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15 hours ago | forbes.com | Joseph V. Micallef

Five whiskeys are the Special Barrel-Finished Bourbon finalists at the 2025 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The SFWSC is the world’s largest and most prestigious judging of American whiskey. Below are brief backgrounds and tasting notes on the finalists. The Top Shelf 2025 Awards Gala, a highly anticipated whiskey industry event, will announce the winner on November 9 at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco. Fox & Oden Double Oaked Straight Bourbon, 49.5% ABV, 750 ml.

22 hours ago | forbes.com | Russell Flannery

Red Star Macalline Group Corp., the operator of one of China’s largest chains of furniture and home decoration malls, said late Monday founder and executive director Che Jianxing has been detained and is under investigation. Red Star “was informed” that Che, a former billionaire, “is under an official investigation and detained by the Yunnan Provincial Supervisory Committee,” according to a company filing at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

23 hours ago | forbes.com | Erik Kain

Looking for Tuesday’s Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here:ForbesToday’s ‘Wordle’ #1424 Hints, Clues And Answer For Tuesday, May 13th It’s Odin’s Day, and every Odin’s Day—in honor of the Norse god—we celebrate Wordle Wednesday with an extra riddle, brain-teaser or puzzle before we get to the daily Wordle. Here’s today’s:A husband and wife are driving down a road one night when the car runs out of gas. The man leaves his wife in the car and hurries to a gas station down the road.

23 hours ago | forbes.com | Jamie Carter

If you live in the northeast of the U.S. the chances are very high that you cannot see any but the brightest stars at night. It’s estimated that about a third of the world’s population cannot see the Milky Way because of light pollution. In the U.S., it’s even worse; nearly 80% of Americans are unable to see the arc of light across the night sky. Wherever there are people, there is light.

23 hours ago | forbes.com | Mitch Wallace

I started gaming seriously during a time when you were either a Sega kid or a Nintendo kid, full stop. NES or Master System. Genesis or SNES. Blood code Mortal Kombat or ‘E for Everyone’ sweat. There was no in-between, because nobody I knew owned both consoles, and on the playground, you had to choose sides. The console war was serious as blowing into cartridges or renting games from Blockbuster on Fridays, and we were the willing, passionate soldiers.