Monday, December 23, 2024

Last call at Party City?

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ALL THE MONEY NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Mon Dec 23 2024

 

Daniel de Visé Personal Finance Reporter

Good morning! It's Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.

The party is coming to an end.

Party City, which emerged from bankruptcy last year, has again filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Mike Snider reports.

Ski slopes and climate change

Solitude Mountain Resort was just getting open, with a handful of trails groomed and lifts spinning in early December. Nearby, on the back side of the Wasatch Range, Park City Mountain also had a limited amount of skiable terrain, but the resort was working to get more open. 

Utahns insisted that the conditions were relatively awful, but anyone used to skiing or riding on the East Coast would feel like it was the middle of their season.  

Over the course of nearly a week in Utah in early December, USA TODAY got a first-hand look at how two mountains are responding to climate change .

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