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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin It's going to be a busy summer travel season. And different. The summer travel advice from experts is different, too. Domestic travel volume will rise 16% over last year, with almost 75% of Americans planning to travel domestically for summer vacations, according to Allianz Partners' Top 10 Summer Destinations review . And travel to Europe will soar 600% over last year. ​​ "The floodgates have opened," says Valentina O'Kane, owner of Incognito Global Travel , an affiliate of Embark Beyond. "People are rushing to get out there again. The popular tourist destinations are overbooked, with little if any availability. They are going to be overcrowded and overpriced this summer." I just interviewed 200 top travel experts about what lies ahead for travel. Here's part one of my series , which outlines what to expect in the next three months. There are two important takeaways. Covid is far from over, so you may … [Read more...] about Don’t Go There! Expert Summer Travel Advice For Your Next Vacation

Trade Watchlist Portfolio Message Set Alert live bse live nse live Volume Todays L/H More × The market snapped a five-week losing streak and closed 3 percent higher in the week ended May 20. Volatility remained on the higher side amid the Ukraine-Russia crisis, and fear of aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. After losing more than 11 percent in the previous five weeks, the Nifty50 closed decisively above 16,000 mark at 16,266, up nearly 500 points and formed a bullish candle on the weekly scale. The index also closed way above 5 and 10 days simple moving averages whose value placed above 16,060 levels. The index has not fallen below its March lows (15,671) and also held strongly above the 15,700 mark, which both could act as strong support levels in coming days and sustaining above 16,000 could take the index beyond 16,600 mark, experts said. "With reference to … [Read more...] about Top 10 trading ideas from experts for next 3-4 weeks as market snaps five-week losing streak

Ewan McGregor poses at the Corinthia Hotel to celebrate the upcoming launch of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ in London, Britain, May 12, 2022. Image: Reuters/Matthew Childs “Star Wars” Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi is back for a six-part television series and so is Ewan McGregor, who had played him as a young man. Forget the Jedi mind tricks and lightsaber battles, though. “Obi-Wan’s not doing that anymore. He’s living a normal life. He’s not living the life of a Jedi anymore,” said McGregor, who is also executive producer of the series, in an interview. “We can see from the trailer that there are these inquisitors that are doing Vader’s job of tracking down the last Jedi. He wants to destroy every last Jedi,” he said. “They’re looking for him, so you can’t use the Force because he might give himself away.” It has been 17 years since McGregor donned the cowl of the Jedi in “Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith,” the last of the prequel trilogy. “They were very difficult to make. The … [Read more...] about Obi-Wan hides the Force in new ‘Star Wars’ TV series, says Ewan McGregor

Sex worker Nagma watches a song video of Gangubai Kathiawadi on her smartphone in Mumbai, India, May 10, 2022. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava via Reuters MUMBAI — The brothels look brighter, the alleyways are cleaner, and a stirring soundtrack accompanies the protagonists, but a new Bollywood film set in Mumbai’s red-light district has struck a chord with India’s roughly one million sex workers. “Gangubai Kathiawadi” is a biopic telling the story of a sex worker of the same name who went from being a young trafficking victim to fight for the rights of women working in the trade in the 1950s, a battle still being fought today, Thomson Reuters Foundation reported. Many sex workers in Kamathipura (Mumbai’s red-light district) and across India say the film starring celebrated actress Alia Bhatt shows rare understanding of their everyday struggles. “We saw the film carefully, minutely. There have been so many films on women like us, but none that raised these … [Read more...] about Bollywood sex worker biopic resonates in India’s brothels

FILE – In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a man jogs past the Olympic rings in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) Tokyo’s postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice president John Coates told AFP Monday, saying they would be the “Games that conquered COVID”. The Olympics have never been canceled outside of the world wars and Coates, speaking in a phone interview, was adamant that the Tokyo Games will start on their revised date. “It will take place with or without COVID. The Games will start on July 23 next year,” said Coates, who heads the International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission for the Tokyo Games. “The Games were going to be, their theme, the Reconstruction Games after the devastation of the tsunami,” he added, referring to a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan in 2011. “Now very much these will be the Games that conquered COVID, the light at the end of the tunnel.” In a historic … [Read more...] about Tokyo Olympics will go ahead ‘with or without Covid’ – IOC’s Coates

