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☆ The world’s longest-range, single-aisle plane is poised to shake up transatlantic travel
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Launch of the Airbus A321XLRIt’s slim, it’s sleek, it has a third fuel tank, and it’s ready to open up unexplored long-haul routes. Iberia’s 182-seat plane is the world’s longest-range single-aisle commercial aircraft, with a range of up to 4,700 nautical miles (a little over 5,400 miles). In Italy, the historic city of Florence is banning key boxes used by short-term rental landlords and loudspeakers used by tour guides. The planes used for the world’s longest nonstop commercial flights – between Singapore and New York – are getting a makeover.

Persons: Miquel Ros, Joanna McIsaac, Ed Kierklo, ”, Donald Trump Organizations: CNN, Airbus, Spain’s, Irish, Aer Lingus, Aviation, Singapore Airlines, Trump Locations: overtourism, Florence, California, France, Spain’s Iberia, Madrid, Boston, New York, Istanbul, Dublin, Ireland, Nashville, Indianapolis, Iberia, Italy, Venice, Lisbon, Indonesian, Bali, Europe, Singapore, CNN California, Afghanistan, Paris, Japan

☆ Glorious farewell to the Paris Olympics and the U.S. rushes firepower to the Middle East: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Elizabeth Both | Elizabeth Both Is An Associate Platforms Editor For Nbc News | Based In New York. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

A spectacular closing ceremony hands the Olympic Games over to Los Angeles. And a false JD Vance rumor sparks a misinformation row. A glorious farewell to Paris OlympicsGetty ImagesAu revoir to the Paris Games. Kamala Harris pledged to eliminate taxes on tipped wages for service workers, matching a proposal from former President Donald Trump. Politics in BriefTrump campaign: Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has said it was hacked by an Iranian group.

Persons: Vance, Katie Ledecky, Nick Mead, Tom Cruise, Ledecky, Simone Biles, Suni Lee, dazzled, ” Sha’Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles, Guy ” Stephen Nedoroscik, Yusuf Dikeç, Read, JD, Vic e, tol, stu, ord, ami, Flo, bui, Ken Bak, roa Organizations: Olympic Games, Paris, Paris Games, Stade de France, Team USA, U.S, acc, Uni, NBC Locations: Los Angeles, The U.S, American, U.S, Turkish

A glorious farewell to the 2024 OlympicsIt’s time to say au revoir to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Mark J. Terrill / APTeam USA eked out close wins in the men's and women's basketball finals, taking gold in the final weekend of the games. The men's team, which included all-stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant, brought home the fifth straight Olympic title for the Americans. Sunday's win by the women's team was its eighth straight Olympic gold. Other Olympic highlights:Trump campaign says it was hackedFormer President Donald Trump’s campaign has said it was hacked by an Iranian group.

Persons: H.E.R, Tom Cruise, Chili Peppers, Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, Dr, Dre, Team USA Stephen Curry, Mark J, Terrill, Steph Curry's, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Sunday's, A'ja Wilson, Jordan Chiles, Naomi Baker, Cecile Landi, Romanian Ana Bărbosu, Macron, Emmanuel Macron, Léon Marchand, Pascal Le Segretain, “, ”, Trump, Donald Trump’s, Steven Cheung, Trump’s, ” Cheung, Kamala Harris, Harris, Willie Brown, Omar Al, Uvalde shooter’s, Armando Ramos, Salvador Ramos, Leila, Gen Alpha, Zers, Alpha Organizations: Phoenix, Team USA, USA, WNBA, U.S, Getty, International Olympic, Paris Olympics, NBC News, Politico, Microsoft, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Trump Organization, San Francisco, Trump, Trump . White, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, Robb Elementary School, NBC Locations: Paris, Los Angeles, Venice, U.S, France, China, Romanian, Iranian, “, Montana, Trump, Gaza City, AFP, Israel, Gaza, , Texas

☆ Paris, Uncharacteristically Giddy, Bids Au Revoir to the Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Catherine Porter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There were French firemen flipping like acrobats, a musician playing a piano that hung vertically in the air, and Olympic athletes overwhelming the stage and forming a mosh pit around the French electro-pop band Phoenix. The Paris Olympics ended much as they began, with a raucous spectacle before a joyous crowd, a generous supply of strobe lights, smoke and fireworks. And then the actor Tom Cruise rappelled off the stadium roof to collect the Olympic flag from the gymnast Simone Biles and carry it off on his motorcycle, à la “Top Gun” and “Mission: Impossible” to Los Angeles, where the next summer Olympics is set to take place in 2028. “Together, we have experienced the Games like nothing we have ever lived before,” said Tony Estanguet, the president of the Paris Olympics organizing committee, adding that of all the records broken, among them was one for marriage proposals. “From one day to the next, time stood still and a whole country got goose bumps.”

