Fashion

After PVH blacklist, American fashion faces a rocky road in China

After PVH blacklist, American fashion faces a rocky road in China

Posted by - February 14, 2025 Fashion

PVH Corp, owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, has found itself in a position no company wants to be in: at the centre of a tit-for-tat between the world’s two largest economies. Should other American fashion firms be worried?On 4 February, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced that...

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Fitness

How Hyrox Took Over New York – and the Rest of the Fitness World

How Hyrox Took Over New York – and the Rest of the Fitness World

Posted by February 4, 2025

Hyrox returns to New York this May for a follow-up to last year’s NYC event, which put the popular fitness race on the map in America When Christian Toetzke founded Hyrox back in 2017, he sought to create the “marathon of fitness,” a series of mass-participation events that would bring...

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Shopping

Infra

Amtrak and Private Sector Partners Join to Rebuild America’s Railroad and Delivery Company’s Biggest Ever Infrastructure Investments – Amtrak Media

Amtrak and Private Sector Partners Join to Rebuild America’s Railroad…

Posted by - February 14, 2025

About Amtrak® Amtrak is seizing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform rail and Retrain Travel. By modernizing, enhancing, and expanding trains, stations, and infrastructure, Amtrak is meeting the rising demand for train travel. Amtrak offers unforgettable experiences to more than 500 destinations across 46 states and parts of Canada. Learn more at Amtrak.com, download...

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Sports

The Hidden Costs of America’s Sports Betting Boom

The Hidden Costs of America’s Sports Betting Boom

Posted by - February 17, 2025

While our ancestors wagered on chariot races and bloodsport outcomes, today's high-tech hustlers are busy cashing in on online odds. As billions are wagered on sporting events and online platforms dominate the industry, an emerging public health challenge demands our attention.Sports betting has been around, arguably, since sports began, going...

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Gambling

Breakpoint: The Super Bowl and sports gambling: America’s newest addiction…

Posted by February 15, 2025

It's been seven years since the Supreme Court deregulated sports gambling, and every year since, the amount of cash changing hands over games grows. A few days before last Sunday's Super Bowl, the American Gaming Association predicted that about $1.39 billion dollars would be gambled on that single event. But...

How Gambling Took Over America

Posted by February 14, 2025

In the midst of the compounding stress that I experienced on Election Day, I periodically checked in with friends by phone and text to get their thoughts on what we might be in for. Of my friends monitoring probabilities of election outcomes as the polls began to close, some had...

Automakers Look to Pass Gambling Debts on to Taxpayers

Posted by February 12, 2025

WASHINGTON DC (2/12/25) – On the heels of President Trump’s announcement aimed at eliminating the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicle purchases, news broke last night that automakers have hit Capitol Hill to lobby against the tax credit’s termination.  AEA President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement:  “Automakers took a risk on electric...

Billions of dollars in Super Bowl bets predicted as American…

Posted by February 8, 2025

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USAn estimated $1.39 billion set to be wagered legally on Sunday’s Super Bowl showdown between the Kansas...

Americans expected to place record $1.39bn in bets for Super…

Posted by February 8, 2025

More Americans than ever are expected to place bets on Sunday’s Super Bowl, with a record $1.39bn of estimated wagers to be placed, amid concerns over the rise of gambling addiction.Since the supreme court overturned a federal law that made sports betting illegal in 2018, the industry has boomed, with...

America’s sports-betting boom is supercharging these 6 gambling stocks

Posted by February 8, 2025

Sports betting has taken the US by storm after its legalization in 2018.Across Wall Street, investors are seeing massive growth potential for the industry.These 6 gambling stocks could be set to take off as sports betting increases in popularity.America might have a new favorite pastime: gambling.Sports betting has exploded in...

2 reasons why a record $1.39B is expected to be…

Posted by February 8, 2025

A man gambles in a casino ahead of last year's Super Bowl, on Feb. 8, 2024, in Las Vegas. Jamie Squire/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jamie Squire/Getty Images As Americans prepare to watch the most highly anticipated football game of the year, some will also spend a lot of...

Americans are betting more than ever on sports. Health experts…

Posted by February 7, 2025

$1.3 billion. That’s how much Americans are expected to bet on a single event: The Super Bowl matchup on Feb. 9. It highlights the growing number of people who engage in sports betting after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized it in 2018. And while it’s a fun...

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