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☆ Cass Sunstein On Why He Is a Liberal - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Cass R. Sunstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In North America, South America, Europe and elsewhere, those who consider themselves to be “conservatives” may or may not embrace liberal commitments. You can be, at once, a liberal, as understood here, and a conservative; you can be a leftist and illiberal. Historically, both Republicans and Democrats have been part of the liberal tradition. Many liberals have invoked an anticaste principle to combat entrenched forms of inequality on the basis of race, sex, and disability. The rule of law is not the same as a commitment to freedom of speech, freedom of religion or freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Persons: ”, Abraham Lincoln, John Stuart Mill’s, Mill Organizations: Democrats Locations: North America, South America, Europe, Lincoln

☆ He Won’t Stop Taking Pictures Until He’s Partying on the Other Side
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Alex Pappademas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Diltz is compactly built, with a gray ponytail, a ringer in old age for the actor Seymour Cassel, a John Cassavetes mainstay. He falls asleep at night listening to George Noory on “Coast to Coast AM” rapping with the paranoid faithful about lucid dreams, conspiracies, immortality. Diltz has survived Cass Elliot, a couple of Eagles, all but one of the Monkees. The other day someone called and told him the news about Robbie Robertson. Another old friend, David Crosby, died in January.

Persons: Seymour Cassel, John Cassavetes, George Noory, He’s, Dan Fogelberg, David Cassidy, Diltz, Cass Elliot, Elizabeth Joy Grand, Robbie Robertson, —, David Crosby, Horatio Hornblower —, Crosby Organizations: Eagles, Monkees, CSN Locations: “

☆ Listen to a Wellness-Culture Satire That Delves a Few Levels Deeper
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Olivia Craighead | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

THE GLOW, by Jessie Gaynor. Read by Gabra Zackman. In a last-ditch effort to impress her boss and not get fired from her public relations job — and to keep chipping away at an overwhelming medical debt — Jane attends a woo-woo wellness retreat in order to bag its enigmatic leader, Cass, as a new client. She’s warned that this retreat may be a cult, but maybe this cult could bring in a lot of money. Wryly funny and read with a delicious sharpness by Gabra Zackman, Jessie Gaynor’s fabulous debut novel, “The Glow,” is a deft sendup of wellness culture that delves a few levels deeper.

Persons: Jessie Gaynor, Read, Gabra Zackman, Jane, Cass, Jessie Gaynor’s

☆ Why Trump Is Right About Tariffs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Oren Cass | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

President Donald Trump at a Whirlpool manufacturing facility in Ohio, Aug. 2020. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty ImagesEconomists have reacted poorly to Donald Trump’s recent proposal for a 10% tariff on all imports. After all, tax revenue is necessary to provide public services, and tariffs have long proved an effective way to collect it. In 1789, the first law in the first Congress—advocated by Alexander Hamilton, introduced by James Madison and signed by George Washington on the Fourth of July—established a tariff not unlike Trump’s. For much of the nation’s history, while growing from colonial backwater to continent-spanning industrial colossus, the U.S. imposed some of the world’s highest tariffs, which were the primary means of funding the federal government.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Olson, Donald Trump’s, Adam Posen, Michael Strain, —, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, George Washington Organizations: Getty, Peterson Institute for International Economics, American Enterprise Institute Locations: Ohio, U.S

☆ Kylie Jenner set to launch ‘accessible’ new clothing line
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Moving beyond cosmetics, skincare and even a Bratz doll line, the youngest Kardashian-Jenner sibling, Kylie Jenner, is expanding her business portfolio with a new clothing line, named Khy, launching November 1. “The whole line is really inspired by my personal wardrobe, and the different moods that I’m in,” Jenner told WSJ. (The biker glam pieces that make up its first collection are in partnership with the Berlin-based fashion brand Namilia.) Courtesy Khy“Kylie’s obviously very aware of what she likes,” Haider Ackermann, the fashion designer behind Jenner’s 2023 Met Gala gown, told WSJ. She’s always been seduced by it.”“Creatively I have such a strong vision of what I want to look like and what I want to do and what I want to wear,” Jenner told WSJ.

