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Bill would cap credit card interest rates at 10%. What it means for you Bill would cap credit card interest rates at 10%. What it means for you Freshsplash | E+ | Getty Images Despite the Federal Reserve’s recent cuts, credit card interest rates have been hovering near record highs. A new bipartisan bill would cap them at a dramatically lower figure, but experts say it may not be a win for consumers. Senators Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a bill this week that would cap credit card interest rates at a 10% annual percentage rate (APR) for five years. It’s an idea President Donald Trump floated at campaign rally in New York in September. “Capping credit card interest rates at 10%, just like President Trump campaigned on, is a simple way to provide meaningful relief to working people,” Hawley said in a statement. More from Your Money: Here’s a look at more stories on how to manage, grow and protect your money for the years ahead. The average APR on credit cards for January 2025 was 24.26%, according to LendingTree. Almost half of credit card holders carry debt from month to month, according to a recent survey by Bankrate. In 2022, credit card companies charged consumers more than $105 billion in interest and more than $25 billion in fees, according to a 2023 study by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “We cannot continue to allow big banks to make huge profits ripping off the American people. This legislation will provide working families struggling to pay their bills with desperately needed financial relief,” Sanders said in a statement. Limiting credit card interest rates is not a new idea This isn’t the first time these senators have proposed the idea of a rate cap. In 2023, Hawley proposed an 18% rate cap, while Sanders proposed a 15% rate cap in 2019. Neither had adequate support to advance the proposals. Around three-quarters, or 77%, of Americans surveyed said they support a cap on the interest rates financial institutions can charge on a credit card, according to a recent survey by LendingTree. But that support is down from 80% in 2022, and 84% in 2019. The legislation has a long way to go before it could become law, and experts say its fate may depend in part on what happens with inflation, and whether Trump continues to support the measure. “If pricing stays stable, I think it’s going to be much tougher to advance this kind of legislation,” said Jaret Seiberg, a policy analyst for TD Cowen. Fees, rate structure may still make credit expensive While a 10% rate cap may sound appealing, experts say the intricacies of how it is structured are important, with consideration for periodic interest rates, fees and the repayment structure. “You could have zero interest and still have an incredibly expensive product,” said Chi Chi Wu, a senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center. The proposal also seems at odds with the Trump administration’s interest in eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, she said. “If policy makers want to show that they actually care about protecting consumers’ wallets and keeping them from being abused by high-cost credit, they would make sure we have a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,” Wu said. Rate caps could limit access to credit The banking industry opposes the idea of a rate cap. Seven financial groups representing banks and credit unions of all sizes have joined forces to oppose the measure. They say it will limit consumers’ access to credit and push them into higher-priced, less-regulated products like payday loans, which can have an average APR of 400%. “There’s no evidence that APR caps make consumers better off or save them money,” said Lindsey Johnson, president and CEO of the Consumer Bankers Association. There are already a few federal caps on interest rates. In 2006, Congress passed the Military Lending Act, which put a 36% interest cap on revolving loans for active duty service members and their families. Federal credit unions are typically restricted to a 15% APR maximum, but the rate can be increased to protect the safety and soundness of the credit union. The maximum is currently 18% through March 10, 2026. Bankers say a rate cap inhibits lenders and reduces access to credit for higher-risk consumers. “Providing an all-in APR is a flawed tool for measuring the true cost of the loan, because to maintain the safety and soundness of the lender and ensure that credit availability is offered to a broad range of consumers, banks have to price their loan products commensurate with a risk for each borrower,” Johnson said. New bill may not apply to existing debt For consumers who are already carrying debt, this proposal may not be the lifeline it appears. “If you already have a lot of debt, this legislation probably doesn’t help you,” said Seiberg. That’s because the interest rate cap wouldn’t be applied retroactively, he said: “It’s likely to only be on new purchases.” Source link #Bill #cap #credit #card #interest #rates #means Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Elon Musk's poll asked if a former DOGE staffer who made 'inappropriate' remarks should be rehired. 78% voted 'Yes' – Business Insider Elon Musk's poll asked if a former DOGE staffer who made 'inappropriate' remarks should be rehired. 78% voted 'Yes' – Business Insider Elon Musk’s poll asked if a former DOGE staffer who made ‘inappropriate’ remarks should be rehired. 78% voted ‘Yes’ Business InsiderVance tells Musk that DOGE staffer who resigned after posting racist tweets should be rehired CNBCStaffer with Elon Musk’s DOGE amplified white supremacists online Reuters Source link #Elon #Musk039s #poll #asked #DOGE #staffer #039inappropriate039 #remarks #rehired #voted #039Yes039 #Business #Insider Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trails Through Daybreak II Review (PS5) The Ark Rides Again | Finger Guns Trails Through Daybreak II Review (PS5) The Ark Rides Again | Finger Guns Toby @ FG: Spriggans are back in Trails Through Daybreak II. But is the next installment in the Trails series up to the revitalising quality of the last? The Finger Guns Review. Source link #Trails #Daybreak #Review #PS5 #Ark #Rides #Finger #Guns Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Chris Hoy says raising ******* awareness has given him new purpose Chris Hoy says raising ******* awareness has given him new purpose Chris Hoy has said raising awareness about ******* since his diagnosis has given him a new purpose, after it led to his friend’s prostate ******* being caught early. The six-time Olympic cycling champion, 48, disclosed last year that he had been diagnosed with prostate *******, which had then become terminal with doctors giving him between two and four years to live. Speaking to BBC Breakfast on Friday, the former professional athlete said hearing of other men getting checked off the back of his announcement “helps me make sense of my situation”. His latest project is a new cycling initiative, Tour de 4, aimed at challenging perceptions of people with ******* and raising money for ******* charities. Sir Chris said a friend in his mid-50s who had no symptoms and “no previous issues at all” would not have got a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test – which looks for signs of prostate ******* – if he had not made his own diagnosis public. “Off the back of my diagnosis [he] went to his doctor, his doctor said ‘you don’t really need one’ or ‘there’s no symptoms, come back when you’ve got any problems’,” he said. “And he pushed the issue and he had a test and he has prostate *******. He’s being treated and he caught it early, so he’s doing really well. But if it had been left for another few years, who knows what might have happened.” When the 11-time world track cycling champion announced his diagnosis following a routine scan, it brought messages of praise and support from other British athletes and public figures. