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☆ MGM says its hotels, casinos 'operating normally' after cyberattack
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An exterior view of MGM Grand hotel and casino, after MGM Resorts shut down some computer systems due to a cyber attack in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Bridget Bennett/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 20 (Reuters) - MGM Resorts (MGM.N) said on Wednesday that all its hotels and casinos were "operating normally" after it shut down some of its computer systems over cybersecurity issues earlier this month. "Mobile Check-In and Digital Keys are currently unavailable," MGM said on its website. Several security analysts have drawn attention to Scattered Spider over the past year for its social engineering tactics. Last week, the hacking group said it took six terabytes of data from the systems of multi-billion-dollar casino operators MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment (CZR.O), as both companies probed the breaches.

Persons: Bridget Bennett, Jefferies, Priyamvada, Pooja Desai Organizations: MGM, MGM Resorts, REUTERS, Reuters, Caesars Entertainment, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, Macau, Las Vegas, Bengaluru

☆ Hackers who breached casino giants MGM, Caesars also hit 3 other firms, Okta says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Zeba Siddiqui | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

David Bradbury, chief security officer of the identity management company Okta, said five of the company's clients, including MGM and Caesars, had fallen victim to hacking groups known as ALPHV and Scattered Spider since August. In an interview with Reuters, Bradbury didn't name the other companies, but said Okta was cooperating with official investigations into the breaches. "We've seen consistently over the past six to 12 months, a ramp up in these types of attacks," Bradbury said. Bradbury said the group had breached into MGM and obtained access to its Okta client, which allowed it further access to more credentials in the identity management firm's system. Bradbury said Mandiant's description of the group's tactics aligned with what Okta had observed in the recent hacks.

Persons: Bridget Bennett, David Bradbury, Bradbury didn't, Okta, Bradbury, We've, ALPHV, Google's, Zeba Siddiqui, Michael Perry Organizations: MGM, MGM Resorts, REUTERS, FRANCISCO, MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment, Caesars, Reuters, Google's Mandiant Intelligence, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, Las Vegas, Macau, San Francisco, United States

☆ FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan reportedly had to write her credit card number on a piece of paper to check in at the MGM Grand when its computers were down in the cyberattack
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

MGM Resorts suffered a cyberattack that affected its reservation system and casino games. Guests trying to check in at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas had to do so manually. Among those 45 patrons was FTC chairwoman Lina Khan, the outlet reported. The FTC didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, but a spokesperson for the agency confirmed to Bloomberg that Khan was in Las Vegas. AdvertisementAdvertisement"MGM Resorts recently identified a cybersecurity issue affecting some of the Company's systems," a statement on MGM Resorts International's website reads.

Persons: Lina Khan, Khan, shrugged, FTC didn't Organizations: MGM Resorts, MGM, Service, Federal Trade Commission, Las, Bloomberg, Caesars Entertainment, FTC Locations: Las Vegas, Wall, Silicon

The falling shares mean that Mr. Arnault (now worth about $195 billion, Forbes says) dropped to the second-richest person in the world in June, eclipsed by Elon Musk. Mr. Arnault has broadened LVMH beyond extravagant playthings into the world of experiences, acquiring over 50 grand hotels and resorts. Mr. Arnault’s changes mean he doesn’t have to retire next year as originally expected. The French media is full of headlines comparing the Arnaults to the Roys, the fictional family in the HBO series. There are TikTok videos explaining why the Arnaults are “the real ‘Succession’ family.” The family hates this talk, and takes pains to play down parallels to the show.

Persons: Arnault, Forbes, Elon Musk, LVMH, —, gobbling, Delphine, Dior Organizations: Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, HBO

☆ She texted her mom on vacation: ‘I’ve met my husband.’ Here’s what happened next
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

‘Like a movie’Here's Michael and Isis on the Puerto Rico vacation in 2018. I’m already having a good time with my friends,’” Michael tells CNN Travel today. Michael and Isis’ sister were part of the same extended friend group at college, so he was intrigued to meet Isis. But Isis’ sister was, at first, less convinced. The couple started talking about moving somewhere new together and settled on Dallas, Texas, where they moved in 2019.