GEORGE TOWN: Durian fever is set to hit the nation with the king of fruits already in season in Malaysia. The country’s durian season unfolds in stages each year according to state, typically starting with Penang in May. Johor follows in June or July before it extends to Perak and Pahang in early July or in early August. Kelantan, Terengganu and Sabah follow by the end of July or in August, and the season ends in Sarawak at the end of August or in September. Vote for your favourite durian! Pick one below - or tell us if it's not on the list - click vote, then see how popular it is! Penang which kicks off the annual season produced RM280.77mil worth of durians in 2020, according to the Department of Agriculture’s Fruit Crops Statistics report. Mention durians, and the first thing that comes to mind for many fans might be top producing states such as Johor and Pahang. ALSO READ: Durian prices expected to drop in June Penang’s durians have however managed to … [Read more...] about INTERACTIVE: Malaysia’s annual durian season kicks off in Penang. Here’s what you need to know

Madhusudhan KM Moneycontrol Contributor In the digitally-driven world of today, strategic organisational direction for most businesses is not complete without weaving in a robust digital strategy. The right approach to an effective digital strategy is to first re-imagine business processes and then think about how technologies can help realise them. Thinking of just "digitising" existing business processes, and not overhauling them, would only give incremental benefit, but that won't differentiate them from competitors. For example, for millennial leisure travellers, booking processes could be completely reimagined by allowing one to search for "I have $1000. Tell me where I can go for a nice beach vacation". This is a completely different approach from allowing travel searches based on an origin-destination pair. The latter assumes that the traveller knows exactly where he/she wants to go. The new approach could allow for way more exploration and discovery and an … [Read more...] about Digital transformation – Reimagining businesses with a difference

Retirement fund body EPFO has added 15.32 lakh subscribers in March 2022, over 19 per cent more than 12.85 lakh enrolled in February this year. The provisional EPFO payroll data released on Friday highlighted that it has added 15.32 lakh net subscribers in March 2022, a labor ministry statement said. According to the statement, a month-on-month comparison of payroll data shows an increase of 2.47 lakh net subscribers in March 2022 compared to the net additions during February 2022. Of the total 15.32 lakh net subscribers added during the month (of March), around 9.68 lakh new members have been covered under the provisions of EPF & MP Act, 1952 for the first time. The new member addition has increased by 81,327 in March 2022 as compared to the previous month. Approximately 5.64 lakh net subscribers were excited but re-joined the establishments covered under the EPFO by transferring their funds from the previous PF account to the current account, instead of opting for … [Read more...] about EPFO adds 15.32 lakh net subscribers in March

Trade Watchlist Portfolio Message Set Alert live bse live nse live Volume Todays L/H More × YES Securities' research report on LIC Housing Finance LIC HF delivered a better-than-expected performance in Q4 FY22 with NII/PPOP/PBT beat of 12%/14%/22%. Notably, this performance was aided by material NIM expansion (largely driven by CoF decline) and lower credit cost (underpinned by 15%/5% qoq reduction in Stage-2/Stage-3 assets). Collection efficiency was strong through the quarter (March at 99%) and there were significant NPL recoveries in builder/high-value loan segments. Stage-2 ECL coverage was maintained while Stage3 coverage was raised. Portfolio construct has reverted to pre-pandemic level and ECL coverage is better, which provides visibility of moderate credit cost for coming quarters. NIM expansion in Q4 FY22 was driven by a) positive re-pricing of liabilities (CoF down by 20 … [Read more...] about Buy LIC Housing Finance; target of Rs 500: YES Securities

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Moth , a legendary storytelling non-profit, will hold their 25th Anniversary Gala, The Moth Ball , on May 26th at Spring Studios in New York City. The event will honor multi-disciplinary artist David Byrne. It celebrates not only the silver anniversary of The Moth but the launch of a new book, How to Tell a Story . Since their launch in 1997, The Moth has allowed more than 40k true personal stories to be shared from their various stages around the world to foster connection and empathy. Some of those stories go on to air on The Moth Radio Hour and their podcast , which receives 90 million downloads a year. Forbes spoke with Catherine Burns, who has spent 20 years as Artistic Director at The Moth. Burns is a producer, author, director and frequent host of the Peabody-award winning, The Moth Radio Hour . We spoke about the storytelling that The Moth Gala will offer, and what most excites Burns about this … [Read more...] about The Moth Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Gala Honoring David Byrne