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☆ JetBlue to cut some routes as it pushes for profitability
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

JetBlue Airways told staff this week that it will cut some routes and service as it struggles to return to profitability and grapples with the fallout of its blocked plan to buy Spirit Airlines . The airline is instead focusing on leisure routes, adding service throughout the Caribbean and to Paris, the memo said. "We constantly adjust our network to support our strategy and these recent changes are a necessary quick step to help return our business to profitability," JetBlue said. "All the routes included have recently underperformed our expectations and these changes come as post-COVID travel patterns continue to evolve." JetBlue ranked 9th in on-time arrivals among U.S. airlines in the first 10 months of 2023, according to the Transportation Department.

Persons: John F, Dave Jehn, Jehn, William Young's Organizations: JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines, JetBlue, Kennedy, CNBC, Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Washington D.C, Transportation Department, CNBC PRO Locations: New, Portland , Oregon, San Jose , California, Westchester , New York, New York, Ponce , Puerto Rico, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, Caribbean, Paris, Baltimore, Washington

Biden said the U.S. would continue the strikes, even though so far they have not stopped the Houthis from continuing to harass commercial and military vessels. Saree said the attack took place in the Gulf of Aden, the waters just south of Yemen. The Pentagon was not immediately able to confirm the strikes but has cautioned that it anticipates the Houthis will continue their attacks. On Wednesday the U.S. military fired another wave of ship- and submarine-launch missile strikes against 14 Houthi-controlled sites. But the links to the ships targeted in the rebel assaults have grown more tenuous as the attacks continue.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Houthi, Yahya Saree, Saree, John Kirby, “ I’m, “, Sabrina Singh, ” Singh, Jon Gambrell, Jack Jeffrey, C, Sagar Organizations: WASHINGTON, —, Iranian, ”, ” U.S . Central Command, Twitter, Navy, Pentagon, White, Marshall, Chem, Prosperity, U.S, Wednesday, U.S ., National Security, Hamas, Associated Press Locations: — U.S, Yemen, ” U.S, U.S, North Carolina, Houthi Brig, Gulf, Aden, Iran, Israel, Gaza, Palestinian, Jerusalem, London, Washington

☆ An ex-TSA agent explains what not to do during air travel to avoid trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA former TSA agent has revealed what not to do during air travel to avoid trouble both at the airport and on the plane. "The key is to listen to that first officer that you see past the ID check; they're going to tell you what to do," he said. Making sure you're alert can make the whole process easier. "Many people, they sit in those seats and they don't know that they are subject to helping when an emergency actually happens," he said. "There are clear pockets where they're not aware that they're about to hit and they can be very severe," he said.

Persons: —, Caleb Harmon, Marshall, ure, ake, ravel, ould, arn, lear Organizations: Service, TSA, Business, Transportation Security Administration, Jackson Atlanta International Airport, ust Locations: Hartsfield

☆ ‘Oppenheimer’ Leads BAFTA Nominees
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Alex Marshall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s movie about the development of the atomic bomb, on Thursday received the highest number of nominations for this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards, known as the BAFTAs. The film secured 13 nods for Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars, including for best film, where it is up against four other titles including “Killers of The Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese’s epic about the Osage murders of the 1920s, and “Poor Things,” Yorgos Lanthimos’s sexually charged take on a Frankenstein story starring Emma Stone. “Poor Things” followed “Oppenheimer” with 11 nominations overall. The nominations for “Oppenheimer” come just days after the movie won three of the major awards at this year’s Golden Globes, and will be seen by many as further boosting its chances at this year’s Oscars; the BAFTA and Oscar voting bodies overlap. This year’s Oscar nominations are scheduled to be announced on Tuesday.

