Daily Archives: 03/03/2017


Yellen to Speak After Fed Officials Hint Rate Hike Is Near

One by one, several Federal Reserve officials have signaled in recent days that the Fed is ready to resume raising interest rates as soon as this month. The question is whether the official who matters most — Chair Janet Yellen …


Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 4

This is the Top Five Countdown! We’re raising the curtain on the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending March 4, 2017. Break out the popcorn, movie fans, because we have …


At World Mobile Congress, Smart Tech Promises to Change Lives

We are in the midst of a mobile tech revolution that promises to change the way we live, say industry experts at this week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, where the ‘Internet of Things’ and superfast 5G technologies …


Genetic ‘Mutational Meltdown’ Doomed Woolly Mammoths

A genetic “mutational meltdown” helped push the woolly mammoth toward extinction, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, say they compared genetic material from mammoths when they were plentiful and material from when the population …


Elvis Presley’s Graceland Opens New $45 Million Complex

Nearly four decades after Elvis sang his last tune, his legacy got a $45 million boost with the Thursday opening of a major new attraction at his Graceland estate — an entertainment complex that Priscilla Presley says gives “the full …