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said at the time that “the whole country is behind him and his family”. Prostate ******* is the most common type of ******* among men, with around one in eight in the *** being diagnosed with it in their lifetime. Sir Chris described the first few months after finding out as “an emotional rollercoaster”, but said he had now “got my head around it”. He added: “When you find out a friend is in a similar situation, it’s really difficult. But it has lifted me, it’s given me a purpose.” BBC Breakfast also spoke to John Lee, who was diagnosed with prostate ******* a few weeks ago after having no symptoms. He said the Olympian’s diagnosis may have saved his life. “To have someone like that with that level of fitness and looking after themselves get prostate *******, it suddenly occurred to me that I needed to get a test done,” he said. Mr Lee added that his positive diagnosis had been “devastating”, but that getting the test when he did meant it was “caught in time”. Watching on, Sir Chris said: “This is the kind of story – and there are quite a few of these that I’ve had via email or on social media – [that] makes sense of the situation. It’s not in vain. It’s not futile.” Sir Chris won six Olympic gold medals between 2004 and 2012 – the second highest total by any British Olympian – before retiring as an athlete in 2013. But he is still cycling – this time in preparation for the first Tour de 4 rally on 7 September for people affected by *******, which will start and finish at the velodrome in Glasgow named after the Scot. “I hope it’s an uplifting event,” he said. In the meantime, Sir Chris said he will be running several virtual bike rides with the likes of tennis star Andy Murray and other Olympic athletes that anyone can join, the first of which will take place on Saturday. Source link #Chris #Hoy #raising #******* #awareness #purpose Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

House GOP still has big problems to solve on its budget House GOP still has big problems to solve on its budget House Republicans are still far from finalizing several key details of a budget blueprint that Speaker Mike Johnson is pledging to advance in the House next week, with negotiations expected to continue through the weekend as the Senate races ahead with its own plans. While House GOP leaders trumpeted tremendous progress coming out of a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Thursday, key holdouts on Trump’s sweeping agenda of tax cuts, border security and energy initiatives indicated Friday that they remained unconvinced about the level of spending cuts in the bill. Separately, Republican tax writers continue to struggle with the ballooning costs of Trump’s wishlist, which includes not only an extension of his 2017 tax cut package, but also new income tax exemptions for tips, overtime earnings and Social Security benefits. Meanwhile, Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham released a plan Friday that would get border and energy policies out the door first and save the thorny tax questions for later. That is directly at odds with House leadership plans to roll everything into a single bill. House Republican hard-liners continued to push for deeper spending cuts. One prominent budget hawk complained that several key lawmakers were cut out of the White House meeting. Leadership “failed to talk to us,” said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn). “They go to the White House and they take all the people that are going to be for it, and there’s four of us that are pretty consistent, and we’ve let our views be known,” said Burchett, naming Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) and Thomas Massie (R-K.y.) as the other critical holdouts. “No surprise to me, because nobody ever wants to share any time with the president,” Burchett said. Johnson, who had previously said Republicans would release a plan Friday, will now work through the weekend with other leaders to try to finalize an agreement. Senior Republicans aren’t expecting any final details until Monday — adding another delay to the speaker’s ambitious timeline. Leaving the Capitol on Friday, Johnson confirmed in a brief interview that he hadn’t yet spoken with Burchett or similar holdouts. “We’re gonna get everybody there,” he quickly added. Asked about the group saying they still have concerns about the level of spending cuts, Johnson replied: “Everybody does.” Winning over Burchett and Massie is particularly critical. Neither lawmaker has ever voted to increase the debt limit, and Massie recently decried the fact that the GOP was considering enacting tax cuts at all. In an interview Thursday night, Massie was noncommittal about Johnson’s latest plan, saying he’d have to “see if it’s reasonable at the end of the day.” But Johnson is now trying to wedge a debt limit hike into the massive budget package after Trump again pressed for it to be dealt with quickly during the White House meeting Thursday, according to two people who were in the room who were granted anonymity to discuss the private meeting. That’s on top of the difficult tax-related issues that House Republicans have to sort through. Trump on Thursday announced new proposals to increase taxes on Wall Street money managers and sports team owners, alongside reiterating his desire for the income tax exemptions he campaigned on. All of that adds to the pressure on the Ways and Means Committee to assemble a tax package that can remain fiscally palatable to Republicans who do not want to add to federal budget deficits. Already, leaders are looking at counting economic growth effects alongside spending cuts to keep the overall package’s costs in line. GOP leaders had tentatively decided on Thursday they’re going to provide instructions to the House Ways and Means Committee that would allow tax writers $4.7 trillion leeway to enact Trump’s tax policies, according to a person familiar with the discussions who was granted anonymity to discuss the private deliberations. The number has not been finalized and could change as negotiations continue. “I think it’s getting the Ways and Means [budget] instruction just right,” said House Republican Conference Vice Chair Blake Moore (R-Utah) of the biggest obstacle to getting a plan finalized. “I think we’re all committed to finding the necessary spending reform and spending reductions.” A longer-standing issue also hasn’t been resolved. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), who has been pushing to increase the deduction for state and local taxes, commonly known as SALT, huddled with Johnson for several hours Thursday night. Blue-state Republicans have indicated that they won’t vote for a tax bill without an increase to SALT, but other members in the conference detest the deduction and say that any increase to the $10,000 cap needs to be paid for. Lawler said on Friday that no agreement on SALT had been reached yet. “The whole tax bill has to be paid for,” Lawler said. “It’s not just SALT. The president wants to do tax on tips and that has to be worked out.” No matter what Congress’ official revenue scorer, the Congressional Budget Office, says about the costs on the GOP’s tax bill, Republicans have emphasized that they will be running their own economic models to determine how much growth would be stimulated by the various tax provisions. That, in turn, would lower the cost of their plan. