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1 week ago | 
thestreet.com | Alisha dos Santos |Daniel Kline
The question of whether vaping should be treated the same as smoking in public places is a divisive one. Although some people argue that vaping should be allowed in designated smoke-free areas because it’s technically not the same as smoking, others insist that it should be banned from these areas because vaping also releases harmful chemicals into the air.
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1 week ago | 
thestreet.com | Alisha dos Santos |Daniel Kline
Norwegian Cruise Line’s next-generation ship, Norwegian Aqua, is officially ready to begin its inaugural season of Caribbean cruises, and level up the cruise experience for passengers as it sets off.
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1 week ago | 
thestreet.com | Daniel Kline
When a retailer, restaurant, or other public-facing company goes bankrupt, there are all sorts of ways for scammers to take advantage of potential customers. In some cases, they set up fake websites designed to look like the retailer that’s going out of business. When that happens, people pay for items that don’t exist and will never get sent to them. There are also situations when scammers will do things like sell gift cards at a discount after the retailer has stopped accepting gift cards.
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1 week ago | 
miamiherald.com | Daniel Kline
When a retail chain dies, it tends to be a slow, drawn-out affair. You almost never see a chain die quickly. Instead, it happens in stages that often end in a dramatic death scene where a last-minute recovery still seems possible. Related: Key toilet paper brand files Chapter 11 bankruptcyThe last few weeks for a retail chain that's going out of business often seem like the final minutes in the life of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.
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1 week ago | 
thestreet.com | Patricia Battle |Daniel Kline
Over the past few months, Southwest Airlines (LUV) has been determined to hit the reset button after facing several significant challenges impacting its finances. In late 2023, the airline was ordered to pay a $140 million civil penalty after it sparked chaos by canceling more than 16,900 flights during a winter storm in 2022. Before facing the penalty, it had already refunded $600 million to the roughly 2 million passengers affected by the cancellations.
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1 week ago | 
thestreet.com | Veronika Bondarenko |Daniel Kline
Welcoming just over a million visitors in an average year, Everglades National Park is a frequent stop for many Florida vacationers as an alternative to theme parks or beach hopping. The 1.5 million acres making up the park stretch across much of southern Florida. The flooded grasslands basin is home to numerous animal species not found in other parts of the country. These include the American alligator and, in parts of the Everglades River, sharks.
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1 week ago | 
thestreet.com | Veronika Bondarenko |Daniel Kline
The aviation world is still reeling from a tragic helicopter crash that took the lives of a family of five visiting New York City from Spain. On April 10, the single-engine Bell 206 helicopter that the CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility Agustín Escobar rented for a family tour over the city suddenly plunged into the Hudson River. The accident took the lives of both Escobar and his wife, their three children, and pilot and Navy SEAL veteran Sean Johnson.
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1 week ago | 
thestreet.com | Alisha dos Santos |Daniel Kline
Royal Caribbean’s Perfect Day at CocoCay may be the most well-known cruise line private island, but it wasn’t the first. Norwegian Cruise Line pioneered the cruise line private island after purchasing Great Stirrup Cay in The Bahamas in 1977. It wasn’t until the 1990s that other cruise lines got into the private island game, extending the onboard experience to their own exclusive beach destinations.
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1 week ago | 
thestreet.com | Daniel Kline
There are some products that we take for granted until they disappear from store shelves. Before the Covid pandemic, Americans never questioned the availability of toilet paper. It was always there, and while we might complain about how many plys it has or lament the poor quality of the toilet paper used in offices, we never had to worry about resorting to other methods. Very few American homes have bidets or any other alternative method of cleaning up after a visit to the toilet.
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1 week ago | 
thestreet.com | Daniel Kline
Las Vegas offers all of the seven deadly sins in various combinations. When you visit "Sin City," these so-called sins are more lifestyle choices to be enjoyed because you're on vacation. Any of these seven can be too much if you overindulge, but Las Vegas encourages people to let go and experience each sin in its own way. Las Vegas doesn't force you to make bad choices, but it does give you the option: Pride: On any visit to the Strip, you see people done up to the nines.
