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Going Truly Over The Top For Christmas

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Gifts have been unwrapped, and 10 percent of packages are, or are in the process of being returned. But not every over-the-top gift can be measured by the size of the price tag. She doubled down and drove for four hours to the nearest major city. “In Christmas is now in the 2019 rear-view mirror. This year, confident U.S.

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When Shopkeepers Moonlight As Marketplace Luggage Concierges

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Travelers may face a dilemma when they explore a city: they might want to see the sights, but they have luggage that they can’t store in a vacation rental. Stores on the platform can range from small coffee shops to gift shops. But, regardless of the location, Khattri works with them to manage capacity when they come online.

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The Esoteric Economics Of Feeling The Burn

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For Burning boosters, the week-long, back-to-nature campout built around self-reliance, gifting , creativity and leaving no negative environmental trace is a utopian vision of what a post-capitalist, egalitarian society of cheerful sharers would be like. A Gift Economy …. The Two Burning Mans. It’s just a commerce-free zone.”. …

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How Co-Branded Credit Cards Evolved From The Early 1900s Department Store

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In the early 1900s, department stores came up with a novel idea to help their customers pay for their purchases: Customers could use metal plates — that looked like dog tags or tokens — at retailers such as Gimbels that tracked their spending. In the 1980s, for example, American Airlines and Citi paired up for an AAdvantage credit card.

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Transcript: Robyn Grew

Barry Ritholtz

Then suddenly in the ensuing weeks, you get tagged to be CEO. RITHOLTZ: Tokyo, it’s supposed to be an amazing city. The translators of these books, aren’t they gifted? I think that my slightly wide eyed, slightly intrigued, slightly uneducated start point in finance was almost a gift. GREW: It is nothing short of surreal.

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Transcript: Howard Lindzon

Barry Ritholtz

But when I’m 15 years old, Second City Television, comedy was in the water. So in 1980, I would go to these clubs, and that was who my idols were, and I was just, you were, Second City was on television. It wasn’t straight up, it wasn’t Second City, it wasn’t supposed to be funny vignettes. LINDZON: Yes.

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Transcript: Stephen Suttmeier

Barry Ritholtz

You know, that’s the reason why, you know, there’s a hedge fund, you know, clients that, that, that you visit outside New York City. I mean, that’s, that’s the point of the indicator. They want to, you know, avoid the herd. But the other factor is asset manager positioning. Like, oh, that’s fun.