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise indicated Friday that Republicans were close to coming to an agreement on what those growth numbers look like. Notably, head rebel Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) sounded optimistic Friday. But he added there was more work to do. “I think we’re in the ZIP code. There’s still some variables that I’m trying to study to figure out whether I think that’s correct. The levers are what are your assumptions on growth,” Roy said. “We need enough cuts, in my opinion, to sort of go hand in hand with the taxes.” Source link #House #GOP #big #problems #solve #budget Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Zelenskiy wants to do a deal with Trump Zelenskiy wants to do a deal with Trump Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pored over a once-classified map of vast deposits of rare earths and other critical minerals as he discussed a push to appeal to Donald Trump’s penchant for a deal. The US president, whose administration is pressing for a rapid end to Ukraine’s war with Russia, said on Monday he wanted Ukraine to supply the US with rare earths and other minerals in return for financially supporting its war effort. “If we are talking about a deal, then let’s do a deal, we are only for it,” Zelenskiy said on Friday, emphasising Ukraine’s need for security guarantees from its allies as part of any settlement. Ukraine floated the idea of opening its critical minerals to investment by allies last autumn, as it presented a “victory plan” that sought to put it in the strongest position for talks and force Moscow to the table. Zelenskiy said less than 20 per cent of Ukraine’s mineral resources, including about half its rare earth deposits, were under Russian occupation. Rare earths are important in the manufacture of high-performance magnets, electric motors and consumer electronics; Zelenskiy said Moscow could open those resources to its allies North Korea and Iran, both sworn US enemies. “We need to stop Putin and protect what we have – a very rich Dnipro region, central Ukraine,” he said. Russian troops have been gaining ground in the east for months, throwing huge resources into an unrelenting offensive while Kyiv’s much smaller army grapples with a shortage of soldiers and frets over future weapons supplies from abroad. Zelenskiy unfurled a map on a table in the heavily-defended president’s office in Kyiv, showing numerous mineral deposits, including a broad strip of land in the east marked as containing rare earths. Around half of it looked to be on Russia’s side of the current frontlines. He said Ukraine had Europe’s largest reserves of titanium, essential for the aviation and space industry, and uranium, used for nuclear energy and weapons. Many of the titanium deposits were marked in northwestern Ukraine, far from the fighting. Ukraine has rapidly retuned its foreign policy approach to align with the transactional world view set out by the new occupant of the White House, Ukraine’s most important ally. But Zelenskiy emphasised that Kyiv was not proposing “giving away” its resources, but offering a mutually beneficial partnership to develop them jointly: “The Americans helped the most, and therefore the Americans should earn the most. And they should have this priority, and they will. I would also like to talk about this with President Trump.” He said Russia knew in detail where Ukraine’s critical resources were from Soviet-era geological surveys that had been taken back to Moscow when Kyiv gained independence in 1991. In addition, Zelenskiy said Kyiv and the White House were discussing the idea of using Ukraine’s vast underground gas storage sites to store US liquefied natural gas. “I know that the Trump administration is very interested in it … We’re ready and willing to have contracts for LNG supplies to Ukraine. And of course, we will be a hub for the whole of Europe,” he said. The interview comes days before the February 14-16 Munich Security Conference, which Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy for Russia and Ukraine, is expected to attend. The Ukrainian leader said it was essential that he met Trump in person before the US president meets Russian President Vladimir Putin, “otherwise it will look like a dialogue about Ukraine without Ukraine”. Trump said on Friday that he expected to talk to Zelenskiy next week. Zelenskiy said his own priority would be raising Ukraine’s need for security guarantees as part of any deal, to prevent Russia launching another invasion in the future. In general though, it was vital the West determined a broad strategy before entering into talks with Moscow. Trump’s peace push comes as advancing Russian forces threaten the major Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk. On the battlefield, Zelenskiy confirmed for the first time that his troops had launched a new offensive on Thursday, advancing 2.5 km further into Russia’s Kursk region. Russia had reported a Ukrainian attack in the area that day, but said it was repelled. Source link #Zelenskiy #deal #Trump Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Newly Confirmed Switch 2 Feature Is a Death Sentence for Hardcore Gamers Newly Confirmed Switch 2 Feature Is a Death Sentence for Hardcore Gamers The Nintendo Switch 2 is shaping up to be a major leap forward in both handheld and home console gaming. However, not all of its new features are as appealing as they might seem, especially the new magnetic Joy-**** connections, as revealed in a recent patent. The anticipation for the device is palpable. | Image Credit: Nintendo While this change could offer some intriguing possibilities, especially with the rumored mouse functionality, it could also spell disaster for hardcore gamers. The vision is certainly exciting, but the implementation of these features might introduce serious issues that only become apparent after extended use. Switch 2’s magnetic connections pose potential issues The magnetic connection can create issues. | Image Credit: Nintendo A patent recently published by Nintendo further solidifies the rumors about the Switch 2’s new Joy-**** design. Filed in August 2023, the patent reveals a magnetic mechanism that would allow the Joy-**** controllers to attach to the console via magnets instead of the traditional rail system. The document goes into detail about the mechanics, with diagrams showing how the Joy-**** fits on the Switch 2 and is secured by magnetic forces. This system would replace the rail system that has been a staple of the Switch design since its launch. At first glance, this patent makes the Switch 2 sound sleek and futuristic. However, as appealing as this concept may sound, it also raises many concerns when it comes to actual gaming performance. The first major issue is reliability, can the magnetic connection stay secure during gameplay? The last thing any gamer wants during a high-stakes match is for their controller to unexpectedly detach mid-action. While this is not guaranteed to happen, the risk remains and this doesn’t include the fact that the recess is prone to damage. For a console that aims to provide seamless and secure integration of Joy-**** controllers, this could be a dealbreaker. Is Switch 2 a death sentence for hardcore gamers? Gamers wouldn’t want another drift-like issue. | Image Credit: Nintendo Sure, the new features far outweigh the issues. But a question remains: Was it necessary to swap the perfected rail system for a magnetic one? If drifting Joy-Cons weren’t enough of an issue for gamers, these new features only increase the number of issues (the pro option doesn’t save here). In addition to the concerns surrounding connection stability, there’s another glaring