Last Saturday, I joined several hundred of the area’s community and business leaders at the Westmoreland Club for the Northeast Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Heart Association’s 2018 Heart Gala. Yet again, the club and its amazing staff, led by Bob Williams, proved how remarkably fortunate we are to have such a sophisticated and elegant […]

Celebrities team up with beauty brands to act as their spokesmodels all the time, but there’s something extra special about the fact that Kerry Washington is the face of Neutrogena. Not only is she a model in the brand’s campaigns, but since she joined up, Kerry has pushed Neutrogena to create new products that serve a […]

Lavrov says strike a ‘very dangerous development’; No comment from Israel on allegations it carried out attack The United States, Russia and Syria said Israel carried out a deadly airstrike on an Iran-operated air base in Syria’s central Homs province overnight Monday, with Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov describing the raid as a “very dangerous […]

PRINEVILLE — The students in Connor Booster’s sixth-grade international studies class turned their gazes in every direction, soaking up as much detail as they could of Robben Island in South Africa. The 14 students carefully studied Nelson Mandela’s tiny prison cell and voiced their concern that the cell lacked a bathroom. “You see that red […]

Looks like Brad Pitt and new friend Neri Oxman have known each other for a while. The actor, 54, was spotted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology back in November where he seemingly dropped by one of Oxman’s classes the week after Thanksgiving. Several students posted pictures of the actor posing with the class, including one where he […]

As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies in front of Congress about the company’s practices this week, Americans are waking up to just how much personal information tech companies have collected about them. Facebook said it will begin notifying 87 million people this week whose information was handed to political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica without their […]

A 205-million-year-old prehistoric reptile bone found on a beach in England belongs to a giant ichthyosaur, one of the largest animals that ever lived, according to an international team of researchers. It was a jawbone of a giant ichthyosaur that, experts estimate, may have measured up to a whopping 26 meters (85 feet) long—approaching the […]

If the Trump administration wins some concessions from China in the latest trade dispute, it could be a boost to U.S.-based multinationals. “The upside could be big because business as usual wasn’t getting the job done in opening up the market in China,” said Daniel Rosen, founder and China director of research and consulting firm […]

Apple announced today that its business is now powered by 100 percent renewable energy sources. The news is a major victory that the iPhone maker has been working toward for years through the purchase of green energy bonds and other renewable investments in its supply chain and physical infrastructure. The company’s last milestone, announced two years ago, was 93 percent […]

As tax day rapidly approaches, there’s no lack of uncertainty amongst tax professionals regarding cryptocurrency investors purchasing digital assets through foreign exchanges. Regardless of the government’s seemingly straightforward legislative position, ambiguity continues to riddle the field when in-depth analysis is made. WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? The IRS has clearly outlined that transacting with cryptocurrency is treated […]