Persons: Woods, Michael Bradford, ”, “, who’d, Atlanta , Georgia –, Isis, Isis –, unquote, Isis ’, Michael, Isis Bradford, I’m, ’, ’ ”, ” Isis, –, Michael didn’t, Michael’s, We’re, let’s, ” Michael, she’d, Here's Michael, She’d, he’d, they’d, Isis Bradford Isis, ” “ Organizations: CNN, Caribbean, Concha Renaissance San, Resort, CNN Travel, La Concha, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C, MGM, Vegas Locations: Puerto Rico, Atlanta , Georgia, Condado, La, San Juan, Puerto, Atlanta, Washington, loggerheads, Dallas , Texas, Michael’s, Sintra , Portugal, Las Vegas, “

☆ A Sunny Place for Shady People
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Liesl Schillinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Its owner was known to accept paintings in lieu of payment — “My kind of hotel,” Picasso joked. In 1960, burglars broke in and stole 21 canvases, including a Braque, a Léger, a Mirò and a Modigliani. The influential Lord Brougham “discovered” Cannes in 1834, when a cholera epidemic interrupted his progress to Italy. Besotted by the Arcadian surroundings, he built a villa. Other foreign aristocrats followed suit, and 20 years later, Prosper Mérimée complained that “the English are established here as in a conquered land.

Persons: ” Picasso, Braque, Modigliani, Miles, Brougham “, Prosper Mérimée, They’ve, Cap Martin, Queen Victoria, Countess, Balmoral, “, Duchess Anastasia, “ Bertie, ”, King Edward VII, Henry Clews, Frank Jay Gould, Murphys, Edith Wharton, Scott Fitzgerald Organizations: Art, Villa Americana Locations: Saint, Paul, Cannes, Italy, Nice, Beaulieu, La, Menton, Balmoral ”, Russian, Monte Carlo, ”, Antibes, Hyères

☆ Grown-Up Theater Kids Run the World
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Madison Malone Kircher | More About Madison Malone Kircher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Muttering “thank you, five” under their breath when you swing by their cubicles to remind them about a team meeting happening in five minutes. Performing slightly too well at office karaoke after protesting slightly too much about getting onstage. Former theater kids. What happens to theater kids when we grow up? There’s, of course, the dream scenario: The theater kids who are driven and talented and lucky enough become working theater adults.

Persons: it’ll, Ben Platt, Tony, Evan Hansen, ” Locations: “

☆ Tupac Shakur murder: Police search location in connection with rapper's death
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police confirmed to CNN on Tuesday that it executed a search warrant at a location in Henderson, Nevada in connection with the ongoing investigation into the murder of musician Tupac Shakur in 1996. The statement from the LVMPD reads:“LVMPD can confirm a search warrant was served in Henderson, Nevada on July 17, 2023, as part of the ongoing Tupac Shakur homicide investigation. We will have no further comment at this time.”The location of the search has not been disclosed by authorities. Shakur was shot multiple times in Las Vegas in 1996 while leaving a boxing match at the MGM Grand hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. CNN reported at the time that authorities believed the rapper was the intended target of the shooting, but since 1996, the investigation has remained unsolved.

Persons: Tupac Shakur, Shakur, Suge Knight Organizations: CNN, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, MGM, Las, Row, Cadillac Locations: Las, Henderson , Nevada, Las Vegas

☆ Italy is a bargain for vacationing Americans. Not so much for Italians
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Rimini, Italy. The Jersey Shore, but not Unlike Americans, Italians do not just plunk down their beach bag and dive in the ocean. A bargain for Americans, but not for Italians Italy is heavily reliant on tourism. For Americans, Europe in general but the smaller cities of Italy in particular are a great value. It's a bargain for Americans but, for most Italians, even those prices are out of reach.