issue: power consumption. With the new mouse functionality, combined with the magnetic connection system and beefed-up hardware, the device would require significantly more power, draining the battery faster. Hardcore gamers, who are used to long play sessions, may find themselves constantly connected to a charging cable or searching for a portable charger just to keep their games running. It may seem like things are looking grim for the Switch 2, hopefully, these issues don’t exist at all. But we won’t have full clarity until Nintendo reveals more details and players get their hands on it. A Nintendo Direct is set to take place on April 2, 2025, where more details about the console will be revealed. We may also see new games showcased, providing more clarity on whether the highly anticipated device can live up to its promise. Until then, it’s unclear whether these new features will be refined or cause lasting issues for hardcore gamers. Source link #Newly #Confirmed #Switch #Feature #Death #Sentence #Hardcore #Gamers Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Trudeau Tells CEOs Trump Wants to Annex Canada For Critical Minerals Trudeau Tells CEOs Trump Wants to Annex Canada For Critical Minerals (Bloomberg) — ********* Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told executives gathered at an economic summit on Friday that he believes US President Donald Trump genuinely wants to annex the northern nation due to its abundance of critical minerals, a senior government official said. Most Read from Bloomberg Trudeau made the remarks to dozens of business leaders and policymakers gathered in Toronto to discuss how Canada can diversify trade away from the US given Trump’s tariff threats. The comments were confirmed by an official who asked not to be identified discussing the closed-door meeting. Since his election in November, Trump has repeatedly said Canada could avoid tariffs by becoming the 51st state. While the Trudeau government initially brushed off the comment as a joke, the jab took on a more menacing tone after Trump pledged in January to use “economic force” to compel the union and dismissed the border as an “artificially drawn line.” Canada is rich in nearly three dozen critical minerals that are essential to modern technology, including mobile phones, electric vehicle batteries and defense applications. The country’s Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson was in Washington, DC, this week, urging the US to partner with Canada on mining projects to erode China’s dominance in the sector. Other political leaders in Canada have also said they are taking Trump’s annexation remarks seriously. British Columbia Premier David Eby said Monday that Trump is deploying a deliberate strategy to “destroy Canada’s economy” and drive it into becoming the 51st state. Federal New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh also views the sovereignty threat as real. Trump signed an order Feb. 1 to put 25% tariffs on most of what Canada and Mexico sell to the US, upending the countries’ longstanding trade agreement. Trudeau’s government responded by pledging similar levies. On Monday, the two countries agreed to delay the tariffs for 30 days. But the threat of a broader trade war remains, as one of Trump’s first executive orders after inauguration asked officials to investigate and report back on the state of US trade relationships by April 1. “If those tariffs do end up coming in or the investigation into commerce tariffs that is scheduled for April moves forward, we need to be ready to respond robustly,” Trudeau said in public remarks at the economic summit on Friday, adding the country faces “what may be a more challenging long-term political situation with the United States.” Executives attending Friday’s event included Kingsdale Advisors Chair Wes Hall, Linamar Corp. Executive Chair Linda Hasenfratz and Peter Tertzakian, an energy economist who is the founder of the ARC Energy Research Institute. The summit, at a former brickworks factory-turned meeting space, underscores a broader concern in Canada that the country needs to urgently shift trade patterns and forge new international relationships in response to Trump’s policies. “It should have happened 20 years ago, but the one thing that nobody in that room downstairs can build is a time machine. So we’re starting right now,” Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, said on the sidelines of the summit. Volpe said his industry, which supplies auto parts to the likes of Stellantis NV, General Motors Co. and others at assembly plants in Canada and the US, is unlikely to be able to diversify exports to Asia or Europe. Still, he said other industries should make a push to trade “east-west” rather than only shipping goods to the US. “The best business case is always north-south,” he said, but shifting 5% to 10% of Canada’s exports to other markets is a way for the country to “get a win out of efforts like this.” Transport Minister Anita Anand agreed. “We have to make sure that we are trading with multiple partners in multiple locations,” she said. “Canada is the only G-7 country that has a free trade agreement with every other G-7 country.” (Recasts with remarks from Trudeau to attendees.) Most Read from Bloomberg Businessweek ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Source link #Trudeau #Tells #CEOs #Trump #Annex #Canada #Critical #Minerals Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

A new bill would cap credit card interest rates at 10%. Here's what that could mean for your money A new bill would cap credit card interest rates at 10%. Here's what that could mean for your money A bill to limit the interest rate on credit cards has been introduced in Congress. The banking industry says capping rates would have unintended consequences. Source link #bill #cap #credit #card #interest #rates #Here039s #money Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

The Ultimate Dragon Ball Saga Continues! Super Dragon Ball 2: Wrath of the Celestial Warlock (2025) takes the franchise to an unprecedented level with insane transformations, multiversal destruction, and an all-powerful villain unlike anything the Z Fighters have ever faced! Movie Synopsis A mysterious celestial warlock, known as Zypherion, emerges from beyond the boundaries of time and space. With power rivaling the Gods of Destruction, Zypherion’s mission is to erase all mortal energy and reshape existence under his divine rule. His army of Shadow Celestials invades the multiverse, annihilating everything in their path. To stop this cataclysm, Goku surpasses his limits, awakening the Omniversal Instinct Form, a transformation that fuses Ultra Instinct with the very fabric of universal creation. Meanwhile, Vegeta, driven by an ancient prophecy, taps into Imperial Saiyan God Mode, unlocking an overwhelming force beyond comprehension. As the Z Fighters unite—Gohan, Piccolo, Beerus, and even unexpected allies—an all-out cosmic war ignites. Secrets of the Saiyan lineage are revealed, and the fate of all realities teeters on the brink of collapse. The ultimate battle of gods, warriors, and legends is about to begin! Movie Details Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy Director: Naohiro Shintani Writer: Akira Toriyama Main Cast Goku: Sean Schemmel / Masako Nozawa Vegeta: Christopher Sabat / Ryo Horikawa Zypherion: Voiced by Ralph Fiennes Gohan: Kyle Hebert Piccolo: Christopher Sabat Beerus: Jason Douglas Whis: Ian Sinclair Additional Information Country of Production: Japan Music: Norihito Sumitomo Release Year: 2025 Prepare for the most explosive Dragon Ball movie ever as the fate of the multiverse is decided in a battle beyond imagination!

