Carnival set to post strong revenue growth as new, younger customers drive demand

By Granth Vanaik (Reuters) – Carnival is expected to post robust second-quarter revenue growth as new and younger customers, undeterred by high inflation, spend on novel experiences such as cruising. While Americans have cut back on purchasing big-ticket non-essential goods due to soaring costs, protracted confinement to their homes during the pandemic has whet their…

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PwC Australia in talks to spin off units damaged by scandal – source

By Lewis Jackson and Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) -PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia is looking to sell its government, education and healthcare practice to private equity firm Allegro Funds, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the firm battles the fall out from a major scandal. The scandal, which first broke in January, centres around a…

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Titanic submersible: when it vanished and the race to find it

(Reuters) – The five people aboard a submersible visiting the wreck of the Titanic died after a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber, U.S. Coast Guard officials said on Thursday. A “debris field” matching the submersible was discovered by a robotic deep-sea vessel. Here is a timeline of events since the start of the trip,…

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Titanic sub firm’s late CEO was committed to safety, says co-founder

MADRID (Reuters) – The co-founder of OceanGate Expeditions, which owned the submersible that imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck, defended on Friday the chief executive’s commitment to safety and risk management after he died with four others on the craft. Guillermo Söhnlein, who co-founded OceanGate with Stockton Rush in 2009, left the company…

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Families of Titanic sub’s victims could still sue despite liability waivers 

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Liability waivers signed by passengers on a submersible lost at sea during a dive to the Titanic wreck may not shield the vessel’s owner from potential lawsuits by the victims’ families, legal experts said. The Titan submersible vanished on Sunday roughly two hours into its dive and was found in pieces…

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Influencer Andrew Tate to stay under house arrest, court rules

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Internet personality Andrew Tate will remain under house arrest in Romania for another 30 days from the end of June pending trial on charges of human trafficking, a Bucharest court ruled on Friday. Tate was indicted on Tuesday along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects for human trafficking, rape and…

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Analysis-With U.S. labor tight, union workers make bolder contract demands

By Lisa Baertlein and Bianca Flowers (Reuters) – Workers at aerospace supplier Spirit AeroSystems were the latest U.S. union employees to reject a contract their leaders negotiated with their employer, joining freight railroad employees, airline pilots and others who are growing more fed up with stagnant pay, high healthcare costs, scanty sick time and uncertain…

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