Around the world Tuesday, Apple has announced a March 25 media event and is hinting at a widely expected plan to unveil its own Netflix-style streaming service with original video. The event at Apple’s Silicon Valley headquarters is expected to reveal details of its efforts in original video and its reported investment of at least US$1 billion. Elsewhere in consumer land, Honda is recalling about 1.2 million vehicles in North and Central America because their Takata air bag inflators can explode and send shrapnel into the passenger compartment. The recall covers many Honda and Acura models from 2001 through 2016. In Britain, a critical Brexit vote is due. Agreement from Parliament on exiting the EU hung in the balance after the government’s lawyer said last-minute “legally binding” assurances won by Prime Minister Theresa May left the Irish backstop “unchanged.” And the last Canadian victim of the Ethiopian plane crash has been identified.