Key inflation readings, earnings next week have to reassure a worried market Key inflation readings, earnings next week have to reassure a worried market Inflation readings next week will have to show that the rosy macroeconomic outlook underpinning the bull case for stocks remains intact, in order to reassure a whipsawed market swinging between the latest earnings news and the latest tariff updates. Wall Street is in for a quieter economic calendar in the week ahead, but investors will still pay great attention to the January consumer and producer price indexes after Friday’s economic data revived concerns around inflation. The January jobs report showed stronger wage growth, an inflationary signal, while a drop in consumer sentiment reflected growing concerns of rising pricing pressures from tariffs. Treasury yields spiked higher on those worries. Overall, markets should take the datasets in stride, as they are unlikely to move the needle as to what the Federal Reserve will do with interest rates. The CME FedWatch Tool shows just one quarter-point cut is priced in for the balance of the year, possibly coming at mid-year. Still, investors re main concerned about the possibility of an out-of-consensus inflation number that threatens the current interest rate outlook. “You’d need something relatively above consensus to put much of a scare in markets,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Financial. “I think that’s the only fear we have right now. Even if it were to come in cooler than expected, I don’t think that pulls forward any monetary policy contemplation.” .SPX 5D mountain S & P 500 Consumer prices are anticipated to have eased, with CPI cooling to an annual rate of 2.8% in January, down from 2.9%, according to FactSet. Core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, is expected to fall to 3.1%, from 3.2%, on a 12-month basis. Producer prices, which measure wholesale inflation, is also set to fall, to 3.1% from 3.3% on a 12-month basis. Excluding food and energy, it’s expected to have drop to 3.2% from 3.5%. Trade volatility For the most part, the strong economy has kept investors optimistic on the stock market outlook. With the Atlanta GDPNow forecasting model showing GDP running at a 2.9% pace, unemployment at 4%, inflation somewhere in the 2% to 3% range and anticipated earnings growth of about 16%, many investors expect the S & P 500 could be due for another double-digit rise in 2015 — even after the monster gains of the past two years. “I think we’re probably just in store for a relatively healthy year,” said David Miller, investment chief at Catalyst Funds. “Valuations aren’t very cheap coming in, so it’s probably not going to be huge. … But valuations aren’t out of whack either. So I think somewhere in the 10% to 15% type of S & P return type year is the most reasonable assumption.” Still, many investors remain wary that an onslaught of policy updates out of Washington could roil equities, as they have this week. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average started the week briefly sliding more than 600 points on tariff headlines Monday morning, before recouping all its losses, and then falling again on Friday. “We’re always kind of on guard for a tariff announcement,” B. Riley Financial’s Hogan said. “And there’s the potential that that is the next thing that kind of catches us by surprise.” Still, the strategist said the confirmation of some Cabinet postings next week could also give markets some “potential positives” from the new administration. “That could be next week’s business where we start to get approvals,” Hogan said. “Because what that will usher in is for some of that lighter regulatory touch as we start to have new heads of departments. And that could be a counterbalance to what the perceived negative is over tariffs.” Tariffs also muddy company forecasts, with a number of firms this week blaming a stronger dollar for their own lower financial forecasts. In fact, the number of S & P 500 companies mentioning “tariffs” in their earnings calls reached its highest going back to 2019, according to FactSet data. If that were to continue for the rest of the current earnings season, the fourth quarter could see the greatest number of tariff mentions than in any other quarter of the past decade, FactSet senior earnings analyst John Butters wrote. On Friday, stocks were headed for a mixed week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite were each set to close out the week with losses, while the S & P 500 was ekeing out a tiny gain. Week ahead calendar All times ET. Monday, Feb. 10 Earnings: ON Semiconductor , Rockwell Automation , McDonald’s Tuesday, Feb. 11 6 a.m. NFIB Small Business Index (January) 3:30 p.m. New York Federal Reserve Bank President and CEO John Williams gives keynote remarks at Pace University, New York Earnings: Gilead Sciences , Coca-Cola , Fidelity National Information Services , Ecolab , Marriott International, Humana Wednesday, Feb. 12 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index (January) 8:30 a.m. Hourly Earnings (January) 8:30 a.m. Average Workweek (January) 2 p.m. Treasury Budget (January) Earnings: Paramount Global , MGM Resorts International , Global Payments , Cisco Systems , Tyler Technologies , Dominion Energy , Albemarle , Kraft Heinz, CME Group , Martin Marietta Materials , Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies , CVS Health , Generac Holdings , Exelon , Biogen Thursday, Feb. 13 8:30 a.m. Continuing Jobless Claims (02/01) 8:30 a.m. Initial Claims (02/08) 8:30 a.m. Producer Price Index (January) 12:20 p.m. New York Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Kartik Athreya speaks at the University of Bridgeport, Ernest C. Trefz School of Business 1 p.m. New York Federal Reserve Bank Interim Head of the Markets Group Anna Nordstrom gives opening remarks in “Women in Fixed Income Conference”, New York Fed 4 p.m. New York Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Kartik Athreya speaks on “Economic Outlook with a Focus on Regional Business Conditions”, Connecticut 5:15 p.m. New York Federal Reserve Bank Deputy SOMA Manager Julie Remache gives closing remarks in “Women in Fixed Income Conference”, New York Fed Earnings: Motorola Solutions , Airbnb, Wynn Resorts , Applied Materials , Ingersoll Rand , GoDaddy , DexCom , PPL , Howmet Aerospace , Duke Energy , Molson Coors Beverage , GE Healthcare Technologies , West Pharmaceutical Services , PG & E , Deere & Co. Friday, Feb. 14 8:30 a.m. Export Price Index (January) 8:30 a.m. Import Price Index (January) 8:30 a.m. Retail Sales (January) 9:15 a.m. Capacity Utilization (January) 9:15 a.m. Industrial Production (January) 9:15 a.m. Manufacturing Production (January) 10 a.m. Business Inventories (January) Earnings: Moderna Source link #Key #inflation #readings #earnings #week #reassure #worried #market Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Nintendo Expands Switch Online’s GBA Library Next Week With Wario Land 4 Nintendo Expands Switch Online’s GBA Library Next Week With Wario Land 4 OtterX63d ago (Edited 63d ago ) This was pretty cool to get a shout-out from the NintendoLife crew here (as OtterXPT over there), as I dropped them the tip about Graeme Norgate’s Linkedin slip about Diddy Kong Racing being on NSO. Maybe he knows something, or maybe he was just confused? Anyways, I believe they’re saving Donkey Kong Country 64 and Diddy Kong Racing as the big finale for the holidays this month. Maybe Christmas day or week? We’ll see! Source link #Nintendo #Expands #Switch #Onlines #GBA #Library #Week #Wario #Land Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘Riviera of the Middle East’: How Trump sees Gaza as a real estate deal – The Washington Post ‘Riviera of the Middle East’: How Trump sees Gaza as a real estate deal – The Washington Post ‘Riviera of the Middle East’: How Trump sees Gaza as a real estate deal The Washington PostTrump says Gaza will be given to US by Israel The HillPro-Israel comedian Michael Rapaport open to President Trump’s Gaza plan, says ‘nothing worked’ before Fox NewsOpinion | Trump’s Gaza Deal: War Crimes in Exchange for Beachfront