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☆ Whatever happened to the two-door car?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

There are still two-door cars today, of course, but they’re almost all high-performance sports cars not intended for comfortable cruising. For car designers, two-door models can offer more striking proportions to play with, long hoods that evoke power and tapered, aerodynamic back ends. Today, it’s rare to see a two-door car that isn’t a performance model like the Mustang or Corvette. Today, if you have a two-door car and you have kids, you also have a backache. While some two-door cars used to be bargain items – the cheapest entry-level cars were almost always two-door hatchbacks – today two-door models are seen mostly in European luxury car showrooms.

Persons: Ricardo Montalbán, Brian Rabold, Bob D'Olivo, ”, Kevin Kirbitz, who’s, “, Rabold, ” Rabold, Scott Krugger, Kia Rio, You’ve, Gorden Wagener Organizations: CNN, Chrysler, Network, Riviera, GM, Ford Thunderbird, Chevrolet Corvette, Thunderbird, Ford, Stellantis’s Dodge, Nissan, Cox Automotive, BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Benz, American Mercedes Locations: Chrysler Cordoba, Cordoba, United States, American

☆ Priscilla Presley recalls finding out about Elvis cheating through letters women sent the star: 'It just ate me up'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewPriscilla Presley said she learned about her ex-husband Elvis Presley's many affairs through letters women sent to the rock 'n' roll legend. Advertisement"I said, 'Joe, I need to talk to Elvis, please.' I just really need to talk to him,'" she said before telling Esposito about the letter. Priscilla and Elvis Presley married in 1967 after she turned 21, but the pair separated in 1972 after they both had affairs. The 2023 movie, which is based on Priscilla Presley's memoir "Elvis and Me," depicted Elvis Presley as an abusive, controlling lover.

Persons: —, Priscilla Presley, Elvis Presley's, Joe Esposito, Joe, Elvis, Esposito, Priscilla, Elvis Presley, Mercedes Benz, Eldorado, Davidson, Sofia Coppola, Priscilla Presley's Organizations: Service, Business, Venice Film, Harley, Office Mojo Locations: Mashantucket , Connecticut, Vegas, Venice, California

☆ Brazil Prosecutors Push to Unwind $3 Billion Paper Deal Over Foreign Land Ownership
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Ana ManoSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian federal prosecutors are asking a judge to unwind a 2017 deal handing control of pulp and paper company Eldorado from Brazilian firm J&F to Paper Excellence Group, citing restrictions on foreign land ownership. In 2017, J&F Investimentos agreed to sell Eldorado Brasil Celulose to a unit of Paper Excellence at an enterprise value of 15 billion reais ($3.0 billion). Brazil imposed limitations on foreign land ownership in the early 1970s, but spotty public records have left uncertainty about how consistently those restrictions are enforced. In December, Brazil's rural land agency Incra issued a recommendation saying the deal would effectively give Paper Excellence control of 14,486 hectares of rural land owned by Eldorado. Paper Excellence said Incra's opinion was not legally binding, and a judge has not ruled on the prosecutors' motion.

Persons: Ana Mano, unwind, Investimentos, Jackson Widjaja, Incra, Eldorado, Iraja Abreu, Brad Haynes, David Ljunggren Organizations: Ana Mano SAO PAULO, Reuters, Eldorado, Excellence, Eldorado Brasil, Agrarian Reform Ministry Locations: Brazil, Canada, Europe, Latin America, United States, Eldorado ., Eldorado

That has allowed forests to become four to seven times more densely wooded than they once were, Safford said. Fire scientists advocate more deliberate burning at low-to-moderate severity to clear vegetation that makes forests susceptible to big fires. Susan Britting, executive director of one of the groups, Sierra Forest Legacy, acknowledged any cutting triggers skepticism because loggers historically took the largest, most marketable trees. But she said thinning trees up to a certain diameter is acceptable, though she prefers prescribed burning. Homeowners are anxious prescribed fires will jump perimeters and destroy houses.

