By Frank Pingue
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Forget flashy cars and mansion photos – today's ultimate flex is posting pictures from the Super Bowl field while making snow angels in celebratory confetti and people are paying big bucks for the privilege.
Sports tourism has become the fastest-growing segment of the global tourism industry as travelers increasingly seek Instagram-worthy experiences over material possessions.
... (continue reading...)By Amina Niasse
NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Companies looking to sell weight-loss drugs directly to consumers, including Novo Nordisk's Wegovy, will shell out millions of dollars for celebrity-filled ads during Sunday's Super Bowl with its promise of one of the year's largest global audiences.
Novo’s 90-second spot has comedian and SNL stalwart Kenan Thompson announcing the new Wegovy pill to America and suggesting, tongue-in-cheek along... (continue reading...)
By Sarah Morland
Feb 7 (Reuters) - Haiti entered political limbo on Saturday as the mandate of the Caribbean nation's transitional governing council, a body intended to curb a bloody gang conflict and bring about long-delayed elections, ended with no succession plan in place.
The nine-member Transitional Presidential Council (CPT, by its French initials) was installed in April 2024 after Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned. It has been... (continue reading...)
By Hannah Lang and Elizabeth Howcroft
NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Bitcoin could drop further after wiping out all of its price gains since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump as liquidity is expected to remain thin for the near future.
Bitcoin's slump alongside other digital asset prices coincides with investor concerns about inflated tech valuations and the uncertain path of U.S. Federal Reserve rate cuts.
"This... (continue reading...)
By Dawn Chmielewski, Deepa Seetharaman and Max A. Cherney
Feb 7 (Reuters) - Anthropic is spending millions of dollars to air commercials during Sunday night's National Football League championship game to slam rival OpenAI for its plan to sell ads on its ChatGPT chatbot, in one of the biggest public spats between the big artificial-intelligence companies.
One 30-second spot expected to air on the NBC television network during Super Bowl... (continue reading...)
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