[{"id": 0, "text": "Amazon sold unauthorized mole removers, and the FDA isn't happy about it\nUnauthorized mole and skin tag removers sold on Amazon put the company in the crosshairs of the Food and Drug Administration, which sent a warning letter to the retail giant this month asking that it remove the products from its website. There are no authorized over-the-counter drugs that remove moles or skin tags, the FDA said in its warning letter, which was addressed to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. As part of its research, the agency says it bought two of the offending products on Amazon: the \"Deisana Skin Tag Remover, Mole Remover and Repair Gel Set\" and the \"Skincell Mole Skin Tag Corrector Serum.\" The \"FDA has safety concerns about drugs marketed OTC directly to consumers for these uses,\" the agency said in its letter. Moles should be examined by healthcare providers, the FDA says, and if people try to deal with them at home, there could be delays in cancer diagnoses. The FDA also issued warning letters to two other companies selling products for removing moles and skin tags on their websites: Ariella Naturals and Justified Laboratories. Warning letters are the FDA's initial move against companies that violate US rules around the marketing and selling of unauthorized and unapproved drugs. The companies have 15 days to respond to the letters, which were all dated August 4th, explaining how they plan to address the issue and make sure the products are no longer sold. The agency can take more aggressive actions — like legal injunctions blocking the sale of the products — if the companies don't comply with the law. The two mole and skin tag removal products appear to no longer be available on Amazon's website. But there are still multiple other mole and skin tag removal serums and creams for sale on Amazon, according to a search for \"mole remover.\" Amazon has received warnings from the FDA before. In 2021, the FDA sent the company an untitled letter (a step below a warning letter), saying that the sale of sexual enhancement and weight loss products violated the law. 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Sputnik International Earlier, Washington slapped new sanctions on Russian individuals, companies, and sovereign bonds on the primary market in response to Moscow's alleged involvement in the SolarWinds hack and purported meddling in the 2020 election. The Russian Foreign Ministry has unveiled the Kremlin's response to the recently introduced US sanctions. The move includes actions against the American diplomatic mission in Russia as well as US officials. Moscow said that both countries' envoys should hold consultations with their superiors amid the current situation, thus also recommending that US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan return to Washington for this purpose. Russia is launching the procedure to withdraw from an earlier agreement allowing diplomats of the two countries to travel outside the cities where they are based. Moscow will ban US diplomatic facilities from hiring Russians and third-country citizens. The Russian Foreign Ministry will also reduce the number of short-term visas it issues to American diplomats. The Kremlin also added eight members of the current and former US administrations involved in the \"development and implementation of the anti-Russian course\" in American politics to the no-entry list. In addition, Moscow will be banning the operations of US foundations working in Russia with the aim of meddling in the country's domestic politics. The list of eight people who have been banned from entering Russia includes six current Biden administration officials: FBI Director Christopher Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Michael Carvajal, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Susan Rice. In addition to them, the Russian ministry added Trump's former National Security Adviser John Bolton and Bill Clinton-era CIA chief Robert James Woolsey Jr. to the blacklist. The Russian Foreign Ministry added that Moscow will respond to each and every \"sanctions wave\" from Washington. It further said that Washington's policy of \"containing Moscow\" is \"short-sighted\" and risks further deteriorating Russia-US ties. The Foreign Ministry stressed that the measures it is introducing are \"not done by choice\" and underscored that Moscow still wishes to avoid further confrontation with the US. Instead, it seeks \"a calm and professional dialogue\" with Washington, the ministry added. The measures targeting the US came in response to a new round of sanctions that the White House announced on 15 April. Washington slapped several Russian citizens and companies allegedly connected to the massive SolarWinds hack and purported meddling in the US election in 2020. 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But it is far from certain that Mukesh Ambani's latest gamble will pay off in a crowded market where many suppliers are not well-versed in digital business. The mogul has long trumpeted his ambition to revolutionise retail in the country of 1.3 billion by convincing farmers and shopkeepers to sell their goods on his new JioMart platform launched this year. But modernising India's creaky, inefficient supply chains will not be easy, even for Reliance, the nation's largest retailer by revenue with a portfolio including supermarkets, electronics stores and fast-fashion outlets. Google on Wednesday became the latest Silicon Valley player to invest in the digital unit of the Indian oil-to-telecoms juggernaut, following in the footsteps of Facebook and Intel. These votes of confidence notwithstanding, Ambani's success will depend on India's mom-and-pop stores and their ability to adapt to the demands of an online business, analysts say. Keeping bargain-hungry consumers satisfied in a fiercely contested market may be even harder. Early signs have not been promising for JioMart since its roll-out in 200 Indian cities in May. Customers have complained about everything from rotting vegetables to missing deliveries and delayed refunds. An avid online shopper who buys electronics from Amazon and clothing from Walmart-owned retailer Myntra, Mehul Shah is the kind of customer much sought after by Ambani and his rivals. The 22-year-old placed his first JioMart order soon after the platform's hotly-anticipated launch. \"I wanted to experience what it was like… because there was so much hype around it,\" he told AFP. But fewer than half his items were delivered and mint leaves he ordered arrived rotten, forcing Shah to throw them away. – Money, money, money – Shah's experience underlines the challenges facing Ambani as he attempts to take on Amazon, BigBasket and Grofers, all of which have established supply and delivery networks in India. The 63-year-old tycoon will likely deploy the same strategy he used to make his Jio mobile service a market leader following its 2016 launch. Jio's cut-price discounts put phones in the hands of millions of first-time buyers in India, clobbering the competition and driving rivals out of the race. In recent months Ambani has raised more than $22 billion in a rights issue and through selling stakes in Reliance to foreign investors. The conglomerate is now net-debt-free and has cash to burn, analysts say. \"JioMart will use the money by offering deep discounting to get consumers, and is in it for the long haul,\" said independent analyst Minakshi Ghosh. But the firm will also need to pump funds into training local shopkeepers in online trading. Many say their businesses have been badly hit by the rise of supermarkets and e-commerce. \"Even in my dreams I never imagined running such a modern business… or receiving card payments,\" said Kavita Chowdhury, a shopkeeper in Navi Mumbai, a city neighbouring India's financial capital. Her partnership with JioMart could not have come at a better time for the 30-year-old, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing her to shutter the bricks-and-mortar store. She can now sell online instead and business is booming, she told AFP. – 'Teething issues' – A Reliance source told AFP JioMart had received an \"amazing\" response from consumers. \"People in small towns are buying Del Monte olives and focaccia bread… They are aware of global trends and want more options,\" he said. But he acknowledged the company faced \"teething issues\" in logistics — problems which analysts believe could prove its Achilles heel. \"You need consistent delivery models and customer satisfaction\" to run a successful e-commerce operation, Forrester Research senior forecast analyst Satish Meena told AFP. Reliance will not \"have a walkover just because of their financial strength\", he said. Some customers have already sworn off the platform. Vamshi Krishna, 28, told AFP he would never again buy anything from JioMart after his first two orders went missing. \"Despite problems with my first order, I decided to give them a second chance… because it is an Ambani company,\" he said. \"Now I seriously doubt whether I will ever get my money back.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Forrester", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Forrester", "length": 9, "offset": 4022}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Intel", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Intel", "length": 5, "offset": 1064}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Myntra", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Myntra", "length": 6, "offset": 1649}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "JioMart", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "JioMart", "length": 7, "offset": 630}, {"position_text": "JioMart", "length": 7, "offset": 1386}, {"position_text": "JioMart", "length": 7, "offset": 1769}, {"position_text": "JioMart", "length": 7, "offset": 2771}, {"position_text": "JioMart", "length": 7, "offset": 3319}, {"position_text": "JioMart", "length": 7, "offset": 3587}, {"position_text": "JioMart", "length": 7, "offset": 4295}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Jio", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Jio", "length": 3, "offset": 2342}, {"position_text": "Jio", "length": 3, "offset": 2404}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Del Monte", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Del Monte", "length": 9, "offset": 3680}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Walmart", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Walmart", "length": 7, "offset": 37}, {"position_text": "Walmart", "length": 7, "offset": 224}, {"position_text": "Walmart", "length": 7, "offset": 1626}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Forrester Research", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Forrester Research", "length": 18, "offset": 4022}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Reliance", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Reliance", "length": 8, "offset": 298}, {"position_text": "Reliance", "length": 8, "offset": 752}, {"position_text": "Reliance", "length": 8, "offset": 2665}, {"position_text": "Reliance", "length": 8, "offset": 3562}, {"position_text": "Reliance", "length": 8, "offset": 4088}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Grofers", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Grofers", "length": 7, "offset": 2184}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "AFP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 1928}, {"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 3533}, {"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 3583}, {"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 4083}, {"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 4252}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "Grofers", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Grofers", "length": 7, "offset": 2184}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 3, "text": "Govt may impose anti-dumping duty on chemical used in polyester fibre\nReliance industries Ltd has filed an application on behalf of domestic industry before the DGTR for initiation of the investigation The government may impose anti dumping duty on a chemical used in polyester fibres and films, imported from five countries as the commerce ministry has launched an investigation for the same. The ministry's investigation arm DGTR has initiated the probe into an alleged dumping of Mono Ethylene Glycol originating in or exported from Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Singapore, following a complaint from a domestic company. Reliance industries Ltd has filed an application on behalf of domestic industry before the DGTR for initiation of the investigation. According to a notification of the Directorate general of Trade Remedies (DGTR), the company has requested for imposition of anti-dumping duties on the imports. India Glycols Limited has also supported the application. It said that the authority has prima facie found that there is sufficient evidence of dumping of the chemical from these countries. \"The Authority hereby initiates an investigation into the alleged dumping and consequent injury to the domestic industry,\" it said. In the probe it would determine the existence, degree and effect of alleged dumping, and consequent injury to the domestic industry. If established that dumping has caused material injury to domestic industry, the directorate would recommend the amount of anti-dumping duty. The period of investigation is January - September 2019. It would also look at the data of 2016-19. Countries carry out anti-dumping probe to determine whether their domestic industries have been hurt because of a surge in cheap imports. As a counter measure, they impose duties under the multilateral regime of the World Trade Organization. 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Autonomous driving technology is accelerating towards large-scale deployment, with leading companies showcasing their capabilities across multiple cities. In this wave of change, Google's Waymo and Baidu's Apollo Go stand out as key players shaping the future of autonomous mobility. Waymo, a pioneer in the global autonomous driving industry, has successfully launched commercial operations in four major U.S. cities, providing approximately 150,000 rides per week and demonstrating strong scalability. To further strengthen its leadership in the U.S. autonomous driving sector, Waymo plans to conduct tests in more than 10 new cities, with Las Vegas and San Diego set to be the first deployment locations. Meanwhile, Baidu's autonomous Ride-Hailing service, Apollo Go, has established itself as the leader in China's autonomous mobility sector. By February 2025, Apollo Go's autonomous ride-hailing service have achieved fully driverless operations across China, eliminating the need for safety drivers on board. According to Baidu's latest data, Apollo Go completed 1.1 million rides in Q4 2024, averaging approximately 12,000 rides per day, ranking among the largest commercial autonomous ride-hailing service providers globally. These two companies are pushing the boundaries of autonomous driving technology in the U.S. and China, collectively accelerating the global development of AI-driven mobility services. When autonomous driving reaches a scale of tens of thousands of rides per day, efficient operations become essential. The RT6 is one of Apollo Go's key enablers for high-efficiency deployment. This fully autonomous vehicle is equipped with advanced battery-swapping technology, allowing each car to recharge in under four minutes. The time saved translates into the ability to serve more passengers. With these innovations, Apollo Go can deliver competitive and scalable services across more regions and cities. The global deployment of autonomous mobility is attracting significant investments from both the public and private sectors. According to the Hong Kong Transport Department, Apollo Go successfully obtained Hong Kong's first batch of autonomous vehicle pilot licenses in 2024, marking its first attempt in right-hand drive, left-hand traffic regions. The right-hand drive markets, including the UK, Singapore, Japan, and Australia, represent a third of the global automotive market. This year, Waymo has announced a partnership with Japan's Nihon Kotsu, Tokyo's largest taxi company, and GO to introduce autonomous vehicles in Tokyo, with the first fleet set to arrive by 2025. At the World Government Summit (WGS) in Dubai, Baidu Co-founder and CEO Robin Li highlighted the long-term benefits of AI in transportation, while the UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence proposed a fully autonomous vehicle fleet for future WGS events, potentially supported by Apollo Go's technology. As cities worldwide accelerate the integration of autonomous driving technology into their infrastructure, autonomous mobility is becoming a key investment focus. Governments, particularly in China and the U.S., are fast-tracking policies to support AI-driven transportation. For Apollo Go and Waymo, adapting swiftly to unfamiliar environments presents a significant challenge, as no two cities have identical traffic conditions. However, one universal expectation among urban passengers is a safe and comfortable ride. To meet this demand, Apollo Go has equipped its vehicles with interactive voice control, massage seats, and remote climate adjustment—enhancing the passenger experience with intelligent, user-friendly features. As more cities invest in autonomous transportation, companies like Apollo Go and Waymo are proving that AI-driven mobility is no longer a distant vision—it is actively reshaping urban transportation today. About Apollo Go Apollo Go, also known as Luobo Kuaipao, is Baidu's autonomous ride-hailing service and one of the world's leading players in large-scale self-driving mobility solutions. 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In Russia President Vladimir Putin issued a weeklong national holiday beginning March 30 to encourage people to stay home to slow the spread of COVID-19. Putin has extended that break to continue through the end of April, but Nokian says the order doesn't apply to its Vsevolozhsk factory \"as it is a continuously operating enterprise and it is thus allowed to continue normal operations.\" As a result, Nokian's tire production in Russia will restart on April 6. The company's newest factory, in Dayton, Tenn., closed March 27 and is expected to remain shuttered for a minimum of two weeks, or April 10. 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Reddit is the self-proclaimed 'front page of the internet'. And it's currently ganked. As are Amazon and Twitch. The reason for this, according to a report on the BBC, is that a cloud computing company called Fastly, which underpins a lot of websites, is currently experiencing problems. Fastly has apparently said it is looking into raised problems with its global content delivery network. Beyond that, it's anyone's guess. No Reddit, Amazon or Twitch for you It's kind of interesting to sit at the far end of cyberspace and look at the problems European and North American counterparts are having. After all, according to the BBC , The Guardian's website is stuffed. Coming in from an SA ISP, one will find everything is copasetic. We can even link to a story about this from our region . \"We're currently investigating potential impact to performance with our CDN services,\" Fastly told The Guardian. 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Smith Announces Investigation of The Charles Schwab...\nLaw Offices of Howard G. Smith announces an investigation on behalf of The Charles Schwab Corporation (\"Charles Schwab\" or the \"Company\") (NYSE: SCHW ) investors concerning the Company's possible violations of federal securities laws. On July 2, 2021, Charles Schwab disclosed that the Company had been \"responding to an investigation\" by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (\"SEC\") \"arising from a compliance examination\" and that the investigation \"largely concerns historic disclosures related to the Schwab Intelligent Portfolios digital advisory solution.\" The company warned that its second quarter 2021 financial results would include a liability and related non-deductible charge of $200 million. On this news, Charles Schwab's stock fell $2.03, or 2.8%, to close at $70.77 per share on July 6, 2021, thereby injuring investors. Then, on June 13, 2022, the SEC announced that it had charged Charles Schwab with misleading investors that used its robo-advisor product, Schwab Intelligent Portfolios. Instead of the \"disciplined portfolio construction methodology\" that sought \"optimal return[s]\", Charles Schwab's \"own data showed that under most market conditions, the cash in the portfolios would cause clients to make less money even while taking on the same amount of risk.\" On this news, Charles Schwab's stock fell $1.98, or 3.2%, to close at $60.24 per share on June 13, 2022, thereby inuring investors further. If you purchased Charles Schwab securities, have information or would like to learn more about these claims, or have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020 by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to [email protected] , or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com . This press release may be considered Attorney Advertising in some jurisdictions under the applicable law and ethical rules. 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(Mac and Linux devices were not affected.) Microsoft admitted that 1% of its hardware, around 8.5 million devices, were affected due to an update of software from independent cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. It is interesting to note that Mac and Linux devices were not affected. In a statement, Microsoft Enterprise and OS Security Vice President David Weston said a software update that began impacting IT systems globally. \"Although this was not a Microsoft incident, given it impacts our ecosystem, we want to provide an update on the steps we've taken with CrowdStrike and others to remediate and support our customers. Since this event began, we've maintained ongoing communication with our customers, CrowdStrike and external developers to collect information and expedite solutions,\" said Microsoft Enterprise and OS Security Vice President David Weston . The official also said the company recognises the disruption the problem has caused for businesses and in the daily routines of many individuals. David Weston also said Microsoft focuses on providing customers with technical guidance and support to safely bring disrupted systems back online. Steps taken have included: Engaging with CrowdStrike to automate their work on developing a solution. CrowdStrike has recommended a workaround to address this issue and has also issued a public statement. Instructions to remedy the situation on Windows endpoints were posted on the Windows Message Center . Deploying hundreds of Microsoft engineers and experts to work directly with customers to restore services. Collaborating with other cloud providers and stakeholders, including Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS), to share awareness on the state of impact we are each seeing across the industry and inform ongoing conversations with CrowdStrike and customers. Keeping customers informed of the latest status on the incident through the Azure Status Dashboard here . Microsoft is working around the clock and providing ongoing updates and support. Additionally, CrowdStrike has helped Microsoft develop a scalable solution that will help Microsoft's Azure infrastructure accelerate a fix for CrowdStrike's faulty update. Microsoft also claims that they have also worked with both AWS and GCP to collaborate on the most effective approaches. \"While software updates may occasionally cause disturbances, significant incidents like the CrowdStrike event are infrequent. We currently estimate that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines. While the percentage was small, the broad economic and societal impacts reflect the use of CrowdStrike by enterprises that run many critical services,\" said Microsoft Enterprise and OS Security Vice President David Weston . According to Arvian Consulting, this incident demonstrates the interconnected nature of broad ecosystem — global cloud providers, software platforms, security vendors and other software vendors, and customers. \"It's also a reminder of how important it is for all of us across the tech ecosystem to prioritize operating with safe deployment and disaster recovery using the mechanisms that exist,\" said Arvian Consulting. 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From Wednesday 26th March , customers can enjoy the limited edition meal, which is joined by an Apple Cake McFlurry. But that isn't all, with every meal accompanied by an exclusive collectible that has been crafted just for adults. The Minecraft Movie Meal has a range of options to choose from, with customers able to opt for a Big Mac, nine nuggets or four veggie dippers, with their choice of side and carbonated drink. Nothing quite says Minecraft without exploring multiple worlds, now does it? McDonald's will also be introducing a limited edition Nether Flame sauce, which is inspired by the Nether, with crushed red pepper and flaming cayenne, balanced with hints of garlic and sweetness. [image id=\"2237930\" size=\"full\" title=\"JG_McDonalds_Minecraft_07\" alt=\"A Minecraft Movie Meal.\" classes=\"\"] A Minecraft Movie Meal. The Apple Cake McFlurry puts a spin on the classic ice-cream with apple and shortcake pieces, topped off with a sour apple cause. Ben Fox, Senior Vice President Chief Marketing Officer at McDonald's UK and Ireland, said: \"McDonald's is exploring a brand-new world with the A Minecraft Movie collaboration. We're always looking for fun and exciting ways to bring excitement to our menu and the A Minecraft Movie Meal is a perfect way to bring two icons together. \"This partnership has allowed us to bring amazing collectibles, crafted for adults, to the UK for the first-time ever! We can't wait for fans to meet their favourite McDonaldsland characters in blockified form, and to experience the new products which have been inspired by the A Minecraft Movie universe – Nether Sauce and Apple Cake McFlurry.\" A Minecraft Movie is set to be released in cinemas on Friday 4th April 2025. Check out more of our Gaming coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. 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A man suspected of the fatal shooting of a Cracker Barrel restaurant manager Saturday near Houston was killed by police on Monday, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the officer-involved shooting occurred near a high school in Humble, Texas, after a Dodge Charger that matched the description of the vehicle used in the incident was located. Authorities said the 28-year-old male suspect, who has not been identified, had two felony arrest warrants and was aiming a weapon at officers when he was killed. @HCSOTexas investigators began zeroing in on a person of interest in the recent deadly shooting at the Cracker Barrel. The male has two, unrelated open felony warrants. Tonight members from our Warrants team located the male at the 17700 blk of W. Lake Houston Pkwy in (1/3) pic.twitter.com/aKPoqBXWeu &mdash; Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) January 18, 2022 Two deputies were involved in the shooting and the suspect was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. No officers were injured in the shooting. Robin Baucom, 59, the manager of Cracker Barrel, was the lone victim of the gunmen. The suspect's vehicle was in front of the restaurant before business hours and the suspect attempted to take an employee's purse when they were trying to enter the building. Baucom tried to open the door so the employee could enter. The suspect followed the employee into the restaurant and when Baucom tried to push the suspect away she was shot in the chest and killed. 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The supermarket giant has told customers not to eat its own-brand sandwich pickle spread because 'possible presence of glass makes it unsafe to eat'. A recall notice has been issued for 295g jars of Tesco Sandwich Pickle with batch code 3254 and a best-before date of September 11, 2025. A Tesco spokesperson said: 'We are aware a specific date/batch code of Tesco Sandwich Pickle 295g jar may contain small pieces of glass. 'Therefore, this product could pose a safety risk if consumed. Please do not consume this product. 'Instead, return any affected product to the store where a full refund will be given. 'No receipt is required. Tesco apologises to our customers for any inconvenience caused. Tesco Sandwich Pickle has been found to contain 'pieces of glass' (Picture: Tesco) 'If you require further details, please contact Customer Services directly.' The product listing on Tesco's website reads: 'A sweet and tangy sandwich pickle made with chopped vegetables.' 'This pickle is the perfect relish for cheese, meat, sandwiches and much more. Vegetarian Friendly. 'Classic recipe with finely diced vegetables for a smooth texture.' Shoppers who have bought contaminated pickles are advised to call Tesco's customer services department on 0800 505 55. A product recall is issued by the Food Standards Agency when there is a problem with a food product which means it should not be sold. When a product is recalled, customers will be asked to return it for a full refund. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk . 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Western leaders are arriving in Brussels for Thursday's summits taking place at NATO and EU headquarters where they will seek to highlight their sense of unity in the face of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.Olivier Matthys/AP Show More Show Less 4of6A woman cleans the staircase of broken glass at an apartment building damaged by bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine,Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The Kyiv city administration says Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian capital overnight and early Wednesday morning, in the districts of Sviatoshynskyi and Shevchenkivskyi, damaging buildings.Vadim Ghirda/AP Show More Show Less 5of6U.S. President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One as he arrives at Melsbroek military airport in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Western leaders are arriving in Brussels for Thursday's summits taking place at NATO and EU headquarters where they will seek to highlight their sense of unity in the face of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.Olivier Matthys Show More Show Less PARIS — French carmaker Renault announced Wednesday night it is suspending \"activities at the Renault Moscow plant\" with immediate effect. The move came hours after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke virtually to the French parliament, calling on Renault and other French companies with a Russian presence to stop indirectly supporting the war against Ukraine. The Renault Group board of directors met Wednesday to decided to halt production at the plant that produces Arkana, Kaptur, Duster and Nissan Terrano SUVs amid mounting criticism of its foothold in the Russian Federation. However, the lion's share of the group's Russian presence goes through its subsidiary AvtoVAZ, through which it sold nearly 500,000 vehicles in Russia in 2021. Renault said that AvtoVAZ is not immediately withdrawing, but \"assessing the available options, taking into account the current environment, while acting responsibly towards its 45,000 employees in Russia.\" KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: — Ukraine president to press Biden, NATO for more support — Biden, Western allies gather at tense moment in Ukraine war — UN to vote on blaming Russia for Ukraine humanitarian crisis — Russian stock market, crushed by war, partially reopens — Go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine for more coverage OTHER DEVELOPMENTS: PARIS — France's defense ministry announced Wednesday the country successfully tested the modernized version of its nuclear missile, the Air-Sol Moyenne Portée. In a statement, it said that it was tested \"without a military payload\" and was fired from a Rafale twin-engine, multirole fighter aircraft that took off from Cazaux Air Force Base 120 in southwestern France.\" The medium-range air-to-ground nuclear ASMP missile, developed by arms manufacturer MBDA, represents part of the air component of the French nuclear deterrence. The announcement comes at the height of the war in Ukraine, as some observers fear the potential for a military escalation by Russia. BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says any chemical attack by Russia on Ukraine would change the course of the war but he is not saying whether NATO would take military action. Asked whether a chemical weapons attack is a red line for NATO, Stoltenberg said, \"I will not speculate beyond the fact that NATO is always ready to defend, to protect and to react to any type of attack on a NATO-allied country.\" Stoltenberg says \"any use of chemical weapons would fundamentally change the nature of the conflict. It would be a blatant violation of international law, and it will have widespread and severe consequences.\" His remarks Thursday came as he arrived at NATO headquarters in Brussels to chair a summit of the military organization's 30 national leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden. NATO allies are worried about Russian rhetoric and fears that Moscow might want to create a pretext to use chemical weapons in Ukraine. The leaders are likely to agree to send equipment to help Ukraine protect against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. They're also set to endorse a move to set up four new multinational battlegroups in eastern Europe to deter Russia from attacking any NATO members. LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's navy on Thursday reported destroying Russia's large landing ship, Orsk, near the port city of Berdyansk. A short Facebook statement about the ship was accompanied with photos and videos of fire and thick plumes of smoke in the port. The Russian military has not commented on what happened to the ship. Berdyansk has been under Russian control since Feb. 27. WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department says Russia has begun the process of expelling several more diplomats from the U.S. embassy in Moscow. The department said it received a list of diplomats on Wednesday who have been declared \"persona non grata\" by the Russian foreign ministry. It didn't say how many diplomats were affected by the order, which generally results in the expulsion of those targeted within 72 hours. The Russian foreign ministry summoned U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan on Monday to protest President Joe Biden's description of Russian leader Vladimir Putin as a \"war criminal\" over the invasion of Ukraine. After that meeting, Russia warned that it was close to severing diplomatic relations with the United States, which would be unprecedented. The State Department called Wednesday's move \"Russia's latest unhelpful and unproductive step\" in relations between the countries. 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The most notable consequence of these strikes was a huge fire at an Aramco station in Jeddah. The Yemeni armed forces (affiliated with Ansar Allah in Sana'a) officially announced an \"operation to break the third siege, targeting Aramco Jizan and Najran in large numbers of drones, and targeting vital and important targets in the areas of Jizan, Dhahran Al-Janub, Abha and Khamis with large number of ballistic missiles.\" \"The armed forces will carry out more qualitative strikes against objectives bank to break the siege,\" they said. The military coalition said that \"the Houthi militias carried out 16 hostile attacks, including an operation targeting Aramco's oil distribution plant in Jeddah. A power plant was also hit in the Samtah area.\" The coalition stressed that it \"controlled a fire in two reservoirs of the oil facility\" and reiterated that \"Saudi defenses have destroyed two booby-trapped drones launched towards Najran.\" It also announced a hostile targeting of National Water Company tanks in Dhahran Al-Janoub.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Aramco", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Aramco", "length": 6, "offset": 89}, {"position_text": "Aramco", "length": 6, "offset": 302}, {"position_text": "Aramco", "length": 6, "offset": 463}, {"position_text": "Aramco", "length": 6, "offset": 889}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "National Water Company", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "National Water Company", "length": 22, "offset": 1212}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Jeddah", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Jeddah", "length": 6, "offset": 320}, {"position_text": "Jeddah", "length": 6, "offset": 924}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Najran", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Najran", "length": 6, "offset": 480}, {"position_text": "Najran", "length": 6, "offset": 1162}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 14, "text": "Middlesex Water Co. CEO Doll announces retirement\nIselin-based Middlesex Water Co. CEO and President Dennis Doll has announced a plan to retire upon turning age 65. Doll's retirement is planned for the later of Dec. 31 or the date when a successor is named and on board. Doll will remain a member of the board through the expiration of his current term in May 2024. A search for his successor is being led by the Compensation Committee of the board of directors in collaboration with Russell Reynolds Associates , a nationally recognized executive search firm. Doll joined Middlesex Water Co. as executive vice president in 2004 and was named CEO and president, as well as a director, effective Jan. 1, 2006. In May 2010, he was elected chairman of the board. Under his tenure, the company has made several acquisitions, experienced significant organic customer growth, entered into numerous contract operations and completed hundreds of significant construction projects. Doll's background includes nearly 40 years of experience in investor-owned water and wastewater utility management and a record of industry and other service as president of the National Association of Water Companies, chairman of the board of the Water Research Foundation, member of the board and Executive Committee of the American Water Works Association, chairman of the board of the New Jersey Utilities Association, board member and treasurer of Raritan Bay Medical Center and board member and treasurer of Court Appointed Special Advocates of Middlesex County. \"Dennis has led Middlesex Water through some of the largest capital campaigns and industry changes in the company's history. His strategic leadership, focus on fiscal accountability and organizational development have earned him the respect and admiration of employees, customers, shareholders, industry colleagues and regulators. We are grateful for his efforts in promoting the company's strong values-based culture and leading the team in providing water and wastewater services safely, reliably and efficiently,\" Walter Reinhard, Middlesex Water lead director, said. \"As we conduct our search for our next CEO, we look forward to speaking with candidates who can build on Middlesex Water's strong 126-year legacy of operational excellence.\" The post Middlesex Water Co. 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The two groups also said the UK competition regulator's provisional view on Sainsbury's agreed 7.3 billion pound ($9.60 billion) takeover of Walmart owned Asda amounted to \"prohibition in all but name\". The companies said the CMA's divestments proposal \"appears to have been designed to be impossible to implement.\" The CMA last month said its initial view was that Sainsbury's agreed Asda deal should be blocked in the absence of the sale of a large number of stores, or even one of the brands. The regulator identified 629 areas where there could be a substantial lessening of competition (SLC) in supermarkets, 290 areas where online competition could be reduced and 65 local overlaps in smaller convenience stores. Sainsbury's and Asda's response to the CMA's notice of possible remedies was published in full on Friday. The two groups said the CMA's analysis was \"fundamentally flawed\" but said they were willing to divest 125-150 supermarkets, a number of convenience stores and some petrol stations. They said their proposal was based on \"a more credible finding of SLCs.\" They also said a divestment of an online grocery operation \"is not necessary or proportionate.\" The disposal details follows Sainsbury's and Asda's pledge, made on Tuesday, to deliver 1 billion pounds of annual price cuts if the deal went through. Given the CMA's concerns that the combination could lead to higher prices most analysts and competition lawyers believe it is highly unlikely the deal will proceed. \"The proposed number of store sales is unlikely to be enough to appease the competition regulator,\" said Sophie Lund-Yates, analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown. Sainsbury's, Britain's second-biggest supermarket chain, and third ranked Asda agreed the deal last April, aiming to overtake market leader Tesco. It also would give Walmart a way to exit Britain, one of the weakest performers in its portfolio. The CMA must publish its final report by April 30. If the final report differs little from its provisional findings, Sainsbury's and Asda's last chance would be to challenge the ruling through the Competition Appeal Tribunal, a specialist judicial body, which can throw it back to the CMA. If approved, the deal would create a company with annual revenue of about $66 billion, more than 2,800 stores and a grocery market share of around 31 percent. Though Sainsbury's has been Britain's No. 2 player since November 2015, given current sales run rates it could lose that status to Asda on April 2 when the next industry market share data is published. 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Supply: NYSE Sweetgreen on Thursday reported widening losses however robust fourth-quarter sales growth and promising efficiency at its eating places in its first quarterly report since its preliminary public providing. The salad chain additionally issued a powerful sales outlook for 2022, though it does not count on to show a revenue but. Shares of the corporate soared 20% in prolonged buying and selling. After a powerful debut on the general public markets in mid-November, the stock has struggled as buyers query the corporate's lack of profitability, a rarity for publicly traded eating places. Sweetgreen shares have shed greater than 50% since debuting on the general public market, dragging its market worth all the way down to roughly $2.2 billion. The stock closed Thursday down roughly 11% earlier than spiking in prolonged buying and selling on the again of its outcomes. The chain reported a fourth-quarter internet lack of $66.2 million, or $1.14 per share, in contrast with a lack of $41.1 million, or $2.49 per share, a 12 months earlier. The corporate recorded a $21.5 million enhance in stock-based compensation. Sweetgreen additionally stated that value hikes and killing off its loyalty program helped restaurant-level margins, though larger wages and worker bonuses weighed on its backside line. Internet sales rose 63% to $96.4 million, topping expectations of $84.7 million, in response to a survey of analysts by Refinitiv. The chain reported same-store sales growth of 36% for the quarter. Within the year-ago interval, the corporate noticed its same-store sales shrink by 28% because the pandemic took a toll on demand for its heat bowls and salads. A lot of the credit score for the quarterly soar in same-store sales comes from a rise in orders, though the chain additionally reported a 4% profit from value hikes. Sweetgreen stated 65% of its sales got here from digital orders. Whereas impressive compared in opposition to the broader restaurant business, that marks a lower for the corporate, as greater than three-quarters of its transactions got here from on-line orders throughout the year-ago interval. This quarter, extra prospects opted to order by way of third events like DoorDash and Grubhub, which cost heftier charges for pick-up and supply orders and might dig into Sweetgreen's margins. Waiting for the first quarter, Sweetgreen stated it anticipates income of between $100 million and $102 million and same-store sales growth of 30% to 33%. It is also anticipating adjusted losses earlier than curiosity, taxes, depreciation and amortization of between $18 million and $20 million. For the complete 12 months, Sweetgreen anticipates income of $515 million to $535 million and same-store sales growth of 20% to 26%. Wall Avenue is anticipating the chain to see internet sales of $513.1 million in 2022, although analyst protection on the stock is gentle. The corporate expects to see adjusted losses earlier than curiosity, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $33 million to $40 million for 2022. It is also planning on opening at the very least 35 new places throughout the 12 months. Read the full earnings report here. That is breaking information. Please test again for updates. 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Lee's bribery trial told him on Friday to \"humbly accept\" whatever the outcome of the trial, which could result in a tougher sentence for the conglomerate's de-facto leader. Lee, whose Korean name is Lee Jae-yong, attended the first hearing of a bribery trial at Seoul High Court after South Korea's top court ordered a review of his 2017 graft case. The Supreme Court overturned in August part of an appeals court bribery conviction against the third-generation Samsung leader, who was given a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence for seeking favors from former president Park Geun-hye. The court said the interpretation by the Seoul High Court on what constituted bribes by Samsung to Park was too narrow. \"Please take this trial with an attitude to humbly accept whatever results of the trial will be,\" presiding judge Jung Joon-young said before wrapping up the 40-minute hearing. Arriving at the courthouse earlier, Lee stepped out of a van to a throng of journalists and made a brief comment but did not answer questions about the accusation he gave bribes to influence former South Korean President Park. \"I feel very sorry for causing concerns for many people,\" a somber Lee said, bowing his head and walking into the court as anti-Samsung protesters jeered. Judge Jung said Samsung should have internal control systems to prevent crimes committed by top executives of the conglomerate. He also asked the 51-year-old Lee to show leadership at the country's top corporate giant, comparing him to his ailing father who suffered a heart attack in 2014. \"In 1993, at age of 51, Lee Kun-hee dropped old and rotten practices and declared a new management of Samsung and overcame crisis. In 2019, Lee Jae-yong who became 51, what declaration should Lee make?\" Jung told a packed courtroom. \"Please do what you need to do and can do even during the trial period as the leader of the corporation,\" he told Lee. ECONOMY STRUGGLING The trial comes as current South Korean President Moon Jae-in seeks help from big business leaders to resuscitate a fragile economy. Data on Thursday showed South Korean economic growth slowed more than expected in the third quarter. Moon thanked Lee for Samsung's commitment at a ceremony this month unveiling an $11 billion investment in display technologies. The Supreme Court last week closed a separate bribery case involving Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, allowing him to stay out of jail with a suspended jail sentence. After the hearing, Lee and his lawyers did not answer questions from the media and left the courthouse. Legal experts say a fresh verdict will be unlikely this year, meaning a further extension to legal troubles which have hovered over Lee and Samsung for nearly three years. As a defendant in a criminal case, Lee is required to attend the trial and told the judge he would come to the next hearing on Nov. 22. The case against Lee centered on whether three horses donated by Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] should be considered bribes aimed at winning Park's favor in the conglomerate's succession planning. The horses were given to the daughter of Park's confidante, Choi Seo-won, a professional equestrian. The Supreme Court said the appeals court erred in not recognizing the horses as bribes given by Samsung to win favors, raising the possibility of Lee returning to jail. Lee, vice chairman of the group's flagship company Samsung Electronics Co <005930.KS>, has already served one year of detention but walked free last year after the appellate court halved a lower court's five-year jail sentence and suspended it for three years. 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Taking to his X (formerly Twitter) account, he wrote, \"Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all.\" Because Mallya only posts on Indian holidays, his latest one caused an upsurge of mockery. X users have time and again noted that the former Kingfisher Airlines tycoon uses social media just on days when most of the Indian banks are closed. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all. — Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) September 6, 2024 The post, which was shared just a few hours ago, has already amassed almost 4 lakh views on the microblogging platform. It comes as no surprise that users swiftly rushed to the comments section to take a jab at Mallya. A user commented, \"You know it's a public holiday when bro posts.\" You know it's a public holiday when bro posts — ThirdEye (@3rdEyeDude) September 7, 2024 Another user wrote, \"How to check public holiday– Holiday calendar *cross*, Vijay Mallya Tweet *tick*.\" How to check public holiday – Holiday calender ❌ Vijay Mallya Tweet ✅ — Rajat Agarwala (@RjtAg222) September 7, 2024 \"Bro tweets only when banks are closed,\" said someone. Bro tweets only when banks are closed — ? ? ? ? ? ️ (@abhay_tweetzz) September 6, 2024 \"Streak continues to tweet on Holiday only,\" read another comment. Streak continues to tweet on Holiday only ? — Investment Books (Dhaval) (@InvestmentBook1) September 7, 2024 \"All Things Are Temporary But \"Vijay Tau\" Tweet on Bank Holiday is Permanent,\" a user commented. All Things Are Temporary But \"Vijay Tau\" Tweet on Bank Holiday is Permanent. — Harmeet Singh (@harmeetsingh900) September 7, 2024 Naturally, this is not the first time he has acted in this manner. You may see a variety of festive wishes arranged chronologically by scrolling through his feed. He sent his X followers best wishes on Diwali last year. Happy Deepavali to all. May you be blessed. — Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) November 11, 2023 In the same vein, he has wished them a happy Eid, Ugadi, Makara Sankranti, Dusshera and so on. Vijay Mallya owned stakes in an airline, an Indian Premier League cricket franchise, a Formula One team and a liquor firm. Mallya faced severe financial trouble due to unpaid loans and the collapse of Kingfisher Airlines. He left India in 2016 amidst demands from various institutions for repayment. Kingfisher Airlines, launched in 2005, eventually went bankrupt. 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This research report categorizes the global Neobanking market by companies, region, type and end-use industry. Request For Sample @ www.researchtrades.com/request-sample/1644685 In 2017, the global Neobanking market size was million US$ and it is expected to reach million US$ by the end of 2025, with a CAGR of during 2018-2025. 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April 18, 2022 Kermit Zarley Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world. I am sort of a fan of Elon Musk. I'm also an investor in Tesla. But I admit that Mr. Musk sometimes gets me upset and worried. Because of it, I've sold and later repurchased Tesla shares in my investment portfolio a few different times. Nearly a year ago, on May 8th last year, this CEO of Tesla and SpaceX appeared on Saturday Night Live on TV with his mother who used to be a model. At that time, Elon revealed that he has Asperger Syndrome. I had never heard of it. Categorized as an autism disorder, Aspergers have difficulty socializing and therefore relating and communicating with other people. As typical with autism folks, Aspergers also are often highly-functioning people. That explains why Elon Musk–who left his home in South Africa at age 17 and came to North America with hardly a dime in his pocket to become now the richest man in the world–sometimes aggravates me. Elon Musk, who has 80 million followers on Twitter, just offered to buy out this social media. He's got a lot of people upset about it, including many Tesla and Twitter investors and Twitter employees. Musk's net worth is over $250 billion, and he's offering to buy out Twitter shareholders for about $45 billion, thus less than 20% of his net worth. With Musk's recent offer to buyout Twitter, Tesla shareholders are worried that Musk is stretching himself too thin in business, with so many irons in the fire, and thus Tesla's stock price could suffer from the key-man syndrome to which Tesla is vulnerable. Elon has even said recently that he doesn't like being the CEO of Tesla. Indeed, his main goal in life is to go to Mars with SpaceX. Musk said only a few weeks ago that he would rather just be an influencer, which now seems to be why he is trying to buy Twitter. Apparently, many Twitter board members and employees are worried that Musk would disrupt what they have achieved in trying to exercise some censorship over Twitter users, for which Zuckerberg's Facebook was highly criticized and accused of helping Donald Trump become president. Musk is talking as if he would let Trump back on Twitter, which had abolished his account due to his incitement of the Capitol riot. Why does Elon Musk want to buy Twitter? He says it's not an economic decision; thus he's not trying to make money doing it. Instead, it's all philosophical. Musk says he's a \"free-speech absolutist.\" He means that he believes strongly in the First Amendment of our U.S. Constitution and believes there should be a very limited amount of censorship in communication in our society. He thinks that protects democracy. Kudos for Musk believing strongly in democracy; but does almost no censorship protect it? NOT SO says a lot of Twitter employees, some of its investors, and especially sociologists. Musk first bought almost 10% of Twitter shares about four months ago, which only became public knowledge weeks ago. He was offered a seat on the board, accepted it, and then rejected it a day later. Being a board member would have prevented Musk from making an offer to buy out Twitter. The Twitter board likely made that offer because its members and employees were worried about Musk wanting to destroy all their work of instituting some means of censorship to overcome the main criticism of social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, which is extreme toxicity in its digital conversation. It seems this new form of social media, which has only been made possible due to the recent invention of the Internet, is causing people to become increasingly uncivil in their communication. That's why I owned shares of stock in Facebook and Twitter for years and then sold them all, never to invest in those companies again. Yes, I still have personal accounts on Facebook and Twitter, where I put all of my patheos.com blog posts. If it wasn't for that, I might abandon both of those accounts due to so much trash-talking on them. In what I've read about these fast, recent moves by Musk to buy out Twitter, I haven't seen anything about comparing it with Musk's Asperger Syndrome. He says, \"My strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization.\" Well, Musk sure must have some pretty good intuition about a lot of things, such as the future of technology advances in various fields. But here, Elon is talking about him having perhaps a keen intuitive sense about communication between humans. Yet, that is what Aspergers like Elon Musk are supposed to be deficient in. Why isn't there much media discussion about this seeming discontinuity in Mr. Musk? 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However, firms said that record demand for products and materials resulted in \"severe shortages\" and soaring inflation. The closely followed IHS Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) hit 66.3 in June, increasing from 64.2 in May. Any reading above 50 is seen as a sector in growth. The report said that the surge in output was particularly driven by the housebuilding sector, which posted a 68.2 reading for the month. 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Most of these redundancies are in the customer support department and also include movements to other departments as part of our internal job placement (IJP) exercise, it added. \"As we've expanded to over 500 cities across India we also expanded our workforce by over 2,000 and this requires constant realignment to new departments and results in some redundancies with the scaling of technology,\" the statement said. Zomato provides in-depth information for over 1.4 million restaurants across 24 countries and serves more than 70 million users every month.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "India", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 513}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 24, "text": "REA Group To Buy 19.9% Stake In Athena Home Loans For Up To A$62 Mln\nShares of REA Group Ltd. 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The company is closing several stores on Thursday in the Los Angeles area, along with locations in Las Vegas, Alabama, Idaho, Oklahoma, Georgia and Louisiana. It earlier shut stores in Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Utah. That brings the total to 77. Earlier this year, Apple reopened more than 200 of its US stores.Diwali Offers on Mobiles - Get Cashback Upto Rs. 3000 “Due to current COVID-19 conditions in some of the communities we serve, we are temporarily closing stores in these areas,â€_ an Apple spokesman said in a statement Wednesday. “We take this step with an abundance of caution as we... 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The rupee dropped to a record low against the greenback on Wednesday. Traders in India's foreign-exchange market are bracing for more instances of dollar shortages because record outflows from the nation's equities along with deteriorating external finances bite. Foreign investors have pulled $28 billion from Indian equities this year, while higher oil import costs and a widening current account deficit mean that everybody from investors to companies are demanding dollar for their rupee at the same time. The Reserve Bank of India said last Friday it's trying to meet the demand through its reserves. \"The shortage of cash dollars and lower forward premia could become self-perpetuating for the rupee,\" said Madhavi Arora, lead economist at Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd. \"These factors could pressurize spot rupee, further compounded by exporters also holding on to their earnings in anticipation of a further rupee slide,\" she said. The rupee has declined 5.8% this year, hitting a new record low of 78.9837 a dollar on Wednesday. The RBI has been seeking to smooth out the decline, as rate hikes by the Federal Reserve pull capital away from emerging markets, though its efforts may be contributing to the dollar shortage. The RBI has recently ramped up intervention in the forward markets to slow the rupee's drop, a strategy that sees it run down its forward-dollar book instead of spending much reserves in the spot market. That has led to annualized one-year dollar-rupee premium dropping below 3%, its lowest in more than a decade. That, however, spurs importers to buy dollars in the forward markets, contributing to a shortage of the greenback. A central bank spokesperson didn't immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. \"An organic cash dollar shortage emerges from the likelihood of a balance of payments deficit in FY23,\" said Vivek Kumar, economist at QuantEco Research. \"Under normal circumstances, this ought to have been met by the central bank supplying dollars in the market by drawing down its reserves. However, the use of buy/sell swaps by the RBI could potentially accentuate the shortage amidst importers getting incentivized to increase their hedge ratios.\" Foreign currency reserves held by the RBI have dropped to $590 billion, according to data released last Friday, down about $40 billion from the start of the year. It may have spent about $15 billion in the forwards market since April, according to DBS Bank Ltd. The rupee may continue to remain under pressure amid deteriorating external finances and risk-off sentiment, according to strategists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., who see India's balance of payments deficit at $40 billion in 2022, compared with a surplus of $55 billion in 2021. 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The Californian headquartered multi-national, which made $1.4bn in revenue last year, revealed the news in a 10-Q regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The attack was discovered on July 28 this year, leading to the encryption of \"data on a number of systems.\" However, the firm's incident response procedures appear to have mitigated the worst of the attack. \"Promptly upon detection of the attack, Mattel began enacting its response protocols and taking a series of measures to stop the attack and restore impacted systems. Mattel contained the attack and, although some business functions were temporarily impacted, Mattel restored its operations,\" it said in the filing. \"A forensic investigation of the incident has concluded, and no exfiltration of any sensitive business data or retail customer, supplier, consumer or employee data was identified. There has been no material impact to Mattel's operations or financial condition as a result of the incident.\" It's unclear which malware strain was responsible for the incident and whether it was the work of a sophisticated \"human-operated ransomware\" gang or something more commodity in nature. The absence of data theft points to the latter, or at least a rapid and highly effective incident response effort. Nevertheless, Mattel appears to have escaped the kind of negative publicity and major financial losses that many organizations of its size have suffered following an attack. IT services giant Cognizant warned earlier this year, for example, that a ransomware attack in April may end up costing as much as $70m in Q2. Mattel was at pains to point out in the filing that no security or data protection systems in place at the firm can be guaranteed to be 100% successful. \"While Mattel carries cyber and business continuity insurance commensurate with its size and the nature of its operations, there can be no guarantee that costs incurred as a result of cyber-events will be covered completely,\" it added.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "US Securities and Exchange Commission", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "US Securities and Exchange Commission", "length": 37, "offset": 384}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Mattel", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Mattel", "length": 6, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Mattel", "length": 6, "offset": 57}, {"position_text": "Mattel", "length": 6, "offset": 123}, {"position_text": "Mattel", "length": 6, "offset": 676}, {"position_text": "Mattel", "length": 6, "offset": 802}, {"position_text": "Mattel", "length": 6, "offset": 895}, {"position_text": "Mattel", "length": 6, "offset": 1168}, {"position_text": "Mattel", "length": 6, "offset": 1556}, {"position_text": "Mattel", "length": 6, "offset": 1859}, {"position_text": "Mattel", "length": 6, "offset": 2019}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Cognizant", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Cognizant", "length": 9, "offset": 1734}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 28, "text": "BNY Mellon Announces Leadership Succession Plan Naming Robin Vince CEO-Elect\nCEO Todd Gibbons to Retire This Year Robin Vince, Vice Chair of BNY Mellon and CEO of Global Market Infrastructure, Named President and CEO-elect NEW YORK, March 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (\"BNY Mellon\") (NYSE: BK) announced today that Thomas P. (Todd) Gibbons has decided to retire as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors on August 31, 2022, after a distinguished 36-year career with the company. The Board of Directors has appointed Robin Vince to be his successor at that time. Mr. Vince will initially serve as President and CEO-elect, effective immediately, working closely with Mr. Gibbons to ensure a seamless and orderly transition of responsibilities. Mr. Gibbons has held numerous leadership positions over his tenure, including as CEO since September 2019. He led BNY Mellon through the challenges and complexities of the COVID-19 pandemic – safeguarding clients' assets, protecting employees, improving the resiliency of its operations, driving organic growth and efficiencies, and stewarding support for global markets and government programs. Moreover, Mr. Gibbons developed a strong and diverse leadership team while working together with the Board of Directors to develop and execute a leadership succession plan that resulted in the decision to name Mr. Vince as his successor. Mr. Vince currently serves as Vice Chair of BNY Mellon and CEO of Global Market Infrastructure, which includes BNY Mellon's Pershing, Treasury Services, and Clearance and Collateral Management lines of business as well as Markets & Execution Services. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Mr. Vince spent 26 years with Goldman Sachs, most recently serving as Chief Risk Officer and member of the Management Committee and previously as Treasurer, Head of Operations, Head of Global Money Markets, Chief Operating Officer of the EMEA region and CEO of Goldman Sachs International Bank, among other roles. Joseph J. Echevarria, Independent Chair of the Board of Directors, said: \"Today's announcement is the culmination of the Board and Todd's well-planned, thorough and orderly succession process to ensure continuity of leadership and BNY Mellon's continued success. As Todd retires after nearly four decades of service to the company and its shareholders, including his outstanding leadership through the global pandemic, we want to thank Todd for his many contributions. He has consistently demonstrated an unwavering commitment to our clients and his colleagues and was instrumental in building BNY Mellon into the institution it is today.\" Mr. Gibbons said: \"It has been an honor working for BNY Mellon over the last 36 years, in part because I firmly believe in the company's core mission and the value our services bring to clients and society. The pandemic highlighted our important role in the global financial ecosystem as well as our resilience, and we stand today as market leader across many of our businesses. As I prepare to retire, I cannot think of a better person than Robin to ensure the company capitalizes on the broad range of opportunities ahead as the industry continues to evolve. Robin has been a significant contributor to the company, our strategy and growth agenda. He is someone I deeply respect and trust, and I look forward to working side-by-side with him to support the transition over the coming months while continuing to drive organic growth.\" Mr. Echevarria continued: \"Since he joined BNY Mellon in 2020, Robin has made significant contributions to the business, and demonstrated a rigorous approach to strategy, execution and serving clients. In addition to his BNY Mellon experience, Robin brings a global perspective and an exceptional understanding of capital markets, coupled with a strong commercial orientation and a wealth of experience from his various leadership roles over 26 years at Goldman Sachs. This, together with the trust and respect Todd has for him, gives us great confidence that Robin is the right person to steer BNY Mellon through its exciting next chapter of history. The Board will support Robin, Todd and the entire Executive Committee as they work closely together to ensure a seamless handover in the coming months.\" Mr. Vince commented: \"BNY Mellon is an extraordinary institution with a rich history, leading market positions and an exceptional global client franchise. It is a privilege to be the company's next CEO and I look forward to working in partnership with Todd and the Executive Committee to ensure a seamless transition. I am grateful for the support of my colleagues across the company as I take up my new role. BNY Mellon plays a critical role in the global financial system, and it is our spirit of innovation, deep client relationships and culture that differentiate the company. I look forward to leading this historic institution of nearly 50,000 employees, with a rigorous approach to driving further organic growth and creating value for all stakeholders.\" About BNY Mellon BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment and wealth management and investment services in 35 countries. As of Dec. 31, 2021, BNY Mellon had $46.7 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration, and $2.4 trillion in assets under management. 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Circle offers recommendations on how financial supervisors can support innovation while ensuring consumers' best interests. Public blockchains can increase competition and disaggregate financial services, benefiting consumer privacy and improving capabilities in the fight against illicit finance. Firms offering novel financial products should engage with supervisory authorities before a formal application. Financial regulators should actively inform consumers about market abuse/anomalies by tracking and analyzing real-time blockchain transaction data. Circle response to Central Bank of Ireland The issuer of the USDC stablecoin, Circle, released a response on Feb. 17 to the Central Bank of Ireland's discussion paper on consumer protection, which called for industry insight into improving consumer-focused financial products. Circle sent its written recommendations on Feb. 14 on how public blockchains can allow financial supervisors to \"support innovation while ensuring consumers' best interest\" through products such as stablecoins like USDC and EUROC. The stablecoin provider listed a series of benefits of blockchain technology in relation to consumer protection, including increased competition, disaggregation of financial services, privacy protection, improved financial literacy through transparency, and the ability for regulators to track on-chain data. An announcement from Circle posted to its website stated; \"Blockchain-based payment systems have the potential to disaggregate the proprietary and closed-loop stores of data that are accumulated by financial services providers and big tech companies that can pose risks to the privacy and security of consumers.\" Circle also recommended how financial supervisors can support innovation while protecting consumers' best interests. It urged regulators to engage in 'crypto-native' activities such as reviewing on-chain data and assessing digital assets based on their unique design with industry guidance taking \"the different asset types, activities, risks and incentives into account.\" The proactive approach recommended by Circle included incentivizing \"firms offering novel financial products\" to encourage engagement with regulators before any formal applications. A \"regulatory sandbox\" would allow digital assets firms to work with regulatory and supervisory authorities to test novel technologies and approaches. Circle suggested that the approach could make firms more willing to engage with authorities and regulators to ensure that those offering financial products act in their customers' best interests. 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The Japanese automaker and the Japanese electronics maker said in a joint statement yesterday that Toyota will take a 51 percent stake and Panasonic 49 percent in the joint venture, which is to be running by the end of 2020. The companies have been studying working together on batteries since 2017. They did not say how much would be invested in the joint venture. Panasonic will transfer equipment, assets and workers from its plants in Japan and China to the joint venture, which will employ 3,500 workers from both companies. Separately, Panasonic already has invested in a battery factory with U.S. electric car maker Tesla Inc. Innovations in batteries are critical for electric vehicles, with charging times and costs key obstacles. Toyota, Japan's No. 1 automaker, is thought to have fallen behind rival Nissan Motor Co. in pioneering electric vehicles, and has been trying to catch up in recent years. 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(OTC: BRSWQ) (\"Bristow\" or the \"Company\") today announced that it has filed a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization (the \"Plan\") and a related disclosure statement (the \"Disclosure Statement\") with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the \"Court\"). The Plan outlines a proposed path to strengthen Bristow's balance sheet, reducing debt and improving liquidity in order to emerge from bankruptcy as a financially stronger company, and incorporates the Company's previously disclosed $385 million backstop commitment agreement with certain of its secured and unsecured noteholders for new equity interests of the Company, as detailed in the second amended and restated restructuring support agreement announced on July 25, 2019. L. Don Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bristow, said, \"Our Plan of Reorganization marks another significant step forward in our path towards a timely emergence from Chapter 11 in the fourth quarter of this calendar year, and I commend the hard work and extensive contributions of the entire Bristow team involved in developing the Plan as well as those who are on the front lines delivering for our clients. The Plan, which is the result of detailed and productive negotiations with our stakeholders, will allow us to emerge from bankruptcy as a stronger company that is even better positioned to continue to deliver safe, reliable and professional services, and build sustainable value for the future as the industry leader in global oil and gas transport and search and rescue services.\" A hearing will be scheduled with the Court to consider approval of the Disclosure Statement related to the Plan. Following Court approval of the Disclosure Statement, Bristow will distribute the Plan and Disclosure Statement to voting creditors for their consideration. This press release is not intended as solicitation for a vote on the Plan. The full terms of the Plan and Disclosure Statement, as well as the related pleadings, are available online at: https://cases.primeclerk.com/Bristow . Information about the claims process is also available at: https://cases.primeclerk.com/Bristow . Questions should be directed to the Company's claims agent, Prime Clerk, by email to bristowinfo@primeclerk.com or by phone at +1 844-627-6967 (toll free) or +1 347-292-3534 (toll). Baker Botts L.L.P. and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are serving as the Company's legal counsel and Alvarez & Marsal is serving as the Company's restructuring advisor. Houlihan Lokey is serving as financial advisor to the Company. NO SOLICITATION OR OFFER Any new securities to be issued pursuant to the restructuring transactions may not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the \"Securities Act\"), or any state securities laws but may be issued pursuant to one or more exemptions from registration, including an exemption from such registration provided in the U.S. bankruptcy code. Such new securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or buy, nor the solicitation of an offer to sell or buy, any securities referred to herein, nor is this press release a solicitation of consents to or votes to accept any Chapter 11 plan, including the Plan. Any solicitation or offer will only be made pursuant to a confidential offering memorandum and disclosure statement, including the Disclosure Statement, and only to such persons and in such jurisdictions as is permitted under applicable law. About Bristow Group Inc. Bristow Group Inc. is the world's leading industrial aviation service provider offering helicopter transportation, search and rescue (SAR) and aircraft support services to government and civil organizations worldwide. Bristow's strategically located global fleet supports operations in the North Sea, Nigeria and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico; as well as in most of the other major offshore oil and gas producing regions of the world, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Guyana and Trinidad. Bristow provides SAR services to the private sector worldwide and to the public sector for all of the U.K. on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. 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The CoE is designed to provide a platform to train underprivileged students with technical backgrounds to develop computer applications in the field of healthcare to improve access of healthcare programs to the people. \"Today, technologies such as IoT are enabling us to increase the efficiency, quality and sustainability of various services in different areas including healthcare,\" said Som Satsangi, MD, India, HPE. \"We are happy to partner with ITDA, Uttarakhand to launch this Center of Excellence (CoE), which will help students harness the benefits of IoT to develop and implement innovative applications.\" The fully-equipped CoE will be a state-of-the-art green facility, and the company will provide the standard medical, IT and networking equipment, access to Electronic Medical Record (EMR) 2.0, and data hosting. Additionally, HPE will provide students the training on HPE hardware, operating systems, EMR and medical equipment. The IoT CoE will be run and managed by ITDA. 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(NASDAQ:ESSC)\nMizuho Securities USA LLC grew its stake in shares of East Stone Acquisition Co. (NASDAQ:ESSC) by 57.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 1,626,650 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 592,425 shares during the quarter. East Stone Acquisition makes up 1.0% of Mizuho Securities USA LLC's holdings, making the stock its 4th biggest holding. Mizuho Securities USA LLC owned approximately 9.19% of East Stone Acquisition worth $16,266,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sanders Morris Harris LLC bought a new position in East Stone Acquisition in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $98,000. OLD Mission Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of East Stone Acquisition during the third quarter worth $138,000. Boothbay Fund Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of East Stone Acquisition in the third quarter worth $493,000. Narwhal Capital Management acquired a new stake in East Stone Acquisition in the third quarter valued at $736,000. Finally, Rivernorth Capital Management LLC bought a new position in East Stone Acquisition during the 3rd quarter worth $1,625,000. Institutional investors own 49.95% of the company's stock. NASDAQ ESSC opened at $10.03 on Monday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $10.08. East Stone Acquisition Co. has a 12 month low of $9.30 and a 12 month high of $10.59. East Stone Acquisition Profile East Stone Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. It focuses on providing technological services to the financial industry in North America and the Asia-Pacific. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts. Read More: Limitations to arbitrage trading Want to see what other hedge funds are holding ESSC? 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Nikola marked the start of commercial production of the Nikola Tre electric trucks Wednesday at a ceremony joined by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, who convinced the company to set up operations in the state. \"We began production of the Tre BEV on March 21 here in Coolidge and today we're celebrating this milestone and the initial shipments of trucks to our customers,\" said Mark Russell, Nikola's Chief Executive Officer. \"In 2022, we're moving forward with every aspect of our business. Next year, fuel-cell electric vehicles are planned to be added to the manufacturing mix. We are focused on delivering vehicles and generating revenue.\" \" Nikola has become a driving force in Arizona's rapidly expanding electric vehicle industry,\" said Governor Ducey. \"Watching this innovative company grow and put down roots in Arizona has been truly incredible, and I know it's only getting started. With the beginning of production at this manufacturing facility, Nikola is clearly in the driver's seat of the future of transportation and commerce. Thank you to the entire Nikola team, Sandra Watson and the Arizona Commerce Authority, our partners at the legislature and local leaders for supporting this phenomenal project.\" Phase 1 of the Coolidge, Arizona manufacturing facility provides Nikola with a production capacity of 2,500 trucks. Construction of the Phase 2 assembly expansion area has begun and is expected to be completed in 2023 with a production capacity of up to 20,000-trucks per year on two shifts. Nikola says the Tre has the longest range of any electric semi on the market, getting 350 miles per charge from its 753 kWh pack. On December 17, 2021, Nikola delivered the first two Nikola Tre BEVs to TTSI. On January 24, 2022, Nikola began FCEV pilot operations with Anheuser-Busch . 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Another 20 companies — including Eletrobras, Latin America's largest utility; Infraero, the agency that manages Brazil's airports; agricultural research company Embrapa; and crop supply agency Conab — could be put up for sale, he said. PRIVATIZATION AGENDA So far, only major companies that belonged to Petrobras have been privatized. State-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as it is formally known, sold an initial stake in its fuel distribution arm BR Distribuidora, via a share offering in mid-2019. 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Nissan like other big global carmakers has been forced to cut production because of a shortage of semiconductors and other components. But vehicle demand in key markets such as China and the United States is growing as consumer spending rebounds following a pandemic-induced slump. \"Two years ago, we had a problem of how to sell, and that is not the problem today,\" Chief Operating Officer Ashwani Gupta told a news conference. Nissan had also benefitted as it revamps its aging model line-up as part of a business plan to improve profitability by reducing global production and model types by a fifth, he added. Nissan's break even point is now around 3.7 million vehicles a year, down from 4.4 million, Chief Financial Officer Stephen Ma said. Nissan now expects a full-year operating profit of 180 billion yen ($1.59 billion) compared with an earlier prediction for 150 billion yen. That is higher than a mean 161 billion yen profit based on forecasts from 23 analysts, Refinitiv data shows. Last week, Honda Motor Co (7267.T) cut its full-year operating profit outlook 15% to 660 billion because of the chip shortage, while Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) cut its annual vehicle sales target and warned that the lack of semiconductors still posed a risk to its production plans. Nissan's Gupta cautioned that the lack of chips remained \"a challenge\" as competition for the key component grows among automakers and electronic device makers. Japan's No. 3 carmaker lowered its global sales target to 3.8 million vehicles from 4.4 million. Nissan posted an operating profit of 62.8 billion yen for the three months to Sept. 30 compared with a loss of 4.8 billion yen a year earlier. 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A review board within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to take a second look at the validity of three Peloton patents after finding that Flywheel has established a \"reasonable likelihood\" of winning its argument that the patents cover old ideas. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued its orders Wednesday. A victory at the review board could be key to the legal tussle between the two companies. Peloton sued Flywheel last September claiming Flywheel copied its at-home bike technology and infringed its patents. The case, filed in a federal court in Texas known for being friendly to patent owners, is ongoing. Companies accused of patent-infringement often file petitions with the review board, which works more quickly than district court. It's also been described as a \"death squad\" because of a high rate of invalidity rulings, though recent rule changes at the agency could lower Flywheel's chance of success. The review board will issue its final decisions in about a year. Flywheel can ask the judge in Texas to put Peloton's lawsuit on hold until the review is completed. He's already rejected Flywheel's request to have the case transferred to a court in New York. A spokeswoman for Peloton declined to comment, citing the quiet period before its IPO. A Flywheel spokesman said the company was \"pleased\" with the board's decision to review the patents. New York-based Peloton, founded in 2012, sells an at-home spin bike for a lofty price tag of more than $2,000, plus a monthly subscription of $40. Flywheel, also based in New York, has focused on in-person classes, building out a network of brick-and-mortar studios and charging about $30 per class. Then, in late 2017, Flywheel launched its own at-home bike. Soon after, Peloton filed its initial lawsuit, alleging that Flywheel was copying its patented technology with the home exercise product. The original lawsuit says that \"rather than innovating and investing, as Peloton had, Flywheel infringed the Peloton Patents by creating a copycat of the Peloton Bike experience called the 'FLY Anywhere' that, among other things, detects, synchronizes, and compares the ride metrics of remote users on a graphical user interface.\" Flywheel's bike has a similar cost structure. The basic model starts at $1,699 before tax, delivery, and a $39-a-month-subscription. In April, Flywheel was taken over by one of its lenders, Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, a New York-based investment firm. The firm is said to be gauging interest from potential buyers. 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This collaboration signifies a significant milestone in the technology landscape, serving organizations with an increased focus on ESG, third-party risk, Cyber Security risk, and privacy risk. According to industry experts, end-user spending for the information security and risk management market is forecast to reach $215 billion in 2024 . Verevalid has already developed specialized Data Science, Analytics, Supply Chain Optimization, EDI, Cloud Computing, Custom Software Development, and QA services. On the other hand, Splunk is a global leader in security information and event management (SIEM) technology and Data Analytics. This partnership between Verevalid and Splunk creates a synergy that amplifies the strengths of both entities and offers increased value to clients who are demanding more. \"We are thrilled to embark on this journey with Splunk and deliver unparalleled value to our clients,\" says Verevalid founder Prasanna Soodamani. \"By leveraging Splunk's SIEM and observability tools alongside Verevalid's expertise in Data Science and Analytics, clients can fortify their security defenses. Beyond that, they can detect and respond to threats in real-time, optimize operational efficiency, and drive business growth.\" The seamless integration of Splunk's platform with Verevalid's solutions ensures enhanced visibility, scalability, and performance. This empowers organizations to navigate the complexities of Cyber Security and Data Analytics with confidence. By disrupting traditional approaches to security management and Data Analytics, Verevalid and Splunk have set a new industry standard for collaborative innovation in the technology sector. In order to remain relevant in an increasingly competitive market where clients are calling for better solutions, competitors will need to emulate this model. As such, this partnership is the first step in a new era of efficiency, agility, and resilience in the industry. Verevalid and Splunk are committed to driving continued innovation and growth through their partnership. Both entities are dedicated to co-developing cutting-edge solutions that address evolving customer needs and industry trends. This includes deeper integration of Splunk's security platform with Verevalid's offerings, as well as the exploration of synergies in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. This partnership between Verevalid and Splunk marks a significant step forward in Cyber Security and analytics. Clients can now access a comprehensive suite of solutions that empower them to enhance security, optimize operations, and drive business success. As Verevalid and Splunk continue to innovate and collaborate, the ripple effects of this partnership will be felt across different industries beyond Cyber Security and Data Analytics. About Verevalid Verevalid is a trailblazing startup established in 2023 to provide Data Science, Analytics, Supply Chain Optimization, EDI, Cloud Computing, Custom Software Development, and QA services. With 30+ years of combined experience, the Verevalid team provides digital transformation solutions for businesses with unparalleled security, efficiency, and agility in navigating the complexities of the modern digital landscape. About Splunk Splunk is a global leader in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Data Analytics. Splunk's powerful platform helps organizations around the world to foresee, predict, and avoid issues thereby building digital resilience with cutting-edge Cyber Security and Data Analytics solutions. 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The deal, which involves an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion, will give Microsoft ownership of important franchises like \"Call of Duty,\" \"Candy Crush,\" \"World of Warcraft,\" and \"Diablo.\" The company also mentioned this acquisition would provide building blocks for the metaverse. Microsoft to Acquire Activision to Build Its Metaverse Microsoft, one of the leading software companies in the world, announced the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a game-developing company with more than 10,000 employees around the world. According to a press release issued, the deal will involve a transaction of $68.7 billion, the biggest purchase of this kind made by the company. On the purchase, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, stated: We're investing deeply in world-class content, community, and the cloud to usher in a new era of gaming that puts players and creators first and makes gaming safe, inclusive, and accessible to all. The purchase will allow Microsoft to take control of big franchises like \"Call of Duty,\" \"Candy Crush,\" \"World of Warcraft,\" and \"Diablo,\" which together have more than 400 active million players monthly. Gaming as a Pivotal Part of the Metaverse For Nadella, the acquisition of Activision will accelerate the growth of Microsoft and its gaming environment and will provide the building blocks for Microsoft's take on the metaverse. About this, Nadella stated: Gaming is the most dynamic and exciting category in entertainment across all platforms today and will play a key role in the development of metaverse platforms. While the company has not announced any moves related to the metaverse involving its gaming division or the Xbox environment, Nadella hinted at more developments in this regard. However, the company is working on its own take of its metaverse for the office in the form of Mesh. Mesh will allow people using Microsoft Teams to have meetings and chat with online avatars, substituting videoconferences for a more immersive and participative experience. Many blockchain gaming companies have presented their take on the metaverse with various results. The Sandbox, a metaverse game that features user-created NFT's, has garnered attention from different companies, including PWC in Hong Kong, that has already invested in plots of virtual land in the platform. The company behind the game, Animoca Brands, raised $358 million recently to bolster its web3 projects and construct its metaverse take. What do you think about the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft? Tell us in the comments section below. Sergio Goschenko Sergio is a cryptocurrency journalist based in Venezuela. He describes himself as late to the game, entering the cryptosphere when the price rise happened during December 2017. 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The news was not entirely unexpected, as the company had previously admitted to pausing home buying through the end of the year and was reportedly seeking investors to purchase 7,000 homes it had in its inventory. Still, the retreat shocked the market: Zillow's stock fell more than 20% on the news and fears around the iBuying market drove shares of competitors Opendoor down by about 15% and Offerpad about 6%. Those stocks have recovered a bit since, but there still seems to be some trepidation around iBuying as a business model. Zillow basically confessed that its pricing model is at best a lagging indicator and really no good in a market that isn't aggressively moving up and to the right. We'll know more about the impact of slowing housing sales and price appreciation on the broader market when Opendoor and Offerpad announce their third-quarter earnings next week. In the meantime, there's plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that Zillow's big loss wasn't necessarily a business model problem with iBuying as a whole as much as it was a problem with Zillow's algorithm. At their most basic level, iBuyers seek to purchase homes at a slight discount to their market value, offering the convenience of a cash offer to sellers in exchange. They then make any necessary repairs or renovations necessary, list the property and attempt to sell it for more than their initial purchase price, making money on the spread. The fundamental problem Zillow ran into, and the reason it decided to exit the business, was that in the third quarter the company was paying above market value for homes and selling them for less than their initial market price. 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Sir Lewis is competing with the team at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend. Kingspan's logo appeared on Sir Lewis' car for the first time on Saturday. Speaking at a press conference after the race, Sir Lewis said the decision had \"nothing\" to do with him. Kingspan's K15 insulation was one of the products installed on Grenfell Tower during its refurbishment (Steve Parsons/PA) \"It is not something that I feel I have to speak about publicly\", he said. \"I had nothing to do with the team signing any of the sponsors. Tommy (Hilfiger) was the only one I probably brought to the team. \"It was news to me when I heard the things that have happened this week and I was very aware and watching closely all the families affected by what happened there. \"We know there has been a huge outcry and an amazing amount of support by people in the community around there. \"It is really nothing to do with me and I know Toto (Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff) is sorting it. \"Unfortunately my name is associated with it because it has been on my car but whether that remains the same, we will see.\" Sir Lewis has previously written about the Grenfell Tower fire on his Instagram account. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff apologised to Grenfell survivors and bereaved relatives over the deal (David Davies/PA) In 2020, he posted a picture with a caption that said: \"Today marks three years since the horrific Grenfell Tower fire in London. \"Remembering the 72 souls we lost and their loved ones, and everyone affected by this tragedy.\" On Friday, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team principal Toto Wolff apologised to Grenfell survivors and bereaved relatives, and thanked campaign group Grenfell United for an offer to meet following its condemnation of the deal with Kingspan. The group had written to Mr Wolff urging him to end the deal. Responding to them in a letter, Mr Wolff wrote: \"The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire was beyond imaginable to me, and it should never have happened. \"On behalf of our team, I would sincerely like to apologise to you for the additional hurt that this announcement has caused. \"It was never our intention to do so. \"The work of the public inquiry to establish the full causes of the tragedy is crucially important.\" Mr Wolff said that before concluding the partnership, his team \"engaged with Kingspan in depth to understand what role their products played in what happened at Grenfell\". He said: \"Kingspan have stated that they played no role in the design or construction of the cladding system on Grenfell Tower, and that a small percentage of their product was used as a substitute without their knowledge in part of the system which was not compliant with building regulations and was unsafe.\" Grenfell survivors have asked Mercedes to end its sponsorship deal with Kingspan (James Manning/PA) Meanwhile, Communities Secretary Michael Gove said the Government could amend advertising rules on racing cars if Mercedes does not pull the partnership with Kingspan. An inquiry is examining how Grenfell Tower came to be coated in flammable materials which contributed to the spread of flames, which shot up the tower in June 2017, killing 72 people. Kingspan's K15 insulation was one of the products installed on Grenfell Tower during its refurbishment, although the majority of the insulation used on the west London tower block was made by another company. 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Under the terms of a settlement signed by the attorneys general of all 50 states, Mountain View, California-based Intuit Inc. will suspend TurboTax's \"free, free, free\" ad campaign and pay restitution to nearly 4.4 million taxpayers, New York Attorney General Letitia James said on May 4, 2022. (Gene J. Puskar/AP) New York — The company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program will pay $141 million to customers across the United States who were deceived by misleading promises of free tax-filing services, New York's attorney general announced Wednesday. Under the terms of a settlement signed by the attorneys general of all 50 states, Mountain View, California-based Intuit Inc. will suspend TurboTax's \"free, free, free\" ad campaign and pay restitution to nearly 4.4 million taxpayers, New York Attorney General Letitia James said. James said her investigation into Intuit was sparked by a 2019 ProPublica report that found the company was using deceptive tactics to steer low-income tax filers away from the federally supported free services for which they qualified — and toward its own commercial products, instead. \"For years, Intuit misled the most vulnerable among us to make a profit. Today, every state in the nation is holding Intuit accountable for scamming millions of taxpayers, and we're putting millions of dollars back into the pockets of impacted Americans,\" James said in a statement. \"This agreement should serve as a reminder to companies large and small that engaging in these deceptive marketing ploys is illegal.\" A message seeking comment was left with Intuit. Intuit has offered two free versions of TurboTax. One was through its participation in the Internal Revenue Service's Free File Program, geared toward taxpayers earning roughly $34,000 and members of the military. Intuit withdrew from the program in July 2021. The company also offers a commercial product called \"TurboTax Free Edition\" that is only for taxpayers with \"simple returns,\" as defined by Intuit. According to documents obtained by ProPublica, Intuit executives knew they were deceiving customers by advertising free services that were not in fact free to everyone. \"The website lists Free, Free, Free and the customers are assuming their return will be free,\" an internal company PowerPoint presentation said. \"Customers are getting upset.\" Under the agreement, Intuit will provide restitution to consumers who started using the commercial TurboTax Free Edition for tax years 2016 through 2018 and were told that they had to pay to file even though they were eligible for the version of TurboTax offered as part of the IRS Free File program. 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This comes after several customers faced a number of incidents of outages in the internet banking, mobile banking and payment utilities over the past two years, including the recent outages in the bank's internet banking and payment system on November 21 due to a power failure in the primary data centre. The RBI has also advised the bank's board to examine the lapses and fix accountability. The bank said in a statement on Thursday that it has taken several measures to fortify its IT systems over the last two years and will continue to work swiftly to close out the balance. It will also continue to engage with the RBI in this regard. \"The bank has been taking conscious, concrete steps to remedy the recent outages on its digital banking channels and assures its customers that it expects the current supervisory actions will have no impact on its existing credit cards, digital banking channels and existing operations,\" it said. At 1:30 pm, the HDFC Bank stock was trading 1.62 per cent lower at Rs 1,384.10 per unit at the National Stock Exchange. Source: ANI Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. 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Pfizer, in a statement Wednesday, said it expects to have supply available in the third quarter of this year ahead of the RSV season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's committee of independent advisors will meet on June 21 to make recommendations on the use of the vaccine. The approval of Pfizer's vaccine comes just weeks after the FDA cleared a similar shot targeting RSV that is made by GSK . The two FDA authorizations within just a month represent a historic milestone for public health, after decades of failed efforts to develop vaccines for the virus. RSV causes mild symptoms similar to a cold in most people but older adults face a higher risk of severe illness. The virus kills 6,000 to 10,000 older adults and hospitalizes 60,000 to 160,000 of them every year, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. RSV also circulates at the same time as Covid and flu. The combined burden of the three viruses put substantial pressure on the health-care system late last year. The two new RSV vaccines from Pfizer and GSK could help ease some of that pressure this fall. Pfizer's shot is administered as a single 120-microgram dose. The vaccine was about 67% effective against lower respiratory tract illness with at least two signs or symptoms, and about 86% effective against this illness with three signs or symptoms, according to clinical trial results . The FDA's committee of independent advisors endorsed Pfizer's vaccine in February. But several members of the panel had voiced safety concerns about the shot. Two participants in Pfizer's clinical trial developed Guillain-Barre syndrome after receiving the vaccine. Guillan-Barre is a rare neurological disorder with symptoms ranging from brief weakness to paralysis. The FDA views the two Guillain-Barre cases as possibly linked to the vaccine. The agency has asked Pfizer to conduct a post-approval safety study to monitor for the disorder. Pfizer has also developed a vaccine to protect newborns from RSV. The FDA's advisors backed that shot in a meeting earlier this month. The FDA is expected to make a final decision on that vaccine in August. 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The American Acne & Rosacea Society said Wednesday that storing benzoyl peroxide creams, gels and washes at refrigerated temperatures could minimize the risk of benzene exposure. \"Benzoyl peroxide has been a very important part of the treatment of many patients with acne and also some other skin diseases,\" according to the group, which has about 6,000 members. The testing lab Valisure filed a petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on March 5 asking the agency to recall benzoyl peroxide acne treatments after finding high levels of benzene in the products, Bloomberg News has reported. Benzene levels increased when products underwent stability testing, including Proactiv's 2.5% benzoyl peroxide cream, manufactured by Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., and 10% benzoyl peroxide cream from Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc's Clearasil. The findings came as a surprise given benzoyl peroxide has been used for five decades, AARS President James Del Rosso said in a statement. The group said more research is needed. \"We want to be sure that any guidance that is given and any decisions that are made are based as much as possible on solid scientific evidence,\" Del Rosso said. The FDA has said it would work to verify the accuracy of the data Valisure presented in its petition. ___ ©2024 Bloomberg L.P. Visit bloomberg.com. 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The outspoken Tesla CEO, who is also the world's wealthiest person, has said he wanted to buy and privatize Twitter because he thinks it's not living up to its potential as a platform for free speech. Musk said in a joint statement with Twitter that he wants to make the service \"better than ever\" with new features, such as getting rid of automated \"spam bots\" and making its algorithms open to the public to increase trust. \"Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,\" he said. The deal was cemented roughly two weeks after the billionaire first revealed a 9 percent stake in the platform. Musk said last week that he had lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, putting pressure on the company's board to negotiate a deal. Twitter said the transaction was unanimously approved by its board of directors. The 11-member board includes Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey, who has been planning to step down from the board in May. Twitter said the deal is expected to close sometime this year and is subject to the approval of Twitter stockholders and regulators. Shares of Twitter Inc. rose 6% Monday to $52 per share. On April 14, Musk announced an offer to buy the social media platform for $54.20 per share. While the stock is up sharply since Musk made his offer, it is well below the high of $77 per share it reached in February 2021. Musk has described himself as a \"free-speech absolutist\" but is also known for blocking or disparaging other Twitter users who question or disagree with him. In recent weeks, he has voiced a number of proposed changes for the company, from relaxing its content restrictions — such as the rules that suspended former President Donald Trump's account — to ridding the platform of fake and automated accounts, and shifting away from its advertising-based revenue model. Asked during a recent TED talk if there are any limits to his notion of \"free speech,\" Musk said Twitter or any forum is \"obviously bound by the laws of the country that it operates in. So obviously there are some limitations on free speech in the US, and, of course, Twitter would have to abide by those rules.\" Beyond that, though, he said he'd be \"very reluctant\" to delete things and in general be cautious about permanent bans. It won't be perfect, Musk added, \"but I think we want it to really have the perception and reality that speech is as free as reasonably possible.\" Twitter had initially enacted an anti-takeover measure known as a poison pill that could make a takeover attempt prohibitively expensive. But the board decided to negotiate after Musk updated his proposal last week to show he had secured financing, according to The Wall Street Journal. While Twitter's user base of more than 200 million remains much smaller than those of rivals such as Facebook and TikTok, the service is popular with celebrities, world leaders, journalists and intellectuals. Musk himself is a prolific tweeter with a following that rivals several pop stars in the ranks of the most popular accounts. Last week, he said in documents filed with U.S. securities regulators that the money would come from Morgan Stanley and other banks, some of it secured by his huge stake in Tesla. Musk is the world's wealthiest person, according to Forbes, with a nearly $279 billion fortune. But much of his money is tied up in Tesla stock — he owns about 17% of the electric car company, according to FactSet, which is valued at more than $1 trillion — and SpaceX, his privately held space company. It's unclear how much cash Musk has. Musk began making his fortune in 1999 when he sold Zip2, an online mapping and business directory, to Compaq for $307 million. He used his share to create what would become PayPal, an internet service that bypassed banks and allowed consumers to pay businesses directly. It was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002. That same year, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, after finding that cost constraints were limiting NASA's interplanetary travel. The company eventually developed cost-effective reusable rockets. In 2004, Musk was courted to invest in Tesla, then a startup trying to build an electric car. Eventually he became CEO and led the company to astronomical success as the world's most valuable automaker and largest seller of electric vehicles. __ Krisher reported from Detroit. O'Brien reported from Providence, R.I. 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Announces Receipt of Nasdaq Non-Compliance Notice\nInvestment Management & Fund Operators Binah Capital Group, Inc. Announces Receipt of Nasdaq Non-Compliance Notice NEW YORK, May 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Binah Capital Group, Inc. (the \"Company\") today announced that it received a notice (the \"Notice\") from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (\"Nasdaq\") notifying the Company that due to the Company's failure to timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024 (the \"Form 10-Q\"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the \"SEC\"), the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the \"Rule\"), which requires the timely filing of all required periodic reports with the SEC. The Notice states that the Company has until July 21, 2024, to submit to Nasdaq a plan to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules. If Nasdaq accepts the Company's plan, then Nasdaq may grant the Company up to November 18, 2024, or 180 days from the due date of the Initial Delinquent Filing, for filing the Form 10-Q to regain compliance. If the Company fails to timely regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1), the Company's common stock will be subject to delisting from Nasdaq. On May 24, 2024 the Company filed the Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024. This announcement is made in compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(b), which requires prompt disclosure of receipt of a notification of deficiency. Forward-Looking Statements This press release includes \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements regarding our expectation regarding the Company regaining compliance with the Nasdaq rules are forward looking statements. When used in this press release, words such as \"anticipate,\" \"believe,\" \"continue,\" \"could,\" \"estimate,\" \"expect,\" \"intend,\" \"may,\" \"might,\" \"plan,\" \"possible,\" \"potential,\" \"predict,\" \"project,\" \"should,\" \"would\" and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management team, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company's management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in the Company's filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the \"Risk Factors\" section of the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent periodic reports. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law. About Binah Capital Group Binah Capital Group is a leading independent wealth management enterprise, publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker NASDAQ: BCG. The company was created upon the completion of the merger between Wentworth Management Services LLC and Kingswood Acquisition Corp. About Wentworth Management Services LLC Wentworth is a holding company that acquires and manages businesses in the wealth management industry. The company specializes in consolidating independent broker-dealers to capture economies of scale needed to service financial advisors in today's technology-enabled regulatory environment. Wentworth's core philosophy focuses on building long-term, productive relationships with its advisor base. The firm also includes a dealer manager business, investment banking division and a wholesale distribution division. 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Meghan and Harry last week announced their Archewell Foundation had signed a 'global partnership' with US multi-national Procter & Gamble (P&G) to 'build more compassionate communities'. But the deal has thrown a spotlight on P&G's hugely controversial sale in Asia and Africa of skin-lightening creams, which reduce the concentration or production of melanin – the natural pigment that gives human skin its colour. Campaigners have demanded that P&G and other major firms stop selling such creams. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex face questions over their partnership with an American cosmetics firm They say the products fuel a 'toxic belief' that 'a person's worth is measured by the colour of their skin' and that light skin is better than dark. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has found that Olay – a major P&G skincare brand – sells White Radiance moisturiser in India, Malaysia and Singapore. In India, the product is said to lighten skin tone and deliver 'radiant and brighter skin'. In the Philippines, P&G sells Olay White Radiance Light Perfecting Essence, which 'inhibits melanin formation in the deepest layer of skin'. In Lagos, Nigeria, an MoS reporter last week bought Olay Natural White cream, which promises 'pinkish fairness'. Alex Malouf, a former P&G executive, said Meghan and Harry will come under pressure to say whether they support the sale of such products. 'Meghan has talked a lot about the issue of race and racism, so this does stick out like a sore thumb,' Mr Malouf said. It comes as: l Harry and Meghan faced calls to scrap their deal with P&G because one of its biggest suppliers of palm oil – FGV Holdings – has been accused of exploiting and abusing workers in Malaysia; l P&G was also lambasted for its role in the destruction of large swathes of virgin forest in Canada to make loo roll. It is claimed the company buys an estimated 490,000 tons of wood pulp a year from Canada's boreal forest; l A study by a major US environmental organisation found that suppliers of wood pulp from the forest were cutting down the habitat of the woodland caribou, an 'at-risk' species of reindeer. Prince Harry has been outspoken on environmental and wildlife issues. Worth an estimated £6 billion a year, the skin-lightening industry is booming thanks to growing demand in Asia and Africa. But cosmetic firms have faced mounting pressure amid the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement and claims that the use of such products is deeply rooted in colonial history. Last year, following an investigation by the website Buzzfeed, Johnson & Johnson said it was dropping its Fine Fairness line, which was available in Asia and the Middle East. The L'Oreal Group announced plans to remove 'white/whitening', 'fair/fairness' and 'light/lightening' from the names of its products, while Unilever announced plans to rename Fair & Lovely – a popular brand in India. But P&G has continued to sell the popular White Radiance and Natural White products via its Olay brand. Olay has defended such products by comparing them to tanners or make-up. One woman who runs a beauty shop in Lagos, sold the reporter two jars of Olay Natural White on Friday afternoon. The packaging said the product had been made in Thailand and it promised 'an extraordinary pinkish fairness'. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday has found that Olay – a major P&G skincare brand – sells White Radiance moisturiser in India, Malaysia and Singapore. Pictured: Two of the whitening products sold by Procter and Gamble 'This cream protects you against the sun, lightens your skin,' she said. 'It will reduce spots and give you a lovely skin tone.' In India, P&G sells Olay Natural White 7 in one glowing fairness cream. Olay's website says the cream brightens skin tone and contains niacinamide, a skin lightening compound. Nina Davuluri, 32, the first Indian-American to win Miss America, said skin-whitening products sell a 'racist' ideology 'that you need white skin to be beautiful, you need white skin to be successful'. She has been fighting so-called 'colourism' – discrimination based on skin colour – since she saw a headline in an Indian newspaper which asked, 'Is Miss America too dark to be Miss India' after she won the title in 2014. Miss Davuluri last year launched an online petition urging P&G, Unilever, L'Oreal and Johnson & Johnson to stop selling whitening creams. The petition states: 'They are sending the message that people are 'less than' because they are dark. That they are not enough because of the colour of their skin. That they are not seen, valued, or heard. This is racism.' She said last night she was shocked that P&G had not done more to address the issue. Campaigner Kavitha Emmanuel said she founded India's Dark Is Beautiful campaign in 2009 to 'address the toxic belief that a person's worth is measured by the colour of their skin'. She added: 'That is the toxic belief that these brands, through their advertisements seem to be propagating.' Joanne Rondilla, a professor at San Jose State University who has researched skin-lightening in the Philippines, said Harry and Meghan had a 'responsibility' to voice concerns about these products with P&G. 'Like everyone else around the world, I saw that interview with Oprah that Meghan did,' she added. 'It was important for her to bring up these issues of colourism. I don't think this partnership advances that conversation.' Robin Averbeck, of the Rainforest Action Network, a US environment organisation, called on the Duke and Duchess to end their relationship with P&G because of the firm's links with FGV Holdings. 'The fact that P&G has continued to be complicit in human rights abuses, in environmental devastation, is reason enough why this partnership shouldn't be formed or shouldn't continue. It showed that full due diligence on the company was not done.' The Archewell Foundation has said its partnership with P&G will focus on 'gender equality, more inclusive online spaces, and resilience and impact through sport'. P&G did not respond to questions about its skin-whitening creams, the US ban on imports from FGV Holdings or its use of wood pulp from Canada. But in a statement, it said: 'At P&G, we are committed to doing the right thing across all aspects of our business – without exception. Doing more and doing better is important for us all – for our company, in our communities and for our planet.' 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In an emotional retelling from a wheelchair, the alleged victim said she \"cannot remain silent anymore\" and lamented that her childhood had \"ended too soon.\" Immediately after the video was posted on Sept. 2, social media users pointed out reasons to be wary. The purported news channel it came from, San Francisco's KBSF-TV, didn't exist. A website for the channel set up just a week earlier contained plagiarized articles from real news outlets. The woman's X-ray images shown in the video were taken from online medical journals. And the video and the text story on the website spelled the alleged victim's name differently. The caution was warranted, according to a new Microsoft threat intelligence report, which confirms the fabricated tale was disinformation from a Russia-linked troll farm. The tech giant's report released Tuesday details how Kremlin-aligned actors that at first struggled to adapt to President Joe Biden dropping out of the race have now gone full throttle in their covert influence efforts against Harris and Democrats. It also explains how Russian intelligence actors are collaborating with pro-Russian cyber \"hacktivists\" to boost allegedly hacked-and-leaked materials, a strategy the company notes could be weaponized to undermine U.S. confidence in November's election outcome. The findings reveal how even through dramatic changes in the political landscape, groups linked to America's foreign adversaries have redoubled their commitment to sway U.S. political opinion as the election nears, sometimes through deeply manipulative means. They also provide further insight into how Russia's efforts to fight pro-Ukrainian policy in the U.S. are translating into escalating attacks on the Democratic presidential ticket. The report builds on previous concerns the U.S. has had about Russian interference in the upcoming election. Earlier this month, the Biden administration seized Kremlin-run websites and charged two Russian state media employees in an alleged scheme to secretly fund and influence a network of right-wing influencers. Russia-linked actors have spent several months seeking to manipulate American perspectives with covert postings, but until this point, their efforts saw little traction. Notably, some of the recent examples cited in the Microsoft report received significant social media engagement from unwitting Americans who shared the fake stories with outrage. \"As the election approaches, people get more heated,\" Clint Watts, general manager of the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center said in an interview. \"People tend to take in information from sources they don't really know or wouldn't even know to evaluate.\" Microsoft explained that the video blaming Harris for a fake hit-and-run incident came from a Russian-aligned influence network it calls Storm-1516, which other researchers refer to as CopyCop. The video, whose main character is played by an actor, is typical of the group's efforts to react to current events with authentic-seeming \"whistleblower\" accounts that may seem like juicy unreported news to U.S. voters, the company said. The report revealed a second video disseminated by the group, which purported to show two Black men beating up a bloodied white woman at a rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump . The video racked up thousands of shares on the social platform X and elicited comments like, \"This is the kind of stuff to start civil wars.\" Microsoft's report also pointed to another Russian influence actor it calls Storm-1679 that has recently pivoted from posting about the French election and the Paris Olympics to posting about Harris. Earlier this month, the group posted a manipulated video depicting a Times Square billboard that linked Harris to gender-affirming surgeries. The content highlighted in the report doesn't appear to use generative artificial intelligence tools. It instead uses actors and more old-school editing techniques. Watts said Microsoft has been tracking the use of AI by nation states for more than a year and while foreign actors tried AI initially, many have gone back to basics as they've realized AI was \"probably more time-consuming and not more effective.\" Asked about Russia's motivation, Watts said the Russia-aligned groups Microsoft tracks may not necessarily support particular candidates, but they are motivated to undermine anyone who \"is supporting Ukraine in their policy.\" Harris has vowed to continue supporting America's ally Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion if elected president. Trump has demurred when asked about whether he wants Ukraine to win the war, saying in the recent presidential debate, \" I want the war to stop .\" At a forum in early September, Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to suggest jokingly that he would support Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming U.S. election. Intelligence officials have said Moscow prefers Trump. The Harris campaign declined to comment. The Russian embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment. Earlier this summer, Microsoft found that Iranian groups have also been laying the groundwork to stoke division in the election by creating fake news sites, impersonating activists and targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack. U.S. intelligence officials are preparing criminal charges in connection with that attack, which targeted the Trump campaign, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press . Microsoft's new report also touches on how a Chinese-linked influence actor has used short-form video to criticize Biden and Harris and to create anti-Trump content, suggesting it doesn't appear interested in supporting a particular candidate. Instead, the company said, the China-aligned group's apparent goal is to \"seed doubt and confusion among American voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election.\" ___ The Associated Press receives support from several private foundations to enhance its explanatory coverage of elections and democracy. See more about AP's democracy initiative here . 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Key themes will include AI, data centres and the cloud, energy security, renewables and sustainability, the skills shortage and STEM. LONDON, Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Schneider Electric™ , the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has today launched the DDI Podcast – a brand new podcast platform which aims to challenge and demystify the misconceptions surrounding the digital infrastructure sector, and share key insights from the people and the businesses transforming life as we know it through tech. Hosted by Mark Yeeles , VP Secure Power Division, Schneider Electric UK and Ireland, the DDI Podcast aims to drive a greater understanding of the leading role that digital infrastructure plays in the digital economy and bridge the gap between businesses and consumers. Moreover, by increasing awareness of how technologies support our everyday lives and by telling the stories of the people working within the sector, the company aims to accelerate opportunities to engage those pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), address the talent shortage, and help encourage a more diverse workforce. Launching today, the first episode features guest Tom Gorman, Senior Operations Director, EMEA, Digital Realty , and explores Ireland as a tech hub, the local energy and sustainability challenges, and the role of data centres in the digital economy. Across the series, guests will also be covering key topics including the global impact of artificial intelligence (AI), data centres, networks, and the cloud; the energy crisis, renewables, and sustainability; the skills shortage and early talent. \"I'm proud to introduce a new podcast platform as we begin to demystify some of the key questions at the heart of a sector which impacts so many, globally,\" said Mark Yeeles, Vice President, Secure Power Division, Schneider Electric, UK and Ireland. \"Through the DDI Podcast and our guests, I hope we can not only inform and educate our listeners but help them understand the role of this critical industry, and showcase the achievements of ogranisations who are leading the charge in sustainability and ultimately, the mission to reach net zero.\" \"Data centres are leading the charge in terms of innovation and embracing new technologies,\" said Tom Gorman, Senior Director of Operations, EMEA, Digital Realty. \"One of the biggest challenges we face is educating people and raising awareness of the industry and how it underpins so much of our everyday lives. I was delighted to be the inaugural guest on the DDI podcast talking to Mark about the sector – discussing some of the key topics, which I hope will encourage others to want to learn more.\" The DDI Podcast is available to download and stream from all major podcast platforms. To listen to the first episode or learn more, visit the website . About Schneider Electric Schneider's purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On. Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries. We are the most local of global companies. 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The salvo marked a serious escalation of rebel attacks on the kingdom as the war in Yemen rages into its eighth year and peace talks stall. The attacks did not cause casualties, the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said, but struck sites belonging to one of the world's most important energy companies and damaged civilian vehicles and homes. The coalition also said it destroyed a remotely piloted boat packed with explosives dispatched by the Houthis in the busy southern Red Sea. Hours after oil giant Aramco's chief executive Amin H. Nasser told reporters the attacks had no impact on oil supplies, the Saudi energy ministry acknowledged that a drone strike targeting the Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company caused \"a temporary reduction in the refinery's production\". The disruption, as oil prices spike in an already-tight energy market, \"will be compensated for from the inventory\", the ministry said, without elaborating. Another aerial attack later in the day struck a fuel tank at an Aramco distribution station in the port city of Jeddah and ignited a fire. Later at night, the roar and thump of missile interceptors rattled the port city as the Saudi military coalition said it destroyed more projectiles over Jeddah. Residents posted footage on social media showing streaks of light from missile defences pierce the dark sky. The relentless wave of strikes revealed the expanding reach and precision of the rebels and the persistent gaps in the kingdom's air defences. A sophisticated strike in 2019 on Aramco oil facilities knocked out half the kingdom's oil production and threatened to ignite a regional crisis, an attack that the US and Riyadh later alleged came from Iran. The attacks on Sunday came as Saudi Arabia's state-backed Aramco, the world's largest oil company, announced its profits surged 124% in 2021 to 110 billion US dollars, a jump fuelled by renewed anxieties about global supply shortages and soaring oil prices. Aramco, also known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co, released its annual earnings after weeks of intense volatility in energy markets triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The international oil benchmark Brent crude spiked over 107 US dollars on Sunday after nearly hitting a peak of 140 US dollars earlier this month. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have so far resisted Western appeals to increase oil production to offset the loss of Russian oil as petrol prices skyrocket. Yehia Sarie, a spokesman for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, said the rebels had launched \"a wide and large military operation\" in retaliation for the Saudi-led \"aggression and blockade\" that has turned much of Yemen into a wasteland. The escalation followed a flurry of diplomacy over the weekend in Oman's capital of Muscat. The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, met with the chief Houthi negotiator and Omani officials to discuss \"a possible truce during the holy month of Ramadan\" in early April, the UN mission said. The White House condemned the attacks, blaming Iran for supplying the Houthis with missile and drone parts, as well as training and expertise. \"It is time to bring this war to a close, but that can only happen if the Houthis agree to cooperate with the United Nations,\" said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. \"The United States stands fully behind those efforts.\" A damaged car is parked at an Aramco terminal (Saudi Press Agency/AP) The Saudi-led military coalition reported aerial strikes on a range of facilities: an Aramco liquefied gas plant in the Red Sea port of Yanbu, an oil storage plant in Jeddah, a desalination facility in Al-Shaqeeq on the Red Sea coast and an Aramco oil facility in the southern border town of Jizan, among others. The extent of damage on Saudi infrastructure remained unclear, and the ministry said only the Yanbu refinery saw a temporary drop in output. A joint venture between Aramco and China, the 10 billion US dollar Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company on the Red Sea pumps 400,000 barrels of oil a day. The Saudi Press Agency shared photos of fire engines dousing leaping flames with water and a trail of rubble wrought by shrapnel that crashed through ceilings and pocked apartment walls. Other images showed wrecked cars and giant craters in the ground. 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A justice of the peace in a magistrates' court, which handles administrative violations and low-level criminal cases, fined the Wikimedia Foundation three million roubles (£25,000) for retaining material on Russian-language Wikipedia pages that violated a law against discrediting Russia's military and spreading false information about the Ukraine conflict, the Interfax news agency reported. The same justice found Apple guilty of failing to delete podcasts and apps with such information and fined the company 400,000 roubles (£3,360). Since sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has enacted an array of measures to punish any criticism or questioning of the military campaign. Some critics have received severe punishments. 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The leak follows Intel's recent confirmation that it plans to release its Arrow Lake-P laptop lineup sometime in 2024. According to the road map, the new Intel APUs may offer unprecedented levels of performance, and Intel is specifically targeting Apple's 14-inch premium laptop segment as its main competitor. We first heard about the Intel Arrow Lake-P architecture in August 2021 , and although the information came from a leak, we now know that the rumors were true. Unsurprisingly, Intel has plans reaching beyond the upcoming generation that include both desktop and mobility processors. Intel Arrow Lake-P will come as a successor to Meteor Lake, both of which feature a disaggregated strategy and leverage three different process nodes. Much like the current-gen Alder Lake, the 15th generation of Intel CPUs is also said to feature a mix of performance (big) and efficient (little) cores. Early rumors also included an exciting piece of information: The Arrow Lake-P APUs will also feature up to 320 graphics execution units (EUs,) promising new levels of performance. It seems that these early leaks can be believed. YouTube channel AdoredTV was the source of the initial Intel Arrow Lake reveal in 2021, and now the channel has also leaked the full slide pertaining to the 15th-gen APUs. Although it should still be taken with some skepticism, it's hard to deny that the slide looks to be legitimate and is part of Intel's internal road map. On the slide, Intel Arrow Lake-P is code-named \"Halo\" and is clearly positioned as a competitor to Apple's 14-inch premium designs. In order to rival Apple's future chips, Intel seems to be preparing a truly powerful laptop chip. The company also states that the mobility APUs will be prioritized over the upcoming Alder Lake-S desktop series. The slide shared by AdoredTV is packed full of information, including timelines for every production step the silicon will go through and naming phases such as ES1, Alpha, Beta, QS, PV, and PRQ. According to Intel's timeline, the first phase of Intel Arrow Lake is targeting the end of 2022, and the final phase should land around the 33rd week of 2023. Of course, although this is a very detailed timeline, it's important to note that delays are fairly common — especially given the current chip shortage. The leaked information confirms AdoredTV's earlier claims of the new chip featuring 320 GPU EUs. It is also said to feature Intel's 20A node, as well as an external N3 node, which will most likely be manufactured by TSMC. We can expect Arrow Lake and Meteor Lake CPUs to utilize the same socket. It's interesting to gain so much insight into an upcoming generation of processors when the 12th-gen Alder Lake is still so new. 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The plant closure will be the second major blow to the town this year coming just two months after a 17-year-old student opened fire at school, killing a sixth grader and his principal as well as wounding six others. Tyson announced the plant closure Monday. It comes after the company closed several other plants last year ago and consolidated its corporate operations the year before. \"After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to permanently close our Perry, Iowa pork facility,\" a Tyson spokesperson said. \"We understand the impact of this decision on our team members and the local community.\" Tyson said it will work with state and local officials to help workers who are losing their jobs, but the company didn't say what severance packages it will offer. Tyson did say it will encourage workers to apply for openings at its other plants. \"While this decision was not easy, it emphasizes our focus to optimize the efficiency of our operations to best serve our customers,\" the Tyson spokesperson said. 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With fewer than 26 days 'til Xmas, the race is on to swindle consumers out of precious dollars. The big push is coming via ads everywhere you can see or hear them, whether traditional media, billboards, social and new media or direct marketing via mail and email. All of this comes at great financial and other costs. Consumers are again feeling stressed, still paying off holiday spending bills from last year and expecting to go into holiday debt this year. According to one estimate, between Black Friday and Cyber Monday people were expected to spend $75 billion. Consumers are not the only ones feeling the pain: retail and associated workers are underpaid, overburdened and expecting threats and abuses during the season to be jolly. Amazon workers and their supporters went on a Black Friday to Cyber Monday strike over six continents to \"Make Amazon Pay.\" UNI Global Union and Progressive International said the worker resistance aims to \"hold Amazon accountable for labor abuses, environmental degradation and threats to democracy.\" Amazon is the world's biggest online company for retail shopping. The protests will mark the fifth year of worker resistance with walk outs in the U.S., India, Germany, France, Spain, the UK and Italy, Bangladesh and other nations. \"Recent events have brought Amazon's influence on our democracies into sharp focus. Reports reveal Amazon has underreported its lobbying expenditures across Europe by millions, and its refusal to participate in public hearings led the European Parliament to banning the company's lobbyists. In the U.S., Amazon's legal actions challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) threaten to weaken protections for all American workers,\" said protest organizers, which include over 80 unions, non-profits, environmental groups and tax watchdogs. Besides that, shopping can literally kill you. According to BlackFridayDeathCount.com, between 2006 and 2021 there have been 17 deaths and 125 injuries related to shopping. That doesn't include holiday season fatalities caused by accidents, shootings, robberies, burglaries, carjackings and suicide. These deaths occurred during shopping. A report came out of Little Rock, Ark., saying two people were shot during a Black Friday incident at a mall. ABC News reported the violence. \"Two individuals today jeopardized the lives and safety of residents and visitors,\" said Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. in a Nov. 29 statement. So much for peace on earth and goodwill toward men? And in a society where the U.S. Surgeon General has declared loneliness to be at epidemic levels, consumption, or over-consumption, won't forge meaningful connections or ease the pain of millions of Americans. According to the American Psychiatric Association's \"Healthy Minds Monthly Poll,\" conducted in early 2024, \"30 percent of adults say they have experienced feelings of loneliness at least once a week over the past year, while 10 percent say they are lonely every day. Younger people were more likely to experience these feelings, with 30 percent of Americans aged 18-34 saying they were lonely every day or several times a week, and single adults are nearly twice as likely as married adults to say they have been lonely on a weekly basis over the past year (39 percent vs. 22 percent.)\" Feelings of loneliness, depression and isolation only rise this time of year along with crime and suicide. While business earnings rise, the total cost of following a cycle of corporate-induced buying weighs heavily on American society. Once again, instead of embracing spiritual values, family and community, the drive is on to spend more, owe more and suffer more. Behind all of this is the false narrative that Jesus was born on Dec. 25 as scholars have admitted that was not the season of his birth. Jesus in the Bible, along with his teachings, principles and lessons, is pushed out of the way for Santa. Talk of love, goodness, mercy and charity ring false in a society fueled by envy, avarice, self-conceit and arrogance. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has taught of and called for an understanding and embrace of spiritual values and teachings across religious lines as America has grown more and more devoid of those values. He has called for strengthening the bonds of human connection through reviving our communities, our friendships and our families. He has said the best gift we can give one another is the beauty of our love and unity. Jesus in the Bible exhorted us to love one another even as he loved us. Shouldn't we return to honoring Jesus as a divine servant of his Father and perfect example for us today? He taught caring for the poor, the orphans and those rejected by society. Unfortunately, the United States has rejected these lessons and teachings while paying lip service to these spiritual and healing values. \"It's the greed for short-term profit that has generated an entire society devoid of values and that alienates the poor and the few non-greedy. Most of the incentives and many of the laws in the society are corrupt,\" warned the Minister in his illuminating book, \"a Torchlight for America,\" published in 1993. He was speaking of the danger of a \"Society of Perverse Incentives.\" \"Legislative policy and tax law is perverted to work for the rich. The political action committees (PACs), the lobbyists, the special-interest groups, all work for the rich. The rich get a capital gains tax break. The corporations get to write off special deductions and interest on loans. The poor get nothing but the burden and the blame,\" he noted. \"Pride and arrogance are part of the leaders' mentality. This spiritual disease is what blinds them to the true formula for success, because they're trying to keep up a posture in the world that is out of step with the will of God and the demands of the time. They want to maintain themselves as the great imperialist power, the overlord, the slavemaster, the god beside God.\" \"The corporations, the high-paying government jobs, the fine material possessions—all of this was built on the backs of slaves and the labor class. It is wrong for companies to leave the poor and the working classes in the lurch,\" he added. \"America could see the simple solutions to its problems if America were not blinded by greed and that old mentality of slavemaster and slave. Both mentalities have to be broken and replaced with a sense of community, humanity and fairness structured on truth and the principles of justice and equality,\" Min. Farrakhan observed. These are the lessons we should embrace as we go against the tide of a heartless society that mocks Jesus by invoking his name and acting against everything that he taught. Let us open our hearts to the mind and message of Jesus the Messiah and follow his example. Let us keep our dollars in our pockets. Not spending a dime, forsaking frivolity and boycotting shopping will allow us to redistribute pain inflicted on us by our open enemy. Acting in accord with the teachings of Jesus the Messiah will allow us to engage in a process of healing and restoring relationships that we can pursue all year round. —Naba'a Muhammad, editor in chief, The Final Call The post 'Tis the season: Stress, debt, sadness and strikes appeared first on Final Call News .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "European Parliament", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "European Parliament", "length": 19, "offset": 1668}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Amazon", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 899}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1010}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1111}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1201}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1461}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1532}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1737}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "ABC News", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ABC News", "length": 8, "offset": 2454}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Final Call", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Final Call", "length": 10, "offset": 7356}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "National Labor Relations Board", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "National Labor Relations Board", "length": 30, "offset": 1801}, {"position_text": "NLRB", "length": 4, "offset": 1833}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "American Psychiatric Association's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "American Psychiatric Association's", "length": 34, "offset": 2912}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "UNI Global Union", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "UNI Global Union", "length": 16, "offset": 1023}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Final Call", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Final Call", "length": 10, "offset": 7356}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "America", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "America", "length": 7, "offset": 4368}, {"position_text": "America", "length": 7, "offset": 6381}, {"position_text": "America", "length": 7, "offset": 6439}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "India", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 1354}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Spain", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Spain", "length": 5, "offset": 1378}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "United States", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "United States", "length": 13, "offset": 4912}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 60, "text": "Boeing passenger jet makes emergency landing after window blows out\nAn Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday after a window and a chunk of its fuselage blew out in mid-air shortly after takeoff. A passenger posted a photo showing a gaping hole in the side of the aeroplane next to passenger seats. It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured. The airline said the plane landed safely with 174 passengers and six crew members. After the incident, the airline said it was grounding all Boeing 737-9 aircraft. The plane was diverted after rising to 16,000 feet about six minutes after taking off at 5.07pm, according to flight tracking data from the FlightAware website. It landed again at 5.26pm. KPTV-TV reported photos sent in by a passenger showed a large section of the plane's fuselage was missing. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane landed safely after the crew reported a pressurization issue. The agency said it would investigate. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating an event on the flight and would post updates when they were available. The Boeing 737-9 MAX rolled off the assembly line and received its certification just two months ago, according to online FAA records. Boeing said it was aware of the incident, working to gather more information and ready to support the investigation. The Max is the newest version of Boeing's venerable 737, a twin-engine, single-aisle plane frequently used on US domestic flights. The plane went into service in May 2017. Two Max 8 jets crashed in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people, leading to a near two-year worldwide grounding of all Max 8 and Max 9 planes. The planes returned to service only after Boeing made changes to an automated flight control system implicated in the crashes. Max deliveries have been interrupted at times to fix manufacturing flaws. 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He was commenting on a report in the New York Times, which contained details of an assessment by the US intelligence community regarding a bomb attack near Moscow in August, in which journalist and political activist Darya Dugina was killed. \"The involvement of the Ukrainian state in this terrorist act, the murder of a young woman, was argued and demonstrated by our special services in a reasonably swift manner,\" Peskov told journalists. The Kremlin spokesman noted the NYT article may be a positive development, provided that its reporting accurately reflects the stance of the US intelligence community. \"We really want to hope that this is not some attempt by the American colleagues, who may possess certain information, to disclaim responsibility for future terrorist acts that the Ukrainian state may be preparing,\" he added. According to the NYT, American spies believe that \"parts of the Ukrainian government authorized\" the assassination of Dugina. Its sources claimed that the US had nothing to do with the crime and had no advance knowledge of it. Washington reportedly admonished Kiev for the killing, despite Ukraine's insistence that it had nothing to do with it either. The story described Washington's concerns about possible Russian retaliation for targeting Dugina and a number of Ukrainian officials who cooperated with Moscow in governing lands captured from Kiev. A senior Ukrainian military official confirmed to the NYT that Kiev had carried out \"attacks on accused Ukrainian collaborators,\" some of which were fatal. \"Some American officials believe it is crucial to curb what they see as dangerous adventurism [on Kiev's part], particularly political assassinations,\" the newspaper added. Dugina was the daughter of Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, a controversial public figure known for his advocacy of Russian exceptionalism. Some observers claimed that his ideas had influenced Russian foreign policy, including Moscow's decision to send troops into Ukraine in late February. Darya shared her father's political convictions. READ MORE: Second suspect identified in Dugina assassination Russia's security service, the FSB, identified two Ukrainian nationals, a man and a woman, as members of a hit squad responsible for Dugina's assassination. Both had left the country before they could be arrested. The woman, Natalya Vovk, rented an apartment in the block where Dugina lived and visited an event outside of Moscow, where the bomb was planted on the victim's car, according to the investigators. 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(NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987, the \"Company\" or \"Yum China\") is thrilled to celebrate the victory of Jannik Sinner, global ambassador for Lavazza, at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. Lavazza, a renowned family-owned Italian coffee company, entered into a joint venture with Yum China in early 2020 to develop the Lavazza coffee concept in China. The joint venture had opened over 100 Lavazza stores across the country since then, bringing premium Italian coffee experiences to Chinese consumers. During the Rolex Shanghai Masters, the joint venture rolled out a series of marketing initiatives to elevate Lavazza's brand presence. As a prestige sponsor of the tournament, Lavazza introduced a limited-edition \"LAVAZZA Shakerato\" drink featuring Jannik Sinner, available exclusively in China. Fans were also treated to special accessories, such as tennis balls signed by Sinner and custom-designed Lavazza coffee cups, reflecting Lavazza's deep-rooted connection with tennis. Lavazza set up four booths at the Qizhong Tennis Center, where the Rolex Shanghai Masters took place, offering special meal sets for attendees and enhancing the overall event experience. In addition to its partnership with Lavazza, Yum China is also proud to have Pizza Hut involved in the Rolex Shanghai Masters. Pizza Hut provided a variety of signature dishes to enhance the fan experience during the event, further solidifying Yum China's presence at one of the most important tennis events in the region. The Rolex Shanghai Masters, an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event, draws top tennis players from around the world. Yum China is honored to be part of this prestigious event and is committed to providing exceptional service and culinary experience to audience across China. 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These statements are based on current estimates and assumptions made by us in light of our experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that we believe are appropriate and reasonable under the circumstances, but there can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the future strategies, growth, business plans, investments, store openings, capital expenditures, dividend and share repurchase plans, CAGR for system sales, operating profit and EPS, earnings, performance and returns of_Yum China, anticipated effects of population and macroeconomic trends, pace of recovery of_Yum China's_business, the anticipated effects of our innovation, digital and delivery capabilities and investments on growth and beliefs regarding the long-term drivers of_Yum China's_business. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and could cause our actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by those statements. We cannot assure you that any of our expectations, estimates or assumptions will be achieved. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are only made as of the date of this press release, and we disclaim any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law. Numerous factors could cause our actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: whether we are able to achieve development goals at the times and in the amounts currently anticipated, if at all, the success of our marketing campaigns and product innovation, our ability to maintain food safety and quality control systems, changes in public health conditions, our ability to control costs and expenses, including tax costs, as well as changes in political, economic and regulatory conditions in_China, and those set forth under the caption \"Risk Factors\" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q). In addition, other risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial could affect the accuracy of any such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. You should consult our filings with the_Securities and Exchange Commission_(including the information set forth under the caption \"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations\" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q) for additional detail about factors that could affect our financial and other results. About_Yum China Holdings, Inc. Yum China_is the largest restaurant company in_China_with a mission to make every life taste beautiful. The Company has approximately 400,000 employees and operates over 15,000 restaurants under six brands across more than 2,100 cities in_China._KFC_and_Pizza Hut_are the leading brands in the quick-service and casual dining restaurant spaces in_China, respectively. In addition,_Yum China_has partnered with Lavazza to develop the Lavazza coffee concept in_China. Little Sheep and_Huang Ji Huang_specialize in Chinese cuisine. Taco Bell offers innovative Mexican-inspired food._Yum China_has a world-class, digitalized supply chain, which includes an extensive network of logistics centers nationwide and an in-house supply chain management system. Its strong digital capabilities and loyalty program enable the Company to reach customers faster and serve them better._Yum China_is a Fortune 500 company with the vision to be the world's most innovative pioneer in the restaurant industry. For more information, please visit_ http://ir.yumchina.com . SOURCE Yum China Holdings, Inc. 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The space tourism company says that an alignment pin had 'unintentionally detached' from the mothership, VMS Eve, during the first flight of the year. This pin helps ensure that the space plane, VMS Unity, stays aligned with VMS Eve as it is carried to the edge of space. Virgin Galactic insists that the safety of the flight, named Galactic 06, was unaffected. However, no further flights will be permitted until the FAA, the US flight regulator, has carried out a 'mishap investigation'. Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has been forced to suspend all flights after a pin which aligns the mothership and spaceship fell off mid-flight The Virgin Galactic flight brings passengers into space by transporting a small rocket-powered space plane to 45,000 ft hung beneath the belly of a large mothership plane READ MORE: Space tourism firm gives a sneak peek at its futuristic pod that will carry passengers 20 miles above Earth next year In a statement, Virgin Galactic said the loss was discovered during post-flight checks and the company informed the FAA on January 31. The company says that the alignment pin 'helps ensure the spaceship is aligned to the mothership when mating the vehicles on the ground during pre-flight procedures.' It adds that the pin also 'helps transfer drag and other forces from the spaceship' as the spaceship climbs. However, the statement insists that the pin only fell off after the spaceship had already detached from the mothership. Virgin Galactic said: 'At no time did the detached alignment pin pose a safety impact to the vehicles or the crew on board. 'Virgin Galactic flights occur in restricted airspace and at specific geographical launch locations that control the hazards to people or structures on the ground.' Richard Branson, the billionaire owner of Virgin Records and Virgin Galactic, has previously said that he wants to make spaceflight available to the general public The company says that the pin only fell off after the space plane had already detached (point 02 on the diagram) and that the safety of the fight was not affected Richard Branson's space tourism company offers individuals the chance to travel briefly into sub-orbital space flight. The 140-ft wide mothership plane carries the VMS Unity to an altitude of 45,000ft, at which point the pilots detach the spacecraft and ignite the engine. 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The work will make the site better for visitors and wildlife by helping prevent pollution from getting into the ponds and by making the footpaths around the ponds easier to use. The work will also involve planting reeds and flowers around the ponds, removing some trees and branches to let more light in, and adding barriers to protect sensitive parts of the site. Some of this work has already begun, and more will take place early in 2023, with further planting in the Spring . Shlomo Dowen, FTNCG chair, said: \"We are so grateful to the Severn Trent Community Fund for helping our dream of an improved site become a reality. 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Nearly 1.3 million tonnes of contaminated water have accumulated at the site – enough to fill 500 Olympic swimming pools. The water has built up over the past ten years, after the site was ravaged by an earthquake and tsunami – causing the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Currently, the water is stored in huge tanks at an annual cost of around $880m, and space is running out. Although international authorities support the water discharge effort, the plans do have raised concern from neighbours China and South Korea and worried both local farmers and the fishing industry. 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REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot/File Photo (Reuters) - GoPro Inc reported its first profit in five quarters on Wednesday and topped Wall Street estimates for revenue, as it cut costs and saw strong demand for HERO 7 action cameras, the cheapest so far in its flagship line. The company's shares rose 10 percent to $5.56 in after-market trading. GoPro, whose mounted cameras are used by everyone from action junkies to Instagram travel bloggers, has launched cheaper products to drive demand, exited a failing drone business and become leaner through job cuts, helping it revive profit margins. Still, its action cameras face stiff competition from ever-improving cameras on smartphones. In the December quarter, GoPro said it gained market share in Asian markets including Japan, China, Korea and Thailand, while in the United States it had an 87 percent share of the action camera market by units. \"With this momentum and a continued focus on expense management, we're planning for growth and profitability in 2019,\" GoPro Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Woodman said in a statement. The San Mateo, California-based firm reported net income of $32 million in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a net loss of $55.9 million a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, the company earned 30 cents per share, above analysts' estimate of 26 cents, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. Revenue surged 13 percent to $377 million, exceeding analysts' average estimate of $374.2 million. 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Airbus and the American Voyager Space announced on Wednesday August 2 the creation of a joint venture to build and operate Starlab, a commercial space station intended to take over from the International Space Station (ISS) at the end of the decade. \"Dominantly American\" with a leg in Germany where many Airbus Defense and Space sites are located, this joint venture must meet \"proven demand from global space agencies, while opening up new prospects for commercial users\", says Matthew Kuta, president of Voyager Space, quoted in the joint press release. To take over from the ISS, NASA intends to purchase services rather than manage the programs itself, as it already does to send astronauts into space. It thus granted, at the end of 2021, 160 million dollars to Voyager Space, via its subsidiary Nanoracks, to develop Starlab. It also awarded 130 million to Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, and 126 million to giant Northrop Grumman to develop their own station projects. Another American company, Axiom Space, is also developing its station with NASA support and industrial participation in the Franco-Italian Thales Alenia Space project. Read also Starship, Ariane 6, Vulcan: in 2023, the great battle of space launchers European spearhead Airbus' participation in Starlab, which has already been providing technical support since January, allows Voyager Space to consider that ESA, the European space agency, will use its services to continue sending European astronauts into space. while ensuring industrial returns in Europe. \"We feel that we are the representative or perhaps the spearhead of Europe in this area. And of course we also do this to attract ESA and the Member States\", said Michael Schoellhorn, President of Airbus Defense and Space during a conference call. The European group can rely on the expertise it has developed with the ATV automatic transfer vehicle or the European service module (ESM) designed for the American Artemis lunar missions, he argued. Neither Michael Schoellhorn nor the CEO of Voyage Space Dylan Taylor wanted to specify their respective participation in the joint venture or the amount of the project. Starlab, which is to be put into orbit in a single launch by 2028, will be 8 meters in diameter, nearly twice that of the ISS, and half the volume, according to Dylan Taylor. \"NASA and other space agencies will be the core of our activities for the first Starlab,\" he explained. The station will be dedicated to research and work in microgravity that the pharmaceutical industry will also want to carry out there, but \"we are not targeting space tourism\", he added. 2023-08-02 17:12:12 #Airbus #boards #Starlab #future #space #station #project The post Airbus and Voyager Space Announce Joint Venture to Build and Operate New Space Station appeared first on World Today News .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "World Today News", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "World Today News", "length": 16, "offset": 2974}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Northrop Grumman", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Northrop Grumman", "length": 16, "offset": 1084}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Nanoracks", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Nanoracks", "length": 9, "offset": 961}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "ESA", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ESA", "length": 3, "offset": 1548}, {"position_text": "ESA", "length": 3, "offset": 1829}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Blue Origin", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Blue Origin", "length": 11, "offset": 1023}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Voyager Space", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Voyager Space", "length": 13, "offset": 11}, {"position_text": "Voyager Space", "length": 13, "offset": 666}, {"position_text": "Voyager Space", "length": 13, "offset": 927}, {"position_text": "Voyager Space", "length": 13, "offset": 1517}, {"position_text": "Voyager Space", "length": 13, "offset": 2880}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Airbus", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Airbus", "length": 6, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Airbus", "length": 6, "offset": 159}, {"position_text": "Airbus", "length": 6, "offset": 464}, {"position_text": "Airbus", "length": 6, "offset": 1410}, {"position_text": "Airbus", "length": 6, "offset": 1896}, {"position_text": "Airbus", "length": 6, "offset": 2803}, {"position_text": "Airbus", "length": 6, "offset": 2869}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Axiom Space", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Axiom Space", "length": 11, "offset": 1166}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Thales", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Thales", "length": 6, "offset": 1279}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Europe", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Europe", "length": 6, "offset": 1691}, {"position_text": "Europe", "length": 6, "offset": 1767}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Germany", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Germany", "length": 7, "offset": 445}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 70, "text": "$100M Lawsuit Filed On Behalf Of 3 Dallas Firefighters Severely Injured In Highland Hills Gas...\nHOUSTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Attorneys for three Dallas firefighters seriously injured after a natural gas explosion at the Highland Hills Apartments in Oak Cliff on September 29, 2021 have filed a $100,000,000 lawsuit. Captain Christopher Gadomski, Engineer Ronald Hall, and Officer Pauline Perez, sustained significant injuries and burns in the Explosion, requiring multiple surgeries and ongoing medical care. (courtesy: Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner Partner Brant J. Stogner) READ MORE: Winter Storm Warning Still In Effect As Freezing Drizzle Moves Out Of North Texas The three injured firefighters, Captain Christopher Gadomski, Engineer Ronald Hall, and Officer Pauline Perez, sustained significant injuries and burns in the explosion, requiring multiple surgeries and ongoing medical care, according to the suit filed in Dallas County. The blast at the 2-story complex in the 5700 block of Highland Hills Drive, between South Lancaster Road and I-45 is just blocks from Dallas Fire Station 54 and near Paul Quinn College. Debris from the explosion was blown onto other apartment buildings and a carport in a parking lot. The lawsuit alleges claims for negligence, premises liability, and gross negligence against the Apartment Complex Owner and Management Defendants (Mountain Creek Apts., LP, Odin Properties, Odin Management) and the complex's gas supplier, Atmos Energy Corporation. \"This pattern of unsafe, hazardous practices must stop. The lives of three firefighters – public servants – were forever changed by this explosion. As a result of years of ignoring safety, ignoring crime, and failing to comply with the minimum state and federal requirements, the Highland Hills Apartment complex and its gas system became a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. While a bullet may have caused the gas leak, these defendants caused the Explosion. Captain Gadomski, Engineer Hall, and Officer Perez dedicated their lives to service, and it is unclear whether any of them will ever be physically able to return to firefighting. Their injuries from the Explosion are permanent, but they were preventable. My firm and I are filing suit to hold Atmos, Mountain Creek Apts, LP, Odin Properties, and Odin Management accountable and to seek justice for the three firefighters injured due to Defendants' negligence and gross negligence.\" said firm partner, Brant J. Stogner, lead attorney for the three injured firefighters. Captain Gadomski, Hall and Officer Perez responded to what was initially a carbon monoxide leak call at the Highland Hills Apartments. One there, the lawsuit alleges apartment complex and management workers used a drill, not a master key, to remove the doorknob of Highland Hills Unit 129 and open the front door to gain access. Inside, a severed gas line was found actively leaking natural gas. The gas supply to the building had not been shut off, and the apartment building wasn't evacuated, according to the lawsuit. Officer Perez entered Unit 129 with a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) to determine if anyone was injured and to attempt to find the leak inside the apartment. Captain Gadomski and Hall were outside the apartment with management, trying to locate the main service line to shut off the gas supply to Building 5726 when an explosion rocked them to the ground. READ MORE: Carrollton Police And Fire Rescue Vehicles Involved In Crashes On Icy Roadways Initial investigation reports, while still preliminary, concluded that the gas leak inside the unit was likely caused by a bullet from a domestic violence incident on the property hours before the explosion, the lawsuit alleges. At some point, an alleged shooter entered Highland Hills Apartments' property and shot multiple rounds at or near Unit 129 from outside. The alleged shooter was later identified as Phillip Dankins , 28, and arrested for causing the leak. But, while the bullet may have caused the initial gas leak, the bullet did not cause the explosion, according to the lawsuit . Officer Perez sustained second-and third-degree burns to her hands, arms, legs, her ears, and her face. Due to the nature and extent of the injuries she sustained, Officer Perez required ICU admission and burn unit care at Parkland. She endured multiple surgeries, including skin grafts, to address her wounds. Since her release from the hospital, she is relearning to use her hands as her skin grafts heal. She continues to require ongoing medical treatment for these injuries and will continue to require additional long-term care and treatment for those injuries in the future, her attorneys said. Hall suffered extensive second-and third-degree burns to 40% of his body including his face, head, arms, and legs. He sustained a severe right leg fracture which required emergency surgery. To date, he has undergone a multitude of surgeries, including additional procedures on his right leg and treatment for his extensive burns. Hall's injuries required ICU admission at Parkland for five days, Burn Unit admission for 3 weeks, and in-patient rehab at Zale Lipshy for 2 weeks. He continues to require ongoing medical treatment for his severe injuries and will continue additional long-term care and treatment, said his attorneys. Captain Gadomski was thrown backward a considerable distance by the force of the explosion and through two building walls. He suffered numerous second-and third-degree burns, as well as extensive broken bones in both legs. Captain Gadomski was hospitalized for six weeks and required multiple surgeries on both legs to stabilize what remained of his bones as well as burn and wound care. Captain Gadomski still suffers from multiple injuries, constant pain in both legs, and continues to require both therapy and surgical intervention due to the severe nature of his injuries, according to his attorneys. RELATED: 'It Threw Me Back Up The Stairs': Dallas Apartment Residents Describe Moments During Explosion In their Original Petition, the firefighters seek monetary relief more than $1,000,000 for medical expenses, lost wages, and permanent injuries, among other damages, from Atmos Energy Corporation and the Apartment Complex Defendants. The firefighters are also seeking exemplary damages of $100,000,000 against all the defendants for their gross negligence. 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Sentencing papers filed Wednesday show Canaan Trever Aldridge, who is deaf, pleaded guilty to five counts of aggravated robbery and five counts of theft in exchange for the 10-year term imposed by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Cathi Compton. One of those theft counts stems from Aldridge's Nov. 30, 2017, arrest for stealing a pistol from Boll Weevil Pawn at 3700 S. University Ave. three days earlier. Court filings show Aldridge approached store clerk Jazzmyne Simmons to look at a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, giving her his identification while he held the pistol to look it over. Simmons said Aldridge never spoke during the encounter but communicated with hand gestures. He ran from the store with the gun, leaving his ID behind. The incident also was recorded on store security video. Court filings show that the robberies occurred between Jan. 20, 2018, and Feb. 10, 2018, beginning with Aldridge's attempt to hold up Great American Wings at 6323 Colonel Glenn Road at gunpoint. The effort was rebuffed by the only employee at the store, David Daniels. Daniels said he was in the kitchen when he heard a man demanding money, looked out and saw a hoodie-wearing man with a bandanna over his mouth waving a gun. Daniels told police that he told the robber there was no money in the restaurant and that Daniels stayed in the kitchen until the man left empty-handed. Detectives collected surveillance video from the store and saw two men together outside the restaurant, one of them wearing the same clothes attributed to the robber. Aldridge was eventually identified as the suspect in part because police recognized the second man as Octavious Wesson, 23, of Little Rock who said he and Aldridge had been at the store. Five days after the chicken-wing robbery attempt, Aldridge struck at the Dollar General at 3500 John Barrow Road on Jan 25, 2018, where he threatened clerk Terri Hubbard with a knife and took cash. Store workers said the robber covered his face and never spoke, but gestured with the knife for the money, then ran off with it. After another five days passed, Aldridge held up Dollar General clerk Corey Willis at the store at 7710 Colonel Glenn Road on Jan. 30, 2018. He returned to the John Barrow Dollar General with a knife Feb. 3, 2018, again threatening Hubbard to get cash from the register before fleeing. Shortly after that holdup, Little Rock police identified Aldridge as a potential suspect and were on the lookout for him, court filings show. He was arrested a week later after holding up the clerk Stanley White at the Dollar General at 7710 Colonel Glenn Road on Feb. 10, 2018. Print Headline: Man gets 10 years for LR thefts", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "LR", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "LR", "length": 2, "offset": 3007}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 72, "text": "Rebecca Grant: After Saudi Arabia is attacked, will US military attack Iran? Here are options\nOnly the Iranians, the world's worst diplomats, would mastermind a significant attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities just days before the United Nations General Assembly opens. Yet that's what all signs point too. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted after the Saturday attack that \" Iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the energy supply. There is no evidence the attacks came from Yemen.\" Iran has the technology to mount such an attack. It has gotten help from Russia and China over the years. And we've seen Iran do things like this before. BEHNAM BEN TALEBLU: ATTACK ON SAUDI OIL FACILITY SHOWS TRUMP WAS RIGHT TO PULL OUT OF IRAN NUKE DEAL The attack Saturday on the Saudi oil facilities was the second recent strike against the Saudi Aramco oil company. On Aug. 17, 20 drones hit the Shaybah liquid natural gas facility in Saudi Arabia, causing a small fire. More from Opinion On Aug. 25, Israel launched a preemptive strike against an Iranian drone base in Syria. Back in 2017, American F-15 pilots shot down Iranian drones over Syria when the drones tried to bomb U.S. forces working with allies on the ground. Whatever Iran is up to, the Saudi Aramco strike was a significant escalation. Seventeen points of impact were precisely targeted, U.S. officials said. This surveillance and planning required for this strike were evidence of a whole new level of sophistication. Oil storage facilities are soft targets. Hit them, spill some fuel, and the result is a really big fire. Saudi Aramco has been in the oil business for a long time, so pre-surveying the site for target coordinates would not be hard. Still, the accuracy of the strikes suggests advanced help. Russia and China could easily have provided know-how at some point. Or Iran may have used unmanned drones to determine the coordinates. The Saudi Aramco strike shows Iran can hit other targets throughout the region – directly or by proxy. The Dubai airport, the new nuclear plant under construction in the United Arab Emirates and other Saudi oil infrastructure are all vulnerable to Iran's drones and cruise missiles. Right now, the Trump administration is playing it cool. Pompeo and other senior officials are pointing at Iran as being behind the Saturday attack but are keeping American options open. Step 1, of course, is security for our military forces in the region. U.S. military leaders will certainly review options to strike Iran. That's their job. Commanders at Central Command must prepare options available to President Trump. Strikes on a drone base would be one option. So would a limited attack on Iranian oil facilities, like the 1988 strikes by the U.S. Navy on Iranian offshore oil rigs and naval vessels. Any strike options would be limited and proportional. Most of all, an attack would be carried out only in consultation with Saudi Arabia and other allies – especially Britain, Australia and Bahrain. Those nations are part of Operation Sentinel, the maritime stability force protecting Persian Gulf shipping. Could the drones and missiles have come from Yemen? Maybe. Iran has been supporting the Houthi rebels in Yemen's civil war, while a Saudi-led coalition is assisting the government of Yemen. However, Pompeo's statement that the attacks did not come from Yemen must be taken seriously. In this case, the U.S., Saudi Arabia and other allies have plenty of \"eyes in the skies\" watching everything that moves over the Persian Gulf region. U.S. military leaders will certainly review options to strike Iran. That's their job. For example, drones and/or cruise missiles inbound from Iran's coast to Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil facility in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia could have been seen by military forces. The Iranian cruise missile specter has worried military planners for quite some time. Novator, the Russian company that made the 9M729 missile that led to the end of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, began marketing the Club-K \"cruise missile in a box\" several years ago. This devastating system could hide inside a standard shipping container, giving customers a \"long-range precision strike capability to ordinary vehicles that can be moved to almost any place on earth without attracting attention,\" venerable Jane's Defense Weekly reported in 2010. The point is that Russia, China and others have sold Iran advanced missile technology. And they have been egging Iran on as President Hassan Rouhani plays at nuclear blackmail and refuses to talk. President Trump need not rush to action. He's proven to be methodical and cautious with the use of military force. He prefers talks to strikes. A lot hinges on what the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia chooses to do. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR OPINION NEWSLETTE R Here in the U.S., the Strategic Petroleum Reserve gives us ample time for Saudi Aramco to repair damage and restore output. The reserve of over 700 million barrels is stored in salt caves in Texas and Louisiana. It was tapped during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Trump on Sunday authorized the release of oil from the reserve to keep oil markets stable. To my mind, the pressure is now on the United Nations. The U.N. General Assembly, which opens in New York on Tuesday, needs to address Iran's behavior. The U.N., after all, is the big honcho behind the Iran nuclear deal. The U.N. also runs the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has confirmed Iran's nuclear violations. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The world body shouldn't focus only on climate change and sustainable development and shirk its core mission of conflict resolution. It will lose a lot of credibility if it can't deal more effectively with Iran. One thing is for certain: Iran must never acquire a nuclear weapon. 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Already dwell within the iOS 17.4 beta is an modern post-quantum cryptographic protocol known as PQ3. The novel improve provides iMessage \"the strongest safety properties of any at-scale messaging protocol on the earth.\" Here's why iMessage quantum safety is essential now and into the longer term, how PQ3 works, and extra. iMessage has a historical past of sturdy safety. From the launch in 2011 with end-to-end encryption to the adoption of Elliptic Curve cryptography in 2019 to BlastDoor with iOS 14, and up to date enhancements like Contact Key Verification on the finish of 2023, Apple is continually upgrading iMessage safety. Now Apple has unveiled what it calls the \"most vital\" cryptographic safety improve for iMessage with an entire rebuild of the system's protocol. Apple detailed the brand new development on its Security Research weblog this morning. Today we're saying essentially the most vital cryptographic safety improve in iMessage historical past with the introduction of PQ3, a groundbreaking post-quantum cryptographic protocol that advances the state-of-the-art of end-to-end safe messaging. With compromise-resilient encryption and intensive defenses in opposition to even extremely subtle quantum assaults, PQ3 is the primary messaging protocol to achieve what we name Level 3 safety — offering protocol protections that surpass these in all different extensively deployed messaging apps. To our information, PQ3 has the strongest safety properties of any at-scale messaging protocol on the earth. iMessage quantum safety Signal was the primary at-scale messaging platform to announce a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) safety enhancement final fall with a \"key institution\" mechanism. However, Apple's method has two layers of safety with PQC key institution in addition to ongoing PQC rekeying. There isn't but an business commonplace for ranking classical vs PQC cryptography protocols so Apple has developed its personal rating system. Here's how that appears and the way PQ3 obtained its identify as a degree 3 PQC: Image by way of Apple Apple says that Signal's transfer to incorporate PQC key institution (degree 2) \"is a welcome and important step\" that pushed its safety above all different messaging platforms. However, it may well solely supply quantum safety if the dialog key stays uncompromised. At Level 2, the applying of post-quantum cryptography is restricted to the preliminary key institution, offering quantum safety provided that the dialog key materials is rarely compromised. But at present's subtle adversaries have already got incentives to compromise encryption keys, as a result of doing so provides them the power to decrypt messages protected by these keys for so long as the keys don't change. To finest defend end-to-end encrypted messaging, the post-quantum keys want to alter on an ongoing foundation to position an higher sure on how a lot of a dialog could be uncovered by any single, point-in-time key compromise — each now and with future quantum computer systems. That's the place Apple's PQ3 (degree 3) protocol comes through which secures each the preliminary key and ongoing rekeying. Importantly, that provides iMessage \"the power to quickly and mechanically restore the cryptographic safety of a dialog even when a given key turns into compromised.\" As proven above, Apple envisions future ranges of quantum safety will embody PQC authentication alongside with PQC key institution and ongoing rekeying. Why is post-quantum cryptography essential now? While many safety specialists imagine we're nonetheless round a decade or extra to see the complete capabilities of quantum computer systems – like cracking classical cryptography – there are essential steps to take now to guard in opposition to future assaults on at present's knowledge. Apple highlights a malicious tactic known as \"Harvest Now, Decrypt Later\" that PQ3 will assist defend in opposition to. A sufficiently highly effective quantum computer might remedy these classical mathematical issues in basically other ways, and due to this fact — in concept — achieve this quick sufficient to threaten the safety of end-to-end encrypted communications. Although such quantum computer systems don't but exist, extraordinarily well-resourced attackers can already put together for their potential arrival by benefiting from the steep lower in fashionable knowledge storage prices. The premise is straightforward: such attackers can acquire massive quantities of at present's encrypted knowledge and file all of it away for future reference. Even although they'll't decrypt any of this knowledge at present, they'll retain it till they purchase a quantum computer that can decrypt it sooner or later, an assault state of affairs often known as Harvest Now, Decrypt Later. And after all, because the rise of quantum computer systems happens, already having superior safety in place will assist forestall present-day quantum assaults of the longer term in addition to efforts to decrypt stolen knowledge of the previous. When is iMessage quantum safety launching? You can improve your iMessage with PQ3 by putting in the iOS 17.4 beta (alongside with the iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, and watchOS 10.4 betas) PQ3 quantum safety for iMessage will arrive for all customers with the general public releases of iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, and watchOS 10.4 Apple says that \"iMessage conversations between gadgets that help PQ3 are mechanically ramping as much as the post-quantum encryption protocol.\" And the PQ3 protocol \"will totally substitute the prevailing protocol inside all supported conversations this 12 months.\" More particulars on iMessage quantum safety (PQ3) In creating PQ3, Apple says it had 5 necessities: Introduce post-quantum cryptography from the beginning of a dialog , so that all communication is protected against present and future adversaries. Mitigate the affect of key compromises by limiting what number of previous and future messages could be decrypted with a single compromised key. Use a hybrid design to mix new post-quantum algorithms with present Elliptic Curve algorithms, guaranteeing that PQ3 can by no means be much less protected than the prevailing classical protocol. Amortize message dimension to keep away from extreme further overhead from the added safety. Use formal verification strategies to supply sturdy safety assurances for the brand new protocol. Here are extra specifics on the PQC public keys Apple is utilizing: PQ3 introduces a brand new post-quantum encryption key within the set of public keys every machine generates domestically and transmits to Apple servers as a part of iMessage registration. For this software, we selected to make use of Kyber post-quantum public keys, an algorithm that obtained shut scrutiny from the worldwide cryptography group, and was chosen by NIST because the Module Lattice-based Key Encapsulation Mechanism commonplace, or ML-KEM. This permits sender gadgets to acquire a receiver's public keys and generate post-quantum encryption keys for the very first message, even when the receiver is offline. We seek advice from this as preliminary key institution. PQ3 has obtained two formal verifications from Professor David Basin who leads the Information Security Group at ETH Zürich and is likely one of the inventors of Tamarin – \"a number one safety protocol verification instrument that was additionally used to guage PQ3.\" The University of Waterloo's Professor Douglas Stebila who has intensive expertise researching post-quantum safety for web protocols has additionally formally verified PQ3. Head to Apple's full article on PQ3 quantum safety for iMessage for extra technical particulars on the mechanics of PQC key institution, PQC rekeying, padding and encryption, authentication, and extra. Top picture by 9to5Mac FTC: We use earnings incomes auto affiliate hyperlinks. More. 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It means that fully vaccinated Brits will be able to avoid quarantine restrictions when arriving in Scotland from the likes of Brazil, Mexico and South Africa from 4am on Monday, October 11. Red list rules will still apply for Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. It has also been announced that the recognition of full vaccination status will be extended to a further 37 countries, with India, Turkey and Ghana included. It comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially defined long-Covid for the first time during the pandemic. Health experts have been baffled by the condition which is said to have impacted more than one million people across the UK . Stay on top of this and the day's other breaking pandemic news at our LIVE blog here. 07:41Douglas Barrie Couple turned away from gate due to 'unfair' Covid policy A couple who were turned away from their flight by EasyJet staff due to a stipulation in Covid-testing policies called the decision \"unfair\" and \"illogical\". Jayne Nicholls and Alexander Doory were refused at the gate of their Naples flight at Luton Airport due to an \"unclear\" ruling by the airline. The were informed on Monday October 4 that their fit-to-fly Covid results would not be accepted as they were outwith the set time limitations. READ MORE: Couple turned away from gate by EasyJet minutes before flight due to 'unfair' Covid policy 07:11Douglas Barrie Tests needed for going in and out of country The government streamlined the traffic-light system this week in a significant change to international travel rules — but there are still different test requirements. As of October 4, the travel traffic-light system is divided into two official classifications: 'non-red' and ' red list ' countries. This means that green and amber list destinations have merged together into the non-red classification. READ MORE: Covid travel in Scotland - the tests needed for going in and out of country 07:10Douglas Barrie SNP MP recovering from Covid SNP MP Allan Dorans has told how a \"severe and debilitating\" form of Covid-19 has left him recovering in Ayr Hospital. The politician, who represents Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock , was admitted for treatment earlier this week. The 66-year-old thanked NHS staff who have been treating him and to constituents for their well wishes. READ MORE: SNP MP Allan Dorans recovering from 'severe and debilitating' bout of Covid-19 07:09Douglas Barrie Covid infection rate breakdown Scotland's Covid death toll has increased by 39 amid 2,691 new cases being confirmed yesterday. Figures have been published on Thursday by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland (PHS) as part of the national Covid-19 daily briefing. Nationally, there are 980 patients being treated in hospital which is down eight from yesterday. There are currently 69 people with the disease being treated in ICUs. 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The S&P Global Ratings agency upgraded Tesla's issuer credit rating and the rating on its long-term debt to B+ each from an earlier BB- reports The Fly . S&P Global Ratings Positive On Tesla's Ability To Maintain Positive Operating Cash Flow Despite Global Manufacturing Expansion Today's rating change comes after S&P decided in September that Tesla would be excluded from the coveted S&P 500 index. The announcement caused a dramatic drop in the company's share price and Tesla saw billions in market capitalization being wiped off. Tesla Rumored To Introduce Cobalt-Free Model 3 In China This Week In Major Shift The change covers Tesla's ability as a whole to repay its debts and existing unsecured debt that the company currently has on its balance sheet. Investor confidence in Tesla's ability to efficiently manufacture and ship electric vehicles has soared only recently after the company started operations in its Chinese Gigafactory. S&P notes these improvements and cites other reasons behind its upgrade. For instance, the agency notes that Tesla's global expansion will help its competitiveness in the electric vehicle sector. In addition to the Gigafactories in China and in the United States, Tesla also plans to run a manufacturing plant in Brandenburg-Berlin, Germany. This will be the company's latest Gigafactory, and according to statements made by Tesla C.E.O. Mr. Elon Musk, it will feature several improvements over the company's facilities inside the United States. These will translate into vehicles that have different features than their counterparts manufactured internationally. The two-piece rear underbody of the Model Y (shown above) is signficantly different than that of the Model 3 which uses seventy pieces. The two-piece body is cheaper to manufacture as it lets Tesla save costs on employing robots for construction, but it requires extensive time and energy for setting up casting machines. Image: Page 16 of the Tesla Q1 2020 Update More importantly, the ratings agency also expressed its optimism in Tesla's ability to maintain positive operating cash flow. Operating cash flow refers to the cash that a company generates from its operations after expenses and product costs have been accounted for, and it removes the impact of financial and investment expenditures on a company's cash position. According to the S&P: \"The stable outlook reflects our view that Tesla's financial performance will stay in line with our expectations, namely: a weighted free operating cash flow to debt ratio above 5%, even as it expands its manufacturing footprint around the world.\" Tesla intends to significantly scale up its production from current levels over the course of this decade. S&P's upgrade will help assuage concerns about the company's profitability and long term operational fluency. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Shares Pummeled Amid a Complete Network Outage Just a Day After Its Hyped Battery Day Event In the long-run Tesla hopes to manufacture its battery cells in-house and stop sourcing the components externally. The company also plans to introduce a new electric vehicle that is priced at or around $25,000. This will help Tesla effectively compete with internal combustion vehicles as it will allow the company to reduce the entry-level price for its vehicle lineup. With the final quarter of the year with us, analyst all over are however placing bets on whether the Palo Alto, California-based automaker will be able to meet its self-set target of delivering half a million vehicles by the end of this year. Tesla's vehicle delivery report for the third quarter of 2020 revealed that it had delivered 139,300 vehicles during the quarter. This figure brought the total tally for the year up to 318,850 and in the process left the company with a bone-chilling target for the final quarter of the year. 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In last year's UK general elections, which the Labour Party won by a landslide, a new factor emerged, called The Muslim Vote. It even has a website by that name that states, \"We are a powerful, united force of 4 million acting in unison. We are focused on seats where the Muslim vote can influence the outcome. We are here for the long term.\" Given that the British-Muslim vote comprises at least 10% (and in some places over 40 per cent) in over 90 constituencies, many of them swing seats, their 2024 tally of 4 independent Muslim winners is ominous. Because in every case, they beat Labour candidates—thereby bucking the trend in that party's favour in 2024. Even British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's majority dipped in his seat in 2024 as he was seen by The Muslim Vote as being on the \"wrong\" side on Gaza. So is it surprising that the already under-pressure Labour government is very reluctant to dig deeper into the long-running complaints about the grooming, abduction and gangrape of under-age white girls by British-Asian (a euphemism for British-Pakistani) men for well over 30 years? Even today many do not know much about the grooming and child sex racket, though the National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into child sexual abuse in Rotherham codenamed Operation Stovewood—set up after a 2014 inquiry and report by Alexis Jay found at least 1,400 white girls had been groomed and sexually abused between 1997 and 2003—has led to the conviction of over 50 men, most of them British Pakistanis. White men were also caught and convicted, but they had operated alone, not in gangs, unlike the Pakistani men. In September 2024, all seven men jailed for assaulting two girls aged 11 and 15 in Rotherham between 2003 and 2008 were of Pakistani origin. As investigations grind on, careful to not make any racial distinctions, it is clear the exploitation were mostly done by groups of men of mainly Pakistani heritage in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oldham, Huddersfield, Telford and more. But many of those who tried to get more perpetrators to justice were ignored by the police and local councils, so only a fraction of the rapists was caught and prosecuted. Had the irrepressible Elon Musk and his fiercely unpartisan social media site X not blown the lid off the sex trafficking and long-term rape of minor white girls by mostly British Muslim men, the world may not have woken up to it for another few decades. And Labour may have succeeded in downplaying it to protect its future electoral chances. This becomes apparent given that the UK government is reportedly trying to use its huge majority to push through legislation that may effectively make it impossible to even criticise Muslims. The UK mainstream media, which has long been complicit in the downplaying of this deplorable activity, is now reporting that the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government under Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is mulling a formal definition of Islamophobia. Significantly, the version already adopted by the Labour Party internally has been drafted by the \"All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims\" and has one proposal that would deem as Islamophobic using the term 'sex groomer' for any Muslim. Interestingly, the report of APPG on British Muslims states: \"Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness.\" The problem with this sort of 'definition' of Islamophobia is clearly explained by Stephen Evans, chief executive of the National Secular Society: \"Conflating criticism of a religion with hatred towards Muslims distorts legitimate dialogue and undermines the vital principle of free expression.\" And there is plenty of evidence of just that consequence already. Several MPs, including some from the Labour Party, have recently pointed out that local councils, not to mention individuals, were scared of being dubbed racist and thus had stuck to a form of political correctness that led to the suppression of the true depth and spread of the activities of the grooming gangs because they almost exclusively comprised Pakistani-origin Muslim men. Even the ex-cop whistle-blower of the Oldham grooming racket was sidelined by Starmer who refused to even meet her, so as to prevent publicity for her cause. Maggie Oliver, the former detective with the Greater Manchester Police who uncovered failures in the investigation of Muslim grooming gangs says Starmer is \"perhaps as guilty as anyone\" for this unconscionable soft-pedalling of that criminal activity. Fortunately, his refusal to listen to her story has had the opposite effect mostly thanks to Musk's instigation and the availability of X as an honest platform for dissemination of such information, with no quarter granted to the emerging electoral heft and silencing power of The Muslim Vote. Musk has claimed on X that Starmer had failed to bring \"rape gangs\" to justice during his tenure as director of public prosecutions between 2008 and 2013—the number of groomers actually prosecuted and convicted is undeniably miniscule, whether by design or carelessness. But the Labour government's unwillingness to ruffle British-Muslim feathers gives rise to the prospect of a different new definition of Islamophobia that is emerging in countries with a significant presence of that community: not hatred of Muslims but fear of Muslims. As most countries where the new definition of Islamophobia is developing are western democracies with increasingly fractured polities, the underplaying (if not cover-up) of the true nature of the grooming and rape racket in the UK is a wake-up call about communally aligned votebanks using their combined heft to influence government (in)action to protect their own and further an agenda. 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The whitepaper finds that accelerated settlement is the single largest area of focus across all financial market infrastructures (FMIs) and market participants globally, with 77% of respondents expecting a major impact on their business. \"Our research shows that the rapidly accelerating move to T+1 in major markets poses significant challenges to industry participants, leaving an urgent need to drive innovation, automation and efficiencies in global operating models,\" said Okan Pekin, Global Head of Securities Services at Citi. Citi's whitepaper includes quantitative and qualitative data gathered from 12 FMIs and industry participants (fintech, taskforces, banks) and almost 500 market participants from banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, custodians and institutional investors around the world. Collectively, these insights continue to provide valuable insights into developments across the global securities market ecosystem. While the impact of acceleration remains the primary focus, a consensus is also emerging as to how best to prepare for it. Participants are focusing on clients and counterparties in the first instance; followed by in-house platforms and processes; and evaluating staffing and location strategies. For example, 69% of those surveyed are focused on automating and standardizing client communications while 64% are looking to upgrade /replace technology platforms. Other notable findings from this year's whitepaper include: For the last 3 years, cash, funding and liquidity management have been cited as the greatest obstacle to achieving a shortened settlement cycle 80% of market participants expect a notable impact on their securities lending and borrowing business – one of the single most impacted area by the move to T+1 74% of our respondents engaging in Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and digital asset initiatives (increased from 47% last year) in a clear sign that DLT momentum continues to grow 38% of market participants are today live with digital asset offerings vs 22% for DLT Growing belief across the industry that digital money (CBDCs, bank and non-bank issued stable coins) is maturing quickly – an overwhelming 87% see them as a viable means to support securities settlement (vs 72% last year) \"As market infrastructures continue to evolve, it's increasingly important for industry participants to work in partnership to strengthen the stability of the overall ecosystem,\" said Matthew Bax, Global Head of Custody for Securities Services at Citi. \"Supporting innovation while maximizing global consistency of the client experience remains core to our Securities Services offering.\" A copy of Securities Services Evolution 2003 is available here: http://citi.us/3Oy8aOv About Citi Securities Services: With approximately USD$27.1 trillion 1 of assets under custody, administration and trust worldwide, and a leading proprietary network spanning more than 60 markets, Citi Securities Services provides cross-border support for clients with extensive on-the ground local market expertise, innovative post-trade technologies, customized data solutions, and a wide range of securities services solutions that can be tailored to meet clients' needs. About Citi: Citi is a preeminent banking partner for institutions with cross-border needs, a global leader in wealth management and a valued personal bank in its home market of the United States. Citi does business in nearly 160 countries and jurisdictions, providing corporations, governments, investors, institutions, and individuals with a broad range of financial products and services. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com | Twitter: @Citi | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/citi | YouTube: www.youtube.com/citi | Facebook: www.facebook.com/citi 1 As of 31 March 2023. Contacts Media Contact Richard Bicknell richard.bicknell@citi.com La entrada Citi Survey Shows Challenges Ahead from Accelerated Settlements se publicó primero en Metro Latino USA | Metrolatino USA News Site .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "DLT", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "DLT", "length": 3, "offset": 2626}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Citi", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Citi", "length": 4, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Citi", "length": 4, "offset": 1122}, {"position_text": "Citi", "length": 4, "offset": 1128}, {"position_text": "Citi", "length": 4, "offset": 3099}, {"position_text": "Citi", "length": 4, "offset": 3333}, {"position_text": "Citi", "length": 4, "offset": 3524}, {"position_text": "Citi", "length": 4, "offset": 3808}, {"position_text": "Citi", "length": 4, "offset": 3814}, {"position_text": "Citi", "length": 4, "offset": 3998}, {"position_text": "Citi", "length": 4, "offset": 4262}, {"position_text": "Citi", "length": 4, "offset": 4475}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Securities Services", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Securities Services", "length": 19, "offset": 3209}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "HONG KONG", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "HONG KONG", "length": 9, "offset": 404}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "NEW YORK", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "NEW YORK", "length": 8, "offset": 393}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "USA", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "USA", "length": 3, "offset": 4574}, {"position_text": "USA", "length": 3, "offset": 4592}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 78, "text": "Pro-Ukraine protests across US after Trump-Zelensky clashon March 2, 2025 at 8:29 am\nHundreds of people gather in US cities to express their support for Ukraine after the Oval Office row. Pro-Ukraine protests across US after Trump-Zelensky clash 29 minutes ago David Mercer BBC News EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Pro-Ukraine protests have taken place across the US after Donald Trump and JD Vance's angry exchange with Volodymr Zelensky at the White House. Hundreds of people gathered in New York, Los Angeles and Boston to express their support for Ukraine after the furious row in the Oval Office. Protesters holding pro-Ukraine signs also lined a road in Waitsfield, Vermont, where Vice-President Vance and his family were visiting for a ski holiday. US media reported the family moved to an undisclosed location from their planned ski resort because of the demonstrations. A protest in Waitsfield against the Trump-Vance administration had been organised earlier in the week – before the US president and vice-president's clash with Zelensky – but many signs referenced the row and Russia's war with Ukraine. \"I think [Friday's] performance at the White House has probably galvanised even more people to come out today,\" Judy Daly, from Indivisible Mad River Valley, the group which organised the protest, told Vermont Public Radio. \"[Vance] crossed the line,\" protester Cori Giroux added. Ahead of the Vance family's trip, Vermont's governor Phil Scott had urged people to \"be respectful\" to them. Scott, the Republican governor who refused to vote for Trump, said: \"I welcome the vice-president and his family to Vermont and hope they enjoy their weekend here. \"It's no surprise they chose Vermont, we've had a lot of snow this winter, which has been good for our economy.\" He added: \"I hope Vermonters remember the vice-president is here on a family trip with his young children and, while we may not always agree, we should be respectful. \"Please join me in welcoming them to Vermont, and hoping they have an opportunity to experience what makes our state, and Vermonters, so special.\" Vance, who has three young children with his wife Usha, has not publicly commented on the protests. Counter-protesters supporting Trump and Vance were also reportedly in Waitsfield. Demonstrators also gathered outside Tesla stores across the US on Saturday to protest against Elon Musk's push to slash government spending. Musk, the billionaire chief executive of Tesla, has been tasked by US President Trump to oversee the Department of Government Efficiency, more popularly known as Doge. Live coverage and analysis Most Republicans laud Trump after Zelensky showdown, but some express dismay Vance took the lead attacking Zelensky. Why? Ukrainians back Zelensky after disastrous Oval Office encounter How the Trump-Zelensky talks collapsed in 10 fiery minutes Steve Rosenberg: Vladimir Putin can afford to sit back and watch events unfold EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock In extraordinary scenes in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump clashed with the Ukrainian president, telling him to make a deal with Russia \"or we are out\". At one point, Trump told Zelensky he was not thankful enough for US military and political support during Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion, and that he was \"gambling with World War Three\". Vance also accused the Ukrainian president of being disrespectful and \"litigating\" the situation in front of the media. Zelensky will join European leaders on Sunday for a summit on the Ukraine war, hosted by UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Ahead of the meeting in London, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves signed a loan agreement worth £2.26bn ($2.84bn) with her Ukrainian counterpart, to pay for further military support and the rebuilding of Ukraine in future. 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The Restaurant Group (TRG) said it backed the \"certain value\" offered by the deal amid consumer spending woes and wider economic uncertainty. Apollo will pay 65p a share for TRG, which marks a 34% premium on the firm's share price as of market close on Wednesday. The deal values TRG shares at around £506 million, or £701 million including debts. Shares in TRG jumped by 37% to 66p after news of the planned takeover. TRG owns the Wagamama chain of Asian noodle restaurants, as well as pubs including Brunning & Price, and food concessions at airports and travel locations, with around 380 sites in total across the UK. The takeover comes after TRG recently agreed to sell off its loss-making leisure business restaurant chains Frankie & Benny's and Chiquito to Big Table Group – the owner of Bella Italia, Las Iguanas and Banana Tree. Big Table is paying a nominal £1 for 75 eateries under the deal and will receive a \"contribution\" from TRG of £7.5 million, with the sale set to complete on October 30. TRG chairman Ken Hanna said: \"The TRG board and management of TRG have reviewed in detail the strategic options available to the group, resulting in the announcement of the proposed sale of the leisure business. \"The TRG board continues to have confidence in the plan, but is cognisant of the premium and the certain value of the Apollo offer against the backdrop of a challenging macro-economic environment.\" Apollo said it has \"closely followed TRG over many years\". Alex van Hoek, a partner in Apollo's private equity business, added: \"TRG's business has proven resilient through macroeconomic cycles but the outlook is still one of high interest rates and inflationary pressures and the company now needs the support of patient private capital, to achieve its ambitions.\" TRG recently posted half-year results showing it swung to a £2.3 million pre-tax profit in the six months to the start of July, compared with a £28.5 million loss in the same period a year earlier. It has been impacted by increasing costs, as has the wider hospitality sector, but said in its results that costs are set to ease back. 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The FTC's opinion states that Intuit's TurboTax Free Edition, marketed as a stripped-down version of its paid software meant for customers with simple returns, isn't as free as the company claims. \"Respondent's claims of free filing are false for roughly two-thirds of U.S. taxpayers, who do not meet Intuit's simple tax return qualifications and are therefore ineligible to file for free with TurboTax,\" the opinion reads. Customers who run small businesses, work as independent contractors or make over a certain income threshold can not use the company's free service, a distinction which is not clearly established in advertising, the FTC said. It claims Intuit ran a \"broad, enduring, and willful\" deceptive marketing campaign aimed at drawing in customers with promises of free tax filing and then pushing them to paid services. The opinion orders the company to remove the misleading claims from its advertising materials and better disclose the true costs of its tax preparation services. FTC consumer protection director Samuel Levine called the opinion a \"major win for consumers.\" \"As the Commission has long understood, 'free' is a powerful lure, one that Intuit deployed in scores of ads,\" Levine said . \"Its attempts to qualify its 'free' claim were ineffective and often inconspicuous.\" \"The order also sends a message across industry – 'free' means free – not 'free for a few' or 'free for some,'\" he continued. \"Businesses can expect an FTC enforcement action if they harness the power of 'free' in the dishonest way Intuit did.\" The Hill has reached out to Intuit for comment. The FTC order comes as the IRS nears a roll-out of its long-awaited free tax-filing service . Over a dozen states will allow certain taxpayers to use a first-of-its-kind tax preparation and filing service developed by the IRS for the 2024 tax season. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen bragged about an \"impressive\" demo of the free IRS service on Friday. 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Nsuke urged the Dutch multinational to alleviate its impact on the community, curtail its spread and commence proper remediation and compensation in accordance with global best practices. \"This massive spill is occurring 11 years after the UNEP released a damning report exposing Shell's devastation of the Ogoni environment. \"We have communicated with community leaders to cooperate with investigations and ensure that every detail about this spill is communicated to our secretariat as soon as possible.\" Similarly, the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre's who confirmed the spills, said the spill from SPDC facility is said to have started yesterday and continued today. 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The moves mark the widening of a multiyear criminal investigation into alleged corruption in the UAW's top ranks, which has already resulted in charges against nine people. Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations of bribes, kickbacks and other financial misconduct among union officials in their dealings with the car companies and during the bargaining process. The UAW said in a statement that Mr. Jones has fully cooperated and there was no need for search warrants to be used by the government. \"The UAW has voluntarily responded to every request the government has made throughout the course of its investigation, produced literally hundreds of thousands of documents and other materials to the government, and most importantly, when wrongdoing has been discovered, we have taken strong action to address it,\" the union said. Mr. Jones, who took over as UAW president last year, is the highest-ranking UAW official to be investigated in the probe that first became public in 2017. In addition to Mr. Jones's home, federal investigators also executed a search warrant on the UAW's conference center in Black Lake, Mich. and other locations outside of the state, the FBI spokeswoman said. Mr. Jones, at a UAW convention in March, pledged to enact a series of reforms that aimed to provide more oversight of financial transactions carried out by officials. The union represents nearly 150,000 factory workers at Fiat Chrysler, General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. Last month, the UAW officially began bargaining with the Detroit car companies to replace labor deals expiring on Sept. 14, a process that is largely conducted in private. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN... The federal investigation has gained momentum in recent months, following a prison sentence for Norwood Jewell, a former top-ranking UAW official who led bargaining with Fiat Chrysler, and the indictment of Michael Grimes, a former administrative assistant in the union's GM department. Alphons Iacobelli, a former head of labor relations at Fiat Chrysler, was sentenced to 5½ years in prison last year after pleading guilty to making illegal payments to UAW leaders and to filing a false tax return that failed to include income illegally siphoned from the company. 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Minosha India, formerly Ricoh India Ltd, a 74% subsidiary of Ricoh Japan, took over the Indian operations in 2020 when the Japanese organisation stepped down due to management concerns. It wants to take advantage of opportunities in the startup and e-commerce logistics industries. \"Even now the software industry has still not gone back to work and many MNCs are still to open their offices,\" he added. In the last three to four years, Ricoh, in the absence of a proper distributor, could not introduce all its new products, he said, adding with Minosha signing the distribution agreement it would have access to the whole range of products and solutions which will be introduced in the Indian market soon. Commenting on the office automation market in India, Thakker said it was around 1.5 lakh units annually in the pre-pandemic days. In the first year of COVID-19, it fell down to around 90,000 to 95,000 units and in FY21-22, it has clawed back to 1.1 lakh units annually. In terms of competition, Canon is the biggest player, followed by Konica. Last month, Minosha India had inked a partnership deal with Ricoh under which it was authorised to cater to the Indian market with the Japanese partner's office equipment and digital services. \"At one point of time we were at Rs 500 crore…Hopefully, in FY22-23 everything comes back to pre-pandemic (levels) and the target we have internally set is Rs 500 crore in the next five years up from around Rs 200 crore in FY21-22,\" Thakker told PTI. He was responding to a query on the company's future growth expectations. The turnover of FY22 has been achieved despite the challenges of not having access to the full range of products and COVID-related restrictions, Thakker said. Asked about Ricoh's standing, he said, \"We are in the high single digits currently. At one point of time we were at around 20 per cent and that is the target in five years, that we go back to our original market share.\" Stating that globally Ricoh is always number one or two in the markets it is present in, Thakker said, \"That is our understanding they also want to have that same ranking in India.\" He, however, did not share a timeline for achieving that target. In terms of target areas, he said, \"One is the startup industry. They are growing like anything and are raising funds and they are also succeeding. That is one area which we have to cover.\" The other is logistics, as the fulfilment centres of e-commerce players like Amazon or Flipkart are moving to tier II and III cities to be near their customers. \"Each warehouse requires a specific printer, because there are three-four prints required for each parcel which goes out. Now, we are looking at solutions for that. We have the reach because we have 300 partners across India,\" he added. 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See Also: Webinar | The Future of Adaptive Authentication in Financial Services Meanwhile, at least one state attorney general is now investigating the breach. In a 8-K filing Monday with the Security and Exchange Commission, Elmwood Park, N.J.-based BioReference Laboratories , a subsidiary of OPKO Health, says it was notified on that same day by AMCA that data for approximately 422,600 patients for whom BioReference performed testing was stored in the AMCA system that suffered the \"unauthorized access\" breach. Earlier announcements revealed that two other laboratory testing firms were also affected by the breach. Quest Diagnostics says 11.9 million patients who it serves were potentially affected, and LabCorp says 7.7 million patients may have been impacted. BioReference Offers Update In its SEC filing, BioReference notes that it formerly had been using AMCA's collection services. \"BioReference has not sent any collection requests to AMCA since October 2018, and it will not send any new collection requests to AMCA,\" the filing says. \"In addition, BioReference has requested that AMCA cease continuing to work on any pending collection requests involving BioReference patients.\" The filing notes that according to AMCA, the unauthorized activity on AMCA's web payment page occurred between August 1, 2018, and March 30, 2019. \"AMCA advised that AMCA's affected system includes information provided by BioReference that may have included patient name, date of birth, address, phone, date of service, provider, and balance information. In addition, the affected AMCA system also included credit card information, bank account information - but no passwords or security questions - and email addresses that were provided by the consumer to AMCA,\" the BioReference filing notes. BioReference says it's attempting to obtain more information from AMCA and plans to promptly take additional steps once it knows more about the breach. Scrutiny Growing As the breach victim tally in the AMCA incident climbs, so does government scrutiny. On Wednesday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that her office is launching an inquiry into the AMCA breach. In the statement, Nessel says her office is demanding information about the breach's impact on Quest Diagnostics patients. A spokeswoman in Nessel's office tells Information Security Media Group that the attorney general also will send letters to any other companies affected by the breach. \"This data breach is yet another example of how fragile our information infrastructure is, and how vulnerable all of us are to cyber hacking,\" Nessel said. As of Thursday, the AMCA breach - including any potential breach reports from Quest Diagnostics, LabCorp or BioReference - are not listed on the Department of Health and Human Services' HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool website of major health data breaches impacting 500 or more individuals. 'Troubling' Breach The AMCA breach is \"particularly troubling for several reasons,\" Nessel says. \"First, it appears this is a deliberate hack that increases the likelihood that accessed information may be used to commit fraud. Next, for more than seven months it appears this hacker may have had access to very personal, highly sensitive information that includes not only Social Security numbers, credit card and bank account numbers, but may have also included information from healthcare providers. We have no idea how far and wide this breach has gone.\" On Wednesday, New Jersey's two U.S. senators sent a letter to Secaucus, New Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics demanding answers about the AMCA breach. AMCA has not responded to ISMG's request for additional details on the number of companies or individuals impacted by the breach. 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The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the stock. Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Baader Bank set a €230.00 ($267.44) price objective on shares of Wirecard and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 7th. Kepler Capital Markets set a €220.00 ($255.81) target price on Wirecard and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 7th. HSBC set a €225.00 ($261.63) target price on Wirecard and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Monday, July 22nd. Independent Research set a €162.00 ($188.37) target price on Wirecard and gave the company a neutral rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. Finally, UBS Group set a €160.00 ($186.05) target price on Wirecard and gave the company a buy rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and sixteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. The stock has a consensus rating of Buy and a consensus target price of €198.80 ($231.16). Shares of ETR:WDI opened at €144.75 ($168.31) on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 83.33, a current ratio of 1.75 and a quick ratio of 1.75. Wirecard has a 52-week low of €86.00 ($100.00) and a 52-week high of €199.00 ($231.40). The firm has a 50 day moving average price of €149.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.89 billion and a P/E ratio of 41.87. About Wirecard Wirecard AG, a technology company, provides outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Payment Processing & Risk Management, Acquiring & Issuing, and Call Center & Communication Services. 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(NYSE: NKE) Class B Common stock between March 19, 2021 and March 21, 2024. NIKE is a global athletic footwear and apparel company that designs, markets, and sells products for its NIKE, Jordan, and Converse brands. The Allegations: Robbins LLP is Investigating Allegations that NIKE, Inc. (NKE) Misled Investors Regarding the Profitability of its Direct-to-Consumer Strategy According to the complaint, during the class period, defendants failed to disclose that (1) NIKE's direct-to-consumer strategy was unable to generate sustainable revenue growth, and (2) NIKE's purported competitive advantages were unable to protect the Company from intense competitive pressures after NIKE largely disengaged from many of its wholesale and retail partners to focus on the Company's direct-to-consumer strategy. As the truth was revealed, the value of the Company's Class B common stock declined. What Now : You may be eligible to participate in the class action against NIKE, Inc. Shareholders who want to serve as lead plaintiff for the class must file their motions with the court by August 19, 2024. A lead plaintiff is a representative party who acts on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. You do not have to participate in the case to be eligible for a recovery. If you choose to take no action, you can remain an absent class member. For more information, click here . All representation is on a contingency fee basis. Shareholders pay no fees or expenses. About Robbins LLP : Some law firms issuing releases about this matter do not actually litigate securities class actions; Robbins LLP does. A recognized leader in shareholder rights litigation, the attorneys and staff of Robbins LL have been dedicated to helping shareholders recover losses, improve corporate governance structures, and hold company executives accountable for their wrongdoing since 2002. Since our inception, we have obtained over $1 billion for shareholders. To be notified if a class action against NIKE, Inc. settles or to receive free alerts when corporate executives engage in wrongdoing, sign up for Stock Watch today. Attorney Advertising. 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Not-for-profit insurance provider HCF Life is being sued by the corporate watchdog over alleged unfair contract terms that could mislead the public. Not-for-profit insurance provider HCF Life is being sued by the corporate watchdog over alleged unfair contract terms that could mislead the public. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has commenced civil proceedings against HCF Life in the Federal Court alleging that three types of insurance policies issued by the company contain unfair contract terms that could be misleading. ASIC said the case involved standard form contracts issued under HCF Life's \"Recover\" range of insurance products. Sydney-based HCF Life has three branches in Western Australia, including stores in Joondalup Shopping Centre, Westfield Carousel and Westfield Booragoon. The watchdog alleged that the pre-existing condition term in the contracts was an unfair contract terms and could mislead the public on multiple ground. ASIC said the term appears to deny coverage if a customer did not disclose a pre-existing condition before entering the contact, and a medical practitioner forms an opinion that symptoms of the condition exited prior to the customer entering the contract, even if a diagnosis had not been made. It also said the terms suggested that HCF Life can deny coverage even if the customer was not aware of the pre-existing coverage. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said insurers needed to ensure that all terms in their contracts, including important pre-existing condition terms, accurately communicated the rights of customers. \"The inclusion of allegedly unfair and misleading terms can deter customers from making a claim, which is not a good consumer outcome,\" she said. Ms Court said one of ASIC's priorities was taking enforcement action with respect to unfair contract terms, including insurance products. \"Given the expansion of the unfair contract terms regime in April 2021 to include insurance contracts, ASIC's current focus on enforcement action concerning unfair contract terms should not come as a surprise,\" Ms Court said. \"Rather, it should serve as a reminder to providers of financial services, whose contracts are subject to the regime, that potentially unfair terms should be removed from their standard form consumer contracts.\" In a statement, ASIC said it was seeking declarations that the term was void. 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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its members based in the Wirral had backed industrial action by 95% over the \"petty\" sacking of four workers for taking a tea break. A CWU spokesperson said: \"The result is a clear demonstration of the anger workers feel about this petty, vindictive attack on their respected colleagues. \"It is a clear rejection of a culture of bullying and mismanagement in the workplace. \"This situation won't be solved by management doubling down on poorly handled decisions, but with a decent compromise that sees these workers reinstated and the workforce treated with the respect they deserve.\" A Royal Mail spokesperson said: \"We have received notification of the result of a local ballot at the Prenton Delivery Office. \"This is disappointing, however, we will continue to engage with the CWU and seek to secure a resolution. 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Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) blasted Southwest Airlines for taking billions in taxpayer dollars and then failing to ensure quality service and argued that not only should such giveaways be less common, when these giveaways are done, there needs to be much stronger accountability for these companies, which Transportation Pete Buttigieg didn't do until it became an emergency. Van Drew said, \"So, just how think how cruel this is in a way, taxpayers working their back off to pay their taxes, the money goes to bail out these airlines, including Southwest. Instead of keeping hiring and keeping the people they are employing, they fire them, use the money for their own profits, and don't even make sure that we have a good level of service. Let me say something, it is time in America when we give money away — which we shouldn't, God help us…that we know where the money's going, how it's being spent, and we ensure that the right thing's being done.\" He added that the solution \"is just making sure that there's a real level of communication, number one, when money is given away like that, which I think is done far too often. And, number two, making sure that our Secretary of Transportation — what would you do, Dave? You know there's a big storm coming up, you're the secretary of transportation. You're going to call every airline, you're going to have meetings with them, you want to see their contingency plans, you're going to want to know how they're going to deal with this issue, and take care of the American public. Did none of that, didn't really care, nothing happened until, once again, it was an emergency. So, now, we're going to regulate more, we'll probably overregulate, overcharge, overtax. It's not the answer. 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The attacks on Sunday were intercepted, Saudi Arabia said, and oil output appeared to be unaffected. But the latest in a spate of assaults claimed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels pushed oil prices to above $70 a barrel for the first time since January 2020. The attacks are the most serious against Saudi oil installations since a key processing facility and two fields came under fire in September 2019, cutting production for about a month and exposing the vulnerability of the kingdom's petroleum industry. Yemen's Houthi fighters claimed responsibility for that attack, although Riyadh pointed the finger at arch-rival Iran. On Sunday, the Saudi Energy Ministry said an oil storage tank farm at the Ras Tanura export terminal on the country's Persian Gulf coast was attacked by a drone from the sea. Shrapnel from a missile also landed close to a residential compound for employees of national oil company Saudi Aramco in Dhahran. The compound is home to families of Saudi and expat employees, and there's a US consulate nearby. Witnesses in the coastal city of Dhahran, where Aramco is also headquartered, reported an explosion rocking the city, and windows shaking. Ras Tanura is about an hour by car up the coast. \"Both attacks did not result in any injury or loss of life or property,\" a spokesman for the Saudi Energy Ministry said. Two people familiar with the situation also said oil output was unaffected. Brent crude rose as much as 2.9% to $71.37 a barrel on Monday, rising to the highest since January 2020. Oil had already received a boost from an OPEC meetinglast week, that kept a tight leash on supply. Massive Facility Ras Tanura is the world's largest oil terminal, capable of exporting roughly 6.5 million barrels a day — nearly 7% of oil demand — and as such is heavily protected. The port includes a large storage tank farm where crude is kept before it's pumped into super-tankers. A refinery at the same site is Aramco's oldest and largest. A Saudi-led coalition has been fighting the Houthis since 2015. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and it has triggered what the United Nations says is the world's worst humanitarian crisis. On Sunday the Saudi-led coalition said a recent U.S. decision to revoke the designation of the Houthis as terrorists had fueled the rise in attacks. The Biden administration has moved to ditch the designation after the UN warned of famine. The administration of Donald Trump adopted the label toward the end of his time as president, and it was seen as a way of increasing pressure on Iran. Biden during his campaign pledged to rejoin a nuclear pact between Iran and world powers. \"The Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia will likely further complicate efforts of the Biden administration to negotiate a follow-on nuclear agreement with the Iranians,\" Helima Croft, the head of global commodity strategy and MENA research at RBC Capital Markets in New York, wrote in a research note. The Biden administration would have been placed in a very difficult position if the attacks had resulted in significant casualties or infrastructure damage, after promising to safeguard Saudi Arabia's security interests, specifically citing the cross border threat from Yemen, she said. The coalition carried out retaliatory air strikes on Yemen's capital, Sana'a also on Sunday. It said it intercepted missiles and drones launched at the kingdom from Yemen, just as the Houthi rebels claimed a series of attacks — including on Ras Tanura. The group launched eight ballistic missiles and 14 bomb-laden drones at Saudi Arabia, a spokesman for the Houthis, Yahya Saree, said in a statement to Al Masirah television, which is run by the group. The Houthis have stepped up assaults on Saudi Arabia and last week claimed they hit an Aramco fuel depot in Jeddah with a cruise missile and a military base. It wasn't clear how much damage had been caused. While such assaults rarely result in extensive damage, their frequency has created unease in the Gulf, affecting oil and shipping markets. 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David Jones value cut by another $437 million as Australian 'retail recession' hits hard Struggling department store chain David Jones's value has been slashed by $437 million as its parent company declares Australia's retail sector is in recession. The food and clothing group Woolworths Holdings bought the prestigious network of stores in 2014 for $2.1 billion as part of chief executive Ion Moir's plan to turn the company into a leading southern hemisphere retailer. But the value of the beleaguered department store chain has shrunk to $965 million. The writedown, the second since 2018, frames a bleak picture for department store operators around the world as shoppers opt for broader product ranges from global online players such as Amazon. In response to the changing trends, David Jones beefed up its online offering , cut costs and store space and refurbished its Elizabeth Street flagship store in Sydney that will introduce exclusive brands in clothing, footwear and lingerie. But the cost-cutting endeavours have been hampered by a slowing Australian economy as property prices fell and consumer spending stalled. Woolworths Holdings said it would book an impairment of $437.4 million against David Jones, reducing the valuation of the department chain to about $965 million. \"This writedown reflects sustained and unprecedented economic pressures and structural changes in the Australian market,\" a Woolworths spokeswoman said. \"The retail sector in Australia is currently in recession, and the Australian economy has slowed to its weakest level since the global financial crisis in 2009.\" The retailer said a strategic review of the David Jones store portfolio also identified stores with onerous leases, resulting in an additional provision of $22.4 million. In 2018, Woolworths booked a non-cash impairment charge of $712.5 million against the value of David Jones due to the same reasons. David Jones is downsizing its Sydney flagship store from two sites spread over 17 floors into one store with 11 floors and a foodie mezzanine, closing its Market Street branching and squeezing into the one Elizabeth Street premises. Natural light will stream in from huge windows on to an area the company has dubbed \"shoe heaven\". Above the shoes, in an area that was once offices for execs, will be a mezzanine with a champagne bar boasting commanding views over Hyde Park. But this transformation is costing David Jones. \"Operationally, our strategic initiatives position David Jones for the retail environment of the future,\" a Woolworths spokeswoman said. Much like the smaller convenience- store style that Woolworths and Coles have been opening, David Jones has focused on smaller floor space in its new stores to modernise the shopping experience. The miniature department store at Sydney's Barangaroo, opened in late 2016, was the first of this fleet, with the South African-owned chain preferencing a layout of 1400 square metres over two floors — one-10th the size of the chain's average department store. This model allows both David Jones and Myer to offer a more curated range of products to suit a local demographic rather than trying to meet the needs of a broader market, Queensland University of Technology retail expert Gary Mortimer told news.com.au. DGC Advisory retail analyst Geoff Dart said earlier this year downsizing and modifying the brands in store to increase profit margins wouldn't work because younger consumers didn't see any relevance in the brand. \"Which is why profits have been declining every year for 15 or 16 years. 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The UK's largest lender flagged an uncertain economic outlook and stressed it was focused on supporting its customers who will be \"struggling to make ends meet\". It comes as the bank increased its bonus pot for bankers to £446 million last year, the highest amount dished out since 2018. Charlie Nunn, the group chief executive of Lloyds, said: \"We are predicting what we call a mild recession – nothing like the financial crisis, more like some of the earlier recessions we had in the early parts of the century. \"For our customers, especially those at the lower income bracket in the UK who we know will struggle to make ends meet, we are focused on supporting them.\" The bank laid out its forecast for the UK economy this year, which includes the Bank of England's base rate peaking at 4%, and gross domestic product (GDP) declining by around 1.2% before returning to growth in 2024. It also expects house prices to fall by about 7% this year, which would mean the value of average properties returning to levels seen in the third quarter of 2021. But most of its homeowner customers would still have \"very positive equity\", Lloyds said. Mortgage lending has been gradually returning to normal levels since the former chancellor's controversial mini-budget, which led average two- and five-year fixed-rate mortgages to temporarily surpass 6%. After what Lloyds described as the \"mini crisis\", hopeful new homebuyers retreated from the housing market, causing the value of total mortgage lending across the country to drop from about £1.5 billion a day to just £600,000 a day. These levels have since begun to normalise, but still remain around 30% lower than pre-mini-budget levels, Lloyds said. And the higher interest rate environment is expected to impact homeowners who are coming to the end of a fixed-rate mortgage this year, and having to remortgage onto a higher rate. Mr Nunn explained: \"If you look at the average mortgage customer in the UK, their average salary of about £75,000, and the average loan-to-value on our mortgage book is about 41% – so there is really significant equity. \"This tends to be a customer base that is not struggling to make ends meet in terms of the cost of living. \"We are laser-focused on mortgage customers that we know aren't in that higher income range and are going to experience an increase in interest income that will be difficult for them. \"But we also recognise that about 20% of our mortgage customers are going to be repricing this year, as most have a fixed-term that goes through 2023.\" Lloyds said it had observed a small increase in borrowers defaulting (Rui Vieira/ PA) A significant proportion of customers have had to adapt their spending habits, including switching to supermarket value brands or cancelling subscriptions to deal with higher food and fuel costs, Mr Nunn added. But less than 1% of Lloyds' customers are in serious financial difficulty and struggling to make ends meet, he stressed. The bank said that it had observed a small increase in borrowers defaulting on loans towards the end of last year, but that credit performance was generally strong despite the cost-of-living crisis. Nevertheless, the group said it had put aside £1.5 billion in credit provisions over the year to guard it against bad debts, and stressed it was remaining \"vigilant\" and ready to help borrowers that face difficulties. Meanwhile, the bank's staff bonus pool increased by 12% to £446 million in 2022, the highest pot it has shared out among staff since 2018. It credited the uplift to the group's \"strong performance\" in 2022, with Lloyds revealing a statutory pre-tax profit of £6.9 billion, the same as in 2021. In 2022, the Group delivered a robust financial performance and continued business momentum. 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S&P Global Ratings last week raised the Philippines's sovereign credit rating by a notch to \"BBB+\" from \"BBB\" with a stable outlook. The Philippines earned the higher debt rating despite a blip in the economy when the inflation rate acted up toward the latter part of 2018. I personally believe we will receive more credit rating upgrades from respected foreign institutions in the medium-term period as long as the government sticks to the macroeconomic fundamentals. The Philippine economy has adjusted well to rising oil prices in the world market and the ongoing trade war between the United States and China. S&P, in its latest rating upgrade, cited the country's stable outlook, above-average economic growth, healthy external position and sustainable public finances. The rating agency is bullish on the Philippines after it registered economic growth rates of over 6 percent annually for the past several years. It said it might raise the ratings over the next two years \"if the government makes significant further achievements in its fiscal reform program, or if the country's external position improves such that its status as a net external creditor becomes more secure over the long term.\" A rating upgrade will essentially reduce the cost of foreign borrowings, as banks and lenders view the Philippines as a less risky debtor nation. The lower cost of money, in turn, will lower the production cost in the country, and serves as an incentive to companies to borrow more to finance their expansion. The credit upgrade will also likely strengthen the peso in the near term on the assumption that more foreign investors place their bet on the Philippines. A more robust economic growth is, thus, expected when production costs are lowered and when more foreign investors come in and hire more Filipino workers. The rating upgrade will make the Philippines more noticeable in the radar map of foreign investors. It has put the Philippines on a par with Mexico, Peru, Thailand and Trinidad and Tobago, and higher by a notch than Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Panama and Uruguay. The BBB+ grade has also moved the Philippines near the coveted \"A\" territory rating. S&P noted that the Philippine economy was among the fastest growing in the world on a 10-year weighted average, per-capita basis—a reflection of its supportive policy dynamics and improving investment climate. \"The country has a relatively diversified economy with an increasingly strong track record of high and stable growth. We estimate GDP per capita will rise to almost $3,400 in 2019 [we include non-resident nationals in our population data],\" the agency in last week's report. \"The rating is also supported by solid government fiscal accounts, low public indebtedness and the economy's sound external settings,\" it added. The ratings agency sees the GDP per-capita growth averaging about 4.9 percent per year over 2019-2022, based on balanced contributions from private consumption and investment growth. The country's unemployment rate, it said, has been declining for a few years, signaling the economy's strengthening labor market even as the working-age population continues to grow. The rating upgrade came at a perfect time as another Philippine delegation holds a road show in Europe in preparation for the issuance of euro-denominated bonds. The delegation, led by National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo, are visiting key European cities to discuss the strengths of the Philippine economy to investors. 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Cannon, who hosts ViacomCBS exhibits together with Wild 'n' Out , sparked controversy after publishing a dialog to his YouTube channel with former Public Enemy member Professor Griff. The interplay noticed Cannon declare that white and Jewish folks in positions of energy have a \"lack of compassion\" as they don't have melanin of their pores and skin. \"They're performing out of worry, they're performing out of low vanity, they're performing out of a deficiency,\" Cannon mentioned. \"So, subsequently, the one manner that they'll act is evil. They must rob, steal, rape, kill with a view to survive. So then, these those that didn't have what now we have – and after I say we, I communicate of the melanated folks – they needed to be savages … They're performing as animals. So, they're those which are really nearer to animals. They're those which are really the true savages.\" Obtain the brand new Impartial Premium app Sharing the complete story, not simply the headlines Obtain now He continued: \"I say all that to say, the context wherein we communicate, whether or not it's Jewish folks, white folks, Europeans, the illuminati, they have been doing that as survival techniques to remain on the planet. We by no means had to do this.\" Cannon additionally mentioned that black individuals are \"the true Hebrews\" and referenced a lot of antisemitic conspiracy theories, together with \"the Rothschilds, centralised banking, the 13 households, the bloodlines that management every little thing even exterior of America\". He moreover condemned \"giving an excessive amount of energy to the 'they',\" including: \"After which the 'they' turns into illuminati, the Zionists, the Rothschilds.\" Learn extra In an announcement, CBSViacom mentioned they have been ending their involvement with Cannon. \"Whereas we assist ongoing schooling and dialogue within the struggle in opposition to bigotry, we're deeply troubled that Nick has didn't acknowledge or apologise for perpetuating antisemitism, and we're terminating our relationship with him.\" Following an earlier backlash to the video, Cannon condemned hate speech on his Fb web page and denied having \"hate in [his] coronary heart nor malice intentions\". In a separate interview with Quick Firm , nonetheless, he declined to apologise for his YouTube statements. \"Are you forcing me to say the phrases 'I'm sorry'?\" he requested. \"Are you making me bow down, 'trigger then once more, that might be perpetuating that very same rhetoric that we're making an attempt to get away from. What we'd like is therapeutic. What we'd like is dialogue. Appropriate me. I don't inform my youngsters to say, 'I'm sorry.' I would like them to know the place they should be corrected. After which that's how we develop.\" Cannon, who has two youngsters with former spouse Mariah Carey, additionally hosts the US model of The Masked Singer , and beforehand offered America's Acquired Expertise . 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The England shirt's manufacturer has altered the appearance of the St George's Cross using purple and blue horizontal stripes in what it called a \"playful update\" to the shirt ahead of Euro 2024. However, the decision has proven controversial, with both Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer criticising the change. Fox, who plans to stand as the Reclaim Party candidate in this year's London mayoral election , also took aim at the shirt. He referenced under-21s England Football star Harvey Elliott , who played with his collar turned up against Azerbaijan on Saturday. Elliott's decision led some commentators to wonder if it was an effort to hide the controversial new cross on the kit. \"Good on Harvey Elliott for having his collar up all of yesterday during the game,\" Fox said. \"Leave our flag alone.\" Organised by Turning Point UK , around 100 people attended the \"rally for British culture\" in Westminster on Saturday. Attendees sang the national anthem and waved Union flags and England flags. The crowd also chanted \"get Sadiq (Khan) out\" and \"the new right rises\". Fox spoke about the importance of free speech. \"We value free speech because we understand that without free speech there are no other freedoms,\" he said. \"Day after day, week after week, our great culture is being eroded. \"Our confidence is being demoralised, children are taught to feel guilty for the wrongs of the past. We are ordered to be ashamed and even hate ourselves for being the tolerant nation we have become.\" Laurence Fox should pay 'at least six-figure sums' in damages, High Court told Tens of thousands take part in march for Palestine in Dublin Mayor hits back at Tory MP's call for 'independence' from City Hall Make your next trip to the West End a celebration of Women in culture He said that if he was nominated for London Mayor \"you will never see another pride flag in this sodding town again\". 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All of Fitbit's fitness trackers and smartwatches will not be subject to Section 301 tariffs as of 2020. A Fitbit display is seen at a Target store in Los Angeles. Shares of Fitbit climbed as much as 1.6% in early trading on Wednesday after the company announced it plans to shift its manufacturing operations outside of China to avoid tariffs. Beginning in 2020, all of Fitbit's fitness trackers and smartwatches will not be of Chinese origin, meaning they won't be subject to Section 301 tariffs, the company said. \"In 2018, in response to the ongoing threat of tariffs, we began exploring potential alternatives to China,\" Ron Kisling, Fitbit's CFO, said in a statement. \"As a result of these explorations, we have made changes to our supply chain and manufacturing operations and have additional changes underway.\" Fitbit in June joined a number of U.S. companies, including Apple , in filing a letter of opposition to the Trump administration's plan to slap additional tariffs on Chinese goods, according to Reuters . In the letter, Fitbit said the tariffs would end up benefiting Chinese device makers who do business in the U.S. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump announced a new wave of tariffs on about $550 billion in Chinese goods, marking an escalation in the U.S.-China trade war. Trade tensions have been going on for more than a year, with many technology companies being hit by the dispute. 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Butterfly believes the lawsuit alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,169,108; 7,867,168; 8,128,050; 8,861,822; 9,538,985; 6,901,157; and 8,360,981, lacks merit and is meant to distract from Fujifilm Sonosite's failure to innovate and keep pace with Butterfly's next generation clinical assessment platform. As a transformative digital health company, Butterfly is shifting the healthcare industry from using ultrasound only in limited traditional settings, to using ultrasound information in all care settings, for any patient, and at any time. The company's innovations include Butterfly iQ and iQ+ , the world's first handheld, single probe whole-body ultrasound system using semiconductor technology that is transforming point of care ultrasound into an advanced clinical assessment tool, by making it intuitive, adoptable at scale, extremely portable, and economically appealing. Butterfly will vigorously defend against Fujifilm Sonosite's accusations. In defending against this lawsuit, Butterfly will consider all means necessary and appropriate to eliminate obstacles to its mission to enable more informed clinical decisions for all patients worldwide. Butterfly 's Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Larry Weiss said \"We're disappointed that Fujifilm Sonosite chose this approach. We believe this litigation is an attempt by Fujifilm Sonosite Inc. to distract from its failure to innovate and keep pace with Butterfly's next generation clinical assessment platform. Our state of the art technology is the result of years of innovation, and is evidenced by our more than 800 patents and applications. 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Alphabet Inc.'s Google has reached a settlement for an undisclosed amount with Chelsey Glasson, who said she faced discrimination by the search giant after she became pregnant. Glasson sued Google in 2020 after repeated efforts to report pregnancy discrimination were ignored, she said in October. She estimated her legal fight would cost more than $100,000 and take a heavy toll on her mental health. Glasson said her experience at Google left her with insomnia, panic attacks and heart palpitations. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Glasson confirmed the settlement but didn't provide details. Worker welfare and labor relations have become more important at big tech firms in recent times, punctuated by whistle-blower revelations such as those from former Facebook employee Frances Haugen. Glasson has advocated for better protection and resources for whistle-blowers, using her own case as an example of the difficulties they face. Former Apple worker inspires Washington state measure seeking to curb NDAs SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -A former Apple employee who had filed a whistleblower complaint related to Apple's use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) has inspired draft legislation in Washington state that seeks to restrict companies' use of NDAs in settlements of workplace harassment and discrimination claims. The measure comes on the heels of similar legislation in California. Washington state Senator Karen Keiser and Representative Liz Berry, both Democrats, are working on bills in their respective houses, which they plan to introduce in the next legislative session, their offices confirmed this week. Cher Scarlett, a former Apple employee and Washington resident who has played a leading role in worker activism, said she reached out to Keiser in October to raise awareness about the issue. Chelsey Glasson, a former Google employee who sued for pregnancy discrimination, also wrote the lawmaker. The outreach from both women helped inspire Keiser to pursue the bill, an aide to Keiser said. \"No worker should be silenced from sharing their deeply personal story of harassment or discrimination in the workplace just because they signed an NDA,\" Berry said in a statement. NDAs are commonplace in the technology industry. Some employees have alleged that tech giants use them to discourage legally protected activities such as discussions of working conditions. In September, investor Nia Impact Capital filed a shareholder proposal calling for Apple's board to prepare a \"public report assessing the potential risks to the company associated with its use of concealment clauses in the context of harassment, discrimination and other unlawful acts.\" Apple in October filed a response with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission saying it wanted to exclude the proposal because \"the company's policy is to not use such clauses.\" After viewing Apple's response, Scarlett said she filed an SEC whistleblower complaint in October alleging that Apple had made false and misleading statements to the regulator. She also shared documents with Nia Impact Capital. Scarlett, who left Apple last week, said she decided to go public with that information this week, in violation of the terms of her settlement with Apple. Business Insider first reported details of her story. Apple declined to comment. The company has previously said it is \"deeply committed to creating and maintaining a positive and inclusive workplace.\" The draft legislation in Washington echoes the Silenced No More Act, signed into law this year in California and co-sponsored by tech whistleblower Ifeoma Ozoma. 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Arrived CEO Ryan Frazier expressed optimism about the single-family home market, citing its historically robust returns and lower volatility compared to the stock market. He also noted the persistent demand for housing, outpacing the supply of new homes over the last decade. A lot of money will be made by the guy who Walmarts home supply. farkers like this will lose hard, as a bonus. Hey look, Jeff wants to own another aspect of American human life. fark him, fark them and fark off with this predatory destructive bullshiat. REAL estate is where true wealth is. Bezos is making a much bigger play here than ever before. : Arrived CEO Ryan Frazier expressed optimism about the single-family home market, citing its historically robust returns and lower volatility compared to the stock market. He also noted the persistent demand for housing, outpacing the supply of new homes over the last decade. A lot of money will be made by the guy who Walmarts home supply. farkers like this will lose hard, as a bonus. You used to be able to get a mortgage at Costco. I love you. Really remarkable how the monopolists of the 2020s are imitating the monopolists of the 1920s to the tee Vertical and horizontal monopolies? Check Establishing company towns? Musk & Bezos -- check and check! Buying information/media sources? Musk (Xitter) and Bezos (WaPo) check and check again. I'm sure others have more examples. Worth remembering that the only reason this didn't end with guillotines last time was due to a combination of catastrophic economic depression and world war... : Really remarkable how the monopolists of the 2020s are imitating the monopolists of the 1920s to the tee Vertical and horizontal monopolies? Check Establishing company towns? Musk & Bezos -- check and check! Buying information/media sources? Musk (Xitter) and Bezos (WaPo) check and check again. I'm sure others have more examples. Worth remembering that the only reason this didn't end with guillotines last time was due to a combination of catastrophic economic depression and world war... I vote that this time we go with guillotines. We need to a federal law that states corporations cannot own residential homes after settlement on initial construction has completed. Financial institutions can own a home after foreclosure or the like but must sell it to a private owner that will use it as their primary residence for 3 years. : Already do, subby. It's called renting. There's an increasing number of people that believe that shouldn't be allowed. Well, if you didn't think Margaret Atwood nailed the future with the Handmaid's Tale, I think she just might have nailed it with this book: I can't afford to buy, I want stability, so I'd rather sign leases with fixed terms and exclusive use (with the option of negotiating subletting or roommates). Not buying shares of rental homes, that's stupid. It's stupid for vacation rentals, it's stupid for full-time housing. You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store - Tennessee Ford Problem: The increased cost of buying a home has forced more people to become renters. Solution: Offer more rentals by buying up the housing supply, thus driving up house costs and forcing more people to become renters. Tax all billionaires to the point that there aren't any billionaires anymore. : You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store - Tennessee Ford I liked the way Johnny Cash sung it better, IMO. : ElecricalPast: Really remarkable how the monopolists of the 2020s are imitating the monopolists of the 1920s to the tee Vertical and horizontal monopolies? Check Establishing company towns? Musk & Bezos -- check and check! Buying information/media sources? Musk (Xitter) and Bezos (WaPo) check and check again. I'm sure others have more examples. Worth remembering that the only reason this didn't end with guillotines last time was due to a combination of catastrophic economic depression and world war... I vote that this time we go with guillotines. Yes! what is old is new again. Or two boulders on a cantilever system to crush the head then on to the next one. No sharpening required. : [Fark user image image 850x1258] Tax all billionaires to the point that there aren't any billionaires anymore. \"Tax\" is a funny way to spell guillotine. : We need to a federal law that states corporations cannot own residential homes after settlement on initial construction has completed. Financial institutions can own a home after foreclosure or the like but must sell it to a private owner that will use it as their primary residence for 3 years. Or just tax the living shiat out of rental homes. Only exception is for primary residences that are converted to rentals, limit one, minimum residency required. I was fired by Amazon last week (for real) , so I'm getting a kick out of these replies. They don't know as a customer I've accumulated enough boxes to build a cardboard palace beneath an expressway overpass. I'll be chillin' in there this winter and for the rest of my short life. Suck it, Bezos!! : [Fark user image image 850x1258] Tax all billionaires to the point that there aren't any billionaires anymore. : You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store - Tennessee Ford Merle Travis FTFY, but awesome reference regardless. This is an ad. \"Bezos backed\". Guy dropped 25 million into it. That like one us taking a weekly paycheck and buying a stock. Not exactly news Regulations are the only thing that is going to stop this. So people who don't already own a home are farked. This has been creeping long for years, but shifted into high gear with the 2008 financial crisis. It was practically designed for this outcome... - huge number of foreclosed homes on the market - normal people can't get mortgages to buy those properties - banks get huge infusions of public funds to subsidize their private losses We get multiple calls and mailers a week wanting to buy our house. I tell them to meet in two hours with $5M in unmarked bills. Come alone. I don't know what the legislation and/or policy looks like to fight this. 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Zambrano 2 Minute Read For the first time in over twenty years, the Pokémon Company will print a new Kadabra card. Because a long-time lawsuit is over at last. Kadabra is an infamous Pokémon in the Pokémon trading card game. The Generation 1 Psychic-type has been banned from the card game for almost twenty years. And not because of any inherently unbalanced abilities. But Kadabra has been tangled up in legal battles off and on. But now, after a long ban, the card will be back in an upcoming set due out in June. Kadabra Reappears, As If By Magic As PokéBeach reported late last week, the upcoming Pokemon Card 151 set will feature all 151 of the original pokemon. Specificially, Kadabra, who as PokéBeach revealed, had been embroiled in a legal dispute. Per PokéBeach : Uri Geller alleged Nintendo used his likeness to create the character without permission. He sued Nintendo in a California court in November 2000, demanding £60 million in damages and for Pokemon to discontinue using the character. The lawsuit was dismissed in 2003, but Geller continued to file lawsuits in other regions. The entire Alakazam line references famous magicians. Abra's Japanese name is \"Casey,\" a reference to the clairvoyant Edgar Cayce. Kadabra's Japanese name is \"Yungerer,\" a corruption of \"Uri Geller.\" Alakazam's Japanese name is \"Foodin,\" a reference to Howard Houdini. Other Pokemon also reference real people, like Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. And in 2000, Geller stated in an interview with the BBC that he was angry about the trading card game's depiction: I wouldn't have given permission for an aggressive, and in one case evil character to be based on me. This was referring to the Dark Kadabra card from Team Rocket, whose Japanese name is Evil Yungerer. However Geller recently approached the community, revealing that he had relinquished control of Kadabra: \"Hi my dear friends. I am pleased Pokemon fans are excited to see Kadabra return to the card game. Look, I want to thank the Pokemon fans who reached out to me over the last [few] years. Including the ones from PokeBeach, who kept contacting me nonstop. So basically, it was you and my granddaughters that got me to change my mind. Now we can all see Kadabra reunited with the original Pokemon in the card game this summer. I love you all. And I admit, totally open and honest. I was a fool. It was a devastating mistake for me to sue Pokemon. [Kadabra] was basically a tribute to Uri Geller. But it's back now. Forgive me. I love you all. 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It was earlier reported that Softbank was planning to sell stake worth Rs 600 crore in the logistics company at a discount to market price. The Japanese tech conglomerate holds 18.42 stake in Delhivery as of December 2022. At 9.30am, the stock was quoting at Rs 340.90 apiece on the National Stock Exchange, down 1.5 percent from the previous close. This is a developing story. 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The 2017 complaint was on behalf of those who purchased Under Armour Class A and Class C shares from September 16, 2015 to November 1, 2019. It alleged that founder and CEO Kevin Plank misrepresented the level of consumer demand for Under Armour products between 3Q15 and 4Q16, misled investors, and defrauded the market under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Upon court approval, all claims against the company and Mr. Plank would be resolved. The agreement in principle does not admit fault or wrongdoing, and the company consistently denied accusations, and claims sales practices, accounting, and disclosure were appropriate. The settlement rationale is to avoid prolonged litigation, uncertainty, and distraction from the business according to Stifel analyst Jim Duffy. \"The settlement is a negative shock to the balance sheet, and moves the company to a net debt position from a previous net cash position, restricting financial flexibility (share repurchase capacity),\" Duffy says. Another head-shaking moment for the struggling brand. The other came several months go as Plank ousted Stephanie Linnartz to reclaim his CEO position. How the Under Armour board – even considering Plank controls the company via his voting structure – could let this guy run the company again is mind-boggling. 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But there is \"no need to get the money from the pockets of workers, there is some in the pockets of billionaires.\" Waving union flags, the group of 200 to 300 protesters briefly occupied Euronext's lobby, engulfed in red smoke from flares, and chanted words popular with pension protesters: \"We are here, we are here, even if Macron does not want it we are here.\" Earlier this month, similar scenes had occured a Blackrock's Paris offices. Macron signed into law at the weekend a rise in the retirement age which means citizens must work two years longer, to 64, before receiving their state pension. That was after three months of protests that mobilised huge crowds and at times turned violent. Opinion polls show a vast majority of voters oppose the reform. 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REUTERS/Carla Carniel Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BRASILIA, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro did not mention privatizing state-controlled oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) in his re-election plan released on Wednesday that promises to continue pursuing policies that reduce the size of the state. \"The government … will proceed with reordering the state's role in the economy, through privatization and divestment of state-owned companies, to focus on state participation in essential activities and in promoting Brazil's economic, social and sustainable development,\" the plan said. The document contrasts with his 2018 election plan that dedicated specific pages to Petrobras. The company was not even mentioned this time, despite Mines and Energy Ministry Adolfo Sachsida requesting its privatization be studied. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Bolsonaro's 2018 plan defended Petrobras' policy of pegging domestic fuel prices to international rates, but with hedging mechanisms that smoothed out short-term fluctuations. According to the document, the company should also sell a \"substantial\" portion of its refining, retail and transportation units. Leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose lead in the polls has been narrowing in the run-up to Brazil's October election, has spoken often his opposition to privatizing Petrobras. His advisers also recommended bolstering Petrobras' refining capacity, including through the reversal of refinery privatizations. read more The presidential palace declined to comment and directed requests to Bolsonaro's Liberal Party (PL), which did not immediately respond. Bolsonaro has become a vocal critic of Petrobras as fuel prices have risen, pushing Brazil's inflation rate into double digits. His complaints have decreased recently, after the company decided to lower fuel prices as oil prices have dropped. Petrobras, whose president was replaced twice by Bolsonaro this year alone, also announced a leading industry dividend payout, which will boost the Treasury's fiscal result for this year. In his new plan, Bolsonaro promised to maintain a monthly cash handout of 600 reais ($117.77) under Auxilio Brasil, a welfare program for the poorest families. He also restated a plan to increase income tax exemptions. The document reaffirms the government's commitment to fiscal sustainability without mentioning how it intends to increase expenditures under a constitutionally mandated spending cap. According to the plan, a second Bolsonaro term would proceed with plans to simplify the tax regime, lower taxes for companies and reduce import tariffs to foster trade. ($1 = 5.0947 reais) Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by Marcela Ayres; Editing by David Gregorio Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. 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The taxpayer-backed lender said it bought 263 million shares from the Government at a price of 380.8p each, reducing the Government's stake to around 11.4% from 14.81%, as at the end of October. NatWest has now bought back £2.2 billion of state-owned shares so far this year through two rounds of buybacks. Together with ongoing share sales by the Treasury, this has helped slash the Government's stake by more than two-thirds since December last year, down from 38%. Paul Thwaite, chief executive of NatWest Group, said: \"This transaction represents another important milestone on the path to full privatisation. \"We believe it is a positive use of capital for the bank and for our shareholders and we are pleased with the sustained momentum in reducing HM Treasury's stake in NatWest Group throughout this year.\" NatWest received several multibillion-pound bailouts during the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, leaving the Government with an 84% stake in what was then known as Royal Bank of Scotland. But the Treasury has been selling down its stake in the lender, which also owns Coutts, as it looks to return the bank to private hands. In March, the stake fell below 30%, meaning the Government was no longer classed as a controlling shareholder in the lender. NatWest has been able to accelerate the share sale plan thanks to changes to listing rules in the summer, which removed the 5% cap on the amount of stock that could be bought back in a year. 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Nobody tell Elon Musk Laura Dobberstein Fri 29 Apr 2022 // 08:02 UTC To the surprise of many users, China's largest Twitter-esque microblogging website, Sina Weibo, announced on Thursday that it will publish users' IP addresses and location data in an effort to keep their content honest and nice. In a post whose title translates as \"IP Territorial Function Upgrade Announcement,\" the company stated it was taking the action to protect users' rights, and to make the service more pleasant to use. \"In order to reduce undesirable behaviors such as impersonating parties, malicious rumors … as well as to ensure the authenticity and transparency of the disseminated content, the site launched the 'IP Territory' function in March this year,\" announced the social media platform's official account in Chinese. The function will see users' IP addresses recorded, and the province or municipality from which they post appended to their output. And no, clarified Weibo, the functionality cannot be turned off. Bryan Tan, a partner at tech-centric law firm Reed Smith, said he doubts the measure will be effective. \"Conventional thinking is that IP addresses may be considered personal data because they could reveal exact locations (and hence are personal data),\" he told The Register by email. \"So from an outside China point of view, it would be eyebrow-raising. The stated aim is noble, but a blunt tool usually has a chilling effect which affects all kinds of speech, not just misinformation.\" Some Chinese Weibo users expressed similar sentiments, especially over in China. Some users welcomed the change. \"I feel this initiative not only standardizes civilized speech, but is to prevent foreign forces from provoking various confrontations on the Chinese network, After all, in these special times, China is indeed a thorn in the eyes of too many countries. In reality, a lot of spies have been arrested recently, and cyber spies are more invincible …\" wrote one Weibo user. Weibo's move is very much in line with Beijing's many recent actions aimed at keeping China's internet nice and dissent-free. The latter aim was advanced this week, with Douyin – the app known as TikTok outside China – asking users to report posts that criticize China's leaders or economic policies. That request, and Weibo's actions, come amid unusual levels of anti-government sentiment being expressed online during long city-wide COVID-19 lockdowns across China. Parts of Shanghai have been in strict lockdown for over a month, with most residents forbidden from stepping outside for any reason other than getting a COVID test. Some of the the populace has loudly complained of hunger – both online and by shouting out their windows. Government-issued vegetable boxes are delivered to registered residents, but are often seen as insufficient. In early April, WeChat hashtags discussing food shortages, such as \"scrambling to secure food in Shanghai\" (#上海抢菜#) and \"anxieties over food supplies in Shanghai\" (#上海疫情下的抢菜焦虑#) were allegedly blocked. Around the same time, street signs appeared in Beijing warning residents they should \"not post pandemic-related messages online\". Others advised \"the internet is full of perils, exercise caution on the internet\" – a message aimed at discrediting complaints. In Shanghai recently, a loudspeaker in a residential area blared messages stating that foreign forces are behind pandemic protests. Loudspeaker says: \"Foreign forces incite Shanghai people to protest against the pandemic prevention and control work by organizing so-called 'hitting bowl music festival'.\" pic.twitter.com/KprmKsXioq — Tom Cheshire (@chesh) April 28, 2022 Beijing's expectations of a censored social media landscape pre-date the current COVID outbreak. 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Credit: BHP. By: Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com July 31, 2020 Chile's environmental watchdog said it would charge BHP's (NYSE, LSE: BHP) Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, with drawing more water than its permits allowed for nearly 15 years. The Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) said the operation has caused a decrease in the water table levels greater than 25 cm, which is the allowed limit in the Atacama desert, the world's driest, where Escondida is located. The regulator said the charge against BHP's copper mine could result in the revocation of its environmental permit, closure of the operation or a fine. \"The company, despite committing to reduce its extraction of water…exceeded the maximum level permitted since 2005, tripling that level in 2019,\" SMA said in a statement. The news comes on the heels of a top environmental court's call for a government-vetted water study. Such report would help stamp out lingering questions about mining sustainability in Chile's north. This is not the first time Escondida comes under scrutiny. In February, the country's Defence Council (CDE) filed a lawsuit against the mine, alleging it had caused \"irreparable damage\" to the Punta Negra salt flat, in the northern Antofagasta region. The bone of contention is the mine's now-abandoned practice of drawing water from the salt flat. The area is one of the many natural resources that has been depleted after decades of mining activity in and around the Atacama desert, and nearby salt flats. Northern Chile, which hosts some of the planet's largest copper and lithium mines, is occasionally hit by heavy rains and floods. According to the country's water authority (DGA), however, the area has become drier over the last decade. This has added an extra layer of difficulty for mining companies with projects and operations nearby, at times when the industry's demand for water is expected to soar as ore grades decline. Data from the national mining association, Sonami, shows that about 20% of the water currently used by major copper miners comes from the sea. The figure, however, is expected to more than double by 2029. Chile's copper commission, Cochilco, in turn, forecasts that ocean water consumption will represent around 43% of the total used by the local mining industry in the next 10 years. BHP already gets more than 40% of the water it needs from the ocean. The world's largest miner has vowed to stop using fresh water drawn from the surface and underground in Chile by 2030. In 2018, the mining giant spent US$3.43 billion on a desalination plant for the Escondida mine, which includes two pipelines to transport the water 3,200 meters above sea level. Other than their high cost, desalination plants also pose worries related to the waste miners generate. Lithium producers generate brine, which is usually pumped back into the reservoir where the water was taken from. 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Source: Paras Griffin/Getty Cardi B and her team have taken the case to court and are demanding that the 7-figure debt blogger Tasha K owes her not be discharged as part of her Chapter 11, according to Radar Online. Just recently, the \"WAP\" rapper filed a lawsuit in Tasha's bankruptcy. As BOSSIP previously reported, this messy and lengthy lawsuit dates back to 2019. Cardi was victorious and won a 7-figure lawsuit against the spicy YouTuber. Cardi claimed Tahsa fabricated damaging lies about her online and tried to damage her reputation with a \"malicious campaign.\" Tasha made some serious claims that Cardi denied, including that the rapper was a \"prostitute,\" had contracted multiple STIs, \"fucked herself with beer bottles on f—king stripper stages,\" and that her daughter Kulture may have been born with 'disabilities' due to Cardi allegedly using drugs during her pregnancy. Cardi's attorneys issued warnings and extended deadlines for the Atlanta blogger to take down her inflammatory videos, but she did not comply. After a few months of Cardi collecting several thousand dollars owed Tasha, she finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. That filing gave Tasha a slight break in June while the court settled Tasha K's finances. In court, Tasha listed between $50,000 and $100,000 in assets with liabilities between $1 million and $10 million. Her assets include a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado, $2,750 in furniture, $500 in electronics, $2,500 in clothing, including 2 Louis Vuitton handbags and a coach. Cardi continues to collect her coins in court and reminds Tasha K that being silent is free Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty This break did not last long. The Grammy-winning rapper asked Tasha to appear for a review of her financial records. In the newly filed lawsuit, Cardi reportedly asked the court not to allow Tasha to write off her bankruptcy debt. She argued, \"The defendant had multiple opportunities to retract the false and defamatory statements and videos, but the defendant steadfastly refused to do so.\" According to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, a creditor cannot obtain cancellation of a debt if the debt was related to \"wilful and malicious injury.\" Tasha K and her team have yet to speak on this. A judge did not rule on Cardi's claim. You'd think Tasha K would act light-hearted when it comes to talking about celebrities and their families after that long battle with Cardi B. However, the blogger continues to push the envelope and recently tweeted a message to Beyoncé and her Blue Ivy girl. She captioned her post on Instagram, \"? ? Dont make me ask for a refund now girlie!!!\" Beehive fans heeded his comments and weighed in on the messy tweet. One user wrote, \"For your and your daughter's safety, you shouldn't even announce you're going…especially when she only has one show here ? .\" Another commented and said, \"Why are we constantly criticizing an 11 year old's dance moves! She's turned on for a few minutes on her mom's set…ditch that shit!!! \"The influence of an 11 year old. Times are really tough,\" one response added. Whew, Tasha K might want to wrap it up because we all know the Beehive isn't playing! Cardi B said it loud and clear in her recent single with hubby Offset, \"Jealously,\" that \"Girl, no one's listening to you unless you're talking about me. It's still a bird trying to tweet shit. A bitch say my name, then she's trend number one. I did you a favor, b***h. 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The recently launched program is a key component of Tri Counties Bank and FHLBank San Francisco's commitment to advancing racial equity in homeownership and narrowing the Black homeownership and wealth gaps. Through this new program, FHLBank San Francisco's member financial institutions can request dollar-for-dollar matching grants, up to a total matching amount of $125,000, for their donations to approved housing counseling agencies. \"We are fortunate to have FHLBank San Francisco as a partner in our efforts to increase Black homeownership across our footprint,\" said Rick Smith, President & CEO of Tri Counties Bank. \"There is no better time to kick off this program than in June, both for National Homeownership Month and in appreciation of Juneteenth.\" FHLBank San Francisco matched Tri Counties Bank's $100,000 donation for a total of $200,000, which will be distributed in $50,000 grants to four Housing Counseling Agencies (HCAs) throughout Tri Counties Bank's footprint: Greater Sacramento Urban League, Self Help Enterprises, Community Housing Development Corporation, and San Francisco Housing Development Corporation. \"Pre- and post-homeownership counseling can be the key to sustainable homeownership, and we are thrilled that Tri Counties Bank is using our new Empowering Black Homeownership program to support four different HCAs,\" said Marietta Núñez, Senior Vice President and Community Investment Officer at FHLBank San Francisco. \"The Bank's match of Tri Counties Bank's donations to these HCAs will magnify their impact and enable the agencies to serve more aspiring and at-risk homeowners in communities where Tri Counties Bank does business.\" Greater Sacramento Urban League Greater Sacramento Urban League (GSUL) has been aiding youths and adults from underrepresented communities throughout Sacramento County for over 50 years, providing comprehensive housing counseling, education, job training and placement opportunities to achieve economic self-reliance. 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During the working visit, Minister Johnny G. Plate was accompanied by president director of BAKTI (Telecommunication Accessibility Agency), Kominfo, Anang Latief; director general of resources, postal equipment, and information technology (SDPPI), Kominfo, Ismail; and director general of information and public communication (IKP), Kominfo, Usman Kansong. \"We will use HBS to provide backup support to mitigate any risks that may occur to the SATRIA-1 satellite. In addition to having the main function as a backup for SATRIA-1, the provision of HBS aims to increase Internet speed and improve user experience,\" Latief said in a statement received here on Monday. Boeing will be responsible as a satellite manufacturing company for the hot backup satellite (HBS) project, he informed. SpaceX will provide a rocket launcher for the HBS, and the Hughes Network System will provide broadband solutions for the High Throughput Satellite (HTS) technology used by HBS. Latief said that the HBS project has been running since October 19, 2021, when BAKTI carried out a procurement based on the regulation of the president director of BAKTI No. 4/2021 concerning procedures for the procurement of goods/services for the provision of hot backup satellite for digital transformation. The HBS program is on target and has entered the construction phase in 2022, with the estimated time of launching into orbit being the first quarter of 2023, Latief informed. It is hoped that in the fourth quarter of 2023, the satellite would be able to operate to serve the community. Latief also said he hopes that the satellite would be able to provide equal access and connectivity to the Indonesian people. \"With satellites, remote points can be reached easily and evenly. 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Photo: Ilse Schoonraad GEORGE NEWS - Two patients at the George Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19 this week after being admitted while being asymptomatic. One of them was transferred to Mediclinic George while his status was unknown. Mediclinic manager Kassie Karstens said because of the patient's serious condition, he was placed directly in ICU. As with every patient admitted, he was tested for Covid-19. George Herald has learned from a trusted source that between 16 and 18 May, this man had gone through the emergency centre of the George Hospital and the radiology unit, and had also been admitted to the ICU, before being transferred to Mediclinic. Karstens said the staff handled the patient as if Covid-19 positive, even though they did not know his test results. \"We keep all patients admitted to the hospital separate. Patients who do not have a test result are kept in a separate room, given masks and kept apart until their results are known. We now receive results from the lab within four hours, so four hours later the patient can be moved from the private room.\" He said staff members must wear personal protective equipment and are therefore always protected. \"Staff are screened daily to ensure they don't have symptoms.\" According to the newspaper's source, the other Covid-19 patient at George Hospital was tested about a week after admission. His test result was received on Tuesday 19 May. This patient had been accommodated in the psychiatry ward and in a general ward, according to our source. Nadia Ferreira, district spokesperson for the Western Cape Health Department, confirmed that two patients tested positive while being treated at George Hospital, but did not confirm in which areas in the hospital they were accommodated. \"Potentially exposed patients are being quarantined, evaluated, and tested as required. All staff that were on duty in the different areas during this time will undergo a personal risk assessment and will be managed in line with the provincial guidelines. Discharged close-contact patients will be contacted for testing and follow-up. \"George Hospital takes the safety of our patients and staff seriously. All staff are equipped with the correct personal protective equipment for the area they work in. Everyone entering the facility is screened for Covid-19. In these specific cases, patients did not show any symptoms or were suspected of having Covid-19.\" She said in the event that a positive case is confirmed at any health facility, the health facility or the specific contaminated area within the facility may be temporarily closed to allow for the containment of the spread of the virus, as well as decontamination. \"As per protocol, the facility or affected area will be decontaminated, deep cleaned in line with prescribed infection prevention standards and reopened with staff who do not pose a risk.\" Female patient's condition improving A female Covid-19 patient admitted to Mediclinic last week is still in ICU, but her condition is improving, according to Karstens. He confirmed that a third Covid-19 patient was admitted this week, but is not in ICU. 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Investors can apply here: https://forms.gle/98X5jthvGt7znBXh7 \"CyberAgent Pitching Arena\" is the global version of the \"Monthly Pitch\", a monthly pitching event for seed and early-stage entrepreneurs. In order to boost the startup ecosystem in Asia , we are currently holding this event mainly to connect startups in Southeast Asia with leading venture capitalists and angel investors in Japan and abroad. Since time is crucial and limited, we started \"Monthly Pitch\" where early-stage entrepreneurs can quickly meet investors, allowing them to spend minimal time on fundraising and concentrate on their business as much as possible. Outline of the event Date and Time: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 , 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Venue: Online (zoom) On the day of the event, 10well-selected startups from Southeast Asian countries will pitch their startups. The pitch itself will be in English, but the system is fully equipped with an interpretation function so that the pitch can be viewed in both Japanese and English. We look forward to receiving viewing applications from investors. Participation: Registration required (apply below) Application Form: https://forms.gle/98X5jthvGt7znBXh7 Application deadline: Tuesday, May 24 , 18:00 This event is a matching event between venture companies and potential investors/business companies, and the operator does not handle the offering of shares. About Monthly Pitch Monthly Pitch\" is a pitch event that connects seed and early-stage entrepreneurs with investors (prominent VCs and angels). Aiming to minimize the time spent on fundraising and provide entrepreneurs with an environment where they can focus more on their business, the event has been held monthly since 2016 as a venue for efficient networking with investors and receiving feedback from them. 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FILE PHOTO: Dividers are seen inside a trading post on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo By Thyagaraju Adinarayan and Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) – Trillions of dollars stashed by U.S. and European companies during the coronavirus pandemic are starting to flow to shareholders, largely via buybacks, after a 2020 drought. Buyback announcements came thick and fast with first-quarter results, with multi-billion dollar programmes from Apple (NASDAQ:) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:) stealing the limelight. Analysts note a buyback rebound in Europe too, ranging from Maersk and Unilever (NYSE:) to Carrefour (PA:), which is planning its first in a decade. Some $360 billion in buybacks were announced in the first four months of 2021, versus $190 billion in the same year-ago period, JPMorgan (NYSE:) strategist Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said. U.S. buybacks accounted for $300 billion, Panigirtzoglou said, up from $130 billion a year ago. \"We are seeing buyback activity almost doubling relative to 2020. Annualising that, we get a full-year figure of $900 million for the United States which is what we saw in 2019.\" The announcements could prove a key source of support for markets, by decreasing the number of a shares outstanding, buybacks boost earnings per share and drive down the price-to-earnings ratio, a valuation measure. The buyback index is up 22% year-to-date, trumping the main benchmark's 12% gain. (Graphic: Buyback index outperforms, https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/azgpogklopd/Pasted%20image%201620722859254.png) Analysts attribute the buyback rebound to corporate cashpiles that stem from last year's record borrowing and cuts to shareholder rewards. Cumulative holdings of cash and cash equivalents rose by roughly $3 trillion at S&P 500 and companies, compared to 2019, Refinitiv data shows. (Graphic: As cash levels rise, so do share buybacks, https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/buzz/gjnvwnxrnpw/Pasted%20image%201620722820974.png) Some banks say European firms, known to favour dividends for returning cash to investors, may also shift to buybacks which are widely credited for driving U.S. equity outperformance. \"A step change in buyback activity would likely encourage U.S. and global investors to re-engage with Europe on the grounds of greater corporate focus on perceived shareholder-friendly activity,\" Morgan Stanley (NYSE:)'s Ross MacDonald wrote. Societe Generale (OTC:) analysts predict European share buybacks at 150 billion euros ($182 billion) in 2022 and 190 billion euros the year after. In 2019, buybacks totalled roughly $100 billion. JPMorgan's Panigirtzoglou does not, however, expect buybacks to breach the 2018 global record of $1.2 trillion, unless the coming months bring a market correction. Selloffs in 2015 and 2018 prompted companies to snap up newly cheap shares, he noted. Buybacks generally recover quicker than dividends after a crisis. But while Refinitiv I/B/E/S data shows U.S. dividends fully recovering over the coming year, European payouts are expected at $276 billion, still $40 billion off pre-COVID peaks. 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Janel Grant, a former employee of WWE, said in the lawsuit that she was \"the victim of physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault and trafficking at WWE.\" The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. \"Today's complaint seeks to hold accountable two WWE executives who sexually assaulted and trafficked Plaintiff Janel Grant, as well as the organization that facilitated or turned a blind eye to the abuse and then swept it under the rug,\" Ann Callis, an attorney for Grant, said in a statement to NBC News. \"She is an incredibly private and courageous person who has suffered deeply at the hands of Mr. McMahon and Mr. Laurinaitis.\" Callis said Grant hopes the lawsuit will prevent other women from being victimized. A spokesperson for McMahon said the lawsuit is \"replete with lies, obscene made-up instances that never occurred, and a vindictive distortion of the truth. He will vigorously defend himself.\" In a statement, a spokesperson for WWE's parent company, TKO Group Holdings, said, \"Mr. McMahon does not control TKO nor does he oversee the day-to-day operations of WWE. While this matter pre-dates our TKO executive team's tenure at the company, we take Ms. Grant's horrific allegations very seriously and are addressing this matter internally.\" John Laurinaitis, the other former executive named in the lawsuit, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The lawsuit includes accusations of sex trafficking, civil battery, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress and negligence. According to the lawsuit, Grant met McMahon in March 2019, while he was the company's chief executive, and he \"dangled career-making and life-changing promises\" while engaging in increasingly inappropriate behavior toward her. McMahon allegedly pushed Grant for a physical relationship in exchange for promised employment at WWE, the lawsuit said, adding that she \"felt trapped in an impossible situation\" where she could either submit to his sexual demands or face ruin. \"Ms. Grant feared she had everything to lose and faced negative consequences no matter what happened,\" according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit said that Grant eventually entered into a physical relationship with McMahon and was given employment at the WWE. \"Despite Ms. Grant's expressions of unhappiness and attempts to end the sexual relationship — and while she came to understand that McMahon expected the physical relationship to continue as part of her employment — she had no idea how sordid it would become, nor how the psychological torture and physical violence would leave her feeling helpless, isolated and trapped,\" the lawsuit said. The lawsuit alleges that in 2020 McMahon began sharing sexually explicit photographs and videos of Grant with unnamed men inside and outside of the wrestling company. Because McMahon was CEO of WWE at the time and Grant had an entry-level position at the company, \"coercion was inherent in his increasingly depraved sexual demands,\" the lawsuit said. McMahon allegedly recruited others to have sexual relations with Grant, including with Laurinaitis. Grant was expected to engage in sexual activity at the WWE headquarters, sometimes during working hours, the suit said. The lawsuit alleges that McMahon and Laurinaitis sexually assaulted Grant inside Laurinaitis' office as she begged them to stop, while other \"colleagues were busy at their desks.\" Grant also claims in the lawsuit that others at WWE knew what was going on, but \"actively sought to conceal the wrongdoing.\" Grant said in the lawsuit that she lost her employment at the company after McMahon said his wife had found out about their relationship in January 2022 and that he put her under \"immense pressure\" to sign a nondisclosure agreement that would prevent Grant from talking about the sexual misconduct. She eventually signed the NDA in exchange for payments, which McMahon later stopped making, the lawsuit alleges. The suit did not give details on the amount and frequency of the payments. The lawsuit is seeking to void the NDA as well as compensatory and punitive damages. The lawsuit alleges that even after she was pushed out of the company, McMahon attempted to traffic her to an unnamed WWE star in March 2022. The alleged abuse and predatory behavior \"has left Ms. Grant crippled, both physically and mentally,\" and she suffers with \"debilitating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder,\" the lawsuit said. WWE is alleged to have attempted to \"sweep the matter under the rug\" following media reports of McMahon's involvement in a hush money payment scandal, announcing a special committee or its board of directors to investigate the alleged misconduct, the lawsuit said. Grant alleged that the special committee never interviewed her or requested any documents, despite Grant saying she would cooperate, according to the lawsuit. \"Ms. Grant was groomed and coerced by McMahon and Laurinaitis, and the WWE stood by and facilitated efforts to keep Ms. Grant employed by WWE to ensure McMahon's continued sexual exploitation,\" the lawsuit said. World Wrestling Entertainment said last year that McMahon, also a majority shareholder, would be reinstated to the company's board. McMahon had initially stepped down as CEO in 2022 after an investigation found that he had paid nearly $15 million to four women over 16 years to quiet claims of sexual misconduct. Even during his leave, McMahon maintained control over the company as a majority shareholder. In a November regulatory filing, WWE said, \"Mr. McMahon can effectively exercise control over our affairs.\" Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Verve Times is an automatic aggregator of the all world's media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials, please contact us by email – admin@vervetimes.com . The content will be deleted within 24 hours. 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company made \"false and misleading statements\" about its operations in order to \"artificially inflate\" its stock price. The Plymouth County Retirement Association brought the lawsuit, which was filed in the Western District Court of Texas. Judge Robert Pitman will preside over the case. Lawyers for the association said that CrowdStrike misled investors by allegedly claiming its technology was \"validated, tested, and certified.\" \"CrowdStrike had instituted deficient controls in its procedure for updating Falcon and was not properly testing updates to Falcon before rolling them out to customers,\" alleged the plaintiffs. \"This inadequate software testing created a substantial risk that an update to Falcon could cause major outages for a significant number of the Company's customers…and such outages could pose, and in fact ultimately created, substantial reputational harm and legal risk to CrowdStrike.\" On July 19, a bug in CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor program (a component in the company's Falcon platform) caused computer systems to continually restart. A patch was quickly released, but the outages led to global disruptions in air travel, banking and other sectors. CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity's firm role in global tech outage This, along with Congress calling on the CEO to testify and Delta Air Lines' announcement of a lawsuit , caused CrowdStrike's stock price to drop to a current price of around $233. A week prior to July 19, the price was around $371. According to CrowdStrike's preliminary review of the incident , the bug was released due to an error in the the company's Content Validator program, which approves updates prior to release. After that, another program automatically released the update. \"Based on the testing performed before the initial deployment of the Template Type (on March 05, 2024), trust in the checks performed in the Content Validator, and previous successful IPC Template Instance deployments, these instances were deployed into production,\" the report stated. The lawsuit is also a class-action, opening up the possibility for damages to be awarded to other investors. Other legal firms have also asked for investors to contact them, potentially signaling additional lawsuits in the future. \"Plaintiff and [other investors] would not have purchased CrowdStrike stock at the prices they paid, or at all, if they had been aware that the market prices had been artificially and falsely inflated by Defendants' misleading statements,\" the lawsuit stated.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "KXAN", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "KXAN", "length": 4, "offset": 81}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "CrowdStrike", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "CrowdStrike", "length": 11, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "CrowdStrike", "length": 11, "offset": 143}, {"position_text": "CrowdStrike", "length": 11, "offset": 497}, {"position_text": "CrowdStrike", "length": 11, "offset": 604}, {"position_text": "CrowdStrike", "length": 11, "offset": 1070}, {"position_text": "CrowdStrike", "length": 11, "offset": 1105}, {"position_text": "CrowdStrike", "length": 11, "offset": 1350}, {"position_text": "CrowdStrike", "length": 11, "offset": 1561}, {"position_text": "CrowdStrike", "length": 11, "offset": 1695}, {"position_text": "CrowdStrike", "length": 11, "offset": 2510}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Falcon", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Falcon", "length": 6, "offset": 680}, {"position_text": "Falcon", "length": 6, "offset": 727}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 117, "text": "Honda To Recall 2.6 Mn US Vehicles To Replace Fuel Pumps\nThe Peninsula) AFP New York: Honda is recalling about 2.6 million vehicles in the United States to replace fuel pumps and address a defect that increases crash risk, according to the Japanese automaker. The recall affects a broad slate of Honda and Acura models made between 2017 and 2020 including the Honda Accord, Honda Civic and Acura TLX. A Honda news release on Thursday described a problem with the fuel pump impeller, which can cause the fuel pump to become inoperative. \"If the fuel pump module is inoperative, the engine may not start or can stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash or injury,\" the release said. The company added that it had not received any crash or injury reports related to fuel pump impeller issues. Honda's US subsidiary plans to notify vehicle owners in stages as replacement parts become available, the company said. Dealers will be notified between December 2023 and February 2024, the company said in a federal recall report. provides the information \"as is\" without warranty of any kind. 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This is Galapagos' third oncology CAR-T program in clinical development. GLPG5301 is an autologous, second-generation/4-1BB B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed CAR-T product candidate, administered as an intravenous infusion of a fresh product in a single fixed dose, at point-of-care. \"Patients living with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma have a very poor prognosis and a significant high unmet medical need for novel treatment options. CAR-T therapy is one such option. By combining innovative science with breakthrough point-of-care delivery of novel CAR-T therapies, we aim to enhance patient outcomes and improve their quality of life,\" said Jeevan Shetty, Head of Clinical Development Oncology at Galapagos. \"We are very pleased that the first patient with rrMM in PAPILIO-1 has been dosed with our BCMA CAR-T candidate, GLPG5301. This marks another milestone in the roll-out of our point-of-care network and the build-up of our CAR-T portfolio, which now consists of three ongoing clinical programs in severe hemato-oncology indications.\" PAPILIO-1 is a Phase 1/2, open-label, multi-center study to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of point-of-care manufactured GLPG5301, our BCMA CAR-T product candidate, in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (rrMM) after ≥2 prior lines therapy. The primary objective of the Phase 1 part of the PAPILIO-1 study is to evaluate safety and determine the recommended dose for the Phase 2 part of the study. The primary objective of the Phase 2 part of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of GLPG5301, as measured by the objective response rate (ORR). Secondary objectives for both Phase 1 and Phase 2 include further assessment of the safety of GLPG5301, additional efficacy endpoints, including assessment of minimal residual disease (MRD), as well as the feasibility of point-of-care manufacture of GLPG5301 in rrMM patients. Each enrolled patient will be followed for 24 months. During Phase 1, up to 3 dose levels will be evaluated and at least 12 patients will be enrolled to establish the recommended Phase 2 dose. Approximately 30 additional patients will be enrolled in the Phase 2 part of the study to confirm the safety and efficacy of GLPG5301. About Galapagos' innovative approach to CAR-T manufacturing near the point-of-care Galapagos' decentralized, innovative point-of-care CAR-T manufacturing platform consists of an end-to-end xCellit™ workflow management and monitoring software system, a decentralized, functionally closed, automated manufacturing platform for cell therapies (using Lonza's Cocoon®) and a proprietary quality control (QC) testing and release strategy. The combination of these three core components offers the potential for administration of a fresh product, a median vein-to-vein time of 7 days (i.e. the time between T-cell collection and CAR-T infusion), and greater physicians oversight throughout the process. About Relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (rrMM) Multiple myeloma (MM) is typically characterized by the neoplastic proliferation of plasma cells producing a monoclonal immunoglobulin. The plasma cells proliferate in the bone marrow and may result in extensive skeletal destruction with osteopenia, and osteolytic lesions with or without pathologic fractures. The diagnosis of MM is made when one (or more) of the following clinical presentations are present: bone pain with lytic lesions discovered on routine skeletal films or other imaging modalities, an increased total serum protein concentration with the presence of a monoclonal protein in the urine or serum, and anemia, hypercalcemia or renal failure. The patient may be either symptomatic or their disease may be discovered incidentally. Despite improvements in treatment, patient with MM ultimately relapse or become refractory to available regiments. Triple-refractory (refractory to CD38 monoclonal antibodies [mAbs], proteasome inhibitor [PI] and immunomodulatory drug [IMiD] or penta-refractory (refractory to CD38 mAbs, 2 Pls and 2 IMiDs) patients have a poor prognosis and are in urgent need of novel treatment options. About Galapagos We are a global biotechnology company with operations in Europe and the US dedicated to developing transformational medicines for more years of life and quality of life. Focusing on high unmet medical needs, we synergize the most compelling science, technology, and collaborative approaches to create a deep pipeline of best-in-class small molecules, CAR-T therapies, and biologics in oncology and immunology. With capabilities from lab to patient, including a decentralized, point-of-care CAR-T manufacturing network, we are committed to challenging the status quo and delivering results for our patients, employees and shareholders. 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(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Nariman El-Mofty AP PARIS — French and German leaders have joined in growing international condemnation of alleged war crimes and civilian killings committed by Russian forces in Ukrainian towns including Bucha near Kyiv. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed shock Sunday about the \"terrible and horrifying footage that has reached us this weekend from Ukraine.\" \"Dozens of shot civilians have been discovered in Bucha ... Streets littered with bodies. Bodies buried in makeshift conditions. There is talk of women, children and the elderly among the victims,\" he said. He added that international organizations should be given access to the areas to independently document the atrocities. French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian condemned \"in the strongest terms\" the alleged \"massive abuses.\" He said France will work with Ukrainian authorities and the International Criminal Court \"to ensure these acts don't go unpunished and that those responsible are being sent to trial and convicted.\" KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR: — Ukraine says growing evidence of civilian killings, destruction in Kyiv suburbs — Ukraine blogger video fuels false info on Mariupol bombing — Russian space chief says sanctions could imperil International Space Station — Ukraine volunteer fighters from near and far: a photo gallery — Go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine for more coverage OTHER DEVELOPMENTS: KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military says Russian troops have completed their pullback from the country's north. The military's General Staff said in Sunday's statement that Russian units have withdrawn from areas in the country's north to neighboring Belarus, which served as a staging ground for the Russian invasion. The Ukrainian military said its airborne forces have taken full control of the town of Pripyat just outside the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the section of the border with Belarus. It posted a picture of the Ukrainian soldier putting up the country's flag with a shelter containing the Chernobyl reactor that exploded in 1986 seen in the background. VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania says it has cut itself off entirely of gas imports from Russia and that it's the first of the European Union's 27 nations using Russian gas to break its energy dependence upon Moscow. \"Seeking full energy independence from Russian gas, in response to Russia's energy blackmail in Europe and the war in Ukraine, Lithuania has completely abandoned Russian gas,\" Lithuania's energy ministry said in a statement late Saturday, adding that the measure took effect in the beginning of April. Lithuania reduced imports of Russian gas to zero on Saturday, a move seen a milestone in achieving energy independence in the former Soviet republic of 2.8 million, the ministry said. \"We are the first EU country among Gazprom's supply countries to gain independence from Russian gas supplies, and this is the result of a multi-year coherent energy policy and timely infrastructure decisions,\" Minister of Energy Dainius Kreivys said. Lithuania'a president posted an upbeat tweet on his account and urged other European nations to do the same. KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's top diplomat has called for tougher sanctions on Russia over growing evidence of what he called a massacre of civilians in the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Ukrainian officials said earlier Sunday that scores of killed civilians have been found on the streets of Kyiv' suburbs of Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel after the withdrawal of Russian troops. They said that some of the victims were shot in the head and had their hands bound. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted Sunday that the killings were \"deliberate,\" adding that \"Russians aim to eliminate as many Ukrainians as they can.\" He urged the West to impose an oil, gas and coal embargo, and close all ports to Russian vessels and goods. He also called for all Russian banks to be disconnected from the SWIFT international payment system. In Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Berlin that \"the war crimes committed by Russia are visible before the eyes of the world.\" German news agency dpa reported that Steinmeier said \"the images from Bucha shake me, they shake us deeply.\" German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock pledged to tighten sanctions against Russia but did not give details. BERLIN — Poland's most powerful politician says he is open to the permanent stationing of U.S. nuclear weapons in Eastern Europe. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland's ruling conservative party, Law and Justice, said Sunday in an interview with German weekly Welt am Sonntag that \"in principle, it makes sense to extend nuclear participation to the eastern flank.\" Kaczynski added that \"if the Americans asked us to store U.S. nuclear weapons in Poland, we would be open to it. 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The collaboration will focus on fostering cutting-edge research and developing actionable solutions to address the challenges of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) finance. A centerpiece of the partnership is a tokenization initiative leveraging Northern Trust's Matrix Zenith platform, aimed at bringing the green credentials of bonds on-chain. This development will enhance transparency and streamline investors' regulatory reporting obligations, aligning with global sustainability standards. The MoU underscores Northern Trust's commitment to advancing green finance by integrating technology into sustainable investment practices. The partnership seeks to create a framework for tokenizing green assets, enabling issuers and investors to better verify ESG claims and fulfill regulatory requirements for increased accountability in their portfolios. Justin Chapman, Global Head of Digital Assets and Financial Markets at Northern Trust , said: \"This collaboration with NUS represents a significant step forward in our efforts to harness blockchain technology for the betterment of sustainable finance. By bringing the green credentials of bonds on-chain, we are addressing investors' need for transparency and reporting in a fast-evolving market.\" Yen Leng Ong, Country Executive, Southeast Asia at Northern Trust said : \"The collaboration between Northern Trust and NUS reflects a shared vision for driving meaningful change in the financial industry. Together, we aim to unlock new opportunities for sustainable investing and set a precedent for how technology can support the global transition to a greener economy.\" The partnership will also contribute to academic engagements through Northern Trust's partnership with the Singapore Blockchain Innovation Programme (SBIP), a research lab at the NUS School of Computing (SoC). Research fellows and PhD candidates at SoC will be involved to brainstorm, design and develop the solution to support the development of talent in the fields of blockchain technology. Tan Kian Woo, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NUS said : \"We are excited to collaborate with Northern Trust on this important initiative. By combining our academic expertise with their tokenization platform, we aim to set a new benchmark for innovation in green finance, paving the way for a more sustainable financial future. Together, we aim to redefine sustainable finance for the future.\" About Northern Trust's Matrix Zenith Platform The Matrix Zenith platform is Northern Trust's flagship solution for digital asset management and tokenization. With a focus on enhancing market efficiency, the platform enables the seamless tokenization of real-world assets while ensuring compliance with the highest standards of security and transparency. For more information about Northern Trust's digital assets platform, visit https://www.northerntrust.com/asia-pac/insights-research/asset-servicing/digital-assets-financial-markets . About Northern Trust Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals. Founded in Chicago in 1889, Northern Trust has a global presence with offices in 24 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., and across 22 locations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of September 30, 2024, Northern Trust had assets under custody/administration of US$17.4 trillion, and assets under management of US$1.6 trillion. For more than 135 years, Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader for exceptional service, financial expertise, integrity and innovation. Visit us on northerntrust.com . Follow us on Instagram @northerntrustcompany or Northern Trust on LinkedIn . Northern Trust Corporation, Head Office: 50 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 U.S.A., incorporated with limited liability in the U.S. Global legal and regulatory information can be found at https://www.northerntrust.com/terms-and-conditions . Contacts Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific: Camilla Greene +44 (0) 20 7982 2176 Camilla_Greene@ntrs.com Simon Ansell + 44 (0) 20 7982 1016 Simon_Ansell@ntrs.com US & Canada : John O'Connell +1 312 444 2388 John_O'Connell@ntrs.com http://www.northerntrust.com The post Northern Trust and NUS Forge Partnership to Advance Green Finance Innovation appeared first on Fintech News .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "NUS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 19}, {"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 101}, {"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 377}, {"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 1481}, {"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 1879}, {"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 2593}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Northern Trust", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 240}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust's", "length": 16, "offset": 754}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 754}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust's", "length": 16, "offset": 1024}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 1024}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 1433}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 1811}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 1860}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust's", "length": 16, "offset": 2201}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 2201}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 2640}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust's", "length": 16, "offset": 2946}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 2946}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust's", "length": 16, "offset": 3016}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 3016}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust's", "length": 16, "offset": 3321}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 3321}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 3483}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 3498}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 3724}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 3928}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 4077}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 4289}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust Corporation", "length": 26, "offset": 4318}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 4318}, {"position_text": "Northern Trust", "length": 14, "offset": 4851}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "NUS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 19}, {"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 101}, {"position_text": "National University of Singapore", "length": 32, "offset": 343}, {"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 377}, {"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 1481}, {"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 1879}, {"position_text": "NUS", "length": 3, "offset": 2593}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Fintech News", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Fintech News", "length": 12, "offset": 4946}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "LinkedIn", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "LinkedIn", "length": 8, "offset": 4307}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Africa", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Africa", "length": 6, "offset": 4604}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Chicago", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 3707}, {"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 4385}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Illinois", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Illinois", "length": 8, "offset": 4394}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Southeast Asia", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Southeast Asia", "length": 14, "offset": 1793}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Washington", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Washington", "length": 10, "offset": 3796}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 121, "text": "Diddy Gets Pilloried on Twitter After Challenging Corporations to Support Black Businesses: 'You...\nDia Dipasupil/Getty Images Sean 'Diddy' Combs penned a letter to corporate America on Thursday, slamming companies for exploiting and disrespecting Black culture while failing to offer financial support to Black-owned businesses. While many agreed with the sentiment of his column, titled, \" If You Love Us, Pay Us: A Letter From Sean Combs to Corporate America,\" the artist was subsequently scrutinized on Twitter, as many faulted him for failing to acknowledge his privilege and his own role in corporate America. Combs specifically called out General Motors (GM), which listed his own media company, Revolt, as an example of a Black-owned media company it supports, writing that solidarity is insufficient if corporations do not offer financial help. \"The same feet these companies use to stand with us in solidarity are the same feet they use to stand on our necks,\" Combs said in the essay, adding, \"While REVOLT does receive advertising revenue from GM, our relationship is not an example of success. Instead, REVOLT, just like other Black-owned media companies, fights for crumbs while GM makes billions of dollars every year from the Black community.\" Combs' point is hard to refute, as there is no question that large corporations often benefit from Black communities and Black culture. \"Our impact and influence is undeniable,\" wrote Combs, noting that, \"It's disrespectful that the same community that represents 14% of the population and spends over $1.4 trillion annually is still the most economically undervalued and underserved at every level.\" \"In 2019, brands spent $239 billion on advertising,\" Combs added. \"Less than 1% of that was invested in Black-owned media companies.\" While Combs gained substantial support for highlighting the stark divide between how corporate America regards Black versus white-owned businesses, Twitter users also faulted Combs for mimicking the exact practice he so harshly condemned. Influencer and singer Jessie Woo took to Twitter to encourage Combs \"to be the change we need,\" claiming that she was offered an unpaid hosting gig at Revolt: It was an ONE EPISODE but STILL. Online content generates tons of money. Revolt is owned by Diddy. We know how successful he is. No one should be working for free and/or the opportunity especially when your network is the one reaching out to said creator/talent/host etc. — Jessica Fyre (@TheJessieWoo) April 8, 2021 \"Revolt is owned by Diddy. We know how successful he is,\" she added in a second post. \"No one should be working for free and/or the opportunity especially when your network is the one reaching out to said creator/talent/host etc.\" Forbes senior editor Abe Brown pointed to Combs' \"own problematic history as a businessperson,\" linking to a Billboard article that reported on rapper Mase's claim Combs himself exploits artists. \"Your past business practices knowingly has continued purposely starved your artist and been extremely unfair to the very same artist that helped u obtain that Icon Award on the iconic Badboy label [sic],\" Mase wrote in an Instagram post last year. \"For example, u still got my publishing from 24 years ago in which u gave me $20k. Which makes me never want to work w/ u as any artist wouldn't.\" More than a few comments dwell on Diddy's own problematic history as a businessperson. https://t.co/Z3MNVfIF5O — Abe Brown (@abebrown716) April 8, 2021 Many others took to Twitter to condemn Combs for similar practices: I hope he realizes this means people are going to pick apart his own corporations with a microscope, so he better come clean now with any past actions that are contrary to this message and take actions to resolve them. Otherwise, let's see that impact Diddy's message will have. https://t.co/Ydlex9BNfS — Johnny Akzam (@JohnnyAkzam) April 8, 2021 Bro I respect some stuff u done but if u gonna preach about corporations giving back start with u giving artist back there publishing. And co ownership of there music Vs hating u! Let's reverse that slavery puff … @Therealkiss @SHEEKLOUCH #stylesp — K-R.O.K (@NEVESSLU47KROK) April 8, 2021 Put this in the Blacksonian!!! — Jeff (@JeffJSays) April 8, 2021 You first. Lead by example. — Vivicca A. Whitsett (she/her) (@2tall4u2) April 8, 2021 diddy… about a 150 million away from being a BILLIONAIRE diddy is shaming white corporations for a capitalist business model he almost completely replicated abolish the black capitalist industrial complex https://t.co/xbpPtDnJA9 — (@noname) April 8, 2021 Diddy done put the bullseye on himself today huh!! Gonna be a long day on here for him. Sheesh — Carp (@robcarpenter81) April 8, 2021 I want Diddy's audacity https://t.co/Al70A9pgO2 — OLONI BABY (@Oloni) April 8, 2021 There are some reasonable truths in that Diddy \"letter to corporations\" He is the worst person to deliver that message lol pic.twitter.com/IhWxnPX6Xx — Kahlief \"The People's Homie\" Adams (@Kahjahkins) April 8, 2021 Every time Diddy starts asking corporate America to help Black people I think about Ma$e. SMH. — Rod (@rodimusprime) April 8, 2021 \"Diddy over there calling from inside the house\" is the current frontrunner for most amusing take — Blair Herter (@blairherter) April 8, 2021 The post Diddy Gets Pilloried on Twitter After Challenging Corporations to Support Black Businesses: 'You First. 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It will now offer end-to-end encryption for almost all of the data that users store in iCloud, its online storage service. And it will add new ways of ensuring that people are really only speaking with who they intend to on iMessage. The new tools are intended to make it harder for hackers, spies and governments to be able to access people's sensitive and private information. For years, Apple has focused on privacy and security. Much of that has been about the data on a device, and iPhones and other products have received a range of updates to ensure that data is protected even if someone has physical access. But users have been encouraged to back up their data online, over iCloud. That data has not been encrypted in the same way, making it easier for attackers to get access to information such as photos and conversations. Now Apple will encrypt that data too, ensuring those backups are also secured even once they have left the device. No longer. The loophole that law enforcement had for getting at iPhone data will now be considerably narrowed. Apple, which is based in Cupertino, California, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the timing of the announcement and other issues. Nor did the FBI immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. Cybersecurity experts have long argued that attempts by law enforcement to weaken encryption with backdoors are ill-advised because they would inherently make the internet less reliable and more dangerous. Last year, Apple announced, then withdrew after a flood of objections, a plan to scan iPhones for photos of child sexual abuse. \"Where Apple was hesitant about deploying encryption features last year ... it now feels like they've decided to put the gas pedal down,\" noted Johns Hopkins cryptography professor Matthew Green on Twitter. Apple's encryption announcement offers what the company calls Advanced Data Protection , to which users of its devices must opt in. It adds iCloud Backup, Notes and Photos to data categories that are already protected by end-to-end encryption in the cloud, including health data and passwords. Not included in the iCloud encryption scheme are email, contacts and calendar items because they must interoperate with products from other vendors, Apple said. It said Advanced Data Protection for iCloud would be available to U.S. users by the end of the year and start rolling out to the rest of the world in early 2023. In a blog post, Apple said \"enhanced security for users' data in the cloud is more urgently needed than ever,\" citing research that says data breaches have more than tripled over the past eight years. Other tech products that already offer end-to-end encryption include the world's most popular messaging app, WhatsApp, and Signal, a communications app prized by journalists, dissidents, human rights activists and other dealers in sensitive data. Apple announced a few other advanced security features on Wednesday, including one geared toward journalists, human rights activists and government officials who \"face extraordinary digital threats\" — such as from no-click spyware. Called iMessage Contact Key Verification, it will automatically alert users to eavesdroppers who succeed in inserting a new device into their iCloud via a breach. In July, Apple announced a new optional feature called Lockdown Mode that is designed to protect iPhones and its other products against intrusions from state-backed hackers and commercial spyware. Apple said at the time that it believed the extra layer of protection would be valuable to targets of hacking attacks launched by well-funded groups. Users are able to activate and deactivate lockdown mode at will. 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Polymetal last month said it had agreed to sell its Russian assets to a Siberian gold miner for about $3.7 billion, a deal forced at a knock-down price by repercussions from the conflict in Ukraine. BlackRock said the trade was executed on the Astana International Exchange (AIX) in Kazakhstan which is now the primary listing for Polymetal International. Polymetal's London-listed shares lost around 70% in a few days following Moscow's launch of what it calls a \"special military operation\" in Ukraine. Polymetal in March 2022 disclosed that the U.S. asset manager's equity position had doubled between November 2019 and February 2022. On March 8, 2022, BlackRock's stake dropped back below the 10% threshold. Trading in London was suspended and Polymetal subsequently moved its domicile to Kazakhstan from Jersey, delisted from the London Stock Exchange and relisted in Astana. Polymetal said in January that Russian investment company ICT Holding had sold its 23.9% stake in the company to a consortium led by the Omani government. (Reporting by Anastasia Lyrchikova; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Jan Harvey and Franklin Paul) Share or comment on this article: UPDATE 1-US firm BlackRock reduces stake in miner... 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The company based in San Jose, California, did not specify the number of jobs it is cutting. It had 84,900 employees as of July 2023. Based on that figure, the number of jobs cut would be about 5,900. In February, Cisco announced it would cut about 4,000 jobs. The networking equipment maker said in June that it would invest one billion dollars in tech start-ups like Cohere, Mistral and Scale to develop reliable AI products. It recently also announced a partnership with Nvidia to develop infrastructure for AI systems. 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Separately on Monday, the financial damage to Boeing came into sharper focus with American Airlines announcing a compensation deal for thousands of flights canceled because Max jets were grounded most of the year. American did not say how much it will receive but said it will give $US30 million ($A43 million) to employees as profit-sharing. American estimated in October the Max grounding would cost it $US540 million in pretax income for 2019. Aeromexico said on Monday it had also settled with Boeing but declined to release details. The airline has six Max jets. The wiring issue came to light after the Federal Aviation Administration asked Boeing to audit key systems on the Max after two crashes in which new software and faulty sensors were implicated. During that review of changes Boeing is making to the plane, it discovered bundles of electrical wiring were too close together and raised the potential for a short circuit that could cause pilots to lose control. \"We identified this wiring-bundle issue ... and we are working with the FAA to perform the appropriate analysis,\" said Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe. The company said, however, it is too soon to know whether it will need to make any design changes, such as moving the wiring bundles farther apart. Boeing says it believes other safeguards, including circuit breakers and insulation around the wiring, could be sufficient to prevent a short-circuit from leading to another crash. Boeing built and delivered nearly 400 Max jets before the plane was grounded in March after two crashes that killed 346 people. Since then, another 400 or so jets have rolled off assembly lines, although they can't be sent to airlines. 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Demanding payments in Bitcoin along with a bunch of gift cards, these notorious actors reportedly said they were going to denotate bombs at major American retail stores like Walmart, Whole Foods, Kroger, and Meijer. While Police authorities as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are investigating the incident, the callers have not been identified yet. A call that was made to the Chicago-based Whole Foods demanded the receiver to wire $5,000 (roughly Rs. 409,775) in the form of Bitcoin. As per Bitcoin's current price of $30,449 (roughly Rs, 24.9 lakh), the caller could have managed to get BTC 0.17 making up for the substantial amount. If the demand was not met, the caller said, a pipe bomb would blow up the store, which did not happen. Another terrorising call was dialled to a Meijer grocery store in Wisconsin, demanded Apple gift cards worth $5,000 (Roughly Rs. 409,775), a report by The Wall Street Journal claimed. The calls that were made were reportedly initiated with a layer of 'block number' setting that conceals the identities of the callers. No bomb explosions at any of these sites were reported over the weekend, giving reasons to the police to believe that these calls were hoax. The FBI is working with local police officials at said locations to find out if there is any substance to these calls and if they are part of an organised criminal effort. This is not the first time that anti-social elements have demanded Bitcoin while making threats. Back in 2022, for instance, cyber criminals breached the systems of Oil India Limited (OIL) and demanded $7,500,000 (roughly Rs. 61,51,31,250) in the form of Bitcoin as ransom. In November last year, hackers who gained control over patients' data at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), had demanded Rs. 200 crore in the form of Bitcoin. Usually, criminals who demand crypto payments in ransoms, aim to flee with the funds anonymously. More often than not, they put their loot in crypto privacy mixers like Tornado Cash and convert their tokens into some other cryptocurrency from a common fund pool before sending them to the destination wallet addresses. This breaks any chain of traceability that the investigating officers could unearth. Crypto ransoms can also be wired to international locations instantly, again, with a layer of anonymity. Since cryptocurrencies are not centralised or controlled by any financial institution, its exploitation by criminals is a topic of grave concern for governments around the world. Unlawful use of cryptocurrencies hit a record $20.1 billion (roughly Rs. 1,64,895 crore) last year, a recent report by Reuters had claimed earlier this year. Several nations are now working on making rules to govern the crypto sector, so that through taxes and KYC paperwork among other solutions, a trail of transactions could be maintained with more privacy than what is offered by traditional banks. Affiliate links may be automatically generated – see our ethics statement for details. 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(AP PHOTO) Credit: AAP Apple's board of directors has recommended investors vote against a shareholder proposal to abolish the company's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. The National Centre for Public Policy, a conservative think tank, submitted a proposal that the company consider abolishing its \"Inclusion & Diversity program, policies, department and goals.\" The proposal cited recent Supreme Court decisions, and made the argument that DEI poses \"litigation, reputational and financial risks to companies\" and could make Apple more vulnerable to lawsuits. Apple responded that it had a well-established compliance program and the proposal was unnecessary. It added that the shareholder proposal was an inappropriate attempt to micromanage Apple's business strategy. \"Apple is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, or promoting on any basis protected by law\", the iPhone maker said in a proxy filing.The news was first reported by TechCrunch. Several major companies including Meta and Amazon are winding down diversity programs ahead of Republican Donald Trump's return to the US presidency as conservative opposition to such initiatives grows louder. Conservative groups have denounced DEI programs and threatened to sue companies over them, emboldened by a US Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that struck down affirmative action in university admissions decisions. The changes show how some of America's biggest businesses have reacted to a larger conservative backlash against diversity initiatives, which multiplied after widespread protests following the police killings of George Floyd and other Black Americans in 2020. 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When the policies around blocking change, people who have been blocked by someone will still be able to see that person's posts, so long as they're public. They just won't be able to like, repost, or reply to these posts. \"Blocking public posts makes no sense,\" Musk said on X last year. \"It needs to be deprecated in favor of a stronger form of mute.\" Jack Dorsey, a former co-founder and CEO of Twitter, agreed with this sentiment. In a sense, Dorsey and Musk do have a point. On most social media platforms, if someone blocks you, you can still find their public posts — you just have to log out of your own account. But Tracy Chou, founder of the anti-harassment tool Block Party, argues that this extra bit of friction matters. Chou wrote on X, \"i'm sure someone from twitter (elon) is arguing that block evasions were always possible from other accounts but the point is that friction matters!! making it easy for a creeper to creep is not a good thing!!\" Many X users agreed with Chou, generating increased interest in other platforms. Bluesky, a Twitter alternative, has added another 1.2 million users over the past two days, as users looked for an alternative to X. On the U.S. App Store's top charts, Bluesky climbed to No. 2 in the Social Networking category, up from No. 181 the previous day. These spurts of growth don't always translate to long-term usage. But, as opposed to some other platform updates — like its name change from Twitter to X — this policy change isn't just symbolic. It's a move that prioritizes the experiences of people being blocked, rather than those doing the blocking, who are often more immediately at risk. \"Today, block can be used by users to share and hide harmful or private information about those they've blocked,\" X's engineering team wrote in a post. \"Users will be able to see if such behavior occurs with this update, allowing for greater transparency.\" This stance can be alienating for users who are more concerned about their own safety than this cherry-picked scenario, in which they could be blocked by someone who then shares information about them. Claire Waxman, who serves in the London Mayor's Office as the appointed Victims' Commissioner, is also concerned how the changes could impact victims of abuse. \"This is a dangerous decision for a social media platform, and will have serious implications for victims — especially those being stalked — and their safety,\" Waxman wrote on X. \"Enabling blocked users to see posts is catering to abusers and stalkers, indulging and facilitating their behaviors.\" Colten Meisner, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University who studies social media harassment, agrees. \"The block feature has been a first line of defense for people being harassed,\" Meisner told TechCrunch. \"It feels like there's no other way to interpret this policy change but to say, 'Victims of harassment, the first line of defense you've had, we're now going to take away.' Because if you want views, if you want visibility, that's what it comes with on X.\" Meisner also sees a trend in how Musk's personal beliefs and vendettas have been reflected in platform policy. \"[Musk] is definitely the archetype of the person that's being blocked, and so it almost feels like a childish retaliation in some sense,\" Meisner said. \"Elon specifically has had this history of making policy changes basically at his own whims.\" For instance, X has suppressed links to its competitors, like Substack and Mastodon at various times. The platform also once singled out NPR with a \"state-affiliated media\" label, which is usually reserved for publications without editorial independence from their government (NPR receives less than 1% of its $300 million annual budget from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is federally funded). On a platform that has already generated marked rises in hate speech, the changes to the block feature are a harbinger of the same trend continuing. \"This policy change is just a massive backstep in the history of harassment,\" Meisner added. 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(NYSE: ZUO ) and its senior executives, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman, the court-appointed Lead Counsel. To determine their membership in the putative class, Hagens Berman urges Zuora investors to submit their losses now . Putative Class Period: Apr. 12, 2018 - May 30, 2019 Visit: https://www.hbsslaw.com/cases/zuo On June 26, 2020, Hon. Susan Illston, Senior District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, ordered that Lead Plaintiff may move for class certification on Dec. 4, 2020. The motion will be fully briefed by Mar. 5, 2021 and heard on Mar. 26, 2021, according to the court's order. The class certification stage is perhaps the most important phase of the suit. If Lead Plaintiff prevails on the motion, the case will proceed as a collective action, allowing class members to join together for the common goal of recovering their investment losses from Defendants. Hagens Berman was previously named Lead Counsel in the case, with Steve Berman , managing partner and co-founder of firm, serving as the lead trial counsel. The action alleges Defendants misrepresented the functionality of Zuora's solution, including the integration of the Company's RevPro software solution with its flagship Billing product. According to the complaint, Defendants knew of Zuora's inability to integrate RevPro successfully with Billing. The truth emerged on May 30, 2019, when Defendants disclosed the integration failure. On this news, Zuora's share price plummeted 30% in a single trading day. On Apr. 28, 2020, the court held that investors' complaint sufficiently pled that Defendants' alleged misconduct violates Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 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The Indian government aims to attract more investment in the growing space market. The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), is a cost-effective solution for launching satellites weighing up to 500 kg into low earth orbit. In another development, a lawsuit has been filed against SpaceX, accusing the company of unlawfully refusing to hire refugees and asylum recipients. This case could be significant in determining the US government's stance on companies discriminating against non-citizens based on national security concerns. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, responded to the lawsuit by stating that hiring individuals who are not US citizens or green card holders would violate arms trafficking laws. The solar wind, an essential aspect of our solar system, consists of high-speed charged particles emitted by the sun. It fills interplanetary space and can cause disruptions such as geomagnetic storms and auroras on Earth. However, scientists have yet to fully understand how the sun generates this solar wind. Recent observations by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft may shed light on this phenomenon. India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar rover successfully landed at the moon's south pole, making India the first country to achieve this feat shortly after Russia's Luna-25 mission failed a similar attempt. The head of India's space agency announced that Chandrayaan-3 will now begin exploring and conducting experiments on the lunar surface in preparation for future challenges. Following their success with Chandrayaan-3, India's next space mission will focus on studying the sun. The Aditya-L1, India's first space observatory dedicated to solar research, is currently being prepared for launch at Sriharikota, the country's main spaceport. These scientific developments highlight the progress and ambitions of India's space program. 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The improvement lets CPIC Investment Management Hong Kong distribute and advise funds with virtual asset allocations beyond 10%. CPIC Investment Management Hong Kong Focuses on Web3 Virtual assets and the Web3 business have a worldwide influence, according to CPIC Investment Management Hong Kong CEO CG Zhou. Citing the Hong Kong government's virtual asset rules and measures from last year, the individual voiced confidence in the sector's responsible and steady expansion. CPIC Investment Management Hong Kong, a long-standing financial organization with solid governance, risk management, and compliance records, wants to promote Hong Kong as a worldwide Web3 and virtual asset hub. To safeguard investors, the business sponsors virtual assets and Web3 initiatives. CPIC Investment Management Hong Kong's virtual asset improvement follows compliance and regulatory standards. The company's enhanced license status permits it to continue fund distribution and investment advising while supporting virtual asset efforts. CPIC Asset Management Hong Kong will collaborate with respected organizations to develop a sustainable and socially responsible virtual asset ecosystem , promoting Web3 technology in Hong Kong. CPIC Asset Management Hong Kong to Advise Funds with Virtual Asset Allocations Over 10% Hong Kong virtual asset service provider licensing history is academically significant. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and Monetary Authority released the \"Joint Circular on Virtual Asset-Related Activities of Intermediaries\" in January 2022. The circular clarified virtual asset intermediary distribution, trading, and associated service regulations. Virtual asset platform operators need regulatory authorization. CPIC Asset Management Hong Kong's regulated business license upgrading is notable. During the previous biennium, the group focused on virtual asset businesses. On September 22, 2023, CPIC Asset Management Hong Kong received authorization to upgrade its Type 1 and Type 4 regulated business licenses after careful planning and ongoing discussions with the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission. With this authorization, the organization can quickly distribute and advise funds with virtual asset allocations exceeding 10%. 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AA -1.91% said job cuts and other cost reductions have helped trim losses stemming from lower aluminum prices as the coronavirus pandemic weighed heavily on the industrial economy. The Pittsburgh-based company on Wednesday said because of those measures its results for the latest quarter due out next week will be better than expected. \"We realized gains in productivity, cost savings and also increased our cash balance,\" Chief Executive Roy Harvey said. Alcoa in April said it would curtail production at its smelter in Ferndale, Wash., cutting about 700 jobs there. The company also has shifted production to more commodity-grade aluminum ingots sold by distributors as demand fell for higher-cost custom aluminum products and alloys used by the automotive and construction industries. The reduction at the Ferndale smelter is the latest cost-cutting step taken by Alcoa in recent years. Another smelter in Washington has been idle for several years, and the company has sold some overseas operations, including two smelters in Spain. Alcoa said its raw aluminum production increased about 3% in the second quarter, compared with the first quarter, even as the pandemic caused widespread outages at factories. The company said the first quarter is typically its weakest quarter for production. Alcoa said it continues to restore production at its smelter in Québec, and said the added output should partially offset declining prices for aluminum. The Aluminerie de Bécancour smelter has been ramping up for the past year after unionized employees entered into a six-year contract that ended a lockout that began in early 2018. The plant employs 900 workers. Alcoa opposes lobbying efforts by other aluminum manufacturers for the reinstatement of a 10% tariff on aluminum imports from Canada. The duty was lifted by the Trump administration last year to facilitate completion of the new U.S. trade agreement with Canada and Mexico. The tariff's reinstatement would allow domestic producers to raise their prices,but would add to Alcoa's cost for supplying Canadian-made aluminum to U.S. customers. Alcoa, which owns its Québec smelter with Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., has two other smelters in Canada as well. Mr. Harvey has argued that the duties are misdirected as they don't address excess aluminum production in China, which he says is the cause of low aluminum prices globally. Alcoa on Wednesday forecast second-quarter revenue of $2.1 billion to $2.18 billion, slightly above analysts' estimates. The company expects a quarterly loss of $190 million to $205 million, or between break-even and a loss of 8 cents on an adjusted per-share basis. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected an adjusted loss of 58 cents a share. Alcoa's shares were down 2.4% at $10.97 in midday trading. —Matt Grossman contributed to this article. Write to Bob Tita at robert.tita@wsj.com Copyright ©2020 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 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The US-based company is one of the world's largest internet backbone providers and serves customers in 50 countries , including a number of high-profile Russian companies. The shutdown won't disconnect Russians completely In a letter to Russian customers obtained by The Post , Cogent cited \"economic sanctions\" and \"the increasingly uncertain security situation\" as the motives behind its total shutdown in the country. Cogent similarly told The Verge that it \"terminated its contracts\" with Russian customers in compliance with the European Union's move to ban Russian state-backed media outlets. As Doug Madory, an internet analyst at network tracking company Kentik points out , some of the company's most prominent Russian customers include the state-backed telecom giant Rostelecom, Russian search engine Yandex, and two of Russia's largest mobile carriers: MegaFon and VEON. Unplugging Russia from Cogent's global network will likely result in slower connectivity, but won't completely disconnect Russians from the internet, Madory notes. Traffic from Cogent's former customers will instead fall back on other backbone providers in the country, potentially resulting in network congestion. There isn't any indication as to whether other internet backbone providers will also suspend services in Russia. WTF Cogent? Cutting Russians off from internet access cuts them from off from sources of independent news and the ability to organize anti-war protests. Don't do Putin's dirty work for him. https://t.co/uqbgOFYWX9 — Eva (@evacide) March 4, 2022 Digital rights activists have criticized Cogent's decision to disconnect itself from Russia, arguing that it could prevent Russian civilians from accessing credible information about the invasion. \"Cutting Russians off from internet access cuts them off from sources of independent news and the ability to organize anti-war protests,\" Eva Galperin, the director of cybersecurity at the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, said on Twitter . However, Cogent CEO Dave Schaeffer told The Post that Cogent's move isn't intended to \"hurt anyone,\" and the company doesn't want to keep Russian civilians from accessing the internet. Cogent's goal is to prevent the Russian government from using the company's networks for cyberattacks and propaganda, The Post reports. The Russian government has already made it more difficult for Russians to gain access to news sources and social platforms. On Friday, it passed a new law banning \"fake news,\" and blocked access to Facebook completely. The country has also restricted access to Twitter and threatened to block Wikipedia over \"false messages\" about the war in Ukraine. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! TechnoCodex is an automatic aggregator of the all world's media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials, please contact us by email – admin@technocodex.com . The content will be deleted within 24 hours. 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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged enterprise cloud services provider VMware for misleading investors by obscuring the company's financial performance. VMware, acquired by chip and software maker Broadcom from Dell Technologies for $61 billion in May this year, misled investors about its order backlog management practices, which enabled the company to push revenue into future quarters by delaying product deliveries to customers. \"As the SEC's order finds, by making misleading statements about order management practices, VMware deprived investors of important information about its financial performance,\" said Mark Cave , Associate Director in the Division of Enforcement. Also Read | VMware bets on multi-cloud drive amid positive Broadcom deal view \"Such conduct is incompatible with an issuer's disclosure obligations under the federal securities laws ,\" Cave said in a statement late on Monday. The SEC found that, beginning in fiscal year 2019, VMware began delaying the delivery of license keys on some sales orders until just after quarter-end so that it could recognise revenue from the corresponding license sales in the following quarter. Discover the stories of your interest According to the SEC's order, VMware shifted tens of millions of dollars in revenue into future quarters, building a buffer in those periods and obscuring the company's financial performance as its business slowed relative to projections in fiscal year 2020. Although VMware publicly disclosed that its backlog was \"managed based upon multiple considerations\", it did not reveal to investors that it used the backlog to manage the timing of the company's revenue recognition. The SEC said that VMware violated antifraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 as well as certain reporting provisions of the federal securities laws. \"Without admitting or denying the findings in the SEC's order, VMware consented to a cease-and-desist order and to pay an $8 million penalty,\" it added. 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Daily Herald file photo, 2017 This article has been corrected to show Cineworld as the parent company of Regal Cinemas. The Regal Cinemas theaters in Round Lake Beach and Bolingbrook are set to close soon, but town leaders expressed hope the properties won't be sitting idle for long. Regal Cinemas' parent company, Cineworld, will close 39 locations starting Feb. 15 as part of bankruptcy proceedings, according to multiple media reports. Regal has not made an official announcement about the closures, and company representatives did not return messages for comment on when the Round Lake Beach and Bolingbrook locations will shutter. Bolingbrook Mayor Mary Alexander-Basta said the village will reach out to the owner of the 40,000-square-foot building about new opportunities for the space. Alexander-Basta said there are other types of businesses that could make use of the large space, such as a family entertainment center. \"No doubt there will be use for that parcel. It's just making sure we pick the right one,\" Alexander-Basta said. \"Bolingbrook is an extremely desirable market.\" Round Lake Beach Mayor Scott Nickles said it's a shame the local cinema is among the ones closing, but he said village leaders will work to fill the space. by signing up you agree to our terms of service \"The village of Round Lake Beach will do whatever we can to bring a new cinema or entertainment group into town to offset the loss of this very important business,\" Nickles said. Nickles didn't go into how much revenue Round Lake Beach will lose without the movie theater business. As ticket sales had been declining since the pandemic, the revenue loss won't be a significant part of the village's overall sales tax base, he added. Alexander-Basta said based on recent financial data Bolingbrook likely will lose $40,000 to $50,000 annually in revenues generated by the amusement tax on movie tickets sold, as well as $13,000 to $15,000 in food and beverage taxes from concession sales. \"So we're not losing a great deal of revenue,\" Alexander-Basta said.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Regal Cinemas", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Regal Cinemas", "length": 13, "offset": 100}, {"position_text": "Regal Cinemas", "length": 13, "offset": 369}, {"position_text": "Regal Cinemas", "length": 13, "offset": 388}, {"position_text": "Regal Cinemas", "length": 13, "offset": 549}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Daily Herald", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Daily Herald", "length": 12, "offset": 264}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Cineworld", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 212}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 334}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 580}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Alexander-Basta", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Alexander-Basta", "length": 15, "offset": 1993}, {"position_text": "Alexander-Basta", "length": 15, "offset": 2295}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Bolingbrook", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bolingbrook", "length": 11, "offset": 18}, {"position_text": "Bolingbrook", "length": 11, "offset": 435}, {"position_text": "Bolingbrook", "length": 11, "offset": 865}, {"position_text": "Bolingbrook", "length": 11, "offset": 1309}, {"position_text": "Bolingbrook", "length": 11, "offset": 2045}], "label": "positive"}]}, {"id": 139, "text": "Who is Estes Thompson III? American Airlines flight attendant arrested for filming a girl in...\nCertain things are not to be done, and one of those things includes filming someone in a bathroom. Unfortunately, Estes Thompson III, a former American Airlines flight attendant, has found himself in some trouble for filming someone, a girl, according to reports, while she was in the bathroom. Federal authorities claimed that a former flight attendant for American Airlines was detained on Thursday. She was charged with surreptitiously filming several young girls in 2023 while they used the restroom on the aircraft. Estes Thompson III, a 37-year-old flight attendant from Charlotte, North Carolina, was taken into custody in Lynchburg, Virginia, and will later be transported to Boston to appear in federal court. Estes Thompson III Charged With Attempted Sexual Exploitation The U.S. attorney's office for the District of Massachusetts said that Estes Thompson III was charged with attempted sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography after investigators discovered evidence that he had recorded video footage of at least five different girls using the restroom on American Airlines flights. \"The deeply disturbing conduct alleged here is something no parent or child should ever have to worry about when they travel,\" Joshua S. Levy, the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said in a statement. \"Everyone – especially children – should feel safe and secure as airline passengers, and parents should feel comfortable traveling with their children.\" Estes Thompson III Hid Her iPhone On Toilet Seat Thompson attempted to film a 14-year-old girl using the restroom on an American Airlines trip from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Boston on September 2, according to court documents. Thompson was working as a flight attendant at the time. The girl stood midway through the trip to use the main cabin restroom closest to her parents' seat. According to the records, Estes Thompson III approached the girl in the occupied bathroom and offered to show her to the first-class restroom located at the front of the plane. However, the lawsuit claims that Estes Thompson III informed the girl that he had to replace the damaged toilet seat in the restroom and wash his hands before she could enter the restroom. Prosecutors claim that when the adolescent went into the restroom, she saw red stickers adhered to the bottom of the open toilet seat lid, along with handwritten messages that included, \"INOPERATIVE CATERING EQUIPMENT,\" \"REMOVE FROM SERVICE,\" and \"SEAT BROKEN.\" According to the charging complaint, the girl peered beyond the red stickers and saw a hidden iPhone filming a video. Estes Thompson III entered the restroom again right away after the girl snapped a picture of the display and left, according to the lawsuit. After the adolescent went back to her seat, she showed her parents the picture of what she had seen in the restroom. This caused them to alert other flight attendants, who then informed the captain. However, prosecutors claim that after the girl's father confronted Thompson, he locked himself in a restroom for some minutes before the plane landed. Following the plane's landing at Logan International Airport in Boston, Thompson was approached by law enforcement officials who had been alerted on the ground. They looked through Thompson's phone and discovered that it had been reset to its factory settings, according to court filings. Estes Thompson III Faces Several Years In Prison If Convicted According to the U.S. Attorneys' Offices, this case was a part of Project Safe Childhood, a national program launched in 2006 to prevent child sexual exploitation and abuse. In collaboration with the Department of Justice, the effort mobilizes federal, state, and local assets to assist victims and apprehend and punish adult perpetrators of child exploitation. According to the prosecution, Estes Thompson III may spend up to 30 years in jail if found guilty of trying to sexually abuse minors and up to 20 years in prison if convicted of possessing child pornography. In addition, a maximum punishment of $250,000 and a lifetime of monitoring upon release may be imposed on both crimes. In a statement, Jodi Cohen, special agent in charge of the FBI Boston field office, said that Thompson had \"repeatedly targeted unsuspecting children to sexually exploit them for his own gratification.\" \"What Mr. Thompson is accused of doing is disgraceful,\" Cohen said in a statement. \"This case should make it crystal clear that the FBI takes crimes aboard aircraft and the sexual exploitation of children seriously.\" The post Who is Estes Thompson III? 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In a tweet, the crypto exchange said it is \"temporarily pausing\" conversions while banks are closed over the weekend. The exchange said it plans to resume conversions on Monday. The halving speaks to the chaos that has befallen the crypto industry's second largest stablecoin in the wake of the demise of the Silicon Valley bank on Friday. Speculating on USDC's stability, traders redeemed $1.6 billion of USDC, reducing its total supply. late in the day, Circle confirms $3.3B Its stablecoin was backed by $40B on deposits at the now-shuttered lender. The fate of that cash is now uncertain, with Silicon Valley Bank seized by the FDIC, and USDC — for the time being — lost my dollar peg , \"Circle is currently protecting USDC from a black swan failure in the US banking system,\" Tweeted Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte late Friday night. \"Silicon Valley Bank is a vital bank in the US economy and its failure – without a federal rescue plan – would have wide-ranging implications for business, banking and entrepreneurs.\" \"During periods of increased activity, conversions rely on USD transfers from banks that clear during normal banking hours,\" Coinbase said in its tweet announcing the conversion break. \"When the banks open on Monday, we plan to resume conversions.\" The post Coinbase Halts Conversion Between USDC And US Dollar As Banking Crisis Rolls Into Crypto appeared first on Itihaas Hamari Nazar se .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "FDIC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "FDIC", "length": 4, "offset": 991}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "USDC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "USDC", "length": 4, "offset": 714}, {"position_text": "USDC", "length": 4, "offset": 765}, {"position_text": "USDC", "length": 4, "offset": 1001}, {"position_text": "USDC", "length": 4, "offset": 1082}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Silicon Valley Bank", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Silicon Valley Bank", "length": 19, "offset": 293}, {"position_text": "Silicon Valley bank", "length": 19, "offset": 668}, {"position_text": "Silicon Valley Bank", "length": 19, "offset": 957}, {"position_text": "Silicon Valley Bank", "length": 19, "offset": 1213}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 141, "text": "Jury hears closing arguments in Palin vs. NY Times trial\n1of6Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrives to Federal court in New York City on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Palin claims the New York Times damaged her reputation with an editorial linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.Jeenah Moon/AP Show More Show Less 2of6Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin arrives at federal court with former NHL hockey player Ron Duguay in New York on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Palin claims the New York Times damaged her reputation with an editorial linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.Jeenah Moon/AP Show More Show Less 4of6Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin arrives at federal court with former NHL hockey player Ron Duguay in New York on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Palin claims the New York Times damaged her reputation with an editorial linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.Jeenah Moon/AP Show More Show Less 5of6Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin arrives at federal court with former NHL hockey player Ron Duguay in New York on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Palin claims the New York Times damaged her reputation with an editorial linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.Jeenah Moon/AP Show More Show Less NEW YORK (AP) — A widely circulated New York Times editorial falsely linking former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to a mass shooting was a libelous display of arrogance and unchecked power, Palin's lawyer said in closing arguments Friday at a defamation trial. A Times lawyer conceded the newspaper had made a mistake, but argued there was no evidence it had set out to damage Palin's reputation. At the time of the 2017 editorial, Palin was far removed from her fleeting fame as the Republican vice-presidential nominee, trying to live a quiet life in her home state, plaintiff attorney Kenneth Turkel told a jury in federal court in Manhattan. The piece drew her into an unfair fight, Turkel said. \"What this dispute is about in its simplest form is power, and lack of power,\" he said. He also called it an example of how The Times \"treated people on the right they don't agree with. ... They don't care. She's just one of 'them.'\" The Times ran a correction but never apologized to Palin, which was \"indicative of an arrogance and sense of power that's uncontrolled,\" he added. He added: \"Sarah Palin has done nothing to deserve this. ... All they had to do was dislike her a little less and we're not sitting here today.\" In his closing argument, Times lawyer David Axelrod called the case \"incredibly important because it's about freedom of the press.\" The First Amendment protects journalists \"who make an honest mistake when they write about a person like Sarah Palin … That's all this was about — an honest mistake,\" Axelrod said. To prevail in the suit, the plaintiff \"needs to show that it wasn't just an honest mistake\" but \"that they printed something that they knew was false,\" he said. The evidence showed \"Gov. Palin can't come close to meeting that burden,\" he added. He also pointed out that the Palin lawsuit makes no claim that she lost income because of the editorial. \"She doesn't do that because it didn't happen.\" Jurors deliberated about two hours at the end of the day without reaching a verdict. They are to resume Monday morning. The jury must decide whether The Times acted with \"actual malice\" against a public figure, meaning a Times editorial page editor knew what he wrote was false, or with \"reckless disregard\" for the truth when he inserted the disputed wording into the piece. If the nine jurors find there was libel, they can set monetary damages. Palin sued the Times for unspecified damages in 2017, about a decade after she burst onto the national stage as the Republican vice-presidential nominee. She alleged the newspaper had damaged her career as a political commentator and consultant with the editorial about gun control published after U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, was wounded when a man with a history of anti-GOP activity opened fire on a Congressional baseball team practice in Washington. In the editorial, the Times wrote that before the 2011 mass shooting in Arizona that severely wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords and killed six others, Palin's political action committee had contributed to an atmosphere of violence by circulating a map of electoral districts that put Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized crosshairs. 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Tyson said on Wednesday it was closing two pork processing plants, including its largest in the United States, further tightening meat supplies following other major slaughterhouse shutdowns. The unit, Tyson Fresh Meats, said it was working with local health officials to test more than 1,400 workers at the Pasco plant, which produces enough beef in one day to feed four million people. The closures are adding to stress on farmers as lockdowns prevent them from getting their produce to consumers. Tyson said workers at the Pasco plant have been asked to self-isolate at home until test results return and they will continue to be compensated while the facility is closed. 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A bomb threat disrupted Ryanair flight FR6385 on Sunday afternoon. Leaving Katowice in Poland at 2:22 p.m., the plane landed 2:17 hours later in Athens without incident. Upon landing, the 192 people on board were quickly evacuated and the plane thoroughly inspected by the Greek authorities. Before that, Hungarian F-16 fighters had been sent as reinforcements and accompanied the Ryanair plane to the end of its eventful journey. As provided for in the Renegade protocol, the plane also flew over the maritime space to avoid any risk for the populations on the ground. The Renegade protocol provides for the overflight of the sea of ​​planes in danger. FlightRadar24 When they got off the plane, each passenger was inspected one by one, specifies the Greek media Protothema. Specially trained dogs sniffed these same passengers as the long check of the plane and all the luggage began… Stay connected with us on social media platform for instant update click here to join our Facebook For the latest News and Updates, Follow Us on Google News Read original article here Disclaimer Denial of responsibility! TechnicalRipon.com is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials on our website, please contact us by email – techsanloon@gmail.com . The content will be deleted within 24 hours.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Google News", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Google News", "length": 11, "offset": 1210}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Athens", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Athens", "length": 6, "offset": 323}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Katowice", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Katowice", "length": 8, "offset": 253}, {"position_text": "Katowice", "length": 8, "offset": 253}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 145, "text": "Intel blueprints – 20GB of source code, specs, docs – spill onto internet, Chipzilla denies hack\nIntel blueprints – 20GB of source code, specs, docs – spill onto internet, Chipzilla denies hack Leaker only 'a bit concerned' about getting sued Swiss IT consultant Tillie Kottmann on Thursday published a trove of purportedly confidential Intel technical material, code, and documents related to various processors and chipsets. \"They were given to me by an anonymous source who breached them earlier this year, more details about this will be published soon,\" Kottmann wrote on Twitter. A spokesperson for Intel denied the corporation had been hacked, and said the information was likely taken from its Resource and Design Center, which is a library of resources for computer manufacturers and the like to build systems using Intel's silicon. Access to this center is not open to the public. The first tranche of documents, distributed via a Mega file sharing link in a Telegram post and probably mirrored elsewhere by now, weighs in at about 20GB. The data dump includes things like: Kaby Lake (Purley Platform) BIOS Reference Code and Sample Code + Initialization code (some of it as exported git repos with full history) Intel CEFDK (Consumer Electronics Firmware Development Kit (Bootloader stuff)) SOURCES Simics Simulation for Rocket Lake S and potentially other platforms Schematics, Docs, Tools + Firmware for the unreleased Tiger Lake platform Intel Trace Hub + decoder files for various Intel ME versions Some Verilog stuff for various Xeon Platforms, unsure what it is exactly. Kottmann posted some of the code from the archive on Twitter, such as this snippet after searching for \"backdoor\" in Intel's firmware sources: you should definitely search for \"backdoor\" in the firmware sources though. pic.twitter.com/92vxWITO1h — Tillie 1312 Kottmann #BLM (@deletescape) August 6, 2020 This code, to us, appears to involve memory error detection and correction. The IOH SR 17 probably refers to scratchpad register 17 in the I/O hub, part of Intel's chipsets, that is used by firmware code. In this context, I suspect from the mention of ACPI that RAS is Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability, which does memory error detection and correction. IOH SR 17 probably refers to a scratchpad register in the I/O Hub chipset used by the firmware — Chris Williams (@diodesign) August 6, 2020 Via private message, The Register asked Kottmann why they published the files and whether they are concerned about legal action. \"So, I do a lot of leaks and releases,\" Kottmann replied. \"My overall motivation is to free information, and I am just very curious. I also love exposing and looking at the (often horrible) things you can find in proprietary code.\" Maker of SonarQube defends DevOps product's security after source code leaks blamed on bad configurations READ MORE With hardware-related information, Kottmann said, they want to give people the ability to use their own hardware to the fullest and to help security researchers better find and assess potential issues. \"I am a bit concerned about some legal action with this one, as it IS the biggest release yet, but so far I have been fine even with bigger [companies],\" Kottmann said. \"And like other leaks, this one is again just exploiting horribly configured infrastructure (with absolutely negligence for security).\" In a recent interview with The Register about a code dump that exposed source code from multiple companies including Adobe, Microsoft, Qualcomm and others, Kottmann explained that part of their motivation was to encourage companies not to be careless with security. \"We are investigating this situation, but this does not appear to be the result of a network breach,\" a spokesperson for Intel said. \"The information appears to come from the Intel Resource and Design Center, which hosts information for use by our customers, partners and other external parties who have registered for access. 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The accident, which occurred on Sunday, involved a tracked dozer and a light vehicle, resulting in the death of an employee. The Canadian mining company has launched an internal investigation and secured the accident site. \"Operations in the affected area will only resume once it is deemed safe to do so,\" First Quantum stated. The Kansanshi mine, which produced 134,827 tonnes of copper and 68,970 ounces of gold in the previous year, has faced safety issues in the past. In November, two contractors at First Quantum's Zambian operations, including one at Kansanshi, lost their lives in separate incidents. First Quantum's shares dipped 0.6% on the Toronto Stock Exchange following the news. The company's Zambian mines, including Kansanshi, have become crucial revenue drivers after its flagship Cobre Panama mine was shut down last December. The closure followed public protests and a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the company's mining contract in Panama. To mitigate the financial impact, First Quantum secured a $500 million, three-year copper prepayment agreement with Chinese miner Jiangxi Copper, under which Kansanshi will supply 50,000 tonnes of copper anodes annually. 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REUTERS/Rogan Ward By Siyabonga Sishi PORT EDWARD, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africans took to their beaches on Sunday to protest against plans by Royal Dutch Shell to do seimsic oil exploration they say will threaten marine wildlife such as whales, dolphins, seals and penguins on a pristine coastal stretch. A South African court on Friday struck down https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/shell-wins-court-case-start-seismic-surveys-offshore-south-africa-2021-12-03 an application brought by environmentalists to stop the oil major exploring in the eastern seaboard's Wild Coast, rejecting as unproven their argument that it would cause \"irreparable harm\" to the marine environment, especially migrating hump-back whales. The Wild Coast is home of some of the country's most undisturbed wildlife refuges, and it's stunning coastal wildernesses are also a major tourist draw. At least 1,000 demonstrators gathered on a beach near Port Edward, a Reuters TV correspondent saw. \"It's just absolutely horrendous that they are even considering this. Look around you?\" said demonstrator Kas Wilson, indicating an unspoilt stretch of beach. \"It's unacceptable and … we will stop it.\" Shell officials were not immediately available for comment, but the company said on Friday that its planned exploration has regulatory approval, and it will significantly contribute to South Africa's energy security if resources are found. But local people fear the seismic blasting conducted over 6,000 square kilometres will kill or scare away the fish they depend on to live. \"I don't want them to operate here because if they do we won't be able to catch fish,\" said 62-year-old free dive fisherwoman Toloza Mzobe, after pulling a wild lobster from the ground. \"What are we going to eat?\" Environmentalists are urging Shell and other oil companies to stop prospecting for oil, arguing that the world has no chance of reaching net zero carbon by 2050 if existing oil deposits are burned, let alone if new ones are found. Earlier this year, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its planet warming carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels, a decision it plans to appeal. 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What he saw was a high-detail rendering of the company's HQ, which seemed to plan for breathing some new life into a hundred-year-old railroad that was nearby. Zucc proves following through isn't his strong suit What made this even stranger was the fact the railway crossing hadn't been used for 40 years at this point; it gave hope to the people of the country that had fond memories of the Dumbarton Rail Bridge. Facebook's Bridge to Nowhere #Meta #Facebook #Bay pic.twitter.com/Fuxw39eR5O — Rohit Chouhan Rajput (@itsrohitchouhan) January 8, 2023 However, the project turned out to be far too ambitious for the small county, and it needed much more funding than any municipality in the area could provide. The only reliable way to take up such an endeavor would be with the help of a multi-billion company like Facebook and they were willing to make Slocum's dream into a reality. After a series of conversations with Facebook's staff and those with the jurisdiction to make the renovation possible, Slocum was feeling optimistic about the project, adding he was amazed at how similar his and the company's vision for the bridge was. According to Facebook's current local policy director, the revitalization of the rail line was a win-win scenario for both parties; it would improve work-related commutes in the area, as well as increase the company's real estate value. Facebook is hatching a billion-dollar plan to help restore the Dumbarton Rail Bridge for commuter trains as a means for easing traffic woes in the region. https://t.co/gFDBIdz5LT pic.twitter.com/ArPYD7EoaY — Stephen Ellison (@sj_ellison) March 1, 2019 Meta's self-destruction Unfortunately, three years and $20 million later, the project still had its training wheels on. The futuristic designs that were presented to Slocum were slowly shifting into something that was very clearly out of his reach. Had things not gone south, the rail line was expected to be in full operating condition by 2028, or even sooner, but that ship has already sailed. Murphy's law worked its magic and whatever could've gone wrong, did. The pandemic came at the worst time possible, forcing Facebook employees back into their homes and decreasing traffic at the crossing to a historical low, to the point where continuing the project just felt like a waste. I found a photo of a train on the Dumbarton rail bridge. Dated 1913. pic.twitter.com/nRfwgJ2gPL — kue (@_kueller) February 23, 2021 Many have argued the project was a long shot from the start; interviews with those who worked on it revealed it was falling apart long before COVID happened. Sooner or later, Facebook, now known as Meta, would begin to downsize and one of the projects destroyed was the rejuvenation of the Dumbarton Rail. Now, tourists in the area can see the relic while driving past it on the modern toll bridge next to it; only a few stop by to take a picture next to a monument from a better time that could've been, but wasn't. This article appeared in Our Patriot and has been published here with permission. 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This follows the Singapore tribunal's ruling to make Future Retail (FRL) party to the dispute arising out of the agreement between Future Coupons (FCPL), an unlisted Future Group entity and Amazon. In addition, the US e-tailer has filed a petition in the Supreme Court urging it to set aside a recent National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) order which had allowed the Kishore Biyani-led Future Group to convene a meeting of its shareholders and creditors for consolidation of its entities. The meeting scheduled to be held in the second week of November is being seen as the first step in the proposed sale of Future Group's retail, warehousing and logistics assets to Mukesh Ambani 's Reliance Industries. Amazon, locked in a bitter legal with the Future Group, wants to block the deal. Future Retail had originally approached SIAC with two pleas. It had contented that it was not a party to the agreement signed between Future Coupons and Amazon in 2019, through which the e-tailer had pumped in around Rs 1,400 into FCPL. Secondly, FRL urged SIAC to lift the interim stay on its deal to sell its assets to Reliance Retail. Amazon claimed the investment gave it an indirect stake in the flagship Future Group company, which operates supermarket chain Big Bazaar, as FCPL owned around 10% stake in FRL. The subsequent announcement of Future Group's proposed asset sale to Reliance, however, saw the e-tailer dragging the Big Bazaar parent to SIAC in October last year, which granted Amazon an interim award over the Future-Reliance deal. Amazon alleged that the Future Group violated contractual agreements due to the proposed deal with Reliance. A Future Group spokesperson and Amazon did not comment for this story. 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Stitch Fix's outlook was also weaker than analysts had anticipated. CEO Matt Baer said the company has \"a lot of work still to do,\" and that the company could return to revenue growth by fiscal 2026. Stitch Fix ( SFIX ) shares plunged Wednesday, a day after the online personal styling company reported a wider-than-expected loss, and issued revenue projections below analyst estimates. Stitch Fix reported a $36.5 million loss for the fiscal fourth-quarter, widening from $28.66 million a year ago. Revenue dropped 12% year-over-year to $319.55 million. Both figures came in well below analyst estimates compiled by Visible Alpha. Stitch Fix has been challenged by a declining subscriber base in recent years, with just over 2.5 million active subscribers at the end of the fiscal year, down nearly 5% from the third quarter and nearly 20% from the same time last year. Stitch Fix's Outlook Disappoints The company said it anticipates first-quarter revenue of between $303 million and $310 million, lower than the $324 million consensus projection from analysts heading into Tuesday's results. For the full fiscal year , Stitch Fix projects revenue of $1.11 billion to $1.16 billion, down from $1.34 billion in fiscal 2024 and lower than the $1.3 billion analysts expected. \"While there is a lot of work still to do, I am confident we are on the right path to continue to improve the trajectory of our business which includes returning to revenue growth by the end of FY26,\" Stitch Fix CEO Matt Baer said. Stitch Fix shares were down 34% to $2.47 in early trading Wednesday following the news. 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(NYSE: DNMR) (\"Danimer\"), and Total Corbion PLA, both leading bioplastics companies focused on the development and production of biodegradable materials, today announced that they have entered into a long-term collaborative arrangement for the supply of Luminy PLA, a biobased polymer used to manufacture compostable products. As Danimer continues to scale up the commercial production of Nodax, its signature polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), this agreement enhances Danimer's ability to fulfill customer needs for resins that require a blend of PLA- and PHA-based inputs. Stephen E. Croskrey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Danimer, said, \"While growing commercial production of PHA remains the focus of our business, PLA is a part of some compounds that we formulate to meet specific customers' functionality needs for different applications. 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In today's dynamic market, strategic arrangements throughout the value chain are key to ensuring security of supply in both product and technology that will allow brand owners and ultimately consumers to be comfortable with selecting bioplastics as a sustainable alternative to traditional plastics.\" For more information, please visit www.DanimerScientific.com or www.Total-Corbion.com. About Danimer Scientific Danimer is a pioneer in creating more sustainable, more natural ways to make plastic products. For more than a decade, its renewable and sustainable biopolymers have helped create plastic products that are biodegradable and compostable and return to nature instead of polluting our lands and waters. Danimer's technology can be found in a vast array of plastic end products that people use every day. Applications for its biopolymers include additives, aqueous coatings, fibers, filaments, films and injection-molded articles, among others. After the acquisition of Novomer, Danimer now holds more than 390 granted patents and pending patent applications in more than 20 countries for a range of manufacturing processes and biopolymer formulations. For more information, visit www.DanimerScientific.com. About Total Corbion PLA Total Corbion PLA is a global technology leader in Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) and lactide monomers. PLA is a biobased and biodegradable polymer made from annually renewable resources, offering a reduced carbon footprint versus many traditional plastics. The Luminy PLA portfolio, which includes both high heat and standard PLA grades, is an innovative material that is used in a wide range of markets from packaging to consumer goods, fibers and automotive. Total Corbion PLA, headquartered in the Netherlands, operates a 75,000 tons per year PLA production facility in Rayong, Thailand and has recently announced the intention to build a second plant in Grandpuits, France. The company is a 50/50 joint venture between TotalEnergies and Corbion. www.total-corbion.com About TotalEnergies TotalEnergies is a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people. www.totalenergies.com About Corbion Corbion is the global market leader in lactic acid and its derivatives, and a leading supplier of emulsifiers, functional enzyme blends, minerals, vitamins, and algae ingredients. We use our unique expertise in fermentation and other processes to deliver sustainable solutions for the preservation of food and food production, health, and our planet. For over 100 years, we have been uncompromising in our commitment to safety, quality, innovation and performance. Drawing on our deep application and product knowledge, we work side-by-side with customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Our solutions help differentiate products in markets such as food, home personal care, animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2020, Corbion generated annual sales of 986.5 million and had a workforce of 2,267 FTE. 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Business and European establishments have struggled to discover workers due to high-living and property prices in Luxembourg. As a end result firms elevated their budgets for wage raises deliberate for 2022, in the course of the second half of final yr, in accordance to a British-American consultancy agency. Budgets for wage raises deliberate for 2022 elevated to a mean of three.3% in December final yr, from 2.9% in July, consultancy agency Willis Towers Watson (WTW) stated on Thursday. Companies throughout the nation elevated workers salaries by 3.1% on common final yr, the WTW examine, which surveyed 96 firms in Luxembourg, stated. \"Labour shortages in some sectors are driving up the demand for skilled workers, and the surge of growth in other sectors is triggering a race for new talents, with companies competing to attract and retain employees who have more choices than ever in recent years,\" Mary Cloosterman-Hughes at WTW stated. 30% of employers plan to recruit extra workers over the following 12 months, whereas 3% count on to scale back their workforce, in accordance to the survey. More than half of the businesses strive to fill positions in IT, and almost half in engineering. Sales and finance had been additionally thought-about priorities. The Luxembourg Times has a new LinkedIn web page, comply with us right here! Get the Luxembourg Times delivered to your inbox twice a day. Sign up for your free newsletters right here. 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The series has just entered its second season. Image: © Disney One year after the start of Disney + there is a price increase – and there is a deadline for the subscription renewal at discounted conditions. Potential new customers, however, have less time to think about it. Disney + celebrated a brilliant start with \" The Mandalorian\" – and the streaming service was able to win respectable market shares with its premium in-house production. In its first year, Disney + delivered two seasons of the \"Star Wars\" spin-off to its subscribers – and kept the audience engaged with a weekly release rhythm. Some annual subscribers to the streaming service are sure to feel the same way after the season finale of \" The Mandalorian\": Those who do not constantly feel the need to indulge in childhood memories with Aladdin and Arielle or the blockbusters of the \"Avengers\" – or \"Curse of the Karbik\" series viewing it for the twelfth time currently finds little reason to call up the streaming service. Is it worth an annual subscription to Disney +? With the start of the new \"Star\" content division on February 23, Disney + is planning to expand its entertainment portfolio, which also entails a price increase. In particular, potential and existing annual subscribers are now wondering whether it is worth booking a twelve-month membership at discounted rates before the price changeover. After all, a look at the list of contents for \"Star\" reveals a selection of old camels – and it is questionable whether the new division will actually convince anyone to renew their subscription to Disney +. Just so much about it – a more detailed analysis of the \"Star\" program will follow in the coming days on DIGITAL FERNSEHEN. Given the less than overwhelming \"Star\" program, the announced spin-off series from the \"Star Wars\" universe and the sequel to \" The Mandalorian\" tend to tip the scales anyway. \"Star Wars\" is Disney + 's great asset With \" The Book of Boba Fett\", which was skilfully announced in the short epilogue of the season finale of \" The Mandalorian\", another promising extraction from the cult galaxy of \"Star Wars\" is on the program – but the start of the series is included Disney + not expected until the end of the year. The exact start dates for the numerous other \"Star Wars\" spin-offs are still largely unknown. It should be noted, however, that Disney continues to rely heavily on its \"Star Wars\" workhorse – this alone reveals the sheer number of announced franchise spin-offs in the real film and animation sectors. It's all a matter of taste For Disney + customers who only subscribe to the streaming service because of a few series hits, a selective booking of monthly memberships could be more sensible than an annual subscription at a special price: Who else does not turn on or in a few Disney films for the children (or their nostalgic inner child) National Geographic nature documentaries come up, may otherwise have little use for the subscription – unless a new crowd puller from the \"Star Wars\" universe is running. Anyone who uses Disney + as an all-round family video store will actually have no problem with the price increase. The new price of around 9 euros a month, which will be charged for new customers after February 22nd, is ultimately not a huge amount. And at least there is the \"Star\" offer with a few nice film and series titles beyond the sandpit age group. Existing customers have more time to think about it The price for new subscribers to Disney + will be € 8.99 per month or € 89.90 per year from February 23rd. For existing subscribers, the price only increases with the first invoice after 08/22/2021. 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Senators Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, and Marco Rubio, a Republican, and four others urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a letter to \"explore new avenues to support the people of Burma in their ongoing struggle for democracy in the face of escalating crimes against humanity.\" They want the Biden administration to stop royalties flowing from businesses including US energy major Chevron Corp to Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, or MOGE, an agency within the Energy Ministry. MOGE provides financial support to military leaders, including General Min Aung Hlaing, already under US sanctions. MOGE is a partner in Yadana, a natural gas field in which Chevron has a 28.3% stake. Human rights groups have urged energy companies including Chevron and Total to cut ties to Myanmar after the military ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, detaining her and cracking down on protesters. More than 750 people have since been killed. Gas revenues from joint ventures involving companies like Total and Chevron are the most significant single source of foreign exchange revenue for the Myanmar government, generating cash payments of about $1.1 billion annually, the senators said. They proposed the ventures pay revenue into a trust to be held until Myanmar has a democratically elected government or to be used for humanitarian purposes, according to the letter, a copy of which was seen by Reuters. A Chevron representative said any diversion of revenues or taxes owed to MOGE into an escrow account \"could be considered a breach of contract and potentially put employees of the joint venture partners at undue risk of criminal prosecution.\" Total did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The State and Treasury departments did not immediately respond. Chevron paid around $50 million to Myanmar between 2014 and 2018, according to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, which works to increase transparency in international business. The post Senators urge Biden to impose more sanctions on Myanmar junta appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. 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ULA wants to develop a Vulcan model tailored to the increasingly lucrative low Earth orbit (LEO) market, mainly due to SpaceX launching thousands of satellites there for its Starlink Internet service. \"We have recently completed a big trade study for what we want to have to be competitive in a future LEO market,\" ULA's CEO Tory Bruno told Reuters on Thursday on the sidelines of a military space conference in Orlando. \"And we've selected a modification to Vulcan which gives us significantly more mass to LEO and puts us in a competitive range.\" ULA's Vulcan rocket, powered by engines from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, made its first two launches this year and is designed primarily to meet the demands of Pentagon missions into various orbits. Among the options ULA drew up for an LEO-optimized version, Bruno said, were a \"Vulcan Heavy,\" or three Vulcan core boosters strapped together. He also said there were \"other Vulcan configurations that are pretty unique, that have propulsion in unusual places\". Though SpaceX's Starship is primarily designed for crewed missions to the moon and Mars, the company plans to use it to accelerate its deployment of huge batches of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. That has put pressure on SpaceX's rivals to match Starship's capabilities as other firms like Amazon scramble to build competing satellite networks, driving demand for big launchers. ULA expects to finish development of the variant by the time he believes Musk's Starship – a gigantic rocket that is eventually meant to go to Mars – begins offering LEO satellite launches, Bruno said, which he suggests could be several years from now. \"We're not going to be facing him in that particular marketplace for a while,\" Bruno predicted. Musk has said he wants to roughly double the power of Starship and refine the rocket's ability to quickly return to land in giant mechanical arms, indicating SpaceX is anywhere between several months to over a year from flying LEO Starlink satellites. ULA has several Vulcan missions booked with Amazon to deploy its Kuiper internet satellites into space, making the rocket an important part of Amazon's strategy to challenge Starlink. Amazon has also booked launches with other rockets as part of a record 2022 multi-launch agreement. SpaceX has launched six Starship test flights to space from its Starbase rocket campus in south Texas, displaying its dramatic test-to-failure ethos involving successive upgrades and incremental testing milestones before locking in a commercial-grade design. Other companies, including ULA, will not launch a new rocket until its design is finalized. ULA is aiming to fly eight Vulcan missions next year and 12 missions with Atlas V, Vulcan's retiring predecessor. Vulcan starts at a launch price of roughly $110 million – slightly over the base price of a SpaceX Falcon 9 – and has a book order of roughly 70 missions including its Amazon missions, adding urgency to get the rocket flying routinely. ULA, formed in a 2006 merger of Boeing and Lockheed's space launch programs, has been up for sale for over a year, drawing interest from Sierra Nevada Corp's space unit Sierra Space and Bezos' Blue Origin, Reuters has previously reported. Bruno has declined to comment on acquisition talks. 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probe after COVID-19 strike organizer fired\nCity officials are probing Amazon for axing a worker who organized a walkout at its Staten Island warehouse over a lack of coronavirus safety measures. \"We heard from Staten Island, from the Amazon Fulfillment Center, a specific charge that a worker raised health and safety concerns, raised social distancing concerns, was fired,\" Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a coronavirus briefing in Queens Tuesday. \"The allegation is because he spoke up for the safety of his fellow workers he was fired. I have ordered city's Commission on Human Rights to investigate Amazon immediately to determine if that's true. \"If so it would be a violation of our city Human Rights Law, we would act on it immediately,\" de Blasio said. \"I should also note that the sheriff's office did an inspection of the facility to ensure that social distancing is being observed and they will continue to inspect as needed,\" the mayor said. Chris Smalls, 31, a management assistant at the facility, previously told The Post he was canned in a phone call following Monday afternoon's strike. \"They pretty much retaliated against me for speaking out,\" said Smalls. \"I don't know how they sleep at night.\" He and dozens of other employees at the warehouse walked off the job to demand Amazon temporarily close and clean the facility after a worker tested positive for COVID-19 there last week. They also asked the e-commerce giant to offer paid time off for folks who feel sick or need to self-quarantine. Kristen Kisha, an Amazon spokeswoman, said \"Mr. Smalls received multiple warnings for violating social distancing guidelines and putting the safety of others at risk. \"He was also found to have had close contact with a diagnosed associate with a confirmed case of COVID-19 and was asked to remain home with pay for 14 days, which is a measure we're taking at sites around the world. Despite that instruction to stay home with pay, he came onsite on March 30, further putting the teams at risk. This is unacceptable and we have terminated his employment as a result of these multiple safety issues,\" Kish said. New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office was considering all legal options and called on the National Labor Relations Board to investigate the incident. 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The banner reads: \"Water, yes! Mining in the headwater basin, no!\" Photo: ejatlas.org The Peruvian government will send a delegation to the International Mining and Resources Conference to be held in Sydney over October 29‒31, to promote foreign investment in the country's mining sector. Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzén will give a lecture titled \"Peru, a strategic destination for mining and energy investment\", while finance minister José Arista will give another called \"Peru, a world-class country for mining investors\", presumably to offer up more of the country's land for pillaging by transnational fossil fuel corporations. For decades, transnational mining companies have polluted ecosystems and contaminated entire communities in Peru's highlands. Corporations from the United States, Canada and Britain extract billions of dollars in profits and leave behind legacies of environmental destruction. Australian-headquartered MMG Limited operates the Las Bambas mine, one of the world's biggest copper mines. Despite local communities blockading and protesting the mine for years, Las Bambas continues operating, contaminating the air, soil and waterways. US-based Newmont Corporation operates Yanacocha, South America's biggest gold mine, which has caused a wide range of social and environmental impacts . British-based mining giant Anglo American started extraction in 2022 of one the world's biggest copper deposits in its Quellaveco mine, despite years of protests from local communities. The mine is diverting an entire river for use in mining operations, compounding hydrological problems in an already water-scarce region. US-based The Mosaic Company controls Miski Mayo , an open-cut phosphate mine in the north, which impacts the local fishing and agriculture industry, as well as contaminating nearby communities. Local communities in San Martín have been protesting over the past year against Canadian mining giant Hannan Metals' plans to exploit copper and silver in the region, and blockaded a major road on October 19. By now, many communities are aware of the profoundly negative impacts that mining operations leave behind. Cerro de Pasco, a city of 80,000 people located next to a gigantic open-cut mine, is considered one of the most contaminated places in the world. Studies have found extremely high levels of heavy metal contamination in water, soil and food, which has severe health impacts. About 10 million Peruvians (almost a third of the population) are contaminated with heavy metals, which mostly impacts indigenous communities. The impacts of mining are expected to intensify due to the global demand for certain minerals, as mining companies seek to profit from the transition to renewable energy. Peru produces so-called \" transition minerals \" — copper, iron, lead, molybdenum, silver, zinc, indium and graphite — used in renewable energy technologies. 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The red-lined punchline is not the CEO or CTO but: C) COVID-19. There's likely more than a grain of truth underpinning the quip. The novel coronavirus is pushing a lot of metaphorical buttons right now. 'Pause' buttons for people and industries, as large swathes of the world's population face quarantine conditions that can resemble house arrest. The majority of offline social and economic activities are suddenly off limits. Such major pauses in our modern lifestyle may even turn into a full reset, over time. The world as it was, where mobility of people has been all but taken for granted — regardless of the environmental costs of so much commuting and indulged wanderlust — may never return to 'business as usual'. If global leadership rises to the occasional then the coronavirus crisis offers an opportunity to rethink how we structure our societies and economies — to make a shift towards lower carbon alternatives. After all, how many physical meetings do you really need when digital connectivity is accessible and reliable? As millions more office workers log onto the day job from home that number suddenly seems vanishingly small. COVID-19 is clearly strengthening the case for broadband to be a utility — as so much more activity is pushed online. Even social media seems to have a genuine community purpose during a moment of national crisis when many people can only connect remotely, even with their nearest neighbours. Hence the reports of people stuck at home flocking back to Facebook to sound off in the digital town square. Now the actual high street is off limits the vintage social network is experiencing a late second wind. Facebook understands this sort of higher societal purpose already, of course. Which is why it's been so proactive about building features that nudge users to 'mark yourself safe' during extraordinary events like natural disasters, major accidents and terrorist attacks. (Or indeed why it encouraged politicians to get into bed with its data platform in the first place — no matter the cost to democracy .) In less fraught times, Facebook's 'purpose' can be loosely summed to 'killing time'. But with ever more sinkholes being drilled by the attention economy that's a function under ferocious and sustained attack. Over the years the tech giant has responded by engineering ways to rise back to the top of the social heap — including . It's been pulling off this trick, by hook or by crook , for over a decade. Albeit, this time Facebook can't take any credit for the traffic uptick; A pandemic is nature's dark pattern design. What's most interesting about this virally disrupted moment is how much of the digital technology that's been built out online over the past two decades could very well have been designed for living through just such a dystopia. Seen through this lens, VR should be having a major moment. A face computer that swaps out the stuff your eyes can actually see with a choose-your-own-digital-adventure of virtual worlds to explore, all from the comfort of your living room? What problem are you fixing VR? Well, the conceptual limits of human lockdown in the face of a pandemic quarantine right now, actually… Virtual reality has never been a compelling proposition vs the rich and textured opportunity of real life, except within very narrow and niche bounds. Yet all of a sudden here we all are — with our horizons drastically narrowed and real-life news that's ceaselessly harrowing. So it might yet end up wry punchline to another multiple choice joke: 'My next vacation will be: A) Staycation, B) The spare room, C) VR escapism.' It's videoconferencing that's actually having the big moment , though. Turns out even a pandemic can't make VR go viral. Instead, long lapsed friendships are being rekindled over Zoom group chats or Google Hangouts. And Houseparty — a video chat app — has seen surging downloads as barflies seek out alternative night life with their usual watering-holes shuttered. Bored celebs are TikToking. Impromptu concerts are being livestreamed from living rooms via Instagram and Facebook Live. All sorts of folks are managing social distancing and the stress of being stuck at home alone (or with family) by distant socializing — signing up to remote book clubs and discos; joining virtual dance parties and exercise sessions from bedrooms. Taking a few classes together. The quiet pub night with friends has morphed seamlessly into a bring-your-own-bottle group video chat. This is not normal — but nor is it surprising. We're living in the most extraordinary time. And it seems a very human response to mass disruption and physical separation (not to mention the trauma of an ongoing public health emergency that's killing thousands of people a day) to reach for even a moving pixel of human comfort. Contactless human contact is better than none at all. Yet the fact all these tools are already out there, ready and waiting for us to log on and start streaming, should send a dehumanizing chill down society's backbone. It underlines quite how much consumer technology is being designed to reprogram how we connect with each other, individually and in groups, in order that uninvited third parties can cut a profit. Back in the pre-COVID-19 era, a key concern being attached to social media was its ability to hook users and encourage passive feed consumption — replacing genuine human contact with voyeuristic screening of friends' lives. Studies have linked the tech to loneliness and depression. Now we're literally unable to go out and meet friends the loss of human contact is real and stark. So being popular online in a pandemic really isn't any kind of success metric . Houseparty, for example, self-describes as a \"face to face social network\" — yet it's quite the literal opposite; you're foregoing face-to-face contact if you're getting virtually together in app-wrapped form. While the implication of Facebook's COVID-19 traffic bump is that the company's business model thrives on societal disruption and mainstream misery. Which, frankly, we knew already. Data-driven adtech is another way of saying it's been engineered to spray you with ad-flavored dissatisfaction by spying on what you get up to. The coronavirus just hammers the point home. The fact we have so many high-tech tools on tap for forging digital connections might feel like amazing serendipity in this crisis — a freemium bonanza for coping with terrible global trauma. But such bounty points to a horrible flip side: It's the attention economy that's infectious and insidious. Before 'normal life' plunged off a cliff all this sticky tech was labelled 'everyday use'; not 'break out in a global emergency'. It's never been clearer how these attention-hogging apps and services are designed to disrupt and monetize us; to embed themselves in our friendships and relationships in a way that's subtly dehumanizing; re-routing emotion and connections; nudging us to swap in-person socializing for virtualized fuzz that designed to be data-mined and monetized by the same middlemen who've inserted themselves unasked into our private and social lives. Captured and recompiled in this way, human connection is reduced to a series of dilute and/or meaningless transactions. The platforms deploying armies of engineers to knob-twiddle and pull strings to maximize ad opportunities, no matter the personal cost. It's also no accident we're also seeing more of the vast and intrusive underpinnings of surveillance capitalism emerge, as the COVID-19 emergency rolls back some of the obfuscation that's used to shield these business models from mainstream view in more normal times. The trackers are rushing to seize and colonize an opportunistic purpose. Tech and ad giants are falling over themselves to get involved with offering data or apps for COVID-19 tracking . They're already in the mass surveillance business so there's likely never felt like a better moment than the present pandemic for the big data lobby to press the lie that individuals don't care about privacy , as governments cry out for tools and resources to help save lives. First the people-tracking platforms dressed up attacks on human agency as 'relevant ads'. Now the data industrial complex is spinning police-state levels of mass surveillance as pandemic-busting corporate social responsibility. How quick the wheel turns. But platforms should be careful what they wish for. Populations that find themselves under house arrest with their phones playing snitch might be just as quick to round on high tech gaolers as they've been to sign up for a friendly video chat in these strange and unprecedented times. Oh and Zoom (and others ) — more people might actually read your ' privacy policy ' now they've got so much time to mess about online. And that really is a risk . Every day there's a fresh Zoom privacy/security horror story. Why now, all at once? It's simple: the problems aren't new but suddenly everyone is forced to use Zoom. 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Earlier this month Korean giant Hyundai actually put out a tentative statement that it is in ongoing talks with Apple on the matter, only to quickly scramble to alter the information multiple times. Nothing out of the ordinary, really, given Apple's track record of extreme secrecy on projects and products. One thing became clear from those events, however – that Hyundai Motor Co Group has at least some insight into the matter. We can only assume that prompted extra digging by Reuters, resulting in a few fragmented statements from various anonymous Hyundai and industry insiders coming to light. We're going to go through most, but the gist of it seems to be that Hyundai is definitely one, if not the primary party Apple is discussing its electric, autonomous vehicle plans with. However, executives at the traditionally-independent and vertically-integrated car giant are divided on the decision whether to become a contract manufacturer for Cupertino. We are agonizing over how to do it, whether it is good to do it or not … We are not a company which manufactures cars for others. It is not like working with Apple would always produce great results. As per industry insiders, the talks and partnership between Apple and Hyundai started back in 2018, with \"Project Titan\", headed by Alexander Hitzinger, who is not a Volkswagen executive. While this might look like slow progress and hence a bad indicator for the future, that's not necessarily the case, since a car development cycle is way, way longer than say the few months we are used to seeing for smartphone RnD. Not to mention a smart, autonomous car and as per sources one that Apple would ultimately want to source major components, like frames, bodies, drive trains, and other parts for from a variety of places just relying on Hyundai or its subsidiary Kia for assembly. Something that kind of clashes with Hyundai's current reluctance to work with outsiders, making engines, transmissions and even its own steel in-house. Another source also adds that Apple would ideally want assembly to take place in the United States, which makes sense on multiple levels, given current economic and trading tariff realities. Allegedly, Hyundai Motor Group has even \"tentatively decided\" that if it goes through with the deal, it would want Kia to partner with Apple. Some of the justification being: The Group is concerned that the Hyundai brand would become just Apple's contract manufacturer, which would not help Hyundai in its effort to build a more premium image with its Genesis brand. Plus, Kia is moving faster when it comes to electric cars and currently has available production capacity in its Gorgia factory in the US. This does sound like a potential \"win-win\" situation for both parties involved. Plus, experts have also commented further adding that this would allow the pair cross-access to Hyundai's electric car platform and vital supplier for things like batteries, on the one hand and Apple's autonomous vehicle stack and software on the other. However, Hyundai's concerns for the faith of its own business and brand remain and seem to be very strong. As a few other quotes from various sources illustrate: A cooperation may initially help raise the brand image of Hyundai or Kia. But in the mid- or longer-term, we will just provide shells for the cars, and Apple would do the brains. It is really difficult (for Hyundai) to open up … Apple is the boss. They do their marketing, they do their products, they do their brand. Hyundai is also the boss. That does not really work … It's anybody's call whether this particular partnership will pan out at all, but it is encouraging to at least hear that some progress is being made. 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Up to 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff are striking for days his week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The strike is expected to shut down most of the rail network across the country, with London Underground subway services also hit by a walkout on Tuesday. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union branded employers' latest offer \"unacceptable\" and said \"the strike action scheduled this week will go ahead.\" Secretary-General Mick Lynch said rail companies had \"proposed pay rates that are massively under the relevant rates of inflation, coming on top of the pay freezes of the past few years.\" Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the strike would cause \"mass disruption,\" with only about 20% of services able to operate. Shapps placed blame for the strike squarely on unions, which he said were resisting much-needed changes to make the railways \"fit for the post-COVID world.\" \"This strike is not about pay,\" Shapps told lawmakers. \"It's about outdated unions opposing progress.\" UK passenger numbers remain below pre-COVID-19 levels, and train companies, which were kept afloat with government support during the pandemic, are seeking to cut costs and staffing. Unions have urged the government to get involved to resolve the dispute. They accuse Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative administration of standing on the sidelines so it can blame unions, and the left-of-center opposition Labour Party, for the disruption. Unions warning about 'summer of strikes' in Britain Unions say the government, which sets the rules for train companies and owns infrastructure operator Network Rail, has not given the firms enough flexibility to offer a substantial pay increase. \"The dead hand of this Tory government is all over this dispute,\" said Lynch, the union chief. Unions are warning of a summer of strikes as soaring inflation hits the pay packets of workers across the economy. Millions of people in Britain, like those across Europe, are seeing their cost of living soar. Salaries have not kept pace with inflation, which has hit 9% and is forecast to rise further, as Russia's war in Ukraine squeezes supplies of energy and food staples including wheat. Prices were already rising before the war, as the global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic fueled strong consumer demand. Lynch said he expected other sectors to strike later this year. \"I think there are going to be many unions that are balloting across the country because people can't take it anymore,\" he told Sky News. \"We've got people doing full-time jobs who are having to take state benefits and use food banks. That is a national disgrace.\" Treasury minister Simon Clarke said workers should get \"a sensible pay increase,\" but that too big a raise would spark a wage-price spiral driving inflation even higher. Compounding the travel misery in the UK, Heathrow Airport said it was asking airlines flying from Terminals 2 and 3 to cut 10% of flights on Monday. The request came after reports emerged Friday of a huge backlog of baggage at the London airport. Several European airports have scrapped flights in an attempt to reduce delays. Budget airline easyJet said Monday it was \"consolidating\" flights because of \"operational issues\" at airports including London Gatwick and Amsterdam's Schiphol, which have both cut the number of flights they will handle over the summer. EasyJet didn't say how many flights would be affected. 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Here's what you need to know. (Image credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images) DuPont de Nemours is making headlines Thursday after the global chemicals company announced its intention to split into three independent, publicly traded companies. Over the next 18 to 24 months, DuPont will separate its Electronics and Water businesses from its core business. New DuPont will continue operating as a diversified industrial company while the new independent entities will \"benefit from increased focus and agility in their respective industries,\" DuPont said in a press release announcing its spinoff plans . All three companies will have \"strong balance sheets, attractive financial profiles and compelling growth opportunities,\" it added. \"This is an extraordinary opportunity to deliver long-term, sustainable shareholder value through the creation of three strong, industry-leading companies,\" DuPont CEO Ed Breen said in a statement. Be a smarter, better informed investor. Sign up for Kiplinger's Free E-Newsletters In addition to creating shareholder value, the separation will create new opportunities for employees, DuPont explained. \"Critically, each company will have greater flexibility to pursue their own focused growth strategies, including portfolio enhancing M&A [mergers and acquisitions,\" the firm added. Here's a breakdown of how each of the separate companies will look: New DuPont: This will be a diversified industrial company with brands such as Tyvek, Kevlar and Nomex. It will have a significant presence in the healthcare, electric vehicles and industrial sectors. The businesses within New DuPont generated sales of approximately $6.6 billion in 2023. Electronics: This company will specialize in electronic materials, including those used in semiconductor chip manufacturing, power management and thermal management. In 2023, this business achieved approximately $4.0 billion in sales. Water Solutions: This company will be a global leader in water technology with a portfolio including water filtration and purification solutions with leading technologies in reverse osmosis, ion exchange and ultrafiltration. This company will provide critical components and systems for multiple industries and generated approximately $1.5 billion in sales in 2023. DuPont also announced that Lori Koch, currently the company's chief financial officer, will take over as CEO of DuPont on June 1. The company plans to announce the leadership teams of the new companies in advance of their separations. DD's plan to separate follows in the footsteps of former industrial conglomerate General Electric – now GE Aerospace – which completed its massive three-way spinoff in early April. Is DuPont a buy, sell or hold? Analysts are mostly upbeat toward the materials stock . According to S&P Global Market Intelligence , the consensus analyst target price for DD stock is $83.72, representing implied upside of about 6% to current levels. Meanwhile, the consensus recommendation is a Buy. Financial services firm UBS is one of the more bullish outfits on DuPont and sees the planned separation as a way to unlock value for shareholders. \"We see this as positive for the group and expect this to drive a higher value realization for the Electronics and Water businesses in particular, which we see as the most undervalued in the portfolio,\" UBS Global Research firm analyst Joshua Spector wrote in a note. 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It delivered a file 343,830 vehicles worldwide within the third quarter. Analysts had anticipated that just about 358,000 autos can be shipped, based mostly on the common of estimates compiled by Bloomberg. \"Historically, our delivery volumes have skewed towards the end of each quarter due to regional batch building of cars,\" Austin, Texas-based Tesla stated in a press release. \"As our production volumes continue to grow, it is becoming increasingly challenging to secure vehicle transportation capacity and at a reasonable cost during these peak logistics weeks.\" Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk stated on Twitter he's aiming for \"steadier\" deliveries in between quarters, including that the shopper expertise suffers from an end-of-quarter rush. Quarterly deliveries are among the many most carefully watched indicators for Tesla, since they underpin the carmaker's monetary outcomes. Though legacy automakers and new entrants alike are bringing extra EVs to market, Tesla has led the cost for battery-powered vehicles for the reason that first Model S sedans have been delivered to clients a decade in the past. Tesla had stated that its supply depend is conservative and that closing numbers might fluctuate by 0.5 per cent or extra. The firm produced 3,65,923 autos for the quarter. Tesla started shifting to a \"more even regional mix\" of auto manufacturing, resulting in a rise of vehicles in transit through the finish of the quarter. \"These cars have been ordered and will be delivered to customers upon arrival at their destination,\" the corporate stated on Sunday. The carmaker doesn't escape gross sales by geography, however the US and China are its largest markets and the overwhelming variety of gross sales have been of the Model 3 sedan and Y crossover. Tesla makes the Model S, X, 3 and Y fashions at its manufacturing facility in Fremont, California. It makes the newer Model 3 and Y on the manufacturing facility close to Shanghai. Tesla not too long ago started delivering Model Ys from its newest crops in Berlin and Austin. The shares of some Tesla suppliers in Asia fell on Monday, though fairness markets have been closed in China and South Korea, each residence to large electrical automobile battery makers and EV suppliers. Panasonic Holdings Corp. in Japan dipped as a lot a 0.8 per cent earlier than recovering, whereas Taiwan's Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., which makes connectors and energy packs, slumped as a lot as 2.8 per cent. The supply figures come on the heels of Tesla's 'AI Day' late Friday evening, which was largely a recruiting occasion. Musk confirmed off a prototype humanoid robotic strolling and waving its hand, looking for to reveal Tesla's advances in synthetic intelligence. 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Final week, the CCI had handed an order directing the Director Basic, CCI, to provoke investigation in opposition to the corporate for alleged abuse of dominant place with respect to dealership agreements in its business automobiles enterprise in India. \"The CCI, in reference to its prima facie order, has particularly famous within the order that nothing acknowledged within the CCI's order shall tantamount to a ultimate expression of opinion on the deserves of the Case. It's reiterated that the corporate is reviewing the CCI's order and is partaking with its counsel to take appropriate subsequent steps,\" Tata Motors stated in a regulatory submitting. The CCI order got here on two complaints filed in opposition to Tata Motors, Tata Capital Monetary Providers Ltd and Tata Motors Finance Ltd. The competitors watchdog had noticed that the complainants have been primarily aggrieved that Tata Motors has imposed unfair phrases and situations within the dealership settlement for business automobiles. It has been alleged that the corporate was abusing its dominant place in contravention of the provisions of Part 4 of the Competitors Act, which pertains to abuse of dominant place. On the allegation that the dealership settlement gives that the seller shall not begin, purchase or bask in any new enterprise (of product or companies) even when it isn't associated to the car business, the CCI had acknowledged that the identical seemed to be unduly restrictive and expansive in its protection and interferes with the liberty of commerce. Nonetheless, CCI had made it clear that it was not analyzing the conduct of Tata Capital and Tata Motors Finance or the agreements executed by them with the sellers for channel financing, which don't seem to command any important market energy within the verticals the place they're working. 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The region saw 12,485 deals in 2021 out of the global total of 34,647, surpassing the US' 12,138 for the first time in seven years of tracking by CB Insights. China accounted for over half of Asia's total. Asia also saw a record year for funding dollars at USD 176 billion, an 89 per cent year-on-year increase. In India, based on a PwC report, there is a unicorn created almost every week. As many as 43 Indian startups attained unicorn status last year, taking the total private startup unicorn count to 68 by the end of 2021. It expects this number to cross over the 100 mark by this year. Asia contributed to three out of the top ten countries leading in the number of unicorns created year on year. Besides India, the other two countries brimming with unicorns are China and South Korea. This is not surprising as Asia has among the most dynamic startup scenes in the world and has quickly become a breeding ground for innovation over recent years. About a week ago, to hitch on the business opportunity offered by the proliferation of startups, Microsoft launched its Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub in Asia which it said will \"empower startups' ambitions and fuel innovation to drive economic and societal progress for Asia and beyond\". Microsoft says that the Startups Founders Hub is a new digital and truly inclusive platform for Founders in Asia. It offers over USD300,000 worth of benefits and credits, giving startups free access to the technology, tools, and resources they need to build and run their business. It further promises to empower entrepreneurs to innovate and grow by connecting them with mentors who will provide them with industry, business, and technical support to guide them through their next business milestones. In addition, founders will have access to Microsoft Learn and a variety of startup and unicorn programs to help them build connections with customers and accelerate their growth. Those interested in signing up for this Microsoft scheme will first have to go to the Microsoft startups website where they will be prompted to use their LinkedIn details to provide further information about their idea or project. Information about the startup's website, a description of the project and the founder's background are required. The online form also asks for the firm's current stage of development, and funding stage as well as the names of current investors and accelerators. For successful applicants, Microsoft is offering USD 1,000 Azure clouding computing credits for startups at the ideation stage, USD 5,000 for those at the development stage, USD 25,000 at the growth phase, and USD 120,000 for companies that are ready to scale their operations. The credits can grow up to USD 150,000 as the firm expands. As part of the support to qualified startups, Microsoft is also offering productivity tools such as GitHub Enterprise, Visual Studio Enterprise and Microsoft 365. Microsoft is not new to the venture capital scene. It has a venture fund named M12 that started in March 2016 and typically invests in startups in funding stages Series A to D. Bengaluru-based SalesKen, the creator of an AI-driven analytical sales tool, is a beneficiary of Microsoft's M12 venture fund. SalesKen helps sales representatives in real-time customer conversations and relies on the Microsoft cloud as well as its rich ecosystem and co-sell opportunities. Surga Thilakan, co-founder and CEO of SalesKen said, \"Starting my business has not been without its challenges, including my family's concern in leaving my stable job. Thanks to my connections in the industry, I have been able to expand SalesKen's vision and scale, and attract investment from Sequoia India, and a Series B round of funding led by M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund.\"Microsoft's launch of the Startups Founders Hubin Asia comes at a time when venture capital deals and dollars in India reached record highs in 2021. According to CB Insights, last year saw a total of USD 30.5 billion worth of deals in India with the number of deals numbering 1,736. The Microsoft Startups Founders Hub looks like a smart way for Microsoft to not only tap into the startup scene and perhaps spot the next unicorn but also capture a larger market share for its products and services. Singapore-based Jesus Martin, Chief Strategy, Microsoft Asia, explained that their cloud services and solutions are designed to empower founders to concentrate on what they do best and allow them to innovate at their own pace. \"Our aim is to give startups access to the technology that will power their innovation, connect them with customers, and an ecosystem of developers, partners and investors to help them scale in Asia and beyond,\" said Martin. He added, \"Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub was created following extensive research and conversations with hundreds of founders who explicitly shared their need for access to a digital ecosystem that promotes opportunities and democratises innovation regardless of background, location, progress, or passions. 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The corporate, based in 1892, has refashioned itself lately from the sprawling conglomerate created by Jack Welch within the Nineteen Eighties to a a lot smaller and centered entity. It was closely broken by the monetary disaster. Learn extra: Jack Welch, who led Normal Electrical's hovering enlargement, lifeless at 84 The corporate stated Tuesday that it's going to spin off its healthcare enterprise in early 2023. The healthcare enterprise is its third-largest section – producing diagnostic imaging programs together with magnetic resonance, X-ray, digital mammography and nuclear imaging. GE additionally stated that it's going to spin off its power section – which incorporates its renewable power, energy, and digital companies – in early 2024. It would preserve a 19.9 per cent stake within the health-care unit. Story continues under commercial \"By creating three industry-leading, international public corporations, every can profit from larger focus, tailor-made capital allocation, and strategic flexibility to drive long-term development and worth for patrons, buyers, and staff,\" Chairman and CEO Lawrence Culp Jr. stated in a ready assertion. Culp will grow to be non-executive chairman of the healthcare firm. Peter Arduini will function president and CEO of GE Healthcare efficient January 1, 2022. Scott Strazik will grow to be CEO of the mixed renewable power, energy, and digital enterprise. Culp will lead the aviation enterprise together with John Slattery, who will stay its CEO. Aviation is essentially the most worthwhile a part of GE's enterprise. The corporate produces jet engines, aerospace programs, substitute elements and upkeep companies for business, govt and army plane together with fighters, bombers, tankers and helicopters. The corporate expects one-time separation, transition, and operational prices of roughly US$2 billion associated to the break up, which would require board approval. 4:11 Former GE worker talks life after receiving compensation Former GE worker talks life after receiving compensation – Jan 3, 2019 In 2015, GE introduced a radical transformation of the corporate, vowing to shed billions in property to raised deal with the corporate's industrial core, specifically energy, aviation, renewable power and healthcare. Story continues under commercial The Boston firm additionally introduced Tuesday that it expects to decrease its debt by greater than US$75 billion by the top of the yr. 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Protests erupted on Tuesday in the central city of Zhengzhou after employees complained Foxconn Technology Group required them to carry out extra work in order to receive the higher pay they were promised by recruiters. Foxconn is trying to rebuild its workforce after thousands of employees walked out last month over complaints about unsafe conditions. A clash between security personnel and protesters in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province (AP) Videos on social media showed police in white protective suits kicking and clubbing workers as they protested. Foxconn, the biggest contract assembler of smartphones and other electronics for Apple and other global brands, blamed the dispute on a \"technical error\" in the process of adding new employees. It promised they would receive the wages they were promised. The firm said: \"We apologise for an input error in the computer system and guarantee that the actual pay is the same as agreed and the official recruitment posters.\" It promised to \"try its best to actively solve the concerns and reasonable demands of employees\". The dispute comes as the ruling Communist Party tries to contain a surge in coronavirus cases without shutting down factories, as it did in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. A protesters is beaten during the protests (AP) Its tactics include \"closed-loop management\" – meaning, employees live at their workplaces without outside contact. Authorities promised last month to reduce economic disruptions by cutting quarantine times and making other changes to China's \"zero-Covid\" strategy, which aims to isolate every case. Despite that, the infection surge has prompted authorities to suspend access to neighbourhoods and factories and to close office buildings, shops and restaurants in parts of many cities. On Thursday, people in eight districts of Zhengzhou with a total of 6.6 million residents were told to stay home for five days. Daily mass testing was ordered in what the city government called a \"war of annihilation\" against the virus. Workers line up to get tested for Covid-19 at the Foxconn factory in Wuhan (Chinatopix via AP, File) Apple earlier warned iPhone 14 deliveries would be delayed after employees walked out of the Zhengzhou factory and access to the industrial zone around the facility was suspended following outbreaks. To attract new workers, Foxconn offered 25,000 yuan (£2,900) for two months of work, according to employees – or almost 50% more than news reports say its highest wages usually are. Employees complained that after they arrived, they were told they had to work an additional two months at lower pay to received the higher wage. 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Baker has been appointed as the new Chief Technology Officer for UNION a new space company that is a joint venture with Isar Aerospace , Reflex Aerospace , Mynaric and SES . Frederick C. Baker During his career, Mr. Baker had ' been there and done that ' considering deep space technology – both government and commercial, startup and premier, in Europe, the United States and beyond. That depth of expertise will greatly contribute to the company's mission to use the space to deliver high-speed connectivity to enable next-generation mobility. Frederic's appointment completes UNIO's core leadership team and enables the company to now prepare a concerted effort to achieve the firm's ambitious goals, including placing the first proof-of-concept satellite into orbit by 2024. This will be followed by a second, client-sponsored multi-satellite mission in 2025. Fluent across multiple geographic, cultural and technical landscapes, Baker's career spanned the North American and European continents alike. He will now work to fulfill his first stated task as CTO, which is to build UNIO's core development team and craft the company's end-to-end service architecture by fall 2023. \" Ever since I watched the moon landing as a boy, I dreamed of being an astronaut. But what I've spent my career focusing on may be even more rewarding: the untapped potential of bringing the benefits of space technologies into everyone's lives. And I believe that no company is currently more committed to that approach than UNIO and its pursuit of ubiquitous, seamless and secure dual-purpose connectivity on a global scale for both commercial and government applications. As such, I am excited to join as CTO and contribute to what will become an unbeatable backbone connecting Europe in space .\" — Frederick C. Baker CTO, UNION UNIO combines the expertise of leading players from all key areas that are essential for successful satellite communications. UNIO is designing Europe's first sovereign, commercial satellite constellation for ubiquitous high-speed, high-performance and highly secure dual-purpose connectivity, focusing on enabling new products and services within the mobility industry and beyond. Other areas of application may include direct communication between companies (B2B) or between companies and public administration (B2G). 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Justice AJ Bhambhani allowed him to withdraw the petition, in which he has also sought interim bail on ground of his present medical condition as he is admitted to Apollo Hospital after being tested positive for Covid-19. Advocate Vijay Aggarwal, appearing for Kochhar, submitted that he wishes to withdraw the petition. The Enforcement Directorate, represented through Central government standing counsel Amit Mahajan, filed a status report raising preliminary objection on the maintainability of the petition. It contended that although the ECIR was recorded in Delhi, the offence was committed in Mumbai and the jurisdictional court is special judge, Mumbai and appeal would lie before the Bombay High Court. Also Read: Enforcement Directorate Arrests Chanda Kochhar's Husband Deepak In Money Laundering Case The court had earlier issued notice to the ED and asked it to file a status report on the issue of medical ground and territorial jurisdiction. Kochhar's counsel had earlier sought quashing of the ECIR registered by the ED saying it was bad in law and that he was not informed about the grounds of arrest in writing. He had also sought to declare as illegal the order of a special judge, Mumbai, remanding Kochhar to ED custody and to set aside further remand orders. The ED had arrested Kochhar on Sept. 7 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with the ICICI Bank-Videocon money laundering case probe. Kochhar, who is currently in judicial custody, was brought to Delhi by ED for the purpose of questioning during which period he tested Covid-19 positive. Also Read: ICICI Bank Seeks Recovery Of Amounts From Chanda Kochhar His counsel had earlier contended that in an act of gross illegality, he was brought to Delhi by the ED from Mumbai purportedly for questioning and detailed in lock-up, leading to him getting infected by coronavirus disease after which he was admitted to NCI, Jhajjar. Later, he was shifted to Apollo Hospital in Delhi. The ED had earlier told the Mumbai court that the investigation has revealed that on Sept. 7, 2009, the ICICI bank sanctioned a loan worth Rs 300 crore to Videocon International Electronics Ltd. Kochhar's wife was the chairman of the bank's sanctioning committee when this loan was given to VIEL, it had contended. The ED had filed its case pursuant to an FIR registered by the CBI against Chanda Kochhar and Deepak Kochhar, Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot and others. ED has accused the Kochhars and their business entities of \"illegal sanctioning of loans amounting to Rs 1,875 crore to the Videocon Group of companies\". . 