A scene from Netflix’s “Stranger Things” season three.Netflix Netflix says it will charge users who let people outside their households use their account. It has been trialing this new policy in Costa Rica, Chile, and Peru. Peruvian Netflix users told Rest of World they haven’t seen any enforcement, and the policy has been confusing. Netflix has been trialing its upcoming crackdown on password-sharing in three Latin American countries — but with limited success so far, Rest of World reports. Source link
Read More »Owner of Massachusetts ice cream parlor says customers waited in a 45-minute line because he didn’t have enough staff — and that’s a month ahead of the busy summer season
The owner of an ice cream shop in Mashpee told The Wall Street Journal that he’s struggling to hire employees.Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images Customers in a 45-minute line for a Massachusetts ice cream parlor, the owner told the WSJ. He told WSJ he expected the shop to be busy, but didn’t think there’d be no job applicants. The owner added that it was a “scary” position to be in ahead of peak summer season in June. The owner of an ice cream shop in Massachusetts said that… Source link
Read More »China continues to dismantle missing tycoon Xiao Jianhua’s financial empire
Rongtong Fund Management, which was once part of Xiao Jianhua‘s Tomorrow Group, has unveiled a management reshuffle, marking its official exit from the missing Chinese magnate’s embattled financial empire. Zhang Wei was named Rongtong’s chairman on Friday, taking over from Gao Feng who resigned citing personal reasons after seven years in the position, according to a statement issued by the asset management firm. Zhang is also the chairman of New Times Securities, which owns Rongtung, and was… Source link
Read More »Yuan-Ruble Trading Surges as America’s Rivals Rebuff Dollar
(Bloomberg) — The emerging multi-polar world now includes foreign-exchange markets — as China and Russia, the biggest challengers to U.S. supremacy, boost direct trading between their currencies. Most Read from Bloomberg Monthly volumes on the ruble-yuan pair have surged 1,067% to almost $4 billion since the start of the war in Ukraine as the two nations seek to reduce their reliance on the dollar and boost bilateral trade to overcome current and potential U.S sanctions. The spike coincides… Source link
Read More »Chinese Banks Overflow With Cash That Nobody Wants to Borrow
(Bloomberg) — Chinese authorities are facing an uphill battle convincing companies and households to boost borrowing as long as Covid outbreaks and lockdowns continue to crush confidence. Most Read from Bloomberg After loan growth weakened in April to the worst level in almost five years, several indicators suggest the data for May won’t be much better. Housing sales have continued to slump, indicating a lack of appetite for mortgages and subdued credit demand among developers and sectors… Source link
Read More »Bobby Brown details Whitney Houston making the 1st move in doc
It’s Bobby Brown‘s prerogative to dish some dirt in his A&E original biography — and he delivers. Part one of the two-night event took place Monday and was chock full of juicy tidbits about the singer’s decades in the spotlight. The singer gave his unfiltered takes on his rise to stardom, getting booted from New Edition after clashing with his bandmates over his scene-stealing antics and then striking out on his own as a solo performer in Biography: Bobby Brown. The performer known for his… Source link
Read More »Aaron Donald floats retirement while discussing Rams negotiations
Aaron Donald wants a new contract. The Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle has spent the bulk of his career as arguably the best player in football. His current deal doesn’t pay him as such. Armed with a Super Bowl ring and all the personal accolades an NFL defender can accomplish, Donald is saying that he’s fine with retiring at 31 years old if he and the Rams don’t come to terms. He started the chatter before the Super Bowl and doubled down on Monday on the “I am Athlete” podcast alongside… Source link
Read More »Can Qatar Really Replace Russia As Germany’s Gas Supplier?
Long before the re-emergence of the ‘Pan-Arab’ ideology now increasingly evident among several leading Middle Eastern countries, Qatar had sought to go its own way, neither aligning fully with the U.S.-led power bloc on the one side nor the China/Russia-lead bloc on the other. This is in part a reflection of the hard facts that it shares the huge North Dome/South Pars natural gas reservoir with China/Russia’s key proxy in the region, Iran, and is geographically positioned directly… Source link
Read More »‘This pea brain is the biggest fight of your life’
Jorge Masvidal is doing his best to entice Conor McGregor into a fight. After lobbing some harsh criticism toward the Irishman over the weekend, McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) took to social media on Monday and fired back at Masvidal (35-16 MMA, 12-9 UFC). McGregor tweeted then deleted saying Masvidal is “an absolute pigeon brain” and is “stupid beyond belief” (via Twitter): An absolute pigeon brain this guy is. Stupid beyond belief. Unsurprisingly, the insult from the former two-division… Source link
Read More »Jimmy Butler ‘living with’ 3-point miss in Heat’s loss to Celtics
Jimmy Butler took a questionable shot on Sunday with a trip to the NBA Finals at stake. He missed. The Miami Heat lost. The Boston Celtics instead advanced to play for an NBA championship. For this, Butler has no regrets. Butler pulls up for 3 with NBA Finals on the line In a familiar refrain throughout the postseason and since he joined Miami in 2019, Butler carried the Heat on his back as they clawed their way back into Game 7 before ultimately falling short. There’s no other player Heat fans… Source link
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