Mark Wolfe is an energy economist and serves as the executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association (NEADA), representing the state directors of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. He specializes in energy and housing affordability and related finance issues. The opinions expressed in this commentary are […]

The car industry in America, and around most of the developed world, has reached uncharted territory. The demand for cars has run well above supply for two years. The primary cause is a low supply of the microchips used in car electronic and infotainment systems. The problem may persist well […]

Swimming, boating, waterskiing and diving are among the most popular pastimes in warm weather. In northern states, that warm weather may only last four or five months. In southern states, it lasts the entire year. There is ample opportunity for water sports. The National Ocean Services reports the United States […]

Apple Inc. has suspended the sale of all its products in Russia and also took various steps in response to Russian invasion of Ukraine. The tech major also disabled both traffic and live incident features in its Apple Maps app in Ukraine as a safety and precautionary measure for Ukrainian […]

Amid a rush of sport utility vehicle sales, Volkswagen is betting on its premium mid-sized sedan — the Virtus — to gain market share in India. The Volkswagen Virtus is the second product under the India 2.0 project being developed on the MQB-A0 IN platform, with up to 95 per […]

Pamela Anderson will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running musical ‘Chicago’ this spring, producers announced today. The former Baywatch and Home Improvement star will take the stage at Broadway’s Ambassador Theatre on Tuesday, April 12, and end her eight-week limited run on Sunday, June 5. “I […]

The U.S. government wants a word with Barry Diller, David Geffen and a third man involving the planned $68.7 billion merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. Federal securities regulators and prosecutors are investigating options trades made by longtime Hollywood players Diller and Geffen and Diller’s stepson Alexander von Furstenberg, according […]

Members of Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399 have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new Location Managers Agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The new contract, which takes effect March 13, covers location managers, key assistant location managers and assistant location managers. The local didn’t release the raw […]

The U.S. government wants a word with Barry Diller, David Geffen and a third man involving the planned $68.7 billion merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. Federal securities regulators and prosecutors are investigating options trades made by longtime Hollywood players Diller and Geffen and Diller’s stepson Alexander von Furstenberg, according […]

Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann addressed the decision to pull out of Russia and pushed back a bit less firmly on the notion of advertising being introduced to the service than other top execs have historically. “Never say never,” the executive said about the idea of a cheaper, ad-supported tier, “but […]