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NEW ORLEANS: A Louisiana congressman's Facebook post promising the use of force against armed protesters has been removed from the social media platform, prompting a response from the congressman that America is being manipulated into a new era of government control. Republican Rep. Clay Higgins original post included a picture of Black demonstrators with long guns and said in part, If this shows up, well consider the armed presence a real threat. We being We, the people, of Louisiana. The post goes on to say,We dont care what color you are. We dont care if youre left or right. if you show up like this, if We recognize threat…you wont walk away. The post goes on to say such protesters should Have your affairs in order and that I'd drop any 10 of you where you stand. The Advocate in Baton Rouge said a Facebook spokesman confirmed late Tuesday that the post was removed for breaking the companys violence and incitement policies. Although the post was removed from Higgins' campaign page, images of it were reposted by others in a chain of comments. Higgins is a former sheriff's deputy who, before he entered politics, gained fame in south Louisiana for swaggering anti-crime videos in which he urged criminals of Louisianas Acadiana region to turn themselves in. He has periodically stirred controversy with social media posts since his 2016 election to Congress. For instance, he drew widespread censure in 2017 for a post that followed a deadly terror attack in London. The free world … all of Christendom … is at war with Islamic horror, Higgins wrote, going on to say of terrorists: Hunt them, identify them, and kill them. Kill them all. For the sake of all that is good and righteous. Kill them all. He was unapologetic in defending that post. The Advocate reported that he did not respond to a query about the latest post Tuesday. His office did not immediately respond to a query from The Associated Press on Wednesday. Higgins did address the issue on his website and on Facebook: No, I did not remove my post. America is being manipulated into a new era of government control. Your liberty is threatened from within. Welcome to the front lines, Ladies and Gentlemen. I suggest you get your mind right. 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(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. was denied new trial in a suit by a Black former contractor who was awarded $137 million by a jury that found he was subject to racist abuse at the electric vehicle maker's northern California factory. U.S. District Judge William Orrick on Wednesday denied Tesla's request for a new trial over liability and damages in the case brought by Owen Diaz. The judge previously slashed that award to $15 million but Diaz refused the reduced amount. His lawyers then sought a new trial over damages, which has been set for March 27, 2023. 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Conroe, TX – Launching their first ever NFT collection – Moose NFTs, the Meta Moose Club (MMC) begins their foray into the NFT space with a 10k collection on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. Considered just the beginning of what is in store for MMC, this collection represents the merging of art, technology, wildlife appreciation and charity. The story of the Meta Moose includes the journey of the revered animals into the Metaverse after wandering through mysterious lands and stumbling through a fortuitous portal. Finding themselves in a stunning new realm, the Meta Moose quickly established themselves as the ambassadors of the newfound Metaverse, full of swagger and 'cool' confidence. From here, they begin their adventures and embark on true otherworldly explorations. The artwork representing the Moose NFT collection features various Moose personalities, traits, and looks. Stylized as fun, funky characters, each Moose's characteristics are unique and one of a kind. Each Moose NFT will allow holders to be raffled into a white-list for the 3D playable moose avatar pre-sale. As holders, the collectors will also gain special privileges as players in the Meta Moose Lodge hunting game (upcoming), and first access to exclusive news, as well as future drops. Upcoming projects of the Meta Moose club will also include the MMC Merch Store, the introduction of the Celestial City Coin, and various interactive opportunities and events. The hunting game will stand out as revolutionary, decentralized, blockchain-based hunting platform – the first ever of its kind. In pioneering such experiences for the Metaverse and utilizing blockchain capabilities, the Meta Moose Club is forging a strong entrance into the Meta realm, with the purpose of wildlife preservation propelling them ahead. It is their aim to continually support their mission and uphold MMC values in creating new and unique experiences and collections to enjoy. To learn more about the Meta Moose Club and their upcoming launch of the Meta Moose 10k collection, find them on Twitter, Instagram, Discord, and Telegram. Their home website can be found here . About Meta Moose The Meta Moose Club , a team of six based out of Texas, USA, are marking their territory in the NFT space and revolutionizing the synergy of decentralization and gaming. With a mission to bring awareness to wildlife issues, such as poaching and unethical hunting practices, MMC looks forward to growing a community around the mission of responsible hunting and wildlife preservation. Their NFT project stands out as the first of many that are designed to support this cause and grow awareness around promoting biodiversity, supporting ecosystems, and giving back to various charities with aligned values. 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The EU suspects Apple of unfairly favoring its own mobile payment tech, Apple Pay, and squeezing out the ability of rivals to develop competing contactless payment offerings on its mobile platform. The iPhone maker is proposing to let third party mobile wallet and payment service providers gain the necessary access to NFC functionality on iOS devices, free of charge, via a set of APIs — without having to use its own Apple Pay or Apple Wallet technologies. Per the Commission , third parties would still not gain access to a component of Apple's mobile hardware, a special chip called the secure element, which it uses to enhance the security of transactions made using Apple Pay. But it has offered to allow \"equivalent access\" to NFC components — in what's being referred to as \"Host Card Emulation ('HCE') mode\", which the EU says would \"securely store payment credentials and complete transactions using NFC, without relying on an in-device secure element\". Apple says it would apply the proposed commitments to all third party mobile wallet app developers in the European Economic Area and to all iOS users with an Apple ID registered in the region. \"Apple will not prevent the use of these apps for payments in stores outside the EEA,\" the Commission adds. Further pledges offered include a commitment by Apple to provide third parties with additional features and functionality — including \"defaulting of preferred payment apps, access to authentication features such as FaceID and a suppression mechanism\". It has also committed to applying \"fair, objective, transparent, and non-discriminatory\" eligibility criteria to grant NFC access to third parties — which will have to conclude an ADP license agreement to gain access. Additionally, Apple has agreed to set up a dispute settlement mechanism under which any decisions it makes to deny access to NFC input will be reviewed by independent experts. The Apple Pay competition saga dates back several years at this point. The EU kicked off a formal investigation of concerns in June 2020, with the first charges following in May 2022. The Commission's preliminary findings remain that Apple abused a dominant position in the market for mobile wallets on iOS to prevent competitors from being able to offer NFC-enabled contactless payments on its platform and develop other mobile wallets that could compete fairly with Apple Pay. Apple will be hoping the commitments it's proposing are enough to satisfy regulators' concerns and settle the matter. But that still remains to be seen. The Commission has opened a consultation seeking feedback on Apple's offer — and is allowing a month from publication of the full text of Apple's proposed commitments in the EU's Official Journal for submissions to be made. After which it will take a decision on whether or not to accept them. If it decides they are not adequate to resolve concerns Apple may face pressure to offer more concessions to steer out of the competition scrutiny. If the commitments are accepted by the EU they would be in force for ten years, with an independent monitoring trustee appointed to monitor application. Any future failure to honor accepted pledges could see Apple fined up to 10% of its worldwide turnover without the need by the Commission to prove an infringement of EU antitrust rules. The Apple Pay case pre-dates ex ante competition legislation the bloc has since enacted and which Apple is subject to; having been designated, in September, as a so-called \"gatekeeper\" under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The regulation includes provisions that are intended to protect the freedom of business users to choose alternatives to gatekeepers' services — so it looks aligned with the thrust of the Commission's enforcement on Apple Pay, even though this case was brought under the EU's pre-existing competition rules. The DMA, which gatekeepers are expected to be compliant with by March 7, puts a series of up-front obligations on gatekeepers, including requiring they do not unfairly flex their market muscle by forcing business users to use their own services. And although Apple's payment tech, Apple Pay, has not been designated a \"core platform service\" the iOS App Store has. And the EU's hope for the DMA is that it greatly speeds up the process of tackling abuses of dominance in digital markets. 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The San Francisco-based lender, under growing pressure to lower costs, quietly ended a moratorium on terminations in recent weeks as it prepares to make deeper cuts in the months and years ahead. \"Starting in early August, we resumed regular job displacement activity,\" Beth Richek, a spokesperson for the bank, said in a statement without providing figures. Executives expect to embark on more significant steps later this year that may ultimately eliminate tens of thousands of positions, Bloomberg News reported in early July. Read more: Wells Fargo readying thousands of job cuts to start in 2020 \"We are at the beginning of a multiyear effort to build a stronger, more efficient company,\" Richek said. \"We expect to reduce the size of our workforce through a combination of attrition, the elimination of open roles and job displacements.\" Initial cuts will affect people the firm had planned to let go early this year before the public health emergency prompted the company's leaders to halt firings, according to people briefed on the situation. Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf noted on a conference call with analysts last month that those were still pending: \"We have a series of employees who've been told that their jobs will ultimately go away,\" he said, \"but we are going to let some time pass as we got through the initial stages of the Covid crisis.\" Other reductions in the weeks and months ahead will also result from existing efforts to thin management ranks, remove underperformers and pare expenses, the people said. But decisions on the ultimate scope of cuts have yet to be made as Scharf completes a strategic review he began when he took over in October. \"It's like an onion: The more we do, the more clearer the next round will become,\" he said on the call. Pressure on Wells Fargo to lower costs grew all the more acute this year as it reported its first quarterly loss in more than a decade and slashed its dividend by 80%. The reductions at Wells Fargo may now test the resolve of financial industry competitors that pledged job security for their massive workforces. With the pandemic constraining commerce, many firms are facing the prospect of losing billions of dollars on soured loans. While a number of large European banks have said they need to cut workers, U.S. banks have largely abstained. 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The lira slid to as low as 8.48 against the dollar early on Monday, nearing a record low of 8.58 per dollar. It was trading down 9.7 percent at 7.91 per dollar as of 11:01 a.m. in Istanbul. Erdoğan sacked governor Naci Ağbal overnight on Friday after he raised interest rates by 200 basis points to 19 percent the previous day to rein in inflation and bolster the lira's value. The president brought in Sahap Kavcıoğlu, a former parliamentarian for his governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) who has advocated lower interest rates to help spur economic growth. Turkey is committed to reducing double-digit inflation and will not compromise on the principles of the free market, Treasury and Finance Minister Lütfi Elvan said on Monday, seeking to allay concerns that his government could introduce currency controls. \"The prerequisites for macroeconomic stability are price stability and financial stability,\" Elvan said in a statement on his ministry's website. Turkey's lira may suffer deeper losses in the coming weeks, opening the way to a possible currency crisis, French bank Societe Generale said in a report to clients. The lira is expected to weaken to 9.7 per dollar in the second quarter, it said. \"Without much remaining reserves to defend the currency, and considering an expected exodus in foreign and local investor capital, it may be difficult for Turkey to avoid another currency crisis in the coming months,\" Societe Generale strategist Phoenix Kalen said. Kavcıoğlu is Turkey's fourth central bank governor in less than two years. Erdoğan is a vocal opponent of higher interest rates and claims they are inflationary, a view that runs counter to traditional economic thinking. On Sunday, Kavcıoğlu, a lecturer in banking and a former state-run bank executive, pledged to continue the battle against inflation, which stands at 15.6 percent. He said that the central bank's next meeting on interest rates would be held as planned on April 15, appearing to rule out any immediate cut to interest rates. The central bank spent tens of billions of dollars of its foreign exchange reserves last year to defend the lira while keeping interest rates at below inflation. The unorthodox policies helped Erdoğan engineer a borrowing boom to help offset the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2018, the country plunged into a currency crisis as the economy overheated and after a spat between Erdoğan and former U.S. President Donald Trump over the detention of an American pastor. Erdoğan hired Ağbal in early November after the lira hit the record low of 8.58 per dollar. Ağbal set about raising interest rates from 10.25 percent, winning praise from foreign investors. 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A US appeals court has allowed a sales ban on Apple's Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 to be resumed, the latest setback in the dispute between the tech giant and the health tech company Masimo on patents for its blood oxygen tracking feature. Wednesday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will remain in effect while Apple continues its appeal of a trade panel ruling that blocked the U.S. sale of products that Masimo challenged . This casts even more uncertainty over the recovery of sales of the two products, released in September, even as Apple faces concerns about the strength of its hardware sales. At the heart of the patent dispute with Masimo is a technology called pulse oximetry, which measures oxygen levels in the blood by shining a light on the wrist. California-based Masimo also accused Apple of misappropriation of trade secrets, in part through the hiring of its employees, in separate litigation against the company. A mistrial was declared in the case in May. The International Trade Commission confirmed in October that Apple was infringing Masimo's patents with the latest versions of its watch and issued a limited exclusion order, prompting the company to remove the devices from its online and physical stores in the United States. United States before Christmas. The White House, which has the power to veto such ITC bans, chose not to intervene before the Dec. 25 deadline. After a brief hiatus, Apple resumed sales in the United States late last year when the appeals court granted its request to temporarily lift the ban. On Wednesday, the same court chose to lift that stay pending the outcome of Apple's appeal of the ITC order. She said she took into account a number of factors, including the risk of harm to both parties and the public interest. However, she stressed that she had not reached a conclusion on the merits of Apple's appeal. Masimo and the ITC opposed any extension of the stay. The court said the temporary stay would be lifted on Thursday at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Apple and Masimo did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Meanwhile, Apple has asked U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a federal trade agency, to approve its Watch redesign to avoid the disputed technology, which would allow it to continue selling a version of the watch regardless of the ongoing dispute. CBP approved the redesign, according to the court order issued Wednesday. 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The government says the company appears to have violated U.S. sanctions against Cuba. The Treasury Department announced the agreement and settlements with several other companies on Thursday. Expedia, which is based in Bellevue, Washington, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Treasury Department says that between April 2011 and October 2014, the online travel agency helped 2,221 people — including some Cuban nationals — with travel services that violated the sanctions. 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PHOTO/ IST JAKARTA – The company behind platform RSK bitcoin-powered smart contracts and RSK Infrastructure Framework (RIF), IOV Labs, have announced a new ecosystem aimed at enterprises. This year, IOV Labs officially launched an online community in Indonesia. IOV Labs' first encounter with the Asian market was initiated through the establishment of the joint venture company IOV Asia, to promote SSR innovation in the Asian market. READ ALSO – Astronomers reveal the absurd technology used by aliens to spy on Earth \"RSK has been at the forefront of the Bitcoin Decentralized Finance (DeFi) movement. This movement is a natural extension of Bitcoin technology, which involves developing a new technological layer on top of the network. RSK enables the creation of smart contract solutions for Bitcoin users, who can transact on the network via secure bridging mechanism,\" said Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar, founder and CEO of IOV Labs. On September 30, 2020, IOV Labs and Grupo Sabra, two Argentine blockchain companies, announced their collaboration to form Extrimian, a joint venture blockchain . Together with Banco Santander, the Provincial Bank of Córdoba, and the BYMA stock market, they produced a blockchain proof of concept. \"One of the biggest difficulties facing cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is scalability. RSK can support an average of 10 transactions per second, compared to 3.3 transactions per second in Bitcoin,\" explains Diego. Diego added that by providing smart contracts and increased scalability to the bitcoin ecosystem, RSK is delivering value and extending functionality, laying the foundation for the financial system of tomorrow. (wbs) . 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Entain Group will pay £14 million for failures at its online business LC International Limited, which runs 13 websites including ladbrokes.com, coral.co.uk and foxybingo.com. It will also pay £3 million for failures at its Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming Limited operation which runs 2,746 gambling premises across Britain. All £17 million will directed towards socially responsible purposes as part of a regulatory settlement, the regulator said. Additional licence conditions will also ensure a business board member oversees an improvement plan, and that a third-party audit to review its compliance with licence conditions and codes of practice takes place within 12 months. Gambling Commission chief executive Andrew Rhodes said: \"Our investigation revealed serious failures that have resulted in the largest enforcement outcome to date. \"There were completely unacceptable anti-money laundering and safer gambling failures. Operators are reminded they must never place commercial considerations over compliance. \"This is the second time this operator has fallen foul of rules in place to make gambling safer and crime-free. \"They should be aware that we will be monitoring them very carefully and further serious breaches will make the removal of their licence to operate a very real possibility. We expect better and consumers deserve better.\" Social responsibility failures included being slow or failing to minimise certain customers' risk of harms associated with gambling. The regulator said the operator conducted just one chat interaction with an online customer who spent extended periods gambling overnight during an 18-month period in which they deposited £230,845. Anti-money laundering failures included allowing online customers to deposit large amounts without carrying out sufficient source of funds checks, with one consumer allowed to deposit £742,000 in 14 months without appropriate source-of-funds checks. Another, who was known to live in social housing, was allowed to deposit £186,000 in six months without sufficient checks. The enforcement case comes amid delays to the release of the long-awaited gambling White Paper, thought to be postponed again until after a new prime minister takes office. Restrictions on the industry were widely expected to be announced last month as part of the review of the 2005 Gambling Act amid concerns that regulations require changes to accommodate the growth of online betting. 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The justices refused to hear appeals by VW and German auto supplier Robert Bosch LLC of a lower court ruling allowing Florida's Hillsborough County and Utah's Salt Lake County to seek to hold the companies liable under local laws and regulations barring tampering with vehicle emissions controls. The court also rejected VW's appeal of a similar ruling in a case brought by the state of Ohio. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team . 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Japan has expanded the sanctions lists to include more than 140 individuals from Russia, the DPR and the LPR, as well as more than 70 Russian companies, according to the website of the Japanese Foreign Ministry. Including those on the lists: Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev Commander of the Southern Military District Alexander Dvornikov CEO of Surgutneftegaz Vladimir Bogdanov wife of entrepreneur Gennady Timchenko Elena entrepreneur Gleb Frank (indicated in the document of the Japanese Foreign Ministry as the husband of Ksenia Frank, daughter of Gennady Timchenko, who was also under sanctions) Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin Head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik There are 141 people on the list: eight&mdash ; from Russia, 133— from the DNR and LNR. 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Shareholders NEW YORK, June 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.Class Period: December 2, 2021 to February 1, 2023 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: *July 25, 2023* No obligation or cost to you. *Learn more about your recoverable losses in NEE:* https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/nextera-energy-lawsuit-loss-submission-form?id=40212&from=3 *NextEra Energy, Inc. NEWS - NEE NEWS* *CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: *The filed complaint alleges that NextEra Energy, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Florida Power and Light Company's surreptitious orchestration of political misconduct exposed NEE to substantial legal and reputational risk; and (2) in light of the above, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. *WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: *If you have suffered a loss in NextEra Energy you have until *July 25, 2023* to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff. *NO COST TO YOU:* If you purchased NextEra Energy securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees. *HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS:* For additional information about the NEE lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/nextera-energy-lawsuit-loss-submission-form?id=40212&from=3. *ABOUT KLEIN LAW FIRM* J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. 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The extract praises the cryptocurrency industry for improving its on-screen liquidity better than traditional asset classes on a relative basis. Nevertheless, it simultaneously warns about how most such liquidity provisions come from high-frequency-style traders who flee the markets when volatility picks up. March Crisis JPMorgan took the discussion back to March 2020's global market rout , wherein liquidity shrank dramatically in the LIBOR, repurchase agreement, short-term commercial paper, and other large-volume money markets. The US dollar's purchasing power soared, leaving even the safest of all US Treasuries in a critical condition. Bitcoin was one of the victims of the said illiquid period. It was not until the Federal Reserve decided to step in with its quantitative easing program that the global market recovered, taking the flagship cryptocurrency upward in tandem. The US central bank's decision to slash interest rates to almost zero and buy government and corporate debts indefinitely prompted a lengthy bull cycle across stocks, bonds, gold, and even Bitcoin markets. Bitcoin reached its record high near $42,000 in January 2021. Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com Bitcoin reached its record high near $42,000 in January 2021. Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com The cryptocurrency has now rebounded by more than 700 percent from its mid-March nadir of $3,858. Nevertheless, its potential to pare those gains is higher as long as the global market anticipates a March-like liquidity crisis. Moreover, according to JPMorgan analysts, Bitcoin's biggest liquidity risks come from within the cryptocurrency industry. \"Most Bitcoin trading occurs, not against fiat USD, but USDT, a stablecoin issued by Tether Ltd and pegged 1:1 to the US dollar,\" they explained , adding that the Hong Kong-based company avoids falling under the same strict supervisory and disclosure regime as traditional banks. \"Tether Ltd claims reserve assets of cash and equivalents equal to their outstanding liabilities, but has famously not produced an independent audit and has claimed in court filings that they need not mention full backings,\" the JPMorgan note reads. Risks to Bitcoin Bulls According to data fetched by CoinMarketCap, Tether has a circulating supply of $25.52 billion, up more than 500 percent from its January 1, 2020's market cap open of $4.096 billion. 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Last updated on: September 19, 2022, 05:31h. Wynn Resorts responded today to a lawsuit filed on Sept. 1 by Brenna Schrader, one of its employees, against the company and several former employees. Wynn Resorts responded today to a Sept. 1 lawsuit from one of its current employees. The suit is related to the harassment allegations that ended the casino career of the company's former founder and CEO, and resulted in record fines against the company by gaming regulators. (Image: YouTube) Schrader is a Wynn Resorts massage therapist who claims Steve Wynn forced her to act as an \"on-call sexual servant\" while he was the company's CEO. Her most recent lawsuit against Wynn Resorts alleged that the company continues, to this day, to create a hostile work environment and retaliate against her for seeking justice against her victimizer. Schrader is also a plaintiff in an ongoing federal class action lawsuit filed in 2019 against Wynn and Wynn Resorts. Wynn Resorts emailed Casino.org a copy of its motion to dismiss. \"The plaintiff reasserts a meritless Nevada RICO claim that was already rejected by the US District Court for the District of Nevada on March 31, 2022. Rather than seek to amend her complaint, or appeal that dismissal, plaintiff re-filed … in this court and then apparently sought out the press to garner attention for her latest filing, as if it contained new claims or recent allegations. It does not,\" the filing states. A Different Wynn Resorts In a statement accompanying its motion to dismiss, Wynn Resorts said it would \"defend itself in this and any action that attempts to cast the company today with a light of the past.\" It explained that, since the sexual harassment accusations against Steve Wynn were first made in a career-destroying 2018 Wall Street Journal article, it \"has made tremendous strides in reforming the organization through a reconstituted board of directors, refreshed executive team, new human resources policies and training, and a world-class corporate governance program.\" The company's statement explained that those strides included separating Steve Wynn from all company operations, coordinating the sale of all his company stock, and prohibiting him from visiting the corporation's premises. Wynn Outlines Actions Taken According to the statement, it appointed seven new directors to its board and terminated five legacy directors. It also established an independent compliance committee composed of four experts in the fields of regulatory compliance, law enforcement, and human resources. They are independent of the company and the board of directors. \"These remedial actions taken by the Company since 2018 were favorably received by our regulators in both Nevada and Massachusetts,\" read Wynn Resorts' statement. This is a passing reference to the $20 million fine Wynn Resorts received from the Nevada Gaming Commission in 2019 for failing to investigate the claims of Steve Wynn's sexual misconduct before he resigned. It also refers to the $35 million fine it received from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission that same year for failing to disclose a $7.5 million settlement paid in 2005 to the woman who claimed Steve Wynn raped her. \"The company's actions since 2018 have helped to create the culture of respect and inclusion that the company enjoys today,\" the company's statement continued. \"We are proud of our past work in this area and work every single day to continue it.\" Steve Wynn has repeatedly asserted that he never harassed or sexually assaulted anyone. Since quitting the casino business, he has reinvented himself as a Florida-based art dealer. 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All the three organisations would be working together to introduce an advanced offline payment system over the next few months that would facilitate the use of the digital Rupee (CBDC issued by the Reserve Bank of India) on feature phones. Also Read: TCS, Infosys, Wipro and other IT companies: Who has rolled out and who has delayed salary hikes Under this collaboration IDEMIA's technology will offer an offline layer to ensure instant and secure transactions without the need for online validation. It will work with the digital Rupee in India, and with any other solution, decentralised or centralised, token or account based, developed in-house by a central bank or independent software vendors. The company reveals that once the solution is commercially made available, users will be able to pay using an ingenious and cost-effective feature phone extending the accessibility of offline payment functionalities to a wider population. 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The HY2MEGA stores the hydrogen in a solid state (metal hydrides), under low pressure in a compact footprint. According to GKN Hydrogen, its one of the safest ways to store hydrogen. The fuel cell will then convert the green hydrogen to produce renewable electricity. The two HY2MEGA's will add an additional 500 kg of hydrogen storage on site. The three-year project is set to launch at the end of this year. SoCalGas will leverage the large-scale hydrogen storage capabilities of GKN Hydrogen's HY2MEGA from this project to help accelerate the commercialization and deployment of green hydrogen projects. 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Dorset was previously in Tier 1 before the latest national lockdown came into force on November 5 and has among the lowest case rates in the country. Restrictions in the 'high risk' tier – which will also cover Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council – include a ban on socialising with anyone you don't live with or not in your support bubble in any indoor setting, whether at home or in a public place. The 'rule of six' is still in place for socialising outside, whilst pubs and bars must close unless operating as restaurants. Mr Drax said: \"With only 80 cases for every 100,000 people in South Dorset, I'm astounded that we've been put into Tier 2.We were at Tier 1 before, so how can we possibly need even more severe restrictions than before the lockdown? \"I have been contacted by constituents and businesses and they are asking that same perfectly reasonable question. \"It is extraordinary that we are being told that we cannot have who we want even in our own homes. It is, in effect, being imprisoned. We should, as perfectly responsible citizens, decide who can come into our houses and who cannot. Even in wartime we were not subjected to restrictions like this. \"The Chancellor made clear the utter devastation these lockdowns are having on our economy and all aspects of it. And the solution? Carry on destroying lives and livelihoods! The economy is not just money and jobs – it is also health, mental health, the NHS and lives. \"I have huge sympathy with the people and families of those who have suffered with Covid, and we should be protecting our most vulnerable, but generally it is a tiny proportion that is affected seriously. The majority are then paying a horrific price. \"We need a new strategy based on common sense, not fear and more fear.\" The Covid Recovery Group, of which Mr Drax is a member, has branded the newly-announced tiered Covid restrictions as \"authoritarian\" and demanded the publication of a full cost-benefit analysis of the impact of the decision on the health and the economy of each area. Steve Baker MP, deputy chair of the CRG, has questioned the necessity of the new restrictions. He said: \"The authoritarianism at work today is truly appalling. But is it necessary and proportionate to the threat from this disease? The Government must publish its analysis of the impact interventions are likely to have on controlling Covid, as well as the non-Covid health impact and the impact on society, people's livelihoods and businesses. \"I am open to supporting measures where it can clearly be demonstrated that the government intervention will save more lives than it costs – as long as this data and analysis is published in full and in time ahead of any votes in Parliament, so that MPs and the public have a chance to scrutinise it.\" Visit the Dorset Echo website for full Tier 2 details. \"In this context, crucially, there are fundamental methodological issues with epidemiological modelling. Last month I released a report by senior software engineer Mike Hearn. Today we presented it to Minister of State for Health, Edward Argar. We are making the report and slides available now. \"The work shows, as we saw recently with projections relating to deaths and hospital capacity, that these models are wrong time and time again. How much longer can we go on with this rubbish determining the course of all our lives? \"We must have change, and that change must include ending narrow monopoly expert advice to government. \"In complex, contested fields with huge impact like this pandemic, expert scientific opinion must be provided by competitive, multi-disciplinary expert groups, with devil's advocate challenge, and government must publish in full for review all those models which guide public policy.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "CRG", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "CRG", "length": 3, "offset": 2531}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Dorset Echo", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Dorset Echo", "length": 11, "offset": 67}, {"position_text": "Dorset Echo", "length": 11, "offset": 3251}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "NHS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NHS", "length": 3, "offset": 1888}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "CRG", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "CRG", "length": 3, "offset": 2531}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "NHS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NHS", "length": 3, "offset": 1888}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 191, "text": "Tesla on-board cameras show woman keying car in the UK\nBy Jason Lewis @JasonDailyEcho Chief reporter A woman was taken to court over keying a Tesla in a car park after the car's onboard cameras caught her red-handed. The owner of the Tesla discovered the £1,000 worth of damage that had been caused when his partner returned home in the vehicle. Having initially been unsure what caused it, footage stored on the car's hard drive was able to provide all the answers. He presented police with clear recordings of the crime being committed, as well as images of the offender's face as she walked towards the vehicle and the registration plate of the vehicle she was driving, which was parked next to the Tesla. This allowed officers to carry out an investigation and secure a conviction in court earlier this month. It is believed to be the first prosecution in Britain where the sensory cameras on a Tesla have been used as evidence in a case. A force spokeswoman said police received a report at around 7.10pm on June 21 of criminal damage to a vehicle, which occurred at Redlands car park in Poole. It was reported that the incident occurred at around 1.25pm the previous day. A Dorset Police spokesperson said: \"The vehicle involved had on-board CCTV, which provided clear and exceptional quality images capturing the defendant causing damage. \"The defendant was identified from the footage and subsequently was brought before the court to face the consequences for her actions.\" The crime was filmed through the vehicle's 'sentry mode', which continuously monitors the environment around the car when it is left unattended. Tesla's website says 'sentry mode' uses the car's external cameras to detect potential threats. \"While no alarm system can prevent against all vehicle thefts, break-ins and threats, we hope that with sentry mode and our other security features, your Tesla will be even more secure,\" the car manufacturer says. The owner of the Tesla damaged in Poole, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Daily Echo : \"The sentry system is brilliant. \"The front camera caught the woman walking towards our car. The camera on the wing mirror showed her putting stuff in the passenger side of her car before she keyed the car.\" He added: \"Police told us usually when people scratch cars it is almost impossible to get anything done. Car park cameras are normally positioned too far away. The system on the Tesla is great. \"I knew the car had something like this but I didn't know how good it was.\" Anna Maria Valente, 57 and of Bournemouth, pleaded guilty to damaging a motor vehicle to the value of £1,078.83 at a Poole Magistrates' Court hearing on December 9. She was discharged conditionally for six months and ordered to pay £1,078.83 compensation, £22 surcharge and £85 costs. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here . 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The complaint filed in federal court in California comes about two weeks after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a case with an administrative law judge seeking to stop Microsoft, owner of the Xbox console, from completing the largest-ever acquisition in the video-gaming market. The private lawsuit also seeks an order blocking Microsoft from acquiring Activision. It was filed on behalf of 10 video game players in California, New Mexico and New Jersey. The proposed acquisition would give Microsoft \"far-outsized market power in the video game industry,\" the complaint alleged, \"with the ability to foreclose rivals, limit output, reduce consumer choice, raise prices, and further inhibit competition.\" A Microsoft representative on Tuesday defended the deal, saying in a statement that it \"will expand competition and create more opportunities for gamers and game developers.\" After the FTC sued, Microsoft President Brad Smith said, \"We have complete confidence in our case and welcome the opportunity to present our case in court.\" In a statement, plaintiffs' attorney Joseph Saveri in San Francisco said, \"As the video game industry continues to grow and evolve, it's critical that we protect the market from monopolistic mergers that will harm consumers in the long run.\" Private plaintiffs can pursue antitrust claims in U.S. court, even while a related U.S. agency case is pending. The takeover, announced in January, also faces antitrust scrutiny in the European Union. The FTC previously said it sued to stop \"Microsoft from gaining control over a leading independent game studio.\" The agency said the merger would harm competition among rival gaming platforms from Nintendo Co Ltd and Sony Group Corp. (Reporting by Mike Scarcella; editing by Leigh Jones, Cynthia Osterman and Jonathan Oatis) Adblock test (Why?) 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Investors with...\nSAN DIEGO, July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announces that purchasers or acquirers of CAE Inc. CAE stock on an exchange in the United States between February 11, 2022 and May 21, 2024, inclusive (the \"Class Period\"), have until September 16, 2024 to seek appointment as lead plaintiff of the CAE class action lawsuit. Captioned Gamache v. CAE Inc., No. 24-cv-05360 (S.D.N.Y.), the CAE class action lawsuit charges CAE and certain of CAE's top executives with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. If you suffered substantial losses and wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the CAE class action lawsuit, please provide your information here: https://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases-cae-inc-class-acton-lawsuit-cae.html You can also contact attorneys J.C. Sanchez or Jennifer N. Caringal of Robbins Geller by calling 800/449-4900 or via e-mail at info@rgrdlaw.com . Lead plaintiff motions for the CAE class action lawsuit must be filed with the court no later than September 16, 2024. CASE ALLEGATIONS: CAE is a technology company that offers software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. The CAE class action lawsuit alleges that defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) several of CAE's pre-COVID fixed-price Defense contracts had incurred severe cost overruns due to supply chain and labor issues – as the segment was significantly impacted by the pandemic – which dented the segment's profit and operating margin; and (ii) CAE failed to successfully reduce hard costs and achieve a sufficient level of operational efficiency, particularly with respect to such contracts, necessitating a re-baselining of the Defense business and significant associated charges. The CAE class action lawsuit further alleges that on August 10, 2022, CAE announced it had incurred \"$28.9 million in unfavourable contract profit adjustments in Defense, involving two programs in the U.S.\" As a result, CAE's Defense segment reported an adjusted segment operating loss of $21.2 million, compared to an adjusted segment operating income of $23.7 million in the first quarter of the prior year, according to the complaint. On this news, the price of CAE stock fell more than 16%, according to the CAE class action lawsuit. Then, on November 14, 2023, the CAE class action lawsuit further alleges that CAE announced that within the Defense segment, CAE planned to \"retir[e] legacy contracts, which have been most affected by inflationary pressures.\" CAE further stated that \"[i]nflationary pressures on legacy contracts, while finite, remain the most significant factor contributing to the current suboptimal margin performance of the business\" and that \"[w]e are firmly focused on retiring legacy contracts as soon as possible and to mitigating the cost pressures associated with them.\" On this news, the price of CAE stock fell nearly 4%, according to the complaint. The CAE class action lawsuit further alleges that on February 14, 2024, CAE revealed that it \"sought to further accelerate the retirement of outstanding program risks, mainly associated with certain legacy Defense contracts that we entered into pre-COVID and have been most impacted by economic headwinds.\" The complaint further alleges that CAE also revealed that there were \"eight distinct legacy contracts\" and that \"[a]lthough [the contracts] represent only a small fraction of the current business, these contracts have disproportionately impacted overall Defense profitability\" and that \"[f]or the third quarter of fiscal 2024, the ongoing execution of Legacy Contracts had a negative impact of approximately two percentage points on the Defense adjusted segment operating income margin.\" On this news, the price of CAE stock fell nearly 10%, according to the complaint. Finally, on May 21, 2024, the CAE class action lawsuit further alleges that CAE announced a \"re-baselining of its Defense business, Defense impairments, accelerated risk recognition on Legacy Contracts and appointment of Nick Leontidis as COO[.]\" According to the complaint, CAE revealed that \"[i]n the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, CAE has recorded a $568.0 million non-cash impairment of Defense goodwill and $90.3 million in unfavorable Defense contract profit adjustments as a result of accelerated risk recognition on the Legacy Contracts\" and also \"recorded a $35.7 million impairment of related technology and other non-financial assets which are principally related to the Legacy Contracts.\" On this news, the price of CAE stock fell more than 5%, according to the CAE class action lawsuit. THE LEAD PLAINTIFF PROCESS: The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 permits any investor who purchased or acquired CAE stock on an exchange in the United States during the Class Period to seek appointment as lead plaintiff in the CAE class action lawsuit. A lead plaintiff is generally the movant with the greatest financial interest in the relief sought by the putative class who is also typical and adequate of the putative class. A lead plaintiff acts on behalf of all other class members in directing the CAE class action lawsuit. The lead plaintiff can select a law firm of its choice to litigate the CAE class action lawsuit. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff of the CAE class action lawsuit. ABOUT ROBBINS GELLER: Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is one of the world's leading complex class action firms representing plaintiffs in securities fraud cases. 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It said it has defaulted on its credit line with JP Morgan, warning once again of a potential bankruptcy. The update comes several weeks after the retailer issued a bankruptcy warning. Bed Bath and Beyond said Thursday it doesn't have enough cash to pay down its debts and it has defaulted on its credit line with JP Morgan, warning once again of a potential bankruptcy. Shares of Bed Bath plunged Thursday afternoon, prompting brief trading halts. The stock was last down about 20%, giving the company a market value of about $300 million. In a securities filing , the struggling home goods retailer said it \"does not have sufficient resources to repay the amounts under the Credit Facilities and this will lead the Company to consider all strategic alternatives, including restructuring its debt under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.\" Bed Bath owes $550 million under its asset-backed loan with JP Morgan and $375 million to lender Sixth Street after expanding its credit facility in August last year. Amid tough macro challenges, Bed Bath's vendors tightened their credit terms and cut limits while requiring earlier payments during its fiscal second quarter, which prevented the company from properly stocking its inventory ahead of the holiday season, the filing states. Some vendors required prepayments, the company said. The update Thursday comes several weeks after the retailer issued a \"going concern\" notice that it may not be able to cover its expenses following a worse-than-expected quarter. Bed Bath has been exploring its options in recent weeks. The retailer has been in discussions to nail down financing that would keep it afloat if it were to file for bankruptcy, CNBC previously reported . The company also is in the midst of a sale process in hopes of keeping its namesake chain and Buybuy Baby business alive. In addition, the company has been preparing for a potential chapter 11 filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Jersey, CNBC previously reported. 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Renault and Fiat Chrysler (FCA) are looking for ways to resuscitate a failed merger plan and secure Nissan's approval, Reuters reported this month. As part of the fallout of the collapse of talks, Nissan is poised to urge Renault to significantly cut its 43.4% stake in the Japanese carmaker, two people told Reuters. \"This is not at all our agenda,\" Bollore told reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday when asked if Renault would reduce its stake in Nissan to get a deal with FCA. \"For us it is so important that we continuously improve our alliance. Not only for now, but also for the future and this is the mindset which we are in, and these are the discussions we have with our partners,\" Bollore said after the global launch of Renault's Triber multi-purpose vehicle. Bollore said the alliance partners planned to meet in early July and while he declined to disclose the agenda, he added that it would be \"massive\". The 20-year-old partnership between Nissan and Renault has been strained since the alliance's former chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested for suspected financial misconduct in November. Ghosn denies any wrongdoing. The alliance was plunged further into crisis this month as Renault's demand for a greater say in Nissan's governance drew rare public censure by the Japanese automaker. Nissan is due to hold a shareholder meeting to vote on its overhauled governance structure on June 25. Bollore said Renault would participate, but the talks were private. Renault and FCA were in $35 billion merger talks until the Italian-American carmaker withdrew after the French government, Renault's biggest shareholder, blocked a vote by its board and demanded more time to win Nissan's backing. Bollore said there is no offer from FCA on the table and declined to comment on the role of the French government. 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Schlumberger was co-operating with authorities by handing the notices to employees, and by failing to authorize remote work for its employees to help them escape the country, sources told Reuters. The move is regarded as tacit approval for Moscow's stuttering invasion of Ukraine, they said. While Schlumberger hasn't disclosed the number of Russian workers affected, the notices are understood to affect about a tenth of its 9,000 employees in the country. Putin announced a partial mobilization of up to 300,000 troops on September 21, with Putin about 220,000 called up so far, per Politico . Several reports have emerged of Russian citizens attempting to flee the country in response, with some paying up to $27,000 to get on private jets. Companies in Russia are required \"to conduct military registration of the staff if at least one of the employees is liable for military service,\" according to the human rights group Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC). In March, Schlumberger announced it would stop new investment and technology deployment to its Russian operations. The New York-listed company is valued at about $60 billion. According to Yale's Chief Executive Leadership Institute , which tracks the response of US companies with operations in Russia to Moscow's invasion, Schlumberger's response is regarded as \"buying time\" while it continues to carry out the bulk of its business in the country. The BHRRC told Reuters that Roche and Novo Nordisk, two other non-Russian companies, had requested military exemptions for their employees. The US-based spokesperson added that managers were obliged \"to comply with local laws and regulations, especially when failure to do so could create additional risk for our local employees.\" International sanctions \"do not permit US or EU persons to provide consultation or instructions on employment practices to Russia,\" the spokesperson added, with employment decisions left to local managers. 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Several leaks have been detected earlier this week on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea near Denmark and Sweden, an incident reportedly being investigated as probable sabotage. 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Cases have been detected in 14 states, according to an update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One person died in Colorado and four people have developed a potentially life-threatening kidney disease complication. At least 30 cases were reported in Colorado, followed by 19 in Montana, 13 in Nebraska, 10 in New Mexico, eight in Missouri and Utah, six in Wyoming, three in Kansas, two in Michigan and one each in Iowa, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. RELATED | Montana woman sues McDonald's for illness caused by E. coli. Illnesses were reported between Sept. 12 and Oct. 21. At least seven people who got sick said they ate McDonald's food while traveling. Slivered onions served on the Quarter Pounders were the likely source of the outbreak, the CDC said. Taylor Farms, a California-based produce grower, recalled onions potentially linked to the outbreak. Tests by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration detected a type of E. coli bacteria that produces a dangerous toxin in one sample of the onions, but it did not match the strain that made people sick, officials reported. RELATED | Teen fights kidney failure after eating McDonald's Quarter Pounders Quarter Pounders were removed from menus in several states during the early days of the outbreak. McDonald's officials said Wednesday that the company identified an alternate supplier for the 900 restaurants that temporarily stopped serving the burgers with onions. Over the past week, those restaurants resumed selling Quarter Pounders with slivered onions. FDA officials said in a statement that \"there does not appear to be a continued food safety concern related to this outbreak at McDonald's restaurants.\" The type of bacteria implicated in this outbreak causes about 74,000 infections in the U.S. annually, leading to more than 2,000 hospitalizations and 61 deaths each year, according to the CDC. Symptoms occur quickly, within a day or two of eating contaminated food, and typically include fever, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea and signs of dehydration — little or no urination, increased thirst and dizziness. The infection can cause a type of serious kidney injury, especially in kids younger than 5. E. coli poisoning in young children requires immediate medical attention. 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The raid comes just four days after the body of Valentin (Val) Broeksmit, 46, was discovered at about 7 a.m. Monday at Woodrow Wilson High School in El Sereno, just outside of Los Angeles. Val Broeksmit was the son of William Broeksmit who was found hanged in his London home on January 26, 2014. The senior Boreksmit was a senior executive at Deutsche Bank involved in assessing risk on the bank's balance sheet. (See our report: Documents Emerge in Senate Hearing from William Broeksmit, Deutsche Exec Alleged to Have Hanged Himself in January .) According to a profile of Val Broeksmit written by David Enrich in the New York Times on October 1, 2019, the younger Broeksmit had obtained \"a cache of confidential bank documents\" left by his father that provided a \"tantalizing\" look into the internal workings of Deutsche Bank. Val Broeksmit was sharing the documents with the FBI. Enrich explains what was going on around Deutsche Bank at that time: \"Federal and state authorities were swarming around Deutsche Bank. Some of the scrutiny centered on the lender's two-decade relationship with President Trump and his family. 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JPMorgan's Malcolm Barr said reports of a shift in the position of the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party - which props up Johnson's government - were misplaced. \"Time is increasingly short,\" the note said. \"Any deal that had 'alternative arrangements' at its heart would be a complex one, given the EU's demand that a well-defined and legally operative `solution' for Ireland be included in the Withdrawal Agreement.\" (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Stephen Addison) Share or comment on this article:", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Reuters", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 70}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "EU", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "EU", "length": 2, "offset": 238}, {"position_text": "EU", "length": 2, "offset": 238}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 202, "text": "Facebook turned blind eye to BJP leader's hate speech to protect its business, says WSJ report\nA woman checks the Facebook Inc. site on her smartphone | Representational image | Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg Text Size: A- A+ New Delhi: Facebook India turned a blind eye to hate speech by a BJP leader and three other \"Hindu nationalist individuals and groups\" to avoid damaging the social media platform's business prospects in its biggest market, The Wall Street Journal reported this week . In a 14 August report headlined \"Facebook's Hate-Speech Rules Collide With Indian Politics\", The Wall Street Journal has quoted former and current Facebook employees as saying that the aforementioned accounts, flagged for \"promoting or participating in violence\", were spared a ban at the intervention of the company's top public policy executive in the country, Ankhi Das. Reached for comment by ThePrint, Facebook sought to reject the notion that political compulsions were a factor in its decision-making. Facebook said it prohibits \"hate speech and content that incites violence and we enforce these policies globally without regard to anyone's political position or party affiliation\". The BJP leader cited in the WSJ report is Telangana MLA T. Raja Singh , who has been associated with multiple provocative social media posts against Muslims. \"The current and former Facebook employees said Ms. Das's intervention on behalf of Mr. Singh is part of a broader pattern of favoritism by Facebook toward Mr. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and Hindu hard-liners,\" the report adds. According to the report, Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone \"acknowledged that Ms. Das had raised concerns about the political fallout that would result from designating Mr. Singh a dangerous individual, but said her opposition wasn't the sole factor in the company's decision to let Mr. Singh remain on the platform\". \"The spokesman said Facebook is still considering whether a ban is warranted,\" the report added, quoting Facebook as saying that Singh \"is no longer permitted to have an official, verified account, designated with a blue check mark badge. Neither Das, Singh, nor the BJP responded to requests for comment from the WSJ , the newspaper said, adding that the Prime Minister's Office spokesperson declined to comment. We are deeply grateful to our readers & viewers for their time, trust and subscriptions. Quality journalism is expensive and needs readers to pay for it. Your support will define our work and ThePrint's future. SUBSCRIBE NOW The WSJ report comes as global social media giants find themselves under deepening pressure to crack down on hate speech, which is routinely blamed for triggering actual violence. The role of social media hate speech has been alleged to be a factor in the two most recent episodes of communal frenzy in India, namely, the Delhi and Bengaluru riots. In the US, Facebook's perceived failure to control hate speech has spawned a boycott campaign involving some of the country's top advertisers. The WSJ report claims that some of Singh's controversial posts were removed by Facebook after its reporters raised queries about them. Similar charges have been made about posts made by two other controversial BJP leaders — Kapil Mishra and MP Anantkumar Hegde — who are known for frequent provocative remarks on social media. A February speech by Mishra — threatening vigilante action against anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters in northeast Delhi, hours before the area erupted in riots — was cited by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a textbook example of hate speech.. As he sought to assuage employees' concerns about Facebook's alleged inaction on hate speech, Zuckerberg said they had removed a video of the speech uploaded by Mishra. In the email response to ThePrint, Facebook said it acts against hate speech but acknowledged that more needs to be done. \"While we know there is more to do, we're making progress on enforcement and conduct regular audits of our process to ensure fairness and accuracy.\" Also Read: Zuckerberg uses Kapil Mishra's 'Delhi riots threat' to outline Facebook's hate speech policy Its biggest market The WSJ report starts with a mention of Facebook posts and public appearances where Singh has \"(said) Rohingya Muslim immigrants should be shot, called Muslims traitors and threatened to raze mosques\". Another post cited is a call to \"slaughter\" Muslims who kill cows, an animal sacred to Hindus. The report then quotes former and current employees as saying that, by March 2020, they had decided that Singh warranted the company's \"dangerous\" label — a designation that reportedly also takes into account an individual's \"off-platform\" activities and has resulted in Facebook bans for white supremacist organisations, Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and American Islamic extremist Louis Farrakhan . Das, however, \"opposed applying hate-speech rules\" to Singh and \"at least three other Hindu nationalist individuals and groups\" flagged by employees for promoting violence. \"Ms. Das, whose job also includes lobbying India's government on Facebook's behalf, told staff members that punishing violations by politicians from Mr. Modi's party would damage the company's business prospects in the country, Facebook's biggest global market by number of users, the current and former employees said,\" the report adds. 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Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has seized on a planned lockout of workers threatening to disrupt Australian ports in the lead-up to Christmas to stress the urgency of his controversial workplace bill. The nation's main tugboat operator, Svitzer, has warned it will lock out hundreds of workers indefinitely from Friday after reaching a stalemate with maritime unions that could leave goods languishing offshore and add to supply chain shortages. A tugboat aids the Portland Bay, a bulk carrier in danger of running aground off Wattamolla in July.Credit:Steven Watkins The company, a subsidiary of Danish shipping giant Maersk, has been embroiled in a three-year pay dispute and is trying to shred its enterprise agreement with port workers amid ongoing industrial action. Burke said on Monday it was a \"classic example of the kind of intractable dispute the government's Secure Jobs, Better Pay changes would bring to an end\". The bill, which has been criticised by business groups, the opposition and some crossbenchers for giving too much power to unions and being rushed through parliament, includes provisions to make it harder for parties to unilaterally terminate agreements. It also gives the Fair Work Commission greater powers to arbitrate disputes. \"This dispute has gone on for years. We want disputes like this to be resolved quickly and fairly – it's in no one's interests for them to drag on,\" Burke said. \"This is simply another reason why getting this legislation through is urgent.\" Svitzer said in a statement on Monday that when the lockout took effect, \"no shipping vessels will be towed in or out of 17 Australian ports otherwise serviced by Svitzer\". This would affect ports in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. The company said there have been more than 250 instances of protected industrial action since October 20, amounting to nearly 2000 hours of work stoppages, and new protected action was being notified by the unions \"on an almost daily basis\". \"We had hoped it would never come to a lockout – but we are at a point where we see no other option but to respond to the damaging industrial action underway by the unions,\" Svitzer Australia's managing director, Nicolaj Noes, said. Maritime Union of Australia assistant national secretary Jamie Newlyn described the lockout as a \"massive escalation of the simmering industrial conflict\" between Svitzer and its workers, and accused it of \"throwing Australian supply chains into disarray\". Newlyn said Svitzer had spent years refusing to finalise an agreement for the 17 ports, \"effectively giving these workers a wage freeze amidst soaring inflation and massive corporate profits during a COVID-boom for shipping and logistics companies\". However, Svitzer has said the current enterprise agreement contains \"restrictive work practices\" that are harming productivity. Svitzer joined the likes of Patrick Terminals and Qantas Airways in applying to the Fair Work Commission this year to tear up their enterprise agreements, prompting the government to introduce provisions in its Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill that will make it harder for parties to unilaterally terminate agreements. In a speech to an Australian Industry Group conference in August, Burke said he was advised that if Svitzer was successful in scrapping the agreement, \"it could result in pay cuts to the workforce of 40 per cent or more\". \"Now, who are these workers? They're the same workers who you'll remember seeing on the TV ... They were putting their lives on the line to save a bulk carrier and its crew that was stranded off the coast of Sydney after a cable had snapped,\" Burke said. Svitzer employees were hailed as heroes for being among the tugboat crews that saved a stricken cargo ship from smashing into rocks south of Sydney in a storm in July. Burke described the tactic of applying to scrap agreements during negotiations as a \"rort\". \"I see this as a way to get out of freely bargained obligations, something we would not accept in the world of commercial or consumer contracts ... and I'm disgusted that it's even being tried,\" he said. NSW Transport Minister David Elliott said the maritime unions' actions threatened to prolong the state's economic recovery by months, if not years. \"I call upon the Labor Party to put the people of NSW first and demand their union paymasters cease this crippling political action and negotiate in good faith on reasonable terms,\" he said. In September, the Productivity Commission released a report calling for workplace laws to be overhauled to wrest power from the MUA to salvage the shipping industry, saying $600 million was being lost every year at Australia's ports. Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis from Jacqueline Maley. 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U.S. fund KKR and separately a rival consortium comprising state lender CDP and Australian fund Macquarie submitted bids for Telecom Italia's network, according to a statement. Debt-crippled TIM is seeking improved offers for its most valuable asset after having assessed as not yet adequate the proposals received in May. \"TIM announces that, as part of the competitive bidding process relating to Netco, two new non-binding offers have been received today,\" the company said in a statement, without giving any details if the new bids were sweetened. The so-called NetCo comprises TIM's domestic fixed access network and international submarine cable unit Sparkle. Telecom Italia's board is due to meet to review the proposals on June 19 and June 22, the company said. Treasury-owned CDP is the second-largest investor in TIM with a 10% stake after France's Vivendi. The state lender and Macquarie are also co-investors in TIM's smaller rival Open Fiber. The sale of Telecom Italia's infrastructure and its submarine cable unit Sparkle is a focal point of CEO Pietro Labriola's plan to slash the former phone monopoly 26 billion euro ($27.94 billion) debt pile and turnaround the battered telecoms group. 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Here's what this means. Which countries are affected? The \"unfriendly countries\" Putin referred to are those that imposed sanctions meant to damage the Russian economy, and froze the nation's foreign currency reserves. They include the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Switzerland, most of the 27 nations of the European Union, and a number of smaller countries. Do foreign companies have to buy rubles? Not necessarily. The decree offers the option of opening an account in an authorized Russian bank, such as Gazprombank, which is already one of the main financial institutions through which payments for Russian gas are made. The buyer will then transfer the gas payment to this account (in full accordance with the contractual terms and in its currency of choice), which the bank would then sell on the exchange for rubles, credit to the buyer's ruble account, and transfer the funds to the gas provider. Do ruble payments violate the current contracts? The decree does not imply a permanent change in the payment currency, but only introduces a new settlement procedure, so that the payment can reach the Russian supplier. This way it does not violate existing contracts, as buyers will continue to make payments in their currency of choice. Does the payment switch violate Western sanctions? No. Russian gas exports are not subject to sanctions, neither is the ruble, nor a number of Russian banks, including Gazprombank (with the exception of the UK where the bank is sanctioned). Gazprom does not violate the essential terms of its existing contracts with the newly established procedure, but at the same time complies with Putin's decision on the transfer of payments for gas in rubles. What happens if countries refuse to switch payment methods? 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Exxon locked out the plant's 650 union workers on May 1, replacing union-represented employees with managers and temporary staff as it pushed for a contract that gives it control over how jobs are assigned ahead of a major expansion, and sets a freeze on some workers' pay. Union members who cast ballots declined to comment on how they voted. Some noted they had not been paid for almost six months and that unemployment compensation benefits expire this month. There were about 300 United Steelworkers union members who voted by midday on the six-year contract proposal, a Reuters witness said. Union officials have urged members to reject the \"subpar\" offer they said could lead to job losses. \"I think a lot of people are mad at the company and some people are upset at the union,\" said Richard Landry, who declined to discuss his vote. \"We'll see how it goes.\" One worker had tears in her eyes while explaining she could not continue to remain out of work, and had voted in favor of the contract, a union official said. The dispute has become increasingly bitter. Exxon this week accused the union of \"aggressively\" opposing its offer and falsely claiming there could be job cuts and saying the lockout would end Nov. 1. Union officials accuse Exxon of being behind a decertification campaign to remove the union. All 650 workers represented by the United Steelworkers union local 13-243 are eligible to vote during meetings throughout the day. Results are expected late on Tuesday. The contract proposal would give Exxon control over staffing of a new crude distillation unit that would add 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) capacity in 2024, making Beaumont the largest U.S. oil processing plant by volume. The refinery's current capacity is 369,024 bpd. If workers approve the contract, they still would vote next month on a worker-submitted petition to oust the union from the plant. The U.S. National Labor Relations Board is expected to set a mid-November vote. It would first consider a union charge that Exxon improperly aided the petition before releasing results. An Exxon spokesperson was not immediately available to comment on the vote timing. The NLRB did not reply to a request for comment. 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Image courtesy of Google maps. Shirebrook-based Frasers Group has appointed a number of new directors to its board. Helen Wright, Global CEO, Sergio Rossi, will be appointed as non-executive director, and Frasers' David Al-Mudallal, chief operating officer, and Ger Wright, managing director, sports, join the board as executive directors. The Group has also announced the intended appointment of Sir Jon Thompson, former CEO, Financial Reporting Council, as non-executive director. It is expected that Sir Jon will be appointed later in the year, when his current commitments allow. David Daly, chair of the board, Frasers Group, said: \"Much has changed at Frasers over recent years and today is another significant milestone in our transformation as we welcome new high-calibre individuals to the board. \"I know that we will benefit from their leadership and expertise. I'm also delighted that their appointments further diversify our board, ensuring that we have the range of skills and views required to enable the future success of the Elevation Strategy.\" Michael Murray, CEO of Frasers Group, said: \"Today's appointments reflect the progress we have made to date on Frasers' transformation and Elevation Strategy, as well as our ambitions for the future of the Group. \"I am pleased to welcome Helen Wright to Frasers and to the board and very much look forward to welcoming Sir Jon later this year. Helen's experience of driving transformation at global luxury brands, combined with Jon's expertise in corporate governance and major project management, will help shape the execution of our long-term strategy. \"In addition, Ger and David have both made enormous contributions to the ongoing success of our strategy, delivering operational excellence and empowering our business to excel. I am confident that their contribution to the board will help drive Frasers Group to new heights and future success.\" A message from the Editor: Thank you for reading this story on our news site - please take a moment to read this important message: As you know, our aim is to bring you, the reader, an editorially led news site and magazine but journalism costs money and we rely on advertising, print and digital revenues to help to support them. With the Covid-19 pandemic having a major impact on our industry as a whole, the advertising revenues we normally receive, which helps us cover the cost of our journalists and this website, have been drastically affected. As such we need your help. If you can support our news sites/magazines with either a small donation of even £1, or a subscription to our magazine, which costs just £33.60 per year, (inc p&P and mailed direct to your door) your generosity will help us weather the storm and continue in our quest to deliver quality journalism. 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The state government has given its mandate to set up an INR 200 Cr welfare fund and enactment of the Gig Workers Welfare Act. Besides, local authorities have also approved the setting up of a welfare board for gig workers. \"To protect them from harassment, I propose to bring the Gig Workers Welfare Act, under which, along with the formation of the Gig Workers Welfare Board, a Gig Workers Welfare Fund will be established with INR 200 Cr,\" said Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in his Budget speech. Noting that the number of gig workers employed with companies such as Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato and Amazon was increasing, Gehlot estimated that the number of gig workers working across the state had shot up to 3-4 Lakh. While noting that the scope of the gig economy in the state was increasing, the CM further added that there was no arrangement of social security for these workers. Called the Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Shramik Sambal Yojana, the new scheme will offer financial assistance of INR 200 per day for gig workers in the event of hospitalisation, for a maximum period of 7 days. With this, Rajasthan has become the country's first state to provide financial assistance to gig workers under the ambit of a dedicated law. Meanwhile, The Print reports that the state's information technology department has been, for the past one year, developing an 'app' that would track the trips made by gig workers. This would eventually serve as a benchmark for a levy that would be laid on the employers of gig workers. In essence, these companies would have to pay an additional charge on each trip or delivery, which would go towards funding gig workers' provident funds, pensions, and health and accident insurance. The Not-So-Great Record New-age tech startups operating in India have generally not performed well when it comes to the working conditions of gig workers. A report released last year by Fairwork India found that Ola, Uber, and Dunzo were some of the worst performers on the gig workers' index. While Amazon Flex, Dunzo, Ola, PharmEasy and Uber scored zero points, Zepto and Porter scored 2 points and 1 point respectively. Earlier last year, even government think tank NITI Aayog called on businesses across the country to ensure social security benefits, including paid sick leave, insurance and healthcare, are extended to all gig workers on its platforms. The announcements also come at a time when most of these new-age tech companies are facing an outage of workers and strikes. Earlier last month, a Swiggy driver in Hyderabad jumped off the third floor to save himself from the dog of a customer to whom he had gone to deliver food. He died three days later. From Kochi to Ranchi and from Delhi to Bengaluru, delivery executives belonging to all major tech companies including Ola, Uber, Zomato and Swiggy have gone on strike in the recent past to protest steep cuts in commissions and increased working hours. Critics have also, in the past, panned other issues plaguing gig workers including lack of job security and raising alarm about Zomato's 10-minute delivery model which could hamper road safety and lives of many delivery executives. Meanwhile, the gig economy is emerging as an easy way of employment for India's vast unskilled workforce. It has also emerged as an alternate form of employment for people looking to earn extra cash on the side. As a result, the gig economy has seen a major boom and is witnessing widespread adoption. According to a report by ASSOCHAM, India's gig sector is estimated to grow to $455 Bn by 2024. 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The company has completed formal procedures and announced that it has established a new entity called Xiaomi EV Inc. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has announced that he will be responsible for the new business unit, which has invested $ 1.5 billion (or 10 billion CNY). According to Jun, this new entity will be his last major entrepreneurial project. Xiaomi employs more than 300 people in its new business unit and plans to spend more than $ 1.5 billion on the electronic vehicle business over the next decade. \"We're going to boost all our personal reputation and fight for the future of smart electric cars,\" Rayjun said recently, suggesting that the brand is serious about influencing affordable electric cars. doing. In line with the plan, the company has already acquired Deepmotion, a startup focused on autonomous driving technology, for $ 77.4 million. The acquisition gives Xiaomi a good start in this fast-paced industry. The company also negotiated with Evergrande Group to acquire the latter EV business, but those negotiations did not yield good results. Apart from Xiaomi, a few technology companies are considering entering the electric vehicle business. This includes Apple, Huawei, Baidu and others, and Tesla has already established itself as a market leader. Xiaomi, unlike most cases, aims to influence the Xiaomi segment, but it can be affordable and feature-rich. According to reports, Xiaomi has been busy researching zero-emission vehicles for the past few months and has been discussing with several automakers, but has not yet decided on a manufacturing partner for the electric vehicle business. The decision to announce a new venture by Xiaomi is also at a time when its core business is at its peak. After piping Apple first and later Samsung, the company has become the number one smartphone brand in the world. The company also announced that sales and net income increased 64% and 87.4%, respectively. Want to know about the latest in technology? 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With single-digit centimeter accuracy, the new UWB solution is optimized for use in mobile, automotive and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, offering precise distance and location information. Samsung also unveiled 'Exynos Connect', a new brand that consolidates its short-range wireless communication solutions, such as UWB, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi that are essential in facilitating an increasingly hyper-connected world. \"Our Exynos Connect U100 combines sophisticated ranging and positioning capabilities with strong security to enable hyper-connectivity between people and everyday objects, fueling a range of new applications in positioning and location tracking,\" said Joonsuk Kim, Executive Vice President of the Connectivity Development Team at Samsung Electronics. \"Building on our technology leadership in communications technologies, we are committed to driving innovation in short-range communication solutions to transform the way we connect and relate to the world around us.\" UWB is a short-range wireless communication technology that operates over a broad frequency spectrum, allowing for fast data transfers at low power. With its ability to capture highly accurate spatial and directional data, UWB is growing in popularity across various industries including those that deal with remote payments, smart keys, smart homes and smart factories. Leveraging time of arrival (ToA) and 3D angle of arrival (AoA) measurements, Samsung's Exynos Connect U100 provides an accuracy of single-digit centimeters and under five degrees. This makes it especially useful when tracking location in challenging indoor environments where GPS is unavailable as well as for AR and VR applications that require exact and real-time tracking of moving people. The U100 integrates radio frequency (RF), baseband, embedded Flash (eFlash) memory and power management IP into a single chip, making it ideal for use in compact devices. Through its power-saving mode, the U100 can maximize the battery life of mobile and automotive solutions as well as IoT devices like smart tracking tags that run on batteries with limited power capacity. For reliable communication, the U100 is also equipped with a scrambled timestamp sequence (STS) function and a secure hardware encryption engine to prevent external hacking. Samsung's Exynos Connect U100 has been certified by the FiRa Consortium, an industry-led non-profit organization that certifies UWB products for conformity to interoperability standards. The U100 also complies with the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) Digital Key Release 3.0, a standard designed to store, authenticate and exchange digital keys for vehicles, enabling U100-equipped smartphones to securely communicate digital key information with vehicles. ### About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies. The company is redefining the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, network systems, and memory, system LSI, foundry and LED solutions. 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Meta has begun hiding sensitive content from teenagers under the age of 18 on Facebook and Instagram, a company blog announced on Tuesday. Starting now, Meta will begin removing content from feeds and Stories about sensitive topics that have been flagged as harmful to teens by experts in adolescent development, psychology, and mental health. That includes content about self-harm, suicide, and eating disorders, as well as content discussing restricted goods or featuring nudity. Even if sensitive content is shared by friends or accounts that teens follow, the teen will be blocked from viewing it, Meta confirmed. Any teen searching for sensitive content will instead be prompted to contact a friend or consult \"expert organizations like the National Alliance on Mental Illness,\" Meta said. In addition to hiding more content from teens, Meta has also announced that in the coming weeks, it will be blocking everyone on its apps from searching for a wider range of sensitive terms \"that inherently break\" Meta's rules. Meta did not specify what new terms might be blocked but noted that it was already hiding results for suicide and self-harm search terms. A Meta spokesperson told Ars that the company can't \"share a more comprehensive list of those terms since we don't want people to be able to go around them or develop workarounds.\" On top of limiting teens' access to content, Meta is \"sending new notifications encouraging\" teens \"to update their settings to a more private experience with a single tap.\" Teens who opt in to Meta's \"recommended settings\" will enjoy more privacy on Facebook and Instagram, restricting unwanted tags, mentions, or reposting of their content to only approved followers. Teens opting in will also be spared from viewing some \"offensive\" comments. Perhaps most importantly, recommended settings will \"ensure only their followers can message them.\" Meta said that previously, any new teens joining Facebook or Instagram have defaulted to \"the most restrictive settings,\" but now Meta is expanding that effort to \"teens who are already using these apps.\" These restrictive settings, Meta said, will prevent teens from stumbling across sensitive content. Last year, 41 states sued Meta for allegedly addicting kids to Facebook and Instagram. States accused Meta of intentionally designing its apps to be unsafe for young users. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell went so far as to allege that Meta \"deliberately\" exploited \"young users' vulnerabilities for profit.\" At that time, Meta said it was disappointed that instead of working productively with companies across the industry to create clear, age-appropriate standards for the many apps teens use,\" state attorneys general chose to pursue legal action. Experts considered the states' push to hold Meta accountable for its allegedly harmful design choices as the most significant effort yet. It followed disturbing testimony from a whistleblower, former Meta employee Arturo Bejar, who told a US Senate subcommittee in November that \"Meta continues to publicly misrepresent the level and frequency of harm that users, especially children, experience on the platform.\" Bejar claimed that Meta could easily make its apps safer for kids, \"if they were motivated to do so.\" He also provided recommendations to regulators, including suggesting new laws requiring social media platforms to develop ways for teens to report content that causes them discomfort. That policy shift, Bejar said, would \"generate extensive user experience data, which then should be regularly and routinely reported to the public, probably alongside financial data.\" Bejar said that \"if such systems are properly designed, we can radically improve the experience of our children on social media\" without \"eliminating the joy and value they otherwise get from using such services.\" Intensified legal scrutiny on Meta isn't restricted only to the US, though. In the European Union, Meta has also been asked to inform regulators about how it designs apps to shield kids from potentially harmful content. It's possible that the EU probe prompted Meta's updates this week. Meta said it expects all these changes to be \"fully in place on Instagram and Facebook in the coming months.\" Even with these updates, though, Bejar said on Tuesday that Meta still wasn't doing enough to protect teens. 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Trump said goods from Mexico that fall under the existing United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement won't be subject to U.S. tariffs of 25%. The move comes days after Trump hit Mexico with short-lived tariffs for the second time since taking office in January. \"After speaking with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, I have agreed that Mexico will not be required to pay tariffs on anything that falls under the USMCA Agreement,\" Trump wrote on Truth Social. \"I did this as an accommodation, and out of respect for, President Sheinbaum.\" Trump said he is working with Sheinbaum to stop illegal immigration and fentanyl trafficking at the southern border. Fentanyl is a potent opioid responsible for most U.S. overdose deaths. Criminal cartels in Mexico smuggle illicit forms of fentanyl – often produced with chemicals from China – across U.S.-Mexico border, according to the DEA. Trump's announcement on Mexico came about 20 minutes after the president again criticized Trudeau. \"Believe it or not, despite the terrible job he's done for Canada, I think that Justin Trudeau is using the Tariff problem, which he has largely caused, in order to run again for Prime Minister,\" Trump wrote. \"So much fun to watch!\" Trump's deal with Sheinbaum is temporary. Trump said it would go until April 2, when he plans to announce broader reciprocal tariffs against countries that impose tariffs on U.S. goods or keep U.S. goods out of their markets through other methods. Since imposing his latest round of tariffs on top trading partners this week, Trump has been steadily paring them back. On Wednesday, Trump said the Big Three automakers – Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Stellantis NV – would be exempt from his tariffs for a month. In February, Trump took a step forward on his plan to put reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners by signing a memo directing staff to come up with solutions in 180 days. Trump previously said he would put those tariffs in place on April 2 to avoid any confusion on April 1. In his joint address to Congress on Tuesday, Trump said all countries would have to either make their products in the U.S. or be subject to tariffs. \"Whatever they tariff us, we tariff them. Whatever they tax us, we tax them,\" Trump said. \"If they do non-monetary tariffs to keep us out of their market, then we do non-monetary barriers to keep them out of our market. We will take in trillions of dollars and create jobs like we have never seen before.\" The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, governs trade between the U.S. and its northern and southern neighbors. It went into force on July 1, 2020, and Trump signed the deal. That agreement continued to allow for duty-free trading between the three countries. U.S. goods and services trade with USMCA totaled an estimated $1.8 trillion in 2022. Exports were $789.7 billion and imports were $974.3 billion. The U.S. goods and services trade deficit with USMCA was $184.6 billion in 2022, according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Tariffs are taxes on imported goods paid by the importer, which are often passed along to consumers through higher prices on the imported products. 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A pilot program through Bayer is paying farmers to use cover crops, no-till and strip-till practices to sequester carbon. Farmers line up for a pilot carbon program to earn $10 per acre for soil conservation practices. There is already a waiting list for farmers who want to participate in a program designed to reward them for using crop production practices that sequester carbon in the soil. Bayer's Carbon Initiative pilot program was launched this fall. It offers corn and soybean farmers in nine states — North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan — to incorporate new cropping practices and get paid. The company is offering $10 per acre for farmers in this introductory phase of the program. \"We've had overwhelming interest since we kicked it off late summer,\" says Leonardo Bastos, head of the Carbon Business Model for Bayer Crop Science. \"We've actually exceeded our expectations. As a matter of fact, right now we have a waiting list for the 2020 program, and we're looking to actually open up another enrollment window in spring 2021.\" The Bayer Carbon Initiative is a mechanism to reward farmers for what they're doing from an environmental perspective, according to Chad Bilby, Bayer's U.S. commercial experimentation lead. The program works with farmers to encourage them to use \"climate-smart practices,\" which they identify as cover crops, no-till and strip till. Between the U.S. and Brazil, about 1,200 farmers currently make up over 500,000 acres enrolled. The U.S. has half of those farmers, with Illinois enrolling the most acres followed by Iowa. Farmer involvement Jason Lay is a central Illinois farmer who made it into this year's pilot program. He manages a 2,650-acre farm growing corn and soybeans. Lay has used strip till in the past but is adding cover crops to his system to receive the $10 per acre. \"Ultimately, this could prevent soil runoff, water runoff, and increase nutrient holding capacity,\" he notes. Farmers must meet requirements to be considered for the Bayer Carbon Initiative pilot program: 1. Farmers must live within one of the nine states. 2. They must have Climate FieldView technology. 3. They must be \"new\" to the climate-smart practices. Bilby explains further. \"Let's say this this past year, [farmers] weren't doing no-till or cover crops,\" he says. \"They could then add both of those as new practices going forward, that would allow them to qualify.\" But if they are a no-till farmer, they would need to add cover crops as a new practice. \"It's really based on that being a new practice because we're really looking at the incremental carbon sequestered,\" Bilby adds. \"That is what we're trying to measure.\" And that is why Lay says he's excited about the program. The Bayer Carbon Initiative is an opportunity to uncover an additional revenue stream for his farm. \"Many corporations have made significant commitments to their shareholders in the not-so-distant future,\" he says. \"In my opinion, farmers are doing these practices to sequester carbon to potentially be rewarded.\" Payment for stewardship Currently, Bayer is paying farmers on a per acre basis to sequester carbon. However, the company is working to develop a verification process for the amount of carbon sequestered. Bayer says it can either use these credits to offset its own company goals or sell on the carbon market, but that is still a way off. \"We talk about the new carbon economy, one that farmers will not only be rewarded and compensated for what they do, but also how they harvest and take care of the crops,\" Bastos says. \"We're just at the beginning.\" For a carbon economy to take off in agriculture, it is a building process. \"We know what a bushel is; we know how that is priced. And there's enough confidence in the system that people participate in the market,\" he explains. \"We've got to do the same thing for carbon.\" Bastos says carbon will need to be measured more efficiently and have a steady price before farmers invest in producing a carbon crop. While there are carbon markets, he says they continue to develop and become more sophisticated. Over time, he expects the carbon industry to evolve much like commodity crops with markets and even future contracts. \"It's the beginning,\" he says, \"but the time is right.\" Get on the list \"There is excitement in this,\" Bilby says. \"We are starting a wait list, and we're going to be working with farmers to continue on our enrollment for spring.\" Farmers who want to sign up and get on the waiting list can visit", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Bayer", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 223}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 594}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 1072}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 1296}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 1436}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 2243}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 2970}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 3315}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 3484}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Bayer", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 223}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 594}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 1072}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 1296}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 1436}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 2243}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 2970}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 3315}, {"position_text": "Bayer", "length": 5, "offset": 3484}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Brazil", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Brazil", "length": 6, "offset": 1646}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Iowa", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Iowa", "length": 4, "offset": 735}, {"position_text": "Iowa", "length": 4, "offset": 1808}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Minnesota", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Minnesota", "length": 9, "offset": 724}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Ohio", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Ohio", "length": 4, "offset": 778}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 214, "text": "Privatization would allow Toronto's airport to reach new heights\nBy Frontier Centre for Public Policy on No Comment Privatization would improve Pearson's position as a global hub and boost competitive options for travellers Ottawa's plan to sell Canada's airports appears to have been shelved, at least for now. That's too bad. Privatizing Toronto Pearson International Airport could help pay for a needed rail link to the suburbs and surrounding cities, and make the airport more competitive globally. While many of the country's airport authorities panned the idea, Pearson, Canada's busiest airport – it handles roughly double the number of passengers as Vancouver, Canada's next biggest airport – said it was open to privatization. A Frontier Centre for Public Policy report says the airport sale could raise some $12 billion, freeing up much-needed capital for other federal projects. Shortly after the 2015 election, the federal government began hunting in earnest for piggy banks to raid in order to fund all the roads, bridges and metro lines that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as a candidate, told voters he would build to make Canada's economy bigger and more competitive. It zeroed in on the country's 22 largest airports, which operate as not-for-profit corporations. They pay annual rents to the federal government, which still owns the land and assets. In selling these assets, the feds saw dollar signs galore. Privatizing them could bring the government some $16 billion, after accounting for debt repayment, according to some estimates. To get a more detailed estimate, the government brought in Credit Suisse Group AG. Former cabinet minister David Emerson called for their sale in the 2015 Canada Transportation Act review. Then the momentum suddenly shifted. Voters, it turned out, weren't keen on the idea. Polling by the Angus Reid Institute found 53 per cent of Canadians said privatizing Canada's eight largest airports would be either a bad or very bad idea. Many expressed fears of higher costs to travellers. The federal government quietly shelved the Credit Suisse report, refusing to release its findings. In a private meeting with airport executives last spring, the minister of transport confirmed that the Liberal government was not moving ahead with privatization at this time. This is unfortunate. Airport privatization is a common model internationally and some of Canada's large pension funds, including the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, own and operate airports in other countries. Concern about potential price increases to travellers is addressed through regulation. There are good reasons to sell the country's major airports, particularly Toronto's. Privatization could introduce more robust and responsive airport governance. It could increase Pearson's positioning as a global hub and boost competitive options for travellers. Pearson, which ranks second in North America for the number of international passengers, after John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, is the world's 33rd busiest airport. Within the next two decades, it expects to be handling some 85-million annual passengers, from the 49.5-million passengers it saw last year. To meet this demand, it desperately needs new investment to fund its plan to position the airport as a transportation hub. This includes a new commuter rail service serving Toronto suburbs and regional cities like Kitchener-Waterloo. But raising the money needed is next to impossible under the airport's current governance structure. That governance is shared by several greater Toronto area regions – many with competing interests – the City of Toronto, the province of Ontario and the federal government. The non-profit model makes borrowing difficult, delaying crucial upgrades like potential transit extensions. It also causes debt to pile up. With 30 years or so left in their lease, some airports are already feeling the pinch. The long-term contracts they sign with suppliers are for 40 to 50 years, making legal contracts in a shortened time frame problematic and planning difficult. Similar issues attach to long-term bonds, where the reduced timespan requires airports to amortize assets at a higher cost. The Frontier Centre report recommends the staged divestment of the government's ownership in Pearson, retiring 25 per cent of the airport's debt with the initial share sale. In this way, privatization could have the added benefit of spurring much-needed air policy reforms to increase value. Federal taxes on airline tickets, almost the highest in the world, are the main reason that fares in Canada are sky-high and why low-cost carriers find it so hard to set up shop in the country. And Canada's protectionist air policy, regulating which airlines are allowed entry to Canada, needs an overhaul. Not only does the daily access of a commercial jet airliner generate up to $1 billion a year in economic activity to a city the size of Toronto, more airlines means more services to more places at a lower cost. Privatization of Pearson is needed and could spur real reform. 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REUTERS/Bridget Bennett/File Photo The unions representing hospitality workers in Las Vegas said on Thursday they have reached a tentative deal with MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) for a new contract covering 25,400 employees, a day before a strike threatened to shut down the Strip. The agreement, which averts a strike at eight MGM properties, comes a day after rival Caesars Entertainment (CZR.O) reached its own agreement with 10,000 Strip workers. Reporting by Ananta Agarwal in Bengaluru and Doyinsola Oladipo in New York; Editing by Arun Koyyur — Online: Reuters news agency contributed to this report, published by ORDO News editors. Contact us: contact@ordonews.com Our Standards, Terms of Use: Standard Terms And Conditions. To eliminate any confusion arising from different time zones and daylight saving changes, all times displayed on our platforms are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). 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The affected product is 250 grams and has an expiration date of 24 Aug 2023. Consumers are asked to check if they have that particular cheese and either throw it away or return it to the store where they purchased it. The recall was triggered by CFIA testing, but so far there are no reported illnesses. If people have eaten this cheese and become ill, they should contact their health care provider. Infection with the Listeria bacteria can cause \"vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle pain, severe headache and neck stiffness,\" the recall notice said. This report from The Canadian Press was first published on February 16, 2023. Canadian Press health coverage is supported by a partnership with the Canadian Medical Association. CP is solely responsible for this content. PART: JOIN THE CONVERSATION Anyone can read Conversations, but to contribute you must be a registered Torstar account holder. 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ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images Whistleblower Sam Salehpour's concerns about the Boeing 787 and 777 were first made public last week. Salehpour, a quality engineer, told NBC on Tuesday he believes all 787 Dreamliners should be grounded. He added that he wouldn't put his own family on the planemaker's flagship widebody jet. A Boeing whistleblower said he believes all 787 Dreamliners should be grounded in an interview that aired Tuesday on NBC's \"Nightly News with Lester Holt.\" It was Sam Salehpour's first on-camera interview since his allegations were made public last week. He says that parts of the Boeing 787 and 777 were misaligned during production, posing safety threats. Sam Salehpour, who has worked for Boeing for over a decade as a quality engineer, said he observed \"shortcuts employed by Boeing to reduce bottlenecks during the 787 assembly process.\" This could \"significantly\" reduce the lifespan of the plane due to metal fatigue and cause an accident, he added. The 787 is Boeing's flagship widebody jet, which first entered service in 2011. About 1,100 have since been delivered to airlines around the world. Asked by the NBC reporter whether Boeing should ground all the Dreamliners, Salehpour said: \"I would say they need to.\" \"The entire fleet worldwide, as far as I'm concerned, right now, needs attention,\" he added. He also said that he wouldn't put his own family on a Boeing 787. Salehpour is expected to testify in front of the Senate on Wednesday. When contacted by Business Insider about Salehpour's comments, Boeing said it was \"fully confident in the 787 Dreamliner.\" \"These claims about the structural integrity of the 787 are inaccurate and do not represent the comprehensive work Boeing has done to ensure the quality and long-term safety of the aircraft,\" it said. \"The issues raised have been subject to rigorous engineering examination under FAA oversight. This analysis has validated that these issues do not present any safety concerns and the aircraft will maintain its service life over several decades. We continue to monitor these issues under established regulatory protocols and encourage all employees to speak up when issues arise. Retaliation is strictly prohibited at Boeing.\" Salehpour's comments come after another Boeing whistleblower raised his concerns about the 787. John Barnett was found dead with a \"self-inflicted wound\" last month, days after he started giving a deposition in a legal case against Boeing. Ed Pierson, a former Boeing manager who worked on the narrowbody 737, told Business Insider he urged Alaska Airlines to ground its jets months before January's blowout. If you enjoyed this story, be sure to follow Business Insider on Microsoft Start. ALIW Awards Foundation Inc. President Alice H. Reyes has released the names of finalists for the 2023 Aliw Awards to be presented on Dec. 11, 2023, at the Manila Hotel ... 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While it's been all-hands-on-deck in the greater Wall Street, investors and traders rush to shed off lightweight stocks and dump equities as fears loom over another Fed rate hike, rampant inflation, and economic slowdown. The downturn in Cisco's earnings is a broad combination of China's Zero Covid lockdown regulations, geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine, and slowing sales in the consumer market, as many are cutting back on frequent spending as prices have soared to their highest in more than four decades. These events outside of Cisco's control have spooked off investors, and for 2022, CSCO prices have come down as much as 33.95%. In its earnings report, the company said that sales would decline by 1% to 5.5% for this quarter, with analysts' predictions standing at 6% for the period. According to its share earnings, prices per share adjusted were $0.87 per share against the $0.86 per share predicted. Revenue was down to $12.84 billion versus the $13.34 billion some analysts penned. Even with these numbers, investors are still not convinced that the upcoming quarter will see Cisco outperform Wall Street's estimates. Is Cisco feeling the cold for conditions outside of its control? For starters, the company managed to cut ties with Russia after the country invaded Ukraine earlier in the year. More so, Cisco also stopped its business in Belarus, an ally of Russia. These three countries make up roughly 1% of total sales but saw the company take a $200 million decline in revenue. Then the Zero Covid lockdowns in China added even more strain to an already tight supply chain, which cost the company an additional $300 million in revenue. China is set to reopen on June 1, but executives of the company are not quite sure how fast supply chain constraints will be resolved once the country finally reopens. Many are also concerned over the fact that consumers have also drawn back on spending, as inflation has hit record high numbers in recent months. Although this is a key factor that holds some investors off, the company mentioned that the top line figures are set to grow in the coming quarter, as smaller consumer sales have been increasing even in tight economic conditions. Where is Cisco heading? The upcoming quarter could reveal a different scenario, and that could Cisco on track to see share prices increase on the back of consumer orders and ongoing global sales increase. Cisco also recently changed some of its policies, limiting customers, by not allowing them to cancel orders within 45 days of the committed shipping date. This coupled with tightening its spending budget, and the recent no-cancellation policy helped sales jump by 19%. Perhaps this could be a win for Cisco in the coming quarter. Then, in the hopes that supply chain constraints at ports in China are fully operational again by mid-summer, investors might shake off their negative sentiment over the broader market. But supply chain constraints won't be resolved during the summer, as the battle for cargo at ports and airports will be a tight one. There's still too much uncertainty surrounding the situation in Ukraine and Europe, for that matter. It's possible that Cisco could see several increases in its sales, but it might still take a lot before overall revenue could see positive growth. In terms of expansion, the changing lockdowns across the world have met the company with slower growth in this period, and perhaps over the summer months, a larger number of deals could give the company a boost. The Takeaway Cisco is perhaps right in the midst of a firestorm, as the broad market sentiment has hit its lowest since the early months of the pandemic. Recent quarter earnings might've been lower than Wall Street predictions, but that's mainly caused by occurrences outside of the company's control. There's a slight chance that Cisco could be poised for positive growth in the next few months, and CSCO could perhaps move slightly north again as the company tightens its spending and looks to resolve issues that have been drawing them back.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Fed", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Fed", "length": 3, "offset": 309}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 219, "text": "More than 800 jobs to go at Greggs amid UK lockdowns\nMore than 800 jobs to go at Greggs amid UK lockdowns Greggs has announced plans to cut more than 800 jobs as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The boss warned that the bakery chain \"will not be profitable as a business\" if sales continue at the rates they have been in lockdown, as it was confirmed that 820 staff will be let go. In a statement posted on the Greggs employee information website earlier this week, chief executive Roger Whiteside said: \"Covid trading conditions have forced this action onto our business and we are all very saddened by the need to part company with around 820 friends and colleagues, many of whom have worked with us for many years.\" He went on to say that \"the battle with Covid hasn't gone away and is intensifying further\" as lockdown measures continue to be in place across the four nations of the UK. Mr Whiteside added: \"At lockdown levels of sales, even after all of the mitigating action that we have taken, Greggs will not be profitable as a business and there can be no room for complacency.\" At the end of September, the Newcastle-based chain said it was in talks with staff to cut hours to try and minimise job losses when the furlough scheme was expected to end in October. Mr Whiteside told reporters at the time: \"Some stores have staff hours which are just off what's needed for current demand. 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What's going on ?: BBVA and Citibanamex show failures in Mexico No pay for workers and no response from Facebook Each of the site workers handles moderation, customer service and other tasks that are not only limited to the social network, but also to WhatsApp. And this is how the workers, not having a payment for their work, threatened to carry out a work stoppage if this is not resolved soon. Why were the workers left without pay? The problems presented by the workers began on January 4, when the moderators noticed errors in the system. This confusion in the administrative system was due to a change in payroll providers, so everything became complicated from January 6. Photo: adsmurai And it is that the payment systems of the workers showed paychecks in zeros, and they have no idea when they will see their money reflected. The problems are just beginning Five days after not having a clear answer from Facebook and Accenture, a main group of workers ruled that they would not work anymore. \"If these problems are not resolved immediately, a work stoppage will be decreed. The work stoppage will continue until things are resolved, \"the workers comment. Although this was one of the threats from the moderators, no indication of a work stoppage has been seen after the announcement. Foto: cointelegraph Accenture seems to solve nothing According to information from The Verge, Accenture representative Stacey Jones emphasized that the company was already fixing the problem. \"We recently switched payroll providers and experienced some unexpected challenges during this first payment,\" says Jones. Meta since its global growth, it has begun to outsource to companies for staff moderation, although this time it caused more problems. According to Accenture statements in general, workers will have their pay as soon as possible and thus solve these problems. The post Facebook workers threaten work stoppage for non-payment appeared first on World Today News . 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News of the breach first became known last October , when customer data was posted for sale on the Dark Web It turn out that 23andMe is currently being sued by a numerous individual victims of the attack since the user accounts of almost 7 million users were compromised by cyber criminals in a major breach . In December 2023, 23andMe had said that hackers had stolen genetic and ancestry data from 6.9m users, nearly 50% of its customers. To date, 23andMe has been unable to identify brute force and credential stuffing access of 14,000 accounts. The data breach started with hackers accessing about 14,000 user accounts by hitting accounts with customer passwords a technique known as credential stuffing. From these initial victims, hackers were able to then access the personal data of the other 6.9 million victims because they had opted-in to 23andMe's DNA Relatives feature. This optional feature allows customers to automatically share some of their data with people who are considered their relatives on the platform. By hacking into only 14,000 customers' accounts, the hackers subsequently scraped personal data of another 6.9 million customers whose accounts were not directly hacked. In a letter sent to a group of 23andMe users who are now suing the company, the company said that \"users negligently recycled and failed to update their passwords following these past security incidents, which are unrelated to 23andMe... Therefore, the incident was not a result of 23andMe's alleged failure to maintain reasonable security measures,\" the letter reads. Lawyers defending the victims who received the letter from 23andMe, reportedly claim that the company has chosen to downplay the gravity of these events while abandoning its consumers rather than taking responsibility for its part in this data security incident. \"This finger pointing is nonsensical. 23andMe knew or should have known that many consumers use recycled passwords and thus that 23andMe should have implemented some of the many safeguards available to protect against credential stuffing, especially considering that 23andMe stores personal identifying information, health information, and genetic information on its platform,\" commented Hassan Zavareei, one of the attorneys involved According to reports, at least one 23andMe customers is unhappy that the company is \"attempting to hide from consequences instead of helping its customers.\" 23andMe's lawyers argued that the stolen data cannot be used to inflict monetary damage against the victims and that after disclosing the breach, all customer passwords were reset and all users and instructed to use multi-factor authentication, something that was only optional before the breach. 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The French energy giant's gas venture is one of the top sources of income for the junta and, along with other global companies, it has faced pressure from rights groups and a shadow civilian government to curb payments since the army seized power. In the transcript of the letter to Human Rights Watch dated Jan. 18, TotalEnergies Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said talks had taken place with French and U.S. authorities about targeted sanctions. \"TotalEnergies will not only comply with any sanction decision from the European or American authorities but also supports the implementation of such targeted sanctions,\" read the letter published by the rights group. The company had formally requested that France set up sanctions by putting in place a legal framework after calls to stop financial flows from output of the Yadana field to state energy firm MOGE (Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise), the letter said. Last year, TotalEnergies and U.S. energy company Chevron suspended some payments from their gas joint venture that would have reached Myanmar's junta. But the French company later said it had gone as far as it could to limit revenues going to the junta while staying within a legal framework and assuring power supplies. The French company is the biggest shareholder in the joint venture with 31.24%, while Chevron holds 28.26%. Thailand's PTTEP and MOGE hold the remainder. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army overthrew the elected government and detained its leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and the junta has used brutal force to put down protests and armed resistance in support of the ousted civilian administration. In his letter, Pouyanne said TotalEnergies had \"repeatedly, publicly and very firmly condemned both the violence and the human rights abuses committed in Myanmar.\" He said the company's share of production from Yadana represented less than 1% of its total production. \"The fact that both TotalEnergies and human rights groups now support sanctions on Myanmar's gas revenues leaves the U.S. and European Union without any excuses to delay action,\" said John Sifton, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. The European Union said last month it was ready to impose further sanctions on Myanmar, while the United States has said it was looking at what additional steps to take against the junta. 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This is an expansion of the service provided by Maersk, and the result of experience at APM Terminals Algeciras, where the team has stuffed containers and loaded an average of 3,000 cars a year since 2004. At the terminal, experts load and secure each vehicle in 20 or 40-foot containers. By doing so, they will be loaded onto container ships and require only limited infrastructure at the destination during unloading. In this way, Maersk, together with APM Terminals, ensures that TGS Toyota vehicles arrive where they are needed without a scratch and ready to facilitate the work of humanitarian organisations. Following the success of the experience, APM Terminals is exploring opportunities to further expand these capabilities across its network so that even more vehicles can reach their end users in the most remote corners of the world quickly and safely. APM Terminals Valencia was the latest terminal to join the service, and since December has been loading vehicles that do not require pitting for equipment modifications. 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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has initiated legal action against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech giant of benefiting from conflict minerals in its supply chain. The Congolese government claims that Apple benefits from minerals obtained through violence and exploitation, according to its lawyers, Reuters reports. Congo is a key global supplier of tin, tantalum, and tungsten, essential for electronics. However, artisanal mining in the region often involves armed groups accused of severe human rights violations, including massacres and abuse. While Apple states it does not source primary minerals and asserts its supply chain audits ensure compliance with ethical standards, Congolese lawyers claim otherwise. They argue Apple uses minerals illicitly obtained from Congo and laundered through international supply chains, making it complicit in crimes linked to the nation's ongoing conflict. The complaints, filed in Paris and Belgium, accuse Apple France, Apple Retail France, and Apple Retail Belgium of covering up war crimes, laundering tainted minerals, and engaging in deceptive commercial practices to mislead consumers about the integrity of their supply chains. The DRC's legal team highlights reports from the United Nations and human rights organizations detailing systemic abuses in Congo's mining sector.Congo's complaints also challenge ITSCI, a monitoring and certification scheme funded by the metals industry, which Apple cites to validate its supply chain. The DRC argues ITSCI has been discredited by organizations like the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI). Despite RMI suspending ITSCI in 2022 over traceability concerns, Apple continues to reference it in its filings. That doesn't sound particularly cool, but I guess another \"Mother Earth\" video from Tim Cook and co. will fix things… right?The outcome of these complaints will depend on whether French and Belgian authorities pursue investigations. If successful, the case could set a significant precedent for holding corporations accountable for human rights abuses in their supply chains. 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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Inotiv, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOTV) (the \"Company\", \"We\", \"Our\" or \"Inotiv\"), a leading contract research organization specializing in nonclinical and analytical drug discovery and development services and research models and related products and services, today announced the completion of the sale of its businesses in Israel. The sale complements Inotiv's site optimization plan for the Research Models and Services segment of the business. The Company received cash of approximately $1.2 million, including an adjustment for the cash balance at the closing of the sale, a note receivable of approximately $2.5 million, including an adjustment for certain reimbursed costs, to be paid in two annual installments on the first and second anniversaries of the closing, and ownership of the Teklad diet manufacturing facility in the U.S., which the Company previously leased, as part of the consideration received for this sale. Additionally, the Company entered into a five-year supply agreement with the buyer for certain of its diets and bedding. The Company entered into a four-year agreement with the buyer, in which the buyer will have exclusive rights to breed and sell all rat and mouse research models of the Company within Israel, and the Company will receive a 2% royalty during this four-year period. \"We are pleased with the outcome of this transaction, as well the progress made to right-size our global footprint,\" said Robert Leasure, Jr., Inotiv's President and Chief Executive Officer. \"With our attractive and competitive profile as a full-service, mid-sized CRO and research model and diet provider, we remain well positioned to maintain strong growth of our businesses. I am also grateful for the contributions made by the Inotiv team as we collectively address both the challenges and opportunities facing our business and industry while delivering a high level of service to our clients.\" Inotiv has additional assets held for sale remaining on its balance sheet related to other locations, as described in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. The remaining assets held for sale mainly relate to facilities that have been closed as part of the site optimization process the Company has implemented over the last year. About Inotiv Inotiv, Inc. is a leading contract research organization dedicated to providing nonclinical and analytical drug discovery and development services and research models and related products and services. The Company's products and services focus on bringing new drugs and medical devices through the discovery and preclinical phases of development, all while increasing efficiency, improving data, and reducing the cost of taking new drugs to market. Inotiv is committed to supporting discovery and development objectives as well as helping researchers realize the full potential of their critical R&D projects, all while working together to build a healthier and safer world. Further information about Inotiv can be found here: https://www.inotivco.com/ . This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to the impact of recent events related to non-human primate matters on the Company's business, operations, results, financial condition, cash flows, and assets, the Company's ability to comply with covenants under its credit agreement, Company's ability to reduce its legal and third party fees, changes in the market and demand for the Company's products and services, the development, marketing and sales of products and services, changes in technology, industry and regulatory standards, the timing of acquisitions and the successful closing, integration and business and financial impact thereof, governmental regulations, inspections and investigations, claims, investigations and litigation against or involving the Company, its business and/or its industry, the impact of site closures and consolidations, expansion and related efforts, and various other market and operating risks, including those detailed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 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Adani Ports, India's largest port operator, has been under scrutiny from international investors over its project to build a container terminal in the city of Yangon on land leased from a Myanmar military-owned conglomerate. A military coup in Myanmar on Feb. 1 and an ensuing crackdown on mass protests in which hundreds have been killed has drawn international condemnation and sanctions on military figures and military-controlled entities. \"Adani's operations in Myanmar and its business partnership with that country's armed forces constitutes an unacceptable risk of contributing to the violation of KLP's guidelines for responsible investment,\" KLP said in a statement to Reuters. A spokesperson for the Myanmar military did not answer calls from Reuters seeking comment. KLP, Norway's largest pension fund, had an investment worth nine million crowns ($1.05 million) in Adani Ports at the time of its decision, it told Reuters. It was divesting because the container terminal is being built on land owned by the Myanmar military and that there is an \"imminent danger\" the armed forces could use the port to import weapons and equipment, or as a naval base. \"In this way, the port could be used by the army to continue its violations of human rights,\" KLP said. Adani Ports was not immediately available for comment. Adani Ports said in May it could abandon the Myanmar container terminal project and write down the investment if it was found to be in violation of sanctions imposed by the United States. KLP said it had been in a dialogue with Adani Ports since March this year and held a meeting with the company's management in April. Adani told KLP \"it takes human rights seriously, and that it has a human rights policy\", KLP said in its statement. 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SFC Chicken poppets and its Take Home Boneless Bucket are being recalled by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) because salmonella has been found in the products. The items have previously been for sale in Sainsbury's, Tesco and B&M. How to tell if you're affected Customers will be able to identify whether their product is recalled by checking the batch codes on the box. If the batch code starts with PKW it is displayed on the outside of the box. If the batch code begins with an L, it is displayed on the inner packaging inside the box. Here are the products being recalled: SFC Chicken Poppets, Pack size: 190 g, Batch code: L 15520, Best-before date: 24 September 2021 SFC Chicken Poppets, Pack size: 190 g, Batch code: L13720, Best-before date: 31 October 2021 SFC Chicken Poppets, Pack size: 190 g, Batch code: PKW008A, Best-before date: 28 February 2022 SFC Chicken Poppets, Pack size: 190 g, Batch code: PKW011A, Best-before date: 28 February 2022 SFC Take Home Boneless Bucket, Pack size: 650 g, Batch code: L19720, Best-before date: 28 November 2021 Why are the products being recalled? The presence of salmonella was found in the products by the FSA. Salmonella can cause a variety of symptoms including a fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps. Symptoms usually develop within a few days of eating the contaminated food, according to the NHS. Sometimes symptoms can develop within just a few hours, though, or might even take as long as a few weeks to show. How do I return the product? If you have bought any of the above products, do not eat them. Instead, return them to the store where they were bought for a full refund. 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Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13% of its employees as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File) Tony Avelar AP Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday. The job cuts come just a week after widespread layoffs at Twitter under its new owner, billionaire Elon Musk. There have been numerous job cuts at other tech companies that hired rapidly during the pandemic. Zuckerberg as well said that he had made the decision to hire aggressively, anticipating rapid growth even after the pandemic ended. \"Unfortunately, this did not play out the way I expected,\" Zuckerberg said in a prepared statement. \"Not only has online commerce returned to prior trends, but the macroeconomic downturn, increased competition, and ads signal loss have caused our revenue to be much lower than I'd expected. I got this wrong, and I take responsibility for that.\" Meta, like other social media companies, enjoyed a financial boost during the pandemic lockdown era because more people stayed home and scrolled on their phones and computers. But as the lockdowns ended and people started going outside again, revenue growth began to falter. An economic slowdown and a grim outlook for online advertising — by far Meta's biggest revenue source — have contributed to Meta's woes. This summer, Meta posted its first quarterly revenue decline in history, followed by another, bigger decline in the fall. Some of the pain is company-specific, while some is tied to broader economic and technological forces. Last week, Twitter laid off about half of its 7,500 employees, part of a chaotic overhaul as Musk took the helm. He tweeted that there was no choice but to cut the jobs \"when the company is losing over $4M/day,\" though did not provide details about the losses. Meta has worried investors by pouring over $10 billion a year into the \"metaverse\" as it shifts its focus away from social media. Zuckerberg predicts the metaverse, an immersive digital universe, will eventually replace smartphones as the primary way people use technology. Meta and its advertisers are bracing for a potential recession. There's also the challenge of Apple's privacy tools, which make it more difficult for social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Snap to track people without their consent and target ads to them. Competition from TikTok is also an a growing threat as younger people flock to the video sharing app over Instagram, which Meta also owns. \"We've cut costs across our business, including scaling back budgets, reducing perks, and shrinking our real estate footprint,\" Zuckerberg said. \"We're restructuring teams to increase our efficiency. But these measures alone won't bring our expenses in line with our revenue growth, so I've also made the hard decision to let people go.\" Those employees will receive 16 weeks of base pay, plus two additional weeks for every year with the company, Zuckerberg said. Health insurance for former employees and their families will continue for six months. 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Don Lee Farms is seeking, among other things, the appointment of an independent forensic examiner to assess the potential deletion of text messages by Ethan Brown, Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond Meat. The motion filed on Friday stated that Beyond Meat outright ignored the Order requiring it to provide the text messages of Mr. Brown. The Court ordered Beyond Meat to provide an explanation for \"the 17 months for which [Beyond Meat CEO] Ethan Brown has produced no text messages as well as the missing text messages evidently sent or received but not produced.\" Separately, members of Beyond Meat's senior management team, namely its former chief financial officer Mark Nelson, its senior quality assurance manager Jessica Quetsch and its director of operations Anthony Miller, are being sued under a fraud claim. The fraud claim contains allegations that they deliberately altered and excluded important information from a food safety consultant's report which was then sent to Don Lee Farms. Previously in the case, the Superior Court of California ruled Beyond Meat must pay Don Lee Farms in their contract dispute. The Court found that, despite Beyond Meat's claim, products in question were not adulterated and no evidence submitted by Beyond Meat disputed the fact that Don Lee Farms fully performed under their Exclusive Supply Agreement with respect to this claim. The Court stated that Beyond Meat cannot create a triable issue of material fact based on speculation or guesswork. The Court also ruled that Beyond Meat had no evidence to support their property claim and that their negligent misrepresentation claim was meritless. Today, Don Lee Farms is announcing the expansion of its legal team by hiring John C. Hueston of Hueston Hennigam. Mr. Hueston is nationally recognized as a lead prosecutor for the Enron trial. Mr. Hueston recently defeated the SEC's contempt action against Elon Musk and successfully represented SpaceX's trade secrets cases. The Court has continued the Beyond Meat trial to 5/16/22. About the Beyond Meat and Don Lee Farms Relationship: Whole Foods Market, a customer of Don Lee Farms' plant-based and meat proteins since 2012, introduced startup Beyond Meat to Don Lee Farms in 2014 to help Beyond Meat make meat alternatives. Beyond Meat entered into an exclusive supply agreement with Don Lee Farms to produce all of their products (including the development and launch of the Beyond Burger). The Beyond Burger was solely manufactured by Don Lee Farms under the exclusive supply agreement in 2016. After the success of the new burger, the startup walked away from the agreement in 2017 and transferred production and processes developed by Don Lee Farms under the agreement to other food manufacturers. The Beyond Burger, Beyond Meat's flagship product, is around 70% of their total sales according to the startup. Beyond Meat is currently being sued by Don Lee Farms for fraud, negligence and breach of contract. During the agreement, Don Lee Farms shared trade secrets, know-how and technology the family food company developed over 35 years. During the partnership, Don Lee Farms raised significant concerns regarding inadequate food safety protocols for raw materials produced at Beyond Meat's facility, after receiving adulterated product to be used to make consumer items for Beyond Meat. About Don Lee Farms: Established in California in 1982, Don Lee Farms is a family-owned producer of fresh and frozen foods for some of the world's most recognized and successful brands. Don Lee Farms makes plant-based and meat proteins for over 10,000 markets, clubs, foodservice and school foodservice locations. Consumer products and end items are sold at major retailers nationwide such as Costco Wholesale, Whole Foods Markets, Trader Joes, Kroger, Publix, HEB and Albertsons Companies under the Don Lee Farms label, private brands and under brands of their partners. For more information, visit www.DonLeeFarms.com or follow Don Lee Farms on Facebook and Twitter, @DonLeeFarms. 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WeChat is a messaging, social media and payments app used by a billion people monthly, most of them in China. It fell foul of the Trump administration's crackdown on Chinese digital platforms, announced on Friday. The US Department of Commerce banned business transactions with WeChat and TikTok , a video social network more widely popular in the west, effectively banning them from appearing in app marketplaces operating in the US, such as Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store. However, US magistrate judge Laurel Beeler in California, said WeChat users had shown \"serious questions going to the merits of the First Amendment claim\" in a lawsuit they filed in an effort to overturn the ban. She granted an injunction halting the effect of the Department of Commerce order, which had other provisions rendering WeChat unusable in the US. The administration is yet to comment. Tiktok deal TikTok, which was also hit with a crackdown, reached a deal with US corporations Oracle and Walmart which will allow it to continue to be used in the United States by separating it from its Chinese owner. The Trump administration has acted in response to its narrative that Chinese technology companies, such as Tencent and the phone-maker and 5G provider Huawei , are too close to that country's government, leading to security issues for the US and the West in general. The WeChat and Tiktok crackdown are part of a broader trade war between Donald Trump's administration and China (Photo: AP) The digital crackdown comes in the context of a years-long trade war between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping's China, with the two nations trading tariffs on goods from soy beans to electronics. Tencent, which owns WeChat, also owns Riot Games, which makes the popular esports game League of Legends, and 40 per cent of Epic Games, which makes Fortnite. There are fears that future rounds of action could result in their removal from US marketplaces, or their separation from their Chinese owners a la TikTok. UK ramifications Bans on Chinese-owned apps in the US don't necessarily have any effect in the UK, although the Trump administration has ramped up pressure on the UK to shun Chinese technology, such as its plan to use Huawei for some of its national 5G infrastructure. Boris Johnson announced that he would review Huawei's involvement in spite of initially holding firm against US and internal pressure. However, there are no indications that popular apps and games such as TikTok or Fortnite are under threat in the UK. 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The positions — including airport ground workers and people who stock planes with food and beverages — are being eliminated because of overstaffing at airports in Baltimore, Los Angeles and San Jose and Burbank, California, Southwest said in a statement Thursday. The employees will have a chance to move to other jobs \"if they choose,\" the airline said. In February, Southwest disclosed it was cutting 1,750 jobs in its leadership ranks. That followed last year's suspension of most hiring and shifting of some pilot and flight attendant jobs. Related Articles Business | Google to pay $28 million to settle claim it paid White and Asian workers more Business | Mattel laying off 120 workers at El Segundo headquarters Business | University of California to order hiring freeze as it braces for federal funding cuts Business | Which Southern California industries hired the most workers in 2024? Business | How Riverside County won California's pandemic economy Southwest earlier this month said it will begin charging passengers for most checked luggage, ending its hallmark free-bag policy that had been in place since its founding more than five decades ago, the latest in a broad series of changes that followed a pressure campaign by activist shareholder Elliott Investment Management. 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In the world of finance, staying ahead of the curve is key, and understanding the implications of Tesla's sales numbers in China is crucial for investors and enthusiasts alike. Tesla's China Sales: A Key Indicator China sales are expected to be the highlight of Tesla's upcoming deliveries data. The Chinese market is a major focus for Tesla, as the country represents a significant portion of their overall sales. Keeping a close eye on Tesla's performance in China can provide valuable insights into the company's overall financial health and growth potential. Implications for Investors Strong sales in China could drive up Tesla's stock price and bolster investor confidence in the company. On the other hand, weak sales in China could raise concerns about Tesla's ability to compete in this crucial market. Understanding the impact of Tesla's China sales on their bottom line is essential for making informed investment decisions. 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Both companies published Sunday announcements about the deal. Renesas' document mentioned recent media speculation about \"potential acquisition of a U.K.-based semiconductor\" and said that speculation is \"largely accurate\" Dialog named Renesas in its statement [PDF], adding that the discussions have suggested €67.50-per-share could change hands. Apple opens Dialog box of cash: $600m deal for a chunk of chip biz's power-management-fu READ MORE Dialog's shares trade on Germany's XETRA and closed trading last Friday at US$68.26 (€56.70). If Renesas makes an offer at €67.50 it would represent a hard-to-resit 16 percent premium. When acquisition targets don't want to be bought their statements usually say as much quite forcefully. This one offers a sound disclaimer to the effect that Dialog will say more when it can but can't be sure anything will happen, before trailing off into legalese about what Renesas has to say in public about the offer, and when the Japanese company must say it. Dialog is a fabless chip designer that makes components such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth silicon. The company has recently tried to position itself as a supplier to automotive and internet of things companies. In 2018, Apple acquired part of the company to get its hands-on power management technology used in the iPhone. SK Hynix slips past rivals Samsung and Micron to launch world's first DDR5 DRAM sticks READ MORE Renesas operates in similar fields, but operates half a dozen fabs in Japan, where it makes Arm-based SoCs and CPUs in addition to numerous less glamourous components. At $6.9bn annual revenue and almost 20,000 staff, the Japanese company is rather larger than Dialog's $1.55bn and 1,850 souls. Dialog was founded in the USA but uses the UK as its HQ. Edinburgh hosts an R&D facility, but the company has other major facilities in Germany and other locations. 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An internal audit uncovered deficiencies in the way that the bank processed checks on behalf of clients, Deutsche Bank said in a statement. The audit, which examined the bank's operations in Britain, did not find any cases of money laundering or breaches of international sanctions that occurred because of the lapses, the bank said. Deutsche Bank issued the statement after a report in T he Financial Times , which said that checks processed on behalf of three large corporate clients were supposed be screened by two employees, but instead received only a cursory review by one worker. The bank, which did not deny the report, said it is working to improve its technology to prevent financial crimes. \"We continue to invest substantially\" in better controls, it said. Deutsche Bank has repeatedly come under fire for not doing enough to avoid being a conduit for dirty money, and has had a series of embarrassing disclosures about sloppy screening procedures. Last month, the bank said that it found flaws in software used for years to identify cases of possible money laundering . The bank said that no suspicious transactions had slipped through as a result. In November, German law enforcement authorities searched Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt as part of an investigation into whether bank employees had helped customers use offshore tax havens to transfer money obtained illegally. Christian Sewing, the Deutsche Bank chief executive, told shareholders last month that the bank has not found evidence of wrongdoing by its employees. The New York Times recently reported that anti-money-laundering specialists at the bank recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving legal entities controlled by Donald J. Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner , be reported to a federal financial-crime watchdog. But Deutsche Bank, which has lent billions of dollars to the entities controlled by Mr. Trump and Mr. Kushner, never filed such reports. The damage to the bank's reputation, along with meager profits, have shaken investors and helped push Deutsche Bank shares to a record low. The shares closed at 5.97 euros Friday, just 1 cent above the previous record low of 5.96 euros a day earlier. Stock markets in most of Europe were closed Monday for the Pentecost holiday. Disclosure of the most recent lapses in money-laundering controls comes a few days after Deutsche Bank acknowledged that German prosecutors widened a long-running tax-fraud investigation to include present and former members of the management board . Deutsche Bank said in a statement Friday that prosecutors added the names because the statute of limitations was about to run out. The prosecutors wanted to preserve their ability to pursue other suspects. Deutsche Bank said it \"did not participate\" in the so-called cum-ex scheme, in which persons claimed refunds for dividend taxes they had not paid. A Deutsche Bank spokesman declined to name anyone or comment on news reports that one of them is Garth Ritchie, the head of the investment banking unit. 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(File) Paris: Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on Wednesday said she was \"extremely concerned\" about the company's plans to build a \"metaverse\" — a virtual reality version of the internet — because of privacy problems. Faced with a barrage of bad publicity due to Haugen's revelations, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans late last month to create a digital world where people feel as if they are face-to-face using virtual reality technology. Speaking to the French parliament on Wednesday during a European tour, Haugen said that she was \"extremely concerned about the metaverse\". Facebook \"wants to fill our environment with sensors, microphones, other kinds of ways of monitoring us\" and the adoption of the technology by companies would be \"super problematic\". \"Let's imagine you work from home and your employer decides 'I want to be a metaverse company',\" she told lawmakers. \"You don't get to decide if Facebook can spy on you like you can opt out from using Facebook in your personal life,\" she added. The former Facebook engineer leaked a trove of internal documents to the media that have sparked weeks of criticism of the social media giant over its impact on fragile democracies and vulnerable teens. During her testimony to American and European lawmakers over the last month, she has insisted that Facebook chooses profit over curtailing toxic content and that the company cannot be trusted to change its ways. Zuckerberg has hit back, saying that \"the argument that we deliberately push content that makes people angry for profit is deeply illogical\". Haugen, a 37-year-old data scientist, also told the French parliament about how she had coped with the scrutiny and public exposure since identifying herself in early October as the main source of a series of explosive reports by the Wall Street Journal. \"Providing psychological support is critical for many whistleblowers,\" she said, adding that she had been lucky to move back to live with her mother last year because of Covid-19 lockdowns. \"My mother is a priest and I received countless hours of counselling and therapy,\" she said. \"Most whistleblowers don't have that level of support. Making sure that there is someone that can coach them through the process is vitally important.\" Facebook reported profits of $9 billion in the July-September quarter of the year. (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) 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The company says vacuum trucks and crews are operating around the clock with multiple booms set up downstream of the release point to contain the oil. TC Energy says oil has not breached the containment area. The company's Keystone pipeline suffered the worst leak in its history last week, when approximately 14,000 barrels of oil spilled into a creek in Washington County, Kan. The Keystone pipeline system remains shut down and a restart date has not been set. The company has said it will be conducting a full investigation, in co-operation with regulators, into the cause of the spill. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 13, 2022. 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Unique flavors, eco-friendly packaging, and nutritional benefits are just a few primary elements supporting the global iced tea market . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers have realized the significance of maintaining their health. Thus, iced tea, which has cognitive, immunological, and mood-boosting properties, will be a major fad in the future years. Custom report Iced Tea Market– Competitive Landscape Key participants in the global iced tea market are working on backward integration for business growth and expansion of their current production capabilities. Moreover, targeted acquisitions and mergers within the industry are critical for surviving in the global iced tea market. Key players active in the global iced tea market are The Coca-Cola Company, Arizona Beverages USA, BOS Brands, 4C Foods Corp., Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee Inc., Unilever, Harris Freeman & Co, and Templar Food Products. Iced Tea Market – Trends and Opportunities The nutritional benefits of iced tea have encouraged a huge portion of the population to prefer it over other beverages. {loadads} Several manufacturers produce iced tea leaves that are detoxifying for the body. This factor, combined with the populace's desire to sample new drinks and cuisines, has fueled the iced tea market growth. Furthermore, the fact that regular consumption of iced tea may reduce the risk of cancer entices individuals to buy and consume it on a regular basis. Moreover, since tea is a beverage in practically all locations, releasing a chilled version attracted more investors, adding to the competitive environment to the entire iced tea market scenario. Report- www.transparencymarketresearch.com/checkout.php?rep_id=55986&ltype=S COVID-19 has also raised consumer awareness of the significance of wellbeing in their food and beverage choices. Consumers are increasingly seeking healthy options that might increase immunity and reduce the likelihood of catching the virus. This is expected to drive iced tea market growth. Moreover, manufacturers are now focusing on herbal and organic iced teas rather than regular iced teas. This is due to a shift in customer preferences toward healthier, diet-conscious tea. Coca-Cola, for example, offers its own herbal-rich iced tea, Honest Tea, which contains tulsi. The company offers a large herbal portfolio and specializes in iced tea. Report Iced Tea Market – Regional Landscape North America is expected to provide economic opportunities to the worldwide iced tea market. The United States has a long history of consuming iced teas in large quantities, with the majority of tea users in the country preferring iced tea to hot tea. As per the Tea Association of USA, iced tea consumption in the United States accounts for 85% of the total tea consumption within the country. Furthermore, the majority of companies operating in the United States have a diverse portfolio of iced tea offerings and consider consumer preferences when releasing a new product in a dominant market. The China iced tea market is expected to develop at a favorable rate throughout the projected period. China has a long history of tea drinking, as the country is both the largest producer and consumer of tea. Iced tea accounts for about two-fifths of overall tea consumption in the country. There is high consumption of tea in the country, which is attributed to the huge population. Moreover, ready-to-drink iced tea consumption is highest in Japan, with citizens requesting low-sugar, unsweetened, and mineral and vitamin-rich iced tea. 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This is because it is increasingly difficult to know the true origin of the component. Counterfeit electronic components can be highly sophisticated and often pass such as external and internal visual, dimensional check, marking permanency, pin correlation and even electrical testing. Because such components can be easily cloned or altered, more sophisticated testing to detect counterfeit components is necessary. The US military estimates that up to 15 percent of all spare and replacement parts for its weapons, vehicles and other equipment are counterfeit, making them vulnerable to dangerous malfunctions. A high number of components can be easily replicated or modified which leads to the need for even more sophisticated testing in order to detect counterfeits. There are distributors with their own test lab claiming that their capabilities are reliable enough to avoid counterfeit material to pass through. They may also be ISO9001 and AS9120 certified, which adds to the assuredness that their counterfeit mitigation is in place and followed through. But it's important to make sure they are not just capable but are certified to AS6081 test methods but include functional electrical testing. Ryanair CEO, Michael O'Leary, has reported that the airline found counterfeit components in two of its aircraft engines during assessments in Texas and Brazil, reported by Aviation24.be and The Telegraph. \"These findings come amidst a broader issue in the aviation industry regarding counterfeit parts supplied by a company called AOG Technics, affecting various airlines and regulators worldwide.\" \"AOG Technics has been accused of providing thousands of engine parts with falsified certification documents for Airbus and Boeing models, including older-generation 737-800s used by Ryanair. Although Ryanair claims it never directly conducted business with AOG and received these components through intermediaries, the airline removed the suspect parts from the engines,\" according to Aviation24.be. New and original microchips are becoming harder and harder to find, especially 'end of life' or obsolete components. Chip recycling is big business in China. It is a multi-billion dollar industry annually and very closely guarded. The typical microchip recycling house in China is a small business generating approximately $1M each year. The majority of the boards that these small backyard businesses process are from the USA and Russia. In these operations most of the boards are stored outside in open air, with a high risk of water damage, and absolutely no ESD protection. Therefore, it has become increasingly difficult to know a board's true origin. Honest Components procures new and original, as well as obsolete and hard-to-find electronic board-level components . 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Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Stationery brand Smiggle and sleepwear business Peter Alexander will be spun off from Premier Investments' portfolio of brands next year to become ASX-listed retailers in their own right and turbocharge international expansion plans. Premier Investments, which also operates clothing brands Just Jeans, Jay Jays, Dotti and more, announced in August last year that it was restructuring the business after the surprise exit of then-CEO Richard Murray and launched a strategic review into the potential spin-off of Smiggle and Peter Alexander. Premier Investments intends to spin off Smiggle in January next year.Credit: Louie Douvis \"A number of people in the market are predicting the parts are worth more than the whole, and if that's the case, we have to act in the best interest of shareholders,\" chairman and billionaire retail veteran Solomon Lew told reporters on Tuesday. The spin-offs would mean each business would have a board of directors and management team singularly focused on the standalone brand, he added. \"In the event that the business does get spun out, it will have a separate board, it will operate independently, and in some instances, will be able to move a lot faster,\" Lew said. \"There's a lot of effort going into international growth.\" Smiggle is set to be demerged by the end of January next year, while a similar spin-off for Peter Alexander is being explored for some time in 2025. Smiggle's global sales dipped 3.6 per cent to $183.9 million in the first half of the 2024 fiscal year as families juggled cost of living pressures. Premier intends to grow the brand's presence through store expansion, including a new wholesale partnership that has already resulted in seven Smiggle stores opening across the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. More than 10 new stores will be rolled out by the end of June. Meanwhile, Peter Alexander's sales shot up 6.7 per cent to $279.3 million. In the first half of the 2024 financial year, six new stores were opened, four stores were expanded or relocated, and a further three are set to open between now and July. The sleepwear brand has announced plans to launch into the United Kingdom later this year, with 10 store site opportunities identified and a dedicated UK website in the works. 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The bank, which is left with only three branches in Zimbabwe out of 16 it had — two in Harare and one in Bulawayo — said it was leveraging on the growth opportunities offered by digitisation. The closing down of the branches has, however, triggered speculation that the bank might be divesting from Zimbabwe after succumbing to pressure from the US over sanctions breaches. In April this year, Standard Chartered plc was fined US$1,1 billion by the US authorities for 'apparent violations' of sanctions imposed against a string of countries including Zimbabwe, Iran, Burma, Cuba and Syria. Of this amount, about US$18 million is in relation to Zimbabwean operations. According to the US Treasury, Standard Chartered Zimbabwe processed transactions through the United States involving Zimbabwean entities or individuals on the sanctions list between May 2009 and July 2013 in breach of the sanctions code. \"Standard Chartered has taken the conscious decision to continue to maintain our long-standing commitment to doing business in Zimbabwe,\" \"With a history of over 125 years, we remain committed to the long-term interests of our staff and customers in Zimbabwe, and to continue facilitating the development and growth of the economy. \"We are moving from 'places where people go to bank' to 'brands clients choose for financial transactions', which means clients will have more choice and banking will be more convenient. \"The changes in banking . . . are making life better for all of us — less paper, more efficient and faster services, improved technology and remote services, more enriching interactions. \"Finally, we will have a much sharper understanding of clients' financial behaviour and anticipate future needs to offer tailored products and services.\" Ms Hapanyengwi said there would be no challenges for personal banking clients where branches have been closed down because the new digital bank covers both transaction capability requirements and client queries. She said all possible scenarios that could bring a client to a branch or contact centre have been migrated to the mobile device for client self-service. Over 70 of the bank's services are now on the digital platform. These include static data changes, card services, bill payment, funds transfer locally and internationally as well as country specific services. \"Our channel strategy remains responsive to client needs and transaction patterns on an ongoing basis. \"As our clients and the world go digital and our branch transaction traffic is decreasing, we are always evaluating how we should reformat our current channels to deliver the most efficient service to our clients,\" said Ms Hapanyengwi. 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Additionally, the stock is trading near its 52-week low of $60.57. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research What Has Hurt the Stock? Carters has been contending with softness in the top line, which declined 4.9% during the first quarter of 2024, following a decline of 5.9% in the preceding quarter. The company cited inflation, higher interest rates, increased consumer debt levels, and recession risks as the main reasons for the sales decline, which affected demand from both consumers and wholesale customers. With ongoing inflation, consumers have become more careful about their spending budgets and adjusted their shopping needs accordingly. Families with young children continue to struggle with the higher cost of living. Sales in the U.S. Retail segment fell 5%, with U.S. Retail comparable sales declining 6.8%. The company noted that U.S. retail segment sales have been impacted by the shift of some sales to March due to the early Easter holiday and the continuation of cooler weather in April, which dampened demand for warmer weather apparel. Management anticipates that the sales turmoil will persist in the upcoming quarter, as evidenced by recent sales trends across its businesses. Comparable retail sales for the combined months of March and April through Apr 26 were down nearly 11%. Consequently, the company predicted soft overall sales trends for the second quarter of 2024. This Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) company observed soft online sales trends due to a recent shift in consumer behavior. The company pointed out that consumers are now making more deliberate store visits for immediate needs, in contrast to the more impulsive nature of e-commerce purchases. As a result, Carter's experienced a 13% year-over-year decline in e-commerce sales in the U.S. Retail segment in the first quarter of 2024, primarily due to reduced online traffic. For 2024, the company anticipates e-commerce sales to decline by mid-single digits for the U.S. Retail segment. Is There Still Something to Know? Carter's pricing strategy, inventory management efforts, and product offerings should provide some cushion. Also, favorable ocean freight rates, lower inventory levels and decreased distribution costs should contribute to margins. The company's Everyday Value program, launched in February 2024, is making decent progress. This initiative helps parents manage their budgets effectively amid inflationary pressures by offering competitive and consistent prices on essential stock-up items. 3 Picks You Can't Miss Out on We have highlighted three better-ranked stocks in the broader sector, namely, Hanesbrands HBI, Crocs, Inc. CROX and Guess GES. Hanesbrands engages in designing, manufacturing, sourcing and selling of apparel essentials for men, women and children in the United States and internationally. It currently flaunts a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). It has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 10.2%, on average. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks here. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Hanesbrands' current financial-year earnings suggests a 666.7% surge from the year-earlier levels. Crocs develops and manufactures lifestyle footwear and accessories. It currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). It has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 17.1%, on average. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Crocs' current financial-year sales and earnings implies an improvement of 4.3% and 5.6%, respectively, from the prior-year actuals. Guess designs, markets, distributes and licenses casual apparel and accessories for men, women and children, per the American lifestyle and European fashion sensibilities. GES carries a Zacks Rank #2 at present. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Guess' current financial-year sales suggests growth of 11.7% from the year-ago reported figures. GES has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 31%, on average. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? 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In a statement released Wednesday, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) placed no new restrictions on using the vaccine in people 18 and over. The EMA said most of the cases reported have occurred in women under 60 within two weeks of vaccination. The agency said based on the currently available evidence, it was not able to identify specific risk factors. \"The reported cases of unusual blood clotting following vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine should be listed as possible side-effects of the vaccine,\" said Emer Cooke, the agency's executive director. Experts reviewed several dozen cases that came mainly from Europe and the United Kingdom, where around 25 million people have received the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine. At a news conference from Brussels, Cooke said \"the risk of mortality from COVID is much greater than the risk of mortality from these side-effects.\" Britain adjusts vaccine advice The head of Britain's drug regulator echoed that sentiment, but said on Wednesday people under 30 will be offered another product due to a rare blood clot risk. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines should be offered to people in that age group instead, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) advised. Dr. June Raine, the head of the MHRA, said the risk \"remains extremely low\" at \"about four people in a million\" who receive the shot. Raine said that as of the end of March, there had been 79 reports, all after the first dose, out of approximately 20 million doses given within the U.K. Of the adverse reports, 51 came from women. Raine said the British regulator had tracked 19 deaths among those reports, three of them in people under the age of 30. The regulator said the reports did not constitute proof that the inoculation had caused the clots. Jonathan Van Tam, Britain's deputy chief medical officer, characterized the new recommendation as a \"course correction\" not uncommon for the rollout of vaccines used in treating other illnesses. \"You can't pick these kinds of things up until you've literally deployed tens of millions of vaccines,\" he said. According to reports in Britain, the majority of those under 30 have yet to be vaccinated. Canada already recommended shot for those 55 and over The vaccine is one of five approved for use so far during the pandemic by Health Canada. Canada's vaccine advisory committee updated its recommendations in late March regarding the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in light of the blood clot reports seen in Europe. The committee recommended a pause in inoculating Canadians under 55 with that vaccine. In its tracking of potential adverse events following vaccination, Health Canada has received no reports of the rare blood clotting in this country. WATCH | Canada's vaccine advisory committee adjusts AstraZeneca guidelines: Canada's vaccine advisory committee has changed its advice and now says the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine should only be given to people aged 55 and up following concerns it could be linked to a rare blood clot. 2:21 The EMA is particularly focused on two types of rare blood clots: one that appears in multiple blood vessels and another that occurs in a vein that drains blood from the brain. It also evaluated reports of people who had low levels of blood platelets, which puts them at risk of severe bleeding. Rains said 14 of the 19 fatalities noted were cases where cerebral venous sinus thrombosis with low platelets was present, while the other cases were associated with other kinds of thrombosis in major veins. As recently as last week, the EMA said \"there is no evidence that would support restricting the use of this vaccine in any population\" — a response to several countries doing just that — though an expert said more brain clots were being reported than would be expected. In March, more than a dozen countries, mostly in Europe, suspended their use of AstraZeneca-Oxford over the blood clot issue. Most restarted — some with age restrictions — after the EMA said countries should continue using the potentially life-saving vaccine. The suspensions were seen as particularly damaging for AstraZeneca because they came after repeated missteps in how the company reported data on the vaccine's effectiveness and concerns over how well its shot worked in older people. That has led to frequently changing advice in some countries on who can take the vaccine, raising worries that AstraZeneca's credibility could be permanently damaged, spurring more vaccine hesitancy and prolonging the pandemic. Cooke characterized the reports as evidence that caution and transparency have been guiding decisions. \"These very rare and unusual events were picked up, identified, analyzed and we have made a clear science-based recommendation to allow the safe and effective use of the vaccine,\" she said. Dr. Peter English, who formerly chaired the British Medical Association's public health medicine committee, said the back-and-forth over the AstraZeneca vaccine globally could have serious consequences. \"We can't afford not to use this vaccine if we are going to end the pandemic,\" he said. That's because the vaccine is cheaper and easier to store than many others, is critical to Europe's immunization campaign and a pillar of the United Nations-backed program known as COVAX that aims to get vaccines to some of the world's poorest countries. 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The FAA has come under criticism for failing to quickly ground the Boeing 737 Max after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet earlier this month, the second fatal crash of the Boeing plane in recent months. The FAA grounded the planes only after other nations did so . Acting Administrator Daniel Elwell told NPR's Morning Edition that the agency was waiting for data to establish a \"common thread\" between the two crashes before grounding the planes. The FAA has not had a permanent administrator since Michael Huerta, an Obama holdover, resigned in early 2018. Elwell has been serving as acting administrator in the interim. According to a White House statement, Dickson recently retired as the senior vice president for flight operations at Delta, where he was \"responsible for the safety and operational performance of Delta's global operations was well as pilot training.\" There have been reports that pilots were upset at the lack of training provided by Boeing for the new plane, as well as criticism that the agency had grown too chummy with the company. In choosing Dickson to lead the agency, the White House has nominated a former pilot who has flown Boeing jets during his career at Delta, including the 737, and who it calls \"a strong advocate for commercial aviation safety and improvements to our National Airspace System, having served as chairman of several industry stakeholder groups and Federal advisory committees.\" The nomination was announced after the FAA's inspector general launched a probe of the agency's decision to certify the 737 Max, first reported by the Wall Street Journal Sunday. 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He ordered Chinese owner ByteDance to divest its U.S. Tiktok business within 90 days. This follows a previous announcement established a 45-day deadline for an American company to purchase TikTok and restricts US residents' transactions with WeChat. TikTok is a video-sharing app (owned by ByteDance) that came to the US in 2018. The app was introduced as a platform for music and goofy videos but has been criticized for censoring information related to China's treatment of Muslims and Hong Kong. TikTok has an estimated 100 million monthly users in the US, most of them teens and young adults. WeChat (owned by Tencent) is the primary payments provider and texting app in China, and the new restrictions could have a significant effect on Chinese spending in the US and Chinese spending on American goods sold in China. WeChat has 1.2 billion users, most of them in China, but the app is also popular among foreigners with professional or personal links to China. President Trump's executive orders targeting TikTok and WeChat are based on fears that Beijing could utilize the apps to spy on Americans and steal information. \"This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information – potentially allowing China to track the locations of federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage,\" reads the order. Earlier this week, Senators voted unanimously to ban federal employees from using TikTok on government-issued devices. \"In light of all we know, it is unthinkable to me that we should continue to permit federal employees – those workers entrusted with sensitive government data – to access this app on their work phones and computers,\" argues Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), the bill's sponsor. Issues with TikTok in the US could be solved with a takeover from Microsoft, which plans to acquire TikTok's business in the US and three other countries by mid-September. Author's Note: Trump is one of few US officials who understands the severity of the threat posed by China. 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The suit claims customers are being unfairly forced to pay for utility construction in other states. Attorney General Russell Coleman and Kentucky Public Service Commission Chair Angie Hatton announced they are filing a complaint against American Electric Power and its subsidiary, Kentucky Power. The complaint claims that Kentucky Power customers contribute to a multistate arrangement that supports utility transmission investments in seven states, but that AEP is not investing and building equally across the states. According to officials, Kentucky Power customers pay the highest average residential rate of any utility in Kentucky. In 2022, the average residential customer paid about $187.56 per month. Between 2017 and 2022, Kentucky Power customers subsidized an estimated $66 million of transmission investments in other states, exceeding the amount that was invested in the Commonwealth. Kentucky Power serves approximately 165,000 customers in Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, and Rowan counties.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Kentucky Power", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Kentucky Power", "length": 14, "offset": 240}, {"position_text": "Kentucky Power", "length": 14, "offset": 592}, {"position_text": "Kentucky Power", "length": 14, "offset": 634}, {"position_text": "Kentucky Power", "length": 14, "offset": 856}, {"position_text": "Kentucky Power", "length": 14, "offset": 1045}, {"position_text": "Kentucky Power", "length": 14, "offset": 1211}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "AEP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AEP", "length": 3, "offset": 771}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "American Electric Power", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "American Electric Power", "length": 23, "offset": 548}, {"position_text": "AEP", "length": 3, "offset": 771}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Kentucky Public Service Commission", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Kentucky Public Service Commission", "length": 34, "offset": 448}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "AEP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AEP", "length": 3, "offset": 771}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Boyd", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Boyd", "length": 4, "offset": 1268}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Clay", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Clay", "length": 4, "offset": 1293}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Floyd", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Floyd", "length": 5, "offset": 1308}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Kentucky", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Kentucky", "length": 8, "offset": 74}, {"position_text": "Kentucky", "length": 8, "offset": 170}, {"position_text": "Kentucky", "length": 8, "offset": 289}, {"position_text": "Kentucky", "length": 8, "offset": 170}, {"position_text": "Kentucky", "length": 8, "offset": 289}, {"position_text": "Kentucky", "length": 8, "offset": 940}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Leslie", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Leslie", "length": 6, "offset": 1350}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Magoffin", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Magoffin", "length": 8, "offset": 1374}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "Owsley", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Owsley", "length": 6, "offset": 1400}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 12, "entity_text": "Rowan", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Rowan", "length": 5, "offset": 1425}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 247, "text": "Apple patent announces MacBook without buttons and keyboard\nApple's recently published patent shows a MacBook without a keyboard and buttons. Instead, the input area can be configured according to your own needs. Apple always finds ways to surprise its customers – and to break new technological ground. In order to stand out from the competition, the tech giant sometimes has to come up with unorthodox ideas, as the recent patent filing suggests. Here you can see that Apple is working on the aesthetics of its MacBook series and is planning a device completely without a keyboard. Apple wants to replace buttons and keyboards with invisible input areas According to the new patent, which was granted to Apple on May 19, 2022 by the US Patent and Trademark Office, the laptop will not only remove the trackpad, but also the keyboard. The description of the technology refers to a \"configurable force-dependent input structure for electronic devices\". The patent appears to be aimed at avoiding past problems with mechanical keyboards in the future. Defective keys or incorrect functions and failures due to dust, dirt or liquids getting stuck under the keys would then be a thing of the past. According to \"Macworld\" in the description, the intended input area, where a laptop's keyboard and trackpad are normally located, consists of a single metal surface, under which are two further layers that contain input and other controls . This is how the new technology should work A layer that yields to pressure, as described above, would provide feedback to the user about the input. Small, slightly transparent holes in the metal surface could use light to display the buttons or borders and be adjusted according to user behavior – similar to the bar on the latest MacBook Pro models. It is particularly interesting that, according to the patent, the owner can configure the input area himself. This makes it possible to use the entire surface instead of a keyboard, for example as a numeric keypad or trackpad – depending on the temporary application or need. However, it is still unclear whether the idea will ever be implemented and whether such a device will come onto the market. WWDC: Apple unveils software and hardware news What can actually be discovered at Apple in the near future will be announced by the industry giant in June 2022 at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Since the focus of the event is traditionally on software news, information about the innovations in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, tvOS 16, macOS 13 and watchOS 9 can be expected. But rumor has it that a new multitasking user interface for the iPad and a few updates for the iPhone will also be introduced, as well as innovations in the area of ​​health and fitness features of the Apple Watch. The keynote can be viewed as usual on YouTube on Monday, June 6, 2022 at 7 p.m. German time. 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This is a terrible idea for two reasons. First, AM radio is where you find many of the most popular talk radio shows, most of which are conservative. Secondly, AM radio can be a lifesaver in an emergency situation, when you need official information. Two House Republicans have now introduced legislation to save AM radio in new cars. The Daily Caller reports: EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Introduce Legislation To Protect AM Radio Republican Kansas Rep. Jake LaTurner and Republican Missouri Rep. Mark Alford introduced legislation Monday that expresses support for the continued inclusion of AM radios in newly manufactured cars. The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the legislation, which specifically focuses on automakers such as BMW, Volkswagen, Mazda and Tesla. These automakers have reportedly eliminated AM radios from their new electric vehicles due to sound interference caused by electric engines. Ford said it would not be installing AM radios in any of its 2024 models; however, the manufacturer reversed that decision after backlash. The bill also highlights the importance of AM radio for freedom of expression and ideas, and recognizes the reliability of AM radio when it comes to conveying crucial safety and agriculture information to Americans in rural communities, where many do not have access to broadband or cellular networks. 82 million Americans listen to AM radio each month. In addition to conservative talk shows, AM radio plays a crucial role in how Americans in rural communities receive news, weather and safety emergency coverage, as well as agricultural information. This is important and all the other Republicans need to get on board. Millions of Americans rely on AM radio for crucial information or as an alternative to mainstream media outlets. I'm proud to introduce bipartisan legislation w/ @RepMarkAlford to send a strong message that AM radio is far from obsolete. Read more: https://t.co/FKsb85tmQw pic.twitter.com/salD2mCGmk — Rep. Jake LaTurner (@RepLaTurner) June 5, 2023 The House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. (EDT) tomorrow examining the value of AM radio. Can't tune in? Be sure to follow us here on Twitter for live updates. #AMradio #radio #RadioWorld https://t.co/pSULDJClfD — Radio World (@radioworld_news) June 5, 2023 AM Radio is worth saving. 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The app will remain live until June 30. The developer announced the change in a Reddit post , saying \"Eight years ago, I posted in the Apple subreddit about a Reddit app I was looking for beta testers for, and my life completely changed that day… Today's a much sadder post than that initial one eight years ago.\" The developer originally went to the social media platform to protest Reddit's changes to API pricing. After talks turned \"ugly,\" they said Apollo would be closing. 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They originally wanted to call it Fantasy, but found that the name is too long. So they named it Fanta … Fisher Island, the richest zip code in America with the average income of 2.2 million… Now wait for a tsunami… DARPA wants to model how 'disinformation' flows from fringe to mainstream platforms … Project Veritas exposes Twitter engineer admitting there's bias against the Right, no free speech and they don't like Elon Musk… Ukraine orders Azovstal fighters to surrender … Thanks, but Im not really hungry… WTF is a glory hole restaurant? Am I having my wiener sucked during my dining experience? Or am I sucking wiener as the dining experience? Or am I just being served corn cobs and hot dog through a hole in the wall? From their website: \" BATU Kombucha will open the Glory Hole restaurant 'Satan's Anus' on Thursday 12 May from 4 p.m. in the Red Light District in Amsterdam in honor of two new limited edition flavors. Brave visitors taste the culinary delights of chef Freek van Noortwijk 'blind' through a hole in the wall, which are based on the new kombucha flavors. The first new flavor is made with the rare Asian citrus Buddha's Hand and the other limited edition with the hottest pepper in the world, Carolina Reaper pepper, also known as Satan's Anus. \" ' Not enough horsemen ': Bank of England warns of 'apocalyptic' global food shortage … *COULD BE DISTURBING TO SOME PEOPLE* Raving mare in heat accidentally bucks stallion on the head, instantly killing it… Finnish Parliament votes in favor of NATO membership & Italy, major EU economy, hit with surging energy costs … The real conspiracy is that people even buy baby formula… Nuclear threats spreading! 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Everything is in the wings; extreme authoritarian, extreme libertarian, extreme left and right, extremely rich, extremely poor. And for those who aren't extremely poor right now due to old money, it'll dry up eventually and you'll find yourself gutted out of the centre. It's the sign of a great collapse when you cannot occupy the middle space in anything. And this is not by accident… The Great Reset in action… StrangeSounds.org is now running ad free! You can support my work here … If you donate more than 25$, I will send you a small gemstone. Thanks! 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Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images CEOs of the biggest banks are meeting with Biden to push for a debt ceiling raise and avoid default. The GOP has been blocking Democrats' attempts to raise the ceiling on their own. The showdown is pushing Democrats to devise a solution before the US defaults on October 18. President Joe Biden is calling in major bank leaders to discuss the potential fallout from a debt ceiling default, in the administration's latest effort to try and force Republicans to budge. Republicans have been refusing to allow the Democrats to move forward on any measures to prevent default, saying Democrats have the power to raise it themselves through party-line reconciliation. Biden has said he can't guarantee the US won't default: \"That's up to Mitch McConnell.\" The Washington Post first reported on Wednesday that CEOs of some of the biggest banks, including Bank of America's Brian Moynihan and JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, are meeting with Biden to discuss the economic consequences of allowing the US to default on its debt. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will also attend, along with AARP head Jo Ann Jenkins. Seniors are one group that could acutely feel the impact of a default, with Yellen warning in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that nearly 50 million seniors could stop getting Social Security checks in the event of default. \"The president will detail the Republican obstruction that has led us to this point, with the GOP refusing to do the right thing and fulfilling its bipartisan responsibility to address the debt limit,\" a White House official told the Post. Dimon previously told Reuters that he supports legislation to raise the debt ceiling, saying the failure to do so would be a \"potentially catastrophic event.\" \"Every single time this comes up, it gets fixed, but we should never even get this close,\" Dimon said. \"I just think this whole thing is mistaken and one day we should just have a bipartisan bill and get rid of the debt ceiling. It's all politics.\" This comes on the same day Democrats are planning to hold a vote to suspend the debt ceiling - a measure Republicans are likely to block, given their firm stance they will not help Democrats raise the debt ceiling because they do not want to help fund the $3.5 trillion social-spending package. On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Democrats of \"sleepwalking\" toward a default, even after blocking every attempt by Democrats to raise the ceiling with a simple, non-reconciliation majority. Democrats are now at a \"breaking point,\" Insider's Kimberly Leonard and Joseph Zeballos-Roig report , as GOP members agree the debt limit should be increased while unilaterally blocking attempts by Democrats to raise it. Now, Democrats are working on a tight deadline to devise a solution to raise the debt limit before October 18 , when Yellen said the government will run out of money. Moody's Analytics warns of dire economic consequences if the country doesn't raise the debt ceiling. That includes shedding 6 million jobs, with unemployment shooting up to 9%. A default could also wipe out $15 trillion in household wealth, as stocks crash, the ratings agency said. 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They confirmed on Monday that they are looking at options for restructuring the business, which is struggling under heavy debts. This might lead to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the US. Chapter 11 is often referred to as reorganisation bankruptcy and does not mean the end of the line for the company. Firms including General Motors and Marvel Entertainment have in the past made Chapter 11 filings, only to bounce back later. The announcement from Cineworld came days after the Wall Street Journal first reported that the company was on the verge of declaring it is bankrupt. All of our Cineworld cinemas are open for business as usual, and we continue to welcome Cineworld Unlimited members and all of our customers, across the UK and Ireland. We remain committed to being the Best Place to Watch a Movie. — Cineworld (@cineworld) August 20, 2022 \"Cineworld and Regal theatres globally are open for business as usual and continue to welcome guests and members,\" the company told shareholders. \"The strategic options through which Cineworld may achieve its restructuring objectives include a possible voluntary Chapter 11 filing in the United States and associated ancillary proceedings in other jurisdictions as part of an orderly implementation process. \"Cineworld is in discussions with many of its major stakeholders, including its secured lenders and their legal and financial advisers.\" Importantly, the company's cinemas would be able to continue to trade throughout the whole process. It brings some respite for workers at the 127 cinemas that Cineworld runs in the UK, which include the Picturehouse chain. Globally the cinema giant employs around 28,000 people across 10 countries. \"Cineworld would expect to maintain its operations in the ordinary course until and following any filing and ultimately to continue its business over the longer term with no significant impact upon its employees,\" the business said. But it added that shareholders are likely to see their holdings in the cinema chain watered down as a result of the filing. It has been a tough couple of years for anyone in the cinema business, despite recent blockbuster releases such as Top Gun: Maverick, The Batman and Thor: Love And Thunder. Last week Cineworld told investors that, while demand has recovered a little following the pandemic, recently customers have not been flocking to cinemas in the numbers that had been expected. \"These lower levels of admissions are due to a limited film slate that is anticipated to continue until November 2022 and are expected to negatively impact trading and the group's liquidity position in the near term,\" it said.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Cineworld", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 69}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 148}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 699}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 838}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 915}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 1060}, {"position_text": "cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 1072}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 1100}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 1282}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 1508}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 1803}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 1944}, {"position_text": "Cineworld", "length": 9, "offset": 2483}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Marvel Entertainment", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Marvel Entertainment", "length": 20, "offset": 587}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Regal", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Regal", "length": 5, "offset": 1114}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Wall Street Journal", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Wall Street Journal", "length": 19, "offset": 729}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "General Motors", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "General Motors", "length": 14, "offset": 568}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Picturehouse", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Picturehouse", "length": 12, "offset": 1847}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Ireland", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Ireland", "length": 7, "offset": 987}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "United States", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "United States", "length": 13, "offset": 1387}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 253, "text": "'One screen, two movies': Conflicting conspiracy theories emerge from Trump shooting\nA former president is shot, the gunman quickly neutralized, and all of it is caught on camera. But for those who don't believe their eyes, that's just the start of the story. For some supporters of former President Donald Trump, the failure of the Secret Service to prevent the attempted assassination point to a conspiracy orchestrated by President Joe Biden. For some of Trump's critics, however, the details of the shooting don't add up. They wonder if Trump somehow staged the whole thing. Two dueling conspiracy theories are taking root online following Trump's attempted assassination, one for each end of America's polarized political spectrum. In this split-screen republic, Americans are increasingly choosing their own reality , at the expense of a shared understanding of the facts . \"One screen, two movies,\" is how Ron Bassilian describes the online reaction to Saturday's shooting. Bassilian is a prolific user of social media and has used X to broadcast his conjecture about the shooting. \"People have their beliefs, and they're going to come up with theories that fit their beliefs.\" Bassilian is one of many Republicans now questioning how the suspected gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks , was able to climb to the roof of a building providing a clear shot at Trump, and whether law enforcement looked the other way to allow the attempt. Bassilian acknowledged that he doesn't have proof to back up his conjecture. But the Culver City, California, resident said many people will be distrustful of explanations until an independent review of the facts is completed. \"It seems highly suspicious,\" Bassilian said of the attack on Trump and the law enforcement response. \"Something was going on that was more than a slip up.\" Authorities have so far released no information about Crooks' possible motive, though they have said they believe he acted alone. But a lack of details from law enforcement and mounting questions about the Secret Service's performance have led online sleuths to speculate — often in ways that reveal their own ideological leanings. Some of the claims about the shooting have already been debunked . Despite claims that the Secret Service refused to give Trump extra security before the rally, the agency says it actually increased staffing. A post from someone claiming to be a law enforcement sniper at the rally — who said they were ordered not to fire on the suspect — was discredited after it turned out no sharpshooter by his name was working on Saturday. And a photo that supposedly showed an uninjured Trump after the rally turned out to be a picture from 2022 . Humans have an inherent drive to share information and conjecture following big events like disasters, political assassinations or seemingly inexplicable events — a process experts call \"collective sensemaking.\" Often, experts say, we look for information that makes us feel safe, or in control of uncertainty. Trump's attempted assassination is only the most recent example on a list that also includes the JFK assassination , the Moon landing , the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks , the Sandy Hook school shooting , COVID-19 and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol . Many of the claims about the Trump assassination attempt emerged first on fringe social media platforms like 4chan before migrating to larger sites like X or TikTok where they were seen by far more people. \"Rumoring under these conditions is a normal thing that humans do,\" said Kate Starbird, a University of Washington professor who studies misinformation and how people use the internet following crises. Attempts to put the shooting in a political context began within minutes of the shooting, Starbird said. \"People tried almost from the beginning to frame the event in a way that benefits their political goals.\" Many of those rumors may contain exaggerations, missing context or outright falsehoods that generate conspiracy theories . The misleading information is then amplified by online trolls, politicians, internet influencers and online merchants trying to hawk merchandise tied to the assassination attempt. With few guardrails in place to combat bad information online, such claims can quickly spread, impacting the election in 2024 and potentially persisting for years to come. The flood of false or misleading information about the shooting will only make it harder for voters to find trustworthy information ahead of the 2024 election, according to Imran Ahmed, the CEO and founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit that tracks online misinformation and hate speech. Ahmed blames social media platforms like X, TikTok and Facebook for not enforcing basic content moderation policies and for making the spread of misinformation and hate speech into a lucrative business model. Ahmed's group analyzed 100 posts about the shooting that were recommended to users on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, and found that many contained conspiracy theories. Only about 1 in 20 false posts had been flagged for inaccuracies or missing context using X's \"community note\" feature to add needed information. In two days, the posts had been seen more than 215 million times. Some of the viral posts also contained hate speech, such as those suggesting Saturday's shooting was a plot by Jewish people. \"The algorithms take the most outlandish content and amplify it exponentially until the entire digital world is flooded with conspiracism, disinformation and hate,\" Ahmed said. As a result, he said, \"People seem to feel that they can only fight lies with more lies.\" Russian state media and some pro-Kremlin influencers are already seizing on the shooting with content blaming Democrats for the incident or questioning authorities' explanations, based on recent posts from users with ties to Russia. \"Almost makes you think they let it happen and then got rid of the guy because dead men tell no tales,\" wrote John Mark Dougan, a former Florida sheriff's deputy turned online influencer who now writes pro-Kremlin content. Russia , as well as China and Iran , have used social media disinformation in the past in efforts to undermine Americans' trust in government and democracy and increase polarization ahead of elections . The goal is to exploit the understandable confusion, anger and concern that many Americans feel following the attempted assassination. Federal officials say they expect Russia and other adversaries to expand their disinformation campaigns targeting the U.S. as November nears. Conspiracy theories have played an outsized role in recent American politics, and much of the attention has focused on right-leaning theories like QAnon , a movement which claims that Democrats are involved in a global ring of Satanic, child molesting cannibals. But the onslaught of misinformation and conspiracy theories following the attempted assassination show conspiracy theories know no party. \"They target the left and right, and the same goes for homegrown domestic sources of misinformation,\" said David Salvo, a senior fellow and managing director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, a Washington-based group that tracks foreign disinformation. 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Meanwhile, a mental health worker testified for the defense Friday that a petition had been filed for Warren's commitment to an inpatient hospital to undergo a mental health evaluation, said Gina Balaya, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit. The magistrate judge's order was filed four days after prosecutors unsealed a criminal case charging Warren with one count of threatening the president and successors to the presidency. The case alleged Warren also called for killing federal agents, executing judges and dropping a \"m----- f------ bomb\" on Washington, D.C. The felony carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. The case is among the latest to be filed nationwide among a surge in threats involving bombs and public officials. Warren was the 12th person charged with federal crimes involving threats to a public official this year and charges have been filed against 579 people since 2013. That is according to an investigation by National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center researchers Pete Simi of Chapman University and Seamus Hughes of the University of Nebraska, Omaha. On Friday, Morris distinguished the Warren case with others where probable cause was found to exist. \"These cases involved threats of action to be taken by the defendant himself (not calling on others), or actions to be taken that were described with specificity, or actions were to be taken by the defendant on a specific date,\" Morris wrote. \"None of these scenarios are presented here.\" Morris also found that no recipient of the social media posts \"could reasonably conclude that the comments posed a true threat of present or future harm or injury.\" She concluded there was no probable cause to believe the crime was committed by Warren. Warren's lawyer, Bryan Sherer, did not respond to a message seeking comment. The case unsealed Monday describes a series of threats and statements posted on X, formerly Twitter, last week that described killing multiple public officials and bombing government buildings. The posts were made by the X account @Lancer227427 , which had 32 followers Friday - 10 more than when the case was unsealed. Last week, the account featured a threat aimed at the nation's capital: \"A complete evacuation of Washington D.C. must begin immediately. We're gonna drop a m----- f------ bomb on it.\" The investigation started Jan. 27 after the U.S. Secret Service and FBI learned about the X account and threats. Agents reviewed the account, which features dozens of nearly identical threats aimed at a variety of targets, including Harris, all current and former judges and magistrates and bombing FBI headquarters. \"FBI Headquarters shall be BOMBED,\" one Friday post reads. \"All Employees of the FBI have been CONDEMNED. Shoot to kill.\" Agents obtained subscriber information from X Corp. that pinpointed the IP address being used by the account to connect to the internet since late last week. Investigators discovered the IP address was owned by cable company Charter Communications. Company officials told investigators Warren was the subscriber using that IP address, according to the criminal complaint. The first name matched an earlier X post from last week: \"My name is Russ. After having a stroke, I was hospitalized in a nursing home. Unable to make my own medical decisions, I was forced to get vaccinated multiple times. I understand that I am dying. I understand that Donald Trump killed me.\" Warren has a violent criminal history, according to the court filing. 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Municipalities Butt Heads On Climate At 9th Circ.\nLaw360, Pasadena, Calif. (February 5, 2020, 11:26 PM EST) -- Dozens of fossil fuel firms faced off against California municipal governments in a pair of momentous Ninth Circuit hearings Wednesday, as the judges heard appeals in two cases that could decide whether petroleum companies will bear the cost of climate-related infrastructure damage. During the double-header oral arguments, Chevron Corp., BP PLC, ConocoPhillips Co., ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell urged the Ninth Circuit panel to undo a ruling that sent to state court lawsuits seeking damages for fossil fuel production. In a separate hearing, the cities of Oakland and San Francisco asked the judges to revive their public nuisance suits implicating Big Oil... Stay ahead of the curve In the legal profession, information is the key to success. You have to know what's happening with clients, competitors, practice areas, and industries. 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Facebook blocked the malicious domains the group created from being shared on its platform, took down the group's accounts and notified those believed to have been targeted by the APT group. The social media company says its platform was being used in Tortoiseshell's broader cross-platform cyber espionage operation. The APT group's activity on Facebook focused on social engineering, attempting to lure users off the social network where they could be exposed to malware, rather than sharing the malware on Facebook. FireEye, which tracks Tortoiseshell as UNC1833, says that since 2018, the group has primarily focused its efforts on Middle Eastern targets. It's associated with another Iranian APT group, APT35, FireEye reports. \"Iran is still an aggressive cyber actor that shouldn't be ignored. Though a lot of their activity is focused on the Middle East, they are not limited to their region,\" says Sarah Jones, senior principal analyst with Mandiant Threat Intelligence. Tortoiseshell's Methods Facebook says the Tortoiseshell gang created fake online personas when contacting targets, sometimes engaging them for months. \"These accounts often posed as recruiters and employees of defense and aerospace companies from the countries their targets were in. Other personas claimed to work in hospitality, medicine, journalism, NGOs and airlines,\" Facebook says. The APT group created dozens of fake domains designed to appeal to people from across a wide variety of industries and interests, Facebook says. These included five URLs containing the name \"Trump.\" Other fake sites spoofed defense contractors, U.S. Labor Department career sites and email providers. Tortoiseshell used the fake domains as bait to lure its targets off of Facebook so it could conduct espionage, steal information or spread malware, Facebook says. \"These domains appeared to have been used for stealing login credentials to the victims' online accounts (e.g. corporate and personal email, collaboration tools, social media),\" Facebook says. \"They also appeared to be used to profile their targets' digital systems to obtain information about people's devices, networks they connected to and the software they installed to ultimately deliver target-tailored malware.\" Facebook believes the group used custom malware that included full-featured remote-access Trojans, device and network reconnaissance tools and keystroke loggers. Some of the malware used was developed by the Tehran IT company Mahak Rayan Afraz, which has ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Facebook says. 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The incident occurred on Wednesday during the boarding of a SkyWest flight operating as s Delta Connection. Video posted online shows a flight attendant using a fire extinguisher on a flaming bag, which was in an overhead storage bin. A passenger, Rex Sakamoto of New York City, tells WCBS someone yelled \"fire\" and there was a smell \"like a campfire.\" An airline statement says passengers \"deplaned routinely\" and continued on a different aircraft. ___ Information from: WCBS-TV, http://www.cbs2ny.com The post Vape pen causes small fire as passengers board plane appeared first on WBNG .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Delta Connection", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Delta Connection", "length": 16, "offset": 279}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "WCBS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "WCBS", "length": 4, "offset": 474}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "AP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AP", "length": 2, "offset": 63}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "SkyWest", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "SkyWest", "length": 7, "offset": 249}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "WBNG", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "WBNG", "length": 4, "offset": 772}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "WCBS-TV", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "WCBS-TV", "length": 7, "offset": 661}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Houston", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Houston", "length": 7, "offset": 133}, {"position_text": "Houston", "length": 7, "offset": 133}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "New York's", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "New York's", "length": 10, "offset": 159}, {"position_text": "New York's", "length": 10, "offset": 159}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 258, "text": "New York coroner 'confident' Epstein's death was suicide: New York Times\n(Reuters) – New York City's chief medical examiner is confident Jeffrey Epstein died by hanging himself in the jail cell where he was being held without bail on sex-trafficking charges, but is awaiting more information before releasing her determination, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing a city official. An exterior view of the Metropolitan Correctional Center jail where financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon An autopsy was performed earlier in the day on the disgraced financier found unresponsive on Saturday in a New York City jail, chief medical examiner Dr. Barbara Sampson said. A private pathologist observed the autopsy on behalf of Epstein's representatives, which she called \"routine practice.\" A determination on the cause of death \"is pending further information at this time,\" Sampson said in a statement. The suspicion in Epstein's death was hanging, said a city official not authorized to speak on the record. The Times did not say why it could not identify the source of information on the medical examiner's likely determination of the cause of death. Epstein, 66, was not on suicide watch at the time in his cell in the Special Housing Unit of the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), a source said. Epstein, a well-connected money manager, was found hanging by his neck, according to the source, who was not authorized to speak on the record. The wealthy financier, who once counted Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic former President Bill Clinton as friends, was arrested on July 6 and pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls as young as 14, from at least 2002 to 2005. The FBI and the Department of Justice's Inspector General opened investigations into his suicide while he was in federal custody. Last month, Epstein was found unconscious on the floor of his jail cell with marks on his neck, and officials were investigating that incident as a possible suicide or assault. Despite that incident, Epstein was not on suicide watch at the time of his death, and he was alone in a cell in the unit of the correctional center used to isolate vulnerable prisoners when his body was found. It was not immediately clear why Epstein was taken off suicide watch, a special set of procedures for inmates who are deemed to be at risk of taking their own lives. The Federal Bureau of Prisons, which operates the MCC, provided no explanation beyond its terse statement that Epstein was found dead in an apparent suicide. His death touched off outrage from Attorney General William Barr, politicians and many of Epstein's alleged victims, who fear that they may lose their day in court now that Epstein is dead. That investigation into conduct described in the indictment, including the conspiracy count, will continue despite Epstein's death, Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, said on Saturday. The indictment – which accused Epstein of knowingly recruiting underage women to engage in sex acts, sometimes over a period of years – came more than a decade after he pleaded guilty in Florida to state charges of solicitation of prostitution from a minor in a deal with prosecutors that has been widely criticized as too lenient. 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Muawana McCollin put the telephone down on 62 of 129 callers who had been 'sad' or 'upset' in a single month. The 49-year-old claimed the excessive variety of aborted calls was because of the telephone system and stated somebody was 'setting her up'. However a supervisor who listened again to the calls stated they had been a number of the most 'blatent and unreasonable' hang-ups they'd ever heard. McCollin was later fired for gross misconduct. Ms McCollin, who's black, challenged the choice and took her employers to a tribunal claiming race and incapacity discrimination as a consequence of her well being. She stated her dismissal wouldn't have occurred if she was 'white and Scottish'. However her claims had been thrown out after a panel discovered she had a 'skewed notion of occasions' with an 'unrealistic view' of what occurred to her. Ms McCollin began working as a customer support consultant for Telecom Service Centres Ltd, which traded as Webhelp UK, in Glasgow in Might 2018. Ms McCollin claimed she terminated calls 'in error' (Image: Getty Pictures) She was tasked with answering buyer requires the grocery store large Sainsbury's. However considerations had been raised about her hanging up on clients 'early' and an investigation was launched in 2019. 'From a assessment of (her) calls…it was discovered that, within the month of June 2019, 62 of 129 calls had been terminated early when clients had been upset or sad,' the tribunal heard. The listening to in Glasgow was advised that when confronted concerning the hang-ups she claimed a medical situation, ovarian fibroids, affected her eyesight. She stated she would terminate calls 'in error' as a result of she struggled to press the proper button. Nevertheless, managers took the choice to sack Ms McCollin after discovering her responsible of gross misconduct for 'intentionally and wilfully chopping the shopper off calls'. Paul Tausney, a supervisor who listened to McCollin's calls, advised the listening to they had been 'amongst essentially the most blatant unreasonable disconnects that he had ever heard'. He stated he couldn't see any purpose for her calls dropping off aside from she was making an attempt to keep away from taking the complete name. In a letter, the corporate advised Ms McCollin she was being dismissed for 'name avoidance'. Ms McCollin appealed the choice claiming her poor efficiency was as a consequence of her well being. She claimed she was being discriminated towards due to her incapacity in addition to different elements. Ms McCollin claimed medicine she was taking made her drowsy, she typically struggled to listen to clients down the telephone, and was delicate to mild. However bosses stated they'd by no means earlier than had a name centre employee prematurely terminate a buyer name as a consequence of drowsiness. Extra unhealthy information for Boris as one other Tory MP submits letter of no confidence After dropping her enchantment, Ms McCollin made a collection of claims on the tribunal together with race discrimination, incapacity discrimination, harassment and victimisation. However the panel dismissed all of them. The tribunal, led by the employment decide Ian McPherson, concluded: 'Her proof was an unrealistic view of what she believed had occurred to her, and he or she didn't perceive why others couldn't see issues as she noticed them. 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The VHA joins others like Mount Sinai Health in New York and the Cleveland Clinic in not offering the drug that received accelerated approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June. It is yet another setback for Biogen, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of controversial Aduhelm. Over the past two months, the drug has been criticized for its high price and potential ineffectiveness, and the FDA has called to investigate itself for potential inappropriate communication between agency staff and Biogen. The U.S. Veterans Health Administration, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, will not offer Biogen's Aduhelm to Alzheimer's patients it treats Aduhelm, a drug manufactured by Biogen, received controversial FDA approval despite limited data that it was effective in clinical trials 'It is not being added to the VA National Formulary due to the risk of significant adverse drug events and to the lack of evidence of a positive impact on cognition,' the VHA told Reuters in an email. The VHA, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, is the largest health system so far to decline use of the drug. Biogen had said in a June press release that it was working 'to finalize a multi-year agreement in order to support access for veterans throughout the VHA system…with nine million enrolled veterans, approximately 48 percent of which are over the age of 65.' Still, VA facilities do have the ability to request access to drugs that are not on the list of approved medications. 'Veterans in the VA system have a pathway to access Aduhelm…We will continue to engage closely with the VA as they evaluate potential updates to their guidance,' Biogen said in an emailed statement. Aduhelm received FDA approval despite two failed clinical trials in 2016. Biogen later used data from the second trial to show that its drug could reduce the instances of amyloid beta plaques on the brain. Some believe those plaques are the cause for cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's, meaning Aduhelm could potentially be the only drug with the ability to reduce the memory issues caused by the disease. Biogen managed to get approval for Aduhelm after pulling data from its second clinical trial that showed the drug could potentially reduce amyloid beta plaques, and even the cognitive decline cause by Alzheimer's Many have been critical of Biogen's findings, though, and one member of an FDA advisory panel even published a study disagreeing with the company's conclusion. Dr David Knopman, from the Mayo Clinic and lead author of the study, resigned from his role of the committee alongside Dr Jeol Perlmutter, of Washington University of St Louis, and Dr Aaron Kesselheim, of Harvard University. All three men were among the panel that unanimously voted against the drug's approval. '[Aduhelm] is probably the worst drug approval decision in recent U.S. history,' Kesselheim wrote in a letter to FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock. Concerns over the drugs ineffectiveness have led to some health systems deciding not to carry it. The controversial approval of the drug has also caused some rife within the FDA. Janet Woodcock (pictured), acting commissioner of the FDA, called for an investigation into her own agency and communication between her staff and Biogen in the lead up to Aduhelm's approval Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the FDA, wrote an open letter to the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services for a probe into communications between FDA staff and Biogen representatives in the lead up to the drug's approval. 'Given the ongoing interest and questions, today I requested that [The Office of the Inspector General] conduct an independent review and assessment of interactions between representatives of Biogen and FDA during the process that led to the approval of Aduhelm,' she wrote on Twitter . The agency also revised its original label for the drug, now only recommending its use in early stages or those with mild cases of Alzheimer's. The price of the drug has been under scrutiny as well. A year of treatment using the drug will cost $56,000 a year, a huge premium to the $10,000 to $20,000 the drug was expected to cost. Two congressional committees in the House have also launched an investigation into the FDA's review of the drug. The House investigations were announced by Rep Carolyn Maloney, chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep Frank Pallone Jr, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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The decision was a blow for New York's Attorney General's Office, which brought the case. Justice Barry Ostrager of the New York State Supreme Court said that the attorney general failed to prove that the oil giant broke the law. \"Nothing in this opinion is intended to absolve ExxonMobil from responsibility for contributing to climate change through the emission of greenhouse gasses in the production of its fossil fuel products,\" Ostranger wrote. But, he added, \"this is a securities fraud case, not a climate change case.\" In a three week trial, New York state prosecutors argued that the oil company had downplayed the financial risks it faces from possible climate regulation. Attorney General Letitia James claimed this made Exxon's assets appear more secure than they really were, which in turn affected its share price and defrauded investors. Ostrager concluded that James' office \"failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that ExxonMobil made any material misrepresentations that 'would have been viewed by a reasonable investor as having significantly altered the 'total mix' of information made available.'\" James released a statement following the verdict, saying that the case had compelled Exxon \"to answer publicly for their internal decisions that misled investors.\" \"Throughout this case, we laid out how Exxon made materially false, misleading, and confusing representations to the American people about the company's response to climate change regulations,\" James said. \"Exxon's inability to tell the truth, further underscores the lies that have been sold to the American public for decades,\" she said. \"Despite this decision, we will continue to fight to ensure companies are held responsible for actions that undermine and jeopardize the financial health and safety of Americans across our country, and we will continue to fight to end climate change.\" Exxon said the ruling \"affirms the position ExxonMobil has held throughout the New York Attorney General's baseless investigation. We provided our investors with accurate information on the risks of climate change. The court agreed that the Attorney General failed to make a case, even with the extremely low threshold of the Martin Act in its favor.\" \"Lawsuits that waste millions of dollars of taxpayer money do nothing to advance meaningful actions that reduce the risks of climate change,\" the company said. There were signs of weakness in the state's case. On the last day of the trial, the attorney general's office withdrew two counts of fraud from its lawsuit. Exxon asked the judge to rule on those counts anyway, saying the state had tarnished the company's reputation in making its case on them. The state went forward with two counts based on the Martin Act, a New York statute that grants the state's attorney general the authority to pursue investigations and actions against those it suspects of securities fraud. The Martin Act has a lower burden of proof: prosecutors must show that a company made misrepresentations to investors, and that there were consequences. Ostrager minced no words in describing how he thought the trial had gone: \"The testimony of the expert witnesses called by the Office of the Attorney General was eviscerated on cross-examination and by ExxonMobil's expert witnesses.\" Ostrager said his ruling found Exxon not liable on any of the counts. Former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson testified that the company used different carbon accounting methods appropriately. The highest profile witness in the landmark case was former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Exxon's CEO from 2006 to 2017. Exxon used two different ways to estimate the impact of potential climate-change regulations on its future business. Tillerson testified that one assessment was used to estimate the effect of future climate change regulation — such as a carbon tax -- on the global energy system. But for specific projects, such as the Alberta oil sands, the company would use a different way of calculating a \"greenhouse gas cost.\" Tillerson insisted this was appropriate, and that Exxon had no incentive to underestimate carbon costs internally, since \"we'd be misinforming ourselves.\" Exxon battled for years to prevent this case and others from reaching trial, but there are now numerous pending lawsuits against Exxon and other oil companies, including a similar case that was recently brought in Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, Attorney General Maura Healey accuses Exxon Mobil of systematically misleading investors about climate change's impact on the economy and its own business, and of deceiving consumers about fossil fuel's environmental impact. Elsewhere, many city and state governments are using \"public nuisance\" arguments to try and hold energy companies accountable for their role in climate change. The idea is to force them to help pay for the mounting climate impacts communities now struggle to address. 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Prashant Kumar has been appointed the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Yes Bank for a period of three years. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on October 6 approved the appointment of Kumar with effect from today. The appointment will, however, be subject to the approval of shareholders. Yes Bank has informed the exchanges that Prashant Kumar is not related to any other directors or key managerial personnel of the bank and he is not debarred from holding the office of a director, by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority or regulator. This is a developing story. 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The low-cost carrier said its UK arm had agreed to Brexit contingency arrangements with the CAA two years ago, but that the authority had introduced new regulatory barriers on Sunday, 10 days before Britain's Brexit... 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The governor of Luhansk province, one of two areas that make up the eastern industrial heartland known as the Donbas, said the school in the village of Bilohorivka caught fire after Saturday's bombing. Emergency crews found two bodies and rescued 30 people, he said. \"Most likely, all 60 people who remain under the rubble are now dead,\" governor Serhiy Haidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Russian shelling also killed two boys, aged 11 and 14, in the nearby town of Pryvillia, he said. Since failing to capture Ukraine's capital Kyiv, Russia has focused its offensive in the Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists have been fighting since 2014 and occupy some territory. The largest European conflict since the Second World War has developed into a punishing war of attrition due to the Ukrainian military's unexpectedly effective defence. To demonstrate success, Moscow was aiming to complete its conquest of the besieged port city of Mariupol in time for Victory Day celebrations on Monday. All the remaining women, children and older civilians who had been sheltering with Ukrainian fighters in a sprawling steel mill that is the city's last defence holdout were evacuated on Saturday. The troops still inside have refused to surrender and requested international help to get them out too. Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling (Alexei Alexandrov/AP) Capturing Mariupol would give Moscow a land bridge to the Crimean Peninsula, annexed from Ukraine during a 2014 invasion. Satellite photos shot on Friday by Planet Labs PBC showed vast devastation at the Azovstal steel mill. Buildings had gaping holes in the roofs, including one under which hundreds of fighters were likely to be hiding. After rescuers evacuated the last civilians on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address that the focus would turn to extracting the wounded and medics, adding: \"Of course, if everyone fulfils the agreements. Of course, if there are no lies.\" Elsewhere on the coast, air raid sirens sounded several times early on Sunday in the major Black Sea port of Odesa, which Russia struck with six cruise missiles on Saturday. The Odesa city council said four of the missiles hit a furniture company, with the shock waves and debris badly damaging high-rise apartment buildings. A territorial defence man poses for a photo next to cars destroyed during the Russian occupation in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv (Emilio Morenatti/AP) The other two missiles hit the Odesa airport, where a previous Russian attack destroyed the runway. In a sign of the dogged resistance that has sustained the fighting into its 11th week, Ukraine's military struck Russian positions on a Black Sea island that was captured in the war's first days and has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance. Western military analysts also said a Ukrainian counteroffensive was advancing around the country's second-largest city, Kharkiv. Ukraine's military said retreating Russian forces destroyed three bridges on a road north-east of the city to try to slow the Ukrainian advance. Ukrainian leaders warned that attacks would only worsen in the lead-up to Victory Day, when Russia celebrates Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 with military parades. Russian servicemen march during a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin is believed to want to proclaim some kind of triumph in Ukraine when he addresses the troops in Red Square on Monday. In neighbouring Moldova, Russian and separatist troops were on \"full alert\", the Ukrainian military warned. The region has increasingly become a focus of worries that the conflict could expand beyond Ukraine's borders. Pro-Russian forces broke off the Transnistria section of Moldova in 1992, and Russian troops have been stationed there since, ostensibly as peacekeepers. Those forces are on \"full combat readiness\", Ukraine said, without giving details on how it came to the assessment. Moscow has sought to sweep across southern Ukraine both to cut off the country from the sea and create a corridor to Transnistria. But it has struggled to achieve those objectives. Satellite photos analysed by the Associated Press (AP) showed Ukraine targeting Russian-held Snake Island in a bid to impede Russia's efforts to control the Black Sea. This satellite image shows thick black smoke rising after a suspected Ukrainian drone strike on Russian positions on Snake Island (Planet Labs PBC via AP) A satellite image taken on Sunday morning by Planet Labs PBC showed smoke rising from two sites on the island. On the island's southern edge, a fire smoked next to debris. That corresponded to a video released by the Ukrainian military showing its strike on a Russian helicopter that had flown to the island. A Planet Labs image from Saturday showed most of the island's buildings, as well as what appeared to be a Serna-class landing craft against the island's northern beach, had been destroyed by Ukrainian drone attacks. The most intense combat in recent days has taken place in eastern Ukraine. Western military analysts said a counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces was progressing around Kharkiv. The Ukrainian military said it retook control of five villages and part of a sixth near the north-eastern city. However, the Ukrainian army withdrew from Luhansk province's embattled city of Popasna, Mr Haidai said on Sunday. People stand next to a crater in a destroyed residential area after a Russian air strike in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) In a video interview posted on his Telegram channel, Mr Haidai said that Kyiv's troops had \"moved to stronger positions, which they had prepared ahead of time\". \"All free settlements in the Luhansk region are hot spots,\" Mr Haidai added. \"Right now, there are shooting battles in (the villages) of Bilohorivka, Voivodivka and towards Popasna.\" Mr Zelensky said in his nightly address that work would also continue on Sunday on securing humanitarian corridors for residents of Mariupol and surrounding towns to leave. It remains unclear what will happen to the estimated 2,000 fighters at the Azovstal plant, both those still in combat and the hundreds believed to be wounded. The Ukrainian government has been reaching out to international organisations to try to secure safe passage for them. Mr Zelensky said officials were trying to find a way to evacuate them. He acknowledged the difficulty, but said: \"We are not losing hope, we are not stopping. 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(NYSE: AIN) announced today that its subsidiary Albany Engineered Composites (AEC) has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft to produce the complete CH-53K Aft Transition assembly in a competitively bid 10-year long term agreement (LTA) covering Lots 7 through 14 Long-lead funding is already underway to support the schedule and the contract is expected to be finalized in the first quarter of 2022 with first deliveries in 2023. \"We are tremendously excited and honored to be adding this significant additional content to our current production of Sponsons and Tail Rotor Pylon assemblies for the world's preeminent next generation heavy lift helicopter,\" said Greg Harwell, AEC President. \"This agreement signifies the successful and growing relationship between Sikorsky and Albany.\" AEC designs and manufactures advanced engineered composite components for engine and airframe applications for commercial and military aircraft, missiles and unmanned vehicles, and for renewable energy creation and distribution. AEC's specialty composite solutions enable current and next-generation aircraft to perform better while being more fuel-efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally-friendly. About Albany International Corp. Albany International is a leading developer and manufacturer of engineered components, using advanced materials processing and automation capabilities, with two core businesses. Machine Clothing is the world's leading producer of fabrics and process belts used in the manufacture of all grades of paper products. Albany Engineered Composites is a growing designer and manufacturer of advanced materials-based engineered components for jet engine and airframe applications, supporting both commercial and military platforms. Albany International is headquartered in Rochester, New Hampshire, operates 23 plants in 11 countries, employs more than 4,100 people worldwide, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol AIN). Additional information about the Company and its products and services can be found at www.albint.com . Sources 1/ https://Google.com/ 2/ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220214005790/en/Albany-International-Selected-by-Sikorsky-to-Produce-CH-53K-Aft-Transition-Adding-to-Its-Share-on-The-Program The mention sources can contact us to remove/changing this article What Are The Main Benefits Of Comparing Car Insurance Quotes Online LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / June 24, 2020, / Compare-autoinsurance.Org has launched a new blog post that presents the main benefits of comparing multiple car insurance quotes. For more info and free online quotes, please visit https://compare-autoinsurance.Org/the-advantages-of-comparing-prices-with-car-insurance-quotes-online/ The modern society has numerous technological advantages. One important advantage is the speed at which information is sent and received. With the help of the internet, the shopping habits of many persons have drastically changed. The car insurance industry hasn't remained untouched by these changes. On the internet, drivers can compare insurance prices and find out which sellers have the best offers. View photos The advantages of comparing online car insurance quotes are the following: Online quotes can be obtained from anywhere and at any time. Unlike physical insurance agencies, websites don't have a specific schedule and they are available at any time. Drivers that have busy working schedules, can compare quotes from anywhere and at any time, even at midnight. Multiple choices. Almost all insurance providers, no matter if they are well-known brands or just local insurers, have an online presence. Online quotes will allow policyholders the chance to discover multiple insurance companies and check their prices. Drivers are no longer required to get quotes from just a few known insurance companies. Also, local and regional insurers can provide lower insurance rates for the same services. Accurate insurance estimates. Online quotes can only be accurate if the customers provide accurate and real info about their car models and driving history. Lying about past driving incidents can make the price estimates to be lower, but when dealing with an insurance company lying to them is useless. Usually, insurance companies will do research about a potential customer before granting him coverage. Online quotes can be sorted easily. Although drivers are recommended to not choose a policy just based on its price, drivers can easily sort quotes by insurance price. Using brokerage websites will allow drivers to get quotes from multiple insurers, thus making the comparison faster and easier. For additional info, money-saving tips, and free car insurance quotes, visit https://compare-autoinsurance.Org/ Compare-autoinsurance.Org is an online provider of life, home, health, and auto insurance quotes. This website is unique because it does not simply stick to one kind of insurance provider, but brings the clients the best deals from many different online insurance carriers. In this way, clients have access to offers from multiple carriers all in one place: this website. On this site, customers have access to quotes for insurance plans from various agencies, such as local or nationwide agencies, brand names insurance companies, etc. \"Online quotes can easily help drivers obtain better car insurance deals. All they have to do is to complete an online form with accurate and real info, then compare prices\", said Russell Rabichev, Marketing Director of Internet Marketing Company. 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The oil-to-chemical (O2C) business unit holds Reliance's oil refinery and petrochemical assets and retail fuel business but not upstream oil and gas producing fields such as KG-D6 and textiles business. Reliance for the first time reported integrated earnings of the O2C business in its third quarter financial results. Previously, refining and petrochemical businesses were reported separately while fuel retailing revenue was part of the firm's overall retail business. In the October-December 2020 earnings statement, refining and petrochemical as well as fuel retailing businesses earnings were reported as one. As a result, it did not give refining margins – the most sought after number to assess the firm's oil refining business. \"Reorganising refining and petrochemicals as oil-to-chemicals (O2C) reflects new strategy as well as management matrix,\" the company said in a post earning investor presentation. This, it said, will \"facilitate holistic and agile decision making\" as well as \"pursue attractive opportunities for growth with strategic partnerships\". Reliance started work on hiving off the O2C business into a separate unit last year for a possible stake sale to companies such as Saudi Aramco. It values the O2C business at USD 75 billion and has been in talks with Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Aramco) for sale of a 20 per cent interest. The company, however, did not mention discussions with Aramco, which are said to have hit a valuation roadblock. The reorganisation would \"drive the move towards further downstream and closer to customers\" and \"provide sustainable and affordable energy and materials solutions to meet India's growing needs,\" the firm said in the presentation. Reliance O2C Limited houses oil refining and petrochemical plants and manufacturing assets, bulk and wholesale fuel marketing, and Reliance's 51 per cent interest in retail fuel joint venture with BP of the UK. The O2C unit also houses the firm's Singapore and the UK-based oil trading subsidiaries and marketing subsidiary, Reliance Industries Uruguay Petroquimica SA. It also houses Reliance Ethane Pipeline Limited that operates a pipeline between Dahej in Gujarat and Nagothane in Maharashtra as well as 74.9 per cent stake that Reliance holds in the joint venture with Sibur. Its very large ethane carriers, gas pipelines such as one that transports coal-bed methane from its CBM blocks, overseas oil and gas asset holding company Reliance Industries (Middle East) DMCC, and domestic exploration and production assets would not form part of the O2C unit. Also, Reliance's textiles business as operated out of the Naroda site, Baroda township and land, including cricket stadium, Jamnagar power assets, and Sikka Ports and Terminals Limited would also not be part of the O2C unit. Ambani had in July 2019 stated that the process of spinning of O2C into a separate subsidiary would be completed by early 2021. Reliance owns and operates twin oil refineries at Jamnagar in Gujarat, with a combined capacity of 68.2 million tonnes per annum. It is also the country's largest petrochemical manufacturer with units at Jamnagar, Dahej, Hazira, Nagothane, Vadodara, Patalganga, Silvassa, Barabanki, and Hoshiarpur. The company holds a 66.6 per cent stake in the KG-D6 block where it is investing about USD 5 billion in developing a second set of gas discoveries along with BP. It also has a similar stake in the NEC-25 block in the Bay of Bengal and operates two CBM blocks in Madhya Pradesh. 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Airlines Boeing 777 fell on parts of a Broomfield neighborhood Saturday. United Flight 328 was flying from Denver to Honolulu when it experienced a right-engine failure shortly after takeoff, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The flight, with 231 passengers and 10 crew members on board, returned to Denver International Airport and landed safely. Passengers deplaned on the runway and were bused to the terminal, the FAA said. There are no reported injuries on board.Broomfield police tweeted images showing what appears to be a part of the outer cover of the plane's massive jet engine land in the front yard of a home near 13th and Elmwood. There are reports of property damage, according to North Metro Fire. But the extent of the damage is unknown.Additional debris was seen scattered across turf field at Commons Park. Police are asking people in the community if they come across debris to leave it where it is. Police said witnesses heard a loud explosion and then smoke and debris fall from the sky. They said there are no reports of injuries from falling debris at this time.A team from the National Transportation Safety Board is headed to the area to take over the investigation, police said. 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This is what prompted the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) to launch a declaration of an oil palm plantation sector free of child labour, in Pekanbaru, Riau. \"Under these conditions, palm oil is a very influential export commodity, so the risk of child labor is very likely to occur,\" he said, in his virtual remarks. The declaration of the movement for the oil palm plantation sector to be free of child labor in 2023 will be carried out in 16 provinces with plantation areas of more than 100,000 hectares, based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) for 2021. Read Also: The Minister of Manpower Ida emphasized that Indonesia has taken concrete steps to advance social justice The Minister of Manpower Ida said that the issue of child labor in the palm oil industry must be carried out in a planned and integrated manner, and pay attention to the best interests of the child. Efforts to eliminate child labor, continued the Minister of Manpower, is not an easy matter, it requires a long and continuous process from various parties, both the central and regional governments, trade/labor unions, employers, and community organizations to work together to tackle child labour. \"This means strengthening collaboration between stakeholders is very important in supporting the vision of a Child Labour-Free Indonesia,\" said Ida Fauziyah. In addition, at the momentum of World Day Against Child Labour, which is celebrated every June 12, the Minister of Manpower invites all parties to formulate strategic programs as a step to accelerate the handling of child labour. The active role of all parties is needed in creating the next generation of a quality, just, prosperous and prosperous nation,\" he said. 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The water is being stored in around 1000 tanks on the site, with existing capacity likely to be surpassed by mid-2022, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In late October, the Japanese government were preparing to approve a plan to begin discharging the contaminated water into the sea, starting in 2022 and continuing for decades. Opposition has come from fishing and farming groups in the area, neighbouring countries, and environmental groups. A purification system is treating the water, known as the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS), and the filtering process therein is said to remove around 62 radioactive contaminants, according to an October report in NewScientist. A report released by Greenpeace in October – Stemming the Tide 2020: The reality of the Fukushima radioactive water crisis – argues that the ALPS is flawed, and many of the dangers presented by this wastewater are being ignored. The firms operating the ALPS, Toshiba and Hitachi General Nuclear Electric (HGNE) came to the project with \"practically no experience in water processing\" said the report, and the ALPS' poor performance is also likely related to a decision to exclude an alternative technology, an ion exchange system proposed by US firm Purolite, which in 2011 was seemingly shown capable of reducing concentrations of radionuclides to \"non-detectable levels.\" As it stands, says the report, it looks like 72% of the water currently in storage tanks will have to be processed again – and questions remain as to how effective this will be. The Japanese Government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) , which runs the site, have said the main radionuclide remaining in the wastewater is tritium, an isotope of hydrogen. Filtering will remove some but not all of this, although scientists appeared to consider its risk to marine life and the environment as relatively minor, in comments made to NewScientist. However, Greenpeace said TEPCO \"continues to misrepresent and selectively ignore basic science facts on radioactive tritium.\" Key among the objections made by Greenpeace to the Government's plan is that the ALPS was not designed to remove carbon-14, a hazardous radionuclide whose presence in the wastewater was only acknowledged by TEPCO in late August. With its long half life of 5,730 years, its presence is a far greater concern. As the report says, \"once introduced into the environment carbon-14 will be delivered to local, regional and global populations for many generations.\" Ongoing storage carries the risk of tank leakage, especially in an area where earthquake risk is high. Discharge to the sea is a routine method of disposal used by nuclear facilities worldwide, according to the IAEA. But if this approach is rejected, alternative disposal plans comprise evaporating the wastewater into the air, or expanding the existing storage capacity and continuing to store the water either on land or underground. The latter option carries the risk of tank leakage, especially in an area where earthquake risk is high. But Greenpeace said \"storage is a viable option\", citing a report from a government sub-committee that appeared to understand that additional storage beyond 2022 was feasible, but had seemingly decided against it as it would take \"a substantial amount of coordination and time\". In any case, delaying the beginning of any program to discharge the water into the sea until around 2035 would only delay completion of the project by around three years, until 2055, while allowing much of the tritium's radioactivity to diminish naturally. 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(\"WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings\" or the \"Company\") (Nasdaq: WSC), the North American leader in innovative flexible workspace and portable storage solutions, today announced a definitive agreement, whereby the Company will divest its UK Storage segment to Algeco UK Holdings Limited, a member of the Modulaire group for an enterprise value of approximately £335 million. Proceeds from the sale will be used to support growth investments in the Company's North American Modular and Storage operating segments and other capital allocation priorities. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval in the United Kingdom and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023. The Company does not anticipate any impact to operating results from the divestiture in its NA Modular or NA Storage segments, and the UK Storage segment will be reported as discontinued operations in its Q4 2022 financial filings. Brad Soultz, Chief Executive Officer of WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings, commented, \"Thank you to the Mobile Mini UK team for their dedication to WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings. This transaction and the previously completed divestiture of the Tank & Pump segment will complete the transition of our portfolio into a pure play provider of modular space and storage solutions in North America, where our industry-leading platform enjoys unparalleled scale benefits and allows us to deliver greater value to our customers and shareholders. Upon close, our capital allocation strategy will remain unchanged, and our leverage will be reduced towards the bottom of our 3.0 to 3.5x target range. We completed three additional highly accretive tuck-in acquisitions in our NA Modular and NA Storage segments during the fourth quarter to date and over 20 acquisitions in 2022 to date. We expect to continue to aggressively reinvest in support of our organic, and largely idiosyncratic, growth levers, opportunistic accretive acquisitions, and in returning value to shareholders through share repurchases given our existing $1B share repurchase authorization. We expect to provide 2023 financial guidance excluding the UK Storage segment during the Q4 2022 earnings call in early 2023.\" Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP acted as legal adviser to WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings. About WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol \"WSC.\" Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, the Company is a leading business services provider specializing in innovative flexible workspace and portable storage solutions. WillScot Mobile Mini services diverse end markets across all sectors of the economy from a network of approximately 260 branch locations and additional drop lots throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements (including the guidance/outlook contained herein) within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words \"estimates,\" \"expects,\" \"anticipates,\" \"believes,\" \"forecasts,\" \"plans,\" \"intends,\" \"may,\" \"will,\" \"should,\" \"shall,\" \"outlook,\" \"guidance\" and variations of these words and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, which are generally not historical in nature. Certain of these forward-looking statements include statements relating to: our pipeline, acceleration of our run rate, acceleration toward and the timing of our achievement of our three-to-five-year milestones, growth and acceleration of cash flow, drive higher returns on invested capital, and Adjusted EBITDA margin expansion. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside our control, which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, they are predictions and we can give no assurance that any such forward-looking statement will materialize. Important factors that may affect actual results or outcomes include, among others, our ability to acquire and integrate new assets and operations; our ability to achieve planned synergies related to acquisitions; our ability to successfully execute our growth strategy, manage growth and execute our business plan; our estimates of the size of the markets for our products; the rate and degree of market acceptance of our products; the success of other competing modular space and portable storage solutions that exist or may become available; rising costs and inflationary pressures adversely affecting our profitability; potential litigation involving our Company; general economic and market conditions impacting demand for our products and services and our ability to benefit from an inflationary environment; our ability to maintain an effective system of internal controls; and such other risks and uncertainties described in the periodic reports we file with the SEC from time to time (including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021), which are available through the SEC's EDGAR system at www.sec.gov and on our website. Any forward-looking statement speaks only at the date which it is made, and the Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. 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Iran has denied being involved in the attack last Thursday that hit the Japanese tanker Kokuka Courageous and also the Norwegian-owned Front Altair. The comments by Cmdr. Sean Kido came as the Navy showed reporters pieces of debris and a magnet they say Iran's Revolutionary Guard left behind when they spirited away an unexploded limpet mine after the June 13 attack in the Gulf of Oman. Iran has also not acknowledged taking the mine. Kido also stressed that the damage done to the Kokuka Courageous was \"not consistent with an external flying object hitting the ship,\" despite the ship's owner blaming \"flying objects\" for the damage in the attack. Meanwhile, a rocket hit an oil-drilling site in Iraq's southern Basra province early on Wednesday, striking inside a compound housing energy giant Exxon Mobil and other foreign oil companies and wounding three local workers, one seriously, Iraqi officials said. The attack on the oil tankers came against the backdrop of heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran that take root in President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers a year ago. Iran recently has quadrupled its production of low-enriched uranium and threatened to boost its enrichment closer to weapons-grade levels, trying to pressure Europe for new terms to the 2015 deal. In recent weeks, the U.S. has sped an aircraft carrier to the Mideast and deployed additional troops to the tens of thousands already here. Mysterious attacks also have targeted oil tankers as Iranian-allied Houthi rebels launched bomb-laden drones into Saudi Arabia. All this has raised fears that a miscalculation or further rise in tensions could push the U.S. and Iran into an open conflict, some 40 years after Tehran's Islamic Revolution. The U.S. Navy briefed foreign journalists on Wednesday at a 5th Fleet base near Fujairah, an Emirati port city some 130 miles northeast of the capital, Abu Dhabi. There, they showed journalists debris recovered from the Kokuka Courageous, which they described as including aluminum and composite metals. They also showed a magnet they described as being left behind by the Revolutionary Guard – one of six apparently used to stick the unexploded limpet mine to the ship's hull. Sailors said it took two of them and a crowbar to pry it off the ship. Those pieces put together have U.S. sailors suspecting the limpet mine came from Iran. They showed a picture previously shared among weapons experts of a limpet mine on display in Iran, which they said resembled the one they suspected was used on the ship. That picture showed a conical mine, some 90 pounds in weight, on display with a sign next to it identifying it as being produced by a research company affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard. \"The limpet mine that was used does bear a striking resemblance to that which has been publicly displayed in Iranian military parades,\" Kido said. \"There are distinguishing features.\" Kido declined to elaborate. Iran's mission to the U.N. declined to comment, referring reporters instead to remarks by Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami, who said allegations about Tehran's involvement in the tanker attacks was an unfair accusation and \"totally a lie\" meant to tarnish Iran's image. According to the semi-official Fars news agency, Hatami questioned the authenticity of a grainy video released by the U.S. following the attack and purporting to show Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the tankers. \"The date and the location shown in the footage have not been authenticated,\" he said. The Americans \"can show any footage … but it cannot be used as evidence.\" The mines were placed above the vessel's water line. One exploded, punching through the double-hulled ship and sparking a brief fire. The placement of the mines on the vessel makes it \"not appear that the intention was to sink the vessel,\" Kido said. \"The damage we observed is consistent with a limpet mine attack; it is not consistent with an external flying object hitting the ship,\" Kido said. Authorities also recovered a hand print and fingerprints, he said. \"We recovered biometric information … which can be used to build a criminal case to hold the individuals responsible accountable.\" He did not offer more details. The second vessel involved in the attack, the Norwegian-owned Front Altair, caught fire and sent black smoke up into the air that was visible from space by satellites. Kido did not explain why the U.S. had no immediate evidence from that vessel. Both are now anchored off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates. He also declined to discuss an earlier, May 12 attack on four oil tankers off the coast of Fujairah near the U.S. base, which America similarly blames on an Iranian limpet mine attack. Analysts also believe those attacks came from limpet mines. In Iraq on Wednesday, a Katyusha rocket landed at dawn in the Zubair and Rumeila oil fields camp, operated by the Iraqi Drilling company, where Exxon Mobil and other companies have caravans housing their workers, security official Mahdi Raykan said. Exxon Mobil, based in Irving, Texas, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In May, it evacuated staff from the West Qurna 1 oil field in Basra province. As Washington-Tehran tensions escalated, there have been concerns that Iraq could once again get caught in the middle between its two top allies. The country hosts more than 5,000 U.S. troops, and is home to powerful Iranian-backed militias, some of whom want those U.S. forces to leave. In May, the U.S. evacuated nonessential diplomatic staff from Iraq. That came before a missile landed in Baghdad's Green Zone, near the sprawling U.S. Embassy. 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Employees of the web- and app-based food delivery app took to the streets of the West Bengal capital shouting \"Zomato ki dadagiri nahi chalegi (Zomato's bullying is unacceptable)\". The striking employees have explained that Hindu agents had declared themselves uncomfortable handling food with beef, while Muslim riders said they did not want to deliver food containing pork. \"The company is not listening to our demands and forcing us to deliver beef and pork against our will. Hindus have a problem is delivering beef while Muslims do not want to deliver pork. We are not ready to deliver such things on any condition. We are forced to deliver such things,\" Mausin Akhtar, an employee, told news agency ANI. West Bengal: Zomato food delivery executives in Howrah are on an indefinite strike protesting against delivering beef and pork, say, \"The company is not listening to our demands & forcing us to deliver beef & pork against our will. We have been on strike for a week now.\" pic.twitter.com/tPVLIQc2SZ \"They are playing with our religious sentiments. We, the Hindus, were asked to deliver beef while in coming days our Muslims brothers will be asked to deliver pork. This is not acceptable,\" another claimed. The call to strike comes amid increasing polarisation in the state that peaked during the recently held election in which the BJP made substantial inroads. The consumption of beef, a sensitive subject in the country, became a controversial topic in 2017 after the BJP-led government at the centre announced a nationwide ban on the slaughter of cows. BJP-ruled states believe in the protection of the cow and are opposed to the consumption of beef. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had labelled the ban \"undemocratic\" and \"unconstitutional\" and Bengal remains one of only a few prominent states in which neither the slaughter nor the consumption of beef is illegal. However, this could change with the BJP's growing influence. Bengal witnessed a bitter turf war between Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and the BJP during the Lok Sabha polls in April-May, with the Trinamool coming off second-best - the BJP went from two seats in 2014 to 18, prompting a state BJP leader to claim the Mamata Banerjee's government would not survive till 2021 polls. In June, the organisers of a beef festival in Kolkata were forced to call it off after a barrage of threatening calls and hate messages. Since the results of the national election, there have been several violent clashes between cattle vigilantes, or 'gau rakshaks', and Muslims and minority community members over the alleged sale, transportation and consumption of beef. In May, a woman was among three people thrashed in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly carrying beef . The preceding month, in Assam, a man was arrested for allegedly assaulting and force-feeding pork to a Muslim beef seller. 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The last time Apple was the top smartphone vendor was in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to Gartner's data, which tracks sales to consumers. Apple ( AAPL ) , which launched its 5G lineup in mid October, sold nearly 80 million smartphones in the final three months of 2020, a 15% increase on the same period the previous year. The company also shipped its most iPhones ever to distributors in a single quarter, at 81.8 million, according to research published by Singapore-based Canalys late last month. By that measure, Apple has outperformed Samsung on fourth-quarter sales since 2017. The final three months of the year are often Apple's strongest because it typically unveils new iPhones in September. That was delayed last year until October as a result of supply chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Samsung usually updates its flagship Galaxy S phones in February, contributing to a much stronger first quarter performance. This year, the company announced new models a month early . Apple's double-digit sales growth was achieved despite a shrinking market. Global sales of smartphones slipped 5.4% in the fourth quarter, according to Gartner, amid rising unemployment and weaker consumer spending because of the pandemic. Smartphone sales declined 12.5% in 2020 compared to the previous year. \"Even as consumers remained cautious in their spending and held off on some discretionary purchases, 5G smartphones and pro-camera features encouraged some end users to purchase new smartphones or upgrade their current smartphones in the quarter,\" said Anshul Gupta, senior research director at Gartner. \"The iPhone 12 is a hit,\" added Canalys analyst Vincent Thielke in last month's report. \"Apple is better positioned than its competitors on 5G, being heavily skewed towards developed markets, and mobile operator sales channels.\" Samsung still on top for the year Samsung ( SSNLF ) sold 62 million smartphones in the fourth quarter. The company retained its position as the biggest global smartphone maker for the full year despite a 15% decline in sales and competition from Chinese rivals such as Xiaomi, OPPO and Vivo, Gartner said. Huawei, which eclipsed Samsung in the second quarter of 2020, went on to suffer the largest decline among the top five smartphone vendors, causing it to lose its number two position to Apple for the full year. The brand ranked fourth globally in the final three months of the year, Gartner said. US government sanctions, which blocked it from using some popular Google applications and services on its smartphones, hurt sales, Gartner said. The company announced that it was selling its budget smartphone business, Honor , in November, which could dent smartphone sales further going forward. Gartner sees global smartphone sales recovering this year. \"The rising demand for affordable 5G smartphones outside China will boost smartphone sales in 2021,\" said Gupta. 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The judge found that 19 of 20 Align patent claims were valid. The company, neck-deep in three ITC and six court cases against 3Shape's alleged infringements, intends to seek full ITC review of the matter. 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Spin-off According to the short-selling Boatman Capital Research. This means that Thungela Resources, which is scheduled to open in London and Johannesburg on Monday, could be worthless. Boatman has also campaigned for a long time against the opposition movement. Engineer Babcock International In a report published Sunday, cleaning costs for Sangela's seven mines could be $ 1.36 billion, or nearly three times the amount currently reserved, due to proposed regulations. Insisted. \"Given that the Thungela mine has a remaining lifespan of 5 to 11 years (assuming no extension), this is now an urgent issue for the company and its shareholders.\" Major miners are being forced by investors to withdraw from coal to contribute to climate change. Steam coal is burned at power plants to generate electricity, a process that accounts for about 30% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. Rio Tinto sold its last coal mine in 2018, but BHP is also considering selling its steaming coal business. Split This will allow Anglo to focus on the production of metals that are in high demand during the transition to clean energies such as copper and platinum. It will also test London-based investors' willingness to mine stocks. In a report released last week, the company's corporate broker, Liberum, said Thungela's market value could range from $ 440 million to $ 950 million. Anglo refuted Boatman's allegations, saying that the $ 480 million cleanup clause on Sangela's balance sheet \"exceeds\" regulatory guidance for South African miners. He added that the proposed provision for environmental liability \"does not accurately reflect the actual or expected amount required to fulfill such liability.\" \"The draft has been reviewed since 2015 because these amounts are believed to be artificial and intentionally inflated. This is a South African industry-wide issue, so Boatman reports. It's far from complete the rules that the book draws conclusions on, \"the company said. Thungela, which means \"ignite\" in Isizul, is one of South Africa's largest thermal coal exporters. Due to the split, investors will receive one Thungela share for every 10 Anglo American shares they hold. The Thungela split follows a sharp rise in South African steaming coal prices, rising 25% this year to $ 113 per ton. Anglo will provide Thungela with a $ 180 million capital injection. Thungela will open its first day trading with no debt. It also agreed to provide \"temporary capital support\" until the end of 2022 if steam coal prices fall below a certain threshold. Analysts believe that the most likely buyers of a stock will be a value-based income fund. Thungela's dividend policy is to pay shareholders at least 30% of free cash flow from operating activities. \"Thanks to Anglo's price support and dowry, we expect the company to be able to pay some dividends at first, but after that the dividends will be unsustainable and the true value of the company will be revealed. I believe it will be, \"said Boatman. 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Alison Rose, chief executive of the NatWest Group, said while the issue of independence is one for Scots to decide, the bank's balance sheet would be \"too big for an independent Scottish economy\". The Royal Bank of Scotland was founded in Edinburgh almost three centuries ago in 1727. Tory finance spokesman Murdo Fraser said confirmation that independence would see it move its base away from the Scottish capital \"starkly confirms the very real consequences for Scottish jobs and business if Nicola Sturgeon ever gets her way\". The RBS headquarters at Gogarburn in Edinburgh (Andrew Milligan/PA) Mr Fraser insisted: \"For the historic Royal Bank of Scotland to be forced to leave Scotland in the event of the break-up of Britain would be devastating.\" His comments came after Ms Rose told the Herald newspaper: \"As you know, we are neutral on the issue of Scottish independence – it is something for the Scottish people to decide. \"We have been very clear, and it is recognised by senior nationalists, that in the event that there was independence in Scotland, our balance sheet would be too big for an independent Scottish economy, and we would move our registered headquarters… to London.\" Her remarks came just days before Scots go to the polls in the Holyrood election, with the SNP pushing to win a majority of seats in the hope of securing a second referendum on independence. Pamela Nash, chief executive of the pro-UK Scotland in Union campaign group, said: \"As part of the UK, Scotland has a thriving financial services industry providing high quality jobs and income. \"Losing the RBS HQ to London would be a hammer blow for the country's reputation as a place to invest and work. \"As a new and smaller economy, a separate Scotland would be at greater risk of shocks, and we would be gambling with people's livelihoods by scrapping the pound and building a border with England. \"The last thing our economy needs as we enter the Covid recovery period is more uncertainty, which is why the SNP should drop its obsession with a divisive and reckless referendum.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "RBS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "RBS", "length": 3, "offset": 174}, {"position_text": "Royal Bank of Scotland", "length": 22, "offset": 530}, {"position_text": "RBS", "length": 3, "offset": 863}, {"position_text": "Royal Bank of Scotland", "length": 22, "offset": 965}, {"position_text": "RBS", "length": 3, "offset": 1920}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Herald", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Herald", "length": 6, "offset": 1123}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "RBS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "RBS", "length": 3, "offset": 174}, {"position_text": "RBS", "length": 3, "offset": 863}, {"position_text": "RBS", "length": 3, "offset": 1920}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Holyrood", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Holyrood", "length": 8, "offset": 1585}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "SNP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "SNP", "length": 3, "offset": 1613}, {"position_text": "SNP", "length": 3, "offset": 2327}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Gogarburn", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Gogarburn", "length": 9, "offset": 883}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 280, "text": "Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video users are making a costly mistake – don't be next\nAs the cost of living crisis continues to wreak havoc across the UK, it's probably no surprise to hear that online piracy levels are on the rise. And while anyone that turns to illicit Netflix, Prime Video or Disney+ streams and downloads may think they're saving money, it can cost them a lot more in the long run. That's because online piracy portals are littered with malicious links which can spread dangerous malware or try to trick you into handing over your bank details. And as more people turn to illegal streams James Walker, CEO of consumer data champions Rightly, is warning online pirates about the risks of illegal streaming and torrent downloads which they may not be aware of. Speaking to Express.co.uk, Walker said: \"Sports and entertainment platforms are increasingly being pirated amidst the fragmentation of broadcasting and high prices in turbulent times. \"Unfortunately, illegal streaming opens people up to scammers. These cyber criminals will try and catch people out by using various tactics to access to bank accounts, commit fraud, or install malicious software. \"Almost every illegal site carries links to malicious software or misleading content of some sort, with many carrying no security certificates. This means that the criminals can view IP addresses and allow them to target individuals specifically.\" Besides spreading malware, online piracy sites can be used to trick people into falling for phishing scams which steal personal and financial information. If hackers end up getting hold of this sensitive data it means any money people save by turning to illegal streams or downloads could quickly evaporate, as hackers would have the keys to their bank accounts. Walker advised: \"There's no doubt, if you want to protect your personal and financial details, and your family's safety, the secure and safe way to watch content is definitely through legitimate providers. The big players take security seriously and it's in their interests to make sure it remains a safe environment to see content.\" Here are some of the threats people expose themselves to when they turn to illegal streaming and torrent websites… Malware: Threats include banking trojans which are designed to access your bank accounts and other financial information in order to steal your money. Spyware/Adware: This malicious software spies on your keyboard clicks to deliver particular ads to you that encourage you to click on certain links. It can also secretly look at you through the camera on your device. Phishing: This is where people are tricked into revealing personal information, for example usernames, passwords, and credit card numbers, with the intent of taking over user accounts and stealing their money. Fake browser or operating system updates: Generated by illegal sites to make you download something helpful to cyber criminals. Besides the risk to your device's security and personal information, accessing illegal streams or downloading fake torrents is illegal. And while you may think you'll be able to escape the wrath of rights holders, in recent years programme makers have been going the extra mile to clamp down on those that breach copyright. Last year Virgin Media subscribers in the UK that had allegedly pirated Hollywood movie Ava – which was available to watch legally on Netflix – received a letter in the post warning them they faced £800 fines for illegally watching the movie. They were told to pay a considerable fine or face court action. You have been warned! 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Many Katana clients in the jewelry industry are praising the manufacturing solution as an effective method to manage orders and provide a clear view of production and raw material inventory. Companies such as Balaam by Monica Zamora use Katana. The company creates innovative Sterling Silver jewelry that melds traditional influences with contemporary European and American flair. They noted, \"When I was exploring the app they took all the time to walked me through the app and make it applicable to my business, it was very good to see them trying to understand my business and provide some input.\" Divine Island Design, the Big Pine Key, Florida-based company specializes in custom, handmade projects from woods and acrylics such as island themed jewelry, ornaments, and magnets. They too are a Katana user commenting, \"This app is prefect for my business. It helps track all my inventory, from material to finished products.\" Katana Cloud-Based Manufacturing Software: Katana is a cloud-based software designed specifically for small and mid-sized manufacturers. The scalable SaaS platform caters to manufacturing companies requiring a robust and effective production planning, scheduling, and inventory control system to manage manufacturing processes. All these operations are packaged into a single, unified system that presents manufacturers with relevant data including materials, production, warehouse status, sales and purchase orders. Katana's interface includes a highly visual dashboard that provides users with a comprehensive view of the manufacturing business, orders, processes, and deadlines. Managers and business owners observe the areas within operations which are running smoothly, allowing a greater focus on specific areas needing improvement. This best-in-class approach brings lean manufacturing principles and practices to even the smallest manufacturing firms. Katana seamlessly syncs work information and processes with QuickBooks, Shopify, Xero, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, and other similar apps to ensure orders are fulfilled and quotas never missed. With a single glance, Katana users make quick and intelligent business decisions based on reliable, real-time information impacting their business in the most positive and productive ways. Perhaps of greatest importance to smaller manufacturers is the ability to pay monthly rather than a significant capital expense and achieve quick implementation within 7 days. Katana users start with a 14-day FREE trial. 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The airline said it expects the two software upgrades to be approved before the end of the year and it is notifying Wall Street on when it intends to fly the MAX again. American Airlines is one of three U.S. carriers — including United Airlines and Southwest — ordered by federal regulators to ground all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft following two crashes in October 2018 and March 2019, which killed a total of 346 people. Since the grounding of the Boeing MAX aircraft in March, U.S. commercial carriers have said they have gone to great lengths to minimize the impact on their passengers, pulling MAX flights from their schedules. Were mistakes made? The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has been working to get a better understanding of the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight, certification and delegation along with an investigation into Boeing's design and development of the 737 MAX. When asked if Boeing made any mistakes, CEO Dennis Muilenburg has repeated that not having an \"AoA Disagree Light\" working on all MAX aircraft was a mistake. In both crashes it appears that the angle-of-attack sensors sent bad data, misfiring the MCAS — or Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System — and the software fix will rely on both sensors for activation. This is one of the outstanding questions: Wasn't it a mistake to use just one sensor, if the fix is using both? On Oct. 30, Muilenburg will appear on the Hill and is expected to answer that question when he testifies on the airworthiness of the 737 MAX and the updates made to the MCAS software. This will be his first appearance before lawmakers since the two fatal crashes. Safety investigators issue recommendations to the FAA Preliminary findings indicate that while the pilots of Lion Air flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 fought to regain control of their aircraft — making life-and-death decisions in a matter of minutes — they were bombarded with cockpit alarms. The National Transportation Safety Board said those alarms and alerts were \"undoubtedly confusing\" and \"probably\" made a stressful situation worse. In response, they issued non-binding safety recommendations to the FAA. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said that the NTSB recommendations suggest that in designing and certifying the 737 MAX Boeing and the FAA, \"may not have made realistic assumptions about how pilots respond to multiple simultaneous and potentially confusing warnings in emergency situations.\" The path to certification The FAA has been working with Boeing, international authorities, the aviation industry and a team of technical experts to return the Boeing 737 MAX to service. In June, Boeing announced that they completed development of the updated software for the 737 MAX, along with engineering test flights. Boeing then worked to address FAA requests for additional information on the system architecture, detailing how pilots interact with the airplane controls and displays in different flight scenarios. Once the FAA completes their review and schedules test flights, Boeing will submit final certification documents. Federal regulators have not yet set a date for certification flights, but in an interview with ABC News last month, the head of the FAA, Stephen Dickson, said that no U.S. commercial carrier will fly the Boeing 737 MAX until he is \"completely assured\" that it is safe to do so. \"I'm not going to certify this plane until I'm satisfied,\" he said. Copyright © 2019, ABC Audio. All rights reserved. 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Prashant Kamani, a principal software development manager at Microsoft, who spent 21 years in the company in Washington, writes in his LinkedIn post, \"Today I was informed that my position at Microsoft has been eliminated. As I reflect on it today, I feel a sense of gratitude more than anything else. Microsoft was my first job after college, and I still remember coming over to a foreign land all nervous and excited, wondering what life has in store for me\". Recalling his journey, Kamani said, it has been very fulfilling and rewarding as he has worked in multiple roles and across multiple organisations. He graduated from Delhi's St Stephen's College with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and took his Master's degree in Computer Science from Savitribai Phule Pune University. Remembering his family, he said, \"I'm grateful to my family. I haven't always been there for them, but they have always been there for me. I know that today's news is hitting them equally hard, yet they are staying strong and carrying me through this\". 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Among these, the 27-inch iMac has garnered Substantially interest and admiration for its electric power and abilities. In this post, We are going to delve into your intricacies in the 27-inch iMac and Review its performance with other iMac versions. By an in-depth analysis, we aim to drop light on if the 27-inch iMac is really speedier than its counterparts. Understanding the iMac Series The iMac series is renowned for its modern design, cutting-edge technologies, and seamless user expertise. Apple gives many configurations inside the iMac line, catering to a diverse array of consumers with varying needs. The collection commonly incorporates unique Screen sizes, processors, RAM options, and graphics abilities. Unveiling the 27-inch iMac The 27-inch iMac can be a standout while in the series due to its larger sized Screen and enhanced components. This certain product is intended to cater to experts, content creators, and electric power consumers who require top rated-notch efficiency to take care of resource-intense tasks. Processor Electricity: The 27-inch iMac features the latest-era processors, which add considerably to its Over-all speed and efficiency. With selections starting from quad-core to octa-core configurations, this iMac can take care of multitasking, high-definition video clip modifying, and demanding apps with ease. Retina Show: The 27-inch iMac is supplied with a shocking Retina Exhibit, which reinforces the Visible expertise. This more substantial monitor size provides a lot more display screen real estate property and is particularly great for those dealing with intricate designs, images, or online video enhancing. Graphics Prowess: Graphics general performance is an important variable for users dealing with graphics-intense responsibilities. The 27-inch iMac options impressive AMD Radeon Professional graphics cards, which may speed up graphics rendering and supply easy gameplay experiences for avid gamers. Memory and Storage: The 27-inch iMac includes ample memory choices, permitting buyers to decide on configurations that align with their particular demands. No matter if It truly is 8GB or 64GB of RAM, this iMac can manage multitasking and memory-hungry purposes. Also, the availability of fast and spacious SSD storage further contributes to its swift functionality. Evaluating the 27-inch iMac to Other Types Given that We now have an summary on the 27-inch iMac's key capabilities, let us dive to the comparison with other iMac products to verify irrespective of whether it genuinely outpaces its counterparts. 21.five-inch iMac: The 21.five-inch iMac is really a compact plus much more spending budget-pleasant possibility within the series. Even though check here it shares some similarities with the 27-inch iMac with regards to style and design and build top quality, it lacks the more substantial Display screen and better-end components configurations. Consequently, the 27-inch iMac surpasses the 21.5-inch model in processing energy and graphics capabilities, making it a far more acceptable option for useful resource-intense jobs. iMac Pro: The iMac Pro is Apple's premium offering, targeted at professionals who demand the utmost performance. While the iMac Professional certainly excels in its processing electricity and graphics effectiveness, it is crucial to note that In addition, it comes with a heftier rate tag. For buyers hunting for a stability between ability and affordability, the 27-inch iMac stands as a more reasonable preference. Mac Mini with M1: The Mac Mini with M1 can be a compact desktop Personal computer noted for its amazing overall performance Inspite of its modest size. Outfitted with Apple's M1 chip, the Mac Mini performs extremely effectively in various duties. Having said that, the 27-inch iMac even now maintains an edge over the Mac Mini regarding graphics performance and Screen sizing, making it a preferable choice for graphic designers, video clip editors, and written content creators. Conclusion In conclusion, the 27-inch iMac is undeniably a power to get reckoned with in terms of speed and efficiency. With its robust processors, impressive graphics capabilities, and a stunning Retina Screen, it caters to your needs of experts and electricity people, excelling in useful resource-intense jobs. Even though the 27-inch iMac outperforms several of its scaled-down plus more spending plan-welcoming counterparts, it also competes admirably against the upper-conclusion iMac Pro. Eventually, the choice between these models depends on the person's precise demands, funds, and the character of jobs they need to accomplish. Despite the design you end up picking, Apple's motivation to innovation ensures that each iMac provides a seamless and unparalleled user working experience. As know-how continues to evolve, we can easily only anticipate extra amazing updates and enhancements towards the iMac sequence, additional solidifying its position as a leader on the earth of desktop computing. 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The group's military spokesman, Yahya Saree, declared that they struck the US-flagged Maersk Yorktown cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, using an anti-ship ballistic missile launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen. The ship, primarily manned by 18 US and four Greek crew members, reported no injuries or damage despite the attack, as confirmed by the US Central Command (CENTCOM). In addition to the Maersk Yorktown, the Houthis also targeted the Israeli ship MSC Veracruz in the Indian Ocean. In response to these escalating threats, US forces quickly engaged and neutralized four drones over Yemen, effectively countering the immediate danger to maritime traffic in the region. This response occurred within two hours of the initial attack on the Maersk Yorktown. The UK's Royal Navy warship HMS Diamond also intercepted a missile in the Gulf of Aden. HMS Diamond, a Type 45 destroyer, utilized its Sea Viper missile defense system to shoot down an anti-ship ballistic missile aimed at a merchant vessel. This event marked a significant operational achievement, as it was the Royal Navy's first missile interception of this kind since the Gulf War. HMS Diamond engaging a ballistic missile while protecting MV Maersk Yorktown seen in the background. pic.twitter.com/Zn79hbekdu — Britsky (@TBrit90) April 25, 2024 Greek naval forces also played a crucial role in defense efforts. A Greek ship, part of the European Union's naval mission aimed at countering Houthi actions in the Red Sea, successfully intercepted two drones that were launched towards a commercial vessel. A Greek Navy warship F452 Hydra intercepted two Houthi drones launched at a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden (Reuters). The F452 Hydra is participating in the EU Aspides (Shields) mission to ensure the safety of navigation in the Red Sea. pic.twitter.com/kw2C0L0Eyc — Dana Levi דנה (@Danale) April 25, 2024 These recent incidents illustrate the Houthis' continued use of advanced Iranian-made missiles, including those from the Fateh-110 family, capable of striking targets at distances between 300 and 700 kilometers. Up until recently, the frequency of Houthi attacks had been in decline, according to US officials. This reduction in hostilities was attributed to effective preemptive strikes conducted by the United States on weapon facilities backed by the Houthis earlier in the year. 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If the U.S. defaults on its debt, it could get even better, at least in terms of their Bitcoin investment. More from Fortune: 5 side hustles where you may earn over $20,000 per year—all while working from home Looking to make extra cash? This CD has a 5.15% APY right now Buying a house? Here's how much to save This is how much money you need to earn annually to comfortably buy a $600,000 home That's according to Geoff Kendrick, Standard Chartered's head of digital assets research. He told Insider this week that a U.S. default—which he called a \"low-probability, high-impact event\"—could cause Bitcoin to jump by about $20,000, an increase of nearly 70% from current levels. Bitcoin started the year at well below $17,000 but is now hovering near $30,000. That's still well off its all-time high of nearly $69,000 in November 2021, and some investors who bought Bitcoin around then are no doubt still licking their wounds. Bitcoin, Kendrick predicted, would fare well even if overall cryptocurrencies, which trade more like stocks, did not. \"So actually, the optimal trade would probably be long Bitcoin, short Ethereum. That sort of mix would probably be a good expression of this,\" Kendrick told Insider. On Monday, Kendrick said in a note Bitcoin could reach $100,000 by the end of 2024 and the \"crypto winter\" was over. He added that Bitcoin has benefited from its status as a \"branded safe haven, a perceived relative store of value and a means of remittance.\" Bitcoin's price shot up earlier this year after Silicon Valley Bank collapsed and fears of a banking crisis mounted. Meanwhile the debt ceiling crisis has intensified. On Wednesday, House Republicans passed legislation (barely) that would raise the government's debt ceiling in exchange for spending restrictions. In the weeks ahead, they'll try to reach a compromise with President Joe Biden that would allow the nation's debt to be lifted. Story continues If the U.S. did default on its debt this summer, the consequences would be severe for America and the world. Last month, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned lawmakers that \"a default on our debt would trigger an economic and financial catastrophe.\" Few think it will come to that. But even without a U.S. default, many Bitcoin bulls see good things ahead. ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood said in February that in five years Bitcoin will hit \"roughly $670,000, something like that, and then by 2030, as we see more use cases and more of these insurance policies taken out against fiscal and policy regimes that are not healthy, we think it could pass $1 million.\" Bitcoin has plenty of critics and doubters, of course. Mark Mobius, the billionaire cofounder of Mobius Capital Partners, predicted in December that Bitcoin would fall to $10,000 at some point this year. He has said of Bitcoin, \"It's not an investment, it's a religion.\" Earlier this month, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett reiterated his long-running skepticism. \"Something like Bitcoin, it is a gambling token, and it doesn't have any intrinsic value,\" he told CNBC's Squawk Box . \"But that doesn't stop people from wanting to play the roulette wheel.\" This story was originally featured on Fortune.com More from Fortune: 5 side hustles where you may earn over $20,000 per year—all while working from home Looking to make extra cash? This CD has a 5.15% APY right now Buying a house? 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Should Contact The Gross Law Firm Before February 24, 2025 to...\nInvestors in Transocean Ltd. Should Contact The Gross Law Firm Before February 24, 2025 to Discuss Your Rights – RIG NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of *Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG).* Shareholders who purchased shares of RIG during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery. CONTACT US HERE: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/transocean-ltd-loss-submission-form/?id=123850&from=3 *CLASS PERIOD: *October 31, 2023 to September 2, 2024 *ALLEGATIONS: *The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the oil rigs Discoverer Inspiration and Development Driller III were considered non-strategic assets; (2) the Company's recorded asset valuations were overstated; (3) as a result, the Company would take nearly twice the vessels' sale price in impairment if sold; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. *DEADLINE: February 24, 2025* Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/transocean-ltd-loss-submission-form/?id=123850&from=3 *NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: *Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of RIG during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is February 24, 2025. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case. *WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? *The Gross Law Firm is a nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. 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The company and its subsidiaries have commitments for an approximate $1.94 billion debtor-in-possession financing facility from existing lenders, which will help ensure Cineworld's operations continue as usual while it undergoes a reorganization. Last month the British company, which owns Regal Cinemas in the U.S. and operates in 10 countries, said its theaters remained \"open for business as usual\" as it considered options for relief from its debt load. Cineworld had built up $4.8 billion in net debt, not including lease liabilities. The company, which has about 28,000 employees, previously said that its admissions levels have recently been below expectations. And with a \"limited film slate,\" it expects the lower levels to continue until November. That would mean an additional crunch to its finances. 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Freeform is a virtual whiteboard tool that's just landed on iPhone, iPad, and Mac – and it's completely free. Apple You can even add things like FaceTime into it[/caption] You can drag in photos or files, do drawings and annotations with your finger or an Apple Pencil, as well as add links and notes. It's ideal for creative brainstorming and collaboration, especially in the age of work from home. Everything is synced via iCloud . And up to 100 people can participate in one canvas. Read more about Apple OUT OF CHARGE iPhone charging cable is about to change as final deadline to switch revealed AN APPLE A DAY Apple fitness guru reveals the Apple Watch health hacks everyone should try Of course, other Apple staples like Messages and FaceTime are heavily integrated too. While it's been welcomed by geeks, some say Freeform has one slight drawback – the fact it's exclusive to Apple devices only. \"They should totally have a web version like ALL the collab app out there,\" one person wrote on reddit. \"Seems like the correct approach should've been a web/android version, which acts as marketing luring people to Apple with the premise of hooking into their ecosystem,\" another said. Most read in Tech GOOD CALL? WhatsApp issues vital advice to millions – your app has changed forever ROCKET SCIENCE Nasa hid five secret messages in its latest space trip - did you spot them? APPLE CRUMBLE Painful warning for millions of iPhone fans as Christmas nightmare revealed RED ALERT Every single Android owner urged to use new setting – or risk very costly danger NEW TYPE Millions of WhatsApp users must watch out for 'new text' with very big catch I SPY iPhone and Android owners warned of horrifying 'stalkerware' apps spying on you \"It will benefit organisations that are full-on Apple,\" a third added. However, you can export canvas as a PDF, which may come in useful. Apple first teased Freeform back in June during its WWDC show. \"Freeform opens up endless possibilities for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users to visually collaborate,\" said Bob Borchers, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. \"With an infinite canvas, support for uploading a wide range of files, iCloud integration, and collaboration capabilities, Freeform creates a shared space for brainstorming that users can take anywhere.\" Freeform comes as part of iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, which rolled out to devices today. Mac users can access it as long as they have Ventura 13.1. Best Phone and Gadget tips and hacks Looking for tips and hacks for your phone? Want to find those secret features within social media apps? We have you covered... How to delete your Instagram account What does pending mean on Snapchat ? How to check if you've been blocked on WhatsApp How to drop a pin on Google Maps How can I change my Facebook password ? 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FILE PHOTO: Janet Yellen speaks at a news conference in Washington, U.S. December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Earlier on Tuesday, Yellen in a conversation with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde had also underscored ways to deepen transatlantic cooperation on economic and financial issues. In her discussion with the EU executive, Yellen emphasized the importance of the transatlantic partnership and said she aimed to work more closely with Brussels on key challenges, including \"ending the pandemic, supporting a strong global economic recovery, fighting income inequality, and forcefully addressing the threat of climate change,\" the Treasury said. Yellen committed to re-engaging in discussions on international taxation to forge a timely international accord, and to seek solutions to key bilateral trade issues, it said. The Biden administration is seeking to rebuild ties with European allies on all fronts after the deep rifts that characterized Donald Trump's presidency, and want to work together to counter what Yellen has called China's \"abusive, unfair and illegal practices.\" While Trump, a Republican, repeatedly took aim at European allies, threatening and imposing tariffs on a range of goods, the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden has sent far more positive signals on issues ranging from trade to taxes. EU officials last week welcomed Washington's decision to refrain from imposing additional tariffs on EU goods in a long-running dispute over aircraft tariffs, and said they were ready to work to resolve trade disputes. The United States and European countries have also said they will redouble efforts to reenergize and conclude talks on global taxation being led by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Nearly 140 countries are negotiating the first update in a generation to the rules for taxing cross-border commerce, to account for the emergence of big tech companies like Alphabet Inc's Google, Apple Inc and Facebook Inc. The talks stalled under the Trump administration after Yellen's predecessor suspended U.S. involvement, but OECD ministers say they now hope to reach a deal by mid-2021. 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The U.S. wants her extradited to face fraud charges. Her arrest infuriated Beijing, which sees her case as a political move designed to prevent China's rise. The U.S. accuses Huawei of using a Hong Kong shell company called Skycom to sell equipment to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions. It says Meng, 49, committed fraud by misleading the HSBC bank about the company's business dealings in Iran. Much of the case centers around an August 2013 PowerPoint presentation made to a HSBC executive during a lunch in Hong Kong. Defense lawyer Frank Addario asked the court to admit evidence he says shows officials with HSBC were aware of Huawei's connection to Skycom and another company called Canicula Holdings Inc. \"It was widely known in the bank ... that Huawei owned Skycom,\" Addario told Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes. \"It sold Skycom to Canicula and thereafter Huawei controlled Canicula's account at the bank.\" Addario said by omitting this evidence, the U.S. misled Canadian courts. \"The case put to you for the prosecution is the bank's knowledge came from all these misleading statements by Huawei employees generally,\" said Addario. \"Once you see all this evidence the picture that emerges is a different picture abut the knowledge of HSBC employees generally and the decision makers.\" Meng attended the hearing wearing a mask and an ankle tracking bracelet. She followed the proceedings with an interpreter while reading documents on her lap and taking sips of water. Over the next several weeks, Meng's defense team will present several justifications for halting the extradition proceedings. Later this week they will argue her arrest was politically motivated and will point to comments made by former U.S. President Donald Trump that he was using Meng as a bargaining chip to force a better trade deal with China. Canada's attorney general said in court documents that Trump's comments were public statements by a president no longer in office about a possible intervention that never occurred. Later this month, Meng's lawyers will claim an abuse of process, saying Canada Border Services Agency officers detained and questioned Meng without a lawyer, seized her electronic devices and compelled her to give up the passcodes before her official arrest. Her lawyers also contend the U.S. is exceeding the limits of its jurisdiction by prosecuting a foreign citizen for actions that took place in Hong Kong and that Canada was misled by the U.S. about the strength of its case. Meng's arrest has soured relations between Canada and China. In apparent retaliation, China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor. China has also placed restrictions on various Canadian exports to China, including canola oilseed. China also handed death sentences to four Canadians convicted of drug smuggling. Kovrig and Spavor are remain jailed. 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(AP) — Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe are set to present their arguments that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline because rapid erosion could expose it and cause a massive oil spill on reservation land. In some places, the Bad River now flows less than 15 feet from where Enbridge's Line 5 is buried. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are worried that a spill could devastate their land, but Enbridge says a spill is unlikely and is asking the tribe to instead let it reinforce the riverbank, saying the pipeline is critical to the Great Lakes economy.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "AP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AP", "length": 2, "offset": 70}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Enbridge", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Enbridge", "length": 8, "offset": 398}, {"position_text": "Enbridge", "length": 8, "offset": 529}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Enbridge", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Enbridge", "length": 8, "offset": 398}, {"position_text": "Enbridge", "length": 8, "offset": 529}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 293, "text": "The Anti-Defamation League Is Finally Sick of Elon Musk's Nazi Jokes\nan organization meant to combat antisemitism and other kinds of bigotry, it seems the billionaire and the advocacy group are on the outs once again. Musk and the ADL had first taken shots at each other during a spat in 2023, with the nonprofit saying X had allowed an explosion of hate speech under Musk's watch, and the billionaire countering that they were trying to smear him while stifling free speech. He even amplified a hashtag , #BanTheADL, that white supremacists used to call for the removal of the organization from the website, and blamed the ADL for a precipitous drop in ad revenue as brands ditched the app because of the rise in harmful content that it and that year, Musk and ADL chief executive Jonathan Greenblatt came to an agreement about the need to restrict language on the platform associated with the Palestinian liberation movement. Musk also made symbolic visits to Israel and Auschwitz that seemed to further smooth things over. A detente lasted until just after President Donald Trump 's second inauguration this month. Even when Musk faced outrage for making a gesture at the event that white nationalists recognized (and celebrated) as a Nazi salute , the ADL urged people to give the billionaire — who has allowed pro-Nazi accounts to flourish on his platform — a pass. \"This is a delicate moment,\" read a post on Monday from the group's official X account. \"It seems that [Musk] made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge. In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath.\" But Musk made little attempt to allay concerns that he had thrown a \"Sieg Heil\" at a lectern bearing the United States presidential seal. Indeed, he seemed to enjoy the controversy, and continued to stoke it on Thursday with a series of Nazi-related puns. \"Don't say Hess to Nazi accusations!\" he wrote in a post on X that also included the line \"Some people will Goebbels anything down!\" as well as the baffling non-sequitur \"His pronouns would've been He/Himmler!\" (X CEO Linda Yaccarino The World War II wordplay was evidently a bridge too far for Greenblatt after the ADL had gone to bat for Musk in a statement on the inauguration salute that was widely seen as an abdication of the nonprofit's exact purpose. \"We've said it hundreds of times before and we will say it again: the Holocaust was a singularly evil event, and it is inappropriate and offensive to make light of it,\" he wrote in a post on X that quoted Musk's, telling the world's richest man that \"the Holocaust is not a joke.\" The ADL itself quote Greenblatt's post and added , \"Making inappropriate and highly offensive jokes that trivialize the Holocaust only serve to minimize the evil and inhumanity of Nazi crimes, denigrate the suffering of both victims and survivors and insult the memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Shoah.\" (The ADL did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.) These remarks spurred further criticism from various corners. Bend the Arc, a progressive Jewish group that had taken the ADL to task for excusing Musk's inflammatory gesture, wrote in their own X post: \"The ADL will condemn Elon Musk's awful, tasteless Holocaust puns… but thinks his Nazi salutes celebrating Trump's inauguration are fine? They're missing the big picture here.\" Jewish political cartoonist Eli Valley went further, sharing an illustration of Greenblatt with his arm around a saluting Hitler and saying, \"The salute is fine! Just don't make jokes!\" Musk has yet to acknowledge the chiding from Greenblatt or the ADL, so it's too early to say whether they will resume the sort of public bickering we saw in 2023. Still, he appeared to believe he had accomplished something with his trolling. 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As expected, Call of Duty: Vanguard will be revealed in a similar manner to Black Ops Cold War last year. The reveal event, taking place within Warzone, was confirmed by the PlayStation Store through an ad. Watch on YouTube As spotted by @_Tom_Henderson_ , the ad reveals that Vanguard will be revealed on Thursday, August 19 at 10:30am PT, 1:30pm ET, 6:30pm BST . This is likely when the event will begin. BREAKING NEWS: The official PlayStation Store has updated to reveal Call of Duty: Vanguard will be revealed on August 19th. 1:30 PM EST/18:30 BST. #CoDVanguard pic.twitter.com/6ddYIoCRgn — Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) August 16, 2021 The recent Season 5 update in Black Ops Cold War and Warzone leaked a number of details about Vanguard, including its key art, WW2 period , open beta, and more. If last year's Black Ops Cold War reveal is anything to go by, the Warzone event will likely culminate with the unlocking of Vanguard's reveal trailer. The news comes in the midst of major turmoil within Activision Blizzard following the State of California's lawsuit against it , alleging widespread discrimination, abuse, and harassment. A major part of the complaint centres on Blizzard's \"frat boy culture\", and it has so far caused the company to fire president J. Allen Brack , and longtime HR head Jesse Meschuk in a bid to make some progress. Many, however, do not believe Activision Blizzard intends to make any major structural changes. The publisher has already brought in a union-busting law firm to quell calls for collective action, but that hasn't stopped some employees from forming a coalition across all of its labels. 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Eric Smalley, The Conversation (THE CONVERSATION) Microsoft announced on Jan. 18, 2022, its intention to purchase video game giant Activision Blizzard. The company, publisher of top-selling video games Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush, has been the subject of a series of sexual discrimination and harassment complaints. A day before Microsoft's announcement, Activision Blizzard announced that it has fired \"nearly 40 employees\" since July following an investigation into hundreds of reports from employees of misconduct. California sued Activision Blizzard in July 2021, alleging a \"pervasive 'frat boy' culture\" at the company and discrimination against women in pay and promotion. The suit prompted a walkout by company employees who demanded that the company address the problem. The turmoil is an echo of the infamous Gamergate episode of 2014 that featured an organized online campaign of harassment against female gamers, game developers and gaming journalists. The allegations are also of a piece with a decadeslong history of gender discrimination in the technology field. It's unclear whether or how quickly Microsoft will address Activision Blizzard's discriminatory culture. Regardless of what happens within the company, the problem of sexual harassment in gamer culture involves the industry as a whole, as well as players and fans. We've been covering sexual harassment and gender discrimination in gaming – and technology generally – and picked five articles from our archive to help you understand the news. 1. Gaming culture is toxic – but community norms can change it Things have not been getting steadily better. The shift to online activities caused by the pandemic was accompanied by an increase in online harassment and a decrease in the number of women and girls playing video games. More than a third of female gamers have experienced harassment, and female players have developed coping strategies like hiding their gender, playing only with friends and shutting down harassers by outplaying them, according to University of Oregon professor Amanda Cote. These strategies take time and energy, and they avoid rather than challenge the harassment. Challenging harassment is also fraught, because it typically sparks a backlash and puts the burden on the victim. Shutting down harassment comes down to creating and supporting community norms that reject rather than allow or encourage harassment. Gaming companies can adopt practices beyond banning harassers that discourage the behavior before it happens, including reducing opportunities for conflict outside of gameplay, adding in-game recognition of good behavior, and responding quickly to complaints. \"If esports continue to expand without game companies addressing the toxic environments in their games, abusive and exclusionary behaviors are likely to become entrenched,\" she writes. \"To avoid this, players, coaches, teams, leagues, game companies and live-streaming services should invest in better community management efforts.\" 2. It's not just players – fans are part of the problem Go to any sports stadium and you'll see that the atmosphere that energizes players and fans alike comes from the fans. For esports the venues are streaming services, where fan reaction comes not from cheers and chants but in the form of online chat. University of South Florida professor Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia and colleagues analyzed chats on Twitch, one of the largest streaming services that carries live esports. They found a sharp distinction in the language fans use when commenting on players, called streamers, depending on gender. \"When watching a man stream, viewers typically talk about the game and try to engage with the streamer; game jargon (words like 'points,' 'winner' and 'star') and user nicknames are among the most important terms,\" he writes. \"But when watching a woman stream, the tone changes: Game jargon drops, and objectification language increases (words like 'cute,' 'fat' and 'boobs'). The difference is particularly striking when the streamer is popular, and less so when looking at comments on less-popular streamers' activity.\" As with the games themselves, combating harassment and discrimination on streaming services comes down to community standards, he writes. The streaming services \"need to examine their cultural norms to drive out toxic standards that effectively silence entire groups.\" 3. Collegiate esports leagues don't reflect the population of video game players Esports is becoming a big business, with over $1 billion in revenues, and collegiate leagues are an important component of the field. Just over 8% of college esports players and 4% of coaches are female. The low rates of participation are not a reflection of interest: 57% of women ages 18-29 play video games that are in the esports category. Female players face overt hostility and harassment, which discourages participation, according to SUNY Cortland professor Lindsey Darvin. College teams often engage in tokenism by bringing on a single female player, and the vast majority of scholarships go to male players. Professional esports organizations are beginning to address the gender gap. Colleges and universities need to follow suit. \"Colleges and universities that receive U.S. federal aid have an obligation to improve opportunity and access to participation based on Title IX policy, which prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance,\" she writes. 4. 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(CSE: RAIL) (OTCQB: RLAIF) (\"Railtown AI', \"Railtown\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce it has executed an MOU for the acquisition of AI Partnerships Corp. (\"AIP\"). (the \"Acquisition Transaction\" or \"Transaction\" or \"Acquisition\"), a Toronto-based company that has established an Affiliate network of over 160, primarily North American, AI-SaaS companies that provide AI-based vertical market solutions and AI development and management tools. The acquisition will create a dynamic organization that drives substantial revenue growth and scales enterprise AI solutions worldwide. AIP's Affiliate network operates in 13 countries and delivers AI-based solutions to a diverse client base across multiple industries, including fintech, healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain management as well as sector agnostic applications and AI development and management tools. The combination of Railtown AI and AIP is expected to provide both organizations with an opportunity to leverage Railtown AI's Conductr product as a platform of choice for AI application development by AIP's current and future Affiliates and their end-users. One of the fundamental objectives in the establishment of AIP's Affiliate network was to allow AIP to identify and acquire the best Affiliates as part of a broader strategic roll-up strategy. The transaction is expected to provide the resulting entity the benefit of a public company structure with access to capital markets as it executes its Affiliate acquisition strategy. AIP's established Affiliate network provides a significant opportunity to grow recurring revenue streams through Affiliate acquisitions, which could be enhanced by deploying Railtown AI's proprietary technologies across the Affiliate network and its customers. Key drivers of revenue growth include: Affiliate Acquisitions: The company plans to acquire select high-performing Affiliates, and as a result of combining their product offerings will provide a rich suite of vertical market AI-based applications and development tools in order to meet the needs of enterprise clients. Platform Integration: Railtown AI's Conductr platform could streamline AI development for Affiliates and their enterprise clients, increasing both adoption and productivity. Expanded Partnerships: With relationships already in place with major technology partners, including MILA, Amii, Microsoft, NVIDIA, AMD, and UBC, the company will continue to leverage these partnerships to accelerate enterprise sales and product innovation. Recurring Enterprise Revenue: The integration of AI-based vertical market applications along with AI development and management tools and services across the Affiliate network is anticipated to drive strong recurring revenue growth from long-term enterprise contracts. \"This acquisition represents a transformative moment for both Railtown AI and AI Partnerships Corp. By combining our Conductr platform with AIP's extensive Affiliate network and enterprise partnerships, we are creating a powerhouse that will drive significant revenue growth and deliver innovative AI solutions to businesses worldwide. The opportunities ahead are immense-we're poised to expand our reach, scale enterprise sales, and accelerate innovation across industries. Together, we'll shape the future of AI in ways that unlock long-term value for our shareholders, customers, and partners,\" said Cory Brandolini, CEO of Railtown AI Technologies. \"From its inception, AIP set out to assemble the largest network of AI solutions organizations that provide a diverse package of AI solutions, that meet the needs of enterprises in industry sectors that realize significant ROI from the adoption of AI-based application solutions. We found Railtown's Conductr had broad deployment relevance across the entirety of our network. With the combination of Railtown and AIP, we are excited to actualize our public market vision as we seek to commence with an aggressive targeted Affiliate acquisition mandate upon the conclusion of this exciting transaction,\" stated Dr. Tom Corr, CEO of AI Partnerships Corp. To facilitate the acquisition transaction, Canaccord Genuity Corp. has been engaged as exclusive financial advisor and lead agent to the Company in connection with the acquisition transaction and any concurrent financing. Both companies are working toward finalizing a Letter of Intent (the \"LOI\") to formalize the acquisition in the coming weeks. The acquisition is expected to position the company to capitalize on the rapidly expanding demand for AI solutions in key sectors. The ability to provide enterprise clients with a fully integrated suite of AI tools and services-ranging from SaaS applications to advanced development platforms-gives the organization a strong competitive advantage in both domestic and international markets. The leadership teams of Railtown AI and AIP are aligned in their vision to create long-term value through technology innovation and enterprise revenue growth. For more information on the executive leadership teams, please visit: About AI Partnerships Corporation AI Partnerships Corp. was formed in 2020 with the goal of establishing a world-wide Affiliate network of AI-as-a-Service based companies that are focused on providing AI-based solutions in a select number of sectors. These sectors include healthcare, manufacturing, supply chain and fintech, as well as sector agnostic AI development tools and applications. We have established a network of over 160 SaaS-based AI Affiliates, primarily headquartered in Canada and the US, who have offices in 13 countries world-wide. The Affiliate network consists primarily of companies that are non-competitive with each other and who work together to cross-sell to each other clients and to jointly pursue new sales opportunities. By establishing and working with the Affiliate network, AI Partnerships has been able to identify the best Affiliate candidates to potentially be acquired by AI Partnerships. Follow us on social media: About Railtown AI Technologies Railtown AI, a Microsoft Partner, has developed a cloud-based Application General Intelligence Platform called Conductr. Artificial intelligence and automation that perform tasks and streamline, enhance, and accelerate Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) through Speed, Quality, Automation, and Best Practices are the cornerstones and foundation of the Conductr platform. We purposely built the Conductr platform to help Software Companies and Software Developers save time on redundant tasks, improve productivity, drive down costs, and accelerate developer velocity. Railtown's proprietary AI technology, designed to enable our clients to be more productive and profitable, is accessible on Microsoft's Azure Marketplace. 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U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington issued a temporary restraining order halting the EPA's termination of three environmental nonprofit groups' grant agreements and barring Citibank from dispersing grant funding held at the bank in their accounts. Chutkan said it appeared the EPA failed to take the legally required steps necessary to terminate grants worth a combined $13.97 million that were awarded to Climate United, Coalition for Green Capital and Power Forward Communities. She said that while EPA claimed it terminated the grants due to \"substantial concerns\" about fraud, waste and abuse, it provided only \"vague and unsubstantiated assertions\" to back up those claims in court. Absent a court order preserving the status quo as the litigation proceeds, Chutkan said those groups would face imminent harm if Citibank transferred money the groups use to pay employees, pay rent and fund projects out of those accounts. \"If Citibank transfers money out of these accounts, the funds will not be recoverable,\" wrote Chutkan, an appointee of former Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama. The EPA and Citigroup, Citibank's parent company, did not respond to requests for comment. EPA Lee Zeldin had publicized his campaign to claw back money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which Congress authorized in 2022 as part of the Inflation Reduction Act during then Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden's tenure in 2022 to kick-start projects aimed at curbing pollution. The EPA under Zeldin's watch has maintained that the program did not align with the agency's priorities, and it cited concerns with potential fraud, waste and abuse. Zeldin has said that the FBI and Justice Department are also investigating. Their grant funding was required to be held at Citibank. The three nonprofits sued last week to challenge the EPA's termination of their grants and Citibank's withholding of the money, arguing the agency's decisions were arbitrary. Climate United CEO Beth Bafford in a statement called Tuesday's ruling \"a strong step in the right direction,\" and said the organization would work in the coming weeks towards a long-term solution. 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The lawsuit, which was accompanied by a separate suit joined by 49 US attorneys general, alleges that Facebook used acquisitions and software restrictions on developers to prevent competitors from succeeding. The government's case appeared shaky from the start, I wrote at the time. Its allegation that Facebook owns a monopoly in advertising-supported social networki... 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Saudi Arabia's state-owned media did not acknowledge any incident in Jiddah. But overnight, a military coalition led by the Saudis announced that the Houthis launched two explosives-laden drones toward Khamis Mushait, a southwestern city home to the King Khalid Air Base, and later two ballistic missiles toward the southern province of Jizan. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Brig. Gen. Yehia Sarie, a Houthi military spokesman, tweeted that the rebels fired a new Quds-2 cruise missile at the facility. He posted a satellite image online that matched Aramco's North Jiddah Bulk Plant, where oil products are stored in tanks. The Iran-backed rebels claimed they hit the same facility last November, an attack the Saudi-led coalition later acknowledged had ignited a fire at the plant. While such attacks rarely cause damage or casualties, strikes on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia , the world's largest oil exporter, have shaken energy markets and the world economy. The Jiddah plant serves as a temporary storage facility for gasoline, diesel and other petrochemicals before distribution. The facility sits just southeast of the city's King Abdulaziz International Airport, a major airfield that handles Muslim pilgrims heading to Mecca. Flights coming into the airport diverted or otherwise flew in circles early Thursday morning without explanation, according to tracking data from website FlightRadar24.com . An Associated Press journalist at the scene did not see any smoke immediately rising from the installation Thursday morning. On Friday, the AP analyzed satellite photos of the area taken by Planet Labs Inc. The images Thursday showed char marks on a tank struck in the November attack that had been present in previous days' images, but no other signs of a disruption or damage at the facility. Saudi Aramco, the kingdom's oil giant that now has a sliver of its worth traded publicly on the stock market, did not respond to a request for comment. Its stock traded slightly up Thursday on Riyadh's Tadawul stock exchange as the international crude benchmark, Brent, rose to more than $64 a barrel. U.S. diplomats in Saudi Arabia issued warnings to Americans citing the claimed attack on the Aramco facility, among other reported drone strikes on the kingdom's south. It said it wasn't aware of any casualties and urged Americans to \"review immediate precautions to take in the event of an attack.\" \"These attacks have occurred with little or no warning, impacting airports, energy infrastructure and other civilian facilities,\" American diplomats said in a new warning early Friday. \"Violence associated with Iran-supported groups represents a significant threat. U.S. citizens living and working near military bases and critical civilian infrastructure, including airports, are at heightened risk of missile and drone attack.\" Since 2015, the Houthis battling the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen have targeted international airports, along with military installations and critical oil infrastructure, within Saudi Arabia. In recent months the rebels have escalated their attacks, repeatedly crashing drones and missiles into the kingdom's Patriot missile batteries. Earlier this week, a ballistic missile reached as far as the capital , Riyadh, where it was intercepted and exploded in the sky, scattering shrapnel debris over the city. The conflict in Yemen erupted nearly six years ago, after the Houthis swept into the capital and seized much of the country's north. A Saudi-led military coalition launched a bombing campaign to dislodge the Houthis and restore the internationally recognized government. Now mired in stalemate, the war has killed more than 12,000 civilians, pushed millions to the brink of famine and spawned the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Saudi Arabia has faced widespread international criticism for its airstrikes that have killed civilians and hit non-military targets in Yemen. 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Speaking with AirlineRatings.com Mr. Lee said Singapore Airlines, has shareholder approval to raise over S$15 billion in equity, cash, and facilities and is well-positioned to ride out the pandemic as it prepares for the return of mass travel with the A380 superjumbo as its flagship. Mr. Lee said the airline was probably the \"best positioned in the world\" despite a S$300 million a month cash burn and is moving ahead with aircraft upgrades and deliveries of new types, such as the 777X. To date the airline has raised S$12.7 billion through rights shares, mandatory convertible bonds, secured financing, convertible bond issue to private investors, a regular bond issue to private investors and committed lines of credit, and a short-term unsecured loan. The airline's position is quite remarkable given that it is an international carrier with a host of border restrictions impairing travel. The financial strength and mainly equity infusion has meant that only 2000 of the group's 23,000 staff have been made redundant. Singapore Airlines also has the option of sale-and-lease-back of much of its fleet as another backstop. READ: Qatar Airways soars with 100 destinations Mr. Lee says the airline is rebuilding its network slowly. \"In terms of network, we are still far below pre-COVID at around 20 percent as of January of next year, however in terms of destination coverage, we are actually at about 40 percent,\" Mr. Lee said. \"That's not insignificant considering the circumstances and we want to still be able to provide global connectivity.\" Mr. Lee says that travel bubbles and long-range green lane routes are the way forward in the short term as mass travel is a way off as the shorter-term impact of the vaccine and COVID-19 testing on travel is unknown. \"It is still, very early days on how governments view the vaccine as a potential platform or mechanism with which they can feel more assured about border opening.\" Mr. Lee adds that while it is not up to the airline to mandate vaccination, \"proof of having the vaccine and a COVID-19 test becomes another platform with which governments would be encouraged to open borders.\" And when \"mass travel\" returns front and center of the Singapore Airlines fleet will be 12 Airbus A380s, reduced from the pre-COVID roster of 19. \"We believe in the A380 as part of our future fleet, just a slightly different proportion because we still want to maintain 12 of them in our long-term fleet, Mr. Lim said. And those 12 are being upgraded to the new award-winning configuration, with only 3 left to be completed. Singapore Airlines is also committed to Boeing's latest jet the 777X which it has 20 on order. The 777X is expected to be certified late next year with the airline looking to introduce them from around 2023 as per schedule. \"Our intention is to bring them in on schedule as best we can, Mr. Lim said. Once passengers are on board their Singapore Airlines flight they are are in for some surprises says Mr. Lim. \"What we're most proud of is some of our digital initiatives, which have allowed for reduced contact and reduced touch in the cabin. \"In particular, we've gone totally digital in-flight with regards to menus, reading materials and we even have an APP that you can use on your phone to control the entertainment system. \"So you don't have to touch a console and you don't have to touch a screen to watch your movies,\" Mr. Lim said. 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Trims Stake in Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE:BBWI)\nSei Investments Co. cut its stake in shares of Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE:BBWI - Free Report) by 9.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. 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The new life science park sets a world-class ecosystem where local and international companies, government, and medical and academic institutions will be able to join forces to generate innovative advances in medical research. HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd. (HCmed) has been selected as the first batch companies to join Wuxi International Life Science Innovation Park. HCmed specializes on the development of handheld devices for inhaled drug delivery therapy. It focuses on the delivery of high value therapeutic drugs by providing a customizable platform that increases nebulization performance, ensuring medications are efficiently carried into the lower tract of the lungs and enabling a well-controlled treatment for respiratory diseases. Vice President of AstraZeneca China, Tina Xu, said: \"AstraZeneca is full with experience in multiple diseases treatments and we look forward to working with the municipal government and Wuxi High-tech District to create a influential ecosystem that can support and accelerate the development of startup company from early research and development through to commercialization, which would benefit patients in China and global.\" Chronic respiratory diseases have been categorized by the World Health Organization as one of the four major chronic diseases. In Mainland China, the prevalence of respiratory diseases such as asthma has highly increased in recent years. It is expected that the number of people suffering from these conditions will exceed 60 million. In 2017, The market for asthma and COPD was estimated at RMB 44 billion in Mainland China, including long-term use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and bronchodilators. Pulmicort Respules (budesonide suspension) is a well-known inhaled corticosteroid produced by AstraZeneca with an annual market size of over RMB 6 billion in China. The nature of its suspension formulation makes it difficult to be nebulized by most mesh nebulizers, while mesh clogging is often described as a recurrent issue. The innovative delivery technology and easy-to-clean feature of HCmed's mesh nebulizer can overcome the barriers of nebulizing suspensions, generating a large potential market in the future. HCmed informed that it was officially invited to set up a research and development center along with a production facility in order to tapper into the market and fulfill the needs of patients by introducing its device. The facility will be located at the core center of Wuxi City, where the interaction with universities and other research talents will create more opportunities in the life science park that counts with AstraZeneca as a founding partner. After all facilities are well-set, HCmed will be able to demonstrate the reliability and efficacy of its products and services through a world-class platform, thus accelerating its expansion in China and the global market. Founded in 2014, HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd. completed the development of its first-generation portable mesh nebulizers in less than 5 years. Since 2017, its medical device has successfully received several regulatory approvals, such as European CE, Taiwan TFDA, Brazilian Anvisa, and Indonesian Badan POM. HCmed has also collaborated with one of the world's top ten pharmaceutical companies with its mesh nebulizer in Brazil, which was officially launched in May 2019. In the future, HCmed will build up its manufacturing facility in Wuxi International Life Science Innovation Park to cooperatively expand in China's large healthcare market.  View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hcmed-innovations-joins-wuxi-international-life-science-innovation-park-supported-by-astrazeneca-china-300913201.html SOURCE HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Anvisa", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Anvisa", "length": 6, "offset": 3559}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "World Health Organization", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "World Health Organization", "length": 25, "offset": 1643}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "HCmed Innovations", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "HCmed Innovations", "length": 17, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd", "length": 26, "offset": 642}, {"position_text": "HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd", "length": 26, "offset": 3303}, {"position_text": "HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd", "length": 26, "offset": 4119}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "AstraZeneca", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 85}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 286}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 1175}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 1210}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 2183}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 3028}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 4079}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "HCmed Innovations", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "HCmed Innovations", "length": 17, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd", "length": 26, "offset": 642}, {"position_text": "HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd", "length": 26, "offset": 3303}, {"position_text": "HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd", "length": 26, "offset": 4119}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "HCmed Innovations", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "HCmed Innovations", "length": 17, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd", "length": 26, "offset": 642}, {"position_text": "HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd", "length": 26, "offset": 3303}, {"position_text": "HCmed Innovations Co., Ltd", "length": 26, "offset": 4119}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Brazil", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Brazil", "length": 6, "offset": 3705}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Taiwan", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Taiwan", "length": 6, "offset": 3536}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 303, "text": "Ancestry India DNA Partners with Amazon Web Services to Ensure Unmatched Data Security\nAncestry India DNA's Partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Ancestry India DNA is proud to implement multi-level security protocols to protect customer data. Partnering with AWS, our security systems match those the FBI and CIA use. In response to industry breaches like the recent 23andMe incident, this press release reaffirms Ancestry India DNA's commitment to privacy and trust through robust security measures, ensuring the highest standards in our DNA testing platform. Ancestry India DNA, a pioneering leader in DNA mapping and genetic testing services, is proud to announce the implementation of state-of-the-art security measures to safeguard customer transactions and sensitive information. In a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a global cloud security and infrastructure leader, Ancestry India DNA reaffirms its commitment to providing unparalleled user data protection. Michael Borish, CFO of Ancestry India DNA , highlighted the critical role of cutting-edge technology in ensuring customer privacy: \"In today's digital landscape, data security is paramount. With AWS as our trusted partner, we leverage one of the world's most secure and advanced cloud infrastructures, trusted by top government agencies like the FBI and CIA. Our collaboration with AWS provides multi-layered security protocols, ensuring that our customers' data is encrypted, protected, and accessible only to authorized individuals. We take pride in providing our customers with the peace of mind that their personal and genetic information is handled with the utmost care and security.\" This announcement follows recent news of the 23andMe security breach, which exposed the vulnerabilities in genetic data protection. In response, Ancestry India DNA has proactively strengthened its security framework, offering advanced encryption technologies, multi-factor authentication, and AI-driven threat monitoring, ensuring that customer data remains impervious to unauthorized access. Through its partnership with AWS, Ancestry India DNA now benefits from AWS's world-class security infrastructure, which includes constant monitoring, intelligent threat detection, and real-time incident response capabilities. With AWS's cloud computing platform, Ancestry India DNA can scale securely, ensuring that customer data protection remains robust and resilient as the company grows. \"At Ancestry India DNA, trust and transparency are the foundation of our service. Our customers can rest assured knowing that we take their privacy as seriously as we take their health, and partnering with AWS allows us to offer the highest standards of data protection available in the industry,\" Borish added. About Ancestry India DNAAncestry India DNA is a leading provider of DNA testing services across India, offering personalized insights into health, ancestry, and hereditary risks. Using cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology, the company delivers comprehensive genetic information while prioritizing the security and privacy of customer data through industry-leading partnerships and a dedicated focus on data protection. 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Backed by funding from Beijing, SMIC is China's best hope for becoming a global leader in chip manufacturing that can rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC), the industry's largest foundry. SMIC has seen sales surge over the past two years, as global demand for low-end chips rocketed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and a global chip shortage. On Thursday, it said total revenue for 2022 reached $7.23 billion, up 33.6% from 2021. That was below an average estimate of $7.35 billion, according to a survey of analysts on Refinitiv, and on the low side the company's late November forecast of \"around $7.3 billion.\" The company's growth may be peaking, however, with demand for consumer electronics waning as the pandemic subsided. In its financial filing, SMIC said it expects revenue for 2023 to \"decline by low-teens percentage year-over-year,\" which would mark a break from continual growth. Net income last year hit $1.82 billion, a 6% year-on-year increase, while sales in the final quarter of 2022 hit $1.62 billion, about 2% year-on-year and marginally below analyst expectations. Gross profit over the same period fell slightly, hitting $518.7 million down from $552.8 million the year prior. The company remains generations behind rivals in leading-edge technology and has been in Washington's crosshairs in recent years amid an ongoing spat with Beijing over chip technology. In early October, the U.S. department of commerce released a sweeping set of export controls aimed at containing advancement among China's chip manufacturers. The restrictions are further set to hamper SMIC's ambitions for making advanced chips, experts say. Nonetheless, it is rapidly expanding capacity across China, announcing plans to build four new chip manufacturing plants since 2020. 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Finland's EU presidency secretariat confirmed that the German car maker is providing 100 vehicles to transport delegations during EU presidency events in Helsinki. This week European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly opened an investigation into the practice, saying the Council \"does not have in place guidelines\" to regulate it. Finnish Green Party MEP Heidi Hautala was the lead signatory on a letter from MEPs who oppose such sponsorships. Critics say sponsorships are a \"conflict of interest\" \"100 MEPs addressed some months ago the incoming Finnish Council presidency, asking it to refrain from commercial sponsorship, only to discover soon that BMW was going to sponsor the Finnish presidency with cars,\" Hautala told Yle News. \"There is a clear conflict of interest between the sponsorship by BMW and the Council as lawmaker,\" Hautala said. Story continues after photo. File photo of Finnish MEP Heidi Hautala. AOP Sponsorship of the rotating six-month presidency was branded \"politically damaging\" by MEPs in a letter which called on the Finnish government to \"refuse all corporate sponsorship of the Finnish presidency and make a proposal to other member states that all future presidencies agree to such a rule.\" In a statement to Yle News, the government said no money changed hands as part of its deal with BMW and that the manufacturer was only providing vehicles, not drivers or fuel. It did not disclose the equivalent monetary value of the sponsorship agreement. No guidance on sponsorships for EU member states In a letter addressed to Secretary-General of the EU Council Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen and seen by Yle News, the Ombudsman said she was opening an inquiry into corporate sponsorship of EU presidencies after receiving a complaint from food industry NGO Foodwatch International about Coca-Cola's sponsorship of Romania's EU presidency in the first half of 2019. The complaint is based on the claim that the Council of the European Union \"does not have in place guidelines when it comes to Council presidencies being sponsored by private companies.\" In response, the Council said that sponsorship deals with private companies were \"in principle, a matter for the member state authorities concerned.\" MEP Hautala welcomed the Ombudsman's move. \"I am happy to see that the Ombudsman has now opened an inquiry to this sponsorship which indeed can lead to dependency on undue commercial interests,\" she said. The European Ombudsman is the authority responsible for promoting transparency and accountability in European Union decision making. No change during this presidency Finnish authorities say they do not intend to raise the issue of corporate sponsorships during their presidency. In a statement first reported by Brussels-based website EUObserver , and repeated by officials to Yle News, a government spokeswoman said, \"we do not foresee any discussions about corporate sponsorship of EU presidencies with other member states.\" Anja Laisi , head of the Secretariat for Finland's presidency of the Council of the EU, defended the decision to partner with BMW. In a statement to Yle News she said, \"We have selected meeting venues that are easy to reach by public transportation. However, ministers can rarely use public transportation due to scheduling and security reasons, and we therefore organise car transportation for them.\" \"Following an EU-wide call for tenders, the Secretariat for Finland's presidency concluded a contract with Oy BMW Suomi Ab – the Finnish subsidiary of BMW AG. No other contracts have been signed for the Presidency period,\" she said. Asked whether representatives of BMW would receive opportunities to meet with European political figures as a consequence of the deal, Ms Laiti said, \"Representatives of BMW do not have opportunities to meet with Finnish government ministers or political representatives during the Finnish presidency as part of the contract to provide the vehicles or otherwise related to this contract.\" \"Finnish civil servants – responsible only for practical arrangements for the presidency - are in contact with representatives of BMW as part of the management of the contract.\" BMW's EU Commission allegations In April BMW was one of three car makers accused of breaching EU competition regulations by working together to delay the introduction of new, emissions-reducing technologies in their vehicles. In a statement in April , EU Competition Commissioner Margarethe Vestager said, \"companies can cooperate in many ways to improve the quality of their products. 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The world's fourth-largest carmaker announced that its board accepted Tavares' resignation on Sunday. He will leave his role as chief executive immediately. Stellantis noted Sunday that the process to appoint a new, permanent CEO is \"well under way.\" In the meantime, the company says a new interim executive committee, led by chairman John Elkann, will be established. As head of PSA Peugeot, Tavares took control of the Netherlands-based company in January 2021 — when it merged with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Its North American operations had been the company's main source of profits, but Stellantis has struggled this year amid larger market changes. Stellantis posted 27% plunge in net revenues for its third quarter earlier this year as gaps in launching new products and action to reduce inventories also slashed global shipments of new vehicles by 20%. The carmaker reported net revenues of 33 billion euros (nearly $36 billion ) in the three-month period ending Sept. 30, down from 45 billion euros in the same period a year earlier. All regions except South America reported double-digit dips in revenues — led by North America, which plunged 42% to 12.4 billion euros. Europe revenues dropped 12% to 12.5 billion euros. In recent months, Tavares had been under fire from U.S. dealers and the United Auto Workers union after dismal financial performance reports. Beyond the U.S., lawmakers in Italy questioned the former chief executive over the company's production plans back in October — as the country's far-right government accused the company of relocating assembly plants to low-cost countries. In efforts to revive sales, Stellantis previously made a number of leadership changes in October. At the time, the company expected Tavares to step down in early 2026, closer to the end of his five-year contract. 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This means that soon, major game franchises like Fallout, Doom and even Dishonored will all belong to Xbox, bringing in some much-needed content to its library of first-party titles. Microsoft had announced its plans to move in on Bethesda six months ago, and now it seems the deal will soon be realized. One of the deciding factors for the EU was that despite this deal, there still remains some strong competitors within the industry: \"The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns, given the combined entity's limited market position upstream and the presence of strong downstream competitors in the distribution of video games.\" Even though most of Bethesda's franchises will now fall under Microsoft's ownership, it remains to be seen if its future titles will be tied exclusively to the company's consoles (Xbox and PC) or if it will still be available elsewhere (PS4 and Switch ). It's difficult to see how some of the bigger upcoming games, such as The Elder Scrolls VI, could be tied down to the Xbox alone, but on the other hand, that would give Microsoft the boost it desperately has been searching for compared to its competitors. After all, console exclusive content has been an area in which the Xbox has been seriously lacking in stark contrast with the PS4 ( The Last Of Us Part II, Ghost Of Tsushima, etc.) or even the Nintendo Switch ( Mario, Zelda, Pokemon ). [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc2hz3LJhTY[/embed] RUMORS SPREAD ABOUT A BETHESDA-THEMED XBOX EVENT ON MARCH 11 This news has come to give greater support to the rumors going around lately in regards to an upcoming Microsoft event that will be focused on Bethesda games and franchises. Jeff Grubb of VentureBeat tweeted a calendar of gaming events placing the proposed Xbox/Bethesda show on March 11. https://twitter.com/JeffGrubb/status/1368931562415255556 The Xbox UK official Twitter page posted an image of the week's live streams, leaving Thursday (again March 11) as simply \"TBA\". https://twitter.com/xboxuk/status/1368900232923189248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1368900232923189248%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgamingbolt.com%2Fmicrosofts-rumored-bethesda-themed-event-could-be-as-early-as-march-11-rumor Of course, at this stage, these are all rumors and speculations, and no official event has been confirmed to be taking place by either Microsoft or Bethesda, so we'll just have to wait a little bit longer to see what the two - soon to be one - companies have in store. 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In an Instagram post on Wednesday, the 31-year-old contestant declared her allegiance to rapper Kanye West, former US President Andrew Tate, former US President Donald Trump and YouTuber Steve WillDoIt – who All of them have been banned from social media for publishing offensive content, he announced. Team Kanye Tim Tate. Team Trump Team SteveWillDoIt. This personal trainer wrote: TEAM FREE SEEK. Married at First Sight groom Daniel Holmes, 31, (pictured) has championed some of the world's most divisive celebrities in the name of 'freedom of expression'. Daniel, who has previously been criticized for his anti-vaccine views, also shared a post in which he warned: \"A change is coming. Censorship and cancellation culture is being overthrown! The post likely refers to the public downfall of celebrities like West, who faced backlash for posting anti-Semitic comments on Twitter. West's Twitter account was suspended earlier this month after he shared an anti-Semitic tweet that read: \"I'm a little sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going to die 3 about Jewish people \" In a post on Instagram on Wednesday, the reality contestant declared her allegiance to rapper Kanye West, former US President Andrew Tate, former US President Donald Trump and YouTube's Steve Will of DoIt – all for posting offensive content from They have been banned from social media. Daniel, who has previously been criticized for his anti-vaccine views, also shared a post in which he warned: \"A change is coming. Censorship and cancellation culture is being overthrown! The post likely refers to the public downfall of celebrities like West and the brands decision to cut ties with them. \"The funny thing is, I can't actually be anti-Semitic because black people are actually Jews too,\" he continued. You guys have played me and tried to blackball anyone who opposes your agenda. Deafcon — also known as a state of defense readiness — is an alert used by the U.S. armed forces to indicate how quickly the military can deploy during emergencies and deadly attacks. West also sparked controversy earlier this month by wearing a White Lives Matter shirt at a surprise Yeezy fashion show in Paris. West's Twitter account was suspended earlier this month after he shared an anti-Semitic tweet that read: \"I'm a little sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going to die 3 about Jewish people \" Rapper Donda Recent erratic behavior has led Balenciaga, Gap, and most recently Adidas to end their partnerships with him. West has also been dropped by talent agency CAA, which represented the hit producer in 2016. Meanwhile, Tate has been banned from almost every social media platform for his controversial views. Rapper Donda's recent erratic behavior has led Balenciaga, Gap and most recently Adidas to drop their collaborations with him. The former kickboxer first came to prominence when he appeared on TV's Big Brother in 2016, but was axed after a video of him attacking a woman with a belt went viral – Clip which he claimed was edited. . He subsequently gained more notoriety for making numerous comments about women, including that they were \"responsible\" if they were raped. In one video, Tate advises men accused of cheating by their girlfriends to brandish the machete, slap her in the face and grab her by the neck. shut up b***h.' Meanwhile, Tate (pictured) has been banned from almost every social media platform for her controversial views. In August of this year, he was finally deprived of the full extent of social networks – Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Tik Tok, Twitter and Twitter. Donald Trump has also been banned from various social platforms in recent years. The former Republican leader was suspended from Facebook, Instagram and Twitter after the January 6, 2021 riots for spreading \"false information\" and \"inciting violence\". Trump's content was also removed from Snapchat, Twitch and Tik Tok at that time. Blogger Stephen 'SteveWillDoIt' Deleonardi's YouTube channel was also permanently removed in August for violating the platform's community guidelines. He had 4 million subscribers at that time. The exact nature of his violations has not been made public. Donald Trump (pictured) has also been banned from various social platforms in recent years The post Reality star shocks as he throws his support behind Kanye West after his anti-Semitic remarks first appeared on Hot News Internasional .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Snapchat", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Snapchat", "length": 8, "offset": 4210}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Yeezy", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Yeezy", "length": 5, "offset": 2489}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Twitch", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Twitch", "length": 6, "offset": 4220}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "DoIt", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "DoIt", "length": 4, "offset": 1619}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Adidas", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Adidas", "length": 6, "offset": 2792}, {"position_text": "Adidas", "length": 6, "offset": 3110}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Gap", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Gap", "length": 3, "offset": 2769}, {"position_text": "Gap", "length": 3, "offset": 3088}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Tik Tok", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Tik Tok", "length": 7, "offset": 3890}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Balenciaga", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Balenciaga", "length": 10, "offset": 2757}, {"position_text": "Balenciaga", "length": 10, "offset": 3076}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Yeezy", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Yeezy", "length": 5, "offset": 2489}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "YouTube", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "YouTube", "length": 7, "offset": 1595}, {"position_text": "YouTube", "length": 7, "offset": 3881}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Paris", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Paris", "length": 5, "offset": 2511}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 310, "text": "Russia Ukraine War: Chinese firms aiding Russia could be shut down, US official warns\nImage Source : ANI Russia Ukraine War: Chinese firms aiding Russia could be shut down, US official warns Highlights The NYT report said the export controls prohibit the sale of certain high-tech products The export controls apply not just to US firms, but also to companies that use American software Washington has the means to take steps against China if Beijing does not abide, US had warned Chinese companies that defy Western sanctions on Russia and Belarus can be subjected to \"devastating\" actions, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said on Tuesday. On February 24, Russia started the invasion of Ukraine. Since then, dozens of countries, including Japan, South Korea and Australia, have imposed financial sanctions and travel bans against Russia. \"We could essentially shut SMIC [Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation] down because we prevent them from using our equipment and our software,\" Raimondo said told The New York Times (NYT) in an interview about Chinese firms that continue working with Russia. US Commerce Secretary added that SMIC or any Chinese companies breaching US export control measures can be shut down should they deliver chips and other high-tech items to the sanctioned countries. The NYT report said the export controls prohibit the sale of certain high-tech products, including advanced semiconductors, to Russia and Belarus. According to the report, the export controls apply not just to US firms, but also to companies that use American software or technology to manufacture their products. Raimondo's remarks come a day after the US had issued a warning saying, Washington has the means to \"take steps\" against China if Beijing does not abide by the sanctions on Russia amid the conflict in Ukraine. \"We have also seen China abide by the sanctions that have been put in place. They obviously abstained, also from the UN Security Council vote, and have made some comments about the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. If they don't abide by the sanctions we always have, you know, we clearly have means to take steps but that's what we have seen today,\" White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said during a press briefing. (With inputs from ANI) Also Read | Biden announces ban on all Russian oil imports; says 'Ukraine will never be a victory for Putin' Latest World News Source link The post Russia Ukraine War: Chinese firms aiding Russia could be shut down, US official warns appeared first on CURRENTNEWSTV.IN .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "SMIC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "SMIC", "length": 4, "offset": 873}, {"position_text": "SMIC", "length": 4, "offset": 1155}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "White House", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "White House", "length": 11, "offset": 2211}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation", "length": 53, "offset": 879}, {"position_text": "Semiconductor Manufacturing", "length": 27, "offset": 879}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "UN Security Council", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "UN Security Council", "length": 19, "offset": 1961}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Commerce", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Commerce", "length": 8, "offset": 608}, {"position_text": "Commerce", "length": 8, "offset": 1125}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "ANI", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ANI", "length": 3, "offset": 2294}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "NYT", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NYT", "length": 3, "offset": 206}, {"position_text": "New York Times", "length": 14, "offset": 1030}, {"position_text": "NYT", "length": 3, "offset": 1046}, {"position_text": "NYT", "length": 3, "offset": 1324}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "SMIC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "SMIC", "length": 4, "offset": 873}, {"position_text": "SMIC", "length": 4, "offset": 1155}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation", "length": 53, "offset": 879}, {"position_text": "Semiconductor Manufacturing", "length": 27, "offset": 879}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Commerce", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Commerce", "length": 8, "offset": 608}, {"position_text": "Commerce", "length": 8, "offset": 1125}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Australia", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Australia", "length": 9, "offset": 770}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "China", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "China", "length": 5, "offset": 434}, {"position_text": "China", "length": 5, "offset": 1755}, {"position_text": "China", "length": 5, "offset": 1863}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 12, "entity_text": "South Korea", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "South Korea", "length": 11, "offset": 754}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 311, "text": "Macrogenics Stock Is Estimated To Be Significantly Overvalued\nThe stock of Macrogenics is estimated to be significantly overvalued, according to GuruFocus Value calculation. GuruFocus Value is GuruFocus' estimate of the fair value at which the stock should be traded. It is calculated based on the historical multiples that the stock has traded at, the past business growth and analyst estimates of future business performance. If the price of a stock is significantly above the GF Value Line, it is overvalued and its future return is likely to be poor. On the other hand, if it is significantly below the GF Value Line, its future return will likely be higher. At its current price of $35.8 per share and the market cap of $2.1 billion, Macrogenics stock appears to be significantly overvalued. GF Value for Macrogenics is shown in the chart below. Because Macrogenics is significantly overvalued, the long-term return of its stock is likely to be much lower than its future business growth. Link: These companies may deliever higher future returns at reduced risk. It is always important to check the financial strength of a company before buying its stock. Investing in companies with poor financial strength have a higher risk of permanent loss. Looking at the cash-to-debt ratio and interest coverage is a great way to understand the financial strength of a company. Macrogenics has a cash-to-debt ratio of 9.32, which is in the middle range of the companies in Biotechnology industry. The overall financial strength of Macrogenics is 6 out of 10, which indicates that the financial strength of Macrogenics is fair. This is the debt and cash of Macrogenics over the past years: Investing in profitable companies carries less risk, especially in companies that have demonstrated consistent profitability over the long term. Typically, a company with high profit margins offers better performance potential than a company with low profit margins. Macrogenics has been profitable 2 years over the past 10 years. During the past 12 months, the company had revenues of $104.9 million and loss of $2.49 a share. Its operating margin of -124.96% in the middle range of the companies in Biotechnology industry. Overall, GuruFocus ranks Macrogenics's profitability as poor. This is the revenue and net income of Macrogenics over the past years: Growth is probably the most important factor in the valuation of a company. GuruFocus research has found that growth is closely correlated with the long term stock performance of a company. A faster growing company creates more value for shareholders, especially if the growth is profitable. The 3-year average annual revenue growth of Macrogenics is -22.9%, which ranks worse than 71% of the companies in Biotechnology industry. The 3-year average EBITDA growth rate is -76.5%, which ranks in the bottom 10% of the companies in Biotechnology industry. One can also evaluate a company's profitability by comparing its return on invested capital (ROIC) to its weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Return on invested capital (ROIC) measures how well a company generates cash flow relative to the capital it has invested in its business. The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is the rate that a company is expected to pay on average to all its security holders to finance its assets. If the return on invested capital exceeds the weighted average cost of capital, the company is likely creating value for its shareholders. During the past 12 months, Macrogenics's ROIC is -163.34 while its WACC came in at 15.57. The historical ROIC vs WACC comparison of Macrogenics is shown below: In conclusion, the stock of Macrogenics gives every indication of being significantly overvalued. The company's financial condition is fair and its profitability is poor. Its growth ranks in the bottom 10% of the companies in Biotechnology industry. To learn more about Macrogenics stock, you can check out its 30-year Financials here. 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The company's media relations manager Bamidele Odugbesan confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa on Friday. Mr Odugbesan said the company got a report of the spill on March 31. \"At about 8.30am on March 31, a community surveillance vendor reported a leak on the company's Joint Venture pipeline at Nun River in Bayelsa. \"Following the development, the facility was shut down and full isolation established at 09.45am. \"The SPDC Oil Spill Response Team was mobilised to the spill site and was able to contain the spill to prevent further spread. \"The Joint Investigation Visit team led by government regulator will determine the cause and impact of the spill,\" Odugbesan said. He, however, said that there was an anonymous note found at the spill site, suggesting sabotage. Residents, who said the oil workers had yet to come to the site as at Friday, have resorted to scooping oil from water surface into drums. Daniel Ebitimi, who claimed that crude oil has curative effect on burns and skin diseases, said he collected some kegs, which he hoped to sell. The predominantly fishing and farming settlements regretted that the leakage discharged large volumes of crude oil into the River, resulting in pollution of the waters. Collins Jackson, an environmentalist, said the spill was discovered in the early hours of Wednesday, when the people noticed large volumes of crude floating on the river. Mr Jackson dismissed the company's claim of prompt response and allegations of sabotage. He said he visited the site of the leakage with other natives but did not find any oil worker, while crude continued to discharge into the water. \"The claim of an anonymous note suggesting sabotage is at best a fallacy because we visited the place immediately our people noticed oil on water and we did not see any note. \"Why will SPDC jump into conclusion when the investigation has not been concluded? \"The theory of sabotage is funny because the pipeline is corroded and has signs of loss of integrity due to age. \"Also, the site is close to the security outpost so the possibility of a vandal gaining access is very slim,\" Jackson said. He said the allegations of sabotage had led to a disagreement among the regulators, communities and state government officials on the joint investigation,\" he said. Chief Don-Evarada Abednego frowned at the alleged insensitivity of the oil firm to the plight of the people in the affected communities. Abednego described the spill as \"life-threatening\", considering that the community lacked basic amenities, such as healthcare facility and portable water. He, therefore, urged SPDC to urgently provide emergency relief to the people, saying that drinking water from the river posed serious danger to the people's health. Also, Alagos Morris, an environmental activist and head of field operations with Environmental Rights Action, pointed out that the response personnel had yet to arrive at the site of the spill. He called on regulators to rise to the challenge and come up with measures to arrest the situation, in addition to immediate clean-up exercise. 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A driver is dead after a vehicle collision in Vista. On Thursday, September 28 just before 7:00 a.m., deputies from the Vista Sheriff's Station responded to a collision between two cars in the 400 block of N. Melrose Drive in Vista. A Chevy traveling northbound drifted into the southbound lane and collided with a Toyota head-on. Life saving measures were attempted on the driver of the Chevy, but he died at the scene. The driver of the Toyota was not injured. Northbound and southbound traffic lanes between Copper Drive and Olive Avenue on N. Melrose Drive were closed for several hours. At this time, it is not known if alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision. The Sheriff's Traffic Accident Reconstruction (STAR) Team is handling the investigation. If anyone has any information about this incident, please call the San Diego County Sheriff's Department at (858) 565-5200. Colisión de Vehículos – Vista Conductor muere en choque frontal. Un conductor muere tras una colisión vehicular en Vista. El Jueves 28 de Septiembre, poco antes de las 7:00 a.m., los oficiales del Vista Sheriff's Station respondieron a una colisión entre dos automóviles en la cuadra 400 de N. Melrose Drive en Vista. Un Chevy que viajaba en dirección norte se desvió hacia el carril en dirección sur y chocó de frente con un Toyota. Se intentaron medidas para salvar la vida del conductor del Chevy, pero murió en el lugar. El conductor del Toyota no resultó herido. Los carriles de tráfico en dirección norte y sur entre Copper Drive y Olive Avenue en N. Melrose Drive estuvieron cerrados durante varias horas. Hasta el momento se desconoce si el alcohol o las drogas influyeron en la colisión. El Equipo de Reconstrucción de Accidentes de Tráfico (STAR) del Alguacil está a cargo de la investigación. 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President Vladimir Putin late on Tuesday signed a decree establishing temporary control of the Russian assets of the two European state-owned energy firms. Fortum said it was \"investigating\" and both Uniper and the German finance ministry had no immediate comment. The decree – outlining possible retaliation if Russian assets abroad are seized – showed Moscow had already taken action against Uniper's Russian division Unipro and Fortum's assets. Russia made clear that the move could be reversed. Moscow has reacted angrily to reports that Group of Seven nations are considering a near-total ban on exports to Russia, while many have called for far tougher sanctions to limit Russia's ability to fight in Ukraine. The European Union is looking at using frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine. Uniper owns 83.73% of Unipro, which operates five power plants with a total capacity of over 11 gigawatts in Russia and about 4,300 employees. Fortum is majority-owned by Finland, which joined the NATO military alliance early this month. Moscow said Finland had made a dangerous mistake. The Finnish foreign ministry would not immediately comment on how Russia's decision would reflect on relations between the two countries. \"Fortum's current understanding is that the new decree does not affect the title (registered ownership) of the assets and companies in Russia,\" the company said in a statement. \"However, it remains unclear how this affects e.g. Fortum's Russian operations or the ongoing divestment process,\" it added. Fortum's Russia division has seven thermal power plants in the Ural region and Western Siberia, while it also holds a portfolio of wind and solar plants in Russia, together with local venture partners. The book value of those assets stood at 1.7 billion euros ($1.87 billion) at the end of 2022. Both companies have been trying to exit Russia. In February, Uniper valued its Unipro stake at a symbolic 1 euro to reflect the likelihood that a deal will not take place. The decree said Russia needed to take urgent measures to respond to unspecified actions from the United States and others it said were \"unfriendly and contrary to international law\". The two entities' shares were placed in the temporary control of Rosimushchestvo, the federal government property agency. State-owned Russian bank VTB this week said Russia should consider taking over and managing the assets of foreign companies such as Fortum, only returning them when sanctions are lifted. Fortum had previously flagged expropriation risk. Rosimushchestvo said more foreign firms' assets could come under temporary Russian control. \"The decree does not concern ownership issues and does not deprive owners of their assets. External management is temporary in nature and means the original owner no longer has the right to make management decisions,\" the agency said. Asset sales by investors from \"unfriendly\" countries – as Moscow terms those that imposed sanctions against Russia – require approval from a government commission and, in some cases, the president. 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Chief executive Alan Joyce said the pandemic which has closed international and state borders presented the toughest set of conditions for the airline in 100 years. Qantas reported an underlying profit, which excludes those one-off costs, of $124 million, down 91 per cent from last year.Credit:AP \"The impact of COVID on all airlines is clear. It's devastating and it will be a question of survival for many,\" he said. \"What makes Qantas different is that we entered this crisis with a strong balance sheet and we moved fast to put ourselves in a good position to wait for the recovery.\" Qantas' net loss was driven by a $1.4 billion non-cash write down to assets including its fleet of Airbus A380s, which have been parked in the Californian desert for at least three years, and $642 million in redundancy and other restructuring costs. 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In a 2015 letter to shareholders , Netflix CEO Reed Hastings called piracy one of the company's \"biggest competitors.\"The world of streaming has changed significantly since then, but piracy may be an even bigger concern now that more legitimate players have entered and fragmented the market . Consumers now must subscribe to Disney+ if they want Disney movies and to Netflix if they want to watch popular original shows such as \"Stranger Things.\" There are now scores of streaming services.In 2017, 30 content creation companies, including Hulu, HBO, Amazon and others, formed an independent organization aimed in part at battling piracy (HBO shares CNN parent company WarnerMedia).Darryl Julius Polo, 36, pleaded guilty to charges related to running iStreamItAll, according to the DOJ. The site featured a huge trove of copyrighted television shows and movies that it was not authorized to use, the DOJ said. Thousands of US users paid for subscriptions that allowed them to stream and download the illegal content.Polo, who also goes by \"djppimp,\" admitted in the plea agreement to using a computer program that ran 24/7 to scrape pirating sites from around the world, and then download, process and provide the illegal content on iStreamItAll. He would then send emails to potential users, urging them to cancel their subscriptions to legitimate streaming services and sign up with his instead, citing its massive library of content, the DOJ said.As part of his plea agreement, Polo also admitted to running several other piracy services, including a site called SmackDownOnYou, and to working as a computer programmer for Jetflicks. He admitted to earning more than $1 million from his piracy operations.The indictment of Polo and several other co-conspirators states that the harm caused by iStreamItAll to television and movie copyright holders, as well as to licensed streaming services, is estimated to be millions of dollars.Polo pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, one count of criminal copyright infringement by distributing a copyrighted work being prepared for commercial distribution, one count of copyright infringement by reproduction or distribution, one count of copyright infringement by public performance and one count of money laundering, according to the DOJ.In a separate proceeding, Luis Angel Villarino, 40, also admitted to working as a computer programmer for Jetflicks, the DOJ said. That site also used automated software programs and other tools to reproduce and stream tens of thousands of copyrighted TV shows and movies for tens of thousands of paid subscribers throughout the United States and Canada, the DOJ said. 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According to Zacks, \"Glanbia Plc engages in the manufacture and distribution of dairy and nutritional food products. Its operating segments include Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Global Ingredients, Dairy Ireland and Joint Ventures and Associates. Glanbia Performance Nutrition segment comprises of performance nutrition products under the Optimum Nutrition, BSN, Isopure, Nutramino and ABB brands. Global Ingredients segment includes American-style cheddar cheese, micro-nutrient premixes and dairy and non-dairy nutritional solutions. Dairy Ireland segment consists of consumer products and agribusiness. Joint Ventures and Associates segment covers Glanbia Ingredients Ireland, Glanbia Cheese and Southwest Cheese. Glanbia Plc is headquartered in Kilkenny, Ireland. \" OTCMKTS:GLAPY opened at $48.40 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Glanbia has a 12-month low of $45.48 and a 12-month high of $63.00. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $51.88 and its 200-day simple moving average is $54.93. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.82 and a beta of 0.19. Glanbia Company Profile Glanbia plc operates as a nutrition company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Glanbia Nutritionals, and Glanbia Ireland. The Glanbia Performance Nutrition segment manufactures and sells sports nutrition and lifestyle nutrition products in various formats, including powders, ready-to-eat bars and snacking foods, and ready-to-drink beverages through various channels, such as specialty retail, the Internet, and gyms, as well the food, drug, mass, and club channels. Further Reading: Gap Down Stocks Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Glanbia (GLAPY) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com Receive News & Ratings for Glanbia Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Glanbia and related companies with", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Global Ingredients", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Global Ingredients", "length": 18, "offset": 419}, {"position_text": "Global Ingredients", "length": 18, "offset": 639}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Isopure", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Isopure", "length": 7, "offset": 604}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Glanbia Ireland", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Glanbia Ireland", "length": 15, "offset": 1590}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "ABB", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ABB", "length": 3, "offset": 627}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Glanbia Performance Nutrition", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Glanbia Performance Nutrition", "length": 29, "offset": 388}, {"position_text": "Glanbia Performance Nutrition", "length": 29, "offset": 488}, {"position_text": "Glanbia Performance Nutrition", "length": 29, "offset": 1533}, {"position_text": "Glanbia Performance Nutrition", "length": 29, "offset": 1611}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Glanbia Ingredients Ireland", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Glanbia Ingredients Ireland", "length": 27, "offset": 892}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Glanbia Nutritionals", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Glanbia Nutritionals", "length": 20, "offset": 1564}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Optimum Nutrition", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Optimum Nutrition", "length": 17, "offset": 580}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Glanbia Cheese", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Glanbia Cheese", "length": 14, "offset": 921}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Nutramino", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Nutramino", "length": 9, "offset": 613}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "BSN", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "BSN", "length": 3, "offset": 599}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "Ireland", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Ireland", "length": 7, "offset": 1000}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 318, "text": "Brazil's Petrobras cedes control of fuel distributing unit\nRIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian oil giant Petrobras says it's already sold off its majority share in its fuel distribution branch, and hopes the total sale will raise about $2.5 billion. Petrobras said Wednesday it now has a 41.25 percent stake in the Petrobras Distribuidora unit, down from the 70 percent before the sale started Tuesday. If it succeeds in raising the full amount, the firm's stake would fall to 37.5 percent. The shares were offered late Tuesday at 24.5 reais (about $6.525) each. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was elected with promises to pass liberal economic reforms, from privatizations to an overhaul of the country's generous pension system. Privatization is polemical in Latin America's largest nation. 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No major damage was recorded at the port, but roads mired in mud prevented truckers and dockers from reaching terminals, reported New York's FreightWaves. Depots and container warehouses in the surrounding area reported damage to containers as floodwater washed empty containers away or caused container stacks to collapse. Some operations at these facilities remain suspended. The Port of Durban has a capacity of 3.6 million TEU a year, with a further 1.4 million tons of breakbulk capacity and 1.4 million tons of agricultural bulk a year. Danish shipping giant Maersk suspended operations at Durban as there is no access to its terminal because of 'significant damage' to access road, it said. Among the port's largest exports in 2020 were automotive components, ferroalloys, raw nickel, chemical wood pulp and chromium ore. Agricultural exports including fruit, wheat maize and soy meal are also likely to be affected by the flooding. Sixty people have died in KwaZulu-Natal province because of the floods, Johannesburg-based broadcaster eNCA reported. Weather stations reported the heaviest rainfall in six decades, with more than a foot of rain falling within 24 hours. 'The damage left behind is unimaginable,' Mpume Langa, first vice president at the Durban Chamber of Commerce, said in an interview with Johannesburg-based broadcaster Newzroom Afrika. Durban is part of the eThekwini municipality, the largest in the KwaZulu-Natal province, which is the second-biggest contributor to South Africa's US$429 billion gross domestic product. The Port of Durban is sub-Saharan Africa's largest container hub. It handles 60 per cent of the country's shipments and also transports goods and commodities to and from nations in the region as far north as the Democratic Republic of Congo. The disaster unfolded less than a year after a week of rioting and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces cost the economy an estimated ZAR50 billion (US$3.5 billion) in damages and left more than 300 people dead. Transnet, the state-owned ports and rail operator, suspended shipping in Durban until further notice. Key routes into the port, including the coastal N2 highway and the N3 route that links Durban to the commercial hub of Johannesburg, were closed because of flood damage. 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I insulted [ David ]without knowing it. When he came to the rehearsal wearing this outfit, it looked like a pajama set. It looked like it was made of Holiday Inn bedspread and curtain set. So I said that. I said, 'Is this the Holiday Inn? Did you take the Holiday Inn curtain and the bedspread and make an outfit? ' And he was offended. That was the end of the band. [ Laughs ] It is fun. \"But, yes, I knew all those guys,\" he continued. \"Actually, when we did one VANILLA FUDGE reunion in 2005, Eddie [ Van Halen ] was on the phone with me and he said, 'What are you doing this for? Unscrew it. Few CACTUS together.' He loved [ CACTUS guitarist Jim ] McCarty , and he loved CACTUS . And Alex [ Van Halen ] told me [ VAN HALEN 's] 'Hot for teacher' really came from the idea we did with 'Parchman Farm' ; it was like the template. And 'Outbreak' was the beginning of our song 'Let me swim' extended – same kind of thing. \" In a separate interview with \"The Jeremy White Podcast\" from last September, Carmine train FROM THE TAIL comparison further by saying: \"If you put 'Hot for teacher' on and put our song 'Parchman Farm' , you will hear the same kind of groove. And if you put our song called 'Let me swim' , the beginning of it and you put 'Outbreak' , it's the same.\" CACTUS has had a long and turbulent history. Formed in 1970 from the ashes of VANILLA FUDGE by Appice and Tim Bogert , the introductory lineup also featured McCarty and vocalist Rest day . ( Appice and Bogert had originally planned a new band with Jeff Beck which was postponed until 1973, due to Beck 's almost fatal car accident in 1969.) Jim McCarty had come from MITCH RIDER & DETROIT WHEELS and played with THE BUDDY MILES EXPRESS . Tim and Carmine also found vocalist Day in AMBOY DUKES with Ted Nugent . Together they formed four musicians CACTUS , named after the peyote cactus, which was a key ingredient in mind-altering substances. While CACTUS experienced success from the start and soon built up a loyal fan base, in early 1973 the band had collapsed mainly due to lack of real support from its label, and the fact that Beck was now ready to play with Carmine and Tim . It would not be until 2006, three decades after the tragic death Rest day , which the group reformed with Pratt and Kunes . When Tim Bogert was forced to retire after a serious motorcycle accident, Pete of Bremen both jumped in CACTUS and VANILLA FUDGE . Carmine autobiography, \"Stick It !: My Life Of Sex, Drums and Rock 'N' Roll\" , was released in May 2016 by Chicago Review Press . To comment on one BLABBERMOUTH.NET history or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once logged in, you will be able to comment. 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This is partly at the expense of a pot of money for the climate. So far it is unclear whether the Intel chips are used in a climate-friendly manner Photo: imago It is a gigantic amount of funding: the German state is giving the US chip manufacturer Intel a gift of 9.9 billion euros Factory in Magdeburg builds. That is another 3 billion euros more than originally planned. \"The agreement with Intel is a great success and a strong investment in the future,\" said Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens). The investment means a significant expansion of Intel's manufacturing capacity in Europe and is the largest investment ever made by a foreign company in Germany. \"We now have the chance to create a new flourishing and state-of-the-art chip ecosystem in Germany and Europe,\" says Habeck. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) found very similar words during his visit to the East Prime Ministers' Conference: Intel will bring \"an entire ecosystem\" to Magdeburg. In your mind's eye you can see little beetles happily crawling through the Magdeburg Börde, bees buzzing from flower to flower, deer jumping through healthy mixed forests. In any case, that would match the source of the additional money: Habeck tapped into the so-called climate and transformation fund, a special fund of the federal government. That's perhaps why the federal government's flowery, flourishing choice of words. But Intel doesn't do landscape maintenance, it builds nanotechnology. Environmentalists are therefore irritated. After all, the Climate and Transformation Fund is there to make Germany more climate-friendly. It doesn't have to be about beetles, but about turning away from climate-damaging technologies and the transition to climate neutrality. There is no digital world without chips \"In principle, the settlement of companies in structurally weak areas is of course always to be welcomed,\" says Kai Niebert of the taz. He is head of the Deutscher Naturschutzring and sustainability researcher at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. \"But each euro can only be spent once – and then you have to check whether Intel is the right addressee.\" Intel is one of the most well-known companies in the chip market. Without the tiny products there would be no digital world. They do arithmetic and control tasks, they store data. Countless everyday devices are unthinkable without chips, computers or smartphones, for example. This also includes e-cars. The Magdeburg chips can therefore also be used in technologies that advance climate protection. But that could also be said about products like steel, which probably nobody would give a climate prize to. Environmentalist Niebert would at least like the federal government to ensure that Intel chips are used in a climate-friendly manner. \"It is completely unclear what chips Intel wants to produce for whom there,\" he says. \"The climate and transformation fund was founded to support the path to climate neutrality. Financing from the fund is only justified if Intel's chip factory makes a significant and measurable contribution here.\" The fund already has many tasks. His money comes primarily from European and national emissions trading. That means: companies pay for their CO 2 -Emissions, for example when they produce electricity with coal or gas, bring heating oil and gas onto the market or petrol and diesel for filling up. The hope is that they will switch to climate-friendly business models instead. As long as they don't (completely) do this, the state will at least make money from their atmospheric heating – and that ends up in the climate and transformation fund. From there it flows, for example, into the ecological heating exchange. The promotion of solar systems and wind turbines has recently come out of the pot. Climate money has so far fallen by the wayside The traffic light government actually has something completely different in mind with the emissions trading allowance: In its coalition agreement, it had a so-called climate money promised. That would mean: The income from emissions trading is regularly divided by the number of citizens, and everyone gets the same amount. Those who cause particularly few emissions themselves might even get back more than they paid into emissions trading through their own consumption. Others would pay more. Because poor people often belong to the first group for financial reasons alone, such climate money would not only reward ecological behavior, but also ensure a redistribution from rich to poor. So far, however, the climate money has fallen by the wayside. One of the reasons for this is that the state does not have all the account data – so far it has not been able to simply pay all citizens money directly. In other countries there is already climate money. In Switzerland, for example, it is paid out by the health insurance company. However, since some groups in Germany are exempt from compulsory insurance, not everyone can be reached through this. A working group is currently looking for a solution. In addition to this practical problem, there is also a financial one: New financing would be needed for many other projects that are to receive their money from the climate and transformation fund in the future. Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP), for example, would have to make room for it in the federal budget. In other words, an entire ecosystem of new green finance might be needed. 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Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 213,000 for the week ended Nov. 16, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 220,000 claims for the latest week. The data included the Veterans Day holiday, which could have injected some volatility. Though claims surged in early October amid disruptions caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton as well as strikes by factory workers at Boeing and another aerospace company, layoffs have remained low. That is softening the hit on the labor market from sluggish hiring. The claims data covered the period during which the government surveyed businesses for the nonfarm payrolls component of November's employment report. Government data on Tuesday confirmed that Helene, Milton and the aerospace strikes had accounted for much of the sharp slowdown in job growth in October. The state employment and unemployment report also showed the labor market steadily slowing. Economists estimated that the strikes and storms probably subtracted between 100,000 and 125,000 jobs from payrolls last month. Nonfarm payrolls increased by a scant 12,000 jobs in October, the smallest gain since December 2020, after rising by 223,000 in September. The Boeing strike ended early this month after workers accepted a new contract, while rebuilding is underway in the areas devastated by the hurricanes. That creates a base of at least 100,000 jobs for November's payrolls. Data next week on unemployment rolls could offer more clarity on the state of the labor market in November. The number of people receiving benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy for hiring, increased 36,000 to a seasonally adjusted 1.908 million during the week ending Nov. 9, the claims report showed. The so-called continuing claims have been boosted by Boeing-related furloughs and the hurricanes. The employment report for November could determine if the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again in December after data suggested that progress lowering inflation to its 2% target had stalled in recent months. The U.S. central bank cut rates by 25 basis points earlier this month, lowering its benchmark overnight interest rate to the 4.50%-4.75% range. The Fed embarked on its policy easing cycle with an unusually large half-percentage-point rate cut in September, its first reduction in borrowing costs since 2020. It hiked rates by 525 basis points in 2022 and 2023 to curb a surge in inflation. 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Hertz HTZGQ, +58.54% said it has selected and approved a $6 billion revised proposal from Knighthead Capital Management LLC, Certares Opportunities LLC and Apollo Capital Management to provide the equity capital needed to fund its reorganization plan. The agreement must be approved by the Bankruptcy Court at a hearing set for Friday. Under the new proposal, Hertz's chapter 11 plan will be funded using direct stock investments from the group of $2.781 billion, the issuance of $1.5 billion of new preferred stock to Apollo, and a fully backstopped rights offering to the company's existing shareholders to purchase $1.635 billion of additional common stock, Hertz said in a statement. \"The revised plan would provide for the payment in cash in full of all administrative, priority, secured, and unsecured claims in the chapter 11 cases and would deliver significant value to the company's existing shareholders,\" said the statement. That includes $239 million of cash, common shares equal to 3% of the shares of the reorganized company, 30-year warrants for 18% of the stock of the reorganized company with a strike price based on a total equity value of $6.5 billion or the chance for eligible shareholders to subscribe in the rights offering. A rival group including Centerbridge Partners, Warburg Pincus LLC, Dundon Capital Partners, LLC and an ad hoc group of the company's unsecured bondholders were also vying to fund Hertz's exit from bankruptcy. \"We are very pleased that our plan process produced such a tremendous result for our creditors and shareholders,\" Hertz Chief Executive Paul Stone said in a statement. The news will be welcomed by a group of Reddit investors who bought the stock last year after it filed for bankruptcy, even though that process usually results in the equity being wiped out. The company entered bankruptcy protection in May of 2020, drowning in nearly $20 billion in debt and hit hard by the global restrictions on travel designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus illness COVID-19. See: 'Cooped-up' millennial traders have sparked a new pandemic — it won't end well, warns Princeton economist The resulting stock rally led the company to make the highly unusual request to the bankruptcy court to issue up to $500 million worth of new shares, even as it acknowledged in regulatory filing that the stock could become \"worthless.\" The court initially agreed to let the deal go forward, before the Hertz board decided to abandon the plan. Hertz shares are up 343% in the year to date. 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Also included are certain Hyundai Sonatas from 2017 and 2018, 2016 through 2018 Sonata Hybrids, 2018 through 2020 Hyundai Accents, and 2016 and 2017 Hyundai Azera cars.Documents posted Friday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say that a person inside the trunk could become trapped due to the problem.Dealers will replace the trunk latches at no cost to owners. Kia owners will be notified by mail starting Oct. 5. 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Bittrex will permanently lay off 83 people on Feb. 4, according to U.S. Employment Security Department's website. Chainalysis, on the other hand, is set to send 44 employees home, according to a Forbes report. Bittrex Bittrex's total staff number is unclear. The company has 284 employees on LinkedIn, 384 employees according to data from GrowJo, and 156 employees according to ZoomInfo's numbers. Calculated by GrowJo's data, the 83 people who got laid off correspond to 21.6% of Bittrex's entire staff. An internal message sent to all employees by Bittrex co-founder Richie Lai was leaked on Twitter on Feb. 1. In his message, Lai states: \"The market downturn triggered by multiple failures in the crypto ecosystem became an outright collapse by the end of the year. These events have caused us to reset our strategy,\" Chainalysis The 44 people Chainalysis is laying off corresponds to 4.8% of the company's total 900 employees. Chainlysis Director of Communications Maddie Kennedy announced a \"reorganization\" of less than 5% of the company's workforce and added that most of the staff would have new roles while the majority ones on sales were let go. However, information Forbes obtained indicates that the main reason for the layoffs was the \"collapsing private-sector demand as digital-asset prices and trading volume plummeted,\" in addition to the company's desire to launch new products focused on the finance sector. Journalist at CryptoSlate Zeynep is an academic who turned to crypto in 2018. Originating in social sciences, she is especially interested in the social impact of blockchain and cryptocurrencies and strongly believes in their transmuting power. Connect your wallet, trade with Orion Swap Widget. Directly from this Widget: the top CEXs + DEXs aggregated through Orion. No account, global access. Disclaimer: Our writers' opinions are solely their own and do not reflect the opinion of CryptoSlate. 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Some scientists have suggested that Covid-19 will need to be kept at bay with repeated vaccination campaigns while others have said it is too early to tell whether annual boosters will be needed. While there is uncertainty over the need for future campaigns, the Government announced that it has signed deals for 114 million Moderna and Pfizer jabs which will be delivered in 2022 and 2023. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the deals \"future proof\" the country's vaccine programme. They include 60 million additional doses of the Moderna vaccine and 54 million more Pfizer/BioNTech doses. The Department of Health and Social Care said the deals include access to modified vaccines if they are needed to combat Omicron and future variants of concern. It said the new deals are in addition to 35 million additional doses of Pfizer/BioNTech ordered in August for delivery in the second half of next year, and the 60 million Novavax and 7.5 million GSK/Sanofi doses expected in 2022. The department said the Government already has enough supply of both Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech for the expanded booster programme. It comes after officials announced that all adults in the UK would be offered a booster shot before the end of January amid growing concerns about the Omicron variant. Vaccination experts advising the Government have expressed preference for the mRNA vaccines – Pfizer and Moderna. Trial data suggests booster doses are generally well tolerated and provide a substantial increase in vaccine-induced immune responses, in particular, and that mRNA vaccines provide a strong booster effect. With less than 4 weeks until Christmas, and a new variant of COVID-19 , it's vital we #GetProtected and stop the spread before we visit our loved ones. Don't let COVID-19 ruin your plans this year. To book your 1st, 2nd or booster jab call 119 or use https://t.co/9b4EoBYKaH pic.twitter.com/s1nqfpO8zx — Bham Children's Hosp (@Bham_Childrens) December 1, 2021 Mr Javid said: \"Thanks to the Vaccines Taskforce, we have an excellent track record of securing the vaccines the country needs to keep this virus at bay. \"These new deals will future proof the Great British vaccination effort – which has so far delivered more than 115 million first, second and booster jabs across the UK – and will ensure we can protect even more people in the years ahead. \"This is a national mission and our best weapon to deal with this virus and its variants is to get jabs in arms – so when you are called forward, get the jab and get boosted.\" But the announcement comes as global health leaders have questioned the UK's booster campaign. Dr Mike Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organisation's health emergencies programme, said he is not aware of any evidence that would suggest offering booster jabs to the entire population gives any greater protection to healthy people. 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The law prohibits any criticism of the Chinese government. Pro-democracy campaigners created PopVote, an unofficial election effectively acting as a popularity poll for candidates opposed to the Chinese crackdown in the region. Both iOS and Android apps were created for it … But Quartz reports that the iOS app never made it onto the App Store. While the Android app was quickly approved by the Google Play store, the iOS app was initially rejected because of several issues with the code. PopVote developers resubmitted the app with the required changes within hours, but never heard back from Apple despite multiple attempts to contact the company, according to Edwin Chu, an IT advisor for the voting platform. \"We think it is being censored by Apple,\" Chu said. Ahead of the poll, local officials warned it could be considered a violation of the new law, and yesterday Beijing's liaison office condemned the exercise as \"illegal.\" Apple has not responded to a request for comment. Additionally, the PopVote website is currently unavailable. It has in the past been hit by what CloudFlare's CEO described as 'the largest [Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)] attacks we, or anyone else, have ever seen [and] definitely the most sophisticated.' Many tech companies have responded to the Chinese crackdown by stating that they will not hand over any user data demanded by Hong Kong authorities. WhatsApp and Telegram spoke up first, and have since been joined by Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter. Apple has said only that it is \"assessing\" its Hong Kong policy, though it did outline its existing protections. Apple is coming under criticism for remaining largely silent on the issue, though the piece does note the difficult position faced by tech companies. With Beijing effectively bringing Hong Kong under its full control, it will become increasingly difficult for foreign tech firms to maintain a presence in the city while remaining committed to the ideals of an open internet, data privacy, and the freedom of expression. They will soon likely be confronted with stark choices: Comply with Hong Kong government requests to censor content and hand over user data; defy the government and risk fines, imprisonment of staff, and outright expulsion; or exit, and leave Hong Kong to Chinese services. 'It's a situation in which the companies have to decide which bad options they want to go for,' said Rebecca MacKinnon, director of Ranking Digital Rights at New America. 'It's hard to see how they can remain in Hong Kong and not be complicit.' I've written before about Apple's increasingly difficult relationship with China, which is now turning into a huge liability for the company. I outlined three dangers, with reputational damage one of these. The PR hit Apple is taking from being seen to surrender to unreasonable demands from a country with a poor record on human rights is only going to get worse. Sure, many customers won't care — they just want the shiny new toys. But lots of companies make shiny toys, and a certain percentage of Apple's demographic likes the brand in part, at least, because it thinks the company is a decent one. 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A teenager receives her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in Troy, Mich.Credit...Emily Elconin for The New York Times The C.D.C. reported a terrifying fact in July: Vaccinated people with the Delta variant of the Covid virus carried roughly the same viral load in their noses and throats as unvaccinated people. The news seemed to suggest that even the vaccinated were highly vulnerable to getting infected and passing the virus to others. Sure enough, stories about vaccinated people getting Covid — so-called breakthrough infections — were all around this summer: at a party in Provincetown, Mass.; among the Chicago Cubs; on Capitol Hill. Delta seemed as if it might be changing everything. In recent weeks, however, more data has become available, and it suggests that the true picture is less alarming. Yes, Delta has increased the chances of getting Covid for almost everyone. But if you're vaccinated, a Covid infection is still uncommon, and those high viral loads are not as worrisome as they initially sounded. How small are the chances of the average vaccinated American contracting Covid? Probably about one in 5,000 per day, and even lower for people who take precautions or live in a highly vaccinated community. Or maybe one in 10,000 The estimates here are based on statistics from three places that have reported detailed data on Covid infections by vaccination status: Utah; Virginia; and King County, which includes Seattle, in Washington state. All three are consistent with the idea that about one in 5,000 vaccinated Americans have tested positive for Covid each day in recent weeks. The chances are surely higher in the places with the worst Covid outbreaks, like the Southeast. And in places with many fewer cases — like the Northeast, as well as the Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco areas — the chances are lower, probably less than 1 in 10,000. That's what the Seattle data shows, for example. (These numbers don't include undiagnosed cases, which are often so mild that people do not notice them and do not pass the virus to anyone else.) Here's one way to think about a one-in-10,000 daily chance: It would take more than three months for the combined risk to reach just 1 percent. \"There's been a lot of miscommunication about what the risks really are to vaccinated people, and how vaccinated people should be thinking about their lives,\" as Dr. Ashish Jha of Brown University told my colleague Tara Parker-Pope. (I recommend Tara's recent Q. and A. on breakthrough infections .) For the unvaccinated, of course, the chances of infection are far higher, as Dr. Jeffrey Duchin, the top public-health official in Seattle, has noted . Those chances have also risen much more since Delta began spreading: Credit...Source: Washington State Department of Health Another way to understand the situation is to compare each state's vaccination rate with its recent daily Covid infection rate. The infection rates in the least vaccinated states are about four times as high as in the most vaccinated states: Data as of Sept. 2; cases are the 7-day daily average.Credit...The New York Times If the entire country had received shots at the same rate as the Northeast or California, the current Delta wave would be a small fraction of its current size. Delta is a problem. Vaccine hesitancy is a bigger problem. The science, in brief These numbers help show why the talking point about viral loads was problematic. It was one of those statements that managed to be both true and misleading. Even when the size of the viral loads are similar, the virus behaves differently in the noses and throats of the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. In an unvaccinated person, a viral load is akin to an enemy army facing little resistance. In a vaccinated person, the human immune system launches a powerful response and tends to prevail quickly — often before the host body gets sick or infects others. That the viral loads were initially similar in size can end up being irrelevant. I will confess to one bit of hesitation about walking you through the data on breakthrough infections: It's not clear how much we should be worrying about them. For the vaccinated, Covid resembles the flu and usually a mild one. Society does not ground to a halt over the flu. In Britain, many people have become comfortable with the current Covid risks. The vaccines make serious illness rare in adults, and the risks to young children are so low that Britain may never recommend that most receive the vaccine. 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The upcoming season is set to feature armoured vehicles as well as new features such as Nebula V ammo and bombs, redeploy balloons, and more. Gamers will also be able to explore new points of interest such as the Chemical Factory and underground Chemical Weapon Research Labs while defeating Axis soldiers for rewards. Call of Duty: Vanguard will also add new maps and powerful new Wonder Weapons to the popular shooter. According to Activision, season two of Call of Duty: Vanguard (Review) and Call of Duty: Warzone will be available on February 14. Gamers will be able to download Call of Duty: Vanguard on February 10 at 9am PT/ 10:30pm IST, while Call of Duty: Warzone will be available for download on February 14 at 9am PT/ 10:30pm IST. The games will also grant double XP to players once the updates are live, according to the publisher. Call of Duty: Vanguard Season 2 — What's new Call of Duty: Vanguard Season 2 is set to feature two new multiplayer maps — Casablanca, set in the streets of Morocco, and Gondola, a three-lane-style map above a large gulch and fire watchtower. The update will also bring the new Ranked Play mode that will launch in beta next week, with league-approved rules, visible Skill Ratings, and new rewards. The publisher will reveal more information about Call of Duty: Vanguard Multiplayer Ranked Play mode on February 11. Meanwhile, Call of Duty: Vanguard will also add a new Ball Turret Gunner perk that can be activated after achieving a 12-kill streak, along with an Armory perk and Mechanic perk, while introducing a new throwable Sticky Bomb. The game will also feature new ballistic weapons and some melee tools and energy-based Wonder Weapons like the Ray Gun and Decimator Shield. The update will feature amoured war machines along with motorcycles, squad transport vehicles, and tanks that are set to arrive in Season Two of Call of Duty: Vanguard. The new Casablanca map coming to Call of Duty: Vanguard Photo Credit: Activision The game will also add a new hub map and arenas with Terra Maledicta — a new Zombies game mode with new locations, allies, and foes, which is coming to Call of Duty: Vanguard. Protagonist Krafft and company will face off with Von List in Egypt's Eastern Desert. New arenas will be added as part of the update and gamers will fight to gain a lost page from the tome of rituals, after battling Von List in the Dark Aether. Aided by Vercanna the Last, who seeks revenge on Kortifex, Krafft and his allies will fight against the undead while battling a new foe, Zaballa the Deceiver. Season Two of Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone will feature S.O.T.F. Yeti 007, Anna Drake (at launch), Thomas Bolt (in season) and Gustavo Dos Santos (in season) as part of the Battle Pass. Gamers will also gain access to the KG M40: Assault Rifle (at launch) Whitley: LMG (at launch), Armaguerra 43: SMG and a new Ice Axe (in season) according to Activision. Call of Duty: Warzone Season 2 — What's new Meanwhile, Call of Duty: Warzone will feature Nebula V ammo and bombs, which can be found around the battle royale map, Caldera. Operators downed with Nebula V ammo will emit a poisonous gas cloud, and those who try to revive them will experience coughing, blurred vision, and slight damage over time. Nebula V bombs are rare, last for two minutes, and can be found in briefcases which must be activated to detonate after a countdown. Operators within the bomb's radius will experience damage if they do not have a gas mask or not near the new Portable Decontamination Station. As part of the Season Two update, Armoured Transport Trucks will attack gamers in their vicinity with turrets, mines, and aerial support. However, destroying these vehicles will yield important items, including (in rare cases) an intact Nebula V Bomb, according to the publisher. Gamers will also be able to find these weapons in the Chemical Factory and Underground Chemical Weapons Research Labs that are guarded by Axis soldiers in Caldera. Deadly new armoured trucks will drop rare rewards when destroyed in Call of Duty: Warzone Photo Credit: Activision Meanwhile, operators can also take advantage of Bomber Planes, the second aerial vehicle to be added the game, as well as Redeploy Balloons which lets players take to the skies to reposition themselves thousands of metres away, by using a zipline to the balloon and deploying their parachute. These balloons can be destroyed and reinflated by gamers. Finally, Call of Duty: Warzone will also feature two new limited time game modes — Caldera Clash which is an evolution of Clash on Verdansk '84 and Warzone Rumble, and Rebirth Iron Trials. Caldera Clash will allow gamers to pick weapons from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to Vanguard and earn a point for each kill for their team. The team which achieves the target points or has the highest points when the time runs out will win the round. Rebirth Island Trials will feature battle royale-style gameplay and feature weapons from Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, aimed at hardcore players of the Call of Duty community, according to Activision. 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(Bloomberg) — Cineworld Group Plc said it intends to emerge from bankruptcy intact after senior lenders were said to be considering a sale process for its east European operations. The London-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas in September to cut a near $9 billion pile of debt and leases. \"Cineworld remains committed to working with its key stakeholders to develop a Chapter 11 reorganization plan that seeks to maximize value for the benefit of moviegoers and all other stakeholders,\" a spokesperson said on Sunday. \"Cineworld has not initiated, and does not intend to initiate, an individual auction for any of its US, U.K. or RoW [rest of world] businesses on an individual basis.\" Read More: Cineworld Lenders Are Said to Eye Sale of East European Theaters The statement follows a Bloomberg News report on Friday that Cineworld's creditors had held talks about breaking up the chain and selling its eastern European operations. According to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations, the company's largest senior creditors were weighing the sale of Cinema City, Yes Planet and Rav-Chen, an Israeli operation. The eastern European operations include cinemas in Poland, Hungary and Romania. Covid-19 shuttered theaters worldwide and throttled movie production. Cineworld, the world's second-largest theater chain, has yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. 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Witnesses reported seeing bodies in the streets after the insurgents, believed to be affiliated with the terrorist group ISIS, attacked Palma from three directions, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. Dozens of people have been killed, Omar Saranga, spokesman for the Mozambique Defense and Security Forces, said in a broacast statement Sunday. The fatalities include both locals and foreigners working in the region, he said, without detailing their nationalities. Among the dead were seven people who were ambushed while trying to leave the Amaarula Hotel and join a vehicle convoy, Saranga added. According to several accounts provided to CNN, a convoy of about 17 vehicles left Palma on late Friday afternoon. There were many foreign workers in the convoy as well as Mozambicans. Palma is near a major natural gas project run by the French company Total. A regional security source based in Pemba said the convoy was ambushed and only seven vehicles reached safety. However, several people in those vehicles were killed or injured. The other vehicles and their occupants remain unaccounted for, source said. Another source — who works in the area and has direct knowledge of the logistics operation — told CNN that at least eight vehicles in the convoy were still missing. When asked how many people were still unaccounted for, the source said at least 50, adding it was a \"conservative estimate.\" The accounts provided to CNN say the convoy left a hotel on the northern outskirts of Palma heading towards the large Total natural gas project on the Afungi Peninsula, some 15 kilometers away. But it had no air cover from helicopters that had been deployed to the area by a South African military contractor. The security source in Pemba also said attempts to reach the nearby coastline with rescue boats had been fruitless, after the vessels had come under fire from the militants, known locally as Shabaab, and with no links to the Somali group of the same name. However, some people who had managed to escape Palma were subsequently brought from a nearby port to Pemba, some 200 kilometers to the south, on board a ferry. They included about 120 foreigners. In his Sunday statement, Saranga said the country's Defense and Security Forces (FDS) had \"reinforced their operational strategy to contain the criminal offensives of the terrorists.\" \"At this point in time, the FDS remain committed in clarifying the areas of Palma in order to guarantee the safe return of the population. All FDS positions are currently under its control,\" he said. Regional security sources say the attackers used explosives to target bank branches in Palma. They say that some of the insurgents wore military uniforms. Human Rights Watch and others say that in the early stages of the assault witnesses described the militants as attacking and killing local people in their homes and on the streets of Palma. Many people who have been living and working in Palma remain out of reach. In a statement to CNN, the US embassy in Maputo said it was \"aware of one U.S. citizen who was in Palma, but has been safely evacuated,\" adding that it was in touch with \"Mozambican authorities, international missions, and the private sector regarding the ongoing situation and humanitarian relief efforts.\" \"The U.S. Embassy in Mozambique continues to monitor the horrific situation in Palma District,\" it also said. One woman waiting at the port in Pemba for news of her brother had been unable to reach him by phone. \"It's heart-breaking, I don't know… You lose someone and you don't know where they are, what condition they're in, that person is not reachable,\" she told a journalist working with CNN. At least two coaches carrying evacuees later arrived at Pemba airport for a flight to the capital, Maputo. Total announced Saturday it was suspending plans to restart operations in the Afungi Peninsula, which were previously halted after insurgent attacks in January. 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(NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Spacemaker for $240 million net of cash. Based in Oslo, Norway , Spacemaker uses cloud-based, artificial intelligence (AI), and generative design to help architects, urban designers, and real estate developers make more informed early-stage design decisions faster and enables improved opportunities for sustainability from the start. By evaluating the best options from the outset, Spacemaker helps architects maximize their clients' long-term property investments. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close during Autodesk's fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, ending January 31, 2021 . The acquisition of Spacemaker provides Autodesk with a powerful platform to drive modern, user-centric automation – powered by AI – and accelerate outcome-based design capabilities for architects. With Spacemaker, design professionals can rapidly create and evaluate options for a building or urban development. With AI as a partner to the architect, the Spacemaker platform enables users to quickly generate, optimize, and iterate on design alternatives, all while considering design criteria and data like terrain, maps, wind, lighting, traffic, zoning, etc. Spacemaker quickly returns design alternatives optimized for the full potential of the site. This leads to better outcomes from the start and allows designers to focus on the creative part of their professional work. \"Spacemaker is a lesson in the power of insights and automation, giving designers the ability to create and test urban design ideas in minutes,\" says Andrew Anagnost , CEO and President of Autodesk. \"With two billion more people expected to call our planet home by 2050, speed of design and sustainability in urban planning must be priorities. Spacemaker technology offers a fundamental shift in how we imagine and build cities to keep people and the planet healthy.\" \"Our values are always reflected in the business decisions we make. The acquisition of Spacemaker demonstrates our commitment to the advancement of architects and the ability of designers to change the world for the better,\" says Amy Bunszel , Senior Vice President for AEC Design Solutions at Autodesk. \"Paired with our teams and complementary technology, Spacemaker's transformational solution will empower designers to make more informed design decisions and help solve some of the greatest challenges ahead of us all.\" \"Four years ago, we set out on a mission to help design, engineering and project teams reinvent the development of more sustainable cities and neighborhoods worldwide while maximizing the investment,\" said Havard Haukeland , CEO and co-founder of Spacemaker. \"Autodesk shares our goal to create a healthier planet for everyone and is uniquely positioned to more rapidly place our product in the hands of planning teams everywhere. This is a proud milestone for our team and those who supported us from the start.\" \"Real-estate developers in Norway are at the forefront of the digital transformation in the building sector, resulting in increased project profitability, and critically, improving our ability to combat climate change with more sustainable real estate developments,\" said Daniel Kjørberg Siraj, CEO of OBOS. \"Game-changers such as Spacemaker are part of the solution, and it is critical to give them the scale that they need in order to be impactful. As an early investor and adopter, I am incredibly pleased to see Spacemaker joining Autodesk and am looking forward to seeing Norwegian-born technology transform the industry at a global scale.\" For more background on the acquisition, please see the accompanying PDF here. About Autodesk Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you've ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you've experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. For more information visit autodesk.com or follow @autodesk. Autodesk University Reaches Customers Worldwide Autodesk University (AU) is a series of conferences and an online learning destination focused on inspiring, challenging and energizing Autodesk software users, partners, and industry leaders about the future of design, engineering and construction. Autodesk University 2020 is the company's first global digital conference experience that virtually brings together more than 90k innovators from over 190 countries to explore new ways of imagining, designing and making. AU also offers free year-round access to learning content, professional development, and inspirational industry talks from the AU conference events. More information is available at the Autodesk University website, or by following @AutodeskU #AU2020. Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding: the planned Spacemaker acquisition and the timing thereof, the impact of the acquisition on Autodesk's business performance; the impact of the transaction on Autodesk's and Spacemaker's products and services capabilities, customers, and partners; and Autodesk's strategic priorities. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the following: Autodesk's ability to successfully integrate Spacemaker's business; costs related to the acquisition; whether the architecture and urban planning industries evolve as anticipated; the competitive environment in the architecture and urban planning industries and competitive responses to the acquisition; Autodesk and Spacemaker's success developing new products or modifying existing products and the degree to which these gain market acceptance; general market and business conditions; unanticipated impact of accounting for acquisitions; and the ability to satisfy the conditions to the completion of the acquisition on the anticipated schedule, or at all. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of Autodesk are included in Autodesk's Form 10-K and subsequent Forms 10-Q, which are on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Autodesk disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made. Autodesk and the Autodesk logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. 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The only difference between grey and blue hydrogen is that the latter uses additional technologies to capture the CO2 produced when hydrogen is split from methane (or from coal) and store it for long term. Reliance shows interest In January, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani announced intentions to invest $75 billion in renewable energy infrastructure, including power plants, solar panels, and electrolyzers. According to analysts, Reliance Industries is likely to choose hydrogen to sidestep India's wholesale energy market, which is controlled by financially distressed companies and plagued by late payments, reports Livemint. New Delhi wants global funders including the World Bank to structure guarantee programs to help access funds at low rates, Kant said. Green hydrogen will be used to decarbonize \"hard-to-abate\" sectors like refiners, fertiliser makers and steel producers, he said. 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This week the responsible court made a judgment. Back in 2017, those responsible at Genuine Enabling Technology (GET for short) decided to file a lawsuit against the Japanese electronics giant Sony. The bone of contention was a technology that allows PlayStation consoles and their controllers to communicate with each other using a \"slowly varying frequency signal\". After the legal dispute between Sony and Genuine Enabling Technology raged for several years, the judge in the responsible US District Court has now issued a verdict. According to the judge, Sony did not infringe any of GET's patents, leading to the dismissal of the lawsuit. This involved a dispute amounting to more than 500 million US dollars. This is how the two parties argued Genuine Enabling Technology's legal department pointed out in the lawsuit against Sony that PlayStation consoles and controllers transmit a \"slowly varying frequency signal\" for button inputs and a higher frequency signal for motion controls. According to GET, until a few years ago no device was able to receive both signals at the same time. According to the company, only a technical innovation or a patent from GET would have provided a corresponding solution, which was taken up by Sony, among others. Sony, however, argued that GET has not yet proven that a specific component in its controllers is \"structurally equivalent\" to the diagrams in the GET patent. The responsible judge saw the whole thing similarly and ruled in favor of Sony because GET had \"failed to initiate a factual dispute\". Therefore, the court concluded that Sony did not infringe any patents and closed the case. GET also sued Nintendo As GamesIndustry.biz reports, Genuine Enabling Technology has not only sued Sony in recent years. The company also filed a similar lawsuit against Nintendo. A court initially ruled in favor of Nintendo in 2020. However, a US appeals court overturned the decision in 2022. Since then, Nintendo and Genuine Enabling Technology have faced each other again in court. The exit? Open. Only time will tell whether Sony's legal department could face a similar scenario. We will of course keep you updated on further developments. Source: GamesIndustry.biz More news about PS5. Discuss this news in the PlayStation Forum Links to Amazon, Media Markt, Saturn and some other retailers are usually affiliate links. When you make a purchase, we receive a small commission with which we can finance the free-to-use site. You have no disadvantages. 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How to Repurpose Spotify Car Thing Key Takeaways The Car Thing by Spotify is being discontinued after poor sales, with existing devices set to be bricked by December 2024. Despite the discontinuation, a community of modders has been created to repurpose the Car Thing with alternative OS projects like DeskThing and GlanceThing. Members of the community are also pushing for Spotify to release the Car Thing's firmware as open-source to prevent it from becoming e-waste. Spotify is best known for being everyone's go-to music streaming app. The company also attempted to make a hardware device, the Car Thing, which will be turned into a paperweight at the end of 2024. However, there are ways you can recycle the Car Thing, even after Spotify bricks it. Why Is the Car Thing Being Discontinued? The Spotify Car Thing was a small device with a 4-inch touchscreen, a dial, and several buttons. It was intended to be a convenient way to listen to Spotify in older cars that don't have Android Auto or Apple CarPlay abilities. Car Thing launched in 2021, and after just one year of production, Spotify stopped sales in July 2022, five months after it became accessible to the general public. In May 2024, Spotify announced that it'd brick all existing Car Things by December 9, 2024, and advised users to dispose of them. Spotify<\\/a>\"\"> Spotify Spotify hasn't officially disclosed the reason why Car Thing was discontinued. On the surface, it seems like poor sales figures are to blame, but the company hasn't released those either. It's unfortunate because Car Thing was actually a pretty good piece of hardware for a first attempt, but the company is sending it to a landfill anyway. This isn't the first time Spotify has killed something out of the blue. Spotify is known to remove app features without warning . These aren't features you'd rarely use either, these are the ones you'd want back, instead of features that would make music streaming services cheaper if dropped . How to Repurpose Spotify Car Thing A rather active community of modders has popped around the Car Thing despite it being available for such a short time. If you've also grown attached to your Car Thing, there are plenty of community-supported projects you can install on the device and use it for just about anything. With a little tweaking and an OS flash, you can turn the Car Thing into a handy desk gadget. One great project for this purpose is DeskThing , an alternative OS for the Car Thing. It's an open-source project that lets you install community-made apps to do anything from controlling your music to checking in on your Discord call. Installation and setup is extremely easy and there are detailed instructions available on the DeskThing GitHub repository . Another option is GlanceThing, which turns your Car Thing into a glanceable action pad, adding functionality like command actions. customizable shortcuts, a status bar with date and time, and of course, music control for Spotify. It comes with a guided installer and you can find detailed instructions over at the GlanceThing GitHub repository page . There's also a demand in the community for Spotify to make the Car Thing's firmware open-source so it can be reused. Regardless, there are plenty of options for recycling your Car Thing before it turns into a $90 brick you have to throw away. 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Self-proclaimed internet sleuths are matching up names of Wayfair's products to those of missing children as part of a ... more Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online CHICAGO (AP) — The baseless conspiracy theory took off after an anonymous user posed a bizarre question in an internet chatroom: What if retail giant Wayfair is using pricey storage cabinets to traffic children? Self-proclaimed internet sleuths quickly responded by matching up the names of Wayfair products to those of missing children, producing social media posts that have since overrun Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The result: A national human trafficking hotline suddenly began taking a number of calls about the imagined Wayfair scheme, stretching its resources. A woman said she posted a video of herself on Facebook to counter false claims that she was missing. One mother's pleas to Facebook and YouTube to remove a video of her young daughter that was being used to suggest she was a Wayfair victim went unanswered for days. Wayfair was forced to respond to the accusations in a recent statement: \"There is, of course, no truth to these claims.\" Yet internet users continue to weave a complex web around Wayfair's furniture and decor, spun from falsehoods and conjecture. Social media influencers, fringe online communities and even political candidates have also now seized on the conspiracy theory as evidence of an even grander one, known as QAnon, that centers on the baseless belief that President Donald Trump is waging a secret campaign against enemies in the \"deep state\" and a child sex trafficking ring. \"Conspiracy theorists always managed to spread their theories in the past, but the internet has made this much easier,\" said Kathryn Olmsted, a history professor who studies conspiracy theories at University of California, Davis. \"If you believe in one, you believe in another. You start collecting them.\" Mentions of Wayfair and \"trafficking\" have exploded on Facebook and Instagram over the past week. And on TikTok, the hashtags #Wayfairconspiracy and #WayfairGate together amassed nearly 4.5 million views even as several strands of the conspiracy theory have been debunked. Some social media posts pointed to the high cost of the storage cabinets — which sell for about $13,000 each — as suspect. Wayfair, however, said the steel structures were priced correctly for industrial use. A pillow listed for $9,999 also fueled suspicion, but was an error, the company said. Other posts shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter connected the name of one of Wayfair's cabinets, Samiyah, to an outdated missing person report for an Ohio girl named Samiyah Mumin, claiming it was proof that the company is trafficking young girls. A woman who identified herself as Mumin filmed a Facebook video to set the record straight. \"Why am I mad? Because I'm not missing,\" she said. Mumin did not respond to The Associated Press' requests for comment. The Ohio Attorney General's Office confirmed Mumin was found after being reported missing for a four-day period in May 2019 and has not been reported missing since. A Maryland boy who briefly went missing in April also was identified by internet conspiracy theorists as a possible Wayfair victim because his last name matched the name of a pillow. He was found in less than 24 hours, with no signs that he had been trafficked or kidnapped, according to the sheriff's office in St. Mary's County. The burst of attention for the Wayfair claims also renewed interest in the QAnon conspiracy theory. In recent days, three conservative congressional candidates in Florida, Georgia, and California who have expressed support for QAnon have also pushed unfounded allegations about Wayfair on Twitter. Thousands of tweets promoted the QAnon hashtag with claims that Wayfair is trafficking. A network of popular QAnon Facebook groups shared a video with a mashup of claims about human trafficking, including the Wayfair conspiracy theory. The term QAnon skyrocketed on Instagram and Facebook, receiving more interactions last week than any other week over the last year, according to data from CrowdTangle, which tracks more than 4 million public pages, profiles and accounts. The attention created by the Wayfair conspiracy theory has, in some cases, been damaging for the very people social media users say they're trying to help. An increase in calls prompted by the conspiracy theory is straining the National Human Trafficking Hotline, which provides emergency help to victims. The line was already seeing a surge in requests for emergency shelter assistance because of the coronavirus, said Robert Beiser, of Polaris, a nonprofit organization that runs the hotline. \"There's a very real possibility that if there's a conspiracy theory that comes out on the internet and it generates thousands of signals into our hotline, that could get in the way for us providing timely service to survivors who are in crisis,\" Beiser said. Meanwhile, a YouTube video of a young London girl sitting on a couch to audition for a Wayfair commercial was used by some pro-Trump YouTube accounts to claim that she was a victim in the alleged trafficking scheme. The video was taken from the girl's mother's YouTube account and spread across the internet, said Carleen McCarthy, a senior agent for the talent agency Alphabet Agency, which represents the girl. The agency and the girl's mother repeatedly flagged the videos to YouTube and Facebook, as they continued to rake in thousands of views online. YouTube removed the video after the AP inquired about it, although new versions remain on the site. Facebook did not provide a comment on the video. One YouTube influencer — who posted a video, viewed 155,000 times, that accused Wayfair of trafficking children through their products — walked back the comments a few days later. \"I didn't really have all the facts for that video, I just kind of made it on impulse because I was so scared,\" said Jeremiah Willis in a later video. \"I personally have no knowledge, no evidence, nothing.\" Swenson reported from Seattle. 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But if you buy shares in a really great company, you can more than double your money. To wit, the Delivery Hero SE share price has flown 199% in the last three years. Most would be happy with that. It's down 5.2% in the last seven days. Check out our latest analysis for Delivery Hero Because Delivery Hero made a loss in the last twelve months, we think the market is probably more focussed on revenue and revenue growth, at least for now. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size. Delivery Hero's revenue trended up 50% each year over three years. That's much better than most loss-making companies. Along the way, the share price gained 44% per year, a solid pop by our standards. This suggests the market has recognized the progress the business has made, at least to a significant degree. That's not to say we think the share price is too high. In fact, it might be worth keeping an eye on this one. The image below shows how earnings and revenue have tracked over time (if you click on the image you can see greater detail). XTRA:DHER Earnings and Revenue Growth August 30th 2020 Delivery Hero is well known by investors, and plenty of clever analysts have tried to predict the future profit levels. If you are thinking of buying or selling Delivery Hero stock, you should check out this free report showing analyst consensus estimates for future profits . A Different Perspective Pleasingly, Delivery Hero's total shareholder return last year was 96%. So this year's TSR was actually better than the three-year TSR (annualized) of 44%. The improving returns to shareholders suggests the stock is becoming more popular with time. It's always interesting to track share price performance over the longer term. But to understand Delivery Hero better, we need to consider many other factors. Consider for instance, the ever-present spectre of investment risk. We've identified 2 warning signs with Delivery Hero , and understanding them should be part of your investment process. For those who like to find winning investments this free list of growing companies with recent insider purchasing, could be just the ticket. 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PAL says in a statement that the letter of intent is \"a preliminary step towards the finalization of a commercial agreement between the two airlines for the provision of regional air services in eastern Canada.\" The proposed agreement, the final details of which are still being negotiated, would see PAL operate six De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 aircraft under the Air Canada Express brand for up to five years. \"PAL Airlines has steadily built its extensive presence in eastern and Atlantic Canada by pursuing the strategic growth of sustainable, essential services that provide connectivity to national carrier networks,\" PAL President Calvin Ash says in a statement. \"This proposed arrangement with Air Canada is a complementary extension of that strategy. It would support continued growth in our operation, deepen our ability to build regional connectivity and fortify PAL Airlines' presence in the communities who have always supported our development,\" Ash says. 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According to an official from the bank, increasing relations between Kenya and China necessitate efficient tools for cross- border transactions. Barclays Head of Timiza Andrew Mwithiga says they're keen to enter into strategic partnerships beyond Kenya's borders which could include partnerships with WeChat and Alipay . \"We are keen to enter into strategic partnerships that transcend banks, telecommunication, and financial technology companies both within inside and outside the country and this may include Wechat Pay and Alipay to improve our customer experience,\" said Mwithiga. At the same time, Barclays is looking to connect the increasing number of small entrepreneurs who import goods directly from China to convenient digital money platforms. 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Scarlett says that her settlement with Apple required it to publish \"a company-wide memo clarifying employee rights including discussing pay & working conditions,\" \"in a prominent and visible location on the People site.\" She says that the corporate did publish a discover to its website, however that it was solely up through the week that Apple staff got off for Thanksgiving. \"I'd argue all day that 7 days while no one is online for a holiday is absolutely not prominent and visible,\" Scarlett tweeted on Thursday . Despite the truth that there was no requirement for a time interval, the settlement clearly said \"in a prominent and visible location on the People site\". I'd argue all day that 7 days whereas nobody is on-line for a vacation is totally not distinguished and visual. — Cher Scarlett (@cherthedev) December 9, 2021 The NLRB says it could reject a withdrawal request made due to a non-public settlement if it \"violates the National Labor Relations Act or Board policy.