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☆ Amid Criticism, Britt Seeks to Defend Her Misleading Border Comments
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“No,” Ms. Britt said on “Fox News Sunday” when the host, Shannon Bream, asked whether she had intended to suggest that. She went on to argue that viewers should have parsed her wording to understand that she wasn’t referring to a recent case. “I didn’t say a teenager. I didn’t say a young woman. Mr. Trump praised Ms. Britt for her speech.

Persons: Katie Britt, Biden, “, Ms, Britt, Shannon Bream, ”, ” Ms, Jonathan Katz, Trump Organizations: “ Fox, Sunday Locations: Alabama, Biden’s, Mexico, United States

☆ As Biden faces questions about his age, researchers weigh in on working in your 80s
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"Fluid intelligence" slows with aging, Walsh said. U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024. Nearly 80% of older workers say they've seen or experienced age discrimination in the workplace, according to research by AARP. There are areas where older workers outperform younger workers. Philip Taylor University of Warwick professor"Crystallized intelligence," considered wisdom, also grows throughout our life, experts say.

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☆ Sen. Katie Britt denies misleading and widely criticized sex trafficking anecdote in Biden's State of the Union rebuttal
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Since delivering the GOP rebuttal to Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday, Britt has faced severe criticism. Britt argued that in her rebuttal she made clear that the woman had experienced sex trafficking years earlier during her childhood, not under the Biden administration. In her rebuttal, Britt references "a woman" who "had been sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12." During the speech, she did not clarify that the crime happened decades ago and that the woman was no longer being sex trafficked. The victim, Karla Jacinto Romero, experienced sex trafficking from 2004 to 2008 in Mexico.

Persons: Sen, Katie Britt, U.S . Alabama Republican Sen, Joe Biden's, Britt, Jonathan Katz, Biden, Karla Jacinto Romero, Katz, Jacinto, Andrew Bates, Sean Ross, Ross, Jacinto Romero's, Scarlett Johansson Organizations: U.S . Alabama Republican, Sunday, Fox, White House, Border Patrol Union, CNBC, NBC Locations: Biden's State, Mexico, U.S

“This is the United States of America, and it is past time, in my opinion, that we start acting like it,” Ms. Britt said. “President Biden’s border policies are a disgrace.”As a rhetorical device, it would be hard conjure up a more powerful and resonant example. In a video released shortly after that trip, Ms. Britt discussed Ms. Jacinto’s experiences. “I thought it was very strange.”She said she preferred to keep politics out of the question of human trafficking. “The work I do is not a game.”A spokesman for Ms. Britt, Sean Ross, stood behind her speech.

Persons: Katie Britt, Donald J, Britt, Ms, George W, Bush, Biden, Biden didn’t, ”, “, Karla Jacinto Romero, Jacinto, Jonathan Katz, Sean Ross, Mr, Ross, Andrew Bates, Britt’s, Marsha Blackburn, Rosi Orozco, Blackburn, Karla, ” Andy McCullough, that’s, Pope Francis, Chris Smith of, McCullough Organizations: Republican, White, Times, Biden, U.S, Vatican Locations: Alabama, Montgomery , Ala, Biden’s, United States of America, Mexican, United States, Texas, Mexico, TikTok, U.S, Latin America, Eagle Pass , Texas, Tennessee, Chris Smith of New Jersey

☆ Biden rebutter Sen. Britt blasted for recycling 20-year-old sex traffic story to attack border policy
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama is under fire for using what appears to be a sex trafficking victim's experience from the early 2000s to condemn President Joe Biden's current border policy. Britt seemingly attempted to present the anecdote as a damning example of Biden's border management. "President Biden's border policies are a disgrace. Britt's implication that Jacinto Romero divulged her experiences privately is not borne out by publicly available information. Though sex trafficking has taken place in the U.S. under the Biden administration, Jacinto Romero's sex-trafficking story is not an example of it.

