Sales of Israeli Goods in West Bank Down 50% Due to Boycott
RAMALLAH, West Bank — In a convenience store in Ramallah, Muhammad Ali, 9, asked his mother to buy him some juice, but told her, “I do not want an Israeli one.” When Al-Monitor asked him why, he replied, “Because they are killing the children in ...
Few Market Basket shoppers end boycott as latest 'final offer' looms
Some customers fed up with the mess at Market Basket have ended their boycott, but their return has done little to ease the beleaguered supermarket chain that some fear will be forced to shut its doors soon if a deal isn't reached to end the five-week ...
Reconsider Boo-based Boycott, Advises Home Minister
New Delhi: The Congress has found an unexpected ally in its battle against booing: The ruling Akali Dal of Punjab, which also happens to be a key ally of the BJP. Today, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal berated the public heckling of Congress ...
Aurora Theater Should Have Predicted Mass Shooting, Judge Rules
The owner of the Aurora movie theater that was the site of a deadly 2012 attack could have reasonably enough foreseen the danger of such an attack to be held liable for it, a federal judge ruled Friday. Noting "the grim history of mass shootings and mass ...
Dirt cheap Windows PCs already hitting the streets, with help from Microsoft
Microsoft is helping hardware makers build low-priced Windows PCs to combat Chromebooks and the early results of that effort are hitting the market. Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo are selling laptops priced less than $250 that run on Windows 8.1 with ...
Breaking a “Pay-It-Forward” Chain Isn’t Being a “Cheap Bastard.” It’s Good Economics.
Starbucks gets great PR when a chain of customers “pays” for each other’s coffee. But that’s not what’s really going on. By Jason Feifer When you combine coffee with a poor understanding of economics, two things can happen: You feel smug and self ...
Haryana govt in rush to give licences before polls
With assembly polls likely in a couple of months, the Haryana government seems to be in a hurry to issue licences to private-sector developers before the model code of conduct kicks in. Out of the 111 licences given out this year, 40 were issued in the ...
Rush re-sign Lafontaine & Sorichetti with three-year deals
The Edmonton Rush have announced that the team has signed transition players Adrian Sorichetti and John Lafontaine to three-year contracts, starting with the 2015 National Lacrosse League season. Sorichetti will be entering his second season with the Rush ...
