Here is yet one more sign of the travel industry’s noticeable boom: a major growth round for one of the B2B startups servicing it. Lighthouse, a data analytics platform for hotels and others in the hospitality industry, has closed a Series C of $370 million. The KKR-led round catapults Lighthouse to a valuation of over […]
LAS VEGAS — It may be the start of the final tripleheader of the season, the stint kicking off with Formula One cars zipping down the Strip, but all eyes aren’t on the glitzy and glamorous show like in the Las Vegas Grand Prix’s 2023 debut. A driver championship battle could be decided in Las
More than half of the players who started at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday had not been in the starting XI for Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Manchester City at the same ground on Saturday. There was no change in outcome, though, as Sonia Bompastor made it 11 wins from 11 since replacing Emma Hayes as manager,
NEW YORK — The brooding waltz was carefully composed on a sheet of music roughly the size of an index card. The brief, moody number also bore an intriguing name, written at the top in cursive: “Chopin.” A previously unknown work of music penned by the European master Frederic Chopin appears to have been found
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STORRS, Conn. — If you thought UConn coach Geno Auriemma would immediately get all emotional and sentimental, then you probably haven’t been paying attention for the last 40 years. If you imagined he would sit back and take in the moment instead of getting in his steps on the sideline, then you haven’t paid much
Comcast’s corporate reorganization means that there will soon be two television networks with “NBC” in their name — CNBC and MSNBC — that will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News. How that affects viewers of those networks, along with the people who work there, still needs to shake out. Their new corporate
NEW YORK — Percival Everett’s “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling” won for nonfiction, where finalists included Salman Rushdie’s memoir about his brutal stabbing in 2022, “Knife.” The
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The United States Department of Justice argued Wednesday that Google should divest its Chrome browser as part of a remedy to break up the company’s illegal monopoly in online search, according to a U.S District Court of the District of Columbia filing. Google would not be allowed to re-enter the search market for five years
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WhatsApp Business has grown to over 200 million monthly users over the past few years. That means there are tons of businesses sending messages to users — and some of these messages could be considered as spam. For customers, the only option was to either let them send messages and offers, or block the business account
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What a fun game to watch. The Toronto Maple Leafs’ “draft and develop” ability was on full display against the Vegas Golden Knights, as Joseph Woll earned a 31-save shutout, William Nylander set up Fraser Minten’s first NHL goal, and Nikita Grebenkin looked like a complete menace. There were plenty of scrums and some questionable
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