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☆ Ron DeSantis Appoints Allies to Oversee Disney’s Special-Tax District
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law legislation ending Walt Disney Co.’s control of a special-tax district near Orlando and named new members to the state-controlled board that now governs it. “The corporate kingdom finally comes to an end,” Mr. DeSantis, a Republican, said at a bill-signing event at a fire station in Lake Buena Vista. “There’s a new sheriff in town and accountability will be the order of the day.”

[1/3] A Walt Disney World photographer holds a Pride rainbow-coloured Mickey Mouse cutout before the "Festival of Fantasy" parade at the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom theme park in Orlando, Florida, U.S. July 30, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio JonesFeb 27 (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that asserts state oversight on the land surrounding Walt Disney World, dramatically changing a special tax district that for half a century allowed Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) to operate with a high degree of autonomy. “The corporate kingdom finally comes to an end,” DeSantis said during a press event at Lake Buena Vista in Orlando. In March, Disney’s then-chief executive officer, Bob Chapek, publicly voiced disappointment with the bill limiting LGBTQ discussion in schools, saying he called DeSantis to express concern about the legislation becoming law. Disney World is the largest employer in central Florida with close to 75,000 employees and drew 36.2 million visitors in 2021, according to the Themed Entertainment Association.

☆ I worked on a cruise ship for eight months because I wanted to travel. The low pay and exhausting schedule weren't worth it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Chris Libreros worked on a cruise ship for eight months after working in the hotel industry. So he helped me get a job in the Guest Services department, which is like the general front desk of a cruise ship. We were originally scheduled to depart from Hong Kong, but because of China's COVID restrictions, they moved the cruise ship over to Singapore. On a cruise ship, most crew don't get any days off. If someone from the US were to work on a cruise ship, they would have to expect a decrease in salary.

☆ The top 10 most popular US towns where millionaires are snapping up second homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Some of the wealthiest Americans are flocking to real estate hotspots across the US to purchase vacation homes. Miami Beach, a location where many of these vacation homes are located. Many of these millionaires purchase their vacation homes in beachfront areas and towns near the Rocky Mountains. Take a look at 10 of the most popular towns for centi-millionaires to purchase a second home in. These towns are arranged according to the number of centi-millionaires living there in December 2021.

☆ Americans are spending despite high inflation. Good for a couple Club stocks
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

E-commerce spending declined 2% year-over-year in January, Bank of America said Monday, as Americans shifted their spending towards leisure activities. The Club take Consumer spending remains healthy, despite stubbornly high inflation, and it would appear many shoppers have additional savings to dole out. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. In this handout photo provided by Walt Disney World Resort, guests stop to take a selfie at Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort on July 11, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Matt Stroshane | Walt Disney World Resort | Getty Images

☆ What Rom-Coms Teach Us About Love, Life and Meg Ryan’s Hair
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Tala Safie | Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

THE ENDThank you for playing,Photo credits: Sony Pictures (“Jerry Maguire”); Universal Pictures (“Love Actually,” “Marry Me,” “Notting Hill,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Along Came Polly,” “Bridesmaids”); 20th Century Fox (“Say Anything,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “There's Something About Mary”); Columbia Pictures (“50 First Dates,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “Hitch,” “The Holiday,” “The Wedding Planner,” “Cruel Intentions”); Miramax (“Bridget Jones’s Diary,” “Kate & Leopold,” “She’s All That”); MGM (“Licorice Pizza”); TriStar Pictures (“Sleepless in Seattle”); Warner Bros. (“You've Got Mail,” “Crazy, Stupid, Love”); Lionsgate (“Shotgun Wedding”); New Line Cinema (“Monster-in-Law”); Buena Vista Pictures (“Pretty Woman,” “10 Things I Hate About You,” “High Fidelity”); Disney (“The Princess Diaries”); Focus Features (“Deliver Us from Eva”); Paramount Pictures (“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”). A quiz by Tala Safie and Alexis Soloski. Produced by Sean Catangui, Amanda Webster, Alicia DeSantis and Lorne Manly.