Persons: “ Oppenheimer, ” Christopher Nolan’s, ” Martin, Yorgos Lanthimos’s, Emma Stone, Justine Triet’s Palme, ” Alexander Payne’s, “ Oppenheimer ” Organizations: Globes

☆ Trump lawyers warn Supreme Court of ‘chaos and bedlam’ if states are allowed to bar him from 2024 ballot
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump is urging the US Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that removed him from that state’s ballot. “The Court should reverse the Colorado decision because President Trump is not even subject to section 3, as the President is not an ‘officer of the United States’ under the Constitution. And even if President Trump were subject to section 3 he did not ‘engage in’ anything that qualifies as ‘insurrection,’” Trump’s attorneys argued. The US Supreme Court agreed earlier this month to hear the case, accepting an appeal brought by Trump. The Oregon Supreme Court dismissed a similar case last week, telling the anti-Trump challengers that they might be able to refile it later, based on what the US Supreme Court does in the Colorado case.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump’s, Trump, ”, “, Mike Johnson, Mitch McConnell, —, CNN’s Marshall Cohen Organizations: CNN, Court, Colorado Supreme, United, Republican, US Supreme, Trump, Supreme, State, US, Oregon Supreme Locations: Colorado, United States, Missouri , Alabama , Arkansas , Idaho , Indiana , Kansas , Montana , Nebraska , Ohio , Tennessee, West Virginia, Colorado and Maine, Maine

As 2024 kicks off, the creator economy is having an identity crisis. "The venture-scale generational companies are, yes, creator companies, but they're also typically fitting into another bucket." Why the creator economy has been 'disappointing'Once pitched as a rocket-ship opportunity, service companies in the creator economy that focus on products for influencers haven't delivered, investors and industry professionals told BI. Although the phrase already existed, the world needed a new way to describe this prospering industry, and thus, the term "creator economy" entered the mainstream. Lia Haberman, an influencer marketing expert and instructor at UCLA Extension, described influencer marketing as separate from the services arm of the creator industry that has faltered.

Persons: Grant Long, Koji, hasn't, Rex Woodbury, they're, it's, Woodbury, Figma, haven't, Ollie Forsyth, They've, Benjamin Grubbs, I'm, Goldman Sachs, Lia Haberman, Haberman, upstarts, Logan Paul, KSI, Marshall Sandman Organizations: TikTok, YouTube, Business, VC, UCLA, North, PitchBook, Animal

The strikes were launched from the Red Sea and hit more than a dozen sites, the officials said. The sanctions that come with the formal designation are meant to sever violent extremist groups from their sources of financing. Despite the sanctions and military strikes, including a large-scale operation Friday carried out by U.S. and British warships and warplanes that hit more than 60 targets across Yemen, the Houthis are continuing their harassment campaign of commercial and military ships. On Thursday a U.S. raid on a dhow intercepted ballistic missile parts the U.S. said Iran was shipping to Yemen. In response Tuesday, the U.S. struck four anti-ship ballistic missiles that were prepared to launch and presented an imminent threat to merchant and U.S. Navy ships in the region.

Persons: Pat Ryder, ” Ryder, Aamer Madhani, Ellen Knickmeyer Organizations: WASHINGTON, Houthi, Marshall, U.S ., U.S . Navy, Pentagon, Associated Press Locations: Yemen, Israel, Dhamar, U.S, Picardy, Gulf, Aden, Iran, Malta, Washington

☆ UKMTO, Ambrey Receive Reports of Ship Attack Near Yemen's Aden
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organization and British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Wednesday they had received reports of a incidents near Yemen's Aden. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organization said in an advisory note that a ship had been attacked 60 nautical miles southeast of Aden. "Vessel and crew are safe and proceeding to next port of call", UKMTO later added in an updated advisory. Ambrey said that a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier was hit by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) 66 miles southeast of Aden as it was heading east along the Gulf of Aden. "The vessel's gangway incurred damage, and at the time of writing it was deemed not usable", Ambrey added in its advisory note.

