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☆ Food delivery fees are rising, and everyone's feeling the pinch
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Justine Fisher | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Third-party food delivery is becoming the norm for American consumers, as delivery apps like Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats take hold in day-to-day dining. It's also presenting customers and restaurants with an increasingly complicated equation of service fees, delivery costs and worker tips. San Francisco resident Zainab Batool, who said she orders delivery from either Uber Eats or DoorDash weekly, called the added fees "insane." The share of consumers choosing third-party delivery services over direct restaurant delivery is rising, up from 15% in 2020 to 21% in 2024, according to Technomic's 2024 Delivery & Takeout Consumer Trend Report. But using their delivery services instead of paying for in-house delivery is worth it for a business on the smaller side, he said.

Persons: Luiz C, Ribeiro, Uber, It's, Zainab Batool, Batool, Gordon Haskett, Grubhub, it's, DoorDash, Covid, Spencer Platt, they've, Shelle Santana, Lindsey Nicholson, Tony Scardino, Pizza, He's, Scardino, Meredith Sandland, Ann, Phillis Engelbert, Engelbert, Gabby Jones Organizations: Ribeiro | New York Daily News, Tribune, Service, Getty, Gordon Haskett Research Advisors, Companies, U.S . Mobility, Uber, Bentley University, Grubhub Marketplace, UCG, Amazon, Bloomberg Locations: Manhattan, Ribeiro |, Francisco, Amsterdam, California, New York City, U.S, Canada, Illinois, Chicago, Ann Arbor , Michigan, Detroit

☆ An alleged gang rape shocks Italy, and provides fodder for an ascendant far right
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Seven men between the ages of 15 and 18 are currently on trial for the alleged rape of a 19-year-old girl in Palermo in August. Last month’s alleged gang rape in Catania has become not only a symbol of violence against women in the country, but a cause célèbre for Italy’s far-right government. CNN approached the suspect’s lawyers for comment. Meanwhile, during a visit to Catania, Meloni expressed her solidarity with the alleged rape victim and her family. This is not the first case of non-EU minors being welcomed into Italian facilities and then engaging in criminal activities.”

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☆ Mount Etna: Volcanic cloud closes Sicily’s Catania airport after volcano erupts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Duerte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A cloud of volcanic ash spewing from Europe’s most active volcano has prompted the closure of one of Sicily’s largest airports, leading to flights being delayed, canceled and diverted. Sicily’s Catania international airport, known as Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, is to remain closed until 8 p.m. local time on Monday following the eruption of nearby Mount Etna, the airport press office said in a statement. Travelers grounded due to the eruption of the Etna volcano and closure of Catania airport. Orietta Scardino/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockThis is “producing a fallout of ash in the southern sector of the volcano and beyond,” it said. As well as being the most active, Mount Etna is Europe’s highest volcano, at about 3,350 meters (almost 11,000 feet) tall.

Persons: Orietta Scardino Organizations: CNN, Sicily’s Catania, Catania – Fontanarossa, Italian National Institute of Geophysics Locations: Catania, Mount Etna, Orietta, Malta, France, Austria, Etna

☆ Salesforce chief people officer Brent Hyder is leaving, internal message shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Salesforce Chief People Officer Brent Hyder is leaving the company. His exit was announced in an internal Slack message viewed by Insider. Salesforce Chief People Officer Brent Hyder is leaving the company, according to an internal message viewed by Insider. "It's with mixed emotions that I share Brent Hyder has decided to leave Salesforce to pursue a new opportunity," Chief Operating Officer Brian Millham wrote in an internal Slack message. I'm proud of all that we've accomplished together — within the company and within our communities," Hyder wrote in an internal message.

Persons: Brent Hyder, Hyder, Salesforce, Brian Millham, Brent, Nathalie Scardino, I've, —, It's, Slack, Ashley Stewart Organizations: Salesforce

CNN —Flights from Catania airport in Sicily were grounded on Sunday after volcanic ash from an eruption of Mount Etna covered the runways. Volcanic ash in Nicolosi, near Catania Orietta Scardino/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockPictures and video footage show black volcanic ash covering planes at the airport, and blanketing roads in the area. In 2010, a volcanic eruption in Iceland sent a huge plume of ash moving across the Atlantic, causing massive disruption to air traffic across Western Europe. In the aftermath of the crisis, international aviation regulators introduced new risk management guidance on flight safety and volcanic ash. Mount Etna is Europe’s most active volcano, and also the highest, at about 3,350 meters (almost 11,000 feet) tall.

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