Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Delta Air Lines is studying new types of airplane tickets — this time in the premium cabins at the front of the plane. Airlines spent years slicing up their coach cabins, from extra legroom seats to bare-bones basic economy fares that don’t allow changes or include a seat assignment. […]
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President Donald Trump‘s proposed 50% tariff on Brazilian imports is bad news for coffee drinkers. Brazil, the largest U.S. supplier of green coffee beans, accounts for about a third of the country’s total supply, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Coffee beans need to grow in a warm, tropical climate, making Hawaii
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I’m writing this from Rio de Janeiro, where I’m covering the BRICS 2025 summit as a member of the press. There are over 400 journalists in a huge media centre, but we really have no idea what is actually going on in the summit. The media centre is an amphitheatre complex with several floors, workstations,
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The struggling but (at least to older Americans) iconic canned fruit and veg maker Del Monte Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on July 1. Its CEO cited the Trump tariffs as the factor forcing it to seek a court restructuring of its obligations. Note that Del Monte had already negotiated a debt restructuring a
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Key Points A third of investment firms of the ultra-rich have invested in sports, according to a new family office survey by BNY Mellon. While billionaire sports-team buyouts get the headlines, family offices are increasingly investing in adjacent assets like live-viewing venues and betting apps. Here’s how the family offices of ultra-rich sports team owners
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NASA Astronaut Snaps Rare Sprite Flash From Space and It’s Blowing Minds ZME Science Bats replay flight memories in fixed time packets, providing new clues into how memories are stored Medical Xpress Why Science Hasn’t Solved Consciousness (Yet) Noema Today, Earth is spinning faster than usual, and scientists are baffled BBC Does Anybody Really Know
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Traveler wait in a long security line at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration will let many travelers leave their shoes on at U.S. airport checkpoints, ending a roughly 20-year-old rule, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said
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Hims & Hers Health announced Wednesday it will offer generic semaglutide in Canada as Novo Nordisk‘s patent on its branded drugs Ozempic and Wegovy is set to expire in January. “Canada is a major opportunity to show what affordable, high-quality weight loss care can look like,” said Andrew Dudum, co-founder and CEO of Hims &
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A Boeing 767-332(ER) from Delta Air Lines takes off from Barcelona El Prat Airport in Barcelona on Oct. 8, 2024. Joan Valls | Nurphoto | Getty Images Delta Air Lines trimmed its 2025 profit forecast as it deals with lower-than-expected demand this year and the industry manages a glut of flights, but the carrier’s outlook
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Yves here. I wish I had reposted some of the content from a great 2022 post at Heisenberg Report, Dear Crypto: You Have No Lender of the Last Resort, since it is beyond the reach of archive services. It was a long-form takedown of crypto as private currencies and why that is extremely problematic. The