Persons: Ambrey, UKMTO, Yomna Ehab, Muhammad Al Gebaly, Chris Reese, Sandra Maler Organizations: United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Locations: CAIRO, British, Yemen's Aden, Aden, Marshall, Yemen, Gaza, Africa

☆ US Conducts Another Round of Strikes Against Houthi Targets in Yemen
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Phil Stewart and Idrees AliWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States conducted another round of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Wednesday, U.S. officials told Reuters. Attacks by the Iran-allied Houthi militia on ships in the region since November have slowed trade between Asia and Europe and alarmed major powers. The U.S. military said earlier on Wednesday that a drone launched from areas controlled by the Houthi rebels in Yemen had struck a U.S.-owned vessel in the Gulf of Aden. The United States on Wednesday returned the Yemen-based Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups, as the militants also claimed another attack this week on a U.S. operated vessel in the Red Sea region. (Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali; writing by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Sandra Maler and Chris Reese)

Persons: Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Idrees Ali, Kanishka Singh, Sandra Maler, Chris Reese Organizations: United, Reuters, U.S . Central Command, Marshall Islands, Wednesday Locations: United States, Yemen, Iran, Asia, Europe, Gaza, U.S, Gulf, Aden, Picardy, Washington

However strange it sounds, that contradiction fits snugly in explanations of what climate change is doing to Earth, scientists said. But when the polar vortex weakens, the arms start flailing out, the skater slips and “all the cold air then gets released away from the center of the polar vortex," Cohen said. The current cold outbreak is consistent with Arctic change and the polar vortex, Cohen said. Cohen and others have done studies that show the polar vortex outbreaks have become more frequent in recent decades. But another polar vortex looks like it's coming at the end of the month, though not as strong as this one, they said.

Persons: turvy, ”, Jennifer Francis, Judah Cohen, Cohen, Steve Vavrus, It's, Francis, Marshall Shepherd, “, Victor Gensini, Gensini, ___ Read, Seth Borenstein Organizations: North Dakota, NFL, Amplification, Atmospheric Environmental Research, University of Wisconsin, University of Georgia, Northern Illinois University, Associated Press Locations: United States, Asia, Africa, East, South America, North, Miami, Kansas City, Melbourne, Aruba, Curacao, Argentina, Oman, Iran, Texas, Boston, Madison, Chicago, Denver, Lincoln, Omaha , Oklahoma City, Dallas, Houston, AP.org

☆ Houthi rebels continue to throw missiles at commercial ships despite intense US and UK strikes designed to weaken them
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewThe Houthis fired multiple missiles into key waterways off the coast of Yemen, hitting a US-owned vessel on Monday, as the Iran-backed rebels continue to target key shipping lanes. AdvertisementTribal supporters of Yemen's Houthis hold up their firearms during a protest against recent U.S.-led strikes on Houthi targets, near Sanaa, Yemen on January 14, 2024. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahShortly after that, the Houthis fired another anti-ship ballistic missile that hit the Gibraltar Eagle, a Marshall Islands-flagged container ship that's owned and operated by the US. The rebels have claimed their actions are a direct result of the Israel-Hamas war, although US officials have dismissed this as their motivation.

Persons: —, CENTCOM, Yemen's, Khaled Abdullah Organizations: Service, Business, US, US Central Command, REUTERS, US Navy, Screengrab, Ministry of Defense, Biden, UK Ministry of Defense Locations: Yemen, Iran, retaliating, American, U.S, Sanaa, Marshall, Israel

☆ Why Second Place Matters So Much in the GOP’s Iowa Caucus
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Why Second Place Matters So Much in the GOP’s Iowa CaucusThe 2024 Republican presidential primary will start Monday in Iowa, and that first state’s results will set the course for the rest of the primary. WSJ’s Aaron Zitner explains what to watch. Photo illustration: Madeline Marshall

Persons: WSJ’s Aaron Zitner, Madeline Marshall Organizations: GOP’s, Republican Locations: GOP’s Iowa, Iowa

☆ U.S.-owned container vessel struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile off the coast of Yemen
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A U.S.-owned and operated container ship on Monday was struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, according to the U.S. Central Command. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations organization said authorities were investigating the incident, which occurred southeast of Aden in Yemen. It comes shortly after the U.S. and U.K. launched joint strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. The Iran-backed group has been attacking ships traversing the Red Sea since late last year, wreaking havoc on global trade and drawing international condemnation. The militants claim their attacks in the Red Sea are in response to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

