March 09--The Apple Watch was unveiled Monday with prices from $349 to $17,000. Its screen can tell the time, your pulse, headlines, your schedule -- everything except which person is about to mug you.
If the Obama library team wants to wait until after the mayoral election to announce its site, that's its prerogative. FYI: Honolulu's mayoral election is next year.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., says he has never sent email and wouldn't even know where to buy e-stamps.
General Motors has unveiled a $5 billion share buyback plan to head off a proxy fight. It usually takes more of a threat to get GM to take back anything, given its recall history.
The United Kingdom risks becoming the North Korea of Europe if it abandons the European Union, warns former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. North Korea is very excited, meanwhile, about potentially becoming the Great Britain of Korea.
Florida reportedly has restricted use of the terms "climate change" and "global warming" by the state Department of Environmental Protection in official communication. Other terms the state would like banned include "humidity," "early-bird discount" and "NCAA infraction."
International Women's Day was Sunday. Thanks to daylight saving time in much of the United States, women's "day" was only 23 hours.
Germany just passed a law that will require some of Europe's largest corporations to give at least 30 percent of their board seats to women. Said men: All right, 30 percent it is, but now we're equal, OK?
The dot-com bubble burst 15 years ago Tuesday as the Nasdaq hit 5,132.52 in intraday trading en route to a record 5,048.62 close. Investors learned their costly lesson, though, only putting money in things they fully understood after that. Like mortgage-backed securities.
philrosenthal@tribpub.com
