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☆ Life at Sea's three-year cruise will get a bigger ship
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Life at Sea Cruises is now owned and operated entirely by Miray Cruises, a company with a 30-year history of operating in the Aegean. Bigger ship, fewer guestsStaterooms on the new ship will have 20 square feet more per cabin, say Miray Cruises. Life at Sea CruisesMeanwhile, Miray says it is launching its first Life at Sea cruise in its new ship as planned in November. MV Lara will be larger than the Gemini, Kendra Holmes, CEO of Miray Cruises, told CNN. And this Miray team is accommodating to everyone – If there are concerns, they fix it, if there are ideas they put them into place.

Persons: Miray, “, Mikael Petterson, Irina Strembitsky, Petterson, Staterooms, Lara, Kendra Holmes, Holmes, ” Holmes, Cruises, Heidi Klum, AIDA Cruises, Sharon Lane, ”, ’ ”, Meredith Shay, Shay, Ingrid Warwick, “ It’ll, “ That’s, Finnbarr Webster Organizations: CNN, Sea Cruises, Cruises, Miray Cruises, Gemini, Carnival, Sea, Petterson, Vie Locations: Europe, German, “, Florida, Germany, Istanbul

☆ Trump stored classified documents in a shower at Mar-a-Lago, unsealed indictment shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some of those documents were in a shower, the unsealed indictment says. The revelations were contained in the 37-count indictment unsealed on Friday, which detailed the federal charges against the former president. "Mar-a-Lago Club was not an authorized location for the storage possession, review, display, or discussion of classified documents," the indictment reads. "Nevertheless, Trump stored his boxes containing classified documents in various locations at the Mar-a-Lago Club — including in a ballroom, a bathroom and shower, and office space, his bedroom, and a storage room." Later that month, some of the boxes were moved from the business center to the bathroom in what was known as Mar-a-Lago Club's Lake Room.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Trump, Stormy Daniels Organizations: The Justice Department, Trump, Service, Department of Justice, The, of Justice, Mar, Stringer, Anadolu Agency, Getty, White, Republican, Manhattan District Locations: Palm Beach , Florida, Miami, Lago, New York City

☆ Exclusive: Russia's VTB may pull out of running for Yandex stake - CEO Kostin
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Maxim ShemetovMOSCOW, June 9 (Reuters) - Russian state-owned lender VTB (VTBR.MM) may pull out of the running to acquire a stake in internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O), the bank's CEO, Andrei Kostin, told Reuters, as discussions are now centered around higher prices than the bank's initial offer. Kostin said he was not sure VTB would continue with its bid. "I am not sure that we will go into Yandex," Kostin told Reuters when asked about plans. "It was announced at $7 billion recently, we submitted our application at a different price level, lower," Kostin said. VTB was hit hard with Western sanctions over Russia's actions in Ukraine, something that limits its ability to front a consortium bid, Kostin said.

Persons: Maxim Shemetov, Andrei Kostin, Kostin, –, Arkady Volozh, VTB, Vladimir Potanin, Vagit Alekperov, Guy Faulconbridge, Elena Fabrichnaya, Alexander Marrow Organizations: Moscow International Business Center, REUTERS, VTB, Reuters, Kostin, Yandex NV, Thomson Locations: Moscow, City, Russia, Maxim Shemetov MOSCOW, Yandex, Ukraine, Yandex's

It describes how Mr. Trump moved dozens of boxes containing sensitive documents out of the White House and into Mar-a-Lago, his home and private club in Palm Beach, Fla. A three-dimensional illustration shows the location of the Lake Room within Mar-a-Lago. Lake Room Lake Room Lake Room Boxes of documents were stored in a bathroom in the so-called Lake Room at Mar-a-Lago. Storage area Storage area Storage area Storage area Photographs show documents kept in a storage room at Mar-a-Lago. officials searched Mar-a-Lago in August 2022, they found 27 classified documents in Mr. Trump’s office, including six with the highest level of classification.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, Lago, ”, texted, Walt Nauta, F.B.I, of Justice Mr Organizations: White, Ballroom, of Justice, Mar, Mr Locations: Mar, Palm Beach, Fla, Pine Hall, Lago, Bedminster, N.J

Vadym Boychenko, mayor of Mariupol, at his office in the city hall of Mariupol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Russian service members work on demining the territory of Azovstal steel plant during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 22, 2022. A view shows the building of a theatre destroyed in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 10, 2022. Before Russia's invasion last February, Mariupol was affectionately known as the mighty Ukrainian city with a fierce, steel heart. A local resident reacts while speaking outside a block of flats heavily damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 18, 2022.

