The Ninja Thirsti drink system lets you make soda one glass at a time Everyone loves soda makers, which let you produce seltzer water or flavored sodas on demand. But soda machines often come with compromises — proprietary bottles, hard-to-find carbonation canisters or just a single level of carbonation. And you have to make a … Read more
Home sale scams ramp up amid a housing market short on inventory Last month, a real estate agent in Patty Zuzek’s office got a call about selling a plot of land. The caller, who had heard about the real estate agency through a Facebook post wanted to sell the vacant lot $75,000 below the market … Read more
Passengers hoped this ‘time traveling’ flight would give them two New Year’s Eves – but they arrived in the wrong yearPassengers on a United Airlines flight hoping to travel back in time for New Year’s got off to an unfortunate start in 2024. Flight UA200 was originally scheduled to depart Guam at 7:35 a.m. on … Read more
Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary to become first Australian-born QueenThe fairy tale rise of an Australian sales executive to the upper ranks of European royalty is set to be completed later this month when Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark becomes the country’s Queen Consort. The final stretch of Mary’s path from Tasmania to the Danish … Read more
Taxes on sugary drinks cut consumer sales by 33%, study says Raising the price of sugar-sweetened sodas, coffees, teas and energy, sports and fruit drinks by an average of 31% reduced consumer purchases of those drinks by a third, according to a new analysis of restrictions implemented in five US cities. “What we measured is … Read more