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A view of the border between Russia and Finland at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Lappeenranta, Finland on November 15, 2023. The four border crossings - at Vaalimaa, Nuijamaa, Imatra and Niirala in southeastern Finland - are normally the busiest points of travel between the two countries. Nearly 100 asylum seekers had entered Finland from Russia on Friday by midday, officials said. Finland shares a 1,340-km (833-mile) border with Russia that also serves as the EU's external border. Finland's ombudsman for non-discrimination said on Thursday Helsinki still had a duty under international treaties and EU law to allow asylum seekers to seek protection.

Persons: Helsinki, Matti Pitkaniitty, Pitkaniitty, Essi Lehto, Anne Kauranen, Terje Solsvik, Gareth Jones Organizations: Finnish Border Guard, European Union, NATO, Kremlin, Helsinki, Thomson Locations: Russia, Finland, Lappeenranta, Finnish, HELSINKI, Vaalimaa, Russia's, Salla, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Moscow, Ukraine, United States

☆ Mira Murati is OpenAI's new interim CEO. Here's what we know about the exec who replaces Sam Altman.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Jordan Hart | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is out, the company's board said late Friday. Mira Murati, OpenAI's chief technology officer, will replace Altman as the interim CEO. "A member of OpenAI's leadership team for five years, Mira has played a critical role in OpenAI's evolution into a global AI leader. Murati joined OpenAI as a researcher in 2018 when the company had just 40 to 50 employees, she told Fortune. "Our goal is to get to AGI, and we want to get there in a way that makes sure that AGI goes well for humanity," Murati told Fortune.

Persons: Sam Altman, Mira Murati, Altman, —, Mira, OpenAI, PATRICK T, FALLON, Murati, ChatGPT, Tesla, Eugene Gologursky, She's, AGI, Getty, Rainer Maria Rilke Organizations: Service, Albania who's, Murati, Dartmouth, OpenAI, Time Magazine, Radiohead Locations: Albania, Murati, AGI, Silicon Valley, Vancouver

☆ Dozens of migrants wait at Finland-Russia border after Helsinki blocks crossings
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Anne Kauranen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

HELSINKI, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Dozens of migrants stood behind barriers at two crossings on Finland's border with Russia on Saturday, the Finnish Border Guard said, after Helsinki erected barricades to halt a flow of asylum seekers it says was instigated by Moscow. Despite the closure, dozens of migrants arrived on Saturday afternoon at the Nuijamaa and Vaalimaa crossings, and lit a campfire in sub-zero temperatures behind razor-wire barriers mounted by border guards, Finnish Border Guard told reporters. Four regular border crossings remain open for the time being, but asylum can now only be sought at two of those, in Salla and Vartius, further north, the Border Guard said. On Saturday, 67 people arrived to seek asylum at the Vartius post, the local border guard unit said on X, formerly known as Twitter. The Kremlin on Friday said Finland was making a "big mistake" by closing down border crossings and that Helsinki's move was destroying bilateral relations.

Persons: Mika Rytkonen, Jouko Kinnunen, Moscow's, Riikka Purra, Anne Kauranen, Attila Cser, Kevin Liffey, Terje Solsvik, Ros Russell Organizations: Finnish Border Guard, Kremlin, YLE, Finland, Border Guard, Twitter, MTV, Union, Frontex, Friday, Reuters, Finance, Finns Party, Thomson Locations: HELSINKI, Russia, Helsinki, Moscow, United States, Finland, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Salla, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, East, Africa, Nuijamaa, London

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the EDM DJ Steve Aoki, the next frontier is the final one. A trip to outer space makes a lot of sense for the forward-thinking creator, who's releasing “HiROQUEST 2: Double Helix” on Friday. On “HiROQUEST 2: Double Helix,” his story continues, and a new antagonist is introduced. Sonically, “HiROQUEST 2: Double Helix” is a detour from the first release. In the meantime, Aoki says he knows how the “HiROQUEST” saga will end, but he's not telling more.