☆ The Taliban promised to provide security to Afghans. New data shows threat from ISIS is growing
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Eliza Mackintosh Ehsan Popalzai Antonio Jarne Lou Robinson | Eliza Mackintosh | Ehsan Popalzai | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

“Currently we don’t have security in Afghanistan at all, whenever we go out we don’t know if we will come home alive or not,” he added. Taliban security forces guard a checkpoint near the foreign ministry in Kabul on March 27, after an ISIS-K suicide bomber struck the site. The data, which is available in a live map, includes 367 pieces of open-source evidence — largely videos and images shared on social media — about 70 ISIS-K attacks since August 2021. As the Taliban try to minimize the threat ISIS-K poses, attacks on civilians continue. Taliban security forces have been waging ongoing operations and night raids against ISIS-K.

☆ Volkswagen takes on China's EV market with a higher-end car and $1 billion investment
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Volkswagen's ID.7 is set for release in Europe and China in the fall of 2023, and in North America in 2024. CNBC | Evelyn ChengBEIJING — German automaker Volkswagen is investing about $1 billion in China for electric car development, and releasing a vehicle targeted at a higher end of the market. German investment in China grew by nearly 61% in the first quarter from a year ago, China's Ministry of Commerce said Thursday. Overall, foreign investment in China grew by 4.9% year-on-year in the first three months of the year to 408.45 billion yuan ($59.33 billion). Vehicles for China will be produced locally, while those for Europe and North America will be produced in Germany, Volkswagen said.

☆ How to access American Airlines Admirals Club airport lounges
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Jason Stauffer | Elizabeth Gravier | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Below, CNBC Select details of the ways you can access American Airlines' network of Admirals Club lounges. American Airlines lounge locationsAmerican Airlines offers a network of nearly 50 Admirals Club lounges across 32 airports worldwide. How to access American Airlines loungesTo access any American Airlines lounge you'll need to be flying either with American Airlines, a Oneworld alliance partner or JetBlue. Members of the U.S. military traveling in uniform have access to most Admirals Club lounges when traveling on a same-day American Airlines flight. With an annual Admirals Club membership you'll also have access to Alaska Airlines lounges, Qantas lounges and other partner lounges.

☆ Firms use Google ads to entice small businesses to pay for help the gov't provides free
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Jesselyn Cook | Jesselyn Cook Is An Investigative Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

Several draw in unwitting customers like Talbot through Google ads that outrank the legitimate SAM.gov page, illustrating the ease of buying visibility on the world’s largest search engine. Google removed the ads for a number of these sites in response to an inquiry for this article but subsequently reversed its decision. “We have strict ads policies that govern the types of ads and advertisers we allow on our platforms,” Google spokesperson Davis Thompson said in a statement. But the Small Business Administration urges people not to spend their precious resources on these services when so many free alternatives exist. She expects new, prominently displayed Google ads to play a part in the problem.

☆ Costco reports mixed quarter, but we see positive catalysts on the horizon
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Margins Reported gross margins fell 45 basis points year-over-year, and 21 basis points excluding gas inflation. Core merchandise margins fell 52 basis points on a reported basis, and 31 basis points excluding gas inflation. Ancillary and other businesses' margins increased 23 basis points on a reported basis, and 30 basis points excluding gas inflation. LIFO — last in, first out — margins increased 3 basis points on a reported basis, and 3 basis points excluding gas. Other margins — a catchall bucket — fell 17 basis points on a reported basis and 18 points excluding gas inflation.

☆ French prosecutors name Ukrainian suspect in Lebanese central bank probe
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( David Gauthier-Villars | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Dec 5 (Reuters) - French prosecutors said on Monday they have put a Ukrainian woman linked to the governor of Lebanon's central bank under formal investigation as part of a cross-border probe into alleged fraud to the detriment of the Lebanese state. A lawyer for Kosakova said he and his client would "react very soon" to the French prosecutors' decisions. Salameh, who has not been named as a suspect by French prosecutors but who had some of his real estate assets in France seized as part of the investigation, did not respond to a message seeking comment. A French lawyer for Salameh, Pierre-Olivier Sur, said the June decision on Kosakova "doesn't change anything". In the interview with Reuters, Riad Salameh has said he bought real estate assets with his own money, earned when he worked as an investment banker.