Persons: Sen, Katie Britt, Republican Sen, Joe Biden's, Britt, Karla Jacinto Romero, Jacinto Romero, Marsha Blackburn, Cindy Hyde, Smith, Blackburn, Jonathan Katz, Jacinto Romero's, Sean Ross, Ross, Biden, Karla Organizations: U.S, Capitol, Republican, Union, Del, Hyde, Congress, U.S . House, CNBC Locations: Alabama, Biden's State, Del Rio, Texas, U.S, Guadalajara, Biden's, Mexico, Sens, Mexican

☆ Anecdote from Sen. Katie Britt’s criticism of Biden’s border policies appears to be from before he was president
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Samantha Waldenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But the story she seemed to describe didn’t take place during Biden’s time as president or vice president, nor did it happen in the United States. I traveled to the Del Rio sector of Texas, where I spoke to a woman who shared her story with me. She had been sex trafficked by the cartels starting at age 12. Jacinto Romero has shared her story publicly, including in a 2015 hearing on sex trafficking held by the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Human Rights. Along that journey, children, women, and men are being subjected to gut-wrenching, heartbreaking horrors in our own backyard,” spokesperson Sean Ross said.

Persons: Alabama Sen, Katie Britt, Joe Biden’s, ” Britt, ”, Jonathan Katz, Britt, Biden, Katz, Sen, Marsha Blackburn, Cindy Hyde, Smith, –, Karla Jacinto Romero, “, Jacinto Romero, Jacinto, Sean Ross Organizations: CNN, Alabama, Del, House Foreign, Rights, Capitol Locations: United States, Del Rio, Texas, Alabama, United States of America, Biden’s, Mexico, Sens, Eagle, , Texas

Oura will now sell its smart rings on Amazon , its latest retail expansion as the health and wellness wearable space continues to grow. Starting Thursday, Oura will have its full selection of rings and accessories available to U.S. shoppers on Amazon through its own brand store. The move also comes as Oura faces a new challenge from Samsung in the smart ring category, as well as other wearables adding more health benefits. More than one million Oura rings have been sold to date, according to Oura. As for Samsung's potential entry into a ring, Sweeny said Oura is viewing it "as a positive thing."

Persons: Oura, Doug Sweeny, Sweeny, Fitbit Organizations: Best, Oura, CNBC Disruptor, Samsung, Apple, Garmin, Amazon, Google, Watch Locations: U.S

☆ A daily step goal may cut disease and death risk in even otherwise sedentary people, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Ten thousand steps per day have long been known as the magic number needed to lower risk of disease and early death. What researchers didn’t know was whether the amount could have the same effect even for people who are sedentary most of the day. Get 10,000 steps a day to potentially counteract the impacts of being too sedentary, a new study suggests. You’re not supposed to be sitting at a computer for 12 hours a day and barely moving,” Freeman said. “Exercise is great for you, and it is truly the magic elixir that hits virtually every disease we take care of,” Freeman said.

Persons: ”, Matthew Ahmadi, Maskot, University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins, who’d, David Katz, Katz, Andrew Freeman, wasn’t, ” Freeman, Freeman, doesn’t, You’re, “, — Organizations: CNN’s, CNN, British, of Sports Medicine, University of Sydney’s, University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre, True Health Initiative, Jewish Health Locations: Australia, United Kingdom, Denver

☆ I won almost $5m on 'Squid Game: The Challenge' but lied to my family about it for months
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mai Whelan about her experience on Netflix's "Squid Game: The Challenge." Mai Whelan had to play a game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" against Phill Cain to win the prize in "Squid Game: The Challenge." Here are the major moments in the final days of "Squid Game: The Challenge" that led to my victory. TJ Stukes and Mai Whelan at the 'Squid Game: The Challenge' Celebration in November 2023 and in "Squid Game: The Challenge" filmed in January 2023. I'll save the behind-the-scenes story of "Squid Game: the Challenge" story for book two.

Persons: —, Mai Whelan, Catherine, Phill Cain, TJ Stukes, Joe Scarnici, TJ, Dash Katz, Chad van Horn, Netflix TJ, Ashley Tolbert, Trey Plutinicki, Trey, Ashley didn't, Ashley, Pete Dadds, Phill, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Netflix, TJ Locations: Chad

Israelis largely welcomed a U.N. report that supported allegations of sexual violence during the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack, even as a top Israeli official accused the United Nations of not doing enough to address the findings — a sign of the rising tensions between them. The U.N. report, released on Monday, found both “reasonable grounds to believe” that sexual violence against multiple people had occurred in at least three locations in Israel, and “clear and convincing information” that hostages taken to Gaza on Oct. 7 had been subjected to sexual violence, including rape. On Tuesday, President Isaac Herzog of Israel said on X that the report was “of immense importance,” and he lauded it for its “moral clarity and integrity.”But Israel Katz, Israel’s foreign minister, accused the U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, in a social media post of making a concerted effort to “forget the report and avoid making the necessary decisions.” In protest, Mr. Katz recalled Israel’s representative to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, for consultations — a step short of withdrawing the ambassador for a longer term. Mr. Erdan was on a plane back to Israel on Tuesday, he said.

