By J.T. Messinger, WGRZ BUFFALO, NY — Dyngus Day in Buffalo, Perhaps in no place embraces the quirky holiday quite like the queen city.  At the core of that celebration is the annual Dyngus Day parade, now in its tenth year. “We come down here ever year.  We missed a couple of people this year, Bobby […]

BY Scott Mendelson , CONTRIBUTOR for Forbes One of the narratives coming out of this weekend’s blockbuster Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opening was that it “defied the critics” or that “critics don’t matter.” Well, as always with these sorts of things, it’s a little more complicated than that. Yes, the film got a stunningly low […]

By Todd Martens LA Times The brakes have officially been released on the virtual-reality era. This week, Oculus’ $599 Rift headsets begin arriving on the doorsteps of consumers who pre-ordered the device in January. Two more high-end VR headsets are on the way, one from HTC and another from Sony, designed to work with the company’s PlayStation […]

Not everyone goes hunting for eggs on Easter Sunday. BY AMANDA GREENE & ALEXIS HOBBS writing for Woman’s Day. Kids in the U.S. grow up expecting a delivery of eggs and candy from the Easter bunny each year, but it may seem odd to an outsider. Brought to this country by German immigrants in the […]

By Elizabeth Weise and Kevin Johnson, for USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — In the month since it became public knowledge that the FBI was locked out of an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino killers, the bureau has been flooded with offers from people who said they could get into the encrypted phone, a federal […]

This interview with Joshua Reeves, C.E.O. and co-founder of Gusto, an online payroll, benefits and workers’ compensation firm, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. What were some early influences for you? A. I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, but my mother is from Bolivia and my father’s from […]

By BY NATALIE ABRAMS • @NATALIEABRAMS writing for Entertainment Weekly Supergirl “This is crazy. What are we doing? What are we wearing? Where are we? This is so cool.” That was the reaction Melissa Benoist recalls upon filming the first take of the long-awaited crossover episode between The CW’s runaway hit The Flash and CBS’ promising newcomer Supergirl. […]

By Jeanne Lee writing for Anytime Collect When it comes to managing accounts receivable, communication with your customers is of critical importance and a collection letter is a major part of this communication strategy. A collection letter is sent to your customers soon after the invoice in question goes beyond terms to notify them that […]

By Ashley Ross @ashbrookeross writing for TIME Here’s what we know about the real St. Patrick The modern St. Patrick’s Day celebrations that will take place on Thursday, at least in the United States, will likely be characterized by commercial lucky charms and green beer—all of which has very little to do with the historical figure of […]

By John DiJulius writing for The DiJulius Group Oversharing All companies are guilty of their front-line employees oversharing with the customer. When problems arise, your only job, as an employee, is to make things right immediately. The customer does not need to know how and why it happened or even that it almost happened. The customer […]