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...If other countries follow the English example, letting sites and holiday landlords have very little to fear....
...Imagine a company, several of whose board directors used to go on family holidays with its chief executive and who recruited one director after he took a break with them....
...It remains the template for “holiday boyfriend” aspiration, and every frame looks like a Pinterest board....
...If the yen starts to strengthen, and perhaps returns to the ¥130-¥120 territory that it occupied a couple of years ago, a Hawaiian holiday might swing quickly back on to the Japanese wish list....
...The proliferation of short-term holiday rentals has helped transform tourism in cities and towns across France in the past decade....
...“We still see strength in units; we still expect consumers to spend into the holiday period.”...
...Holiday rental platform Airbnb launched a $6bn share buyback programme on Tuesday as it said 2024 would be an “inflection point” for its business....
...the 27 countries on Monday ratified rules that will help “determine the employment status” of about 28mn EU “gig economy” workers, allowing them to benefit from labour rights such as paternity leave and holiday...
...Two of its DC Comics superhero films, The Flash and Aquaman, flopped, while the musical version of The Color Purple underperformed during the holidays....
...In his defence filing in 2022, Alcan admitted to paying for extravagant gifts for Viney, including spending on holidays and expensive jewellery....
...But how do we handle home and holidays? Here, we parents have to look very hard at ourselves. One thing parents can control, without legislation, is use of our own devices....
...The annual rise in online purchases sharply outpaced sales growth at physical stores during the long holiday weekend....
...For the first time, workers were able to claim labour rights that apply to most other industries, including sick leave and holidays. Similar rulings were made in Canada, Switzerland and France....
...McCormick negated the decision, deciding that several members of the eight-person board were too close to Musk (some had taken family holidays with him) and did not fulfil their duty to negotiate the chief...
...This article has been amended to clarify that Center Parcs decided not to go ahead with a seventh holiday park following environmental surveys of the proposed site....
...As my colleague John Gapper noted in his column, several of the board directors who originally signed off on Musk’s share options used to go on family holidays with him....
...beginning with the complete collapse of the Pac-12 conference (of which Washington is a member), the sign-stealing scandal at Michigan, and the long-awaited expansion of the College Football Playoff, a holiday-period...
...It warned this week that the headwinds had continued into holiday shopping season and were likely to persist into 2024....
...Apple’s revenue returned to growth during the holiday period, beating analysts’ expectations with a boost from its services division and solid iPhone sales, but ongoing concerns about declining sales in...
...Canalys said that smartphone shipments increased about 8 per cent year on year in the fourth quarter, reversing seven consecutive quarters of decline, as demand from holiday shoppers improved....
...Walmart reported strong quarterly sales and revenue, buoyed by holiday season spending, but signalled a slowdown in growth over the coming year....
...It is little wonder that some surveys suggest burnout is exacerbated by holidays such as the upcoming Christmas break. Burnout is characterised by fatigue and disengagement....
...Executives said they had seen a “bifurcation” in performance during the most recent quarter ending November 30, with strong sales around big consumer holidays including Black Friday in North America and...
...Apple will stop selling its smartwatches through the company’s own US stores before Christmas after losing a patent infringement case, dealing it a blow during the holiday sales season....
...Airbnb has agreed to pay €576mn ($621mn) to Italian authorities to end a long-running tax dispute that boiled over last month when the country’s public prosecutor ordered funds to be seized from the holiday...
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