TOKYO — Snoopy may be joining Sony. Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp.’s music unit said Monday that it is buying a stake in Peanuts Holdings, the company behind Snoopy and Charlie Brown. Sony Music Entertainment signed a deal with DHX Media, based in Nova Scotia, Canada, to acquire 49 per cent of the 80 per […]
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The World Health Organization is calling on all nations to rid foods of artificial trans fats in the next five years. The United Nations agency has in the past pushed to exterminate infectious diseases,…
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday in a New Jersey memorabilia dealer’s lawsuit that accuses New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning of conspiring with the team’s equipment staff to sell bogus “game-used” helmets to unsuspecting collectors as part of a long-running scam. Barring a last-minute settlement, the two-time Super Bowl-winning […]
SONOMA, Calif. — A sheriff’s deputy responding to a report of a disturbance at a California car wash has been shot and wounded. Sheriff’s officials say the deputy was hospitalized in good condition following the shooting Sunday about a mile (1.6 kilometres) west of downtown Sonoma. A 19-year-old car wash worker has been arrested. The […]
NEW YORK — Copier company Xerox Corp. has ended an agreement to combine with Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings and is entering a settlement deal with investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason. The two companies had announced earlier this year that Fuji Xerox, their 56-year-old joint venture, would combine with Xerox, with Fujifilm Holdings taking a 50.1 […]
FRESNO, Calif. — A California jury has awarded nearly $8 million dollars to the former manager of a Chipotle Mexican Grill for wrongful termination. Jeanette Ortiz was accused in 2015 of stealing $626 in cash from a safe at the restaurant in Fresno. Her bosses claimed the theft was recorded on surveillance video, but when […]
The average seniors’ homes rent varied across the country in 2017, with Ontario the highest at $3,526 per month and Quebec the lowest at $1,678 per month