\" Scarlett advised The Verge that the board initially rejected her request, and despatched an inventory of twenty-two modifications that the board would want Apple to make earlier than it could approve the withdrawal. According to Forbes , one of many requested modifications eliminated wording that will've prevented Scarlett from encouraging somebody \"to file any charge or complaint with any administrative agency or Court against Apple\" for a 12 months. According to Scarlett, Apple refused to make these modifications. \"I technically could ask for a unilateral withdrawal at this point,\" Scarlett stated in a message to The Verge , saying that she had been \"interested in doing that to avoid witnesses having to give testimony, because realistically the memo is the best outcome we would have gotten from the board.\" According to Scarlett, the group of potential witnesses determined it was value it to proceed with the criticism, probably risking retaliation for testifying, given how Apple dealt with posting the memo. Scarlett left the corporate in November, after submitting the criticism that accused the corporate of partaking \"in coercive and suppressive activity that has enabled abuse and harassment of organizers of protected concerted activity.\" While on the firm, she labored to let staff focus on and collect knowledge about pay fairness and was a part of #AppleToo, a marketing campaign concerning the firm's failure to cope with harassment and discrimination. Update December eleventh, 3:47PM ET: Added further context concerning the technique of requesting {that a} criticism be withdrawn, and Scarlett's choice not to take action. 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Eight MK-82 general-purpose bombs were \"abnormally dropped\" from two KF-16 fighter jets and landed outside the designated firing range at approximately 10:07 a.m. local time, hitting civilian infrastructure in Pocheon city, northeast of the capital Seoul, according to the South Korean Air Force. South Korea's defense ministry said initial findings indicated the accident was caused by a pilot inputting incorrect bombing coordinates. An image that local media outlets said captured the aftermath of the explosions showed thick smoke billowing into the air in a rural area. Fifteen civilians were injured, including two seriously wounded. The National Fire Agency told CNN that no cardiac arrest or unconsciousness were reported. The blasts destroyed two residential buildings, part of a church, and a truck. \"The scene of the incident is chaotic, resembling a battlefield,\" Pocheon Mayor Baek Young-hyun said in a televised statement. The aircraft were participating in a joint live-fire exercise with the South Korean Army and the US military, related to the annual joint US-South Korea \"Freedom Shield\" military drills, the South Korean Air Force told CNN, without providing further details. South Korea's military said all live-fire training would be suspended from Thursday until a probe into the incident had concluded. An accident response team has been formed to investigate and the air force said it would provide compensation for damages. The air force apologized that the \"abnormal bomb release has caused civilian damage\" and wished the injured a swift recovery. The Freedom Shield drills were scheduled to run from March 10 to March 20 to strengthen the US-South Korean alliance's combined defense posture, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said earlier Thursday. The annual drills often anger nuclear-armed North Korea, and leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States and South Korea of increasing tensions with their joint drills and Pyongyang often responds with bellicose threats. New video shows bombs striking South Korean town near DMZ The South Korean Air Force says 8 MK-82 bombs were mistakenly dropped by a jet during a war drill with the US. 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Enter OEM Agreement\n-Milestone Opportunity Brings Access to Customers via Global Sales and Partner Network VANCOUVER, BC , Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – UniDoc Health Corp. (CSE: UDOC) (FRA: L7T) (OTC: UDOCF) (\"UniDoc,\" or the \"Company\"), an innovator within the eHealth sector, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement (the \"Agreement\") with HP Inc. (\"HP\") which allows the combination of HP products into its development and manufacturing process for the UniDoc H3 Health Cube and \"Virtual Care Solutions Model\" (VCSM) with HP designated SKUs for resale via the HP global sales and partner force. Highlights: The OEM agreement positions UniDoc to develop and produce its H3 Health Cube and along with HP offer a novel solution in providing Health care to all UniDoc gains the flexibility to sell integrated HP products worldwide The all inclusive HP SKUs shall be available for resale globally The Agreement builds on the previously announced UniDoc/HP marketing agreement, and positions UniDoc to supply sales of customizable telehealth cubes, enclosures, equipment, and related services including software integrated with HP computing hardware. The precise terms of the agreement are confidential per mutual agreement. UniDoc-Integrated HP products shall be made available to UniDoc, and UniDoc will partner in the event and bundling of shared product imagery, language, technical information, and support services to be shared across sales channels including social media, events, and promotions. UniDoc CEO Antonio Baldassare notes, \"That is a vital step forward with an acknowledged industry giant. To partner with HP, have access to their line of health care products, and the work with them to integrate their technology into the UniDoc offering is an awesome opportunity with promising upside potential for us. We consider this announcement a significant milestone for the longer term of UniDoc and is a testament to what will be achieved for the longer term of healthcare in America.\" On Behalf of the Board of Directors, ~Antonio Baldassarre~ Antonio Baldassarre CEO, President & Director UniDoc Health Corp. About UniDoc Health Corp . (CSE: UDOC) (FRA: L7T) (OTC: UDOCF) UniDoc is developing a telehealth solution which is being designed as a self-contained distant virtual clinic inside a non-public kiosk for patients to undergo full consultations as in the event that they were present in a physician's office. Telehealth opens the doors to a big segment of the population challenged by access, experience or understanding of online computer technology. It's the Company's belief that physical accessibility is the important thing to its business proposition. UniDoc is devoted to unlocking shareholder value by delivering a wonderful product and complicated business network inside an expedited timeframe. The UniDoc team encourages engagement, questions, and interest, so please stay in contact and invite anyone who may be enthusiastic about our story to go to our website at www.unidoctor.com and signup to receive the newest information with updates on our activities, events and progress. You're also invited to hitch us on social media with Facebook , Twitter or Instagram . Forward-Looking Statements This news release incorporates statements and knowledge that, to the extent that they should not historical fact, may constitute \"forward-looking information\" inside the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information may include financial and other projections, in addition to statements regarding future plans, objectives, or economic performance, or the belief underlying any of the foregoing. In some cases, forward-looking statements will be identified by terms equivalent to \"may\", \"would\", \"could\", \"will\", \"shall be\", \"likely\", \"except\", \"anticipate\", \"consider\", \"intend\", \"plan\", \"forecast\", \"project\", \"estimate\", \"outlook\", or the negative thereof or other similar expressions concerning matters that should not historical facts. Examples of such statements include, but should not limited to, statements with respect to the inclusion of HP components within the Company's primary product offering and features thereof, the HP SKU being available for resale globally, and the anticipated advantages of a partnership with HP and the Company's commercialization of the telehealth platform. Forward-looking information relies on the assumptions, estimates, evaluation, and opinions of management made in light of its experience and its perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, in addition to other aspects that management believes to be relevant and reasonable within the circumstances on the date that such statements are made, but which can prove to be incorrect. The fabric aspects and assumptions used to develop the forward-looking information contained on this news release include, but should not limited to, key personnel and qualified employees continuing their involvement with the Company; the Company's ability to secure additional financing on reasonable terms; the competitive conditions of the industries during which the Company operates; and laws and any amendments thereto applicable to the Company. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other aspects which will cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information, including, without limitation, risks regarding the longer term business plans of the Company; risks that the Company is not going to find a way to retain its key personnel; risks that the Company is not going to find a way to successfully develop and commercialize VCSM kiosks for delivery; risks that the Company is not going to find a way to provide or secure sufficient manufacturing capability to provide the amount of VCSM kiosks; risks that current and any future global supply chain issues will delay the event of the VCSM kiosks and ultimately the delivery of the VCSM kiosks; risks that the Company is not going to find a way to secure required financing on reasonable terms or in any respect; in addition to the entire other risks as described within the Company's annual management discussion and evaluation dated July 31, 2023 under the heading \"Risks Aspects.\" Accordingly, readers mustn't place undue reliance on any such forward-looking information. 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The European planemaker stated it had taken orders for 296 plane in January, together with the not too long ago finalised order for 102 planes from Air Lease Corp in addition to 100 jets from U.S. low-cost service Spirit Airways . After cancellations, it began the 12 months with 274 internet orders. Cancellations included 20 single-aisle jets from Colombia's Avianca, balanced by 20 orders for broadly comparable plane from leasing firm BOC Aviation in what some trade sources have described as a swap to ease their financing. Neither agency was obtainable for remark. Lufthansa cancelled two A350 wide-body jets. Rival Boeing, whose gross sales and deliveries have been affected by the grounding of its 737 MAX, has but to put up January knowledge. Airbus stated on Thursday its deliveries from an abroad meeting plant in China had been halted amid the coronavirus outbreak. Airbus has joined different native firms in extending a routine shutdown deliberate for Chinese language New 12 months, as a result of influence of the well being scare on its provide chains and logistics. Airbus is predicted to present targets subsequent week and barring a worsening of the coronavirus disaster may shoot for file deliveries of a minimum of 900 jets in 2020 as Boeing stays on a backfoot as a result of MAX grounding, trade analysts say. 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U.S. authorities launched emergency measures on Sunday to shore up confidence in the banking system after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank threatened to trigger a broader financial crisis. With euro zone banking shares falling sharply early on Monday -- Commerzbank fell as much as 11% while Deutsche Bank was down 6.5% -- the German central bank called a meeting of its Financial Crisis Team to assess the ramifications for local lenders and financial markets, a spokesman told Reuters. Created at the time of the last financial crisis in 2008, the team is tasked with informing the Bundesbank's board and making recommendations but it doesn't have the power to take decisions. In the euro zone decisions are made by national supervisors for smaller banks and by the European Central Bank's Single Supervisory Board for large ones. A senior European supervisor source told Reuters on Monday that the Single Supervisory Board had not held any emergency meeting and was not planning to hold one, with its next scheduled gathering due to take place on March 23-24. No communication from that board or from the ECB's Governing Council, which is responsible for monetary policy, was expected. A spokesman for the ECB declined to comment while a spokesman for the Banque de France said it didn't have a crisis meeting in the works. The source added euro zone banks were generally well funded had done a good job of transferring assets from their trading books to their \"hold-to-maturity\" portfolio, meaning they didn't have to account for lower market prices as a result of rising interest rates. He also noted euro zone banks generally had a more conservative mix of assets than Silicon Valley Bank, which mostly lent to risky tech startups. The source saw no direct implication of the SVB collapse for euro zone banks but cautioned this could change if the fallout in the United States extended to bigger banks, raising the risk of contagion. Germany's financial regulator BaFin, which supervises German banks in cooperation with the Bundesbank, said it was imposing a moratorium on the German branch of SVB in the wake of its demise. 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GM said supplier LG has restarted production at plants in Holland and Hazel Park, Michigan, and is adding capacity to make more battery cells. The recall follows reports of 13 battery fires, GM said, which can occur when two separate defects are present in the battery modules. More than 140,000 Bolts are covered by the recall, which is expect to cost $1.8 billion. GM said it continues to negotiate with LG over who will pay. Customers will be ranked according to where their battery was made and their recharging style. Owners who usually run their batteries nearly to zero power before recharging raise the risk of a fire, company officials said. The recall is a hitch in GM's push to sell more electric cars and eventually sell only emissions-free vehicles. And, along with recalls involving Ford, BMW and Hyundai, it has raised safety questions about lithium-ion batteries that are used in nearly all electric vehicles. GM issued the first Bolt recall last November after getting reports of fires, one of which spread to a house. 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By Direndra Tripathi Investing.com – Johnson & Johnson stock (NYSE sold 1.4% down the market just one day after blood transfusions involving the company's Covid-19 vaccine prompted the CDC to urge Americans to choose between mRNA shots. made by Pfizer (NYSE and Modern (NASDAQ :). The CDC move came at the behest of the Advisory Committee on Vaccination. With nearly 16 million out of 200 million Americans having a complete J&J vaccine and the company is selling at a non-profit price, the impact on corporate accounts has so far been less. The CDC's strategy also influences the opportunity to contribute significantly to future financial transactions. At the company's negative publicity, members of the group also said that the J&J vaccine did not work more effectively against the virus than the other two vaccines. J&J said in a statement that the safety and well-being of Vaccine users is paramount and hopes to work with the CDC on the next steps. Hypertension is associated with a decrease in platelet count and has been reported in J&J vaccine recipients. The revised version of the CDC is following similar views from other countries, including Canada and the UK ACIP and CDC also confirmed that vaccination is better than non-vaccination. People who are unable or unwilling to receive an mRNA shot will continue to receive the J&J vaccine, the CDC said. J & J's are the only single-shot vaccine available in the US while the other two are twice as likely. Last month, the company unveiled its plans to divide its consumer health business into a unique group, a process that is expected to take 18 to 24 months. Disclaimer: Fusion Media I want to remind you that the content on this page is not factual or accurate. 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Agencies cited \"a person familiar with the matter\" who provided the information with \"location data\" of the ship approaching Venezuelan waters. That same unidentified source said that \"another tanker will arrive at the beginning of January\" and it will carry a shipment of diluents to a joint venture between Chevron and the Venezuelan state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) for the processing of heavy crude. Washington Greenlights Chevron to Resume Oil Production in Venezuela, Uses Mexico Talks as Excuse Easing of blockade or desperation of the US This shipment is the first one under the license issued in November by the US Treasury Department. It was an executive order from Washington that relaxes very slightly the illegal sanctions imposed by the US government over years in order to force \"regime change\" in Venezuela. This blockade was accompanied by measures of extreme pressure that included the attempt to impose a parallel government with Juan Guaidó at the helm; armed invasion attempts; sanctions, attacks and sabotage against the Venezuelan economy; seizure and freezing of Venezuelan assets abroad; violent armed uprisings in the streets known as guarimbas , which cost the lives of Venezuelans; and induced hyperinflation and other macroeconomic and social distortions that impoverished the country. Despite everything, in 2022, Venezuela achieved economic growth and social peace that are evidence of the failure of the US-backed coup attempts. On the other hand, the US, like the rest of its allies, is going through a situation of fuel shortages, rising oil and gas prices and inflation, as a result of the blockade they are now imposing on Russian energy companies in the context of the war in Ukraine. PDVSA and Chevron Sign Contracts for Oil Production in Venezuela OFAC license At the end of November, after the signing of the Second Partial Agreement for the Protection of the Venezuelan People by the Delegation of the Venezuelan government and the most radical sector of the Venezuelan opposition in Mexico, the US government issued almost immediately an expanded OFAC license 41 that allows Chevron Corp to import oil or petroleum products from its joint ventures in Venezuela. License 41 would allow the \"production and extraction of petroleum or petroleum products produced by Chevron JVs, and any related maintenance, repair, or service of Chevron JVs,\" declared the OFAC statement. The license also allows the \"sale, export, or import into the US of oil or petroleum products produced by Chevron JVs, provided that the oil and petroleum products produced by Chevron joint ventures are first sold to Chevron\" and the \"purchase and import into Venezuela of goods or inputs related to the activities\" of Chevron's oil business \"including diluents, condensates, oil or natural gas products.\" On December 2, PDVSA signed contracts with Chevron. It was announced that the contracts would strengthen the Venezuelan industry and promote the development of join ventures in Venezuela. The signing of the contracts took place at the PDVSA headquarters in La Campiña, Caracas. The signatories were PDVSA President Asdrubal Chávez and Petroleum Minister Tareck El Aissami from the Venezuelan side, and the president of Chevron for Venezuela, Javier La Rosa. El Aissami explained that the contracts \"have the aim of continuing oil activity in the country\" and highlighted the recovery of the Venezuelan oil industry despite the blockade in recent years. 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The processor manufacturing giant on April 16 said it plans to cease working on modems for 5G, the next-generation of wireless technology expected to supercharge mobile connections. The news that Intel had exited the 5G modem business came barely hours after the Qualcomm-Apple agreement was announced. However, it wasn't clear whether Apple and Qualcomm had made up due to the fact that Intel had pulled out of the 5G race. Intel had been working on a chipset for the iPhone maker, with the chip expected to be in iPhones by 2020. The chip maker's stock plunged nearly seven per cent on slashed revenue forecast for the full year and a flat first-quarter revenue at $16.1 billion. Its data-centric revenue declined five per cent while PC-centric revenue grew four per cent in the first quarter of 2019, the chip-maker said in a statement on Thursday. Net income was $4 billion, down from the same quarter last year which reported $4.5 billion. The company expects full-year revenue of $69 billion, down from the January guidance. 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The purpose of the JV Group shall be to develop and operate the Li Ning Brand business (including the sale of products carrying Li Ning Brand) in the Territory on an exclusive basis. Immediately following Completion, the total share capital of the JV Company shall be HK$200 million, of which the LN Co, Founder Co, HongShan Venture and HongShan Motivaton shall contribute HK$58,000,000, HK$52,000,000, HK$62,728,000 and HK$27,272,000 in cash respectively, accounting for 29%, 26%, 31.36% and 13.64% of the total share capital of the JV Company respectively. The Group has been adopting the core strategy of \"Single Brand, Multiple Categories, and Diversified Channels\" to leverage its competitive advantages in the industry, and has achieved impressive results in the highly competitive Mainland China market. Having said that, the development of overseas markets, especially in the Belt and Road regions, is also part of the Group's long-term development strategy. At the same time, the Group is aware of the uncertainties in the overseas markets. The business models in the overseas market also differ substantially from the models in the Mainland China market. The Group has considered that expanding into international markets requires collaboration with a partner which possesses extensive multinational resources. This requires the establishment of a new framework with an independent team, rich in overseas resources and experience, to take responsibilities of developing the international business operations with clear business and financial objectives. HongShan has accumulated extensive investment experience since its establishment in 2005. It has a strong team of professional investors with deep industry insights and cross-border investment networks that may provide resources and services to portfolio companies, deploy key resources to enterprises that engage in transnational businesses during their development stage, and provide them with services such as business empowerment, talent development, digitalisation support and media management. The formation of the JV Company leverages on the appeal of the Company's founder, Mr. Li, to provide leadership in the positioning and direction of the Li Ning Brand's development in the Territory. Moreover, the Company and Mr. Li together will hold 55% of the JV Shares, enabling the Company to effectively safeguard the reputation of the Li Ning Brand and to maintain sufficient influence over the JV Group. On the other hand, by bringing in HongShan, the JV Group may enjoy HongShan's transnational resources and business experience which are expected to help the JV Group to accelerate its development effectively. In this joint venture, LN Co has the option to acquire all the JV Shares from HongShan Co in the future (subject to compliance with the relevant Listing Rules requirements), so as to realise the Company's control over the JV Company. The JV Parties can complement each other's strengths and leverage on their respective reputations, brands, channels, talents and other resources in this joint venture, in order to empower the JV Group to be competitive and flexible in its business operations, and be more effective in risk management of the markets in the Territory. In the short term, the Company will prioritise its operations in Mainland China market to further increase the market share of its core business and to enhance the competitiveness of its brands in the key business segments. 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DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union is expanding its strike to a Stellantis plant in Michigan that produces Ram 1500 full-size pickup trucks, dealing another blow to the three major U.S. automakers as negotiations drag on. The work stoppage includes roughly 6,800 workers at Stellantis' Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in suburban Detroit, the union announced Monday after initiating the walkout. \"Currently, Stellantis has the worst proposal on the table regarding wage progression, temporary worker pay and conversion to full-time, cost-of-living adjustments (COLA), and more,\" the UAW said in a release . The work stoppage at the Sterling Heights plant brings the total number of UAW members on strike with the Detroit automakers to more than 40,000. It marks the first escalation in the union's strike in nearly two weeks and the first new work stoppage at Stellantis in over a month. \"We've tried to do things the right way. We've taken our time, we've been patient with these companies. 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VGC reported that the PS3 game Dead or Alive 5 briefly listed a display price of £7.99, where it previously redirected users to the PlayStation Now version of the game. Additionally, other users reported similar new listings for the PS3 versions of Bejewelled, as well as Prince of Persia games, The Forgotten Sands, and The Two Thrones – each with their own individual purchase price. However, none of the games were purchaseable at these prices on PS5. At time of writing, IGN could not replicate these findings, which could mean that this was a simple error in the PlayStation 5 store, or that this potentially mistaken early release has now been fixed. Uhhh. Not to panic anyone, but a PS3 game shouldn't have a price when viewed on a PS5. Unless… pic.twitter.com/5CTACWGh7s — Jordan Middler (@JordanMiddler) January 16, 2022 Have you played PlayStation 5? YES NO Interestingly, these accidental listings appeared following the discovery of a patent that was filed by PS5 system architect, Mark Cerny. The patent, titled \"backward compatibility through the use of spoof clock and fine grain frequency control\" could suggest that Sony is working on bringing further backwards compatibility to the PS5. Social media has already begun speculating that this patent could mean Sony has solved at least one of the problems when bringing older PS3 titles to the next generation console. If true, this would give Sony even more of a catalogue to play with, after reports that PlayStation is working on creating an Xbox Game Pass competitor . This new service, codenamed \"Spartacus\", will reportedly allow PlayStation owners to pay a monthly fee for access to a library of games – much the same as Microsoft's current Xbox Game Pass service. New Sony PlayStation 5 Console Covers and DualSense Colors Of course, it's likely to include both modern and older games, which may mean backwards compatibility has become more of a priority for Sony in recent months. The new Sony version of Game Pass is said to be split into three tiers. The first tier includes the same benefits as PlayStation Plus, which is required for online gaming and comes with a variety of free games each month. A second tier offers access to the gaming catalogue in the same way as Game Pass, while a third tier will include extended demos, game streaming, and access to a larger library that includes PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP games. Sony has yet to confirm this new service, however. Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter . This news is republished from another source. 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According to reports, the update will be automatically applied to all devices that received the February security patch, which was released this week as part of the Patch Tuesday program. Recall that Zerologon is tracked under the identifier CVE-2020-1472 and is a vulnerability in the Netlogon service in Windows Sever, the exploitation of which allows you to compromise the machine account of a domain controller and then gain access to the full Active Directory database. Simply put, the exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain domain administrator rights. The fix for the Zerologon vulnerability was released in two phases as part of a security update that began distribution in August 2020. The patch provides a secure connection using Remote Procedure Calls for user accounts using Windows computers, for trusted accounts, and for all Windows domain controllers. The source notes that the automatic patching mode is activated on all supported domain controllers. The exception is domain controllers that are manually added by administrators to a dedicated security group that allows vulnerable connections on the Netlogon secure channel. « Microsoft strongly recommends that users install the February updates to fully protect themselves from this vulnerability. Customers with Windows computers configured to receive updates automatically do not need to take any additional action \", – said in a message from Microsoft. If you notice an error, select it with the mouse and press CTRL + ENTER. 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Kellogg's, which also owns MorningStar Farms, the plant-based food maker, said the spin-off of the yet-to-be-named cereal and plant-based food companies should be completed by the end of next year. Kellogg's had net sales of 14.2 billion dollars (£11.6 billion) in 2021, with 11.4 billion dollars (£9.3 billion) generated by its snack division. Cereal accounted for another 2.4 billion dollars (£1.96 billion) in sales last year while plant-based sales totalled around 340 million dollars (£277 million). \"These businesses all have significant standalone potential, and an enhanced focus will enable them to better direct their resources toward their distinct strategic priorities,\" said chief executive Steve Cahillane. Mr Cahillane will become chairman and chief executive of the global snacking company. The management team of the cereal company will be named later. The board of directors has approved the spin-offs. Shareholders will receive shares in the two spin-offs on a pro-rata basis relative to their Kellogg holdings. Kellogg said it would explore other options for its plant-based business, including a possible sale. The company's corporate headquarters will move from Battle Creek, Michigan, to Chicago, but it will maintain dual headquarters in both cities for its snack company, which makes up about 80% of current sales. Kellogg's three international headquarters in Europe, Latin America, and AMEA will remain in their current locations. Kellogg's three international headquarters will remain in their current locations (Richard Drew/AP) Companies have begun to split up at an accelerated pace, including General Electric, IBM and Johnson & Johnson, but such splits are more rare for food producers. The last major split in the sector was in 2012, when Kraft split to create Mondelez. It is a particularly perilous time in the industry due to rising costs, both for labour and for material. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed grain prices higher and this month, the US reported that inflation is hitting four-decade highs. Last autumn, about 1,400 workers at Kellogg's cereal plants went on strike for nearly three months before winning a new contract with immediate, across-the-board wage increases and enhanced benefits for all workers. In March, a few hundred other workers at a plant that makes Cheez-Its won a new contract with 15% wage increases over three years. 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Wells Fargo\nWhen a loved one has mounting medical, financial, and mental health needs, a family may appoint a guardian or a conservator to assume legal guardianship over an adult. Guardianship cases have become more common in the public eye recently, as we've heard about Britney Spears , Amanda Bynes , Nichelle Nichols , and others in the news. Before I explain what happened with former talk show host Wendy Williams and Wells Fargo Bank , I want to note that the terms \"guardianship\" and \"conservatorship\" are often confused, in large part because different states use these terms in different ways. A guardian in most states, including Virginia and DC, is a person appointed by the court who is responsible for the personal affairs of a person with diminished mental capacity , including responsibility for making decisions regarding the person's health care, financial support, safety, therapeutic treatment, and residence. A conservator in most states, including Virginia and DC, is a person appointed by the court who is responsible for the financial and legal affairs of a person with diminished mental capacity who is unable to manage his or her own financial resources or resist fraud or undue influence. In many states, including Maryland (and New York , where the situation I will describe takes place), a conservator is called a \"guardian of the property,\" as distinguished from what those states call a \"guardian of the person.\" Wendy Williams , 57, is a former talk show host whose popular daytime talk show was recently canceled after 13 years. Williams resides in New York City and was recently referred to by Wells Fargo as an \"incapacitated person\" who needs a guardianship to handle her bank accounts. Williams' case is unusual compared to the other examples listed above, because it is not her family that is concerned about her mental capacity, but rather her bank. Wells Fargo Believes Wendy Williams' Health and Erratic Behavior Were Cause for Concern From July 2021 until fairly recently, when The Wendy Williams Show was officially canceled, Wendy Williams has been missing from her talk show, replaced by Sherri Shepherd . This was reportedly due to Williams' experiencing some serious complications from Graves' disease, an immune system disorder that results in hyperthyroidism and often results in irritability, fatigue, weight loss, rapid heartbeat, and bulging eyes. After her break from her talk show, Williams was seen just once in public while she was being led into her apartment in New York City wearing hospital socks and in a wheelchair. Besides these health issues, Williams also allegedly suffered from alcohol addiction which allegedly caused psychological problems and erratic behavior on the set of her talk show. She was allegedly inebriated at times on the set of the show and even during filming. She often appeared live dressed only in a robe and viewers allegedly noticed her slurring her words at times. How the Bank's Request for a Guardianship Came to Be Wells Fargo Bank decided to freeze Williams' funds claiming that they have \"strong reasons\" to believe that she is a victim of \"undue influence and financial exploitation.\" Wells Fargo mentioned that the reports were based on statements provided by Williams' former financial adviser, Lori Schiller . Schiller was allegedly of the opinion that that Williams was \"of unsound mind.\" The adviser also alleged that she recently \"witnessed signs of exploitation, including Wendy Williams' own expressed apprehension\" about people around her. Based on Schiller's report, Wells Fargo sent a letter to New York Supreme Court Judge Arlene Bluth on February 10, 2022 requesting a hearing to determine whether Williams needs a professional to intervene in her affairs. \"We are concerned about [Williams'] situation,\" attorney David H. Pikus wrote on behalf of the bank .\"It is our hope that the Guardianship Part [of the court] will imminently appoint a temporary guardian or evaluator to review the situation and ensure that [Williams'] affairs are being properly handled.\" The bank requested to keep the case \"under seal\" to \"preserve the confidential interests of the alleged incapacitated person.\" Williams Fights Back Williams' attorney Celeste N. McCaw filed an emergency petition last Friday claiming Wells Fargo had \"for more than two weeks\" denied the TV host access to her \"accounts, assets and statements\" after her former financial adviser Lori Schiller alleged Williams was \"of unsound mind.\" McCaw said in court documents that Williams had fired Schiller as her adviser due to alleged wrongdoing involving her accounts as well as improper conduct in connection with their professional relationship. McCaw says that Williams \"denies that she is the victim of undue influence and financial exploitation.\" McCaw has requested a temporary restraining order against Wells Fargo to stop the bank \"from freezing [Williams'] accounts and interfering with her right to access her financial assets and statements.\" Wendy Williams says she is back to good health and feels 'ready' to get back to her TV show. Putting her side of the story forward, she said, \"[t]hey say that I need somebody to handle my account and I don't want that. I want all my money. I want to see all my money that I've worked hard for my entire life.\" Williams continued to say, \"I don't lie, I don't cheat and I don't steal. I am an honest, hard-working person.\" She also explained how these circumstances resulted in her bank accounts being frozen and she could not pay her bills for almost two months. On Thursday, March 17 , Williams made it perfectly clear that there was nothing to worry about. She concluded, \"Health is very well. And I've actually had a few appointments. You know, I'm 57 now and I have the mind and body of a 25-year-old.\" A spokesperson for Wells Fargo said that they \"deny any allegations of improper actions with respect to Ms. Williams' accounts and are fully participating in a court process to reach a resolution that is in her best interest. The financial well-being of our clients is at the heart of everything we do.\" We'll provide updates on how this situation plays out as they become available. How Could Something Like This Have Been Prevented? Guardianship or conservatorship is an extreme form of intervention in another person's life because control over personal and/or financial decisions is transferred to someone else for an indefinite, often permanent period of time. Once established, it can be difficult to revoke. Therefore, guardianship or conservatorship should only be used as a last resort. A Power of Attorney (POA), sometimes called a general power of attorney or a durable general power of attorney, is a document that you sign that gives someone the authority to make legally binding decisions on your behalf. The scope of a POA can be as narrow or as broad as you choose. You can grant POA to whomever you wish and you can revoke it whenever you wish, so long as you're of sound mind. A POA is most often signed as part of estate planning and incapacity planning by individuals who want to prepare for their own potential future incapacity. There are both financial powers of attorney and medical powers of attorney (the latter typically included as part of a larger document called an \"advance medical directive\") empowering someone to make financial, healthcare, or other decisions on their behalf. Provided you sign a power of attorney and an advance medical directive while you are of sound mind, this will generally eliminate the need for any guardianship or conservatorship court proceedings. Guardianship and/or Conservatorship Can Be Avoided if You Plan in Advance Whether or not you believe you will be sick or unable to make important decisions someday, you never know what can happen or when it will happen. That's why every adult should have both financial and medical powers of attorney in place. Signing these documents is called incapacity planning, and is an integral part of comprehensive estate planning. Powers of Attorney offer the peace of mind that someone you appoint can step in if and when needed to handle your legal and financial affairs and health care decisions. If you have not done incapacity planning or estate planning yourself, or if you have a loved one who is nearing the need for long-term care or already receiving long-term care, the time to plan is now. Please contact us at any time to make an appointment for a no-cost initial consultation: Power of Attorney Lawyer Fairfax : 703-691-1888 Power of Attorney Lawyer Fredericksburg: 540-479-1435 Power of Attorney Lawyer Rockville : 301-519-8041 Power of Attorney Lawyer DC: 202-587-2797 The views expressed in content distributed by Newstex and its re-distributors (collectively, \"Newstex Authoritative Content\") are solely those of the respective author(s) and not necessarily the views of Newstex et al. It is provided as general information only on an \"AS IS\" basis, without warranties and conferring no rights, which should not be relied upon as professional advice. Newstex et al. make no claims, promises or guarantees regarding its accuracy or completeness, nor as to the quality of the opinions and commentary contained therein. The post When Your Bank Thinks You Need a Guardian — Former Talk Show Host Wendy Williams v. 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This year, VeChain and Polygon have skyrocketed in popularity for the value they bring to the ecosystem ; while Vechain is known for providing supply chain solutions, Polygon is popular as a scalability solution for the Ethereum blockchain. Vechain has attained 279% in year-to-date gains while Polygon has gained an impressive 5000% — usurping older tokens in popularity and market capitalization. Here are 6 cool facts you need to know about Vechain (VET) and Polygon (MATIC), and how you can score free VET and MATIC on Coinhako! Fun Facts About VeChain (VET) Photo by Elevate on Unsplash Founded in 2015, VeChain is a supply chain platform powered by blockchain technology, and is one of the platforms which offers most value for business use. The project leverages on distributed governance and Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology to provide solutions to existing problems faced in supply chain management. Read more about VeChain HERE ? 1. Enables tracking and authentication of goods in supply chain Luxury brands write off billions of dollars in bad debt every year due to the production and distribution of counterfeit goods. Here's where VeChain's ToolChain system comes to save the day - by allowing companies to scan their goods and upload data to help them track them via the VeChain Thor Blockchain. This is done by giving physical products a unique identity — think a thumbprint, but for goods — by using RFID tags, QR codes and more and allowing IoT (Internet of Things) sensors to track and record information at every step in the supply chain journey. By enabling the tracking of luxury goods, perishables, electronics and more, VeChain's system helps to mitigate several challenges faced in supply chain management! 2. Achieves faster transaction speed with proof of authority While many protocols use either proof-of-work or proof-of-stake consensus algorith, ims Vechain uses a proof of authority consensus algorithm to validate transactions. This makes transactions way faster compared to other networks — the Vechain network processes up to 10,000 transactions per second, in comparison to Ethereum's 15 to 45 transactions per second. Collaborates with high-profile MNCs like PWC, LVMH, BMW Group To some, blockchain technology may be far removed from the real world. Not for Vechain, though — the network has several strategic partnerships under its belt, and works with well-renowned MNCs like PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Louis Vuittion- Moet Hennessy, and BMW. VeChain is working with several LVMH-owned brands to integrate blockchain and IOT technology into their projects. For example, LVMH-owned Givenchy has its bags fitted with VeChain chips, to allow users to verify the authenticity of the products. Read more about Polygon HERE ? Fun Facts About Polygon (MATIC) Created as a solution to Ethereum's scalability problems, Polygon set itself apart by positioning itself as a layer 2 scaling solution. Polygon is a protocol and framework for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks, and seeks to improve scalability for decentralised applications (dApps), enhance performance, user experience and security. Polygon aims to solve limitations faced by the Ethereum network - such as low throughput, high gas fees, and lack of sovereignty. The project has demonstrated incredible resilience despite the recent volatility in crypto prices — its TVL saw an increase of $1 billion USD in April, to $8.32 billion USD at the time of writing. 1. Faster block time, cheaper transactions The Polygon network taps on Plasma chains to help the network process transactions off-chain. Plasma chains help to move transactions off the main chain to side chains to enable quicker, cheaper transactions for users. 2. Received financial backing from Mark Cuban Source Earlier this year in May, American billionaire and Shark Tank personality Mark Cuban put in an undisclosed amount into the Polygon project. In an email to Coindesk, Cuban said: \"I was a Polygon user and find myself using it more and more.\" Cuban also expressed his intentions of integrating Polygon into Lazy.com, a cuban portfolio company which allows users to display NFTs. 3. Highly involved in DeFi, DApps and NFTs and hosts a yield farming platform, Dinoswap Ever since its rebranding from Matic to Polygon, the Polygon project has had plans to expand on a global scale. The Polygon network is actively involved in the decentralised finance space, and has the capabilities to support decentralised applications (dApps) as well as non-fungible tokens. For example, Polygon side chains are structurally able to support many DeFi protocols in the Ethereum ecosystem, and the Matic wallet serves as a tool that enables DApp developers to onboard users and work with side chains quickly. Most notably, Polygon hosts a yield farming platform known as DinoSwap, a platform that allows users to use the DINO token to earn various tokens of projects operating on top of Polygon. The platform has received funding from venture capital funds such as DeFinance, Hashed, Spartan Group and DFG. Polygon's founder, Sandeep Nailwal, and Terra's co-founder, Do Kwon, have a stake in the platform as well. ? Sign-up to Subscribe to our mailing list to have them delivered straight to your inbox! ? Join our Telegram community ? If you have any enquiries, you may contact us here or you can visit our Information Page . Coinhako is available in these countries! ? Buy Bitcoin at Coinhako Singapore ? 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Roxanne Henderson, Bloomberg / 11 March 2020 07:02 South African regulators are stepping up efforts to break the oligopoly of the country's top auditing firms after accounting scandals involving two of the Big Four failed to do the job for them. The nation's largest publicly-traded companies are reluctant to switch to mid-tier firms out of concern they may not be able to handle complex operations often sprawled across Africa or further abroad. That's spurring smaller firms to scale up their businesses and hire teams in anticipation of new rules aimed at dismantling the dominance of PwC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG. The industry has been in turmoil since late 2017, when KPMG was blasted for working for a family accused of using politicians to loot the government, known locally as state capture. The firm had to retract a report for the tax agency and was involved with a bank that failed due to alleged fraud. Deloitte came under fire for accounting irregularities that led to the near collapse of a South African-born global retailer and a criminal probe at a sugar producer. \"Has state capture really forced everyone to look at the market's current concentration? No,\" said Bernard Agulhas, head of the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors. \"There is a big gap between the Big Four and other firms. That is a big problem.\" Clean up The regulator is now developing guidelines on how firms can perform joint audits to upskill mid-tier companies, while also encouraging smaller auditors to combine their operations or cooperate to handle larger mandates. The board is ramping up its monitoring role to ensure larger firms don't collude in switching among themselves when mandatory rotation starts in 2023. While KPMG has cleaned up its image by bolstering the independence of its board and adding layers of accountability to its auditing process, the firm is down a third of its revenue and staff numbers. Deloitte South Africa is also scrutinising potential clients more carefully. Read more: Lessons from KPMG: Be careful who you get into bed with Steinhoff, Tongaat woes raise South African auditor scrutiny Deloitte has repeatedly said there is no evidence of wrongdoing by the staff involved in the Steinhoff International Holdings and Tongaat Hulett audits and that it is difficult to detect fraud. KPMG said it has learned from the scandals, changed its senior management and is now \"a very different business compared to what it was two years ago.\" Anoop Ninan, co-CEO of Mazars South Africa, formed a unit specialising in financial-services companies by head hunting teams from the Big Four to win banks and insurers as clients. 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According to Richmond RCMP, the buyer had offered to pay in cash and counted the cash in front of the seller upon meeting in person. The money was then placed in an envelope, which would be switched out for an envelope containing paper instead of cash when the seller was distracted. Items involved included Dior and Chanel designer bags and Sony digital cameras, and the seller only realized what happened after the buyer left. Insp. Mike Roberts, Richmond RCMP operations officer, said the majority of online marketplace transactions are \"very positive\" experiences for both buyers and sellers, but suggested the public take precautionary measures. \"Consider meeting only in public locations, preferably those with security cameras. Better still, many RCMP Detachments and municipal police agencies offer a safe transaction area where buyers and sellers may meet,\" he said, \"Consider it a red flag when a buyer or seller refuses to meet at such a location.\" Roberts added the public should be wary of the sleight-of-hand technique when presented with cash. 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The regulator now feels it would be an excellent idea if the retail energy market was not littered with failed companies – 26 at the last count, in the space of three brutal months. It wants to ensure such a thing cannot happen again. The ingredients of reform are not hard to identify: outsiders have been telling Ofgem about them for months, or years. And, to be fair to the regulator, a loose version of most can be found in the draft proposals it published on Wednesday. Suppliers will be subjected to \"stress testing\" to ensure they are \"adequately hedged or hold sufficient capital to manage a wide range of scenarios\". There will be \"enhanced monitoring\" of companies. Key individuals at companies will have to pass fit and proper tests. Consumers' credit balances will be better protected to stop them being used for general financing purposes. And the price cap will probably be reformed; one option is to switch to quarterly adjustments rather than six-monthly. All worthwhile ideas, but the big worry is Ofgem's ability to make the reforms stick and to enforce them. Confidence is not improved by its chief executive, Jonathan Brearley's, tiresome habit of talking endlessly about the \"unprecedented\" rise in global energy prices while glossing over Ofgem's failure to model for extreme events (which have always happened in commodity markets). Come on, the crisis was a gross failure of regulation. Ofgem, undoubtedly under pressure to increase competition, counted success by the number of new entrants. It missed the wider picture. Even now, Ofgem's four-paragraph description of its proposed stress tests – the critical idea, borrowed from the banking sector – reads sketchily. A series of \"what if\" scenarios is fine in outline but the regulator candidly admits it will be \"learning lessons and adapting over time\", which doesn't sound as if it has the details nailed down. As with the banks, the skill lies in ensuring the system cannot be gamed. Maybe the details will be in place for the final version in January, but the comparison with the banking sector is instructive. After the financial crash of 2007-09, the Financial Services Authority was swept away, discredited by its loose-touch approach, its timidity and its failure to anticipate events. The stakes are smaller in retail energy regulation, even if an estimated clean-up bill from company failures of £90 or so for each household is chunky, but the question needs to be asked: is the regulator up to the job of ensuring the desired \"resilient\" market? All the latest proposals, remember, could have been adopted at any time. Indeed, Ofgem conducted a review of its licensing regime as recently as 2019 but opted for tweaks rather than a thorough job. If one studies Brearley's words carefully, one can find a couple of gentle references to how Ofgem will adapt its \"organisational approach\" in response to the crisis. None of it, though, screams radicalism or urgency. A question of credibility hangs over these reforms. Twist in the plot for Cineworld \"The directors are of the view that no material liability will arise in respect of this claim,\" said Cineworld the last time it spoke about the litigation from Cineplex, the Canadian rival it was trying to buy – and then, crucially, didn't – as the pandemic struck. If the directors believed that, they were presumably dumbfounded by Tuesday's twist in the plot. The Ontario superior court of justice has ruled that Cineworld must pay its rival C$1.23bn, or £720m. That definitely counts as a material liability. Cineworld's market capitalisation was £622m before the judgment. After it, it was 39% less. Cineworld will appeal against the ruling, and understandably so. As the company relates the tale, the award of damages to Cineplex is based on \"lost synergies\". This seems an odd way to view events since the aborted C$2.8bn bid was in cash. The appeal will take a year or so, and in the interim Cineworld expects to pay nothing. That is scant consolation, however. The company entered the pandemic in a hideously over-borrowed state – a function of the acquisitions it did complete – and still had net debt of $8.4bn (£6.3bn) at its last balance sheet, once lease liabilities are included. Before this ruling, Omicron's threat to the revival in cinema-going habits was the chief risk. Now Cineworld has become a litigation play. 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Last week, its Parliament passed an amendment to its Telecommunications Business Act with the aim of preventing app store operators, such as Google and Apple, from forcing app developers to use their in-store payment systems, for which they charge exorbitantly. The new law is also a check on the unfair use of market position. With digital commerce becoming ubiquitous, and with the Googles and the Apples controlling this experience through their platforms, it has become imperative for government laws to regulate them. South Korea happens to be the first off the block. But a lot of other jurisdictions are not far behind. Australia, which only recently brought in a law to make Internet platforms pay media companies for displaying their content, is now reportedly thinking of bringing digital payment services such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and WeChat Pay under its regulatory ambit. The European Union's draft law seeks to make these large platform companies, \"gatekeepers\" as it refers to them, comply with a set of dos and don'ts that gives the smaller companies a fair chance. The EU proposal is also centred around customers having more choice. But that is not all. In the U.S., last month, three Senators brought in a Bill much along the same lines. Introduced by Democrats Richard Blumenthal, Amy Klobuchar, and Republican Marsha Blackburn, it aims \"To promote competition and reduce gatekeeper power in the app economy, increase choice, improve quality, and reduce costs for consumers.\" All this is happening in the backdrop of the pending verdict in the well-known case in which Epic Games, the company behind 'Fortnite', sued Apple on this very issue. The legal move was triggered after Apple ousted Epic from its platform for putting up its own payment system, bypassing Apple's. The app store operators are clearly on the back foot the world over. In India too, the angst of app developers has been evident in recent times. According to a report, Apple is facing an antitrust challenge in India from a Rajasthan-based non-profit called 'Together We Fight Society' on this issue. It remains to be seen if the regulator, the Competition Commission of India, orders an investigation. Last year, it started investigations into similar allegations against Google. A law to regulate app store operators is not a drastic departure from this government's thinking on such issues. Only recently, it promoted the setting up of the Open Network for Digital Commerce to \"democratise e-commerce\" and \"to provide alternatives to proprietary e-commerce sites\". 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Sandoz (Fed. Cir. 2020) [ SandozEnBancPetition ] The court just denied Sandoz's petition for en banc rehearing in this case, but the issue is pretty interesting and is set-up for a Supreme Court petition. The basic question in the case is whether companies are permitted to work-out an ownership scheme that avoids court scrutiny for obviousness-type-double-patenting. The basic setup here is that folks at Immunex invented a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blocker known as etanercept and obtained two patents on the protein and methods of use. U.S. Patent Nos. 5,605,690 and 7,915,225. Roche separately patented its own fusion protein, and Immunex (Amgen) effectively purchased this third patent. However, rather than receiving a formal assignment, Immunex \"insisted on styling the U.S. agreement as a license.\" Although a license, the grant included sole rights to make, use, sell, import products covered; grant sublicenses; and exclude others (including the patent owner) from commercializing the invention. The license also included a right to sue to enforce the patent and control any litigation including authority to determine any settlement as well as the right to control patent prosecution. En banc petition. This was a complete assignment – except that Roche continued to hold legal title even though Immunex effectively held all rights. Why license instead of assign? : One reason is obviousness-type-double-patenting. Without common-ownership, the doctrine has no application. The following excerpt comes from the testimony of Stuart Watt, Immunex's lead negotiator for the agreement: After taking control of the patents, Immunex amended the claims to focus on its own activity rather than Roche's prior approach. The benefit is that these new patents expire in 2028-2029 — ten years after expiry of Immunex's other patent. Of importance — the drug at issue here (Enbrel) generated $5 billion in US sales in 2019. In its decision, the Federal Circuit agreed with Sandoz that a strict common-ownership test for OTDP could allow for \"unjustified patent term extensions\" and \"harassments\" of defendants from multiple lawsuits. In particular, the court focused on transfer of right to control prosecution of the patents as a key feature. In the end, however, the court found that all-substantial-rights had not been granted since Roche retained a \"secondary right to sue\" infringers \"if Immunex fails to rectify any infringement within 180 days after written request by Roche.\" The distinction here of course is not actually meaningful in any way with regard to Immunex's attempt to extend its exclusive rights over its product. In its now failed petition for rehearing Sandoz asks the following: A party that obtains an exclusive license conveying \"all substantial rights\" to a patent, including the right to control prosecution, is effectively that patent's owner for purposes of obviousness-type double patenting. May a party nonetheless avoid becoming an effective owner under the all-substantial-rights test, and thereby evade double-patenting scrutiny, merely by leaving the nominal owner with a theoretical secondary right to sue, which the licensee can prevent from ever ripening by issuing a royalty-free sublicense? 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Routledge took over from Rod Henson who was recently named Vice President, Wells, for ExxonMobil in Houston. In a video statement from ExxonMobil on Thursday, the new leader said he looks forward to joining the local team of young professionals adding that \"Guyana is the place to be, this is the future.\" \"So much has been accomplished since the first oil discovery offshore in 2015 and we look forward to many great achievements to come as ExxonMobil is committed to a long term partnership here,\" he stated. ExxonMobil along with its partners have made 16 successful discoveries on the Stabroek block offshore Guyana since May 2015. The gross recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block is estimated to be more than eight billion oil-equivalent barrels. Oil production began offshore in December 2019 with the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. Routledge said, \"The natural resources are those of the country and our job is to help the country develop the natural resource in a responsible way for sustainable future of the country.\" He served as the President of ExxonMobil Qatar for six years, where he was responsible for leading all ExxonMobil-affiliated activities as well as related international joint ventures with Qatar Petroleum in the UK, Italy and USA. He received his BEng degree in Mechanical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and an MBA degree from Strathclyde Graduate Business School in Glasgow. Routledge began his career with Mobil in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1990 and has since undertaken a range of individual, supervisory and managerial assignments, according to ExxonMobil. 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Photo: Reuters / GLEB GARANICH At least 15 people were killed and two dozen more are feared trapped after Russian Uragan rockets hit a five-storey apartment block in Ukraine's Donetsk region, local officials said on Sunday as rescuers picked their way through rubble. Ukraine also reported clashes with Russian troops on fronts in the east and south, while Moscow said its forces struck Ukrainian army hangars storing U.S.-produced M777 howitzers, a type of artillery, near Kostyantynivka in Donetsk region. Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said the strike on the apartment building took place on Saturday evening in the town of Chasiv Yar. The regional emergency service gave the death toll at 15 on Sunday afternoon, adding that 24 more people could still be under the rubble. \"We ran to the basement, there were three hits, the first somewhere in the kitchen,\" said a local resident who gave her name as Ludmila, speaking as rescuers removed a body in a white sheet and cleared rubble using a crane as well as their hands. \"The second (strike), I do not even remember, there was lightning, we ran towards the second entrance and then straight into the basement. We sat there all night until this morning.\" Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said in a Telegram post that the strike was \"another terrorist attack,\" and that Russia should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism as a result. Russia, which says it is conducting a \"special military operation\" to demilitarise Ukraine, denies deliberately attacking civilians. Luhansk and Donetsk provinces comprise the Donbas, Ukraine's eastern industrial region that has become Europe's biggest battlefield for generations. Russia wants to wrest control of the Donbas on behalf of the separatists that it supports. Moscow says ejecting the Ukrainian military out of the region is central to what it calls its \"special military operation\" to ensure its own security, an offensive that has lasted for more than four months and which the West calls an unprovoked war. AMERICAN HOWITZERS Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions near the town of Sloviansk in Donetsk but were forced to withdraw, Ukraine's military said, adding that Russian forces had launched a cruise missile attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv from their side of the border. It gave no details of damage or casualties. Luhansk region Governor Serhiy Gaidai said Russian forces were gathering in the area of the village of Bilohorivka, about 50 km (30 miles) east of Sloviansk. \"The enemy is ... shelling the surrounding settlements, carrying out air strikes, but it is still unable to quickly occupy the entire Luhansk region,\" he said on Telegram. Russia claimed control over all of Luhansk province last weekend. Russia's defence ministry said its forces had destroyed two hangars near the Donetsk town of Kostyantynivka holding the U.S.-made M777 howitzers, which it said had been used to shell residential areas of Donetsk. Reuters could not independently verify battlefield accounts. Ukrainian military spokespeople were not immediately available for comment. Ukrainian forces have mounted stiff resistance and the West has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia in an effort to force it to withdraw. In the south, Ukrainian forces fired missiles and artillery at Russian positions including ammunition depots in the Chornobaivka area, Ukraine's military command said. LAVROV WALKS OUT U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a trip to Asia, urged the international community to join forces to condemn Russian aggression. He said he had raised concerns with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, over Beijing's alignment with Moscow. The two met for more than five hours on the sidelines of a gathering of G20 foreign ministers on the Indonesian island of Bali. Russia's Sergei Lavrov walked out of a meeting there on Friday, denouncing the West for \"frenzied criticism\". Shortly before the Russian invasion, Beijing and Moscow announced a \"no limits\" partnership, although U.S. officials have said they have not seen China evade U.S.-led sanctions on Russia or provide it with military equipment. Zelenskiy dismissed several of Ukraine's senior envoys abroad on Saturday, saying it was part of \"normal diplomatic practice\". He said he would appoint new ambassadors to Germany, India, the Czech Republic, Norway and Hungary. Zelenskiy has urged his diplomats to drum up international support and high-end weapons to slow Russia's advance. Ukraine suffered a diplomatic setback on Saturday, when Canada said it would return a repaired turbine that Russia's state-controlled Gazprom used to supply natural gas to Germany. 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(Image courtesy Tosca) Tosca , a company specializing in reusable plastic packaging and performance pooling solutions, announces that Avery Dennison has selected it as a European partner for pooled plastic pallets. The collaboration will cover the distribution of materials from Avery Dennison factories and distribution centers across the European Union as well as the United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, and Turkey. Deployments will phase in over the course of 2023, with Avery Dennison looking to switch a substantial portion of its European product distribution from wooden pallets to Tosca's pooled plastic pallets. \"The pooling program has been a massive success in Ireland and is helping us to reduce our carbon footprint and eliminate waste within the supply chain,\" says Violeta Gómez, central packaging leader at Avery Dennison. \"Customers appreciate the fact that plastic pallets offer standard quality: they are cleaner (dust-free) and with less risk of damaging their products.\" By switching to Tosca's pooled plastic pallet solutions, Avery Dennison will save over 800 tons of CO2 emissions from its European supply chain annually. The agreement allows Avery Dennison's network of partners to also join the pooling program to cover the onward freight of finished materials to brands and other end users so they can reduce their own emissions. 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For those unaware, Kim Garam was accused of being a school bully on April 5th. Several anonymous accounts online shared anecdotes of the member's middle school days on Twitter and other platforms. According to the initial allegations, Garam had allegedly harassed juniors who would not treat her properly in school. Later, Source Music and the parent company HYBE issued a statement claiming it was Kim Garam who was the victim of school violence. Now in a new turn of events, the alleged victim's legal counsel, Daeryun, has shared evidence with the media asking HYBE to acknowledge the victim and issue an apology. READ MORE : Kim Sae Ron's agency issues apology after the actress causes drunk driving accident Le Sserafim member Kim Garam accused of school bullying (Source Music/ Le Sserafim Concept Photo) Alleged victim of Kim Garam's bullying shares experience through legal firm The alleged victim's legal counsel has shared a long statement going through the timeline of the victim's story including Le Sserafim's debut and HYBE's response. It said , \"The victim (here mentioned using pseudonym Yoo Eunseo) was a victim of school violence from Kim Garam and her friends from late April to early May, 2018. She transferred to a new school one to two weeks after the incidents, unable to withstand the continuous group violence.\" (Translation from Koreaboo ). \"On June 4, 2018, the School Violence Countermeasures Committee was held and Kim Garam, a student who had committed school violence, was punished with six hours of special education pursuant to Article 17-1-5 of the Act on the Prevention and Countermeasure of School Violence.\" \"Her (Garam's) parents received five hours of special education in accordance with paragraph nine of the same article. Yoo Eunseo, a victim of school violence, received psychological counseling and advice in accordance with Article 16-1-1 of the same act.\" The statement added that the alleged victim willingly changed the school as she could not put up with the bullying, even though she went through rumors that she was in the wrong. HYBE didn't respond to victim's request to delete their statement where they said \" #KimGaRam is victim of school violence\" & Kim's activity still going on. \"A\" unable withstand the anxiety, tried to take away her own life. She has to stop her study &drop out. #KoreanUpdates VF — KoreanUpdates! (@KoreanUpdates) May 19, 2022 Daeryun (law firm)'s statement: \"If HYBE maintains their position without a genuine apology to the victim, this law firm will disclose the full text of the results of the Autonomous Committee for Countermeasures against School Violence, including an outline of the case, (1/3) — joe | LE SSERAFIM (@elsserafim) May 19, 2022 But as the online allegations against Garam came out in April, the law firm stated that the alleged victim has received threats including anonymous accounts sending the victim real pictures of her blurring out the face writing, \"thanks for taking care of the mosaic. If you stalk LE SSERAFIM, you better get your grave ready.\" The statement revealed, \"the victim suffered extreme anxiety and fear at the thought that someone may have the original photo and that someone, whether it's a blackmailer or another person making threats, would disseminate it through the internet to anyone, anywhere, at any time. She even suffered from panic attacks from time to time, where it was difficult for her to breathe because she felt like her heart was about to burst.\" The OG post about #KimGaram school violence was not written by \"A\". But as they found out \"A\" was victim, \"A\" started to receive threat & malicious comments online, saying she just maliciously try to tarnish Kim's image. \"A\" suffered anxiety&fear due to this. #KoreanUpdates VF — KoreanUpdates! (@KoreanUpdates) May 19, 2022 The legal counsel's statement also added that the alleged victim \"did not ask for any compensation, but she urged for the deletion of the statement that was different from the truth, to make a statement based on the facts, an apology, and simply just the truth.\" But after not getting any response from HYBE, \"Yoo Eunseo, who could not endure the extreme anxiety and fear caused by the second round of attacks made towards her, eventually attempted suicide.\" \"This led to her and her parents deciding for Yoo Eunseo to stop her studies and expressed their intention to have her drop out of school. Currently, she is being treated by a psychiatrist without attending school for the past seven weeks before finalizing the withdrawal process. Her mother has stopped all of her personal activities to take care of her and to prevent her from attempting to take her life again.\" \"A\" parents couldn't stand the pain any longer, they decided to come out with this statement through the lawfirm. They stated there's no genuine apology from HYBE abt their prev. statement. https://t.co/hHBZ7JRblm #KoreanUpdates VF — KoreanUpdates! (@KoreanUpdates) May 19, 2022 HYBE releases current statement HYBE who initially claimed that Kim Garam is a victim of school violence and they would take strong legal actions against the online accusations has released a new statement . HYBE responded saying, \"Earlier this afternoon, the law firm Daeryun shared their position regarding their client's statement of alleged school violence by LE SSERAFIM's Kim Garam, and it was distributed to the media.\" \"We would like to say that Daeryun compiled and published the events that occurred in 2018 in a way that makes their side look advantageous, so we will compile and share our official position shortly.\" \"Once again, the controversy began with the spread of false information about a member who was about to debut. Judging that this act of spreading false information was malicious, we immediately took legal action and are still proceeding with this process.\" They continued, \"Even though the member was the target of malicious attacks from those online hiding behind anonymity, we didn't actively explain the details as many of those involved in what happened were in their first year of middle school and they are still minors.\" The statement was concluded by saying, \"the details in the 2018 case are currently being communicated only from one point of view, so we will clarify and release our position as soon as our review of Daeryun's claims is completed.\" The post Kim Garam's alleged bullying victim shows shocking evidence as HYBE responds to claims appeared first on HITC .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "HITC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "HITC", "length": 4, "offset": 6756}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "HYBE", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "HYBE", "length": 4, "offset": 63}, {"position_text": "HYBE", "length": 4, "offset": 644}, {"position_text": "HYBE", "length": 4, "offset": 849}, {"position_text": "HYBE", "length": 4, "offset": 1318}, {"position_text": "HYBE", "length": 4, "offset": 2366}, {"position_text": "HYBE", "length": 4, "offset": 2728}, {"position_text": "HYBE", "length": 4, "offset": 4403}, {"position_text": "HYBE", "length": 4, "offset": 5132}, {"position_text": "HYBE", "length": 4, "offset": 5253}, {"position_text": "HYBE", "length": 4, "offset": 5461}, {"position_text": "HYBE", "length": 4, "offset": 6714}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 367, "text": "Volkswagen Might Spin Off Porsche: Report\nPretty much every automaker is looking pretty enviously at Tesla, what with its high-flying stock price and piles of free publicity and increasingly, piles of cash too . Volkswagen, I guess, is no different. That's at least according to a new report from Bloomberg , which says that Volkswagen is thinking about possibly listing its Porsche brand on the stock exchange, or maybe even spinning it off altogether. That would be one way to capitalize on the Porsche name and, at least for now, capitalize on the stock market frenzy for automakers who seem like they have the slightest clue. The usual anonymous people familiar with the situation are involved. From Bloomberg : The world's second-largest carmaker is speaking with advisers to study the merits of a potential initial public offering or spinoff of Porsche, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential information. VW could use any proceeds from a listing for acquisitions or technology investments, according to the people. A Porsche listing could take place next year, though no firm timetable has been decided, the people said. 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As the aviation industry grapples with its worst crisis in generations due to the coronavirus pandemic, analysts now say the deal's contract backed Boeing into a corner when financial conditions worsened globally, pushing it to find a different exit route on the deal. Boeing says it backed out because Embraer failed to meet unnamed conditions. Potential dealbreakers are often described in contracts as material adverse events. But Boeing and Embraer wrote out a laundry list in the contract signed in January 2019, which Reuters reviewed, of 10 conditions that would not qualify as the kind of material adverse events that could be a pretext for cancelling the deal. A pandemic and any changes to the global economy were among them. On Wednesday, S&P lowered Boeing's credit rating to just one notch above junk. Meanwhile, the U.S. planemaker announced it would lay off 16,000 people - close to the total number of workers Embraer employs - and that it had already drawn down its entire credit line and was working on a bond offering. \"We will be a smaller company for a while,\" Boeing Chief Executive David Calhoun said on Wednesday after the planemaker disclosed quarterly results. However, just days earlier, when Boeing called off its deal with Embraer, the U.S. planemaker did not mention adverse conditions within the company or the economy. Instead, it said its ex partner \"failed to satisfy a number of important conditions in the contract.\" Boeing has not publicly disclosed what those conditions were, but sources told Reuters over the weekend that the U.S. planemaker raised objections about funding and legal matters. Embraer says it did indeed meet all conditions and has taken Boeing to arbitration. Either way, the contract says Boeing could have waived any unmet conditions on the part of Embraer, but the U.S. planemaker decided not to do so and canceled the deal instead. Both Embraer and Boeing declined to comment on the contract. \"Boeing couldn't afford this deal and they found a way to get out of their obligations,\" said Scott Hamilton, a longtime aviation consultant at Leeham Company. \"They just had to find a way to axe the deal and retain those $4 billion.\" Under the contract signed in January 2019, Boeing would have taken over Embraer's commercial aviation unit, paying $4.21 billion for an 80% stake. At the time, demand for jets was soaring with no end in sight and Embraer was feeling the pinch of fighting against titans Boeing and Airbus as an independent planemaker. The coronavirus crisis worsened in March and Boeing started openly discussing some form of U.S. government assistance, as it was also getting nearer to closing the Embraer deal. Several countries had granted antitrust approvals and Embraer had finished carving out its commercial aviation unit as well as built new headquarters for after Boeing's takeover. Besides \"epidemics or pandemics,\" and changes in the world's economy, wars and natural disasters were also barred as reasons to cancel the deal. Embraer's market value fell by over two-thirds to $1 billion during the crisis, leading analysts to begin worrying that the deal would fall apart or at least be renegotiated. \"On an ordinary basis, Boeing would have repriced the deal,\" Hamilton said. But the contract banned Boeing from walking away due to \"any change in the market price\" of Embraer shares. Other conditions that would not allow Boeing to walk away included if Embraer's credit ratings were downgraded or if it failed to meet its own revenue or earnings forecasts. It is unclear who requested that the contract be this restrictive. 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Source: shutterstock.com Swiss Bankers launched the new money transfer service called \"Send\" leveraging the Mastercard Send platform. Due to collaboration with Mastercard, the Swiss prepaid card issuer will be able to make secure international payment transfers to 18 countries via an app. This way, people will receive their money to bank accounts, digital wallets, eligible Mastercard cards, and soon, cash pick-up points. Swiss Bankers is the first card issuer in Switzerland that provides a service offering the option of sending money directly to bank accounts and digital wallets in different countries. Soon it will be possible to transfer money to cash pick-up points for collection too. .quoto1{ width: 100%; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px; } .quoto1-row{ width: 90%; margin: 3% 5% auto; background:url(https://payspacemagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/psm-quotes-twig/quotes/custom-template/image/logo-psm-bg.png) 50% 50% no-repeat; background-size: auto; } .quoto1-line-top{ height:3px; width: 95%; margin-right: 5%; background-color: #62676e; } .quoto1-line-top:before{ background:url(https://payspacemagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/psm-quotes-twig/quotes/custom-template/image/icon-quotes-grey.svg) center center no-repeat; width: 23px; height: 23px; position: relative; top: -9px; left: -2px; display: table; content: \" \" } .quoto1-line-bottom{ height:3px; width: 95%; margin-left: 5%; background-color: #d45e23; position:relative; bottom:0; } .quoto1-line-bottom:before{ background:url(https://payspacemagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/psm-quotes-twig/quotes/custom-template/image/icon-quotes-orange.svg) center center no-repeat; width: 23px; height: 23px; position: relative; top: -9px; right: -97%; display: table; content: \" \" } .quoto-content{ padding: 36px; } .quoto1-comment{ text-align: left; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; } .author-quotes{ font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; text-align: right; font-style: italic; } @media (max-width: 920px) { .quoto1-row{ width: 90%; margin: 5% 5% auto; } .quoto-content{ padding:28px; } } @media (max-width: 680px) { .quoto1-row{ width: 90%; margin: 5% 5% auto; } .quoto-content{ padding: 18px; } } @media (max-width: 480px) { .quoto1-row{ width: 90%; margin: 5% 5% auto; } .quoto-content{ padding: 18px; } } Based on our successful portfolio of prepaid card services, tapping into money transfers as a complementary business segment is a logical step for us. The popularity of simple peer-to-peer payment options is more than just a local phenomenon, they're picking up momentum for international payments too. Our Prepaid cardholders can easily access this service, independent of a traditional bank account or digital wallet. Using our Prepaid cards not only to make payments but to be able to send and receive money, is a crucial step towards offering greater convenience and choice to our customers Hans-Jörg Widiger, CEO of Swiss Bankers The service is currently available to all Swiss Bankers cardholders, within the 'My Card' app. Users can select the payment type, the destination and amount to transfer. The recipient receives predictability with guaranteed currency conversion rates and certainty of transferring money within as little as 30 minutes. International money transfers are currently available to 18 countries, expanding to more countries in 2020. Today, international peer-to-peer payments can be made from Switzerland to Brazil, the Dominican Republic, India, Kenya, Morocco, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Hungary, the USA, and Vietnam. 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But its hard-won reputation is threatened, a new lawsuit claims, by a pizza kiosk with that exact same name located aboard Carnival Corp.'s newest ship, Carnival Celebration. In a federal trademark infringement lawsuit, Miami Slice Pizza, LLC says Carnival copied not just the Miami Slice name, but also its signature concept of offering just five varieties of pizza slices on the ship's Miami-themed fast-casual dining area dubbed \"Biscayne 820.\" The suit, filed by The Brickell IP Group, PLLC, says parent company Sotavento Ventures, LLC, registered the Miami Slice name with the U.S. Trademark Office in 2019 and has been marketing its product through the website miamislicepizza.com since March of that year. Originally, the company sold its pizzas as a carryout product made in the back of a sister restaurant called La Latina Miami on Northeast 2nd Avenue in Miami. Customers would pick up their orders in an alleyway just north of the restaurant, the suit states. Then in 2022, riding a wave of positive media reviews, the company opened a \"slice bar\" restaurant on Northeast Miami Court in summer 2022 that has attracted a growing following and visits by sports stars including Miami Heat's Duncan Robinson, soccer start David Beckham and Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady, the company said. \"The restaurant's concept was simple — an open kitchen, bar-style restaurant serving five select styles of pizza for customers to take out or eat in,\" the suit says. The lawsuit claims that the product even drew raves from \"picky\" pizza reviewer Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports, who had \"nothing negative\" to say in a review that hailed Miami Slice as \"an instant contender for best pizza in Miami, no doubt.\" By November 2022, \"Miami Slice's triumphant story veered awry when its neighboring corporate giant decided to trample on its intellectual property rights,\" the company claims, by its \"intentional hijacking of the 'Miami Slice' name and concept\" aboard the Celebration. The complaint continued: \"Not only did Carnival intentionally and unlawfully name the Carnival Celebration's fast casual pizza restaurant 'Miami Slice,' Carnival added insult to injury by adopting a confusingly similar market presentation including astonishingly similar all capital lettering and featuring a similar limited menu of five styles of pizza in a quick service format.\" Celebration sails from PortMiami, \"within walking distance\" of Miami Slice's downtown restaurant, the lawsuit states. Asked for comment about the suit, Carnival Cruise Line spokesman Matt Lupoli said by email, \"This complaint is thinner than our pizza's crust.\" Carnival, the suit says, \"was undoubtedly aware of Miami Slice\" and its trademark rights but nevertheless \"steamed ahead with at best reckless indifference, and more likely sinister motives,\" endangering the pizzeria's \"brand, goodwill and reputation.\" Without relief, the suit claims, Miami Slice's artisan pizza and popular quick service concept \"is likely to be confusingly associated with cruise line food.\" The lawsuit seeks damages, court costs, attorney fees, and an order barring Carnival from further use of the trademark on its ships and in all promotional materials, and a public post affirming that Carnival is unaffiliated with Miami Slice. ©2023 South Florida Sun Sentinel. Visit at sun-sentinel.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. This story was originally published April 24, 2023, 4:52 PM. 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Now, a new report has revealed a link between Trump and the maker of the drug, Novartis. As note by the report, the drug in question, hydroxychloroquine, has been touted by some doctors overseas as being successful in treating symptoms and COVID-19 itself, but other studies have shown minimal evidence of its effectiveness. Trump's own expert immunologist on his coronavirus task force has noted, those anecdotal findings lack scientific backing, and more research is needed. \"The data are really just at best suggestive,\" Anthony Fauci said on CBS's \"Face the Nation\" Sunday. \"There have been cases that show there may be an effect … and there are others to show there's no effect…. So I think in terms of science, I don't think we could definitively … say it works.\" That didn't stop Trump, however, hours after Fauci's appearance on the program, from continuing to sing the drug's praises during a press conference on Sunday. \"What do I know? I'm not a doctor,\" Trump said. \"But I have common sense. The FDA feels good about it; as you know, they approved it.\" The Food and Drug Administration has approved hydroxychloroquine for use by those suffering from malaria, as well as for some lupus patients. But the FDA has not confirmed that the drug is effective for use against coronavirus. Many have wondered why Trump continues to tout the drug, then, when his medical experts say it shouldn't be promoted in such glowing terms. Some, such as MSNBC \"Morning Joe\" co-host Mika Brzezinski, have suggested there might be a financial component that's motivating the president. \"A lot of people would say, follow the money,\" Brzezinski said on a recent episode of the program. \"There's got to be some sort of financial tie to someone somewhere that has the president pushing this repeatedly.\" While no direct financial ties have been found linking Trump to the drug, some indirect ones are surfacing. Truthout.org reports that Trump's former \"fixer\" lawyer Michael Cohen, who is serving a prison sentence after pleading guilty to a number of election-related charges, had in fact crafted a contract with a Swiss-based drug company called Novartis, one of the biggest manufacturers of hydroxychloroquine in the world. In exchange for paying Cohen $100,000 per month for over a year starting in February 2017, the company expected Trump's lawyer to provide them with access to the president's attitudes on health care policy, including provisions in the Affordable Care Act that were relevant to them. The payments were officially made to Cohen's shell company, Essential Consultants LLC, which collected a number of payments from other companies as well that sought the same privileges. (Through that company, Cohen also paid off adult film actress Stormy Daniels with \"hush money\" payments that were made to keep her quiet about an affair she had had with Trump years ago.) The deal was a bad one for the company, Novartis later admitted. They believed Cohen would get them deeper insights on the president's thinking than what he delivered — unfortunately for Novartis, they couldn't back out of the agreement even after deciding, following one meeting with Cohen, that they didn't need his services after all. \"As the contract, unfortunately, could only be terminated for cause, payments continued to be made until the contract expired by its own terms in February 2018,\" the company said in a statement. It's unclear at this time to what extent Trump knew about Novartis's payments, or whether it influenced him one way another — or even if Trump himself has interests in the company, due to his refusal to release his tax returns and other financial documents. 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Net sales of $350.2 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2018 increased $1.0 million, or 0.3%, from net sales of $349.2 million for the prior quarter ended September 30, 2018. Net sales increased $43.6 million, or 14.2% from net sales of $306.6 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2017. \"We are pleased with the strong operational performance in our third quarter with gross margins increasing to 35.3%, primarily due to a significant improvement in the Solid Capacitor segment. Looking forward we see continued strength in our Ceramic products, along with further improvement driven by our capital investments. The recently announced ten-year customer financed capacity agreements totaling $66 million to date and resulting new KEMET capacity will further enhance this growth,\" stated William Lowe, the Company's Chief Executive Officer. \"We expect these positive trends to continue along with growth in several of our key markets, which should offset some of the recent weakness in certain consumer markets and in Asia,\" continued Mr. Lowe. U.S. GAAP net income was $40.8 million or $0.69 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, compared to U.S. GAAP net income of $37.1 million or $0.63 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2018. For the quarter ended December 31, 2017, the Company reported a U.S. GAAP net income of $18.6 million or $0.32 per diluted share. Non-GAAP adjusted net income was $63.1 million or $1.07 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, compared to non-GAAP adjusted net income of $51.3 million or $0.87 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2018. For the quarter ended December 31, 2017, the Company reported non-GAAP adjusted net income of $30.6 million or $0.52 per diluted share. Net income (loss) for the quarters ended December 31, 2018, September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 include various items affecting comparability as denoted in the U.S. GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation table included hereafter. About KEMET The Company's common stock is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol \"KEM\" . At the Investor Relations section of our web site at http://www.kemet.com/IR, users may subscribe to KEMET news releases and find additional information about our Company. KEMET offers our customers the broadest selection of capacitor technologies in the industry, along with an expanding range of electromechanical devices, electromagnetic compatibility solutions and supercapacitors. Our vision is to be the preferred supplier of electronic component solutions demanding the highest standards of quality, delivery and service. Additional information about KEMET can be found at http://www.kemet.com. Quiet Period Beginning January 1, 2019, we will observe a quiet period during which the information provided in this news release and quarterly report on Form 10-Q will no longer constitute our current expectations. During the quiet period, this information should be considered to be historical, applying prior to the quiet period only and not subject to update by management. The quiet period will extend until the day when our next quarterly earnings release is published. Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements included herein contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws about the Company's financial condition and results of operations that are based on management's current expectations, estimates and projections about the markets, in which the Company operates, as well as management's beliefs and assumptions. Words such as \"expects,\" \"anticipates,\" \"believes,\" \"estimates\" or other similar expressions and future or conditional verbs such as \"will,\" \"should,\" \"would,\" and \"could\" are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's judgment only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or otherwise. Factors that may cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements include, but are not necessarily limited to the following: (i) adverse economic conditions could impact our ability to realize operating plans if the demand for our products declines, and such conditions could adversely affect our liquidity and ability to continue to operate and could cause a write down of long-lived assets or goodwill; (ii) an increase in the cost or a decrease in the availability of our principal or single-sourced purchased raw materials; (iii) changes in the competitive environment; (iv) uncertainty of the timing of customer product qualifications in heavily regulated industries; (v) economic, political, or regulatory changes in the countries in which we operate; (vi) difficulties, delays, or unexpected costs in completing the Company's restructuring plans; (vii) acquisitions and other strategic transactions expose us to a variety of risks, including the ability to successfully integrate and maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting in compliance with applicable regulations; (viii) our acquisition of TOKIN Corporation may not achieve all of the anticipated results; (ix) our business could be negatively impacted by increased regulatory scrutiny and litigation; (x) difficulties associated with retaining, attracting, and training effective employees and management; (xi) the need to develop innovative products to maintain customer relationships and offset potential price erosion in older products; (xii) exposure to claims alleging product defects; (xiii) the impact of laws and regulations that apply to our business, including those relating to environmental matters, data protection, cyber security and privacy; (xiv) the impact of international laws relating to trade, export controls and foreign corrupt practices; (xv) changes impacting international trade and corporate tax provisions related to the global manufacturing and sales of our products may have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations; (xvi) volatility of financial and credit markets affecting our access to capital; (xvii) the need to reduce the total costs of our products to remain competitive; (xviii) potential limitation on the use of net operating losses to offset possible future taxable income; (xix) restrictions in our debt agreements that could limit our flexibility in operating our business; (xx) disruption to our information technology systems to function properly or control unauthorized access to our systems may cause business disruptions; (xxi) economic and demographic experience for pension and other post-retirement benefit plans could be less favorable than our assumptions; (xxii) fluctuation in distributor sales could adversely affect our results of operations; (xxiii) earthquakes and other natural disasters could disrupt our operations and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations; and (xxiv) volatility in our stock price. 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Bunch of Brooklyn detectives.\" She made a crack about how 6 feet of distance and Zoom couldn't conceal her being trans. \"It's weird, because I wasn't trans before the vaccine,\" she deadpanned with a shrug. The audience sat with the joke for a second before erupting into laughter and applause. McBride cracked a sly smile. The vaccine joke is one of several in McBride's set that revolve around being transgender -- like many successful standups, she mines her own life for material, though she thinks her jokes are relatable for cisgender audiences, too. So when she read what Dave Chappelle , a comedian she once admired for his searing social commentary, said about trans women -- about their genitalia, their \"knuckles and Adam's apples,\" their insistence on being recognized and respected -- in his latest Netflix special , she felt disappointed and defeated. She felt Chappelle was \"scapegoating trans people\" for issues that their community -- which represents about 0.6% of the US adult population , per Gallup -- had no power to control. (McBride didn't watch the special herself; she said she \"didn't want to give Netflix the views.\") Jaye McBride's a regular at the Comedy Cellar, where she shares self-deprecating stories about being trans. \"I know [Chappelle] says he wasn't punching down -- he's absolutely punching down,\" McBride told CNN. \"When you're just taking this mean position against a minority, no matter who the minority is or who you are, it just comes off as wrong.\" CNN spoke with four trans comedians about what they think Chappelle got wrong in \"The Closer.\" Some said they had considered Chappelle a comedy hero. But three of the comedians said that, by targeting trans people -- trans women, mostly -- and adopting the language of opponents of trans rights, his comedy has mutated into something meaner, more dated and less impactful. (CNN has reached out to a representative for Chappelle and is waiting to hear back.) Chappelle has been lauded throughout his career for forcing difficult topics on unsuspecting audiences and highlighting the absurdity and omnipotence of anti-Black racism. But his jokes about trans people only reflect his own intolerance, said Mx. Dahlia Belle, a Portland-based standup. Chappelle's trans jokes weren't funny, comics say It's not that jokes about trans people can't be funny -- it's just that Chappelle's weren't, McBride said. At several points, he referred to trans people as \"transgenders,\" a term GLAAD advises should not be used in its noun form -- only as an adjective. He said he was \"on team TERF ,\" which describes people who identify as feminists, but argue that trans identities are not valid. \"I absolutely believe that a straight comic can tell a joke about trans people that is funny for everyone,\" McBride said. The conditions? The joke can't be about their genitals -- Chappelle broke that rule with a particularly crude joke that invoked plant-based meat alternatives -- and it can't come from a place of disrespect, she said. A recent standup set from Belle centered on being trans and having sex with people who are trans. About one minute into her five-minute set, she turned a heartwarming story about her religious mother's acceptance of her bisexuality -- in the form of some very blunt sex advice -- into a punchline about gay sex and AIDS. Mx. Dahlia Belle said Chappelle's most recent special, filled with jokes about trans people, \"feels like a betrayal.\" In an opinion piece for the Guardian , Belle acknowledged Chappelle's influence on her early career and how he molded her \"understanding of comedy.\" But their philosophies on what's funny have diverged, she said. While she'll gladly poke fun at herself and anyone with \"greater privilege,\" Belle draws the line at making anyone with less privilege than her -- as a Black trans woman -- the butt of a joke, she said. \"A joke should only be as offensive as necessary and, if it has to offend, it needs to be funnier than it is offensive,\" she told CNN. \"No one should come away from a joke more offended than they are entertained. That's what makes it a joke.\" Nat Puff, a Seattle comedian and musician with a large that predate that platform, said what disappointed her most about Chappelle's statements was the apparent hypocrisy. She quoted an empathetic statement Chappelle once made about how calling people \"crazy\" is dismissive, that those people are \"strong\" and it's their environment that's \"a little sick.\" Dave Chappelle insulted another audience no one mentions \"[The quote] shows so much awareness and, like, respect that he just does not show for trans people, which is the heartbreaking thing about it,\" Puff told CNN. \"Like, I feel like he has good intentions with what he's saying. He doesn't seem like a hateful person, unlike J.K. Rowling . But the thing is, he's saying hateful sh*t regardless, no matter what his intent is.\" Puff said Chappelle's influence on comedy and his advocacy for Black Americans \"cannot be understated.\" In 2000, with his breakthrough standup special \"Killin' Them Softly,\" he took aim at White indifference toward anti-Black racism and police violence. On \"Chappelle's Show,\" he leveraged racist stereotypes to reflect White Americans' biases. When he wasn't sure whether his audiences were laughing for the right reasons, he walked away from the show (and a $50 million deal, which he mentions in \"The Closer\"). But in his recent specials, which have aired on Netflix since he made a deal with the streamer in 2016 , the winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor increasingly dabbles in what Belle calls \"edgelord humor,\" a brand of humor rooted in rage, often directed at progress being made from social groups seemingly separate from one's own. Chappelle's humor, once prescient and progressive, now often mirrors that of an internet troll, Belle said. \"I want to like Dave Chappelle so much,\" Puff said. \"But when he talks about the trans community, he's not talking about them, he's speaking out against them. And that's the difference between saying something funny about the trans community and saying something offensive about the trans community.\" One trans standup on Netflix defends Chappelle Chappelle has made transphobic comments in specials past, but \"The Closer\" was released in 2021 -- a year that's seen at least 33 states introduce anti-trans legislation aimed at children, and a year already shaping up to be the deadliest on record for trans and gender nonconforming people in the US. (At least 41 trans or nonbinary people have been killed this year, according to the Human Rights Campaign , and historically, victims are disproportionately Black and Latinx trans women.) The upsetting context of the year in which the special was released made it more disappointing when Netflix stood behind it, McBride said. Netflix made a mess of the Dave Chappelle controversy. It's a crisis of Netflix's own making \"It's absolutely a terrible message to send,\" she said. Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has repeatedly defended Netflix's decision to stream \"The Closer,\" even after some employees voiced their objection. In an email to employees earlier this month, he said the company had \"a strong belief that content on screen doesn't directly translate to real-world harm,\" though days later he said he \"screwed up\" in his communications with staff. Netflix later fired an employee it claimed had leaked to Bloomberg \"confidential, commercially sensitive information\" for \"The Closer.\" The employee has denied leaking the information. While several Netflix original series star trans actors, there are almost no other standup offerings from trans comedians, save for a set from Chicago's Flame Monroe in Tiffany Haddish's \"They Ready\" series. 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(AP) — A Canadian company said Tuesday it plans to start construction of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline through the U.S. Midwest in April, after lining up customers and money for the project that is bitterly opposed by environmentalists and some American Indian tribes. Construction is set to begin at the pipeline's border crossing in northern Montana, said TC Energy spokesman Terry Cunha. That would be a milestone for a project first proposed in 2008. The company said it lined up $1.4 billion in financing from the Canadian provincial government of Alberta to cover construction through 2020 and agreements for the transport of 575,000-barrels of oil daily. The pipeline was rejected twice by the administration of President Barack Obama over worries it could make climate change worse. President Donald Trump has been a strong proponent of the $8 billion project and issued it a permit that environmentalists say was illegal. A court hearing in the permit dispute is set for April 16 before U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Great Falls. Morris has previously ruled against the project. The company also plans work in April to build camps where pipeline construction workers would live in Fallon County, Montana and Haakon County, South Dakota. The company said the pipeline would start sending oil to the U.S. in 2023. Opponents in January asked Morris to block any work. They said clearing and tree felling along the route would destroy bird and wildlife habitat. Native American tribes along the pipeline route have said that the pipeline could break and spill oil into waterways like Montana's Missouri River. The judge in December had initially denied a request from environmentalists to block construction because no work was immediately planned. TC Energy has filed status reports with the judge about its intentions to start work. \"At this time, we are continuing with our planned activities and will adjust if it becomes necessary,\" Cunha said. The remaining $6.9 billion in construction costs is expected to be funded through a $4.2 billion loan guaranteed by the Alberta government and a $2.7 billion investment by TC Energy. Once the project is complete, TC Energy expects to buy back the Alberta government's investment and refinance the $4.2-billion loan. \"We thank U.S. President Donald Trump and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney as well as many government officials across North America for their advocacy without which, individually and collectively, this project could not have advanced,\" TC Energy chief executive Russ Girling said in a statement. A representative of the Sierra Club said the decision to push forward with the project amid the coronavirus pandemic was \"a shameful new low\" for the company. 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Apple and its contract manufacturers, including Foxconn, are claiming that since 2013, Qualcomm used its dominant position in semiconductor design to overcharge them on chip royalties, and are asking for up to $27bn in damages, plus $3bn in rebates and restitution. Qualcomm denies any wrongdoing, and wants at least $7bn in royalty back-payments, plus a few billion in damages. The case begins on Monday in front of a jury in California Southern District Court in San Diego. It is expected to run for four weeks (though we all know it's not likely to stop there) and could even include an appearance from Apple chief Tim Cook himself. Despite their mutual dependency, the two companies have been fighting each other for years, with dozens of skirmishes across the US, Europe, and Asia: these usually involve Apple highlighting Qualcomm's alleged monopolistic practices to regulators, and Qualcomm accusing Apple of not paying fairly for the goods and services rendered, and infringing on its IP. In a recent escalation, Qualcomm even managed to ban the sales of some iPhones in Germany and China. Not playing FRANDly The latest case deals with the so-called Standard Essential Patents – the proprietary technologies that enable widely used technical standards, like those in wireless connectivity. Such technologies should be licensed on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms – and Apple claims the terms it was presented with were anything but. The company, along with its five ODMs – Compal, FIH, Hon Hai Precision Industry (aka Foxconn), Pegatron and Wistron – sued Qualcomm over what it claimed were unreasonable chip licensing fees in 2017. Apple also told its contractors to stop making relevant payments to Qualcomm. Meanwhile, Qualcomm – well, it just wants its money, and claims the royalty rates are proportionate with the cost of R&D. The case could have major implications for Qualcomm as the world's largest patent licenser by revenue. Its Qualcomm Technology Licensing Division (QTL) was responsible for 64 per cent of its pre-tax revenue in 2018 . In January , Apple said that because of the lawsuit, Qualcomm refused to supply chips for the latest iPhones so it had to rely on Intel for silicon instead. Losing Apple as a customer meant Qualcomm missed out on 50 million cellular modem chipset sales for the latest batch of iPhones and slipped into a net loss for its fiscal 2018. Separately, Qualcomm accused Apple of supplying its IP to Intel in order to make the chips. If Apple wins, Qualcomm will likely remain profitable, but its revenues will take a considerable hit. \"We have one of the largest patent portfolios in the industry with more than 130,000 patents and pending patent applications worldwide. 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Through this demonstration experiment, the two companies will establish a reference model for the commercialization of a cloud endoscopy system and contribute to overcoming current limitations of endoscope processing performance and improving maintainability, as well as flexible and rapid response to the market. TOKYO, Mar 27, 2024 - - NTT Corporation (NTT) and Olympus Corporation (Olympus) today announce that the two companies have jointly begun a demonstration experiment of a cloud endoscopy system that enables image processing on the cloud. This cloud endoscopy system utilizes Olympus' advanced technology for endoscopes to perform image processing, which has been conventionally processed within the endoscopic equipment, on a remote cloud. This has been difficult to achieve with conventional network technology. NTT's IOWN APN technology[^undefined] makes it possible to process images in real-time on the cloud. Through this demonstration experiment, the two companies will establish a reference model for the commercialization of the cloud endoscopy system, overcome the current limitations of processing performance of endoscopic equipment, improve maintainability, and provide a flexible and rapid market response to the market. 1. Background An endoscope is a medical device in which a flexible tube is inserted into the natural openings of the body to perform an examination and obtain tissue samples. Instances where endoscopes can be utilized are increasing year by year due to the equipment's low level of invasiveness and high level of safety, and the technology is becoming increasingly sophisticated. When the endoscope was first introduced, it was a revolutionary device that allowed users to view the inside of the body in real time. Since then, it has progressed even further by supporting highdefinition images, introducing Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) using optical technology, and enabling the collection of samples simultaneously with observation. Recently, advanced support functions have been introduced, such as displaying potential lesions to the operator from the images taken by the endoscope, contributing to the early detection of lesions with greater safety and certainty. Currently, endoscopes have performance and maintenance limitations. In addition, it is expected that more cases in the future will require flexible feature improvements and updates based on new user needs, such as real-time remote diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, there is discussion on cloud computing endoscopes, in which some functions with a high processing load, such as image processing, can be done in the cloud. By sharing the processing load with GPUs on the cloud built-in data centers, users can receive the latest functions through software updates on the cloud and enable real-time remote diagnosis and treatment by sharing video information among multiple hospitals. In addition to transitioning existing systems to the cloud, major network-related technical challenges include: Realizing a high-speed, low-latency network with no delay between the endoscope and the cloud. Conventional networks require a long data transfer time which is unfavorable for the physicians. Ensuring the high-quality connectivity required for medical endoscopes by promptly detecting abnormalities, such as network failures that would make the cloud unavailable, and providing minimum functions locally in such cases (fallback function). Implementing advanced security measures on the data transfer path that are difficult even for quantum computers to decode to transmit information safely and accurately. 2. Details of the demonstration experiment To realize a cloud endoscopy system, NTT and Olympus have started demonstration experiments centered on IOWN APN to solve technical problems in the network. 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For example, immune therapy or anti-angiogenesis therapy for cancer, and to optimize the outcome for patients and care providers. Chennai: \"We are developing algorithms that generate digital models of organs based on vast amounts of data,\" Gerd Hoefner - Managing Director, Siemens Healthcare while speaking about how the digital twin of an individual will take personalized medicine to the next level. Digital twin technology simulates the physiological processes of a patient's organ based on MR images and ECG measurements. Virtual planning is used to visualize responses to treatment before the intervention. It uses the lifelong collection of data of a patient to improve prevention, diagnosis, therapy and aftercare. \"Digital twins enable us to virtualize individual organs of a patient. We want to leverage the potential of AI for virtual planning to visualize an organ's response to a treatment on a computer before the actual intervention,\" Hoefner said. He said digital twins help better predict individual therapy success, and to continuously adapt therapies. For example, immune therapy or anti-angiogenesis therapy for cancer, and to optimize the outcome for patients and care providers. \"It can be used not only for diagnosis but also for testing the safety of treatments,\" he said. \"For example, we could assess the effectiveness of certain cardiac drugs on a digital twin's heart. Digital twins can also be used to digitally simulate cardiac catheter interventions and heart surgery in advance to determine if there's a realistic chance of success.\" Further, this technology has the potential to serve as a wellness coach predicting individual risks and preventing sickness, Hoefner added. This comes as Siemens Healthineers is looking at gaining a stronger foothold in India and recently announced an investment of Rs 1,300 crore over the next five years in an innovation hub in Bengaluru to better serve the needs of emerging markets. \"India is already an important R&D location for us, which we would like to expand in two directions: as an innovation hub driving digitalization in healthcare and as an R&D and manufacturing center for entry-level products for emerging markets worldwide,\" he said Currently, C-Arms and Computed Tomography systems are being manufactured at the Bengaluru facility and depending on the opportunities, new medical imaging products would be added in the future, he said. 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The Force Headquarters said preliminary investigation revealed that the LG chairman allegedly contracted a militia with the intention of eliminating Dajoh. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, revealed the development in a statement on Monday. Adejobi said, \" The Nigeria Police Force, through the diligent efforts of its operatives, has successfully apprehended two suspects involved in an alleged assassination plot. The arrested suspects include a chairman of one of the Local Government Areas of Benue State. READ ALSO: Tailor, Herbalist, One Other exhume Corpse, Cut Off Flesh \"Preliminary investigations revealed that the local government chairman allegedly contracted a militia with the sinister intention of eliminating the Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Aondona Dajoh. \"The operatives of the Force Intelligence Department – Intelligence Response Team, swiftly swung into action upon receiving credible intelligence regarding the planned assassination. \"Both suspects are currently in police custody and are actively cooperating with investigators in the ongoing inquiry. The Nigeria Police Force remains resolute in its commitment to upholding the safety and security of citizens and public officials. \"The arrested suspects will face the full weight of the law, and the Nigeria Police Force reassures the public of its unwavering commitment to maintaining law and order and prevention of crimes at all levels.\" The post JUST IN: LG Chair, Man Arrested For Attempted Assassination Of Benue Speaker appeared first on Info Daily .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Force Headquarters", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Force Headquarters", "length": 18, "offset": 322}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "House of Assembly", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "House of Assembly", "length": 17, "offset": 284}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Benue", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Benue", "length": 5, "offset": 63}, {"position_text": "Benue", "length": 5, "offset": 1844}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 382, "text": "Russia uses Ukraine's biggest power plant as 'nuclear shield': US\nby Reuters UNITED NATIONS / KYIV Aug 02, 2022 - 9:16 am GMT+3 Ukraine seeks to retake Russian occupied south as Moscow attacks east The United States blamed Moscow of using Ukraine's biggest nuclear power plant as a \"nuclear shield\" by deploying troops there, preventing Ukrainian forces from returning fire and risking a terrible nuclear accident. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was \"deeply concerned\" that the Zaporizhzhia plant , which Russia was accused of firing shells dangerously close to in March, was now a Russian military base used to fire on nearby Ukrainian forces. \"Of course the Ukrainians cannot fire back lest there be a terrible accident involving the nuclear plant,\" Blinken told reporters after nuclear nonproliferation talks at the United Nations in New York on Monday. Russia's actions went beyond using a \"human shield\" Blinken said, calling it a \"nuclear shield.\" At the New York talks, Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Mykola Tochytskyi said \"robust joint actions are needed to prevent nuclear disaster\" and called for the international community to \"close the sky\" over Ukraine's nuclear power plants with air defense systems. Russian President Vladimir Putin's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has sparked the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II , killing thousands, displacing millions and leaving large parts of Ukraine in rubble. The war has also caused a global food crisis, with Russia and Ukraine producing about a third of the world's wheat, while Western sanctions on Russia, a major energy provider to Europe, have caused a global energy crisis. First grain shipment The first ship to carry Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea since Russia invaded five months ago left the port of Odessa for Lebanon on Monday under a safe passage deal. The sailing was made possible after Turkey and the United Nations brokered a grain and fertilizer export agreement between Russia and Ukraine last month – a rare diplomatic breakthrough in a conflict that has become a drawn-out war of attrition. The Sierra Leone-flagged ship Razoni will head to the port of Tripoli, Lebanon, after passing through Turkey's Bosporus Strait linking the Black Sea, which is dominated by Russia's navy, to the Mediterranean. It is carrying 26,527 tons of corn. But there are still hurdles to overcome before millions of tons of Ukrainian grain can leave its Black Sea ports, including clearing sea mines and creating a framework for vessels to safely enter the conflict zone and pick up cargoes. The United Nations has warned of the risk of multiple famines this year because of the war in Ukraine. Known as Europe's breadbasket, Ukraine hopes to export 20 million tons of grain held in silos and 40 million tons from the harvest now under way, initially from Odessa and nearby Pivdennyi and Chornomorsk, to help clear the silos for the new crop. Russia called the Razoni's departure \"very positive\" news, but it has denied responsibility for the food crisis, saying Western sanctions have slowed its exports and accusing Ukraine of laying underwater mines at entrance of its ports. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of laying the mines that now float around the Black Sea . Signaling a deepening energy row between Russia and Europe, Russia on Monday said there was little it could do to help with urgent repairs to the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, its main gas pipeline to Europe, following further falls in Gazprom production and exports. Gas from Russia met about 40% of European needs before Russia sent troops into Ukraine. Russia cut gas supplies via Nord Stream 1 to just 20% of capacity last week , saying a turbine sent to Canada for maintenance had not been returned and other equipment needed repair. Russian advancement Russia invaded Ukraine in what it called a \"special operation\" to demilitarize its neighbor. Ukraine and Western nations have dismissed this as a baseless pretext for war. After failing to capture the capital Kyiv early in the war, Russia now aims to capture the eastern Donbass region, made up of Donetsk and Luhansk, partially occupied by Russia-backed separatists before the invasion, and capture more of the south, having already annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych told the media about 22,000 Russian troops were preparing to advance on the cities of Kriviy Rih and Mykolaiv , where a \"sufficiently large\" Ukrainian force lay in wait. In the Kherson region, which is mostly under Russian control, Ukrainian troops had liberated some 50 towns, said Yuri Sobolevsky, deputy head of the ousted Kherson regional council. \"Russian troop in Kherson region are sustaining considerable losses,\" Sobolevsky wrote on Telegram. Reuters was unable to verify the battlefield report. Serhiy Gaidai, governor of Luhansk region, which is nearly all under Russian control, said foreign fighters were arriving to help Russian forces. \"We have noticed that more and more private military companies coming into the area – the Wagner Group,\" Gaidai told Ukrainian TV, adding that these irregular forces were motivated by \"money and looting.\" Russian private military firm Wagner has likely been given responsibility for sectors of the front line in eastern Ukraine, possibly as Russia is facing a shortage of infantry, Britain's Ministry of Defense said last week. 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Cerner said this week that it had reduced its global workforce by 500 positions. According to a statement from the electronic health records vendor, the move came as part of its \"enterprise-wide transformation work.\" Still, the company told the Associated Press that it anticipated hiring 2,600 people around the world this year. \"Cerner remains committed to positioning the company for future success. We are focused on delivering a higher order of benefits for clients, associates and shareholders,\" said the company in a statement provided to Healthcare IT News. WHY IT MATTERS In total, Cerner employs roughly 26,000 people worldwide, about half of whom reside in Kansas City. The company did not specify the location of the to-be-eliminated positions, but told the AP in a statement that it will continue to be the largest private employer in the area. The announcement follows reports of Cerner's new hybrid model, which will allow the majority of workers to choose between working in the office or from home this fall. \"Cerner's future [at work] is being intentionally designed to further attract, engage and retain a competitive global workforce capable of executing on the company's mission and helping us transform the future of healthcare,\" said Tracy Platt, chief human resources officer for Cerner, in a post published to the company's website. THE LARGER TREND Cerner has been signaling forthcoming changes over the past few months, announcing in May that it would begin looking for a new chief executive officer to replace current CEO Brent Shafer. That announcement came alongside the company's first-quarter earnings report, in which it beat earnings projections but fell short on estimated revenue. Meanwhile, the organization's ongoing electronic health record modernization project with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has faced scrutiny. The project's initial rollout at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, provoked calls for a strategic review after complaints of prescription errors, unsatisfactory patient portal functionality and provider stress. Agency officials said they would not move forward with a second go-live until that review, announced in mid-April, was completed. ON THE RECORD \"Our recent actions demonstrate our continued enterprise-wide transformation work – ensuring we more efficiently deliver value to clients and set the company on a path to long-term, profitable growth,\" said Cerner officials in a statement. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. 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In this new role, Collins oversees the company's managed operations in the region and will be based out of the company's Cape Town office. He takes on his new position following the announcement of Volker Heiden's retirement, effective from the end of March 2022. \"Richard is an experienced leader with a proven track record, and we are delighted to have him lead our operations across Sub-Saharan Africa,\" said Phil Andreopoulos, Chief Operating Officer, Sub-Saharan Africa, Marriott International. \"With his leadership and extensive knowledge, Richard will play a pivotal role in building on our successes in the region.\" Collins has over 30 years of hospitality experience and is a 20-year veteran with Marriott International. A graduate of the Shannon College of Hotel Management in his native Ireland, Collins started his career with Marriott International in Scotland at the Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club in Edinburgh in 2001, before leading the Marriott Druids Glen Hotel and Country Club near Dublin. Richard moved to the United Arab Emirates in 2013 where he was General Manager of Dubai's first JW Marriott Hotel. Following a successful period at the JW Marriott Hotel Dubai, Richard then took the helm at The Ritz Carlton, Dubai where within a three-year period the property saw unprecedented success growing its business, profit, associate engagement, RevPAR index, and guest voice scores. In 2018, Collins was appointed his first multi-property role as Area General Manager of Abu Dhabi for Marriott International, during which he also managed the successful transition of all Starwood Legacy properties to the Marriott network. Commenting on his appointment, Collins said, \"I am delighted to take on this new role and be part of this exciting region. 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The Washington Post reports: \"The Supreme Court ruled Thursday to restrict the National Labor Relations Board's authority to obtain relief for fired union activists, in a win for Starbucks that could deal a blow to labor organizing efforts. In April, the justices heard Starbucks's challenge to a federal district court's 2022 decision to order the coffee retailer to reinstate a group of seven baristas who claimed Starbucks fired them from a Memphis store in retaliation for union-organizing. The Seattle-based coffee giant says the move to fire the Memphis workers was within its rights under the law because the workers violated company policy by inviting a TV news crew into the store after hours. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) agreed at the time with the workers' claim that Starbucks had illegally fired them, and a court granted an injunction forcing Starbucks to rehire the workers. 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The Swedish Coast Guard confirmed Thursday there were four leaks in total on the pipeline in the Baltic Sea -- two on the Swedish side and two on the Danish side. Three leaks were previously reported. The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines have been at the centre of geopolitical tensions as Russia cut gas supplies to Europe in suspected retaliation against Western sanctions following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Nord Stream's operator said it \"intends to start assessing the damage to the pipeline as soon as it receives necessary official permits\". It said access could be allowed \"only after the pressure in the gas pipeline has stabilised and the gas leakage has stopped\". \"Until the completion of the damage assessment, it is not possible to predict the timeframe for restoration of the gas transmission infrastructure\", the operator said. NATO declared the damage was \"the result of deliberate, reckless and irresponsible acts of sabotage\" and said it supported investigations to determine the origin of the damage. The Western alliance warned it was \"committed to prepare for, deter and defend against the coercive use of energy and other hybrid tactics\". \"Any deliberate attack against Allies' critical infrastructure would be met with a united and determined response,\" it said, adding that the leaks present risks to shipping and would cause substantial environmental damage. Russia has denied it was behind the explosions and said a foreign state was likely responsible. President Vladimir Putin blamed the leaks on \"international terrorism\". He described them as \"unprecedented sabotage\" in a phone call with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, according to a Kremlin readout. Russia's security service has also launched an \"international terrorism\" investigation into the gas leaks, saying it had caused \"significant economic damage to the Russian Federation\". Russia said Wednesday that Washington should answer if it was behind the leaks -- an assertion rejected by the United States as \"ridiculous\". The UN Security Council will meet Friday to discuss the matter. Finland, which borders Russia, moved to reinforce security around its critical infrastructure, with particular focus on the electricity network. Sweden's two main nuclear power plants stepped up their alert levels. - 'Constant' gas flow - Operated by a consortium majority-owned by Russian gas giant Gazprom, Nord Stream 1 and 2 run from Russia to Germany. While the pipelines are not currently in operation, they both still contained gas. The vast leaks have caused underwater gas plumes, with significant bubbling at the surface of the sea several hundred metres wide, making it impossible to immediately inspect the structures. Seismic institutes on Tuesday reported they had recorded \"in all likelihood\" explosions in the area, prior to the leaks being detected. A Swedish Coast Guard search and rescue vessel was patrolling the area. \"The crew reports that the flow of gas visible on the surface is constant,\" the agency said in a statement. Danish authorities said the leaks will continue until the gas in the pipelines is exhausted, which is expected to occur on Sunday. Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, said at a symposium in Paris that to him it was \"very obvious\" who was behind the leaks. He said natural gas shortages in the wake of the war in Ukraine could make for a tough winter in Europe. \"In the absence of a major negative surprise, I think Europe, in terms of natural gas, can survive this winter with a lot of bruises in our bodies in terms of prices, economy and social issues, but we can go through that,\" Birol said. According to climate groups, Nord Stream 1 and 2 contained some 350,000 tonnes of natural gas -- methane. Greenpeace says the leaks could have the effect of almost 30 million tonnes of CO2, or more than two-thirds of the annual emissions of Denmark. provides the information \"as is\" without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. 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The Senate Intelligence Committee this week backed William Burns, a former ambassador to Russia, by a unanimous vote. Burns has been confirmed by the Senate for five previous jobs in 33 years and is expected to eventually be approved by the full Senate. FILE - Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Feb. 26, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. The hold, placed Friday, is a delaying tactic as the Texas senator pressures the administration to sanction ships and companies helping Russia's state energy company Gazprom build the $11 billion pipeline to take gas under the Baltic Sea to Europe via Germany. \"I'll release my hold when the Biden admin meets its legal obligation to report and sanction the ships and companies building [Russia President Vladimir] Putin's pipeline,\" Cruz wrote on Twitter. The move was first reported by Bloomberg. After a year's delay caused by sanctions, Gazprom is racing to finish the pipeline, which analysts expect could happen by September. A second vessel, the Akademik Cherskiy, has joined the construction site off Denmark. President Joe Biden believes the pipeline is a \"bad deal for Europe,\" the White House has said. The pipeline would bypass Ukraine, depriving it of lucrative transit fees, and could undermine its efforts against Russian aggression. \"It's hard to see how delaying the confirmation of a CIA director who enjoys strong bipartisan support makes Americans safer,\" said Biden transition spokesperson Andrew Bates. \"Biden has been clear that Nord Stream 2 is a bad idea and plays into Russia's hands.\" U.S. lawmakers from both parties who oppose the project believe about 15 ships are helping to build the pipeline. But the State Department last month sanctioned only one ship in a report to Congress required by sanctions law. Forty Republican senators said in a letter to Biden this week that the sanction against the Fortuna vessel would not stop the pipeline, which as of February had about 75 miles (120 km) left to go off Denmark and 19 miles (30 km) off Germany. 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The challenge of investing in electric, hybrid and autonomous vehicles while having to overhaul combustion engines to meet new clean-air rules, has forced Europe's carmakers to slash fixed costs and streamline their model portfolios. Ford said it has ceased production at three plants in Russia, is closing plants in France and Wales, and has cut shifts at factories in Valencia, Spain and Saarlouis, Germany. \"We have largely concluded consultations with social partners regarding restructuring actions,\" Stuart Rowley, president, Ford of Europe told Reuters. Approximately 12,000 jobs will be affected at Ford's wholly owned facilities and consolidated joint ventures in Europe by the end of 2020, primarily through voluntary separation programs. Around 2,000 of those are salaried positions, which are included among the 7,000 salaried positions Ford is reducing globally, the carmaker said. The rest are workers on hourly contracts or agency workers. Ford Europe has 51,000 employees in Europe or 65,000 when joint ventures are included. In January Ford announced a sweeping business review which included the prospect of plant closures and discontinuing loss-making vehicle lines to pursue a 6 percent operating margin in Europe. Demand for cars in Europe is falling, European automobile manufacturers' association ACEA said on Thursday, predicting that European passenger car registrations will shrink by 1% in 2019 to 15 million cars, revising its previous forecast of 1% growth. 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REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – 4 Democratic U.S. senators on Friday expressed concern in a letter to Amazon.com Inc Chief Government Jeff Bezos that the world's largest on-line retailer has not given sufficient help to warehouse employees through the coronavirus outbreak, based on a replica of the message seen by Reuters. The lawmakers, led by Cory Booker and together with presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, pointed to a information report that stated disinfectant wipes and sanitizers have been in low provide at Amazon services. The letter stated employees risked poor efficiency rankings in the event that they took adequate time to scrub their fingers after coughing or sneezing on the job, additionally citing a information report. \"Any failure of Amazon to keep its workers safe does not just put their employees at risk, it puts the entire country at risk,\" the letter stated, noting the virus may survive as much as 24 hours on cardboard reminiscent of Amazon packaging, based on media. Amazon stated the allegations about its practices \"are simply unfounded.\" The senators' letter displays the extraordinary stress Amazon is beneath to maintain warehouses, employees and the general public secure whereas it delivers items to shoppers world wide, a few of whom are beneath lockdown. It additionally displays ongoing tensions between an organization whose chief is the world's richest particular person and Democrats who've lengthy criticized its working circumstances and pay. The opposite signatories have been Senators Robert Menendez and Sherrod Brown. Seattle-based Amazon has seen a rush of enterprise because of the coronavirus outbreak. Earlier this week it stated it could obtain solely very important provides at its U.S. and UK and different European warehouses till April 5, with a view to liberate stock area for medical and family items in excessive demand. Amazon stated it was serving to communities in want whereas defending its employees. It has staggered work occasions, ended stand-up conferences throughout shifts and required hand-washing after somebody sneezes or coughs. Staff have allotted time to scrub their fingers at any time when they need, with out hurting their efficiency, the corporate stated. \"We have taken extreme measures to keep people safe, tripling down on deep cleaning, procuring safety supplies that are available, and changing processes to ensure those in our buildings are keeping safe distances,\" Amazon stated. The senators' letter requested the corporate to reply a number of questions in writing by March 26, together with whether or not it could conform to cowl staff' COVID-19 take a look at prices and whether or not it could provide paid sick go away to employees who should not identified with the virus. The corporate has introduced different advantages for workers frightened of contagion, reminiscent of limitless unpaid break day for hourly employees by way of the tip of March. The coronavirus has led to at least 11,311 deaths globally, largely in Italy and China. There have been staff at Amazon's headquarters who've contracted the illness, in addition to staff in Europe, the place greater than 200 employees staged a strike on Wednesday calling for the closure of a delivery heart in Saran, south of Paris. Amazon stated this week it was closing a New York Metropolis supply station for a interval of cleansing after a employee there examined constructive for the virus. The senators requested if Amazon would pledge comparable short-term shutdowns ought to the identical circumstance come up at services sooner or later. One of many largest U.S. employers, Amazon has opened greater than 500,000 full- and part-time jobs within the nation, a lot of them for achievement and supply roles. It stated this week it could rent 100,000 extra U.S. warehouse and supply employees to cope with the surge in on-line orders through the outbreak. 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Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) Market Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) Market Size in terms of revenue was estimated to be worth $2.25 billion in 2025 and is poised to reach $4.56 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 15.1%. The report \" Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) Market by Navigation Technology (Laser/LiDAR, Vision Guidance, SLAM, RFID Tags, Magnetic & Inertial Sensors), Batteries, Sensors, Actuators, Payload Capacity (500 kg) – Global Forecast to 2030\" The global autonomous mobile robots market is expected to grow from USD 2.25 billion in 2025 to USD 4.56 billion in 2030, with a CAGR of approximately 15.1%. The AMR market is growing significantly due to increasing demand for automation in manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics sectors, where AMRs are becoming essential assets because of their adaptability and ease of integration into existing infrastructures. Download PDF Brochure @ https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/pdfdownloadNew.asp?id=107280537 Browse 247 market data Tables and 68 Figures spread through 289 Pages and in-depth TOC on \"Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) Market\" View detailed Table of Content here – https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/autonomous-mobile-robots-market-107280537.html With an increasing number of businesses and companies responding to labor shortages and seeking low-cost operation solutions, automation technologies also contribute to further expansion; the businesses has been increasingly deploying AMRs to ensure efficiency, labor cost saving, and improvement in a high-risk environment. Advancements in the technology domain, including sensors, AI, and ML capabilities, significantly enhance the performance and functionalities of the AMRs so that the navigation can be done completely through such automation machines, without extensive human intervention, through a complex environment. As industries continue to focus on workplace safety, the adoption of AMRs is increasing, mitigating risks associated with manual handling and transportation tasks. Overall, the AMR market is expected to grow significantly due to these interlinked factors. Software and services are projected to hold significant CAGR in the global autonomous mobile robots' market during the forecast period. The software and services segment in the AMR market is expected to experience significant growth during the forecast period due to the increasing interest in progressive navigation, advanced fleet management, and operational optimization. As logistics, manufacturing, and retail are highly adopting AMRs these days, the need for advanced software, which ensures seamless integration in real-time monitoring and data-driven decisions, has become highly essential. Services like maintenance, customization, and technical support are being given more priority as companies look toward long-term efficiency and scalability. Further, AI and ML advancements integrated into AMRs facilitate smarter operations and better performance. These trends together position the software and services segment as a key driver of growth in the AMR market. The autonomous mobile robots with payload capacities >500 kg is projected to achieve robust growth, registering a significant CAGR over the forecast period. The autonomous mobile robots with payload capacities >500 kg is likely to exhibit solid growth, with heavy-duty robots finding a wider range of applications in industries such as manufacturing, automotive, and logistics. These high-capacity AMRs are intended for the transportation of heavy materials and equipment; thus, they cater to high demand in high-load scenarios. Advances in sensor technologies, navigation systems, and efficiency of batteries further enhance the reliability and scalability of such robots at the time of operations. Consequently, this segment is forecasted to show a high CAGR in industries whose focus areas are optimization of workflows and reduction of manual handling of bulky goods during the forecast period. Vision-guidance technology is expected to grow with a significant CAGR during the forecast period. Vision guidance technology is likely to grow with a significant CAGR during the forecast period because of its central position in advancing autonomous systems across industries. There is a growing demand for high-end vision-guided systems that can facilitate precise navigation, object detection, and real-time decision-making, especially with the increasing adoption of automation solutions. This technology allows robots to understand visual data with high accuracy; it is applied in manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, and healthcare. Improvements in camera, image processing, and AI are enhancing performance while increasing the reliability of the vision-guidance system. This technology is likely to become one of the critical automation elements, with even stronger market growth ahead. E-Commerce sector is expected to grow with a significant CAGR in the AMR market during the forecast period. The e-commerce industry is likely to witness a significant growth in the AMR market during the forecast period, as the demand for automation in fulfillment centers and warehouses increases. E-commerce companies are trying to achieve increased consumer expectations for faster delivery and streamlined operations, and AMRs have become essential for order picking, sorting, and inventory management. Development in AI, machine learning, and autonomous navigation is constantly enhancing the capability of AMRs to execute higher complexities in dynamic environments and will further drive their adoption in the e-commerce business. North America to hold significant market share in the autonomous mobile robot's market. North America is expected to hold a significant share of the market due to vast demand for automation across industries. The presence of leading AMR manufactures in the region also helps in the faster adoption of AMRs. Companies are more inclined toward using AMRs to attain operational efficiency by reducing labor costs and maintaining inventory processes effectively. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and sensor technologies have also enhanced the working potential of AMRs in complicated environments. The region is leading the AMR market with growing optimization in supply chains and requirements for quicker delivery times. For this reason, North America stands ready for huge growth in this sector, as it stands at the frontline in the future shaping of automation. Key Players Major companies operating in the autonomous mobile robots market include ABB (Switzerland), KUKA AG (Germany), OMRON Corporation (Japan), Geekplus Technology Co., Ltd. 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Investigators are working to determine if the slivered onions or beef patties on Quarter Pounder burgers are the likely source of contamination. McDonald's has temporarily stopped using Quarter Pounder slivered onions and beef patties in affected states. Diced onions and other types of beef patties used at McDonald's have not been implicated in this outbreak. Symptoms of E. coli Symptoms begin anywhere from a few days after consuming contaminated food or up to nine days later. Symptoms include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea, fever, nausea, and/or vomiting. Some infections can cause severe bloody diarrhea and lead to life-threatening conditions, such as a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), or the development of high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease, and neurologic problems. Stores Affected McDonald's stores in Colorado, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming, and portions of Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oklahoma have temporarily stopped using Quarter Pounder slivered onions and beef patties. Status Ongoing; updates will be provided as they become available. Recommendation Consumers who have already eaten at McDonald's and have symptoms of E. coli infection should contact their health care provider to report their symptoms and receive care immediately. McDonald's stores in affected states have temporarily stopped using Quarter Pounder slivered onions and beef patties. Diced onions and other types of beef patties used at McDonald's have not been implicated in this outbreak. Current Update October 22, 2024 The FDA, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local partners, are investigating illnesses in a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections. A specific ingredient has not yet been confirmed as the source of the outbreak, but most sick people report eating McDonald's Quarter Pounder burger varieties. Investigators are working to determine if the slivered onions or beef patties on Quarter Pounder burgers are the likely source of this outbreak. Preliminary traceback and distribution information reviewed by FDA shows that slivered onions served on Quarter Pounders are a likely source of contamination. FDA is working quickly to confirm that these onions are a source of this outbreak and to determine if these onions were served or sold at other businesses. McDonald's has temporarily stopped using this type of onion in these states. Diced onions used at McDonald's are not implicated in this outbreak. FSIS is conducting traceback on hamburger patties served at McDonald's in affected states to determine if ground beef is a source of illness. McDonald's has also temporarily stopped selling Quarter Pounder beef patties in affected states, while the investigation is ongoing to determine the source of the outbreak. This advisory will be updated as additional information becomes available. Case Count Map Provided by CDC Case Count Total Illnesses: 49 Hospitalizations: 10 Deaths: 1 Last Illness Onset: October 11, 2024 States with Cases: CO, IA, KS, MO, MT, NE, OR, UT, WI, and WY Useful Links CDC Food Safety Alert Where People Got Sick (CDC) Food Safety Tips for Retailers and Consumers During an Outbreak Food Safety Resources for Produce Shippers and Carriers During a Foodborne Illness Outbreak Who to Contact What is E. coli ? Who to Contact Consumers who have symptoms should contact their health care provider to report their symptoms and receive care. To report a complaint or adverse event (illness or serious allergic reaction), visit Industry and Consumer Assistance . 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Several divisions including product development, digital and data and compliance will now report directly to Vigna, Ferrari said Monday. While the carmaker promoted several internal managers, it also hired two executives from Vigna's former employer STMicroelectronics NV, suggesting the CEO is turning to trusted allies to aid his turnaround. \"We want to push the boundaries further,\" Vigna said in a statement. \"Our new organization will enhance our agility.\" Vigna is attempting to overhaul the company that's been slow to embrace batteries, with Ferrari slating the debut of its first fully electric vehicle for 2025. In contrast, Porsche's popular Taycan has been on the road since 2019. Still, the manufacturer reported better-than-expected earnings in the third quarter, avoiding the disruption from the semiconductor shortage that hammered output elsewhere. Read: Ferrari Pays Homage to 1960s Race Cars With Slick Model Ferrari is close to striking new partnerships as Vigna seeks to tackle the deep technological shifts in the industry, according to a person familiar with the situation. The carmaker is also negotiating longer running times for its energy-supply contracts to keep costs in check and is reviewing suppliers to ensure they're in line with Ferrari's 2030 carbon-neutrality target, the person said, asking not to be named because the talks are private. Tech Hires Vigna joined in September from STMicroelectronics, where he led the chipmaker's division that supplies key sensors used in Apple Inc.'s iPhone and automakers' navigation systems. Ferrari said Monday it hired from the chipmaker Ernesto Lasalandra to head research and development and Angelo Pesci to oversee purchasing and quality. The automaker also appointed Gianmaria Fulgenzi, a two-decade Ferrari veteran, as chief product development officer, and promoted Silvia Gabrielli to chief digital and data officer. Investors are eager to hear about Vigna's strategy for the era of battery technology and digital services. Ferrari plans to share more details on its plans during a capital markets day in June. 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The salvo marked a serious escalation of rebel attacks on the kingdom as the war in Yemen rages into its eighth year and peace talks stall. The attacks did not cause casualties, the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said, but struck sites belonging to one of the world's most important energy companies and damaged civilian vehicles and homes. The coalition also said it destroyed a remotely piloted boat packed with explosives dispatched by the Houthis in the busy southern Red Sea. Hours after oil giant Aramco's chief executive Amin H. Nasser told reporters the attacks had no impact on oil supplies, the Saudi energy ministry acknowledged that a drone strike targeting the Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company caused \"a temporary reduction in the refinery's production\". The disruption, as oil prices spike in an already-tight energy market, \"will be compensated for from the inventory\", the ministry said, without elaborating. Another aerial attack later in the day struck a fuel tank at an Aramco distribution station in the port city of Jeddah and ignited a fire. Later at night, the roar and thump of missile interceptors rattled the port city as the Saudi military coalition said it destroyed more projectiles over Jeddah. Residents posted footage on social media showing streaks of light from missile defences pierce the dark sky. The relentless wave of strikes revealed the expanding reach and precision of the rebels and the persistent gaps in the kingdom's air defences. A sophisticated strike in 2019 on Aramco oil facilities knocked out half the kingdom's oil production and threatened to ignite a regional crisis, an attack that the US and Riyadh later alleged came from Iran. The attacks on Sunday came as Saudi Arabia's state-backed Aramco, the world's largest oil company, announced its profits surged 124% in 2021 to 110 billion US dollars, a jump fuelled by renewed anxieties about global supply shortages and soaring oil prices. Aramco, also known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co, released its annual earnings after weeks of intense volatility in energy markets triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The international oil benchmark Brent crude spiked over 107 US dollars on Sunday after nearly hitting a peak of 140 US dollars earlier this month. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have so far resisted Western appeals to increase oil production to offset the loss of Russian oil as petrol prices skyrocket. Yehia Sarie, a spokesman for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, said the rebels had launched \"a wide and large military operation\" in retaliation for the Saudi-led \"aggression and blockade\" that has turned much of Yemen into a wasteland. The escalation followed a flurry of diplomacy over the weekend in Oman's capital of Muscat. The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, met with the chief Houthi negotiator and Omani officials to discuss \"a possible truce during the holy month of Ramadan\" in early April, the UN mission said. The White House condemned the attacks, blaming Iran for supplying the Houthis with missile and drone parts, as well as training and expertise. \"It is time to bring this war to a close, but that can only happen if the Houthis agree to cooperate with the United Nations,\" said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. \"The United States stands fully behind those efforts.\" A damaged car is parked at an Aramco terminal (Saudi Press Agency/AP) The Saudi-led military coalition reported aerial strikes on a range of facilities: an Aramco liquefied gas plant in the Red Sea port of Yanbu, an oil storage plant in Jeddah, a desalination facility in Al-Shaqeeq on the Red Sea coast and an Aramco oil facility in the southern border town of Jizan, among others. The extent of damage on Saudi infrastructure remained unclear, and the ministry said only the Yanbu refinery saw a temporary drop in output. A joint venture between Aramco and China, the 10 billion US dollar Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company on the Red Sea pumps 400,000 barrels of oil a day. The Saudi Press Agency shared photos of fire engines dousing leaping flames with water and a trail of rubble wrought by shrapnel that crashed through ceilings and pocked apartment walls. Other images showed wrecked cars and giant craters in the ground. 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See Also: 451 Research Report: Tackling the Visibility Gap in Information Security Cisco has confirmed the flaws in IOS XR, which is a version of its Internetworking Operating System used in multiple Cisco Network Converging System carrier-grade routers, including the CRS, 12000 and ASR9000 series. No patches are yet ready, but Cisco has detailed workarounds that administrators can put in place to partially mitigate attempts to exploit the flaws. Cisco says its Product Security Incident Response Team on Friday \"became aware of attempted exploitation of these vulnerabilities in the wild,\" according to a security alert it issued early on Saturday. The alert says the risk posed by the flaws is \"high,\" and that \"for affected products, Cisco recommends implementing a mitigation that is appropriate for the customer's environment.\" The vulnerabilities have been designated CVE-2020-3566 and CVE-2020-3569, and are present in every Cisco device that runs any release of the IOS XR software, if the software has been configured to use multicast routing. Multicast routing helps save bandwidth by sending some types of data - such as video - in one stream to multiple recipients. The flaws exist in the distance vector multicast routing protocol, or DVMRP. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exhaust the process memory of a device by sending crafted internet group management protocol - aka IGMP - packets to a device, the vendor says. The vulnerabilities score a relatively serious 8.6 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System. \"A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause memory exhaustion, resulting in instability of other processes,\" Cisco says in its advisory. \"These processes may include, but are not limited to, interior and exterior routing protocols.\" In-the-Wild Attacks Cisco says it spotted the in-the-wild attacks on Friday while working to resolve a customer problem. How big of a risk might these flaws pose? The good news, says Troy Mursch , chief research officer at security firm Bad Packets, is that these flaws give attackers relatively \"niche market\" capabilities, at least when compared to existing distributed denial-of-service attack options, including DDoS conditions created using UDP amplification or TCP reflection . A vulnerability in the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust process memory of an affected device. https://t.co/UP6JjCTFDu — Bad Packets (@bad_packets) August 31, 2020 \"I could see [these Cisco vulnerabilities] being weaponized, but serious threat actors don't need it in their toolkit yet, if ever,\" Mursch says. How to Mitigate Cisco says it's still in the process of prepping patches. In the meantime, it has detailed steps administrators can take to reduce the risk of the flaws being exploited, although there are no full workarounds - only some partial mitigations. The first recommendation: Rate limit IGMP traffic. Cisco says administrators will need to know their current, normal rate of IGMP traffic, so they can set a rate that's lower than average. \"This command will not remove the exploit vector,\" Cisco's security advisory states. \"However, the command will reduce the traffic rate and increase the time necessary for successful exploitation. The customer can use this time to perform recovery actions.\" The advisory adds: \"As a second line of defense, a customer may implement an access control entry (ACE) to an existing interface access control list (ACL),\" to help block attackers. \"Alternatively, the customer can create a new ACL for a specific interface that denies DVMRP traffic inbound on that interface.\" Cisco's security advisory details precisely how that can be accomplished. 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Credit: AP/Nathan Howard PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, has added the state's largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies over their role in the region's deadly 2021 heat- dome event. The lawsuit, filed last year, accuses the companies' carbon emissions of being a cause of the heat-dome event, which shattered temperature records across the Pacific Northwest. About 800 people died in Oregon, Washington state and British Columbia in the heat wave, which hit in late June and early July 2021. An amended complaint was filed this week, adding NW Natural to a lawsuit that already named oil giants such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell as defendants. It accuses NW Natural, which provides gas to about 2 million people across the Pacific Northwest, of being responsible for \"a substantial portion\" of greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon and deceiving the public about the harm of such emissions. NW Natural said it can't comment in detail until it has completed reviewing the claims. \"However, NW Natural believes that these new claims are an attempt to divert attention from legal and factual laws in the case. NW Natural will vigorously contest the County's claims should they come to court,\" it said in an emailed statement. Sign up for the Daily Business newsletter Stay in the know on jobs, retail and all things business across Long Island. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy . According to the Center for Climate Integrity, it is the first time a gas utility has been named in a lawsuit accusing fossil fuel companies of climate deception. There are currently over two dozen such lawsuits that have been filed by state, local and tribal governments across the U.S., according to the group. The amended complaint also added the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, which describes itself as a research group on its website, to the lawsuit. The group has opposed the concept of human-caused global warming. A request for comment sent Friday to the email address on its website was returned to sender. Multnomah County is seeking $51.5 billion in damages, largely for what it estimates to be the cost of responding to the effects of extreme heat, wildfire and drought. \"We're already paying dearly in Multnomah County for our climate crisis — with our tax dollars, with our health and with our lives,\" county chair Jessica Vega Pederson said in a statement. \"Going forward we have to strengthen our safety net just to keep people safe.\" After the initial complaint was filed last year, ExxonMobil said the lawsuit didn't address climate change, while a Chevron lawyer said the claims were baseless. 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This comes after Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek reaffirmed the value of ESPN to the media company. \"We believe that ESPN is an asset that is well placed within the Walt Disney Company,\" Chapek told Reuters. The investor said in a tweet on Sunday that he looks forward to seeing ESPN Chairman James Pitaro execute on the growth and innovation plans, \"generating considerable synergies as part of\" Disney. Loeb, who runs Third Point, in August disclosed a stake of roughly $1 billion in Disney and announced plans to push the company to make a string of changes, from spinning off ESPN to buying back shares and adding board members. Chapek said that Walt Disney values ESPN as an asset, stating the sports broadcasting brand is \"well placed\" within the company. REUTERS Loeb, who runs Third Point, in August disclosed a stake of roughly $1 billion in Disney and announced plans to push the company to make a string of changes, from spinning off ESPN to buying back shares and adding board members. On Loeb's plan to push Disney to add new board members, Chapek defended the board, saying it had a broad \"range of skillsets\" and that the average tenure on it was four years. Third Point, which owns roughly 0.4% stake in Disney, has also proposed that Disney accelerate the timetable for buying the remaining stake in streaming service Hulu from minority stakeholder Comcast Corp ahead of the planned 2024 acquisition. Chapek told Reuters he has been in conversation with Comcast about accelerating the timetable for the acquisition. \"I would think it would make sense to them because it's inevitable,\" he said. 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India's largest gas firm GAIL has a long-term deal to import 2.85 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum from a Singapore-based unit of Russian gas producer Gazprom. The company has since June defaulted on the supply of 5 cargoes of LNG under that contract citing difficulty in sourcing gas due to sanctions, two sources briefed on the matter said. While the contract provides for making up of the volumes not supplied later, the Russian firm has so far nor indicated how and when it will make up for the lost volumes. Sources said Gazprom has told GAIL that it will from hereon supply LNG on a best endeavour basis. GAIL is now scouting for alternatives including tying up supplies from other sources in the U.S. and West Asia. Moscow has in recent months imposed sanctions on 31 companies, including the owner of the Polish part of the Yamal pipeline that carries Russian gas to Europe, as well as the former German unit of Gazprom. The move was aimed at cutting off Russian gas supplies to the sanctioned entities, which were largely based in countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. The companies sanctioned include Polish pipeline owner EuRoPol Gaz, Gazprom Germania and the Gazprom subsidiaries in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, U.K., as well as the U.S. and Singapore. GAIL has a contract with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore. But the ownership of this company was reorganised and it was now under Gazprom Germania. Since the sanctioned entities either do not have access or limited access to Russian gas, they are unable to fulfil their commitment to customers, sources said. GAIL, they said, is exploring legal options to enforce the contract. Previously, Gazprom made minor adjustments such as splitting shipments and rescheduling one cargo that was supposed to be delivered in May. But now it has defaulted on supply of 5 cargoes, including two in July. Under the deal, Gazprom is progressively increasing supplies to GAIL. It shipped 2 million tonnes of LNG in 2021 and is to supply 2.5 million tonnes in 2022. The full volume of 2.85 million tonnes is to be reached in 2023. GAIL expected Gazprom to supply about 40 LNG shipments in 2022, and a full contracted volume of 46 cargoes in 2023, under its term deal. Sources said the Gazprom unit hasn't provided a firm schedule for the supply of gas during the rest of the year and the situation could possibly be salvaged through diplomatic channels. The U.S. and European nations have imposed heavy sanctions on Russia since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine on February 24. Some western oil firms have announced exit from Russian projects and Indian firms are being considered a natural candidate to join in. India has raised oil imports from Russia after the Ukraine war despite criticism from the west and continues to engage with Moscow for business. 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The U.S. Military's Big Fear: What if They Can't Stop Drone Attacks? Here's What You Need to Remember: When a Stryker gunner released the so-called \"dead man's\" switch on the vehicle's 30mm cannon, a slow-moving ground drone target exploded into a cloud of smoke and fire, marking a demonstration of a new counter-drone sensor-shooter technology now in development for Army consideration. The four-foot drone, moving along a dusty test-firing range in Kingman, Arizona, appeared on the gunner's \"field of view\" targeting screen able to calculate the precise location, distance and speed of the enemy drone target. The exercise was designed to assess an emerging counter-drone weapon system called Anti-Unmanned Systems Defeat (AUDS) by integrating the system onto a Stryker vehicle and attacking air and ground drones. Attacking and destroying lower-flying small drones, ground robots or other kinds of unmanned threats is an emerging priority for the Army. This mission is quickly becoming more serious as small, swarming weaponized drones are more and more readily available on the international market. It is a challenge now taking center stage with Army weapons developers. For instance, the Army's Rapid Equipping Force — a special unit tasked with fast-tracking proven weapons and technologies to soldiers at war -- is developing \"drone buster\" weapons engineered to find and destroy attacking drone swarms. \"We are assisting currently deployed fighting force to disrupt and deter drone operations on a much larger scale,\" Col. Joe Bookard, Director of the Rapid Equipping Force, said in an interview with Warrior Maven. The AUDS system, built by Northrop Grumman and several sub-contractors, is one of a number of technologies being looked at by Army to defend against small and medium-sized drone attacks. AUDS uses a vehicle-mounted mast equipped with antennas, sensors and electronic warfare weapons. The system uses software to \"fuse\" sensor input from radar and cameras or electro-optical sensors. Northrop integrated and demonstrated the AUDS system on a Stryker vehicle during its Bushmaster Users Conference in early April in Kingman, Ariz. \"I can look at where the AUDS system is pointing and I can also see where my gun is pointing,\" Then, I release a switch and send a signal to the Remote Weapons System. I can release my dead man's switch and cue the gun,\" Willie Gabbard, Stryker gunner, Northrop Grumman. The Stryker's fire control system, which includes a Remote Weapons Station, targeting screen and manual controls, received the radar-camera fused information before tracking and \"locking on\" to the target. \"When we lase the target, it takes into consideration the distance and the environmental factors such as wind, pressure and elevation. Then, I hold the reticle on the target and take the shot,\" Gabbard explained. The target tracking, lock-on and fire functions are managed by a control stick and soft switches on the screen, allowing the gunner to slew the weapon onto the target. Inside the Stryker at the end of a row of black soldier seats, a TV-sized screen can show return images from radar \"pings\" sent from the mast, made by Northrop Subcontractor LITEYE. The location and speed info is then merged with camera systems intended to provide \"very precise visuals.\" Overall, the AUDS system is able to use its suite of integrated sensors to merge a range of otherwise disparate sources of data, to include latitude, longitude, elevation, heading and speed. AUDS is engineered to counter small and medium-sized ground and air drones, weapons that increasingly call upon new levels of autonomy and targeting to create complex attacks. The Army is already moving quickly on a Short Range Air and Missile Defense program built to fire Hellfire and Javelin missiles from Stryker vehicles to destroy air threats such as drones, helicopters or low-flying aircraft. AUDS is the kind of system which could potentially complement this system by adding an increased ability to track and destroy smaller, closer-in drone threats -- such as fast-approaching swarms. Dispersed groups of attacking drone swarms present a number of complications for the attacked force, according to a 2017 essay from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. The essay, called The Upside and Downside of Swarming Drones , discusses some of the reasons why drone swarms are difficult to defend against. \"Swarming is advantageous for offensive missions because it can overwhelm enemy defenses with a large number of potential targets. In a swarming attack the drones are dispersed, which makes it difficult and expensive for the adversary to defend itself. If 10 drones attack a target simultaneously and 7 are shot down, 3 will still be able to complete their mission,\" the essay, written by Irving Lachow, states. This kind of threat scenario forms part of the essential basis for ongoing fast-tracked development of a new \"proximity\" round able to explode in a specific, pre-determined point in space to create a small \"area\" explosion. Certain small drones can hit speeds of 60-to-70 miles per hour, and some are small enough to fit in the palm of the hand. Swarms of these can be dispatched to blanket an area with ISR, build-in redundancy so a mission can continue if one is destroyed or even become explosives themselves programmed to detonate upon impact. \"The proximity round has a sensor inside, so once the round is fired it will be actively looking for targets. When it gets close enough it will explode. It is similar to how and airburst round would attack a swarm of drones, yet with more of a shotgun effect,\" Jarod Krull, Communications Manager, Northrop Grumman, told Warrior in an interview. \"When it gets close enough to the drone swarm, it will explode.\" AUDS is also configured to take out drone threats without firing a shot -- a so-called non-kinetic solution. The masts are equipped with EW technology to both sense and jam enemy electronics and communications systems. The system can work with several kinds of EW weapons; one is a Northrop EW weapon called Freedom which passively listens or waits to detect enemy electronic signals. This is important for strategic reasons as it can enable EW operations to be more stealthy, you might say. The moment a signal is emitted, an electronic signature is created, something which can be detected by an enemy. Passive EW weapons, therefore, are designed to operate without requiring the Stryker to give away its position, or at least become more detectable. \"Freedom is a tracking system will fuse that data to give you accurate info,\" Krull added. Passive EW sensors, Krull explained, would be of particular relevance in a major-power, high-end conflict where giving away a signal could pose serious risks. \"The Russians were able to find where radar energy is on the battlefield during their invasion of Ukraine,\" Rob Menti, Business Development, Northrop Grumman, told Warrior during the AUDS demo in Ariz. Other EW weapons are what can be described as \"active,\" meaning they also send an EW signal forward to both detect and destroy enemy electronic signals. This kind of EW system will not only detect the presence of electronic activity but also emit signals to disable them. This is the kind of weapon which could be used to track and jam an attacking group of drones or incoming missiles. Bookard explained that using EW to attack enemy drones is a priority for the REF. \"We use innovative science to disrupt the signal. We can interfere. A non-kinetic solution reduces risks to soldiers and reduces collateral damage,\" Bookard said. AUDS integrated EW weapons are able to detect the RF signature from a transmitter controlling an unmanned system or simply \"ID the drone from those signals,\" Ryan Carlson, Deputy Air Tech Director, Air Defense, LITEYE, a Northrop subcontractor working on the system. Osborn previously served at the Pentagon as a Highly Qualified Expert with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army - Acquisition, Logistics & Technology. Osborn has also worked as an anchor and on-air military specialist at national TV networks. He has a Masters in Comparative Literature from Columbia University. Image: Flickr / The U.S. Army This article was first published in 2019. 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Facebook is targeting content with the phrase \"stop the steal,\" referring to false claims of election fraud. Twitter is targeting accounts that focus on the QAnon conspiracy theory. Both tech companies cited the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden as a reason for taking more stringent approaches to stamp out misinformation campaigns. It comes as social media companies are coming under withering criticism that they should have done more to stop the spread of baseless claims that the November election results were illegitimate. Twitter said it has suspended more than 70,000 accounts sharing content about QAnon, the fringe far-right conspiracy theory that is influential among many of President Trump's most loyal supporters. Among the false claims QAnon proponents put forward is that President Trump is fighting a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles. \"We've been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm,\" Twitter said in a statement Tuesday. \"Since Friday, more than 70,000 accounts have been suspended as a result of our efforts, with many instances of a single individual operating numerous accounts,\" Twitter added. \"These accounts were engaged in sharing harmful QAnon-associated content at scale and were primarily dedicated to the propagation of this conspiracy theory across the service.\" Facebook, citing its Coordinating Harm policy , said it was removing content that contains the phrase \"stop the steal\" from both its Facebook and Instagram platforms. \"We removed the original Stop the Steal group in November and have continued to remove Pages, groups and events that violate any of our policies, including calls for violence,\" Facebook said in a statement Monday. Facebook added that \"robust conversations\" will still be allowed on its platforms centered on the outcome of the election — but users attempting to assemble under the \"stop the steal\" phrase will no longer be able to. \"[W]ith continued attempts to organize events against the outcome of the US presidential election that can lead to violence, and use of the term by those involved in Wednesday's violence in DC, we're taking this additional step in the lead up to the inauguration,\" Facebook added. In the days after a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, Facebook, Twitter and other tech giants announced the suspension of Trump's verified accounts. The mayhem played in Washington last week after the president and his allies addressed supporters, imploring them to go to the Capitol as lawmakers were gathering to certify Biden's electoral victory. The violence left five people dead, including a Capitol Hill Police officer . A U.S. Air Force veteran who was part of the group storming the Capitol was killed by police. The rioting went on for hours before law enforcement officials were able to regain control. In the wake of the attack, Facebook said it was blocking Trump's accounts \"indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks\" while Twitter said Trump's suspension from its platform was permanent. 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An image of a missile strike by Ukrainian forces on a Russian airfield in occupied Crimea in August 2023. Defence Intelligence of Ukraine/YouTube Ukrainian forces have reportedly struck Russian air-defense systems in the occupied Crimean peninsula. Reports from X, formerly Twitter , indicate that Ukraine struck Russian air defenses with tactical ballistic missiles in Cape Tarkhankut, the western tip of Crimea. X account War Translate posted a screen shot of messages from \"Russian channels\" reporting the attack, which allegedly took place overnight. \"At night, the enemy attacked air defense system units at Cape Tarkhankut with ATACMS missiles, presumably with a cluster warhead,\" a translation reads. \"The enemy is trying to knock out entire air defense areas; intensified attacks are predicted against the backdrop of Kyiv's attempts to organize information and combat actions for Victory Day and the inauguration of the Supreme Commander.\" Newsweek has been unable to independently verify the claims at this point, and has contacted Ukraine's Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine for clarification via email. Ukraine previously destroyed a Russian S-400 air-defense system in Cape Tarkhankut on August 23, 2023. \"Given the limited number of such systems in the enemy's arsenal, this is a painful blow to the occupiers' air-defense system,\" intelligence officials from Ukraine said in a statement seen by The Kyiv Independent. Earlier in April 2024, Ukraine struck a large Russian airfield in Dzhankoi, Crimea. \"Today, the Ukrainian armed forces carried out a precise strike on the occupiers in Dzhankoi, on an airfield,\" Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky y said in a video address on April 17. \"Thank you, warriors. Thank you for your accuracy. Thank you to commander-in-chief [Oleksandr] Syrskyi for organizing this operation.\" That attack was the first time U.S. provided Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) missiles were used by Ukrainian forces. It is not yet known if the reported attack in Cape Tarkhankut used U.S. provided weapons. The l ong-ranges missiles were sent to Ukraine earlier this year at the request of President Joe Biden . Department of State spokesman Vedant Patel said the delivery was initially not announced publicly \"in order to maintain operational security for Ukraine at their request\". White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed to reporters this week that a \"significant number\" of the missiles, which can strike targets up to 185 miles away, had been provided to Ukraine. The supply of long-range missiles was originally dismissed by the Pentagon over fears that Ukraine could use them to strike targets deep within Russian territory, potentially sparking an escalation to the ongoing conflict. The Biden administration had previously supplied mid-range ATACMS missiles in September 2023. 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The plan, which was approved by the board of directors of the video game publisher Tuesday, also includes eliminating \"several projects in development\" and \"streamlining its organizational structure,\" leading to the layoffs. 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The contracts, awarded by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), and Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) present a three percent increase from the 2022 performance of $1.92 billion,Business Opportunity Manager for SNEPCo's Bonga South-West Aparo Project Olaposi Fadahunsi,disclosed these in Yenagoa,Balyesa State. He spoke at the 13th edition of the Practical Nigerian Content forum with the theme \"Deepening the Next Frontier for Nigerian Content Implementation\". Fadahunsi, who represented SNEPCo's Managing Director, Ron Adams, told participants at the opening of the forum that several benefitting companies had taken advantage of the patronage to expand their operations and improve their expertise and financial strength. \"Shell companies execute a large proportion of their activities through contracts with third parties, and Nigeria-registered companies have been key beneficiaries of this policy aimed at powering Nigeria's progress,\" Fadahunsi said. He commended the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for ensuring compliance with the Nigerian Content Act. 135 Killed In Football Stadium Crush GEJ, Diri, Diete-Spiff, Others Celebrate Bayelsa ex-MILAD, Olubolade @70 NCDMB Launches New Contracting Cycle Guidelines As Stakeholders Demand Gas Investment Requirements' Review In addition to contract awards, Shell companies have implemented projects under the Human Capital Development Fund, including the Niger Delta University learning centre and digital library project and the Federal University of Technology Information Technology Hub. Both projects were inaugurated this year, in collaboration with SPDC Joint Venture partners – Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), TotalEnergies and Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited (NAOC). Other projects include the University of Lagos Geosciences Centre of Excellence, Nigeria Diving School and funding of ongoing research at the University of Ibadan to develop a synthetic-based drilling fluid. Shell Companies in Nigeria also continue to develop indigenous manpower through scholarship programmes with over 3,772 undergraduate and 109 Niger Delta post graduate scholarships since 2016. Fadahunsi added: \"As we speak, beneficiaries of the 13th edition of the Niger Delta Post Graduate Scholarship awards are pursuing their studies in the United Kingdom. The employability rate of the scheme is high with over 98% of the graduates who won the awards securing employment in the oil and gas industry, academia and Information Technology, among other sectors, within one year of completing their studies. 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With annual rainfall hitting record lows , water is a scarce commodity doled out to the rich elite while the rest barely get enough to survive. Crops are failing, and children are dying at alarming rates. The grim backdrop for Netflix's recent Korean sci-fi thriller, The Silent Sea , might seem like an unusual one. What's the connection between the deadly drought on Earth — likely driven by the climate crisis — and the lunar mission at the heart of this series? But it quickly becomes clear why scientists and astronauts teamed up on this death-defying mission to the Balhae Station — a Moonbase where many people perished in a mysterious accident five years ago. It's because there's a coveted substance on the Moon: lunar water . As the show puts it, that lunar water could be a gift for humanity — or a deadly threat. But is there really water on the Moon , and could it help us establish a lunar base like the one in the series? Going even further: Could we drink and maybe even mine lunar water if we ran out of water on Earth? \"Scientists are very interested in lunar water, and its use for humans,\" Sara Russell , a senior research lead in planetary science at the UK's Natural History Museum, tells Inverse . Intrigued? Let's dive in. (Spoilers ahead for The Silent Sea .) Reel Science is an Inverse series that reveals the real (and fake) science behind your favorite movies and TV. Is there water on the Moon? In The Silent Sea , a research team of astrobiologists, doctors, engineers, and astronauts set off on a top-secret mission to recover a classified substance from the Moon. They soon discover that the substance they are after is lunar water. As it turns out, the creators of The Silent Sea didn't invent the concept of Moon water out of thin air, though it hasn't always been accepted as scientific fact. \"Scientists studying lunar rocks for the first time, when the Apollo and Luna missions returned, thought the Moon seemed to be completely dry,\" Russell says. But a 2018 NASA discovery confirmed there is indeed watery ice in frozen craters located in the Moon's polar regions. The show even references the Moon's craters in its name. The Silent Sea is a term 17th-century astronomers used to refer to the dark spots on the Moon, which scientists now recognize as craters known as \"maria.\" \"The Moon seemed to be completely dry .\" Subsequent studies in 2020 have shown that water ice may be more abundant and spread across the Moon's surface than we previously thought. \"Observations from NASA missions and other spacecraft suggest there are substantial quantities of water stored in so-called permanently shadowed regions — locations typically inside craters very close to the pole, where no sunlight has reached for at least a billion years,\" Paul Hayne , an author of one of the 2020 studies and an assistant professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, tells Inverse . Casey Honniball , a researcher on one of the 2020 studies and a postdoctoral fellow at NASA, tells Inverse water may have been brought to the Moon early in its history by icy bodies like comets, or perhaps even solar winds . It's also possible micrometeorites are constantly impacting the Moon and bringing with them the chemical group hydroxyl, which then converts to water. \"Note: there is no liquid water on the Moon, and so, swimming is not a thing,\" Honniball says It's still unclear exactly how much water there is on the Moon, though NASA is sending a rover, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover ( VIPER ), to explore the permanently shadowed regions containing water. \"There is a lot we do know and a lot we don't know about lunar water still,\" Honnibal says. \"That's drier than the Sahara Desert.\" But there may be as much as 240,000 Olympic swimming pools worth of water, constituting roughly 160 billion gallons of water. That's not a lot by Earth standards. \"Outside the [permanently shadowed regions], we have measured about a 12-ounce bottle of water per cubic meter of soil. That's drier than the Sahara Desert,\" Honniball says. But according to an email statement provided to Inverse by lunar researchers at the Planetary Science Institute, we can use remote sensing data to scout for places on the Moon that \"might be useful for sustained human presence\" — i.e., likely to contain water — perhaps helping us one day establish a base there similar to the one seen in The Silent Sea . NASA is also gearing up to establish a Moonbase through its Artemis mission. Elon Musk will surely be thrilled. Can we drink Moon water? Drinking Moon water plays a crucial — and deadly — role in The Silent Sea . The scientists quickly discover that the coveted Moon water has dangerous effects on the human body. \"There are other volatiles besides water in the lunar cold traps. Some of these may be harmful to humans,\" Hayne says. He says there may be trace amounts of the neurotoxin mercury and the dangerous compound toluene, which arrives on the Moon via comets. There's also likely lunar regolith — Moon soil — mixed in with the water, which would be harmful to humans. \"Regolith is really bad for humans because it's a super fine-grained soil, almost like flour, but with really jagged edges. It can cause damage to humans if it gets into the body because of how jagged they are. \"You would need to purify it.\" But if we could filter and purify lunar water to root out these contaminants, we could probably drink it safely, unlike the characters in The Silent Sea . \"You would need to purify it by melting it and separating it from lunar regolith and any other chemicals present,\" Honniball says. After purification, the water will be the exact same as water on Earth, so there's no reason to assume it would cause harm. Hayne adds, \"there would only be a hazard if anyone was foolish enough to drink or bathe in the water without filtering it.\" Can we mine Moon water? Scientists in the movie predict Earth's water supply will decrease 40 percent in the next ten years. The implication: lunar water could be examined, and, perhaps, mined to save humans from their demise. But could we really try to mine lunar water to alleviate our current water shortages? \"The answer to this one is an unequivocal, 'Absolutely not!\" Hayne says. The Moon's polar ice caps have 10 billion tons of water, which \"wouldn't even put the Moon's entire water supply in the ranking of large lakes on Earth.\" Honniball agrees. \"Unfortunately, there isn't enough water on the Moon to combat drought on Earth,\" she says. She estimates you could only provide \"one-fifth of the world's population with water for one day\" using lunar water. Hayne adds, \"Frankly, the premise is ridiculous, not only for the reason that the Moon is still 'bone dry' compared to Earth, but also because Earth is in no danger of running out of water.\" \"Earth is in no danger of running out of water.\" Even with current megadroughts, there are still probably far more Earth options — like water desalination plants — that we would try before attempting to mine water from the Moon. While scientists are interested in Moon water, it's mainly to beef up lunar missions — not to provide water to humans back on Earth, as The Silent Sea suggests. \"Mostly the interest is in using local water for humans already working on lunar bases, or perhaps as a \"filling station\" for space missions going further afield,\" Russell says. All in all, the watery advantages of Earth – including its enormously large, stable, volumes of liquid water — far outweigh any benefits of extracting water from the Moon, he says. \"Given we live on such a watery, ocean-covered planet, it is hard to see how humans could mess up Earth so badly that scavenging water from the Moon seems like a good option.\" The Silent Sea is streaming now on Netflix.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "University of Colorado, Boulder", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "University of Colorado, Boulder", "length": 31, "offset": 3017}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Inverse", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Inverse", "length": 7, "offset": 1333}, {"position_text": "Inverse", "length": 7, "offset": 1426}, {"position_text": "Inverse", "length": 7, "offset": 3056}, {"position_text": "Inverse", "length": 7, "offset": 3165}, {"position_text": "Inverse", "length": 7, "offset": 4273}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "NASA", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NASA", "length": 4, "offset": 2119}, {"position_text": "NASA", "length": 4, "offset": 2637}, {"position_text": "NASA", "length": 4, "offset": 3153}, {"position_text": "NASA", "length": 4, "offset": 3607}, {"position_text": "NASA", "length": 4, "offset": 4581}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Planetary Science Institute", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Planetary Science Institute", "length": 27, "offset": 4309}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Natural History Museum", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Natural History Museum", "length": 22, "offset": 1303}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 406, "text": "Sheryl Sandberg officially steps down as COO of Meta\nIt's the end of an era at the company formerly known as Facebook. Sheryl Sandberg has officially stepped down as Chief Operating Officer on August 1st, as revealed by a SEC filing noticed by TechCrunch . In the filing, Meta said Javier Olivan is now the company's COO and that Sandberg will only remain an employee until September 30th. After that and going forward, Sandberg will serve as a member of Meta's Board and will receive compensation as a non-employee director. Sandberg first announced that she was leaving her role as COO of Meta after 14 years in early June. Mark Zuckerberg revealed at the time that Olivan will take on the COO role, but that his responsibilities will be different from Sandberg's. Olivan will have a \"more traditional COO role where [he] will be focused internally and operationally, building on his strong track record of making our execution more efficient and rigorous,\" the company CEO said. As The Wall Street Journal noted in a piece about Sandberg back in June, she joined Facebook in 2008 and led the business side of the company, allowing Zuckerberg to focus on engineering work. In more recent years, she became the face of the social network when it comes to leading public response to controversies, such as the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Before Sandberg announced her departure, The Journal reported that the Meta COO used company resources to help kill negative reporting about Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who she was dating at the time. In mid-June, the publication also reported that Meta's lawyers are investigating Sandberg's use of the company's resources and employees for her foundation and to promote her book Option B . Sandberg is leaving the company just as it has started preparing for \"serious times .\" In a meeting with employees, Zuckerberg revealed that Meta is experiencing \"one of the worst downturns [it has seen] in recent history.\" As a result, Meta had to slash its target number for new engineers this year. In addition, company leadership reportedly told managers to identify poor performers and to \"move to exit\" them if they can't get back on track. All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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Ltd., the parent of the Sobeys, Farm Boy and Safeway grocery chains, jumped by more than a third in the first quarter as improved sales and cost cutting efficiencies took hold while the company expands. Adjusted net earnings for the three months to Aug. 3 rose by 34 per cent to $133.9 million or 49 cents a share compared with $100.2 million or 37 cents a share during the same period last year, the company said in a statement. Same-store sales excluding fuel increased by 2.4 per cent, it said. \"Our results, in the face of a late start to the seasonal summer weather, underline our confidence in our strengthening business,\" Empire president and chief executive officer Michael Medline said in the statement. \"Strong margins, good sales growth and Project Sunrise benefits all underpin a solid quarter,\" he said, referring to the cost-cutting program. The Stellarton, Nova Scotia-based company is targeting $550 million in savings by next year through its Sunrise reorganizational plan with $300 million already achieved over fiscal 2018 and 2019, it said. The plan has seen organizational design, strategic sourcing cost reductions and improvements in store operations. Total sales rose 4.4 per cent to $6.74 billion driven by strong performance across the business, the consolidation of results from Farm Boy, an Ontario retailer it bought a year ago, and positive internal food price inflation partially offset by lower fuel prices, it said. Sobeys continues the expansion of its discount FreshCo format in Western Canada, saying it's on track to open 65 locations by 2022 as it rebrands about a quarter of its 255 locations. It's also expanding Farm Boy locations in Ontario and Empire's online operations around Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, with plans for first deliveries around Toronto next spring. 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If confirmed, a new order from such a major carrier would give Boeing's 737 MAX a sorely needed commercial boost as the U.S. planemaker tries to move beyond a crisis that has hammered its finances. It would also mark a post-crisis test of the balance of power between Boeing and Airbus (PA:AIR). The European planemaker is battling to keep a foothold in Alaska Airlines, which had operated an all-Boeing fleet until it acquired Virgin America in 2016. However, any new deal between Alaska Airlines and Boeing is expected to include significant discounts given the MAX's woes and plunging demand for airplanes during the coronavirus crisis, industry sources said. It was not immediately clear how many jets it may buy. The talks are among several discussions Boeing is having with airlines, hoping to stimulate demand for the jet when it returns to the air. Analysts caution cutting prices too far could rattle some existing customers. 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With this new service, the airline continues to strengthen connectivity across the Americas, providing more direct flight options to Latin America with a product designed to let customers choose how they want to travel. The route will be operated by Avianca's Airbus A320 fleet, with a capacity of 180 passengers, representing a weekly offer of 1,440 seats. \"We continue to strengthen connectivity across the Americas, offering our customers more options to travel directly between the United States and Colombia. We are excited to give travelers a new way to reach Bogotá from Dallas, adding to our 21 routes between the U.S. and Latin America during peak seasons. Bogotá is undoubtedly a vibrant destination, rich in history, culture, and fascinating places to explore\"; said Rolando Damas, Avianca's Sales Director for North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe. This new route joins Avianca's existing operations between the United States and Colombia, including: Miami-Medellín, Orlando-Medellín, New York-Pereira, New York- Medellín, Fort Lauderdale-Medellín, Miami-Cartagena, New York-Cartagena, Miami-Cali, New York-Cali, Tampa-Bogotá, Chicago-Bogotá, Miami-Bogotá, Orlando-Bogotá, New York- Bogotá, Washington-Bogotá, Fort Lauderdale-Bogotá, Boston-Bogotá, and Miami- Barranquilla. 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The panel of all-star experts in water and global markets and finance is focused on water investing during an era of extreme water scarcity. This is a marquee event 40 years in the making. It is designed as a knowledge catalyst about a burgeoning global water marketplace where investors can support game-changing innovations that will solve immense resource challenges. During NY Water Week, 18-24 March, the city and world will be awash with conversations about water scarcity and water infrastructure. Water scarcity is shaping up to be one of the most challenging climate issues of our time. And it's critically serious. According to the UN, by 2050 about 80 percent of the world will be in absolute water scarcity. \"The race to stabilize GDPs and save millions of lives has begun and humanity is falling farther and farther behind — we are at an inflection point. It's time for definitive actions,\" said Dr. David Stuckenberg, the panel moderator, water scientist, and co-founder at Genesis Systems, a water technology company developing utility-scale water from air. The Official UN 2023 Water Conference Side Panel is called: \"The Coming Age of Water Investment in a Time of Water Scarcity.\" The panel is being held in conjunction with the first Water Conference at the United Nations in 40 years. The sanctioned UN event, the first held at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square, will bring together the premier water and market experts in the world representing Wall Street, Main Street, Government, and industry to help market leaders and investors understand the opportunities for collaboration to solve global scarcity challenges (sustainable development goal 6). According to Dr. Richard Thorsten: Chief Insights Officer at Water.Org, a co-convener of the panel, \"New investments are critical to promote sustainable water and sanitation services, especially among those living in poverty in an age of increasing freshwater scarcity. Innovative financing models that combine and apply private, public, and philanthropic capital must be created and deployed to achieve our water and climate sustainable development goals.\" The aim of this benchmark market conversation is to bring together major global capital markets to understand the enormity of opportunities in investing and supporting sustainable and renewable water supplies. Sir George Kearns, Chairman and CEO of MCC Worldwide, a global free trade zone developer noted, \"It's straight forward, if you want global commerce to continue to thrive, you must make the needed investments in water. What that will look like going forward is markedly different from the past – and that spells opportunities for capital markets to uplift humanity.\" In addition to the hosts: the UN, Government of the UK, NASDAQ, and Genesis Systems; co-convening organizations and panelists include Water.org, Danu Venture Group, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), MCC Worldwide, Eight Points Asset Management, Global XPrize Foundation, Miss Global America (as a water ambassador), and members of the world's youth. Market growth surrounding water is expected to be substantial in the next decade. This presents many opportunities to investors and stakeholders to join forces to create lasting societal change. Members of the press and media are invited to attend this event at the Nasdaq MarketSite at 4 Time Square, on March 24 at 08:30-11:00 ET. 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Carlson is still under contract to News Corp., however, and his Tucker Carlson Today shows are still in the archive lineup. But his sidelining has created a media feeding frenzy. Newsmax also seems to be in the hunt. Backchannels — and in the case of Valuetainment, a publicity-grabbing front channel — have opened up as media companies hope to steal market share on the Right from the Fox News Channel. When Tucker Carlson Tonight was canceled by the Fox News Channel, the outspoken print and broadcast journalist completed a personal career trifecta. Who else has been kicked to the curb by CNN, MSNBS, and now FNC? Television does make strange bedfellows. It also says a lot about Carlson's independent streak as a journalist that he has such a diverse group of opponents. He seems to have afflicted the powerful and comforted the afflicted right across the political spectrum. WABC radio's James Golden, aka Bo Snerdley, former call screener and friend of the late Rush Limbaugh, said Rush got sick and tired of being fired. After being let go seven times, Limbaugh decided he would never be fired again. Instead, he would own his product and sell it to distributors. Golden thinks Tucker Carlson is a prime candidate to do the same thing. $100 million may not be that much of an offer, after all. It is in the range of what Carlson is getting now. And he was about to begin new contract talks with Fox. To clean up an old phrase, Carlson already has enough \"buzz off\" money to live out the rest of his days nicely. Like Jack Parr of early Tonight Show fame, Tucker could leave at the top of his game and let others scramble to the top. While many conflicting reasons are given for taking Tucker off the air, they all can't be true. It is broadly clear the decision was based on corporate logic and personality. Fox had eight times as much cash on hand as needed to execute a corporate takeover of Dominion Voting Systems. Instead, they chose to settle what seemed to be a frivolous lawsuit by Dominion. It is one Fox would likely have won on appeal once out of the biased Delaware political and judicial system. This set off a chain of events. Fox's risk assessment committee may have then come down against Carlson. None of the \"suits\" in the media management world are fully at home employing a talent with the irrepressible ability to commit free speech. Especially if the talent says unpleasant truths regulators and the politically powerful in Washington don't want to hear. News Corp. needs friends in high places like any ambitious multinational, and it appears they will only rock the boat so far. Related: The Fox News Feud With Tucker Carlson Is About to Get Ugly On a personal level, according to Mark Simone of WOR radio, Tucker may have at some time said something less than charitable about the Murdoch family. More often than business textbooks might admit, having a friend in high places is essential to survival in corporate battles. Irritating the family that employs you can spell doom when a decision is kicked to the top. No risk assessment committee member ever lost their job by selecting a low-risk plodder over a talented risk taker; that is when you need a friend in a high place to protect you. That said, being benched may not be the end for Tucker Carlson at the Fox News Channel. Rupert Murdoch has a history of giving up properties and positions to appease angry politicians and then reversing course. Under pressure from the late Democrat Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, federal regulators forbid News Corp. from owning print and broadcast media in the same market. 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IKIN engaged with Unity Professional Services to collaborate on the development and certification of the SDK for release. The Android SDK provides designers with tools to incorporate holograms and interactive volumetric content in new and existing games and applications for Android devices. IKIN delivers state-of-the-art holographic technology for business and consumer use through its RYZ product line - which is comprised of the RYZ mobile app, RYZ Accessory, and RYZ Framework. SDKs and APIs provided through the RYZ Framework enable the creation of full solid-state optical 3D holographic imagery within many mobile apps. \"Developers working on the Unity platform can simply drag the IKIN SDK library onto the design desktop and begin adding holograms and interactive volumetric elements to their products in the same manner they already employ with other libraries,\" said Taylor Scott, IKIN Chief Technology Officer and Founder. \"Complementing our iOS SDK released early this year, the Android SDK provides new dimensional options that, when utilized with IKIN's RYZ Accessory, allow every developer and user to experience interactive 3D holographic images projected in open space above the phone.\" IKIN's XR SDK library for Unity facilitates the deployment of multidimensional, volumetric rendering for Android devices through seamless integration, which shortens learning curves and sparks innovation. Capabilities enabled by IKIN include interactive motion between holographic and standard screen environments, empowering new and different gameplay options. \"App designers are at the heart of innovation and are always looking for new and exciting tools and technologies that will give their products a boost ahead of the competition,\" continued Scott. \"Holograms have been the stuff of dreams for many years, and we are extremely proud to enable developers to convert fantasy into reality. IKIN not only gives them the tools to integrate holograms, it also provides the vehicles through which users will enjoy them.\" Planned for field trials in early 2021, the RYZ Accessory, compatible with current Android devices, and the RYZ mobile app put holographic capabilities into users' hands. Its advanced holographic technology moves beyond existing AR and VR approaches by enabling display and touch manipulation of holograms in ambient light without the use of goggles or other specialized equipment. To learn more about IKIN's RYZ solutions, please visit www.ikininc.com. About IKIN, Inc. IKIN is an innovator of visual technology that enables customers and partners to offer high-resolution 3D volumetric imaging to businesses and consumers. The company has patented technology that enables solid state holograms to exist in ambient light. IKIN offers its RYZ Framework to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and developers looking to utilize holographic displays as a differentiator for vertical market applications. 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The world's second-largest cinema chain said it will apply for administration for the London-listed company in July, which will see shares in the firm suspended. But it stressed the move will not impact the British operations for the holding company, with cinemas continuing to remain open as usual. It has 128 cinemas across the UK and Ireland. Cineworld filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US last year after being weighed down by its mammoth debts and weaker-than-hoped audience numbers. The group, which also owns the Picturehouse brand, is moving forward with plans to restructure its roughly five billion US dollars (£3.9 billion) debt pile to allow it to exit bankruptcy. It aims to reduce debts by around 4.53 billion US dollars (£3.6 billion) with a plan to raise 800 million US dollars (£628 million) through a rights offering, while also securing 1.46 billion US dollars (£1.1 billion) of new debt financing. The restructuring plan is set to wipe out shareholders in the cinema chain in order to support its lenders and creditors. Cineworld said: \"Cineworld continues to operate its global business and cinemas as usual without interruption and this will not be affected by the entry of Cineworld Group plc into administration. \"The group and its brands around the world – including Regal, Cinema City, Picturehouse and Planet – are continuing to welcome customers to cinemas as usual. 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Construction News revealed in February that Skanska UK was in the final stages of planning to bring BoKlok, its JV homes partnership with Ikea, to the UK. CN revealed that the firm would not set up a factory in the UK to produce the units, but instead manufacture them abroad and import them. Worthing Council said in a report that it had been working with BoKlok on how to \"provide the local market with a new and innovative pathway to affordable home ownership, while increasing and accelerating the provision of new affordable homes for rent\". The local authority has identified a site on which the company could build homes and said the firm's modular approach would \"significantly increase the number of affordable homes and low cost units\". Worthing Council executive member for regeneration Kevin Jenkins said: \"The fact these homes can be built quickly, to a high quality, and meet top environmental standards makes this an extremely attractive proposition, and I look forward to the council working closely with BoKlok moving forward.\" A spokesman for BoKlok said the firm was exploring a number of sites for development in the south and west of England. A final decision from Worthing Council is expected later this year. 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The public markets served their purpose for Harold Hamm. Now he doesn't need them anymore. The pioneering oil wildcatter announced today that Continental Resources CLR , the company he founded in 1967, has agreed to his offer of $74.28 a share for the 58 million shares (or 17%) of the company that he and his five children do not yet own. The takeaway price has been sweetened from the $70/share it first offered in June. Fascinating that Hamm says in SEC filings that he doesn't need outside help to raise the $4.3 billion needed to complete this $27 billion LBO. Financing will consist of cash, Continental's existing credit facilities plus a new term loan. Continental's board approved the deal. It makes no sense to cast a shareholder vote when Hamm already has 83%. The takeaway price seems reasonable, equating to an enterprise value of approximately $70,000 per barrel of daily flowing of Continental's 400,000 barrels per day of oil and gas production volumes. That's in line with the average of publicly traded companies, according to data from Credit Suisse analyst William Janela. Alternatively, the deal values ​​Continental at about seven times its projected free cash flow of $4 billion this year. Continental currently has $6 billion in long-term debt, which is likely to rise to about $9 billion after the buyout closes. This debt burden will have an impact on Hamm's ranking on TBEN' lists of richest Americans. TBEN currently assigns him and his children (to whom he has transferred shares) a net worth of $20.7 billion, based almost entirely on listed Continental stock. But when the company goes private, that debt would essentially shift from owed by a publicly traded company to owed by Hamm and family, and so would be subtracted from his TBEN estimated net worth. Ironically, Hamm was able to complete this biggest deal of his career, only to see his \"net worth\" drop by nearly half. However you slice it, Hamm – that landed no. 21 on this year's TBEN 400 list – is a wild oil slick for the first vote. The 13th child of Oklahoma tenant farmers, he picked cotton barefoot as a child and began working at a gas station at age 16 to support his family. He started his own transportation company to transport water to and from oil fields – and made early profits by extracting oil from wastewater. In 1967, at age 21, he launched Shelly Dean Oil Company and in 1971 borrowed to drill his first well. In 2007, he floated Continental and helped pioneer the transformative combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Hamm has said the lack of public market support for fossil fuel producers has prompted him to privatize. Markets are indeed fickle; in March 2020, as oil prices tumbled toward zero, Continental stocks bottomed out below $10. Hamm, 77, has said being a private company will give Continental more freedom of action. There's no telling if he has any other deals in mind to expand existing operations in North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming — where he has enough drilling inventory to last 11 years at current levels of drilling activity. The fossil fuel tycoon is also working to reduce its carbon footprint. Earlier this year, he pledged $250 million for an ambitious project to collect industrial carbon dioxide emissions from Midwestern ethanol distilleries, route it to North Dakota and permanently inject it deep underground. After this LBO, it no longer matters to him whether shareholders think this is a good idea. Cover story from 2014. TBEN MORE FROM TBEN Harold Hamm: The Billionaire Oiler Fueling America's Recovery Through Christopher Helman MORE FROM TBEN Rough Psychic: Texas' New Bible-Stunning Oil Billionaire Through Christopher Helman MORE FROM TBEN Fracking billionaire Harold Hamm plans to reverse course and pump millions of tons of carbon into the Earth Through Christopher Helman The post How Harold Hamm's Oil Mega Deal Could Ultimately Take Him Off Billionaires' Rankings appeared first on The Bharat Express News .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Bharat Express News", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bharat Express News", "length": 19, "offset": 4207}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Credit Suisse", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Credit Suisse", "length": 13, "offset": 1287}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "America", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "America", "length": 7, "offset": 3796}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Oklahoma", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Oklahoma", "length": 8, "offset": 2278}, {"position_text": "Oklahoma", "length": 8, "offset": 3199}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 417, "text": "Challenges arise as Russia calls for gas payments in roubles\nin General Energy News 27/03/2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the world's largest natural gas producer would soon require \"unfriendly\" countries to pay for their fuel in Russia's currency, the rouble. The requirement raised new hurdles for the mostly European gas purchasers that buy Russian gas. Europe gets about 40% of its gas from Russia, paying largely the 200 million to 800 million euro ($880 million) per day bill in euros and dollars. Putin gave the Russian central bank and government officials one week to come up with a way to shift payment to the Russian currency. State gas company Gazprom also was ordered to revise its contracts to accommodate the move. WHAT IS BEHIND THE CHANGE? The European Union is considering sanctions and the United States, Britain and Canada slapped sanctions on Russia's central bank and energy imports, dealing a blow to the country's economy to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. If Russia gets paid for gas in roubles, it could avoid some of those financial sanctions. Nearly all Russian gas purchase contracts are denominated in euros or U.S. dollars, according to consultancy Rystad Energy. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which the country has called a \"special operation\", the rouble has plummeted as much as 85% against the U.S. dollar. It has since rebounded against the dollar and briefly spiked on Wednesday's announcement. WHY DOES IT MATTER? Europe depends heavily on Russian gas for heating and power generation and European Union members are split on whether they can sanction Russia's energy sector. The European wholesale gas futures benchmark, TTF, briefly topped $44 per million British thermal units on Wednesday in response to Putin's call for payments in roubles. Eastbound gas flows via the Yamal-Europe pipeline from Germany to Poland declined sharply, data from the Gascade pipeline operator showed on Wednesday. HOW POSSIBLE IS THE TRANSITION? It is unlikely Russia has the power to unilaterally change the terms of contracts already in existence, said legal experts. \"Contracts are made between two parties, and it is usually in U.S. dollars or euros. So if one party unilaterally says 'no, you're going to pay in this' Well, there's no contract,\" said Tim Harcourt, chief economist at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance at the University of Technology Sydney. \"It is not clear how serious a demand this is,\" said Susan Sakmar, a visiting law professor at the University Houston and a liquefied natural gas business consultant. Wednesday's rise in the rouble-dollar exchange and jump in European wholesale gas prices may be the point, she said. \"It would take a long time for something like this to happen. In the meantime, Putin can keep prices elevated. That's serving his interests well.\" IS THERE A MECHANISM AVAILABLE? Bulgarian Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov said a financial counterparty in Sofia could handle transactions in roubles. \"We're expecting all kinds of actions on the verge of the unusual but this scenario has been discussed, so there's no risk for the payments under the existing contract,\" he said. Claudio Galimberti, a senior vice president at Rystad, said it is possible for Russia to devise new contracts that require payment in roubles, but it would require governments to hold roubles in their central banks or buy them on the open market. WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS? Russia, China, Iran and others have hit at the dominance of the U.S. dollar in global trade and the frequency at which Washington applies financial sanctions. For Russia, the move would pressure its ability to service foreign debt and cut imports, further squeezing its economy, said Liam Peach, a Capital Economics Emerging Europe economist. For the United States, a successful switch could contribute to a lessening of the dollar's role in global trade as the rouble, yuan or other currencies rise in trade. That would have long-term implications for U.S. borrowing and financing costs. 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(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Hassan Ammar AP SANAA, Yemen A Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen unleashed a barrage of airstrikes on the capital and a strategic Red Sea city, officials said Saturday. At least seven people were killed. The overnight airstrikes on Sanaa and Hodeida — both held by the Houthis — came a day after the rebels attacked an oil depot in the Saudi city of Jiddah, their highest-profile assault yet on the kingdom. Brig. Gen. Turki al-Malki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, said the strikes targeted \"sources of threat\" to Saudi Arabia, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency. He said the coalition intercepted and destroyed two explosives-laden drones early Saturday. He said the drones were launched from Houthi-held civilian oil facilities in Hodeida, urging civilians to stay away from oil facilities in the city. Footage circulated online showed flames and plumes of smoke over Sanaa and Hodeida. Associated Press journalists in the Yemeni capital heard loud explosions that rattled residential buildings there. The Houthis said the coalition airstrikes hit a power plant, a fuel supply station and the state-run social insurance office in the capital. A Houthi media office claimed an airstrike hit houses for guards of the social insurance office, killing at least seven people and wounding three others, including women and children. The office shared images it said showed the aftermath of the airstrike. It showed wreckage in the courtyard of a social insurance office with the shattered windows of a nearby multiple-story building. In Hodeida, the Houthi media office said the coalition hit oil facilities in violation of a 2018 cease-fire deal that ended months of fighting in Hodeida, which handles about 70% of Yemen's commercial and humanitarian imports. The strikes also hit the nearby Port Salif, also on the Red Sea. Al-Malki, the coalition spokesperson, was not immediately available for comment on the Houthi claims. The escalation is likely to complicate efforts by the U.N. special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to reach a humanitarian truce during the holy month of Ramadan\" in early April. It comes as the Gulf Cooperation Council plans to host the warring sides for talks late this month. The Houthis however have rejected Riyadh — the Saudi capital where the GCC is headquartered — as a venue for talks, which are expected to include an array of Yemeni factions. Yemen's brutal war erupted in 2014 after the Houthis seized Sanaa. Months later, Saudi Arabia and its allies launched a devastating air campaign to dislodge the Houthis and restore the internationally recognized government. The conflict has in recent years become a regional proxy war that has killed more than 150,000 people, including over 14.500 civilians. It also created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. The Houthis' Friday attack came ahead of a Formula One race in the kingdom on Sunday, raising concerns about Saudi Arabia's ability to defend itself against the Iranian-backed rebels. Friday's attack targeted the same fuel depot that the Houthis had attacked in recent days — the North Jiddah Bulk Plant that sits just southeast of the city's international airport and is a crucial hub for Muslim pilgrims heading to Mecca. In Egypt, hundreds of passengers were stranded at Cairo International Airport after their Jiddah-bound flights were canceled because of the Houthi attack, according to airport officials. The kingdom's flagship carrier Saudia announced the cancelation of two flights on its website. The two had 456 passengers booked. A third canceled flight with 146 passengers was operated by the low-cost Saudi airline Flynas. 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Janjgir- A fake branch claiming to be of the State Bank of India (SBI) was unearthed in Chhattisgarh's Sakti district following which police booked its three operators, a police official said on Sunday. Agency News PTI | Sep 29, 2024 09:36 PM IST Janjgir-Champa, Sep 29 (PTI) A fake branch claiming to be of the State Bank of India (SBI) was unearthed in Chhattisgarh's Sakti district following which police booked its three operators, a police official said on Sunday. The bogus branch was being run in Chhapora village under Malkharauda police station limits, Sakti Additional Superintendent of Police Rama Patel said. Sakti, adjoining Janjgir-Champa district, is around 200 km from the state capital Raipur. Also Read | Mann Ki Baat 2024: PM Narendra Modi Praises Women-Led Group in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur for Turning Barren Land Into 'Food Forest'. The fraudulent banking unit was set up in a rented shop in a commercial complex on September 18, with posters and banners of SBI installed there, she said. Suspecting something was phoney, some locals complained about it. A team from SBI's regional office in Korba inspected the branch and found it to be fake, she said. Also Read | Bhadrak Internet Ban: Internet Services Suspension Extended for Another 48 Hours in Violence-Hit Odisha District. After being alerted by the public sector bank on Friday, police raided the place, the official said. Five employees were found to be working in the fake branch. They claimed to have been hired through interviews, Patel said, adding that the employees are currently being interrogated. Police have seized computers and other materials from the fake branch. A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against its three operators, including a person who claimed to be the manager and was said to be the mastermind of the fraud, the official said. Efforts are being made to trace the accused, another police official said. A probe is underway to ascertain how many people opened accounts with the fake branch and how much money the conmen collected from them, he said. 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SHANGHAI — Several global brands said they were committed to their sustainability goals, as they showcased their green initiatives at the ongoing China International Import Expo in Shanghai. L'Oréal, the French cosmetics firm which celebrated the 25th anniversary of its entrance into the Chinese market during the expo, demonstrated its product impact labeling system that rates their products based on their environmental impact throughout the life cycle. The rating mechanism includes assessments on the production of ingredients and waste management of packaging, allowing consumers to access the environmental impact indicator on the packaging. Many consumer brands at the expo and beyond have been accelerating their sustainable initiatives to attract Chinese consumers, as they seek more eco-friendly products amid the country's push for greener development and carbon neutrality . \"Chinese consumers' sustainable consumption awareness has improved continuously over the past 10 years, especially among the youngster group,\" Fabrice Megarbane, president of the North Asia zone and CEO of L'Oréal China, told Sixth Tone. Consumers, particularly those in Gen Z, care more about the manufacturing process of the products they consume, and brands aspire to prove their sustainability claims by offering more transparency across the supply chain, Megarbane said. L'Oréal has achieved carbon neutrality in all operational sites in North Asia, of which China is an important part, by utilizing green parcels, pushing empty bottle recycling projects, and cooperating with different organizations in this field, according to the company. Another global giant, Sweden's IKEA, featured a set of furniture products made from recyclable materials and waste materials at the exhibition. The brand also debuted its BRUKSVARA series, a set of bedroom furniture that the company claims has been built using sustainable design and production. The Swedish firm has pledged to reduce the carbon footprint of its value chain by halving its carbon emissions by 2030 and has more than 4,000 sustainable products available to consumers, according to the company. In July, IKEA established its first green shopping mall fully powered by solar energy in the northern city of Tianjin. Lixil Corporation, the Japanese water and housing product maker which has participated at the CIIE since 2020, exhibited water-saving showers, toilets, faucets, and green building materials during this year's expo. \"Because of China's low-carbon initiative, there is a growing demand and consensus for green consumption and a green lifestyle among its consumers. 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It's about a train crashing, exploding and burning toxic chemicals off into the atmosphere, creating a major health hazard for miles around, reflecting what just happened a few weeks ago in Ohio. 'White Noise' was even filmed in the same area, just a few miles from Ground Zero in East Palestine. Some people will call this a coincidence. But these days, believing in coincidence can cost you your life. And there is more. Just three months before the train wreck, the City of East Palestine began adopting the MyID digital bracelet system into their local emergency services. Being touted as \"The Ultimate ID System\", MyID is a digital ID company, dealing primarily for the medical industry, bracelets designed to make it easier for First Responders to access your medical profile in the event of an unexpected emergency. And just a week before the crash, they began handing these bracelets out to all the residents of East Palestine. Also, two weeks before the crash, the CDC updated their page on vinyl chloride, removing their section on how it affects children and raising the safe exposure threshold [by 1,000X]. Neale Donald Walsch wrote, \"There are no coincidences in the universe, only convergences of Will, Intent and Experience.\" Not only does the Ohio train crash appear to be a deliberate attack, it appears to be a very deadly attack. Three days after the train wreck, authorities called for a controlled release burn. Controlled, in that they would initiate the spark that would burn all the chemicals and cargo together in a massive chemical fire, potentially putting millions of peoples' lives at risk. The vinyl chloride spill at Camp Lejeune was small in comparison to what happened this month in Ohio – but it still poisoned over a million people and it took decades for the effects to materialize. A new federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern alleges that 1.1 million pounds of vinyl chloride was spilled into the local environment. The vinyl chloride metabolite, chloroethylene oxide attacks human DNA and can take years to start showing up as cancers and other disease. There's arguably no safe dose for exposure. Leading expert in the study of vinyl chloride, Dr Julianne Beier agrees and says that nobody should be drinking the local water. According to Dr Beier, vinyl chloride gets transported into homes via the groundwater. She says, \"It comes out of the water into the air and that's really the major route for toxicity for the liver. It comes through the air.\" While some argue that burning it resolved these issues, that seems to be false. Dioxins are the deadly toxin behind Agent Orange and DDT. They are generated when chlorinated chemicals, like vinyl chloride burn. In fact, the exact same reaction that happened in East Palestine when they decided to burn vinyl chloride and PVC pellets together was arguably the most efficient and deadly way of dispersing dioxins into the environment and could equate to being one of the biggest chemical weapons attacks in history. Some are saying that tens of millions of lives could now be at risk. And that number will keep growing, so long as humanity dismisses these attacks as coincidence and continues to do nothing. 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The company said the evaluation was in an early stage and it was looking at options including keeping its current ownership. VMware said a spinoff could result in a simpler capital structure and it has formed a special committee for talks with the corporate computing giant. In case of a spinoff, Dell said it would negotiate payment of a special cash dividend by VMware to all its shareholders and would try to formalize commercial arrangements similar to those in place, including intellectual property agreements. If the VMware spinoff proceeds as Dell plans, the PC maker would receive a pro-rated portion of a special dividend to help reduce its debt of $57.3 billion, much of which was taken on during the 2016 acquisition of VMWare's then-majority owner EMC. VMware could also issue additional debt as part of a transaction. The two sides intend to begin talks well ahead of September 2021, when such a deal would become tax-free under U.S. tax laws. Shares of Dell jumped 8%, while VMware rose 5% in aftermarket trading. Any deal would require VMware shareholder approval. Other options including an outright sale and maintaining the status quo are likely to be considered, according to a source familiar with the matter. VMware is currently Dell's best-performing unit as it benefits from companies looking to cut costs and move to the cloud, a shift that is being hastened by the coronavirus pandemic. VMWare last year bought two providers of cloud security and developer services in deals that together were valued at about $5 billion. The unit's revenue increased 12% in the latest reported quarter, even as Dell's total revenue growth dipped. 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The explosion that shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning shattered windows, damaged buildings and left several people wounded. Authorities said they believed the blast was intentional. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Mark Humphrey AP NASHVILLE, Tenn. With federal officials having identified the man believed to be behind Nashville's Christmas Day bombing, authorities now turn to the monumental task of piecing together the motive behind the explosion that severely damaged dozens of downtown buildings and injured three people. While officials on Sunday named Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, as the man behind the mysterious explosion in which he was killed, the motive has remained elusive. \"These answers won't come quickly and will still require a lot of our team's efforts,\" FBI Special Agent Doug Korneski said at a Sunday news conference. \"Though we may be able to answer some these questions as our investigation continues, none of those answers will be enough by those affected by this event.\" In just a few days, hundreds of tips and leads have been submitted to law enforcement agencies. Yet thus far, officials have not provided information on what possibly drove Warner to set off the explosion. David Rausch, the director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, told reporters on Sunday that Warner had not been on the radar before Christmas. Furthermore, officials have not provided insight into why Warner selected the particular location for the bombing, which damaged an AT&T building and continued to wreak havoc on cellphone service and police and hospital communications in several Southern states as the company worked to restore service. Forensic analysts were reviewing evidence collected from the blast site to try to identify the components of the explosives as well as information from the U.S. Bomb Data Center for intelligence and investigative leads, according to a law enforcement official who said investigators were examining Warner's digital footprint and financial history, as well as a recent deed transfer of a suburban Nashville home they searched. The official, who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity, said federal agents were examining a number of potential leads and pursuing several theories, including the possibility that the AT&T building was targeted. Korneski said Sunday that officials were looking at any and all motives and were interviewing acquaintances of Warner's to try to determine what may have motivated him. The bombing took place on a holiday morning well before downtown streets were bustling with activity and was accompanied by a recorded announcement warning anyone nearby that a bomb would soon detonate. Then, for reasons that may never be known, the audio switched to a recording of Petula Clark's 1964 hit \"Downtown\" shortly before the blast. Warner, who public records show had experience with electronics and alarms and who had also worked as a computer consultant for a Nashville realtor, had been regarded as a person of interest in the bombing since at least Saturday, when federal and local investigators converged on the home linked to him. Federal agents could be seen looking around the property, searching the home and the backyard. A Google Maps image captured in May 2019 had shown a recreational vehicle similar to the one that exploded parked in the backyard, but it was not at the property on Saturday, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene. On Sunday morning, police formally named Warner as being under investigation. Officials said their identification of Warner relied on several key pieces of evidence, including DNA found at the explosion site. Investigators had previously revealed that human remains had been found in the vicinity. In addition, investigators from the Tennessee Highway Patrol recovered parts from the RV among the wreckage from the blast, and were able to link the vehicle identification number to an RV that was registered to Warner, officials said. \"We're still following leads, but right now there is no indication that any other persons were involved,\" Korneski said. \"We've reviewed hours of security video surrounding the recreation vehicle. We saw no other people involved.\" Police were responding to a report of shots fired Friday when they encountered the RV blaring a recorded warning that a bomb would detonate in 15 minutes. Suddenly the warning stopped, and \"Downtown\" started playing. The RV exploded shortly afterward, sending black smoke and flames billowing from the heart of downtown Nashville's tourist scene, an area packed with honky-tonks, restaurants and shops. Buildings shook and windows shattered streets away from the explosion near a building owned by AT&T that lies one block from the company's office tower, a landmark in downtown. But on Sunday, just blocks from where the bombing took place, tourists had already begun to fill the sidewalks on Lower Broadway, a central entertainment district. Some took selfies while others tried to get as close as possible to the explosion site, blocked by police barricades. Earlier Sunday, the officers who responded provided harrowing details, at times getting choked up reliving the moments that led up to the blast. \"This is going to tie us together forever, for the rest of my life,\" Metro Nashville police Officer James Wells, who suffered some hearing loss due to the explosion, told reporters at a news conference. \"Christmas will never be the same.\" Officer Brenna Hosey said she and her colleagues knocked on six or seven doors in nearby apartments to warn people to evacuate. 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[Telaria, Inc. via Businesswire via SPi World News] Reflecting Market Growth, Telaria Expands EMEA Team; Appoints Jenny Antoniou as Publisher Account Director LINK (NYSE: TLRA) – the complete software platform that optimises yield for leading video publishers, today announced that Jenny Antoniou is joining the company as Publisher Account Director, Ad Operations, signalling its continued expansion in EMEA. Reporting to Bill Swanson, VP EMEA, and based out of Telaria's London office, Antoniou is responsible for the growth of Telaria's EMEA Publisher and Broadcaster business. In June, Telaria announced the appointment of Swanson to lead the company's increasing presence in EMEA, and named Carol Dubourg Country Manager for France, based in its Paris office. With nearly LINK of British homes (47%) now streaming content, and the overall CTV user numbers toppingLINK , eMarketer estimates digital video ad spend in the UK to increase by 42% through 2021. Building on its technology leadership in CTV/OTT and addressable video products in North America, APAC, and LATAM, Telaria is well-positioned to provide expert solutions in the growing EMEA video market. Commenting on Antoniou's appointment Bill Swanson, VP EMEA at Telaria, said, \"We are delighted to welcome Jenny to the Telaria team. The digital video and broadcast market is growing rapidly and Jenny's deep industry knowledge of this unique market and extensive experience puts us in a strong position for our next phase of growth. She has a strong track record in consistently driving revenue growth and client success; this, combined with her experience in implementing strategic company goals and overcoming technology challenges will prove invaluable as we expand our video platform reach in the UK and EMEA market.\" A seasoned, online publishing professional with 20 years' experience, Antoniou was previously Head of Campaign Management at Dennis Publishing. She led teams through large-scale change covering all aspects of digital media operations, programmatic, content-led partnerships and B2B lead generation. As co-chair of the AOP's Ad Ops Steering Group, Antoniou has also led and rolled out industry-wide publisher initiatives. Jenny Antoniou said, \"Telaria has built a leading position in connected TV and premium video globally across the US and APAC regions. As the video advertising landscape evolves and grows at a rapid pace in EMEA, I'm excited to be part of the company's success journey by leveraging its technology to unlock more programmatic video opportunities for publishers and brands in EMEA.\" About Telaria Telaria, Inc. (NYSE:TLRA) powers the future of TV advertising with proprietary, programmatic software that optimizes ad yield for leading video publishers across desktop, mobile and CTV. Telaria's clients include the most innovative video content publishers across the globe such as Hulu, SlingTV, SonyVue, PlutoTV, TubiTV, Singtel, Australia's Nine Entertainment Co, Network 10 and Seven West Media, and Brazil's Globo. Telaria is headquartered in New York City and supports its global client base out of 13 offices worldwide across North America, EMEA, LATAM and APAC. View source version on businesswire.com: LINK More news and information about Telaria, Inc. 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In their experiment, published in Nature, IBM team demonstrated that it is possible for a quantum computer to outperform leading classical simulations by learning and mitigating errors in the system. The team used the IBM Quantum 'Eagle' quantum processor composed of 127 superconducting qubits on a chip to generate large, entangled states that simulate the dynamics of spins in a model of material and accurately predict properties such as its magnetisation. Following this groundbreaking work, the company announced that its IBM Quantum systems running both on the cloud and on-site at partner locations will be powered by a minimum of 127 qubits, to be completed over the course of the next year. \"This is the first time we have seen quantum computers accurately model a physical system in nature beyond leading classical approaches,\" said Dario Gil, Senior Vice President and Director of IBM Research. \"We are now entering a new era of utility for quantum computing,\" he added. One of the ultimate goals of quantum computing is to simulate components of materials that classical computers have never efficiently simulated. To verify the accuracy of this modelling, a team of scientists at University of California Berkeley simultaneously performed these simulations on advanced classical computers located at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and Purdue University. As the scale of the model increased, the quantum computer continued to turn out accurate results with the help of advanced error mitigation techniques, even while the classical computing methods eventually faltered and did not match the IBM Quantum system. \"As we progress our mission to bring useful quantum computing to the world, we have solid evidence of the cornerstones needed to explore an entirely new class of computational problems,\" said Jay Gambetta, IBM Fellow and Vice President, IBM Quantum. #breakthrough #quantum #Delhi #Delhi #New Delhi #Cloud #IBM", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "IBM Research", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "IBM Research", "length": 12, "offset": 1256}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Lawrence Berkeley National Lab's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Lawrence Berkeley National Lab's", "length": 32, "offset": 1677}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "University of California Berkeley", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "University of California Berkeley", "length": 33, "offset": 1557}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "IBM", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 51}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 134}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 405}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 581}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 891}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 1256}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 2031}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 2257}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 2288}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 2357}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Purdue University", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Purdue University", "length": 17, "offset": 1775}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center", "length": 52, "offset": 1710}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "IBM", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 51}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 134}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 405}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 581}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 891}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 1256}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 2031}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 2257}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 2288}, {"position_text": "IBM", "length": 3, "offset": 2357}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Berkeley", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Berkeley", "length": 8, "offset": 1582}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 427, "text": "Dear Present Procrastinators: Ship That Holiday Gift, Now\nOriginally published on December 18, 2020 9:03 am Less than a week remains until Christmas, and if you haven't ordered all of your holiday gifts yet, it may be too late to ship them in time. A huge increase in online shopping this year has demand for package delivery exceeding capacity this holiday season and stretching the delivery supply chain thin. The deluge of packages has many package sorting, distribution and delivery workers at the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, UPS and Amazon busier than they ever been before. \"It's crazy but with the COVID, it's a little bit crazier, you know,\" said Paul Jablonski, a driver for UPS, while on his route on Chicago's Northwest Side one recent evening. \"I actually just had another [delivery] guy take some stuff off of me because they sent me out too heavy,\" meaning Jablonski was given more packages than he could deliver in one shift. \"They sent me out with like 280 [packages] today,\" he explained. \"Normal day, without Christmastime, it's like maybe 200, 190, and I can finish in about 8 hours. But 280 is too much; way too much.\" Jablonski says the holidays are always hectic, but for the 24-year-old \"this one's been a lot worse mainly 'cuz of the COVID.\" He says in the early days and weeks of the pandemic, when much of the economy shut down and many people began working and schooling from home, there was a huge increase in package deliveries that made it seem like \"it was basically Christmastime\" in March. \"And now it's gonna be twice that,\" with the surge in holiday package deliveries, he added. The numbers bear that out. Satish Jindel, founder and president of ShipMatrix, a company that tracks shipping data and provides technology solutions to shippers, says stay at home orders and consumers' reluctance to go out and shop in crowded stores during the pandemic \"have added a whole different set of volume that was not there,\" prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. \"Basic day to day items that people consume are now being ordered online, so that increased demand by about 30% from what it was before,\" Jindel said. So the annual 30% to 40% surge in holiday package delivery is coming on top of that 30% increase that has already happened this year. As a result, ShipMatrix estimates more than 3 billion packages will be shipped between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, up from 2.2 billion last year; a huge increase that exceeds the supply chain's delivery capacity. \"It creates a logjam,\" Jindel says. ShipMatrix initially was projecting that demand would exceed capacity by about 7 million packages a day during this holiday season, but Jindel says increased hiring by shipping companies and additional weekend deliveries by UPS and the Postal Service in particular have helped close the capacity shortfall. Still, he says there will be about 3 to 3.5 million more packages than can be delivered each day. UPS hired 100,000 seasonal employees for the holiday rush, on top of nearly 40,000 new permanent workers hired in the spring to help it meet rising pandemic-related demand. Paul Jablonski, a driver for UPS, says the holidays are always hectic, but this year the increase in deliveries because of the pandemic has added to the volume of packages. FedEx, which says in a statement it is experiencing an unprecedented increase in shipping volumes, has added 70,000 new workers for the holiday season and expanded residential deliveries to seven days a week. Amazon, which has most of its inventory in regional fulfillment and distribution centers, and thus can promise delivery of many items right up until Christmas, has hired more than a quarter of a million new employees this year, including 100,000 for the holiday season. But to prevent their own delivery systems from being overwhelmed and collapsing under the weight of a tsunami of packages, FedEx and UPS cut off some of their retail customers after they reached predetermined limits, including Costco, Macy's, Gap, Nike, and many others. Many of those retailers have had to turn to the U.S. Postal Service instead, which as a public entity, cannot turn packages away. The result is widespread and significant mail and delivery delays across the country. A check of community discussion and message board sites such as NextDoor show a huge number of complaints from residents who say they're going days without getting mail, packages are arriving days and even weeks late, and some who say they never received packages that tracking apps show as delivered. \"We're really gridlocked all over the place,\" a postal service manager in Ohio told The Washington Post . \"It's bad. I've never seen it like this before.\" Anne Goodchild heads the Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center at the University of Washington in Seattle, and she says it's not just the increase in volume that shippers are contending with. \"There are dramatic changes to how people are buying, what they're buying and where goods need to move through the supply chain,\" she says. For example, many \"people used to have a certain amount of things delivered to their work, because they were there during the day,\" Goodchild says. \"So there is more home delivery. There's a larger percentage of those things being delivered to homes instead of stores, because we're doing less store-based shopping. So the size of the packages and the origins and destinations are different, which is another thing these carriers need to adapt to.\" But given the enormous changes in e-commerce and the demands being placed on the nation's logistics and distribution systems, especially considering that it's happening in the midst of a global health crisis, Goodchild says the supply chain is responding remarkably well. \"Overwhelmingly it's been a story of resilience and adaptation that I think the supply chain and package carrier industry deserves credit for,\" she says. \"That whole system has changed and adapted to really continue to supply us, almost without disruption, all of the things that we want.\" \"It's remarkable that there's been as little delay and disruption as there has been,\" Goodchild adds. Nonetheless, combine all the changes this year with the usual shipping capacity crunch around the holidays, add some bad winter weather as we saw in the Northeast this week, and Goodchilld says procrastinating online shoppers should wait no longer. \"I think we can expect [packages taking)]two or three more days in the system, so if you want things by the 25th, yeah, you should go do your shopping now,\" Goodchild says. That's if it's not too late already. Satish Jindel thinks it is, and he says many online shoppers \"will be asked to pay express shipping charges of $20, $30 on a $50 item\" if they want that gift to arrive by Christmas. But because we have become accustomed to free shipping, he says \"consumers are not going to pay for shipping charges,\" and instead they'll flood shopping malls, so he warns retailers to be prepared for huge crowds of people swarming their stores this weekend. He tested this theory out at a mall near his home outside of Pittsburgh last weekend. \"There were no parking spaces for me to park. I had to wait for someone coming out to follow them to get their parking spot,\" Jindel says, while inside the mall, \"there were bodies all over. Yes, they wore masks but they were elbow to elbow. 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The announcement comes after Accenture earlier this year slashed 400 positions in Ireland as part of its global retrenchment drive. With a team of 6,500 people, Accenture is one of the top foreign multinational employers in the country. The 1,290 job cuts planned this year represent nearly 20% of the company's Irish workforce. \"We will be commencing a collective employee consultation for a proposed redundancy programme that is expected to affect around 890 people at Accenture in Ireland,\" an Accenture spokesperson was quoted by RTE as saying. The representative noted that the company's business in Ireland is performing well. \"We continue to focus on ensuring we have the right talent to serve our clients, to invest in our people and recruit in critical skills areas. We remain firmly committed to our business in Ireland and will continue managing for the long-term,\" the spokesperson added. The technology industry has witnessed massive layoffs since late last year as a result of a decline in demand brought on by high inflation and soaring interest rates. Other than Accenture, tech giants including Google, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, Stripe and Twitter (now X), have announced cut jobs in Ireland recently. According to RTE , Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney called Accenture's layoffs \"a significant blow\" to the affected employees and their families. He added that the government agencies will work with Accenture and the affected employees to identify other job opportunities. 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This is yet another effort by Beijing to further isolate the island it claims as part of its territory. The sanctions will prevent the indicated companies from importing goods into China or making new investments in the country, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The impact of the sanctions on Lockheed Martin or Raytheon is yet to be seen. The United States bans most sales of weapons technology to China, but some military contractors have civilian businesses in aerospace, among other markets. Taiwan and China separated in 1949 after a civil war. Since then, the island has never been part of the People's Republic of China, but the Communist Party maintains that it is bound to join the mainland, by force if necessary. To this end, President Xi Jinping's government has stepped up its efforts to intimidate Taiwan by deploying fighter jets and bombers near the island and firing missiles into the sea. 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As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 409,900 shares, a decline of 27.6% from the October 31st total of 566,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 409.9 days. Wirecard AG, a technology company, provides outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payments worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Payment Processing & Risk Management, Acquiring & Issuing, and Call Center & Communication Services. The Payment Processing & Risk Management segment offers products and service for the acceptance or transactions, and the processing of electronic payments and associated processes. 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No, not that F-word – the other one. In an initial decision, an Administrative Law Judge (or \"ALJ\") determined that Intuit's ads for \"free\" services were deceptive because most people would have to pay money to use them. The 237-page decision covers a lot of ground, but we're just going to focus on a few key points that are broadly relevant for most marketers. Intuit ran a series of ads promoting TurboTax's free product. Some of those ads – like this one – consisted almost entirely of the word \"free\" spoken repeatedly. Although it's true that some consumers could file their taxes for free, most couldn't. For example, the FTC alleged that in 2020, approximately two-thirds of tax filers couldn't use TurboTax's free product. Moreover, the FTC alleged that many consumers only learned that they couldn't file for free after they had already started the TurboTax filing process. Intuit argued that its ads disclosed that the free service was \"for simple returns only\" and that it told consumers to visit its website to \"see if you qualify.\" The ALJ determined that the disclosures \"were typically inconspicuous, unclear, or otherwise insufficient to inform a reasonable viewer of the terms of the offer or to modify the dominant message of 'free.'\" For example, some disclosures appeared only for a \"few seconds\" in a \"small font\" that was \"relatively faint in color\" and were otherwise hard to read. Intuit argued that pointing people to visit the website to \"see if you qualify\" was sufficient to point consumers to the limitations on the offer. The ALJ rejected that argument. In addition to its concerns about the clarity of the disclosure, the ALJ noted that \"boilerplate\" statements like those are \"unlikely to alter the overall net impression of an advertisement.\" Moreover, \"information available on Intuit's website cannot be used to counter or cure a false claim contained in other advertising.\" Intuit argued that it had to point to the website because including all of the relevant disclosures in the ads would lead to \"information overload\" for consumers. That's a fair point, but the ALJ wasn't sympathetic, and proposed a different solution to the problem: \"to the extent it is difficult for Intuit to communicate effectively all material eligibility requirements for Intuit's free tax filing products, the solution is to avoid claims that trigger the need for such clarifying disclosures.\" By now, you may be using the other F-word and wondering how this analysis applies to your own marketing. Although companies can use clear disclosures to clarify claims, this decision demonstrates that there are limits to what disclosures can do, particularly if a claim would be misleading without the disclosures. Inuit announced that it will appeal the decision, so we haven't heard the last word on this yet. 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(AP) — With federal officials having identified the man believed to be behind Nashville's Christmas Day bombing, authorities now turn to the monumental task of piecing together the motive behind the explosion that severely damaged dozens of downtown buildings and injured three people. While officials on Sunday named Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, as the man behind the mysterious explosion in which he was killed, the motive has remained elusive. \"We hope to get an answer. Sometimes, it's just not possible,\" David Rausch, the director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a Monday interview on TODAY. \"The best way to find motive is to talk to the individual. We will not be able to do that in this case.\" In just a few days, hundreds of tips and leads have been submitted to law enforcement agencies. Yet thus far, officials have not provided information on what possibly drove Warner to set off the explosion. According to officials, he had not been on the radar before Christmas. \"It does appear that the intent was more destruction than death but again that's all still speculation at this point as we continue in our investigation with all our partners,\" Rausch added. Furthermore, officials have not provided insight into why Warner selected the particular location for the bombing, which damaged an AT&T building and continued to wreak havoc on cellphone service and police and hospital communications in several Southern states as the company worked to restore service. Forensic analysts were reviewing evidence collected from the blast site to try to identify the components of the explosives as well as information from the U.S. Bomb Data Center for intelligence and investigative leads, according to a law enforcement official who said investigators were examining Warner's digital footprint and financial history, as well as a recent deed transfer of a suburban Nashville home they searched. The official, who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity, said federal agents were examining a number of potential leads and pursuing several theories, including the possibility that the AT&T building was targeted. Korneski said Sunday that officials were looking at any and all motives and were interviewing acquaintances of Warner's to try to determine what may have motivated him. The bombing took place on a holiday morning well before downtown streets were bustling with activity and was accompanied by a recorded announcement warning anyone nearby that a bomb would soon detonate. Then, for reasons that may never be known, the audio switched to a recording of Petula Clark's 1964 hit \"Downtown\" shortly before the blast. Warner, who public records show had experience with electronics and alarms and who had also worked as a computer consultant for a Nashville realtor, had been regarded as a person of interest in the bombing since at least Saturday, when federal and local investigators converged on the home linked to him. Federal agents could be seen looking around the property, searching the home and the backyard. A Google Maps image captured in May 2019 had shown a recreational vehicle similar to the one that exploded parked in the backyard, but it was not at the property on Saturday, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene. On Sunday morning, police formally named Warner as being under investigation. Officials said their identification of Warner relied on several key pieces of evidence, including DNA found at the explosion site. Investigators had previously revealed that human remains had been found in the vicinity. In addition, investigators from the Tennessee Highway Patrol recovered parts from the RV among the wreckage from the blast, and were able to link the vehicle identification number to an RV that was registered to Warner, officials said. \"We're still following leads, but right now there is no indication that any other persons were involved,\" Korneski said. \"We've reviewed hours of security video surrounding the recreation vehicle. We saw no other people involved.\" Police were responding to a report of shots fired Friday when they encountered the RV blaring a recorded warning that a bomb would detonate in 15 minutes. Suddenly the warning stopped, and \"Downtown\" started playing. The RV exploded shortly afterward, sending black smoke and flames billowing from the heart of downtown Nashville's tourist scene, an area packed with honky-tonks, restaurants and shops. Buildings shook and windows shattered streets away from the explosion near a building owned by AT&T that lies one block from the company's office tower, a landmark in downtown. But on Sunday, just blocks from where the bombing took place, tourists had already begun to fill the sidewalks on Lower Broadway, a central entertainment district. Some took selfies while others tried to get as close as possible to the explosion site, blocked by police barricades. Earlier Sunday, the officers who responded provided harrowing details, at times getting choked up reliving the moments that led up to the blast. \"This is going to tie us together forever, for the rest of my life,\" Metro Nashville police Officer James Wells, who suffered some hearing loss due to the explosion, told reporters at a news conference. \"Christmas will never be the same.\" Officer Brenna Hosey said she and her colleagues knocked on six or seven doors in nearby apartments to warn people to evacuate. 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Most Read from Bloomberg The Singapore-based ride-hailing and delivery company completed the transaction last week, bringing its debt under an outstanding term loan to $517 million, down from the previous balance of $1.117 billion. Grab also has about $200 million in other bank debt. \"Grab is taking advantage of our healthy cash position to reduce our gross debt balance and generate interest savings, given the macroeconomic environment,\" said Chief Financial Officer Peter Oey. Grab in November bought back about $750 million in debt - part of its $2 billion term loan B - using a Dutch auction tender offer, a format in which the auctioneer sets an opening price that decreases until bids are made. That allowed the company to buy back debt at an average of 98.4 cents on the dollar, Oey said. \"The cost of capital is getting very expensive,\" Oey said, pointing to recent interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve and other central banks. Grab recently took out a $500 million hedge with an interest-rate cap that gives the company full protection against rate changes within a certain range, and partial protection for anything above that, Oey said. Nasdaq-listed Grab, which has a US investor base but generates all of its revenues in Southeast Asia, is bracing for rates to go higher at the Fed's next meeting later this month, the CFO said. \"Every month that goes by, the interest rate could go up,' Oey said. The company declined to comment on what its ideal amount of debt would be. \"At this point, we do not have plans for further debt repurchases or prepayment,\" Oey said, adding that Grab will continue to monitor the cost of capital. The company doesn't have outstanding bonds. Grab during its latest earnings call in February said it would bring forward its goal to break even to the fourth quarter of 2023, from the second half of 2024. Efforts to rein in spending, reduce headcount in certain regional corporate functions and increase operational efficiencies are paying off, the company's CFO said. Grab is targeting losses for adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of between $275 million and $325 million for 2023, compared with an adjusted ebitda loss of $793 million in 2022. It reported a loss for the year of $1.74 billion, down from $3.55 billion at the end of 2021. Shares of Grab are down 2.5% this year, trailing a 12% increase in the Nasdaq Composite Index. The company's net cash holdings, at $5.1 billion at the end of December, are sufficient to cover any funding needs, CFO Oey said. Paying down more of its floating rate term loan should help the company reduce cash flow volatility, which is important at a time of rising interest rates, Nathan Naidu, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, said in an email. \"Grab's move suggests it has excess funds and paying down the term loan will save interest costs, which will help speed the path to profitability by saving on cost,\" said Angus Mackintosh, an analyst at Smartkarma. Some of the company's peers are doing the opposite, Mackintosh said, to \"extend runways of available liquid funds.\" Uber Technologies Inc., the US-based ride hailing leader, last week said in a filing it had borrowed $1.75 billion under a term loan agreement. Uber didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Investors not only value debt reduction efforts, but also companies that manage their capital efficiently, Mackintosh said. \"If the company is paying relatively high interest on a debt instrument that is surplus to requirements, then reducing that exposure makes sense from a cost-saving perspective,\" he said in an email. Grab will likely achieve its earlier break-even goal even in a slowing economy, the analyst said, as it is cutting down on the amount of incentives used to entice customers. The company also benefits from the recent rebound in demand for commuting and travel, Naidu said. 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A synergy is mandatory, and Ripple's InterLedger Protocol can solve their need. Meanwhile, XRP prices are down and trending inside Feb 8 high–low. Ripple Price Analysis Fundamentals Back in 2017, David Schwartz, Ripple's Chief Cryptography officer conceded that it would be years before banks adopt distributed ledger technologies. Backing his reasons were scalability and privacy issues. That was then, and right now, we have a new contestant in the sphere—JP Morgan and Chase backed JPM Coin, a stable coin that will serve three functions: eliminate locking of capital in foreign accounts, facilitate inter-bank settlement and be used by the bank for securities transactions. Because these coins are bank-issued, Brad Garlinghouse says they will fail. In a LinkedIn post he says: \"A bank-issued digital asset can only really efficiently settle between the banks who issued it. Then, two scenarios can play out. Scenario one: all banks around the world put aside competitive and geopolitical differences, adopt the same digital asset, agree on its rules, and harmoniously govern its usage. Fat chance. Scenario two (the more likely scenario): banks not in the issuing group issue their digital assets with their own sets of rules and governance.\" Candlestick Arrangement At the time of press, each XRP was changing hands at 30 cents, and this is the seventh straight day of low-range, low volatility price action. Aside from upswings of Feb 8, Jan 30 and those of mid-Dec, the simple fact is that Ripple (XRP) prices are still moving inside Feb 8, high-volume bull bar. That is very bullish. From a top-down approach, prices are oscillating inside Sep 2018 bull bar, placing bulls at a vantage point. All in all, our last Ripple (XRP) price analysis is valid, and with clear buy triggers at 34 cents, trend continuation is dependent to the levels of market participation and resultant range that will propel prices from current lows. Technical Indicator Volumes are low—averaging 15 million. That pales in comparison to those of Feb 8—at 35 million or Jan 30—at 49 million. Ripple (XRP) will only be bullish once a bull bar with volumes exceeding 49 million prints above 34 cents. 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NVIDIA technologies are a good example of how AI will be crucial in developing digital spaces where social interactions will occur in the Metaverse. Internet of things While IoT will allow the Metaverse to study and interact with the real world, it will also serve as a 3D user interface for IoT devices, allowing for a more personalized IoT experience. Both the Metaverse and the Internet of Things will assist organizations in making data-driven judgments with minimal mental effort. Augmented and virtual reality The idea of a Metaverse combines technologies like AI, AR and VR to let users enter the virtual world. For instance, virtual items can be embedded in the actual environment using augmented reality technology. Similarly, VR helps immerse you in a 3D virtual environment or 3D reconstruction using 3D computer modeling. While wearing a virtual reality headset or other gear isn't required in the Metaverse, experts believe VR will become an essential part of the virtual environment. However, it is essential to note that the Metaverse is different from AR and VR. If you are curious to know how you can enter the Metaverse, the answer is that augmented and virtual reality technologies are a way to get into the dynamic 3D digital world. 3D modeling 3D modeling is a computer graphics approach for creating a three-dimensional digital representation of any surface or object. The Metaverse's 3D reality is crucial to ensuring the comfort of its consumers. A lot of image collecting and graphic design are required to create a 3D world. The 3D graphics in most games like The Sandbox (SAND) provide the impression that the player is actually in the game. The Metaverse needs to be built on the same foundation. Spatial and edge computing The practice of leveraging physical space as a computer interface is known as spatial computing. With technologies like the HoloLens, Microsoft is a pioneer in the field of spatial computing in the metaverse space. In contrast, edge computing is a network-based cloud computing and service delivery paradigm. Edge provides end-users with computation, storage, data and application solutions like cloud computing services. To deliver the same level of experience as in reality, keeping the user interested and immersed in the Metaverse is critical. In light of this, the response time to a user's action should essentially be reduced to a level below what is detectable to humans. 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Brosnan has 35 years of insurance industry experience. He most recently served as chief executive officer of the international division of CNA Hardy in London (from February 2014 to September 2020). He first joined CNA in May 2013 as senior vice president of International. Previous to CNA, he was with ACE Canada, most notably serving as president and CEO of ACE INA and ACE INA Life Insurance Cos. Prior to that, he served as president of ACE Casualty Risk and held various underwriting positions, including European Zone underwriting officer with Chubb in London. Brosnan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Blades, who has nearly 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, joined Berkley in 2009 to lead the underwriting strategy for the newly formed W. R Berkley Syndicate 1967. He successfully led the team at W / R / B Underwriting through the transition from a London market insurer with a Lloyd's presence to a Lloyd's-centric business that was well positioned for Brexit. In announcing the appointment, W. Robert Berkley Jr., president and chief executive officer, said: \"We are delighted to welcome David to Berkley with his demonstrated leadership, superb market reputation and extensive management experience. Alastair has provided pivotal leadership in developing our integrated Lloyd's platform. The decoupling of the chief executive officer and chief underwriting officer roles provides each of David and Alastair the opportunity for even greater focus that will enable the W / R / B Underwriting team to maximize its capabilities and expansion opportunities in this improving market.\" Founded in 1967, W. R. 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In a statement, Voltas said that the project was implemented in co-ordination with the UAE-based distributed solar energy provider SirajPower, which is responsible for the financing, operation and maintenance of the facility under a long-term lease agreement. The newly installed rooftop solar project will generate clean and green electricity, catering to 85% to 90% of the power required by the facility, while reducing 100 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions per year for Misterlight. Voltas Vice President and Head of the International Operations Business Group AR Suresh Kumar said: \"This is an important milestone for our solar projects' division in the Middle East and showcases our capability to deliver projects on time despite the challenges faced during the pandemic.\" \"Voltas has commissioned 3GW of solar projects in the past with its deep domain knowledge and superior project management and execution capabilities. Our experience and expertise across projects have helped us become a partner of choice for companies looking to go solar,\" he added. Misterlight is an ISO-certified cable trading company in the UAE, with more than 30 years of experience in the supply of specialised cables and electrical accessories. SirajPower CEO Laurent Longuet said: \"We're honoured to have been chosen by Misterlight as their solar energy partner. Our partnership with Misterlight and Voltas is a testament to our position as the leading provider of commercial solar solutions in the Middle East.\" \"As more and more consumers are becoming aware of climate change and sustainability issues, we are happy to enable businesses to save money and conserve the environment through solar,\" he noted. Misterlight's Director Rajan Nambiar said: \"We believe businesses need to adapt and shift their strategies and practices to address the imminent threat of climate change.\" \"We, at Misterlight, are proud to have taken this first step towards a cleaner and more sustainable future – and we urge industries and companies across the UAE to shift to renewable power, which has never been more accessible and economical than the present,\" he added. 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The goal is to scale up the program to 130 centres of excellence across the African continent over a 10-year period. The African Development Bank and technology firm Microsoft this week launched the ' Coding for Employment' digital training platform , an online tool to provide digital skills to African youth, wherever they are across the continent. The platform, launched at the 2019 African Economic Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, aims to promote a continuous learning culture among young people and build their capacity to shape the continent's future. The high-level event drew heads of state and government, ministers and leaders from the private sector and academia to discuss how this new tool and other technological innovations could be used to spur development across the continent. \"The youth employment and skills development challenge is a complex issue that requires systemic thinking and bold partnerships … to address the existing skills gap and link youth to decent and sustainable employment,\" said Hendrina Doroba, the African Development Bank's acting director for Human Capital, Youth & Skills Development. \"The skills training platform launched today is a testament to the impact that such partnerships can achieve and the Bank looks forward to strengthening similar partnerships.\" The platform teaches technical courses such as web development, design, data science and digital marketing and will be constantly adapted to respond to market demand. It is accessible on mobile devices, even in low internet connectivity settings and has an affordable, easy-to-navigate, secured and private interface. \"A defining challenge of our time is ensuring that everyone has equal opportunity to benefit from technology,\" Ghada Khalifa, Director of Microsoft Philanthropies for the Middle East and Africa, said at the launch. \"Forward-thinking initiatives such as the digital training platform represent our commitment to helping drive the momentum needed. Though there is still much work to be done, we believe that through dynamic partnerships such as these, we can help build a knowledge-based economy in Africa that leaves no person behind.\" The Coding for Employment Program is a crucial part of the African Development Bank's strategic agenda to create 25 million jobs by 2025, and to equip 50 million African youth with competitive skills. The Bank piloted the program in five countries (Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire) in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation and Microsoft and is currently developing 14 ultra-modern centres specialised in ICT and entrepreneurship skills trainings for youth. The goal is to scale up the program to 130 centres of excellence across the continent over a 10-year period. It will create nine million jobs by building synergies with the public and the private sector globally to deliver demand-driven, agile and collaborative skills to empower young people to become innovative players in the digital economy. The Coding for Employment training platform can be accessed APO is the sole press release wire in Africa, and the global leader in media relations related to Africa. With headquarters in Dakar, Senegal, APO owns a media database of over 150,000 contacts and the main Africa-related news online community. 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ALPHARETTA, Ga., Oct. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In response to Hurricane Milton's forecasted impact on Florida, Verizon is providing an initial relief offer to help affected customers. From Oct. 9th to Oct. 23rd, Verizon will waive domestic call, text, and data usage for postpaid consumer and Verizon Small Business customers* in the following Florida counties: Alachua, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, DeSoto, Flagler, Gilchrist, Glades, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Saint Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, Seminole, Sumter, Volusia. Customers do not have to take any action to take advantage of the offer. Any overages for those whose billing cycles have already closed will be automatically credited back. 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FTX's other backers such as SoftBank Group Corp's (9984.T) Vision Fund and Sequoia Capital have also marked down their investment to zero after FTX, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States last week in the highest-profile crypto blowup to date. Temasek said it had invested $210 million for a minority stake of about 1% in FTX International, and $65 million for a minority stake of about 1.5% in FTX US, across two funding rounds from October 2021 to January 2022. \"The cost of our investment in FTX was 0.09% of our net portfolio value of S$403 billion ($294.3 billion) as of 31 March 2022,\" it said. Temasek said its early stage investments made up about 6% of its total portfolio. It said the thesis for its funding of FTX was to invest in a leading digital asset exchange that would provide it with \"protocol agnostic and market neutral exposure\" to crypto markets with a fee income model and no trading or balance sheet risk. Temasek said it currently had no direct exposure in cryptocurrencies. It said it had conducted an extensive due diligence process on FTX from February to October 2021, during which it had reviewed FTX's audited financial statement, which showed it to be profitable. \"It is apparent from this investment that perhaps our belief in the actions, judgment and leadership of Sam Bankman-Fried, formed from our interactions with him and views expressed in our discussions with others, would appear to have been misplaced,\" it said. ($1 = 1.3693 Singapore dollars) Reporting by Anshuman Daga in Singapore; Additional reporting by Sameer Manekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Christopher Cushing : . 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It is now confirmed that she will start on 17 February 2025. Niclas will work his last day for SKF on 31 December 2024. As a consequence, Carina van den Berg, currently holding the position as Director SKF Global Finance Sustainability & Operations, is assigned as Acting CFO of SKF during the interim period. 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The company said Thursday it introduced Open Banking for Gaming, a solution that leverages its market-leading categorization engine that was built with more than a billion transactions. Thanks to the new solution, gaming operators will be able to benefit from 330 different categories and sub-categories. Those options will enable gambling operators to make informed decisions about their growing customer base and at the same time promote safer gambling . \" TransUnion's Open Banking for Gaming dashboard enables operators to gain insights into a player's affordability, with transaction categories and filtering options, to make considered player risk decisions using consented data, \" explains a statement released by TransUnion Using TransUnion's Open Banking for Gaming tool, gaming companies will be able to gain unique insights into a player's affordability. This is achieved via leveraging consented data which helps filter and categorize players' affordability. Such information can include employment data, bank statements, warning flags and other data that can help gaming operators determine the affordability of their players. At the same time, this solution helps with compliance as it also may deliver information regarding the source of funds. The whole process, according to TransUnion, is completed \"in a matter of minutes.\" The Solution Helps Operators Make Informed Decisions The latest announcement comes on the heels of a strategic investment made by TransUnion announced late in January. The company invested in the leading Open Banking and data intelligence firm Bud Financial Limited, in an effort to strengthen its Open Banking offering and boost the growth of its solutions. \" We've created this new bespoke solution for the gaming sector by drawing on our expertise in affordability assessments. \" Adam Hancox, director of gaming at TransUnion in the UK Adam Hancox, TransUnion's director of gaming in the UK, shared his excitement saying that the company leveraged its extensive experience to create this new solution that will help companies within the gaming vertical. According to him, the new solution will help operators make responsible and informed decisions for their customers. 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If your limited attention is diverted this week because of March Madness, never fear! We've got you covered at Federal Circuitry, where we're always tracking the latest news at the Federal Circuit. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and a detailed discussion of our case of the week—our highly subjective selection based on whatever case piqued our interest. Precedential opinions: 6 Non-precedential opinions: 5 Longest pending case from argument: NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. v. United States , No. 21-1334 (127 days) Shortest (non-Rule 36) pending case from argument: Broadcom Corp. v. ITC , Nos. 20-2008, 21-1260, -1362, -1511 (53 days) Case of the week: In Re: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. , No. 22-108, -109 Panel: Dyk, Reyna, and Chen (Per Curiam) You should read this case if: you have a venue dispute in a patent infringement action. Many recent venue cases have focused on permissive transfers for convenience under 28 U.S.C. § 1404. But this week's case of the week deals with the stronger medicine of compulsory transfers or dismissal for improper venue under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). The patent venue statute, Section 1400(b), allows a civil action to \"be brought in the judicial district where [1] the defendant resides, or where [2] the defendant has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business.\" After StratosAudio sued Volkswagen and Hyuandi (\"Volkswagen\") for patent infringement in the Western District of Texas, Volkswagen moved to dismiss or transfer. Volkswagen argued venue was improper because it neither resided in the Western District nor had a regular and established place of business there. The district court disagreed. It found that Volkswagen had agents—local dealerships—with regular and established places of business that could be imputed to Volkswagen. According to the district court, the dealership franchise agreements gave Volkswagen sufficient control over dealership operations to make the dealerships Volkswagen's agents. In particular, the district court cited Volkswagen-dictated staffing and reporting requirements, minimum inventory levels, employee training, and equipment requirements placed on the dealerships. The Federal Circuit granted Volkswagen's petition for a writ of mandamus and reversed. It explained three requirements for whether a party has a \"regular and established place of business\": (1) there must be a physical place in the district; (2) it must be a regular and established place of business; and (3) it must be the place of the defendant. The first and third factors were not in dispute. The second factor requires the \"regular, physical presence of an employee or other agent of the defendant conducting the defendant's business.\" The Court acknowledged that questions of control often arise in the context of franchise agreements. Yet it distinguished between contractual provisions potentially evidencing interim control and those merely providing constraints on how a service is provided. It explained that setting standards in an agreement for acceptable service quality, without more, does not create an agency relationship. The Court found there was no evidence that Volkswagen maintains influence over the sales process once it has sold a car to the dealership. There were no \"step-by-step instructions\" that the dealerships must follow when selling a car. Thus, the dealerships were not Volkswagen's agents. Moreover, while not dispositive the Court noted that the parties had disclaimed an agency relationship in the franchise agreement. Finally, the Court pointed to a \"near uniform\" body of law finding that similar contractual provisions or allegations of control fail to show that dealerships are agents of vehicle manufactures. That apparently made this case a slam dunk and worthy of mandamus. 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Among his key accomplishments, Steve has spearheaded IGY's expansion into key markets such as the Cote d'Azur and the Middle East, grown our IGY Trident Program, and advanced IGY's strategic alliances and brand worldwide.\" \"Over my long association with IGY, I have had the privilege of working with a talented team dedicated to enhancing IGY's position as the global leader in the marina industry and delivering exceptional value to our clients and partners around the world,\" English said. \"As CEO, I look forward to building on our success through new projects, such as IGY Savannah Harbor Marina in the United States and Sindalah Island Marina, a new luxury destination in Saudi Arabia. These and other exciting initiatives embody the next phase of IGY's innovation and growth, and I'm thrilled to be leading that effort for MarineMax.\" English was previously a managing director at Island Capital Group, where he served in senior asset management, principal investment and special situations roles. He commenced his career in management consulting and has led teams that closed in excess of $10 billion of transactions. 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The governor of Luhansk province, one of two areas that make up the eastern industrial heartland known as the Donbas, said the school in the village of Bilohorivka caught fire after Saturday's bombing. Emergency crews found two bodies and rescued 30 people, he said. \"Most likely, all 60 people who remain under the rubble are now dead,\" governor Serhiy Haidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Russian shelling also killed two boys, aged 11 and 14, in the nearby town of Pryvillia, he said. The largest European conflict since the Second World War has developed into a punishing war of attrition due to the Ukrainian military's unexpectedly effective defence. Since failing to capture Ukraine's capital Kyiv, Moscow's forces have attacked cities, towns and villages in eastern and southern Ukraine but not gained much ground, according to western military analysts. To demonstrate success in time for Victory Day on Monday, the Russian military worked to complete its takeover of Mariupol, which has been under relentless assault since the start of the war. The sprawling seaside steel mill where an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters were making a last stand is the only part of the city not under Russian control. All the remaining women, children and older civilians who had been sheltering with the fighters in the Azovstal plant were evacuated on Saturday. The troops still inside have refused to surrender; hundreds are believed to be wounded. Captain Sviatoslav Palamar, the deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, a Ukrainian National Guard battalion holding the steel mill, told an online news conference on Sunday that the site was targeted overnight by three fighter jet sorties, artillery and tanks. Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling (Alexei Alexandrov/AP) \"We are under constant shelling,\" he said, adding that Russian infantry tried to storm the plant – a claim Russian officials denied in recent days – and to lay landmines. Capt Palamar said there was a \"multitude of casualties\" at the plant. Lt Illya Samoilenko, another member of the Azov Regiment, declined at the same news conference to offer a number of how many soldiers remained in the plant. Both the soldiers had long beards and looked tired. \"The truth is we are unique because no-one expected we would last so long,\" Lt Samoilenko said. \"Surrender for us is unacceptable because we cannot grant such a gift to the enemy.\" After rescuers evacuated the last civilians, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly video address that work would continue on Sunday on securing humanitarian corridors for residents of Mariupol and surrounding towns to leave. The Ukrainian government has reached out to international organisations to try to secure safe passage for the fighters remaining in the plant's underground tunnels and bunkers. A territorial defence man poses for a photo next to cars destroyed during the Russian occupation in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv (Emilio Morenatti/AP) Elsewhere on Ukraine's coast, explosions echoed again on Sunday across the major Black Sea port of Odesa, which Russia struck with six cruise missiles on Saturday, while rocket fire damaged some 250 apartments, according to the city council. Ukrainian leaders warned that attacks would only worsen in the lead-up to Victory Day, the May 9 holiday when Russia celebrates Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 with military parades. Russian President Vladimir Putin is believed to want to proclaim some kind of triumph in Ukraine when he addresses the troops in Red Square on Monday. Mr Zelensky released a video address on Sunday marking the day of the Allied victory in Europe 77 years ago, drawing parallels between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the evils of Nazism. The black-and-white video, published on social media, showed Mr Zelensky standing in front of a ruined apartment block in Borodyanka, one of the Kyiv suburbs pummelled before Russian troops withdrew from the capital region weeks ago. \"Every year, on May 8, along with the whole civilised world, we pay our respects to everyone who defended the planet against Nazism during the Second World War,\" Mr Zelensky said. \"We knew the price our ancestors have paid for this wisdom. We knew how important it was to protect it and pass it on to our descendants. … But we hadn't any notion that our generation will witness the abuse of these words,\" he said. Russian servicemen march during a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP) In neighbouring Moldova, Russian and separatist troops were on \"full alert\", the Ukrainian military warned. The region has increasingly become a focus of worries that the conflict could expand beyond Ukraine's borders. Pro-Russian forces broke off the Transnistria section of Moldova in 1992, and Russian troops have been stationed there since, ostensibly as peacekeepers. Those forces are on \"full combat readiness\", Ukraine said, without giving details on how it came to the assessment. Moscow has sought to sweep across southern Ukraine both to cut off the country from the sea and create a corridor to Transnistria. But it has struggled to achieve those objectives. In a sign of the dogged resistance that has sustained the fighting into its 11th week, Ukraine's military struck Russian positions on a Black Sea island that was captured in the war's first days and has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance. Satellite photos analysed by the Associated Press (AP) showed Ukraine targeting Russian-held Snake Island in a bid to impede Russia's efforts to control the sea. This satellite image shows thick black smoke rising after a suspected Ukrainian drone strike on Russian positions on Snake Island (Planet Labs PBC via AP) A satellite image taken on Sunday morning by Planet Labs PBC showed smoke rising from two sites on the island. On the island's southern edge, a fire smoked next to debris. That corresponded to a video released by the Ukrainian military showing its strike on a Russian helicopter that had flown to the island. A Planet Labs image from Saturday showed most of the island's buildings, as well as what appeared to be a Serna-class landing craft against the island's northern beach, had been destroyed by Ukrainian drone attacks. The most intense combat in recent days has taken place in eastern Ukraine. A Ukrainian counteroffensive near Kharkiv, a city in the north-east that is the country's second-largest, \"is making significant progress and will likely advance to the Russian border in the coming days or weeks\", according to the Institute for the Study of War. The Washington-based think tank added that \"the Ukrainian counteroffensive demonstrates promising Ukrainian capabilities\". However, the Ukrainian army withdrew from Luhansk province's embattled city of Popasna, Mr Haidai said on Sunday. People stand next to a crater in a destroyed residential area after a Russian air strike in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) In a video interview posted on his Telegram channel, Mr Haidai said that Kyiv's troops had \"moved to stronger positions, which they had prepared ahead of time\". The Russia-backed rebels have established a breakaway region in Luhansk and neighbouring Donetsk, which together make up the Donbas. 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With this, Berkshire is no longer required to report its related transactions frequently. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Berkshire disclosed the sale of around 9.54 million shares in total, in three transactions made between October 8 and 10. With the sale, the company now holds 775 million shares of the banking major, representing a stake of about 9.99 percent. As per the SEC's requirment, shareholders who own more than 10 percent of any company's stake are required to report related transactions within two business days. Berkshire, which began a selling spree in mid-July, reportedly has gained about $10.5 billion so far from the stake sale in the bank. In July, Berkshire sold about 33.9 million shares for around $1.48 billion. Despite these sales, Berkshire remains Bank of America's biggest institutional investor. It was in 2011 that Buffett's Berkshire bought $5 billion worth preferred stock and warrants in the bank. In 2017, these were converted to common stock, making Berkshire the largest shareholder in the bank. In 2018 and 2019, Buffett reportedly bought 300 million more shares. The news comes as the bank is preparing to report its third-quarter results next week. The company has been reporting weak earnings in the past few quarters. Among other major company invetments, Berkshire reportedly sold nearly half of its stake in Apple Inc. in August, immediately following the release of the tech major's quarterly results, citing China risk. The sale resulted in Berkshire divesting around 390 million Apple shares, equivalent to a net value of $75.5 billion. Consequently, Buffett's cash reserves increased to about $276.9 billion. In May also, Berkshire had trimmed a portion of its significant stake in Apple, reportedly citing tax reasons. 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Additionally, the company is working with Bank of America and General Motors to support increased access to flu vaccines in even more communities nationwide. \"Underserved communities have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19, so supporting flu prevention in these communities is even more important,\" said Eileen Howard Boone, SVP of Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy, CVS Health. \"Through our work with Free Clinics, and in teaming up with Bank of America and General Motors, we aim to expand our reach to individuals who may not otherwise have access to flu vaccines.\" CVS Health's Project Health flu initiative will support free and charitable clinics in areas across the country, helping clinics increase capacity to provide flu vaccinations. Clinics in these states will receive support: These grants extend the mission of Project Health which aims to break down the barriers for people to access quality and affordable health care. \"We are grateful to CVS Health for their continued commitment to supporting the work of Free and Charitable Clinics which provide access to needed health care services to underserved communities throughout the country,\" said Nicole Lamoureux, NAFC President and CEO. \"This program will allow clinics to distribute needed flu vaccines to people in their communities that otherwise might not have access to vaccinations.\" In addition to contributing to the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, CVS Health is working with Bank of America and General Motors to reach even more individuals in these areas of significant need. Bank of America is funding vouchers for free flu vaccines, redeemable at CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic locations in seven select cities: Boston, Detroit, Dallas, Jacksonville, Oklahoma City, Phoenix and Greater Washington, D.C. Additionally, General Motors is funding vouchers for free flu vaccines, redeemable at CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic locations in the Los Angeles area and across southern California. \"We are committed to working with the public and nonprofit sectors as one global community to address this health crisis and to provide the necessary resources to protect our most vulnerable populations,\" said Andrew Plepler, head of Environmental, Social and Governance at Bank of America. \"Offering access to free flu prevention complements our other health-focused efforts including supplying PPE, supporting community-based testing and care, addressing food insecurity and providing access to mental health resources.\" Flu prevention is critical during the COVID-19 pandemic so hospitals are not overwhelmed with cases of both COVID-19 and flu. And with seasonal flu outbreaks beginning as early as October and lasting as late as May, it is never too late to get a flu shot as it is the best defense against getting the flu. Getting a flu shot is one way to help protect individual health, especially for those who are more vulnerable to serious flu illnesses and people with certain chronic health conditions, like diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. \"We are proud to collaborate with CVS Health to increase access to flu vaccines for underserved communities in the Los Angeles area and across southern California,\" said Dr. Jeffery Hess, General Motors Chief Medical Director. \"Now more than ever, it is important to be protected with a flu shot to help reduce flu illnesses and prevent flu-related hospitalizations and deaths, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 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A coalition of community groups that protested outside the company's headquarters last week said they sent an open letter to the Chicago-based fast food giant's board demanding Kempczinski's removal, joining a similar call from U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush. \"It's clear to us that Chris Kempczinski can't fix McDonald's problems with race because Chris Kempczinski is himself part of the problem,\" the community groups wrote in a news release Thursday. The groups said they want the company to create a $200 million fund to make investments in Chicago communities, commit to a nationwide minimum wage of $15 per hour and set up a committee with representatives from the company, its workers and government to improve wages and working conditions. In the texts, sent after Kempczinski and Lightfoot met at McDonald's Chicago headquarters in April, Kempczinski referred to recent shootings that killed two Chicago children: 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams, shot in the drive-thru lane at a West Side McDonald's, and 13-year-old Adam Toledo, shot by a Chicago police officer during a foot chase in Little Village.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "McDonald's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "McDonald's", "length": 10, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "McDonald's", "length": 10, "offset": 96}, {"position_text": "McDonald", "length": 8, "offset": 630}, {"position_text": "McDonald's", "length": 10, "offset": 630}, {"position_text": "McDonald", "length": 8, "offset": 1126}, {"position_text": "McDonald's", "length": 10, "offset": 1126}, {"position_text": "McDonald's", "length": 10, "offset": 1311}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Chicago", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 263}, {"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 263}, {"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 458}, {"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 865}, {"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 1137}, {"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 1225}, {"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 1362}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 451, "text": "Power restored to some in New York after heat wave outage\nNEW YORK (AP) — Power has been restored to 13,000 customers in Brooklyn, but around 40,000 others across New York City are still without power as temperatures remained high overnight and rain clouds loomed over the city. Con Edison released a statement after 1 a.m. Monday saying that the utility is working to restore service to 20,000 others in southeast Brooklyn still without electricity. On Sunday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Con Ed was taking customers there off power so it could make repairs and prevent a bigger outage. Besides that, scattered outages affected most boroughs — primarily in Brooklyn and Queens. LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens have experienced weather-related flight disruptions. While the weekend's heat wave cooled somewhat, the low remained in the high 70s and city emergency management officials warned of thunderstorms. 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Shu Jueting, a spokesperson with the ministry, made the statements at a press briefing in response to questions regarding the U.S. government's recent restriction on U.S. chip designer Nvidia's exports of A100 and H100 chips to China. Shu said such a move runs counter to the fair competition principle and violates international economic and trade rules. It will harm the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises and the interests of U.S. companies, said the spokesperson. \"The move will hamper international technological exchanges as well as economic and trade cooperation, and have a serious impact on the stability of global industrial and supply chains and global economic recovery,\" Shu said. The U.S. side should stop its erroneous practices immediately, provide a level playing field for Chinese and other foreign companies, and do more things conducive to global economic stability, Shu added.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Xinhua", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Xinhua", "length": 6, "offset": 89}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 453, "text": "UK Uses New National Security Powers to Probe 17 Business Deals\n(Bloomberg) -- The UK scrutinized 17 corporate deals involving purchases of British assets in the first three months of the year, exercising new security powers that include allowing the government to pull apart acquisitions retrospectively. Businesses and investors notified the government of 222 deals between Jan. 4 and March 31, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said on Thursday in an emailed statement. Seventeen of those were called in for further assessment, including transactions involving artificial intelligence and space technology firms, it said. Of those, three have been cleared and the remaining 14 were still being examined at the end of March. The scrutiny was carried out using sweeping new powers introduced in January under the National Security and Investment Act that expanded the range of transactions open to government intervention for security reasons. The government made public its first probes under the law last month -- investigating both a Chinese-led takeover of a British semiconductor plant and a French tycoon's increased stake in BT Group Plc. UK Flexes Its New National Security Powers to Intervene on Deals Thursday's report from BEIS comes in the same week that the UK announced plans to take stakes in new nuclear projects, giving it special powers relating to national security. On Tuesday, the government said it had purchased an option to take a 20% stake in Electricite de France SA's Sizewell C nuclear power plant. The move potentially eases the way to removing China General Nuclear Power Corp. from the project amid mounting concerns about increased Chinese involvement in critical aspects of UK infrastructure. 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The first-of-its-kind analysis is the heart of the third edition of the ABS Low Carbon Shipping Outlook series, where ABS also updates on the marine sector's progress on reducing emissions and showcases potential designs for future vessels, including their prospective technical and economic data. In a pioneering piece of research, ABS collaborated with Herbert Engineering to explore the feasibility of transitioning from three conventional vessel designs to low carbon variants. The research identified differing degrees of difficulty, depending on a range of factors including maturity of technology and required degree investment. Image Credits: ABS / eagle.org \"Shipowners need to be conscious of using the lessons from the transition to decarbonization to build a cycle of continuous process improvement. They can do this by understanding the impact of decarbonization on all aspects of their business and using that information to power the cycle. ABS is committed to supporting them in this and is innovating with new techniques and products to deliver unprecedented levels of insight into the sustainability profile of their fleets and the wider impact of their decarbonization strategy. This latest Outlook comprehensively underscores how we continue to lead the industry in this area,\" said Christopher J. Wiernicki, ABS Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Setting the Course to Low Carbon Shipping – View of the Value Chain is the third in a series of outlook documents published by ABS to showcase the latest decarbonization research and thinking. The first in the series, 2030 Outlook — 2050 Vision, examined the International Maritime Organization mandated emissions goals and the varying levels of carbon impact from available marine fuels and other energy sources as shipowners strive to meet those goals. The second in the series, Pathways to Sustainable Shipping, examined the current energy-commodity and consumer trends, and how they could influence the size of the global fleet, its trading patterns and, therefore, its emissions output. Richard Gilmore, Executive Vice President, Maran Gas Maritime Inc, described the ABS outlook as a \"must read for all shipping executives\". \"The third Sustainability Outlook from ABS conforms to the standards set by its two predecessors in being a well-researched and presented document. While no one has a crystal ball to predict the future, it is extremely useful to have this report which helps to summarize the current state of thinking and experience in the area of carbon emission reduction. This topic will continue to be of pressing importance for all aspects of shipping for years to come and these reports help organize the growing body of information in this fast evolving field. It is a 'must read' for all shipping executives,\" he said. Bo Cerup-Simonsen, CEO, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, said: \"The ABS Outlook is a valuable contribution as it is now of essence to urgently concretise the future pathways, demonstrating what the future will look like and identifying risks and further development needs. We look forward to further progressing the pathways and solutions through our partnership in the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping.\" Image Credits: ABS / eagle.org While the industry focus has been on reducing shipping's carbon footprint, pressure is growing for every link in maritime trade's value chain to follow suit, including supporting land-side infrastructure. ABS worked with the Rocky Mountain Institute to ensure that View of the Value Chain looks at both. ABS and Herbert Engineering examined the potential technical requirements and operational trade-offs that may be necessary in future versions or conversions to low carbon operations of three existing ship types: a Chinamax Bulk Carrier, an Aframax Tanker and a Feeder Containership. The report also explores the innovative carbon-reduction practices presently being deployed at ports and other land-side value chain elements as the sector transitions towards a more sustainable business model. \"View of the Value Chain is a response to how shipowners' strategic industry partners are encouraging them to intensify their focus on the entire value chain, not just the combustion cycle, when deciding which measures to take to reduce their collective carbon footprint. 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It is the first drug for treatment of the disease in a country with a rapidly ageing population. Developed by Japanese drugmaker Eisai Co and US biotechnology firm Biogen Inc, the drug's approval in Japan comes two months after it was endorsed by the US Food and Drug Administration. Leqembi is for patients with mild dementia and other symptoms in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, and the first medicine that can modestly slow their cognitive decline. Leqembi, a drug for Alzheimer's disease, was jointly developed by Japanese and US pharmaceutical companies (Eisai Co Ltd via AP/PA) Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who announced Japan's approval of Leqembi on Monday, called it \"a breakthrough\" and said that the \"treatment of dementia has now entered a new era\". Mr Kishida has pledged to step up support for the growing number of dementia patients and their families and is due to launch a panel this week to discuss measures for a dementia-friendly society. According to the health ministry, Japan's number of dementia patients who are 65 or older will rise to seven million in 2025, from the current six million. The drug, however, does not work for everyone and — as with other Alzheimer's drugs that target plaques in the brain — can cause dangerous side effects such as brain swelling and bleeding in rare cases. Eisai said it will conduct a post-marketing special use survey in all patients given the drug until enough data is collected from unspecified number of patients under Japanese health ministry procedures. The drug will be partially covered by health insurance and is expected to be ready for clinical use by the end of the year. The price is yet to be decided but is expected to be expensive, Kyodo News agency reported. 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As reported by The Mirror , local authorities said on Saturday at around 5am local time they were notified that the pilot of the aeroplane was flying over Tupelo, Mississippi. Police have helped Walmart and Dodges car dealership nearby to evacuate their stores. In a statement Tupelo Police Department said: \"On 09-03-2022 at approximately 05:00 am TPD was notified that a pilot of an airplane (possibly King Air type) was flying over Tupelo. The pilot has made contact with E911 and is threatening to intentionally crash into WalMart on West Main. Here's the Tupelo police department statement and what appears to be the plane's flight path: pic.twitter.com/Ugmq9p7yB6 — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 3, 2022 \"TPD has worked with WalMart West and Dodges on West Main to evacuate the stores and disperse people as much as practical. TPD also has been able to begin talking with the pilot directly. \"At this time the situation is ongoing with TPD and all Emergency Services in our area on alert. \"Citizens are asked to avoid that area until an all clear is given. With the mobility of an airplane of that type the danger zone is much larger than even Tupelo.\" A flight map shared online seems to suggest the plane has been flying in circles for most of the morning. 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They also demanded compensation for the victims. Read | Heart-rending scenes at hospitals In a statement, the All-India Trade Union Congress said the incident \"again brings forth the issues of occupational safety and health, not only for those who are at the work place but also for all those who happen to be living in the vicinity of such plants\". Also read | RR Venkatapuram residents wake up to thick blanket of fog, pungent smell Demanding an inquiry into the incident, the AITUC said: \"The government should bear the expenses for all those who have fallen sick. The AITUC also demands that all safety and health issues of the workforce be kept in mind and the Centre and the State governments and authorities concerned should look at the safety requirements when the companies/factories reopen after the lockdown.\" In its statement, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) said the plant located in a thickly populated area should have ensured that machinery and gas storage facilities were maintained properly during the lockdown. \"This shows that the governments, both at the Centre and the State, have not drawn any lessons from the Bhopal gas tragedy...LG Polymers must not be allowed to go scot-free... The company also must be made to pay not less than ₹50 lakh as compensation to the families of those who lost their lives; adequate compensation must also be paid to all the other affected people; the company also must be made to bear the entire expenditure for medical treatment of all those affected by the gas leakage,\" CITU said. 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And now, they've revealed the rationale behind ending the cope with the Brazilian winger. ALSO READ: Soccer: From Messi to Lewandowski: Single season top-scorers in Europe's 5 major leagues Nike in a press release stated that Neymar refused to cooperate in an investigation into sexual assault allegations levelled in opposition to him by a Nike worker. In a press release, Nike stated that the allegations about an incident in 2016 as \"credible\" but in addition stated an impartial investigation it commissioned was inconclusive. \"No single set of details emerged that might allow us to talk substantively on the matter. It will be inappropriate for Nike to make an accusatory assertion with out having the ability to present supporting details,\" the assertion stated. Nonetheless, Neymar's spokeswoman acknowledged that the soccer star denies all of the allegations and stated that her consumer will defend himself if any declare is offered. \"It is extremely unusual a case that was imagined to have occurred in 2016, with allegations by a Nike worker, come to mild solely at that second,\" her assertion stated. 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Belarus forces Ryanair plane bound for Vilnius to land, infuriating Lithuania Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered a Ryanair (RYA.I) flight headed for Lithuaniaand carrying a young opposition blogger to land in Belarus on Sunday and detained him on arrival, prompting Lithuania to call for a NATO response. www.reuters.com The aircraft, flying from Athens to Vilnius, had almost reached Lithuania when it changed direction and was escorted to the Belarusian capital of Minsk amid reports that it had explosives on board, according to an online flight tracker and BelTA. Lukashenko... Click to expand... 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(Image: Private media / Gorky) Is AstraZeneca the Britney Spears COVID Vaccine? AstraZeneca in Australia has the same problems that Spears have in the United States. There are too few voices and too many others to make the decision to decide the future. Only recently has Spears publicly spoken against the oppressive guardianship that determines her personal life and professional brand. Meanwhile, in Australia, AstraZeneca has been virtually silent in public in the face of concerns about rare side effects and criticism of the deployment of local vaccines. Want to know more about comparisons? Are you already a subscriber? Login to continue reading .. Alternatively, register your email address for a 21-day free trial. Place of origin How AstraZeneca became the Britney Spears of the COVID-19 fight The post How AstraZeneca became the Britney Spears of the COVID-19 fight appeared first on Eminetra Australia .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "AstraZeneca", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 4}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 215}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 306}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 352}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 686}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 1017}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 1090}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "AstraZeneca", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 4}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 215}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 306}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 352}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 686}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 1017}, {"position_text": "AstraZeneca", "length": 11, "offset": 1090}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 461, "text": "Brewery blaze: Pilot takes dramatic aerial footage of fire at Carling and Coors brewery\nA pilot on a recreational flight near Tadcaster, North Yorks, diverted and grabbed a video of the towering plume of smoke around 1pm on Thursday afternoon. Ten fire engines were sent to the fire, at a storage facility for Tower Brewery, after emergency services were alerted at 8.55am that morning. The pilot said: \"The big plume of smoke coming up caught my attention. You would have been able to see it for 20 or 30 miles. I have friends from school who work in the brewery. I was just hoping that all the staff had got out and no one was hurt, and that no dangerous gasses were being released because there's a primary school there. \"I hoped the fire fighters were in positions where they could tackle it safely. I could see the fire engines on both sides of the brewery.\" An aerial ladder platform was used to help dozens of fire fighters tackle the blaze, which was in the roof, and fire fighters were still working at the site at 5pm. Molston Coors, the company which owns the brewery, and brands Carling, Coors and Madri, confirmed all staff were safe. 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Yelim Lee | AFP via Getty Images The global chip shortage has been rumbling on all year and still hasn't gone away. But what does that mean for Christmas? Will some presents be harder to get hold of or more expensive? That depends on what you're after and how late you leave your Christmas shopping. Semiconductors are beneath the hood of an increasing number of products — from cars and e-bikes to washing machines and toothbrushes. Many of these chips are in short supply as the Covid pandemic has led to supply chain bottlenecks and increased demand. Alan Priestley, a semiconductor analyst at research firm Gartner, told CNBC that the chip shortage is bound to have some impact on Christmas. \"We may find that some things that have been readily available in the past may not be readily available now,\" he said, adding that instant gratification can no longer be found from the usual shopping services. \"We're all used to Amazon Prime: hit the button, it's there in 24 hours. Maybe now you've got to wait two or three weeks.\" Many of today's electronic products contain a large number of chips. \"The issue we face is things made with chips don't just use one chip,\" Priestley said. \"New smartphones have got many, many power control chips and it's those chips that are in short supply.\" TSMC , Samsung and Intel , the heavyweights of the semiconductor industry, aren't focused on making these older, less advanced power management chips because they can make more by selling more innovative versions. Semiconductor-rich products like computers, smartphones and games consoles are likely to be popular Christmas presents, but there are availability problems, according to Glenn O'Donnell, VP and research director at analyst firm Forrester. Sony's PS5 and Microsoft's Xbox Series S are widely unavailable, for example, as is Google's Pixel 6 Pro smartphone. \"If you can get them, you're paying a high premium,\" O'Donnell told CNBC. \"I believe the supply issues including but not limited to semiconductors will cause a lot of trouble this season,\" he added. \"If you don't already have what you want to put under the tree, you may be out of luck. Even Santa himself won't be able to deliver.\" Berlin-based Jack de Santis, CEO of repair service Rebel Technology Labs, told CNBC that he's looked \"everywhere\" for a Google Pixel 6 Pro — but to no avail. He's unsure if he will stick with his old phone or get the regular Pixel 6, which is still available in a few places. \"Both options are compromises I'm not happy with,\" he said. Battling the bots It's not just other shoppers that consumers are competing with for in demand items this Christmas. Some people are using automated bots to snap up popular items as soon as they become available online at face value. \"The bots buy up high-demand products to corner the market so they can then sell these at inflated prices,\" O'Donnell said. There are countless examples of PS5s and Xbox Series S consoles being sold on eBay , Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree and other buy-and-sell platforms for considerably more than the recommended retail price. Don't hesitate and be flexible Shoppers should consider buying desired electronics that are in stock and available sooner rather than later, Priestley warned. \"If it's there and available, make the purchase,\" he said. \"The issue is the supply lines are extended. As the goods that are in current supply get consumed, it's going to take longer to replace them.\" Consumers who are able to be flexible with certain purchases may also have more luck. 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Judge Robert Jay told the jury at Southwark Crown Court on Monday he was required to discharge them. No further details were publishable due to continued reporting restrictions. Former chief executive John Varley, Roger Jenkins, Tom Kalaris and Richard Boath denied conspiring to commit fraud by false representation when Barclays raised over 11 billion pounds (14 billion dollars) from investors in 2008. They also allowed the British bank to avoid a state bailout. Prosecutors alleged the bankers excluded from public documents and hid from other investors around 322 million pounds in fees paid to the Qatari investors through so-called advisory service agreements (ASAs). The defendants said they had relied on legal advice during a two-part emergency fundraising in June and October 2008. 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The sources declined to be identified as they were not authorised to talk to the media. \"Credit Suisse remains committed to our investment banking & capital markets clients throughout the APAC (Asia Pacific) region,\" the company told Reuters in response to a query on Thursday. \"Our global franchise will continue to work with clients in all key markets including Japan, as it has done for many years,\" it said. The move is part of the lossmaking bank's global overhaul after a string of heavy losses and scandals threatened its survival. Credit Suisse's investment banking division, which houses capital markets and M&A advisory businesses, undertook a two-phase restructuring in Japan, nearly halving the number of its bankers in November and then shedding all but a few in January, two of the people said. 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The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is currently reviewing conditional approval of Celltrion's CT-P59, also known as Regdanvimab, a move that could potentially lead to manufacturing and sales of the first homegrown treatment. Celltrion said the treatment has shown higher efficacy compared to two COVID-19 treatment candidates developed by U.S. pharmaceutical firms -- Eli Lilly and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration previously issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for novel coronavirus-neutralizing antibody treatment candidates by the two firms. Celltrion said it will present the top-line data of the global phase-two clinical trial during a forum Wednesday. The trial study enrolled 327 patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms of COVID-19 to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CT-P59 in combination with the standard of care in patients with the infection. 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Looking into results from previous quarter Sales fell by -16.58 % from $4.05 billions and profit plummeted by -49.66 % from $1.90 per share.1Other segment have widen the loss. Automatic Data Processing reported soft results for the fourth quarter, where income fell by -12.31 % to $0.96 per share and Sales decreased by -3.48 % to $3.38 billions, year on year. Employer Services division saw 12.64% rise in income, but $-551.0 million $-28.3 million $-75.0 million $-58.0 million $-85.6 million in Other and the decline of -28.99% in the Dealer Services segment, have reduced any hope of net income growth in the fourth quarter. $411.60 million in the fourth quarter, a decline compare to net earnings of $475.500 millions in the corresponding period a year ago. Profitability was mixed in the fourth quarter, while Automatic Data Processing 's operating margin with $283.30 millions in operating income increased to 8.39%, net margin on the other hand recoiled to 12.19%. 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The outlook on Ireland is stable, S&P said, as it upgraded the country's long-term and short-term foreign and local currency credit ratings to 'AA-/A-1+' from 'A+/A-1'. The ratings agency added that it expected the Irish economy to remain competitive despite external risks, including the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, which remains the biggest but diminishing risk to the economy. Britain has agreed a divorce deal with the European Union, which British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to win parliamentary approval for if he retains power after an election on Dec. 12. Ireland said earlier this month it expected a delay to Britain's scheduled departure to boost the Irish economy. The ratings agency also said that Ireland will continue to be vulnerable to any fresh rounds of protectionist trade policy, including out of the United States. The Irish government has accumulated substantial fiscal buffers to offset those external risks, S&P noted. 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Facebook is taking down some event pages promoting controversial anti-stay-at-home protests that are taking place across the US — but it's only doing this in areas where the events violate local Covid-19 social distancing rules. Facebook's selective response mirrors a larger fracture across the country as the Trump administration has given conflicting guidance about how and when restrictions should be lifted and has largely left these decisions up to individual state politicians . The move comes after Facebook faced criticism for allowing people to coordinate anti-quarantine protests on its platform. Public health officials, state officials, and health care workers say these protests are putting people's lives at risk: By bringing people together in large crowds, they increase the chances of spreading the highly contagious disease. Others, including President Trump, have defended the protests , saying in a press conference on Monday that the protesters \"love our country\" and \"want to get back to work.\" Facebook's decision to take down these posts comes at a time when the company is trying to step up as a leader in using big data to battle the virus's spread while also battling efforts by some of its users to spread Covid-19 misinformation . Facebook confirmed to Recode that it will take down some posts organizing protests in areas where the events go against local law — and for now, it's only done so in California, New Jersey, and Nebraska. In other states, such as Pennsylvania, users are continuing to promote anti-quarantine protests on Facebook, with as many as 60,000 members in one Pennsylvania group alone. In response to questions from Recode about why Facebook took down some posts but not others and concerns raised about them doing so, Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone sent the following statement: \"Unless government prohibits the event during this time, we allow it to be organized on Facebook. For this same reason, events that defy government's guidance on social distancing aren't allowed on Facebook.\" The governors' offices of New Jersey and Nebraska told Fox News and CNN that they had been in touch with Facebook about social distancing, but that they did not ask Facebook to take down the events. In recent weeks, a small number of people across the US have taken to the streets to protest Covid-19 shelter-in-place orders, arguing that people should be allowed to return to work and resume normal life, despite the risks to public health in doing so. Millions of Americans are facing economic hardships after an unprecedented shutdown of public life and nonessential businesses. While polls show that a majority of Americans across party lines are afraid of prematurely ending social distancing, these protests are spreading across states. So far, anti-quarantine protesters number in the thousands, but they are a vocal minority. These protests have been organized and gained publicity via Facebook's events feature. While many of them appear to be organic posts started by concerned locals, reports by the Guardian and the Washington Post have revealed that many of them were actually started by established right-wing and pro-gun political groups. In photographs and videos of these protests, many people are standing closer than 6 feet apart and without masks covering their faces, which poses a known public health risk to themselves and others. In one anti-lockdown protest in Colorado, local health care workers clashed with protesters, standing in front of them in their medical scrubs and protective gear. Protest participants have argued they have a constitutional right to assemble. That's one of the reasons why nonpartisan policy experts have raised concerns about precedents Facebook could set in shutting down efforts to organize these protests on its platform. Facebook has historically been a powerful platform for organizing protests in the US and elsewhere, from Black Lives Matter actions to the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right Rally — a violent white supremacist gathering that resulted in one murder and several injuries. (Facebook eventually took down the main event page a day before the rally took place.) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly defended the company's role in protecting free speech on its platform , particularly around politics. Many are arguing that the anti-quarantine protests should fall under that protection and that people's civil liberties are at risk if Facebook shuts down such events. But others say that while individual rights to protest are at stake, so is the health of the public. \"The problem isn't civil liberties because these groups can build their own webpages and carry out conversation there,\" Joan Donovan, the director of Harvard University's Technology and Social Change Research Project, told Recode. \"The overarching question is, 'does Facebook have a responsibility to protect their users from health misinformation?' If you think they should, then these actions are the correct course of action.\" Support Vox's explanatory journalism Every day at Vox, we aim to answer your most important questions and provide you, and our audience around the world, with information that has the power to save lives. Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower you through understanding. 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Hoffman was responding to a post made by someone on Facebook who wrote, \"I think denver police should have Denver fire dept. 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S&P raised Ivory Coast's rating to BB from BB-, two levels from the coveted investment-grade level and on par with the Dominican Republic and Brazil. The outlook is stable. The credit rating company cited strong economic growth and shrinking budget deficits, helped along by revenue from exports, according to a statement released Friday. \"We expect the budget deficit to reach 3% of GDP next year and the external deficit to narrow significantly due to higher cocoa prices and rising hydrocarbon and mining exports,\" it said. Ivory Coast's 2024-2025 cocoa harvest is expected to be as much as 10% higher than previous estimates, Bloomberg reported earlier on Friday. Prices for the product — the main ingredient for chocolate — have risen sharply over the past year and the nation is the world's largest producer. 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The Anglo-Swedish company reported it had received more than $1 billion from the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority for the development, production and delivery of the vaccine, starting this fall. The investment will accelerate the development and production of the vaccine, AstraZeneca Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said. It had already joined forces with the British government. \"We will do everything in our power to make this vaccine quickly and widely available,\" he said. Pharmaceutical companies including also Moderna and Sanofi are racing to develop and produce a vaccine against the new coronavirus as experts say it will be crucial to allowing countries to ease their lockdowns and restrictions on public life. In a statement as markets opened, AstraZeneca said it has now secured manufacturing capacity for 1 billion doses and aims to secure further agreements to expand capacity further over the next months \"to ensure the delivery of a globally accessible vaccine.\" The company also finalized its licence agreement with Oxford University for the vaccine, now known as AZD1222. 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The two lawsuits come a week after Didi's New York Stock Exchange debut. The company's US market value has fallen by more than 20% since a Chinese regulator told online stores to pull the app. Beijing's cybersecurity watchdog says the app illegally collected users' personal data. The lawsuits, which were filed in federal court in New York and Los Angeles on Tuesday, say Didi failed to disclose ongoing talks it was having with Chinese authorities about its compliance with cybersecurity laws and regulations. The complaints named Didi's chief Executive officer Will Wei Cheng and several other executives and directors. The lead underwriters for the company's share sale – Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase – were also named as defendants. China's Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced on 2 July that it had begun to investigate Didi which had launched its US IPO days earlier. Two days later it ordered smartphone app stores to remove the company's app from their platforms. Didi has said it will \"strive to rectify any problems\", in a response on Monday. The firm, which saw its market value fall by around $15bn (£10.9bn) on Tuesday alone, had the second-biggest ever US initial public offering (IPO) for a Chinese company, as it raised $4.4bn. According to Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the matter, Chinese regulators asked Didi to delay its share sale due to cybersecurity concerns as long as three months ago. In Didi's prospectus, which was made available ahead of the IPO, the firm warned potential investors that their ability to protect their \"rights through US courts may be limited, because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands law.\" The document also mentioned some of the regulatory risks to its operations, but gave no indication that the CAC would start investigating the firm and ban it from accepting new users. Founded in 2012, Didi is particularly popular in China's cities. On average, more than 20 million rides are arranged in the country through the app every day. Didi, Goldman, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC. Who else is Beijing investigating? Also this week, Beijing said it would step up supervision of Chinese firms listed off-shore. It set out new guidelines saying that watchdogs must improve cross-border co-operation over audits, and update rules \"on data security, cross-border data flow and other confidential information management.\" Shares in Chinese parent companies listed in the US such as truck-hailing firm Full Truck Alliance (FTA) and job-seeking platform, Kanzhun, tumbled after the announcement. The update follows regulatory crackdowns by China on a number of tech firms, from Alibaba to food delivery service Meituan. On Monday, the CAC also said that it plans to investigate FTA. 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While fictionalized, these \"war stories\" parallel the real-life hazards of public service, as well as the unseen damage that can tear apart personal lives through PTSD, high divorce rates, depression, and even suicide. With this chaotic lifestyle of emergencies, danger, and the resulting psychological pressure at the fore, the backdrop of Las Vegas adds further tension to the story's unfolding criminal investigation. Known for excess, indulgence, and risky behavior, Las Vegas has also long been home to organized crime and shadowy figures who will do anything to get rich. These factors, drawn together by circumstance, culminate over a six-month period in 2001, between Elvis Presley's birthday and the anniversary of his death, when Kelly finds himself at the center of a complex case during the worst heatwave in Las Vegas history. Through ferocious action, unexpected twists, and a vivid look into the life of a high-profile arson investigator, this novel is a slick, hard-hitting thriller that pulls readers into a realistic world of fire and crime. Burning Neon (ISBN: 9798218150969) can be purchased through retailers worldwide, including Barnes & Noble and Amazon. The paperback retails for $20.99, and the ebook retails for $2.99. Review copies and interviews are available upon request. From the back cover: It's 2001 and everyone agrees that Cortéz Kelly is the best Fire Investigator on the Las Vegas Arson/Bomb Squad. As a new investigator, he'd been part of the massive investigations into the infamous MGM and Hilton Hotel fires of the 1980s. This led to his being appointed as a member of a federal task force trying to solve a massive series of arson fires in Seattle. Recognized as a national expert, he's been on the front lines in Vegas for years, becoming accustomed to navigating through the craziness of a 24/7 gambling and party town. Unfazed by the drugs, the hookers, the scammers, the Elvis impersonators, or even by the occasional Mafioso he has come across along the way, he has the best clearance-rate of the entire team. But when he gets assigned to look into a series of suspicious fires in the growing Northwest part of the city, he discovers that working this case is going to be different. His pursuit of the potential suspects takes him down a very dark path, where he stumbles on a criminal conspiracy; the fires may be linked to organized crime and political corruption. He now faces vastly powerful enemies on both sides of the law, threatening everything and everyone he loves. No one is safe, not even his fellow firefighters. But with fewer allies to work with every day, who can he trust? Meanwhile, even more arson fires are erupting around him, and they're becoming increasingly deadly. He has to fit all the puzzle pieces together in the darkness to be able to see this investigation through to the end. But when he tries to illuminate his path forward, he finds that the atmosphere around him has become… explosive! About the author: Mario H. Treviño, MPA, was a career firefighter and fire officer. He served for over four decades in various positions and geographical locations, including as Las Vegas Fire Chief. He has authored multiple fire service articles, including the widely read \"We Danced With The Devil,\" chronicling his own line-of-duty cancer experience. This is his first work of fiction. About Manhattan Book Group: Manhattan Book Group (\"MBG\"), located on Broadway in New York City, is a registered trade name of Mindstir Media LLC. MBG is widely known as a premier hybrid book publisher. We have combined the best of traditional publishing with the best of self-publishing to provide authors with the \"best of both worlds\" in a sense. 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Facebook must stop selling the Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality gaming headset after the foam mask gave users a RASH R Facebook temporarily stops sales of the Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset because the old foam insert caused a rash The company will provide all customers with a new silicone cover to cover the foam insert Starting August 24, all Quest 2 headsets will be shipped with the silicone cover hoe Facebook first received reports of skin irritation in December 2020, as about 0.01 percent of all users experienced the irritation There are 5,716 reports of skin irritation and 45 consumers required medical attention By Chris Ciaccia For Dailymail.Com Published: 4:01 PM EDT, July 27, 2021 | Updated: 4:23 PM EDT, July 27, 2021 Facebook said Tuesday it would temporarily halt sales of the Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset because the old foam insert caused a rash. In conjunction with the discontinuation of sales, Facebook will provide all customers with a new silicone cover that goes over the foam insert, and starting August 24, all Quest 2 headsets will ship with the silicone cover in each box. \"As more people with Quest 2 got involved with VR, we got reports that a very small percentage of Quest 2 customers experienced some skin irritation after using the removable foam facial interface that comes with Quest 2 and is also sold separately , also as part of the Fit Pack,\" Andrew Bosworth, head of Facebook Reality Labs, wrote in a blog post announcing the recall. \"While the number of reports is small and most reported cases are minor, we are committed to making sure our products are safe and comfortable for everyone who uses them.\" Facebook temporarily stops sales of the Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset because the old foam insert caused a rash The company will provide all customers with a new silicone sleeve that goes over the foam insert (pictured). Starting August 24, all Quest 2 headsets will be shipped with the silicone cover hoe For those who want to get a free silicone case, Oculus has a website with step-by-step instructions on how to do this. Facebook first received skin irritation reports in December 2020, according to The edge , adding that about 0.01 percent of all users suffered from the irritation. \"We took the reports of skin irritation very seriously as soon as we heard about it and from December we immediately conducted a thorough investigation, including advice from leading dermatologists and toxicologists,\" Bosworth added. \"These experts have advised that in some parts of the population, skin irritation can occur from many household items — even things like tomatoes or shampoo — and that the numbers we've seen are in line with expectations.\" According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) , there have been 'about 5,716 reports of skin irritation cases and about 45 reports of consumers requiring medical attention'. The CPSC added that the recall will affect \"about 4 million units\" in the US and \"about 172,600 in Canada.\" In addition to the product recall, Facebook said it would add a new 128GB model, replacing the 64GB model, with a retail price of $299. The Quest 2 headset also comes in a 256GB variant, which retails for $399. Advertisement Share or comment on this article: . 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The research report, Profits Uber Everything? , by Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, examines Uber's argument that its drivers are \"independent workers\" who are, in some respects, like individuals working for others and in other respects are like independent businesses. The company is only trying to establish this new category to exonerate itself of any responsibility for the workers, the researchers claim. The research follows another recent study , which suggested that those who work only occasionally in the gig economy should be treated as genuine independent contractors, rather than being classified as employees with full employment rights. Later this year, the UK Supreme Court will hear Uber's appeal against a string of decisions that its drivers are workers, with some employment rights, and are not truly independent. Uber argues that because gig workers can have multiple apps running simultaneously, this makes it hard to attribute their hours to a single employer and means they are not employees. However, the latest research points out that Uber actively controls its drivers, even during \"idle\" time, as they are expected to accept a ride within 15 seconds without knowing the exact location or fee, or risk being fired. These independent workers become, we argue, so-called 'precarious' workers—a new category of workers who cling precariously to temporary but largely low-paid jobs with no benefits.\" \"While no doubt some of the casual drivers for the likes of Uber, or indeed Deliveroo or Foodora, value the additional income and the flexibility that these companies offer, there is still a sizable proportion of people who drive for Uber or participate in the gig economy because of financial hardships and a lack of full-time employment options\", the researchers, Professor Magdalena Cholakova and Professor Joep Cornelissen, write. \"While Uber's business model, as a sharing platform, is supposed to help empower these disadvantaged workers by providing access to additional income… considering them as 'independent workers' does in fact only aggravate their plight. These independent workers become, we argue, so-called 'precarious' workers—a new category of workers who cling precariously to temporary but largely low-paid jobs with no benefits.\" Political and legal support for Uber's position would allow it to continue to evade giving reasonable pay and providing support such as social security and training, the researchers argue. In the UK, the government-commissioned \"Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices\" recommended a fourth employment status category of \"dependent contractor\" for gig economy workers to sit alongside \"employee\", \"worker\" and \"independent contractor\". However, the government rejected this suggestion in 2018. Uber is not the only gig economy platform to claim that its workers do not fit neatly into existing employment categories. 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After practically per week of silence, Kotick mentioned yesterday that his firm's preliminary response to the go well with—through which chief compliance officer Frances Townsend dismissed the allegations as \"a distorted and unfaithful image of [Activision Blizzard], together with factually incorrect, previous, and out of context tales, some from greater than a decade in the past\"—was \"fairly frankly tone deaf,\" in line with Kotick. He additionally promised an instantaneous evaluate of the corporate's insurance policies and procedures and investigations into all claims of misconduct. Activision Blizzard has provided paid day off for all workers collaborating within the walkout. Workers collaborating within the work stoppage acknowledged that the change in tone is welcome, however mentioned that Kotick's assertion made Tuesday night shouldn't be adequate. \"At present's walkout will display that this isn't a one-time occasion that our leaders can ignore,\" the assertion says. \"We won't return to silence; we won't be placated by the identical processes that led us so far. \"That is the start of a permanent motion in favour of higher labor circumstances for all workers, particularly ladies, specifically ladies of colour and transgender ladies, nonbinary folks, and different marginalized teams.\" Activision Blizzard walkout organizers simply launched an announcement in response to CEO Bobby Kotick's e mail to workers through which he described the corporate's response as \"tone deaf\" pic.twitter.com/64D7w8PhOL July 28, 2021", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Activision-Blizzard", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Activision-Blizzard", "length": 19, "offset": 30}, {"position_text": "Activision Blizzard", "length": 19, "offset": 95}, {"position_text": "Activision Blizzard's", "length": 21, "offset": 452}, {"position_text": "Activision Blizzard", "length": 19, "offset": 854}, {"position_text": "Activision Blizzard", "length": 19, "offset": 1199}, {"position_text": "Activision Blizzard", "length": 19, "offset": 1918}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 478, "text": "Merck advancing 2-drug HIV hopeful\nMerck & Co. believes it has a \"critically important molecule\" for HIV patients in its pipeline, and is now moving the drug into Phase 3 testing based on data that showed it kept the disease in check about as well as one of the company's marketed products. The clinical results, unveiled Wednesday, found viral suppression was similar for HIV patients given either Merck's Delstrigo or a three-drug — and later two-drug — regimen containing the company's experimental molecule, called islatravir. The Phase 2 study evaluated three doses of islatravir in combination with doravirine, another HIV drug, and at each dose the combinations maintained antiviral activity. Mike Nally, Merck's chief marketing officer, last month said islatravir is poised to be a \"foundational anchor\" for two-drug HIV treatments. Gilead currently dominates the HIV market, supported largely by its three- and four-drug therapies, but competitors like Merck and GlaxoSmithKline are trying to make inroads with new products that have fewer active ingredients and, in theory, fewer side effects. Dive Insight: Islatravir represents a new class of HIV drugs that Merck argues can improve on some of the key drawbacks to existing options. The company touts how islatravir has shown high potency and a long half life, with the ability to be formulated as either an oral medication or an implantable device. These characteristics, according to global clinical development head Roy Baynes, offer \"significant forgiveness around missed doses,\" a primary concern for diseases like HIV where patients are often expected to take drugs daily. \"We do believe that in the pre-exposure prophylaxis, the flexible scheduling lends itself to really remarkable possibilities,\" Baynes said during Merck's investor day in June. \"We believe it could be used as a daily dose, weekly dose, monthly dose or indeed much longer as an implantable.\" An option with less frequent dosing, if proven with further testing, could spell competition for Merck's rivals. Gilead and GSK recently launched once-daily HIV drugs they view as key growth drivers to their respective HIV businesses. In particular, Gilead's triplet Biktarvy, which combines the drugs bictegravir, emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide, has been a boon to the biotech's bottom line, achieving $1.2 billion in sales after less than a year on the market. While Merck is confident in islatravir, the company is still hunting for the ideal drug with which to pair it. At the investor event, Baynes said he had challenged his team to look into known HIV drug classes and find new molecules that would be more compatible with islatravir. Early research has already found potential drugs with \"more favorable kinetics\" than doravirine, according to Baynes, though the initial Phase 3 test will be in combination with doravirine. \"Hopefully, the clinical data will support the preclinical data and we will have a combination that we can dose once weekly,\" Daria Hazuda, vice president of infectious diseases discovery, said at the event. \"That's our real goal in the treatment space, is to find a partner that will allow us to have an effective combination that can be dosed once weekly, as well as a partner that could be co-administered in an implant for a duration of six months or more.\" Such a drug could give Merck's HIV portfolio a needed boost. Sales of its main HIV product Isentress (raltegravir) dipped 5% last year and 13% the year before due to increased competition in the U.S. and Europe. Merck did, however, secure two HIV drug approvals in the U.S. last year: one for Delstrigo (doravirine/​lamivudine/​tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) and one for Pifeltro (doravirine​). In the study behind Wednesday's data announcement, Merck tested 0.25 mg, 0.75 mg and 2.25 mg of islatravir. For the first 24 weeks, patients received either one of those doses plus doravirine and lamivudine (another antiviral), or Delstrigo. Once that part of the study completed, patients in the experimental arms were switched onto just islatravir and doravirine for the next 24 weeks. After nearly a year, the portion of patients who were virologically suppressed were 90%, 90%, 77% and 84%, respectively, for the 0.25 mg, 0.75 mg, 2.25 mg and Delstrigo groups. 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TAMPA, Fla. — American Honda is recalling about 200,000 portable generators because they may leak gasoline from the fuel valve, posing fire and burn hazards. Honda has received over a dozen reports of leaking valves, but no injuries have been reported. The generators were sold at authorized Honda Power Equipment Dealers, The Home Depot and other home improvement stores nationwide and online from Feb. 2018 through Feb. 2019 for about $1,100 to $1,300. This recall involves Honda EU2200i, EU2200i Companion and EB2200i portable generators. The recalled portable generators were sold with a red or Camo cover. The names \"HONDA\" and the generator model name are printed on the control panel. The serial number is located on a lower corner of one of the side panels of the generator. The following model numbers and serial number ranges are being recalled: Consumers should stop using the recalled generators immediately and contact a local authorized Honda Power Equipment service dealer to schedule a free repair. Honda is contacting all known purchasers directly. 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You can find almost anything on Amazon—items far from the mundane like a mushroom farm , a Nicolas Cage sequin pillowcase and even a human finger , but that's besides the point. There is one item for sale that Amazon could do without and its mere existence is galvanizing the internet. The loathed item is an antisemitic children's book that was published in the 1930s by an actual Nazi. The German book – called Der Giftpilz (The Poisoned Mushroom) – was a widely disseminated propaganda piece for children first published by multi-millionaire Julius Streicher in 1938. The story in the book – which has been translated into English and being sold on Amazon – used an attractive but deadly mushroom as a metaphor to warn about the \"dangers\" of Jewish people. In its first few pages, a mother tells her son that it is: \"difficult to recognize the Jews as rogues and criminals.\" Streicher was an elementary school teacher who became heavily influenced by endemic antisemitism in pre-war Germany and joined the Nazi Party in 1921. After hearing Adolf Hitler give a speech in Munich, he believed \"it was his destiny to serve Hitler.\" Eventually, he founded the antisemitic sensationalist newspaper Der Stürmer in 1923, and Der Giftpilz was one of three children's books his publishing firm released. The fact that this revolting propaganda piece from the 1930s is available to consumers today is very disturbing. Adam Milstein – the founder of The Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation, which aims to strengthen the Jewish identity of American Jews and their connection to Israel – was appalled. He tweeted: \"Shame on @amazon for listing and selling vile Nazi propaganda books filled with anti-Semitism branding Jews 'the devil.'\" According to Indy100 , Karen Pollock – the chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust – expressed her disappointment in Amazon for making the \"obscene\" book available to consumers in this era. \"This book is obscene. It is worrying that distinguished publishers like Amazon would make available products that promote racist or hate speech of any kind, let alone those from the darkest period of European history.\" \"We have already raised our concerns about similar issues over the past decade. As the Holocaust moves from living history to history, our survivors regularly raise the concern that Holocaust denial and antisemitism still persist.\" Others continued expressing their disgust over the book's availability on Amazon. Pollock asked the Big Four tech company to \"do the right thing\" by permanently removing the book, out of respect. \"We urge Amazon to do the right thing and remove this material from sale immediately, audit other items may be on sale, and review their policies to prevent this ever happening again.\" While nobody is arguing against these propaganda books to remain in the care of museums and in universities, many believe that Der Giftpilz and other similarly published works have no place in e-commerce for commercial sale. Streicher was found guilty of crimes against humanity in the Nuremberg trials, during which Der Giftpilz was introduced as evidence. 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(\"Talos\" or the \"Company\") (NYSE: TALO) today announced that the Company has completed a series of capital markets activities to refinance the Company's near-term bond maturities, significantly enhance liquidity and provide the Company with greater strategic flexibility entering 2021. Since mid-December 2020, Talos has cumulatively raised over $670 million of gross proceeds across three transactions, allowing for retirement of Talos's previous second lien notes maturing in April 2022 as well as reducing the current utilization under the Company's credit facility. Talos has extended its bond maturity until 2026 and is expected to have over $550 million of liquidity pro forma for the transactions. The new second lien notes received credit ratings from all three major rating agencies and the indenture added flexibility for financings related to potential future M&A transactions and substantial room for project financing related to the development of the world class Zama discovery. President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy S. Duncan commented: \"Our success in the capital markets over the past month has provided Talos with excellent positioning across all strategic, financial and operational fronts as we enter 2021. The refinancing of a material near-term maturity removes a key financial risk, which was a top financial priority for Talos in recent months. Additional proceeds from the offerings will be used to significantly reduce borrowings under our credit facility.\" Duncan continued: \"We are excited to have positioned the enterprise for success as we start the new year. More broadly, our enhanced liquidity and maturity profile provides solid footing for potential commodity price volatility, as well as the enhanced ability to evaluate a broad range of available business development and M&A opportunities and, ultimately, execute the best possible plan to build long-term shareholder value. We appreciate the longstanding relationships with our underwriters and bank group that helped to effect these successful transactions and look forward to continuing to work with them as we build Talos into one of the premier upstream companies.\" Unrelated to the recent transactions, Talos also expects to file an amended S-3 filing related to the Company's previously executed transaction with Castex 2005. The S-3 filing amends the Company's previous S-3 filing from September 2020, and is not related to any potential offering of additional, new securities. ABOUT TALOS ENERGY Talos Energy (NYSE: TALO) is a technically driven independent exploration and production company focused on safely and efficiently maximizing cash flows and long-term value through its operations, currently in the United StatesGulf of Mexico and offshore Mexico. As one of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico's largest public independent producers, we leverage decades of geology, geophysics and offshore operations expertise towards the acquisition, exploration, exploitation and development of assets in key geological trends that are present in many offshore basins around the world. Our activities in offshore Mexico provide high impact exploration opportunities in an oil rich emerging basin. For more information, visit www.talosenergy.com. INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT investor@talosenergy.com CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This communication contains \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the \"Securities Act\"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this communication, regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the Company's expected capitalization and liquidity after consummation of the transactions described herein. When used in this communication, the words \"could,\" \"believe,\" \"anticipate,\" \"intend,\" \"estimate,\" \"expect,\" \"project,\" \"forecast, \"may,\" \"objective,\" \"plan\" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These risks include, but are not limited to, commodity price volatility, including the sharp decline in oil prices beginning in March 2020, the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (\"COVID-19\") and governmental measures related thereto on global demand for oil and natural gas and on the operations of our business, the ability or willingness of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (\"OPEC\") and non-OPEC countries, such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, to set and maintain oil production levels and the impact of any such actions, lack of transportation and storage capacity as a result of oversupply, government regulations and actions, including with respect to repairs to the Ram Powell facility, the impact of hurricanes and other storms, including Hurricane Delta, or other factors, inflation, lack of availability of drilling and production equipment and services, environmental risks, drilling and other operating risks, regulatory changes, the uncertainty inherent in estimating reserves and in projecting future rates of production, cash flow and access to capital, the timing of development expenditures, the possibility that the anticipated benefits of recent acquisitions are not realized when expected or at all, including as a result of the impact of, or problems arising from, the integration of such acquisitions, and other factors that may affect our future results and business, generally, including those discussed under the heading \"Risk Factors\" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and other risk factors as detailed from time to time in our reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this communication. Estimates for our future production volumes are based on assumptions of capital expenditure levels and the assumption that market demand and prices for oil and gas will continue at levels that allow for economic production of these products. The production, transportation, marketing and storage of oil and gas are subject to disruption due to transportation, processing and storage availability, mechanical failure, human error, hurricanes and numerous other factors. Our estimates are based on certain other assumptions, such as well performance, which may vary significantly from those assumed. Therefore, we can give no assurance that our future production volumes will be as estimated. This communication may also contain statements based on hypothetical or adverse scenarios and assumptions, and these statements should not necessarily be viewed as being representative of current or actual risk or forecasts of expected risk. 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It's slated to roll out this fall, but several questions remain around its pricing and structure. \"These horizontal competitors are colluding to create a JV that will cause substantial harm to competition and consumers,\" the complaint reads. The lawsuit also names Disney-owned ESPN and Hulu as defendants. A spokesperson for the joint venture declined to comment. Fubo argues Disney, Fox and Warner Bros., which control a majority of the live sports media rights in the U.S., imposed bundling requirements and \"significantly above-market licensing fees\" on Fubo, inflating prices for consumers. Now, their new joint venture allows the media companies to undercut those prices and avoid the same restrictions on what channels they have to carry, granting them a competitive edge, the lawsuit alleges. 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From his humble beginnings as a production runner, Henry's tenacity saw him rise swiftly in the UK's top post houses. Embracing roles from Head of Colour to an invigorating freelance stint, he now champions ELMNTL's vibrant team, widely acknowledged for their unwavering passion. A lover of challenges, Henry thrives in collaborative ventures that push creative boundaries. LBB> What was your first experience with the world of colour grading – and when did you decide that being a colourist was a role that you wanted to pursue? Henry> Going through uni, I worked a lot on the production side as a 3rd and 2nd AD for feature films. From there I moved into DITing and found an increasing interest in post production, which ultimately led me to colour grading. I was also very clumsy on set, so it all worked out! I took a runner role at a post house and, like most, started serving tea and coffee to colourists in their dark rooms. Being a fan of cinema, I loved the grade suite environment and really my passion progressed from there. LBB> What was the project that you felt really changed your career? Henry> I take the attitude that every new grade needs to be my best grade. Treating every project that way ensures that you don't get complacent. You're constantly looking forward to new projects and constantly striving to get better and better. If I have to name a few, I can't deny that NDubz comeback single 'Charmer' gets the most positive reaction when I chat to non-industry people. I also did some lovely Primark films with Jack Bowden, which really elevated my career in the Fashion sector. LBB> How/where did you hone your craft and did you have any particular mentors? Henry> Spending time with Longform colourists was a great place for me to learn the essential craft, understand the tools at a colourist's disposal and perfect the art of communication to bring each project to life in a way that's true to the director's vision. From there, I've mainly honed my craft through the journey of each of the projects I've worked on and the directors I've collaborated with. Colourist Caroline Morin was an amazing person to work alongside, because she has such a wealth of knowledge and technical expertise. She taught me a lot! LBB> Tell us more about your creative process Henry> I always start by viewing what's been shot, putting the camera LUT on to see what naturally occurs in the footage. This prevents us drifting too far from what the clients are used to seeing straight away. You want them by your side and to go on that journey together. We discuss the references the director and DOP had in mind and then see what similarities can be found between those and the footage they shot. Then we start highlighting those details into the rushes and pulling the look out from there. LBB> From experience, we've found that colourists often love art and photography - when you're out of the studio, what inspires you? Henry> I'm a big fan of cinema and film, and especially now where the standard of grading in cinema is so high. There are so many more daring and versatile looks, which I find really inspiring. I like working with a clear head, and lifestyle is a huge part of that for me. Getting outside and being in nature, going for a run and moving my body really helps my mind focus. LBB> Colour grading is largely a digital affair, but there's also been a resurgence of film over the past few years in commercials and music videos. What are your thoughts about working on film versus digital formats like 4K? And what are your favourite techniques for capturing a vintage or tactile feel? Henry> Both formats have their benefits. I can't deny that I love the opportunity to work on film and I'm often asked to make digitally shot projects look like film. However, the digital cameras on the market now are pretty incredible, so I often consider not applying grain to the image now. You can get such high end, cinematic, crisp looks now, that you really have to think twice whether it's right to add such defects to it. LBB> When working in commercials, what role can colour and a grade play in enhancing a brand's assets and what sort of conversations do you have with creatives and clients about that (e.g. is there often a strategic/consistent 'look' for a brand? Can these be too heavy handed?) Henry> Grade plays a huge role when working with brands. The differences between high fashion work and commercials is so large that naturally grading will be approached differently too. Commercial work is focused around selling a product. Initially clients will want the project to look very bright and appealing making sure the audience can see what's being sold to them. It's a juggling act really because you obviously have to listen to what the client wants and make sure they're happy, but at the same time you don't want to blow away all the highlights and that's what you remember it for. With experience, it's possible to gain a whole arsenal of tricks to make the clients happy with retaining details with brighter areas. LBB> How do you ensure that each colourist-director partnership is a success? Henry> Understanding and communicating what each of us wants from the project is definitely the best place to start. It's very important to hear others' ideas and also to express your own, to emphasise your passion towards each project. All of us can feel vulnerable at times when sharing our ideas and our work, as we all want to instil confidence in ourselves and the director, but bouncing ideas off each other is what creates a true collaborative environment, which builds the trust and ultimately achieves the right result, which makes each relationship so much more rewarding. LBB> What advice would you give to a budding colourist? Henry> Not every path into this industry is the same. There are a lot of different ways to get to where you want, all equally valid, but it's very important to know how a post production environment works and runs. Understanding colour workflows and technical pipelines are crucial if you want to be working on high end commercial work or feature films in the future. When it comes to the work, don't be offended if someone doesn't like your first pass and don't take it personally. It's a very subjective discipline and personal taste varies so much. At the beginning of my career, I was always very anxious on how a client would react to my grades, but time and experience have enabled me to approach my work with confidence. LBB> In your opinion, what's the difference between a good grade and a great grade? Henry> I think before you even start work, nailing the experience in the suite for all involved is the first step to creating a great grade - whether you've worked together before or not, every session is a reset. Once you've established a rapport, got everyone's creative juices flowing and got your grade playlist on, you'll find everyone will open up more to what they want, share stories from the shoot and uncover those little details for you to pull out. The ultimate goal is to make sure the grade has a lasting impact. You want that project to be referenced for future briefs; something that's unique and makes you feel good, but you don't quite know why? To me, that's a great grade. 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All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Roblox will host a launch party for YouTuber and hip-hop musician KSI as the latest performance on Roblox's music experience platform. Since concerts can't be held during the pandemic, the virtual event is the next best thing, and entertainers such as John Legend and Travis Scott have been taking advantage of it to expand their brands in the digital realm. It's part of Roblox 's plan to expand into education and music as ways to get more people on the Roblox platform and spending more time on a daily basis inside Roblox's metaverse , the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such as Snow Crash and Ready Player One . To make this happen, Roblox partnered with global music company BMG, Proper Loud, and MBA Live, as well as KSI himself. Three top investment pros open up about what it takes to get your video game funded. The interactive experience will showcase a performance from KSI and feature songs from his hit album, All Over The Place. So it's not quite a full-blown concert. KSI's first performance starts on Friday, August 13 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific time with encore performances hourly over the weekend and will be followed by a first-of-its kind VIP after-party experience for fans, including an exclusive virtual Q&A, on Saturday, August 14, all on the Roblox platform. Olajide William 'JJ' Olatunji, known publicly as KSI, is one of YouTube's biggest stars. He is a chart topping music artist and a professional boxer with a combined social media reach of over 40 million. His second album All Over The Place rose to the No. 1 spot on the Official U.K. Albums Chart after generating over 34,000 copies sold in its first week, outselling the rest of the top five combined. The 16 track album project released last month features collaborations with Anne-Marie, Future, 21 Savage, Yungblud, and Polo G. KSI said in a statement that the album takes you on an adventure and so the launch party should be equally memorable. The Launch Party takes place under the London Eye on a dance floor with a boxing-ring theme. Before the Launch Party premieres, Roblox users will be able to hop into cars and race each other through the streets of London as well as purchase exclusive virtual merchandise, including three limited edition items. After the show, KSI will keep the virtual party going with VIP rooftop after-party where he will hang out and live chat with fans. Epic Games and Wave have led the way in virtual concerts. The difference between Epic's Fortnite and Roblox, however, is that Roblox is a platform, while Fortnite is a game (though Epic is certainly attempting to position it as a stepping stone to a metaverse). Roblox has created the foundations of putting on virtual concerts and handed them over to companies such as Warner Bros. Jon Vlassopulos, vice president and global head of music for Roblox, said in a statement he can't wait to race around London and join the exclusive VIP after party that will connect KSI with fans from around the world. Christopher Ludwig, BMG vice president, said in a statement that KSI wants to be at the cutting edge of technology and be authentic and raw to reach his global, digital-native audience where they are. For the new generation of music fans, Roblox provides the platform to discover, share, and get closer to music they love. For artists and labels, Roblox offers a unique and creative way to engage and attract millions of fans and drive new revenue streams, all in the metaverse. KSI recently said in an interview that \"Bitcoin is the future\" and in 10 years time people who invested will be laughing. Evidently, the metaverse is the future too. GamesBeat GamesBeat's creed when covering the game industry is \"where passion meets business.\" What does this mean? We want to tell you how the news matters to you -- not just as a decision-maker at a game studio, but also as a fan of games. Whether you read our articles, listen to our podcasts, or watch our videos, GamesBeat will help you learn about the industry and enjoy engaging with it. How will you do that? 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(NYSE: EAF) (\"GrafTech\" or the \"Company\") today announced that its majority shareholder, a consortium led by Brookfield Business Partners LP (the \"Brookfield consortium\"), distributed a portion of its GrafTech common stock to the owners in the Brookfield consortium. While the same number of shares will continue to be owned by the current owners following the distribution, approximately 26.8 million shares will now be directly held outside of the Brookfield consortium, increasing the public float of the Company from approximately 25% to 35%. The above distribution reduces the size of the Brookfield consortium's control position and increases the number of GrafTech's freely tradeable common shares, enhancing the liquidity of our stock and positioning the Company to expand its investor base as it continues to execute its long-term strategy. Following the distribution, the Brookfield consortium holds a 65% ownership interest in GrafTech's outstanding common stock. About GrafTech GrafTech International Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of high quality graphite electrode products essential to the production of electric arc furnace (\"EAF\") steel and other ferrous and non-ferrous metals. The Company has a competitive portfolio of low cost graphite electrode manufacturing facilities, including three of the highest capacity facilities in the world. We are the only large scale graphite electrode producer that is substantially vertically integrated into petroleum needle coke, a key raw material for graphite electrode manufacturing. 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Investors With Losses Over $100K to...\nNew York, New York – Newsfile Corp. – April 16, 2022 – WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Celsius Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CELH) between August 12, 2021 and March 1, 2022, inclusive (the \"Class Period\"), of the important May 16, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline. SO WHAT: If you purchased Celsius securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Celsius class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=4162 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 16, 2022 . A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers. DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Celsius had improperly recorded expenses for non-cash share-based compensation for second and third quarters of 2021; (2) as a result, Celsius's financial statements for those periods would be restated, including to report a net loss for the third quarter of 2021; (3) there was a material weakness in Celsius's internal controls over financial reporting; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Celsius's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages. To join the Celsius class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=4162 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff. Follow us for updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosen-law-firm , on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosen_firm or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenlawfirm/ . Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. ——————————- Contact Information: Laurence Rosen, Esq. Phillip Kim, Esq. The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. 275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 686-1060 Toll Free: (866) 767-3653 Fax: (212) 202-3827 lrosen@rosenlegal.com pkim@rosenlegal.com cases@rosenlegal.com www.rosenlegal.com The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The post ROSEN, A TOP RANKED FIRM, Encourages Celsius Holdings, Inc. 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and Sanctions: The Surprising Path to Russia\nAffluent Russians continue to access luxury vehicles despite sanctions, with brands like BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche readily available. Research from Forbidden Stories reveals a significant flow of luxury car exports to Russia, often rerouted through Kyrgyzstan to circumvent restrictions. While enforcement of these sanctions remains weak, the case of the Moscow dealership Berg Auto Premium exemplifies the ongoing trade. Challenges in tracking post-sale products complicate regulatory efforts, raising questions about the effectiveness of current sanctions. Luxury Cars Still Accessible for Wealthy Russians Despite ongoing sanctions, affluent Russians continue to enjoy access to high-end vehicles from leading Western brands. From the opulent BMW 7 Series to the high-performance Mercedes-AMG 63 and the sophisticated Porsche Cayenne, every coveted model is within reach for car enthusiasts in Moscow. Custom-built cars are also a viable option, as long as the financial resources are at hand, allowing oligarchs to bypass standard purchasing channels. Uncovering the Car Export Route to Russia Recent research spearheaded by the organization Forbidden Stories highlights the ongoing flow of luxury car exports to Russia, challenging the effectiveness of imposed sanctions. As detailed in a report by Spiegel, the research raises critical questions regarding the ineffectiveness of these restrictions, which prohibit the export of luxury goods exceeding 50,000 euros to Russia. Interestingly, the research indicates that exporting cars to Russia resembles a conventional business operation rather than a clandestine smuggling network. Although there are indications of potential sanctions violations detected by German customs, the overall impact appears to be negligible. This raises questions about the motivations behind the lack of enforcement, suggesting that political frameworks may restrict officials from taking decisive action. This scenario mirrors previous instances, such as the convoluted routes taken by Russian oil that, while banned from entering Germany, often finds its way through countries like India. In the case of luxury automobiles, the primary detour frequently leads through Kyrgyzstan. According to the Spiegel report, German exports to this Central Asian nation have surged dramatically, increasing over a hundredfold in recent months. The data on car imports to Kyrgyzstan further underscores this trend, showing a leap from approximately 224 million US dollars (around 214 million euros) in 2021 to an astounding 2.8 billion dollars (approximately 2.67 billion euros) in 2023. Such figures naturally raise suspicions of illicit activity surrounding these transactions. Interestingly, for non-oligarchs, the situation reveals a pragmatic approach to business. Reports suggest that rerouting luxury vehicles through Kyrgyzstan may not even be necessary; instead, issuing the correct customs documentation could allow for a direct, environmentally friendly transit to Russia. The challenge of curbing these exports raises complex questions. Julia Grauvogel from the Leibniz Institute for Global and Regional Studies notes that many smaller companies find it difficult to trace their products post-sale. This reality complicates enforcement, as prominent manufacturers like BMW and Porsche assert they do not maintain direct relationships with Russian sellers. Should a contracted dealer be caught violating sanctions independently, they face serious repercussions. This raises the concern that unenforceable sanctions may not be the most effective strategy. The narrative of Berg Auto Premium, a car dealership in Moscow that began operations in 2023 despite EU sanctions, illustrates this point. The owner's unwavering confidence in the potential for success has proven to be well-founded. 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Sainsbury's suffered a 3.1% drop in sales of general merchandise and a 4.5% drop in clothing sales in the 16 weeks t0 June 29. \"The weather was very unhelpful\" and resulted in \"pretty dire\" sales of paddling pools and barbecues, management said. Sainsbury's was barred by regulators from merging with Walmart-owned rival ASDA earlier this year. Watch Sainsbury's trade live . A British supermarket is blaming bad weather for disappointing sales of everything from barbecues and paddling pools to t-shirts and swimsuits. Sainsbury's , which was barred by regulators from merging with Walmart-owned rival ASDA earlier this year, suffered a 3.1% drop in sales of general merchandise in the 16 weeks t0 June 29. The decline was driven by weakness in \"key seasonal categories such as outdoor toys, garden furniture, gardening equipment and barbecues,\" said CFO Kevin O'Byrne on the company's latest earnings call , adding \"the weather was very unhelpful.\" Clothing sales also dropped 4.5%, leaving the group with a bunch of unsold stock, as \"it rained this year and it was sunny last year,\" said CEO Mike Coupe on the call. Even the heatwave last week, when temperatures surged to over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, failed to reverse \"pretty dire\" sales of paddling pools and barbecues, Coupe said. \"Last week the weather was actually not unhelpful, but even then we sold about a third of the paddling pools that we did the previous year.\" Argos, a catalog retailer acquired by Sainsbury's in 2016, wasn't able to capitalize on impulse summer purchases either. \"If you want a swimming pool, if you want a fan, you want it now and the Argos machine is very, very good at delivering that,\" Coupe said, but \"the absence of some half-decent weather has clearly been a drag on the business.\" SEE ALSO: Heineken and other drink stocks just got whacked after a warning bad weather in Europe will curb beers in the sun Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: 'Blue's Clues' is making a comeback with a new look and new host. 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The deal, which will see US cosmetics giant Coty Inc get a 20% stake in Kardashian's KKW Beauty, values the reality TV star's three-year-old business at one billion dollars. It is the second agreement the company has struck with the famous family, after buying more than half of Kylie Jenner's makeup line. I am so proud of my beautiful wife Kim Kardashian West for officially becoming a billionaire You've weathered the craziest storms and now God is shining on you and our family So blessed this is still life So I made you this still life We love you so much pic.twitter.com/Vvtgzodnah — ye (@kanyewest) June 30, 2020 West, himself officially named a billionaire by Forbes magazine in April, was quick to congratulate \"my beautiful wife\" on apparently achieving the same status. 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(the \"Company\" or \"Rexford Industrial\") (NYSE: REXR), a real estate investment trust focused on creating value by investing in and operating industrial properties located throughout infill Southern California, announced that Moody's Investors Service (\"Moody's\") and S&P Global Ratings (\"S&P\") upgraded Rexford Industrial's investment grade issuer and senior unsecured ratings. Moody's upgraded the Company's ratings to Baa2 from Baa3 with a stable outlook. S&P upgraded the Company's ratings to BBB+ from BBB with a stable outlook. \"These rating upgrades by both Moody's and S&P reflect the strength of our differentiated business model driven by our irreplaceable portfolio and value creation expertise within infill Southern California, the nation's highest demand and lowest vacancy industrial market. Our commitment to maintaining a low-leverage, fortress-like balance sheet positions Rexford Industrial to continue to execute on accretive internal and external growth initiatives, driving significant long-term value creation for our shareholders,\" stated Laura Clark, Chief Financial Officer of the Company. About Rexford Industrial Rexford Industrial creates value by investing in, operating and redeveloping industrial properties throughout infill Southern California, the world's fourth largest industrial market and consistently the highest-demand, lowest supply market in the nation. The Company's highly differentiated strategy enables internal and external growth opportunities through its proprietary value creation and asset management capabilities. Rexford Industrial's high-quality, irreplaceable portfolio comprises 336 properties with approximately 41.0 million rentable square feet occupied by a stable and diverse tenant base. Structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT) listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker \"REXR,\" Rexford Industrial is an S&P MidCap 400 Index member. For more information, please visit www.rexfordindustrial.com . Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. 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During an exclusive event in India, NIQ BASES celebrated the winners of the 2024 Breakthrough Innovation Awards, honoring brands that have disrupted the market and captivated consumers with exceptional new product launches. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241208521240/en/ NIQ Breakthrough innovation Awards 2024 for FMCG and Tech and Durables Industry (Photo: Business Wire) These award-winning products launched between 2022 and 2023 and have successfully navigated an ever-evolving consumer landscape. Driving Growth Through Innovation According to NIQ BASES, top innovators in India achieve four times higher velocity and double the distribution in their launch year compared to category averages for new launches. This demonstrates how strategic innovation can propel brands ahead of the competition. \"In today's fast-evolving marketplace, where consumer expectations are constantly shifting and market conditions remain unpredictable, innovation continues to be the driving force behind sustainable growth,\" said Vijay Udasi, Strategic Analytics & Insights Leader – India, NIQ. \"Innovation is not just a moment; it is a long-term strategy. Launching successful innovations in the market is a highly effective way to keep your brand competitive and relevant by fostering consumer-driven growth and securing retailer support, even during challenging economic conditions.\" Emerging Innovation Trends The 2024 Breakthrough Innovation analysis highlights significant opportunities for brands in Indian markets across FMCG and Tech & Durables to drive growth in the future, including: Health & Wellness: Low-calorie, low-fat, and gut-health-focused products dominate, with 1 in 5 snacks linked to health. Millets and mindful snacking are on the rise, alongside health-oriented consumer tech. Cultural Influence: Korean-inspired personal care and food innovations gain traction, emphasizing unique flavors and textures. Local & Sustainable: Demand grows for sustainably sourced FMCG, and energy-efficient consumer tech tailored to local needs. Performance & Convenience: Urbanization drives demand for innovative, high-quality products that simplify life. Celebrating Breakthrough Innovators This year's winners of the Breakthrough Innovation Awards exemplify excellence in execution, with products that not only broke through the marketplace clutter but also addressed evolving consumer needs. Winning products in India saw on average a remarkable 90% increase in sales during their second year compared to their first—a testament to the power of purposeful innovation. 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These measures are part of the global real asset manager's plan to reduce Scope 3 carbon emissions. These emissions are the result of activities from assets that are not owned or controlled by CLI, but indirectly affects the firm's carbon output. The firm's chief sustainability officer Vinamra Srivastava told The Straits Times in an exclusive interview that the initiatives are important as Scope 3 emissions make up 68 per cent of CLI's total greenhouse gas emissions. Scope 1 accounts for 2 per cent and Scope 2 takes up the remaining 30 per cent of emissions. The firm has expanded its reporting of Scope 3 emissions. In its 15th Global Sustainability Report issued recently, the firm included three new Scope 3 categories that are key to its operations. They are: purchased goods and operations, fuel- and energy-related activities, as well as upstream transportation and distribution. 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Co-written and produced by acclaimed auteur Park Chan -wook and directed by Kim Sang-man (Midnight FM), the film takes place during the tumultuous period around the 1592-1598 Imjin War. Slave-turned-militia-leader Cheon-yeong (Broker's Gang Dong-won) and high-born Jong-ryeo (Time to Hunt's Park Jeong-min) are unlikely childhood friends set against each other by the brutality of war and the era's rigid caste system. The story's framing is established in a brief prologue, where we meet scholar Jeong Yeo-rip, leader of a 1589 movement called Great Unity where \"noblemen and slaves shared food and drink and practiced martial arts together.\" Such egalitarian ideals were definitely not appreciated by King Seonjo (Cha Seung-won), a real-life historical figure who embodies the era's rigidly stratified Neo-Confucian society. Hunted down by the king's forces, Jeong Yeo-rip kills himself with a sword through the neck, in a brief taste of the gore to come. \"Both a king and a slave -- they are equal,\" Jeong manages to sputter out with his last breath. Cut to Cheon-yeong, a slave boy in the house of Joseon's most influential military family. He is the \"body servant\" of the master's feckless son Jong-ryeo, a job that entails getting whipped whenever the young noble fails in his martial training. \"Why should I get whipped?\" he protests, not unreasonably. \"I did nothing wrong.\" The worse Jong-ryeo practices, the worse the beatings the slave receives in his stead, so Cheon-yeong -- a precocious fighter -- takes it upon himself to offer after-hours private lessons. An unlikely friendship blossoms as they grow into young adulthood. Still, something is missing in Jong-ryeo's training. \"You have no anger in your sword,\" Cheon-yeong chides. Jong-ryeo keeps failing the state military exam, and Cheon-yeong offers to take the test for him -- on the condition that he be freed afterward. The slave passes at the top of the class, but King Seonjo, unsurprisingly, has no interest in honoring the agreement. Fortunes turn when invasion by the Japanese sparks a slave mutiny that burns the palace to the ground and sends the royal court scrambling into exile. Cheon-yeong escapes and eventually joins the Righteous Army, a military resistance movement against the invaders, where his sword-fighting prowess earns him the nickname the \"blue-robed god.\" Jong-ryeo also emerges as a military leader for the king, fueled by the death of his wife and child in the palace fire and the mistaken belief that his Cheon-yeong was responsible. Burning with a desire for revenge, he has found the anger in his sword, becoming a fierce warrior in his own right. The theme of retribution is no surprise from Park Chan-wook, whose catalog includes the celebrated Vengeance Trilogy, nor is the mordant humor throughout. The film's underlying social commentary is also a familiar staple of South Korean content, as hits from Parasite to Squid Game have tackled the country's own class issues in a way that has resonated with global audiences. \"I've always been interested in the topic of class,\" Director Kim Sang-man said at the Busan International Film Festival earlier this month. \"The characters (of different classes) in this scenario all have different perspectives on the times. I thought it would be great to capture those things.\" Uprising premiered as Busan's opening film, a first for a streaming feature. In the film, the antagonists come both from within and without the country. The brutality of the invading Japanese is seen in the character of Genshin (The Glory's Jung Sung-il) but it is the internal cruelty of the class system that is even more damning. While King Seonjo is obsessed primarily with rebuilding his destroyed palace as his subjects starve outside its walls, a climatic three-way standoff takes place on a beach shrouded in fog, a setting that calls to mind Park's Decision to Leave. Later on, we catch a glimpse of commoners in a public square enjoying a colorful show with music, masks and dolls. \"To punish those who leech off the people, we must all join forces!\" a performer announces. \"Since the masses are all beasts, it is only right that they fear us!\" The music plays on, and the film's message resonates across the centuries. Uprising is currently streaming on Netflix. 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Investors who purchased the Company's securities between August 4, 2020 and February 27, 2023, inclusive (the ''Class Period''), are encouraged to contact the firm before December 23, 2023. We also encourage you to contact Brian Schall of the Schall Law Firm, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2460, Los Angeles, CA 90067, at 310-301-3335, to discuss your rights free of charge. You can also reach us through the firm's website at www.schallfirm.com , or by email at [email protected] . The class, in this case, has not yet been certified, and until certification occurs, you are not represented by an attorney. If you choose to take no action, you can remain an absent class member. According to the Complaint, the Company made false and misleading statements to the market. AdaptHealth and its executives engaged in a scheme to overcharge the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (\"CMS\") and other insurers for diabetes equipment by submitting improper billing codes. The Company misled the market about its business and billing practices. Based on these facts, the Company's public statements were false and materially misleading throughout the class period. When the market learned the truth about AdaptHealth, investors suffered damages. Join the case to recover your losses. The Schall Law Firm represents investors around the world and specializes in securities class action lawsuits and shareholder rights litigation. 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U.S. soy is available in Skechers footwear thanks to their collaboration with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Select Skechers styles across multiple categories for men, women and kids will utilize Goodyear rubber technology that contains a special polymer including sustainable soybean oil—a renewable, biobased material used in some of the company's top-performing tires. \"U.S. soybean growers are pleased to see this multiplier effect growing from their own collaboration with Goodyear through the soybean checkoff,\" said United Soybean Board Director Ralph Lott, a New York soybean farmer. \"USB worked with Goodyear to support their innovation with U.S. soy that is now available in four lines of Goodyear tires. We are excited consumers have a new choice for performance as well as sustainability with U.S. soy in a range of Skechers footwear.\" USB supported Goodyear research that discovered that soybean oil could improve tire flexibility at low temperatures, helping the rubber to remain pliable in cold weather and enhancing traction in rain and snow simultaneously. Additionally, Goodyear discovered that soybean oil mixes more easily with rubber compounds and reduces energy consumption, which improves tire manufacturing efficiency. These revelations have led to increased performance in Goodyear tires containing soy as evidenced by strong third-party ratings and reviews for each line. Skechers outsoles use this same technology to deliver increased grip, stability and durability. \"This collaboration is an example of two trusted brands coming together to create a high-tech product that will truly benefit our consumer,\" said Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers. \"Goodyear has always worked to create innovative products that provide consumers with high-performance tires, and now we're using that same ingenuity to enable consumers to wear high-performance shoes,\" said Christian Jurado, Goodyear's global director of licensed products. Initially launched on three running shoes from the Skechers GOrun collection, the range of styles featuring Goodyear Performance Outsoles now includes a wider assortment of running and walking sneakers and will expand through 2020 to athletic lifestyle, trail, and work footwear categories for men and women, as well as kids' styles. In addition, Skechers Work styles for safety and comfort on the job are currently in development for launch later this this year. Source: United Soybean Board, which is solely responsible for the information provided and is wholly owned by the source. 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The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Siemens Gamesea Renewable Energy to explore the delivery of green hydrogen at two as yet unspecified sites through electrolysis. It has been billed as a major step in the efforts by both companies in supporting the UK and Irish Governments to achieve their respective net zero targets. These include a drive by the UK to hit five gigawatts of low carbon production by 2030. Green hydrogen is created through the electrolysis of water – splitting it into hydrogen and oxygen – using equipment powered by electricity generated by renewable resources. The companies said their new partnership will encompass the full green hydrogen value chain, including construction, supply chain management, customer offtake and storage, end user requirements, reliability, and operation and maintenance. They plan to work with green hydrogen customers in a range of industries, including transportation, distilleries and gas network operators. Two onshore wind farms, one in Scotland and one in Ireland, will be announced as the locations for the hydrogen production facilities in due course, a statement said. Jim Smith, managing director of SSE Renewables, said: \"Hydrogen is rapidly becoming an important and exciting component of the strategy to decarbonise power production, heavy industry and transport, among other sectors. And the revolutionary production of green hydrogen from wind energy offers wider opportunity for markets such as Scotland and Ireland to further exploit our abundant wind resources. 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The sales growth was above Confluent Inc 's competitors average revenue growth of 9.42 %, recorded in the same quarter. Confluent Inc recorded net loss and most of company's competitors saw decline in earnings by -28.88 % More on CFLT Income Comparisons Confluent Inc 's Comment on Competitors and Industry Peers Our market is highly competitive and characterized by rapid changes in technology, customer needs, frequent introductions of new offerings, and improvements to existing service offerings. Our primary competition, especially on premise, is internal IT teams that are attempting to \"do it themselves\" using open source software. Our offering is substantially differentiated from Apache Kafka, and therefore companies using only open source tools do not benefit from our full product offering. As the move to the cloud increases, we expect that competition from open source alternatives will decrease as companies increasingly adopt fully-managed cloud solutions. Our principal competitors in the cloud are the well-established public cloud providers such as AWS that generally compete in all of our markets. These enterprises are developing and have released fully-managed, data ingestion, and data streaming products, such as Azure Event Hubs (Microsoft Corporation), Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis and Amazon DynamoDB Streams (AWS), and Cloud Pub/Sub and Cloud Dataflow (Google). On premise there are a number of vendors with legacy products that have pivoted into this space including TIBCO Streaming, Cloudera Dataflow, Redhat (IBM) AMQ Streams, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming. We believe the principal competitive factors for companies in our industry include the following: Focus on data in motion, characterized by: the ability to provide an end-to-end operationalized customer journey; mindshare and ability to drive innovation in the category of data in motion; and the ability to support customers at scale with mission critical use cases. Product differentiation, characterized by: Cloud-native capabilities operate at significant scale; offer elasticity; offer end-to-end security; and offer flexible pricing, including pay-as-you-go delivery. Completeness of offering a complete platform for data in motion (not just low-level streaming); rich SQL-based stream processing; integrated data governance capabilities; and ease of integration with connectors to a wide variety of existing applications and IT and cloud infrastructure. Availability of offering as a fully-managed service in the three leading public clouds; as a Kuberenetes-based software offering for the private cloud; in legacy on-premise data centers as a software product; and ability to span all of these customer environments in one unified data-in-motion platform. General competitive factors, including: size of customer base and level of market adoption; price and total cost of ownership; brand awareness and reputation; quality of professional services and customer support; strength of sales and marketing efforts; and adherence to industry standards and certifications. On the basis of the factors above, we believe that we compare favorably to our competitors. However, some of our actual and potential competitors have advantages over us, such as substantially greater financial, technical, and other resources, including larger sales forces and marketing budgets, greater brand recognition, broader distribution networks and global presence, longer operating histories, more established relationships with current or potential customers and commercial partners, and more mature intellectual property portfolios. They may be able to leverage these resources to gain market share and prevent potential customers from purchasing our products. Additionally, we expect the industry to attract new entrants, who could compete with our business and introduce new offerings. As we scale and expand our business, we may enter new markets and encounter additional competition. 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(NASDAQ: XELA ) between March 16, 2018 and March 16, 2020, inclusive (the \"Class Period\"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 22, 2020. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. 如果您想加入这个集体诉讼案，请在这里提交您的信息。 http://zhanginvestorlaw.com/join-action-form/?slug=exela-technologies-inc&id=2231 According to the lawsuit, the company failed to disclose and/or misstated: (1) Exela's previously issued financial statements for the twelve months ended December, 31, 2017 and December 31, 2018, and the quarterly statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 contained numerous accounting errors, could not be relied upon, and required restatement; and (2) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. A class has not been certified. You may retain counsel of your choice. You may take no action at this time and be an absent class member. Your ability to obtain a recovery is not dependent upon being a lead plaintiff. Zhang Investor Law represents investors worldwide. Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. 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Aside from ADAS applications in automobiles, LiDAR can be used in robo taxis for ride sharing, shuttle services, on-demand car services, and mobility-on-demand (MOD) fleets PUNE, India, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Exactitude Consultancy, the market research and consulting wing of Ameliorate Digital Consultancy Private Limited has completed and published the final copy of the detailed research report on the LiDAR for Automotive Market. The global LiDAR for Automotive market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17% from 2022 to 2029, from USD 1.12 billion in 2020 to USD 4.60 billion in 2029. Autonomous vehicles are in high demand, and technological advances have made this a real-world possibility, with many vehicle manufacturers investing in the development of such vehicles. These vehicles will be entirely driven by sensors and electronics, providing a completely driverless experience. LiDAR sensors are critical components of critical systems such as blind-spot monitoring, lane-keep assistance, lane-departure warning, and collision warning in autonomous vehicles. Because of its growing popularity and low cost, solid-state LiDAR is expected to outperform standard flash LiDAR in these applications. Increasing the Use of LiDAR Systems in Autonomous Vehicles will Expand Market Potential. Click & Get Free Sample Report in Minutes: https://exactitudeconsultancy.com/reports/13896/lidar-for-automotive-market/#request-a-sample Growth Drivers Lasers are used in the sensing technology known as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to find and gauge the distances between objects in the immediate surroundings. For the automotive sector, especially for self-driving cars, LiDAR has emerged as a crucial technology. Some of the development factors for LiDAR in the automotive sector include the following: Rising demand for self-driving cars: For self-driving cars to correctly sense their surroundings and make decisions, LiDAR is an essential technology. The demand for LiDAR technology is anticipated to rise along with the popularity of self-driving vehicles. Increasing safety requirements: To increase road safety, governments and regulatory bodies around the globe are increasingly requiring the use of ADAS. LiDAR technology contributes significantly to ADAS by offering precise and timely information about the environment around the car. Technological advancements: Recent developments in LiDAR technology have led to smaller, less expensive, and more dependable LiDAR devices. LiDAR is anticipated to become even more accessible and cheap as the technology advances, further accelerating its adoption in the automotive sector. Growing investment in autonomous driving: The development of automated driving technology is receiving significant investment from leading automakers and tech firms. These investments are anticipated to stimulate innovation in LiDAR technology, leading to LiDAR sensors that work better and are more cost-effective. Company Profiles Recent Developments in the LiDAR for Automotive Industry Velodyne Lidar: In February 2022, Velodyne Lidar announced a new high-resolution LiDAR sensor called Alpha Prime, which is designed for autonomous vehicles and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). The Alpha Prime has a range of up to 500 meters and can detect objects with low reflectivity, such as black vehicles and dark clothing. Innoviz: In December 2021, Innoviz Technologies announced that it had signed a contract to supply its LiDAR sensors to a leading automotive OEM for use in autonomous vehicles. The contract is worth over $100 million and the sensors will be integrated into the OEM's ADAS platform. 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The announcement follows tensions between the Biden administration and Moderna that boiled over in the last week, including at a contentious meeting Friday, as the U.S. government urges the biotechnology company to send more coronavirus vaccines to lower-income countries, according to multiple people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose private conversations. For months, the U.S. government has pleaded with Moderna to boost its domestic and international production so it can ramp up donations to low- and middle-income countries. But in two meetings during the last week, Biden administration officials have grown exasperated over the biotechnology company's refusal to commit to doing so, the people said. ADVERTISEMENT One senior U.S. official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said the government pushed Moderna to commit to 1 billion doses for low- and middle-income countries by the end of 2022. But Moderna responded with a proposal that did not meet the Biden administration's expectations, as the company said it does not have the capacity to ramp up production immediately. The manufacturing facility Moderna pledged on Thursday to build in Africa will not have an immediate impact on the coronavirus pandemic because it will take two to four years to build. The new facility comes after the Biden administration asked Moderna months ago to boost its international production in Africa, the U.S. official said. The Biden administration's frustration with Moderna in recent months stems in part from the recognition that the company partnered with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to invent its vaccine, and that the U.S. government gave Moderna billions of taxpayer dollars to underwrite research and development of the vaccines, and for purchase of doses. \"We look forward to seeing exactly what they will do,\" the senior Biden administration official said. \"We are in intense discussions to expand capacity to increase the number of doses they are providing to low- and middle-income countries in the shorter term.\" U.S. officials feel the company has not done enough to boost production to send doses overseas, and instead, prioritized its own profits. The White House declined to comment. Moderna did not immediately respond to a request for comment about tensions with the Biden administration. Just this week, three people associated with Moderna were among the 44 new billionaires on Forbes's list of the 400 richest Americans. Making their debut on this year's list: Moderna's chairman, Noubar Afeyan, one of the U.S. biotech company's founders; board member Robert S. Langer, also a co-founder; and early investor Timothy A. Springer. \"We played a lot of scenarios over the last couple of months and decided we should do something big in Africa. The only way to do it right, if you take a 5-to-10-year view, was to build our own plant like we've done in America, so that's exactly the model,\" Moderna chief executive Stéphane Bancel said in an interview. Creating manufacturing capabilities in underserved areas of the world has become a major goal for public health advocates amid stark inequities in global access to coronavirus vaccines. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found that nearly two-thirds of people in wealthy countries have received at least one dose of a vaccine, compared with 2% in low-income countries. The United States has already committed to donating more than 1.1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine to the world, including two purchases of 500 million doses each of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Last month, President Joe Biden convened a virtual global summit focused on vaccinating the world's population. The president called on global leaders to fully vaccinate 70% of the world's population by next September. \"This is an all-hands-on-deck crisis,\" Biden said. \"And the good news is, we know how to beat this pandemic: vaccines, public health measures and collective action.\" Moving manufacturing into less-wealthy countries is one possible solution to the lack of global supply, but many advocates favor transferring the technology to local companies to ensure that countries have the ability to respond to new threats, and to ensure their doses do not end up exported elsewhere in the world. \"There's this monopolistic grip of a few countries that really controls the narrative, and the availability and the access of lifesaving medical resources – and there's enormous global resentment about that,\" said Lawrence O. Gostin, a global health law expert at Georgetown Law. \"Donations always seem to come too late, and be insufficient. . . . Opening up manufacturing plants in other countries is certainly a step forward, but it doesn't really change the dynamic.\" Bancel said the company has not decided where the factory will be, but that the doses made there would remain in Africa, and Moderna would recruit and train a local workforce. He said the factory would manufacture the mRNA that goes into the vaccines and encase it in the protective lipid bubble that delivers the vaccine and keeps it stable. He said details were still being worked out about where the vaccines would go into vials. Moderna has a large pipeline of mRNA vaccines in development beyond covid-19, including to protect against respiratory viruses, tropical viruses and HIV. \"We really want to get all the know-how and so on in Africa, so they can make vaccines, if there is an Ebola outbreak, they can use the plant for things like that,\" Bancel said. Gostin said building plants in lower-income countries was a step forward but emphasized that local control, ownership and expertise matters. He drew a comparison to China's \"belt and road initiative\" in which the Chinese government built infrastructure in other countries. \"It's helpful to have the shiny hospital or the shiny manufacturing plant or the shiny clinic, but what you really want is to have the infrastructure that belongs to the country, with trained, capable people running that infrastructure,\" Gostin said. Other efforts to create homegrown mRNA vaccines are already taking place. University of Pennsylvania researcher Drew Weissman, one of the scientists whose work undergirds the coronavirus vaccines, has worked with Thailand to help design a mRNA vaccine. GreenLight Biosciences, a start-up company that has been making RNA for agricultural applications, is working toward making mRNA vaccines with a different manufacturing process that could be easier to scale up. 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attach JPMorgan's assets\nNew Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday told the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to attach JPMorgan's properties if it failed to give response on depositing Rs 140 crore in the Amrapali Group case. The homebuyers' counsel contended before a Bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra and comprising Justice U.U. Lalit, that there was no response from the multinational company on the issue. When Justice Mishra asked the ED what it had done so far, the ED official responded by saying the preliminary investigation into the matter had been complete. \"What about the money they were required to deposit,\" asked the apex court. \"Why don't you attach their (JPMorgan) properties to the extent it's required (in accordance money, which is supposed to be deposited in the court), and then they will come to us,\" said the court. The court said the ED should take the necessary action and also noted no counsel representing JPMorgan was present in the court at the hearing. The ED had earlier told the court it had found prima facie evidence of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) violation against JPMorgan in the Amrapali Group case. The ED, represented by Joint Director Rajeshwar Singh, had said it would wrap up the probe into the multi-national company soon and submit the report in the apex court on the next hearing. The ED said it had recorded statements of the company's country head in connection with the firm's dealings with the now defunct Amrapali Group. Singh contended that though the investigation was ongoing, prima facie it was evident that the firm was involved in violations of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and action would be taken accordingly. The Bench had asked the ED to conduct an unbiased investigation into the matter. \"As recorded in the apex court judgment on the basis of the forensic auditor's report, a reputed venture capital fund, like JPMorgan, has facilitated promoters of Amrapali to launder money and take it outside India using companies where employees such as peons of the statutory auditor were made directors,\" said Kumar Mihir, one of the advocates representing homebuyers. He said it seemed the ED had found more anomalies under the PMLA and accordingly, a complaint had been filed. \"It's a welcome step and we are hopeful that the entire amount of Rs 140 crore will be recovered,\" said Mihir. The Supreme Court in the July verdict had ordered a probe into the financial fraud by the Amrapali Group, which included diversion of 42,000 homebuyers' money. The ED had begun a probe into the case, where it was likely to question JPMorgan officials. The forensic audit plays a crucial role in ascertaining the nature of JPMorgan's involvement and how did it allegedly help Amrapali Group in siphoning off homebuyers' funds. The homebuyers' counsel said according to the court verdict, the multinational company invested around Rs 85 crore ($12.3 million) in an Amrapali Group company's shares and later sold them to an office boy and nephew of the auditor for Rs 140 crore. \"The shares were overvalued for making payment to JPMorgan. It was adopted as a device for siphoning off the money of homebuyers to foreign countries,\" the court had said in judgement, agreeing with the forensic auditor regarding JPMorgan's role. The apex court also allowed the ED to take custody of Amrapali Group CMD Anil Sharma, Directors Shiv Priya and Ajay Kumar, who are lodged in a Delhi jail, for interrogation in money laundering and other offences. 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Entergy CEO Phillip May said the grid faced significantly more demand than it had supply and they were given 30 minutes by a regulator to begin rolling blackouts. \"We make every reasonable effort to provide as much notice as possible, but in cases like this we cannot always do that in a timely fashion. These types of outages are a last resort,\" said May. That super-regional regulator, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, operates an energy market in 15 states throughout the center of the country. Nearly all of those states were caught in last week's polar vortex. May said part of the problem last week was that they could not source enough natural gas to maintain a normal level of power production. \"We did have generating units that were offline as a result of a lack of availability of gas, just a lack of supply, unable to secure supply,\" said May. Providers acknowledged that natural gas prices for February were far higher than they usually are, and that will be passed on to customers. Meanwhile, the utility serving New Orleans appears to have cut three times as much electricity as it needed to during emergency winter weather blackouts last week. Company executives said Tuesday that the reductions slashed power to roughly 26,000 families and businesses on Mardi Gras night. Officials with Entergy New Orleans told the City Council that a regional grid manager called for the utility to reduce the city's power consumption by 26 megawatts. Instead, estimates show, more than 80 megawatts of electricity was shut off. Subfreezing weather and rolling blackouts added misery to what was already a muted Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans. 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Few details were given of the precise nature and timing of the attacks, and there was no immediate confirmation from the Saudi authorities of any strikes. In comments reported by Houthi-run Al Masirah TV, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria said more than 15 \"operations\" had been carried out in the past week inside Saudi Arabia in retaliation for an escalation in air strikes. Saudi Aramco (SE: 2222 ) facilities in Jizan on the Red Sea were targeted, along with other targets near the border with Yemen, including Abha and Jizan airports and Khamis Mushait military base, \"with a large number of rockets and drones\", he said in a separate statement. State oil giant Aramco declined to comment on the report. The Houthis have been battling a Saudi-led military coalition for nearly five years. If confirmed, the attacks would be the first by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia since late September, when the group said it would halt missile and drone attacks if the coalition ended air strikes on Yemen. Oil prices were higher after the reports. Brent futures were up 70 cents, or 1.18%, at $60.21 a barrel at 1348 GMT and U.S. WTI was up 47 cents, or 0.88%, at $53.95 a barrel. The Houthis had made their offer to halt strikes on Saudi targets last year after claiming responsibility for a Sept. 14 attack on Saudi oil facilities that initially halved the kingdom's output. Riyadh rejected the Houthi claim of responsibility for that attack and blamed Iran, which denied it. After a lull in hostilities in recent months on many fronts, violence has escalated at a frontline east of Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa, since a Jan. 19 missile attack on a government military camp which killed more than 100 people. United Nations Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths in the past week condemned the uptick in troop movements, air strikes, and missile and drone attacks, saying they jeopardise progress being made on de-escalation and confidence building. Yemen has been mired in almost five years of conflict since the Houthi movement ousted the government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi from the capital in late 2014. The Saudi-led military coalition intervened in 2015 in a bid to restore him. The United Nations has been trying to re-launch political negotiations to end the war and, separately, Riyadh has been holding informal talks with the Houthis since late September about de-escalation. 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It is the last thing Beijing needs as it tries to fight off intensifying pressure on growth from a months-long trade dispute with the United States. Yet, as the government steps up economic support measures and moves to loosen gummed-up funding, it might be inadvertently inflaming financial risks with its call on state banks to sharply boost lending to the private sector. The warning bells are already sounding in the once-prosperous eastern city of Dongying, a hub for oil refining and heavy industry in Shandong province. Here, at least 28 private companies are seeking to restructure their debts and avoid bankruptcy, mainly due to souring loans that they guaranteed for other firms, court rulings seen by Reuters show. Article continues below Advertisement... Among the 28 firms are Shandong Dahai Group and Shandong Jinmao Textile Chemical Group, which were on the 2018 top 500 best-run private enterprises in China. For a private firm to get bank loans in China, especially those in traditional, capital-intensive industries, it often needs substantial collateral or the guarantee of another company. The guarantor itself is very likely to have taken on loans guaranteed by other firms. The private sector mess in Dongying highlights the inherent dangers in cross-guaranteeing of debt, with defaults quickly cascading across the system when one loan goes bad, threatening to disrupt local financial systems and new lending. The concern is that Dongying is just the tip of the iceberg as cross-guaranteeing of loans is a common practice across China. Private firms' funding options are somewhat constrained because banks are reluctant to lend to the non-state sector, said Yang Zaiping, secretary-general of Beijing-based Asian Financial Cooperation Association, which comprises financial institutions from about 30 countries. \"There is a severe imbalance between private companies' contribution to the Chinese economy and the financing that they get. They account for 50 percent of taxes, 60 percent of GDP, 80 percent of urban jobs and 90 percent of new hires, but only receive 25 percent of loans disbursed,\" Yang, a former Chinese banking regulatory official, told Reuters. \"If private companies don't have other sources of funds to repay their debts, or collateral, they have to find guarantees, which will add 2 to 3 percentage points to their financing costs,\" he said. STING OF CHEAP CREDIT As of end- June , Shandong Dahai had outstanding guarantees on 2.67 billion yuan ($394 million) of debt for 14 companies, according to a company filing in August. The total amount of guarantees was equivalent to 48 percent of its net assets. Six of the firms have run into financial or legal trouble and two have been blacklisted by courts as \"dishonest debtors\" for their lack of creditworthiness. Resource-rich Dongying, the site of China's second-largest oilfield Shengli, used to be one of the country's richest cities thanks to its vibrant private economy, boasting the highest income per capita in Shandong in 2017. But excessive lending to local companies during boom times saw firms diversify into non-profitable, non-core businesses. So when credit conditions later tightened as Beijing embarked on a years-long deleveraging campaign, a series of loan and bond defaults in the region followed. \"Bad loans are often extended during good times,\" said a Shandong-based official, who declined to be named. The consequences are now clear. Two Dongying banks – Guangrao Rural Commercial Bank and Dongying Bank – have been hit by a sudden surge in non-performing loans. Over 95 percent of Guangrao Rural's bad loans were backed by guarantees, but the back-stop is mostly useless now because it was provided by firms that were heavily indebted and some had suspended production, according to a ratings report in May. In Dongying, the local government has come to the rescue of the private companies by pushing through debt restructuring to avoid bankruptcy, said the Shandong-based official. TO LEND OR NOT TO LEND? China's top banking regulator Guo Shuqing, one of the most powerful men in the financial sector, wants banks to double their funding allocation to private companies in three years – to 50 percent from 25 percent. But faced with the rising default risks of private borrowers in cyclical sectors, and given their unsafe financing practices – from share-pledged loans to cross guarantees – banks are wary of lending to them. Several bankers told Reuters they are keen to avoid repeating excessive and riskier lending that followed Beijing's 4 trillion yuan stimulus package a decade ago. Even though China has cut banks' reserve requirement ratios five times since January last year, banks would rather use this freed up liquidity to buy \"bonds at any cost\" than give out loans, said a bank executive at the financial markets department of a joint-stock bank. Private players are heavily concentrated in manufacturing and real estate whose bad loan ratios in these sectors have been much higher than the industry-average. Private companies were also the biggest defaulters last year, accounting for 126 of the total 165 bond defaults, according to Guotai Junan Securities. 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Iran has refuted an earlier New York Times report about the killing of an Al-Qaeda terrorist operating in the country, according to the statement released by the Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry has also denied the presence of the group's terrorists on Iranian soil. \"Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh strongly rejects the presence of any members of this group in Iran and recommends that the American media not follow the Hollywood scenarios of the American and Zionist authorities,\" the ministry said in a statement. \"From time to time, Washington and Tel Aviv try to tie Iran to such groups by lying and leaking false information to the media in order to avoid responsibility for the criminal activities of this group and other terrorist groups in the region,\" the ministry added. Pakistan self-sufficient in COVID related material, capacity to export: Ch Fawad The ministry's spokesman called the reports about alleged assassination \"a lie\", maintaining that \"such accusations are made in the context of a comprehensive economic, intelligence and psychological war against the Iranian people.\" \"The media should not be a platform for spreading the purposeful lies of the White House against Iran,\" the official said, as quoted by Tasnim News Agency. Khatibzadeh also maintained that Al-Qaeda was a \"brainchild of erroneous American policy and its allies in the region\", while saying that with reports like the one published, the United States and Israel are attempting to shirk responsibility for the \"criminal\" activity of \"this and other terrorist groups\". Report on 'Secret' Killing The statement comes shortly after the NYT published the report, which claimed that one of al-Qaeda's chief operatives, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who was also known as Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli intelligence at the behest of the United States. He was considered to be second-in-command within the terrorist organisation's leadership after Ayman al-Zawahiri, but his death has remained a secret, the NYT explained, citing intelligence sources. Tehran denies report about 'secret' killing of Al-Qaeda leader in Iran Al-Masri was accused of being one of the masterminds behind the bombing of the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998. He has remained one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists. According to the NYT, his killing occured on 7 August in Tehran: he was gunned down by two Israeli agents on a motorcycle after being tracked by US authorities for several years. 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This unique offering is designed to assist organizations in effectively managing time critical whistleblowing incidents, ensuring a swift and professional resolution to potential crises. In the face of increasingly costly and complex whistleblowing incidents, organizations often struggle to navigate the challenges of conducting thorough investigations, maintaining transparency, and protecting their reputation. Confide's Whistleblowing Incident Response service provides expert guidance and support to empower organizations to successfully navigate these critical situations in a sensible manner to avert a potential legal and PR crisis. Led by Pav Gill and his team of experienced risk, compliance and investigation specialists, the service offers, among other things: – Crisis management strategies and communication plans – Comprehensive investigation support and evidence gathering – Stakeholder management and reputational risk mitigation – Independent mediation between both parties (organization and whistleblower) – Partnerships with industry-leading experts in specialized fields ranging from cyber security to financial forensics \"At Confide, we understand the immense pressure organizations and employees face when confronted with serious whistleblowing incidents. These situations can quickly escalate into crises due to the stress and complexity of the problem at hand,\" said Pav Gill, Founder & CEO of Confide. \"Our 'Incident Response' service is designed to provide the expertise and support needed to navigate these challenging situations, allowing companies to get back to focusing on their core business before the crisis gets out of hand.\" The introduction of Confide's Incident Response service comes at a time when effective whistleblowing management is more critical than ever, as well-documented crises with major airlines and institutions have demonstrated the consequences of mismanaging such situations. By partnering with Confide, companies can demonstrate their commitment to transparency, accountability, and corporate integrity, while minimizing the potential impact of whistleblowing crises on their operations and reputation. One can learn more about Confide's Incident Response service and how it can benefit their organization during a whistleblowing crisis by clicking here . 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(\"Li Auto\" or the \"Company\") (Nasdaq: LI; HKEX: 2015), a leader in China's new energy vehicle market, today announced that the Company delivered 28,984 vehicles in March 2024, increasing by 39.2% year over year. This brought the Company's first-quarter deliveries to 80,400, up 52.9% year over year. The cumulative deliveries of Li Auto vehicles reached 713,764 as of the end of March 2024, establishing Li Auto as the first Chinese emerging new energy automaker to reach a milestone of 700,000 cumulative deliveries. \"With gratitude for the trust and support of over 700,000 families, we remain dedicated to enhancing our focus on user value and continually improving our product strength and user experience,\" commented Xiang Li, chairman and chief executive officer of Li Auto. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had 474 retail stores in 142 cities, as well as 356 servicing centers and Li Auto-authorized body and paint shops operating in 209 cities. 357 super charging stations have commenced operation across the country, equipped with 1,544 charging stalls. About Li Auto Inc. Li Auto Inc. is a leader in China's new energy vehicle market. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, and sells premium smart electric vehicles. Its mission is: Create a Mobile Home, Create Happiness (创造移动的家, 创造幸福的家). Through innovations in product, technology, and business model, the Company provides families with safe, convenient, and comfortable products and services. Li Auto is a pioneer to successfully commercialize extended-range electric vehicles in China. The Company started volume production in November 2019. Its current model lineup includes Li MEGA, a high-tech flagship family MPV, Li L9, a six-seat flagship family SUV, and Li L8, a six-seat premium family SUV, as well as Li L7, a five-seat flagship family SUV. The Company leverages technology to create value for its users. It concentrates its in-house development efforts on its proprietary range extension system, next-generation electric vehicle technology, and smart vehicle solutions while expanding its product line by developing new BEVs and EREVs to target a broader user base. For more information, please visit: https://ir.lixiang.com. Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains statements that may constitute \"forward-looking\" statements pursuant to the \"safe harbor\" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as \"will,\" \"expects,\" \"anticipates,\" \"aims,\" \"future,\" \"intends,\" \"plans,\" \"believes,\" \"estimates,\" \"targets,\" \"likely to,\" \"challenges,\" and similar statements. Li Auto may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the \"SEC\") and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the \"HKEX\"), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials, and in oral statements made by its officers, directors, or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Li Auto's beliefs, plans, and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: Li Auto's strategies, future business development, and financial condition and results of operations; Li Auto's limited operating history; risks associated with extended-range electric vehicles and high-power charging battery electric vehicles; Li Auto's ability to develop, manufacture, and deliver vehicles of high quality and appeal to customers; Li Auto's ability to generate positive cash flow and profits; product defects or any other failure of vehicles to perform as expected; Li Auto's ability to compete successfully; Li Auto's ability to build its brand and withstand negative publicity; cancellation of orders for Li Auto's vehicles; Li Auto's ability to develop new vehicles; and changes in consumer demand and government incentives, subsidies, or other favorable government policies. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Li Auto's filings with the SEC and the HKEX. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and Li Auto does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. For investor and media inquiries, please contact: Li Auto Inc. 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The Australian and South Australian governments are jointly funding the $715 million modernisation of the Gawler rail line to deliver a faster, cleaner and more reliable service. Once complete, the electrified line will support increased capacity and future growth for development along the rail corridor and in northern Adelaide. The South Australian State Government is delivering the project as part of an alliance with ACCIONA (formerly Lendlease Engineering), meaning a collaborative approach will be taken to complete the works. With a project of this magnitude, the contractors had no hesitation in picking overhead hi-rail electrification specialists Manco Rail for the bulk of the works. ACCIONA purchased two high rail elevated work platforms (EWPs) from Manco Rail. In addition, Manco Rail has a sub-contractor agreement with ACCIONA for one year to supply nine high rail elevated work platforms, two high rail scissor platforms, two high tension wiring units and one hi-rail Hiab truck, plus a fitter on the project. The equipment is being used for the delivery of the overhead wiring scope, installation of electrification structures, cantilevers, auxiliary wiring and catenary and contact wires. Boasting 15 categories of electrification and construction maintenance equipment and uniquely bespoke solutions, Manco Rail is renowned for providing customers with the very best equipment and protection for achieving their projects. Manco Rail National Fleet Manager Rob Di Naccio said the company had been engaged in the Gawler project for the past 12 months, supplying equipment as well as the electrical cables to transmit electrical energy to locomotives for the 42 kilometres of rail. \"Through decades of experience, our know-how in the rail industry has provided projects with the perfect rail electrification equipment. Manco Rail Hire has the competence to provide full turnkey solutions all tailored to suit the project demands,\" he said. \"At Gawler, Manco Rail has provided a number of EWPs, as well as boom lifts, bucket trucks and scissor lifts. We're up to 15 now. \"We use specialised line tensioner units to feed the length of the track, with the overhead lines primarily catenary contact systems.\" Catenary wires are kept in mechanical tension because the pantograph – the apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train to collect power through contact with the overhead line – causes mechanical oscillations in the wire, and the wave must travel faster than the train to avoid producing standing waves that would cause wire breakage. Tensioning the line makes waves travel faster, and also reduces sag from gravity. \"We have a big fleet of specialised gear at the site to carry out and maintain this project to its completion,\" Di Naccio said. \"This includes flat bed crane trucks, forklifts and various transporters. \"Manco Rail Hire is a one-stop shop for any rail project. Our solutions not only cover equipment but solutions for the operation of the equipment that ensures its operation at the highest level for hire term.