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The UPS Store Activation, Las Vegas SphereUP Store Co., Ltd. Four years after a global pandemic caused “the great resignation” and set off a knock-on effect of expanding opportunities in the gig and creator economies, interest in starting a business continues to grow, with the U.S. Census Bureau reporting a record 5.5 million new business applications submitted in 2023. This trend is set to continue at an upward trend. As an entrepreneurship, innovation and technology developer, I am very interested to see what happens over the next decade for this critical growth sector for our nation’s economy as demographics, business…

As state lawmakers sought to hear explanations about rising prescription drug costs for patients and pharmacies, a heated debate unfolded Wednesday between pharmacists, lawmakers and the middlemen who set the procurement and sales prices of drugs sold to patients.The problem? If nothing is done, patients could face increasingly expensive drugs or longer drives to in-network pharmacies. At a House Prescription Drug Policy Task Force meeting, lawmakers and state officials said the current situation could leave Mississippi without stronger legal protections.”We have a lot of people who don’t have the gas money to drive 25 miles to get their medications filled,”…

Delta is well known for business travel, having topped the Business Travel News annual airline survey for 13 consecutive years. Now, the airline is looking to increase its presence in the segment with a new program called “Delta Business Travelers.”For those of you familiar with Delta’s existing SkyMiles Business program (formerly SkyBonus), this is not a replacement for that program. In fact, the two programs are designed to complement each other. Here’s everything you need to know about the new Delta Business Travelers program, who’s eligible, what the benefits are, and how it works with SkyMiles Business.Related: Which Hotel Loyalty…

Alberto Barbera admits that he has made plenty of mistakes. When Barbera, who hails from the Piedmontese textile town of Biella, took over for the first time as artistic director of The Venice Film Festival in 1999, the situation was dire: The Festival, which is controlled by the government-supported Biennale Foundation, was a mess. He remembers that the facilities on the Lido were lousy, attendance by top Hollywood stars and producers was underwhelming and as a business, Venice was a loss-making proposition. In the scorching heat of late August and early September in Venice, there wasn’t even any air conditioning at…

In the shadow of MetLife Stadium and the American Dream at the Meadowlands, in an unassuming industrial area, sits the U.S. headquarters of Betson Enterprises, a company that sells and services arcade games across the country. According to sources, the arcade game market, which was almost wiped out in the 1990s due to the rise of home video games, is now booming. “There’s a big resurgence in arcades,” Jonathan Betti, senior vice president of sales for Carlstadt-based Bettson Corp., said in a recent interview. Jonathan is one of the few members of the Betti family still involved in running the…

When Hollywood struck last year, 23-year-old Autumn Noel was depressed and considering quitting the industry, when she got an offer to star in a drama reel short.In the show “Fated to my Forbidden Alpha,” she played a young woman caught between two rival clans of werewolves vying for dominance, and while her character was mistreated, the pay was good and the story was exciting.”It’s caused a bit of a stir,” she says, “like the werewolf thing and I think some people just like men snatching women.”ReelShorts, which slices melodramatic, formulaic shows into one-minute episodes, is driving a trend of popular…

The operator of a superyacht that sank in a severe storm off the coast of Italy this week is likely to face legal trouble over the tragedy that also led to the deaths of British billionaire tech tycoon Mike Lynch and others, according to a maritime law expert.But whether the lawsuit will be successful is up for debate.Three maritime law experts told Business Insider that the operator and owners of the now-sunken luxury yacht, known as the Bayesian, should hire lawyers to prepare for possible lawsuits from the families of those who died or the survivors themselves.”Whenever there are casualties,…

A wave of Democratic envoys dispatched to the business community this week argues that a Kamala Harris presidency would be good for business — even though questions about her economic policies remain unresolved and some of her ideas are unpopular among executives.”She’s going to fight for you, she’s going to fight for all of us,” Tony West, Uber’s executive vice president and chief legal officer, said of his sister-in-law at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday night.The most straightforward business case to date came on Tuesday from former American Express (AXP) CEO Kenneth Chenault.He spoke about Harris’ support…

Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Britain’s private sector activity grew more than expected in August, expanding at its fastest pace in four months, propelling the pound to a 13-month high against the dollar and stoking expectations of robust economic growth in the summer. The S&P Global Flash UK PMI composite production index, a gauge of the health of the manufacturing and services sectors, rose to 53.4 in August from 52.8 in July, supported by easing price pressures. The reading was the highest since April and beat the 52.9…

Lynch’s body was among those retrieved from the yacht, multiple media outlets reported Thursday morning.The 183-foot vessel, the Baysian, had 22 passengers and crew on board, most of whom survived.But those missing also include Lynch and his daughter, Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morbillo and his wife, Neda, and Morgan Stanley international chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife, Judy.Divers had pulled five bodies from the wreck by early Thursday morning, the BBC reported, with a sixth body said to be inside the vessel.Fifteen people were rescued, including Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacalez.Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, is missing, according to Sky News. Italian…