SELECT LANGUAGE BELOW

G/O Media sells Deadspin, lays off entire editorial staff with barely any notice

Sports blogging site Deadspin has been sold to a European publisher and its entire staff was reportedly let go with little notice on Monday. It came just months after the publisher was forced to apologize after a young Kansas City Chiefs fan accused him of doing “blackface.” Jim Spanfeller, CEO of parent company G/O Media, […]

Fury at Avenues school as event sells anti-Israel merch

Parents at the ultra-luxury Avenue the World School said last weekend the Chelsea campus was rented out for a Ramadan and Eid holiday bazaar, with vendors selling “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free” merchandise. It was revealed that he had been peddling it, and he was furious. The controversial slogan has […]

Russian fashion label sells $1,600 jackets inspired by Josef Stalin

The Russian fashion label has a collection of jackets inspired by the late Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, priced at $1,600 each. The Moscow-based fashion designer decided to launch a line of Starines-inspired jackets to commemorate March 5th, the death of the man responsible for the deaths of millions of people. by UK-based news site “Metro”people […]

Costco sells $675-a-pack silver coins after gold bars success

Costco is hoping to win gold again — this time for silver. The retail giant, which said it sold $100 million worth of gold bars in the most recent quarter, announced on its website that it is now selling tubes of 25 1-ounce silver Canadian Maple Leaf coins for $675 each. The coin features a […]

Watch melted in Hiroshima blast sells for over $30K at auction

[AclockthatmeltedduringtheatomicbombingofHiroshimaonAugust61945hasbeensoldatauctionformorethan$31000[1945年8月6日の広島への原爆投下で溶けた時計がオークションで3万1000ドル以上で落札された。 According to Boston-based RR Auctions, the clock stopped at the moment an atomic bomb exploded over a Japanese city at the end of World War II (8:15 a.m.). The winning bid at the auction, which ended Thursday, was $31,113. This artifact was recovered from the ruins of Hiroshima and provides a glimpse of the […]