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☆ Why conversation is at the heart of an excellent customer experience
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Nice | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

NICE Enlighten, a purpose-built AI for customer experience, has operations, agents, and customers covered across the end-to-end customer journeyAI chatbots that understand and respond to customer emotions can be used to personalize the customer experience and provide expedited resolutions. Conversation as a means of delivering exceptional customer experience (CX) has reached a tipping point in today's modern business landscape. This mismatch between consumer expectations and business capabilities is a significant opportunity for generative AI to improve the customer experience. The future of conversational customer experienceAlthough AI has the potential to revolutionize the customer experience, it is not without its drawbacks. These chatbots can be used to personalize the customer experience and provide expedited resolutions to customer problems.

Persons: Elizabeth Tobey, Tobey Organizations: NICE, CX, Insider Studios

☆ This is what the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit shoes, bags, and other luxury items looks like
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Authorities in New York recently announced the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods in the US. The 219,000 counterfeit items seized included 219,000 bags, clothes, shoes, and other luxury products. AdvertisementFederal authorities in New York City just made the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods — worth an estimated $1.03 billion. Boxes full of counterfeit goods were seized from the storage facility. AdvertisementPhotos released by authorities show boxes upon boxes full of counterfeit goods, as well as units with floor to ceiling shelves absolutely overflowing with counterfeit luxury handbags, shoes, wallets, clothing, sunglasses, and more.

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☆ More support needed for energy transition across emerging and frontier markets: Mercer
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMore support needed for energy transition across emerging and frontier markets: MercerRich Nuzum of Mercer discusses how the launch of their Catalytic Investment Exchange will support the emerging and frontier markets accelerate their energy transition goals.

Persons: Mercer Rich Nuzum, Mercer Organizations: Mercer

☆ Investing in Space: Deutsche Bank draws investors, companies for NYC for summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Yesterday Deutsche Bank held a Space Summit conference here in New York City. Investors want to invest in space, but investors understand that this is a long investment cycle," Lohiya said. In general, the space sector is "much more rationalized" than bubble times of two or three years ago, Lohiya noted. Lohiya said the space sector is different than other fast-growing American industries, such as electric vehicles, clean energy or fintech. There's no doubt of a liquidity crunch that reaches beyond the space sector.

Persons: CNBC's Michael Sheetz, I've, Lohiya, There's Organizations: Deutsche Bank, CNBC, Rocket Lab, Deutsche, Investment Banking, Space Locations: New York City, New York

☆ German police raid Iran-linked centre over suspected Hezbollah support
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] German police officers walk towards the Islamic Center Hamburg, during a raid, due to suspicion of members acting against a constitutional order and supporting the militant group Hezbollah in Hamburg, Germany, November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Nov 16 (Reuters) - German police conducted raids early on Thursday in seven states over the Islamic Centre of Hamburg's suspected support for the militant group Hezbollah, the interior ministry said. "I want to make clear that we are acting against Islamists, not against a religion or another state," said German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. In Hamburg alone, 300 officers conducted 31 searches in connection with the centre, the city's interior senator said. "The suspicions against the Islamic Centre of Hamburg are serious," and it has long been monitored by the domestic intelligence agency for Islamist activities, said Faeser.

Persons: Fabian Bimmer, Nancy Faeser, Linda Pasquini, Miranda Murray, Madeline Chambers, Edmund Klamann Organizations: Islamic Center, Hezbollah, REUTERS, Rights, Islamic, Authorities, of, Lebanese, Thomson Locations: Islamic Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Israel, Gaza, Iran, of Hamburg

He's worked with everyone from Madonna and Shakira to Peso Pluma and Karol G. He has one Grammy and 18 Latin Grammys already to his name, and is the top nominee at Thursday's 2023 Latin Grammys ceremony. Unlike most of his contemporaries dominating the music industry, though, Barrera is a producer and songwriter first, recently receiving a songwriter of the year nod for the Grammys in February. He’s also nominated in the brand-new songwriter of the year category of the Latin Grammys, and says he’s proud to be recognized alongside his collaborators and mentors. “Un x100to” is one of the few regional Mexican music songs that have managed to reach the song of the year category at this year's Latin Grammys. He wondered how Marshmello would translate to the genre, but Barrera was pleasantly surprised with the American DJ and producer's interest in Latin music.