Persons: Yemen's Houthi, Marshall, UKMTO Organizations: U.S . Central Command, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Locations: Israel, Sana'a, Yemen, U.S, Gibraltar, Aden, Iran, Gaza

☆ Taiwan's new president will face a divided parliament. Here's why it matters
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

A kid runs across the flag of Taiwan banner during the announcement of official results on January 13, 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan. While Lai won the presidential election on Saturday with 40% of the popular vote, his DPP lost 10 seats in Taiwan's parliament from its previous 61, giving up its majority. Taiwan's president- and vice president-elect from the Democratic Progressive Party Lai Ching-te and Hsiao Bi-khim standing along several party's heavyweight on the central stage in Taipei on Janauary 13, 2024 to celebrate victory in Taiwan's 8th presidential election. The Chinese Communist Party has refused to engage with outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen since she assumed office in 2016. Supporters attend the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) campaign rally on January 12, 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan.

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☆ A former TSA agent reveals little-known tips about getting through airport security, including taking frozen water bottles on a plane
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A former travel security officer shared tips for airline travel on TikTok. Caleb Harmon-Marshall says there are a lot of misconceptions about airport security. Harmon-Marshall told Business Insider that airport security is nothing to fear, and staff are first and foremost there to keep you safe. For starters, you can bring water, or any liquid, with you through airport security as long as it's frozen. Overall, Harmon-Marshall said it's important to be vigilant before and during airport security.

Persons: Caleb Harmon, Marshall, —, Harmon, Hartsfield –, they're, they'll Organizations: Service, TSA, Business, Hartsfield, Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport Locations: TikTok

JERUSALEM (AP) — Houthi rebels fired a missile, striking a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after they launched an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea. The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, later claimed by the Houthis, further escalates tensions gripping the Red Sea after American-led strikes on the rebels. Since November, the rebels have repeatedly targeted ships in the Red Sea, saying they were avenging Israel’s offensive in Gaza against Hamas. “The most dangerous thing is what the Americans did in the Red Sea, (it) will harm the security of all maritime navigation,” Nasrallah said. However, U.S. sailors have received combat ribbons for their actions in the Red Sea — something handed out only to those who face active hostilities with an enemy force.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — JuJu Watkins scored 32 points and No. 9 Southern California beat second-ranked UCLA 73-65 on Sunday, sending the Bruins to their first loss of the season and leaving No. Charisma Osborne led the Bruins with 25 points, all in the second half in front of a sellout at Galen Center. The Bruins outscored USC 23-17 in the third, getting 13 points by Osborne, to close to 51-42. USC: Watkins propelled USC to its biggest victory of the year.

Persons: JuJu Watkins, McKenzie Forbes, Charisma Osborne, Lauren Betts, UCLA's, Londynn Jones, Kiki Rice, Lina Sontag, Watkins, Forbes, Jones, Taylor Bigby, Dugalic, Osborne, Rayah Marshall, Aaliyah Gayles, Chris Brown, Saweetie, Candace Parker, Hall, Hall of Famer Cheryl Miller, Alissa Pili, ___ Organizations: ANGELES, California, UCLA, Bruins, Trojans, Galen Center, USC, Harvard, Forbes, Hall of Famer, NEXT UCLA, AP Locations: Carolina, Colorado, Utah

☆ I visited T.J. Maxx's outdoorsy sibling Sierra, the most interesting brand in the TJX family
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Sierra is TJX's outdoor lifestyle brand, selling apparel, gear, home goods, and pet products. Business Insider visited a store for a closer look at T.J. Maxx's younger, sportier sibling. The Sierra store in Madison, Wisconsin, is just two doors down from a T.J. Maxx location. Dominick Reuter/Business InsiderSierra's tiny stature means it barely receives individual mention in TJX earnings calls beyond annual announcements of planned store openings, per AlphaSense. AdvertisementTJX's fingerprints are all over Sierra's stores, and the combination of its tried-and-tested playbook with this retail category make the small-but-mighty brand an exciting one to follow.