\" The benefits of an electrified Gawler line include: clean and green high performance trains delivering an improved customer experience better reliability and safety encourage people to take public transport and leave their cars at home The scope of works entail: electrification of the Gawler rail line and Dry Creek Railcar Depot pedestrian level crossing enhancements acquisition of 12 additional three-car electric trains (introduced in stages following completion of the electrification works) replacement of the signalling system (including Automatic Train Protection provision) fencing of the rail corridor for improved safety. Originally planned to be completed by the end of the year, the process has been hampered by COVID. The South Government has prioritised frequent engagement with community and industry for the project and said it would facilitate information sessions as much as possible to enable face-to-face communication. While the completion of the project is up in the air – it is now expected to be in early 2022 – one thing that is certain is that Manco Rail will be there for the duration. \"We're here to ensure the electrification goes off without a hitch,\" Di Naccio said. This includes being part of the testing process, in which the equipment is turned on and operated as part of the installed system. This involves switching on the technology which detects trains approaching level crossings and stations, and generally manages safe train movements and electrical power supply. Test trains are used to ensure the system is operating safely. This is the final phase of work completed before passenger services can recommence. This process is required to ensure the system is correctly configured and the integrity and correct operation of the safety critical systems is assured. The different stages include: connecting the new substations to the rail network to provide power for the electric trains testing and switching over control of the new signalling system, that will control the network testing the power feeds to the electrification infrastructure. The testing and commissioning works will occur with small crews accessing equipment within the rail corridor, with Di Naccio's team monitoring the performance. The Gawler rail line will be energised ahead of the return of passenger services, which means all electrification infrastructure, including overhead wires and their fittings should be considered live and carrying electrical current before the line opens to passenger services. An ACCIONA spokesperson said Manco had provided a wide range of plant options to deliver the highly specialised overhead wiring construction works that were required. \"Their ability to meet the latest specifications and certification requirements enabled our equipment to be quickly certified on the rail network. The further on-site support with a fleet fitter allocated to the project ensured minimum downtime when equipment needed attention,\" the spokesperson said. Di Naccio said that other projects Manco Rail was involved in across the country included the Melbourne Level Crossing Removal project, the Cross River Rail line in Brisbane, and various other pantograph and maintenance works in Sydney. 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It is the largest sample of massive and public piracy on record. The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues and with it all the horrors of any war, in deaths, wounded and refugees that are already in the millions. Also considerable are the geopolitical and financial implications that are strongly felt throughout the world. Dozens of countries aligned with the defense of Ukraine have implemented unprecedented sanctions on Russia . from severe restrictions on its banking system to those that are going to come by cutting off the Russian gas and oil tap as a measure that -supposedly- will be definitive for Putin to stop the invasion and bet on negotiation. In the multimedia entertainment section there have also been sanctions. Most of the big American and European companies have suspended their business in Russia, such as Netflix, HBO or Spotify, while the studios of Hollywood Paramount, Disney, Warner Bros. and Sony announced the suspension of the premieres of new films. Russian cinemas in trouble Following this unprecedented suspension, the Russian Association of Cinema Owners representing 700 cinemas and 2,600 screens throughout the country issued a statement indicating the certain probability of the collapse of the Russian film industry, since « the quantity and quality of Russian-produced films released to the public does not meet the total demand for content from cinemas» . Besides, the release of some Russian films have also been delayed or canceled even though they received state support for production. With predictions of losses exceeding 80% of revenue, many theaters have taken drastic measures to get people back in seats. In mid-April, several social media channels suggested that Russian cinemas would return to showing big Hollywood movies, from big releases like The Batman (Warner Bros.), Don't Look Up (Netflix) and I'm Blushing (Pixar). ). Just a few days later, screenings started . On April 21 at a special event at the WIP contemporary art center in Moscow, The Batman was screened. Tickets cost around 500 rubles ($7) and the organizers framed the screening as \"an artistic performance with commentary\" about Hollywood leaving the Russian market. The source for the movie was unofficial, of course. The pirated copy, complete with Russian dub , was downloaded from a torrent site. Using the same or a similar source, additional film showings were held in other Russian cinemas for a fee and for free in other small theaters. From Hollywood they have shouted to the sky: \"The Illegal Public Demonstration Of Pirated, Or Rather Stolen, Copies Of Films In Theaters Takes The Russian Film Business Out Of The Legal Arena And Returns Us To The Dark Days Of The Illegal Business Of The 1990s\" . Although there have been no changes in Russian copyright law that allow piracy, the Association says that unlicensed screenings violate both civil and criminal law. L Massive piracy is firmly back on the public agenda and it doesn't look like Western companies can do much about it. Many Russian social media posts express support for piracy, arguing that if Western film companies had not pulled out, there would be no need for illegal screenings. It is not clear how this matter will be resolved without the cessation of the invasion of Ukraine that we are betting on. The issue of entertainment is another implicated in a war that should never have happened. 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'The sanctions imposed by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine do not pose a threat to the energy security of Slovakia and Europe in general, so there is no question of lifting them,' Shmyhal said in a statement on X. On Monday, Hungary and Slovakia jointly initiated a European Union consultation procedure against Ukraine in response to Kyiv's decision to halt Russian oil company Lukoil's crude oil transits last month. Despite EU sanctions against Russia, landlocked Hungary and Slovakia continue to receive natural gas and oil through Ukraine.? Shmyhal said that Kyiv has and continues to insist on the need to refrain from using Russian oil 'as much as possible.' 'The EU allowed Slovakia and a number of other countries' to use Russian oil on the condition that they actively develop alternative supplies, Shmyhal further said, indic ating that the majority are building up such alternatives. He called Slovakia a 'reliable partner' of Ukraine, saying Kyiv 'does not expect any blackmail or threats' from Bratislava. In response to Kyiv's steps, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico previously said his country would not be a \"hostage\" in Ukraine-Russia relations. 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DOC aims to build a social metaverse based integration of social + Blockchain game + Blockchain + Metaverse + Decentralized Finance. DOC aims to serve the DOC community and global blockchain users, allowing people to have a good experience of DOC, a new generation of blockchain technology, and various decentralized applications (DAPPs) based on DOC. And we expect to popularize blockchain technology to more traditional Internet fields and let more users feel the charm of it through DOC, realizing our mission to become a powerful force in global business and provide a reliable, transparent and decentralized metaverse ecology for all users worldwide. Based on blockchain technology and digital technology, DOC integrates social + financial dual-attribute metaverse economic model, breaking the global social information barrier, and realizing the value exchange system that empowers global financial institutions, financial talents, and financial transactions. DOC subverts traditional social, leads the blockchain new financial economic ecological model, and creates the first token in metaverse, set to premier in global. Senior Strategic Partner Blackstone Group: Blackstone Group, headquartered in New York, is the largest listed investment management company in the United States, and is also a world-renowned top investment company. Founded by Peter G. Peterson and Steve Schwarzman in 1985, it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange on June 22, 2007. Blackstone, commonly referred to as \"Heishi\" in Chinese or \"Baishitong,\" is one of the world's largest private equity funds. Blackstone is a leading global provider of alternative asset management and financial advisory services. Its asset management businesses include corporate private equity, real estate investment funds, hedge portfolio funds, mezzanine funds, senior funds, proprietary hedge funds and closed-end funds. Blackstone fund also provides a variety of financial advisory services, including M&A advisory, restructuring and reorganization advisory, and fund raising services. Human Resources: Blackstone group currently has 57 managing directors and about 340 other investment communities and advisory professionals with diverse professional backgrounds in investment banking, financing, private equity and real estate. Asset size: As at 1 May 2007, Blackstone's assets under management amounted to around US $88.4 billion, well above US $14.1 billion as at 31 December 2001, with an average annual growth rate of 41.1%. Looking back at the past 2021, it was a high spike from high set year for Blackstone. In addition to record inflows, it deployed $144.4 billion in external investment over the past year, compared with $65.8 billion in external investment in the fourth quarter. It is worth noting that its unused capital is $147.7 billion by the end of 2020 and will remain at $135.8 billion by the end of 2021, which shows that the global private equity giant has plenty of \"ammunition\". And the company also said it expects to achieve its goal of over $1 trillion in assets under management by 2023, well ahead of its previously announced goal of 2026. This means that the first trillion dollar PE is expected to be born this year! And this time, DOC and Blackstone reached a strategic agreement. Sharing the trillion dollar blue ocean market of the new financial social metaverse market once again shows that Blackstone Fund is far-sighted, has keen market insight and business sense and is determined to incubate DOC. Put forward the first concept of social finance in the metaverse field, while gradually pooling global traffic through the ecology, breaking the social barriers, completing the information channel and promoting the rapid development of metaverse finance.In the early stage of development, DOC focused on the social interest of finance, promoting the social financial entry mechanism, perfecting the financial transaction arbitrage model, realizing the meaning of social finance. Although it reshapes the social system, but strictly speaking, the real goal of DOC is finance, because social is the entrance to build metaverse ecology, finance is the core of DOC metaverse. DOC will reshape finance in the metaverse, in the complete financial system, from the storage of funds, the circulation of funds, the use of funds, the value of funds, etc. will be reshaped once through metaverse digital currency. DOC builds financial attributes in this dimensional universe system, and its main direction revolves around three dimensions: storage, investment, and trading. That is to say, DOC in the next financial scenario, will be fully professional to serve all participants. DOC's circulation value ecological fusion is the main channel of DOC social finance. And the social system with finance as a carrier can quickly integrate the digital currency holders of each platform. DOC in the circulation system to create the mechanism of ecological circulation of all coins, to achieve DOC strong circulation model. In the future, DOC will be used as the circulation carrier to trigger the trading pairs of DOC and various coins to realize high frequency circulation. In the financial storage attribute of metaverse, DOC is the only storage credential. And all users in the process of storage, DOC will certainly circulate. In the investment property of metaverse, some investment projects will be launched in the way of DOC+U, which on the one hand creates the investment value of DOC itself, and more importantly, realizes the strong circulation of DOC. In the social system, value exchange, reward and shopping all have DOC as token. And it will take an important circulation token role in the construction of the global metaverse social system. DOC is soaring towards the future. 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The national credit rating service upgraded the ratings of PPL, including its issuer rating, and PPL Capital Funding, including its senior unsecured rating, to Baa1 from Baa2. Moody's also upgraded Narragansett Electric's senior unsecured and issuer ratings to A3 from Baa1 and preferred stock securities rating to Baa2 from Baa3. \"These ratings upgrades reflect the improved financial strength of the new PPL following the sale of our U.K. utility business in 2021 and our recent acquisition of Narragansett Electric,\" said PPL President and Chief Executive Officer Vincent Sorgi. \"As a result of our strategic repositioning, today's new, U.S.-focused PPL has one of the utility sector's best credit profiles, a balance sheet capable of supporting robust growth without equity needs for the foreseeable future, and a de-risked business plan to drive significant value for our shareowners and customers moving forward,\" said Sorgi. \"We believe these ratings upgrades also reflect the quality of our new regulated utility mix, our disciplined approach to deploying capital and the constructive regulatory jurisdictions in which we operate.\" In announcing its upgrades to PPL and PPL Capital Funding, Moody's cited PPL's improved overall business risk profile and credit supportive regulatory environments as contributing factors. Moody's said its upgrade of Narragansett Electric's credit rating reflects its \"expectation that the utility will be able to maintain its strong, stable credit profile going forward without the credit pressure from its previous highly leveraged parent company.\" Moody's also indicated a key driver of the Narragansett Electric rating upgrade was improved corporate governance, as PPL has agreed to strengthen ring-fencing provisions to better insulate the Rhode Island utility from its parent company. As previously announced , PPL will host a virtual Investor Day on June 9 beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the company's business strategy and long-term financial outlook, including its improved credit profile. Investors and analysts may access the event through the Investor Relations section of the company's website at https://pplweb.investorroom.com . About PPL Corporation PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a leading U.S. energy company focused on providing electricity and natural gas safely, reliably and affordably to 3.5 million customers in the U.S. PPL's high-performing, award-winning utilities are addressing energy challenges head-on by building smarter, more resilient and more dynamic power grids and advancing sustainable energy solutions. For more information, visit www.pplweb.com . Note to Editors: Visit our media website at www.pplnewsroom.com for additional news about PPL Corporation. 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Ivanishvili in 2004 put more than USD 1.1 billion into a trust overseen by the bank's Singapore subsidiary, Credit Suisse Trust Limited, and the employee managing the trust \"misappropriated many millions of dollars\" over nine years before being caught and sent to prison, the Singapore International Commercial Court said. Bidzina, who amassed a fortune in Russia as a businessman before serving as Georgia's prime minister from 2012 to 2013, sued the Swiss bank for about USD 1.2 billion, saying it failed to properly administer the trust and keep its assets safe. \"The judgment published today is wrong and poses very significant legal issues,\" Credit Suisse said in a written statement. \"Credit Suisse Trust Limited intends to vigorously pursue an appeal.\" The bank has previously acknowledged that it did not take reasonable steps to protect the trust's assets as of the end of 2008 and agreed to pay more than USD 79.4 million last year in a settlement. \"The defendant is liable to compensate the plaintiffs for their loss,\" which has been calculated at USD 926 million, minus the amount of the settlement, Judge Patricia Bergin said in a ruling. She added that any payout in a related case in Bermuda must be reduced so there isn't \"double recovery.\" The bank has appealed a decision by the Supreme Court of Bermuda that Credit Suisse failed to prevent \"fraudulent mismanagement\" of Ivanishvili's assets in two life insurance policies taken out with Credit Suisse Life, a subsidiary based in the island territory. Ivanishvili claimed damages of nearly USD 554 million in that case. The once-venerable Swiss lender has seen a string of scandals over the years that hit the heart of its business, ranging from bad bets on hedge funds to failing to prevent money laundering by a Bulgarian cocaine ring and accusations it didn't report secret offshore accounts that wealthy Americans used to avoid paying US taxes. The Swiss government hastily orchestrated a USD 3.25 billion takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS in March after Credit Suisse's stock plunged and customers quickly pulled out their money, fearing its collapse could further roil global financial markets following the failures of two US banks. 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(\"Life Time\" or the \"Company\") (NYSE: LTH) today announced that S&P Global Ratings (\"S&P Global\") has upgraded the Company's issuer credit rating to 'B' from 'B-'. As reasons for the upgrade, S&P Global cited improving performance, including membership, revenue and EBITDA trends, and steps the Company is taking to continue to improve its balance sheet and reduce leverage. S&P Global also issued a debt upgrade notice for the Company on January 23, 2023: https://news.lifetime.life/2023-01-23-Life-Time-Debt-Upgraded-by-S-P-Global About Life Time® Life Time (NYSE: LTH) empowers people to live healthy, happy lives through its portfolio of more than 160 athletic country clubs across the United States and Canada. The company's healthy way of life communities and ecosystem address all aspects of healthy living, healthy aging and healthy entertainment for people 90 days to 90+ years old. Supported by a team of more than 30,000 dedicated professionals, Life Time is committed to providing the best programs and experiences through its clubs, iconic athletic events and comprehensive digital platform. 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The Monday action is the state's first upgrade from Fitch since it started rating New Jersey in 1992, and it is the latest in a string of rating and outlook upgrades since last summer, including two in just the past three weeks. S&P Global in August upgraded New Jersey's outlook from stable to positive, marking the first stamp of approval from Wall Street since Gov. Phil Murphy signed the state's new budget on July 1. 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Visa announced on Tuesday that the sanctions imposed would be implemented immediately and that further sanctions would be implemented. Mastercard said on Monday that numerous Russian financial institutions had been blocked from using the company's services. We will also work closely with regulatory authorities in the coming days to implement upcoming sanctions. Both Mastercard and Visa each announced donations of US$2 million for humanitarian causes in favor of Ukraine. Swift lock for Russian banks Neither company named specific sanction targets. As the Reuters news agency writes, citing insiders the bans are likely to target those individuals and organizations that the US government has included in its sanctions list of \" Specially Designated Nationals Among others, the Central Bank of Russia and the state-controlled VTB Bank were recently added here. After the attack on Ukraine, the EU, the USA and allied states reacted with sanctions against Russia, which among other things are aimed at the financial world. For example, the EU decided on Saturday that various Russian banks should no longer have access to the Swift international banking communications network. All Russian banks that are already sanctioned and possibly other Russian financial institutions will be excluded from Swift. Assets of the Russian central bank were also frozen and Russian businessmen, politicians and other decision-makers were sanctioned. 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The business also warned of losses in its weapons and military equipment manufacturing arm and pushed back the delivery date of its 777X plane. The news comes as the business grapples with staff striking and mounting concerns around the quality of its planes. \"Next week, your leadership team will share more tailored information about what this means for your organization,\" he said, adding that it will not proceed with the next cycle of furloughs. \"The state of our business and our future recovery require tough actions,\" said Mr Ortberg. As well as cutting jobs, the company is also delaying production of its 777X due to \"the challenges we have faced in development, as well as from the flight test pause and ongoing work stoppage\", a possible reference to the ongoing strike that has been going on for several weeks. \"We have notified customers that we now expect first delivery in 2026,\" he said. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. 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The inclusion of LNG-powered trucks, particularly in servicing esteemed clients like Tata Steel, underscores AVG Logistics' dedication to reducing carbon footprint and promoting eco-friendly transportation solutions. The official flag-off ceremony held during the Founders Day Celebration in Jamshedpur, led by Mr. N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, marked a pivotal moment in this eco-conscious journey. The event saw the transfer of keys to Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Managing Director of AVG Logistics, amidst the esteemed presence of industry leaders such as Mr. TV Narendran, CEO & MD of Tata Steel, and Mr. Girish Wagh, Executive Director of Tata Motors. This collective effort highlights the shared vision of all stakeholders towards fostering sustainability in logistics. LNG-powered trucks offer myriad benefits, including significantly reduced emissions compared to traditional diesel counterparts. With lower greenhouse gas emissions and decreased air pollutants, these trucks not only contribute to cleaner air but also align with global sustainability goals. Additionally, they offer cost efficiencies in the long run, enhancing the economic viability of green logistics initiatives. By embracing LNG-powered trucks, AVG Logistics reinforces its position as a leader in sustainable logistics solutions. This strategic move not only meets the burgeoning demand for eco-friendly transportation but also positions the company to attract environmentally conscious clientele. As the world increasingly prioritizes sustainability, AVG Logistics sets a commendable example for the industry, demonstrating that profitability and environmental stewardship can go hand in hand. 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The company intends to use the money to accelerate growth and triple its teams in R&D, sales, marketing and customer success. \"With the headcount expansion across R&D, sales and customer success you will see further technology developments. We have an extensive roadmap as well the ability to develop new technologies as customers share new needs,\" Medigate CEO Jonathan Langer said in response to emailed questions. \"As we build our customer base, the need for customer service/customer experience also grows.\" This funding follows the $5.35 million in seed funding the company secured in 2017. That money came from YL Ventures and Blumberg Capital. Langer noted that YL Ventures and Blumberg Capital, which are the company's original investors, \"specialize in startups.\" U.S. Venture Partners, a new investor in Medigate, has a portfolio in healthcare and security. \"Medigate's unique technology platform, strategic partnerships with industry-leading security vendors and traction over the last year in the healthcare market made the company an attractive investment,\" Jacques Benkoski, partner at U.S. Venture Partners, said in a statement. Benkoski will also join Medigate's board of directors. The startup offers a medical device security and asset management platform. It identifies, fingerprints and tags each device on an organization's clinical network. The platform analyzes device and network communication as a way to detect abnormal behavior and pinpoint threats in real time. Additionally, its security capabilities keep medical devices protected. Langer described it like this: \"With Medigate, hospital networks can safely operate all medical devices on their network, enabling deployment of existing and new devices to patients while ensuring privacy and safety.\" The company was founded in 2017 by Langer, Itay Kirshenbaum (vice president of R&D) and Pini Pinhasov (vice president of product). It has offices in San Diego, New York City and Tel Aviv, Israel. Currently, Medigate has partnerships with companies like Nuvolo, Cisco and Palo Alto Networks. Through the Cisco collaboration, Medigate integrates its medical device fingerprinting capabilities into the Cisco identity services engine. The alliance with Palo Alto Networks adds Medigate's user, device and application information to PAN's security platform to protect devices through clinically-informed security policies. As far as customers, Langer said the company doesn't have any healthcare clients that are willing to be named at this time. 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(Photo: Shutterstock) Holidaymakers due to travel to Spain, Cyprus, Portugal and Morocco have been faced with further disruption, as TUI has cancelled more of its flights. 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Musk, who co-founded OpenAI and was a significant donor, believed that the ICO would harm the organization's reputation as a trusted nonprofit. The court filings, submitted by Musk's legal team on Nov. 14, shed light on the internal tensions within the AI research group. OpenAI, established in 2015 with the mission of ensuring the benefits of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) for all of humanity, faced financial challenges by 2018 despite receiving substantial support from Musk and other Silicon Valley elites. The proposed ICO was viewed as a way to address these financial struggles, but Musk strongly opposed the idea, fearing that it would damage OpenAI's credibility and core mission. In response to the proposed ICO, Musk even suggested merging OpenAI with Tesla to create a sustainable funding model that would leverage Tesla's AI resources. However, the board did not pursue this suggestion, leading to further tensions within the organization. Musk's departure from OpenAI's board in 2018 marked a turning point for the organization. Subsequently, OpenAI shifted to a \"capped-profit\" model in 2019, aiming to attract substantial investment while limiting returns to stakeholders. This transition allowed OpenAI to secure a significant partnership with Microsoft worth $1 billion, but Musk's lawsuit alleges that this move strayed from OpenAI's original nonprofit mission. The legal battle between Musk and OpenAI has escalated, with Microsoft also being added as a defendant in the case. OpenAI has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that Musk's claims lack legal merit and are part of a strategy to gain a competitive advantage in the AI industry. As the court proceedings continue, the future of OpenAI and its mission to develop safe artificial general intelligence remains uncertain, with questions lingering about how the organization will navigate financial challenges while upholding its nonprofit values. 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Food delivery via bicycles will not only help reduce environmental damage and create additional employment opportunities but also tackle traffic and parking issues, especially in thinner lanes of the country, where cycles would be able to navigate better. Zomato provides food delivery services across ~150 cities in India with a last mile delivery fleet of 1.5 lakh partners. As of today, it has over 5000 cyclists operating across 12 cities in India, with the majority of the fleet pushing the pedal in Delhi NCR. Zomato has partnered with Mobycy, e-HIRAN, TNT, Yulu and Zoomcar's PEDL to provide e-cycles to aspiring delivery executives who are allotted shorter order distance — an average of 2.5 km — to ensure faster delivery. Speaking on the initiative, Mohit Gupta, CEO, Food Delivery business, Zomato, said, \"Climate change and environmental challenges are an inalienable reality of the future. With the aggressive geographical expansion of food delivery, our last mile fleet is increasing by ~150 delivery partners every day which places the onus of pollution-free and minimal fossil-fuel solutions on us.\" An efficient and responsible last-mile-delivery fleet and the safety and welfare of the riders is a critical part of the Zomato business. In order to make sure users receive their favourite food on time, on average, this delivery fleet carries out a million trips every day. The use of bicycles for short-distance-deliveries is an attempt to think about the carbon footprint of our business in an active and everyday way. The delivery fleet on bicycles (whether mechanical or e-cycles) is provided with an ergonomic delivery bag and are diligently trained for the job as well as educated on road safety norms in the Zomato Rider University. Zomato, as a Food Co., is committed to ensuring 'better food for more people' and aims to solve for every step of the food value chain. Its initiatives like HyperPure and Hygiene Ratings are focused on the quality of food and transparency and its association with Feeding India is directed towards solving the challenges of food wastage, hunger and malnutrition. With biodegradable packaging and pro-environment messaging, Zomato actively engages in behaviour change. 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Adidas denies allegations that it failed to effectively the financial risks of its partnership with the controversial rapper / Kyle Brinker Adidas investors are suing the German sportswear giant over its failed partnership with disgraced rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. In a class-action suit filed in federal court in Oregon on Friday, plaintiffs allege that the company was well aware of the artist's \"extreme behavior\" and antisemitic views but did nothing to warn investors or effectively mitigate financial risk to the company before it cut ties with Ye in the late fall of 2022. Shareholders say that Adidas \"routinely ignored\" the rapper's behavioral issues and concerning public comments – including those about slavery and race – for years. The complaint, which cites a November 2022 Wall Street Journal report about the company's relationship with Ye, alleges that Adidas executives considered cutting ties with Ye over reputational risks as early as 2018. Adidas, however, denies the allegations. \"We outright reject these unfounded claims and will take all necessary measures to vigorously defend ourselves against them,\" the company said in a statement to The Drum. The controversy Adidas dropped Ye – and the his uber popular Yeezy line – after a string of highly controversial events last year that began with a Yeezy fashion show featuring 'White Lives Matter' tee-shirts and came crashing down with a series of antisemitic tweets and an appearance on Alex Jones' talk show InfoWars in which the rapper publicly praised Adolf Hitler. The decision came in October – a month before Adidas launched its own internal investigation into workplace conduct after former employees penned a letter to the brand, saying that prior allegations of Ye's poor behavior on the job had been met with an insufficient response. Ex-employees alleged that Ye showed employees inappropriate sexual content and engaged in bullying at Adidas. In the wake of the controversy, Adidas said in February that its decision not to carry Yeezy products will result in an anticipated $1.3bn in sales losses this year. The company also said operating profits were expected to be negatively impacted to the tune of $534m. \"The numbers speak for themselves. We are currently not performing the way we should,\" Adidas' chief executive Bjørn Gulden said in a statement at the time. \"2023 will be a year of transition to set the base to again be a growing and profitable company.\" Now, with investors seeking damages from Adidas, the brand stands to suffer even more. Customer loyalty on the line For Adidas, although much of the damage is already be done, brand reputation and consumer loyalty may take another hit, according to branding and PR experts. \"This is one of those branding situations where you can't immediately put the genie back in the bottle, as it were,\" says Robert Passikoff, founder of market research firm Brand Keys. Brand Keys conducts detailed research on customer loyalty, measured in part by consumer sales. According to the organization's latest data, Adidas has dropped from its number two slot to number four in customer loyalty since last fall. \"And from a loyalty perspective,\" Passikoff says, the decline doesn't show signs of slowing. He anticipates that the brand will continue to lose consumers' love. Even so, Passikoff doesn't find Adidas' alleged negligence particularly shocking. \"The fact that Adidas ignored serious issues regarding partnering with Ye, putting shareholders at risk, shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone,\" he says. \"It's textbook 21st century branding á la sponsorship. Companies don't pay a lot of attention to a celebrity's personal behavior until they can't ignore it anymore.\" The issue of transparency The Wall Street Journal report cited in the plaintiffs' complaint details a 2018 presentation to company executives – including then-chief executive Kasper Rørsted and Adidas' head of HR – that spelled out potential risks for employees interacting with Ye and proposed a handful of mitigation tactics, including the possibility of dropping the partnership altogether. Despite the fact that Ye had already made concerning public comments – including saying in early 2018 that slavery \"sounds like a choice\" – Adidas did not explicitly denounce the behavior (though Rørsted said in a Bloomberg interview that the rapper had made \"some comments we don't support\"). The lawsuit also claims that \"Rørsted … stated that West and the Yeezy footwear brand are a 'very important part of our brand from a revenue standpoint and how we promote our products.'\" The primary issue for shareholders involved in the new class-action suit is transparency – or the lack thereof – according to Dr Karen Freberg, a professor of strategic communications at the University of Louisville. \"Any time information that is known before a crisis hits always brings up questions, emotions and actions like this,\" she says. \"Keeping this information away from those who are investing in a company without full transparency of the benefits – as well as the risks – is always prone to future challenges down the line. If investors and others were able to get a balanced perspective, there may [have been] some who would not have changed their minds and stayed with the brand, but others may not have done so.\" \"Transparency is key, and I think that is something brands like Adidas and others will have to keep in mind,\" Freberg adds. \"I also think it's key for the investors and their teams to ask these questions about the benefits – but also the risks – in any time of investment, and do their thorough research.\" As far as impact to the brand, Freberg agrees with Passikoff's assessment that the primary teller will be found in customer loyalty. \"What [Adidas] will have to note is whether or not their customers will stay loyal to the brand. Brands like Hoka and Nobull are rising with audiences today because they have not had to deal with any crises as a brand. 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A new report by the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) details how Grindr, which markets itself as the \"world's largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans and queer people,\" shares the GPS data, IP addresses, ages and genders of its users with a multitude of third-party companies to help them improve advert targeting. According to the government-funded non-profit organisation, the sharing of this data implicitly discloses users' sexual orientations. The report, titled \"Out of Control\", examines the collection and use of personal data by 10 popular apps and concludes that the advertising industry is \"systematically breaking the law.\" \"Every time you open an app like Grindr, advertisement networks get your GPS location, device identifiers and even the fact that you use a gay dating app,\" Austrian activist Max Schrems said in a statement by the NCC. \"This is an insane violation of users' EU privacy rights,\" Schrems said. The dating app Tinder is also accused of sharing user data with at least 45 companies owned by the Match Group, which operates a dating website of the same name. The report also criticized other applications, such as Qibla Finder, which orients Muslims towards Mecca for prayer; Clue and MyDays used for monitoring fertility periods; and the children's app My Talking Tom 2. Some 20 months since the EU's General Data Protection Regulation took effect in May 2018, \"consumers are still pervasively tracked and profiled online,\" the report said. Users \"have no way of knowing which entities process their data and how to stop them,\" it added. \"Consumers have no meaningful ways to resist or otherwise protect themselves from the effects of profiling (including) different forms of discrimination and exclusion,\" the statement said. The NCC, lodged complaints against Grindr and five of its partners with Norway's data protection agency. Grindr, which is owned by Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 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More than 90 emergency, police and other personnel were dispatched to the 123-story, 1,820-foot -tall Lotte World Tower , after the man was spotted scaling the building on Monday morning, the Seoul fire agency said in a statement. The man, in his 20s, reached the 72nd floor, which is about 31,020 feet high, before officials took him to a gondola lift and moved him inside the building, the statement said. South Korean media identified the man as free climber George King-Thompson. The reports said he was carrying a parachute and told police that he wanted to BASE-jump from the top of the building. Fire and police authorities didn't immediately confirm the man's name or his motive. Death at Three Sisters Falls California woman falls to her death after trying to save teen at Three Sisters Falls Dead fish on Texas Gulf Coast Thousands of dead fish washed ashore beaches along the Texas Gulf Coast. Here's why. King-Thompson was arrested in 2019 after scaling the Shard in London — the U.K.'s tallest skyscraper at 310 meters 1,017 feet — after the owners of the building pressed charges against him for trespassing. He was sentenced to six months in prison and served three. In 2021, he climbed the 36-story Stratosphere Tower, a residential block in east London's Stratford neighborhood and reached the top in less than half an hour. He said he picked the building because he was shocked by the flash floods that recently hit the area and wanted to raise awareness to the seriousness of climate change. Police confirmed they took custody of the man but didn't provide further details. The Lotte Property & Development, which operates the tower, said the man didn't suffer any major injuries. The fire agency statement said he suffered a cut on his skin on the right knee. In 2018, French climber Alain Robert, known as \"Spiderman\" for his daring stunt, was also detained after climbing the 75th floor of the Lotte World Tower. Lotte officials said they heard he was eventually released and left South Korea after they told police they didn't want to press charges for obstruction or trespassing. The Lotte Property & Development said company officials were expected to discuss what to do with the British man. 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Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (Tepco) will begun pumping out water in about two years after treatment in a process that will take decades to complete. CONTAMINATED WATER Tepco has been struggling with the build-up of contaminated water since bringing three reactors under control after a 2011 earthquake and tsunami knocked out electricity and cooling. The company has been using a makeshift system of pumps and piping to inject water into damaged reactor vessels to keep melted uranium fuel rods cool. The water is contaminated as it comes in contact with the fuel before leaking into damaged basements and tunnels, where it mixes with groundwater that flows through the site from hills above. The combination results in excess contaminated water that is pumped out and treated before being stored in huge tanks crowding the site. Those tanks now hold about 1.3 million tonnes of radioactive water, enough for about 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Efforts to tackle the problem have included building an \"ice wall\" around the damaged reactors and wells to draw groundwater away before it reaches the reactors. These measures have slowed, but not halted, the buildup of contaminated water. Over the years, Tepco has also battled leaks, spills, malfunctioning equipment and safety breaches, hindering cleanup efforts expected to run for decades. In 2018, Tepco admitted it had not filtered all dangerous materials out of the water, despite saying for years they had been removed. WATER RELEASE Tepco plans to filter the contaminated water again to remove isotopes, leaving only tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen hard to separate from water. Tepco will then dilute the water until tritium levels fall below regulatory limits, before pumping it directly into the ocean from the coastal site. Water containing tritium is routinely released from nuclear plants around the world and releasing the Fukushima water to the ocean is supported by regulatory authorities. Tritium is considered to be relatively harmless because it does not emit enough energy to penetrate human skin. But when ingested it can raise cancer risks, a Scientific American article said in 2014. The first water release is not expected for about two years, time Tepco will use to begin filtering the water, building infrastructure and acquiring regulatory approval. Until then, the buildup of contaminated water will continue, with annual costs of water storage estimated at about 100 billion yen ($912.66 million). Once begun, the water disposal will take decades to complete, with a rolling filtering and dilution process, alongside the planned decommissioning of the plant. REACTION TO OCEAN RELEASE Tepco is engaging with fishing communities and other stakeholders and is promoting agriculture, fishery and forest products in stores and restaurants to reduce any reputational harm to produce from the area. However, environmental groups, including Greenpeace, say the government should build more tanks to hold the water outside the plant instead of choosing the cheaper option of ocean release. Many people have questioned Tepco's plans because there is a high level of distrust of the company. Fishing unions in Fukushima urged the government for years not to release the water, arguing it would undo work to restore the damaged reputation of their fisheries. Last October, the head of Japan's fisheries unions said releasing the water would have a \"catastrophic impact\" on the industry. Neighbouring countries have also expressed concern. On, a foreign ministry spokesman in South Korea, which maintains restrictions on Japanese produce, said it \"expresses serious concerns that the decision could bring a direct and indirect impact on the safety of our people and surrounding environment.\" Municipal councils in Busan and Ulsan, South Korean cities close to the sea, have called for the release plan to be scrapped. In China, a foreign ministry spokesman in October urged Japan to act with a \"high sense of responsibility towards its own people, neighbouring countries and the international community\". 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Single-use plastics account for over a third of plastics produced every year, with 98 per cent manufactured from fossil fuels. The cost of single-use plastic waste is enormous. Single-use plastics account for the majority of plastic thrown away the world over: more than 130 million metric tons in 2019 – almost all of which is burned, buried in landfill, or discarded directly into the environment. Of all the plastics, they are the most likely to end up in the oceans, where they account for almost all visible pollution, in the range of five to 13 million metric tons each year. Once there, single-use plastics eventually break down into tiny particles that impact wildlife health – and the ocean's ability to store carbon. Single-use plastics contain chemical additives such as plasticisers that have been found in humans and are linked to a range of reproductive health problems. And if growth in single-use plastic production continues at current rates, they could account for five to ten percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. >> The Rethinking Materials summit, scheduled for May 19 and 20 features eight startup companies that will showcase technologies to combat plastic pollution and waste, through innovation in raw materials and end-of-life reuse and recycling << Despite these threats, the plastics industry has been allowed to operate with minimal regulation and transparency for decades. Government policies, where they exist, tend to focus on the vast number of companies that sell finished plastic products. Relatively little attention has been paid to the smaller number of businesses at the base of the supply chain that make \"polymers\" – the building blocks of all plastics – almost exclusively from fossil fuels. These companies are the source of the single-use plastic crisis: their production of new \"virgin\" polymers from oil, gas and coal feedstocks perpetuates the take-make-waste dynamic of the plastics economy. The economies of scale for fossil-fuel-based production are undermining transition to a \"circular\" plastic economy, with negative impacts on waste collection rates, on end-of-life management and on rates of plastic pollution. The focus needs to be on producing recycled polymers from plastic waste, on re-use models and on alternative substitute materials. Part of the problem is that we can't manage what we can't measure. In this report, Minderoo identifies for the first time the companies that produce from fossil fuels the five primary polymers that generate the vast majority of single-use plastic waste globally (\"virgin single-use plastic polymer producers\") – and which investors and banks are funding them. We also assess which companies are making real efforts to create a circular plastics economy, and estimate how virgin polymer production is expected to grow or decline in the future. The five major findings of the report In 2019, just 20 polymer producers accounted for more than half of all single-use plastic waste generated globally – and the top 100 accounted for 90 per cent. ExxonMobil and Dow – both based in the USA – top the list, followed by China-based Sinopec, with these three companies together accounting for 16 percent of global single-use plastic waste. Of approximately 300 polymer producers operating globally, their choice to continue to produce virgin polymers, rather than recycled polymers, will have massive repercussions on how much waste is collected, is managed and leaks into the environment. Major global investors and banks are enabling the single-use plastics crisis. Twenty institutional asset managers – led by US companies Vanguard Group, BlackRock and Capital Group – hold over US$300 billion worth of shares in the parent companies of these polymer producers, of which an estimated US$10 billion comes from the production of virgin polymers for single-use plastics. Twenty of the world's largest banks, including Barclays, HSBC and Bank of America, are estimated to have lent almost US$30 billion for the production of these polymers since 2011. There has been a collective industry failure to transition away from fossil-fuel-based feedstocks. The 100 largest polymer producers all continue to rely almost exclusively on \"virgin\" (fossil-fuel-based) feedstocks. In 2019, production of recycled polymers from plastic waste – a \"circular\" model – accounted for no more than two per cent of total output. Over 50 of these companies received an \"E\" grade – the lowest possible – when assessed for circularity, indicating a complete lack of policies, commitments or targets. A further 26 companies, including ExxonMobil and Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Corporation, received a \"D-\" due to their lack of clear targets/timelines. Planned expansion of virgin polymer production capacity threatens to overwhelm hopes of a circular plastics economy. In the next five years, global capacity to produce virgin polymers for single-use plastics could grow by over 30 percent – and by as much as 400 percent for individual companies. An environmental catastrophe beckons: much of the resulting single-use plastic waste will end up as pollution in developing countries with poor waste management systems. The projected rate of growth in the supply of these virgin polymers is in line with the historical rate of growth in demand for single-use plastics – which will likely keep new, circular models of production and re-use \"out of the money\" without regulatory stimulus. Single-use plastic waste is an entrenched geopolitical problem. Transitioning away from the take-make-waste model of single-use plastics will take more than corporate leadership and \"enlightened\" capital markets; it will require immense political will. This is underscored by the high degree of state ownership in these polymer producers – an estimated 30 percent of the sector, by value, is state-owned, with Saudi Arabia, China, and the United Arab Emirates the top three. In addition, it will likely require concerted action on the international political stage to resolve deep-rooted regional imbalances and inequities. High income countries are typically supplying low and lower-middle income countries with significant volumes of polymer; and while this latter group of countries generates far less single-use plastic waste per person, the reverse is true in terms of mismanaged waste and plastic pollution.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Barclays", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Barclays", "length": 8, "offset": 4151}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Capital Group", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Capital Group", "length": 13, "offset": 3889}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Dow", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Dow", "length": 3, "offset": 3298}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Bank of America", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bank of America", "length": 15, "offset": 4170}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "ExxonMobil", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ExxonMobil", "length": 10, "offset": 3283}, {"position_text": "ExxonMobil", "length": 10, "offset": 4843}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Sinopec", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Sinopec", "length": 7, "offset": 3366}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "HSBC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "HSBC", "length": 4, "offset": 4161}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Formosa Plastics Corporation", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Formosa Plastics Corporation", "length": 28, "offset": 4867}, {"position_text": "Formosa Plastics", "length": 16, "offset": 4867}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Vanguard Group", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Vanguard Group", "length": 14, "offset": 3859}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "BlackRock", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "BlackRock", "length": 9, "offset": 3875}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "US", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 3846}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 533, "text": "Germany Takes a Stake in Struggling Gas Provider Uniper & More News\nWith the entry of the German government, the stake held by Uniper's largest shareholder, a Finnish energy company called Fortum, will drop to 56 percent from 80 percent. Fortum had granted Uniper €8 billion in support and loan guarantees, and the Finnish government, which holds the majority stake in Fortum, had refused to provide further support. \"The German government is making shareholders, including Fortum, take some of the pain,\" said Deepa Venkateswaran, a utility analyst at Bernstein, a research firm. She estimated that Uniper was losing €55 million a day. For decades, Uniper bought most of its gas from Gazprom, Russia's state-owned supplier, and sold it to German factories and municipalities. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Gazprom has broken its long-term contracts and begun reducing the amount of gas it provides to Europe, leaving Uniper to buy gas from other providers at higher prices. Uniper has been in talks with the government for weeks and made a formal request for help on July 8. The company has sought to portray itself as a vital cog in Germany's energy system that was worth rescuing, not only because it is a leading importer of natural gas that it sells to dozens of municipalities and companies, but also because of its work with the government to build one of the country's first terminals for receiving liquefied natural gas. That effort should allow Germany to import fuel from a variety of sources, including the United States, easing its dependence on Russia. Before the Feb. 24 invasion, Russia provided Germany with 55 percent of its natural gas supply. In the weeks immediately after, Germany was able to reduce that dependence by roughly 20 percent. Uniper is also taking steps to develop hydrogen, which is touted as the clean energy fuel of the future. \"I'm pleased and relieved that today's agreement stabilizes Uniper financially as a system-critical energy partner,\" Mr. Maubach said. Germany's government is encouraging consumers to conserve energy. It is also replacing gas-fired generators with plants fired by coal and lignite — both of which expel more climate-warming emissions — in an effort to save more gas for heating homes and powering factories. Credit Goes To News Website – This Original Content Owner News Website . 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During his first two terms, Lula guaranteed governability and economic success based on the construction of a 'consensus'; a pact that favored the population with lower incomes as well as the large business community. \"Everyone won with Lula in government,\" it is often said. Unlike 20 years ago, however, experts consulted by RT consider that under a third term of Lula it will be very difficult to build a national agreement that manages to reconcile such divergent interests. In terms of economy, there will be three challenges (and paradoxes) to face. 1. Social policy vs. 'fiscal discipline' To approve the Budget project for the year 2023, Lula will have to negotiate with a Congress controlled by the opposition political parties. Even before sending his proposal to the Legislative Power, he will wear a 'straitjacket': an amendment approved in 2016 during the Government of Michel Temer that prevents increasing public spending beyond inflation in annual terms. The big questions are whether these public policies will have the approval of the business community, where and how financing will be obtained to sustain them in the long term, and what the reaction of the financial markets will be. Lula's team seeks that at least the expenses in the health and education sectors are not conditioned based on this 'fiscal ceiling'; even more so due to the health emergency of the covid-19 pandemic. In an interview with RT, Rosa Maria Marques, professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, points out, however, that it is possible to exceed this spending limit through the approval of an amendment, just as Jair Bolsonaro did during his Government. . Lula is already negotiating it, she assures. The former union leader seeks to fulfill his promise to maintain the 600 reais (about 120 dollars) subsidy to the low-income population . Lula also promised an additional 150 reais (about $30) for families with a child up to six years old. To this set of promises must be added the minimum wage increase as well as exemption from income tax for people who earn up to 5,000 reais (about 1,000 dollars). The big questions are whether these public policies will have the approval of the business community, from where and how financing will be obtained to sustain them in the long term and what will be the reaction of the financial markets that, at first, welcomed the victory. of Lula. Daniel Feldmann, author together with Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos of the book 'Brasil autofagico' (ed. Tinta Limon, 2022), maintains that the financial markets will demand that the new Government rigorously assume the 'fiscal discipline' that is, that you do not spend more than your income. Otherwise, assures the Brazilian economist, this \"loss of confidence\" will be reflected in the collapse of the currency, turbulence in the stock market and the flight of short-term investments; an 'explosive package' for an incoming Administration. 2. Increase private investment vs. end of privatization To achieve the recovery of the economy, Lula proposes relying on private investment, both national and foreign. However, there are several proposals from the former union leader that employers regard with suspicion and that, in the end, may become an obstacle when it comes to encouraging them to invest. At this point there is likely to be a 'train wreck' with all those interested in continuing the wave of privatizations and also with those who have money invested in public companies. Along with promoting private investment, Lula proposes putting a stop to the privatization process and, simultaneously, strengthening public companies such as Petrobras and Electrobras . The goal is that the State plays a relevant role in the economy again and that it maintain its prevalence in sectors considered strategic such as energy, where the barometer is not only profitability. At this point, however, it is highly likely that there will be a 'train wreck' with several members of the business elite. On the one hand, with all those interested in continuing the wave of privatizations unleashed during the Jair Bolsonaro administration. And, on the other hand, with those who have money invested in public companies. In companies like Petrobras, for example, there is also private capital investment, says Daniel Feldmann, a professor at the Federal University of Sao Paulo. The Brazilian economist warns that there will surely be \"conflicting views\" on the strategy that public companies must adopt under the new administration. \"While the Lula government will seek to channel Petrobras' resources towards greater investment (to strengthen its refining capacity, for example), private shareholders will do everything possible to distribute dividends to each other.\" 3. National unity vs. fragmented society For several analysts, the key issue for the next Brazilian government will be to rebuild the unity of the nation. If a great agreement with common objectives is not achieved, the effects will also be felt in the economy, they warn. Rosa Maria Marques highlights the \"great negotiation skills\" of Lula to establish consensus. \"It bothered them a lot that poor people improved their living conditions, for example, they couldn't stand sharing airports, that people with lower incomes traveled like them\" According to his perspective, Lula's third term represents de facto \"a 'consensus' between different expressions of Brazilian society that seek to rebuild the nation project\" that was lost after the passage of Jair Bolsonaro, whose administration he describes as a \"disaster\". \". More than the business elite, the middle classes were the ones During the last years, encouraged division and rejection towards the governments that emerged from the Workers' Party, he assures. \"It bothered them a lot that poor people improved their living conditions, for example, they couldn't stand sharing airports, that people with lower incomes traveled like them,\" he argues. In an editorial published after the results of the ballotage, the newspaper The Financial Times assured that the success of a third term for Lula will ultimately depend on the unity shown by the economic and political elite when it comes to modernizing the country. Daniel Feldmann declares himself skeptical about this possibility. He asserts that the reindustrialization of Brazil, one of the most important campaign promises, will not win the support of the main businessmen, who lack long-term vision. \"Since the 1980s, Brazil has been undergoing a process of de-industrialization; today, entrepreneurs are interested in investing in the financial markets and the real estate sector, obtaining profits in the short term, not rescuing the industry and then competing on an international scale.\" Ariel Noyola Rodriguez @noyola_ariel Source: RT", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Lula", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Lula", "length": 4, "offset": 3910}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "RT", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "RT", "length": 2, "offset": 706}, {"position_text": "RT", "length": 2, "offset": 1804}, {"position_text": "RT", "length": 2, "offset": 7195}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Financial Times", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Financial Times", "length": 15, "offset": 6432}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 535, "text": "Boeing Employees 'Humiliated' As SpaceX To Rescue Astronauts Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams Due...\nBoeing employees are reportedly feeling \"humiliated\" after NASA announced that two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) due to issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will have to be rescued by SpaceX next year. Butch Wilmore and Indian-American Sunita Williams, who went to the ISS in June for what was supposed to be an 8-day mission, will now have to wait until February 2025 for a SpaceX Crew Dragon to bring them home safely. This is because the Starliner they were supposed to return on is leaking helium and has thruster problems. One anonymous Florida-based Boeing space program employee said this decision is the latest embarrassment for the aerospace giant, which is already facing backlash from several commercial flight incidents earlier this year, the New York Post (NYP) reported. Butch and Suni will continue to contribute to @ISS_Research aboard the station before heading home in a @SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Read about their work so far: https://t.co/zy3B0KXzEP Follow our blogs for the latest @Space_Station and #Starliner updates: https://t.co/M7G4xLhChJ pic.twitter.com/0wX2xeom9V — NASA (@NASA) August 24, 2024 'Disagreement about risk' \"We have had so many embarrassments lately, we're under a microscope. This just made it, like, 100 times worse,\" the worker was quoted as saying by NYP. \"We hate SpaceX. We talk s–t about them all the time, and now they're bailing us out.\" The unnamed employee claimed morale is \"in the toilet\" and many at Boeing are blaming NASA for the humiliation. However, NASA Commercial Crew Program manager Steve Stich said the decision came down to a \"little disagreement about risk\". Boeing maintains Starliner could safely return the astronauts, but NASA decided to rely on SpaceX's Crew Dragon mission in February 2025 after over two months of testing the troubled craft still docked at the ISS. The Starliner suffered a helium leak before launch, which worsened when it docked at the ISS. It also experienced multiple thruster failures, though many issues were mitigated. Boeing has spent about $1.5 billion in cost overruns beyond the initial $4.5 billion NASA contract for Starliner, which was meant to be NASA's second crew transportation mode to the ISS alongside SpaceX's Crew Dragon. 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Picture taken December 30, 2019. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - A judge at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has dismissed a complaint that the agency filed aimed at requiring Marlboro maker Altria Group (MO.N) to sell a minority investment in JUUL, Altria said in a release on Tuesday. The FTC filed a lawsuit in April 2020, saying Altria's decision to buy a 35% stake in JUUL, announced in December 2018, was bad for competition. The FTC said that the two companies were competitors in the market for closed-system e-cigarettes but that Altria opted to exit and invest in JUUL. The judge's decision may be reviewed by the FTC. Murray Garnick, Altria executive vice president, said the company was \"pleased with this decision and have said all along that our minority investment in JUUL does not harm competition and does not violate the antitrust laws.\" The FTC declined to comment. 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Several dozen people gathered outside the meeting at Aberdeen's exhibition and conference centre holding placards reading \"BP climate criminals\" and \"Climate emergency.\" BP is facing increasing pressure to reduce its carbon emissions and meet the 2015 Paris climate agreement. BP Chairman Helge Lund said at the meeting the company would move towards a transition while remaining an attractive investment proposition. \"The world needs more energy but it needs energy that is cleaner better and kinder to the planet,\" Lund said. We aim to play our part in the transition and to deliver on a strategy that is consistent with the Paris goals, Lund said. Rival Royal Dutch Shell held its annual meeting in The Hague in the Netherlands on Tuesday. Shell's executives highlighted its decision last year to introduce sector-leading climate targets including so-called Scope 3 emissions from fuels sold to customers around the world. 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On April 18, Ping An Asset Management issued a statement by chairman and chief executive Michael Huang detailing its support for a spin-off of HSBC's Asia business which it said would improve shareholder value. The Chinese firm also noted that it was «extremely disappointed by HSBC management's consistent closed-minded attitude to all solutions». In response, HSBC reiterated its own position in a separate statement on the matter, insisting that the bank's global connectivity was a key differentiator and driver of profitability. «In various conversations between Ping An and HSBC, it was noted that both parties agreed to disagree on a number of issues,» HSBC said, highlighting around 20 meetings between the two firms at the chairman, CEO as well as senior management level in 2022 and 2023. Spin-Off Risk According to HSBC, there are several risks that it had considered in rejecting suggestions for the spin-off. 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The company said it is assessing the breach and whether the data, which includes Social Security numbers, came from AT&T itself or one of its vendors. The data appears to be from 2019 or earlier, cybersecurity experts hired by AT&T to do a \"robust investigation\" found, affecting 7.6 million current account holders, and approximately 65.4 million former account holders. \"Currently, AT&T does not have evidence of unauthorized access to its systems,\" the company said in a release. \"The company is communicating proactively with those impacted and will be offering credit monitoring at our expense where applicable.\" NEW YORK AG OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO RECENT AT&T OUTAGE AT&T confirmed on Saturday that a total of 73 million current and former customer accounts were leaked to the dark web around two weeks ago. AT&T said it encouraged current and former customers to visit its account safety page for more information. 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(\"Columbia\") related to the acquisition of Columbia by TC Energy in July 2016. TC Energy strongly disagrees with the Court's ruling and is evaluating its options for appeal once final judgment is entered. The same Delaware Chancery Court had previously confirmed, after trial in an appraisal rights action filed in 2016, that the $25.50 per share that TC Energy paid Columbia shareholders was fair value. The lawsuit, filed by plaintiffs in July 2018, alleged that Columbia's then CEO and CFO breached their fiduciary duties to Columbia shareholders and that there were material omissions in Columbia's proxy statement and that TC Energy aided and abetted the fiduciary duty breaches and the disclosure violations. The plaintiffs claimed damages in excess of US$3 billion. Columbia's former executives settled with plaintiffs prior to trial for US$79 million. TC Energy disputed the allegations at trial. The Court determined the former Columbia executives breached their fiduciary duties and made material disclosure omissions and that TC Energy was aware and took advantage of those breaches. The Court awarded shareholders damages in the amount of US$1 per share. The final award is yet to be determined but is expected to be in the range of US$400 million, plus interest at the statutory rate. Liability for this award will be allocated between Columbia's former executives and TC Energy in a subsequent proceeding before the Court that will determine proportionate responsibility and account for the prior settlement. TC Energy will not be responsible for the full amount of the award, but its proportionate share will not be known until the allocation hearing is completed and a decision rendered, likely later in 2023. TC Energy is disappointed with this decision and disputes many of the findings of fact and law. TC Energy intends to appeal once the final allocation is determined and anticipates an appeal will take upwards of one year. About TC Energy We're a team of 7,000+ energy problem solvers working to move, generate and store the energy North America relies on. Today, we're taking action to make that energy more sustainable and more secure. We're innovating and modernizing to reduce emissions from our business. And, we're delivering new energy solutions – from natural gas and renewables to carbon capture and hydrogen – to help other businesses and industries decarbonize too. Along the way, we invest in communities and partner with our neighbours, customers and governments to build the energy system of the future. TC Energy's common shares trade on the Toronto (TSX) and New York (NYSE) stock exchanges under the symbol TRP. To learn more, visit us at TCEnergy.com . 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SHANGHAI, Jan. 24, 2025 /CNW/ --_Shanghai Electric (SEHK:2727, SSE:601727) recently received multiple certifications for projects in photovoltaics, sustainable thermal power, safety, and environmental protection, recognizing its energy technology capabilities in Dubai, Oman, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. The Company also led community-building initiatives in Pakistan. Regarding safety, Shanghai Electric received a certificate of appreciation for exemplary HSE performance at Noor Energy 1 Solar Project,_a 950MW hybrid CSP and PV solar power station in Dubai's Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The team achieved 15 million safe human hours by identifying safety risks, planning major operations meticulously, and implementing robust risk control measures. Strict safety protocols for subcontractors ensured comprehensive oversight. The department pledged ongoing vigilance and system optimization to support the project's stable operation and long-term sustainability. The Company also earned certification for 3 million safe labor hours at Oman's Manah-1 Solar Independent Power Plant. Despite new challenges and a tight schedule, the team ensured safety with strict protocols, emergency drills, and a zero-accident record. Shanghai Electric's Rupsha 800MW Combined Cycle Power Plant project in Bangladesh achieved certification for five million safe labor hours. Prioritizing safety, the team followed strict procedures, conducted regular inspections, and provided targeted training to ensure steady progress and effective risk management. Environmental protection Shanghai Electric's waste-to-energy plant in Selangor, Malaysia, won the Annual Environmental Management Excellence Award from the Selangor Environmental Protection Bureau. This recognition, along with eight previous environmental management awards, highlights the project's commitment to sustainability. As Selangor's first garbage incineration power station, the project drew significant local attention. Shanghai Electric adhered to strict environmental regulations, implemented effective measures, and earned praise from stakeholders. Project employees also participated in a beach cleanup event organized by the Environmental Protection Bureau, promoting environmental awareness, reducing coastal pollution, and protecting marine biodiversity, further strengthening the Company's international reputation for environmental responsibility. Community building In Pakistan's Thar region, where educational resources are scarce, Shanghai Electric's project team donated 1,221 sets of textbooks, school supplies, and drinking water buckets to local schools, addressing critical shortages. The donation also included classroom national anthem boards and school entrance nameplates to support cultural and infrastructure development. This initiative enhances local education and fosters sustainable community development. By strengthening ties with the community, the project team reaffirmed its commitment to public welfare, pledging ongoing support in education, healthcare, environmental protection, and infrastructure. Shanghai Electric advances environmentally sustainable technologies through research and industrialized management. Its 2024 ESG excellent practice cases, chosen from within the Company, highlight green intelligent manufacturing, digital twin applications, wind turbine reuse, and resource recycling, emphasizing environmental, social, and regulatory impact and effectiveness. Shanghai Electric's A shares have been included in the Hang Seng A-Share Sustainable Enterprise Index, Hang Seng Mainland and Hong Kong Sustainable Enterprise Index, and Hang Seng A-Share Sustainable Enterprise Benchmark Index for two consecutive years. Its H shares are part of the Hang Seng (Mainland and Hong Kong) Enterprise Sustainable Development Index and the Hang Seng Sustainable Enterprise Benchmark Index. Additionally, Shanghai Electric was named in China's ESG Listed Companies Yangtze River Delta Pioneer 50 (2024), and its Leading the Green Future-ESG Comprehensive Practice and Innovation Case was featured in the 2024 ESG Excellence Practice Report by the China Enterprise Reform and Development Research Association and China Central Radio and Television Station. 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Documents from water company United Utilities seen by the BBC showed that a fault at a pumping station in Bowness-on-Windermere in Cumbria left sewage being illegally pumped into the famous lake for 10 hours in February. The situation was labelled a \"scandal\" by opposition politicians, while Downing Street said it was \"completely unacceptable\" and the Environment Agency had the power to launch a criminal prosecution if necessary. The revelations come as the annual bathing season kicks off, with the Environment Agency monitoring 451 coastal, river and lake sites throughout the summer for water quality. Samples are tested in labs and uploaded to the Swimfo website which updates daily with information on water quality, and provides risk forecasting information which warns people about poor water quality due to bad weather or pollution incidents. Windermere is a popular swimming lake, with four designated bathing sites. The latest revelations come after analysis by Friends of the Earth showed more than 440,000 hours of sewage was released along England's coastline in 2023, with thousands of spills taking place close to bathing spots. The campaign group analysed Environment Agency data on sewage overflow outlets to calculate the number and duration of spills directly into the sea and estuaries and near swimming waters. It found there were 68,481 incidents of sewage released into England's seas last year, totalling 440,446 hours. More than a quarter of these, some 117,584 hours over 21,213 spills, were within 1.9 miles (3km) of a bathing spot, the assessment found. Shadow environment secretary Steve Reed said of the news that pollution was illegally pumped into Windermere: \"The Conservatives just folded their arms and looked the other way while United Utilities pumped a tidal wave of raw sewage into Britain's most beautiful lake. The Conservative Government has turned a blind eye to illegal sewage dumping. If the water bosses do this under a Labour government, they'll end up in the dock. We can only do that if we get a Labour Government which means voting for \"The next Labour government will put the water companies under special measures to force United Utilities to clean up their toxic mess. \"We will give the regulator tough new powers to make law-breaking water bosses face criminal charges and ban the payment of their multimillion-pound bonuses until they clean up their toxic filth.\" And Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson Tim Farron said: \"This is a scandal. We can't let them get away with this any longer. \"The public are rightly furious that their favourite local rivers and lakes are being spoiled while water company bosses accept huge bonuses.\" He called for Parliament to accept an amendment he had put forward that could see water company bosses prosecuted for sewage pollution. 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Now, investors are betting nearly $200M on one...\nJust under a decade ago, Eli Lilly announced early results for a new drug that lowered bad cholesterol and raised good cholesterol. It was a \"holy grail\" result, as JAMA put it in a press release , offering a path for a pill that could curb cardiovascular disease, still the leading cause of death in the US. Merck, Amgen, Roche, and Pfizer all jumped in with similar molecules. And then, beginning in 2015, it all fell apart. The molecules, known as CETP inhibitor, boosted good cholesterol but pivotal study after pivotal study showed they didn't prevent heart attacks, strokes or other cardiovascular deaths. \"CETP inhibitor class finally dies,\" ran one 2017 headline , when Merck abandoned its effort. Now a group of investors has decided to make one last large bid at resurrecting the field. The lengthy syndicate, led by Morningside Ventures and Forbion, has put $196 million into a Series A for NewAmsterdam Pharma, a small Dutch startup that will take Amgen's old molecule and push it into Phase III later this year. The new effort centers around one of the only CETP blockers that didn't make it into pivotal studies. In 2015, months before Lilly's drug bombed, Amgen paid $300 million upfront and over a billion in milestones to acquire Dezima and its CETP inhibitor obicetrapib. By 2016, they had suspended investment. They put it on the shelf the following year, after Merck waived the white flag. John Kastelein The new company is led by CSO John Kastelein, one of the scientists who worked on the original obicetrapib trials, and CEO Michael Davidson, who served as CSO of Corvidia Therapeutics before Novo Nordisk bought out the cardio-focused company for $725 million last June. The two will have to prove that their molecule can work where similar efforts have repeatedly failed. Davidson, though, says they have good evidence for their approach. Merck's CETP inhibitor actually succeded in Phase III, but didn't provide enough benefit for the company to file for approval. Yet new long-term data suggest that, over time, the drug's benefit increased from a 9% relative risk reduction in preventing cardiac events to a 20% risk reduction. And he says new genomic data suggest that researchers misunderstood the drug's mechanism: Investigators originally thought that CETP inhibitors were beneficial because they boosted good cholesterol, HDL, by incredibly high amounts, but they now think that it's the modest reduction to bad cholesterol, LDL, that drives benefit. That means you should be targeting the drug in trials to patients with high levels of LDL, Davidson said, which the Big Pharmas didn't do. \"It's not CETP inhibition that was the problem,\" Davidson told Endpoints News. \" It's the ways drugs were used.\" He also pointed to evidence from early studies that their molecule was better at lowering LDL than others, with fewer side effects. They'll now get a chance to prove it, with significant funding to push the drug into the notoriously large and expensive trials that cardiovascular trials require. They plan to start those at the end of 2021. 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Photo: NYPD Authorities have identified the man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson and are closing in on him, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was quoted as saying on Saturday by the New York Post. \"The net is tightening,\" Adams told reporters at a Police Athletic League holiday party in Harlem, according to the Post. He declined to name the suspect. Thompson, 50, who became chief executive of UnitedHealthcare's insurance unit in April 2021, was shot in the back around 6:45am eastern time on Wednesday in what police described as a targeted attack by a masked assailant lying in wait. The murder occurred just before the company's annual investor conference at the Hilton hotel on Sixth Avenue. The shooting sparked a massive manhunt for the gunman, who fled on foot wearing a hooded jacket, balaclava and grey backpack before mounting an electric bike and riding into Central Park, police said. Adams was quoted by the New York Post as saying the police were withholding the suspect's name for now to deny him any advantage. A backpack resembling the one worn by the suspect has been recovered near a playground in Central Park, according to media reports. Photo: NYPD via CNN \"We don't want to release that now,\" the mayor said. \"If you do, you are basically giving a tip to the person we are seeking and we do not want to give him an upper hand at all. Let him continue to believe he can hide behind the mask.\" \"We revealed his face,\" he continued, referring to security camera photos and video released after the murder. \"We're going to reveal who he is and we're going to bring him to justice.\" A backpack resembling the one worn by the suspect has been recovered near a playground in Central Park, according to media reports. MSNBC said on Saturday that police examining the bag and its contents found a jacket and Monopoly money, but no firearm. Police divers were searching for the weapon used in the killing in a pond in Central Park on Saturday, CNN reported, citing police sources. Reuters has not independently verified the account. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told CNN on Friday that police have gathered \"a huge amount of evidence,\" including fingerprints, DNA evidence and a camera footage of the suspect's movements throughout the city. New York police said on Friday they believe the suspect had left New York City , after video emerged showing him climbing into a taxi that took him to a bus station. \"We have video of him entering the Port Authority Bus Terminal. We don't have any video of him exiting so we believe he may have gotten on a bus,\" New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told CNN. \"Those buses are interstate buses. That's why we believe he may have left New York City.\" The New York police have offered a US$10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the shooter and the FBI has added US$50,000 to that reward. The circumstances of the attack suggested it was premeditated and planned, police said, with video showing the gunman ignoring other pedestrians while appearing to wait for Thompson. The shooter's motive was not yet known. Security video showed the shooter behind Thompson, raising his handgun and firing at his back. Thompson, a married father of two, suffered gunshot wounds to his back and leg and was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after the attack. 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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents released Wednesday that it found 426 reports of failures on the Model S from 2015 through 2017 and the Model X from 2016 and 2017. One crash was reported with no injuries. But the agency found in testing and in checking complaints that the Teslas could still be controlled by drivers if the front fore links failed. So it decided to close the probe that was opened in November of 2020. Tesla did a customer satisfaction campaign in 2017 to replace fore links on some of the vehicles. But NHTSA said that didn't cover 75% of the failures identified in its investigation. The agency recommended that Tesla expand the replacement program. A message was left Wednesday seeking comment from Tesla. 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The series of protests was started by super-typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivor Joanna Sustento, who was taken into custody by dozens of police officers in the vicinity of the Shell headquarters to the nearby police precinct, just 2 hours into her peaceful protest. Greenpeace photo released to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner shows a lone protester outside Shell headquarters in Taguig City. \"Since then, individuals hailing from different parts of the country have stood up to Shell at the company's doorstep, each of them doing this not only for themselves and their loved ones, but for all of us. Celebrities and netizens have also shared their messages of support for these brave Filipinos,\" said Greenpeace. It said fossil fuel companies like Shell continue to rake in huge profits while the people and the planet suffer. \"Up to now, these corporations have not acknowledged their responsibility for fuelling climate change. We have to make Shell listen, and hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis we're now living with,\" Greenpeace said. In April, the Public Radio International reported that Royal Dutch Shell PLC became the first major oil and gas company to announce plans to leave a leading US refining lobby due to disagreement on climate policies, citing its support for the goals of the Paris climate agreement. In its first review of its association with 19 key industry groups, Shell said it had found \"material misalignment\" over climate policy with the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, and would quit the body in 2020. The review is part of Shell's drive to increase transparency and show investors it is in line with the 2015 Paris climate agreement's goals to limit global warming by reducing carbon emissions to a net zero by the end of the century. It is the latest sign of how investor pressure on oil companies, particularly in Europe, is leading to changes in their behavior around climate. Last year, Shell caved in to investor pressure over climate change, setting out plans to introduce industry-leading carbon emissions targets linked to executive pay. Its chief executive, Ben van Beurden, has since repeatedly urged oil and gas producers to take action over climate and pollution, staking out a more radical position than the heads of other major oil companies. (Mindanao Examiner) Like Us on Facebook: The Mindanao Examiner Like Us on Facebook: The Zamboanga Post Follow Us on Twitter: Mindanao Examine Read And Share Our News: Mindanao Examiner Website Mirror Site: Mindanao Examiner Blog Digital Archives: Mindanao Examiner Digital Media Rates: Advertising Rates 79 total views, 79 views today", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers", "length": 43, "offset": 1711}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Public Radio International", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Public Radio International", "length": 26, "offset": 1299}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Royal Dutch Shell PLC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Royal Dutch Shell PLC", "length": 21, "offset": 1340}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Shell", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 13}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 115}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 387}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 578}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 699}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 969}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1167}, {"position_text": "Royal Dutch Shell PLC", "length": 21, "offset": 1340}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1352}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1634}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1811}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 2179}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Shell", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 13}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 115}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 387}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 578}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 699}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 969}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1167}, {"position_text": "Royal Dutch Shell PLC", "length": 21, "offset": 1340}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1352}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1634}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1811}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 2179}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Shell", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 13}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 115}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 387}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 578}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 699}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 969}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1167}, {"position_text": "Royal Dutch Shell PLC", "length": 21, "offset": 1340}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1352}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1634}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 1811}, {"position_text": "Shell", "length": 5, "offset": 2179}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Europe", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Europe", "length": 6, "offset": 2104}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 549, "text": "Climate change: 4 storage systems that may help fulfill Elon Musk's dream\nClean energy can help reduce global emissions — but without energy storage systems, it could cause chaos. During Tesla's September 2020 \"Battery Day\" presentation, CEO Elon Musk outlined a plan to massively increase battery production and enable the transition toward renewables. Sources like solar energy and wind power sound good, but they'll only produce energy at certain times of the day. It's no good trying to power a house at night if all your energy is from solar, for example. \"That unstable network grid system is supplied with intermittent renewables,\" Jonas Eklind, CEO of energy storage firm Azelio , tells Inverse . \"This together really is a recipe for chaos.\" Want to know more about what we'll need to tackle the clean energy transition, why long-duration energy storage is vital, and how Eklind envisions the future energy grid? Read the full interview , only in MUSK READS+ . So what is the solution? Musk's proposal was to massively increase battery production. To fully electrify transportation , battery production for electric vehicles would need to increase 100-fold above current levels, estimated at 0.1 Terawatt-hours, to reach 10 Terawatt-hours . To electrify other high energy use industries , battery production for applications other than electric vehicles needs to jump 1,600-fold above current levels, estimated at 0.006 Terawatt-hours, to reach 10 Terawatt-hours . But there's a wide variety of energy storage systems out there, all of which can be used to facilitate what the International Energy Agency described as a \"complete transformation of the global energy system.\" Here are a few of the energy storage solutions out there, including a few that could beat lithium-ion on key metrics like cost and longer-duration storage. 4. Lithium-ion batteries — Tesla's favored means of energy storage. The United States Energy and Environmental Study Institute claims that lithium-ion batteries account for 90 percent of battery storage used in the global grid today. Large-scale installations include Tesla's South Australia battery , finished in December 2017, offering 100 megawatts of storage capacity. But that battery only offers 129 megawatt-hours, which means that it can only supply its full 100 megawatts of capacity for just over one hour. Great for balancing the grid's workload — tests show the battery saved the South Australia grid — but not so great for supplying energy for much longer. 3. Pumped hydropower — The current reigning champion. The United States Energy and Environmental Study Institute notes that pumped hydro currently accounts for 95 percent of the United States' utility-scale energy storage. Note that pumped hydro is not classed as a battery, which uses chemicals in a power pack to store electricity. Instead, hydro pumps water from a low reservoir into a high reservoir. It's released when it's needed, and the energy is used to move a turbine and power a generator. These can run for a bit longer. The Energy Storage Association claim they can typically supply power for six to 20 hour. In 2017 they supplied around two percent, or 23 gigawatts, of the total electricity supply system. 2. Thermal energy — The less popular one. A phase change material is used to move from solid to liquid as heat is applied, storing the energy. When the energy is needed again, the heat is released and the material returns to a solid. Azelio has developed the TES.POD with this use in mind. The pod heats up an aluminum alloy to around 600 degrees Celsius, and then the heat energy is transferred as required. Although Azelio's pod can supply 13 hours of electricity, it only started construction on its first commercial installation in February 2021, making it one of the less prevalent systems on the list. Thermal energy storage can also combine with concentrated solar panels , which focus the sun's rays onto a receiver. This can be used to melt salt, which is then stored ready as it's needed. 1. Compressed air — Another potential storage system. This idea takes in air, compresses it into tanks or underground caves, then releases it when it's needed. \"Nothing that exists or is in development can store energy as well, and as cheaply, as compressed air,\" Seamus Garvey, professor of dynamics at the University of Nottingham, wrote in October 2018 . Garvey noted, however, that the technology is \"grossly undervalued.\" Perhaps the biggest issue, Garvey notes, is that it has a similar problem to pumped hydro: it's better suited for long-term energy storage. For short-term responses, the lithium-ion battery may still reign supreme. Far from a single solution for every situation, energy storage of the future may require a wide range of ideas — especially if intermittent sources are going to play a big role in the future. TO READ THE FULL INTERVIEW , SUBSCRIBE TO MUSK READS+ . Here is what you will gain from subscribing to MUSK READS+ : Three emails per week, enabling fans to go deeper into the week's news. Original interviews and reporting , longform analysis, previews and recaps of major events, including earnings calls and more. Community-focused extras like responses to reader mail, an upcoming event calendar, and notable anniversaries. An archive of previous subscriber-only content , so you can easily read back over what you might have missed. Promotional deals and offers. Supporting original, independent journalism. MUSK READS+ is a fully independent operation. We are not Elon Musk , nor are we employed by him. Our job is to report the events we find newsworthy, giving you the inside look at the worlds of space rockets, electric cars, clean energy, and more. It means first-hand accounts of a SpaceX rocket launch, Tesla insights from third-party analysts, and more. If you want to support us in our mission, and receive original interviews and analysis, consider contributing with a subscription.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "SpaceX", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "SpaceX", "length": 6, "offset": 5757}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Inverse", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Inverse", "length": 7, "offset": 695}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "International Energy Agency", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "International Energy Agency", "length": 27, "offset": 1586}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "University of Nottingham", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "University of Nottingham", "length": 24, "offset": 4338}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Energy Storage Association", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Energy Storage Association", "length": 26, "offset": 3047}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Azelio", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Azelio", "length": 6, "offset": 680}, {"position_text": "Azelio", "length": 6, "offset": 3465}, {"position_text": "Azelio", "length": 6, "offset": 3649}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Eklind", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Eklind", "length": 6, "offset": 881}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "South Australia", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "South Australia", "length": 15, "offset": 2116}, {"position_text": "South Australia", "length": 15, "offset": 2432}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 550, "text": "Exploring the Top 5 Competitors of AICY in Financial Management Solutions\nDiscover key rivals shaping the financial management landscape alongside AICY's innovative solutions. In the rapidly evolving realm of financial management solutions, businesses are presented with a myriad of options. As AICY continues to redefine financial management with its innovative platform, it becomes imperative to examine its top competitors, each offering distinct features and capabilities. Let's delve into the merits and drawbacks of the leading five competitors of AICY: QuickBooks: QuickBooks, developed by Intuit, stands as one of the most prevalent accounting software platforms globally. Originating in the 1980s, QuickBooks has transformed into a comprehensive financial management solution tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. With its user-friendly interface and extensive feature set, QuickBooks is a favored choice for businesses in need of efficient and accessible accounting software. Pros: User-friendly interface catering to small businesses and startups. Diverse features, including invoicing and payroll management. Integration capabilities with third-party applications enhance functionality. Cons: Limited scalability for larger enterprises. Inconsistent customer support. Some advanced features may incur additional fees. Xero: Founded in New Zealand in 2006, Xero is a cloud-based accounting software platform aimed at small businesses. With its emphasis on automation and accessibility, Xero offers a range of accounting tools and features, garnering popularity among businesses seeking modern solutions. Pros: Cloud-based platform offering flexibility and accessibility. Strong accounting features, including bank reconciliation. Focus on automation reduces manual errors. Cons: Pricing structure may be prohibitive for smaller businesses. Limited integration options with third-party apps. Learning curve for users transitioning from traditional software. FreshBooks: Launched in 2003, FreshBooks initially targeted freelancers and small service-based businesses. Over time, it expanded its offerings to a broader audience, providing intuitive invoicing and expense tracking features, appealing to businesses seeking hassle-free financial management. Pros: Intuitive interface for non-accountants. Comprehensive invoicing features. Responsive customer support. Cons: Limited functionality compared to competitors. Lack of advanced reporting capabilities. Pricing plans may not suit larger businesses. Sage Intacct: Tailored for mid-sized and enterprise-level businesses, Sage Intacct is a cloud-based platform founded in 1999. Offering advanced reporting and compliance features, Sage Intacct focuses on scalability and customization. Pros: Scalable solution for growing businesses. Advanced reporting capabilities. Robust security features. Cons: Higher price point. Complex implementation process. Limited integrations with third-party apps. Wave: Wave, launched in 2010, targets small businesses, freelancers, and entrepreneurs with its free accounting software. Despite its simplicity, Wave offers essential features such as invoicing and expense tracking. Pros: Free accounting software. Simple interface. Core accounting functionalities. Cons: Lack of scalability and advanced features. Limited customer support. Potential issues with data synchronization. Why AICY Stands Out: While each competitor offers unique features, AICY distinguishes itself with its advanced financial management tools tailored for businesses of all sizes. With customizable KPIs, seamless integration options, and a user-friendly interface, AICY empowers businesses to make data-driven decisions and drive sustainable growth. For more information about AICY and its innovative financial management solutions, please visit their website . 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What Happened: A federal jury in Marshall, Texas, on Friday ruled that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL ) infringed a patent related to Personalized Media Communications LLC's (PMC) digital rights management, and said Apple must pay $308.5 million to PMC, Reuters has reported . The jurors also asked Apple to pay a running royalty to PMC. Sugarland, Texas-based PMC says Apple owes $240 million in royalties. According to Reuters, Apple is dissatisfied with the verdict and will appeal. \"Cases like this, brought by companies that don't make or sell any products, stifle innovation and ultimately harm consumers,\" Apple said. See also: How To Buy Apple Stock Why It Matters: PMC sued Apple in 2015, alleging that its iTunes service infringed seven of its patents. Apple challenged the case at the patent office, and in 2020 an appeals court reversed the decision. 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Become a CME VIP and get the latest news on gear, giveaways, and deals FIRST! D'Addario XT Nickel Plated Steel Bass Guitar Strings Regular Light Long Scale 45-100 3 Pack Bundle D'Addario XT Nickel Plated Steel Bass Guitar Strings Regular Light Long Scale 45-100 3 Pack Bundle 3 x D'Addario XT Nickel Plated Steel Bass Guitar Strings Regular Light Long Scale 45-100 From D'Addario: XT Bass Nickel Plated Steel strings combine our most popular electric bass guitar alloy with an extended lifespan treatment on every string in the set, preserving the natural tone and feel of uncoated strings. Available in a variety of gauges for 4 and 5 string, long scale basses. D'Addario XT strings feature high carbon steel cores with an extended lifespan treatment on every string in the set, giving you enhanced break resistance, pitch stability, and long-lasting performance - all while preserving the tone and feel of your favorite uncoated strings. These strings are made to stay, for performance that never fades away. XT strings feature an extended lifespan treatment on every string in the set, preserving the natural tone and feel of uncoated strings. High carbon steel wire and Fusion Twist technologies deliver unrivaled tuning stability and break resistance. Strings stay in tune 131% better than traditional strings! These strings are designed for long scale basses (34\"+) and have a taper at 36 - 7/8\" Strings last at least 4 times longer than traditional uncoated strings. The inner packaging features a re-sealable zip closure, for ease of opening as well as storage of unused strings. Every set includes a Players Circle code for product identification, registration, and authentication. Players can collect points to get rewarded with D'Addario products and merchandise. 3 x D'Addario XT Nickel Plated Steel Bass Guitar Strings Regular Light Long Scale 45-100 From D'Addario: XT Bass Nickel Plated Steel strings combine our most popular electric bass guitar alloy with an extended lifespan treatment on every string in the set, preserving the natural tone and feel of uncoated strings. Available in a variety of gauges for 4 and 5 string, long scale basses. D'Addario XT strings feature high carbon steel cores with an extended lifespan treatment on every string in the set, giving you enhanced break resistance, pitch stability, and long-lasting performance - all while preserving the tone and feel of your favorite uncoated strings. These strings are made to stay, for performance that never fades away. XT strings feature an extended lifespan treatment on every string in the set, preserving the natural tone and feel of uncoated strings. High carbon steel wire and Fusion Twist technologies deliver unrivaled tuning stability and break resistance. Strings stay in tune 131% better than traditional strings! These strings are designed for long scale basses (34\"+) and have a taper at 36 - 7/8\" Strings last at least 4 times longer than traditional uncoated strings. The inner packaging features a re-sealable zip closure, for ease of opening as well as storage of unused strings. Every set includes a Players Circle code for product identification, registration, and authentication. Players can collect points to get rewarded with D'Addario products and merchandise. We want all our customers to feel informed and have peace of mind when shopping with us. Please review the details below regarding tax, shipping, and customer service. If you have any other questions, please send us a message and we'll respond as quickly as possible. *Listing does not include applicable sales tax. Please see our Tax section below for a list of states we are collecting and remitting sales tax in. *Free 2-day delivery service is not available on orders with offers. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. -We will ship your order via UPS or USPS. *If you'd like to request Fedex as a carrier, additional fees may apply. Please let us know before placing your order if you prefer a certain carrier, or need the item by a certain date. We're happy to suggest the best method based on your location. - We ship most orders placed before 2pm Central Time the SAME DAY once payment has been approved. Exceptions to this include guitars, amplifiers, and drum kits that require setups and inspections and additional packaging time. - All orders with 2-day delivery service will ship within one business day via UPS. Saturday delivery is not included, but is available for an additional service charge in most areas. Please note, UPS does not operate on Sundays. We may be unable to use a PO Box for a UPS shipment, so please provide an alternate address if requested to ensure you receive your order as expected. - Our shipping team works closely with the CME Repair Shop and our vintage experts to inspect and pack every instrument with the utmost care. These folks know what it takes to keep an instrument protected. As musicians ourselves, we know how important it is that you receive your CME package in perfect condition. Your instrument will be shipped using the highest level of industry-standard packing materials, in every attempt to make sure it arrives in ready-to-play condition. We will notify you prior to shipping your instrument if additional steps need to be taken in the packing process. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING - Our international shipping rates should reflect on the item listing. Feel free to message us directly for shipping quotes on specific items or with any questions. Please note, international shipments may take extra time and are subject to delays. - All shipping rates are for actual transportation charges and do not include VAT, import taxes, or brokerage fees, which vary from country to country. We recommend planning for those fees in advance if possible. - Most of our preset shipping rates are for USPS International Service. USPS is typically less expensive than UPS, but their international tracking system is not as accurate. Tracking updates are often infrequent. Packages mailed internationally with a Customs Declaration Label number beginning with an \"L\" or \"U\" are not traceable. These numbers are NOT for tracking purposes and will not be scanned by the destination country's Postal Service. They are used for Customs and dispatch purposes only. In order to see end to end tracking of a First Class or Priority Mail International package of less than 4 lbs, customer will need to add the Registered Service, or use Global Express Guaranteed or Priority Express Mail services instead. These are the only mailing services that will give tracking information all the way from the acceptance date until the delivery date, unless the package is going to a \"Non-scanning\" country. *Be advised, international packages shipped USPS are often in transit a number of weeks, and can be subject to delays. If you'd like to upgrade your shipping, please let us know before placing your order. -We ship guitars via UPS Worldwide Expedited unless you request a different service. Arrival times may vary from country to country. Some large items such as bass guitars, drum kits, amplifiers, and speaker cabinets may not be eligible for shipping via USPS due to size limitations. Some brands cannot be shipped internationally due to manufacturer restrictions. Feel free to message or call us with any questions. - If you order contains Brazilian Rosewood, or any other CITES restricted woods, your shipment might be delayed due to Customs processing standards that CME is subject to as the shipper. All orders requiring CITES documentation must ship to the buyer's residential address. If your country requires CITES import permits, please work with your local Customs agency to obtain these permits prior to shipment. - We are unable to ship to Russia due to the current trade sanctions. SHIPPING INSURANCE: Your package(s) is fully insured if found to be lost in transit, damaged, or defective upon receipt. CANCELLATIONS: Our shipping team tries to ship as fast as possible so it may be too late to cancel an order because it has already been processed. If this happens, we will process your cancellation request like a return see full return policy here . We will always find a solution to make sure you are satisfied! 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At a court hearing Friday morning, the company and the official committee of unsecured creditors announced the deal, which calls for senior lenders owed about $974 million to take ownership of the Miami-based healthcare company in exchange for canceling most debt. US Bankruptcy Judge Karen Owens agreed to send Cano's debt-cutting plan to creditors for a vote before she decides whether to approve the proposal at a court hearing next month. Owens said she would likely sign an order setting up the vote once final wording changes related to the deal are worked out. Under the reorganization proposal, first-lien lenders would get back about 48% of what they are owed, while lower-ranking creditors, including bondholders owed $306 million, would get back about 1%. Other unsecured creditors would recover as much as 19%. Cano Health provides services to lower-income patients who rely on government insurance programs. The company was founded by two physicians in 2009, and went public in 2021 through a merger with a blank-check company. The company filed bankruptcy in February, blaming regulatory hurdles and an expansion effort that didn't work as planned. 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On Thursday, the giant streamer announced a raft of titles that will make their India debut on the service, including Mira Nair 's BBC series \"A Suitable Boy,\" based on Vikram Seth's bestselling novel; and young adult romance \"Mismatched,\" an adaptation of Sandhya Menon's book 'When Dimple Met Rishi.' The slate includes Gitanjali Rao's festival favorite \"Bombay Rose,\" the first Indian animation to open Venice Critics' Week; and Alankrita Shrivasatava's feminist drama \"Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare,\" starring Konkona Sensharma and Bhumi Pednekar, that premiered at Busan last year. 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As part of the advanced technology program, FADEC Alliance supports the maturation of new technologies for future engines, to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Technologies matured as part of the RISE demonstrator program will prove concepts and capabilities needed for a potential next-generation CFM engine that is targeted to be available by the mid-2030s. The demonstrator program is focused on advanced technologies like open fan architecture, hybrid electric capability, electrified engine accessories, and hydrogen propulsion. \"We are excited to work with our industry partners on the CFM RISE program and help introduce innovative technologies to set a new bar for future aircraft engine performance and create a more sustainable form of aviation,\" said Steven McCullough, chief executive officer of FADEC Alliance. FADEC Alliance will develop the electronic control system architecture and requirements for the demonstrator, along with multiple subsystems through two program phases. Phase one will focus on an expanded control system to accommodate new interfaces associated with an open fan concept. Phase two will address key aspects of the engine's advanced systems. Development work will occur at BAE Systems' site in Endicott, New York, and Safran's site in Massy, France. FADEC Alliance is a joint venture of GE Aerospace and FADEC International . FADEC Alliance combines the expertise and experience of its member companies in architecting, developing, producing, and supporting FADEC systems for today and tomorrow. FADEC International is a 50-50 joint venture between a subsidiary of BAE Systems Controls Inc. and Safran Electronics & Defense that focuses on the two companies' capabilities to design, produce, and support Full Authority Digital Engine Controls for commercial aircraft engines. 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Germany says it's making progress on weaning itself off Russian fossil fuels and expects to be fully independent of crude oil imports from Russia by late summer. Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck on Sunday said Europe's biggest economy has reduced the share of Russian imports in its energy consumption to 12 percent for oil, 8 percent for coal and 35 percent for natural gas. Martin Meissner - staff, AP By LORNE COOK - Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Poland urged its European Union partners on Monday to unite and impose sweeping sanctions on Russia's oil and natural gas sectors over the war in Ukraine, and not to cave in to pressure to pay for their gas in Russian rubles. The appeal came as EU ministers met in Brussels to discuss their response to Russia's decision last week to cut gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland. Energy giant Gazprom says the two countries failed to pay their bills in April. \"We will call for immediate sanctions on Russian oil and gas. This is the next, and urgent, and absolute step,\" Polish Climate and Environment Minister Anna Moskwa said. \"We already have coal. Now it's time for oil, and (the) second step is for gas. 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Global leaders at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) this week are facing hard truths – on the current trajectory, the world will hit the crucial threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius temperature increase by 2030 and demand a dramatic 45% reduction in global carbon dioxide emissions from 2010 levels. With the ICT sector expected to account for as much as 20% of global consumption levels by 2030, any effort to reduce carbon emissions must consider the impact of 5G. A new report released today by ABI Research and sponsored by InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC) establishes a forecasting model comparing 4G and 5G networks to understand how new generations of wireless can significantly improve carbon efficiency. To quantify the impact of enterprise 5G, the paper considers the direct energy efficiency of network infrastructure and end-devices, and its indirect effect on carbon dioxide emissions. The research identifies key 5G-enabled enterprise verticals that could drive meaningful energy and carbon mitigation. For example, in smart manufacturing, 5G-enabled automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are 45% more productive than non-5G counterparts, translating to a potential 3,800-terawatt energy savings and 1.2 gigaton reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. In smart transportation, 5G drives operation efficiency and can decrease the annual time spent by each car in motor traffic by 24 hours and airplanes' average ground time by 3 minutes per flight, which both indirectly drive significant energy savings. \"We're entering a critical time for both 5G evolution and the climate health of our globe. This report helps us to identify emerging solutions and new pathways to reap the immense benefits of 5G-enabled networks and ecosystems while mitigating and eliminating their added energy impact on our world,\" said InterDigital CTO Henry Tirri. \"With new 5G capabilities, we can even improve our commitments to efficiently and effectively tackle climate change.\" The paper details several critical findings around 5G impact on energy efficiency: 5G is inherently more energy-consuming than 4G due to the stringent power requirements of Massive MIMO deployments; however, when estimating the energy required for a single Mbps of capacity, 5G is a much more efficient technology. By digitizing enterprise workflows and other parts of daily life, 5G enables more efficient operations that reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint. Current deployments of 5G have the potential to reduce global energy consumption by 290,000 terawatts by 2030, and that number balloons to over 900,000 terawatts of energy reduction under ubiquitous 5G coverage. Network operators are exploring next-gen solutions to aggressively combat 5G's energy footprint. For example, operators have implemented sustainability or carbon neutrality requirements for suppliers, considered new modes of self-energy generation like micro-grids and smart-metering, and explored the use of AI algorithms to predict and adjust energy consumption. The external influences driving the ICT sector's 20% capture of global electricity consumption by 2030 include the demand for ubiquitous connectivity and immersive experiences, corporate trends towards remote work and video-enabled training, and urban transitions towards connected smart cities. \"Latest ABI Research reveals that 5G rollout will be critical in helping communication service providers (CSPs), enterprises, and consumers across the globe reach their self-prescribed sustainability goals,\" said Leo Gergs, Senior Analyst at global technology intelligence firm ABI Research. \"By 2030, 5G adoption for key enterprise verticals can reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 37 gigatons, and therefore be an important building block for industry carbon neutrality by 2050. 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The news that the sandwich itself was served cold did little to endear critics. \"Would it kill them to toast the sandwiches?\" u/tsr85 asked. \"Another food court sandwich to bite the dust in four-to-six months, tops,\" they added. \"Seriously, the ciabattas were all the ones that were gonna age out from the floor bakery section, probably.\" \"Same dry bread, too much of it too,\" u/PigBeak lamented. \"I really don't understand the thinking behind the decisions in the food court recently. Would've rather they raised prices or membership a little and kept the quality.\" \" Costco , if you're listening, please stop with the ciabatta bread,\" u/KSMO pleaded. \"Seriously, did they over-order millions of pounds of ciabatta bread by accident, and now they're trying to think of different ways to get rid of it?\" u/jedikimika cracked. \"That bread cold is so bad,\" u/Xrunner08 agreed, \"but toasted is amazing. I miss the turkey pesto!\" \"I wish they'd stop with the 'mustard/mayo' on every new sandwich,\" u/Slater_8868 said. \"You can do better, Costco . I have faith in you!\" But for some, there was nothing Costco could do to save the sandwich short of dramatically lowering the price. \"I don't want a $7 sandwich. I want a $4 sandwich,\" u/outtapocket805 complained. One commenter, u/Livvy_NW, who claimed to be a Costco food court employee grieved some aspects of the new sandwich while assuring fans it wouldn't last long on menus. \"What we've been told is that the higher-up folks are gonna be rotating a new sandwich every few months,\" she said. The user further explained that the sandwich was served cold because, due to its construction, getting it in the oven would be a logistical nightmare. While she didn't mind the idea of the new item, u/Livvy_NW noted, \"I just hate that it's bacon chutney\" instead of real bacon. \"It looks so weird,\" she added. \"And I love me some bacon.\" If you're curious about Costco 's new Chicken & Bacon Sandwich, you can try it out at your nearest Costco location . 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Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing an unspecified gender eligibility test, and her presence at the Paris Olympics has become a divisive issue. Carini and Khelif exchanged only a few punches before Carini walked away and abandoned the bout, an extremely unusual occurrence in Olympic boxing. Carini, whose headgear apparently became dislodged at least once before she quit, didn't shake Khelif's hand after the decision was announced, but she cried in the ring on her knees. Afterward, a still-tearful Carini said she quit because of intense pain in her nose after the opening punches. Carini, who had a spot of blood on her trunks, said she wasn't making a political statement and was not refusing to fight Khelif. I felt a severe pain in my nose, and with the maturity of a boxer, I said enough, because I didnt want to, I didnt want to, I couldnt finish the match,\" Carini said. Carini further said she is not qualified to decide whether Khelif should be allowed to compete. RELATED STORY | US tennis sensation Coco Gauff upset at Olympics I am not here to judge or pass judgment, Carini said. \"If an athlete is this way, and in that sense its not right or it is right, its not up to me to decide. I just did my job as a boxer. I got into the ring and fought. I did it with my head held high and with a broken heart for not having finished the last kilometer. Khelif is an accomplished amateur who won a silver medal at the International Boxing Association's 2022 world championships. The IBA which has been banned from the Olympics since 2019 after years of disputes with the IOC disqualified her from last year's championships shortly before her gold-medal match because of what it claimed were elevated levels of testosterone. The 25-year-old entered the ring at the North Paris Arena to a chorus of cheers, but the crowd was confused by the bout's sudden end. Italy coach Emanuele Renzini said he discussed the matchup with Carini and offered to allow her to back out earlier, but the boxer had been very determined to fight until the opening minute. I am heartbroken because I am a fighter, Carini said. My father taught me to be a warrior. I have always stepped into the ring with honor and I have always (served) my country with loyalty. And this time I couldnt do it because I couldnt fight anymore, and so I ended the match. Khelif could clinch an Olympic medal with a victory in her quarterfinal bout on Saturday against Anna Luca Hamori, Hungary's first Olympic boxer. Hamori expressed no concern about fighting Khelif. I'm not scared, said Hamori, who trounced Marissa Williamson Pohlman of Australia. I don't care about the press story and social media. If she or he is a man, it will be a bigger victory for me if I win.\" Khelif's passport says she is female. Hamori and Khelif have never sparred, but they have competed in the same tournament before. Hamori repeatedly said she isn't paying attention to the controversy because it's only a hindrance to her quest for gold. Im trying to not use my phone before the fight, Hamori said. I dont want to care about the comments or the story or the news. I just want to stay focused on myself. I did it before my last two fights, so I think this is the key, and we will see. And Hamori could only shrug at Carini's decision to quit. It was her choice, Hamori said. I dont understand, because I thought every boxers mind is the same like mine, to never give up. But it was her choice. We dont know what was the reason. Its her life, but I know I want to do this in my own life. After years of competition in amateur tournaments around the world, Khelif and Lin Yuting of Taiwan suddenly have received massive scrutiny for their presence in Paris. Lin won IBA world championships in 2018 and 2022, but the governing body stripped her of a bronze medal last year because it claimed she failed to meet unspecified eligibility requirements in a biochemical test. Lin begins her Paris run Friday. She fights Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan in her opening bout after receiving a first-round bye as the No. 1 seed in the 57-kilogram category, although Olympic seeding is frequently unindicative of the top medal contenders in a division. The Algerian Olympic Committee issued a statement Wednesday condemning what it termed lies and unethical targeting and maligning of our esteemed athlete, Imane Khelif, with baseless propaganda from certain foreign media outlets. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, who was visiting Italy athletes in the Olympic Village on Thursday, voiced criticism that Carini had to box Khelif, saying she had since 2021 opposed allowing athletes with genetically male characteristics to compete against women. RELATED STORY | Djokovic outlasts Nadal, overcoming major hurdle in quest for first Olympic gold We have to pay attention, in an attempt to not discriminate, that were actually discriminating against womens rights, Meloni said. She said it was necessary to guarantee the rights of athletes so they are competing on an even playing field. In these things what counts is your dedication, your head and character, but it also counts having a parity of arms, Meloni said. Khelif and Lin are two-time Olympians who fought in the Tokyo Games. Lin has been an elite-level amateur boxer for a decade and Khelif for six years. The IOC repeatedly defended the boxers' right to compete this week. Olympic boxing reached gender parity for the first time this year, with 124 men and 124 women competing in Paris. The IOC said it made its eligibility decisions on boxers based on the gender-related rules that applied at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Several sports have updated their gender rules over the past three years, including World Aquatics, World Athletics and the International Cycling Union. The track body also last year tightened rules on athletes with differences in sex development. The IOC is in charge of boxing in Paris because it has revoked the Olympic status of the IBA following years of governance problems, a lack of financial transparency and many perceived instances of corruption in judging and refereeing. The IBA is controlled by president Umar Kremlev, who is Russian. He brought in Russian state-owned Gazprom as its primary sponsor and moved much of the IBAs operations to Russia. The IBA has since lost more than three dozen members who have formed a new group called World Boxing, which hopes to be recognized by the IOC as the sports governing body ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The IBA has aggressively seized on the two boxers presence in Paris to criticize the IOC. After the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the IOCs ban earlier this year, the IBA appealed to the Swiss Federal Tribunal in a last-gasp attempt to beat the IOC. The banned body issued a statement Wednesday in which it claimed both boxers did not have a testosterone examination last year but were subject to a separate and recognized test for their disqualification. The IBA said the tests specifics remain confidential, refusing to explain it. The IBA disregarded IOC recommendations and allowed Russian fighters to compete at the 2023 world championships under the Russian flag. 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With the recent controversial announcement from Apple that the company will be reviewing iCloud photo uploads for child abuse images, more and more companies and consumers are paying attention to data privacy and collection. [i] The 21st century has seen the proliferation of mobile applications, smart devices, and the internet of things, which has caused consumers and governments to re-examine how and what information a company may collect on a consumer. While some consumers may willingly opt-in to data collection, many consumers are harmed by data collection and privacy, particularly when hackers decide to target unprotected companies like T-Mobile and compromise millions of social security numbers and driver's licenses. [ii] Once upon a time, data collection and privacy was approached as take it or leave it. However, since the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (\"GDPR\") was enacted, more and more states are passing legislation that raises the bar and places the power in the hands of the consumer. [iii] The current legal framework for privacy regulation and data protection begins with an examination of the GDPR, which required privacy agreements with consumers to specify data collection practices, and further provide consumers with a method of opting-out of such practices when they are not essential to the service provided. Closely following the GDPR, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (\"CCPA\"), which provided consumers with the right to know about the personal information collected on them, as well as the right to delete such information and opt-out of data collection. The CCPA was the first legislation of its kind in the US. Colorado and Virginia have quickly followed up with their own versions of state data privacy and collection legislation. [iv] While these laws will not take effect until mid 2023, prudent businesses should begin to draft data collection and privacy provisions pursuant to these laws for maximum protection. While not in effect, law firms and in-house counsel should understand these laws and begin incorporating specific provisions into vendor contracts, and limit use downstream to prevent being held liable for another company's improper data collection practices. If companies like T-Mobile can be hacked due to lax data collection and security policies, nearly every business faces a cognizable risk. Businesses need to be aware of current and pending legislation to remain compliant with data collection laws, or risk private rights of action from consumers, as well as reputational damage that often follows non-compliant collection practices. [i] Adi Robertson, Apple's Controversial New Child Protection Features, Explained , The Verge (Aug. 10, 2021), https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/10/22613225/apple-csam-scanning-messages-child-safety-features-privacy-controversy-explained . [ii] Dave Sebastian and Drew FitzGerald. T-Mobile CEO Apologizes for Data-Security Breach , The Wall Street Journal (Aug. 27, 2021), https://www.wsj.com/articles/t-mobile-ceo-apologizes-for-data-security-breach-11630071045 . [iii] State Laws Related to Digital Privacy, National Conference of State Legislatures, https://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/state-laws-related-to-internet-privacy.aspx (last visited Sep. 3, 2021). [iv] Virginia Passes the Consumer Data Protection Act, International Association of Privacy Professionals, https://iapp.org/news/a/virginia-passes-the-consumer-data-protection-act/ (last visited Sep. 3, 2021). About the Author : Kasim Carbide concentrates his practice in Corporate Law, Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, and counseling FinTech startups. When he is not reading or billing, Kasim enjoys cooking, watching the Office, and playing Catan with family and friends.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Verge", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Verge", "length": 5, "offset": 2796}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "International Association of Privacy Professionals", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "International Association of Privacy Professionals", "length": 50, "offset": 3463}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "T-Mobile", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "T-Mobile", "length": 8, "offset": 715}, {"position_text": "T-Mobile", "length": 8, "offset": 2343}, {"position_text": "T-Mobile", "length": 8, "offset": 2987}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Wall Street Journal", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Wall Street Journal", "length": 19, "offset": 3042}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "National Conference of State Legislatures", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "National Conference of State Legislatures", "length": 41, "offset": 3216}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Virginia", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Virginia", "length": 8, "offset": 1771}, {"position_text": "Virginia", "length": 8, "offset": 3413}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 561, "text": "Metaverse 2022: Get ready for More Video Gaming and Brand-new Virtual Experiences with NFTs\n\" While video gaming is the most significant example of the 'metaverse' in the crypto sector, we are still in the early phases of blockchain video gaming.\" — One of the most significant patterns may be the increase of virtual experiences, be this in the type of online streaming of videos or occasions, or in the kind of virtual truth. — As with video gaming in the metaverse, this need to witness substantial usage of NFTs. While 'non-fungible token' (NFT) might have been Collins Dictionary's word of 2021, there's a likelihood that 'metaverse' came a really close 2nd (Collins did undoubtedly point out the word in its blog site honoring NFTs). Due to the fact that since Facebook altered its business name to Meta and revealed a brand-new concentrate on establishing its own metaverse, the word has actually been on the lips of practically anybody even slightly thinking about brand-new tech. While it's yet to be figured out simply how rewarding Facebook's pivot to the metaverse will be for the social networks giant, it has actually currently been extremely profitable for a variety of blockchain-based platforms that have actually had the ability to get a headstart on the Menlo Park-based corporation. From the Sandbox(SAND) and Decentraland(MANA) to Axie Infinity(AXS), and DeFi Kingdoms, many metaverse jobs have actually experienced their native tokens reaching all-time highs in 2021. And for numerous metaverse figures consulting with Cryptonews.com, the blockchain-based metaverse will continue to grow healthily in 2022, even with growing competitors from non-crypto companies. And while they anticipate video gaming to stay the most significant part of the metaverse sector, they likewise see the development of NFTs, virtual experiences, and decentralized neighborhoods as being a specifying function of 2022. Gaming to stay the most significant metaverse pattern in 2022 If you take a look at the leading 3 'metaverse' tokens by market capitalization, you'll see that they are all gaming-related. This is Axie Infinity, the Sandbox, and Decentraland, and for a lot of figures running within the crypto market and the metaverse sector in specific, video gaming will continue to be the dominant pattern. \" The leaders up until now (Axie, Splinterlands, and so on) have actually done well enough to encourage substantial brand-new capital to stream in — basically any blockchain/metaverse video game is getting moneyed no concerns asked at this moment, so there will be no lack of brand-new video games to market in the coming years. Video gaming likewise appears to have actually discovered a product-market fit whereas other metaverse usage cases are still a bit more speculative, still attempting to determine their service design and course to adoption,\" stated Wes Levitt, Head of Strategy at decentralized video shipment network Theta ( THETA). Speaking of Axie Infinity, Aleksander Larsen, the Chief Operating Officer of its designer, Sky Mavis, approximates we'll see more — and much better — metaverse video games introduced in 2022. \" While video gaming is the greatest example of the 'metaverse' in the crypto sector, we are still in the early phases of blockchain video gaming. This year we will continue to see NFTs grow and ultimately end up being mainstream,\" For Maksim Balashevich, the CEO and creator of crypto market analysis company Santiment, video gaming will \"absolutely\" stay the most significant pattern within the metaverse sub-sector in 2022. According to him, the subjects will alter (or turn), however the pattern towards 'web of digital worths, production and owning' will keep progressing.\" As an indicator of simply how big the gaming-based metaverse currently is (and might end up being in 2022), the Blockchain Game Alliance's yearly report discovered that NFT-based video games (which primarily include some type of metaverse) created USD 2.32 bn in profits. Considered that the metaverse didn't actually get till the start of November (Facebook formally altered its name to Meta on October 28), this would recommend that 2022 may be even larger for blockchain-based video games and their metaverses. Other metaverse patterns While they are most likely to be eclipsed in 2022, other metaverse patterns ought to likewise acquire increasing traction in the New Year. One of the most noteworthy may be the increase of virtual experiences, be this in the type of online streaming of videos or occasions, or in the type of virtual truth. Similar to video gaming in the metaverse, this must witness significant usage of NFTs. \" Personally, I'm delighted to see NFTs as gain access to passes for numerous experiences both and online. Envision a design in which developers make material that can just be accessed by fans that own a particular NFT, which will have higher energy and more worth for owners,\" Larsen includes that, ultimately, we'll see the introduction of gated social media networks based upon what NFTs individuals have in their wallets, therefore offering users with a more customized social experience. Wes Levitt is another market figure who approximates that online, video-based experiences will grow in prominence this year. \" Standard video usage cases will grow as individuals find shared experiences in the metaverse focused around video — participating in film premieres, enjoying concerts/festivals, and other social experiences that can be recreated in the metaverse. At Theta we're constructing tools to support this sector with our Theta Video API, NFT ticketing for online occasions with our ThetaPass item, and others we believe will assist in video in the metaverse,\" he stated. Levitt likewise keeps in mind another remote pattern within the metaverse, one which the entire sector is most likely working towards in one method or another. \" is most likely completion objective, as the hardware gets more affordable and improves, that will be the truly transformative method to access the metaverse. That is still emerging however and will not strike its stride for a couple of years,\" he included. The concept of a totally understood VR-based metaverse is an amazing possibility, however what's likewise amazing for Maksim Balashevich is that the sector is most likely to bring to life lots of other patterns and locations over the coming years. This is mostly because, being driven from the ground-up by their neighborhoods, metaverse platforms are most likely to be vibrant. \" Everywhere where one can produce and own the outcomes of his/her (and neighborhood around) effort, will become huge,\" he stated. Meta and other non-crypto metaverses Given the entry of Facebook/Meta into the metaverse arena, 2022 is most likely to bring more traditional business aiming to follow suit. Figures working within crypto state they will not stand much of a possibility if they do not utilize blockchain and/or crypto in some shape or kind. \" Ultimately, blockchain innovation and crypto innovation will turn the innovation market on its head by holding business more responsible, and allowing real digital ownership. The business that are going to be the most effective in this area are the ones that are real and wish to alter things for their users and not simply follow suit,\" stated Aleksander Larsen. Larsen likewise includes that Sky Mavis isn't stressed over non-crypto business going into the area, with the factor being that apps such as Axie Infinity will likely go beyond anything that a business such as Meta can use. \" Axie Infinity is way more than a video game, however a community-led digital country with a genuine economy that's having a significant effect on lives all over. We've had the ability to onboard countless individuals into crypto through an enjoyable, available, and sentimental experience, and think it's simply the start of a tidal bore that will sweep the world,\" he stated. Maksim Balashevich is likewise bullish, regardless of acknowledging that numerous corporations \"will certainly attempt\" to get associated with the metaverse. However, he concluded, \"But I question they have a huge possibility long term. 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The Justice Department charged eBay with stalking, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice more than three years after the employees were prosecuted in the extensive scheme to intimidate David and Ina Steiner. The couple produced an online newsletter called EcommerceBytes that upset eBay executives with its coverage. California-headquartered eBay accepted responsibility for the employees' actions and entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that could result in the charges against the company being dismissed if it complies with certain conditions, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The deferred prosecution agreement calls for an independent monitor to oversee the company for three years to ensure its compliance with the terms and federal law. The $3 million criminal penalty was the maximum possible fine under the charges. The couple, who served as the newsletter's publisher and editor, have sued eBay in federal court , describing how cyberstalking and upsetting deliveries of anonymously sent packages upended their lives. Ina Steiner received harassing and sometimes threatening Twitter messages and dozens of strange emails from groups such as an irritable bowel syndrome patient support group and the Communist Party of the United States. Along with a box of live spiders and the cockroaches, the couple had a funeral wreath, a bloody pig mask, and a book about surviving the loss of a spouse show up at their door. Their home address also was posted online with announcements inviting strangers to yard sales and parties. In a statement published on their website on Jan. 11, the Steiners said eBay's actions had \"a damaging and permanent impact\" on them \"emotionally, psychologically, physically, reputationally, and financially.\" They also expressed frustration that more executives were not charged. \"We strongly pushed federal prosecutors for further indictments to deter corporate executives and board members from creating a culture where stalking and harassment is tolerated or encouraged,\" they said. The harassment started in 2019 after Ina Steiner wrote a story about a lawsuit brought by eBay that accused Amazon of poaching its sellers, according to court records. A half-hour after the article was published, eBay's then-CEO, Devin Wenig, sent another top executive a message saying: \"If you are ever going to take her down … now is the time,\" according to court documents. The executive sent Wenig's message to James Baugh, who was eBay's senior director of safety and security, and called Ina Steiner a \"biased troll who needs to get BURNED DOWN.\" Baugh was among seven former employees who ultimately pleaded guilty to charges in the case. He was sentenced in 2022 to almost five years in prison. Another former executive, David Harville, was sentenced to two years. Wenig, who stepped down as CEO in 2019, was not criminally charged in the case and has denied having any knowledge of the harassment campaign or ever telling anyone to do anything illegal. In the civil case, his lawyers have said the \"take her down\" quote was taken out of context and the natural inference should be that he was referring to taking \"lawful action,\" not \"a series of bizarre criminal acts.\" Baugh, whom prosecutors described as the mastermind of the scheme, at one point recruited Harville to go with him to Boston to spy on the Steiners, authorities said. Baugh, Harville and another eBay employee went to the couple's home in the hopes of installing a GPS tracker on their car, prosecutors said. The trio found the garage locked, so Harville bought tools with a plan to break in, prosecutors said. Harville's attorneys have said he had no involvement in or knowledge about the threatening messages or deliveries sent by his colleagues. Baugh's lawyers have said their client faced relentless pressure from Wenig and other executives to do something about the Steiners. 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MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images A woman who ran a business delivering packages for Amazon has filed a lawsuit against the company. Ahaji Amos says Amazon increased performance standards to the point she couldn't turn a profit. Amos also says in the suit that Amazon misrepresented how much money she could make. A former Amazon delivery contractor is accusing the tech giant of squeezing her with performance metrics to the point where she couldn't turn a profit. Ahaji Amos is suing Amazon, claiming among other things that it misrepresented how much money she could make as an Amazon Delivery Service Partner , according to a lawsuit filed in a North Carolina court Monday and first reported by Protocol . Through its DSP program , Amazon contracts with small third-party package-delivery businesses to deliver its goods to customers. DSPs help Amazon control the so-called last mile of its sprawling logistics network. In her claim against Amazon, Amos says she set up a business to join Amazon's DSP program and began delivering packages for the company in August 2019. According to the claim, Amazon advertised that people joining the program could make $75,000 to $300,000 a year. The claim says Amazon misrepresented the pay that Amos would receive as a DSP, didn't tell her about the costs she would have to bear, and set increasingly unreasonable performance targets that meant her business was unable to turn a profit. Amazon's performance standards for DSPs increased \"to the point that they could not be achieved while retaining profitability,\" the lawsuit says. \"Essentially, Amazon continually rewrote the rules of the game to ensure that it always won and DSPs lost.\" Among other things, the lawsuit says Amazon \"unilaterally evaluated and ranked drivers based on oft-changing criteria including delivery completion rate, safe driving scores, seatbelt off rates, speeding event rate, distractions rate, picture quality, door scan rate, and attended delivery rate.\" It says drivers were also ranked on \"customer complaints, picture opportunities, and customer contact opportunities.\" A weekly scorecard was issued to DSPs evaluating them as \"Poor, Fair, Great, Fantastic and Fantastic Plus,\" the lawsuit says. DSPs such as Amos \"were not profitable\" unless they achieved scores of Fantastic or Fantastic Plus \"and thereby obtained bonuses,\" the suit says. The suit says Amazon terminated its contract with Amos' company in April of last year, alleging three breaches of contract. Amazon did not respond to a request for comment from Insider. Amos isn't the first DSP owner to bring a lawsuit against Amazon. In October, two Oregon DSPs brought a lawsuit against the company saying its demands made it difficult for them to turn a profit, Bloomberg reported. 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(\"Vintage Wine\") (NASDAQ: VWE) shareholders: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between October 13, 2021 and September 13, 2022. If you suffered a loss on your investment in Vintage Wine, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you. https://www.wongesq.com/pslra-1/vwe-lawsuit-loss-submission-form?prid=34233&wire=4 ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Vintage Wine includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) due to a material weakness related to its inventory controls and procedures, the Company lacked a reasonable basis to report inventory metrics; (2) the Company understated its overhead burden in certain quarters, thereby overstating its adjusted EBITDA; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Vintage Wine was reasonably likely to incur significant charges to restate prior reporting; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. DEADLINE: January 13, 2023 Aggrieved Vintage Wine investors only have until January 13, 2023 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery. Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. 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It sure looks like it, based on a new report about his treatment of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Investigative reporter Lee Smith has got a stunning report that ran this week in Tablet, comparable in impact to that report by Molly Ball at Time who wrote about how elites conspired to \"fortify democracy\" by rigging the election against President Trump in 2020 and afterwards thought it was a smart thing to crow about. Smith's report begins with how the FBI \"hacked\" Twitter, not just engaging in a \"master-canine\" relationship as Twitter files reporter Matt Taibbi put it in one of his reports, but actually infiltrating the company and controlling it from within, rendering it a corporate Zombie. According to Smith: The Twitter files' disclosures about the coordination between the company and spy agencies to fix presidential elections sheds light on the nature of Twitter v. Holder , which was eventually decided in the government's favor shortly before Baker joined the company. ... But something else was going on behind the scenes: Social media platforms were already being assimilated into the intelligence services. That Twitter section alone is well worth reading, very well-explained by Smith for its details on the collusion that was deeper than many suspected -- leading to a never-told-before story about how Obama muscled Facebook like a mafia don. The Obama administration also realized that it could lean hard on monopoly social media platforms in order to gain political advantages—and it could make companies that weren't compliant pay a price. Here's how it worked, emphasis mine: First strike got you a dressing down from the White House : Weeks after the 2016 vote, for instance, Obama pulled Mark Zuckerberg aside at a conference in Peru and read him out about not doing more to keep Russian disinformation off Facebook. The reality is that Russia spent around $135,000 on Facebook ads , a small percentage of what presidential campaigns typically spend on a single day before lunch. But Obama wasn't worried about Russia—he struck deals with Vladimir Putin to advance his own idiosyncratic foreign policy goals, like the nuclear agreement with Russia's ally Iran. Obama's problem was Trump. As he was leaving office, Obama stamped the U.S. government's seal of approval on Russiagate, ordering his spy chiefs to draft an official assessment claiming Putin helped put Trump in the White House. Since then, in Deep State parlance, \"Russia\" equals Trump and stopping \"Russian disinformation\" means censoring Trump, his supporters, and anyone else opposed to the national security apparatus's takeover of the public communications infrastructure. Since Zuckerberg didn't keep Trump off Facebook in 2016, he had to put up $400 million to drive votes to Democrats in 2020—and even that wasn't enough. In 2021, Democratic Party insiders working together with Zuckerberg's Big Tech competitor, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, sent a fake whistleblower after him to testify before congress that Facebook was bad for teenage girls. Suddenly all the pieces fit together -- the Obama pieties about Russia he knew couldn't be true; the forced cash cough-up for Zuckerberg's Democrat operatives to take over election apparats even as elected officials protested -- which was actually declared bribery in Wisconsin ; the phony whistleblower . ... There is more. Obama appears to be one of the leaders behind the disinformation scam the Democrats used to censor opponents and out in the awful Biden regime. Obama appears to be one of the key figures behind the Russian collusion hoax that was used to tar the Trump presidency. It turned out to be a massive fraud by Democrats that was used to hamper Trump for years. 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Bosses revealed pre-tax profits for the 12 months to March 5 hit £854 million, compared with a £164 million pre-tax loss a year earlier. This was also a three-fold increase on pre-pandemic profits of £278 million. However the supermarket warned that profits would be dented in the coming year as it reduces prices to help customers with the cost-of-living crisis. But before reducing prices, it said shareholders would enjoy a dividend bonanza, with payouts of 13.1p per share – a jump of 24% on a year ago. The company's preferred profit measurement – underlying pre-tax profits, which strip out one-off costs – hit £730 million. However, the grocer warned this would be between £630 million and £690 million for the coming year. Sainsbury's had a particularly strong time in its grocery division, with sales up 7.6% versus pre-pandemic levels – although these were flat on the previous year. General merchandise sales were down 4.6% versus pre-pandemic levels as supply chain issues hit and fell even further in the past 12 months – dropping 11.9%. Overall revenues were £29.9 billion – up 2.9% compared with a year earlier. Chief executive Simon Roberts said: \"We know just how much everyone is feeling the impact of inflation, which is why we are so determined to keep delivering the best value for customers. \"We have been able to drive more investment into lowering food prices funded by our comprehensive cost savings plans. \"As a result, we continue to inflate behind competitors on the products customers buy most often. \"Last week we announced the next bold phase of investment, lowering prices across 150 of our highest volume fresh products.\" He also pointed out that Sainsbury's had spent £100 million on pay rises for staff, bringing their salaries up to the Real Living Wage.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Sainsbury's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Sainsbury's", "length": 11, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Sainsbury", "length": 9, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Sainsbury's", "length": 11, "offset": 64}, {"position_text": "Sainsbury", "length": 9, "offset": 64}, {"position_text": "Sainsbury's", "length": 11, "offset": 139}, {"position_text": "Sainsbury", "length": 9, "offset": 139}, {"position_text": "Sainsbury's", "length": 11, "offset": 1045}, {"position_text": "Sainsbury", "length": 9, "offset": 1045}, {"position_text": "Sainsbury's", "length": 11, "offset": 1994}, {"position_text": "Sainsbury", "length": 9, "offset": 1994}], "label": "positive"}]}, {"id": 567, "text": "S&P Global raises EDB credit rating to 'AA'\nS&amp;amp;P Global raises EDB credit rating to 'AA' ABU DHABI: S and P Global raised its long-term issuer credit rating on Emirates Development Bank (EDB), to AA from AA-, with the outlook remaining 'Stable'. Being the highest credit rating given to a financial institution in the UAE and across the MENA region, the upgraded rating from S and P places EDB with the highest rating among the UAE and the MENA region's issuing banks. The upgrade reflects the improved clarity of EDB's strategic mandate to enable economic development and industrial growth in the UAE. It also highlights the Bank's remarkable growth and achievements since the launch of its renewed mandate three years ago. The rating agency positively highlighted EDB's strong financial risk profile, the strong economic factors and credit conditions in the UAE, and the Bank's strategic focus on financing SMEs and corporates within the five priority sectors that support the UAE's economic transformation. Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Chairman of Emirates Development Bank, commented, 'The upgraded rating for EDB marks a historic moment for the UAE's banking industry and is a testament to the rapid strides the UAE has made in strengthening its global competitiveness. Through the support and guidance of the UAE's leadership, EDB is successfully delivering its mandate, ensuring it maintains its position as a catalyst for economic growth and a key financial enabler of the UAE's Industrial Development Strategy. 'The upgraded rating by S and P with a stable outlook demonstrates continued confidence in EDB's ability to deliver its mandate and the strength of its strategic approach to development financing. This reinforces the Bank's pivotal role in redefining the national industrial landscape while contributing significantly to the diversification and resilience of the national economy; driving the UAE's global competitiveness,' he added. Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi, Chief Executive Officer of EDB, said, 'Our focus on prioritising economic impact across key development sectors and raising our contribution to the nation's industrial GDP are setting EDB up for long-lasting success and rapid lending growth. This AA credit rating by S and P Global is a testament to the Bank's successful delivery of its mandate and patient debt approach to financing projects. It is also an affirmation of EDB's strategic role as a provider of innovative financing solutions and banking services that drive the trust and confidence of clients to grow their business with us while enabling economic growth.' 'With the upgraded credit rating, we are emphasising EDB's successful track record to become the reference development bank in the region. This contributes to the expansion of national industrial capabilities across the emirates in line with the UAE's sustainable development vision,' Al Naqbi explained. In April 2021, EDB's strategy has placed focus on specialising its financing to propel the growth of five priority sectors that are crucial to the UAE's national development agenda: manufacturing, advanced technology, food security, healthcare, and renewables. This has resulted in a significant increase in the Bank's total financing which has reached an unprecedented volume of AED11.3 billion to date since the launch of its strategy in 2021. 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U.S. President Joe Biden's administration imposed its broadest package of sanctions so far targeting Russia's oil and gas revenues on Friday to give Kyiv and Donald Trump's incoming team leverage to reach a deal for peace in Ukraine. Oil prices hit a three-month high after the sanctions news broke. The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on Russian companies Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas that explore, produce and sell oil and 183 vessels that have shipped Russian oil. \"This package of sanctions again raises severe challenges for central Europe,\" Szijjarto said in a Facebook video. He said lower crude oil supplies would lift demand for refined fuels such as petrol and diesel, raising the risk of what he called \"very serious\" price increases in the region. Hungary imports most of its crude oil via the Druzhba pipeline, which transports Russian crude through Belarus and Ukraine to Hungary and also Slovakia. Hungarian energy group MOL did not immediately respond to emailed questions. Szijjarto said Hungary would start talks with regional allies to mitigate the hit to prices and the wider economy. He did say who Hungary might talk to. Higher energy costs and falls in the forint amid the threat of U.S. tariffs on Europe after Trump's re-election lifted Hungary's industrial producer price index to its highest in 19 months in November. The forint is trading near two-year lows versus the euro, raising risks of increased inflation after sharp falls from the European Union's highest levels of more than 25% in the first quarter of 2023. Economists polled by Reuters see December inflation rising to 4.4%, outside the target band of the National Bank of Hungary, which was forced to abandon its rate easing cycle last year amid currency falls and a rebound in prices. 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Market Edited by Peter Noronha Updated: December 07, 2020 12:08 pm IST Buccheri Group, the buyer, is based in Melbourne and is engaged in the business of coffee manufacturing. Tata Consumer Products (TCPL) said that its Australia-based step-down subsidiary will sell its MAP Coffee business to Buccheri Group for 1.25 million Australian dollars (Rs 6.74 crore). Earth Rules Pty Ltd, Australia, a step-down subsidiary of the company, has entered into an asset sale and purchase agreement on December 5, 2020, for the sale of MAP Coffee Business to Buccheri Group Pty Ltd, Tata Consumer Products said in a regulatory filing. Post completion of the transaction, Earth Rules will continue to be a step-down subsidiary of TCPL, it added. Sunil D'Souza, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Tata Consumer Products Limited said, \"In line with our strategy of driving structural simplification and focusing on core businesses where we see profitable growth, we have exited the out of home coffee business in Australia. 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Merkel's appearance will mark the climax of a public inquiry into an affair that has tainted Germany's reputation for rectitude, exposed ties between politics and business and prompted resignations and criminal investigations. The government has said that Merkel did not know at the time of the irregularities at Wirecard, which has since been dismantled after its disclosure of a 1.9 billion euro ($2.3 billion) financial hole triggered its insolvency. Wirecard, which began by processing payments for gambling and pornography, had been hailed as a rare German technology success story, although few really understood it. Once valued at $28 billion, it abruptly unravelled last year. Lawmakers say that the German government was biased in favour of the company, turning a blind eye to allegations of irregularities in the run up to its collapse. Parliamentarians will ask Merkel why she brought up Wirecard's planned takeover of a company in China during a state visit in September 2019. A senior official in her office had also pledged further support to Wirecard. \"The Chancellor lobbied for Wirecard with the most powerful man in China,\" said Fabio De Masi, one of the lawmakers leading the public inquiry, asking why she gave it such priority. In power since 2005, Merkel remains popular, although her legacy, such as her 2015 decision to open Germany's borders to refugees fleeing war in the Middle East, divided opinion. The Wirecard debacle tarnished her government's reputation by shining a spotlight on the lengths some German politicians have gone to in order to support companies. Stephan Klaus Ohme of Transparency International said had it exposed cracks in Germany's laissez-faire model towards industry, leaving companies largely to their own devices. \"In Germany, you should stick to the rules but if you don't, nothing happens. The penalties are laughable,\" he added. 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On an exclusive tour of the plant, spread over 3.5 million square meters (865 acres), Reuters witnessed giant remote-controlled cranes dismantling an exhaust tower and other structures in a highly radioactive zone while spent fuel was removed from a reactor. Officials from Tokyo Electric, which owns the plant, also showed new tanks to hold increasing amounts of contaminated water. About 4,000 workers are tackling the cleanup, many wearing protective gear, although more than 90% of the plant is deemed to have so little radioactivity that no extra precautions are needed. Photography was highly restricted and no conversations were allowed with the workers. Work to dismantle the plant has taken nearly a decade so far, but with Tokyo due to host the Olympics this summer – including some events less than 60 km (38 miles) from the power station – there has been renewed focus on safeguarding the venues. \"Tepco tries to disclose all information to the public as soon as possible. If something happens at the site, we let people know by email, for example,\" said Kan Nihonyanagi, risk communicator at Fukushima, told Reuters in an interview at the site. The buildup of contaminated water has been a sticking point in the cleanup, which is likely to last decades, and has alarmed neighboring countries. In 2018, Tepco said it had not been able to remove all dangerous material from the water – and the site is running out of room for storage tanks. Officials overseeing a panel of experts looking into the contaminated water issue said in December choices on disposal should be narrowed to two: either dilute the water and dump it in the Pacific Ocean, or allow it to evaporate. The Japanese government may decide within months, and either process would take years to complete, experts say. (Graphic: Fukushima's \"ice wall\" – https://tmsnrt.rs/2RvPz8c) \"The Olympics are coming, so we have to prepare for that, and Tepco has to disclose all the information not only to local communities but also to foreign countries and especially to those people coming from abroad,\" said Joji Hara, a Tokyo-based spokesman for the power company who accompanied Reuters during the visit. Tepco has opened English-language Twitter and Facebook accounts, he said. It is also preparing to put out basic emergency information in Korean and Chinese, he added. Athletes from at least one country, South Korea, are planning to bring their own radiation detectors and food this summer. Baseball and softball will be played in Fukushima City, about 60 km (38 miles) from the destroyed nuclear plant. The torch relay will begin at a sports facility called J-Village, an operations base for Fukushima Daiichi in the first few years of the disaster, then pass through areas near the damaged station on its way to Tokyo. In December, Greenpeace said it found radiation \"hotspots\" at J-Village, about 18km south of the plant. When Tokyo won the bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared that Fukushima was \"under control\" in his final pitch to the International Olympic Committee. In 2016, the Japanese government estimated that the total cost of plant dismantlement, decontamination of affected areas, and compensation would be 21.5 trillion yen ($195 billion) – roughly a fifth of the country's annual budget at the time. 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Reporting to JetBlue's CEO, Robin Hayes, Villa will be responsible for engaging JetBlue crewmembers and fostering its unique culture, overseeing teams such as compensation and benefits; diversity, equity and inclusion; crew relations; values and labor relations; recruiting and talent management; and JetBlue University. \"For over a decade, Mike has been one of our fiercest culture champions and an advocate for the People team and all of our Crewmembers,\" said Hayes. \"As we grew and evolved our business, he never forgot the needs of our crewmembers and tirelessly worked to protect our unique culture as a competitive advantage. I am thankful to Mike for all he has done over the past ten years, but I am especially grateful for thoughtfully leading this transition effort and for delaying his plans to move on from JetBlue because of the pandemic. He has certainly earned some well-deserved time off after a year of unprecedented challenge and so many years of service to our people.\" \"Even though we must say goodbye to Mike, I'm thrilled to welcome Laurie to JetBlue as we begin a historic rebound in travel and continue to transform our People and training functions to support our crewmembers in the new landscape,\" Hayes said. \"Laurie has deep knowledge of our industry and a love for the JetBlue brand. I'm confident she'll be a terrific addition to the senior leadership team and will help inspire our crewmembers as we tackle new challenges in our industry and work to bring greater diversity and equity to JetBlue.\" With more than 20 years of leadership experience, Villa has shaped effective people and talent strategies to support long-term business objectives in a number of industries, including consumer goods, specialty retail, education, and technology. She most recently served as the chief human resources officer at Spirit Airlines for the past six and a half years where she leveraged data and analytics to improve the employee and guest experience, strengthen culture and engagement, and grow their talent pipeline. Laurie also focused heavily on targeted investments in internal talent and strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion within the airline. 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Infineon said it was seeking injunctive relief for infringement of a U.S. patent relating to gallium nitride (GaN) technology that is essential to its GaN power semiconductors. (Reporting by Hakan Ersan; writing by Miranda Murray; editing by Jason Neely)", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Reuters", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 66}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "China", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "China", "length": 5, "offset": 38}, {"position_text": "China", "length": 5, "offset": 171}, {"position_text": "China", "length": 5, "offset": 171}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 574, "text": "Gerdau outlook improved to stable on faster than expected recovery\nCredit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has upgraded the outlook of Brazilian integrated steelmaker Gerdau from negative to stable on a \"faster than expected recovery,\" S&P said. S&P said long steel demand in Brazil is recovering \"rapidly,\" as domestic steelmakers are increasing steel prices to match international ones after a sharp domestic currency depreciation. \"The stable outlook reflects Gerdau's resilient operations and steady metrics, and our expectation of gradual deleveraging, as well as its strong liquidity position that provides a cushion during market downturns,\" the agency said. S&P labeled Brazil's domestic long steel market recovery as \"strong,\" which is due to a strong local residential civil construction sector. That should \"increase volumes in the domestic market, compared with our expectation of a meaningful drop after the pandemic started.\" \"Healthy margins in (Gerdau's) US operations and a recovery in its South American (excluding Brazil) operations also contribute to sound EBITDA, despite the still lagging specialty steel division,\" the agency noted. 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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it asked Tesla for more information about the tweet. Last week, the agency said the issue is now part of a broader investigation into at least 14 Teslas that have crashed into emergency vehicles while using the Autopilot driver assist system. Since 2021, Tesla has been beta-testing \"Full Self-Driving\" using owners who haven't been trained on the system but are actively monitored by the company. Earlier this year, Tesla said 160,000, roughly 15% of Teslas now on U.S. roads, were participating. A wider distribution of the software was to be rolled out late in 2022. Despite the name, Tesla still says on its website that the cars can't drive themselves. Teslas using \"Full Self-Driving\" can navigate roads themselves in many cases, but experts say the system can make mistakes. \"We're not saying it's quite ready to have no one behind the wheel,\" CEO Musk said in October. On New Year's Eve, one of Musk's most ardent fans posted on Twitter that drivers with more than 10,000 miles of \"Full Self-Driving\" testing should have the option to turn off the \"steering wheel nag,\" an alert that tells drivers to keep hands on the wheel. Musk replied: \"Agreed, update coming in Jan.\" It's not clear from the tweets exactly what Tesla will do. But disabling a driver monitoring system on any vehicle that automates speed and steering would pose a danger to other drivers on the road, said Jake Fisher, senior director of auto testing for Consumer Reports. \"Using FSD beta, you're kind of part of an experiment,\" Fisher said. \"The problem is the other road users adjacent to you haven't signed up to be part of that experiment.\" Tesla didn't respond to a message seeking comment about the tweet or its driver monitoring. Auto safety advocates and government investigators have long criticized Tesla's monitoring system as inadequate. Three years ago the National Transportation Safety Board listed poor monitoring as a contributing factor in a 2018 fatal Tesla crash in California. The board recommended a better system, but said Tesla has not responded. Tesla's system measures torque on the steering wheel to try to ensure that drivers are paying attention. Many Teslas have cameras that monitor a driver's gaze. But Fisher says those cameras aren't infrared like those of some competitors' driver assistance systems, so they can't see at night or if a driver is wearing sunglasses. Philip Koopman, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, argued that Tesla is contradicting itself in a way that could confuse drivers. \"They're trying to make customers happy by taking their hands off the wheel, even while the (owners) manual says 'don't do that.' \" Indeed, Tesla's website says Autopilot and the more sophisticated \"Full Self-Driving\" system are intended for use by a \"fully attentive driver who has their hands on the wheel and is prepared to take over at any moment.\" It says the systems are not fully autonomous. NHTSA has noted in documents that numerous Tesla crashes have occurred in which drivers had their hands on the wheel but still weren't paying attention. The agency has said that Autopilot is being used in areas where its capabilities are limited and that many drivers aren't taking action to avoid crashes despite warnings from the vehicle. Tesla's partially automated systems have been under investigation by NHTSA since June of 2016 when a driver using Autopilot was killed after his Tesla went under a tractor-trailer crossing its path in Florida. The separate probe into Teslas that were using Autopilot when they crashed into emergency vehicles started in August 2021. Including the Florida crash, NHTSA has sent investigators to 35 Tesla crashes in which automated systems are suspected of being used . Nineteen people have died in those crashes. Consumer Reports has tested Tesla's monitoring system, which changes often with online software updates. Initially, the system didn't warn a driver without hands on the wheel for three minutes. Recently, though, the warnings have come in as little as 15 seconds. Fisher said he isn't sure, though, how long a driver's hands could be off the wheel before the system would slow down or shut off completely. In shutting off the \"steering wheel nag,\" Fisher said, Tesla could be switching to the camera to monitor drivers, but that's unclear. Despite implying through the names that Autopilot and \"Full Self-Driving\" can drive themselves, Fisher said, it's clear that Tesla expects owners to still be drivers. But the NTSB says human drivers can end up dropping their guard and relying too much on the systems while looking elsewhere or doing other tasks. Those who use \"Full Self-Driving,\" Fisher said, are likely to be more vigilant in taking control because the system makes mistakes. \"I wouldn't dream of taking my hands off the wheel using that system, just because it can do things unexpectedly,\" he said. Koopman said he doesn't see a great safety risk from disabling the steering wheel nag because the Tesla monitoring system is so flawed that disabling it doesn't necessarily make Teslas any more dangerous. NHTSA, he said, has enough evidence to take action to force Tesla to install a better monitoring system. 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Demonstrators hold anti-Tesla posters during a protest against plans by U.S. electric vehicle pioneer Tesla to build its first European factory and design center in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski The U.S. carmaker announced plans last November to build its first European car factory in Gruenheide, in the eastern state of Brandenburg. Politicians, unions and industry groups have welcomed the move, saying it will bring jobs to the region, but environmental concerns drove hundreds of locals to the streets on Saturday. \"We are here, we are loud, because Tesla is stealing our water,\" protesters called. Saturday's protest came after a Brandenburg water association on Thursday warned against \"extensive and serious problems with the drinking water supply and wastewater disposal\" for the proposed factory. Anne Bach, a 27-year-old environmental activist, said Tesla's plans published earlier this month showed it would need more than 300 cubic meters of water per hour which would drain the area's declining reserves. \"I am not against Tesla … But it's about the site; in a forest area that is a protected wildlife zone. Is this necessary?\" Bach said. \"In such an ecological system like the one here and with the background that climate is changing, I cannot understand why another location was not selected from the beginning,\" said Frank Gersdorf, a member of \"Citizens' Initiative Gruenheide against Gigafactory\", a local group that organized Saturday's protest. Environmentalist protests in Germany have previously halted and delayed major companies' plans such RWE's lignite mining at the Hambach forest, near Cologne, which has become a symbol of the anti-coal protests. Saturday's protest, which Gersdorf and Bach said developed spontaneously from a 50-people forest walk demonstration, highlighted the deforestation of around 300 hectares to build the factory and its impact on wildlife, including birds, insects and bats. People were also protesting against an expected \"enormous\" increase in traffic on a nearby highway and through the villages. Next to the protest, on the other side of the street, around 20 people carried banners welcoming Tesla in their village, with children chanting, \"We are here, we are loud, because Tesla is building our future.\" Bernd Kutz, a Gruenheide local, said Tesla would bring improvement to the area, create jobs and give chances to young people. \"I am here because I don't understand those demonstrators who shout and show us the finger,\" Kutz said. \"Why has it always to be negative?\" Reporting by Riham Alkousaa; editing by Christina Fincher Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. 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ZEN shares fell in the extended session Thursday after the enterprise-software company's quarterly results came up short against Wall Street expectations. Zendesk shares dropped 10% after hours, following a 0.2% decline in the regular session to close at $150.52. The company reported a second-quarter loss of $58.4 million, or 49 cents a share, compared with a loss of $64.7 million, or 56 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted earnings, which exclude share-based compensation expenses and other items, were 13 cents a share, compared with 14 cents a share in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $318.2 million from $246.7 million in the year-ago quarter. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast earnings of 16 cents a share on revenue of $320.4 million. For the third quarter, Zendesk expects revenue of $332 million to $337 million, while analysts had forecast revenue of $335.8 million.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "FactSet", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "FactSet", "length": 7, "offset": 812}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "ZEN", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ZEN", "length": 3, "offset": 123}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Zendesk", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Zendesk", "length": 7, "offset": 2}, {"position_text": "Zendesk Inc", "length": 11, "offset": 110}, {"position_text": "Zendesk", "length": 7, "offset": 278}, {"position_text": "Zendesk", "length": 7, "offset": 915}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Zendesk", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Zendesk", "length": 7, "offset": 2}, {"position_text": "Zendesk Inc", "length": 11, "offset": 110}, {"position_text": "Zendesk", "length": 7, "offset": 278}, {"position_text": "Zendesk", "length": 7, "offset": 915}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 578, "text": "Leonardo DiCaprio criticises Australia's approval of South32 bauxite mine expansion\nCreamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online Hollywood actor and environmental advocate Leonardo DiCaprio has voiced his concerns over the Australian government's approval of the expansion of mining major South32's bauxite mining operations in Western Australia. South32 announced last month that it had received federal clearance for its Worsley mine development project. Approved under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 1999 (EPBC), the Australian project will provide access to bauxite to sustain production at Worsley, with mining of bauxite areas located near South32's existing operations expected to begin in the fourth quarter of its 2025 financial year. Development of new mining areas, which are expected to sustain production to at least 2036, will also commence. Worsley Alumina has been operating for more than 40 years and is one of the region's largest employers, supporting jobs for thousands of workers and contractors. However, environmental groups have raised alarm about the impact the expansion could have on the region, particularly regarding the clearing of the Jarrah Forest. Conservationists warn that the destruction of this forest poses a serious threat to the habitat of endangered species, including black cockatoos. In an Instagram post this week, DiCaprio, a known environmentalist, shared his perspective on the matter, along with a video of black cockatoos with photos of the iconic bird and a cleared landscape. \"The Australian government has approved deforestation within the Jarrah Forest of Western Australia, clearing the way for the mining of bauxite, the main ingredient in aluminium,\" DiCaprio stated. He claimed that South32 is set to clear significant stretches of the old growth forest, which is home to threatened species like the critically endangered woylie – a small marsupial native to Australia. DiCaprio continued, claiming that the operation would destroy critical habitat for more than 8 000 species, 80% of which were found nowhere else on Earth. \"While native forest logging was banned in Western Australia in 2024, clearance of native forests for mining is still allowed due to separate government policies that prioritise mining development over environmental protection.\" Addressing DiCaprio's comments, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a radio interview on Triple M Perth on Friday that strict environmental conditions would be imposed as part of the mine expansion. \"I'm not sure he's aware of all the details of the way the EPBC Act works,\" Albanese stated. \"But, you know, he's entitled to put his view, of course.\" Edited by Creamer Media Reporter", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Worsley Alumina", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Worsley Alumina", "length": 15, "offset": 888}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Instagram", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Instagram", "length": 9, "offset": 1365}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Creamer Media", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Creamer Media", "length": 13, "offset": 84}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "South32", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "South32", "length": 7, "offset": 53}, {"position_text": "South32", "length": 7, "offset": 286}, {"position_text": "South32", "length": 7, "offset": 344}, {"position_text": "South32", "length": 7, "offset": 678}, {"position_text": "South32", "length": 7, "offset": 1772}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "South32", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "South32", "length": 7, "offset": 53}, {"position_text": "South32", "length": 7, "offset": 286}, {"position_text": "South32", "length": 7, "offset": 344}, {"position_text": "South32", "length": 7, "offset": 678}, {"position_text": "South32", "length": 7, "offset": 1772}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Jarrah Forest", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Jarrah Forest", "length": 13, "offset": 1198}, {"position_text": "Jarrah Forest", "length": 13, "offset": 1624}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 579, "text": "Twitter, Snapchat Stocks Drop After Facebook Whistleblower's Accusations\nShares of Twitter and Snapchat fell after Facebook's former product manager accused the platform of repeatedly prioritizing company profit over hate speech. Shares of social media platforms Twitter ( TWTR ) - Get Twitter, Inc. Report and Snapchat ( SNAP ) - Get Snap, Inc. Class A Report fell Monday after a Facebook ( FB ) - Get Facebook, Inc. Class A Report whistleblower's accusations that the company prioritizes profit over hate speech turned investors more wary of other tech platforms. Shares of Twitter on Monday fell 5.9% to close at $58.39 while Snapchat dropped 5.34% to end at $71.23. Shares of Facebook fell 4.89% to $326.23. Also on Monday, Facebook and its family of apps were all down in a global outage from around noon Eastern. Facebook's former product manager, Frances Haugen, in an interview on CBS's \"60 Minutes\" on Sunday night said, \"There were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook. And Facebook over and over again chose to optimize for its own interests like making more money.\" Haugen's legal counsel has reportedly filed at least eight complaints about Facebook with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Facebook's Andy Stone told the Wall Street Journal that, \"To suggest we encourage bad content and do nothing is just not true.\" Haugen will testify before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday in a hearing titled \"Protecting Kids Online,\" about the company's research into Instagram's effect on young users. Last week, Facebook paused work on its photo-and-video-sharing Instagram app for a project aimed at kids to do more research. There has been a steady drumbeat of negative headlines against Facebook over the last few weeks that have hurt its stock. First, The Journal reported that internal documents showed the social networking platform knew about the app's negative effects on young girls. Findings of this research were reportedly cited in a presentation given last year to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, according to The Journal. A second investigation by The Journal showed that anti-vaccine activists used Facebook to undermine the social-media giant's vaccine-promotion efforts. 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Petrobras, as the firm is known, decided to delay the offers after interested parties asked for more time to conduct due diligence on the unit, said the source, who requested anonymity as the matter is private. Liquigas is one of dozens of assets Petrobras has put up for sale in a massive divestment drive aimed at reducing debt and sharpening the company's focus on deepwater oil exploration and production. Petrobras has already signed deals for about $12.8 billion of divestments this year. This week, Reuters reported that groups led by Brazilian investment firm Itausa Investimentos SA, Abu Dhabi state investor Mubadala and SHV Energy of the Netherlands were expected to submit binding proposals for the unit. Liquigas is expected to fetch between 2.5 billion and 3 billion reais ($757 million), Reuters reported. Newspaper Valor Economico first reported on the delay. The newspaper, citing people familiar with the matter, said the new date for bids was Aug. 16. Petrobras did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 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Officials said the number of cases and deaths likely reflected a delay in reporting over the weekend. According to state statistics, the number of people hospitalized in Los Angeles County for the virus has dropped from 373 to 372. As of Sunday, the number of people in the intensive care unit increased from 79 the day before to 82. The surge in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles raises concerns about the prevalence of delta mutations. Federal officials say the variant is also believed to be responsible for most of the new infections reported in the United States. The majority of these are unvaccinated residents. LA County health officials recommend wearing masks indoors during the epidemic of delta variants \"The only thing we're seeing right now is basically that unvaccinated people are seriously ill,\" said Dr. Anthony Cardillo, CEO of Mend Urgent Care. I am. \"Vaccinated people are protected from getting serious illnesses in nature and certainly fatal illnesses.\" The Los Angeles County Public Health Service says infection rates are increasing among young residents. On Saturday, about 70% of new cases occurred among people between the ages of 18 and 49. \"Then there are people who choose not to get vaccinated. Those patients must also be very, very careful and don't let your vigilance disappoint,\" Cardillo said. Nearly half of the country's population is fully vaccinated, but Delta variants are skyrocketing. Hospitalizations are increasing in states with low immunization rates. Pfizer states that the vaccine has reduced immunity. The drug company plans to meet with top US health authorities to discuss the development of a third dose. On Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci did not deny the possibility, but said it was too early for the government to recommend another shot. He said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FDA did the right thing last week by opposed Pfizer's claim that they weren't looking at booster shots \"at this time\" as needed. Forch said clinical research and experimental data do not yet fully support the need for current Pfizer and Modana two-shot vaccines or Johnson & Johnson one-shot regimen boosters. \"For now, given the data and information we have, we don't need to give people a third shot,\" he said. \"That doesn't mean we'll stop there …. While we're talking about considering the feasibility of when and when we should boost people, ongoing research There is. \" He said it is very likely that the government will encourage boosters based on factors such as age and underlying medical conditions in the coming months \"as the data evolves.\" \"Sure, that's perfectly conceivable. Perhaps someday we'll need a boost,\" Fauci said. City News Service and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 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(NASDAQ:VXRT) gapped up before the market opened on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $7.34, but opened at $7.71. Vaxart shares last traded at $7.51, with a volume of 26,132 shares traded. VXRT has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. B. Riley reiterated a \"buy\" rating and set a $13.00 target price (down previously from $16.00) on shares of Vaxart in a research note on Thursday, March 4th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Vaxart from a \"sell\" rating to a \"hold\" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 5th. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $6.63. The stock has a market cap of $934.13 million, a PE ratio of -16.26 and a beta of 0.27. Vaxart (NASDAQ:VXRT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, May 2nd. The biotechnology company reported ($0.14) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.10) by ($0.04). Vaxart had a negative net margin of 2,844.24% and a negative return on equity of 39.81%. The company had revenue of $0.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $0.62 million. Vaxart's revenue was down 82.8% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Vaxart, Inc. will post -0.75 earnings per share for the current year. In related news, Director Wouter Latour sold 100,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $7.13, for a total value of $713,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 100,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at $713,000. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink . 36.70% of the stock is owned by insiders. A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in Vaxart by 10.5% in the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 797,064 shares of the biotechnology company's stock valued at $4,822,000 after acquiring an additional 75,471 shares during the last quarter. tru Independence LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vaxart by 70.6% in the first quarter. tru Independence LLC now owns 21,752 shares of the biotechnology company's stock valued at $190,000 after buying an additional 9,000 shares during the last quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. purchased a new stake in shares of Vaxart in the first quarter valued at about $154,000. Squarepoint Ops LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vaxart by 95.3% in the first quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 226,656 shares of the biotechnology company's stock valued at $1,371,000 after buying an additional 110,625 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Millennium Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vaxart in the first quarter valued at about $1,197,000. 26.42% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Vaxart Company Profile Vaxart, Inc, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, engages in the discovery and development of oral recombinant protein vaccines based on its proprietary oral vaccine platform. The company's product pipeline includes norovirus vaccine, an oral tablet vaccine, which is in a Phase Ib clinical trial with bivalent oral tablet vaccine for the GI.1 and GII.4 norovirus strains; seasonal influenza vaccine, which is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of H1 influenza infection; respiratory syncytial virus vaccine; and coronavirus vaccine, which completed Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection. 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It is understood the job losses will include the UK and Europe, but the firm has not given details of how each country will be affected. The group, which employs around 1.5 million people globally, had warned in November of job cuts without confirming a figure, but said it had found more roles would need to be axed as part of an in-depth review of its business. Amazon said roles that will be affected the most include those across its stores, such as Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go, as well as its human resources division. Chief executive Andy Jassy said in a note to employees, which was made public: \"These changes will help us pursue our long-term opportunities with a stronger cost structure.\" He blamed the move on an \"uncertain economy\", adding \"we've hired rapidly over the last several years\". Mr Jassy also said the announcement had been brought forward after one of its employees leaked the details. \"We decided it was better to share this news earlier so you can hear the details directly from me,\" Mr Jassy said. Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores will be most affected by the job cuts (Victoria Jones/PA) The group expects to tell staff directly impacted by the cuts from January 18 and said it is offering a separation payment, transitional health insurance benefits, and job placement support. He added: \"Companies that last a long time go through different phases. 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Some former employees of Tesla are suing for recent mass layoffs that the company underwent. The employees allege that carrying out the mass layoff went against federal law, citing the need for advanced notice to layoff employees under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. According to the suit, Tesla would have needed to give the employees a 60-day notice for termination to avoid violating federal law. Reportedly, some of the laid-off Tesla employees are only receiving one week of severance. The suit states that over 500 employees were laid off from the Sparks, Nevada Tesla factory. The workers coming forth are seeking class-action status for filing the lawsuit. At this time, Tesla has not commented on the layoffs. However, CEO Elon Musk has commented on the lawsuit during the Qatar Economic Forum organized by Bloomberg. Musk mentioned that Tesla news gets a lot of clicks whether the news is trivial or significant. In reference to the lawsuit, he said he would classify it as \"trivial.\" As the richest person in the world, Elon Musks' comments can often seem out of touch, considering the workers who had been laid off wouldn't likely consider the lawsuit (or their livelihoods) trivial in any sense. According to Reuters , they had previously seen an email where Musk mentioned that Tesla would need to cut employees by up to 10% due to the weakening economy. If there is truth to that email, it seems like these mass layoffs would be the first step Musk has taken to reduce staff. However, if Tesla is indeed violating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, they may need to rethink the way they're making those 10% cuts. Musk further clarified this email when speaking at the Bloomberg event, saying that Tesla was looking to reduce its salaried workforce by 3.5% while increasing its hourly workforce. The lawsuit was filed by former employees John Lynch and Daxton Hartsfield. The two were fired on June 10 and June 15, respectively. Their lawsuit seeks to recover the pay and benefits they would have received if they were given the 60-day notification period, rather than the reported one week of severance the employees are getting. Shannon Liss-Riordan, an attorney for the laid-off workers, told Reuters that it is \"shocking that Tesla would just blatantly violate federal labor law by laying off so many workers without providing the required notice.\" It remains to be seen how this lawsuit plays out. If Tesla is violating the aforementioned act, it does seem like this would be a pretty easy win for the employees. This isn't the first time that Elon Musk has been under fire for treatment of workers, with recent examples being emails saying that workers should come in at least 40 hours a week or leave. Musk has also called into question remote work, saying those wanting to work remotely should \"pretend to work somewhere else.\" With inflation rates at an all-time high, the Federal Reserve making a historic increase to interest rates, and the looming possibility of a recession, the world will continue to watch what CEOs like", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Bloomberg", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bloomberg", "length": 9, "offset": 974}, {"position_text": "Bloomberg", "length": 9, "offset": 1861}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Tesla", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 159}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 448}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 591}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 727}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 837}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 1005}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 1450}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 1661}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 1890}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 2422}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 2598}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Federal Reserve", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Federal Reserve", "length": 15, "offset": 3074}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Reuters", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 1380}, {"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 2388}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Nevada", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Nevada", "length": 6, "offset": 720}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 585, "text": "Hyundai Motor to buy back $716 million in shares to enhance shareholder value\nSeoul, Nov 27 (IANS) Hyundai Motor said on Wednesday it will buy back 1 trillion won ($716 million) worth of its own shares as part of efforts to boost its shareholder value. In the buyback plan approved by the board of directors, Hyundai will repurchase 4.66 million shares, worth 1 trillion won, within a three-month period starting Thursday, the company said in a regulatory filing. They account for 1.7 per cent of the company's overall listed shares. Hyundai said the purpose of the repurchase is to enhance shareholder value, reports Yonhap news agency. Reducing the number of shares in circulation increases the profitability per share and consequently raises the stock price, thus benefiting shareholders. In August, Hyundai Motor announced a value-up plan to buy back 4 trillion won worth of its own shares over the next three years. Meanwhile, Jose Munoz, the global chief operating officer of Hyundai Motor who has been tapped as the company's next CEO, has stressed the importance of flexibility in managing its product portfolio in the United States amid looming uncertainties under a second Donald Trump administration. Munoz was appointed to serve as the automaker's CEO starting next year as part of major executive appointments across units within Hyundai Motor Group. In other affiliates, Kia, the country's second-largest automaker, promoted Choi Jun-young, currently vice president of domestic production division, to president. Lee Kyu-bok, vice president and CEO of logistics affiliate Hyundai Glovis Co., was also promoted to president. The appointment of the company's first non-Korean CEO comes as Hyundai and its affiliate Kia brace for a tumultuous future in their American operations, especially as Trump's transition team reportedly aims to get rid of the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit program, part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) introduced under the incumbent Joe Biden administration.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Kia", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Kia", "length": 3, "offset": 1385}, {"position_text": "Kia", "length": 3, "offset": 1727}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Yonhap news agency", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Yonhap news agency", "length": 18, "offset": 618}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Hyundai Glovis Co", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Hyundai Glovis Co", "length": 17, "offset": 1586}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Hyundai Motor", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Hyundai Motor", "length": 13, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Hyundai Motor", "length": 13, "offset": 99}, {"position_text": "Hyundai Motor", "length": 13, "offset": 803}, {"position_text": "Hyundai Motor", "length": 13, "offset": 982}, {"position_text": "Hyundai Motor Group", "length": 19, "offset": 1343}, {"position_text": "Hyundai Motor", "length": 13, "offset": 1343}], "label": "positive"}]}, {"id": 586, "text": "Decoding News Corp (NWSA): A Strategic SWOT Insight\nFinancial performance and market dynamics shaping News Corp's strategic positioning. Forward-looking strategies and potential impact on News Corp's future growth. On May 9, 2024, News Corp , a global diversified media and information services company, filed its 10-Q report with the SEC, offering a detailed glimpse into its financial performance and strategic positioning. This SWOT analysis delves into the company's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, providing investors with a comprehensive understanding of News Corp's operational and financial nuances. The filing reveals that for the three months ended March 31, 2024, News Corp generated revenues of $2,423 million, a slight decrease from the $2,447 million reported in the same period in 2023. Net income attributable to News Corporation stockholders was $30 million, down from $50 million in the previous year. Despite the dip in net income, the company's diverse portfolio, including The Wall Street Journal, Harper Collins, and its digital real estate services, continues to underpin its market presence. Decoding News Corp (NWSA): A Strategic SWOT Insight Strengths Diversified Business Model: News Corp boasts a diversified portfolio that spans across various media and information services, including news and information services, book publishing, digital real estate services, and subscription video services. This diversification not only mitigates risks associated with market volatility but also allows the company to tap into multiple revenue streams. For instance, the company's digital real estate services, with a 61.4% interest in REA Group and an 80% interest in Move, have shown resilience, contributing to the company's overall revenue despite market challenges. Strong Brand Portfolio: News Corp's brand strength is a significant asset, with flagship properties like The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and Harper Collins leading their respective markets. The company's ability to maintain high-quality content and trusted news sources has resulted in a loyal customer base and a competitive edge in the industry. The brand equity of these mastheads continues to attract advertising and subscription revenues, which are crucial for the company's financial health. Strategic Investments in Digital Transformation: The company's strategic investments in digital platforms, such as the sports-focused Kayo and entertainment-focused Binge streaming services, demonstrate News Corp's commitment to digital transformation. These platforms cater to the evolving consumer preferences for digital content consumption and position the company favorably in the competitive media landscape. Weaknesses Declining Print Revenue: News Corp faces the industry-wide challenge of declining print revenue, particularly in its news media segment. The shift towards digital media has adversely affected traditional print advertising and circulation revenues, as evidenced by the lower advertising revenues reported by News Corp Australia. This trend underscores the need for the company to accelerate its digital transformation and find sustainable revenue models for its print assets. Exposure to Foreign Currency Fluctuations: The company's global operations expose it to foreign currency risks. The recent financials indicate that currency fluctuations have negatively impacted revenues, with a $21 million decrease for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023. Managing this exposure is crucial for maintaining financial stability and predictability. Legal and Regulatory Challenges: News Corp's operations, particularly in the U.K., have been marred by legal and regulatory challenges, such as the U.K. Newspaper Matters. These issues not only incur financial costs but also pose reputational risks that could potentially affect the company's business prospects and stakeholder trust. Opportunities Expansion of Digital Real Estate Services: The digital real estate sector presents significant growth opportunities for News Corp , especially with its interests in REA Group and Move. The increasing trend of online property searches and transactions can drive the company's revenue growth in this segment. Additionally, the integration of property-related data services and financial services offers a holistic digital property search and financing experience, catering to evolving consumer needs. Growth in Subscription Video Services: The company's subscription video services, including Foxtel and its streaming offerings, are well-positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for online video content. With exclusive broadcast rights to popular sporting events and a diverse content library, News Corp can leverage these assets to expand its subscriber base and enhance revenue generation. Content Monetization Strategies: News Corp has the opportunity to further monetize its content through innovative strategies, such as paywalls, exclusive content offerings, and strategic partnerships. By leveraging its strong brand portfolio and high-quality content, the company can attract premium advertising deals and partnerships, contributing to revenue diversification and growth. Threats Competitive Media Landscape: News Corp operates in a highly competitive media environment, where it contends with other established players and emerging digital platforms. The company must continuously innovate and adapt to maintain its market position and audience engagement in the face of intense competition. Economic Uncertainties: The global economic landscape, influenced by factors such as interest rates, housing market dynamics, and consumer spending patterns, can significantly impact News Corp's business segments. Economic downturns or uncertainties can affect advertising budgets and consumer willingness to pay for content, posing a threat to the company's revenue streams. Technological Disruptions: Rapid technological advancements and changing consumer behaviors pose a constant threat to News Corp's traditional business models. The company must stay ahead This article, generated by GuruFocus, is designed to provide general insights and is not tailored financial advice. Our commentary is rooted in historical data and analyst projections, utilizing an impartial methodology, and is not intended to serve as specific investment guidance. It does not formulate a recommendation to purchase or divest any stock and does not consider individual investment objectives or financial circumstances. Our objective is to deliver long-term, fundamental data-driven analysis. Be aware that our analysis might not incorporate the most recent, price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative information. GuruFocus holds no position in the stocks mentioned herein. 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JOHNSON AP Medical Writer This photo provided by Novartis shows Zolgensma. The one-time gene therapy developed by Novartis, Zolgensma, will cost $2.125 million. It treats a rare condition called spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, which strikes about 400 babies born in the U.S. each year. The therapy, given in a one-hour infusion, was approved for children under age 2 and will be available within two weeks. (Novartis via AP) AP U.S. regulators have approved the most expensive medicine ever, for a rare disorder that destroys a baby's muscle control and kills nearly all of those with the most common type of the disease within a couple of years. The treatment is priced at $2.125 million. Out-of-pocket costs for patients will vary based on insurance coverage. The medicine, sold by the Swiss drugmaker Novartis, is a gene therapy that treats an inherited condition called spinal muscular atrophy. The treatment targets a defective gene that weakens a child's muscles so dramatically that they become unable to move, and eventually unable to swallow or breathe. It strikes about 400 babies born in the U.S. each year. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the treatment, called Zolgensma, for all children under age 2 who are confirmed by a genetic test to have any of the four types of the disease. The therapy is a one-time infusion that takes about an hour. Unlimited Digital Access: Only $0.99 For Your First Month Get full access to The Telegraph content across all your devices. Novartis said it will let insurers make payments over five years, at $425,000 per year, and will give partial rebates if the treatment doesn't work. The one other medicine for the disease approved in the U.S. is a drug called Spinraza. Instead of a one-time treatment, it must be given every four months. Biogen, Spinraza's maker, charges a list price of $750,000 for the first year and then $350,000 per year after that. The independent nonprofit group Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, which rates the value of expensive new medicines, calculated that the price of the new gene therapy is justifiable at a cost of $1.2 million to $2.1 million because it \"dramatically transforms the lives of families affected by this devastating disease.\" ICER's president, Dr. Steven D. Pearson, called the treatment's price \"a positive outcome for patients and the entire health system.\" The defective gene that causes spinal muscular atrophy prevents the body from making enough of a protein that allows nerves that control movement to work normally. The nerves die off without the protein. In the most common type, which is also the most severe, at least 90% of patients die by age 2, and any still alive need a ventilator to breathe. Children with less-severe types become disabled more slowly and can live for up to a couple decades. Zolgensma works by supplying a healthy copy of the faulty gene, which allows nerve cells to then start producing the needed protein. That halts deterioration of the nerve cells and allows the baby to develop more normally. In patient testing, babies with the most severe form of the disease who got Zolgensma within 6 months of birth had limited muscle problems. Those who got the treatment earliest did best. Babies given Zolgensma after six months stopped losing muscle control, but the medicine can't reverse damage already done. Evelyn Villarreal was one of the first children treated, at eight weeks. Her family, from Centreville, Virginia, had lost their first child to spinal muscular atrophy at 15 months. Two years later when Evelyn was born a test showed she also had the disease, so the family enrolled her in the gene therapy study at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Evelyn is now 4½ years old and showing no muscle problems other than minor trouble standing up, said her mother, Elena Villarreal. She has been feeding herself for a long time, she draws and speaks well, and will be starting kindergarten in the fall. \"She's very active and goes to the playground a lot,\" said Elena Villarreal. \"She's walking and even jumping.\" It is too early to know how long the benefit of the treatment lasts, but doctors' hopes are rising that they could last a lifetime, according to Dr. Jerry Mendell, a neurologist at Nationwide Children's. Mendell led one of the early patient studies and is Evelyn's doctor. \"It's beginning to look that way,\" he said, because a few children treated who are now 4 or 5 still have no symptoms. Early diagnosis is crucial, so Novartis has been working with states to get genetic testing for newborns required at birth. It expects most states will have that requirement by next year. 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Seeking to combat stubbornly high inflation amid soaring government spending on the conflict in Ukraine and rouble weakness, the Bank of Russia is widely expected to raise its key interest rate by at least 100 basis points to 20% when it meets on Friday, a headache for firms who say they already face exorbitant borrowing costs. Heads of major state companies and business lobby groups say the issue has now become critical, threatening to derail future investment projects and economic growth. Inflation, currently running at around 8.5%, ultimately poses more manageable challenges than such high interest rates, Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov, steelmaker Severstal's largest shareholder, said in early October. \"The need to raise rates to limit inflation is clear, but we are starting to go too far,\" Mordashov said. \"We are coming to a situation where the medicine may become more dangerous than the disease.\" There are worrying signs that businesses are limiting financing of investment projects, preferring to hold funds in high-rate deposit accounts, which will impede development and economic growth, Mordashov said. High military spending has fuelled a rebound in economic growth from a 1.2% contraction in 2022. Russia's GDP rose 3.6% last year and the economy ministry expects growth of 3.9% this year. Sergei Chemezov, head of state industrial conglomerate Rostec, said high-tech sectors were the drivers of development but the central bank's high key rate was putting the brakes on further industrial growth. \"It renders (new) loans for companies' further development practically meaningless,\" he said at an October meeting between defence companies and machine builders. The central bank did not respond to a request for comment. Last week, the bank repeated that tight monetary policy would be needed for a long time as inflation pressures remain strong. ELECTRICITY PRICE RISES In the capital-intensive power sector, the capacity to build new plants and modernise old ones is dwindling. High inflation has sharply raised equipment costs, and Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict have curbed Russia's access to technology. The level of the key rate means interest now makes up the bulk of loan repayments, said Alexandra Panina, head of the board of Russia's Council of Energy Producers. \"The current rate significantly weighs down the cost of investment projects,\" Panina told Reuters. \"Further growth of the key rate will trigger further price rises for energy projects and, accordingly, of electricity prices in Russia. \"We need to fight to maintain the efficiency of our energy system.\" From 2025-2042, Russia wants to install more than 90 gigawatts of new electricity capacity, which could cost around 40 trillion roubles ($414 billion), to cover the economy's growing needs and avoid possible shortages. Unusually hot weather and an accident at the Rostov nuclear power plant caused mass power outages and blackouts in several southern regions this summer, eliciting rare public protests in the city of Krasnodar. Credit costs will account for over 50% of final electricity costs if rates stay this high for long, said Alexei Ilchuk, head of the energy ministry's analytical group on the power sector. \"This is a fundamental obstacle to the further development of the industry and capacity renewal.\" \"MONEY IS TOO EXPENSIVE\" High rates are already hitting the construction, energy and steel sectors. Panina said some construction tenders for power plants in Siberia and southern Russia have partially failed due to the high cost of borrowed funds. Seven companies are discussing abandoning 17 projects with a capacity of 2.13 gigawatts, she said. Steelmaker MMK last week blamed high interest rates as one of the reasons for an 18.7% drop in quarter-on-quarter sales. At a forum in Sochi this month, Gazprom Energoholding declared in a presentation that \"money is too expensive\". Smaller firms, too, are tightening their belts. Alexander Kalinin, head of SME lobby group Opora Rossii, said he expects interest rates on loans for SMEs to be 30% next year, which will reduce investments and be negative for economic growth, but may produce the cooling the central bank is seeking. \"The rate level is already critical,\" Kalinin told Reuters, pointing to two main negative factors for SMEs: the rising cost of capital and the lack of labour. Russian oil traders are also feeling the pain of the high interest rate as it has increased the price of trade financing for energy exports. According to three traders, a number of trading firms had to leave the market as they were barely making a profit after paying for the oil, the transport and the cost of the loan. What unites most criticism and pleas for help is blaming the central bank. Though many companies may be struggling because what Moscow calls its \"special military operation\" in Ukraine has cut Russia off from key export markets and revenue potential, blaming the Kremlin is not an option in Russia's current political climate, said Yevgeny Nadorshin, chief economist at PF Capital. \"Everyone who has development difficulties and a lot of debt is in a lot of pain right now,\" Nadorshin told Reuters. \"It's no fun at all, so where do you go? 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Additionally, S&P raised the Company's issuer-level rating on its unsecured debt to 'BBB-' from 'BB+'. S&P's rating outlook for LKQ Corporation is stable. \"Achieving investment grade status with S&P is further validation of our Operational Excellence program that we launched in 2019. The success of this program has supported our ability to deliver record financial results under difficult conditions, strengthen our balance sheet and execute a disciplined capital allocation strategy,\" said Varun Laroyia, executive vice president and chief financial officer. \"The immediate implication of the upgrade is that collateral requirements fall off our senior secured revolving credit facility. 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Based on research produced as recently as March of this year to company memos that date back to 2019, internal company documents on India highlight Facebook's constant struggles in quashing abusive content on its platforms in the world's biggest democracy and the company's largest growth market. Communal and religious tensions in India have a history of boiling over on social media and stoking violence. The files show that Facebook has been aware of the problems for years, raising questions over whether it has done enough to address the issues. Many critics and digital experts say it has failed to do so, especially in cases where members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party are involved. Across the world, Facebook has become increasingly important in politics, and India is no different. Modi has been credited for leveraging the platform to his party's advantage during elections, and reporting from The Wall Street Journal last year cast doubt over whether Facebook was selectively enforcing its policies on hate speech to avoid blowback from the BJP. Modi and Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have exuded bonhomie, memorialized by a 2015 image of the two hugging at the Facebook headquarters. The leaked documents include a trove of internal company reports on hate speech and misinformation in India that in some cases appeared to have been intensified by its own \"recommended\" feature and algorithms. They also include the company staffers' concerns over the mishandling of these issues and their discontent over the viral \"malcontent\" on the platform. According to the documents, Facebook saw India as one of the most \"at risk countries\" in the world and identified both Hindi and Bengali languages as priorities for \"automation on violating hostile speech.\" Yet, Facebook didn't have enough local language moderators or content-flagging in place to stop misinformation that at times led to real-world violence. In a statement to the AP, Facebook said it has \"invested significantly in technology to find hate speech in various languages, including Hindi and Bengali\" which \"reduced the amount of hate speech that people see by half\" in 2021. \"Hate speech against marginalized groups, including Muslims, is on the rise globally. So we are improving enforcement and are committed to updating our policies as hate speech evolves online,\" a company spokesperson said. This AP story, along with others being published, is based on disclosures made to the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided to Congress in redacted form by former Facebook employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen's legal counsel. The redacted versions were obtained by a consortium of news organizations, including the AP. Back in February 2019 and ahead of a general election when concerns of misinformation were running high, a Facebook employee wanted to understand what a new user in India saw on their news feed if all they did was follow pages and groups solely recommended by the platform itself. The employee created a test user account and kept it live for three weeks, a period during which an extraordinary event shook India — a militant attack in disputed Kashmir had killed over 40 Indian soldiers, bringing the country close to war with rival Pakistan. In the note, titled \"An Indian Test User's Descent into a Sea of Polarizing, Nationalistic Messages,\" the employee whose name is redacted said they were \"shocked\" by the content flooding the news feed. The person described the content as having \"become a near constant barrage of polarizing nationalist content, misinformation, and violence and gore.\" Seemingly benign and innocuous groups recommended by Facebook quickly morphed into something else altogether, where hate speech, unverified rumors and viral content ran rampant. The recommended groups were inundated with fake news, anti-Pakistan rhetoric and Islamophobic content. Much of the content was extremely graphic. One included a man holding the bloodied head of another man covered in a Pakistani flag, with an Indian flag partially covering it. Its \"Popular Across Facebook\" feature showed a slew of unverified content related to the retaliatory Indian strikes into Pakistan after the bombings, including an image of a napalm bomb from a video game clip debunked by one of Facebook's fact-check partners. \"Following this test user's News Feed, I've seen more images of dead people in the past three weeks than I've seen in my entire life total,\" the researcher wrote. The report sparked deep concerns over what such divisive content could lead to in the real world, where local news at the time were reporting on Kashmiris being attacked in the fallout. \"Should we as a company have an extra responsibility for preventing integrity harms that result from recommended content?\" the researcher asked in their conclusion. The memo, circulated with other employees, did not answer that question. But it did expose how the platform's own algorithms or default settings played a part in spurring such malcontent. The employee noted that there were clear \"blind spots,\" particularly in \"local language content.\" They said they hoped these findings would start conversations on how to avoid such \"integrity harms,\" especially for those who \"differ significantly\" from the typical U.S. user. Even though the research was conducted during three weeks that weren't an average representation, they acknowledged that it did show how such \"unmoderated\" and problematic content \"could totally take over\" during \"a major crisis event.\" The Facebook spokesperson said the test study \"inspired deeper, more rigorous analysis\" of its recommendation systems and \"contributed to product changes to improve them.\" \"Separately, our work on curbing hate speech continues and we have further strengthened our hate classifiers, to include four Indian languages,\" the spokesperson said. ___ Associated Press writer Sam McNeil in Beijing contributed to this report. ___ See full coverage of the \"Facebook Papers\" here: https://apnews.com/hub/the-facebook-papers", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Wall Street Journal", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Wall Street Journal", "length": 19, "offset": 1294}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Securities and Exchange Commission", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Securities and Exchange Commission", "length": 34, "offset": 2855}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Associated Press", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Associated Press", "length": 16, "offset": 240}, {"position_text": "AP", "length": 2, "offset": 2338}, {"position_text": "AP", "length": 2, "offset": 2774}, {"position_text": "AP", "length": 2, "offset": 3102}, {"position_text": "Associated Press", "length": 16, "offset": 6277}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Facebook", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 60}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 500}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 779}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1094}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1348}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1452}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1571}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1984}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2168}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2342}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2942}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 3213}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 4055}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 4478}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 4686}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 5937}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 6381}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Beijing", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Beijing", "length": 7, "offset": 6315}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Pakistan", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Pakistan", "length": 8, "offset": 3640}, {"position_text": "Pakistan", "length": 8, "offset": 4579}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 591, "text": "Newmark Advises Blackstone in $4B Privatization of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.\nNewmark Group, Inc . (Nasdaq: NMRK), a leading commercial real estate advisor and service provider to large institutional investors, global corporations, and other owners and occupiers, announces the firm acted as lead commercial real estate advisor to Blackstone in its acquisition of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp . The transaction closed Wednesday, February 12 . Newmark Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets Doug Harmon , Head of Retail Capital Markets for North America Conor Lalor , Co-Head of Global Debt & Structured Finance Jordan Roeschlaub and Co-Head of Strategic Advisory & Liquidity Solutions Andrew Warin advised Blackstone in the transaction, under which Blackstone Real Estate Partners X acquired all outstanding common shares of ROIC for $17.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4 billion , including outstanding debt. ROIC's portfolio consisted of 93 high-quality, grocery-anchored retail properties totaling 10.5 million square feet. About Newmark Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries (\"Newmark\"), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark's comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform's global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2024 , Newmark generated revenues of approximately $2.6 billion . As of that same date, Newmark's company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operated from nearly 170 offices with more than 7,800 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark . 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Bill C-18, the Online News Act, would require digital giants such as Google and Meta, which owns Facebook, to negotiate deals that would compensate Canadian media companies for republishing their content on their platforms. Also Read| Google brings in 360 degree video background for Meet users. Check details The company said it is temporarily limiting access to news content for under 4% of its Canadian users as it assesses possible responses to the bill. The change applies to its ubiquitous search engine as well as the Discover feature on Android devices, which carries news and sports stories. All types of news content are being affected by the test, which will run for about five weeks, the company said. That includes content created by Canadian broadcasters and newspapers. \"We're briefly testing potential product responses to Bill C-18 that impact a very small percentage of Canadian users,\" Google spokesman Shay Purdy said in a written statement on Wednesday in response to questions from The Canadian Press. The company runs thousands of tests each year to assess any potential changes to its search engine, he added. \"We've been fully transparent about our concern that C-18 is overly broad and, if unchanged, could impact products Canadians use and rely on every day,\" Purdy said. A spokeswoman for Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said Canadians will not be intimidated and called it disappointing that Google is borrowing from Meta's playbook. Last year, that company threatened to block news off its site in response to the bill. \"This didn't work in Australia, and it won't work here because Canadians won't be intimidated. At the end of the day, all we're asking the tech giants to do is compensate journalists when they use their work,\" spokeswoman Laura Scaffidi said in a statement Wednesday. \"Canadians need to have access to quality, fact-based news at the local and national levels, and that's why we introduced the Online News Act. Tech giants need to be more transparent and accountable to Canadians.\" Rodriguez has argued the bill, which is similar to a law that Australia passed in 2021, will \"enhance fairness\" in the digital news marketplace by creating a framework and bargaining process for online behemoths to pay media outlets. But Google expressed concerns in a Parliament committee that the prospective law does not require publishers to adhere to basic journalistic standards, that it would favour large publishers over smaller outlets and that it could result in the proliferation of \"cheap, low quality, clickbait content\" over public interest journalism. The company has said it would rather pay into a fund, similar to the Canada Media Fund, that would pay news publishers indirectly. 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The innovations Schneider Electric is announcing at the event span its IoT-enabled, plug-and-play, open, interoperable architecture and platform, EcoStruxure, to help drive efficiency in industries. They include: Edge control EcoStruxure Automation Expert V23.0 : One of the first software-centric industrial automation systems now delivers software-based redundant automation solutions for the water desalination market. This extends the EcoStruxure Automation Expert portfolio to become a single control software platform that helps to bring convergence across machine, hybrid, and process industrial operations. New features in V23.0 include enhanced integration with AVEVA System Platform to reuse graphics from existing applications for faster system design, and a new graphical editor for procedural automation, which helps to improve operational effectiveness. The new release brings multi-OS compatibility with the EcoStruxure Automation Expert HMI, and the archive is now available on Linux, in addition to Windows, which allows users to develop similar objects across all compatible operating systems. Connected products Motor management : The latest release of Schneider Electric's motor management solutions are delivered with new Spacial SFN enclosures that protect equipment in many conditions and enable faster and more flexible panel assembly with over 1,000 possible configurations. The new enclosures are built with 35 percent less CO2 emissions than previous iterations, due to the use of decarbonized steel materials. The new Altivar ATV320 solar drives help to ensure a more reliable power supply for the motor management solutions with on- and off-grid compatibility and provide more environmentally friendly pumping solutions without producing any CO2 emissions. The updated solution is more robust and can handle more than 50 percent added static weight to accommodate solutions from across the TeSys range of motor starters and equipment. GM AirSeT Performance: With the new AirSeT, Schneider Electric extends and further strengthens its sustainable SF6-free portfolio, which avoids the use of this harmful greenhouse gas. The gas-insulated switchgear helps industrial customers better manage tightening F-gas regulations and eliminates the requirement for gas recycling from their installations. Based on pure air and natively digital connectivity with integrated services, the GM AirSeT Performance is the most powerful and resilient SF6-free medium voltage switchgear in the Schneider Electric portfolio and is suitable for most energy-intensive and critical infrastructure projects. Easy UPS 3-Phase Modular (50-250kW/400V) – Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS): This new solution helps to better optimize capital expenditures with a pay-as-you-grow model and features that help to lower the cost of site acceptance testing by eliminating the need for an expensive load bank. The solution is an IEC-certified modular UPS with live swap modules that deliver Class-1 power protection and availability in a more compact design, making it suited for small and medium data centers, as well as business-critical commercial and industrial applications. PowerLogic P7 Protection Relay: This next-generation power protection and control platform is designed for more complex, demanding, and advanced industrial applications to help maximize operational efficiency, power availability, and electricity security. It provides an improved digital experience to help reduce complexity at various stages of the product lifecycle. Performance and flexibility have been increased to deliver a more modular, cybersecure, and future-proof platform, which is prepared for virtualization. It is adaptable for specific requirements with new application-oriented firmware and added Ethernet communication modules and I/O boards. Apps, analytics, and services ETAP : A new and integrated electrical digital twin platform is being introduced to manage the electrical system lifecycle, from design and engineering to operations and maintenance. It helps to empower users to further increase productivity, collaboration, and efficiency, and helps to enable their energy transition journey. AVEVA: Now fully owned by Schneider Electric and operated as an independent and autonomous business, AVEVA is introducing its new vision for industrial software, which is an agnostic and cloud-enabled platform that companies can use to help collaborate, innovate, and share data through the connected industrial economy. AVEVA's digital twin, a foundation of an industrial metaverse, will help to bring this vision to life. From asset design to asset optimization, AVEVA's vision demonstrates how the value of well-managed industrial information helps to drive efficiency and sustainability. Services: Schneider Electric is releasing details about the company's refreshed services portfolio, including the newly-launched Industrial Digital Transformation Service that helps industrial companies accelerate their digital transformation. These services are designed to help industrial customers reach their sustainability goals, tackle their key challenges, and derive the benefits of diverse energy portfolios with greener energy sources. 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Were these crashes due to bank mismanagement, as many pundits as well as regulators have posited? Were they due to not managing risk, not hedging, and unfettered exposure to sectors of concern? Or maybe something else is afoot, a movement that may have begun a decade ago. Recall the Great Recession (2008–10), buoyed by a housing and mortgage crisis created by imprudent lending practices, and then the music stopped. In its inimitable wisdom, the government came in legislatively and regulatorily, via Dodd-Frank, crafting what they thought was a belt-and-suspenders approach to avoiding another debacle. Certain banks were redefined as systematically important financial institutions ( SIFI ), to be protected at all costs, while establishing a guided risk regimen. Whether due to the additional compliance costs of Dodd-Frank or demographic changes in the market or the need for better economies of scale, we witnessed a consolidation of smaller banks, reducing the gross number from 7,700 to 4,200 over the subsequent ten years. The US banking system—with its diversity of institutions, from money centers to community banks, harboring in urban and rural settings—is unique on the world stage. We have vastly more banks than any other country, both by design and opportunity. This has contributed to entrepreneurship through local lending, supporting farming communities, and a general competitive economy. Figure 1: What country has the most banks? picture1.png Source : National Statistical Office, Helgi Library . Asterisks denote data from 2020. The increasingly reductive nature of this industry doesn't appear to be just another macroshakeout. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was a well-run institution, yet within days, it went from hero to zero. CEO Greg Becker and his team were accused of mismanagement, including being accused of precipitously monetizing stock options. Hopefully, a little perspective will be insightful. SVB, like most US banks, has seen over the last twenty years a consistent reduction in relative lending activity, as measured by loan-to-deposit ratios . Decades ago, the typical bank targeted a ratio of 80 to 90 percent; the spread between interest collected on loans and interest paid on deposits was the core bank revenue model. To manage lending and overall balance sheet levels, the regulators would toggle the \" reserve requirement \"—namely, the amount of on-hand cash that would be needed to address deposit withdrawals. To stimulate the economy with new lending, the regulators gradually reduced the reserve requirement to zilch, nada, zero, meaning that the banks no longer had to maintain a level of ready cash for withdrawals. Now consider that with the proliferation of nonbank lenders, the current loan-to-deposit ratio sits at roughly 62 percent nationwide. With no cash requirement, the banks (including SVB) have built extensive securities portfolios, largely gilts (treasury- and government-guaranteed mortgage securities). Reallocating the asset side of their balance sheets into purportedly risk-free assets should have been considered a very conservative portfolio move. In fact, looking at the SVB balance sheet at the time of its takeover, its loan-to-deposit ratio was a mere 43 percent. Most would say, \"Good on you.\" Page back to Dodd-Frank and its imposition of stress tests, capitalization levels, and risk assessments. It failed significantly in addressing the changing balance sheet composition of banks, from ledgers dominated by \"credit risk assets\" (i.e., loans) to the significant inclusion of assets subject to \"interest rate risk.\" With the recent quantitative tightening (i.e., rising rates), so-called risk-free assets were fixed rate, longer duration investments, which moved inversely with interest rates. As such, the \"conservative gilt\" portfolios ended up as a financial hara-kiri. By recognizing the current value of the \"gilts\" given rate moves, such portfolios incurred billions of dollars of losses. And based on the size of such portfolios vis-à-vis overall asset levels, coupled with leveraged banks' equity, to which the losses are allocated, banks would find themselves either capital-impaired or rendered insolvent. Simply, Dodd-Frank, in its feigned brilliance in correcting early deficiencies, missed the mark of monitoring \"interest rate risk,\" now the bane of the current banking environment. Further, SVB is not alone in its broken-gilt affair. Reviewing call reports of the top two hundred banks in the US, nearly two-thirds find themselves in a comparable position with pro forma capital impairment. In fact, in April 2023, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City reported that as of quarter three of 2022, 722 banks in the US reflected unrealized losses of over 50 percent of their capital. An industry in distress ? You betcha. Banks are highly regulated, compelled to ongoing reporting and subject to strict regulation and legislative tomes like Dodd-Frank. There are a battery of regulatory bodies overseeing them, from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to the Federal Reserve Bank, the Department of the Treasury, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, and others. Yet, disturbingly, in their collective wisdom, they did not see the confluence of balance sheet composition, high leverage, and no reserve requirement in the wake of the rapid Federal Reserve rate hikes. Couple this with the rising risk in loan portfolios, particularly commercial real estate and consumer portfolios, and it's powder keg time. These are not \"aha\" observations. Banks report, and the regulators have a fiduciary responsibility to monitor and manage the space. Portfolio quality and monetary policy should not be surprises. Events are dynamic. Yet, one wonders whether the industry status is the result of regulator ignorance bordering on insanity, or might this be something orchestrated with intent? Recall the Bidenette nominee for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, banking's primary regulator, Saule Omarova. She had some unique views on how the economy and the banking system should run and authored an intriguing paper entitled \"The People's Ledger: How to Democratize Money and Finance the Economy.\" Simply, her proposition involved moving all customer deposits held at our four thousand plus banks to be redeposited onto the Fed's balance sheet, where everyone would hold their account. It would then become easier for the government to \"drop in\" helicopter money and facilitate payments. And with banks no longer holding deposits, such would tap into the Fed, borrowing funds so to make loans to their respective borrowers, all in the spirit of efficiency and targeting funds into the economy where needed. Panacea? Consider, also referenced in the paper, how the Fed would have the ability to drop money into accounts directly. Alternatively, it could remove money from accounts if the Fed and the govvies believe that there are inflationary pressures and there's a need to restrict the money supply. On the lending side, due to the \"mother, may I\" nature of banks borrowing from the Fed to lend to their borrowers, policy makers could weigh in. Industries in favor, like the green industry, would have access to credit, whereas industries out of favor, like fossil fuels, may need to borrow outside the banking system. Ms. Omarova's People's Ledger bank could embark on redlining. In effect, Ms. Omarova's postulate seems Orwellian—the centralization of the banking spigot under the auspices of efficiency and fairness. Ultimately, she withdrew her nomination as it became clear she would not be confirmed. But her paper resonates as she envisaged a centralization, consolidating an industry for policy purposes. There are certainly those who subscribe to central control; thus, might not a banking crisis (i.e., reducing bank numbers) allow the People's Ledger to manifest? So, do we find a crisis due to exogenous circumstances or thoughtful endogeny? A crisis of neglect or one carefully planned? Finally, it is noted that the release of FedNow , the Federal Reserve's payment platform, is scheduled for July 2023, which looks incredibly like the People's Ledger. 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Former Adidas executive James Gatto received nine months in prison while former Adidas consultant Merl Code and basketball \"middleman\" Christian Dawkins each received six-month terms. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the Southern District of New York handed down the sentences. The three men were found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in October, with Gatto guilty on three counts and the others on two counts each. All three had claimed they are simply part of a much larger network of corruption in college basketball, something that Kaplan reportedly agreed with during sentencing. But, according to reports, Kaplan said, \"These defendants all knew what they were doing was wrong,\" and later added he is sending \"a great big warning light to the basketball world.\" Gatto's convictions were related to activities involving Louisville and Kansas. Dawkins and Code were found guilty in the Louisville scheme, which involved the father of player Brian Bowen Jr. accepting $100,000 from Adidas to send his son to Louisville. The scandal led to the firing of Louisville coach Rick Pitino last October. Prosecutors claimed the defendants concealed payments that violated NCAA rules while helping steer players to specific schools. Allegations of wrongdoing against Kansas are connected to the recruitment of former prospect Billy Preston and current Jayhawks player Silvio De Sousa. A defense attorney for Gatto said during the trial that his client, acting on Kansas coach Bill Self's behalf, paid $20,000 to recruit De Sousa to Kansas. The payout for Preston was $90,000. Kansas is now reportedly seeking more than $1 million restitution from Gatto for financial harm suffered at the hands of \"Mr. Gatto's and his co-conspirators crimes\" related to paying recruits. Code and Dawkins have another trial scheduled for April involving claims they gave money to assistant coaches at Arizona, Oklahoma State and USC in exchange for potential future financial favors. Former assistant coaches from each school -- Arizona's Emanuel \"Book\" Richardson,\" Oklahoma State's Lamont Evans and Southern California's Tony Bland -- all pleaded guilty to bribery-related charges in January. Former Auburn assistant coach Chuck Person is slated for trial later this year after being accused of accepting $91,500 in bribes to steer players to sign with certain financial advisers and agents. Also during the trial, Adidas consultant Thomas Gassnola testified that he gave former North Carolina State assistant coach Orlando Early $40,000 to give to the family of coveted guard Dennis Smith Jr. Gassnola testified for the government after pleading guilty to wire fraud. 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Every swipe of the Genesis Block Visa debit card earns you more Bitcoin . Stack sats! Getting Bitcoin has never been easier for normies. In a time where travel points and miles have never been more worthless, we allow everyone to start getting Bitcoin with no effort or expertise. You can spend anywhere — Visa is supported in over 120 countries all over the world. We also have a unique approach to spending crypto — we don't think you should do it! In fact, our Visa debit card doesn't let you spend your crypto (like others in the industry) — where there is both a tax consequence on each swipe as well as disposing a potentially appreciative asset. This debit card is unlocked when you deposit cash, or, we even let you borrow USD (using your crypto as collateral) effectively transforming it into the first crypto-backed credit card ever launched. See Borrow below. Borrow ? Tap into the value of your crypto without selling it This is for the fellow crypto #hodlers. Whether it is buying groceries, paying for tuition, putting a down payment on a new home, or buying a car, there are many reasons people need to borrow money. With Genesis Block you can use your crypto as collateral, borrow money, and still maintain the possible upside/appreciation of your crypto. Because crypto is used as collateral, the loan process is instant and you can do it directly from your phone. No docusign, no emails back and forth, no credit checks. In a world where no traditional bank even recognizes the value of your crypto assets, we not only do but also make the process easy and fast. Bank ? ️ FDIC-insured banking All funds deposited into the Genesis Block Cash Accounts are covered by FDIC insurance (insurance available only for US citizens right now). We've partnered with a federally-chartered US Bank to enable this functionality. Users will have common banking functionality like a debit card, ATM access, direct deposit, bill pay, and more. We've also locked down a partnership with a European bank to offer full banking services, including a debit card in 33 European countries, coming later this year. Give ❤️ Tax-deductible charitable giving (fiat or crypto) to your favorite caused & non-profits. We believe financial institutions should be able to do well and do good at the same time. That's especially important in tough times like where we find ourselves now. We want giving to be core to our DNA. US residents will be able to support their favorite charitable causes while getting tax deductions on all their giving (but of course people all over the world can participate). We've partnered with a registered 501(c)(3) to make this possible. Published at Tue, 09 Jun 2020 15:15:49 +0000 The post digital banking powered by crypto appeared first on The Bitcoin Street Journal .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Bitcoin Street Journal", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bitcoin Street Journal", "length": 22, "offset": 2916}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "FDIC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "FDIC", "length": 4, "offset": 1741}, {"position_text": "FDIC", "length": 4, "offset": 1834}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Visa", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Visa", "length": 4, "offset": 134}, {"position_text": "Visa", "length": 4, "offset": 184}, {"position_text": "Visa", "length": 4, "offset": 457}, {"position_text": "Visa", "length": 4, "offset": 615}], "label": "positive"}]}, {"id": 597, "text": "Hundreds of millions of Facebook users' phone numbers exposed Gathered by RegTech Post Staff....\nTechCrunch reports that a security researcher stumbled across an exposed server on the internet containing databases with a total of more than 419 million records related to Facebook users. According to TechCrunch's reporting, each database record contains a user's unique Facebook account ID (from which it's possible to determine a user name) and phone numbers attached to the account. The treasure trove of data included 133 million records from US-based Facebook users, 18 million from the UK and 50 million records related to Vietnamese Facebook users. But worst of all, with no password protection in place on the server, literally anybody with an internet connection could access the sensitive data. No one is suggesting that hackers compromised Facebook in order to collect the data. Additionally, the exposed databases were not found on servers used by Facebook itself. But in all likelihood, the data was scraped from millions of Facebook users' profiles by a third-party, perhaps one which had created an app which connected with Facebook accounts. This data scraping was assisted no doubt by users who were not aware of what was occurring or did not understand the implications of what they were allowing. According to a Facebook spokesperson, the exposed data was collected before Facebook restricted access to users' phone numbers: This data set is old and appears to have information obtained before we made changes last year to remove people's ability to find others using their phone numbers. The data set has been taken down and we have seen no evidence that Facebook accounts were compromised. However, the fact that the data may have been initially collected some years ago misses the point. It's not uncommon for people to keep the same phone number for many years, and if an online company like Facebook did not do enough to safeguard that data in the past, then it still presents a potential problem in the present and in the years to come. Because if a criminal learns your phone number, they can get up to all kinds of mischief: They can spam you with unwanted messages, which might lead to phishing sites or even malware. They can call you up pretending to be a company of which you are a customer such as your mobile phone operator, for instance. If you're a particularly valuable target, a determined hacker might attempt to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities on your smartphone in an attempt to infect it with spyware or steal data. They can attempt to trick your mobile phone operator into granting them ownership of your number through what's commonly called a SIM Swap attack. Once the number has been hijacked, a criminal can reset passwords on their victims' online accounts associated with the mobile phone number. and plenty more besides… So being able to determine the mobile phone number of a particular individual can be a valuable piece of information for a fraudster or hacker. And a database of hundreds of millions of mobile numbers would definitely be of interest to some criminals. It's been one revelation about poor security and privacy concerns related to Facebook after another. The company can't seem to keep itself out of negative headlines. Some revelations like the Cambridge Analytica debacle have raised concerns in the media, regulators and governments alike while others. It's been the same case with other incidents, including the revelation earlier this year that over half a billion Facebook records had been left exposed on the internet (again without a password) due to the sloppy security of third-party developers seem to be quickly forgotten. Mark Zuckerberg claimed earlier this year that he was committed to making Facebook more privacy-focused, claiming that \" the future is private .\" That statement was treated with some skepticism by observers, including myself , considering the social network's sketchy history. The unanswered question remains: regardless of whether Facebook's claim that \"the future is private\" is believable or not, is it actually too late for Facebook to repair the damage already done? This article was originally and first published from : Source RegTech Post simply gathers news around the web around the topic related to regulatory technology to inform and guide decision makers and industry leaders who intend to use or build regulatory technology to transform businesses. All content belongs to their respective authors and no copyright violation is intended. Please email contact@regtechpost.com or use the contact form for any issues or complaints. The post Hundreds of millions of Facebook users' phone numbers exposed Gathered by RegTech Post Staff. 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Over that period, its stock has declined 5.7%. That's not a large selloff by any means, but it is significant because it occurred at a time when the TSX Composite Index rose 7.3%. Brookfield has underperformed on a 12-month basis. Here are two questions investors have to ask themselves: Why is this occurring? Will it keep on occurring? A stock going down in price doesn't necessarily mean anything, but sometimes stock price declines do signal problems. In Brookfield's case, the stock might be declining due to a rise in interest expenses and several high-profile defaults. In this article, I will attempt to determine whether Brookfield stock is still a buy despite its debt and interest-related issues. Why Brookfield's interest expense is going up The main reason why Brookfield's interest expense is going up is because it has taken on more debt. In its recent earnings release, the company said that about 30% of the rise in interest expenses was due to debt being re-financed at higher rates, but most of it was because of new borrowings. Why is Brookfield borrowing money? It's borrowing money because it is doing deals. Yesterday, American Equity (an insurance company) accepted a $4.3 billion takeover deal from Brookfield. Shortly before that, Brookfield acquired Compass Datacentres. This kind of deal-making takes money, and Brookfield had to borrow to come up with the dough. So, the short answer to the question of why Brookfield's interest expenses are going up is that the company is doing deals and increasing its diversification . The defaults Having looked at Brookfield's interest expenses, it's time to look at another debt-related issue at the company: the real estate loan defaults. In April, the company defaulted on $163 million worth of real estate loans. Today, it's negotiating a $130 million Brooklyn tower loan with lenders. These kinds of incidents raise red flags with investors because they imply that the company's cost of capital will be higher in the future than in the past. They don't necessarily mean that a company won't be accessing funds, but they do tend to increase the interest rate demanded by borrowers. Is this a problem? Now that we have looked at Brookfield's defaults, we need to ask, \"Is this a really serious problem?\" Brookfield's lenders are probably going to demand higher interest on loans in the future as a result of the company's defaults. That will raise the cost of capital and reduce profitability. However, this isn't having an adverse effect on Brookfield's ability to do deals. Brookfield has acquired several companies this year and has plans to acquire more. So, growth is still possible. However, interest expenses will continue to rise: first, from Brookfield assuming more debt, and second, from that debt likely bearing higher interest rates. That's a consequence of both the defaults and interest rate hikes by central banks around the world. It is what it is, but Brookfield has a 9% free cash flow margin (using trailing 12-month data), so it's already solidly profitable with the increase in interest expense that has occurred. It should continue to be profitable going forward. The post Is Brookfield Stock a Buy as its Expenses Are Rising? appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada . Should You Invest $1,000 In Brookfield Asset Management? When our analyst team has a stock tip, it can pay to listen. 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Getty Images Russian government ministries are beginning to ban officials from using Apple iPhones. Russia's trade ministry will impose a ban starting Monday, the Financial Times reported. The move comes after Russia accused Apple of collaborating with US intelligence agencies. Russian officials are being told to quit using iPhones after the country's intelligence service, without proof, accused Apple of helping the US government conduct espionage operations. Beginning July 17, employees at Russia's trade ministry will no longer be allowed to use iPhones on the job, the Financial Times reported . At least one other ministry plans to follow suit, the outlet reported, as does the state oil company, Rostec. In March, the Kremlin told officials to stop using Apple products, citing fears they were vulnerable to US hacking. Then, in June, the Russian government accused Apple of working with US intelligence agencies — a claim the company flatly denies — after a cybersecurity firm said iPhones running older versions of iOS had been infected with malware, The Washington Post reported , making them vulnerable to eavesdropping. However, Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, has provided no evidence to support the claim and independent security experts have found no signs Apple has built in a \"backdoor\" exception to the device's encryption. That's not to say there were no real security flaws. Following the Russian claims, Apple announced patches to its iOS software, crediting researchers at the Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab with identifying vulnerabilities. The bans on official use will not impact regular consumers. Apple pulled out of the Russian market following last year's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But the company's products continue to be imported from other countries. Russia's largest cellphone provider, MTS, lists the iPhone 14 as available for just over $1,200; a similar model, in the US, retails for $999. Have a news tip? 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Austria's OMV is seeking to diversify its sources of energy while awaiting legal clarity on how to handle its delivery deals with long-time Russian gas supplier partner Gazprom , its chief executive said. The European Union on Tuesday launched new sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine, including bans on Russian energy sector investments, but EU members can still buy oil and gas from big Russian producers. \"The (Russian) delivery contracts run until 2040 and we will see how the legal environment and the sanctions environment develop over the next few years. Otherwise, of course, this is an existing contract,\" CEO Alfred Stern told ORF radio in an interview aired on Saturday. Pressed on whether an early exit from the Gazprom contract was an option, he said: \"You can review that legally, and that's why it will be important to see what the legal environment really looks like in this context. At the moment we are really mainly concerned with ensuring security of supply. What other consequences that will have will become clear over the next few months.\" Asked whether OMV was conducting such a legal review, he said: \"At the moment we are mainly concerned with ensuring security of supply here. We are in discussions with the government about how that can happen, how we can diversify our sources of supply, how we can increase the amount of storage to make sure that we have long-term supply.\" Austria gets 80% of its gas from Russia. Replacing this supply would not be simple and would require massive investment in infrastructure, Stern said. \"Our possibilities in Austria are really limited in the short term,\" he said. 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San Francisco: Twenty extra ladies have come ahead alleging they had been raped or sexually assaulted whereas utilizing Lyft, including to a rising listing of authorized complaints towards the ride-hailing firm from passengers who say they had been focused by drivers on the app. The lawsuit, filed by attorneys in San Francisco Superior Court docket on Wednesday, follows a September criticism they filed on behalf of 14 ladies who alleged they had been sexually assaulted or raped after Lyft let \"known sexual predators\" transport passengers in places across the nation, and the corporate's security oversights led to stories of sexual assault. \"Lyft's response to this sexual predator crisis among Lyft drivers has been appallingly inadequate,\" based on the swimsuit, which alleges that Lyft has been conscious of the problems for 4 years and has didn't take motion. Lyft spokeswoman Alexandra LaManna mentioned in a press release that nobody ought to should endure what the ladies within the lawsuit describe and that ladies nonetheless face disproportionate security dangers. \"We recognize these risks, which is why we are relentless in our work to build safety into every aspect of our work,\" she mentioned. \"That means continually investing in new features and policies to protect our riders and drivers.\" Lyft has introduced quite a few security modifications amid the scrutiny as passengers got here ahead with their allegations. They included in-app 911 integration, or a \"panic button\" that basically permits passengers to report an incident on to authorities. Lyft has additionally instituted driver sexual harassment prevention programs, along with prominently displaying the license plate numbers of drivers, together with customers' location and car info to make that info simple to provide to authorities. The Washington Publish beforehand reported that just about a dozen ladies felt Lyft's responses to sexual harassment and misconduct on the platform fell quick and failed to deal with the issue within the eyes of the victims. The Publish later reported on a brand new standardized decision-making construction Lyft was instituting to find out how to answer allegations of great misconduct on the platform, lessening the reliance on the human judgment of employed Belief & Security specialists. As a part of the modifications, Lyft would evaluate some earlier driver deactivations to find out whether or not to deliver beforehand booted drivers again on board, The Publish reported. LaManna mentioned on the time that the brand new construction was aimed toward eradicating bias from necessary security selections and that there had been no fewer deactivations of drivers on common. The criticism in San Francisco Superior Court docket took intention at that new system. \"Lyft's newly announced standardized protocol for determining whether to ban drivers from the platform may pose a continued threat to passengers. The standardized protocol will introduce a black and white decision structure reducing the ability to implement a human judgment call based on a pattern of similar complaints of the same driver,\" the criticism says. \"This new standardized protocol for dealing with complaints of sexual assault could, and likely will result in dangerous sexual predators remaining on Lyft's platform until a more serious incident, like a rape occurs.\" Within the newest swimsuit, filed by attorneys from the identical San Diego-based agency, Estey & Bomberger, 20 ladies together with six named plaintiffs say they had been raped or sexually assaulted by Lyft drivers. The passengers included a girl who alleged she fell asleep within the again seat of a automobile solely to get up together with her Lyft driver on high of her \"with his tongue in her mouth.\" One other lady alleges she was pressured to drink tequila offered by the driving force, who then sexually assaulted her. The ladies alleged within the swimsuit they turned to more and more frantic measures to purchase time or make their harassers cease. One alleges she mentioned she had HIV to scare the driving force, one other alleges she needed to cease to retrieve bronchial asthma treatment to find time for police to indicate up. A 3rd urinated within the again seat to make the driving force cease sexually assaulting her, the swimsuit alleges. Additional, the swimsuit alleges, Lyft has stonewalled regulation enforcement in efforts to research the incidents, hid from the general public the character and full extent of the issue, and fostered a tradition that has silenced victims of rape and sexual assault on the platform. \"Lyft riders who report sexual harassment or sexual assault to Lyft's Trust & Safety Team are often left feeling no better off than had they not reported at all,\" the lawsuit says. The corporate \"more often than not, does not tell the victim what steps Lyft conducts in an investigation, does not tell the victim if there have been other allegations against the same driver, and does not tell the victim whether the driver has been removed from the platform.\" Attorneys argue that Lyft, not the victims, needs to be liable for the medical prices and the toll the incidents have taken on them. They mentioned Lyft does not give passengers ample warning concerning the dangers of utilizing the app, or topic drivers to any \"real screening,\" and it has prioritized earnings over the security of the platform. Lyft mentioned drivers are screened for prison and driving offenses earlier than giving rides on the platform. The corporate additionally has steady monitoring of prison offenses so background checks stay updated and is instituting rolling driving document evaluations. 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Get In Touch By Leticia Fucushima SAO PAULO, June 9 (Reuters) - Eletrobras ELET6.SA, Latin America's largest power generation and transmission company, may become a major force in energy transition after a share offering expected to privatize it on Thursday. The Brazilian company, formally known as Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras, is likely to expand wind and solar generation, adding to its strong base of hydroelectric dams, said consultant Luiz Augusto Barroso. It foreshadows such investments in the prospectus for the offering. Eletrobras is also expected to cut costs after privatization. Although the sale will be worth less than recent asset disposals by Petrobras and operating licenses for large airports, Brazil has not privatized a large utility since the sale of former telecom monopoly Telebras in 1998. The sale of Eletrobras shares may raise around 35 billion reais ($7.1 billion), whereas the different companies that Telebras was broken into were sold for $20 billion, said Rafael Souza, researcher at Fundacao Getulio Vargas. Analysts see benefits in cost reductions and easier access to capital to invest in new technology and renewable sources. The offering will be priced on Thursday, with bidders including Canada's CPPIB and Singaporean state investor GIC. Demand on Thursday had already reached 50 billion reais, two sources said. Initially, the government will dilute its stake from 72% to 45%. 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This partnership goals to leverage Chainlink Features, acknowledged as a top-tier Web3 connectivity resolution. By integrating Telco capabilities into the blockchain trade, Telefónica and Chainlink are addressing the rising want for safe and dependable knowledge transmission inside decentralized networks. Chainlink Features function a important part on this collaboration, facilitating the seamless connection between blockchain-based sensible contracts and real-world knowledge sources. These oracles play a pivotal position in guaranteeing the accuracy and integrity of knowledge utilized in automated decision-making processes throughout the Web3 ecosystem. In essence, Telefónica's partnership with Chainlink signifies a major development within the integration of telecommunications infrastructure with blockchain know-how. This integration not solely enhances the performance of decentralized functions but in addition reinforces the safety measures important for the widespread adoption of Web3 options. GSMA Open Gateway Initiative and Latest Safety Breach The GSMA Open Gateway initiative introduces standardized Telco APIs aimed toward bridging the hole between telecommunications and the Web3 ecosystem. These APIs, developed beneath the steering of the GSMA, present a framework for integrating pioneering Telco capabilities into decentralized networks. One of many major targets of the initiative is to handle varied challenges throughout the Web3 area, akin to fraud prevention and safe account creation, by leveraging the sturdy infrastructure of telecommunications networks. Just lately, the U.S. Securities and Trade Fee (SEC) fell sufferer to a safety breach attributed to a SIM swap assault. This breach occurred when unauthorized entities gained management of the SEC's official account on a social media platform, resulting in the dissemination of false info relating to the approval of bitcoin exchange-traded funds. This incident underscores the urgent want for heightened safety measures throughout the Web3 ecosystem to mitigate the dangers posed by such assaults. Given the rising prevalence of SIM swap assaults and related safety threats, bolstering safety measures has change into crucial in safeguarding the integrity of decentralized networks. The GSMA Open Gateway initiative performs a vital position on this regard, providing a sturdy framework for enhancing safety protocols and fortifying defenses towards malicious actions within the Web3 ecosystem. Additionally Learn: Chainlink (LINK) And Solana (SOL) Gearing Up For Main Worth Rally Forward Enhancing Safety with GSMA Open Gateway SIM SWAP API and Chainlink The mixing between the GSMA Open Gateway SIM SWAP API and Chainlink Features marks a major milestone in bolstering safety measures throughout the Web3 ecosystem. This collaboration permits for the seamless connection between telecommunications infrastructure and blockchain know-how, enhancing the general safety and reliability of decentralized networks. Past transaction safety, this integration provides broader safety advantages for Web3 functions and decentralized finance (DeFi) providers. By leveraging the GSMA Open Gateway API by way of Chainlink, builders can improve two-factor authentication (2FA) mechanisms and implement extra sturdy fraud detection protocols. 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The allocations as they will be reported on Form 1099-DIV are as follows: Represents qualified REIT dividends that may be eligible for the 20% qualified business income deduction under Section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that is available for non-corporate taxpayers and is included in \"Ordinary Dividends\". About Kite Realty Group Trust Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE: KRG) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) headquartered in Indianapolis, IN that is one of the largest publicly traded owners and operators of open-air shopping centers and mixed-use assets. The Company's primarily grocery-anchored portfolio is located in high-growth Sun Belt and select strategic gateway markets. The combination of necessity-based grocery-anchored neighborhood and community centers, along with vibrant mixed-use assets makes the KRG portfolio an ideal mix for both retailers and consumers. Publicly listed since 2004, KRG has nearly 60 years of experience in developing, constructing and operating real estate. Using operational, investment, development, and redevelopment expertise, KRG continuously optimizes its portfolio to maximize value and return to shareholders. As of September 30, 2023, the Company owned interests in 180 U.S. open-air shopping centers and mixed-use assets, comprising approximately 28.3 million square feet of gross leasable space. For more information, please visit kiterealty.com. Connect with KRG: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Safe Harbor This release, together with other statements and information publicly disseminated by us, contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the \"Securities Act\") and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements are based on assumptions and expectations that may not be realized and are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual results, performance, transactions or achievements, financial or otherwise, may differ materially from the results, performance, transactions or achievements, financial or otherwise, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and other factors that might cause such differences, some of which could be material, include but are not limited to: national and local economic, business, banking, real estate and other market conditions, particularly in connection with low or negative growth in the U.S. economy as well as economic uncertainty (including a potential economic slowdown or recession, rising interest rates, inflation, unemployment, or limited growth in consumer income or spending); financing risks, including the availability of, and costs associated with, sources of liquidity; the Company's ability to refinance, or extend the maturity dates of, the Company's indebtedness; the level and volatility of interest rates; the financial stability of tenants; the competitive environment in which the Company operates, including potential oversupplies of and reduction in demand for rental space; acquisition, disposition, development and joint venture risks; property ownership and management risks, including the relative illiquidity of real estate investments, and expenses, vacancies or the inability to rent space on favorable terms or at all; the Company's ability to maintain the Company's status as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes; potential environmental and other liabilities; impairment in the value of real estate property the Company owns; the attractiveness of our properties to tenants, the actual and perceived impact of e-commerce on the value of shopping center assets and changing demographics and customer traffic patterns; business continuity disruptions and a deterioration in our tenant's ability to operate in affected areas or delays in the supply of products or services to us or our tenants from vendors that are needed to operate efficiently, causing costs to rise sharply and inventory to fall; risks related to our current geographical concentration of the Company's properties in Texas, Florida, Maryland, New York, and North Carolina; civil unrest, acts of violence, terrorism or war, acts of God, climate change, epidemics, pandemics (including COVID-19), natural disasters and severe weather conditions, including such events that may result in underinsured or uninsured losses or other increased costs and expenses; changes in laws and government regulations including governmental orders affecting the use of the Company's properties or the ability of its tenants to operate, and the costs of complying with such changed laws and government regulations; possible short-term or long-term changes in consumer behavior due to COVID-19 and the fear of future pandemics; our ability to satisfy environmental, social or governance standards set by various constituencies; insurance costs and coverage; risks associated with cybersecurity attacks and the loss of confidential information and other business disruptions; other factors affecting the real estate industry generally; and other risks identified in reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (\"the SEC\") or in other documents that it publicly disseminates, including, in particular, the section titled \"Risk Factors\" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, and in the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. 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Carrefour Sprint will offer a 15-minute grocery delivery service to Parisians exclusively via the Uber Eats mobile app from nine \"dark stores\" – shops closed to customers where workers prepare orders for delivery – operated by Carrefour's partner Cajoo. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team . 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Working out of Schneider Electric's US headquarters in Boston, Gierges will lead Schneider Electric's drive to bring the Electricity 4.0 revolution to homes through enhanced electrification and digitalization. With homes producing 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, Schneider's Home & Distribution teams across the globe are focusing on delivering innovative Home Energy Management Solutions to try to bring about a zero-carbon future and help consumers reach their energy and sustainability goals. Having joined the company as Senior Vice President of Power Products over North and Central America just over a year ago, Gierges is Schneider Electric's youngest executive to lead a global business division. He will report to Executive Vice President of Energy Management Olivier Blum. Under Gierges' leadership, the Home & Distribution division will leverage Schneider Electric's innovation to empower homeowners and tenants to make their homes efficient, resilient and sustainable. In close partnership with distributors, retailers, electricians, home builders and interior designers, Gierges will lead the Home and Distribution division in bringing Schneider Electric's solutions to end customers. Gierges brings more than 20 years of professional experience to this new position. In his previous role, he was Senior Vice President of Power Products for the North American Hub where he oversaw the business unit portfolio's double-digit growth in sales and launched five innovative products to the electrical industry. Additionally, Gierges was instrumental in spearheading DE&I initiatives for the Schneider Electric Power Products division. About Schneider Electric Schneider's purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On. Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries. We are the most local of global companies. We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values. 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Emtelle licensed Hexatronic under its patents on air blown fiber bundles. Hexatronic can continue to make and sell its air blown fiber products in all markets worldwide. Events since the end of the period Based on the very uncertain situation in the world, the Board decided to withdraw the previously announced dividend proposal. During the first quarter, Hexatronic had a minor negative impact as a result of Covid-19 and expects continued slightly lower activity in the second quarter. COMMENTS FROM THE CEO Continued strong international growth Growth on our strategic growth markets remained strong during the first quarter. In North America we grew organically by 17 percent, which means that three years after establishing an operation there, sales are almost on a par with sales in Sweden. Growth on our other strategic growth markets, the UK and Germany, amounted to 16 percent. Following a weak start, sales on the Swedish market recovered well in the latter part of the quarter. Our prediction remains that Sweden will be on a par with last year, providing the impact of Covid-19 does not increase from its present status. Altogether, organic sales growth during the quarter totalled 4 percent, and growth in EBITA 5 percent. We judge that sales have dropped by approximately 5 percent as a result of Covid-19, primarily related to delivery problems from subcontractors in China. The order book has developed strongly, and we entered the second quarter with an order book that is 35 percent higher organically than at the same point last year. In submarine cables, we have recently won several contracts worth MSEK 40 in total. Pleasingly, several of these projects are for new customers. On the German market, where we are still a small player, we have won several minor FTTH contracts, and have signed a five-year, MSEK 40 general agreement with a large regional operator. In the latter part of the quarter, a slight negative effect from Covid-19 was apparent on several markets. Although our operation is categorised as critical on several markets, uncertainty remains high and there is a risk of greater adverse impact. Customers are reacting in different ways, from postponing new projects to continuing as before. With the information we have at present, we are planning for slightly lower activity during the second quarter. Another effect of Covid-19 is that our new duct factory in Texas has been delayed by just over a month and is now expected to be up and running in early May. Under the uncertain circumstances, we have prioritised a strong balance sheet. This means for instance that the Board has withdrawn its dividend proposal for the year, and we have also decided to postpone certain investments to a later date. Our financial position is strong and has grown stronger during the quarter. We have higher margins both in terms of available funds and the covenants we have in place with our bank. Looking beyond Covid-19 our anticipated outlook remains very positive, with strong developments on our strategic growth markets. There is a huge need to expand the fiber optic communication systems. The importance of fast, reliable internet connections is coming to the fore in these times of working from home, video meetings and online schooling. In the longer term, we believe that experiences from Covid-19 will have a positive impact on investment in communication networks. Thank you for joining us on this journey. Henrik Larsson Lyon President and CEO Hexatronic Group AB (publ) Publication This information comprises disclosures that Hexatronic Group AB (publ) must publish according to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Swedish Securities Market Act. The information was submitted for publication, under responsibility of the contact persons named below, on 29 April 2020 at 08: 00 CET. 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The collaborators presented posters on positive preclinical data from studies of Genprex's lead drug candidate, Reqorsa® Gene Therapy (quaratusugene ozeplasmid), for the treatment of Ras inhibitor resistant lung cancer, mesothelioma and glioblastoma. \"We are pleased by this promising preclinical data, presented before a prestigious audience of oncology researchers, of REQORSA's potential in serious and difficult to treat cancers including KRAS G12C mutant lung cancer, mesothelioma, and glioblastoma,\" said Ryan Confer , President and Chief Executive Officer at Genprex. \"The role of TUSC2 in lung cancer has been well established, and TUSC2 restoration is being evaluated clinically. However, we are highly encouraged by our preclinical programs expanding the potential use of REQORSA to treat a variety of cancer indications, where patient populations have unmet medical needs.\" Genprex has filed two provisional patent applications based on data from two of the presentations. One application involves using REQORSA to treat mesothelioma and the other uses REQORSA to treat glioblastoma. Genprex is a co-owner of the applications along with the respective institutions. TUSC2 is the tumor suppressor gene used in REQORSA. Last month, Genprex announced the formation of its Mesothelioma Clinical Advisory Board to support the Company's preclinical mesothelioma oncology program. The Board is comprised of four world-renown researchers from major research institutions specializing in the treatment of mesothelioma. Featured Genprex-supported posters presented at the To review the posters in detail, please visit Genprex's website , where they are available to download. About Reqorsa® Gene Therapy REQORSA (quaratusugene ozeplasmid) consists of a plasmid containing the TUSC2 gene encapsulated in non-viral lipid-based nanoparticles in a lipoplex form (the Company's Oncoprex® Delivery System), which has a positive charge. REQORSA is injected intravenously and specifically targets cancer cells. REQORSA is designed to deliver the functioning TUSC2 gene to negatively charged cancer cells while minimizing uptake by normal tissue. Laboratory studies conducted at MD Anderson show that the uptake of TUSC2 in tumor cells in vitro after REQORSA treatment was 10 to 33 times the uptake in normal cells. About Genprex, Inc. Genprex, Inc. is a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies for patients with cancer and diabetes. Genprex's technologies are designed to administer disease-fighting genes to provide new therapies for large patient populations with cancer and diabetes who currently have limited treatment options. Genprex works with world-class institutions and collaborators to develop drug candidates to further its pipeline of gene therapies in order to provide novel treatment approaches. Genprex's oncology program utilizes its systemic, non-viral Oncoprex® Delivery System which encapsulates the gene-expressing plasmids using lipid-based nanoparticles in a lipoplex form. The resultant product is administered intravenously, where it is taken up by tumor cells that then express tumor suppressor proteins that were deficient in the tumor. The Company's lead product candidate, Reqorsa® Gene Therapy (quaratusugene ozeplasmid), is being evaluated in two clinical trials as a treatment for NSCLC and SCLC. Each of Genprex's lung cancer clinical programs has received a Fast Track Designation from the FDA for the treatment of that patient population, and Genprex's SCLC program has received an FDA Orphan Drug Designation. Genprex's diabetes gene therapy approach is comprised of a novel infusion process that uses an AAV vector to deliver Pdx1 and MafA genes directly to the pancreas. 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Announces Intention to Spinoff Late-Stage Oncology Asset, I/ONTAK,...\nIPO with distribution of shares to Citius shareholders planned for 2H 2022 Citius would retain Mino-Lok and other pipeline assets and continue to trade on Nasdaq (ticker: CTXR) CRANFORD, N.J., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (\"Citius\" or the \"Company\") (Nasdaq: CTXR), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing first-in-class critical care products, today announced that it intends to split the Company's assets into two separate publicly-traded entities. Citius plans to form a new company (NewCo) focused on developing and commercializing I/ONTAK, for which a Phase 3 trial was completed in December 2021 and a biologics license application (BLA) is being planned for submission in the second half of 2022. The Company's other pipeline assets, including Mino-Lok®, would remain at Citius. Citius would continue to trade on the Nasdaq exchange under its current ticker CTXR. The strategic action is intended to optimize organizational resources and investment capital to support the successful execution of each development program. \"As Citius prepares for the commercialization of its two late-stage product candidates, I/ONTAK and Mino-Lok, we believe that the market has not adequately valued the potential of our recent I/ONTAK licensing agreement. It is our view that a spinoff and IPO would create two focused standalone public companies that are better positioned to pursue their strategic priorities, invest in growth opportunities and attract new investors. Upon completion of the transactions, NewCo would be a pure-play oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company. Citius would retain i0074s Mino-Lok antibiotic lock solution at the core of its diversified pipeline. The planned transactions underscore our commitment to provide patients with superior therapeutics and reinforce our alignment with the needs of shareholders to deliver long term growth. Our intention is that the spinoff will be non-dilutive and tax-fee to Citius shareholders,\" stated Leonard Mazur, Chairman and CEO of Citius. Citius intends the spinoff to be accomplished through an initial public offering (IPO) and pro rata distribution of stock in the NewCo to Citius shareholders. The spinoff and distribution of stock is expected to occur in a manner intended to qualify as a tax-free transaction for U.S. shareholders. The transactions are expected to be completed in the second half of calendar year 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, including final approval from the Citius Board of Directors, regulatory approvals and SEC filings. There can be no assurance regarding the ultimate timing of the proposed transaction or that the transaction will be completed at all. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation, or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of that jurisdiction. About I/ONTAK I/ONTAK is a recombinant fusion protein that combines the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor binding domain with diphtheria toxin fragments. The agent specifically binds to IL-2 receptors on the cell surface, causing diphtheria toxin fragments that have entered cells to inhibit protein synthesis. I/ONTAK, a purified version of denileukin diftitox, is a reformulation of previously FDA-approved oncology treatment ONTAK. ONTAK was marketed in the U.S. from 1999 to 2014, when it was voluntarily withdrawn from the market. Manufacturing improvements resulted in a new formulation, which maintains the same amino acid sequence but features improved purity and bioactivity. The new formulation received regulatory approval in Japan for the treatment of CTCL and PTCL. In 2011 and 2013, the FDA granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to I/ONTAK for the treatment of PTCL and CTCL, respectively, making it potentially eligible for seven years of market exclusivity post-approval for each indication. About Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Citius is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of first-in-class critical care products, with a focus on oncology, anti-infectives in adjunct cancer care, unique prescription products, and stem cell therapies. The Company has two late-stage product candidates, Mino-Lok®, an antibiotic lock solution for the treatment of patients with catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs), which is currently enrolling patients in a Phase 3 Pivotal superiority trial, and I/ONTAK (E7777), a novel IL-2R immunotherapy for an initial indication in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), which has completed enrollment in its Pivotal Phase 3 trial. Mino-Lok® was granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). I/ONTAK has received orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of CTCL and peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). Through its subsidiary, NoveCite, Inc., Citius is developing a novel proprietary mesenchymal stem cell treatment derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for acute respiratory conditions, with a near-term focus on acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) associated with COVID-19. For more information, please visit www.citiuspharma.com . Safe Harbor This press release may contain \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements are made based on our expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting Citius. You can identify these statements by the fact that they use words such as \"believe,\" \"anticipate,\" \"estimate,\" \"expect,\" \"plan,\" \"should,\" and \"may\" and other words and terms of similar meaning or use of future dates. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition and stock price. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated are: our decision whether to proceed with the spinoff and IPO, if at all, our ability to successfully complete the planned spinoff and IPO if undertaken, including market acceptance of the planned IPO, and the benefits achieved by the planned spinoff and IPO; our ability to successfully undertake and complete clinical trials and the results from those trials for our product candidates; the estimated markets for our product candidates and the acceptance thereof by any market; our ability to commercialize our products if approved by the FDA; our dependence on third-party suppliers; the ability of our product candidates to impact the quality of life of our target patient populations; risks relating to the results of research and development activities, including those from existing and new pipeline assets; uncertainties relating to preclinical and clinical testing; our need for substantial additional funds; the early stage of products under development; market and other conditions; our ability to attract, integrate, and retain key personnel; risks related to our growth strategy; patent and intellectual property matters; our ability to obtain, perform under and maintain financing and strategic agreements and relationships; our ability to identify, acquire, close and integrate product candidates and companies successfully and on a timely basis; our ability to procure cGMP commercial-scale supply; government regulation; competition; as well as other risks described in our SEC filings. These risks have been and may be further impacted by Covid-19. Accordingly, these forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Risks regarding our business are described in detail in our Securities and Exchange Commission (\"SEC\") filings which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov , including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on December 15, 2021 and updated by our subsequent filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in our expectations or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by law. 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The governor of Luhansk province, one of two areas that make up the eastern industrial heartland known as the Donbas, said the school in the village of Bilohorivka caught fire after Saturday's bombing. Emergency crews found two bodies and rescued 30 people, he said. \"Most likely, all 60 people who remain under the rubble are now dead,\" governor Serhiy Haidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Russian shelling also killed two boys, aged 11 and 14, in the nearby town of Pryvillia, he said. Since failing to capture Ukraine's capital Kyiv, Russia has focused its offensive in the Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists have been fighting since 2014 and occupy some territory. The largest European conflict since the Second World War has developed into a punishing war of attrition due to the Ukrainian military's unexpectedly effective defence. To demonstrate success, Moscow was aiming to complete its conquest of the besieged port city of Mariupol in time for Victory Day celebrations on Monday. All the remaining women, children and older civilians who had been sheltering with Ukrainian fighters in a sprawling steel mill that is the city's last defence holdout were evacuated on Saturday. The troops still inside have refused to surrender and requested international help to get them out too. Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling (Alexei Alexandrov/AP) Capturing Mariupol would give Moscow a land bridge to the Crimean Peninsula, annexed from Ukraine during a 2014 invasion. Satellite photos shot on Friday by Planet Labs PBC showed vast devastation at the Azovstal steel mill. Buildings had gaping holes in the roofs, including one under which hundreds of fighters were likely to be hiding. After rescuers evacuated the last civilians on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address that the focus would turn to extracting the wounded and medics, adding: \"Of course, if everyone fulfils the agreements. Of course, if there are no lies.\" Elsewhere on the coast, air raid sirens sounded several times early on Sunday in the major Black Sea port of Odesa, which Russia struck with six cruise missiles on Saturday. The Odesa city council said four of the missiles hit a furniture company, with the shock waves and debris badly damaging high-rise apartment buildings. A territorial defence man poses for a photo next to cars destroyed during the Russian occupation in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv (Emilio Morenatti/AP) The other two missiles hit the Odesa airport, where a previous Russian attack destroyed the runway. In a sign of the dogged resistance that has sustained the fighting into its 11th week, Ukraine's military struck Russian positions on a Black Sea island that was captured in the war's first days and has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance. Western military analysts also said a Ukrainian counteroffensive was advancing around the country's second-largest city, Kharkiv. Ukraine's military said retreating Russian forces destroyed three bridges on a road north-east of the city to try to slow the Ukrainian advance. Ukrainian leaders warned that attacks would only worsen in the lead-up to Victory Day, when Russia celebrates Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 with military parades. Russian servicemen march during a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin is believed to want to proclaim some kind of triumph in Ukraine when he addresses the troops in Red Square on Monday. In neighbouring Moldova, Russian and separatist troops were on \"full alert\", the Ukrainian military warned. The region has increasingly become a focus of worries that the conflict could expand beyond Ukraine's borders. Pro-Russian forces broke off the Transnistria section of Moldova in 1992, and Russian troops have been stationed there since, ostensibly as peacekeepers. Those forces are on \"full combat readiness\", Ukraine said, without giving details on how it came to the assessment. Moscow has sought to sweep across southern Ukraine both to cut off the country from the sea and create a corridor to Transnistria. But it has struggled to achieve those objectives. Satellite photos analysed by the Associated Press (AP) showed Ukraine targeting Russian-held Snake Island in a bid to impede Russia's efforts to control the Black Sea. This satellite image shows thick black smoke rising after a suspected Ukrainian drone strike on Russian positions on Snake Island (Planet Labs PBC via AP) A satellite image taken on Sunday morning by Planet Labs PBC showed smoke rising from two sites on the island. On the island's southern edge, a fire smoked next to debris. That corresponded to a video released by the Ukrainian military showing its strike on a Russian helicopter that had flown to the island. A Planet Labs image from Saturday showed most of the island's buildings, as well as what appeared to be a Serna-class landing craft against the island's northern beach, had been destroyed by Ukrainian drone attacks. The most intense combat in recent days has taken place in eastern Ukraine. Western military analysts said a counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces was progressing around Kharkiv. The Ukrainian military said it retook control of five villages and part of a sixth near the north-eastern city. However, the Ukrainian army withdrew from Luhansk province's embattled city of Popasna, Mr Haidai said on Sunday. People stand next to a crater in a destroyed residential area after a Russian air strike in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) In a video interview posted on his Telegram channel, Mr Haidai said that Kyiv's troops had \"moved to stronger positions, which they had prepared ahead of time\". \"All free settlements in the Luhansk region are hot spots,\" Mr Haidai added. \"Right now, there are shooting battles in (the villages) of Bilohorivka, Voivodivka and towards Popasna.\" Mr Zelensky said in his nightly address that work would also continue on Sunday on securing humanitarian corridors for residents of Mariupol and surrounding towns to leave. It remains unclear what will happen to the estimated 2,000 fighters at the Azovstal plant, both those still in combat and the hundreds believed to be wounded. The Ukrainian government has been reaching out to international organisations to try to secure safe passage for them. Mr Zelensky said officials were trying to find a way to evacuate them. He acknowledged the difficulty, but said: \"We are not losing hope, we are not stopping. 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Asked whether he would consider selling a German factory to a Chinese investor, Blume, speaking at a conference in Berlin organised by German publication Welt, said: \"It is always positive when companies invest in Europe … we have close partnerships in China and of course, there have been conversations, but no concrete decisions.\" Volkswagen has three joint venture partners in China – SAIC, FAW and JAC – and owns a stake in Chinese EV startup Xpeng, none of whom currently have production capacity in Europe. 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No 10 also said on Friday that Rishi Sunak does not back another Tory MP's attempt to bring legislation that could strip Harry and Meghan of their royal titles. The couple have received criticism over the six-part series for apparently attacking British institutions as they discussed their experiences including racism. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Dominic Lipinski/PA) Employment minister Guy Opperman described them as \"clearly a very troubled couple\" but said they had faced \"unacceptable\" press intrusion. \"I would urge everyone to boycott Netflix and make sure that we actually focus on the things that matter,\" he told BBC Question Time. But a Downing Street spokesman told journalists \"it's a matter for the public what channels they want to watch\". The Prime Minister has in the past spoken of being an \"enormous fan\" of Netflix's Bridgerton, and said he enjoyed Emily In Paris, which was released on the subscription service. Asked if Mr Sunak still has a Netflix account, the official replied: \"I honestly don't know.\" Conservative backbencher Bob Seely has said he plans to bring forward proposed legislation that could eventually strip the couple of their royal titles The Isle of Wight MP suggested he could bring forward a short private members' bill in the new year that could give the Privy Council the power to downgrade their status. He told the PA news agency there is \"a political issue\" with the couple, adding: \"As well as trashing his family and monetising his misery for public consumption, he is also attacking some important institutions in this country.\" But the No 10 spokesman said \"we do not support\" the proposal. Harry and Meghan signed lucrative deals, thought to be worth more than £100 million, with Netflix and Spotify after quitting as senior working royals. The first three episodes of a six-part Netflix series are available to stream, with the rest coming on Thursday. So far, Harry has accused the royals of having a \"huge level of unconscious bias\" and Meghan alleged that the media wanted to \"destroy\" her. The third episode of the documentary referred to an event in 2017 when Princess Michael of Kent wore a blackamoor-style brooch that is deemed to be racist. Harry said: \"In this family, sometimes you are part of the problem rather than part of the solution. There is a huge level of unconscious bias.\" After the documentary aired, a row broke out over whether the royal family and the palaces were given the right to reply to the couple's controversial show. A senior palace source said Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and members of the family were not approached for comment on content in the series. However, a Netflix source said the communications offices for the King and the Prince of Wales were contacted in advance and given the chance to react to Harry and Meghan's claims. 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Now, fresh reports suggest that this growth is set to continue in the coming year. In its new report ' United Arab Emirates Banking Sector 2025 Outlook: Balancing Growth And Risks Amid Economic Expansion ', S&P Global Ratings predicts that the signs are good for the UAE in the coming 12 months. Strong domestic economic conditions appear to have led to improved asset quality metrics and lower credit losses, according to analysis of the last year. S&P Global revealed that it anticipates this trend to continue in the coming year, despite regional geopolitical tensions and oil price volatility. \"Although the UAE could be affected by regional geopolitical tensions and oil price volatility, we believe risks will remain in check,\" explained Puneet Tuli , ratings analyst at S&P Global. \"We expect UAE banks to maintain stable and strong capital buffers, robust funding profiles, and continued government support, which will underpin their resilience.\" Following strong performance in the past two years, S&P also expects the sector's robust earnings to dip slightly in 2025 and the lending book to continue expanding as monetary policy eases. It says that business-friendly regulations, a low corporate tax regime, a simplified visa regime, and the success of long-term residency visas should continue to fuel new businesses, as well as increase the population in the country. Outlining industry trends Over the past few years, S&P has seen an emergence of neobanks and fintechs, as well as an increase in traditional banks' digital offerings in the UAE. Meanwhile, recent approval for the stablecoin registration framework plan has paved the way for UAE-dirham-backed stablecoin issuance in the country. Amidst this landscape, the credit rating agency predicts that neobanks and fintechs will complement, not replace, traditional banks as the UAE's central bank continues to maintain the stability of the traditional banking system and encourage banks to strengthen their digitalisation efforts. It also explored the energy transition risk, finding that this is likely to have a limited impact on UAE-based banks' creditworthiness. S&P estimates that local banks' direct lending to sectors exposed to energy transition is manageable – about 11 per cent of total lending on average at year-end 2023–despite high concentration in hydrocarbons (about 25 per cent of the UAE's nominal GDP). In addition, ongoing economic diversification, high economic wealth, sizable external liquid assets, and increasing investment in renewable capacity should also help to mitigate carbon transition risks for the economy and the banking system. 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Last February, STORE Capital was taken private by GIC, a global institutional investor, in partnership with funds managed by Blue Owl Capital. The completion of this transaction provided the Company with continued access to efficient long-term capital, through ongoing funding by STORE's new ownership. In turn, this affords existing and prospective customers alike, reliable access to superior and stable capital through the tailored real estate financing solutions STORE provides. The Company's logo has been updated to emphasize this advantage. The refreshed STORE Capital logo centers on a new logo mark, comprised of two individual design elements, which join together to form the 'O' in \"STORE.\" This purposeful design choice was made to symbolize the power of forged relationships. Its placement at the center of the Company's name is indicative of STORE's customer-centric culture. \"The privatization strengthened our position as an industry leader, while staying true to the foundational roots that we established more than a decade ago. This evolved visual identity is a refined reflection of who we are, and we're excited to unveil this today,\" commented Mary Fedewa, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director and co-founder. \"Commitment to the customer has always been at the forefront of everything we do. Now more than ever, STORE is positioned to help our customers achieve their business goals. It's fitting to reveal our refreshed logo on the 1-year anniversary of the privatization, and we look forward to what the future holds.\" About STORE Capital STORE Capital is an internally managed net-lease REIT that is a leader in the acquisition, investment and management of Single Tenant Operational Real Estate, which is its target market and the inspiration for its name. STORE Capital is one of the largest and fastest growing net-lease REITs and owns a large, well-diversified portfolio that consists of investments in more than 3,100 property locations across the United States, substantially all of which are profit centers. Additional information about STORE Capital can be found on its website at www.storecapital.com . About GIC GIC is a leading global investment firm established in 1981 to secure Singapore's financial future. As the manager of Singapore's foreign reserves, we take a long-term, disciplined approach to investing, and are uniquely positioned across a wide range of asset classes and active strategies globally. These include equities, fixed income, real estate, private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure. Our long-term approach, multi-asset capabilities, and global connectivity enable us to be an investor of choice. We seek to add meaningful value to our investments. Headquartered in Singapore, we have a global talent force of over 2,100 people in 11 key financial cities and have investments in over 40 countries. About Blue Owl Capital Inc. Blue Owl (NYSE: OWL) is a leading asset manager that is redefining alternatives. With $157 billion in assets under management1, we invest across three multi-strategy platforms: Credit, GP Strategic Capital, and Real Estate. Anchored by a strong permanent capital base, we provide businesses with private capital solutions to drive long-term growth and offer institutional and individual investors differentiated alternative investment opportunities that aim to deliver strong performance, risk-adjusted returns, and capital preservation. Together with over 650 experienced professionals in more than 10 offices globally, Blue Owl brings the vision and discipline to create the exceptional. 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Nearly three years after former Boeing China employee Ryan Baum filed suit alleging The Boeing Co. and Boeing China discriminated against him and then retaliated when he complained, an Illinois federal judge dismissed the claims on their merits Monday. \"All of the evidence suggests that Plaintiff was terminated based on substantiated... Stay ahead of the curve In the legal profession, information is the key to success. You have to know what's happening with clients, competitors, practice areas, and industries. Law360 provides the intelligence you need to remain an expert and beat the competition. Access to case data within articles (numbers, filings, courts, nature of suit, and more.) Access to attached documents such as briefs, petitions, complaints, decisions, motions, etc. Create custom alerts for specific article and case topics and so much more! 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This appears to be the quintessential soft landing for our economy—an end to inflation, without a recession. So, how did we get here, and why was this time different? Inflation is the general lower value of currency and is always caused by an excess supply of money. The excess supply of money comes from two sources. Governments can spend far more than they raise in taxes, injecting money directly into the economy. Or, interest rates can be kept very low, causing an increase in money supply through the banking system. If households and businesses are rational and have good information about government spending, then they would treat excess government spending as a future tax increase. This tax increase can come in three forms. We could see an actual tax increase, we could see big future cuts in spending below tax revenues, or we could see inflation. In practice, we might see all three of these, as all three reduce government debt. Monetary policy is a more common cause of inflation. It results from central banks, like our Federal Reserve, allowing too much money to be created through the banking system. Economists criticize central banking authorities for inflation because their control of the money supply tends to discipline government spending. The COVID-19 pandemic was a perfect example of both fiscal and monetary policy contributing to inflation. Every nation in the world did two things to help sustain their economy through the pandemic. Every nation with a central bank cut interest rates, mostly to levels that were at or near zero. Every government tried to prop up domestic demand through payments to individuals and businesses. In the U.S., we passed the CARES Act (under the Trump administration), the largest single stimulus package of any nation, at any time in the world. We later passed a much smaller American Rescue Plan (Biden administration). The Fed also cut interest rates to levels that were effectively zero, allowing banks to borrow without cost from the Federal Reserve system. The first real hints of inflation began to hit in spring 2021 and peaked a year later. The timing of inflation means that the full weight of responsibility for rising price levels falls on the Federal Reserve, Congress and the Trump administration. It was they who cut rates and passed the unfunded CARES Act. No Biden administration spending was in place before inflation started. That doesn't free Biden from responsibility for the duration and magnitude of inflation. As I wrote at the time, the American Recovery Act was too large. It worsened and lengthened our period of inflation. But, the Biden administration could not possibly have caused inflation, because inflation was happening before any of its policies took effect. Throughout 2021, both the Biden administration and the Federal Reserve were hampered in their judgment of the inflation threat by economic data that painted the economy as much weaker through 2021 than it was. The economic recovery happened in sectors that should not have led in economic growth, primarily services. So, it was not until administrative data became available in winter 2022 that the recovery turned out to be stronger than anyone know. The Federal Reserve began aggressively raising interest rates through 2022 and 2023. Unsurprisingly, these cuts had about a six-month lagged effect on inflation, so we began to see inflation slow in September 2022. Wages are also affected by inflation, but with about a one-year lag. So, for the first 12 months or so of inflation, the average real wages in the U.S. dropped. Fortunately, they've been rising since spring 2022, and are now above the pre-COVID level for all but the highest income workers. None of this is really a miracle of monetary policy. A 36-month bout of inflation, which at annual rates, wasn't in the top ten worst years out of the past half-century, is easy to remedy. The hard part was ending inflation without also causing a recession. And this time, the Fed really nailed it. In the early days of inflation, the U.S. unemployment rate hit 50-year lows, and labor markets offered broad opportunities to workers of all skill and education levels. In many ways, 2021 and 2022 may be viewed as the best labor market conditions for less-educated workers in half a century. Americans were buying goods and particularly services, and that fueled record job opportunities and wage growth. However, short-term inflation is almost always accompanied by strong labor markets. So, the Fed's challenge was in ending inflation without cutting demand so quickly that jobs were lost. That is where good fortune and good analytics played a role. The inflation of 2021 and 2022 led for such heavy demand for jobs that the U.S. economy had millions of unfilled positions. The goal of the Fed was to reduce inflation while only cutting the demand for jobs that weren't filled. From the spring of 2022 through early 2024, it was able to just do that. Job openings peaked at 12.1 million in March 2022, the month the Fed first raised rates, and fell to 7.6 million by July 2024. Over the same time, total employment rose by 7.4 million workers. Inflation shrank from its highest levels down to below 2.5 percent per year—the target maximum. The entire developed world experienced COVID inflation. The American experience was just about middle of the pack. We have been fortunate in now getting back to normal levels of inflation without having experienced a downturn. In fact, last quarter, the economy grew at a robust 3 percent in inflation-adjusted terms. That is quite the opposite of a recession. Over the coming decades, as we more seriously study the economic effects of COVID, it seems clear that the U.S. response to inflation will be viewed as not merely the most effective of the time, but as among the most effective of all time. We are immensely fortunate to have dodged a deep recession. This luck doesn't leave us without problems, just a much happier set of problems than we would've otherwise had to face. It was a miraculous soft landing. Michael J. Hicks, PhD, is the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and the George and Frances Ball distinguished professor of economics in the Miller College of Business at Ball State University. Hicks earned doctoral and master's degrees in economics from the University of Tennessee and a bachelor's degree in economics from Virginia Military Institute. He has authored two books and more than 60 scholarly works focusing on state and local public policy, including tax and expenditure policy and the impact of Wal-Mart on local economies. 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Virtual reality technology and AR holographic projection technology are the \"black technology\" leaders. More and more media companies begin to think that virtual technology and augmented reality technology are not a short-term trend. These media technologies may be the development direction of entertainment industry in the future. Speaking of the patented technology of holographic AR, we have to start from the beginning. In 1862, scientists John Henry pepper and Henry dircks discovered what is now called \"Pepper ghost.\" There are two adjacent rooms, one with no light and one with light. The two rooms are separated by glass. The room with no light has objects, but the room with light does not. When the audience looks from the front to the room with light, they will see the projection of objects in the room with no light. In the mid-1990s, UWE Maass, a German electrical engineer, was inspired by the reflection of a pack of cigarettes behind the dashboard of a car. After applying for a patent for this technology, Maass began to seek a commercial way, and decided to cooperate with others to establish a musion that provides \"holographic projection\" service. When it comes to patents, Samsung is in a lawsuit with apple recently. But it's nothing new! In April 2011, apple sued Samsung's Galaxy series for violating Apple's UI design, In the same month, Samsung began to fight back and filed lawsuits against apple in South Korea, Japan and Germany. In June 2011, apple accused Samsung Galaxy S of copying iPhone 3G in South Korea. At that time, Mr. Hou Qiao was still alive. In February 2012, apple sued Samsung again, In April 2012, Samsung sued apple for infringement of 8 patents…. Samsung then paid Apple $548 million for allegedly copying the iPhone's rounded rectangular appearance, frame and screen icon design patents. It may be that Samsung can't bear to pay too much. It wants apple to return 399 million dollars. Google, Microsoft and Facebook all supported the Supreme Court of the United States to try the case again. As a result, the case really turned around: retrial. So tell us how important patents are. With the popularity of virtual reality and augmented reality, AR holography has been joined by more and more people in China. From the continuous rise of early virtual reality in China to the commercial landing of holographic stage performance system, WIMI Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI) has become a new focus of attention by rolling over the industry competitors with a shining attitude. As the leading AR holography giant in China, micro US holography has made frequent appearances in the market recently, which is not lack of the attention of capital and the public. At the same time, the achievements in the field of holography in China are also amazing. The patent products of AR holography applied by WIMI have covered many scale virtual reality scenes such as education, sports performance, games, film and television. After years of technical precipitation, at present, there are more than 4654 holographic content IP reserves in technical reserves, and leading enterprises in the industry are subdivided. The technology of each link is mature, the number of customers is 485, and the number of holographic AR patents is 224, including 132 patents and 92 pending patents. Moreover, WIMI Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI) has announced its AR holographic business plan. We will form hundreds of patent protections according to our own patents, so as to ensure that the latest and coolest holographic AR black technology can be used commercially in Greater China. Its business application scenarios are mainly concentrated in five professional fields, such as home entertainment, light theater, performance system, commercial publishing system and advertising display system. When the five business strategic directions of WIMI were publicized, the market responded warmly. In media reports and investment bank reports, augmented reality technology has been described as a new cloud computing platform, which will be compared with PC and smart phone, and it is also an important part of the era of holographic intelligence. The imagination space, valuation prospect and business value have been enlarged enough. In the next few years, people will focus on the ultimate holographic content IP, which is certainly an important element. Without excellent content IP, there will be no good experience. But with the development of smart phones, application software will be concerned. There is not a clear mainstream AR platform yet, but most common ones support it. Microsoft hololens is a fully functional windows 10 device. Now many devices entering the market use Android system or other customized interfaces. WIMI Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ:WIMI) focuses on the construction and development of industry benchmark in AR holographic technology field of augmented reality in China, and pays attention to innovation and protection of intellectual property rights. Creating an ecosystem that allows developers to build and maintain useful applications will be key. The working mode of traditional mobile phones and laptops is not needed in AR scenes. So just like AR technology itself, it needs a new way of thinking to support the application of driving AR technology. We hope to see and hear more about the pioneering system of AR holography in the near future. 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The results will be disclosed after market hours on July 24, 2024. A conference call and webcast to discuss these results are scheduled for July 25, 2024, at 8:00am ET. Updates and links to the live webcast will be available on the Investor section of ICON's website under 'Events.' A replay of the webcast will be accessible approximately an hour after the call concludes. Announcement of Q2 2024 financial results release date provides transparency. Scheduled conference call and webcast demonstrate open communication with investors. DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR), a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization, today announced that it will release its financial results for the second quarter 2024 after the market closes on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The company will hold a conference call and webcast to discuss its financial results and performance on Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 8:00am ET. Any changes to these events and links to the live webcasts (where available) will be posted on the Investor section of our website under \" Events \". A webcast replay of the conference call will be available approximately one hour following the conclusion of the call. About ICON plc ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organizations. We develop new innovations, drive emerging therapies forward and improve patient lives. With headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, ICON employed approximately 41,150 employees in 102 locations in 54 countries as at March 31, 2024. For further information about ICON, visit: www.iconplc.com . This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about our financial guidance. These statements are based on management's current expectations and information currently available, including current economic and industry conditions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or actual results, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ from those stated in this press release. The forward-looking statements are subject to future events, risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the statements, including, but not limited to, the ability to enter into new contracts, maintain client relationships, manage the opening of new offices and offering of new services, the integration of new business mergers and acquisitions, as well as other economic and global market conditions and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in SEC reports filed by ICON, all of which are difficult to predict and some of which are beyond our control. For these reasons, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements when making investment decisions. The word \"expected\" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made and we do not undertake any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement, either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 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With construction volume anticipated to reach between S$32bn to S$38bn by the end of 2024[2], Turner, and Townsend's Singapore Market Intelligence cites a series of government backed initiatives and major state projects, such as Changi Airport Terminal 5 (T5) and Tuas Port, are key contributors boosting demand. Recent built environment incentives including the enhanced Contractors Registration System (CRS), the Productivity Innovation Project (PIP), the Future Energy Fund and Energy Efficient Grant are supporting activity. By year-end, the Singaporean state is expected to contribute to 55 percent of domestic construction projects while the private sector is poised for a contribution of 45 percent. Despite ongoing global economic uncertainty and geopolitical instability, the construction market in Singapore is also benefitting from investment in digital infrastructure and the launch of the NEC4[3] contract by the Building Construction Authority (BCA). The latter providing favourable conditions and extensive options for collaborative contracting. While the overall growth trajectory is positive for the domestic construction sector, there are still challenges to navigate principally the availability of skilled labour. The departure of many construction workers during the pandemic continues to highlight the labour squeeze and increasing costs to secure the right talent. Khoo Sze Boon, Managing Director, Turner & Townsend in Singapore, said: \"Construction demand in Singapore is on course to surpass last year by a significant margin which is positive for our domestic economy. The industry's overall positive outlook stems from the series of ongoing government initiatives connected to the built environment including robust schemes to promote funding, foster technological advancements, ensure ease of doing business, and boost sustainable green initiatives. \"While challenges persist, such as manpower shortages and rising costs, optimism around collaborative contracting schemes and the digitization of processes will further improve productivity. We believe now is the time for our industry to really embrace collaborative contracting which will offset rising construction costs and transform the construction sector for the better to ensure long-term resilience.\" [1] GDP growth according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore , Construction growth according to Building Construction Authority , calculated based on 2024 demand forecast of $38bn over the 2023 demand of $33.8bn. [2] According to the Building Construction Authority as of 15 January 2024 [3] NEC4 contract is a suite of contracts for effective project management and collaboration About Turner & Townsend Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 12,000 people in 49 countries. Collaborating with our clients across real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, we specialise in major programmes, programme management, cost and commercial management, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. 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According to a Reuters report , Nike has filed a lawsuit against the reseller in the New York Federal court demanding an undisclosed amount in damages and a halt of sales on such virtual collectibles. StockX reportedly started selling Nike sneaker NFTs in January and promised buyers they can redeem the real-world version of the sneakers in the near future. Nike in its 50-page complaint claimed StockX has sold nearly 500 NFT sneakers with the Nike branding which has dented their reputation and legitimacy. The shoemaker brand also alleged the NFT sneakers were being sold at inflated prices with very \"murky terms of purchase and ownership.\" StockX is a popular online reseller estimated to be worth $3.8 billion and the NFT sneakers because of which it is facing the lawsuit is still online. The collection is called 'The Vault' comprising of 9 premium Nike sneakers and deals with NFTs tied to their real-world asset. Related: From art to gaming: The biggest NFT trends of 2021 Nike claimed NFTs are a way for brands to interact with their customers, but some of the players in the market are trying to \"usurp the goodwill of some of the most famous trademarks in the world and use those trademarks without authorization to market their virtual products and generate ill-gotten profits.\" The shoe-maker is set to launch its own NFTs collection later this month in association with recently acquired art studio RTFKT. NFTs popularity has made it a primary PR and marketing tool for brands and celebrities. However, as with any popular use case in the decentralized world, NFTs have reached a point of exploitation. Apart from Nike, there have been several other lawsuits around NFTs involving big brands and celebrities. Pulp Fiction's film production company Miramax sued the director of the film Quentin Tarantino for selling NFTs of the movie, calling it copyright infringement. 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The company is seeking roughly $2.8 billion for the houses, which are being pitched to institutional investors, according to people familiar with the matter. Zillow is likely to sell the houses to a multitude of buyers rather than packaging them in a single transaction, said the people, who asked not to be named because the matter is private. Read more: Zillow's Zeal to Outbid for Homes Backfires in Flipping Fumble The move to offload a block of homes comes as Zillow seeks to recover from an operational stumble that saw it buy too many houses, with many now being listed for less than it paid. The company typically offers smaller numbers of homes to single-family landlords, but the current sales effort is much larger than normal. A representative for Zillow didn't immediately comment. Zillow shares dropped as much as 10% to $95 on Monday. The stock had slipped 22% this year through Friday after nearly tripling in 2020. The company recently said it would stop making new offers in its home-flipping operation for the remainder of the year. The decision came after the company tweaked the algorithms that power the business to make higher offers, leaving it with a bevy of winning bids just as home-price appreciation cooled off a bit. An analysis of 650 homes owned by Zillow showed that two-thirds were priced for less than the company bought them for, according to an October 31 note from KeyBanc Capital Markets. \"Zillow may have leaned into home acquisition at the wrong time, and we believe earnings may be at risk,\" the analysts wrote. Zillow put a record number of homes on the market in September, listing properties at the lowest markups since November 2018, according to research from YipitData. It also cut prices on nearly half of its U.S. listings in the third quarter, according to Yipit, signaling that its inventory was commanding prices lower than it expected. Read more: Cerberus Leads Wall Street Landlords Finding Hidden Homes to Buy Zillow, led by Chief Executive Officer Rich Barton, is best known for operating an online listing service. In 2018, it started practicing a new spin on home-flipping called iBuying that seeks to offer sellers a simplified way of selling a home. The company bought more than 3,800 houses in the second quarter, making progress toward its stated goal of acquiring 5,000 homes a month by 2024. The increase in purchases left the company struggling to find workers to renovate the properties. Zillow and its chief competitors, Opendoor Technologies Inc. and Offerpad Solutions Inc., often sell homes to single-family landlords in the normal course of business. Investors bought roughly 9% of all homes Zillow sold in the first quarter of 2021, Bloomberg previously reported. (Updates with context throughout.) 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The sanctions are a response to what was described in a joint statement as the Belarusian government's \"continuing attacks on human rights, fundamental freedoms and international law,\" which intensified last August, following a disputed election and repressive government crackdown. These same attacks on human rights and freedoms were also witnessed last month with the unlawful diversion of a Ryanair flight in May. Ryanair flight FR4978 from Athens to Vilnius was diverted by Belarusian authorities and forced to land in Minsk, where dissident journalist Raman Pratasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega who were on board, were promptly arrested. We want to make very, very clear to Lukashenko that there is no going back Heiko Maas, German Foreign Minister On Monday, the EU added 78 individuals and four entities to its sanction list and endorsed a plan for sanctions targeting the Belarusian economy , marking the fourth round of restrictive measures against the Eastern European country since August 2020. These measures follow the bloc's banning of Belarusian airlines from flying over the EU or using its airports, and are expected to be endorsed at the European Council summit on Thursday. \"Sanctions are a way of putting pressure on the government of Belarus and these are going to hurt. They are going to hurt the economy of Belarus heavily,\" Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief told reporters in Luxembourg. Heiko Maas, Germany's chief diplomat said: \"We will no longer just sanction individuals. We will now also impose sectoral sanctions — meaning that we now get to work on the economic areas that are of particular significance for Belarus and for the regime's income. \"We want to make very, very clear to Lukashenko that there is no going back,\" he said. The joint statement by Canada, the EU, UK and US said: \"Today, we have taken coordinated sanctions action in response to the 23 May forced landing of a commercial Ryanair flight between two EU member states and the politically motivated arrest of journalist Raman Pratasevich and his companion Sofia Sapega, as well as to the continuing attack on human rights and fundamental freedoms. \"We are committed to support the long-suppressed democratic aspirations of the people of Belarus and we stand together to impose costs on the regime for its blatant disregard of international commitments.\" It continued, calling for the regime to end its \"repressive practices against its own people,\" and for it to fully cooperate with international investigations into the circumstances surrounding the Ryanair flight. The statement called on the government to immediately release all political prisoners, and to enter into a \"comprehensive and genuine political dialogue\" with representatives of democratic opposition and civil society. New sanctions imposed by the UK include travel bans and asset freezes against high-ranking officials in the Belarusian regime and BNK Ltd, an exporter of Belarusian oil products, imposed against seven individuals and one entity. UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab said: \"The UK and our partners have today sanctioned those responsible for the continued suppression of democracy and human rights in Belarus.\" He added: \"The Lukashenko regime endangered the lives of airline passengers and crew in a shameful ruse to snatch Roman Protasevich. \"We will hold the regime to account in co-ordination with our allies including through further banning travel, freezing assets and cutting off oil export revenue streams.\" The US and Canada are imposing their own sanctions in parallel. The UK had previously imposed sanctions against Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, his son, and senior figures in the Belarusian government, as part of a coordinated international approach with Canada in September 2020. 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He also met with Latino community leaders at the White House today where he and Kamala Harris reiterated their commitment to helping Latino families and businesses fight extremism and recover from the COVID pandemic. Also on Monday, Biden doubled down on pushing immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for DREAMers, farm workers and essential workers through in Congressional Democrats' reconciliation bill. 'Two years ago, a gunman armed with rage and rifle targeted the people of El Paso, and our most deeply held American values,' Biden wrote in an op-ed for the El Paso Times. 'He thought that his hatred of immigrants could prove more powerful than the culture and vibrancy of the people of this community. He was wrong.' Biden penned the op-ed to mark two years since the mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart that killed 23 people in August 2019 He and Vice President Kamala Harris also met with Latino community leaders, reiterating their commitment to fight domestic terrorism and comprehensive immigration reform to help millions of people gain a pathway to citizenship He opened the letter with a message to the victims' families and sending 'love' on behalf of him and first lady Jill Biden and acknowledging that 'all that you lost can never be replaced.' 'For the loved ones left behind, it has been two years of pain thinking of big and small things. The goals he won't have the chance to score on the soccer field. The young infant who is now walking but without his parents holding his hand with pride,' the president, who himself lost his first wife and infant daughter in an accident and later a son to brain cancer, wrote. 'As hard as it is to believe, I want you to know that the day will come when the memory of the one you lost will bring a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye.' He said the US intelligence community has since confirmed what El Paso residents know 'too well.' 'The most lethal terrorist threat to our homeland in recent years has been domestic terrorism rooted in white supremacy. We cannot ignore it. We must confront the spread of hate-fueled violence in every form.' The Biden administration is the first White House to release a report detailing a 'National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism.' It outlines four main elements to combat the 'serious and evolving' threat – understanding and sharing information on the full range of threats, preventing domestic terrorists from recruiting and mobilizing Americans online and other places, efforts to deter domestic terror activity before it erupts into violence and addressing 'long-term issues' in order to diminish the threat over generations. Biden commiserated with the grief of families who lost loved ones in the shooting (pictured: Walmart employees pay their respects at a makeshift memorial days after the shooting) Biden also called on Congress to ban the kind of weapons used by the El Paso shooter Biden said the shooter 'thought that his hatred of immigrants could prove more powerful than the culture and vibrancy of the people of this community' when he targeted the area Federal law enforcement agencies like DOJ, FBI and DHS also committed to an 'increased focus' on monitoring domestic terrorism and increasing information sharing with state and local authorities. The Justice Department and FBI are also reportedly rolling out a new system to track domestic terrorism nationwide, according to Fox News. The outlet also reported that the Department of Homeland Security designated 'Domestic Violence Extremism' as a national priority area within its grant program and will allocate upwards of $77 million toward responding to the threat. Biden also reaffirmed his pledge to fighting gun violence in the face of surging firearms crime in the US. Last year was the deadliest year of gun violence in at least two decades, according to the Gun Violence Archive. More than 8,000 people were killed by gun violence in the first five months of 2021 alone. He called on all Americans to combat hate-fueled violence for themselves, El Paso and the United States as a whole (pictured: A mural painted in the wake of the mass shooting) 'As we work together to counter the forces of violent hatred, we must also commit to ending the plague of gun violence that steals innocent lives and continues to devastate our communities,' Biden wrote. He vowed to do everything he could to fight for 'commonsense gun laws that Americans overwhelmingly support' and called on Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines like the ones used by the El Paso shooter. At the end of June Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a 'zero tolerance' policy for licensed gun dealers who 'willfully violate key existing laws and regulations' to traffic guns out of state and announced new 'strike forces' to target traffickers. Biden ended his piece by urging Americans to 'stand united against hate and violence,' arguing that 'we owe it to the families of El Paso' and 'the soul of our very country.' 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A 22-year-old female jockey has died after falling from her horse during trackwork at a Melbourne racecourse. Emergency services were called to a racecourse at Cranbourne shor... A 22-year-old female jockey has died after falling from her horse during trackwork at a Melbourne racecourse. Emergency services were called to a racecourse at Cranbourne shortly after 4:30am on Friday. Victoria Police said her death was not being treated as suspicious. Image: News Corp Australia Police and Worksafe officials inspect the scene after a female apprentice jocley died after coming off a horse at Cranbourne racecourse in August 2019. Picture: Jason EdwardsSource:News Corp Australia A Victorian turf club and trainer have been charged with breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after an apprentice jockey was thrown from a horse and killed. Mikaela Claridge, 22, was riding a section of track known as the sand trails at Cranbourne racecourse when the incident unfolded in August 2019. WorkSafe has laid eight charges over the death and will allege Cranbourne Turf Club failed to maintain the sand trails and ensure it was safe to use. WorkSafe will also allege the horse trainer, Saloon Park Pty Ltd, failed to ensure its employees did not ride the sand trails track in the dark. Police and WorkSafe at Cranbourne racecourse after the incident. Picture: Jason EdwardsSource:News Corp Australia The club has been charged with three counts of failing to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that people other than employees were not exposed to health and safety risks. It is also charged with three counts of failing to ensure the workplace was safe and without risks to health. Saloon Park has been charged with one count each of failing to provide a system of work that was, as far as reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health and failing to ensure the workplace was safe and without risks to health. 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(the \"Company\"), its sponsor, EM Horizon Investments, and certain members of the Company's management and board of directors have taken the following actions in connection with the recent sanctions imposed by the United States and other jurisdictions relating to Russia, included blocking sanctions against VTB Bank PJSC and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, \"VTB\"), as well as entities that are owned 50 percent or more, directly or indirectly, by VTB: Riccardo Orcel, the CEO and a member of the board of directors of the Company, resigned from his position as non-executive vice chairman of VTB Capital. Bernard Abdelmalak, the CFO and a member of the board of directors of the Company, as well as an employee of VTB, resigned from his positions at the Company, effective March 23, 2022. Jonathan Neill, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of FPP Asset Management LLP, an affiliate of our sponsor, was appointed as CFO and a member of the board of directors of the Company, effective March 23, 2022. Nevsky Properties Limited (\"Nevsky\"), a member of and 25 percent interest holder in our sponsor, and indirect subsidiary of VTB, relinquished, irrevocably and in perpetuity, such interest to the fullest extent permitted by law. While Nevksy currently remains on our sponsor's register of members pending the transfer of its interest to Riccardo Orcel as soon as permissible under applicable law, such interest was blocked by our sponsor and will not under any circumstances confer any economic or voting rights upon Nevsky. Effective March 23, 2022, the Company and its sponsor will no longer employ or have on its board of directors any employees or representatives of VTB. In addition, the Company will no longer seek to complete a business combination, or otherwise engage in negotiations for a business combination, with any company, entity or business that is based in either the Russian Federation (\"Russia\") or the Republic of Belarus (\"Belarus\") or is affiliated with VTB. While the Company may pursue an initial business combination with a target at any stage of its corporate evolution or in any industry or sector, it now intends to focus on identifying high growth technology and consumer-exposed businesses with an enterprise value of at least $700 million in Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States (excluding Russia and Belarus) or Latin America. About Emerging Markets Horizon Corp. Emerging Markets Horizon Corp. is a blank check company focused on Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States (excluding Russia and Belarus) and Latin America, whose business purpose is to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company is sponsored by EM Horizon Investments, which is controlled by Riccardo Orcel and FPP Capital Advisers (an affiliate of FPP Asset Management LLP). Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains statements that constitute \"forward-looking statements.\" Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the \"Risk Factors\" section of the Company's registration statement and prospectus for the offering filed with the SEC. Copies are available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law. SOURCE Emerging Markets Horizon Corp. 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Whitebox voted against the proposed spin-off of a newly created holding company comprised of LG's direct and indirect holdings in LG Hausys, LG MMA, Silicon Works, LG International and Pantos (the \"Spin-Off\") at the Company's General Meeting. Whitebox's opposition to the ill-conceived transaction and its various concerns related to the Company's lagging corporate governance were validated by leading independent proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass, Lewis Co., LLC, both of which recommended against approval of the Spin-Off. It is clear from the voting results that absent the Koo family's sizable shareholdings, the Spin-Off would not have been approved. Simon Waxley, Head of Equity at Whitebox, commented: \"Whitebox wants to thank its fellow shareholders for their engagement and feedback in recent months. With nearly 50% of minority shareholders voting against the Spin-Off, we feel investors have sent a very clear message to LG: it is time to modernize the Company's lagging corporate governance and rebuild trust with the marketplace. We believe the Company can take significant steps in this direction by prioritizing the implementation of a long-promised capital management plan, enhancing corporate governance and maintaining consistently transparent investor communications. We are pleased that, as a result of our engagement in recent months, the Company is now acknowledging its significant trading discount relative to net asset value and the need to improve its environmental, social and governance practices. We are also pleased that LG ultimately acted on our public call to promptly release the General Meeting's voting results. Despite the approval of the Spin-Off, we are hopeful that the Board of Directors now has a better understanding of its shareholders' concerns related to a number of important issues. Whitebox intends to remain a long-term shareholder of LG and continue engaging with the Company's Board of Directors. We remain confident that LG can transform into a gem of the South Korean economy if its leadership takes the right steps in the months and years to come.\" About Whitebox Whitebox is a multi-strategy alternative asset manager that seeks to generate optimal risk-adjusted returns for a diversified base of public institutions, private entities and qualified individuals. Founded in 1999, Whitebox invests across asset classes, geographies, and markets through the funds, vehicles and institutional accounts we advise. The firm manages approximately $5.5 billion in assets and maintains offices in Minneapolis, Austin, New York, London and Sydney. 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Many ordinary Cubans panicked. Fincimex handles hundreds of millions of dollars in remittances sent to Cuba through Western Union by families in Cuban-American communities in South Florida and around the nation. Would a ban on business with the military-run company mean an end to the remittances that so many Cuban families need to put food on the table? The State and Treasury departments wouldn't say. Meanwhile, thousands of families rushed to send money before the ban went into effect on Friday. What happened next offers a small window into the chaos behind the administration's execution of one of its top foreign policy priorities — weakening the communist-run Cuban government and its longstanding alliance with President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela. As expected, the administration published a regulation Friday in the Federal Register — the official gazette of the U.S. government. The new rule sanctions anyone doing business with military-run businesses in Cuba, including three hotels, two scuba-diving centers and a swimming-with-dolphins center at a beach resort in eastern Cuba. 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The comments by Swire, whose business spans retail to property to airlines, come after similar concerns raised by Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels's on Wednesday. Swire owns 45% of Cathay Pacific, Refinitiv data shows. \"The protests in Hong Kong have had some effect on retail sales at our malls, particularly at Pacific Place. If the protests continue, sales are likely to continue to be affected,\" Michelle Low, Swire Pacific finance director said in the interim results statement on Thursday, referring to its high-end shopping mall in Admiralty, a financial district where many of the mass protests took place. \"Trading conditions for our hotels are expected to be stable in the second half of 2019, except that occupancy in Hong Kong has been affected somewhat by the protests and this is likely to continue if the situation persists.\" Swire said the global trade tensions were also causing uncertainty. Millions have taken to Hong Kong streets in anti-government protests that have intensified since mid-June, at times forcing banks, stores, shopping malls, restaurants and even government buildings to close as the demonstrations degenerated into violent clashes between police and activists. Hong Kong's Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau said on Thursday the drop in inbound tourists accelerated in the past few weeks, with the first week of August declining 31% from a year ago, compared to just single digit percentage drop in mid-July. He said the logistics and retail sectors together employ over 1 million people in Hong Kong, and it could hurt the city's employment if the sectors continue to be under pressure. Travel Industry Council chairman Jason Wong told Reuters the number of tours from mainland China has fallen 40% to about 140 tours per day in the first week of August, from about 230 tours a day in the same period last year. Wong also expressed concern that the number of business visitors would reduce as some business meetings and conferences were seen scaling back the size or being canceled. \"Many related workers may need to take no pay leave and their income will be affected,\" Wong said. Also on Thursday, MTR Corp Ltd and Giordano International Ltd said in their interim results statement that the current social unrest could weigh on the their business. \"This time, it is like a perfect storm,\" Wharf Real Estate Investment chairman Stephen Ng said on Tuesday, as Hong Kong faces both internal and external pressure, including a weakening global economy and U.S.-China trade tensions, at the same time. He is not optimistic about the retail and hotel industry in the second half, he added. (Reporting by Donny Kwok and Clare Jim; Additional reporting by Lukas Job; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman) News Tips Got a confidential news tip? 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KBR, which has said previously that it was cooperating with investigators, was not immediately available for comment. The decision is the latest in a string of lengthy, major investigations shut by SFO head Lisa Osofsky. Inquiries into British American Tobacco, aero engine maker Rolls-Royce and drugs company GlaxoSmithKline have also been dropped over the past two years. \"Closing cases that are ultimately 'without legs' evidentially is the right thing to do,\" said Sarah Wallace, a lawyer at Constantine Law, adding that this would help to clear desks and capacity for an expected wave of enforcement activity over pandemic-related wrongdoing. The SFO's investigation into KBR's British businesses, its officers, employees and agents was taken all the way to the UK Supreme Court in February. In a judgment that limited the reach of the SFO's information-gathering powers in relation to multinationals, senior judges ruled that the SFO had no powers to compel foreign companies to hand over documents during an investigation. But it confirmed the agency's power to compel UK companies to repatriate documents held overseas. The SFO said the ruling had no bearing on its decision to close the KBR investigation. The case was originally related to a separate bribery inquiry into Monaco-based oil and gas consultancy Unaoil. Unaoil's former chief executive and chief operating officer, Cyrus and Saman Ahsani, in 2019 pleaded guilty in the United States to being part of a 17-year scheme to pay millions of dollars in bribes to officials in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. In Britain, four former executives have been convicted of bribery to secure contracts worth $1.7 billion for Unaoil and Western, blue-chip clients. 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The Swedish automaker, which is owned by China's largest private automaker Geely, will supply XC90 SUVs to Didi Autonomous Driving, the self-driving technology division of China's vehicle-for-hire company. Didi said it would use Volvo's SUVs when it eventually launches a commercial robotaxi operation at a later date. The company has been testing its autonomous technology in Shanghai since 2019 as part of a pilot approved by the Chinese government. It's an interesting twist, considering Volvo used to be a partner in another global ride-hailing firm's autonomous ambitions. Volvo had an agreement with Uber to deploy a... 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The JV mainly aims to improve the quality of products and services at Frankfurt Airport. In the new venture, each company holds a 50 percent share with joint management, and equal staff. The JV is being co-led by Fraport's Dirk Schusdziara and Lufthansa's Jörg Harnisch. The new partnership at Frankfurt hub will deliver significant added value for customers by implementing innovative, future-focused measures. The companies intend to use FraAlliance to strengthen their existing cooperation on strategic and operational matters at Frankfurt Airport, mainly enhancing services at Airport's Terminal 1. The JV would seek to improve aspects relating to business development and operations, customer experience, infrastructure, intermodality, and sustainability. It will analyze and optimize processes in terminal operations. Lufthansa passengers will get availability of real-time updates for aviation security checkpoints in the Lufthansa App, allowing them to see checkpoint waiting times in Frankfurt. Further, carefull analysation and optimization of passenger flows will significantly reduce transfer times for around a million passengers per year by removing unnecessary, duplicate security checks. 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Organisers said Paris 2024 would be the \"greenest ever\" Games, working alongside its sponsors towards economic, social and environmental responsibility. But researchers have warned that ice usage during summer Games has reached \"extraordinary levels\". The report published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine said: \"Beyond the financial implications for the local organising committee, this raises environmental concerns, as ice provision requires water and considerable amounts of energy for production and storage.\" Paris 2024 estimated demand for 650 tonnes of ice for uses like cryotherapy, ice baths, compression pumps and treating heatstroke, according to the paper. This is more than 10 times the some 64 tonnes delivered during the Tokyo 2020 games. A mock advert for Toyota in protest of its Paris 2024 sponsorship this week, in Place d'Italie, Paris (Camile Aboudaram/RAP/PA) The researchers also warned that ice is often used to obtain benefits that are not evidence-based, potentially impairing recovery. \"When planning for the provision of ice, organisers should aim to minimise the use of non evidence-based practices and promote better sustainability,\" the report added. Paris 2024 has also been facing criticism over sponsorship deals, with campaigners claiming the firms' environmental impact is at odds with the International Olympic Committee's wider sustainability efforts. This week, protesters replaced billboards in Paris and five other major French cities with mock adverts highlighting Olympics sponsor Toyota as a high-emitting company. Posters were installed in bus stop ad spaces this week in an action co-ordinated by the Brandalism collective and Paris-based Resistance a l'Agression Publicitaire (RAP). One read: \"Toyota: Proud to be the Highest Polluting Sponsor for the Olympics\" and another read: \"Art belongs in Paris. Giant polluters do not.\" Protesters also put up a poster near the Paris Opera this week (RAP/PA) Sonnie Bird from Brandalism said: \"As Olympians in Paris go faster, higher and stronger, Toyota keeps getting dirtier, deadlier and more polluting. \"With Toyota as a sponsor, the Paris Olympics will leave a legacy not of gold, silver and bronze but of pollution.\" Olympic champion cyclist Chris Boardman also arrived in Paris earlier this week as part of an eight-day bike ride from Manchester to raise awareness about the effects of climate change. The British athlete, who won gold in the men's individual pursuit cycling at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, said: \"We've had all the weather – torrential rain going over the Peak District on day one, through to scorching and intense heat and above average temperatures – we've done climate change in a week.\" During the 550-mile ride, Mr Boardman visited different sports clubs leading the way on sustainability, including plans to be net zero by 2029 or gathering volunteers to do conservation work and litter picking. \"The point of the ride was not just to highlight the issue of climate change and its impact on sport but also to give people hope,\" he said. Olympic champion Chris Boardman poses by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris this week after biking from Manchester to raise awareness for climate change (Pedal for Paris/PA) \"All the projects we visited along the route have shown that we can do this, we can do it together and sport is perfectly placed to lead that change.\" Last month, leading athletes and climate scientists from the University of Portsmouth warned that intense heat at the Paris games could lead to competitors collapsing and in worst-case scenarios dying. Temperatures have remained high this year after 2023 marked the warmest year globally on record. Wildlife group WWF warned that this is not a record that nations want to break ahead of the Games kicking off on Friday. Isabella O'Dowd, WWF-UK's head of climate policy, said: \"This record-breaking year has delivered a stark and clear warning from the planet about the direction we're heading in. But we all have the power to change that. \"As we come together to cheer on our athletes to break records at the Olympics, it's important to remember the power of our collective voice, which we can use to call on the new UK Government to show real leadership, especially at this year's climate and nature summits.\" The PA news agency has contacted Paris 2024 and Toyota for comment.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Paris 2024", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Paris 2024", "length": 10, "offset": 4687}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "RAP/PA", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "RAP/PA", "length": 6, "offset": 1239}, {"position_text": "RAP", "length": 3, "offset": 2089}, {"position_text": "RAP/PA", "length": 6, "offset": 2304}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Toyota", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Toyota", "length": 6, "offset": 1137}, {"position_text": "Toyota", "length": 6, "offset": 1889}, {"position_text": "Toyota", "length": 6, "offset": 2106}, {"position_text": "Toyota", "length": 6, "offset": 2401}, {"position_text": "Toyota", "length": 6, "offset": 2466}, {"position_text": "Toyota", "length": 6, "offset": 4702}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "WWF-UK's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "WWF-UK's", "length": 8, "offset": 4180}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Barcelona", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Barcelona", "length": 9, "offset": 2860}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Peak District", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Peak District", "length": 13, "offset": 2937}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 634, "text": "Satellite images show activity at North Korean nuclear site\nCommercial satellite images suggest a resumption of construction activity at North Korea's nuclear testing ground nearly four years after leader Kim Jong Un declared the site's closure and invited foreign journalists to observe the destruction of tunnels ahead of his first summit with then-US President Donald Trump. Analysts say it's unclear how long it would take North Korea to restore the site for nuclear detonations if it intends to do so. The site in Punggye-ri in the country's northeast was used for its sixth and last nuclear test in 2017. The sighting of construction activity at the site comes amid a deepening diplomatic freeze since the collapse of the second Kim-Trump meeting in February 2019, when the Americans rejected North Korean demands for major sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear capabilities. North Korea has used the pause in talks to further expand its military capabilities, including nine rounds of missile launches in 2022 alone. The unusually fast pace indicates an intent to pressure the Biden administration, which has offered open-ended talks but shown no willingness to concede on sanctions. Kim presided over a ruling Workers' Party meeting in January where Politburo members denounced what they described as US hostility and issued a veiled threat to resume tests of nuclear explosives and long-range missiles that Kim unilaterally suspended in 2018 to create diplomatic space with Trump. Some experts say Kim is reviving an old playbook of brinkmanship to extract concessions from Washington and his neighbours as he grapples with a decaying economy crippled by the pandemic, mismanagement and persisting US-led sanctions. The new construction at Punggye-ri was first reported in an analysis of satellite images from Maxar Technologies by Jeffrey Lewis and Dave Schmerler at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC analysed on Tuesday by The Associated Press showed two new structures appeared to have been built to the site's south between February and early March. Those images were taken on March 6, two days after the Maxar images used by Lewis and Schmerler. The analysts said the construction work was the first activity they saw at the site since May 2018, when North Korea invited a group of foreign journalists to observe the destruction of tunnels at the site. North Korea then didn't invite outside experts capable of certifying what had been destroyed. \"We see very early signs of activity at the new site, including construction of a new building, repair of another building, and what is possibly some lumber and sawdust,\" Lewis and Schmerler wrote. \"North Korea uses a substantial amount of wood at the site both for buildings and shoring up tunnels. These changes have occurred only in the past few days.\" This indicates North Korea has made a decision about the status of the site and possibly plans to bring it back to a state of readiness to resume nuclear testing, the analysts said. \"The test site is many months, if not years, from being ready for North Korea to conduct nuclear explosions there,\" they wrote. \"How long it would take North Korea to resume explosive testing at the site depends on the extent of the damage to the tunnels themselves, something we do not know with confidence. It is also possible that North Korea will resume nuclear testing at another location.\" Some South Korean analysts have said North Korea could possibly resume nuclear tests in the coming months to move the needle with the Biden administration, which has been preoccupied with Russia's escalating invasion of Ukraine and a regional confrontation with China. The US intelligence community's annual threat assessment, published on Tuesday, also warned that there could be a new nuclear test by North Korea this year. \"In January, North Korea began laying the groundwork for an increase in tensions that could include (intercontinental ballistic missile) or possibly a nuclear test this year — actions that Pyongyang has not taken since 2017,\" the assessment said. The weapons North Korea flight-tested this year include a purported hypersonic missile designed to evade regional missile defense systems. Some experts say North Korea may use another nuclear test to claim it has acquired an ability to produce a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on that missile. Following North Korea's latest launch on Saturday, which it claimed was related to technologies for a spy satellite it is developing, South Korea's presidential office revealed that Seoul is closely monitoring the Punggye-ri site along with other North Korean nuclear and missile facilities. Meanwhile, South Korea's military said it fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat that temporarily crossed the countries' disputed western sea boundary while chasing an unarmed North Korean vessel. The North Korean patrol boat crossed the so-called Northern Limit Line on Tuesday morning while pursuing the vessel in waters near South Korea's Baekryeong island and retreated after a South Korean naval ship fired warning shots. South Korean military officials seized the North Korean vessel being chased by the patrol boat and were questioning its seven crewmembers. South Korea's navy has often fired warning shots to repel North Korean vessels crossing the countries' poorly marked sea border, but there also have been some deadly clashes over the years. South Korea blamed North Korea for an attack on a South Korean warship that killed 46 sailors in 2010, but the North has denied responsibility. South Korea has patrolled waters around the Northern Limit Line for decades after it was drawn up by the UN command at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. North Korea does not recognise the line and insists upon a boundary that encroaches deeply into waters currently controlled by the South. The incident came a day before South Koreans vote in a highly contested presidential election. 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The company has renewed talks with entertainment companies about participating in the platform, which it refers to internally as a \"channel store,\" according to the report, citing people close to the recent discussions. The platform has been in the works for at least 18 months and could be available this fall, the report added. Alphabet did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. With more consumers cutting the cord on cable or satellite TV and switching to subscription streaming services, the planned launch will see YouTube join companies like Roku Inc and Apple in a bid to gain a piece of the already crowded streaming market. Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Walmart Inc has been in talks with media companies to include streaming entertainment in its membership service. 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The government on Wednesday banned production, import and sale of e-cigarettes and similar products, citing health risk to people, especially youth, and an ordinance will be brought in to make it an offence, entailing jail term up to three years as well as fine. The decision, taken by the Union cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also hit the plans of foreign companies such as Juul Labs and Philip Morris International (PM.N) to enter the Indian market. \"The Cabinet today gave approval to a decision to ban e-cigarettes which is also otherwise technically called the ENDS (Electronic nicotine delivery systems), which means production, manufacturing, import, export, transport, sale, distribution and storage and advertisement related to e cigarettes are all banned,\" said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who had headed a Group of Ministers (GoM) on the issue. What is an e-cigarette and Vape? E-cigarette and Vape are electronic devices used for smoking. Instead of smoke from burning tobacco, an e-cigarette user inhales aerosol, commonly called vapour, produced from a combination of vape juice and atomiser (see below). Hundreds of varieties of vape juice (with and without nicotine) and e-cigarettes are there in the market, mostly imported from China. More sophisticated e-cigarettes might have features to control the vapour flow, heating, large liquid tanks and replaceable parts. What if the ban is violated? First time violators will face a jail term of up to one year and a fine of Rs 1 lakh. For subsequent offences, a jail term of up to three years or a fine of Rs 5 lakh, or both according to the ordinance. Storage of electronic-cigarettes shall also be punishable with an imprisonment up to 6 months or fine up to Rs 50,000 or both. According to an official statement, the owners of existing stocks of e-cigarettes on the date of commencement of the ordinance will have to declare and deposit the stocks with the nearest police station. As per the ordinance, any violation will constitute a cognizable offence, which means, a police officer can arrest without a warrant, in accordance with the First Schedule of the Constitution of India or under any other law enacted at the given point... Who else has banned electronic cigarette? New York was the first state in the USA to ban the sale of flavoured electronic cigarette, otherwise known as e-cigarette, products. The ban was first proposed in Michigan, but the law is yet to be enacted. 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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the recall a more urgent classification Friday after making its original announcement Aug. 15. The new classification said the affected product may temporarily cause adverse health consequences but is unlikely to cause serious or irreversible medical issues. The recall applies to 9,535 cases of Great Value brand apple juice sold in 25 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Florida-based manufacturer Refresco Beverages US Inc. voluntarily recalled the contaminated six-packs of 8-ounce (227-gram) juice bottles after discovering levels of the chemical contaminant that exceeded industry standards. A spokesperson for Refresco did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment Sunday. \"The health and safety of our customers is always a top priority,\" Walmart spokesperson Molly Blakeman said in a statement. \"We have removed this product from our impacted stores and are working with the supplier to investigate.\" Very low levels of inorganic and organic arsenic are found in many food products, according to the National Institutes of Health. Testing is routine, as slightly elevated levels of either form can cause symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, numbness and muscle cramping. Inorganic arsenic is more toxic to humans than the naturally occurring form of the mineral arsenic, and the health effects from exposure are more severe, according to the FDA. The Environmental Protection Agency has labeled inorganic arsenic a carcinogen, or a substance that causes cancer. 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The Russian hackers who breached the 2016 Democratic campaign are again involved, said the US tech firm. Microsoft said it was \"clear that foreign activity groups have stepped up their efforts\" targeting the election. Both President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden's campaigns are in the cyber-raiders' sights. Russian hackers from the Strontium group have targeted more than 200 organisations, many of which are linked to US political parties – both Republicans and Democrats, Microsoft said in a statement. The same attackers also targeted British political parties, said Microsoft, without specifying which ones. Strontium is also known as Fancy Bear, a cyber-attack unit allegedly affiliated with Russia's GRU military intelligence service. Russia and China have denied the reports. On Friday Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin had never tried to interfere in other countries' elections. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Microsoft \"should not make accusations against China out of nothing\". What else did Microsoft say? \"Similar to what we observed in 2016, Strontium is launching campaigns to harvest people's log-in credentials or compromise their accounts, presumably to aid in intelligence gathering or disruption operations,\" said Tom Burt, a Microsoft vice-president in charge of customer security and trust. Most of the cyber-attacks had not been successful, according to Microsoft. \"What we've seen is consistent with previous attack patterns that not only target candidates and campaign staffers but also those they consult on key issues,\" Mr Burt said. \"These activities highlight the need for people and organisations involved in the political process to take advantage of free and low-cost security tools to protect themselves.\" Microsoft also reported that Chinese groups had launched attacks on the personal email accounts of people affiliated with the Biden campaign, as well as \"at least one prominent individual formerly associated with the Trump Administration\". \"Prominent individuals\" in the international affairs community, academic institutions and policy organisations were also said to have been targeted by a Chinese hacking group known as Zirconium. An Iranian group known as Phosphorus had unsuccessfully sought to access accounts of White House officials and Mr Trump's campaign staff between May and June of this year, Microsoft added. The firm was unable to determine the aims of the Russian, Chinese and Iranian hackers. In June Google also said it had detected cyber-hack attempts by China and Iran. 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These companies collectively are known as the Manhattan Insurance Group (MIG). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) has been revised to stable from positive. Concurrently, AM Best has upgraded the FSR to B+ (Good) from B (Fair) and the Long-Term ICR to \"bbb-\" (Good) from \"bb+\" (Fair) of Standard Life and Casualty Insurance Company (Standard Life and Casualty) (Salt Lake City, UT). The outlook of these ratings is positive. MIG's ratings reflect its balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as adequate, as well as its strong operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management. The rating upgrades are driven primarily by a trend of improving risk-adjusted capitalization over the previous several years, coupled with continuing favorable operating performance despite the challenges of the COVID-19-fueled environment. AM Best expects MIG to continue its trend of improving risk-adjusted capitalization over the near term. Standard Life and Casualty's ratings reflect its balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as adequate, as well as its marginal operating performance, limited business profile and marginal enterprise risk management. The ratings also benefit from their relationship to MIG. The upgrading of Standard Life and Casualty's ratings is driven primarily by an improvement in risk-adjusted capitalization post-acquisition by MIG, due to a capital contribution and de-risking of the invested asset portfolio. The positive outlooks are due to the potential for further rating enhancement as the company becomes further integrated into MIG's operations. Partially offsetting these positive rating factors is the continuing global pandemic and the unknown long-term effects on public health and the macroeconomic environment. Furthermore, MIG and Standard Life and Casualty have increased investment allocations to NAIC-2 class bond issuances over the last several years, which has the potential to significantly decrease the quality of their balance sheets if unfavorable market conditions arise. AM Best will continue to monitor these allocations. This press release relates to Credit Ratings that have been published on AM Best's website. For all rating information relating to the release and pertinent disclosures, including details of the office responsible for issuing each of the individual ratings referenced in this release, please see AM Best's Recent Rating Activity web page. For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view Guide to Best's Credit Ratings . For information on the proper use of Best's Credit Ratings, Best's Preliminary Credit Assessments and AM Best press releases, please view Guide to Proper Use of Best's Ratings & Assessments . AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. 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The first award is valued at $890 million and covers the service's T-AO 211 and 212 oilers and the second contract modification is worth approximately $535 million in support of the construction of the Expeditionary Sea Base 8 ship, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Work on the oilers will be performed in California, Michigan, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Mexico through June 2027. The modification includes an option for T-AO 213 oiler design and construction that could bring the contract's total value to $1.6 billion if exercised. Military Sealift Command operates fleet replenishment oilers T-AO that supply fuel to Navy ships and fighter jets aboard aircraft carriers. Work on ESB 8 will be carried out in California, Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania, Mexico and Turkey through March 2026. 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With this, organizations across the globe can benefit from NetApp ONTAP's robust security capabilities to protect customers' information on-premises and in remote locations from foreign actors, ransomware attacks or other data loss threats they may face. A cybersecurity program led by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), CSfC is a key component of the organization's commercial cybersecurity strategy. CSfC validates commercial IT products that have met the highest level of strict encryption standards and rigorous security requirements for both hardware and software solutions. Recently, the NSA has recommended that federal agencies hosting secret or top-secret data utilize storage solutions that have been CSfC validated. \"This unique achievement is an example of innovation in commercial technology addressing critical national security issues,\" said Admiral Michael S. Rogers USN (Ret.), former Director, National Security Agency (NSA) and Chief, Central Security Service (CSS). Companies are facing more threats to their data and ultimately their business than ever before. IT consulting firm, Accenture, recently shared the results of its State of Cybersecurity Resilience 2021 report, which found that there were on average 270 attacks per company over this year, a 31 percent increase from 2020. Additionally, 81 percent of chief information security officer (CISO) respondents said that \"staying ahead of attackers is a constant battle and the cost is unsustainable.\" With this CSfC validation, organizations can expect NetApp ONTAP to: Allow agencies and enterprises to natively store top secret data, confidently and reliably Save time by making it easier to buy pre-approved solutions, reducing audits and limiting the processes required to move or store data securely Offer cost savings via reduced monitoring, lowering physical data transport and logistics costs, and providing the cost optimal solution for storing data Protect data at both hardware and the software layer for enhanced cyber-resilient data-centric security - a key component to zero-trust security architectures NetApp has been in the data protection business for nearly 30 years and is a leading data storage and management supplier to federal government, delivering storage innovation and data solutions, including data encryption, both in-flight and at rest, compliance, and protection. 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Not surprisingly, across the Middle East, we are seeing enterprises of all sizes and even several government entities, start rapidly deploying chatbots on their websites, all in an effort to provide customers faster responses to their queries. These chat applications are designed to field plain text requests from humans that are fed into an AI engine, which can provide \"smart\", scripted responses to inquiries. As the machine learning technology that powers many of these chat applications gets smarter, it is going to get increasingly harder for users to determine if they are interacting with a real person or a machine. As a case in point, some services classified as \"conversation marketing\" may actually route you to the appropriate live person for a more in-depth conversation. But while we might never know the difference, with a little social engineering, a threat actor can easily determine what is behind the scenes and exploit any IT security vulnerability. Understanding the security implications of chatbots Irrespective of whether it's a human or machine, there are some inherent security risks in chat-based services. Ironically, while there is a plethora of information available on how to deploy chatbots and the associated benefits, there isn't the same level of attention and guidance around how to keep it secure for both your organization and for the end-user. As a case in point, consider an automated service that is either hosted by the company itself or connected to a cloud-based AI engine as a service. To effectively respond to queries, this service needs to access backend resources. This often means having a database fronted by middleware that allows queries via a secure application programming interface (API). The contents of the database will vary from company to company and may include anything from hotel reservation information to customer data—and it may even accept credit card information. Here's a checklist of basic security questions to cover before implementing a chatbot that is fully automated and AI-driven: Is the API connecting your organization's website and the chatbot engine secured using access control lists (ACLs)? You can accomplish this by using IP addresses, geofencing, etc. How do you approach the management of authentications between the systems (web services, engine, middleware, cloud, etc.)? How do you apply vulnerability management best practices across the architecture supporting the chatbot? You should also find a way to implement routine penetration testing. Have you adequately secured privileges/privileged access and enforced least privilege? What data can the chatbot query—is any of it sensitive? Do any specific regulations apply to how this data is collected, stored, handled? For instance, do communications contain information that may warrant extending your scope of regulations, like PCI DSS? Also, will communications \"self-destruct\" in accordance with certain regulations? Is there a process for logging and detecting potential suspicious queries that may be designed to exploit the AI engine or leak data? Can you mitigate or prevent malware or distributed denial of services (DDoS) that target your service? Do you ensure end-to-end encryption for all chatbot communication and what protocols are you using? In addition to carefully considering these security implications, organizations should continuously inventory the supply chain based on assets and communications from a chatbot, web services, and provider to maintain a risk assessment plan. Any changes can easily affect some of the best practices listed above. Protecting your employees during conversation marketing In conversation marketing, a human is actually responding to the queries via the chat window. Several organizations try to make the experience really \"authentic\" and, as a consequence, do not use fake names or pictures for the human chatbox representative. However, if a company displays the full name of their chat representative inside the chatbox, with just a little social engineering, a bad actor can easily uncover data about the representative that can be used as part of an exploit. This is particularly easy if the representative has a social media profile. So to that end, if you do choose to use conversation marketing, it is critical that you follow a few key security best practices. For one, never reveal the employees' full name and instead use an alias. While this might seem counterproductive (remember the whole making the experience more \"authentic\"), using the full name or even just the first name and last initial poses a high risk as a little research could uncover personal information about the representative. If the chat service displays a picture, photo, or avatar of the representative, use a unique image that cannot be found anywhere else on the internet. The reason―a simple search by the employee and company name will reveal their social media presence and, if the pictures easily match, you might as well use their full name anyway! You will have done very little to mask their identity and provide protection from a potential social engineering attack at home or at work. Have a detailed manual in place that clearly states what information the employee can share and what he/she absolutely can not—under any circumstances, irrespective of the inquiry―during a chat conversation. These guidelines will vary and can include everything from license keys to password resets. Your business will have to establish this list based on the services the chatbox provides and any local and industry regulations governing data exposure, particularly across country lines. Create a formal support and escalation path for inquiries into potentially sensitive information. Provide regular security training for all chat box representatives so that they know how to recognize a potential attack, how to respond to suspicious requests, and how to escalate a situation before it becomes a security incident for your organization. Let's face it—when it comes to improving customer service, the benefits of chatbots and conversation marketing is undeniable, which means they are here to stay. But these tools do open up another attack vector―cybercriminals will always exploit the simplest way to compromise an organization and, unfortunately, humans are often the weakest link. But by assessing the key questions and implementing these best practices, you can enable a chat service that helps support your business initiatives, without opening up unnecessary risks. About the Author With more than 20 years of IT industry experience and author of Privileged Attack Vectors and Asset Attack Vectors, Mr. Haber joined BeyondTrust in 2012 as a part of the eEye Digital Security acquisition. He currently oversees the vision for BeyondTrust technology encompassing privileged access management, remote access, and vulnerability management solutions, and BeyondTrust's own internal information security strategies. In 2004, Mr. Haber joined eEye as the Director of Security Engineering and was responsible for strategic business discussions and vulnerability management architectures in Fortune 500 clients. Prior to eEye, he was a Development Manager for Computer Associates, Inc. (CA), responsible for new product beta cycles and named customer accounts. Mr. Haber began his career as a Reliability and Maintainability Engineer for a government contractor building flight and training simulators. 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Hit by a string of profit warnings last year, the former phone monopoly lost its fourth CEO in six years after Luigi Gubitosi stepped down in November, a week after receiving a 33 billion euro ($37 billion) takeover approach by U.S. fund KKR. Since then, the CEO powers have been split between the head of TIM Brasil, Pietro Labriola, who has been named general manager, and TIM Chairman Salvatore Rossi. The group has an ordinary board meeting scheduled for Jan. 26. Labriola is a leading candidate for the role of CEO and has the backing of Vivendi, sources have previously said. The French group, which controls a 23.8% stake in TIM, gave a cold response to the KKR offer, saying it is too low. A power struggle inside TIM has delayed the group's response to KKR, which requested access to company data before making a formal bid. Labriola, a veteran TIM executive, has been tasked to iron out a new three-year business plan to revamp TIM on a standalone basis, under a strategy that could include a spin-off of its prized fixed network infrastructure, sources have said. Telecom Italia and Vivendi declined to comment. 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This will be achieved through the deployment of IBS Software's iCargo SaaS-based cargo management solution. The implementation will see SIA transitioning from its existing air cargo systems to iCargo to support its cargo business units, which include sales, import and export operations, air mail handling and revenue accounting. This will serve to strengthen its ability to better manage cargo capacity, gain enhanced visibility of shipment yields and revenues, optimise network performance and seamlessly collaborate with partners' systems, as well as drive efficiencies and improve operational resilience. \"The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged the air cargo industry and greatly accelerated the need for change, especially in digitalisation. We look forward to working closely with IBS Software to leverage the many strengths of iCargo to improve our digital capabilities and allow us to deliver a differentiated customer-centric quality of service, while staying compliant and up-to-date with global industry standards and initiatives.\" said Mr Chin Yau Seng, Senior Vice President Cargo at Singapore Airlines. \"Singapore Airlines is an iconic brand in the airline industry, synonymous with innovation. It gives us immensepleasure to welcome them to the iCargo user community during these turbulent times. We greatly value the trust that Singapore Airlines has placed with us and I'm looking forward to our teams jointly developing the next generation of air cargo ecosystem for their customers and partners,\" said Gautam Shekar, Senior Vice President and Regional Head of Asia Pacific, IBS Software. iCargo is an integrated solution that supports the end-to-end business functions such as cargo reservations, rating, manifesting, import & export operations, warehouse management, revenue accounting, air mail handling and revenue management of cargo-carrying airlines and ground handling service providers. iCargo follows air cargo industry best practices and is fully compliant with global industry standards and initiatives such as Cargo iQ, C-XML, OneRecord, e-AWB and e-Freight in general. iCargo is deployed globally with some of the world's leading airlines and ground handling service providers. Over the past 24 months, demand for iCargo has gained significant momentum, including 22 'go live' implementations and eight new customers. About Singapore Airlines Cargo Singapore Airlines offers cargo capacity on its fleet of Boeing 747-400 freighters as well as passenger flights operated by carriers within the SIA Group, which include Scoot and SilkAir. It is ranked amongst the top 10 largest cargo carriers in the world based on freight-tonne-kilometres flown (international). In terms of service reliability, Singapore Airlines has been consistently rated within the industry as one of the highest-performing cargo airlines based on IATA Cargo iQ benchmarks. About IBS Software IBS Software is a leading SaaS solutions provider to the travel industry globally, managing mission-critical operations for customers in the aviation, tour & cruise, and hospitality industries. IBS's solutions for the aviation industry cover fleet and crew operations, aircraft maintenance, passenger services, loyalty programs, staff travel & air-cargo management. IBS Software also runs a real time B2B and B2C distribution platform providing hotel room inventory, rates and availability to a global network of hospitality companies and channels. For the tour and cruise industry, IBS provides a comprehensive customer-centric, digital platform that covers onshore online and on-board solutions. 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While policies are still taking shape in Lula's new administration, we can ground our analysis on the 2023-2026 governing plan , published in mid-2022 during the electoral campaign by Lula and his centre-right running mate, Alckmin. Of the document's 120 points, four points (75-78) specifically reflect energy policy commitments: support for energy sovereignty, opposition to ongoing privatization measures for Petrobras and Electrobras, and increasing the energy mix with renewables. Trade Unions Demands Electrobras underwent privatization in 2022 under Bolsonaro, with the federal government's shares falling from 72 per cent to 43 per cent, and a measure limiting its voting power to 10%. Eletrobras is responsible for 30 per cent of all generation and 45 per cent of transmission in Brazil. Íkaro Chaves, Director of the National Collective of Electricians (CNE), urges, \"It is not a popsicle factory; it is a company that provides essential public services to society, and its public control is regulated in the constitution,\" adding that Lula \"made it clear that the goal is to undo this banditry against the [public ownership] and eventually if conditions are favourable (…) to re-nationalise.\" Reclaiming majority public ownership would require recovering 7% of the shares. CNE has argued for the re-nationalization of Electrobras and recently laid out their demands in an open letter to the Minister of Mines and Energy (MME), Alexandre Silveira. This week, members of the CNE also met with the President of the Workers Party, Gleisi Hoffman, to discuss the renationalisation of Eletrobras. In their meeting in Brasilia, the electrical workers emphasized that \"defending renationalisation of Electrobras is defending Brazil.\" ‍Petrobras has become a \" dividend-paying machine ,\" according to Oil Workers Federation (FUP). Private shareholders currently hold nearly 65% of Petrobras' capital, and the company is considered the world's second-largest dividend payer . Last year, Petrobras produced a record net profit of R$ 188.3-billion in 2022 at the high cost of privatizations and a dramatic reduction of investments in the country. Nearly all profits went directly to investors. The amount invested in Brazil, about R$ 52-billion or US$10-billion, is 80% below the level of annual investments observed between 2010 and 2013 under PT administrations. Deyvid Bacelar, Coordinator of FUP, has spoken about the investment crisis and the public pathway alternative, stating, \"Petrobras in recent years has become a dividend-paying machine, transferring to shareholders all the profit obtained from privatizations and abusive fuel prices. We urgently need changes in the pricing policy and to reclaim the state-owned company so that it once again invests in Brazil with long-term policies.\" In a recent interview, he added, \"we will have a process of rebuilding what was destroyed by previous governments. It is time for the oil trade union movement to put pressure on our government and the management of President Jean Paul Prates so that what was presented in President Lula's government program will be put into practice.\" To organize and prioritize their demands, the Social Observatory of Petroleum, linked to the National Federation of Petroleum Workers (FNP), published a 10-point manifesto, \" Petrobras for Brazilians ,\" including Point 10: \"Retake a 100% state-owned Petrobras, repurchasing its shares – especially those traded on the New York Stock Exchange – and closing its capital. Additionally, reinstate the state monopoly of Oil and Gas.\" Popular Demands to the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy The Workers' and Peasants' Platform on Water and Energy (POCAE), a coalition of leading trade unions and social movements in Brazil, has published its collective energy transition demands and proposals to the leadership of the MME. In the past, MME Minister Silveria opposed privatisation in the energy sector, but unions recognize the need for ongoing pressure from the trade union movement to move him and the new administration toward policy reforms that support a public pathway in energy. The demands made by POCAE to the MME were published in December 2022 in the document \" For Energy Sovereignty and Open Prices .\" The demands include recovering energy sovereignty, reclaiming Electrobras and privatized parts of Petrobras to the public sector, and instituting policies for the state-led reindustrialization of the energy supply chain. According to Fernando Fernandes, coordinator of POCAE, \"The leading trade unions and organizations that make up the Workers' and Peasants' Platform for Water and Energy have been presenting proposals in the energy and water sectors. Lula was elected with the support of a broad front of diverse social sectors, some of who disagreed with the proposals of the unions and popular movements. In view of this, we have collectively built this document to present our concerns and list some points that we hope will be commitments assumed by a minister of Mines and Energy in Lula's government,\" explained Fernandes. Speaking to POCAE's priorities in upcoming months, Fernandes asserts, \"first, it is necessary to pressure the MME to commit to pro-public energy policies and to reversing the privatisations of public companies, which have worsened the living conditions of the Brazilian people. 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The shoe's original design was created in 1972 and has become an iconic style for the company. The film starred Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump, a lovable dimwitted scientist who unwittingly gets involved in some of the defining moments of the late 20th century. Nike's marketing team saw an opportunity to capitalize on the film's popularity and released a new line of Cortez shoes similar to those worn by Forrest Gump in the film. The marketing campaign was a huge success and Nike Cortez shoes became one of the most popular styles of the 1990s. Today, the Nike Cortez is once again enjoying a resurgence in popularity thanks to the release of the movie \"Forrest Gump\" on Blu-ray and DVD. The iconic shoes are once again worn by celebrities and fashionistas around the world, and Nike is reaping the rewards of its clever marketing campaign from 20 years ago. Thanks Forest! History of the Nike Cortez The Nike Cortez was first released in 1972 and quickly became one of the most popular running shoes on the market. The shoe was designed by Bill Bowerman, one of Nike's co-founders, and features a simple, lightweight and comfortable design. The Cortez was an instant hit with runners and helped make Nike a major player in the athletic shoe industry. Health Benefits of Nike Cortez Shoes Nike Cortez shoes are designed for comfort and performance, and they have a number of health benefits. The shoes are lightweight and have a cushioned sole that helps absorb shock. It can help prevent injuries and provide extra comfort when running or walking. Cortez shoes also have a stabilizing effect on the user's foot. If your toes go numb when you run, Cortez shoes can help prevent this condition by providing support and stability. Nike Cortez shoes are also beneficial for people with flat feet or high arches. Shoes can help relieve pain and improve the overall health of your feet. Fun Facts About Forrest Gump and the Race Now that we know a bit more about Nike Cortez shoes, let's take a look at some fun facts about Forrest Gump and running. • Forrest Gump was inspired by a real person named Forrest Gump. • Forrest Gump ran a total of 15,248 miles in the film. • The Nike Cortez shoes Forrest wore in the movie weren't actually available to the public until 1994, when the movie was released. • In the film, Forrest Gump runs across the United States. However, in reality, it would have been impossible for him to do so as he would have had to run an average of 4 miles per hour for 3 years straight. • The Nike Cortez shoes that Forrest Gump wore in the movie are now known as \"Forrest Gump\" shoes, and they are one of the most popular styles of Nike Cortez shoes. The success of Forrest Gump at the box office Forrest Gump caused a box office sensation when it was released in 1994 and grossed over $677 million at the worldwide box office. The film was nominated for 11 Oscars and Tom Hanks won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Forrest Gump. Besides his critical and commercial success, Forrest Gump has also had a lasting impact on popular culture. The movie's iconic line \"Life is like a box of chocolates\" has become one of the most famous quotes in any film, and the character of Forrest Gump has become an American legend. Movies like Forrest Gump If you're looking for other movies like Forrest Gump, here are some similar movies you might enjoy: The Shawshank Redemption Forrest Gump is often compared to The Shawshank Redemption, which is another movie about an innocent man wrongfully accused of a crime. Both films were praised for their moving storylines and outstanding performances. The green Line Like Forrest Gump, The Green Mile is another movie that stars Tom Hanks and is based on a novel by Stephen King. The Green Mile tells the story of a death row inmate with magical powers. Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan is another World War II drama directed by Steven Spielberg. The film follows a group of soldiers sent on a mission to rescue a soldier who is behind enemy lines. Schindler's list Schindler's List is another Spielberg film that tells the true story of a man who saved the lives of over 1,000 Jews during the Holocaust. The film is widely regarded as one of the best films ever made. The pursuit of happiness The Pursuit of Happyness is a film that tells the true story of Chris Gardner, a man who overcame homelessness to become a successful stockbroker. The film stars Will Smith and was directed by Gabriele Muccino. We hope this article helped give you some information you didn't know before about Forrest Gump and Nike Cortez shoes. If you're a fan of the movie, be sure to check out the other movies like Forrest Gump that we've listed. Stay safe and have a good time! About the Author Clara Carlson is a teacher, yoga enthusiast and writer. Born in San Francisco and lived most of her life in Los Angeles. 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The next hearing in the cases is expected to come up on November 7. Aircastle and Wilmington have filed insolvency pleas against SpiceJet over unpaid dues. However, the airline has also challenged the maintainability of these petitions on certain technical grounds. The Centre had issued a notification on October 3 providing that the moratorium under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 will not apply to aircraft, aircraft engines, airframes and helicopters governed by the Cape Town Convention. A moratorium gives bankrupt companies some immunity in legal cases and makes it difficult for lessors and creditors to recover their assets. However, with the lifting of this moratorium this protection has been reduced. While the lessors have filed cases against Spicejet for the settlement of their dues, SpiceJet has also filed a plea questioning the maintainability of Aircastle's petition. SpiceJet has challenged the validity of Aircastle's power of attorney, which grants authority to its representative, and also asserted that Aircastle had not filed a proper affidavit in support of its insolvency petition. The next hearing is expected to provide more clarity on various issues taking into account the impact of the government's notification. The government's notification to exempt transactions involving aircraft, aircraft engines, and helicopters from the IBC was issued in consonance with India's international treaty obligations as the country was a signatory to the Cape Town Convention and its Aircraft Protocol (CTC). 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The outspoken Tesla CEO, who is also the world's wealthiest person, has said he wanted to buy and privatize Twitter because he thinks it's not living up to its potential as a platform for free speech. Musk said in a joint statement with Twitter that he wants to make the service \"better than ever\" with new features, such as getting rid of automated \"spam bots\" and making its algorithms open to the public to increase trust. \"Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,\" he said. The deal was cemented roughly two weeks after the billionaire first revealed a 9 percent stake in the platform. Musk said last week that he had lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, putting pressure on the company's board to negotiate a deal. Twitter said the transaction was unanimously approved by its board of directors. The 11-member board includes Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey, who has been planning to step down from the board in May. Twitter said the deal is expected to close sometime this year and is subject to the approval of Twitter stockholders and regulators. Shares of Twitter Inc. rose 6% Monday to $52 per share. On April 14, Musk announced an offer to buy the social media platform for $54.20 per share. While the stock is up sharply since Musk made his offer, it is well below the high of $77 per share it reached in February 2021. Musk has described himself as a \"free-speech absolutist\" but is also known for blocking or disparaging other Twitter users who question or disagree with him. In recent weeks, he has voiced a number of proposed changes for the company, from relaxing its content restrictions — such as the rules that suspended former President Donald Trump's account — to ridding the platform of fake and automated accounts, and shifting away from its advertising-based revenue model. Asked during a recent TED talk if there are any limits to his notion of \"free speech,\" Musk said Twitter or any forum is \"obviously bound by the laws of the country that it operates in. So obviously there are some limitations on free speech in the US, and, of course, Twitter would have to abide by those rules.\" Beyond that, though, he said he'd be \"very reluctant\" to delete things and in general be cautious about permanent bans. It won't be perfect, Musk added, \"but I think we want it to really have the perception and reality that speech is as free as reasonably possible.\" Twitter had initially enacted an anti-takeover measure known as a poison pill that could make a takeover attempt prohibitively expensive. But the board decided to negotiate after Musk updated his proposal last week to show he had secured financing, according to The Wall Street Journal. While Twitter's user base of more than 200 million remains much smaller than those of rivals such as Facebook and TikTok, the service is popular with celebrities, world leaders, journalists and intellectuals. Musk himself is a prolific tweeter with a following that rivals several pop stars in the ranks of the most popular accounts. Last week, he said in documents filed with U.S. securities regulators that the money would come from Morgan Stanley and other banks, some of it secured by his huge stake in Tesla. Musk is the world's wealthiest person, according to Forbes, with a nearly $279 billion fortune. But much of his money is tied up in Tesla stock — he owns about 17% of the electric car company, according to FactSet, which is valued at more than $1 trillion — and SpaceX, his privately held space company. It's unclear how much cash Musk has. Musk began making his fortune in 1999 when he sold Zip2, an online mapping and business directory, to Compaq for $307 million. He used his share to create what would become PayPal, an internet service that bypassed banks and allowed consumers to pay businesses directly. It was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002. That same year, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, after finding that cost constraints were limiting NASA's interplanetary travel. The company eventually developed cost-effective reusable rockets. In 2004, Musk was courted to invest in Tesla, then a startup trying to build an electric car. 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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised an \"immediate\" package of economic sanctions against Moscow after President Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of two separatist-controlled regions in Ukraine and deployed troops. The conflict has sparked turmoil on markets, with the FTSE 100 tumbling 1.4pc at the open. This followed sharp falls in Asia amid fears about sanctions. It will also rattled energy markets, with European gas prices surging 13pc, while Brent crude pushed 2.2pc higher to a new seven-year high, closing in on $100 a barrel. Russia tensions rock commodity markets Prices for key commodities ranging from wheat to platinum have jumped as the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine sparked fears of supply disruptions. The region is a major global supplier of raw materials such as wheat, corn and sunflower oil, while Russia is one of the world's most important sources of metals including aluminium and nickel. Wheat futures rose 2.8pc, while corn traded 2.1pc higher. Aluminium jumped as much as 3.1pc, closing in on an all-time high, while nickel hit a new 10-year high. The surge in prices for raw materials – used in everything from food to cars – will add more fuel to the inflation already hitting economies around the globe. Meanwhile, energy markets were also rattled by the rising tensions. Gas prices jumped as much as 13pc, while Brent crude surged towards $100 a barrel. FTSE 100 swings back into the green Well, it's been a volatile morning on the markets. After plunging 1.4pc at the open, the FTSE 100 pared its losses and is now trading up 0.4pc. Oil giants BP and Shell are the biggest upward push on the index, tracking oil prices as they hurtle towards $100 a barrel. There are also gains for Smith & Nephew, InterContinental Hotels Group and Legal & General following updates this morning. The midcap FTSE 250 is now trading flat after dropping as much as 1.8pc. John Wood slumps on $100m Poland charge John Wood has suffered its biggest fall in almost two years after revealing it will take a $100m (£74m) charge on a project in Poland. Shares sank as much as 16pc – the most since the outbreak of Covid in March 2020 – after the company announced the charge at its long-delayed Aegis project, which involves constructing buildings at a US missile defence facility. It's the latest blow for the Scottish engineering company, which has already been hit by lower spending among oil and gas producers. John Wood said the charge mainly relates to an assessment of \"future customer recoveries,\" legal expenses and additional costs of about $20m to complete the project. The company will delay its 2021 results, previously due on March 8, until a review of the project is finished. Opec: We don't need to pump more oil Several key members of the Opec producer cartel have insisted there's no need to pump more oil even as prices surge towards $100 a barrel. Iraq and Nigeria said the group's strategy of gradually raising production is enough to balance the market and the group has no need to be more aggressive. Opec has come under pressure to pump more oil amid an extended rally in prices. An escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has pushed Brent crude to $99, extending this year's jump to 27pc. The 23-nation alliance, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, next meets on March 2. It is factoring in growth in output from non-Opec members such as Brazil and Canada and says it doesn't want to see any increase in commercially-stored oil around the world. Coca-Cola bottle gears up for Russia sanctions as profits rise Coca-Cola HBC Russia Ukraine - Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Coca-Cola's European bottling company has said it's got contingency plans in place to cope with the escalating Ukraine crisis as it posted a huge rise in profits driven partly by its Russian business. Coca-Cola HBC said it was considering stockpiling ingredients to limit any disruption in Russia after the West said it would roll out sanctions on Moscow. Chief Executive Zoran Bogdanovic told Reuters: \"We have contingencies in place for all scenarios, including alternative sourcing, so that we can act swiftly to whatever happens.\" The London-listed company, which operates in 29 European and African countries and counts Russia and Nigeria as its two biggest markets, had learned lessons from its experience during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine conflict. It came as Coca-Cola HBC beat expectations by posting a 24pc rise in pre-tax profit for last year to €831m (£693m) as the easing of Covid restrictions drove up demand for fizzy drinks. Still, shares dropped more than 5pc, plunging the firm close to the bottom of the FTSE 100. More reaction: Monetary policy still key risk Dubravko Lakos-Bujas at JP Morgan says: While the path of Russia-Ukraine crisis remains unclear with potentially elevated market volatility in the short-term, tightening monetary policy, in our view, still remains the key risk for equities as central banks attempt to aggressively re-anchor inflation expectations lower. Overly restrictive monetary policy could result in an outright policy error especially if the business cycle continues to deteriorate. 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Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) head, Gbenga Komolafe, said under a new petroleum law passed last year, the petroleum minister can only grant consent for such an acquisition upon recommendation from the commission. Buhari also acts as the petroleum minister. \"The issue at stake is purely a regulatory matter and the commission had earlier communicated the decline of ministerial assent to ExxonMobil in this regard. As such the Commission further affirms that the status quo remains,\" the NUPRC said. NUPRC had earlier this year declined to okay the deal without publicly giving a reason. Buhari on Monday granted consent to the deal. A presidency source told Reuters that Buhari would meet his junior oil minister Sylva Timipre on Tuesday over the issue. Timipre is expected to issue a statement after the meeting, the source added. The sale is also opposed by state firm NNPC Limited, which argues it has pre-emptive rights to the assets. Under the Petroleum Industry Act, which was passed last year after nearly two decades in the making, a holder of a petroleum exploration licence cannot \"transfer his licence or any right, power or interest without prior written consent of the commission.\" The law also says \"where the consent of the minister is granted in respect of the application for a transfer, the commission shall promptly record the transfer in the appropriate register.\" It is not clear if the petroleum minister's consent can override an objection from the commission. Oil majors operating in Nigeria, including Shell and TotalEnergies want to exit shallow water operations, citing concern over disruptions by local communities and focus on deep water drilling. 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Together with the smaller Volksbank and Triodos Bank, the three largest Dutch banks said they would establish an agency to monitor all their transactions, potentially making it easier to detect unusual patterns of behaviour. \"In addition to the banks' own responsibility as gate-keepers, effectively dealing with money laundering and the financing of terrorism requires a national approach\", the Dutch banking association NVB said. According to the NVB, around 16 billion euros ($18 billion) of criminal money is laundered through accounts in the Netherlands every year, placing the country among the top locations for money launderers in the world. ING in 2018 paid a record fine of 775 million euros in a settlement with Dutch prosecutors after failing for years to spot money laundering and other criminal activities carried out through its accounts. ABN Amro is awaiting the outcome of a similar investigation against it announced last year. 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Famous investors such as Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have historically shown a preference for these stocks due to their ability to generate consistent cash flows, especially in a stable economic environment. Banks often have robust business models that can withstand economic cycles, thanks to their crucial role in the financial system. Additionally, the highly regulated nature of the banking industry adds a layer of security that appeals to conservative investors. Investors are often drawn to banking stocks because of their inherent advantages, such as dividend yields, exposure to economic growth, and the potential for capital appreciation. Moreover, these stocks provide exposure to interest rate cycles, which can be advantageous when rates rise. The steady income from interest payments on loans, along with fee-based revenue streams, makes banks reliable earners even in uncertain economic times. However, investing in banking stocks also requires a careful selection process. Famous investors like Warren Buffett often focus on criteria such as strong management teams, a history of profitability, and prudent risk management. They also favour banks with solid balance sheets, high capital ratios, and conservative lending practices. Below, I discuss my selection UK banking stocks, listed alphabetically, that have caught the attention of investors due to their technical and fundamental strengths. Technical comment- quite a few of the big banking stocks have similar looking charts, please see Barclays (LON: BARC ) below- specifically take note of the long, sustained sideways price action that's been running this way since 2007. This low value is most likely reflective of the value of the stocks, and is a red flag when compared to almost any performance prior to that. I bring them up for two reasons: 1. People still want to invest in banking stocks 2. Some are breaking up out of the long-sustained sideways move, which could be an opportunity. Barclays plc (BARC) Barclays is a major player in both retail and investment banking, providing a diversified revenue stream that includes consumer banking, corporate banking, and investment services. The bank has capitalised on market volatility, particularly through its investment banking arm, which has performed well in recent quarters. From a technical standpoint, Barclays' stock has shown resilience, with recent movements indicating potential upward momentum. The bank's ongoing digital transformation and cost-cutting efforts further position it as a strong contender in the UK banking sector. Technical analysis: Price is trending up, which is different from behaviour over the last decade. Verdict: Buy for investors seeking a balanced exposure to retail and investment banking. HSBC Holdings plc (LON: HSBA ) HSBC is one of the largest banks in the world, with a significant presence in Asia. This geographic diversification offers multiple growth avenues, particularly in high-growth markets like China. HSBC's stock has demonstrated strong technical patterns, with bullish indicators suggesting continued strength. The bank's strategic focus on Asia, coupled with its global footprint, makes it an attractive option for investors seeking international exposure with a balance of stability and growth potential. Technical analysis: Price is trending up nicely, but resistance lies up ahead. Verdict: Buy for long-term investors with a global outlook. Lloyds Banking Group plc (LON: LLOY ) Lloyds is a dominant player in the UK retail and commercial banking sector, with a strong focus on the domestic market. It is particularly well-known for its significant share in the UK mortgage market, which contributes substantially to its revenue. The stock has shown relative stability, with technical indicators pointing to potential upside as the UK economy stabilises. Lloyds' emphasis on digital banking and operational efficiency adds to its appeal, especially for investors looking for a solid, homegrown banking leader. Technical analysis: Price is trending up, which is different from behaviour over the last decade. Verdict: Buy for value investors with confidence in the UK economy. Santander UK plc (BNC) Santander UK, a subsidiary of the Spanish banking giant Banco Santander (BME: SAN ), is a major player in the UK retail banking sector. The bank has shown steady performance, benefiting from its diverse range of financial products and services. However, it is also exposed to the broader economic environment in the UK, which could impact its profitability. Technical analysis: Price is trending up, which is different from behaviour over the last decade. It's a good trend. Verdict: Hold, with potential upside if the UK economy stabilises. Standard Chartered plc (LON: STAN ) Standard Chartered offers a unique proposition with its extensive focus on emerging markets, particularly in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The bank's presence in these high-growth regions provides significant opportunities, albeit with higher associated risks. Technically, Standard Chartered's stock has been on an upward trajectory, supported by strong performance in its key markets. This makes it an appealing option for investors seeking exposure to dynamic economies outside the traditional Western markets. Technical analysis: Price is testing a major level of resistance- if it breaks, there's very good upside potential. Verdict: Buy for investors seeking emerging market exposure with a higher risk tolerance. Virgin Money UK plc (LON: VMUK ) Virgin Money is a smaller, but rapidly growing, player in the UK retail banking sector. The bank has focused heavily on digital transformation and enhancing customer experience, which has allowed it to gain market share. Virgin Money's stock has shown promising technical signals, particularly as the bank continues to expand its presence in the UK market. For growth-oriented investors, especially those interested in digital banking innovation, Virgin Money presents an intriguing opportunity. Technical analysis: Price is testing a strong resistance level. Worth watching this for a breakout. Verdict: Buy for growth-oriented investors with a focus on digital banking. The Cons of Owning Banking Stocks While banking stocks can offer attractive returns, they come with their own set of risks. One of the main drawbacks is their sensitivity to economic cycles. Banks are highly leveraged institutions, and their profitability is closely tied to the health of the broader economy. During economic downturns, banks can suffer from higher default rates on loans, which can significantly impact their earnings. Additionally, banking stocks are vulnerable to regulatory changes. The financial industry is one of the most heavily regulated sectors, and any changes in regulations can have a profound impact on a bank's operations and profitability. For instance, increased capital requirements or restrictions on certain types of lending can constrain a bank's ability to generate profits. Another risk is exposure to interest rate fluctuations. While banks generally benefit from rising interest rates, which can widen net interest margins, they can also suffer if rates rise too quickly or if the yield curve inverts. This can lead to reduced lending activity and pressure on earnings. Suggested Selection Criteria for Banking Stocks For investors considering adding banking stocks to their portfolios, it's important to adopt a rigorous selection process. The criteria used by famous investors like Warren Buffett can be instructive: 1. Strong Management Team: Look for banks with experienced and prudent management that has successfully navigated previous economic cycles. 2. Profitability History: Favour banks that have consistently demonstrated strong profitability, even during challenging economic periods. 3. Capital Strength: Prioritise banks with strong capital ratios and a conservative approach to risk management. 4. Dividend Yield: Consider banks with a history of paying steady or increasing dividends, as this can provide income even during market downturns. 5. Economic Moat: Focus on banks that have a competitive advantage, whether through scale, customer base, or technology, which can help sustain profitability in the long term. I'll leave you with that- plenty to chew on. 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Our country is at war. We just lost nearly 3,000 people in the single most destructive terror attack in modern history. We were still in the grip, however irrationally, of the fear that another 9/11 was just around the corner. With some breakthrough software deployed at our airports, all courtesy of our biggest tech company, our lives just became a lot safer. A cause for celebration, right? Of course not. All but the most strident security hawks would scream discrimination. Our civil rights were being trampled, minorities were being singled out — and for what? Is there any evidence this would have stopped a terror attack? It's beyond the pale to even consider. Huawei, a Chinese company that is the world's biggest producer of telecommunications equipment, is doing this exact hypothetical. Not only that, the company is doing it in a country where the minority it is identifying — ethnic Uighurs, Turkic people, generally Muslim, who hail from Xinjiang province — can be put into re-education camps simply for being who they are. And yet, this didn't exactly set off alarm bells across the world. The first sign something was up came Dec. 8 from The Washington Post , which reported that \"Huawei has tested facial recognition software that could send automated 'Uighur alarms' to government authorities when its camera systems identify members of the oppressed minority group, according to an internal document that provides further details about China's artificial-intelligence surveillance regime. \"A document signed by Huawei representatives — discovered by the research organization IPVM and shared exclusively with The Washington Post — shows that the telecommunications firm worked in 2018 with the facial recognition start-up Megvii to test an artificial-intelligence camera system that could scan faces in a crowd and estimate each person's age, sex and ethnicity.\" That then would be sent to authorities and could potentially flag them for police surveillance and put them at risk for detention. And this wasn't a matter of months of investigative reporting — which isn't to say The Post didn't do a bang-up job. However, it's worth noting that a document detailing all of this could be found on Huawei's website. For whatever it's worth, the document was removed after the companies were contacted about it. Glenn Schloss, a Huawei spokesman, told The Post that the program \"is simply a test and it has not seen real-world application. Huawei only supplies general-purpose products for this kind of testing. We do not provide custom algorithms or applications.\" That's not quite what China said about targeting Uighurs. According to The Post, \"Chinese officials have said such systems reflect the country's technological advancement, and that their expanded use can help government responders and keep people safe. But to international rights advocates, they are a sign of China's dream of social control — a way to identify unfavorable members of society and squash public dissent.\" The Post said China's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. If the whole thing sounds scary, Maya Wang, of the advocacy group Human Rights Watch , says it goes even further than that. \"China's surveillance ambition goes way, way, way beyond minority persecution,\" Wang told The Post, but \"the persecution of minorities is obviously not exclusive to China. … And these systems would lend themselves quite well to countries that want to criminalize minorities.\" And make no mistake: This is hardly just proof of concept stuff. \"People don't go to the trouble of building expensive systems like this for nothing,\" said Jonathan Frankle, a researcher in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \"These aren't people burning money for fun. If they did this, they did it for a very specific reason in mind. And that reason is very clear.\" Meanwhile, a Sunday follow-up in the Post found this was hardly the only tech product Huawei had used to detect a person's race. You would think this passage would elicit rage in the United States, and yet it didn't: \"Protests on the scale of Black Lives Matter would be nearly impossible to organize in mainland China — partly because of these very surveillance technologies. \"One of the products jointly offered by Huawei and Chinese surveillance equipment supplier Vikor can send an alert if a crowd starts to form, according to a marketing presentation. The alert can be set for clusters of three, six, 10, 20 or 50 people.\" Also not worrisome: \"In the United States, police have also sought to use some technologies, such as facial recognition, to investigate crimes but have stopped short of publicly adopting technologies to analyze people's voices and ethnicities. In the wake of nationwide protests over the summer against police abuse, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM banned police from using their facial recognition technology. (Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos owns The Post.)\" And no one really cares — with some exceptions. French soccer player Antoine Griezmann, who has been a Huawei brand ambassador since 2017, announced Dec. 10 that he would end his relationship with the company. \"I take this opportunity to invite Huawei to not just deny these accusations,\" Griezmann said in an Instagram post, \"but to take concrete actions as quickly as possible to condemn this mass repression, and to use its influence to contribute to the respect of human and women's rights in society.\" He's one of the few pushing Huawei or China , however. What a surprise. Meanwhile, let this be any American company and the hue and cry would be deafening. Again, what a surprise. What we need is a presumptive president-elect who will stand up to Huawei and to Beijing. What's clear is that we don't have one. This article appeared originally on The Western Journal . 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(CASIS). These payloads include multiple investigations from private-sector entities, including two supported by highly recognizable companies: Merck and Procter & Gamble. In the 10 years of CASIS management, more than half of ISS National Lab-sponsored payloads delivered to the space station have represented private-sector interests. Companies have utilized the ISS National Lab for research and development to produce new or enhanced products for consumers on Earth. Commercial entities have also conducted technology demonstrations of new hardware and facilities that further business models in low Earth orbit. Additionally, multiple companies have provided funding to support ISS National Lab-sponsored research that leverages the unique space-based environment to bring value to our nation and drive a robust market in low Earth orbit. Over the years, pharmaceutical leader Merck has launched multiple protein crystallization investigations to the space station. In a recent ISS National Lab-sponsored investigation focused on Merck's cancer immunotherapy drug Keytruda®, the Merck team achieved exciting results . Leveraging microgravity conditions, Merck was able to produce highly uniform, concentrated crystalline suspensions of the active ingredient in Keytruda®. Merck successfully translated these findings to drug development processes back on the ground, allowing the company to further develop a potential drug formulation and delivery of Keytruda®. Merck's latest crystallization experiment builds on their previous ISS National Lab-sponsored research , and results could lead to additional improvements in the manufacture and storage of Keytruda®, which could both reduce costs and improve quality of life for patients on Earth. Also on SpaceX CRS-24, Procter & Gamble —one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world—will send Tide Infinity, the first in a series of detergent systems being developed for NASA's long duration space travel initiatives (through a Space Act Agreement with NASA) to understand the viability of cleaning clothes off planet. The Tide team intends to test the stability of cleaning ingredients under microgravity conditions and radiation exposure in space . In doing so, the company hopes to gain insights that could help in the development of a low-resource-use laundry solution for everyday use while meeting consumer demand for more sustainable products. Results could also further knowledge on the development of laundry detergent solutions to support future long-duration spaceflight missions. SpaceX CRS-24, contracted through NASA, is slated to take flight no earlier than December 21 at 5:06 a.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A. In the coming days, additional press releases will provide more information on ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations launching on this mission. To learn more about all investigations on SpaceX CRS-24, please visit our launch page . About the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory The International Space Station (ISS) is a one-of-a-kind laboratory that enables research and technology development not possible on Earth. As a public service enterprise, the ISS National Lab allows researchers to leverage this multiuser facility to improve life on Earth, mature space-based business models, advance science literacy in the future workforce, and expand a sustainable and scalable market in low Earth orbit. Through this orbiting national laboratory, research resources on the ISS are available to support non-NASA science, technology and education initiatives from U.S. government agencies, academic institutions, and the private sector. The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Inc. (CASIS) manages the ISS National Lab, under Cooperative Agreement with NASA, facilitating access to its permanent microgravity research environment, a powerful vantage point in low Earth orbit, and the extreme and varied conditions of space. 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The DVD service, which still ships movies and TV shows in the red-and-white envelopes that once served as Netflix's emblem, plans to ship its final discs on September 29. Netflix ended last year with nearly 231 million subscribers worldwide for its video-streaming service, but it stopped disclosing years ago how many people still pay for DVDs to be delivered in the mail as that part of its business steadily dwindled. The DVD service generated $145.7 million in revenue last year, which translates to between 1.1 million and 1.3 million subscribers based on the average prices paid by customers. Just before Netflix stopped streaming video in 2011, the DVD-by-mail service had more than 16 million subscribers. That number has steadily dwindled, and the service's eventual demise became apparent as the idea of ​​waiting for the US Postal Service to deliver entertainment became woefully obsolete. But the DVD-by-mail service still has die-hard fans who continue to subscribe because they enjoy finding obscure movies that aren't widely available for streaming video. Many subscribers still get nostalgic when they open their mailbox and see the familiar red and white envelopes waiting for them instead of junk mail and a stack of bills. \"These iconic red envelopes changed the way people watch series and movies at home — and paved the way for the shift to streaming,\" Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos wrote in a blog post about the upcoming one DVD Service Closure. The service's history dates back to 1997, when Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph went to a post office in Santa Cruz, California, to mail a Patsy Cline CD to his friend and co-founder, Reed Hasting. Randolph, Netflix's original CEO, wanted to test whether a disc could be delivered through the US Postal Service without being damaged, hoping to do the same with the still-new format that became DVD. Patsy Cline's CD arrived pristine at Hastings' home, which prompted the duo in 1998 to launch a DVD-by-mail rental website that they always knew would be replaced by even more convenient technology. Recommended \"It was planned obsolescence, but we bet it was going to take longer than most people thought at the time,\" Randolph told The Santa Cruz Post Office, where he was mailed the Patsy Cline, in an interview with The Associated Press last year CD. Hastings succeeded Randolph as Netflix's CEO a few years after its inception, a position he did not vacate until his retirement in January. With just over five months to live, the DVD service has shipped more than 5 billion discs to the US – the only country it has ever operated in. Its demise mirrors the demise of thousands of blockbuster video stores that have shut down because they were unable to counter the threat posed by Netflix's DVD-by-mail alternative. Even subscribers who have remained loyal to the DVD service could see the end coming when they noticed the dwindling selection in a library that once numbered more than 100,000 titles. Some customers have also reported waiting longer for disc delivery as Netflix shut down dozens of DVD distribution centers as it transitioned to streaming. \"Our goal has always been to provide the best service to our members, but as the business continues to shrink, that's becoming increasingly difficult,\" Sarandos admitted in his blog post. Netflix has rebranded the rental service as DVD.com – a prosaic name settled after Hastings floated the idea of ​​calling it Qwikster, an idea that was widely ridiculed. The DVD service was operated from a nondescript office in Fremont, California, which is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Netflix's elegant campus in Los Gatos, California. 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Inouye International Airport in Honolulu on Thursday, July 11, 2019. The flight from Vancouver to Sydney encountered \"un-forecasted and sudden turbulence,\" about two hours past Hawaii when the plane diverted to Honolulu, Air Canada spokeswoman Angela Mah said in a statement. (Tim Tricky/Hurricane Fall via AP) HONOLULU (AP) — Dozens of people were violently slammed off the ceiling of a jetliner that encountered unexpected and intense turbulence over the Pacific Ocean Thursday. An Air Canada flight to Australia made an emergency landing in Honolulu after 37 people were injured, nine seriously, during the sudden loss of altitude that sent people flying into the luggage compartments and aisles of the airplane. The flight from Vancouver to Sydney encountered \"un-forecasted and sudden turbulence,\" about two hours past Hawaii when the plane diverted to Honolulu, Air Canada spokeswoman Angela Mah said in a statement. \"The plane just dropped,\" passenger Stephanie Beam told The Associated Press. \"When we hit turbulence, I woke up and looked over to make sure my kids were buckled. The next thing I knew there's just literally bodies on the ceiling of the plane.\" A woman behind her hit the ceiling so hard that she broke the casing of an oxygen mask, said Beam, of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Of the 37 passengers and flight crew members injured, nine had serious injuries, emergency responders said. Thirty people were taken to hospitals. Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Chief Dean Nakano said the injured ranged in age from children to the elderly. Customs agents and emergency responders met passengers at the gate at the Honolulu airport to ensure they could get medical attention quickly. Honolulu Emergency Services Department spokeswoman Shayne Enright said injuries included cuts, bumps, bruises, neck pain and back pain. More than two dozen people were taken to hospitals, she said. Llyn Williams was traveling with his wife Erica Daly back to their home in Sydney, Australia. His wife was injured and taken to the hospital. He said when they hit the violent turbulence, \"everybody who was not seated and belted in hit the roof, almost everybody in our cabin.\" Williams described the cabin afterward as frightening, with plastic lying around and oxygen masks dangling. \"A lot of blood everywhere,\" he said. \"It was really quite scary.\" Andrew Szucs, originally from Ontario but now living in Sydney, was not injured. There had been turbulence before the abrupt drop and he was awake, bracing himself. \"Then all of a sudden the plane dropped and went sideways,\" Szucs said. \"And that's when the people who were strapped in flew, hit the ceiling.\" He said the pilot came on the radio and said they didn't see the turbulence on radar and had \"no warning this kind of air drop was going to happen.\" Babies and children were crying as crew members went through the cabin assessing injuries. About 15 minutes later, there was an announcement asking for passengers who are medical professionals to help, Beam said. Sandy Marshall of Sydney was injured, with her two children unhurt. \"I didn't have my seat belt on at the time. My child was sleeping on me, and I went straight up into the ceiling,\" she said. Most of the impact was to her head, but she also suffered a laceration under her right eye, bruising and muscular pain in her neck. 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Continue reading… Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/05/boeing-workers-end-strike-walkout-seattle-portland-california Author : Reuters Publish date : 2024-11-05 06:29:57 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source . 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The firm presently has a \"buy\" rating on the stock. Hauck & Aufhaeuser's price objective points to a potential upside of 133.46% from the stock's previous close. Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Baader Bank set a €230.00 ($267.44) price target on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a \"buy\" rating in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Oddo Bhf set a €240.00 ($279.07) price target on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a \"buy\" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Berenberg Bank set a €210.00 ($244.19) price target on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a \"buy\" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Independent Research set a €140.00 ($162.79) price objective on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a \"neutral\" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, UBS Group set a €151.00 ($175.58) price objective on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a \"neutral\" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. The stock presently has a consensus rating of \"Buy\" and an average target price of €186.95 ($217.38). ETR WDI opened at €115.65 ($134.48) on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 83.33, a current ratio of 1.75 and a quick ratio of 1.75. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.29 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.45. The company's fifty day moving average is €141.47 and its two-hundred day moving average is €141.58. Wirecard has a 52-week low of €86.00 ($100.00) and a 52-week high of €178.40 ($207.44). Wirecard Company Profile Wirecard AG, a technology company, provides outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Payment Processing & Risk Management, Acquiring & Issuing, and Call Center & Communication Services. The Payment Processing & Risk Management segment provides products and service for the acceptance or transactions, and the processing of electronic payments and associated processes. Read More: How does new data get added to a blockchain? 