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☆ The promise and risks of deep-sea mining
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +13 min

The promise and risks of deep-sea mining A vast treasure of critical minerals lies on the ocean floor. All of these factors make deep-sea mining more appealing, supporters say. Environmentalists, however, say it’s a false dichotomy, as land mining will continue whether or not deep-sea mining is allowed. Any country can allow deep-sea mining in its territorial waters, and Norway, Japan and the Cook Islands are close to allowing it. For now, the ISA's members are hotly debating the best standards for deep-sea mining.

Persons: Gerard Barron, Margo Deiye, “ We’re, ”, Barron, “, Beth Orcutt, Jason Gillham, Joe Carr, Pradeep Singh, Kira Mizell, Julia Wolfe, Katy Daigle, Claudia Parsons Organizations: International Energy Agency, P Global, Authority, United Nations, ISA, Metals Co, Russia's JSC, Blue Minerals, Exploration, Metals, Clarion, Companies, U.S . Geological Survey, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, The Metals Co, Northwest, Maine's Bigelow Laboratory, Ocean Sciences, Impossible Metals, NOAA, Research, Aquarium Research, Bigelow Laboratory, Research Institute, Sustainability, . Geological Survey Locations: Brazil, Norway, Japan, Cook, Vancouver, Blue, Blue Minerals Jamaica, China, Hawaii, Mexico, Nauru, U.S, Russia, France, India, Poland, Tokyo, Monterey

☆ America and China Are Talking Again. Let’s Keep It That Way. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Jacob Dreyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

But the sons and daughters of those builders are growing up in a very different world from their parents. There is widespread and growing discussion, for instance, of how to make Chinese society more equitable, green, urban and scientific. China is undergoing a profound transition to a high-tech, highly educated, prosperous and powerful nation that its “builder generation” could only imagine. And in frontier technologies like artificial intelligence, experts agree that a discussion without China amounts to the West talking to itself. Californians, plagued by wildfires, know that there are more immediate threats to their way of life than China.

Persons: Nicholas Burns Organizations: America, U.S, Soviet Union, U.S . Locations: China, United States, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Beijing, America, Soviet, China —, Soviet Union, Washington

☆ Facing asylum seeker surge from Russia, Finland mulls curbing access
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Essi Lehto | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] A view of the border between Russia and Finland at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Lappeenranta, Finland on November 15, 2023. An increasing number of citizens from third countries have arrived via Russia to Finnish border-crossing points without proper documentation this autumn. Finland has no... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreHELSINKI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Further groups of asylum seekers arrived on Wednesday at Finland's southeastern border via Russia, officials said, adding to a sudden surge that might spur the Nordic country to restrict access. Finland's government on Tuesday accused Russia of funnelling asylum seekers to crossing points along the frontier and said it might limit access unless Russian authorities reverse course. On Tuesday, 55 asylum seekers were recorded by officials, while Wednesday afternoon's figure stood at 66 and rising, Finnish Border Guard Lieutenant Colonel Jukka Lukkari said.