Persons: Kardashian, Jenner, Kylie Jenner, it’s, Kendall, ”, Kim, Cass Bird, Khy, ” Jenner, Martin Scorcese, Ed Ruscha, Jerry Lorenzo, Rory Satran, Kylie —, Kris Jenner, Jens, Emma Grede —, Kim Kardashian’s Skims, Kardashian’s, Price, ” Haider Ackermann, Jenner’s, she’s, She’s, “ Organizations: CNN, Givenchy Locations: Paris, Berlin

BAREFOOT AND WRAPPED in a robe in a hushed Paris hotel suite, 26-year-old entrepreneur and reality star Kylie Jenner is seated at her altar: a vanity. Her longtime hair and makeup artists—who are also her confidantes—hover around her like discreet, black-garbed hummingbirds, making imperceptible tweaks to her long dark hair and flawless skin. It’s several hours before she has to be at the Acne fashion show, but for Jenner, getting ready is half, if not the whole, point. But it’s bigger than that: Do glam, be glam, and you’re ready to conquer the world. No one has profited more from the concept of glam than Kylie Jenner, the youngest of the siblings and the creator of a cosmetics empire that has been valued at over $1 billion.

Persons: Kylie Jenner, —, Jenner, Kardashian, Lindsey Vonn, Kris Jenner, Robert Kardashian, Kourtney, Kim, Caitlin Jenner, Kendall, Kylie, there’s, Rob Locations: Iceland, Hulu

But Curtis Chin's parents urged their six kids to ask customers at their Chinese restaurant about their background. Recent hate crimes have evoked comparisons to Vincent Chin's beating death at the hands of two white autoworkers outside his bachelor party. Curtis Chin's uncle was Vincent Chin's best man. Asian American and Pacific Islander groups are behind several upcoming events. “I just can’t impress upon it enough how much I feel like my whole community is rallying behind me for this book,” Chin said.

Persons: Curtis Chin's, —, Chin, “, ”, “ Vincent Who, Vincent Chin, Curtis Chin, it's, ” Chin, Chung's, ” Roland Hwang, Vincent Chin's, Hwang, there’s, George Floyd's, I’ve, Lily Chen, Curtis, Chen, we've, it’s, ___ Tang Organizations: Detroit, Asian American Writers ’, The Washington Post, The, American Citizens, Justice, Detroit Historical Museum, ”, Pacific, Associated Press Locations: Los Angeles, The, Detroit, Chinatown, Detroit's, Cass, The Cass, That's, ”, Asian American, Phoenix, @ttangAP

☆ Origin Energy shares surge after regulator clears Brookfield's $9.8 bln bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Scott Murdoch | トムソンロイター | Scott Murdoch Has Been A Journalist For More Than Two Decades Working For Thomson Reuters | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Australian Super, the largest investor, raised its stake to 14% last month and called the shares undervalued. Perpetual, a major Australian fund manager and Origin shareholder, has pushed Brookfield and its partner, U.S. private equity firm EIG, to consider raising their offer to win Origin, according to local media reports. Origin shares jumped to A$9.19 in early trading, well above the A$8.91 per share price of the consortium bid lodged in March, on speculation a higher offer could be forthcoming. Under the consortium deal, Origin will be broken up into two businesses, with its energy markets arm including its electricity generation and electricity and gas retail businesses to be acquired by Brookfield. Brookfield would also be prohibited from selling more than 10% of either Origin or AusNet in the future to one party.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Max Vickerson, I'm, Vickerson, Newmont, Gina Cass, Gottlieb, Brookfield, Scott Murdoch, Jamie Freed 私 Organizations: Brookfield, REUTERS, SYDNEY, Origin Energy, Brookfield Corp, Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, stockbroker Morgans, Perpetual, Newcrest Mining, Energy, ACCC, AusNet Services Locations: Australian, Brookfield, Australia, Victoria

