Fashion

Saudi designers shine as Fashion Trust Arabia announces finalists for 2024 awards

Saudi designers shine as Fashion Trust Arabia announces finalists for 2024 awards

Posted by - August 13, 2024 Fashion

DUBAI: What does art have to do with the Olympics? Qatar Museums, the Gulf nation’s preeminent government institution for art and culture, believes that art is a way to further spur cultural diplomacy and highlight the country’s unique heritage and cultural scene in line with its 40-year participation in the...

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Fitness

Planet Fitness makes second bid to buy out Blink Fitness chain in bankruptcy – UPI.com

Planet Fitness makes second bid to buy out Blink Fitness chain in bankruptcy – UPI.com

Posted by November 6, 2024

Planet Fitness opened 132 locations in 2021 with now more than 2,000 U.S. clubs at a roughly $6.8 billion valuation. It has been making moves in recent years to expand its chain. Photo courtesy of Planet Fitness Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Planet Fitness is seeking to further grow its number...

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Shopping

Infra

‘Qatar’s infrastructure projects offer great opportunities’

‘Qatar’s infrastructure projects offer great opportunities’

Posted by - October 25, 2024

DOHA: Qatar’s ongoing infrastructure projects in water desalination and smart cities offer great opportunities for Korean companies, noted an official. Speaking to The Peninsula, the Ambassador of Republic of Korea to the State of Qatar, H E Hyunsoo Yun stressed that The National Strategic Vision 2030 presents substantial opportunities for...

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Sports

Aaron Rodgers (knee, hamstring) fully participates in practice

Aaron Rodgers (knee, hamstring) fully participates in practice

Posted by - November 6, 2024

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers turns 41 in only 26 days. And, for now, he’s winning the race against Father Time.Rodgers, who has a lingering knee and hamstring injuries, fully participated in practice on Wednesday, six days after his team’s most recent game, a win over the Texans.Via Rich Cimini of...

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Gambling

Charles Barkley Shared A Totally On-Brand Response To People Who…

Posted by November 6, 2024

Charles Barkley is known for being one of the best basketball players of all time and for being an outspoken sports pundit. Of course, there’s something else that a portion of the general public has come to know about him. In his spare time, Barkley also enjoys gambling and has...

US ambassador to Hungary tells Trump fanboy Orbán: You have…

Posted by November 6, 2024

“Prime Minister Orbán treated this election like a card game at a casino. And he placed a very big bet. Whether he believes that he won or lost this hand, he was gambling not with money but with the U.S.-Hungary relationship,” the ambassador said in his remarks on the election. ...

Chips, Fame, and Fortune: Inside Hollywood’s Wildest Gambling Adventures

Posted by November 6, 2024

  Glitz maybe Las Vegas’ defining characteristic, but fortunes are won as readily as they are lost under that city’s impressively lit canopy, and celebrity gambling adventures have become nearly as much a part of popular culture as the place itself. With high stakes, these stories featuring A-list actors and...

What will be the impact of the 2024 election on…

Posted by November 6, 2024

With the results of the election now known, it’s time to ask an important question. What will the changes to the legislative and executive branches mean for sports gambling?In 2018, the Supreme Court sent the issue back to the states. The vast majority have embraced legalized wagering. Congress has taken...

Jefferies says DraftKings, Flutter winners from gambling ballots passing –…

Posted by November 6, 2024

Jefferies analyst David Katz views DraftKings (DKNG) and Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) as likely the top beneficiaries, with Churchill Downs (CHDN) “peripheral,” after gambling ballot initiatives in Missouri and Virginia passed. The financially constructive expansion of online sports bettering is positive for the digital gambling names, the analyst tells investors in...

Let’s Not Pretend: Pokémon TCG Pocket Is Promoting Gambling To…

Posted by November 6, 2024

There is a way to play the Pokémon TCG on your phone or tablet that is entirely free. Not “free-to-play,” but “free to leave it with your kid and not ever worry.” While it’s not the world’s best piece of software, Pokémon TCG Live is an application that lets you play the...

Texas Gambling Hopes Take Potential Hit with Senate Election

Posted by November 6, 2024

Bringing commercial casinos or sportsbooks to Texas could be more difficult after another Republican was elected to the state Senate. Nov 6, 2024 • 12:38 ET • 4 min read Texas voters elected Republican Adam Hinojosa to the state Senate in a potential blow to the state’s casino gambling and...

Place Your Bets—Sports Gambling is Now Legal in Missouri

Posted by November 6, 2024

Get those parlays ready because sports betting is coming to Missouri. The Show-Me State will become the 39th state to approve legal sports wagering and the 31st to approve legal online sports gambling.  The fight to pass this law and have Missouri join the growing list of states with legal...