Persons: —, Dominick Reuter, I'm, TJX, Placer.ai, Ernie Herrman, Stanley, Dick's, REI, Sierra Organizations: Business, Service, Sporting, Sierra, Trading, Marshalls, Public Lands Locations: Wisconsin, Sierra, Madison , Wisconsin, Reno , Nevada, Wyoming, Denver, Burlington , Vermont, Framingham , Massachusetts, Maxx, REI

☆ China skeptic Lai Ching-te wins Taiwan's presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Taiwan's President-elect Lai Ching-te (left) gestures beside his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim during a rally outside the headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taipei on January 13, 2024, after winning the presidential election. The outcome of the presidential election on Saturday riled Beijing, which has repeatedly labeled Lai as a "stubborn worker for Taiwan independence" and a dangerous separatist. Annabelle Chih | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesDPP's Lai — Taiwan's current vice-president — won more than 40% of the popular vote in Taiwan's eighth presidential election. DPP is the first party to win the presidential office three times in row since direct presidential elections were introduced in 1996. This year, 71.9% of all eligible voters cast their ballots for the presidential election, according to preliminary data from Taiwan's Central Election Commission.

Persons: Lai Ching, Hsiao Bi, Yasuyoshi Chiba, Lai, Tsai Ing, Tsai, Annabelle Chih, DPP's Lai, Taiwan's, —, Beijing's, Hou, Ko Wen, Chen Binhua, Chen, Xi Jinping, Antony Blinken, Ko, Wei, Ting Yen Organizations: Democratic Progressive Party, AFP, Getty, TAIPEI, Saturday, Beijing, Chinese Communist Party, DPP, KMT, Chinese Communist Party officials, Democratic Progressive, Kuomintang, Taiwan People's Party, Taiwan's, Taiwan Affairs Office, State Council, CNBC, Franklin, Marshall College, Taiwan's DPP Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, China, U.S, Taiwan Strait, Beijing, Taiwan —, Republic of China, Xinhua, United States

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 30 points and 11 assists, and Molly Davis added 18 points as No. Iowa (17-1, 6-0 Big Ten) extended its winning streak to 14 games while snapping the 13-game winning streak of the Hoosiers (14-2, 5-1). Clark missed her first six 3-point attempts, but opened the second quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers to give Iowa a 25-19 lead. Clark picked up her second foul with 4:49 left in the second quarter with Iowa up 28-26, and sat for 2 1/2 minutes. BIG PICTUREIndiana: The Hoosiers didn’t arrive in Iowa City until Saturday morning because of the winter storm that shut down travel through most of Iowa.

Persons: — Caitlin Clark, Molly Davis, Clark, Davis, Marshall, Kate Martin, Mackenzie Holmes, Yarden Garzon, Sydney Parrish, ___ Organizations: IOWA CITY, Iowa, Big Ten, Indiana, Hoosiers, Hawkeyes, NEXT Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, AP, womens Locations: IOWA CITY , Iowa, Iowa, Indiana, Iowa City, . Iowa

☆ Oil prices rise after Iran seizes oil tanker
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The sun sets beyond an oil pumping unit, also known as a "nodding donkey" or pumping jack, at a drilling site operated by Tatneft OAO near Almetyevsk, Russia, on Friday, July 31, 2015. Oil prices rose nearly 1% on Thursday after Iran seized an oil tanker off the coast of Oman, raising the prospect of escalating conflict in the Middle East. Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the same vessel and its oil by the U.S. The seizure of the Marshall Islands-flagged St Nikolas coincides with weeks of attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militias targeting Red Sea shipping routes. Yemen-based Houthis this week mounted their largest attack yet on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea.

Persons: OAO, Brent, Nikolas, Abdel, Malek Organizations: The West Texas Intermediate, U.S, Marshall, Yemen's, Red, . Security Locations: Almetyevsk, Russia, Iran, Oman, The, China, Turkey, Yemen's Iran, Yemen, Red, The U.S, U.S

☆ Iran seizes oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Mostafa Salem | Adam Pourahmadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Abu Dhabi CNN —Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman and is transferring it to an Iranian port in retaliation for the United States confiscating the same vessel and its oil last year, Tasnim News Agency reported Thursday. The Strait of Hormuz at the northern end of the Gulf of Oman is the biggest oil chokepoint in the world. A maritime monitoring website, Tanker Trackers, said the vessel seized Thursday was a Marshall Islands-flagged crude oil tanker named St Nikolas, formerly known as the Suez Rajan. Almost 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil were seized by the US government at the time, the DOJ said. The Suez Rajan transported the contraband to the United States and “incurred the significant expenses associated with the vessel’s voyage to the United States,” according to the DOJ.