[1/2] FILE PHOTO:Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cries while speaking during a meeting with members of the government transition team in Brasilia, Brazil November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino REUTERSBRASILIA, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A dust-up among aides to Brazil's president-elect over the country's choice to lead the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is fueling concern that hardcore leftists on his team are eclipsing the influence of more market-friendly moderates. As his transition team begins its work ahead of the Jan. 1 inauguration, investors are wondering which group will be more influential in steering the two-term former president's economic policy. His appointment as coordinator of Lula's transition team was seen as good news for those hoping for market-friendly policies. SEEKING TO PLEASEInvestor concern about Lula's economic plans has been growing since last week.

☆ U.S. automaker Ford opens $260 million campus in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, Oct 31 (Reuters) - U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co (F.N) opened its new global technology and business center on the outskirts of Mexico's capital on Monday after a $260 million investment. The new campus will host business operations, global transformation activities and the largest engineering center in Mexico, according to a video shared by the company's Twitter account. loadingThe campus, located in the municipality of Naucalpan, is set to host 9,000 employees working in a hybrid manner, splitting time between home and the campus, Ford Motor said in a statement. Several foreign auto companies have expanded operations and announced new investments in Mexico this year. Reporting by Carolina Pulice and Valentine Hilaire; Editing by Rashmi AichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Restaurant operating hours are still shorter compared to 2019, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

States with Democratic governors saw steeper reductions to restaurants' hours than those led by Republicans, according to the report. Every state except Alaska saw a decrease in restaurants' average weekly operating hours. Eateries have trimmed their weekly operating hours by 7.5%, or 6.4 hours, compared with pre-pandemic schedules, according to a new report from Datassential . Denny's weekly hours have fallen by nearly a third, while Texas Roadhouse , IHOP and Subway have all seen their averages shrink by double digits. Those chains' significant drops in operating hours are likely due to the reduction of diners and other eateries that are open for 24 hours.

☆ Vladimir Putin’s Cannon Fodder
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

How popular in Russia is Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine? Maybe less every day. Tens of thousands of Russians have fled the country to escape military conscription, and now reports say Russia is resorting to press gangs to hunt and snatch male civilians to send to the front lines. A recent raid on a business center in Moscow, according to the Washington Post, grabbed musicians who were rehearsing, a courier who was making a delivery, and a “very drunk” man in his mid-50s who had a walking disability. A raid last week on a homeless shelter in Moscow reportedly netted dozens of, uh, recruits.

☆ Russian authorities are grabbing men from homeless shelters, restaurants, and workplaces to fight in Ukraine: WaPo
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian police and military officers are taking men and sending them to fight in Ukraine, per WaPo. The Russian military has suffered significant losses since the start of the war in Ukraine. But Russian authorities are now reportedly rounding up ordinary men, in virtually any place where they can find them assembled. Police officers have recently taken men from streets and Metro stations to fight in the war, and have even staked out apartment building lobbies to give military summonses. Earlier this month, former CIA director David Petraeus said in a WABC radio interview that the war in Ukraine looked "very dire" for Putin.

☆ Dubai, Tel Aviv and beyond: CNBC names the best hotels for business travel in the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-04 | by ( Monica Buchanan Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of the "Best Hotels for Business Travelers" in the Middle East. From Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv, here is the full list of the winners in the Middle East in PDF format — complete with final scores — some of which are highlighted below. Alternatively, you can search by city or country using the table here:Abu DhabiRosewood Abu Dhabi Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi — Yas Island Four Seasons Hotel Abu Dhabi at Al Maryah Island W Abu Dhabi — Yas Island Beach Rotana ResidencesRosewood Abu Dhabi Source: Rosewood Abu DhabiRosewood Abu Dhabi is the brand's only hotel in the United Arab Emirates. AnkaraAlegria Business Hotel Holiday Inn Ankara — Cukurambar Ankara Atli Hotel Ankara HiltonSA Occidental Ankara The Alegria is all business — as befits its name. It has the amenities that business travelers value — an on-site restaurant, bar and patisserie — all just a few miles from Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport.