☆ Opinion: Trump and the upside-down world
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. CNN —The title on the cover of Cass R. Sunstein’s 2021 book, “This is not normal,” is printed upside down. The beginning of a Trump-backed House Republican inquiry into impeaching President Joe Biden with no clear evidence of his wrongdoing. A last-ditch move Saturday kept federal agencies funded for 45 days while putting more aid to Ukraine in jeopardy. Bill Bramhall/Tribune Content AgencyOn Monday, a New York judge found Trump and his adult sons liable for insurance and bank fraud and canceled the Trump Organization’s business certification.

Persons: Cass R, ” Sunstein, Ronald Reagan, “ Donald Duck, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, “, ”, Kevin McCarthy’s, Clay Jones, Mike Lawler, Rosa Cruz, Rob Rosenthal, Brian Riedl, Walt Handelsman, Biden, MAGA, John Avlon, ’, Bill Bramhall, Frida Ghitis, —, Ghitis, Phil Hands, Julian Zelizer, Steven Lubet, Judge Chutkan, Dean Obeidallah, Menendez, Hal Boyd, Sen, Tim Scott, Ron DeSantis, Scott, ” Scott, Lyndon, “ you’ve, ” Jeff Yang, Chris Christie’s, ‘, Donald Duck ’, Mike Pence’s, Walter Mondale, Nikki Haley’s, South Carolina Sen, Vivek Ramaswamy, TikTok, whittling, Haley, ” Sophia Nelson, ” Lisa Benson, GoComics.com, James Antle III, Todd Graham, David Axelrod, Musa al, Republicans –, –, Nick Anderson, Agency Cassidy, Evelyn Hockstein, Cassidy Hutchinson, Nicole Hemmer, Hutchinson, …, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Liz Cheney, Alexander Butterfield, Melissa S, Jason L, Riley, Jill Filipovic’s, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Peter Bergen, Kennedy, Vladimir Putin, Brian Bowen Smith, ABC Gerry Turner, Deborah Carr, Gerry Turner, Turner, ” Don’t, Jill Filipovic, Dianne Feinstein, Matthew F, West Point Vincent, David A, Adam Larson, Michael D, Smith, Travis, Taylor Dana Summers, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, ” Rick Reilly, Colgate, Tay, Frankie de la, it’s Organizations: CNN, Republican, Ronald Reagan Presidential, Trump, Chiefs, Department of Labor, Wesleyan University, Agency, MAGA Republican, Pew Research Center, NBC, Republicans, GOP, “, Florida Gov, New, New Jersey Gov, Democratic, UAW, Tribune, White House, Legislative Affairs, White, Street, ” RFK, ABC, Chicago, Corps, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, Washington Post, NFL Locations: Milwaukee, Simi Valley , California, Ukraine, New York, Washington, Tempe , Arizona, New Jersey, Cupp, South Carolina, Florida, Michigan, Michigan , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Gharbi, West Point

SYDNEY, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The blocking of three major deals by Australia's antitrust regulator in the past year was a coincidence, its chair told Reuters, pushing back against concerns among bankers that it has become deal-averse. "There happens to have been a sequence, frankly coincidentally as it turns out, of oppositions," ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said in an interview. There are some concerns that it could be blocked as Brookfield owns AusNet, a poles and wires asset in Victoria state. Cass-Gottlieb also said she doubted foreign investors have been dissuaded from pursuing deals in Australia which does not require companies to get formal clearance before proceeding with a takeover. "The recent stream of merger blockages will make foreign investors think twice."