Persons: ”, Isaac Herzog of Israel, Israel Katz, António Guterres, Katz, Israel’s, Gilad Erdan, Erdan Organizations: United Nations Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ 'Cyber-physical attacks' fueled by AI are a growing threat, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

He said with the widespread arrival of generative AI, concerns about physical attacks being the next phase of cybercrime have grown. He added that the technology, now boosted by AI, exists to wreak havoc on physical systems. Attacks on physical infrastructure would be tantamount to war, and so far, that is something nation-states have avoided. Experts, though, vary on the threat level from cyber-physical attacks and how much AI is raising it. But while she views the threat of AI-assisted cyber-physical attacks as growing, she said AI also assists the good guys.

Persons: Stuart Madnick, Christopher Wray, —, Madnick, don't, Tim Chase, CISO, Chase, Sivan Tehila, Tehila, Michael Kenney, Matthew B Organizations: Cybersecurity, MIT Sloan, FBI, Congress, Katz School of Science and Health, Yeshiva University, Israel Defense Forces, . University of Pittsburgh, Ridgway Center for International Security Locations: United States

☆ A widow unexpectedly received $1 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock. Now, she's covering Bronx med students' tuition forever.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"He left me, unbeknownst to me, a whole portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway stock," Gottesman told The New York Times. She would donate the money in full to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York's poorest borough, the Times reported. Advertisement"I wanted to fund students at Einstein so that they would receive free tuition," she told the Times. Her gift is so large that it will cover students' tuition to the medical school in perpetuity, Albert Einstein College of Medicine said in a press release. A year's tuition at the school costs over $59,000, leaving many graduates with more than $200,000 in debt, the Times reported.

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Analyst Mike Mayo assigned an overweight rating and $70 price target, which suggests more than 25% upside for shares. Analyst Bill Katz raised his price target by $14 to $128 on the outperform-rated company, which has seen roughly 74% share price growth over the past year. He upped his price target by $25 to $350, implying roughly 19.5% upside for the company, which will report fiscal fourth-quarter results on Wednesday. "While LT debates around monetization and competition have yet to be resolved, we think risk-reward now skews attractive given an improving cloud demand backdrop." It also raised its price target to $86 from $75, but the new forecast still implies downside of more than 13% going forward.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, HashiCorp, Wells, Mike Mayo, Mayo, — Pia Singh, TD Cowen, Cowen, Bill Katz, Katz, Jefferies, Brent Thill, Thill, Salesforce, bode, Sanjit Singh, Singh, Yifeng Liu, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, HSBC, Moderna, Citigroup, Citi, Discover Financial Services, KKR, Salesforce, HSBC downgrades Moderna, Merck & Co Locations: Wells, monetization

☆ Israel to summon Brazilian ambassador after President Lula likens Israel’s actions in Gaza to Holocaust
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Chris Liakos | Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Israel said Sunday it is summoning the Brazilian ambassador to the country over what it says were “shameful and serious” remarks by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Speaking earlier Sunday in Addis Ababa at the African Union summit, Lula called what is happening in the Gaza Strip a “genocide.”“What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no parallel in history. Israel has said its goal is to completely eliminate Hamas after they attacked Israel on October 7. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz also posted on X saying, “No one will harm Israel’s right to defend itself. I have ordered the people of my office to summon the Brazilian ambassador for a reprimand call tomorrow.”Lula also made comments about the death of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny.

Persons: CNN — Israel, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Lula, Hitler, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, “ trivializing, “ Israel, Israel Katz, “, ” Lula, Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Nazi, Reuters Locations: Israel, Addis Ababa, Gaza, Brazilian, Russian

☆ What a Reported Trump Plan on Restricting Abortion Would Mean
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Claire Cain Miller | Margot Sanger-Katz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A nationwide ban on abortions after 16 weeks of pregnancy — which Donald J. Trump is considering backing, according to a New York Times report — would prevent very few abortions in the United States. Mr. Trump, the front-runner to be the Republican presidential nominee, has not publicly spoken about the proposal. It would most likely keep in place more restrictive bans in the nearly half of states that have them, but would be a change for states where abortion remains largely unrestricted. Such a law, which would require congressional action, would affect only a small minority of women seeking abortions. Those women tend to have medically complicated pregnancies.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Roe, Wade Organizations: New York Times, Republican, for Disease Control Locations: United States

