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If you’d rather not cook Thanksgiving dinner this year, here are some options for dining out or ordering in.

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez for Unsplash.

On the Lighter Side

Pop-Tarts was created by Kellogg’s on this day in 1965.

NFL away games offer a chance to try some great food.

These are the best chocolate chip cookies, according to chefs.

Bankruptcy Filings Rise

The overall number of bankruptcies grew by a little over 16 percent this year. Recent reports in the press include filings by the owner of Vitamin Shoppe and American Freight, as well as prison healthcare provider Wellpath. After delaying the release of a third quarter earnings report, Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 protection yesterday.  

The Bankruptcy Code provides numerous avenues of recovery for parties in interest. If you need a forensic accountant to assist you in analyzing these matters, Asterion can help.

FYI

Hackers have found yet another way to steal your information, and also the tickets in your Ticket Master account.

Trends We’re Watching

Is it time to delete your 23andMe account and data? The company has announced plans to lay off workers and offload its’ cancer research projects.

What’s Puzzling Us

The most valuable Lego of 2024 is a Spider Man figure.

Australians are lining up for a chance to walk past a corpse flower in bloom. Scientists have figured out the chemical composition of the flower’s rotten-meat scent. So are those folks waiting to see it or smell it?

What Doesn’t Surprise Us At All

A “puffery” defense failed to protect chocolatier Lindt from class action claims regarding lead in the company’s dark chocolate.

Here’s a new insurance scam: A person in a bear suit allegedly breaks into luxury cars in California.

Some people call Roosevelt Boulevard “the corridor of death”—with good reason.

A Florida jury found a co-creator of Undead Apes NFTs guilty of wire fraud and money laundering.

A company holding DNA of individuals appears to have vanished.

Binance and its CEO have been sued by FTX.

Thread Recommendations

Time has published a list of the best inventions of 2024.

Winning entries from the 2024 Weather Photographer of the Year contest have been released.

Take a look at these images of Jupiter, as seen from NASA’s Juno mission.

The largest, oldest, and heaviest living organism may be Pando, a giant aspen clone in Utah.

Lego loves Philadelphia, or maybe just Robert Indiana.

Watch List

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was released on this day in 1975.

Saturday is Dr. Who day, marking the 61st anniversary of the airing of the first episode on what was then known as BBC TV.

Audio Files

A collaboration between Quincy Jones and Frank Sinatra created the classic song Fly Me to the Moon.

Spotlight on Forensic BankruptcyAsterion, Inc. has extensive experience providing consulting services to parties in interest in bankruptcy proceedings.

November 19, 2024