Persons: Gina Cass, Gottlieb, Canada's Brookfield, Cass, Stephen Corones, Hannah Marshall, it's, Byron Kaye, Scott Murdoch, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, Telstra, TPG, ANZ, Transurban, Origin Energy, Brookfield, FOCUS Cass, Investors, Queensland University of Technology, Cass, Marque Lawyers, Thomson Locations: Melbourne, AusNet, Victoria, Australia, Queensland

☆ Commodities is something we are actively looking at right now: CPP Investments CIO Edwin Cass
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCommodities is something we are actively looking at right now: CPP Investments CIO Edwin CassEdwin Cass, CPP Investments CIO, Tina Byles Williams, Xponance founder and CEO, and Jase Auby, Teacher Retirement System of Texas CIO, join CNBC's Delivering Alpha 2023 conference to discuss continued market demand amid higher interest rates, where the opportunities are for investment, and more.

Persons: Edwin Cass Edwin Cass, Tina Byles Williams, Jase Auby Organizations: Commodities, Texas CIO, CNBC's, Alpha

☆ Private credit is on the upswing because of the attractive returns, says Jase Auby
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPrivate credit is on the upswing because of the attractive returns, says Jase AubyEdwin Cass, CPP Investments CIO; Tina Byles Williams, Xponance founder and and CEO; and Jase Auby, Teacher Retirement System of Texas CIO, join CNBC's Delivering Alpha 2023 conference to discuss continued market demand amid higher interest rates, where the opportunities are for investment, and more.

Persons: Jase Auby Edwin Cass, Tina Byles Williams, Jase Auby Organizations: Texas CIO, CNBC's, Alpha

☆ The first victim of the $33T national debt is the U.S. dollar: Xponance CEO Tina Byles Williams
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe first victim of the $33T national debt is the U.S. dollar: Xponance CEO Tina Byles WilliamsEdwin Cass, CPP Investments CIO; Tina Byles Williams, Xponance founder and and CEO; and Jase Auby, Teacher Retirement System of Texas CIO, join CNBC's Delivering Alpha 2023 conference to discuss continued market demand amid higher interest rates, where the opportunities are for investment, and more.

Persons: Tina Byles Williams Edwin Cass, Tina Byles Williams, Jase Auby Organizations: U.S ., Texas CIO, CNBC's, Alpha Locations: U.S

☆ You have to have a long-term outlook on oil and gas: Texas Teacher Retirement System's Jase Auby
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailYou have to have a long-term outlook on oil and gas: Texas Teacher Retirement System's Jase AubyEdwin Cass, CPP Investments CIO, Tina Byles Williams, Xponance founder and CEO, and Jase Auby, Teacher Retirement System of Texas CIO, join CNBC's Delivering Alpha 2023 conference to discuss continued market demand amid higher interest rates, where the opportunities are for investment, and more.

Persons: Jase Auby Edwin Cass, Tina Byles Williams, Jase Auby Organizations: Texas CIO, CNBC's, Alpha Locations: Texas

Washington CNN —In her new book “Enough,” former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson paints the closing days of the Trump White House as even more chaotic and lawless than she previously disclosed in her shocking televised testimony last summer. “We killed Herman Cain,” Meadows told Hutchinson and asked for his wife’s phone number. Unlike White House communications director Alyssa Farah, who resigned on December 3, 2020, or deputy White House press secretary Sarah Matthews, who left on January 6, 2021, Hutchinson remained. In the summer of 2017, Trump’s first year in office, Hutchinson was an intern in Sen. Ted Cruz’s office. It turns out, Hutchinson writes, that she coordinated with Farah, who is now a CNN political commentator, telling her everything she knew.

