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The Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village is offering fans of The White Lotus a chance to indulge in an immersive experience ahead of the hit show’s season three premiereFans of HBO’s The White Lotus can soon indulge in the lap of luxury—minus the drama—through an immersive experience at The Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village inspired by the hit series, just ahead of its season three premiere early next year.The network and the luxury resort and hotel company announced a global partnership in October, which includes brand partnerships with several brands, including American Express, SuperGoop and Kiehl’s.The journey begins on February…
LONDON (AP) – An Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to be the founder of the bitcoin cryptocurrency was found Thursday to be in contempt of an order of London’s High Court and was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years. In a judgment on Thursday, Justice James Mellor said Craig Wright had committed “a clear breach” of the order in March that barred him from launching or threatening further legal action related to bitcoin, which has seen a meteoric rise in value since its launch around the time of the global financial crisis in 2008. Lawyers…
If the evolution of corporate sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives were charted on a scale of human development, the last year would have been its awkward teenage phase. We could all see the potential; some huge growth spurts were happening, but the whole thing looked and behaved more like an assemblage of disparate parts than a fully developed, poised adult. Now, as we brace for the year ahead, excited about the next phases of maturation, and maybe a bit nervous about the prospects of bad influences and careless decisions, it’s important to take stock of the big…
A drone strike on purported North Korean troops in Kursk.8th Special Purpose Regiment capture According to the latest official estimate from Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation in Kyiv, the North Korean 11th Army Corps lost around 200 troops killed and wounded in a series of assaults targeting Ukrainian positions in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast last weekend. At least a few of those casualties were inflicted by explosive first-person-view drones wearing Christmas ornaments. A reindeer. A Santa. An elf. A bird. Videos of the festive drone strikes, conducted by the Ukrainian 8th Special Purpose Regiment deployed to…
By Leika Kihara, Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday and its governor offered few clues on how soon it could push up borrowing costs, sending the yen and bond yields tumbling on fresh doubts over the near-term chances of a rate hike. As widely expected, the nine-member board maintained its short-term policy rate at 0.25% in a sign policymakers preferred to tread cautiously amid uncertainty over U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s economic plans. But hawkish board member Naoki Tamura dissented and proposed, unsuccessfully, to raise interest rates to 0.5% on the view that…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reached a settlement with Amazon about alleged hazardous workplace conditions at ten of the tech giant’s facilities. Under the terms of the settlement, Amazon will pay a penalty of $145,000 and must implement “corporate-wide ergonomic measures” to reduce the risk of worker injuries. OSHA will also continue inspecting the facilities for the next two years. On the government side of the agreement, OSHA is withdrawing nine of its ten ergonomic citations against the company.Ergonomic injuries are also known as musculoskeletal disorders. These can include sprains and strains experienced on the job.A rep from…
Aave DAO delegate and service provider Aave Chan Initiative has initiated a proposal on the crypto lender’s governance forum to deploy Aave v3 on Sonic. Sonic Labs announced the mainnet launch of its layer-1 Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible blockchain Sonic on Dec. 18. The new governance proposal seeks community support that would allow the integration of Aave (AAVE) v3, currently with a total value locked of over $22 billion, to the new L1 blockchain. “This Temp Check seeks the community’s input on the deployment of Aave V3 on Sonic Mainnet,” proposal’s author ACI noted. The Sonic Foundation has committed to providing…
The state-of-the-art Robin Radar System, currently being used in the Ukraine war to detect drones, may soon be deployed to investigate the perplexing mystery drone sightings throughout the East Coast. ABC News reports that to help crack the enigma of mystery drones spotted all around New England, officials have requested the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deploy the cutting-edge Robin Radar System. Developed by Robin Radar USA, the drone detection radar system has its roots in technology designed to detect flocks of birds near airports to prevent collisions with aircraft. Since 2014, the company has focused on creating…
Consumers can now use their pre-tax funds on iFIT’s fitness equipment following a partnership with FlexConnected fitness leader iFIT has teamed with Flex to offer Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Savings Account (FSA) payment options for its fitness products so that consumers can direct their funds on equipment such as NordicTrack and ProForm. “We’re excited to partner with Flex to empower our customers to invest in their fitness journey while leveraging their HSA/FSA benefits, further enhancing our mission to provide the most personalized and advanced fitness experiences,” iFIT chief sales officer Michael Maas said.The HSA/FSA solutions provider also announced a collaboration with Tempo and counts Centr, Forme and Echelon…
The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. PepsiCo presently has an excellent rank, in the top 25% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most “interesting” ideas that merit further research by investors. Start slideshow: 10 Oversold Dividend Stocks » But making PepsiCo an even more interesting and timely stock to look at, is the fact that in trading on Thursday, shares of PEP…