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- Wales Online
Shark 'easy to use' vacuum has 40% off for a limited-time only on Amazon
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Edinburgh Live
3 hours ago
- Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Irish-American bar launches '£7K trip giveaway' after 'doubling in size'
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Edinburgh's Boston Bar has launched a '£7,000 trip giveaway' to celebrate the opening of their new basement space. The Irish-American boozer has said the 'Downtown' area will double the size of the business with the area being inspired by the Irish pubs of Donegal as well as the bar culture of Boston and New York. To mark the occasion, those behind the Hanover Street watering hole have joined forces with Coors to offer a lucky winner and their chosen guest the ultimate prize of an all‑expenses‑paid three‑night trip to Boston, USA, worth £7,000, including return flights from Edinburgh, four‑star hotel accommodation, curated experiences and a food and drink allowance. The interior of the new space is said to 'blend rich dark wood with exposed sandstone walls and hand‑picked antiques' that have been sourced from Ireland and the USA. Boston Bar hope to utilise the space by putting on traditional Irish music as well as live sport. Traditional music seisiúns will take place on Mondays and Tuesdays, launching on September 15 at 8pm- Irish comedy will also start in October. Join Edinburgh Live's Whatsapp Community here and get the latest news sentstraight to your messages. The space will also be available for private functions ranging from 20-100 people - with sport viewings available through this package. The food menu mirrors the upstairs bar, with favourites such as the Spice Bag, the Sunday Roast, and the recently launched Boston Spud Co. baked potato menu. Drinks range from classic pints of Guinness to craft Irish beers and playful twists on cocktails, including the Galway Girl and Fenway Old Fashioned. Owner Edward Fox said: 'We wanted Downtown to feel like a little slice of my wifes homeland - Donegal in the heart of Edinburgh, but with a nod to Boston's gritty charm. It's a space that's warm, welcoming and full of life – somewhere you can pop in for a quiet drink or make a night of it. The Boston trip giveaway felt like the perfect way to celebrate this next chapter for the bar.' To enter the trip giveaway: Share the competition post on Instagram to your story. Tag your travel partner in the comments. Follow @bostonbaredin. Sign up for Edinburgh Live newsletters for more headlines straight to your inbox For extra entries, book a table at and visit The Boston Bar before September 28 2025. The winner will be announced at 7pm on Tuesday 30 September 2025 and must be available to travel between 1 October – 31 December 2025. Full terms and conditions are available on the Boston Bar Instagram page.
Glasgow Times
4 hours ago
- Glasgow Times
Palantir sees first billion dollars in quarterly sales amid US spending cuts
The stock rose above 170 dollars (£127) before the opening bell on Tuesday, which would be a high for the company that has already notched record highs four times this year, the most recent on July 25 when its stock closed at 158.80 dollars (£119.53). Since going public in 2020 when it posted a 1.17 billion-dollar (£0.88 billion) annual loss, the artificial intelligence software company has swung to a profit. Profit rose 33% to 327 million dollars (£246 million) in the second quarter. Its one billion dollars quarterly revenue haul was fuelled by a 53% spike in government sales, despite massive spending cuts under President Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), once led by the world's richest man Elon Musk. 'Doge has had zero negative impact on Palantir's US government business, which achieved its fastest growth rate since the second quarter of 2021,' wrote William Blair analysts Louie DiPalma and Bryce Sandberg. 'Palantir is clearly benefiting from AI industry momentum across its government and commercial customer bases.' The company also recorded a 93% jump in business sales. Overall US revenue surged 68% to 733 million dollars (£551.7 million). Late Monday, Palantir raised its revenue expectations for 2025 to between 4.14 billion dollars and 4.15 billion dollars (£3.12 billion). It also raised its US commercial revenue guidance to more than 1.3 billion dollars (£0.98 billion), which would mean that Palantir achieved a growth rate of at least 85%. 'This was a phenomenal quarter,' chief executive Alex Karp said in a statement accompanying the earnings release. 'We continue to see the astonishing impact of AI leverage.' Mr Karp believes AI will benefit everyone, saying during a call with industry analysts on Monday that Palantir is 'bullish on all aspects of American life, including and especially people in the blue collar'. He said Palantir wants to 'arm the working class or blue collar workers with AI agency enhancing skills', and said that the company will work with labour leaders to help familiarise workers with the technology. 'People with less than a college education are creating a lot value and sometimes more value than people with a college education using our product,' Mr Karp said. Palantir, headquartered in Denver, specialises in software platforms that pull together and analyse large amounts of data.