Persons: Sauli Niinisto, Finland's, Dmitry Peskov, Jukka Lukkari, Jukka Laine, Laine, Essi Lehto, Anne Kauranen, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Union, NATO, EU, Finnish Border Guard, University of Eastern, Finnish Refugee Council, Thomson Locations: Russia, Finland, Lappeenranta, Finnish, HELSINKI, Finland's, Moscow, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Syria, University of Eastern Finland

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The famous fountains at the Bellagio won't be very visible this week amid the roar of Formula One racing on the Las Vegas Strip, and gondoliers won't be serenading tourists at the Venetian resort. They hope Las Vegas will join Monaco on the leader board of host cities for Grand Prix events around the world. Green remembered Las Vegas Boulevard casino-hotels including the Dunes, Barbary Coast, Frontier, Silver Slipper, Sands, Desert Inn and Stardust. Huge properties new to the resort corridor include Resorts World, which opened in 2021, and Fontainebleu Las Vegas, due to open next month. “I think what what is happening is Las Vegas is becoming the epicenter of the 'fun economy,'” Feldman said.

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☆ October Inflation Report Price Rises Expected to Cool
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Jeanna Smialek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Airlines lower their fares when they are trying to get more people to book tickets as demand is slowing or they are facing stiffer competition. Early this month, the average price for a domestic flight around Thanksgiving was down about 9 percent from a year ago. But some airlines say demand is slowing outside of holiday and other peak travel periods. Image Thanksgiving this year is expected to set a record for air travel, with nearly 30 million passengers anticipated. If travel demand is dropping, in some ways that’s an even bigger win for people who are never going to give up on travel.”

Persons: Denise Diorio, “ I’ve, ’ ”, Diorio, Hopper, ”, Kyle Potter, Potter, Stefani Reynolds, John Grant, “ We’re, “, ” Barry Biffle, Steve Hafner, that’s Organizations: Airlines, Airlines for America, Credit, The New York Times, U.S, JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Miami, Analysts Locations: Tampa , Fla, Chicago, New York, Paris, Europe, Caribbean, Denver, Orlando, Fla, Los Angeles, East, Ukraine

☆ MSCI announces results of quarterly index review
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 14 (Reuters) - Index provider MSCI (MSCI.N) said on Tuesday that 46 securities will be added to and 69 deleted from its widely-followed MSCI ACWI stock index, while 14 will be added and two deleted from its frontier markets stock index. Changes will be implemented as of the market close on Nov. 30, MSCI announced in its quarterly index review. The three largest additions to the MSCI ACWI from developed markets will be Vertiv Holdings (VRT.N) and Celsius Holdings (CELH.O) from the United States, and Italy’s Leonardo (LDOF.MI). It will also add 16 and delete 25 securities from the MSCI China All Shares Index. The largest additions will be these same companies.

Persons: Thomas White, MSCI, Italy’s Leonardo, Rodrigo Campos, Chris Reese Organizations: Vertiv Holdings, Holdings, Tata Motors, Indonesia’s Amman Mineral, Frontier, Stock Commercial Bank, Oman International Development & Investment Company, Banque Marocaine pour, CGN, Co, Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare, Empyrean Technology, Thomson Locations: United States, Indonesia’s Amman, China, Vietnam, Oman, Banque Marocaine pour le, Shanghai

LISBON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. army analyst and WikiLeaks source, said on Tuesday that technology tools can be more efficient in protecting people's privacy and information than legal or regulatory mechanisms that risk being tampered with. "I believe very strongly that there are technical means of protecting information and those are more reliable," Manning told Reuters in an interview during Europe's largest technology conference, the Web Summit, in Lisbon, Portugal. Manning currently works as a security consultant at Nym Technologies, a network that aims to prevent governments and companies from tracking people's online activities. 'SIDESTEPPING ETHICS'Artificial intelligence (AI) is the big topic at this year's Web Summit, which draws tens of thousands of participants and high-level speakers from global tech companies, as well as politicians. Reporting by Catarina Demony; Additional reporting by Supantha Mukherjee; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Chelsea Manning, Manning, Barack Obama, Catarina Demony, Supantha Mukherjee, Aurora Ellis Organizations: WikiLeaks, Reuters, Web, Nym Technologies, Thomson Locations: LISBON, U.S, Lisbon, Portugal, Iraq

