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bloomberg.com - Patricia Hurtado - Wine Fraudster Gets 6 Years in Prison for $97 Million Loan Scam
Wine Fraudster Gets 6 Years in Prison for $97 Million Loan Scam
Bloomberg

The founder of a London wine-distribution business was sentenced in the US to six years in prison for orchestrating a scam that cost investors almost $100 million and was based on bottles of rare vintages that didn't exist. Stephen Burton, a UK…

independent.co.uk - Alex Lee - Dragons' Den: From Zeno wines to Moonji ice cream, every business pitching tonight
Dragons' Den: From Zeno wines to Moonji ice cream, every business pitching tonight
The Independent

Everyone's favourite business show will be back on our TV screens tonight, with another batch of entrepreneurs hoping they can entice some dragons to back their business. Taking over from last week's guest dragon Gary Neville, music mogul Tinie…

sfchronicle.com - Jess Lander - Is California wine ready for a $250 Cabernet made without this crucial ingredient?
Is California wine ready for a $250 Cabernet made without this crucial ingredient?
San Francisco Chronicle

Julien Fayard, one of Napa Valley's most sought-after winemaking consultants, is running an experiment with $250 bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon. He's forgoing sulfur, a move that most of his wealthy clients and customers would consider sacrilegious.

smh.com.au - Roby D'Ottavi - I tripped up in my bid for a fun job at a wine shop. It was the question about chardonnay
I tripped up in my bid for a fun job at a wine shop. It was the question about chardonnay
The Sydney Morning Herald

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. You may have heard this one before. It goes a little something like: “No one wants to work anymore.” It's a post-pandemic cliche, born…

dailymail.com - Jane Alexander - I loved to wind down with a couple of glasses of wine every night...
I loved to wind down with a couple of glasses of wine every night...
Mail Online

I am not sure I could have blushed a deeper red. At a friend's dinner party, I was slightly alarmed to see my own doctor among the guests, and then utterly mortified when she leaned over to whisper at me as the host filled my wine glass.

forbes.com - Stacy Francis - How Gray Divorce Is Reshaping Women's Financial Future
How Gray Divorce Is Reshaping Women's Financial Future
Forbes

Stacy Francis is the President and CEO of Francis Financial & founder of Savvy Ladies, empowering women to achieve financial independence. ​For decades, retirement planning was built around the simple assumption that couples would remain…

fastcompany.com - Joe Berkowitz - Cannabis consumers are no longer stoner stereotypes. Not all brands are marketing accordingly
Cannabis consumers are no longer stoner stereotypes. Not all brands are marketing accordingly
Fast Company

When it comes to marijuana, millennials may be the last generation of Americans to grow up when Amsterdam still had a whiff of the mystical. For those who were cannabis-curious in the ‘90s and early-aughts, Amsterdam represented an…

abc.net.au - Dan McCray - Venue apologises for AI flyers that have 'no place' in creative industry
Venue apologises for AI flyers that have 'no place' in creative industry
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Chloe Young is sick to death of seeing images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in their online feeds. 'You scroll and scroll and scroll, and it all looks the same,' said the 28-year-old creative who runs an online sewing and garment-making…

axios.com - Anna Spiegel - Why you may have to skip apple picking this fall
Why you may have to skip apple picking this fall
Axios

Apple-picking season is here — but one of fall's favorite pastimes will be shorter, sparser or canceled altogether at some D.C.-area orchards after last spring's devastating frost. Why it matters: Picking — and eating — local…

nytimes.com - Samantha Schoech - 26 Cool Gifts for Book Nerds
26 Cool Gifts for Book Nerds
The New York Times

This strange and stressed literary possum can be ordered on a variety of cotton tees and sweatshirts to suit any bookish oddball. If your bibliophile recipient is at all a bit of a nonconformist (aka: weird), the unusually punk-rock Pagewings Read…

fansided.com - Eamon Cassels - Ranking the bleakest NBA futures: It doesn't look pretty for the Clippers
Ranking the bleakest NBA futures: It doesn't look pretty for the Clippers
FanSided

The Los Angeles Clippers being stripped of five future first-round picks as punishment for the Kawhi Leonard cap circumvention scandal puts their future in a dark spot. Los Angeles is attempting to rebuild while being devoid of draft capital.

smh.com.au - Michael Gebicki - Tokyo four-day itinerary: Where to stay and what to see during a short stay in the Japan capital
Tokyo four-day itinerary: Where to stay and what to see during a short stay in the Japan capital
The Sydney Morning Herald

My friends and I have four days in Tokyo in late October. We're interested in food, arts and crafts. Can you suggest a good location to stay and an itinerary? Asakusa is a great fit for you. It's atmospheric, relatively easy to navigate and you've…

41nbc.com - Keenan Gibson - Morning Business Report: Employer health care costs could jump 11% as travel and airline trends shift
Morning Business Report: Employer health care costs could jump 11% as travel and airline trends shift
41NBC News | WMGT-DT

(LILAMAX)- U.S. employers could face their largest health care cost increase in decades, according to a new survey. Marsh, the benefits consultant formerly known as Mercer, anticipates company health care costs will increase an average of 11%…

eater.com - Nadia Chaudhury - The Best New Restaurants in Brooklyn Right Now
The Best New Restaurants in Brooklyn Right Now
Eater

From a Texas-forever barbecue joint in Greenpoint to a returning Thai favorite in Williamsburg If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Welcome to the Eater Heatmap, focusing on the hottest new…

mirror.co.uk - Sophie Huskisson - Nigel Farage filmed celebrating foreign donations in Reform 'plot to break law
Nigel Farage filmed celebrating foreign donations in Reform 'plot to break law
Daily Mirror

Police have been urged to investigate explosive allegations that Reform UK knowingly accepted foreign donations to pay for polls that weren't declared by the party. According to a year-long undercover investigation, senior party figures allegedly…

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