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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Publishers See a Bright Future in the CardsEvery time I peruse publisher catalogs, I’m struck by the proliferation of products related to alternative spirituality. Tarot and oracle decks are everywhere, and their presence only seems to be increasing. Though there are only 78 cards in a tarot deck, the specialized spins are endless. Whatever you’re into, be it Beetlejuice or black cats, there’s a…

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You won’t run out of options when looking for T-shirts, but not all can solve your problems. Some prioritize breathability but aren’t durable. Others are sturdy but have thick fabrics that make them stuffy. There is one brand, however, that claims they have tees that aren’t just lightweight and tough; they can elevate your style, too. Their tops will deliver you the perfect fit to showcase your body’s natural curves and shape. That may be an attractive offer, but do their assertions hold weight? You’ll find that out through my Fresh Clean Threads review. I’ll use my acquired expertise to…

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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. After a slew of successful collabs, star-loved duo Loewe and On continue their stylish winning streak with new colorways for their best-selling lightweight running shoe. Redesigned with new materials earlier this year, the Cloudtilt 2.0 sneakers ($490) now come in cherry (women’s sizes only), dark sand and orange alongside core hues such as black, white, sand, lime green and khaki (also expanded to women’s). The kicks feature On’s proprietary CloudTec Phase midsole made of “high-rebound, ultra-light foam,”…

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Delta Air Lines expects to grow earnings in the fourth quarter, thanks to resilient travel demand and strong bookings for year-end holidays.The Atlanta-based carrier on Thursday forecast fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.60 to $1.85 per share, compared with Wall Street estimates of $1.71, according to LSEG, and above the adjusted $1.28 per share it reported a year earlier.Revenue will likely rise between 2% and 4% from a a year earlier, compared with estimates of a 4.1% increase. The carrier warned it expects a 1-point revenue hit from lower demand before and after the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election.”We do anticipate…

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⁤Xiaomi Smart Band 9 Pro may soon launch as a successor to the ⁤Xiaomi Smart Band 8 Pro, which was globally unveiled in February at the Mobile World Congress 2024. It will likely join the Xiaomi Smart Band 9, which was introduced in China in July this year. Although the company has yet to officially announce the Smart Band 9 Pro, the purported fitness tracker has started doing rounds of the rumour mill. A new report has shared leaked design renders of the Smart Band 9 Pro, which suggests its possible design and colour options.⁤Xiaomi Smart Band 9 Pro Design, Colour Options…

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Boeing Machinists union members picket outside a Boeing factory on September 13, 2024 in Renton, Washington. Stephen Brashear | Getty ImagesIt’s been just over a month since more than 30,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job after overwhelmingly voting down a tentative contract. Costs and tensions have only risen since then.The strike is adding to pressure on Boeing’s new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, who was brought in over the summer to solve the plane maker’s various troubles. The strike, which S&P Global Ratings estimates costs Boeing more than $1 billion a month, bookends an already difficult year that started with a near-catastrophic…

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A shipping container and gantry cranes at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China’s exports and imports both missed expectations in September, raising concerns about one of the few bright spots in the world’s second largest economy.Customs data out Monday showed exports rose by 2.4% in September from a year ago in U.S. dollar terms, while imports added 0.3%. Analysts had expected faster growth. China’s exports were forecast to have risen by 6% year-on-year in September in U.S. dollar terms, with imports anticipated to have posted a 0.9% year-on-year…

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Experimental folk artist Yasmin Williams has said she only learnt the guitar after playing Guitar Hero. Yasmin Williams brings together folk, rock and jazz with her experimental acoustic music, and released new album ‘Acadia’ earlier this month. “‘Acadia’ is a place of peace, a place where creativity can blossom, a place where everyone can fit in together and collaborate effectively, a place where the fruits of my own labor in music can fully flourish without judgment or prejudice,” said Williams in a press release. “One of my visions for this record was to expand the potential for current folk music…