☆ Myanmar rebels seek to control border with India after early wins
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Dozens of rebels battled the Myanmar military from dawn to dusk on Monday to overrun two camps abutting India's Mizoram state, as part of a widening offensive against the junta-led administration, Chin National Front (CNF) Vice Chairman Sui Khar said. Following the battle, 43 Myanmar soldiers surrendered to Indian police and are currently sheltering in Mizoram, local police official Lalmalsawma Hnamte said. "Whether they will be pushed back or not, we are waiting for further instructions from the central government," he told Reuters. Chin rebels will now look to consolidate their control along the India-Myanmar border, where the Myanmar military has two more camps, Sui Khar said. A Rathedaung resident told Reuters on Tuesday the area came under artillery fire overnight and that military soldiers had entered the town.

Persons: Sui Khar, Kyaw Naing, Lalmalsawma Hnamte, Chin, Nobel, Aung, Suu Kyi, Krishn Kaushik, Kanupriya Kapoor, Devjyot, Michael Perry, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Chin, Myanmar's, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, Reuters, Human Rights Organization, Myanmar, Arakan Army, Artillery, Thomson Locations: Myanmar, India, Farkawn, Mizoram, Myanmar's Shan, Kayah, Rakhine, Chin, Rakhine's, Myanmar's Chin, India's Mizoram, China, Shan State, Sittwe, Rathedaung, Minbya, Suu, MIZORAM, DELHI

☆ Hezbollah Says Front With Israel Will Remain Active
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah said on Saturday that his armed group had used new types of weapons and struck new targets in Israel in recent days, and pledged that the front in the south against its sworn enemy would remain active. It was Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's second speech since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October. Nasrallah said on Saturday there had been "an upgrade" in Hezbollah's operations along its front with Israel. But the tit-for-tat shelling has been largely restricted to the border and Hezbollah has mostly struck military targets. Israel tightened its siege of Hamas-ruled Gaza following the Oct. 7 cross-border assault by the group that Israel says killed around 1,200, with about 240 abducted as hostages back to the Palestinian enclave.

Persons: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's, Nasrallah, Israel, Laila Bassam, Giles Elgood Organizations: Hamas, Lebanese, Iran's, Guards Locations: BEIRUT, Israel, Kiryat Shmona, Tehran, United States, Gaza

☆ Hezbollah says front with Israel will remain active
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a screen during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs' Day, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 11, 2023. REUTERS/Aziz Taher Acquire Licensing RightsBEIRUT, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah said on Saturday that his armed group had used new types of weapons and struck new targets in Israel in recent days, and pledged that the front in the south against its sworn enemy would remain active. It was Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's second speech since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October. But the tit-for-tat shelling has been largely restricted to the border and Hezbollah has mostly struck military targets. Israel tightened its siege of Hamas-ruled Gaza following the Oct. 7 cross-border assault by the group that Israel says killed around 1,200, with about 240 abducted as hostages back to the Palestinian enclave.

Persons: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Aziz Taher, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's, Nasrallah, Israel, Laila Bassam, Giles Elgood Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Lebanese, Iran's, Guards, Thomson Locations: Beirut's, Lebanon, Rights BEIRUT, Israel, Kiryat Shmona, Tehran, United States, Gaza

☆ Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug Wegovy slashes risk of serious heart events
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Angelica Peebles | In Angelicapeebles | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Still life of Wegovy an injectable prescription weight loss medicine that has helped people with obesity. Novo Nordisk's Wegovy cut the risk of serious cardiovascular complications in people with obesity and heart disease in a closely watched trial, demonstrating a particularly large effect on heart attacks, a promising new frontier for the drug. The roughly 17,500-person Select study tested Wegovy in people with obesity and heart disease but who did not have diabetes. The new data could also help the Danish pharmaceutical company maintain its lead over Eli Lilly, whose competing weight-loss drug Zepbound was approved in the U.S. earlier this week. Zepbound has been shown to help people lose more weight, but it hasn't yet demonstrated an effect on cardiovascular outcomes.

