• Two Steps: Sheffield's oldest fish and chips shop's 'proper' chips pass comic's taste test

    As Sheffield’s oldest fish and chips shop, and one of the longest-running in Britain, it had to be doing something right. But now Two Steps, on Sharrow Vale Road, has had the seal of approval from someone who knows a thing or two about chips. The comedian and writer Eddy Brimson is always on the look out for the best chips in town when he’s touring, and publishes regular reviews on social media. After being disappointed with the chips he sampled the last time he was in Sheffield, he headed out...

  • Traders, middlemen blamed for soaring commodity prices

    The soaring prices of basic commodities in the market despite the wide gap in farmgate and retail prices are brought by as much as 200 percent profit of middlemen and traders, according to administration lawmakers.

  • Finally, A Self-Help Book for Humble Geniuses

    Are you a loser? Jim VandeHei, the founder of two successful media startups, has some advice: Don't be. Do you constantly fantasize about crushing your enemies? Don't do that, either. Unless they're a bunch of toxic jerks who really deserve it, which they totally are. These are just a few nuggets of wisdom from VandeHei's forthcoming self-help guide for humble geniuses with rippling abs who win at life.

  • Here’s who John Mulaney means by Everybody’s In L.A.

    Netflix has announced “some guests” for John Mulaney’s new special, Everybody’s In L—holy crap, Halloween director John Carpenter is listed. That’s right. Tucked between Los Lobos and Warren G, John Carpenter, director of They Live, is among the names scheduled to appear on Mulaney’s live-streamed Netflix series, John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In L.A. What will Carpenter be doing? We assume he will be smoking a J-bone and playing Dead Space. Mulaney will also host the likes of Cassandra...

  • ‘Traders must explain soaring prices of goods in probe’

    Traders and middlemen must give the proper responses to congressmen, once the House committee on trade and industry continues its inquiry on the soaring prices of basic goods despite plunging farmgate prices, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said last Monday.

  • FRIEND, AKT and GRT prices soar as Bitcoin falls below $62k

    Render, Akash Network and The Graph tokens rose on Friday, with TON and FRIEND also soaring. Bitcoin flactuated between $63k and $61k, with a sharp drop early hours during the US trading session. Render (RNDR) and The Graph (GRT) tokens are among altcoins with notable gains in the past 24 hours. They join other altcoins […]

  • Atalanta soar into first Europa League final after seeing off Marseille

    Ademola Lookman, Matteo Ruggeri and El Bilal Touré scored to send Atalanta into their first Europa League final with a 3-0 win – 4-1 on aggregate – over Marseille

  • John Means records 7 scoreless innings in season debut

    CINCINNATI -- For John Means to return to the mound for the Orioles and come out healthy was the goal. For him to pitch as well as he has since his 2021 no-hitter \-\- that was above and beyond any expectations. Making just his seventh start since the end of

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    MTA's congestion pricing program finally gets a launch date

    This week's roundup of transit news in New York City features the latest on -- what else? -- congestion pricing.

  • Stagflation Signals Soar as Manufacturing Surveys Show Skyrocketing Prices

    While 'hard' data has been improving recently albeit then downwardly revised a month later, it is the 'soft' survey data that has collapsed amid Bidenomics. Source Bloomberg And this morning continued that trend as S&P Global's US Manufacturing PMI survey fell from 51.9 in March to 50.0 as the final print for April 49.9 flash. ISM's Manufacturing survey also missed, dropping from 50.3 to 49.2 contraction. Source Bloomberg Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market...

  • Best foot forward: the humble sock is finally stepping into the spotlight

    In this week’s newsletter: Once an afterthought, socks have pivoted from an outfit no-show to the main character. Here’s how to add drama south of the ankle• Don’t get Fashion Statement delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereNormally, trying to get a pedicure this time of year is harder than securing a table at a new restaurant that just got a five-star review. But as April rolls into May and the weather shows no signs of warming up, splashing out on a foot makeover may feel a little futile. Why...

  • Bungalow wars! Downsizers are in bidding battles against young families as prices soar

    For years, bungalows suffered from a lingering stigma of being outdated, unimaginative or deemed only for older homeowners but that's now changed.