A favorite quote of mine that didn’t make the cut: “If you look 20 years ago, the contemporary cruise market was categorized as the newly-weds, the nearly-deads and the over-feds… That’s just not the phenomenon anymore.” 🤭

The milestones keep coming, the university's endowment has surpassed $200 million, a near tenfold increase since 2009; and as of June 30, it is the largest endowment of any public #HBCU in America. Details: ncat.edu/news/2024/07/e…

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown is beginning his bid to recreate Black Wall Street in Boston trib.al/tn3Y9s7

The world's largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, makes its grand entrance into the Port of Miami.

With Viking’s earnings on deck for this Thursday, here’s a look at what Wall Street is expecting when the luxury cruise operator reports results bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Wynn today released the latest video animation rendering of its proposed Hudson Yards New York City casino project; this is one of roughly a dozen proposals for a NYC downstate casino license; the project faces opposition from local leaders (video via Related Companies & Wynn)

Panthers tickets bout to be included in a Bojangles combo

Looks like Sphere 2 is coming to Abu Dhabi

This is what a 60,000+ homecoming looks like… #GHOE 💙💛

This is expected to go into effect at the start of this NBA season, per David Payne Purdum

intention.

Me after one Aperol Spritz

NEWS: DraftKings users can now buy better parlay odds via subscription. The new $20/month product, Sportsbook+, is being tested in New York. It will nudge users to the types of bets that are most lucrative for $DKNG. More at Sportico 👇 sportico.com/business/sport…

Wondering whether you're among the more than 60K NC voters the Supreme Court is now considering whether to toss out? #ncpol Names of individuals impacted available (here compiled via NC Newsline | @ncnewsline.bsky.social)--> ncnewsline.com/wp-content/upl…

Traffic into Manhattan drops 7.5% in first week of new toll. That's 43,000 fewer cars a day apnews.com/article/mta-co…

We pulled up to Barclays Center for the 2025 NBA Draft and found someone in a full Charlotte Bobcats Raymond Felton uniform 😭

The most read story on the Bloomberg Terminal today and the focus of tonight’s Evening Briefing: An exclusive interview with the man at the center of the latest meme stock frenzy. How fund manager Eric Jackson became the eye of the retail trader storm shorturl.at/vSJCT

Here’s the latest on how dine-in spots are playing the value game better than fast food 🍔🍟 w/ Daniela Sirtori bloomberg.com/news/articles/…