Persons: ” Hugh Safford, Davis, John Muir, What’s, Safford, “ We're, ”, Brandon Collins, Chad Hanson, there's, Hanson, Christy Brigham, ” John Muir, Jeffrey, “ John Muir, ” Safford, gesturing, “, it's, Weeks, Susan Britting, ” Britting, John Muir Project's Hanson, Safford —, that's, what’s Organizations: University of California, Eldorado National, Sierra, U.S ., American Geophysical Union, John Muir Project, Earth Island Institute, Sequoia, National Parks, National Park Service, U.S . Forest Service, Service, Forest Service, Infrastructure Law, Sierra Forest Locations: Calif, Lake, Eldorado, Sierra Nevada, U.S, California, . California, Yosemite, Sequoia, Canyon, —, Berkeley, Lake Tahoe, Safford, New, Sierra

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino company Caesars Entertainment on Thursday joined Las Vegas gambling rival MGM Resorts International in reporting that it was hit by a cyberattack, but added in a report to federal regulators that its casino and online operations were not disrupted. Caesars is the largest casino owner in the world, with more than 65 million Caesars Rewards members and properties in 18 states and Canada under the Caesars, Harrah’s, Horseshoe and Eldorado brands. MGM Resorts said reservations and casino floors in Las Vegas and other states were affected. MGM Resorts has has about 40 million loyalty rewards members and tens of thousands of hotel rooms in Las Vegas at properties including the MGM Grand, Bellagio, Aria and Mandalay Bay. Some MGM Resorts computer systems were still down Thursday, including hotel reservations and payroll.

Persons: “, ”, ” Brett Callow, Emsisoft, Callow, Charles Carmakal, ” Carmakal, Mandiant, ” Mandiant, Brian Ahern, pinky, ’ ”, Frank Bajak Organizations: LAS VEGAS, —, Caesars Entertainment, Las, MGM Resorts International, Securities and Exchange Commission, Social, New, MGM Resorts, “, Caesars, Associated Press, SEC, MGM, Aria, FBI, CNA Financial Locations: Las Vegas, Reno, New Zealand, Russia, U.S, Canada, Harrah’s, Eldorado, Mandalay, China, Macau, British Columbia, Boston

☆ Standing on the Corner Is a Music Collective That Won’t Be Pinned Down
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Mike Rubin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Standing on the Corner has also produced tracks by Earl Sweatshirt, Mike, Danny Brown and Solange (with whom Escobar has been frequently photographed). Prepandemic, Standing on the Corner gigs were often announced via same-day Instagram stories and rarely featured the same musicians or even the same configuration — the group might be a 30-plus-member chamber jazz orchestra or a free jazz organ trio. Escobar’s preferred instrument is the organ, though he doesn’t have a formal music academy background. “In a certain sense that’s what makes it better,” said Lopez, himself an in-demand collaborator in New York’s jazz and improvised music community. That’s where music exists.

☆ China smartphone sales rise to more than 70% of Russian market
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] A girl uses her smartphone on the street in Moscow, Russia August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia NovozheninaApril 17 (Reuters) - Chinese smartphones made up more than 70% of the Russian market in the first quarter of 2023, consumer electronics retailer M.Video-Eldorado (MVID.MM) said, up from around 50% last year. "Demand for brands from China in quantity terms increased by 42% relative to last year, and their total share was over 70%," M.Video added in a statement on Monday. The Kremlin has also moved to allow Russian companies to ship in some products, including smartphones, without the license holder's permission in so-called parallel imports. Last year, M.Video and mobile operator MTS (MTSS.MM) began selling discounted and used smartphones, offering Russian consumers cheaper alternatives as Western sanctions contributed to economic contraction and falling wages.

☆ Russian electronics retailer M.Video-Eldorado's sales drop in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SummarySummary Companies This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. The West moved to curb technology exports to Russia after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine last year, while several leading manufacturers pulled out of the Russian market. The company cited high volatility in sales of household appliances and electronics. The overall size of the electronics and appliances market in Russia dipped from 2.5 trillion roubles in 2021 to 2.3 trillion in 2022, M.Video estimated in the investor presentation. With government support, Russia's retailers have also moved to boost their sales of electronics from countries that have not imposed sanctions on Russia, such as China, Turkey and India.

☆ She Named Her Classic Cadillac After a Legendary Burlesque Dancer
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( A.J. Baime | Photographs Yuri Hasegawa For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Leslie Zemeckis , an actor, documentarian and author living in Montecito, Calif., on her 1954 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, as told to A.J. Years ago, I wrote a book and made a documentary about the history of burlesque, and I acquired a large collection of clothes from past burlesque stars. A friend of mine had an old Cadillac, and when I saw that car, I thought: “I get it.” It had that same vibe. This friend was the one who found my 1954 Cadillac at a dealership in Canada. I thought: This car is for me.