Persons: Washington CNN —, Cassidy Hutchinson, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Trump, Rudy Giuliani gropes Hutchinson, Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden, “ Cass, ” Meadows, Hutchinson, Cassidy Hutchinson's, Simon, Schuster, Meadows, “, ” Hutchinson, Herman Cain, Covid, furtively, Hunter Biden, Tony Bobulinski, Mark ’ Meadows, National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Tom Brenner, McCarthy, Ken Paxton, ” Trump, Trump . Hutchinson, Devin Nunes, “ Mark doesn’t, ”, Tony Ornato, Mike Flynn, Sidney Powell, Patrick Byrne, Derek Lyons, Brad Raffensperger, Pat Cipollone, Cipollone, Tony, –, ” Ornato, They’re, Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani, Brendan Smialowski, Alyssa Farah, Sarah Matthews, Donald Trump’s, Hey Cass, Kimberly Guilfoyle’s, ‘, ’, Kayleigh McEnany, Wisconsin Tom Brenner, Trump’s, Sen, Ted Cruz’s, didn’t, Stefan Passantino, Passantino, “ Stefan, Andrew Harnik, Farah, Liz Cheney, Jobs Organizations: Washington CNN, White, Trump White House, Trump, Capitol, White House, GOP, CNN, Secret Service, Republican National Committee, National Intelligence, Texas, Meadows, Georgia, State, Biden, Capitol Hill, Getty, Team Trump, Legislative Affairs, Press, Air Force, Texas Republican Locations: Tulsa , Oklahoma, North Carolina, Meadows, Fulton, Georgia, AFP, Russia, you’re, California, Wisconsin, Texas, Florida

☆ Mark Meadows said if he kept Trump out of jail he'd have 'done a good job' as Chief of Staff: Cassidy Hutchinson book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cassidy Hutchinson in her new book wrote that Meadows spoke of his desire to keep Trump out of jail. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson in her new memoir said that onetime White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told her that if he kept then-President Donald Trump out of jail, he'd be doing a "good job." AdvertisementAdvertisement"Cass, if I can get through this job and manage to keep [Trump] out of jail, I'll have done a good job," Meadows told Hutchinson, per her memoir. Meadows' tenure in the White House ended in January 2021, after Trump departed the White House to make way for incoming President Joe Biden. Nearly three years removed from the White House, Trump now faces four criminal indictments.

Persons: Cassidy Hutchinson, Meadows, Trump, Hutchinson, —, Mark Meadows, Donald Trump, he'd, Cass, Joe Biden, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley Organizations: Meadows, Service, White House, Republican, Capitol, White, Trump, Gov Locations: Meadows, Georgia, Carolina, Fulton County, Florida, South Carolina

☆ In Her Fiction, Ayana Mathis Refuses to Ignore Black History
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Honorée Fanonne Jeffers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I, for one, submit that Black history will always hover over American literature, whether or not the author intends it to. Why is the boy running toward instead of away from Alabama, as so many Black folks have done since the Great Migration? — before jumping back a few years, to 1985, when Ava drags 10-year-old Toussaint into a homeless shelter in Philadelphia. The mother and son have been thrown out of the home they shared with Abemi, Ava’s abusive husband and Toussaint’s stepfather, in New Jersey. Mathis renders Ava and Toussaint’s time in the shelter in poignant, heartbreaking detail.

Persons: Ayana Mathis, I’m, Toni Morrison, ” Ayana, “, Hattie ” —, Mathis, Ava, Toussaint, Toussaint’s, Cass Organizations: Black Locations: Philadelphia, Dutchess, Ava’s, Alabama, Bonaparte, Ala, Ava, New Jersey

☆ Qantas CEO’s exit will barely reduce turbulence
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Antony Currie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Alan Joyce, Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, speaks in front of a Qantas 747 jumbo jet, before its last departure from the Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, as Qantas retires its remaining Boeing 747 planes early due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, July 22, 2020. In July Canberra rejected Qatar Airways’ request to add 21 flights a week to key Australian cities. Gina Cass-Gottlieb, the watchdog’s chair, is targeting a fine of at least A$250 million ($162 million), she told ABC’s RN radio programme. Qantas customers can now get a cash refund, while credits issued by the group’s budget airline, Jetstar, now last indefinitely. On Aug. 24 Qantas reported record pre-tax earnings for the year to June 30 of A$2.47 billion.

