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

Trump demands 50% share of Ukraine’s revenues from critical minerals, oil and gas, ports and infrastructure: report 

Trump demands 50% share of Ukraine’s revenues from critical minerals,…

Posted by - February 17, 2025

President Trump has reportedly demanded half of Ukraine’s revenues from natural resources, ports and infrastructure as reparations for the billions of dollars the US contributed to Kyiv’s war effort.  The demand — which was included in a draft contract on the “reconstruction of Ukraine” that reached Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s...

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Sports

Royal Montreal Curling Club: Shaping North American sports history for two centuries

Royal Montreal Curling Club: Shaping North American sports history for…

Posted by - February 20, 2025

The Royal Montreal Curling Club has been around since 1807 and is said to be the oldest active sports club in North America. From an outdoor club to an indoor club, and later establishing a building in downtown Montreal in 1892, the club has grown significantly. “We are very proud...

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Gambling

U.S. sports betting industry sees record revenue in 2024 (which…

Posted by February 19, 2025

The house always wins. Which means its visitors always lose.Not every single time. There are short-term wins. Over the long haul, however, the house is picking pockets like a six-fingered Artful Dodger.Via David Purdum of ESPN.com, the American sports betting industry had a record $13.71 billion in 2024 revenue. It’s...

New Report Suggests US Gambling Addiction Searches are Increasing

Posted by February 19, 2025

Responsible gaming is a major concern for our best sports betting sites and the state's they operate in. The legalization of sports betting in the US has increased searches for information on gambling addiction in the nation, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of California San Diego Qualcomm Institute...

New Siena-St. Bonaventure poll shows enthusiasm by young men for…

Posted by February 19, 2025

A new survey shows that a large percentage of young men are participating in online sports betting. And that trend is raising concerns about more people dealing with gambling addictions.The survey released Tuesday by the Siena College Research Institute and St. Bonaventure University shows that 22% of Americans including nearly...

New Study Finds US Gambling Addiction Searches Increased

Posted by February 18, 2025

Millions of Americans have looked up problem gambling information since the Supreme Court let states legalize sports betting in 2018. Feb 18, 2025 • 15:53 ET • 4 min read Photo By - Imagn Images. Millions of Americans have sought gambling addiction information since the U.S. Supreme Court let states...

Gambling addiction has soared since sports betting was legalized in…

Posted by February 18, 2025

Gambling addiction has soared since the legalization of sports betting in most American states, reveals a new study. Researchers found a “dramatic” increase in sports betting and gambling addiction help-seeking since the landmark Murphy v. NCAA Supreme Court decision in 2018 paved the way for states to legalize gambling on...

Online searches for gambling addiction surge as legalized sports betting…

Posted by February 17, 2025

Internet searches seeking help for gambling addiction have "increased substantially" as the number of states with legalized sports betting has expanded in recent years, prompting a need for more public health awareness, according to a study released Monday.The findings "suggest that sportsbooks pose a substantial health concern," researchers at the...

Gamblers Increasingly Worry They’re Becoming Addicted, New Research Finds—These States…

Posted by February 17, 2025

Topline A new study by University of California San Diego medical researchers shows there has been a dramatic increase in those looking into help for gambling addiction since a landmark Supreme Court decision in 2018 paved the way for states to legalize sports betting—and online sportsbooks are largely to blame....

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...