Persons: Robert Kushner, Eli Lilly, Zepbound, Howard Weintraub Organizations: Wegovy, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, New England, of Medicine, Novo Nordisk, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Center for, NYU Langone Locations: Danish, U.S

The skeletons are never far away from Konstantin A. Dobrovolsky. Sometimes he sleeps above them in a tiny olive-green trailer in the woods. For 44 summers, he has traversed the hilly scrabble northwest of Murmansk, the most populous city above the Arctic Circle and the northernmost frontier in World War II, in search of the remains of Soviet soldiers who died defending it. He has continued unearthing those bones even as descendants of the soldiers — of Russian, Ukrainian and other ethnic origins — are dying on a new front line, in Ukraine. While the Kremlin has sought to draw parallels between the Great Patriotic War, as World War II is known in Russia, and the current war, it is a comparison that Mr. Dobrovolsky, who is categorically opposed to the invasion of Ukraine, wholeheartedly rejects.

Persons: Konstantin A, Dobrovolsky Organizations: Kremlin Locations: Murmansk, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Two Young Democratic Stars Collide Over Israel and Their Party’s Future
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Nicholas Fandos | More About Nicholas Fandos | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

“This is pursuing a proven and failed strategy,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said in a recent radio interview. Calls for a cease-fire by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez and others drew a stern rebuke from the White House, and she faced backlash for voting against a bipartisan resolution that expressed strong support for Israel. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, who did not agree to an interview, met in Washington last month with the families of Jewish hostages kidnapped by Hamas. was trying to infiltrate the Democratic Party “to impose the ideological litmus tests on Israel” and “cleanse” those who disagree with them. It remains far from clear how many left-leaning Democrats Mr. Torres is moving.

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☆ $29 flights are back as airlines race to fill seats in the off-season
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

A Frontier Airlines airplane taxis past a Spirit Airlines aircraft at Indianapolis International Airport in Indianapolis, Indiana. Southwest Airlines , for example, last month offered one-way fares of $29 for flights early in the morning or at night, just one example of airline discounting for off-peak periods. Airlines have scheduled a record 259.8 million seats for domestic flights in the fourth quarter, up nearly 8% from last year, on 1.86 million flights, up 6% from 2022, according to aviation-data firm Cirium. United Airlines said it expects to fly 5.9 million passengers from Nov. 17 to Nov. 29, up 13% from last year and 5% more than 2019. That means they could increase their inventory of cheaper basic economy fares during weaker demand periods, or raise fares when demand is high for premium seats.

Persons: Luke Sharrett, Ryan Green, Scott Keyes, airfare, Bob Jordan, Jordan, Barry Biffle, we're, Hopper, that's, Biffle, Henry Harteveldt Organizations: Frontier, Spirit Airlines, Indianapolis International Airport, Bloomberg, Getty, Texas — Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Skift Aviation, Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Budget, JetBlue, Frontier Airlines, . Frontier Airlines, CNBC, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest, Atmosphere Research Locations: Indianapolis , Indiana, Texas, Miramar , Florida, Orlando, Vegas

☆ Inside Turkey’s ‘hidden’ ski world
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Rob Hodgetts | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In winter, moist air from the Black Sea mixes with cold mountain air to produce plentiful powder snow at altitude from January to April. “It was probably my best day’s skiing ever.”Apres ski here is low key, with hot baths, games of table tennis or massages. On bad weather days, alternative activities include skiing from the snowcat, snow shoeing or ski touring. The Kaçkar mountains could soon be on the world ski map, and not just for heli-skiing. “We will be very happy if, one day, there is a ski resort in Ayder,” says Gasser.

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