Persons: Alan Joyce, Loren Elliott, Vanessa Hudson, Gina Cass, Gottlieb, Hudson, Richard Goyder, Buckle, Joyce, “, ABC’s, Una Galani, Katrina Hamlin Organizations: Qantas, Sydney Airport, Boeing, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, Virgin Australia, Regional Express, Qatar Airways, Jetstar, Thomson Locations: Sydney, Australia, Canberra

☆ In Detroit, a Tiny Home Generates a Big Controversy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Allan Lengel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Tiny Homes, as they’re known, were built by a nonprofit group and have marble shower stalls, granite kitchen countertops and solar panels. They are intended for low-income residents who pay monthly rent of $1 per square foot, plus electricity, with the option to own the home outright after seven years. To date, there are 25 in a three-block area, occupied by residents that include seniors and people formerly homeless and incarcerated, and who earn as little as $7,000 annually. The first set opened in 2017, and construction is slated to begin this fall on a half dozen or so houses on a patch of empty land nearby. The project, which is owned and operated by Cass Community Social Services of Detroit, has been built through fund-raising from foundations and private donors, including rocker Jon Bon Jovi.

Persons: Jon Bon Jovi Organizations: Cass Community Social Services of Locations: Cass Community Social Services of Detroit

☆ Australian regulator seeks 'hundreds of millions' in fines for Qantas
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The maximum penalty Qantas faces is 10% of annual turnover, which was A$19.8 billion in the year to June, according to Australian consumer laws. Cass-Gottlieb said the ACCC would seek a fine for Qantas that was "significantly more than" the record A$125 million ($81 million) automaker Volkswagen was fined in 2019 for breaching Australian consumer laws. "We consider these penalties have been too low, we think the penalty should be in hundreds of millions, not tens of millions", she added. The regulator has said that Qantas kept selling tickets for an average of 16 days after it had cancelled flights for reasons often within its control. ($1 = 1.5420 Australian dollars)Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; editing by Miral FahmyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Loren Elliott, Gina Cass, Gottlieb, Cass, Renju Jose, Miral Organizations: Qantas, Sydney Airport, REUTERS, Rights Companies Qantas Airways Ltd, Qantas Airways, Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, Australia, ABC Radio, Volkswagen, Thomson Locations: Australia, Sydney, Francisco

☆ Regulators want to fine Qantas 'hundreds of millions of dollars' for selling tickets for thousands of already-cancelled flights
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

It's accusing Qantas of continuing to sell tickets for 8,000 flights that had been cancelled. And it's seeking a record-breaking fine in the hundreds of millions of dollars, per Reuters. AdvertisementAdvertisementQantas could be fined hundreds of millions of dollars for selling tickets for thousands of flights that had already been cancelled if regulators get their way, Reuters reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementThat amounts to 70% of cancelled Qantas flights where tickets were still sold or ticket holders weren't told for at least two days after the cancelation, the regulator said. "We think the penalty should be in hundreds of millions, not tens of millions", she added, per Reuters.

Persons: weren't, Gina Cass, Gottlieb Organizations: Australian, Qantas, Morning, Reuters, Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, ACCC, Cass, Volkswagen

☆ Australia regulator sues Qantas alleging sale of tickets on cancelled flights
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Byron Kaye | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Qantas aircraft are seen on the tarmac at Melbourne International Airport in Melbourne, Australia, November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Qantas Airways Ltd FollowSYDNEY, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator sued Qantas Airways (QAN.AX) on Thursday, accusing it of selling tickets to thousands of flights after they were cancelled, putting the airline at risk of huge fines and reputational turbulence. The airline kept selling tickets for an average of 16 days after it had cancelled flights for reasons often within its control, such as "network optimisation", the ACCC added. Qantas kept selling tickets to one Sydney-to-San Francisco flight 40 days after it had been cancelled, the regulator said. At the Senate hearing, Joyce confirmed Qantas had written to the federal government in 2022 asking it to deny a request from Qatar Airways, a Qantas competitor on international routes, to increase flights to Australia.

