Month: October 2021

In this article SAVE A Spirit Airlines aircraft takes off at Orlando International Airport. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Spirit Airlines‘ CEO Ted Christie on Friday told staff to get inoculated against Covid-19 ahead of forthcoming federal vaccine mandates for large companies. President Joe Biden last month said the government
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(CNN) — What do you do for ultimate bragging rights when you’ve already visited the Grand Canyon, the Great Barrier Reef, the Serengeti and the Giza Pyramids? You go see them all again — but from the edge of space. Stratospheric ballooning company World View has just opened up reservations to get in line for
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News SXSW Reaches Preliminary Settlement in Class Action Refunds Lawsuit, Sues Insurance Company A new lawsuit from the Austin festival argues that the insurance company should fund settlement and legal fees By Evan Minsker October 8, 2021 Facebook Twitter SXSW 2020  (SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter SXSW was hit with a class action
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Foundations should stay true to their mission to avoid being dragged into culture wars and getting “beaten up in the media”, according to the chief executive of the Association of Charitable Foundations. Carol Mack made the remarks during the ACF’s annual conference yesterday in a speech on the themes of community, identity and belonging, the
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Longtime Food Network personality Bobby Flay is reportedly leaving the channel after 27 years. Variety reports that talks between Flay and Food Network on a new contract are at an impasse. Flay’s current deal expires at the end of the year, and Food Network has reportedly chose to end further negotiations. Flay has been with
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The Swedish Academy has awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature to the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.” The Tanzanian author, who now resides in the United Kingdom, is the author of 10
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In this article AAL UAL DAL A United Airlines worker services a United Express Embraer 170 passenger aircraft parked on the tarmac at Albuquerque International Sunport in New Mexico. Robert Alexander | Getty Images Major U.S. airlines are increasingly mandating Covid-19 vaccines for employees. Some of the regional carriers that fly under their names have
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Lael Brainard, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) annual meeting in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard‘s increased influence ahead likely means substantial changes and challenges for the nation’s banking system. Considered a
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Fourteen years after its initial release, Kanye West’s “Stronger” finally goes diamond with 10 million equivalent sales. The song was released on West’s 2004 album Graduation and famously samples Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.” Writes HipHopDX, “The genre-blending tune was a labor of love for Kanye West and his team as the track was mixed
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