Persons: Federico Fellini, Vita, It's, Fellini, He's, That's Organizations: Istock, Getty, Ferraris, cabana, Business, Tourists, gondoliers, OECD, European Union Locations: Rimini, Italy, RIMINI, ITALY, Jersey Shore, Ancona, Emilia, Romagna, Europe, Parma, Modena, Bologna, Ravenna, Jersey, Cattolica, Adriatic, Croatia, Albania, Venice, St

☆ Our family is living on a four-bedroom boat while cruising the eastern seaboard for a year. It's not like the 'fabulous lifestyles of the rich and famous' that might come to mind.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Cinda: We're doing what's called the Great American Loop, which is a way to circumnavigate around the eastern seaboard of the US and Canada. A 6,000-mile journey around the eastern seaboardCinda: We started in Stuart, Florida, which is just north of the Palm Beach area. When you think of living on a boat, most people think fabulous lifestyles of the rich and famous. Mark: Some people go all in and sell everything and buy the boat, and the boat is their home residence. We bought our boat specifically to do the loop and we'll sell it when we're done with the loop.

☆ Escape to a Grand Hotel… for $10 (Tip Included)
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Tara Isabella Burton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

I’VE ALWAYS had a weakness for elegant, old-world hotels. Maybe I’ve read too much Stefan Zweig, the Austrian novelist who set his work (like his 1927 novella, “Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Woman”) in such lavish places. Or perhaps I’ve viewed “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Wes Anderson’s 2014 confectionery pastiche, too many times. ); or a suite named after an obscure writer who stayed for one night in 1883. Rarely, though, have I slumbered in one of these old-world gems.

☆ Powell reiterates Fed is not going to become a 'climate policymaker'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Emma Newburger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Jerome H. Powell participates in a panel during a Central Bank Symposium at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden, January 10, 2023. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday said the central bank will not get involved in issues like climate change that are beyond its congressionally established mandate, and vowed the institution will not become a "climate policymaker." Powell has reinterred that climate change is not a main consideration for the Fed when developing monetary policy, noting that climate-related issues are more for the federal government than for his institution. "Decisions about policies to directly address climate change should be made by the elected branches of government and thus reflect the public's will as expressed through elections," Powell said on Tuesday. "Without explicit congressional legislation, it would be inappropriate for us to use our monetary policy or supervisory tools to promote a greener economy or to achieve other climate-based goals," Powell said.

☆ Luxury hotel booking programs from Amex, Capital One, Visa, and more can get you free elite benefits like room upgrades and on-property credits — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Eric Rosen | Tessa Campbell | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +39 min

David Slotnick/Business InsiderMany travel rewards cards offer elite-like hotel benefits when you book with their online portals. The prices through credit card travel portals are often on par with booking directly through hotels. However, it's only available to Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card and Capital One Spark Travel Elite cardholders. Bottom lineYou might not have a premium hotel credit card or elite status with one of the major loyalty programs. However, that doesn't mean you can't take advantage of credit card booking portals to enjoy perks like room upgrades, free breakfast, and on-property credits.

☆ London, Paris, Frankfurt and beyond: CNBC names Europe's best hotels for business travel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-04 | by ( Monica Buchanan Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

CNBC Travel and the market data firm Statista today release a ranking of the "Best Hotels for Business Travelers" in Europe. FrankfurtSofitel Frankfurt Opera JW Marriott Hotel Frankfurt Best Western Premier IB Hotel Friedberger Warte Le Meridien Frankfurt Steigenberger Airport Hotel FrankfurtSofitel Frankfurt Opera Source: Sofitel Frankfurt OperaThe Sofitel Frankfurt Opera is on Opera Square, or the Opernplatz, near the city's famed opera house. ParisLe Bristol Paris Les Jardins du Faubourg Kimpton - St Honore Paris Pullman Paris Center-Bercy Le MeuriceLe Bristol Paris Source: Le Bristol Paris | Claire CocanoGuests of Le Bristol Paris can count President Emmanuel Macron as a neighbor — Elysee Palace, the official residence of France's president — is just steps away. StockholmGrand Hotel Stockholm Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel Stockholm Hotel At Six Bank Hotel Lydmar HotelGrand Hotel Stockholm Source: Grand Hotel StockholmTying for No. ViennaPalais Coburg Hotel Residenz Hotel Sans Souci Wien The Ritz-Carlton, Vienna The Harmonie Vienna Grand Hotel Wien This grand hotel built in 1845 is the former home of Austrian royalty.

