
Pakistan rupee hits record low against US dollar - Central Bank
KARACHI, Pakistan Pakistan's rupee closed at 299.6 against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday in the interbank market, touching
2023-08-23 19:47

Abercrombie & Fitch lifts sales forecast as fresh clothing styles draw shoppers
(Reuters) -Abercrombie & Fitch raised its forecast for annual sales on Wednesday, betting that newer styles at its Abercrombie label
2023-08-23 19:46

Kohl's beats estimates for quarterly profit
Kohl's Corp beat quarterly profit estimates on Wednesday, as leaner inventories, lower costs and fewer discounts helped the
2023-08-23 19:26

BlackRock continues lowering support for environmental and social proposals
By Ross Kerber and Isla Binnie Top asset manager BlackRock on Wednesday reported a further decline in its
2023-08-23 19:21

Fyre Festival guy has launched a new festival and tickets sold out in minutes
Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland has announced that the first round of tickets for Fyre Festival II has sold out. Described by McFarland as the “adventure of a lifetime”, Fyre Festival II is an attempt to shift the narrative around McFarland and the original 2017 Fyre Festival that was riddled with scandals and resulted in McFarland spending four years in federal prison for wire fraud. McFarland took to social media to talk about Fyre Festival II after it was announced the first round of tickets sold out: “The first FYRE Festival II drop has sold out. Since 2016 FYRE has been the most talked about festival in the world. We now saw this convert to one of the highest priced GA pre-sales in the industry. FYRE is about people from around the world coming together to pull off the impossible. “This time we have incredible support. I’ll be doing what I love while working with the best logistical and infrastructure partners. In addition, all ticket sale revenue will be held in escrow until the final date is announced. We look forward to surprising the world alongside our partners as we build FYRE and FYRE Festival II into the island adventure of a lifetime,” he added. The initial tickets for Fyre Festival II went on sale for $499 (£390), with later releases set to cost up to $7,999 (£6,250). The original festival was promoted by multiple popular celebrities including Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, and Hailey Bieber. Fyre Festival was promised to contain an array of musical performances, as well as other attractions. It was to be hosted on an island in the Bahamas that was claimed to have been previously owned by Pablo Escobar. Despite the hype surrounding the festival, it ultimately resulted in a disaster. So much so that both Netflix and Hulu released shows documenting the festival and how it concluded with McFarland in jail. In 2018, McFarland pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and admitted to lying to investors that funded the first Fyre Festival. He was released from prison early in March 2022, and required to return $26 million to investors of the event. Speaking in a YouTube video uploaded on Monday, McFarland spoke about Fyre Festivall II: “It has been the absolutely wildest journey to get here and it really all started during the seven-month stint in solitary confinement. I wrote out this 50-page plan of how it would take this overall interest and demand in Fyre and how it would take this overall interest and demand in Fyre and how it would take my ability to bring people from around the world together to make the impossible happen.” He added: “we decided that Fyre Festival is coming back to the Caribbean. We are targeting Fyre Festival II for the end of next year.” Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-08-23 19:19

US 30-year mortgage rate soars to highest since 2000
The interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan last week shot to the highest since December
2023-08-23 19:19

China Construction Bank H1 profit up 3.36%
BEIJING/SHANGHAI China Construction Bank Corp (CCB), the first of the country's Big Five lenders to report half-year results
2023-08-23 18:51

BYD, KG Mobility in talks on battery joint venture in South Korea -source
SEOUL China's BYD Co Ltd and South Korea's KG Mobility Co Ltd are in talks to jointly build
2023-08-23 18:50

Marketmind: 'Flash' business funk and AI buzz
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A combination of worrying August business
2023-08-23 18:26

Factory slump and cost-of-living squeeze puts UK economy on course to shrink
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's economy looks on course to shrink during the current quarter and risks falling into
2023-08-23 18:25

Tesla's German plant lowers production target amid slower output - Business Insider
BERLIN Tesla lowered the production target of its German plant to 4,350 a week in July and August
2023-08-23 18:17

Futures gain with all eyes on high-stakes Nvidia results
U.S. stock index futures climbed on Wednesday, with the spotlight firmly on Nvidia quarterly results due later in
2023-08-23 18:15