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The watchdog separately started a second probe into the online retail giant's e-commerce practices. Margrethe Vestager, the Commission vice president who oversees the European Union's competition watchdog, said in a press conference that the accumulation of data from 800,000 vendors on more than a billion items fed directly into Amazon AMZN, 's algorithms and allowed the group to then focus on the bestselling items. The move comes after a nearly two-year formal probe on Amazon's \"dual role\" as a platform for third-party vendors and seller of its own goods. Vestager noted that Amazon had abused its dominant position in Germany and France, Europe's largest markets. The new probe will focus on Amazon's \"buy box\" that pops up when customers are shopping on the internet, and its Prime service. European authorities suspect Amazon of giving a preferred treatment to the independent vendors using its logistics and delivery services to the detriment of others. Amazon said in a release, published as Vestager was speaking, that it \"disagreed with the preliminary assertions\" of the Commission. The company \"represents less than 1% of the global retail market, and there are larger retailers in every country in which [it operates],\" it added. The outlook: Vestager, who had already slapped more than €8 billion of fines on Google GOOGL, , is reinforcing her reputation as a tough competition enforcer, and the scourge of Big Tech. But Amazon is also the target of similar probes elsewhere, notably in the U.S., in California and the state of Washington. The Commission's decision, which was expected, will add to the online retailer's woes in Europe. Amazon is already one of the big internet companies targeted by the governments of major European countries such as Germany, France and the U.K., for failing to pay taxes where it actually makes profit. Once the company has presented its observations to the EU watchdog, it would have to comply with its demands after the unavoidable lawsuits have run their courses, and propose steps to comply with the Vestager's demands. If it persists, the group has ample means to pay another billion-euro fine. Its shares are up more than 60% this year, boosted by the rise of online sales due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the legal principle, and possible precedent, may be more important to the group than the actual amount of the fine it risks paying. 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The judge on Friday said Apple would have to loosen some rules on developers. But the ruling favored Apple on many counts, including allowing the iPhone maker to continue its prohibition of third-party, in-app payment systems. Epic had said it would continue its legal fight. The decision concludes the first part of the battle between the two companies over Apple's App Store policies and whether they stifle competition. Apple won on 9 of 10 counts but was found to engage in anticompetitive conduct under California law, and will be forced to change its App Store policies and loosen its grip over in-app purchases. The injunction will come into effect in December. \"The Court concludes that Apple's anti-steering provisions hide critical information from consumers and illegally stifle consumer choice,\" Rogers wrote. \"When coupled with Apple's incipient antitrust violations, these anti-steering provisions are anticompetitive and a nationwide remedy to eliminate those provisions is warranted.\" Related: Disruptive Innovations on Digital Platforms: Lessons from Epic Games v. Apple in the US However, Rogers said that Apple was not a monopolist and \"success is not illegal.\" \"Given the trial record, the Court cannot ultimately conclude that Apple is a monopolist under either federal or state antitrust laws,\" Rogers wrote. Want more news? Subscribe to CPI's free daily newsletter for more headlines and updates on antitrust developments around the world. 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And early rounds of tests have gone without any major hurdles — and the trials mark the first time in history that water plasma propulsion has been used by a spacecraft, according to the company. #ElCaminoReal is performing as expected! This successfully demonstrates for the first time, in-space water plasma propulsion, and also demonstrates the technology, which has the highest specific impulse among other water-based propulsion. — MOMENTUS (@momentusspace) September 9, 2019 The system was developed to move micro-satellites between levels of orbit, from where they were dropped off to where they're needed to operate. \"Water plasma propulsion is now technologically mature enough to be baselined for operational in-space transportation missions,\" Momentus CEO Mikhail Kokorich told SpaceNews . Microwave Thrusters The startup has been testing the propulsion system on their El Camino Real — also known as Momentus X1 — spacecraft that launched on a Russian Soyuz rocket in July 2019. The microwave-sized cubesat spacecraft uses water as a fuel to power its microwave electrothermal thruster to cycle between orbits. Even freezing lines of propellant couldn't stop the spacecraft. \"The system proved to be highly resilient and post-freezing, all units were successfully verified to operate as expected,\" Kokorich told SpaceNews . 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While one is the epitome of big oil and the other is more representative of the future of energy, both are known for their high dividend yields, strong cash flows that keep those payouts secure, and long track records of growing their dividend payments on a regular basis. Furthermore, both have things in their favor that could make them compelling investments right now. ExxonMobil sits on some of the cheapest oil and gas assets in the world and plans to better-leverage its integrated business could see it pump a gusher of profits in coming years. On the other hand, Brookfield Renewable owns some of the best, cheapest, renewable energy-producing assets in the world, and its management has proved incredibly skilled at growing its cash flows over time. Image source: Getty Images. So which is the better buy right now? The turnaround play in ExxonMobil, or the up-and-comer in Brookfield Renewable? The case for ExxonMobil It's been a bit of a lost decade for the oil giant, and its investors. Since Jan. 31, 2009, 10 years before this writing, ExxonMobil's stock price has dropped 4.3%, while the broader stock market has come soaring out of the ashes of the Global Financial Crisis: XOMdata by YCharts It may not seem like a fair comparison, considering the past decade has been one of the longest, best bull markets in American history. But that's kind of the point. Even from the bottoms of the worst stock market decline in 80 years, which should be a huge head-start on strong future returns, ExxonMobil has made for a terrible investment. Heck, it's even underperformed bondsover the past decade: XOM Total Return Pricedata by YCharts Yet even as it struggled to deliver decent value for shareholders, it did continue to deliver industry-leading returns: XOM Return on Invested Capital (TTM)data by YCharts The problem is that, over the past decade -- particularly the past half-decade, since oil prices have fallen from the $100-plus peak in 2014 -- the company hasn't been able to turn those returns on investments into bigger profits. ExxonMobil's earnings per share were actually 28% less than they were 10 years before, and that's after a big improvement over the past year: XOM EPS Diluted (TTM)data by YCharts Which brings us to the bull case. ExxonMobil is in the early stages of a strategy that's aimed at better leveraging its ultra-cheap oil holdings, and its integrated assets, to turn more of every barrel of oil it pumps, refines, or sells, into more profits. By 2025, management says it will have doubled cash flows from 2018 levels. That's an ambitious plan, but ExxonMobil continues to be one of the best in the business at capital allocation. Many of its struggles over the past decade have been tied to the reality that oil sells for about 60% of the price it commanded for much of the first half of the past decade. From here out, ExxonMobil aims to be a low-cost leader starting with its oil production, and then leveraging its operating assets to yield industry-leading returns. If it does that, buying shares today for about 13 times trailing earnings could turn out to be one of the best bargains of the decade. Add in a dividend that yields 4.4% and tends to get a bump every year, and this big-oil behemoth could be a huge winner. The case for Brookfield Renewable While ExxonMobil has struggled to deliver decent returns for its shareholders over the past decade, Brookfield Renewable Partners, which owns a collection of hydroelectric, wind, and solar energy-producing assets, has been a pretty great investment: BEP Total Return Pricedata by YCharts At its core, it's because Brookfield Renewable's core business is not tied to a volatile and unpredictable commodity like oil, but a far-more predictable commodity, electricity. In short, Brookfield renewable makes a living producing electricity and then selling it to utilities. Almost all of its production is sold under long-term contracts at fixed prices that include escalators for inflation. Furthermore, unlike oil, Brookfield Renewable doesn't deal with a volatile commodity it must buy to produce electricity, though variances in wind, sun, and rainfall do affect how much power its facilities produce and it can sell. The end result is a business that generates remarkably steady, predictable cash flows, a large portion of which management is committed to return to shareholders. At recent prices, Brookfield Renewable dividend yield is a generous 6.8%, and management's long-term goal is to increase the payout between 5% and 9% annually. It's certainly been able to do that; over the past five years, the payout has been raised every year, and it's up nearly 90%. Moreover, it has one of the best pathways to future growth of any company in the energy industry. Between the impacts of hydrocarbon emissions on the climate and environment, the higher cost of energy from coal, nuclear, and even natural gas, renewables like wind, solar, and hydro are set to gain the majority of future investments. According to a recent company presentation, it would require $5 trillionin investments globally simply to get halfthe world's energy production shifted to renewables. Want to see a 100% renewable-energy future? Move the needle to $11 trillion. Image source: Getty Images. That's a massive market opportunity. Furthermore, Brookfield Renewables is already winning the cost battle. Wind energy is cost-competitive with any other sourceof electricity, while solar is quickly closing the gap. As technology improves and drives the cost of power generation downeven further, investments in renewables are likely to accelerate further. And as Brookfield Renewables has already proved over the past decade, the best place to invest is in the power-generating assets, and no other management teamhas shown itself to be as skilled at capital allocation over the long term. Look to the future While there's much to like about ExxonMobil's prospects, I think investors will do much better over the long term to invest in Brookfield Renewable Partners. As much as ExxonMobil continues to deliver high rates of return, owns some great low-cost oil and gas assets, and should be able to leverage its integrated business to deliver even better future returns, there are too many questions surrounding fossil fuels for me to pick it over Brookfield Renewable. Frankly, there's no predicting whether oil prices will rise, fall, or hold steady in the future -- though they will almost certainly do all three at different points -- and more importantly, it's hard to predict how much future demand for oil will grow. Renewables, however, will certainly continue to grow in demand, while costs will fall. And since I'd rate Brookfield Renewables' management team right up there with ExxonMobil's when it comes to discipline and strong capital deployment skills, you have to go with the business that has the better, more predictable path forward. 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The new name will be reflected in advertising and online immediately, with new signs rolling out to dealerships soon, the company said, while the electric vehicles sold by VW will be given an exterior Voltswagen brand as well. The news was accidentally posted on a VW press site on Monday before disappearing, fueling speculation that it might be an April Fools' Day joke, but the company formally announced the move on Tuesday — March 30. VW is adamant the change is real. \"Over the course of the next few months, you will see the brand transition at all consumer touch points,\" Kimberley Gardiner, senior vice president, Voltswagen of America brand marketing, said in a statement. \"This is an exciting moment for us, and we have been working through every avenue to make the transition clear, consistent, seamless and fun for all.\" We know, 66 is an unusual age to change your name, but we've always been young at heart. Introducing Voltswagen. Similar to Volkswagen, but with a renewed focus on electric driving. Starting with our all-new, all-electric SUV the ID.4 - available today. There's no indication that the global Volkswagen group, based in Germany, will be changing its name. But this American name change comes just two weeks after the global company announced substantial commitments to invest in battery factories and expand charging networks, as part of its ongoing effort to pivot toward electric vehicles, away from gas- and diesel-powered ones. CEO Herbert Diess said the transformation \"will be bigger than anything the industry has seen in the past century.\" And VW is not the only company planning a massive transition: General Motors and Volvo have announced they will sell exclusively electric vehicles by 2035 and 2030, respectively. Volkswagen suffered a devastating blow to its public image after it was caught designing diesel vehicles to cheat on emissions tests. But Volkswagen's electric ambitions aren't only about restoring a tarnished reputation. As concerns mount over climate change and investors look toward clean technology, the entire auto industry is coalescing behind a vision of the future where new passenger vehicles are powered entirely by batteries or other zero-emissions technology. 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The recall covers some 2017-2022 Model 3, 2020-2021 Model Y, and 2021-2022 Model S and Model X vehicles. Tesla promised to perform an over-the-air software update of the automatic window reversal system. Also Read: GM's Driverless-Car Unit Cruise Recalls Some Robotaxis Over Software Glitch NHTSA said a closing window without the proper automatic reversing system might exert excessive force by pinching a commuter before retracting, increasing the risk of injury. NHTSA claimed non-compliance with the requirements of a federal motor vehicle safety standard on power windows. During product testing in August, Tesla said that employees identified window automatic reversal system performance that had \"greater than expected variations in response to pinch detection,\" Reuters reports. After extensive additional testing, Tesla determined that the vehicle's pinch detection and retraction performance in the test results failed automatic reversal systems requirements. Tesla said that from September 13, vehicles in production and pre-delivery received a software update that sets power-operated window operation to the requirements. Earlier, Tesla recalled 107,293 China-made Model 3 and Model Y vehicles due to overheating that may cause the center touchscreen display to malfunction. Price Action: TSLA shares traded lower by 1.33% at $296.78 on the last check Thursday. 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FILE PHOTO: A Moody's sign on the 7 World Trade Center tower is photographed in New York August 2, 2011. REUTERS / Mike Segar LONDON (Reuters) -Moody's cut Russia's credit rating to Ca on Sunday, the second-lowest rung of its ratings ladder, citing central bank capital controls that are likely to restrict payments on the country's foreign debt and lead to default. Moody's (NYSE said its decision to cut Russia's rating was \"driven by severe concerns around Russia's willingness and ability to pay its debt obligations\". Russia's economy has been plunged into crisis as a result of harsh sanctions imposed by the West which include freezing assets of the central bank held overseas and severing several Russian banks from the SWIFT international payments systems. The central bank last week put a temporary halt on payments and on Wednesday said it had barred coupon payments for foreign investors holding ruble-denominated sovereign debt, known as OFZs. It did not say how long the curbs would be in place. On Sunday, the central bank said Russian creditors and those from countries that had not joined in with sanctioning the country would be paid in rubles at the exchange rate prevailing at the time of payment. Creditors could also be paid in the currency in which the debt was issued if they obtained special permission, it said. For creditors from other countries, payments would be deposited in rubles into a special account which would be governed by rules set by the central bank, it added. After local OFZ holders received coupon payments, withheld from non-residents last week, focus has shifted to March 16 when Russia must pay $ 107 million in coupons across two Eurobonds. Moody's said default risks had increased, and that foreign bondholders were likely to recoup only part of their investment. \"The likely recovery for investors will be in line with the historical average, commensurate with a Ca rating,\" it said. \"At the Ca rating level, the recovery expectations are at 35 to 65% (of face value).\" Moody's and its ratings agency peers Fitch and S% P Global had scored Russia at investment-grade levels of Baa3 / BBB as recently as March 1. All three have since cut their scores several notches, putting the sovereign deep into \"junk\" territory. S&P rates Russia at \"CCC-minus\" while Fitch has it on B, with a negative outlook, meaning a further downgrade is likely. Moody's only ratings rung lower than Ca is C, which equates to Selective or Restricted Default under the Fitch and S&P Global (NYSE classifications. Disclaimer: Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained in this website is not necessarily real-time nor accurate. 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The outspoken Tesla CEO, who is also the world's wealthiest person, has said he wanted to buy and privatize Twitter because he thinks it's not living up to its potential as a platform for free speech. Musk said in a joint statement with Twitter that he wants to make the service \"better than ever\" with new features, such as getting rid of automated \"spam bots\" and making its algorithms open to the public to increase trust. \"Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,\" he said. The deal was cemented roughly two weeks after the billionaire first revealed a 9 percent stake in the platform. Musk said last week that he had lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, putting pressure on the company's board to negotiate a deal. Twitter said the transaction was unanimously approved by its board of directors. The 11-member board includes Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey, who has been planning to step down from the board in May. Twitter said the deal is expected to close sometime this year and is subject to the approval of Twitter stockholders and regulators. Shares of Twitter Inc. rose 6% Monday to $52 per share. On April 14, Musk announced an offer to buy the social media platform for $54.20 per share. While the stock is up sharply since Musk made his offer, it is well below the high of $77 per share it reached in February 2021. Musk has described himself as a \"free-speech absolutist\" but is also known for blocking or disparaging other Twitter users who question or disagree with him. In recent weeks, he has voiced a number of proposed changes for the company, from relaxing its content restrictions — such as the rules that suspended former President Donald Trump's account — to ridding the platform of fake and automated accounts, and shifting away from its advertising-based revenue model. Asked during a recent TED talk if there are any limits to his notion of \"free speech,\" Musk said Twitter or any forum is \"obviously bound by the laws of the country that it operates in. So obviously there are some limitations on free speech in the US, and, of course, Twitter would have to abide by those rules.\" Beyond that, though, he said he'd be \"very reluctant\" to delete things and in general be cautious about permanent bans. It won't be perfect, Musk added, \"but I think we want it to really have the perception and reality that speech is as free as reasonably possible.\" Twitter had initially enacted an anti-takeover measure known as a poison pill that could make a takeover attempt prohibitively expensive. But the board decided to negotiate after Musk updated his proposal last week to show he had secured financing, according to The Wall Street Journal. While Twitter's user base of more than 200 million remains much smaller than those of rivals such as Facebook and TikTok, the service is popular with celebrities, world leaders, journalists and intellectuals. Musk himself is a prolific tweeter with a following that rivals several pop stars in the ranks of the most popular accounts. Last week, he said in documents filed with U.S. securities regulators that the money would come from Morgan Stanley and other banks, some of it secured by his huge stake in Tesla. Musk is the world's wealthiest person, according to Forbes, with a nearly $279 billion fortune. But much of his money is tied up in Tesla stock — he owns about 17% of the electric car company, according to FactSet, which is valued at more than $1 trillion — and SpaceX, his privately held space company. It's unclear how much cash Musk has. Musk began making his fortune in 1999 when he sold Zip2, an online mapping and business directory, to Compaq for $307 million. He used his share to create what would become PayPal, an internet service that bypassed banks and allowed consumers to pay businesses directly. It was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002. That same year, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, after finding that cost constraints were limiting NASA's interplanetary travel. The company eventually developed cost-effective reusable rockets. In 2004, Musk was courted to invest in Tesla, then a startup trying to build an electric car. Eventually he became CEO and led the company to astronomical success as the world's most valuable automaker and largest seller of electric vehicles. __ Krisher reported from Detroit. O'Brien reported from Providence, R.I. 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Hindenburg has targeted other mega-cap companies before, including Indian conglomerate Adani Group. Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., speaks during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 4, 2021. Shares of Jack Dorsey's Block plunged 19% after short-seller Hindenburg Research announced on Thursday that the payment company was its latest short position, alleging that the company allowed criminal activity to operate with lax controls and \"highly\" inflates Cash App's transacting userbase, a key metric of performance. The short-seller described Block's internal systems as a \"'Wild West' approach to compliance.\" \"Our 2-year investigation has concluded that Block has systematically taken advantage of the demographics it claims to be helping,\" the short seller said in its report. The research firm said that Block's Cash App thrived on serving \"unbanked\" customers. The report alleges those unbanked customers were involved in criminal or illicit activity. Hindenburg also alleged that Cash App's compliance programs were deficient. As part of its two-year investigation, Hindenburg spoke with multiple former employees who described how internal concerns were suppressed and user concerns were ignored, even as alleged \"criminal activity and fraud ran rampant on its platform.\" Hindenburg's extensive report includes screenshots of internal systems and employee messages. It also highlighted alleged financial misreporting. Up to 35% of Cash App's revenue is derived from interchange fees, Hindenburg alleged. That's around $892 million in revenue that the short-seller said should be capped by law. But Block avoids that regulatory cap imposed on large financial institutions by routing the revenue through a small bank, Hindenburg alleged. The small-bank routing method is one employed by Block rival PayPal , the short seller claimed, and which prompted a Securities and Exchange Commission probe. PayPal did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Hindenburg took issue with Cash App's practices during the pandemic, when the government issued stimulus checks to qualified American adults. The report alleges that the lockdowns \"posed an existential threat\" to Block's critical merchant services business. \"CEO Jack Dorsey Tweeted that users could get government payments through Cash App 'immediately' with 'no bank account needed' due to its frictionless technology,\" the report said. Just a few weeks into Cash App's delivery of the first round of government payments, states were apparently trying to claw back suspected fraudulent payments — \"Washington State wanted more than $200 million back from payment processors while Arizona sought to recover $500 million,\" said Hindenburg citing multiple former employees. \"A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request we filed with the SEC indicates that Block may be part of a similar investigation,\" Hindenburg wrote. Citing interviews with former employees, Hindenburg alleged that \"pressure from management has resulted in a pattern of disregard for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) laws.\" The report notes that \"this appeared to be an effort to grow Cash App's user base by strategically disregarding Anti Money Laundering (AML) rules.\" To test the theory, the short seller opened accounts in the name of former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and then opened a Cash App card, called the Cash Card, under the \"obviously fake Donald Trump account,\" the report said. The card bearing Trump's name arrived \"promptly\" in the mail. \"Former employees estimated that 40%-75% of accounts they reviewed were fake, involved in fraud, or were additional accounts tied to a single individual,\" the report said. 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Malone initially joined AMG in June as executive vice president and head of corporate development and will now assume the CFO title previously held on an interim basis by Bill Higgs, executive vice president and chief financial officer of AMG's Weather Group division. Malone will continue to help lead AMG senior management in merger and acquisition efforts, as well as other corporate strategic initiatives encompassing capital markets, private equity and credit. He will remain based at the AMG headquarters in Los Angeles. Higgs, a 16-year veteran of AMG, will continue in his role with AMG's Weather Group. \"I am very excited to elevate Chris Malone within the Allen Media Group family to Chief Financial Officer, where Chris will be valuable in helping to lead our M&A efforts and other strategic financial initiatives,\" said Allen, founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group. \"Chris plays a vital role in helping Allen Media Group continue its trajectory of growth and execute on the large number of acquisition opportunities in front of us.\" Malone has played an integral role in financing notable AMG transactions in the last five years, including AMG's acquisition of the Weather Channel in 2018 and the company's $1 billion acquisition of 27 ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox broadcast network-affiliated TV stations nationwide. 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Picture by GETTY IMAGES LEE Westwood is prepared to miss key events on the PGA Tour because of the planned quarantine restrictions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. And his reasoning could be the biggest hint yet that the European Tour is ready to return to action in July at the British Masters, which Westwood is set to host for a second time at Close House. Westwood, who is in line to qualify for his 11th Ryder Cup appearance after his victory in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, has indicated he will miss the first two events when the PGA Tour returns in June. But in a TV interview in the USA, Westwood said: \"Right now, I won't be playing them. \"Not with having to leave here two weeks before, quarantine, then play the two tournaments, then come back here and quarantine again.\" Former European No. 1 Tommy Fleetwood has also said he won't return to the USA to compete in the first few events. The first four are to be played behind closed doors with no spectators. Next month's Charles Schwab Challenge will be the first scheduled PGA Tour event since The Players was called off after the first round, in March. The Heritage at Hilton Head, in South Carolina, follows a week later. But all of the 25 international players due to play in Texas, would need to be in the USA by Monday, May 25, to meet the quarantine regulations on foreigners travelling to America. Westwood revealed his reasoning by saying: \"It's six weeks for two tournaments, and to me, that's just not worth it. \"And it's not worth taking the risk if everybody thinks that those kind of precautions have got to be in place. \"I don't feel like golf's a priority if it's that severe.'\" Lee Westwood with Close House owner Graham Wylie – the pair will host the 2020 Betfred British Masters Westwood set to host British Masters for a second time WESTWOOD has the added complication that he is due to host the British Masters, which is scheduled to be played from July 30-August 2. The European Tour event at Newcastle's Close House – close to where the World No. 31 is based – is now expected to be the first action for the Wentworth-based Tour. All European Tour events were called off after the end of February, when the Oman Open was held in the Middle East. If the British Masters goes ahead as planned, Westwood, and any other top European players who enter, will be unable to play in the PGA Championship – unless the US quarantine rules are relaxed by then. The USPGA was moved from mid-May to the early August slot after the cancellation of the Men's Golf at the Tokyo Olympics, allowed the Major to move back to an August date. Last year was the first time the USPGA had been held in its new May date, and after the Masters and US Open were postponed – and the Open Championship at Royal St George's was moved back to 2021 – the USPGA is set to be the first Major of the 2020 season. Fans are not expected to be allowed at the British Masters. And Westwood is conscious of the need to balance safety – while the risk of a second wave in the coronavirus crisis exists – and trying to put on some golf for the public to watch while the lockdown. Westwood added: \"Obviously, people want something to watch, and it's a good way to kick-start your economy. \"But we don't want a second wave, so we have to make sure we are very, very safe.\" 'Robust testing and hygiene processes' Matt Fitzpatrick won the British Masters at Woburn, in 2015 The European Tour has been working ceaselessly trying to reschedule its season. But chief executive Keith Pelley has said he will not disclose the details until the Tour is happy it has \"robust testing and hygiene processes\" in place. Westwood's reason for returning to the UK suggests, however, the British Masters could well be the European Tour's first event on the new 2020 calendar. Previous winners of the British Masters include Oxfordshire's Eddie Pepperell, who claimed the title at Walton Heath in 2018. And Yorkshire's Matt Fitzpatrick recorded his first European Tour win at Woburn, in 2015. 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READING TIME 1 minute, 0 seconds As part of the divestiture transaction, TPI will sell its automotive subsidiary to CCI, which will be renamed Senvias Inc. 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Germany's new government has found itself facing a mountain of problems in relation to Russia since taking office last month. Germany's foreign minister made a flying visit to Washington on Wednesday to highlight the common stance between her government and the United States on Russia.Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Show More Show Less 2of5FILE Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 7, 2021. Cruz appeared on Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson show on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, to apologize for describing the Jan. 6 insurrection as \"a violent terrorist attack on the Capitol\" in an earlier statement marking the anniversary. He told Carlson: \"The way I phrased things yesterday, it was sloppy and it was frankly dumb.\" But despite insisting to Carlson that he had misspoken, Cruz has consistently used the \"terrorism\" terminology to refer to the attack over the past year.Andrew Harnik/AP Show More Show Less 4of5Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline are stored on the premises of the port of Mukran near Sassnitz, Germany, on Dec. 4, 2020. Russia's natural gas pipeline to Europe is built and ready to flow. But not so fast. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline faces a rocky road ahead. First there's statement by the U.S. secretary of state that gas won't flow if Russia launches military aggression against Ukraine. (Stefan Sauer/dpa via AP, File)Stefan Sauer/AP Show More Show Less WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats proposed new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday if it invades Ukraine, looking to derail a Republican proposal that the White House fears could undermine unity with European allies. The Democrats' proposal is meant to give them White House-backed legislation to demonstrate their support for Ukraine's sovereignty and heighten U.S. promises of financial pain for Russia, which has staged tens of thousands of troops along Ukraine's borders. The Democratic bill opens the door for more penalties related to the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine. \"This legislation makes it absolutely clear that the U.S. Senate will not stand idly by as the Kremlin threatens a re-invasion of Ukraine,\" Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement laying out the Democrats' sanctions legislation. The Biden administration and Democratic leaders also are aiming to head off any Democratic votes in the Senate for rival legislation by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz's legislation would heap new sanctions on operators of the pipeline whether or not Russia invades. Nord Stream 2 has been built but has not yet gone into operation. Cruz's legislation is due for a Senate vote this week. Its prospects are uncertain. It would need at least 10 Democratic votes to pass the chamber and it's not clear if it would be brought to a vote in the Democratic-controlled House. Republicans have portrayed top Democratic opposition to Cruz's bill as President Joe Biden and other Democrats showing weakness against Russian President Vladimir Putin. It's a sharp political point given Democratic criticism that President Donald Trump was too deferential to the Russian leader. White House and Democratic lobbying of Democratic lawmakers against his bill works \"to the benefit of Putin. While Russian tanks prepare to invade,\" Cruz tweeted this week. The Biden administration argues Cruz's proposal could harm relations with valued ally Germany, which like the rest of Europe is dependent on imported natural gas. Passage of Cruz's legislation would risk splitting what administration officials insist is a united front among the U.S. and its European allies on punishing Russia if it invades. Democrats say the rift would strengthen Putin's hand. The Democratic measure would target Putin, his civilian and military leaders and leading Russian financial institutions. It is less immediately aggressive against Nord Stream 2 than Cruz's bill, saying that the United States \"should consider all available and appropriate measures to prevent the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from becoming operational.\" The pipeline would double the volume of gas pumped by Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom directly to Germany. Running under the Baltic Sea, it bypasses existing links through Poland and Ukraine. Gazprom argues it would make long-term supply more reliable. Pipeline critics say it increases Russia's leverage over Europe, pits member states against one another and deprives Ukraine and Poland of billions earned from transit fees. Europe went into winter with scant gas reserves, which has sent prices soaring to eight times what they were at the start of 2021. Putin has used that supply crunch to help make his push for final German and European approval of the project. The head of the International Energy Agency on Wednesday blamed Russia for worsening Europe's natural gas crisis, saying the high prices and low storage levels largely stem from the behavior of Gazprom. U.S. and allies have begun to work on contingency plans should Russia move to cut off Ukraine and others from gas supplies, according to a person familiar with planning who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity. Currently, there are above average inventories in Asia. Norway, the Netherlands, Italy and Qatar are other suppliers that could step in to fill the breach. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he believes it extremely unlikely Germany would begin operation of the pipeline if Russia does invade Ukraine, whose government has been eager to ally with the West. Germany's new government has not given a definitive public answer on that point. 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The Fed lowered its benchmark Federal Funds Rate last week to 4.375%, marking its third rate cut in succession, even as it lifted its near-term inflation forecast and cited the \"highly conditional estimates of economic effects of policies\" from the incoming administration. Anticipating that new economic reality, which could include massive spending cuts, wholesale changes to immigration policies and a host of tariffs on imported goods, the Fed also halved its forecast for 2025 rate cuts, with markets now pricing in only two reductions over the next 12 months. \"The slower pace of cuts for next year really reflects both the higher inflation readings we've had this year and the expectation inflation will be higher,\" Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told reporters last week in Washington. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has stressed that the central bank doesn't \"guess, speculate or assume\" when it comes to fiscal policy.Bloomberg/Getty Images Bloomberg&sol;Getty Images \"I think the actual cuts that we make next year will not be because of anything we wrote down today,\" he added. \"We're going to react to data; that's just a general sense of what the [policy-making Federal Open Market Committee] thinks is likely to be appropriate.\" Uncertainty tied to Trump's tariff plans That reaction may take time to evolve, however, given that the President-elect might not be able to impose the kinds of tariffs he's articulated and that the response from U.S. trading partners has yet to be fully communicated. Current legislation allows the president to impose targeted tariffs on the basis of national security risks, but across-the-board levies must be approved by lawmakers. Related: Inflation report adds to interest rate cut bet complexity Republicans will have only a five-seat majority in the upcoming House of Representatives, the smallest in modern history, according to the Pew Research Center, and could lose three of those seats to special elections during the first half. Tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, meanwhile, could violate the very trade agreement that Trump himself negotiated in 2020 and are likely to face lengthy legal hurdles. The same is true for spending, where the president-elect has floated myriad unfunded tax cuts and only last week unsuccessfully pressed Congress to extend or abolish the debt ceiling. \"Investors should expect tariffs, minor reductions in government spending, and broad tax policy extensions to be rapidly implemented in the first quarter of next year,\" said Patrick Welton, founder and chief investment officer of Welton Investment Partners. \"But will tariffs be long term or just something to bring to the negotiating table?\" he added. Similar uncertainty surrounds Trump's tax and spending plans. Spending debate in Congress House lawmakers have already defied the president-elect's bully pulpit in passing a stop-gap budget deal. And they must balance the pressure from outside agents such as Elon Musk, who is tasked with identifying billions of spending from the federal budget, with the political need to fulfill campaign promises. \"[Last week's] rejection by 34 House Republicans of a slimmed-down funding bill — even after the two-year suspension of the debt limit was removed — demonstrates that Mr. Trump will struggle to find enough support next year for tax cuts unfunded by spending cuts,\" said Samuel Tombs of Pantheon Macroeconomics. Related: Fed Chair Powell is 'adult in the room' as Trump hammers Congress \"A fiscally neutral package which funds tax cuts by reducing federal jobs and squeezing welfare payments would hit consumer demand,\" he added. Slowing consumer demand paired with the inflationary impact of tariffs could not only derail the current growth trajectory of the world's biggest economy, it could also keep the Fed from making decisive interest rate moves well into the second half of next year. At present, CME Group's FedWatch tool has the chances of a May rate cut pegged at a coin flip, with only slightly better odds of a move lower in June. Treasury bond yields, meanwhile, continue to push higher, with 2-year notes trading at 4.321%, only a shade lower than the current Federal Funds Rate, even in the wake of last week's softer-than-expected November inflation data. Dovish Fed tilt on interest rates? \"Contrary to Powell's earlier statements that the Fed 'doesn't guess, doesn't speculate, and doesn't assume' specific policy developments,\" said EY's chief economist, Gregory Daco, \"the stronger inflation projections in 2025 without a commensurate shift in the GDP and unemployment projections suggest that some policymakers did account for potential shifts in regulation, immigration, trade and tax policy.\" More Economic Analysis: That said, Daco says that when the Fed does revisit its rate forecasts in the spring, its likely to emerge with a more dovish outlook. \"While economic uncertainty is unusually elevated, we stress that the consensus of strong growth and elevated inflation in early 2025 seems suspicious,\" he said. \"Given the high degree of data dependence, it would come as no surprise if Fed rate-cut expectations are revised higher in three months.\" Related: Veteran fund manager delivers alarming S&P 500 forecast The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc. 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(Nasdaq: CORZ) (\"Core Scientific\" or the \"Company\"), a leader in digital infrastructure for high-performance computing and bitcoin mining, today announced the Denton City Council's approval of amendments to the Company's Power Purchase Agreements and land leases. The approval came during the Council's November 19 meeting. \"Denton has been home to one of our most advanced data centers, and now we expect it will host one of the largest GPU supercomputers in North America, powering artificial intelligence,\" said Adam Sullivan, Core Scientific CEO. \"We have had a great experience operating in Denton and are grateful for the strong support we've received from the city staff and community members. We look forward to continuing our partnership with the City of Denton as we expand our infrastructure to support high-performance computing.\" Under the original agreement, Core Scientific leased approximately 31 acres of city-owned land and had access to 297 megawatts (MW) of power. The Denton City Council's approval increases the leased land to approximately 78 acres and the Company's access to power to 394 MW. The expansion is projected to bring a $6.1 billion real property investment. \"Denton's balanced economic strategy not only drives immediate growth but builds resilience, and Core Scientific's continued investment in our community is a testament to our city's appeal,\" said City Manager Sara Hensley. \"Their decision to expand operations here in Denton aligns with our entrepreneurial foundation where innovation and advanced technology industries thrive. We look forward to seeing the positive impact this expansion will bring to Denton for years to come.\" Core Scientific currently operates nine data centers in six different states—Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Texas. The Company also has one additional data center under development in Oklahoma. About Core Scientific, Inc. Core Scientific, Inc. (\"Core Scientific\" or the \"Company\") is a leader in digital infrastructure for bitcoin mining and high-performance computing. We operate dedicated, purpose-built facilities for digital asset mining and are a premier provider of digital infrastructure to our third-party customers. We employ our own large fleet of computers (\"miners\") to earn digital assets for our own account and to provide hosting services for large bitcoin mining customers and we are in the process of allocating and converting a significant portion of our nine operational data centers in Alabama (1), Georgia (2), Kentucky (1), North Carolina (1), North Dakota (1) and Texas (3), and our facility in development in Oklahoma to support artificial intelligence-related workloads under a series of contracts that entail the modification of certain of our data centers to deliver hosting services for high-performance computing (\"HPC\"). www.corescientific.com . 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These statements may include words such as \"aim,\" \"estimate,\" \"plan,\" \"project,\" \"forecast,\" \"goal,\" \"intend,\" \"will,\" \"expect,\" \"anticipate,\" \"believe,\" \"seek,\" \"target\" or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. All forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including: our ability to earn digital assets profitably and to attract customers for our digital asset and high performance compute hosting capabilities; our ability to perform under our existing colocation agreements, our ability to maintain our competitive position in our existing operating segments, the impact of increases in total network hash rate; our ability to raise additional capital to continue our expansion efforts or other operations; our need for significant electric power and the limited availability of power resources; the potential failure in our critical systems, facilities or services we provide; the physical risks and regulatory changes relating to climate change; our vulnerability to physical security breaches, which could disrupt our operations; a potential slowdown in market and economic conditions, particularly those impacting high performance computing, the blockchain industry and the blockchain hosting market; the identification of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting; price volatility of digital assets and bitcoin in particular; potential changes in the interpretive positions of the SEC or its staff with respect to digital asset mining firms; the increasing likelihood that U.S. federal and state legislatures and regulatory agencies will enact laws and regulations to regulate digital assets and digital asset intermediaries; increasing scrutiny and changing expectations with respect to our ESG policies; the effectiveness of our compliance and risk management methods. Any such forward-looking statements represent management's estimates and beliefs as of the date of this presentation. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. Year over year comparisons are based on the combined results of Core Scientific and its acquired entities. Although the Company believes that in making such forward-looking statements its expectations are based upon reasonable assumptions, such statements may be influenced by factors that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those projected. The Company cannot assure you that the assumptions upon which these statements are based will prove to have been correct. Additional important factors that may affect the Company's business, results of operations and financial position are described from time to time in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law. 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But we still don't know when the uncrewed plane is going to land or even what it's doing up there. All of the details about the X-37B mission are classified. As of 6:43am ET today, the X-37B spaceplane's fifth mission, dubbed the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-5), will have spent 719 days in orbit—just 11 days shy of a full two years circling the globe. The previous record was 717 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes, achieved just a few years earlier with OTV-4. All we know about the 29-foot long spaceplane's mission comes from the Air Force description, which is light on details, to say the least : The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force. The primary objectives of the X-37B are twofold; reusable spacecraft technologies for America's future in space and operating experiments which can be returned to, and examined, on Earth. The Air Force notes that the vehicle is able to \"return experiments to Earth,\" but we have no idea what those experiments might be: Upon command from the ground, the OTV autonomously re-enters the atmosphere, descends, and lands horizontally on a runway. The X-37B is the first vehicle since NASA's Shuttle Orbiter with the ability to return experiments to Earth for further inspection and analysis, but with an on-orbit time of 270 days or greater, the X-37B can stay in space for much longer. 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Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza locations will continue to re-open as per government guidelines, CEC added. As of Wednesday, 266 Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza restaurant and arcade venues were re-opened, with the company expecting to maintain ongoing operations in the locations throughout the Chapter 11 process. Irving, Texas-based CEC was taken private by Apollo Global Management in 2014 in a $1.3 billion deal, including debt. It has since sought to broaden its appeal beyond children and teenagers, expanding its alcohol offerings for adults. Last year, the company terminated its earlier decision to merge with Leo Holdings, a blank check company. As of March, CEC and its franchisees operated 612 Chuck E. Cheese and 122 Peter Piper Pizza venues, with locations in 47 U.S. states and 16 foreign countries. PJT Partners is serving as a financial adviser, while FTI Consulting is its restructuring adviser, it said. 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Autopilot workers at the Buffalo Gigafactory 2 facility went public with a campaign to form a union on Feb. 14. But by the next day, the workers found that their account had been shadowbanned—meaning it doesn't appear in Twitter's search function if you type out either the account's handle or display name. Elon Musk serves as the CEO at both Tesla and Twitter, and he is named in the NLRB charge. \"In February 2023, immediately following workers announcing a union campaign at the Tesla Gigafactory 2 facility, the above-named employer, through CEO Elon Musk and/or his agents and representatives, caused the Union's Twitter account (@united_tesla) to be shadow banned from the Twitter platform,\" said the NLRB filing from Workers United, the union backing pro-union Tesla employees at the Buffalo facility. \"The shadow ban caused the Union's account to be less accessible and functionally hidden from workers and the public on Twitter, thereby stopping or discouraging protected concerted and/or union activity,\" the filing said. The union's Twitter account was registered this month. An Autopilot worker at the facility who serves as the social media coordinator said they found out about the shadowbanning the day after the filing. \"By the morning of February 15, we had received an overwhelming amount of messages through Instagram, Reddit and Twitter, warning us that our Twitter handle was no longer searchable and only accessible via links,\" Zahra Lahrache, a data annotation specialist for Autopilot, told VICE News in a statement. \"After running a shadow ban test online, we found that our account had been 'search suggestion banned' on the one platform our employer owns.\" Even if a Twitter user follows the Tesla Workers United account on Twitter, searches for \"Tesla Workers United\" and \"united_tesla\"—the Twitter account's handle— do not return tweets from the account. VICE News used three different shadowban-detecting tools to check the account's status; two showed the account as being under a search or search suggestion ban, while the third detected no ban. \"As an initiative formed to feel heard, an explicit action by our own employer to silence us affirms the necessity of our endeavor,\" Lahrache told VICE News in a statement. Musk, the CEO of Tesla, purchased Twitter for more than $44 billion last year . Musk has fought previous efforts to form unions at Tesla, with the NLRB filing a complaint in 2021 over a tweet threatening the loss of stock options for unionized employees, and another last year over a ban on pro-union United Autoworkers shirts at Tesla's Fremont, Calif. facility. Immediately after taking control of Twitter, Musk fired the unionized janitors who worked at the company's New York office . On Wednesday, the day after the union went public, Tesla fired more than 30 employees at the Buffalo facility , including a member of the organizing committee for the union. Tesla also implemented a ban at the facility on recording interactions without all participants' permission; Workers United is filing a charge at the NLRB over this . Musk and Tesla managers named in the charge did not immediately respond to a request for comment from VICE News Friday. 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Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder, announced the company's plan to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 back in September 2019. To that end, it debuted a version of the van in October 2020 and tested the vehicle in a number of cities throughout 2021. Now, Amazon plans to push forward with using electric vehicles to make deliveries in several cities including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Tennessee, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, St. Louis etc. The company said that it expects to launch \"thousands\" of Rivian vans in more than 100 cities by the end of the year and perhaps have 1,00,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road in U.S by 2030. \"Fighting the effects of climate change requires constant innovation and action, and Amazon is partnering with companies who share our passion for inventing new ways to minimize our impact on the environment ,\" said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in a statement. Amazon is working along with other automakers besides Rivian to electrify its fleet. It has ordered thousands of electric Ram vans rom Stellantis and Mercedes Benz from Daimler. 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The audit report, which Facebook commissioned two years ago, pointed to what the authors described as a series of harmful decisions, including a \"terrible precedent\" not to intervene in posts in recent weeks by President Donald Trump, which could allow the platform to be \"weaponized to suppress voting.\" The findings come at a time when some 900 advertisers, including major brands such as Coca-Cola, have joined a boycott promoted by major U.S. civil rights groups including the Anti-Defamation League and the NAACP. \"Many in the civil rights community have become disheartened, frustrated and angry after years of engagement where they implored the company to do more to advance equality and fight discrimination, while also safeguarding free expression,\" the auditors wrote. Facebook commissioned the audit in 2018 as part of its response to a range of criticism over issues such as data privacy, voter suppression, incitement of violence and a lack of transparency in political advertising. The audit was led by Laura Murphy, a former director of the American Civil Liberties Union's legislative office. The company did not immediately indicate specific steps it would take in response to the findings, but issued a statement attributed to Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg describing the audit as a \"really important process for our company.\" \"Facebook stands firmly against hate,\" Sandberg said. \"What has become increasingly clear is that we have a long way to go.\" The auditors said Facebook had been too willing to exempt politicians from its rules, letting some spread misinformation, harmful and divisive rhetoric, and even calls to violence. Facebook has taken a hands-off approach to political speech compared to rivals, notably leaving untouched posts by Trump in recent weeks which were flagged by its rival Twitter for falsehoods and incitement of violence. One Trump tweet, labeled by Twitter as \"potentially misleading,\" said voting by mail — a common procedure in U.S. elections — would be \"substantially fraudulent.\" \"Allowing the Trump posts to remain establishes a terrible precedent that may lead other politicians and non-politicians to spread false information about legal voting methods, which would effectively allow the platform to be weaponized to suppress voting,\" the auditors said. Organizers of the advertising boycott met for more than an hour via video conference with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Sandberg on Tuesday. 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By Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal The 2024 General Election will take place on Tuesday Nov. 5. Photo: Aidan Mahoney [ { \"name\": \"GPT - Leaderboard - Inline - Content\", \"component\": \"16925999\", \"insertPoint\": \"5th\", \"startingPoint\": \"3\", \"requiredCountToDisplay\": \"3\", \"maxInsertions\": 100 } ] Two potentially consequential election measures got their first hearing last week in the Ohio House, but it's not clear the problems those measures seek to address are truly problems in the first place. The first proposal would require watermarks on ballots, a move that would cost millions and one that even the sponsor acknowledges no other state employs. The second establishes weekly screening of voter rolls. Any voter whose information doesn't match up — say, from a recent move — would have to cast a provisional ballot. State Rep. Jennifer Gross, R-West Chester, compared watermarking ballots to similar security measures used for currency. \"Our ballots are a form of currency in their own right,\" she argued. \"While the U.S. Treasury is focused on ensuring we do not have fraudulent $100 bills circulating in our society, our ballots can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.\" Gross' proposal however doesn't follow the currency model with a single, uniform watermark on every ballot. Instead, her bill calls for a \"unique, randomly assigned identifying image, pattern, or alphanumeric code.\" The watermark in this rendering would be more like the bill's serial number than any other security feature. To justify watermarking ballots she points to the 2022 primary election in Williams County. Their initial ballot stock wasn't operating correctly. The board went to Defcon 1, so to speak, contracting for new ballots and borrowing from nearby Defiance County as well. In the end, the election went forward without any serious issue. But Gross speculated darkly about ballots moved between polling locations, and insisted \"in the end, the voters could only know that an unknown number of ballots were counted and that a number was given as the results. There was no way for them to know how many of the ballots counted were legitimate ballots.\" The state-mandated post-election audit found Williams County's results were 100% accurate in each of the races officials checked. Still, Gross contends Williams County hints at the potential for \"extreme disorganization of ballots\" and that the threat of someone using that disarray to sneak in illegitimate ballots is real. But all the Williams County challenges she points to relate to ballot stock —effectively a blank sheet of paper — rather than a finalized ballot marked with a voter's choices. Aaron Ockerman, the executive director of the Ohio Association of Election Officials, emphasized the organization has yet to take an official position on the bill, but he acknowledged it's a new concept and they're still thinking through \"what, if any, advantages it provides.\" He explained counties already have \"robust\" ballot tracking and identification systems for absentee and in-person votes. Ockerman also highlighted the potential cost, which according to legislative researchers comes out to between $1.6 and $4.5 million. The question of including an appropriation was a source of confusion during the hearing. Gross insisted an appropriation is included, although it's not in the bill's text. Democrats pressed her on the issue, and the committee chair, state Rep. Bob Peterson, R-Selina, said he'd work with Gross to figure out whether to include funding. List maintenance State Reps. Scott Wiggam, R-Wayne County, and Beth Lear, R-Galena, want to see county boards checking their voter rolls for discrepancies on a weekly basis . Among the problems they want flagged — mismatched driver's license numbers, social security numbers, addresses or birthdates. Under the bill, if any one of those discrepancies went unaddressed, the voter would be forced to cast a provisional ballot come election day. \"We need to provide greater assurance for Ohioans that those voting in our elections are legally permitted to vote here and are actually the people who are registered in our system,\" Lear insisted. County boards and the secretary of state already run similar checks regularly and when boards find problems, they send out notices asking voters to confirm information. When voters are placed in this \"confirmation\" status they're effectively on probation — the registration is still there, but they need to verify some aspect of it before casting a ballot. The bill's primary change is to the frequency of those checks and an insistence on a valid driver's license or Social Security number. Up until 2023, voters could provide an alternative like a utility bill when registering to vote. The representatives invoked electoral horror stories to justify the changes. Wiggam described several college students in Wayne County who listed a church parsonage as their residential address despite living on the campus of Wooster College. He acknowledged they were already in \"confirmation status,\" but insisted \"why weren't these individuals in provisional status?\" Lear described voters forced to vote provisionally because someone else requested an absentee ballot using their names. But those stories are dubious at best. Lear acknowledged she got her story second-hand from a poll worker. She hasn't responded to follow-up emails requesting further information. Delaware County election officials haven't responded either. In Wayne County, meanwhile, election officials explained the parsonage and several Wooster College residence halls sit on the same street. A voter registration drive likely offered students an incorrect address when they were filling out their form. After Wiggam raised the alarm about the students in 2023, the board investigated and declined to forward the matter to the county prosecutor. They found none of them had cast a ballot since the 2020 primaries and they'd all since graduated. What's more, Wiggam's frustration with confirmation status is puzzling. He argued \"the pivotal point\" is that those voters remain a \"fully qualified elector,\" able to sign petitions or request absentee ballots and their name appears in the poll book on election day. But that doesn't mean they're in the clear. If they showed up at the polls they'd still have to vote provisionally, and if they requested an absentee ballot, a similar process would play out on the front end. The board wouldn't immediately send a ballot — they'd first send a confirmation notice to verify the voter's information. Although at its core, Wiggam and Lear's proposal simply ramps up the frequency and scope of existing verifications, in practice it would likely violate federal law. Legislative researchers note under the National Voter Registration Act any list maintenance process must be uniform and nondiscriminatory. But the bill treats address discrepancies that arise through the BMV and the National Change of Address Service differently. The same federal law prohibits any program to \"systematically remove the names of ineligible voters\" within 90 days of an election. Continuing to run the bill's weekly list maintenance program during that timeframe could risk a court challenge. The Ohio Association of Election Officials hasn't taken an official position this proposal either, Ockerman said. He stated there's \"no discernible advantage\" to checking the voter rolls weekly, but on the other hand, there's likely no harm either, except for added labor costs. 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Fighting around the strategic Mozambique town of Palma entered a second day on Thursday as ISIL-linked fighters occupied and ransacked it despite French energy giant Total claiming it was secure. Mozambique's government confirmed the town – in its northernmost province of Cabo Delgado and about 10km (6.2 miles) from gas developments worth $60bn – came under a three-pronged attack on Wednesday and security forces moved in to establish order. The attack came shortly after French oil giant Total announced plans to resume construction at the nearby site of a $20bn offshore gas project. Defence ministry spokesman Omar Saranga said Mozambique's security forces (SDS) were \"pursuing the enemy's movement\" and working \"tirelessly to restore security and order\". \"SDS will do everything to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the population … while continuing to guarantee the protection of economic projects,\" he told reporters in the capital Maputo. Saranga said the number of any casualties and the extent of damage were not yet known, adding mobile communications in the area had been \"interrupted\". Total had no immediate comment on the impact of the attack on its operations. Brazen attack Within a few hours of Total's announcement, strategically important Palma, which hosts numerous international companies looking to cash in on one of the biggest gas finds in a decade, had been hit with its first major strike. Mozambique's forces had not repelled the attack as of Thursday morning and fighting was ongoing, according to sources in touch with the Mozambique government and military officials. Joseph Hanlon, a researcher and author on Mozambique, said vast mineral wealth in the region had been exploited by an elite few with the majority of residents not reaping any profits, leading to the rebellion. \"It is really a serious threat. One of the reasons the Palma attack is so important is this is the closest they've come to the gas project in scale. There were more than 100 insurgents, it was well organised, well-coordinated,\" Hanlon told Al Jazeera. He said reports suggest the attackers pulled out of Palma, but not before robbing two banks and having \"taken control of the town for a day\". Palma is located more than 1,800km (1,120 miles) northeast of Maputo in gas-rich Cabo Delgado province, where authorities have grappled with a brutal rebellion since 2017. Fighters affiliated with the armed group ISIL (ISIS) have raided villages and towns across the province for years, causing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. The violence has killed at least 2,600 people, half of them civilians, according to the United States-based data-collecting agency Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. Amnesty International this month said local people were \"caught\" between fighters on one side and government security forces and a private militia on the other. The watchdog accused all three parties of \"war crimes\" causing hundreds of civilian deaths. The fighting has also rocked the development of Africa's largest liquified natural gas (LNG) project off the Afungi peninsula, set to go online in 2024. Total is the project's main investor with a 26.5-percent stake. Six other international businesses are also involved, including Italy's Eni and US major ExxonMobil. Total was forced to evacuate some staff in January after rebel fighters launched a series of attacks just kilometres from the LNG site. 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The trademark infringement involvees Bitcoin.com's Verse token, which concluded a $33.6 million private sale in May 2022. In a letter addressed to Bitcoin.com CEO Dennis Jarvis and the company's legal counsel Joseph Collement, lawyers representing Block claimed that Bitcoin.com's use of \"Verse\" constituted trademark infringement under German trademark law. The alleged trademark violation stems from Block's acquisitions of Verse Technologies Inc. and Decentralized Global Payments S.L. in 2020. Block's legal counsel explained that the \"VERSE\" app is available in Europe, including Germany, and can be accessed on both Apple and Android devices. Block's legal counsel requested that Bitcoin.com sign a declaration of discontinuance and undertaking by Aug. 17, 2022, or face further legal action. 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With this, Apple joins an elite club of companies including Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson that have been given Moody's highest rating. \"Apple's very strong business profile reflects its substantial operating scale, a large installed base of products and users of its services, strong customer loyalty, and premium brand positioning,\" Moody's analyst Raj Joshi said in a note. Apple's fiscal 2021 earnings surged about 65%, while revenue rose 33% on strong demand for its products and services during the pandemic. Its stock has surged nearly 30% this year, bringing the iPhone maker within spitting distance of becoming the world's first company to cross $3 trillion in market value. Joshi added that he expects Apple's earnings to grow over the next two to three years. Moody's, however, said that Apple faces execution risks from short product cycles, the need to adapt to shifting consumer preferences and managing a large and complex supply chain with frequent product upgrades. In October, Apple said that supply chain issues plaguing the industry had cost it $6 billion in sales and the impact could get even worse during the holiday quarter. 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With nearly two decades of experience developing relationships throughout the financial services industry, he will be responsible for the company's global business development and sales. Amicus.io is making charitable giving as easy as online banking, modernizing the consumer charitable giving experience while vastly improving the economics of donor-advised fund (DAF) solutions, for the ultimate benefit of the philanthropic and nonprofit ecosystem. Tyler Voss, Chief Revenue Officer, Amicus.io - former Nuveen Managing Director Voss is a high-profile hire joining Amicus.io from Nuveen, a TIAA company and one of the world's largest investment managers and asset management firms. At Nuveen, he most recently served as Managing Director, overseeing a team which produced growth of over 1000% in 11 years and consistently accomplished raised and retained assets annually in excess of $700mm. He also served for seven years on Nuveen's Advisory Council, was awarded DCIO Partner of the Year, and was Nuveen's representative for the inaugural Money Management Institute's Distribution Leadership Forum. As CRO, Voss will bring the Amicus.io platform for DAF 2.0 to retail and wholesale financial institutions, including banking, advisory, asset and wealth management, registered investment advisers (RIAs), and institutional custodian clients, to enable charitable giving at scale. His decision to join Amicus.io speaks to the tremendous potential of the DAF category, which has seen an 81 percent increase in contributions to DAFs in the last five years, totaling $38.81 B in 2019 - with $141.95B in assets under management, according to the 2020 Donor-Advised Funds Report from the National Philanthropic Trust (NPT)1. Amicus.io predicts the DAF market will reach $1 trillion in assets within 10 years. Voss shares Amicus.io's dedication to giving back. He has committed significant time to volunteering, as a Big Brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters, as a cycling coach for the Special Olympics and serving on multiple non-profit boards and as a fundraiser for groups such as Bright Blessings USA , which serves homeless and impoverished children in the Greater Charlotte area. \"We are humbled by Tyler's decision to join Amicus.io as Chief Revenue Officer. We see it as an honor and a vote of confidence in our mission,\" said Cor Hoekstra, Amicus.io co-founder and CEO. \"He deeply understands the financial services industry and we look to his leadership to help us develop the kind of partnerships that will indeed make the world a more generous place.\" Amicus.io DAF 2.0 Charitable Giving Platform Historically, donor-advised funds have only been targeted to high net worth individuals through private banks and wealth management firms. 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Protecting operations and resources against cyber threats is essential to maintain donor trust, protect sensitive data, and ensure uninterrupted community outreach. Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (MC4N), personalized by Avanade offers a powerful suite of solutions including Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams and Power Platform tailored to the unique needs of the nonprofit sector, empowering organizations to do what matters, strengthen their cybersecurity measures and enhance their overall effectiveness. Leverage the power of Microsoft Cloud for nonprofit, personalized by Avanade Nonprofit organizations are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, especially during economic downturns. A 2020 survey found that only 26% of nonprofit organizations have implemented multi-factor authentication, a simple and effective way to protect against unauthorized access to accounts. (Source: TechSoup Cybersecurity Report 2020) Only 14% of nonprofit organizations have a formal cybersecurity policy in place. (Source: The State of Nonprofit Cybersecurity 2020 by the Center for Internet Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance) Facing limited resources and a lack of specialized expertise, nonprofits face significant challenges in mitigating these cyber risks effectively. Through the adoption of Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (MC4N), organizations gain access to advanced security controls, continuous monitoring, and valuable threat intelligence. By securing revenue streams through protected fundraising activities and combatting e-commerce fraud, nonprofits can ensure the integrity of their financial resources. Additionally, by leveraging Microsoft's Power Platform, nonprofits can automate tasks and integrate processes while maintaining a delicate balance between security and productivity. Through MC4N's advanced capabilities, nonprofits can strengthen their defenses and ensure the integrity of their operations, fostering trust among donors, partners, and stakeholders. Experts in cybersecurity Partnering with experienced cybersecurity providers, nonprofits can further enhance their security measures and navigate the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats. Such experts can offer valuable insights, guidance, and support in assessing the organization's security vulnerabilities, implementing effective training programs, and leveraging advanced technologies. By tapping into the expertise of cybersecurity professionals, nonprofits can stay ahead of cybercriminals, protect their valuable assets, and maintain a strong cybersecurity foundation. 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Arc combines Green Dot's secure banking and money processing solutions on a modern, single-source platform – delivering flexible, end-to-end solutions that can boost retention, value and expansion for companies at every stage of growth. This press release features multimedia. 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The study also explored key benefits and potential risks of embedded finance, revealing: Top drivers of embedded finance: nearly all decision-makers (98%) hold that embedded finance and BaaS are key drivers of revenue and growth for their businesses; a vast majority (91%) of leaders say it helps retain, attract or improve customer experiences; and 66% say it improves employee experiences and retention; Top risks of embedded finance: half (50%) say increasing regulations and failure to comply is a top risk, while more than half (58%) see increasing regulation as a positive development for the industry. 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S&P also, though, retained a negative outlook on Westpac NZ given the bank is considering a spin-off of the division, but the ratings agency said a demerger was \"unlikely within the next year or so\". The Australian last week revealed the bank's board will later this month assess a recommendation from adviser Macquarie on whether to hive off the $10.3bn New Zealand unit to shareholders,S&P's report said the negative outlook on Westpac NZ reflected the potential for reduced support from the parent entity in light of demerger deliberations, which could indicate the division was reducing in strategic importance. \"In our base case, we expect our issuer credit rating on WNZL would remain at the same level as the rating on its parent over the next two years, reflecting our view that WNZL remains highly likely to receive extraordinary financial support from Westpac under all foreseeable situations despite the ongoing assessment of a possible demerger,\" it added. But in a downside scenario S&P noted: \"We expect to lower our issuer credit rating on WNZL to 'A+/A-1' in the next two years if we considered that WNZL's strategic importance to the group has reduced and consequently it is less likely to receive timely support from Westpac, if needed. \"This is likely to occur if Westpac decided to proceed with the demerger. We see a one-in-three possibility of a downgrade of WNZL in the next two years.\"Should Westpac proceed with the demerger, we expect we would rate WNZL at its SACP (stand-alone credit profile) level of 'a-' upon the demerger's completion, all else remaining unchanged.\"Westpac's NZ business accounts for about 15 per cent of the group's total cash earnings, excluding lumpy and notable items.Westpac's shares were trading 0.2 per cent higher at $26.69 in early trading on Tuesday. That follows a drop of 0.9 per cent in the stock during the prior day, as the sector was hit with concerns about Austrac's focus on banks meeting their financial crime compliance obligations.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Macquarie", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Macquarie", "length": 9, "offset": 883}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Westpac NZ", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Westpac NZ", "length": 10, "offset": 622}, {"position_text": "Westpac NZ", "length": 10, "offset": 1003}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 691, "text": "Twin Cities app founder suing Facebook over alleged copyright violation - Star Tribune (11 visits)\nFacebook released its own app called \"Lasso\" The mobile app created by St. Louis Park-based entrepreneur Blair Sargent took off thanks in part to advertising on Facebook. But now he's suing the social media behemoth in federal court, saying the company stole the name of his app, Lasso, and is tanking his business. \"I didn't want it to come to this,\" he said. \"I'd like them to stop using the name.\" Sargent first started his company, RoundmUp, in 2014 to develop an app for event planning. That morphed into Lasso, a social media app that aims to get people to put down their phones and meet face to face at bars and restaurants. He went to college-area businesses in the Twin Cities and made deals with them: If his app could get four people in the door, for example, the customers would get a free pitcher of beer. Eight people meant a free appetizer. Sargent would ultimately get a payment from the restaurants, while the businesses made money by attracting groups that ordered more food and drinks. Sargent couldn't name his app RoundmUp due to infringing on the name of the popular weed killer. He settled on Lasso. \"I wanted to keep with the iconology of rounding up friends, like a lasso,\" he said. He trademarked the name and poured nearly $100,000 into marketing the app, including about $12,500 to advertise on Facebook from May 2017 to September 2018, according to his lawsuit. Lasso has about 800 active monthly users and 5,210 diners who have used the app to get restaurant deals. He planned to expand his business to other college towns, such as Duluth, Mankato and Madison, Wis., as well as to provide marketing services for small businesses. Then in November, a friend told him about another app named Lasso. This one was created by Facebook to compete with the popular social media platform TikTok, where users record and loop short videos of themselves. At first, downloads for Sargent's app took off, increasing 62 percent in a week. But those gains were short-lived. Most of those new users got confused by the competing names and deleted Sargent's app. Retention plummeted, going from 33 percent to 7 percent. As app retention goes down on an app, so too do the search ratings at app stores. That's threatening Sargent's business model. \"The harder it is to acquire users, the more difficult it is to reach that point to say we're adding enough value to charge these restaurants,\" Sargent said. Facebook has not responded to a request for comment. Sargent's attorney, David Madgett, said that before filing the suit, he went to Facebook to see if a deal could be worked out, either by the company changing the name or financially compensating Sargent. They refused, Madgett said. \"I explained to them that my client had spent a lot of money developing his brand, and Facebook ended up destroying that value,\" Madgett said. Madgett said he plans to file for a restraining order to prevent Facebook from using the name Lasso until the suit is resolved. \"This makes people think twice about putting their stuff on [Facebook's] site,\" Madgett said. \"If the end result is they end up stealing your intellectual property, it's frustrating.\" Brandon Stahl is the federal courts and agencies reporter for the Star Tribune. He previously covered Hennepin county courts and was an investigative reporter at the paper, writing extensively about criminal justice, police and child protection. 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The 60-foot-tall vehicle took off from a small launch pad at Blue Origin-owned facilities in West Texas Thursday morning, carrying only a few science experiments and pieces of art rather than passengers, and soared more than 60 miles over the landscape before coming to a pinpoint, upright landing at a nearby concrete pad. The initial launch had been delayed by an hour due to what Blue Origin said was \"a payload readiness issue,\" however the rest of the flight did not initially appear to be significantly impacted by the wait. New Shepard's uncrewed, suborbital test missions have also frequently included experiments, and on Thursday's flight it flew a \"lunar landing technology demonstration\" on behalf of NASA. Basically, Blue Origin put a set of sensors and computer algorithms on the New Shepard rocket, testing technology could one day be used for navigating a lunar lander. New Shepard attracted global attention last month when Bezos — along with three other passengers — became the first humans to ride aboard the rocket, which had until then only conducted uncrewed test flights. Bezos gushed about his experience after the flight, saying \"Oh my God! expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded.\" But Wally Funk — one of the \"Mercury 13\" women who was previously denied the opportunity to go to space but flew alongside Bezos as an \"honored guest\" last month — had praise for the experience as well, but she added: \"I saw darkness. I thought I was going to see the world but we weren't quite high enough,\" Funk added in the post-flight press conference.\" Blue Origin's suborbital tourism flights travel more than 60 miles high, which is broadly considered the point at which outer space begins. But even the International Space Station, which orbits more than 200 miles above ground, is not far enough away to offer holistic views of the Earth. Though Thursday's flight was uncrewed, Blue Origin said it is still planning up to two more crewed flights this year. Bezos plans to use the New Shepard rocket for a suborbital space tourism business, competing directly with Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, which developed an air-launched, rocket-powered space plane. (Branson took his own flight to the edge of space just days before Bezos' flight last month.) Both companies plan to open for business in the coming months, allowing anyone who can afford it the chance to book a seat on the companies' respective spacecrafts and enjoy a quick up-and-down flight that offers panoramic views of the Earth and a few minutes of weightlessness. Virgin Galactic had already sold about 600 tickets for around $200,000 before closing down ticket sales in 2014. The company recently reopened ticket sales at $450,000 a piece. Blue Origin has not named a price point for its tickets, though at least one ticket was sold at auction for $28 million . The company has directed other potential customers only to fill out an online form . Space tourism is a small but potentially lucrative sub-sector of the space industry, and UBS predicts it could be a $4 billion-per-year business by 2030. Blue Origin also hopes to parlay the technology it developed for New Shepard into a spacecraft capable of landing on the moon. Bezos has said the the rocket's engines, which are capable of making precise adjustments to the amount of force they give off, have helped inform how the company might use thrusters — or small engines — to make a soft touchdown on the lunar surface. But Blue Origin's dreams of landing a human on the moon have hit a significant road block. Earlier this year, NASA announced that it was giving a multibillion-dollar contract to SpaceX to build a lunar lander, sidelining Blue Origin from a contract it desperately hoped to land. Blue Origin has fought back. After losing its first attempt to overturn the decision, the company sued the federal government, claiming that NASA's decision-making was \"flawed.\" A decision in that case is due in November. 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An image of a missile strike by Ukrainian forces on a Russian airfield in occupied Crimea in August 2023. Defence Intelligence of Ukraine/YouTube Ukrainian forces have reportedly struck Russian air-defense systems in the occupied Crimean peninsula. Reports from X, formerly Twitter , indicate that Ukraine struck Russian air defenses with tactical ballistic missiles in Cape Tarkhankut, the western tip of Crimea. X account War Translate posted a screen shot of messages from \"Russian channels\" reporting the attack, which allegedly took place overnight. \"At night, the enemy attacked air defense system units at Cape Tarkhankut with ATACMS missiles, presumably with a cluster warhead,\" a translation reads. \"The enemy is trying to knock out entire air defense areas; intensified attacks are predicted against the backdrop of Kyiv's attempts to organize information and combat actions for Victory Day and the inauguration of the Supreme Commander.\" Ukraine previously destroyed a Russian S-400 air-defense system in Cape Tarkhankut on August 23, 2023. \"Given the limited number of such systems in the enemy's arsenal, this is a painful blow to the occupiers' air-defense system,\" intelligence officials from Ukraine said in a statement seen by The Kyiv Independent. Earlier in April 2024, Ukraine struck a large Russian airfield in Dzhankoi, Crimea. \"Today, the Ukrainian armed forces carried out a precise strike on the occupiers in Dzhankoi, on an airfield,\" Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky y said in a video address on April 17. \"Thank you, warriors. Thank you for your accuracy. Thank you to commander-in-chief [Oleksandr] Syrskyi for organizing this operation.\" That attack was the first time U.S. provided Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) missiles were used by Ukrainian forces. It is not yet known if the reported attack in Cape Tarkhankut used U.S. provided weapons. The l ong-ranges missiles were sent to Ukraine earlier this year at the request of President Joe Biden . Department of State spokesman Vedant Patel said the delivery was initially not announced publicly \"in order to maintain operational security for Ukraine at their request\". White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed to reporters this week that a \"significant number\" of the missiles, which can strike targets up to 185 miles away, had been provided to Ukraine. The supply of long-range missiles was originally dismissed by the Pentagon over fears that Ukraine could use them to strike targets deep within Russian territory, potentially sparking an escalation to the ongoing conflict. The Biden administration had previously supplied mid-range ATACMS missiles in September 2023. Related Articles 2024 NEWSWEEK DIGITAL LLC. 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As part of the agreement, T-Mobile will get US Cellular's wireless operations and about 30% of spectrum assets across several spectrum bands. T-Mobile will also enter into a new master licence agreement on more than 2,000 towers and extend the lease term for the approximately 600 towers where T-Mobile is already a tenant. \"Bringing together US Cellular's network resources with ours will enable us to fill gaps in connectivity that will create a better experience for all of our customers with more coverage and more capacity,\" T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said in a statement. T-Mobile said on Tuesday that US Cellular customers will gain access to its 5G network, giving them better coverage and speed. \"In the face of rising competition and increasing capital intensity required to keep pace with the latest technologies, and following our careful and deliberate strategic review, we are confident that continuing to deliver on our mission requires a level of scale and investment that is best achieved by integrating our wireless operations with those of T-Mobile,\" US Cellular chairman LeRoy Carlson Jr said in a statement. The transaction includes a combination of cash and up to about two billion dollars (£1.5 billion) of assumed debt. Up to 100 million dollars (£78 million) of the cash component is contingent on hitting certain financial and operational metrics between the deal's signing and closing. US Cellular will keep about 70% of of its spectrum portfolio across several spectrum bands. The deal has been unanimously approved by the boards of United States Cellular Corp and Telephone and Data Systems Inc, which is a majority shareholder of US Cellular. It is expected to close in mid-2025. Shares of US Cellular jumped 13% before the opening bell on Tuesday. 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This honour reflects the cruise line's unmatched commitment to eco-friendly innovation and its leadership in Vietnam's sustainable luxury cruising scene, perfectly complementing the grandeur and importance of Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Part of the same awards system as the World Travel Awards, established in 1993, the 4th Annual World Cruise Awards serve as the global standard for excellence in the cruise industry, recognizing companies that excel in innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. Grand Pioneers Cruise was honored to be nominated in \"World's Best Green Cruise Line 2024\" alongside notable brands such as Disney Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International, and Virgin Voyages. The award was decided by votes cast by cruise industry professionals and the public, with the nominee receiving the most votes in a category being named the winner. This recognition reflects Grand Pioneers esteemed position in the industry for protecting Ha Long Bay's unique ecosystem while offering an unparalleled luxury experience. Sustainability at the Core: \"We Only Exist When We Preserve Nature\" Grand Pioneers Cruise's guiding philosophy, \"We only exist when we preserve nature\" emphasizes the harmony between luxury and environmental responsibility. This principle drives the cruise line's commitment to adopting advanced green technologies and sustainable practices to ensure the long-term protection of Ha Long Bay's pristine environment. Grand Pioneers Cruise pioneers The Legacy Journey in Ha Long Bay with vessels built and crafted to meet the most advanced shipbuilding standards in the world today. The cruises are equipped with a state-of-the-art air conditioning system from Japan, utilizing seawater for cooling, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions and improves energy efficiency by up to 40%. Its coating, imported from the Netherlands, uses non-toxic paint technology, protecting the ships from seawater corrosion while minimizing environmental impact through reduced repainting cycles. Additionally, the main engines and generators, officially imported from Japan, meet the emission standards, ensuring environmentally safe operations. Complementing this is a wastewater treatment system from South Korea, which ensures all wastewater is treated and controlled to meet stringent environmental regulations. Preserving the Legacy of Ha Long Bay Ha Long Bay, with its emerald waters and towering limestone formations, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrated for its natural beauty. As the only bay of its kind in the world, Ha Long boasts a one-of-a-kind landscape shaped by thousands of limestone karsts and isles, each with its own story and ecosystem. This natural wonder is a treasure that no other destination can replicate, making it a true icon of Vietnam and an irreplaceable marvel on the global stage. Grand Pioneers Cruise is dedicated to protecting this iconic destination through sustainable tourism practices and educational programs that enhance conservation efforts. The cruise line offers activities such as guided kayaking tours and visits to protected marine areas, combined with educational sessions on the unique biodiversity of the bay. These activities foster a deeper appreciation for the environment and encourage responsible travel among guests. Expanding Horizons: A Vision for the Future Winning the \"World's Best Green Cruise Line 2024\" marks the start of an exciting new chapter for Grand Pioneers. This recognition paves the way for the company to expand its \"Legacy Journey\" beyond Ha Long Bay to heritage routes across Vietnam and international waters. Plans are already in place to build additional eco-friendly vessels that align with the company's sustainability vision. \"Our vision is clear: to deliver a luxury cruise experience that leaves a positive impact,\" said Mr. Luong The Tuyen, Deputy General Director of Grand Pioneers Cruise. \"This recognition is not only a testament to our efforts but also a call for the industry to embrace sustainable practices. 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Nearly every attraction stays operating all day long, unlike the attractions of Magic Kingdom or Hollywood Studios. However, one of Animal Kingdom's star attractions has been facing technical difficulties this morning: Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain. Credit: Disney READ MORE: As the Sun Goes Down In Magic Kingdom, This Classic Attraction Goes Down With It Although not an opening day attraction, Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain is easily one of the Disney Park's most classic rides. This roller coaster is categorized by crazy twists, turns, and exciting drops. Not only that, but Guests riding this attraction must face the ferocious Yeti as he roars and grabs at the carts while they careen past him. In short, it's easily one of Animal Kingdom's wildest rides. But unfortunately, this ride has been closed all morning. Credit: Disney READ MORE: Creator of the Monorails and the Haunted Mansion Says He Won't Ride This Attraction Ever Again At the time of this article's publication, Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain is still listed as 'Temporarily Closed' on the Walt Disney World mobile app. Credit: Walt Disney World Mobile App READ MORE: Will This Popular 'Star Wars' Attraction Last? These Signs Point to Negative… This thrilling roller coaster has been closed all morning, and it's anyone's guess as to why. More than likely, the ride is just facing technical difficulties. If refurbishments were being made or maintenance was being performed, the attraction would not be listed as 'Temporarily Closed,' and Disney would have put out an announcement. Credit: Disney READ MORE: Classic Animal Kingdom Attraction Breaks Down As the Park Opens, Leaving Guests Disappointed That being said, although it's probably just common technical difficulties, we are unsure as to when Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain will open again. When will Guests get the chance to face the Yeti again? 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(IONQ) for Possible Securities...\nSan Francisco, California--(Newsfile Corp. - May 12, 2022) - Hagens Berman urges IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ) investors who suffered significant losses to submit your losses now . The firm is investigating possible securities law violations. Visit: www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/IONQ Contact An Attorney Now: IONQ@hbsslaw.com IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ) Investigation: The investigation focuses on IonQ's statements about its 32-qubit machine which the company claims is \"the world's most powerful quantum computer.\" IonQ's representations allowed the company to go public through a SPAC-merger in late Sept. 2021. But on May 3, 2022, the claims came into question after activist short-seller Scorpion Capital published a 183-page scathing report alleging the company's claims of a 32-qubit machine are a \"brazen hoax.\" The firm points out that past employees stated in interviews the technology \"doesn't exist,\" that \"it was totally made up,\" and that the company is \"trying to cover up that it is not there.\" Scorpion determined that IonQ's only actual machine is an old 11-qubit toy computer for demonstration purposes that ex-employees, leading quantum experts, and key partners \"all described as primitive, useless, doomed by fatal error rates inherent to the technology, unreliable with low uptime, and so slow that a useful calculation could take 3 years.\" In addition, Scorpion accused IonQ of recording fictitious revenue via sham transactions and related-party round-tripping and, thereby, creating the illusion of commercial momentum. In response, the price of IonQ shares sharply fell. \"We're focused on investors' losses and whether IonQ misrepresented the existence of- and commercial prospects for- its 32-qubit computer,\" said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation. Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding IonQ should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. 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Fighting around the strategic Mozambique town of Palma entered a second day on Thursday as ISIL-linked fighters occupied and ransacked it despite French energy giant Total claiming it was secure. Mozambique's government confirmed the town – in its northernmost province of Cabo Delgado and about 10km (6.2 miles) from gas developments worth $60bn – came under a three-pronged attack on Wednesday and security forces moved in to establish order. The attack came shortly after French oil giant Total announced plans to resume construction at the nearby site of a $20bn offshore gas project. Defence ministry spokesman Omar Saranga said Mozambique's security forces (SDS) were \"pursuing the enemy's movement\" and working \"tirelessly to restore security and order\". \"SDS will do everything to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the population … while continuing to guarantee the protection of economic projects,\" he told reporters in the capital Maputo. Saranga said the number of any casualties and the extent of damage were not yet known, adding mobile communications in the area had been \"interrupted\". Total had no immediate comment on the impact of the attack on its operations. Brazen attack Within a few hours of Total's announcement, strategically important Palma, which hosts numerous international companies looking to cash in on one of the biggest gas finds in a decade, had been hit with its first major strike. Mozambique's forces had not repelled the attack as of Thursday morning and fighting was ongoing, according to sources in touch with the Mozambique government and military officials. Joseph Hanlon, a researcher and author on Mozambique, said vast mineral wealth in the region had been exploited by an elite few with the majority of residents not reaping any profits, leading to the rebellion. \"It is really a serious threat. One of the reasons the Palma attack is so important is this is the closest they've come to the gas project in scale. There were more than 100 [fighters] … it was well organised, well-coordinated,\" Hanlon told Al Jazeera. He said reports suggest the attackers pulled out of Palma, but not before robbing two banks and having \"taken control of the town for a day\". Palma is located more than 1,800km (1,120 miles) northeast of Maputo in gas-rich Cabo Delgado province, where authorities have grappled with a brutal rebellion since 2017. Fighters affiliated with the armed group ISIL (ISIS) have raided villages and towns across the province for years, causing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. The violence has killed at least 2,600 people, half of them civilians, according to the United States-based data-collecting agency Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. Amnesty International this month said local people were \"caught\" between fighters on one side and government security forces and a private militia on the other. The watchdog accused all three parties of \"war crimes\" causing hundreds of civilian deaths. The fighting has also rocked the development of Africa's largest liquified natural gas (LNG) project off the Afungi peninsula, set to go online in 2024. Total is the project's main investor with a 26.5-percent stake. Six other international businesses are also involved, including Italy's Eni and US major ExxonMobil. Total was forced to evacuate some staff in January after rebel fighters launched a series of attacks just kilometres from the LNG site. 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The streaming service said Monday that \"Otherhood\" will not be released April 26 with a date to be determined. The romantic comedy stars Huffman, Patricia Arquette and Angela Bassett. Huffman was accused of paying a consultant $15,000 disguised as a charitable donation to boost her daughter's SAT score. Authorities say the actress discussed going through with the same plan for her younger daughter, but ultimately decided against it. The 56-year-old Huffman earned Emmy nominations for her work in the Netflix series \"American Crime.\" She's also expected to play a prosecutor in the Ava DuVernay-directed \"When They See Us,\" which releases May 17 on the streaming service. ___ 3:45 p.m. A California real estate developer and his wife will co-operate with an investigation into a wide-ranging college admissions bribery scandal. Authorities said Monday that Bruce and Davina Isackson, of Hillsborough, have agreed to plead guilty to participating in the scam and are co-operating with the investigation for the chance at a lighter sentence. The couple was accused of paying an admissions consultant to get their two daughters into two California schools for sports they didn't play. Authorities said they also paid to boost one of the girl's entrance exam scores. The Isacksons said in an emailed statement that they are \"profoundly sorry\" and take full responsibility for their \"bad judgment.\" They say they have worked with investigators and will continue to do so. ___ 3:35 p.m. Actress Felicity Huffman is apologizing for taking part in the college admissions bribery scheme. The \"Desperate Housewives\" star said in a prepared statement Monday she accepts full responsibility for her actions and \"will accept the consequences that stem from those actions.\" It was her first public comments since her arrest last month. Huffman was accused of paying $15,000 to rig her daughter's entrance exam score. Authorities say she has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Huffman says her daughter didn't know about her actions. She says her desire to help her daughter is \"no excuse to break the law or engage in honesty.\" Authorities said Monday 12 other parents and one coach have also agreed to plead guilty in the scam. ___ 3:25 p.m. The former men's tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin has agreed to plead guilty in the sweeping college admissions bribery scandal. Federal authorities said Monday that Michael Center will plead guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Centre was accused of accepting nearly $100,000 to help a non-tennis playing applicant get admitted as a recruit. Once enrolled, the student never played. He was among several coaches at elite universities charged in the scam, which also ensnared prominent parents and Hollywood actresses. Prosecutors said in court documents made public Monday that \"Desperate Housewives\" star Felicity Huffman and 12 other parents have also agreed to plead guilty. Huffman was accused of paying $15,000 to rig her daughter's college entrance exam. ___ 3 p.m. Actress Felicity Huffman has agreed to plead guilty in the college admissions cheating scandal. Court documents made public Monday show Huffman and 12 other prominent parents will plead guilty in the scheme. Huffman was accused of paying $15,000 to have a proctor boost her older daughter's SAT score. Huffman was among 50 people charged in what authorities have described as the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department. Officials say parents paid an admissions consultant to rig their children's test scores and bribe coaches at elite universities to designate their kids as athletic recruits. Fellow actress Lori Loughlin (LAWK'-lin) and Loughlin's fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are also charged in the scam. They are not among those who've agreed to plead guilty and haven't publicly addressed the allegations. ___ 11:30 a.m. Stanford University has expelled a student who lied about her sailing credentials in her application, which was linked to the college-admission bribery scandal. The university quietly announced it had rescinded the student's admission in a short statement posted on its website April 2 after determining \"some of the material in the student's application is false.\" The statement added: \"The student is no longer on campus.\" University officials previously said the student was admitted without the recommendation of former Stanford sailing coach John Vandemoer, who pleaded guilty to taking bribes in exchange for helping students get into the elite university. They said a $500,000 contribution to the sailing program was made several months after the student was admitted. The Stanford Daily first reported on Sunday that the student had been expelled. 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The project, which has initiated construction , will create more than 250 construction jobs and will disburse more than $83 million in local government payments throughout the life of the project. Once operational, Gibson Solar will generate enough clean electricity to annually power the equivalent of more than 30,000 homes. The financial close included a construction loan with CoBank, Societe Generale, and PNC Bank along with a letter of credit (LC) facility provided by CoBank. CoBank served as Coordinating Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent for the Lenders, Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, Documentation Agent, and LC Issuing Bank. PNC Capital Markets LLC and Societe Generale also served as Coordinating Lead Arrangers. BNY served as Depositary Agent. Amis, Patel & Brewer represented Arevon as Sponsor Counsel; Milbank LLP served as Lender Counsel; and Husch Blackwell served as Local Counsel. Signal Energy is the project's engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor. \"Financial close and the start of construction are two major milestones for the Gibson Solar Project that I am pleased to celebrate alongside the Arevon team,\" Denise Tait, Chief Investment Officer at Arevon said. \"Gibson Solar represents our sixth completed financial package in the last year, amounting to $3 billion in capital. These closings would not be possible without our partners, and we are grateful for their continued trust and collaboration in executing deals that enable a clean energy future.\" \"Providing capital for renewable energy developments is one of the ways we realize our mission to ensure the sustainability and vitality of our nation's rural agricultural communities. CoBank is pleased to partner with Arevon in support of the Gibson Solar Project to encourage economic development and employment opportunities for local communities,\" Justin Merkowitz, Managing Director and Head of Project Finance at CoBank said. 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Both Moody's Ratings and S&P Global Ratings upgraded Triumph's credit ratings, with both credit agencies rating TRIUMPH with a stable outlook. Specifically, Moody's on June 28 upgraded TRIUMPH's corporate family rating to B3 from Caa1, citing materially reduced leverage from paying off the 2025 notes in their entirety, as well as a portion of the 2028 notes. Earlier, S&P on June 6 upgraded TRIUMPH's issuer credit rating to B- from CCC+, citing the company's lower debt and favorable market conditions. To reduce its debt load, TRIUMPH in March announced it had completed the sale of its product support business to AAR Corp., a transaction valued at $725 million. TRIUMPH said it expected the net after-tax proceeds to be approximately $700 million, which it primarily planned to use for debt reduction. \"This transaction enables TRIUMPH to greatly accelerate our deleveraging progress while placing our third-party product support business with a market-leading MRO company that has a proven track record of customer support,\" Dan Crowley, TRIUMPH's chairman, president, and CEO, said at the time. \"By strengthening our balance sheet and focusing on our OEM component, spares and IP-based aftermarket business, TRIUMPH will further improve its capacity to win and expects to profitably grow in the expanding markets we serve,\" said Crowley. Upon completion of the transaction, TRIUMPH will advance in aerospace and its adjacent markets as a value-added and IP-based business, according to the company, which has 21 sites and roughly 4,500 employees. 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There's a relationship, say infosec bods, but not enough to say one evolved into the other It has been almost a year since the ransomware gang Ransom Cartel was first detected and the crew over that time has racked up a steady drumbeat of victims in such countries as the United States and France and from a broad array of industry sectors. Analysts at MalwareHunterTeam believe the group has been active since December 2021 and threat researchers with Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 group first saw Ransom Cartel in action a month later. During most of 2022, defenders have been digging into the origins of the group. Now Unit 42 says Ransom Cartel shares some similarities with the notorious REvil ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang. However, does that mean REvil, which went dark just months before Ransom Cartel came to the surface, morphed into the new group and is just continuing with its nefarious ways under a new name? The researchers aren't making that leap, but they believe that at one time those cybercriminals behind Ransom Cartel had made contact with their REvil counterparts, maybe as affiliates or in some other position. \"Based on the fact that the Ransom Cartel operators clearly have access to the original REvil ransomware source code, yet likely do not possess the obfuscation engine used to encrypt strings and hide API calls, we speculate that the operators of Ransom Cartel had a relationship with the REvil group at one point, before starting their own operation,\" Unit 42 researchers Amer Elsad and Daniel Bunce write in a recent report . There has been on-again, off-again talk about the return of REvil. The speculation about Ransom Cartel and its possible links to the Russia-based group – also known as Sodinokibi - illustrates again the fluid nature of the cybercrime world and the constantly evolving rise and fall of the criminal gangs. None of this surprises Andrew Barratt, vice president at Coalfire, a cybersecurity advisory firm. \"There is so much 'crime-as-a-service,'\" Barratt told The Register. \"They could be a customer (REvil was originally pitched as ransomware-as-a-service). It could also be a simple supplier relationship in place, but just a copycat given the success REvil had.\" That said, \"it's vitally important to track movements [of the cybercriminals and their groups] as we may see changes in the artifacts (files, locations, hashes, etc.) that give us indicators of compromise, or indicators of activity,\" he said. \"These are the very things defenders or forensic investigators need to be on top of and a shared awareness equals a greater defense over all.\" REvil began operations in 2019 and became a major player in the ransomware field, hitting among others JBS Foods and Kaseya . It also drew attention from the US government, which leaned on Russian officials to do more to shut down cybercrime groups that Moscow had been shielding for years. The pressure helped lead to REvil essentially shutting its doors in late 2021 and the arrests in January of 14 suspected members by Russian officials. However, REvil's influence remains, as demonstrated by the apparent ties linking Ransom Cartel to it. \"At this time, we believe that Ransom Cartel operators had access to earlier versions of REvil ransomware source code, but not some of the most recent developments,\" Elsad and Bunce wrote. \"This suggests there was a relationship between the groups at some point, though it may not have been recent.\" Some of those crossovers include similarities in the ransom notes from each group – though those would be fairly simple to copy. Both use double-extortion methods – as do a growing number of groups. Ransom Cartel not only threatens to post the stolen data to its leak site if the demanded ransom isn't paid, but also to send the data to the victim's partners, competitors, and media. Other similarities with REvil include the method both use to generate session secrets, \"indicating a direct overlap between the REvil source code and the latest Ransom Cartel samples,\" the researchers wrote. The data encryption scheme used by Ransom Cartel also is identical to those found in REvil samples, according to Unit 42. There also are differences, including in how the encrypted data is stored. In addition, REvil would heavily obfuscate its ransomware – using such methods as string encryption and API hashing – while Ransom Cartel does essentially no obfuscation beyond the configuration. \"It is possible that the Ransom Cartel group is an offshoot of the original REvil threat actor group, where the individuals only possess the original source code of the REvil ransomware encryptor/decryptor, but do not have access to the obfuscation engine,\" the Unit 42 researchers wrote. In addition, Ransom Cartel uses DonPAPI to locate and retrieve credentials protected by Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI) in a technique known as \"DPAPI dumping.\" The researchers wrote the tool had not been seen in previous incidents. DonPAPI searches systems for files known to be protected by DPAPI, such as Wi-Fi keys, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) passwords, and credentials saved in web browsers. The tool also has ways to avoid detection by antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) software. \"To compromise Linux ESXi devices, Ransom Cartel uses DonPAPI to harvest credentials stored in web browsers used to authenticate to the vCenter web interface,\" the researchers wrote. There may not be anything conclusive yet about where the Ransom Cartel cybercriminals came from, but the search for answers is important. \"While there are a lot of advanced persistent threat (APT) groups in play, they have the same limitations on talent that legitimate businesses have,\" Mike Parkin, senior technical engineer at cybersecurity firm Vulcan Cyber, told The Register. \"By tracking the groups over time, and looking for signatures in their techniques, it's possible to identify who the players are and, perhaps, give law enforcement the knowledge they need to act.\" ® Editor's note: This article was revised after publication to remove our assertion that REvil was behind the Colonial Pipeline intrusion; that was attributed to another gang, DarkSide, which does have close links to REvil. 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Read more at Teen Vogue Buy Jon Melrod's Fighting Times The resurgence of the American labor movement is being led in no small part by a cohort of young, diverse, fired-up workers around the country. Union density remains embarrassingly low overall, but last month the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, released some genuinely inspiring numbers that suggest the perceived upswing in union activity is more than just a vibe. During the 2024 fiscal year, which ended in September, the number of union petitions filed jumped 27% compared with 2023 — and was more than double what the agency received in 2021. Why does this matter? Basically, filing these petitions is a concrete sign that more people are trying to unionize their workplaces. We already know that unions are popular, especially among young people. A 2022 report from the Center for American Progress found that Gen Z is the most pro-union generation in the US, and young organizers have been at the forefront of many labor actions in recent years, including the Starbucks union campaign. This new generation of organizers is embracing all sorts of strategies, including one of the oldest tactics in the pro-union handbook: salting. Salting is an organizing tactic in which a person gets a job at a specific workplace with the goal of unionizing their coworkers. This kind of shop-floor organizing has a long history within the labor movement, and was once so common it was thoroughly unremarkable; if you were a young worker with socialist or progressive ideas in, say, the early 1900s, it was the most normal thing in the world to start talking to your coworkers about unionizing as soon as you'd learned their names. \"Compared to being a full-time union supporting from the outside, it's easier to organize people when you're in the trenches with them as a co-worker, building personal relationships and trust day-by-day on the shop floor,\" explains Eric Blanc, an assistant professor of labor studies and employment relations at Rutgers University and trainer for the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, which connects workers with union organizers. Salting popped up again in a big way during the 1960s and '70s, when workers who were already involved in anti-Vietnam War protests and the Black power movement found themselves also organizing on the job. Former salt and factory worker Jon Melrod wrote in his memoir, Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War, \"Along with thousands of other student revolutionaries, I believed that our generation could organize workers and poor people to fight for an end to exploitation, racial oppression, and sexual discrimination, and to bring to birth a new world in which hunger, poverty, inequality, and environmental destruction were forever banished.\" Melrod's time organizing auto workers in the tumultuous 1970s and into the '80s may seem like a world away from making cappuccinos in a coffee shop in western New York, but when Teen Vogue reached out to Jaz Brisack, one of the most well-known salts in the modern labor movement, their experiences started to sound awfully familiar. When Brisack started working at the Starbucks on Buffalo's Elmwood Avenue in 2020, they brought plenty of prior organizing experience with them. Fresh off a successful organizing campaign at another local coffee chain, Spot Coffee, and motivated by the sting of an earlier, failed union drive at a Nissan factory in Mississippi, Brisack decided to start working at Starbucks after witnessing what they believed was a friend's unjust firing. Within a year, Starbucks Workers United was born. 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Also reflected in the ratings is Lancashire's historically strong overall operating performance, driven by underwriting results in non-catastrophe-affected years and complemented by investment income and fee income. As of September 2023, Lancashire has exhibited a strong operating performance resuming prior years' trends, which has led to this revision of the negative outlook on the Long-Term ICR to stable. This reflects the dampening effect that its diversification strategy has on the volatility of its underwriting results. Lancashire is a specialty underwriter with a good degree of geographic and product line diversification, as the company's offerings include primary insurance, reinsurance and retrocessional coverages written on a global basis through traditional capacity, Lloyd's and its Kinesis platform. The group's ERM is considered embedded and appropriate for Lancashire's elevated risk profile. 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706, "text": "Hertz prepares to file bankruptcy if deadline is missed\nBy Eliza Ronalds-Hannon and David Welch, Bloomberg Hertz Global Holdings is preparing to file for bankruptcy as soon as Monday night if the company fails to rework its debt and can't get lenders to extend a grace period on a missed payment. The rental-car company has been talking to some of its creditors about how to ease its burden without going through bankruptcy, but negotiations have been a struggle and the company is preparing to file for Chapter 11 court protection, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Hertz could file this evening, though Tuesday would be more likely if a deal isn't reached. The situation could still change and a filing isn't definite, said the people, asking for anonymity to discuss the confidential talks. A representative for Hertz didn't return an email and calls seeking comment. Read more: J.Crew files for bankruptcy as pandemic chokes retail A Chapter 11 filing would permit Hertz to stay in business while it works out a plan to pay its creditors and turn the business around. The company expanded its roster of advisers to include FTI Consulting Inc., which specializes in restructuring and bankruptcy cases, the people said, confirming an earlier report by the Wall Street Journal. Sweeping travel restrictions tied to the COVID-19 outbreak and the global economic collapse have hammered revenue, particularly in the rental-car business. While the U.S. government has a $50 billion bailout plan for airlines, Hertz hasn't been able to access that program, and its chief rival, Avis Budget Group, had a stronger balance sheet going into the crisis. The Estero, Florida-based company had been negotiating with lenders for relief as well as with the U.S. Treasury Department about the possibility of a bailout. But with dismal demand, a too-big fleet and plunging prices for used cars, Hertz didn't have enough liquidity to last until a market recovery. Hertz began laying off workers to preserve cash in March as the travel restrictions cut deep into sales. By April 29, Hertz disclosed that it had missed substantial lease payments related to its rental cars. Creditors gave Hertz until May 4 to come up with a solution, and Chief Executive Officer Kathryn Marinello said in an interview at the time that Hertz was doing everything it could to preserve cash and get leniency from lenders to avoid going bankrupt. Hertz, originally known as Rent-a-Car Inc., was founded in Chicago in 1918. It was operating 12,400 locations worldwide as of February, according to a filing. Related Articles J.Crew files for bankruptcy as pandemic chokes retail Clothing retailer J. 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Something interesting is happening in Chinese bank regulation: it is getting a lot tougher. New research by UBS, led by analyst Jason Bedford, shows that the amount of bank fines issued under the new head of the regulator, Guo Shuqing at the China Bank and Insurance Regulatory Commission, last year showed a 14-fold increase over 2017, and in fact amount to almost six times the total of the previous 14 years put together. Genuinely stinging penalties are being awarded for the first time in years. Guangfa Bank, an unlisted institution whose major shareholder is China Life, was fined Rmb722 million ($107 million) last year, equivalent to 7.1% of the bank's full-year net profit for 2017. Pudong Shanghai Bank has received a range of fines approaching Rmb2 billion in total. But what impresses Bedford is not so much the scale of fines as the nature of the overall approach. \"Lots of people use the words 'deleveraging' and 'credit tightening' synonymously,\" he says. \"But they're not the same thing. \"Some regulators just slap loan quota on, but the problem with that is it doesn't differentiate between good and bad banks, those that have prudent policies and those that have no discipline and lend to insolvent steel companies.\" New nuance Rather than just clamp down on credit extension overall, Guo has focused instead upon the existing stock of debt. So, this is deleveraging, but without forcing good banks not to extend credit to those who both need and warrant it. This nuance is something new in Chinese bank regulation. The vast majority of penalties to date have been for disguising bad loans. \"It is aimed at dissuading banks from extent-and-pretend type activities to keep credit lines open to defaulted companies,\" Bedford says. This should be seen in the context of efforts to rein in shadow banking and changes to loan recognition rules, both of which Euromoney examined in July . UBS says that, implemented properly, this shift should lead to an accounting change increase in total system non-performing loans of 14% for 2018, although Bedford says that based on first-half 2018 numbers, it has been inconsistently implemented: he calculates that Hubei Bank, for example, should have seen a 416% increase in official NPLs, but has not yet implemented the new rules. A bit like peeling an onion, an investigation into one incident can lead to discovery of other violations As banks do implement these rules, under the gaze of a regulator that clearly now means business, some ugliness is inevitable. Fines themselves, some individual names apart, are not the main issue. \"The bigger hit we expect will come in the form of increased NPL recognition as banks tighten up recognition and unwind problematic structures that could draw the ire of regulators,\" says UBS. Still, the issue is not universal. Euromoney has noted before the increasing differentiation between the biggest banks and the rest; they are already advantaged by their huge deposit bases and access to funding, and it appears that their claims to be more sensible and prudent lenders were legitimate. China Construction Bank , ICBC and ABC in particular appear seldom in the fines list. UBS says that the big five, adding Bank of China and Bank of Communications to those three, account for only 10% of all fines ever issued, which is far below the proportion of the overall sector they represent. That's not to say, though, that they're automatically great banks. They're certainly not daring banks, and perhaps that's the right way to be, but that does mean a lot of credit is not getting where it needs to go. It also appears that they won't be pushed to do what the state wants them to – you still don't see the state-owned commercial banks on the funding list of big Belt and Road projects, instead favouring advisory or ancillary roles; and it is notable that of all the debt-to-equity swaps the state wanted banks to implement in order to clean up bad corporate debt, about one fifth of announced swaps have not yet been implemented in any meaningful way. (CCB is an outlier here, having implemented about 80% of its swaps.) On track Chinese banks do, though, face a problem when clients turn sour, and in this respect the Guangfa situation is illustrative. Guangfa's fines related to Cosun Group, a fixed-line phone manufacturer from Huizhou and a key borrower from the bank. When Cosun got into trouble, Guangfa knew that unless it lent more money, there was no way Cosun would be in a position to repay any of its loans at all, rendering the whole exposure non-performing. That would be impossible under CBIRC loan scoring standards. \"This led Guangfa Bank down the rabbit hole of initially underwriting and providing illegal guarantees over a series of more than Rmb2 billion of private placement bonds,\" Bedford says. It then syndicated around Rmb10 billion of loans reclassified as trust beneficiary rights and directional asset management plans across 13 different banks. That illustrates another problem: what you might call cross-pollination of problems. \"A bit like peeling an onion, an investigation into one incident can lead to discovery of other violations,\" Bedford says. So, there is going to be pain ahead. But the result should be a stronger banking system. It is to be hoped that the slowing economy caused by the trade war with the US does not lead to anyone telling the regulator to change tack. 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Diess – who led VW's electric vehicle drive and clashed with unions – will leave on September 1. He is to be replaced by Porsche chief executive Oliver Blume who will continue to run the sports car manufacturer alongside his new role. 63-year-old Diess was installed shortly after VW had been embroiled in the diesel emissions scandal that cost the firm billions. Diess has repeatedly clashed with the VW works council, which has seats on the supervisory board, and is backed by 300,000 employees. Cox Automotive analyst Michelle Krebs told The Times that the turmoil surrounding Diess had 'possibly become a distraction'. Chairman of the VW Supervisory Board, Hans Dieter Pötsch, thanked Herbert Diess. He said: 'During his tenure as chairman of the board of management of the Volkswagen passenger cars brand and as chairman of the group board of management, Herbert Diess played a key role in advancing the transformation of the company. 'The group and its brands are viable for the future; its innovative capabilities and earning power are strengthened. 'Mr Diess impressively demonstrated the speed at which and consistency with which he was able to carry out far-reaching transformation processes. 'Not only did he steer the company through extremely turbulent waters, but he also implemented a fundamentally new strategy.' In a post on social media, Diess said: 'After a really stressful first half of 2022 many of us are looking forward to a well-deserved summer break.' VW Group boss challenges Elon Musk in first ever tweet 54-year-old Blume is believed to have always been primed to replace Diess. He previously worked at Audi and was appointed to the management board in 2018. Pötsch added: 'Oliver Blume has proven his operational and strategic skills in various positions within the group and in several brands and has managed Porsche AG from a financial, technological and cultural standpoint with great success for seven years running. 'From the supervisory board's point of view, he is now the right person to lead the group and to further enhance its customer focus and the positioning of its brands and products.' US pick-up Meanwhile, VW has announced it will tackle the US market with an electric pick-up truck built under the Scout brand. This has been revived after VW acquired the rights when it snapped up truck maker Navistar. Diess said on LinkedIn: ' There's the most exciting project that the Group has started in years: The all-electric pickup truck with which we are reviving the iconic Scout brand. 'Since we first discovered that we bought the rights to the brand with Navistar, Scott Keogh has been pushing the idea to enter the US pick-up market with one of America's most emotional brands. 'I'm very happy that Scott is taking the helm of this important project. The first reactions have been overwhelming. 'Over the past few weeks the team has fine-tuned the design, set up the new company – Scout Motors Inc. – and presented options for how and where to produce the pickup. 'It's absolutely key that Scout will be independent – a US startup that benefits from the engineering and financial power of Volkswagen but with no strings attached.' 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PROVIDENCE, RI — Climate scientists have warned for years that a warming planet would cause more extreme storms, like the one that walloped Texas in February, knocking out power and leaving millions in a deep freeze. Yet as the snow fell and the wind howled, some looked for other explanations for the storm and its resulting power outages. The conservative website The Gateway Pundit made the false claim that President Joe Biden's energy policies somehow prevented Texas plants from generating the power the state needed and \"led to Texans literally freezing to death.\" The next day, the conspiracy theory website Infowars published a similarly untrue story that was shared 70,000 times on Facebook and Twitter. Four days later, US Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, tweeted to her 100,000 followers that Biden's energy policies were \"leaving millions of Texans freezing to death.\" All those claims were false. In fact, an emergency request granted by the Biden administration gave the state authority to exceed federal environmental limits in order to provide enough power to Texans. To climate scientists and misinformation researchers, claims like these mark an important shift: Instead of focusing on denialism, climate misinformation is getting local, focused on extreme weather events tied to a changing climate — such the Texas storm or recent wildfires that ravaged California and Australia. Firefighters control a spot fire near Bredbo, south of the Australian capital, Canberra. Rick Rycroft/AP \"It just isn't credible to deny climate change or the impacts it's having. People see it with their own two eyes,\" said Penn State University climate scientist Michael Mann. \"So there's a shift in tactics. Now it's softer forms of denial and efforts to diminish the impacts of climate change.\" That evolution is evident online. Media intelligence firm Zignal Labs analyzed millions of social media posts, news stories and other online content and found that overall, conversations about climate change in the past 12 months peaked during high-profile natural disasters, including the Texas storm and the California wildfires. Overall, online mentions of natural disasters and their relationship to climate change also increased by 27 percent, Zignal found. Surveys also show that extreme weather is changing people's thinking about climate change. According to a 2019 poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, nearly 75 percent of Americans said their opinions about climate change have been influenced by extreme weather in the previous five years. With about 7 in 10 Americans saying they believe climate change is happening, misinformation has now shifted from denialism to focus on its real world impacts. In some ways, that's a positive, as it demonstrates increased public understanding of the problem. But it also creates new opportunities for those who would spread bogus claims. \"We still see claims that global warming doesn't exist, but we also see misinformation about specific areas — such as the wind turbines in Texas,\" said Emmanuel Vincent, director of Science Feedback, a global network of scientists based in France who work to debunk inaccurate claims about climate change. \"A lot of the misinformation is more subtle.\" Those who still dispute a connection to a changing climate are grasping for increasingly far-fetched explanations. Following the Texas storm, for instance, some claimed the snow was fake and wouldn't burn, or that it was the result of weather control technology used by Biden. Recent California wildfires? While experts say dry and hot conditions are to blame, some, including US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, have speculated it might be the work of space lasers. Such misinformation persists online, despite stated attempts by online platforms to stamp it out. While Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have all removed content spreading misinformation about COVID-19 or the recent US election, critics say they've been less aggressive when it comes to climate information. A spokesman for Facebook said the platform is doing more than ever to connect users with accurate information about climate change. Its Climate Science Information Center, created last year, is now available in 16 countries and nine languages and has a new section dedicated to dispelling climate change myths. People wait in line to fill propane tanks in Houston February 17, 2021. David J. Phillip / AP YouTube, owned by Google, was singled out as a leading source for climate misinformation by the US House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. In a letter to Google, the committee urged the tech giant to do more to combat falsehoods on its platforms. In an emailed statement, YouTube acknowledged the challenge of \"drawing the lines between misinformation, political speech, legitimate debate and opinion.\" US Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, chairwoman of the House climate committee, told the AP in a statement that groups who oppose meaningful responses to climate change — including fossil fuel companies — use misinformation to confuse the public. But she said many people aren't buying it. \"It's becoming harder for polluters and their allies to keep standing in the way of climate solutions, which is why they resort to false and harmful misinformation,\" she said. \"Most Americans and particularly young Americans, are demanding their representatives take this crisis seriously.\" The post As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts appeared first on TodayHeadline .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research", "length": 56, "offset": 2548}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Zignal Labs", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Zignal Labs", "length": 11, "offset": 2020}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Gateway Pundit", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Gateway Pundit", "length": 14, "offset": 533}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Energy Policy Institute", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Energy Policy Institute", "length": 23, "offset": 2613}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "University of Chicago", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "University of Chicago", "length": 21, "offset": 2644}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "AP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AP", "length": 2, "offset": 5175}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Penn State University", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Penn State University", "length": 21, "offset": 1788}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Infowars", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Infowars", "length": 8, "offset": 779}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "YouTube", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "YouTube", "length": 7, "offset": 4097}, {"position_text": "YouTube", "length": 7, "offset": 4681}, {"position_text": "YouTube", "length": 7, "offset": 4959}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Australia", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Australia", "length": 9, "offset": 1552}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Canberra", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Canberra", "length": 8, "offset": 1642}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "France", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "France", "length": 6, "offset": 3385}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 12, "entity_text": "PROVIDENCE", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "PROVIDENCE", "length": 10, "offset": 163}, {"position_text": "PROVIDENCE", "length": 10, "offset": 163}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 13, "entity_text": "US", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 894}, {"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 3874}, {"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 4184}, {"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 4777}, {"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 5090}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 710, "text": "Centene: 4Q Earnings Snapshot\nST LOUIS Centene Corp. (CNC) on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $12 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had a loss of 2 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 46 cents per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 45 cents per share. The healthcare company posted revenue of $28.29 billion in the period, which missed Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $28.47 billion. For the year, the company reported profit of $1.81 billion, or $3.12 per share. Revenue was reported as $111.12 billion. Centene expects full-year earnings in the range of $5 to $5.30 per share, with revenue in the range of $116.1 billion to $118.1 billion. Centene shares have dropped 3% since the beginning of the year. 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The plant is expected to offset the emission of 56,000t of CO₂ each year, thereby contributing to reduced environmental impact and advancements in Italy's renewable energy sector. The plant's advanced bifacial photovoltaic modules are designed to optimise renewable energy generation. The project is complemented by a 25MW lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS), which has a storage capacity of 100 megawatt hours. Enel Green Power also disclosed plans for an even larger storage system at the Trino site. The initiative is part of a broader investment strategy, with the group allocating more than €12bn globally up to 2026 to bolster renewable energy development. The Trino photovoltaic plant project received local support through the \"Scelta Rinnovabile\" crowdfunding campaign. The company stated: \"Thanks to widespread participation, the fundraising target was met and vastly exceeded, with the final amount raised being 150% of the initial target. \"Following plant commissioning, the local residents involved in the initiative will begin to recoup their investment.\" Enel Green Power also revealed that its global emission-free electricity generation achieved a new high of 82% in the first quarter of 2024. \"Enel Green Power begins ops at 87MW photovoltaic plant in Trino, Italy\" was originally created and published by Power Technology , a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. 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Treasury notified Congress last month that it planned to lift sanctions on Rusal, an aluminum company controlled by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Treasury said the Russian business leader will remain under personal sanctions but that sanctions on Rusal and two other firms could be lifted because Deripaska had agreed to reduce his ownership in the companies below 50 percent. \"This, with stiff competition, mind you, was one of the worst classified briefings we've received from the Trump administration,\" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said after the briefing. \"The secretary barely testified. He answered some questions, but he didn't give testimony.\" Asked whether House Democrats were considering introducing a resolution of disapproval to try to stop Treasury from easing the sanctions, as Democratic leader Charles Schumer has done in the Senate, Pelosi said: \"We'll see.\" Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, said he had requested during the briefing for Treasury to delay lifting the sanctions until it can answer further questions about the terms of Deripaska reducing his ownership in the companies. \"I think there's a real question about whether he's effectively divested his stake, and we need more facts about that,\" Doggett said. In an emailed statement before the briefing, Mnuchin said the sanctions had met their goal. \"One of the goals of sanctions is to change behavior, and the proposed delistings of companies that Deripaska will no longer control show that sanctions can result in positive change,\" Mnuchin said. Washington's sanctions on Rusal and two other Deripaska-controlled firms, enacted last year, clobbered the oligarch financially, sinking the market value of his publicly traded companies. They also caused havoc far beyond Russia. Global aluminum prices spiked, battering U.S. and European companies and prompting complaints from European allies. A holding company connected to Deripaska and Rusal lobbied the Trump administration heavily to lift the sanctions. The chairman of the company hired Mercury Public Affairs and former U.S. senator David Vitter to call on the State Department and other officials. The Treasury Department informed Congress on Dec. 19 that it intended to lift the sanctions on Rusal and the other two firms in 30 days because the companies had agreed to reduce Deripaska's ownership stake below 50 percent. The letter suggested Treasury wanted to lift the sanctions in part because of the havoc they caused in metals markets. The letter noted that aluminum prices soared and that \"Rusal subsidiaries in the United States, Ireland, Sweden, Jamaica, Guinea and elsewhere faced imminent closure.\" Deripaska will not receive any cash as a result of the transactions necessary to reduce his ownership of Rusal or the other companies, Treasury said in the letter. 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Business Korea reports that Apple placed orders for the development of 10.9-inch and 12.9-inch OLED panels from the two display companies, while rival Chinese display maker BOE lost out. Apple reportedly placed orders for the development of 10.9-inch and 12.9-inch panels for the iPad with Samsung Display and LG Display. BOE was excluded. Korean display makers are planning to produce OLED panels for the iPad at their current sixth-generation (1500mm x 1850mm) line. According to a separate report from Korea's Economic Daily , Apple has not yet finalized the order volume of OLED displays for iPad Pro, but it may divide the order equally between the two Korean factories mentioned above. Apple is developing 11.1-inch and 13-inch OLED iPad Pro models that will come out in the first quarter of 2024, according to display analyst Ross Young , who has a good track record for Apple rumors. It's not entirely clear why the display dimensions are different in the two latest Korean reports, which appear to be citing the same industry sources. Previous reports have indicated Apple plans larger 11.1-inch and 13-inch screen sizes for the OLED ‌iPad Pro‌ models with potentially slimmed-down bezels rather than an overall change in the size of the device. At the current time, Apple sells a 12.9-inch mini-LED ‌iPad Pro‌ and an 11-inch ‌iPad Pro with a traditional LCD display, as mini-LED has continued to be reserved for the higher-end ‌iPad Pro‌ model. With the 2024 update, Apple could return to feature parity between the two ‌iPad Pro‌ models. There is also a question mark over the launch timing of Apple's planned new MacBook models with OLED displays. Both of today's reports suggest new OLED 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models will arrive in 2026. 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The story: Idaho state Congressman Chad Christensen, who has openly criticized the state's response to the pandemic and has questioned the efficacy of wearing masks, was banned on Facebook Wednesday after the company previously censored some of his posts on the pandemic for supposedly going against health experts' COVID-19 recommendations. \"Chad's Facebook page has been taken down and he cannot access this page. He is not ignoring you,\" wrote Christensen's campaign page on Facebook Thursday. On Oct. 19, Facebook censored a video Christensen posted of a group of American Frontline Doctors speaking against masks and recommending the controversial anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for COVID-19 as \"false information.\" Facebook included a note on Christensen's post that said \"a growing body of scientific evidence supports the use of face masks by the general public for reducing the spread of COVID-19.\" Christensen is seeking reelection and says the ban prevents him from communicating with his supporters. \"I'm a legislator. I use Facebook a lot to talk to my constituents, and they talk to me that way. 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Amidst the chaos, the US warship USS Gravely And this USS Laboon In response to a distress call, it managed to shoot down two ballistic missiles launched from a region controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Yemen . The attacks are part of a series of attacks aimed at disrupting traffic in the critical strait. Bob Al Mantab It connects Red Sea with Indian Ocean . In this photo provided by the Royal Navy on Dec. 16, 2023, HMS Diamond fires its Sea Viper missile to attack and shoot down an aerial drone over the Red Sea. (Royal Navy/Ministry of Defense via AP, file) Fortunately, there were no injuries on the container ship. Maersk is still at sea to continue its journey from Singapore towards Port Said, Egypt . This incident happens a day later Denmark Joined an international coalition formed for the purpose of patrolling Red Sea Stop these types of attacks. Maersk One of the world's leading carriers had decided to resume its efficient routes Red Sea After several weeks of sea traffic around the Cape, the response was to build up this force Good faith Inside Africa To prevent Houthi attacks. Prior to this attack, the US Navy Vice Admiral Brad Cooper From the beginning of the \"Guardian of Prosperity\" operation, approx 1,200 merchant ships They traveled through the area Red Sea Without encountering drone or missile attacks. Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) monitor the ship's combat information center during an operation to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. (US Navy/Aaron Lau) Currently, five warships USA, France and UK They patrol the waters to the south Red Sea and west Gulf of Aden under command Vice Admiral Cooper . Since the beginning of the operation, the total 17 drones and four anti-ship missiles. Crucially, the Houthi rebels have threatened to attack any ship involved Israel In response to the Israeli military campaign Loop . 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Same Animal Abuse,\" to point out that the new name changes nothing for the animals held captive there. SeaWorld will still display them in cramped, barren concrete tanks—in which more than 40 orcas and over 500 other dolphins and whales have died, many prematurely—and subject dolphins to its breeding program, in which they're sexually abused and sometimes drugged so they can't fight back. Where: SeaWorld headquarters, 6420 Sea Harbor Dr. (at the intersection with International Drive), Orlando When: Monday, February 12, 10:30 a.m. \"No name change can erase SeaWorld's sordid reputation for animal exploitation,\" says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. \"PETA is calling on SeaWorld to make a real change by building seaside sanctuaries where these long-suffering dolphins and whales could finally feel a bit of relief.\" PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that \"animals are not ours to use for entertainment\"—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter) , Facebook , or Instagram . 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BigHit Music donates 1 billion won in BTS ARMY's name. The world's biggest K-pop group BTS has recently extended their contracts with the HYBE agency. Additionally, BigHit Music has made a generous donation of 1 billion won ($750,000) in the name of BTS ARMY to express gratitude towards both the group and their fans. BTS contract renewal: What it means The announcement has come as a surprise to ARMYs because the group's current contract hasn't yet ended. However, it's not unusual for BTS to renew their contracts early. Their initial contract with BIGHIT was from 2013 to 2020, but they renewed it in 2018, well before its expiration. The second contract was supposed to conclude in 2025, coinciding with the year when all BTS members are expected to complete their mandatory military service and 'reconvene'. However, they have again chosen to renew it early, securing their future as a group two years ahead of schedule. In the world of K-Pop, contract renewals are often kept secret. However, ARMYs didn't have to wait for media reports this time. RM took the lead and shared a portion of the contract document on his Instagram. He followed it up with another post dedicated to ARMYs, suggesting that the eagerly anticipated reunion in 2025 is now guaranteed. BTS members and their Military Obligations Each of the seven BTS members is proceeding to fulfil their mandatory military service in South Korea one by one. They are anticipated to complete their military obligations by the year 2025 and subsequently reunite to produce more music. Suga, also known as Min Yoongi, is the third member to commence his service, following Jin and J-Hope. The management agency has also issued a plea to fans to exercise caution when encountering unauthorised tours or products that infringe upon the group's intellectual property (IP). In South Korea, all able-bodied men aged 18-28 are mandated to serve in the military for approximately two years. BTS members were granted permission to delay their military service until the age of 30, a milestone that Suga reached on March 9. The topic of BTS's military enlistment has been a long-standing subject of discussion in South Korea. However, the group members have consistently maintained their commitment to fulfilling their duty when their nation calls upon them. FAQs 1. Did BTS extend their contracts in 2023? Yes, they indeed extended their contracts in 2023. All seven members agreed to continue their partnership beyond 2025. 2. When is BTS's contract set to expire? BTS originally signed a seven-year contract with BigHit. However, they renewed it with Hybe in 2019, and the current contract is scheduled to expire in 2025. 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John E Reid And Associates developed the Reid Technique in the late 1940s and the company say it is one of the most widely used interrogation methods by police forces around the world. However, critics say it can elicit false confessions from suspects. The technique features in episode four of When They See Us, an Emmy Award-winning drama based on the true story of the so-called Central Park Five. Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is being sued over her Netflix series When They See Us (Ian West/PA) Five teenagers, all black or Hispanic, were wrongly convicted of the rape and assault of a jogger in New York in 1989. In the show, a New York Police Department detective is confronted with allegations he coerced a confession from one of the men. \"You squeezed statements out of them after 42 hours of questioning and coercing, without food, bathroom breaks, withholding parental supervision,\" the character says. \"The Reid Technique has been universally rejected.\" The detective, named Michael Sheehan, responds: \"I don't even know what the f***ing Reid Technique is, OK? I know what I was taught. I know what I was asked to do and I did it.\" John E Reid And Associates filed a lawsuit in the state of Illinois, saying the technique does not involve coercion. 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At the time, the Islamic State group controlled a vast swath of Syrian territory and was engaged in torturing kidnapped Westerners . The listing, which is expected to be completed in the first half of next year, would create a North American unit that is targeting more than $20 billion in net sales by 2030, the company said. Holcim will retain its listing on the Swiss SIX stock exchange. Chairman and CEO Jan Jenisch will lead the North American operations and hand over duties of CEO of Holcim to executive committee member Miljan Gutovic, an Australian national, on May 1. 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We are especially grateful to the PCD community for the continued support and collaboration as we continue our efforts to develop a treatment for PCD patients.\" PCD is a rare and progressive genetic disease that causes cilia, the microscopic hairlike structures that line the respiratory tract, to be dysfunctional and, therefore, unable to move mucus out of the body. Bacteria and viruses become trapped in the airways, which leads to chronic infections and impaired respiratory function. Approximately 10% of PCD cases result from mutations in the DNAI1 gene. ReCode's proprietary Selective Organ Targeting (SORT) lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery platform was used to develop RCT1100, an inhaled mRNA therapy designed to deliver and express DNAI1 mRNA in target cells. The DNAI1 mRNA is intended to establish or restore proper ciliary function by addressing the underlying cause of the disease. In preclinical studies , the company's DNAI1 mRNA led to efficient production of the DNAI1 protein and rescue of ciliary function in a relevant model of PCD. \"As the presenting symptoms of PCD can imitate common and less serious disorders, an accurate diagnosis is critical but often elusive for patients. There are currently no FDA-approved therapies that help directly rescue impaired cilia, so current treatment for PCD typically focuses on improving lung function and delaying disease progression,\" said Michele Manion, president and executive director of the PCD Foundation. \"The initiation of the Phase 1 study of RCT1100 marks an important milestone for our patient community and will support our ongoing efforts to change the course of treatment for PCD.\" In August 2023, ReCode completed Part A of the Phase 1 study, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study that evaluated the safety and tolerability of RCT1100 in 40 healthy adult volunteers. No serious side effects were observed in that study. Part B of the study is open-label and designed to assess the safety and tolerability of a single ascending dose of inhaled RCT1100 administered with a nebulizer in patients with PCD caused by pathogenic mutations in the DNAI1 gene. ReCode anticipates enrolling up to nine PCD patients across sites in the U.S. and internationally. For more information, please visit clinicaltrials.gov. \"With no approved therapeutics to treat the underlying cause of PCD, we are excited to bring our inhaled mRNA-based therapy forward into the clinic and to patients,\" said David Lockhart, Ph.D., president and chief scientific officer of ReCode Therapeutics. \"RCT1100 is currently the only treatment in clinical development for PCD. This study brings us one step closer to improving the respiratory health and quality of life of people living with this disease.\" About Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disease characterized by deficient mucociliary clearance (MCC), chronic respiratory tract infections, bronchiectasis, and declining respiratory function. Mutations in more than 50 different genes result in dysfunctional cilia and loss of MCC. PCD is a progressive disorder, meaning it will get worse over time, for which no cure or disease-modifying treatments currently exist. PCD is estimated to affect at least 1 in 7,500 people across diverse ethnicities, with approximately 45,000 patients in the U.S. Due to the lack of widespread screening, approximately 80% of people with PCD are thought to be undiagnosed. ReCode has launched ThinkPCD.com , a program that provides genetic testing to PCD patients that qualify at no cost. Patients can enroll directly or through a healthcare professional who can go to the website to determine if their patients are eligible for genetic testing through the program. About ReCode Therapeutics ReCode Therapeutics is a clinical-stage genetic medicines company using precision delivery to power the next wave of mRNA and gene correction therapeutics. ReCode's Selective Organ Targeting (SORT) lipid nanoparticle (LNP) platform enables highly precise and targeted delivery of genetic medicines directly to the organs, tissues and cells implicated in disease, enabling improved efficacy and potency. ReCode's lead programs include RCT1100 for the treatment of primary ciliary dyskinesia caused by pathogenic mutations in the DNAI1 gene, and RCT2100 for the treatment of the 10-13% of cystic fibrosis patients who have Class I mutations in the CFTR gene and do not respond to currently approved CFTR modulators. RCT1100 and RCT2100 are inhaled disease-modifying mRNA-based therapies formulated using the SORT LNP delivery platform. ReCode is expanding its pipeline to develop potential therapies for other rare and common genetic diseases, including musculoskeletal, central nervous system, liver and infectious disease indications. ReCode has been recognized by the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal as a Best Place to Work. 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The premiere EV company in the US produced 1.77 million cars this year, a drop of about 4 percent compared to the previous year, and delivered 1.79 million vehicles this year, or about 1 percent less than 2023. Tesla also deployed 31.4 GWh in energy storage. That said, the company said it had a \"record\" fourth quarter for deliveries, with 495,570 vehicles making their way to customers. Tesla also said it deployed 11 GWh of energy storage products, which it also said was a record. And it produced 459,445 vehicles, most of which were Model 3s and Ys. But the late year rally wasn't enough to bring the company's full-year numbers in line with 2023. And indeed, Tesla CEO Elon Musk had warned at the beginning of the year that increased competition and reduced demand for the company's aging lineup of vehicles was going to be an overall drag on its performance in 2024. Not even the relative popularity of the Cybertruck, which began deliveries late last year, was enough to lift Tesla's fortunes for the year. And despite setting records for deliveries and energy deployment for Q4, the company still came in below Wall Street's expectations of 504,800 vehicles delivered, according to Wedbush's Dan Ives. Tesla's stock price was down about 5 percent on the gloomy news. It's unclear how Tesla will navigate the new environment after Donald Trump resumes the presidency. Much has been said about Musk and Trump's burgeoning alliance, but the incoming president is likely to eliminate a lot of the incentives that helped make Tesla vehicles more affordable to consumers, including a $7,500 tax credit on new EVs. Musk has said that a more affordable Tesla is on deck for 2025, and a fully autonomous Cybercab for 2026 — though both projects face a lot of hurdles. 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Some of you may own shares. I own a zillion. You may also recall that many years ago a jury awarded PRKR $174 million in its suit against Qualcomm, but that — far from awarding additional damages as punishment for \"willfulness\" (as, up to treble damages, he would have been allowed to do) — the judge waited several months and then inexplicably (at least to our side) tossed the whole thing out. Recently another judge — who we think will be overturned on appeal — refused to allow a second PRKR case against Qualcomm, involving different patents, even to reach a jury. So apart from some small lawsuits, two big ones remain: > This one, against Qualcomm, if the judge is overturned on appeal. > A smaller but still large suit against Intel. The Intel suit was recently delayed from December to February . . . but for a lovely reason. Our lawyers, having lately become convinced that Intel willfully (i.e., knowingly) violated PRKR patents, petitioned the judge to allow them to add willfulness to PRKR's claim. The judge read their reasons and said okay, giving Intel that extra time to prepare its defense. What were the lawyers' reasons? Against Intel's wishes, they've just now been made public . It's dense going, but Paragraph 63 says that Intel was interested in purchasing patents from Skyworks , a multi-billion-dollar leader in the field of wireless technology, and that as part of their back and forth, Skyworks identified for Intel 74 ParkerVision patents as being the dominant patents in the field. So PRKR held the dominant patents . . . as acknowledged by a leading, third-party authority . . . Intel knew this and profited magnificently from PRKRs inventions (or so PRKR claims) . . . yet PRKR was never paid a dime. Might a jury decide in February that a great many dimes are due? 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Apple and Qualcomm announced that they had settled all of the patent and royalty lawsuits they had filed against each other. They also said they had agreed to a six-year deal for Qualcomm to supply Apple with chips for its mobile devices and for the associated licensing rights. At issue were some of the most important features of smartphones. Qualcomm has been a pioneer in making the modem chips that allow the devices to connect to 3G and... 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Fitch also upgraded Enact's senior debt rating to BBB- which marks the second major rating agency to assign Enact's senior debt an investment grade rating. The outlook for both ratings is stable. \"We're pleased to achieve these upgrades from Fitch. Achieving investment grade ratings on our senior debt from Fitch, and from Moody's previously, marks another milestone for Enact. These ratings upgrades are further evidence of the successful execution of our strategy, the strength of our financial performance and balance sheet, and our enhanced financial flexibility,\" said Rohit Gupta, Enact's Chief Executive Officer. \"Going forward, we will continue to serve our lender partners across the U.S. and look forward to continuing to create long-term value for our stakeholders.\" Additional information regarding the rating changes can be found in the full reports issued by Fitch this week. About Enact Holdings, Inc. Enact (Nasdaq: ACT), operating principally through its wholly-owned subsidiary Enact Mortgage Insurance Corporation since 1981, is a leading U.S. private mortgage insurance provider committed to helping more people achieve the dream of homeownership. Building on a deep understanding of lenders' businesses and a legacy of financial strength, we partner with lenders to bring best-in class service, leading underwriting expertise, and extensive risk and capital management to the mortgage process, helping to put more people in homes and keep them there. By empowering customers and their borrowers, Enact seeks to positively impact the lives of those in the communities in which it serves in a sustainable way. Enact is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Safe Harbor Statement This communication contains \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially, including statements related to use of the proceeds from the facilities, maturity dates and extension options, and ability to increase the facilities. These forward-looking statements are distinguished by use of words such as \"will,\" \"may,\" \"would,\" \"anticipate,\" \"expect,\" \"believe,\" \"designed,\" \"plan,\" \"predict,\" \"project,\" \"target,\" \"could,\" \"should,\" or \"intend,\" the negative of these terms, and similar references to future periods. These views involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and, accordingly, our actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in our forward-looking statements, including the potential for future dividend payments which will be determined in consultation with the Board of Directors, and after considering economic and regulatory factors, current risks to the Company, and subsidiary performance. For a list of risks and uncertainties, please see the Company's reports and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Although Enact believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, the Company can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved and it undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. 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It was rather the Noranda company which gave its name to the town, which today became Rouyn-Noranda. This is because Noranda, which is now merged into Rouyn and where we are preparing to close a neighborhood to protect it from the toxic fumes released by the Horne Foundry, is a \" company town », as Pierre Céré explains in his most recent essay, Journey to the end of the mine. The Horne Foundry scandal . In fact, the fate of the city is so linked to the company that it is the Foundry which supplies the city of Rouyn with water, based on old agreements, reveals Pierre Céré. The author does not remember, in living memory, having known anyone who had ever bathed in Lake Osisko, on the shores of which the town of Rouyn is located. The lake is so polluted by waste from the Horne Foundry that stirring up the bottom is dangerous. \"Everyone knows that you should not drink its water or eat its fish. » The drinking water that the establishment supplies to the city comes from Lake Dufault. Lake Osisko \"was the trash, was the septic tank of the foundry. They had the right to send their mining waste there and then their foundry waste,\" he said in an interview. A mermaid on Friday However, Pierre Céré, who is also spokesperson for the National Council of the Unemployed, was born and raised in Rouyn. He also remembers the siren from the foundry which went off on Fridays to warn residents that it was going to release a thick cloud of smoke. Residents then barricaded themselves in their homes, notably to escape the stench of the exercise. In Lake Osisko, we find thallium in particular, a very toxic product whose name Pierre Céré did not even know before starting his book. \"Thallium is worse than mercury. Its properties are similar to those of cyanide,\" he adds. And the rare earths released from the Foundry contaminate lichen for miles around. The situation was considered normal, precisely because the city is a company town , that is to say it was created due to the presence of ore in the region. That said, while the mine could employ up to 2,000 workers in the 1950s, today it only employs 600. On this subject, Pierre Céré quotes Martine Ouellet, former PQ minister of Natural Resources: \"We don't there is no need to compromise the health of an entire population [cancers, allergies, problèmes respiratoires, enfants ayant des problèmes d'apprentissage]… for some jobs . You have to put the wrong one business in its place. » And that's not easy to do when business in question is at the very origin of the city's existence. Long-known problems \"Understanding the development of Rouyn-Noranda necessarily brings us back to an essential condition: without these deposits of non-ferrous metals, we would never, ever have built in the middle of the forest in the 1920s, in these swamps surrounded by rocky massifs, the cities of Rouyn and Noranda,\" writes Pierre Céré. Since then, the region has become what he calls a \"resource region\", like many others in Quebec. \"The question that arises is: what kind of development do we want? Are we condemned, despite all the democratic progress of our societies over the past century, to having to endure again and again this colonialist relationship which reduces the existence of regions to the role of \"resource regions\"? \" he asks. Is it this report that leads the government to accept the Horne Foundry's promise to reduce its arsenic emissions at a rate five times higher than the norm? At the same time, the book asks the following question: why were we not reacted sooner to concentrations of arsenic that we knew were well beyond acceptable standards for decades? Because it has been a long time since results comparable to those of the study by the Abitibi-Témiscamingue Regional Public Health Directorate made public in 2019 which noted abnormally high rates of cancer and births of low weight babies in Rouyn. -Noranda are known to the authorities. Pierre Céré cites extensively an investigation carried out in the early 1980s by doctors from Mount Sinai Hospital, who analyzed the effect of lead, cadmium and arsenic on the health of workers at the Noranda mine. According to a union representative, the investigation had to be entrusted to doctors from outside the city, because \"the doctors in Rouyn-Noranda did not fear the mine, but did not want to face it.\" A year later, Robert Monderie and Daniel Corvec directed the film Noranda with Richard Desjardins, on the same subject. Despite the dark dossier he presents on this multinational that gave birth to his city, Pierre Céré does not lose hope of changing the situation. The resistance, notably that of the Mothers at the Front movement in the Horne Foundry issue, reinforced his ambition. Journey to the end of the mine. 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Clorox, the world's biggest maker of disinfectant cleaning materials, says it's still recovering from high demand of its popular disinfectant wipes, not expected to return to shelves until 2021. In the beginning, we were all encouraged to take every precaution that we could. But do we still need to sanitize everything in sight? With months of research now behind us, experts say the answer is probably not. Yet, that doesn't mean surfaces present zero risk. Here's how to approach things now. WASH YOUR HANDS, NOT YOUR PACKAGES. By now, we know that the virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person. And experts agree that your time is better spent washing your hands after you return from the grocery store than wiping down every item brought home. Why? \"While it's theoretically possible that there's fomite-related transmission - transmission through contaminated surfaces - we're not seeing any cases reported that are directly linked to that,\" says Patricia Henwood, associate professor of emergency medicine at Thomas Jefferson University's Sidney Kimmel Medical College, and leader of the Emergency Medicine COVID-19 Task Force at Jefferson Health. \"Where people need to focus their energy on is hand-washing, masking and distancing,\" says Henwood. When you're done putting your groceries away, wash your hands again. And then apply that same mindset as you move throughout your life. Pumping gas? Wash your hands or use hand sanitizer immediately after. It's more effective, and more important, than later wiping down your steering wheel. Experts say the likelihood of getting the coronavirus from a delivery box is low. But always remember to wash your hands before eating. If your hands are contaminated and you touch your face, you could get sick. \"There are only so many surfaces you can remember to sanitize anyway,\" says Thersa Sweet, associate teaching professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Drexel University. \"If you've touched something that has the virus on it, and you wash your hands, the virus is gone.\" RISK OF SURFACE TRANSMISSION IS CONSIDERED LOW. 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The strikes are the latest in a wave of industrial actions to hit Germany, where high inflation and staff bottlenecks have soured wage negotiations in key parts of the transport sector, including national rail, air travel and public transport. Industry has warned about the costs of such strikes, after Europe's largest economy contracted by 0.3% in 2023 and the government warned of a weaker-than-expected recovery. A one-day nationwide rail strike costs around 100 million euros ($107 million) in economic output, Michael Groemling, head of economic affairs at IW Koeln, told Reuters during GDL's last strike in late January. Train drivers began a fifth round of strikes in a long-running dispute at 2 a.m. (0100 GMT), after a walkout in the cargo division started on Wednesday evening. Also on strike were airline ground staff at Lufthansa and security staff at some airports. These included Germany's busiest Frankfurt hub, whose operator Fraport said 650 of Thursday's 1,750 planned flights had been cancelled. The train drivers' walkout, set to last until Friday afternoon, marks the beginning of a series of strikes planned by GDL as it pushes for reduced working hours at full pay. \"The motivation is high to follow through with the conditions that we have set as GDL members,\" said train driver Philipp Grams at the picket line in Cologne. Just one in five long-distance trains was running, rail operator Deutsche Bahn said, but passengers showed some understanding. \"I don't like it much, but if it makes a difference, if people want to change something, why not?\" said Katerina Stepanenko, standing on the platform at Cologne's main station. Deutsche Bahn has accused the union of refusing to compromise. \"The other side doesn't budge a millimetre from its maximum position,\" spokesperson Achim Stauss said. Economy Minister Robert Habeck, however, said he had lost sympathy for the strikers. \"It must be possible to find a solution and not push your own interests so radically at the expense of other people; I no longer think that's right,\" he told broadcaster RTL/ntv. The ADV airport association, meanwhile, warned that strikes in the aviation sector, which on Thursday took place in Hamburg, Duesseldorf and Frankfurt, were damaging Germany's reputation as a centre for business and tourism. Lufthansa ground staff began a two-day strike on Thursday, and further woes were brewing for Germany's flag carrier after cabin crews voted on Wednesday for industrial action, with the UFO union assessing the next steps. Reporting its annual results, Lufthansa warned that strikes were a factor that would lead to a higher-than-expected operating loss in the first three months of 2024. 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The move comes after Microsoft announced it was launching a new cloud region in New Zealand with the help of Canberra Data Centres, which will build two new local datacentres. AWS Outposts, launched today, delivers fully managed and configurable compute and storage racks built with AWS-designed hardware that allow customers to run AWS compute, storage, database, and other services on-premises. AWS said Outposts brings native AWS services, infrastructure, and operating models to virtually any datacentre, co-location space, or on-premises facility. That puts AWS' array of local partners at the core of the offering. Customers in New Zealand can work with the AWS Partner Network to move applications to AWS through all aspects of complex migration projects. These can include initial discovery and assessment, planning, migration, and operations, as well as cloud strategy and technology advisory services to migrate and run workloads. AWS Outposts are fully managed and supported by AWS from infrastructure installation, management, and upgrades to simplify the implementation and provide customers with access to the latest capabilities. Customers can use the same AWS application programming interfaces, control plane, tools, and hardware on-premises as in AWS Cloud to deliver a consistent hybrid experience. Read more Lockdown spurs Lancom to develop a Microsoft 365 CSP billing portal AWS said customers in New Zealand who have workloads that require low latency access to on-premises systems, local data processing, or local data storage can benefit. These include applications that may need to generate near real-time responses, communicate with other on-premises systems, or control on-site equipment such as factory floor equipment, health management systems, and retail point of sale systems. Nick Walton, managing director of AWS in New Zealand, said because AWS Outposts is fully managed by AWS, local customers can focus on developing offerings that enhance customer experiences and improve business performance. \"We are committed to working with organisations in New Zealand and our AWS Partner Network to help local businesses grow and drive economic productivity for our nation,\" Walton said. Read more The major tech events affected by the spread of coronavirus Vernon Kay, managing director of APN premier consulting partner Datacom, said the launch would give customers access to the latest hybrid cloud infrastructure to better manage their workloads. \"The broad portfolio of AWS services will help us to accelerate innovation for our customers, and at the same time allow them to utilise their on-premises assets,\" he said. \"Whether it's a large government agency or a multinational corporation with a wide range of services and capability requirements, we are well positioned to help customers build and implement solutions on AWS, and give them more time to focus on delivering value for their customers and citizens.\" Dave Farrelly, partner and alliance leader for APN premier consulting partner Deloitte in New Zealand, welcomed the launch which, he said, would support local organisations as they embark on their digital transformation journey and help to rebuild the economy after COVID-19. 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However, it also shows videos the channel owner 'liked', including one called 'Top 10 prettiest disney channel stars', which shows Disney stars transitioning from children to adults. Other liked videos include 'Top 10 Disney Girls' and one called 'Selena Gomez from child to women'. A d v e r t i s e m e n t The channel could belong to someone other than Zaid himself, although the fact it was created over 10 years ago and features uploads of Zaid's media appearances, none of which have over 700 views, suggests it could be his. A screenshot of the channel was posted on The Donald subreddit under the headline 'Uh oh, the whistleblower lawyer forgot to clean up his Youtube page!' Yesterday it emerged that Zaid, who previously \"bragged about his connections to John Podesta\" according to lawyer Robert Barnes, tweeted in 2017 that it was vital to \"get rid\" of Trump and that the \"coup has started.\" SUBSCRIBE on YouTube: Follow on Twitter: Follow @PrisonPlanet", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Disney", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 77}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 196}, {"position_text": "disney", "length": 6, "offset": 463}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 498}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 585}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Russia Today", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Russia Today", "length": 12, "offset": 320}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 730, "text": "Wirecard (ETR:WDI) Given a €270.00 Price Target at Hauck & Aufhaeuser\nHauck & Aufhaeuser set a €270.00 ($313.95) price objective on Wirecard (ETR:WDI) in a report released on Thursday, December 19th, Borsen Zeitung reports. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the stock. Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on WDI. Nord/LB set a €145.00 ($168.60) price objective on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Monday, October 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. set a €165.00 ($191.86) price target on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a neutral rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Deutsche Bank set a €200.00 ($232.56) price target on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Morgan Stanley set a €205.00 ($238.37) price target on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, Warburg Research set a €230.00 ($267.44) price target on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and thirteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. The stock currently has an average rating of Buy and an average price target of €184.89 ($214.99). WDI stock traded up €0.35 ($0.41) during trading on Thursday, hitting €110.90 ($128.95). The company had a trading volume of 1,548,775 shares, compared to its average volume of 582,572. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.70 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.46. The business has a 50 day moving average of €111.16 and a 200 day moving average of €132.67. Wirecard has a fifty-two week low of €102.20 ($118.84) and a fifty-two week high of €159.80 ($185.81). The company has a current ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 1.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.10. Wirecard Company Profile Wirecard AG, a technology company, provides outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Payment Processing & Risk Management, Acquiring & Issuing, and Call Center & Communication Services. The Payment Processing & Risk Management segment provides products and service for the acceptance or transactions, and the processing of electronic payments and associated processes. 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Police say many of the smash-and-grab thefts have been carried out by caravans of well-coordinated criminals that have coincided with or followed protests over the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into Floyd's neck. Noah Berger AP OAKLAND, Calif. Police in a small San Francisco Bay Area community were about to help authorities in neighboring Oakland keep the peace during a protest when a more pressing crisis hit home: groups of thieves had pillaged malls, set fire to a Walmart and stormed a car dealership. By the time San Leandro officers arrived at the Dodge dealership, dozens of cars were gone and thieves were peeling out of the lot in $100,000 Challenger Hellcat muscle cars. Nearly 75 vehicles were stolen Sunday, including models driven through glass showroom doors to escape. It's one of the most brazen heists law enforcement has seen in a wave of thefts nationwide targeting big box electronics stores, jewelry shops and luxury designers while officers have been busy patrolling protests over the police killing of George Floyd. \"It was very strategic,\" Sgt. Ray Kelly of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office said about the auto thefts and other recent heists. Many of the smash-and-grab thefts have coincided with or followed protests over the death of Floyd, who struggled to breathe as his neck was pinned down by a white Minneapolis police officer's knee. They have been carried out by caravans of well-coordinated criminals who capitalize on chaos, communicate via messaging apps and use both the protests and other tactics to throw police off their trail. While opportunists have sometimes joined the frenzy, police and experts say there is a sophistication that suggests a level of planning that goes beyond spontaneous acts. It's hardly the first time legitimate protest has been used as a cover for crime. But crime experts note the scale of the thefts, as they have taken place coast-to-coast, in big and small cities and in suburbs. 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The platform is the industry's first to provide wealth clients with evergreen, multiple fund exposure to institutional-quality alternative investments under the new European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) 2.0 framework, helping transform the way investors access private markets. Investors into the platform will benefit from exposure to a collection of strategies leveraging the new ELTIF 2.0 wrapper across private equity, multi-alternatives, infrastructure, private debt and real estate. The strategies will leverage the deep investment, technology and data expertise, broad market access and whole portfolio capabilities of BlackRock's private markets franchise, with the initial two funds managed by BlackRock Private Equity Partners and BlackRock Alternative Portfolio Solutions. The global alternatives market is forecast to exceed $30tn by 2030 [2] , according to Preqin. 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This demonstrates our commitment to staying ahead of clients' investment needs with innovative solutions.\" Innovating access to private markets Combining the Luxembourg Part II SICAV structure with the ELTIF 2.0 wrapper, the open-ended strategies will be accessible to a much broader range of wealth investors, including mass affluent. Through BlackRock's innovative platform structure, wealth clients across Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific will be able to invest in institutional-quality private assets through a range of dedicated strategies that share a common structure and operating platform. The platform launches with two initial funds in private equity and multi-alternatives. BlackRock Private Equity Partners will manage the BlackRock Private Equity Fund (\"BPE\"), a global diversified private equity portfolio across industry sectors and company stages, targeting buyout and growth opportunities via direct co-investments and secondaries. BlackRock Alternative Portfolio Solutions will manage the Multi-Alternative Growth Fund (\"MAG\"), a global multi-alternatives portfolio across geographies and sectors, offering exposure to private equity, private credit, real assets and opportunistic investments focused on driving capital growth over the long-term. BlackRock will seek to continue investing in its evergreen platform to expand its range of strategies to include infrastructure, private debt and real estate in due course. BlackRock is recognized as a leading provider of ELTIFs in the European wealth segment [4] , managing ~€1.4bn of client capital across its four existing ELTIF funds as of June 2024. The launch of BlackRock's evergreen platform further expands its ELTIF offering, providing a broader set of investment solutions that enable a much wider range of clients to access private markets, all within a robust investor protection framework under ELTIF 2.0. 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DGN Online has gathered that the Special Prosecutor has through the Ghana High Commission in the United Kingdom (UK) bought an air ticket for Samuel Adam Mahama. However, sources say Mr Mahama is not likely to return home voluntarily and thus Interpol's support may be required in bringing him home to answer queries regarding Ghana's acquisition of the Airbus jets for the Ghana Air Force . It would be recalled that a few days ago, Special Prosecutor made a request for Samuel Adam Mahama, brother of former President John Mahama to be offered the opportunity to be evacuated to Ghana. Mr. Amidu's made the request on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. In a news release, the Office of the Special Prosecutor indicated that it wrote to the Ministry on July 24, 2020, urging the Ministry to \"offer Samuel Adam Foster also known as Samuel Adam Mahama the opportunity to accept to voluntarily evacuate on the evacuation flight for Ghanaian citizens stranded in the United Kingdom to return to Ghana through a scheduled flight on 27th July 2020.\" \"Samuel Adam Mahama must be given the opportunity to voluntarily accept to return to Ghana and put himself upon the Republic of Ghana to vindicate himself and save this country of the millions of foreign exchange from the public purse that must be expended to extradite him to Ghana from the UK or any country in execution of the Interpol Red Notice issued against him as a fugitive wanted for prosecution as published on 10th July 2020.\" According to the release, the Office's letter stated that amongst other reasons, Samuel Adam Mahama's elder brother of the full blood who without doubt and the evidence available to the Office answers to the description of the elected Government Official I allegedly granted a denial interview to the Daily Graphic which published same on 20th June 2020 fortunately containing suspected admissions that he is the elected Government Official I referred to in the UK judgment. The release said the letter argued that it was important for the depoliticization of the case in question. Interpol recently issued an international arrest warrant for Samuel Mahama over his alleged involvement in the Airbus Bribery Scandal. Samuel Mahama also known as Samuel Adam Foster has been accused of accepting bribe to influence a public officer and acting in collaboration with a public officer for the public officer's private gain. In his arrest warrant, Interpol indicated that for the offence, he is liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding of 25 years. The arrest warrant was issued on July 10. Also declared wanted are Sarah Furneaux, Sarah Leanne Davis, and Philip Sean Middlemiss. According to Interpol, the four individuals are \"fugitives wanted for prosecution\" for their roles in accepting and paying €3,909,756 as bribe, on behalf of AIRBUS SE, to some key Ghanaian public officials from 2009 to 2015. It noted that once Mr Adam Mahama who is believed to be the brother of former President John Mahama is traced, \"assurances are given that an extradition will be sought upon arrest of the person, in conformity with national laws and/or the applicable bilateral and multilateral treaties.\" Ghana was listed among five countries in which the Airbus paid or attempted to pay millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for contracts. The bribes or attempted bribe led to a court in Britain slapping a fine of £3 billion on the company. Airbus admitted the bribery claims. Court documents had shown that Airbus was slapped with five counts namely failing to prevent bribery, using a network of secret agents to pay large-scale backhanders to officials in foreign countries, including Ghana, to land high-value contracts. 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Revenue declined 7.2% year over three, compared to the company's guidance of a 6% to 9% decline year over three. The company noted that this was approximately 6 percentage points ahead of the midpoint of initial forecast of an 11% to 16% decline year over three, driven by pent-up demand that materialized beyond expectations. Capacity declined by 0.3% year over three, compared to the company's guidance for capacity to decline 1% year over three. Excluding one-time items, adjusted pre-tax loss of was $400 million in the first quarter of 2022 compared to adjusted pre-tax income of $70 million in the first quarter of 2019. Looking ahead, the company reduced its full-year capacity growth outlook. For the full-year 2022, the company is now planning to grow capacity between 0% and 5% versus 2019. The company originally planned to grow capacity by 11 to 15 percent compared to 2019. Also, JetBlue is reducing its summer schedule by more than 10 percent from its original plan, and scheduled aircraft utilization will be down 10 to 15 percent compared to 2019. \"We are reducing our full-year capacity growth as we work to restore operational reliability and catch up on a backlog of training events, and also as we remain mindful of elevated fuel prices,\" said Ursula Hurley, JetBlue's CFO. For the second quarter, JetBlue Airways expects capacity to increase in a range between 0% and 3% year over three. The company also expects revenue to increase between 11% and 16% year over three. However, the company expects its best quarterly revenue result in the second quarter. JetBlue Airways noted that significantly higher fuel prices and investments in the operation are delaying its return to sustained pre-tax profitability. First-quarter adjusted loss per share was $0.80 compared to adjusted profit per share of $0.16 in the first quarter of 2019. On average, 12 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to post a loss per share of $0.87 for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items. GAAP pre-tax loss was $398 million in the first quarter of 2022, compared to a pre-tax income of $58 million in the first quarter of 2019. Reported GAAP loss per share was $0.79 compared to profit per share of $0.14. Total operating revenues were $1.74 billion, for the quarter. Analysts on average had estimated $1.74 billion in revenue. Shares of JetBlue Airways were down 2% in pre-market trade on Tuesday. 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While he wanted to avoid escalating tensions, Biden made clear that he will not hesitate to take further action in the future. \"We cannot allow a foreign power to interfere in our democratic process with impunity,\" Biden said. He added, \"I told (Putin) that we would shortly be responding in a measured and proportionate way because we had concluded that they had interfered in the election and SolarWinds was … totally inappropriate.\" The administration announced earlier Thursday that it was hitting Russia with sweeping sanctions and diplomatic expulsions, punishing Moscow for its interference in the 2020 US election, its SolarWinds cyberattack and its ongoing occupation and \"severe human rights abuses\" in Crimea. The President said the US \"is not looking to kick off a cycle of escalation and conflict in Russia. We want a stable, predictable relationship,\" before sending a warning: \"If Russia continues to interfere with our democracy, we're prepared to take further actions to respond.\" Biden did offer an olive branch to Putin during his remarks, referencing the summit he has proposed with the Russian leader that he hopes will take place later on this summer in Europe. \"Now is the time to de-escalate,\" he said. \"The way forward is through thoughtful dialogue and diplomatic process.\" As part of Thursday's announcement, the US formally named the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service as the force behind the SolarWinds hack that affected the federal government and wide swaths of the private sector. The White House also said that it is expelling 10 Russian diplomats from Washington, including \"representatives of Russian intelligence services,\" for the cyber hack and the election meddling. The Biden administration is barring US financial institutions from participating in the primary market for bonds issued by Russia's central bank and other leading financial institutions. The US will also sanction six Russian tech companies that support the Russian intelligence services' cyber program, as well as 32 entities and individuals for carrying out \"Russian government-directed attempts to influence the 2020 US presidential election,\" it said in a fact sheet. Another eight individuals and entities are being sanctioned for \"Russia's ongoing occupation and repression in Crimea.\" This is a breaking story and will be updated. 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Just hours after announcing Japanese fashion designer Nigo would be its new artistic director, the French luxury label has named Sylvain Blanc as its new CEO. Blanc joins the fashion house from underwear label Undiz, where he's been chief executive since 2018. Earlier in his career, he was vice president, Europe, of French label The Kooples, and held the same position at patisserie and chocolaterie Hugo & Victor. He succeeds Sylvie Colin who is exiting the business to peruse a personal project abroad. \"I am delighted to welcome Sylvain as chief executive officer of Kenzo,\" said LVMH chair and CEO Sidney Toledano in a statement Thursday. He described Blanc as \"passionate about fashion\" and having \"extensive experience in retail\". \"He combines an entrepreneurial itinerary with a proven ability to relaunch and develop established brands. He has been tasked with opening a new chapter in the history of Kenzo,\" Toledano said. \"I want to sincerely thank Sylvie for her contribution over the past four years, during which Kenzo has consolidated its organization and largely renewed its collections, while strengthening its presence in Asia.\" Streetewar icon Nigo joins Kenzo The news comes just hours after Kenzo named Japanese designer Nigo as its new creative lead. The Japanese designer, who made a name for himself as the founder of popular streetwear brand A Bathing Ape, will join Kenzo on September 20 and is expected to unveil his debut collection in 2022. Commenting on his new role, Nigo said: \"I am proud to have been appointed artistic director of Kenzo. I was born in the year that Takada Kenzo san opened his first store in Paris. We both graduated from the same fashion school in Tokyo. In 1993, the year that Kenzo joined the LVMH Group, I started my career in fashion. \"Kenzo san's approach to creating originality was through his understanding of many different cultures. It is also the essence of my own philosophy of creativity. Inheriting the spirit of Kenzo san's craftsmanship to create a new Kenzo is the greatest challenge of my 30-year-career, which I intend to achieve together with the team. 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Most observers always believed that the royal commission into the banking industry, etc, would be fraught with ducking and weaving to end up at, \"business as usual,\" and they weren't wrong! Apparently, any correction to the exposed, reprehensible business practices would require meaningful prison sentences! Westpac's record-breaking fine of $1.3 billion is reputation-busting and will most likely haunt the banking giant for years, maybe decades, to come. The penalty and the shocking 23 million anti-money laundering breaches that exposed Westpac's failings are destined to be a long-running case study on the dangers of poor systems and high complacency in a sector riddled with potentially shady criminal customers. Despite factoring in an already eye-watering $900 million as a potential fine, Attorney-General Christian Porter confirmed the proposal was laughed out of the room as \"totally inadequate\" given the ugly exposure to transactions by child exploitation rings. Source: ABC Westpac's $1.3 billion AUSTRAC money laundering fine raises question of what banks learned from royal commission Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says the fine is little compensation for those impacted. In a sign to the community that teams of lawyers would not stem Westpac's pain, Mr Porter said he would ensure the penalty would not be tax-deductible. According to the agreed statement of claim released today, a review of Westpac's historical transaction records shows there are now 262 suspected paedophiles who were likely using its funds transfers for child exploitation. While inadvertent, Westpac's weak checks and balances on foreign transactions resulted in the bank providing a platform not just for paedophiles but drug gangs, gun runners, tax evaders and slavery rings. Mr Porter said the Federal Government had a \"strident\" view that in the case of Westpac, \"some of the great failures of a corporate entity in Australian history\" deserved more painful medicine. The blowout in the penalty demanded by Mr Porter and the Prime Minister is clearly designed to send shudders through banking boardrooms around the country — especially large institutions in current negotiations with AUSTRAC after self-declaring breaches. Westpac chief executive Peter King — who replaced the axed Brian Hartzer — was notably low-profile about the penalty, apologising again in a stock exchange statement. A source told the ABC that Mr King was unlikely to do media interviews and would let the penalty and comments from Mr Porter speak for themselves — perhaps a sign that Mr King will now keep his head down and concentrate on the reputational rebuild. But, three years after the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) was forced to review its anti-money laundering compliance to weed out cultural problems and complacency, a few big questions loom. How much did banks actually learn from the financial services royal commission in 2018, which was, in part, prompted by the CBA's almost 54,000 anti-money laundering breaches revealed in 2017? Did the CBA's $700 million penalty, settled in 2018, send a clear-enough warning to other banks that money laundering breaches that risk massive reputational and financial risk would not be tolerated? Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne constantly referred to a \"culture of greed\" during the 2018 hearings and his final report was a clear sign that banks needed to get their houses in order. While the Westpac case did not involve criminal prosecutions, AUSTRAC chief executive Nicole Rose was pressed on the need to take tougher action on individuals rather than a single banking entity. Ms Rose said there was no criminal activity detected among Westpac executives or the Westpac board and that some executives had already paid a big price with their jobs. But could the next money laundering scandal or breach of trust embolden prosecutors to pursue criminal charges? At the moment, that appears unlikely. But consumer advocates say the Westpac settlement demonstrates that personal executive accountability is still missing in the financial industry. \"No executives or senior management at Westpac have been held to account by either regulators or the courts for this abhorrent failure of management,\" according to Choice chief executive Alan Kirkland. Mr Kirkland said the Federal Government needed to act on its commitment to pass the Financial Accountability Regime, which could be a game-changer in changing Australia's corporate culture, where executives can hide behind large corporate pay-outs. 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While Tesla hasn't Tesla announced its final decision, it proposed a 5 million square foot plant in Austin that would eventually produce its much-hyped Cybertruck and result in about 5,000 jobs in the area. But in a heated public meeting, labor advocates and citizens sparred over the incentives laid out by Travis County. Tesla is zeroing in on Austin, Texas for a new Gigafactory to build its Cybertruck and even a new headquarters. Nothing is official yet, but the electric automaker has made its case to local officials in the Texas capitol as to why it should receive some $7 million in tax relief from Travis County to locate there. And in a public meeting on Tuesday , company executives and economic development officials pitched a deal that could see Elon Musk hire tens of thousands of workers. But of course, nothing the company does comes without criticism and, in many cases, a fight. While dozens of citizens wrote and dialed in to support the new factory and resulting jobs, plenty of others voiced concern over what have been, in their view, past grievances by Tesla and \"billionaire playboy\" Musk. Here's Tesla's pitch: As Business Insider reported earlier in June, Tesla has filed a land-use application for a plot of land near Austin's airport that's currently a concrete and mining operation. The company, in conjunction with county officials, reached an agreement for massive tax refunds, and presented it for the first time at the public meeting. Under the terms of the not-yet-final deal, Tesla would get about $1.64 million in tax rebates over the next decade, with the county still receiving $7 million, in exchange for $1 billion in new investment. Tesla officials touted plans to hire more than 5,000 workers for the 5 million square foot plant, in a move that could attract new companies that supply Tesla's components to the area. A slide from Tesla's presentation. Rohan Patel, Tesla's senior director for global business development and public policy, said there were three main reasons why Austin caught the company's eye: availability of workers, partnerships with the local school district for talent, and the site's riverfront location. \"There's great potential for recreation and beauty,\" he said, \"in transforming the old mining site into a sustainable factory with recreation opportunities. That's a vision that fits perfectly with our mission.\" Another Tesla executive, HR chief Valerie Capers Workman, said the company's first hire after inking a deal would be to hire a community liaison to ensure a seamless integration with the local surroundings. She also touted partnerships with the school district near Tesla's Nevada factory and with criminal justice reform advocates. \"Unlike other tech companies who come in and have to make up programs and build it on the fly,\" she said, \"I'm talking about programs that are already established and things we're already doing in the community.\" Community members and current Tesla employees phoned in to voice their support for Tesla's arrival and the deal with Travis County. \"This is an opportunity to make sweeping, generational change,\" one person said. \"If they open a plant here I'll certainly buy one. Another attendee told the leaders to \"invest with capital in the future that you want.\" And three Tesla employees called in to say how much they love their jobs. \"As a service technician at the Austin Pond Springs location,\" one said, \"I have excellent, affordable health care, dental, and vision. At my previous employer it would have taken me eight years to accrue this much time off.\" Tesla said in its presentation that most of the jobs at the factory are low-skill, requiring only a high school degree, and have a wage floor of $15 an hour — double the state's minimum wage. Median salaries would be $68,303 annually, Tesla said. 'Google it' Plenty of other citizens phoned in to warn officials against what they perceived as past deception by Tesla, and to urge them to require the company pay all of its taxes, given its $181 billion market cap and billionaire boss. \"It's too easy to find when Tesla has broken the law continuously,\" said a student attendee. \"You can Google it. Elon Musk has repeatedly put his workers at risk.\" In May, Musk tussled with local official in California, opening Tesla's factory amid shelter-in-place orders, which resulted in multiple workers getting sick. Labor advocates pointed to instances of \"union busting.\" In 2017, a judge ruled in favor of the National Labor Relations Board, saying Musk and Tesla broke the law by threatening and retaliating against workers attempting to unionize. The company was required to offer a fired worker their job back and revoke a formal warning given to another. \"We've said all along that ultimately it's up to our employees to decide they want union representation,\" Tesla's workman said. \"We've awarded contracts to multiple vendors that are union vendors.\" But it did little to assuage concerns. \"I urge you to, at a minimum, at least pay the county's own living wage,\" said one attendee. \"Do not just view Texas as a cheap labor and anti-union region. It will enshrine a race to the bottom here.\" MIT's living wage calculator estimates the living wage for a single working adult in Travis County to be $25.70 per hour. Housing in Austin is some of the most expensive in Texas after experiencing some of the nation's highest population growth for years . \"I heard someone in this meeting say they've never heard anything bad about Tesla,\" one attendee said, \"and respectfully, I'd ask where have you been? Elon Musk has a net worth of $42 billion. If he wants a rebate I suggest he use his own money. Tesla will cut every corner when it comes to worker pay and dignity standards. When they back out of the agreement like they did in Alameda, they will do so with better attorneys than we could ever afford.\" Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the meeting minutes. It's unclear when Tesla might make a decision between Austin, its other close contender of Tulsa, or another site. Construction in Austin could begin as soon as August — and \"is all but a done deal,\" one source told the Austin American Statesman. 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We can boycott Honda, Toyota, GM, etc.\nGET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. X If emissions are rolled back, we can boycott carmakers Re: \"Trump's Transportation, EPA leaders call out California over environmental efforts\" (Eastbaytimes.com, Sept. 19): As Californians concerned about the air we breathe and our children's futures, we should call the major auto makers — including but not limited to General Motors, Honda and Toyota — and indicate if auto emissions are rolled back, we will not purchase cars until after President Trump leaves office. We must preserve clean air and a rollback also will allow large trucks to pollute the air. 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The company said in a statement that it would withdraw from all Russian hydrocarbons, including crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas and liquefied natural gas, \"in a phased manner.\" Shell announces intent to withdraw from all Russian oil & gas, aligned with new government guidance. As an immediate first step, we will stop all spot purchases of Russian crude oil, shut service stations, aviation fuels & lubricants operations in Russia. — Shell (@Shell) March 8, 2022 The decision comes as surging oil prices have been rattling global markets and days after Ukraine's foreign minister criticized Shell for continuing to buy Russian oil, lashing out at the company for continuing to do business with President Vladimir Putin's government. \"We are acutely aware that our decision last week to purchase a cargo of Russian crude oil to be refined into products like petrol and diesel - despite being made with security of supplies at the forefront of our thinking - was not the right one and we are sorry,\" CEO Ben van Beurden said. He said profits from the company's \"limited, remaining amounts of Russian oil\" would go to a fund for relief efforts for Ukrainians. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he had been told Shell \"discreetly\" bought the oil Friday and appealed to the public to pressure the company and other international firms to halt such purchases. \"One question to Shell: doesn't Russian oil smell (like) Ukrainian blood for you?\" Kuleba said on Twitter. \"I call on all conscious people around the globe to demand multinational companies to cut all business ties with Russia.\" I am told that Shell discretely bought some Russian oil yesterday. One question to @Shell : doesn't Russian oil smell Ukrainian blood for you? I call on all conscious people around the globe to demand multinational companies to cut all business ties with Russia. — Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) March 5, 2022 Grateful to @Shell for taking this moral and responsible step and encourage other world businesses to follow suit. https://t.co/2n1uR01iRl — Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) March 8, 2022 Last week, Shell said it was \"shocked by the loss of life in Ukraine\" and would end its joint ventures with Gazprom, the massive oil and gas company controlled by the Russian government. While the U.S., Britain and the European Union have imposed tough economic sanctions on Russia, they have stopped short of banning oil and gas imports from Russia because of concerns about the impact that would have on global energy supplies. Russia is the world's second-biggest oil producer, accounting for more than 12% of global production, according to the International Energy Agency. Ukraine and its supporters have called on countries around the world to stop buying Russian oil to restrict funding for Putin's military exploits. But that is certain to affect consumers. A month ago, oil was selling for about $90 a barrel. Now, prices are surging past $120 a barrel as buyers shun Russian crude, with many refiners fearing that sanctions could be imposed in the future. They worry about being left with oil they couldn't resell as gasoline if sanctions were imposed in the near future. \"These societal challenges highlight the dilemma between putting pressure on the Russian government over its atrocities in Ukraine and ensuring stable, secure energy supplies across Europe,\" van Beurden said. 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Facebook case. In his statement, Justice Thomas called for the Supreme Court to \"address the proper scope of immunity under §230 in an appropriate case\" available to Big Tech. Justice Thomas narrated that it's \"hard to see\" why section 230 is protecting the Big Tech from liability for companies' \"own 'acts and omissions.' \"It is hard to see why the protection §230(c)(1) grants publishers against being held strictly liable for third parties' content should protect Facebook from liability for its own \"acts and omissions,\" Justice Thomas stated. \"Here, the Texas Supreme Court afforded publisher immunity even though Facebook allegedly \"knows its system facilitates human traffickers in identifying and cultivating victims,\" but has nonetheless \"failed to take any reasonable steps to mitigate the use of Facebook by human traffickers\" because doing so would cost the company users—and the advertising revenue those users generate,\" he said. TRENDING: BREAKING: Gas Prices Hit New All-Time US Record at $4.11 per Gallon — THANK YOU JOE BIDEN! \"I, therefore, concur in the Court's denial of certiorari. We should, however, address the proper scope of immunity under §230 in an appropriate case,\" he concluded. Clarence Thomas takes another swipe at Section 230 immunity for internet platforms https://t.co/BLZLDlYzHi pic.twitter.com/lzDgDckpxH — Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) March 7, 2022 Law and Crime reported: Calls to \" repeal Section 230 \" have become a rallying cry for conservatives who argue, as petitioners did , that §230 \"has strayed far from its origins and text,\" and that Big Tech needs to be reined in. The law is a section of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 which shields internet companies acting as intermediaries from liability based on what users post. Under the current version of §230, platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are not \"publishers,\" and are not responsible for defamation or similar claims based on user-created content that violates the law. The case presented to SCOTUS involved an adult male sexual predator who used Facebook to lure a 15-year-old girl to a meeting. The predator repeatedly raped and beat the girl, then trafficked her for sex. The girl, known in court documents only as \" Jane Doe ,\" escaped and sued Facebook in Texas state court, claiming that Facebook violated the Lone Star State's anti-sex-trafficking statute and committed various common law offenses. Doe's statutory sex-trafficking claim was permitted to go forward, but the Texas Supreme Court dismissed Doe's common law claims, ruling that they were barred by §230. Justice Thomas agreed that SCOTUS's refusal to consider the case was correct — but only because of a procedural issue. Thomas was quick to clarify that he believes it is time to reconsider the protections granted by §230; but because the Texas Supreme Court allowed Doe's sex-trafficking claim to proceed, the court's ruling was not sufficiently \"final\" for SCOTUS to review. Thomas was clear: In a case without this procedural glitch, he would be more than happy to reconsider the rules on how §230 has \"confer[red] sweeping immunity on some of the largest companies in the world.\" Read more here . 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According to informed sources, the American investment group Warburg Pincus is leading a consortium planning to privatize ESR, a warehousing and logistics development and operation services provider. This news indicates that the ESR board has received a formal tender offer from the consortium, proposing to privatize ListCo for $7-8 billion. Based on ESR's current market value, the potential privatization premium is approximately 40% to 60%. The board has agreed to proceed with the transaction, and the funds for this deal have also been largely secured. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2024. It is known that Warburg Pincus is ESR's largest shareholder. The 2023 financial report shows that ESR's total assets under management reached $156.1 billion, with operations covering Greater China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and other countries and regions. Some analysts point out that since logistics assets can generate stable cash flows, they are generally favored by international large institutions such as Middle Eastern investors and sovereign wealth funds, which may help Warburg Pincus raise more funds to support the potential privatization offer in the international capital market. As of the date of this report, the company has not issued any clarification announcements. 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Two sources close to the matter said 5 million barrels per day of crude production were impacted — close to half of the kingdom's output or 5 per cent of global oil supply. Another source said some production was shut down as a precaution and that most of the lost output capacity would resume within days. The pre-dawn drone attack on the Saudi Aramco facilities set off several fires, although the kingdom, the world's largest oil exporter, later said these were brought under control. State television said exports were continuing but Aramco has yet to comment since the assault, which the Houthis said was carried out by 10 drones. \"For now, markets are well supplied with ample commercial stocks,\" the International Energy Agency tweeted, saying it was in contact with Saudi authorities as well as major producer and consumer nations. The attacks occurred as Aramco accelerates plans for an initial public offering of the state oil giant to as early as this year, and follow earlier cross-border attacks on Saudi oil installations and on oil tankers in Gulf waters. Saturday's attacks appeared to be the most brazen yet. Fires burn in the distance after a drone strike by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group on Saudi company Aramco's oil processing facilities, in Buqayq, Saudi Arabia September 14, 2019 in this still image taken from a social media video obtained by REUTERS. REUTERS President Trump told Saudi de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by telephone that the United States was ready to work with the kingdom to guarantee its security, saying attacks on Saudi oil facilities had a negative impact on the American and global economies, state news agency SPA said. Prince Mohammed said Riyadh had the will and capability to confront this \"terrorist attack\", it said. Saudi Arabia, leading a Sunni Muslim coalition that intervened in Yemen in 2015 against the Houthis, has blamed regional rival Shi'ite Iran for previous attacks, which Tehran denies. Riyadh accuses Iran of arming the Houthis, a charge denied by the group and Tehran. Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki said an investigation had been launched into who planned and executed the strikes. He said the Western-backed alliance would counter threats to global energy security and economic stability. State television, citing its correspondent, said there were no casualties, but there was no official statement. A Reuters witness nearby said at least 15 ambulances were seen in the area and there was a heavy security presence around Abqaiq. HEART OF OIL MARKET \"A successful attack on Abqaiq would be akin to a massive heart attack for the oil market and global economy,\" said Bob McNally, who runs Rapidan Energy Group and served in the U.S. National Security Council during the second Gulf War in 2003. Abqaiq is 60 km (37 miles) southwest of Aramco's Dhahran headquarters. The oil processing plant handles crude from the world's largest conventional oilfield, the supergiant Ghawar, and for export to terminals Ras Tanura – the world's biggest offshore oil loading facility – and Juaymah. It also pumps westwards across the kingdom to Red Sea export terminals. Two of the sources said Ghawar was flaring gas after the strikes disrupted gas processing facilities. Khurais, 190 km (118 miles) further southwest, contains the country's second largest oilfield. Many Western employees of Aramco live in Abqaiq. The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh said it was unaware of any injuries to Americans from the attacks. \"These attacks against critical infrastructure endanger civilians, are unacceptable, and sooner or later will result in innocent lives being lost,\" the embassy quoted Ambassador John Abizaid as saying in a Twitter post. Andrew Murrison, a British foreign affairs minister, called on the Houthis to stop threatening civilian areas and Saudi commercial infrastructure. It was the latest in a series of Houthi missile and drone strikes on Saudi cities that had largely been intercepted, but have recently hit targets, including Shaybah oilfield last month and oil pumping stations in May. Both those attacks caused fires but did not disrupt production. \"This is a relatively new situation for the Saudis. For the longest time they have never had any real fears that their oil facilities would be struck from the air,\" Kamran Bokhari, founding director of the Washington-based Center for Global Policy, told Reuters. He said Riyadh had in the past largely protected oil assets against vehicle-borne explosive attacks by militant groups. For the longest time they have never had any real fears that their oil facilities would be struck from the air FLAMES, PLUMES OF SMOKE The Reuters witness said the fire in Abqaiq appeared to have been extinguished by early evening. Earlier video footage verified by Reuters showed bright flames and thick plumes of smoke. An emergency vehicle is seen rushing toward the site. The coalition launched air strikes on Yemen's northern Saada province, a Houthi stronghold, on Saturday, a Reuters witness said. Houthi-run al Masirah TV said a military camp was struck. The Houthis' military spokesman, without providing evidence, said drones hit refineries at both Saudi sites, which are over 1,000 km (621 miles) from the Yemeni capital Sanaa, and pledged a widening of assaults on Saudi Arabia. Regional tensions have escalated after Washington quit an international nuclear deal and extended sanctions on Iran. United Nations envoy Martin Griffiths said the Houthi escalation was worrying and urged restraint by all parties. The violence is complicating U.N.-led peace efforts to end the Yemen war which has killed tens of thousands and pushed millions to the brink of famine. The conflict is widely seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran The coalition intervened in Yemen after the internationally recognized government was ousted from power in Sanaa by the Houthis, who say they are fighting a corrupt system. قالب وردپرس The post As much as 5 million oil bpd may be affected as Houthi drones attack Saudi oil heartland appeared first on Amrank Real Estate .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Saudi Aramco", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Saudi Aramco", "length": 12, "offset": 703}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Aramco", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Aramco", "length": 6, "offset": 709}, {"position_text": "Aramco", "length": 6, "offset": 901}, {"position_text": "Aramco", "length": 6, "offset": 1227}, {"position_text": "Aramco", "length": 6, "offset": 1591}, {"position_text": "Aramco", "length": 6, "offset": 3200}, {"position_text": "Aramco", "length": 6, "offset": 3742}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "International Energy Agency", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "International Energy Agency", "length": 27, "offset": 1070}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "United Nations", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "United Nations", "length": 14, "offset": 5800}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Reuters", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 110}, {"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 1734}, {"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 1743}, {"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 2768}, {"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 4763}, {"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 5031}, {"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 5158}, {"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 5375}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Center for Global Policy", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Center for Global Policy", "length": 24, "offset": 4732}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Rapidan Energy Group", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Rapidan Energy Group", "length": 20, "offset": 3054}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Abqaiq", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Abqaiq", "length": 6, "offset": 2888}, {"position_text": "Abqaiq", "length": 6, "offset": 2940}, {"position_text": "Abqaiq", "length": 6, "offset": 3160}, {"position_text": "Abqaiq", "length": 6, "offset": 3757}, {"position_text": "Abqaiq", "length": 6, "offset": 5064}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Dhahran", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Dhahran", "length": 7, "offset": 3209}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Iran", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Iran", "length": 4, "offset": 1548}, {"position_text": "Iran", "length": 4, "offset": 2288}, {"position_text": "Iran", "length": 4, "offset": 2351}, {"position_text": "Iran", "length": 4, "offset": 5794}, {"position_text": "Iran", "length": 4, "offset": 6134}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Sanaa", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Sanaa", "length": 5, "offset": 5624}, {"position_text": "Sanaa", "length": 5, "offset": 6246}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 746, "text": "VW Faces Scrutiny Over China Human Rights Violations With Insurance Implications\nVolkswagen AG faces mounting pressure to address allegations of human rights violations in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, where the German carmaker operates a car factory. While there's no evidence that anyone has been mistreated at the VW plant, the company should carefully examine the accusations, said supervisory board members Joerg Hofmann, a labor leader, and Stephan Weil, who represents VW's anchor shareholder Lower Saxony. \"We have to concretely weigh the facts and on this basis answer the question if a termination of the activity there would be the right thing,\" Hofmann told the Braunschweiger Zeitung in an interview , citing potential damage to VW's reputation. Berlin recently declined a Volkswagen request to renew risk insurance for the company's Chinese operations over the human rights concerns. Volkswagen has fielded uncomfortable questions about its suppliers and operations in Xinjiang, where human rights groups and a panel of United Nations experts have raised concerns about coercive labor practices. China has repeatedly rejected criticisms of the work programs, calling allegations of forced labor lies and defending its policies as an effort to reduce poverty and unemployment. Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess has defended the company's presence in the region, telling CBS's 60 Minutes in April he's \"absolutely sure\" there's no forced labor at VW's plant, and that locals \"are much better off\" if the company stays put. China is Volkswagen's biggest market, accounting for roughly 40% of sales. Volkswagen is \"firmly opposed to forced labor,\" Nicolai Laude, a company spokesman, said Friday. \"In our worldwide business activities, we ensure that our values are lived and our standards are upheld. We expect the same from our local business partners.\" The automaker is also facing pushback from the German government. Berlin recently declined a Volkswagen request to renew risk insurance for the company's Chinese operations over the human rights concerns, according to a person familiar with the matter. It's the first time Berlin has rejected such a bid and shows a shift in tone on China, which became Germany's biggest non-EU trading partner over the past two decades. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz last month called out alleged abuse at detention for ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang and called on companies to do more to diversify their supply chains and export markets. Photograph: A Volkswagen production facility in Urumqi, Xinjiang,, China. Photo credit: Getty Images/Visual China Group. Copyright 2022 Bloomberg. Topics China The most important insurance news,in your inbox every business day. 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Now, as England and Scotland go into a pair of new national lockdowns, Apple is closing all of its remaining stores in the UK. As 9to5Mac's Michael Steeber reports, that means 18 additional stores are now closed across the UK, including several in Scotland and one in Belfast , Ireland — though it looks like the Belfast store may have already been closed. (Northern Ireland went into lockdown even earlier, on December 26th, shutting down all non-essential shops.) 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University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. v. General Electric Co. , Case No. 18-1284 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 26, 2019) (Moore, J). The University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) sued several General Electric (GE) entities for infringement of a patent claiming a method and system for \"integrat[ing] physiologic data from at least one bedside machine.\" The representative claim recited the steps of (1) receiving data, (2) converting the data from one format to another, (3) \"performing at least one programmatic action\" on the converted data, and (4) \"presenting results . . . upon a graphical user interface.\" GE moved to dismiss, arguing that the patent claimed ineligible subject matter under 35 USC § 101. After the district court granted GE's motion, UFRF appealed. On appeal, UFRF argued that the district court did not have subject matter jurisdiction to hear GE's eligibility challenge and that the ineligibility determination was incorrect on the merits. Addressing the jurisdictional challenge, the Federal Circuit explained that UFRF's filing of the infringement suit waived sovereign immunity against any defenses to infringement, including subject-matter eligibility. Turning to the merits, the Court found that at Alice step one, the claim was directed to the abstract idea of \"collecting, analyzing, manipulating, and displaying data.\" At Alice step two, the Court concluded that the claim did no \"more than simply instruct the practitioner to implement the abstract idea . . . on a generic computer.\" Accordingly, the Court affirmed that the claims were patent ineligible. 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Rival Boeing Co on Wednesday unveiled a model of a larger drone developed in Australia that is designed for the same mission: flying alongside crewed aircraft in combat. Boeing has declined to disclose the sales price, but defense industry sources said it was expected to cost around $8 million to $10 million. That aircraft is expected to make its first flight next year. The XQ-58A Valkyrie developed by Kratos, a market leader in target drones, has a longer range than Boeing's planned 2,000 nautical miles. It is smaller and rather than using runways, launches like a rocket and lands with a parachute. Jeff Herro, Kratos's senior vice president for business development, said he could see scenarios where both the Valkyrie and Boeing's aircraft could accompany an advanced fighter jet like a Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 given their different costs and capabilities. \"We are not going after the market that Boeing is. 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Kratos has spent more than $30 million on the Valkyrie, designed to be \"attritable,\" meaning it could be considered expandable in some situations. The U.S. Air Force has also invested in the demonstrator, Herro said, estimating a formal purchase tender could be issued in the next two years. 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The deal for the stake in Dexus Australia Logistics Trust (DALT) will be the largest investment in Asia under its Core+ Real Estate strategy, Blackstone said. Dexus will own the rest of the joint venture. About 90% of DALT's portfolio is exposed to Sydney and Melbourne and is weighted to traditional logistics facilities, a key pillar of growth for the e-commerce sector, Dexus said in a separate statement. The deal will also help Blackstone gain a foothold in Australia's online shopping market as e-commerce penetration rate remains relatively low despite high sales, the private equity firm said. Blackstone said the DALT deal also gives it access to densely populated areas and major transportation hubs, which aligns with the company's strategy of \"overweighting high conviction sectors and locations\". Earlier this year, Blackstone purchased a portfolio of self-storage assets in Melbourne and an office tower in Sydney's central business district. 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gone from \"Succession's\" Uncle Ewan to real-life supergluin' — pasting his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter on Tuesday to protest the coffee chain's extra charge for plant-based milk. The 82-year-old Oscar nominee, known for \"Babe: Pig in the City\" and \"L.A. Confidential,\" channeled his role as the crotchety, anti-capitalist brother of a billionaire media mogul for the protest organized by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Cromwell sat on the Starbucks counter wearing a \"Free the Animals\" T-shirt and read a statement denouncing the surcharge for vegan milk alternatives. \"When will you stop raking in huge profits while customers, animals and the environment suffer?\" he demanded as fellow activists streamed the protest on Facebook. Cromwell glued his hand to the counter, then later used a knife to scrape it off. Police said there were no arrests. Starbucks outlets in the United States charge 50 cents to a dollar more drinks made with plant-based milks. \"Customers can customize any beverage on the menu with a non-dairy milk, including soymilk, coconutmilk, almondmilk, and oatmilk for an additional cost (similar to other beverage customizations such as an additional espresso shot or syrup),\" a Starbucks spokesperson said in a statement. \"Pricing varies market by market.\" The spokesperson said Starbucks respects customers' right to voice their opinions \"so long as it does not disrupt our store operations.\" Cromwell, nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the farmer in \"Babe,\" is a veteran protester who was charged with trespassing in 2017 for interrupting an orca show at SeaWorld in San Diego. 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Belarus shocked the international community on Sunday after it scrambled a fighter jet and forced the Athens-Vilnius flight to land in Minsk in what was widely seen as a special operation to arrest Roman Protasevich, an exiled Belarusian journalist and his companion who were on board. Russia, the key ally of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, on Thursday appeared to throw its weight behind Minsk in retaliation against Europe's recent decision to close its airspace to Belarusian flights. Austrian Airlines on Thursday became the second European airline carrier to have said that Russia did not approve its new flight path bypassing Belarus, forcing the company to scrap its Vienna-Moscow flight altogether. AirFrance on Wednesday had to cancel its scheduled flight from Paris to Moscow after Russia similarly refused to give it the green light to enter Russian airspace on a new path. It came as the Greek prime minister said there was no evidence that Belarusian KGB or any other secret service agents were on board the Athens-to-Vilnius flight. \"We have no indication there were KGB agents or any security service agents on board the plane. None. Zero. And we investigated it very carefully,\" Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview with Germany's Bild tabloid. Meanwhile, an investigative media outlet revealed on Thursday that the Ryanair flight that was forced to land in Minsk was told of a bomb threat half an hour before Belarusian air traffic control received the message about it. The revelation shatters the main argument of Belarusian authorities who presented the email as a key piece of evidence, proving that they had no intention to force the flight to land and arrest a dissident journalist on board. Mr Lukashenko, the Belarusian leader who has ruled the country for 26 years and managed to stay in power despite massive nationwide protests last year, in a speech on Wednesday insisted that Minsk air traffic control had to ask the flight to land after they received a bomb threat \"from Switzerland.\" The text of the email, which was purportedly sent on behalf of Hamas, appears to be identical to the one read out at a news conference by Belarusian officials earlier this week. The Palestinian group has insisted that it \"has nothing to do with that completely.\" Belarus highjacking Ryanair flight 4978 path The new revelation casts further doubt on frantic attempts by Belarusian authorities to portray the hijacking as a mere accident. Debunking another claim by Mr Lukashenko, Warsaw airport officials on Wednesday denied that the Ryanair flight requested a landing at the Warsaw Chopin airport and was refused. The incident that several European leader described as state terrorism has renewed appetite for Western sanctions. Several European nations have closed their airspace to Belarusian flights, and EU leaders are expected to discuss further sanctions against the Lukashenko regime later on Thursday. Group 7 nations on Thursday issued a statement condemning the incident and the arrest of Mr Protasevich and his companion \"in the strongest possible terms.\" \"This action jeopardised the safety of the passengers and crew of the flight,\" the statement said G7's foreign ministers called for the immediate release of Mr Protasevich and his partner and pledged to \"enhance our efforts, including through further sanctions as appropriate, to promote accountability for the actions of the Belarusian authorities.\" Belavia, the national airline carrier, on Thursday morning canceled flights to eight European countries at least until the end of October as the number of its available destinations continues to shrink. 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Reed Krakoff, Chief Artistic Director, and Daniella Vitale, Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer of Tiffany, will depart Tiffany after a short transition of responsibilities. In late December, LVMH announced that stockholders of Tiffany voted overwhelmingly to approve the modified merger agreement. In late October, Tiffany agreed to accept a lower price of its acquisition by LVMH, ending a legal dispute between them. The new takeover price was $131.50 per share compared to the original takeover price of $135 per share. They had agreed to settle their pending litigation in the Delaware Chancery Court. 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Furthermore, Broadcom will take on $8 billion of VMware's net debt. The transaction would rank among the most significant corporate acquisitions in the history of the technology industry, coming in third after Microsoft's upcoming $69 billion agreement to acquire Activision Blizzard and Dell's $67 billion purchase of EMC in 2016. Broadcom made $27.4 billion in revenue last year. Approximately 20,000 people work for corporations worldwide, with R & D accounting for 63% of them. The company competes with AMD, Cisco Systems, Nvidia, and Intel for market share by selling a wide range of semiconductors and infrastructure software. Transaction Details and Path to Completion VMware stockholders can choose between $142.50 in cash or 0.2520 shares of Broadcom common stock for each VMware share. Proration will result in the exchange of 50% of VMware's shares for cash and 50% for Broadcom common stock. 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The company expects current-quarter sales of $8.4 billion, above average projections. Refinitiv analysts expected $8 billion in sales. The deal is likely to go through in Broadcom's fiscal year 2023, if regulators and VMware shareholders give their approval. The merger agreement includes a \"go-shop\" provision that allows VMware and its Board of Directors to actively seek, receive, evaluate, and potentially negotiate with parties that offer alternative proposals for 40 days following the execution date of the definitive agreement, until 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on July 5, 2022. There's no guarantee this procedure will produce a better proposal. VMware won't share process updates until its board decides on a possible better proposition. Hock Tan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom, said, Building upon our proven track record of successful M&A, this transaction combines our leading semiconductor and infrastructure software businesses with an iconic pioneer and innovator in enterprise software as we reimagine what we can deliver to customers as a leading infrastructure technology company. We look forward to VMware's talented team joining Broadcom, further cultivating a shared culture of innovation and driving even greater value for our combined stakeholders, including both sets of shareholders. Raghu Raghuram, Chief Executive Officer of VMware, said, VMware has been reshaping the IT landscape for the past 24 years, helping our customers become digital businesses. We stand for innovation and unwavering support of our customers and their most important business operations and now we are extending our commitment to exceptional service and innovation by becoming the new software platform for Broadcom. Combining our assets and talented team with Broadcom's existing enterprise software portfolio, all housed under the VMware brand, creates a remarkable enterprise software player. 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ERP systems are at the center of sustainability projects. Sustainability will become more important in the year ahead, and ERP systems are sure to play a central role in enabling companies to establish and track their goals. While it's been talked about for years, and many forward-thinking companies have implemented initiatives to meet goals like carbon reduction, sustainability now appears to be an intrinsic part of boardroom discussions, according to industry experts. That newfound focus is accompanied by changing strategies and is noticeable in many industries, but especially in manufacturing. For example, global manufacturers will shift their sustainability strategy from purchasing carbon offsets to reducing carbon, according to Forrester Research's \"Predictions 2022: Smart Manufacturing.\" Carbon reduction will be a particularly prominent sustainability goal in the automobile industry, according to the report, as Volvo is moving to green steel, or steel produced without using coal, and Mercedes-Benz is targeting carbon-neutral vehicles by 2039. Manufacturing will continue to move away from carbon-producing energy sources, according to the report. For example, China has pledged to no longer invest in coal-burning plants abroad . There are also European-centered projects like Gigastack, Hybrit and Oyster designed to power energy-intensive industrial processes with hydrogen produced with renewable energy. \"None of this will be easy or cheap (ArcelorMittal's CEO suggests that green steel could be 60% more expensive), but industry is finally beginning to absorb the pain of moving in the right direction,\" the Forrester report stated. The pressure for businesses to adopt more sustainable practices is coming from several sources. An evolving ERP story Because so much of the data and processes related to sustainability resides within ERP systems, they have become central to the sustainability story . In the last few years, ERP heavyweights SAP and IFS have made sustainability a top priority and released several products designed to help companies initiate and manage sustainability programs. One of the advantages of centering sustainability initiatives on the data found in ERP systems is that it can help businesses move past the \"performative\" side of sustainability, where claims are made without data to back them up, resulting in greenwashing , according to Joshua Greenbaum, principal of Enterprise Applications Consulting, an enterprise industry analysis firm in Berkeley, Calif. \"What I like about [the ERP sustainability efforts] is that we can get past the performative side of sustainability and get into the actual hardcore business value of sustainability,\" he said. \"That's when things get very interesting.\" Sustainability has a big part to play in important goals like building resiliency into supply chains, he said. \"Sustainability also matters a lot for the ability to be cost-effective in as many markets as possible,\" Greenbaum said. 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Maersk Warns of Strike Impact if Wage Agreement Not Reached by January 15. Possible U.S. Port Strike Could Disrupt Billions in Trade, Maersk Says. Shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk has told customers to take laden containers from U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports and return the empty ones before January 15 to avoid potential disruptions. The advisory comes ahead of the expiration of a conditional wage agreement, which could lead to a coast-wide strike if no resolution is reached, reports Reuters. Wage Agreement Set to Expire on January 15 The conditional agreement on wages between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) is set to expire on January 15. According to Maersk's advisory, \"If no agreement is reached by that date, a coast-wide strike on January 16 is possible.\" The advisory further stated, \"The negotiations have had no new developments since our last communication.\" Potential Impact of a Strike A strike would bring to a standstill some billions of dollars in trade and impact global supply chains. The labour dispute will also push up inflationary pressures. The ILA, with more than 45,000 members, and USMX had agreed to a 62% wage increase over six years in October, ending a three-day strike. 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The head of the European Commission, Usura von der Leyen, gave this information to a German newspaper. When asked about the upcoming sixth round of sanctions, von der Leyen told Bild am Sonntag: \"We are looking at the banking sector in particular, Sberbank, which accounts for 37 percent of the Russian banking sector.\" The US imposed severe sanctions on Sberbank and another Russian lender, Alfa Bank, earlier in April, reports the BBC. The UK has approved the cessation of all imports of Russian coal and oil to Sberbank and by the end of 2022. 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Lawyer Aline Bonard, among a legal team deployed to defend the Lausanne Climate Action activists, said the court in suburban Renens acquitted the defendants over the stunt that riffed off Federer's role with the bank. The defendants had refused to pay fines handed down after the incursion at a...", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Credit Suisse", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Credit Suisse", "length": 13, "offset": 217}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Switzerland", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Switzerland", "length": 11, "offset": 251}, {"position_text": "Switzerland", "length": 11, "offset": 251}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 760, "text": "Commentary: If only privacy agreements were readable. Most aren't\nWELLINGTON: The political economy of digital capitalism is largely premised on a new exchange: Individuals enjoy cheap or free services and goods in exchange for their personal information. Put simply, individuals often pay online, consciously or unintentionally, with their data and privacy. man using phone As a result, companies hold a vast amount of information on consumers, and consumers allegedly agree to that practice. But as our research shows, online privacy agreements are largely incomprehensible. READ: 50% off? What you unwittingly give up for a few freebies, a commentary REGULATING PRIVACY Privacy issues are becoming more and more salient, in part due to enormous privacy scandals. Perhaps most conspicuously, a massive public protest erupted in response to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal. In this case, the data of millions of people's Facebook profiles was harvested. Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, testified before two US senate committees about the company's privacy practices. Privacy is now also at the forefront of policy making. The most systematic legislative attempt to make more order in the messy world of privacy is the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It comes as no surprise that European legislature was breaking the ground in this realm. The EU is known to have a strong focus on citizens' rights. It is committed to data protection, and to consumer protection more generally. READ: What those 'updates to our privacy policy' mean for Singapore, a commentary The GDPR came into force in May 2018. Its primary objective is to level the playing field and give individuals more control over their personal data. The GDPR also aspires to force companies to be more transparent around data collection and more cautious about its usage. CLEAR AND PLAIN LANGUAGE Another interesting aspect of the GDPR is its requirement to clearly communicate privacy terms to end users. In this respect, the GDPR requires companies to use \"clear and plain language\" in their privacy agreements. The EU's so-called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on May 25, 2018. (Photo: AFP) The EU's so-called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on Friday AFP READ: Higher stakes in data privacy crisis yet Facebook's response is business as usual, a commentary Making privacy policies readable may bring about a few notable benefits. For starters, drafting readable policies better respects users' autonomy. Beyond that, readability can contribute to better comprehension of legal texts. This, in turn, can make such texts more salient, leading companies to draft more balanced terms. But does this indeed materialise? In my study with Professor Uri Benoliel from Israel, we examined whether, half a year post-GDPR, companies present users with online privacy agreements that are readable. We applied two well-established linguistic tools: The Flesch Reading Ease test and the Flesch-Kincaid test. Both tests are based on the average sentence length and the average number of syllables per word. We measured the readability of more than 200 privacy policies. We gathered these policies from the most popular English websites in the UK and Ireland. Our sample included policies used by companies such as Facebook, Amazon, Google, Youtube, and the BBC. We had good reasons to be optimistic. The GDPR receives a lot of attention. It employs harsh penalties, which can presumably serve as effective deterrence. Additionally, the cultural convention is that Europeans generally tend to be compliant and law abiding. But we were disappointed. Instead of the recommended Flesch-Kincaid score of 8th grade for consumer-related materials, understanding the average policy in our sample requires almost 13 years of education. Almost all the privacy policies in our sample, about 97 per cent, received a higher than recommended score. LISTEN: That awkward conversation we need to have with Facebook, an episode on The Pulse podcast READABILITY REMAINS A CHALLENGE The European legislature thought that using plain language in privacy agreements can be part of a better, holistic approach to users' privacy. We believe this is an idea worth exploring. (Photo: Unsplash/Arif Riyanto) READ: We don't care about our data because we can't see or touch it, a commentary While not a magic bullet, readability can prove to be important for users' privacy. But despite the GDPR's requirement, European citizens still encounter privacy policies that are largely unreadable. Does the GDPR just bark, but not bite? While it is perhaps too early to say, we located 24 websites in our sample that included their privacy policies as drafted pre-GDPR. We then measured their readability. The results show that current privacy policies are only slightly more readable than the older ones. This may offer some lessons. Most notably perhaps, good intentions and extensive legislation may not suffice. Merely having a general, vague law is not likely to yield the anticipated change. Samuel Becher is associate professor of business law at Victoria University of Wellington. This commentary first appeared in The Conversation. 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Tax Demand\nThe decision is a setback for European efforts to clamp down on what the authorities there believe is anticompetitive behavior. Apple's offices in Cork, Ireland, the company's base for its European operations.Credit...Andrew Testa for The New York Times LONDON — Apple won a major legal victory on Wednesday against European antitrust regulators as a European court overruled a 2016 decision that ordered the company to pay $14.9 billion in unpaid taxes to Ireland. The decision, which can be appealed to the European Union's top court, is a setback for the region's efforts to clamp down on what the authorities there believe is anticompetitive behavior by the world's largest technology companies. Google and Amazon have other court appeals pending as they seek to overturn decisions that they broke European competition laws. The Apple case stems from the company's use of Ireland as its base for its European operations. In 2016, the European Union's top competition regulator said Apple had used illegal deals with the Irish government to avoid taxation on profits from the sales of Apple products in the European Union. In 2011, for instance, Apple's Irish subsidiary recorded European profits of $22 billion, but only about $57 million was considered taxable in Ireland, regulators said. The authorities said the arrangement amounted to an illegal subsidy not available to Apple's competitors, and ordered Ireland to recover 10 years of back taxes, worth 13 billion euros, or about $14.9 billion at current conversion rates. Apple and Ireland appealed the judgment, arguing that the structures were consistent with tax laws. Apple called the effective tax rate used by the European regulators \"a completely made-up number.\" Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive officer, called the punishment \"total political crap.\" The appeal has put Ireland in the unusual position of opposing the collection of billions in taxes when its government is facing a budget deficit, a result of emergency spending to respond to the pandemic. The country, which has long faced criticism from other countries for low corporate taxes, argued that its appeal was a defense of Ireland's independence. \"Ireland has always been clear that there was no special treatment,\" Ireland's Department of Finance said in a statement . \"The correct amount of Irish tax was charged in line with normal Irish taxation rules.\" Apple praised the court's decision. The company has said that because its products and services are made in the United States, that is where it books much of its taxable income. \"This case was not about how much tax we pay, but where we are required to pay it,\" said Josh Rosenstock, a company spokesman. \"We're proud to be the largest taxpayer in the world as we know the important role tax payments play in society.\" Apple has used Cork, Ireland, as its home in Europe since 1980. The company employs about 6,000 people in the country in areas including logistics, distribution and customer support. Other American tech giants followed Apple, including Google, Facebook and Twitter, drawn to using an English-speaking country with favorable corporate taxes as a base for operations across Europe. Their large office buildings have taken up parts of Dublin; an area along the city's canal is known as Silicon Docks. The decision on Wednesday by the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg is a blow to Margrethe Vestager , the European Commission's top antitrust enforcer, who for years has been taking aggressive action against the world's largest technology platforms. It shows that companies she has targeted can sometimes find a more sympathetic audience in courts that can overturn her judgments. Google is appealing three antitrust decisions brought by Ms. Vestager that amount to fines of about €8.2 billion, worth $9.4 billion. Amazon is appealing a 2017 ruling that it owes Luxembourg €250 million in unpaid taxes. \"The courts are ready to exercise their judicial review and are not going to take the commission's assertions for granted,\" said François-Charles Laprévote, a lawyer with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Brussels who specializes in state aid cases. In a statement , Ms. Vestager said her office would \"carefully study the judgment and reflect on possible next steps.\" \"The commission stands fully behind the objective that all companies should pay their fair share of tax,\" she said. The ruling on Wednesday centered on tax law and what constitutes illegal state aid. The court said that the European Commission's argument was flawed and that regulators were \"wrong\" to conclude Apple had been granted \"selective economic advantage.\" Based on the decision, Mr. Laprévote said the commission would have a \"difficult but not impossible\" task in winning an appeal. Ms. Vestager has made targeting what she considers unfair tax deals a central part of her leadership of the European Commission's competition office. In an earlier decision, a court overturned her ruling that Starbucks must repay €30 million to the Netherlands. The commission did not appeal that decision. A broader international debate is underway about how to tax large multinational technology corporations. 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Each woman has filed a separate lawsuit in the California Superior Court in Alameda County, alleging that they're subject to a culture of sexual harassment at the workplace. These new lawsuits come not even a month after two other women filed suit against the company with similar allegations. One woman claims she told HR about the issue but was only moved to a different work area The six women claim that their male coworkers frequently make lewd comments towards their bodies or clothes, as well as engage in abusive behavior like catcalling and inappropriate touching. Some women even went so far as to wear baggy clothing to conceal their bodies — one woman, Jessica Brooks, says she tied a flannel shirt around her waist to hide her backside in an attempt to escape harassment. She even barricaded herself in her workplace with boxes. Brooks told The Post that she let human resources know about the issue but says she was only moved to a different work area. Other women who called attention to the behavior claim that they faced the same response that Brooks got; they allege the behavior wasn't addressed, and they were simply moved to another location in the factory. The Post also notes that some women didn't feel confident speaking to HR about the issue, as they claim that their managers also partook in the abusive behavior. Another woman, Eden Mederos, told The Post that \"everything got worse\" once the Model Y was announced, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted \"S3XY,\" an acronym referencing the Model S, 3, X, and Y. Musk is also frequently observed tweeting out jokes mentioning \"69\" or \"420\" and other childish content, which Mederos told The Post \"caused the technicians to be even worse.\" Please don't call the manager on me, Senator Karen — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 14, 2021 Just as reports of these lawsuits unfolded, Elon was in the midst of sending out snarky replies to Senator Elizabeth Warren, who posted a tweet stating, \"Let's change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year [Musk] will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else.\" Musk immediately replied with a tweet containing a 2019 Fox News article titled, \"Elizabeth Warren is a fraud — Her lies about being Native American disqualify her from presidency.\" He called her \"Senator Karen\" in another reply, referring to the trope of a petty, obnoxious, and entitled white woman. These six additional lawsuits come just after Jessica Barraza, who also works in Tesla's Fremont factory, sued the electric car company for \"rampant sexual harassment.\" Like many of the other women suing Tesla, she also claims that she was subject to catcalling, physical touching, and inappropriate comments. And just days ago, another woman, Erica Cloud, sued Tesla for sexual harassment and retaliation, with her claims echoing many of the ones mentioned here. It doesn't stop there — Tesla was ordered to pay $137 million after a Black employee claimed that he experienced racism and discrimination at the California plant. A class-action lawsuit has also been proposed, alleging a racist work culture. \"Elon Musk tweeting a lewd comment about women's bodies or a taunt toward employees who report misconduct reflects an attitude at the top that enables the pattern of pervasive sexual harassment and retaliation at the heart of these cases,\" says attorney David A. 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This comes after Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek rejected Dan Loeb's call for spinning off ESPN, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. The investor said in a tweet https://twitter.com/DanielSLoeb1/status/1568958464164069376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1568958464164069376%7Ctwgr%5E90ee1840a55a8505371308e1e7166f82e0649fb5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2022-09-11%2Floeb-backs-down-on-call-for-espn-spinoff-after-disney-rejection on Sunday that he looks forward to seeing ESPN Chairman James Pitaro execute on the growth and innovation plans, \"generating considerable synergies as part of\" Disney. Loeb, who runs Third Point, in August disclosed a stake of roughly $1 billion in Disney and announced plans to push the company to make a string of changes, from spinning off ESPN to buying back shares and adding board members. Disney had been \"deluged\" with interest from companies seeking to buy ESPN earlier this year amid rumors that the company was weighing a sale of the cable network, Chapek told the FT. \"If everyone wants to come in and buy it or spin it with us, I think that says something about its potential,\" the FT quoted Chapek as saying. \"I think its potential is within the Disney company.\" \"We have a plan for it that will restore ESPN to its growth trajectory.\" On Loeb's plan to push Disney to add new board members, Chapek defended the board, saying it had a broad \"range of skillsets\" and that the average tenure on it was four years. Third Point, which owns roughly 0.4% stake in Disney, has also proposed that Disney accelerate the timetable for buying the remaining stake in streaming service Hulu from minority stakeholder Comcast Corp ahead of the planned 2024 acquisition. Commenting on that, Chapek told the FT that he would love to settle the matter but Comcast had seemed reluctant. 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(\"uCloudlink\") (NASDAQ: UCL), the world's first and leading mobile data traffic sharing marketplace, and China Mobile International (UK) Limited (\"China Mobile UK\"), a subsidiary of China Mobile International Limited (CMI), continue their six-year strong partnership, providing high-quality network connection support for multinational companies. Since 2014, China Mobile UK has provided support to global businesses headquartered in the UK using uCloudlink's terminal Wi-Fi devices and associated data services. The partnership significantly broadens uCloudlink's reach in the UK market as the company strives to redefine and elevate the mobile data connectivity experience. Powered by uCloudlink's innovative Cloud SIM technology, China Mobile UK's multinational enterprises users can tap into uCloudlink's global ecosystem of mobile network operators (MNOs), mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and business partners to enjoy superior mobile connectivity at anywhere and at any time. uCloudlink's global ecosystem allows partners to operate more efficiently by providing mobile data services both at domestic and international markets. As of September 30 2020, uCloudlink has aggregated mobile data traffic allowances from more than 200 MNOs, MVNOs and business partners in more than 140 countries and regions as part of its global Cloud SIM ecosystem. Adopting a platform-centric approach, uCloudlink's PaaS and SaaS platform consolidates uCloudlink's core capabilities – Cloud SIM technology and architecture – while allowing other functions to its business partners, such as sales and marketing. In addition, as part of uCloudlink's global ecosystem, uCloudlink partners can also procure customized Original Design Manufacture (ODM) hardware and data packages from proprietary sources to fully exploit their potential in their local markets. Benefiting from uCloudlink's Cloud SIM technology and architecture, business partners such as China Mobile UK can elevate multinational companies' user experience with superior mobile data services that offer reliable connectivity and high speeds, at a competitive price. uCloudlink's Cloud SIM technology enables compatible terminals to use local data networks without changing physical SIM cards. Users can easily and dynamically switch SIM cards over the Cloud platform, which allows for better network quality and connection. Meanwhile, Cloud SIM architecture allows mobile terminal brands, MVNOs, MNOs, mobile Wi-Fi terminal rental companies and distribution channels to participate in uCloudlink's ecosystem. Cloud SIM architecture mainly consists of two components: a distributed SIM card pool and a cloud SIM management platform (i.e. PaaS and SaaS platform), which supports business partners to improve their connectivity services. The cooperation between uCloudlink and China Mobile UK forms part of uCloudlink's vision of \"connecting and sharing without limitations\". Over the years, uCloudlink has established extensive partnerships with a variety of businesses in various industries. uCloudlink is also at the forefront of innovation, and has partnered with China Unicom Shenzhen recently to deliver superior user experiences and network quality in the 5G Cloud era. About UCLOUDLINK GROUP INC. uCloudlink is the world's first and leading mobile data traffic sharing marketplace, pioneering the sharing economy business model for the telecommunications industry. 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You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Big internet companies are finally taking misinformation \"superspreaders\" seriously. (All it took was a global health crisis and the great lie of a rigged election.) I've written about influential people, including former President Donald J. Trump, who have been instrumental in spreading false information online about important topics like election integrity and vaccine safety. Some of those same people have repeatedly twisted our beliefs — and internet companies have largely given them a pass. Let's dig into why habitual misinformation peddlers matter and how internet companies have begun to focus on them — including the new rules put in place by Facebook this week. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube deserve credit for beginning to target repeat misinformation offenders. But I also want people to be aware of the limits of the companies' actions and to understand the challenge of applying these policies fairly and transparently. How big of a problem are people who repeatedly post untrue things? A lot of stuff that people say online isn't necessarily true or untrue. We want room for the messy middle. The concern is when information is outright false, and we know that some of the same people are responsible for amplifying that misinformation again and again. Last fall, a coalition of misinformation researchers found that about half of all retweets related to multiple and widely spread false claims of election interference could be traced back to just 35 Twitter accounts, including those of Mr. Trump and the conservative activist Charlie Kirk. A research group recently identified the accounts of about a dozen people , including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who repeatedly — sometimes for years — pushed discredited information about vaccines or, more recently, false \"cures\" for Covid-19. Until recently, it mostly didn't matter whether someone posted junk health information or a false election conspiracy theory once or 100 times, or whether the person was Justin Bieber or your cousin with five Facebook followers. Internet companies typically assessed the substance of each message only in isolation . That made no sense. How policies are starting to focus on these habitual offenders The riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 showed the danger of falsehoods repeatedly uttered to a public inclined to believe them. Internet companies began to address the outsize influence of people with large followings who habitually spread false information. Facebook on Wednesday said that it would apply stricter punishments on individual accounts that repeatedly post things that the company's fact checkers have deemed misleading or untrue. Posts from habitual offenders will be circulated less in Facebook's news feed, which means that others are less likely to see them. In March, it enacted a similar policy for Facebook groups . Twitter a couple of months ago created a \"five strikes\" system in which it escalates punishments for those who tweet misinformation about coronavirus vaccines. Internet companies have suspended accounts of some of the repeat offenders, including Kennedy's . It's too soon to assess whether these policies are effectively reducing the spread of some outright false information, But it's worthwhile to end the impunity for people who habitually peddle discredited information. Here's where it gets tricky Determining fact from fiction can be challenging. Facebook had barred people from posting about the theory that Covid-19 might have originated in a Chinese laboratory. That idea, once considered a conspiracy theory, is now being taken more seriously . Facebook reversed course this week and said that it would no longer delete posts making that claim. Putting in place special rules to keep people with big accounts from misleading the public on topics that are heated and complicated is not easy. But as the Capitol riot shows, the sites have to figure this out. Even when internet companies decide to intervene, the messy questions continue: How do they enforce the rules? Are they applied fairly? (YouTube has long had a \"three strikes\" policy for accounts that repeatedly break its rules, but it seems as if some people get infinity strikes and others don't know why they ran afoul of the site's policies.) Internet companies aren't responsible for the ugliness of humanity. But Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for too long didn't take seriously enough the impact of people with influence repeatedly blaring dangerous misinformation. We should be glad that they're finally taking stronger action.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "On Tech", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "On Tech", "length": 7, "offset": 94}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Facebook", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 33}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 816}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 836}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2172}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2622}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2865}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2982}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 3553}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 3755}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 4486}], "label": "positive"}]}, {"id": 766, "text": "Millennium Space Systems Rapidly Completes FOO Fighter Review Milestone\nEL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing [NYSE: BA] company, completed the Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter, or FOO Fighter, preliminary design review, or_PDR, four months following authorization to proceed. The company is on contract to deliver a constellation of eight satellites with a ground system and to perform mission operations. \"Just like the name says, our focus is the warfighter and ensuring our system can perform the mission they need,\" said Michelle Parker, vice president, Boeing Space Mission Systems. \"FOO Fighter really showcases our team's ability to meet the mission, supporting a real-time warfighter need. Completing PDR in such a short timeframe is significant because it validates the feasibility and design of the system, ensuring we are moving with pace to meet mission requirements.\" FOO Fighter will demonstrate advanced missile defense capability by incorporating fire control-quality sensors into a prototype constellation. Millennium Space Systems has direct experience with proven real-time space operations and data dissemination, and has also developed and demonstrated a flexible framework, enabling high-performance edge processing for real-time fire-control target tracking. \"We're building off our common bus architecture, so our bus design is solid,\" said Doug Hulse, portfolio lead, Millennium Space Systems. \"For PDR, that allowed us to focus on the mission itself ? that's what's critical.\" The company is now working toward critical design review in early 2025. About Us Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, is a small satellite prime, delivering high-performance constellation solutions for National Security Space. Founded in 2001, the company's active production lines and 80% vertical integration enable the rapid delivery of small satellites across missions and orbits ? LEO, MEO and GEO. 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Violations are punishable by fines of up to $200,000 (about $150,000 USD). The bill contains some exceptions: Marine mammals already held will be allowed to remain in captivity. And the animals can be kept during rehabilitation from injury or for the purposes of licensed scientific research. Animal rights activists, who have long argued that containing marine mammals and training them to entertain amounts to cruelty, celebrated the news, tweeting under the hashtags #EmptyTheTanks and #FreeWilly. Nothing fantastic ever happens in a hurry. But today we celebrate that we have ended the captivity and breeding of whales and dolphins. This is news to splash a fin at. Former Sen. Wilfred Moore of Nova Scotia introduced the measure, known as the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, in 2015, said in a statement from Humane Society International/Canada that phasing out the animals' captivity was a \"moral obligation.\" Canada's Senate's passed the measure last year, and the House of Commons voted to approve it on Monday. The legislation now goes through a process known as royal assent before it can become law. The CBC reports that the measure \"notably impacts Marineland, the Niagara Falls [Ontario] amusement park and zoo that is considered the last Canadian park committed to keeping cetaceans in captivity.\" Marineland has some 61 cetaceans: \"55 beluga whales, five bottlenose dolphins and one orca, according to the CBC , citing data from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The park had initially opposed the ban, saying it would hurt attendance as well as conservation efforts. But in a statement Monday, Marineland said its operations have been evolving since its founding in the 1960s and that it would comply with the legislation. The Vancouver Aquarium bowed to public opposition last year and said it would no longer keep dolphins and whales for display. At the time, it had one dolphin in captivity. \"The public told us they believed the continuing importation and display of these intelligent and sociable mammals was unethical and incompatible with evolving public opinion and we amended our bylaws accordingly,\" park board Chair Stuart Mackinnon said in a statement . In the U.S., SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, which has SeaWorld parks in California, Florida and Texas, announced in 2016 that it would stop breeding captive killer whales and shift its focus to marine mammal rescue operations. Three years earlier, the documentary Blackfish sparked a public outcry over the treatment of captive orcas. The film documented the killing of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau by an orca named Tilikum in 2010. Nearly 60 orcas are in captivity at parks and aquariums worldwide. \"A third of the world's captive orcas are in the United States, and all but one of those live at SeaWorld's three parks in Orlando, San Diego, and San Antonio,\" National Geographic reports . And while SeaWorld has shifted attention to other attractions, it has continued to put on dolphin shows, to the chagrin of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a longtime critic . The animal rights group maintains that such displays can harm the animals. SeaWorld's vice president of animal health and welfare, Hendrik Nollens, recently defended the practice , saying the dolphins \"are faster than us, they are stronger than us.\" \"They are in charge. 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In the newly released report, GOLD upgraded the evidence rating to \"A\", the highest evidence rating, for BLVR with endobronchial valves.1 This evidence rating is based on results from well-designed randomized clinical trials with data from more than two clinical trials involving a substantial number of patients, including those treated with the Zephyr Valve. The Zephyr Valve is a minimally-invasive treatment option that has been shown to improve quality of life of emphysema patients by allowing them to experience less shortness of breath and be more active.2 GOLD's Global Strategy for Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD report is reviewed and revised annually by leading physicians in the field of COPD around the globe. It is used worldwide by healthcare professionals as a \"strategy document\" and tool in the management and prevention of COPD, a disease that impacts more than 65 million people globally. GOLD first added mention of the benefits of broncoscopic interventions for COPD, including endobronchial valves like the Zephyr Valve, in 2017. The 2020 report upgrades endobronchial valves to the best evidence level available, making it the GOLD standard of care for qualifying patients. The upgraded evidence rating of \"A\" for endobronchial valves signals that: Endobronchial valve treatment for emphysema is supported by a rich body of high-quality evidence, and is now a compelling alternative to lung volume reduction surgery (also evidence level A); Endobronchial valves, like the Zephyr Valve, are now distinguished from other bronchoscopic interventions mentioned in the report (such as coils, vapor) because they are the only bronchoscopic intervention to receive a GOLD evidence rating of \"A\". In select patients with advanced emphysema, bronchoscopic interventions reduce end-expiratory lung volume and improve exercise tolerance, health status and lung function at 6-12 months following treatment, providing an important option in the treatment spectrum between medication therapy and the more invasive surgical options like lung volume reduction surgery or lung transplantation. \"This GOLD rating is very important because it confirms that the body of evidence supporting endobronchial valves is significant and supports the use of this intervention as standard of care for patients suffering from severe emphysema, a form of COPD. As a physician who treats these patients, the Zephyr Valves are the first FDA-approved minimally-invasive option we have had to help patients breathe easier once optimal medical therapy is no longer effective in controlling their symptoms,\" said Dr. Gerard Criner, Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Medicine at Temple University. \"Before Zephyr Valves were approved, the only option was major surgery which comes with significant risks. With significant evidence now in place for endobronchial valve treatment, we can now offer patients a choice in treatment options.\" Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with the Zephyr Valve is a one-time procedure performed through a bronchoscope, which requires no cutting or incisions. During the procedure, an average of four valves are placed in the airways to block off a diseased portion of the lung, which is thereby reduced in size. Reducing hyperinflation and preventing air from getting trapped in the diseased parts of the lung allows the healthier lung tissue to expand and take in more air. This results in patients being able to breathe more easily and experience less shortness of breath. 2 Many patients treated with the Zephyr Valves have reported immediate relief and the ability to go back to doing everyday tasks with greater ease within weeks of treatment. \"GOLD is globally respected for providing in-depth evidence reviews and recommendations that impact patient treatment around the world. We are very pleased to see GOLD give endobronchial valves, like our Zephyr Valve, an evidence \"A\" rating after a thorough review of published clinical data, which includes multiple Zephyr Valve randomized clinical trials reported in leading medical journals,\" said Glen French, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pulmonx. \"This level of evidence is an important factor for providers and payers who are seeking to deliver the best treatment options for patients with severe emphysema, a severe form of COPD.\" More on the Zephyr Valve The Zephyr Valve was granted breakthrough status and approved by the FDA in June 2018, because according to the FDA it \"represents a breakthrough technology as the device offers bronchoscopic lung volume reduction without surgery and its associated risks. This device offers a significant, clinically meaningful advantage over the current standard of care and therefore, its availability is also in the best interest of patients.\"3 Since 2007 more than 15,000 patients have been treated with the Zephyr Valve worldwide. The Zephyr Valve treatment is recommended at the same level as lung volume reduction surgery in the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance on the managed of COPD and the GOLD strategy document for the management of COPD. More about COPD and Emphysema COPD is a progressive, life-threatening lung disease that includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. More than 65 million people suffer with COPD globally and it is estimated that 3.2 million deaths were caused by the disease in 2015 (5% of all deaths globally).4 5 Despite taking the best available medications, many COPD and emphysema patients suffer symptoms of hyperinflation, where air becomes trapped in the lungs and prevents fresh air from entering the lungs and thereby causing severe shortness of breath. As a result, patients experience shortness of breath, gradually losing their ability to engage in the most basic daily activities such as climbing a flight of stairs, walking or showering. There are few treatment options for most patients with emphysema and there is no cure. Until now, beyond medication therapy, the only other options for these patients were highly invasive treatments such as lung volume reduction surgery or lung transplantation. About Pulmonx Pulmonx Corporation is a medical device company that provides minimally-invasive solutions to treat patients with severe emphysema, a form of COPD. Pulmonx solutions include the Zephyr Endobronchial Valve, a unique minimally-invasive treatment option, and the Chartis Pulmonary Assessment System and the StratX Lung Analysis Platform, a set of innovative assessment tools that enable patient selection and treatment planning. Pulmonx has a compelling body of clinical evidence based on the evaluation of approximately 1,000 patients in multiple randomized controlled clinical studies demonstrating significant improvements in pulmonary function, exercise capacity, dyspnea and quality of life. In June 2018, Pulmonx received pre-market approval, or PMA, through the FDA's ?breakthrough device' pathway to commercialize our Zephyr Valve. Pulmonx solutions are commercially available in more than 25 countries with over 15,000 patients treated. 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The US is grappling with driver shortages throughout a lot of industries, from commerce to transportation, and are selling hiring incentives comparable to bonuses. For Amazon's native contractors, which function the ever-present blue Amazon delivery vans, the delivery large is now asking them to dangle one other: no penalization for pot use. Drivers will clearly not be allowed to drive whereas underneath the affect, however Amazon consider many have been delay making use of as a result of they worry a take a look at will convey up prior use of the drug. The company has instructed its partners that promoting the truth that they will not take a look at for marijuana can increase candidates by 400 p.c, however didn't say the way it arrived at that quantity, in accordance to a report by Bloomberg . Amazon is now asking its delivery partners, which function the company's ubiquitous blue vans to prominently promote in job posting that they don't screen for marijuana use in a bid to handle driver shortages Additionally, the company says that THC screening can minimize potential employees by as a lot as 30 p.c. Already, a number of the adverts are popping up. Six days in the past Portland, Oregon-based, Apcore Logistics positioned an advert on the job posting web site Linkedin for delivery drivers. At the highest of the itemizing it says in daring letters, 'No THC Drug Testing.' And on Wednesday, one other Portland-based company, Lattitude Logistics, positioned an advert on Indeed with related language. At the highest, the posting says 'NO Cannabis testing!' with an addendum 'Bonuses each Paycheck!' Already adverts are popping up with outstanding language for jobseekers who would possibly in any other case assume twice earlier than making use of One Amazon companion stated marijuana had been the primary purpose drivers failed drug checks, Bloomberg reported. After it stopped on the behest of the company, and started solely screening for amphetamines and opiates, she instructed the outlet that extra drivers began passing. Others, nevertheless, say they're nervous about insurance coverage liabilities, notably in states the place marijuana use stays unlawful. So far, 19 states have legalized marijuana both for medical or leisure use. The overwhelming majority of delivery driver postings by delivery partners on websites comparable to Linkedin and Indeed say they nonetheless require employees to cross drug checks. Delivery truck drivers are among the many quickest rising occupations within the nation Other partners have stated they fear that by ending marijuana testing, it may encourage drivers to get excessive earlier than getting behind the wheel. 'If considered one of my drivers crashes and kills somebody and checks constructive for marijuana, that's my drawback, not Amazon's,' one other companion instructed Bloomberg. The push to hire extra delivery drivers comes because the business has seen giant progress lately. According to the US Department of Labor, employment of delivery truck and van drivers is projected to develop 5 p.c from 2019 to 2029, which is greater than the common employment for all occupations within the nation. The transfer comes after Amazon stated the company itself would cease screening job candidates for marijuana use, and has been lobbying federal lawmakers to cross legal guidelines legalizing the drug Additionally, about 164,100 extra openings for delivery drivers are projected every year, the company reported. Amazon's request to its partners comes on the heels of its announcement in June that the company itself wont take a look at jobseekers for marijuana. In a blogpost, the company stated it could finish testing for marijuana use, however would conduct 'impairment checks' on the job, and the company stated some roles should still require a hashish take a look at according to Department of Transportation laws. The company stated it was additionally lobbying lawmakers to cross federal marijuana legalization measures, noting that marijuana legal guidelines disproportionately affected communities of shade. 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The Moscow Exchange, Russia's largest bourse, said it was having difficulty conducting transactions in the Swiss currency as a result of new trading restrictions imposed by Switzerland last week. \"The suspension of operations is due to difficulties conducting settlements in Swiss francs faced by market participants and the financial sector in connection with the restrictive measures imposed by Switzerland on June 10,\" the Moscow Exchange said in a statement. Switzerland, which is not a member of the European Union, updated its sanctions package last Friday to match the EU's latest restrictions against businesses, banks and individuals from Russia and Belarus. The West has imposed an unprecedented package of sanctions on Russia and triggered severe financial disruption inside the country in moves to punish Moscow for sending its army into Ukraine in what the Kremlin calls a \"special military operation\". Moscow Exchange said it was looking for a possible solution and hoped to find a way to resume trading Swiss francs in the future. 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Transportation and logistics provider XPO Logistics Inc. today said it has climbed to a healthy annual profit by providing reliable freight service in a tightly congested market, as a shortage of trucks and drivers pushes shippers to expand their transportation spending budgets with no end in sight. For its 2021 fiscal year, Greenwich, Connecticut-based XPO reported total revenue of $12.8 billion, compared with $10.2 billion for 2020 . And that increased revenue led to profits, with net income from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders of $323 million for 2021, compared to a loss of $41 million for 2020. By another accounting, XPO said its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) for 2021 was $1.24 billion, compared with $847 million for 2020. The results mark a busy year for XPO, which earlier in 2021 spun off its contract logistics arm as an independent company called GXO Logistics Inc. The financial results announced today factor in that spin-off, the company said. XPO's strong annual result was helped across the finish line by a fourth quarter surge that produced its highest revenue for any quarter in the company's 10-year history. For the fourth quarter, XPO collected $3.4 billion in revenue, an increase of 14% over that quarter last year. According to XPO, the numbers were supported by the performance of the company's North American less than truckload (LTL) segment, which generated revenue of $1.0 billion for the fourth quarter 2021, compared with $916 million for the same period in 2020. That led to adjusted EBITDA of $210 million, compared with $202 million for the same period in 2020. XPO also pointed to its brokerage arm, which drew in revenue of $2.41 billion for the fourth quarter 2021, compared with $2.06 billion for the same period in 2020. That led to adjusted EBITDA of $161 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $125 million for the same period in 2020. Those profits came in a market that was rocked in 2021 by waves of pandemic infections and restrictions, as well as market conditions like rising fuel and labor costs and an acute shortage of truck drivers and new trucks. The company was able to succeed against that backdrop by ensuring that it secured \"ample pricing\" for its services by charging shippers more to move their freight in a challenging environment, XPO Senior Market Strategist Kevin Sterling said. \"At the end of the day, when congestion and chaos are driving market conditions, that's when our offering really shines,\" Sterling said. \"Our customers turn to us for solutions because we can solve complex problems for shippers.\" For decades, trucking fleets have competed for shippers' business based purely on price, he said. But in the stormy business weather of 2021, fleets now bid for loads by offering better services, such as on-time delivery and freight that is handled damage-free, Sterling said. And with forecasts saying that freight conditions are not set to loosen in 2022, XPO is forging ahead with the same strategy. The company even has its own approach to address the chronic driver shortage that fleet owners have complained about for years. Watching many commercial driving schools shutter their doors during pandemic conditions in 2020, XPO launched its own chain of driving schools. The company now operates 130 truck driver schools across the U.S. that graduated 900 students in 2021 and are on track to graduate 1,800 in 2022. With a total driver pool of some 12,000 employees today, that pipeline represents 15% of the company's workforce at a time when increasing numbers of older drivers are opting to retire. \"We think the freight environment will remain quite robust and that will continue into 2022,\" Sterling said. \"We're hoping to capitalize on that.\" XPO Logistics announces fourth quarter results for 2021. — XPO Logistics, Inc. 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The platform will develop, repower, construct, and operate wind and solar farms, as well as invest in the deployment of associated emerging technologies such as battery storage and green hydrogen. Cube Green Energy's initial focus will be the mature renewables markets in Continental Europe that are at the forefront of the energy transition. Cube Green Energy is led by former senior executives from GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS), the energy investment arm of General Electric Company, with over 70 years combined global power markets experience including more than 40 years in renewable energy. Cube Green Energy CEO, Raghuveer Kurada, has held various leadership roles at GE EFS, including successfully closing and managing over $10 billion of value-accretive investments globally as Head of Global Deal Execution. Most recently, he was responsible for raising over $6 billion in third-party equity and debt for GE projects as Head of Global Capital Advisory. The other members of the management team include Sharad Jain, Niko Meissner, and Hussain Shalchi. Sharad Jain has over 25 years and 15+ GW of global energy sector investment experience and brings deep domain knowledge in asset investment, management and financial structuring. Niko Meissner has more than 15 years of renewables development experience with GE Power, GE EFS, Vestas and, most recently, Aquila Capital having managed the development of over 6 GW of power generation capacity and will be instrumental in establishing the German operations which is one of the largest target markets. Hussain Shalchi has held various senior positions in the energy sector including acting as Managing Director and Global Counsel at GE EFS and, most recently, as Head of Strategic Joint Venture at Ørsted. \"I Squared Capital has invested over $6.5 billion in transition energy, including $4 billion in 12 renewable energy companies globally since 2014, and we are continuing that strategy with a world-class management team that brings deep experience, industry knowledge and on the ground presence to address an unmet market demand,\" said Gautam Bhandari, Managing Partner at I Squared Capital. \"Using our platform building strategy, we look to initially commit up to $500 million over the coming years to build Cube Green Energy into a leading renewables company that can help enable Europe's transition to a zero-carbon economy.\" \"Companies and governments must innovate to replace base load power with renewables to meet ambitious climate targets,\" said Raghuveer Kurada, CEO, Cube Green Energy. \"With a mandate to invest in more efficient and emerging technologies and sector expertise across the project cycle, Cube Green Energy and I Squared Capital are well placed to enable the Renewables 2.0 transition in Continental Europe and beyond.\" About I Squared Capital I Squared Capital is an independent global infrastructure investment manager with over $30 billion in assets under management focusing on energy, utilities, digital infrastructure, transport and social infrastructure in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia. 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Sources Say Neiman Marcus Will File For Bankruptcy This Week\nSource: Bruce Bennett / Getty It's not a secret that since the coronavirus crisis hit, non-essential storefronts in the fashion and beauty industry have closed down, relying on online sales to keep them afloat. But how long in this rocky economy can these companies make it, especially those that focus on luxury brands ? Well, according to Reuters , Neiman Marcus may be the first to wave the white flag and is planning to file for bankruptcy later this week. Since the pandemic hit, the Dallas-based clothing company has closed nearly all of its 43 stores and furloughed most of its roughly 14,000 employees, Reuters noted. An anonymous source told the publication that the company \"skipped out\" on paying millions of dollars of debt last week while they owe nearly $5 billion dollars overall, hence filing a chapter 11 may be their only hope. (Yes, $5 billion.) Not surprisingly, not one representative from the company or its owners from private equity firm Ares Management Corp and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) responded to any interview requests. In the meantime, folks had thoughts about this news, ranging from their disbelief that the luxury store was this much in debt to shoppers hoping the company unloads their pricey merchandise into discount stores to questions as to perhaps it's finally time to do away with these unaffordable overpriced stores that cater to the one percent. Neiman Marcus was living paycheck to paycheck? — Computer Blue (@ItsJustShad) April 19, 2020 Neiman Marcus is filing for bankruptcy….. GET READY ALL YOU TJMAXX & BURLINGTON SHOPPERS …. their merchandise is coming to a store near you lol pic.twitter.com/vgqU9CgcIQ — Outspoken_E (@OutspokenE) April 19, 2020 Neiman Marcus has about $4.8 billion in outstanding debt, much of which came from its $6 billion buyout in 2013. Perhaps the U.S. doesn't need stores that sell $400 scarves? https://t.co/bzcKbwZmD2 — Your Huckleberry (@AdrienneLaw) April 19, 2020 Me at TJ Maxx/Burlington/Ross/Marshall's after finding out Neiman Marcus is going bankrupt pic.twitter.com/noxwuwUWuw — Paola Vallado (@paola_vallado) April 19, 2020 Neiman Marcus went bankrupt before JC Penney pic.twitter.com/CDCLtm6z6n — Locs & Brews (@MadBlackPoet) April 19, 2020 Sadly, this may be just the tip of the iceberg. While Neiman Marcus is the first to reach this dire financial point, Reuters suggests that others such as Macy's and Nordstrom are working on a new finance plan and that the beloved J.C. Penney is considering a bankruptcy filing as well. None of this should come as a surprise, given that nearly 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment since the crisis hit here in the U.S. With massive layoffs and salary cuts, spending your coins on clothes, makeup and skincare seems more like a frivolous luxury when rent and other essential bills are looming over our heads. BEAUTIES: Have you been shopping online since the crisis hit? RELATED NEWS: NYC Salon Owner Doesn't Understand Why Salons Are Non Essential Oh No! Sephora Lays Off Portion Of Its Part-Time & Seasonal Employees 11-Year-Old Opens Thrift Shop For Low-Income Families [ione_media_gallery src=\"https://hellobeautiful.com\" id=\"3107662\" overlay=\"true\"]", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "JC Penney", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "JC Penney", "length": 9, "offset": 2232}, {"position_text": "J.C. 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A Philadelphia Police patrol car on fire in Center City Philadelphia during a protest against police brutality, May 30, 2020. - ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS PHILADELPHIA — As he posted a collection of images he shot during the protests that gripped Philadelphia after the police killing of George Floyd, Sammy Rivera beseeched his Instagram followers to be careful of what they shared online. \"Photos and video footage of the protests were used to pick out protesters who were then identified and tracked down via their online/social media presence,\" he wrote in the caption to his June 26 post that warned just \"how easy it could potentially be for others to be tracked down and arrested or worse.\" Five weeks later, Rivera himself was placed in handcuffs, accused in a case built in part on the photos he shared in that post. The 23-year-old Port Richmond resident was one of six men charged this week with vandalizing two Pennsylvania State Police squad cars May 30, during the first day of unrest that erupted in Center City. Each of them was identified at least in part by postings or associations on their public profiles on platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Their cases highlight the extent to which the very same social media content that has fueled demonstrations across the country and aided the prosecutions of officers charged with police brutality — including the viral video that led to charges against the cops accused in Floyd's death — has become a primary resource for law enforcement seeking to track down those responsible for looting and violence. In investigating the destruction of the State Police squad cars, investigators had little to go on at first but a cache of still photos the FBI obtained from a University of Pennsylvania student who documented much of the unrest that erupted May 30, according to search warrant and arrest affidavits obtained by The Inquirer. (A photo collection from an amateur photographer and social media cross-referencing also helped federal agents identify Lore-Elisabeth Blumenthal, a Germantown massage therapist who was federally charged June 15 with setting two Philadelphia police cars ablaze outside City Hall that same day, court filings in her case show.) The FBI used a Philly protester's Etsy profile, LinkedIn and other internet history to charge her with setting police cars ablaze. The Penn student's photos depicted a crowd surrounding the State Police vehicles, which were parked on the onramp to I-676 near Broad Street to block protesters from marching onto the highway. Demonstrators captured in the images battered the cars with scooters, a hammer, skateboards, a bike lock, crowbars and their hands and fists before breaking into the vehicles and setting one of them on fire with state-issued road flares stolen from inside, the affidavits say. Several photos showed a masked man in a black T-shirt, gray shorts and backward baseball cap repeatedly kicking the driver's side door of one of the cars. In one of the images, other protesters are seen trying to restrain the man to prevent him from causing further damage. A distinctive facial tattoo of a cross near the man's right eye and others on his wrists and forearms that allowed state police to ID him as Luke Cossman, 20, of Levittown, using PennDOT facial recognition software — a match that was later confirmed through photos of himself at the protests that he publicly posted to Facebook. Scouring Cossman's list of Facebook friends, State Police identified two others depicted in the Penn student's photo collection — Steven Anderson, 20, of Levittown, who investigators say was pictured on top of one of the battered cars and stomping its light bar with his foot, and a 17-year-old minor from Croydon who they allege was also involved in the violence that day. The photo cache and a tip from New Jersey State Police also led them to Francisco \"Franky\" Reyes, 23, of Point Breeze — identified by state police as the shirtless, heavyset man in white sneakers and glasses captured in the images climbing atop the squad car that would later be set on fire. He allegedly stomped out the front windshield while using a hammer to try to pry the light bar off the roof. Investigators confirmed his identity, in part, through a photo Reyes publicly posted to Instagram depicting him in the heat of that moment. Now, Rivera, Cossman, Anderson, and Reyes as well as a fifth man, William Besaw, 21, of Souderton, have all been charged with third-degree felony counts including criminal conspiracy, institutional vandalism and criminal mischief. They face up to seven years in prison, if convicted. Cossman's attorney, Jonathan Sobel, declined to comment on the case, saying only that his client is innocent until proven guilty. Lawyers for the others did not respond to attempts to reach them this week. Yet, despite the significant role social media played in their arrests, their public profiles show little, if any, evidence that the men are linked to the type of organized and planned violence that President Donald Trump has attributed to \"professional anarchists\" and antifa. Cossman and Anderson list their employer on their Facebook profiles as a suburban uniform rental company. The minor's profile says he works at a Bucks County tire shop, while Reyes describes himself as a student at a New Jersey university. The defendant whose social media postings come closest to fitting anything like that profile is Rivera, a photographer who sells his prints on Instagram. Yet, of the six, he is accused of the least involvement in the attack on the squad cars. His Instagram bio includes a link to a shared public document drafted by a New York activist, with links to legal resources, articles with titles like \"In Defense of Looting\" and \"There's no such thing as Pretty Protests\" and admonishments to avoid discouraging looting or violence because \"it's counterrevolutionary to use your platform this way.\" According to the court filings in Rivera's case, he was seen in the Penn student's photos and videos shared on social media that day taking photographs of his own with a Nikon camera. As the crowd attacked the squad cars, he twice lent a skateboard he was carrying with him to people who used it to smash in the vehicle's windows, his arrest affidavit says. Investigators later found photos of that skateboard on Rivera's Instagram along with images tagged with captions decrying heavy-handed police response to demonstrations, including the tear gassing of protesters who marched June 1 onto I-676. \"I've witnessed police do such awful things to so many innocent people the last few days,\" he wrote on June 2. \"Attacking innocent people and pepper spraying peaceful protesters, assaulting women … They don't care. I see it in their eyes. I watched them laugh in protesters faces.\" A woman state police identified as Rivera's mother replied in the comments to one of his posts. \"There are bad police,\" she wrote. \"But not all are bad … But just how I feel disrespected and attacked when people talk (expletive) about teachers, imagine how the good cops must feel now. 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Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will gather outside Parliament in central London, with little sign the long running row will be resolved soon. The union said at least 15,000 will attend the rally, describing it as the biggest postal workers' demonstration in living memory. CWU General Secretary Dave Ward will also join one of the many picket lines which will be mounted outside Royal Mail offices across the country. Communication Workers Union (CWU) general secretary Dave Ward will attend a picket line (James Manning/PA) Strikes are also planned on Sunday and next Wednesday and Thursday. A Royal Mail spokesperson said: \"We spent three more days at Acas this week to discuss what needs to happen for the strikes to be lifted. \"In the end, all we received was another request for more pay, without the changes needed to fund the pay offer. \"The CWU know full well that in a business losing more than £1 million a day, we need to agree changes to the way we work so that we can fund the pay offer of up to 9% we have already made. \"While the CWU refuses to accept the need for change, it's our customers and our people who suffer. Strike action has already cost our people £1,200 each. \"The money allocated to the pay deal risks being eaten away by the costs of further strike action. \"The CWU is striking at our busiest time, deliberately holding Christmas to ransom for our customers, businesses and families across the country. \"We are doing everything we can to deliver Christmas for our customers and settle this dispute. 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Which threats and threat actors does he focus on, and how does his law enforcement experience help? Dant previews his session at Information Security Media Group's Cybersecurity Summit, to be held in New York Aug. 13-14. This is not just a new role for Dant, but a new initiative by BMO, which has merged fraud, cybersecurity and physical security into a new fusion center. Dant says his past experience in law enforcement is a perfect fit within this new financial crimes unit. \"I can really take some of that time investigating those groups and understand some of their motivations and how they do what they do, and try to get in front of it using better technology, better data, better communications and collaboration across all of our different teams,\" he says. In an interview (see audio link below photo), Dant discusses: How banking institutions can work better with law enforcement on post-incident investigations. 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Photo: Sonya Duncan Supermarkets and retailers are set to join forces to slash food waste across the UK, ahead of the introduction of ambitious government targets to tackle the \"moral scandal\" of the 10.2m tonnes of food thrown away in Britain every year. Major players, including supermarket chains Tesco, Sainsbury's, and Waitrose, will commit to halving the amount of food waste they produce by 2030, in line with around 300 businesses and individuals. It comes as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says Britain wastes 10.2 million tonnes of food each year - with 1.8 million tonnes from food manufacturing, 1 million from the hospitality sector, and 260,000 from retail, with the remainder from households. Nestlé, the world's largest food and drink company, will also sign up to the ambitious target at a food waste symposium held in London later today, (Monday, May 13). The event will see environment secretary Michael Gove describe the issue as \"an environmental, economic and moral scandal,\" and pledge: \"Every year, millions of tonnes of good, nutritious food is thrown away. \"I am determined to tackle it. \"I urge businesses to join me in signing the pledge to deliver real change to stop good food going to waste.\" Philanthropist Ben Elliot, who was appointed as the government's food surplus and waste champion in 2018, is also expected to say: \"Climate change is no longer a buzzword - we must all stand up and be counted. 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The aerospace giant has secured an order for up to 121 787s from two Saudi Arabian airlines — state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines and new national player Riyadh Air — a source familiar with the matter tells Yahoo Finance. A total of 78 planes are considered firm orders, while 43 are options to purchase more, the source said. Based on the list price for the 787 of about $338 million, the deal could be worth up to an estimated $40 billion. Details could be finalized Tuesday. Boeing shares rose around 1% in pre-market trading. Shares are up 6.8% year to date, out-performing the S&P 500's 0.4% advance. Riyadh Air was formally announced a week ago by Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in an effort to compete with regional transport and other international travel hubs. Financial backing for Riyadh Air will come from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (better known as PIF), which has made a name for backing startups ranging from LIV Golf to EV maker Lucid. Riyadh Air is expected to serve more than 100 destinations worldwide by 2030. Tony Douglas — who left Etihad Airways as CEO last October — was named at Riyadh Air's first CEO. FILE - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner after its landing at Le Bourget airport, east of Paris, upon its presentation for the first time at the 49th Paris Air Show at the airport, June 21, 2011. 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The New York federal court jury found Lebanese businessman Jean Boustani not guilty in the alleged $2-billion fraud after a six-week trial, dealing a blow to United States prosecutors. Boustani works for Abu Dhabi based ship-building company Privinvest. Between 2013 and 2014, Mozambique state-owned security companies borrowed about $2 billion (1.75 billion euros) from Credit Suisse and Russia's VTB Bank to buy military and fishing vessels from Privinvest. But the government only disclosed the debt in 2016 -- a development that plunged the poor, donor-dependent country into its worst-ever financial crisis. The United States alleged that at least $200 million of the loans was spent on bribes and kickbacks to politicians and top officials. US prosecutors took on the case after the loans, which were defaulted on, were sold back to American investors. Prosecutors said the investors had been defrauded because they had not been told of the bribery scheme behind the deal. Brooklyn federal court in New York where Jean Boustani was acquitted of masterminding a debt scandal in Mozambique Monday Photo: AFP / Johannes EISELE Boustani admitted to paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to Mozambique officials for the equipment contracts. He was not on trial on bribery charges though, but for criminal conspiracy to defraud US investors. Boustani was arrested in January in the Dominican Republic and sent to the US. During his testimony, Boustani alleged that part of the money went to fund the 2014 election campaign of President Filipe Nyusi. The loans were acquired at a time when Nyusi was defense minister. He won the presidential election and was recently re-elected. When the loans were revealed in 2016, the International Monetary Fund withdrew its support. Deprived of the funds, Mozambique's currency has collapsed. 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Ventura County officials allowed residents of Somis to return home Saturday morning after firefighters contained 20% of the Maria Fire, which has burned nearly 15 square miles (39 sq. kilometers) and continues to threaten more than 2,500 homes and other buildings. The fire began Thursday during what had been expected to be the tail end of Santa Ana winds that fanned destructively across Southern California. While the cause of the fire hasn't been determined, Southern California Edison reported Friday that it had re-energized a high-voltage power line minutes before a nearby hilltop exploded into a blaze. Edison had earlier turned off the line due to heavy winds. ___ 12:01 a.m. Crews fought a pitched battle against the last remaining large wildfire in Southern California as the stubborn flames threatened nearly 2,000 homes and other buildings. The fire that erupted on a hilltop northwest of Los Angeles headed for what would be its third day Saturday and firefighters were finding it hard work as shifting winds made the front line a moving target. The Maria Fire had burned some 15 square miles (38 square kilometers) and prompted evacuation orders for nearly 11,000 people since it began Thursday evening. Eastern Ventura, Camarillo, Somis and Santa Paula were at risk, Ventura County fire officials said. On Friday, a tug of war developed between onshore and offshore winds. Winds and skin-cracking low humidity were expected to make Saturday another difficult day for firefighters. 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Private prison PACs, employees, and their families have given more than $1.9 million to candidates and parties so far, according to the Center for Responsive Politics —14 percent more than they spent in 2016. About 92 percent of those donations went to Republicans, also a record. This prodigious election spending makes a lot of sense. Private prison companies have enjoyed a cozy relationship with the Trump administration as it has increasingly relied on for-profit prisons to hold immigration detainees . Last year, the two largest prison companies, the GEO Group and CoreCivic , counted on federal dollars for more than half of their revenue, according to their annual reports . And now, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is inking long-term contracts with prison companies to detain thousands of immigrants beyond the end of Trump's presidency. In an earnings call last week, CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger suggested that prison executives and the federal officials they work with are already anticipating various election scenarios including Democratic gains in Washington, DC. \"We've had some conversations with folks in leadership and they're always obviously preparing potentially what happens in the coming days, weeks and months—with not only the pandemic but also going into 2021 and maybe some outcomes in Congress and the White House,\" Hininger told investors . \"So they're preparing. And with that, working with us to prepare.\" Part of that preparation is in response to Joe Biden's criminal justice platform , which is openly hostile to prison companies' bottom line. The Democratic presidential candidate has promised to revive an Obama-era policy of phasing out the use of private prisons to hold people convicted of federal crimes. (The policy barely took effect before it was reversed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in early 2017.) Biden's platform stops short of calling for an end to private immigration detention but says he will \"make clear that the federal government should not use private facilities for any detention, including detention of undocumented immigrants,\" as the Homeland Security Advisory Council did in late 2016. And Biden promises to create a new federal grant program that will only give money to states if they do not contract with private prisons . GEO—which has experienced three years of growth under Trump—is responsible for the bulk of prison companies' recent political spending. Its corporate PAC has been giving $20,000 in regular installments to the Trump Victory committee since April 2019. But the industry, which also includes smaller prison companies is also shelling out lots of cash to Republican lawmakers. The recipients include Sen. Corey Gardner of Colorado, where GEO and CoreCivic run networks of halfway houses and GEO is fighting a class-action lawsuit over allegations that it forced immigration detainees to work for little or no pay; Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky; and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, the chair of the appropriations committee homeland security subcommittee. One of the few Democrats is, again, Rep. Henry Cuellar , a conservative Texas Democrat and vocal defender of private prisons whose district includes both GEO and CoreCivic lockups. It's not just the prison executives who are focused on the consequences of the 2020 election. So are ICE and the US Marshals Service, Hininger said on the earnings call . According to Hininger, federal officials have been signing new detention center contracts even as the number of immigrants they detain has dropped precipitously during the pandemic. Over the last two weeks, he said, ICE has finalized 10-year contracts with CoreCivic's 512-person T. Don Hutto Residential Center and GEO's 1,840-bed South Texas Detention Complex. He added that CoreCivic expected to receive another 10-year contract with for its 1,000-bed Houston Processing Center in \"a day or two.\" \"ICE really wants to maintain the capacity they've got nationally for their detention system,\" he said. Elected officials and local advocates have been fighting the contracts for these two Texas detention centers for months. In January, two months after ICE began soliciting bids for immigration detention beds in the state, Rep. Joaquin Castro and nine other Democratic representatives from Texas sent a letter to officials at the Department of Homeland Security and Office of Acquisition Management raising alarms about the prospect of 10-year deals being handed to CoreCivic and GEO without a competitive bidding process. \"All three facilities ICE is targeting with this solicitation are notorious for a wide range of mistreatment, including various sexual assault cases and the deaths of individuals in custody,\" they wrote. \"If ICE is able to secure these contracts in Texas, it will mean extending the harm of this administration far beyond Trump's term in office,\" Bethany Carson, an organizer at the anti-private prison advocacy group Grassroots Leadership , said at the time . ICE pulled a similar move late last year in California, locking in long-term deals for private immigrant detention centers days before the state enacted a ban on private prisons and detention centers . 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Torstar Corp. reported a profit in its fourth-quarter, boosted by one-time gains related to its pension plans and the sale of two real estate properties in Ontario. The publisher of the Toronto Star and other newspapers says its profit attributable to shareholders amounted to $14.1 million or 17 cents per share for the quarter ended Dec. 31. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Eduardo Lima Torstar Corp. reported a profit in its fourth-quarter, boosted by one-time gains related to its pension plans and the sale of two real estate properties in Ontario, even as print revenue continued to decline. The publisher of the Toronto Star and other newspapers said Wednesday that its profit attributable to shareholders amounted to $14.1 million or 17 cents per share for the quarter ended Dec. 31. That compared with a loss attributable to shareholders of nearly $3.1 million or four cents per share in the fourth quarter a year earlier. Results in the quarter were boosted by one-time gains including $24.6 million related to the transfer of pension assets and liabilities to the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan as well as a gain of $3.5 million related to the sale of two real estate properties in Ontario. Adjusted earnings per share amounted to 11 cents in the fourth quarter of 2019 compared with an adjusted profit per share of 15 cents in the fourth quarter of 2018. The company says it had an operating loss of $13.1 million in the quarter on operating revenue of $124 million, compared with an operating profit of $9.8 million on $144.9 million a year earlier. Torstar says it's making progress on its business transformation, including increased digital subscriptions. The company reports it now has 28,000 digital-only subscribers, up from 10,000 a year earlier, after introducing the paid digital subscriptions in the third quarter of 2018. Overall, the company says subscription revenue has somewhat stabilized. \"We have now experienced stable subscriber revenue for the fifth consecutive quarter, underpinned by our investment in data and our ongoing commitment to journalism,\" said Torstar Corp. CEO John Boynton on a conference call. Advertising revenue, however, continues to be under pressure. Print advertising revenues were down 24 per cent from a year earlier and flyer distribution revenue down 16 per cent, which contributed to the company shutting down several free dailies, said Neil Oliver, president of daily news brands. \"As a result of these continued pressures on print advertising revenues, at the end of December, we ceased publication of the printed additions of the Star Metro free daily newspapers, in order to both reduce cost and transition to a digital-only new service outside of Ontario.\" For 2019 as a whole, print advertising was down 21 per cent to $155.1 million, digital advertising down eight per cent to $60.3 million, and flyer distribution down 11.5 per cent, while subscriber revenue inched up one per cent to $119.7 million. 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On the basis of a \"strong demand environment\" and a \"solid transaction pipeline,\" India's second-largest software services firm saw its net profit jump to Rs 5,686 crore in January-March and forecasted a 13-15 percent revenue rise in the fiscal year that began on April 1, 2022. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, Infosys hired 85,000 freshers internationally and in India, and it plans to hire over 50,000 freshers in FY23. Parekh categorically added: \"We have no work with any Russian client today. And we have no plans for any work with any Russian client going ahead.\" Its operations in Russia had come under the scanner following UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak's call to companies to boycott the country after President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine. Sunak is married to Akshata Murty, daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy. \"We work with no Russian clients, and the work we do is with a small number of global clients in Russia, for which as I just mentioned, we have started the transition. So at this stage, we have no impact within our business given what is going on from an Infosys perspective,\" Parekh said. The Bengaluru-headquartered company posted net profit (after minority interest) of Rs 5,686 crore in the just-ended quarter against Rs 5,076 crore in Q4 FY21. However, the firm's 12-month attrition soared to 27.7 per cent in the March quarter, as an industry-wide war for talent and dynamic demand environment kept the sector's attrition levels high. Infosys asserted it is not engaged in any business with Russian clients currently, nor has any such plans going ahead. \"The work we do is for a few of our global clients that have operations in Russia. We have less than 100 employees in Russia. Working with our clients, we are in the process… we've initiated, how we can transition some of that work, all of that work outside of Russia,\" Infosys CEO Salil Parekh told reporters during the Q4 earnings briefing. While the Q4 results scorecard reflects a 12 per cent year-on-year growth in net profit, the numbers are 2 per cent lower than the December quarter. On why the Q4 numbers have trailed the street's expectations, Parekh said while there has been a strong volume growth in the quarter, there was an issue with a client related to a contract situation. For full year FY22, Infosys' net profit was up 14.3 per cent to Rs 22,110 crore, as revenue rose by 21 per cent to Rs 1,21,641 crore compared to the previous fiscal. The company said growth during the fiscal was broad-based, spread across business segments, service lines, and geographies. Infosys board has proposed a final dividend of Rs 16 per share, taking the total dividend for FY22 to Rs 31 per share, an increase of 14.8 per cent over the prior year. With this, the company has announced total dividend of about Rs 13,000 crore for FY22. In dollar terms, the Q4 net profit stood at USD 752 million, nearly 8 per cent higher year-on-year, while the revenue came in at USD 4,280 million, 18.5 per cent more than the year-ago period. \"We see a very good momentum into our business as we look ahead,\" Parekh affirmed. Infosys' revenue grew 22.7 per cent to Rs 32,276 crore in Q4 FY22. \"Our sustained momentum in FY22, large deal wins, robust deal pipeline and client confidence in our capabilities gives us comfort to provide a guidance of 13 to 15 per cent for growth in fiscal 2023,\" Parekh said. At the start of FY22, Infosys had projected that full year revenue will grow 12-14 per cent in constant currency terms. During the year, however, the company upped its outlook a few notches and in January this year, the revenue growth guidance for FY22 was raised to 19.5 – 20 per cent. \"What we've had in terms of large deals, and what we are seeing in our pipeline going ahead, gives us confidence about the guidance we start the year with, at 13 to 15 per cent. As the year progresses, we'll see what the various forces are that will play into all of this,\" Infosys' top boss said. For the full year, net profit at USD 2.9 billion was 13.4 per cent higher than the previous fiscal. The revenue grew 20.3 per cent to USD 16.3 billion. \"Infosys delivered USD 16.3 billion in revenues with the highest annual growth in the last decade of 19.7 per cent in constant currency with a robust operating margin of 23 per cent. Growth was broad-based, supported by continued momentum in large deal wins with TCV (total contract value) of USD 9.5 billion,\" the company said in a statement. According to Infosys, the TCV of large deal wins was USD 2.3 billion in Q4. To a question on the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the company's business, Parekh said, \"Given what is going on in the region, we have started to transition all of our work from our centre in Russia, to our centres outside Russia.\" The declined to comment on the controversy surrounding Akshata Murty's stake and whether the company is facing client queries on that, saying: \"With respect to discussions in the UK, we have no comments to make on any individual shareholders.\" In a regulatory filing, Infosys said the board on Wednesday, based on the recommendations of the nomination and remuneration committee, approved annual performance-based grant of restricted stock units (RSUs) amounting to Rs 13 crore for FY23 under the 2015 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan to Salil Parekh, CEO and MD. \"This is pursuant to the approval from the shareholders through postal ballot concluded on February 20, 2018 and as per the shareholders' approval in the Annual General meeting held on June 22, 2019. These RSUs will vest in line with the current employment agreement,\" it said. The RSUs will be granted with effect from May 2, 2022 and the number of RSUs will be calculated based on the market price at the close of trading on May 2, 2022. Infosys shares closed 0.41 per cent higher at Rs 1,748 apiece on BSE on Wednesday. The results were declared after market hours. Check the latest news about business news section for best information. 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The growth of the market can be attributed to the consistent increase in the number of new cryptocurrency users and the subsequent need for crypto ATMs to convert cryptocurrency into fiat money. According to the statistics provided by TripleA, a cryptocurrency payment company, there were about 300 million crypto owners worldwide as of 2021. Key Insights & Findings from the report: The one way segment dominated the market in 2021. The increase in demand for one way crypto ATMs among the customers due to its seamless transaction offerings accentuated the segment growth in 2021 The hardware segment dominated the market in 2021. Crypto ATM hardware providers are focusing on strategic partnerships and mergers & acquisitions to improve their product offerings The bitcoin segment dominated the market in 2021. The legalization of bitcoin across various countries worldwide propelled the growth of the segment in 2021 The restaurants and other hospitality spaces segment dominated the market in 2021. Several hotels worldwide are deploying crypto ATMs as part of the efforts to meet the changing needs of customers The increasing use of digital currencies in Asia Pacific countries, such as Australia , Thailand , and Taiwan is expected to drive the growth of the Asia Pacific regional market Crypto ATMs offer several benefits to cryptocurrency users. They provide cryptocurrency users with easier trading options. Also, users are not required to set up an account or deal with long public keys. Rather, crypto ATMs automatically generate the receipt for transactions and these receipts contain both private keys and public keys in the form of QR codes. Several retailers are trying to provide crypto ATM services to their customers as part of the efforts to digitalize their offerings while enhancing customer experiences. For instance, in October 2021 , Walmart announced a partnership with coin cashing machine company Coinstar and crypto-cash exchange provider Coinme. The partnership envisages Walmart installing 200 bitcoin ATMs in its store across the U.S. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to play a decisive role in driving the growth of the market. Lower access fees and ease of access encouraged people to increasingly invest in cryptocurrencies during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the U.S. Consumer Crypto Survey, 48% of Americans bought cryptocurrencies in H1/ 2021. Market Segmentation: Grand View Research has segmented the global crypto ATM market based on type, offering, coin type, application, and region: Crypto ATM Type Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 – 2028) One Way Two Way Crypto ATM Offering Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 – 2028) Hardware Software Crypto ATM Coin Type Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 – 2028) Bitcoin Dogecoin Ethereum Litecoin Others Crypto ATM Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 – 2028) Commercial Spaces Restaurants & Other Hospitality Spaces Transportation Hubs Standalone Units Others Crypto ATM Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2017 – 2028) North America U.S. Canada Europe Germany U.K. Asia Pacific Australia Thailand Taiwan Latin America Brazil Middle East & Africa List of Key Players of the Crypto ATM Market GENERAL BYTES s.r.o. Genesis Coin Inc. Lamassu Industries AG Covault Bitaccess Inc. 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Discovery Global Consumer Products have announced the expansion of their high-quality collectibles assortment based on Warner Bros. Discovery's library, including Wizarding World, DC, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films, Game of Thrones and more. The collectibles company will offer fans all-new Wizarding World prop replica wands, unique Wizarding World collector plush based on the iconic Patronus charm, exciting new DC collectibles and more. Additionally, The Noble Collection will also bring back items, including reimagined Harry Potter prop replica glasses, and several other highly requested fan and collector products. \"The Noble Collection's partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products has allowed fans of all ages to celebrate their fandoms and engage with timeless brands through our finely crafted collectibles,\" said Julian Montoya, Senior Vice President of The Noble Collection. \"The continuation of our partnership will not only expand upon classic fan-favorite offerings, but also inspire enthusiasts with a new, highly-anticipated assortment of products across some of the world's most iconic and beloved properties.\" For over 15 years, The Noble Collection and Warner. Bros Discovery Global Consumer Products have worked in tandem to provide fans with highly detailed collectibles honoring film and book moments. Since becoming the brand's first officially licensed partner for Wizarding World replica wands in 2008, The Noble Collection has established itself as a premier developer and manufacturer of Wizarding World wands globally. In addition to prop replica wands, The Noble Collection continues to collaborate with Warner Bros. 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The casino operator said properties began reopening in late May and early June and are now fully reopened. \"Our Covid-19 operating plans for reopened properties are designed to ensure a safe and exciting environment for our Guests. We remain optimistic regarding an eventual recovery of travel and tourism in the U.S. and especially Las Vegas,\" said Chief Executive Tom Reeg. The company swung to a loss of $100 million, or $1.25 a share, compared with a profit of $18.9 million, or 24 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue fell 80% from a year ago to $126.5 million. 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Researchers from Jamf Threat Labs stumbled upon an instance of XMRig - a popular cryptocurrency miner that's often used in cryptojacking attacks, disguised as Apple's Final Cut Pro offering. Cryptojacking is essentially device hijacking, where a threat actor installs a miner and sends all of the generated tokens to an address they own. It's called hijacking because when a miner is running, it usually takes up all of the device's computing power, rendering it useless for pretty much anything else. Hiding from antiviruses Deeper analysis by Jamf determined that it was a pirated version of Final Cut Pro, modified to run XMRig in the background.While XMRig is usually picked up by antivirus programs, this variant somehow remained under the radar. At the time of their report, the researchers said, VirusTotal was still not recognizing the pirated Final Cut Pro version as malicious.The program was being distributed through Pirate Bay, the researchers added, as Pirate Bay is one of the world's most popular torrent sites, and the user that uploaded it is a \"well-known uploader\". Read more> This new Linux malware floods machines with cryptominers and DDoS bots > Windows and Linux servers turned into crypto miners > Check out the best firewalls right now Commenting on the discovery, Apple told 9To5Mac: \"We continue to update XProtect to block this malware, including the specific variants cited in JAMF's research. Additionally, this malware family does not bypass Gatekeeper protections. The Mac App Store provides the safest place to get software for the Mac. For software downloaded outside the Mac App Store, Apple uses industry-leading technical mechanisms, such as the Apple notary service and XProtect, to protect users by detecting malware and blocking it so it can't run.\"As usual, the best way to protect against these threats is to only download legal software, from legitimate sources. Torrents, cracks and keygens, and other illegal software found online are filled with viruses and malware. To keep the endpoints protected, one can also install an antivirus program, a firewall, and set up multi-factor authentication whenever possible. 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In November, Walmart (ticker: WMT ) said it had agreed to a $ 3.1 billion nationwide settlement to resolve the suits filed against the retailer by multiple local and state governments. Walmart has now reached agreements with all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and three other U.S. territories. The settlement will take effect if a sufficient number of cities and counties also join, the company said. The agreements \"are intended to resolve substantially all opioids-related lawsuits brought by state and local governments against Walmart,\" the company said in a press release. Many of these suits hinged on Walmart's role in distributing opioids at the height of the addiction epidemic. One suit, filed by the Department of Justice , claimed that Walmart's pharmacies \"unlawfully\" distributed opioids at the height of the addiction epidemic. The Justice Department lawsuit further argued that Walmart's pharmacies didn't appropriately report \"suspicious\" opioid orders. When it announced the settlement agreement, Walmart said the company \"strongly disputes\" the allegations and that the settlement didn't include any admission of liability. Shares of Walmart were up 1%, to $144.11 on Tuesday. 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Mr. Lamb, sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona, told The Epoch Times that he had been informed of the lucrative hand-out through his close sources working at the United States border. \"I was absolutely in shock when these agents came forward,\" said Mr. Lamb. \"I had known we handed out free cell phones and plane tickets, but to give out $5,000 Visa gift cards to people who break our laws and come into our country illegally when the average American is struggling to pay their bills is just tough to swallow.\" \"People need to know the truth and let their representative lawmakers hear about it. This needs to end,\" added Mr. Lamb. Mr. Lamb, who in April became the first Republican to announce his candidacy to challenge Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) for the United States Senate, says that the high-end gift cards, in addition to the plane tickets and cell phones, are paid through American tax dollars funneled from government agencies. \"We know they've been giving illegal immigrants money for a long time,\" said Mr. Lamb, who worked in the position of sheriff of Pinal County for seven years. \"The government can make the claim that they aren't directly paying for it, because each dollar first goes from the government to a non-government institution like a charity before it is used to pay for the illegals.\" \"They are just moving the money around, but it all comes from the same place,\" he added. The Epoch Times reached out to a representative from Customs and Border Protection (CBP), who was not immediately available for comment. Surge in Crossings In recent years the nation has seen a large surge in illegal border crossings. In October, CBP reported the highest number of illegal immigrant encounters for any October on record, with 240,988 encounters at the southern border. The agency also reported that 13 of the arrests it made during the month were of people on the FBI terror watchlist (12 from the southern border and one from the northern border). It is expected that the fiscal year total for 2023 will exceed 2.4 million, surpassing 2022's record of 2.3 million, once the figures are finalized. In Arizona, a record high of 17,500 illegal immigrants were arrested for unlawfully entering the southeast region of the state from Mexico between Nov. 24 and Nov. 30—up from approximately 15,650 the previous week. On Monday, the number of illegal immigrants crossing the border into Arizona had grown so large that the federal government shut down a port of entry in Lukeville, Arizona to pull those federal customs officers to manage the crisis. \"As you are aware, Tucson Sector is experiencing an unprecedented surge of illegal entries in our [area of responsibility],\" Tucson, Arizona, leadership wrote in an email to agents this afternoon, according to the Washington Examiner on Nov. 27. \"This morning we had more than 5,000 people in custody—far more than our holding capacity.\" As the chaos at the border continues to spiral into an unmanageable crisis, the government needs to prioritize the growing number of struggling American families, according to Mr. Lamb. \"We got Christmas coming up,\" said Mr. Lamb. \"Families are finding it difficult to keep lights on and find a way to buy their kids a few presents for under the tree, and now the American taxpayer has to watch as their hard-earned money is being taken from them and handed to people who have broken the law?\" \"It is infuriating. I know a lot of hard-working Americans who could use that money,\" he added. Mr. Lamb says in his role as sheriff—where he is tasked with enforcing existing law—his hands are tied. However, securing the border has become one of the main platforms, and reasons, for his current run for Senate. The race to represent the GOP in the upcoming Senate race continues to be tight. Currently, Mr. Lamb is polling second in the GOP primary behind former television anchor and gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, according to a Noble Predictive Insights poll conducted between Oct. 25 and Oct. 31. 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In this case we do know more than usual due to the details in the complaint filed by the FBI . I want to be very clear that this post isn't to blame anyone and we have only the most basic information on what happened. The only person worthy of blame here is the attacker. As many people know Capital One makes heavy us of Amazon Web Services. We know AWS was involved in the attack since the federal complaint specifically mentions S3. But this wasn't a public S3 bucket. Again, all from the filed complaint: The attacker discovered a server (likely an instance since it had an IAM role) with a misconfigured firewall. It would also likely have to have a software vulnerability or be related to a credential exposure. The attacker compromised the server and pulled out the IAM role credentials. These are ephemeral credentials that allow AWS API calls. Role credentials are rotated automatically by AWS and are much more secure than using static credentials. However, if you have persistent access you can obviously update your access as needed. Those credentials (an IAM role with \"WAF\" in the title) allowed listing S3 buckets and read access to at least some of those buckets. This is how the attacker exfiltrated the files. Some buckets (maybe even all) may have been encrypted, and a lot of the data within those files (which included credit card applications) was encrypted or tokenized. Still, the impact was pretty bad. The attacker exfiltrated the data and then discussed it in Slack and on social media. Someone in contact with the attacker saw that information, which including some attack details in GitHub. This person reported it to Capital One through their reporting program. Capital One immediate involved the FBI and very quickly closed the misconfigurations. They also started their own investigation. They were able to determine exactly what happened very quickly, likely through CloudTrail logs. Those contained the commands issued by that IAM role from that server (really easy to filter those). They could then trace back the associated IP addresses. There are a lot of other details on how they found the attacker in the complaint, and it looks like Capital One did quite a bit of the investigation themselves. So a misconfigured firewall (security group?) > compromised instance > IAM role credential extraction > bucket enumeration > data exfiltrated. Followed by a rapid response and public notification. As a side note it appears the attacker may have been a former AWS employee but nothing indicates that was a factor in the breach. Some will say this was a failure of the cloud, but we have seen breaches like this since long before the cloud. If anything the containment and investigation was likely far faster than possible with traditional infrastructure. For example, Capital One didn't need to worry about the attacker turning off local logging since CloudTrail would capture everything that touched the AWS APIs. Normally we hear about these incidents months or years later, but in this case we went from breach to arrest and disclosure in right around two weeks. I hope that someday Capital One will be able to talk about the details publicly so the rest of us can learn. No matter how good you are mistakes will happen. The hardest problem in security is solving the simple problems at scale. Because simple doesn't scale, and what we do is really damn hard to get right all the time. – Rich (0) Comments Subscribe to our daily email digest The post What We Know About the Capital One Data Breach appeared first on Security Boulevard . Advertise on IT Security News. 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It was filled with anti-immigrant...\nThe 21-year-old shooter who killed at least 20 people and injured 26 others in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart on Saturday is believed to have authored a racist, anti-immigrant document that laid out a dark vision of America overrun by Hispanic immigrants.With the hate-filled writing, which authorities called a 'manifesto,' were the words: \"I'm probably going to die today.\"Sources identified the suspect as Patrick Crusius, of Allen, Texas. He has been charged with capital murder and is being held without bond, El Paso Police Sgt. Robert Gomez said Sunday evening.The four-page document, titled \"The Inconvenient Truth,\" was published on the online message board 8chan about 20 minutes before the shooting. The writing is filled with white supremacist language and racist hatred aimed at immigrants and Latinos, and the author says he opposes \"race mixing\" and encourages immigrants to return to their home countries.Some of the language of the manifesto reflects ideas from President Trump, Fox News and the modern Republican party. For example, the document warns of a \" Hispanic invasion \" and says Democrats are using \" open borders \" and \" free healthcare for illegals \" to attract new voters.The writer cites a fear that an influential Hispanic population in Texas would make the state a \"Democratic stronghold.\" But he says \"the Republican Party is also terrible\" because the GOP is, in his mind, pro-corporation, which could lead to more immigration.The author says he's held these beliefs for years, before Donald Trump became President.Federal authorities are treating case as domestic terrorismThe Department of Justice is treating the El Paso mass shooting as a case of domestic terrorism and is \"seriously considering\" bringing federal hate crime and federal firearm charges which carry a possible death penalty, US Attorney John Bash said Sunday.The shooting appears to meet the statutory definition of domestic terrorism, Bash said, as it \"appears to be designed to intimidate a civilian population, to say the least.\"\"We're going to do what we do to terrorists in this country, which is to deliver swift and certain justice,\" he said.Members of the FBI's Domestic Terrorism-Hate Crimes Fusion Cell are also investigating the shooting, FBI Special Agent Jeanette Harper said.Harper says the agency executed three search warrants in the Dallas area Sunday morning and forensics processing and review of evidence collected at those scenes have begun.Among the 20 victims , at least seven were Mexican nationals.Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard said Sunday the attack was considered a \"terrorist act against (the) Mexican community in the US.\"\"We are outraged,\" he said. \"We do not support the culture of hate.\"What his online profile looked likeA Twitter account linked to the suspect shared and retweeted President Trump's tweets, posted about the border wall and liked memes disparaging Sen. Bernie Sanders and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The account has seen little activity in the past two years.On February 13, 2017, the Twitter account liked a post from an anonymous account showing Trump's name spelled out with guns. Just a couple days before, the account posted a tweet saying, \"#BuildTheWall is the best way @POTUS has worked to secure our country so far!\"A Facebook account connected to Crusius had no posts and only had three public friends.A LinkedIn profile under the name Patrick Crusius said he was a student at Plano High School.\"I'm not really motivated to do anything more than what's necessary to get by. Working in general sucks, but i guess a career in Software Development suits me well. I spend about 8 hours every day on the computer so that counts towards technology experience I guess,\" the profile said.He also wrote that he worked as a bagger at a grocery store for five months until he lost his mode of transportation.Under \"activities\" he wrote, \"I don't really participate in extracurricular activities b/c of a lack of freedom.\"Suspect's grandparents are 'devastated'In a statement delivered by a family spokesperson, the suspect's grandparents said they were \"devastated\" by the El Paso incident and \"pray for the victims of this tragedy.\"Crusius lived with his grandparents in a house in Allen while he attended junior college at Collin College and moved out six weeks ago, his grandparents said in the statement.He spent a few nights back at the home while his grandparents were out of town, they said.\"His drivers license and mailing address were at our house in Allen -- that connection has made us the focus of the media,\" the statement read. \"We are talking only to law enforcement agencies and will not be making further statements to the media.\"\"We request the media to honor our privacy.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Collin College", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Collin College", "length": 14, "offset": 4396}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Department of Justice", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Department of Justice", "length": 21, "offset": 1708}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Walmart", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Walmart", "length": 7, "offset": 197}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Plano High School", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Plano High School", "length": 17, "offset": 3559}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "LinkedIn", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "LinkedIn", "length": 8, "offset": 3486}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Allen", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Allen", "length": 5, "offset": 524}, {"position_text": "Allen", "length": 5, "offset": 4354}, {"position_text": "Allen", "length": 5, "offset": 4631}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 793, "text": "Bank of America set to appoint Vikram Sahu as new country head for India\nMUMBAI (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp is set to appoint Vikram Sahu as the new country executive for its India business, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters. Sahu, who is currently head of global equity research based out of New York, will replace Kaku Nakhate as the India country executive. Sahu will move to India in the second quarter to assume leadership of the India franchise, the memo said. Nakhate has headed the bank's India operations for 15 years. She will retain the position of chief executive officer of the India regulated entity till the Reserve Bank of India approves Sahu's appointment. A spokesperson for Bank of America in India declined to comment. 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(NYSE: AVTR) (\"Avantor\" or the \"Company\"), a leading global provider of mission critical products and services to customers in the life sciences and advanced technologies & applied materials industries, today announced that Fitch Ratings upgraded its long-term issuer default rating (IDR) to 'BB-'/Stable Outlook. \"We appreciate Fitch's recognition of Avantor's strong financial and operational performance and resulting upgrade. Our first quarter results reflect the resiliency of our business model,\" said Thomas Szlosek, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Avantor. \"We remain focused on driving our performance and are well positioned for growth.\" About Avantor Avantor® is a leading global provider of mission critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education & government, and advanced technologies & applied materials industries. We operate in more than 30 countries and deliver an extensive portfolio of products and services. We set science in motion to create a better world. For more information, visit www.avantorsciences.com. Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements This press release contains, and oral statements made from time to time by Avantor's representatives may contain, \"forward-looking statements.\" Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the proposed public offerings and other statements identified by words such as \"could,\" \"may,\" \"might,\" \"will,\" \"likely,\" \"anticipates,\" \"intends,\" \"plans,\" \"seeks,\" \"believes,\" \"estimates,\" \"expects,\" \"continues,\" \"projects\" and similar references to future periods, or by the inclusion of forecasts or projections. Forward-looking statements are based on Avantor's current expectations and assumptions regarding capital market conditions Avantor's business, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, by their nature, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. As a result, Avantor's actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the scale and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic, regional, national or global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory conditions, Avantor's ability to anticipate consumer demand; changes in consumer confidence and spending; Avantor's competitive environment and other factors set forth under \"Risk Factors\" in Avantor's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. Any forward-looking statement made in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Avantor undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. Global Media Contact Allison Hosak Senior Vice President, Global Communications Avantor Allison.Hosak@avantorsciences.com Investor Relations Contact Tommy J. 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How to see your bank balance in the Wallet app on iPhone Open the Wallet app on an iPhone running iOS 17.1 and add a bank card to the app Should the card be issued from a supporting bank, tap the card on-screen and select Get Started Tap Continue to connect your account to Wallet, view the permissions prompt and select Continue a second time When automatically redirected to your banks app, grand Wallet permission to access your account details Once the permissions have been accepted, you will be automatically taken back to the Wallet app where your balance will be shown when tapping the card on-screen. To view transactions, debits, deposits and balances, users need to simply select the card on-screen where information will appear. As the feature uses the Open Banking API, the Wallet app will display a history of transactions, including those dating back up to two years. 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Wolfspeed Wolfspeed, a semiconductor chipmaker headquartered in Durham, informed investors Wednesday it expects to begin producing silicon carbide wafers at its new Siler City factory during the first half of next year. To meet its timeline, the manufacturer will begin workforce training in the western Chatham County town as early as next month. Nicknamed the \"JP\" after the company's late cofounder John Palmour, the incoming $5 billion facility promises to create 1,800 jobs by the end of the decade. For now, Wolfspeed is coordinating with Central Carolina Community College to implement a curriculum. The first employee training class is anticipated to begin in March with additional classes to be held over the summer, said Erin Blakeley, a project manager at Central Carolina. While the community college's main campus is in Sanford, the course will be taught at Central Carolina's center in Siler City, down the road from the plant. \"It was important for them to have a training facility within Siler City to show their investment in that community,\" Blakeley said. \"So that's what we're working on is building out a dedicated lab for Wolfspeed.\" The company and college aren't designing the curriculum from scratch, Blakeley explained, as Wolfspeed has previously partnered with Durham Technical Community College to train workers for its Durham facilities. As of 2023, the company employed around 2,500 workers in the Triangle area. At the Siler City \"JP\", Wolfspeed will manufacture blank circular wafers made from the silicon carbide crystals the company grows. Wolfspeed then either sell these wafers to other producers or converts them into functioning chips itself at a fabrication facility in New York State. Wolfspeed says the JP will be capable of making 10 times more wafers than its Durham facility. Once completed, semiconductor chips are used to power electric vehicles, defense equipment and energy storage systems, among other applications. In October, Wolfspeed CEO Gregg Lowe said the company had already hired more than 100 people to work at the Siler City factory. \"Hiring continues, and it's an active process,\" Wolfspeed spokesperson Tyler Gronbach told The News & Observer on Thursday. When his company released earnings this week, Lowe gave a facilities update, noting Wolfspeed will \"begin installing crystal growers in early February\" and anticipated testing furnaces in the latter half of this year. Lowe added the chipmaker is using its Durham wafer production facility, called Building 10, as a template for the new factory. \"All of that experience is going to be applied to the JP, which we purposely kept less than an hour's drive from our (Durham) campus,\" he said. \"And the reason we did that is we wanted the same people who ramped Building 10 to ramp the JP. And so now you're talking about a purpose-built facility.\" Stock price continues to slip Wolfspeed stock fell more than 13% Thursday as investors reacted negatively to the company's lower revenue outlook. Though the chipmaker beat earnings estimates last quarter, Gronbach said weaker prospects in Asia is suppressing the share price. \"What you're seeing is a reflection of kind of a broader issue that's impacting (semiconductors), which is softening in industrial and energy sectors in places like China and Asia,\" he said. At close on Thursday, Wolfspeed stock was selling around $28 a share. 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The stock was up 21% at 13.62 euros ($15.31) at 1407 GMT, set for its best day since the German firm's listing in 1991. They were the best-performing shares in Europe. Thyssenkrupp is considering a carve-out or listing of its elevators business after abandoning plans to split itself up with a cross-shareholding structure and pulling the plug on a joint venture with Tata Steel. The shares rose as investors scrambled to cover large bearish bets, analysts and traders said. On Thursday, the level of short interest was 38.3 million shares, the largest amount in more than four years, according to data from FIS Astec Analytics. Around 6.1& of Thyssenkrupp's outstanding shares wee out on loan. On the day the joint venture with Tata Steel was announced in Sept 2017, Thyssenkrupp shares were trading at 26.2 euros - nearly twice their current level. That means even after today's jump, short sellers would still have made a 50 percent gain on their investment, if they went short on that day. Conglomerates, viewed by some investors as inefficient and hard to value, are often saddled with a discounted valuation by investors. Specialized businesses can attract higher values when they do not have to compete on a combined balance sheet with other group businesses offering lower returns. In similar moves to Thyssenkrupp, General Electric spun off its healthcare business and Siemens plans to separate its gas turbines business. If Thyssenkrupp lists its elevators business at similar valuations to those Kone and Schindler trade on currently, it could deliver an enterprise value of 14 billion euros, Jefferies analyst Alan Spence said. \"There's significant value within the elevators business which the conglomerate discount placed on Thyssenkrupp has historically masked,\" he wrote. The sharp share price reaction on Friday, such as the one seen recently when a new investor joined SAP, may also suggest investors are giving Europe Inc renewed attention after years of worries about slowing economic and earnings growth. 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On May 23, 2021, a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in Minsk, with Belarusian authorities arresting dissident journalist, Roman Protasevich, and his partner, Sofia Sapega, who were on board. Belarussian authorities claimed that Hamas had threatened to blow up the plane, a claim denied by the terror group. \"The ICAO Council concluded its discussions yesterday on the May 2021 incident in Belarus airspace involving Ryanair Flight FR4978, condemning the actions of the Government of Belarus in committing an act of unlawful interference,\" the International Civil Aviation Organization said in a statement. The investigation was extended in early January to establish certain \"missing facts\" and examine new information. The Montreal-based ICAO studied audio recordings of the Minsk air traffic controller who was monitoring the affected flight. By signing up, you agree to the terms The agency said that the bomb threat used as excuse to divert the aircraft was \"deliberately false and endangered its safety.\" \"The threat was communicated to the flight crew upon the instructions of senior government officials of Belarus,\" it added. In this March 26, 2017 file photo, Belarus police detain journalist Raman Pratasevich, center, in Minsk, Belarus. Raman Pratasevich, a founder of a messaging app channel that has been a key information conduit for opponents of Belarus' authoritarian president, has been arrested after an airliner in which he was riding was diverted to Belarus because of a bomb threat. . (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File) Ryanair said Belarusian flight controllers told the pilots there was a bomb threat against the jetliner and ordered it to land in Minsk. 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See Also: Industry Cyber-Exposure Report: Deutsche Börse Prime Standard 320 Middleton also encourages companies to hire those who have made whistleblower revelations at previous employers. \"If companies have a policy of actively looking for whistleblowers, corruption will come down tremendously,\" he says. In this video interview with Information Security Media Group, Middleton also discusses: Middleton is an international tax lawyer based in West Palm Beach, Florida, with a practice focused on whistleblower advocacy. 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Today, creating a sustainable competitive advantage has become imaginary and we are pushed to create more transient strategies – meaning that companies need to keep rediscovering their strategies every now and then. In today's digital world, AI has moved from being a futuristic concept to a core driver of business transformation. While many companies have already begun using AI to improve operational efficiency and enhance customer experience, the real game-changer lies in reimagining growth strategies with AI at the heart. By leveraging AI, companies can explore alternate sources of revenue, tap into data monetization opportunities, and unlock new growth potential in ways that were once unimaginable. AI is not just a tool for optimization; it's an enabler for growth and innovation. Companies across industries—from retail and finance to manufacturing and healthcare—are discovering how AI can fuel new business models, create new revenue streams, and lead to sustainable, long-term growth. Creating Alternate Sources of Revenue In the traditional business landscape, growth was primarily driven by expanding product lines, entering new markets, or acquiring new customers. While these strategies are still relevant, AI opens up opportunities for businesses to diversify their revenue streams in ways that go beyond conventional approaches. One way companies are using AI to create alternate sources of revenue is through AI-powered platforms . These platforms allow businesses to move beyond the confines of their core products or services, enabling them to offer new, digitally-driven services. A prime example of this is Tesla , which, while primarily known for its electric vehicles, has leveraged AI to enter the insurance market. Using real-time driving data from its vehicles, Tesla provides personalized insurance offerings based on individual driving habits, effectively turning vehicle data into a new revenue stream. Similarly, Amazon transformed itself from a retailer to a technology company with the launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS) . By building cloud infrastructure powered by AI and machine learning, Amazon created an entirely new business line that contributes significantly to its overall revenue. AWS is now one of the most profitable segments of Amazon's business, demonstrating how AI can help companies tap into alternate revenue streams beyond their traditional scope. Data Monetization: Turning Data into Dollars Data is often referred to as the \"new oil,\" and for good reason. In today's digital economy, data has become a valuable asset that companies can harness for growth. But simply having data is not enough—companies need to monetize it effectively. AI provides the analytical power to transform raw data into actionable insights, enabling businesses to not only enhance their own operations but also offer data-driven services to others. One of the most compelling examples of data monetization is Google . Google has built its entire business model around data. Through AI-powered algorithms, Google collects massive amounts of user data, which is then used to deliver hyper-targeted advertisements. This data-driven advertising model is responsible for a significant portion of Google's revenue, highlighting how effectively monetized data can lead to substantial growth. Other companies are following suit. GE Aviation , for instance, uses AI to analyze data collected from aircraft sensors. This data is then offered to airlines in the form of predictive maintenance services, enabling them to optimize operations and reduce costs. By offering these AI-driven insights as a service, GE Aviation has turned its internal data into a new revenue stream, benefiting both the company and its clients. Companies looking to monetize their data should start by identifying valuable data assets within their business. From customer insights to operational data, AI can help uncover opportunities to turn this data into a service or product offering, creating new avenues for growth. Hyper-Personalization: Driving Customer Engagement and Loyalty Another significant way AI can reimagine growth strategies is by driving hyper-personalization . In today's competitive market, customer expectations have shifted. People no longer want generic products or services; they expect experiences tailored to their specific preferences and needs. AI can help companies deliver on this expectation by analyzing vast amounts of data in real time to create highly personalized customer interactions. Netflix is a great example of this. The streaming giant uses AI to analyze user behavior—what shows they watch, when they watch, and even how long they pause between episodes—to deliver personalized content recommendations. This level of hyper-personalization has allowed Netflix to increase engagement and build customer loyalty, ultimately driving growth through increased subscription renewals. Retailers, too, are using AI to enhance customer experience and boost revenue. Sephora , a global beauty brand, uses AI-driven virtual assistants to provide personalized makeup recommendations based on individual skin tones and preferences. This kind of hyper-personalized service not only increases customer satisfaction but also encourages higher sales, as customers are more likely to purchase products that are tailored to their unique needs. By integrating AI into customer engagement strategies, companies can build deeper relationships with their customers, driving both immediate sales and long-term loyalty. AI as a Catalyst for Innovation and New Business Models Beyond monetization and personalization, AI also serves as a catalyst for innovation. Companies that embrace AI are not just improving their existing operations—they are creating entirely new business models that would have been inconceivable a decade ago. Take Uber , for example. AI is at the core of Uber's business model, from optimizing ride allocations to predicting demand and pricing. By leveraging AI, Uber has not only revolutionized transportation but has also expanded into new areas, such as food delivery (Uber Eats) and freight (Uber Freight), transforming its core offering into a diversified platform. AI also allows companies to enter new markets with minimal overhead. Consider the rise of FinTech firms such as Monzo and Revolut in the UK. These companies have used AI to disrupt the traditional banking sector, offering AI-driven financial services like instant credit scoring, automated budgeting, and personalized investment advice—all through a mobile app. By leveraging AI, these companies have created entirely new business models that appeal to tech-savvy consumers, allowing them to grow rapidly in a highly competitive space. The Future of Growth is AI-Powered As companies look towards the future, it's clear that AI is no longer a \"nice-to-have\" technology; it is a critical driver of growth and innovation. By embracing AI, companies can reimagine their growth strategies, create alternate revenue streams, monetize their data assets, and deliver hyper-personalized experiences that keep customers engaged and loyal. The businesses that will succeed in the future are those that can harness the power of AI to fuel not just operational efficiency, but long-term, sustainable growth. Whether it's through data monetization, new business models, or personalized customer experiences, AI offers companies a roadmap to unlock new avenues of success in the digital age. 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Once she got a bit older, she would tune into One Tree Hill weekly to get another dose of the Lucas-Brooke-Peyton love triangle. There was something about the way these series were written that she really admired. With this new Amazon deal, Dayne is aiming to create romantic series that will give a younger audience that same feeling she got when she watched her favorite romances. Dayne is also taking inspiration from some of her all-time favorite romances, like The Wedding Planner and Meet Joe Black. She also wants to create something as magical as the film Stardust. She took inspiration from Stardust and incorporated magic into her book The Witch Who Lost Heart, which will be available at the end of October. Dayne is ready for the next chapter in her career Dayne has been in the entertainment industry since she was a young girl. She started writing music with Clive Owens when she was only 12 years old and then blossomed into the world of writing books and creating movies. Her latest deal with Amazon isn't the first time she has been scouted by a major platform. She has recently finished a similar 5 year deal with Netflix. During this time, she created the Princess Switch films and the popular series. Dayne is always inspired to create new works of art and looks forward to seeing more love stories with flawed characters on the screen again. 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Twitter also blamed its ongoing battle to close its $44-billion acquisition by Elon Musk for the surprise fall in quarterly revenue. The micro-blogging site's shares were marginally higher. Advertisers have pared back spending amid rising interest rates and surging inflation as some of them struggle with labor shortages and supply chain disruptions, Snap Inc said on Thursday. \"If you want proof that companies are nervous about the economic outlook, just look at how media platforms and marketing agencies are bemoaning a tougher advertising market,\" Russ Mould, AJ Bell investment director, said. Investors are bracing for the slowest global revenue growth in the history of the social media sector as Apple Inc's privacy changes further cloud outlook. Snap Inc's shares were down 34.6% and were the most heavily traded across U.S. exchanges, as the company said it was looking for new sources of revenue to grow. 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There is no cost to participate in the suit. If you suffered a loss, you have until the lead plaintiff deadline to request that the court appoint you as lead plaintiff. bluebird bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLUE) Class Period: May 11, 2020 - November 4, 2020 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: April 13, 2021 The complaint alleges that during the class period bluebird bio, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) data supporting bluebird's BLA submission for LentiGlobin for SCD was insufficient to demonstrate drug product comparability; (ii) Defendants downplayed the foreseeable impact of disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's BLA submission schedule for LentiGlobin for SCD, particularly with respect to manufacturing; (iii) as a result of all the foregoing, it was foreseeable that the Company would not submit the BLA for LentiGlobin for SCD in the second half of 2021; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. Learn about your recoverable losses in BLUE: http://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/bluebird-bio-inc-loss-submission-form?id=13648&from=1 Apache Corporation (NASDAQ:APA) Class Period: September 7, 2016 - March 13, 2020 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: April 26, 2021 The APA lawsuit alleges that throughout the class period, Apache Corporation made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Apache intentionally used unrealistic assumptions regarding the amount and composition of available oil and gas in Alpine High; (ii) Apache did not have the proper infrastructure in place to safely and/or economically drill and/or transport those resources even if they existed in the amounts purported; (iii) these misleading statements and omissions artificially inflated the value of the Company's operations in the Permian Basin; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. Learn about your recoverable losses in APA: http://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/apache-corporation-loss-submission-form?id=13648&from=1 Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (NASDAQ:VLDR) Class Period: November 9, 2020 - February 19, 2021 Lead Plaintiff Deadline: May 3, 2021 Velodyne Lidar, Inc. allegedly made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) certain of Velodyne's directors had failed to operate with respect, honesty, integrity, and candor in their dealings with the Company's officers and directors; (2) the Company was investigating the foregoing matters; and (3) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. Learn about your recoverable losses in VLDR: http://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/velodyne-lidar-inc-loss-submission-form?id=13648&from=1 Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff. If you suffered a loss during the class period and wish to obtain additional information, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or visit the webpages provided. J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. Attorney advertising. 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The walkout by upward of 49,000 United Auto Workers members has brought to a standstill more than 50 factories and parts warehouses in the union's first strike against the No. 1 U.S. automaker in over a decade. Workers left factories and formed picket lines shortly after midnight Monday in the dispute over a new four-year contract. The union's top negotiator said in a letter to the company that the strike could have been averted had the company made its latest offer sooner. The letter dated Sunday suggests that the company and union are not as far apart as the rhetoric leading up to the strike had indicated. Negotiations continued Monday in Detroit after breaking off during the weekend. But union spokesman Brian Rothenberg said the two sides have come to terms on only 2% of the contract. \"We've got 98% to go,\" he said Monday. Asked about the possibility of federal mediation, President Donald Trump, said it's possible if the company and union want it. \"Hopefully they'll be able to work out the GM strike quickly,\" Trump said before leaving the White House for New Mexico. \"Hopefully, they're going to work it out quickly and solidly.\" Wall Street did not like seeing the union picketers. GM shares closed Monday down 4.2 percent to $37.21. On the picket line Monday at GM's transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio, workers who said they have been with the company for more than 30 years were concerned for younger colleagues who are making less money under GM's two-tier wage scale and have fewer benefits. Paul Kane, from South Lyon, Michigan, a 42-year GM employee, said much of what the union is fighting for will not affect him. \"It's not right when you're working next to someone, doing the same job and they're making a lot more money,\" he said. \"They should be the making the same as me. 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GM issued a statement saying it wants to reach a deal that builds a strong future for workers and the business. The automaker said Sunday that it offered pay raises and $7 billion worth of U.S. factory investments resulting in 5,400 new positions, a minority of which would be filled by existing employees. GM would not give a precise number. The company also said it offered higher profit sharing, \"nationally leading\" health benefits and an $8,000 payment to each worker upon ratification. Before the talks broke off, GM offered new products to replace work at two of four U.S. factories that it intends to close. The company pledged to build a new all-electric pickup truck at a factory in Detroit, according to a person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The person was not authorized to disclose details of the negotiations. The automaker also offered to open an electric vehicle battery plant in Lordstown, Ohio, where it has a huge factory that has already stopped making cars and will be closed. The new factory would be in addition to a proposal to make electric vehicles for a company called Workhorse, the person said. It's unclear how many workers the two plants would employ. The closures, especially of the Ohio plant, have become issues in the 2020 presidential campaign. President Donald Trump has consistently criticized the company and demanded that Lordstown be reopened. Kristin Dziczek, vice president of labor and industry for the Center for Automotive Research, an industry think tank, said the letter and resumption of contract talks are encouraging signs. \"It makes me think that both sides are probably closer than it might have seemed before,\" she said. But both Dziczek and Art Wheaton, an auto industry expert at the Worker Institute at Cornell University, say GM left out key details when it made part of its offer public, and working out those details could make the strike last longer. \"I think GM kind of sabotaged some of the negotiations by going immediately to the public,\" Wheaton said. \"It really distorts the offer.\" The strike shut down 33 manufacturing plants in nine states across the U.S., as well as 22 parts-distribution warehouses. It's the first national strike by the union since a two-day walkout in 2007 that had little impact on the company. Workers at Fiat Chrysler and Ford continued working under contract extensions. Any agreement reached with GM will serve as a template for talks with the other two companies. 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This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Thank you for subscribingWe have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice The Metropolitan police have slammed the environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion for the disruption they have caused in London over the past weeks. Scotland Yard said 480 eco-activists have been arrested after blocking off Oxford Circus, shutting down Tower and London Bridge, and scaling a building in the City of London. Pushing their urgent message in the fight against climate change, the demonstrators blocked traffic and frustrated police by committing acts like gluing themselves to the pavements and locking their bodies to scaffolding. READ MORE: Extinction Rebellion: Anti-HS2 protesters climb seven-storey tower block in the City The protests required 2,000 Met officers-a-day, causing deputy assistant commissioner Matt Twist to express his anger towards the \"very serious and totally unreasonable disruption\". Police and demonstrators at a bus parked on London Bridge in Central London during a protest \"They have the right to protest and assemble together, but this right must be balanced with the rights of others - those wanting to go about their lawful business unimpeded and without disruption,\" he said. \"Whatever the cause, activists do not have the right to cause unreasonable and serious disruption to London's communities. \"In the past two weeks, we've seen activists overstep this. They've blocked traffic on two of London's busiest bridges, defaced iconic landmarks and disrupted critical road junctions. Commuters' journeys have been delayed, businesses had deliveries cancelled and the owners of landmarks have faced costly repairs. \"This action is unfair, unreasonable and unlawful. To worsen matters, activists frustrate our response by setting up complex structures or by gluing and locking onto devices.\" Other extreme actions the group took were smashing the windows and trashing the entrances of JP Morgan and Standard Chartered headquarters, as well as vandalising the London Guildhall. Demonstrators sit above the doors to the Standard Chartered building, which has been daubed in paint DAC Twist said 133 people have locked on to structures or glued themselves, forcing officers into \"painstaking and hugely complex\" efforts to remove them. \"This work takes time and has demanded thousands of officers each day to respond effectively. These are officers taken elsewhere from London. The impact of XR's protracted action on London communities should not be underestimated\", he added. \"Every time several officers are needed to arrest a single activist, these are officers diverted from our number one priority, bearing down on violence. 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The firm currently has a buy rating on the stock. Several other brokerages also recently commented on WDI. Deutsche Bank set a €200.00 ($232.56) target price on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Thursday, October 10th. Baader Bank set a €230.00 ($267.44) target price on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Tuesday. HSBC set a €190.00 ($220.93) target price on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Independent Research set a €140.00 ($162.79) target price on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a neutral rating in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, Kepler Capital Markets set a €220.00 ($255.81) target price on shares of Wirecard and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. The stock currently has an average rating of Buy and a consensus target price of €186.65 ($217.03). WDI stock traded down €0.75 ($0.87) during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting €120.30 ($139.88). 1,227,189 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 582,572. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 83.33, a quick ratio of 1.75 and a current ratio of 1.75. The firm has a market cap of $14.86 billion and a P/E ratio of 34.80. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is €130.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is €141.80. Wirecard has a 1-year low of €86.00 ($100.00) and a 1-year high of €170.70 ($198.49). Wirecard Company Profile Wirecard AG, a technology company, provides outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Payment Processing & Risk Management, Acquiring & Issuing, and Call Center & Communication Services. The Payment Processing & Risk Management segment provides products and service for the acceptance or transactions, and the processing of electronic payments and associated processes. Further Reading: What are different types of coverage ratios? 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The matter was posted for further hearing by Chief Justice J.K. Maheswari and Justice K. Lalitha Kumari to May 29. Key rules A senior scientist at the regional office of the MoEFCC in Chennai stated in the affidavit that key responsibilities were assigned to various Central / State government departments under the Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 (MSIHC), and Chemical Accidents (Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules, 1996 (CAEPPR), to prevent major chemical accidents arising from industrial activities, and limiting the effects of such accidents on human health and environment. To complement the provisions of the above rules, a four-tier Crisis Management System was created at the Central, State, district and local levels, and a Central Crisis Group (CCG) constituted under the chairmanship of the Secretary (Environment, Forest and Climate Change) of the Government of India. The Red Book Besides, a CCG Alert System, i.e. Red Book, was brought out in compliance with the above rules. It (the Red Book) contains names, addresses and contact details of Central and State nodal authorities and relevant national agencies/institutions pertaining to chemical (industrial) disaster management. The affidavit mentioned that the Red Book was hosted on the website of the MoEFCC, and it was last updated in November 2019. A virtual crisis control room was also set up to coordinate with the State authorities during chemical accidents. Styrene has been recognised as a hazardous chemical and its polymerization process as an 'industrial activity'. Among all authorities, the State Chief Inspector of Factories (CIFs) has been designated as the nodal agency in line with the mandatory obligations under the Factories Act, 1948, and Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO) was tasked with approving the sites of industrial installations and isolated storages as per the MSIHC. The PESO and CIFs are expected to ensure preparation of on-site emergency plans, safety reports by the industrial units and implementation of the Standard Operating Procedures. It was further stated that the unit has the A.P. Pollution Control Board's Consent to Operate, which is valid up to December 31, 2021, while the company applied for Environmental Clearance (EC) in 2018 under violation category to the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority as it (LG Polymers) falls under the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification of 2006. 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A court here on Friday rejected the interim bail plea of Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor, who is currently in judicial custody on money laundering charges. Kapoor, 62, had sought bail claiming that his prevailing medical condition puts him at the risk of contracting coronavirus infection in jail. In the plea filed through his lawyer Subhash Jadhav, he claimed that he was suffering from chronic immunodeficiency syndrome, which causes recurrent lung, sinus and skin infections. He also claimed to be suffering from severe hypertension, anxiety and depression since the last 18 months. This, combined with his history of longstanding bronchial asthma since childhood, puts him at the high risk of a severe lung infection, which can lead to death, the bail plea said. The application further said that the present situation of coronavirus can lead to a severe lung infection and death as the disease is more likely to affect those above sixty years of age, with low immunity and long-standing respiratory problem. However, the court refused to grant interim relief to him. Kapoor was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) last month. According to the ED, loans of Rs 30,000 crore were given by Yes Bank when Kapoor was at its helm, and of these, advances of Rs 20,000 crore turned into bad loans. The ED has accused that Kapoor, his family members and others got benefits worth Rs 4,300 crore through companies controlled by his family as kickbacks for sanctioning huge loans. 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The new dashboard analyzes a plan's data to visualize and quantify how different sponsor match structures and contribution scenarios impact both projected participant replacement ratios and the sponsors' costs associated with those scenarios. \"Plan design is complex, and it impacts both the sponsor and the participant directly,\" said Lynda Abend, chief data officer, John Hancock Retirement. \"Sponsors need to not only understand how a plan design change could help participants prepare for retirement, but also how those changes can impact their business. Translating data into tangible information helps facilitate the decision-making discussion. These dashboards allow for on the spot analysis – the ability for sponsors and financial professionals to review multiple scenarios in a single discussion.\" The dashboard uses up-to-date participant information, including pension and Social Security benefit estimates, to demonstrate how potential changes to contributions could affect estimated participant retirement income replacement. The results of the plan design analysis dashboard are available for plan sponsors and financial professionals to use collaboratively to make plan design decisions. The results file is available to screen share, to send by email, and to post to the plan sponsor website. The dashboard is currently available for John Hancock Retirement's open architecture platform. \"Our intent with the dashboard is to give sponsors and advisors a faster and more informed way to make plan design decisions,\" added Ms. Abend. \"It keeps the focus on the participant by showing the income-replacement ratio impact of various changes, while pragmatically helping the sponsor understand the costs at the same time.\" The projected balances at retireent age and income replacement ratios within the dashboard are hypothetical and for illustrative purposes only. Results are not guaranteed and do not represent current or future performance of any specific account or investment. Due to market fluctuations and other factors, it is possible that investment objectives may not be met. All investments carry a degree of risk, and past performance does not guarantee future results. About John Hancock Retirement John Hancock Retirement is the U.S. retirement business of Manulife Investment Management. For nearly 50 years, we've helped people plan and invest for retirement; today, we're one of the largest full-service providers in the United States.¹ We take a hands-on consultative approach based on the idea that no two plans - and no two plan participants - are exactly alike. We partner with plan sponsors, advisors, and third-party administrators to ensure that every plan is personal to the participant and delivers proven results.1 As of December 31, 2020, John Hancock serviced over 51,000 retirement plans with over 3 million participants and over $205 billion in AUMA.2 As of December 31, 2020, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA) supported 46,973 plans, 1,566,094 participants, and $ 102,310,069,468.17 in AUMA. John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York supported 2,513 plans, 77,833 participants, and $ 6,052,455,987.28in AUMA. John Hancock Retirement Plan Services, LLC supported 2,128 plans, 1,393,244 participants, and $97,020,284,307.76 in AUMA. Participant Counts reflect all active participants with a balance. Approximate unaudited figures for John Hancock, provided on a U.S. statutory basis. About Manulife Investment Management Manulife Investment Management is the global wealth and asset management segment of Manulife Financial Corporation. We draw on more than a century of financial stewardship and the full resources of our parent company to serve individuals, institutions, and retirement plan members worldwide.?Headquartered in Toronto, our leading capabilities in public and private markets are strengthened by an investment footprint that spans 17 countries and territories. We complement these capabilities by providing access to a network of unaffiliated asset managers from around the world. We're committed to investing responsibly across our businesses. We develop innovative global frameworks for sustainable investing, collaboratively engage with companies in our securities portfolios, and maintain a high standard of stewardship where we own and operate assets, and we believe in supporting financial well-being through our workplace retirement plans. Today, plan sponsors around the world rely on our retirement plan administration and investment expertise?to help their employees plan for, save for, and live a better retirement.? As of December 31, 2020, Manulife Investment Management had CAD$966 billion (US$758 billion) in assets under management and administration. Not all offerings are available in all jurisdictions. For additional information, please visit manulifeim.com . John Hancock Investment Management Distributors LLC is the principal underwriter and wholesale distribution broker dealer for the John Hancock mutual funds. Member FINRA, SIPC. John Hancock Retirement Plan Services LLC offers administrative or recordkeeping services to sponsors and administrators of retirement plans. John Hancock Trust Company LLC provides trust and custodial services to such plans. Group annuity contracts and recordkeeping agreements are issued by John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.), Boston, MA (not licensed in New York) and John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York, Valhalla, New York. Product features and availability may differ by state. Securities offered through John Hancock Distributors LLC. Member FINRA, SIPC. NOT FDIC INSURED. MAY LOSE VALUE. 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Pork scratching products are among 34 different items made by Fresher Foods Ltd, being recalled. Brands that have been pulled include Openshaws, Pub Original, AwfullyPosh and Snaffling Pig . The products are sold in Morrisons , Waitrose, Ocado and Amazon , as well as other shops. What is salmonella? Salmonella is one of the most common types of food poisoning. Symptoms of salmonella include nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, high temperature, and feeling generally unwell such as tiredness or having aches and chills. According to the NHS, symptoms can appear anywhere from a few hours after eating the contaminated food to a few weeks after. The most important thing is to have lots of fluids to avoid dehydration. What to do if you have purchased an affected item If you've purchased one of the affected products, Fresher Foods advises you to return it to the place you bought the goods for a refund. You won't need a receipt to get your money back. A statement on its website says: \"All Freshers Foods products undergo rigorous quality and food safety inspections as part of our manufacturing process. \"We apologise to our customers for any inconvenience that this has caused. Thank you for your understanding.\" What items are affected? Snaffling Pig Pork Scratchings Perfectly Salted Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Snaffling Pig Porky Puffs Low & Slow BBQ Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Snaffling Pig Pork Crackling Marvellous Maple Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 Snaffling Pig Pork Crackling Hot to Trot Habanero Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 Snaffling Pig BBQ (glass jar) Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 September 2022 Snaffling Pig Habanero (glass jar) Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 September 2022 Snaffling Pig Marvellous Maple (glass jar) Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 September 2022 Snaffling Pig Mustard (glass jar) Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 September 2022 Snaffling Pig Salted (glass jar) Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 September 2022 Snaffling Pig Pig of Doom (glass jar) Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 September 2022 Snaffling Pig Pigs in Blanket (glass jar) Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 September 2022 Snaffling Pig Salt and Black Pepper (glass jar) Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 September 2022 Snaffling Pig Porky Puffs Marvellous Maple Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Snaffling Pig Salt and Vinegar (glass jar) Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 September 2022 Awfully Posh Pork Puff Original Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Awfully Posh Pork Puff Honey BBQ Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Awfully Posh Pork Scratchings Traditional Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Awfully Posh Pork Crackling Chili & Garlic Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 Awfully Posh Pork Crackling Sea Salt Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 Openshaws Pork Scratching (any 2 for £1) Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Openshaws Pork Scratchings Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Openshaws Big Bag Pork Scratchings Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Openshaws Pork Crunch Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Snaffling Pig Porky Puffs Saucy Sriracha Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Pub Original Pork Scratchings Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 25 June 2022 Openshaws Pork Crackling Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 Pub Original Pork Crackling Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 Openshaws Scampi Bites Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 15 October 2022 Snaffling Pig Bumper Pack Crackling Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 Snaffling Pig Pork Crackling Ghost Chili Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 Snaffling Pig Pork Crackling Mighty Mustard Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 Snaffling Pig Pork Crackling Low and Slow BBQ Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 Snaffling Pig Pork Crackling Black Pepper & Sea Salt Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 Snaffling Pig Pork Crackling Salt 'N' Vinegar Pack size - All Best before - All dates up to and including 23 July 2022 What other items have recently been recalled? This is the second recall from the company this month. Just weeks ago it issued a warning over its Snaffling Pig Perfectly Salted Pork Scratchings. That recall was for the pork scratchings with a pack size of 45g and a best before date of 11 June 2022. Other foods that have been pulled from shelves this month over salmonella fears include Abbott infant formula powders and Dogs Choice UK frozen raw dog food. 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The cuts at the electric car manufacturer, led by Elon Musk, are understood to be the equivalent of around 14,000 jobs. Mr Musk told employees \"we have done a thorough review of the organisation and made the difficult decision to reduce our headcount by more than 10% globally\", in an email first reported by industry publication Electrek. \"There is nothing I hate more, but it must be done,\" he added. The company employs more than 140,000 people across the world, according to its latest annual report. It is not yet known where the cuts will take place across the business. It comes after Tesla indicated it has seen a decline in vehicle deliveries over the first quarter of 2024, representing its first decline for four years. Tesla's global workforce is to be cut by 10% (Alamy/PA) In the letter, the billionaire boss of the company said the process will enable Tesla to \"be lean, innovative and hungry\" for its next stage of growth. \"I would like to thank everyone who is departing Tesla for their hard work over the years,\" he said. \"I'm deeply grateful for your many contributions to our mission and we wish you well in your future opportunities. 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The legislation being considered includes a code of conduct that would allow media companies to bargain individually or collectively with digital platforms for news content to be shown. The code is intended to address what's somewhat euphemistically referred to as \"bargaining power imbalances\" between the two sides. The proposed rules would initially apply specifically to Facebook and Google, although other digital platforms could be added later. Google has lobbied against the law, threatened to leave Australia and tried extensive use of its own platform. But the company has had to come to terms with the government as the bill passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The government now believes it has the votes it needs in the Senate. With all avenues closed, Google has suddenly made deals with local media companies. Australia's Seven West Media became the first major media group in the country to sign a licensing deal with Google, under which the online giant would pay a lump sum amount for showing news from the outlet on its search pages. Another deal with News Corp was also announced this week in a three-year arrangement that includes content from The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and The New York Post. With their global presence, Google and Facebook are likely to be under pressure to start paying for news content in other countries. Last month, Google agreed to pay news publications in France for using their online content in a landmark agreement that could soon be replicated elsewhere in Europe under new copyright laws. France is the only EU country so far to have translated the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market into national law, but other bloc members are expected to follow before an implementation deadline of 7 June 2021. The EU is also likely to propose legislation forcing big tech companies to pay for the content they use. On Thursday, Facebook decided to black out news content from its social network in Australia. The company said it will \"stop allowing publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram\", and added that the decision was its \"last choice\". Facebook's move is in sharp contrast to the approach taken by Google. Reacting to the decision, Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said that \"Facebook's actions were unnecessary, were heavy-handed, and will damage its reputation in Australia\". Not for the first time, Facebook is in the centre of a developing PR disaster. The fallout for the company is already being seen around the globe, with a growing perception that Facebook is using unhelpfully aggressive tactics to preserve a broken business model. Media companies have long complained that they're unfairly compensated for content that generates ad revenue for the likes of Google and Facebook. Despite years of claims from content owners that major Internet companies are piggybacking on the work of others, tech companies have largely ignored such complaints, until now. Google's rush to pay up in Australia shows how regulation — or even just the threat of it — can dramatically change the behaviour of a global tech company not used to being regulated. The different responses from the two web players — while Facebook is taking an aggressive approach, Google is striking private deals to stay active — provide a window into how they might operate in the future. Australia's new law is a prime example of how the wishes of big web companies are increasingly being pitted against those of national governments. It's hard to predict the outcome in any specific country as this plays out around the world, but it's clear that governments see it as their sovereign right to make decisions about the laws they pass for their country. Like most people, governments react badly to being threatened. We're at a point in history where the big web players should be fully and constructively engaged with governments worldwide. Governments need to embed the most advanced digital services into the way their countries run, to accelerate the digitalization of their economies, and to achieve efficiency gains that help to improve sustainability. The way Chinese society depends so heavily on Tencent's WeChat service is an example of what's possible here. There's plenty of debate about whether the new regulation in Australia is a good idea or whether it risks breaking the whole Internet paradigm. Whatever your view is on that, the fact that relationships between some of the web players and governments are getting worse — with more antagonism and less trust — is a costly failure. Written by: Martin Garner Posted on 19/02/2021 Share this Insight Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Subscribe to our blog Make sure you don't miss out on our fresh insights on topical news in the connected world. First Name Last Name Email Address * I would like to receive CCS Insight Blog e-mails and occasional messages including discounts to CCS Insight's Predictions event. 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The Swiss bank posted net profit attributable to shareholders of $1.35 billion for the fourth quarter. This was down from $1.64 billion a year earlier, and also lower than the $2.28 billion reported the previous quarter. Analysts had forecast UBS to post net income attributable to shareholders of $863 million, according to the consensus published by the bank. \"The fourth quarter was a very good ending to a record year, the best year in 15 years, both from a pre-tax and a post-tax perspective,\" CEO Ralph Hamers told CNBC on Tuesday. \"The markets business held up really well with an operating income of 11% increase year-on-year, we saw net new money in the asset manager at $16 billion and we saw $27 billion of fee-generating assets coming in in the wealth manager.\" The quarterly figures take the bank's full-year profit to $7.46 billion, above a company-compiled consensus of $6.98 billion and 14% higher than the previous year. French money-laundering case However, UBS' bottom line was hit by an increase of $740 million in litigation provisions for a French cross-border tax case. In late December, the bank filed an appeal with France's Supreme Court against a decision by a Paris appeals court to uphold a money laundering conviction, although with a reduced penalty. Hamers said the bank was still assessing how best to approach the ongoing appeal against the ruling. \"Given the fact that you have another verdict here, we also looked at the overall case, whether we needed to change the provision that we already had,\" he told CNBC. \"Our best estimate at this moment in time, in terms of what could be payable at a certain moment in time, is 1.1 billion euro [$1.24 billion], and therefore we had to increase our provisioning by another 650 million euros, which is $740 million.\" Here are other highlights for the third quarter: CET 1 ratio, a measure of bank solvency, reached 15.0% versus 14.9% in the previous three months. Operating income came in at $8.73 billion versus $9.1 billion in the previous quarter. Return on equity, a measure of financial performance, stood at 8.9% from 15.3% in the third quarter of 2021. New targets \"We are aiming to create sustainable value through the cycle. Reflecting our improved operating performance over the last two years, we have updated our financial targets, while our capital guidance remains unchanged,\" the bank said in a statement accompanying the results. In its first major strategic update since Hamers took the reins in Nov. 2020, UBS said it will aim for $6 trillion in invested assets across its global wealth management, asset management and personal and corporate banking divisions. Meanwhile the bank set the target range for its return on CET1 capital at 15-18% and cost-to-income ratio at 70-73%. The bank will also aim for 10-15% growth in profit before tax at its wealth management business. \"Our new aspirations, targets and goals will position us to live up to our purpose, better serve clients, deploy technology in differentiated and impactful ways, and open our ecosystem for new and existing clients,\" CEO Ralph Hamers added in a statement. UBS proposed a dividend to shareholders of 50 cents per share for 2021, rising from 37 cents in 2020, and aims to buy back $5 billion worth of its own shares in 2022. Buybacks offer a way for firms to return cash to shareholders — along with dividends — and usually coincide with a company's stock pushing higher as shares get scarcer. 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Russia's largest banks rushed to establish footholds in China after Western sanctions in response to Moscow despatching its army to Ukraine in February 2022 effectively cut lenders off from the global financial system. \"Russia is now seriously expanding its foreign economic activity to the East,\" Kostin told Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of Primorsky Krai, which borders China, during their broadcast meeting. \"The bank (VTB) has always been a leader in working in foreign markets.\" \"We are opening offices in Beijing and in a number of other Chinese cities in the near future. We have a licence to work with roubles and yuan, (and) we serve a certain flow of foreign trade turnover today.\" VTB, Russia's second-largest lender, was the first to launch money transfers to China in yuan in September 2022, bypassing the international messaging system SWIFT. It first opened a branch in China more than 15 years ago. Trade between the two countries ballooned to a record $240 billion in 2023. 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This displeasure is expressed in the form of a letter from Lori Bassani, the President of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which represents all 26K+ of American's flight attendants. This comes as American Airlines has hugely reduced their schedule (including canceling 75% of international flights , with more cancelations to come), meaning they have way more employees than they need at the moment. What American Airlines is offering flight attendants A couple of days ago I wrote about American Airlines' rather generous offer to pilots , as the company is looking for employees to voluntarily take a leave of absence. Pilots have been offered the following three options: Voluntary Extended Leave of Absence — pilots can take an unpaid leave of absence that can last up to 12 months; pilots will still accrue length of service and receive benefits, but won't accrue sick leave or vacation time Voluntary Short-Term Leave of Absence — pilots can take advantage of one month, three month, or six month options, during which they'll be paid for 55 hours per month of flying; pilots will still accrue sick leave, vacation time, and seniority Voluntary Permanent Leave of Absence — pilots who are 62 or older can choose to essentially retire early, and they'll be paid for 50 hours of flying per month until the mandatory retirement age of 65 Meanwhile American Airlines flight attendants are being offered the following two options for taking a leave of absence: Flight attendants can take an unpaid six, nine, or 12 month leave of absence; flight attendants still get medical and travel benefits during this time While the company wants to offer an early out for flight attendants, the company and the union haven't agreed n terms, because they are too far apart As you can see, American Airlines flight attendants don't have any sort of option to get partial pay while taking a leave of absence or retiring early, while pilots can get 60-70% of their normal pay while retiring early or taking a leave of absence. American Airlines flight attendants are offended The letter says that the union is \"highly offended\" that the company has offered paid leave to pilots, but not to flight attendants: We are highly offended that the company offered the pilot group financial benefits for two of the pilot options and would not consider the same for our group. This is a slap in the face for our members who are keeping this airline in the air — and it severely underestimates our relevance during this or any crisis. American Airlines putting flight attendants at risk The union's issue isn't just that they're not being offered paid leave, but also involves the risks employees are facing at this time. Flight attendants' jobs are inherently at higher risk, due to the nature of what they do, working in closed environments with hundreds of people. In other words, they're unable to social distance. The union wants the company to recognize flight attendants for their true worth. On top of that: With American Airlines constantly cramming more seats into planes , passenger seats are encroaching on jumpseats, and galley space is more limited than ever before, with nowhere for passengers to wait to use the lavatories Many flight attendants are in the high-risk age category because pensions were stripped or frozen during the last crisis, and they can't afford to retire The union is pushing the government to include front line workers in the airline bailouts , to ensure money flows to members. Specifically, the union is seeking: Reduced services on flights to minimize close interaction with passengers Hazard pay for those who cannot take leaves and must fly to pay their bills Sufficient precautionary supplies for flight attendants Expanded protection for members who test positive for COVID-19 or are quarantined My take on the union's demands I know people will say the following in the comments section, so let's get out ahead of it: \"How novel that flight attendants want to do less work\" \"Well flight attendants can be replaced more easily than pilots\" Regarding the first point, I think the union is totally justified in wanting reduced service, and in expressing concern about the safety of crews. Flight attendants are putting themselves at incredibly high risk of getting coronavirus. With so many businesses having been closed down, I can't think of many professions where frontline employees are being put at such high risk. I think these demands are perfectly reasonable, and heck, for now, maybe inflight service should largely be suspended. As far as paid leave options go, this is a challenging situation, and I suspect that like everything else related to coronavirus and aviation, things will be changing rapidly here: Up until now, no US airline has announced any involuntary furloughs/leaves of absence American and United have both made generous offers to pilots, but no offers to other employees I guess the merit of the complaint depends on how we see this playing out, which comes down to whether we assume the downturn in demand will be long term or not — will demand recover within a few months, or are we looking at a long-term economic downturn. I hate to say it, but I don't think we can rule out the possibility of large scale involuntary furloughs at US airlines. If that weren't the case, then I think flight attendants definitely have a case. At the same time, if involuntary furloughs are coming across the board, then it's a different story… If airlines are only going to operate ~20% of their capacity, they'll have a very hard time staying in business while paying all frontline employees ~60-70% of their salaries. That absolutely sucks for frontline employees, and I'm enraged by the corporate greed that got us to this point (and by \"this point\" I mean such limited cash reserves, because companies would rather spend money on stock buybacks rather than reserves or reducing debt), though it may just become a reality… There is one thing that seems reasonable, at a minimum — senior flight attendants are paid way more than junior flight attendants, so it does seem like there's some merit to offering senior flight attendants partial pay for a leave of absence, since they could still come out ahead that way (paying a junior flight attendant plus partially paying a senior flight attendant may be cheaper than just paying a senior flight attendant). That's especially true when you consider that if furloughs were to happen, chances are that it would be done based on seniority, with the most highly paid flight attendants keeping their jobs. Why pilots are \"special\" There is one important point that can't be overlooked when it comes to furloughing pilots vs. flight attendants. No, this isn't about which work group is more \"skilled,\" but rather it's a function of retraining costs. Pilots are typically only certified on one aircraft type (or in some cases a couple, if the cockpits are common). If American had to involuntarily furlough pilots, it would be a disaster. Presumably they'd have to furlough based on seniority, but the most senior pilots are flying wide bodies, for which there's no demand. If they were to furlough pilots based on seniority: They'd be furloughing the most junior pilots, who are most likely flying narrow body planes Then the most senior pilots, who are most likely flying wide body planes, would need to be certified once again on smaller planes This would be extremely time consuming and costly This issue doesn't exist among flight attendants, who are certified on all mainline aircraft types. What do you make of the complaints of American's flight attendant union? 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This achievement underscores DEWA's commitment to maintaining the highest standards of transparency and integrity across all its operations. HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, received the certificate at DEWA's head office from Waleed Bin Salman, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Excellence; Ali Mohammed Almuwaijei, Vice President Governance and Compliance at DEWA; Professor Hadi Eltigani, Vice President of Corporate Excellence at DEWA; and the Governance and Compliance team members at DEWA were present. Al Tayer emphasised that ISO recertification in the Anti-Bribery Management System highlights the effectiveness of DEWA's governance model and its excellence in utilising the latest innovative digital technologies that enhance transparency, integrity, and fair practices. It also demonstrates DEWA's commitment to implementing the best international practices in internal audit procedures. \"Our governance model is based on Trust, Accountability, Transparency, and Fair Practices, within the framework of the laws applicable in the UAE and the Government of Dubai, as well as the requirements of the Securities and Commodities Authority and the Dubai Financial Market. It also adheres to DEWA's internal policies and regulations that comply with the highest standards of integrity within the framework of a comprehensive system of integrated organisational work. This includes effective procedures to prevent and combat bribery, , a zero-tolerance approach to any type of fraud or corruption in business activities, according to the best practices and procedures, and DEWA's rules and provisions of professional conduct and work ethics. DEWA's distinguished performance and achievements have made it a benchmark for utilities, taking the top position globally in more than 10 KPIs in its areas of work,\" said Al Tayer. Waleed Bin Salman, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Excellence at DEWA, explained that DEWA has policies aimed at enhancing integrity and ethical practices in its operations. These include the 'Anti-Bribery, Corruption & Fraud Policy and Procedures,' which sets a framework and procedures for the prevention, detection, reporting, and action against fraud, bribery, and corruption across all DEWA's work sites; and 'DEWA Code of Business Ethics,' which defines the general principles of work and duties assigned to DEWA, its employees, and its subsidiaries. ISO 37001:2016 is an international standard that helps organisations implement an anti-bribery management system. It specifies a series of measures the organisation should implement to help prevent bribery and corruption. 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The package also includes funding, mentorship and a technology package as well as entry to the One Young World 2022 Tokyo Summit (16-19 May 2022). The finalists will pitch their ideas live to a panel of expert judges in the Grand Final to be held virtually on March 1, 2022. The finalists named are: Nick Cotter (Ireland) – Cotter Agritech : A patented hardware/software solution designed to reduce chemical use in agriculture whilst also improving productivity and profitability. It aims to reduce labour, costs and the drug resistance associated with conventional blanket parasite control and help in the transition to a more precise treatment application on specific animals. Harry Gadsby (United Kingdom) – Ango : A system designed to help consumers identify sustainable consumer products as they shop online. Ango displays product specific recommendations and where possible, applies a discount to make the products cheaper and more accessible; helping to make retail a greener experience. Naomi McGregor (United Kingdom) – Movetru : A data-driven, wearable device with sensors designed to monitor physical alignment and form. It aims to target the lower body in order to optimize performance, prevent injury and reduce physical injury recovery time. Lisa Rossi (Italy) – SoundLence : A physical industrial headset which aims to limit undesirable surround-noise in the workplace. An algorithm 'learns' which sounds to filter and which to let through allowing the enabling the user to cancel out noises such as machinery and focus on important sounds such as speech, alarms and moving vehicles. Alex Witty (United Kingdom) – Compound: An initiative to recycle motorsport industry waste such as tires and convert it into rubber filaments and resin in order to produce fashionable footwear via 3D printed lattice midsoles. The aim is to reduce carbon-intensive manufacturing methods, minimize material use and avoid tires being unnecessarily incinerated which adds to environmental pollution. The Verizon/Unloc Young Enterprise Challenge aims to encourage and attract the young business leaders of tomorrow. The competition challenges young people to consider the worlds of technology, health, the environment and sustainability, and to put forward their tech-led business idea to enrich and benefit the lives of other people. \"This challenge continues to attract amazing young talent from across Europe and this year is no exception,\" comments Scott Lawrence, Group Vice President of Verizon Business in Europe. \"The innovative business concepts submitted cover a diverse range of industries and topics. It is crucial that we continue to support and nurture these budding entrepreneurs, as they will be the successful business leaders of tomorrow. We're looking forward to the grand finale and can't wait to witness the ideas in action.\" \"Each year we see more applicants from across Europe, and stronger and more focused business ideas from the young people that apply.\" said Hayden Taylor, Managing Director of Unloc. \"The engagement we've had from colleges, universities and organizations this year has been nothing short of spectacular, and it's allowed us to engage with young people directly, really giving them the support and confidence to apply. The quality of applications this year is so high, it really is going to be tough for the judges to choose a winner from our amazing finalists.\" In addition to the grand prize for the main winner, the remaining four finalists will each receive £1,000 of funding, as well as a one-to-one development plan and a series of flagship masterclasses to give their businesses the best possible start. For more information on the Young Entrepreneurs Challenge visit: youngentrepereneurschallenge.com (* The actual prize fund will be dependent on the exchange rate at the time of award) About Unloc Unloc was founded in 2013 by award-winning young leaders and advocates Hayden Taylor and Ben Dowling. Our mission is to empower young people to be innovative changemakers who seek to build stronger communities and sustainable businesses. We develop young people's skills, enhance their potential and boost their determination to succeed. This is encapsulated in our 'Developing Young Potential' tag-line. We work towards our mission by delivering inspiring educational programs in our growing network of schools and colleges, our physical Changemaker Studios spaces in Portsmouth and London, and work with business leaders to deliver a range of programs that help us achieve our mission. About Verizon Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000 and is one of the world's leading providers of technology and communications services. Headquartered in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated revenues of $133.6 billion in 2021. The company offers data, video and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and platforms, delivering on customers' demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and control. VERIZON'S ONLINE MEDIA CENTER: News releases, stories, media contacts and other resources are available at verizon.com/news. News releases are also available through an RSS feed. To subscribe, visit www.verizon.com/about/rss-feeds/. 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Burkhard revealed TKMS' spinoff from parent ThyssenKrupp is aimed at being completed this year. German naval systems maker ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems is forecasting that its attainable market will double or triple by the end of the decade, according to CEO Oliver Burkhard. \"This attainable market in electronics, drones, surface vessels and submarines, we expect that it's doubling or even tripling by the end of this decade,\" Burkhard told CNBC on the sidelines of the Singapore Defense Technology Summit. That comes on the back of the German parliament voting in favor of a major fiscal package , which includes changes to long-standing debt policies to enable higher defense spending. Burkhard said the move shows that \"when it comes to the defense budget, there is more or less no limit anymore.\" The proposed changes mean that defense and certain security expenditures above a certain threshold would no longer be subject to the debt brake, which limits how much debt the government can take on and dictates the size of the federal government's structural budget deficit. \"This is unusual for Germany,\" Burkhard said, noting that the reform was accompanied by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reportedly saying \"In view of the threats to our freedom and peace on our continent, the rule for our defense now has to be 'whatever it takes'.\" Burkhard highlighted that \"the Germans normally don't say 'whatever it takes,' because [its] very irrational. We have KPIs, we have figures, we have argumentation, we have surveys, we have research. Based on these, then we say something, but we never said 'whatever it takes,' and 'whatever it takes' is more or less limitless.\" He added, \"that means, whether it's 500 billion [euros] or even more, it's a kind of special funding which has not been there, never been seen before since 1945.\" What that means for the defense industry in Germany, he said, is that the government would want to speed up projects and purchase more from the industry. ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, or TKMS, is the warship division for German industrial engineering conglomerate ThyssenKrupp, and manufactures naval vessels and submarines. When asked if the company envisions a shift from building traditional naval vessels to unmanned sea drones, such as those used in the Russia-Ukraine war, Burkhard suggested those might be better described as an \"extension\" to current naval platforms, such as submarines which are surrounded by above and below-water drones. Bukhard gave an example, saying that customers may not order four submarines, but maybe two, with 50 autonomous vehicles. He acknowledged the hurdles to building capacity, however, saying \"Everybody has higher budgets. Everybody wants to have it faster, and the demand is very strong.\" TKMS had acquired a new shipyard in the northern German city of Wismar , which will be used to produce new vessels for Germany, Norway and Israel, in addition to its traditional shipbuilding facilities in Kiel and a facility in Brazil. But Burkhard also acknowledged that the company would have to look for partnerships if it wanted to expand. He pointed at a joint venture earlier in 2025 with India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, through which TKMS will help to design and engineer six submarines for the Indian Navy. MDS will build them in India. Spinoff TKMS has been in the headlines recently not only for its strong share price growth, but also news that it will be spun off from parent company ThyssenKrupp and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. CEO Burkhard revealed that \"we will try to do that by this calendar year.\" Investors seem to have taken well to the increased appetite for defense spending. On a year-to-date basis, shares of ThyssenKrupp have surged a whopping 155% as of March 19. This momentum, Burkhard said, improves prospects for a spinoff this year. He said the message from the spinoff is clear: TKMS is on \"a road to independence.\" He added that ThyssenKrupp's shareholders have \"suffered\" over the last few years in light of issues in its steel and automotive businesses. Reports from Reuters and German media revealed that the company is set to slash 1,800 jobs in its automotive division, and 11,000 jobs in its steel segment. 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All other EV companies not named Tesla are trying emulate the success of CEO Elon Musk's Austin, Texas, company, which delivered a record amount of about 889,000 vehicles in the first half of 2023. But none are close. Tesla has put added pressure on its rivals as it on July 15 revealed that it had built its first Cybertruck at its Gigafactory Texas. The company has already said that it will begin delivering the vehicle at the end of the third quarter, most likely the end of September. Despite all the good news coming from Tesla, the company has dealt with some unfortunate equipment issues with its EVs. A Little Bit of Bad News After Some Good News Tesla had recalls this year for over-the-air software updates that Musk always disputes as being recalls, since they don't require vehicles to be taken to a dealer for repairs. In May, the company recalled 1.1 million Tesla vehicles in China for a software update that allowed for changes to braking methods and more warnings about the use of accelerator pedals. The EV maker had other equipment recalls and investigations including in March when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into 100,000 Tesla 2023 Model Y SUVs over steering wheels coming off while driving. The NHTSA also reopened an investigation after Office of Defects Investigation on June 29 received a petition regarding unintended acceleration of Tesla EVs that alleges there is a design flaw in the inverter design that allows an intermittent higher electrical current to flow through a vehicle's 12-volt electrical system. The investigation covers about 1.8 million EVs sold in the US, including Model S, Model X, Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. Rival South Korean EV maker Hyundai's – Get Free Report affiliate Kia is also being investigated by NHTSA for sort of an opposite problem with its EVs after the Office of Defects Investigations received 11 complaints from 2022 Kia EV6 owners about unexpected loss of power in their vehicles. NHTSA engineers requested information from Kia regarding the complaints in its initial evaluation. Kia can issue a voluntary safety recall if necessary, but NHTSA will either close the case or move to the next phase after the evaluation. The agency sends safety recall request letters if a safety defect is found. Nissan Leaf Facing Recalls Japanese EV manufacturer Nissan – Get Free Report , however, is addressing the problems that both Tesla and Kia are dealing with as the company will recall Nissan Leaf models for a risk that the vehicles can suddenly accelerate unexpectedly after exiting cruise control and for a short circuit that can cause the electric motors to stop when driving, a company spokesman told Bloomberg, according to InsideEVs . Complaints have popped up on the NHTSA website, including one on July 14 from a Leaf owner claiming, \"Vehicle doesn't slow down when taking foot of the acceleration pedal. Same both power settings. It will continue to move at slow speed on level ground. It behaves as though the minimum pedal motor speed is too fast. My concern is that it might get very fast without any pedal. Thank you.\" NHTSA, however, has not issued a Safety Recall for the vehicle as of July 18 for the acceleration and power loss issues. 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The study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), which has not yet been peer-reviewed, showed a less than two-fold reduction in antibody titer levels, indicating the vaccine would likely still be effective in neutralising a virus with the so-called E484K and N501Y mutations found in the South African variant. Virus Outbreak New York Vaccines The study was conducted on blood taken from people who had been given the vaccine. Its findings are limited, because it does not look at the full set of mutations found in the new South African variant. READ: Moderna says vaccine effective against COVID-19 variants; testing extra booster for South African strain The scientists are currently engineering a virus with the full set of mutations and expect to have results from that in about two weeks, according to Pei-Yong Shi, an author of the study and a professor at UTMB. The results are more encouraging than another non-peer reviewed study from scientists at Columbia University earlier on Wednesday which used a slightly different method and showed antibodies generated by the shots were significantly less effective against the South Africa variant. One possible reason for the difference could be that the Pfizer findings are based on an engineered coronavirus, and the Columbia study used a pseudovirus based on the vesicular stomatitis virus, a different type of virus, UTMB's Shi said. READ: Previous COVID-19 infection may offer less protection from new South Africa variant He said he believes that finding in pseudoviruses should be validated using the real virus. The study also showed even better results against several key mutations from the highly transmissible UK variant of the virus. Shi said they were also working on an engineered virus with the full set of mutations from that variant as well. 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For months, a grassroots group called Amazon Labor Union led by former Amazon employee Chris Small has worked to collect signatures from employees at the facility known as JFK8 to garner at least 30% of workers in support of unionizing. Just getting to this point is rare. While some Amazon workers are unionized in Europe, the company has so far fended off unions in the United States. Most notably and recently, a union push at an Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama, drew national attention from figures including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. The election, which took place by mail due to the ongoing pandemic, resulted in votes cast largely in the e-commerce giant's favor. However, a federal labor official called for a re-election after finding the company improperly interfered. The re-election kicks off next week when workers will again receive their ballots by mail. Unlike the Alabama-based Amazon workers who are organizing with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, the Amazon Labor Union is not affiliated with any established labor unions. There have been just a few other efforts that have gotten to the point of meeting \"a sufficient showing of interest,\" as the Amazon Labor Union now has. There was an effort by Amazon workers to unionize at a facility in Virginia in 2015 that was withdrawn after reaching an election agreement; another resulted in an election at a Delaware warehouse in 2014 where just a small number of workers were eligible to vote, but ultimately rejected the effort. An Amazon spokesperson was quick to cast doubt on Wednesday's news. \"We're skeptical that there are a sufficient number of legitimate signatures and we're seeking to understand how these signatures were verified,\" said Amazon's Kelly Nantel in a statement to CNN Business. \"Our employees have always had a choice of whether or not to join a union.\" Amazon has until January 28 to file a statement of its position, which the Amazon Labor Union will then be able to respond to. A hearing is scheduled for February 16. The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved. 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More than 500 workers at the Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay area have told the company they will go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday, March 21, 2022. The United Steelworkers union says Sunday, March 20 that members of Local 5 voted down Chevron's most recent contract offer and gave notice of intent to go on strike. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) Paul Sakuma AP RICHMOND, California More than 500 workers at a Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay area went on strike early Monday in a contract dispute. The United Steelworkers union said in an email that the strike affecting the refinery in the city of Richmond,began at 12:01 a.m. It came after workers voted down Chevron's most recent contract offer and that Chevron refused to return to the bargaining table. Chevron said in a statement Sunday night that it has negotiated with the union for months and believes a contract offered by the company was fair and addressed union concerns. The company said that refinery operations will continue despite the strike and that it does not anticipate any supply chain issues. If the strike were to shut down the refinery, that could negatively affect gasoline prices in California — which has the highest regular gas price in the nation at $5.86 per gallon, according to the American Automobile Association. The union said it had negotiated a national agreement for oil workers on wages and working conditions, but about 200 individual bargaining units still had to negotiate local issues. Chevron said that in Richmond, \"the union's demands exceeded what the company believes to be reasonable and moved beyond what was agreed to as part of the national pattern bargaining agreement.\" The old contract with Chevron in Richmond expired Feb. 1, and workers had been reporting to their jobs on a rolling 24-hour extension, the union said. 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(Representational) New Delhi: Cab aggregators Ola and Uber in Delhi-NCR will be on a strike from Tuesday demanding extension of the moratorium on loan repayment and a hike in fare in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 2 lakh drivers of the cab services have given the strike call as their appeals have not led to any action by the government, said Kamaljeet Singh Gill, the president of Sarvodaya Drivers Association of Delhi. \"Due to the acute financial crisis caused by lockdown, drivers are unable to pay their EMIs. The moratorium of loan repayment ended today and the banks are already putting pressure on us. Drivers are scared that banks will tow away their vehicles for not paying EMIs,\" Mr Gill said. The cab drivers have also demanded that fare be hiked and commission increased by Ola and Uber. Gill said the fare should be fixed by the government instead of the cab aggregators. No reaction was immediately available from Ola or Uber on the strike call by the drivers. The strike may cause hardships to a large number of commuters as Metro train services are yet to resume and the public transport buses are running at reduced capacity in view of social distancing norms. \"Most of the drivers are finding it difficult to feed their families at this time and have no means to fulfil their financial obligations. Unless the government helps us, there is no way we can work without fear of losing our vehicles,\" Mr Gill said. The drivers have also demanded the withdrawal of \"heavy penalties\" against them for speed limit violations. The cab drivers will assemble near Himachal Bhawan at Mandi House on Tuesday to seek government action on their demands, he said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) . 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In May, the UK telecoms giant sealed a joint venture (JV) deal with the Eurosport owner to create a combined sports broadcasting business in the UK and Ireland. It agreed to the move, which could be worth up to £540 million, after a lengthy review of its BT Sport operation. Last month, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a probe into the joint venture deal, as it sought to assess whether the move could \"result in a substantial lessening of competition\". The CMA started with a Phase 1 investigation but has now confirmed it will not refer the deal to a more thorough Phase 2 probe, allowing the process to complete. BT said it will now be able to complete the merger \"in the coming weeks\", with its and Warner Bros Discovery's assets being transferred into a new company. It confirmed that BT Sport and Eurosport will initially retain their separate brands before being brought together \"under a single brand\" in the future. Marc Allera, chief executive officer of BT's consumer division and future chairman of the joint venture, said: \"It's great news that the CMA has approved the new JV that we are forming with Warner Bros Discovery, combining the very best of BT Sport and Eurosport UK, to create an exciting new offer for live sport programming in the UK. \"Today is a huge milestone, as we now look toward day one of the new business, which we hope to be in the coming weeks.\" Andrew Georgiou, future board member of the JV and president and managing director of Warner Bros Discovery Sports Europe, said: \"Combining the capabilities, portfolios and scale of BT Sport and Eurosport UK will be a big win for fans in the UK & Ireland, offering a new destination that will feature all the sport they love in one place.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Warner Bros Discovery", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Warner Bros Discovery", "length": 21, "offset": 44}, {"position_text": "Warner Bros Discovery BT", "length": 24, "offset": 110}, {"position_text": "Warner Bros Discovery", "length": 21, "offset": 139}, {"position_text": "Warner Bros Discovery", "length": 21, "offset": 223}, {"position_text": "Warner Bros Discovery's", "length": 23, "offset": 1018}, {"position_text": "Warner Bros Discovery", "length": 21, "offset": 1430}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "JV", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "JV", "length": 2, "offset": 1742}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "BT Sport", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "BT Sport", "length": 8, "offset": 16}, {"position_text": "BT Sport", "length": 8, "offset": 82}, {"position_text": "BT Sport", "length": 8, "offset": 549}, {"position_text": "BT Sport", "length": 8, "offset": 1105}, {"position_text": "BT Sport", "length": 8, "offset": 1480}, {"position_text": "BT Sport", "length": 8, "offset": 1880}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Eurosport", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Eurosport", "length": 9, "offset": 366}, {"position_text": "Eurosport", "length": 9, "offset": 1118}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Watchdog", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Watchdog", "length": 8, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Watchdog", "length": 8, "offset": 66}], "label": "positive"}]}, {"id": 831, "text": "Credit Suisse Fined in Money Laundering Case\nA criminal case involving Credit Suisse, a former employer, and Bulgarian drug traffickers has resulted in imprisonments and fines. Credit Suisse will appeal. A widely followed case that opened in February at the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, revolving around tons of cocaine, dead bodies, and a gang of former professional wrestlers, Credit Suisse, and an ex-bank employee, among others, has resulted in a guilty verdict for those involved, including the bank, according to a statement from the court ( in German ). The former Credit Suisse employee was sentenced to 20 months in prison and a fine for qualified money laundering, with both sentences enforceable. Claims for Compensation As to Credit Suisse itself, the court found deficiencies within the bank during the period in question, about the management of customer relations with the criminal gang and the monitoring of the implementation of precautions against money laundering. Based on these internal insufficiencies, the court sentenced Credit Suisse to a fine of 2 million Swiss francs (2.1 million US dollars). It also ordered the confiscation of assets worth more than 12 million francs held in the criminal organizations' accounts at the bank. Last but not least, the court justified a claim for compensation from the bank of more than 19 million. This amount corresponded to the assets that could not be confiscated due to internal deficiencies at the bank - which had facilitated the money laundering. Appeal Intended In a statement following the verdict, Credit Suisse noted the decision «for certain historical organizational inadequacies,» and will appeal, saying the investigation dates back more than 14 years. The bank also said it is «continuously testing its anti-money laundering framework and has been strengthening it over time, in accordance with evolving regulatory standards. 