☆ 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.

☆ Mai mulți turiști neerlandezi vor petrece opt zile într-un resort din Grecia pentru a testa riscul unei vacanțe în pandemie
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-13 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Mai mulți turiști neerlandezi vor petrece opt zile într-un resort din Grecia pentru a testa riscul unei vacanțe în pandemieAproape 200 de turiști neerlandezi vor da restricțiile din țara natală pe o carantină voluntară de opt zile într-un resort din Grecia, în cadrul unui experiment menit să descopere dacă turiștii pot avea parte de vacanțe sigure pe durata pandemiei. Participanții se vor caza la un hotel din Insula Rodos, unde vor avea acces nelimitat la piscină, restaurante și alte facilități ale resortului Mitsis Grand Hotel Beach. În ciuda restricțiilor, cererea de participare a fost foarte ridicată. Peste 25 000 de oameni au aplicat pentru a participa la experiment. Grecia încearcă să atragă oamenii înapoi pe plajele sale, întrucât economia elenă este dependentă de turism, iar anul 2020 a adus o scădere de 75 % a numărului turiștilor.

Organizations: Grand, Grand Hotel Beach Locations: Grecia, Insula Rodos, Grand Hotel

☆ Опубликован список самых крупных предприятий Молдовы в 2019 г.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-04 | by ( Super User | ) mybusiness.md time to read: +5 min

Оборот отрасли в 2019 г. оценивается в 22,59 млрд леев. На пяти из 457 предприятий занято почти 32,6% работников этой отрасли, оборот составил 3,04 млрд леев, а общее число работников – 8,58 тыс. Третье место по уровню концентрации предприятий – в секторе информационных технологий и связи. В этих компаниях трудоустроено 17,1% из 16412 сотрудников этого сектора с оборотом в 4,47 млрд леев. человек, а ее оборот составляет 5,27 млрд леев), а в сфере предоставления прочих видов услуг – 19% (оборот 0,6 млрд леев, 4,1 тыс.

Persons: monitorul.fisc.md Organizations: Energy, Orange, Moldova, Avia, Lear, GG, Национальное бюро статистики, НБС Locations: Moldova, Orange Moldova, din Moldova, Молдова

☆ Recidivistul Grigorciuc, reținut pentru 72 de ore, după ce astăzi l-a luat la pumni pe deputatul Sergiu Sârbu – stiridinmoldova.md
▼ + stars: | 2015-09-06 | by ( Costețchi Svetlana | ) stiridinmoldova.md time to read: +2 min

Recidivistul Grigorciuc, reținut pentru 72 de ore, după ce astăzi l-a luat la pumni pe deputatul Sergiu SârbuRecidivistul Pavel Grigorciu a fost audiat de oamenii legii și reținut pentru 72 de ore, după ce astăzi l-a luat la pumni pe deputatul PDM, Sergiu Sârbu. Informația a fost confirmată pentru Deschide.MD de către Alexei Grosu, șeful Inspectoratului de Poliție Buiucani, transmite stiridinmoldova.md cu referire la evenimentul.md. Pavel Grigorciuc este unul dintre membrii „grupului Petrenco”, condamnați la închisoare cu suspendarea executării pedepsei pentru protestul din fața Procuraturii Generale din 6 septembrie 2015. Acum un an, Pavel Grigorciuc spunea că a fost reținut și bătut de către ofițerii Inspectoratului de Poliție al sectorului Râșcani. Acuzațiile au fost respinse de către Poliția Capitalei, care susţinea că, dimpotrivă, Grigorciuc a fost găsit bătut, apoi a fost reținut pentru tulburarea liniștii și transportat la sectorul de poliție.

Persons: Recidivistul, Sergiu Sârbu, Grigorciu, Sergiu Sârbu ., Alexei Grosu, Grigorciuc, Pavel Grigorciuc, Ștefan cel Mare Organizations: Poliția Locations: Buiucani, Radisson, Republicii Moldova, Poliția Capitalei

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