Persons: Phil Noble, Rico Merkert, Alan Joyce, Joyce, Gina Cass, Gottlieb, Byron Kaye, Poonam, Shailesh Kuber, Rashmi Aich, Gerry Doyle, Edmund Klamann Organizations: Qantas, Melbourne International Airport, REUTERS, Rights Companies Qantas Airways Ltd, SYDNEY, Qantas Airways, Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, ACCC, Sydney University's Institute of Transport, Logistics Studies, Australia, Senate, Qatar Airways, Qatar, Thomson Locations: Melbourne, Australia, Sydney, Francisco, Bengaluru

☆ Aussie regulator takes Qantas to court for selling cancelled flights' tickets
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 31 (Reuters) - Australian competition regulator has taken Qantas Airways (QAN.AX) to court, alleging the flagship carrier in mid-2022 kept selling tickets for more than 8,000 cancelled flights for an average of over two weeks after the flights were called off. "We have commenced these proceedings alleging that Qantas continued selling tickets for thousands of cancelled flights, likely affecting the travel plans of tens of thousands of people," ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said. "However, this case does not involve any alleged breach in relation to the actual cancellation of flights, but rather relates to Qantas' conduct after it had cancelled the flights." ACCC said it would pursue orders including penalties, injunctions, declarations, and costs against the airline for its conduct after flight cancellations. Reporting by Poonam Behura in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber and Rashmi AichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Gina Cass, Gottlieb, Poonam, Shailesh Kuber Organizations: Qantas Airways, Qantas, Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, Airlines, ACCC, Qantas Group, Jetstar, Thomson Locations: Australian, Bengaluru

☆ A Rollicking Tragicomic Tale of Unending Family Drama
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Jen Doll | More About Jen Doll | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Each member of the Barnes family is facing inner demons, too, which we learn about through alternating chapters dedicated to each character. In Dickie’s sections, we flash back to his past days as a Trinity College student and the secrets he kept while there, which feed into his present troubles — there’s a blackmailer threatening to destroy him. Sweet PJ is targeted by a bully who claims his mother has been ripped off by Dickie’s garage — and then he’s targeted by someone even worse. This all may sound bleak, but Murray’s writing is pure joy — propulsive, insightful and seeded with hilarious observations. Through the Barneses’ countless personal dramas, Murray explores humanity’s endless contradictions: How brutal and beautiful life is.

Persons: Barnes, Dickie, Frank, —, Victor, Cass, Elaine, PJ, Murray, Barneses Organizations: Trinity College, Trinity

The logo of the ANZ Bank is seen at Lambton Quay, in Wellington, New Zealand November 10, 2022. "A substantial lessening of competition in home loans would have major flow-on impacts to Australians with a mortgage," he added. The companies said they would seek a review of the determination at the Australian Competition Tribunal, an offshoot of the federal court which oversees takeover rulings. Taking the deal to the competition tribunal would delay its completion to mid-2024, if the tribunal approved it, from the late 2023 timeline the companies gave when they announced it a year ago. The ANZ-Suncorp deal also needs sign-off from Treasurer Jim Chalmers who declined to comment.

Persons: Lucy Craymer, Mick Keogh, Gina Cass, Gottlieb, Jim Chalmers, Byron Kaye, Himanshi, Stephen Coates Organizations: ANZ Bank, REUTERS, ANZ, Suncorp, ANZ Group, Australian Competition, Consumer Commission, Australian Competition Tribunal, Citi, Telstra, TPG Telcom, Thomson Locations: Lambton Quay, Wellington , New Zealand, Melbourne, Sydney, Bengaluru

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