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☆ Traveling Light: How to Pack a Carry-on
  + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Stephanie Rosenbloom | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
For some travelers, the mere thought of packing a carry-on bag can sour even the most potent vacation anticipation. But packing light can also be a creative endeavor that helps build excitement for your upcoming getaway. And with fees for checked bags on the rise, it makes economic sense to master the art of packing a carry-on. Get in the minimalist mind-setIf you tend to over-pack, begin by thinking about why you’re traveling in the first place. “When you’re traveling,” she explained, “it’s more about you seeing the world than the world seeing you.”Pack colors that coordinate so you can bring fewer items yet still have options, like re-wearing the same pants with various shirts.
Persons: you’re, ”, Pauline Frommer, “ Locations: Patagonia
☆ Credit Suisse gives its top stock picks for the second half
  + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
After a strong first half for the stock market, Credit Suisse has an idea to keep the gains going. Now, questions swirl around if the market can continue its ascent as the second half of 2023 kicks into high gear. Credit Suisse asked every one of its U.S. research analysts to name their top stock picks when looking at the next six to 12 months. His price target implies shares could rally nearly 35% over the next year. International Game Technology also made the list, with analyst Ben Chaiken expecting big upside ahead even after a strong first half.
Persons: Stocks, Alcoa, Curt Woodworth, Woodworth, Refinitiv, Ben Chaiken, Judah Frommer, Frommer, MasTec, Jamie Cook, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Credit Suisse, Nasdaq, Technology
☆ International tipping: How to cut through the chaos and confusion
  + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +15 min
In the United States, “tipping is very customary. Leighton also said you won’t find a tipping culture on the island of Taiwan. Robinson said the tipping culture is less pervasive in Sicily than the United States and even more laid-back than in Rome. As for tipping culture in the US vs. the UK, Ryan Burditt said, it’s “really opposites to me. Robert Knopes/Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty ImagesVisitors to the United States could be in for some tipping culture shock.
☆ The FBI seized $40,000 a couple held in a deposit box 2 years ago, but won't say why and won't return their cash
  + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The FBI seized a couple's savings they held in a deposit box in a raid in March 2021. The couple were keeping $40,200 cash in their box and only found out about the raid on local news. "The FBI took my savings nearly two years ago but has never told me why," Linda Martin said in a press release. He added: "Then, the FBI sends copy-and-paste forfeiture notices that fail to tell owners anything about why it is trying to take their property. US Private Vaults shut down following the Beverly Hills raid and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder drug money.
☆ How the FBI Took an Innocent Woman’s Savings
  + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Robert Frommer | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Federal Bureau of Investigation regularly seizes cash, cars and other valuables that belong to people who aren’t accused of any crimes. Months later, many of those people receive a dense, boilerplate notice stating that the FBI plans to keep their property forever, without any explanation of why—a blatantly unconstitutional practice. When the FBI took her life savings from a safe-deposit box during a 2021 raid of US Private Vaults in Beverly Hills, Calif., she assumed her money would be returned. The company’s alleged wrongdoing had nothing to do with her. But several months later, she—and hundreds of other innocent people who had their safe-deposit boxes taken—received a notice stating that the government wanted to forfeit her money.
☆ What do hotel 'star' ratings really mean? Here's a breakdown
  + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
And to add to the confusion, Frommer's website states its star ratings only go from one ("recommended") to three stars ("exceptional"). The non-profit organization Hotelstars Union uses common criteria to unify star ratings across Europe. A project called "World Hotel Rating" was meant to standardize hotel ratings around the world. What do star ratings mean? Secondly, a true five-star hotel must employ people who understand that "everything revolves around the guest," he said.
☆ 4 stats that show how much TikTok has taken over the media world
  + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
TikTok is outshining its competitors as a key media platform for Gen Z, a new online survey by The New Consumer and Coefficient Capital shows. TikTok's userbase has exploded in recent years, ever since the pandemic when millions of people turned to the social-media app to entertain themselves during quarantine. Here are the top four takeaways from the Consumer Trends 2023 report that show TikTok's rise:1. An excerpt from the 2023 Consumer Trends Survey. An excerpt from the 2023 Consumer Trends Survey.
☆ Lawsuit filed after FBI agents raided 1,400 deposit boxes at a US Private Vaults branch claims owners' items have still not been returned
  + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The agency raided US Private Vaults and seized the contents of 1,400 safety deposit boxes. A lawyer involved in the class-action said the FBI raid was the "largest armed robbery in US history." The FBI requested and obtained warrants to seize US Private Vaults' business property. US Private Vaults has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder drug money, and the investigation was continuing, Eimiller added. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit have asked for the FBI raid to be deemed unconstitutional by a district judge, the LA Times reported.
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