☆ Companies forcing workers to come back to the office are creating a 'massive disruption' in their lives, workplace expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Many remote workers also invested in having an office setup, including buying office equipment or designating a room as an office. "There's that investment too, and they don't want to have to sell everything and come back to work," Schawbel said. AdvertisementMajor companies across the US have enforced RTO mandates in the past year, including Meta, Google, and Salesforce. In fact, Nicholas Bloom, a Stanford economics professor, said making workers come back to the office would just make them unhappier. Advertisement"I think RTO mandates will reduce employee morale unless it is handled very carefully," Bloom told BI over email.

Persons: —, Dan Schawbel, Schawbel, millennials, Dell, Nicholas Bloom, Bloom Organizations: Service, Workplace Intelligence, Business, Meta, Google, Katz Graduate School of Business, Stanford, Big Tech

☆ What is the Atlantic diet?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The traditional diet of northern Portugal and northwestern Spain, known as the Southern European Traditional Atlantic Diet, or Atlantic diet for short, may hold some clues to better heart health and a lower risk of dying early from cancer, heart disease or any cause, according to studies conducted in Europe. The diet is based on foods grown or found in that part of the Europe, much like its famous cousin the Mediterranean diet. Because it’s plant-based and locally sourced, the Atlantic diet also helps protect the planet by contributing to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the study’s authors noted. Like the Mediterranean diet, the Atlantic diet focuses on home-cooked food served family style, with an emphasis on social interactions between friends and family. However, other studies have shown that not all food groups in the traditional Atlantic diet are beneficial.

Persons: ”, Walter Willett, Harvard T.H, David Katz, Al Bochi Organizations: CNN, Southern, JAMA, Harvard, of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, United Nations, True Health Initiative, Atlanta, Academy of Nutrition, “ Locations: Portugal, Spain, Europe, Chan, Boston, Czechia, Poland

☆ Companies forcing workers to come back to the office are creating a 'massive disruption' in their lives, workplace experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

RTO mandates are a "disruption" to remote workers' lives because they made big changes during COVID. Many remote workers moved cities, bought houses, and invested in home offices during the pandemic. Additionally, many remote workers invested in having an office set up, including buying office equipment, or designating a room for an office if they have a house. AdvertisementMajor companies across the US have enforced RTO mandates in the past year, including Meta, Google, and Salesforce. In fact, making workers come back to the office will just make them unhappier, according to Nicholas Bloom, a Stanford economics professor.

Persons: Dan Schawbel, —, Schawbel, millennials, Dell, Nicholas Bloom, Bloom Organizations: Workers, Service, Companies, Workplace Intelligence, Meta, Google, Katz Graduate School of Business, Stanford, Big Tech

Tel Aviv CNN —A video obtained by CNN shows two young ultra-Orthodox men spitting at, swearing at and insulting a Christian priest near the Zion Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday evening. She described two young men crossing their path as they walked through the Old City. The priest and journalist continued to walk through the Old City, and were again approached by the same two men as they walked through the Armenian Quarter. “Last night, the police received a report regarding youths who traversed the Zion Gate area in the Old City of Jerusalem. Christians in the Old City are regularly the target of spitting and verbal abuse by Orthodox Jews.

Persons: Natalie Amiri, Father Nikodemus Schnabel, Instagram, Schnabel, Amiri, Father Schnabel, ”, profanities, ” “, Jerusalem, “, Israel’s, Israel Katz Organizations: Tel, Tel Aviv CNN, CNN, German TV, ARD, Israeli Police Locations: Tel Aviv, Zion, Jerusalem’s Old City, Old City, Jerusalem, Israeli, English

☆ You may be eating predigested food. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Aleksandr Zubkov/Moment RF/Getty ImagesBypassing the digestive systemMuch like the regurgitated food mother birds feed their babies in the nest, ultraprocessed food is quick and easy to digest, according to experts. “So the question is, which degree of processing remains compatible with human food system sustainability and global health? Some food processing may be goodHumans have processed food for centuries — the first evidence of fermentation was some 13,000 years ago. Alexander Donin/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesThe ingredients used in many ultraprocessed foods, however, have been subjected to much more than a bit of heat. “The other way I put it is that individuals who are trying to control their weight in today’s food environment are fighting an entire food system on their own.

