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The Business And Politics Of Pricing Trips To Cuba

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According to research from travel analytics firm Hopper , online searches on airfare to Cuba from the U.S. based airlines — American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, United, Alaska, Frontier and Silver — had submitted air route proposals for Cuban-bound flights to the U.S. However, just because the U.S.

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The world’s most extreme ATMs

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Wells Fargo operates ATMs in Barrow, Alaska, which has the distinction of being the northernmost city in the USA. The Agricultural Bank of China operates the little-used machine, which is about 186 miles from the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. Located above the Arctic Circle, the town has a population of just over 4,000.

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The Dawn Of A Cashless Global Economy?

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There are issues of transaction security, criminal elements, tax evasion, free flow of capital, access to goods and services and the ability to fully participate in the global economy. Now legal in 23 states, with recreational use also legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, marijuana is very much still a cash-based business.

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