Shiren Rattigan is the founder of Colossal Academy in Fort Lauderdale. Kerry McDonald Many traditional, long-established private schools remain financially out of reach for most American families. For example, The Boston Globe recently reported that “most top private schools in Massachusetts cost between $40,000 and $70,000 a year,” with some even higher than that. Now, […]
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Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its voice assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations that were then shared with third parties and used for targeted ads. In the proposed class-action settlement—which comes after five years of litigation—Apple admitted to no wrongdoing. Instead, the settlement refers to “unintentional” Siri […]
This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Today’s agenda: France’s new finance minister; UK housebuilding slump; EU’s stored gas usage; Mozambique political turmoil; and love lost for […]
Reuters Ten members of a family have died after a private plane crashed into the city of Gramado in southern Brazil. Brazilian businessman Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, who was piloting the plane, was killed in the crash alongside his wife, three daughters and other family members, a statement from his company said. The small plane reportedly […]
(Bloomberg) — The NFL entered a new era on Wednesday by allowing the first investments by private equity firms in teams. Most Read from Bloomberg League owners voted to approve the sales of two 10% stakes, the maximum allowed to be acquired by institutional investors under new ownership rules set earlier this year. The Miami […]
President-elect Donald Trump has revealed what was talked about during what he described as a “great” private chat with Prince William while in Paris, France, for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral. “I asked him about his wife and he said she’s doing well,” Trump told The New York Post. “And I asked him […]
For Booking.com, it’s essential that users can book travel for other users by adding their email addresses to a booking because that’s how people frequently book trips together. And if it happens that the email address added to a booking is also linked to an existing Booking.com user, the trip is automatically added to that […]
Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 billion a year. Medicare Advantage, also known as Part C, was supposed to save the government money. The competition among private insurance companies, and with traditional […]
Actor and producer Barry Pepper has signed with Paradigm Talent Agency for full representation. Pepper is best known for his role as Private Jackson in Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan. He most recently starred opposite Sam Neill in the crime thriller feature, Bring Him to Medirected by Luke Spark, and in Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount+ limited […]
