Just weeks after Microsoft announced its acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, Sony has countered with a high-profile acquisition of its own. On Monday, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) confirmed plans to buy Bungie, the studio that made Destiny 2, for $3.6 billion. Following the deal, Bungie will be “an independent subsidiary” of SIE.
Over the last couple of months, it seems like there’s been a steady drip of prominent food recalls announced by companies as well as the government. Covering everything from desserts to certain popular dinner items and much more — providing a reminder once again to always double-check the products you find on the grocery shelves …
If you’ve gone shopping for groceries at all over the past couple of months, you probably don’t need to be reminded of this. But just to put some numbers behind the increasingly prevalent trend of rising grocery prices that many people are seeing — According to a recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, …
Over the weekend, I had a particular brand of milk on my grocery list as part of my latest shopping run. It took me visits to four different stores to find it, but I was eventually successful. Who knows, for sure, why I encountered so many different empty shelves at several different grocery stores near …
Back in April of 2018, the Federal Trade Commission sued the online lending marketplace LendingClub, asserting that the company was falsely promising loan applicants they could receive a specific loan amount along with an important qualifier. No additional hidden fees. In reality, however, the federal agency filed suit against the company over the allegation that …
Costco has spent a few decades now building and maintain a reputation as the go-to spot where customers of the membership warehouse club can score groceries and other assorted goods for consistently low prices. The fact of the matter, though, is that different aspects of the assortment of goods in Costco’s ever-changing product mix will …
Here’s one of the unfortunate realities that goes hand-in-hand with buying a regular staple of goods from your local grocery store. It’s the fact that safety concerns sometimes result in product recalls to be aware of. A mishap in a manufacturing facility. Packages not correctly labeling all ingredients — all kinds of problems can result …
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, up to and including the present day, shoppers have encountered the effects of everything from supply chain disruptions to pandemic-related labor constraints which have unfortunately led to grocery store shortages. Just as the effects of the pandemic are not evenly distributed around the country, though, neither are these kinds of products …
We can’t go a day anymore, it seems, without news coverage of inflation — and, more specifically, price increases at grocery stores around the US. In terms of a recent snapshot of this trend, the price of eggs and fish, for example, was reportedly up almost 10 percent last year. Meanwhile, the price of steaks …
On Tuesday morning, Microsoft announced that it would acquire video game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. Activision Blizzard is one of the most prolific publishers in the industry, and the acquisition includes a number of notable franchises, such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch. Following the acquisition, Microsoft says that …
