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About a year and a half after Mayor Eric Adams chided workers — «You can't stay home in your pajamas all day!» — New York's offices in late August were under 41% of their pre-pandemic occupancy. Just 9% of the city's office workers were going in five days a week at the start of the year, according to the Partnership for New York City. Remote-work levels crisscrossing the country are more mixed, with just under one-third of America's workdays now done from home. But in New York, the broad feeling across offices is one that locals know well: It's like sitting on the subway waiting to get somewhere and then feeling the car lurch to a stop.

On August 30, Robinhood entered into a $605.7 million (HOOD) share buyback agreement with the US Marshal Service (USMS) to reclaim shares formerly held by Same Bankman-Fried (SBF) through Emergent Fidelity Technologies.

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Apollo Global Management Inc. hired BlackRock Inc. veteran Rick Moreno to bolster the buyout giant’s US team targeting investment firms for the ultra-rich.

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Neil Pharaoh is a loyal Qantas Platinum frequent flyer who has flown with the airline since he was born. But he’s considering switching to Virgin after half his flights were cancelled or delayed in the past year.

Food ads have long made their subjects look bigger, juicier and crispier than they are in real life

Power Book IV: Force" is returning for Season 2 on Starz. Fans can catch the new episodes of this crime series starting from September 1. «Power» was a successful show on Starz. It followed James Patrick (Omari Hardwick), a New York club owner known as «Ghost,» who was also a significant drug dealer. The story included James having an affair with his former flame Lela, who was secretly a federal prosecutor targeting Ghost. His loyal friend Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora) also played a part. After the main series ended with James' death, Starz expanded it into a franchise. «Book II: Ghost» continued the story with James' family moving forward, and «Book III: Rise of Kanan» explored the rise of Kanan (Curtis «50 Cent» Jackson) in the drug trade during the 1990s.

CME Group, a leading global derivatives marketplace, in collaboration with CF Benchmarks, a prominent provider of cryptocurrency benchmark indices, has announced the launch of two new APAC-specific reference rates for Bitcoin and Ether. These rates, named the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate APAC (BRRAP) and CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate APAC (ETHUSD_AP), are set to be introduced on September 11. They will offer a daily reference rate for the U.S. dollar value of these two digital assets, with the publication time slated for 4 p.m. Hong Kong/Singapore time.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is coming to movie theaters

Made by Google event where we'll introduce the latest additions to our Pixel portfolio of devices." The event is scheduled to commence at 10 AM ET / 7 AM PT (7:30 PM IST) and will take place in New York City. For those unable to attend in person, the event will be accessible globally through online platforms such as the Google Store and the Made by Google YouTube channel, where a live stream of the event will be available. The focal point of the event is anticipated to be the Google Pixel 8 series, encompassing the Pixel 8 and the Pixel 8 Pro.

Also Read:‘Joe Biden will lead US to World War III,’ Donald Trump calls him 'mental catastrophe' This correction results in a decrease ranging from $812 million to $2.2 billion annually, depending on the specific year. Notably, the largest discrepancy of $2.2 billion occurred in the year 2014, according to the state's findings.

I Am Legend 2," is preparing to take a surprising twist by deviating from the conclusion of the first movie. Delve into the unexpected narrative direction and explore the future trajectory of Will Smith's iconic character.

The foreign minister of Quad group -- which includes India, Australia, Japan and the United States – are likely to meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York in September. The meeting of the foreign ministers is being held to expand the cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday. The meeting has however not been confirmed yet.

Hollywood crew members are turning to nonprofits like the Entertainment Community Fund for assistance as they have also lost work during the writer and actors strikes

CNN is bringing in former New York Times and BBC leader Mark Thompson in an attempt to turn around its fortunes

A London project to create the world’s largest low-emission zone took effect on Tuesday as authorities imposed a daily charge on the most-polluting vehicles, triggering a debate between those who see the move as a sensible step to clean up the air and those who say it amounts to a war on cars. While several big European cities like Berlin and Paris also impose charges on polluting cars and trucks, London has been a pioneer on the issue. It became the first major European city to force drivers to pay a congestion fee in 2003.

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Burger King's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it cheated hungry customers by making its Whopper sandwich appear larger than it actually is. U.S. District Judge Roy Altman in Miami said Burger King must defend against a claim that its depiction of Whoppers on in-store menu boards mislead reasonable customers, amounting to a breach of contract. Customers in the proposed class action accused Burger King of portraying burgers with ingredients that «overflow over the bun,» making it appear that the burgers are 35% larger and contain more than double the meat as the chain serves. Burger King, a unit of Restaurant Brands International, countered that it wasn't required to deliver burgers that look «exactly like the picture,» but the judge said it was up to jurors to «tell us what reasonable people think.» In his decision made public on Friday, Altman also let the customers pursue negligence-based and unjust enrichment claims. He dismissed claims based on TV and online ads, finding none in which Burger King promised a burger «size,» or patty weight, and failed to deliver it. Burger King and its lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.

Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the busy Times Square subway station. The 20-inch (half-meter) water main gave way under 40th Street and Seventh Avenue at 3 a.m., said Rohit Aggarwala, commissioner of New York City's Department of Environmental Protection. It took DEP crews about an hour to find the source of the leak and shut the water off, Aggarwala said. The excavation left «a big hole at the intersection of 40th Street and Seventh Avenue,» he said. While that intersection remained closed to car traffic, surrounding streets were open by rush hour. Subway service, however, was suspended through much of Manhattan on the 1, 2 and 3 lines, which run directly under the broken pipe. Aggarwala said it appeared that only two local businesses were without left without water at the start of the work day.