☆ Deadly ice storm rages in Texas, causing travel chaos and outages
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Abbott held a meeting and news conference in preparation for the winter storm that is sweeping across portions of Texas. That evening, a 49-year-old woman died after the 1997 Chevrolet Silverado she was driving struck a tree near Eldorado, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Dangerous roads and flight cancellationsThe storm has caused widespread travel chaos both on the roads and at airports this week. Sweeping power outagesResidents across Texas have also faced power outages in the midst of the storm. Public Utility Commission Chairman Peter Lake told Texans to contact their local power providers if winter weather and icing conditions caused local power outages.

☆ Brazilian court allows Paper Excellence to conclude acquisition of Eldorado
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Tatiana Bautzer | Nupur Anand | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Judge J.B. Franco de Godoi, at an appeals court, voided a previous court injunction that prevented Paper Excellence from concluding the transfer of ownership of Brazilian pulp maker Eldorado. Paper Excellence won an arbitration against Eldorado's current controlling shareholder, J&F Investimentos, which also controls meatpacker JBS SA (JBSS3.SA). But J&F went to the courts and obtained an injunction preventing the transfer of 100% of Eldorado shares to Paper Excellence. Paper Excellence will then consider how soon it can build a second unit, with an estimated capital expenditure of 10 billion reais ($1.94 billion). The Eldorado deal has been on hold for five years.

☆ 3 ways China and Russia are forging much closer economic ties
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Laura He | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Beijing has carefully avoided violating Western sanctions or providing direct military support to Moscow. For the first eight months of this year, total goods trade between China and Russia surged 31% to $117.2 billion. "Russia needs China more than China needs Russia," said Keith Krach, former Under Secretary of State for Economic growth, Energy and the Environment in the United States. For China, Russia now accounts for 2.8% of its total trade volume, slightly higher than the 2.5% share at the end of last year. "Russia's war in Ukraine is not in China's interest, but given Western hostility, China will not oppose Russia," she added.

☆ „Chișinău-Gaz”: Milioanele din conductele subterane de gaze - în conturile firmelor afiliate unor foști și actuali șefi și angajați
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-28 | by ( Borodin Victoria | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +18 min

Din martie curent, Maria Arabadji a devenit unicul fondator și a preluat funcția de administratoare. „Compania la care soția mea este fondator se ocupă doar de lucrări de montare a conductelor de apă, canalizare și a rețelelor de gaze. „Exfactor-Grup” a fost și unul dintre sponsorii Partidului ȘOR în campania electorală pentru alegerile parlamentare din 24 februarie 2019. SRL Lagmar-Impex și SRL Braus Imobiliare sunt alte două companii cu care SRL „Gazoduct-GTN” are semnate contracte grase. Din 2009 și până în prezent, SRL „Chișinău-Gaz” a fost condusă de trei directori.

Persons: ANRE, Alexandr Arabadji, Ion, Constantin, Alexandr Gusev, Alexandru, Vladimir, Mitropolitul, Cristina, Vladimir Calîn, Arabadji, Calîn, Cristina Burdiumov, Ivan Zamfirov, Burdiumov, Iacov Cazacu, Ion Burdiumov, ZdG, Maria, Maria Arabadji, Alexandr Rogovoi, Boris Shvartsman, Veaceslav Platon, Vladimir Tonu, Ilan, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Ilan Şor, Igor Dodon, Ludmila Dubină, Dinu Dubină, Dubină, Emilian Margină, Dinu, Victor Parlicov, Alexandr, Constantin Cuiumju, Acţiunile, Vasile Botnari, Oleg Teterea Organizations: Agenția Națională, Consiliului Concurenței, Reglementare, Mitropolitul Chișinăului, Internaţional, Partidului, Inamstro, Concurenței, Procuratura Locations: Chișinău, SA, Energetică, orhei, Internaţional Chişinău, Mărculești, Florești, Orhei, Moldova

Fiind întrebat la ce bancă are deschise conturi bancare, bărbatul a declarat că are deschis un cont bancar la una din băncile din Republica Moldova. Fiind mințit, bătrânul i-a comunicat persoanei necunoscute, numărul cardului și codul acestuia. Nu divulgați nimănui informațiile personale sau detalii despre cardul bancar (numărul de card, data expirării, numărul PIN, codul de securitate format din 3 cifre tipărit pe spatele cardului, etc.) bancar , persoana care va face un astfel de transfer are nevoie doar de numărul cardului! vi se cere codul PIN al cardului, data expirării, CVV/CVC codul acestuia, trebuie să vă alarmați și să cunoașteți că aceștia sunt infractori!