Property The New York Times Source link #Riviera #Middle #East #Trump #sees #Gaza #real #estate #deal #Washington #Post Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Fanatical’s New Charity Bundle Includes 27 Games For Just $15 Fanatical’s New Charity Bundle Includes 27 Games For Just $15 Fanatical has launched a new bundle of PC games–all redeemable on Steam–in support of charity, and for just a few bucks, you can pick up dozens of wholesome titles while also supporting mental health initiatives. The Safe In Our World Charity Bundle 2025 is just $15 for 27 games, and amongst some all-time classics, you’re also getting a few recent releases as well. Since this is a charity bundle, a portion of all bundle purchases is donated to Safe In Our World, and you can increase your pledge beyond $15 if you feel like giving more. Safe in Our World advocates for mental health awareness and treatment in the video game industry and community. So not only are you getting a bunch of great games at a great deal, you’re also aiding a good cause. As for the games included, one of the highlights is Thank Goodness You’re Here, a wonderfully over-the-top “slapformer” set in the strange town of Barnsworth filled with quirky villagers to aid. It only takes a few hours to complete this quirky indie, but its infectious humor and delightful art direction will stick with you long after the credits have rolled. Another notable title in the bundle is Content Warning. This co-op survival game sees squads of up to four players team up to explore spooky locations to film evidence of monsters and other anomalies, then get out alive so you can upload the footage to “SpöökTube” and earn currency to upgrade your character to take on more dangerous locations. You also get the original Psychonauts, the classic 3D platforming and adventure game from Double Fine Studios. Some other great games in the batch include the adorable adventure game Little Kitty Big City, the Pokemon-like monster collection RPG Nexomon: Extinction, and Moonlighter, which fuses dungeon-crawling and shop management into a compelling rogue-lite structure. Those are just a handful of the 27 games included in Fanatical’s Safe In Our World Charity Bundle, check the list below for the full lineup. All games purchased in the bundle are delivered as official Steam keys, and many are playable on Steam Deck. For another bundle deal, you can also check out Fanatical’s new Platinum Collection. You can pay as little as $2.86 to build your own bundle, and score some great titles like Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines and Heaxarchy. If you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber, you can also pick up games like BioShock Infinite and The Talos Principle this month, while Humble Choice members can get games like Immortals of Aveum, Trepang 2, and more for just $12. Disclosure: GameSpot and Fanatical are both owned by Fandom. Fanatical’s Safe In Our World Charity Bundle 2025 Content Warning (Steam Deck Playable) Summerhouse (Steam Deck Playable) Thank Goodness You’re Here! (Steam Deck Verified) Wingspan (Steam Deck Verified) Nexomon: Extinction (Steam Deck Playable) Little Kitty, Big City (Steam Deck Verified) Pesticide Not Required (Steam Deck Playable) Starship Troopers: Terran Command (Steam Deck Playable) A Space for the Unbound (Steam Deck Verified) DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos (Steam Deck Playable) Jumanji: Wild Adventures My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery (Steam Deck Verified) PAW Patrol: Grand Prix Pizza Possum (Steam Deck Verified) Mini Metro (Steam Deck Verified) TOEM: A Photo Adventure (Steam Deck Verified) Shapez (Steam Deck Playable) Re:Turn – One Way Trip (Steam Deck Verified) Psychonauts (Steam Deck Playable) Tanglewood Moonlighter (Steam Deck Verified) Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery (Steam Deck Verified) Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara (Steam Deck Playable) Ankora: Lost Days A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build (Steam Deck Verified) Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils Dahlia View (Steam Deck Verified) Source link #Fanaticals #Charity #Bundle #Includes #Games Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Manchester City launch new legal action against Premier League APT rules Manchester City launch new legal action against Premier League APT rules Manchester City have launched a fresh legal challenge against the Premier League over new rules governing sponsorship deals which the club claims are “void”. Last year an independent arbitration panel found aspects of the league’s Associated Party Transaction regulations (APTs) to be unlawful after a lawsuit instigated by the champions. The rules were formed by the Premier League to prevent clubs from profiting from commercial deals with companies linked to their owners that are deemed above “fair market value”. In November a majority of top-flight clubs voted to approve amendments to the APTs, despite opposition from City. In a letter to clubs on Thursday, which has been seen by BBC Sport, Premier League chief executive Richard Masters wrote, “On January 20, 2025, Manchester City FC began a further arbitration to challenge the APT rules… the new challenge relates to the amendments to the APT rules that clubs approved at the 22 November 2024 shareholders’ meeting. “Manchester City FC seeks a declaration that the amendments approved by clubs in November (and therefore the current APT rules in force) are unlawful and void. “The Premier League remains strongly of the view that the amendments passed in November were lawful and the APT rules comply with all competition law requirements. “We consider that the new arbitration must be resolved as soon as possible and, to that end, have agreed that the same tribunal should be appointed to hear the new case. The parties are currently corresponding in relation to further directions. “The APT rules remain in full force and effect and clubs remain required to comply with all aspects of the system.” Source link #Manchester #City #launch #legal #action #Premier #League #APT #rules Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

People Are Convinced This Time Magazine Cover Is Going To Enrage Donald Trump People Are Convinced This Time Magazine Cover Is Going To Enrage Donald Trump We’re three weeks into Elon Musk’s presidency! Pool / Getty Images Just kidding, he isn’t technically president, but that IS what people are saying. Well, Time released their new magazine cover, and it’s going quite viral: Time/Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images/ Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Everyone is saying the same thing about it: “I can’t wait until Trump sees this.” Time/Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images/ Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images / Via x.com “Oh he’s gonna be so *******” seems to be the general reaction. Time/Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images/ Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images / Via x.com “I would pay money to be a fly on the Oval Office wall when Trump sees this,” one person said. Time/Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images/ Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images / Via x.com “Someone is not going to like this one bit,” another person said. Time/Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images/ Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images / Via x.com And this member of Congress said, “Finally, President Musk gets the recognition he deserves!” Time/Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images/ Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images / Via x.com “Not everyone in town trying to make one couple break up I love this energy,” another person joked. Time/Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images/ Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images / Via x.com And lastly, this person said what we’re all thinking: “Time knew exactly what they were doing lol.” Time/Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images/ Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images / Via x.com Now, excuse me while I refresh Truth Social. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Source link #People #Convinced #Time #Magazine #Cover #Enrage #Donald #Trump Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Call Of Duty Players Could Make “Great” Drone Pilots, Ukrainian Military Says Call Of Duty Players Could Make “Great” Drone Pilots, Ukrainian Military Says A member of the Ukrainian Special Forces UAV (uncrewed aerial vehicles) unit, Typhoon, says that gamers might be better-equipped to pilot drones in real-life conflict than you’d first think. The similarities between the likes of Call of Duty and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine are admittedly slim, but where one has the ability to instantly retry failed attempts, the other has serious and deadly consequences. Drones are being used by Russian and Ukrainian forces, humming ominously across the skies. On the face of it, piloting an uncrewed system like a drone might seem to bear a lot of resemblance to video games with their headsets and joystick-like control systems, but it gets far more complicated when you’re forced to take into account potential sabotage such as signal-jamming or attacks on your drone. Typhoon operators also need to consider the terrain and the real-time battlefield situation, as well as communicate and coordinate with command. Speaking to Business Insider, members of Typhoon have said that, despite the massively heightened stakes in conflict, gamers sometimes possess more transferable skills than you might assume. “People might think flying a military drone is like playing Call of Duty, until they realize there’s no restart option,” an operator says. In Call of Duty, players can equip the Breacher Drone, which is a pocket-sized drone that flies in a straight line until it either collides with something or detects an enemy and explodes. While real-world warfare is not as simple as flying a drone in a straight line towards a target, Typhoon looks for operators that can learn and adapt quickly to a battlefield that’s constantly changing. That includes rapid analytical skills that deliver results effectively, which gamers are notoriously in possession of. A Breacher Drone in Call of Duty “Gamers make great drone pilots because they are used to fast-moving situations on the screen, just like in real drone operations,” Typhoon’s commander, call sign Michael, explains. “They already have experience making quick decisions, reacting fast, and controlling complex systems, which are all important skills in combat.” Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has emphasized the importance of drones in the war in Ukraine, and the country has been actively developing more aerial, surface, and water-based uncrewed vehicles. While the number of Typhoon operators is confidential for security purposes, the unit is currently actively recruiting. Source link #Call #Duty #Players #Great #Drone #Pilots #Ukrainian #Military Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

San Francisco 49ers president touts AI as key to scouting San Francisco 49ers president touts AI as key to scouting San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, the last pick in the 2022 National Football League draft, has become synonymous with flaws in NFL player evaluation. The team’s president, Al Guido, hopes his organization can lean on artificial intelligence to improve talent assessment, both for football and for soccer. Purdy, who led the 49ers to the Super Bowl last year, fell to the 262 overall pick, in part because scouting metrics failed to identify some of the traits that have made him a successful quarterback. Scouting is even more difficult for soccer, Guido told CNBC Sport in an interview from Radio Row in New Orleans ahead of Super Bowl 59. (The 49ers’ ownership group owns Leeds, the English football club.) That’s because soccer is a global sport, played in dozens of leagues with various levels of competition. “You could grow up anywhere and actually get on an English Premier League team,” Guido said. “So what are you thinking about from an advanced statistics perspective, to your scouting department, to how you us AI for all the different metrics that go into defining what a good player looks like?” Marrying traditional scouting with “the science,” both for soccer and the NFL, has become a core tenet of the 49ers’ evaluation process, said Guido. Purdy is up for a contract extension this off-season. Guido declined to offer a timeline for a new deal, though he did say, “I’m sure it’ll get itself worked out.” Source link #San #Francisco #49ers #president #touts #key #scouting Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Leaked News Segment Reveal Squids Plans in Helldivers 2 Leaked News Segment Reveal Squids Plans in Helldivers 2 Helldivers 2 players learn how exactly the Illuminate arrived in our galaxy, thanks to a leaked news segment. Were you surprised? Source link #Leaked #News #Segment #Reveal #Squids #Plans #Helldivers Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Directly Calls for U.S.A.I.D. to Be Shut Down – The New York Times Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Directly Calls for U.S.A.I.D. to Be Shut Down – The New York Times Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Directly Calls for U.S.A.I.D. to Be Shut Down The New York TimesAs USAID effectively disappears, a former Trump appointee says the decision is ‘deadly’ CNNTrump 2nd term live updates: Trump calls on USAID to be closed down ABC News Source link #Trump #Administration #Live #Updates #Trump #Calls #U.S.A.I.D #Shut #York #Times Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Get This 24-Inch Asus Gaming Monitor For Only $79 Get This 24-Inch Asus Gaming Monitor For Only $79 Walmart has a fantastic deal on an entry-level Asus gaming monitor right now. While supplies last–and it has already sold out once–this Asus Tuf 23.8-inch gaming monitor is only $79. This particular model normally goes for $149, so you’re getting quite the deal. $79 (was $149) Specifications: 23.8-inch IPS display 1920 x 1080 resolution 165Hz refresh rate 1ms response time AMD FreeSync Asus Extreme Low Motion Blur Built-in speakers Ports: HDMI (x2), DisplayPort If you’re in the market for a gaming monitor with 1080p resolution, this 23.8-inch Asus TUF monitor has solid features for the price, especially since it’s nearly 50% off at the moment. It has an IPS panel, supports refresh rates of up to 165Hz, and offers response times of 1ms thanks to Asus’ motion blur technology. Other notable features include built-in speakers and three connectivity ports: two HDMI and one DisplayPort. It’d be a challenge to find a more capable monitor for less than $79 right now. Walmart has nice deals on a few other Asus gaming monitors right now, too. If you’d prefer a curved monitor, you can buy a 24-inch curved Asus monitor with similar specs for $100 (was $169). You can step up to 1440p resolution with this Asus TUF 27-inch gaming monitor for $199 (was $249). This model has a QHD IPS display, 180Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, and supports FreeSync and G-Sync. Source link #24Inch #Asus #Gaming #Monitor Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Many workers would take a pay cut to work from home Many workers would take a pay cut to work from home Coroimage | Moment | Getty Images Many workers value remote work to such a degree that they’d take a pay cut to be able to work from home, even on a part-time basis, studies show. The prevalence of remote work ballooned during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many experienced telework perhaps for the first time in their careers; employees cite work-life balance as by far the biggest perceived benefit, according to Pew Research Center. Some researchers have quantified the financial value workers assign to telework. For example, about 40% of workers say they’d accept a pay cut of at least 5% to keep their remote job, according to a recent study by researchers at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. About 