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Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesShares of Trump Media surged nearly 19% on Tuesday, putting the Truth Social operator on track for its fourth straight day of gains — its longest positive price streak since June.DJT shares at one point jumped to $22 in extremely heavy trading, nearly 90% higher than the company’s intraday low of $11.75 per share on Sept. 24. Trump Media ended the trading day up 18.5% at $21.80 per share.But the stock price remains well below its peak in late March, when shares hit $79.38 during the company’s trading debut on the Nasdaq.More than 45…

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So much of love comes down to timing. We are all like ships passing in the night, missed connection after missed connection — until we aren’t. If we catch each other at just the right moment in our lives, therein lies the chance to become something more. But what if meeting your one and only wasn’t limited by being in the right place at the right time? What if your soulmate was someone who lived years, decades, even centuries apart from you? When two halves aren’t required to live within the same lifespan as each other, it opens all sorts…

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Welcome to Who What Wear UK’s Next in Beauty Awards 2024. Here, we are crowning and celebrating the very best in beauty, from game-changing industry innovators to the tried-and-tested classics that remain mainstays in our bathroom cabinets and makeup bags. To help us find the worthy winners, we called upon our esteemed panel of industry experts, hard-to-please editors and in-the-know influencers, who put each and every product to the test. We enlisted our judges to document and share their testing for every product they tried, so you can see all the winners in action—as well as those very important before-and-after…

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Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’. Photo: Briarcliff Entertainment.Opening in theaters on October 11th, ‘The Apprentice’ feels both timely and of its time as it turns the clock back to the late 1970s and 1980s, where Donald Trump was still a wannabe real estate developer working for his father’s companies who dreams of running his own business empire, but initially lacking the connections –– despite his family’s clear privilege –– to do so.Ali Abbasi’s latest charts his rise thanks to the Palpatine-alike influence of obnoxious, powerful lawyer Roy Cohn, and aims to dig under Trump’s skin to discover…

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Apple unveiled its first mixed-reality headset Vision Pro last year at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). It’s been over a year since the official launch and more than six months since Apple shipped the product. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is currently working on more products that use the Vision Pro’s technology to compete with Meta. The Cupertino-based company is reportedly considering introducing a Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses rival in 2027. It could also launch a pair of AirPods with cameras.Apple Working on Additional Vision-Based ProductsIn the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman states that Apple’s Vision…

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Julie Chen Moonves hosted the Big Brother 26 season finale. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/Dennis Van Tine/starmaxinc.com The season finale for Big Brother 26 finally arrived on Sunday night. Day 90 arrived, with host Julie Chen Moonves welcoming viewers to the two-hour endgame. A $750,000 prize was on the line when the night began, as Makensy Manbeck and Chelsie Baham battled it out to become the Summer 2024 winner. Oh, Cam Sullivan-Brown was there as well. Makensy, Chelsie, and Cam had to compete in the final Head of Household Competition before two of them would face the BB26 jury. Subscribe to our…

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In this photo illustration, a Core Weave logo is displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages on the background.Omar Marques | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCoreWeave, an Nvidia-backed artificial intelligence startup that rents out chips to other companies, announced Friday that it has a new $650 million credit line to expand its business and data center portfolio.The cloud infrastructure company said it’s raised $12.7 billion from equity and debt investors in the past 18 months, including a $1.1 billion round in May at a $19 billion valuation.By the end of 2024, CoreWeave plans to have 28 data…

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The biggest names in sports are joining forces in a new campaign to combat antisemitism.New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and his foundation unveiled a star-studded ad titled “Time Out Against Hate” on Thursday in collaboration with Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Basketball Association, the Women’s National Basketball Association, the National Football League, the National Women’s Soccer League and NASCAR.The campaign follows a new report out Sunday by the Anti-Defamation League that revealed there have been more than 10,000 antisemitic incidents in the U.S. in the year since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack in Israel.…

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