☆ Knights, squires, queens go on strike at California Medieval Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Workers at a Southern California Medieval Times have walked off the job and went on strike before their second performance of the day Saturday, the union confirmed. Medieval Times LLC has not responded to numerous requests for comment. Medieval Times workers walk a picket line in Buena Park, California. Brett BanditelliZapcic said people work at Medieval Times because they love it, not for the money. In October, Medieval Times filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the union for using the company name, which is still ongoing.

☆ Wall Street expects these 2 fairly valued Club stocks to keep up their strong starts to 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Here's what we looked for, using data compiled by FactSet: Year-to-date gains of 10% or more, based on Thursday's close. Have 10% upside or more to analyst community's average price target, based on Thursday's close. Have a price-to-earnings-growth (PEG) ratio at, or below, the S & P 500's PEG ratio. The PEG ratio is a way analyze a stock's value, offering another layer of considerations compared with the traditional price-to-earnings ratio. That's why we wanted to find Club stocks with a PEG ratio below the S & P 500's PEG ratio of 1.64.

☆ Bed Bath & Beyond just missed another debt payment. See the full list of stores it will close, including Harmon and Buybuy Baby locations.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

In addition to 87 more Bed Bath & Beyond stores, the company now says it will close all of its remaining Harmon health and beauty stores, and five Buybuy Baby stores. San Leandro: 15555 East 14th St., Suite 24015555 East 14th St., Suite 240 Burbank: 201 East Magnolia Blvd. Marina: 117 General Stilwell Drive117 General Stilwell Drive Vallejo: 105 Plaza Drive, Suite 107105 Plaza Drive, Suite 107 * Palm Desert: 72459 Highway 11172459 Highway 111 * Visalia: 3125 South Mooney Blvd. Arterial * Coralville: 2515 Corridor Way Suite 5Kansas:Lawrence: 3106 S. Iowa St., Suite 2153106 S. Iowa St., Suite 215 Manhattan: 425 3rd Place425 3rd Place * Olathe: 15335 W. 119th St.Kentucky:Elizabethtown: 1998 N. Dixie Ave.1998 N. Dixie Ave. New Hartford: 4805 Commercial Drive4805 Commercial Drive Kingston: 1187 Ulster Ave.1187 Ulster Ave. Plattsburgh: 73 Centre Drive, Suite 10073 Centre Drive, Suite 100 Farmingdale: 251 Airport Plaza Blvd.

☆ I started working at Medieval Times after getting laid off — now I play the queen. It's a dangerous but really fun job.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Erin Zapcic portrays a queen at Medieval Times' Buena Park castle in California. It was 2011 and at the age of 27, I had just gotten laid off from my office job. Still wanting to continue my work with Medieval Times, I reapplied at the Buena Park castle. I tumbled to the ground as the horse ran away, and my crown went flying off. While I love my job, there are certain aspects of it that could use improvementZapcic recently helped unionize the staff at Medieval Times.

☆ A battle between Disney and activist Peltz brews. Here’s how the situation may unfold
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Kenneth Squire | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Disney offered Peltz, founding partner of Trian Fund Management, a role as a board observer and asked him to sign a standstill agreement, which Peltz declined. Offer of a board observer positionSometimes a board observer position can be beneficial, particularly for investors who do not have a lot of board experience and are less likely to be a regular contributor to board discussions. But offering Peltz a position as a board observer is like saying to Whitney Houston, "You can join the band, but you are not allowed to sing." It is curious as to why Peltz started this proxy fight in the first place and why Disney is resisting it. Peltz acquired his position when Bob Chapek was CEO and likely had a plan to replace him with someone Peltz had already identified.

