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A property on Maryland’s Eastern Shore takes in expansive waterfront views and features a modernized historic home and a collection of separate accessory buildings. Situated on the elevated Widgeon Point, the 20-acre estate, accessed by a gate flanked by Bevolo gas lamp-topped columns, leads to a point overlooking Trippe Creek, which sits off the Tred Avon River. Cobblestone paths and covered walkways meander through the landscaped grounds, dotted with ornamental trees and private gardens. The original four-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom main home, was built in 1938 by Sylvia and John Robinson, prominent society figures in Easton, Maryland. The current owner purchased the…
When Burger King launched a new marketing campaign late last year with a little jingle to support the Whopper, Tom Curtis was initially skeptical. “You just can’t say ‘Whopper’ four times,” Curtis, Burger’s King’s president in the US and Canada, told CNN, recounting a conversation with the brand’s creative and marketing teams. “There’s got to be something more to it than that.” But the jingle, which does indeed say “Whopper” several times, is something of a hit. The song has over 3.5 million plays on Spotify. On TikTok, one creator remixed the tune with a Daft Punk song, earning encouraging…
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Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that is not part of Cryptonews.com editorial content.Real estate investment has been attractive for a long time, but it has become increasingly difficult to enter due to high housing prices and stagnant income ratios. In the United States, the median house price-to-income ratio has exceeded 7.71, surpassing the figures seen during the 2008 economic crisis and those recorded two decades ago, posing significant obstacles for investors looking to secure their future.Metropoly is the foremost of blockchain-based real estate platforms and it is worthwhile to explore how this platform aims to disrupt the industry and…
Samsung is reportedly looking to replace Google Search with Microsoft’s Bing as the default search engine on its phones. That makes the threat to Google’s search dominance from Microsoft and OpenAI more real. If Samsung follows through, Microsoft should pay whatever it takes to make it happen, analysts said. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, the creator of the viral success that is the ChatGPT chatbot, presents the biggest threat yet to Google’s stranglehold on the web search…
Countries across Asia suffered soaring April temperatures, prompting warnings from scientists that 2023 could set new heat records as climatic patterns change and global warming accelerates. Temperatures climbed to highs of 45C in Myanmar, 44.5C in India and 41.9C in China, according to the climatologist and weather historian Maximiliano Herrera, with Thailand and Laos breaking all-time high records. At least 13 people were reported to have died from heat stroke in Mumbai, India, while parts of Bangladesh endured power cuts as electricity demand surged in the unusual conditions. More than 100 weather stations in China recorded all-time high temperatures for…
The recent leak of classified US documents on social media platform Discord seemingly caught many at the Pentagon by surprise. But it wasn’t the first time that a forum popular with online gamers had hosted military secrets, underlining a major challenge for the US national security establishment and platforms alike. As recently as January 2023, someone on a forum for fans of the video game War Thunder reportedly published confidential information on an F-16 fighter jet. That followed reports of at least three other occasions since 2021 when War Thunder fans posted documents on British, French and Chinese tanks. These…
For the stock market, earnings represent the sum of all fears. But if they don’t play out the way bearish investors think they will, shares’ next move could be higher. At any given moment, earnings expectations reflect everything that’s happening in the world, from the economy and the Federal Reserve to interest rates and geopolitics. Right now, most of the fear stems from expectations about the economy. The Fed has lifted interest rates to tamp down inflation by reducing economic demand, and so far, that seems to be working. The rate of inflation has been cut almost in half from…
By Joshua Kirby Shares in Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica SA gained ground Friday after the group posted first-quarter sales showing resilient demand for its products in North America and a boost from China’s reopening postpandemic. At 0730 GMT, shares traded up 5.3% at EUR184.80. The… Read the full article here
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: View of the logo of Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS), the oldest bank in the world, which faces massive layoffs as part of a planned corporate merger, in Siena, Italy, August 11, 2021. REUTERS / Jennifer Lorenzini MILAN (Reuters) – The privatisation of Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena should foster the creation of several large banking groups in the country, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was quoted as telling the Milano Finanza newspaper on Saturday. Monte dei Paschi (MPS), of which the government owns 64% following a 2017 bailout, is seen playing a pivotal…
