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A post by  Matt Stoller The Kroger-Albertsons supermarket deal is uglier than you might expect. The "special cash division" of $4 billion may be intended to get around antitrust enforcers. https://open.substack.com/pub/mattstoller/p/the-smash-and-grab-of-kroger-albertsons?r=foi76&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

ATTENTION: F ellow Airbnb users steer clear from this hosting company. WeHost DR is an unscrupulous Airbnb host that operates in the Dominican Republic.   During our stay, WeHost DR attempted to collect $14 dollars for an alleged stained towel that we did not cause. Moreover, the cleaning staff took gray king size bed sheets we brought with us, which we never made a big deal about. When a "Super Host" engages in these type of tactics, it is pretty evident you should stay away from them. Having been a Super Host myself for 4 years (pre-pandemic), I know when to spot a Mickey Mouse operation. In conclusion, as is typical in Dominican Republic, mediocrity, abusive tactics and lack of customer service are the norm there. As a native Dominican I know and have experienced this first-hand.  

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic In summary, Hard Rock is highly overrated. We paid $1,200 p/room for 3 nights, and this is what we experienced / discovered - stinky bathrooms - water seepage in one of the rooms ( condensation from unit above ) - stinky clothes after being in the pool ( washed clothes 3 times to get rid of bad smell ) - resorts serves frozen orange juice ( found this strange, later discovered that it was because OJ had expired ) - horrendous treatment of its employees ( modern day exploitation ) - underage drinking by foreigners ( very young teens being served alcohol ) - tons of leftover food goes in the trash MEDIOCRE ROOMS I visited with the family Summer of 2022 and rented 2 rooms.  Room 5130 has severe AC condensation seepage from the unit above, we discovered this was a reoccurring pattern as previous guests had reported the same thing going back at least 2 previous reservations aside from ours. This issue was reported at 9am th...

  QUIZ: AWS IAM Essentials AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a web service for securely controlling access to AWS services. With IAM, you can centrally manage users, security credentials such as access keys, and permissions that control which AWS resources users and applications can access.