☆ Disney Tax District Shores Up Development Plans Amid Florida Tensions
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Robbie Whelan | Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Florida legislature in April passed a law eliminating the Reedy Creek district, which has permitted Disney to manage its theme parks and resorts in Florida with little red tape. City officials from the special tax district in Florida controlled by the Walt Disney Co. moved to make changes that would allow Disney to build new theme parks and additional hotel rooms at Walt Disney World, steps that come as the state is trying to rein in the company. At a meeting Wednesday officials from the two cities that make up the Reedy Creek Improvement District, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Fla., approved a resolution to consider changing land-use regulations to accommodate the district’s comprehensive plan, which serves as a 10-year road map for development at Walt Disney World, according to minutes of the meeting and a spokeswoman for Reedy Creek.

☆ Bed Bath & Beyond is closing dozens of stores in 2023 — see the full list
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Bed Bath & Beyond released an updated list of store closures set to take place by March. San Leandro: 15555 East 14th St., Suite 24015555 East 14th St., Suite 240 Burbank: 201 East Magnolia Blvd. ArterialKansas:Lawrence: 3106 S. Iowa St., Suite 2153106 S. Iowa St., Suite 215 Manhattan: 425 3rd PlaceKentucky:Elizabethtown: 1998 N. Dixie Ave.1998 N. Dixie Ave. New Hartford: 4805 Commercial Drive4805 Commercial Drive Kingston: 1187 Ulster Ave.1187 Ulster Ave. Plattsburgh: 73 Centre Drive, Suite 10073 Centre Drive, Suite 100 Farmingdale: 251 Airport Plaza Blvd. Wisconsin:Mequon: 11110 N. Port Washington RoadPuerto Rico:Bayamon: Plaza Del Sol, 725 West Main Ave.Do you work for Bed Bath & Beyond?

☆ Is this the last Christmas for Sears?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Easterling was at the Sears in her hometown of Jersey City, New Jersey, one of only 15 full-line Sears stores still open. The two started a catalog business selling watches and jewelry in 1888, incorporating under the Sears Roebuck name in 1893. The Sears catalog was the way many Americans first started to buy mass-produced goods. File photo/AP People shop inside a Sears store in Morton Grove, Illinois, in 1961. AP Soldiers guard a Sears store in Baltimore after riots broke out following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

☆ The secrets behind these Christmas movie classics
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ was supposed to be a flop"A Charlie Brown Christmas" is a beloved special, but those involved in its production worried that they'd created a dud. Classic songs were reused, rewritten and dubbed for ‘White Christmas’"White Christmas" is a movie that has a lot of behind-the-scenes lore. Paramount/Kobal/ShutterstockThe 1954 film “White Christmas” is brimming with behind-the-scenes lore, especially when it comes to the music. The animators behind 1993’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” used about 400 different hand-sculpted heads to bring Jack Skellington to life. Michael Caine did a literal balancing act during ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’The Ghost of Christmas Present, left, and Michael Caine, right, in 1992's "The Muppet Christmas Carol."

☆ Disney is about to report quarterly earnings. Here's what to expect
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

View of the Walt Disney statue in front of Cinderella Castle inside the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. All eyes will be on Disney 's streaming numbers when the company reports its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the bell Tuesday. While Netflix expects subscriber growth to rebound, uncertainty has left analysts and investors wondering what the future holds for the broader industry. Analysts are anticipating Disney+ subscriber adds of roughly 8 million for the period between July and September, bringing the total number of users to more than 160 million, according to StreetAccount estimates. There's also concern that a looming recession could impact Disney's other business ventures like its parks and studio businesses.

☆ Two Florida medical boards advance ban on gender-affirming care for minors
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Zachary Schermele | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Florida’s state medical boards voted Friday afternoon to approve the language of a first-of-its-kind rule banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors who don’t already receive it. The rule updates the medical standards of practice in the state to mostly prohibit health care professionals from starting treatment for gender dysphoria in those younger than 18. Gender dysphoria refers the stress and discomfort some experience when their gender identity doesn’t match their sex assigned at birth. The measure bans the prescription of puberty blockers or hormone therapy to new patients who are minors, and it forbids gender-affirming surgeries. In a statement Friday, Equality Florida said once the rule goes into effect, it will be the only ban in the country of gender-affirming care for minors instituted by a state medical board.