9% would trade at least 20% of their salaries to preserve telework, said researchers, who polled more than 2,000 workers. Put another way, workers see the ability to work from home — even two or three days a week — as equivalent to getting a raise, according to Nick Bloom, an economics professor at Stanford University who studies workplace management practices. Data that Bloom has collected in recent years suggests the average worker equates remote work to about an 8% raise, he said. “That figure seems remarkably stable” over time, Bloom said in an e-mail. “For some subsets of workers you can find higher numbers,” relative to the pay cut they would accept, Bloom said. For example, a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper published in January that looked at workers predominantly in the technology field found they’d accept an average 25% pay cut for a job that offers fully or partially remote work. “The reality is: It is a very attractive feature of a job,” said Zoe Cullen, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, who co-authored the NBER research. The paper examined data on almost 1,400 workers from the U.S. tech sector. The average person was 32 years old, and had about seven years of work experience. Researchers gathered data on the job offers individuals receive and the jobs they ultimately choose, with the average gig offering $239,000 a year in total compensation. More from Personal Finance: What the ‘mother of all trade wars’ can teach about tariffs L.A. wildfire victims face financial anxiety amid recovery How to check the status of your federal tax refund Of course, not all Americans prefer out-of-office work. About 41% of workers with the ability to telework — but who rarely do — say in-office work helps them feel more connected to co-workers, and 30% think in-person work helps with mentoring opportunities, according to Pew Research Center. Working from home has also waned from its pandemic-era peak. Big companies like Amazon, AT&T, Boeing, Dell Technologies, JPMorgan Chase, UPS and The Washington Post have initiated return-to-office mandates for at least some employees. President Donald Trump also issued an order Jan. 20 to terminate remote work for federal employees and require full-time in-office attendance, with some exceptions. That said, on a national scale, employers don’t seem to be retrenching en masse, according to labor economists. The number of paid days worked from home during the workweek has held steady for the past two years, at between 25% and 30% — more than triple the pre-Covid rate, according to WFH Research. Employees aren’t the only ones who get a benefit: Remote work is also a profitable arrangement for businesses, according to labor economists. For example, employers may save money on real estate by downsizing office space. They may also hire job candidates from across the country, potentially at a lower relative salary, depending on geography. Workers with the ability to work from home also tend to quit less frequently, thereby reducing company spending on expensive functions like hiring, recruitment and training, Bloom said. Source link #workers #pay #cut #work #home Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Frontier Group CEO: Focus on loyalty and 'premiumization' has enabled us to exceed expectations Frontier Group CEO: Focus on loyalty and 'premiumization' has enabled us to exceed expectations Barry Biffle, Frontier Group CEO, joins ‘The Exchange’ to discuss if the company’s efforts are helping to add premium offerings, the company’s offer to Spirit, and much more. Source link #Frontier #Group #CEO #Focus #loyalty #039premiumization039 #enabled #exceed #expectations Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

What’s on the menu for King’s Italian dinner with Stanley Tucci? What’s on the menu for King’s Italian dinner with Stanley Tucci? King Charles and Queen Camilla are hosting an Italian-themed dinner this evening, inspired by the actor Stanley Tucci, with dishes including crab, ravioli and pork, along with English and Italian wine. The dinner, with the Italian ambassador to the ***, Inigo Lambertini, among the guests, is a culinary warm-up for the royal couple’s state visit to Italy and the ******** in early April, where they will meet Pope Francis. The trip is expected to coincide with Charles and Camilla’s 20th wedding anniversary and the King told dinner guests about his love of Italian food and culture. “Good food brings people together and what we choose to eat helps to define us – as families, communities and nations,” said the King. The ***-Italy dinner, hosted by the King and Queen at their Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire, is a celebration of “slow food”, which uses fresh local food and traditional cooking methods. The King hailed this “most splendid evening which brings together two things very dear to my heart – slow food and Italy”. “A nation’s food culture is a priceless social and environmental asset, intimately bound up with its sense of identity and place,” said the King. An enthusiast for art, culture and religion, he spoke of his enthusiasm for the state visit, which will be his 18th official visit to the country. “To say that we are looking forward to it would be to engage in a little British understatement,” he joked to diners, including Stanley Tucci, who inspired the choice of food. The reception and dinner menu, cooked by Calabrian chef Francesco Mazzei, features Italian recipes with British ingredients. It was accompanied by English sparkling wine and Italian red and white wines. Reception: Rare and pasture salumi Tuscan-style paté and coppa Yorkshire pecorino cheese puffs British vegetables caponata tartelletta with Highgrove sparkling wine Dinner: Scottish crab panzanella Westcombe ricotta and Highgrove fine herbs ravioli Isle of Wight tomato passata Suffolk Red porchetta Pumpkin and sage mash, Tuscan kale with white wine Gavi dei Gavi La Scolca ****** label 2023 and red wine Barbaresco Gaja 2021 Zuppa Inglese and biscotti with a red dessert wine, Recioto della Valpolicella Classico Zenato King Charles said of the combined culinary efforts of chef Mazzei and Tucci: “I can only hope they are still talking to each other at the end of it all!” Cocktails were made by “mixologist” Alessandro Palazzi, using herbs from the gardens at Highgrove. There was a toast made by the King in Italian, “alla eterna cultura italiana del buon cibo,” meaning “to Italy’s timeless food culture”. This dinner comes ahead of the state visit in early April, confirmed on Thursday by Buckingham Palace. There will be engagements in Rome and Ravenna, with the King and Queen set to hold meetings with Pope Francis and Italian political leaders. Source link #Whats #menu #Kings #Italian #dinner #Stanley #Tucci Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Bencic reaches first WTA final since becoming a mother Bencic reaches first WTA final since becoming a mother Belinda Bencic has defeated defending champion Elena Rybakina at the Abu Dhabi Open to reach her first WTA Tour final since the birth of her daughter. Swiss Bencic celebrated the arrival of baby Bella in April before making her comeback at the end of October at a low-level tournament in Hamburg. The 27-year-old only played her first tour event just over a month ago but has wasted no time getting back up to speed, reaching the fourth round of the *********** Open. And now she will compete for her first title since lifting the trophy in Abu Dhabi two years ago after beating top seed Rybakina 3-6 6-3 6-4 on Friday. Bencic, the 2021 Olympic gold medallist and a former world No.4, hit back impressively after losing the opening set to set up a final clash with American Ashlyn Krueger, who defeated Czech Linda Noskova 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 in the other last-four encounter. “I’m so happy this is happening,” said Bencic in her on-court interview. “I’m excited that the results are coming so fast. I have a long way to go but I’m really happy how it’s working on the court.” Source link #Bencic #reaches #WTA #final #mother Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]