☆ Saudi Arabia buys pair of SpaceX astronaut seats from Axiom
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Under the deal, two Saudi astronauts will ride SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule to the space station for a roughly weeklong stay early next year, the sources said. Officials with the Saudi Space Commission, Riyadh's space agency founded in 2018, were not immediately available to comment. The Saudi astronauts will join two previously announced Americans, retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and race car driver and investor John Shoffner, the sources said. For Axiom and other space companies, cutting deals with foreign governments is seen as vital to sustaining a business centered on putting people in space. Axiom's astronaut flight business is crucial experience for the company's broader goals of deploying its own private space station by mid-decade.

☆ Exclusive: Saudi Arabia buys pair of SpaceX astronaut seats from Axiom -sources
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Under the deal, two Saudi astronauts will ride SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule to the space station for a roughly weeklong stay early next year, the sources said. Officials with the Saudi Space Commission, Riyadh's space agency founded in 2018, were not immediately available to comment. The Saudi astronauts will join two previously announced Americans, retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and race car driver and investor John Shoffner, the sources said. Axiom launched its first private mission to the space station in April, sending a four-man crew to the space station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that included a Canadian investor and an Israeli businessman. Axiom's astronaut flight business is crucial experience for the company's broader goals of deploying its own private space station by mid-decade.

☆ Best of: lista localurilor din Chișinău care vă livrează pască și cozonac pentru masa de Paște
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Best of: lista localurilor din Chișinău care vă livrează pască și cozonac pentru masa de PașteSe apropie sărbătorile de Paște și pentru că opțiunea de a merge la magazin după pască sau cozonac e un lux, mai multe localuri din Capitală și nu doar au venit cu oferte speciale. # Link la pagina de Facebook a restaurantului# MagnoliaMagnolia v-a pregătit o diversitate de biscuiți de Paște, pască, panettone, cozonaci și ruladă. Livrarea în raza orașului Chișinău e de 60 de lei, iar dacă comandați în sumă de 550 de lei și mai mult, livrarea e gratuită. Comanda prealabilă pentru Paștele Blajinilor este acceptată până pe 3 mai – livrarea va avea loc pe 7 mai. Se oferă o reducere de 10 % celor care înregistrează comandă preventivă în valoare de cel puțin 500 de lei și o achită integral până la data de 23 aprilie 2021.

Persons: Victor Organizations: Business Center, Facebook Locations: Chișinău, Capitală, Jolly, Republica Moldova

☆ Вячеслав Платон отрицает обвинения в захвате Дома моды и здания ASITO
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-27 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +2 min

Основатель холдинга «Accent Group» Владимир Руссу утверждает, что стал жертвой рейдерской атаки, устроенной бизнесменом Вячеславом Платоном. Вчера Владимир Руссу обвинил Платона в реализации мошеннической схемы. Данные здания принадлежали мне, но их присвоил Владимир Плахотнюк, который зарегистрировал эти объекты на Владимира Руссу», передает tv8.md. «Эти здания принадлежали мне до конца 2014 года. Прежде чем попасть в руки Руссу и Ладыгины, два здания, участвовавшие в сделке, — Дом моды и бывшая штаб-квартира ASITO — стали собственностью Capital Investments SRL по предопределенному пути.

Persons: nokta, Владимир Руссу, Вячеслав Платон, Серджиу Истрати, Платон, Владимир Плахотнюк, Нина Ладыгина, Ольга Бондарчук, Руссу, Ладыгин, Ладыгины Organizations: Business Center, GBC, Continental Business Invest, Investments, Дом моды, Центр моды Locations: tv8, Кишинев, Г. БэнулескуБодони

☆ Платон отрицает обвинения в захвате Дома моды
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-27 | by ( ) ehomd.info time to read: +2 min

Вячеслав Платон отрицает обвинения в захвате Дома моды и здания ASITOЕго адвокат Серджиу Истрати заявляет, что в уголовном деле на недвижимость его клиента был наложен арест, а право владения было незаконно передано компаниям, связанным с Вячеславом Платоном, который отрицает какие-либо обвинения, передает nokta.md со ссылкой на tv8.mdВладимир Руссу обвинил Платона в реализации мошеннической схемы. Данные здания принадлежали мне, но их присвоил Владимир Плахотнюк, который зарегистрировал эти объекты на Владимира Руссу». «Эти здания принадлежали мне до конца 2014 года. Таким образом, они стали владельцами двух зданий в Кишиневе: Дома моды и бывшей штаб-квартиры страховой компании ASITO по улице Г. Бэнулеску-Бодони, 57/1. В последние годы здание ASITO было захвачено доверенными лицами и компаниями-посредниками и вовлечено в судебные процессы вместе с Центром моды.