Persons: Tom Cruise rappelled, Simone Biles, ”, Tony Estanguet Organizations: Olympic, Paris Olympics Locations: Los Angeles

Unlike the ambitious opening ceremony, the closing ceremony will take a more traditional route. Rather than the open-air venue of the Seine River, the closing ceremony will be held in the 80,000-seat Stade de France. What time does the Olympic closing ceremony start? Similar to the opening ceremony, many details about the closing ceremony have been kept under wraps. Swimmer Katie Ledecky and rower Nick Mead will be the flag bearers during the closing ceremony.

Persons: Peacock, Thomas Jolly, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Mike Tirico, Jimmy Fallon, Terry Gannon, Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Snoop Dogg, H.E.R, Billie Eilish, Thierry Reboul, Tom Cruise, Katie Ledecky, Nick Mead, Ledecky, Mead, Liam Corrigan, Michael Grady, Justin Best Organizations: Stade de France, American women’s rugby, Los Angeles Games, NBC, U.S, NBC Olympics, NBC News, Records, Paris Mayor, Los Angeles Mayor, Paralympic Games, Olympic Games, Stoke, Olympics, Beijing Games, ., Phoenix, Games, USA Locations: Seine, Paris, Los Angeles, Los, Stoke Mandeville, France, Tokyo, California, Europe

☆ ExodusPoint has closed its Paris office 2 years after an expansion bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Hedge fund ExodusPoint has closed its Paris office. The closure of the Paris unit, which included a sizable quant trading team, began in late 2023. AdvertisementTwo years ago, hedge fund ExodusPoint was ramping up its presence in Paris — bullish on the French capital like some of its peers. Michael Gelband's $12 billion multi-strategy fund recently closed its Paris location, according to people familiar with the matter, a process that began in late 2023. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: ExodusPoint, —, bullish, Michael Gelband's Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Paris, revoir

☆ Au Revoir, Au Pairs
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Kristina Rasmussen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Seeking safety and opportunity in America, she applied for and was accepted into the U.S. au pair program, lived with us for two years and learned to love this country. The State Department essentially wants to end the au pair program, which connects more than 21,000 foreigners with American families a year. The forthcoming mandate would require employers to treat au pairs more like traditional employees, though the program was designed to combine cultural exchange and child care. Families currently can pay an au pair a weekly stipend of about $200 and pitch in for things like college tuition. An au pair can cost as little as $20,000, a bargain compared with other child-care options for families with several kids.

Persons: Liza, Biden, finalizes Organizations: State Department Locations: Ukraine, Russia, America, U.S

☆ Investing in Space: Industry enters new era with tight funding and SpaceX dominance
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. BogeymanSpaceX feels a bit like Voldemort here: Whether it's the launch or satellite communications markets, SpaceX's dominance was a hot topic. While the company hasn't made any claims yet, the insurance market ramifications are looming. Because I think the one issue that creates dysfunction in this insurance market is … do you have enough volume to make up for this loss? … They're trying to figure out what 2024 is going to hold."

Persons: CNBC's Michael Sheetz, SpaceX's Starlink, Uninsurable, hasn't, Here's, they've, … They're, –, Jonathan Baliff, Henry Dubois, Adam Spice, EXIM, Judith Pryor, Pryor, there's Organizations: SpaceX, We're Locations: Paris, U.S

April 13 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. The Asian/Pacific calendar is pretty light on Thursday, with Chinese trade and Australian unemployment figures for March the main events. Music to investors' - and Fed officials' - ears, but the feelgood factor was snuffed out by the Fed minutes. Fed officials are right to be worried about credit conditions. Recent public remarks from Fed officials suggest they are less worried now.

With interest rates back then already close to zero, they had run out of conventional ammunition to ward off the threat of outright deflation they feared would choke off the economic recovery. As one Danish bank vaunted the world's first negative rate mortgage, it is likely that cheap borrowing added steam to house price spikes across the region. "It's the central bankers who have taken interest rates to a level where we attach no value to the future," he said. As the negative rate era closes, the global pool of assets with negative yield has shrunk to less than $2 trillion from a 2020 peak of some $18 trillion. "I am very doubtful anyone here is ready to say never again for negative rates."

☆ В Молдове пройдет фестиваль франкоязычного кино
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-26 | by ( ) newsmaker.md time to read: 1 min

В Молдове с 10 по 16 июля пройдет фестиваль франкоязычного кино. Зрителям представят на выбор пять картин: исторический фильм, комедию, приключения, драму. Однако из-за эпидемии коронавируса фестиваль будет приходить онлайн. Организатором фестиваля выступает Французский альянс в Молдове при поддержке посольства Франции. Фильмы можно будет посмотреть онлайн с субтитрами на румынском языке.

Persons: Николя Бедос, Хирокадзу Корээды, Гийом Майдачевский, Режиса Руэнсара, Альбер Дюпонтель Organizations: Французский альянс Locations: Молдова, Франция

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