If you’re looking for a screwball company that has a screwball chief executive officer and a screwball stock price, I can tell you just where to go: Tesla, Inc. The screwball CEO, of course, is Elon Musk, who three years ago also crowned himself Tesla’s (TSLA) techno-king, whatever that title is supposed to mean. Tesla […]
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How a Lyft ride led to a lawsuit, new Bengals OC, today’s top stories
I’m Kevin Grasha. I cover Hamilton County and federal courts for The Enquirer. A Lyft ride for a patient from Cincinnati’s Christ Hospital to Wilmington is at the center of a lawsuit filed this month. According to the lawsuit, there was a dispute over an extra $20 the Lyft driver requested for the extra-long trip. […]
Florida woman gives birth in back seat of Lyft ride
Florida woman gives birth in back seat of Lyft ride A newborn baby girl is healthy and with her mother after her delivery didn’t go as planned. The baby came into this world in the back seat of a Lyft. The South Florida mother called the ride service when she went into labor. Read: New […]
Rough ride? Utility companies are violating Kansas City street repair rules, audit finds
Kansas City motorists have complained for years about roads left rough after utility companies did only minimal restoration to streets they had cut open. Most annoying of all were the scars left in freshly paved streets, when with better coordination that utility work could have been done before the new street was put in. So […]
It’s been a ‘wild’ ride for the comet sampled by NASA’s Stardust mission
The first comet sample-return mission is still revealing secrets about its icy target — even 18 years after bringing to Earth a precious cargo for scientists to dissect. After launching in 1999, NASA’s Stardust mission rendezvoused with the comet named 81P/Wild 2 (81P/ means it was the 81st periodic comet to be recognized) in 2004, […]
Broadcom Stock And Two Others Ride Earnings Waves To New Highs
Tech stocks Broadcom (AVGO), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) and SAP (SAP) continued to climb after their earnings reports. All three broke out of bases and reached new highs on Friday. X Broadcom stock broke out of an ascending base with a 1,151.82 buy point, according to MarketSmith pattern recognition. The buy zone goes to 1,209.41. The entry coincides […]
Nintendo World’s Donkey Kong Ride Actually Goes Off the Rails
At Universal Studios Japan, Super Nintendo World’s “jumping” Donkey Kong ride puts visitors in the mine-cart action of the video game, broken tracks and all. That’s right, you’ll be experiencing a very realistic simulation of being in Kong’s cart and jumping onto a completely different rail on this coaster set to open at Universal Studios […]
Nintendo World’s Donkey Kong Ride Actually Goes Off the Rails
At Universal Studios Japan, Super Nintendo World’s “jumping” Donkey Kong ride puts visitors in the mine-cart action of the video game, broken tracks and all. That’s right, you’ll be experiencing a very realistic simulation of being in Kong’s cart and jumping onto a completely different rail on this coaster set to open at Universal Studios […]
No Pants Light Rail Ride was a no-brainer dumb idea
One of the Valley’s more peculiar celebrations was held over the weekend, a “body positive” event in which people decide to ditch their britches and ride the light rail. So there they were, joy riding around town in their undies alongside the pantsed crowd. There were boxers, briefs and one dude parading around in a […]
Tri-Rail arrives in Miami, but not the promised one-seat ride downtown. What’s next?
For years, Tri-Rail promoted a “one-seat” train ride into Miami from West Palm Beach once it could open a platform in Brightline’s rail complex in the heart of downtown. That new Tri-Rail station opened on Friday with a steel drum band and confetti, but without the seamless train ride that was the centerpiece of the […]
Cytokinetics Deal Rumors Take Traders on White-Knuckle Ride
(Bloomberg) — Traders expecting to make good on Cytokinetics Inc. takeover bets found themselves on a white-knuckle ride as prospects for a deal whipsawed shares. Most Read from Bloomberg Cytokinetics was already a takeover favorite when a batch of positive trial data hit in December. In the weeks that followed, shares soared nearly 200% amid […]
Ride into the new year on a Peloton bike — it’s a rare $300 off on Amazon right now
By now, everyone’s heard of Peloton, and if you’re thinking, “Isn’t that the absurdly expensive stationary bike?” you’re … sort of right. As someone who’s been riding with them in-studio since 2015 and on my own bike at home since 2020, I think these bikes are worth their high price tags, and then some. That […]