Alzheimer’s drug failure a disappointing setback for hopeful supporters

Medicine, like many other industries, is becoming more and more a consumer entity. Advertising has put aspects of the industry that used to be in the background, front and center. Competing brands buy ad space during prime time, and side effects have become the stuff of standup comedy routines.

Hallmark channel set to win again this Christmas

Call them maudlin, cheesy or formulaic. Wooden or contrived. Michelle Vicary, Hallmark’s queen of Christmas schmaltz, couldn’t care less. Because she knows what works, and why it keeps working. We’re talking, of course, about Hallmark holiday movies, soon to be wall to wall on cable channels for a solid month. Want a primer on how it goes? Here’s a text trailer for “A Cookie Cutter Christmas.”

Is Trump win Facebook’s “fault”?

Tens of millions of Americans woke up last week, and their candidate did not win the Presidency. Some went about their day disappointed but otherwise dedicated to doing whatever they do. Others took to the streets to protest a candidate they claim they would never accept.

Email saga not over for Clinton

When it was first hinted that Hillary Clinton may have used a private email server to communicate government business, her fans denied it, and her critics pounced on yet another opportunity to bash one of the most hated politicians in modern American history.

More bad news for Delta as pilots picket

Can Delta Airlines catch a break? Apparently not. It’s been a pretty rough summer for the world’s number 2 airline. Just a few weeks after a computer program glitch left thousands of passengers stranded across the country, now Delta pilots are picketing company headquarters, making a very public demand for more cash for their services.

Economic Impact of the Olympics in Rio

When Brazil was awarded the right to host the 2016 Olympics in 2009, the country had great economic promise as the world's fifth-largest economy, beating out the United Kingdom. Brazil was viewed as a budding economic super power thanks to its vast mining and agricultural sectors, which helped bring about 33 million Brazilians out of economy in the last decade.