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Mary Peltola seeks to thwart Sarah Palin as Alaska tabulates ranked choice voting results
CNN — Alaska Rep. Mary Peltolathe Democrat who won a special election that sent her to Congress this summer, could once again thwart former Gov. Sarah Palin’s bid for a political comeback on Wednesday. State elections officials are set to tabulate the results of its ranked choice ballots at 8 p.m. ET. Those results will … Read more
Innovate Faceoff Notebook: Troop Tops, TripBam People’s Choice
Judges at the BTN Group’s 9th annual Innovate conference gave top honors to meetings management travel platform Troop, while inaugural Innovate winner TripBam received top accolades from attendees. The Oct. 24 event’s panel of judges—Microsoft travel technology manager Steve Clagg; Travel Tech Consulting president Norm Rose; Takeda global head of travel, meetings and events Michelle … Read more
Between Trump and DeSantis, the true Republican’s choice is clear — RT World News
Florida has a great governor – should we try our luck by betting on him as president? Now that Donald J. Trump has announced his much-anticipated 2024 presidential run, all eyes are on the Republican primary – and Trump’s presumed showdown with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. While DeSantis has not stated that he intends to … Read more
Marlins’ Sandy Alcantara unanimous choice for NL Cy Young Award
Miami’s Sandy Alcantara won the National League Cy Young Award unanimously on Wednesday night after posting a 2.28 ERA while pitching a major league-best 228 2/3 innings and six compete games. Alcantara received all 30 first-place votes, the 15th time the NL has had a unanimous winner. Atlanta’s Max Fried was second with 72 points, … Read more
An emboldened Joe Biden now faces a tough choice about his own future
These are heady days for President Joe Biden. The midterm elections offered long-sought validation. Democrats held onto the Senate, and even if they lose the House, it will be by a narrow margin. The Republicans are in retreat and, by the way, so are the Russians and, just a bit at least, so is inflation. … Read more
Larry Summers has some choice words for Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX
The FTX downfall is not so much a Lehman moment as an Enron one. So says former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers about the once-heralded cryptocurrency exchange that today declared bankruptcy and announced the resignation of founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried after a sudden and dramatic collapse this week. “A lot of people have compared this … Read more
John Abraham Was “Our First And Only Choice”: Pathaan Director Siddharth Anand
John Abraham in Pathaan teaser. (courtesy: YouTube) New Delhi: John Abraham, who plays the antagonist in Pathaan, was the “first and only choice” for the role, film’s director Siddharth Anand said, reported news agency ANI. Speaking about the character that John Abraham plays in Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone’s film, Siddharth Anand said, “For … Read more
Choice: Q3 Corp. Travel, Midweek Occupancy Up
Choice Hotels International’s third-quarter business travel demand again improved and now is approaching its traditional pre-pandemic share of the hotel company’s demand, executive said Monday during an earnings call. “The business travel component of our guest mix continues to approach historical levels and accounted for approximately 30 percent of stays in the third quarter,” Choice … Read more
‘No choice’, says Musk on worldwide Twitter layoffs
Following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, the entire marketing department of India was fired on Friday Following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, the entire marketing department of India was fired on Friday Amid massive layoffs at Twitter across the world, including in India, and the subsequent backlash, the microblogging site’s new owner Elon Musk on … Read more