☆ DeSantis went to battle with Disney, but he didn't mention he got married there
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ron and Casey DeSantis got married at the Walt Disney World Resort in 2009.in 2009. But details of the DeSantis Disney wedding, known to an estimated 150 guests in attendance at the September 26, 2009, nuptials, hasn't previously been reported. Three people confirmed the location to Insider, which learned of the DeSantis wedding location while reporting a story about Casey DeSantis. Octavio Jones/Getty ImagesDeSantis revoked Disney's special carve-outThe Disney wedding venue is the latest news to emerge from the DeSantis-Disney saga. Disney is Florida's largest private employer through its Walt Disney World theme park and resort, and the company has championed gay rights since the 1990s.

☆ Michigan investigation into missing man Eric Lee Franks continues over a decade later
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Veronica Fulton | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +22 min

And he actually moved out to California for a while and worked on some small sets,” Chad told Dateline. Arndt told Dateline. Arndt told Dateline. “They've done a limited amount of checking or processing on that room years and years later,” Chad told Dateline. Arndt told Dateline.

☆ Some Florida hotels are cutting their rates so that residents can safely shelter from Hurricane Ian
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Some Florida hotels are offering reduced rates for residents to shelter from Hurricane Ian. Rosen Hotels & Resorts announced it was offering special "distress rates" across some properties. The rates have been offered in Florida before when a storm or hurricane has posed a risk to residents. The discounted distress rates, which do not include tax, are $69 a night for Rosen Inn International, Rosen Inn Closest to Universal, Rosen Inn Pointe Orlando, and Rosen Inn Lake Buena Vista. Rosen Plaza will charge $99 per night, Rosen Centre will cost $109 per night, and Rosen Shingle Creek will charge $119 per night.

☆ Meme-stocks AMC and GameStop round out the top 10 companies held by Robinhood users
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AMC Entertainment and GameStop made the top 10 list of stocks most commonly held by Robinhood users. The zero-commission brokerage unveiled its investor index last week, which tracks a portfolio of the 100 most popular stocks held by Robinhood users. That data is now available after Robinhood unveiled its Robinhood Investor Index, a portfolio meant to track the 100 most popular holdings on its platform. The proportional weighting means a Robinhood user's $1 million portfolio has the same influence as another users $1,000 portfolio. From meme-stocks to electric vehicles, these are the top 10 stocks held by Robinhood's userbase as of September 1.

☆ „The Dark Knight”, „Shrek” și alte 23 de pelicule au fost incluse în lista filmelor care vor fi conservate pentru generaţiile viitoare
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-15 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

TOMORROW: Join @LibnOfCongress Carla Hayden and film historian Jacqueline Stewart for a discussion on American cinema in between screenings of select motion pictures added to the #NatFilmRegistry this year. „Outrage”, regizat de Ida Lupino în 1950, şi „The Hurt Locker”, regizat de Kathryn Bigelow, se numără printre cele nouă pelicule regizate de femei care au selectate în acest an. În fiecare an, în luna decembrie, Library of Congress include în National Film Registry un număr de 25 de filme care au o înaltă semnificaţie culturală, socială şi estetică. Titlurile sunt alese dintre sugestiile formulate de publicul larg pe site-ul Bibliotecii Congresului american şi în consultare cu reprezentanţii National Film Preservation Board. În urma celor 25 de filme selectate în 2020, numărul de pelicule incluse în National Film Registry a ajuns la 800.

Persons: Stan şi, Charlie Chaplin, Carla Hayden, Jacqueline Stewart, Melvin Van Peeple, Julie Dash, Kathleen Collins, Ida Lupino, Kathryn Bigelow Organizations: National Film, Congresului american, Buena Vista Social, National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Locations: Stan şi Bran, Venice

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