Persons: mybusiness.md, Вячеслав Платон, Его, Серджиу Истрати, Владимир Руссу, Платон, Владимир Плахотнюк, Нина Ладыгина, Ольга Бондарчук, Руссу, Ладыгин, Ладыгиной Organizations: nokta.md tv8, Business Center, GBC, Continental Business Invest, Investments, Дом моды, Центр моды Locations: Кишинев, Г. БэнулескуБодони

☆ Основатель холдинга Accent Group обвиняет Платона в рейдерском захвате
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-26 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

Основатель холдинга «Accent Group» Владимир Руссу утверждает, что стал жертвой рейдерской атаки, устроенной бизнесменом Вячеславом Платоном. Вчера Владимир Руссу обвинил Платона в реализации мошеннической схемы. Данные здания принадлежали мне, но их присвоил Владимир Плахотнюк, который зарегистрировал эти объекты на Владимира Руссу», передает tv8.md. «Эти здания принадлежали мне до конца 2014 года. По данным сайта rise.md, в 2017 году Владимир Руссу и Нина Ладыгина побывали в Global Business Center (GBC), в деловой резиденции Владимира Плахотнюка, и подписали контракт, заверенный Ольгой Бондарчук.

Persons: Владимир Руссу, Вячеслав Платон, Серджиу Истрати, Платон, Владимир Плахотнюк, Нина Ладыгина, Ольга Бондарчук, Руссу, Ладыгин, Ладыгины Organizations: Business Center, GBC, Continental Business Invest, Investments, Дом моды, Центр моды Locations: tv8, Кишинев, Г. БэнулескуБодони

Best of: gustăm împreună o specialitate orientală. Șapte localuri din Chișinău unde găsești cel mai cremos hummusEste bine cunoscut faptul că hummus-ul este o specialitate orientală foarte veche, așa încât nici astăzi nu i se cunosc exact originile, pentru că era foarte răspândit în Orientul Mijlociu. Cert este însă un alt lucru, proveniența termenului, pentru că „hummus” din arabă se traduce ca – „năut”. Astăzi, pe lângă rețeta originală din năut și tahini, există o multitudine de alte noi arome și gusturi ale acestei specialități. Adorat de vegetarieni, de devoratorii de savori orientale și pur și simplu de cei care iubesc să mănânce gustos, ne-am gândit să facem un Best of cu șapte localuri din Chișinău unde vă puteți alinta papilele gustative cu un hummus cremos și aromat.

Persons: maia, Mihai Eminescu, Alexandru cel Bun, Pușkin, Vasile Alecsandri, Ștefan cel Mare Organizations: Business Locations: Chișinău, Orientul Mijlociu, Bol

☆ Генпримар о планах на 2021 год: Различные работы будут вестись во всех секторах Кишинёва
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-21 | by ( Ольга Донцова | ) aif.md time to read: +1 min

0В нынешнем году в Кишинёве начнётся работа над большим количеством новых проектов, а также будут завершены начатые. При этом, по словам генерального примара Иона Чебана, работа будет идти на протяжении всего года, и проекты будут разнообразными. Также будут завершены работы в парках “Ла Извор”, “Алунелул”, “Валя Трандафирилор”, займёмся парком между Рышкановкой и Чеканами, другими зелёными зонами столицы. В 2021 году работы будут вестись во всех секторах, – заверил градоначальник. По словам примара, реконструкция сквера им.

Persons: “, “ ”, – –, Ион Чебан, Алунелул, Валя Трандафирилор, Чебан, Гоголь, Мария Чеботарь, Алексей Щусев, Николай Йорга Organizations: Дворец Республика Locations: –, Кишинев, Ла Извор, Рышкановкой, Чеканами, Штефан чел Маре, Букурешть, Ботанический сад, Кафедральный собор

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