More than six acres of the Utah Olympic Park in Park City may be leased or even sold to a developer that plans to build a four-story hotel near where Olympians competed on ski jumps and a bobsled, luge and skeleton track in 2002 and will again at the 2034 Winter Games.The project, which has been submitted to the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission for approval, has been part of the park’s master plan for more than a decade, said Colin Hilton, president and CEO of the nonprofit Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation that owns and operates the 400-acre site used for…
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If you worry about election integrity — or, at least, about specious claims of rigged elections and the real threat of social unrest — you ought to be scared to death by what a federal judge did on Thursday.District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington essentially legalized gambling on congressional elections.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the nation’s regulatory agency for derivatives, originally had rejected a bid by a financial exchange startup known as Kalshi to offer everyone from day traders to well-heeled financial companies the chance to throw real money behind legal bets over whether Democrats or Republicans will control the…
Collette is ushering in a new era of business partnership with the launch of its groundbreaking Encompass Campaign. This innovative initiative introduces a comprehensive suite of tools meticulously crafted to support travel advisors in their journey to learn, grow, and network effectively. By offering 360-degree support at every step, Collette aims to revolutionize the advisor experience. Developed in close collaboration with advisors and industry experts, the Encompass Campaign presents user-friendly tools designed to instill confidence, provide robust support and foster growth within the advisor community. Collette’s commitment to continuous enhancement ensures that these tools will evolve to meet advisors’ changing…
The NewsRussia’s central bank tightened its monetary policy Friday, bumping the main interest rate up to 19% as Moscow’s war in Ukraine continues to put inflationary pressure on the economy.The bank warned that it could hike the rate further at its next meeting in October in an attempt to force inflation down from 9.1% to its 4% target in 2025.While Russia’s economy has continued to grow this year, an increasingly large part has been geared toward supporting the war effort. The rise in defense spending has fueled the country’s stubbornly high inflation rate, which the bank said has not yet…
High school students gathered from across the country, and even the world, last week to participate in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communication’s Summer Media Institute (SMI).This immersive, five-night, six-day event allowed students to gain relevant experience and knowledge in journalism. Attendees chose from a variety of electives and specializations that brought them into the hands-on world of a UF student and reporter.Specializations offered at the 2023 program were Anchoring and Hosting, Broadcast Reporting, Communicating for the Greater Good, Feature and News Writing, Filmmaking: The Reel Narrative, Photojournalism, Sports Reporting and Social Media: Influencing and Storytelling.In the…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks pulled closer to their records on Thursday following a couple reports on the economy that came in close to expectations. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% and climbed back within 1.3% of its record set in July following a shaky summer. It remains on track for a fourth winning week in the last five. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 235 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 1%. Nvidia was the strongest force lifting the S&P 500 and rose another 1.9% to bring its gain for the week to nearly 16%. The chip company’s stock has stabilized…
MIAMI – A judge has denied bond for a woman charged in the murders of her own grandparents.Claudette and Major Melvin, both in their 80s, were shot to death back in March.Jalisa Hill will remain in jail after police said she planned and orchestrated the murder of her grandparents. Hill was living with her grandparents in the same home where they were found dead.CBS News Miami spoke with Hill’s uncle, who said this has ripped their family apart. “At the end of the day, she’s still my niece, but if she did something like that and allowed somebody to come in…
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By Liangping Gao and Kevin YaoBEIJING (Reuters) -China’s new home prices fell at the fastest pace in more than nine years in August, official data showed on Saturday, as supportive measures failed to spur a meaningful recovery in the property sector.New home prices were down 5.3% from a year earlier, the fastest pace since May 2015, compared with a 4.9% slide in July, according to Reuters calculations based on National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data.In monthly terms, new home prices fell for the fourteenth straight month, down 0.7%, matching a dip in July.The property market continues to grapple with deeply…
(KRON) — Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price responded on Friday to a letter sent on behalf of her acting employees that accused her of making threats and using “mob boss tactics.”The letter, which was sent to Price’s team and written by a lawyer representing the employees, claims she uses armed private guards in her office and threatened to arrest employees who financially supported the recall effort against her. Price called the language in the letter “not only unprecedented and disrespectful but … also a racially charged dog whistle.”Armed guards in the officeAccording to the letter addressed to Price, the…