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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) released its second-quarter results today, August 9, which showed positive improvements over the company’s results in previous quarters. However, the company still posted a loss of $509.3 million. Banking on improved occupancy rates and easing the health and safety protocols relating to COVID-19, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is optimistic it will be turning the losses around in the near future. The company has already posted a positive cash flow since March this year and expects to post record numbers in 2023. NCLH Looks back At Positive Developments In Second Quarter Despite posting a loss of...

One of the offenders produced a handgun and fired shots, police said. A 24-year-old man was struck multiple times to the body and was transported to the hospital in critical condition. one of the offenders, was struck in the neck and pronounced dead at the hospital.

SUMMIT COUNTY - The faces of immigrants comprise more and more of Summit County's cultural landscape each year, as foreign workers and their families search for a better life in the High Country. One has only to enter a local grocery store, elementary school or ski resort to meet residents that hail from West Africa, Eastern Europe, South America, Central America and Australia. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 12 percent of Summit County's population was foreign-born that year. Yet for all the opportunities Summit County affords its immigrants, the community sometimes struggles in its ability to meet the needs...

----SNIP---- Q: How is the undocumented immigrant community affecting the U.S. economy? A: First and foremost, it's a source of value added. The total goods and services that they consume through their paycheck, plus all that they produce for their employers, is close to about $800 billion. They're also producing at relatively lower costs because the undocumented population typically gets about 20% less in wages than if they were legalized. That leads to lower prices for us and higher profits to employers. In addition, they're obviously a huge consumer base. We've seen that 90% of the wages that the undocumented...

America's openness to newcomers willing to work hard to succeed creates a virtuous cycle that benefits all ---SNIP___ THREE ADVANTAGES. It is hard not to notice the disproportionate number of immigrant success stories in America. All across the world, America is considered the land of opportunity, and so it should not be surprising that the immigrants who do get here end up being uncommonly successful: They are the ones who fought the hardest, stared down the most competition, were driven by the fiercest pangs of hunger. They arrive to find a university system that is unparalleled for the variety it...