That’s 21% fewer trips and 30% less spending than last year, but the numbers show consumption is beginning to bounce back following the battering it took earlier in the year from the coronavirus pandemic. The numbers are a “positive sign” both for China and the rest of the world that […]
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Along the Great Wall, extra security guards have been deployed to deter rowdy tourists. Hotel bookings in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, have risen 600 percent from the same period last year. In Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak began late last year, visitor demand for the city’s Yellow Crane Tower […]
SHANGHAI — With the coronavirus pandemic making international vacations all but impossible, Chinese citizens are heading to domestic destinations during the National Day holiday that starts Thursday, giving the country’s tourism industry a much-needed boost. Upward of 600 million trips will be made within the country during this year’s seven-day holiday, […]
Teen Builds Free Desks for Kids in Need with ‘Desks for Distance’ Colby is helping kids in need with ‘Desks for Distance’ After building himself a desk for distance learning, Northern Virginia teen Colby Samide spent the last week of summer vacation building 40 free desks for underprivileged kids. “It’s […]
Tracee Ellis Ross, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, and Regina King will be getting “Golden” TONIGHT If you’re into anything and everything Golden Girls related (and if you’re not, honestly, who even are you), then you’re going to be positively tickled to hear this news: Tracee Ellis Ross, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre […]
Produced by Susan Mallie, Lourdes Aguiar, Lauren Clark and Gayane Keshishyan Mendez “48 Hours”‘ investigation of The Golden State Killer previously aired on April 28, 2018. It was updated on August 22, 2020. KRIS PEDRETTI | SURVIVOR [in court]: My safety was shattered as a masked man, DeAngelo, yielding a […]
Mark Brewer, left, a University of Maine political science professor, spoke Thursday with U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat from Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, during the Great Falls Forum sponsored by the Lewiston Public Library. Video screenshot LEWISTON — One way to fix the nation’s broken political system is to […]
Tennis enthusiasts in San Francisco will have new state-of-the-art courts to play on when Golden Gate Park is set to open the new Lisa and Douglas Goldman Tennis Center next week. The $27 million project to rennovate the park’s courts initially broke ground in April 2019, with the brand-new facility […]
When I approached the Golden Gate Park tennis courts the other day, I didn’t know what to expect. I hadn’t been for years, but had many (mostly) fond memories of playing there. I had gotten trounced more than a few times in their tournaments and loved hanging out in the […]
On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, it was chandeliers, a Tiffany bracelet and a vintage velvet chair with silver-colored rams’ heads. In Jackson Heights in Queens, it was a Korean wedding chest, and in Park Slope in Brooklyn, a giant stiletto chair with a purple zebra pattern. All of […]
There is momentum in gaming stocks like Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) and MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM). However, a lot of investors seem to be overlooking Golden Nugget Online Gaming (NASDAQ:GNOG). GNOG stock hasn’t been around long, but it should be on your radar. Source: 9dream studio / Shutterstock.com The gaming industry has […]
Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto When I recently read an article about “the movies of 2020 that gave us solace,” I asked: How can a movie give me solace? Solace is giving comfort to people in need of it. It turns out that my reasoning was faulty, because for roughly 700 years […]
Golden Nugget Online Gaming (NASDAQ:GNOG) went public on Dec. 30, after merging with a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) called Landcandia Holdings II. Based on my calculations, GNOG stock is worth considerably more, up to 65% more, based on a simple comparison with Draft Kings (NASDAQ:DKNG). Source: rawf8/Shutterstock.com Keep in […]