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The company, which co-owns an oil firm with the Russian government, said in its annual report that \"events in or relating to Russia, including trade restrictions and other sanctions, could adversely impact our income and investment in or relating to Russia\". When asked on Friday, BP refused to condemn Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which started the day before, and did not answer questions about the future of its stake in Rosneft. BP owns a 20% stake in the Russian oil company, and the Russian government owns around 40%. BP's chief executive, Bernard Looney, and former chief executive, Bob Dudley, both sit on the Rosneft board. Several European former politicians stepped down from the boards of Russian companies on Thursday but the two men remain in place. Rosneft's chief executive, Igor Sechin, is a former deputy prime minister in Mr Putin's government, and is reportedly known as Darth Vader behind the scenes in Moscow. Rosneft and Mr Sechin were sanctioned by the US government in 2014. At the time the US said that Mr Sechin \"has shown utter loyalty to Vladimir Putin – a key component to his current standing\". On Thursday Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey called for the UK to also sanction Rosneft and gas giant Gazprom. He said: \"The absence of Gazprom and Rosneft, part-owned by BP, in today's sanctions list is the elephant in the room. The UK must do everything we can to stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. \"Russia's state-owned oil and gas giants stand to profit from this war and soaring prices. We must start treating Putin's Russia like the rogue state it is and immediately cut off UK investment in these firms.\" Despite repeated questions from the PA news agency BP did not answer the question whether it supports or opposes Mr Putin's invasion. Instead it released a statement saying that the developments in Ukraine and Russia are \"concerning\". On Thursday morning Mr Putin's troops started crossing the border into Ukraine itself, after previously having only entered the territories in the eastern area of Donbas that Russian proxies have occupied since 2014. \"We are closely watching the concerning developments in Ukraine and Russia,\" BP said in response to questions about its position on the invasion or whether it will raise objections in Russia. \"We are doing all we can to monitor the fast-changing situation. \"Our priority is the safety and security of our people. \"We are accounting for all our team and will continue to support them and provide any help they need. 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No results found. Please change your search terms and try again. MHI and ZutaCore Join Forces in a Strategic Alliance, Paving the Way for a Zero-emission Data Industry -- MHI Enters White-label Agreement and Invests in ZutaCore, Accelerating the Growth of Sustainable Dielectric Direct-Liquid-Cooling Solutions -- SAN JOSE, Calif. , Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), one of the world's foremost industrial groups leading the way in clean energy, and ZutaCore, Inc., a trailblazer in the field of direct-on-chip, waterless liquid cooling solutions, today announced a strategic partnership to bring zero-emissions to the data industry. MHI's investment in ZutaCore will expedite the growth and development of sustainable liquid cooling solutions crucial for energy efficiency in an increasingly data-reliant world. Through the white-label sales agreement, MHI will combine ZutaCore's HyperCool® dielectric direct-liquid-cooling technology with its extensive product line and technological expertise at a global scale. The comprehensive solution provides unprecedented benefits to high-performance computing workloads, server densification, and data center sustainability. ZutaCore® & MHI partner to boost sustainable data industry growth via a global white-label agreement & investment. No Chillers data center with ZutaCore HyperCool, delivering performance and sustainability for high-performance computing workloads. Data industry sustainability has risen to the top for decision-makers, calling for significant technology transitions. More powerful processors are being developed to enable high computing densities required by next-gen data centers. This exceptional power density calls for powerful cooling. Watch how ZutaCore HyperCool transforms the data industry with waterless direct-on-chip liquid cooling for the mainstream. Liquid Cooling in Action at Equinix - Hear what they have learned deploying and running two-phase liquid cooling for a critical production workload. ZutaCore's trailblazing HyperCool® technology transforms the data center landscape by allowing operators to significantly upgrade their existing infrastructure with little to no modifications to current real estate, power, or cooling systems, while leveraging unprecedented heat reuse capabilities. Merging this breakthrough with MHI Group's fully integrated management system, low-carbon power generation facilities, and server immersion cooling systems, will dramatically address the pressing challenges faced by data centers today, including the enhancement of heat exhaust efficiency, promotion of energy conservation, and decarbonization. Erez Freibach, co-founder and CEO of ZutaCore, commented on the new partnership: \"Our alliance with MHI marks a pivotal moment in the trajectory of sustainable data centers. Leveraging MHI's extensive technological expertise and global reach alongside our groundbreaking HyperCool technology, we are poised to redefine data center efficiency. This partnership is a testament to our shared commitment to fostering a zero-emission data industry, and we are excited to pave the way for unprecedented energy conservation and decarbonization levels in this space.\" The worldwide surge in digital transformation (DX) has sparked an exponential rise in information processing, amplifying both the role and demand for data centers. Alongside this, the emergence of generative AI*1 necessitates using high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs)*2, leading to an uptick in power consumption by data centers that manage these high-performance servers. This is where ZutaCore's innovative cooling solutions become an essential player. By implementing ZutaCore's state-of-the-art technology, data centers can effectively manage the increased heat output and power consumption, promoting efficient operations and sustainability in the era of digital expansion. \"MHI is keen to support the ongoing transition of Data Centers towards smarter and more efficient through one stop solutions integrating power generation and cooling solution. Our new partner ZutaCore has already supplied its innovative HyperCool® solution to the world's IT infrastructure and server companies, contributing to the realization of sustainable data centers through effective heat exhaust for servers. The partnership with ZutaCore will accelerate contributing to further progress in Data Center infrastructure,\" said Shin Gomi, General Manager in Business Development, Growth Strategy Office of MHI. Drawing on its extensive expertise in various heat-related fields, MHI is committed to delivering comprehensive \"One Stop Solutions\" that encompass reliable and efficient low-carbon power generation facilities, integrated management systems, and high-efficiency cooling systems. These solutions are specifically tailored for data centers that utilize high-performance servers, a rapidly expanding market. By enabling decarbonized and efficient data centers, MHI and ZutaCore are at the forefront of driving the IT industry's green transformation (GX). Notes *1: Generative AI: Artificial intelligence (AI) that can autonomously create new content, such as images and text, by learning a large amount of data. *2: GPU: A semiconductor chip (processor) that performs computation processing related to image depiction. Up to now, GPU models specialized in graphics have been common, but as the AI field has progressed, more of the latest models incorporate functions for AI. About ZutaCore Founded in 2016 ZutaCore is revolutionizing the data industry with HyperCool® - a waterless, direct-on-chip liquid cooling solution. This technology increases compute density, reduces energy consumption, optimizes space utilization, and delivers 100% heat reuse in the data center. With its field operations centered in San Jose, California, an R&D center in Israel, and offices in Europe and Taiwan, ZutaCore is part of the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance. Learn more at www.zutacore.com and follow us . About Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group is one of the world's leading industrial groups, spanning energy, smart infrastructure, industrial machinery, aerospace and defense. MHI Group combines cutting-edge technology with deep experience to deliver innovative, integrated solutions that help to realize a carbon neutral world, improve the quality of life and ensure a safer world. 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To add salt to the entire matter, the Royal Family has distanced itself from Harry and Meghan so no new Royal beef to harp on about – Harry was even denied a stay at Windsor Castle when he visited the UK in September last year. So no more royal connections to sell and no new deals being made, what can they do? Well, Harry wrote a bestselling book. Royal experts believe it's only a matter of time until Meghan tries to match that. Meghan Markle Could Make Lots of Money By Penning Her Very Own Memoir Meghan once told us that she kept a journal during her short time with the Royal Family. And let's be honest, Harry's memoir sold over a million copies worldwide, so it's possible Meghan's could match that or even top it. Though, I highly doubt that since Omid Scobie has already shown their main card: the race card. What else could she say to make people interested; that the Queen didn't lend her the tiara of her choice? (Yawn). However, Tom Bower believes a memoir could still work for Meghan, as someone who was privy to the Royal Family's ways for some time. Tom claimed: \"The only thing she has got left – and I think that is her potential gold mine – is her autobiography. She has a very very vivid imagination and she'll be able to spell out an amazing story… to increase her income.\" Prince Harry Thinks Doria Ragland Is The Third Wheel In His Marriage View Story He said the endorsements they're receiving in recent times does very little to help their affluent lifestyle and it might be time to find other ways to make and supplement their income. As for the topic of the success Harry found penning a memoir, just know that the first day sales of his book topped some of publishing's best, including those penned by Barack and Michelle Obama. It also marked the biggest first-day sales for any nonfiction book ever published by Penguin Random House, the world's largest publisher. Meghan, though, is no stranger to writing having penned a children's picture book. The difference was that it was nowhere near as successful as Harry's. Be sure to catch up on everything happening with The Royal Family right now. Come back here often for all The Royal Family spoilers, news, and updates. 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The new entity, TT Foundation Advisors (TTFA), will seek to be a one-stop independent provider of philanthropy advisory and management services to philanthropic foundations, family offices, corporations, philanthropists, and charities across Asia. TTFA will be managed by Dickson Lim, a philanthropy… To access this content, please click back to the home screen, then click \"Menu\" (bars in top left bars) and then \"Login\". 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(Source:Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP) The false social media posts started just hours after protesters first began chanting and carrying banners around the Minneapolis neighborhood where George Floyd, an African American man, died handcuffed in police custody. \"The cop who killed George Floyd,\" Facebook and Twitter users claimed, wrongly identifying a man pictured laughing alongside President Donald Trump at a rally as former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. More fake videos and photos followed as the demonstrations turned violent the next day. Some speculated, without evidence, that Floyd's death was staged or that protesters had been paid to stir up trouble, in tweets collectively shared thousands of times. Others said a video showed a protester driving a car through a shopping complex in Minneapolis, when in fact the footage was taken during an incident at an Illinois mall last year. Since a video of an officer kneeling on Floyd's neck first surfaced, internet troublemakers and even celebrities have posted misleading or unsubstantiated claims around his death and the ensuing protests. The social media inaccuracies have created confusion around the unfolding news, tearing at the already loosely woven seams of America's racial tapestry. \"A good deal of this, if not all of this, is intentionally trying to stoke the racial flame that has been ablaze in the United States almost since slavery started 400-plus years ago,\" said Lanier Holt, a communications professor at Ohio State University who studied in Minneapolis. While the falsehoods may have been unwittingly amplified by some, they have likely been planted by those preying on existing racial tensions, Holt said. \"They put out that false information to get that narrative in the minds of people who already have these ... pre-existing biases,\" he said. The online misinformation so far appears to have fallen along those racial divides. The day after Floyd died, Twitter and Facebook users shared a photo of a man wearing a \"Make America White Again\" red cap, claiming it was Chauvin, who was charged Friday with third-degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. A version of the image was actually first posted online by a pro-Trump internet trickster who has previously duped media outlets into writing fictitious stories. Jonathan Riches confirmed to The Associated Press through messages that he was the man in the photo. Twitter later labeled rapper and actor Ice Cube's tweet with the photo as \"manipulated media.\" After protests on Thursday night, the St. Paul Police Department denied rumors trending online that one of its police officers was responsible for breaking windows of an AutoZone store in neighboring Minneapolis. \"We know with precision where that officer has been and who that officer has been with,\" St. Paul Police spokesman Steve Linders said. \"He was at work, and not at the location.\" Meanwhile, others have posted old or out-of-context photos online and falsely suggested it showed the damage caused by Minnesota protesters. Hundreds of thousands viewed a short video clip circulating online that purported to show a car driving through the Mall of America, the massive shopping complex that sits in a Minneapolis suburb. \"RIP to Mall of America,\" one Twitter user wrote. Fact checkers debunked the video, but as of Friday afternoon, people on Facebook and Twitter continued to say that the mall had been looted by protesters. Facebook declined to comment Friday on misinformation on their platform around Floyd's death or the protests. Divisive misinformation around Floyd's death and the resulting protests thrives online because social media users choose who they do — or don't — follow and are less likely to be exposed to differing viewpoints outside of their circle of pages, family and friends. \"We thought social media was going to be this great equalizer,\" Holt said. \"People find networks of people who are just like them. 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According to a letter sent to Thomas Gottstein, chief executive of the US House of Representatives Committee on Over Site and Reform Bank, Credit Suisse was asked to hand over documents relating to financing of yachts and private jets owned by potentially sanctioned individuals. Monday. After the Financial Times reported earlier this month that Credit Suisse had asked hedge funds and other investors to destroy records for its wealthy clientele yachts and private jets, it then sought to stem the leakage of loans to sanctioned oligarchs. . The letter was sent by US Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Stephen Lynch. Maloney is chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee and Lynch is chairman of the National Security Subcommittee. The letter raised concerns about the timing of the bank's instructions to destroy records, with Switzerland's claim that it would join other countries in imposing sanctions on Russia. 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[ The European Commission expects contractual obligations of vaccines incurred by drug-maker Astrazeneca to be met as laid out in the original purchase agreements. On Friday (22 January), the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company Astrazeneca announced they would delay the shipments of vaccine doses agreed with EU countries for up to a month. The delay was caused by production problems at their facility in Belgium. A senior EU official told Reuters that the cut would amount to 60% of the 31 million doses member states are expected to receive by the end of March. In a telephone call with Astrazeneca CEO Pascal Soriot on Monday (25 January), European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen made clear that she expects the company to deliver on the contractual arrangements foreseen in the advanced purchased agreements (APA). In August, the EU executive sealed a deal with AstraZeneca for at least 300 million doses at a cost of €336 million, with an option for a further 100 million doses. A Commission spokesperson said that the EU has invested a significant amount of money in the company upfront to ensure production before the conditional market authorisation, which is expected to be granted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on 29 January. \"Of course, production issues can appear with a complex vaccine. But we expect the company to find solutions and to exploit all possible flexibilities to deliver swiftly,\" the spokesperson said. In a letter sent to the company on Sunday (24 January), Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides also stressed the importance of timely delivery of vaccines as set out in the APAs. EU on the offensive after COVID-19 vaccines delays In today's news from the Capitals, find out more about Italy's TickTock ban, the Danish PM's vision of an 'asylum-free' future, and so much more. She reiterated that the scaling up of production capacity has to happen concurrently with the conduct of clinical trials to ensure the availability of vaccines as quickly as possible. The matter was discussed by the Commission, national governments and the company at a steering board meeting on Monday (25 January). The shortage problem will only affect the EU as the deliveries to the United Kingdom, who also struck a deal with the pharmaceutical company, will be served as planned. \"The UK will get what was promised and the European Union will get much less and their explanation is: different supply chains,\" commented German Christian Democrat MEP Peter Liese. \"This is great nonsense: when you have a contract, you have to deliver,\" he added. Meanwhile, Italy's government is already mulling over legal action against AstraZeneca for breaching the purchase agreement. \"Slowing down vaccine deliveries is a serious breach of contract, causing enormous damage to Italy and other European countries,\" Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said. 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At the same time, S&P affirmed its 'B' short-term issuer credit ratings on both entities and raised its Kazakhstan national scale rating on JSC Freedom Finance to 'kzBB+' from 'kzBB'. S&P also affirmed its 'B-/B' long- and short-term issuer credit ratings and 'kzBB' Kazakhstan national scale rating on JSC Bank Freedom Finance Kazakhstan, a Kazakhstan corporation, accompanied by a positive outlook on the long-term rating. Company CEO, Timur Turlov, stated, \"We are pleased that these S&P long-term issuer credit ratings have been raised as this serves as validation of the economic growth and stability of our region and our Company's success pursuing opportunities for expansion and profitability while strengthening the fundamental soundness of our rapidly growing enterprise.\" About S&P S&P is an international market leader in the provision of independent financial market analysis including credit data and credit ratings for companies and countries. About Freedom Holding Corp. Freedom Holding Corp., a Nevada corporation, is a financial services holding company conducting retail financial securities brokerage, investment research, investment counseling, securities trading, investment banking and underwriting services and consumer banking through its subsidiaries under the name of Freedom Finance in Eurasia. The Company employs more than 2,000 persons and is a professional participant in the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, Astana International Exchange, Moscow Exchange, Saint-Petersburg Exchange, Ukrainian Exchange, Republican Stock Exchange of Tashkent, and Uzbek Republican Currency Exchange. The Company is also members of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Exchange. The Company is headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with administrative office locations in Russia, Cyprus, and the United States. The Company's common shares are registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and are traded in the United States on the Nasdaq Capital Market, operated by Nasdaq, Inc. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This release contains \"forward-looking\" statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results or performance and involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the events or results described in, or anticipated by, the forward-looking statements. Factors that could materially affect such forward-looking statements include certain economic, business, and regulatory risks and factors identified in the Company's periodic and current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this release and the Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. 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Northrop Grumman announced earnings per share of $6.42 on revenue of $9.15B. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of $5.83 on revenue of $8.78B. Northrop Grumman shares are down 20% from the beginning of the year and are trading at $360.11 , down-from-52-week-high.They are under-performing the STOXX 600 which is up 16.15% from the start of the year. Northrop Grumman follows other major Industrials sector earnings this month Northrop Grumman's report follows an earnings beat by United Parcel Service on Tuesday, who reported EPS of $3.06 on revenue of $23.42B, compared to forecasts EPS of $2.79 on revenue of $23.19B. Honeywell had beat expectations on July 23 with second quarter EPS of $2.02 on revenue of $8.81B, compared to forecast for EPS of $1.94 on revenue of $8.64B. Stay up-to-date on all of the upcoming earnings reports by visiting Investing.com's earnings calendar Northrop Grumman Earnings, Revenue beat in Q2 Beyond the meme: finance gets serious on going viral By Reuters - Jul 29, 2021 By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Ian Rogers used to be in charge of digital strategy for luxury fashion group LVMH (PA:LVMH). Now he has a new mission: to sprinkle some... India shares higher at close of trade; Nifty 50 up 0.44% By Investing.com - Jul 29, 2021 Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals, Real Estate and Public Sector Undertakings sectors propelled shares higher. At the... Airbus ups forecasts after big H1 but cautious on virus By Reuters - Jul 29, 2021 By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -Europe's Airbus doubled its full-year profit forecast and raised the outlook for jet deliveries after posting better-than-expected half-year... 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The proposed ETF seeks to track the price of ether and would utilize Coinbase Custody Trust Company and the Bank of New York Mellon as custodians. The SEC's decision to extend the review period is due to the need for additional time to thoroughly evaluate the proposed rule changes and the complex issues surrounding the classification of Ethereum and its suitability for a spot ETF. This cautious approach mirrors a similar delay for Grayscale's Ethereum Trust proposal, which seeks to convert into a spot ether ETF. Amidst a surge in applications for spot cryptocurrency ETFs, with industry giants like Fidelity and BlackRock joining the race, there was initial speculation that the SEC would reach a decision in May. However, the recent delays have tempered expectations. Analysts like Bloomberg's James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas have expressed skepticism and revised their approval likelihood estimates due to the growing uncertainty surrounding spot Ethereum ETFs. Despite regulatory hurdles and dimmed expectations, the market's appetite for cryptocurrency investment vehicles remains strong, as evidenced by the substantial influx of capital into spot Bitcoin ETFs following SEC approval in January 2024. Adding to the complexity surrounding spot Ethereum ETFs, the SEC has initiated a period of public comment regarding potential approval. The commission is seeking feedback on proposals from Bitwise Ethereum Trust, Fidelity Ethereum Fund, and Grayscale Ethereum. However, SEC Chair Gary Gensler cautioned against interpreting the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs as endorsing crypto assets or their regulatory status. Industry figures like VanEck CEO Jan van Eck and CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti have voiced skepticism about the approval prospects for spot Ethereum ETFs, predicting a prolonged period of inaction from the SEC on pending applications. Democratic Senators Laphonza Butler and Jack Reed have urged SEC Chair Gensler to exercise caution in approving crypto-based ETFs, citing potential risks to investors and concerns about inadequate regulatory safeguards. The uncertainty surrounding the approval of spot Ethereum ETFs reflects a broader trend in the regulatory landscape for cryptocurrency investment products. Market participants are closely watching developments in this space, as the outcome will have implications for investor access to digital assets and the overall growth of the cryptocurrency market. 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Chicken is on display in a market in Pittsburgh, July 12, 2022. The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit and proposed settlement against some of the largest poultry producers in the U.S. It's part of an effort to end what the government claims have been longstanding deceptive and abusive practices for workers. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit against some of the largest poultry producers in the U.S. along with a proposed settlement seeking to end what it claims have been longstanding deceptive and abusive practices for workers. The suit is being filed in federal court in Maryland naming Cargill, Sanderson Farms and Wayne Farms, along with a data consulting company known as Weber, Meng, Sahl and Company, according to three people familiar with the matter. The people could not publicly discuss the specific details of the suit before the filing was made public and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. In its lawsuit, the Justice Department alleges the companies have been engaged in a multiyear conspiracy to exchange information about the wages and benefits of workers at poultry processing plants in order to drive down employee competition in the marketplace, the people said. The government contends the data consulting firm helped to share the information about the workers' compensation with the companies and their executives, the people said. By carrying out the scheme, officials allege the companies were able to compete less intensely for workers and reduce the amount of money and benefits they had to offer their employees, suppressing competition for poultry processing workers across the board, the people said. The defendants and unnamed co-conspirators in the lawsuit account for hiring about 90 percent of all chicken processing jobs in the nation, one of the people said. The suit is the latest example of the Justice Department's antitrust enforcement targeting companies the government believes engage in anticompetitive behavior to stifle workers or harm consumers. It also comes as the department continues a broader investigation into labor abuses in the poultry industry. The suit is being filed with a proposed consent decree — a settlement that would require the companies to pay $84.4 million in restitution for workers who were harmed by the unlawful information sharing network, the people said. The settlement would also put in place a federal monitor selected by the Justice Department who would ensure compliance for the next decade. The consent decree also would permit Justice Department lawyers and investigators to inspect the poultry processors' facilities and interview their employees to ensure they are complying with the terms, the people said. The suit comes as Cargill and Continental Grain — of which Wayne Farms is a subsidiary — formed a joint venture to acquire Sanderson Farms , paying $203 per share in cash for a company that last year processed more than 4.8 billion pounds of meat. The companies plan to combine Sanderson Farms with Wayne Farms to form a new, privately held poultry business. Operations will include poultry processing plants and prepared foods plants across Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas. Wayne Farms has more than 9,000 employees. It makes products under brand names including Wayne Farms fresh and prepared chicken, Platinum Harvest premium fresh chicken, Chef's Craft gourmet chicken, Naked Truth premium chicken and Ladybirdy premium chicken. Laurel, Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms has 17,000 employees and 12 plants. It processes 13.6 million chickens per week. The proposed consent decree would also resolve allegations that Sanderson Farms and Wayne Farms treated chicken farmers unfairly by using a system that reduced their pay for low performance. The farmers sign contracts to raise the chickens and the processing companies provide the birds and the feed. Their pay is then determined by how well the farmers perform compared to other chicken growers. The Justice Department alleges that the companies' use of that compensation method, known as the \"tournament system,\" resulted in their failure to provide information for farmers to evaluate and manage their financial risk. Generally, chicken producers enter long-term contracts with meat companies that farmers say lock them into deals that fix their compensation at unprofitably low levels . As part of that settlement, Sanderson Farms and Wayne Farms would be prohibited from reducing the base payments to chicken growers as a way to penalize them for under-performance, the people said. The consent decree would, though, allow the companies to offer incentives and bonuses to growers, according to the people. The proposed consent decree is being filed as part of the suit on Monday. Under federal law, the proposal would also be published in the Federal Register and there would be a 60-day period for people to send comments to the Justice Department before a court could accept and finalize the agreement. 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(Regeneron) Drugmakers of all shapes and sizes are chasing after therapeutics and vaccines to fight the novel coronavirus. But among the pack, one company's track record might give it the jump on a treatment—and at least one analyst is not afraid to heap praise on its efforts. Regeneron's \"innovative horsepower and initiative\" in its response to COVID-19, including a push to repurpose arthritis med Kevzara and quickly identify new antibodies to target the virus, has put the drugmaker in the lead to develop a treatment, Evercore ISI analyst Josh Schimmer said in a note to investors Friday. 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These comprise a $US 6.88bn Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and three Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) low-interest loans from the Build America Bureau totalling $4.06bn to fund the local share of the project. The states of New York and New Jersey and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) are covering 30% of the project's costs. The federal government confirmed that it would award the $US 6.88bn grant to GDC last month. The project has secured a total of $US 12bn in federal government funding, which is described as \"the largest federal commitment to a rail transportation project in modern history.\" \"After decades of delays, the Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project is finally moving forward,\" says New York governor, Ms Kathy Hochul. \"This Full Funding Grant Agreement will provide the critical resources needed to deliver an essential piece of infrastructure that will bring millions of visitors to New York every year.\" Progress report As well as building the new tunnel for the Northeast Corridor (NEC), which is expected to be completed in 2035, the project involves rehabilitating the existing North River Tunnel. Work on this element will be completed in 2038. The project also includes construction of a new track box underneath Hudson Yards in New York City, which will allow trains to travel between the new Hudson River Tunnel and Penn Station. Construction officially commenced in November 2023, and with all funding now in place, GDC is able to proceed with major construction and tunnel boring, including the Hudson River Ground Stabilisation Project. This involves stabilising the riverbed on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River to enable TBMs to excavate the new tunnel. GDC plans to award contracts worth more than $US 5bn for construction work by the end of 2024. This will include contracts to build sections of the tunnel passing through the Palisades in New Jersey and going through the Manhattan bulkhead under Hudson River Park. It will also order the first TBM for the project. A joint venture of contractors Parsons, Mace and Arcadis was appointed to deliver the project in March. For detailed data on rail projects from North America and around the world, subscribe to IRJ Pro . 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Reuters Contemporary relationship is now infinitely more difficult than it absolutely was merely a years that are few. Tech has transformed dating into a multifaceted game involving swiping, algorithms and performance art that is digital. Yet the same kind of kinds of racism, sex norms and stereotyping are no less persistent. Master of None, Aziz Ansari's Netflix series that is original which circulated its 2nd period Friday, illustrates the battles tangled up in finding love, on the internet and down, in ways almost every other conventional programs are apparently not capable of. The standup comic and writer provides real-life scenarios of love without Hollywood's typical whitewashing: from checking out fetishization connected with dating individuals of a specific skin tone and ethnicity to portraying exactly exactly exactly exactly what it is like rejecting an English-speaking man through the muted viewpoint of a lady cashier who just talks US Sign Language. The show's brilliance can be found in these little fragments of life, where in actuality the many relatable pitfalls and hilarities regarding the love that is millennial are incredibly spot-on, they may be uncanny. A lot more, each episode provides a new viewpoint on the exact same experiences many singles face at one point or any other. Ansari continues on a round of very very very first times when you look at the 2nd period's 4th episode (correctly en titled \"First Date\"), supplying a glimpse into exactly exactly just exactly what it really is like being solitary in new york while on dating apps as being a South Asian guy amid many different ethnically diverse ladies. The conversations are candid, hysterical, often embarrassing and always accurate within their representations of today's tradition and racial relations. Certainly one of Ansari's times covers exactly exactly exactly exactly what it is like being a woman that is black dating apps, into the Netflix show \"Master of None.\" Netflix \"Oh, being a black colored girl on these apps? Totally various situation,\" certainly one of Ansari's times claims over some cups of dark wine. \"after all, in comparison to my friends that are white I have method less activity. In addition realize that We seldom match with dudes away from my battle.\" There is no race that is denying with regards to online dating sites. Rising information shows women that are african-American Asian guys are one of the most penalized kinds of individuals on dating apps like okay Cupid. \"the theory is that, dating apps open up a world that is whole of opportunities,\" Eric Klinenberg, co-author of Aziz Ansari's book on relationship, Modern Romance, informs Newsweek. \"we all know that the places we live and hang in many cases are segregated by battle and course. However the internet is wholly available, right? Regrettably, that is not what goes on. Sociological studies have shown that folks discriminate online just like in real world. \"People of color generally speaking aren't getting the degree of interest that white individuals do,\" Klinenberg continues. \"and also the teams that face the essential discrimination, African-American ladies and Asian males. we have been pretty definately not equality online.\" Regardless of the apparent flaws when you look at the apps many individuals used to figure out whom they meet within their life, the problem isn't typically showcased on television or even the big screen. There is an \"epidemic of invisibility\" throughout Hollywood, based on a variety research on movie and tv released this past year by the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative during the University of Southern Ca's Annenberg class for Communication and Journalism. Ansari, top right, celebrates along with other cast people and team after winning the comedy series award that is best for \"Master of None\" throughout the experts' option prizes in Santa Monica, Ca. Reuters Master of None will continue to break through the mildew with its 2nd period, providing the most practical depictions of interracial relationship and romance that is modern any show presently on tv. Ansari's power to transcend conversations on racial relations, online dating sites additionally the uniting want to find love with someone вЂ\" irrespective of ethnicity вЂ\" is something the remainder of Hollywood could most likely discover something or two from. \"the way in which we look for and discover love states a great deal about whom our company is and that which we value,\" Klinenberg states. \"Also, whenever you can move straight back as a result a little, it is pretty damn funny.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Newsweek", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Newsweek", "length": 8, "offset": 2984}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Reuters", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 307}, {"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 4220}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Ca", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Ca", "length": 2, "offset": 4216}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "US Sign Language", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "US Sign Language", "length": 16, "offset": 1264}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 849, "text": "Travis Scott's Cacti Hard Seltzer Discontinued\nTo Stay Connected with Our Updates Travis Scott's Cacti hard seltzer will have to find a new home if it hopes to continue, because Anheuser-Busch has made the decision to discontinue the beverage. This comes after Scott continues seeing more trouble after the Astroworld tragedy. In an announcement Friday, Anheuser-Busch said, \"After careful evaluation, we have decided to stop all production and brand development of CACTI Agave Spiked Seltzer. We believe brand fans will understand and respect this decision.\" According to a report from AdAge the company would not specify if the decision came because of what happened at the Astroworld . A source close to Travis, however, tells TMZ the two sides had an agreement that was to end November 30, saying, \"this is not a cancelation or creasing of an ongoing agreement.\" We're told the Nov. 30 decision was a mutual one. Cacti seemed to be a marketing hit, selling out in stores and even causing a frenzy when TS hit a local grocer in Los Angeles to promote the product. But doing well as a product would do the whole brand no good when the person behind the product is in such a hot mess. What happened at Astroworld has affected the career of the rapper in a multitude of ways. Being cut off from deals and collaborations with companies being one of the biggest hit he has had to take. Companies wouldn't risk their reputation to promote a product with an artist in such a situation anyway. It's currently unclear if Travis will attempt to repurpose the brand elsewhere. We will have to wait and see what happens to the product and whether it resurfaces in the market some time down the line when the moment is right. Anirban Biswas An Avid Writer And A Songwriter-Composer Who Is No Alien To The Creative Side Of Life. I Set No Boundaries For Myself When It Comes To Exploring Opportunities And Going For It. 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In a letter titled \"Bye, Amazon\" posted to his personal blog , Tim Bray - who worked as a VP for Amazon Web Services - chronicled how employees who circulated a petition demanding coronavirus-related workplace protections were given the axe. 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AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is back in the headlines again, with European medicines regulators poised to deliver their verdict on possible links between the shot and rare blood clots in a small number of recipients. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is scheduled to make the announcement at a briefing scheduled to take place at 14:00 GMT on Wednesday. Several European countries have stopped using the vaccine on younger adults due to blood clotting concerns. The EMA has previously said the AstraZeneca shot, which was jointly developed with the United Kingdom's University of Oxford, is safe and that its benefits outweigh any risks. More doubts about the vaccine would be a setback for the shot, which is critical to Europe's immunisation campaign and a linchpin in the global strategy to get vaccines to poorer countries. The vaccine is cheaper and easier to use than rival offerings from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna and has been endorsed for use in more than 50 countries. But inconsistent advice in some countries on who can take the shot has already raised concerns that AstraZeneca's credibility could be permanently damaged, spurring more vaccine hesitancy and prolonging the pandemic. With that in mind, here's what you should know: What are the latest fears over the vaccine? AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine has had a rollercoaster rollout, with early concerns the shot may be linked to the formation of unusual blood clots and abnormally low levels of platelets in some younger adult recipients. The EMA's probe has focused on 62 case reports of an extremely rare clot in the brain, known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), among recipients around the world. That includes 44 cases out of 9.2 million people who have received the vaccine in the European Economic Area, which comprises European Union member states and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The total cited by the EMA does not include all the cases of the condition which have been reported in Germany, where 31 CVSTs have been recorded in the 2.7 million people vaccinated there. Most of the cases have affected young or middle-aged women. Nine people have died. In the UK, the country's independent Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has confirmed seven people have died due to blood clots after getting the AstraZeneca jab. Overall, the agency has identified 30 cases of rare blood clot events out of 18.1 million doses of the jab administered up to and including 24 March. It said it was undertaking a \"rigorous review\" into the reports, but urged people to continue taking the AstraZeneca vaccine. How have countries reacted? Some countries, including Canada, France, Germany and the Netherlands, have suspended use of the vaccine among young adults while investigations continue. Denmark and Norway have halted the rollout of the shot entirely. Several other countries have continued to use the vaccine with no restrictions, including the UK and Australia. The UK's University of Oxford did, however, on Tuesday pause a trial testing the vaccine in children and teenagers as it awaited more data. What have regulators said so far? The EMA, World Health Organization, MHRA and numerous other health authorities have said repeatedly that the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective and that the protection it offers against COVID-19 outweighs the small risks of rare blood clots. Last week, the EU medicines regulator said there is \"no evidence\" that would support restricting the use of this vaccine in any population. AstraZeneca has emphasised that its own studies have found no higher risk of clots because of its vaccine. But earlier this week, a senior EMA official said there was a causal link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and the few cases of rare blood clots. \"It is becoming more and more difficult to affirm that there isn't a cause-and-effect relationship between AstraZeneca vaccines and the very rare cases of blood clots associated with a low level of platelets,\" Marco Cavaleri, head of health threats and vaccine strategy at the Amsterdam-based agency, told Rome's Il Messaggero newspaper on Tuesday. However, he also stressed the risk-benefit analysis remained positive for the AstraZeneca jab, even for young women who appear to be more affected by the clots. 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According to the report, the fiscal deficit for the fiscal year 2024-25 is anticipated to be set close to 5.5 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Significantly, the SBI noted that the Gross Tax to GDP ratio is at a 16-year high in the current fiscal year (FY24) and could potentially reach its highest point in the last two decades in FY25. The report highlights the Interim Budget, set against the backdrop of a robust 7.3 per cent growth in the current fiscal year. This momentum positions the government to work towards the path of fiscal consolidation. The research suggests that net tax revenue is likely to surpass budget estimates by Rs 80,000 crores, with non-tax revenue exceeding estimates by Rs 50,000 crores. Despite an anticipated expenditure surpassing budget estimates by around Rs 60,000 crores, the report suggests the government can optimize the fiscal situation by employing an automatic fiscal stabilizer based on just-in-time fund releases aligned with spending patterns across various ministries. In terms of tax revenue, the report predicts that the gross tax revenue, which is currently at 11.6 per cent of GDP in FY24, is poised to reach a 16-year high. Further, in FY25, it is expected to achieve the highest levels witnessed in the last two decades. The fiscal deficit, while potentially declining in absolute terms in FY24, is projected to be around 5.9 per cent of GDP, with an interim budget target of 5.5 per cent in FY25. The final budget, to be presented in July, may set it lower at 5.3 per cent to 5.4 per cent, contingent on GDP numbers released in May 2024. The report estimates the net market borrowing of the Centre to be approximately Rs 11.7 lakh crore in FY25. With repayments of Rs 3.6 lakh crore, gross borrowings are anticipated to be around Rs 15.3 lakh crore. However, the government may utilise switches to adjust gross borrowings lower than this figure. Additionally, the report foresees a net issuance of T-Bills to the tune of Rs 50,000 crores. On the financing to close the fiscal deficit, the report suggests the government's reliance on small saving schemes will persist. A targeted push towards schemes such as Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) is recommended, including encouraging fresh registrations in a mission-driven mode. Utilizing Business Correspondent (BC) channel partners in banks is also advised to enhance the outreach of such schemes. The report anticipates the government's focus on solar rooftops, aligning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to reach 1 crore households. Similarly, a roadmap for a significant push to the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is expected. Utilizing land banks available across states to provide housing units for slum dwellers and marginalized segments of the population is proposed as a constructive measure. Deepak Agrawal, CIO Debt at Kotak Mutual Fund, put forward his expectations, saying, \"We expect Government to work towards its glide path of fiscal consolidation and accordingly fiscal deficit to GDP for FY25 is likely to be in the band of 5.3 per cent~5.5 per cent. Spending on capex is likely to be the focus area for the Government like last year. The borrowing requirements are likely to be met with flows from J P Morgan Emerging Market Bond Index to start from Jun'24.\" (ANI)", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Government", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Government", "length": 10, "offset": 3459}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Economic Research Department", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Economic Research Department", "length": 28, "offset": 135}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Kotak Mutual Fund", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Kotak Mutual Fund", "length": 17, "offset": 3163}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "ANI", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ANI", "length": 3, "offset": 125}, {"position_text": "ANI", "length": 3, "offset": 3612}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Centre", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Centre", "length": 6, "offset": 1966}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "J P Morgan", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "J P Morgan", "length": 10, "offset": 3550}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 853, "text": "BP, Eni Near Deal on Angola JV and Algeria Asset Swap\nEni and BP are near a deal to raise around $2.5 billion in financing to merge their oil and gas operations in Angola and close to a separate agreement for Eni to buy stakes in Algerian gas plants, three sources told Reuters. The two companies last year announced plans to combine their Angolan businesses into a new self-funded company with oil and gas production of around 200,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The merger is part of the two companies' overhaul of their oil and gas businesses as they shift towards renewables and low-carbon energy in the coming decades. It will also help them reduce debt. The two sides have in recent weeks discussed a financing package of around $2.5 billion for the new entity, which will help fund the company's operations and replace BP's and Eni's debt, according to the sources familiar with the matter, who could not be named because of the sensitivity of negotiations. \"It's almost wrapped up,\" one of the sources said. The 50-50 joint venture, which has not yet been named, will be headed by an Eni executive and will combine employees from both companies, two of the sources said. A BP spokesperson declined to comment on the details of the deal, which is expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Eni also declined to comment. ALGERIA In what will be a separate deal, BP is close to selling Italy's Eni its stakes in two major gas ‎developments in Algeria - In Salah Gas and In Amenas, the sources said. The value of such a deal is unclear. \"The companies are in advanced talks,\" one of the sources said. The two sides have struggled to agree on a way to balance the value of their Angolan assets since Eni's operations and oil and gas reserves are bigger and hold a larger value than BP's, two of the sources said. The change of ownership at the two gas plants in the south of Algeria will help Eni develop Algeria's energy infrastructure and export gas to southern Europe via pipelines, the sources said. Italy is looking to ramp up gas imports from Algeria to help reduce its reliance on flows from Gazprom GAZP.MM following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But to do that Algeria needs to increase its upstream gas production. Read full story Eni, which holds long-term gas contracts with state-owned energy giant Sonatrach, has historic ties with Algeria. Last year it signed a series of accords aimed at increasing production in the country. With one of Europe's biggest gas transport networks, Italy is seen as a future bridgehead into Europe for gas - and zero-emissions hydrogen - produced in North Africa and beyond. 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The idea behind the '5G Multiview' app is that Sky Sport subscribers in the crowd can enjoy the atmosphere of the stadium while still having access to all the features of the broadcaster's live coverage, thereby enhancing their matchday experience. The app was deployed during last weekend's clash between RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund, offering viewers up to five different camera angles, allowing them to analyse the events they've just seen. In-venue applications are viewed by many sports organisations and venue operators as a way to narrow the gap between the broadcast and in-person experience. As the quality of television and digital broadcasts increases, there are concerns that some fans might prefer to stay at home unless they can enjoy the same features at the stadium. Bundesliga fans get better connection in DFL's 5G Vodafone deal While it is already possible to watch on a smartphone while sitting in the stands, existing mobile technologies are ill-suited for the task. Current generation mobile networks become congested if tens of thousands of fans are watching high-quality video at the same time, while the high level of latency associated with traditional telecoms architecture means streams are behind the action on the field of play. Sky and Vodafone solve these issues by using 5G connectivity powered by high-band 26GHz frequencies that offer ultrafast speeds, huge capacity and ultra-low latency. Vodafone is the first operator in Germany to use the frequencies and promises speeds of 2.6 gigabits per second (Gbps) and latency of less than ten milliseconds. The Bundesliga has already partnered with Vodafone to ensure 5G is available in all of its clubs' stadiums, meaning images can be sent from the live production facilities to Sky's mobile transmission unit and then directly to fans' handsets. This means fans can see a goal in the flesh and watch a replay on their device without missing anything on the pitch. Vodafone has also used its in-stadium 5G networks to trial applications that superimpose live data graphics using augmented reality (AR) technology . \"We marry emotions in the stadium with information from the digital world,\" said Vodafone Germany chief executive Hannes Ametsreiter. \"Our [26GHz] 5G and on-site data processing [capabilities] in the stadium bring camera perspectives that stadium visitors would otherwise only see on TV in the evening, directly on their smartphones. Lovers of detail in the stands can see the game-defining scenes from every angle and never miss a goal.\" Vodafone's German rival O2 has also achieved a 5G milestone in the past week, using the technology to broadcast a top-flight handball match between Flensburg and Füchse Berlin. Many within the broadcast industry hope 5G will make it cheaper and easier to produce live events and increase creative freedom by reducing the need for fixed infrastructure. 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The upgrade was coupled by the agency raising the issuer credit rating for NC KazMunayGas JSC. S&P raised the rating on KazMunayGas due to the consolidation of its Kashagan B.V. stake, which resulted in lower-than-expected leverage. Since the group's creditworthiness has increased to the «bb+» level, which is in line with «KazTransOil's» stand-alone credit profile, S&P upgraded the company's rating to «BB+». 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The closure is scheduled for July 24th, 2024. Lloyds Banking Group announced plans to close 176 branches across the UK in 2024 and 2025. The closures reflect a national trend towards online banking. The Didcot and Oxford branches will remain. The closure is likely to be a blow to the elderly or those less comfortable with technology. Lloyds say after the branch closes, a Community Banker will be available to support customers in the local area one day a week. In 2023, Lloyds were granted planning permission to demolish the existing rear extension and build 8 new flats without parking. The commercial unit on Ock Street will be reduced in size. 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JA Solar's Senior Vice President Mr. Huang Xinming attended the event and delivered a speech to express the company's gratitude to local customers for their support since its inception and to share his views on the outlook for the development of renewable energy. Guests from over one hundred firms, including Hitachi, Panasonic, Marubeni and JGC, witnessed this important milestone in the company's history. Japan has attached great importance to the development and application of renewable energy, especially solar energy. Compared to other markets, Japan has higher requirements for the quality and efficiency of solar products. In 2012, JA Solar established a branch in Tokyo, and was quickly recognized by the market for the company's excellent products and services, and the JA Solar brand has been well accepted by local customers. The company takes a leading position in shipments to Japan with nearly 10% share of the market. It has built solid relationships with hundreds of local business partners, and has a strong market penetration for its products, covering all 47 administrative regions of Japan. JA Solar is highly regarded as the most trusted photovoltaic brand. JA Solar focuses on the R&D and production of high-efficiency solar PV products and launches a series of advanced products for the Japanese market. Last year, the company was granted a patent for its bifacial PERC technology in Japan, which is a manifestation of JA Solar's technological innovativeness and the recognition and protection for the IP rights in Japan. In February, the company showcased its 9BB half-cell mono PERC module at the PV EXPO 2019, which was positioned as an excellent choice for lowering LCOE and achieving grid parity. In July, JA Solar signed a Ga-doping patent licensing agreement with Shin-Etsu Chemical. 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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the picketing took place at the Mansard House, Victoria Island area of Lagos State. NAN reports that some aggrieved members were seen chanting solidarity songs, while holding placards of various inscriptions, to drive home their demands. Some of the inscriptions on the placards read: \"We say no to bad labour practices; \"BakerHughes stop denying us our rights.\" The Industrial Relations Officer, PENGASSAN, Lagos Zone, Leroy Musa, said that in spite of the pleas and meetings held with the company's management, it still locked out the employees. \"The management was with PENGASSAN discussing conditions for separating members which usually is supposed to be a voluntary separation, agreed by law and signed, before implemented. \"Our members got to the office only to be locked outside the office on the ground that they have been sacked. \"No pre-notice, no meetings and nothing to prepare the workers' minds; we are here to say no to the injustice. \"PENGASSAN is against this, and we will fight against it,\" Musa said. Also, the Industrial Relations Officer, PENGASSAN, Baker Hughes Branch, Olisa Igwebike, said the company's management had breached the agreements made earlier by both parties. According to him, due process should have been followed before the management locked out the workers. \"Typically, once negotiation has been done, we now agreed on the numbers of people that will be laid off and decided that we will be having a meeting afterward to complete all other modalities. \"When the meeting was to take place, the management locked out all the workers including union members; the management has already broken the process chain. \"It just means that as an entity, PENGASSAN, the management has no respect for authority, laws of the land and flouted the Department of Petroleum Resources and Ministry of Labour rules,\" Mr Igwebike said. Responding, Olusegun Obagbemi, the Communications Director, Baker Hughes, confirmed the development. 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According to findings from the World Bank, agriculture alone accounted for 4% of global domestic product, or GDP, f the United States in 2018. The report further noted that agriculture could account for more than 25% of GDP in developing countries. Meanwhile, it's important to point out that large corporate farms play a dominant role in the agriculture industry. For instance, research from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that major farms accounted for 89% of food production in the U.S. in 2015. This appears to still be the case, as key agricultural markets remain dominated by very few companies. This has become even more apparent, as the USDA recently announced plans to invest $500 million to help ensure that U.S. agricultural markets are more fair and accessible to small farmers and ranchers. Although government funding could help significantly, farmers across the globe are also beginning to adopt smarter agriculture technologies — such as blockchain and data analytics — to ensure that the growing agricultural demands are met. At the same time, these technologies are allowing small-scale farmers to obtain a number of benefits that were not previously possible. Farmers break into global markets Max Makuvise, president and co-founder of E-Livestock Global — a social enterprise that has developed a blockchain-based cattle tracing app for farmers in Zimbabwe — told Cointelegraph that Africa accounts for 20% of the global cattle population, yet the region only contributes 3% of the world's beef consumption. According to Makuvise, farmers in countries like Zimbabwe have a difficult time breaking into global value chains due to challenges involving visibility, ownership and trust. These issues worsened after the outbreak of a tick-borne disease in 2018 that caused the death of 50,000 cattle in Africa. The lack of a reliable traceability system has resulted in Zimbabwe being unable to export beef to lucrative markets in recent years. In order to solve this, Makuvise hopes that a blockchain-based solution designed to bring visibility and proof-of-ownership to Africa's cattle market could perhaps be the solution: \"Blockchain provides trust and verification that can help bring farmers to global markets.\" Powered by Mastercard's blockchain-based provenance solution , the E-Livestock Global app works by providing end-to-end visibility to the cattle supply chain. To put this into perspective, Makuvise explained that thousands of cattle in Zimbabwe are regularly \"dipped\" to prevent ticks and parasites. Yet, it is during this process when cattle ownership becomes challenging. \"About 2,000 cattle will go through this dip tank, all of which can be owned by 500 or more cattlemen,\" said Makuvise. Kamran Shahin, vice president of blockchain product development and innovation at Mastercard MEA, told Cointelegraph that the E-Livestock Global solution solves this challenge by allowing commercial farmers and dipping officers to tag each of the cow's head with an ultra-high radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag, as mandated by the Ministry of Agriculture of Zimbabwe, to register the cow and its owner. Shahin added: \"Each time the animal gets dipped, vaccinated, or receives medical treatment, the tag records the event onto the traceability system. Leveraging Mastercard's Provenance solution, E-Livestock Global records these events to maintain a secure and tamper-proof trail of each animal's history.\" According to Shahin, this entire process captures valuable information for both the farmer and the beef buyers. \"For farmers, it provides an irrefutable record that proves ownership, supports sales and exports, as well as allows them to obtain a loan, using their cattle as collateral.\" On the flip side, Shahin explained that this enables buyers to efficiently manage their operations and guarantee product quality to customers. More importantly, farmers enrolled in E-Livestock Global's system now gain access to global markets due to the achieved visibility captured and recorded on the blockchain. Makuvise elaborated: \"In Africa, we previously didn't have any traceability system, making it impossible to export beef.\" He added that as a result, the \"animal can then be slaughtered and exported, and farmers can earn a premium price for their beef.\" Cows with RFID tags on ears; Image source: E-Livestock Global In addition to cattle farmers in Africa, coffee and cocoa farmers in Honduras are leveraging blockchain traceability to gain access to new markets. Heifer International, a global nonprofit that aims to end world hunger and poverty through sustainable farming, is using IBM Food Trust — a network powered by IBM's blockchain technology — to achieve supply chain visibility for coffee and cocoa farmers in Honduras. Findings from Heifer International show that small-scale coffee farmers operate at an average of between a 46% to a 59% loss, with farmers earning less than 1% from the sale of a cup of coffee at a coffee shop. Jesús Pizarro, vice president of financial innovation at Heifer International, told Cointelegraph that Heifer is specifically leveraging blockchain to manage the value chain for small-scale farmers since it solves the problem of traceability: \"Problems of traceability have always been a challenge. We believe that providing end-to-end transparency in the food supply chain can solve many social problems, starting with providing visibility to small-scale farmers.\" As such, IBM's Food Trust platform traces coffee beans from small farms all the way to coffee shops. IBM Blockchain executive Kurt Wedgwood told Cointelegraph that this specific process begins with Heifer uploading information about the nurse plants shipped to farmers onto the IBM blockchain network. After harvest, Wedgwood noted that farmers tag and ship their beans to Copranil processors, a coffee cooperative in Honduras. Additional data about the beans is then recorded onto the blockchain, including how the beans were cleaned, dried and roasted, and if they met the requirements for fair trade, organic or other specifications. Finally, this information is shared with corporate buyers who can also access the data about the beans to understand the prices. While this process sounds pretty straightforward, the most important element to understand is how this opens access to global markets for small-scale farmers. Wedgwood said: \"By leveraging blockchain, we establish a connection between the farmer, producer and consumer while enabling the farmer to belong to a bigger market. Ultimately, this exposes consumers to more variety and a better experience in their coffee selection. We now have the ability to connect all these people at scale, which could allow producers to charge more as a result, and could lead to higher profits for small-scale farmers.\" It all boils down to visibility Overall, farmers that are leveraging blockchain are able to achieve one major benefit that has been an ongoing challenge within the food industry — supply chain visibility. Once visibility has been established, farmers can break into global markets, generate greater profits and can even achieve benefits like financial inclusivity. For example, Makuvise pointed out that financial inclusivity for farmers in many African countries has been challenging, since these individuals are unable to borrow money without proof of collateral. E-Livestock Global's solution attempts to solve this by providing proof-of-ownership for the cows, allowing farmers to obtain a loan by using their cattle as collateral. Cattleman scanning cows with RFID tags on ears; Image source: E-Livestock Global Moreover, buyers and consumers also benefit from food visibility since it generates trust. Keith Agoada, co-founder and CEO of Producers Market — a digital platform dedicated to the economic and social well-being of farmers — told Cointelegraph that people want to know where their products are coming from and how it has impacted the environment and communities during its production: \"For those farmers and producers who are managing their operations in the 'right way,' blockchain can be part of the trust-building process to stand out in the market by connecting with brands and consumers who share these values.\" A report from The Blockchain Research Institute entitled \"Agriculture on the Blockchain\" further explains that \"Traceability for food safety is thus far the most adopted application of blockchain for agriculture.\" Although this may be, challenges hampering growth and adoption of these solutions remain. For example, Pizarro mentioned that government support in regions like Honduras is needed in order for companies to understand how critical food supply chain visibility is for consumers: \"The technology is available, but I don't believe the status quo will change without governments pushing for this change.\" While this may be the case in Central America, Makuvise shared that the governments in regions of Africa are excited about blockchain solutions due to the data being generated. According to Makuvise, the governments that E-Livestock Global has spoken with are excited about having access to data that shows how many cattle are in each provenance, which can help create better planning efforts that are typically done by guessing estimates. Makuvise further pointed out that sensitive data will never be shared in this instance, but relevant data that could help with city planning would be provided. On the flip side, Makuvise explained that the real challenge for the adoption of blockchain solutions for supply chain visibility in Africa is general acceptance: \"Blockchain-based solutions could take longer to be adopted in Africa because people are visual and want to see the benefits of the technology first. 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Disappointingly, this has not happened. State capture is alleged to have resulted in around R500 billion of public money being stolen during Jacob Zuma's nine years as president, ending in 2018. The Steinhoff saga reportedly involved over R100 billion in fraudulent and irregular transactions between 2009 and 2016. For law enforcement in South Africa it may be worth giving more attention to social media and open-source intelligence. This refers to publicly available information typically on the internet used to investigate commercial and financial crimes. The United Nations' Berkeley Protocol on Digital Open Source Investigations sets an international standard for the use of public information in criminal investigations. According to the protocol, 'open-source information can provide leads, support intelligence outputs and serve as direct evidence in courts of law.' International cooperation challenges can be mitigated by using social media and open-source intelligence The use of such methods by South Africa's police and prosecutors could be a game-changing instrument in investigating and prosecuting high-profile corruption cases. Grand corruption usually consists of a complex set of crimes that take place over several years and involve multiple participants and jurisdictions. Typically, much of stolen funds are moved illicitly across national borders, sometimes to countries seen as tax havens. To effectively adjudicate complex transnational cases, criminal justice officials need a wide range of skills and tactics. They're required to navigate the challenges of international cooperation instruments, track financial flows that have been hidden to launder stolen funds across a range of jurisdictions, and map the networks of people and institutions involved. These challenges can be mitigated by using social media and open-source intelligence, since this information transcends sovereign borders. But significant specialised skills and resource deficits in South Africa's law enforcement bodies could make it difficult for these techniques to be absorbed as an investigative tool. For instance, in 2019/20 the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) Asset Forfeiture Unit received forfeiture and confiscation orders valued at R455 million - only 18% of its annual R2.5 billion target. The unit's head Advocate Ouma Rabaji-Rasethaba attributes the poor asset recovery rate to a lack of specialised investigating staff and resources. The Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) has been using open-source and social media for commercial crimes cases since 2009. Open-source investigation as a discipline came from the need to examine increasing banking and unauthorised financial transaction crimes. Skills and resource deficits in SA could make it difficult for these techniques to be absorbed Nevertheless, like the Asset Forfeiture Unit, digital forensics skills - especially open-source intelligence - is severely lacking in the Hawks. There is currently only one specialist who uses this approach to investigate commercial crimes referred to the digital forensics section. Various skill sets are needed to trace illicit money flows and link them to particular individuals who are responsible for corruption, according to Gareth Newham, Head of the Justice and Violence Prevention programme at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). The open-source intelligence discipline requires skills in networks, ethical hacking and coding. Specialists must be able to extract evidence and track and trace information from open sources. If these techniques are adopted as a practice in South Africa, extensive training will be needed for the NPA and Hawks. The threat of budget cuts facing both organisations, however, will impede their ability to provide existing staff with these tools. The successful investigation and prosecution of complex crimes and the recovery of its proceeds also require strong cooperation between law enforcement agencies. 'Police detectives will typically need to work closely with forensic accountants, cyber and information technology experts to gather evidence ... These different areas of expertise reside in different agencies and organisations,' says Newham. South Africa must consider new, internationally recognised methods to investigate financial crimes Several multidisciplinary units exist to uncover and prosecute grand corruption and financial crimes in South Africa. Among these is the Investigative Directorate - a temporary unit set up in the NPA in 2019. In 2019/20 it reported having 70 case dockets, 18 prosecutors and 58 financial and criminal investigators. Despite the fairly positive docket-to-prosecutor ratio, the country hasn't seen a successful conviction of high-profile corruption since the directorate's establishment. There is no indication that it uses tools to extract evidence from open sources, which makes considering the adoption of social media and open-source intelligence methods a worthwhile option. 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The loss of the stake in Roche has had a negative impact on the group result. The sales of the pharmaceutical company Novartis fell slightly. Stefan Wermuth / Bloomberg The Basel pharmaceutical company Novartis is suffering from the strong dollar. In the second quarter, sales fell 1 percent to $12.8 billion. Group revenue stagnated throughout the first half of the year. A billion less profit However, adjusted for exchange rate changes, both periods resulted in respectable growth of 5 percent. The discontinuation of the participation in the competitor Roche made itself felt in the consolidated result. Novartis sold the stake, which has historically provided a steady stream of earnings, for $20.7 billion late last year (Roche bought it itself). In the first half of 2022, at $3.9 billion, a good billion dollars less profit remained in the till than in the same period last year. In the run-up to the announcement of the half-year results, there was repeated speculation that Novartis could announce a spin-off of the Sandoz division this summer. But there is still no news on this. As CFO Harry Kirsch explained on a conference call for media representatives on Tuesday morning, the strategic review of the division is proceeding as planned. Results will be reported later this year. Sandoz takes hold Sandoz has recently found its way back to growth – at least on the basis of constant exchange rates. Sales of the division, which specializes in the production and marketing of generic drugs, increased by 5 percent in local currencies in the second quarter. One can see a full recovery in the generics market after the first half of 2021 had been negatively influenced by the pandemic, said Kirsch. The management of Novartis wants to continue to make the decision about under which umbrella the division should figure in the future dependent on medium and long-term considerations. Better business development is not an argument for keeping the activities, Kirsch clarified. In market circles, a Sandoz IPO is still the most likely option. Novartis had already done the same thing when it spun off the eye medicine specialist Alcon in April 2019. The Group's net debt as of June 30, 2022 was almost CHF 10 billion. A year earlier it was $28.5 billion. The sale of the stake in Roche has significantly strengthened the group's balance sheet – a conclusion that the chief financial officer also comes to. Nevertheless, no major takeover is planned, said Kirsch. They remain true to themselves and continue to look out for possible acquisitions, the price of which does not exceed $10 billion. \"Opportunities are rare\" In the wake of the stock market slump, valuations in the biotechnology sector have recently fallen significantly. But sellers still demanded a surcharge, Kirsch stated. \"Opportunities are rare.\" The last time Novartis made a $10 billion acquisition was in early 2020. The company then acquired the US biotechnology firm The Medicines Company for $9.7 billion. Asked about the global deterioration in the economic situation, Kirsch said that falling government revenues should go hand in hand with increased pressure on medicines. During the financial crisis of 2008, however, it also became apparent that innovations were still rewarded in terms of price. In addition, high-quality generics tend to be more in demand in economically difficult times. From this point of view, Sandoz is more likely to benefit from the downturn. As far as the supply of natural gas is concerned, the management of Novartis is relaxed. Fortunately, the pharmaceutical industry requires little natural gas for its production activities, said Kirsch. 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We break down the case for and against. Guests Tim Wu , professor of law, science and technology at Columbia Law School. Author of \" , editorial director of technology coverage for CNBC Digital. Former executive editor of Business Insider, where he ran the San Francisco bureau and oversaw technology coverage. From The Reading List New York Times: \" Opinion: It's Time to Break Up Facebook \" — \"The last time I saw Mark Zuckerberg was in the summer of 2017, several months before the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke. We met at Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., office and drove to his house, in a quiet, leafy neighborhood. We spent an hour or two together while his toddler daughter cruised around. We talked politics mostly, a little about Facebook, a bit about our families. When the shadows grew long, I had to head out. I hugged his wife, Priscilla, and said goodbye to Mark. \"Since then, Mark's personal reputation and the reputation of Facebook have taken a nose-dive. The company's mistakes — the sloppy privacy practices that dropped tens of millions of users' data into a political consulting firm's lap; the slow response to Russian agents, violent rhetoric and fake news; and the unbounded drive to capture ever more of our time and attention — dominate the headlines. It's been 15 years since I co-founded Facebook at Harvard, and I haven't worked at the company in a decade. But I feel a sense of anger and responsibility.\" CNBC: \" Facebook is not a monopoly, and breaking it up would defy logic and set a bad precedent \" — \"Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes laid out his arguments for breaking up the company in a lengthy op-ed for The New York Times on Thursday. \"The essence of his argument seems to be that a single person, Mark Zuckerberg, has too much control over the communications platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, that billions of people use. Therefore, the government should force Facebook to divest its other communications platforms and create a new agency to regulate tech companies, particularly around privacy. \"The break-up argument is compelling if you're predisposed to dislike Zuckerberg and Facebook after the last few years of blunders related to user data and misinformation, and Facebook's often tone-deaf or seemingly indifferent responses to these incidents. (Zuckerberg didn't do himself any favors by cracking an awkward joke about his company's privacy troubles in his speech at a company conference last week.) \"It's also illogical, difficult and a waste of time.\" Forbes: \" Opinion: Why Breaking Up Facebook Doesn't Solve Our Most Pressing Social Media Problem \" — \"This week, Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, delivered a dramatic and dire diagnosis of threats his former company poses to our society. Much of his assessment is accurate and troubling. Speaking as an insider, he provides a compelling account of just how powerful Facebook has become and the dangers associated with its dominance. Yet the prescription he proposes—breaking up the company—doesn't address what is perhaps the most important aspect of the problem—namely, the flood of politically divisive disinformation and harmful content online. \"In his 5,500 word essay, Hughes vividly captures Mark Zuckerberg's driving ambition to dominate Facebook's rivals and the company's relentless pursuit of growth, often without adequate attention to the well-being of the larger society. Hughes chides the U.S. government for allowing Facebook to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp and recommends that Facebook be broken up on antitrust grounds. \"But let's assume that the government takes the action Hughes proposes and forces Facebook to divest itself of WhatsApp and Instagram. Then what? Will this stop the Russians from meddling in our 2020 elections and continuing to misuse the internet to further polarize our politics? Will it prevent authoritarian governments elsewhere from deploying the internet to foment ethnic or religious tensions within their own countries? Will it avoid a recurrence of the recent glorification of extremist violence after the Christchurch mosque attacks, with thousands of people posting images of the massacre? And finally, will it prevent governments, both democratic and non-democratic, from imposing content regulations that will balkanize the internet and deny open public debate on politically contentious issues?\" Fast Company: \" Zuck: Don't break up Facebook, because we can protect you from the threat our platform enables \" — \"After the op-ed was published, Facebook released a small statement arguing that breaking up Facebook won't lead to more accountability—only passing new rules for the internet can solve problems Facebook's platform propagates. The statement itself seemed like an obvious dodge, as it didn't address the crux of Hughes' argument: that one man—Mark Zuckerberg—has an inordinate amount of power over the most influential platform to ever exist. \"Over the weekend, Zuckerberg himself chimed in on Hughes' op-ed. Speaking to French broadcaster France 2, Zuckerberg said, 'My main reaction is that what he's proposing we do isn't going to do anything to help'…which is exactly what you would expect the guy who holds all the power Hughes warned about to say when someone suggests taking that power away from him. \"Zuckerberg went on to argue that Facebook's size and scale actually helps to protect society from all the threats its platform enables.\" Brian Hardzinski produced this hour for broadcast. 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(Lawson) are pleased to announce a new collaboration in the supply of renewable energy to Lawson convenience stores. Details are explained below. Lawson will use renewables to power approximately 3,600 of its stores in the Kanto-Koshin District and the prefectures of Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi and Mie. - MC will contract the construction of new solar-power facilities to West Holdings Corporation and supply the electricity generated by those facilities to Lawson's stores. - The total installed capacity of the facilities will be approximately 45 MW (enough to satisfy the electricity demands of roughly 9,000 households). - Supply of the electricity will commence in April 2022. - In the future, MC and Lawson plan to increase this supply of renewable energy to approximately 8,200 stores across Japan. This project's solar facilities will rank among the largest in Japan built through an off-site PPA.* The project also satisfies the conditions for carbon-offset additionality and will contribute to global growth in the use of renewables. Having now made ESG-focused management central to its operations, Lawson has conceived its own environmental vision called \"Lawson Blue Challenge 2050!\" This vision is dedicated to achieving a richer, healthier natural environment and helping Japan to meet its goal of decarbonizing by 2050. The targets set down under this vision are per-store CO2 reductions of 50% by 2030 and 100% by 2050, both in comparison to 2013 levels. Supplying the stores with renewable energy should prove instrumental in lowering CO2 emissions throughout the Lawson group. *Long-term power-purchase agreement through which new renewable-power-generation facilities are constructed in remote locations and the electricity generated by them is conveyed to the customers using existing power-transmission-and-distribution networks. 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Visit USSANews.com. Washington is reportedly seeking to restrain Beijing's ability to develop advanced artificial intelligence Washington is considering imposing additional restrictions on China that would further restrain its ability to develop advanced artificial intelligence, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The measures would be the latest move in a long-running trade battle between the world's two largest economies. The sanctions could be unveiled as soon as next week, the news agency said, citing its sources. The measures follow months of deliberations by US officials and \"intense lobbying\" by domestic microchip makers, it added. The restrictions could reportedly hit dozens of Chinese companies that produce equipment for making semiconductors, and several chip manufacturing plants, some of which have ties to the Chinese tech giant Huawei. Read more China could devalue yuan to spite Trump – JP Morgan China has warned that it will take \"necessary actions\" to protect its firms if US President Joe Biden's administration further escalates chip control measures. Reuters reported last week, citing a letter from the US Chamber of Commerce, that new export restrictions against up to 200 Chinese microchip companies could be announced within days. Washington's actions \"severely disrupt\" the international economic and trade order, as well as the global semiconductor industry, China's commerce ministry spokesperson He Yadong said at a news conference on Thursday. \"If the US insists on escalating control measures, China will take necessary actions to resolutely protect the legitimate rights of Chinese enterprises,\" he added. The US and China have in recent years been jostling for domination in key technology areas, including semiconductors. Washington has tightened export controls to prevent Chinese firms from buying certain American components, citing risks to national security. In 2019, Donald Trump, who was then serving his first term as US President, banned trade with six Chinese companies that work on AI from doing business with US firms. In 2020, the Trump administration placed sanctions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), China's top chip manufacturer. READ MORE: US tightens export controls on advanced chips to China – Reuters The ban was expanded in 2022 to include all state-owned microchip factories in China, and to cut Chinese firms off from certain chips made anywhere in the world using American tools. A number of steep tariff hikes were also imposed on Chinese-made products varying from electric cars and solar cells to steel, aluminum, and face masks. China has repeatedly criticized the US import curbs, claiming that they run counter to globally recognized market rules. 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FILE PHOTO A Delta Airlines passenger plane approaches LAX to land at LAX, California during the COVID-19 outbreak in Los Angeles (California, U.S.A), April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File photo (Reuters) – U.S. airline Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE announced Friday that it has suspended codesharing with Russia's Aeroflot. Disclaimer: Fusion Media This website does not provide accurate and current data. CFDs are stocks, indexes or futures. The prices of Forex and CFDs are not supplied by exchanges. They are instead provided by market makers. As such, the prices might not reflect market values and could be incorrect. Fusion Media does not accept any liability for trade losses that you may incur due to the use of these data. Fusion Media Fusion Media or any other person involved in the website will not be held responsible for any loss or damage resulting from reliance on this information, including charts, buy/sell signals, and data. 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The decision comes after X owner Elon Musk endorsed on the site an antisemitic conspiracy theory suggesting that Jews are in favor of replacing white people in the US with people of color, commonly known as \"replacement theory.\" A number of major advertisers, including Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal and its parent company Comcast, and IBM, have left the site in recent days; the New York Times last week estimated that X could lose as much as $75 million in advertising dollars because of Musk's posting. Last week, Musk said at the Times DealBook conference that advertisers were trying to blackmail him into silence by pulling their ads from the site, that they would be held responsible by the world's population if X went out of business, and that these advertisers could perform an anatomically impossible act on themselves. (He was more graphic that that.) Walmart said that it isn't \"advertising on X as we've found some other platforms are better for reaching our customers.\" KC's View: Walmart is absolutely right to pull its ads from X, and as I've said here in the past, every business should consider whether they want to see their logos and contents next to the toxicity that seems to thrive on X. It isn't just about Musk endorsing replacement theory or seemingly going out of his way to insult advertisers. It is about having a presence on a platform where lowest - and I mean lowest - common denominator discourse poisons the public square and marketplace. Advertisers like stability, and X, as well as its owner, seem to be the opposite of that. (And that is the most generous characterization that I can come up with.) 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Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain are charged with 23 federal counts of bribery, racketeering and official misconduct. Former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez took the witness stand last Tuesday and is expected to face cross-examination from defense attorneys Tuesday. Marquez was convicted of bribery in 2020 and agreed to cooperate with federal investigators. State settles with DoorDash The Illinois Attorney General's Office has announced a $11.2 million settlement agreement with DoorDash. If approved by a judge, the settlement will resolve allegations that the company violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act by misrepresenting to customers that tipping would increase drivers' pay. Officials said DoorDash instead used tips to reduce the amount the company paid their employees. Deer advisory The Illinois Department of Transportation is reminding motorists to now veer for deer. Deer mating season occurs from October through January, which makes deer more active. Officials said November is historically the highest-risk month in Illinois. 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Offshoring, investment in manufacturing, and energy transition will lead to an economic boom in India, and these drivers will make it the world's third-largest economy and stock market before the end of the decade, the investment bank said in its report. According to the bank, the four global trends of demographics, digitalization, decarbonization and deglobalization are favouring \"New India\". India's GDP is likely to surpass $7.5 trillion by 2031, more than double the current levels, making it the third-largest economy, adding about $500 billion per annum on an incremental basis over the decade, Morgan Stanley said. The government's thrust to push local manufacturing through Make in India is likely to see manufacturing's share of GDP rise to 21% by 2031, implying an incremental $1 trillion of manufacturing opportunity. \"We expect India's global export market share to more than double to 4.5% by 2031, providing an incremental $1.2 trillion export opportunity,\" the report said. Digitalization will be another major driving force for India's growth. E-commerce gained significant traction during the pandemic as lockdown restrictions curtailed physical buying. Morgan Stanley expects e-commerce penetration to nearly double to 12.3% by 2031. Internet users in India are seen increasing to 960 million from 650 million, while online shoppers may grow to 700 million from 250 million over the next 10 years. The other area where India is set to see massive growth is property development. \"India should hit a major inflection point for the next residential property boom in 2030,\" Morgan Stanley said. However, a prolonged global recession or sluggish growth, adverse geopolitical developments, domestic politics, and steep rise in energy and commodity prices could pose risks to these projections, the investment bank said. (Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. 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Users of major companies including Spark, Vodafone, Slingshot, Orcon and Vocus are reporting internet outages, according to the website Down Detector. The reports are coming from all over the country, but mostly in the North Island, including Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington. Users in Christchurch and Dunedin also report being affected. The New Zealand Herald is reporting that the engineering team at Vocus has confirmed the issue is related to a DDos attack. Big outage in NZ Internet today as Vocus (ISP) is sad. This can only mean one thing: I now have to listen to smug coworkers witter on about how you can't trust the cloud and everything has to be on prem forever and my hell will never end. — Nat Torkington (@gnat) September 3, 2021 We're currently experiencing network issues affecting broadband connections and our website. We're investigating urgently, and will share more news as soon as we can. 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Former chief executive John Varley and three former directors are the most senior bankers to be prosecuted in Britain over events during the financial crisis, when Barclays avoided a state bailout by raising more than £11 billion from mainly Gulf investors in two cash calls. Opening the case for the Serious Fraud Office prosecutor, senior lawyer Edward Brown alleged that the bank's Advisory Service Agreements (ASAs), through which Qatar was paid £322 million ($419.66 million) in 2008, were a \"dishonest mechanism\" to conceal extra fees from other investors and the wider market. \"It is the hiding of these additional commission fees which lies at the heart of this case…,\" he told the jury at London's Southwark Crown Court in a courtroom so packed that reporters had to request tickets to gain entry. \"(The ASAs) were devised by the conspirators as mechanism for paying the Qataris greater fees than those paid to other investors so as not to reveal the true position …,\" Brown told the court in a trial scheduled to last up to six months. Varley, 62, in an open-necked shirt and jumper, listened in the glass-surrounded dock, flanked by Roger Jenkins, in a polo neck jumper and jacket, Tom Kalaris and Richard Boath, both wearing suits. They are charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation. Varley and Jenkins face two counts and Kalaris and Boath face one. They all deny the charges. Varley and Jenkins, the 63-year-old former head of Barclays' Middle Eastern arm, are charged with two counts of conspiring dishonestly with former finance director Christopher Lucas to make misleading or untrue representations in documents published in relation to both the June and October capital raisings. Kalaris, 63, who ran Barclays' wealth management business, and Boath, a 60-year-old former head of the corporate finance division, face one count over the June 2008 cash call. Both charges allege the men were either seeking to profit or to cause or expose others to losses. Lucas, who is suffering from ill-health, has not been charged. The case hinges on what the bank disclosed in its public statements in 2008; the prospectuses for the capital raisings and subscription agreement documents published that June and October, which outlined fees and commissions paid to investors in return for backing the bank. Prosecutors allege that Barclays thought it essential to secure a deal with Qatar in early 2008 as markets roiled, but that the Gulf state drove a hard bargain. Qatar initially demanded a fee of 3.75 percent before settling on 3.25 percent in return for investing in the bank — more than double what Barclays was paying other investors, the prosecution alleged. Unwilling to risk other investors demanding the same terms — or appearing financially unstable by being seen to pay too high a price — the executives played a part in false representations to the market, the prosecution alleged. Brown said some defendants relied on the fact that lawyers had sanctioned the use of ASAs by signing off on them, as their defense in the case. But he alleged lawyers were told the ASAs were genuinely designed to represent services provided by Qatar and that they were separate from the Qatari investment in Barclays. \"The truth is that the lawyers did not approve of the use of the ASAs as mechanisms to hide the commission fees paid to the Qataris,\" he said. Qatar, which has not been accused of wrongdoing, plowed around £4 billion into Barclays in 2008, Brown said. 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The Federal Reserve attributed the failure of SVB to poor bank management, weakened regulations and lax government supervision. (AP Photo: Jeff Chiu) Fed faults Silicon Valley Bank execs, itself in bank failure People stand outside a Silicon Valley Bank branch in Santa Clara, California, March 10. The Federal Reserve attributed the failure of SVB to poor bank management, weakened regulations and lax government supervision. (AP Photo: Jeff Chiu) Fed faults Silicon Valley Bank execs, itself in bank failure The Associated Press //April 28, 2023 WASHINGTON — Silicon Valley Bank failed due to a combination of extremely poor bank management, weakened regulations and lax government supervision, the Federal Reserve said Friday, in a highly-anticipated review of how the central bank failed to properly supervise the bank before it collapsed early last month. The report, authored by Federal Reserve staff and Michael Barr, the Fed's vice chair for supervision, takes a critical look at what the Fed missed as Silicon Valley Bank grew quickly in size in the years leading up to its collapse. The report also points out underlying cultural issues at the Fed, where supervisors were unwilling to be hard on bank management when they saw growing problems. \"The Federal Reserve did not appreciate the seriousness of critical deficiencies in the firm's governance, liquidity, and interest rate risk management. These judgments meant that Silicon Valley Bank remained well-rated, even as conditions deteriorated and significant risk to the firm's safety and soundness emerged,\" the report said. Silicon Valley Bank was the go-to bank for venture capital firms and technology start-ups for years, but failed spectacularly in March, setting off a crisis of confidence for the banking industry. Federal regulators seized Silicon Valley Bank on March 10 after customers withdrew tens of billions of dollars in deposits in a matter of hours. Two days later, they seized Signature Bank of New York. Although regulators guaranteed all the banks' deposits, customers at other midsize regional banks rushed to pull out their money — often with a few taps on a mobile device — and move it to the perceived safety of big money center banks such as JPMorgan Chase. The report also looks at the role social media and technology played in the bank's last days. While the bank's management was poor and ultimately that was the reason the bank failed, the report also notes that social media caused a bank run that happened in just hours, compared to days for earlier bank runs like those seen in 2008. Although the withdrawals have abated at many banks, First Republic Bank in San Francisco appears to be in peril, even after receiving a $30 billion infusion of deposits from 11 major banks in March. 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Mariannette Miller-Meeks this time around, her campaign should be a wakeup call for Iowa Democrats. Bohannan took on the corporations. And it very nearly worked. Her campaign website calls for putting our Constitution over corporations, rejecting the corrupting influence of special interests, taking on corporate Big Ag and Big Oil giants, and fighting for a country in which people who work hard can rise above corporate greed. Core to her appeal was her willingness to attack incumbent Rep. Miller-Meeks' cozy relationship with corporate interests. Example: Bohannan slammed Miller-Meeks' pocketing $150K in hush money to buy her silence on Koch Industries' multi-billion dollar monopoly acquisition of a synthetic nitrogen fertilizer plant in the district, and urged antitrust regulators to stop the move. After an election cycle dominated by oligarch cash , and in a state awash in corporate kickbacks, it has become impossible to ignore the all-powerful corporations playing with our politics. In Iowa, where we are paying for Big Ag corporate domination with our health, economy and environment, Bohannan proved that an anti-corporate message is a popular one. Just look at the numbers: Bohannan far outperformed Vice President Kamala Harris by more than 15,000 votes . In counties like Scott and Jefferson, where Trump won handily, voters split their ticket to side with Bohannan. Iowans need leaders willing to take on the corporations ruining our lives—and it's not hard to see why. We have corporate policymaking to blame for decades of worsening pollution, economic slowing, and even rising cancer rates. While our legislators cash corporate checks, Big Ag is taking over Iowa—and we are losing out. Corporate agricultural giants have run more than 30,000 family farms out of Iowa, leaving environmental and economic destruction in their wake. Home to more factory farm waste than any other state, over half of Iowa's assessed waterways are impaired, with the bacteria E. coli , found in animal waste, responsible for the majority. Meanwhile, going back to 1982, Iowa counties with the most hog factory farm development have suffered significant population decline, as well as declines across several economic indicators, including real median household income and total jobs. Meanwhile, the world's biggest seed companies are holding farmers hostage to toxic pesticides, linked to our second-in-the-nation cancer rates. Just three companies (Bayer, Corteva, and Syngenta) control more than three quarters of the nation's seed corn and soybean seed markets. Fully 90 percent of those seeds are genetically modified for use solely alongside their pesticides, forcing farmers to use toxic products like Bayer's Roundup, whose active ingredient glyphosate is under scrutiny as a probable carcinogen . While glyphosate use skyrockets , Iowa is the only state in the country with rising cancer rates. Corporate power—and our legislators' courage to confront it—will take center stage in Iowa's next state legislative session. Bayer, the aforementioned seed and chemical giant , is backing a bill that would grant it legal immunity from the health impacts of its pesticide products. And the company is paying off legislators to make it happen. From 2002 to 2018, Monsanto (the original Roundup manufacturer, now a Bayer subsidiary) donated $456,641.95 to state-level politicians. Since 2018, Bayer has chipped in an additional $80,250, taking the total to nearly half a million dollars, according to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board . This terrifying bill offers Democrats the opportunity to prove to Iowans that they fight for people, not corporations. While Iowans seek solutions to our high cancer rates, Bayer sees an inconvenient speed bump on its pursuit to profit off mass poisoning. The corporation paid $10 billion in 2020 alone to settle thousands of cancer lawsuits linked to their pesticide products. Bohannan's campaign has proved that Iowans are hungry for leaders willing to take on corporate dominance. The opportunity is there for Democrats to take. They must pick up that mantle this session and stop Bayer's Cancer Gag Act, introduced last year as SF 2412. The time for a popular stand is now. Jennifer Breon is an Iowa Organizer with the national advocacy group Food & Water Action. She is an IA-01 voter based in Iowa City. 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The legislation was proposed after police launched nationwide raids on subcontracting delivery firms in February and uncovered numerous cases of social security fraud and drivers working off the books. \"Sub-sub-sub contractors are working in many areas. Wages are being pushed down and social insurance contributions are not being made and we won't put up with this any longer,\" Labour Minister Hubertus Heil told journalists. \"Often black sheep in this sector are exploiting people from central and eastern Europe. That distorts competition.\" Labour lawyers say the new rules are likely to push up costs for those logistics and ecommerce companies which have turned a blind eye to the way subcontractors treated workers in the past. Most logistics companies in Germany use subcontractors, including Amazon, which is now also expanding its own delivery network. Bernd Gschaider, Germany director for Amazon Logistics, told Reuters on Tuesday the proposed legislation would not have any impact on Amazon's business because it already demanded its subcontractors complied with German labour law. Amazon's move into logistics poses a threat to players like former state monopoly Deutsche Post DHL, which uses relatively well paid employees to do its deliveries rather than subcontractors. While booming ecommerce has driven a surge in parcel volumes in recent years, fierce competition among logistics companies has meant that prices have not kept pace with costs, prompting Deutsche Post to issue a profit warning last year. \"We want fair competition. We don't want decent companies to be the dumb ones,\" Heil said. The minister made his comments during a visit to a Deutsche Post distribution centre on the outskirts of Berlin, where employees were loading vans with parcels. \"This company shows that you can do it in a decent way. Workers here are permanently employed, with proper social insurance, decent working conditions and fair wages,\" Heil said. The proposed legislation seeks to extend to the parcel sector rules that already cover the construction and meat processing sectors: these make companies liable if their subcontractors fail to pay social security contributions for their workers. Heil said he hoped parliament, where the coalition government has a clear majority, would approve the law before Christmas, the busiest season for the parcel sector. The German parliament also passed a law in June to fight illicit employment more broadly and the government has pledged to increase the number of customs police who are responsible for enforcing labour laws. 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In the last week (June 7th to 13th) the price of a liter of gasoline for consumers went from US$ 0.02 (R$ 0.11) in Venezuela to US$ 3 (R$ 15.4) in Hong Kong , according to the Global Petrol Prices ranking, which surveys prices in 168 countries, weekly in most of them. In addition to Venezuela, the countries where gasoline is cheaper are Libya (2nd), Iran (3rd), Syria, Algeria, Kuwait, Angola, Nigeria, Turkmenistan and Malaysia. And the places where it is most expensive are Hong Kong (168th in order of cheapest to most expensive), Norway (167th), Denmark (166th), Finland, Iceland, Greece, Netherlands, Central African Republic, Monaco and Singapore. And Brazil? It is in the middle, in 83rd place, with gasoline at US$ 1.41 (R$ 7.25) on average – or at least it was last week, before the adjustment announced by Petrobras of 5.2% in the price of fuel at the refinery. (which makes up 38% of the value for the final consumer). The ranking with this week's consumer prices should come out on Monday (20). Reasons for variation The price of a barrel of oil — defined internationally — is determined by two types of factors. \"Endogenous factors, that is, factors that have to do with the industry itself, such as supply and demand\", explains economist Maurício Canêdo, a professor at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, \"and exogenous factors, such as wars, terrorist attacks, etc.\" \"At the moment, the whole world is paying dearly for a barrel of oil because of the war (in Ukraine)\", says the economist. But why, then, does gasoline vary so much from country to country? \"The price varies according to the exchange rate from the local currency to the dollar — and at the moment the real is very devalued against the dollar\", says Canêdo, \"and other factors such as the tax logic and the subsidy policies of national governments .\" Keep reading Brazil currently has the 3rd most expensive gasoline among South American countries, but a price drop at this point is unlikely, economists say energy transition The countries that are at the top of the ranking of the cheapest gasoline are either oil producers or have the fuel almost entirely subsidized by the government. Or both, as in the case of Venezuela. In addition, the variation has another pattern: gasoline tends to be cheaper in developing countries and more expensive in developed countries — with the exception of the US (76th) and Australia (77th). \"The tax burden on fuel is higher in these countries with the aim of discouraging its use, making it less competitive and allowing the transition to renewable energies\", explains Canêdo. In general, the countries in the ranking where the most expensive gasoline is the result of public policies to reduce the environmental impact \"are countries where there is not such great inequality as in Brazil, where the most vulnerable population is disproportionately affected by the rise in fuel, especially the price of cooking gas\". The price of gasoline in Brazil In Brazil, for a long time, the price of gasoline was not on par with the international price of a barrel. \"In the past, what was done was what we call orthodox control: using Petrobras' balance sheet as a price control tool\", explains Canêdo. In other words, if the price of a barrel or that of the refined gasoline that we import — because Brazil does not have a large refining capacity and needs to import — was too high, Petrobras would sell cheaper than it bought, leaving it in the red. Since the policy of international price parity (PPI) was introduced, Petrobras has tried to match the price of gasoline at the refinery with the international price. But the value is still outdated, explains Pedro Rodrigues, a partner at the Brazilian Center for Infrastructure (CBIE), and should continue even with the increase announced this Friday (17). The average lag in the average price of gasoline in relation to the international market in the last week was calculated at around 19%, according to the Brazilian Association of Fuel Importers (Abicom). And according to Goldman Sachs, the adjustment was not enough to close this gap. Is it possible to hold prices? With the PPI policy, the government lost the ability it had before to control the prices of gasoline, diesel and gas practiced by Petrobras, the analysts explain. The government is still the company's majority shareholder, so it appoints the chairman and 6 of the 11 members of the shareholders' council. President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) tried in May to dismiss the president of Petrobras, José Mauro Pereira Coelho, who he himself had appointed, and the councilors appointed by the government, but the change needs to be approved by the company, which is not immediate. However, even if the president and directors are replaced, the executives who replace them no longer have room to avoid price parity because of a series of compliance rules (set of rules to make the company comply with legal rules and internal) adopted by Petrobras, says Pedro Rodrigues, from CBIE. \"The government has every right to replace the company's president and directors with people closest to them, but the new ones cannot simply ignore the rules. They can legally respond as individuals if they do that\", explains the analyst. \"It is also strange that the exchange is so frequent (as it has been in the Bolsonaro government).\" However, the government can still influence the consumer price through public policies. On Wednesday, Congress passed a bill to limit ICMS (state tax on goods and services) to 17%. The project must be sanctioned by Bolsonaro. \"It is a valid public policy, but it has an impact on the entry of resources. What needs to be questioned is whether it is our priority at this moment to use public resources to contain prices for everyone\", says Canêdo. The economist argues that, to protect the most vulnerable people who are disproportionately affected by the rise, the government should create income transfer policies. \"Like a gas voucher, for example,\" he says. Petrobras has tried to maintain the price parity policy Would privatizing Petrobras lower prices? For Maurício Canêdo, privatization would not make gasoline prices fall — quite the opposite. \"With privatization prices would be fully matched, it would be fully PPI\", he explains. \"That is, without the lag that we have today, they would actually increase.\" \"There are a number of reasons for privatization, but lowering prices is not one of them,\" he says. Rodrigues says that, in the long term, there could be a series of advantages in terms of solving structural problems that make fuel more expensive in the country — but privatization would need to be carried out with great care and planning. \"With the arrival of private investment, it is possible to meet the need for refining capacity and create transport infrastructure\", he says. \"But if privatization was done anyway, you run the risk of replacing the current model with a private monopoly — which is absolutely no benefit.\" – This text was originally published at https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-61849319 Did you know that the BBC is also on Telegram? Subscribe to the channel . Have you watched our new videos on YouTube ? Subscribe to our channel! . 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Historically, a double-cab pickup with a payload of one tonne (1,000kg) or more was accepted as a van for benefits purposes, allowing businesses to enjoy lower Benefit in Kind (BIK) tax rates and reclaim VAT. This classification was particularly beneficial for small businesses and made double-cab pickups a popular choice, both for their versatility and cost-effectiveness. However, this ruling on the definition of a van by HMRC means that from 1 July 2024, most double-cab pickups will likely be classified as cars due to their dual functionality, resulting in higher taxes for their users. The end of double-cab pickups as business assets? If you own a double-cab pickup that you've been using for business, you should assess the vehicle's use – whether it's purely for business use or mixed use influences the tax implications of ownership. For business use: You can claim capital allowances on vehicles used exclusively for business purposes, allowing them to deduct some of the vehicle's cost from their profits before paying tax. You can also reclaim VAT on the purchase price and running costs, subject to certain conditions and limitations. For mixed use: When a company vehicle is used for both personal and business purposes, the personal use part is treated as a 'benefit in kind'. This leads to a BIK tax charge, which depends on the vehicle's CO2 emissions and list price. You may have to account for VAT on the private use portion, restricting the amount of VAT you can reclaim on the purchase and running costs. This should emphasise the importance of clear usage policies within your business, which can be used to optimise your tax efficiency by demonstrating to HMRC the vehicles' intended purpose. Those who've acquired their vehicles before the July 2024 deadline may still benefit from current tax rules until 5 April 2028 or until the vehicle is sold, depending on which comes first. Should you go electric next time? Given the impact of the Coca-Cola/HMRC case on pickups, this might be a good opportunity to consider buying electric vehicles for your business fleet. You could benefit from Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECAs) for electric vehicles, allowing you to deduct the full cost from your profits before tax which can lead to substantial savings, particularly in the first year of purchase. Additionally, electric vehicles often have a lower BIK rate compared to petrol or diesel cars, significantly reducing the tax liability for employees who use company cars for personal purposes. They might also be eligible for the Zero Emissions Goods Vehicle Grant , reducing the overall purchase cost. As you can see, these tax incentives may make an electric vehicle purchase a great option. What to do if you own a double-cab pickup In short, it's time to reassess your tax efficiency. The changes to how pickups are being taxed warrant a deeper look at your liabilities and obligations. We can help you analyse this issue and work out your best strategy before the tax changes come into play. Please get in touch if you need advice or further information on this issue.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "HM Revenue & Customs", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "HM Revenue & Customs", "length": 20, "offset": 92}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 876, "text": "ROSEN, A GLOBALLY RESPECTED LAW FIRM, Encourages Dollar General Corporation Investors with Losses...\nSource: The Rosen Law Firm PA NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of common stock of Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) between May 28, 2020 and August 30, 2023, both dates inclusive (the \"Class Period\"), of the January 26, 2024 lead plaintiff deadline. SO WHAT: If you purchased Dollar General common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Dollar General class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=20693 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than January 26, 2024. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers. DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Dollar General stores were chronically understaffed and suffering from logistical and inventory management problems which left stores with tens of millions of dollars' worth of outdated and unwanted inventory, mispriced goods, and lost and damaged items; (2) large backlogs of unsellable merchandise had built up at Dollar General's stores, which inventory had not been timely written down due to understaffing and Dollar General's failure to manage its inventory; (3) the allotment of employee hours per store per week imposed by Dollar General management placed employees in virtually impossible situations where assigned tasks, including those necessary to effective store operations, could not be completed within the allotted time; (4) Dollar General was systematically overcharging customers for items upon checkout above the listed price in violation of state laws, including state law violations identified by state regulators in Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio; (5) Dollar General's reported revenue and earnings during the Class Period were artificially inflated by defendants' over-pricing scheme; (6) Dollar General's failure to manage store inventories and accurately price items upon checkout risked the loss of customers, lower sales, adverse regulatory actions, and reputational fallout; (7) Dollar General was not on track to achieve the 4Q22 guidance provided to investors of 6% to 7% same-store sales growth or quarterly diluted earnings per share (\"EPS\") of $3.15 to $3.30, and was running more than one hundred million dollars behind Dollar General's annual net sales guidance of 11% growth; and (8) as a result, defendants' statements about Dollar General's business metrics, operations, and financial prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable factual basis when made. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages. No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff. 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The building materials company said on Tuesday it is aiming for annual growth in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) of about 8-11% between 2025 and 2028, alongside annual sales growth of 5-8%. An Amrize listing by the end of the first half of 2025 remains on track, the company said in a statement ahead of its investor day in New York. Holcim targeted a $30 billion valuation when the spin-off was first announced in January 2024. \"The company will invest in organic and inorganic growth, with a capital allocation strategy to drive growth and outperformance,\" said Holcim, whose chairman Jan Jenisch is due to become the chair and CEO of Amrize. The Amrize separation is likely to be one of the biggest deals in the global construction industry, which is grappling with the impact of tariffs on key building materials such as steel and aluminium imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a presentation, the company said it was positioned to post above market growth in its building envelope operations. In 2024, Amrize generated $11.7 billion in revenue, posting annual growth of 13% since 2021, a year when the global economy rebounded from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adjusted EBITDA has logged annual growth of 16% since 2021. The business, which has over 1,000 sites across the United States and Canada and 19,000 employees, is the largest cement manufacturer in North America. The U.S. construction market is dealing with high interest rates weighing on residential and commercial construction, while inflation is reducing the impact of government projects. The Portland Cement Association expects U.S. cement consumption to fall this year, the third year of declines, and post only tepid growth after that. \"The U.S. construction market going into 2025 continues to face headwinds, namely the adverse effects of high interest rates on private construction,\" said PCA economist Brian Schmidt. \"On the commercial side, high interest rates coupled with uncertainty regarding tariffs and potential softening in the economy have hampered activity.\" Holcim shareholders must approve the spin-off at its AGM on May 14 with the new company due to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the SIX Swiss Exchange. 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KeyCorp shares jumped 14% as Scotiabank priced the offer at $17.17 per share, a nearly 17.5% premium to KeyCorp's last closing stock price. It will also be able to appoint two directors to KeyCorp's board. Scotiabank's shares were down about 3% in Toronto. Smaller U.S. regional lenders have been struggling with higher cost of holding deposits and weak loan demand due to elevated borrowing costs. Meanwhile, the Canadian lender is the latest among the big five to invest in the United States as growth slows in the domestic banking industry where the lenders control a majority of the market. Last year, Scotiabank's rival Bank of Montreal bought Bank of the West for $16.3 billion, while TD acquired New York-based boutique investment bank Cowen for $1.3 billion. Royal Bank of Canada owns Hollywood bank City National. Scotiabank's CEO Scott Thomson last year laid out a growth plan to focus on North American markets with an emphasis on the region's $1.6 trillion annual trade over its less profitable Latin American operations. \"We had thought that it would initially be focused on building out its wealth management and/or capital markets businesses in the region, rather than announcing an interest in a US regional bank,\" Cormark Securities analyst Lemar Persaud said. Thomson said moving capital from developing markets to developed markets is a huge part of the strategy and the latest investment was \"a low risk, low cost optionality in North America\" with strong returns. \"We spent a lot of work thinking about the US,\" he told analysts. The banks also plan to explore commercial opportunities to partner together in the future. KeyCorp CEO Chris Gorman noted that the bank would explore opportunities across investment banking, wealth and payments leveraging Scotiabank's presence across Canada, Mexico and Central America and now in the U.S. The deal will take place in two stages, with an initial investment for a 4.9% stake, followed by an additional 10%. After the closure of the deal in fiscal 2025, Scotiabank will become KeyCorp's largest investor, according to LSEG data. KeyCorp said it would also look to reposition its available-for-sale securities portfolio to speed up its push for profitability, liquidity and capital improvements. The U.S. banking industry is staring at the chances of tougher capital norms as regulators finalize the roll out of the so-called Basel III Endgame proposal. 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Here's how to spot them.\nAs Hurricane Milton slammed Florida's west coast, dozens of misleading or AI-generated videos spread on social media, racking up millions of views across platforms. One video , falsely said to show Milton, was actually filmed from a 2021 nor'easter in Massachusetts. Another montage , which had 1.5 million views on X, contained AI-generated footage. This image from social media does not actually show Hurricane Milton. CBS News Experts say misleading visuals regularly go viral after major natural disasters, often with the aim of amassing views or spreading false claims. The National Weather Service has previously warned of \"false or purposely inaccurate severe weather reports\" on social media, featuring photos or video taken from events \"that happened months to a few years ago.\" Cayce Myers, a professor of public relations at Virginia Tech, said viral AI-generated images during Hurricane Helene showcase the challenges with AI and social media. \"AI technology is providing greater ability to create realistic images that are deceptive,\" Myers said, adding, \"The problem is these fake images influence peoples' perception of reality, and social media fuels the spread of this disinformation.\" How to spot bogus videos online The CBS News Confirmed team has compiled these tips on how to spot bogus videos that often appear after natural disasters: Take a moment to think about the media you are seeing. Does the footage appear to match other photos and videos of the location it was filmed, or are there things that seem out of place? Are there elements that suggest the video has been fabricated, like the unrealistic-looking waves in this AI-generated TikTok video ? Check for other photos or videos of the same location or scene. What do the other angles show, and do they appear to match? If not, it's possible that the footage is either from a previous weather event or potentially AI-generated. Julia Feerrar, an associate professor at Virginia Tech, said search engines are helpful in this instance: \"Describing the image and adding the phrase 'fact check' to your search is often the fastest way to get more information and debunk misleading content.\" Check what reputable sources including media outlets and journalists are reporting to see if their reports match the content you have found online. Look for official statements from government officials or content released on their verified social media accounts or websites. For example, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety published fact checks on AI-generated content and other misinformation that swirled online amid Hurricane Helene. Keep in mind some of these videos circulating on social media are simply recycling old footage. This image from an AI-generated video is not really Hurricane Milton. CBS News Social media policies on weather misinformation House Democrats from states impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton wrote a letter on Friday to seven technology companies, including Facebook, TikTok and X. The Congress members said there has been a \"surge in misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and scams that are hindering recovery efforts and exploiting vulnerable individuals and families\" in Helene's aftermath. When contacted by CBS News, Meta and TikTok said both companies are actively working to remove content that violates their policies. A TikTok spokesperson said the company is directing people who search for Milton or Helene content on their platform to official videos from FEMA, and added the company works with 19 independent fact-checking organizations worldwide. Meta shared that the company removes content that violates its Community Standards policies and works with 10 third-party fact-checking organizations in the U.S. to debunk false claims or limit the content's reach if it's been rated as false. A representative for X did not return a request for comment. Beyond CBS News Confirmed's tips to spot weather misinformation online, the nonprofit think tank RAND has developed a 17-point checklist with more information on how to avoid spreading false claims or misleading media during natural disasters. More from CBS News Erielle Delzer Erielle Delzer is a verification producer for CBS News Confirmed. She covers misinformation, AI and social media. Contact Erielle at erielle.delzer@cbsnews.com. 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The tweet, which resulted in a 40 million dollar (£32 million) settlement with securities regulators, claimed he had lined up the financing to take Tesla private in a deal that never came close to happening. The trial hinges on the question of whether a pair of tweets that Mr Musk posted on August 7 2018 damaged Tesla shareholders during a 10-day period leading up to a Musk admission that the buyout he had envisioned was not going to happen. Mr Musk, who said he \"had trouble sleeping last night and unfortunately I am not at my best\", said that it was important for jurors to know that he \"felt that funding was secured\" due to his ownership of \"SpaceX stock alone\". \"Just as I sold stock in Tesla to buy Twitter. … I didn't want to sell Tesla stock but I did sell Tesla stock,\" he said of the stock sale to make up for the lack of funding from other sources for his 44 billion dollar (£35.5 billion) deal to take Twitter private. \"My SpaceX shares alone would have meant that funding was secured,\" Mr Musk said of the 2018 tweets. Even before Mr Musk entered the witness box on Friday, US District Judge Edward Chen had declared that the jurors can consider those two tweets to be false, leaving them to decide whether Mr Musk deliberately deceived investors and whether his statements saddled them with losses. Mr Musk has previously contended he entered into the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement under duress and maintained he believed he had locked up financial backing for a Tesla buyout during meetings with representatives from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. In the first of the 2018 tweets, Mr Musk stated \"funding secured\" for what would have been a 72 billion dollar (£58 billion) – or 420 dollars per share – buyout of Tesla at a time when the electric carmaker was still grappling with production problems and was worth far less than it is now. Mr Musk followed up a few hours later with another tweet suggesting a deal was imminent. Nicholas Porritt, a lawyer representing Tesla shareholders, asked Mr Musk if he \"went with 420 because it was a joke your girlfriend enjoys\". Courtroom sketch from Friday of Elon Musk, left, with shareholder lawyer Nicholas Porritt in federal court in San Francisco (Vicki Behringer via AP) Mr Musk replied he thinks there is \"some karma\" around the number 420 – which is also a slang reference to marijuana – although he added he does not know \"if it's good karma or bad karma at this point\". He then said the number was a \"coincidence\" and it represented a 20% premium of Tesla's share price at the time. 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Vernon, Ky., on Wednesday. People were evacuated after a CSX train derailed near Livingston, a town of about 200 people in Rockcastle County. CSX says two of the 16 cars that derailed carried molten sulfur, which caught fire after the cars were breached. LIVINGSTON, Ky. — Rail operator CSX said Thursday that a chemical fire at a Kentucky train derailment that caused evacuations has been extinguished. CSX spokesperson Bryan Tucker said in a brief email that \"the fire is completely out.\" He said that authorities and CSX officials are evaluating when to encourage displaced residents to return home, and they will release more information later Thursday. The CSX train derailed around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday near Livingston, a remote town with about 200 people in Rockcastle County. Residents of the town were encouraged to evacuate. Two of the 16 cars that derailed carried molten sulfur, which caught fire after the cars were breached, CSX said in a statement. It's believed that the fire released the potentially harmful gas sulfur dioxide, but officials have not released results of measurements taken from air monitoring equipment that was being deployed Wednesday night. The derailment meant some Livingston residents woke up on Thanksgiving in a middle school shelter. Cindy Bradley had just finished cooking for the big meal Wednesday when an official knocking loudly urged her to leave her small Kentucky home as soon as possible because a train had derailed. She ended up at Rockcastle County Middle School in Livingston — unsure what was to come next. \"It's just really scary. We don't know how long this is,\" Bradley told WTVQ-TV on Wednesday night, surrounded by dozens of cots. According to the Environmental Protection Agency website , sulfur dioxide can cause respiratory problems, depending on the concentration and length of exposure. The gas is commonly produced by burning fossil fuels at power plants and other industrial processes, the EPA says. Evelyn Gray noticed a problem when her back door was opened by someone telling her to evacuate. \"As soon as he opened the back door to come in the chemical hit me, and I had a real bad asthma attack,\" Gray told the TV station. The danger from sulfur dioxide tends to be direct and quick, irritating the lungs and skin, said Neil Donahue, a chemistry professor at Carnegie Mellon University. \"It is just nasty, caustic, and acidic stuff that hurts. It's unpleasant to be in,\" Donahue said. Once the fire was put out, the threat from the chemicals was expected to diminish quickly, Donahue said. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency in the county, assuring crews all the help from the state they need. He asked the public to keep in mind the emergency workers and people forced to spend Thanksgiving away from home. \"Please think about them and pray for a resolution that gets them back in their homes. Thank you to all the first responders spending this day protecting our people,\" the governor said in a statement Thursday. 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House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, who chairs the powerful House Committee on Rules, said the measures scheduled for final approval this Monday include the Joint Resolution extending the availability of the 2019 appropriations for maintenance and capital outlays to December 31, 2020, and the bill postponing the May 2020 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. Romualdez said the House also aims to discuss and fast-track the approval of a pending joint resolution that authorizes the use of the rice subsidy as provided in this year's P3.757-trillion national budget for the purchase of palay (unhusked rice) from farmers. \"We aim to hit the ground running on the first day of work. Time to roll up our sleeves once again and work double time on vital legislative measures,\" said Romualdez. Romualdez said the House of Representatives has already passed 18 measures on third reading since the start of the 18th Congress, including the 2020 national budget, key tax bills, and amendments to the Foreign Investment Act of 1991. The tax legislation was among the priority measures identified by President Rodrigo \"Rody\" Duterte in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to open the congressional session. He later also certified the budget as urgent. In his fourth SONA, President Duterte called for the passage of other measures including those authorizing the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections; the Magna Carta for Barangays; the National Land Use Bill; the creation of departments for Overseas Filipino Workers, disaster resilience, and water resources; the fire protection modernization program; the new Salary Standardization Law; the new version of the measure outlining the disposal of the coconut levy funds; and the mandatory implementation of Reserve Officers' Training Corps program in senior high school. \"The tax legislation that we passed under the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) will help the government achieve the A credit rating goal of the Duterte administration. We are a notch away from 'A' territory after a vote of confidence by Standard & Poor's (S&P), upgrading the country's credit rating from 'BBB' to 'BBB+' with a stable outlook because of robust economic growth,\" Romualdez said. According to Romualdez, other economic bills that needed swift action from the House include measures dealing with the Real Property Valuation and Assessment system, amendments to the Public Service Act amendment, a measure raising the Motor Vehicle Road User's Tax, as well as the proposals to create new government departments. Romualdez said the sterling performance of the House since the opening of the 18th Congress would not have been possible without the cooperation of majority and minority members of the chamber. \"The work ethic of our congressmen, both from the majority and the minority, is really incredible. It is truly an honor working with them,\" said the House leader from Leyte. Acting on Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano's instructions, Romualdez said the House aims to pass before the year ends the measure creating the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Filipino Overseas, and the Department of Disaster Resilience. President Rodrigo Duterte himself called on Congress to work on these measures during his fourth SONA last July. The measure proposing the creation of the Department of Water Resources aims to rationalize water resource management to provide the public with clean, safe, and accessible water. A House technical working group led by Albay Rep. Joey Salceda held a meeting to tackle the provisions of the measure earlier last month. 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The transaction has been approved by Peak Bancorp's board of directors and is subject to its shareholders' vote. The acquisition enables BAWAG Group to expand its footprint in the United States and better position it for future growth in one of the bank's core markets. BAWAG Group will work with the current leadership team of Idaho First Bank to continue growing its community-focused Retail and SME business in Idaho and adjacent markets, while also providing the operational support and financial strength of a broader banking group. The acquisition also provides BAWAG Group with a banking platform to pursue further growth opportunities across the United States. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions including the approval of US regulators. \"We are excited about the acquisition of Peak Bancorp and the many opportunities this presents for the Group. This acquisition provides us with a US banking platform to drive organic growth in Idaho and across the United States – growing in a core market that is deep, broad, and transparent. The combination of Idaho First Bank's community-focused banking augmented with access to new origination channels, capital, and the operational capabilities of the Group will allow us to grow and build a scalable and efficient Retail & SME banking platform. I'm excited to welcome the whole Idaho First team into the BAWAG family and look forward to the many opportunities ahead\", comments Anas Abuzaakouk , CEO of BAWAG Group. About Peak Bancorp, Inc. Peak Bancorp, Inc., is the holding company for Idaho First Bank, a state-chartered community bank headquartered in McCall, Idaho with approximately 10,000 customers. Known for its People First motto, Idaho First Bank serves greater southwest Idaho with branches located in McCall, New Meadows, Eagle, Ketchum, Nampa and Boise, and a loan production office in Bend, Oregon. Idaho First Bank is a member of the FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender. For Q1-Q3'21, Peak Bancorp, Inc. reported a net income of $4.6 million. As of Q3'21, Peak Bancorp reported total customer loans of $421 million, risk weighted assets of $365 million, deposits of $408 million and common equity of $40.6 million. About BAWAG Group BAWAG Group AG is a publicly listed holding company headquartered in Vienna, Austria, serving 2.3 million retail, small business, corporate and public sector customers across Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Western Europe and the United States. The Group operates under various brands and across multiple channels offering comprehensive savings, payment, lending, leasing, investment, building society, factoring and insurance products and services. Our goal is to deliver simple, transparent, and affordable financial products and services that our customers need. 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The threat also targeted HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, indicating a potential bombing. The email demands the resignation of RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Bomb threats were received at 11 locations in Mumbai, with the warning that a bomb would detonate at 1:30 PM. Police conducted searches at all these locations, but nothing suspicious was found. 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Nike said Thursday it had ended its sponsorship deal — worth a reported $210 million a year — with Neymar over an employee's claim he tried to force himself on her and his failure to co-operate with its investigation. Watch every Socceroos World Cup Qualifier in June Live & Free on Kayo Freebies. Join now & start streaming instantly > \"(To) state that my contract (with Nike) was terminated because I did not contribute in good faith to an investigation is an absurd lie,\" Neymar wrote on Instagram. \"I was not given the opportunity to defend myself. I was not given the opportunity to know who this person was that was allegedly offended. I don't even know her. I've never had any kind of relationship or approach with this person.\" Nike said the alleged assault happened in 2016, but was only reported to the company in 2018. Victory end Western United's top 6 hopes A-League: The Melbourne Victory were at their clinical best, running up the score on a sloppy Western United. The US sportswear giant had sponsored Neymar, 29, since he was a 13-year-old prodigy. It did not give a reason when it terminated its deal with him in August 2020. The superstar is now a poster boy for Puma. His deal with the German sportswear giant was announced in September 2020. Alleged victim claims: 'They did nothing' The Nike employee accused Neymar of trying to force her to perform oral sex on him in a New York hotel room during a promotional trip for a new line of sneakers, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first broke the story. Neymar denied the accusation, and said Nike had nevertheless continued sending him on promotional tours. \"In 2017 I travelled again to the USA for another advertising campaign, with the same people, and nothing was told to me, nothing changed!\" he wrote. \"In 2017, 2018, 2019 we made trips, advertising campaigns, countless shooting sections. And they told me nothing. Such a serious matter and they did nothing.\" In a previous statement, a Neymar spokeswoman said he and Nike had split for commercial reasons. The player's father accused the company of \"blackmail.\" \"It's all very strange\" that the accusation only came to light years later, after Neymar left Nike, he told Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. Neymar's growing reputation as a tarnished star Nike said in a statement it was prepared to investigate in 2018 when the woman first came forward, but \"respected the employee's initial desire to keep this matter confidential and avoid an investigation.\" The firm therefore did not go further until 2019, when she expressed an interest in pursuing the matter, it said. Socceroos prepare for Qualifiers Football: Trent Sainsbury joins the A-League coverage to discuss how the Socceroos are feeling and preparing ahead of their Qualifiers in Dubai. That was the same year another woman filed a rape complaint against Neymar in his native Brazil. He vehemently denied that accusation, and the case was eventually dropped. Neymar is currently in Brazil training with the national team north of Rio de Janeiro ahead of two upcoming World Cup qualifiers. The superstar seemed \"normal, the same as always,\" teammate Emerson told a news conference. Neymar extended his contract with French champions PSG earlier this month, through the 2024-2025 season. With his on-pitch exploits and huge following on social media, Neymar is one of the biggest names in sports. But his shine has often been tarnished. His image as an eternal spoiled child was revived late last year by rumours of a huge year-end party he organised in Brazil in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. He has also raised eyebrows with his alleged diving, hard-partying lifestyle and love of bling, which critics say contrasts with the relative lack of it in his trophy case. 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In total, the company expects to layoff 32,000 employees in the upcoming months, according to its U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) report filed Wednesday. The entertainment company, which employs 203,000 people worldwide, includes media networks, studio entertainment, parks, other experiences. 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SO WHAT: If you purchased AstraZeneca securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the AstraZeneca class action, go to http://www.rosenlegal.com/cases-register-2027.html or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than March 29, 2021. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience or resources. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 3 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020 founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers. DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) initial clinical trials for AZD1222, AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine hopeful, had suffered from a critical manufacturing error, resulting in a substantial number of trial participants receiving half the designed dosage; (2) clinical trials for AZD1222 consisted of a patchwork of disparate patient subgroups, each with subtly different treatments, undermining the validity and import of the conclusions that could be drawn from the clinical data across these disparate patient populations; (3) certain clinical trial participants for AZD1222 had not received a second dose at the designated time points, but rather received the second dose up to several weeks after the dose had been scheduled to be delivered according to the original trial design; (4) AstraZeneca had failed to include a substantial number of patients over 55 years of age in its clinical trials for AZD1222, despite this patient population being particularly vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19 and thus a high priority target market for the drug; (5) AstraZeneca's clinical trials for AZD1222 had been hamstrung by widespread flaws in design, errors in execution, and a failure to properly coordinate and communicate with regulatory authorities and the general public; (6) as a result of the foregoing, the clinical trials for AZD1222 had not been conducted in accordance with industry best practices and acceptable standards and the data and conclusions that could be derived from the clinical trials was of limited utility; and (7) as a result of the foregoing, AZD1222 was unlikely to be approved for commercial use in the United States in the short term, one of the largest potential markets for the drug. 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( Konica Minolta ) is pleased to announce the availability of the Plockmatic MPS XL, a multi-purpose stacker capable of stacking a wide range of media sizes, from 8.27″ x 8.27″, up to sheets as large as 13″ x 51″ (Konica Minolta Color Engine maximum sheet size). This long-sheet stacking greatly expands the banner-stacking capabilities of the company's AccurioPress color production machines. Equally beneficial, the Plockmatic MPS XL Stacker for Konica Minolta has the ability to dock and undock from the production press system. A stacking table that can be operated while undocked from the press – when connected to power – provides easy lifting, transportation and managing of heavy paper stacks. The MPS XL Stacker connects to the Konica Minolta Large Capacity Stacker LS-507 to stack large volumes of long sheets – as well as standard-size sheets – and is equipped with multiple sensors that can detect jams and stack capacity limits, which will trigger a soft stop within the printer. This integration and automated communication conveniently allow operators to pause and resume jobs directly from the stacker control panel. The MPS XL Stacker is currently compatible with the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C14000, C12000, C7100, C7090, C4080 and C4070 digital production presses. The new stacker is rated for a maximum load of 88.2 lbs. or a maximum stack height of up to 6.9″ for sheets under 28.1″, and up to 5.5″ for sheets 28.1″ or longer. This capability allows for stacking functionality that not only matches true production quantities, but also presents a solution for the transportation and lifting of heavy stacks of paper. The MPS XL Stacker also pairs well with the Plockmatic SD-435/450 booklet makers. With both of these systems having the ability to undock from the LS-507, customers have the unique capability to swap between the two, allowing them to match changing production demands with an appropriate finisher. Whether utilizing the MPS XL Stacker for expanded high-capacity flat sheet stacking, or swapping to the SD-435/450 to meet booklet making production, customers now have more ways to easily diversify and expand their current production capabilities. \"With the extended range of paper sizes for stacking and the ability to easily dock and undock from our AccurioPress production printing devices, plus the flexibility of adding the LS-507, our customers can quickly switch from printing large volumes of flat sheets to making booklets,\" said Dino Pagliarello, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management and Planning, Konica Minolta. \"The Plockmatic MPS XL Stacker offers another way to easily diversify and expand current production capabilities. Our continued partnership with the Plockmatic Group for inline finishing and with Morgana for offline finishing further differentiates our finishing options across Konica Minolta's AccurioPress color and mono production machines to meet all the finishing needs of CRDs and commercial printers.\" Learn about all of Konica Minolta's industrial and commercial print solutions online . About Konica Minolta Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.'s (Konica Minolta) journey started 150 years ago, with a vision to see and do things differently. The company innovates for the good of society and the world. The same purpose that kept it moving then, keeps it moving now. Konica Minolta aims to partner with clients to Give Shape to Ideas by supporting their digital transformation through its expansive Intelligent Connected Workplace portfolio. Its business technology offerings include IT Services, intelligent information management, video security solutions and managed print services, as well as office technology and industrial and commercial print solutions. Through its ongoing work, the company is fortunate to be continuously recognized for its products and services. This includes, but is not limited to being included on CRN's MSP 500 list numerous times; named a finalist in the IT Software Category by The World Technology Awards; recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys and presented with Keypoint Intelligence's BLI 2021 A3 Line of The Year and BLI 2021-2023 Most Color Consistent A3 Brand Awards for its bizhub i-Series . For more information, please visit Konica Minolta online and follow its accounts on Facebook , YouTube , LinkedIn and Twitter . # # # # # Photo caption: Konica Minolta announced the availability of the Plockmatic MPS XL, a multi-purpose stacker capable of stacking a wide range of media sizes, from 8.27″ x 8.27″, up to sheets as large as 13″ x 51″ (Konica Minolta Color Engine maximum sheet size). This long-sheet stacking greatly expands the banner-stacking capabilities of Konica Minolta's AccurioPress color production machines. 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Commenters on social media expressed disdain for Kanye's choice of clothing, labeling it as \"sick\" and \"disturbing.\" Additionally, some users accused him of antisemitism, referring to past remarks that led to repercussions from Adidas, which severed ties with the rapper-turned-fashion-designer due to comments deemed unacceptable and hateful. Adidas issued a statement stating that they do not condone antisemitism or hate speech, emphasizing their values of diversity, inclusion, mutual respect, and fairness, which they believed Kanye's actions violated.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Miami", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Miami", "length": 5, "offset": 409}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 890, "text": "Short Take: Picking Cotton\nThe junior Senator from Arkansas, Tom Cotton, has an op-ed in the New York Times defending the use of force to quell protests, riots and looting. If only we could listen in on James Bennett's discussing the decision to publish it. JB: You're not going to believe this, but Tom Cotton actually sent us an op-ed to defend Trump! Random Editorial Board Person: Holy shit! Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!!! JB: This will make their heads explode! We'll get a gazillion hits. Ad revs will go through the roof! Random Editorial Board Person: Holy shit! Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!!! JB: Of course, our readers will be outraged and blame us for giving this asshole a platform, but who cares? Love or hate, they'll read, and we can pretend we're being fair to all points of view! That will shut Trump up with his whining. Random Editorial Board Person: Holy shit! Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!!! Of course, it might not have gone exactly that way, but then, it could have. Cotton's op-ed is so very Cotton , culminating in his best defense of the tactic of suppressing protest by force. Outnumbered police officers, encumbered by feckless politicians, bore the brunt of the violence. In New York State, rioters ran over officers with cars on at least three occasions. In Las Vegas, an officer is in \"grave\" condition after being shot in the head by a rioter. In St. Louis, four police officers were shot as they attempted to disperse a mob throwing bricks and dumping gasoline; in a separate incident, a 77-year-old retired police captain was shot to death as he tried to stop looters from ransacking a pawnshop. This is \"somebody's granddaddy,\" a bystander screamed at the scene. Sure, these are the rioters and looters, who are engaged in criminal conduct, not protests. So what about the protesters? Some elites have excused this orgy of violence in the spirit of radical chic , calling it an understandable response to the wrongful death of George Floyd. Those excuses are built on a revolting moral equivalence of rioters and looters to peaceful, law-abiding protesters. A majority who seek to protest peacefully shouldn't be confused with bands of miscreants. Yeah, rioters. Got that. These rioters, if not subdued, not only will destroy the livelihoods of law-abiding citizens but will also take more innocent lives. Many poor communities that still bear scars from past upheavals will be set back still further. The horse is dead. Stop beating. Let's get to the protesters. One thing above all else will restore order to our streets: an overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers. But local law enforcement in some cities desperately needs backup, while delusional politicians in other cities refuse to do what's necessary to uphold the rule of law. Ah. I see what you did there. You went from rioters and looters to \"lawbreakers.\" You went from stores being looted to \"restore order to our streets.\" Smooth, Senator, as you lump those engaged in crime with those engaged in the exercise of their constitutional rights. To be honest, an argument as to why a smart, rational person would believe that the tactic of \"overwhelming show of force\" would be the best means to address what's happening on the streets would be welcome, although I have serious doubts that any serious argument can be made that force won't inflame matters, do vast and unjustifiable harm to Americans and greatly exacerbate problems. But Cotton's op-ed didn't do it. Nonetheless, the internet being what it is, the New York Times already has a Letter to the Editor posted about the Cotton op-ed . I strongly disagree with Mr. Cotton's suggestion to use U.S. troops to suppress the protests occurring throughout the country. I disagree even more strongly with The New York Times's giving Mr. Cotton a platform to express his views. His extremist rhetoric only serves to fan the flames of division and suppression. Not only was the decision to print his words wrong, the decision to do so on the eve of the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing is beyond comprehension. Shame on you! Shame on you! David Anderson of Chicago could have used his real estate to demolish Cotton's position. Instead, he used it to shame the NYT for publishing the position of a United States Senator with whom he strongly disagrees. Smart, James Bennett. 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FierceWireless spoke with Klein, head of the Enterprise and Industrial Automation Research Lab at Nokia Bell Labs, to find out. Sponsored By Rohde & Schwarz Webinar: THz communication – a key enabler for beyond 5G? Join us this 25th March 2021, to learn about technical challenges to generate THz and its application. We highlights the importance of channel measurements and the OTA measurement of antenna characteristics in the sub-THz region. For starters, it takes a lot of testing. When a cell site goes down or something isn't working right in a terrestrial network, queue up the technician or engineering crew to go make a fix. On the Moon, though, help isn't exactly a truck roll (or even rocket launch) away. \"You can never test enough,\" Klein told Fierce. It's fortunate then that the latest mission with NASA isn't Nokia's first foray into lunar LTE. The Finnish vendor was the technology partner for an earlier privately funded project in 2018 with Vodafone and Audi to put LTE on the Moon. That mission never flew, but Nokia already built an LTE system for that purpose. It set up configurations exactly as what would be used on the Moon, to test performance, range, throughput and more. About 25 tests were conducted in environmental chambers, according to Klein, for extreme conditions and stressors like shock, vibration, operation in a vacuum, thermal, and radiation. The new project is part of NASA's Artemis program, and Nokia won a $14.1 million award for its winning \"Tipping Point\" proposal that the space program solicited to help develop technologies with the goal of sustainable human operations on the lunar surface by 2030. RELATED: Nokia shoots for the moon with NASA LTE award Now, however, Nokia needs to integrate the equipment with a lunar lander developed by Houston-based Intuitive Machines and there's still development and testing to be done to align with requirements for the specific mission at hand – which, while similar, is also unique. \"That's really the focus for us this year,\" Klein said of development, integration and testing. The target launch date is some time in 2022. A location hasn't been finalized for the mission, but it's targeting the South Pole of the Moon for operation during several weeks of Lunar daylight. Beam me up So what does a lunar LTE network set up look like? Nokia's plans start with equipment that's been optimized and hardened to withstand extreme conditions, from takeoff to landing, to intense radiation once on the surface. It's all of the commercial network elements scaled down in what essentially becomes an entire LTE network in a box, according to Klein. \"You have your radio, your baseband, your core, all your functionality integrated into a single compact unit that will be deployed on the lunar lander,\" Klein said, along with antennas. He likened it to a small cell with an integrated evolved packet core (ePC). The user equipment (UE) equivalent is affixed to the rover, also with its own antennas, to establish the link from the lunar lander to the UE on the rover. The antennas aren't beaming down from a typical 100-foot tower height, instead affixed between 3 to 5 meters off the ground. That has a major impact on range, Klein noted, and the project is targeting two scenarios. One is short-range, sending the rover 300 to 400 meters away from the lander, and a second longer-range target where the rover would be up to 5 kilometers off the lander. It's something Nokia believes is achievable based on experimental validation with its equipment, power levels and height, Klein said. Along with the LTE system, Nokia provides operation maintenance software that connects back to mission control to handle management, maintenance, configurations, and the remote control of the network itself. The Moon presents its own unique terrain challenges, but one upside is that you won't find any skyscrapers like you would in the downtown of a major metropolitan area. \"The lunar landscape is very different, no obstructions, no buildings, no trees,\" Klein said. \"At the same time, you have valleys, and craters and boulders but it's generally open terrain so that helps with the range.\" And electromagnetic waves propagate even without atmosphere. Searching for a signal? The purpose of the mission isn't for astronauts to video chat or send GIFs – at least not initially. Space communications typically use proprietary technologies developed by defense or aerospace companies, Klein said, with Wi-Fi used on the International Space Station. And this is different than direct communications from space to Earth using satellites or other technologies. No cellular technologies are used in space, Klein said. So it would be the first time that cellular comes into play for lunar surface or space communications. As an unmanned space mission, the primary goal is to establish surface communications on the Moon – with data links between the lunar lander and a custom-built equivalent of an end user device affixed to the rover. For this project, that primarily involves HD video and data transmission from the rover to the lander, as well as remote control of the rover. Nokia hopes to deliver on advanced capabilities like throughput, latency, reliability and other features of 4G. In the future, access to information, machine interactions, voice, and video are part of the picture as astronauts enter Lunar, Martian or other space missions. \"In the future it will be crewed missions so that astronauts can talk to each other, machines, sensors, devices, and really have all their video, voice applications, biometric applications, telemetry, sensor data collection that they can collect as well as any automation, and robotic control,\" Klein said. RELATED: Nokia to head EU's flagship 6G initiative Down the line as NASA looks to establish a sustainable presence on the Moon a human element also comes into play and motivates Nokia. \"We use cellular technologies every day and astronauts in their personal lives use these capabilities as well,\" Klein said, and Nokia feels they should also have access to those while performing missions, not just here on Earth. Testing, testing There are four key areas that Nokia needs to prep for to ensure equipment and software is robust enough. The first is making sure it survives the launch and landing, Klein explained, with mechanical stressors like shock, vibration and acceleration. The second is being able to operate in extreme environments, involving temperature ranges, operating in a vacuum and radiation. Radiation is one of the most unique challenges about space, according to the Klein. Radiation's impact on software is that it could flip bits in code \"and then all of a sudden your code doesn't work anymore.\" The question becomes how to guard against and recover from it. And not all hardware components are equally susceptible to radiation, he explained. Third is reliability, as mentioned earlier. \"Here there is just no way you can send somebody to change the equipment, so it has to be absolutely reliable, you have to have redundancy, both on the hardware and software and you have to be able to remotely configure, reboot, and manage your equipment,\" Klein said. And fourth is all about size, weight, and power. That means integrating as much as possible into a single form factor, according to Klein, and optimizing power consumption so that dimensions and functions are slimmed down to only what is necessary. But it's a balancing act against the third point of reliability and robustness, he noted, with dual-redundancy on the hardware elements. While radiation might be unique to space, small footprints, energy consumption, and weight are also important for a terrestrial network. \"It's not just exciting to put it in space, but we see that we'd be pushing the technology and development capabilities that will have applicability in terrestrial environments as well,\" Klein said. \"By doing this we will absolutely learn and optimize networks and then bring those lessons back to earth and apply them in our commercial product for enterprise industrial applications.\" Picture oil rigs or mines, where remote operation also applies alongside small form factors. The team is looking forward to a successful mission, to validate performance as well as provide models so that they can design and dimension for future applications potentially on a larger scale in space. On the personal side for Klein and the team, he said the most exciting aspect is for the technologies Nokia Bell labs has built is pushing them beyond current limits. \"It's just a very exciting opportunity to take something as far as you can take it, maybe literally,\" Klein said. 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According to a source in Mumbai Police, the handwritten letter in 'broken English' was addressed to the billionaire businessman and his wife Neeta Ambani. Meanwhile, police is tightlipped about what the threat letter said, however sources said the letter warned of 'real' action next time. \"A letter was also found in the car with the explosives near Antilia. The handwritten letter was in broken English with grammatical mistakes and was addressed to Mukesh and Neeta Ambani,\" the police source said. As of for what the threat letter stated, the source said, \"It is basically a threat letter calling the planted explosives a 'trailer' and a warning to return with more preparations to assassinate the whole family later.\" This is what the purported threat letter said: \"To Nita bhabhi and Mukesh bhaiya, this is just a trailer. All preparations have been done…picture abhi baaki hai.\" On Thursday, Mumbai Police had deployed its personnel outside Mukesh Ambani's house after explosive materials were found near the industrialist's residence. \"Police deployed police personnel across the city and are conducting searches. The vehicle has been seized for investigation. A letter has been found inside the suspicious vehicle,\" Mumbai Police said. A green-coloured Scorpio carrying unassembled explosive materials was found abandoned at Carmichael Road in South Mumbai on Thursday evening, near the house of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani. The bomb squad and police teams rushed to the site and a probe was initiated. According to Mumbai Police, the vehicle was examined by a Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), and gelatin, a substance often used to make explosives was recovered from it. Sources said the gelatin sticks found from the car were procured from a Nagpur-based company. The car was stolen from Mumbai's Vikroli area a while ago and had a fake number plate which matched the registration numbers of Ambani's cavalcade. \"The car was stolen from Mumbai's Vikroli area sometime back, its chassis number was damaged a bit but police managed to identify its real owner,\" Mumbai Police said on Friday. \"The suspect who parked the car was seen in CCTV footage but has not been identified as he was wearing face mask and his head was covered with a hoodie,\" police added. \"There was no threat call or letter received by anyone with respect to Ambani family in recent past. 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The contract awarded by the US Navy, valued at just over $3.4 billion , covers three engineering development models (EDMs) and options for up to three system demonstration test articles (SDTAs) and up to six aircraft in the first production batch . As we reported in October, the E-130J will replace the current fleet of E-6B Mercury aircraft assigned to this strategic mission for the US. Navy's strategic mission. E-6B Mercury Key investments and capabilities Northrop Grumman has committed more than $1 billion in digital engineering and advanced manufacturing , enabling it to accelerate the design, production, testing and sustainment of the new E-130J aircraft. The company has been a strategic partner of the U.S. Navy for decades, participating as a prime contractor on critical projects such as the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and MQ-4C Triton, as well as providing ongoing support for the E-6B Mercury fleet used in the TACAMO mission. Statements Jane Bishop , vice president and general manager, global surveillance division, Northrop Grumman: \"Our performance on Navy programs like the E-2D and E-6B prove we deliver on what we promise, and we will bring this expertise in helping the Navy deliver the E-130J on time and optimized for this strategically important mission.\" \"Our TACAMO mission is foundational to our nation's nuclear Triad,\" said Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro . \"The E-130J will carry on the proud legacy of Navy TACAMO aircraft and keep our nation safe.\". TACAMO missions The TACAMO (Take Charge And Move Out) mission is essential to the U.S. nuclear deterrent, as it ensures connectivity between the National Command Authority (NCA) and nuclear forces . Currently, the U.S. Navy operates the E-6B Mercury fleet of aircrafts to maintain an airborne command, control and communications (C3) system that is durable, reliable and persistent. The transition to the E-130J will modernize this capability, improving the operational effectiveness of the strategic deterrent. Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). TACAMO mission aircraft ensure continuous communication between Washington and the primary U.S. nuclear deterrent tool: the fleet of Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). These submarines are capable of up to 77 days at sea and are armed with 20 Trident D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles , although their design allows them to carry up to 24 missiles, each with multiple independently reentering warheads. Industrial team and alliances The development of the E-130J involves the collaboration of a group of leading aerospace and defense companies. This team includes Lockheed Martin Skunk Works , Raytheon , Crescent Systems, Inc. and Long Wave Inc . 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A spokesperson confirmed to the PA news agency that it was not planning any job cuts in Britain as it does not have an office here which will be impacted by the planned reductions. The company said it was being hit by fresh Covid-19 restrictions coming into force as more countries were exposed to a second wave. It said that after promising not to make any structural lay-offs this year because of the pandemic, it will start reducing personnel costs by 20% in its offices from the start of next year. The brewing giant employs 85,000 people around the world. Around 1,700 of these work in Heineken's head office and regional offices, the spokesperson said. He declined to give a figure for how many jobs are likely to be cut in total. \"The situation remains highly volatile and uncertain. We expect rolling outbreaks of Covid-19 to continue to meaningfully impact many of our markets in addition to rising recessionary pressures,\" chief executive Dolf van den Brink said. There's one thing better than pubs opening: pubs staying open. Tap below to pledge that you will #SocialiseResponsibly — Heineken® UK (@Heineken_UK) August 11, 2020 \"As we navigate the crisis, we are deliberately shaping how to adapt and emerge stronger from the pandemic. I am proud of the relentless drive of our employees and the agility they continue to demonstrate, taking care of one another, our customers, suppliers and communities.\" The company revealed it had seen some improvement recently, and that British drinkers consumed more than 10% more Heineken beer in the last three months than during the same period last year. Sales of its eponymous drink had increased by 7.1% in the third quarter around the world, and reached double-digit growth in the UK, Brazil, China, the USA, Nigeria, Singapore, and Poland. However, other beer brands that it owns performed less well, dropping in sales by 1.9% across the quarter, Heineken said. Net profit hit 396 million euros (£357 million) in the first nine months of the year, down by more than three-quarters on last year. The business started to recover from the depths of the crisis during the summer, but as it comes into the autumn and winter months, new waves and restrictions are expected to have consequences for the business. It said that in Europe on-trade – the sales of alcohol in pubs and restaurants – has been more affected than off-trade. Mr van den Brink said: \"Our performance during the third quarter continued to be impacted by the Covid-19 crisis. 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REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Wirecard rejected allegations of impropriety on Tuesday after the Financial Times newspaper published documents on the company's accounting practices which it said appeared to indicate an effort to inflate sales and profits. Shares in the payments group sank more than 20% and its euro-denominated bonds expiring in 2024 fell 7.4 cents to 91.01 on the Financial Times report. \"Today's article by the Financial Times is a compilation of a number of false and misleading allegations... which were already fully refuted before,\" Wirecard said in a statement. At 0940 GMT, the company's shares were down 17.6% after hitting their lowest since April 24, making them the biggest faller on Germany's DAX 30 and on track for their worst day since early February. The newspaper published documents including internal company spreadsheets and related correspondence between senior members of Wirecard's finance team, which, in an accompanying article, it said appeared to indicate an effort to inflate sales and profits at Wirecard's businesses in Dubai and Ireland, as well as to potentially mislead EY, its tier-one auditor. Wirecard said it was regrettable that the Financial Times chose to publish \"such an irresponsible\" article. The report comes after the paper published a series of stories earlier this year alleging fraud and false accounting at Wirecard's Singapore office and that a key Middle East unit was not properly audited. The company has already denied the FT's previous allegations, saying that although Dubai-based subsidiary Card Systems was not individually audited, its books had undergone higher-level \"full-scope\" scrutiny by auditor EY. 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NWS has appointed one of Henry Cheng's sons Brian Cheng Chi-ming as the co-chief executive of the infrastructure firm along with Gilbert Ho Chi-hang while redesignating the role of the eldest son Adrian Cheng Chi-kong from an executive director to a non-executive director, according to a filing yesterday. Patrick Tsang On-yip, Henry Cheng's nephew-in-law and the chief executive of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, has been assigned as a non-executive director as Gerald To Hin-tsun and Dominic Lai step down from the role. The current chief executive Eric Ma Siu-cheung has resigned to lead the operations of real estate developer NWD. Ma is an executive director of the developer and will assist chief executive Adrian Cheng \"in the daily management and operations of the group's business in Hong Kong\" in addition to his role as the chief operating officer, a separate filing showed. The post was tailor-made for Ma, who served as the Secretary for Development in 2017, as the property giant focuses on developing land it owns in the Northern Metropolis, Bloomberg reported. Henry Cheng will cease to serve as the chairman and member of the nomination committee of NWS and be succeeded by independent non-executive director Alan Lee Yiu-kwong. All changes will be effective at the beginning of next year and NWS believes the moves would \"enhance transparency and independence of INED nomination and appointment process as well as promoting better practices and standards in board recruitment, appointment, and succession planning.\" In a recent interview, Henry Cheng said he was still trying to identify a leader for the family business in an interview last month. The businessman said he's fine with having different family members take over different businesses and may hire outsiders to manage the empire if he can't find a suitable candidate. Sonia Cheng Chi-man, one of Adrian Cheng's siblings and a joint vice-chairman for Chow Tai Fook Jewellery (1929), looks after the Rosewood Hotel Group. 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It is because World Health Organization, healthcare authorities, politicians, celebrities, and journalists promote the experimental medical treatments (wrongly called COVID-19 vaccines) as safe and efficient while in fact these treatments are in early clinical research stage. It means that there is not enough data for such claims and that the people who participate are test subject. What is clinical research? It is a way to check of a new medical treatment is safe and efficient for humans. Clinical research takes many years and have many stages. Before the start of human tests the new medical treatment must tested on cell cultures. If results are satisfying there are tests on animals. It is a way to see how the new medical treatment will work in a live organism and if there would be any adverse reactions. After it is time to test on humans. Below is a nice infographic from Pfizer which shows each stage. https://www.pfizer.com/science/clinical-trials/guide-to-clinical-trials/phases Clinical research takes so many years, because after the data is collected must be examined as well. Also it is a way to check long-term adverse reactions. Pfizer Infographic shows that COVID-19 vaccines are on phase 2 but are tested on millions instead on several hundred participants. Rest 2 very important steps were skipped. Also the information about the animal test is scarce. What are they hiding and more importantly why we cannot access animal tests data? Are we the animals? When I worked at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),Rockville, MD, USA I went to the course Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Clinical Research where I was able to learn how exactly is performed and what are the challenges. The first rule we learnt was \"Clinical research must be ethical.\" It would avoid tragedies as these with thalidomide for example. One of our lecturers was Dr Christine Grady – the wife of Dr Anthony Fauci. She clearly pointed that before any large human population is exposed to a new treatment the treatment should be proven to be safe. Children, pregnant women, and people with disabilities have extra protection, and they cannot be subject of clinical research. Scientific objectives should guide inclusion criteria, recruitment strategies, and selection (not privilege or easy availability or vulnerability) https://web.archive.org/web/20151017115240/http://www.bioethics.nih.gov/courses/pdf/2012/Grady.pdf All ethical aspects of clinical research are dismissed with the COVID-19 vaccines. People should know that nobody can require such to participate in everyday activities like using public transportation, shopping, going to school and even hospital. People should know that they should not be punished for refusing to take the experimental medical treatments. COVID-19 vaccines mass use and COVID-19 measures are an infringe of the Articles 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27, 28, of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). How we could end it? There aren't powerful good people on the good side. Juridical system is corrupt. We still can stop it! Speak up and look for like minded. Organize and resist! We are more than them! We are not lab rats! References https://web.archive.org/web/20130811130515/https://bioethics.nih.gov/courses/ethical-regulatory-aspects.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20151017114916/http://www.bioethics.nih.gov/courses/pdf/2012/Lederer.pd f https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights You Are Not Alone If You Are Against the Narrative Read This White Rose Movement is Needed Again All You Need to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines *This blog is the only place where I can use my knowledge and help others. If you like what I do, please donate so I can do more. You pay for TV, newspapers and magazines to inform you. They don't, but I do. Follow the in case I am deleted on social media. Tell me how I can help you via letstalk@genuineprospect.com or Telegram .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases", "length": 53, "offset": 1630}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "World Health Organization", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "World Health Organization", "length": 25, "offset": 142}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Telegram", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Telegram", "length": 8, "offset": 4089}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Pfizer", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Pfizer", "length": 6, "offset": 1014}, {"position_text": "Pfizer", "length": 6, "offset": 1280}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "MD", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "MD", "length": 2, "offset": 1703}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 899, "text": "French utility EDF warns of 24-hour strike starting Monday\nPARIS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - French utility EDF said it had received notice of a 24-hour strike starting later on Monday, called by one of its main trade unions and due to coincide with nationwide stoppages over pension reforms in France. The state-controlled utility did not specify if the strike, called by the hard-left CGT and starting at 1900 GMT, would curb electricity generation. A spokesman for CGT said the 24-hour walkout was part of nationwide action by unions in several sectors against the government's pension reform, and would likely have less impact than a Sept. 19 strike which cut power generation by over 10%. The Sept. 19 strike, which had been called by four EDF unions, was a protest over plans to restructure EDF. The unions have said they will call another strike if the government does not drop the plan by Oct. 10. Tuesday's protests over pension reform are expected to hit schools, public transport and hospitals and courts. President Emmanuel Macron's government plans to merge France's 42 pension systems into a single points-based system. Several professions fear they will lose out and have called for a nationwide strike following a Sept. 16 protest. 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The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) today announced that a U.S. court has ordered Jadoo TV and its CEO, Sajid Sohail, to pay almost $25 million in damages and permanently cease all operations worldwide by December 22nd, 2024. The lawsuit, initially filed in 2018 by IBCAP member DISH Network, alleged that Jadoo TV engaged in widespread copyright infringement by distributing pirated South Asian television channels and content through its set-top boxes and mobile application. The court found Jadoo TV and Sohail liable for direct, contributory, and vicarious copyright infringement, holding Sohail personally responsible as the \"guiding spirit\" behind the illegal operation. Landmark Judgment and Settlement This final judgment is significant for several reasons: Personal Liability: Holding the CEO personally liable underscores the seriousness of the infringement and sends a strong message to individuals profiting from piracy. Comprehensive Settlement: In addition to the monetary judgment, Jadoo TV and Sohail agreed to transfer all customer lists, trademarks, and domain names to DISH Network, further dismantling the infringing operation. \"This final judgment and settlement marks the culmination of a six-year legal battle,\" said Chris Kuelling, executive director of IBCAP. \"Today's announcement sends a strong message that the end of the road for a pirate IPTV service is a significant monetary payment and loss of your entire business.\" Impact on Piracy This case serves as a powerful deterrent to other illegal streaming services. It demonstrates the legal and financial consequences of copyright infringement and highlights the commitment of organizations like IBCAP to protecting intellectual property rights. The shutdown of Jadoo TV, once a major player in the pirate IPTV market, is a significant victory in the fight against online piracy. It sends a clear message that copyright infringement will not be tolerated and that those who engage in such activities will be held accountable. Disclaimer: To address the growing use of ad blockers we now use affiliate links to sites like http://Amazon.com , streaming services, and others. Affiliate links help sites like Cord Cutters News, stay open. Affiliate links cost you nothing but help me support my family. We do not allow paid reviews on this site. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Cord Cutters News makes money through affiliate partner links: If you click on a link, we may earn a commission. Our writers and editors create all reviews, news, and other content to inform readers, with no influence from our business team. Learn more about how we make money. 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Columbus beat out six different cities in 2016 to win the U.S. Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge. It received a $40 million federal provide, plus $10 million from billionaire investor Paul Allen's Vulcan Inc., to put in force records-driven ideas that make transportation more secure, less difficult, and more dependable. Democratic Mayor Andrew Ginther stated, \"Today's initial release of the Smart Columbus Operating System is a chief milestone in our smart metropolis journey, as we're now better capable of analyzing, interpret and share statistics that will help us solve critical challenges and inspire innovation.\" The metropolis's Smart Columbus group stated the operating platform is the first of its kind nationally. It will acquire a mixture of information on how and why human beings are transferring in and around Columbus to make existence run smoothly. The data gathered will permit both the private and non-private sectors to integrate transportation technologies, together with self-using motors, linked motors, and clever sensors, into the town's transportation network. More robust mobility facts should help get extra groceries to food banks quicker or warn drivers of outsized vans of low bridges to avoid collisions. In its initial nation, the operating gadget will post 1, one hundred facts feeds, curated by way of the Smart Columbus body of workers, around six wide-ranging mobility-related challenges. The idea of infrastructure interlinked with the aid of software programs isn't new. As mentioned in New Scientist, in Toronto, and many different cities worldwide, 'smart metropolis' initiatives are underway. sHaving Artificial Intelligence (AI) use facts to enhance our normal lives actively seems like a profitable endeavor. This isn't always only a few futuristic ideas. For twelve months, the town of Hangzhou in China has collaborated with Alibaba and Foxcom to build the \"City Brain\" task, where AI started to run the city. For the past year, AI has been sucking up every drop of facts it may get its virtual arms on. Virtually every resident is tracked; their interest on social networks , purchases, movements, and commutes – the whole thing is uploaded to the AI's databases, in which actual-time selections are made. The stated goal of the task is to improve life in Hangzhou using letting artificial intelligence song traffic, crime, commutes, purchases, interactions, widespread movements, and much greater. Residents had been tracked each generally and especially, with City Brain even plugged into nearby social media – it even tracks their mobile telephones. The assignment has been considered a sizable success. Alibaba is now packaging the machine to export to other cities in China – and the relaxation of the sector in the long run. After a year underneath the brand new machine, rush hour traffic is down 10% because the gadget makes use of masses of hundreds of cameras dotted throughout the metropolis, tracking the movement of virtually every car on the roads. It can right stumble away on accidents, blockages, and might expect visitors to float 10 minutes beforehand, then adjusts visitors' light patterns to even go with the flow. Illegal parking is tracked in real-time, and the system will also contact individual commuters to provide detours and climate advisories. Here is one the police love. If a person breaks the regulation, they may be tracked throughout the city before being picked up via the police. The reality is that a fully 'smart' metropolis method that pretty lots each component of your life is tracked – the privacy troubles are massive. Why does it appear to work so well in Hangzhou? As Alibaba's task leader, Xian-Sheng Hua, said… \"In China, human beings have less problem with privateness, which permits us to move quicker.\" \"It's easy to become aware of while people are not following the 'ordinary' behavior styles. Having diagnosed individuals who aren't 'every day, they can of the path then be tracked – and who they meet with, in which they pass and so forth also can be quickly identified,\" says Paul Bernal on the University of East Anglia, UK. \"As a manner to govern dissident moves or whatever the authorities don't like, it is perfect.\" According to the Gartner Group, an envisioned 2.3 billion connected things might be used in clever cities this 12 months – a 43% growth over 2016. This upward thrust of digital connectivity additionally exposes several vulnerabilities cybercriminals may be lining as much as make the most. In the video game Watch Dogs, you can play a hacker who takes over the significant operating system of a futuristic, hyper-linked Chicago. Once you have got manipulated over the metropolis's protection system, you can spy on citizens using surveillance cameras, intercept cellphone calls, and cripple its critical infrastructure, bringing the town to its knees. While Watch Dogs is only a recreation, it illustrates a scenario that would happen in cutting-edge, increasingly more smart towns. It becomes best these days that a first-rate hack happened that centered Internet infrastructure in the US with one in every of the largest DDoS attacks ever recorded. The root motive turned into the tracked lower back to ignored protection vulnerabilities in loads of hundreds of compromised related video cameras. Similar Internet of Things (IoT) enabled cameras and sensors drive forward the Smart City initiative that relies upon these devices to manage the complete town's infrastructure and property. Essentially, this dependency suggests that even the smallest of protection weak factors in the Smart City infrastructure can enhance protection exploitation to impossible and uncontrollable ranges. We are getting a society that is increasingly willing to have our every motion and verbal exchange monitored for the perceived comfort of a 'safer' and extra green metropolis. We are giving up our individual rights and freedoms so that big authority can better protect us. It is a well-timed notion, as currently, we had Remembrance Day in Canada and Memorial Day within the US. Nowadays, we honored people who gave their lives to protect our rights and freedoms. The query going ahead is, have we turn out to be too keen to give up the one's rights and freedoms that such a lot of have died to hold, actually to make our lives extra handy? A smart town is, in fact, a surveillance city, wherein residents' privacy is the price of the performance profits. 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More than 50 of the NHS' brightest culinary talents converged on First Choice Group's conference facility in Cannock for the event, which was held in conjunction with Hobart and MKN. With sustainability being a key topic in the industry, the theme for this year's event was 'The Future of Food' and included a talk on 'The Net Zero Kitchen' from the NHS Greener Team, as well as a live cookery session from Meatless Farm titled 'Enhancing menu choice for healthy, low carbon eating'. Across three days, the event saw guest speakers, including Nick Vadis, culinary director at Compass Group and the chef ambassador to NHS Supply Chain; Phil Shelley, chair of NHS Food Review 2020; Emma Brookes, head of soft FM strategy and operations at NHS England; and Dr Rupy Aujla, an NHS GP who started 'The Doctor's Kitchen', deliver engaging sessions. The delegates were also introduced to key industry mentors, each able to support the chefs to serve a quality menu to patients and visitors in their care settings. Stuart Brereton, business development manager at MKN, said: \"The NHS Mentoring Event was a great way for us to show our commitment to those who've given so much to our nation in recent times. From world-class mentors to an impressive line-up of speakers, the event delivered a fantastic agenda. \"We were also keen to raise awareness of the need to support the future of food, with many of the sessions and the live demos, hosted in the dedicated First Choice kitchens, centred around ongoing sustainability.\" Simon Gardiner, regional manager – south at Hobart UK's Equipment Division, commented: \"We were delighted to welcome chefs from across our National Health Service to a dedicated mentoring event hosted by First Choice. At Hobart, we wanted to show our support to those in our industry who've worked tirelessly by providing an invaluable service to our nation. What better way to do this than to bring together a celebrated line-up of guest speakers and a group of well-respected mentors to give something back.\" Using First Choice Group's purpose-built event facilities, which include conference space, break-out rooms and a fully functioning professional kitchen, the event culminated with a light-hearted Ready, Steady 'Plant Based' cook-off to pit the delegates against one another. John Whitehouse, managing director at First Choice Group, added: \"It was a real honour to host the NHS Mentoring Event, in association with MKN and Hobart at First Choice. With everything our great health service has put up with over the past 18 months, to be able to give something back by way of a dedicated mentoring event, including some fantastic speakers and a fun cook-off competition was just a small way of us saying our thanks.\" The post NHS chefs come together to focus on the future of food and hospital kitchens appeared first on Foodservice Equipment Journal .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Hobart", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Hobart", "length": 6, "offset": 2718}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Compass Group", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Compass Group", "length": 13, "offset": 846}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Meatless Farm", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Meatless Farm", "length": 13, "offset": 677}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "First Choice Group's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "First Choice Group's", "length": 20, "offset": 335}, {"position_text": "First Choice", "length": 12, "offset": 1722}, {"position_text": "First Choice", "length": 12, "offset": 1989}, {"position_text": "First Choice Group's", "length": 20, "offset": 2302}, {"position_text": "First Choice Group", "length": 18, "offset": 2608}, {"position_text": "First Choice", "length": 12, "offset": 2728}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "NHS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NHS", "length": 3, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "NHS", "length": 3, "offset": 290}, {"position_text": "NHS", "length": 3, "offset": 1042}, {"position_text": "National Health Service", "length": 23, "offset": 1924}, {"position_text": "NHS", "length": 3, "offset": 3018}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Doctor's Kitchen", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Doctor's Kitchen", "length": 16, "offset": 1066}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "NHS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NHS", "length": 3, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "NHS", "length": 3, "offset": 290}, {"position_text": "NHS", "length": 3, "offset": 1042}, {"position_text": "NHS", "length": 3, "offset": 3018}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "NHS Supply Chain", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NHS Supply Chain", "length": 16, "offset": 887}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "MKN", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "MKN", "length": 3, "offset": 448}, {"position_text": "MKN", "length": 3, "offset": 1325}, {"position_text": "MKN", "length": 3, "offset": 2710}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Cannock", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Cannock", "length": 7, "offset": 379}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 903, "text": "Attack on Saudi Oil Site Sends Prices Up\nThe threats to the global oil supply are taking place with economists expecting energy demand to surge as nations recover from the pandemic. Cathy Bussewitz Elaine Kurtenbach Smoke rises after Saudi-led airstrikes on an army base in Sanaa, Yemen. The airstrikes come as retaliation for recent attacks on Saudi Arabia that were claimed by the Iranian-backed rebels. BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices rose Monday as Saudi Arabian oil facilities were targeted by drone strikes just days after the largest crude exporting nations in the world said they would not increase output. Brent crude, the international standard, surpassed $70 per barrel for the first time in over a year, gaining $1.14 to $70.47 a barrel. It surged $2.62 on Friday. Benchmark U.S. crude oil added $1.10 to $67.19 per barrel, up 1.7 percent, falling back from bigger gains earlier in the day. It jumped $2.26 to $66.09 per barrel on Friday. Crude prices have surged more than 30 percent this year as massive vaccinations campaigns gain momentum, potentially signaling the beginning of the end of a global pandemic. The attacks in Saudi Arabia follow a devastating winter freeze in Texas and other parts of the southern United States last month knocked out production of roughly four million barrels per day of U.S. oil, pushing prices above $60 a barrel for the first time in more than a year. The threats to the global oil supply are taking place with economists expecting energy demand to surge as nations recover from the pandemic. In that environment, many energy analysts had expected the OPEC cartel and its allies to lift more restrictions and let the oil flow more freely. But OPEC, rattled by plunging prices over the past year, chose not to open the spigots, sending prices higher still. The strikes on Saudi sites have increased in frequency and precision in recent weeks, raising concerns about Saudi Arabia's air defenses and the expanding capabilities of the Iran-backed rebels across the border in Yemen. A Saudi-led coalition launched an air campaign on war-torn Yemen's capital and on other provinces Sunday in retaliation for missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia that were claimed by the Iranian-backed rebels. The official Saudi Press Agency quoted an anonymous official in the Ministry of Energy as saying that a drone flew in from the sea and struck an oil storage site in Ras Tunura, the port run by Saudi Arabia's state oil company, Aramco. It claimed the strike did not cause any damage. Saudi Aramco, the kingdom's oil giant that now has a sliver of its worth traded publicly on the stock market, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Ministry of Energy denounced the strike as \"an act of sabotage\" targeting not only Saudi Arabia \"but also the security and stability of energy supplies to the world.\" When key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia were attacked in 2019, global energy prices soared 14 percent the next day. But that prior attack disrupted more than half of its daily exports, halting five percent of world crude oil output. Costlier oil pushes energy costs higher. That would add to inflation at a time when investors have been focusing on the potential for rising prices to cause central banks to raise interest rates that have been taken to record low levels to support economies battered by the pandemic. \"The last thing anyone wants in a recovering global economy is higher oil prices, and we are likely nearing a point when higher oil prices become a negative rather than a positive influence over risk assets,\" Stephen Innes of Axi said in a report Monday. Rising prices are a boon, however, for the oil industry, which has lost billions of dollars during the pandemic. Oil prices crashed as millions of people stayed home and avoided traveling, hoping to avoid infection. Oil futures briefly traded below $0 a barrel last spring before settling around $40 a barrel for months, well below what most producers needed to survive. Many U.S. producers cut production dramatically, others filed for bankruptcy protection. Workers lost jobs by the thousands. Eventually, prices began to recover as demand trickled back. In January, after Saudi Arabia announced it would cut production by one million barrels per day on top of cuts the kingdom already made through its agreement with the OPEC cartel, prices for U.S. benchmark crude pushed above $50 a barrel. The upswing continued through February, when Saudi Arabia's cuts went into effect. 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This end-to-end integration, bringing sweep and reciprocal programs directly into digital banking, aims to eliminate friction for depositors and bank operating teams and drive adoption of these crucial programs throughout the industry. Q2 Holdings, Inc. is a leading provider of digital transformation solutions for financial services. As part of the Q2 Partner Accelerator Program, financial institutions will be able to offer ModernFi's digitally integrated insured sweep accounts to provide their highest-value customers extended deposit insurance via the Q2 Digital Banking Platform. ModernFi helps financial institutions strengthen the insured composition of their balance sheets and compete for depositors that might otherwise go to the largest competitors or leave the banking sector entirely. ModernFi's integration with the Q2 Digital Banking Platform offers an attractive, non-rate solution for financial institutions to grow deposits and bolster the strength of their balance sheets, a top concern for both banks and credit unions. The integration is key for financial institutions that are used to running these under-utilized sweep and reciprocal programs manually through paperwork, phone calls, and emails. This burdensome onboarding and management process helps explain why less than half of all U.S. banks participated in reciprocal programs last year, even though those that did experienced 12 percent higher growth than those that did not. \"ModernFi is proud to partner and integrate with Q2's Digital Banking Platform to launch its fully integrated insured sweep account,\" said Brendan Quinn, Digital Banking Partnerships Lead of ModernFi. \"By breaking new technical ground and bringing sweep and reciprocal programs into the modern age, we have removed the friction for depositors and operational burden for institutions, dramatically increasing the usability and adoption of these critical products. We look forward to continuing to innovate alongside our partners to help drive deposit growth and stability for financial institutions and the communities they serve.\" The Q2 Partner Accelerator is a program through the Q2 Innovation Studio that allows in-demand financial services companies who are leveraging the Q2 SDK to pre-integrate their technology to the Q2 Digital Banking Platform. This enables financial institutions to work with these partners, purchase their solutions, and rapidly deploy their standardized integrations to their customers. \"We're excited to welcome ModernFi to the Q2 Accelerator Partner Program,\" said Johnny Ola, managing director of Q2 Innovation Studio, at Q2. \"Financial institutions can now access ModernFi's deposit network to help grow deposits.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Q2 Holdings, Inc", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Q2 Holdings, Inc", "length": 16, "offset": 481}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Q2 Holdings, Inc", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Q2 Holdings, Inc", "length": 16, "offset": 481}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Q2 Holdings, Inc", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Q2 Holdings, Inc", "length": 16, "offset": 481}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Q2 Holdings, Inc", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Q2 Holdings, Inc", "length": 16, "offset": 481}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "U.S", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 1557}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 906, "text": "Enact Receives Ratings Upgrade from Fitch Ratings\nUnderscoring Enact's Strong Performance and Robust Capital Position, Holding Company Achieves Investment Grade Senior Debt Rating RALEIGH, N.C., April 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enact Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACT) (Enact or the Company), a leading provider of private mortgage insurance through its insurance subsidiaries, today announced that Fitch Ratings (\"Fitch\") has upgraded the Insurer Financial Strength rating for our flagship insurance subsidiary, Enact Mortgage Insurance Corporation, to A- from BBB+. Fitch also upgraded Enact's senior debt rating to BBB- which marks the second major rating agency to assign Enact's senior debt an investment grade rating. The outlook for both ratings is stable. \"We're pleased to achieve these upgrades from Fitch. Achieving investment grade ratings on our senior debt from Fitch, and from Moody's previously, marks another milestone for Enact. These ratings upgrades are further evidence of the successful execution of our strategy, the strength of our financial performance and balance sheet, and our enhanced financial flexibility,\" said Rohit Gupta, Enact's Chief Executive Officer. \"Going forward, we will continue to serve our lender partners across the U.S. and look forward to continuing to create long-term value for our stakeholders.\" Additional information regarding the rating changes can be found in the full reports issued by Fitch this week. About Enact Holdings, Inc. Enact (Nasdaq: ACT), operating principally through its wholly-owned subsidiary Enact Mortgage Insurance Corporation since 1981, is a leading U.S. private mortgage insurance provider committed to helping more people achieve the dream of homeownership. Building on a deep understanding of lenders' businesses and a legacy of financial strength, we partner with lenders to bring best-in class service, leading underwriting expertise, and extensive risk and capital management to the mortgage process, helping to put more people in homes and keep them there. By empowering customers and their borrowers, Enact seeks to positively impact the lives of those in the communities in which it serves in a sustainable way. Enact is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Safe Harbor Statement This communication contains \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially, including statements related to use of the proceeds from the facilities, maturity dates and extension options, and ability to increase the facilities. These forward-looking statements are distinguished by use of words such as \"will,\" \"may,\" \"would,\" \"anticipate,\" \"expect,\" \"believe,\" \"designed,\" \"plan,\" \"predict,\" \"project,\" \"target,\" \"could,\" \"should,\" or \"intend,\" the negative of these terms, and similar references to future periods. These views involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and, accordingly, our actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in our forward-looking statements, including the potential for future dividend payments which will be determined in consultation with the Board of Directors, and after considering economic and regulatory factors, current risks to the Company, and subsidiary performance. For a list of risks and uncertainties, please see the Company's reports and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 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Vaccine makers are competing for their renewal COVID-19 shot Against the latest coronavirus threats, even before it becomes clear that changes are needed, just in case. Expert I suspect that today's shot will be useless But he says it's important to see how fast companies can generate represcribed doses and prove that they work-whatever happens at Omicron, this latest mutation. Because the body is not the last. Omicron says, \"I'm pulling a fire alarm. It's really good to know if I can actually do this, whether or not it turns out to be a false alarm. Deploying a new vaccine Get ready, \"said E. John Welly, an immunoscientist at the University of Pennsylvania. It is premature to know how the vaccine can tolerate Omicron.The first tip of the week is mixture : Preliminary lab tests may not prevent Omicron infection with two doses of Pfizer, but may protect against severe illness. And booster shots may boost enough immunity to do both. Better responses are expected in the coming weeks, and regulators in the United States and other countries are closely monitoring. The World Health Organization has appointed an independent scientific committee to advise if shots need to be represcribed for Omicron or other variants. However, authorities have not revealed what causes such a dramatic step. What if the vaccine immunity to a serious illness is reduced, or if a new variant simply spreads rapidly? \"This is not trivial,\" said Ugur Sahin, CEO of Pfizer's vaccine partner BioNTech, shortly before Omicron was discovered. A company can also apply to market a new prescription. \"But what if another company makes another proposal with another variation? There is no agreed strategy.\" It's a difficult decision — and viruses run faster than science. Just this fall, US government vaccine advisors wondered why boosters weren't modified to target the highly contagious delta mutant. The next dreaded variant, Omicron, is neither a descendant of Delta nor a very close friend. If you need to fine-tune your vaccine, you have yet another question. Need another Omicron booster or combination shot? And if it's a combo, do you need to target the original strain with Omicron, or do you need to target the currently dominant Delta Variant and Omicron? This is what we know. Companies don't start from scratch The COVID-19 vaccine works by inducing the production of antibodies that recognize and attack the peplomer that coats the coronavirus, and many are made with new technologies that are flexible enough to be easily updated. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are made with genetic commands that instruct the body to make harmless copies of the spike protein, are the fastest to regulate, and can exchange messenger RNA to match new mutations. Pfizer expects the Food and Drug Administration to have an Omicron-specific candidate for consideration in March and is ready to ship several initial batches at about the same time, Chief Scientific Officer Michael Dollar. Dr. Sten told The Associated Press. Moderna predicts that it will take 60-90 days for Omicron-specific candidates to be ready for testing. Other manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines using a variety of technologies, such as Johnson & Johnson, are also pursuing possible updates. Pfizer and Moderna have already successfully brewed experimental doses that match different variants named Delta and Beta, and shots are not required, but provided valuable practice. Do not clarify if fine adjustment is required So far, the original vaccine has provided at least some cross-protection against previous mutants. Even if the immunity to Omicron is not very good, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top expert in infectious diseases in the United States, hopes that a large antibody jump caused by the booster effect will make up for it. Pfizer's preliminary lab tests released Wednesday suggest that this may be the case, but antibodies aren't the only layer of defense. Vaccines also spur T cells that can prevent serious illness if someone becomes infected. In Pfizer's first tests, as expected, it doesn't seem to be affected by Omicron. Also, memory cells that can create new antibodies are formed at each dose. \"You are really training your immune system not only to successfully process existing mutants, but also to prepare a broader repertoire for actually processing new mutants,\" Dorsten said. rice field. How aggressive the mutant is also affects whether or not the vaccine is represcribed. Omicrons appear to spread easily, but early reports from South African scientists suggest that Omicrons can cause milder infections than previous variants. How to check if the update works The FDA says companies don't need extensive research on fine-tuned vaccines, but whether people given updated shots have an immune response comparable to the original highly effective shots. He said he needed a small study to measure. Wherry does not expect data from volunteers testing experimental shots targeting Omicron until at least February. What about combination shots? Influenza vaccines prevent 3 or 4 different strains of influenza with a single dose. If Omicron needs to be fine-tuned to the vaccine, authorities will need to decide whether to create an Omicron booster separately or add it to the original vaccine. Alternatively, you can try different combinations according to your flu model. There is some evidence that the COVID-19 combo shot may work. In a small Moderna study, so-called bivalent boosters containing the original vaccine and beta-specific doses caused larger antibody jumps than the original Moderna booster or its experimental beta-specific shots. And scientists are already working on next-generation vaccines that target parts of the virus that are less likely to mutate. Omicron brings \"another important awakening call,\" Wheely said. Not only to immunize the world, but to create more versatile options to get the job done. AP reporter James Keaten contributed to this report. The Associated Press's Department of Health Sciences is supported by the Science Education Department of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. AP is solely responsible for all content. COVID vaccine gets the latest information to fight Omicron mutants Source link COVID vaccine gets the latest information to fight Omicron mutants The post COVID vaccine gets the latest information to fight Omicron mutants appeared first on Ohio News Time .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "World Health Organization", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "World Health Organization", "length": 25, "offset": 1280}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Food and Drug Administration", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Food and Drug Administration", "length": 28, "offset": 2963}, {"position_text": "FDA", "length": 3, "offset": 4839}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Associated Press", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Associated Press", "length": 16, "offset": 3185}, {"position_text": "AP", "length": 2, "offset": 6099}, {"position_text": "Associated Press's", "length": 18, "offset": 6156}, {"position_text": "AP", "length": 2, "offset": 6294}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Howard Hughes Medical Institute", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Howard Hughes Medical Institute", "length": 31, "offset": 6261}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Johnson & Johnson", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Johnson & Johnson", "length": 17, "offset": 3388}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "University of Pennsylvania", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "University of Pennsylvania", "length": 26, "offset": 839}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Moderna", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 78}, {"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 2743}, {"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 3203}, {"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 3454}, {"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 5616}, {"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 5762}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Omicron", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Omicron", "length": 7, "offset": 550}, {"position_text": "Omicron", "length": 7, "offset": 615}, {"position_text": "Omicron", "length": 7, "offset": 5151}, {"position_text": "Omicron", "length": 7, "offset": 5302}, {"position_text": "Omicron", "length": 7, "offset": 5402}, {"position_text": "Omicron", "length": 7, "offset": 5945}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "BioNTech", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "BioNTech", "length": 8, "offset": 1681}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Pfizer", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Pfizer", "length": 6, "offset": 67}, {"position_text": "Pfizer", "length": 6, "offset": 1041}, {"position_text": "Pfizer", "length": 6, "offset": 1656}, {"position_text": "Pfizer", "length": 6, "offset": 2732}, {"position_text": "Pfizer", "length": 6, "offset": 2944}, {"position_text": "Pfizer", "length": 6, "offset": 3443}, {"position_text": "Pfizer", "length": 6, "offset": 3981}, {"position_text": "Pfizer", "length": 6, "offset": 4207}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Moderna", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 78}, {"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 2743}, {"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 3203}, {"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 3454}, {"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 5616}, {"position_text": "Moderna", "length": 7, "offset": 5762}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "US", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 1972}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 908, "text": "Outcome Health fraud case to face jury trial\nShah, Agarwal and Pardi are charged with multiple counts of fraud and could be sentenced to 30 years in prison. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Madden tried to convince the jury not to buy the main argument of the defendants : that the government's key witness, Ashik Desai , was responsible for a fraudulent scheme that led to overbilling of pharmaceutical companies such as AbbVie by $45 million over the course of two years. The overbilling led to an inflated financial figure used by investors and bankers, who provided the company with more than $900 million in loans and venture capital. Desai, who was also a company executive, pleaded guilty to one count of fraud and agreed to testify in exchange for a prosecutor's recommendation that he be sentenced to no more than 10 years in prison. He led a small team of analysts who were responsible for providing clients with listings of doctors' offices, as well as data on the effectiveness of the advertising used to bill them. Shah's top attorney, John Huston, said that Desai and his team worked alone on \"fraud island\", carrying out a scam that Huston said Desai kept hidden from his superiors. Download the Modern Healthcare app to keep up to date with industry news. Madden called it a fabrication: \"You found out about a place called 'Scammer Island' where a 20-year-old mastermind supposedly resides, and these three bosses were babies in the forest, betrayed and deceived by Ashik Desai for years. \"It's crazy that this 20-year-old guy came into the company and made all this up,\" he said. \"It's ridiculous for them to assume that Ashik outsmarted them. They all went to the Northwest. It's obvious how smart they were and how much they knew about the business. . . .The defense lawyers spent 20 hours telling you that their clients have absolutely no idea about the business they are in.\" Desai was at the heart of the matter, spending two and a half weeks on the podium, half of which was cross-examined three defense groups. Like most plea deal witnesses, Desai's involvement in the alleged crime was in doubt. Desai admitted that he lied to clients and his superiors, and also lied about co-workers when questions arose that he had falsified information. Desai also admitted that he alone chose to falsify third-party reports of an increase in appointments caused by advertising. He admitted that he never told his superiors that he was falsifying ROI reports. The main question in this case is whether the jury will distinguish between Desai's fraudulent falsification of these ROI reports and what prosecutors believe is a major fraud of overbilling customers for the amount of advertising they receive. None of the jurors were released due to illness or other reasons during the trial. Judge Thomas Durkin chose seven alternates, more than double the usual number, in anticipation of losing a jury during such a lengthy trial. This story first appeared in Crane's Chicago business. 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The company's streaming division, including Disney+ and Hulu, reported operating income of $47 million for the January-March period, a significant improvement from a loss of $587 million a year earlier. However, the combined streaming business, including ESPN+, still reported a loss of $18 million, though narrower compared to the prior year's loss of $659 million. While streaming showed promise, revenue from Disney's traditional television business declined by 8% to $2.77 billion, with operating profit falling 22% from a year ago. Despite this, CEO Bob Iger expressed confidence in the company's direction, emphasizing the transition to a new era marked by solid performance and global content creation. Iger, who returned from retirement in November 2022, implemented cost-cutting measures expected to reach $7.5 billion by September. Additionally, Disney announced a significant investment in theme parks and plans for a standalone ESPN streaming app. The unexpected profit from streaming was attributed to aggressive cost management, with Disney+ adding over 6 million customers during the quarter. Despite streaming's growth, costs associated with streaming cricket may lead to a loss in the current quarter but a return to profit in the following period. Looking ahead, Disney anticipates that the combined streaming unit will generate a profit in the fiscal fourth quarter, becoming a significant growth driver for the company with improved profitability expected for fiscal 2025. In summary, Disney's latest earnings report reflects a mixed performance, with streaming showing promise amidst challenges in the traditional TV business. However, the company remains optimistic about its future prospects, buoyed by strong results in theme parks and ongoing efforts to enhance its streaming offerings. The post Disney's Streaming Profit Surprises Amidst Decline in Traditional TV Business appeared first on ArdorComm Media Group .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "ArdorComm Media Group", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ArdorComm Media Group", "length": 21, "offset": 2223}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 910, "text": "Japan approves plan to dump 1 million tonnes of waste water from Fukushima nuclear disaster into...\nAn annotated aerial view of the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in February 2021. Insider/STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images Japan approved a plan to put wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. The water has been treated, and now experts say it contains minimal radioactive material. The release, set for 2023, is the latest move to deal with the aftermath of the 2011 accident there. See more stories on Insider's business page . Wastewater used to cool the Fukushima nuclear reactor is due to be released into the ocean after treatment, Japan said on Tuesday . It is part of the nation's plan to decommission the power station that was destroyed in the 2011 tsunami in one of the worst nuclear disasters in history . Japan had previously warned that it was running out of space to contain the more than 1 million tonnes of treated contaminated water in storage tanks on site. Releasing the water in the ocean is an \"unavoidable task,\" Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said . The water will start to be released in two years, according to the plan. The will first water be filtered to remove most nuclear contaminants. However, one nuclear product cannot be removed from the wastewater: tritium , a form of hydrogen. Releasing the treated wastewater in the ocean would dilute this particle well below standards set by the World Health Organisation, government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said . According to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, tritium is fairly harmless in small concentrations , but as the concentration of the particle increases, so does the risk of cancer. \"The Japanese Government's decision is in line with practice globally, even though the large amount of water at the Fukushima plant makes it a unique and complex case,\" International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) said in a statement on Tuesday . The IAEA, an independent international organisation which provides technical support for nuclear safety and has been advising the Japanese government, said that controlled water release is \"routinely used by operating nuclear power plants in the world.\" The news was admonished by China and South Korea. In a statement issued Tuesday, the Chinese Foreign ministry called the decision \"unilateral\" and \"highly irresponsible,\" claiming that it will \"severely affect human health.\" An annotated map shows the location of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Insider/Google Maps South Korea has also condemned the decision, calling it \"outright unacceptable\" in a press briefing on Tuesday, the Korea Herald reported . Fisheries have also called out the decision, saying that it might further damage the image of the quality of fish caught in the Fukushima area. Local fisheries have just returned to their functions after a decade of only catching fish for testing purposes, the Association Press reported . The US seemed to welcome the move. 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The flight was operated by FedEx and took off from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on May 8. It was headed for Istanbul when the landing gear malfunctioned. The pilot made an emergency landing at Istanbul airport. The CCTV shows how the Boeing 767 dragged along the runway with sparks and smoke coming from the plane. Firefighters had been alerted about the landing gear malfunction and were ready waiting for the aircraft. After the crash landing, they covered the plane in firefighting foam and prevented any potential fires. No one was injured in the emergency landing and the crew were safely evacuated from the plane. IGA Istanbul Airport said: \"Air traffic was temporarily halted on runway 16R following the landing. The teams are diligently working to safely relocate the aircraft and restore routine flight operations on the runway. 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The new report by Expert Market Research titled, 'Global Interceptor Missiles Market Size, Share, Price, Trends, Growth, Report and Forecast 2021-2026', gives in-depth analysis of the global interceptor missiles market , assessing the market based on its segments like products, and major regions. The report tracks the latest trends in the industry and studies their impact on the overall market. It also assesses the market dynamics, covering the key demand and price indicators, along with analyzing the market based on the SWOT and Porter's Five Forces models. Note 1: For a snapshot of the primary and secondary data of the market (2016-2026), along with business strategies and detailed market segmentation, please click on request sample report. The sample report shall be delivered to you within 24 hours. Get a Free Sample Report with Table of Contents – https://www.expertmarketresearch.com/reports/interceptor-missiles-market/requestsample The key highlights of the report include: Market Overview (2016-2026): – • Forecast CAGR (2021-2026): 9% With the rise in national security issues, border threats, and the changing nature of warfare, countries like the United States and Russia are focusing on developing missile technology . These countries are upgrading their weapon systems, including their propulsion systems and warheads. During the forecast period, the market is expected to expand due to increased investments in the development of missile interceptors. However, the demand is expected to be constrained by a number of factors, including high defence budgets and production costs. Industry Definition and Major Segments The anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles such as intermediate-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles, which can be fired from any region. Read Full Report with Table of Contents – https://www.expertmarketresearch.com/reports/interceptor-missiles-market The interceptor missiles market is divided based on products into: • Land-to-Air Missile • Ship-to-Air Missile Based on region, the market is segmented into: • North America • Europe • Asia Pacific • Latin America • Middle East and Africa Market Trends Growing investments in the development of missile interceptors are expected to provide market players with growth opportunities. Rising military expenditures and the increase in cross-border threats are driving the global missile interceptor market forward. North Korea, for example, has entered the arms race by developing new and advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Furthermore, amid nuclear sanctions, countries in the Middle East, such as Iran, are suspected of producing ICBMs. A number of contracts were entered into by key market players, which fuelled market growth. In 2018, Lockheed Martin and the US Missile Defense Agency signed an agreement to develop anti-ballistic missile interceptors. In the same year, Boeing signed a deal with the US Pentagon to create a missile interceptor network to counter North Korean threats. In 2018, North America was the largest regional market, but Europe is projected to grow at the fastest rate over the forecast period. The market is expected to expand due to the high adoption of interceptor missiles in European countries such as Sweden and Romania. Lockheed Martin, for example, has agreed to sell Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles and associated equipment to Romania in order to upgrade the country's defence system. Key Market Player The major players in the market are The Boeing Co. [NYSE: BA], Thales Group, Raytheon Co., Lockheed Martin Corp., MBDA, among others. The report covers the market shares, capacities, plant turnarounds, expansions, investments and mergers and acquisitions, among other latest developments of these market players. 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It's also making a Japanese joint venture with OpenAI, will spend $3 billion deploying OpenAI tech across SoftBank companies, and claims it will revolutionize business with AI agents through a new AI system called \"Cristal intelligence.\" SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, who also invested billions in WeWork, claimed at an announcement event in Tokyo that artificial general intelligence, or AGI will come \"much earlier\" than his previous two- to three-year prediction, The Wall Street Journal reports. That could be helped, of course, by changes in the definition of AGI, as explained recently by his new partner, Sam Altman. In the release, SoftBank highlights how AI agents \"will automate everyday tasks\" for knowledge work. SoftBank shared some vague examples of how it will use Cristal Intelligence at Arm and SoftBank Corp., which it owns: Arm, which designs many of the chips and servers used by AI companies, says it will use the tech to \"drive innovation and boost productivity across the company,\" while SoftBank Corp. plans to \"automate over 100 million workflows\" to \"boost efficiency and enable the creation of new business opportunities within its ecosystem.\" Son announced Cristal Intelligence at an event in Tokyo where he held a crystal ball. The SoftBank and OpenAI joint venture, called \"SB OpenAI Japan,\" will be owned 50-50 between the two companies. The joint venture will \"market Cristal intelligence exclusively to major companies in Japan,\" per the press release. 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The restaurant was in flames for more than 45 minutes before fire crews arrived to extinguish the blaze, protected by a line of police officers, local television showed. By that time the building was reduced to charred rubble next to a gas station. Other demonstrators marched onto Interstate-75, stopping traffic, before police used a line of squad cars to hold them back. The city's police chief, Erika Shields, resigned earlier on Saturday over the shooting on Friday night of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks, which was captured on video. The police department has fired the officer who allegedly shot and killed Brooks, police spokesman Carlos Campos said late on Saturday. Another officer involved in the incident was put on administrative leave. Both of the officers were white. Brooks' death followed weeks of demonstrations in major cities across the United States sparked by the death of George Floyd, an African American who died on May 25 after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes while detaining him. The Atlanta officer fired after Friday's incident was identified by the police department as Garrett Rolfe, who joined the department in October 2013. The officer placed on administrative duty is Devin Bronsan, who was hired in September 2018. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she had accepted the prompt resignation of police chief Shields. \"I do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force and have called for the immediate termination of the officer,\" Bottoms said at an afternoon news conference. People watch as a Wendy's burns following a rally against racial inequality and the police shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. June 13, 2020. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage Brooks was the father of a young daughter who was celebrating her birthday on Saturday, his lawyers said. Near the scene of the shooting, street protests began on Saturday, with more than 100 people calling for the officers to be charged criminally in the case. PARKING LOT Friday's shooting came after police were called to the Wendy's over reports that Brooks had fallen asleep in the drive-thru line. Officers attempted to take him into custody after he failed a field sobriety test, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. A bystander's video showed Brooks struggling with two officers on the ground outside the Wendy's before breaking free and running across the parking lot with what appears to be a police TASER in his hand. A second videotape from the restaurant's cameras shows Brooks turning as he runs and possibly aiming the TASER at the pursuing officers before one of them fires his gun and Brooks falls to the ground. Brooks ran the length of about six cars when he turned back toward an officer and pointed what he had in his hand at the policeman, Vic Reynolds, director of the GBI, told a press conference. \"At that point, the Atlanta officer reaches down and retrieves his weapon from his holster, discharges it, strikes Mr. Brooks there on the parking lot and he goes down,\" Reynolds said. Lawyers representing the family of Brooks told reporters that Atlanta police had no right to use deadly force even if he had fired the TASER, a non-lethal weapon, in their direction. Slideshow (46 Images) \"You can't shoot somebody unless they are pointing a gun at you,\" attorney Chris Stewart said. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, Jr., said in an emailed statement that his office \"has already launched an intense, independent investigation of the incident\" while it awaits the findings of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Bottoms said Shields, a white woman appointed police chief in December 2016, would be replaced by deputy chief Rodney Bryant, a black man who will serve as interim chief. Reporting by Brad Brooks in Austin, Texas; Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles and Aakriti Bhalla in Bengaluru; Editing by David Gregorio, Sam Holmes, Kim Coghill and Frances Kerry Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. 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Republic Services/Allied Waste workers at the company's Newby Island Resource Recovery Park in San Jose—including recycling, organics, mechanics, collection and administrative employees—exercised their right to refuse to cross the picket line on Thursday morning. Then early this morning, the striking sanitation workers from Massachusetts extended their picket line to a Republic yard in Fremont, Calif., that services residential and commercial customers in Fremont, Newark and Union City. The drivers and mechanics there are refusing to cross the line. In addition, the picket line was extended to a Republic Services yard in Fall River, Mass., this morning, where Republic employees there refused to cross the picket line. The striking workers, members of Teamsters Local 25 in Boston, began their strike on August 29, 2019, to protest Republic's refusal during contract negotiations to offer comparable wages, health care and retirement security that workers at other area Republic facilities receive. The Fremont employees who are honoring the picket line of their striking colleagues today are members of Teamsters Local 70 in Fremont. These workers have the right under federal labor law to refuse to cross picket lines in support of striking workers at other Republic Services locations. The Newby Island employees who honored the picket lines of their striking colleagues yesterday are members of Teamsters Local 350 in Daly City. In addition, transfer drivers who are members of Teamsters Local 315 who haul to Newby Island from Richmond and Martinez, Calif., refused to cross the picket line. Transfer and collection drivers from other locations who are members of Teamsters Local 350 honored the line as well. \"Sanitation and recycling work is the fifth most dangerous job in the country, yet Republic has chosen to nickel and dime its employees at every turn,\" said Chuck Stiles, Assistant Director of the Teamsters Solid Waste and Recycling Division. \"At a time when it can't hire enough drivers to service accounts, Republic is spending hundreds of millions on stock buybacks and dividends, rather than investing in their workforce and the equipment they operate.\" Republic Services spent $700 million on stock repurchases in 2018. After receiving approximately $190 million in tax savings through the Republican-passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the company dramatically expanded its buyback program, spending $644 million on buybacks in 2017 compared to $400 million the previous year. Over the past five years, the publicly-traded company spent $2.5 billion on stock buybacks. \"While front-line employees do the difficult, dangerous work that earns Republic billions, the company is refusing to negotiate fair contracts that provide affordable, quality health care, family-supporting wages and a dignified retirement,\" said Sean O'Brien, Teamsters International Vice President and President of Teamsters Local 25. \"The working class of this country deserves a fair return on their work, and Teamsters everywhere understand that an injury to one is an injury to all. 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Amazon confirmed on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, that it's closing all of its physical bookstores as well as its 4-star shops and pop up locations as the online behemoth reworks its physical footprint.Ted Shaffrey/AP Show More Show Less 2of3FILE - Customers buy a bag of books at an Amazon Books store, Nov. 20, 2017, in New York. Amazon is confirming it's closing all of its physical bookstores as well as its 4-star shops and pop up locations as the online behemoth reworks its physical footprint. The Seattle-based company said Wednesday, March 2, 2022, that the move, which affects 66 stores in the U.S. and two in the United Kingdom, enables it to concentrate its efforts on Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market, its convenience concept called Amazon Go and its upcoming Amazon Style stores.Mark Lennihan/AP Show More Show Less NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is closing all of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, as well as its 4-star shops and pop up locations, as the online retail behemoth reworks its physical footprint. The Seattle-based company said Wednesday that the move, which affects 66 stores in the U.S. and two in the United Kingdom, will enable it to concentrate its efforts on Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market, its convenience concept called Amazon Go and its upcoming Amazon Style stores. Amazon Style, which will sell fashion and accessories, is set to open in a Southern California mall later this year. \"We remain committed to building great, long-term physical retail experiences and technologies and we're working closely with our affected employees to help them find new roles within Amazon,\" the company said in a statement. It couldn't be learned immediately how many Amazon workers are being affected. Amazon opened its first brick-and-mortar bookstore in 2015, two decades after it began selling books online and helped drive a number of shops out of business. Amazon's 4-star shops, which first made their debut in 2018, carry a limited selection of best-selling products from top categories that Amazon.com sells, including devices, consumer electronics, toys and games. The move comes as Amazon.com Inc.'s overall revenue growth is slowing, and it's looking for new ways to reignite sales. Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail, said the strategy comes as a surprise. He said he believes it's an acknowledgement that the bookstores weren't delivering the returns Amazon was looking for. 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Transnet, the South African government-controlled company, confirmed to the local media that it is aware of the filing by Maersk and reports it has now filed an opposing affidavit to the Durban High Court. Reports of the pending lawsuit surfaced after Transnet reported in March 2024 that it was moving ahead to finalize a planned joint venture with Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) as the preferred bidder for the privatization of Durban's container terminal on Pier 2. The process began in 2021 and initially generated 18 responses, including nine from international companies. Ten companies were ultimately shortlisted and six bidders submitted proposals before a winner was selected in July 2023. Maersk is reportedly challenging in the court filing the financial strength of ICTSI and whether the company met the terms of the tender offer. Bloomberg, which has seen a copy of the court filing, is reporting that it says \"ICTSI ought to have been disqualified for failing the solvency requirement.\" The tender required a company with the financial strength both to invest in the port and its facilities as well as to attract other investors. The new joint venture is set to gain a 25-year concession for the operation of the terminal and was to serve as a model for other privatizations in South Africa. Under the terms of the tender, Transnet reported it would form a new 50-50 joint venture with ISCTI for the ownership and operation of Durban's container terminal. The port has long been criticized for its inefficient operations . DCT Pier 2 is the biggest container terminal in South Africa handling more than half the country's volume and nearly three-quarters of the port traffic in Durban. South Africa's Business Day newspaper reports a spokesperson for ICTSI said the company is \"ready to go\" with the operation at Durban and the investment to upgrade the port. They said the tender went to the highest bidder and that they had topped APM's offer by $100 million. At the time, Transnet called ICTSI the best operating partner for the port. Bloomberg reports that APM was the runner-up in the competition. Transnet short-listed companies including COSCO, DP World, and Chinese port operators. 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The operations, which would be along the same lines as the one cancelled last month, are expected to take place in at least 10 cities across the U.S. and last for days. According to reports, ICE is prepared to target more than 2,000 recently arrived migrant families — most of whom do not have criminal histories. The raids will be conducted over multiple days. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock reported they will go on through July 18, and they will include \"collateral deportations,\" meaning undocumented migrants who happen to be on the scene but are not the intended target, could also be subject to detention. Acting Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Kevin Cuccinelli said Thursday there are approximately 1 million people in the country with removal orders. \"As always, ICE prioritizes the arrest and removal of unlawfully present aliens who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security,\" ICE spokesman Matthew Bourke said Thursday statement in a statement. \"However, all of those in violation of the immigration laws may be subject to immigration arrest, detention and — if found removable by final order — removal from the United States.\" The ACLU has sued in federal court in New York, in an attempt to block the raids, arguing that many of the migrants didn't get proper notice of hearings and were then ordered removed for failing to show up for court. But, it is unclear if the lawsuit will have any impact on ICE's intended actions over the weekend. As the raid looms, local leaders and immigrant rights activists are trying to assuage the rising fear among immigrant communities. Here are a few actions planned in each city to cope with the imminent detentions. San Francisco A series of rallies have been organized as part of a national action to protest the expected deportation blitz as well as the detainment of children in migrant centers. The protests started as early as Friday and are expected go through the weekend. The \" Rise Up \" rally, held Friday afternoon outside of the ICE headquarters in San Francisco, calls for the closure of child detention centers and for separated migrant families to be reunited. A similar protest is scheduled to take place in Palo Alto , in front of Palantir Technologies headquarters — the data mining company earned a $41 million contract from the Trump administration to build and maintain an intelligence system called Investigative Case Management. 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Get your Lloyds ( LSE: LLOY ) shares here! \" In the voice of an old-time market trader — that appeal would grab my attention. Right now, as Lloyds shares continue to trade for under 50p apiece, I could indeed buy two for a pound. But should I? Declining Lloyds share price First I think it is helpful to try and understand why Lloyds shares are trading at these levels in the first place. They are around 7% higher now than they were a year ago. But on a longer-term picture, the price has been in decline. The shares are around 30% below their level five years ago. On one hand, the explanation for that may that seem fairly obvious. The economy has been slowing down, with inflation rising. That could mean that more borrowers default on loans, which for banks like Lloyds can lead to smaller profits or even a loss. On the other hand, might Lloyds shares be attractively valued even accounting for such risks? After all, the financial services powerhouse has continued to turn in an impressive business performance. In the first half, its post-tax profit fell 27% compared to the same period last year. But it still came in at £2.8bn, a sizeable amount. The Lloyds market capitalisation is only around £32bn, so its price-to-earnings ratio is in the single digits. In its results, though, the bank did refer to an \" uncertain \" macroeconomic outlook. If I asked the market trader what he thought trade might be like among the stalls in the months and years to come, hearing \" uncertain \" as a response would not reassure me about future profitability. Risk and reward Still, Lloyds has some impressive assets that could help it prosper in the long term, including iconic brands and a large customer base. It is the country's biggest mortgage lender. Lloyds is also embracing a more digital future, as I recently discovered when I tried to use a central Edinburgh branch of Bank of Scotland only to find that it had recently been closed. While such closures could hurt customer loyalty, the bank's 19m digitally active customers give it a strong foundation for future growth. On that basis, Lloyds shares, with their 4.6% dividend yield, do look potentially cheap to me. If I bought now and held until the economy brightens up again, the bank's assets may help it make large profits and sustain a higher share price. Why I'm not buying Lloyds shares But I do not plan to buy the shares for my portfolio because of the risk side of the equation. While I recognise the potential upside at today's price, Lloyds shares strike me as being closely linked to the overall state of the UK economy. As the nation's biggest mortgage lender, a serious downturn in housing prices could hurt profits badly, I fear. I also see a risk of consumer loan defaults as inflation bites into people's spending power. So although I can buy two Lloyds shares for a pound, I do not plan to make such a move. The post Should I load up on Lloyds shares while I can buy 2 for a pound? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK . 6 shares that we think could be the biggest winners of the stock market crash The hotshot analysts at The Motley Fool UK's flagship share-tipping service Share Advisor have just unveiled what they think could be the six best buys for investors right now . And while timing isn't everything, the average return of their previous stock picks shows that it could pay to get in early on their best ideas – particularly in this current climate! What's more, all six 'Best Buys Now' are available to access right now, in just a few clicks. Learn more More reading Here's how Lloyds shares have performed over the last 5 years At 46p, is the Lloyds share price a bargain not to be missed? I'd rush to buy Lloyds shares while they're still under 50p! With Lloyds shares in pennies, is now the time to pounce? The Lloyds share price could end the year way up and here's why! C Ruane has no position in any of the shares mentioned. The Motley Fool UK has recommended Lloyds Banking Group. Views expressed on the companies mentioned in this article are those of the writer and therefore may differ from the official recommendations we make in our subscription services such as Share Advisor, Hidden Winners and Pro. 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(AP Photo/Ty ONeil) UPDATE 12:05 p.m. The highly decorated Army soldier inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel shot himself in the head before the explosion and likely planned to cause more damage but the explosive was rudimentary and the steel-sided vehicle absorbed much of the force, officials said Thursday. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that a handgun was found at the feet of the man, who officials believe is Matthew Livelsberger. Officials believe the shot was self-inflicted. Damage from the blast was mostly limited to the interior of the truck. The blast \"vented out and up\" and didn't hit the Trump hotel doors just a few feet away, the sheriff said. \"The level of sophistication is not what we would expect from an individual with this type of military experience,\" said Kenny Cooper, a special agent in charge for the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Among other charred items found inside the truck were a second firearm, a number of fireworks, passport, military ID, credit cards, an iPhone and a smartwatch, McMahill said. Authorities said both guns were purchased legally. Investigators have not definitively identified the remains as Livelsberger, but the IDs and tattoos on the body \"give a strong indication that it's him,\" the sheriff said. Livelsberger served in the Green Berets, highly trained special forces who work to counter terrorism abroad and train partners, the Army said in a statement. He had served in the Army since 2006, rising through the ranks with a long career of overseas assignments, deploying twice to Afghanistan and serving in Ukraine, Tajikistan, Georgia and Congo, the Army said. He was awarded two Bronze Stars, including one with a valor device for courage under fire, a combat infantry badge and an Army Commendation Medal with valor. Livelsberger was on approved leave when he died, according to the statement. The FBI said Thursday in a post on X that it was \"conducting law enforcement activity\" at a home in Colorado Springs related to Wednesday's explosion but provided no other details. The explosion of the truck, packed with firework mortars and camp fuel canisters, came hours after 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar rammed a truck into a crowd in New Orleans' famed French Quarter early on New Year's Day, killing at least 15 people before being shot to death by police. That crash was being investigated as a terrorist attack. The FBI said Thursday that they believe Jabbar acted alone, reversing its position from a day earlier that he likely worked with others. Both Livelsberger and Jabbar spent time at the base formerly known as Fort Bragg, a massive Army base in North Carolina that is home to multiple Army special operations units. However, one of the officials who spoke to the AP said there is no overlap in their assignments at the base, now called Fort Liberty. Chris Raia, FBI deputy assistant director, said Thursday that officials have found 'no definitive link' between the New Orleans attack and the truck explosion in Las Vegas. Seven people nearby suffered minor injuries when the Tesla truck exploded. Video showed a tumble of charred fireworks mortars, canisters and other explosive devices crowded into the back of the pickup. The truck bed walls were still intact because the blast shot straight up rather than to the sides. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday afternoon on X that \"we have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself.\" \"All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion,\" Musk wrote. Musk has recently become a member of Trump's inner circle. Neither Trump nor Musk was in Las Vegas early Wednesday. Both had attended Trump's New Year's Eve party at his South Florida estate. Authorities know who rented the truck with the Turo app in Colorado, Kevin McMahill, the elected sheriff of Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, said Wednesday. 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(the \"Company\" or \"NV5\") (Nasdaq: NVEE), a provider of technology, conformity assessment, and consulting solutions, announced today that it has been awarded $13 million in clean energy and energy efficiency contracts by government agencies and utility clients. NV5 will provide consulting, owner representation, and inspection services to support energy savings, renewable energy conversion, and energy efficiency initiatives for clients as follows. The Defense Logistics Agency awarded NV5 a five-year, $6 million contract to decarbonize and improve the resilience of Department of Defense installations and other Federal facilities around the world. NV5 was also awarded a three-year, $5 million contract by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to provide technical consulting services for the development of new residential, multifamily, and industrial energy efficiency programs. In California, San Rafael City Schools selected NV5 for a $1.3 million owner representation and special inspections contract to support a district-wide solar photovoltaic conversion project. NV5 was also selected by an electrical utility in New Jersey to provide $1.1 million in program design services for electric and gas energy efficiency and demand response programs. \"The transition to cleaner forms of energy and more efficient use of that energy results in reduced emissions, cost savings, and increased resilience of the electrical grid, and NV5 is pleased to contribute to our clients' clean energy conversion,\" said Dickerson Wright, PE, Chairman and CEO of NV5. \"As part of our focus on technology services, clean energy and energy efficiency are some of NV5's fastest-growing offerings, and we anticipate that the market for these services will continue to accelerate as regulatory requirements, supply chain pressures, and corporate social responsibility drive demand.\" About NV5 NV5 Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVEE) is a provider of technology, conformity assessment, and consulting solutions for public and private sector clients supporting utility, infrastructure, and building assets and systems. The Company primarily focuses on six business verticals: utility services, infrastructure engineering, testing, inspection & consulting, buildings & program management, environmental health sciences, and geospatial technology services. NV5 operates out of more than 100 offices nationwide and abroad. For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.NV5.com. Also visit the Company on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Vimeo. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company cautions that these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward-looking statements contained in this news release. Such factors include: (a) changes in demand from the local and state government and private clients that we serve; (b) general economic conditions, nationally and globally, and their effect on the market for our services; (c) competitive pressures and trends in our industry and our ability to successfully compete with our competitors; (d) changes in laws, regulations, or policies; and (e) the \"Risk Factors\" set forth in the Company's most recent SEC filings. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update such statements, except as required by law. Investor Relations Contact NV5 Global, Inc. Jack Cochran Vice President, Marketing & Investor Relations Tel: +1-954-637-8048 Email: ir@nv5.com Source: NV5 Global, Inc. Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. DailyIndiaNews.com takes no editorial responsibility for the same. 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They have joined the blockchain platform developed by Maersk and IBM, the TradeLens digital platform. CMIT already has integrated e-solutions to some of its daily operations such as e-cargo ande-invoice. They are now joining TradeLens with the sole purpose of bringing in a new digital platform that will enhance their service delivery. According to Jan Bandstra, General Director, CMIT, joining TradeLens facilitates quick updates on cargo data which in turn supports the customer's efficiency in terms of supply chain planning. The CMIT Deputy General Director, Nguyen Xuan Ky, added that there is a need for close tracking. He said this giving an illustration of a seafood vessel from Vietnam to the United States with more than 30 shipping milestones and shipment data exceeding 10 relevant entities. He also mentioned that real-time information shared at different stages in the global supply chain would increase the efficiency of global trade flows. CMIT currently can accommodate mainline vessels with a capacity of up to 94,000= dwt/21,500 TEU and connects Vietnam directly with the main markets in Asia, Europe, and North America. The TradeLens platform will bring together all the stakeholders in the supply chain including government authorities, cargo owners, inland transportation providers, customs, freight forwarders among others. It is a project developed in collaboration between IBM and Maersk . It applies blockchain technology to the global supply chain. This means that there is end to end supply chain information that allows data sharing, collaboration, and efficient trade flows. This is an open and neutral platform that will definitely transform trade. Currently, TradeLens is supported by more than 100 organizations in the industry such as Hapag-Lloyd, PSA, CMA CGM, APM Terminals among many others. Blockchain technology offers a solution when it comes to cross border trade issues and many shipping firms, trading agencies, and governments have employed different means of sorting the issue. Blockchain technology serves as a means of digitizing and enabling real-time verification of shipping information and certifications. 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In a stock trade recording, the organization said the government has through a letter dated June 3, 2022, called off the present tender to sell its whole 53% stake in the organization. The move by the central government to cancel the expression of interest (EoI) followed two out of the three bidders leaving. BPCL had in April last year opened a virtual data room, mostly containing financial information on the company, for the qualified bidders signing Confidentiality Undertaking (CU). \"Accordingly, all the activities in connection with the disinvestment including the data room are being discontinued,\" the firm said. A 'Clean Data Room' containing commercially sensitive information on the firm subject to their signing an additional confidentiality agreement was also opened for bidders. The government was to seek financial bids once bidders completed due diligence and the terms and conditions of the share purchase agreement (SPA) were negotiated. Bidders which included mining-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta and private equity firms Apollo Global and I Squared Capital's arm Think Gas were also allowed physical inspection of assets such as refineries and depots as part of the due diligence process. But that stage was never reached. BPCL had in an earnings call with investors on February 2, 2022, stated that no bidder had visited the firm's premises in the previous quarter (October-December 2021). The data room access for due diligence was available for a period of around 8 weeks. Calling off the bid process, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) had stated that multiple pandemic waves and geopolitical situations impacted sectors around the world, especially the oil and gas industry. \"Owing to prevailing conditions in the global energy markets, the majority of QIPs (qualified interested parties) have expressed their inability to continue in the current process of disinvestment of BPCL,\" it had said last month. A group of ministers on disinvestment agreed to half the current EoI process and initial bids received from QIPs be cancelled, it had said on May 26. The sale of government's 52.98 per cent stake in BPCL was part of the Rs 1.75 lakh crore disinvestment target for 2021-22 (April 2021 to March 2022). But the Covid-19 outbreak slowed down the sale process and the sale got pushed into 2022-23 before it was put off. A special purpose vehicle floated by the BSE-listed Vedanta and its London-based parent Vedanta Resources Plc submitted an expression of interest (EoI) for buying the government stake in BPCL before the close of the deadline on November 16, 2020. The buyer would have got a 12 million tonne a year refinery at Mumbai, 15.5 million tonne Kochi refinery and 7.8 million tonne Bina unit. BPCL also owns 20,088 petrol pumps, 6,220 LPG distributor agencies and 60 out of 270 aviation fuel stations in the country. BPCL would have given the buyer ownership of around 15.33 per cent of India's oil refining capacity and 22 per cent of the fuel marketing share. It continued to be in the fray but the two private equity firms withdrew. Check the latest news about business news section for best information. 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LG worked with Mercedes-Benz to deploy its software in the vehicle which features a Pillar-to-Pillar (P2P) display built in the MBUX hyperscreen that stretches across the entire dashboard. According to LG, the MBUX Hyperscreen was unveiled by Mercedes-Benz at last year's CES and features an LCD, an Instrument Cluster Display (ICD), and two OLED displays – a Central Information Display (CID) and Co-Driver Display (CDD). These are all housed under a bonded glass cover making them look like one continuous display. To help adapt its IVI to this display, LG's Production Engineering Research Institute (PERI) provided in-house expertise for equipment, material components, and advanced production techniques. PERI ultimately developed core technology in the display including Curved Glass Forming, Surface Treatment, and Curved Display Bonding. 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Eni, the biggest foreign oil and gas producer in Africa, is currently on trial in Milan on graft allegations surrounding the 2011 acquisition of a giant Nigerian oilfield. It has also been involved in a long-running corruption case involving its previously 43%-owned unit Saipem over alleged bribes paid to win contracts in Algeria. A Milan court acquitted it last year but the decision is subject to appeal. Separately, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) had been conducting its own investigation into the Nigerian and Algerian allegations independently of the Italian court cases. On Tuesday, Eni issued a statement saying the DoJ had informed it that the investigation had been closed with no action taken. Following Eni's statement, Italian prosecutors wrote to the DoJ seeking clarification and asking if the decision to close the inquiry was due to lack of evidence, as they said Eni's statement seemed to imply. According to a reply filed with the court in Milan and seen by Reuters on Wednesday, a trial attorney for the DOJ said that in light of the \"misleading implication\" of a lack of evidence highlighted by the prosecutors, he was sending them a copy of the DOJ's original communication with Eni's counsel in the United States. In that letter, the acting chief of the DOJ's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit said the inquiries had been closed because Italian authorities were prosecuting the case. \"If the circumstances noted above change, the Department may reopen its inquiries,\" he said. Shortly after issuing its first English language statement on Tuesday, Eni issued a second version with a slightly different wording that removed a passage saying the DoJ decision confirmed investigations by independent advisers and Eni's own controlling bodies that found no illegal activity. An Eni spokesman said the original statement had contained a translation error and had been replaced as soon as possible. He said the DoJ's statement that it could re-open the investigation if circumstances changed was in line with normal procedure. \"If the DoJ would decide to reopen its investigation based on events new and unknown, then Eni will cooperate again with the Department to further demonstrate that Eni and its management are not involved in any illegal conduct,\" the spokesman said in an emailed statement. On Wednesday, Royal Dutch Shell, which is also on trial over allegations surrounding the acquisition of the OPL 245 field in Nigeria, said it had been informed that the DoJ had closed its inquiry into Shell over the deal. 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On the surface, it's a welcome move, with Microsoft matching the 12 percent cut that Epic Games takes, and putting more pressure on Valve, which still takes a 30 percent cut on most Steam purchases. But the cut is also a tactical move: Microsoft wants to help pressure Apple, and this week's changes could play a role in the bigger app store battles kicking off next week. Microsoft's announcement comes just days before a huge court trial between Epic Games and Apple , and just as the EU has found issues with Apple's rules — claiming the company has a \"dominant position in the market for the distribution of music streaming apps through its App Store.\" Microsoft has been quietly backing Epic Games' action against Apple, and not-so-quietly calling for regulators to investigate the App Store. If either effort is successful, it would directly benefit Microsoft's software business, as well as its ambitions for cloud gaming. Epic founder Tim Sweeney has a long history with Microsoft, and it's only recently that their interests have aligned. Sweeney famously lashed out at Microsoft's efforts to control the Windows software ecosystem with its store and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) initiative. Microsoft has since walked much of this back, and the company's more open model for HoloLens saw Sweeney share the stage with the software maker and pledge Epic Games' support for Microsoft's mixed reality headsets. Tim Sweeney at Microsoft's HoloLens 2 event in 2019. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple's App Store, which is at the center of the current lawsuit, has also been a particular sore point for Microsoft. After losing out to iOS and Android with its Windows Phone efforts , Microsoft has been fighting its own battles against Apple's App Store for years. After hitting out at the App Store with its own Windows store policy changes last year, Microsoft will take any chance it can to help force favorable fees, especially if it's well timed. The software maker attempted to launch its SkyDrive (now OneDrive) app for iPhones back in 2012, but got locked in a battle with Apple over a 30 percent cut of revenue for cloud storage purchases in the app. It was a test for Microsoft's real cash cow — Office on iOS. Microsoft has also been battling to launch its xCloud game streaming service on iOS, where it would love to keep the 30 percent cut it makes on game purchases and in-app transactions on cloud versions of Xbox games. Apple is still blocking services like xCloud or Stadia, and Microsoft has had to create a web version to work around the restrictions. While Microsoft hasn't lodged any formal complaints about Apple, the company's chief legal officer, Brad Smith, reportedly met with the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee last year to brief the panel on concerns around the App Store and its fees. This was around the same time Apple had commissioned a study that argued its 30 percent cut was an industry standard. It's hard to look at Microsoft's PC gaming fee cut this week and not see it as a well-timed push that will help highlight the disparity between PC and mobile app stores. Microsoft's app store on Windows isn't a huge revenue driver for the company, and it already had a 15 percent cut on apps ahead of these PC game changes. Gaming is the most lucrative part of any app store, but a large number of game developers don't currently publish their games on the Windows store. That makes Microsoft's cut to 12 percent sensible business if it, or even Epic Games, wants to leverage the changes to argue for App Store overhauls elsewhere. It also helps advance Microsoft and Epic Games' narrative that PCs and smartphones are general-purpose computing platforms with fairer app store models. Xbox game streaming on an iPhone. Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft also announced this fee change, which doesn't start until August, without any solid promises about improving its ailing Windows store. It feels rushed, with no obvious benefit to consumers in ways that matter, like cheaper games or an overhauled store. The fee cut also doesn't apply to Xbox console games, and the timing feels like it's also designed to prepare for future questions over the Xbox 30 percent cut by positioning PC differently. Microsoft has previously defended its 30 percent cut for Xbox digital game sales. \"Game consoles are specialized devices optimized for a particular use,\" said Rima Alaily , deputy general counsel at Microsoft, last year. Alaily argues that the \"business model for game consoles is very different to the ecosystem around PCs or phones,\" because Microsoft subsidizes the hardware and consoles \"are vastly outnumbered in the marketplace by PCs and phones.\" But while Microsoft has been more protective of the 30 percent cut collected on the Xbox, Epic Games seems happy to leave it in place. An Epic Games executive revealed in a court deposition this week that the company has never sought to negotiate with Microsoft to avoid using its commerce engine on Xbox. \"We are a significant revenue generator for all three of those platforms [Xbox, PlayStation, Switch], probably in the top five, you know, revenue sources for them,\" admits Joe Kreiner, Epic's vice president of business development. \"So they have a vested interest in promoting Fortnite . We receive significant store placement that we do not have to pay for.\" The same court filing revealed that Fortnite 's cash cow is PlayStation , not iOS, so there's little incentive for Epic Games to question platforms where it makes most of its money, and receives special marketing deals. Fortnite generates the most cash on PlayStation, not iOS. As luck would have it, Microsoft's curiously-timed PC store fee change was announced in the same week the EU accuses Apple of App Store antitrust violations . While Friday's announcement from the European Commission is focused on music streaming apps on the App Store, the commission is also investigating additional, separate cases on ebooks and the App Store in general. European commissioner Margrethe Vestager also revealed the commission is looking at Apple's policies around games on the App Store. \"We also take an interest in the gaming app market,\" said Vestager, responding to a question about the money involved in gaming apps on the App Store. \"That's really early days when it comes to that.\" Next week's case between Epic Games and Apple will kick off a battle for the future of the App Store that will last much longer than a season in Fortnite . The battle lines have been drawn in multiple directions, and Microsoft is sitting on the sidelines patiently hoping the app store war goes the way it wants it to. 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Facebook said that the coronavirus pandemic has users flocking to its services while it undermines ad revenue on which the world's biggest social network depends. In a statement recently, Facebook said the opening of the new office was aimed at supporting the entire Sub-Saharan Africa region. The office, it said, was expected to become operational in 2021. According to Facebook, it will be the first on the continent to house a team of expert engineers building for the future of Africa and beyond. It said the office would be home to various teams servicing the continent from across the business, including Sales, Partnerships, Policy, Communications as well as Engineers. Facebook's Head of New Product Experimentation, Ime Archibong, said, the opening of the new office in Lagos, presents new and exciting opportunities in digital innovations to be developed from the continent and taken to the rest of the world. \"All across Africa, we are seeing immense talent in the tech ecosystem and I am proud that with the upcoming opening of our new office, we will build products for the future of Africa, and the rest of the world, with Africans at the helm. We look forward to contributing further to the African tech ecosystem. The investment of the new Facebook office follows the 2018 opening of NG_Hub, its first flagship community hub space in Africa. \"The hub was opened in partnership with CcHub, and the 2019 opening of a Small Business Group (SBG) Operations Centre in Lagos, in partnership with Teleperformance\", Archibong said. Kojo Boakye, Facebook's Director of Public Policy, Africa said that the new office in Nigeria presented an important milestone which further reinforces the company's ongoing commitment to the region. \"Our mission in Africa is no different from other parts of the world, which is to build community and bring the world closer together. I am excited about the possibilities that this will create, not just in Nigeria, but across Africa\", Boakye said. The Policy Director said since the opening of its first office in 2015, Facebook had made a number of investments across the continent, aimed at supporting and growing the tech ecosystem. Boakye noted that the support included the recent rollout of its SMB Grants programme in Nigeria and South Africa. He said this was aimed at supporting over 900 businesses by providing a combination of cash and ad credits to help small businesses as they rebuild from COVID. 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Kimberly White via Getty Images TurboTax maker Intuit will pay $141 million \"for deceiving millions of low-income Americans into paying for tax services that should have been free,\" the NY Attorney General's office wrote in a press release . It must also suspend its \"free, free, free\" ad campaign for TurboTax that baited customers with the promise of free tax preparation, then switched them into a paying service. The company agreed to a settlement with all 50 US states and the District of Columbia, Ars Technica reported. The company must refund nearly 4.4 million consumers who used TurboTax's Free Edition between 2016 and 2018, then discovered they had to pay to file. Many didn't realize they had the option of of filing for free using the IRS Free File program available via a separate product. \"Intuit cheated millions of low-income Americans out of free tax filing services they were entitled to,\" said Attorney General Letitia James. \"For years, Intuit misled the most vulnerable among us to make a profit. Today, every state in the nation is holding Intuit accountable for scamming millions of taxpayers.\" For years, Intuit misled the most vulnerable among us to make a profit. Today, every state in the nation is holding Intuit accountable for scamming millions of taxpayers. A multistate investigation found that \"Intuit engaged in several deceptive and unfair trade practices that limited consumers' participation in the IRS Free File Program,\" the New York AG wrote. Specifically, Intuit used similar names for both its IRS Free File product and commercial freemium TurboTax product and used search engine ads to steer customers looking for the former to the latter. It also \"purposefully blocked its IRS Free File landing page from search engine results during the 2019 tax filing season,\" the NY AG wrote. The AG office said that it marketed the freemium product through ad campaigns \"where 'free' is the most prominent or sometimes the only selling point... however, the TurboTax 'freemium' product is only free for approximately one-third of US taxpayers.\" Intuit released a statement expressing no regret and said the required ad changes would have little impact on its business. \"As part of the agreement, Intuit admitted no wrongdoing, agreed to pay $141 million to put this matter behind it, and made certain commitments regarding its advertising practices,\" the company wrote on its blog . As part of the agreement, Intuit admitted no wrongdoing, agreed to pay $141 million to put this matter behind it, and made certain commitments regarding its advertising practices. Intuit dropped out of the the IRS's Free File Alliance last year, saying an exit would help it focus on \"further innovating\" without being encumbered by Free File program rules. Eighteen months prior, the IRS introduced new Free File rules that prohibit members from \"engaging in any practice\" that would prevent their free software from showing up on Google or any other search engine. They were also required to call their apps \"IRS Free File program delivered by [product name].\" Senator Elizabeth Warren once called the Free File Alliance \"a front for tax prep companies who use it as a gateway to sell expensive products no one would even need if we'd just made it easier for people to pay their taxes.\" Other countries including the UK and Japan allow return-free filing for many citizens, but Intuit, H&R Block and other companies have lobbied against such a move in the US. The payouts, amounting to about $30 per person for each tax year, are supposed to take place within 30 days of the signing of the agreement. After that, the Attorneys General of each state will \"have sole discretion concerning the administration and distribution of the Settlement Fund.\" All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. 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It would give the OK that bribery is allowed in the state of Ohio and that any ill-gotten gains can be received.The Ohio Manufacturers' Association appealed to the Supreme Court earlier this month after the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in August cited the legislation known as HB6 in issuing an order approving collection of the fees and then refused to reconsider the group's request for a new hearing.The law calls for the plant's new owner, Energy Harbor, to receive as much as $150 million a year and nearly $1 billion in total. Another $20 million a year from the fees are earmarked for five large solar projects, none of which are operational.The maelstrom surrounding the subsidies began in late July when U.S. Attorney David DeVillers announced the arrests of then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four others for their roles in what he called the biggest bribery scandal in state history. Householder is accused of controlling an effort secretly funded by Akron-based FirstEnergy to win legislative approval for the nuclear plant subsidies and to stop a referendum on the bill.The two nuclear plants in northern Ohio were operated by a wholly owned FirstEnergy subsidiary when HB6 was approved. Energy Harbor took ownership of the plants and other FirstEnergy assets in February as part of a deal struck in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.A message seeking comment was left Monday with Energy Harbor representatives.Kimberly Bojko, an attorney for the Manufacturers' Association, called Monday's ruling a \"big win.\"\"Customers should not be charged subsidies from a bill put in place under questionable circumstances,\" Bojko said.The Public Utilities Commission had until Dec. 22 to file a response to the Manufacturers' Association appeal but did not do so. 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The exercise, which was against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), was also to pave way for the safe reopening of the university scheduled for Saturday, January 9, 2021. It followed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's directive during his 21st COVID-19 address to the nation that schools from basic to tertiary institutions be disinfected before reopening. At exactly 8:58 a.m., Zoomlion disinfection crew begun disinfecting facilities including lecture halls, halls of residences, administration block, library, etc., and all the open spaces of the university. Speaking to the media, the Zoomlion Ghana Limited General Manager (GM), Tema Zone, Seth Ocran, said the essence of the exercise was to make the universities safe for \"habitation,\" particularly in the wake of the Covid. \"In the light of the schools reopening and looking at the fact that a lot of surfaces have been touched by students, teaching and non-teaching staff members, it was imperative that we come back to disinfect and make the Central University safe for the students,\" he explained. However, he admonished the students, teaching and non-teaching staff members of the university to strictly continue complying with the Covid protocols. \"This means that our students and the teaching staff members must observe the Covid safety measures by wearing nose masks, regularly washing hands, use of alcohol-based hand sanitisers and practising social/physical distancing,\" he advised. Mr Ocran used the opportunity to assure parents that following the disinfection exercise the various tertiary institutions were safe for academic work. In this wise, he entreated parents to support their children with Covid personal protective equipment (PPE). This, he stressed, will help safeguard their children against the virus. Valley View University (VVU) was the next to be disinfected by the Zoomlion disinfection team. The MoE and Zoomlion on Wednesday (January 6, 2021) begun the mass disinfection of tertiary institutions in the country in preparation of their reopening on Saturday, January 9, 2021. 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(Islam Yakut/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) A cargo vessel carrying 3,000 metric tons of corn from Ukraine that was stranded in the Bosporus Strait has been anchored and traffic has resumed, Turkey's General Directorate of Coastal Safety said Friday. The ship, Lady Zehma, was traveling from the Black Sea to Ravena, Italy when it ran aground due to rudder failure and became stranded on Thursday. The ship has been towed and is now anchored in Istanbul's Bebek Bay, the General Directorate tweeted Friday. Traffic had been suspended, but has since resumed, it added. Russia says it will suspend oil and petrol supplies if price caps imposed From CNN's Alex Stambaugh Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's Moscow oil refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow, Russia, on April 28. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images) Ahead of a G7 meeting to discuss setting a price cap on Russian oil, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Moscow would no longer supply places that choose to implement such restrictions. \"If they impose restrictions on prices, we will simply not supply oil and petroleum products to such companies or states that impose restrictions as we will not work non-competitively,\" Novak said, according to Russian state news agency TASS. G7 finance ministers are expected to meet Friday to discuss setting a price cap on Russian oil. \"This is the most effective way, we believe, to hit hard at Putin's revenue and doing so will result in not only a drop in Putin's oil revenue, but also global energy prices as well,\" White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Novak called the proposals to impose restrictions \"completely absurd\" and said they could destroy the global oil market, TASS reported. IAEA inspectors visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant despite shelling From CNN's Uliana Pavlova, Olga Voitovych, Sarah Dean, Hannah Ritchie and Tara John Most of the international team of nuclear experts visiting the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Thursday have left, after overcoming initial challenges in reaching the facility, including an hours-long delay and a drive through an active war zone. The visit by the team of 14 experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), including its chief Rafael Grossi, came at a crucial moment for the plant, which has endured constant shelling and raised fears of a nuclear accident. Their trip was mired in risk as shelling had broken out on Thursday, with both Russian and Ukrainian officials confirming that the nearby city of Enerhodar had endured a morning of bombardment. Mortar shelling by Russians forced one of the the plant's two working reactors to shut down on the same day, Ukraine's nuclear operator Energoatom said Thursday, while Ukrainian officials accused Russian forces of shelling the IAEA mission's pre-agreed route to the plant. Grossi said that his team were determined to visit the plant, despite the bombardment. \"Having come this far, I was not going to stop and with my courageous team we moved in. There were moments where fire was obvious,\" he told reporters after the visit. \"Heavy machine gun artillery, mortars two or three times were really pretty concerning, I would say, for all of us. We had splendid support from the United Nations Security team that is here with me as well. So I think we showed that the international community is there, could be there — and we are continuing this,\" he added. Ongoing mission: The IAEA chief has now left the plant, however Grossi said the UN nuclear watchdog is \"not going anywhere\" and will have a \"continued presence\" there. \"We are not going anywhere. The IAEA is now there at the plant and it's not moving. It's going to stay there. We're going to have a continued presence there at the plant,\" he said. Read more here. 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Adds details PARIS, May 5 (Reuters) - Air France-KLM AIRF.PA posted a first-quarter core profit that landed ahead of its own forecasts, fuelled by a recovery in ticket sales and lower unit costs, the Franco-Dutch airline group said on Thursday. Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Smith said the \"recovery is here\" amid strong forward bookings. \"This paves the way for a successful summer season,\" he said in a statement. The company flagged strong demand trends in March, despite the continued impact of COVID-19 and a short slowdown after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in late February. The conflict has destabilised global oil prices and caused airlines to suspend flights and plan longer routes to avoid Russian and Ukrainian airspace, but hedging fuel costs and fare hikes helped Air France-KLM soften the hit to its earnings. The company posted a third straight quarter of positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, (EBITDA), reaching 221 million euros ($234.64 million) compared to the 628 million euros loss it recorded last year. It had predicted that EBITDA would land around break-even. It now expects its operating result - 350 million euros in the red in the first quarter - to break even in the second quarter and turn \"significantly positive\" in the third. Analysts polled by the company last month had on average expected smaller revenues and deeper losses. The group, which is looking to repay support it received during the pandemic, said it was considering measures such as capital increase and quasi equity instruments to speed up its payments to the French state, its top shareholder. It said it was making progress in talks on refinancing 500 million euros of company assets as part of a previously announced push to raise up to 4 billion euros. Air France-KLM, which has announced sweeping pandemic job cuts and taken on government wage support, said staff costs in the first quarter were down 23% compared to the same period in 2019. The group's Dutch arm KLM scrapped dozens of flights at the start of the April school holidays, when ground staff went on strike demanding better pay and working conditions. The Dutch state has meanwhile indicated it would vote against a CEO pay package totalling several million euros at an upcoming shareholder meeting. Air France-KLM reported a net loss of 552 million euros from revenues that more than doubled. It said it was in exclusive discussions with GE-Safran GE.N, SAF.PA venture CFM over engines for Airbus A320neos. 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Yesterday, we learned more details about what this new job is going to entail. Santander announced that it will bring its European digital bank, Openbank, to the U.S. and Mexico with an anticipated launch in the second half of this year. Now, the move by Bhatia makes perfect sense. She is an excellent choice to run the new digital bank given her experience at Marcus, not to mention her time at Stripe and PayPal. For those of you not following the European banking market, Openbank is the largest digital banking brand in Europe in terms of assets, with €18 billion in deposits across Spain, Portugal, Germany and the Netherlands. The bank will face stiff competition in the U.S. from both fintechs and traditional banks, including others that have made the jump from the UK and Europe. 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Investors of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be given a dividend of 0.32 per share by the real estate investment trust on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 11.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 16th. Great Ajax has raised its dividend by an average of 4.2% annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 4 years. Great Ajax has a dividend payout ratio of 78.5% meaning its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company's earnings tumble. Analysts expect Great Ajax to earn $1.73 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.28 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 74.0%. NYSE:AJX opened at $11.09 on Friday. Great Ajax has a one year low of $10.44 and a one year high of $15.96. The company has a market cap of $245.56 million, a P/E ratio of 6.97 and a beta of 0.75. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $14.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $15.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.94 and a quick ratio of 2.94. Great Ajax (NYSE:AJX) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 3rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.38 by ($0.07). The company had revenue of $13.72 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.51 million. Great Ajax had a net margin of 53.46% and a return on equity of 7.78%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Great Ajax will post 1.63 earnings per share for the current year. AJX has been the topic of several analyst reports. Zacks Investment Research downgraded Great Ajax from a \"hold\" rating to a \"strong sell\" rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. B. Riley reiterated a \"buy\" rating and set a $16.00 price objective on shares of Great Ajax in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Finally, ValuEngine upgraded Great Ajax from a \"sell\" rating to a \"hold\" rating in a research report on Monday, March 9th. About Great Ajax Great Ajax Corp. acquires, invests in, and manages a portfolio of residential mortgage and small balance commercial mortgage loans. It also holds real estate-owned properties acquired upon the foreclosure or other settlement of its non-performing loans, as well as through outright purchases. 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(Nasdaq: SURG) (\"SurgePays\" or the \"Company\"), a technology and telecommunications company focused on the underbanked and underserved, today announced that it has begun the application process to dual list its shares of common stock (the \"Shares\") on Upstream, the revolutionary trading app for digital securities and NFTs powered by Horizon Fintex (\"Horizon\") and MERJ Exchange Limited (\"MERJ\"). The planned dual listing on Upstream is designed to provide SurgePays the opportunity to access a global, digital-first investor base that can trade using USDC digital currency along with credit, debit, PayPal, and USD, unlocking liquidity and enhancing price discovery while giving international investors the opportunity to invest in a NASDAQ-listed company. Commenting on the application to list on Upstream, Brian Cox, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SurgePays, said, \"We believe a dual listing on Upstream provides our company access to the global capital markets and the technology to reach countless potential new investors. In addition, as an advocate of the underbanked and underserved, the Upstream platform opens up the world of digital assets to those without bank accounts, brokerage accounts or credit cards. We have an exciting story to tell and believe this listing provides an even greater audience to learn about our growth potential.\" \"I expect the relationship with Upstream to develop beyond the dual listing. We are planning to integrate a Web3 community-building strategy using Upstream's carbon neutral, non-custodial Web3 platform to distribute digital coupons (incentive NFTs) for prepaid wireless and mobile broadband subscribers to redeem for discounts and other rewards at stores transacting on the SurgePays platform.\" Approval to be listed on Upstream is subject to acceptance by MERJ. However, as an existing NASDAQ issuer, SurgePays may be eligible for an expedited listing process. Upon application approval, a SurgePays shareholder who holds their Shares in a brokerage account will be able to deposit their Shares on Upstream. When deposited on Upstream, the Shares are tokenized. About Upstream Upstream, a MERJ Exchange Market, is a fully regulated global stock exchange for digital securities and NFTs. Powered by Horizon's Ethereum-L2 matching engine technology, the platform enables users to trade NFTs, and invest in securities for IPOs, crowdfunded companies, U.S. & international equities, and celebrity ventures using the Upstream app. For more information, please visit https://upstream.exchange . About SurgePays, Inc. SurgePays, Inc. is a technology and telecommunications company focused on the underbanked and underserved communities. SurgePhone Wireless provides mobile broadband to low-income consumers nationwide. SurgePays blockchain fintech platform utilizes a suite of financial and prepaid products to convert corner stores and bodegas into tech-hubs for underbanked neighborhoods. Please visit SurgePays.com for more information. 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In fact, the new plans launched by both JioFiber and Airtel Xstream will increase the reach of the internet in the country. Besides, the new move might help all customers as they will get data at affordable prices. The new plan is available at Rs. 499, which is costlier than Jio's newly launched plans. The JioFiber plan is priced at Rs 399, which ships 30 Mbps speed along with a subscription to 12 OTT applications, including Amazon Prime, Disney+ Hotstar, and Netflix. Apart from this new plan, Airtel is upgrading its broadband plans and now offering unlimited calling along with unlimited data. These plans used to offer limited data earlier. But now, all four plans are offering unlimited data. Besides, the company used to offer extra data at Rs. 299, which means users used to get additional data (3.3TB data). However, now it is not offering any such benefits to the customers. Analysts' Views On New Broadband Plans: Details However, the new unlimited plan is expected to have a negative impact on Airtel's business. \"This will cut Airtel's ARPU (average revenue per user), but should help in expanding its subscriber base,\" a Mumbai based analyst was quoted by Economic Times. He said, \"I see risk to ARPU of Rs. 200 to Rs. 300 (down 30 percent). But the subscriber addition should make more than this in a few quarters. I see this positive for telecom as home broadband will expand fast.\" Meanwhile, industry sources believe that Jio is adopting a similar wireless strategy to attract new users towards its broadband users. The company introduced similar initiatives in 2016 with its telecom services. 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The verdict, in which a former relationship manager at the bank was also convicted on money laundering charges, was handed down by Switzerland's top criminal court on Monday afternoon. Credit Suisse will be fined two million Swiss francs ($2.1 million) over the conviction, the court ruled. The decision is another blow to the tarnished reputation of Credit Suisse, which had argued the crimes date to an era when compliance standards were less stringent. It has been struggling with a series of scandals that have sent its shares to near-record lows, and may face a second criminal indictment in an unrelated case later this year. The case was criticized by Credit Suisse for having been brought so many years after the events in question. The bank expressed its \"astonishment\" in late 2020 when Swiss prosecutors publicly charged it with money laundering offenses, given the alleged crimes took place between 2004 and 2008. Credit Suisse said in a pre-trial statement that it \"unreservedly rejects as meritless all allegations in this legacy matter raised against it and is convinced that its former employee is innocent.\" But under Swiss law, local prosecutors can press criminal charges against banks if they believe those institutions didn't do enough to screen clients and their cash for obvious ties to illicit activity. The former Credit Suisse manager, a woman who can only be named as E. under Swiss reporting restrictions, accepted deposits of used bank notes that regularly exceeded 500,000 euros ($528,650) at a time, according to the 515-page indictment. Cash deposits were very common given the parlous state of Bulgaria's banks at the time, she said in testimony. 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The report came as the company has been cutting costs and reorganizing operations and is now in the middle of a proxy fight with two investor groups. Shares jump after hours Disney shares were up 7.6% to $107.20 at 4:20 p.m. after ending flat at $99.27 in regular trading. The company earned an adjusted $1.22 a share in the quarter ended Dec. 30, up 23% from $0.99 a year ago. Revenue of $23.55 billion was up very slightly from $23.51 billion a year ago. Based on continued cost costs and better results overall, but especially from its streaming businesses, the Mouse House sees earnings per share hitting $4.60 a share for the current fiscal year, up from $3.76 in fiscal 2023. The streaming business has been a sore spot for the company, losing $420 million in fiscal 2023. Disney CEO sees a rebound in 2024. Image source: Shutterstock/TheStreet Illustration Image source&colon; Shutterstock&sol;TheStreet Illustration CEO Bob Iger told CNBC the business should be profitable by the end of the fiscal year, as the company has been promising. It still reported an operating loss of $138 million in the first quarter -- a big improvement from $984 million loss last year. More Wall Street Analysts: Analysts revamp Amazon stock-price targets after earnings Whether that makes the two investor groups waging proxy fights happy remains to be seen. Trian Partners' Nelson Peltz is leading a charge to win two board seats at Disney's annual meeting in April. A second group, the Blackwells Group, advocates breaking Disney into three pieces. The company is working with three competitors to organize a streaming service centered on sports. Disney's ESPN network is one of the most powerful sports networks. And it announced a $1.5 billion investment in EPIC games to develop Disney-themed games, Star Wars and other franchises. The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc. This story was originally published February 7, 2024, 2:09 PM. 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In a Viber message on Friday, BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno told reporters that a downgrade of these ratings was \"highly unlikely.\" According to him, Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings have downgraded 82 sovereigns and revised to negative the outlooks of 104 others in the first half of 2020. \"The Philippines is not one them,\" Diokno said, noting that these agencies have affirmed the ratings and outlook they gave to the country. The Philippines currently has investment-grade ratings of \"BBB\" from Fitch, \"Baa2\" from Moody's and \"BBB+\" from S&P, all with stable outlooks. The central bank's chief remarks come a day after the Philippine Statistics Authority announced that the Philippines had sunk into a recession for the first time in 29 years after gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by a record 16.5 percent in the second quarter, bringing the first-half contraction to 9 percent. Despite this, Diokno said the contraction \"does not pose a danger to the Philippines' strong macroeconomic fundamentals: relatively low debt-to-GDP ratio, one of the highest tax effort in the region, benign inflation and well-managed inflation expectations, strong peso, hefty gross international reserves, well-capitalized banking system with low nonperforming loans.\" He also said economic managers saw the plunge as temporary, as it resulted from the severe lockdown measures imposed in the quarter to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country. But recovery is on its way, he added, and they expect a strong rebound of 6.5 to 7.5 percent in 2021. The BSP chief urged policymakers \"to look beyond the current crisis\" by crafting strong economic recovery program accompanied by more structural reforms that would allow the Philippines to rebuild better for the future. A big part of the success in overcoming the crisis, he said earlier, may be attributed to leadership, clear messaging and human behavior. \"Each individual has a role to play in winning the war against the virus. 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While it does indicate a bearish market structure, there are several elements that can trigger short-lived distortions. Generally, these CME fixed-month agreements trade at a minor premium, suggesting that sellers are asking for more cash to keep settlement for longer. As an outcome, futures need to trade at a 0.5% to 2% premium in healthy markets, a circumstance called contango. Nevertheless, a popular futures agreement seller will trigger a short-term distortion in the futures premium. Unlike continuous agreements, these fixed-calendar futures do not have a financing rate, so their rate might greatly vary from area exchanges. Aggressive sellers triggered a 5% discount rate on BTC futures Whenever there's aggressive activity from shorts (sellers), the two-month futures agreement will trade at a 2% or greater discount rate. Notification how 1-month CME futures had actually been trading near the reasonable worth, either providing a 0.5% discount rate or 0.5% premium versus area exchanges. Nevertheless, throughout the Nov. 9 Bitcoin rate crash, aggressive futures agreements sellers triggered the CME futures to trade 5% listed below the routine market value. Today 1.5% discount rate stays irregular however it can be discussed by the contagion threats triggered by the FTX and Alameda Research study personal bankruptcy. The group was allegedly among the biggest market makers in cryptocurrencies, so their failure was bound to send out shockwaves throughout all crypto-related markets. The insolvency has actually badly affected popular non-prescription desks, mutual fund and providing services, consisting of Genesis, BlockFi and Galois Capital. As an outcome, traders need to anticipate less arbitrage activity in between CME futures and the staying area market exchanges. The absence of market makers worsened the unfavorable effect As market makers rush to decrease their direct exposure and examine counterparty threats, the ultimate extreme need for longs and shorts at CME will naturally trigger distortions in the futures premium indication. The backwardation in agreements is the main indication of an inefficient and bearish derivatives market. Such a motion can take place throughout liquidation orders or when big gamers choose to short the marketplace utilizing derivatives. This is specifically real when open interest boosts since brand-new positions are being developed under these uncommon scenarios. On the other hand, an extreme discount rate will produce an arbitrage chance since one can purchase the futures agreement while all at once offering the exact same quantity on area (or margin) markets. This is a neutral market technique, frequently called 'reverse money and bring.' Institutional financiers' interest in CME futures stays consistent Strangely enough, the open interest on CME Bitcoin futures reached its greatest level in 4 months on Nov. 10. This information determines the aggregate size of purchasers and sellers utilizing CME's derivatives agreements. CME Bitcoin futures open interest, USD. Source: Coinglass Notification that the $5.45 billion record-high occurred on Oct. 26, 2021, however Bitcoin's rate was near $60,000 then. Subsequently, the $1.67 billion CME futures open interest on Nov. 10, 2022, stays pertinent in the variety of agreements. Related: United States crypto exchanges lead Bitcoin exodus: Over $1.5 B in BTC withdrawn in one week Traders typically utilize open interest as a sign to validate patterns or, a minimum of, institutional financiers' hunger. For example, an increasing variety of exceptional futures agreements is normally translated as brand-new cash entering the marketplace, regardless of the predisposition. Although this information can't be considered bullish on a standalone basis, it does signal that expert financiers' interest in Bitcoin is not disappearing. As more evidence, notification that the open interest chart above programs that smart financiers did not decrease their positions utilizing Bitcoin derivatives, despite what critics have actually stated about cryptocurrencies. Thinking about the unpredictability surrounding cryptocurrency markets, traders should not presume that a 1.5% discount rate on CME futures signifies long-lasting bearishness. There's certainly a need for shorts, however the absence of hunger from market makers is the main aspect causing the present distortion. The views and viewpoints revealed here are entirely those of the author and do not always show the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every financial investment and trading relocation includes danger, you need to perform your own research study when deciding. Source: Coin Telegraph . 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Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Axel Springer Elon Musk said Jeff Bezos \"retired to pursue a full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX.\" His tweet comes after Amazon's Kuiper filed a FCC protest letter about SpaceX's Starlink network. Bezos, Amazon's founder and executive chairman, stepped down as CEO in July. See more stories on Insider's business page . Elon Musk on Friday took a jab at Jeff Bezos after an Amazon subsidiary protested against SpaceX's plans for more Starlink satellites. SpaceX CEO Musk tweeted that Bezos, Amazon's founder and executive chairman, had \"retired in order to pursue a full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX.\" Musk misspelled Bezos' name as \"Besos\" in the tweet. Bezos stepped down as Amazon CEO in July . -Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 27, 2021 Musk's tweet was in response to an article about Amazon's Kuiper, a satellite-internet subsidiary, on Wednesday filing a protest letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against SpaceX's plans to expand its Starlink network of internet satellites. SpaceX's proposed plans for a second generation of Starlink would send nearly 30,000 satellites into orbit, adding to its 1,740 satellites already in space. Kuiper said in the letter that SpaceX broke the rules by proposing two configurations for the satellite constellation, rather than just one . SpaceX had said that the second proposal was a backup, in case the FCC rejected the first. \"SpaceX's novel approach of applying for two mutually exclusive configurations is at odds with both the Commission's rules and public policy,\" Mariah Dodson Shuman, Kuiper's corporate counsel, wrote in the FCC letter. The letter is not a lawsuit. This isn't the first time one of Bezos' companies has argued against SpaceX. Blue Origin, Bezos' rocket company, has filed a complaint against NASA and sued the agency over awarding SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to send humans to the moon. NASA has put SpaceX's contract on pause so it can assess the suit. The two billionaires have been known for digging at one another in the past. Musk has called Bezos a copycat and mocked Blue Origin's space flights and moon lander . After SpaceX won the NASA contract, Blue Origin posted infographics on its website that appeared to cherry pick comparison between its own Blue Moon lunar lander and SpaceX's \"immensely complex and high risk\" Starship, Insider's Morgan McFall-Johnsen reported . 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This marks the world's first O-RAN 5G network utilizing Qualcomm Technologies' 5G RAN platforms. Viettel is deploying over 300 sites across various Vietnamese provinces in early 2025, with the potential for thousands more as part of nationwide and international expansion plans in 2025 and beyond. This milestone positions Viettel as a leading advocate in the O-RAN community and marks it as one of the largest carriers to launch a commercial O-RAN network. Viettel Launches the world's first O-RAN 5G Network with Qualcomm. Initial gNodeBs deployed in Hanoi and Ha Nam provinces have demonstrated strong performance, showcasing the benefits of O-RAN technology. Key performance indicators, including download and upload speeds, coverage, capacity, and power consumption, are comparable to traditional networks while significantly reducing infrastructure costs. Qualcomm's advanced chipset platform, combined with Viettel's expertise in network optimization and deployment, has achieved numerous groundbreaking accomplishments. With this 5G Open RAN commercialization, Viettel completes its end-to-end 5G product suite, covering everything from core networks to RAN elements. This solution addresses both public and private network demands, offering operators a high-quality, Open RAN-compliant 5G network and fostering a sustainable vendor ecosystem. The Massive MIMO Distributed Units and Radio Units of this commercial network are fully compliant with Open RAN standards, as defined by the O-RAN Alliance. \"Viettel's 5G Open RAN solutions have achieved commercial-grade maturity after an intensive development process and rigorous testing\", said Nguyen Vu Ha, CEO of Viettel High Tech . Qualcomm Technologies has been a pivotal partner in our journey toward 5G commercialization, making substantial contributions that accelerate our network deployment in Vietnam. \"I believe this partnership will help both parties reduce the product development cycle by several years. This collaboration also aims to deliver high-quality, cost-effective 5G solutions for international markets and to build a sustainable ecosystem\". \"We are thrilled to collaborate with Viettel on the launch of the first commercial O-RAN network utilizing Qualcomm's cutting-edge 5G RAN solutions,\" said Durga Malladi, SVP & GM, Technology Planning & Edge Solutions, Qualcomm Technologies , Inc. \"This milestone underscores our commitment to driving innovation in the telecommunications industry and enabling operators to deliver enhanced 5G experience. By leveraging our advanced technology, Viettel's O-RAN Radio Units, Distributed Units as well as RAN management with Qualcomm Edgewise are empowering greater network flexibility, efficiency, and performance, ultimately transforming the way people connect and communicate.\" Julian Gorman, Head of Asia Pacific, GSMA, said: \"With its fully disaggregated, software-based architecture, Open RAN presents a transformative opportunity for the mobile industry to accelerate network innovation, enhance competition, and enable sustainable infrastructure deployment. As one of the first operators to deploy Open RAN at scale, Viettel is setting a strong example for the industry, not just in Asia Pacific but for the world as a whole. 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The NHTSA said the trucks the left rear axle shaft could have a defect caused in production that has the potential to cause it to break. A break could lead to a loss of drive power or cause the vehicle to roll away, even when it is put in park. The agency says either of their hypothetical safety issue situations could cause an increase in a crash risk. SEE MORE: Hyundai recalling 38,000 vehicles that can unexpectedly accelerate The agency and the automaker is asking owners to have their models inspected by the dealer. The repairs should be free of charge for customers. Owners can contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332 for further instructions. The recall number to reference on the call is 23S49. Also, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236. The company says the left rear axle shaft might have been improperly heat-treated during the manufacturing process. The affected models are the Ford F-250 SD, 2023 model year, and the Ford F-350 SD, 2023 model year. 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For a diverse range of Honda stakeholders, the Honda ESG Data Book 2024 comprehensively summarizes the approach and initiatives Honda is taking concerning sustainability from the perspectives of ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance). As one of the tools to enhance communication with its shareholders, Honda has been issuing the \"Honda ESG Data Book\" as well as the \"Honda Report\" on an annual basis. In contrast to the Honda Report which focuses on sharing stories about how Honda will enhance its corporate value into the future, the ESG Data Book primarily summarizes the basic approach Honda is taking to sustainability, the initiatives in each of the ESG areas and data related to the performance and achievements of Honda in each area. Honda ESG Data Book 2024 Japanese language version: https://global.honda/jp/sustainability/report/ English language version: https://global.honda/en/sustainability/report.html Honda is striving to evolve as a company to continue creating new value based on its unchanging desire since its founding – to \"help people and society\" and \"expand people's life's potential.\" By further enhancing opportunities to communicate with its stakeholders through the ESG data book and other communication materials, Honda will further advance its sustainability initiatives and strive to continue to be a company society wants to exist. Main contents of the Honda ESG Data Book 2024: Honda approach to sustainabilityEnvironmental initiativesSocial initiatives (safety, quality, human rights, human resources, supply chain management and social contribution activities)Governance initiatives (corporate governance, compliance and risk management)Performance data (data related to each of ESG areas). Company contact: 2-1-1, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8556, Japan Tel: +81-(0)3-3423-1111 (main) Copyright 2024 JCN Newswire. 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The initiative is an important step in Telenor's journey to become a software and product driven company and will enable improved customer experiences and revenue growth. By transitioning to a cloud-based environment, Telenor will also gain increased agility, scalability and speed to market for its services offerings. As a result, the company can increase the frequency of new product and service launches. \"The key to our success lies in building the culture and cultivating the skills required to become a software-defined and product-driven company that delivers the best and most valuable products and services to our customers,\" said Torbjørn Larsen, CIO of Telenor Norway. \"I look forward to our collaboration with Accenture to accelerate the ongoing digitalization at Telenor.\" The collaboration also brings together the talent of Accenture and Telenor Norway's teams to upskill Telenor's IT organization with software and data proficiencies. \"We are supporting Telenor in their digital transformation while also developing a lasting culture of innovation,\" said Torbjørn Eik-Nes, managing director of Accenture in Norway. \"This will enable Telenor to stay agile and competitive in the telecommunications industry.\" Øystein Langerak, a managing director who leads Accenture Communications, Media and Technology industry group in Norway, added, \"Telenor recognized the urgency of transforming from a telco to a techco in order to accelerate their growth and create competitive differentiation.\" This digital transformation work builds on more than 25 years of Accenture and Telenor Norway collaborating to implement new technology, operating models and paths to growth. About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. 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Shannon Murphy's lawsuit alleges civil rights violations, false imprisonment and negligence. She is seeking unspecified damages. A representative for the airline could not be immediately reached for comment on the complaint filed June 18. Murphy lives in Riverside County and is a social services assistant for that county, according to her court papers. The plaintiff, who is Black, was assigned to accompany a 1-year-old white boy with blond hair to Arkansas for a court-ordered, two-week visit with his father, according to the suit, which does not state the date of the trip. On the return flight, another passenger told a flight attendant that Murphy was holding a kidnap victim, the suit states. There was a report of a missing child, but he was actually from New York City, was Latino and had black hair, the suit says. An AA employee \"explicitly demanded and implicitly threatened plaintiff and the infant that if she did not come with her, physical force would be used to make plaintiff comply,\" the suit alleges. The boy was then taken from Murphy's arms and she was forced to leave the jet, the suit states. The plane's departure was held up for about an hour while employees of the carrier looked into the allegation, the suit states. AA employees refused to listen to Murphy, to view the court order to transport the child or check her identification or the boy's birth certificate, according to the suit, which says the plaintiff and the child were ultimately allowed to return together to the jet. Murphy suffered mental and physical distress from the incident and she is seeing a psychologist, the suit states. >> Want to read more stories like this? 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After having his forthcoming new project picked up by Hulu last month, Dan Levy has now signed a production deal with Netflix . Variety reports that Levy's deal with the streaming giant is \"said to be eight figures under competitive circumstances,\" and will see the Schitt's Creek star work on both movies and television. The outlet adds that Levy's work with Netflix will begin on the film side, with an untitled romantic comedy that he will write, direct and star in, while producing alongside Stacey Snider and Kate Fenske of production company Sister. Levy will begin working on television in July 2022, come the end of his deal with ABC Signature. Schitt's Creek , which capped its sixth and final season last year with historic Emmys wins , grew in popularity after it landed on Netflix in January 2017. The show also landed amongst Exclaim!'s 13 Best TV Series of 2020 . \"Netflix offered Schitt's Creek a second home at just the right time and opened the doors to a whole new audience for us,\" Levy shared in a statement [via Variety ]. \"Watching the show thrive there has only enhanced my excitement about continuing to tell specific, meaningful stories with them in both TV and feature film. A full circle moment.\" Last month, Hulu ordered a pilot presentation of Levy's Standing By , an animated comedy concerning guardian angels co-written and executive-produced with writer-director Ally Pankiw. 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Investors have slashed their expectations for U.S. interest rates following an emergency Federal Reserve 50 basis point cut this week. That is wiping away the yield advantage that had fuelled one of the popular carry trades globally – borrowing at negative rates in the euro and yen to buy U.S. assets. Markets now bet the Federal Reserve will have to cut rates by 50 basis points for a second time this month. The greenback index is set for its biggest weekly fall since May 2016, down more than 2% since Monday <=USD>. \"The driver is the equity markets and the collapse in U.S. bond yields this week,\" said Kenneth Broux, FX strategist at Societe Generale. \"It's been a knee-jerk reaction. What we have now is a reversal simply on the declining U.S. equities and the compressing differential. \"The reality is the Fed has taken on more insurance … No-one knows how long this (the coronavirus outbreak) will last but taking a step back I would expect the dollar to bounce.\" Choppy global markets led currency volatility gauges to rise on Friday, with one-month euro-dollar implied volatility hitting the highest since November 2018. ING analysts said they were targeting $1.15 per euro in the coming weeks as aggressive U.S. rate cuts contrasted with the limited room for action at the European Central Bank. Fed fund futures <0#FF:> were pricing in about 90 basis points of further easing by the end of the year. \"For now, expect USD weakness vs G10 FX to continue, and the G10 FX segment outperforming EM FX, with carry trades under pressure,\" they said in a research note. The euro gained 0.7% to as high as $1.1324 , its strongest since July. The single currency was stuck below $1.08 last month. (Graphic: Euro vs U.S. dollar – https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/13/2955/2920/euro%20dollar%20march%206.png) The dollar index skidded 0.7% to 95.892 <=USD>, its weakest since July. Against the yen, the dollar dropped more than 1% and below 105 yen . The yen is benefiting both from dollar weakness and its reputation as a safe haven. The dollar was not weaker everywhere, however. It still holds safe-haven status compared with emerging-market currencies, those exposed to commodities such as the Canadian and Australian and New Zealand dollars and versus Asian currencies, where the coronavirus economic effect is pronounced. Sterling seized on the dollar's spiral downwards, hitting $1.3015 before settling at $1.2987. 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Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of5FILE - In this image from video, Amazon workers line up outside the company's facility, in Staten Island borough of New York, March 25, 2022. Amazon has suspended at least 50 workers who refused to work their shifts following a trash compactor fire at the warehouse, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, according to union organizers.Robert Bumsted/AP Show More Show Less 2of5FILE - A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse facility on the Staten Island borough of New York, April 1, 2022. Amazon has suspended at least 50 warehouse workers who refused to work their shifts following a trash compactor fire at one of its New York facilities, according to union organizers. The company suspended the workers, with pay, on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 a day after the fire disrupted operations at the Staten Island warehouse that voted to unionize earlier this year.Eduardo Munoz Avarez/AP Show More Show Less 4of5FILE — Union organizer Derrick Palmer speaks at a rally outside an Amazon warehouse, in Staten Island borough of New York, April 24, 2022. Amazon has suspended at least 50 warehouse workers who refused to work their shifts following a trash compactor fire at the facility, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, according to Palmer, the vice president of the Amazon Labor Union.Seth Wenig/AP Show More Show Less NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has suspended at least 50 warehouse employees who refused to work their shifts following a trash compactor fire at one of its New York facilities, according to union organizers. The company suspended the workers, with pay, on Tuesday, a day after the fire disrupted operations at the Staten Island warehouse that voted to unionize earlier this year. Derrick Palmer, the vice president of the Amazon Labor Union, said day-shift workers were sent home with pay due to the fire, which began late afternoon Monday. But night-shift employees, who were just coming in for their shift were told to remain in a break area until management figured out the situation, he said. Dozens of workers began to raise concerns about safety. Some were worried the air in the facility would be unsafe to breathe because of smoke from the fire. Eventually, roughly 100 workers held a sit-down protest at the facility's main office, demanding to be sent home with pay. \"They were saying 'we don't feel safe, we don't feel safe to work,'\" Palmer said. Amazon spokesperson Paul Flaningan said in a prepared statement that the company had asked all night shift employees to report to their shifts on Monday after the New York Fire Department certified the building as safe. \"While the vast majority of employees reported to their workstations, a small group refused to return to work and remained in the building without permission,\" Flaningan said. Some workers had also walked out, while others continued with the protest, according to organizers. The suspended workers were notified by email and phone that their security badges would be inactive during the duration of the probe, Palmer said. The suspensions are in effect indefinitely as the company investigates. The number of suspended workers could rise. Seth Goldstein, an attorney for the union, said the workers intend to file unfair labor practice charges against Amazon with the National Labor Relations Board. Amazon has filed over two dozen objections with the agency seeking to toss out the union's April win. 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Nuvei builds on its exceptional technology with customized solutions designed for some of the largest companies in the industry. By partnering with Nuvei, Virgin Atlantic will provide customers with a frictionless payment experience; enabling them to pay using the methods they know and trust, globally. The agreement gives Virgin Atlantic access to Nuvei's proprietary modular platform designed to boost acceptance rates and accelerate revenue. This agreement is the latest in a series of partnerships with leading travel companies such as Air Transat, Scott Dunn, Selina, and others. \"We have always shown a commitment to accelerating business for the travel industry and our recent partnerships in the space are reflective of this,\" said Philip Fayer, Nuvei Chair and CEO. \"We're looking forward to providing Virgin Atlantic customers with seamless, localized and intuitive digital payment experiences, fit for a modern world,\" Fayer added. The global travel industry is projected to have a market volume of US$992.10bn by 2026 . 73% of the total revenue will be generated through online sales by 2026, making digital payments instrumental to industry growth. Commenting on the partnership, Keli Sandeman, Payment Strategy Manager at Virgin Atlantic stated: \"We chose to work with Nuvei because we too believe that strategic payments can accelerate revenues; they are a key touchpoint with our customers – another chance to impress. \"From the outset, we formed a true partnership with the Nuvei team. Their deep global payment expertise is complemented by their human approach to doing business and desire to work with us to accelerate our business growth. We're looking forward to taking our payment strategy to new heights, by working with Nuvei,\" Sandeman said. About Nuvei Nuvei (Nasdaq: NVEI) (TSX: NVEI) is the Canadian fintech company accelerating the business of clients around the world. Nuvei's modular, flexible and scalable technology allows leading companies to accept next-gen payments, offer all payout options and benefit from card issuing, banking, risk and fraud management services. Connecting businesses to their customers in more than 200 markets, with local acquiring in 45+ markets, 150 currencies and more than 570 alternative payment methods, Nuvei provides the technology and insights for customers and partners to succeed locally and globally with one integration. For more information, visit www.nuvei.com . About Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic was founded by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson in 1984, with innovation and amazing customer service at its core. In 2021, Virgin Atlantic was voted Britain's only Global Five Star Airline by APEX for the sixth year running in the Official Airline Ratings. Headquartered in London, it employs 6,500 people worldwide, flying customers to 27 destinations across four continents. Alongside shareholder and Joint Venture partner Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic operates a leading transatlantic network, with onward connections to over 200 cities around the world. On 3 February 2020, Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic launched an expanded Joint Venture, offering a comprehensive route network, convenient flight schedules, competitive fares and reciprocal frequent flyer benefits, including the ability to earn and redeem miles across all carriers. Sustainability remains central to the airline and since September 2019, Virgin Atlantic has welcomed seven brand new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, helping to transform the fleet into one of the youngest, quietest and most fuel efficient in the sky. By 2022, the airline will operate a streamlined fleet of 38 twin engine aircraft following the retirement of its B747-400s and A340-600s, making its simplified fleet 10% more efficient than before the Covid-19 crisis impacted. 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Oracle has named Ariel Kelman its new chief marketing officer. Before joining the Redwood City, Calif.-based database management behemoth, Kelman served as vice president and head of worldwide marketing at Amazon Web Services, capping off a nearly nine-year career at Amazon's $400 billion cloud computing business . He also served as vice president, senior director and director of platform product marketing at Salesforce.com; and as a data warehouse implementation consultant at MicroStrategy. Kelman also co-founded software solutions startup Ventaso in 1999 and served as its vice president of marketing until 2004. AWS is not only one of Oracle's major competitors (per Gartner, it led the market by about 48% in 2018), but also its unabashed rival . The feeling is reportedly mutual , with the two companies taking public swipes at one another. So much so, in fact, that AWS made it a point to publicly announce in a blog post last fall that Amazon's Consumer Division had finally migrated entirely from legacy Oracle databases. (Some third-party applications, according to the post, were too \"tightly bound\" to Oracle to be migrated.) Kelman's hiring comes as Oracle is struggling to accelerate its revenue growth. Per investor research firm Zacks, Oracle shares have lost about 3.6% since the tech giant's last earnings report. At the same time, AWS is working under pressure from the Federal Trade Commission, which has reportedly expanded its investigation into Amazon to include its cloud computing business. 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Hyundai Motor and Kia's ratings from S&P were upgraded last week to 'A-', following Fitch Ratings' raise to 'A-' and Moody's upgrade to 'A3' for both brands in February. These upgrades solidify both Hyundai Motor and Kia's positions as global mobility industry leaders, putting the Hyundai Motor and Kia brands on par with Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Honda - the other major global mobility firms to receive 'A-grade' rankings from the top three global credit rating agencies. Robust performance, flexible capabilities According to S&P, Fitch and Moody's, both companies' ratings upgrades were driven by their robust financial performance, characterized by strong predicted double-digit profit margins and cash flow. Improved product competitiveness of the brands' diverse vehicle lineups, robust market positioning relating to electrification strategy, and a flexible production approach to meet changing global demands were also key contributing factors. S&P outlined solid profit and cash flow following \"three years of marked enhancement in profitability starting in 2021\", adding, \"Its solid portfolio of hybrid and BEVs should help support the company's competitive position amid the transition to electrification.\" Fitch Ratings previously highlighted Hyundai Motor and Kia's improved brand strength and strong position in key markets, citing \"geographical and product diversification, improved profitability and cash generation\" as contributing factors to its upgrade. Moody's Investors Service previously emphasized continued profitability and a strong balance sheet, among other factors. More information about Hyundai Motor Group can be found at: http://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com or Hyundai Media_Hubhttps://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/newsroom, Kia Global Media Center, Genesis Newsroom Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2489272/Image__Hyundai_Motor_Group_Companies__Ratings_Upgraded_by_Global_Top_Rating_Agencies.jpg View original content:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/hyundai-motor-group-companies-ratings-upgraded-by-global-top-rating-agencies-302230319.html Besser als NVIDIA! 3 KI- Favoriten mit riesigem Potenzial Erleben Sie die KI-Revolution und sichern Sie sich gigantische Gewinne! Nutzen Sie die einmalige Gelegenheit, die Ihnen die Künstliche Intelligenz bietet! Unser exklusiver Aktienreport enthüllt drei unglaublich aussichtsreiche KI-Aktien, die von der bahnbrechenden Entwicklung in diesem Sektor massiv profitieren können. Warum sollten Sie dabei sein? 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NEW YORK, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RLMD ), a late-stage biotechnology company addressing diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), announced today top-line results of the human abuse potential (HAP) study with REL-1017, a novel NMDA receptor (NMDAR) channel blocker and the company's lead candidate in Phase 3 development for the treatment major depressive disorder (MDD). Top-line results showed that all three doses of REL-1017 (25 mg, 75 mg and 150 mg, the therapeutic, supratherapeutic and maximum tolerated doses, respectively) tested in recreational opioid users, demonstrated a highly statistically significant difference vs. the active control drug, oxycodone 40 mg. The study's primary endpoint was a measure of \"likability\" with the subjects rating the maximum effect (or Emax) for Drug Liking \"at the moment\", using a 1=100 bipolar rating scale (known as a visual analog scale or VAS), with 100 as the highest likability, 50 as neutral (placebo-like), and 0 the highest dislike. Results are summarized in the table below. \"These highly statistically significant data clearly demonstrate a very meaningful difference between REL-1017 and oxycodone at all three tested doses\" said Sergio Traversa, CEO of Relmada Therapeutics. \"These results, along with previously published literature, confirm the lack of opioid effects of REL-1017. We look forward to the continued clinical development of REL-1017 as a novel, safe and rapidly effective treatment for MDD.\" \"We are pleased with the results of this confirmatory study, which was designed in line with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance,\" said Dr. Paolo Manfredi, Chief Scientific Officer of Relmada. \"Importantly, these data are consistent with our development program and confirm the extensive body of literature indicating the lack of abuse potential of REL-1017. Patients suffering from depression are in great need of new safe and rapidly effective treatments. These results strongly support the ongoing REL-1017 late-stage development program.\" \"These results are consistent with HAP results we have seen for other drugs that affect the CNS, and which have been Scheduled at Classes IV or V, or even unscheduled, during the assessment and review period.\" said Jack Henningfield, Ph.D., Vice President, Research, Health Policy, and Abuse Liability at Pinney Associates and former Chief of the Clinical Pharmacology Research Branch and the Abuse Potential and Biology of Dependence Assessment Section of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). \"These data do not provide evidence for abuse potential.\" Conference Call and Webcast Information Relmada will host a conference call and webcast presentation today, July 27, 2021 at 8:30 AM Eastern Time to discuss the study results, which can be accessed with the information below: Tuesday, July 27 at 8:30 AM ET The subsequent archived recording will be available on the Investors section of the Relmada website at www.relmada.com . Background REL-1017 (which is also known as esmethadone, dextromethadone, or d-methadone), is the opioid-inactive, dextro- or right-side isomer of racemic methadone. Prior preclinical and clinical findings have indicated that the dextro-isomer REL-1017 lacks the addiction liability and respiratory depressant effects of its parent molecule. In contrast, levomethadone, the left-side isomer, is an opioid agonist and is entirely responsible for the analgesic activity of the parent molecule.1 Human Abuse Potential (HAP) studies are conducted to evaluate the likelihood that a medicine affecting the central nervous system may be abused by patients or the general public. The study comparing REL-1017 to oxycodone is the first of two clinical trials to assess abuse potential per FDA guidance as part of the planned REL-1017 NDA for the treatment of MDD. The scheduling of a drug depends on the analysis of several parameters (receptor studies, animal studies, human studies, history of abuse). These parameters are generally referred to as the \"eight factor analysis\". All tested parameters suggest a lack of any meaningful abuse potential for REL-1017 and are fully aligned with the 2019 DEA statement on methadone.1 About The Human Abuse Potential Study for REL-1017 vs. Oxycodone The study was a single-dose, Phase 1, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, active- and placebo-controlled, five-way crossover study to assess the abuse potential of REL-1017 relative to oxycodone and placebo in healthy experienced recreational drug users. Oxycodone, the active control, was administered at the dose of 40 mg, a standard dose in HAP studies. A total of 50 subjects were enrolled and 44 fulfilled criteria for the predefined statistical analysis. Once available, the full data set and detailed results will be submitted to the FDA and for presentation at future scientific conferences and publication in peer-reviewed journals. About REL-1017 REL-1017, a new chemical entity (NCE) and novel NMDA receptor (NMDAR) channel blocker that preferentially targets hyperactive channels while maintaining physiological glutamatergic neurotransmission, is currently in late-stage development for the treatment of MDD. The ongoing RELIANCE Clinical Research Program is designed to evaluate the potential for REL-1017 as the first rapid-acting, oral, once-daily antidepressant treatment. In a Phase 2 trial, REL-1017 demonstrated robust, rapid and sustained antidepressant effects with statistically significant improvements compared to placebo. The Phase 2 study also confirmed the favorable pharmacokinetic, safety and tolerability profile of REL-1017 observed in previously completed Phase 1 studies. About Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. Relmada Therapeutics is a late-stage biotechnology company addressing diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), with a focus on major depressive disorder (MDD). Our experienced and dedicated team is committed to making a difference in the lives of patients and their families. Relmada' s lead program, REL-1017, is a new chemical entity (NCE) and novel NMDA receptor (NMDAR) channel blocker that preferentially targets hyperactive channels while maintaining physiological glutamatergic neurotransmission. REL-1017 has entered late-stage development as an adjunctive treatment for MDD in adults. Learn more at www.relmada.com . Forward-Looking Statements The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. This press release contains statements which constitute \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including but not limited to statements regarding the expected use of the proceeds from the offering. Any statement that is not historical in nature is a forward-looking statement and may be identified by the use of words and phrases such as \"expects,\" \"anticipates,\" \"believes,\" \"will,\" \"will likely result,\" \"will continue,\" \"plans to,\" \"potential,\" \"promising,\" and similar expressions. These statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, including the risk factors described under the heading \"Risk Factors\" set forth in the Company's reports filed with the SEC from time to time. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed, and actual results may differ materially from those projected. Relmada undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. 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Image: Unsplash The UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) has announced a series of new government-funded projects centred around textile recycling infrastructure, circular fashion and sustainable manufacturing. One of the first initiatives, the Autosort for Circular Textiles Demonstrator (ACT UK), is a four million pound project to develop and pilot an automated sorting and pre-processing demonstrator for textile waste. Over its two-year span, the project hopes to take the industry away from \"uneconomic manual sorting\" and towards a model that can then be used as feedstock for existing and emerging recycling processes. For support, ACT UK has brought together a consortium of recycling firms, academia, manufacturers and industry associations, among others, including project partners like Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Pangaia, New Look, Reskinned, Oxfam and Textile Recycling International. Other partners are expected to join the consortium at a later date. Furthermore, Act UK said it would build on sorting approaches currently coming to market in the likes of the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. It ultimately hopes to combine and advance existing and new supporting technologies to overcome barriers to material circularity, including integrating robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and size reduction equipment, all of which will come under one roof and can then be deployed across the UK. UKFT projects inform legislation and support commercial planning In a release, CEO of UKFT, Adam Mansell, said: \"What happens to our textiles when we no longer need them is a growing problem that we cannot ignore. \"With this ground-breaking project, we're aiming to create a model to sort and prepare NRT for recycling in a way that's never been done before, at scale. \"A national system of recycling plants could save 100,000s of tonnes of material from entering landfill. 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They have both grown significantly over the last several years and have been searching for a strategic financial partner to help continue and accelerate that growth. \"This transaction represents another important milestone for our company,\" said Stacy Mazur, Chief Executive Officer of Interstate Restoration. \"We chose FirstService because they share our vision for strategic growth and our desire to continue to provide an exceptional experience for our clients.\" FirstOnSite/Interstate proactively chose the best partner to support its vision of strategic growth. The investment by FirstService gives the restoration organization the strongest financial platform in the industry to leverage growth, enhance buying power and to ultimately service its customers. The agreement was signed by FirstService Corporation and Global Restoration Holdings, LLC, the holding company for Interstate Restoration and FirstOnSite Restoration. Global Restoration is being sold by Delos Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm. Houlihan Lokey is acting as financial advisor and Goodwin Proctor as legal counsel to Global Restoration. Fogler, Rubinoff LLP and Ferrante & Associates acted as legal counsel to FirstService. The closing of the transaction remains subject to obtaining regulatory approvals in the US and Canada. The transaction is expected to be finalized in the next four to six weeks. FirstOnSite and Interstate Restoration will continue to provide clients with exceptional service as a leading disaster recovery provider in North America. About FirstOnSite Restoration FirstOnSite Restoration Limited is the leading independent Canadian disaster restoration services provider, providing remediation, restoration and reconstruction services nationwide, and for the U.S. large loss and commercial market. With more than 35 locations, 24/7 emergency service and a commitment to customer service, FirstOnSite proudly serves the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. In May 2016, FirstOnSite joined forces with U.S.-based Interstate Restoration, expanding its resource base, and extending its customer service offering and collectively becoming the second largest restoration service provider in North America. For more information visit: firstonsite.ca or call (877) 778-6731 or on Twitter at @firstonsite. About FirstService Corporation FirstService Corporation is a North American leader in the property services sector, serving its customers through two industry-leading service platforms: FirstService Residential, North America's largest manager of residential communities; and FirstService Brands, one of North America's largest providers of essential property services delivered through individually branded franchise systems and company-owned operations. FirstService generates approximately US$2 billion in annual revenues and has more than 20,000 employees across North America. With significant insider ownership and an experienced management team, FirstService has a long-term track record of creating value and superior returns for shareholders. The common shares of FirstService trade on NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol \"FSV\". For the latest news from FirstService Corporation, visit firstservice.com . About Interstate Restoration Founded in 1998, Interstate Restoration, LLC, based in Ft. Worth, Texas, is one of the largest emergency restoration and reconstruction service providers for commercial enterprises in North America. In 2016, Interstate acquired FirstOnSite Restoration, the leading independent Canadian disaster restoration services provider. Together, the two companies are the second-largest independent North American restoration and reconstruction services provider. With approximately 1,400 employees, Interstate Restoration and FirstOnSite assist property owners and businesses in recovering from fire, flood, natural and human-caused disasters. For more information on Interstate Restoration, visit interstaterestoration.com , call (800) 622-6433 or on Twitter at @InterstateRest. About Delos Capital Delos Capital, founded in 2013, is a lower middle market private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth investments. 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The South Riding Point facility sits on the shore of the island's eastern side and is home to 10 giant storage tanks capable of holding up to 6.75 million barrels of crude, according to Equinor , the company that runs the facility. When Dorian struck Grand Bahama late Sunday, the terminal had 1.8 million barrels on site, according to Erik Haaland, a spokesperson for Equinor. It's not clear how much oil has leaked. In a statement , the company acknowledged that oil had spilled from South Riding Point. \"Oil has been observed on the ground outside of the onshore tanks. 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(NASDAQ: APRE ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel cancer therapeutics that reactivate the mutant tumor suppressor protein, p53, today announced that it will host a virtual R&D Day at 1:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Aprea's R&D Day will be presented by Christian S. Schade, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Eyal C. Attar, Chief Medical Officer, with a focus on the Company's analysis of its recently completed Phase 3 MDS trial and the continued progress across its ongoing research and clinical development pipeline. The live webinar will begin at 1:00 pm Eastern Time and last approximately one hour. Registration is accessible on the Events page of Aprea's website. Following the webinar, a replay will be available for a limited time on Aprea's website. About Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with research facilities in Stockholm, Sweden, focused on developing and commercializing novel cancer therapeutics that reactivate mutant tumor suppressor protein, p53. The Company's lead product candidate is eprenetapopt (APR-246), a small molecule in clinical development for hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. Eprenetapopt has received Breakthrough Therapy, Orphan Drug and Fast Track designations from the FDA for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), Orphan Drug and Fast Track designations from the FDA for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and Orphan Drug designation from the European Commission for MDS, AML and ovarian cancer. APR-548, a next generation small molecule reactivator of mutant p53, is being developed for oral administration. For more information, please visit the company website at www.aprea.com . The Company may use, and intends to use, its investor relations website at https://ir.aprea.com/ as a means of disclosing material nonpublic information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. About p53, eprenetapopt and APR-548 The p53 tumor suppressor gene is the most frequently mutated gene in human cancer, occurring in approximately 50% of all human tumors. These mutations are often associated with resistance to anti-cancer drugs and poor overall survival, representing a major unmet medical need in the treatment of cancer. Eprenetapopt (APR-246) is a small molecule that has demonstrated reactivation of mutant and inactivated p53 protein – by restoring wild-type p53 conformation and function – thereby inducing programmed cell death in human cancer cells. Pre-clinical anti-tumor activity has been observed with eprenetapopt in a wide variety of solid and hematological cancers, including MDS, AML, and ovarian cancer, among others. Additionally, strong synergy has been seen with both traditional anti-cancer agents, such as chemotherapy, as well as newer mechanism-based anti-cancer drugs and immuno-oncology checkpoint inhibitors. In addition to pre-clinical testing, a Phase 1/2 clinical program with eprenetapopt has been completed, demonstrating a favorable safety profile and both biological and confirmed clinical responses in hematological malignancies and solid tumors with mutations in the TP53 gene. A pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of eprenetapopt and azacitidine for frontline treatment of TP53 mutant MDS has been completed and failed to meet the primary endpoint of complete remission. Additional clinical trials in hematologic malignancies and solid tumors are ongoing. Eprenetapopt has received Breakthrough Therapy, Orphan Drug and Fast Track designations from the FDA for MDS, Orphan Drug and Fast Track designations from the FDA for AML, and Orphan Drug designation from the European Medicines Agency for MDS, AML and ovarian cancer. APR-548 is a next-generation small molecule p53 reactivator. APR-548 has demonstrated high oral bioavailability, enhanced potency relative to eprenetapopt in TP53 mutant cancer cell lines and has demonstrated in vivo tumor growth inhibition following oral dosing of tumor-bearing mice. Enrollment in a Phase 1 clinical trial of APR-548 is anticipated to begin early in the second quarter of 2021. Forward-Looking Statement Certain information contained in this press release includes \"forward-looking statements\", within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, related to our study analyses, clinical trials, regulatory submissions and projected cash position. We may, in some cases use terms such as \"future,\" \"predicts,\" \"believes,\" \"potential,\" \"continue,\" \"anticipates,\" \"estimates,\" \"expects,\" \"plans,\" \"intends,\" \"targeting,\" \"confidence,\" \"may,\" \"could,\" \"might,\" \"likely,\" \"will,\" \"should\" or other words that convey uncertainty of the future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and expectations of our management team that involve risks, potential changes in circumstances, assumptions, and uncertainties. Any or all of the forward-looking statements may turn out to be wrong or be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. These forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties including risks related to the success and timing of our clinical trials or other studies, risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic and the other risks set forth in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. For all these reasons, actual results and developments could be materially different from those expressed in or implied by our forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are made only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Source: Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. Corporate Contacts: Scott M. 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These are the first charges against the tech and retail giant in a spate of antitrust investigations around the world. \"The Commission's preliminary view ... is that the use of non-public marketplace seller data allows Amazon to avoid the normal risks of retail competition and to leverage its dominance in the market,\" the European Commission said on Tuesday in the so-called statement of objections . The commission, EU's top antitrust enforcer, said it's also opening a second antitrust investigation to focus on how Amazon selects sellers to feature in its \"buy box,\" a prominent display that \"generates the vast majority of all sales,\" according to the commission. The EU will investigate whether Amazon \"might artificially favour its own retail offers and offers of marketplace sellers that use Amazon's logistics and delivery services. Tuesday's charges are the first step in what could be a months-long process during which EU officials would finalize their initial findings, review Amazon's response and consider a potential settlement or punishment. Amazon could face a demand to change how it operates or a fine of up to 10% of its global revenue. Measured by 2019 numbers, that top bar would be $28 billion. Amazon is expected to negotiate and ultimately could also challenge the case in an EU court. The company has long argued that it does not use seller-specific data to directly compete with its own products, and has generally rejected accusations of anti-competitive behavior. \"We disagree with the preliminary assertions of the European Commission and will continue to make every effort to ensure it has an accurate understanding of the facts,\" the company said in a statement on Tuesday. \"No company cares more about small businesses or has done more to support them over the past two decades than Amazon.\" In recent years, as Amazon's power has grown, it has attracted a lot of scrutiny. It is a $1.5 trillion company that employs over a million workers . The company's CEO, Jeff Bezos, is the world's wealthiest person. Amazon operates the largest cloud-computing business, has one of the fastest-growing delivery networks in the U.S. and the most prominent online shopping platform. A growing chorus of critics and concerned politicians and regulators are scrutinizing the work conditions at Amazon's warehouses, its impact by law enforcement — and the dynamics of its powerful digital marketplace. Last month, Amazon and other tech giants were called \"gatekeepers of commerce and communications\" by a sweeping 449-page report by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel. The report made a detailed case for stripping Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google of the power than has made each of them dominant in their fields. EU regulators had launched their investigation in July 2019 , and zoomed in on Amazon's unique dual role as both the rule-setting owner of its marketplace and a retailer who competes against other sellers on this platform. Since 2015, third-party sellers have accounted for more than half Amazon's global sales, Bezos told shareholders last year . The company often touts this as a success story for many small- and medium-sized businesses. In the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. state attorneys general are also investigating Amazon's retail marketplace, warehouse conditions and other parts of its business. Amazon often points out \" intense competition \" in every segment of its operations — and that shopping on Amazon still represents a small fraction of overall retail sales, the overwhelming majority of which continue to happen in physical stores. \"We are very fortunate to have ... become a significant and an important company. And with that, of course, it's completely normal we be scrutinized,\" Bezos told shareholders in May . \"We welcome the scrutiny. 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The Japanese bank \"Damocles\" an early warning indicator of EM Exchange Rate Crises, has highlighted its risk rise since its last update in May, with the largest increases in the Czech Republic and Brazil. Since May, the model's total score on all 32 increased to 2,234 from 1,744. The model scores a country's foreign exchange reserves, exchange rate, financial health, and interest rates. Nomura thinks a score above 100 suggests a 64% likelihood of a currency crisis in the next 12 months. Egypt, which deflated its currency twice this year and sought an IMF program, scores 165. Romania's currency has been propped up via interventions. Sri Lanka and Turkey scored 138, while the Czech Republic, Pakistan, and Hungary got 126, 120, and 100. Nomura performed the Damocles model on the G7 group of top economies, and all but Japan have Damocles scores above 100, led by the US and UK. Emerging markets are fragile. Most have not yet recovered from COVID-19 and confront high inflation, limited fiscal room, negative real interest rates, a poorer balance of payments, and lower FX reserve protection. Nomura: \"Surprisingly, there haven't been more EM currency crises this year.\" \"EM difficulties aren't over, though. 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The shift, which comes as more and more people opt for streaming services over traditional cable , was telegraphed by the company when it released its most recent earnings last month. The new company will also get Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel as well as movie ticketing platform Fandango and the Rotten Tomatoes movie rating site. Peacock will remain with Comcast, as will Bravo, which provides significant content for the Peacock streaming service. Mark Lazarus, current chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group, will serve as the new entity's chief executive officer. Anand Kini, the current chief financial officer of NBCUniversal, will take on the same title with the new company as well as the chief operating officer role. \"As a standalone company with these outstanding assets, we will be better positioned to serve our audiences and drive shareholder returns in this incredibly dynamic media environment across news, sports and entertainment,\" Lazarus said Wednesday. Comcast said in the 12-month period ending September 30, the assets that will comprise the new company generated about $7 billion of the company's approximate $123 billion in revenue. Comcast expects the new company to have the financial flexibility to be \"a potential partner and acquirer of other complementary media businesses.\" The spin-off is targeted for completion in about a year, the entertainment giant said, pending financing and approval from its board and government regulators. Shares of Comcast, based in Philadelphia, rose 1% to $42.75. Like other cable companies, Comcast in recent years has shifted its business emphasis away from tradition cable toward streaming and other sources of revenue, such as its movie studio, theme parks and home wireless and internet services. In its most recent quarter, Comcast reported that paid subscribers to its streaming Peacock channel jumped by 3 million, or 29%, to 36 million subscribers. Peacock's revenue soared 82% to $1.5 billion in the period. Peacock was launched in 2020, and after a confusing, glitchy start, has taken off recently, boosted in part by the platform's success and popularity during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Peacock streamed all 329 medal events and over 5,000 hours of coverage during the Games, with viewers streaming more than 23 billion minutes of Olympic coverage, led by Peacock. That's a 40% increase over all previous Summer and Winter Olympics combined, Comcast said. Comcast reported revenue of more than $32 billion and profit of $1.12 per share in its most recent quarter, boosted by the summer box-office success of \"Despicable Me 4,\" which grossed more than $1 billion worldwide. The company expects to open its Epic Universe theme park in Orlando in May of next year. 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Gallagher has become increasingly vocal about the immense climate pressure being heaped on the energy industry and the need for change.Last month he called on Australia to take a lead in the carbon offset market.\"Australia can become a carbon storage superpower based on our vast tracts of pastoral and cropping land and our depleted oil and gas reservoirs,\" Mr Gallagher said at an energy conference. \"Just as Japan and Korea have counted on Australia to supply the energy resources to feed their economies over the last half century, they and other countries can look to Australia to help meet their emissions reduction targets.\"Focusing on these \"ESG leaders\" and impact investments would result in Nuveen identifying the best operated and managed issuers; the ones least likely to have problems in the future, Mr Liberatore said.\"Ultimately what we hope we have combined is a portfolio that can outperform regardless of the market environment and can deliver long-term outperformance, with 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Today, a startup that believes it has solved some of these problems is announcing a big round of funding as it prepares to grow. Enpal – a solar startup from Berlin, Germany, which uses artificial intelligence for provisioning and installation of services, and then a subscription style model for owners to pay for (you could even call it a SaaS model: solar-as- a-service) – has raised € 150 million ($ 174 million) from SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The financing closes its Series C at € 250 million ($ 290 million), including € 100 million that Enpal raised earlier this year from investors including HV Capital and SolarCity co-founder Peter Rive. The investment values ​​Enpal at € 950 million ($ 1.1 billion) post-money, the company confirmed. To date, Enpal has raised about $ 360 million in equity, with another $ 406 million in debt. The company has some 10,000 clients in Germany and the plan will be to continue growing in its local market, as well as making its first efforts to expand to new ones. Ultimately, Enpal's goal, said CEO Mario Kohlen, is to make using renewable energy a realistic option for everyone and everything. \"Our plan is to go beyond Germany because the climate crisis goes beyond our borders,\" Kohlen said in an interview. \"We also thought that this little thing that we invented could also expand into electric mobility and community-based power distribution.\" Founded in 2017 with Viktor Wingert and Jochen Ziervogel, Kohlen said the original idea was to build a new startup that could be more proactive about the climate crisis. His previous company, a lead generation startup that he sold to PE firm General Atlantic, had several clients who came from the solar market. Coal liked what they were trying to do, but he saw them fail over and over again. He started to do some research on why and found that it was not the solar technology itself, but all the obstacles to selling and provisioning it efficiently. The business model just didn't fit for most of them. So this is where Enpal, which is a portfolio of \"energy\" and \"pal\" coal said, put all its focus. He first built an artificial intelligence-based algorithm that allows users to take pictures of their roofs and then uses computer vision and other techniques to determine the size and position of the installation required. The entire provisioning part of the installation is done remotely, with technicians visiting the house only at the point of installation, which means faster service at lower cost. From there, customers use an IoT application to measure their energy collection and storage (in lithium iron phosphate cells also supplied by Enpal) and consumption, and to pay for services. They pay only for the energy used by the system, not the panels themselves. Users who sign 20-year contracts can buy their panels for 1 euro at the end of that period. While a number of energy-focused green technology companies in today's market are focused on innovations in how to generate energy or consume less, or less impact on our environment, Enpal is part of an emerging group that relies on those innovations. , but they themselves are more focused on how to make scaling those solutions more practical and cost-effective. Another startup called Aurora Solar is tackling this as a B2B2C problem: In May, it raised a $ 250 million Series C earlier this year for technology that also uses computer vision (along with satellite mapping and other data), which it sells. to solar companies to help them automate home installation designs and cost estimates, thereby reducing the huge costs associated with that as well. Shooting at the moon, of course, carries risks. Aurora's focus on selling software to the solar industry means that it does not control the entire business model and its success relies on its clients continuing to grow (and not failing due to the many other challenges in running a solar business). Enpal has a different challenge, and that is that it must make sure that it is not over-leveraged with the amount of solar installations it has on the market subsidized by Enpal itself, and those clients may not buy as much. solar energy as it had been projected to buy. And while you could argue that there are hundreds of tech companies that essentially follow similar principles, any company that supplies a device to a customer so that the customer will pay for a service on that device, at an estimated cost of between $ 15,000 and $ 40,000 . For a solar power system for a 2,000-square-foot home, this hardware is typically two orders of magnitude more expensive than, say, a set-top box. That basic panel grant model is one of the reasons the company has gone into so much debt. Coal believes that the chances of that playing out in a difficult way for the company are low simply because the model is so compelling. The company is not yet profitable, but \"we have a positive contribution margin up front\" due to the SaaS model, he said. \"That is something that customers are paying for and it means that we have a positive cash flow from the beginning. And what customers like is that they are paying less and getting a free solar system. \" Investors also seem to agree. \"Rising electricity prices and increasing demand mean that renewable energy adoption is rapidly becoming mainstream,\" Yanni Pipilis, managing partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, said in a statement. \"We believe that Enpal offers customers an all-in-one solar solution, which lowers barriers to entry for consumers. 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It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as Daily Telegraph & Courier. Three Recent Telegraph Stories: The Russian town of Norilsk above the Arctic circle suffered a disastrous fuel spill in May 2020. The Telegraph heads out to investigate – and discovers many more sites contaminated by the local factories and mines owned by Russian metals giant, Nornickel. 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No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks in Buqyaq and the Khurais oil field, though Yemen's Houthi rebels previously launched drone assaults deep inside of the kingdom. It wasn't clear if there were any injuries in the attacks, nor what effect it would have on oil production in the kingdom. The attack also likely will heighten tensions further across the wider Persian Gulf amid a confrontation between the U.S. and Iran over its unraveling nuclear deal with world powers. Online videos apparently shot in Buqyaq included the sound of gunfire in the background. Smoke rose over the skyline and glowing flames could be seen a distance away at the Abqaiq oil processing facility. The Saudi-owned satellite news channel Al-Arabiya later aired a segment with a correspondent there as smoke from the blazes clearly rose behind. Explore where you live. Subscribe for 12 FREE weeks of unlimited digital access. The fires began after the sites were \"targeted by drones,\" the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency. It said an investigation into the attack was underway. Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil giant, did not immediately respond to questions from The Associated Press. The kingdom hopes soon to offer a sliver of the company in an initial public offering. Saudi Aramco describes its Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq as \"the largest crude oil stabilization plant in the world.\" The facility processes sour crude oil into sweet crude, then later transports onto transshipment points on the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. Estimates suggest it can process up to 7 million barrels of crude oil a day. The plant has been targeted in the past by militants. Al-Qaida-claimed suicide bombers tried but failed to attack the oil complex in February 2006. The Khurais oil field is believed to produce over 1 million barrels of crude oil a day. It has estimated reserves of over 20 billion barrels of oil, according to Aramco. There was no immediate impact on global oil prices as markets were closed for the weekend across the world. Benchmark Brent crude had been trading at just above $60 a barrel. Buqyaq is some 330 kilometers (205 miles) northeast of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. While no group immediately claimed the attacks, suspicion immediately fell on Yemen's Houthi rebels. A Saudi-led coalition has been battling the rebels since March 2015. The Iranian-backed Houthis hold Yemen's capital, Sanaa, and other territory in the Arab world's poorest country. The war has become the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The violence has pushed Yemen to the brink of famine and killed more than 90,000 people since 2015, according to the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, or ACLED, which tracks the conflict. Since the start of the Saudi-led war, Houthi rebels have been using drones in combat. The first appeared to be off-the-shelf, hobby-kit-style drones. Later, versions nearly identical to Iranian models turned up. Iran denies supplying the Houthis with weapons, although the U.N., the West and Gulf Arab nations say Tehran does. The rebels have flown drones into the radar arrays of Saudi Arabia's Patriot missile batteries, according to Conflict Armament Research, disabling them and allowing the Houthis to fire ballistic missiles into the kingdom unchallenged. The Houthis launched drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia's crucial East-West Pipeline in May as tensions heightened between Iran and the U.S. In August, Houthi drones struck Saudi Arabia's Shaybah oil field, which produces some 1 million barrels of crude oil a day near its border with the United Arab Emirates. U.N. investigators said the Houthis' new UAV-X drone, found in recent months during the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen, likely has a range of up to 1,500 kilometers (930 miles). 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In September, its officials predicted that they would reduce their benchmark rate four times next year, on top of three rate cuts this year. Yet that outlook has swiftly changed. Several surprisingly strong economic reports, combined with President-elect Donald Trump's policy proposals, have led to a decidedly more cautious tone from the Fed that could mean fewer cuts and higher interest rates than had been expected. Fewer rate cuts would likely mean continued high mortgage rates and other borrowing costs for consumers and businesses. Auto loans would remain expensive. Small businesses would still face high loan rates. In a speech last week in Dallas, Chair Jerome Powell made clear that the Fed isn't necessarily inclined to cut rates each time it meets every six weeks. \"The economy is not sending any signals that we need to be in a hurry to lower rates,\" Powell said. \"The strength we are currently seeing in the economy gives us the ability to approach our decisions carefully.\" His comments were widely seen as signaling potentially fewer rate cuts in 2025, a view that sent stock prices falling after they had surged with Trump's election. Trump has proposed higher tariffs on all imports as well as mass deportations of undocumented immigrants — steps that economists say would worsen inflation. The president-elect has also proposed a menu of tax cuts and deregulation, which might help spur economic growth but would also fan inflation if businesses couldn't find enough workers to meet increased consumer demand. And recent economic data suggests that inflation pressures could prove more persistent and economic growth more resilient than was thought just a few months ago. At his most recent news conference, Powell suggested that the economy could even accelerate in 2025. Wall Street traders and some economists now envision just two, rather than four, rate cuts next year. And while the Fed will likely cut its key rate when it meets in mid-December, traders foresee a nearly even likelihood that the central bank could leave the rate unchanged. \"I absolutely would anticipate that they'll ease up on the pace of cuts,\" said Jim Baird, chief investment officer at Plante Moran Financial Advisors. \"The potential for growth to remain strong — that has to call into question whether they will feel either the need or ability to cut rates at the pace they had previously forecast.\" Economists at Bank of America expect annual inflation to remain \"stuck\" above 2.5%, higher than the Fed's 2% target level, in part given the likelihood that Trump's economic proposals, if carried out, would fuel price pressures. The economists now foresee just three rate reductions in the coming months, in December, March and June. And they expect the Fed to stop easing credit once its benchmark rate, now at 4.6%, reaches 3.9%. Krishna Guha, an analyst at investment bank Evercore ISI, wrote last week that, \"We think the looming Trump presidency is helping to drive a change in tone from the Fed — including Powell — toward a warier and more hedged posture on the pace and extent of further cuts.\" Trump has vowed to impose a 60% tariff on all Chinese goods and a \"universal'' tariff of 10% or 20% on everything else that enters the United States. On Wednesday, a top executive at Walmart, the world's largest retailer, warned that Trump's tariff proposals could force the company to raise prices on imported goods. \"Tariffs will be inflationary for customers,\" John David Rainey, Walmart's chief financial officer, told The Associated Press. Other consumer goods and retail companies, including Lowe's, Stanley Black & Decker, and Columbia Sportswear, have issued similar warnings. In trying to gauge the right level for interest rates, the Fed's policymakers face a significant obstacle: They don't know how much further they can reduce rates before reaching a level that neither stimulates nor restrains the economy - what's called the \"neutral rate.\" The officials don't want to cut rates so low as overheat the economy and reignite inflation. Nor do they want to keep rates so high as to damage the job market and the economy and risk a recession. An unusually wide divergence has developed among the 19 officials on the Fed's rate-setting committee as to where the neutral rate is. In September, the officials collectively projected that the neutral rate lies between 2.4% and 3.8%. Lorie Logan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, has noted that that range is twice as large as it was two years ago. In a recent speech, Logan suggested that the Fed's benchmark rate might be only slightly above the neutral level now. If so, that would mean few additional rate cuts are needed. Other officials disagree. In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Austan Goolsbee, president of the Fed's Chicago branch, said he thought the neutral rate is much lower than the Fed's current rate. If so, many more rate cuts would likely be appropriate. \"I still think we're far from what anybody thinks is neutral,\" Goolsbee said. \"We still got a ways to come down.\" Perhaps the biggest unknown is how Trump's proposals on tariffs, deportations and tax cuts will shape the Fed's rate decisions. Powell has stressed that the Fed won't change its policymaking until it's clear what changes the new administration will actually implement. As is customary for the Fed, though, Powell avoided commenting directly on presidential policies. But he did acknowledge that the Fed's economists are assessing the potential effects of a Trump presidency. \"We don't actually really know what policies will be put in place,\" Powell said. \"We don't know over what timeframe.\" Another factor is that the economy is much different now than when Trump first took office in January 2017. With unemployment lower than it was then, economists say, additional stimulus through tax cuts might create more demand than the economy can handle, possibly fueling inflation. Tax cuts, \"starting from an economy close to full employment, will lead to inflation and, by implication, higher Fed policy rates and a stronger dollar,\" Olivier Blanchard, a former top economist at the International Monetary Fund and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, wrote in a recent commentary. In 2018, when Trump imposed a slew of tariffs on imports from China, as well as on steel, aluminum and washing machines, Fed economists produced an analysis of how they should respond. Their conclusion? As long as the tariffs were one-time increases and the public didn't expect inflation to rise, the Fed wouldn't have to respond by raising its key rate. Yet last week, Powell acknowledged that the economy was different now, with inflation a bigger threat. \"Six years ago,\" he said, \"inflation was really low and inflation expectations were low. And now, we've come way back down, but we're not back where we were. 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The nation's power grid also is aging, requiring a constant stream of work by electric companies nationwide. With overtime, salaries can easily soar into the six-figure range. 2 hours ago in Authorities said Saturday that a gunman killed five people during a mass shooting in the West Texas cities of Odessa and Midland that left many more injured. 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A trio of state Court of Appeal justices in Los Angeles this week said otherwise. \"We are persuaded that Amazon's own business practices make it a direct link in the vertical chain of distribution under California's strict liability doctrine,\" the justices ruled, rejecting Amazon's claim that its site is merely a platform connecting buyers and sellers. Bottom line: Amazon — and by extension other online retailers — isn't just a bystander when someone purchases a third-party product. It's a key part of the transaction. And it can be held accountable if that product turns out to be harmful. \"Amazon is the retailer. They're the one selling the product,\" said Christopher Dolan, a San Francisco lawyer who spearheaded the case against the e-commerce behemoth. \"Because of this ruling,\" he told me, \"you can be sure Amazon is rewriting all its rules for third-party sellers, and it's doing it today.\" More than half of all the stuff sold by Amazon comes from third parties — a crucial aspect of the company's retail dominance. In the fourth quarter of 2020, that percentage hit a record 55% . At issue here is a December 2015 purchase of a kids' toy — a hoverboard — by Kisha Loomis, a resident of Oroville in Butte County, north of Sacramento. Remember hoverboards? They were those self-balancing devices meant to resemble the flying skateboards from \"Back to the Future Part II.\" The real-world versions weren't nearly as cool as the one Marty McFly rode around the fictional California town of Hill Valley. They had wheels and were powered by lithium-ion batteries. Trouble was, those batteries had an alarming habit of bursting into flames. That's what happened with the hoverboard Loomis purchased via Amazon from a Chinese manufacturer as a Christmas present for her son. Less than a week after the holiday, Dolan said, the hoverboard \"exploded while charging in a bedroom.\" Loomis was \"severely burned,\" he said, \"as she attempted to throw the burning toy from her home.\" As it happens, L.A. firefighters encountered their first exploding hoverboard around the same time Loomis' device blew up. KTLA obtained video of a hoverboard catching fire on a Koreatown sidewalk. In pursuing his case on Loomis' behalf, Dolan found that the Chinese manufacturer and its U.S. distributor had gone out of business, \"leaving only Amazon to be held accountable for the injuries to Ms. Loomis and the damages to her home.\" Amazon prevailed in the original case. An L.A. judge agreed with the Seattle company that it was merely an \"online advertiser\" and not responsible for the third-party products it sells. The lawsuit was dismissed in March 2019. This week's appellate court decision overturns that ruling, holding Amazon accountable for the products it allows third parties to sell on its website. The appellate justices cited Amazon's \"substantial ability to influence the manufacturing or distribution process through its ability to require safety certification, indemnification and insurance before it agrees to list any product.\" An Amazon spokeswoman, requesting anonymity even though she's, you know, a spokeswoman, declined to comment on the new ruling or whether Amazon will appeal it to the state Supreme Court. She said only that \"Amazon invests heavily in the safety and authenticity of all products offered in our store, including proactively vetting sellers and products before being listed, and continuously monitoring our store for signals of a concern.\" Product liability experts told me this week's decision makes clear that online merchants are just that — merchants — and can't hide behind their connecting-the-world technology to shield them from responsibility for distributing unsafe goods. \"I'd like to say this shouldn't even be a debate,\" said Alex Harman, competition policy advocate for Public Citizen. \"But getting some clarity on this is really helpful.\" Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, said the ramifications of the ruling \"are potentially substantial for Amazon and other online retailers.\" Rachel Weintraub, legislative director for the Consumer Federation of America, called the ruling \"incredibly important.\" \"Consumers do not realize that some platforms claim they are not acting as a retailer when they purchase from them online,\" she told me. \"This decision will help consumers obtain redress.\" Product safety has been a hot topic lately. I wrote the other day about Peloton refusing to recall a treadmill linked to the death of a child and possible harm to dozens more. Although the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an \"urgent warning\" about the Peloton Tread+ exercise machine, Peloton rejected the notice as \"inaccurate and misleading,\" and said \"there is no reason to stop using the Tread+.\" The CPSC relies for the most part on companies voluntarily recalling questionable products. It also is prevented by law from alerting consumers about potentially dangerous goods without a company's permission. This week's Amazon ruling lays down a legal marker that consumers can demand satisfaction from online merchants for the goods they sell, regardless of whether those goods originated elsewhere. Dolan said Amazon is now almost certainly informing its third-party sellers that they will have to be adequately insured if they want access to the company's vast customer base. He said the company also will be much more mindful of any reports of potentially dangerous products and will act more quickly to halt any such sales. I asked if he's worried about Amazon taking the case to the California Supreme Court. \"I hope they do,\" Dolan replied. \"But I don't think they will. They can read the tea leaves.\" And those tea leaves say consumers just scored a big win. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({ appId : '134435029966155', xfbml : true, version : 'v2.9' }); }; (function(d, s, id){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Source link The post Burnt hoverboard from Amazon results in a win for consumers appeared first on Kryptobia.com .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "University of Richmond", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "University of Richmond", "length": 22, "offset": 4189}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Amazon", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 22}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 67}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 254}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 375}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 544}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 638}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 867}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1089}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1214}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1980}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 2597}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 2688}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 2983}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 3096}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 3306}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 3440}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 3510}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 4283}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 5269}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 5461}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 5808}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 6440}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Public Citizen", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Public Citizen", "length": 14, "offset": 4083}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "KTLA", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "KTLA", "length": 4, "offset": 2375}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Supreme Court", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Supreme Court", "length": 13, "offset": 3475}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Consumer Federation of America", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Consumer Federation of America", "length": 30, "offset": 4366}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Peloton", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Peloton", "length": 7, "offset": 4701}, {"position_text": "Peloton", "length": 7, "offset": 4898}, {"position_text": "Peloton", "length": 7, "offset": 4931}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Court of Appeal", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Court of Appeal", "length": 15, "offset": 286}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Butte County", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Butte County", "length": 12, "offset": 1483}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Koreatown", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Koreatown", "length": 9, "offset": 2430}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Oroville", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Oroville", "length": 8, "offset": 1471}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "Seattle", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Seattle", "length": 7, "offset": 2757}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 969, "text": "Facebook Whistleblower to Testify in UK Amid Growing Scrutiny of Social Giant\nFormer Facebook data scientist turned whistleblower Frances Haugen plans to answer questions Monday from lawmakers in the United Kingdom who are working on legislation to rein in the power of social media companies. Haugen is set to appear before a parliamentary committee scrutinizing the British government's draft legislation to crack down on harmful online content, and her comments could help lawmakers beef up the new rules. She's testifying the same day Facebook is expected to release its latest earnings. It will be her second appearance before lawmakers after she testified in the U.S. Senate earlier this month about the danger she says the company poses, from harming children to inciting political violence and fueling misinformation. Haugen cited internal research documents she secretly copied before leaving her job in Facebook's civic integrity unit. She told U.S. lawmakers that she thinks a federal regulator is needed to oversee digital giants like Facebook, something that officials in Britain and the European Union are already working on. The U.K. government's online safety bill calls for setting up a regulator that would hold companies to account when it comes to removing harmful or illegal content from their platforms, such as terrorist material or child sex abuse images. \"This is quite a big moment,\" Damian Collins, the lawmaker who chairs the committee, said ahead of the hearing. \"This is a moment, sort of like Cambridge Analytica, but possibly bigger in that I think it provides a real window into the soul of these companies.\" Collins was referring to the 2018 debacle involving data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica , which gathered details on as many as 87 million Facebook users without their permission. Haugen also is scheduled to meet next month with European Union officials in Brussels, where the bloc's executive commission is updating its digital rulebook to better protect internet users by holding online companies more responsible for illegal or dangerous content. More Facebook Coverage facebook Oct 24 EXPLAINER: What the Metaverse Is and How It Will Work facebook Oct 23 Amid the Capitol Riot, Facebook Faced Its Own Insurrection Under the U.K. rules, expected to take effect next year, Silicon Valley giants face an ultimate penalty of up to 10% of their global revenue for any violations. The EU is proposing a similar penalty. The U.K. committee will be hoping to hear more from Haugen about the data that tech companies have gathered. Collins said the internal files that Haugen has turned over to U.S. authorities are important because it shows the kind of information that Facebook holds — and what regulators should be asking when they investigate these companies. 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The company plans to split its $220 billion empire into six independently run entities: Cloud Intelligence Group Taobao Tmall Commerce Group Cainiao Smart Logistics Local Services Group Global Digital Commerce Group Digital Media and Entertainment Group SCMP noted that Alibaba's shares in New York and Hong Kong would remain unaffected under its first significant overhaul since its founding more than two decades ago. In a statement, Alibaba said the overhaul is \"designed to unlock shareholder value and foster market competitiveness.\" SCMP provided more details about the letter to employees and the future corporate organization structure: Alibaba's group chief executive Daniel Zhang will sit at the apex of the holding company, but will devolve all operational decisions including hiring and firing, research, profit and losses to the CEOs of each business unit, according to his letter to the company's employees. \"This transformation will empower all our businesses to become more agile, enhance decision-making, and enable faster responses to market changes,\" Zhang said. \"With this change, middle and back office functions at [Alibaba] will be slimmed down, while only functions required for listed company compliance will be retained.\" Each business unit will be given a pathway to raising funds through initial public offerings, said Alibaba. Alibaba shares listed in New York jumped more than 7% in premarket trading, indicating the market welcomes the move as it might unlock intrinsic value. Here's what Wall Street analysts are saying about the news (list courtesy of Bloomberg): Vey-Sern Ling, managing director at Union Bancaire Privee: \"Alibaba is trading at depressed valuation multiples as a group. This is made worse by loss-making units, like cloud, digital entertainment etc, which drag overall profitability and hence pull down its overall valuation\" \"If business units can spin off and IPO, it can help to crystallize value for Alibaba and make it more transparent for investors\" Marvin Chen, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence: The move is \"one step in the direction\" of China's campaign to curb monopolistic practices of tech giants \"While China tech spin offs are not uncommon, the move looks to be more encompassing, including core businesses, that may serve as a blueprint for the industry going forward\" Xiadong Bao, fund manager at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management: \"Together with yesterday's headline of Jack Ma and today's news on private sector entrepreneurs, these changes of perception should help market to confirm that China is refocus on growth\" The market should welcome the move given the gap between Alibaba's intrinsic value and current market value Steven Leung, executive director at UOB Kay Hian: News follows Beijing's vow to support the private sector, which is necessary if China wants to achieve its 5% GDP growth target \"We are not sure if Ant Group can be listed any time soon, but at least its subsidiaries could be able to do more fundraising,\" which is beneficial to the whole company Yang Wei, fund manager at Longwin Investment Management: The shake up will help Alibaba solve some of the problems associated with firms that become bulky and suffer from a lack of efficiency Its cloud business, for instance, is likely the first to get public funding while others that do not help the digitization of the economy will get lower priority Move should not expedite expectations of Ant Financial's listing Gary Dugan, chief executive officer at Global CIO office: Plan to spit up business is assumed to have had some kind of \"blessing from the authorities\" in which case it's seen as a solution for \"unlocking the value inside the business\" Sees move as positive for tech sector as it implies authorities are happy to companies to flourish but not concentrated in power Today's announcement coincided with the return of its billionaire co-founder Jack Ma to China after more than a year abroad. 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Not because there was a new one planned but because of the two documentaries, on Hulu and Netflix respectively released on January 14 and January 18th. Fyre Fraud on Netflix and Fyre Festival: The Greatest Party That Never Was show different sides of the fallout from the 2017 festival created by rapper Jah Rule and serial entrepreneur William \"Billy\" McFarland. Here are five reasons you should watch. (A picture is painted of the shenanigans that took place in each documentary but for the purposes of this story we are referencing the Netflix doc. 1.THE AUDACITY OF CAUCASITY: William 'Billy\" McFarland is a scammer and a criminal mastermind. He is also now a convicted felon though six years seems too little for a man who ran multiple scams of which the Frye Festival was the largest.And all by 25 years old, mind you. The New Jersey native, raised by parents that are real estate developers, first ran a company called Magnesis that produced and provided access to luxury events. Through the connections he made there, McFarland creates an artist booking app and hooks up with rapper Jah Rule to conceive a luxury music festival on a private island in the Bahamas. Without ruining it for you, McFarland uses a shoot with top models and social media influencers to advertise the festival which sells out. With $27 M in hand, McFarland soon either finds himself in over his head, or he knows from the beginning he can't pull it off, because one of the doc's unanswered questions is if the money wasn't used for booking acts for festival infrastructure, where did it go? 2. FOLLOW THE RULE Rapper Jah Rule was the festival's hype man and McFarland's partner, who seems largely to have been used as celebrity bait. Somehow, even though the festival was geared to millennials, Rule had just enough star power to make it legit. But by the time the festival came to its inevitable downfall, you're not sure how much he knew or didn't know, especially as it seems he never actually makes it to the island on the day of the festival. After the docs aired, Rule born, Jeffrey Atkins says that he, too was hoodwinked, but there's a scene in the doc that suggests once he knew the extent of the Fyre Festival deception, he was more interested in spinning it than making the situation right. Haha nice try homie you ain't getting the goods over Twitter… but I will tell my truth real soon… AND I HAVE RECEIPTS!!! https://t.co/O03JD3VQOl — Ja Rule (@Ruleyork) January 20, 2019 3. THE MODELS Had McFarland chosen to use his powers for good, The Fyre Festival could have been a huge success. Like many scammers, McFarland's greatest talent was to convince a lot of people that nothing was something. A marketing video shot on the private island where the festival was initially supposed to take place on with top models/influencers Chanel Iman, Emily Ratajkowski, Hailey Baldwin Bieber, Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid went viral. Those models have now been subpoenaed about their participation for the bankruptcy case arising from the failed festival. McFarland also reportedly paid influencer Jenner $250K for the orange square post that when simultaneously posted by an army of influencers also went viral and created demand for tickets, despite the fact that the advertised acts would have barely sold out a day at Made In America or any other U.S. festival. 4.FOMO IS REAL FOMO, the condition known as \"Fear Of Missing Out\" was apparently the impetus for thousands to sell out the festival days after it was advertised. That was one of the things that may have made McFarland decide that the stress of actually putting on a festival and the work and money it required would have been too hard, when just keeping the money would be easier. Once the marketing effort was over with, the doc is a descent into chaos that seems very clearly was never going to be pulled off. Aside from the questions of funding, organization and infrastructure, there was also just plain bad juju that hovered over the festival in its planning stages. Despite the young talent McFarland amassed to build the artist booking app that was to become and integral part of Fyre Media pre-and post festival, they were mostly wasted as the festival, the app and the company were all casualties of the mess he created. 5. WHAT PEOPLE DO FOR WATER Event producer Andy King will go down in documentary history as the individual most willing to take one for the team. His testimony about what happened when the Bahamian government denied festival organizer access to four trucks filled with Evian water became meme and social media gold after the doc aired. We won't spoil it for you here but let's just say, if you had to pull off a near impossible event with little resources and an egomaniacal con man at the helm, he's the guy you want. Here are the trailers for both docs: Which one are you checking out? 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Sberbank accounts for close to a third of Russia's banking sector. The lender and four other financial institutions that the US targeted on Thursday oversee about $1tn in assets in total. \"The sanctions we imposed exceed anything that's ever been done,\" the US president said on Thursday. \"The sanctions we imposed have generated two-thirds of the world joining us. They are profound sanctions.\" The sanctions, imposed in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, restrict Sberbank's access to US dollar transactions. The US also froze assets at four other Russian banks including its second-biggest lender, VTB, as well as three midsize players, Bank Otkritie, Sovcombank OJSC and Novikombank. But the US stopped short of imposing such harsh restrictions on Gazprombank, Russia's third-largest bank. The state-controlled lender is the main conduit for foreign payments for oil and gas. Cutting off Gazprombank from dealing in US dollars would have had significant repercussions for Europe, which relies on Russia for 40 per cent of its natural gas supply and 26 per cent of oil. Although Russian banks remained on the Swift messaging system, Biden said there was still the option of cutting them from the global payments initiative that lies at the centre of global trade and facilitates trillions of dollars worth of transactions a day. World leaders are divided over whether to cut Russia from Swift, which would deliver a heavy blow to its banks and its ability to trade beyond its borders. Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, has pushed \"very hard\" for such a move, although he has faced resistance from Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, according to officials in both governments. \"These sanctions will have a significant impact on Russia's overall economy, and average Russians will feel the cost,\"… 2022-02-24 17:02:07 All news and articles are copyrighted to the respective authors and/or News Broadcasters. 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Antoine Arnault, one of the heirs to the LVMH empire, confirmed the deal during a news conference Monday with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and France's sports minister. LVMH's collaboration with the Games will span across various brands within the company's portfolio, including Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Moet Hennessy. Prestigious jeweler Chaumet was selected to design the medals for the Summer Games, and the French athletic delegation will wear clothes from one of LVMH's exclusive fashion houses. Sephora, LVMH's beauty retailer, is sponsoring the iconic Olympic torch relay. 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Unison, Unite, the GMB and NIPSA represent thousands of non-teaching staff in education. That includes bus drivers, school catering staff, classroom assistants, cleaners and other support workers. The unions are taking the strike action over the failure to reform their pay and cuts to the education budget. They said that there had been a failure to implement a long-standing review that would lead to pay increases. Unison, Unite and GMB members employed by the Education Authority (EA) will walk out for the full day on Thursday, while NIPSA members will strike for two hours after the start of their shifts. Unite members working for the EA are also striking on Wednesday 15 November. 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Agora, a empresa passa a oferecer rendimento de 105% do CDI para quem tem R$ 1.000 na conta ou mais (depositado ou recebido) — antes o rendimento era de 100%. Segundo a companhia, esta é a maior porcentagem de rendimento do país. A novidade passa a valer a partir de hoje, com liquidez diária, sem cobrança de IOF e para contas de pessoa física. Além disso, a aplicação do benefício é automática, ou seja, basta ter uma conta para ter acesso. ? Mercado Livre lança programa de troca de celulares usados; conheça ➡️ Canal do TechTudo no WhatsApp: acompanhe as principais notícias, tutoriais e reviews O TechTudo esteve presente na coletiva que compartilhou os detalhes sobre o novo rendimento da conta digital. Para o Head de Banco Digital do Mercado Pago no Brasil, Ignácio Estivariz, a solução chega para atender aos brasileiros em um cenário onde existem poucas opções de rendimento de saldo em conta. Segundo ele, foi ouvindo os usuários que a empresa decidiu \"oferecer a única conta que mais rende desde o primeiro dia, pensando também quando o dinheiro não dura o mês todo\". A seguir, entenda melhor os termos de uso do banco digital e veja como criar uma conta no Mercado Pago. Mercado Pago anuncia que sua conta digital é a que mais rende no Brasil; veja como ter Divulgação/Mercado Pago Como descobrir o que foi comprado no Mercado Pago? Confira no Fórum do TechTudo Como ter o rendimento de até 105% do CDI no Mercado Pago? Segundo o banco digital, para ter acesso a solução é necessário ter uma conta no banco digital do Mercado Livre e adicionar pelo menos R$ 1.000 na conta no intervalo de um mês. O investimento pode ser feito via transferência, depósitos ou Pix, de qualquer titularidade de origem. Segundo a empresa, o cliente passa a ter o rendimento automático de 105% do CDI garantido até o final do mês seguinte, independente do saldo da conta. Se você já tem a conta digital, basta realizar a transferência dentro do período citado e o retorno será aplicado; caso contrário, será preciso abrir sua conta de pessoa física. Para criar uma conta no Mercado Pago, vá até o site (https://www.mercadopago.com.br/) e clique em \"Abrir conta grátis\". Selecione \"Criar conta pessoal\" — os 105% são elegíveis apenas para pessoa física — e, em seguida, preencha os campos com as informações solicitadas. Será necessário validar seu e-mail, identidade e telefone. Para criar a conta do Mercado Pago é necessário acessar o site do banco digital. Reprodução/Mercado Pago A conta também pode ser criada pelo aplicativo do Mercado Pago, que está disponível para download no iPhone (iOS) e Android. Para isso, acesse a página do app na App Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mercadopago.wallet&hl=pt_BR&gl=US) ou na Google Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mercadopago.wallet&hl=pt_BR&gl=US) e siga o mesmo procedimento do site. Para consultar todos os termos e condições da solução, basta acessar a página com todos os detalhes: https://www.mercadopago.com.br/ajuda/32110. *A jornalista viajou para São Paulo a convite do Mercado Pago. Com informações de Mercado Pago. 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Initially, the company claimed in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission court filing that it had discovered the data breach in October 2023, but now, 23andMe has admitted that hackers started accessing users' accounts in April and did not detect the suspicious activity for five months, according to a recent filing sent to the California attorney general, which contains a log of notification letters the company sent to customers. Related: 23andMe attempts to wipe its hands clean of blame for DNA data breach \"Based upon our investigation of this incident, we believe a threat actor orchestrated a credential stuffing attack during the period from late April 2023 through September 2023 and gained access to your account,\" read one of the notification letters from 23andMe. A credential stuffing attack is when a hacker uses previously compromised login information such as usernames and passwords to try to break into an online system. The notification letters from 23andMe also went into more detail about what DNA data was stolen from customers during the breach. Last year, the company revealed that data such as users' DNA ancestry, their matched DNA relatives, self-reported location, family names and birth years were accessed in the cyberattack. It also previously revealed that \"health-related information based upon the user's genetics\" was also compromised. Now, in the new filing of notification letters, the company finally goes into more detail about what health information was actually stolen from users during the cyberattack. An at-home genetic testing kit from 23andMe.Shutterstock Shutterstock \"Our investigation determined the threat actor downloaded or accessed information in your account, such as certain health reports derived from the processing of your genetic information, including health-predisposition reports, wellness reports, and carrier status reports,\" read one notification letter. \"To the extent your account contained such information, the threat actor may have also accessed self-reported health condition information, and information in your settings.\" The revelation from 23andMe comes after the company swiftly updated the \"Dispute Resolution and Arbitration\" section of its terms of service agreement amid a pile-up of lawsuits against the company for the cyberattack, which was first reported to only have affected 14,000 users but was later admitted by the company that 6.9 million users were impacted. One of the changes in the contract appeared to include removing the ability for customers to take 23andMe to court to sue for damages if they weren't able to agree on a negotiation after arbitration. Another change included extending the informal resolution period to 60 days. The company also recently shifted the blame for the data breach to customers who \"recycled their own login credentials\" and claimed that \"the incident was not a result of 23andMe's alleged failure to maintain reasonable security measures under the CPRA,\" according to a letter from 23andMe's lawyers. Related: Veteran fund manager picks favorite stocks for 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc. This story was originally published January 26, 2024, 7:42 PM. 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SAN FRANCISCO -- The former chief security officer for Uber was convicted Wednesday of trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed tens of millions of customer records from the ride-hailing service. A federal jury in San Francisco convicted Joseph Sullivan of obstructing justice and concealing knowledge that a federal felony had been committed, federal prosecutors said. Sullivan remains free on bond pending sentencing and could face a total of eight years in prison on the two charges when he is sentenced, prosecutors said. \"Technology companies in the Northern District of California collect and store vast amounts of data from users,\" U.S. Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds said in a statement. \"We will not tolerate concealment of important information from the public by corporate executives more interested in protecting their reputation and that of their employers than in protecting users.\" It was believed to be the first criminal prosecution of a company executive over a data breach. A lawyer for Sullivan, David Angeli, took issue with the verdict. \"Mr. Sullivan's sole focus - in this incident and throughout his distinguished career - has been ensuring the safety of people's personal data on the internet,\" Angeli told the New York Times. Sullivan was hired as Uber's chief security officer in 2015. In November 2016, Sullivan was emailed by hackers, and employees quickly confirmed that they had stolen records on about 57 million users and also 600,000 driver's license numbers, prosecutors said. After learning of the breach, Sullivan began a scheme to hide it from the public and the Federal Trade Commission, which had been investigating a smaller 2014 hack, authorities said. According to the U.S. attorney's office, Sullivan told subordinates that \"the story outside of the security group was to be that 'this investigation does not exist,'\" and arranged to pay the hackers $100,000 in bitcoin in exchange for them signing non-disclosure agreements promising not to reveal the hack. He also never mentioned the breach to Uber lawyers who were involved with the FTC's inquiry, prosecutors said. \"Sullivan orchestrated these acts despite knowing that the hackers were hacking and extorting other companies as well as Uber,\" the U.S. attorney's office said. Uber's new management began investigating the breach in the fall of 2017. Despite Sullivan lying to the new chief executive officer and others, the truth was uncovered and the breach was made public, prosecutors said. Sullivan was fired along with Craig Clark, an Uber lawyer he had told about the breach. Clark was given immunity by prosecutors and testified against Sullivan. No other Uber executives were charged in the case. The hackers pleaded guilty in 2019 to computer fraud conspiracy charges and are awaiting sentencing. Sullivan was convicted of of obstruction of proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission and misprision of felony, meaning concealing knowledge of a felony from authorities. Meanwhile, some experts have questioned how much cybersecurity has improved at Uber since the breach. The company announced last month that all its services were operational following what security professionals called a major data breach, claiming there was no evidence the hacker got access to sensitive user data. The lone hacker apparently gained access posing as a colleague, tricking an Uber employee into surrendering their credentials. Screenshots the hacker shared with security researchers indicate they obtained full access to the cloud-based systems where Uber stores sensitive customer and financial data. It is not known how much data the hacker stole or how long they were inside Uber's network. 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The move will come six years after the government through its investment banks stepped in to save the former Hyundai Merchant Marine from bankruptcy and follows the government's successful efforts earlier this year to diverse of similar positions in midsized shipbuilders. There has been speculation in South Korea for much of 2021 that the government was seeking a buyer for HMM. Banking officials said work was proceeding on a plan to sell investments now that the shipping company regained stability. The plan is being furthered by the strong revenues HMM, like other containership operators, is generating during the current surge in the sector. The undersecretary of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries briefed reporters on the plans for HMM at a press conference on November 23. \"The roadmap includes a large-scale sale of HMM, as well as plans for the conversion of bonds into stocks,\" the minister said during the briefing. He expects the plan will be finalized by the end of the first quarter of 2022, saying that the search for an appropriate buyer has already begun. As with prior transactions, the likely buyer will be one of Korea's large conglomerates and the government will not seek offers from international buyers. Korea Development Bank became involved with HIMM in 2016 when the bank made a debt deal to save the troubled shipping company. KDB and Korea Ocean Business Corporation currently hold more than 40 percent of the shares of the shipping company in addition to large positions in convertible debt. If all the convertible debt was exercised, the government through the two banks would hold more than 70 percent of HMM's equity. Eom said the plan would include a strategy for the convertible debt but that they were unlikely to exercise all of it at this time as it would complicate the sale. \"If you own 70 percent of the stock, it is difficult to find a buyer, so I think it would be appropriate to hold 50 percent plus one share.\" In June, KDB said that it planned to convert more than$250 million of debt into shares giving it a position equal to just under 25 percent of HMM. The rescue plan for HMM had focused on revitalizing the fleet with new, more efficient vessels to lower operating costs. The minister said the plan projected that HMM would be able to generate at least $170 million in operating profit with the new low-cost structure created by building the fleet of ultra-large containerships. He noted that the company is on track to far exceed those projections based on the current strength of the container market. Through KDB, the government has been following a similar strategy to return other maritime industry companies to private investment. In 2019, they agreed to sell Daewoo Shipping & Marine Engineering to Hyundai. In 2021, deals were completed for three of Korea's midsized shipbuilders, including STX Offshore & Shipbuilding as well as Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction and Daesun Shipbuilding Engineering. The minister highlighted the success of the privatization of the shipbuilders. Orders at K Shipbuilding, formerly STX, have increased nearly fourfold in 2021 along with the launch of new partnerships for advanced ship technologies. Hanjin, which had no new orders in 2020, won its first commercial shipbuilding contracts in six years in 2021, and in the first nine months of 2021 Daesun more than doubled orders. While the government plans to continue to divest its ownership positions, they have also announced new plans to support the development of the shipbuilding industry. 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Levi's has asked the court for a preliminary and permanent injunction that would stop Cucinelli from making looks that it argues are infringing on its trademark. In an exclusive statement to WWD, Brunello Cucinelli said that his namesake fashion house \"has always valued the originality of its creations and the integrity of its business practices.\" Acknowledging the suit, he said he \"wished to clarify that the decorative elements, present on a very limited number of our products, represent a unique ornament, created exclusively for aesthetic purposes. They distinguish themselves as having different length, shape and position on various garments and never incorporate the logo or our brand.\" Cucinelli went on to say that he \"grew up with the myth of Levi's jeans: I believe they have represented for entire generations the idea of the American dream combined with a unique and inimitable taste. I started to wear them when I was a kid and I continued to do so over the years. Before launching our own 'total look,' we used Levi's denim to complement the outfits, confirming the great admiration I always had for this iconic and timeless brand.\" The entrepreneur started his fashion career learning to sew from his mother, and when he was 25 he sold his first 53 women's pullovers. They were in six colors, from azure to orange and light yellow, slim, and to be worn under a fitted jacket. He was driven by the idea of a Made in Italy product, leveraging the expertise of the artisans in the Umbria region, a storied knitwear hub. He went on to build his company in Solomeo, in Umbria, and publicly listing it in Milan in 2012. Last year, the company registered revenues of 1.14 billion euros, up 23.9 percent compared with 2022. \"Our intention has never been, nor will it ever be, to exploit or violate the brands or ideas of others. We understand the value of intellectual property and respect the uniqueness of each brand on the market. While taking into account the concerns [that Levi's] raised, we believe there is no risk of confusion for any customer in the world. The decoration we use is different in design and purpose and it is evident it is not a logo but an ornamental embellishment,\" Cucinelli said. He also remarked that the brand's collections comprise around 4,000 men's and women's models a year, while \"the decorative elements at issue concern an entirely negligible number of seasonal denim pieces for women.\" This being Cucinelli, he turned to his beloved philosophy and concluded by saying that, \"I always lived and worked with the idea that the great thinker [philosopher Karl] Popper passed on to me when he says: 'He who copies is almost never in the right.'\" Levi's started using the tab as a way of fending off copycats. \"LS&Co. began to display the Tab trademark on the rear pocket of its pants in 1936 when its then national sales manager, Leo Christopher Lucier, proposed placing a folded cloth ribbon in the structural seams of the rear pocket,\" the suit said. \"The purpose of this 'tab' was to provide 'sight identification' of LS&Co.'s products. Given the distinctiveness of the Tab trademark, Mr. Lucier asserted that 'no other maker of overalls can have any other purpose in putting a colored tab on an outside patch pocket, unless for the express and sole purpose of copying our mark and confusing the customer.'\" Levi's said it has continuously used the trademarked tab, selling millions of jeans, jackets and other goods bearing the mark every year. 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Fossil fuel companies would like taxpayers to keep footing the bill while they reap the profits from the burning of coal, oil and methane gas. That's not right. Companies whose products are responsible for the vast majority of the greenhouse gas emissions should be held liable for the costs. That's the concept behind the Polluters Pay Climate Cost Recovery Act, a bill in the California Legislature that would create a Superfund-style program to collect money from major fossil fuel companies such as Chevron and ExxonMobil to help the state pay for the environmental damage caused by their products. Other states, including New York, Massachusetts and Maryland, are considering similar \"Climate Superfund\" bills. They're modeled on the 1980 federal Superfund law that established an industry-funded trust fund to pay for cleaning abandoned hazardous waste sites and holds current and past operators and other responsible parties liable for the costs. California would not be the first to act; Vermont lawmakers earlier this month sent a Climate Superfund bill to their governor's desk. Senate Bill 1497, by Sen. Caroline Menjivar (D-Panorama City), rightly focuses on the world's largest fossil fuel companies on the grounds that they are responsible for much of the climate impacts California is experiencing and paying for today. The fund would come from the estimated 41 fossil fuel extraction and refining companies that meet the bill's threshold of being responsible for more than 1 billion metric tons of emissions from 2000 to 2020. Each would pay a share of the climate costs to the state based on a study to be conducted by the California Environmental Protection Agency. The total cost recovery could amount to tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars, according to legislative analysts, and could be paid in installments over 20 years. It may sound like a lot, but even that would not fully offset the costs climate-related damages California is expected to suffer for years to come from just those two decades of pollution. Wildfires alone have caused tens of billions in destruction of property, health costs and other losses in California in just the past few years. The new climate fund, supporters say, could pay for everything from seawall construction and zero-emission vehicles to forest and wetlands restoration and wildfire fighting costs. A new approach to addressing climate hazards is also warranted given the precariousness of California's roller coaster-like budget, which Menjivar, the bill's author, said demonstrates that \"we need creative solutions to relieve taxpayers of this burden.\" Just a few years after Gov. Gavin Newsom boasted about setting aside $54 billion to fight climate change, state lawmakers are now facing a $45-billion budget deficit and planning to cut billions from those same climate programs. The state's other big source of climate funding, the cap-and-trade program, has raised more than $27 billion over the last decade but is designed to generate less revenue as emissions decline. Oil companies have posted some of their best-ever profits in recent years so it's no surprise that the fossil industry and business trade groups are opposing the bill to keep raking in money at the planet and the public's expense. But it's time for them to sacrifice some of their huge profits to clean up the environmental mess they helped create. It's not fair for taxpayers to shoulder such a staggering burden. Passing this bill won't be easy as it requires a two-thirds vote. But it would show that California is serious about responding to the climate crisis in a fiscally responsible way, without saddling all of the costs on regular people. 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The negotiations, which began in September last year, have been fraught with tension, primarily over the issue of performance bonuses. The breakdown in talks on March 13 has prompted the union to halt operations at the 1st and 2nd cold rolling mills from 7 PM on the same day until March 20, further escalating the dispute. The negotiations resumed on March 13 after Hyundai Steel management lifted the lockout of the cold rolling mills at the Dangjin Steelworks on March 12, and the union agreed to suspend its partial strike to facilitate dialogue. However, the talks quickly reached an impasse, with both sides unable to reconcile their differences. The management's proposal of a basic salary increase of 100,000 won and a performance bonus of \"450% of the basic salary + 10 million won\" was met with resistance from the union, which is demanding a performance bonus equivalent to Hyundai Motor's \"500% of the basic salary + 18 million won.\" The management has expressed concerns about the financial implications of the union's demands, stating that while the company's separate net profit last year was 47.3 billion won, meeting the union's performance bonus expectations would result in a deficit of approximately 65 billion won. This financial strain has made further concessions challenging for the company. The labor union's decision to strike is a significant move, given the importance of the Dangjin Steelworks in Hyundai Steel's operations. 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It will prevent them from buying new ones. National surveys estimate that about 81 million U.S. adults own a firearm. See the sources for this fact-check Democratic leaders and President Joe Biden have hailed an assault-style weapons ban that the House of Representatives has advanced to the Senate as a way to address the epidemic of gun violence in America. But an Instagram post from the day before is framing the proposed legislation as a way to criminalize gun owners. The July 28 post features a manipulated image of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holding a crumpled copy of the U.S. Constitution. \"Thanks to gun-grabbing radicals, Nancy Pelosi now holds the fate of your second amendment rights in the palm of her rotting hand,\" text that's superimposed over the image read. A caption with the Instagram post claims the assault weapons ban would \"turn 150 million Americans into felons overnight.\" But the post is being hyperbolic. The proposed assault weapons ban would allow current gun owners to keep the semi-automatic weapons they already have, they just wouldn't be able to buy new ones. The offices of Reps. Jerry Nadler , D-N.Y., and David Cicilline , D-R.I., confirmed that existing gun owners will not be penalized under the bill and would not become felons overnight, as implied in the Instagram post. Nadler is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which advanced the bill to the House floor; Cicilline sponsored the measure. The post was flagged as part of Facebook's efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. Instagram is owned by Facebook's parent company, Meta. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .) H.R. 1808 , the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, was proposed after a spate of mass shootings, including ones in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, that were perpetrated by men wielding AR-15-style rifles. It would make it illegal to manufacture, sell, transfer, import or possess semi-automatic weapons and high capacity magazines. The U.S. previously passed an assault weapons ban in 1994, but it expired after 10 years . Although the bill passed the House with a 217-213 vote and near unanimous support from Democrats, it's not expected to advance in the Senate, as it's unlikely to get the 60 votes needed to overcome an expected Republican filibuster. If the measure passes the Senate, it would prohibit semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and pistols that can use a detachable magazine and have at least one type of military feature, such as a pistol grip, folding or detachable stock or threaded barrel. 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In July of 2021, the Biden Administration reassured American citizens that many of the price increases seen for common goods and services were only expected to be temporary. Unfortunately, with inflation figures steadily rising since the turn of the new year, this trend appears likely to continue impacting the vast majority of industries that contribute to the GDP as well as the pockets of the average citizen. As a result of scrambling to find potential solutions to these troublesome developments however, the United States government may have stumbled upon one rather unlikely contributing factor impacting rising costs – this time with respect to financial security and data protection. While most would see no direct correlation between data breaches and national inflation, a recent annual study published by American multinational technology corporation IBM revealed several striking findings with respect to cybersecurity risks that may in fact be playing a larger role on economic stability than one might think. The report coined the \"2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report\" – the 17 th iteration of its kind released by the firm – analyzed 550 organizations across 17 countries and operating in 17 varying industries that suffered a data breach between March 2021 and March 2022, including 13 companies that experienced data breaches involving the loss or theft of 1 million to 60 million records. The research, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and analyzed and subsequently published by IBM Security, aims to identify trends and determine the varying costs to organizations based on scale of business and the urgency placed on responding to the breach itself. The report indicates that with data breach costs increasing by over 13% between 2020 and 2022 alone, 60 percent of studied organizations raised their pricing on products or services because of a breach, 1 which analysts believe could be contributing to current inflation trends given the high monetary figures associated with these transgressions. According to IBM, the average cost of a data breach is $4.24 million, and with a greater number of companies succumbing to cyber-attacks and hacking exploits than ever before, these entities are essentially forced into raising prices to recoup their losses and invest in improving their respective cyber-safeguards. Unfortunately, the data also highlights that most of the companies falling victim to these exploits are not currently adequately equipped from a manpower or online infrastructure perspective to defend themselves against cyber crime. According to IBM, only 38 percent of the organizations that were studied have an adequately-staffed security team. 1 IBM also states in their report that contrary to what many organizations that remain hesitant to turn to the adoption of artificial intelligence and automation may think, properly staffing your cybersecurity team and investing in comprehensive compliance solutions can actually save approximately $550,000 on average per year, 2 far outweighing the costs of implementing staunch defenses. In fact, breaches at organizations with fully deployed security AI and automation cost USD 3.05 million less than breaches at organizations with no security AI and automation deployed – a 65% difference. 1 The U.S. government could make an impact on this issue any number of ways by promoting awareness on the risks as well as the potential savings that companies could be enjoying by taking cybersecurity more seriously. Of course, more regulations with harsher penalties could, and likely will, be implemented—though there are plenty in place already across the financial industry. The Biden administration would have to focus on getting companies across the U.S. to be more cooperative because this unique aspect of inflation leaves them at the mercy of companies to do their due diligence . \"Businesses need to put their security defenses on the offense and beat attackers to the punch,\" said Charles Henderson, global head of IBM Security X-Force, in a press release announcing the aforementioned study. \"It's time to stop the adversary from achieving their objectives and start to minimize the impact of attacks.\" 2 Citations Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022 . IBM Security, IBM. July 2022. Dale, Jeff. \"IBM Report: Data Breach Costs up, Contributing to Inflation.\" Compliance Week , Compliance Week, 4 Aug. 2022. 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(Bloomberg) — Monster Beverage Corp. is closing in on a $362 million deal to acquire rival drink maker Bang Energy out of bankruptcy, but a regulatory review has put the tie-up in jeopardy, according to court papers. Bang Energy maker Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc. said in a Wednesday court filing that the proposed sale to Monster is supported by its lenders and represents \"the only viable path\" to repaying its creditors in Chapter 11. The deal also includes a related settlement of litigation between the two companies. Bang's parent company said the transaction is being held up by a US Federal Trade Commission review. The FTC has indicated it will require more information on the sale as part of a review process. But if impediments to the deal don't \"fall away\" by the end of the week, the company could be forced to liquidate, according to Bang. The companies are urging the FTC to grant early termination of the review. Bang lawyer Andrew Sorkin said during a Thursday court hearing that the company will cease operations if it's unable to move forward with the Monster transaction, an outcome that would cost roughly 700 jobs. The FTC needs to make a determination within 24 hours because Monster's asset purchase agreement terminates if the deal doesn't clear the agency's review process by tomorrow night, he said. \"Either there's a sale to Monster or there will be an immediate liquidation,\" Sorkin said. The FTC review puts the company \"in a challenging and uncertain position\" because Monster requires the deal close by August 3 and financing for its Chapter 11 case matures on June 30, Bang said in court papers. Bloomberg has reported the FTC and Justice Department are requiring firms turn over more information about their transactions to crackdown on illegal mergers, a change that could add two to three months to deal timelines. The FTC is evaluating whether the so-called failing firm defense applies to the transaction, which would provide a justification for ending its review early, because Bang would be forced to liquidate if the Monster deal falls through, Sorkin said. An FTC spokesman said the agency doesn't comment on merger investigations. The transaction is also contingent upon the companies getting court approval of a related settlement of Monster's false advertising suit against Bang over \"super creatine\" branding on some Bang products and related litigation. Bang's parent company filed bankruptcy last October, months after a California jury awarded Monster $293 million against Bang and its founder and former Chief Executive Officer Jack Owoc. Earlier this year, the energy drink maker fired Owoc, who has publicly criticized how advisers are handling the Chapter 11 case and has fought the company over use of his social media accounts. Owoc and lawyers for Bang Energy and Monster didn't respond to messages Thursday seeking comment. (Updates headline and includes details on FTC antitrust exception.) 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Strive Masiyiwa, founder and Chairman of Liquid Intelligent Technologies said, \"I'm really excited by the connectivity solutions now emerging from breakthroughs in 5G private networks technologies. With this technology we are now able to provide services to large businesses like mines with their own 5G private networks that can also enable NextGen services like AI; this is huge\". The partnership will provide Liquid with exclusive rights in the Gulf, Middle East and Africa regions to sell and distribute Globalstar's XCOM RAN private networks 5G access solution. This innovative technology that enhances the 5G experience, also supports AI-driven applications and is set to revolutionise the mining industry in Africa and high-end markets in the Middle East and Gulf regions. \"We look forward to the opportunities this exclusive partnership with Globalstar will unfold for our existing and potential customers in these sectors. Globalstar's unique 5G enterprise solution will enable us to provide unparalleled connectivity to our customers on the continent, aligning with our ambition of becoming a leading technology company of African heritage, empowering businesses and communities with the reliable and high-speed internet access needed to thrive in the digital age,\" said Hardy Pemhiwa, President and Group CEO of Cassava Technologies. Liquid will provide comprehensive customer support for Globalstar's products and services, including technical support and warranty services. The collaboration also includes potential expansion to Globalstar's satellite, Band n53 spectrum and IoT solutions on a non-exclusive basis. \"Globalstar is pleased to join in partnership with Cassava and Liquid, a group of well-respected leaders with a sharp focus on technology deployments.\", said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, CEO of Globalstar. \"The regions where Liquid is a leader are large and growing markets for our technologies which enable safe automation and remote control of mobile equipment in high value environments. Our 5G XCOM RAN product fundamentally differs from traditional wireless solutions and enables mission critical high performance wireless applications. Combining XCOM RAN with the globally licensed Globalstar n53 midband spectrum , creates a very unique offering for private and enterprise 5G networks. Together, Liquid and Globalstar will accelerate advanced wireless technology deployments in Africa, Middle East and Gulf regions.\" The partnership between Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Globalstar is yet another achievement, reiterating Liquid's commitment to partnering with global organisations that share the aim to foster progress and innovation through connectivity for businesses and individuals on the African continent and beyond. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Liquid Intelligent Technologies. About Liquid Intelligent Technologies: Liquid Intelligent Technologies is a business of Cassava Technologies (Cassava), a technology company of African heritage with operations in 40-plus markets across Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, where the Cassava group companies operate. Liquid has firmly established itself as the leading provider of pan-African digital infrastructure with a 110,000 km-long fibre broadband network and satellite connectivity that provides high-speed access to the Internet anywhere in Africa. Liquid is also leveraging its digital network to provide Cloud and Cyber Security solutions through strategic partnerships with leading global players. Liquid is a comprehensive technology solutions group that provides customised digital solutions to public and private sector enterprises and SMEs across the continent. For more information, visit https://www.Liquid.Tech/ . About Globalstar: Globalstar empowers its customers to connect, transmit, and communicate in smarter ways – easily, quickly, securely, and affordably – offering reliable satellite and terrestrial connectivity services as an international telecom infrastructure provider. The Company's LEO satellite constellation assures secure data transmission for connecting and protecting assets, transmitting critical operational data, and saving lives for consumers, businesses, and government agencies across the globe. Globalstar's terrestrial spectrum, Band 53, and its 5G variant, n53, offers carriers, cable companies, and system integrators a versatile, fully licensed channel for private networks with a growing ecosystem to improve customer wireless connectivity, while Globalstar's XCOM RAN product offers significant capacity gains in dense wireless deployments. In addition to SPOT GPS messengers, Globalstar offers next-generation IoT hardware and software products for efficiently tracking and monitoring assets, processing smart data at the edge, and managing analytics with cloud-based telematics solutions to drive safety, productivity, and profitability. 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The spill took place Friday at a power plant in an outlying section of the city of Norilsk, 2,900 kilometres (1,800 miles) northeast of Moscow. Booms were laid in the Ambarnaya River to block the fuel; the river feeds a lake from which springs another river that leads to the environmentally delicate Arctic Ocean. Putin on Wednesday ordered officials to minimize the consequences of the spill. But Alexei Knizhnikov of the World Wildlife Fund's Russia operation said the damage to fish and other resources could exceed 1 billion rubles ($13 million). The plant is operated by a division of Norilsk Nickel, whose factories in the area have made Norilsk one of the most heavily polluted places on Earth. No cause for the accident has been determined, but a company statement said it was concerned about facilities constructed on sinking soil above permafrost. 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The battle for public opinion, much of it happening online, is intensifying as Sudan reels from economic crisis and a shaky transition to democracy following 30 years under President Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in a popular uprising in 2019. Facebook said one of the networks of inauthentic pages it took down was linked to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the other was populated with people who researchers, hired by the civilian government, flagged as supporters of Bashir agitating for a military takeover. This week, hundreds of protesters set up camp outside the presidential palace demanding that the military overhaul the cabinet, in what would effectively amount to a coup. Earlier this month, Facebook said it had shut a network of almost 1,000 accounts and pages with 1.1 million followers run by people the company said were linked to the RSF. The network boosted RSF official media feeds and other content related to the militia, led by powerful General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo who is deputy head of the ruling Sovereign Council and seen by some Sudanese as harbouring political ambitions. Representatives for the RSF and Dagalo did not respond to requests for comment. The government had no comment on the RSF-related takedown. Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, denies he is out for personal empowerment and has said in the past that he is committed to the democratic transition to civilian rule. Facebook's director of threat disruption, David Agranovich, told Reuters the network was identified by the platform's own internal investigation. The company also said it removed a second network in June, after being tipped off by Valent Projects, an independent research firm hired by Sudan's Information Ministry to look into activity linked to Bashir loyalists. Facebook said the network comprised more than 100 accounts and pages and had more than 1.8 million followers. The Sudanese government's efforts to fight what it describes as ex-regime loyalists working to undermine the transition has not previously been reported. Loyalists were \"working systematically to tarnish the image of the government\", the ministry said in a statement to Reuters, referring to social media posts in the network identified by Valent. In both networks, posts mimicked news media but offered skewed coverage of political events, according to Facebook and some independent researchers. Those Sudanese with internet access - estimated at about 30% of the 45 million population - depend heavily on social media for news. The military-civilian partnership that replaced now-jailed Bashir in 2019 has been pushed to breaking point in recent weeks in the aftermath of what authorities called a failed coup attempt. Civilian officials have accused both Bashir loyalists and the military of stirring up unrest, including in the east of the country where tribal protesters have been blocking shipping at Port Sudan, exacerbating shortages stemming from a long-running economic crisis. Military leaders deny the accusations and say they are committed to the transition to democracy. 