating, placing second for the night in the demo. Opening NBC’s Monday lineup, Titan Games (3.9 mil/0.7) and The Wall (4 mil/0.7) tied for the nightly demo win, with […]
Game of Thrones season 8 spoilers: How did Tormund survive the fall of the Wall?
Game of Thrones season eight will include Tormund Giantsbane (played by Kristofer Hivju), as confirmed by the HBO trailer for the upcoming series, which will air on Sky Atlantic in the UK. Tormund ended the previous series of the HBO and Sky series facing the collapse of the Eastwatch section of the Wall with Beric […]
Tesla sells a new wall charger, Maryland backs away from big EV charging program
Enlarge / New Tesla wall charger. (credit: Tesla) This week, Tesla introduced a new wall charger that can plug directly into a NEMA 14-50 standard American wall outlet. The new wall charger is similar to the company’s second-generation mobile wall connector but with the ability to provide 40 amps (9.6kW) to long-range Model S, X, […]
As the government shutdown over Trump’s border wall rages, a journey along the entire 1,933-mile US-Mexico border shows the monumental task of securing it
Skye Gould/Andy Kiersz/Business Insider The US government is currently shut down because President Donald Trump is demanding billions of dollars to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, and Congress won’t fund it. Of the 1,933 miles along the border, 1,279 miles is unfenced. Most of the barrier that currently exists, and that the Trump […]
Wall Street firms take aim at America’s stock-exchange oligopoly
Their new platform promises low costs and transparency
White House Aides Explore Alternative Ways to Pay for Wall
White House officials are divided over whether President Trump should declare a national emergency to obtain funding to build a border wall and end a partial government shutdown.
Trump tweeted at Nancy Pelosi to end the shutdown over the wall: ‘Let’s make a deal?’
Evan Vucci/AP President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday afternoon to ask House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to “make a deal” that includes funding for a wall along the southern US border. Trump’s tweet comes 11 days into a partial government shutdown that came after gridlock among congressional lawmakers who did not secure Trump’s requested $ 5 […]