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☆ 36 Hours in Panama City, Panama
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Freda Moon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

10:30 p.m. Love the nightlifeFuel your night out with a Coke or a cafe con leche at the Café Coca Cola on Plaza Santa Ana, which — according to its creation myth — has been serving revolutionaries, dictators, Hollywood actors and celebrated poets since the late 19th century. On the edge of Casco, this historic diner and its beautiful neighboring plaza offers a taste of what the Old Town used to be. Walk two blocks to the Selina hostel’s rooftop bar and restaurant, Tacos La Neta , which turns into a party scene at night, when D.J.s play cumbia or remixes of the Cuban-American singer Celia Cruz until 2 a.m. A glimpse of the city’s nightlife is worth the cost of admission ($5) and there are plant-filled nooks in which to drink and people watch. It’s packed after 9:30 p.m. or so on a weekend, with throngs waiting to get in.

☆ The man in charge of deporting Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' explains how he plans to fly 70 of them across the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Crystal Raypole | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Authorities plan to relocate 70 of the hippos living wild in Colombia, but it's not an easy task. Very carefully, according to David Echeverri López, head of Biodiversity Management, Protected Areas, and Ecosystem Services at Cornare in Colombia. So, authorities will continue pursuing other options, from sterilization to searching for other zoos and sanctuaries willing to take hippos. The thickness of a hippo's skin, and the density of their subcutaneous tissue, also makes it challenging to deliver enough anesthesia to keep them asleep for the right amount of time. Cornare has sterilized 13 hippos, López said, and relocated seven to zoos in Colombia.

We're buying 20 shares of Estee Lauder (EL) at roughly $248.20 each. That's kind of how Estee Lauder has traded of late. EL 1Y mountain Estee Lauder (EL) 1-year performance The quarter for this leader in prestige beauty was solid, and earnings handily beat expectations, with the company posting adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.69 versus estimates of $1.29. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

"We have a nice little sign in front of our register that says 'Hey, credit card fees, they cost us a lot of money,'" Victor Garcia, longtime owner of Sol Dias, told CNBC. CNBC | Cait FredaThe swipe fees aren't new, but the worsening problem comes at a time when Main Street businesses across the country are increasingly struggling with changing macroeconomic conditions. Although the central bank does not conduct the same survey for credit card transactions, the processes used for debit and credit cards are similar. Meanwhile, credit card fees amount to the third-highest operating expense on average for restaurants, according to the Texas Restaurant Association. The European Union cracked down on similar increases, capping fees in 2015 at 0.2% for debit card purchases and 0.3% for credit card purchases.

☆ HBCU students are diversifying Alternative Investing with the help of Wall Street's biggest firms
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Frank Holland | Caitlyn Freda | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHBCU students are diversifying Alternative Investing with the help of Wall Street's biggest firmsCNBC's Frank Holland reports on Alt-Finance, a unique fellowship introducing HBCU students to alternative investing, created by Ares Capital, Oaktree Capital and Apollo Global Management.

☆ Estée Lauder Companies is buying Tom Ford in a deal worth $2.8 billion
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Michelle Toh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

In a landmark deal announced Tuesday, Estée Lauder Companies (EL) said it was acquiring its longtime partner Tom Ford. The deal will allow two of Tom Ford’s current partners, Ermenegildo Zegna and Marcolin, to extend their existing licensing agreements, the companies said. Marcolin will continue making sunglasses and optical frames with the Tom Ford brand. Tom Ford and Estée Lauder have been partners for more than 15 years, launching the Tom Ford Beauty brand together in 2006. Estée Lauder Companies, which is home to other global beauty brands such as Clinique and Bobbi Brown, said Tuesday that it expected annual sales of Tom Ford’s cosmetics line to reach $1 billion “over the next couple of years.”“As an owned brand, this strategic acquisition will unlock new opportunities and fortify our growth plans for Tom Ford Beauty,” Estée Lauder Companies President and CEO Fabrizio Freda said in a statement.

☆ Va readuce sfârșitul pandemiei „anii nebuni” ca în 1920, după gripa spaniolă?
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +7 min

Sursa foto: history.comVa readuce sfârșitul pandemiei „anii nebuni” ca în 1920, după gripa spaniolă? Sfârșitul pandemiei de gripă spaniolă din 1918 a fost urmat de o perioadă de prosperitate cunoscută sub numele de „anii nebuni”. Mulți se întreabă dacă nu cumva și sfârșitul pandemiei de COVID-19 va genera același gen de efervescență economică, socială și culturală. Această perioadă fastă în America de Nord și în Europa, denumită „anii nebuni”, a fost marcată de prosperitate economică, avânt cultural și schimbări sociale. Între 1920 și 1930, s-a accelerat dezvoltarea și folosirea automobilelor, a avioanelor, a telefoanelor și a industriei filmului.

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☆ Nearly 20% of S&P 500 companies have already warned investors about virus impact
▼ + stars: | 2020-02-14 | by ( Thomas Franck | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

While most management teams that have warned of a revenue hit said they don't expect any impact to full-year figures, many expect a drag in the first quarter. Nearly one in five S&P 500 companies have said China's virulent coronavirus will impact their revenues or profits, underscoring the far-reaching toll the disease is expected to take on businesses around the world. "We also expect that there will be an impact on future bookings in China, especially in the immediate aftermath of the illness. Others, like Apple , said that they've issued broader-than-usual revenue ranges for the first quarter to account for the potential impact. Three hundred ninety-two of the 500 S&P components have reported fourth-quarter earnings as of Friday.

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