Persons: escrocul, . Organizations: . Făptașii Locations: Hîncesti, Republica Moldova, Moscova, Federația Rusă

☆ Un bătrân din Hâncești, victima escrocilor; A rămas fără 176.000 de lei, bani depozitați pe un card bancar timp de doi ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ziare.comUn bătrân din Hâncești, victima escrocilor; A rămas fără 176.000 de lei, bani depozitați pe un card bancar timp de doi aniUn bătrân de 83 de ani, a rămas fără 176.000 de lei, bani depozitați pe un cont bancar timp de 2 ani. Victima, din municipiul Hâncești, a fost tras pe sfoară de un individ care s-a prezentat ca fiind angajatul unei bănci comerciale. Prin abuz de încredere și înșelăciune, bătrânul i-a comunicat persoanei necunoscute, numărul cardului și codul. personale sau detalii despre cardul bancar (numărul de card, data expirării, numărul PIN, codul de securitate format din 3 cifre tipărit pe spatele cardului, etc.) bancar, persoana care va face un astfel de transfer are nevoie doar de numărul cardului!

Persons: . Locations: Hâncești, Moscova, Federația Rusă

☆ Kaufland объявил о начале строительства еще одного магазина на Ботанике – Цензура МД
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-14 | by ( ) cenzura.md time to read: +1 min

Экономика Kaufland объявил о начале строительства еще одного магазина на БотаникеТорговая сеть «Kaufland» приступает к строительству третьего коммерческого центра в Кишиневе. В конце ноября компания получила авторизацию на строительство многофункционального коммерческого центра с автопарковкой на ул. В течение следующих десяти лет Kaufland планирует открыть в нашей стране 20 новых магазинов, а также построить собственный логистический центр. Сеть магазинов Kaufland является подразделением группы Schwarz , четвертой по величине сети розничной торговли в мире. Kaufland — одна из крупнейших компаний розничной торговли в Европе, насчитывающая свыше 1 270 магазинов и более 150 000 работников в восьми странах.

Persons: Дечебал, Мирча, Бэтрын, Чеслав Чухрий Organizations: БотаникеТорговая, Дворец культуры профсоюзов Locations: Экономика, Кишинев, Киев, Европа

☆ В Кишинёве откроется третий «Kaufland»
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-12 | by ( Super User | ) mybusiness.md time to read: +1 min

Торговая сеть «Kaufland» приступает к строительству третьего коммерческого центра в Кишиневе. Все четыре участка «Kaufland» приобрела в 2017–2018 годах у компании «Regata Imobiliare», основанной бизнесменом Чеславом Чухрий, напоминает logos.press.md. В течение следующих десяти лет Kaufland планирует открыть в нашей стране 20 новых магазинов, а также построить собственный логистический центр. Сеть магазинов Kaufland является подразделением группы Schwarz , четвертой по величине сети розничной торговли в мире. Kaufland — одна из крупнейших компаний розничной торговли в Европе, насчитывающая свыше 1 270 магазинов и более 150 000 работников в восьми странах.

Persons: Kaufland Schwarz, Kaufland —, logos.press.md, Дечебал, Мирча, Бэтрын, Чеслав Чухрий Organizations: Торговая сеть «, Дворец культуры профсоюзов Locations: Кишинев, Киев, Европа

Conceptul ultramodern, care nu are analog în Moldova, a fost creat de profesioniștii companiei de construcții Eldorado Terra și a rețelei de cluburi premium Aquaterra. OasisMall / Sursa:OasisMallOasisMall / Sursa:OasisMallOasisMall / Sursa:OasisMallLa fiecare etaj al centrului comercial Oasis, printre magazine confortabile, există cafenele cu o atmosferă plăcută. La etajul 3 al centrului comercial există o terasă cu vedere panoramică la oraș. Centrul comercial Oasis. OasisMall / Sursa:OasisMallOasisMall / Sursa:OasisMallOasisMall / Sursa:OasisMallToate informațiile despre centrul comercial și disponibilitatea spațiului comercial:☎ 068100011Sf.

Persons: Oasis, Bogdan Voievod Organizations: Terra, Oasis Locations: Moldova, Oasis, mall, Chișinău, sales @

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