'AGITATION' While Facebook says it uses technical signals on its platform to target groups working to mislead users about their identity, researchers like Valent Projects say they rely on analysis of content, noting for example when a single post is shared simultaneously by different accounts. Valent Projects said the network it identified was more than three times larger than Facebook's assessment, attracting more than 6 million followers and continuing to grow. It was active as recently as this week, agitating for a military takeover as protesters gathered in central Khartoum, and last month in the aftermath of the coup attempt, said Valent Projects representatives. \"It looks like they were trying to give the impression of grassroots support for such a move,\" said founder and director Amil Khan. When asked about the differing assessments, Facebook's Agranovich said the company was confident it had shut down the entire network and that other accounts Valent identified were not connected. He said Facebook would continue to monitor for any revival of the network. Some of the network's posts say Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is not a Muslim and accuse his staff of being paid in dollars, a charge they have denied. Contributors promote the return of Bashir, jailed on corruption and other charges and wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of atrocities in the Darfur conflict. Bashir has denied all charges. The network amplified calls for civil disobedience in the east, said Zouhir Al Shimale, Valent Projects' head of research. It also promoted protests ahead of the June 30 anniversary of the coup in which Bashir took power in 1989, according to the research firm. \"People in Sudan thought there was just going to be a massive demonstration because they saw so much activity,\" said Khan, citing a movement called Akhtona (\"Get out of the way\") in local Arabic dialect. In the end some 3,500 people showed up. Contacted by Reuters, three administrators of pages that Facebook left running denied being part of a network. \"The ruling bodies today categorise any criticism of their oppressive policies and poor economic and political management as being related to the former regime,\" said one of them, who declined to be identified. The information ministry said it took no legal measures against the pages or administrators. \"The Sudanese government is committed to protecting freedom of expression,\" it said. Two takedowns previously announced by Facebook, in December 2020 and May 2021, targeted accounts boosting Dagalo and the RSF, according to researchers at Stanford Internet Observatory and the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. In both networks Facebook said it found links to the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA), the officially defunct group accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections. Anna Bogacheva, who the United States accused of carrying out IRA operations to interfere with elections and political processes, declined to answer questions about IRA when reached by phone. Agranovich said the most recently targeted network linked to the RSF did not reveal foreign links, and appeared part of a growing trend of domestic influence operations. 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Insight also offers installers a suite of portfolio monitoring and management tools, allowing them to keep track of a large number of install sites with ease. Homeowners and property managers can leverage Insight as a single platform for energy management. Insight will provide homeowners and property managers with more accurate and complete data on their solar system performance, including the money-saving and environmental impact they've made. In addition to the system performance data, Insight will offer scalable load management features in the future. Insight mobile app is available on Apple Store and Google Play in selected countries. All current Insight 2 and Solar mobile app users are transferred to the Insight platform, and Conext Gateway and ComBox will be supported by Insight. About Schneider Electric Schneider Electric is leading the Digital Transformation of Energy Management and Automation in Homes, Buildings, Data Centers, Infrastructure and Industries. 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When we see young men and women competing at the Olympics every two years, there are many profiles about the athletes that we root for. We cheer on their athleticism and patriotism, but Athlete A exposes in terrifying detail how Larry Nassar was able to continue his reign of abuse on dozens of young women. Directors Bonni Cohen and John Shenk didn't anticipate how high up the story would go. Cohen and Shenk were in familiar territory since they directed another story about sexual abuse in Netflix's gut-wrenching Audrie & Daisy. I highly recommend viewing that film if you have the constitution to do so. The directors lay out everything so clearly that you feel like you are getting all of the information. A lot of docs, especially one with so many people and so many timelines, feel cluttered. Athlete A has a clarity that feels like it was waiting for the exact moment to be released. The film delves into the dark history of the world of gymnastics, so Cohen and Shenk reveal how easy it was for dubious men in power to take advantage of these young women. This all didn't happen coincidentally. Ultimately, the documentary is a call to action and an extension of the Me Too movement. The film gives survivors center stage to tell their stories on their terms without fear of the men who harmed them. Awards Daily: One of your last films, Audrie & Daisy, is very devastating, and both it and Athlete A are about assault. That one starts in a small town and kind of erupts on a national scale. This film exposes the truth of something that happened on a global stage. Why did you want to revisit this? Bonni Cohen: You used the word 'want'… AD: You're right. Maybe why did you feel compelled to tell this particular story? John Shenk: That's a great question and that's the question we asked ourselves when we heard this story. We met Jen Sey, who also produced the film, and she was a US National Champion and wrote a book on the subject. The bottom line of what drew us back into this world of a film centered on sexual abuse, we thought this story had a really amazing hopeful quality to it. These journalists, along with the survivors and the legal teams and the police formed this amazing team that showed the world how this could be undone. How you could take a wrong and make it a right. AD: Yeah. JS: While there are a lot of painful steps to get there and a lot of pushback from the US Gymnastic Federation, it was this amazing survivor story in our mind. If we could tell it from that perspective and get access to those stories and give these women a platform, we thought we could have a powerful film. AD: It's interesting that you bring up the press because I kept thinking about how the press has been under attack for the last five years. How did you want to show that thorough investigative work? BC: That's one hundred percent a reason why we wanted to do this. We saw an opportunity much like how Tom McCarthy did in Spotlight and the Boston Globe reporters. These guys were such a tenacious investigative team. They didn't have high budgets and they didn't have the resources that the New York Times or Washington Post have. They took the tiger by the tail and ran with it. They pulled at this string and it unlocked more and more what was wrong with this institution. It was just incredible to us that if they hadn't written that story in Georgia that exposed the policy inside USA Gymnastics and how they report sexual assault…if they had not written that story, the first three women wouldn't have come forward and started to reveal [Larry] Nassar. Making that film about those journalists when journalism is under attack, we wanted to frame the film in that way. To highlight the necessity and the good work. 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The campaign highlights the Sonata Hybrid's sleek design, premium features, and impressive efficiency, making it an ideal choice for the dynamic, fast-paced lifestyles of today's couples. Building on the success of the acclaimed 'OKAY Hyundai' series, Hyundai and Culture Brands continue its mission to deepen Hyundai's authentic connection with the African American community. This latest campaign exemplifies the brand's commitment to cultural resonance by collaborating with the renowned Invisible Collective. Directed by Nate Edwards, celebrated for his expertise in magical realism and cultural storytelling, the campaign showcases how the Sonata Hybrid enriches the dynamic, tech-driven lifestyles of today's couples, keeping their routines fresh and their connection vibrant. Adding to the creative excellence, the spot was edited by Vinnie Hobbs, a three-time MTV Video Music Award nominee for Best Editing. \"'Play for the Car' reflects Hyundai's focus on capturing life's meaningful moments and how our vehicles can help create them,\" said Sean Gilpin, chief marketing officer, Hyundai Motor America. \"It's about how the Sonata Hybrid empowers our customers to pursue their passions with confidence and style.\" The campaign follows Emmett and Cassie, a couple navigating the hustle of daily life while keeping their connection and playful spirit alive. When Cassie leaves behind her newly purchased Sonata Hybrid, Emmett eagerly takes it for a spin, turning an unexpected moment into an opportunity to add excitement to their routine. As he discovers the car's sleek design and advanced features, even the busiest day feels more enjoyable. Hyundai Sonata Hybrid \"Play for the car\" Campaign :30 TV Spot \"The story of Emmett and Cassie is the story of many of us – finding moments of connection and joy amid the chaos of daily life,\" said Nate Edwards, director of the campaign. \"The Sonata Hybrid serves as the backdrop to a narrative that celebrates love, life, and sustainability.\" The 2025 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid features a 2.0L GDI 4-cylinder hybrid engine paired with a 6-speed automatic transmission, delivering impressive fuel efficiencyi without compromising performance. Standard features include dual LED projector headlights, a 12.3-inch touchscreen with wireless Android Auto™ and Apple CarPlay®ii, and a suite of advanced safety technologies such as Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist and Blind-Spot Collision Warning. \"The 'OKAY Hyundai' series continues to push boundaries in connecting with diverse audiences, and this latest campaign is no exception,\" said Erik Thomas, director of experiential and multicultural marketing at Hyundai Motor America. \"Through relatable storytelling and intentional representation, we're showcasing how the 2025 Sonata Hybrid is synonymous with the innovation and sophistication that today's drivers expect.\" \"Play for the Car\" will run across multiple platforms, including 15- and 30-second broadcast and digital spots, as well as influencer partnerships. The campaign aims to influence awareness and opinion through impactful and relevant narratives that resonate with a diverse audience. 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Violent anti-lockdown protests lead to 16 arrests Hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters have violently clashed with police in Melbourne resulting in the arrest of 16 people and 96 penalty notices. Anti-lockdown protesters have already planned their next rally despite Melbourne's lockdown coming to an end. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Daniel PockettSource:News Corp Australia Anti-lockdown protesters are planning to carry on with their next rally despite Melbourne's strict lockdown coming to an end on Tuesday night. Protesters are planning to hit the city's streets again ahead of the next easing of coronavirus restrictions on November 8. The Freedom Day demonstrators are now planning to march at Victorian parliament on Spring Street on Melbourne Cup Day to demand that Premier Daniel Andrews be sacked. Organisers declared they would \"fight on\" on Monday after the Premier announced the lockdown would come to an end at 11.59pm on Tuesday night, with businesses allowed to reopen and Melburnians allowed to have two adult visitors in their home each day. The organisers said there were \"no guarantees\" that Melbourne wouldn't return to a strict lockdown if virus cases started to increase again. Organisers have hailed last Friday's protest a huge success after as many as 2000 people marched along St Kilda Road and say the movement won't stop until the Premier has resigned or been removed from office. Protesters clash with police at an anti-lockdown protest at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Victoria. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Daniel PockettSource:News Corp Australia The rally at the Shrine of Remembrance and along St Kilda Road was marred by ugly clashes between protesters and police, with 16 people arrested and 96 fines issued for a range of offences, including not wearing a mask, breaching public gathering directions, travelling more than 25km from their home, assaulting police and failing to state their name and address. Police have also charged two people after police horses were allegedly kicked and hit with a flagpole and a police van was damaged. Organisers said they \"unilaterally condemned\" the acts of violence at Friday's demonstration and would do everything they could to stop it happening again. \"Over 110 days of brutal lockdown have come as the direct result of failures of this government, and the lockdowns continue despite reaching the arbitrarily low targets which Daniel Andrews was so adamant about just a few days ago,\" they said. Protesters square off with police at an anti-lockdown protest at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne on Friday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Daniel PockettSource:News Corp Australia Organisers say 2000 people attended a protest at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne on Friday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Daniel PockettSource:News Corp Australia When asked about the Cup Day protest, Victoria Police said they continued to monitor potential protest activity right across the state. \"We respect the right people have to express their views and to protest as long as it is in accordance with the chief health officer directions,\" a spokeswoman said. Protesting is no longer unlawful under Victoria's coronavirus restrictions, but people do have to adhere to the chief health officer's directions at the time, such as group size and travel limits. The new ruling has raised organisers hopes of an even larger turnout on Melbourne Cup Day. Lockdown lifted: All the restrictions being eased in Victoria from October 27 Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has announced the rollback of tough lockdown restrictions in the state. Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius said before Friday's demonstration that protesting was a human right. \"We're now operating in a context where the chief health officer directions do allow people to leave home for recreation and for socialising, and people can choose if they want to, while they're doing that, to also voice protest,\" he said. \"But whether you're protesting at home, whether you're protesting down at your local park, whether you're protesting at the shrine, you must comply with the chief health officer directions about public gatherings.\" On Tuesday, Mr Andrews said he was \"proud and deeply grateful\" for every Victorian who played their part in helping to defeat the second wave and end the lockdown. \"What we, all of us as Victorians, have built is a precious thing, but it is fragile. 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The country's No.3 lender posted cash profit of A$7.41 billion ($4.51 billion) for the year ended Sept. 30, compared with A$6.50 billion a year earlier, missing the Visible Alpha consensus estimate of A$7.56 billion compiled by Citi. The country's top lenders have been cashing in on their margins in an environment where interest rates have been hiked 13 times in just one and a half years, helping them take advantage of the greater spread between the interest they pay to their customers and the profits they earn by investing. \"We carefully managed costs to partially offset the high inflation environment, while continuing to invest in initiatives that will set us up for sustainable long-term success,\" said ANZ chief executive officer, Shayne Elliott. ANZ said net interest margin, a closely watched measure that shows the amount banks take in interest payments minus operating costs, rose to 1.70% for the year from 1.63% a year ago. 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Seven tech companies have received the go-ahead to partner with utilities Eversource or United Illuminating to test the potential of their hardware or software to help decarbonize the state's electric grid. The Innovation Energy Solutions Program is part of a broader effort by the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) to modernize the grid. It encourages utilities to embrace new technology while limiting the risk to ratepayers. The selected companies were winnowed from an initial 50 applications. While some of the technologies have been deployed successfully elsewhere, none have been tested in Connecticut, said Julia Dumaine, PURA's supervisor of strategy and operations. The projects, funded at a total of just under $10 million, were chosen after a multi-step review process that included scrutiny from a nine-member advisory council. \"Having these increasingly stringent reviews minimizes ratepayer risk,\" Dumaine said. \"These are technologies that have demonstrated the potential to provide real ratepayer and grid-level benefits.\" None are startups in the research and development phase — they are all prepared to scale up at a later date, she said. After the pilots launch, each company has a set of metrics they must meet and will be required to report on them quarterly, said Eli Asher, a senior manager at Stratagen, the consulting firm responsible for developing and administering the program. \"We will be gathering data on how effective the projects are,\" he said. \"At the end of the deployment period, we'll have a cost-benefit analysis to inform the recommendations as to whether they should be fully deployed at scale across the state.\" The program allows the utilities to recover their costs for testing these new technologies, something they might be reluctant to do otherwise. \"I think it's great to have regulators backing a program like this,\" said Alex Ghanem, commercial manager for Piclo, one of the companies participating. \"It's a risk to test things out and it costs the utilities resources to do so. I think this is a great framework.\" Based in London, England, Piclo will work with United Illuminating to launch a grid flexibility market. They will recruit owners, operators and managers of any type of distributed energy resource — battery storage, electric vehicles, and other types of dispatchable power sources commonly known as DERs — to operate in an independent marketplace in return for compensation. Piclo will work with DER aggregators on their platform. They will provide United Illuminating with local flexible DERs that represent alternative — and ideally, cheaper — places to buy energy than on the wholesale market when the utility has insufficient supply to meet customer demand. Piclo is already operating in New York in partnership with National Grid. \"The penetration of DERs is disrupting the grid and the utilities need to pull on multiple different levers to manage that,\" said John Bayard, Piclo's chief commercial officer. \"Grid flexibility marketplaces are one of the tools they can use.\" Another British company, Kraken, which operates a cryptocurrency exchange, will also work with United Illuminating to help them better manage DERs. Kraken's platform \"can connect to any kind of DER — electric vehicles, heat pumps, smart thermostats,\" said Devrim Celal, chief executive officer. \"We can connect to them in an effective way, monitor them in real time and control what they do.\" This pilot will focus on customers that use heat pumps and drive electric vehicles. The company will recruit ratepayers to sign up to use their mobile app, which will give Kraken access to their DERs. For example, they might tell the company what kind of EV and charger they have, and what time of day they need to have their car charged by. \"We will determine when is the best time to charge their cars to achieve low-carbon emission targets, and in exchange we'll give them a reward,\" Celal said. The pilot is intended to help the grid run greener and more cheaply. An EV charging software company called AmpUp will work with Eversource to try to balance electricity demand during peak periods by decreasing load at electric vehicle chargers. Based in Santa Clara, Calif., AmpUp will provide incentives to compensate charging station owners for decreasing charging during peak periods. They are still working out what level of incentive might stimulate participation, as well as whether it might appeal to a workplace with four chargers as much as to a company operating a fleet of vehicles, said Matt Bloom, director of partnerships. \"We're really excited,\" he said. \"It's good to see the regulators take a little risk. 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Union will comply, but lawsuit planned\nThe Canadian arbitrator appointed to resolve a messy railroad labor dispute to protect the North American economy has ordered employees at the country's two major railroads back to work so both can resume operating TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian arbitrator appointed to resolve a messy railroad labor dispute to protect the North American economy has ordered employees at the country's two major railroads back to work so both can resume operating. The Teamsters union representing workers said Saturday that it will comply with the order and send its members back on the job, but it will also move forward with a legal challenge. \"This decision by the CIRB sets a dangerous precedent. It signals to Corporate Canada that large companies need only stop their operations for a few hours, inflict short-term economic pain, and the federal government will step in to break a union,\" said Paul Boucher, President of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents more than 9,000 engineers, conductors and dispatchers. \"The rights of Canadian workers have been significantly diminished today,\" Boucher added. The order should allow Canadian National trains to continue rolling and help Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. railroad get its operation running again. Both railroads have said they would follow the Canada Industrial Relations Board's orders. Canadian National trains started running again Friday morning but the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference threatened to go on strike there starting Monday morning. CPKC workers have been on strike since the lockout began early Thursday, and the railroad's trains have remained idle. Union officials have said they would \"work within the framework of the law\" even as they challenged the constitutionality of the arbitration order , announced by the government Thursday afternoon to avert potentially disastrous consequences to the economy. Businesses all across Canada and the United States said they would quickly face a crisis without rail service because they rely on freight railroads to deliver their raw materials and finished products. 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(Nasdaq: HUT ) (TSX: HUT) (' Hut 8 ' or the ' Company ') is pleased to announce that it has entered into an equity distribution agreement dated August 17, 2022 (the ' ATM Agreement ') with Canaccord Genuity and Stifel (the ' Agents '), pursuant to which the Company established an at-the-market equity program (the ' ATM Program '). Pursuant to the ATM Program, the Company may, at its discretion and from time-to-time during the term of the ATM Agreement, sell, through the Agents, such number of common shares of the Company (' Common Shares ') as would result in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of up to US$200,000,000. Sales of Common Shares, if any, through the Agents will be made through 'at-the-market' issuances, including without limitation, sales made directly on the Nasdaq Stock Market in the United States at the market price prevailing at the time of each sale. No Common Shares will be offered or sold under the ATM Program on the Toronto Stock Exchange or any other marketplace in Canada. The ATM Program may be terminated, with notice, by either party at any time. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the ATM Program, if any, principally for general corporate purposes (including funding ongoing operations and/or working capital requirements). The net proceeds of the ATM Program may also be used to repay indebtedness outstanding from time to time, discretionary capital programs, and potential acquisitions. Since the Common Shares will be distributed at market prices prevailing at the time of the sale, prices may vary between purchasers and during the period of distribution. The volume and timing of sales, if any, will be determined at the sole discretion of the Company and in accordance with the terms of the ATM Agreement. Prior to commencing the ATM Program, the Company terminated the at the market offering agreement between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC related to its previous at-the-market offering of Common Shares for aggregate proceeds of up to US$65 million, which was launched on February 11, 2022. The offer and sale of the Common Shares under the ATM Program will be made by means of a prospectus supplement dated August 17, 2022 (the ' Prospectus Supplement ') which supplements the Company's existing short form base shelf prospectus dated August 5, 2022 (the ' Base Shelf Prospectus ') included in the Company's U.S. registration statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-266608) under the U.S.-Canada multijurisdictional disclosure system (the ' Registration Statement '). The Registration Statement was declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the ' SEC ') on August 10, 2022. Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement can be found on EDGAR at copies of the Base Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement can be found on SEDAR at . Copies of such documents may also be obtained from: Canaccord Genuity LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 99 High Street, 12th Floor, Boston MA 021990 or by email . Such documents contain important information about the ATM Program. Prospective investors should read the Base Shelf Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement as well as the Registration Statement before making an investment decision. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these Common Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. About Hut 8 Mining Corp. Hut 8 is one of North America's largest innovation-focused digital asset miners, led by a team of business-building technologists, bullish on bitcoin, blockchain, Web 3.0 and bridging the nascent and traditional high performance computing worlds. With two digital asset mining sites located in Southern Alberta and a third site in North Bay, Ontario, all located in Canada, Hut 8 has one of the highest capacity rates in the industry and one of the highest inventories of self-mined Bitcoin of any crypto miner or publicly-traded company globally. With 36,000 square feet of geo-diverse data centre space and cloud capacity connected to electrical grids powered by significant renewables and emission-free resources, Hut 8 is revolutionizing conventional assets to create the first hybrid data centre model that serves both the traditional high performance compute (Web 2.0) and nascent digital asset computing sectors, blockchain gaming, and Web 3.0. Hut 8 was the first Canadian digital asset miner to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Through innovation, imagination, and passion, Hut 8 is helping to define the digital asset revolution to create value and positive impacts for its shareholders and generations to come. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains certain 'forward looking statements' and certain 'forward-looking information' as defined under applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements and information can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as 'may', 'will', 'should', 'expect', 'intend', 'estimate', 'anticipate', 'believe', 'continue', 'plans' or similar terminology. The forward-looking information contained herein is provided for the purpose of assisting readers in understanding management's current expectations and plans relating to the future. Specifically, such forward-looking information included in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the following: including statements regarding the aggregate value of Common Shares which may be issued pursuant to the ATM Program and the Company's expected use of the net proceeds from the ATM Program, if any. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Statements containing forward-looking information are not historical facts, but instead represent management's expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events based on certain material factors and assumptions at the time the statement was made. Material assumptions include: assumptions regarding the level of demand for the Common Shares under the ATM Program, the U.S./Canadian dollar exchange rate, the expected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and transaction costs. Forward-looking information is necessarily based on a number of opinions, assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by Hut 8 as of the date of this press release, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to: market conditions and other factors that may affect the Company's ability to utilize the ATM Program and the prices at which the Company may sell Common Shares in the ATM Program; the dilutive effect of issuances of Common Shares in the ATM Program; future capital needs and uncertainty of additional financing; the competitive nature of the industry; currency exchange risks; the need for the Company to manage its planned growth and expansion; risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Company, economic conditions and global markets; other unforeseen events, developments, or factors causing any of the aforesaid expectations, assumptions, and other factors ultimately being inaccurate or irrelevant and those factors described in greater detail in our most recent annual and interim management's discussion and analysis, and in the 'Risk Factors' section of the, Base Shelf Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement and the Company's annual information form dated March 17, 2022, which are available at , and should be considered carefully by prospective investors. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if the opinions, estimates or assumptions underlying the forward-looking information prove incorrect, actual results or future events might vary materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking information. Although we have attempted to identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other risk factors not presently known to us or that we presently believe are not material that could also cause actual results or future events to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking information. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future results. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information, which speaks only as of the date made. The forward-looking information contained in this press release represents our expectations as of the date specified herein and are subject to change after such date. However, we disclaim any intention or obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable securities laws. All of the forward-looking information contained in this press release is expressly qualified by the foregoing cautionary statements. SOURCE Hut 8 Mining Corp provides the information \"as is\" without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. 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At OFC 2024 , Keysight will demonstrate its market-leading design, simulation, and test solutions that accelerate the adoption of AI through the validation of high-speed optical and electrical technologies. When: March 26-28, 2024 Where: Keysight Booth Number 3701 San Diego Convention Center Media: Contact Paul Erwin to schedule media briefings and solution demonstrations. Join Keysight experts at Booth #3701 for the following demonstrations: PCIe ® 7.0 technology over optics: Keysight presents a low-power PCIe 7.0 optical interconnect technology supporting emerging large language model needs for higher efficiency signaling using Eoptolink 800G DR8 linear pluggable optics. Linear drive optics: Linear drive optical transceivers exhibit lower latency, power consumption, and cost than traditional re-timed transceivers making then an ideal solution for AI applications. This demo showcases Keysight's validation solutions for the CEI-112G-Linear-PAM4 standard on linear pluggable optics, including new measurements such as EECQ (Electrical Eye Closure Quaternary) and new reference receiver equalization techniques. 224G TX and RX validation with new 64 GHz interference source: Keysight demonstrates a 224G receiver test with interference tolerance as well as intersymbol interference (ISI) and bit error ratio (BER) measurements based on built-in counters of a SERDES chip. This includes Keysight's new M8053A 64 GHz Interference Source that enables interference tolerance test of receivers that operate up to 120 Gbaud PAM4. The 224G transmitter validation is performed on a 5 nm 224G Phy, illustrating jitter decomposition, SNDR, and Partial Response Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation (PR-MLSE) equalization. 800ZR transceiver test: New interoperability solutions in 800ZR, 400ZR, and OpenZR+ optics are needed to address the unprecedented demand for next-generation network solutions that will support future AI needs. For the first time, Keysight will demonstrate signal analysis on 800ZR high-speed coherent pluggable optics from multiple vendors at both the physical and the protocol levels. The demo includes Keysight's Optical Modulation Analyzer to measure physical layer transmitter characteristics to characterize and validate 400ZR / 800ZR pluggable modules. In addition, layer 1-3 testing will be performed using the AresONE 800GE-M Dual Interface Model Network Tester in a single platform for 800GE, 400GE, and 100GE with PAM4 and NRZ signaling, with up to 106.25 Gb/s host electrical lane. Pathway to 448G optics: Keysight uses a Mitsubishi Electric Corporation externally modulated laser (EML) running far above current 106/113 GBaud rates to demonstrate the progression to 448G optics by generating signals and test waveforms to 180 GBaud and verifying 200G TDECQ (Transmitter and Dispersion Eye Closure Quaternary). Photonic IC testing: Collaborating with FormFactor, Keysight presents a complete measurement automation and probing solution for photonic integrated circuits (PIC). The demo will show how to verify wafer / die PIC modulator and photodetector designs for optoelectronic S-parameters, S (lambda), and polarization-dependent responsivity / insertion loss using a measurement algorithm to seamlessly control wavelength, biasing, and polarization. About Keysight Technologies At Keysight (NYSE: KEYS), we inspire and empower innovators to bring world-changing technologies to life. As an S&P 500 company, we're delivering market-leading design, emulation, and test solutions to help engineers develop and deploy faster, with less risk, throughout the entire product life cycle. We're a global innovation partner enabling customers in communications, industrial automation, aerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor, and general electronics markets to accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Learn more at Keysight Newsroom and www.keysight.com . Contacts Keysight Media Contacts Paul Erwin Americas +1 248 430 9075 paul.erwin@keysight.com Fusako Dohi Asia +81 42 660-2162 fusako_dohi@keysight.com Jenny Gallacher Europe +44 (0) 7800 737 982 jenny.gallacher@keysight.com La entrada Keysight Showcases Solutions Accelerating AI Adoption for Data Center and Cloud Service Providers at OFC 2024 se publicó primero en Metro Latino USA | Metrolatino USA News Site .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "KEYS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "KEYS", "length": 4, "offset": 180}, {"position_text": "KEYS", "length": 4, "offset": 3712}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Mitsubishi", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Mitsubishi", "length": 10, "offset": 2933}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Keysight", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 151}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 387}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 611}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 754}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 855}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 1271}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 1560}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 1771}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 2330}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 2504}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 2917}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 3274}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 3671}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 3696}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 4244}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 4294}, {"position_text": "Keysight", "length": 8, "offset": 4520}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Eoptolink", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Eoptolink", "length": 9, "offset": 1011}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Keysight Technologies", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Keysight Technologies", "length": 21, "offset": 151}, {"position_text": "NYSE: KEYS", "length": 10, "offset": 174}, {"position_text": "Keysight Technologies", "length": 21, "offset": 3671}, {"position_text": "NYSE: KEYS", "length": 10, "offset": 3706}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation", "length": 31, "offset": 2933}, {"position_text": "Mitsubishi Electric", "length": 19, "offset": 2933}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Asia", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Asia", "length": 4, "offset": 4390}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Europe", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Europe", "length": 6, "offset": 4452}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 997, "text": "LG unveils new laptops in India\nNew Delhi, July 19 : With an aim to expand its product lineup, consumer electronics brand LG on Tuesday launched the new upgraded Laptops under its Gram series for Indian consumers. With a starting price of Rs 94,999, the lineup includes four new models — LG Gram 17 (model 17Z90Q), LG Gram 16 (model 16Z90Q), LG Gram 16 (model 16T90Q-2in1), and LG Gram 14 (model 14Z90Q) — with 16:10 aspect ratio screens. \"LG Gram has been designed to maximise consumer usability.The new models with additional features like facial recognition and noise cancellation aim at transforming the user experience,\" Hak Hyun Kim, Director, Home Entertainment, LG Electronics India, said in a statement. \"We provide our customers with the latest cutting-edge technology to enhance their lifestyle.We believe this new 2022 LG Gram lineup will set new standards in user experience, and we are confident our customers will love it,\" he added. The new Laptops are powered by a 12th Gen Intel Core i7 processor; meanwhile, LG Gram models 17Z90Q and 16Z90Q feature 80Wh batteries. The company said that the displays of new Laptops are ideal for both entertainment and work, delivering stellar picture quality with vibrant and accurate colors. The flagship LG Gram 17 boasts a large 17-inch screen while only weighing 1,350 grams.The LG Gram 16 and 14 tips the scales at 1,199 grams and 999 grams, respectively. 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Credit… Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images BEIJING — Two of China's largest cities, Shenzhen and Shanghai, imposed stringent restrictions on Sunday on the movements of their residents, as a coronavirus outbreak continued to spread across much of mainland China. While China still has far fewer cases than most countries, the daily count of known infections has accelerated rapidly. The country's National Health Commission reported 3,122 new cases on Sunday, up from 1,524 on Saturday and 1,100 on Friday. The average number of new cases has reached 1,370 per day over the past week, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University . Shenzhen, a city bordering Hong Kong that is the hub of China's tech sector and electronics manufacturing industries, announced on Sunday night a lockdown for the next seven days. All nonessential workers must stay home, adults must undergo three P.C.R. tests in the coming days, and buses and subway trains are being halted. Supermarkets, farmers' markets, pharmacies, medical institutions and express delivery services will be allowed to stay open. A lockdown in Shenzhen might further disrupt global supply chains, because Shenzhen has one of the world's largest ports. An outbreak in Shenzhen in late spring of last year held up port operations and caused a steep spike in global shipping rates that helped drive up prices for imported goods in the United States and elsewhere. China has tried to keep ports running during outbreaks since then by requiring many port workers to live at the docks for weeks at a time. The municipal lockdown order on Sunday evening did not specifically exempt port workers, but port management companies have argued in the past that their workers are essential. New reported cases by day Source: Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The daily average is calculated with data that was reported in the last seven days. Shenzhen and Shanghai both barred their residents over the weekend from leaving either city unless clearly necessary, and even then, only with a negative result from a P.C.R. test. Shanghai also halted intercity bus service, but has not ordered a citywide lockdown. Shenzhen reported 66 cases on Sunday, all but six of them with symptoms already apparent. By comparison, Shanghai reported 65 cases on Sunday, with just one already showing symptoms. All infected people are immediately hospitalized in China, sometimes in makeshift hospitals that are quickly erected, so as to isolate them and limit further spread. Shenzhen had tightened prevention and control measures in February , including steps to prevent truck drivers from bringing infections into mainland China from Hong Kong , where there is an enormous outbreak and deaths have surged . Despite those efforts, many users of Weibo, the Chinese social media network, faulted Hong Kong for the recent outbreak in Shenzhen, because the city has not implemented the kind of lockdown measures seen in mainland China. Beijing reported seven cases on Sunday, only one of which was asymptomatic. Shanghai Disneyland announced that, effective Sunday, it was halting all theater shows and requiring any visitors to show negative results from a P.C.R. test taken in the preceding 24 hours. The most severe outbreaks in mainland China right now are in towns and cities in the northeastern province of Jilin, which borders North Korea and Russia. Two mayors were dismissed in the province on Saturday, in hard-hit Jilin City and in the Jiutai district of the city of Changchun. Nearly half of the cases across China that were announced on Sunday involved people who did not initially show symptoms. China has a very high rate of vaccination, except among the elderly. China has attributed the high number of asymptomatic cases to the prevalence of the highly contagious Omicron variant. A few cases of the Delta variant have also been detected near China's borders in recent weeks. Claire Fu contributed research. 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Last month, a consortium of news organizations, including CNN, also obtained the documents, now known as the \"Facebook Papers ,\" and published scores of articles. The documents provide the deepest look yet at many of the company's biggest problems, including how hate speech and misinformation are amplified on the platform, how coordinated groups are able to use its apps to cause real-world violence and harm, and how its lack of non-English language capabilities has endangered users in politically unstable parts of the world. For its part, Facebook-turned-Meta has repeatedly pushed back on Haugen's claims and said the documents she leaked provide a skewed image of the company's research and efforts. \"At the heart of these stories is a premise which is false. Yes, we're a business and we make profit, but the idea that we do so at the expense of people's safety or wellbeing misunderstands where our own commercial interests lie,\" Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone told CNN in a statement last month. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this article. Lawmakers have asked Zuckerberg to testify before Congress, and some tech safety advocates have called for a leadership change at the social media giant. However, it doesn't appear Zuckerberg is planning to step down anytime soon. Instead, Zuckerberg announced the new name in a somewhat bizarre, highly animated event last week intended to tout the company's ambitious plans for the \"metaverse \" and perhaps turn the page from the PR crises sparked by Haugen and the documents. The metaverse refers to efforts by Facebook and other companies to combine virtual and augmented reality technologies in a new online realm. Shortly after the announcement, Zuckerberg's job title on his personal Facebook page changed to: \"Founder and CEO at Meta.\" Asked by The Verge after the announcement if he would remain CEO at Facebook/Meta in the next five years, Zuckerberg said: \"Probably. I don't have a specific date how long I want to be doing this for. I guess what I could say is I'm very excited about the next chapter of what we're doing.\" Last month, Facebook said it would hire 10,000 people in the European Union to help build the metaverse. During the interview Monday, Haugen criticized the move and called the company's plans to invest in the metaverse before solving its real-world safety problems \"unconscionable.\" \"Over and over again, Facebook chooses expansion in new areas over sticking the landing on what they've already done,\" she said. \"As you read through the documents it states very clearly that there needs to be more resources on very basic safety systems. And instead of investing in making sure that their platforms are a minimal level of safe, they're about to invest 10,000 engineers in video games. And I can't imagine how this makes sense.\" Meta spokesperson Joe Osborne called Haugen's comment \"a ludicrous comparison and a false choice.\" \"It is not as though a company can only build new technology or invest in keeping people safe,\" Obsorne said in a statement to CNN Business. \"Obviously, we can and must do both of these things at the same time – and we are.\" Share this news on your Fb,Twitter and Whatsapp File source NY Press News:Latest News Headlines NY Press News || Health || New York || USA News || Technology || World News The post Facebook whistleblower: Mark Zuckerberg should step down as CEO appeared first on Daily Post L.A. .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Verge", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Verge", "length": 5, "offset": 2568}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Meta", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Meta", "length": 4, "offset": 558}, {"position_text": "Meta", "length": 4, "offset": 2548}, {"position_text": "Meta", "length": 4, "offset": 3574}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Haugen", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Haugen", "length": 6, "offset": 1316}, {"position_text": "Haugen", "length": 6, "offset": 2264}, {"position_text": "Haugen", "length": 6, "offset": 2980}, {"position_text": "Haugen", "length": 6, "offset": 3611}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "European Union", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "European Union", "length": 14, "offset": 2907}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Wall Street Journal", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Wall Street Journal", "length": 19, "offset": 699}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "CNN", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "CNN", "length": 3, "offset": 778}, {"position_text": "CNN", "length": 3, "offset": 1698}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Securities and Exchange Commission", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Securities and Exchange Commission", "length": 34, "offset": 645}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "CNN", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "CNN", "length": 3, "offset": 778}, {"position_text": "CNN", "length": 3, "offset": 1698}, {"position_text": "CNN Business", "length": 12, "offset": 3800}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Facebook", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 374}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 494}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 830}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1265}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1660}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2325}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2502}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2858}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 3151}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 4079}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Daily Post L.A", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Daily Post L.A", "length": 14, "offset": 4161}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Verge", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Verge", "length": 5, "offset": 2568}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "Facebook", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 374}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 494}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 830}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1265}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1660}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2325}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2502}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2858}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 3151}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 4079}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 12, "entity_text": "Lisbon", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Lisbon", "length": 6, "offset": 207}, {"position_text": "Lisbon", "length": 6, "offset": 207}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1001, "text": "Should you upgrade?\nApple iOS 15 is ( unexpected ) garbage fire And, as expected, iOS 15.0.1 is now trunk To put out some flames. Unfortunately, the list of fixes is short, the fixes themselves are not reliable and iOS 15 is still a huge mess. Here's everything you need to know. Tip: Bookmark this page because I will update it if / when I find new issues. I will deliver my final verdict in a week. Apple iOS 15 A sea More from Forbes Apple iOS 15 warnings issued to all iPhone users from Gordon Kelly Who is this for? Apple iOS 15.0.1 was released for all iOS 14 compatible devices. This includes the iPhone 6S (now six years old) and later. You should be notified of the update automatically, but if not, you can run the update manually by accessing it Settings> General> Software Update . If you're running the current iOS 15.1 beta (see \"The Way Forward\" at the end), you should Unregister iPhone First before iOS 15.0.1 appears. Note: This guide does not focus on old iOS or iPadOS updates, but I will examine the related issues in these guides. business burglars Jailbreakers, stay away. Nothing has changed in a few months and Unc0ver And checkra1n Later, iOS 14 versions were not closed, let alone iOS 15. However, due to Started with iOS 15 with problems It can be said that jailbreak fans are lucky to stay where they are. For others, I'm sorry that the first 24 hours don't look good. iOS 15.0.1 only promises to fix three things (though Many ongoing cases ) However, two of the three (storage reporting and Apple Watch unlocking) prove to be unsafe ( 1 And 2 And 3 And 4 And 5 And 6 And 7 And 8 And 9 And 10 etc). Worse, while there are some reports The repairs work There are separate reports for iOS 15.0.1 Enter these errors For users who have not had it before. IOS 15 storage error that tells users wrong that their phones are full of \"system data\" Tweet embeds While it's not an enviable task to prioritize which of all iOS 15 bugs should be addressed first, I'm also amazed that Apple has made no attempt to fix (apparently ubiquitous) Probleme CarPlay People You have . Understandably, the growing reaction is growing compared to iOS 15 in general, as users describe it as \" full of problems \" And \" buggy disaster \". So what did you get? As mentioned above, Apple iOS 15.0.1 doesn't fix much (and doesn't fix it reliably), but here are the official release notes: Unlocking the iPhone with the Apple Watch may not work on iPhone 13 models The Settings application may incorrectly display an alert that the storage space is full Audio meditations can unexpectedly start a workout on the Apple Watch for some Fitness + subscribers Apple has not been as reliable with security in iOS 15.0.1. Apple officially states that iOS 15.0.1 contains There are no security fixes But she does. Researcher who reported a serious security vulnerability in the lock screen on Zero Day was caught Find out that it has been fixed in the version Without Apple giving him any credit (or, more likely, a finger-bug bonus). In addition, Apple has not included any fixes for Three hacks on day zero It was announced last week after another security researcher became impatient with the company's failure to acknowledge the defects for more than four months. At the moment, concerns are growing about how Apple will work with security researchers who play such a critical role in finding flaws and keeping iOS safe. Apple Verdict iOS 15.0.1: Update if you're already running iOS 15 iOS 15.0.1 seems rushed and insecure. If you've installed iOS 15 and are experiencing any of the three bugs it claims to fix, there's no harm in updating it and seeing if it works for you. Fixing the zero (unrecognized) day error is also a big issue. . Anyone still looking forward to iOS 14, however, should probably be held back. I expect a series of quick versions with iOS 15.0.2 first, followed by a larger update to iOS 15.1 already under development (more below). Note: Check this guide, I will continue to update it with any defects or related features I find and you will find the final verdict here in a week. step forward Earlier this week, Apple released the second beta of iOS 15.1, which should be a more substantial version with more bug fixes and security fixes. It will also introduce some new features that did not launch iOS 15, such as SharePlay . iOS 15.1 is still more than a month away, and iOS 15.0.2 and iOS 15.0.3 will probably be needed by then. I hope iOS 15.1 will be a good starting point for those who are looking forward to iOS 14. 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SEOUL, South Korea – What's dominating South Korean politics less than three months before the country's next legislative elections is not policy debates. It's intense political infighting and personal misdeeds, epitomized last week by a clash between the ruling conservative party chief and the presidential office over a scandal involving the first lady and a luxury handbag. Growing public discontent over the latest scandal and other suspected wrongdoings tied to the first lady highlights a dilemma for President Yoon Suk Yeol ahead of the high-stakes election. Mishandling it could cost his party a chance to win back a majority in the parliament, and in turn, weaken Yoon's grip on his party and his government's momentum for the remainder of his five-year term. Yoon is still months away from his second anniversary in office. First lady Kim Keon Hee was secretly filmed accepting a Christian Dior handbag worth roughly $2,250 from a U.S.-based pastor named Choi Jae-young in September 2022, a few months after her husband was sworn in as president. Choi recorded his meeting with Kim using a camera hidden in his wristwatch and released the video in late November through Voice of Seoul, a left-leaning online media outlet. Choi said the outlet provided him with the wristwatch and the bag. The pastor and Voice of Seoul defended the sting operation as justified, citing public interest. Choi, who is also a Korea reunification activist, told the outlet that he first approached Kim through a messenger app to \"give advice\" on North Korea policies. The two bonded over their shared hometown and family ties, according to Choi. But he said he was \"appalled\" by her alleged abuse of power during their first one-on-one meeting in June 2022, he said in a press conference earlier this month. He claimed to have overheard Kim interfering in the appointment of a high-ranking official in a phone call during the meeting. He also said Kim accepted his gift of a Chanel perfume and skin care set worth $1,340 in total that day. The current first lady has been the focus of previous allegations South Korean law prohibits spouses of public officials from receiving a gift valued more than $750 in a single occasion if it is connected to the officials' public service. It is not clear how the law applies to Choi's alleged gifts. The anti-graft law would also require President Yoon to return the gift and report the fact to law enforcement or anti-corruption authorities. Choi said in a recent interview that neither Kim nor the presidential office has returned the bag since the video was revealed. The head of Voice of Seoul filed a criminal complaint against Yoon and Kim for violating the law. A major civic organization also requested a government anti-corruption agency conduct a preliminary investigation. The revelation about the luxury handbag came in advance of this April's legislative elections. Although its proximity to a key election heightened political attention to the recent exposé, first lady Kim Keon Hee has frequently posed risks to the administration. Accusations of resume padding emerged during Yoon's presidential race and led Kim to offer a public apology. She was also accused of academic plagiarism . She and her mother are suspected of involvement in stock price manipulation. The president recently vetoed a bill for a special counsel probe on that case. Last year, the main opposition Democratic Party accused the Yoon government of rerouting a planned expressway to benefit Kim's family. The presidential office has either denied or kept silent on most allegations. Criticism from within the ruling party and the public Amid mounting condemnation from the public over the Dior bag scandal, some members of the ruling People Power Party spoke out against the first lady. Kim Gyeong-ryul, a member of the party's interim committee, compared her to Marie Antoinette and urged her to apologize. Han Dong-hoon, the former justice minister and current interim leader of the ruling party, acknowledged the scandal can be a \"cause for concern\" among the public and argued it needs to be seen \"from the public's viewpoint.\" And many South Koreans are critical of the first lady. In a recent survey conducted by Gallup Korea and Seoul Economy Daily, 56% of respondents said she should apologize for receiving the bag. Another survey by pollster Embrain Public and news broadcaster YTN showed that nearly 70% said the president should express his position on the issue. But Kim herself has not made any public appearance since December. And Yoon's office has yet to officially comment on the issue, save for anonymous officials quoted in local media criticizing the pastor for \"trapping\" the first lady. Instead, days after the critical remarks from within the ruling party, Yoon's chief of staff demanded that Han step down as the PPP chief, a local cable broadcaster reported . While the presidential office neither confirmed nor denied such a demand, Han acknowledged it and vowed to keep his position regardless. Yoon and Han soon appeared to be mending fences in an on-camera meeting last week and a luncheon this week. But according to party officials, the two didn't discuss the issue. 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Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk's advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly , a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. Will the crypto community torch Jamie Dimon? Now, before I get \"deep-stated\" off social media, I need to clarify that I am most definitely speaking metaphorically here. Actual violence is never an option, kids. I am referring to twin occurrences in the world of blockchain technology that offer competing visions of how it will develop. The first was the widely reported news that that JPMorgan, whose CEO is the notoriously anti-bitcoin Dimon, will issue a JPM-branded digital currency, managed by its own permissioned distributed ledger, for use by its large-scale corporate and institutional clients operating within the bank's $6 trillion daily wholesale payments operations. The second was the growing interest within the crypto community around the Lightning Torch, an experiment launched on January 19 that's revealing aspects of both the technical and social functionality of the nascent Lightning network. As communicated over Twitter using the hashtag #LNTrustChain, users who receive the torch's growing pool of bitcoin are asked to add 10,000 satoshis (0.0001 BTC, or approximately 35 cents) and pass it onto someone who they trust will send the torch to someone else. After 199 hops and only a few snafus, the torch on Friday afternoon was still alive in the hands of Meltem Demirors, Chief Strategy Officer at CoinShares, and it contained 3.35 million satoshis. Once the total reaches a hard limit of 4.39 million satoshis, or around $156, the community has resolved to donate the funds to a charity. A tale of two 'crypto' projects There you have it: One centrally managed, corporate initiative to improve global transfers for a business that moves the equivalent of almost a third of U.S. GDP every day, and a second, separate project that's led by a decentralized community, and which, after almost a month, is yet to reach its top value of $156. Naturally, what JPMorgan is doing is getting more attention in the mainstream press, not just because of the sums involved but also because the apparent disjuncture between Dimon's disdain for bitcoin and the bank's embrace of what it's calling a \"cryptocurrency\" makes a good headline. (For the record, I concur with Coin Center's Jerry Brito: JPM Coin is not a cryptocurrency .) But notwithstanding the sophisticated cryptography and protocol design behind JPMorgan's Quorum distributed ledger system and this digital currency implementation, I'd argue that the Lightning Torch users are working on a much bigger and more important problem. They are mapping out the framework for a radically different peer-to-peer, instantaneous payments system that involves no intermediaries. It's a model for global, digital cash. That's a much bigger deal than a bank using a distributed ledger, one that it controls, to enable large institutions it already works with to more efficiently shift money around within the same intermediated banking system. Don't get me wrong: what JPMorgan is doing may well unlock a huge amount of value in the massive, friction-filled world of cross-border fund movements. For the time being, multinational businesses will continue to use what they are used to: dollars and banks. When one of the biggest banks comes up with a more efficient way to send and receive dollars, why wouldn't they use it? But, let's face it, trillions of dollars or not, JPMorgan, by building a system that intrinsically depends on its own intermediation, is not doing anything nearly as radical as peer-to-peer transactions in bitcoin over the Lightning Network. The proof of that, ironically, lies in the fact that Lightning Torch is dealing in in small amounts. The overhead-heavy, trust-intensified, middleman-laden infrastructure of the banking system makes it prohibitively costly to send tiny amounts through it, regardless of whether the instrument of exchange is digital or not. But people, if not large corporations, need to send small amounts to each other, all the time. The same will go for billions of devices on the Internet of Things. Efficient, decentralized, electronic micropayments will be vital to the online economy of the future. It's one reason why Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, sees bitcoin eventually being the \"native currency\" of the Internet and why, as an investor in Lightning development company Lightning Labs , he was one of the participants in the Lightning Torch relay. Why Lightning Torch matters There's no guarantee of success for Lightning, a so-called \"Layer 2\" solution to bitcoin's scaling and cost challenges that achieves greater efficiency by opening smart contract-controlled, peer-to-peer payment channels operated off-chain. Some worry that the only way the technology can foster a viable global network of interlinked payment channels is for profit-making companies to take charge of ever-growing hubs in what would be a de facto centralizing solution . That's why experiments like the Lightning Torch relay, as trivial as they might seem to outsiders, are vital. People involved in Lightning's development need to experience real-world functionality. This has always been the case for the evolution of bitcoin itself, which, beyond finding bugs in the code, also required community leaders and entrepreneurs to figure out the social and economic components of the overarching exchange system. No wonder people have drawn comparisons to this event and past community initiatives to test bitcoin's real-world value, such as Laszlo Hanyecz's 2010 purchase of two Papa John's pizzas for 10,000 BTC . (There's even a nod to that with a new Lightning app that lets you buy pizza. ) These kinds of low-stakes transactions matter, both because they are a risk-minimizing way to demonstrate real-world functionality and because engaging people in all the complex aspects of exchange systems can help designers come up with better solutions. Andreas Antonopoulos told CoinDesk that because payment routing is not yet automated, as the size of the torch gets larger, users have been challenged to find workable routes to get money to new recipients through their interlinked networks of payment channels. This will help people unearth bugs in the system until it can be more automated, he noted. Bitcoin's initial success in building out a real-world community of users on the basis of similarly small-scale experiments is what ultimately put cryptocurrency, and later blockchain technology, onto the radar of the world's banks, and led them to explore aspects of that technology for their own usage – albeit by stripping out the more threatening, decentralized components. There's a straight line from Hanyecz's bitcoin pizza purchase to JPM Coin, in other words. As a community of users emerges around Lightning's decentralized payments model, how will banks and other incumbent institutions respond? 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Sharif was served notices and questionnaire in this case but no response came from him who is in London for his medical treatment,\" a NAB official told PTI on Sunday. Jang Group, also known as Geo Group, is a subsidiary of Dubai-based company Independent Media Corporation. The official said the NAB would move the accountability court to declare Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender. The NAB on March 12 had arrested Mir Shakilur Rahman in the case. He is in the bureau's custody on a physical remand till April 28. Three-time premier Nawaz Sharif left for London in November last year after the Lahore High Court granted him four-week permission for his heart condition. Sharif was given bail in the Al-Azizia Mills corruption case in which he was serving seven-year imprisonment in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail. \"Once Sharif's is declared proclaimed offender then we will pursue the process of his repatriation,\" the official said on Sunday. \"The decision to issue Mr Sharif's arrest warrants has been taken on his non-cooperation with NAB in the 54-kanal land in Lahore he had awarded illegally to Mir Shakilur Rehman in 1986 when he was chief minister of Punjab,\" the official said. Sharif had given an undertaking to the Lahore High Court to return to Pakistan citing his record to face the process of law and justice within four weeks or as soon as he is declared fit to travel. Sharif, who was diagnosed with an immune system disorder, has been advised by a PTI government's panel of doctors to go abroad for treatment. Sharif, 70, has been diagnosed with a complicated coronary disease. In London's Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, he underwent cardiovascular evaluation. According to Sharif's personal physician Dr Adnan Khan, the former premier has been diagnosed with \"complicated coronary artery/ischemic heart disease with significant disease burden. Cardiac perfusion scans scheduled.\" In a latest tweet, Khan said: \"As a high risk patient, former PM #NawazSharif's cardiac catheterization/coronary intervention was postponed to be rescheduled at a later date amidst COVID-19 pandemic, as public/private hospitals limited their admissions/procedures. Presently managed on aggressive medical therapy. 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(NYSE: INVH) (\"Invitation Homes\" or the \"Company\"), the nation's premier single-family home leasing and management company, announced today that Moody's Investors Service (\"Moody's\") upgraded the Company's issuer and issue-level credit ratings to 'Baa2' from 'Baa3' with a stable outlook. According to Moody's published report, the upgraded rating reflects Invitation Homes' solid operating performance and reduction in overall leverage and secured debt levels. Moody's further elaborated that Invitation Homes' credit profile benefits from its scale, high-quality portfolio, and expansive operating platform that helps drive stable earnings. \"We are pleased to receive Moody's upgrade and recognition of our team's hard work over the past several years,\" said Jon Olsen, the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. \"We believe these ratings further enhance our opportunities to source and refinance debt capital, and are an added validation of our strong balance sheet, financial flexibility, and overall growth strategy.\" About Invitation Homes Invitation Homes, an S&P 500 company, is the nation's premier single-family home leasing and management company, meeting changing lifestyle demands by providing access to high-quality, updated homes with valued features such as close proximity to jobs and access to good schools. The Company's mission, \"Together with you, we make a house a home,\" reflects its commitment to providing homes where individuals and families can thrive and high-touch service that continuously enhances residents' living experiences. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the \"Exchange Act\"), which include, but are not limited to, statements related to the Company's expectations regarding the performance of the Company's business, its financial results, its liquidity and capital resources, and other non-historical statements. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as \"outlook,\" \"guidance,\" \"believes,\" \"expects,\" \"potential,\" \"continues,\" \"may,\" \"will,\" \"should,\" \"could,\" \"seeks,\" \"projects,\" \"predicts,\" \"intends,\" \"plans,\" \"estimates,\" \"anticipates,\" or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including, among others, risks inherent to the single-family rental industry and the Company's business model, macroeconomic factors beyond the Company's control, competition in identifying and acquiring properties, competition in the leasing market for quality residents, increasing property taxes, homeowners' association and insurance costs, poor resident selection and defaults and non-renewals by the Company's residents, the Company's dependence on third parties for key services, risks related to the evaluation of properties, performance of the Company's information technology systems, risks related to the Company's indebtedness, and risks related to the potential negative impact of unfavorable global and United States economic conditions (including inflation and rising interest rates), uncertainty in financial markets (including as a result of events affecting financial institutions), geopolitical tensions, natural disasters, climate change, and public health crises, on the Company's financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, business, associates, and residents. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. The Company believes these factors include, but are not limited to, those described under Part I. Item 1A. \"Risk Factors\" of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the \"Annual Report\"), as such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the \"SEC\"), which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov . These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this release, in the Annual Report, and in the Company's other periodic filings. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except to the extent otherwise required by law. 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The airport confirmed on X that an \"incident\" occurred with the Delta Airlines flight from Minneapolis and that 76 passengers and four crew are accounted for. Video from the scene shows the Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR upside down on the snowy tarmac as emergency workers hose it down. The plane was partly obscured by snow from a winter storm that hit Toronto over the weekend. Ornge air ambulance said it was transporting one young patient to Toronto's SickKids Hospital and two adults with critical injuries to other hospitals in the city. Emergency crews responding at Toronto Pearson Airport (CTV/AP) \"Emergency teams are responding,\" the airport said in a post on the social platform X. \"All passengers and crew are accounted for.\" It is too early to say what caused the plane to overturn but weather may have played a factor. According to the Meteorological Service of Canada, the airport was experiencing blowing snow and winds of 32mph gusting to 40mph. The temperature was about minus 8.6C. \"It's very rare to see something like this,\" said John Cox, chief executive of aviation safety consulting firm Safety Operating Systems in St Petersburg, Florida. \"We've seen a couple of cases of takeoffs where airplanes have ended up inverted, but it's pretty rare.\" Mr Cox said the CRJ900 aircraft is a proven aircraft which has been in service for decades and does a good job of handling inclement weather. \"The weather conditions were windy. The wind was out of the west at 27 to 35 knots, which is about 38 miles an hour. So it was windy. But the airplanes are designed and certified to handle that. The pilots are trained and experienced to handle that.\" The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the Transportation Safety Board of Canada would lead the investigation and provide updates. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is leading a team of US investigators to assist the investigation. The crash involved a Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR plane (Teresa Barbieri/Canadian Press/AP) It is at least the fourth major aviation mishap in North America in the past month. A commercial jetliner and an army helicopter collided near Washington DC on January 29, killing 67 people, a medical transport plane crashed in Philadelphia on January 31, killing the six people on board and another person on the ground, and 10 were killed in a plane crash in Alaska. Delta said in a statement that \"initial reports were that there are no fatalities\". \"Several customers with injuries were transported to area hospitals. Our primary focus is taking care of those impacted,\" the airline added. Ontario's premier Doug Ford said on X he was \"relieved there are no casualties after the incident at Toronto Pearson\". Toronto is the capital of Ontario. \"Provincial officials are in contact with the airport and local authorities and will provide any help that's needed,\" he added. Endeavour Air, based in Minneapolis, is a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines and the world's largest operator of CRJ-900 aircraft. The airline operates 130 regional jets on 700 daily flights to more than 126 cities in the US, Canada and the Caribbean, according to the company's website. The CRJ900, a popular regional jet, was developed by Canadian aerospace company Bombardier. 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(FXLV)...\nNew York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - February 3, 2023) - Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against F45 Training Holdings Inc. (\"F45\" or the \"Company\") (NYSE: FXLV) and certain of its officers, on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased, or otherwise acquired F45 securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted in July 2021 (the \"IPO\" or \"Offering\"). Such investors are encouraged to join this case by visiting the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/fxlv . This class action seeks to recover damages against Defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws. The Complaint alleges that the registration statement and prospectus used to effectuate the Company's IPO contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and was not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing its preparation. Specifically, the offering documents made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) F45's rapid growth strategy was unsustainable, reliant on, inter alia, franchisees opening multiple locations in a short period of time and/or dependent on franchisees who required near 100% financing of their operations in order to open for business; and (2) as a result, the offering documents misrepresented and failed to disclose material adverse facts pertaining to the Company's business, operations, and prospects. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to review a copy of the Complaint you can visit the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/fxlv or you may contact Peretz Bronstein, Esq. or his Law Clerk and Client Relations Manager, Yael Nathanson of Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC at 212-697-6484. If you suffered a loss in F45 you have until February 6, 2023 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff. Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC represents investors in securities fraud class actions and shareholder derivative suits. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors nationwide. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. 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(\"Shelf Drilling\") for cash proceeds of $375 million as part of the recently completed business combination with Maersk Drilling. As previously disclosed in the June 23, 2022 Remedy Rigs sale announcement, all onshore and offshore related staff, support and infrastructure associated with these rigs is hereby transferred to Shelf Drilling, while Noble will continue to operate the Noble Lloyd Noble under a bareboat charter with Shelf Drilling through the conclusion of that rig's current drilling contract with Equinor which is expected to finish in the second quarter of 2023. \"The closing of the Remedy Rigs sale is an essential element to the transformative business combination with Maersk Drilling which we completed earlier this week.\" said Robert Eifler, President and CEO of Noble. Mr. Eifler continued, \"The cash proceeds from the sale will augment Noble's already conservative balance sheet and further enhance our capital flexibility. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the Noble employees who will transfer to Shelf Drilling and wish them continued success. 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The CEO of the investment giant has recently expressed great optimism about Bitcoin's potential, hypothesizing that the cryptocurrency could reach a staggering value of $700,000. This statement, although ambitious, fits into a context of growing concerns about the devaluation of fiat currencies globally, amplifying Bitcoin's appeal as a safe haven asset and as \"digital gold.\" Let's take a closer look at why these forecasts are attracting the attention of investors and what they mean for the market. BlackRock: Bitcoin as a hedge against the devaluation of fiat currencies The key point of the statements by the CEO of BlackRock concerns the erosion of value of traditional currencies due to expansive monetary policies. In recent years, massive money printing and an overly accommodative fiscal policy have led to a loss of confidence in fiat currencies like the US dollar. Bitcoin, thanks to its limited supply set at 21 million units, is increasingly perceived as a hedge against inflation and devaluation. This narrative gains strength in a world where the global economy faces high inflation rates and the risk of recession. Unlike national currencies, BP is decentralized, immune to government interventions, and regulated by immutable mathematical protocols. These factors make it an increasingly popular store of value among institutional investors. The institutional perspective: why BlackRock is focusing on the crypto market As one of the major global asset managers, BlackRock holds an influential position in determining financial trends. It is important to note that this forecast comes at a time when BlackRock is more active than ever in the cryptocurrency sector. The company has recently filed an application for a Bitcoin ETF, which if approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), could represent a turning point for the mainstream adoption of BTC. A Bitcoin ETF would significantly increase accessibility to this asset class for traditional investors, simplifying the process of purchasing and managing criptovalute. This step fuels further institutional adoption and could act as a catalyst for a new wave of growth in the cryptocurrency market. According to many analysts, BlackRock's entry into the market signals a profound change in the perception of Bitcoin by traditional finance. Optimistic forecasts on Bitcoin: why $700K is not just a fantasy according to BlackRock A prediction so bold cannot be ignored, but what is it really based on? BlackRock is betting on two essential factors to justify such a high value for Bitcoin: the increase in demand and the decrease in relative supply over time. On one hand, the adoption of Bitcoin is continuously growing thanks to its recognition as a safe haven asset. This interest covers not only individual investors, but also pension funds, family offices, and global financial empires like BlackRock itself. On the other hand, with events like the halving of rewards for miners, expected in 2024, the supply of new Bitcoin decreases further, exerting positive pressure on prices. Experts also emphasize that similar reflections have already occurred in other market cycles. After deep corrections, Bitcoin has historically shown an enormous capacity for recovery, suggesting that it is not impossible to see BTC reach such heights in the coming years. Bitcoin: from niche asset to global strategic resource The hypothesis by BlackRock that Bitcoin could transform into a strategic asset capable of rivaling gold no longer seems like an exaggeration. 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Why One Analyst Says It's Time to Buy.\nFirst Published: Jan. 21, 2022 at 8:49 a.m. ET A Peloton exercise bike. Courtesy of Peloton Peloton shares bounced back Friday, following a notable slump, and an upgrade from Stifel to Buy. The analyst likes preliminary second-quarter result the maker of exercise equipment disclosed late Thursday. The stock is up 6% to $25.67 in premarket trading, after falling 24% Thursday in response to a report by CNBC saying the company is temporarily stopping production of connected fitness products. After the close of trading, CEO John Foley denied that production is halting, but did acknowledge that the company is adjusting its output and reviewing its cost structure. Tne company also pre-released its results for the second quarter of its fiscal year. Peloton Interactive (ticker: PTON) anticipates revenue of $1.14 billion, matching Stifel's estimate of $1.138 billion and above Wall Street's projection of $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion. It predicted a loss in terms of adjusted Ebitda—earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization—in the range of $270 million to $260 million, while Stifel had expected a loss of $330 million. Stifel analyst Scott Devitt upgraded the stock from Hold on Friday. \"We believe the stock has over-corrected relative to underlying business conditions,\" Devitt said, noting that Thursday's closing price was below pre-pandemic levels even though the company has a significantly larger subscriber base and more customers signing up. Peloton reported connected fitness subscriptions of 2.77 million as of the end of the quarter in its preliminary results. This was just slightly below Stifel's estimate of 2.8 million and guidance from management of 2.8 million to 2.85 million. It is 289% higher than numbers reported in the same period last year. That said, Devitt said he is \"taking a conservative approach to the remainder of the year\" and lowering his target for the stock price target to $40 from $56, while also reducing his financial forecasts for the fiscal third and fourth quarters until further evidence of stabilization in the business emerges. For the third quarter, Stifel expects $1.17 billion in revenue vs. a prior estimate of $1.44 billion. It expects the firm to generate $1.01 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter, compared with a previous call of $1.07 billion. 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Talks with the Rail Delivery Group over the long-running dispute on pay, jobs and conditions will still take place on Tuesday, as ambulance workers, nurses and Royal Mail staff plan strikes throughout the month. Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner accused the \"militant\" government of presiding over a \"complete shambles\" on the railways as she backed the workers' right to strike. Downing Street urged the RMT to accept a deal including a 4% pay rise to follow this year's 5%, and no compulsory redundancies until 2025, rather than the union's \"unaffordable\" double-digit demands. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's official spokesman said: \"It's incredibly disappointing that the RMT has chosen to take further damaging action instead of recognising this is a generous and fair deal that could have brought this dispute to an end. \"We believe the RMT need to take this offer seriously. We've been fair and reasonable in our approach.\" Government minister Nick Gibb told GB News the union must \"call off this strike\", adding: \"It's inconveniencing people up and down the country in the run-up to Christmas. I think it's a very poor way of conducting negotiations. \"We would urge the unions to talk to employers, to keep negotiating and not to hold the country to ransom, particularly in December as we get nearer to Christmas.\" Lynch insisted he does not want strikes to go ahead before Christmas but argued that his members are being forced into action by the Government not allowing train operators a proper mandate to negotiate on pay and conditions. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"We regret the inconvenience that we are causing but this inconvenience is being caused by the Government who are running the playbook and the strategy for the companies and directing what's going on. \"They've held back even these paltry offers to the last minute so they know it's very difficult to deal with these offers.\" He said there is always a wind-down of trains on Christmas Eve but, pressed whether there will be earlier disruption because of the action, he said \"yes, there will be\". \"They will run up until the evening time,\" he said. \"We don't want this to happen at Christmas. \"If we don't respond they will just assume the dispute is over and they've got their way so we have to respond to that. I hope the companies change their positions before the action takes place on December 13 and we can cancel the action – but I've been hoping for that all the summer.\" He argued that wages are being lowered against soaring inflation, which passed 11%, while conditions are being \"ripped up\". \"It would be foolish of unions not to co-ordinate themselves in response to those attacks,\" he told Today. Rayner argued that striking workers are not taking action at the \"drop of a hat\", saying they will \"lose their pay at a time when they will need it most\" because of the action. \"This is a militant government that is not dealing with the issues and not resolving this strike action and it's frustrating,\" she told BBC Breakfast. \"The system is absolutely crumbling without the strikes. Anyone who gets on a train now in the North knows that you're praying if you're going to get to where you need to get to. Many businesses are now losing staff because they can't get to work. \"It's a complete shambles of the government's making and they really need to get off their hands and resolve this. \"When I speak to the trade unions they're very clear they do not want to go on strike, they want to resolve this dispute. It's this government that seems to want to ratchet it up and want to attack workers' rights and cause this disruption.\" Downing Street was forced to defend delays to introducing laws to require minimum service levels on the railways that would limit the effects of strikes. The Prime Minister's official spokesman blamed the pandemic for the delay to the legislation first promised in 2019 and insisted \"it's something we're proceeding with as fast as parliamentary time allows\". Pressed on whether the rapid churn of prime ministers and transport secretaries has played a role, he said: \"I think the global pandemic was the largest impact on this legislation.\" Strikes are set to hit 14 train companies next week as the RMT has recommended its members should reject the latest offer from Network Rail. Businesses expressed concern about the disruption during the typically highly-profitable period as both customers and staff struggle to make it in for the third year in a row, after the damage of the coronavirus pandemic. 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The Communication Workers Union say they set to call 'the first national postal strike in a decade' following a vote today. The union's members backed industrial action by 97% in a turnout of almost 76%. No date has yet been given but the timing of the action raises fears it could hit Christmas deliveries. The union claims the Royal Mail is not sticking to an agreement over plans to reduce the working week and guarantee job security. The strike action was immediately backed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who branded the Royal Mail a 'privatisation failure'. Royal Mail workers have voted for strike action, potentially threatening Christmas deliveries Mr Corbyn tweeted: 'Thousands of posties have voted yes in record numbers for strike action in defence of their jobs. 'Royal Mail is a Tory-Lib Dem privatisation failure. Its sell off led to shareholders creaming profits off the top while running down the service. #WeRiseAgain' But many customers were unsympathetic, tweeting that the company delivers too much junk mail and striking before Christmas would only risk hastening its demise. One wrote: 'What, strike around Christmas time? This is ridiculous and it is gonna be chaos.' The union said it was pleased with the large percentage of members who had voted for the move. Terry Pullinger, the CWU's deputy general secretary, said what was happening to the Royal Mail was a 'national disgrace', with an emphasis on profit. 'We represent decent, hard working people who don't deserve what is happening to them and the service. 'There is something seriously wrong with the way the Royal Mail is being run. When we make a deal we stick to it.' He claimed up to 50,000 jobs were at risk in the Royal Mail, as well as in Parcelforce, under plans to separate it from the postal business. Many customers were unsympathetic, saying the action would cause 'chaos' A spokesman for Royal Mail plc said the company was 'very disappointed' over the planned industrial action. The spokesman said: 'A ballot result for industrial action does not necessarily mean there will be industrial action. We are still in mediation with the CWU… we are committed to reaching a resolution. 'We want to reach agreement. There are no grounds for industrial action. Industrial action – or the threat of it – is damaging for our business and undermines the trust of our customers. 'Royal Mail wants to transform to meet our customers' changing needs as we post fewer letters and receive more parcels.' 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This upgrade reflects the company's solid operational execution and expectations for improved annual free cash flow generation. Moody's highlighted Diebold Nixdorf's progress in achieving greater linearity of cash flows and maintaining adequate liquidity through different cycles. Tom Timko, DBD's CFO, emphasized the company's focus on strengthening its balance sheet and improving operational execution. He noted that DBD had recently paid down $200 million of debt and established a similar-sized revolving credit facility to enhance its capital structure. 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Investors will now keenly watch for the next strategic moves in the company's evolving portfolio. Shares of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) fell over 3% on Monday. The culprit? Disappointing June quarter (Q1FY25) results that failed to deliver any positive surprises. Consolidated Ebitda was down 9% quarter-on-quarter at ₹38,765 crore. While this dip was largely anticipated, the real letdown came from its retail arm, Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), where growth momentum slowed significantly. RRVL's revenue growth stood at 7% year-on-year in Q1, even as the average area operated in terms of square feet increased by 18%. This implies that RRVL's revenue per square foot dropped. In comparison, Avenue Supermarts Ltd, which operates the DMart supermarket chain, saw 18% year-on-year revenue growth in Q1 and an increase in revenue per square foot. Read this | Can RIL's capex story take some more twists and turns? RRVL's store count of almost 19,000 stores is nearly 50x that of DMart. However, in terms of total square feet under operation, RRVL is about five times DMart's size, as the latter's average store size is relatively larger. Given this context, the valuation assigned to RRVL compared to DMart appears steeply discounted, which seems unwarranted. Based on FY26 estimates, most brokerages have valued RRVL at an EV/EBITDA multiple of 30x-35x, whereas this figure for DMart stands at 50x. EV stands for enterprise value. This suggests there is scope for an upside surprise in terms of RRVL's relative valuation, but much depends on the revenue trajectory in the coming quarters. As such, the retail sector faces a new challenge—quick commerce. Until recently, competition from quick commerce was dismissed as companies in the sector were making losses. However, Zomato Ltd's Blinkit is on the verge of becoming profitable at the adjusted Ebitda level. In fact, Zepto, a leading player in quick commerce, has grown its revenue over five-fold to ₹10,000 crore in FY24 from about ₹2,000 crore in FY23. RRVL has a presence in quick commerce through Dunzo, but has struggled to make a mark. Meanwhile, Q1FY25 standalone numbers show that RIL's traditional refining business remains vulnerable to global cyclicality. The Ebitda of oil-to-chemicals has fluctuated in a wide range of ₹12,000 crore to ₹20,000 crore over the last eight quarters, with Q1FY25's Ebitda close to the lower end at ₹13,093 crore, down 14% year-on-year. This decline is attributed to the 30% drop in the benchmark Singapore gross refining margin for gasoline and weaker petrochemical spreads. Higher volume growth in the oil and gas production business offset some of this drag. This leaves us with RIL's telecom venture—Jio —which stands out as the jewel in the crown for the company. In Q1FY25, the mobile subscriber addition growth rate moderated to about 2% quarter-on-quarter, while the average revenue per user (Arpu) was flat at ₹180. The Arpu is set to rise after an average tariff hike of 20% announced recently. The tariff hike could boost revenue and Ebitda by ₹20,000 crore annually, taking the estimated Ebitda from the mobile business to ₹70,000 crore from FY26. Apart from the tariff hike, faster 5G data speeds could lead to higher data consumption as more customers upgrade to the 5G network. This should boost Arpu further even if overall subscriber additions remain muted. Also read | Why Reliance's investors opposed board roles for Saudi businessman and Khaitan Despite Monday's decline, RIL's investors can hardly complain. The stock has gained about 16% so far in 2024. Going ahead, investors will keep a close eye on the retail business, focusing on improving profitability and gaining traction in the new energy business. 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The agency stated in its statement that the positive outlook reflects its view of the improvement of the balance sheet of the government of the Sultanate of Oman. She also stressed that the positive future outlook reflects that the economic reform program may lead to reducing debt faster than expected in many state-owned enterprises. \"And I expected\" Standard & Poor's \"The Sultanate of Oman must maintain good relations with its neighbors and maintain its usual role as a neutral party and mediator in the region. The agency expects the Sultanate of Oman's real GDP growth to record two percent on average annually between 2024-2027. In September 2023, Standard & Poor's raised the Sultanate's credit rating to BB+ thanks to stronger macroeconomic fundamentals. 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The terms and conditions of the Acquisition are set out below and in a joint announcement released by OpenText and Micro Focus (the Announcement) in the UK today under Rule 2.7 of the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the Takeover Code). Capitalized terms not defined in this press release have the meanings given in the Announcement. Micro Focus is one of the world's largest software companies and serves thousands of organizations globally, including many of the largest companies in the Fortune Global 500 and had approximately $2.7 billion pro forma trailing twelve months (TTM) revenue for the period ended April 30, 2022.(1) \"We are pleased to announce our firm intention to acquire Micro Focus, and I look forward to welcoming Micro Focus customers, partners and employees to OpenText,\" said OpenText CEO & CTO Mark J. Barrenechea. \"Upon completion of the acquisition, OpenText will be one of the world's largest software and cloud businesses with a tremendous marquee customer base, global scale and comprehensive go-to-market. Customers of OpenText and Micro Focus will benefit from a partner that can even more effectively help them accelerate their digital transformation efforts by unlocking the full value of their information assets and core systems.\" Barrenechea further added, \"Micro Focus brings meaningful revenue and operating scale to OpenText, with a combined total addressable market (TAM) of $170 billion(2). With this scale, we believe we have significant growth opportunities and ability to create upper quartile adjusted EBITDA and free cash flows. We expect Micro Focus to be immediately accretive to our adjusted EBITDA. Micro Focus will benefit from the OpenText Business System to create stronger operations and significant cash flows, and Micro Focus customers will benefit from the OpenText Private and Public Clouds.\" OpenText values Micro Focus' strong brands and culture and attaches great importance to the skill and experience of Micro Focus' management team and employees. \"We intend to fund the all-cash Acquisition with existing cash, new debt and our existing revolving credit facility. OpenText does not contemplate raising any equity to fund the Acquisition. We are committed to providing investors with enhanced visibility into our high-value business areas, delivering a net leverage ratio(3) of below 3x over 8 quarters and continuing our dividend program, and we expect to have Micro Focus on our operating model within 6 quarters of closing the transaction,\" Barrenechea concluded. OpenText CEO & CTO Mark J. 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The plane made an emergency landing following a midair fuselage blowout on Jan. 5. None of the 171 passengers and six crew members was seriously injured. WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration says Boeing's grounded 737 Max 9 jets can begin flying again after a \" thorough inspection and maintenance process. \" But the agency also imposed sweeping jet production restrictions at the company's factories. It's been nearly three weeks since federal regulators took 171 Boeing aircraft out of service after part of the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines jet blew out at 16,000 feet after departing the Portland International Airport. \"We grounded the Boeing 737-9 MAX within hours of the incident over Portland and made clear this aircraft would not go back into service until it was safe,\" FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said in a statement late Wednesday. \"The exhaustive, enhanced review our team completed after several weeks of information gathering gives me and the FAA confidence to proceed to the inspection and maintenance phase.\" The FAA's announcement comes amid growing questions about quality control at the Boeing factory where the 737 was assembled. An apparent Boeing whistleblower says that mistakes inside the aerospace giant's plant in Renton, Wash. were likely to blame for the incident. The self-described Boeing employee alleges that four key bolts that are supposed to hold the door in place were never reinstalled after maintenance work before the jet left the factory. The FAA announcement did not mention those allegations. But the agency has its own concerns about Boeing's production and manufacturing processes . \"This won't be back to business as usual for Boeing,\" Whitaker said, announcing that the FAA would not grant any requests from Boeing to expand production of the Max aircraft, \"until we are satisfied that the quality control issues uncovered during this process are resolved.\" The production cap applies to Max 8 and 9 (which are in use around the world) as well as the upcoming smaller Max 7 and larger Max 10 variants. Critics say Boeing has been rushing production to clear a lengthy backlog of orders following a previous grounding of the Max aircraft following a pair of fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 which killed a total of 346 people. Those crashes were blamed on a faulty flight control system on the new planes . Boeing declined to comment on the whistleblower allegations, citing an ongoing investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators at the NTSB had previously raised the possibility that the bolts on the door plug panel were not properly installed. Following the FAA's announcement, Boeing said it would work with regulators and airlines to get the grounded planes back in the air. \"We will continue to cooperate fully and transparently with the FAA and follow their direction as we take action to strengthen safety and quality at Boeing,\" said a statement from Boeing spokesperson Jessica Kowal. \"We will also work closely with our airline customers as they complete the required inspection procedures to safely return their 737-9 airplanes to service.\" United and Alaska Airlines have both been forced to cancel thousands of flights while waiting for this final inspection guidance from regulators and Boeing. On Tuesday, the CEOs of both companies were sharply critical of Boeing in separate interviews. 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The total value of the deal is at least $80 million and affected original owners eligible for compensation will receive payments between $200 and $1,100. Porsche 718 Cayman. / Photo: Courtesy Porsche. Owners can apply for compensation online However, non-original owners may also be eligible for compensation.. Porsche has now created a site for homeowners to file a claim for compensation, as well as a list of vehicles involved in the deal of class action. Volkswagen and Porsche do not admit that they manipulate emissions This settlement came after owners sued Porsche for manipulating emissions and fuel economy test vehicles to achieve better official numbers. According to settlement documents, owners were seeing 1-2 miles per gallon less than Porsche claimed and that affects vehicles dating from 2005. However, in the settlement, Volkswagen and Porsche deny the claims but have decided to settle. In June, Reuters reported that a whistleblower inside Porsche reported at least one emissions-defeating device on certain gasoline engines. That's what prompted Porsche to report the problem to US and German regulators. Porsche 718 Boxster. / Photo: Courtesy Porsche. Which Porsche vehicles are affected A lots of Porsche vehicles sold between 2005 and 2022 are part of the agreement, including cars such as the two generations of Porsche Cayennetwo generations of Porsche Boxster/Caymanboth generations of Porsche Panamerathe porsche macan and the 911 of the 997 and 991 generation. All trim levels for each model are also included. While Volkswagen and Porsche deny the claims, this is not a good look for either brand. It was only in 2015 that the entire Volkswagen Group came under fire for intentionally rigging diesel emissions tests, a scandal in which Volkswagen pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and obstruction of justice. 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The salvo marked a serious escalation of rebel attacks on the kingdom as the war in Yemen rages into its eighth year and peace talks stall. The attacks did not cause casualties, the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said, but struck sites belonging to one of the world's most important energy companies and damaged civilian vehicles and homes. The coalition also said it destroyed a remotely piloted boat packed with explosives dispatched by the Houthis in the busy southern Red Sea. Hours after oil giant Aramco's chief executive Amin H. Nasser told reporters the attacks had no impact on oil supplies, the Saudi energy ministry acknowledged that a drone strike targeting the Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company caused \"a temporary reduction in the refinery's production\". The disruption, as oil prices spike in an already-tight energy market, \"will be compensated for from the inventory\", the ministry said, without elaborating. Another aerial attack later in the day struck a fuel tank at an Aramco distribution station in the port city of Jeddah and ignited a fire. Later at night, the roar and thump of missile interceptors rattled the port city as the Saudi military coalition said it destroyed more projectiles over Jeddah. Residents posted footage on social media showing streaks of light from missile defences pierce the dark sky. The relentless wave of strikes revealed the expanding reach and precision of the rebels and the persistent gaps in the kingdom's air defences. A sophisticated strike in 2019 on Aramco oil facilities knocked out half the kingdom's oil production and threatened to ignite a regional crisis, an attack that the US and Riyadh later alleged came from Iran. The attacks on Sunday came as Saudi Arabia's state-backed Aramco, the world's largest oil company, announced its profits surged 124% in 2021 to 110 billion US dollars, a jump fuelled by renewed anxieties about global supply shortages and soaring oil prices. Aramco, also known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co, released its annual earnings after weeks of intense volatility in energy markets triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The international oil benchmark Brent crude spiked over 107 US dollars on Sunday after nearly hitting a peak of 140 US dollars earlier this month. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have so far resisted Western appeals to increase oil production to offset the loss of Russian oil as petrol prices skyrocket. Yehia Sarie, a spokesman for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, said the rebels had launched \"a wide and large military operation\" in retaliation for the Saudi-led \"aggression and blockade\" that has turned much of Yemen into a wasteland. The escalation followed a flurry of diplomacy over the weekend in Oman's capital of Muscat. The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, met with the chief Houthi negotiator and Omani officials to discuss \"a possible truce during the holy month of Ramadan\" in early April, the UN mission said. The White House condemned the attacks, blaming Iran for supplying the Houthis with missile and drone parts, as well as training and expertise. \"It is time to bring this war to a close, but that can only happen if the Houthis agree to cooperate with the United Nations,\" said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. \"The United States stands fully behind those efforts.\" A damaged car is parked at an Aramco terminal (Saudi Press Agency/AP) The Saudi-led military coalition reported aerial strikes on a range of facilities: an Aramco liquefied gas plant in the Red Sea port of Yanbu, an oil storage plant in Jeddah, a desalination facility in Al-Shaqeeq on the Red Sea coast and an Aramco oil facility in the southern border town of Jizan, among others. The extent of damage on Saudi infrastructure remained unclear, and the ministry said only the Yanbu refinery saw a temporary drop in output. 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FTX's other backers such as SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund and Sequoia Capital have also marked down their investment to zero after FTX, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States last week in the highest-profile crypto blowup to date. Temasek said it had invested $210 million for a minority stake of about 1% in FTX International, and $65 million for a minority stake of about 1.5% in FTX US, across two funding rounds from October 2021 to January 2022. \"The cost of our investment in FTX was 0.09% of our net portfolio value of S$403 billion ($294.3 billion) as of 31 March 2022,\" it said. Temasek said its early stage investments made up about 6% of its total portfolio. It said the thesis for its funding of FTX was to invest in a leading digital asset exchange that would provide it with \"protocol agnostic and market neutral exposure\" to crypto markets with a fee income model and no trading or balance sheet risk. Temasek said it currently had no direct exposure in cryptocurrencies. It said it had conducted an extensive due diligence process on FTX from February to October 2021, during which it had reviewed FTX's audited financial statement, which showed it to be profitable. \"It is apparent from this investment that perhaps our belief in the actions, judgment and leadership of Sam Bankman-Fried, formed from our interactions with him and views expressed in our discussions with others, would appear to have been misplaced,\" it said. 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I don't regret my decision–but there are a few things I miss. [Images: Tim Bennett /Unsplash; IkonStudio/iStock] It doesn't quite seem possible, but it's been almost exactly a year since the story of Facebook's dangerous liaison with Cambridge Analytica broke wide open . It's also been a year since I decided to ditch Facebook forever . Nothing that has happened since then has made me regret my decision. In fact, it's been rather a rough year for Mark Zuckerberg and his 2 billion friends: In July, the Facebook CEO struggled to explain why he refused to remove Holocaust deniers from his platform. (He eventually capitulated and banned InfoWars.) Last September the social network discovered a bug that inadvertently shared millions of personal photos with third-party apps , sometimes even before members had posted them. In November, the New York Times revealed that Facebook had hired an opposition research firm to discredit its critics and link them to radical conservatives' favorite liberal bogeyman, George Soros. More recently, a new controversy arose. Facebook, which asks users to provide their phone numbers to help secure their accounts from unauthorized access, also allows people to search for you using that number –a fundamental privacy violation. And all of this follows the Cambridge Analytica scandal , in which Facebook allowed the notorious psychometrics firm to access the personal information of more than 80 million of its members and then use the data to send political ads to Trump supporters. Cambridge Analytica was the last straw for me. After nearly 11 years, 8,005 posts, 725 photo uploads, and 25 pokes, I deleted my Facebook account. How do I feel about that decision now? As my old relationship status once said, it's complicated. Best laid plans First, some caveats. \"Ditch Facebook forever\" isn't exactly accurate. As a tech journalist, I can't simply ignore a social network with a population larger than Europe and North and South America combined. So I concocted a scheme for how to do my job in a post-Facebook world. My plan was to maintain a fake account, use it to connect with a handful of friends and relatives, and lurk on their timelines. I would use other services (LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Chat, iMessage) to stay in touch. Facebook would still have my attention from time to time, but it would no longer have any of my personal data. That was the idea, anyway. But my plan didn't really work as, well, planned. Most of the people I approached declined a friend request from my fake account. (Perhaps it was not the wisest choice to use a supermodel as my Facebook alter ego.) It also turns out that some people–including (ahem) one of my editors at Fast Company–really like Facebook Messenger and don't want to use anything else. My attempts at persuading him and others to communicate via gChat, iMessage, or email went largely unheeded. And I never managed to extricate myself from Instagram. Not that I love Instagram–in many ways, it combines the worst of Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter. But it's become incredibly important, especially with regard to the baffling-yet-undeniable power of \"influencers\" (or, as I like to call them, influenzas). Much as I'd like to ignore it, I can't. I also realized I don't really want to personally reconnect with most of my long-lost friends and colleagues. I don't want to talk to them on the phone. I don't want to exchange letters or even emails. It feels awkward. I just want to peek in on their lives every now and then in a voyeuristic way. I miss seeing pictures of all the jocks from my high school who've gone paunchy and bald. I also miss seeing the high school hotties who married well and still look great some 30+ years later. I miss that frothy cocktail of schadenfreude, wistfulness, and envy. I've missed major events in distant friends' lives–the birth of a child or grandchild, college graduations, dramatic career shifts, the passing of parents–which now seem to be commemorated almost entirely on Facebook. When wildfires raged through Northern California last November, destroying more than 150,000 acres, I wanted to see if my cousin who lived in that area had checked in as safe. I couldn't. (I learned later he was fine.) Last fall I spent several days trying and failing to locate an old college classmate. Had she remarried? Left the country? Died? I have no idea. If I'd had a real Facebook account, I might have been able to trace her through our mutual college contacts. One thing I do not miss: The endless political arguments. But that's what Twitter is for. Life, changing Several times over the last year I've pondered whether my life would have been any different if I (or the world) had never heard of Facebook. And I was surprised to realize that the answer is yes. That's because Facebook was partially responsible for reconnecting me with my father after an absence of 28 years . Here's how that went. Six years ago, I chanced upon a status update that got my attention. According to Facebook, my eightysomething stepmother, who had sent me a friend request a year previous but had posted nothing since, had moved from Florida to North Carolina, just a few hours away from where I was then living. I knew she had grandchildren in the Charlotte area. And the only logical conclusion I could reach was that my father had finally died, and she'd decided to move in with one of her sons. This sent me on a frantic scramble–because in my conflict-averse family we never do anything directly–during which I asked each of my siblings if they'd heard anything about my father. My sister in New York, an amateur sleuth, came up with the answer. Facebook was wrong. My stepmother hadn't moved, she'd just been visiting. My father was still alive and kicking in Florida, and she was still with him, despite the best efforts of social networking algorithms to persuade me otherwise. My sister gave me his number. Two months later I mustered the courage to call and wish him a happy 90th birthday. We had a good conversation. And from that point on, we kept in sporadic contact. I visited him a few times. And I was with him a couple of weeks before he died last fall, at age 95. I don't believe any of that would have happened without Facebook. At the same time, I don't think this absolves the social network of its many sins. Over and over and over, Facebook has promised one thing: control over the information we so generously share with it–information that has helped generate $40 billion in annual revenues and a market cap of nearly $500 billion. 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But leaders are taking an aggressive stance with legal action. In the seven years since the American Bridal and Prom Association was founded to help fight counterfeiting, the group has won nine federal court cases, shut down 3,000 counterfeit sites and has taken 30,000 illegal images from counterfeit sites, according to president Steve Lang. Last year Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Design filed a contributory infringement copyright lawsuit against Cloudflare in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. In doing so, they are going after the web hosting and security company that is allegedly enabling foreign counterfeiters in the bridal industry. Lang, who is chief executive officer of Mon Cheri Bridals, is not alone in taking the legal approach. In another legal case filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, American Clothing Express Inc., which does business as Allure Bridal, and Justin Alexander filed a complaint against CloudFlare Inc. for contributory copyright infringement. 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Google's cloud game promises more than 100 games for Stadia this year, but this means that it will no longer have exclusive and original projects. According to Kotaku the news was unexpected within the Stadia team and Among the reasons cited by Phil Harrison, head of Stadia, is the purchase of Zenimax -including Bethesda- by Microsoft which was announced last September. The article ensures that Stadia employees received the news of the closure without any notice or information prior to confirmation. A week earlier, Harrison had emailed workers to confirm the \"great progress\" made by internal teams. \" The messy shutdown came after what was already an exhausting year from the pandemic. Remember the launch of Stadia itself , which seemed hasty and incomplete in leaving out features that had been touted during the presentation and were not added until months later. In this case, however, the Stadia developers themselves were the ones affected by the failed planning. \" Google Stadia struggled to profitability at launch, and the absence of impactful games, especially proprietary content, was a big problem. To remedy it and n 2019 the opening of studios in Montreal and Los Angeles was announced supervised by Jade Raymond -producer of Assassin's Creed and head of EA Motive Studios-. High video game development costs Three days after making himself known, Harrison held a question and answer session with the developers where they discussed the decision and the e-mail sent a few days in which a much more positive situation was described. \"I think people just wanted to know the truth about what happened,\" says one of the sources to Kotaku. \"They wanted an explanation from the bosses. If you open this studio and hire about a hundred people, nobody lets them get away a year, right? You cannot make a game in that time. 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They slammed Raytheon, which has a missile and defense subsidiary in Portsmouth, for its military dealings with Saudi Arabia and the Israel regime, saying they kill innocent civilians with Raytheon's help. The cars had \"no more civilian death\" painted on them, calling on the American defense conglomerate to stop aiding and abetting terrorism perpetuated by Riyadh and Tel Aviv. Protesters also held up a placard with \"Palestine\" written on it and chanted \"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,\" a slogan immortalized by pro-Palestine advocates across the world. They chanted, \"Raytheon has got to go!\" and, toward the two men who were attached to the cars, \"We see you, we love you\", said a report in the Boston Globe. Authorities took one of the men into a police van, while the other man was freed, reports said. They were identified as Frank Fortino, 26, of Providence, and Nicholas Katkevich, 36, of Bristol. In a statement, the activists said that it was protesting the Waltham, Massachusetts-based defense contractor's \"weapon sales to Saudi Arabia and Israel, and their involvement in enforcing the US- Mexican border.\" \"Raytheon profits from the killing of civilians, families, and children in Palestine, Yemen, and elsewhere,\" the statement said, as quoted by different news agencies. The company is ranked as the second largest military contractor in the world by Defense News. It brought in $42 billion in defense-related revenue during fiscal 2020, said a report in Defense News. Raytheon Company (ranked 5th last year) and United Technologies Corporation (ranked 10th last year) merged in April 2020 to form Raytheon Technologies. The company's plant in Portsmouth focuses on what it calls sea power capability — sensors, combat management systems, radar and sonar, with around 1,000 people employed at the facility. In 2019, Riyadh, which is among the top five defense spenders in the world, signed a deal with Raytheon to localize maintenance of its Patriot missile defense system. Raytheon also works closely with Rafael, one of the largest military contractors for the Israeli regime. 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Facebook snafu spells trouble for gardening group\nBy BARBARA ORTUTAY Moderating a Facebook gardening group in western New York is not without challenges. There are complaints of wooly bugs, inclement weather and the novice members who insist on using dish detergent on their plants. And then there's the word \"hoe.\" Facebook's algorithms sometimes flag this particular word as \"violating community standards,\" apparently referring to a different word, one without an \"e\" at the end that is nonetheless often misspelled as the garden tool. Normally, Facebook's automated systems will flag posts with offending material and delete them. But if a group's members — or worse, administrators — violate the rules too many times, the entire group can get shut down. Elizabeth Licata, one of the group's moderators, was worried about this. After all, the group, WNY Gardeners, has more than 7,500 members who use it to get gardening tips and advice. It's been especially popular during the pandemic when many homebound people took up gardening for the first time. A hoe by any other name could be a rake, a harrow or a rototill. But Licata was not about to ban the word from the group, or try to delete each instance. When a group member commented \"Push pull hoe!\" on a post asking for \"your most loved & indispensable weeding tool,\" Facebook sent a notification that said \"We reviewed this comment and found it goes against our standards for harassment and bullying.\" Facebook uses both human moderators and artificial intelligence to root out material that goes against its rules. In this case, a human likely would have known that a hoe in a gardening group is likely not an instance of harassment or bullying. But AI is not always good at context and the nuances of language. It also misses a lot — users often complain that they report violent or abusive language and Facebook rules that it's not in violation of its community standards. Misinformation on vaccines and elections has been a long-running and well-documented problem for the social media company. On the flip side are groups like Licata's that get caught up in overly zealous algorithms. \"And so I contacted Facebook, which was useless. How do you do that?\" she said. \"You know, I said this is a gardening group, a hoe is gardening tool.\" Licata said she never heard from a person and Facebook, and found navigating the social network's system of surveys and ways to try to set the record straight was futile. Contacted by The Associated Press, a Facebook representative said in an email this week that the company found the group and corrected the mistaken enforcements. It also put an extra check in place, meaning that someone — an actual person — will check offending posts before the group is considered for deletion. The company would not say if other gardening groups had similar problems. (In January, Facebook mistakenly flagged the U.K. landmark of Plymouth Hoe as offensive, then apologized, according to The Guardian.) \"We have plans to build out better customer support for our products and to provide the public with even more information about our policies and how we enforce them,\" Facebook said in a statement in response to Licata's complaints. Then, something else came up. Licata received a notification that Facebook automatically disabled commenting on a post because of \"possible violence, incitement, or hate in multiple comments.\" The offending comments included \"Kill them all. 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Wells Fargo has agreed to pay California $5 million to settle allegations that it opened insurance policies for its customers and charged them without their consent. The San Francisco-based company agreed to give up its insurance licenses for two years and to pay another $5 million if it ever wants to sell insurance in California again. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones accepted the settlement on Wednesday. He says company representatives issued about 1,500 insurance policies without the consent of customers. The settlement is part of a massive fake-accounts scandal that has tarnished the reputation of one of the nation's largest banks. Wells Fargo spokeswoman Catherine Pulley says the company has worked to make things right for customers and earn back their trust. 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This is despite a likely increase in Vedanta Resources ' leverage due to the transaction, it said in a note. Agarwal-controlled Vedanta Resources is the parent firm of Mumbai-listed Vedanta, which houses mining and oil & gas operations of the group. Vedanta Resources has proposed to buy out public shareholders in Vedanta Ltd. \"The proposed privatization is subject to several approvals, including by the Vedanta Ltd board of directors, which is scheduled to meet on May 18. We expect a tender offer only around June or July this year,\" it said. Vedanta Resources' ability to refinance its near-term debt maturities, especially the USD 670 million bond maturing in June 2021, remains the key rating driver. \"A successful privatization of Vedanta Ltd should increase the parent's refinancing options. We may upgrade Vedanta Resources if its liquidity position improves as a result. However, a lack of progress on the refinancing over the next couple of quarters could lead us to lower the rating,\" the rating agency said. \"Vedanta Resources' inefficient corporate structure and dependence on dividends from Vedanta Ltd for debt servicing have constrained its credit profile,\" it added. A successful privatization of Vedanta would improve Vedanta Resources' access to the subsidiary's cash flows. This will be due to more efficient dividend upstreaming (compared to about 50 per cent that is currently paid to minority shareholders). \"Over time, we expect the privatization to improve liquidity at Vedanta Resources and facilitate deleveraging,\" it said. \"The benefits of the increased ownership will mitigate the increase in leverage following the privatization.\" The exercise, it said, is likely to be debt-funded, and could add about USD 2.3 billion to Vedanta Resources' debt, assuming the privatization happens at the floor price of Rs 87.5 per share. The increase in debt is about 15 per cent of adjusted consolidated debt estimate of USD 17 billion for the company as of March 2020. \"We believe the rise in debt is manageable considering the greater dividends available,\" it said. \"However, if the funding of the privatization is short-term in nature, it could weaken Vedanta Resources' liquidity, especially with other debt maturities in the next 12 months.\" S&P said an increase in the tender price above Rs 87.5 per share is another risk, but it expects the company to be prudent while proceeding with the transaction. Vedanta Resources owns 50.1 per cent of Vedanta Ltd. 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Voters will ultimately decide through a November ballot measure. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories . Ride-hail drivers have staged protests in support of a California law requiring the companies to treat them as employees.Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories . Uber and Lyft will not ditch California drivers and riders at midnight, after a state appeals court let them—for now—continue treating their drivers as independent contractors, instead of employees. The court's order halts a brief but furious game of chicken between the companies and the state of California, which sued them to follow a new labor law passed last fall. Uber and Lyft had threatened to leave the state over the law, Assembly Bill 5, which creates a more stringent test to differentiate contractors from employees. The companies said they didn't have enough time to prepare for what would have been a monumental shift in their business model in the midst of a pandemic, though the law was passed last year. For drivers and riders, the status quo is now set to continue until at least mid-October, when judges will hear the companies' and state's arguments in court. The appeals court also ordered the companies to submit a guarantee that they will comply with the law if they lose. Workers who are employees instead of contractors are entitled to minimum and overtime wages, paid sick leave, health benefits, and access to social insurance programs like unemployment. The appeals court decision likely means that California voters—rather than judges—will determine the outcome of the Golden State labor fight. Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and DoorDash are backing a statewide ballot measure , known as Proposition 22, to create a \"third\" category of employment, which would include a minimum wage, some auto insurance and vehicle maintenance costs, and a health care stipend. The companies have poured more than $110 million into a \"Yes on 22\" campaign. If Proposition 22 fails, and companies don't prevail in their appeal, Uber and Lyft would have to rethink their business model in California, which is both their home state and host to some of their biggest markets. Lyft has said in legal filings that complying with AB 5 would mean \"restructuring its business and changing its relationship with drivers by, for example, drastically reducing their flexibility and taking control over their time to manage them as employees.\" Some drivers say the flexibility to work when and where they want attracted them to the platform. The New York Times reported this week that both companies have considered a franchise model in the state, which might allow them to avoid treating drivers as employees. Or the companies could leave the state for good. Neither company responded to questions about its plans if Proposition 22 fails. In a statement, Uber spokesperson Davis White said the company was \"glad that the Court of Appeals recognized the important questions raised in this case, and that access to these critical services won't be cut off while we continue to advocate for drivers' ability to work with the freedom they want.\" Lyft spokesperson Julie Wood said, \"While we won't have to suspend operations tonight, we do need to continue fighting for independence plus benefits for drivers.\" As the appeals court released its decision, workers and organizers with driver advocacy groups Gig Workers Rising and We Drive Progress rallied in front of Uber headquarters on San Francisco's Market Street—though Uber employees are permitted to work from home through the middle of next year. One organizer dressed in a baby outfit to represent the ride-hail companies, as drivers circled the block in a pandemic-friendly car caravan, honking in support. \"This rally, this fight has always been about defeating Prop. 22, Uber and Lyft's latest attempt to write themselves out of the law,\" driver and Gig Workers Rising organizer Edan Alva said in a statement. \"We, the workers, remain focused on defeating Prop. 22.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "DoorDash", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "DoorDash", "length": 8, "offset": 1873}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Uber", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Uber", "length": 4, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Uber", "length": 4, "offset": 521}, {"position_text": "Uber", "length": 4, "offset": 891}, {"position_text": "Uber", "length": 4, "offset": 1846}, {"position_text": "Uber", "length": 4, "offset": 2254}, {"position_text": "Uber", "length": 4, "offset": 3071}, {"position_text": "Uber", "length": 4, "offset": 3678}, {"position_text": "Uber", "length": 4, "offset": 3736}, {"position_text": "Uber", "length": 4, "offset": 4044}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "WIRED", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "WIRED", "length": 5, "offset": 66}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Lyft", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 9}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 530}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 900}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 1852}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 2263}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 2400}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 3358}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 4053}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Instacart", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Instacart", "length": 9, "offset": 1858}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "New York Times", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "New York Times", "length": 14, "offset": 2761}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "DoorDash", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "DoorDash", "length": 8, "offset": 1873}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Getty Images", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Getty Images", "length": 12, "offset": 440}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Lyft", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 9}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 530}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 900}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 1852}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 2263}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 2400}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 3358}, {"position_text": "Lyft", "length": 4, "offset": 4053}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 1030, "text": "EV maker Tesla looking to set up lithium refinery in Texas, eyes tax relief\n( Natural News ) Tesla Inc. is considering establishing a lithium refinery on Texas' Gulf Coast in a bid to acquire a key component in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The move comes amid soaring demand for electric cars. In an application filed with the Texas Comptroller's Office, the company stated that it will process raw lithium ore \"into a usable state for battery production.\" Tesla has previously advertised a possible battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining facility, the first of its kind in North America. According to the Aug. 22 application, construction of the facility could begin in the fourth quarter of 2024 if approved. Commercial production, meanwhile, could commence by the end of 2024. Tesla stated it would use less dangerous reagents and make usable byproducts, in comparison with the conventional process, when it produces EV batteries. The finished products from the refinery will then be delivered by trucks and rail to different Tesla battery manufacturing sites. However, the company founded and led by Elon Musk said it is still \" evaluating the feasibility of this project\" and that \"only very preliminary development activities have begun.\" It added that no engineering, construction or procurement construction contracts have been signed or negotiated. Moreover, no regulatory permits have been acquired. According to Tesla, the project could be situated \"anywhere with access to the Gulf Coast shipping channel.\" Another site in Louisiana is also being considered. The company remarked that the only way the lithium refinery project will be feasible is if the Lone Star State provides it tax breaks under state law. \"In the case of the investment on this proposed project in Texas, the decision will be based on a number of commercial and financial considerations – including the ability to obtain relief regarding local property taxes,\" as stated in Tesla's application. Tesla could be the first to invest directly in lithium refining Musk earlier said that Tesla may have to directly mine and process its lithium as prices of the metal continue rising. Ensuring a stable supply of battery components is seen as crucial for Tesla as it confronts intense competition in the booming market for electric cars. Thus, the Tesla CEO has also been outspoken about the need for more cast in the lithium refining industry. If Tesla's plan advances, the carmaker could become the first in the industry to invest directly in lithium refining as automakers rush to repair deals with miners and refiners. Arpit Agarwal, director at venture capital firm Blume Ventures, said Tesla stands to benefit from lower logistics costs, aside from incentives it may receive from the United States government. \"Carmakers are trying to ensure they have control over the supply of lithium, hedging for any geopolitical situation that might arise in [the] future where the supply is disrupted,\" he commented. As part of the application to Texas, the company added that it is also looking at \"other battery materials processing, refining and manufacturing and ancillary manufacturing operations in support of Tesla's sustainable product line.\" Tesla's move seeks to expand the supply of its lithium and battery production. Lithium prices have soared this year because of rising demand from the auto industry. Lithium is a crucial metal for batteries that get into almost everything from electric cars to smartphones. China is by far the world's largest lithium manufacturer, commanding more than half of the world's lithium processing and refining. In contrast, the U.S. just holds one percent. (Related: EV market depends almost entirely on communist China – \"going green\" actually means going COMMIE .) Follow RoboCars.news for more news about electric vehicles. Watch the video below to know why Tesla electric cars can be dangerous. This video is from the GoneDark channel on Brighteon.com . More related stories: Lithium production setback will hinder EV growth; locals revolt over lithium mining impacts on water supplies . Swiss startup invents higher-performance electric car battery that can leave Tesla batteries in the dust . Chile is sitting on a lithium goldmine, but locals say that exploiting it will come at a terrible environmental cost . Toyota battery manufacturing plant being constructed in North Carolina will produce lithium-ion batteries for up to 200,000 electric automobiles each year . Tesla caught \"crippling\" the battery life of cars, then controlling their discharge capacity from headquarters . 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The Amsterdam-based food-delivery group said the amount comprises EUR1.5 billion in cash on closing and a deferred consideration based on the performance of the online food delivery sector over the next year of up to EUR300 million. Prosus, a global consumer internet group, said that the transaction to acquire the remaining stake in Latin American online food and delivery platform iFood will be funded from existing cash resources. \"We are excited to continue to be a supportive and active partner for iFood as the company steps into its next phase of innovation and growth,\" Prosus Chief Executive Bob van Dijk said. \"Increasing our stake to full ownership is a demonstration of our committed and disciplined approach to investment and reflects our confidence in the long-term potential of iFood.\" Just Eat Takeaway.com also reconfirmed its guidance for 2022 of gross transaction value to grow by mid-single digit on year and an adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization margin in the range of minus 0.5% to minus 0.7% of GTV. Just Eat also said it continues to explore the partial or full sale of Grubhub. 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These top-in-their-game Manufacturing Analytics Solution Providers, play a pivotal role in transforming heaps of production data into actionable intelligence. Leaders in the Domain Wipro As quoted by Sanjeev Singh, Chief Operating Officer, Wipro- \"Analytics is the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data\" Wipro has carved its name as a managed analytics and business transformation leader in the manufacturing domain. With a diverse clientele of 14500+ across industries, the company serves a substantial number of manufacturing clients, including both large enterprises and smaller businesses collaborating on complex projects, resolving enterprise's digital needs worldwide. Their service portfolio spans Data and analytics, Cloud Consulting, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning(ML), Data Governance, and Cybersecurity solutions. With a pool of trained data analytics experts, and developers in hand, they streamline business processes, optimize production and supply chain efficiency, and revolutionize data landscapes, ensuring the manufacturing hubs thrive with sustained success. DataToBiz DataToBiz emerges as a standout among these tech giants, making waves since its establishment in 2018. The company with its commitment to delivering data solutions for manufacturing clients with real-time results has made it a big name in the managed analytics space. Recognizing the need for advanced analytics solutions in Industry 4.0, DataToBiz offers tailored solutions, empowering manufacturing hubs to deploy data effectively and make informed decisions promptly to gain better returns yearly. The company covers essential services such as data warehousing, big data implementation, OEE analytics, production management , data governance, data lake, and data architecture, serving as a one-stop hub for supply chain analytics expertise. More than just a data science powerhouse, DataToBiz has established itself as a trusted leader in end-to-end managed analytics and Power BI space over the past five years. Considered India's top AI company by Clutch for 4 consistent years, and endorsed by the Government of India, their expertise extends beyond manufacturing, serving diverse industries as a preferred data analytics partner. As CEO Ankush Sharma states, \"DataToBiz's commitment goes beyond technology, it's about transforming data into actionable insights that drive real results.\" Ernst & Young Beyond just a Managed Service Provider, EY stands as a symbol of trust and innovation, guiding global business transformation. Their multidisciplinary team of data experts, AI/BI developers, and data security professionals forms a diverse network of member firms, partnering with clients to achieve their short/long-term enterprise goals. Offering multiple services at once, including strategy consulting, digital and technology transformation, workforce solutions, enterprise sustainability initiatives, tax planning, and compliance, EY stands as a strategic partner for businesses worldwide. EY's approach extends beyond conventional solutions, actively helping businesses harness analytics to protect assets and foster expansion. As Francesco Rosella, EY Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) quotes \"Analytics not only serves as the key to business insights, but it underscores the vital role in safeguarding valuable inside information.\" The Rising Need for Expertise in Manufacturing In manufacturing, as companies of all sizes(large, SMBs, SMEs, startups))seek managed analytics solutions, leaders like Wipro, DataToBiz, and Ernst Young stand out for their pivotal role in data-driven decision-making. Their focus on excellence and client-centric simple analytics solutions for complex factory data makes them trusted partners guiding manufacturing enterprises toward lasting success. 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He said the UK and European Union would likely follow the U.S. in introducing sanctions, which will mean that oil shipments through a pipeline from Croatia are halted. \"We are still waiting to get an official paper with details,\" Vucic said. The U.S. Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Serbia has repeatedly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations and other international forums, but it has resisted Western pressure to impose sanctions. The Balkan country is dependent on Russian gas. Russia's Gazprom Neft and Gazprom own 50% and 6.15% of NIS, respectively. The government owns 29.87% while small shareholders hold the remaining shares. \"We will have to look if there is a possibility to reduce Russian ownership below 50% and to talk with Russian partners about it,\" Vucic said. 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If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The man believed to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing that tore through downtown Nashville blew himself up in the explosion, and appears to have acted alone, federal officials said Sunday. Investigators used DNA and other evidence to link the man, identified as Anthony Quinn Warner, to the mysterious explosion but said they have not determined a motive. Officials have received hundreds of tips and leads but have concluded that no one other than Warner is believed to have been involved in the early morning explosion that damaged dozens of buildings. \"Nashville is considered safe,\" said Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake. \"There are no known threats against this city.\" In publicly identifying the suspect and his fate, officials disclosed a major breakthrough in their investigation even as they acknowledged the lingering mystery behind the explosion, which took place on a holiday morning well before downtown streets were bustling with activity and was accompanied by a recorded announcement warning anyone nearby that a bomb would soon detonate. Then, for reasons that may never be known, the audio switched to a recording of Petula Clark's 1964 hit \"Downtown\" shortly before the blast. Investigators have not uncovered a singular motive for the act nor was it revealed why Warner had selected the particular location for the bombing, which damaged an AT&T building and has continued to wreak havoc on cellphone service and police and hospital communications in several Southern states as the company worked to restore service. Warner, who public records show had experience with electronics and alarms and who had also worked as a computer consultant for a Nashville realtor, had been regarded as a person of interest in the bombing since at least Saturday, when federal and local investigators converged on a home in suburban Nashville linked to him. Federal agents could be seen looking around the property, searching the home and the backyard. A Google Maps image captured in May 2019 had shown a recreational vehicle similar to the one that exploded parked in the backyard, but it was not at the property on Saturday, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene. On Sunday morning, police formally named Warner as being under investigation. Officials said their identification of Warner relied on several key pieces of evidence, including DNA found at the explosion site. Investigators had previously revealed that human remains had been found in the vicinity. In addition, investigators from the Tennessee Highway Patrol recovered parts from the RV where the bomb was detonated among the wreckage from the blast, and were able to link the vehicle identification number to an RV that was registered to Warner, officials said. \"We're still following leads, but right now there is no indication that any other persons were involved,\" said Douglas Korneski, special agent in charge of the FBI's Memphis field office. \"We've reviewed hours of security video surrounding the recreation vehicle. We saw no other people involved.\" Police were responding to a report of shots fired Friday when they encountered the RV blaring a recorded warning that a bomb would detonate in 15 minutes. Suddenly the warning stopped, and Clark's hit \"Downtown\" started playing. The RV exploded shortly afterward, sending black smoke and flames billowing from the heart of downtown Nashville's tourist scene, an area packed with honky-tonks, restaurants and shops. Buildings shook and windows shattered streets away from the explosion near a building owned by AT&T that lies one block from the company's office tower, a landmark in downtown. Forensic analysts were reviewing evidence collected from the blast site to try to identify the components of the explosives as well as information from the U.S. Bomb Data Center for intelligence and investigative leads, according to a law enforcement official who said investigators were examining Warner's digital footprint and financial history, as well as a recent deed transfer of the home they searched in suburban Nashville. The official, who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity, said federal agents were examining a number of potential leads and pursuing several theories, including the possibility that the AT&T building was targeted. Korneski said Sunday that officials were looking at any and all motives and were interviewing acquaintances of Warner's to try to determine what may have motivated him. Earlier Sunday, the officers who responded provided harrowing details, at times getting choked up reliving the moments that led up to the blast. \"This is going to tie us together forever, for the rest of my life,\" Officer James Wells, who suffered some hearing loss due to the explosion, told reporters at a news conference. \"Christmas will never be the same.\" Officer Brenna Hosey said she and her colleagues knocked on six or seven doors in nearby apartments to warn people to evacuate. She particularly remembered a startled mother of four children. \"I don't have kids but I have cousins and nieces, people who I love who are small,\" Hosey said, adding she had to plead with the family to leave the building as quickly as possible. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. 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We wanted to focus in on the people that were most affected by this,\" he said.The money is going to 50 Black households, with each family getting $500 to cover rent.Other partners include MakeSpace - a storage unit company that's offering $75 off your first month, and the U.S. Army is offering employment opportunities.Families in need can apply for rent relief here. You will know if you are a recipient by mid to late August.The grant would cover September's rent. 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The company, which employs upwards of 20,000 worldwide, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in April and reported first-quarter net sales of $2.02 billion. It was not reported how big a stake Trian holds. Founded in 2005, the Trian Group until recently owned more than $3.5 billion in common stock in The Walt Disney Co., and has taken active roles in what it describes on its website as \"high quality but undervalued and underperforming public companies,\" often by installing Peltz or other Trian leaders on their corporate boards. Over the past three years, those companies have included Procter & Gamble, Sysco, Invesco, the Janus Henderson Group and Unilever. The report came out after market close; shares in Solventum, flat during regular trading Monday, jumped 4% after-hours. 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The order came in response to complaint filed by multiple Indian app developers and industry groups, many of whom have also publicly raised concerns about what they allege are unfair practices by Google. Google pulled more than 100 apps from a set of 10 developers in India late last month after the Indian firms \"persistently not complied with its billing policies.\" Google later restored the apps, but the firms will have to comply with the Play Store billing policies. CCI's allegations centre around Google's billing system for in-app purchases and paid apps on its Play Store. The regulator said Google is charging app developers an excessive and unfair service fee ranging from 10% to 30%, which appears to be disproportionate to the economic value of services provided by the company. \"The price being charged by Google appears to be unfair in itself,\" the regulator said in its 21-page order. \"Given this complete dependence of app developers on Google Play Store, the price being charged by Google appears to be unfair in itself.\" The commission also said Google is implementing its policies in a discriminatory manner, providing arbitrary distinctions between apps that offer digital goods and services and those that offer physical goods and services, even though they avail similar facilities on the Play Store. The watchdog's decision is the latest headache for Google in India, its biggest market by users but one where it has long faced allegations of anti-competitive practices. Google has deployed more than $10 billion in India and has pledged to invest billions more in the coming years. The company is also an investor in Jio Platforms and Bharti Airtel, two of India's top telecom operators. The CCI imposed a record fine of $162 million on the company in 2022 for abusing its dominant position in the Android smartphone market and asked the firm to change its business model. Days later, the regulator fined Google $113 million for abusing the dominant position of its Google Play Store and ordered the firm to allow app developers to use third-party payments processing services for in-app purchases or for purchasing apps. The U.S. giant has previously defended its Play Store policies, saying the service fee supports its investments in Android and Play Store, allowing it to provide developers with tools and a global platform to access billions of consumers around the world. Lal Chand Bisu, co-founder and chief executive of Kuku FM, said last month that Android maker had turned into \"the most evil\" partner to do business with and the Indian startup ecosystem was \"completely\" in its control. \"We are now faced with no option but to accept their terms. This will destroy our business and make Kuku FM unfordable for the majority of the country, but when have a monopoly cared about anything beyond itself,\" he said in a post on X . 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The decision was filed yesterday in California district court docket, and it's the newest setback for the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing's (DFEH) makes an attempt to intervene within the deal. The EEOC and Activision Blizzard agreed final yr to settle sexual harassment and discrimination claims towards the video games writer — which workers have accused of facilitating sexist abuse on the highest ranges. The DFEH alleges that the federal settlement would hurt its personal case by probably letting Activision Blizzard destroy related proof. In December, nonetheless, a decide denied its request to formally be part of the swimsuit to oppose the settlement. \"There is no reason to think that a stay would simplify anything about this lawsuit\" The DFEH appealed final month, however whereas the enchantment will proceed, the EEOC's case gained't be stayed throughout that interval. \"DFEH has never clearly enunciated what advantage it seeks to gain by its participation as a formal party,\" wrote Judge Dale Fischer, noting that the company could make its case towards the proposed consent decree between the EEOC and Activision Blizzard as an out of doors get together. \"Similarly, there is no reason to think that a stay would simplify anything about this lawsuit.\" A listening to shall be set to weigh formally approving the federal settlement. The complaints towards Activision Blizzard predate Microsoft saying plans to amass it; in line with a latest SEC submitting, the businesses entered discussions a few months after the EEOC settlement was proposed. The proposed settlement requires Activision Blizzard to arrange an $18 million fund for workers who suffered hurt alongside different measures, a change that will come alongside the departure of some high-level figures on the firm — however not, to this point, CEO Bobby Kotick . 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(NYSE: MET). The acquisition further strengthens FWD's presence, market share, and distribution synergies in the Hong Kong insurance market, as well as underlines the company's continued confidence in the long-term growth potential of Hong Kong. FWD looks forward to officially welcoming the employees, agents, business partners and customers of MetLife Limited and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Hong Kong Limited (collectively \"MetLife Hong Kong\") in due course. FWD will be renaming and rebranding the newly acquired businesses in the next few months. At the same time, MetLife Hong Kong will continue to operate through all its existing channels across its businesses. All existing MetLife Hong Kong policies will continue to be honoured by FWD following the change in ownership. Huynh Thanh Phong , FWD Group Chief Executive Officer said, \"This acquisition is a firm testament to our confidence in the long-term growth and potential of the Hong Kong insurance market and enhances our reach and platform in our flagship market. I'm very proud of our team who have worked tirelessly to successfully complete yet another landmark acquisition in our journey to become a leading pan-Asian insurer and look forward to welcoming our newest employees, agents, partners and customers from MetLife Hong Kong.\" Ken Lau , FWD Greater China Managing Director and Hong Kong Chief Executive Officer said, \"This is another milestone day for FWD as completing the MetLife Hong Kong acquisition gives us an opportunity to share our unique and leading customer experience with even more customers in Hong Kong. I'm excited to take on new challenges with our expanded Hong Kong team and look forward to welcoming MetLife Hong Kong agents and employees as we continue to change the way people feel about insurance.\" About FWD Group FWD Group spans Hong Kong & Macau, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan and Malaysia, offering life and medical insurance, general insurance, employee benefits, Shariah and Family Takaful products across a number of its markets. FWD is focused on creating fresh customer experiences, with easy-to-understand products, supported by digital technology. Through this customer-led approach, FWD aims to become a leading pan-Asian insurer that changes the way people feel about insurance. Established in Asia in 2013, FWD is the insurance business of investment group, Pacific Century Group. 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The farmers are seeking class-action status and they want a judge to force the companies to give up \"unlawful profits\" and pay compensation to those impacted by the high prices. The Idaho farming operations — B & H Farming, Tyche Ag. LLC, Ceres Ag. LLC and Cedar Draw LLC, all based in Rupert — filed the lawsuit seeking class-action status on behalf of all farmers in similar situations in Idaho's U.S. District Court last month. The lawsuit is similar to other federal lawsuits filed around the country. The lawsuit claims that four major manufacturers worked together with major wholesalers and retailers to deprive farmers of a free and open market in order to artificially inflate the price of of seeds, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and other agricultural products used in planting and raising crops. The products are called \"crop inputs,\" because they are all materials used to start and keep the crop growing, rather than to harvest. Spokespeople with the manufacturers Syngenta Corp., Bayer CropScience and Corteva Inc. didn't immediately respond to emails from The Associated Press requesting comment. Odessa P. Hines, an external affairs manager for the manufacturer BASF Agricultural Solutions North America, said BASF has been named in several such cases, and takes the allegations seriously. \"However, we deny that any of the allegations are indicative of anything other than a very competitive marketplace,\" Hines said. \"BASF is committed to fair competition and to providing farmers with access to the critical products they need to be successful.\" The Idaho farmers said the defendants worked together to create a secretive supply-chain process that effectively prevented farmers from comparison shopping and stopped other retailers from competing. The result, the lawsuit says, is that the cost of crop inputs dramatically outpaces yields, pushing some farms into bankruptcy. The farmers cite the price of seed corn, which rose by 300% over the last 20 years while corn yields increased by roughly 34%, according to the lawsuit. \"The cost of Crop Inputs is increasing at a significantly faster rate than profits from farmers' crop yields,\" the farmers' attorney, Vaughn Fisher with the Boise law firm Fisher Hudson Shallat, wrote in the lawsuit. \"These increases are proving increasingly devastating to farmers, who are now the least profitable level of the American food supply chain and are drowning in hundreds of billions of dollars of operating debt that is forcing them into bankruptcy at a record pace.\" Generally, farmers who want to buy common pesticides, fertilizers or genetically engineered seeds have to go through authorized wholesalers and retailers selected by the companies that make the products. The wholesalers and retailers are bound by confidentiality contracts, according to the lawsuit, and are also offered various incentives by the manufacturers to hit sales goals, sometimes by offering different prices in different regions. Sometimes, the farmers contend, seeds that have gone unsold for a time are relabeled under different brand names so they can be sold at a new, higher price. Often, seeds and farming chemicals are sold in bundles, making it difficult for farmers to determine what they've been charged for any individual product. The farmers say the companies worked together to boycott e-commerce sales platforms that wanted to increase price transparency, like Farmers Business Network, which made its price and product database available to farmers so they could negotiate for better prices. The farmers said it all amounted to a \"scheme to defraud through anticompetitive conduct,\" and that the behavior has caught the eye of government regulators. 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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that in March, Sanjay Kalubhai Korat, a chef in Argenton NSW, was angered by two fruitless calls to airline authorities after his mother and relative were delayed in boarding Singapore Airlines flight SQ423 due to missing paperwork. He was provided with the phone number of a staff member to send the necessary documents, after which they were allowed to board the plane. When his follow-up calls on the status of the flight were put on hold for more than thirty minutes and eventually cut, Korat insisted there was a bomb on the flight travelling from Mumbai to Singapore. An emergency landing had to be ordered for the plane's 263 passengers and 18 crew members. Two fighter jets were sent to escort the flight. Speaking in Hindi on the calls, Korat alleged he would provide information on the bomb \"when the blast happens\" and insisted that he was not a terrorist. He was subsequently arrested at Sydney Airport when he arrived to pick up his mother and relative. The 39-year-old told the police that he was angered by the actions of Mumbai Airport and Singapore Airlines, showing no remorse. \"If they gave me the information I wanted, it wouldn't have happened,\" he said. Due to the bomb hoax, the flight was put on high alert and passengers were only allowed to disembark after thorough security checks of the plane. Almost 30 people missed their connecting flights. He pleaded guilty to one count of using a carriage service to make a hoax threat and will be sentenced in August. 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The sale is part of Softbank's plan to raise 4.5 trillion yen (37.34 billion euros or $ 42.1 billion) with the aim of buying back its own shares and reducing its debt, caused largely by a series of investments not profitable. The Japanese telecommunications group explained in a statement that it will sell more than 198.3 million shares of the United States firm, which represents around 65% of the securities in its possession, and will establish a purchase option on another 101, 4 million shares, the prices of which have yet to be determined. Softbank's plan is to retain, if these transactions are completed in full, 4.8 million T-Mobile shares, which represents around 0.4% of the total, compared to 24% of the share it currently owns. \"Given the current situation where there is concern about a second and third wave of COVID-19 spread, Softbank believes it needs to further improve its cash reserves,\" the business group said in the aforementioned text. Softbank designed its strategy to dispose of part of its investments after registering the worst losses in its history last fiscal year of 2019, of more than 8.900 million euros or 8.900 million dollars, mainly due to the poor performance of its capital fund risky. 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[Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. via Businesswire via SPi World News] Brewing a Better Planet: Craft Brew Alliance Releases Sixth Annual Sustainability Report Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (\"CBA\") (Nasdaq: BREW), a leading craft brewing company, published its sixth Annual Sustainability Report today, highlighting the company's 2018 accomplishments in environmental and community stewardship and ongoing commitment to brewing and packaging its beers in the most sustainable way possible. For this year's report, CBA is incorporating certain metrics using standards set forth by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), an independent organization that facilitates communication between companies and investors on the financial impacts of sustainability. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190715005736/en/ \"As the seventh largest craft brewer in the U.S., we're committed to walking the walk when it comes to sustainability,\" said Julia Person, Corporate Sustainability Manager, CBA. \"That's why we track total CO2 emissions across our facilities and have started including SASB metrics in this year's report. From our bio-powered Portsmouth brewery, to our new Hawaii brewery's innovative solar solution, to our Portland brewery's industry-leading water and energy usage intensity and our support of more than 500 local community non-profits across the U.S., we're proud of the work we're doing to curb our resource usage and help brew a better planet for today and tomorrow.\" 2018 CBA Sustainability Report Highlights We supported multiple carbon offset projects that offset 600 metric tonnes of greenhouse gases, equivalent to 10% of our total carbon emissions. We decreased all-in electricity and gas usage across our breweries, pubs and office locations, generating 16% of our energy from Renewable Energy Credits and onsite solar and biopower. With the help of our suppliers we sharpened our focus on packaging lifecycle management, arming ourselves with data on the cans, glass, cardboard and kegs that flow through our supply chain. Our water usage remained well below benchmark, reflecting innovations such as the industry's first waterless vacuum pump installed at the bottle filler in our largest owned production facility in Portland. Our wastewater reduction efforts, which led to a 75% decrease in wastewater solids, earned us the 2018 Most Valuable Prevention Award from the EPA. We continued work on designing our new Kona brewery in Kailua-Kona, which will be one of the most sustainable breweries in the world when it opens in early 2020. We supported over 500 non-profits last year in the communities where we live, work and play, through in-kind donations, sponsorships, charity events, and employee volunteer efforts. About Craft Brew Alliance Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) is an independent craft brewing company that brews, brands, and brings to market world-class American craft beers. Our distinctive portfolio combines the power of Kona Brewing Company, a dynamic national craft beer brand, with strong regional breweries and innovative lifestyle brands, Appalachian Mountain Brewery, Cisco Brewers, Omission Brewing Co., Redhook Brewery, Square Mile Cider Co., Widmer Brothers Brewing, and Wynwood Brewing Co. CBA nurtures the growth and development of its brands in today's increasingly competitive beer market through our state-of-the-art brewing and distribution capability, integrated sales and marketing infrastructure, and strong focus on partnerships, local community and sustainability. Formed in 2008, CBA is headquartered in Portland, Oregon and operates breweries and brewpubs across the U.S. CBA beers are available in all 50 U.S. states and 30 different countries around the world. For more information about CBA and our brands, please visit www.craftbrew.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190715005736/en/ More news and information about Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. 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Abderraoof Alkhawaldeh and Issam Abdallah said they filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation against the Fort Worth-based airline, asking the federal agency to investigate the incident. The men say American Airlines discriminated against them Saturday for appearing Muslim and Middle Eastern during a flight from Birmingham, Alabama, that was headed to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The pair says flight attendants reported them because a crew member noticed Abdallah flush the toilet two times while in the airplane restroom, according to a letter the men's attorney sent to the DOT. The men also waved to each other on the plane. \"It was the most humiliating day of my life,\" said Abdallah, who spoke Thursday at the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The passengers were put on a later flight. Alkhawaldeh and Abdallah were questioned and searched by the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration before they were cleared to board. \"I have taken hundreds of flights — and to be treated with such disrespect, suspicion, to be questioned in public and to be singled out and followed around in front of other airport customers — I am really worried as to what my next flying experience will be,\" said Alkhawaldeh, adding that he flies with American often and is an AAdvantage Executive Platinum member, the company's highest frequent flier ranking. American Airlines spokeswoman LaKesha Brown said the flight was canceled as a result of \"concerns raised by a crew member and a passenger.\" \"American and all of its regional partners have an obligation to take safety and security concerns raised by crew members and passengers seriously,\" Brown said in a statement. She added that American is reviewing the incident and has reached out to the men \"to better understand their experience.\" Saturday's flight was operated by independently owned Mesa Airlines, which handles some flights for American Airlines. \"The safety and security of our customers is our top priority, and we are conducting a thorough investigation of this matter,\" Mesa spokesman Jack Heller said Thursday. American Airlines has been criticized before over its treatment of passengers who are people of color. The NAACP issued a travel advisory in October 2017 for American Airlines after a string of incidents in which black passengers said they were discriminated against on flights. In June, a Miami doctor said he was removed from an American flight for his Arab and Muslim appearance and for using a phone during takeoff. He is now suing the airline in federal court. That same month, a black doctor and founder of a telemedicine service said an American Airlines crew called her romper inappropriate and told her to cover up or risk being kicked off her flight back into the U.S. from vacation in Jamaica. On Thursday, Omar Suleiman, founder of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research in Dallas, said the profiling of Muslims is increasing, particularly at airports and on planes. \"Airports are a scary place for Muslims. 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The deal covers development, liability and other costs faced by the vaccine maker. The EU has also secured an option to buy 100 million additional doses of the vaccine under development. The 27 EU states could buy it at a later stage, should the vaccine prove successful. The overall price they will pay to acquire the doses has not been revealed, but under an earlier deal struck in June with AstraZeneca by Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, all members of the EU, AstraZeneca agreed to sell 300 million doses for 750 million euros ($843 million). The EU deal completed the preliminary accord reached with the drug maker by the four countries, the Commission said in a statement. \"We cannot indicate at this stage the specific pricing per dose. However, a significant part of the overall costs are funded by a contribution from the overall ESI funding for vaccines,\" the commission spokesman said, referring to the 336 million euros paid through the bloc's so-called emergency support instrument. It is the first contract signed by the EU with a maker of potential COVID-19 vaccines. Brussels was previously said to be in advanced talks with Johnson & Johnson <JNJ.N>, Sanofi <SASY.PA>, Moderna <MRNA.O> and CureVac <CVAC.O> for their potential vaccines. EU officials told Reuters in July the bloc was also talking with Pfizer <PFE.N> and BionTech <BNTX.O> for the shot they are developing together. The contract with AstraZeneca follows an advance purchase agreement signed by Brussels with the company earlier in August. Part of the money the EU pays for supply deals covers legal risks faced by vaccine makers if their shots have unexpected side effects. These risks are increased by the hastened process to develop a vaccine in the race against the COVID-19 pandemic. \"In order to compensate for such high risks taken by manufacturers, the Advanced Purchase Agreements provide for member states to indemnify the manufacturer for liabilities incurred under certain conditions,\" the commission said. \"Liability still remains with the companies,\" it added. 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Neobank: Safety Of Money In The Light Of Synapse - Evolve Fracas\nFintech Mafia Carousel Pumping is the circular shilling of one another's financial products and services by a bunch of fintech founders with least regard for truth or consumer interest. I recently came across the following exhibit of Fintech Mafia Carousel Pumping on LinkedIn . Why do some of us trust Barclays or Bank of America more than, say, Kitty Neobank? All three offer the same level of deposit guarantee, backed by the same government. (While the Carousel Pumper wrote \"Kitty Bank\", I've deliberately changed it to \"Kitty Neobank\" for reasons that will become clear in a bit.) For the uninitiated, banking is a licensed activity and very few fintechs get a banking license. So most fintechs position themselves as \"new-age banks\" aka neobanks and work on top of a bank with a charter (aka \"Sponsor Bank\"). They typically don't have branches and get by with shiny new mobile banking apps that have better UI and UX than the mobile banking apps of traditional banks. In the past, I've talked about the features of neobank websites and apps e.g. Why Banks Will Never Catch Up With Fintechs On UX . In this post, I'll cover another aspect, namely, safety of money. Like the aforementioned Fintech Mafiosi on LinkedIn, neobanks claim that they're as safe as traditional banks because they deposit their consumers' money with sponsor banks, which are covered by deposit insurance. This is a a canonical example of obfuscation. It misses out one important fact: FDIC will pay out only when the bank fails. But not when the neobank fails. It provides Fintech Bros with plausible deniability for running away with your money when their startups go belly up. For the uninitiated, deposit insurance is the sum of money paid out to account holders if their bank fails. It's provided by RBI DICGC in India, FDIC in USA and other government agencies in other countries. The amount varies from country to country. It's up to INR 500,000 in India and USD 250,000 in USA (per person per bank). It's understandable that they (consumers of fintechs and neobanks) would read 'FDIC-insured' to mean 'absolutely guaranteed.' But that is not what FDIC-insured means - Banking Dive . Let's say Kitty Neobank operates on top of basic bank account provided by a sponsor bank, say, Bank of America (henceforth BofA). Since it doesn't have a banking charter, Kitty can't call itself a bank, ergo I changed its name to \"Kitty Neobank\" above. Since it's not a bank, Kitty Neobank does not have FDIC insurance - only its sponsor bank BofA does. If Bank of America fails, FDIC will reimburse consumers of Kitty Neobank (conditions apply, as we'll see in a bit). But, if Kitty Neobank fails, FDIC will not reimburse them. VC backed companies in regulated industries have a history of leveraging regulatory gaps . While the AirBnBs and Ubers have done the same, I don't keep my money with them - if they get shut down by their regulators, I've nothing to lose. That's not the case with Kitty Neobank. Besides, banking regulators are known to clamp down on errant banks and fintechs with greater force and frequency than regulators of hotel, taxi, and other regulated industries. I'm not saying banks don't fail but I don't think there's any argument that VC-backed companies have a way higher failure rate. Depending on how you define failure and which source you use, mortality rate of VC funded startups is anywhere between 73% and 95%. Regardless of the definition of failure or the source of data, mortality rate of banks is less than 1/100th of that. In case you think failure of a neobank / fintech and the ensuing loss of money due to non-reimbursement by FDIC is an extremely hypothetical situation, welcome to the ongoing Synapse-Evolve fracas in USA. Evolve Bank & Trust is a regular FDIC-insured bank. Synapse Financial Technologies is a new-age BaaS (Banking as a Service) provider that connects fintechs with Evolve Bank. Juno Finance is one such fintech, which has its own consumers. The operating arrangement between these parties is illustrated in the following exhibit: Synapse recently filed for bankruptcy. Suddenly, consumers of Juno - and Copper, Yotta, and many other fintech customers of Synapse - are unable to access their funds kept at Evolve Bank. Click here and here , to read horror stories of tens of millions of affected consumers. According to a consumer of Yotta, Yotta refuses to answer any customer service inquiries. He can't reach Synapse. Evolve says it can't help. Federal Reserve Board says call FDIC, FDIC says call FINRA, FINRA says it's \"not aware of the issue\" and says call SIPC, SIPC says... call Yotta. (H/T @mikulaja for this input.) tl;dr: FDIC will not reimburse end consumers if Kitty Neobank fails. If they think the sponsor bank (Bank of America) will reimburse them in that event, welcome to the murky world of FBO accounts. When Kitty Neobank deposits its consumers' funds in BofA, it can choose one of the following two types of accounts: Demand Deposit Account (DDA) account, where the neobank creates individual accounts for each of its consumers. This is also known as \"oncore account\" to signify that it's configured on BofA's core system. This might require KYC for each consumer with BofA. For Benefit Account (FBO), where the neobank has only one pooled account in its own name, and configures virtual accounts for its consumers. Only the FBO account is configured on the CBS of BofA. BofA recognizes Kitty Neobank, the beneficial owner of that FBO account, but may not know the identity of the end consumers of Kitty Neobank. I'd mentioned earlier that, if Bank of America fails, FDIC will reimburse account holders of Kitty Neobank. Now is the time to add a major caveat to that: This is true only if their account has been configured as individual DDA account or as a pooled FBO account that has been ledgered and titled in accordance with the rules applicable for pass-through insurance . If Kitty Neobank fails, and its consumers approach BofA, the sponsor bank will likely pay out the balance to them if the neobank opted for DDA option (but not FBO). However, DDA accounts are costlier than FBO accounts. So, it's an SOP for fintechs to use FBO accounts. If Kitty Neobank has opted for FBO and its consumer John Doe approaches BofA after Kitty Neobank has failed, there's no guarantee that the sponsor bank will pay out consumers of Kitty Neobank. This is because: BofA may not recognize John Doe if the FBO account is titled and ledgered without declaring John Doe's identity. BofA may not know how much of the money in the FBO account of Kitty Neobank belongs to John Doe versus another end consumer Jane Doe. When Kitty Neobank moves its money to other banks in order to maximize yield, BofA has no way of knowing know how much of the departing versus remaining money in the FBO account belongs to John Doe as against Jane Doe. 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The EU's executive branch ordered the U.S. online retailer in 2017 to pay around 250 million euros ($300 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg. But judges at the EU's General Court said the European Commission didn't prove \"to the requisite legal standard that there was an undue reduction of the tax burden of a European subsidiary of the Amazon group.\" Amazon said it welcomed the court's decision, which is \"in line with our long-standing position that we followed all applicable laws and that Amazon received no special treatment,\" the company said in a statement. \"We're pleased that the Court has made this clear, and we can continue to focus on delivering for our customers across Europe.\" The European Commission's decision related to Luxembourg's tax treatment of two companies in the Amazon group: Amazon EU and Amazon Europe Holding Technologies. Margrethe Vestager, the EU official in charge of antitrust issues, argued at the time that Amazon had unfairly profited from special low tax conditions since 2003 in tiny Luxembourg, where its European headquarters are based. As a result, almost three quarters of Amazon's profits in the EU were not taxed, she said. Vestager didn't reply immediately to a request for comment. Both Luxembourg and Amazon challenged the decision with the EU's General Court. The EU has taken aim at deals concluded between individual countries and companies used to lure foreign multinationals in search of a place to establish their EU headquarters. The practice led to EU states competing with each other and multinationals playing them off one another. Judges at the General Court have backed the European Commission in several cases, but the EU's efforts to crack down on favorable tax deals suffered recent setbacks in cases involving Starbucks and Apple. Wednesday's ruling can be appealed to the 27-nation bloc's highest court, the European Court of Justice. The EU remains at odds with Amazon on other issues relating to competition. Last year, EU regulators filed antitrust charges against the e-commerce company, accusing Amazon of using its access to data from companies that sell products on its platform to gain an unfair advantage over them. In another judgment Wednesday, the General Court found the existence of a tax advantage in rulings granted by Luxembourg to companies in the Engie group, a French multinational electric utility company. Three years ago, the European Commission had found that Luxembourg allowed two Engie group companies to avoid paying taxes on almost all their profits for about a decade and said the country should recover about 120 million euros in unpaid tax. The Luxembourg government welcomed the Amazon decision and said in a statement that neither ruling calls into question the country's \"commitment to transparency in tax matters and the fight against tax avoidance practices.\" ___ Kelvin Chan contributed to this story from London. 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Demchak, the CEO of PNC Bank which is acquiring BBVA USA, to terminate the alleged racist law firm Balch & Bingham, which has represented BBVA USA for over half a century. \"The undisputed fact is that BBVA USA was founded in 1964 by a staunch segregationist who was part of racist Alabama Governor George Wallace's inner circle. BBVA USA's founder was also a long-time partner at Balch & Bingham, a law firm which continues to engage in deplorable and unsavory conduct. In 2018, a Balch & Bingham partner was convicted and sentenced to five years in federal prison for a bribery scheme that included suppressing African-Americans from testing their toxic and contaminated property in North Birmingham. BBVA USA's outside counsel has also been involved in other alleged misconduct including targeting poor African-American children and allegedly disenfranchising African-American voters,\" Ernesto Pichardo, a long-time Civil Rights activist and Chairman of the Board of the CDLU. In 1993, Pichardo won a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision for religious freedom and Civil Rights after his Afro-Caribbean faith came under attack due to blatant intolerance and discrimination by racists and religious bigots. Today, the CDLU launched two websites documenting the racist history of BBVA USA, one in English, the other in Spanish. \"PNC Bank has a voice, a voice to bring systemic racism to an end. Balch & Bingham has refused to apologize to the African-American community for their egregious and unacceptable conduct, and 18 of 18 major D.C. lobbying clients have courageously terminated the embattled firm. PNC Bank must take a stand and not allow the firm to earn a single penny from this transaction,\" Pichardo declared. Pichardo has been a member of the Board of Directors of the CDLU since 2003, a public charity and advocacy group that launched an accountability and education project in 2017 about Balch & Bingham's transgressions. 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You will help lead Disney's efforts in the NFT space including monitoring the evolving marketplace, setting category strategy, and managing key partners, the job posting said. The qualification for the job includes having \"knowledge of and passion for Digital and NFT categories,' as well as experience in business licensing or development. The job posting is coming after Bob Iger, the former chief executive officer and chairman of Disney, told the New York Times that the company was going to make a big splash in the metaverse. Iger noted that Disney's large number of popular franchises including Star Wars, Pixar, and the Marvel Universe made the possibilities for NFTs in the company \"extraordinary.\" Marvel has been the first member of the Disney conglomerate to make it into the NFT space. Last June, Marvel partnered with VeVe to allow fans of the franchise to purchase official Marvel NFT digital collectibles. The highly critiqued NFT Industry Continues to attract leading global firms Like Disney, several other notable companies have also been stating their interest in developing a Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) adoption strategy. Recently, Twitter also posted a job listing for a manager for their NFT division. YouTube and its parent company Google, as well as Meta, have also recently made news with interest in the web 3 space. The attention the industry has been receiving can be tied to its explosive growth since 2021. The NFT market just had a record-breaking month in January despite the rest of the crypto market being down. NFT monthly sales hit a record high of $6 billion per data from The Block. January also saw a lot of celebrities cash in on the NFT market. The post Bullish : Disney To Add Meteverse and NFT Expert To Its Team appeared first on CoinGape . 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The stock traded as low as $42.37 and last traded at $42.91. 1,357,703 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 387% from the average session volume of 279,047 shares. The stock had previously closed at $46.53. The insurance provider reported ($0.08) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.81 by ($0.89). Cna Financial had a net margin of 11.00% and a return on equity of 9.91%. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.05 EPS. Separately, Zacks Investment Research cut Cna Financial from a \"hold\" rating to a \"sell\" rating in a report on Friday, January 18th. A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Meeder Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Cna Financial in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. First Mercantile Trust Co. increased its stake in shares of Cna Financial by 41.0% in the 4th quarter. First Mercantile Trust Co. now owns 1,960 shares of the insurance provider's stock valued at $87,000 after buying an additional 570 shares during the period. Hilltop Holdings Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Cna Financial in the 3rd quarter valued at $202,000. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Cna Financial in the 3rd quarter valued at $223,000. Finally, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Cna Financial in the 3rd quarter valued at $228,000. 99.64% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. The company has a market cap of $12.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 0.92. The company has a quick ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 0.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. COPYRIGHT VIOLATION WARNING: \"Cna Financial (CNA) Stock Price Down 7.8% on Disappointing Earnings\" was originally posted by WKRB News and is the sole property of of WKRB News. If you are accessing this story on another publication, it was illegally copied and republished in violation of U.S. & international trademark and copyright legislation. The correct version of this story can be viewed at https://www.wkrb13.com/2019/02/12/cna-financial-cna-stock-price-down-7-8-on-disappointing-earnings.html. Cna Financial Company Profile CNA Financial Corporation provides commercial property and casualty insurance products primarily in the United States. It operates through Specialty, Commercial, International, Life & Group, and Corporate & Other segments. The company's property insurance products include property, marine, boiler, and machinery coverages; and casualty insurance products comprise workers compensation, general and product liability, commercial auto, and umbrella coverages. Featured Article: What impact do institutional investors have on markets? 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Olympic bosses upheld a ban on the International Boxing Association (IBA) earlier this month, insisting that the \"drastic change of culture\" requested in order to lift a suspension had not been implemented. The IBA was suspended by the International Olympic Committee in 2019 for multiple corruption scandals, meaning boxing risks disappearing as an Olympic sport from the Paris Games in 2024. Boxing only went ahead in the Covid-delayed Tokyo Olympics after the IOC stepped in to ensure the qualification criteria. However, the IBA, whose president is Umar Kremlev of Russia, blasted their critics on Friday. \"The Olympic Games are a global sporting asset that cannot be a tool of extortion of the International Sports Federations for purely political reasons,\" the IBA said in a statement. The IBA has also come under fire for its governance, financial transparency and sustainability. Their major backer has been Russian energy giant Gazprom in a deal worth a reported $50 million. \"It is clear that the persecution of IBA athletes will continue until ultimate control of boxing and its leadership has been achieved,\" added the IBA statement. \"The discrimination against you (the athletes) and IBA's leadership and partners based on citizenship, directly contradicts the Olympic Charter, and only highlights the issue of athletes and sport being manipulated for geopolitical purposes.\" It added: \"With that said, with the threat of boxing being removed from the Paris 2024 program, the IBA will continue to reach out to the senior leadership of the IOC to work towards a de-escalation of this current development and with a view to LA 2028.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Gazprom", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Gazprom", "length": 7, "offset": 1151}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "IBA", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 283}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 425}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 743}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 981}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 1010}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 1236}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 1345}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 1411}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 1703}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "IOC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "IOC", "length": 3, "offset": 677}, {"position_text": "IOC", "length": 3, "offset": 1766}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "International Boxing Association", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "International Boxing Association", "length": 32, "offset": 249}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 283}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 425}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 743}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 981}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 1010}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 1236}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 1345}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 1411}, {"position_text": "IBA", "length": 3, "offset": 1703}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Russia", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Russia", "length": 6, "offset": 783}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1055, "text": "GM sues Fiat Chrysler over union bribes\nPosted on Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 By Tom Krisher, AP Auto Writer This May 16, 2014, file photo, shows the General Motors logo at the company's world headquarters in Detroit. General Motors is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that its crosstown rival got an unfair business advantage by bribing officials of the United Auto Workers union. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in U.S. District Court in Detroit, alleges that FCA was involved in racketeering by paying millions in bribes to get concessions and gain advantages in three labor agreements with the union. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that its crosstown rival got an unfair business advantage by bribing officials of the United Auto Workers union. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, alleges that FCA was involved in racketeering by paying millions in bribes to get concessions and gain advantages in three labor agreements with the union. Details of the racketeering have been exposed in a federal probe of corruption at the union that has resulted in multiple arrests starting in 2017. The lawsuit alleges that Fiat Chrysler corrupted the bargaining process with the UAW in the 2009, 2011 and 2015 union contracts to gain advantages over General Motors. \"FCA was the clear sponsor of pervasive wrongdoing, paying millions of dollars in bribes to obtain concessions\" from the union, GM General Counsel Craig Glidden said. \"FCA's manipulation of the collective bargaining process resulted in unfair labor costs and operational advantages for it, causing harm to GM.\" In a statement, Fiat Chrysler called the lawsuit \"meritless\" and said it would defend itself vigorously. It also accused GM of trying to disrupt its proposed merger with French automaker PSA Peugeot as well as ongoing contract talks with the UAW. \"We are astonished by this filing, both its content and its timing,\" Fiat Chrysler said. \"We intend to vigorously defend against this meritless lawsuit and pursue all legal remedies in response to it.\" Glidden alleged that Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, who died last year, was a \"central figure\" in the conspiracy, which was designed to put GM at a cost disadvantage to FCA. In addition to Fiat Chrysler, the lawsuit names former FCA labor relations chief Alphons Iacobelli, and former FCA officials Jerome Durden and Michael Brown as defendants. All have pleaded guilty in the federal corruption probe, which has alleged that Fiat Chrysler bribed UAW officials to keep them \"fat, dumb and happy.\" Authorities have said that payments were made through a training center jointly run by the company and the UAW. Durden handled the training center's finances, and Brown helped run the center. After leaving Fiat Chrysler, Iacobelli went to GM's labor relations department in 2016. After his indictment in August of 2017, he was suspended, and fired the following December. In a separate statement, the UAW said it had multiple safeguards in place to ensure the integrity of its contracts negotiated with Fiat Chrysler, including reviews by local and international union officials. \"We are confident that the terms of those contracts were not affected by Iacobelli's misconduct, nor that of any UAW officials involved in the misuse of Joint Program funds at FCA,\" the statement said. The UAW says it's committed to make whatever changes are needed to make sure misconduct never happens again. But Glidden told reporters that in the three UAW contracts, FCA was able to reduce its labor costs because the union allowed it to hire more temporary and lower-paid workers than GM. \"Many of the advantages FCA was able to obtain were denied to GM. That was part of the conspiracy,\" Glidden said. In 2007, the union agreed that new hires would be paid less than longtime workers, setting up a \"second-tier\" of employees who were paid less. FCA has more second-tier workers than either of its Detroit competitors. The Center for Auto Research, an industry think tank, calculated earlier this year that Fiat Chrysler's total labor costs including wages and benefits were about $55 per hour, giving it an $8 per hour benefit over GM and a $6 advantage over Ford. Glidden said GM is not suing the UAW because it believes that responsibility rests with FCA, which was the \"orchestrator\" of the conspiracy. He accused FCA of mismanagement of \"stunning proportions\" and should be held accountable. \"GM was chosen as a target by FCA, so that's why we're suing FCA,\" he said. \"We were denied benefits that FCA received under their collective bargaining agreements and were damaged as a result. Glidden said GM is seeking substantial damages in the case, but he could not give a specific amount. Last week, a retired union vice president and former GM board member became the 13th person to be charged in the federal probe of the union and auto companies. Joe Ashton is accused of receiving millions of dollars in kickbacks from a contractor who made watches for union members. The 58,000 watches, purchased through the GM-UAW joint training center, are still in storage five years later. Ashton was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiring to commit money laundering. A guilty plea is expected on Dec. 4, according to a court filing Wednesday. Glidden said GM had no knowledge of the scheme that allegedly involved Ashton, and the lawsuit had nothing to do with that case. \"In the fullness of time, GM will address that conduct,\" he said. 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We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team . First Two O3b mPOWER Satellites Successfully Launched Back to video CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SES announced today that the first two O3b mPOWER satellites were successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, at 5:48 pm local time. Financial Post Top Stories Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the Financial Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. The next issue of Financial Post Top Stories will soon be in your inbox. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again Article content Built by Boeing and designed to deliver unprecedented performance with first-of-its-kind software-driven payload, O3b mPOWER is SES's second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system. Customers leveraging O3b mPOWER are set to transform their operations and benefit from terabit-level scale; the highest, most flexible, guaranteed throughput; roundtrip latency of less than 150 milliseconds and unmatched service availability. The O3b mPOWER ecosystem is easily scalable and comprises an initial 11 powerful satellites, each equipped with more than 5,000 digitally formed beams, and an extensive next-generation O3b mPOWER ground infrastructure. It enables SES to address current and future connectivity needs for governments, mobile network operators, energy companies, world-class cruises, and enterprises across the globe. Key customers who have signed up for O3b mPOWER include \"Much more than just another launch, today marks the next milestone of our MEO journey. Since starting this journey, we have gone on to positively impact millions around the world. 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Once the vaccine has become globally available say from June 2021 then: Amazon Business American Express Card Samsung Galaxy Fit 2 Bluetooth Fitness Tracking Smart Band –... Espresso Machine, Latte & Cappuccino Maker- 10 pc All-In-One... To enter any foreign country you need a Covid-19 Certification, similar to yellow fever to avoid spreading from or importing to the disease. I would say this is absolutely necessary to improve the take up of the vaccine there needs to be at least a 70% uptake. In fact, I would make it compulsory for any means of travel where identification is required. They can scream all they like about freedumb[sic] and the constitution, but, those end at the US borders. No certificate no boarding the international flight/cruise ship/train etc. You could even promote it to them as \"build a Covid Wall\", paper is cheaper than steel and concrete. Antivaxers can stay home, until they change their minds.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Amazon", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 166}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Samsung", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Samsung", "length": 7, "offset": 204}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Amazon Business", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Amazon Business", "length": 15, "offset": 166}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1058, "text": "EU seeks court order for AstraZeneca to supply vaccine doses\nCommission tells judge of 'urgent need' for the shots after drugmaker fails to meet delivery schedule The commission lawyers Paul Alain Foriers, Fanny Laune, Charles-Edouard Lambert and Rafaël Jafferali at the start of the hearing on Wednesday. Photograph: Stéphanie Lecocq/EPA The commission lawyers Paul Alain Foriers, Fanny Laune, Charles-Edouard Lambert and Rafaël Jafferali at the start of the hearing on Wednesday. Photograph: Stéphanie Lecocq/EPA Last modified on Wed 26 May 2021 14.13 BST A Belgian judge has begun hearing an urgent European Commission request for a court order requiring AstraZeneca to deliver millions more vaccines to the bloc, in a case that may reflect the EU's anger more than its need for doses. The court, which will examine in a later case whether the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company broke its contract with the EU, heard the commission argue on Wednesday that an \"urgent need\" for the shots warranted an emergency order. AstraZeneca supplied only 30m of the 120m Covid-19 vaccine doses it was scheduled to deliver to the bloc by the end of March, and the commission says the company is on course to deliver 70m of a promised 180m in the second quarter. The commission's lawyer, Rafaël Jafferali, told the court the company expected to deliver the full 300m doses in its contract by the end of December, but added: \"With a six-month delay, it's obviously a failure.\" Jafferali said the company should have used all four production plants listed in the contract, including in the UK, in line with a \"best reasonable efforts\" clause, arguing that 50m doses that should have come to the EU had gone to other countries. He also accused the company of misleading the commission by providing it with unclear information on expected delivery delays. \"The information provided by AstraZeneca did not allow us to fully understand the situation before mid-March 2021,\" he said. However, even if the court rules in the commission's favour, it is not clear whether the firm could deliver the missing doses – nor, with alternative vaccine supplies now plentiful, many countries restricting the shot to older age groups and some even donating unwanted AstraZeneca doses, how far the bloc actually needs them. The EU expects to have received more than 1bn vaccine doses by the end of September, enough to inoculate all eligible adults by the end of the summer rather than the 70% it initially targeted. AstraZeneca, which has blamed the shortfall in EU deliveries on production difficulties at its European plants and export restrictions, is due to present its arguments to the court on Wednesday afternoon. It said last month it had \"fully complied\" with its contract and described any legal action as \"without merit\". While the EU says the case is only about forcing the drugmaker to deliver what it promised, legal experts have said it seems likely the commission is also venting its anger and aiming to show it is not willing to be taken for a ride. AstraZeneca may invoke a clause in its contract in which the commission waived the right to sue over any eventual delay in deliveries, although this could be rejected by the court because such a clause – essentially allowing one of the parties to ignore a key part of the contract – is not allowed under Belgian law. Experts have said that in its ruling, expected by the end of June, the court may refer to the performance of the EU's other suppliers, all of which have met or exceeded their contract commitments, and could order AstraZeneca to pay compensation. After taking delivery of just 106m doses in the first quarter, the 27-member bloc is on course to receive 413m doses in the second and another 529m in the third, mainly from Pfizer/BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna. Fears over a small number of cases in AstraZeneca recipients of a rare blood clotting syndrome have prompted several EU countries – and the UK – to offer alternative shots to younger populations, reducing demand and depressing take-up. Some countries such as Denmark, which is offering the shot only to volunteers, have cancelled AstraZeneca orders and are donating existing stock. In France, the take-up rate for AstraZeneca is 59.6% against 89% for Moderna and 99% for Pfizer/BioNTech. EU leaders agreed this week to donate at least 100m doses to poorer nations outside the bloc by the end of the year, with Italy pledging 15m and France and Germany 30m each. Many of the vaccines are likely to be unused AstraZeneca shots. 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(TSE: 6501). New and exciting data-intensive technologies and applications like generative AI are spurring a goldrush to greater insights, automation, and predictability, but these technologies are simultaneously exacerbating the already-strained infrastructure and hybrid cloud environments on which they run. The Hitachi Vantara Modern Data Infrastructure Dynamics Report reveals that most companies expect their data needs to nearly double in the next two years, and that both protecting and managing that rapid growth of data in an actionable and sustainable way are further complicating efforts. Click here to download the Hitachi Vantara Modern Data Infrastructure Dynamics Report The company conducted the global survey of 1,288 C-level executives and IT decision makers, including 308 in the United States , to quantify the extent to which organizations are struggling to manage their data infrastructure in a secure and sustainable way. Key U.S. findings include: Respondents say that data is their most valuable asset but are concerned about the security and resilience of their data infrastructure; 71% are concerned they cannot detect a data breach in time to protect data. 65% of respondents are concerned over whether their organization's data infrastructure is resilient enough to recover data from ransomware attacks. 27% of respondents admitted that important data was not backed up and 35% had experienced data inaccessibility due to storage outages. 66% of IT leaders currently measure their data center's energy consumption; however, 32% acknowledged that their data infrastructure uses too much energy and nearly half (46%) admitted their sustainability policies don't address the impact of storing unused data. \"Part of the problem is that many companies are storing data without the right strategy or data infrastructure tools in place. In fact, our study revealed that a significant number of companies store every piece of data, just in case, and more than half of their data is 'dark,' or never used,\" said Bharti Patel , senior vice president, Product Engineering, Hitachi Vantara . \"As emerging technologies like Generative AI contribute to doubling the volume of data expected in the next two years, businesses need to find the right balance between scalability, sustainability, and security. You can't just add more racks to a data center, it's not eco-friendly. You can't organize efficiently if you are not properly storing, quantifying, and categorizing every piece of data that comes in.\" A Hybrid Cloud World The study also shed light on the future of data storage, with data spread across the hybrid cloud model leveraging a mix of public/private cloud, co-location and on premises expected to persist. For U.S. business leaders, the study found data stored in an already established hybrid cloud with percentages of data center workloads located almost evenly between the public cloud (24%), private cloud (25%), on premises (25%), and co-located/managed services (22%). Notably, the percentages were expected to largely stay the same in the coming two years. For more information about Hitachi Vantara's storage portfolio, visit. https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/products/data-storage.html Prioritizing Infrastructure Modernization Can Help Address Challenges Respondents were asked how important modernizing data infrastructure is to their current business transformation strategy. Of note, 59% of respondents were designated 'infrastructure leaders,' and this group considered modernizing data infrastructure to be very important. As a result, these leaders were 64% more likely to say that their infrastructure is resilient enough to recover all data from a ransomware attack and 16% more likely to say that their organization would be able to detect a breach in time to protect their data. Leaders were also more likely to recognize the importance of working with third-party vendors for security, storage and application services. \"Organizations that proactively tackle infrastructure modernization are taking important steps to ensure the resilience and reliability of their data infrastructure,\" said Patel . \"To succeed with infrastructure modernization, businesses should consider state-of-the-art platforms that offer enhanced performance, reliability, and protection, while also reducing space and energy requirements in a cost-effective and secured manner. 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Statements about the planned cessation of production of internal combustion engines within a few years are not surprising electrification today, but Hyundai may have gone one step further. Shortly before the holidays, there was speculation that it was closing the center for the development of internal combustion engines. With this information came the Business Korea website, whose report was highlighted by colleagues from Motor1. According to the Korean website, Hyundai Motor Group has officially closed the Namyang Research Institute, an engine development center south of Seoul. The article further mentions that the power unit development group was reorganized into an electrification development team and a battery development team was created at the same time. A similar report later came from The Korea Economic Daily, which cites unnamed industry sources and quotes part of an email from Chung-Kook Park, head of research and development, to employees: Our own engine development is a great success, but we need to change the system so that we can create future innovations based on the great benefits of the past .\" So far, this is only unofficial information to which the carmaker has not yet responded. Nevertheless, these speculations may not be so surprising, especially after unexpected changes in high positions in brand management. Albert Biermann, the head of Division N and head of development and research, recently retired unexpectedly as design chief Peter Schreyer changed positions. In addition, the carmaker was to announce about 200 promotions to other positions, while 1/3 was to take place in the research and development department. . The post Hyundai is reportedly closing the center for the development of internal combustion engines appeared first on World Today News .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "World Today News", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "World Today News", "length": 16, "offset": 2011}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Hyundai Motor Group", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Hyundai Motor Group", "length": 19, "offset": 692}, {"position_text": "Hyundai Motor", "length": 13, "offset": 692}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Korea Economic Daily", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Korea Economic Daily", "length": 20, "offset": 1033}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Motor1", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Motor1", "length": 6, "offset": 651}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Seoul", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Seoul", "length": 5, "offset": 804}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1061, "text": "Russian banks refused by China's UnionPay\nThe caution caused by Western sanctions on Russia is starting to become more evident in decisions made by Chinese companies as China UnionPay becomes the next major Chinese business to refuse to work with some Russian firms, reports Nikkei Asia . The bank card services provider has refused to work with Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, and halted talks with other Russian financial institutions targeted by sanctions, forcing them to scrap plans to issue UnionPay cards. While UnionPay accounted for only about 1% of bank cards issued in Russia as of 2020, interest had surged after Visa and Mastercard halted services there in response to this past February's invasion of Ukraine. But the Chinese company has been reluctant to take the opportunity to expand. The Chinese government has repeatedly asserted that normal economic and trade activity between China and Russia would continue, while criticizing the sanctions imposed by the US, Europe and others in response to the invasion of Ukraine. 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The outspoken Tesla CEO, who is also the world's wealthiest person, has said he wanted to buy and privatize Twitter because he thinks it's not living up to its potential as a platform for free speech. The risk is that Musk goes too far in his hands off approach, potentially alienating users and advertisers. Shares of Twitter Inc. rose 5% Monday to $51.70 per share, below the $54.20 he offered for the company. Amazon union could face a tough road ahead after victory NEW YORK (AP) — In the aftermath of their hard-won labor victory, Amazon workers in the New York City borough of Staten Island popped Champagne, cheered their victory and danced in celebration. But their jovial attitude will be tested by a company that seems likely to drag its feet to the bargaining table. The nascent Amazon Labor Union, or ALU, has said it wants longer breaks for warehouse employees, more time off and a dramatically higher minimum hourly wage of $30, up from just over $18 per hour now at the Staten Island facility. 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MOORESVILLE, N.C., March 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lowe's today announced a five-year, $100 million investment in the communities it serves – the company's largest-ever commitment of its kind – with a new community impact program called Lowe's Hometowns. Each year from 2022 through 2026, Lowe's Hometowns will complete nearly 1,800 community impact projects, including 100 signature projects chosen from consumer nominations, and nearly 1,700 projects selected through Lowe's stores across the country. The commitment is part of Lowe's goal to make homes better for all and builds on the success of its work with the 100 Hometowns program in 2021, which revitalized 100 community spaces and positively impacted more than 1.3 million people in honor of the company's centennial anniversary. The effort begins with the launch of a new annual initiative that invites people nationwide to visit Lowes.com/hometowns now through March 28 to nominate a deserving project in their hometowns. Lowe's will select 100 projects this year as part of Lowe's Hometowns and partner with community members and Lowe's associates to revitalize spaces such as neighborhood housing, parks, community centers, and more. The program comes at a critical time as communities and local organizations across America work hard to navigate the impact of the pandemic, with three-quarters of nonprofits reporting an increase in demand for services since the start of the pandemic.1 \"Each day, our associates and neighbors come together to help build and strengthen their communities. With this investment through Lowe's Hometowns, we are demonstrating our commitment to make homes – and hometowns – better for those in need,\" said Marvin R. Ellison, Lowe's chairman and CEO. \"We look forward to working with communities across the country to make sure that our investments serve their needs and have a positive impact that lasts for years to come.\" Lowe's is partnering with designer, author, and Emmy-nominated host Bobby Berk, who will serve as Lowe's Hometowns Ambassador, to execute this year's program. One nominated project will have the chance to be personally designed by Berk, bringing his design expertise and passion for giving back to help those in need. Additionally, to kick off Lowe's Hometowns, Berk has nominated My Friend's Place , a shelter in Los Angeles that offers comprehensive services to homeless youth, and he will oversee a refreshed design that will make the facility more comfortable and inviting for young people experiencing homelessness. \"As I travel across the country, I've seen how now, more than ever, communities need our help,\" said Berk. \"Whether it is a safe space for kids to play after school or a training center to help job seekers get back on their feet, the projects we're taking on with Lowe's Hometowns will have real meaning for those in need. I'm excited to partner with Lowe's and get to know the incredible people and stories behind the projects that we'll take on.\" Lowe's will partner with Berk and impact partner Points of Light to select and support the projects that will be undertaken as part of this year's program. Eligible project types include neighborhood housing, skilled trades education facilities, community centers and outdoor spaces. Selected projects will be announced this summer, with project work to begin shortly thereafter. Visit Lowes.com/hometowns for complete program terms and to nominate a community project. About Lowe's Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW ) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 19 million customer transactions a week in the United States and Canada. With fiscal year 2021 sales of over $96 billion, Lowe's and its related businesses operate or service nearly 2,200 home improvement and hardware stores and employ over 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts. For more information, visit Lowes.com. 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As part of the global community, Ford is deeply concerned about the invasion of Ukraine and the resultant threats to peace and stability. The situation has compelled us to reassess our operations in Russia. In recent years, Ford has significantly wound down its Russian operations, which now focus exclusively on commercial van manufacturing and Russian sales through a minority interest in the Sollers Ford joint venture. Given the situation, we have today informed our JV partners that we are suspending our operations in Russia, effective immediately, until further notice. While we don't have significant operations in Ukraine, we do have a strong contingent of Ukrainian nationals working at Ford around the world and we will continue to support them through this time. Ford Fund is also making a $100,000 donation to the Global Giving Ukraine Relief Fund for humanitarian aid to assist Ukrainian citizens and families who have been displaced during this crisis. About Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan, that is committed to helping build a better world, where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. The company's Ford+ plan for growth and value creation combines existing strengths, new capabilities and always-on relationships with customers to enrich experiences for and deepen the loyalty of those customers. Ford designs, manufactures, markets and services a full line of connected, increasingly electrified passenger and commercial vehicles: Ford trucks, utility vehicles, vans and cars, and Lincoln luxury vehicles. The company is pursuing leadership positions in electrification, connected vehicle services and mobility solutions, including self-driving technology, and provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. Ford employs about 183,000 people worldwide. 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Most Read from Bloomberg McDonald's Corp., United Airlines Holdings Inc., and the LSE Group were among the major companies to disclose a variety of issues with communications to customer service. KLM said it was suspending most flights because of a global computer outage. They were the more prominent of a plethora of corporations from Japan to India and the US to report glitches with their operations. It was unclear what triggered the issues, which coincided with Microsoft's disruptions. Microsoft Cloud Software Outage: Live Updates Several newspapers reported at least some of the problems stemmed from CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. cybersecurity software. Australia's AGL Energy Ltd. said in a post on X it was currently experiencing system issues due to a CrowdStrike outage. The cascading service failures on Friday underscored how a growing proportion of businesses have moved services and support processes online in recent years, seeking to cut costs or better unify their global arms. In 2017, a series of errors within Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud service — which like Azure underpins a big chunk of the world's online platforms — disrupted the operation of tens of thousands of websites including ESPN.com. A Microsoft spokesperson said the company was looking into the situation, while Crowdstrike representatives weren't immediately available for comment outside normal business hours, and calls to their main number in Japan went unanswered. The first glitches emerged in the US late on Thursday, blamed on a failure of Microsoft services including Azure and 365. Denver-based Frontier Airlines, a unit of Frontier Group Holdings Inc., grounded flights for over two hours. The airline lifted a nationwide pause on departures and started the process of resuming flights from 11 p.m. New York time. \"We're continuing to progress on our mitigation efforts for the affected Microsoft 365 apps and services. 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PETALING JAYA: AirAsia, the aviation arm of Capital A Bhd , has renegotiated its plane orders with Europe's Airbus as the airline starts to kick off its dreams of flying around the world with Asean as a central hub. Chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said both parties have agreed to modify about 10% or 36 planes of the over 400-plane order book, opting for A321lr instead of the initial A321neo. Speaking about the significance of this deal, Fernandes said this amendment will unlock the group's dreams of flying longer distances and establishing AirAsia as a key player in connecting diverse destinations across Asia and the world. \"With the new fleet, we can really connect all of Asean with the rest of the world. This extends beyond major cities, encompassing smaller ones as well,\" he told the media during a media roundtable held in conjunction with the order amendment yesterday. Fernandes said that the low-cost carrier looks forward to expanding its narrow-body fleet with the introduction of the A321xlr and exploring opportunities with the A321lr, which are expected to gradually replace the existing A320 predecessor over the coming years, particularly from key hubs such as Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila and more. \"These new specification aircraft will enable greater flexibility on existing short to medium-haul routes and network expansion to places we have never flown before, including to exciting secondary markets such as North Asia, Australia and Central Asia from South-East Asia,\" he noted. Along with the group's wide-body Airbus A330 fleet and the new A330neo, the group is planning to broaden its medium to long-haul network to European cities. \"Generally, aviation has always gone from big cities to big cities. But with the given aircraft, we'll go from secondary cities to secondary cities or even tertiary cities to tertiary cities. This is going to open up tourism and businesses,\" he said. Moreover, Fernandes said the group has applied for its first route to Kenya, aiming to fill the gap in air connectivity between Africa and Asia. He expressed excitement about the prospects in Africa. Currently, AirAsia's fleet consists of about 204 planes, with the operational fleet comprising 162 aircraft. Fernandes said the group is looking forward to getting the remaining more than 30 planes up in the air the soonest. He added that the delivery of its orders from Airbus will commence from June onwards, with a target to acquire about 25 new planes by year-end. Meanwhile, the Airbus' newly appointed chief executive officer of the commercial aircraft business, Christian Scherer, remarked on the longstanding, 20 years-plus association between Airbus and AirAsia, acknowledging the entrepreneurial spirit within the airline. \"We have witnessed the courage of this company under its impactful leadership, in creating a brand, vision, and model. Now, AirAsia is in a 'climb' mode, ascending to new heights and altitudes,\" he said. Discussing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), Fernandes said currently it is considered too expensive, being three times more costly than conventional aviation fuel. He emphasised the importance of increasing the supply of SAF to reduce its costs. 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So Mwende took her daughter to a traditional healer, who placed stones over the bites to draw out the poison. Mercy died within hours, becoming one of about 700 Kenyans killed by snakebite each year, according to an article in a scientific journal, Toxicon. Experts say the number is probably higher, since bites often go unreported and few victims make it to hospital. The Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre (KSRIC), partly funded by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, is working to change that. It plans to have East Africa's first antivenom on the market within five years, at a cost it estimates will be about a third that of an imported product, often priced at about $100. More than 70,000 people are bitten in East Africa each year, and climate change and deforestation are worsening the problem, as snakes get pushed out of natural habitats into populated areas. Nearly 100 snakes live at the research centre in a forest on the outskirts of the capital. Researchers extract venom and study it before injecting small amounts into donor animals, such as sheep, which then produce antibodies to be harvested and purified into antivenom. \"Up to (now), no one has produced any kind of antivenom in Kenya,\" said senior snake handler Geoffrey Maranga Kepha. Two effective antivenoms are available in Kenya, from India and Mexico, the centre says. But many ineffective products circulate in sub-Saharan Africa, said David Williams, head of the Australian Venom Research Unit. \"One Indian product marketed in Ghana as a replacement to Sanofi's actually increased the death rate for snakebites,\" he added. Vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur, part of French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis (SASY.PA), stopped producing antivenom for African snakes in 2010 because low demand and competition from a cheaper supplier made it unprofitable. Sanofi wants to share its knowledge with partners who could handle production, the company told Reuters in a statement. The centre is teaching communities that swift use of antivenom saves lives, said veterinarian and head researcher George Adinoh. \"It's a weird or risky job, but after seeing how people die in Kenya from snakebites I decided to devote my life to coming up with a rescue measure that will help, or prevent people from dying from snakebites,\" snake handler Kepha added. 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From a report: \"During the pandemic there was rapid acceleration. I think we are going to go through a phase today where there is some amount of normalization in demand,\" Nadella said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. \"We will have to do more with less -- we will have to show our own productivity gains with our own technology.\" Read more of this story at Slashdot.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Microsoft", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Microsoft", "length": 9, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Microsoft", "length": 9, "offset": 64}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Davos", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Davos", "length": 5, "offset": 400}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1070, "text": "Spacelabs Healthcare Awarded New Premier Agreement for Physiological Patient Monitoring and...\nSpacelabs Healthcare, a division of OSI Systems, Inc. (the \"Company\" or \"OSI Systems\") (NASDAQ: OSIS), announced today that it has been awarded a three-year Premier agreement for physiological patient monitoring and non-invasive cardiology solutions. \"We believe this agreement will bring significant value to the many thousands of hospitals and health systems served by Premier,\" said Spacelabs President Shalabh Chandra. \"As a US-based manufacturer, Spacelabs stands ready and able to receive and fill orders quickly to meet the needs of hospitals across the country.\" About OSI Systems OSI Systems is a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of specialized electronic systems and components for critical applications in the homeland security, healthcare, defense and aerospace industries. The Company combines more than 40 years of electronics engineering and manufacturing experience with offices and production facilities in more than a dozen countries to implement a strategy of expansion into selective end product markets. For more information on OSI Systems or its subsidiary companies, visit www.osi-systems.com . News Filter: OSIS-G About Spacelabs Healthcare Spacelabs Healthcare , a division of OSI Systems, Inc., is a provider of medical equipment and services, including solutions for patient monitoring and connectivity, non-invasive cardiology, and supplies and accessories selling to hospitals, clinics, and physician offices. The Company has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, and Italy, and distributors in more than 100 countries around the world This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements relate to Spacelabs' current expectations, beliefs, and projections concerning matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve uncertainties, risks, assumptions and contingencies, many of which are outside Spacelabs' control and which may cause actual results to differ materially from those described in or implied by any forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the expected use and performance of Spacelabs' products. Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements, which are based on currently available information and speak only as of the date on which they are made. Spacelabs assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement made in this press release that becomes untrue because of subsequent events, new information or otherwise, except to the extent it is required to do so in connection with its ongoing requirements under Federal securities laws. For a further discussion of factors that could cause Spacelabs' future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the section entitled \"Risk Factors\" in OSI Systems Inc.'s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and other risks described therein and in documents subsequently filed by OSI Systems, Inc. from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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By Gadgets 360 Staff With Inputs From Agencies | Updated: 22 April 2020 09:17 IST Photo Credit: Reuters India is Facebook's biggest single market with some 400 million users Facebook investment values Jio Platforms at Rs. 4.62 lakh crore Facebook has taken a Rs. 43,574 crores stake in the Jio digital platforms business of India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, the two sides said Wednesday, marking one of the biggest foreign investments in the country. The deal will give the US social media giant a 9.99-percent stake in Jio Platforms, part of Ambani's Reliance Industries empire. The deal comes at a time when Facebook -owned WhatsApp has secured approval to roll out its digital payment service in India, according to media reports, to compete with the likes of Google Pay and Paytm . WhatsApp has 400 million users in India, its biggest market, reaching nearly 80 percent of smartphone users in the country. The social media giant said it would focus on collaborating its messaging platform WhatsApp with Reliance's e-commerce venture JioMart to enable people to connect with small businesses. India is Facebook's biggest single market with some 400 million users. \"India is in the midst of one of the most dynamic social and economic transformations the world has ever seen, driven by the rapid adoption of digital technologies,\" said a Facebook statement. In four years, Ambani has turned his Jio telecoms unit into the country's biggest mobile operator with 38.8 million subscribers. It has knocked aside competitors with aggressive low pricing. Jio Platforms provides internet and e-commerce services that tap into the huge subscriber base. Reliance said it wanted to boost income for farmers, micro-traders and other small businesses that are the cornerstone of the economy of 1.3 billion people. 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President Donald Trump's frustration over the failure of his \"maximum pressure\" campaign to unseat Maduro has spurred foreign policy aides to ready further U.S. actions and press for tougher sanctions on OPEC member Venezuela by European and Latin American partners, a second senior administration official said on condition of anonymity. Abrams said Washington sees Cuba and Russia providing a lifeline to Maduro, nine months after the Trump administration and dozens of other countries resolved to no longer recognize the socialist leader as Venezuela's legitimate president. \"We're always looking to ways to squeeze (Cuba) because we do not see any improvement in their conduct either with respect to Venezuela or human rights internally,\" Abrams said in an interview in his State Department office. The new sanctions under consideration for communist Cuba, expected \"in the weeks ahead,\" would likely target the island's tourism sector as well as Venezuela's cut-rate oil delivered to Havana, building on the U.S. blacklisting of tankers used to transport the supplies, the senior official said. While U.S. sanctions on Cuba stem from accusations that it provides training, arms and intelligence to Maduro's security forces, targeting Russia would be based heavily on Moscow's financial support of Caracas. Oil giant Rosneft has helped Venezuela market its crude since Washington imposed sanctions on state oil company PDVSA in January. Asked whether Washington is preparing sanctions against Rosneft, Abrams said the administration was \"taking a closer look at the ways in which Russia is sustaining the regime\" but declined to specify any entities or individuals. In early August, the Trump administration froze U.S. assets of the Venezuelan government and threatened \"secondary sanctions\" on any company doing business with it, an escalation of pressure on Maduro. The move was widely seen as opening the door to putting sanctions on Rosneft, which in recent months has taken around half of Venezuela's crude exports. Abrams said the administration now intended to start \"naming names\" under Trump's August order and that new individual sanctions are expected over the next three months. But U.S. officials are mindful of the need for caution in targeting a company as large and far-reaching as Rosneft over its Venezuela ties. \"We don't have the luxury of being haphazard,\" the senior administration official told Reuters, stressing that they were not specifically referring to Rosneft. \"If it was a company that was solely doing business in Venezuela, that's a slam dunk. But when you deal with entities that have multiple components, we have to be thorough.\" At the same time, the Trump administration recognizes the risk of adding tensions to an already-troubled U.S.-Russia relationship at a time when the countries face geopolitical disagreements over issues like Syria, Ukraine and arms control. 'WHY AREN'T WE DOING MORE?' With some critics saying the economic weapons at the Trump administration's disposal are dwindling, it remains unclear whether the remaining options will be enough to shift the balance of power in Venezuela. Maduro retains the loyalty of the country's military despite opposition leader Juan Guaido's efforts to get them on his side after he invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency in January, arguing Maduro's 2018 re-election was a fraud. Guaido leads the opposition-controlled National Assembly. Further restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba would be aimed at squeezing the island economically and expanding Trump's steady rollback of the historic opening to Cuba by Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama. The reversal, along with his pressure on Venezuela, has gone over well among Cuban Americans in South Florida, a key voting bloc in Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. The senior administration official insisted Trump's growing impatience with the failure of sanctions and diplomatic pressure to push Maduro from power meant he would not ease up despite the president's decision last month to fire his hawkish national security adviser, John Bolton, who was widely identified with the hardline policy on Venezuela. The official said that before the administration stepped up pressure in January as Guaido assumed the rival presidency, the process had been hampered by two years of \"slow-walking\" by other government agencies that preferred an incremental approach. \"That's the frustration that the president harbored - he'd been saying for two years, 'Why aren't we doing more?',\" the official said. However, a former senior U.S. official said the administration underestimated the complexities of the Venezuelan situation, especially the difficulty of spurring a mutiny in the ranks where many officers are suspected of benefiting from corruption and drug trafficking. 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Cette installation, située dans la filiale OGMA d'Embraer près de Lisbonne, devrait générer un chiffre d'affaires annuel supplémentaire de 600 millions d'euros (environ 653 millions de dollars) une fois qu'elle aura atteint sa pleine capacité opérationnelle. Cette décision stratégique répond à la demande croissante de maintenance aéronautique, qui a été exacerbée par les perturbations de la chaîne d'approvisionnement consécutives à la pandémie et par l'augmentation de la fréquence des réparations de moteurs. Le centre de maintenance est autorisé par P&W à entretenir les moteurs utilisés dans les avions à réaction fabriqués par Embraer et son plus grand concurrent, Airbus. Actuellement, le secteur de l'aviation connaît des retards sans précédent dans la maintenance des moteurs, le cabinet de conseil Bain ayant indiqué la semaine dernière que les compagnies aériennes étaient confrontées aux temps d'attente les plus longs jamais enregistrés. La demande de services de maintenance devrait culminer en 2026, ce qui pourrait limiter la croissance des compagnies aériennes et augmenter les coûts d'exploitation. La nouvelle installation assurera d'abord la maintenance du moteur PW1100G-JM de P&W, qui équipe la famille A320neo d'Airbus. Il est prévu d'étendre les services en 2026 pour inclure le moteur PW1900G, qui équipe les jets E2 de prochaine génération d'Embraer. Carlos Naufel, responsable de l'unité Services & Support d'Embraer, a déclaré que les premiers moteurs entretenus proviendraient de compagnies aériennes européennes, mais qu'à l'avenir, ils pourraient provenir de n'importe où en raison de la forte demande. La plate-forme devrait avoir une capacité annuelle de 240 moteurs, ce qui représente une augmentation significative par rapport aux 500 millions de dollars de recettes prévus lors de l'annonce des plans d'ouverture de la plate-forme l'année dernière. La division Services & Support d'Embraer a représenté 27 % du chiffre d'affaires du groupe en 2023, soit 1,4 milliard de dollars, avec un carnet de commandes record de 3,1 milliards de dollars à la fin de l'année. M. Naufel s'est dit confiant dans la croissance de cette unité, prévoyant de doubler son chiffre d'affaires annuel d'ici 2030. L'engagement de la société à développer ses services et ses capacités de soutien s'aligne sur la trajectoire actuelle de croissance accélérée du secteur, comme l'a souligné Naufel. L'établissement du nouveau hub au Portugal est une indication claire de l'approche proactive d'Embraer pour répondre aux demandes croissantes du marché mondial de la maintenance aéronautique. Reuters a contribué à cet article. Cet article a été généré et traduit avec l'aide de l'IA et revu par un rédacteur. Pour plus d'informations, consultez nos T&C. 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As we try to understand why a police officer continued compressing a man's neck and spine for minutes after he'd lost consciousness, we have footage from security cameras at Cup Foods, where Floyd allegedly paid for cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. As we wrestle with the sight of three officers standing by as their colleague killed Floyd, we have footage from the cell phones of witnesses who begged the officers to let Floyd off the ground. In the murder trial of Officer Derek Chauvin, who was patrolling despite 17 civilian complaints against him and previous involvement in two shootings of suspects, his defense may hinge on video from the body cameras he and other officers were wearing. None of these videos saved George Floyd's life, and it is possible that none of them will convict his murderer. Officer Chauvin knew this. In the video shot by 17-year-old Darnella Frazier, you can see him lock eyes with the teenager. He knows she's filming, and knows that the video is likely being streamed to Facebook, to the horror of those watching it. After all, in a suburb of nearby St. Paul four years earlier, Officer Jeronimo Yanez shot and killed Philando Castile while Castile's partner streamed the video to Facebook. Yanez's police car dashcam also recorded the seven shots he pumped into Castile's body. He was charged and acquitted. After years of increasingly widespread bodycam use and ever more pervasive social media, it's clear that information can work only when it's harnessed to power. After Castile's death, I wrote a piece for MIT Technology Review about \"sousveillance,\" the idea posited by the inventor Steve Mann, the \"father of wearable computing,\" that connected cameras controlled by citizens could be used to hold power accountable. Even though bystander video of Eric Garner being choked to death by New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo in 2014 had led not to Pantaleo's indictment but to the arrest of Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the murder, I offered my hope that \"the ubiquity of cell-phone cameras combined with video streaming services like Periscope, YouTube, and Facebook Live has set the stage for citizens to hold the police responsible for excessive use of force.\" I was wrong. Much of what we think about surveillance comes from the French philosopher Michel Foucault. Foucault examined the ideas of the English reformer Jeremy Bentham, who proposed a prison—the panopticon or Inspection-House—in which every cell was observable from a central watchtower. The possibility that someone might be watching, Bentham believed, would be enough to prevent bad behavior by prisoners. Foucault observed that this knowledge of being watched forces us to police ourselves; our act of disciplining ourselves as if we were always under observation, more than the threat of corporal punishment, is the primary mechanism of \"political technology\" and power in modern society. The hope for sousveillance comes from the same logic. If police officers know they're being watched both by their body cameras and by civilians with cell phones, they will discipline themselves and refrain from engaging in unnecessary violence. It's a good theory, but in practice, it hasn't worked. A large study in 2017 by the Washington, DC, mayor's office assigned more than a thousand police officers in the District to wear body cameras and more than a thousand to go camera-free. The researchers hoped to find evidence that wearing cameras correlated with better policing, less use of force, and fewer civilian complaints. They found none: the difference in behavior between the officers who knew they were being watched and the officers who knew they were not was statistically insignificant. Another study , which analyzed the results of 10 randomized controlled trials of body camera use in different nations, was helpfully titled \"Wearing body cameras increases assaults against officers and does not reduce police use of force.\" Reacting to the DC study, some scholars have hoped that if cameras don't deter officers from violent behavior, at least the film can hold them accountable afterwards. There, too, body cameras rarely work the way we hope. While careful, frame-by-frame analysis of video often shows that victims of police shootings were unarmed and that officers mistook innocuous objects for weapons, attorneys for the defense screen the videos at normal speed to show how tense, fast, and scary confrontations between police and suspects can be. A 1989 Supreme Court decision means that if police officers have an \"objectively reasonable\" fear that their lives or safety are in danger, they are justified in using deadly force. Videos from body cameras and bystander cell phones have worked to bolster \"reasonable fear\" defense claims as much as they have demonstrated the culpability of police officers. It turns out that images matter, but so does power. Bentham's panopticon works because the warden of the prison has the power to punish you if he witnesses your misbehavior. But Bentham's other hope for the panopticon—that the behavior of the warden would be transparent and evaluated by all who saw him—has never come to pass. Over 10 years, from 2005 to 2014, only 48 officers were charged with murder or manslaughter for use of lethal force, though more than 1,000 people a year are killed by police in the United States. As he stared at Darnella Frazier, Officer Chauvin knew this, because it's impossible to work in law enforcement in the US and not know this. The institutions that protect police officers from facing legal consequences for their actions—internal affairs divisions, civil service job protections, police unions, \"reasonable fear\"—work far better than the institutions that hold them responsible for abuses. The hope that pervasive cameras by themselves would counterbalance the systemic racism that leads to the overpolicing of communities of color and the disproportionate use of force against black men was simply a techno-utopian fantasy. It was a hope that police violence could be an information problem like Uber rides or Amazon recommendations, solvable by increasing the flows of data. But after years of increasingly widespread bodycam use and ever more pervasive social media, it's clear that information can work only when it's harnessed to power. If there's one thing that Americans—particularly people of color in America—have learned from George Floyd, Philando Castile, and Eric Garner, it's that individuals armed with images are largely powerless to make systemic change. That's the reason people have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, DC, New York, and so many other cities. There's one thing images of police brutality seem to have the power to do: shock, outrage, and mobilize people to demand systemic change. 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I saw this news shared today by Restaurant Dive which says DoorDash was just ordered to pay Illinois $11.3 million dollars. That's a hefty tip. Why did DoorDash just give Illinois so much money and who does it affect? This is a settlement from a court case where DoorDash is alleged to have failed to pay tips to 79,000 workers who delivered for them in Illinois between 2017 and 2019. The claim says that the office of Attorney General Kwame Raoul in Illinois said the company gave customers the impression that their full tips were going to the delivery driver when that was not the case. If I delivered for DoorDash in Illinois between 2017 and 2019, do I get money? Yes, the Restaurant Dive article says those Illinois workers that file a claim will get at least $2 plus a share of the over $11 million dollar settlement. Here are two more takeaways that are important to keep in mind. First, part of the settlement emphasizes that DoorDash does not admit any wrongdoing, but that this settlement is an effort to hasten the conclusion of litigation. It's also important to emphasize that this settlement still must be approved by a court before it becomes final reality. The good news is if you delivered for DoorDash in Illinois, you should have some kind of tip incoming. 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Brazilian digital bank Nubank has raised $500 million from Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational holding company run by billionaire Warren Buffett. In an announcement from Nubank on Tuesday, the digital bank said the $500 million investment would be used to continue its international expansion — the company recently launched in Colombia — as well as attract new executives from major tech companies. Nubank reported it has more than 40 million customers in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. Nubank CEO David Vélez said the funding would help in \"democratizing access to financial services\" across Latin America. He said that only half the people in the region have bank accounts, with roughly 21% using credit cards. \"No one thought it was possible to change the financial system, but we were always convinced that there was room for disruption and innovation and, more importantly, that customers deserved better service,\" said Vélez. Buffett has personally spoken on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies previously, saying they \"basically have no value\" and that he will never own any himself. In a shareholders meeting last month, vice chair Charlie Munger referred to crypto as \"useful to kidnappers and extortionists.\" However, over the last year, the multinational conglomerate has invested in more firms related to technology and beyond, including cloud technology company Snowflake. 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The mood is a mix of excitement and anger. \"I'm not trying to count my chickens before they hatch, but does anyone have a realistic expectation of how much they think the price of AMC shares might go up if the shorts lose out today?\" one user asked. In the next post in the feed, a user complained about hedge fund managers. There's no diamond hand emojis, no slurs, and no aggressive internet memes, all features of the r/WallStreetBets subreddit, which has been a nexus of day trader activity. On Facebook, it's just a slowly-growing community full of day traders getting increasingly angry at Wall Street. Robin Hood's Stock Market Watchlist started in 2018. Now, at more than 181,000 members, it is one of the largest Robinhood and stock market dedicated Facebook groups. It's private, heavily moderated, and its members are upset about what's happened over the last few days. To recap, in brief: Day traders including many Robinhod users had pumped up GameStop and other stocks and saw massive gains, hosing a hedge fund along the way. Then, on Thursday, Robinhood cited market volatility and put restrictions on what stocks its users could buy. \"In the group, we have seen people talking about [the] government needing to step in, about class actions against [Robinhood], about how the rich are taking from the poor. About [Robinhoods] tied to Sequoia Capital which ties to the hedge funds,\" Aakshay D Kripalani, who created and runs the group, told Motherboard over Facebook messenger. It's been a rough few days for retail traders online. Discord banned the popular WallStreetBets server, citing hate speech and a violation of its terms of service on Wednesday. Robinhood stopped users from buying shares of AMC, GameStop, and other meme stocks on Thursday, due to a cash flow issue . Google deleted 100,000 negative reviews of the Robinhood app. Facebook also briefly shut down another popular group, Robinhood Stock Traders, saying the group had violated its policy against \"adult sexual exploitation.\" Kripalani and the members of Robin Hood's Stock Market Watchlist aren't worried about censorship or being banned from the internet. \"We have an incredible team of moderators who scan posts and we have keyword alerts set up,\" he said. \"If we didn't [do that] then yes, I would be. But if something picks up, we'll turn everything to post approval.\" On Friday morning, Kripalani's group was far more concerned over finding a place to buy AMC, holding the line, and losing positions they bought through Robinhood. Kripalani started the group because of the promise of fee-free trading apps like Robinhood and Webull. \"I knew we would have a generational boom like we did with Coinbase and crypto back in 2017,\" he said. \"But I knew it would be even larger, which it is. Money is tangible, crypto to many was and still is 'internet play money.'\" But as the market got hot and WallStreetBets and other retail traders melted up GME on Thursday, Robinhood restricted certain stocks to sell-only. Users also reported having their positions closed out by Robinhood. Experts told Motherboard this was most likely due to so much buying volume, including margin trading, putting Robinhood in a precarious financial and legal position. As Robinhood CEO explained to Bloomberg : \"Look, it is not negotiable for us to comply with our financial requirements and our clearinghouse deposits.\" Predictably, restricting a stock at such a critical time did not go over well with retail investors. \"This is an egregious act,\" Kripalani said. \" When you have AOC and Ted Cruz agreeing , you know something is up.\" Kripalani stressed that Robinhood users were losing more than just GME positions. American Airlines was another WallStreetBets favorite , and trading on its stock was also restricted on Robinhood. \"And many who have margin accounts are literally getting their positions auto closed by Robinhood. Because Robinhood is saying that due to market volatility they will force a position closure,\" he said. \"So you allowed me to buy at $22, and are now forcing me to close at $18 and take a 20% loss.\" Users have already filed a class action lawsuit against Robinhood, alleging it abused its position to save investors at the cost of users by cutting off purchases of GameStop stock. \"Robinhood purposefully, willfully, and knowingly removing the stock 'GME' from its trading platform in the midst of an unprecedented stock thereby deprived retail investors of the ability to invest in the open-market and manipulating the open-market,\" the complaint said. Dogecoin, a joke cryptocurrency caught up in the trading frenzy, is also a hot topic of conversation, and Robinhood's policy changes are stoking frustration. \"Robinhood at one point decided to not let you buy crypto until your money settled,\" a user said in the group. \"They recently changed it,and even early this A.M. I was able to right after making an instant deposit…Went back to buy more on the dip…and see Robinhood has now changed their policy again…Since we are interested in it…they gotta do their best to shut us out huh?\" Robin Hood's Stock Market Watchlist is a mix of hope and disappointment. There's three genres of posts—stock advice and questions, people sharing their gains, and people sharing their anger at apps like Robinhood. \"I believe that the people who have been making billions and manipulating the entire market are angry that their plays could be limited,\" Kripalani said. \"Now they see that simple traders with a well established plan are able to outsmart them with a coordinated effort. These same guys caused the market crash in 2008 by over leveraging margin. They don't care about the people, they just want to line their own pockets. \"Look at GameStop,\" he said. \"If GameStop failed, 15,000 employees would lose their job. But these hedge fund managers would get a new yacht. They could not care less about the 15,000 employees getting $10 an hour. 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Jetzt auf Smartbroker.de TORONTO, Nov. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Quisitive Technology Solutions Inc. (\"Quisitive\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV: QUIS), a premier Microsoft Solutions Provider, joins Microsoft's latest Cloud Native Accelerate Program (\"Program\"), an initiative designed for select partners that already provide cloud-native application development services to enhance or extend their existing practices on Azure, a public cloud computing platform. As part of the prestigious and exclusive Program, companies that are accepted will directly partner with Microsoft and have the opportunity to unlock growth potentials that accelerate their capabilities within the Azure cloud. Microsoft will provide its partners with onboarding support, technical enablement, and opportunities to sell in Microsoft marketplaces with its very own sales teams. More specifically, they will be able to leverage the best-in-class go-to-market expertise, have the ability to tap into one of the industry's largest customer base, and will be given access to the Azure Cloud Native Partner Community, which provides networking opportunities with Microsoft engineers, sales teams, and other partners. In order to remain in the Program, Microsoft partners are also expected to uphold certain responsibilities and expectations, a number of which Quisitive has already initiated thanks to its pre-existing relationship with Microsoft. Partners of the Program are required to: meet the requirements for Advanced Specialization within 12 months, have planning sessions and go-to-market activities with Microsoft One Commercial Partners and sellers, and create a new published offering. Thanks to Quisitive's prior involvement and engagement with Microsoft, the Company was able to seamlessly enter into the Program. \"Our acceptance into the Cloud Native Accelerate Program further expands the scope of our existing robust strategic partnership with Microsoft,\" said Quisitive SVP of Solution Development Steven Balusek. \"The requirements and events of the Program highlight the work we have already been collaborating with Microsoft on for the past few years, which inevitably gives us a \"head start\" relative to the partners that are just now starting their engagement. Not only does this initiative provide us with additional resources from Microsoft, but it also gives our team incremental insight into helping customers accelerate their journey into the cloud. Quisitive remains the partner of choice for our customers when it comes to native cloud development, and we look forward to further augmenting our capabilities and customer base through our synergistic partnership with Microsoft.\" About Quisitive: Quisitive (TSXV: QUIS) is a premier Microsoft solutions provider that helps enterprises move, operate, and innovate in the Microsoft cloud: Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dynamics, and Microsoft 365. Quisitive also provides proprietary SaaS solutions such as CRG emPerform™ and LedgerPay that complement the Microsoft platform. Quisitive serves clients globally from offices in the U.S and Canada. 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(\"Conduent\" or the \"Company\") (NYSE: CNDT). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 9980. The investigation concerns whether Conduent and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices. On November 7, 2018, Conduent disclosed that the Company had suffered reduced third quarter and projected fourth quarter operating results caused by \"continued suboptimal performance from an inherited legacy technology vendor.\" Specifically, Conduent advised investors that \"[t]he performance issue stem[s] from the vendor's inability to deliver on level agreements, lack of responsiveness to Conduent's needs, and poorly structured contract which we inherited\" and that an \"outdated and historically under-invested legacy IT infrastructure has caused major disruptions to our operations and impacted clients and delivery performance.\" Following these disclosures, Conduent's stock price fell $5.60 per share, or 29.14%, to close at $13.62 per share on November 7, 2018. The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Paris, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com . CONTACT: Robert S. 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Ltd., aka DOT, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tata Motors to roll out its new commercial electric vehicle offering, Ace EV, across India, starting with five cities. See the pictures Earlier this month, Tata Motors introduced the all-electric version of its SCV. Green Valley Energy Ventures Pvt., based in West Bengal. Ltd., aka DOT, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tata Motors to roll out its new commercial electric vehicle offering, Ace EV, across India, starting with five cities. Earlier this month, Tata Motors introduced the all-electric version of its small utility vehicle, Tata Ace EV, which can travel up to 150+ km on a single charge. Additionally, the Tata Ace EV has an advanced battery cooling system and a regenerative braking system to increase range. Also Read: Tata Motors Unveils Ace EV With 154km Range Vineet Mehra, President and CEO of DOT, said, \"This MoU is our attempt to build an organic partnership with the world renowned OEM (Tata Motors) and help the country accelerate the development of electric mobility ecosystem. It will be a game-changing product and thanks to our expertise in fleet management and O&M, the TCO for the product lifecycle is expected to be much lower than that of ICE counterparts. Tata Ace EV can travel up to 150 km on a single charge. With the Tata Ace EV, the DOT would offer green and emission-free logistics solutions for urban transport. At present, the company operates in over 150 cities and towns in India, providing a market of on-demand and dedicated logistics solutions for large enterprises and SMEs. Thanks to this, it has created more than 3,000 direct jobs over the past 7 years and around 2,500 indirect jobs. Also read: Tata Motors maps long-range electric vehicles for India and beyond 0 comments Alongside DOT, Tata Motors has also signed MoUs with leading e-commerce companies and logistics service providers – Amazon, Big Basket, City Link, Flipkart, LetsTransport, MoEVing and Yelo EV. For the latest car news and reviews, follow TBEN.com on Twitter Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel. 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(\"El Pollo Loco\" or \"the Company\") (Nasdaq: LOCO), the nation's leading fire-grilled chicken restaurant chain, today announced it appointed Deborah Gonzalez and Nancy Faginas-Cody as independent directors, effective December 9, 2021. Ms. Gonzalez is expected to serve for an initial Class I director term expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting and Ms. Faginas-Cody is expected to serve for an initial Class II director term expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting. The election of Ms. Gonzalez and Ms. Faginas-Cody fills two vacancies on the Company's Board of Directors that were created as a result of an increase in the size of the Board from nine (9) to eleven (11) directors. \"I am pleased to welcome Debbie and Nancy to our Board of Directors. They each bring a wealth of experience to El Pollo Loco and have been exceptional leaders in their respective organizations and disciplines. 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Previously, Ms. Gonzalez held senior leadership positions in diverse industries, such as Chief Brand/Marketing Officer for Massage Envy Franchising and Vice President, Merchandising Marketing for PetSmart, Inc. She brings specific expertise in delivering marketing programs that help grow demand and loyalty with a focus on customer experience. Ms. Faginas-Cody is an accomplished senior Information Technology executive who recently retired from Walt Disney Company as the Senior Vice President, Information Technology Enterprise Business Systems. Ms. Faginas-Cody held various roles in her 20-year career with Walt Disney Company, and in her most recent role she was responsible for the global corporate enterprise business systems. Prior to Walt Disney Company, Ms. Faginas-Cody served in IT leadership roles for retailers such as FEDCO and MacFrugal's. About El Pollo Loco El Pollo Loco is the nation's leading fire-grilled chicken restaurant with a mission to bring people together around food, family, and culture in the communities it serves. El Pollo Loco is renowned for its handcrafted L.A. Mex food, an innovative blend of traditional Mexican cuisine and better-for-you eating, that Los Angeles is known for. Since 1980, El Pollo Loco has successfully opened and maintained 480 company-owned and franchised restaurants in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and Louisiana while remaining true to its Mexican-American heritage. El Pollo Loco continues to grow and evolve, nourishing connections to tradition, culture, and one another through fire-grilled goodness that makes us feel like familia. 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In a lawsuit filed in the Federal Court, Victoria's Secret claims it has samples of five brands of allegedly fake fragrances sold through Chemist Warehouse's website and by three franchisees. From at least around September this year, fake versions of Victoria's Secret Amber Romance, Love Addict, Aqua Kiss, Pure Seduction and Coconut Passion body mists were allegedly available for sale. By selling its beauty products in physical stores, its website and social media such as Twitter, Facebook and TikTok, Victoria's Secret claims it \"enjoyed a substantial and valuable reputation and goodwill\" regarding brands such as its perfumes in Australia. Accused of riding Victoria Secret's popularity With Chemist Warehouse selling products \"substantially identical or deceptively similar\" to the official fragrances, it is accused of riding Victoria's Secret's popularity and engaging in trademark infringement in a \"flagrant and wilful disregard of Victoria's Secret's rights,\" the firm alleged in documents filed with the court. False claims were also allegedly made that the counterfeit goods were the same quality as those sold by Victoria's Secret and had been approved by the beauty giant. The firm is seeking compensation and additional damages, claiming this conduct resulted in lost sales, damage to its reputation, a dilution of consumer goodwill, and a reduction in the value of its trade marks. Victoria's Secret is also seeking court orders restraining Chemist Warehouse from selling any of its counterfeit perfumes in the future and forcing it to hand up any fake goods currently in its possession. Offending products removed from shelves In a statement to AAP, a Chemist Warehouse spokesperson said the firm had removed the allegedly offending products from its shelves and expressed confidence in the quality of its goods. \"Chemist Warehouse is confident about the authenticity of all products that we bring into the country. We believe in the legitimacy and provenance of the Victoria's Secret body mist, but in good faith have chosen to remove it from sale for the time being,\" they said. \"Chemist Warehouse will continue to do everything possible to ensure that customers can remain confident in the authenticity of any product they purchase from any one of our stores.\" -AAP The post Victoria's Secret sues over 'fake' perfume appeared first on The New Daily .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Federal Court", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Federal Court", "length": 13, "offset": 237}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "TikTok", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "TikTok", "length": 6, "offset": 710}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "New Daily", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "New Daily", "length": 9, "offset": 2575}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Victoria's Secret", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Victoria's Secret", "length": 17, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Victoria's Secret", "length": 17, "offset": 147}, {"position_text": "Victoria's Secret", "length": 17, "offset": 252}, {"position_text": "Victoria's Secret", "length": 17, "offset": 462}, {"position_text": "Victoria's Secret", "length": 17, "offset": 718}, {"position_text": "Victoria's Secret's", "length": 19, "offset": 1047}, {"position_text": "Victoria's Secret's", "length": 19, "offset": 1156}, {"position_text": "Victoria's Secret", "length": 17, "offset": 1341}, {"position_text": "Victoria's Secret", "length": 17, "offset": 1613}, {"position_text": "Victoria's Secret", "length": 17, "offset": 2199}, {"position_text": "Victoria's Secret", "length": 17, "offset": 2510}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Chemist Warehouse", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Chemist Warehouse", "length": 17, "offset": 43}, {"position_text": "Chemist Warehouse's", "length": 19, "offset": 349}, {"position_text": "Chemist Warehouse", "length": 17, "offset": 911}, {"position_text": "Chemist Warehouse", "length": 17, "offset": 1672}, {"position_text": "Chemist Warehouse", "length": 17, "offset": 1884}, {"position_text": "Chemist Warehouse", "length": 17, "offset": 2046}, {"position_text": "Chemist Warehouse", "length": 17, "offset": 2314}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "AAP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AAP", "length": 3, "offset": 1877}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Australia", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Australia", "length": 9, "offset": 848}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1085, "text": "Spotify and Siri Might Finally Be Friends\nfiring at Apple for anti-competitive tactics, things haven't gone too well between the two companies. Spotify being the world's most popular music streaming service and Apple Music coming at second, the competition between both the services is real. Apple's obviously abused its power for a long time, preventing Spotify from working with things like Siri, and charging high fees on the App Store. And now, Spotify and Apple might soon start to play well with each other. Well, almost. The Information is reporting that Spotify and Apple are in talks to enable Siri integration for Spotify. Starting with iOS 13, Spotify users will be able to control their Spotify playback with Siri, and even ask Siri to play songs. The integration will work for Apple's HomePod, too, which is a big deal because many Spotify users didn't show interest on the device due to the lack of Spotify support. This new integration isn't exclusive to Spotify, though. Apple actually is introducing new SiriKit APIs in iOS 13 that enables third-party music streaming services to work well with Siri, so it's not anything Apple's specifically built for Spotify. The latest discussions between the company, however, could mean they are ready to squash the problems Spotify has mentioned earlier. But do remember that the Siri integration is only one part of Spotify's complaint — the company also has problems with Apple's fees on App Store subscription prices, as well as the way it restricts third-parties from contacting customers that are often useful for marketing its service. So Apple might still face antitrust fines from the EU, if it's found guilty of violating antitrust laws. Tagged with Apple , Spotify Elevate the Conversation! Join Thurrott Premium to enjoy our Premium comments. Premium member comments on news posts will feature an elevated status that increases their visibility. 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Tesla's shares have fallen by more than 10pc since the weekend, whittling down the value of Mr Musk's holdings, after he promised to heed a vote on social media to offload stock. That also had the effect of reducing Mr Musk's taxable gains – and therefore the potential bill he will have to pay US authorities – a Telegraph analysis has found. Mr Musk is the world's richest person and has an estimated worth of $299bn (£223bn), a large chunk of which is attributable to his 17pc stake in his electric car company. On Saturday he took to Twitter, asking his 63m Twitter followers: Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock.Do you support this? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 6, 2021 True to his word, Musk followed up with share sales worth a whopping $5bn on Tuesday and Wednesday. And he will need to sell even more if he is to meet his pledge in full. It seemed like a very expensive way to make a political point against President Biden's plans to tax the wealthy. But what he had not told his followers was that, to some extent, the outcome of the poll didn't matter: some of his trades had actually been planned since September. The resulting share price fall following his tweet saved Musk almost $2bn in tax. Musk was treading on thin ice. Following a string of run-ins with the financial regulator, the boss of Tesla poked the bear again, boldly testing if he could get away unscathed. While the event adds to an entertaining political row, it could have the potential to lead to another altercation between Musk and the SEC. The billionaire has been taking a stand against President Joe Biden's plans to hike taxes for America's wealthy with the intention to help pay for his $1.75 trillion social spending package . \"Eventually they run out of other people's money and then they come for you,\" he previously tweeted, urging people to write in protest to their local representatives. Biden's proposed tax would have been uniquely extended to include taxing unrealised assets, such as shares, instead of just income, despite many billionaires' fortunes remaining on paper. Musk's tweet this week dismayed some loyal supporters, who complained Tesla's shares could \"tank\", with one writing that \"this is taking money out of the pockets of the people who have believed in you\". It also prompted claims from one venture capitalist that he was orchestrating an obscenely expensive \"coin flip\". According to tax experts, and the 50-year-old himself, he was already preparing to sell billions of dollars' worth of shares to settle a mammoth tax bill. Since 2012, the Tesla boss has been awarded some 22.8m share options and they will expire in August 2022 unless he exercises them. This is partly because, while it is common for executives to wait before they access these types of rewards, Musk has also opted to live largely off loans secured against his Tesla holdings rather than cash generated from share sales. His problem now is that while the options cost just $6.24, Tesla's shares have since rocketed north of $1,000 in value. On the Friday before his Twitter poll, they stood at about $1,222 each. At that price, exercising them would have netted the billionaire almost $28bn in capital gains and left him facing a hefty $15bn bill to settle with the US taxman. His overall rate of tax including federal and state taxes is expected to be 54.1pc, according to CNBC. This amounted to a \"ticking tax timebomb\" according to one expert in the New York Times. Musk had publicly discussed the matter at a conference in California in September. \"I have not really bothered to take money off the table, which is a common thing that most people do. They sell some of their stock,\" he said. \"I have a bunch of options that are expiring early next year, so … a huge block of options will sell in Q4, because I have to or they'll expire.\" It means the sharp drop in Tesla's share price this week can be seen as fortuitous for the chief executive, whose liabilities will now have shrunk in cash terms. According to analysis by the Telegraph based on Wednesday's closing share price, the capital gains on his share options had dropped to $24bn and his potential tax bill to about $13bn. That means he may actually be liable for $1.9bn less in tax following his Twitter poll antics. Musk's brother, Kimbal, was also revealed by regulatory filings to have offloaded about $109m worth of shares in Tesla the day before his brother called the vote. The tweets this week were not the first time Musk, 50, has caused a stir. In perhaps his most infamous episode, the chief executive was reprimanded by US stock market regulators for tweeting that he had \"funding secured\" for a bid to take Tesla private in 2018 . His claim was found to be untrue and the authorities alleged it amounted to securities fraud. After an investigation, the billionaire and Tesla were each forced to pay $20m fines and Musk was forced to give up his dual role as the company's chairman for at least three years as part of a settlement. Officials also demanded that future tweets were reviewed by company lawyers before they were sent. But even after this episode, Musk carried on confounding traders with his online posts. In February 2019 he tweeted that Tesla car production rate would hit \"500k in 2019\" – without explaining this was actually an annualised figure – before later correcting it to 400,000. He then wiped around $13bn off his company's value in May last year by musing aloud that he thought Tesla's stock price was \"too high\" . And earlier this month he sent shares tumbling when he said of an announced deal with rental car firm Hertz: \"No contract has been signed yet.\" But with Tesla now one of just five listed companies worth $1 trillion or more globally, the chief executive is still sitting on an enormous fortune. Now, however, his tax troubles mean Musk will finally have to convert more of it to old fashioned money. Despite this squeeze, the entrepreneur is already back to talking about his favourite subject: plans to help humans settle on other planets and \"extend the light of consciousness beyond Earth\". \"There are many other good causes,\" he tweeted, \"but this is my main reason for accumulating capital.\" The post Elon Musk cuts tax bill by $2bn after selling Tesla shares appeared first on The Telegraph .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Hertz", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Hertz", "length": 5, "offset": 5926}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Telegraph", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Telegraph", "length": 9, "offset": 547}, {"position_text": "Telegraph", "length": 9, "offset": 4339}, {"position_text": "Telegraph", "length": 9, "offset": 6610}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "New York Times", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "New York Times", "length": 14, "offset": 3760}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Telegraph", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Telegraph", "length": 9, "offset": 547}, {"position_text": "Telegraph", "length": 9, "offset": 4339}, {"position_text": "Telegraph", "length": 9, "offset": 6610}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Hertz", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Hertz", "length": 5, "offset": 5926}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "America", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "America", "length": 7, "offset": 1937}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "US", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 528}, {"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 3573}, {"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 4903}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1087, "text": "European Gas Market Dynamics: Rising Prices Amid Supply Concerns\nAs of June 1, 2024, European gas storage facilities were over 70% full, marking the second-highest level recorded for this time of year, according to the AGSI platform. However, despite this healthy storage level, the European gas market remains highly sensitive to various influencing factors. In May 2024, Russian gas exports to Europe via pipeline saw a significant increase, rising 39% year-on-year and 7.3% month-on-month to reach 89.5 million cubic meters. Despite this growth, the market remains uncertain about the sustainability of this trend, especially with potential disruptions looming. At the same time, Austrian energy company OMV recently warned that Gazprom might halt gas deliveries to Austria due to legal issues surrounding payments to Gazprom Export. This warning followed a court ruling favoring a large, unnamed European energy company, which redirected payments from an Austrian buyer. On May 23, TTF gas futures peaked at $38.22/MWh, the highest price since December 2023. Although prices dropped to $36.7/MWh on May 24, they remained 11% higher than the previous week. Unplanned supply disruptions from Norway have also caused sharp market reactions. On June 3, a malfunction at Norway's Nyhamna gas processing plant pushed TTF prices above $40.9/MWh, the highest level seen this year, before settling at $39.6/MWh. Norway, currently Europe's largest natural gas supplier, accounted for 30% of the EU's supply last year. In addition to Norwegian supplies, Europe heavily relies on LNG imports from the United States and Qatar. U.S. gas prices dropped by one-third this year due to a warmer winter, disruptions at LNG facilities, and higher-than-expected production. In May, U.S. LNG imports to Europe declined as high temperatures increased demand in Asia, intensifying competition for LNG cargoes. To secure these shipments, European gas prices must stay elevated, ensuring the region remains an attractive market for LNG suppliers. Have you read?", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Gazprom", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Gazprom", "length": 7, "offset": 732}, {"position_text": "Gazprom", "length": 7, "offset": 821}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "AGSI", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AGSI", "length": 4, "offset": 219}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1088, "text": "Subsea7 awarded contract in the US Gulf of Mexico\nLuxembourg - 11 December 2024 - Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC, ADR: SUBCY) today announced the award of a substantial1 contract for a subsea tieback development in the US Gulf of Mexico. Subsea7's scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of subsea equipment, including structures, umbilicals, production risers, and flowlines. Project management and engineering work will start immediately at Subsea7's office in Houston, Texas, with offshore activities expected to begin in 2026. Craig Broussard, Senior Vice President of Subsea7 Gulf of Mexico, said, \"We are proud to be part of this high-pressure deepwater subsea tieback development. This project builds on our strong track record of successfully delivering oil and gas projects in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.\" Subsea7 defines a substantial contract as being between $150 million and $300 million. ******************************************************************************* Subsea7 is a global leader in the delivery of offshore projects and services for the evolving energy industry, creating sustainable value by being the industry's partner and employer of choice in delivering the efficient offshore solutions the world needs. Subsea7 is listed on the Oslo Børs (SUBC), ISIN LU0075646355, LEI 222100AIF0CBCY80AH62. ******************************************************************************* Contact for investment community enquiries: Katherine Tonks Investor Relations Director Tel +44 20 8210 5568 ir@subsea7.com Contact for media enquiries: Ashley Shearer Communications Manager Tel +1-713-300-6792 ashley.shearer@subsea7.com Forward-Looking Statements: This document may contain 'forward-looking statements' (within the meaning of the safe harbour provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). These statements relate to our current expectations, beliefs, intentions, assumptions or strategies regarding the future and are subject to known and unknown risks that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. 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Factors that may cause actual and future results and trends to differ materially from our forward-looking statements include (but are not limited to): (i) our ability to deliver fixed price projects in accordance with client expectations and within the parameters of our bids, and to avoid cost overruns; (ii) our ability to collect receivables, negotiate variation orders and collect the related revenue; (iii) our ability to recover costs on significant projects; (iv) capital expenditure by oil and gas companies, which is affected by fluctuations in the price of, and demand for, crude oil and natural gas; (v) unanticipated delays or cancellation of projects included in our backlog; (vi) competition and price fluctuations in the markets and businesses in which we operate; (vii) the loss of, or deterioration in our relationship with, any significant clients; (viii) the outcome of legal proceedings or governmental inquiries; (ix) uncertainties inherent in operating internationally, including economic, political and social instability, boycotts or embargoes, labour unrest, changes in foreign governmental regulations, corruption and currency fluctuations; (x) the effects of a pandemic or epidemic or a natural disaster; (xi) liability to third parties for the failure of our joint venture partners to fulfil their obligations; (xii) changes in, or our failure to comply with, applicable laws and regulations (including regulatory measures addressing climate change); (xiii) operating hazards, including spills, environmental damage, personal or property damage and business interruptions caused by adverse weather; (xiv) equipment or mechanical failures, which could increase costs, impair revenue and result in penalties for failure to meet project completion requirements; (xv) the timely delivery of vessels on order and the timely completion of ship conversion programmes; (xvi) our ability to keep pace with technological changes and the impact of potential information technology, cyber security or data security breaches; (xvii) global availability at scale and commercially viability of suitable alternative vessel fuels; and (xviii) the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this document. We undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This information is inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. This stock exchange release was published by Katherine Tonks, Investor Relations, Subsea7, on 11 December 2024 at 23:25 CET. 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These record-setting levels of flows underscore the growing significance of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations when making investment decisions. Growing investor awareness and the willingness to engage on issues related to sustainability, combined with the increasingly vivid positive relationship between sustainable practices and financial performance, have cemented ESG considerations as an integral part of any robust investment strategy. At Prescient Investment Management, the core of our investment philosophy is capital preservation and the pragmatic management of funds by systematically taking on only those risks that have proven to deliver commensurate returns over time. We have therefore adopted a holistic and integrated approach to our investment considerations, thereby ensuring that we deploy our clients' capital in a manner that promotes sustainability. To this end, we have purposefully embedded ESG integration into our investment process, which is the way we consider and make investments; our product development, the suite of ESG-centric products we offer and; our corporate culture, which includes the structure of our organisation and the initiatives that we undertake. When it comes to our investment process, Prescient follows rules-based security selection and portfolio construction methods that are designed to capture excess returns by investing in those factors (sometimes referred to as smart-beta) that are proven to provide positive payoffs in the long term. Common examples of such factors are Value, Low Volatility, Quality and Momentum. The recent proliferation of ESG as an undeniable driver of return and the consistent debunking of the historically held perception of an inverse relationship between financial returns and sustainability has made it clear that ESG can also be added to the list. As such, we have developed a systematic and data-driven in-house ESG risk-analysis tool that evaluates and scores listed securities based on their ESG risks and opportunities. The Prescient ESG scorecard consists of three pillars, namely: Environmental, Social and Governance, and considers material themes such as (but not limited to) diversity, board structure, emissions and energy consumption by appropriately selecting and categorising over sixty underlying metrics. This fully automated and rules-based scorecard accounts for industry materiality and company size biases and provides a granular and in-depth measure of the proficiency of the governance practices as well as the environmental and social impact of our holdings. At a product development level, the Prescient Clean Energy and Infrastructure Debt Fund has been specifically designed to encompass our sustainable investing philosophy and impactfully deliver on our ESG targets. It participates directly at the project level of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPPP) Programme. The Fund follows an investment strategy that seeks to invest in clean energy and other infrastructure projects that will have a positive social and environmental impact. The target is to build a well-diversified portfolio of infrastructure investments that will improve the sustainability of our energy supply and provide the infrastructure that is vital for the development of South Africa. Finally, we strive to uphold and incorporate the same ESG values and principles that frame our product development and investment process at our corporate level. As South Africa's largest black-empowered asset manager, we deem transformation and Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment to be paramount in achieving economic inclusion and a sustainable business topography in the country. We therefore also take sustainability considerations into account when allocating brokerage services, for example, as well as in any of our enterprise development undertakings. We remain sensitive to the fact that our country is encumbered by an array of socio-economic challenges, as is reflected by our high levels of inequality and unemployment. 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Nihon Shipyard is pursuing this project with the aim of completing construction of the vessel from 2027 onwards. Conceptual image of the ocean-going LCO2 carrier Demand for LCO2 carriers is expected to grow in the future as a means to transport large volumes of CO2 safely for CCS (Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage) projects, in which captured CO2 is stably stored underground. Following the lead of the EU region, it is expected that CCS projects in Asia will be accelerated by the promotion of national governments, it will be essential to establish a shipbuilding framework in Japan to meet the demand for LCO2 carriers. This project will take advantage of the knowledge and advanced gas handling technology that Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has acquired in designing and constructing liquified gas carriers (liquified petroleum gas (LPG) and liquified natural gas (LNG) carriers), as well as the wealth of shipbuilding experience for various type of vessels and advanced technology capabilities that Nihon Shipyard has accumulated over the years, as strengths that can be mutually supplemented. MHI Group is pursuing strategic measures to strengthen its business for the energy transition. For its role in this initiative, in addition to conventional shipbuilding centered on manufacturing, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding aims to utilize its marine engineering technologies rooted in shipbuilding to contribute to the development of the maritime industry in Japan and around the world. This project is a part of that effort. Through collaboration with multiple Japanese shipping companies and domestic/overseas energy companies, along with the construction of demonstration ship for transport of LCO2, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding is actively pursuing the development of LCO2 carriers and commercialization of LCO2 shipping. Nihon Shipyard, in anticipation of future regulations restricting CO2 emissions, is proactively working toward the commercialization of LNG and ammonia fueled ships. As its next initiative, the company is considering the potential for LCO2 carriers, aiming to further solidify its leading position in the industry. Going forward, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Nihon Shipyard will provide the world with the LCO2 carriers necessary to establish a CCS value chain, and contribute to the realization of a carbon neutral world. About MHI Group Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group is one of the world's leading industrial groups, spanning energy, smart infrastructure, industrial machinery, aerospace and defense. MHI Group combines cutting-edge technology with deep experience to deliver innovative, integrated solutions that help to realize a carbon neutral world, improve the quality of life and ensure a safer world. For more information, please visit www.mhi.com or follow our insights and stories on spectra.mhi.com. Copyright ©2023 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. 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Following a UK organization's claims that Apple is vastly underreporting incidents of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), a new proposed class action suit says the company is \"privacy-washing\" its responsibilities. A new filing with the US District Court for the Northern District of California, has been brought on behalf of an unnamed 9-year-old plaintiff. Listed only as Jane Doe in the complaint, the filing says that she was coerced into making and uploading CSAM on her iPad . \"When 9-year-old Jane Doe received an iPad for Christmas,\" says the filing, \"she never imagined perpetrators would use it to coerce her to produce and upload child sexual abuse material (\"CSAM\") to iCloud.\" The suit asks for a trial by jury. Damages exceeding $5 million are sought for every person encompassed by the class action. It also asks in part that Apple be forced to: Adopt measures to protect children against the storage and distribution of CSAM on iCloud \"This lawsuit alleges that Apple exploits 'privacy' at its own whim,\" says the filing, \"at times emblazoning 'privacy' on city billboards and slick commercials and at other times using privacy as a justification to look the other way while Doe and other children's privacy is utterly trampled on through the proliferation of CSAM on Apple's iCloud.\" The child cited in the suit was initially contacted over SnapChat. The conversations were then moved over to iMessage before she was asked to record videos. SnapChat is not named in the suit as a co-defendant. Apple did attempt to introduce more stringent CSAM detection tools. But in 2022 , it abandoned those following allegations that the same tools would lead to surveillance of any or all users. 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However, returning to its second week , the Russia-Ukraine war seems to deepen the crisis in the branch. Because the problems in the supply chains due to the war in Ukraine started to disrupt production even more. In this context, the German car giant Porsche has decided to stop production for a while. As a matter of fact, a post on Twitter a few days ago showed that Porsche production had stopped. But this sharing remained as an argument. A Porsche spokesperson contacting Motor1 partially confirmed the post on Twitter. According to the statement made, the production at the company's factory in Liepzig , Germany , has stopped, albeit partially. Touching on the upcoming process, the spokesperson said that although it is not entirely obvious, production will be made in an intermittent form in the short term , the situation will always be evaluated and they will act accordingly. Almost all Porsche models may cease production In the statement of the Porsche spokesperson, no model evaluation was made. In the statement, it was mentioned that production in Liepzig was stopped between 2-11 March . However, the post on Twitter contains much more detail than the spokesperson's statement. If you wish, let's quickly look at the details in that post, which the Porsche spokesperson partially approved . Production of Macan and Panamera according to the shared view has been stopped with the prestige of March 2. The Porsche spokesperson also explained this essentially. But according to the argument, in addition to these, Taycan production was stopped on 3 March, Cayenne production was stopped on 7 March. But stopping production does not end there. For example, 718 production will be stopped on March 14, 911 GT3 and 911 GT3 Touring production will be stopped on March 17, 911 production will be stopped on March 31. As we have just stated; The car division was in trouble mainly due to the pandemic. Now a war factor has been added to it . As soon as the end of the business is known, but stopping production in many more brands will make the market where there are no new vehicles, even more difficult. This directly increases both new and used car prices. 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Makes New $1 Million Investment in The Home Depot, Inc....\nCoordinated Financial Services Inc. bought a new stake in The Home Depot, Inc. in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 2,572 shares of the home improvement retailer's stock, valued at approximately $1,001,000. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Amundi grew its holdings in shares of Home Depot by 8.6% during the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 7,554,880 shares of the home improvement retailer's stock valued at $2,925,498,000 after acquiring an additional 599,490 shares in the last quarter. Fairfield Financial Advisors LTD increased its position in Home Depot by 67.5% in the 4th quarter. Fairfield Financial Advisors LTD now owns 402 shares of the home improvement retailer's stock worth $156,000 after purchasing an additional 162 shares during the last quarter. Naviter Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Home Depot by 39.3% in the fourth quarter. Naviter Wealth LLC now owns 11,150 shares of the home improvement retailer's stock worth $4,337,000 after buying an additional 3,146 shares during the last quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Home Depot during the 4th quarter worth about $261,000. Finally, Hamilton Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in Home Depot during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $6,006,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.86% of the company's stock. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades A number of research analysts recently issued reports on HD shares. Guggenheim reiterated a \"buy\" rating and issued a $450.00 target price on shares of Home Depot in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price objective on Home Depot from $431.00 to $424.00 and set a \"sector perform\" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. HSBC raised Home Depot from a \"reduce\" rating to a \"hold\" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $356.00 to $410.00 in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Mizuho raised their target price on Home Depot from $435.00 to $440.00 and gave the company an \"outperform\" rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, Robert W. Baird cut their price target on Home Depot from $440.00 to $430.00 and set an \"outperform\" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. 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Directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck are commenting on the wind sounds. Wind — like water, air, earth and fire — is important to the story in Frozen II. Playful \"Gale,\" as she's called, swooshes around an enchanted forest carrying with her a flurry of leaves that fly around to flute-like sounds. Angry Gale is loud and gusty and, at times, sounds almost like a \"backwards inhale,\" Lee says approvingly. As Benitez plays different sounds, Buck and Lee talk about the importance of this anthropomorphic wind. When she's angry, Buck says \"she blasts that tree limb away from Anna.\" When Gale interacts with Elsa, who has the power to make ice and snow, they need a sound that implies Gale is saying \"You're the magic,\" Lee says. Getting the sound effects for this short scene just right is a team effort, as is every other aspect of an animated Disney movie. \"You go shot by shot, moment by moment, frame by frame, and discuss everything from the emotion to the effects to the camera,\" Lee says. Lots of make-believe Elsas and Annas are about to finally get their wishes when Frozen II hits theaters this weekend. The first Frozen melted young hearts around the world when it was released in 2013 — up until this year, it was the highest-grossing animated film worldwide. (The 2019 remake of The Lion King now holds the top spot.) Also remarkable: Jennifer Lee co-directed and wrote the screenplays for both Frozen and Frozen II. She has since been named the chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios — the first woman to hold such a position . Jennifer Lee was named chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios following the departure of John Lasseter from the company. She is also the screenwriter and co-director of Frozen II. Jesse Grant / Getty Images for Disney In search of the secret siren The first Frozen was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's 1845 fairy tale \"The Snow Queen.\" For inspiration for the new movie — and to get into the heads of their Nordic characters — Lee and a team from Disney traveled to Norway, Finland and Iceland. \"When we stood on a glacier for the first time, it really hit us: 'What would Elsa feel standing here?' \" Lee says. They wondered: How would the natural world respond in Frozen's magical kingdom? \"It's a glacier,\" Lee says. \"It's a thousand feet deep. It's a thousand years old. It's of nature completely. And something [Elsa] would probably be so connected to. And we realized sort of the mythic realm of her power. And that opened up the story to be something even bigger for us.\" This being a musical fairy tale, that \"something\" begins as a \"secret siren\" that calls to Elsa in \" Into the Unknown ,\" a song that requires the full gusto of Idina Menzel's voice . The sisters Elsa and Anna are older now. Elsa is no longer ashamed of her unusual ability to crystallize the world around her. But she does wonder \"why her?\" in Frozen II. Her quest to find out is what thrusts all of the characters, including scene-stealer Olaf the snowman, into a high adventure. Elsa decides to go in search of the secret siren on her own. She tells her sister Anna she can't come along because she doesn't have \"powers\" to protect her. Anna reminds her of what happened in the last movie: \"I climbed the North Mountain, survived a frozen heart and saved you from my ex-boyfriend, and did it all without powers. So, you know, I'm coming.\" And she does. Animation collaboration Storytelling is serious business at Disney. Teams of writers and directors not only work on their own movies, but also lend a fresh set of eyes and ears to the movies being made by other teams. This kind of peer-review process is not for everyone, says Clark Spencer, president of Disney Animation. \"Not all writers really want to be in a room with a lot of people talking about ideas,\" Spencer says. \"They sometimes want to be in their own room just writing by themselves.\" But Spencer says that was not the case with Lee, who first came to Disney in 2011 as a freelance writer. Spencer says she dove right in. \"She just accepted that the story team is in there trying to help build this story,\" he says. \"You've got to keep that vision but listen to the ideas and figure out what is really behind those ideas. 'How is that going to help propel the character forward?' and 'Where do I push back and where do I actually listen and figure out how I'm going to alter where I see the story at this point in time?'\" Lee's immediate embrace of Disney Animation's collaborative process \"made the entire studio just fall in love with her,\" Spencer says. Lee was on the team that made Wreck-It Ralph as well as Zootopia, a socially conscious children's movie about unconscious bias. The Oscar-winning Zootopia became the second Disney Animation movie to cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office. The first was Frozen — which won two Oscars (animated feature and original song, for \"Let It Go\" by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez ). Jennifer Lee walked the red carpet with her sister. Frozen spawned a cottage industry of other products: A best-selling soundtrack, a Broadway show , a ridiculous amount of merchandise, fan videos, and children performing the songs in talent shows around the world. During production, Jennifer Lee says she tried not to think too much about Frozen's intense global fandom. \"If you think about it, it's overwhelming. You almost can't process it,\" she says. Trust the process Lee has had a lot \"to process\" these past few years. She watched someone she respected, John Lasseter, get forced out of Disney over allegations of sexual misconduct. Lee says Lasseter was instrumental in putting her on Frozen after he saw how well she connected to the team developing the movie. \"As a woman, the kind of princess I always felt we needed, in terms of the strength and the messiness and the quirkiness, the lack of grace some of us have ... that resonated,\" Lee says. \"And [Lasseter] saw that and brought me into that team.\" Lasseter's legacy at Disney is complicated. There had been rumors of his alleged misconduct, but he was also considered a visionary. \"It's an adjustment,\" Lee says. \"It's all overwhelming at times. But we have all these films that needed to move forward. And what we all did — which became a model for me — is: we got together ... as directors and as producers and said 'What do we see for the studio?' 'What are the things we need to do going forward?' 'What would we like to do?' \"What we tried to say all the time is 'the work' ... 'Go to the work.' And we did,\" she says. When Lee was named Disney Animation's new creative officer, Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn said that with Frozen, she brought a \"new and exciting perspective\" to the company. Lee thinks some of her mental toughness comes from being raised by a single mom, a nurse who worked three jobs. Lee remembers being bullied and taking comfort in stories. One of her favorites was Cinderella. \"I think the biggest thing for me was her being mistreated so much, but being able to say 'it's not you, it's them' and hold on to her strength,\" Lee says. In her new role overseeing teams of Disney Animation writers and directors, Lee says she wants to push both storytelling and the art form of animation forward. What will not change, she says, is the role of fairy tales in children's lives. \"We're going to take you a little bit into scary places ... and notions of things that you are uncomfortable with to help you cope in real life,\" Lee says. \"But we're always going to bring you back to a safe place.\" Nina Gregory edited this story.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Getty Images", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Getty Images", "length": 12, "offset": 2047}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Burbank", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Burbank", "length": 7, "offset": 157}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Iceland", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Iceland", "length": 7, "offset": 2344}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1095, "text": "G1 Therapeutics Presents Additional Phase 2 Data on Trilaciclib in Small Cell Lung Cancer at 2019...\nPosted by: GlobeNewswire in Top News 31 mins ago RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., June 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — – New patient-reported outcomes data shows trilaciclib improves chemotherapy experience for patients – G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTHX), a clinical-stage oncology company, today presented additional findings from a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial demonstrating the myelopreservation benefits of trilaciclib in patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment for 2nd/3rd-line small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Trilaciclib is a first-in-class myelopreservation agent designed to protect the bone marrow from damage by chemotherapy and improve patient outcomes. The abstract titled \"Trilaciclib, a CDK 4/6 inhibitor, mitigates myelosuppression in patients with previously treated extensive stage small cell lung cancer receiving topotecan\" (#8505) was selected for oral presentation at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. In December 2018, the company announced topline data showing that SCLC patients receiving trilaciclib + topotecan (a chemotherapy agent) experienced statistically significant reductions in the duration and occurrence of Grade 4 neutropenia, and that trilaciclib treatment resulted in a reduction in the number of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) administrations and red blood cell (RBC) transfusions, compared to patients receiving placebo + topotecan. Overall, patients receiving trilaciclib + topotecan showed an improved safety profile compared to those receiving placebo + topotecan. An analysis of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) data showed clinically meaningful improvements in the treatment experience for patients receiving trilaciclib + topotecan compared to those receiving placebo + topotecan. Patients receiving trilaciclib reported significant improvements in several areas, including: general and physical wellbeing, quality-of-life (QoL) measures specific to lung cancer patients, symptoms and impact of fatigue, and symptoms and effects on physical and functional wellbeing due to anemia. \"Chemotherapy is an effective treatment option for those with cancer. As a treating physician, I regularly see how it also negatively impacts patient health and quality of life. Chemotherapy often causes bone marrow damage that can result in anemia and neutropenia, subsequently leaving patients with severe fatigue and at increased risk of infection,\" said Lowell Hart, M.D., Scientific Director of Research, Florida Cancer Specialists and trilaciclib clinical trial investigator. \"It was encouraging to observe that in this trial, use of trilaciclib made chemotherapy safer, reducing the rates of chemotherapy-related side effects and the use of rescue interventions commonly used to treat them. Importantly, patient-reported outcomes data showed that the myelopreservation benefits of trilaciclib improved their overall experience on chemotherapy.\" Key findings of the trial included: Patients receiving trilaciclib + topotecan demonstrated statistically significant reductions in both of the trial's primary endpoints compared to patients receiving placebo + topotecan: duration of Grade 4 neutropenia in cycle 1 and occurrence of Grade 4 neutropenia. Trilaciclib treatment reduced the number of G-CSF administrations per cycle and the number of RBC transfusions (on/after week 5) per week compared to placebo. 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The Hitachi plant in Newton Aycliffe opened in 2015 and employs about 900 people, according to the union Unite. In December it was awarded a £350m contract to assemble 23 125mph intercity trains for Avanti West Coast, but three months earlier lost out on a contract for the Tyne and Wear Metro. The firm said a consultation with staff was under way, and it was working with the union and local business groups. Unite officials said it was \"devastating news\" which had come \"completely out of the blue\". Hitachi said in a statement the workforce would be \"resized to a team of skilled, core full-time employees\", and there might be opportunities for a number of staff to be redeployed to other parts of the business. 'World-class facility' The move would allow train building projects to be delivered – the plant has orders for 61 new intercity trains with the first work due to begin later in 2020 – but also provides \"flexibility to be scaled-up with staff on fixed-term contracts according to order demand\". The statement added: \"Hitachi has a proud record investing in developing and training its people. \"While it is disappointing to be reducing jobs at Newton Aycliffe, if demand increases in the future there may be opportunities for rehiring.\" Pat McCourt from Unite said: \"It represents the loss of almost a quarter of the workforce, and is particularly bad timing coming on the back of Christmas when waiting for bills to drop through the letterbox. \"This is not about Hitachi or the world-class facility we have here, it's all about the government's procurement strategy. \"This means UK-based manufacturers are at a disadvantage when tendering for contracts, and they're going abroad. \"We need to see the newly-elected government – and the newly-elected MPs – stepping up to protect UK manufacturing.\" Follow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter , Facebook and Instagram . Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk . 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(AP) — Striking union members voted to accept a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with snack company Mondelez International, ending a walkout that began last month. The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union announced the results of the vote Saturday, after voting Thursday and Friday, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The ratification ends a walkout by more than 1,000 hourly employees at a Virginia plant, bakeries in Portland, Oregon, and in Chicago, and three distribution centers across the country. The workers were seeking increased pay, improved benefits and better working conditions. About 400 workers at the plant in Henrico, Virginia, that makes foods like Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers and Chips Ahoy! cookies started striking Aug. 16. The plant had been owned by Nabisco and later by Kraft Foods Inc. It now is part of Mondelez, which was created when Kraft Foods split into two companies in 2012. \"I'm ecstatic,\" said Darlene Carpenter, the business agent for the union's Local 358. \"This is a major win. We have been like David, who took down Goliath because people stood up for their beliefs.\" Current and future employees maintained insurance benefits in the new contract, Carpenter said. The company had proposed a two-tier health plan and wanted workers to pay more for health care. Company proposals for a new alternative work schedule and getting rid of premium pay for working weekends were also rejected, Carpenter said. Workers get a $5,000 ratification bonus, increased company match to 401(k) contributions and raises each year of the contract, Carpenter said. \"This has been a long and difficult fight for our striking members, their families and our union,\" Anthony Shelton, the union's international president, said in a statement. The company was pleased the union ratified the contracts, Mondelez International Executive Vice President and North America operations President Glen Walter said. \"Our goal has always been to reach agreements that would provide our union-represented colleagues with good wages and competitive benefits, while also positioning our U.S. bakeries and sales distribution facilities for future growth and success,\" Walter said in a statement. Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. 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It has agreed to set up a joint venture with a major auto manufacturer in the country. Renault will share tech and resources with Geely (which owns Volvo and Polestar ) to bring Renault-branded hybrid vehicles to China. The companies plan to take advantage of Geely's supply chain and manufacturing capabilities. Renault will focus on sales and marketing. Along with China, the companies are eyeing South Korea as a key market for their joint venture. They plan to sell localized versions of hybrids from Geely's Lynk & Co brand. The joint venture will likely expand to other Asian markets in the future, according to Reuters , which reported that Renault and Geely are considering making fully electric vehicles as well. Renault recently announced an ambitious timeline for electrifying its vehicles. It forecasts that 65 percent of its lineup will be electric by 2025. Having a partnership in China seems important for Renault, which has struggled to sell cars under its own name in the country. It sold just 2,324 Renault-branded cars there in 2020, a drop of 89 percent from the previous year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the global semiconductor shortage. 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Announces that a Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed...\nNEW YORK– –Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., a nationally recognized stockholder rights law firm, announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Netflix, Inc. (\"Netflix\" or the \"Company\") (NASDAQ: NFLX) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Netflix securities between October 19, 2021 and April 19, 2022, both dates inclusive (the \"Class Period\"). Investors have until July 5, 2022 to apply to the Court to be appointed as lead plaintiff in the lawsuit. Click here to participate in the action. On January 20, 2022, after the market closed, Netflix reported that it \"slightly over-forecasted paid net adds in Q4,\" adding 8.3 million subscribers compared to the 8.5 million forecast. The Company also stated that, despite \"healthy\" retention and engagement, it only expected to add 2.5 million net subscribers during first quarter 2022, below the 4.0 million net adds in the prior year period. On this news, the Company's stock price fell $110.75, or 21.7%, to close at $397.50 per share on January 21, 2022, on unusually heavy trading volume. Then, on April 19, 2022, after the market closed, Netflix reported that it lost 200,000 subscribers during the first quarter of 2022, compared to prior guidance expecting the Company to add 2.5 million net subscribers. The Company cited the slowing revenue growth to four factors, including account sharing with an estimated 100 million additional households and competition with other streaming services. On this news, the Company's share price fell $122.42, or over 35%, to close at $226.19 per share on April 20, 2022, on unusually heavy trading volume. The complaint filed in this class action alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that Netflix was exhibiting slower acquisition growth due to, among other things, account sharing by customers and increased competition from other streaming services; (2) that the Company was experiencing difficulties retaining customers; (3) that, as a result of the foregoing, the Company was losing subscribers on a net basis; (4) that, as a result, the Company's financial results were being adversely affected; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. If you purchased or otherwise acquired Netflix shares and suffered a loss, are a long-term stockholder, have information, would like to learn more about these claims, or have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Brandon Walker or Alexandra Raymond by email at [email protected] , telephone at (212) 355-4648, or by filling out this contact form . There is no cost or obligation to you. About Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C.: Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. is a nationally recognized law firm with offices in New York, California, and South Carolina. The firm represents individual and institutional investors in commercial, securities, derivative, and other complex litigation in state and federal courts across the country. 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Total's CEO, Patrick Pouyanné, said in a letter to Human Rights Watch on Thursday that the company was using all of its tools to stop funding the junta that took over Myanmar's government and bank accounts in February 2021, including those that receive hundreds of millions of dollars each year from the Yadana gas field. Total said only sanctions imposed by the United States and European Union would allow it to legally stop payments entirely. Pouyanné wrote that the company has informed French and U.S. authorities that it \"supports the implementation of such targeted sanctions\" and formally requested the French Foreign Ministry to create a framework for them. About 50 per cent of Myanmar's foreign currency comes from natural gas revenues, with MOGE expected to earn USD 1.5 billion from offshore and pipeline projects in 2021-2022, according to a Myanmar government forecast. \"The fact that both TotalEnergies and human rights groups now support sanctions on Myanmar's gas revenues leaves the U.S. and European Union without any excuses to delay action,\" said John Sifton, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. Since the takeover, the military has moved against dissent with increasing brutality, abducting young men and boys, killing health care workers and torturing prisoners. The sanctions would target the state-owned Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), which is a joint venture partner in all offshore gas projects in Myanmar, including Yadana with Total, Chevron, and Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production. 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Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of CVS Health plunged 9% on Thursday after Blue Shield of California said it will drop the company's pharmacy benefit management services and instead partner with Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Company and Amazon Pharmacy to save on drug costs for its nearly five million members. The announcement hints at the potential for health insurers to abandon the traditional PBM system and sent shares of other companies that offer PBM services lower. Cigna and UnitedHealth Group dropped about 7% and 1%, respectively. PBMs maintain lists of drugs covered by health insurance plans and negotiate drug discounts with manufacturers. But they have recently come under scrutiny from lawmakers for their role in inflating drug prices and causing healthcare costs to skyrocket. CVS Health's Caremark has been Blue Shield's PBM partner for more than 15 years. Blue Shield will now work with five different companies to provide \"convenient, transparent access to medications while lowering costs.\" Blue Shield CEO Paul Markovich said the plan, which is slated to fully launch in 2025, could save the company up to $500 million annually. Amazon Pharmacy will offer at-home drug delivery. Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Company will provide access to low-cost medications through retail pharmacies. Another company, Abarca Health. will process drug claims. Blue Shield will retain CVS Caremark for its specialty pharmacy services, which provide specialized therapies and counseling to patients suffering from complex disorders. \"We look forward to providing care for Blue Shield of California's members who require complex, specialty medications – as we have for nearly two decades,\" said Michael DeAngelis, a spokesman for CVS Health, in a statement to CNBC. Still, the loss of Blue Shield's PBM partnership is another blow to Caremark, which is also set to lose another contract with Centene next year. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Verve Times is an automatic aggregator of the all world's media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials, please contact us by email – admin@vervetimes.com . The content will be deleted within 24 hours. 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Getty Images Global equities were on firmer footing on Wednesday, with U.S. stock futures taking the lead as investors waited for corporate updates from Goldman Sachs and Bank of America. That is as signs of a worsening global Covid-19 situation kept investors on edge. in a participant. Investors were also gloomy on Tuesday that little progress was made in Washington, D.C. on another stimulus bill to boost the negative impact of the Covid-19 crisis. That is as concerns rise over a second wave of the virus in the U.S., one that is already taking hold in Europe. Attention was focused on big earnings news for Wednesday, with all due to report ahead of the market's open. Those financial results come a day after better-than-expected results from reported earnings and revenue ahead of analysts' expectations, and shares were modestly higher in premarket trading. Shares of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions surged 40% in premarket trading, after the health-care information technology company said it was selling its CarePort Health unit to Wellsky Corp. for $1.35 billion. Elsewhere, shares of Concho Resources climbed 9%, after Bloomberg reported ConocoPhillips was in talks to buy the oil-and-natural-gas company. The report said the deal could happen in the next weeks, and would represent a big shale bet at a time when oil prices are depressed. The International Energy Agency on Wednesday warned of a faltering recovery for the oil industry, due to spiraling coronavirus infections. European stocks posted more modest gains, with the Stoxx Europe 600 index rising 0.2%, while Asian equities had a subdued session. The China CSI 300 index fell 0.6%. 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Kennedy was arrested on Friday in the Oshodi area of the state after one of his victims, Kester, agreed to meet him under the pretext of resolving their disagreement. Our correspondent had reported in a special feature on Sunday that two women, Kester and Temi, met Kennedy separately on different WhatsApp and Facebook chat groups for singles. Kester, who lost her husband about eight years ago in a car crash, said the banker turned businessman, after chatting her up, started showering her with monetary gifts. However, after a disagreement, he sent her over 50 of her nude photos which he secretly took after their lovemaking in a hotel. She said the Umunze, Anambra State indigene, demanded N100,000 from her as a condition to delete the photos. The mother of two noted that after she sent the money and asked if the photos had been deleted, he demanded an additional N40,000 to delete them permanently, which she sent to him. Despite the payments, the suspect went ahead to circulate the photos on Facebook. Kester said she attempted suicide twice but failed, as some of those who saw the images started questioning her. The second victim, Temi, said the suspect usually had marathon sex with her in hotels while under the influence of drugs, and afterwards gave her N1,000 as transport fares. She noted that after she discovered that he was not serious about the relationship and was merely using her, she stopped talking to him. However, Kennedy sent her several of her nude photos and demanded all the money he had spent on her in the relationship. She said she borrowed N15,000, which she sent to him. However, after she appealed to his sister on Facebook for help to talk to him, he started circulating the nude photos. Temi said the businessman regularly called her to demand money. After the report was published, the suspect on Monday threatened to continue to damage the reputation of the women for \"spoiling my image.\" He then started sending the nude photos to their Facebook friends, family members, co-workers and church members. Kennedy also sent the nude photos to Kester's in-laws, vowing that \"by the time I am done, suicide will be her only option.\" After a series of reports on his continued criminal act, the suspect on Thursday accused this reporter of being \"a tribal bigot and an idiot\". He poured expletives on the journalist, querying why he was \"bent on destroying\" him. That night, Kester informed this reporter of a plan to lure Kennedy out of his hiding, saying she had agreed to resolve issues with him. The peace meeting was mediated by a rights activist, Arike Adelodun. On Friday morning, the day of the meeting, Adelodun called this reporter on the phone to say the suspect decried PUNCH's continuous reports on the matter. She said he wanted an assurance that the report would stop, as part of the conditions for the meeting, where he would delete all the nudes. \"I will call you back shortly and ask if you're the one from PUNCH who has been writing the story. I will ask you to stop writing for the sake of Kester's mental health. I will be very aggressive. Try to explain why you're doing it, but I will shut you up. Just play along. He (Kennedy) will be added to the conference call. The purpose is for him to show up at the meeting,\" she added. After she called back, this reporter agreed to stop reporting on the matter pending when he would get feedback from the women \"by the end of today\". Our correspondent was told that Kennedy did not send the meeting location until around 7am on Friday; he fixed the meeting for 9am at an eatery at Oshodi. Around 12 noon, the suspect was arrested. Kester, who spoke to Saturday PUNCH on the phone, said she felt like \"someone who just won a visa to Canada.\" \"I feel excited; this has traumatised me so much. My daughters will see the mummy they have always known,\" she added with a laugh. Recalling the arrest, she said, \"My friend who mediated created a group for me and Kennedy. We had a video call yesterday (Thursday) where he said he still had the (nude) pictures on his phones. He said we should meet somewhere so I could use my own hands to delete them. I agreed. We asked him to choose the location and time. \"However, when he saw your publication that day, he said I should reach an agreement with you to stop reporting. That was when you agreed to stop after everything had been settled. \"He gave us the location and address. The police had, however, got there even before we arrived. They were hanging around. They took my pictures and we sent his pictures to them. Kennedy came to the bus stop to pick me and my friend. A policeman was already in the eatery. As we were about to enter the eatery, the police arrested him. \"He then started begging the police officer to shoot him and let him die. The man refused. I then told him that the death he wished me, he would beg for it and would not see it.\" She said she was looking forward to the arraignment of the suspect. The founder of a rights group, Black Diamonds Support Foundation, Defunke Adewunmi, commended the state Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, and the gender unit for providing support for the success of the sting operation. \"While I was talking to the victim and her friend whom we used to bait him, I was also speaking to the commander of the CP's surveillance team. The suspect changed the venue three times before the surveillance team caught him. \"I am glad for the arrest. I hope the victims can eventually get closure and justice would be served as quickly as possible,\" she added. Adewunmi's organisation provided support for the women while the suspect circulated their nudes. She had said nine widows and three single mothers claimed the suspect blackmailed them. Reacting to the arrest, the second victim, Temi, said, \"I can say this is the happiest day of my life. I'll finally have peace of mind. I just feel like going out for fresh air and to enjoy myself. I feel really relieved. \"For over a year now, he has been a threat to my life. Every day, once I see his message, my heart starts pounding. These past few days when he saw that the matter was in the media, he started tormenting me again for having the courage to speak. \"He had told us that nobody can catch him. We have been to different places for help. It's either they are demanding money from us or giving excuses as if it's not possible. This guy told us he had an anti-tracker on his phone, and truthfully, they had been tracking him for a long time. But he kept escaping. I believe with his arrest, more women will come out.\" She said the suspect's action had damaged her business. \"I do online business and two of my customers no longer talk to me. I am in a Facebook group where single mothers get help. But he sent the nudes to one of the people there and they said if the group admin sees the nude, I would be removed,\" she added. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development after tweeting the suspect's photo. He noted that investigation was ongoing into the matter. 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Hours later, four boats tried to attack the same ship, but U.S. forces opened fire, killing several of the armed crews, the U.S. Central Command said. No one was injured on the ship. The Singapore-flagged MAERSK HANZGHOU reported they had already been hit by a missile Saturday night while transiting the Southern Red Sea and requested assistance, CENTCOM said in a statement. The USS GRAVELY and USS LABOON responded to the call for help, and the Denmark-owned vessel was reportedly seaworthy and no injuries were noted, the statement added. \"This is the 23rd illegal attack by the Houthis on international shipping since Nov. 19,\" CENTCOM said. In another statement, CENTCOM said the same ship issued an additional distress call about a second attack \"by four Iranian-backed Houthi small boats.\" The attackers fired small arms weapons at the MAERSK HANZGHOU, getting to within 20 meters (about 65 feet) of the vessel, and attempted to it, CENTCOM said. A contract-embarked security team on the ship returned fire, the central command said. U.S. helicopters from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier and GRAVELY responded to the distress call and while issuing verbal warnings to the attackers, the small boat crews opened fire on the helicopters using small arms, the statement said. \"The U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire in self-defense,\" sinking three of the four boats, killing the crews while the fourth boat fled the area, CENTCOM said, and no damage to U.S. personnel or equipment was reported. The Iran-backed Houthis have claimed attacks on ships in the Red Sea that they say are either linked to Israel or heading to Israeli ports. They say their attacks aim to end Israel's air-and-ground offensive targeting the Gaza Strip following the attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Oct.7. On Saturday, the top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East said Houthi rebels have shown no signs of ending their \"reckless\" attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea even as more nations join the international maritime mission to protect vessels in the vital waterway and trade traffic begins to pick up. Since the Pentagon announced Operation Prosperity Guardian to counter the attacks just over 10 days ago, 1,200 merchant ships have traveled through the Red Sea region, and none has been hit by drone or missile strikes, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper said in an Associated Press interview. 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Musk, who is the de facto head of President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, said on his social media platform X that \"the bar is very low here,\" insisting that it should take government employees less than five minutes to respond. RELATED STORY | Potential unemployment surge at the IRS as DOGE layoffs loom \"The reason this matters is that a significant number of people who are supposed to be working for the government are doing so little work that they are not checking their email at all,\" Musk said in a statement. \"In some cases, we believe non-existent people or the identities of dead people are being used to collect paychecks. In other words, there is outright fraud.\" The email, which was sent by the Office of Personnel Management and has been viewed by Scripps News, states, \"Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager.\" The deadline to reply is Monday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, and Musk said in a statement that \"failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.\" Scripps News is aware of at least one government agency that emailed employees guidance on how to reply to the message. Overnight, Musk said a \"large number of good responses have been received already. These are the people who should be considered for promotion.\" RELATED STORY | In first joint interview, Trump and Musk outline goals for DOGE Scripps News has reached out to the White House and OPM for comment on the email, but has not received a response at the time of this publication. 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While terms of the offering have yet to be disclosed, it will be interesting to see if Netflix has to give generous concessions as it did back in October, when the online streaming service had to offer yields \"at the high end\" of its price expectations - the first time it has had to do so in its history - mostly as a result of the rout in junk bonds at the end of 2018. Just like last time, the streaming company said it was selling $2 billion of bonds in a two-part offering denominated in dollars and euros. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes - read investing even more in content, production and development as the war with price-indiscriminate market entrant Disney is about to turn nuclear. It is also worth noting that 6 months ago, some investors - those crazy enough to be worried about fundamentals - reportedly passed due to the company's growing debt load. Well, after today's offering, Netflix's total debt will rise above $12 billion... ... which would represent a 4x multiple of the company's projected $3.1 billion in 2019 EBITDA (and is a rather generous 7x multiple of NTLX' LTM EBITDA). Of course, the only metric that matters for Netflix is its cash flow, which has been negative for 21 consecutive quarters. It is worth recalling that just before Netflix announced its last debt offering in Octrober, S&P upgraded the company's credit rating to BB-, saying the streaming leader should see its revenues and profitability grow in 2018 and 2019. So far either has yet to happen, and we wonder if S&P will resume its downgrades of Netflix which will have added $4 billion in debt in the past 6 months. Meanwhile, as we reported last week, Netflix is coming off a quarter in which its forecast for new subscribers fell short of analysts' estimates; in response to growing competition and investor demands for profitability, Netflix has been raising prices in its largest territories, trying to shift toward profitability when the competition among other streaming services is mounting. Worse, with Disney now fully intent to lose billions over the next few years just to steal Netflix's market share, today's bond offering will be a closely watched litmus test of whether the company's halo among the investing community is starting to sour. It is unclear as of yet which banks will manage today's offering: last time, the lead underwriters were Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo. 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A few weeks ago, Uber and Lyft, kicking bags of the 2019 stock market and regularly cited as examples of venture-backed excess, were back to fighting form. After encouraging Q3 2019 reports from both ride-hailing giants that included fresh profitability promises and timelines , Uber upped the ante by moving its profitability goal up when it reported Q4 results earlier this year . Shares of the famous company rallied. When Lyft failed to mimic the declaration in its own Q4 earnings report , it was dinged by investors. But from the time of their Q3 2019 earnings reports to recently, Uber and Lyft were coming back up for air. Suddenly, it was perfectly reasonable to be optimistic about the two ride-hailing companies that had become more famous for their sticky losses than their growth potential; as the pair had matured from upstart to public company, their money-losing methods appeared increasingly permanent, making the Q3 2019 and Q4 2019 profit declarations investor balm. But after the rally came the novel coronavirus and COVID-19. Since then, the two companies have lost huge amounts of ground. Their shares fell 9.8% (Uber) and 11.8% ( Lyft) yesterday alone. In pre-market trading this morning, they are down even more. I wanted to get my head around what could be causing this, so let's run through each company's most recent profit forecasts, results, share price gains and losses, and what investors are telling the world through their recent selloff. (Hint: DoorDash's IPO probably isn't happening soon .) 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The document contrasts with his 2018 election plan that dedicated specific pages to Petrobras. The company was not even mentioned this time, despite Mines and Energy Ministry Adolfo Sachsida requesting its privatization be studied. Bolsonaro's 2018 plan defended Petrobras' policy of pegging domestic fuel prices to international rates, but with hedging mechanisms that smoothed out short-term fluctuations. According to the document, the company should also sell a \"substantial\" portion of its refining, retail and transportation units. Leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose lead in the polls has been narrowing in the run-up to Brazil's October election, has spoken often his opposition to privatizing Petrobras. His advisers also recommended bolstering Petrobras' refining capacity, including through the reversal of refinery privatizations. The presidential palace declined to comment and directed requests to Bolsonaro's Liberal Party (PL), which did not immediately respond. Bolsonaro has become a vocal critic of Petrobras as fuel prices have risen, pushing Brazil's inflation rate into double digits. His complaints have decreased recently, after the company decided to lower fuel prices as oil prices have dropped. Petrobras, whose president was replaced twice by Bolsonaro this year alone, also announced a leading industry dividend payout, which will boost the Treasury's fiscal result for this year. In his new plan, Bolsonaro promised to maintain a monthly cash handout of 600 reais ($117.77) under Auxilio Brasil, a welfare program for the poorest families. He also restated a plan to increase income tax exemptions. The document reaffirms the government's commitment to fiscal sustainability without mentioning how it intends to increase expenditures under a constitutionally mandated spending cap. 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The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is appealing a judge's decision that denies it from intervening in the $18 million settlement between the game developer and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), according to a document filed Friday . Activision Blizzard and the EEOC settled a lawsuit regarding the developer's allegedly toxic culture in September , establishing a consent decree that included Activision Blizzard creating an $18 million settlement fund to compensate employees. This case is separate from the DFEH's lawsuit against Activision Blizzard filed in July , which is ongoing. In October, however, the DFEH filed a motion to intervene, arguing that the consent decree could release Activision Blizzard from the state's claims and potentially allow the company to destroy evidence relevant to the DFEH's case. A judge denied the motion in December , and now, the DFEH is appealing that decision. The game developer has been embroiled in controversy since the DFEH filed its lawsuit last summer. Employees have petitioned to remove CEO Bobby Kotick , but he remains in his post despite a bombshell report alleging he was aware of sexual misconduct allegations at the company for years. And some employees have been striking for weeks in response to surprise layoffs of QA employees at Raven Software , which is known for its work on the Call of Duty series. Disclosure: Casey Wasserman is on the board of directors for Activision Blizzard as well as the board of directors of Vox Media, The Verge's parent company. 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From Lucas Leiroz at strategic-culture.org : With the ban on the flow of Russian gas to Europe through Ukrainian territory, little remains before the absolute economic and social collapse of the European continent. Finally, energy cooperation between Russia and Europe is (almost) completely over. After nearly three years of sanctions and sabotage, the bilateral Moscow-EU energy partnership suffered its greatest historical blow. Kiev fulfilled its promise not to extend its contract with Gazprom, which was allowing the arrival of Russian gas to Europe, then creating an extremely uncomfortable energy insecurity situation for its own \"partners\" in the European Union. On the morning of the first day of 2025, the Russian Federation stopped supplying gas to European buyers via Ukraine. Even amidst the conflict, the Russian Gazprom and Ukrainian Naftogaz had kept in operation an energy transit agreement signed in 2020, which expired on the last day of 2024. Previously, Kiev had already announced it was unwilling to renew the contract with Gazprom, although some European countries repeatedly asked Ukraine to do so. Despite the sanctions imposed on Russia since 2022, some European countries continued benefiting from the import of Russian gas, particularly Slovakia and Hungary – nations that refused to participate in the Western-sponsored anti-Russian boycott – as well as Austria, a country historically neutral in Europe's geopolitical and military disputes. Other nations, even adhering to the sanctions, continued hypocritically receiving Russian gas, such as Italy, Poland, Romania, and Moldova. There were also cases of gas resale, with receiving nations re-exporting the commodity to countries seeking to bypass the sanctions. With the end of the Ukrainian route, all these states lost any guarantee of a safe energy source – precisely during winter, the time of year when gas consumption in Europe is at its highest. Obviously, there are currently energy reserves that may be enough to cope with the challenges of the current season, but the situation will progressively become more critical over time. European nations will have to find new sources of gas or expand the use of the only two remaining routes for Russian gas (via Turkey and the Black Sea). Recent indicators show a substantial rise in gas prices among Asian exporters. 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Subscribe now to Forbes' CryptoAsset & Blockchain Advisor and \"uncover blockchain blockbusters poised for 1,000% plus gains\" ahead of next year's historical bitcoin halving! ' The bitcoin price has topped $60,000 per bitcoin, making it a $1 trillion asset again, while the combined ethereum, XRP and crypto market is well over $2 trillion— triggering a serious warning of \"massive collateral damage.\" Now, as new emails reveal \"staggering\" clues to the true identity of mystery bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto , Bank of America BAC analysts have warned the U.S. debt load is about to ramp up to add $1 trillion every 100 days—fueling a bitcoin price surge. Bitcoin's historical halving that's expected to cause crypto price chaos is just around the corner! Sign up now for the free CryptoCodex — A daily newsletter for traders, investors and the crypto-curious that will keep you ahead of the market MORE FROM FORBES The 'True Currency'-Elon Musk Surprisingly Sides With Bitcoin Critic Warren Buffett Amid Crypto Price Swings By Billy Bambrough dollar amid a bitcoin price boom that's sent the combined bitcoin, ethereum, XRP and crypto market over $2 trillion. getty \"The U.S. national debt is rising by $1 trillion every 100 days,\" Michael Hartnett, chief strategist of Bank of America, wrote in a note to clients seen by CNBC , adding it's \"little wonder 'debt debasement' trades closing in on all-time highs, i.e. gold [at] $2077/oz [and] bitcoin [at] $67,734.\" Hartnett predicted the newly created spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that have taken Wall Street by storm over the last month are on course for a \"blowout year,\" in part because of the collapse of the U.S. dollar. BlackRock's BLK BLK IBIT, the largest new spot bitcoin ETF, has this week eclipsed $10 billion in assets under management while Fidelity's FBTC has raked in $6 billion since their early January debut, pushing the bitcoin price higher in what's been called bitcoin's \"IPO moment.\" Inflows into the new spot bitcoin ETFs have suddenly accelerated over the last two weeks, fueling wild predictions that bitcoin could \"steal gold's crown\" as the world's \"prime store-of-value.\" U.S. national debt has skyrocketed in recent years, crossing the $34 trillion mark at the beginning of 2024, as Covid and lockdown stimulus measures— triggering wild predictions last year the bitcoin price could boom to $1 million per bitcoin . \"This doesn't end well,\" Genevieve Roch-Decter, a former asset manager who writes the Grit Capital newsletter, posted to X. Sign up now for CryptoCodex —A free, daily newsletter for the crypto-curious MORE FROM FORBES 'Free Money'-Bitcoin 'Godzilla' Price Rally Is Being Eclipsed By These Small Cryptocurrencies By Billy Bambrough price crash, making the combined bitcoin, ethereum, XRP an crypto market worth around $2.3 trillion. Forbes Digital Assets JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon has predicted spiraling U.S. debt could spark a global \"rebellion\" while Bank of America's CEO Brian Monyihan described the nation debt pile as the \"most predictable crisis we've ever had.\" In February, legendary investor Jim Rogers warned the massive $34 trillion U.S. debt pile means a looming recession will be \"the worst in [his] lifetime \" after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell primed the crypto market for a $3.3 trillion price boom . Follow me on Twitter . I am a journalist with significant experience covering technology, finance, economics, and business around the world. As the founding editor of Verdict.co.uk I reported on how technology is changing business, political trends, and the latest culture and lifestyle. I have covered the rise of bitcoin and cryptocurrency since 2012 and have charted its emergence as a niche technology into the greatest threat to the established financial system the world has ever seen and the most important new technology since the internet itself. I have worked and written for CityAM, the Financial Times, and the New Statesman, amongst others. Follow me on Twitter @billybambrough or email me on billyATbillybambrough.com. Disclosure: I occasionally hold some small amount of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. 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COLI OUTBREAK: CDC is investigating 49 illnesses in 10 states linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers. 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India is exposed on both inflation and current account fronts, Thailand is exposed via its current account but relatively less so on inflation, and in contrast, South Korea is exposed on inflation but not current account deficit. \"A $10/bbl rise in oil prices would have a drag of 20bps on Asia\"s current account balances, we estimate, with Thailand, Korea and India most exposed, given their high dependence on oil imports,\" Morgan Stanley said. The Indian government could consider a reduction in fuel excise duty cut (Rs 5-10/lt) but any additional explicit stimulus would be less likely in order to balance concerns on fiscal slippage, the report said. The RBI may have to act sooner than expected ie. possibly in the April policy review to preserve macro stability and increase the risk of it taking up front loaded rate increases, Morgan Stanley said. It said that a $10/bbl increase in oil prices is unlikely to trigger any major divergence from the current gradual normalisation path. \"The exception would likely be India, where inflation is already tracking above RBI's comfort zone and the resultant currency volatility could bring forward our expectations of a June rate hike to April instead,\" it added. \"The risks towards a more hawkish monetary policy outlook arise in EM Asia if we were to see significant depreciation in currencies,as central banks would then have to hike policy rates to stabilise the financial markets and manage macro stability. \"Geopolitical tensions, in a nutshell, will impart a stagflationary impulse in Asia. To be sure, the current volatility in financial markets and rise in oil prices appear to be manageable for Asia. Asia's oil burden is rising from low levels and macro stability indicators (inflation and current account) are benign and staying in policy makers' comfort zones. This has allowed Asia to be able to absorb the impact so far. \"However, risks would arise if oil prices rise further due to geopolitical tensions in a sharp and sustained manner. In that context, we think that policy makers will be more focused on the growth downside risk (and aim to look through the inflation upside risks) and would employ fiscal policy first to address these concerns,\" it added. The most direct impact will be via higher oil and commodity prices. This is especially so for Asia as it is highly dependent on oil imports to meet its energy needs as compared to the US and Europe. \"We have been of the view that much of the oil price increase since the low of $19/bbl in Apr-20 is driven by endogenous factors, i.e. stronger global demand and hence the impact has been manageable.\" If oil prices rise further in a sharp and sustained manner, it would be a clear negative for Asia. One mitigating factor would be that Asia's oil burden (oil consumption as percentage of GDP) is rising from levels that are way below trend, providing a buffer for the region to absorb higher oil prices, it said. Volatility in global financial markets will have spillover effects and tighten financial conditions in Asia,especially via currency depreciation for EM Asia economies. While Asia economies in general are less dependent on capital markets for funding needs compared with DM economies such as the US, this will nonetheless still be a drag. A period of sustained geopolitical tensions and volatility in financial markets could adversely affect corporate confidence, leading corporates to hold back on capex and hiring decisions, weighing on growth, Morgan Stanley said. Asia is the world's largest exporter. Hence, if geopolitical tensions weigh on global consumption and investment, this would in turn lead to weaker external demand conditions for Asia. In particular,as capital goods exports account for over 40 per cent of the region's total exports, Asia would be especially exposed to any headwinds to the global capex cycle. 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Also, Standard & Poor's affirmed the university's A+ stable rating. (Photo by Sally Asher) In its latest report, Moody's Investors Services announced that Tulane University's credit rating has been upgraded from A2 to A1. This improvement reflects yet another year of financial discipline and ongoing dedication to financial sustainability, according to Patrick Norton, Tulane's senior vice president and chief operating officer. Along with Moody's announcement, Standard & Poor's affirmed the university's A+ stable rating, which it upgraded last year. The ratings follow a recent article by Bloomberg News lauding the university's financial resilience, especially in face of challenges such as Hurricane Ida. \"These ratings are confirmation of Tulane's strong financial position by the country's leading credit rating agencies and are a testament to the diligence and discipline of our financial team,\" Tulane President Michael A. Fitts said. \"They are also a vote of confidence in the overall strategic direction of the university.\" Norton attributed the ratings' upgrade to years of Tulane focusing on financial sustainability, which has resulted in six successive years of positive operating margins and a growth in financial resources by $1 billion. \"We will continue to improve our financial standing so we can further enhance the student experience and support our faculty and staff in carrying out the critical Tulane mission of interdisciplinary teaching and research,\" Norton said. In arriving at its rating upgrade Moody's considered \"Tulane's notable strengthening of brand and strategic position in recent years.\" It also noted improvement in the university's yield rates for accepted students, continued strengthening in revenue, ongoing growth in research, and favorable fundraising results. Moody's credit report singled out \"management's commitment to improved operating performance\" and the university's financial discipline, improved financial policy, management credibility and track record. Standard & Poor's and Moody's issue credit ratings for the debt of public and private companies and other public borrowers such as governments and governmental entities. Tulane University's credit rating has been upgraded to A1, according to Moody's Investors Services. Also, Standard & Poor's affirmed the university's A+ stable rating. 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The partnership focuses on bringing high-performance development tools solutions with ensured functional safety and extensive support services to innovative applications based on RISC-V. Functional safety is a constant growing requirement for embedded systems, with automotive applications, industrial automation and medical devices as three of the major driving forces. IAR Systems launched the first edition of its functional safety certified products in 2013. With the rise of RISC-V technology and its rapid evolution into many different embedded systems designs, functional safety for RISC-V is also becoming more and more important. In 2020, IAR Systems presented its functional safety solutions for RISC-V. IAR Systems and NSITEXE are now together further expanding the possibilities for companies choosing RISC-V. NSITEXE was established in 2017 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of DENSO, one of the world's largest tier one automotive parts manufacturing companies, with significant development in key areas of advanced automotive technologies. Recently announced, the NS31A is a general-purpose CPU with a single-issue core with a 4-stage in-order pipeline that uses a 32-bit RISC-V ISA (RV32IMAF). It supports ISO 26262 ASIL D functional safety mechanism required for automotive applications, and also supports a privileged mode which is required by the AUTOSAR Platform. \"At NSITEXE, development efforts have been focused on three pillars—versatility, efficiency, and functional safety—with massive future trends in mind,\" commented Hideki Sugimoto, CTO, NSITEXE, Inc. \"The NS31A implements these as a RISC-V 32-bits general-purpose CPU with high functional safety for users who want to control embedded systems easily, reasonably, and safely. IAR Embedded Workbench® for RISC-V will be the must-use software development tools in the market of RISC-V, and IAR Embedded Workbench for RISC-V and NS31A will be a leading solution for customers who develop safety-related applications.\" \"Our collaboration with NSITEXE brings our joint strong technology and services further into the RISC-V community with extended possibilities for functional safety development,\" said Stefan Skarin, CEO, IAR Systems. \"IAR Systems' functional safety offering provides the widest standards coverage in the industry, and together with NSITEXE, we are now enabling companies to speed up the path of using RISC-V in applications where ensured safety is critical for success.\" For companies with requirements on functional safety, IAR Systems offers functional safety editions of its complete development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench. The certified tools are complemented with a special Functional Safety Support and Update Agreement with guaranteed support for the sold version for the longevity of the contract as well as prioritized technical support. The functional safety edition of IAR Embedded Workbench for RISC-V is certified by TÜV SÜD according to the requirements of IEC 61508, the international umbrella standard for functional safety, as well as ISO 26262, which is used for automotive safety-related systems. In addition, the certification covers IEC 62304, EN 50128, EN 50657, IEC 60730, ISO 13849, IEC 62061, IEC 61511 and ISO 25119. More information is available at www.iar.com/riscv_fs . About IAR Systems IAR Systems supplies future-proof software tools and services for embedded development, enabling companies worldwide to create the products of today and the innovations of tomorrow. Since 1983, IAR Systems' solutions have ensured quality, reliability and efficiency in the development of over one million embedded applications. The company is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden and has sales and support offices all over the world. Since 2018, Secure Thingz, the global domain expert in device security, embedded systems, and lifecycle management, is part of IAR Systems Group AB. IAR Systems Group AB is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Mid Cap. 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Sustain independent journalism in Nigeria – contribute to Legit.ng. Ride-hail Company, Uber launched Uber Connect, a package delivery business , in July of 2020. The company said it hopes to leverage its success in the ride-hail business to deliver top-notch delivery services globally. In a blog post announcing the launch of Uber Connect, the company said it will offer same-day, on-demand delivery services. The company said there is no need for customers to wait for hours before getting their packages delivered, a feat considered record-breaking should it succeed in an industry already considered inert and tardy. Read also Will crypto conquer the world? Global broker OctaFX finds out Uber's antecedents Uber is a known performer of some sort. Take UberEats for example. It delivers acclaimed oven-fresh meals to customers in parts of the world . It hopes to replicate the same feat in Nigeria in the logistics industry. But will it? Uber is optimistic of achieving success in Nigeria in industry left largely unregulated, unchecked and plagued by bad infrastructure and rot. PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria's #1 news app There are a few bumps along the way if Uber hopes to make a success in Nigeria. Real competition or mushrooms? Following the ban on commercial motorcycles in Lagos in February 2020, one of the affected bike-hail companies, Gokada, spun into the logistics business and, according to analysts, has made a phenomenal success of it. Not all bike ride-hail businesses were so lucky and so focused. Oride, owned by Opay, a digital payment platform, withered off. Read also Parimatch debuts a \"Radical\" Black Friday in Nigeria with mouth-watering offers Uber Connect Set to Replace Gokada, MaxOkada, Others in Nigeria, Crashes Into the Package Delivery Business Source: Original Uber is up against a litany of package delivery companies, most of which are considered mushrooms in Nigeria. Not a few people have been left dissatisfied with service delivery by these companies who flout promises and, most times, displace or freight away customers' packages to wrong or unknown destinations. It is also going to combat local council authorities that deploy thugs and louts as revenue agents. It needs to find a way to overcome the overzealous workers who have no qualms about enforcing non-existing rules on the roads, especially in cities like Lagos. A dispatch rider with GoKada told Legit.ng that they are faced with multiple registration agents in Lagos. According to him, both council, state and federal agencies now pester them with payments and registrations that they were not used to in the past. \"Road Safety and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) are now interested in what we do as dispatch riders. They ask us for many documents. What we have not seen in Lagos in the past are now commonplace because we are doing delivery (sic). That is not good. And local government louts harass us everywhere, demanding Rider's Cards. Road Safety officials demand a Driver's License while the state government asks us to get a Rider's Card,\" Chike, a dispatch rider with Gokada said. 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Read more: Thomas Cook collapse: Bailout fails, tourists stranded Thomas Cook (India) Group is an entirely different entity since August 2012 when it was acquired by Fairfax Financial Holdings (Fairfax), a Canada based multinational investment company. Post the transfer of its entire stake in Thomas Cook (India) Limited to Fairfax, Thomas Cook UK ceased to be the promoter of Thomas Cook (India) Limited and since then, Thomas Cook UK has had no stake in Thomas Cook (India) Limited. \"The last seven years have been fruitful as we continue to grow and build our legacy as an independent entity after Fairfax Financial Holdings acquired a 77 per cent stake in Thomas Cook India Ltd. (TCIL) in 2012,\" Thomas Cook India said in a statement. At 10.45 am, the stocks of Thomas Cook India Ltd were trading 4.15 per cent lower at Rs 150. TCIL financial position The Thomas Cook India Group's cash and bank deposits balances stand at Rs 1,389 crore as of June 30, 2019. \"On a standalone basis, Thomas Cook India is debt free upon pre-payment of Rs 67 crore debenture obligations ahead of schedule. This has been made possible using stable and strong cash flows that the Thomas Cook India Group is generating year over year. The Group generates an average annual free cash flow of around Rs. 250 crore,\" TCIL said. Meanwhile, the British entity said that \"An application was made to the High Court for a compulsory liquidation of the Company before the opening of business today and an order has been granted to appoint the Official Receiver as the liquidator of the Company.\" For the Indian entity, it is business as usual. Thomas Cook India observed a 21 per cent growth in demand for the Durga Puja festive break, from travellers in West Bengal and surrounding source markets. Domestic tourism is witnessing a strong resurgence, with an over 20 per cent growth in demand across Andamans, Kerala, and Himachal Pradesh, amongst others. Pavethra Ponniah, vice president and Sector Head - Corporate Sector Ratings, ICRA. \"The demise of Thomas Cook Group PLC will cause disruptions in the value chain. 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The letter reflects frustration among some fintechs who argue that if consumers were able to share their full financial data with them, they could better offer money-saving services including personalized spending insights, ways to manage credit card debt and cheaper payment methods. Under regulations which came into effect in 2018, credit card issuers are required to allow customers to access and share online account data with third parties, but this does not extend to information such as interest rates and loyalty scheme points contained within monthly statements. \"When open banking was envisioned, the original idea was to share everything on the bank statement,\" said James Vargas, chief executive of credit scoring fintech DirectID, referring to a framework for allowing customers to access and share financial data with third parties. \"Some of the banks do, but some others still don't even give a PDF copy.\" Use cases for open banking include direct account-to-account payments, potentially a cheaper rival to traditional card networks such as Mastercard and Visa which are under scrutiny over the fees levied on businesses, especially for cross-border transactions. Campaign group Ax the Card Tax, which includes trade bodies such as the British Retail Consortium, the Federation of Small Businesses and the Retail Charity Association, estimated that in total, scheme fees — which go to the card networks — and processing fees could cost businesses in the UK £1.9bn annually. \"One of the real shames is that at the launch of open banking, it was heralded as creating a golden age of competition, given everyone the ability to offer products to consumers,\" said Hamish Blythe, founder of fintech Trilo, \"but we' re still limited on the data, which means that open banking payments can't stand up to the card system.\" Other uses for open banking include new forms of credit scoring, which can offer those with \"thin\" credit files — including recent immigrants and the financially excluded — access to more equitable lending. Gary Greenwood, analyst at Shore Capital, said: \"These new fintechs are based on being able to access data, in order to improve competition. There is a risk to banks if they don't comply, they could find themselves exposed [to regulatory action].\" In his letter, Shuker, a former member of parliament, said that NatWest and Barclaycard — which together make up about a quarter of the UK's credit card market — were among the firms failing to meet data sharing requirements. NatWest had failed to introduce changes after originally delaying updates to January 2022, said Shuker. Barclays, the UK's biggest credit card provider through its Barclaycard brand, was also singled out in the letter, which said it only made limited information available to customers through third party providers such as fintechs. 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Social media users posted photos of flames rising into the sky near the Lukoil company depot in Kstovo Ukraine says its forces successfully hit an oil refinery in the Russian town of Kstovo, around 800 kilometres (500 miles) from the front lines in eastern Ukraine. Four drones hit a Lukoil company depot, Ukrainian media said, adding that the facility suffered significant damage. Videos posted on social media showed large flames rising over an industrial facility. Regional governor Gleb Nikitin said that drone debris had fallen over the industrial zone, and that no casualties had been reported at the scene. Separately, the governor of the region of Smolensk, Vasily Anokhin, said on Telegram that a \"massive\" drone attack against \"civilian infrastructure\" had occurred in his region, although no casualties were immediately reported. Anokhin said one of the drones had been shot down when attempting to hit a nuclear power facility. The BBC has not been able to verify this information independently. A mother and her toddler were killed in the border region of Belgorod, which has come under frequent attack from Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod region, said another child and his father were also injured in the strike. The strike on Kstovo, Smolensk and Belgorod were part of a larger overnight attack, in which Russia said it brought down more than 100 Ukrainian drones and which led the airports of St. Petersburg and Kazan to suspend operations overnight. It is one of the largest Ukrainian operations of its kind during the war and the second massive drone attack this week. On Friday, Ukraine hit another Russian oil refinery and targeted Moscow during an attack involving a wave of at least 121 drones. As Ukrainian drones swarmed Russia's skies, Moscow launched an overnight attack of its own, triggering air alerts in various Ukrainian regions. The Ukrainian army said it shot down 29 Russian drones over nine regions. As the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches, the conflict grinds on. Russia is making regular small advances in the east of Ukraine, edging ever closer to the strategically important city of Pokrovsk, which plays a crucial role as a logistics hub used by Ukrainian forces in the region. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces continue to hold on to several hundred square kilometres of territory in Russia's western Kursk region, where they launched a lightning offensive in August. 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New Mexico-based screenwriter Derek Woodall claimed that Disney's 2016 blockbuster infringed upon his 2011 screenplay, \"Bucky the Wave Warrior.\" However, an eight-member jury unanimously sided with Disney, concluding after less than three hours of deliberation that the company had no access to Woodall's work. Why was the lawsuit filed? Woodall argued that his screenplay and \"Moana\" shared key similarities, including storylines involving teenagers defying parental orders, embarking on a risky voyage, and ultimately saving their Polynesian islands. He also cited personal connections, alleging his screenplay was indirectly presented to Walt Disney Animation Studios through a relative who worked on the Disney lot. Court filings revealed that Disney Animation Studios had declined this submission. Woodall sought damages equivalent to 2.5% of Moana's gross revenue—an estimated $10 billion. Disney claimed \"Moana\" was independently developed. Throughout the trial, Disney maintained that \"Moana\" was independently developed, emphasizing stark differences between the two narratives. Attorneys highlighted contrasts such as the distinct historical settings—Woodall's \"Bucky\" as contemporary, and Disney's \"Moana\" set thousands of years earlier—and fundamental character differences, including Moana's position as a future tribal chief versus Bucky being a regular American teenager. Additionally, Disney argued there was no evidence indicating the \"Moana\" filmmakers had encountered Woodall's screenplay or its earlier versions. After the court determined that Disney had not seen Woodall's screenplay, it did not compare the two for the similarities Woodall claimed. A Disney spokesperson gave this statement to Variety , \"We are incredibly proud of the collective work that went into the making of 'Moana' and are pleased that the jury found it had nothing to do with Plaintiff's works.\" Woodall's legal representative said they were disappointed but would be looking into other legal avenues. We will likely hear more about this situation over time. 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Regardless of dozens of shops and companies throughout California being ransacked over the weekend in a brazen crime spree, some authorities appear extra involved over language, insisting it must be described as \"organized robberies\" as a substitute. In keeping with a report Tuesday by native ABC affiliate KGO , the large-scale thefts seen over the weekend aren't thought-about looting beneath the California Penal Code. \"The penal code defines looting as 'theft or burglary…during a 'state of emergency,' 'local emergency,' or 'evacuation order' resulting from an earthquake, fire, flood, riot or other natural or manmade disaster',\" the report stated. Sergeant Christian Camarillo, public data officer for San Jose Police, addresses the incidents earlier this week. ABC7 Information The outlet then quoted two specialists who steered the time period looting had racial connotations. Lorenzo Boyd, a felony justice professor on the College of New Haven, stated: \"Looting is a term that we typically use when people of color or urban dwellers are doing something. We tend not to use that term for other people when they do the exact same thing.\" Martin Reynolds, co-executive director of the Robert C. Maynard Institute of Journalism Schooling, added: \"This seems like it's an organized smash and grab robbery. This doesn't seem like looting.\" The Louis Vuitton retailer in San Francisco's Union Sq. was amongst these ransacked. AP Among the brazens thefts over the weekend have been captured on video, together with one the place dozens of robbers raided a Nordstrom retailer simply exterior San Francisco late Saturday — stealing hundreds of {dollars} value of products and assaulting a number of staff. A Louis Vuitton retailer in San Francisco was additionally focused Saturday, and an estimated $40,000 value of things have been stolen from a Lululemon retailer in San Jose on Sunday night time. San Francisco Police Chief Invoice Scott instantly declared it looting, however San Jose Police spokesman Sergeant Christian Camarillo shied away from the time period. ABC7's protection of the smash-and-grabs handled the language debate. \"We are talking about two incidents, we're not going to call this looting,\" he stated of the strings of thefts in his space. \"This is organized robbery. That's what it is.\" Critics have been fast to ridicule the looting argument on social media, suggesting it's an try to be politically right. \"Apparently the new politically correct term for 'looting' is 'massive organized smash and grabs'? Okee dokee,\" one particular person tweeted , whereas one other wrote : \"The most San Francisco response possible to the utter lawlessness occurring is to debate the words used to describe it.\" A shattered window left behind within the wake of the widespread crime spree. ABC7 Information \"Merits aside, what would possibly change if we consistently referred to these incidents as 'smash and grabs' rather than \"looting\"? The idea within the magical energy of linguistic reform is a severe mind worm,\" one other particular person tweeted . One other person argued : \"It's looting. 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The company has proposed a $31 billion restructuring plan that includes a $14 billion fund to pay out victims of a series of deadly blazes that its power lines have sparked over the past two years. It's lobbying just as the Newsom administration is pressing lawmakers to pass the bill by a July 12 deadline and before the rest of California's utilities possibly see their credit downgraded to junk.\"We remain focused on resolving wildfire victims' claims fairly and expeditiously, further reducing wildfire risks and continuing to deliver safe and reliable energy to our customers,\" PG&E said in a statement.PG&E filed for bankruptcy in January to deal with an estimated $30 billion in claims from wildfires tied to its equipment.The San Francisco-based company is proposing to carve out a portion of its state-approved return on equity for multiple years to help finance the $14 billion wildfire victims fund.The legislation introduced this week would, meanwhile, help utilities pay for future wildfire damages. It would also make it easier for utilities to recover costs from future fires if they obtain a safety certification.(Updates with comment from PG&E in fourth paragraph.)To contact the reporters on this story: Scott Deveau in New York at sdeveau2@bloomberg.net ;Mark Chediak in San Francisco at mchediak@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Lynn Doan at ldoan6@bloomberg.net , Stanley JamesFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P. https://news.yahoo.com/pg-e-wants-ch...023722870.html", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Bloomberg", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bloomberg", "length": 9, "offset": 62}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "PG&E", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "PG&E", "length": 4, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "PG&E", "length": 4, "offset": 76}, {"position_text": "PG&E Corp", "length": 9, "offset": 76}, {"position_text": "PG&E", "length": 4, "offset": 280}, {"position_text": "PG&E", "length": 4, "offset": 664}, {"position_text": "PG&E", "length": 4, "offset": 1276}, {"position_text": "PG&E", "length": 4, "offset": 1301}, {"position_text": "PG&E", "length": 4, "offset": 1849}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "California", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "California", "length": 10, "offset": 145}, {"position_text": "California", "length": 10, "offset": 298}, {"position_text": "California", "length": 10, "offset": 1023}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1127, "text": "FDA Warns Against Probiotics for Preemie Babies\nFederal regulators have sent warning letters to two companies for illegally selling probiotic products for use in preterm infants. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration also sent a letter to health care providers warning of the risks. Probiotic products contain live organisms such as bacteria or yeast. They are commonly found in dietary supplements. These products may be dangerous for preterm infants and are being illegally sold to treat or prevent diseases in preemies in hospitals, such as necrotizing enterocolitis. Those young babies who are given a probiotic product are at risk of invasive, potentially fatal disease, or infection, caused by the bacteria or yeast in the probiotics, the FDA said. Certain products have contributed to invasive disease in hospitalized babies, including one death this year. They have been linked to more than two dozen other reported adverse events nationwide since 2018, according to the FDA. \"Adverse events in any infant following the use of a probiotic are a concern to the FDA. We especially want to make clear that products containing live microorganisms may present serious risks to preterm infants in hospital settings,\" Dr. Peter Marks , director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in an agency news release. \"With today's message, we want to warn parents, caregivers and health care providers that if these products are used for the prevention or treatment of disease, they have not undergone the agency's rigorous premarket process to evaluate their safety, effectiveness and quality for these medical uses,\" Marks added. No probiotic product is approved by the FDA for infants of any age. Products sold for this purpose have not gone through FDA safety evaluations or been checked for compliance with the agency's rigorous manufacturing and testing standards. These products would need an approved Biologics License Application. Without the approval, health care providers who administer products containing live bacteria or yeast to treat or prevent disease are required to submit an Investigational New Drug application to the FDA. A warning letter was sent to Abbott Laboratories on Oct. 24 for its Similac Probiotic Tri-Blend, which contains B. infantis (Bb-02), S. thermophilus (TH-4) and B. lactis (BB-12). Abbott has agreed to stop selling this product. This situation is not related to other issues with powdered infant formula made by Abbott, the FDA noted. The other warning letter was sent to Infinant Health, Inc. (formerly Evolve BioSystems Inc.) regarding its probiotic product, Evivo with MCT Oil. It has been voluntarily recalled and is no longer available in the United States. The two products violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act, the FDA said. \"Protecting public health, especially of the most vulnerable populations such as preterm infants, is one of the highest priorities for the FDA,\" said James Jones , deputy commissioner for human foods. \"We are encouraging all involved in the care of preterm infants — including parents, caregivers and health care providers — to be aware of the possible risks associated with the administration of probiotic products to preterm infants in hospital settings,\" Jones added. Jones said the FDA continues to investigate these incidents and is committed to identifying and addressing potentially unsafe products in the market. The agency is investigating reports that these products may have contributed to additional adverse events, including death. 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Here's a recap of Friday's key moments. 1. U.S. stocks were lower across the board Friday as Wall Street wraps up a week dominated by a fierce rotation out of high-flying tech winners into small cap and value stocks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and S & P 500 were on pace for a third straight losing day. After snapping a six session win streak Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is tracking toward another down day. The S & P Short Range Oscillator, our trusted momentum indicator, remains in overbought territory, though it's down from its more extreme levels earlier in the week. 2. Shares of Club holding Palo Alto Networks rose more than 1% Friday after an update from its cybersecurity rival CrowdStrike caused a widespread IT outage across the globe. CrowdStrike shares slid 8%. Even though it wasn't a hack or cyber incident, CrowdStrike may face some reputational risk as a result. At the very least, this is a good opportunity for Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Area to make some sales calls, Jim Cramer wrote to Jeff Marks on Friday morning. Jeff shared Jim's comments with members during the meeting. 3. A day after our upgrade , Eli Lilly added nearly 3% to claw back a little bit of its steep losses for the week. Earlier Friday, Chinese regulators approved the company's obesity drug, just a few weeks after doing the same for Danish peer Novo Nordisk . Jim told Jeff that the Lilly comeback Friday \"could be real\" as investors better contextualize the competitive risks presented by Roche. Early stage trial results for the Swiss pharmaceutical firm's obesity pill on Wednesday sparked a new round of worries about Eli Lilly's ability to maintain a co-leadership position in the weight loss market. (Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust is long PANW and LLY. See here for a full list of the stocks.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. 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Kotaku got hold of an internal email in which chief studios operating officer, Virginie Haas, announced that Hugues Ricour will no longer be serving as Singapore studio's managing director \"effective immediately.\" \"The results of the leadership audit that was conducted in the last few weeks by our external partners makes it impossible for him to continue in this position,\" she wrote. In a separate statement to Kotaku, a Ubisoft spokesperson confirmed that Ricour is stepping down from the role as well as leaving the Singapore studio entirely. However, he will remain employed at Ubisoft. The latter part of this statement is interesting because Ricour was one of the executives accused of misconduct and harassment by a number of people. Ubisoft didn't explain why he was being removed from his position as well as from Singapore studio. Back in August, Gamasutra published a lengthy investigation into ongoing accusations within Ubisoft. The publication claimed that HR was aware of allegations against Ricour but did not act upon them. Gamasutra wrote: Ubisoft Singapore managing director Hugues Ricour was accused by multiple sources of sexual harassment. According to them, Ricour would regularly target women, making suggestive and inappropriate comments about their clothing during office hours, or encouraging them to kiss him at work events. I'm told those involved in these incidents were visibly uncomfortable, but that Ricour's unprofessional and harmful behavior persisted nonetheless. Those who questioned his actions claimed Ricour retaliated by using his influence to make their work life miserable. Meanwhile, Ubisoft Singapore's Skull & Bones reportedly remains in development hell . 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Hedge funds added 4.6 short positions to each long position from July 7 to Aug. 3. \"After three straight weeks of risk unwinds, the overall prime book was net sold on the week,\" the report said. Hedge funds were forced to partially unwind short bets in July to avoid further losses during a market rally triggered by better-than-expected corporate earnings. The rally was interrupted this week after credit rating agency Fitch downgraded the U.S. ahead of an expected flood of Treasury supply in the third quarter. Higher yields can reduce the appeal of stocks. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite registered their biggest weekly declines since the week ended on March 10, with losses of 2.27% and 2.85%, respectively. Goldman Sachs, as one of the biggest providers of lending and trading services through its prime brokerage unit, can track the movements of large hedge funds and asset managers. The bank said its clients are placing bearish bets mainly through indexes and exchange-traded funds, not using particular stocks. Equity long/short hedge funds have been vocal about the challenges of being bearish this year, as they were caught off-guard by a rally. Their performances have been hit by the losses with short positions. Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb said in a letter on Thursday he had decided to trim his short bets to limit the vulnerability of his hedge fund, Third Point. Investors were more bearish on North America and Asia, driven by Japan, and more bullish on Europe. 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Photograph: Polly Thomas/Getty Images Japanese PMIs show economic slump Japan's economy has suffered a slump in activity this month, according to the latest purchasing managers survey. Activity at Japanese services sectors shrank at the fastest pace since at least 2007 in March, while factories contracted at the fastest rate since the aftermath of Lehman Brothers' collapse. It's a clear sign that Japan's economy is weakening fast, and of course they're not alone! Reuters has the details: The au Jibun Bank Flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to a seasonally adjusted 44.8 from a final 47.8 in February, its lowest since April 2009. The au Jibun Bank Flash Japan Services PMI index slumped to a seasonally adjusted 32.7 from the previous month's 46.8, its lowest since the start of the services sector survey in September 2007. IHS Markit PMI™ (@IHSMarkitPMI) Mike Brrrrrd (@Birdyword) Japan services PMI is in full financial crisis territory, worse than during the 2011 earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster, and this is a country that's less visibly impacted by coronavirus now than any other large advanced economy in the world. The agenda: UK and eurozone PMIs to show economic slump Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business. With Britain now in lockdow n, we're about to learn how badly the coronavirus has hurt the UK economy. And it's going to be grim. A new survey of purchasing managers at service sector firms and factories across the country is going to show just how badly exports and output have fallen this month, and how many firms have slashed jobs. These PMI surveys are designed to give a really up-to-date healthcheck on what's happening in the economy right now. But of course, we already know that self-isolation measures to slow Covid-19 are having a chilling impact on growth. So the UK 'composite PMI', which covers much of the economy, is certain to tumble into contraction territory (below 50 points). The eurozone PMIs are likely to show an even more painful contraction, as lockdowns in Italy, France, Spain and Germany have already hurt businesses badly. With factories and services firms in Asia also badly hit by Covid-19, and American cities now enforcing lockdowns, a global recession in 2020 looks inevitable. Last night, the International Monetary Fund warned that it could be worse than 2008. IMF Kristalina Georgieva said: First, the global economic outlook for 2020 is expected to be negative. We will face recession at least as bad as during the global financial crisis or worse, but we expect recovery in 2021. Kristalina Georgieva (@KGeorgieva) First, the global economic outlook for 2020 is expected to be negative. We will face recession at least as bad as during the global financial crisis or worse, but we expect recovery in 2021. Countries should undertake more bold fiscal actions. 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AFP has published more than 30 fact-check blogs debunking false claims made on Facebook and other social networks about the stand-off over Kashmir between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Experts said it was just the tip of the iceberg and that India will be the biggest misinformation challenge among a host of closely watched elections around the world this year. The government is expected to imminently announce dates for the six-week-long vote across the nation of 1.3 billion people. More than 460 million people are online in India but digital literacy is often poor which only helps the spread of fake videos, photos and messages that incite lynch mobs, communal violence and hardcore support for the main political parties. \"Ahead of the elections, I believe our workload is going to increase, we have seen a lot of disinformation after Kashmir and the air strikes and we are expecting much more,\" Pratik Sinha, head of the Indian fact-checking site Alt News , told AFP . \"Disinformation in elections could be anything from fake quotes attributed to politicians […] (to) false propaganda,\" he added, predicting even more anti-Pakistan rhetoric. A February 14 suicide bombing in India-occupied Kashmir's Pulwama that left 40 Indian paramilitaries dead set off the hostilities. India blamed Pakistan and launched an air strike, while social media misinformation tried to whip up jingoistic fervour. Multiple viral posts wrongly labelled videos of Russian army drills as a display of Indian military might, while the footage in a \"breaking\" news report of Pakistani tanks moving towards the border with India was in fact two years old. Posts like these are frequently spread by nationalistic pages with names like \"I love Pakistan\", \"Pak Army\" and \"Proud to be an Indian\", which has more than two million followers. One video, of a 2014 military air show in Islamabad, was used to push separate false claims in both India and Pakistan. Indian social media accounts and TV channels said the footage was of Indian air strikes carried out in Pakistan, but Pakistani Facebook users and newspapers said it showed Pakistani jets chasing Indian planes out of their airspace. Political targets Political campaigners took advantage of the showdown to \"grind their own axes\", said Rajesh Upadhyay, editor-in-chief at Hindi-language news group Jagran New Media . \"Some of this content was indeed aimed at stoking extreme nationalistic sentiment, but a bigger percentage of it was politically motivated and click-bait driven,\" he told AFP . A 2013 video of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi telephoning the wife of a man who died at one of his rallies was re-published online two days after the bombing. Its caption said he was speaking to the widow of a \"martyr\", a word routinely used in India after soldiers are killed in action. Simultaneously, another post set out to disparage Modi: it contained a photo purportedly showing the prime minister shaking hands with the head of a Islamist group listed by the United Nations and United States as a terrorist organisation. \"See for yourself who is a traitor,\" that post's caption said. But the photo had been doctored, with the militant group chief's head pasted onto the body of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, when he met Modi in 2015. India is fertile ground for misinformation proliferation. Cheap smartphones and data plans bring more people online, but many are first-time internet users unskilled in discerning fact from fiction. Indian cybersecurity consultant Rakshit Tandon said the amount of online fake news was \"likely to grow\" during the tussle for votes in the election campaign. 'Trolls and provocateurs' International tech companies are preparing major campaigns for the polls. YouTube said on Thursday it would start flagging dubious content in news-related videos in India, while its parent company Google is training Indian journalists in verification techniques and boosting stringency over election advertising. WhatsApp, which has 200 million users in India, restricted message forwarding and ran newspaper adverts to counter fake news after a spate of mob killings sparked by a hoax spread on the messaging service. Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, is running its biggest ever election monitoring campaign. It is running adverts and announcements to help people spot misinformation and is working with Indian newsrooms to make false posts less visible. Read: Facebook toughens political ad policies in India before election Facebook has a fact-checking partnership with AFP in multiple countries, including India. However, some experts are not convinced. Shakuntala Banaji, associate professor in media and communications at the London School of Economics, said these measures had not been effective. \"The elections had already spawned hundreds of thousands of fake messages, misinformation and lies stemming from government-sympathetic sources — this has only come to the attention of the international community\" due to the Kashmir crisis, she told AFP . \"The limiting of WhatsApp forwards has simply been bypassed by paid and unpaid trolls and provocateurs.\" Source Link: Kashmir 'fake news' barrage raises fears for India elections – World The post Kashmir 'fake news' barrage raises fears for India elections – World appeared first on GetNewsViews .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Alt News", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Alt News", "length": 8, "offset": 1215}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "London School of Economics", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "London School of Economics", "length": 26, "offset": 4967}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Jagran New Media", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Jagran New Media", "length": 16, "offset": 2595}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Facebook", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 338}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2325}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 4456}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 4697}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 4762}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "United Nations", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "United Nations", "length": 14, "offset": 3263}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "AFP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 259}, {"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 1231}, {"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 2785}, {"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 4808}, {"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 5289}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "India", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 45}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 232}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 232}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 501}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 789}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 1443}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 1541}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 1865}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 2178}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 3042}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 3554}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 4102}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 4291}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 4740}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 4845}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 5458}, {"position_text": "India", "length": 5, "offset": 5536}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 1135, "text": "EU files antitrust charges against Amazon over use of data\nLONDON (AP) — European Union regulators have filed antitrust charges against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of using data to gain an unfair advantage over merchants using its platform. The EU's executive commission, the bloc's top antitrust enforcer, said Tuesday that the charges have been sent to the company. The commission said it takes issue with Amazon's systematic use of non-public business data to avoid \"the normal risks of competition and to leverage its dominance\" for e-commerce services in France and Germany, the company's two biggest markets in the EU. Amazon faces a possible fine of up to 10% of its annual worldwide revenue, which could amount to billions of dollars. 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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare, chronic, life-threatening blood disorder caused by an acquired mutation, which leads to uncontrolled complement activation and the destruction of red blood cells through intravascular and extravascular hemolysis. According to a retrospective and a cross-sectional study of patients treated with C5 inhibitors, at least 72 percent had persistently low hemoglobin and at least 36 percent required one or more transfusions a year. Results from the phase 3 PRINCE study in treatment naïve patients showed that Empaveli was statistically superior on the co-primary endpoints of hemoglobin stabilization and reduction in lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) compared to standard of care, which did not include complement inhibitors, at Week 26. Eighty six percent of Empaveli-treated patients achieved hemoglobin stabilization compared to none of the patients on standard of care. Hemoglobin stabilization was defined as an avoidance of greater than 1 g/dL decrease in hemoglobin levels in the absence of transfusions. Mean LDH in the Empaveli treated group decreased by 90 percent from baseline, which is within the normal range, compared to a 14 percent reduction on standard of care from baseline. \"The positive PRINCE data showed that Empaveli provided clinically meaningful improvements across multiple measures that are important for patients and build on our recent FDA approval of Empaveli in PNH,\" said Federico Grossi, chief medical officer, Apellis. \"Combined with previous studies, these results emphasize the potential of Empaveli to provide disease control for all adults with PNH regardless of prior treatment.\" EMPAVELI also achieved statistical superiority on several secondary endpoints, including improvements in hemoglobin levels and transfusion avoidance, compared to standard of care, which did not include complement inhibitors, as 91 percent of treated patients were transfusion free compared to 22% on standard of care. The safety profile of Empaveli was consistent with previous studies. \"The PRINCE study results reinforce the efficacy and safety profile of Empaveli in PNH,\" said Ravi Rao, head of research and development and chief medical officer at Sobi. \"Our hope is to contribute to an improvement of care and to make a difference in the lives of people with this rare blood disease.\" Empaveli (pegcetacoplan) is the first and only approved therapy targeting C3, the central protein in the complement cascade. The drug acts proximally in the complement cascade controlling both C3b-mediated extravascular hemolysis and terminal complement-mediated intravascular hemolysis. It carries a black box warning about serious infection caused by encapsulated bacteria and is available only through a restricted program under a REMS, in which prescribers must enroll in the program and must counsel patients about the risk of serious infection, provide the patients with the REMS educational materials, and ensure patients are vaccinated against encapsulated bacteria. 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Under its proposal , the private group says it will expand Amtrak's NEC capacity to meet travel demand over the next 20 to 40 years. The group would operate 160 mph trains and include \"triple-class service\" for coach, business and first class on each train. \"For the first time, all passengers including senior citizens, students and families will have affordable, equal access to high-speed rail service in America which is funded by all taxpayers,\" the company's proposal states. Last year, Amtrak's next-generation Acela prototype began testing at the Transportation Technology Center Inc. The new Acela trainsets are scheduled to begin operating on the NEC this year. Additionally, the group says it would extend NEC service to new routes , \"eliminate inefficient terminal operations\" in New York City and Washington, D.C., reduce train congestion and delays, and create additional track and yard capacity. In a presentation yesterday to the Delmarva Rail Passenger Association, AmeriStarRail officials said their group doesn't want to replace Amtrak, but enhance it, WHYY.org reported . The group would arrange private financing to fund its proposal. Its project would cost $5 billion for the NEC expansion and to create a centralized maintenance center, which likely would be in Delaware, according to WHYY.org . \"We simply would be setting ourselves up as a company, much like in the airline industry, where you have various private companies operate routes for the major carriers, like American has American Eagle or United has United Express,\" said Scott Spencer , ASR co-founder and chief operating officer, according to the WHYY.org's report. \"The private entity has a different name, but they operate as an affiliated carrier under that marketing brand. So, we're simply using the airline model to improve Amtrak service.\" AMR would have to get approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation to pursue its proposal. 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October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Sept 6 (Reuters) - A former FedEx Corp (FDX.N) delivery contractor on Tuesday called for a no-confidence vote by contractors against FedEx Ground Chief Executive John Smith, escalating a conflict with the parcel delivery firm. The vote is scheduled to start on Tuesday and will end on Friday, Spencer Patton, president of the Trade Association for Logistics Professionals (TALP), said in a statement. Patton had launched the group last month to advocate for contractors. read more Last month, Patton ratcheted up pressure on FedEx to boost compensation for contractors after the company's actions made it even harder for them to wring out profit in a downshifting, inflationary economy. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com FedEx, in response, filed a suit against the contractor and severed ties with him. In its lawsuit, the company alleged that Patton is disparaging its Ground business through a series of false and misleading statements about its commercial activities. read more Patton, who was one the largest delivery contractors for FedEx, said contractors will be asked to anonymously answer a couple of questions and the data will be reviewed by an independent global advisory firm. \"Under Smith's leadership, small business owners operating FedEx Ground's network have been increasingly burdened by extreme inflation costs and forced contract changes,\" Patton said. More than one-third of the small business contractor network has already, or will soon need to, walk away from their FedEx Ground contract as high costs squeeze profit margins, TALP said, without providing details. 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Critics call the replacement project wasteful and dangerous. Democrat Joe Biden has not said whether he would, if elected in November, support the project, known officially as the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent. The project has bipartisan support in Congress. The announcement came just one day after President Donald Trump assailed Pentagon leaders as eager to fight wars to generate profits for defense contractors. Trump at times has lamented the enormous cost of maintaining a big nuclear arsenal, but his defense budgets have supported nuclear modernization. Award of the contract to Northrop Grumman NOC, +1.45% is a big step in a project that is estimated to eventually cost at least $85 billion. …….. Critics, however, say the $13.3 billion sole-source contract for Northrop Grumman is driven more by political inertia than military necessity. \"Our nation faces major security challenges, including a global pandemic that has killed almost 200,000 Americans, and we shouldn't spend our limited resources on new nuclear weapons that we don't need and make us less safe,\" said William J. Perry, who served as defense secretary in the Clinton administration and has written extensively since then on the dangers posed by nuclear weapons. \"The highest probability of starting a nuclear war is a mistaken launch caused by a false alarm and a rushed decision to launch nuclear-armed ICBMs,\" Perry said in a written statement. \"Instead of spending billions of dollars on new nuclear missiles we don't need, we must focus on preventing accidental nuclear war.\" https://www.marketwatch.com/story/air-force-awards-northrop-grumman-133-billion-contract-for-new-nuclear-missiles-2020-09-08", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Associated Press", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Associated Press", "length": 16, "offset": 210}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Air Force", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Air Force", "length": 9, "offset": 97}, {"position_text": "Air Force", "length": 9, "offset": 329}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "NOC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NOC", "length": 3, "offset": 1161}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "WASHINGTON", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "WASHINGTON", "length": 10, "offset": 312}, {"position_text": "WASHINGTON", "length": 10, "offset": 312}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1141, "text": "Disney Being Sued for Fire Code Violation, Misogynistic Comments, and More in Construction...\nDisney Being Sued for Fire Code Violation, Misogynistic Comments, and More in Construction Lawsuit Over Ongoing Saratoga Springs Resort Remodeling Project PHOTO REPORT: Universal Orlando Resort 8/15/20 (Crazy Crowds, Mimosa Bar, Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure Still Closed, Raptor Transport Cage Takes Shape, and More) Live-Action \"Mulan\" Release on Disney+ Will Not Be Available Via In-App Purchase Disneyland Paris Considering Temporarily Closing Walt Disney Studios Park Due to Staff Shortages and Low Attendance Disney Being Sued for Fire Code Violation, Misogynistic Comments, and More in Construction Lawsuit Over Ongoing Saratoga Springs Resort Remodeling Project Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa has been undergoing an extensive remodeling project, and while work continues at the resort, a new lawsuit has surfaced shedding light on internal issues between Disney Vacation Club and Validus Construction Services, the contractor initially hired for the project. The main bedroom of a newly-remodeled Two Bedroom Villa at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort. A new report from the Orlando Sentinel's Gabrielle Russon covers all aspects of the lawsuit, from a fire code violation at Saratoga Springs, to issues with misogynistic comments from Disney's own construction team. Validus Construction Services owner Nicole Wickens has filed a lawsuit against Disney Vacation Club Management, citing unspecified damages for breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation. Validus, which has worked on other remodeling projects across Walt Disney World Resort, including the cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort , was hired to oversee the Saratoga Springs project, which was set to begin in April 2019 and finish in November. However, a fire code violation was found, leading to major construction delays and inflated costs. The renovation was budgeted at 48 million dollars. According to the lawsuit, the fire code violation had been in place \"for more than 15 years without having previously been corrected by Disney.\" Rooms lacked proper fire protection in the cavities between floors, requiring numerous walls to be removed in order to make the necessary repairs. Disney denied extension requests so that the renovation would stay on schedule. Disney eventually terminated the Validus contract without cause this past April, handing over the project to a Validus subcontractor for $13 million more than the original Validus deal. However the issues go far beyond mere construction, as Validus Construction owner Nicole Wickens is also accusing Disney's construction team of making misogynistic comments and belittling her with memes. Disney's project manager, John Gavin, is accused of referring to Wickens as a \"fat b—-\", among other instances of verbal harassment. Instances of the construction team texting her pictures of hot sauce packets to emphasize that Disney would \"put the heat on Validus\" are also cited in the lawsuit. Disney honored Wickens during its 2019 International Women's Day Conference. A meeting was called this past February to discuss Gavin's behavior, however Disney did not respond with comment on the lawsuit when prompted by the Sentinel. If you're interested in touring a newly-remodeled room at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, you can check out our photo and video tour by clicking here. 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Microsoft said Friday, June 26, it is permanently closing nearly all of its physical stores around the world. Like other retailers, the software and computing giant had to temporarily close all of its stores in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft said Friday it is permanently closing nearly all of its physical stores around the world. Like other retailers, the software and computing giant had to temporarily close all of its stores in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to its website, Microsoft has 83 stores worldwide, including 72 stores in the U.S., and several others abroad where they showcase and sell laptops and other hardware. Friday's announcement reflects what the company calls a \"strategic change\" for its retail business as sales increasingly shift online. Microsoft said it would \"reimagine\" the physical spaces at its four high-profile Microsoft Experience Centers in New York City, London, Sydney, Australia and at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft Corp. said the closures would result in a pretax charge of about $450 million, or 5 cents per share, taken in the current quarter ending June 30. The company didn't say if the move would result in layoffs. News from The Associated Press, and a taste of the great journalism produced by AP members and customers. 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In line with its commitment to growth, Winvest is launching a Direct Public Offering (DPO) to further support its vision for the future. The DPO aims to develop Winvest in all aspects, strengthening its assets and financial performance, enhancing shareholder value and liquidity, and positioning itself for higher tiers and a potential listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market in approximately 12 months. \"We are pleased that the SEC has declared our Form S-1 effective, which represents a significant milestone in our capital plan as we continue to grow our operations globally,\" said Jeffrey Wong, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Winvest and a Director on the Company's Board of Directors. \"This announcement opens up new opportunities for the Company and its stakeholders. As a result, a more liquid trading market in our shares could potentially develop over the coming months.\" \"We have made the strategic decision to heighten Winvest's international exposure. As part of this visionary decision, we are aggressively seeking to uplist to Nasdaq within the next 12 months or so. We are currently preparing to meet all of the regulatory obligations and requirements to do so, which makes this a very exciting time for the Company, as well as for shareholders and potential investors.\" Key Information for Potential Investors: Offering Details: The Company is offering 125,000,000 Common Shares at an offering price of $1.50 per share. This best effort, direct public offering involves the active participation of the Officers, Directors, and the Company's management team. Offering Period: The offering period will commence on July 20, 2023, and last for 360 days, providing interested investors with ample time to consider their investment decisions. Subscription Agreement: The Subscription Agreement is available on the Company's official website ( http://www.winvestgroup.co ), where potential investors can access comprehensive information about the Company, its financial performance, and the terms of the investment opportunity. As part of the media and entertainment industry, Winvest aims to capitalize on growth opportunities and expand its presence in the financial market. With its Form S-1 Registration Statement now effective, the Company looks forward to attracting new investors who believe in its vision and growth potential. About Winvest Group Limited: Winvest Group Limited is an investment holding company specifically focused on media and entertainment, production and filmmaking, as well as marketing and distribution for all projects on domestic and international streaming platforms and media channels. The Company will develop and manage a diverse range of multilingual film and television projects. For additional information about the Company and its investment opportunities, please visit http://www.winvestgroup.co . Safe Harbor Provision: This press release contains \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created thereby. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained herein, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's future financial position, business strategy, plans and objectives, growth and profitability, growth strategy, liquidity and access to public markets, operating expense reduction, and trends in the industry in which the Company operates, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as \"may,\" \"will,\" \"expects,\" \"intends,\" \"plans,\" \"projects,\" \"estimates,\" \"anticipates,\" or \"believes\" or the negative thereof or any variation thereon or similar terminology or expressions. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from results proposed in such statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can provide no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include, but are not limited to, those factors set forth in the Company's Form S-1 Registration Statement, as amended, and its other filings and submissions with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. 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With its bold styling and sophisticated elegance, the EV9 encapsulates the creative tension between nature and modernity, delivering a harmonious whole that is both contemporary and serene. Image: Kia The EV9's design is guided by Kia's 'Opposites United' philosophy, which seeks to create vehicles with unprecedented visual appeal. In particular, the 'Bold for Nature' pillar of the ideology played a key role in forming the exterior design of the EV9, resulting in a vehicle that is confident, clear-cut, and calm. Image: Kia At the front of the vehicle, the Digital Tiger Face, featuring two clusters of small cube lamps within the bodywork adjacent to each headlamp, creates a visionary and futuristic look and feel. The 'Star Map LED daytime running lights' deliver a sophisticated animated lighting pattern that will denote Kia's Digital Tiger Face for the brand's future EV models. Inside the EV9, the spacious, light, and airy cabin embodies an elegantly simple, premium quality, and exceptionally user-friendly design. The open, floating panoramic dashboard extends from the steering wheel to the vehicle's centre, and the centre console is equipped with ample storage options, including a spacious compartment located at its base. Image: Kia Built on Kia's Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), the EV9 offers lounge-style comfort in all three rows of seats, with generous space for all occupants to connect and relax. Offered in both six and seven-seat formats, the EV9 has been designed to deliver equality of space, comfort, and experience for all occupants without placing all of its focus on the driver. Related: Missed opportunity for Kia SA? This render imagines next-gen Rio Image: Kia The Kia EV9 is a truly innovative and groundbreaking SUV that represents a pivotal step forward in Kia's journey towards becoming a sustainable mobility solutions provider. With its bold styling, sophisticated elegance, and exceptional user-friendly design, the EV9 is set to revolutionize the electric SUV market and cement Kia's position as a leader in sustainable mobility. 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Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement that two domestically developed Qasef-2K (Striker-2K) armed drones struck with great precision the designated \"important and sensitive\" targets in King Khalid Air Base, which lies 884 kilometers south of the Saudi capital Riyadh, early on Friday. The attack came just a day after a successful drone attack against the same military site in southwestern Saudi Arabia. Saree added that a Yemeni Sammad-3 (Invincible-3) combat drone also hit a key Saudi Aramco oil installation in Jizan, situated 966 kilometers south of Riyadh, at Friday dawn. The senior Yemeni official warned that retaliatory attacks will continue as long as Riyadh continues its relentless military aggression and all-out siege against the war-ravaged Arab country. Saree later announced in a post published on his Twitter page that Yemeni armed forces launched another retaliatory strike against King Khalid Air Base at 9 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) on Friday, using a Qasef-2K drone. He emphasized that the air raid was accurate, and hit \"an import military site\" inside the airbase. The high-ranking Yemeni military official described the strike as a legitimate response to the Saudi regime's devastating military campaign and ongoing siege against his country. Also early on Friday, Saudi forces fired volleys of artillery rounds and rockets at residential neighborhoods in the Razih district of Yemen's mountainous northwestern province of Sa'ada. There were no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage inflicted. Saudi warplanes also carried out 16 airstrikes against the Sirwah district in the strategic Yemeni province of Ma'rib, though no reports of possible casualties and damage were quickly available. Furthermore, forces of the Saudi-led military coalition and their mercenaries have violated 215 times during the past 24 hours a ceasefire agreement between warring sides for the western coastal province of Hudaydah. Yemen's al-Masirah television network, citing an unnamed source in Yemen's Liaison and Coordination Officers Operations Room, reported that the violations included 20 reconnaissance flights over various regions, including Kilo 16 and al-Jabaliya neighborhoods as well as Hays and al-Durayhimi districts, in addition to 26 counts of artillery shelling and 165 shooting incidents. Delegates from the Ansarullah movement and representatives loyal to former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi attended the peace negotiations in Rimbo on the outskirts of Stockholm in December 2018. The talks resulted in the announcement of a breakthrough agreement. The document included three provisions: a ceasefire along the Hudaydah front and the redeployment of armed forces out of the city and its port; an agreement on prisoner exchange; and a statement of understanding on the southern Yemeni city of Ta'izz. Saudi Arabia, backed by the US and other regional allies, launched a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing Hadi's government back to power and crushing Ansarullah. Yemeni armed forces and allied Popular Committees have, however, gone from strength to strength against the Saudi-led invaders, and left Riyadh and its allies bogged down in the country. The Saudi war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead, and displaced millions of people. 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Kennedy in his State of the Union address in 1962. More than 60 years later, this reminder to prepare for any eventuality rings truer than ever for banks and other commercial lenders. As clouds gather over the global economy, it's hard to know what to expect from the next 12 months. With credit risk back on the rise and interest rates still climbing, the market can change more quickly than the weather. Today's creditworthy business borrowers could easily be tomorrow's defaulters. The trick for lenders is to always expect the unexpected. Although you can't stop change, you can anticipate it and assess its potential impacts. But first, you need to make some essential fixes to your commercial lending systems and prime your credit risk management infrastructure to help you achieve three key objectives. 1. Know your borrowers In these uncertain times, it pays to take a deeper look at your commercial customers' businesses. How is their balance sheet constructed? From where do they derive their profits? What risks are they especially sensitive to? Are they among the strongest or the weakest in their sector? Critically, the latest credit assessment software can help you not only dig into a firm's financials and KPIs, to determine its current position, but also measure its capacity to withstand future shocks, however unexpected. You can stress-test any parameter to see how a change might affect the firm. For example, would another rise in interest rates increase the probability of default? Technology can rapidly answer questions like this and help you regularly reassess the situation. But you also need to know how much a default would lose your business, or what you could get back from collateral. In other words, it's critical to gain an up-to-date and accurate view of your exposure to each customer – how many loans they hold with you and to what level those loans are secured. The more quickly you can liquidate collateral, the better price you'll get for it in the market. And with the right credit assessment systems and processes in place, you can make faster and better informed decisions in response to a default. 2. Understand your portfolio Now you know what risks you face from individual customers – but what about your portfolio as a whole? Could issues with one business affect another? Contagion of this kind is a big concern at the moment. When Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed in March – and many banks' share prices plunged in Europe soon after – the fear was of a domino effect throughout the banking system. In reality, one of SVB's biggest issues was concentration risk, as most of its business came from technology companies. But the main lesson learned is that lenders need to keep on top of risks to their loan books, such as the vulnerability of particular sectors to interest rate rises. So, does your commercial lending technology give you a complete, consolidated view of your firm's exposure – and the tools, again, to show the impact of market shocks to the portfolio? If not, now's the time to rethink your credit risk management systems and processes. 3. Control the risks Whatever happens in the market, your credit policies should protect you from spikes and shocks by keeping your customers accountable for repaying their debt. But defaults can easily happen – and by digitizing your credit policies, you can strengthen your monitoring processes and keep a closer eye on any issues. With rigorous qualification criteria for new business and renewed focus on internal limit management, a robust, modern loan servicing and credit monitoring solution will give you the real-time visibility you need of your business customers and their ability to make repayments. By monitoring both covenant adherence and non-traditional data sources like news feeds, you can also get early warning of potential problems before they happen. That could mean alerts to not only concerning payment behavior but also events like a sudden selloff of stocks by company directors. With automated workflow triggering responses to these events, you can make sure the right people are reacting to the data in the right way. Knowledge is power – and puts you in greater control of risks throughout the lending life cycle. Weather the storm with digital commercial lending technology The macroeconomic weather may already have turned but it's not too late to start protecting your business from the worst conditions. Whatever steps you take now to reinforce and update your credit risk management infrastructure will pay off in the future. Above all, it will make the fallout of the most surprising market shocks easier to handle. Unexpected, maybe – but unmanageable, never. 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With a focus on safety and convenience, this height-adjustable desk is the perfect addition to any office setting. In addition to excellent stability, this height-adjustable table is equipped with low damping forces and a stable thrust mechanism. This means adjustments can be made with minimal effort, reducing strain on the user's arms and providing smooth transitions between different positions. Safety is paramount when choosing furniture for your workspace, and this height-adjustable desk exceeds all expectations in that regard. With its simple yet robust structure, it provides a safe and secure platform for your daily work activities. The dual post design enhances stability and prevents wobble, allowing you to fully focus on your task without any distractions. Energy saving and environmental protection are the basic principles of the design of this height adjustable table. With an efficient pneumatic system, the desk consumes minimal energy, making it a sustainable and eco-friendly choice for your office. By promoting a standing work posture, you can reduce the need to sit for long periods of time, thereby contributing to a healthier, more active lifestyle. This sit-stand desk is not only good for your health, it's also good for the environment. Detailed Drawing Product Application Environment: indoor, outdoor Storage and transportation temperature: -10℃ ~ 50℃ Product Parameters Height: 750-1190 (mm)Stroke: 440 (mm) Maximum lifting load-bearing: 8 (KGS) Maximum load: 100 (KGS)Desktop size: 1200×600 (mm) About Yili Industrial Ningbo Yili Industrial Co., Ltd. was founded in 1995, with 28,000㎡ building area, located in Chunxiao Industrial Park, Ningbo Economic& Technical Development Zone. We are one of high-tech enterprises with integrated business of development, manufacturing and technical support. We are located in the port city with convenient transportation and trade, and we have more than ten years' experience in export trade. We follow the philosophy \"Science and technology is the first productivity\" by close cooperation with universities, scientific research institutes and close technique communication with domestic and overseas companies in the field, to improve our employees' professional behavior and the processing equipment, and to purify the Quality Assurance System continuously. Based on our service philosophy \"credibility & integrity, customer first, quality first\", our aim is chasing for the complete satisfaction of our honorable customers. Yili Industrial mainly engaged in pneumatic lifting table with a strong research and development team, and focusing on research and development design of pneumatic lifting and moving system. We have won many patents, and won many honors such as: R&D Center of high-tech enterprise, Municipal service-oriented manufacturing demonstration enterprises, Specialise in the new \"Little giant\" and so on. In addition, we have a number of invention patents of the lifting table. Media Contact Company Name: Ningbo Yili Industrial Co., Ltd. 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Brickworks on Friday said that its existing industrial JV with Goodman is expected to drive record earnings from its property unit over the 12 months through July. It anticipates property earnings before interest and tax of more than 620 million Australian dollars (US$430.0 million), compared with A$253 million in its 2021 fiscal year. It expects fiscal 2022 earnings from Australian building products business to rise by more than 20%, and earnings from North American building products to more than double. Brickworks said that 15 manufacturing plants tenanted by its Australian building products will be transferred to a new manufacturing trust. It will own 51.1% of the trust and Goodman will own the remainder. The Brickworks Manufacturing Trust assets will have a gross value of A$416 million, representing an A$280 million premium to their current book value, Brickworks said. Its Building Products Australia unit will record a net profit on the sale, with about A$90 million pre-tax to be recorded in 2H of FY22 and excluded from the earnings guidance issued Friday. Brickworks said it expects net proceeds of A$193 million from the sale of the properties, which it will use to reduce debt. 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Apple plans to unveil a feature called \"crash detection\" for both iPhones and Watches, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The feature would supposedly use sensors like the accelerometer built into Apple devices. Apple has reportedly been working on the feature for several years and testing it using real world data. According to documents seen by the WSJ, Apple has been collecting data shared anonymously from iPhone and Watch users. It has detected more than 10 million suspected vehicle impacts, with more than 50,000 of those accompanied by a call to 911. Apple has been using that data to improve the accuracy of its crash-detection algorithm, since a 911 emergency call is pretty solid confirmation of a serious crash. It's certainly not first to the gate with this. Google introduced a similar feature for the Pixel 3 and Pixel 4 via its Personal Safety app that can detect when you've been in a car crash and alert emergency services. GM has been offering it for years in its cars with OnStar, and recently introduced crash detection to smartphones via the OnStar Guardian app. OnStar's in-vehicle service reportedly responds to over 6,000 crash notifications a month, as the WSJ noted. Apple introduced fall-detection to the Apple Watch 4 series , and it can automatically call emergency services and contact your loved ones if you don't respond to a prompt in a certain amount of time. The crash-detection feature is supposed to come out for iPhone and Apple Watches in 2022, provided everything goes to plan. Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. 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Mr Palmer had argued WA had amended a law that caused him \"disability\" and \"discrimination\" as a Queenslander and impeded his ability to claim compensation for stalled plans for an iron ore project in the Pilbara. The mining magnate-cum-politician represented himself in court and challenged the validity of the law and claimed it was punitive in that it singled out him and his company, Mineralogy, specifically. The full bench of the High Court handed down a unanimous decision on Wednesday, ruling the amendment was valid. Clive Palmer has lost his challenge to a law blocking him suing WA. AAP Image/Josh Woning Credit: News Corp Australia Described in the media as an \"anti-Palmer\" law, the Iron Ore Processing (Mineralogy Pty Ltd) Agreement Amendment Act 2020 was passed through WA's parliament in August last year. Mr Palmer claimed it was designed to block him from claiming billions in damages over his proposed Balmoral South project, which had been stuck in limbo for several years. The project was refused approval under a previous Liberal state government in 2012. Mr Palmer claimed that decision breached an agreement struck in 2002 to build his project about 80km from Karratha. He wanted to develop the project and sell it to a Chinese entity. WA Premier Mark McGowan said such a lawsuit would devastate the state economy. Jackson Flindell/The West Australian Credit: The West Australian In court the state argued the law was enacted \"to protect Western Australians from the crippling effects that an adverse determination in the arbitral proceedings … would have on the economy\". The Law Society of Western Australia slammed Mr Palmer's move in a statement in August 2020, labelling it \"unprecedented and extreme\". 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(LENNART PREISS / AFP) LONDON - Europe's problems in sourcing oil and gas this winter after a dispute with Russia may be exacerbated by a new crisis in the market where prices are already red-hot: a liquidity crunch that could send them spiraling higher still. But European governments have only belatedly rallied to offer financial support to power providers on the brink of collapse, in an effort to ease pressure on a market whose smooth operation is vital to keep people warm. \"We have a dysfunctional futures market, which then creates problems for the physical market and leads to higher prices, higher inflation,\" a senior trading source told Reuters. One European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker told Reuters that worst case scenario losses would amount to 25-30 billion euros (US$25-30 billion), adding the risk lay with speculators rather than the actual market The problem first came to light in March when an association of top traders, utilities, oil majors and bankers sent a letter to regulators calling for contingency plans. ALSO READ: New Russia gas halt tightens energy screws on Europe This was triggered by market players rushing to cover their financial exposure to soaring gas prices through derivatives, hedging against future price spikes in the physical market, where a product is delivered, by taking a 'short' position. Market players typically borrow to build short positions in the futures market, with 85-90 percent coming from banks. Some 10-15 percent of the value of the short, known as minimum margin, is covered by the traders' own funds and deposited with a broker's account. But if funds in the account fall below the minimum margin requirement, in this case 10-15 percent, it triggers a 'margin call'. As prices for power, gas and coal have risen over the past year, so have the price of shorts, with the resulting margin calls forcing oil and gas majors, trading firms and power utilities to tie up more capital. Some, particularly smaller firms, have been hurt so badly they have been forced to exit trading altogether as energy prices soared. Any such drop in the number of players reduces market liquidity, which can in turn lead to even more volatility and sharper spikes in prices that can hurt even major players. ALSO READ: Europe scrambles to deal with gas crisis Since late August, European Union governments have stepped in to help utilities such as Germany's Uniper. However, with winter price spikes lying ahead, there is no indication of whether or how quickly governments and the EU can back banks or other utilities that need to hedge their trades. Platforms producing oil stand in the North Sea over the Johan Sverdrup oil field, where Norway's Equinor is producing around 350,000 barrels per day, during a media visit to the area some 140 kilometers west from the town of Stavanger, Norway, on Dec 3, 2019. (TOM LITTLE / AFP) Exchanges, clearing houses and brokers have raised initial margin requirements to 100-150 percent of contract value from 10-15 percent, senior bankers and traders said, making hedging too costly for many. The ICE exchange is, for example, charging margin rates of up to 79 percent on Dutch TTF gas futures. Although market participants say that fast disappearing liquidity could severely reduce trading in fuels such as oil, gas and coal and lead to supply disruptions and bankruptcies, regulators still say the risk is small. Norwegian state-owned firm Equinor, Europe's top gas trader, said this month that European energy companies, excluding in Britain, need at least 1.5 trillion euros (US$1.5 trillion) to cover the cost of exposure to soaring gas prices. ALSO READ: Keep calm and cut the air con: Japan's energy saving is model for Europe That compares with the US$1.3 trillion value of US subprime mortgages in 2007, which triggered a global financial meltdown. However, one European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker told Reuters that worst case scenario losses would amount to 25-30 billion euros (US$25-30 billion), adding the risk lay with speculators rather than the actual market. 'Need to hedge' Some traders and banks have nevertheless asked regulators such as the ECB and the Bank of England (BoE) to provide guarantees or credit insurance to brokers and clearing houses to lower initial margining levels to pre-crisis times. Doing this, sources familiar with talks said, would help bring participants back into the market and increase liquidity. The ECB and BoE have met several big trading houses and banks since April, four trading, regulatory and banking sources said, but no concrete measures have resulted from the consultations, which have not previously been reported. \"It's too big a single point of risk for a bank. The banks have hit or are close to hitting their liquidity risk and counterparty risk levels,\" a senior banking source involved in commodities finance said. Banks have a certain level of capital they can tie up to a particular industry or a particular player and the price spikes and a reduction of players are currently testing those levels. ALSO READ: Pipeline data: Gas buyers resume nominations for Nord Stream 1 The ECB has repeatedly said it did not see systemic risk that could destabilize the banking sector. The ECB declined to offer fresh comment. ECB President Christine Lagarde said this month she would support fiscal measures to provide liquidity to solvent energy market participants, including utility firms, while the ECB stood ready to provide liquidity to banks if needed. Britain's Treasury and Bank of England announced a 40 billion pound (US$46 billion) financing scheme this month for \"extraordinary liquidity requirements\" and short term support to wholesale energy firms Britain's Treasury and Bank of England, meanwhile, announced a 40 billion pound (US$46 billion) financing scheme this month for \"extraordinary liquidity requirements\" and short term support to wholesale energy firms. A Treasury spokesman said the measures are being taken at the appropriate moment after watching the market for some time and in line with European peers. Yet the markets for energy and commodities remain opaque, with physical trades hedged with financial instruments depending on internal rules set by the various companies involved. READ MORE: Gazprom stops gas supply via Nord Stream pipeline indefinitely And since no regulator or exchange maintains a central register for trades it is impossible to see the full picture, sources at several large commodities houses told Reuters. For some, however, the signals are clear to see. \"Open interest and volumes have come down significantly as a result of what is happening on the margining front,\" Saad Rahim, chief economist at Trafigura, told a conference last week. \"It will ultimately have an impact on the physical volumes that are being traded because physical traders need to hedge.\" Members of the public walk past The Bank of England in London on June 16, 2022. 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According to the latest research report, the demand of global Anti-acne Cosmetics Market size & share was valued at approximately USD 2.3 Billion in 2020 and is expected to reach a value of around USD 4.56 Billion By 2028 , at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 9.1% during the forecast period 2021 to 2028. What is Anti-acne Cosmetics? What is the Share of Anti-acne Cosmetics Market Globally? Overview Anti-acne cosmetics are generally used to care for acne-prone skin. The treatment uses sulfur as a topical remedy. Skin diseases vary in severity and symptoms. They can be permanent or temporary. Some of them can be painful or painless, and soma might be life-threatening. However, acne is the most common skin condition that people experience. In this condition, hair follicles plug with oil and dead skin cells which can cause pimples, whiteheads, or blackheads. Acne is especially common among teenagers compared to people of all ages. People with acne can also experience anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, poor quality of life, and loneliness. These conditions can be developed due to the emotional and mental associations that an individual has with his/her appearance. The growing usage of social media and photo-editing apps is also a crucial factor contributing to these kinds of psychological effects. The development of new skincare products will propel the global anti-acne cosmetics market growth. Request Sample Copy of Research Report @ https://www.polarismarketresearch.com/industry-analysis/anti-acne-cosmetics-market/request-for-sample The Reader Will Find The Following Fundamental Factors: Analysis of the current and future structure of the global anti-acne cosmetics market. Analysis of the consumption patterns. The international business environment, reasons for gaps, and initiatives are discussed. Product applications and types are suggested. The products or goods and consumption in a particular country and region are given. The forecasts for the anticipated period 2021-2028 are mentioned. Several barriers and hurdles in the global anti-acne cosmetics market that the players have to overcome are highlighted Top Market Players Clinique Neutrogena Murad LaRochPosay Kose Mentholatum Proactiv L'Oréal Ancalima Lifesciences Ltd. Galderma SA Johnson & Johnson Doctor Li Vich Request for a Discount on this Report Before Purchase: https://www.polarismarketresearch.com/industry-analysis/anti-acne-cosmetics-market/request-for-discount-pricing Key Questions Answered By Report: What was the global anti-acne cosmetics market size? What are the estimated growth trends and forecasts (2021-2028)? What will be the CAGR of the market? Which segments were most attractive for investments? What are the major categories in the global anti-acne cosmetics market? Which manufacturer/vendor/players in the industry are the market leaders? What are the key outcomes of Porter's five forces analysis and the SWOT analysis of the key players functioning? Anti-Acne Cosmetics Market: Growth Driving Factors: The rising common dermatological disorders, increasing beauty awareness and urbanization globally are increasing the demand for anti-acne cosmetics. Also, the rising use of anti-acne cosmetics in recent years due to the increasing number of people with acne globally is boosting the market growth. The use of anti-acne cosmetics has increased among men because of increased awareness of cosmetic products among men which is contributing to the market growth. The growing popularity of anti-acne products is the key factor behind the increasing development of many new innovative products in the anti-acne cosmetics market. Furthermore, factors, such as the increasing number of e-commerce platforms, growing internet penetration, and rapid urbanization are some of the factors increasing the awareness and demand of these products. Global Anti-Acne Cosmetics Market: Report Scope Report Attribute Details Market Size 2020 Value USD 2.35 Billion Market Outlook for 2028 USD 4.56 Billion Expected CAGR Growth 9.1% from 2021 – 2028 Base year 2020 Forecast period 2021 – 2028 Segments covered By Product, By End-User, By Region Key Companies Clinique, Neutrogena, Murad, LaRochPosay, Kose, Mentholatum, Proactiv, L'Oréal, Ancalima Lifesciences Ltd., Galderma SA, Johnson & Johnson, Doctor Li, and Vichy Regional scope North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa Customization Options Customized purchase options are available to meet your research needs. Directly Purchase a copy of the report with TOC @ https://www.polarismarketresearch.com/checkouts/9071 Anti-Acne Cosmetics Market: Key Segmentation Insights by product, end-use, and region On the basis of product type, the global anti-acne cosmetics market is segmented into masks, creams & lotions, cleansers & toners, others. The creams & lotions segment witnessed the highest growth in 2020 and is anticipated to continue its dominance during the forecast period. The rising demand for these items due to their protecting quality from bacteria and skin ailments such as eczema and psoriasis is fueling the market growth. On the basis of end-user, the global anti-acne cosmetics market is segmented into men and women. The women end-user segment dominated the industry in 2020 due to the increasing awareness regarding treatment and the wider availability of skincare products. In 2020, the Asia Pacific market accounted for the highest revenue share of more than 39% and is projected to continue its dominance over the forecast period. The region is the largest export market for U.S.