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Hospitality companies expand offerings as “event-cations” become a hot travel trend

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🎸 Event-cation nation

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U-Turn

The right-to-repair movement gets a boost from Apple’s U-turn as Americans support DIY

LateStart

Consulting firms pay new hires to delay their start date to reduce “benchwarmers”

STABLISH

The Crypto Catch-Up…

Gen Zers cook more with an air fryer than a microwave

⚒️ Apple’s right-to-repair U-turn

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Meta and Goldman double down on return-to-office mandates as a third of desks sit empty

Crispy

Popeyes spreads its wings in China as US chains cash in on the country’s fast-food craze

Unpacked

Snacks Unpacked: Hollywood studios’ latest WGA offer drops as reality TV grows restless

India just became the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

💼 Trying RTO (again)

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10-YR

US Treasury yields soar and put a damper on stocks, as investors expect high rates

This painting sold for $8 million… and everyday investors profited

Maritraffic

Cargo ships are stuck in the Panama Canal as extreme weather disrupts the supply chain

DEFI(NE)

Heard on the Block: “keys”

To switch jobs, US workers on average want a salary offer of at least $78K/year

👻 Spooky Treasury yields

Gig city (Walter Bibikow/Getty Images)

Brake

Lyft and Uber could ditch Minneapolis over a minimum-wage bill — and other cities could follow

Grainy

Spotify’s white-noise headache raises the volume of its podcast struggles

sherwoodnews

Thunderstorms are by far the costliest natural catastrophe for insurers this year

🚗 Minimum Uber wage?

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Sharents

Illinois passes the first US law to pay kidfluencers as legislation catches up to culture

It’s official, the best time to protect your family’s financial future is…

🧸 First US kidfluencer law

Spain striker Jennifer Hermoso (VCG/Getty Images)

Goal

As the Women’s World Cup gears up for the final, more brands are scoring marketing wins

NYTvGPT

The New York Times is reportedly considering suing OpenAI as genAI backlash builds

WORLDCON

A United Auto Workers strike against the Big Three carmakers could cost $5B over 10 days

⚽ FIFA Women’s World (sponsorship) Cup

Rollin’ into the US market (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

EVin

Vietnamese EV maker VinFast surges (then slides) as it screeches into a packed market

Noffeur

Robotaxis can now operate 24/7 in San Francisco as the driverless industry speeds up

Heard on the Block: “cryptocarrier”

Global household wealth dropped last year, a first since the 2008 financial crisis

🚙 VinFast’s big SPAC

Charlotte’s web3 (Paul Chinn/Getty Images)

REBOOT

“FarmVille” maker Zynga announces a flashy web3 game even as play-to-earn sputters

$piral

Russia, China, and Argentina struggle as the value of their currencies slides

Global spending on business travel is expected to top prepandemic levels next year

👾 Zynga’s crypto-gaming play

Macaroni, salad, or macaroni salad? (Eva Hambach/Getty Images)

Rotisserie

Grocery stores are expanding prepared-meal offerings to grab restaurant market share

Heads up: you probably need more life insurance coverage. 

Unbound

8 months into China’s reopening, the big comeback still hasn’t come back

The median price of a starter home in the US in June was $243K — up 45%+ from prepandemic

🐔 Kroger’s rotisserie moment