Hamilton adored by scalpers too with $12.5-million windfall
THE BROADWAY HIT Hamilton is making millions. It could be making millions more if not for scalpers snapping up seats and hawking them for $2,000 a piece or more.
Cuba scrambles to keep pace with US-fueled tourism boom
HAVANA — The number of US visitors to Cuba has nearly doubled this year, its tourism minister said on Wednesday, as the island races to build hotels and expand Havana airport to keep up with booming demand.
South African firms bet on coffee and donuts despite slowdown
JOHANNESBURG — A fortnight after the first Starbucks in South Africa opened in a trendy Johannesburg district, queues still snaked onto the pavement, a sign of the craving for international brands despite an economic slowdown.
Justin Timberlake returns with cheery pop
NEW YORK — Pop superstar Justin Timberlake returned Friday with his first new song in three years, a cheery pop number that will appear on his upcoming movie Trolls.
What young Wall Streeters see in American Psycho The Musical
By Amanda Gordon, Bloomberg
ELEVEN Yale business school students spill out of a Broadway theater after a performance of American Psycho The Musical. They’ve just watched a 1980s investment banker sing and chop through a coworker and homeless man and now they’re sorting out what the satire says about the real Wall Street, where some of them are looking for work.
A mountain bike trail in Tagaytay
TAGAYTAY’S Twin Lakes — the country’s first vineyard resort township community — has added a mountain bike trail to its attractions.
Early Birds at Early Bird
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Nanette Franco-Diyco
MY FAMILY AND I were at our precinct at 6:00 a.m. on Monday and promptly cast our votes with ease.
Radiohead inches back to rock roots on bleak new album
NEW YORK — Radiohead, the band for two decades synonymous with experimentation, has inched back to its rock roots on a long-awaited album that seizes on space as a symbol of individual darkness.
Van Gogh recycled: Four million bottles used in Taiwan replica
A TAIWAN company has used four million colorful plastic bottles to produce a giant replica of Vincent van Gogh’s painting The Starry Night to promote recycling.
‘Second skin’ may eliminate wrinkles, eye bags
MIAMI — US scientists have developed a new, transparent polymer material that temporarily tightens sagging skin and eliminates eye bags, according to research published on Monday.