Persons: starchy, “, ”, Chris van Tulleken, van Tulleken, Aleksandr Zubkov, that’s, didn’t, David Katz, ” Katz, we’ve, ’ you’ve, it’s, Kevin Hall, Hall, ” Hall, Giulia Menichetti, Menichetti, Anthony Fardet, Fardet, ” Fardet, Alexander Donin, Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard, ” Nestle Organizations: CNN, Industry, University College London, BBC, Getty, True Health Initiative, National Institute of Diabetes, Diseases, Harvard Medical School, Brigham, Women’s Hospital, Network Science Institute, Northeastern University, French National Institute for Agricultural Research, New York University Locations: Europe, United States, Bethesda , Maryland, Boston, Paris

San Francisco is in the middle of a drug crisis. How did San Francisco get to this point? But San Francisco’s drug crisis has outpaced the country’s. As of last year, its rate was more than double the national average, and San Francisco was No. The country’s overdose crisis worsened over the past decade as fentanyl spread, but San Francisco’s worsened much more quickly.

Persons: Francisco’s Locations: San Francisco, Francisco

☆ Return-to-office mandates aren't making companies more valuable and productive, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That's according to a new paper that looks at how RTO mandates impact productivity and performance. If RTO mandates are hard to enforce, they probably don't make sense for that workplace. RTO mandates were more common for firms with "male and powerful CEOs." The authors found no significant impact of RTO mandates on stock returns or firm profitability. RTO mandates have divided many offices nationwide, including at leading tech and financial companies.

Persons: —, Nick Bloom, RTO, Bloom, Danielle Organizations: Service, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Amazon, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Stanford, The Conference Board Locations: Glassdoor

☆ The demise of the UN’s Palestinian agency could spell disaster for millions. Here’s why Israel wants it dismantled
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Here’s what that could mean for the millions of Palestinians that rely on UNRWA for sustenance. The agency provides a wide range of aid and services to Palestinian refugees and their descendants. While its purpose is to support Palestinian refugees, UNRWA does not have a mandate to resettle them, a mandate that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) does have. Millions more Palestinian refugees live in neighboring countries like Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, and rely on aid from the agency. At one UNRWA school shelter in Deir al Balah, Gazans said they were worried about the suffering to come if UNRWA’s aid is suspended.

Persons: Leo, ”, Majdi, Deir al Balah, Gazans, Um Mohammad Al Khabbaz, “ What’s, António Guterres, “, Yuval Shany, ” Shany, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Katz, ” Katz, Israel doesn’t, …, Shany, ” Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, United, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Israel, UNRWA, United Nations, UN, Refugees, UNHCR, Palestinian, CNN Sunday, Hebrew University, Jerusalem’s, State Department, US, Gaza Locations: United Nations, United States, Israel, Gaza, New York, Geneva, Brussels, UNHCR, Palestine, UNRWA’s, Crescent, Deir el, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Deir al, Palestinian

☆ Reaction to Drone Strike on US Troops in Jordan
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. service members were killed and as many as 34 wounded, United States officials said on Sunday, after a drone attack in Jordan that they linked to Iranian-backed militants. REPUBLICAN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP"The drone attack on a U.S. Military Installation in Jordan, killing 3 American service members, and wounding many more, marks a horrible day for America ... This brazen attack on the United States is yet another horrific and tragic consequence of Joe Biden's weakness and surrender." MITCH MCCONNELL, US SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER"Last night, the cost of failure to deter America's adversaries was again measured in American lives. CHUCK SCHUMER, US SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER"We mourn the deaths of the three service members killed by a drone attack in Jordan from an Iran-backed militant group.

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☆ The future of the American amusement park in a Disney, Universal dominated world of thrills
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe theme park business, like many others, is consolidating and changing along with consumer habits. Coney's closing ended an era for Cincinnati-based theme park consultant Dennis Speigel. And there's an underlying rationale for the deal related to what's occurred on the national theme park landscape in recent decades. watch nowA more consistent ride at Cedar Fair Comparatively, Cedar Fair has seen its attendance decline from 22.9 million visitors in the first nine months of 2019 to 20.9 million in 2023. "Disney and Universal have theme parks in several global markets and are considered destination resorts," Baker said.

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