June 23--Coffee consumption is decreasing in this country, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates. Some blame the popularity of single-cup coffee makers that reduce the amount brewed then poured down the drain. That's also why your sink's sleepy and irritable.
Coty has shed little light on why Elio Leoni Sceti opted out of the CEO job he was to assume next month. But the beauty products company is paying him about $1.8 million anyway, which will take all of its makeup and perfume expertise to make presentable.
Paris is the latest city to declare its candidacy to host the 2024 Olympics, joining Rome, Boston and Hamburg. It's expected that Budapest will soon announce that it, too, will compete for the opportunity to take on crushing Games-related debt.
The U.S. Supreme Court shot down the inventor of a Spider-Man toy glove that sprays stringy foam in his patent case against Marvel Entertainment. If he's upset about that, wait until he sees Marvel's latest supervillain, The Plaintiff.
The White Sox are close to a deal to put their games on WLS-AM 890, Rush Limbaugh's current Chicago radio home, reports Robert Feder. This explains the talk of possibly trading pitcher Chris Sale. He's a lefty.
Anthem had its proposed merger rebuffed by fellow health insurance giant Cigna, which bluntly explained its reasons in an unsparing note. Every health insurer should know what it's like to get an unsympathetic letter detailing why it won't be getting benefits it expected.
Pennsylvania's Duquesne Brewing will come out later this summer with a beer honoring Joe Paterno, the late Penn State football coach fired amid the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Drink enough and it may not bother you.
philrosenthal@tribpub.com