Persons: St Nicholas, ”, UKMTO, Nikolas, Suez Rajan, “ Organizations: Abu Dhabi CNN, Tasnim News Agency, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Navy, United Nations, CNN, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, ship’s Company, Oil, Tanker, US Department of Justice, DOJ, Emergency Economic, Navigation Locations: Abu Dhabi, Iran, Gulf of Oman, Iranian, United States, Oman, Islamic Republic, Gulf, Yemen, Gaza, Africa, Israel, Hormuz, Marshall, Suez, China

LONDON (AP) — A 26-year-old man who tried to sell what he claimed was a walking stick used by the late Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced for defrauding eBay buyers. Dru Marshall, from Hampshire in southern England, claimed he was a senior footman at Windsor Castle and that the proceeds from the sale of the “antler walking stick” would go to cancer research. The auction had reached 540 pounds ($686) before he cancelled the listing after learning police had launched an investigation, prosecutors said. He was found guilty of fraud by false representation at Southampton Magistrates’ Court and sentenced on Monday to a 12-month community order. “Dru Marshall used the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to try and hoodwink the public with a fake charity auction – fueled by greed and a desire for attention,’’ Julie Macey, a senior crown prosecutor, said.

Persons: Queen Elizabeth II, Dru Marshall, “ Dru Marshall, ’ ’ Julie Macey, “, ’ Organizations: eBay, Windsor Castle, Southampton, ’, Associated Press Locations: Hampshire, England, Windsor

☆ Why Netflix, Disney, and other Hollywood companies are flocking to CES this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-08 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Advertising and marketing pros made up 7% of CES' attendees in 2023, per CES. Look for topics like the creator economy and the rise of artificial intelligence to dominate the conversation for advertisers, Kassan added. And Roku, which is closing in on its search for a new ad sales head, is sending a large contingent. The cost advertisers pay for streaming ads is expected to decline as platforms release more inventory, particularly with Amazon unleashing ads on Prime Video. Advertisers also have more options with the fast-growing FASTs (free, ad-supported streaming TV channels), which primarily offer older TV shows and movies.

Persons: David Benioff, Weiss, Alexander Woo, Amy Reinhard, execs, It's, who'll, Patrick Pannett, Michael Kassan, Evan Spiegel, Kassan, — that's, Rita Ferro, NBCUniversal's Mark Marshall, NBCU's Peacock, NBCUniversal, Peacock, NBCU, Tanner Elton, Amy McDevitt, Ludacris, Jon Steinlauf, GroupM Organizations: Netflix, CES, Business, Consumer Technology Association, Madison Avenue, Walmart, Disney, Nexstar Media Group, Nvidia, Paramount, CTA, Tech, NBC, Bravo, Amazon Ads, Warner Bros, Magna, CTV, Hulu, Intelligence, Prime Video Locations: Las Vegas, Peacock

☆ You have no right to the overhead bin by your plane seat if someone else got there first, travel influencer says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewA travel influencer sought to lay down some etiquette around overhead bins on planes, arguing that a lot of people get it wrong. "The overhead space right above the seat that you paid for on the plane? Overhead bin space is "first come, first serve," Harmon-Marshall explained, which is why paying to board a plane quicker can have its advantages. AdvertisementWhile many find it annoying to see that their locker is full when they get to their plane seat, Harmon-Marshall seems to be right. If overhead bin space runs out, Harmon-Marshall said, flight attendants would start gate-checking luggage.

Persons: —, Caleb Harmon, Marshall, he's, who's, Harmon, that's, I'm, That's, Lindsay Rogers, Rogers, Condé, Karina Kay Organizations: Service, Business, Harmon Locations: Las Vegas

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