-based products because over 3 billion potential consumers use anti-acne cosmetic products in the country. other regions including Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia expected to show the demand for these products in the forecast period. The growing demand for anti-acne products across China and India is also forecasted to fuel market growth in the coming years owing to their population size and booming economy. Browse the full \"Anti-acne Cosmetics Market Share, Size, Trends, Industry Analysis Report, By Product Type (Mask, Creams & Lotions, Cleaners & Toners, Others); By End-Use (Women, Men); By; Segment Forecast, 2021 – 2028\" Report at https://www.polarismarketresearch.com/industry-analysis/pediatric-home-healthcare-market The market is primarily segmented on the basis of product, end-use, and region Anti-Acne Cosmetics Market: By Product Outlook Mask Creams & Lotions Cleansers & Toners Other Anti-Acne Cosmetics Market: By End-Use Outlook Women Men About Us: Polaris Market Research is a worldwide market research and consulting organization. We give unmatched nature of offering to our customers present all around the globe across industry verticals. Polaris Market Research has expertise in giving deep-dive market insight along with market intelligence to our customers spread crosswise over various undertakings. We at Polaris are obliged to serve our different client base present over the enterprises of medicinal services, healthcare, innovation, next-gen technologies, semiconductors, chemicals, automotive, and aerospace & defense, among different ventures, present globally. 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warn\ncoffeekai/Getty Images Experts say the AI mania has shades of the dot-com and housing bubbles and could end painfully. Cheap money and hefty government spending have driven asset prices to dangerous highs, they told BI. \"The proverbial powder keg is full but won't blow until something ignites the fuse,\" they warned. Experts say the frenzy around AI stocks resembles the last two major market bubbles — and could end in disaster if investors get spooked. Every financial mania is different, but the current tech boom shows \" some similarities with the run-up to both the dot-com and 2008 housing bubbles,\" Nathan Burks, Adetokunbo Fadahunsi, and Ann Marie Hibbert told Business Insider in an email. The trio co-authored a paper titled \"Financial Contagion: A Tale of Three Bubbles\" in 2021. Burks was a member of West Virginia University's finance department at the time and now works at a crypto options-trading platform called Panoptic. Fadahunsi is an assistant professor of statistics at George Mason University, while Hibbert is the interim chair of WVU's finance department. The bubble experts pointed to the Federal Reserve's \"relatively loose\" monetary policy as one common factor between this market and the last two big bubbles. But they underscored one big difference is the \"unprecedented fiscal stimulus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.\" In other words, low interest rates and an ample money supply were contributors then and now, and the US government added fuel to the woodpile with its trillions of dollars in emergency spending during the pandemic, and its large-scale infrastructure and industrial programs since then. \"This combination of aggressive fiscal and monetary expansion, along with broader sentiment largely being driven by Big Tech (high-beta) stocks, has thus given way to an elevated level of overoptimism that is particularly similar to the foundations of the dot-com bubble as outlined in our paper,\" they told BI. The market historians also noted the US economy is showing \" a set of properties which historically portends significant market turbulence within the next few years, given a proper catalyst.\" \"Simply put, the proverbial powder keg is full, but there still has to be a specific market event that ignites the fuse,\" they added. Ridiculous or revolutionary? Nvidia, the star stock of the AI boom, has more than tripled in the past year and just replaced Microsoft as the world's most valuable company worth $3.3 trillion. Chris Bloomstran, the president and chief investor of Semper Augustus, rang the alarm on tech valuations in an X post on Wednesday. He noted the Magnificent 7 stocks are worth a combined $16 trillion — 34% of the S&P 500's market value, and more than the index's total value in early 2016. \"This is the goofiest and likely most dangerous concentration of overvaluation I've seen in 34 years investing and throughout financial history,\" Bloomstran said. \"At 23 times 2024 expected earnings, the market-cap weighted S&P 500 is froth with excess and, in my judgment, uninvestable.\" Some experts have compared Nvidia to Cisco, the network hardware company whose stock ballooned during the dot-com bubble before ultimately crashing. It has never returned to its peak. John Chambers was CEO of Cisco. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Yet former Cisco CEO John Chambers recently told The Wall Street Journal that history is not repeating itself. The market for AI could equal \"the internet and cloud computing combined,\" he said, noting the speed of change and timing of Nvidia's ascent is different from Cisco's. No one can predict if the AI craze will end with a devastating crash like the dot-com and housing bubbles, or usher in a new market regime led by Nvidia and its kin. But it's never a bad idea to look to history for hints of what might be coming. 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(YRCW) Sued for...\nShareholder rights law firm Robbins Arroyo LLP reminds investors that purchasers of YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) filed a class action complaint against the company's officers and directors for alleged violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 between March 10, 2014 and December 14, 2018. YRC Worldwide Inc. is a holding company that, through its operating subsidiaries, offers its customers a wide range of transportation services. YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW) Accused of Defrauding Government According to the complaint, YRC made false and misleading statements to the market from 2014 to 2018. On December 14, 2018, the Justice Department issued a press release revealing that it had filed a complaint against YRC for systematically overcharging the government. That same day, the Wall Street Journal reported on the lawsuit against YRC's units over military shipments from 2005 to at least 2013, stating that YRC had overcharged the Pentagon millions of dollars for shipping over several years and defrauded the Department of Defense by inflating weight measurements on bills. On this news, YRC stock declined drastically and currently trades at around $2.00, a more than 90% decline from its class period high of $28.11. YRC Inc. (YRCW) Shareholders Have Legal Options Contact us to learn more: Leo Kandinov lkandinov@robbinsarroyo.com Shareholder Information Form Robbins Arroyo LLP is a nationally recognized leader in shareholder rights law. The firm represents individual and institutional investors in shareholder derivative and securities class action lawsuits, and has helped its clients realize more than $1 billion of value for themselves and the companies in which they have invested. Click Here to receive free alerts from Stock Watch when companies engage in wrongdoing. Attorney Advertising. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. 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According to the IBS Intelligence Sales League Table 2021 , Temenos is #1 in the digital banking, core banking, retail payments and risk management categories. Temenos also ranked #1 in the new category of Neo Banks and Challenger Banks and also achieved first place in the Islamic Banking category. Temenos was also named a regional leader in Americas, APAC, and MEA and Europe. With The Temenos Banking Cloud, Explainable AI technology, and Temenos' deep banking expertise, financial institutions can innovate in minutes and launch new products in days to achieve the industry's fastest time to value. Temenos has been ranked the best-selling core banking system for 16 years, and best-selling vendor for digital banking for the fifth consecutive year. For over 27 years, Temenos has helped financial institutions make banking better with technology that sets the bar for the rest of the industry. In this year's Sales League Table, Temenos led in nine categories, more than any other technology provider: #1 Digital Banking and Channels with Temenos Infinity, signing 106 New Name Deals #1 best-selling Core Banking System with Temenos Transact, securing 48 New Named Deals #1 best-selling vendor for Neo Banks and Challenger Banks with nearly 2X the deals of the next vendor #1 best-selling Payments System ? Retail, bringing on 47 New Name Deals #1 Risk Management System with 84 New Name Deals ? 5X the next placed vendor Joint #1 best-selling Islamic Banking ? Universal Banking (Core) with 5 New Name Deals Max Chuard, Chief Executive Officer, Temenos, said: \"It's a great honor to be recognized as the best-selling banking software provider in more categories than anyone else and in the most fiercely contested categories. We're proud that we're making banking better for 1.2 billion people every day, with clients such as PayPal launching its Buy Now Pay Later offering giving payment flexibility to consumers, Varo that is serving 180 million underbanked Americans, and Komer?ní Banka, part of Societe Generale, which selected Temenos to reinforce its leadership in digital banking. Thanks to our relentless investment in innovation, and our proven ability to deliver, we have occupied the top #1 or #2 positions for core banking systems for 22 consecutive years and we are also leading the way in the digital banking and payments categories. This year's Sales League Table reconfirms Temenos as a global powerhouse, and I would like to thank our community of customers, partners and employees for collaborating with Temenos to revolutionize the industry.\" Robin Amlôt, Managing Editor at IBS Intelligence, said: \"The banking industry is facing a challenging environment with stiff competition from FinTechs and Challenger Banks introducing disrupting technologies. Many banks were already transitioning from legacy systems to innovative solutions and COVID-19 further accelerated the speed of digitization. The IBSI Sales League Table is the leading global barometer of supplier performance and during this tough year Temenos maintained its #1 position in highly competitive categories, and increased its leadership across verticals, ranking #1 in more categories than any other vendor.\" About IBS Intelligence IBS Intelligence has been reviewing the conventional and new-age banking systems selections on a year-by-year basis for nearly 30 years. The IBS Intelligence Sales League Table is the global barometer for sales performance of banking platforms ranging from retail, to private, to Islamic, to digital and universal banking. The Sales League Table is a vital tool to executives in banks for selecting vendors for RFIs, and influences vendor selection across conventional and digital banking. About Temenos Temenos AG (SIX: TEMN) is the world's leader in banking software. Over 3,000 banks across the globe, including 41 of the top 50 banks, rely on Temenos to process both the daily transactions and client interactions of more than 1.2 billion banking customers. Temenos offers cloud-native, cloud-agnostic and AI-driven front office, core banking, payments and fund administration software enabling banks to deliver frictionless, omnichannel customer experiences and gain operational excellence. Temenos software is proven to enable its top-performing clients to achieve cost-income ratios of 26.8% half the industry average and returns on equity of 29%, three times the industry average. These clients also invest 51% of their IT budget on growth and innovation versus maintenance, which is double the industry average, proving the banks' IT investment is adding tangible value to their business. 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Established in 2021, the firm is aiming to establish a tripartite model that brings together sustainability sponsors, F&B partners, and consumers to reduce plastic waste. According to the World Economic Forum, six of the 10 highest plastic-polluting countries are in Southeast Asia. \"In Singapore alone, we throw away 500 million units of disposable cutlery items,\"​ said Crunch Cutlery co-founder Anna Lam. \"However, we believe that Singapore and Asia are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of sustainability and are actively seeking eco-friendly solutions. Governments are setting ambitious goals to reduce waste and promote sustainable practices, and many businesses and individuals are following suit.​ \"In terms of demographics, we see a strong interest from the millennial and Gen Z population, who are more aware of environmental issues and are actively seeking eco-friendly solutions. Additionally, we see a growing interest from the food and beverage industry as they look for ways to reduce waste and appeal to environmentally conscious consumers.\"​ To deal with the problem of using single-use disposable plastic, the firm hopes to partner with sustainability-focused organisations who are looking to promote their brand and message while also contributing to a more sustainable future. These sponsors pay to have their branding featured on Crunch Cutlery products, which are then passed to F&B partners at no charge. In return, the F&B partners will use them in place of disposable plastic cutlery. This will help raise awareness about sustainability among consumers who dine at these F&B outlets. While it does not have such tripartite arrangements at this point, the firm has partnered with various organisations to promote sustainable eating practices. For instance, customers using DBS Bank credit cards to purchase its cutlery get a discount. It has also introduced seasonal bundle offers with Yolé's yoghurt and Oatly's oat milk, aligning with the theme of healthy eating to attract consumers. Appealing to consumers​ It is crucial to engage consumers as their choices directly influence market demand. By driving consumer adoption, businesses can accelerate the shift toward eco-friendly alternatives, leading to a tangible reduction in plastic waste. Hence, the firm regularly conducts market research, which include online surveys, focus groups, and taste tests. This has led to the development of a diverse range of sweet and savoury flavours, such as strawberry, caramel, tomato, and the upcoming vegan cheese, to appeal to a wider customer base. The edible spoons are made up of ingredients sourced from Singapore, India, and Indonesia. They include superfoods like chia seeds and flaxseeds for a fibre boost, and healthy flours like buckwheat and jowar are added to improve overall nutrition. \"We believe that being nutritious and delicious are important factors in appealing to the Asian consumer. By incorporating healthy ingredients and experimenting with flavours, we aim to create a product that is both enjoyable and beneficial,\" ​said Lam. The firm is also exploring new shapes and designs, including options like sporks and bowl-spoon combinations, to enhance functionality and appeal. It is also looking to produce edible cutlery that can be used for a wider range of foods, such as soups and stews. \"We understand that consumers appreciate variety and novelty, and we want to provide them with a range of options that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing,\"​ said Lam. To reach more consumers, the firm has been working on sustainable expansion plans in collaboration with their overseas partners. Expanding beyond Singapore​ In 2022, the firm successfully shipped its products to China via its logistics partner. It also conducted a trial purchase with a third-party distributor in the Netherlands. This experience made Lam realise that it was more practical to pivot to a satellite manufacturing model, as long-distance transportation meant higher risks of breakage and spoilage. Instead of shipping out from a centralised production location, the firm plans to ship compact machinery to local sites, enabling on-site production of its edible cutlery. This method reduces transportation emissions, packaging waste, and ensures fresher products. The firm recently unveiled its new compact machine at the Speciality Food & Drinks Asia (SFDA) 2024, held at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore from 26 to 28 June. This fully automated, end-to-end system for producing edible cutlery measures approximately one meter across and stands at less than two metres tall. \"By focusing on exporting our manufacturing capabilities rather than finished products, we're working towards a more environmentally friendly and economically viable business model that can scale globally while maintaining our core sustainability principles,\"​ said Lam. As the cutleries are made in Singapore, the production costs are relatively high compared to other countries with lower labour and production costs. This can make it difficult to price the products competitively, especially when compared to cheaper, non-edible alternatives. The use of automation and technology, such as its new compact automated machine, will help to improve efficiency and reduce labour costs. The firm takes orders online, with eight pieces of edible cutlery selling for SGD17.90 (USD 13.50). 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We are thrilled to welcome them to their new leadership positions.\" — CEO, Jim Enright BURLINGTON, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, October 5, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Pacific Woodtech's continued growth and new strategic partnerships have resulted in several recent changes to the company's sales team. Effective immediately, Matt Caissie will move from his role as Director of Business Development Eastern US & Canada into PWT's General Sales Manager. Additionally, Roger Little has accepted the role of PWT National Accounts Manager. Both will report directly to the PWT Executive leadership team. In his new role, Caissie will lead the sales efforts and be responsible for the ongoing integration of PWT and Titan sales teams' combined customer bases. He brings decades of EWP experience to his new position. With a 2 year Civil Engineering Technology Diploma, Caissie began his EWP career in 1997 pioneering engineered wood in the Atlantic Canada region before signing on with Canadian EWP manufacturers in 2000, establishing new brands while nurturing distribution partnerships throughout North America. In 2015, he joined the PWT team as Director, Business Development – US East & Canada. Little will head up PWT's national dealer and builder programs working closely with Caissie to guide PWT through its combined sales efforts. His 36 years in the EWP industry include early assignments in timber engineering and estimating, followed by ten years of sourcing and exporting a variety of EWP products to Japan. Prior to joining PWT, Little held various roles with Louisiana-Pacific for over two decades. \"Matt and Roger represent the kind of dedication, visionary leadership, and innovative spirit we celebrate here at Pacific Woodtech,\" said PWT President and CEO Jim Enright. \"We are thrilled to welcome them to their new leadership positions within the company and thank them for their unwavering efforts to maintain and cultivate our customer relationships during the Titan transition. I look forward to PWT's future under their leadership.\" ************************************************************************************************ About PWT Since 1998, Pacific Woodtech (PWT) has been one of the world's top producers of engineered wood products (LVL, Treated LVL, and I-Joist) and holds a solid first place in product quality, process, and customer service. Our two-step distribution footprint is established with key distribution partners who service the residential construction market. Combined with specialty distribution that provides strategic Industrial EWP products, we are keenly positioned to service the needs of the EWP markets in North America. The best building products come from the best people. Pacific Woodtech is committed to building a diverse team of the most talented, enthusiastic employees in the industry. Team members find a rewarding and comfortable work environment, competitive compensation and benefits, and a steadfast commitment to safety. Pacific Woodtech is headquartered in Burlington, Washington, halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. in the heart of beautiful Skagit County. Here we enjoy sporting events, arts, fine dining, and other benefits of big city living, plus easy access to a wide variety of outdoor recreational adventures. Roger Little Roger is a native of Bellingham, WA, and received his BS and MS in Civil Engineering from Washington State University. He spent the last 36 years of his career in the EWP industry. Early assignments included timber engineering and estimating, followed by a 10-year stint sourcing and exporting a variety of EWP products to Japan. Prior to Pacific Woodtech, he held various sales roles during his 22 years with Louisiana-Pacific. He lives with his wife, Lisa, in the Seattle area and enjoys traveling, cooking, and spending time with his family and friends. Matt Caissie A native of Atlantic Canada, Matt was introduced to the building materials business working for a local lumberyard while in high school. After completing his studies in Civil Engineering Technology, he began his EWP career in 1997, pioneering engineered wood in the Atlantic region. In 2000, he started working with Canadian EWP manufacturers, establishing new brands while nurturing distribution partnerships throughout North America. Matt joined the growing team at PWT in 2015 as Director, Business Development – US East & Canada. Matt has volunteered in his community for many years, coaching his two sons and daughter in minor hockey. He enjoys outdoor activities, including snowboarding, hiking, backpacking, tennis, and camping. On most weekends, spring through fall, he can be found on the Bay of Fundy or the Northumberland Straight kayaking with his wife, Kim. Jim Enright, CEO/President Pacific Woodtech (PWT) email us here Visit us on social media: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn You just read: News Provided By October 05, 2022, 15:22 GMT EIN Presswire's priority is source transparency. We do not allow opaque clients, and our editors try to be careful about weeding out false and misleading content. As a user, if you see something we have missed, please do bring it to our attention. Your help is welcome. EIN Presswire, Everyone's Internet News Presswire™, tries to define some of the boundaries that are reasonable in today's world. Please see our Editorial Guidelines for more information. 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at a SunTrust Bank in Sebring, Florida, according to Highlands County Commissioner Don Elwell. Elwell confirmed there were injuries in the incident. It was unclear if those injured were bank employees or customers inside the bank during the incident. Overhead video of the scene from CNN affiliate WFLA shows a heavy police presence, several ambulances and a large SWAT vehicle. Medical personnel entered the bank after the glass entrance to it was destroyed. The incident began when a male subject called police at 12:36 p.m. and said he had fired shots inside the bank, according to police. Sebring Police and Highlands County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the scene, according to police. Initial negotiations to try to get the barricaded subject to exit the bank were not successful, so SWAT team entered the bank and continued negotiations. The suspect eventually surrendered to the SWAT team, police said. There is no danger to the surrounding area, police said. US-27 is shut down in both directions near the bank due to the incident. Law enforcement officials will provide more details at a 4:30 p.m. ET news conference, Elwell said. \"We are working closely with officials and seeking to take care of everyone affected,\" said SunTrust's Chief Communications Officer Sue Mallino. \"We will provide more information as soon as we can.\" Family members, coworkers, and friends looking to reunite with loved ones after the incident are gathering at the nearby Inn on the Lakes, according to Yanique Blackellar, the front desk manager of the inn. Sebring, Florida, located in Highlands County in the south-central part of the state, had a population of just over 10,000 people as of the 2010 US Census . The SunTrust Bank sits along US-27, between Lake Jackson and Little Lake Jackson. 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President Trump issued executive orders in early August that effectively banned TikTok and WeChat in the United States.Credit...Narinder Nanu/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Mike Isaac and David McCabe A federal judge on Sunday granted a preliminary injunction against a Trump administration order to ban the viral video app TikTok from U.S. app stores, in a reprieve for the Chinese-owned service. The injunction halts only the element of the ban scheduled to take effect Sunday at midnight, which would have forced TikTok off app stores run by companies like Apple and Google. It does not cover a broader set of restrictions set to take effect in November \"at this time,\" the judge, Carl Nichols of United States District Court for the District of Columbia, said in his order. The government had argued that the measures were responding to fears that the app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, could send data back to authorities in Beijing. A Justice Department official, Daniel Schwei, said that TikTok's \"First Amendment rights are not implicated\" by the ban. Lawyers for the app told Judge Nichols in a hearing on Sunday morning that forcing online stores to remove the app weeks before an election — and at a time of increased isolation because of the pandemic — would impinge on the rights of potential new users to share their views. TikTok had sought the preliminary injunction to temporarily halt the ban. A ban would \"be no different from the government locking the doors to a public forum,\" said John Hall, a lawyer for TikTok. \"We're pleased that the court agreed with our legal arguments and issued an injunction preventing the implementation of the TikTok app ban,\" a spokesman for TikTok said on Sunday after the judge's decision. \"We will continue defending our rights for the benefit of our community and employees. At the same time, we will also maintain our ongoing dialogue with the government to turn our proposal, which the president gave his preliminary approval to last weekend, into an agreement.\" TikTok is fighting to continue operating in the United States. Mr. Trump has been hawkish on Chinese technology for the past few years and has said that Chinese-backed apps like TikTok and the messaging service WeChat, owned by Tencent, pose national security threats because they could offer data about Americans to Beijing. In early August, Mr. Trump issued executive orders to effectively ban TikTok and WeChat in the United States. Citing those orders, the Commerce Department said this month that it would bar WeChat and TikTok from U.S. app stores, including those run by Apple and Google. TikTok is used by more than 120 million Americans, according to the company. The measures set to take effect on Sunday would have forced companies like Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app stores, making it difficult for new users to download the app. More restrictions are set to take effect on Nov. 12 that would make it more difficult for the app to operate for its existing users. To avoid a ban, TikTok has been in talks for months to strike a deal with an American technology company to defuse national security concerns. Earlier this month, TikTok hammered out an agreement with Oracle and Walmart to create a new entity, TikTok Global, in which the American companies would jointly own a 20 percent stake. ByteDance would initially own the other 80 percent. The companies did not detail how they would deal with national security questions . Oracle, the Justice Department and the Commerce Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Sunday evening. President Trump gave his preliminary blessing to the deal. But the companies have publicly disagreed over how much of TikTok Global will be owned by American entities. That led Mr. Trump to say he might not approve the deal if Oracle did not have control over TikTok. \"If we find that they don't have total control, then we're not going to approve the deal,\" Mr. Trump said in an interview on Monday on \"Fox & Friends.\" Any deal may still be disrupted by Beijing. China Daily, the official English language newspaper of the Chinese government, recently called the TikTok deal \"dirty and unfair and based on bullying and extortion.\" Last Wednesday, TikTok asked for a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration to prevent a ban from taking effect on Sept. 27. In its request, filed in United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the company said it had \"made extraordinary efforts to try to satisfy the government's ever-shifting demands and purported national security concerns.\" A ban could be devastating to TikTok's business. In court filings, TikTok executives have said that the company's growth had soared over the past few years, with the app downloaded more than two billion times. 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Our government has been patient. But it has been two weeks.\" \"The barricades must now come down. The injunctions (against protesters) must be obeyed and the law must be upheld,\" he said, opening the door to police moving in to clear the blockades. What had started as a localized protest by members of the Wet'suwet'en tribe opposed to a natural-gas pipeline in British Columbia quickly spread across the country as others joined efforts to \"shut down Canada.\" A blockade by Mohawks on a major rail line east of Toronto forced the continent's third largest railway, Canadian National Railway (CN), to shut down operations in eastern Canada. And the Canadian Chamber of Commerce warned that \"essential supplies like grain for livestock, oxygen for hospitals and propane for residential heating\" would soon be depleted. Trudeau has made reconciliation with indigenous peoples a priority. But the disruptions to rail traffic — the backbone of Canada's transportation infrastructure, moving more than Can$250 billion ($190 billion) in goods annually — has in just two weeks led to supply shortages and thousands of temporary layoffs. Under pressure to end the crisis, Trudeau sought to establish a dialogue with indigenous leaders behind the protests. Federal police, meanwhile, said they would retreat from the site on Wet'suwet'en lands where protesters blocked workers building the Can$6.6 billion (US$5 billion) Coastal GasLink pipeline connecting to a new Pacific coast terminal for shipping to overseas markets. But on Friday, Trudeau said those official overtures had gone unanswered. \"We can't have dialogue when only one party is coming to the table,\" he said. \"For this reason, we have no choice but to stop making the same overtures. \"Of course, we will never close the door on dialogue, and our hand remains extended should someone want to reach for it.\" As Trudeau spoke, Wet'suwet'en and Mohawk protest leaders met on Tyendinaga Mohawk territory in Ontario. Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief Woos, who also goes by the name Frank Alec, told reporters: \"We heard Prime Minister Trudeau just a little while ago talking about the inconvenience Canada has suffered. However, there is a difference between inconvenience and injustice. 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A 24x7 call centre has been set up in Bengaluru to guide COVID-19 patients isolated at home with mild symptoms across the state, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said on Tuesday. Currently, 14410 Apthamitra helpline for the same purpose has been functioning since April, 2020. \"The round-the-clock call centre with 1,100 staff will guide and monitor the health of asymptomatic Covid patients isolated at home to recover from the virus. They will counsel them on how to fight the virus,\" Sudhakar told reporters after chairing a task force committee meeting. The call centre, set up with the help of global software major Infosys at a cost of Rs 11 crore, has begun functioning with 400 employees and will be ramped up with an additional 700 staff in the coming weeks. \"We are also setting up a telemedicine system at a cost of Rs 20 crore for providing healthcare services, including counselling to people across the state on Covid-related and other diseases,\" said Sudhakar, a medical doctor by profession. \"Not all COVID-19 patients need to be hospitalised, especially those who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms of the virus as they can be treated at home or at the Covid Care Centres. Only 10% of active cases are in hospitals across the state,\" asserted Sudhakar. Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan has offered to depute about 1,000 techies to operate the call centre. The state government had formed a task force along with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Saturday to jointly fight the second wave. With health department officials and the CII's state unit representatives as its members, the task force will help the state on using technology to source medicines, medical equipment and software applications, among other things. The state health department is also setting up COVID Care Centres with 50-100 beds in each of the 31 districts across the state to admit asymptomatic patients. \"Portable oxygen will be provided to every 20 beds in each centre. We are procuring 40,000 portable medical oxygen units for deploying them in the state-run hospitals and Covid care centres across the state,\" said the minister. As over 60% of caseload is from Bengaluru, two CCCs are being set up in each of its 28 Assembly constituencies for admitting patients who are asymptomatic or suffering from mild symptoms of the virus. 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In a report released Friday, the Senate Commerce Committee also said the FAA continues to retaliate against whistleblowers. The FAA's parent agency, the Transportation Department, has also hindered investigators by failing to turn over documents, it said. The report follows a similarly scathing review of the FAA by a House panel earlier this year. Both grew out of concern about the agency's approval of the Boeing Max. An FAA spokesman said the agency was reviewing the report but did not have an immediate comment. All Max planes were grounded worldwide after two crashes killed 346 people. Following a lengthy review of Boeing changes, the FAA last month approved the plane to fly again if airlines update a key flight-control system and make other changes. The Senate report, however, criticized a key part of the FAA review. It said that Chicago-based Boeing \"inappropriately influenced\" FAA testing of pilot-reaction time to a nose-down pitch of the plane. 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The game publisher said the decision was aimed at moving priority to high-performing initiatives and cutting ones that don't meet executive expectations. The cuts will come from support staff, according to Chief Executive Bobby Kotick, who told Variety that Activision will now prioritize development in e-sports, advertising and live services. Former Snap Employees Launch Crypto Development Platform Three former employees of Santa Monica-based Snap Inc. have launched their own SaMo venture, flush with $1 million in seed capital from Upfront Ventures and Manta Ray Ventures. Called Forge Platform, the company will develop and distribute tool kits for companies utilizing blockchain and the Ethereum cryptocurrency. TechCrunch reports the company's software development kit will launch \"in a few months,\" and that the firm is seeking staff to help run operations. 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PathAI, meanwhile, will continue to support its biopharmaceutical clients with end-to-end clinical trial services capabilities at its biopharma lab, which is separate and distinct from the diagnostic laboratory business. When Quest announced its planned deal with PathAI last month, the company's senior vice president of oncology, Kristie Dolan, said, \"This transaction will enable Quest to dramatically ramp our capabilities in AI and digital pathology, building on our leadership in oncology and subspecialized pathology services. AI and digital technologies have tremendous potential to improve cancer care, and Quest has the know-how to scale and deliver innovations that are high quality, efficient and broadly accessible.\" AI in NJ: Roseland's CoreWeave furthers European expansion with $2.2B investment Airbnb using AI to predict, block Memorial Day, July 4th parties in NJ Pearson adds generative AI study tools to nursing concepts curriculum The post Quest completes acquisition of PathAI diagnostics assets appeared first on NJBIZ .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Airbnb", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Airbnb", "length": 6, "offset": 1958}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Quest", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 497}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 604}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 719}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 918}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 1135}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 1373}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 1530}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 1763}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 2108}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Quest Diagnostics", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Quest Diagnostics", "length": 17, "offset": 57}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Pearson", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Pearson", "length": 7, "offset": 2029}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "NJBIZ", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NJBIZ", "length": 5, "offset": 2183}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "CoreWeave", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "CoreWeave", "length": 9, "offset": 1898}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Airbnb", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Airbnb", "length": 6, "offset": 1958}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Quest", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 497}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 604}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 719}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 918}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 1135}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 1373}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 1530}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 1763}, {"position_text": "Quest", "length": 5, "offset": 2108}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Boston", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Boston", "length": 6, "offset": 141}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Roseland", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Roseland", "length": 8, "offset": 1887}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1165, "text": "AI focus shifts to 'small and wide' data\nThe Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! AI innovation is occurring at a fast clip, with a number of technologies on the \"hype cycle\" reaching mainstream adoption within two to five years. That's according to Gartner, which today released a report identifying four trends driving near-term AI innovation in the enterprise. It finds that while the AI industry remains in an \"evolutionary state,\" technologies including edge AI, computer vision, decision intelligence, and machine learning are poised to have a transformational impact on markets in coming years. Gartner sees evidence of a trend of companies seeking capabilities beyond what current AI tools can often accomplish. Organizations are focusing on implementation, risk management, and ethics as they look to scale AI initiatives. But data leaders run the risk of failing to realize value from these initiatives if they don't \"prioritize and accelerate\" investments in AI technologies at various stages of maturity, Gartner warns. Responsible AI Increased trust, transparency, fairness, and auditability of AI technologies continues to be of growing importance to a range of stakeholders, according to Gartner. \" Responsible AI \" can help to achieve a semblance of fairness, trust, and regulatory compliance — even if biases are baked into the data and explainability methods fall short. For this reason, Gartner expects that all experts hired for AI development and training work will have to demonstrate competence in responsible AI by 2023. At the same time, Gartner predicts that emerging \"small and wide data\" approaches will enable more robust analytics and AI, reducing organizations' dependency on big data. Wide data allows analysts to examine and combine a variety of small and large, unstructured and structured data, while small data is focused on applying analytical techniques that look for useful information within small, individual sets of data. According to Gartner, by 2025, 70% of organizations will be compelled to shift their focus from big to small and wide data, providing more context for analytics — and making AI less data-hungry. Operationalizing AI The need for enterprise digital transformation during the pandemic has bolstered investments in AI . AI startups raised a collective $73.4 billion in Q4 2020, a $15 billion year-over-year increase. And according to a recent report from ManageEngine, 80% of companies in the U.S. accelerated their AI adoption over the past two years. The report finds that the urgency of leveraging AI for business transformation is driving the need to operationalize AI platforms. This means moving AI projects from concept to production, so that AI solutions can be leveraged to solve enterprise-wide problems like customer service automation. Given the complexity and scale of the data and compute resources involved in AI deployments, AI innovation will require these resources to be used at maximum efficiency, Gartner notes. \"[Our] research has found that only half of AI projects make it from pilot into production, and those that do take an average of nine months to do so,\" Svetlana Sicular, research VP at Gartner, said in a statement. \"Innovations such as AI orchestration and automation platforms and model operationalization are enabling reusability, scalability, and governance, accelerating AI adoption and growth.\" VentureBeat VentureBeat's mission is to be a digital town square for technical decision-makers to gain knowledge about transformative technology and transact. Our site delivers essential information on data technologies and strategies to guide you as you lead your organizations. We invite you to become a member of our community, to access: up-to-date information on the subjects of interest to you our newsletters gated thought-leader content and discounted access to our prized events, such as Transform 2021 : Learn More networking features, and more Become a member Read More Admin The post AI focus shifts to 'small and wide' data appeared first on True Median .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "True Median", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "True Median", "length": 11, "offset": 4125}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "ManageEngine", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ManageEngine", "length": 12, "offset": 2492}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "U.S", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 2530}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1166, "text": "US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall\nWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, suggesting that job growth likely rebounded in November after abruptly slowing last month amid hurricanes and strikes. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 213,000 for the week ended Nov. 16, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 220,000 claims for the latest week. The data included the Veterans Day holiday, which could have injected some volatility. Though claims surged in early October amid disruptions caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton as well as strikes by factory workers at Boeing and another aerospace company, layoffs have remained low. That is softening the hit on the labor market from sluggish hiring. The claims data covered the period during which the government surveyed businesses for the nonfarm payrolls component of November's employment report. Government data on Tuesday confirmed that Helene, Milton and the aerospace strikes had accounted for much of the sharp slowdown in job growth in October. The state employment and unemployment report also showed the labor market steadily slowing. Economists estimated that the strikes and storms probably subtracted between 100,000 and 125,000 jobs from payrolls last month. Nonfarm payrolls increased by a scant 12,000 jobs in October, the smallest gain since December 2020, after rising by 223,000 in September. The Boeing strike ended early this month after workers accepted a new contract, while rebuilding is underway in the areas devastated by the hurricanes. That creates a base of at least 100,000 jobs for November's payrolls. Data next week on unemployment rolls could offer more clarity on the state of the labor market in November. The number of people receiving benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy for hiring, increased 36,000 to a seasonally adjusted 1.908 million during the week ending Nov. 9, the claims report showed. The so-called continuing claims have been boosted by Boeing-related furloughs and the hurricanes. The employment report for November could determine if the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again in December after data suggested that progress lowering inflation to its 2% target had stalled in recent months. The U.S. central bank cut rates by 25 basis points earlier this month, lowering its benchmark overnight interest rate to the 4.50%-4.75% range. The Fed embarked on its policy easing cycle with an unusually large half-percentage-point rate cut in September, its first reduction in borrowing costs since 2020. It hiked rates by 525 basis points in 2022 and 2023 to curb a surge in inflation. 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The funds obtained from this divestment are likely to be reinvested in the emerging semiconductor sector. According to various sources, including South Korean media ET News, Samsung sold off its entire stake in ASML during the fourth quarter of 2023, intending to channel the proceeds into the burgeoning semiconductor sector. As per the latest data submitted by Samsung to South Korean regulatory authorities, Samsung held approximately 1.58 million shares of ASML in the third quarter of 2023, but by the end of the fourth quarter of the same year, Samsung had divested all of its holdings. In 2012, Samsung invested KRW700 billion to acquire about 3% of ASML shares. Approximately four years later, in 2016, Samsung sold half its stake, fetching around KRW600 billion. In August 2023, reports surfaced again that Samsung began to divest half of its remaining ASML holdings, yielding around 3 trillion Korean won. At that time, according to Samsung's half-year report for 2023, it was revealed that Samsung's ownership of ASML shares had decreased from over 6.29 million shares in the first quarter of 2023 to over 2.75 million shares by the end of the second quarter, with its ownership percentage dropping from 1.6% to 0.7%. Furthermore, based on the market value of ASML disclosed by Samsung, the total proceeds from the sale of shares are roughly estimated to be around KRW6.1 trillion. This implies that the disposal amount for stocks in 2023 is approximately KRW5.5 trillion, in addition to the KRW600 billion obtained in 2016. In other words, it is speculated that Samsung has achieved a return of approximately eight times its initial investment of KRW700 billion. Samsung's \"clearing out\" of its ASML holdings is interpreted as Samsung's intention to recover its investment and raise funds for new ventures. Additionally, with ASML's continuous expansion, Samsung has chosen to divest its holdings rather than continue to hold them. However, most analysts believe that Samsung's divestment will not affect the collaboration between the two companies. Despite Samsung's underperformance in the semiconductor sector in 2023, the company is still not expanding its investment in high-bandwidth memory (HBM) or advanced processes below 3 nanometers. 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Video streaming platform Eros Now has announced its partnership with integrated digital media platform Verizon Media, to meet global consumer demand for high quality streaming of Indian cinema. The platform, in order to penetrate additional markets, has decided to migrate from its technology-dense streaming stack to a fully managed streaming service. This is important for the platform as it has subscribers coming in from 150 countries as of Q2. Ralf Jacob, President, Verizon Media, said that the reach and cost of ownership are major challenges that affect global businesses of OTT players. Here's what transpired in the Indian pharma and healthcare industry in 2019 Zee betting big on regional space, launches four new regional channels \"Hence, Eros Now needed to choose a partner that can grow their brand globally without exponential cost so their engineering and design teams can focus on the user experience and content they are bringing to market,\" he said. According to Jacob, the partnership will help Eros Now simplify its video processing workflow by moving the platform's OTT workflow to the cloud and reducing costs. Verizon Media will also help simplify the integration by providing a single platform and workflow for encoding, storage and delivery, thus helping Eros Now to scale operations and focus on their end-user experience. Jacob said that Verizon Media's end-to-end streaming workflow will let Eros Now refocus operational and capital investments into innovations. \"Plus, Eros Now will also not have to worry about encoding, storage or delivery of their content. They (Eros Now) can also use Smartplay technology to deliver a 1:1 session to each user that hits play. This optimizes the experience each user gets to make sure the end result optimizes their viewing session to increase brand loyalty,\" he added. What's in it for the users? Talking to Moneycontrol, Ali Hussein, CEO, Eros Now, said that getting on Verizon Media's platform will mean \"reduction of buffering in terms of video delivery, it will help Eros Now optimise the behaviour patterns, get into the depth of delivering videos in package, understanding the consumer session time and then queuing up the package so that the experience is seamless.\" Eros Now is significantly investing in technology, like many other video OTT platforms, to enhance the binge-watching experience of viewers. However, when it comes to the technology behind the video OTTs, \"the easier it is for the user, the more complicated it is at the back-end,\" says Hussein. \"We try to create experiences in terms of understanding of what the customers like to watch, ensuring that you are able to increase the session time, ensuring that we are able to seamlessly stack up the delivery to the customer and then create a behaviour which gets repeated. Right from data sciences to recommendation engines, there is a full stack of services to ensure that we are able to become smarter in understanding customer cohorts,\" he explained. In addition, it is technology that helps video-streaming platforms ensure that the cost is optimised from the delivery perspective, which is important especially for subscription-based video services. 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Earlier, 430,000 people had marched through city streets to oppose a controversial extradition bill and call for Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam to resign. Thousands of masked protesters remained on the city streets and formed supply lines passing umbrellas and barricades to the frontline after 8pm when police announced they would launch a clearance operation in the west near Beijing's offices. Riot police line up outside the Liaison Office in Hong Kong.Credit:AP Graffiti insulting Chinese president Xi Jinping was sprayed on the Central Goverment Liaison Office, which the protest march reached in the early evening. Hundreds of thousand of protesters had ignored a police demand that the authorised rally end short, on the other side of the glossy Central district. Police had attempted to curb the march, which was organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, to call for an independent commission into police behaviour at earlier protests. At 10pm large numbers of protesters had gathered on Central's glossiest shopping streets, outside Louis Vuitton and Tiffany stores. On Pedder Street protesters huddled under umbrellas like a rugby scrum to build barricades to block police advancing by tying fences with cable ties. Mainland Chinese newspaper The Global Times condemned the defacing of China's offices and said the protesters were causing \"chaos\". Earlier in the afternoon people had marched through the parliament district and occupied major roads outside the Legislative Council in a large but peaceful act of civil disobedience. \"We want to fight for our feeedom. Even though Carrie Lam said the extradition bill was dead, we want it withdrawn and Lam to step down. We want universal suffrage,\" said Ching, aged 37. He said at 6.40pm he kept walking to Central despite passing the official end point of the march because \"the police just disappeared\". Outside police headquarters protesters had turned huge water filled barricades, placed there to protect the building, into Lennon Walls - walls covered with sticky notes urging political reform. The Legislative Council was also barricaded. But there were few police to be seen on the street, and the Central Government Liaison Office was left exposed. After police moved towards the western district there was a deafening roar as protesters retreated to Central. But human chains were set up to send umbrellas to the frontline. Tens of thousands of masked protesters lined the street cheering as barricades were carried along the road. Multiple Lennon Walls sprung up along the route. Man, 30, wrote \"Be water\", a famous quote from kung fu star Bruce Lee that has been adopted as the young protesters' motto as they try to evade arrest. \"We want freedom in Hong Kong,\" she said. 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Many Ohioans went to bed on Saturday with thoughts of El Paso, Texas. Earlier, a gunman opened fire at a Walmart there, killing 20 people and injuring dozens. Then, morning arrived with word of a mass shooting at a popular Dayton bar, the toll nine dead with many wounded. These horrific episodes, at least 33 across the country this year, account for a fraction of the casualties of gun violence. Yet they leave a deep impression, in the unimaginable slaughter and the vulnerability of the victims. Those at Walmart on weekend errands or enjoying a summer evening with friends had no idea of the devastation coming. The same goes for those attending the garlic festival in Gilroy, Calif., a week earlier, in which a gunman killed three and wounded 13 others. All told, that adds up to 32 dead in a matter of days. The investigation in Dayton continues, the killer, a 24-year-old student, heavily armed, in body armor, dying as city police officers responded quickly, saving many lives. Authorities in El Paso captured the suspect, and by Sunday, they were calling the shooting a domestic terrorism case and weighing whether to bring hate crime charges. That thinking is driven by a hate-filled, anti-immigrant manifesto that appeared online just minutes before the shooting. The document warns about a \"Hispanic invasion of Texas\" as part of foreigners replacing white people. It calls for separating the country into territories by race. It refers to the mass murder of Muslims in New Zealand in March, leaving 51 dead, in which the killer published a similar manifesto promoting white supremacy. There is a chilling thread through the recent mass shootings in Pittsburgh and Poway, Calif., even Charlottesville, where guns weren't involved, one woman fatally hit by a car, but the chant at a white supremacist rally went, \"Jews will not replace us.\" What about the toxic rhetoric of President Trump? He clearly has played to racial divisions and stoked fear. His administration's treatment of migrants has departed from decency. Yet the immigration debate isn't just a failure of presidential leadership. Congress has neglected the obvious compromise, or a comprehensive answer to spur consensus and narrow openings to inflame. Something similar applies to the gun debate. There is no perfect solution. There may be no set of laws that would have stopped the majority of mass shootings. The point is the country, and the state, could do much better in seeking to curb gun violence, and do so without harming individual gun rights. The Democratic majority in the U.S. House has advanced bipartisan legislation extending background checks to all gun sales. Today, roughly one-fifth of purchases proceed without such a check. Polls show a huge majority of Americans agree. Yet the Republican majority in the U.S. Senate resists this sensible step. A year ago, John Kasich, in his final months as governor, urged his fellow Republicans in charge of the legislature to enact a handful of modest gun regulations, including a \"red flag\" provision allowing for the court-approved temporary removal of guns from those deemed a threat to themselves or others. The legislative majorities balked. They express more interest in easing the requirements to carry a concealed weapon and expanding the concept of \"stand your ground.\" Gov. Mike DeWine has called for a \"red flag\" law, too. The idea goes to enacting a collection of small and responsible measures to slow the killing, from safe storage requirements to public health research and banning \"bump stocks,\" which deliver the traits of a machine gun. 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Verizon is the biggest yet to join the advertising boycott, which has gained the backing of dozens of U.S. companies, and its announcement was a blow to Facebook's efforts to contain the growing revolt. \"We're pausing our advertising until Facebook can create an acceptable solution that makes us comfortable,\" a Verizon representative said. U.S. civil rights groups to support the Stop Hate for Profit campaign, which protests the world's biggest social network's lax approach to hate speech, harassment and misinformation. – July 15-17. 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According to Alivecore's statement, this is the first time that ITC's limited injunction order against Apple has exceeded the 60-day presidential review period. \"We strongly agree with the President's upholding of the ITC's decision and agree that Apple should be held accountable for infringing patents on ECG technology,\" Alivecore CEO Priya Abani said in a statement. The ITC found in December that the Apple Watch with an EKG sensor infringes on two of AliveCor's patents, but will not impose an import ban until another appeal to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is resolved. The US Patent and Trademark Office ruled in favor of Apple in early December last year, ruling that Alivecore's related patents were invalid. On the other hand, ITC also rejected Apple's claim that these patents were clearly based on Prior-Art in December last year. 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The worst fears about the future of Thomas Cook have been confirmed as the firm collapsed into compulsory liquidation. Here the PA news agency looks at some of the key questions for its customers. – How many people are affected? The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said there are currently more than 150,000 British customers on Thomas Cook holidays abroad – nearly twice the number that were repatriated after the collapse of Monarch in 2017. An estimated million more have lost their future bookings. – What will happen to customers already on holiday? The CAA said the Government has asked it to launch a repatriation programme over the next two weeks, starting on Monday and running to Sunday 6 October. The Department for Transport (DfT) said all customers currently abroad with Thomas Cook who are booked to return to the UK over the next two weeks will be brought home as close as possible to their booked return date. Thomas Cook package holiday customers will also see the cost of their accommodation covered by the Government, through the Air Travel Trust Fund or Atol scheme. Customers currently overseas should not travel to the airport until their flight back to the UK has been confirmed on the dedicated website thomascook.caa.co.uk. Thomas Cook customers are facing uncertainty over how they will get home (Rick Findler/PA) – What about those who have bookings and are yet to travel? All bookings have been cancelled and, according to the CAA, Thomas Cook customers in the UK who have yet to travel should not go to the airport as all flights leaving the UK have been grounded. – Who will pay for this? When Monarch Airlines went bust in October 2017, the Government spent £60 million hiring planes to get passengers home. A figure has not been given but bringing back Thomas Cook passengers will likely cost more than this. – What is the Atol scheme? Atol provides protection to holidaymakers when travel firms collapse. – What type of bookings are protected? The scheme protects most trips booked as a package, such as flights and accommodation, or flights and car hire. It also applies to some flight-only bookings, particularly when the tickets are not received immediately. – What protection does it offer? If a business collapses while you are on holiday, the scheme will make sure you can finish your holiday and return home. Customers who have not yet left home will be given a refund or replacement holiday. – What can I do if my trip is not Atol protected? Under normal circumstances, passengers who are not ATOL protected would be asked to find, and pay for, their own way home. Holidaymakers can usually apply to their credit or debit card provider to be reimbursed. Not all travel insurance policies provide coverage when a firm collapses. But in this case, the DfT said everyone on a Thomas Cook holiday with a return flight to the UK within the two weeks will be brought home free of charge, whether they are Atol protected or not and regardless of their nationality. Thomas Cook shops face closure (Adam Butler/PA) – What will happen to Thomas Cook shops? Thomas Cook has around 600 stores on UK high streets which are expected to close. Thomas Cook Group employs around 21,000 people in 16 countries. – What about the airlines? All flights have been cancelled, according to the CAA. 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Amazon faces yet another union vote this year, this time at a facility outside Albany, N.Y., months after workers on Staten Island formed the company's first unionized U.S. warehouse. While Amazon pursues legal challenges to that historic union win , federal labor officials on Wednesday approved the election at the warehouse known as ALB1. In mid-October, 400 workers there will vote on whether to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, the same independent group that unionized more than 8,000 at the massive Staten Island warehouse. It's run by current and former Amazon workers, and led by a man whom Amazon fired after he led a pandemic-era walkout. Other unionization efforts have not been successful. In the spring, workers at a smaller Staten Island warehouse voted against joining the ALU . And unionization efforts have failed so far at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama. At the Albany-area warehouse, Amazon workers will vote on Oct. 12, 13, 15 and 17 in a tent in the facility's parking lot. The NLRB will tally the ballots on Oct. 18. Amazon did not immediately comment. Amazon earlier this month lost a key battle in its attempt to reverse the union's victory in Staten Island. A National Labor Relations Board official recommended that Amazon's objections be rejected in full and that the union be certified. A formal NLRB decision on the matter is expected in the coming days, potentially requiring Amazon to begin contract negotiations with the union. 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Widening of the investigation in Estonia adds to pressure on Danske Bank, as the lender and its investors await a potentially much larger fine from U.S. authorities for its involvement in one of the world's biggest money laundering scandals. \"We are investigating more than 10 cases with a total amount of up to $2 billion,\" said a spokeswoman for the prosecutor general. The prosecutor said it was previously looking into suspect money flows worth $300 million relating to two separate cases. It declined to comment further on the status of those new cases, but said it was working together with a number of countries, including the United States. Danske, Denmark's biggest bank, admitted in 2018 that suspicious payments totaling 200 billion euros ($223 billion) from Russia and elsewhere flowed through its branch in Estonia, triggering worldwide probes. \"We of course continue to cooperate with the authorities and make ourselves - and the knowledge we have - available to the investigations,\" Danske said in a statement on Thursday. Danske, which was thrown out of Estonia and has said it would also exit the other Baltic states and Russia, also repeated an earlier statement saying it \"should never have had the now closed portfolio of non-resident customers in Estonia\". In 2018, Estonian authorities apprehended 10 former employees of the local Danske branch on suspicions of having facilitated a flow of dirty money through the branch. Shares in Danske have lost more than half of their value since money-laundering allegations against the bank gained pace, but analyst Thomas Eskildsen at Handelsbanken said Thursday's development was \"marginal\" in a broader context. \"It is a possible fine by the U.S. authorities that worries investors,\" he said. Shares in Danske were trading up 0.56% at 1028 GMT. 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MBEs are awarded to individuals who are making a difference in their industry. At Ameresco, Apsey works on energy performance contracting and renewable energy projects. A chemical engineer by training, Apsey is also chairman of the Energy Centre Board for the Institution of Chemical Engineers . \"I am deeply honoured to have received this award,\" said Apsey. \"I have had the privilege of working with many organisations and individuals over the years that have helped begin the work towards making our world a cleaner, greener place to live. There is still much more we can do when it comes to sustainability in the UK and worldwide and I'm inspired to continue this work with urgency.\" \"The entire Ameresco UK team is incredibly proud of Mark for receiving this honor,\" said Britta MacIntosh, Vice President of UK Operations at Ameresco. \"He is committed to making a positive environmental impact through his work, and his successes demonstrate that he is so deserving of this recognition.\" Prior to joining Ameresco in 2014, Apsey worked in a variety of engineering leadership roles for companies including EnergyExcel, Atkins and GlaxoSmithKline. A resident of Sussex, England, Apsey is a graduate of the University of Exeter, where he earned his Master of Engineering degree in Chemical and Process Engineering. About Ameresco, Inc. Founded in 2000, Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading independent provider of comprehensive services, energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, asset sustainability and renewable energy solutions for businesses and organizations throughout North America and Europe. Ameresco's sustainability services include upgrades to a facility's energy infrastructure and the development, construction and operation of renewable energy plants. Ameresco has successfully completed energy saving, environmentally responsible projects with Federal, state and local governments, healthcare and educational institutions, housing authorities, and commercial and industrial customers. With its corporate headquarters in Framingham, MA, Ameresco has more than 1,000 employees providing local expertise in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.ameresco.com . 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This momentum is set to continue with plans for the new night-time hub, The Deck, that will provide more retailers, restaurants, and leisure facilities in the heart of Bracknell town centre giving a link between Princess Square and Bull Square. \"The reopening of non-essential retail continues to breathe new life into the property industry, and open-air retail schemes, in particular, such as The Lexicon in Bracknell are still experiencing a high level of attraction with the diverse retail, F&B and leisure facilities it has to offer within a winning location,\" says Harry Pickering, head of UK Retail at Schroders. \"From our perspective, the key now is to prioritise making the shopping experience as exciting and enticing as possible, to continue restoring consumer confidence, and seize this opportunity to make up as much ground as possible on what has been a damaging year for the sector.\" The joint agents for The Lexicon are CBRE and Lunson Mitchenall.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Gail's Bakery", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Gail's Bakery", "length": 13, "offset": 152}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Lunson Mitchenall", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Lunson Mitchenall", "length": 17, "offset": 1713}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Zizzi", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Zizzi", "length": 5, "offset": 401}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "CBRE", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "CBRE", "length": 4, "offset": 1704}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Kokoro", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Kokoro", "length": 6, "offset": 144}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Wagamama", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Wagamama", "length": 8, "offset": 391}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Nando's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Nando's", "length": 7, "offset": 433}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Bracknell Forest Council", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bracknell Forest Council", "length": 24, "offset": 612}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "PizzaExpress", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "PizzaExpress", "length": 12, "offset": 408}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Lexicon", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Lexicon", "length": 7, "offset": 4}, {"position_text": "Lexicon", "length": 7, "offset": 54}, {"position_text": "Lexicon", "length": 7, "offset": 1692}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Schroder", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Schroder", "length": 8, "offset": 240}, {"position_text": "Schroder", "length": 8, "offset": 541}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "Bill's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bill's", "length": 6, "offset": 422}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 12, "entity_text": "Lexicon", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Lexicon", "length": 7, "offset": 4}, {"position_text": "Lexicon", "length": 7, "offset": 54}, {"position_text": "Lexicon", "length": 7, "offset": 1692}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 13, "entity_text": "PizzaExpress", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "PizzaExpress", "length": 12, "offset": 408}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 14, "entity_text": "Wagamama", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Wagamama", "length": 8, "offset": 391}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 15, "entity_text": "CBRE", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "CBRE", "length": 4, "offset": 1704}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1178, "text": "Assets of the world's largest companies with growing risk of climate impact: S&P\nMore than 90% of the world's largest companies will have at least one asset highly exposed to the physical effects of climate change by the 2050s, data and analysis from index and rating provider S&P Global showed Thursday. From heatwaves to flooding, extreme weather is increasingly causing turmoil around the world, prompting companies and investors to better understand and measure the risks to their assets. If the world continues as it does today and fails to contain climate-damaging emissions, 98% of the largest companies — classified as those in the S&P Global 1200 index — could be highly exposed by the 2090s, it added. However, if the Paris Climate Agreement target of limiting global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius is achieved, the proportion of large companies with assets with a high physical risk could be reduced to 39% during that period. \"Investors and companies are looking for advanced analytics to address the financial impacts of climate change. Essential here is the ability to quantify the financial impact of climate change at the asset level to enable meaningful mitigation and adaptation planning,\" said James McMahon, chief executive officer of The Climate Service, part of S&P Global, in a statement. Using climate models that simulate the physics, chemistry and biology of the atmosphere, land and oceans, S&P said it was able to evaluate risk for more than 20,000 companies and more than 870,000 asset locations, each on a scale of zero to 100. By the 2050s, every company would have at least one asset with a rating of more than 75, which is considered to be at significantly high risk from extreme heat, extreme cold, wildfires, water stress, drought, coastal flooding, river flooding and tropical cyclone. After scoring an asset for physical risk exposure, S&P can then calculate the financial impact, allowing companies to adjust their exposure, it said. \"In simple terms, this dataset enables companies and investors to understand their climate risks — and, vitally, what they could cost,\" McMahon said. (Reporting by Juliette Portala; editing by Simon Jessop and Mark Potter) The most important insurance news, in your inbox every working day. 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The sector tends to generate lots of cash flow, which companies can return to shareholders via dividends. Enterprise Products Partners ( EPD 1.50% ) , Clearway Energy ( CWEN 0.37% ) ( CWEN.A ) , and NextEra Energy ( NEE 1.03% ) are three energy dividend stocks that three Fool.com contributors believe are no-brainer buys right now. Here's why they stand out. Simple, reliable Reuben Gregg Brewer (Enterprise Products Partners): I like to err on the side of caution when it comes to cyclical industries like energy . With oil and natural gas prices on the high side today, it seems like a good time to hedge one's bets in the sector. There are few better ways to do that than by investing in a pipeline stock like Enterprise Products Partners, which is technically a master limited partnership (MLP). The logic is pretty simple. Enterprise is one of the largest midstream players in North America. It owns the pipelines, storage, transportation, and processing assets that help move energy from where it gets drilled to where it gets consumed. The world doesn't operate without this infrastructure. And Enterprise largely charges fees for the use of its portfolio of assets, so the price of oil is much less important than demand. In other words, you get to sidestep the riskiest part of the energy sector — commodity price volatility. But that's not the full picture, because the MLP's distribution yield is a very generous 7.6%. Moreover, in the third quarter, Enterprise's distributable cash flow covered the disbursement by a huge 1.8 times. There's no reason to worry about a distribution cut. In fact, it is far more likely that the MLP will add to its 24-year streak of annual distribution hikes than that the streak will come to an end. Powerful growth locked in Matt DiLallo (Clearway Energy): Clearway Energy is one of the largest renewable energy producers in the country. It also operates a sizable fleet of environmentally sound natural-gas-fired power plants. Because of that, it's well positioned for a lower-carbon future. Clearway's existing clean energy portfolio generates lots of steady cash flow. It returns a sizable portion of that money to shareholders via a dividend yielding 4.2%. The company believes it can grow that payout toward the upper end of its 5% to 8% annual target range through at least 2026. Powering that conviction is its accretive capital recycling program. Clearway sold its thermal asset for $1.35 billion in net proceeds earlier this year. It has since completed or identified several deals to put that money to work, generating higher returns. As a result, Clearway has the visibility to grow its cash available for distribution (CAFD) from $336 million last year (including income generated by its thermal assets) to more than $440 million over the next few years. That would boost its CAFD to over $2.15 per share, giving it plenty of room to grow the dividend from its current $1.469 per share annualized rate. Meanwhile, the company should have ample power to continue growing its CAFD and dividend beyond that time frame. Clearway generates excess cash after paying its dividend and has a solid financial profile. That gives it the funding flexibility to acquire additional income-producing clean energy assets. Add Clearway's high-yielding dividend to its growth potential, and the clean power producer could generate double-digit total returns for its shareholders in the coming years. That lower-risk upside potential powered by the clean energy transition makes it a no-brainer buy, especially considering the stock is down about 15% from its recent high. Dividends that keep growing Neha Chamaria (NextEra Energy): Climate change and its consequences are forcing some of the largest economies in the world to rethink their energy policies and switch to cleaner sources of energy. Put another way, renewable energy is an indisputable growth area within the energy sector, and investing in stocks that are already leading from the front seems like a no-brainer. NextEra Energy fits the bill. NextEra Energy is the world's largest producer of wind and solar energy. The best part is that this company also has a large, well-established traditional utility business that's a steady cash-flow machine. So while its utility business provides stability, its clean energy business is the key to the company's growth. So far, NextEra Energy has executed well, and that has been reflected in the company's dividend and share price growth over the years. In the past 15 years, NextEra Energy grew its dividend per share at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.8%, backed by a roughly 8.4% CAGR in adjusted earnings per share. But what's the guarantee that you'll still be rewarded if you buy NextEra Energy stock now? There's no guarantee in the stock markets, but this company has it all to deliver and reward. By 2025, NextEra Energy wants to become the largest and \"most profitable\" clean energy company in the U.S. That's not a long shot. NextEra Energy's clean energy arm already had a backlog of signed contracts worth nearly 20 gigawatts as of the end of the third quarter. That's almost 70% of its existing operational green energy capacity and should give you an idea about the company's growth potential. NextEra Energy is also confident of growing its annual dividend per share by around 10% through \"at least\" 2024. So if you buy NextEra Energy stock now, you're getting a 2% yield and can expect around 10% annual dividend growth every year, which should be well supported by earnings and cash-flow growth. It's a great investment opportunity, I'd say. Matthew DiLallo has positions in Clearway Energy, Inc., Enterprise Products Partners, and NextEra Energy. Neha Chamaria has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Reuben Gregg Brewer has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends NextEra Energy. The Motley Fool recommends Enterprise Products Partners. 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(File TORONTO — Members of a class action have no right to appeal a court-approved settlement of the lawsuit, Ontario's top court ruled on Thursday. The Court of Appeal decision means Walmart Canada and The Home Depot Canada are bound by a multimillion-dollar agreement reached between the plaintiffs, the credit card companies Visa and Mastercard and the banks that issue the cards. \"They did not avail themselves of an opportunity to opt out of the class action at the time of an earlier settlement,\" the five-judge panel ruled. \"Accordingly, subject to their right to object at the settlement approval hearing, they were bound by any judgment or settlement in the class action.\" The case arose out of allegations that Visa, Mastercard and 10 banks had conspired since March 2001 to fix, maintain, increase, or control certain fees for merchants who accept payment by credit card. Class actions were launched in various parts of Canada and settled for more than $50 million, and in the United States. A year ago, Superior Court Justice Paul Perell approved a settlement in Ontario under which, among other things, Visa agreed to pay $9.5 million to the plaintiff merchants. MasterCard agreed to a similar settlement. Neither company admitted any liability. During the approval process, Walmart and Home Depot objected to what they called unfair settlements that were not in the best interests of the class members. In particular, the two retailers argued the agreements amounted to an endorsement of an illegal conspiracy in which Visa and Mastercard were central players. The agreements, they said, released the credit card companies from consequences for any future anti-competitive conduct. While finding that the retailers had every right to raise their objections, Perell nevertheless approved the settlement as in the best interest of class members overall. Walmart and Home Depot then turned to the Court of Appeal. In rejecting the retailers' challenge, the higher court noted that neither company was a representative plaintiff, which makes litigation decisions on behalf of the class and bears the risks if the action fails. For two decades, the court said, case law related to class proceedings legislation has precluded a class member from appealing a settlement approval. Allowing individual members to appeal settlements would lead to uncertainty and inefficiency, the Appeal Court said. The court noted that settlement approval is not the same as passing judgment on the issues at play. Instead, it said, it is a finding that the deal is fair and in the best interests of the class. \"There are sound policy reasons why class members should not be entitled to appeal a settlement order where the representative plaintiff declines to do so,\" the Appeal Court said. 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The Labor Day rally marked their first appearance together on the campaign trail since Harris replaced Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket in July, and the president introduced the vice president to a crowd of more than 600 people packed into a union hall. \"U.S. Steel is a historic American company, and it is vital for our nation to maintain strong American steel companies,\" Harris said in her remarks at the rally. \"U.S. Steel should remain American-owned and American-operated,\" she added. The U.S. holiday of Labor Day marks the start of the vital post-summer sprint to the Nov. 5 election. Both Harris and her Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, are expected to ramp up outreach to voters, especially in battleground states which could prove decisive such as Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Nevada. Trump stayed off the campaign trail on Monday, while Harris held events in Detroit and Pittsburgh, where she used her remarks to underscore support for steel workers. Harris' position on U.S. Steel Corp (X.N), opens new tab mirrors that of Biden, who said in March that the company, which has agreed to be bought by Japan's Nippon Steel (5401.T), opens new tab for $14.9 billion, must remain a domestically owned American firm. Trump in February had signaled he would move to block the deal, a potential merger that has stirred anxiety among some unionized workers, a key voting bloc in Pennsylvania and the other \"Rust Belt\" swing states likely to determine the results of the election. Last month, Trump said he would halt the deal. U.S. Steel said on Sunday it is committed to the deal with Nippon Steel, which it calls the \"best deal for them (employees) and the communities where they live in.\" GAZA WAR CASTS SHADOW Developments in the Middle East over talks on a deal to reach a Gaza ceasefire and release hostages cast a shadow on the event on Monday. Over the weekend, Israel recovered the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in Gaza where it said they were recently killed by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, sparking sharp criticism of the Biden administration's ceasefire strategy and new pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring the remaining hostages home. Biden told reporters earlier on Monday he did not think Netanyahu was doing enough to secure a hostage deal. The war is weighing on the U.S. election, with pro-Palestinian activists threatening to ramp up protests against Harris on the campaign trail. Thousands of pro-Palestinian activists opposing U.S. support for Israel's war in Gaza held a protest in New York City on Monday. Biden and Harris met with the U.S. hostage negotiation team on Monday and discussed the next steps in efforts to free the remaining captives, the White House said. Some 1,200 Israelis were killed in Hamas' surprise attack on Oct. 7 and around 250 were taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies. Health authorities in Gaza say more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli assault on the enclave since that has also displaced nearly its entire 2.3 million population, caused a hunger crisis and led to genocide allegations at the World Court that Israel denies. POST-LABOR DAY SPRINT Trump will participate in a FOX town hall on Wednesday hosted by Sean Hannity and later this week will address the Fraternal Order of Police at their fall meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, and hold a rally in Wisconsin. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Harris was leading in the race against Trump 45% to 41%. Harris and Walz are hoping to keep up the enthusiasm her entry into the race has sparked among Democrats, who are donating record amounts of money to the campaign and volunteering by the tens of thousands. 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(\"Loop Media\") (NYSE American: LPTV), the free streaming television media company for business which provides over 2 billion video views every month via restaurants, retail businesses, office buildings, doctors' offices, airports, bars, and college campuses, announced today that it has rolled out in beta testing a self-service video advertising platform (\"Loops Ads Manager\") for local businesses and venues to advertise on the Loop Media platform. Loop Media believes this anticipated new line of advertising revenue could be a significant additional contributor to Loop Media's revenue, as Loop Media seeks to capture local advertising dollars that do not generally flow through the larger ad demand partners working with regional and national advertisers. Local and regional venues, services, brands, businesses, and agencies will be able to place ads on any of Loop TV networks' 71,000+ screens, including partner screens, via the Loop Media Ads Manager, built in partnership with OrkaTV. This partnership is designed to empower local and regional marketers' access to Loop Media's powerful network at am.loop.tv. \"The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) estimates that national advertising makes up 35% of the yearly out of home advertising revenue and this is the area where Loop Media has primarily participated in since its inception,\" said Jon Niermann, Chief Executive Officer of Loop Media. \"With Loop Ads Manager, which we've built for the growing local demand for our platform, we are now able to more aggressively participate in the local advertising revenue stream which makes up 65% of the annual out of home advertising revenue. In addition, we're providing our customers--and essentially any local business--the opportunity to advertise directly on the Loop TV platform in their local markets or beyond. Advertisers will be able to select their choice of markets anywhere in the nation with a quick, efficient, easy to use tool, and at an advertising entry price point that a local business owner can justify and manage,\" Niermann continued. OrkaTV built the Loop Ads Manager on top of its best-in-class Streaming TV ad tech infrastructure. This enables Loop TV to offer differentiated features such as the proprietary \"Venue Type\" forecasting tool for targeting desired audiences watching TV-Out-of-Home (TVOOH) FAST channels. The Loop Ads Manager can ingest existing creative, or its creative experts with decades of experience can assist a business owner in creating a new ad with minimal input. \"We built the Loop Ads Manager to democratize the entire process and cut through the prohibitive cost thresholds, clutter and usability issues that are inherent in most DSPs,\" said Mike Woods, Chief Executive Officer, and Founder of OrkaTV. \"The result is the easiest way for small businesses or any business to get their ads on Loop TV's premium streaming TV channels,\" he added. \"We love having Loop TV in our venue! We are even more excited to be able to efficiently advertise The Pink Tub in other venues in order to reach new customers in our local market at a cost that is affordable for us!\" said Victoria E. Thomas-Bodie, Founder & Executive Vice President of Operations at The Pink Tub, an opulent organic handmade body and bath brand based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Loop Ads Manager will begin service in beta-testing mode on September 21st. About Loop Media, Inc. Loop Media, Inc. (\"Loop Media\") (NYSE American: LPTV) is a leading digital out of home (DOOH)TV and digital signage platform optimized for businesses, providing free music video, news, sports, and entertainment channels through its Loop TV service. Loop Media is the leading company in the U.S. licensed to stream music videos to businesses through its proprietary Loop Player. Loop Media's digital video content reaches millions of viewers in DOOH locations including bars/restaurants, office buildings, retail businesses, college campuses, airports, and on free ad-supported TV platforms and at local gas stations on GSTV terminals in the United States. Loop is fueled by one of the largest and most important short form entertainment libraries that includes music videos, movie trailers, branded content, and live performances. Loop Media's non-music channels cover a multitude of genres and moods and include movie trailers, sports highlights, lifestyle and travel videos, viral videos, and more. Loop Media's streaming services generate revenue from advertising, sponsorships, and from subscriptions. To learn more about Loop Media products and applications, please visit us online at Loop.tv Follow us on social: Instagram: @loopforbusiness X (Twitter): @loopforbusiness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/loopforbusiness About OrkaTV OrkaTV is the leading Streaming TV marketplace. We monetize over 3,500 FAST channels, generating 35B Ad Requests/Month, and growing. Our marketplace consists of high-quality FAST channels, watched on televisions, delivering an engaging, traditional TV experience, without popups or skipping. OrkaTV is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA. To learn more about OrkaTV products and applications, please visit us online at Orka.tv Follow us on social: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orkatv/ X (Twitter): @orkatv Safe Harbor Statement and Disclaimer This news release includes \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, but not limited to, Loop Media's ability to compete in the highly competitive markets in which it operates, statements regarding Loop Media's ability to develop talent and attract future talent, the success of strategic actions Loop Media is taking, and the impact of strategic transactions. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations, opinion, belief or forecasts of future events and performance. A statement identified by the use of forward-looking words including \"will,\" \"may,\" \"expects,\" \"projects,\" \"anticipates,\" \"plans,\" \"believes,\" \"estimate,\" \"should,\" and certain of the other foregoing statements may be deemed forward-looking statements. Although Loop Media believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future activities and results to be materially different from those suggested or described in this news release. Investors are cautioned that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected. The forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof. 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Texas health officials in 2019 identified a cancer cluster in Houston's historically Black Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens neighborhoods. A second cluster was identified in 2021. Health officials have found higher rates of respiratory cancers as well as childhood cancers, including acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Residents and local officials have long blamed the high number of cancer cases on contamination from a Union Pacific rail yard near both neighborhoods. Creosote, which has been associated with an increased risk of contracting cancer, was used for more than 80 years at the site until the 1980s. City officials say the contamination has reached the groundwater in the neighborhoods. In September 2022, the Houston Health Department announced that testing of surface soil samples from around the Union Pacific rail yard found dioxin, a highly toxic chemical compound associated with cancer and other health risks. Mayor Sylvester Turner said the city has spoken with Union Pacific for months about helping relocate residents, but the company has indicated it wants to wait until additional testing is complete. Testing of the area through a consent order from the Environmental Protection Agency is set to be conducted through September, with the results scheduled to be released by December. Union Pacific \"has an open invitation to help fund this (relocation) effort and to participate in this process, if they so choose. But they not only have a legal obligation, they have a moral obligation. How many more families do you need to see suffer? How many more children must die before they have a moral obligation to step in?\" Turner said during a news conference. A prop skeleton dressed iin a \"Creosote Killed Me\" T-shirt sits in the middle of the seating during a community meeting put on by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, held at the Deluxe Theater Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Houston. Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases, the city's mayor announced Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Michael Wyke/Houston Chronicle via AP) In a statement, Union Pacific said additional testing is \"required to accurately determine the true extent and source of contamination in the neighborhood. Relocation should be based on a human health risk assessment.\" Union Pacific said it's focused on the community's safety, and it has \"made measurable progress with on-site clean-up since acquiring the property in a 1997 merger and are committed to finishing the job.\" Residents of the neighborhoods say they have long felt their concerns for their health and safety have been ignored by the railroad company and by local officials. Pamela Matthews, 61, who has lived in the Fifth Ward neighborhood since she was 5 years old, said Thursday was the one-year anniversary of her mother's death from cancer. Her brother is currently fighting cancer. Her family home is two blocks from the Union Pacific rail yard. \"My kids, my grandkids, that was the family home. We put everything we had vested into that property and we made it through and we were happy and we had God and we didn't think for one second that we were at risk,\" Matthews said during Thursday's news conference. Turner said relocating families from among the 100 properties that have been affected by the contamination could cost up to $26 million. The city is looking at internal as well as federal funding to help pay for the relocation program, which will be put together by a strike force made up of health, housing and community development officials. No timetable was given for when the relocation process could be completed. 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The desk of car rental company Hertz is seen at Nice International airport (Reuters) – Hertz Global Holdings (OTC:) Inc said on Saturday it has selected an enhanced proposal from Centerbridge Partners, Warburg Pincus, and Dundon Capital Partners to provide the equity capital required to fund the car rental company's exit from Chapter 11. The proposed deal, which is subject to approval by the U.S. bankruptcy court for the district of Delaware, is supported by holders of over 85% of the company's unsecured notes, Hertz said in a statement. Under the deal, the supporting noteholders have given the green signal to support the exchange of the unsecured funded debt claims against the company for approximately 48.2% of the equity in the reorganized company, and the right to purchase an additional $1.6 billion of equity. They have also committed to purchase, or otherwise backstop, the full $1.6 billion of equity being offered to the holders of the company's unsecured funded debt. \"This plan accomplishes all the goals we set out to achieve through our financial restructuring. Our new sponsors combined with our strong leadership team will bring significant operational experience across fleet financing and management, which will benefit all of our stakeholders,\" Chief Executive Paul Stone said. Hertz filed for bankruptcy protection in May as travel plummeted during the pandemic, slamming the car rental business, and talks with creditors failed to result in much-needed relief. On March 2, Hertz said two investment firms — Knighthead Capital Management LLC and Certares Opportunities LLC — will buy a majority stake in the company for $4.2 billion under a restructuring plan expected to help it out of bankruptcy by early- to mid-summer. 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More than 70 current and former employees are under investigation by public prosecutors in Cologne over the scandal, highlighting the German bank's exposure to the multibillion-euro \"cum ex\" tax fraud scheme that is the subject of a sprawling inquiry by law enforcement authorities. Cologne public prosecutors are investigating 1,500 people as part of a broader inquiry into the scheme, which misappropriated government revenues in a long-running fraud involving leading banks including Barclays, Macquarie and UniCredit's HypoVereinsbank. Prosecutors have been investigating the scandal for years, but the inquiry stepped up this month when a former senior banker from Fortis bank was arrested in Mallorca at the behest of Frankfurt prosecutors. Deutsche's internal investigation, which dates back to 2015 and was conducted by law firm Freshfields, was shared with public prosecutors. It forms a key part of the criminal investigation against the bank's employees by the law enforcement authority in Cologne, people familiar with the matter said. The tax fraud is estimated to have cost the continent's taxpayers billions of euros and involves share deals executed before and after a stock's dividend payment that duped governments to reimburse taxes that were never paid in the first place. The fraud has been dubbed cum ex, which is derived from Latin meaning \"with without\", and refers to the disappearing nature of the dividend payments. Deutsche's tax department early on tried to keep the bank away from cum-ex activities after its investment bankers requested permission to directly engage in such trades, the investigation found. The lender's tax specialists argued the refunds, while technically possible under the German tax code at the time, were fraudulent and created a massive reputational risk. However, London-based investment bankers at Deutsche worked around that ban, according to the probe. \"We identify a number of breaches of legal or regulatory requirements or internal policies,\" Freshfields said. In Germany, tax authorities refunded at least €3.9bn in illicit tax refunds between 2001 and 2011, according to the country's finance ministry. The Freshfields report found that Germany's largest lender generated millions of euros in fees by knowingly providing investment banking services to clients who specialised in cum-ex trading. The bank also engaged in derivatives trading that indirectly exploited loopholes that have been declared illegal. Between 2008 and 2011, Deutsche even held a 5 per cent stake in Luxembourg Financial Group Holding, the owner of one of the cum-ex focused investment funds that was also one of the Deutsche's problematic investment banking clients, according to a previous Freshfields investigation concluded in 2013 and also seen by the Financial Times. Deutsche Bank told the FT that it \"has not engaged in cum-ex transactions on its own accounts\", but acknowledged that it \"was involved in cum-ex transactions by clients\", including financial services such as the financing of cum-ex transactions. \"Today Deutsche Bank takes a very critical view of these financing activities and is co-operating with the investigations by the authorities in this regard,\" the bank said. Germany's highest court in a landmark ruling in 2021 declared that cum-ex transactions have always been fraudulent, dismissing dissenting opinions from various law firms including Freshfields. Among the deficiencies listed in the Freshfields report was a lack of controls that ensured bankers would actually abide by the lender's internal policies. Instead of relying on the relevant desk to \"police its own activities\", Deutsche \"ought to have put systems in place to ensure that the desk traded within the parameters set in transaction approvals\", the law firm argued. Freshfields criticised the lender for accepting clients that clearly specialised in cum-ex trading and borrowed heavily from Deutsche to fund the transactions. Deutsche also provided shares used in cum-ex deals and sold hedges required to protect against sudden price swings on the stock exchange. The report said \"senior business managers discussed the reputational issues relating to providing leverage to potential cum-ex purchasers\" and concluded the \"risks were acceptable\". Those senior bankers \"fully understood the nature of cum-ex trading and were aware that [some clients] would indirectly engage in such trades\". Moreover, the report said, Deutsche's fee arrangements with those clients were not properly documented. The Freshfields probe found that Deutsche itself engaged in derivatives trading that exploited the tax loophole. In 2007 an internal memo seen by the FT described it as an \"ongoing opportunity\". Deutsche estimated it could generate €50mn in annual profit per year by trading certain derivatives around the dividend date, according to internal documents reviewed by Freshfields, stressing that \"we do not physically buy the shares nor are we the person who has to apply the [tax claim]\". According to the Freshfields probe, the subsequent trading activity violated the \"spirit and purpose\" of Deutsche's internal rules, which were designed to limit the bank's involvement in cum-ex trading — a goal that according to the probe was widely ignored. 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"text": "Wirecard AG (OTCMKTS:WRCDF) Sees Large Drop in Short Interest\nAbout Wirecard Wirecard AG, a technology company, provides outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payments worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Payment Processing & Risk Management, Acquiring & Issuing, and Call Center & Communication Services. The Payment Processing & Risk Management segment offers products and service for the acceptance or transactions, and the processing of electronic payments and associated processes. 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Disney's losses from the coronavirus pandemic have now exceeded $1 billion, company executives confirmed, Tuesday. David McNew / Getty Images The majority of losses come from the closure of the company's parks, but also their retail stores and TV operations. Disney CEO Bob Chapek and Executive Chairman Bob Iger released a statement explaining the situation: \"While the COVID-19 pandemic has had an appreciable financial impact on a number of our businesses, we are confident in our ability to withstand this disruption and emerge from it in a strong position,\" Chapek said. \"Disney has repeatedly shown that it is exceptionally resilient, bolstered by the quality of our storytelling and the strong affinity consumers have for our brands, which is evident in the extraordinary response to Disney+ since its launch last November.\" \"While it's too early to predict when we'll be able to begin resuming all of our operations, we are evaluating a number of different scenarios to ensure a cautious, sensible and deliberate approach to the eventual reopening of our parks,\" Chapek continued. As for when the parks will reopen, Shanghai Disneyland is scheduled to reopen on May 11. Return dates for the remainder of the parks are still up in the air. 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The snap shows the Illinois native in a chair wearing a bulletproof vest and holding a rifle. \"I was exhausted after training all day!\" Rittenhouse wrote alongside the snap. \"More training this week!\" Kyle Rittenhouse during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 9, 2021, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse claimed he acted in self-defense after shooting three protestors, killing two, during the Kenosha unrest in August 2020. Mark Hertzberg-Pool/Getty Images News Rittenhouse first made national headlines in August 2020 after shooting two people dead and injuring another during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The then-17-year-old said he acted in self-defense and was acquitted of all charges in November 2021. Since being shared on Wednesday, Rittenhouse's \"training\" photo has received over 300,000 views. Rittenhouse didn't elaborate on what he is training for, leading X users to speculate. \"Shooting unarmed protesters?\" suggested John Oberlin. \"Community theatre?\" said Brian Town. \"Capture the Flag,\" wrote Ron R. \"Nursing school is wild these days,\" joked cousin mose. \"I think he's been training in the art of cleaning and ironing - his clothes are immaculate,\" commented Barbara Graham. An hour later, Rittenhouse shared a video of himself hitting melons at a shooting range, clarifying the meaning of \"training.\" The footage divided X users, with fans of Rittenhouse applauding his aim. \"Nice shooting,\" said Susanne Smith. \"You're such a good shot Kyle!\" wrote @USA90sGal07. \"Wish we could shoot together!\" said @Red_Knight_USA. \"You're a hero! My brother-in-arms.\" However, other users criticized the video, with @Brixxley calling Rittenhouse a \"Murderer.\" \"Who will you be killing next?\" asked Ed Scott. \"Only a punk who got away with murder would post ammophile porn,\" claimed @BluePowderMonk. Newsweek has reached out to Kyle Rittenhouse for comment via Instagram . The Kenosha riots and protests were sparked by the police shooting of Kenosha resident Jacob Blake . The 29-year-old Black man was shot seven times by Officer Rusten Sheskey in August 2020, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Rittenhouse traveled from his hometown of Antioch, Illinois, to Kenosha, taking along an AR-15-style rifle . During the unrest, Rittenhouse was filmed standing in front of a boarded-up building with the weapon and a first-aid kit, telling a journalist he was there to \"protect this business.\" Rittenhouse later shot and killed two men—Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26—along with injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz. The teen pleaded not guilty to first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, first-degree attempted intentional homicide and first-degree reckless endangerment. He was found not guilty of all charges in November 2021. His trial divided the nation , sparking debates about gun rights and racial justice. In February 2023, Anthony Huber's father began the process of suing Rittenhouse and the Kenosha police for the \"wrongful death\" of his son. In August 2023, the estate of Joseph Rosenbaum also filed a wrongful death suit, seeking \"compensatory damages.\" Rittenhouse released a book, Acquitted , about his experience in November 2023. Uncommon Knowledge Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground. 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The stock is lower. Shares of Coty ( COTY ) - Get Coty Inc. Class A Report dropped on Wednesday after the New York beauty-products specialist unveiled the pricing of a secondary offering of more than 50 million Class A shares. The shares are priced at $8.53 each by KKR Rainbow Aggregator. When the offering closes, KKR Rainbow will retain 568,367 shares of Coty's Series B convertible stock. Coty is not selling any Class A shares in the proposed offering, which is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley. Shares of Coty at last check dropped 10% to $8.31. In August, Coty missed Wall Street's fourth-quarter earnings expectations, but beat revenue estimates due in part to surging sales in the U.S. and China. Coty reported a net loss of $210.2 million, or 29 cents a share, compared with a loss of $722.8 million, or 91 cents a share, a year earlier. The adjusted loss came to 9 cents a share, compared with the FactSet consensus for a loss of 5 cents a share. Revenue totaled $1.06 billion, up nearly 90% from a year earlier and ahead of the FactSet consensus of $1.01 billion. The revenue results lapped the peak of Covid-19 impact in the prior year, the company said, even as virus-related restrictions continued in many markets. Coty also said that it was pursuing a partial initial public offering of its Brazil business. 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(\"GEBV\"), has commenced a private offering to eligible purchasers of €300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2028. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of GEBV and will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Goodyear and certain of its wholly owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries that also guarantee Goodyear's obligations under certain of its senior secured credit facilities and senior unsecured notes. The issuance and sale of the notes is subject to market and other customary closing conditions. GEBV intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to redeem in full its 3.75% Senior Notes due 2023 (the \"2023 Notes\") following, and subject to, the completion of this offering at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. Any remaining net proceeds will be used for GEBV's general corporate purposes. The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the \"Securities Act\"), or any applicable state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. GEBV plans to offer and issue the notes only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and to persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S, in each case under the Securities Act. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This press release does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of EU Regulation 2017/1129 (the \"Prospectus Regulation\"). This announcement is not directed at any retail investors in the European Economic Area (\"EEA\") or the United Kingdom . For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of the following persons: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, \"MiFID II\"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Regulation. Consequently, no key information document required by EU Regulation (EU) No. 1286/2014 (as amended, the \"PRIIPs Regulation\") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise make them available to a retail investor in the EEA or in the United Kingdom has been prepared and, therefore, offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA or the United Kingdom may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation. This announcement is not directed at any retail investors in the United Kingdom (\"UK\"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of the following persons: (i) a retail client as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (\"EUWA\"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 as amended (the \"FSMA\") and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the \"UK PRIIPs Regulation\") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and, therefore, offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation. This announcement is directed solely at, (x) persons who (i) are outside the United Kingdom , (ii) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the FSMA (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the \"Order\"), or (iii) are high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2) of the Order and (y) any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as \"relevant persons\"). This announcement is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied upon by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Certain information contained in this press release constitutes forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. There are a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control, that affect our operations, performance, business strategy and results and could cause our actual results and experience to differ materially from the assumptions, expectations and objectives expressed in any forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: the impact on us of the COVID-19 pandemic; our ability to achieve the expected benefits of the Cooper Tire & Rubber Company acquisition ; delays or disruptions in our supply chain ; our ability to implement successfully our strategic initiatives; actions and initiatives taken by both current and potential competitors; deteriorating economic conditions or an inability to access capital markets; increases in the prices paid for raw materials and energy; a labor strike, work stoppage or other similar event at the company or its joint ventures; foreign currency translation and transaction risks; work stoppages, financial difficulties or supply disruptions at our suppliers or customers; the adequacy of our capital expenditures; our failure to comply with a material covenant in our debt obligations; potential adverse consequences of litigation involving the company; as well as the effects of more general factors such as changes in general market, economic or political conditions or in legislation, regulation or public policy. Additional factors are discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent our estimates only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our estimates as of any subsequent date. While we may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even if our estimates change. > GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS: 200 Innovation Way, Akron, Ohio 44316-0001 > MEDIA WEBSITE: www.goodyearnewsroom.com > MEDIA CONTACT: Ed Markey 330.796.8801 [email protected] > ANALYST CONTACT: Nicholas Mitchell 330.796.5512 [email protected] SOURCE Goodyear Related Links The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company PlatoAi. Web3 Reimagined. Data Intelligence Amplified. Click here to access. 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Navigating the various review websites and applications may be intimidating at first, so this article presents a comprehensive overview of some of the leading review systems to assist both customers in making wise selections and companies in using reviews effectively. Understanding the Importance of Reviews Before diving into review services, it's essential to understand why reviews matter. According to studies, most customers put equal stock into internet reviews and personal recommendations. Good evaluations may improve a company's standing among prospective clients and lead to more significant revenue; on the other hand, negative evaluations could discourage clients or damage their reputations. Businesses may utilize Internet reviews by actively managing their online presence and soliciting favorable assessments. Realreviews.io Realreviews.io is an honest review site that emphasizes open client feedback. It strives to give customers reliable and trustworthy information about companies and goods, with verified reviews as the foundation. To ensure accurate evaluations that reflect actual experiences, Realreviews.io requires users to authenticate their purchases prior to posting reviews. Realreviews.io helps businesses gain insight into customer satisfaction levels, build online trustworthiness, and establish rapport with new potential clients. SiteJabber Reputable review site SiteJabber offers customers access to millions of user-generated evaluations across industries. With reviews and ratings covering almost every facet, customers gain valuable insight into a company's standing and dependability through SiteJabber's user-generated reviews. Users may search companies, read reviews, and compare ratings when making decisions, and dispute resolution tools that increase openness and trust during review procedures. Companies may utilize SiteJabber as a means of marketing their brand, engaging clients directly, and responding to reviews to increase their online visibility. Yelp Yelp is one of the premier review sites, providing users with user-generated reviews for establishments ranging from pubs and restaurants to lodging facilities and neighborhood services. Consumers may read reviews left by other users and rate and review companies they find exciting or search by area, category, and keyword – giving Yelp its place among dependable review platforms with features like delivery options, reservation options, and tailored suggestions that make it stand out as being reliable reviews. Google My Business Google My Business can also serve as an invaluable review venue for smaller firms. GMB allows businesses to establish and maintain a presence online via GMB listings such as company listings, ratings, and reviews; consumers often see information from these listings when searching for businesses on Google Maps or Search. Getting satisfied clients to post positive reviews can substantially affect a company's visibility and reputation online. TripAdvisor TripAdvisor is the go-to source for reviews of hotels, restaurants, and tourist attractions for tourists in need of guidance or suggestions for their vacation experiences. With millions of reviews written by travelers from around the globe and millions of comments from users directly booking lodging or activities through TripAdvisor or reading ratings from fellow travelers, TripAdvisor is an indispensable tool for tourists searching for objective advice and recommendations in real time! With its large database and robust review system, TripAdvisor is a reliable source that offers objective suggestions that travelers need. Amazon Amazon stands as the premier online retailer when it comes to product reviews. Amazon provides access to millions of items with verified buyer reviews that offer customers unparalleled insight into performance and quality in almost every category, such as features/cost comparison, reviewers ratings, and user-submitted images/videos that feature \"verified purchase.\" Trustpilot Trustpilot, one of the premier review sites, fosters openness and trust between companies and customers by hosting millions of evaluations across industries such as retail, travel, banking, and more. Utilizing Trustpilot's innovative methodology, companies may invite clients to submit evaluations while responding to inquiries and promoting their brand through verification reviews with TrustScores that give users confidence about the veracity and validity of reviews—making Trustpilot an indispensable resource for customers looking for recommendations they can rely on. Yelp Yelp for Business is an ideal solution for companies who wish to engage consumers and manage their online reputation, providing response management, review tracking, and business analytics, among its many services. Companies may track consumer involvement by responding quickly to reviews, get insights into the performance of Yelp profiles, improve credibility with clients by regularly monitoring the presence and responding to reviews on the platform, as well as gain more credibility through accurate real-time monitoring of reviews on the Yelp presence and responding directly. Conclusion With digitalization leading the way and online evaluations taking over, selecting reliable review sites such as Yelp, Google My Business, TripAdvisor, Amazon, and Trustpilot is becoming increasingly essential. Choosing them carefully can be equally crucial for both customers and companies alike. Websites like Yelp, Google My Business, TripAdvisor, and Amazon Trustpilot are invaluable platforms that offer insight analysis that informs customer choices while simultaneously building the reputations of companies online. Consumers may make more informed decisions while businesses may improve theirs by realizing and using review sites; whether searching for food, accommodation merchandise, or services, online reviews provide reliable suggestions that empower both customer choices while supporting growth. 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The new fiber plugs require less technical expertise and fit in tighter spaces. That means build-outs will be cheaper and could reduce each installation's carbon footprint by 50%, according to a press release from Corning about its Multifiber Pushlok® Technology . The plugs will be installed by technicians, so customers won't necessarily know if they have one at their address. However, it could mean you get access to fiber more quickly than you otherwise would have. AT&T's billion dollar purchase could also use other elements of Corning's Evolv® portfolio of connectivity solutions, according to Corning . Examples of Corning Pushlok Technology. Image sourced from Corning and is property of Corning. Corning tech is eligible for taxpayer funding The new Corning tech meets requirements for the federal BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) program, according to the release. That means the new FlesNAP can be used in places where AT&T has agreed to public-private partnerships to build out its high-speed internet service. The $42 billion in taxpayer funding is reserved for areas that can't currently get download speeds of at least 100Mbps. 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Some smaller radio stations also ran the ads. \"Google tried to take shortcuts in advertising its products, and now it's paying the price,\" Bonta said in a statement. \"Asking DJs to share personal experiences about a product they had not used is misleading — and a violation of state consumer protection laws.\" The radio advertisements aired in late 2019 and early 2020. California's complaint includes a script given to radio personalities that included first-person language about using the phone's camera to take photos at night for events like football games and meteor showers, as well as using the phone's voice activation system. \"These Radio Personalities did not own or regularly use a Pixel 4 and had not used a Pixel 4 to take pictures at night, as indicated in scripts,\" according to the complaint. Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Texas and the Federal Trade Commission were part of the settlements. 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In February M&S purchased a 50% share of Ocado's UK retail business for an initial 562.5 million pounds, providing M&S with a home-delivery service from September 2020 at the latest. \"Our ambition is to double the size of our food business and Ocado sets us well on the way to doing that,\" Archie Norman told investors at M&S's annual shareholders' meeting. \"We think this is transformational for our business,\" he said. \"I have to tell you not everybody outside yet realizes what we've done.\" Retail industry veteran Norman, best known for transforming the fortunes of British supermarket chain Asda in the 1990s, joined M&S as chairman in 2017. (Reporting by James Davey. 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The German maker of drugs and farming pesticides said 2025 would be \"the most difficult in terms of financial performance, with net sales roughly in line with and earnings and free cash flow behind the prior year\". \"The company expects improved performance from 2026 onwards,\" it added. CEO Bill Anderson is facing increasing investor pressure to deliver on restructuring efforts and reverse the profit decline. He is in the middle of cutting managerial jobs, speeding up decision-making and slashing red tape, and has put on hold plans to break up Bayer's diversified businesses. The group, which is grappling with costly U.S. product liability litigation over its weedkiller Roundup, said on Wednesday it had slashed 7,000 jobs last year and cutbacks would continue. 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U.S. agrichemicals company Corteva last month posted a smaller fourth-quarter loss helped by strong sales volumes, and Germany's BASF, also competing with Bayer in farming products, flagged volume gains during the fourth quarter. 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Vale, once the world's top producer of the steel ingredient, said in September that global demand for nickel should increase 44% by 2030 to 6.2 million tonnes. It also expects global demand for copper to rise by about 20% by 2030 to 37 million tonnes. 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At one warehouse in the U.S. state of Alabama, workers took over a church parking lot in Bessemer, delivering speeches in between chants and calls urging Amazon to treat its employees better. \"I am ready to fight. I am tired. I want everyone to hear me, we're in this together,\" said Linda Burns, an Amazon worker who shared her experience of being reprimanded by a supervisor for taking too long during a bathroom break. Burns is one of a small but growing number of Amazon workers who are publicly calling for a union at the Bessemer warehouse. With just a few days until the vote closes on March 29th, the majority of the more than 5,800 workers at the site still haven't cast their ballots. As Burns addressed the small crowd on March 22, a crowd of TV news cameras trained their lenses on her, underscoring just how much attention the typically quiet Birmingham suburb has attracted in the last few weeks. If the pro-union campaign prevails, Bessemer will become the first unionised Amazon facility in the United States. Amazon has several unionised facilities overseas. Many of the workers' complaints about how Amazon treats its workers are not new. Workers having to urinate in bottles has now become part of American folklore (although the company denies the claim), and the company has an alarmingly high number of workers who have either been seriously injured or even killed on the job, according to leaked documents revealed by The Center for Investigative Reporting. Then there's the issue of \"time off task\" or TOT. Workers in Bessemer say they're only allotted so much time each day to go to the bathroom, take a water break and grab something to eat. According to workers, these breaks are rigorously patrolled and any extra seconds \"off task\" are tallied and recorded. Once an employee has spent too many minutes off task, workers say they are automatically dismissed, underscoring incredibly high turnover rates for the company across the country. In some places, Amazon facility turnover rates are as high as 89 percent, according to a March 2020 report by the National Employment Law Project. 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Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When a 23-year-old Sam Altman took the stage at Apple's annual developer conference in 2008, he gushed about being able to use the company's new App Store to promote his software, a friend-locating service called Loopt. \"We think this is a new era of mobile, and we're thrilled to be part of it,\" Altman said. Now, 16 years later, Apple is calling upon the entrepreneur again – but with a twist. This time, the company needs his help as much as he needs Apple. OpenAI chief Sam Altman has become the biggest name in AI.Credit: Bloomberg Altman currently runs OpenAI , the leading start-up in generative artificial intelligence. And Apple, racing to catch up in that area, has forged a partnership to integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into the iPhone's operating system. Though the controversial Altman is unlikely to take the stage at the event, the agreement will be a key focus of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference next week – and it shows just how much the power in Silicon Valley has shifted over the past few years. The deal gives OpenAI access to hundreds of millions of Apple users, including ones that might have been hesitant to try ChatGPT otherwise. For Apple, the arrangement brings the company the hottest technology of the AI era – a chatbot with eerily powerful abilities – that it can pair with its own services. Apple has been developing a host of AI features, including ones that run on its devices and others that require cloud computing. It's also infusing its Siri digital assistant with AI. But the company's own chatbot isn't yet up to snuff. The OpenAI partnership is likely a \"short- to medium-term relationship\" for Apple, said Dag Kittlaus, a tech veteran who co-founded and ran the Siri business before it was acquired by Apple. \"But you can bet that they will be working hard building out their own competencies here.\" The WWDC keynote address, delivered by chief executive officer Tim Cook on June 10, is seen as Apple's biggest sales pitch in years. The company has to convince consumers, developers and investors that it can thrive in the AI era. And there's added pressure because Apple's existing business is stagnant, with revenue declining in five of the past six quarters. The two companies haven't disclosed the deal publicly yet, and terms of the arrangement aren't clear. Cupertino, California-based Apple declined to comment, as did San Francisco-based OpenAI. Apple once had a head start in AI services. It released the Siri digital assistant in 2011, beating Amazon's Alexa and the Google Assistant to the market. But it soon fell behind rivals, and that was before a seismic shift in 2022 when ChatGPT debuted. The introduction of OpenAI's chatbot in November of that year captured the imagination of consumers and sent tech giants scrambling to develop their own AI services. Apple's biggest peers have all made headway since then. Google's Gemini chatbot is vying with ChatGPT for supremacy in the nascent market. Microsoft, OpenAI's biggest backer, has begun weaving its AI-assisted Copilot into software. And Amazon.com has demonstrated an AI-enhanced version of Alexa. Apple is racing to catch up to its rivals in AI.Credit: James Alcock In contrast, Apple kept its AI ambitions quiet until now. Cook said last year that the company would tread carefully in the new space and only add AI technology on a \"very thoughtful basis\". More recently, he's argued that Apple will have an edge in AI because of its \"unique combination of seamless hardware, software and services integration\". Behind the scenes, Apple employees have been working furiously to back up that promise. Around the time of the ChatGPT launch, small teams within the company's AI and software engineering divisions began working on a competitor to ChatGPT, using a framework dubbed Ajax. Software chief Craig Federighi pushed managers to pack the latest version of the iPhone and iPad operating system – known internally as \"Crystal\" – with as much AI as possible. Eddy Cue's services division got to work on new data centre infrastructure for powering online AI services. Staffers also began investigating how AI could come to Apple Music and the company's office-productivity apps. Apple found that its AI is capable enough to power features such as voice memo transcriptions and photo editing, as well as new search capabilities in the Safari web browser and auto replies in apps like Messages. But it determined early on that OpenAI and Google were far ahead in chatbots and on-the-fly assistance. That put Apple in a difficult spot. The company's own technology wasn't ready, and executives were concerned about reputational damage from a rogue chatbot. Some people within Apple even have a philosophical aversion to having a chatbot at all, people familiar with the situation have said. But it was clear by then that consumers would expect Apple to offer such a service, and that set the company on the path to its deal with OpenAI. Several months ago, the company began meeting with the start-up – along with Google and other chatbot providers – about integrating the technology into its iOS software. By outsourcing the chatbot function, Apple can distance itself from the technology itself, including its occasional inaccuracies and hallucinations, the people said. But it also links Apple to a start-up beset by upheaval and controversy. Altman, now 39, was briefly ousted last year for reasons that remain murky, and he recently drew the ire of movie star Scarlett Johansson for a soundalike AI voice. Though Apple remains in talks with Google about using Gemini in its devices, the iPhone maker reached an agreement with OpenAI first. In the end, Apple may offer a number of third-party chatbots, but it's negotiating the deals on a case-by-case basis, according to the people with knowledge of the situation. Apple picked OpenAI as its inaugural AI partner for a few reasons, one of the people said. It got better business terms than Google was offering, and Apple believes that OpenAI's technology is the best available on the market. Integrating Google AI into the iPhone also might have given the impression that Apple's biggest technology rival had beat it in a vital new area. OpenAI, meanwhile, will get the gigantic exposure that comes with being deeply integrated into some of the world's best-selling smartphones and tablets. Still, Apple's involvement may bring new scrutiny to the safety and privacy concerns swirling around ChatGPT. Depending on how deeply Apple plans to integrate the chatbot with its software, it also could mean that OpenAI has access to personal information, which could unnerve some users. But Apple is expected to offer its new AI features as an opt-in service, according to the people familiar with the matter. So wary customers could easily steer clear of them if they'd prefer. Regardless, the OpenAI agreement is likely a stopgap measure. 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0000121220-OTC: SDXAY) Pluxee's full spin-off plan on track for listing on Euronext Paris on February 1, 2024, following a Shareholders Meeting to be held January 30, 2024; Pluxee Capital Markets Day to outline its strategy and guidance on January 10, 2024; Operation schedule Sodexo confirms it will put to a shareholder vote the Pluxee spin-off at a dedicated Shareholders Meeting on January 30, 2024, after which Pluxee will be listed on Euronext Paris by February 1, 2024, subject to prospectus approval, Euronext admission decision and market conditions. Pluxee will host a Capital Markets Day on January 10, 2024, where Chief Executive Officer Aurélien Sonet and the management team will present their strategic plan and provide Fiscal 2024 and medium-term objectives. The prospectus will be made available beforehand after being approved by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Stichting Autoriteit Financiële Markten) and passported to the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers. Pluxee's financial statements and reporting framework Sodexo releases today Pluxee's 3-year audited combined financial statements through a new financial reporting framework including Alternative Performance Measures (APM). Pluxee's stand-alone profile, with its focused business model, size, and sector, required a new reporting framework, relative to historic reporting within Sodexo, to improve comparability with its main peers. Key evolutions of Pluxee's financial reporting framework are as below: Interest income generated on Pluxee's own cash, i.e. non-related to the Float, is recognized as Financial income versus in Revenue previously; Recurring Operating Profit (ROP) replaces Underlying Operating Profit reported by Sodexo and includes amortization of intangible assets acquired through business combinations; Recurring Ebitda post-IFRS 16 will be used as a main alternative performance measure to facilitate direct comparison with peers; Pluxee's financial statements have also been adapted to reflect final intercompany borrowing reclassification and other minor standalone adjustments. 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On Tuesday, Moldova received a million cubic meters of gas from Poland in a move aimed at diversifying its energy supply following years of strong Russian influence over the small nation of 3.5 million people. Moldovan President Maia Sandu posted online on Wednesday that the European Commission has pledged €60 million ($70 million) to help the country with its gas crisis. Sandu thanked EC President Ursula von de Leyen for her support. Russia had supplied all of Moldova's natural gas until September when efforts to clinch a renewed deal with Russia's state-owned gas company Gazprom fell through. Gazprom had extended the contract for a month at the higher price of $790 per cubic meter while Moldova's energy trading company Energocom sought an alternative gas supplier. Moldovan officials continue to negotiate with the Russian gas giant. Moldova's Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu said on Sunday that Gazprom's \"financial and non-financial conditions\" are not in the interests of Moldovan citizens. The deal with Polish supplier PGNiG came a week after Moldova's parliament declared a 30-day state of emergency when Gazprom slashed its gas supply by about a third and raised its prices amid a skyrocketing global gas price hike. Moldova's foreign ministry said on Monday that it needs to keep the flow of gas \"at an acceptable level\" to \"ensure the energy security of the country.\" Gazprom on the weekend said that Moldova, Europe's poorest country, would need to settle its outstanding debts of as much as $709 million (€610 million) in order to extend its contract. The Russian company also warned that it would cut gas supply Dec. 1 if payment wasn't received. Some observers saw this as Russia's bid to strengthen its influence over Moldova after a pro-European Union party earned a landslide win in Jul. 11 parliamentary elections. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied any political tinge to the gas dispute. \"There are no political issues here and there can't be any,\" Peskov said in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday. \"There is a demand for gas, there is a commercial offer along with a discount offer and the problem of accumulated debt. All that is of purely commercial character and there is no politicization here.\" Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyano said in a statement that the Russian gas giant \"can't work to make losses\" and that \"Moldova is provoking a crisis with its own hands.\" Dionis Cenusa, an analyst at the Chisinau-based think tank Expert Group, says that Moldova has been working on diversifying its gas supply routes over the last few years, particularly with Romania. \"But the endeavor was frequently politicized or lacked financial resources,\" he told The Associated Press. \"Russia wants its influence untouched in Moldova and the current energy crisis seems to be used to balance the powers with the EU.\" ——— Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow contributed to this report. Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. 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Hello Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree announced Wednesday it acquired leases for 170 of 99 Cents Only's stores out of bankruptcy in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. Dollar Tree will reopen these stores with its own products under its brand beginning in the fall. 99 Cents Only had filed for bankruptcy in April and closed all of its 370 locations. The two chains are very different, and the announcement is a sign of consolidation in the retail industry. 99 Cents Only was a regional chain and sold groceries. Dollar Tree, a national company with mostly suburban locations, primarily offers discretionary merchandise like party supplies and home goods. Dollar Tree was the last dollar store chain to sell everything for $1 before raising prices in 2021 to $1.25 and above. Dollar Tree also owns Family Dollar, based mostly in cities. Family Dollar has underperformed Dollar Tree and other discount chains in recent years, and it's closing 975 stores . The acquisition of 99 Cents Only leases out of bankruptcy gives Dollar Tree a cheaper way to grow rather than building new stores and helps the Virginia-based chain extend its reach on the West Coast. \"Management felt that these locations are fundamentally good and in relatively short supply, so they took advantage of competitor weakness,\" Michael Montani, an analyst at Evercore IRI, wrote in a note to clients Wednesday. One challenge for Dollar Tree could be the size of 99 Cents Only stores. 99 Cents Only stores are on average approximately 20,000 square feet, more than double the size of a typical dollar store chain. The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved. The post Dollar Tree buys 99 Cents Only stores out of bankruptcy appeared first on KESQ .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Warner Bros. Discovery", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Warner Bros. 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Even reporters ran with the 'facts' alleged by the state. At Cisco's San Jose headquarters, Doe worked with a team of entirely Indian employees…Except for Doe, the entire team are also from the high castes in India. As beneficiaries of the caste system, Doe's higher caste supervisors and co-workers imported the discriminatory system's practices into their team and Cisco's workplace,\" read the California state's complaint in the now famed Cisco case. Such a disturbing story on its face — a story that had become the archetypal rejoinder to the casteist claim that \"caste goes wherever Hindus go\" and casteist trope of the evil, oppressive Hindu Brahmin. Cisco headlines, followed by an unprecedented raid on the BAPS temple in New Jersey have been unquestioningly quoted ad nauseam as evidence to justify adding caste to anti-discrimination policies at universities, Seattle, and now, potentially, California state law. But what if I told you that the Cisco caste story was never true? What if I told you that case records indicate that a Dalit candidate was offered every leadership position on this Cisco team? Also Read: Georgia, California, Seattle—Any criticism of caste in America is being fought as Hinduphobia Full of lies The Cisco story that was published world over was full of lies. And perhaps even more disturbing is that the California state agency pursuing its first-ever case of alleged caste discrimination in the United States knew as much , but chose to push its case regardless. So, after nearly three years, on 10 April 2023 when the California Civil Rights Department voluntarily dismissed its case in Superior Court against Cisco Systems engineers Sundar Iyer and Ramana Kompella, those of us who have been watching the case closely weren't at all surprised. After enduring a nightmare of unending investigations, a brutal online witch hunt, and a presumption of guilt in the media after the CRD ruined their reputations and lives, these two engineers have been vindicated, but Cisco itself is not. A mediation conference between the company and the CRD is set for 2 May, and Cisco has promised a rigorous defence, rejecting the claims of discrimination. So why was the case dropped now? Filed in June 2020, the CRD simultaneously employed a media publicity blitz — an unusual tactic for a state agency — which resulted in thousands of global headlines making false claims about Sundar Iyer and Ramana Kompella, false claims about the Hindu religion and ugly, xenophobic depictions of people of Indian origin. It went so far as seeking a legal conclusion that caste and a caste system are inherent to Hindu teachings and practice, what Hindu Americans believe, and made assumptions about the caste identities of all the Indians working at Cisco by labelling them all \"upper caste\" — essentially labelling us with castes and as casteists. The state made a number of wild and unsubstantiated claims, including asserting that Indian Americans assaulted thousands of Dalits in America or blanket statements like, \"Anecdotal evidence also indicates that Dalit Indians in the United States, once their caste is revealed, have been raped, attacked, and spat upon because of their caste\". It was so egregious, that the Hindu American Foundation filed two civil rights claims against the CRD that remain active at this time. The case always rested on shaky legal and factual grounds . Even reporters ran with the 'facts' alleged by the state. HAF guided many reporters to court records showing that the state was ignoring publicly available evidence that refuted their story. 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LONDON – Oct. 6, 2021 – In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Street Fighter V is teaming up with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), the largest private funders of breast cancer research in the world, to offer all-new themed costumes for playable characters Chun-Li and Ryu. These special edition pink hued charity costumes are designed to bring more awareness and support for breast cancer research. The two BCRF costumes for Chun-Li and Ryu will be available globally in the PS4 and Steam versions of Street Fighter V for a limited time, beginning on Oct. 12, 2021 and ending on Nov. 12, 2021. The costumes will be offered individually each or both together, with all proceeds received going to breast cancer research. To download the assets related to upcoming Chun-Li and Ryu charity costumes in Street Fighter V, please visit www.capcomeuro-press.com . Every 14 seconds, somewhere in the world, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. Globally, breast cancer causes the greatest number of cancer-related deaths among women—with an estimated 685,000 women this year alone. But thanks to research, progress is possible. In the U.S., deaths from breast cancer has declined by 40 percent since BCRF was founded. \"This year, breast cancer became the most common cancer worldwide, impacting 2.3 million people\" said BCRF President and CEO Myra Biblowit. \"The need for better, more effective treatments have never been greater. We're grateful for the opportunity to highlight this critical need through Capcom's wide reach. Through this partnership, we are poised to make a direct and tangible impact on advancing lifesaving science—together.\" From Oct. 12, 2021 to Nov. 12, 2021, #capcom will donate 100% of the proceeds that it receives for the purchases of the Chun-Li and Ryu costumes to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation with a guaranteed minimum donation of $25,000 USD. #capcom will disclose the total amount of its donation following the end of the campaign. About the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) Breast cancer is a complex disease with no simple solution. Research is the key to stopping it in its tracks. Founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation is the largest private funder of breast cancer research in the world. We invest in the best minds in science—from those investigating prevention to metastasis—and foster cross-disciplinary collaboration. Our approach accelerates the entire field and moves us closer to the answers we urgently need. We can't stop now. Join us in fueling the world's most promising research. With you, we will be the end of breast cancer. Learn more and get involved at BCRF.org. About Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Street Fighter V: Champion Edition is the latest version of Street Fighter V and includes all content (excluding Fighting Chance costumes, brand collaboration costumes and #capcom Pro Tour DLC) from both the original release and Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. Champion Edition adds each character, stage and other content that released after Arcade Edition and through the launch of this new version. 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The Tesla and SpaceX CEO exchanged emails with CNBC on this exclusive take and shares his thoughts on short sellers and regulators alike. And according to CNBC the SEC declined to comment. Welcome to Franknez.com – today's market news is significant because we have a high-profile influencer speaking out against injustices in the stock market. I'm going to go over big key points from the report. Let's dive right into it! Join the Newsletter Join the newsletter to receive weekly market news and stock and crypto updates. Elon Musk on hedge funds and short sellers In this CNBC exclusive, Elon Musk says hedge funds have used short selling and complex derivatives to take advantage of retail investors. Something retail investors who purchased so called 'meme stocks' last year found out very easily. The retail community known as 'apes' have been standing up to the injustices brought forth by hedge funds. Predatorial tactics have suppressed the share prices of AMC and GameStop to further refrain retail from squeezing short sellers from their positions. The complex derivatives Elon is referring to could be an array of things such as options trading, HFT, swaps, borrowed stock, and even naked shares. Which in retrospect are all predatorial tactics hedge funds and short sellers use to profit from falling stock prices even when the inflow is largely greater than the outflow. Tesla CEO speaks out on publicity campaigns that drive stock prices to the ground The Tesla CEO says hedge funds will short a company, conduct negative publicity campaigns to drive the stock price down, then cash out and do it multiple times over. This tactic is what's known as \"short and distort\". Hedge funds use impose their influence on corporate media such as The Fool, Wall Street Journal, and MarketWatch to scare people out of their money. The Fool – Forget AMC: \"Buy this instead\" One of the biggest fear mongers has been The Fool . They abused their reach to derail curious investors from investing in AMC Entertainment and GameStop stock. AMC Entertainment was up more than 3,000% at one point and mainstream media caused many investors to miss the opportunity. And for others, to get in late, resulting in several losses. The conflict of interest derives from the connection between the hedge fund Citadel and News titan, News Corp . News Corp owns the Wall Street Journal, DowJones Newswire, MarketWatch, and Barrons. These are all companies that have put out hit publications attacking AMC and referred to a specific group of activists as 'conspiracy theorists'. On the contrary, the retail community is religious about facts and evidence. Dark pools and naked shorting are only two of many injustices retail investors have brought to light. The SEC Commissioner confirmed on a Bloomberg exclusive that 90%-95% of retail market orders are not processed through the lit exchange. Elon on the SEC and regulators Elon Musk has never been too fond of the SEC. In 2018 he referred to the agency as the \"Shortseller Encrichment Commission\". In 2020 he posted this statement on Twitter about the SEC. SEC, three letter acronym, middle word is Elon's — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 2, 2020 The CEO made another anti-SEC post on Twitter again after the interview with CNBC. And retail investors are cheering him on for being a voice against corruption in the market. The SEC has been held accountable as being implicit to hedge fund market manipulation. They've imposed \"fees\" that have allowed hedge funds to continue their predatorial strategies. There has been no serious consequence or justice protecting retail investor. The agency has also failed to recognize the manipulation in both AMC and GameStop in a report released in December of 2021. Most retail investors do not trust the SEC according to a poll conducted by community member on Twitter. The poll below shows that out of 10,511 votes, 97.3% of investors do not trust the agency. Why are hedge funds being investigated? Ken Griffin – Citadel Investigation Hedge funds are being investigated for flooding the market with fake orders to drive stock prices down, a term known as \"spoofing\". Muddy Waters was recently raided by the FBI for using this predatorial tactic. Citadel is being investigated too according to a Bloomberg report . The Department of Justice is involved. They are targeting several hedge funds and banks in relations to market fraud and manipulation . Banks involved in the investigations so far are Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs . Bank of America is one of the top 10 financial institutions shorting AMC Entertainment stock. The bank has yet to be announced in the probe. Elon Musk told CNBC he's glad to see the Justice Department is investigating short sellers. \"This is something the SEC should have done, but, curiously, did not.\" stated Elon. He spoke out against short sellers in 2021 during the \"meme stock\" frenzy. This was during the time when retail began buying heavily shorted stocks en masse . Opinion: We need more activists like Musk The retail community has done an incredible job at raising awareness of injustices in the market. The 'ape' community without a doubt made today's progress possible. Now, retail investors continue to demand regulators to lift short selling suppression imposed on stocks such as AMC and GameStop. We need more public figures to speak out on the matter. Would you agree? Leave a comment below with your thoughts. 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The BT Group, which also includes ubiquitous mobile network EE, made the announcement today, March 20, that all caps would be removed on its home broadband deals. BT's consumer group CEO Marc Allera unveiled the move in direct response to government advice amid the COVID-19 outbreak, with more people in self-isolation and working from home than ever before. PA Images In a statement, Allera wrote: 'We're also removing all caps on your home broadband plans so every customer has unlimited data to use whether working from home, keeping the kids connected to school or streaming the latest films.' Allera added: We know that working from home won't generate significantly more traffic across our network than working in the office, even with more video calling and conferencing, HD streaming and now digital homeschooling. We also have a dedicated team of brilliant engineers in our network operations centre monitoring 24/7 for even the slightest issues. They've seen mobile calls go up, but data usage go down and have even deployed extra monitoring on all areas across our network to stay on top of this constantly evolving situation. Along with opening up the broadband options, customers of BT and EE will also be able to access the NHS online without infringing upon their data plan. PA Images In another commendable move, 'out-of-bundle charges' have also been removed for 'vulnerable customers' so that they can make critical UK landline and mobile calls without worrying about their bill (a £5 monthly cap has also been put in place). Allera explained: We know this is already a stressful time for customers worried about their finances, so we've put in place a dedicated team to support customers that need extra help with their bills. If a customer contacts us with money worries related to coronavirus, we'll work out what works best for them. The news comes shortly after Netflix announced it would be lowering streaming bit rates across Europe in a bid to reduce the continent's bandwidth usage by 25% (essentially, the HD quality of your stream will be marginally affected). Pexels While this may seem to contradict BT's notion of enabling huge broadband usage, its chief technology and information officer Howard Watson assured that 'the UK's communications infrastructure is well within its capacity limits, and has significant headroom for growth in demand'. It's okay to not panic. LADbible and UNILAD's aim with our coronavirus campaign, Cutting Through , is to provide our community with facts and stories from the people who are either qualified to comment or have experienced first-hand the situation we're facing. 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Meanwhile, a mental health worker testified for the defense Friday that a petition had been filed for Warren's commitment to an inpatient hospital to undergo a mental health evaluation, said Gina Balaya, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit. The magistrate judge's order was filed four days after prosecutors unsealed a criminal case charging Warren with one count of threatening the president and successors to the presidency. The case alleged Warren also called for killing federal agents, executing judges and dropping a \"m----- f------ bomb\" on Washington, D.C. The felony carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. The case is among the latest to be filed nationwide among a surge in threats involving bombs and public officials. Warren was the 12th person charged with federal crimes involving threats to a public official this year and charges have been filed against 579 people since 2013. That is according to an investigation by National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center researchers Pete Simi of Chapman University and Seamus Hughes of the University of Nebraska, Omaha. On Friday, Morris distinguished the Warren case with others where probable cause was found to exist. \"These cases involved threats of action to be taken by the defendant himself (not calling on others), or actions to be taken that were described with specificity, or actions were to be taken by the defendant on a specific date,\" Morris wrote. \"None of these scenarios are presented here.\" Morris also found that no recipient of the social media posts \"could reasonably conclude that the comments posed a true threat of present or future harm or injury.\" She concluded there was no probable cause to believe the crime was committed by Warren. Warren's lawyer, Bryan Sherer, did not respond to a message seeking comment. The case unsealed Monday describes a series of threats and statements posted on X, formerly Twitter, last week that described killing multiple public officials and bombing government buildings. The posts were made by the X account @Lancer227427 , which had 32 followers Friday - 10 more than when the case was unsealed. Last week, the account featured a threat aimed at the nation's capital: \"A complete evacuation of Washington D.C. must begin immediately. We're gonna drop a m----- f------ bomb on it.\" The investigation started Jan. 27 after the U.S. Secret Service and FBI learned about the X account and threats. Agents reviewed the account, which features dozens of nearly identical threats aimed at a variety of targets, including Harris, all current and former judges and magistrates and bombing FBI headquarters. \"FBI Headquarters shall be BOMBED,\" one Friday post reads. \"All Employees of the FBI have been CONDEMNED. Shoot to kill.\" Agents obtained subscriber information from X Corp. that pinpointed the IP address being used by the account to connect to the internet since late last week. Investigators discovered the IP address was owned by cable company Charter Communications. Company officials told investigators Warren was the subscriber using that IP address, according to the criminal complaint. The first name matched an earlier X post from last week: \"My name is Russ. After having a stroke, I was hospitalized in a nursing home. Unable to make my own medical decisions, I was forced to get vaccinated multiple times. I understand that I am dying. I understand that Donald Trump killed me.\" Warren has a violent criminal history, according to the court filing. 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The meeting comes at a precarious time as Credit Suisse is being acquired by Switzerland's largest bank UBS as part of an emergency rescue intended to stave off a global banking crisis. Credit Suisse's fall now threatens to complicate ongoing discussions for a new settlement that, before the Swiss government-engineered rescue, was estimated could reach over $1 billion, people briefed on the matter said. The Zurich-based bank agreed to pay a $2.6 billion fine and pleaded guilty in 2014 to aiding tax evasion. A Senate report published Wednesday estimated that Credit Suisse continued to hold more than $700 million in concealed accounts in violation of the 2014 plea deal, despite promising to cease doing business with clients seeking to evade taxes. The Justice Department has been investigating. The emergency takeover has added hurdles to ongoing discussions to resolve the new Justice Department investigation, in part because some US government officials have expressed concerns that a large settlement could add fresh turmoil to the banking industry, people briefed on the matter said. Credit Suisse has hired lawyers to conduct an internal investigation to identify accounts that could violate US law, as part of an effort to reach a new settlement with the Justice Department, the people briefed on the matter said. Spokespeople for Credit Suisse and the Justice Department declined to comment on Wednesday's meeting. The turmoil also presents a predicament for Justice Department officials, who have promised a crackdown on white-collar crime and recidivist corporations that repeatedly break US law. The two-year investigation published by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, on Wednesday criticized the Justice Department, highlighting Credit Suisse as an example of the department failing to hold corporate criminals accountable. The report alleges that \"despite internal reviews, a court appointed monitor, several whistleblower disclosures to the Justice Department, a modernization of systems and significant sums spent on outside attorney,\" the bank continued to hide millions of American dollars in dozens of offshore accounts. Those violations, the report said, breached Credit Suisse's 2014 federal plea deal in which the bank promised to stop helping Americans hide financial assets. Jeffrey Nieman, an attorney who represents whistleblowers and informants cited in the Senate report, said Credit Suisse's breach of its plea deal means that the Justice Department should insist on collecting at least $1.3 billion from the bank. \"Credit Suisse's collapse—caused by its own misconduct and mismanagement—does not operate as a get out of jail free card in the United States, where no person or entity is above the law,\" said Nieman, whose clients could receive a monetary award for their role. \"We remain optimistic that the Justice Department will hold Credit Suisse, a repeat offender, accountable for continuously and blatantly having defrauded the United States.\" A Credit Suisse spokesperson said the bank's new leadership cooperated with the Senate inquiry and that the bank does not tolerate tax evasion. \"In its core, the report describes legacy issues, some from a decade ago, and we have implemented extensive enhancements since then to root out individuals who seek to conceal assets from tax authorities,\" the bank spokesperson said in a statement to CNN. In one example, according to the Senate report, a former Credit Suisse banker gave the Justice Department documents and other information in April 2014 about an offshore account that violated the terms of Credit Suisse's plea deal, but the Justice Department didn't act on that information until a year later. Though the owner of that account was charged with a crime, the report claims that DOJ \"appears to have taken no punitive action against Credit Suisse.\" For the next several years, the former Credit Suisse banker continued to hand over information about the bank's practices, the report says, but \"DOJ still took no action.\" \"Now, nine years after Credit Suisse's plea agreement, the bank continues to identify potential undeclared accounts, and DOJ has yet to impose additional penalties,\" the report states. \"This fact indicates a lapse in oversight by DOJ and a failure to evaluate the [account in 2014] as a potential systemic failure in Credit Suisse's oversight and review process.\" \"DOJ must correct its lax oversight of Credit Suisse, rigorously scrutinize the bank's compliance with its 2014 plea agreement, and hold Credit Suisse accountable for any violations of its plea agreement,\" the report said. The report also found that several other Swiss banks could be repeatedly violating similar agreements with DOJ. According to the report, more than 80 Swiss banks have entered into agreements with DOJ over helping wealthy individuals hide money in accounts around the world to avoid paying taxes. 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The decision came hours after Google announced it had reached an agreement to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to publish its news content in a three-year global deal, part of a string of deals it had struck with media companies in recent days to ensure that news would remain on its services. \"The proposed law fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers who use it to share news content,\" William Easton, managing director of Facebook Australia & New Zealand, said in a statement about Australia's legislation. \"It has left us facing a stark choice: attempt to comply with a law that ignores the realities of this relationship, or stop allowing news content on our services in Australia. With a heavy heart, we are choosing the latter.\" Facebook's decision is an escalation of a long-term standoff between tech companies and news publishers, which have argued for years that they are not fairly compensated for articles and other content that generate ad revenue for the technology companies. The tech giants have pushed back, saying that they are merely conduits for the content, and that the proposed law in Australia is untenable. Still, Facebook has continued to make investments in other areas of news, including expanding its Facebook News tab — a paid partnership program dedicated to showing curated news articles inside the mobile app — to more countries and paid partners. Last month, Facebook started its News Tab service in Britain , unveiling a slate of new partnerships with major British publishers. Although Google reached an agreement with news publishers, Facebook has positioned itself as having a fundamentally different relationship with them. 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About 40 workers at the shop near where the company was founded announced Monday they were seeking to form a union. (Wilson Ring / Associated Press) One of Vermont's most beloved homegrown brands, Ben & Jerry's, suddenly has a lot of question marks in its future. After 24 years, Unilever announced its plan to spin off its ice cream department . Since then, there's been a lot of industry talk about Ben & Jerry's social and political values, and how they could've caused some tension with Unilever. Vermont Edition reached out to Ben & Jerry's ahead of today's show, and the company responded: \"Ben & Jerry's has been owned by Unilever for the last 24 years and this represents a significant change for us. However, regardless of any new ownership structure, Ben & Jerry's remains committed to advancing our three-part mission and is well-positioned to continue to grow our global company.\" Fritz Burkhardt, a finance professor at Champlain College, said Unilever will establish the ice cream subsidiary as a separate standalone independent business. \"I think this would be interesting because this would be one of the largest pure-play ice cream companies in the world,\" Burkhardt said. \"And being separate from Unilever actually could be a wonderful thing for it.\" Burkhardt added that Unilever has been under pressure for a while, and there have been signs that their investors are getting impatient for better results. \"Unilever has been pushing to increase its margins over the last few years,\" Burkhardt said. Ice cream is a more competitive market than some of Unilever's other businesses, he said. He said with inflation, people's budgets are tight, so they're switching to less premium products. Can corporations have a heart? The spinoff news follows years of tensions between Unilever and Ben & Jerry's leadership over its social and political stances. Roxanne Vought, with the Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility , said Ben & Jerry's is a founding member of VBSR. The group has been around for over 30 years and works with 700 members across the state. \"There are a whole bunch of different ways that the business's decisions at an everyday level have a really broad impact around them,\" Vought said. Burlington-based Rhino Foods , which makes ready-to-eat cookie dough and other food products, is a member of VBSR. Rooney Castle, Rhino Foods president and CEO, said his parents founded the company with values in mind. \"My father came from a coaching background, so it was a lot about how you get the most out of your team, or your people,\" he said. Castle says that from day one, the company has been focused on thinking about how they can elevate employee voices. Broadcast live on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m. Have questions, comments, or tips? 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In this report, we aim to shed light on the factors driving WTI's price, assess its future outlook and conclude with a technical analysis. The US oil market We make a start with the latest data concerning the US oil market. Beginning with the weekly API crude oil inventories figure which showed a substantial drawdown of -15.4 million barrels in a first sign that the supply side of the commodity was not even near satisfying oil demand in the past week. It should be noted that the tightness of the US oil market was reaffirmed also be the release of the EIA (the Agency) crude oil inventories figure which practically showed the widest drawdown of US oil inventories, at -17.049 million barrels, while the Agency was cited reporting an increase of exports, topping 5 million barrels per day (bpd). Overall the tightness of the US oil market seems to be undisputed for the time being and could have a bullish effect on oil prices should it remain so in the coming week as well. Fitch downgrading the US Yet oil prices tended to be on the retreat on Wednesday and it seems that the downgrading of the US by Fitch may have been a major issue. The credit rating agency stripped the US from its perfect AAA rating and downgraded it to AA+. The main reason cited for the decision was the expectation of a difficult fiscal expansion ahead as the US Government, due to the high US debt and debt ceiling rules after the agreement reached with Congress were raising some degree of uncertainty. The US Government strongly disagreed with the rating agency's decision and stated that the decision to downgrade the US \"defies reality to downgrade the United States at a moment when President Biden has delivered the strongest recovery of any major economy in the world,\". It should be noted that Fitch is the second credit rating agency downgrading the US after Standard & Poor's for the same reason. The news tended to raise US Bond yields and cause the USD to wobble, yet for the time being we expect the overall effect to be temporary. Overall, the US financial data and a number of economists citing the downgrade as out of place tended to out-trump Fitch's decision allowing for confidence in the recovery of the US economy to remain present. In the big picture oil traders should keep an eye on the issue as, should it blow out of proportion, we may see it continue to weigh on oil prices, while should the overall effect prove to be temporary and the market sentiment improving further, we may see oil prices recovering. OPEC's meeting We conclude with a small comment regarding OPEC's meeting tomorrow, Friday. The oil production cartel is expected to review its production policy yet no change is expected in OPEC+'s low production levels. It was characteristic that member states view the production cuts announcement as effective, given the rise of oil prices over the past one month. Current WTI prices seem to be in line with the Saudi Kingdom's expectations for a balanced market. Furthermore, Saudi Arabia seems willing to extend its voluntary production cuts to include September as well. Hence we would expect the Oil production organization to extend its low production levels which may have a bullish effect on oil prices. We should note that the reduction of oil inventories on a global level tends to amplify the bullish effect on oil prices. Technical Analysis WTI Cash 4H Chart Support: 79.00 (S1), 76.70 (S2), 74.60 (S3) Resistance: 81.25 (R1), 83.35 (R2), 86.70 (R3) WTI's price dropped yesterday breaking the 81.25 (R1) support line, now turned to resistance and continued lower to test the 79.00 (S1) support level. Given that the commodity's price in its downward movement broke the upward trendline incepted on the 28th of June, we temporarily switch our bullish outlook in favour of a sideways motion bias. Please note that both the 100 (Green line) and the 200 (Orange line) moving averages continue to point upwards implying a continuation of the upward movement, yet the more sensitive 20 moving average (blue line) also serves as the median of the Bollinger bands, has already started to bend downwards. Should the selling interest be renewed we may see WTI's price breaking the 79.00 (S1) support line and aim for the 76.70 (S2) support level and note as the ultimate target for WTI's price the 74.60 (S3) support hurdle. Should buyers be in control of WTI's price we may see it reversing the losses made yesterday, breaking the 81.25 (R1) resistance line and aiming for the 83.35 (R2) resistance base, while should WTI's price rally we may see the bull's effort reaching the 86.70 (R3) resistance barrier. Disclaimer: This information is not considered investment advice or an investment recommendation, but instead a marketing communication. IronFX is not responsible for any data or information provided by third parties referenced or hyperlinked, in this communication. 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PPC, in an announcement, expressed its satisfaction over this development and noted that in a report S&P acknowledged that measures taken by the government and PPC's management were expected to reverse the negative course of the last 18 months and to significantly improve the weak financial performance of this period. S&P said a decision to raise PPC's credit rating was based on a decision to raise electricity prices (neutral for consumers) and the abolition of NOME auctions (for electricity). The credit rating agency said these measures were expected to significantly improve PPC's operating profitability and to lower the utility's net borrowing/EBITDA ratio. 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But a Conservative or Labor government is not willing to contemplate this situation. By Dave Ward Updated: 16:55 EDT, June 9, 2024 --> --> --> It may seem very unusual for a union leader like me to write a column for the pages of Daily Mail City, but these are unusual times. I run the Communication Workers Union, which represents 110,000 jobs. We are fighting to save one of the UK's most iconic companies. Let me get straight to the point: the privatization of Royal Mail is one of the biggest scandals of recent times. Hundreds of millions of pounds a year that once returned to the Treasury now go into the pockets of mainly wealthy and often offshore shareholders. Is the writing on the wall?: The CWU has developed a plan to restore the universal service obligation to deliver postal services to all addresses for the same price, to the same standard. Service, once the best in the world, is on its knees. The Royal Mail Board has overseen the destruction of the service and an all-out attack on its own workforce. All readers have felt the impact. The Board's actions have prepared Royal Mail for a takeover and now, with a bid from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, we are on the brink of a takeover. The obvious and correct answer is to renationalise Royal Mail. But a Conservative government and even an incoming Labor administration are unwilling to contemplate this. Therefore, the CWU has developed a plan to restore the universal service obligation to deliver postal services to all addresses for the same price and to the same standard. Our plan will regain the trust of the UK public and businesses and win back tens of thousands of postal workers who have been demoralized by company leadership by giving them a meaningful stake in their businesses. We call for a new ownership and governance model for Royal Mail. We want workers and customers to have a serious influence and a genuine voice in the direction of the company. We will campaign for this politically, industrially and in our communities. I often hear that we need to see more patriotism from our politicians. This isn't Nigel Farage parachuting into a community he's never been to before, or Rishi Sunak flying planes to Rwanda when he can't even oversee a train network running on time in the UK. Patriotism is taking the opportunity to create an alliance between the public, businesses and postal workers so that a key part of the nation's infrastructure can be saved and rebuilt. Royal Mail has the largest fleet in the UK. It has workers in each community. Imagine what the great business leaders of the past would have done with that competitive advantage. There are those who claim that the union is holding back modernization, but nothing could be further from the truth. We are the ones who ask for growth, we demand investment and we are willing to innovate. It looks increasingly likely that Daniel Kretinsky will own Royal Mail in its entirety before the end of the year. He says that he wants to own the company for the rest of his life. In that case, we need commitments to our members and customers that match that level of ambition. In the coming weeks we will have a unique opportunity to place this issue at the center of the electoral debate. We'll push it every day and ask you, as readers, to do the same. There's nothing more British than the Royal Mail. And this may well be our last chance to save it. Dave Ward is general secretary of the Communication Workers Union. Share or comment on this article: This is Royal Mail's last chance, says posties union boss DAVE WARD Some links in this article may be affiliate links. If you click on them, we may earn a small commission. That helps us fund This Is Money and keep it free to use. 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Liner took fourth place in the list of the top 50 generative AI web products by unique monthly visits, according to a report issued by Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz on March 13. ChatGPT developed by Microsoft Corp.-backed OpenAI topped the list with 2 billion web visits, followed by Google's Gemini, formerly Bard, and Character Technologies Inc.'s character.ai. AI services by South Korean tech giants such as Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp. were not on the ranking. Upstage Co., a South Korean AI startup that topped the HuggingFace Open LLM Leaderboard, a standard for open-source large language model evaluation of over 500 LLM , failed to enter Andreessen Horowitz's top 50 list. Another AI portal startup Wrtn Technologies Inc., which has a strong customer base in the country, could not make it, either. Andreessen Horowitz said over 40% of the companies on the list are new, compared to our initial September 2023 report. \"Among the so-called newcomers, those highest ranked include Liner, an AI research copilot,\" it said in the report. CHOICE OF GLOBAL MAJOR COMPANIES Liner allowed users to save information on the web or document files such as PDFs by highlighting with a mouse when it was introduced in 2015. The service was famous among office workers with the nickname of a computer monitor highlighter pen. Its developer Liner Inc. expanded the service with AI technology to launch Liner AI Workspace, a work assistance system, and Liner AI Copilot, a web browser tool. The strategy boosted the number of users. Liner attracted more than 65 million visitors in January, of which more than 90% are in other countries. Employees and executives of major global companies such as Netflix, the world's top streaming service, and Pixar Animation Studios, a US computer-animated feature film producer, were known to frequently use Liner, according to industry sources in Seoul. (Courtesy of Andreessen Horowitz) Liner AI Workspace provides accurate sources of information as it is hard for users to fully rely on ChatGPT due to hallucinations -- responses generated by the chatbot, which contain false or misleading information presented as fact. Liner AI Workspace also offers customized information to users. It mostly provides medical information if a user frequently searches medical terms and saves related data, for example. 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Oil giant ConocoPhillips has proposed the oil drilling and extraction Willow Project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, located in the Western Arctic coastal region in the far north of the state. Hundreds of state, local, and national environmental and Indigenous groups, however, have come out forcefully against the project and described the federal government's assessment of its possible impacts as flawed. \"If approved the Willow project would be bigger than any other proposed oil and gas project on our nation's public lands, and it poses an unparalleled climate and biodiversity threat that puts President Biden's climate legacy at risk,\" said Kristen Miller, conservation director of the Alaska Wilderness League, following BLM's release on Friday of its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS). The release of the DSEIS triggered a 45-day public comment period which by statute must precede final approval of the project. While groups have denounced ConocoPhillips initial 2020 proposal for the project as misleading and a plan that would lead to certain disaster for the region and the planet, opponents said Friday that Biden's approval or rejection of the project would likely seal his legacy as a climate champion or a leader who caved to the interests of the fossil fuel lobby. Allowing new drilling in \"an area that is already being ravaged by climate change,\" said Miller, \"would put critical wildlife and subsistence resources in the crosshairs, and it would lock us into decades of carbon-intensive oil and gas extraction.\" \"Willow is a legacy setting project that will test whether the Biden administration is righting America's course from a dangerous climate path,\" she added. A federal court last year put the permits for the project on hold pending a more thorough federal review and Friday's DSEIS is the result of that order. While the oil company has continued to lobby for the project's approval, an analysis of Willow by the Center for American Progress in March showed that the emissions resulting from the project — estimated to produce 160,000 barrels of oil per day for 30 years — would \"would dwarf the greenhouse gas emissions avoided by fulfilling [Biden's] 2030 commitments on renewables on public lands and waters.\" Ellen Montgomery, public lands director for Environment America, said the approval simply cannot be justified in the context of the promises that Biden has made. \"Allowing the Willow Project to move forward will harm irreplaceable landscapes and further exacerbate the climate crisis in a region that is especially vulnerable to rising temperatures,\" Montgomery said. \"President Biden has set admirable ambitions for tackling the climate crisis but it could all be undermined if the Willow Project moves forward.\" The 250 million metric tons of emissions that would result from the project, she added, would be a \"carbon bomb\" that over its 30-year lifespan would be equivalent to annual emissions of nearly a third of all U.S. coal-fired power plants. \"Authorizing Willow would be a significant step backward in the global climate fight,\" \"We hope that Americans send in hundreds of thousands of public comments opposing this proposal.\" Now in the public registry, public comments will be accepted by BLM during three public hearings in Alaska, three separate virtual hearings online, and via this online portal . Speaking of local concerns, state director of Alaska Environment Dyani Chapman warned that the Willow project \"poses an existential threat to the people and wildlife of the Western Arctic.\" \"This is a proposal to literally re-freeze the tundra that is melting because of climate change to drill for more oil that will be burned and make climate change worse,\" she said. \"The proposed Willow Project is absurd and Alaska does not need any part of it.\" Source / Read More: Critics Warn Drilling Project in Arctic Would Unleash Dangerous \"Carbon Bomb\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "ConocoPhillips", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ConocoPhillips", "length": 14, "offset": 424}, {"position_text": "ConocoPhillips", "length": 14, "offset": 1397}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Bureau of Land Management", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bureau of Land Management", "length": 25, "offset": 158}, {"position_text": "BLM", "length": 3, "offset": 1152}, {"position_text": "BLM", "length": 3, "offset": 3693}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Willow Project", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Willow Project", "length": 14, "offset": 484}, {"position_text": "Willow Project", "length": 14, "offset": 2867}, {"position_text": "Willow Project", "length": 14, "offset": 3174}, {"position_text": "Willow Project", "length": 14, "offset": 4190}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "ConocoPhillips", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ConocoPhillips", "length": 14, "offset": 424}, {"position_text": "ConocoPhillips", "length": 14, "offset": 1397}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Environment America", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Environment America", "length": 19, "offset": 2735}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Willow", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Willow", "length": 6, "offset": 1981}, {"position_text": "Willow", "length": 6, "offset": 2377}, {"position_text": "Willow", "length": 6, "offset": 3457}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 1217, "text": "Buy Deere (DE) Stock Before Q2 2019 Earnings Amid Renewed Trade War Fears?\nShares of Deere & Company DE have fallen well over 12% since May 5 on the back of renewed U.S./China trade war worries. DE stock then tumbled over 6% on Monday, while the Dow sank on significant declines from Caterpillar CAT, Boeing BA, Home Depot HD, and other giants. New tariffs and heightened trade fears won't negatively impact Deere's soon-to-be-released quarterly financial results. Still, it is worth seeing what to do with DE stock before the manufacturing and farm equipment power reports its Q2 fiscal 2019 earnings before the opening bell Friday. Quick Overview Deere's first-quarter 2019 earnings fell well short of Wall Street estimates even though the company's revenues popped 16% and surpassed our Zacks Consensus Estimate. Aside from the overall top and bottom-line results, investors were likely nervous to see that higher logistics and raw material costs—including steel—negatively impacted Deere. Meanwhile, customer concerns regarding tariffs and the larger trade fight between the U.S. and China hurt the firm. More specifically, Deere noted that it saw fewer early orders and farmers seemed more nervous than most because China is such an important market for many U.S. farmers. The Moline, Illinois-based firm said that clients have delayed their purchases in order to see where the current trade fight heads. Deere's CEO Samuel Allen in mid-February was \"cautiously optimistic\" about his company's prospects for the year ahead. Until recently, Deere looked as though it would get what it hoped for in terms of clarity regarding the trade dispute between the world's two largest economies. Deere and the broader market have, of course, seen the trade fight escalate over the last two weeks. The renewed uncertainty hasn't helped DE stock, which is down big in May. Shares of Deere are now down around 3% in 2019 and come in flat over the past 12 months. Shares of Deere closed regular trading down 6.21% to $146.36 per share on Monday. This represented a roughly 14% downturn compared to its 52-week intraday high of $169.99 per share. With that said, investors will notice that DE stock has outpaced its industry's average—which includes Kubota Corp. KUBTY, AGCO Corporation AGCO, Titan International, Inc. TWI, Briggs & Stratton Corporation BGG—during the last three years. Q2 2019 Outlook & Earnings Trends Looking ahead, Deere's second-quarter fiscal 2019 revenue is projected to pop 4.1% to hit $10.15 billion, based on our current Zacks Consensus Estimate. This anticipated growth would come up well short of Q1's 16% top-line expansion. Meanwhile, the company's full-year fiscal 2019 revenue is projected to jump 6.6% from $33.35 billion in 2018 to touch $35.54 billion. Moving onto the bottom end of the income statement, the manufacturing and farm equipment firm is projected to see its adjusted quarterly earning pop 13.7% to $3.57 per share. The company's Q3 2019 EPS figure is expected to pop 25.5%. Peeking further ahead, DE's adjusted full-year earnings are projected to climb nearly 19%. Plus, the company's 2020 EPS figure is expected to come in 11% higher than our current-year estimate. Along with Deere's solid bottom-line growth prospects, the firm has seen some mixed earnings estimate revision activity recently, with its longer-term estimates down slightly over the past 60 days. 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A fifth day of American Airlines cancellations and delays could affect your travel plans. By 6 a.m., three American Airlines flights were canceled out of the airport, according to the departure boards in the terminal. Issues with delays and cancellations have persisted since Friday, when the company said high winds and reduced runway capacity in Dallas set off a chain reaction of problems. American hoped to get things back on track Monday with 1,800 flight attendants returning from leave, but 500 flights were still canceled. 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The industrial giant had announced the spin-off in October as it looked to simplify its business. The unit would be named Solstice Advanced Materials and focus exclusively on sustainable specialty chemicals and materials. Honeywell is also set to separate its aerospace and automation businesses, splitting one of America's last standing conglomerates into three independent firms. Sewell will join as the president and chief executive officer of the advanced materials business, effective immediately, and is expected to retain the title after the spin off is completed. He has more than 30 years of experience in the materials and chemicals industries and was most recently the CEO of packaging firm WestRock Company, which was acquired by Irish rival Smurfit Kappa in an $11 billion deal. Honeywell has also appointed insider Tina Pierce as the chief financial officer of the unit, effective May 1. She is also expected to retain the title after the spin-off. Pierce, who has worked at Honeywell for more than 25 years, is currently the CFO of its industrial automation segment. Separately, Rajeev Gautam has been selected as the non-executive chairman of the board, effective on completion of the spin. \"Rajeev's 43-year career as a leader in Honeywell's process technologies and advanced materials businesses, combined with David's experience overseeing a multi-year transformation strategy as CEO of a publicly traded company make them the ideal leaders,\" said Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapur. Solstice Advanced Materials will be headquartered in Morris Plains, New Jersey. 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This XPRIZE is a global competition incentivizing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for radical breakthroughs in problems facing humanity. Marinus Analytics was recognized for its revolutionary impact using AI to address the problem of human trafficking. The work of Marinus Analytics first began as a senior thesis when Emily Kennedy was earning her bachelor's degree in Ethics, History and Public Policy from CMU's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Now, nearly 10 years later, Marinus Analytics is a fully fledged company with a cutting-edge suite of AI-powered technology that aids law enforcement in finding and protecting victims of human trafficking. The company's flagship software, called Traffic Jam, was first developed at CMU. It uses AI to help police efficiently sort through online sex trafficking ads, grouping them by phrases, phone numbers or locations. This grouping helps detectives identify the people who control the victims they have coerced — many of whom are minors. Traffic Jam has over 2,500 registered law enforcement and nonprofit users, tackling the global problem of human trafficking and preventing future exploitation. The scalability and scope of the tools that Marinus Analytics has created directly embodies the innovation and impact that the XPRIZE seeks to reward. Awarded by a global panel of judges, the AI XPRIZE was launched in 2016 and began with 150 registered teams from around the world using AI to tackle challenges facing humanity. Marinus Analytics was one of the three grand finalists and the sole finalist from the U.S. The other two finalists were Aifred Health (Canada), which focuses on using AI to help physicians create personalized mental health treatment plans for patients; and Zzapp (Israel), which uses AI to predict where stagnant water bodies may occur and subsequently prevent malaria outbreaks. All three finalists earned prize money; $5 million for Zzapp in first place, and $1 million for Aifred Health in second place. Kennedy first used technology to tackle this massive problem in her senior thesis titled \"Predictive Patterns of Sex Trafficking Online.\" She then connected with two other Carnegie Mellon researchers, Artur Dubrawski, Alumni Research Professor of Computer Science; and Cara Jones, then a research analyst for Dubrawski's Auton Lab in CMU's Robotics Institute, to continue this important work. With the support of CMU's Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC), the three cofounded Marinus Analytics and brought its revolutionary products to market, partnering with local state and federal law enforcement to help put an end to human trafficking. \"We at CTTEC are inspired by the passion of the Marinus Analytics team and are happy to have been able to connect them with resources and support their efforts to bring their innovative technologies into the marketplace,\" said Reed McManigle, the CTTEC Mentor in Residence and licensing manager for Marinus. \"We are excited for them to have this opportunity to be recognized and to expand their vital work.\" With the XPRIZE award, Marinus Analytics will \"be able to further invest in research and development, find more victims and organized crime rings, and put even more powerful tools in the hands of public safety professionals in the areas of child protection and cyber fraud,\" Kennedy said. Michael McQuade, CMU's vice president for research reflects, \"For over 10 years Emily Kennedy dedicated her time to solving the problem of human trafficking and the recognition from winning third place in the AI XPRIZE cements the importance of the work that Marinus Analytics does and will continue to do. 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We have outperformed despite that suspension. We are obviously working hard to have this license renewed in the coming weeks and months,\" Pernod Ricard chief financial officer Helene de Tissot told analysts, adding that Delhi accounts for about 5% of its Indian unit sales. The distiller that sells Royal Salute, Glenlivet and Absolut counts India among one of its three \"must-win\" countries globally. Pernod Ricard , the world's second biggest spirits firm, said it is working hard to have its licence renewed in the coming months after the Delhi Government rejected its licence in the city, after investigating agencies named them in a case over alleged corruption and cartelisation linked to Delhi's now-scrapped excise policy. \"The license has been suspended since early September. We have outperformed despite that suspension. We are obviously working hard to have this license renewed in the coming weeks and months,\" Pernod Ricard chief financial officer Helene de Tissot told analysts, adding that Delhi accounts for about 5% of its Indian unit sales. Earlier this year, the ED alleged that the Indian unit of Pernod Ricard indulged in retail cartelisation, money laundering and wrongful declaration of prices. ED's charge-sheet said Pernod Ricard, while taking approval on corporate guarantee, wrote to Tissot, claiming it was working towards creating conditions to have strategic advantage in 20 out of the 32 proposed zones in Delhi, as part of its \"winning Delhi by distance\" ambition. After taking the role in January this year, Pernod Ricard India managing director for India Paul-Robert Bouhier resigned from his position recently. The distiller that sells Royal Salute, Glenlivet and Absolut counts India among one of its three \"must-win\" countries globally, along with the US and China. The growing middle class, which can afford premium-and-above, is about 150 million, and nearly 17 million people will be added as they attain the legal drinking age annually for the next three to five years. \"We have been increasing prices to the highest level versus the recent past in India. All the fundamentals are very strong in terms of consumer confidence, in terms of demographics, in terms of the organization, and then we have very strong brand equity that we have been building over the past 20 years. So we are very ambitious for India in the short and mid long-term,\" Tissot added. It gets a significant chunk from premium and semi-premium brands, mainly Blenders Pride, Royal Stag and Imperial Blue, and controls about a fourth of the overall whiskey market in India. 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Following the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home, the deal for Spider-Man expired between the two studios, and he would not appear in any more films from Marvel Studios. However, less than two months later the deal was repaired , in large part thanks to Tom Holland lobbying for it to be repaired . It wasn't entirely clear how long the new deal was for, but it appears that the studios do not want to repeat the situation. According to a new episode of The DisInsider Show , Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures have reached an agreement to extend the cooperation. Just how long the new deal is set for is unknown, but the hosts of the show – Skyler Shuler and Derek Cornell – said the deal was reached as Spider-Man is set to play \"a pivotal role\" in the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving forward. With all of the rumors of the known information about the Multiverse being added to the MCU , it makes sense Spider-Man would feature prominently in those plans. No other character has so embodied the concept as the web-slinger thanks to every universe having a variation of a Spider-based character. And following the success of Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, it's clear that it is a concept that audiences were comfortable with accepting. We also don't know exactly where the MCU is heading at this point. With Phase 3 having wrapped up the Infinity Gauntlet storyline, what will be the driving force of the next chapter of the MCU? Could we build towards a Secret Wars style storyline? We'll just have to wait and see, but it's clear that Spider-Man will be a big part of the storyline. Fun Jug Media, LLC (operating SpidermanNews.com) has affiliate partnerships with various companies. These do not at any time have any influence on the editorial content of Spider-Man News. 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Profit falls 63% to ₹1,362 crore; worst is over, says company Hindalco Industries is expecting a turnaround for its subsidiary Novelis Inc in the current quarter with a favourable metal price lag and an improvement in shipments of cans. For the India business, the rise in the prices of aluminium and copper and better coal availability are expected to boost its performance. \"The worst is over,\" said Satish Pai, MD, Hindalco, at a media briefing after announcing the results for the third quarter of this fiscal. He said metal prices had already started rising from late December and thus, he expected the fourth quarter to be better than the reporting quarter and 2023-24 to be a good year for the company overall. In Q3, the company's consolidated net profit fell 63 per cent y-o-y to ₹1,362 crore, dragged down by Novelis, which saw a steep fall in its net income to $12 million from $262 million a year ago. Revenue in the reporting quarter rose 5.7 per cent y-o-y to ₹53,151 crore. Operating profit fell 48.5 per cent to ₹3,930 crore. Novelis' earnings were hit by lower average aluminium prices and lower shipments as its customers, saddled with high inventory in expectation of demand, were busy de-stocking. Pai said can volumes were 60,000 tonnes lower than expected in the reporting quarter. He said the de-stocking would be completed in the current quarter and normal shipments would commence. Unprecedented inflationary pressures and an unfavorable foreign exchange rate also dented the company's bottomline. Major tailwinds The re-opening of the Chinese economy and resumption of demand as the country removed all Covid-related restrictions, along with the strengthening of the US economy are the major tailwinds for the Hindalco's operation, said Pai. The indications were favourable as already copper and aluminium prices were firming up, he said, adding that the only uncertain variable was the war in Ukraine which could disrupt supply chains. 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With the backing of Blackstone and Vista, Energy Exemplar gains new resources to help accelerate growth and drive platform innovation in support of grid reliability and the energy transition. \"We are tremendously excited about this partnership and how it will accelerate our investment in our leading SaaS platform providing accurate simulation and decision support for our customers in today's rapidly changing energy landscape,\" said David Wilson, CEO of Energy Exemplar. \"The combination of Blackstone and Vista brings a unique level of expertise in both the energy and software industries which will continue to propel Energy Exemplar as the go-to solution for the energy transition for all our clients around the world who are leading this charge.\" Energy market participants worldwide rely on Energy Exemplar's platform to optimize decision-making across both new asset development and existing operations. Utilities, power producers, grid system operators, and others in the energy transition ecosystem use the software to forecast market operations, drive long-term investments, and optimize ongoing operations across their assets and systems. Energy Exemplar's solutions offer best-in-class functionality, allowing users to model and understand the increasingly complex energy transition landscape in a single unified platform. Energy Exemplar has grown at 30% CAGR since 2018 and currently serves over 500 customers in 79 countries. \"Energy Exemplar is an established category leader with outsized growth potential in a rapidly evolving global energy market,\" said Ryan Atlas, Managing Director at Vista Equity Partners. \"Its platform provides a holistic view of the impact traditional and emerging energy systems have on the businesses of those leading the energy transition. Together with Blackstone, we look forward to partnering with David and the executive team, leveraging our experience in scaling transformative enterprise software companies to further accelerate innovation and customer value.\" Bilal Khan, Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Energy Transition Partners, added: \"We're thrilled to be backing Energy Exemplar, a mission-critical software provider supporting the growth of renewable energy, battery storage, and transmission grid investment required for the energy transition. Blackstone's energy market expertise and network of connections can enhance the company's growth trajectory. We couldn't be more excited to work with Vista, David, and the management team to drive the next stage of development for Energy Exemplar and its technology solutions supporting grid reliability and decarbonization. This investment is the latest in a series demonstrating Blackstone's conviction in the energy transition.\" Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel, and William Blair served as financial advisor to Blackstone and Vista. Lazard acted as sole financial advisor, and Jones Day and Herbert Smith Freehills served as legal counsel to Energy Exemplar. About Energy Exemplar Energy Exemplar is a market leader in the technology of optimization-based energy market simulation. Our cloud software suite, headlined by PLEXOS® and Aurora, is used across every region of the world for a wide range of applications, from short-term analysis to long-term planning studies. It is relied upon by hundreds of organizations worldwide to inform multi-million-dollar decisions. Our people continually think of novel approaches and more realistic simulations that enhance decision making, create market opportunities and enable utilities and regulatory authorities to become smarter, more energy efficient and profitable. Energy Exemplar continues to 'push the envelope,' being first-to-market with the latest advances in programming and energy market simulations, as it strives to offer the most comprehensive Energy Analytics Platform to its customer base. Blackstone Energy Transition Partners Blackstone Energy Transition Partners is Blackstone's energy-focused private equity business, a leading energy investor with a successful long-term record, having invested over $21 billion of equity globally across a broad range of sectors within the energy industry. Our investment philosophy is based on backing exceptional management teams with flexible capital to provide solutions that help energy companies grow and improve performance, thereby delivering cleaner, more reliable, and affordable energy to meet the needs of the global community. In the process, we build stronger, larger scale enterprises, create jobs and generate lasting value for our investors, employees and all stakeholders. About Vista Equity Partners Vista is a leading global investment firm with more than $101 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2023. The firm exclusively invests in enterprise software, data and technology-enabled organizations across private equity, permanent capital, credit and public equity strategies, bringing an approach that prioritizes creating enduring market value for the benefit of its global ecosystem of investors, companies, customers and employees. 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High Performance Computing (HPC) Market by Component (Solutions (Servers, Storage, Networking Devices, and Software) and Services), Deployment Type, Organization Size, Server Prices Band, Application Area, and Region – Global Forecast to 2025 The High Performance Computing Market size is expected to grow from USD 37.8 billion in 2020 to USD 49.4 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 5.5% during the forecast period. The demand for HPC is driven by the increasing need for efficient computing enhanced scalability, and reliable storage, emerging need for the high speed data processing with accuracy, adoption of HPC in the cloud. The server solution segment to hold a larger market size during the forecast period The components is subsegmented as Solutions as services.The solutions segment further subsegmented as server, storage, networking devices, software. The server solution segment is projected to contribute majorly to the HPC market among the solutions. This growth these segments are supported by enterprises are transforming to the digital world and cloud adoptions by enterprises from verticals across the world. Download PDF Brochure: https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/pdfdownloadNew.asp?id=631 SMEs segment to grow with higher market size during the forecast period The Small and Medium size enterprises (SMEs) segment is expected to grow with a higher rate contributing to the market. This growth of SMEs is supported by the implementation of the HPC solution, along with services, is expected to result in better risk mitigation, reduced administrative overhead, reduced cost of compliance, favorable business outcomes, and improved business efficiency for SMEs. The major players in the HPC market are AMD (US), Intel (US), HPE (US), IBM (US), Dell (US), Lenovo (China), Fujitsu (Japan), Atos (US), Cisco (US), NVIDIA (US), Sugon (China), AWS (US), and Dassault Systems (France). These players have adopted various growth strategies, including new product launches, partnerships, agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and business expansions. New product launches and partnerships were the two major strategies adopted by these players to achieve a strong foothold in the HPC market. Request For Sample Pages: https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/requestsampleNew.asp?id=631 Intel was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, US. The company provides networking, computer, and communications platforms to a large number of customers, including ODMs; OEMs; cloud service providers; and communications, industrial, and automotive equipment manufacturers. Intel design and develops key products and technologies that power the cloud and smart, connected world. In November 2020, Intel enhanced its Intel Xeon Scalable processors by announcing 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. Enhanced Xeon delivers the increased performance for HPC workloads with higher memory bandwidth, a new core architecture, increased processor cores, and faster input/output. AMD was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, US. It operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. AMD primarily offers the x86 microprocessor as a standalone device or incorporated into an Accelerated Processing Unit (APU); discrete Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), chipsets, and professional graphics; and server and embedded processors and semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoC) products and technology for game consoles. The company also licenses portions of its intellectual property. In November 2020, AMD launched the AMD Instinct MI100 accelerator with the ROCm 4.0 open ecosystem to support scientific workloads. These products redefine the and scientific research. 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(5) que passa a ser a conta que mais rende no Brasil. Agora, a empresa passa a oferecer rendimento de 105% do CDI para quem tem R$ 1.000 na conta ou mais (depositado ou recebido) — antes o rendimento era de 100%. Segundo a companhia, esta é a maior porcentagem de rendimento do país. A novidade passa a valer a partir de hoje, com liquidez diária, sem cobrança de IOF e para contas de pessoa física. Além disso, a aplicação do benefício é automática, ou seja, basta ter uma conta para ter acesso. ? Mercado Livre lança programa de troca de celulares usados; conheça ➡️ Canal do TechTudo no WhatsApp: acompanhe as principais notícias, tutoriais e reviews O TechTudo esteve presente na coletiva que compartilhou os detalhes sobre o novo rendimento da conta digital. Para o Head de Banco Digital do Mercado Pago no Brasil, Ignácio Estivariz, a solução chega para atender aos brasileiros em um cenário onde existem poucas opções de rendimento de saldo em conta. Segundo ele, foi ouvindo os usuários que a empresa decidiu \"oferecer a única conta que mais rende desde o primeiro dia, pensando também quando o dinheiro não dura o mês todo\". A seguir, entenda melhor os termos de uso do banco digital e veja como criar uma conta no Mercado Pago. Mercado Pago anuncia que sua conta digital é a que mais rende no Brasil; veja como ter Divulgação/Mercado Pago Como descobrir o que foi comprado no Mercado Pago? Confira no Fórum do TechTudo Como ter o rendimento de até 105% do CDI no Mercado Pago? Segundo o banco digital, para ter acesso a solução é necessário ter uma conta no banco digital do Mercado Livre e adicionar pelo menos R$ 1.000 na conta no intervalo de um mês. O investimento pode ser feito via transferência, depósitos ou Pix, de qualquer titularidade de origem. Segundo a empresa, o cliente passa a ter o rendimento automático de 105% do CDI garantido até o final do mês seguinte, independente do saldo da conta. Se você já tem a conta digital, basta realizar a transferência dentro do período citado e o retorno será aplicado; caso contrário, será preciso abrir sua conta de pessoa física. Para criar uma conta no Mercado Pago, vá até o site (https://www.mercadopago.com.br/) e clique em \"Abrir conta grátis\". Selecione \"Criar conta pessoal\" — os 105% são elegíveis apenas para pessoa física — e, em seguida, preencha os campos com as informações solicitadas. Será necessário validar seu e-mail, identidade e telefone. Para criar a conta do Mercado Pago é necessário acessar o site do banco digital. Reprodução/Mercado Pago A conta também pode ser criada pelo aplicativo do Mercado Pago, que está disponível para download no iPhone (iOS) e Android. Para isso, acesse a página do app na App Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mercadopago.wallet&hl=pt_BR&gl=US) ou na Google Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mercadopago.wallet&hl=pt_BR&gl=US) e siga o mesmo procedimento do site. Para consultar todos os termos e condições da solução, basta acessar a página com todos os detalhes: https://www.mercadopago.com.br/ajuda/32110. *A jornalista viajou para São Paulo a convite do Mercado Pago. Com informações de Mercado Pago. 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The auditors gave a damning assessment of what they called \"vexing and heartbreaking decisions\" by Facebook. Among them: Keeping up posts by President Trump that \"clearly violated\" the company's policies on hate and violent speech and voter suppression; exempting politicians from third-party fact-checking; and being \"far too reluctant to adopt strong rules to limit [voting] misinformation and voter suppression.\" The report reflects two years of investigation by Laura W. Murphy, a former American Civil Liberties Union executive, and the civil rights law firm Relman Colfax. They were hired by Facebook following widespread accusations that it promotes discrimination by, for example, letting advertisers target users based on race. The auditors examined policies and practices ranging from how the company handles hate speech to its work to stop election interference. \"What has become increasingly clear is that we have a long way to go,\" Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, wrote in a blog post introducing the auditors' report. \"While we won't make every change they call for, we will put more of their proposals into practice,\" she said. She said Facebook would create a new role for a senior vice president dedicated to making sure civil-rights considerations informed the company's products, policies and procedures. The audit echoed complaints that advocacy groups have made for years. Leaders of those groups expressed skepticism over whether Facebook would make meaningful change now. \"The recommendations coming out of the audit are as good as the action Facebook ends up taking,\" said Rashad Robinson, president of the nonprofit Color of Change. \"Otherwise it is a roadmap without a vehicle and the resources to move, and that is not useful for any of us.\" The audit comes as hundreds of brands have pledged not to advertise on Facebook this month to protest its laissez-faire approach to harmful posts. Some of the boycott organizers, which include Color of Change, the Anti-Defamation League and the NAACP, held a call with Facebook leaders on Tuesday and hung up disheartened. \"They showed up to the meeting expecting an 'A' for attendance,\" Robinson said of Zuckerberg and the other Facebook executives,in a press conference after the meeting. Advertising accounted for more than 98% of the company's nearly $70 billion in revenue last year. The boycott campaign's stated goal is \"to force [CEO] Mark Zuckerberg to address the effect that Facebook has had on our society.\" The audit included further recommendations for how Facebook could build \"a long-term civil rights accountability structure,\" including building out a civil rights team and making the civil rights leader a part of decisions over whether to remove content. The auditors said Facebook had made progress in advancing the civil rights of its users, for example by barring advertisers from targeting housing, employment and credit ads based on age, gender or zip code and expanding policies against voter suppression and census interference. But they warned that the company's decisions to prioritize free speech above all else - particular speech by politicians - risked \"obscur[ing]\" that progress, especially as the presidential election approaches. \"We have grave concerns that the combination of the company's decision to exempt politicians from fact-checking and the precedents set by its recent decisions on President Trump's posts, leaves the door open for the platform to be used by other politicians to interfere with voting,\" they wrote. \"If politicians are free to mislead people about official voting methods ... and are allowed to use not-so-subtle dog whistles with impunity to incite violence against groups advocating for racial justice, this does not bode well for the hostile voting environment that can be facilitated by Facebook in the United States.\" Editor's note: Facebook is among NPR's financial supporters.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "American Civil Liberties Union", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "American Civil Liberties Union", "length": 30, "offset": 831}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "NPR", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NPR", "length": 3, "offset": 4249}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Relman Colfax", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Relman Colfax", "length": 13, "offset": 903}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Facebook", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 13}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 132}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 438}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 937}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1301}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1512}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1812}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 1926}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2200}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2398}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2559}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2815}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 2900}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 3122}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 4184}, {"position_text": "Facebook", "length": 8, "offset": 4231}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Color of Change", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Color of Change", "length": 15, "offset": 2001}, {"position_text": "Color of Change", "length": 15, "offset": 2322}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Anti-Defamation League", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Anti-Defamation League", "length": 22, "offset": 2343}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "AFP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 111}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "United States", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "United States", "length": 13, "offset": 4200}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1231, "text": "New Capture One Sony deal: Now 50% off on all perpetual license, subscription and style bundles!\nCapture One launched a new deal on all Read the full SonyAlphaRumors privacy and cookie policy by clicking here . Disclaimer: SonyAlphaRumors has no affiliation with any of the equipment manufacturers mentioned on this site. Please visit their official websites by typing the specific brand name and adding .com after it in your browser. All trademarks and brands belong to their respective owners. Here is the definition of the word \"rumor\" according to Merriam Webster dictionary: Pronunciation: \\ˈrü-mər\\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English rumour, from Anglo-French, from Latin rumor clamor, gossip; akin to Old English rēon to lament, Sanskrit rauti he roars Date: 14th century 1: talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source 2: a statement or report current without known authority for its truth 3 archaic : talk or report of a notable person or event ---- Content Copyright If you want to use any image from this website you have to ask for permission. You cannot copy more than 20 words from any of our posts. And you have to define the source with \"Source: SonyAlphaRumors.com\" (working link).", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Merriam Webster", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Merriam Webster", "length": 15, "offset": 552}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1232, "text": "SBI suspends digital banking services for 2 hours; 4th suspension this month\nThe State Bank of India (SBI) said on Saturday that its digital banking services will remain suspended for a period of two hours from tonight 11.30pm till 1.30am tomorrow. Taking to Twitter, the bank informed its customers that during these two hours, internet banking, YONO, YONO Lite, UPI services will be unavailable. \"We will be undertaking maintenance activities between 23.30 hrs on 17/07/2021 and 1:30 hrs on 18/07/2021. During this period, Internet Banking/YONO/YONO Lite/UPI services will be unavailable. We regret the inconvenience caused and request you to bear with us,\" SBI wrote on the microblogging site. This is the fourth time this month that digital banking services of the public sector bank were hit due to maintenance activities. Just yesterday, the services were halted for 40 minutes from 11pm to 11.40pm on. Last week, the services were unavailable for a few hours between July 10 and July 11. And on July 4 too, SBI customers were unable to avail digital banking services. Meanwhile, Dinesh Kumar Khara, SBI's chairman said that work is being done towards launching the next version of YONO- which is the bank's integrated digital banking platform, according to a report by Hindustan Times' sister publication, Livehindustan on Saturday. 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Now, entire organizations can become certified in AvePoint technology and services, both allowing AvePoint to scale through channel and partner support, and empowering partners to capture new business through this funnel. Additionally, AvePoint has enhanced its training to focus on how partners can build services around multiple products, as requested at the company's latest Partner Technical Advisory Council (PTAC). Hosted quarterly, the PTAC consists of strategic invested partners from around the world and helps AvePoint better understand partner needs to build innovative solutions and strengthen our programs. \"AvePoint's training and development opportunities are valuable for establishing a strong foundation and achieving expertise in their technology, as well as developing strategies for bundling services and effectively marketing your business,\" stated Ingo Zimmermann, Senior Consultant at Net at Work. \"The recent additions to their certification program not only enhance an already comprehensive and outstanding program but also enable organizations to maximize revenue opportunities readily available to them.\" Second, the Partner Locator, available on July 3, 2023, will fuel new business for partners by directing AvePoint customers to partners like Managed Service Providers (MSPs) who can help deploy or build services around its technology. By providing new avenues for partners to source and conduct business using its leading technology, AvePoint continues to scale its channel business. Collaborating with a variety of partner types including systems integrators, consultants, MSPs, resellers and distributors, and continuously adding to its network as evidenced by a recent global expansion with Crayon, is one element of the company's overall strategy to achieve sustainable, profitable growth. \"Our partnership with AvePoint has always been valuable, and with the introduction of Partner Locator we have the opportunity to reach more customers to support their continued digital workplace goals,\" said Joe Hepburn, Head of Data Management, Bytes Software Services. \"This is just another step forward in our ever-increasing relationship and shared drive to improve customer experience through adopting AvePoint's wide range of solutions.\" Third, AvePoint continues to invest in DevOps with global partners, helping to create SaaS solutions unique to end-customer industries and specific needs. This level of co-creation, through accessing AvePoint APIs to build upon its technology, is another example of the company's commitment to helping each partner drive revenue in ways that are specific to their business. All AvePoint partners can use the AvePoint Elements Managed Services Platform, which was recently named to the CRN Cloud 100 and 20 Coolest Storage Companies lists. This platform includes its digital collaboration security technologies like data backup and disaster recovery, including AvePoint Cloud Backup which was just featured in the 2023 Gartner Market Guide for Backup as a Service, access monitoring and control, provisioning and management, and secure migration technology. To learn more about the AvePoint channel business, please visit https://www.avepoint.com/partners. About AvePoint Collaborate with Confidence. AvePoint provides the most advanced platform to optimize SaaS operations and secure collaboration. Over 17,000 customers worldwide rely on our solutions to modernize the digital workplace across Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other collaboration environments. AvePoint's global channel partner program includes over 3,500 managed service providers, value added resellers and systems integrators, with our solutions available in more than 100 cloud marketplaces. Founded in 2001, AvePoint is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey with 25 global offices. 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The Azure Percept Development Kit (DK) comprises vision (right), optional audio (left) and developer board (middle) modules. More and more sensors are being added to the edge of networks, using tools like Azure IoT Hub to connect them to cloud services, where maximum utility can be extracted from the data they generate. But too many of those devices are custom, requiring significant development to get that data in the right format, in the right place. More about artificial intelligence Exploiting this growing industrial IoT to best effect requires software and hardware engineers to work with device firmware, learn new real-time operating systems, and think about security at a very low level. It's a complex field, where it can be hard to get benefits unless you have the resources to set up a dedicated development team. SEE: Natural language processing: A cheat sheet (TechRepublic) But what if the industrial IoT was truly industrial, built using standards, with the ability to fit together like rugged Lego bricks? And what if there was a common development environment that helped you connect APIs and services to build your own machine-learning powered IoT applications? Unveiling the Azure Percept DK That's why Microsoft recently launched Azure Percept . Like Microsoft's other IoT services, it mixes hardware, software, and the Azure cloud. At the heart of the platform is a set of reference designs for edge hardware that takes advantage of machine learning. Hardware developers will be able to take those designs and build their own devices, while adding their own features -- using a custom camera module or changing the radios, for example. Designs could also be tailored for different industries, with different systems in warehouses or on oil rigs. Azure Percept is intended to be a family of plug-and-play IoT hardware from multiple vendors, where different designs use the same software platform. While having reference designs is one part of the story, edge hardware needs software. So Microsoft is shipping an initial developer kit to kickstart the Percept ecosystem. Available from the Microsoft Store, it consists of a hub and a camera, with an optional audio sensor. The basic developer kit costs $349, with the audio sensor an extra $79. They're designed to fit the standard 80/20 mounting rails found in many industrial facilities, so can be fitted to existing rails or quickly fitted in any space. The main Percept DK module is built around NXP's iMX8M system-on-module processor board, with 4GB of RAM and 16GB of storage and a TPM for security. As well as four Arm 64-bit cores, it has additional acceleration for machine-learning workloads with an Intel Movidius Myriad dedicated vision neural network inference processor. This allows it to offload much of Percept's on-board image processing, saving both CPU time and power. Connectivity comes via Ethernet, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. It uses Microsoft's own CBL-Mariner Linux distribution, with management and update services from Azure. The camera module connects to the main carrier board over USB-C, and Microsoft suggests that you can go from opening the box to getting images in under 10 minutes. Getting started with Percept You don't need an 80/20 rack to get started, as the devices can be set up next to your development PCs, so you can quickly see how they work. All you need to do is plug in power, attach the antennae, and then connect the camera unit via USB. Once it's powered up, you can start initial configuration over Wi-Fi. A set of web pages guide you through connecting to a Wi-Fi network, before configuring SSH. Once it's ready, it connects to Azure where it needs to be registered in your account, linking the Percept DK to an Azure IoT Hub (either creating a new instance or joining an existing one). You have to use a Standard tier instance, as Percept is not supported on Free or Basic instances. When the Percept DK connects to Azure for the first time, it will update and download its default software modules. You can then use Azure's Percept Studio management and development environment to work with the hardware, initially testing streamed video from an AI vision recognition model that's built into Percept. SEE: Office 365: A guide for tech and business leaders (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Getting started quickly is a definite benefit, as you can show results fast. To help go beyond the basic recogniser there are sample vision models that are based on common business problems. You can quickly deploy tools for detecting people or identifying empty shelves, for example, without writing a line of code. That low- and no-code approach to practical AI vision is key to Percept; what's important here is what you can do with machine learning and computer vision (and audio) in your business. Once you've connected your Percept system to Azure IoT Hub, you can use the Azure-hosted Percept Studio development tools to build your own applications, connecting together various APIs and delivering code modules to your devices. Azure Percept Studio has a number of sample AI models, such as these for computer vision. Building your first Percept applications Starting with Percept Studio is like working with any Azure tool in that everything you create needs to be assigned to a resource group and assigned to a pricing tier -- in this case for Azure's Cognitive Services , which provides the machine-learning APIs used by Percept. Once you've done the basic resource setup, you can quickly configure a vision solution . Start by choosing whether you're detecting or classifying objects. You don't need to choose a target device type, as that's automatically handled for you by Percept Studio. Next, start to train your model, with at least 30 images captured from the Percept camera module stream. You can automate this process -- if you're building an app that's intended to monitor a space, for example. Once images have been captured and uploaded to Percept Studio, you can then start to tag them. Labels are essential for machine learning, as they allow you to tag elements of an image, ensuring that your app can identify specific objects or occurrences. Manually tagging a set of images and then running them through a training cycle is probably the most time-consuming part of building a basic ML application. Percept Studio provides tools for testing a model and retraining where necessary. Don't expect to get things right first time; you can make your model better with the more examples it has to work with. Once you're happy with the results, you can deploy your model to your Percept devices and start it running. Percept is capable of a lot, as it's built on top of Azure's custom vision tools, which are part of its Cognitive Services machine-learning suite. There's an additional pack of development tools that can be downloaded to help build more complex solutions, with a GitHub repository to help you get started. This gives you access to the software used to run the AI modules, as well as tools to help you train and deploy your own neural networks. Microsoft is attempting something quite ambitious with Percept: providing a reference design for AI sensor hardware and the tools to build applications around it. There's a myth that AI is hard, and it's clear that this is one myth that the Percept team aims to help you bust. No-code solutions get you started quickly, ready to deploy on relatively cheap hardware, while you can build more complex, custom neural networks on your own hardware. It's an effective mix that should grow with you, as you gain experience with both computer vision and audio processing. Microsoft Weekly Newsletter Be your company's Microsoft insider by reading these Windows and Office tips, tricks, and cheat sheets. 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Staff from Boeing's DEI office will be combined with another human resources team focused on talent and employee experience, according to people familiar with the matter. Sara Liang Bowen, a Boeing vice president who led the now-defunct department, left the company on Thursday. \"The team achieved so much — sometimes imperfectly, never easily — and dreamed of doing much more still,\" Bowen wrote in a farewell post on LinkedIn. Boeing's new Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg is streamlining the planemaker's operations and trimming its executive ranks as part of a broader 10% reduction in headcount. The shift also comes as large U.S. companies face increasing pressure from conservative activists to dismantle or downplay their efforts on diversity, equity and inclusion. While Boeing's workforce has traditionally skewed White and male, the company stepped up its efforts to recruit more Black employees and people from other minority groups under former CEO Dave Calhoun, who stepped down in early August. 'Remains committed' Anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck, who claims credit for convincing Toyota Motor Corp. and Harley-Davidson Inc. to scale back DEI, said he had reached out to Ortberg and board chair Steve Mollenkopf by e-mail earlier this month to alert them he was considering an online campaign against their diversity programs. \"Boeing remains committed to recruiting and retaining top talent and creating an inclusive work environment where every teammate around the world can perform at their best while supporting the company's mission,\" the planemaker said in a statement. The company added that it prohibits discriminatory hiring practices and maintains \"a merit-based performance system with procedures aimed at encouraging an equality of opportunity, not of outcomes.\" The dismantling of Boeing's DEI department throws into question the future of its existing programs to promote more diversity among its workforce. Boeing had promised to increase opportunities for under-represented workers, including Black employees, in the aftermath of George Floyd's death in 2020. As part of that effort, the company pledged to increase overall Black employment by 20% by 2025. Boeing was already closing in on that goal last year, as Black employment rose to 7.5% in 2023 — a 17% increase, according to data reported to the U.S. federal government. Under pressure Asked by a Texas judge to explain its DEI policy, Boeing reiterated its goals on diversity and inclusion, in an Oct. 25 filing, and said it doesn't use racial quotas in hiring or promotion decisions. \"An inclusive culture fosters a workplace where employees feel free to speak up and raise concerns — including concerns related to quality and safety — without fear of retaliation,\" Boeing told the court. Boeing has been under pressure for its quality and safety practices following two fatal jet crashes involving its workhorse 737 Max model, and a door failure on an Alaska Air flight in January. The company has been specifically targeted on social media by billionaire Elon Musk and other conservative activists who blame some of its problems with aircraft quality on its decision to add diversity goals to its 2022 bonus targets. Boeing refocused its incentive plan on quality and safety earlier this year. Ortberg has vowed to streamline operations and return focus to Boeing's core planemaking and defense businesses. 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Thousands of Border Force, National Highways, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and Royal Mail employees are due to take industrial action on Friday. 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Transportation Security Administration agents checking luggage late Sunday afternoon for a Delta Air Lines flight raised concerns over the potentially suspicious item, Massachusetts State Police said. The bomb squad was called in and all passengers in Terminal A were evacuated while officers investigated and swept the area. State police said the suspicious device was a PlayStation that was in \"a degraded condition caused by age or damage\" that produced an abnormal image when X-rayed. An all-clear was eventually given in the terminal, allowing passengers to return. Recently, a blade hidden inside a cane caused another stir for TSA agents at the airport. 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Meghan has previously claimed she was subject to racism after she entered into a relationship with Prince Harry and during her time as a working royal. On her podcast, Archetypes , she said she understood what it was like to be \"treated like a black woman\" once she started dating Prince Harry. And in the couple's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Duchess of Sussex claimed an unnamed member of the royal family had raised \"concerns\" about how dark Archie's skin may be turn out before he was born. Now, many of her supporters feel her claims of racism, which attracted criticism from Royal fanatics, have been validated after the latest race row to rock the Royal Family. More on Meghan and Harry William and Kate try to keep calm and carry on after 'declaration of war' from Harry and Meghan 02 December, 2022 Meghan Markle explores toxic stereotypes of Asian women as podcast resumes after Queen's death 04 October, 2022 Opinion | Seeing Meghan back in the fold has once again made me feel more connected to the Royal Family 17 September, 2022 On Wednesday, Ngozi Fulani, a black domestic charity founder, revealed how she was quizzed repeatedly about her origins by Palace aide Lady Susan Hussey. Ms Fulani said the exchange made her feel as though Lady Hussey, Prince William's godmother and the Queen Consort's aide , was trying to make her \"denounce my British citizenship\". Author Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu said the incident was not a one-off. Ms Mos-Shogbamimu tweeted: \"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry told you of racism in Royal Family & household. But she was vilified, abused & violated for speaking the truth. \"Ngozi Fulani's experience with Lady Susan Hussey wasn't isolated, one-off or a 'bad apple' at Buckingham Palace.\" Journalist and co-author of Harry and Meghan biography Finding Freedom , Omid Scobie, has suggested further racist incidents could be exposed in the documentary, which is expected to stream from 8 December.. \"If a supposed expert in royal etiquette and diplomacy is willing to talk to a woman of colour like that in the gentile setting of a royal engagement, what's said behind the scenes when the cameras are away?\" Mr Scobie, Yahoo's Executive Royal Editor, asked in his latest column for the publication . He added: \"Over six episodes, Harry & Meghan will tell the story of the couple's courtship and royal life through the lens of the media and difficulties they faced. Racism and racial bias—particularly in press coverage (which the Royal Family never spoke up about)—plays a significant part of it. The show, just like Harry's book, has Palace staff worried about more accusations coming their way.\" Mr Scobie said if King Charles wants to modernise the monarchy, he would have to acknowledge the institutional racism within it and transform it into an anti-racist organisation, adding: \"otherwise, we're going to find ourselves back here again very soon\". Some royal experts claimed the trailer for the six-part series was released yesterday (December 1) in deliberate bid to divert media attention away from William and Kate's trip to Boston for the Earthshot Prize today. 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The company has been put in an extremely difficult position by further plant closures in Asia due to the epidemic, which is very bad news for mainly automotive suppliers whose direct supplier is the German chip maker. The suffering is fundamentally well reflected in Infineon's quarterly results, so with continued oversupply, the company's revenue was able to grow by just 1% year-on-year to € 2.72 billion, falling short of preliminary analyst expectations. At the same time, the profit margin increased slightly due to demand-driven prices, reaching 18.2%, the company reported. Service mesh and containers under the banana (x) You wouldn't even think that when you throw the bananas at the checkout, the most modern IT stack works under them, and they are being developed in Budapest. Service mesh and containers under the banana (x) You wouldn't even think that when you throw the bananas at the checkout, the most modern IT stack works under them, and they are being developed in Budapest. During the presentation of the quarterly results, the company's management announced that the company's inventory volume had dropped to a historic low, so that all manufactured semiconductors are immediately transferred from the factory to the partners. In such a situation, any plant closure poses further significant difficulties which can only be remedied in the longer term by increasing production capacity or setting up new production plants, such as the plant in Villach, which is being built in neighboring Austria. Europe's largest chip maker, French-Italian STMicro, whose CEO Jean-Marc Chery told Reuters last week, he said that the company is expected to be able to deliver only 70% of the total order backlog this year, this rate – if the global epidemic situation does not worsen significantly – could be only 85-90% next year, while the situation will \"normalize\" at best 2023 can be expected.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Infineon", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Infineon", "length": 8, "offset": 56}, {"position_text": "Infineon", "length": 8, "offset": 475}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Reuters", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 1812}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "STMicro", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "STMicro", "length": 7, "offset": 1772}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 1240, "text": "Throw Away This Recalled All-Purpose Flour, FDA Says\nNo, not semolina flour. Salmonella in your flour. Or at least the potential of it. That's what the food processing company General Mills announced in a voluntary recall, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The alarms went off after some sampling of their five- pound bags of flours were inspected and the presence of salmonella was found. Neither the company nor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or FDA have linked this specific recall with the current salmonella outbreak that was reported to have reached 11 states and caused 12 illnesses and three hospitalizations in the beginning of April, according to USA Today . Which General Mills flours are recalled? The recalled flours are two-, five- and 10-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached and Bleached All Purpose Flour all with \"better if used by\" dates of March 27, 2024, and March 28, 2024 with the following package UPC numbers: The information can be found on their packaging. According to the recall, none of their other flour is affected by the recall. As a general rule of thumb, the FDA and recommends people don't eat any raw food that contains flour, such as raw cookie dough, crackers, pizza crust, etc. B aking, frying, sautéing or boiling naturally kills s almonella, so those raw foods could expose you to the bacteria (and it's why you should clean your hands, utensils, and surfaces after handling flour or dough). What should you do if you have any of the recalled flour? The FDA urges people to check their pantries for the recalled flour and dispose it if you find it match the descriptions above. If you have recalled flour, contact General Mills' c onsumer r elations at 1-800-230-8103. There is no mention of a refund in the recall. If you've consumed the flour and are concerned about illness, t he FDA recommends you contact your physician. Symptoms of nausea, diarrhea, fever and abdominal pains start within six hours to six days after infection and can last four to seven days. 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But the deportation saga has also proven to be fertile ground for vaccine- and tennis-related memes, satire and, it appears, even viral advertising. The Claim As social media users piled on the jokes and memes following an Australian court's ruling to uphold the immigration ministry's decision to cancel the Serbian tennis star's visa , Mastercard purportedly saw an opportunity not to be missed. \"Mastercard/accepted across the world...when your VISA isn't,\" reads the caption printed on a credit card next to an image of Djokovic. The image was quickly picked up by social media users, who gave credit to the card provider's marketing team for a seemingly masterful and quick-witted PR move. Others appeared more skeptical about the provenance of the image, questioning whether it's a real ad or just a photoshopped take on a joke that has been circulating for days. The viral image was trending on multiple platforms over the past week, notably on LinkedIn, where it received praise as a supposed example of \"comparative advertising\"—the practice of calling a specific competitor by name, often for the express purpose of highlighting their inferiority. The Facts It is not unheard of for competing brands to target each other in their advertising campaigns—notable examples include Mac vs PC and Pepsi vs Coke. However, even though the Mastercard vs VISA rivalry goes back decades, there is no evidence that this was a case of targeted marketing by the former. A reverse image search by Newsweek revealed that the image presented as a Mastercard ad has been tweeted as early as January 10. Though Newsweek has been unable to identify the original author, both the text version of the joke and several variations of the meme have been circulating since January 6, the date Djokovic's visa was first cancelled. There are numerous red flags indicating that the viral image has no affiliation with the Mastercard marketing department. First, though multiple posters referenced Mastercard as the source, and some even tagged the company's social media accounts, none appeared to link to a specific post by the company, nor drew any reaction from it. Newsweek could not identify any cases of the image being used on any of the company's official accounts or promotional campaigns on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter or LinkedIn. Additionally, the logo used in the image appears to be outdated, including a striped crossover segment that is missing from the company's branding on its official website, having been discontinued in 2016. A Mastercard media relations team representative in an emailed response to Newsweek confirmed that the image was not authored by the company. \"That is not content created by Mastercard. It appears to be a consumer-generated image. One giveaway is that it contains a logo we have not used in years,\" he noted, attaching the company's current logo for comparison. The Ruling False. The viral image featuring a photo of Novak Djokovic on a Mastercard alongside the caption \"MasterCard/accepted across the world...when your VISA isn't\" is not a real Mastercard advert. It appears to be an example of user generated content, though Newsweek has been unable to identify the photoshopping mastermind behind the meme. FACT CHECK BY NEWSWEEK A billboard depicting Novak Djokovic is seen on the side of a building in Belgrade on January 16. The Serbian tennis player has received an outpouring of support in his native Serbia after being deported from Australia. 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(\"MasTec\") (NYSE: MTZ) shareholders: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that an investigation has commenced into MasTec and certain of its officers and directors regarding potential securities fraud. The investigation concerns, in part, the below: On August 3, 2023, MasTec announced it missed its estimates for the second quarter of 2023. The Company also revised downwards its 2023 guidance, blaming slowdowns in its communications margins for the revision. Analysts critiqued the Company for its\"over-promise, under-deliver halo\" concerning overly optimistic guidances which fail to materialize. Following this news, MTZ stock price fell by $24.79 per share – or approximately 21% -- within two business days of the news. If you suffered a loss on your investment in MasTec, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you. Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. 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Ziyu Julian Zhu | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Bed Bath & Beyond On Tuesday, it posted a larger-than-expected quarterly loss as its chief executive admitted the struggling retailer's turnaround plan was falling short of its targets. days after company warn of possible bankruptcy It painted an even more dire picture of its finances. Bed Bath said he lost $393 million during the period, worse than last week's projected quarterly loss of $385.8 million, a 42% increase from his loss a year earlier. Did. Bed Bath's net loss exceeded $1.12 billion in the first nine months of the fiscal year. As the home goods retailer fights to stay in business, these mounting losses are failing its turnaround strategy. As we phase out some of our own brands, we want to bring back more domestic brands and popular products. But Bed Bath's financial situation has shaken suppliers, who have changed payment terms and stopped shipping goods, leaving store shelves even more empty than usual. CEO Sue Gove said Tuesday that the company is working to address the cascading financial problems in a \"timely manner.\"she echoed Company news release He spoke on the earnings call for about 10 minutes and declined the analyst's question. Bed Bath did not share sales trends for the holiday season, which falls into the company's fiscal fourth quarter. Gove said Bed Bath used the money he earned in December to stock up. Here's how the retailer did it Three months It closed on Nov. 26 compared to what analysts had expected based on Refinitiv data. Loss per share: $3.65 adjusted vs. $2.23 expected Revenue: $1.26 billion vs. $1.34 billion forecast The retailer includes 3 banners. That baby goods chain, Buybu Baby. And that health and beauty banner, Harmon. Comparable sales for the Bed Bath & Beyond business as a whole decreased 32%. Comparable sales for the banner of the same name fell by 34%. Comparable sales for Buybuy Baby fell in the low 20% range. Comparable sales trends for health and beauty chain Harmon have not been identified. Net sales of $1.26 billion decreased approximately 33% from $1.88 billion in the prior year period. Last week, the company previewed its third-quarter net sales and net loss. With the warning of \"Going Concern\" As it struggles to attract customers to its stores and turn around declining sales, it risks running out of funds to cover expenses, the filing said. The company's market value fell to just $142.8 million. Still, the company's shares rose nearly 10% in premarket trading on Tuesday. \"We made quick and effective changes to our assortment and other merchandising and marketing strategies, but limited inventory fell short of our goals,\" Gove said in a release on Tuesday. Still, retailers are making progress, she said. The company will aggressively cut costs and close 150 of her previously announced stores. Operating expenses fell from $698 million last year to $583.6 million. \"Our organization is more streamlined, with a more focused infrastructure that reflects our current business,\" said Gove. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/10/bed-bath-beyond-bbby-q3-2023-earnings.html Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Q3 2023 Financial Results", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Bed Bath & Beyond", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bed Bath & Beyond", "length": 17, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath & Beyond", "length": 17, "offset": 74}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath & Beyond", "length": 17, "offset": 182}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath", "length": 8, "offset": 469}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath's", "length": 10, "offset": 640}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath's", "length": 10, "offset": 951}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath", "length": 8, "offset": 1352}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath", "length": 8, "offset": 1476}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath & Beyond", "length": 17, "offset": 1900}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath & Beyond", "length": 17, "offset": 3248}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Buybuy Baby", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Buybuy Baby", "length": 11, "offset": 2036}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Harmon", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Harmon", "length": 6, "offset": 1867}, {"position_text": "Harmon", "length": 6, "offset": 2127}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "BBBY", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "BBBY", "length": 4, "offset": 19}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Bed Bath", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bed Bath", "length": 8, "offset": 469}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath's", "length": 10, "offset": 640}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath's", "length": 10, "offset": 951}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath", "length": 8, "offset": 1352}, {"position_text": "Bed Bath", "length": 8, "offset": 1476}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Refinitiv", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Refinitiv", "length": 9, "offset": 1648}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Xinhua News Agency", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Xinhua News Agency", "length": 18, "offset": 148}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "New York", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "New York", "length": 8, "offset": 101}, {"position_text": "New York", "length": 8, "offset": 101}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1244, "text": "F.T.C. Slams Middlemen for High Drug Prices, Reversing Hands-Off Approach\nThe Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers , saying in a scathing 71-page report that \"these powerful middlemen may be profiting by inflating drug costs and squeezing Main Street pharmacies.\" The regulator's study signals a significant ramping up of its scrutiny of benefit managers under the agency's chair, Lina Khan. It represents a remarkable turnabout for an agency that has long taken a hands-off approach to policing these companies. The F.T.C. has so far stopped short of bringing a lawsuit or other enforcement action against a benefit manager. But the industry fears that the report could lead to a formal investigation into its practices or to a lawsuit accusing benefit managers of anticompetitive conduct. The agency's findings could also fuel legislative efforts in Congress and in the states to impose limits on the industry. The three largest benefit managers — CVS Health's Caremark, Cigna's Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group's Optum Rx — collectively process roughly 80 percent of prescriptions in the United States. Hired by employers and government health insurance programs like Medicare, benefit managers are responsible for negotiating prices with drug makers, paying pharmacies and helping decide which drugs are available and at what cost to patients. Benefit managers are supposed to save everyone money. But in recent years, the industry has grown more consolidated and has taken more control over how patients get their medicines, in a shift that critics say contributes to driving up drug costs. In a statement on Tuesday, Ms. Khan said the agency's inquiry had shown \"how dominant pharmacy benefit managers can hike the cost of drugs — including overcharging patients for cancer drugs.\" She went on to say that the agency found evidence of \"how P.B.M.s can squeeze independent pharmacies that many Americans — especially those in rural communities — depend on for essential care.\" The industry strongly disputed the F.T.C.'s findings. \"These biased conclusions will do nothing to address the rising prices of prescription medications driven by the pharmaceutical industry,\" said Justine Sessions, a spokeswoman for Express Scripts. The benefit managers defended their business practices, saying they save money for employers, governments and patients. They say that their scale gives them crucial leverage to take on the pharmaceutical companies. And they say they are being frugal with their clients' money when reimbursing outside pharmacies at low rates for buying and dispensing medications. An investigation by The New York Times published last month found that the benefit managers often act in their own interests, at the expense of patients, employers and taxpayers. The F.T.C.'s report cited The Times's findings, detailing an array of ways that benefit managers appeared to be inflating the cost of prescription drugs. The agency's study characterized the benefit managers in blistering language, saying they \"wield enormous power and influence\" and that their practices \"can have dire consequences for Americans.\" For example, the report pointed to an important line of business — the companies' affiliated pharmacies, including warehouse-based operations that send prescriptions through the mail to patients. The agency examined two generic cancer drugs and found that benefit managers often paid their own pharmacies much more than it would cost to buy those drugs from a wholesaler. The practice translated into nearly $1.6 billion in revenue over less than three years for the biggest three conglomerates, according to the report. The agency also zeroed in on the benefit managers' role in deals intended to block competition in favor of a single product. These are arrangements in which a drug maker pays a large discount, handled by the benefit manager and passed back to the employer, in exchange for restrictions that push the drug company's product to patients, while discouraging similar and potentially cheaper products. The report suggested that this practice may be illegal because it thwarts competition. The commission voted 4-1 to issue Tuesday's report. The two Republican commissioners issued statements expressing concern with elements of the report, saying it relied too much on weak evidence. David Whitrap, a CVS Caremark spokesman, said that policies that would limit the P.B.M.s' ability to negotiate \"would instead reward the pharmaceutical industry, leaving American businesses and patients at the mercy of the prices drugmakers set.\" The F.T.C. has historically given these intermediaries the benefit of the doubt, because it viewed their mission of lowering drug prices as good for consumers. The agency waved through a series of mergers, saying in 2012 that there was robust competition. The benefit managers have \"done a very skillful job in avoiding regulation,\" said David Balto, an antitrust lawyer in Washington who worked at the commission during the Clinton administration and is a sharp critic of the benefit managers. Over the past decade, the top three benefit managers steadily gained more market share. By the end of 2018, each had become part of the same company as a giant insurer. Critics said that corporate structure created an uneven playing field that squeezed out smaller competitors. The Trump and Biden administrations each became more skeptical about whether patients were benefiting. Under the leadership of Ms. Khan, who became chair in 2021, the F.T.C. made clear that it was looking closely at benefit managers and other big corporations. With a more expansive view of anticompetitive harm than her predecessors, Ms. Khan has been aggressive in taking on big business across industries including tech, supermarkets and pharma . Her efforts to block corporate mergers have generated mixed results and criticism that she is overstepping her authority. In a statement on Tuesday with her two fellow Democratic commissioners, Ms. Khan said the agency's report reflected an outpouring of concern from patients and pharmacists about the benefit managers. \"Given the stakes, there is enormous urgency in understanding P.B.M.s' practices,\" they wrote. The post F.T.C. 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In 2015 the carmaker admitted to using manipulated engine management software to mask excessive pollution levels in its diesel cars, sparking a raft of prosecutions and lawsuits. A VW spokesman confirmed that talks had collapsed, blaming excessive demands for fees by lawyers representing the Federation Of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV). Funke Medien was first to report that the talks had failed. VW said it had struck a preliminary deal offering 830 million euros in compensation but that VZBW's lawyers had insisted on 50 million euros in fees. German consumer organisation VZBW had no immediate comment. 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The market is expanding due to increasing adoption of mobile-related software across various industries, such as BFSI and IT & telecommunications, says Fortune Business Insights in its report titled, \"Mobile Device Management Market, 2022-2029\". Key Industry Development- May 2022: VMware, Inc. and Wipro Limited have formed a partnership that allows consumers to experiment with cloud flexibility while maintaining business control as businesses implement strategic transformations. This partnership combines Wipro Full Stride cloud services with VMware Cross-Cloud services to enable global enterprises to improve app modernization while lowering the cost, complexity, and risk of cloud migration. 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This is the latest in a series of large layoffs over the past several months that have made headlines, mostly concentrated in the technology and information sector of the economy. It adds to the growing concerns among many financial analysts that 2023 will bring a recession. That certainly wouldn't come out of nowhere. For more than a year, the Federal Reserve has been trying to cool inflation by reducing demand in the economy at large, generally through a series of very aggressive hikes to its core interest rate. And this has worked to a significant degree. Inflation has slowed, with the month-over-month rate falling to just 1.2% by December. Headed into the new year, nobody entirely knows what to expect. Traditional wisdom suggests that a recession is imminent, and the market has begun pricing for that. At time of writing 10-year Treasury bonds had a yield almost 1.3 points below 12-month assets, a phenomenon known as the \"inverted yield curve\" which typically precedes a recession. Yet the labor market remains strong, the quit rate is high, and the consumer confidence index grew noticeably in December, suggesting that Americans' personal finances are in good shape. As Schwab wrote recently, the data is unclear but enough of the signals are worrying. Despite the good news, there are enough danger signs ahead that investors would be wise to start planning for volatility at the least, an outright recession at the worst. The question is how to do so. What, exactly, should investors do to prepare for a recession? In the face of the current market, Schwab recommends taking three steps. For more guidance on how to navigate this uncertain period, consider matching with a vetted financial advisor for free. Equities: Invest For Fundamentals Investors who buy stocks need to be particularly careful. The stock market tends to take heavy losses during a downturn, which would be a double helping of trouble after a very difficult year in 2022. Story continues In the event of a recession, profits and revenue for many companies will shrink. That will hurt capital returns and yields alike, making stocks a difficult asset class for investors. To cope with this, Schwab recommends, \"investors who actively choose stocks should look for companies that have maintained – and still expect – strong profit margins.\" As a rule of thumb, this means picking companies with strong revenue and proven histories rather than experimental companies or those which expect to grow into profitability over time. In particular, many information technology companies such as app-based services have long operated without turning a profit. Their pitch, essentially, is that they're continuing to invest and grow, and will eventually turn that growth into strong profits over time. This may be a good speculative strategy during periods of growth, but it may not be a wise investment during a potential bear market. Bonds: Invest For Duration and Credit Two issues may become important for bond investors in a recession. First, if the economy slows, some companies may have trouble paying their bills. While bonds are generally a safe asset class overall, the creditworthiness of the borrower still matters. For that reason, Schwab recommends that investors should look for higher-credit bonds as a way of hedging against the risk that comes with a slowing economy. Second, again if a recession occurs and inflation continues to cool off, the Federal Reserve is likely to halt its policy of rate hikes. It may even reduce interest rates again. \"[W]e continue to favor adding duration in bond portfolios at times when yields rise,\" writes Schwab's team. By adding duration you can increase the price sensitivity of your bond investments, putting you in a good position to capitalize on the stronger returns that tend to accompany falling interest rates. This is particularly true during a period of lower inflation, since locking in long-term yields can also produce a good long-term income investment. Growth: Consider Emerging Market Stocks One area where Schwab is generally bullish is in emerging markets. This sector fell considerably over 2022, and was particularly effected by global events such as ongoing COVID-19 disruptions and the war in Ukraine. However with China beginning to emerge from its lockdowns and worldwide supply chains normalizing, global stocks are looking like a better bet than they were before. As Schwab noted, while the S&P 500 \"was little changed\" in the last few months of 2022, emerging market stocks rose 20% over that same period. For that reason, Schwab recommends that investors seeking growth should look at emerging market stocks for 2023. This is a sector that it believes will likely perform well, even in the face of a potential recession. You can read the full market analysis at Schwab's site here, along with why its experts feel that the economy's warning signs currently outweigh its strengths. Bottom Line With a potential recession on the horizon, investors are beginning to focus on defensive portfolio strategy. In their latest market analysis, Schwab has three recommendations for how you can begin to reallocate assets in case those warnings prove true. It's also worth considering matching with a vetted financial advisor for free. 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Or sign-in if you have an account. Article content VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Novo Resources Corp. (Novo or the Company) (ASX: NVO) (TSX: NVO) (OTCQX: NSRPF) reports that all resolutions proposed to shareholders at the annual general meeting of shareholders (held on 25 June 2024 (Vancouver, BC)/26 June 2024 (Perth, WA) were approved, including the election of all of the director nominees listed in the management information circular for the meeting. Voting as to each of the director nominees was as follows: This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, Victoria Wells and others. Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication. 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Sign In or Create an Account If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. Activate your Online Access Now We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team . Novo Announces AGM Results Back to video Refer to the report of voting results filed under Novo's profile at www.sedarplus.ca / www.asx.com.au for further details. Authorised for release by the Board of Directors. ABOUT NOVO Novo is an Australian based gold explorer listed on the ASX and the TSX focused on discovering standalone gold projects with > 1 Moz development potential. Novo is an innovative gold explorer with a significant land package covering approximately 6,700 square kilometres in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, along with the 22 square kilometre Belltopper project in the Bendigo Tectonic Zone of Victoria, Australia. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Novo's key project area is the Egina Gold Camp, where De Grey Mining is farming-in to form a JV at the Becher Project and surrounding tenements through exploration expenditure of A$25 million within 4 years for a 50% interest. The Becher Project has similar geological characteristics as De Grey's 12.7 Moz Hemi Project1 . Novo is also advancing gold exploration at Nunyerry North, part of the Croyden JV (Novo 70%: Creasy Group 30%), where 2023 exploration drilling identified significant gold mineralisation. Novo continues to undertake early-stage exploration across its Pilbara tenement portfolio. Novo has also formed lithium joint ventures with both Liatam and SQM in the Pilbara which provides shareholder exposure to battery metals. Novo has a significant investment portfolio and a disciplined program in place to identify value accretive opportunities that will build further value for shareholders. Please refer to Novo's website for further information including the latest Corporate Presentation. 1. 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The companies allegedly being harmed by sales of Apple Watches include Masimo Corporation and Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. The International Trade Commission's action \"sends a powerful message that even the worlds largest company is not above the law, said Joe Kiani, CEO of Masimo. This important determination is a strong validation of our efforts to hold Apple accountable for unlawfully misappropriating our patented technology.\" Apple has said it strongly disagrees with the International Trade Commission's ruling. The court will give the ITC until Jan. 10 to respond to the appeal. 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(AP) - Tyson Foods is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve the health of its workers and better protect them from the coronavirus. The Springdale, Arkansas-based company, which processes about 20% of all beef, pork and chicken in the U.S., said its plan to open the clinics near its plants was in the works before the coronavirus struck this year, but that they will undoubtedly help the company respond to the pandemic. Tyson said it would initially set up clinics near seven of its plants, including in Storm Lake, Iowa, and Holcomb, Kansas, in a pilot program. It didn't announce the other locations Thursday. The clinics would open early next year, providing primary care to thousands of Tyson workers and their families. Tyson is joining a long list of companies that have clinics on or near their worksites or bring in physicians to ensure employees receive annual physicals. Companies say having clinics can reduce health insurance costs by cutting out unnecessary emergency room visits and helping better manage chronic conditions such as diabetes and obesity. It can also improve productivity because employees don't have to take as much time off for doctor's appointments. \"Some of our frontline team members aren't using their health plan benefits, and others don't seek care until there's a crisis,\" said Johanna Söderström, Tyson's chief human resources officer. \"We want to change that by providing access to care that can help detect health conditions early and promote healthy habits.\" Although Tyson has broader goals for its clinics, Söderström said the pandemic reinforced how important this plan is. The clinics will help educate workers about the coronavirus and address underlying conditions that could make the virus more dangerous. Meatpacking plant workers have been particularly susceptible to the coronavirus because they often stand shoulder-to-shoulder carving up meat. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which represents 24,000 of Tyson's 120,000 U.S. workers, praised Tyson's decision to open the clinics. Mark Lauritsen, who is head of the union's food processing and meatpacking division, said other meat processors, including JBS and Cargill, have already established clinics at several of their large plants. \"We believe this is a way to improve the health of our members. These models are removing all barriers to health care,\" Lauritsen said. At least 17,700 meatpacking workers in the U.S. have been infected or exposed to the virus and 115 have died, the United Food and Commercial Workers said. Earlier this summer, the families of three Tyson workers in Iowa who died from COVID-19 sued the company, saying it knowingly put employees at risk in the early days of the pandemic. Tyson has handed out protective gear and put up plastic dividers between work stations in an effort to protect its employees from the virus. The company also checks employee temperatures when they arrive at the plant. Tyson has hired hundreds of nurses to conduct thousands of coronavirus tests each week, and it believes less than 1% of its workers currently have active cases of COVID-19. The new clinics will be run by Marathon Health, and there will be no charge to employees and their families for most services. 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Farrakhan, 87, was speaking virtually at the National Afrikan/Black Leadership Summit on Saturday when he made the comments. The vaccine roll out began across the United States Monday, with intensive care nurse Sandra Lindsay in New York among the first to receive the Pfizer shot on the day the death toll from the virus hit 300,000. But Farrakhan, whose allegedly anti-Semitic, anti-white and anti-gay comments have previously prompted the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center to label him an extremist, said: 'We are so frightened over this Covid, now they're getting us ready for this vaccine. 'Do you believe satan is concerned about vaccinating you? You trust him? After all he has done to destroy us? How could you allow him to stick a needle into you, saying he's helping you? 'Those of you who are health professionals, they want you to take it first. You notice they're offering you money now? This devil…offers you $1,000 or $1,500 to take a shot. They give you free shots of toxic waste.' A poll released last week already shows less than a quarter of black Americans plan to get vaccinated. Black Americans are particularly wary of the shot, despite the fact that they've suffered a disproportionate share of the US's coronavirus deaths. Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, pictured, has called the coronavirus vaccine 'a free shot of toxic waste' in a speech urging his followers not to take it According to the latest AP and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey, levels of trust in a vaccine are about the same on the potential eve of one's approval as they were in May. A black or Latinx person is nearly three times more likely to die of COVID-19 than a white person, and about four times more likely to be hospitalized for the infection. A long and dark history of distrust in medicine precedes the current pandemic. US doctors conducted horrific experiments and research on black Americans without their full consent, including the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment, as recently as the 1970s. Black Americans were the least likely to say they will get a COVID-19 vaccine, with just 24% saying they will get a shot. Less than half of all Americans surveyed planned to geta shot The largest vaccination campaign in US history is now underway with an intensive care nurse Sandra Lindsay in New York among the first to receive a COVID-19 shot this morning as the death toll from the virus neared 300,000 But public health officials need to win over the trust of black Americans who are also more likely to work essential jobs and be exposed to coronavirus if 70 to 80 percent of the U.S. needs to be vaccinated to get back to some semblance of 'normal,' as Dr Anthony Fauci has suggested. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Monday: 'We know that lack of trust is a major cause for reluctance, especially in communities of color. And that lack of trust is not without good reason, as the Tuskegee studies occurred in our lifetimes.' Adams, who is black, added: 'To encourage diverse enrollment in clinical trials, we must first acknowledge this real history of mistreatment and exploitation of minorities by the medical community and the government.' Surgeon General Jerome Adams, right, said Monday: 'We know that lack of trust is a major cause for reluctance, especially in communities of color. And that lack of trust is not without good reason, as the Tuskegee studies occurred in our lifetimes' On Tuesday, Dr Anthony Fauci admitted: 'People, understandably, are skeptical about the speed, but we have to keep emphasizing speed means the science was extraordinary that got us here.' The CDC are said to be rolling out a badge of honor for when you get your vaccine shot. Nurse Lindsay received a button which read: 'Crushing COVID-19, got my vaccine.' Other designs read: 'I got my COVID-19 vaccine!' On Tuesday, Dr Anthony Fauci admitted: 'People, understandably, are skeptical about the speed, but we have to keep emphasizing speed means the science was extraordinary that got us here' A CVS spokesperson told ABC News : 'We think \"I got vaccinated\" could be the new \"I voted\" – at least until the pandemic is over – and we're exploring the idea as one of many ways to encourage others to get vaccinated.' Controversial minister Farrakhan was last year barred from Facebook for violating their ban on 'dangerous individuals.' After being banned from the platform he then referenced 'Satanic Jews' in a speech denying allegations of anti-Semitism, misogyny and homophobia. In the speech Saturday Farrakhan also referred to white people as 'devils', adding: 'Tell the cracker: I ain't coming to your school.' On July 4 he told his followers the vaccine was a plot by Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates to 'depopulate the earth.' He said then: 'I say to my brothers and sisters in Africa, if they come up with a vaccine, be careful. Don't let them vaccinate you with their history of treachery through vaccines, through medication. Do not take their medication.' 'Dr. Fauci, Bill Gates and Melinda — you want to depopulate the Earth. What the hell gave you that right? Who are you to sit down with your billion to talk about who can live, and who should die?', he added. He confirmed Saturday that YouTube removed the video. 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A source familiar with Microsoft's plans tells The Verge that the company is eyeing up Friday October 13th as the closing date where it announces to the world that the 20-month process to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard is over. That date will still depend on the UK's Competition and Markets Authority though, a regulator that blocked Microsoft's deal earlier this year. Microsoft recently restructured the deal to transfer cloud gaming rights for current and new Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft, and the Xbox maker secured preliminary approval from the CMA late last month as a result. 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The deal marks an important step for operators as they accelerate plans to monetize their network assets and core capabilities by exposing their network functions to developers. \"Network APIs are a growing focus for Deutsche Telekom in Europe. In reaching this milestone, Nokia's technology and approach give us the confidence that we can fully provide developers with the tools they require to successfully utilize our APIs to better service their own customers with innovative solutions,\" said Carsten Bruns, Vice President of Internet & Content Services at T Wholesale. SIM Swap and Number Verification are key security and authentication solutions for industries such as financial services and retail, using telecom network capabilities to mitigate fraud and enhance user verification. A SIM Swap API works by detecting if a SIM card associated with a phone number was recently changed, which could trigger additional security verification checks. Number Verification can confirm whether a user has control over a phone number and if a commercial transaction request has come from the same device as the owner. \"This agreement with Deutsche Telekom's T Wholesale is a fantastic reflection of our collaboration and joint vision of maximizing the true value of network assets and supporting developers in creating new 5G and 4G applications. This is also an important validation point of Nokia's solid execution of its network API strategy, technology, and, with our Rapid acquisition, go-to-market capabilities, which are peerless in our industry,\" said Raghav Sahgal, President of Cloud and Network Services at Nokia. Nokia's Network as Code platform provides developers with standardized access to network functions, without having to navigate any of the underlying network technologies. Nokia's network API strategy is centered around connecting multiple API ecosystems through its Network as Code platform by offering operators the broadest range of network exposure options, paired with robust multi-tier API security and simplified access to network functionalities. Nokia further strengthened its capabilities recently with its acquisition of Rapid, the world's largest public API hub that enables operators to seamlessly integrate their networks, actively control API usage and exposure, and enhance API lifecycle management. Since launching the Network as Code platform in September 2023, Nokia's ecosystem of Network as Code platform partners has grown to 51 currently and includes BT, Orange, StarHub, Telefonica, and Telecom Argentina. Nokia's commitment to API monetization extends beyond network-side aggregation and includes hyperscalers like Google Cloud; Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) platform providers such as Infobip; vertical independent software vendors like Elmo; and the world's largest public API hub through Nokia's acquisition of Rapid. 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A group of representatives from organisations including Greenpeace, Extinction Rebellion, Community Trade Union (CTU) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) gathered outside the offices. They held banners which read \"Save our steel\" and \"In solidarity\", before posting the letter through the building's letterbox. The group was calling for alternative solutions to decarbonising Tata's Port Talbot plant in south Wales in order to prevent mass job losses. The firm shut down one of two blast furnaces at the plant, with the second due to be shut in September under plans to switch to a greener method of steel production, which requires fewer workers. Unions are opposed to the changes, which will lead to the loss of around 2,800 jobs, although Tata has argued its restructuring programme is designed to stem \"unsustainable\" losses of more than £1 million a day. Tata has said it would make every effort to mitigate the impact of the transformation on affected employees and the local community. In the letter, a coalition of climate groups said the new Labour government brought an opportunity to renegotiate for a fairer and greener transition in the steel industry. It read: \"We firmly support the workers' demands for a just transition that secures future-proof decarbonised production while protecting jobs. Protesters outside Tata Steel's offices in London (Kristian Buus/Greenpeace/PA) \"Tata Steel's current plan would see thousands of jobs lost, and be devastating for communities in South Wales and beyond.\" The letter warned that closing down the blast furnaces without immediate replacement would \"simply offshore our emissions\" by leaving the UK reliant on importing dirty steel from countries such as China and India. At the protest, the groups argued for keeping the blast furnace open while transitioning workers gradually and adopting new technologies, such as hydrogen-based steel making and open slag bath furnaces. Paul Morozzo, Greenpeace UK climate campaigner, said steel was essential for the green transition, including wind turbines and electric vehicles. Speaking to the PA news agency, he said: \"Workers and the work that are absolutely central to the transition should be supported through it and as part of it and that is the only way you can have a proper transition.\" Mr Morozzo added that it would be a \"massive contradiction\" if the green movement did not support workers. \"One of the reasons we care about climate change is because we care about people,\" he said. \"If the very act of trying to solve climate change can ruin a whole load of people's lives and communities and throw people on the scrap heap, that would undermine the very principles we support in the first place.\" Former steelworker Alun Davies, from CTU who worked at Tata for several years, warned that closing the furnaces quickly was the \"wrong decision\". \"We understand that we have to decarbonise,\" he told PA. But he added that there had been \"a blatant disregard for people\" in the way Tata Steel was trying to adapt to lower carbon practices. He described how friends had been \"breaking down\" due to stress, while other workers had been \"struggling to come to terms with losing their job\". Activists posted the letter at Tata Steel's London offices (Kristian Buus/Greenpeace/PA) \"We just need a bit of longevity for that furnace to stay alive for a bit longer so we can transition people and bring them along for the ride,\" he said. \"Otherwise, people are just seeing the transition as negative – it's destroying their lives, it's destroying their families and that's the opposite of what it can be.\" Mr Davies said there were other options but that Tata Steel was not willing to consider them \"because it's too costly and it eats into the profit\". \"We understand at the moment they're losing money, but with a greener transition they would make money but over a longer period of time,\" he said. On behalf of the steelworkers' union, the letter's signatories, which included more than 30 groups such as Friends of the Earth, Green New Deal Rising, and E3G, outlined several demands. They called on the Government and Tata to commit to maintaining production and jobs at scale, negotiating with unions on transition plans and ensuring no compulsory redundancies. The Labour governments in Wales and Westminster have also been pushing Tata not to pursue any compulsory redundancies, with promises of £3 billion in extra funding for the steel industry in the UK. A Department for Business and Trade spokesperson said: \"Steel is vital for a vibrant, secure economy. 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Joe Lombardo said, which will allow the area to \"receive federal waivers and resources as we navigate the evolving repair timeline, and it will allow us to increase transportation of fuel by other means during this time.\" The Office of the Governor is actively working with Kinder Morgan, the Nevada Division of Emergency Management, and Clark County officials to monitor the situation and provide timely updates to Clark County residents, the statement said. The declaration was made in coordination with Clark County. A statement from the county said \"the leak has not impacted the supply of fuel, but rather the method in which this fuel normally comes into Southern Nevada.\" Despite the declaration, Lombardo urged residents to avoid \"panic buying\" to avoid unnecessary shortages. A Kinder Morgan pipeline in that transports fuel to the city has been isolated and shut down after the leak was discovered, the energy infrastructure company said in a statement. The supplier first began investigating a \"release\" at the company's Watson Station in California on Thursday, and two associated pipelines — SFPP West and CALNEV — have since been shut down as the issue is resolved, the statement said. The Kinder Morgan website says its 566-mile (911-kilometer) CALNEV pipeline transports gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from Los Angeles refineries and marine terminals through parallel 14-inch (35.5-centimeter) and 8-inch (20-centimeter) diameter pipelines to Barstow, California, and the Las Vegas area. Hill said later that only the larger, 14-inch (35.5-centimeter) pipeline to Las Vegas had been shut down. Airports it serves include Nellis Air Force Base and Harry Reid International in Las Vegas and Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert, the company said. \"This pipeline feeds gas storage facilities in Southern Nevada with unleaded and diesel fuel,\" an earlier statement from the county said. \"We are currently monitoring the situation, believe we have adequate supply, and do not anticipate an immediate impact on gas availability.\" An investigation into the cause and quantity of the leak will be conducted, and Kinder Morgan is working closely with customers on potential impacts, the company said. No injuries or fire were reported as a result of the incident. 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India's government leaders say they aren't too worried about the impact. Hon Hai Technology, known internationally as Foxconn, and Vedanta Limited announced their joint venture to manufacture chips and display panels in India in February 2022. The Ministry for Electronics and Information Technology said Tuesday that both Foxconn and Vedanta have significant investments in India and are creating jobs and growth. Foxconn has been manufacturing Apple iPhones in India and has plans to expand production. 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Green clouds, a battle for optimisation, and climate enlightenment through digital micro degrees and greenfluencers are some of the trends that will deliver a more sustainable future. Fornebu – WEBWIRE – Monday, January 3, 2022 2021 is yet another year of extreme weather events and record-breaking temperatures. These underline the challenges humans, wildlife, and nature come face to face with a changing climate. Yet, despite the gloomy outlook, technological advancements and an accelerating digitalisation of society give reasons for hope. \"People everywhere are waking up to the need to act on climate change and environmental degradation. For us in Telenor, it is key to understand how technology can both avoid being part of the problem and help in the transition,\" says Bjørn Taale Sandberg, Head of Telenor Research. In the seventh edition of Telenor's Tech Trends report , Sandberg and his team of researchers have taken a stab at forecasting how technological progress in 2022 can enable green transformation. The report also provides three tips to businesses on how they can avoid becoming victims of the 'great resignation' when the pandemic hopefully comes to a close: The immense growth in data usage drives demand for energy. Edge data centres and 5G will help make data transfer more energy efficient. As the digitalisation of society continues to accelerate, cloud computing has seen explosive growth. Moving data requires energy, and data centres globally account for more than one per cent of the world's energy consumption . The good news is that Edge computing is expected to take over some of the workloads in the coming year. \"We predict that 5G networks worldwide will have the capability to do local breakout of data traffic to and from Edge data centres,\" says Sandberg, who adds that the data centres themselves can be made energy efficient in many ways, including utilisation of excess heat and through sustainable local power harvesting, using solar panels and small windmills . \"We believe that energy efficient Edge data centres reachable from mobile devices over 5G networks will start popping up, at an increasing rate, in 2022. As a result, energy will also be saved in data distribution networks since part of the data traffic and electricity will be transferred locally only,\" explains Sandberg. Employees are not willing to wait for their companies to get climate friendly. They want to act, and they are impatient to learn how. Just as modern careers require people to upskill continuously, climate change will require people, businesses, and societies to adapt to lifelong learning on sustainability. Environmental policy and regulation will also increase the demand for green job skills in 2022. \"A growing number of businesses will implement green micro-degrees and courses as part of their 'curriculum' to slake the green knowledge thirst among employees. The businesses that fail to facilitate opportunities to acquire green online learning credentials on-the-job risk being perceived as less attractive in the eyes of new talent,\" predicts Sandberg. Therefore, a wave of micro-degrees with a green shape will flood out through learning systems like Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, Udacity, and Khan Academy, the same way we see more educational institutions embrace planet-friendly values in their programs . We already see such online courses and degrees being offered and promoted by organisations worldwide, not least the United Nations and its agency UNESCO. The greatest machine – the human brain – runs on a modest 20 watts. Now, the heat for optimisation is on for our electron guzzling gadgets and servers. While ever greater numbers of electronic devices and solutions are enabling humans to lead more convenient lives, the International Energy Agency calls for smarter and more efficient electrical appliances. We believe the global need for greater energy efficiency will trigger an \"optimisation of everything\" battle between consumer electronics manufacturers. \"Devices consuming electricity now outnumber humans by four, and they will become even more dominant in the future. Since transforming our energy supply will take time, we need to optimise everything – not least the use of energy by our devices,\" warns Sandberg. Competition is already ongoing between chipmakers to reduce their products' energy demand. One example is the M1 chipset used in Apple's newest computers. We expect that this will be taken up in the much greater PC market – giving us both more efficient devices and devices that can run far longer on battery. \"Going forward, more companies will put enormous sums of money on the table to acquire the knowledge and assets needed to come out on top of the optimisation battle,\" says Sandberg. Influencers who ignore young people's climate engagement dig their own social media grave. While most social media trends serve little purpose other than to entertain, some, like the #BlackLivesMatter, bring about profound societal changes. In 2022, with recent disappointments from the UN's Climate Conference (COP26) and a grim outlook in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report fresh in memory, we expect to see a new movement shape the world of social media – greenfluencing. \"An undergrowth of climate aware influencers and activists has emerged across niches on social media, and we believe their growing follower bases will be duly noticed by the influencer universe's established elite,\" explains Sandberg. By tapping into both marketing and – hopefully – social considerations, the big social media stars in every sphere, from cooking and fashion to travel, makeup, and fitness, will start to greenfluence their millions of followers. \"Influencers who appear oblivious or indifferent to climate challenges will be perceived as outdated. Instead, followers will flock to influencers who demonstrate climate awareness regardless of niche. Marketers will turn their attention in the same direction,\" predicts Sandberg. Companies that don't take the next generation's expectations seriously risk facing the great resignation. The home office is here to stay, but despite the benefits and obvious positive climate impact we get from reduced travel, research indicates that the pros do not outweigh the cons for everyone, especially the young. During the continuation of the pandemic, it will be tough for the young to establish and grow a personal network and acquire a general understanding of the corporate lingo and culture, as forming new social relations using only digital communication is much more challenging. \"As a consequence, many companies will in 2022 find that large groups of young employees who never got a proper onboarding are likely to struggle – unless good leadership is exercised,\" says Sandberg, and points to the following three tips on how to lead the next generation through the future way of work: Bring joy to the office: Engineer social interaction across generations through events that trigger joy, discussion, and knowledge and insight transfer. With age and tenure comes responsibility: Make it clear that the company veterans have a special obligation to include, mentor, and guide the new employees. Make them shine: Be vocal and public when praising the newcomers for their efforts and provide them with the opportunities to speak and find their voice. 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But we keep on fighting, together The COVID-19 health emergency has been a wake-up call, laying bare human vulnerabilities. In the Philippines, where millions live below the poverty line, the highly infectious disease not only showed us the fragilities of our health systems but also worsened their state. With everyone still at the mercy of the pandemic, the burden health workers and frontliners carry grows heavier by the day. The passing of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law from two years ago signaled hope for the sector. It amplified the efforts of the Department of Health (DOH) along with its attached agencies to provide Filipinos access to cost-effective, quality care. When the health crisis took place, the law was put to the test, emphasizing the need for more resilient healthcare in the Philippines. To drive system change, we need a more dynamic and inclusive approach to collaboration. Enter Health4All, a coalition that unites healthcare experts and engaged citizens. This combined action, powered by makesense Philippines with the support of Sanofi Philippines, opens inroads for collaboratively designing health outcomes for Pinoys. Its goal is to provide the underprivileged and underserved communities with support for better health decisions and opportunities. The consortium is also currently working on health and social challenges heightened by the pandemic, namely elevated strain on mental health, increased risks for patients with lifestyle diseases, and \"infodemic\" or the overwhelming deluge of accurate and inaccurate information on health and disease. May was greeted with the first-ever media roundtable of Health4All. Head of mission and first counselor of the Embassy of France in Manila, Fabrice Fize, delivered a keynote message that underscored the significance of vaccine confidence to meet the Philippines' goals in the fight against vaccine-preventable diseases. He stressed that as part of the COVID-19 national vaccination plan, it was urgent to build trust in the health systems and to give communities access to reliable information about vaccination to strengthen people's willingness to get vaccinated. \"We have to reaffirm our commitment to strengthening the health systems of the most vulnerable countries, with a view of achieving universal health coverage,\" said Fize. During the virtual discussion, the French official was joined by a panel of health experts and representatives from both private and public sectors. Speakers included the head of program implementation and outreach division under the Health Promotion Bureau of DOH, Dr. Alfonso Regala, founder of Hope in Me Club, Dr. Tina Alberto, CEO of digital healthcare company Alaga Health, Dr. Dexter Galban, as well as private sector representative and general manager of Sanofi Pasteur, Jean-Antoine Zinsou. FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE Clockwise from top left: First counselor of the Embassy of France in Manila, Fabrice Fize, Alfonso Regala. Dr. Tina Alberto, Carlos Hechanova, Jean-Antoine Zinsou, and Dr. Dexter Galban \"When we talk about health promotion, we talk about creating environments where people know how to keep themselves healthy, and where people are able to act on that knowledge. This is where the different sectoral partnerships come in,\" said Dr. Regala. Meanwhile, Zinsou emphasized the role of the private sector in making healthcare more accessible to everyone. \"We believe that this spirit of shared responsibility and mutual concern will drive transformation in our health system. The private sector is committed to supporting the DOH's efforts to make health for all Filipinos a reality,\" he said before adding that the vaccines division of the French multinational pharmaceutical company was looking forward to working with the coalition to strengthen the healthcare systems. Dr. Alberto, on the other hand, showcased how community health organizations like the Hope in Me Club, whose roster of volunteers range from healthcare workers to patients, bridge the various programs of the DOH to the community via integrated health education programs. \"We should also recognize that our patients are not mere recipients of information. We should also treat them as advocates for health and they can also be our champions for vaccination and health,\" she explained. In his presentation, Dr. Galban championed young people and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). When young people's access to health care is compromised, the Philippines' future is compromised as well. \"Our economy is primarily fueled by the young working-age Filipinos who significantly contribute to production, commerce, and growth,\" he said. The Philippines today has the largest generation of young people in history, with over 30 million young people between the ages of 10 and 24. At least one million young Filipinos will be entering the workforce in 2021. \"Young people today understand the importance of health literacy and access to health care,\"added Dr. Galban. Imagining Healthy Futures is a recently-concluded youth initiative for health literacy program by Health4All. The endeavor allows passionate citizens, young health leaders, and health professionals the chance to build their professional future and create impacts by empowering local communities in need. Around 50,000 new health advocates, online and offline, were reached. The pilot focused on crucial health areas such as building vaccine confidence in communities. \"Central to our approach is building people-powered solutions for health issues. It's important that our platform is able to equip and empower ordinary citizens to act. We emphasize that the expertise and knowledge that communities and their leaders have is equally valuable as the support from our medical specialists and that through this movement, we can properly harness both to drive social change and a holistic recovery,\" said Carlos Hechanova, executive director for development of Makesense Philippines, the lead coordinator of Health4All. 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The recall includes eight Bullseye's Playground toy vehicles. The vehicles were sold individually in stores and as an 8-pack assortment online. The vehicles include a caboose, Santa in sleigh, ice cream truck/food truck, train, police car, fire truck, taxi, and digger. The item number, DPCI (model number), and UPC can all be found on a white sticker placed on the bottom of each vehicle. Item numbers included in the recall include: Name Item# DPCI (Model Number) UPC Caboose 89304 234-18-0100 765940893043 Santa in Sleigh 89297 234-18-0100 765940892978 Ice Cream Truck/Food Truck 89298 234-18-0100 765940892985 Train 89301 234-18-0100 765940893012 Police Car 89303 234-18-0100 765940893036 Firetruck 89302 234-18-0100 765940893029 Taxi 89300 234-18-0100 765940893005 Digger 89299 234-18-0100 765940892992 Toy Vehicles 8-Pack Assortment NA 234-20-0189 765940893159 Customers should immediately take the recalled toys away from children and return the toys to any Target Store for a full refund. So far, there have been four reports of the wheels detaching including one report of a missing wheel when opened. So far, no injuries have been reported. 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Key Takeaways Gold prices have surged past expectations due to a weakening dollar and falling Treasury yields. Bitcoin is expected to follow gold's price trend despite a current negative correlation. Share this article Rising geopolitical risks and the upcoming US presidential election are pushing investors towards traditional safe-haven assets like gold, while Bitcoin faces selling pressure amid Middle East conflicts, in particular with the recent tensions between Israel and Iran. J.P. Morgan analysts suggest increasing global tensions and November's US election are reinforcing what some call the \"debasement trade,\" favoring both gold and bitcoin as hedges against currency devaluation. However, recent market movements show diverging paths for the two assets. \"Rising geopolitical tensions and the coming US election are likely to reinforce what some investors call the 'debasement trade' thus favoring both gold and bitcoin,\" J.P. Morgan Global Markets Strategy analysts stated in a note on Thursday. Gold prices have surged in recent weeks, approaching $2,700 per ounce on September 26. The analysts attribute this rise to a 4-5% decline in the dollar and a significant drop in real US Treasury yields. However, gold's appreciation has exceeded what these factors alone would suggest, indicating renewed interest in the metal as a safe haven. CryptoQuant highlighted historical trends where lower US Treasury yields correlated with rising gold prices. \"In 2008, as the 13-week Treasury Bill yields decreased, gold prices soared from $590 to a peak of $1,900 per ounce by 2011,\" the firm noted. \"A similar trend is emerging now, with gold climbing from $2,000 to nearly $2,700.\" While gold benefits from the current macroeconomic environment , Bitcoin has faced selling pressure amid escalating Middle East tensions. US spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed an eight-day inflow streak with significant outflows as Bitcoin retreated below $62,000 following Iran's missile attacks on Israel. Data from Farside Investors shows that BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) was the only fund to see net inflows on Tuesday, taking in over $40 million. However, this was insufficient to offset outflows from other funds, resulting in over $242 million in net outflows across US spot Bitcoin ETFs. The contrasting movements of Bitcoin and gold have reignited debate about Bitcoin's role as a safe-haven asset. As news of Iran's missile strikes broke, Bitcoin's value declined by over 3% in 24 hours, dropping nearly $4,000 to around $60,300. Meanwhile, gold prices increased by 1.4% to $2,665 per ounce, nearing a record high. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index dropped from a neutral 50 points to 42 points, indicating increased caution among crypto investors as geopolitical risks intensify. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's vow to retaliate against Iran has further heightened tensions, potentially leading to additional market volatility. While J.P. Morgan analysts see potential for both gold and Bitcoin in the \"debasement trade,\" current market dynamics demonstrate gold's stronger appeal as a safe haven during times of geopolitical uncertainty. Bitcoin's recent price action and ETF outflows suggest that the cryptocurrency may still be viewed as a risk asset by many investors, despite its long-term potential as a hedge against currency devaluation. As global tensions persist and the US presidential election approaches , investors will likely continue to closely monitor the performance of both gold and Bitcoin as potential safe-haven assets in an increasingly uncertain geopolitical landscape. Share this article Disclaimer SEO Powered Content & PR Distribution. Get Amplified Today. PlatoData.Network Vertical Generative Ai. Empower Yourself. Access Here. 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With 200 new highly skilled AI and data specialists, this local antenna of cortAIx will support the UK Government's vision for AI-driven growth and productivity, thus contributing to a global workforce of 800 experts in AI within the Group. This initiative will strengthen the AI ecosystem, serving the performance of sovereign advanced systems and sensors in the most challenging and constrained environments. The new centre will reinforce Thales' commitment to advancing the ethical and effective use of AI to address complex challenges. It will enhance domestic AI capability in line with the UK Prime Minister's recent announcement of the AI Opportunities Action Plan. AI is transformational and pervasive, providing incredible new capabilities that are reshaping our daily lives. However, it can also be exploited by hostile actors, creating instability and undermining our society. The UK seeks to embrace the opportunities offered by AI, deploying it as a force for good to uncover valuable hidden insights in the vast swathes of data that surround us and leveraging it to provide security and deterrence against adversaries. Thales Group's global cortAIx initiative already employs over 600 AI and data specialists, being the first patent applicant in AI for critical systems in Europe with more than 200 patents filed to date. With more than 100 products integrating AI, the Group accelerates the development and deployment of trusted AI-powered systems in the most complex and challenging environments. cortAIx in the UK builds on this success and will serve as a focal point for AI innovation, bringing together cutting-edge technology, talent, and research to deliver AI solutions that are ethical, transparent, explainable, and operationally effective. 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Important; } } Several high-profile stars from Netflix projects have backed a planned staff walkout after controversy stemmed from Dave Chappelle's new special, near . Chappelle and Netflix were criticized by the LGBTQ community over a number of jokes featured in their new special, where they dubbed themselves \"Team TERF\" while discussing the controversy surrounding Harry Potter author JK Rowling. In the wake of the special's release and subsequent controversy, Netflix fired an employee for leaking information about the special. as reported by ledge , the employee, who was not named for fear of online harassment, was reportedly a leader of a trans employee resource group that was organizing a walkout on October 20 to protest Netflix's handling of the Chappelle special. Dave Chappelle's special 'The Closer' credits: Netflix now notified by sky News He queer eye Star Jonathan Van Ness and actor Jameela Jamil are among several stars due to support Tomorrow's Walkout, appearing in a video addressed to Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, supporting trans employees at the company and more trans on streaming. – Requires inseparable material. Service. Others reportedly set to feature in the video RuPaul's Drag Race Star Eureka O'Hara and to erect of Angelica Ross, while there will also be a walkout at Netflix's Hollywood headquarters, hosted by Ashley Marie Preston. Preston wrote on Instagram: \"We shouldn't be showing quarterly/annually a backlash against harmful content negatively impacting vulnerable communities. Instead, we want to use this moment to change the social ecology, What Netflix leadership considers ethical entertainment, while establishing policies and guidelines that protect employees and consumers. View this post on Instagram A photo posted by Ashlee Marie Preston (@ashleemariepreston) on Last week (October 11), Netflix boss Sarandos defended Chappelle's controversial stand-up special in a memo addressed to staff members. Part of the memo addresses rumors that some Netflix employees spoke out internally against Chappelle's remarks about the trans community, writing: \"Many of you have also asked where we line up on hate. We do not allow Netflix titles that are designed to incite hate or violence, and we do not believe near crosses that line.\" in a statement issued to Granthshala After the firing, a Netflix spokesperson said: \"We have let an employee go outside the company for sharing confidential, commercially sensitive information. 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Rumours mounted at the end of last week about a potential deal, and Pfizer has now brought forward its Q2 earnings call by a day, and is expected to unveil the transaction in its presentation today. The deal will help streamline Pfizer, focusing it around its more profitable prescription medicines division, and provide it with extra capital to spend on more bolt-on acquisitions – or something bigger – within the biotech and pharma sphere. In June Pfizer acquired small molecule specialist Array for $11bn, helping it bolster further its innovative drugs pipeline. CEO Albert Bourla: creating an innovation-focused Pfizer The spin-out will represent the biggest strategic move yet by chief executive Albert Bourla, who took the helm in January after having served as its operations chief. The deal won't come as a surprise to investors, as Bourla has prepared the company for spin-offs by seperating out its business units into financially standalone divisions. Pfizer has already done a deal with GSK to create a new spin-off consumer health division , with the full separation of the 'Established Medicines' unit the natural next step. Mylan's share price has risen 30% in the last few days in expectation of an announcement, which will create a generics giant to rival market leader Teva in size. Its biggest off-patent brands would include drugs such as Pfizer's Lipitor, Viagra and Mylan's Epipen. The profits in the generics sector have plunged in recent years as prices in the US market in particular have come under pressure. The Wall Street Journal reports that Michael Goettler, current head of Pfizer's off-patent drugs business, would become CEO of the combined company, with Mylan chairman Robert Coury taking on the executive chairman role. Current Mylan chief executive Heather Bresch – who shouldered blame for the controversy over the Epipen price rises in the US two years ago - would depart, sources say. Mylan has lost three-quarters of its value since 2015 as the generics market struggles with price erosion and declining revenues in the US. The merger is likely to have knock-on effects for the other big players in the market, which in addition to Teva include Perrigo and Sandoz. 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The collaboration lets customers of Fiserv-hosted banks and credit unions connect to the more than 8,000 applications and services on the Plaid network via \"secure and reliable data sharing through application programming interfaces (APIs),\" the companies said in a Thursday (Oct. 12) news release provided to PYMNTS. The partnership addresses \"growing consumer demand to access their financial information when, where and how they want,\" per the release. \"Our customers want to ensure reliable connections to the applications they choose to do business with, and we see the partnership between Fiserv and Plaid as an important step to delivering secure open banking,\" said Jason Lazzerini , executive vice president and chief digital officer at Fiserv-hosted Central Pacific Bank . The connection uses Fiserv's AllData Connect tool to allow consumers to share financial information with the third-party financial apps and services of their choice, per the release. \"The scale of this agreement is unprecedented in the industry and will significantly expand the direct sharing of data between financial institutions and the third parties with which their customers interact,\" the release said. The tie-up follows a similar collaboration in August between Fiserv and Akoya , an API-only network for consumer-permissioned financial information sharing, to allow for streamlined and secure data flow between financial institutions, third parties and customers. Jamie DelMedico , vice president and head of product for Fiserv's BillPay, Aggregation and Verification Services, told PYMNTS at the time that the partnership broadens, securitizes and standardizes data access as consumers choose to share their information with apps. \"It's a two-way data-sharing relationship between Akoya and Fiserv,\" said DelMedico. Meanwhile, Plaid teamed with American Express in June to make it easier for customers to use FinTech apps . The two firms formed a customer-permissioned data-sharing agreement that lets American Express clients connect to any of the apps and services powered by Plaid without having to share their American Express password with a third party. \"This agreement reflects American Express' commitment to providing our customers with the security, control and transparency they want when sharing their account data with financial apps of their choosing,\" Danielle Cloud , senior vice president of enterprise data governance and platforms at American Express, said at the time. 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Jason D. Meister @jason_meister BREAKING: A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against Perkins Coie attorney, Michael Sussmann, who represented the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign 4:36 PM · Sep 16, 2021 \"A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against Perkins Coie attorney, Michael Sussmann, who represented the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign,\" Jason Meister reported. Catherine Herridge @CBS_Herridge #Durham NEW: Indictment \"..on Sept. 19, 2016, Sussman, a lawyer at a large international law firm, met with the FBI General Counsel at FBI HQ… Sussman had requested the meeting to provide the GC with certain data files + \"white papers\" that allegedly demonstrated a covert… 4:47 PM · Sep 16, 2021 The federal grand jury indictment document can be read below: SCRIBD Document at the link Earlier on Thursday, special counsel John Durham told the Justice Department that he will be seeking an indictment against the Clinton-connected lawyer for the charge of making a false statement to the F.B.I., as the New York Times reported. \"Any indictment of the lawyer — Michael Sussmann, a former federal prosecutor and now a partner at the Perkins Coie law firm, and who represented the Democratic National Committee on issues related to Russia's 2016 hacking of its servers — is likely to attract significant political attention,\" the Times noted. \"Donald J. Trump and his supporters have long accused Democrats and Perkins Coie — whose political law group, a division separate from Mr. Sussmann's, represented the party and the Hillary Clinton campaign — of seeking to stoke unfair suspicions about Mr. Trump's purported ties to Russia,\" the Times dishonestly reported. Sussmann is a partner at the Perkins Coie law firm that represented the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee. The law firm is responsible for hiring Fusion GPS, which led the effort to compile anti-Trump opposition research in the Steele dossier. The Steele dossier is a discredited piece of uncorroborated and salacious opposition research that was nonetheless used to file illegal FISA warrants to spy on the Trump campaign. \"The case against Mr. Sussmann centers on the question of who his client was when he conveyed certain suspicions about Mr. Trump and Russia to the F.B.I. in September 2016,\" the Times continued. \"Among other things, investigators have examined whether Mr. Sussmann was secretly working for the Clinton campaign — which he denies.\" While Sussman is likely to be indicted, the Times reported, his attorneys are professing his innocence. \"Mr. Sussmann has committed no crime,\" they said. \"Any prosecution here would be baseless, unprecedented and an unwarranted deviation from the apolitical and principled way in which the Department of Justice is supposed to do its work. We are confident that if Mr. Sussmann is charged, he will prevail at trial and vindicate his good name.\" Although Attorney General Merrick Garland could block Durham's prosecutorial request, the Times' sources indicated that is unlikely. Indeed, it appears that Sussmann will now have to defend his actions in federal court. NOW READ: We Now Know What That 'Top Secret Meeting' in Australia Regarding a 'Major International Development' Was All About If the United States is aligning with Australia and the United Kingdom on an international matter, it must not be anything good. But it appears that the world will have to wait until Thursday morning to know for sure. 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Michael Sherwood, the former co-chief executive of Goldman Sachs International, has today been appointed Revolut's board as a non-executive director. Sherwood is joined by fellow new non-executive director Ian Wilson, who has held roles at RBS, Santander and Monzo. The duo are accompanied on Revolut's board by a group of City heavyweights, including ex-Deloitte partner Caroline Britton and former Silicon Valley Bank operations chief Bruce Wallace. Martin Gilbert, the former co-chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen, joined Revolut this year as its first non-executive chairman. The move follows the close of a $500m (£387m) investment in Revolut last week. The scaleup has embarked on a turnaround plan to improve its image, after a spate of negative reports about the company's workplace culture and anti-fraud practices. Read more: Revolut closes $500m from early Netflix investor as it seeks to turn a new leaf \"As we continue to grow our offer and expand into new territories, having Michael and Ian's vast experience and knowledge will be invaluable,\" said Revolut co-founder and chief executive Nikolay Storonsky. \"Both are major assets to Revolut and our customers as we work to become the world's first truly global bank.\" Revolut said last week it increased customer growth by 169 per cent in 2019, while the number of daily active users rose 380 per cent. Its most recent financial accounts showed revenue growth of 354 per cent to £58.2m in 2018, and an operating loss of £32.8m. The company has undertaken a number of costly expansion endeavours as it seeks to gain a competitive edge on rivals Monzo and Starling Bank, launching in the US late last year. Revolut said it will use the fresh capital to fuel that expansion, with a particular focus on encouraging daily use of its personal and business banking accounts as it targets profitability. 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Gedvila / BNS ,Ž. Gedvila / BNS Lithuanian prosecutors have reopened an investigation, closed in 2022, into a suspicious Paysera financial transaction involving Šarūnas Stepukonis, a former BaltCap Infrastructure Fund partner suspected of embezzling millions of euros in another probe launched in 2023. \"The pre-trial investigation has been reopened by the decision [...] adopted yesterday,\" Justas Laucius, chief prosecutor at the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor's Office, told reporters on Friday. The investigation is based on the Criminal Code's article on \"laundering of property as proceeds from crime\", he said. According to Laucius, the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) in 2022 investigated a suspicious financial transaction in which 3.9 million euros were transferred to Stepukonis' account at Paysera, an electronic money institution. Stepukonis was questioned as a special witness in the probe. He testified and provided documents that the money in his account had been transferred from a Polish company as part of a share transfer transaction, according to the prosecutor. BaltCap / P. Peleckis / BNS ,P. Peleckis / BNS After assessing the data and concluding that the transfer was legitimate, it was decided to discontinue the pre-trial investigation, the prosecutor said. However, the probe was reopened after it was found that \"the financial transactions under investigation in both pre-trial investigations involve the same companies and the same bank accounts, and that the periods of some of the money transfers investigated in both cases coincide\", the Prosecutor General's Office said in a press release on Friday. How much money was gabled away? Lithuanian law-enforcement officials on Friday refused to disclose the total amount of money gambled away by Stepukonis. Rolandas Kiškis, director of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT), promised to answer the question later. \"We will certainly answer, but not at this stage,\" he told a press conference. This is not secret information, but it takes time to summarise all the collected data before it can be made public, according to Kiškis. \"When we have the real, aggregated information and all the answers from partners and interested parties, believe me, we'll give you that information, there's nothing to hide here,\" he said. The Financial Crime Investigation Service, FNTT / E. Blaževič / LRT nuotr. Kiškis did not specify whether officers know Stepukonis' whereabouts. An international search has been launched for him. \"We won't comment. Not because we are avoiding these things, but it would simply be unprofessional,\" he said. \"Commenting on what we are not sure of is unprofessional, untimely and will certainly undermine the success of the investigation.\" He also refrained from commenting on when Stepukonis left Lithuania. In the investigations controlled by the European Public Prosecutor's Office, Stepukonis is suspected of misappropriating at least 27 million euros. Simonas Gustainis, a managing partner at BaltCap, says that the amount of claims against the former fund manager will exceed 30 million euros, adding that the money could have been spent not only on gambling. Casino should have interfered Virginijus Daukšys, head of Lithuania's Gaming Control Authority, says the watchdog is currently checking whether Olympic Casino Group Baltija complied with all the requirements when Stepukonis suspectedly gambled away 27 million euros at its casinos. Daukšys acknowledges that Stepukonis' gambling was \"potentially problematic\" and that Olympic Casino should have stopped it. The gambling watchdog issued guidelines for 2021 and 2023 to be followed by gambling operators in cases of problem gambling, he said. \"Unfortunately, they are only recommendations. They define a lot of mechanisms on what a gambling operator should do. If [Stepukonis] was betting so big amounts, they should have come into contact with the gambler and prevented the gambling,\" Daukšys said. \"Olympic's CEO has said that they followed all the rules, so we will look into that too.\" Olympic Casino / D. Umbrasas / LRT For his part, Kiškis, head of the Financial Crime Investigation Service, says his service has not received a single report of suspicious transactions from Olympic Casino, and, in general, the service has received between three and five such reports from gambling companies over the last three years. He did not say how much money Stepukonis may have gambled away, nor did he comment on whether there might have been other ways the money was embezzled. \"Hypothetically, we can come up with a lot of versions here and we are checking them, I will certainly not speculate,\" Kiškis said. According to the FNTT, if a gambling organiser fails to comply with the anti-money laundering requirements, it faces a fine of up to 1.1 million euros. Asked whether the authorities are looking into the possibility that the gambling company was not only a service provider but also participated in a money laundering scheme, Kiškis said that \"this possibility is also being assessed\". 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Oversimplifying, it's like this: Musk thinks DEI — the practice of mandated diversity, equity and inclusion — will hollow out society and destroy American industry's competitive edge. Cuban, on the other hand, believes that so-called \"woke\" companies that use DEI (as one among many criteria) to help evaluate hiring decisions and broaden the workforce directly benefit from the practice. It's complicated, and when the dialogue doesn't descend into name-calling, the thoughtful consideration of what DEI means in practice and theory by these two titans of capitalism can be instructive and enlightening. (NOTE: the comments, where people tend to demonstrate their unflappable ability to see issues just as they had before, no matter the quality of the arguments advanced by the billionaires, tend to be less helpful.) The latest sortie in this billionaire offshoot of a much broader culture war is Cuban's pointing out that Tesla, which Musk runs, is perhaps not as anti-DEI as followers of Musk might presume. Implicit in Cuban's point is that the diverse workforce the EV giant unsubtly boasts about in its public relations materials has contributed to Tesla's outsize success — not least for Tesla shareholders. (Cuban says he himself is a happy customer with \"multiple Teslas.\") As you can see from @tesla 's 2022 Impact Statement, they are proudly a Majority Minority company that supports DEI. Which makes @elonmusk qualified to answer an important question: \"With 2/3 of your company being from under represented groups , can you share the Diversity… pic.twitter.com/XkeuqLrJU7 — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) January 20, 2024 Cuban writes on X: As you can see from @tesla 's 2022 Impact Statement, they are proudly a Majority Minority company that supports DEI. Which makes @elonmusk qualified to answer an important question: \"With 2/3 of your company being from under represented groups, can you share the Diversity programs you have in place to help you recruit such a diverse work force? As of 2022, 11% of Tesla workers identified as Black or African American, 21% Asian, and 28% Latino according to the company's Impact Statement, which asserts Tesla is: \"proud to be a majority-minority company with a large representation of employees from communities that have long struggled to break through the historic roadblocks to equal opportunity in the U.S.\" One response in the comments asserts that Tesla is forced into this diversity because it is a public company. The user posts a photo of Musk's crew at SpaceX, privately held, which appears to show a less diverse workforce (see below). It's not clear if the user supports a questionable idea that SpaceX is more successful than Tesla, or if the point is only that — less restricted by DEI pressures — all Musk's companies would look more like this. It's because its a public traded company and being part of investment portfolios like black rock were forced to swallow Space X is privately held and the hiring is solely merit based pic.twitter.com/6qAmYup0yn — AudioWorkshop1 (@w4thx_) January 21, 2024 Musk hasn't said anything of the sort, however, and has recognized diversity's positive impact in cases where it is not the priority, once tweeting: \"I do think that if merit for a given job is roughly the same, then the tiebreaker should be diversity (of all kinds).\" I do think that if merit for a given job is roughly the same, then the tiebreaker should be diversity (of all kinds) — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) , via Wikimedia Commons, Kennedy, photo:", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Wikimedia Commons", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Wikimedia Commons", "length": 17, "offset": 91}, {"position_text": "Wikimedia Commons", "length": 17, "offset": 3844}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Meta", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Meta", "length": 4, "offset": 239}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Tesla", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 1291}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 1522}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 1562}, {"position_text": "tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 1671}, {"position_text": "tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 2032}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 2377}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 2517}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 2768}, {"position_text": "Tesla", "length": 5, "offset": 3053}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Space X", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Space X", "length": 7, "offset": 3294}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "U.S", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 2720}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1270, "text": "UAW Strike Could Cost General Motors $100 Million a Day\nMon., Sept. 16, 2019timer4 min. read General Motors Co. stands to lose as much as $100 million a day if the nationwide strike of auto workers continues. Auto-industry analysts estimate that the walkout—which began Monday and involves roughly 46,000 full-time workers in more than 30 factories across 10 states—could dent GM's profit by between $50 million and $100 million daily. Stalled production could slash more than a tenth of GM's expected third-quarter operating profit of about $3.5 billion by the weekend, although GM could make up some lost production once workers return, analysts say. The U.S. business is GM's most profitable, but the strike comes at a delicate time for both the nation's largest auto maker and the United Auto Workers union. GM is seeking to recover lost market share in the lucrative pickup-truck category, with the continuing roll out of its most extensively redesigned pickups in two decades. The Detroit company is also confronting eroding profits in China, its largest market in terms of sales, and a stalled stock price. GM also has been cutting costs in the U.S. to try to insulate the company from a potential U.S. sales downturn after a long, healthy run. It is on track to eliminate $4.5 billion in costs by late next year as part of a restructuring announced last November, company officials have said. GM in addition has shuttered multiple plants, impacting 3,300 jobs. GM has said most of those workers were hired at other company factories. The economic impact of the strike isn't expected to be as large as it once was because the car company's union workforce has shrunk dramatically in recent decades as it built more factories overseas. For example, in 1996, a supplier strike forced GM to temporarily lay off 177,000 union members, nearly four times the size of its union workforce today. Bargainers for the UAW are pressing GM to keep the idled plants open, increase pay and benefits for workers with less seniority and provide better job protection for temporary workers. The sides are further apart on a range of key issues than is typical at this point in the negotiations, people close to the talks say. Sticking points include health care and the use of temporary workers. The job-security issue was stoked by GM's decision late last year to shutter four U.S. factories, although the company in negotiations has floated saving one, its Detroit-Hamtramck plant, to eventually produce electric pickup trucks, according to people close to the talks. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN... GM entered talks determined to hold the line on its labor costs, people familiar with its strategy have said. That is usually a priority for Detroit auto makers, but is viewed by GM executives as especially important this time because they are trying to prepare for a potential cyclical downturn. Still, the strike could pressure the company to come back to the table with an enhanced offer, especially if losses accumulate and cloud its financial outlook. Credit Suisse estimates GM would lose more than $50 million a day in operating income from the strike. Morningstar Inc. puts the potential losses at closer to $80 million, while Citigroup Inc. forecasts roughly $100 million. GM shares closed more than 4% lower on Monday. A key point in the negotiations is the auto maker's desire to use more union members classified as temporary workers, which helps it quickly cut production if the U.S. vehicle market contracts. GM executives have told investors that the company is better positioned to sustain profitability in a downturn because a larger percentage of its union workforce—including both temporary workers and some others—have relatively limited layoff benefits because of concessions won in past contracts. Temporary workers account for about 7% of GM's workforce. The UAW wants to limit the use of temporary workers because they receive fewer benefits even though they do the same work as full-time members YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN... A union official at one GM factory, who didn't want to be identified, said there are hard feelings in the plant every February, when full-time workers receive profit-sharing checks from GM that have topped $10,000 in recent years, while temporary workers get nothing. \"That's the worst day of the year for me,\" the union official said. Even if GM and the UAW can settle their differences and swiftly reach a tentative deal, winning ratification from members is likely to be more difficult than in past contracts, labor experts say. Some workers remain angry at GM over the plant closures. Others also have criticized the union's leadership for an expanding, multiyear federal corruption investigation that last week led to embezzlement charges against a high-ranking union official who was a former aide to UAW President Gary Jones. 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Nearly two-thirds (64%) of the union members voted against the proposed agreement. Around 33,000 Boeing mechanics began their strike on September 13th, demanding higher wages and the reinstatement of traditional pensions abolished a decade ago. The initial agreement offered a 35% wage increase over four years and a one-time $7,000 bonus for new hires, but did not include the pension reinstatement. Workers sought a 40% wage increase. The striking mechanics are assembling Boeing's top-selling models, including the 737 Max, 777, and 767 freighters, in Renton and Everett. Boeing has reported $6.2 billion in losses this quarter, the second-highest quarterly loss in its history, which it attributes to production problems and the ongoing strike. To stay informed about interesting events happening in Latvia and worldwide, join our Telegram or WhatsApp channel. Boeing Employees Vow to Continue Strike Despite日上午\"Boeing has failed to address major issues,\" said Bryan Corliss, a spokesperson for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) District 751. American aerospace giant Boeing has struggled to maintain its reputation for quality and safety in recent years. The company has faced criticism over its handling of the 737 Max scandal, and now, its laboratory workers are on strike due to uneven pay and concerns about job security. Background and Impetus for the Strike On November 2, 2022, around 2,500 laboratory technicians, engineers, and support staff employed by a Boeing subsidiary, Alico, began an open-ended strike. The workers are represented by the IAMAW and have issued a list of demands, including improved wages, better job security, and increased retirement benefits. The strike comes in the wake of a bitter labor dispute in 2020, which culminated in the company hiring permanent replacement workers, significantly increasing animosity between management and labor. \"We want a fair contract that respects our skills and contributions to Boeing's success,\" said Mark blanc, a Boeing laboratory technician and bargaining committee member. The workers feel undervalued and believe that their skills are among the most vital to Boeing's research and development efforts. Boeing's Response and Negotiations In response to the strike, Boeing has stated that it is committed to negotiating in good faith to reach a mutually acceptable agreement. However, the company's initial proposals have been rejected by the workers, with both sides far apart on key issues. \"We're committed to finding a solution that addresses our shared priorities of safety, affordability, and quality,\" said Kevinყვ Pho, a Boeing spokesperson. However, workers argue that the company's proposals fail to address their primary concerns, namely wage inequality and job security. The Impact of the Strike The ongoing strike has already started to impact Boeing's operations. The company's research and development efforts have been slowed, and some projects have been delayed. The strike has also drawn significant media attention, with critics arguing that Boeing's treatment of its workforce is indicative of broader issues within the company. \"This strike represents a wake-up call for Boeing,\" said labor scholar Jennifer Gordon of Fordham University. Gordon argues that the strike serves as a barometer of broader workforce dissatisfaction, with employees feeling disrespected and undervalued. The Future of the Strike In a surprising turn of events, Boeing recently announced plans to increase compensation for its laboratory workers. However, the workers have voted to continue their strike, rejecting the company's offer as insufficient. \"While we appreciate Boeing's attempt to address our concerns, this offer still falls short of what we need to feel valued and secure in our jobs,\" said Corliss. Workers have vowed to continue their strike until Boeing addresses their core demands. Boeing faces a significant challenge in resolving this labor dispute. The company must balance the needs and expectations of its workforce with the demands of its investors and the competitive pressures of the aerospace industry. 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Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports Los Angeles Rams star Aaron Donald announced Tuesday he is cutting ties with Donda Sports, the sports marketing agency founded by Kanye West earlier this year, due to West's recent antisemitic tirades. Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown also decided to part ways one day after indicating he would stay with the firm. \"The recent comments and displays of hate and antisemitism are the exact opposite of how we choose to live our lives and raise our children,\" Donald wrote in a social media post signed by Aaron and Erica Donald. \"We find them to be irresponsible and go against everything we believe in as a family. \"As parents and members of society, we felt a responsibility to send a clear message that hateful words and actions have consequences and that we must do better as human beings. We do not feel our beliefs, voices and actions belong anywhere near a space that misrepresents and oppresses people of any background, ethnicity or race.\" West's social media accounts were restricted earlier this month as a result of repeated hateful comments toward Jewish people. Adidas and CAA have also ceased working with West as a consequence. \"Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech. Ye's recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company's values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness,\" Adidas said in a statement. Brown said Monday night that he disagreed with West's stances but was not going to part ways with the agency. He reversed field on Tuesday. \"In the past 24 hours, I've been able to reflect and better understand how my previous statements lack clarity in expressing my stance against recent insensitive public remarks and actions,\" Brown said in a statement. \"For that, I apologize. And in this, I seek to be as clear as possible. I have always, and will always, continue to stand strongly against any antisemitism, hate speech, misrepresentation, and oppressive rhetoric of any kind. \"In light of that, after sharing in conversations, I now recognize there are times when my voice and my position can't coexist in spaces that don't correspond with my stance or my values. 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This lawsuit is part of the first wave of artificial-intelligence-related lawsuits that have targeted some of the biggest technology companies in the world and some of the best-known artificial intelligence (AI) products on the market. The next wave of AI-related lawsuits will likely target companies and products that are less well known as businesses around the world race to incorporate AI into their products and services. This article discusses the new frontier of insurance for AI risks with that next wave of litigation in mind. Artificial Intelligence Risks The first wave of AI-related lawsuits has primarily alleged invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, and defamation claims. This was discussed in our alert Recent Trends in Generative Artificial Intelligence Litigation in the United States | HUB | K&L Gates (klgates.com) . The next wave of lawsuits will likely involve a different set of risks. The use of generative AI by cybercriminals, for example, is expected to lead to a significant increase in highly sophisticated cyberattacks. The use of generative AI in the healthcare sector is expected to lead to privacy litigation and regulatory enforcement actions. And the use of generative AI in other sectors of the economy will inevitably lead to mistakes that cause economic harm, property damage, and bodily injury. Existing Insurance Policies The good news for policyholders is that existing insurance policies may protect them against many of the risks posed by AI. Cyber Insurance Cyber insurance policies provide coverage for first-party losses and third-party liabilities arising out of cyber incidents like network security events, data breaches, and ransomware attacks, but many cyber policies also provide coverage for lesser-known exposures like regulatory liability and media liability that could prove important in our new AI-powered world. While the specific terms vary from policy to policy, regulatory liability insuring agreements generally provide coverage for defense costs and penalties arising out of regulatory investigations and enforcement actions related to privacy violations. Media liability insuring agreements typically provide coverage for defense costs and damages arising out of third-party claims that allege defamation, invasion of privacy, and copyright infringement. One issue that may arise for companies that provide AI-powered products or services is whether their cyber insurance policies provide coverage for liability assumed by contract. Many of the companies currently racing to incorporate AI into their products and services will eventually sell those products and services to other companies that will demand contractual indemnity protection from the selling companies. Cyber policies typically exclude coverage for contractual liability, but some cyber policies have exceptions for certain contractual liabilities, while other cyber policies expressly provide coverage for liability assumed by contract. These contractual liability provisions could prove important for companies that assume AI-related liability via contractual indemnity agreements. Technology Errors and Omissions Insurance Technology errors and omissions (Tech E&O) insurance policies provide coverage for third-party claims that allege a wrongful act, error, or omission in the performance of technology services or the failure of a technology product to perform as intended. Unlike cyber policies, Tech E&O policies generally provide coverage for breach of contract claims. Tech E&O policies, however, typically exclude coverage for liability arising out of bodily injury or property damage. While this type of coverage limitation may not be an issue for a company that provides web design services in the education sector, it may be more of an issue for a company that provides AI-powered products or services in the healthcare or energy sectors where mistakes may lead to bodily injury or property damage claims. The key question for companies that provide AI-powered products or services that expose them to bodily injury or property damage liability will be whether their general liability insurance policies provide coverage for bodily injury or property damage claims arising out of AI-powered products or services. General Liability Insurance Commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policies generally provide coverage for third-party claims that allege bodily injury or property damage. CGL policies, however, often exclude coverage for professional liability claims. There is, for example, a standard professional liability exclusion that excludes coverage for third-party claims that allege bodily injury or property damage arising out of the selling, licensing, or furnishing of computer software. As a result, there may be a potential gap in coverage for companies that sell AI-powered software products or services that lead to bodily injury or property damage claims. The Future of Insurance for Artificial Intelligence Risks It is too early to predict how insurers will respond to the new opportunities and risks posed by AI. Insurers may continue to cover AI-related risks in existing insurance policies, or they may add endorsements or exclusions that expressly address AI-related risks. In the near term, insurers may simply ask more questions about a prospective policyholder's use of AI during the underwriting process. Over the longer term, the answer will likely depend on the type and number of claims that policyholders make under existing insurance policies. 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(600104.SS). Foot Locker (FL) shares are tumbling in Wednesday's pre-market trading as the footwear retailer cuts its full-year guidance while missing third quarter estimates, citing weak consumer demand. Cloud software operator Okta (OKTA) stock is holding onto gains after beating earnings and revenue estimates for its last quarter. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. 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The employees at the now-closed DuPont chemical plant in LaPorte, Texas, died in November 2014 when a chemical used in the manufacturing of insecticide and fungicide, methyl mercaptan, was released. U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani, who is based in Houston, said the deaths were the result of \"DuPont's criminal negligence.\" \"The sentence imposed today sends a clear message of my office's dedication to holding managers at industrial facilities, and the corporations that own and operate those facilities, accountable for violations of … laws meant to protect the safety of workers and nearby communities,\" Hamdani said. During a court hearing Monday, DuPont, along with Kenneth Sandel, who ran the unit at the plant where the employees who died worked, each pleaded guilty to one count of a negligent release of an extremely hazardous substance. U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal ordered DuPont to serve the two years of probation, which means that federal officials will have full access to all of the company's operating locations. DuPont was also ordered to pay a $12 million criminal penalty and make a $4 million community service payment to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Sandel was ordered to serve one year of probation. In a statement, Corteva, a spinoff from DuPont that took over its agricultural operations, said it \"deeply regrets\" the deadly gas leak. \"We are committed to the highest safety standards, and safety is a core value,\" Indianapolis-based Corteva said in a statement. In a final report released in 2019 on the deadly gas leak, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board concluded that various safety management system deficiencies, including problems with troubleshooting operations, safe work practices and toxic gas detection contributed to the severity of the incident. Attorneys for Sandel, 52, did not immediately return emails seeking comment. In court documents, federal prosecutors had requested Sandel be sentenced to eight months in prison. The chemical began leaking from a valve around 4 a.m. on Nov. 15, 2014, in a unit at the plant in La Porte, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Houston. Crystle Wise, Wade Baker and brothers Robert and Gilbert Tisnado were killed. A fifth worker was injured. Sandel and DuPont engineers allegedly devised a plan to divert a large volume of methyl mercaptan gas into a waste gas pipe system during the day before and night of the fatal incident, according to prosecutors and an indictment. However, Sandel failed to implement necessary procedures to evaluate safety aspects of that plan, according to prosecutors. The unit where the workers died did not have adequate ventilation or air monitoring to ensure employee safety, and procedures weren't followed that would have restricted worker access into areas where ventilation fans weren't working, according to the chemical safety board. In 2016, DuPont permanently shut down the insecticide production plant where the workers died. Brent Coon, an attorney who represented Wise's family, said jail time for executives would be more effective in preventing similar tragedies. DuPont settled lawsuits filed by Wise's family and the families of the other workers who were killed. \"It remains to the general public to believe whether or not … probation is fair criminal punishment for somebody whose decision led to several highly avoidable and painful deaths,\" Coon said. ___ Follow Juan A. Lozano on Twitter: https://twitter.com/juanlozano70 JUAN A. 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Shareholders...\nRADNOR, Pa., Aug. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP reminds Athira Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHA) (\"Athira\") investors that securities fraud class action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of those who purchased or acquired Athira common stock: a) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus (collectively, the \"Registration Statement\") issued in connection with Athira's September 2020 initial public offering (\"IPO\"); and/or b) between September 18, 2020 and June 17, 2021, inclusive (the \"Class Period\"). KTMC Logo (PRNewsfoto/Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP) Deadline Reminder: Investors who purchased or acquired Athira common stock pursuant to or traceable to the IPO and/or during the Class Period may, no later than August 24, 2021, seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class. For additional information or to learn how to participate in this litigation please contact Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP: James Maro, Esq. (484) 270-1453; toll free at (844) 887-9500; via e-mail at info@ktmc.com ; or click https://www.ktmc.com/athira-pharma-class-action-lawsuit?utm_source=PR&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=athira Athira is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing small molecules to restore neuronal health and stop neurodegeneration. On September 18, 2020, Athira filed its prospectus on a Form 424B4, which forms part of the Registration Statement. In the IPO, Athira sold approximately 13,397,712 shares of common stock at a price of $17.00 per share. According to the complaints, on June 17, 2021, after the market closed, Athira announced in a press release that it had placed its president and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Leen Kawas, on leave pending a review of actions stemming from doctoral research she conducted while at Washington State University. Following this news, Athira's share price fell $7.09, or approximately 39%, to close at $11.15 per share on June 18, 2021. The complaints allege that in the Registration Statement and/or throughout the Class Period the defendants made materially false and misleading statements and omitted to state that: (1) Dr. Kawas had published research papers containing improperly altered images while she was a graduate student; (2) this purported research was foundational to Athira's efforts to develop treatments for Alzheimer's because it laid the biological groundwork that Athira was using in its approach to treating Alzheimer's; (3) as a result, Athira's intellectual property and product development for the treatment of Alzheimer's was based on invalid research; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, the defendants' positive statements about Athira's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. Athira investors may, no later than August 24, 2021, seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class through Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP or other counsel, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. A lead plaintiff is a representative party who acts on behalf of all class members in directing the litigation. In order to be appointed as a lead plaintiff, the Court must determine that the class member's claim is typical of the claims of other class members, and that the class member will adequately represent the class. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision of whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP prosecutes class actions in state and federal courts throughout the country involving securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duties and other violations of state and federal law. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP is a driving force behind corporate governance reform, and has recovered billions of dollars on behalf of institutional and individual investors from the United States and around the world. The firm represents investors, consumers and whistleblowers (private citizens who report fraudulent practices against the government and share in the recovery of government dollars). The complaint in this action was not filed by Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP. 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(Photo: US DoD) Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $25 million contract to provide F-16 operational capability and maintenance training for international partner nations. Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued at up to $25 million for international F-16 training. This contract is designed to provide F-16 operational capability to countries that are new to purchasing and operating the aircraft. It also includes aircraft maintenance and pilot training for countries that have previously purchased and operated F-16s, to support ongoing sustainment training or in-country training for aircraft upgrade programmes.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Lockheed", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Lockheed", "length": 8, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Lockheed", "length": 8, "offset": 242}, {"position_text": "Lockheed", "length": 8, "offset": 397}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Lockheed Martin", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Lockheed Martin", "length": 15, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Lockheed Martin", "length": 15, "offset": 242}, {"position_text": "Lockheed Martin", "length": 15, "offset": 397}], "label": "positive"}]}, {"id": 1278, "text": "Second Circuit Climate Change Ruling Affirms Dismissal of State-law Claims\nIn the past four years, state attorneys general or municipalities have brought 21 lawsuits based on state-law claims (e.g., nuisance, trespass, consumer fraud) seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for costs allegedly resulting from climate change. Of these 21 lawsuits, only the City of New York brought its case in federal court on diversity grounds—the rest were first filed in state court only to be removed to federal court and later remanded to state court in almost every case. On April 1, 2021, the Second Circuit issued its long-awaited opinion affirming the dismissal of New York's climate change lawsuits against Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Shell, and BP.1 While much of the current litigation surrounding climate change litigation has been whether such lawsuits should be exclusively brought in federal court, the Second Circuit's opinion addresses the merits of a federal preemption defense for fossil fuel companies. Judge Sullivan wrote the opinion for the three-judge panel, which also included Judges Kearse and Park. The Second Circuit held that claims related to domestic emissions are displaced by the Clean Air Act and claims related to foreign emissions are non-justiciable political questions because of the foreign policy implications better suited to the executive and legislative branches. BACKGROUND In 2018, New York filed its lawsuit based on state-law claims for public nuisance, private nuisance, and trespass. New York sought compensatory damages for past and future costs of climate-proofing as well as an equitable order enjoining the defendants to abate the public nuisance and trespass if the defendants did not pay the compensatory damages. In July 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the defendants' motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, holding that New York's claims could be pursued only under federal law, not under state law2; any federal common law nuisance and trespass claims based on domestic emissions were displaced by the Clean Air Act3; and any claims based on foreign emissions were barred by the presumption against extraterritoriality and need for judicial caution in the face of serious foreign policy consequences.4 SECOND CIRCUIT OPINION In City of New York, the Second Circuit affirmed the federal district court's opinion on the basis that New York's state-law claims were displaced (i.e., preempted) by federal common law.5 The Second Circuit recognized the difficulty in tracing greenhouse gas emissions from specific emitters or tracing the effects of greenhouse gases to a particular state; so any attempt to impose one state's laws \"for the cumulative impact of conduct occurring simultaneously across just about every jurisdiction on the planet…over the past several hundred years\" is untenable.6 For domestic emissions, the Second Circuit held that the Clean Air Act displaces any federal common law claim7. This displacement doctrine was recognized in American Electric Power Company v. Connecticut, which held in an opinion authored by Justice Ginsburg that \"the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any federal common-law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired powerplants\".8 Following the logic of that decision, the Second Circuit held that federal common law displaced state-law claims—an issue that was not expressly addressed in American Electric Power Company v. Connecticut—and that the Clean Air Act displaced any federal common law claims for domestic emissions. The Second Circuit distinguished the ability of states \"to create and enforce their own emissions standards applicable to in-state polluters\" with New York's attempts \"to impose New York nuisance standards on emission emanating simultaneously from all 50 states and the nations of the world.\"9 The Second Circuit observed: Artful pleading cannot transform the City's complaint into anything other than a suit over global greenhouse gas emissions. It is precisely because fossil fuels emit greenhouse gases—which collectively \"exacerbate global warming\"—that the City is seeking damages. Put differently, the City's complaint whipsaws between disavowing any intent to address emissions and identifying such emissions as the singular source of the City's harm. But the City cannot have it both ways.10 Because New York's allegations were that the local effects of climate change on New York City resulted from global emissions, the Second Circuit held that state-law claims were displaced and any federal common law claims for domestic emissions were also displaced under the Clean Air Act. For foreign emissions, the Second Circuit held that although the Clean Air Act does not apply to foreign emissions, \"foreign policy concerns foreclose New York's proposal here to recognize a federal common law cause of action targeting emissions emanating from beyond our national borders.\"11 The Second Circuit noted that \"federal courts must proceed cautiously when venturing into the international arena so as to avoid unintentionally stepping on the toes of the political branches.\"12 IMPLICATIONS The Second Circuit's City of New York addresses the merits of whether a federal preemption defense exists for fossil fuel defendants against state-law claims seeking damages related to climate change, and whether such a defense entitles fossil fuel defendants to dismissal at the pleading stage for failure to state a claim. This is different from the issue pending before the Supreme Court in its anticipated City of Baltimore opinion, which is expected to be decided before June.13 In City of Baltimore, the Supreme Court is set to address whether City of Baltimore—and the other 19 pending climate change lawsuits originally filed in state court—was properly removed to federal court. The Second Circuit distinguished City of Baltimore and related cases because the issue in those cases is \"whether the defendants' anticipated [federal preemption] defenses could single-handedly create federal-question jurisdiction.\" Because City of New York was filed in federal court (and not removed there), the Second Circuit determined that it was \"free to consider the [fossil fuel companies'] preemption defense on its own terms.\"14 Although City of Baltimore primarily focuses on the scope of appellate review for remand orders and whether an appellate court can consider removal grounds beyond federal officer removal, there is a possibility that the Supreme Court could address whether federal-question jurisdiction exists based on the fossil fuel defendants' arguments that federal common law and/or the Clean Air Act displaces any state-law claims for climate change. But it seems unlikely that the Supreme Court would go further to address the merits of the fossil fuel defendants' federal preemption defense. City of New York is therefore a possible vehicle for the Supreme Court to address the merits of whether the fossil fuel defendants' federal preemption defense is viable. It is likely that New York will file a petition for certiorari, but whether the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case will not be known until next Fall at the earliest. 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The reduction also includes leadership positions, Southwest said, adding it would eliminate 11 senior leadership roles – which represents 15% of the company's senior management committee. \"This decision is unprecedented in our 53-year history … We are at a pivotal moment as we transform Southwest Airlines into a leaner, faster, and more agile organization,\" said CEO Bob Jordan. The layoffs, which the company expects to complete substantially by the end of the second quarter, are estimated to net $210 million in savings this year and full-year savings of $300 million in 2026. The savings exclude an expected one-time charge in the first quarter of 2025 in the range of $60 million to $80 million, Southwest added. The job cuts are part of Southwest's previously announced plan to shore up sagging profits and improve its balance sheet. The company in September announced a three-year business plan including partnerships, vacation packages and aircraft sale-leasebacks. The Dallas-based carrier last week named industry veteran Tom Doxey as its new chief financial officer, replacing Tammy Romo, who announced plans to retire in January. Southwest last month reported fourth-quarter profits that surpassed Wall Street estimates, on the back of improved airfares and strong holiday travel demand. Southwest's shares have fallen about 10% so far this year, while peers Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have climbed more than 7%. 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A message on Instagram stated: ''In good times and bad, food is love. That's why we're donating all profits from this special-edition #WatchHungerStop T-Shirt to the @WorldFoodProgramme, which is helping feed hungry children around the world even while schools are closed due to COVID-19 (sic).'' 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More and more administrators, developers, marketers, and consultants are in demand with constant growth in new customers and contracts every single day. Most of the Fortune companies are in search of skilled Salesforce professionals having hands-on-experience with proven knowledge. If you are on the lookout for the best Salesforce training institute in Chennai , look no further than Cloud Solutions India! Their team of trainers is made up of certified and experienced individuals who are Salesforce training experts and Salesforce.com consultants for some of the top names in the IT industry. Cloud Solutions India offers focused training for individuals, start-up businesses, medium-sized businesses, and enterprises. Cloud Solutions India provides comprehensive Salesforce training in Chennai through programs that are specially designed to suit different hierarchies in a sales team. The programs offer a profound opportunity to up the career opportunities of individuals. By providing a customized solution that supports every vertical in sales, and inculcating the current best practices and practical industry knowledge, Cloud Solutions India has rose up to be one of the best Salesforce training centers in Chennai. A Salesforce Developer, Administrator, or Consultant have huge demand with vast career opportunities in the marketplace today. With high demand and lucrative pay package, Salesforce is rocking on all platforms, especially in the IT industry. Therefore, this is the perfect time for an individual to get his or her career boosted with a Salesforce Certification. The certification from Salesforce is a strong pillar that can be used to prove the skillset of any Salesforce professional. It is the best way to exhibit one's skill level and expertise to the current employer or a perspective. It helps to strengthen a person's professional career by applying for higher and trending opportunities. It further helps in gaining promotions in the current company. Specialists with Salesforce certification are in high demand by major employers in the field. A Salesforce credential also provides individuals a competitive edge over their peers. About Cloud Solutions India Cloud Solutions India is a rapidly ascending company that focuses solely on Salesforce.com related solutions and training. At Cloud Solutions India, they focus on exactly the same principles. The company helps individuals and businesses to gear up for that extra edge over the competition. They are a team of expert trainers who can help big dreamers in the business world achieve their business goals through cutting-edge Salesforce.com CRM training and consultancy services. Thus, the training helps individuals to inculcate and develop the necessary skills that can have a crucial and positive impact in their career. 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The investment would add a decade of life and head off production declines at the Kansanshi copper mine, increasing annual production to 300,000 tonnes over time from an expected 235,000 tonnes last year, according to a company presentation given to Zambian government officials. But securing board approval, which would be needed over the coming year, is likely to be complicated by disputes between miners and the Zambian government over taxes and assets, according to analysts and miners with knowledge of the country. Western miners are on edge as Zambia and neighboring countries seek to increase their share of revenue from natural resources. A source close to First Quantum said the plans will be presented to the company's board this year but the project is unlikely to win approval without significant changes to Zambia's tax regime. Canadian-listed First Quantum is studying the expansion even as it is entangled with Zambian state miner ZCCM-IH over profits from the mine that have been set aside for the project. ZCCM-IH owns 20% of Kansanshi Mining PLC, with First Quantum holding the balance. First Quantum last month began arbitration proceedings against ZCCM-IH following a criminal complaint made by the state miner to Zambian police over a transfer by Kansanshi Mining to a First Quantum subsidiary. At issue is a transfer of $520 million, a separate document seen by Reuters showed. Two sources said the money had been set aside in a high-interest account to help fund expansion at Kansanshi. First Quantum was not available for immediate comment on Friday. ZCCM-IH did not immediately respond to a Reuters query. Sources declined to be identified as the information was not public. 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Thousands of members of the National Samsung Electronics Union launched a temporary, three-day strike on Monday, but the union said on Wednesday that it was announcing an indefinite strike, accusing the management of being unwilling to negotiate. Samsung Electronics said there has been no disruptions to production. Members of the National Samsung Electronics Union shout slogans during a rally outside the company's campus in Hwaseong, South Korea (Hong Ki-won/Yonhap/AP) \"Samsung Electronics will ensure no disruptions occur in the production lines,\" a Samsung statement said. \"The company remains committed to engaging in good faith negotiations with the union.\" However, in a statement posted on its website, the union said it has engaged in unspecified disruptions on the company's production lines to get management to eventually come to the negotiating table if the strikes continue. \"We are confident of our victory,\" the union statement said. The union statement did not say how many of its members would join the extended strike. Earlier, it said 6,540 of its members had said they would participate in the previous three-day strike. That would represent only a fraction of Samsung Electronics' total workforce, estimated at about 267,860 globally. Some 120,000 of them are in South Korea. Earlier this year, union members and management held rounds of talks on the union's demand for higher wages and better working conditions, but they failed to reach agreement. In June, some union members collectively used their annual leave in a one-day walkout that observers said was the first labour strike at Samsung Electronics. Members of the National Samsung Electronics Union rally in Hwaseong, South Korea, to call for higher pay and other benefits (Hong Ki-won/Yonhap/AP) About 30,000 Samsung workers are reportedly affiliated with the National Samsung Electronics Union, the largest at the company, and some belong to other, smaller unions. In 2020, Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong, then vice chairman of the company, said he would stop suppressing employee attempts to organise unions, as he expressed remorse over his alleged involvement in a massive 2016 corruption scandal that removed the country's president from office. The company's union-busting practices had been criticised by activists for decades, though industrial action at other businesses and in other sectors of the society are common in South Korea. 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The EU paper, seen by Reuters, is the outcome of an investigation by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and details for the first time the extent of supervisory shortcomings in the two countries over the Danske case. The EBA investigation followed the disclosure last year of a money-laundering scandal at Danske Bank, Denmark's largest bank, which has admitted that 200 billion euros of suspicious transactions flowed through its Estonian branch between 2007 and 2015. The EBA document cites internal communications between the Russian Central Bank and the Estonian and Danish supervisors in which Moscow warned of money laundering risks and tax evasion linked to payments to clients of the Estonian branch of Danske Bank. The EBA document showed that regulators did not take sufficient action to address risks after the Russian warnings, in what the EBA said was a breach of EU rules. Earlier this month, the EU's national banking supervisors, who control the EBA, rejected the watchdog's proposal on the rule breach and effectively blocked further action against the Estonian and Danish regulators. The two regulators from Estonia and Denmark and the Russian Central Bank did not respond to Reuters requests for a comment. The EBA declined to comment. In a letter to the Commission dated April 26, the EBA said national supervisors acknowledged failings in Estonian and Danish financial supervision but they did not consider them to mean EU law had been broken. EU lawmaker Sven Giegold, who sits on the EU parliament's committee on financial crime, said in a letter to the EU Commission that the EU executive should start legal proceedings against Denmark and Estonia for their flaws in applying EU laws. \"The case of the Danske Bank is not closed for us, regardless of the decision of EBA,\" EU justice commissioner Vera Jourova said in a statement, without elaborating on whether Brussels will open a legal procedure on this case. \"DOUBTFUL TRANSACTIONS\" Danske Bank lowered its outlook for 2019 after a disappointing first quarter, due in part to the effects of the impact of the scandal. The EBA document showed that a few months after Danske Bank had acquired Finland's Sampo Bank and its Estonian business in February 2007, the Russian Central Bank sent a warning to the Danish and Estonia authorities. In a letter dated June 8, 2007, the Russian Central Bank alleged that \"clients of Sampo Bank permanently participate in financial transactions of doubtful origin\" worth billions of rubles monthly. The Central Bank's letter alleged that Sampo's clients resided mostly in offshore jurisdictions, including the British Virgin Islands and Britain, noting these clients were receiving transfers from Russian shell companies that were not justified by real exchanges of goods or services and were instead likely concealing tax evasion and money laundering. The EBA document said neither the Estonian nor the Danish authorities properly followed up on the Russian warning. The EBA document also said that two years after the Russian warning, the Estonian regulator said Danske had adopted measures \"in line with the highest international standards.\" But problems at the Estonian branch of the bank continued, according to the EBA document. The EBA cited a second letter to the Estonia supervisor from the Russian Central Bank sent in February 2013 which alleged that Danske's branch in the country had executed transactions to accounts of non-resident clients meant \"to launder proceeds of crime from Russia.\" This letter alleged the suspicious transactions amounted to more than $3 billion in 2011 and 2012 alone. The EBA document, citing this second warning from Russia, concluded that the Estonian and Danish supervisors did nothing meaningful to immediately address the situation. The EBA document found that the two national watchdogs were in breach of their EU obligations for the period between 2007 and 2014. In that period the two regulators had the opportunity to address risks but \"despite identifiable risk indicators, they did not cooperate with each other to do so effectively, nor did they take appropriate supervisory action separately,\" the draft EBA report said. The authorities changed tack from 2015, EBA said, which led to the disclosure by Danske Bank last year of alleged money-laundering activities at its Estonian branch between 2007 and 2015. 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Zuckerberg kicked off the the one day conference for developers that features breakout sessions on the future of social technologies. Facebook made an announcement on Monday that it is blacklisting any content that contains the phrase \"stop the steal\" ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's January 20 Inauguration Day. Facebook to Remove Content Containing 'Stop the Steal' The social media giant issued a statement indicating it was removing content containing the phrase that was used by President Donald Trump's supporters to question the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. The move comes 69 days after Election Day. Facebook stated in a blog post that it would ramp up enforcement against the phrase due to the fact it was used by protesters who participated in Wednesday's siege at the US Capitol. According to Guy Rosen, Facebook's VP of integrity, \"With continued attempts to organize events against the outcome of the US presidential election that can lead to violence, and use of the term by those involved in Wednesday's violence in DC, we're taking this additional step in the lead up to the inauguration,\" reported Fox 5 . Last week's mayhem in Washington, DC, resulted in five fatalities. The social network declared that it would start taking down Facebook and Instagram posts that contain the slogan, reported Yahoo . Also, according to Facebook, it began preparing for Inauguration Day in 2020, but its planning took on new urgency following the violence at Capitol Hills. Therefore, they are treating the succeeding two weeks as a major civic event, reported Rosen's post in the About Facebook blog. The social network believes the phrase could provoke further violence. In November 2020, the website removed a large Stop the Steal group comprising about 300,000 members. Pro-Trump protesters also organized a November rally after the election called \"Stop the Steal\" that drew thousands of Trump supporters to Washington, DC. Also Read: Police Officer Who Responded to US Capitol Mob Siege Dies of Alleged Suicide \"We are now removing content containing the phrase 'stop the steal' under our Coordinating Harm policy from Facebook and Instagram,\" stated Facebook. After taking down the original Stop the Steal group in November, they have continued to remove groups, pages, and events that contravene their policies, including calls for violence. According to Facebook officials Rosen and Monika Bickert, they have been allowing robust conversations associated with the election outcome, and they will continue on. With ongoing efforts to organize events against the results of the United States presidential election that could possibly lead to violence, and use of the term by people involved in the siege in Washington, DC, they are taking this additional step preceding the inauguration. The company remarked it had removed a \"significant number\" of posts but that it could take a while to scale up their enforcement of the newly-implemented policy. The \"stop the steal\" moniker has been used by Trump supporters to spread conspiracy theories regarding the election and call for an armed response. The moniker's origins date back years, and Facebook's CrowdTangle analysis tool indicates it became wildly popular in recent months as a gathering place for such theories regarding the election outcome. 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Shares of Altria Group Inc , which has a 35% stake in Juul, fell 4.1% to $43.96 in afternoon trading after the Wall Street Journal earlier reported the probe. Juul has already come under scrutiny for its marketing efforts, including its use of social media influencers to promote its vaping devices, which have become extremely popular among teens. The U.S. House of Representatives and some state attorneys general have also launched separate investigations into the company's promotion practices. Last year, the Food and Drug Administration conducted a surprise inspection at Juul's San Francisco headquarter and seized documents. \"Without commenting on any specific investigation, we fully cooperate and are transparent with any government agency or regulator who have interest in our category,\" a Juul spokesman said. The company \"never marketed to youth\" but has changed its advertising to feature adult smokers aged 35 and above, and has stopped promoting on social media, the spokesman added. A May 2019 court filing from lawyers, who filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Juul on behalf of customers, disclosed that an unnamed government agency was investigating the company's marketing practices. The group is seeking refunds for purchases of Juul products and an injunction to prevent the company from continuing to market to children and non-smokers. The filing said that while Juul had not turned over documents about its marketing practices to the lawyers, it \"has presumably already gathered and produced many of these documents in response to investigatory demands from the FDA, (REDACTED), and Attorneys General for California, Massachusetts, and Washington, as well as the Los Angeles District Attorney.\" FTC investigators are examining Juul's involvement in deceptive marketing, including by targeting minors or using influencers, and is also determining whether to seek monetary damages, according to the Wall Street Journal report. Altria did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment, while an FTC spokesman declined to comment. Shares of Philip Morris International Inc , which is in talks to merge with Altria, fell 2.7%. Separately on Thursday, Juul said it was giving over $100 million of incentives to retailers to install new age-verification systems at stores, part of efforts to curb sales of e-cigarettes to minors. 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files fraud complaint, rejigs trading arm over oil tanker fiasco\nJulia Payne and Emilio Parodi Eni files fraud complaint, rejigs trading arm over oil tanker fiasco LONDON/MILAN — Eni has filed a fraud complaint against its former head of oil trading over a suspect Iraqi crude oil shipment, amid concerns inside the Italian oil major that the failed delivery may have included Iranian crude targeted by U.S. sanctions. In the filing to the Milan prosecutor's office Eni accused its former head of trading and operations, Alessandro Des Dorides, of misleading all parties to the deal and hiding the role of a small Italian oil trading firm, Napag. Two other senior employees were either demoted or suspended as a result of the failed shipment, sources familiar with the matter said. Eni said it had suspended dealings with Napag in February over a separate investigation by Milan prosecutors into suspected obstruction of justice by members of Eni's former legal team. Eni said it fired Des Dorides at the end of May, after he had been in his job about six months, for what it said was an unrelated petrochemical deal with Napag in 2018. INTERNAL PANIC The crude arrived aboard the White Moon tanker at the end of May for offloading at the Milazzo refinery in Sicily, which is part-owned by Eni. The Italian oil major, which produces oil in Iraq and is a regular buyer of Iraqi crude, was solely responsible for the cargo. However, Eni said it rejected the delivery because it did not match the Iraqi Basra Light crude it expected from its counterparty, the Dubai-based trading arm of Nigerian firm Oando. After sitting offshore for three weeks, the White Moon sailed back to the Gulf. The tanker manager did not respond to a request for comment. Two sources at Eni said the White Moon's 1 million barrel cargo created panic within the company over fears the crude could be, at least partially, Iranian. Handling Iranian oil would have breached sanctions the United States reimposed or extended last year after quitting a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. Washington aims to reduce Iran's exports to zero and force the Islamic Republic to renegotiate that nuclear deal, curb its missile program and modify its behavior in the Middle East. Iran has called on other parties to the accord to shield it from the effects of U.S. sanctions and has sought to circumvent U.S. restrictions by selling more of its oil undercover. ENI ACTION Following the rejection of the White Moon shipment in June, the head of the Italian Senate Industry Committee wrote to Eni Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi to clarify the origin of an oil cargo labeled as coming from Iraq, the head of the committee said. The head of the committee declined to comment to Reuters on the oil's possible origins. Eni said it bought the crude from Nigerian firm Oando, who in turn bought the oil from the London branch of Italy's Napag. Oando said it took back the cargo from Eni but declined to comment further on the origins of the cargo as it was \"in the middle of a resolution\" over the rejected oil. Oando said the terms of the deal were \"normal for the trading industry.\" Italian prosecutors cannot legally comment on any investigation unless there is an exceptional circumstance. Trading sources familiar with the deal said the offer terms for the crude should have raised alarms internally even before its arrival off Sicily. The offer was at a significant discount to typical Iraqi trades, was paid for in euros and was from a firm that is new to the region, they said. Physical oil is commonly traded in dollars. Eni said that the mismatch in the crude's chemical composition \"coupled with other red flags led to the decision to terminate the transaction.\" The oil loaded onto the White Moon came via two ship-to-ship transfers that makes the origin harder to track, according to sources with direct knowledge of the deal. The crude bought from Oando was loaded onto the White Moon from another vessel, the New Prosperity, but that vessel itself had been loaded with oil from a third tanker, the Abyss, the sources added. The Abyss makes regular voyages through the Mideast Gulf with its transponder switched off for days at a time, according to Refinitiv Eikon ship tracking. The transponder was switched off between April 24 and May 3 when it transferred oil to the New Prosperity. For safety reasons, it is unusual for ships to turn off their tracking systems. In addition to the termination of Des Dorides, the CFO of Eni trading, Mauro Cavagna, was removed from his post in late June and replaced by head of compliance Francesco Metrangolo, the company said. Cavagna is still employed at Eni. Three sources familiar with the matter said Cavagna's removal was related to the White Moon and that operations manager, Francesca Delladio, was also suspended in relation to the same matter. Cavagna and Delladio referred Reuters's requests for comment to Eni. 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The deal was approved by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense. Previously a joint venture between WeWork and SoftBank, the sale of SoftBank's share in the business was confirmed at the end of January, according to Valor International . WeWork has faced financial challenges since the pandemic, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. in 2023 and completing the process in 2024. In 2024, WeWork Brasil faced eviction notices from real estate investment funds due to delays of up to three months in paying rent. The company's business model involves leasing floors or buildings and subleasing smaller, fully furnished office spaces with services. Earlier in 2024, Bruna Neves, WeWork's top executive in Brazil, mentioned in an interview that the company struggled with rent contract adjustments during the pandemic, as the IGP-M index used for its contracts surged by over 30% annually. \"Our costs often rose faster than we could make up for,\" she said. To address the situation, WeWork renegotiated some contracts, cleared overdue rent, and vacated certain spaces. As of March 2024, WeWork operates 28 locations across São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and Rio Grande do Sul, down from 32. In a statement, WeWork emphasized its focus on maintaining financially sustainable operations. John Santora, global CEO, highlighted that reintegrating WeWork Brasil into the company's global structure is a crucial step for strengthening its position in the country and Latin American market. The unification of these teams may help maintain WeWork's status as a leading global real estate platform for businesses of all sizes. 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Thursday morning, the announcement came that Cedar Fair will merge with Six Flags Entertainment. The plan is to create \"a more robust operating model and a strong revenue and cash flow generation profile,\" according to the press release from both companies. Richard Zimmerman, who is president and chief executive officer of Cedar Fair, who is excited about their plans. \"Our merger with Six Flags will bring together two of North America's iconic amusement park companies to establish a highly diversified footprint and a more robust operating model to enhance park offerings and performance.\" He continued. \"Together, we will have an expanded and complementary portfolio of attractive assets and intellectual property to deliver engaging entertainment experiences for guests.\" The company has NO plans to close the parks outside of their normal seasons, and times, and believes the transition should be seamless. 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But it's also a place plagued by corruption. Most recently, federal prosecutors there are investigating an alleged cartel of U.S. and European companies that supposedly paid Brazilian officials in order to land contracts to put more of their medical devices in Brazil's public health system. Brad Brooks , Brazil correspondent for Reuters, says prosecutors allege that Johnson & Johnson, GE, Siemens and Philips \"took part in a cartel\" for at least the last 20 years. \"That they basically worked with each other, they worked with corrupt middlemen, to pay off government officials here to get their products placed in the Brazilian market,\" Brooks says. If true, these companies would be breaking laws in Brazil and in the U.S. But Brooks says over the last several years that he's reported on this story, he's noticed that companies don't take the laws in Brazil seriously. But what the companies may have underestimated is the extent to which law enforcement in both countries has built a case against them. \"The Brazilians have worked, and continue to work, in lockstep with their American counterparts,\" Brooks says. \"Together, in the last four years, the Brazilian prosecutors and the Department of Justice in the U.S. – they have reached and negotiated, I believe, it's three of the world's five largest fines, compliance fines, for corporations that have been found to have broken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.\" While prosecutors are still in the investigation phase, Brooks says they've told him they're confident they have a strong case against the companies, whose total combined market value is about $600 billion. \"They really think that this is massive,\" Brooks says. He says the investigation is part of a larger anti-corruption effort in Brazil. \"Every American and European firm you can think of is down here,\" Brooks says. \"You don't want to say that everybody who's done business here has had to do it dirty, but prosecutors have just always said that anybody who wants to do business in Brazil, they'd have to play by the rules of the game that were set by local politicians and set by local business.\" GE told Brooks that it's not guilty of wrongdoing; Siemens said the same thing. Johnson & Johnson said it's not aware of wrongdoing on its part, and Philips says prosecutors are merely investigating the company for wrongdoing during a specific time period. \"They all underscored that they are working with U.S. and Brazilian authorities,\" Brooks says. 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On Tuesday, after being repeatedly turned down, it launched a hostile bid for the company, offering shareholders the same deal it put on the table in October. Choice said Tuesday that it \"maintains the previously proposed offer to Wyndham\" of $49.50 in cash and 0.324 shares of Choice common stock per Wyndham share . This represents a value of $40.50 based on Choice's trading price as of Oct. 16, 2023, the day before Choice's first public offer. WYNDHAM REJECTS $7.8B HOSTILE BID FROM CHOICE HOTELS Wyndham, with more than 9,000 hotels across 24 brands, rejected a nearly $8 billion unsolicited offer due to regulatory concerns. Wyndham Chairman Stephen Holmes said in a statement immediately following the October proposal that the offer was \"subject to significant business, regulatory and execution risk\" and that Choice was \"unwilling or unable to address\" Wyndham's concerns. Choice argued on Tuesday that \"a transaction with Wyndham is pro-competitive and would generate value for both Wyndham and Choice shareholders as well as deliver significant benefits to franchisees, guests and associates of both companies.\" HILTON TO INSTALL TESLA CHARGERS AT 2,000 HOTELS Both companies had been working on a deal to combine the affordable hotel companies for nearly six months before Wyndham cut off talks, according to Choice Hotels CEO Patrick Pacious. As a result, Choice decided to make its bid public earlier this year. Choice initially proposed to acquire Wyndham in April for $80 per share in cash and stock, but \"Wyndham rejected the proposal and refused to engage in further discussions,\" the company previously said. 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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning did not specify what the sanctions would be against Gregory Hayes, chairman and CEO of Raytheon Technologies Corp., and Ted Colbert, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security. It wasn't immediately clear what impact they would have on the executives or their companies, but such sanctions are often mainly symbolic in nature. The U.S. announced a $1.09 billion arms sale to Taiwan last week, including $355 million for Boeing's Harpoon missiles and $85 million for Raytheon's Sidewinder missiles. \"We once again urge the U.S. government and relevant parties to … stop arms sales to Taiwan and military contact with Taiwan, and stop creating new factors that could lead to tensions in the Taiwan Strait,\" Mao said at a daily briefing. China claims Taiwan, a self-governing island of 23 million people off its east coast, as its territory and says it must eventually come under its control. Taiwan and China split in 1949 during a civil war that brought the Communist Party to power in Beijing. The U.S. does not formally recognize Taiwan under its one-China policy but is the island's main supplier of military equipment and is bound by its own laws to ensure Taiwan can defend itself. Mao also expressed China's opposition to an upcoming Taiwan trip by Czech lawmakers. A 14-member delegation is to arrive Sunday for a six-day visit, according to Taiwan media reports. \"China is firmly opposed to any form of official contact between Taiwan and countries having diplomatic relations with China,\" Mao said. She called on the Czech lawmakers \"to refrain from sending the wrong signals to the separatist forces of Taiwan independence and to stop undermining … bilateral relations.\" In February, China announced sanctions on Raytheon and Lockheed Martin over a $100 million deal for maintenance of Taiwan's missile defense systems by the two companies. China also protested a bill that was approved by a U.S. Senate committee this week that could significantly increase American military support for Taiwan. 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REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) - Renault has sidelined a senior executive close to Carlos Ghosn, as the French carmaker and its Japanese affiliate Nissan continue to overhaul management in the wake of the financial scandal engulfing their former chairman. General Secretary Mouna Sepehri will move to an advisory position and leave the executive committee, Renault said on Wednesday, as it announced broader top management changes. Ghosn is facing trial in Japan for failing to disclose some $82 million in income he had arranged to be paid later, as well as transferring personal investment losses to Nissan when he was chief executive. He denies any wrongdoing. Ghosn's November arrest and dismissal as Nissan chairman, following an internal investigation, inflamed tensions with 43.4 percent-owner Renault that have begun to ease since his forced resignation from the French carmaker in January. Product and program director Bruno Ancelin will leave Renault, the carmaker said in a statement announcing the appointment of his successor, Ali Kassai. Europe chief Jean-Christophe Kugler is also departing. Sepehri's move, first reported by Bloomberg, ends her oversight of corporate governance, communications, legal and public affairs at Renault, as well as her influential role as secretary to the board. Sepehri was among a group of Ghosn loyalists who explored legal ways to pay him undisclosed income via the Dutch Renault-Nissan BV venture, and had herself received extra pay from the subsidiary, Reuters earlier revealed. New Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard will head an alliance board to include the CEOs of Renault, Nissan and third alliance member Mitsubishi, the companies said this week, pledging a \"new start\" for their partnership. Nissan also said Arun Bajaj, who served as alliance human resources chief, will exit the company. 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According to the white paper , women face a lack of representation in all areas of the industry. Women make up 44 four per cent of sport participants, but only recieve four per cent of the media coverage. Among Cannes Lions Award winner and nominees in the last 15 years, female characters were four times more likely than male characters to be shown in revealing ckothes. 40 per cent of the women working in Adland who were surveyed said that they had experienced gender discrimination in the workplace. Many felt that their ideas were often dismissed, and, only 15 per cent of creative directors worldwide are female. For decades, society has enforced this volume of impossible, contradictory and limiting standards and roles for women and their bodies to achieve or look. Advertising has been doing a fair amount of this work, too, in such subtle ways that we don't even notice. The results? A disproportionate underrepresentation of women, sexualization and body normativity adding up to one another ad after ad, and the gender gap still growing among us. The whitepaper covers four main themes, including objectification and beauty standardisation to gender roles and sexual moralisation. However, it also looks at the strategies that can confront those ideas, such as best practises and golden rules for brands and ads to move towards purposeful, inclusive feminist communication.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Adland", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Adland", "length": 6, "offset": 654}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Adland", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Adland", "length": 6, "offset": 83}, {"position_text": "Adland", "length": 6, "offset": 237}, {"position_text": "Adland", "length": 6, "offset": 237}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 1297, "text": "Former Bank of Beijing chairman under investigation, part of China's crackdown on corruption\nThe former chairman of the state-owned Bank of Beijing is under investigation for corruption, the latest in a series of graft investigations focused on the country's financial sector. Yan Bingzhu, who led the bank since its establishment in 1996 and until he retired in 2017, is among several top officials being probed for \"seriously violating discipline and the law,\" according to a notice published on the city of Beijing's official website on Friday.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Beijing", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Beijing", "length": 7, "offset": 510}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1298, "text": "Fed official Bank rules under review in wake of SVB failure\nWashington, Mar 28 (AP) The Federal Reserve's bank supervisors informed Silicon Valley Bank's management as early as the fall of 2021 of risks stemming from its unusual business model, a top Fed official said on Tuesday, but the bank's managers failed to take the steps necessary to fix its problems. The Fed official, Michael Barr, the nation's top banking regulator, said during a Senate Banking Committee hearing that the Fed is considering whether stronger bank rules are needed to prevent a similar bank failure in the future. \"Supervisors had rated the bank at a very low rating,\" Barr said. \"At the holding company level it was rated deficient, which is also clearly not well-managed.\" The timeline that Barr laid out for when the Fed had alerted Silicon Valley Bank's management to the risks it faced is earlier than the central bank has previously said the bank was on its radar screen. Silicon Valley's deposits grew rapidly and were heavily concentrated in the high-tech sector, which made it particularly vulnerable to a downturn in a single industry. It had bought long-term Treasurys and other bonds with those funds. The value of those bonds fell as interest rates rose. When the bank was forced to sell those bonds to repay depositors as they withdrew funds, Silicon Valley absorbed heavy losses and couldn't repay all its customers. Barr said that as a result, the Fed's review of what happened with Silicon Valley will consider whether stricter regulations are needed, including whether supervisors have the tools they need to prevent banks from failing. The Fed will also consider whether tougher rules are needed on liquidity — the ability of the bank to access cash — and capital requirements, the level of funds held by the bank. \"A review will consider whether the supervisory warnings were sufficient and whether supervisors had sufficient tools to escalate,\" Barr said. \"I anticipate the need to strengthen capital and liquidity standards for firms over USD 100 billion,\" which would have included SVB. 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Wozniak voices his support for the movement in a recent Cameo video appearance made in response to another major right to repair advocate Louis Rossman. Wozniak said some of Apple's early breakthroughs could have never happened if so many gadgets hadn't been open source back in the 1970s and 80s. \"We wouldn't have had an Apple, had I not grown up in a very open technology world,\" said Wozniak. \"Back then, when you bought electronic thing like TV's and radios, every bit of the circuits and designs were included on paper,\" Wozniak said. The Right to Repair movement, which has now become a battle between big tech companies and the people who use their products, is a proposed government legislation that would allow consumers the ability to repair and modify their own consumer electronic devices. There is now a growing pressure on manufacturers around the world to allow consumers the right to repair their own devices. Currently, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and other technology giants have strict repair restrictions on their products. \"It's time to recognize the Right to Repair more fully,\" Wozniak said in a Wednesday Cameo video requested by repair expert Louis Rossman. Cameo is a site where people pay celebrities for a short video message. \"I am so busy with so many other things in my life that I haven't really gotten involved in that area. But I'm always totally supportive and I totally think the people behind it (the Right to Repair) are doing the right thing,\" Wozniak remarked. \"Companies inhibit [the right to repair] because it gives the companies power, control, over everything. \"It's time to start doing the right things,\" Wozniak added. Meanwhile, the EU has introduced right-to-repair rules that will mandate manufacturers to make spare parts available to people buying electronic appliances. The EU also announced plans for the Right to Repair laws for laptops, tablets, and smartphones. 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Held on March 8, 2024, at the Habtoor Palace in Dubai, the event recognized digital businesses, startups and SMEs leading the e-business landscape in the region. The event gathered some of the region's most influential players from the e-business sector. Phoenix Group aims to empower the digital era through efficient, innovative, and sustainable crypto-mining solutions. The group recently began trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) following a US$370 million capital raise during our initial public offering that was 33 times oversubscribed, demonstrating significant retail and professional investor interest. Munaf Ali, Co-founder and Group Managing Director, said: \"This award is not solely a recognition of our brand; it is a celebration of our shared vision, diligent teamwork and unwavering dedication. Phoenix Group intends to empower individuals and businesses by utilising blockchain and cryptocurrency, thereby providing innovative avenues for monetization. This approach disrupts traditional ways of doing business, fosters increased blockchain and digital currency adoption, and aligns with the region's vision.\" Seyed Mohammad Alizadehfard (Bijan), Co-founder and Group CEO, said: \"I am grateful to Entrepreneur Middle East for honoring us at the E-Business Awards 2024 ceremony and are proud to have won the award Crypto Mining Company of the Year. I strongly believe that our exceptional team at Phoenix Group is the driving force behind every milestone we achieve. They enable continuous innovation and growth, propelling us forward. At Phoenix Group, we share the UAE government's vision of diversifying the economy, moving beyond traditional sectors, and reinforcing the country's ambition to be a global tech and innovation hub.\" Phoenix Group is at the forefront of the blockchain, crypto and tech revolution, driving innovation to new heights. 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The office on Friday said that Airbus had failed to prevent individuals associated with it from bribing executives linked to AirAsia and its long-haul arm, AirAsia X Bhd. AirAsia said it had never made any purchase decisions that were premised on an Airbus sponsorship, and that it would fully cooperate with the commission. It had not been involved with the office's investigation of Airbus or been given an opportunity to provide clarification, it said in a statement. \"AirAsia vigorously rejects and denies any and all allegations of wrongdoing,\" it said. \"As AirAsia and its executives have no visibility on Airbus' internal processes, we cannot comment on or be associated with any alleged failures or lapses on the part of Airbus to comply with its own policies or applicable legal requirements,\" it added. On Friday, Airbus agreed to a record $4 billion settlement with France, England and the US after prosecutors said that it had bribed public officials and hidden the payments as part of a pattern of worldwide corruption. The deal allowed Airbus to avoid criminal prosecution that could have led to it being barred from public contracts in the US and the EU. The disclosures came after an investigation spanning sales to more than a dozen overseas markets. \"Under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act we are empowered, and have jurisdiction, to investigate any act of corruption committed by any Malaysian citizen or permanent resident in any place outside Malaysia,\" MACC Chief Commissioner Latheefa Koya said in a statement. She said: \"In the case of the Airbus-AirAsia disclosures, I confirm that the MACC is in touch with the UK authorities and is already investigating the matter.\" The investigation comes as the Malaysian government evaluates five strategic investment proposals, including one from AirAsia, to partner with Malaysia Airlines. AirAsia runs an all-Airbus fleet of 274 planes. The office's allegations concern a 2012 sponsorship agreement between the now-defunct Caterham Formula 1 racing team, founded by AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes, and Airbus's then-parent, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS). The office said that between October 2013 and January 2015, EADS paid $50 million to sponsor Caterham, which was jointly owned by two people described as AirAsia executive one and executive two. It said that Airbus employees offered an additional $55 million, but no payment was made. Fernandes bought Caterham together with his partner Kamarudin Meranun, AirAsia's chair, in 2011. 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ANNOUNCEMENT: If You Have Suffered Losses in Equity LifeStyle...\nNEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE: ELS) resulting from allegations that Equity LifeStyle Properties may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. So What: If you purchased Equity LifeStyle Properties securities, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. What to do next: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=22421 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email case@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. What is this about: On January 22, 2024, after market hours, Equity LifeStyle Properties filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (\"SEC\") a current report on Form 8-K in which it announced that \"[f]ollowing receipt of a further Comment Letter in which the Staff of the SEC informed the Company it disagreed with the materiality conclusion, the Company and the Audit Committee … determined that the error was material to its previously issued financial statements, as included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 (the 'Prior Period Financial Statements').\" Equity LifeStyle Properties further stated that it \"determined that the Prior Period Financial Statements, as well as, any reports, related earnings releases, investor presentations or similar communications of the Company's Prior Period Financial Statements, should no longer be relied upon.\" On this news, Equity LifeStyle Properties' stock fell $1.96 per share, or 2.84%, to close at $67.00 per share on January 23, 2024. 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Otherwise, Petrobras will be a ship without direction, which will sail according to the wind blown by the President of the Republic who is in power,\" said Castello Branco, commenting on the decision of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will fire the company commander, Jean Paul Prates, and appoint Magda Chambriard, former director of the ANP (National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels) in the Dilma government, in his place. html[data-range=\"xlarge\"] figure image img.img-09d7c25d46ce514c88d067d2bcd663aa93ai7xy8 { width: 774px; height: 516px; }HTML[data-range=\"large\"] figure image img.img-09d7c25d46ce514c88d067d2bcd663aa93ai7xy8 { width: 548px; height: 365px; }HTML[data-range=\"small\"] figure image img.img-09d7c25d46ce514c88d067d2bcd663aa93ai7xy8, html[data-range=\"medium\"] figure image img.img-09d7c25d46ce514c88d067d2bcd663aa93ai7xy8 { width: 564px; height: 376px; }HTML[data-range=\"small\"] .article__image-embed, html[data-range=\"medium\"] .article__image-embed {width: 564px; margin: 0 automatic 30px; } According to Castello Branco, as long as Petrobras continues to be a mixed economy company, with shares listed on the market, but controlled by the government, it will be subject to facing turbulence of this type. \"This has happened often in the history of Petrobras and is repeated even now. The president of Petrobras is subordinate to the President of the Republic, who usually considers himself the owner of the company, and must reconcile political interests with economic interests, which are irreconcilable,\" he said. \"The President of the Republic wants to intervene on prices, he wants to intervene in the management of the company portfolio, he wants to invest in assets that are not part of the company, he wants to influence the decisions of the board, of the managers. So it's simple: either the person is completely subordinated to what the President of the Republic wants, or is outside of it, which ends up generating these crises.\" While he has no illusions about the privatization of Petrobras under the Lula government, Castello Branco said it is important to strengthen the debate on the issue, so that the idea can thrive in the future. \"At the moment there is nothing that can be done. In the current scenario there is no context for carrying out privatisations, above all because the government's line is anti-privatisation, pro-State, but it doesn't hurt to underline the problem, so that people convince themselves that the company needs to be privatized and that this will happen in the near future, under another government.\" Shipyards and gas pipelines The former Petrobras president was against the government's plans for the company to invest heavily in shipyards and gas pipelines, which would have led to a change in leadership. \"It's a bet on what has already gone wrong. Common sense dictates not to do it. You can make mistakes, but repeating them is unforgivable,\" he said. \"Brazil does not have a competitive shipping industry. China, Korea and Japan have superior technology and produce on a large scale for the global market and not for just one market and one customer. Even if the customer is large, the cost of production in the country is higher, the quality is not so good, there are delays in deliveries and, in the past, this has been very harmful for Petrobras.\" Regarding the drop in Petrobras share prices this Wednesday, which caused a loss of R$50 billion in the company's market value, Castello Branco said that this reflects investors' negative expectations towards Magda's management, Chambriard. \"The market doesn't like instability. With Prates, despite the decoupling of fuel prices from international parity, the market knew what to expect,\" he said. \"Now, with the replacement, this no longer happens, above all because her history as director of the ANP was not that of a person friendly to businesses. On the contrary. Apparently she had a conflictual attitude, generating insecurity regarding what is coming next door.\" Source: Terra Ashley Ashley is a professional author and journalist, working at 247 News Update. 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DNB has joined the Company's lending syndicate as a Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner and Syndication Agent and is the thirteenth commercial bank in the credit facility, the maturity for which was recently extended to November 2024. In June 2021, Talos announced its spring borrowing base redetermination and the completion of amendments to extend its RBL maturity to approximately three and a half years, eliminating the last material near-term maturity in its capital structure and solidifying its committed lender base. The twelve RBL syndicate banks unanimously approved the $950 million borrowing base and initial commitments of $655 million, which will now increase to $730 million following the addition of DNB to the syndicate. Strong operating results and a supportive commodity price environment continue to boost Talos's expectation of significant positive free cash flow for the remainder of 2021, driving further reductions in borrowings, increasing liquidity and allowing the Company to return to pre-pandemic leverage multiples ahead of prior expectations. Talos President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy S. Duncan commented: 'We're excited to further strengthen our balance sheet by adding a thirteenth bank with a significant lending commitment so soon after the recently announced extension of our credit facility. DNB is a major international lender with deep experience in conventional geological basins throughout the world and a lending footprint that aligns with our growth aspirations. We look forward to their future support not only as a commercial bank, but as we evaluate international M&A opportunities and future capital markets activities as well. 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The Arms Deal corruption trial, involving former President Jacob Zuma and Thales, will be postponed in absentia. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), on Monday afternoon, said the matter would be postponed in absentia of the accused and all legal counsel on Tuesday 8 September 2020, as agreed upon by the parties involved. BACK AND FORTH REGARDING ZUMA CORRUPTION TRIAL On Sunday 6 September, the Jacob Zuma Foundation criticised the NPA for its unreadiness regarding the trial. The foundation said Zuma was more than ready for the commencement of the trial. It also said the media, together with the NPA have accused Zuma of initiating delaying tactics when in actual fact, it's the NPA who has been holding back on proceedings. The statement read; \"The foundation expresses its disappointment with the NPA's state of unreadiness to proceed with its long-awaited trial against president Zuma\". \"Ordinarily, our courts should remove the matter from the roll until the NPA and Thales have finalised their dispute,\" it added. The NPA said the trial would take place on Tuesday 8 September but later confirmed that Zuma, nor legal counsel would appear in the Pietermaritzburg High Court. ARMS DEAL TRIAL Zuma and French arms company Thales, a co-accused in the trial, face 12 counts of fraud, four counts of corruption, one count of racketeering and another for money laundering. If found guilty, Zuma could face a maximum of 25 years in prison. It was reported that Thales made a R500 000 bribe to Zuma, seeking protection from the investigation while the underhanded Arms Deal was seen through. On 11 October 2019, the Pietermaritzburg High Court handed down a devastating verdict for the former president. The ruling dismissed Zuma's defence and left him open to serious criminal charges relating to the Arms Deal. Just three weeks later, Zuma approached the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) and filed an application, claiming that the charges levelled against him are nothing but an orchestrated attack to diminish his legacy. Zuma further claimed that he has been used as the scapegoat in a multibillion-rand arms deal that involved people much closer to the transaction, such as Thabo Mbeki, who was the state president at the time. The failed application in October 2019 stemmed from the notorious 1999 Arms Deal, in which R30 billion was allotted to the procurement of arms from various international manufacturers. 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The factory near Youngstown is the first of five North American auto plants that GM plans to shut down by early next year. Workers have been gathering outside GM's Lordstown plant Wednesday after their last shift making the Chevrolet Cruze. Some say they don't know what the future holds. The closings are part of a major restructuring for GM, but they still must be negotiated with the union. President Donald Trump has said he wants the plant to stay open. Workers at the Lordstown plant that employed 4,500 people just two years ago are asking GM to give them another vehicle to build. ___ 1:45 p.m. Ohio's two U.S. senators say they'll continue to push General Motors to keep open its assembly plant where production is being stopped, at least temporarily. Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown says he thinks the plant near Youngstown can be retooled to make electric cars. Production is ending Wednesday at the plant in Lordstown as the last Chevrolet Cruze is expected to come off the assembly line. GM says it's looking at other options for the plant that employed 4,500 people just two years ago, but the automaker isn't making any promises that it will reopen. Ohio Republican Rob Portman says he'll press GM to bring one of its new electric vehicles to the plant. He says the workers who've given so much to the company deserve it. ___ 1 p.m. A union leader in Ohio says it's a gut-wrenching day for auto workers at a General Motors plant where production is being stopped after more than 50 years. The last Chevrolet Cruze built at GM's plant near Youngstown is expected to come off the assembly line Wednesday. GM plans to shut down the plant as well as four others in North America by early next year. What's not known is whether the plant in Ohio will ever reopen. The closings still need to be negotiated with the union, and the 1,700 hourly workers still at the Ohio plant are hoping they'll get a new vehicle to build. Union leader Dave Green says he walked through the plant Wednesday and saw workers crying and emotional over their last day. ___ 7:30 a.m. General Motors' sprawling Lordstown assembly plant near Youngstown is about to end production of the Chevrolet Cruze sedan, ending for now more than 50 years of auto manufacturing at the site. The jobs of nearly 1,700 hourly workers will be eliminated when production ends Wednesday afternoon and a contingent of workers finish making replacement parts like hoods and fenders sometime this month. United Auto Workers officials remain optimistic that contract negotiations with GM starting this summer will breathe new life into the plant. GM has said car buyers' appetite for trucks and SUVs has significantly cut into demand for compact cars like the Cruze, which will continue to be made in Mexico. Recently promoted company President Mark Reuss said in January that GM is \"looking at a lot of different options for the plant,\" without giving specifics. 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You can cancel at any time. Log in or Activate your account . Sign Up Today and Support Local Journalism Enjoy more articles from Napa Valley's Most Trusted Information Source. Subscribers can log in for unlimited digital access PHOENIX (AP) — Nike said Tuesday it's withdrawing plans to make soles for its Nike Air shoes in a Phoenix suburb because of the coronavirus pandemic. The company had planned to invest $184 million in its third U.S. manufacturing line for Nike Air sneakers in Goodyear, Arizona. \"We are experiencing unprecedented times and due to the COVID-19 impact we will no longer be investing in our Goodyear facility,\" said Greg Rossiter, a Nike spokesman. Nike said last year it planned to open the plant in 2020. Rossiter did not say whether the plant had begun operating. Nike lost $790 million in the fourth quarter, as soaring digital sales couldn't make up for the loss of revenue from shuttered stores in most of the world. The world's largest sports apparel maker said last month that its revenue fell 38% to $6.31 billion in the three-month period ending May 31. The company grappled with costs associated with reducing built-up inventory, including wholesale markdowns and factory order cancellations. Product shipments to wholesale customers fell 50% during the period. Chief Financial Officer Matthew Friend said the company expects its inventory, which rose 30% in the fourth quarter, to be right-sized by the end of the second quarter. Nike's Goodyear facility was the subject of controversy last year when Arizona Gov. 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The purpose of the JV was to offload mobile networks and promote the use of Wi-Fi in multiple parts of the company. But the business didn't do much as the expansion of 4G networks happened pretty fast in the country once Jio arrived. Now, an ET Telecom report suggests that Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are thinking of selling the Wi-Fi JV to Cisco. The enterprise value of the business is estimated at Rs 200 crore, and the companies are at advanced stage talks. Cisco to Retain Management The report suggests that Cisco will retain the current management of the company with Raj Sethia as the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the company. Sethia is a former Vodafone executive. The Wi-Fi JV has been scouting for investors for the last two to three years. Neither Airtel nor Vodafone Idea wanted to invest fresh funds into their Wi-Fi JV. This is simply because of how fast 4G has arrived in every part of the country. There were no big incentives for either of the telcos to boost the company with fresh investments. FireFly focuses on providing services to the B2B market. Bodies such as the Airports Authority of India (AAI), GMR, Supreme Court of India, Fortis and DLF Cyber are some of the partners of the company. FireFly Wi-Fi points are installed in over 40 cities in 25 states at 650 venues with 10,000 access points. The need for Wi-Fi hotspots is still there, but not at a big intensity. The company claims that it serves over 2.5 million users every day, including 6,00,000 users in 29 different airports in India. Cisco can ideally take up the company from Airtel and Vodafone Idea and expand the operations of FireFly to more parts of India. 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The move would force big tech companies to police themselves harder, make it easier for users to flag problems and empower regulators to punish non-compliance with billions in fines. EU officials finally clinched the agreement in principle in the early hours of Saturday over the final details of the Digital Services Act (DSA), which will overhaul the digital rulebook for 27 countries and cement Europe's reputation as the global leader in reining in the power of social media companies and other digital platforms, such as Facebook, Google and Amazon. It's a wrap! We have a deal on the #DSA ! Two years after we tabled the proposal @SchaldemoseMEP and @cedric_o – and our amazing teams – for great cooperation pic.twitter.com/8V8xE5Yw7w — Margrethe Vestager (@vestager) April 23, 2022 EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said: \"With the DSA, the time of big online platforms behaving like they are 'too big to care' is coming to an end.\" EU Commission vice president Margrethe Vestager added that \"with today's agreement we ensure that platforms are held accountable for the risks their services can pose to society and citizens\". The act is the EU's third significant law targeting the tech industry, a notable contrast with the US, where lobbyists representing Silicon Valley's interests have largely succeeded in keeping federal legislators at bay. While the US justice department and federal trade commission have filed major antitrust actions against Google and Facebook, US congress remains politically divided on efforts to address competition, online privacy, disinformation and more. The EU's new rules, which are designed to protect internet users and their \"fundamental rights online\", should make tech companies more accountable for content created by users and amplified by their platforms' algorithms. Mr Breton said the EU will have plenty of power to back up the laws. \"It entrusts the Commission with supervising very large platforms, including the possibility to impose effective and dissuasive sanctions of up to 6% of global turnover or even a ban on operating in the EU single market in case of repeated serious breaches,\" he said. The tentative agreement was reached between the EU parliament and member states. It still needs to be officially rubber-stamped by those institutions but should pose no political problem. Ben Scott, a former tech policy adviser to Hillary Clinton who is now executive director of advocacy group Reset, said: \"The DSA is nothing short of a paradigm shift in tech regulation. It's the first major attempt to set rules and standards for algorithmic systems in digital media markets.\" Twitter and other platforms would have to give users tools to flag harmful content in an 'easy and effective way' to allow its swift removal (Yui Mok/PA) Negotiators had been hoping to hammer out a deal before French elections on Sunday. A new French government could stake out different positions on digital content. The need to regulate Big Tech more effectively came into sharper focus after the 2016 US presidential election, when Russia was found to have used social media platforms to try to influence the country's vote. Tech companies like Facebook and Twitter promised to crack down on disinformation, but the problems have only worsened. During the pandemic, health misinformation blossomed and again the companies were slow to act, cracking down after years of allowing anti-vaccine falsehoods to thrive on their platforms. Under the EU law, governments would be able to request companies take down a wide range of content that would be deemed illegal, including material that promotes terrorism, child sexual abuse, hate speech and commercial scams. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter would have to give users tools to flag such content in an \"easy and effective way\" so that it can be swiftly removed. Online marketplaces like Amazon would have to do the same for dodgy products, such as counterfeit sneakers or unsafe toys. These systems will be standardised so that they will work the same way on any online platform. The tech giants have been lobbying furiously in Brussels to water down the EU rules. Google said on Friday that it looks forward to \"working with policymakers to get the remaining technical details right to ensure the law works for everyone\". Amazon referred to a blog post from last year that said it welcomed measures that enhance trust in online services. The Digital Services Act would ban ads targeted at minors, as well as ads targeted at users based on their gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation. It would also ban deceptive techniques companies use to nudge people into doing things they did not intend to, such as signing up for services that are easy to opt into, but hard to decline. 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Lumen Technologies' global network powers everything from metro connectivity to long-haul data transport and edge cloud, security and managed services capabilities, and Schneider Electric is a multinational digital automation and energy management company. Using its extensive market coverage, JLL's role is to manage the comprehensive site selection process. Land constraints are a challenge in today's data center market, but JLL can quickly identify and secure sites, including approximately 5,000 along Lumen's fiber network. As one of the largest and most connected networks in the world, Lumen brings the speed, global footprint and edge, storage and managed service capabilities to meet customer needs as they build for tomorrow. Schneider Electric provides the expertise in design and construction of the modular data center to get it operational within six to nine months. This modern approach significantly reduces deployment times compared to traditional data center builds. Modular data centers also facilitate proximity closer to the end users, thus reducing latency helping companies to solve their challenges related to scalability and fast deployments. The data center industry has experienced massive growth in demand due to artificial intelligence (AI), IoT, 5G and edge applications, leading to a supply-demand imbalance in some markets. Additionally, this growth is happening faster than the existing infrastructure to support it allows. According to JLL's 1H 2023 North American Data Center Report, the first half of 2023 posted record absorption with hyperscalers, financial services firms, healthcare organizations and other major enterprises scrambling to secure data center space. With most of the year's remaining supply already preleased or under exclusivity, operators must employ creative solutions – like modular data centers – capable of being rapidly installed, deployed on an accelerated timeline and with IoT adaptability. \"In today's digitally driven market, data centers and networks are essential for business transformation,\" said Michele Hix, Vice President Strategic Customers, North America Operations, Schneider Electric. \"Our collaboration with JLL and Lumen Technologies provides our clients with options to handle the megatrends shaping business, cities and consumers everywhere with solutions that are digital, sustainable, efficient and built to scale. We are excited to partner and help customers thrive in this evolving landscape, by responding to their needs faster through the accelerated deployment of edge data centers.\" \"Digital transformations and next-gen tech like A.I. require more than just speed to market,\" said Vincent Provenzano, Head of Advanced Solutions, VAR Channel, Lumen. \"Customers are also looking for edge compute, data accessibility, increased network security, application performance and control. This agreement draws on an innovative Lumen portfolio to deliver solutions that increase efficiency, speed and enable business growth. Working together we can bring results that exceed customer expectations.\" The JLL team is being led by Executive Managing Director Joe Smurdon and Executive Vice President Mark To. \"Most hyperscalers are struggling to keep up with GPU demand and are allocating their capacity to the larger corporates, which leaves middle-market companies in a lurch,\" said Smurdon. \"Additionally, the time and capital required to bring additional computing capacity online takes several years, so these companies are forced to put band aids on their legacy facilities; however, our approach allows for a modular solution to be up and running in a fraction of the time and cost. JLL, Lumen and Schneider, together, provide the key speed-to-market solution that overcomes all these challenges associated with traditional data center builds.\" For more news, videos and research resources on JLL, please visit JLL's newsroom. About JLL For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500® company with annual revenue of $20.9 billion and operations in over 80 countries around the world, our more than 103,000 employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com About Schneider Electric Schneider Electric's purpose is to empower all to make the most of their energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. Schneider Electric's call this Life Is On. Schneider Electric's mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. The company drives digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries. Schneider Electric is the most local of global companies. They are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about their shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values. 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The technology company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.06), Fidelity Earnings reports. CYREN had a negative net margin of 46.96% and a negative return on equity of 79.16%. Shares of NASDAQ CYRN opened at $1.00 on Wednesday. CYREN has a fifty-two week low of $0.31 and a fifty-two week high of $1.97. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $1.21 and its 200 day simple moving average is $1.09. The company has a quick ratio of 1.03, a current ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24. The stock has a market cap of $60.92 million, a P/E ratio of -3.33 and a beta of 0.72. About CYREN CYREN Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides information security solutions for protecting Web, email, and mobile transactions in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Israel, and internationally. The company operates Cyren Cloud Security, a SaaS security platform, which provides Internet security services, including Web Security that provides the enforcement of Web policy and state-of-the-art threat protection for business users; DNS Security, which allows businesses to protect employees at headquarters, visitors in remote offices, customers at retail stores, or students on a campus; Email Security, a cloud-based secure email gateway; and Cloud Sandboxing that protects businesses against breaches and data loss from threats. Featured Story: Why does a company issue an IPO? 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The Department of Justice (DoJ) said the plane-maker had also agreed to pay a criminal fine of $243.6m (£190m). However, the families of the people who died on the flights five years ago have criticised it as a \"sweetheart deal\" that would allow Boeing to avoid full responsibility for the deaths. By pleading guilty, Boeing will avoid the spectacle of a criminal trial – something that victims' families have been pressing for. The company has been in crisis over its safety record since two near-identical crashes involving 737 Max aircraft in 2018 and 2019. It led to the global grounding of the plane for more than a year. In 2021, prosecutors charged Boeing with one count of conspiracy to defraud regulators, alleging it had deceived the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) about its MCAS flight control system, which was implicated in both crashes. It agreed not to prosecute Boeing if the company paid a penalty and successfully completed a three-year period of increased monitoring and reporting. But in January, shortly before that period was due to end, a door panel in a Boeing plane operated by Alaska Airlines blew out soon after take-off and forced the jet to land. No-one was injured during the incident but it intensified scrutiny over how much progress Boeing had made on improving its safety and quality record. In May, the DoJ said it had found Boeing had violated the terms of the agreement, opening up the possibility of prosecution. Boeing's decision to plead guilty is still a significant black mark for the firm because it means that the company – which is a prominent military contractor for the US government – now has a criminal record. It is also one of the world's two biggest manufacturers of commercial jets. It is not immediately clear how the criminal record would affect the firm's contracting business. The government typically bars or suspends firms with records from participating in bids, but can grant waivers. However, Paul Cassell, a lawyer representing some families of people killed on the 2018 and 2019 flights, said: \"The memory of 346 innocents killed by Boeing demands more justice than this.\" In a letter to the government in June, he urged the DoJ to fine Boeing more than $24bn. Ed Pierson, executive director of Foundation for Aviation Safety and a former senior manager at Boeing, said the plea was \"seriously disappointing\" and \"a terrible deal for justice\". \"Instead of holding individuals accountable, they're just basically giving them another get out of jail free card,\" he said. Image caption, Families of those killed in Boeing planes have pushed for prosecution A Boeing 737 Max plane operated by Indonesia's Lion Air crashed in late October 2018 shortly after take-off, killing all 189 people on board. Just months later, an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed, killing all 157 passengers and crew. The deal outraged family members, who were not consulted on the terms and have called for the company to stand trial. Senior staff at DoJ recommended in favour of prosecution, CBS News, the BBC's US news partner reported in late June. At a hearing in June, Senator Richard Blumenthal said he believed that was \"near overwhelming evidence\" that prosecution should be pursued. Lawyers for family members said the DoJ was worried it did not have a strong case against the firm. Mark Forkner, a former Boeing technical pilot who was the only person to face criminal charges arising from the incident, was acquitted by a jury in 2022. His lawyers had argued he was being used as a scapegoat. 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The company in a statement said Khanna heads the country executive team and is responsible for driving growth across the organisation's consumer and commercial businesses. Khanna, at present, heads the country executive team and is responsible for driving growth across the organisation's consumer and commercial businesses. In his new role, Khanna will be leading several business development initiatives for American Express, while steering collaboration across its diverse businesses in India, the company said, adding his position will be key to strengthening the company's strategic focus in the country. \"I am pleased to welcome Sanjay to this new role. With over 30 years of experience in the industry, Sanjay has exceptional credentials of delivering strong results coupled with a natural knack for leading from the front. We are confident that his commitment to excel in everything he does, his strong values, and work ethics will further the brand's leadership in the Indian market,\" said Rob McClean, executive vice president, international card services, American Express. In his previous roles, Khanna has held many leadership positions in the company including head of global financial operations, India centre lead for finance, and chairman of the American Express India Pvt Ltd (AEIPL) legal entity board. Khanna has spent about 27 years with American Express, joining as manager of finance in 1996. In his previous roles, he held many leadership positions in the company, including head of Global Financial Operations, India Center Lead for Finance and chairman of the American Express India Pvt Limited Legal Entity Board. He also led large-scale enterprise projects, multiple business transformation initiatives and established a number of centers of excellence. He said, \"India is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing economies of the world, characterised by its ever-expanding consumer base, evolving lifestyle and spending needs. As a premium payment solution brand, American Express has a definitive competitive edge in providing high-quality service. My role will be to further enhance the quality and service culture through premium products, service and solutions to meet the ever-growing needs of the affluent population in India.\" On August 25, RBI lifted the ban on new customer acquisition by American Express which was imposed with effect from May 2021 due to non-compliance with local data storage norms. \"In view of the satisfactory compliance demonstrated by American Express Banking Corp. with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) circular dated April 6, 2018, on Storage of Payment System Data, the restrictions imposed, vide order dated April 23, 2021, on onboarding of new domestic customers have been lifted with immediate effect,\" RBI said. Similar bans were imposed on Diners Club International and Mastercard previously. The ban on Diners Club was lifted in November last year, while the restrictions on Mastercard was removed in June this year. Companies such as Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Diners' Club have been required to store Indian payments data locally since October, 2018. This was done to provide the reserve bank \"unfettered supervisory access\". 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The airline, recognized for its bright yellow livery, had been losing money despite strong travel demand, as it struggled with higher operating costs. Spirit's troubles deepened after the collapse of its $3.8 billion planned merger with JetBlue Airways in January and the impact of RTX's Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan (GTF) engines snag that grounded many of its aircraft. The airline listed its estimated assets and liabilities in the range of $1 billion to $10 billion each, according to a court filing on Monday. Spirit has entered into an agreement with its bondholders that is expected to reduce total debt and provide increased financial flexibility. The airline, as part of the prearranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has received commitment for a $350 million equity investment from existing bondholders. Existing bondholders will also provide $300 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing, which, together with available cash, is expected to support the airline through the Chapter 11 process. The carrier said it expects to continue its flight operations through the proceedings and customers can book and fly without interruption. Spirit expects to be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in the near term. The company said it expects to emerge from the Chapter 11 process in the first quarter of 2025. Spirit's shares, halted for trading on Monday, have plunged more than 90% this year. SURGING COSTS The airline's deal with JetBlue was scrapped after a Boston judge blocked the merger on grounds it would harm consumers by reducing competition. U.S. airlines have seen their costs inflate after the pandemic following a series of new labor contracts fueled by a shortage of experienced workers and increased aircraft maintenance expenses. Discount carriers bore the brunt as their traditional business model made it more difficult for them to pass on the higher costs to passengers. As losses mounted, Spirit sought alternatives including reviving a merger with rival Frontier Airlines but talks broke down, the Wall Street Journal reported last week. Frontier had sought to buy Spirit in 2022 before JetBlue gate-crashed the planned marriage with a higher offer. Last week, Fitch downgraded Spirit's credit rating further into junk territory, citing probabilities of a near term default. The carrier faces the near-term maturity of its 2025 loyalty bonds and 2026 convertible notes HUMBLE BEGINNINGS The company started out as a long-haul trucking company in 1964 before shifting to aviation around 1983. It offered leisure packages to popular destinations under the name Charter One Airlines and rebranded to Spirit in 1992. The discount carrier became popular with budget-conscious customers willing to forgo amenities like checked bags and seat assignments. Ultra-low-cost carriers, which excelled at keeping their expenses low and offering affordable, no-frills travel, have struggled since the pandemic as travelers prefer to pay extra for a more comfortable journey as they pursue experiences. Spirit's troubles, along with those at some of its rival budget carriers, have spurred talks of a flawed business model among some Wall Street analysts. 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U.S. oil prices climbed 4% Thursday morning after the Keystone Pipeline was shut down following a leak discovered near the border of Kansas and Nebraska. Canada's TC Energy said it launched an emergency shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline System at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday after alarms were triggered and pressure dropped in the system. Calgary-based TC Energy said there has been a \"confirmed release of oil\" into a creek located about 20 miles south of Steele City, Nebraska. U.S. oil prices were 3.9% higher, at $74.85 a barrel, rebounding from a selloff in recent days that left crude at levels unseen since December 2021. No timetable has been given for restarting the Keystone Pipeline, a 2,700-mile system that delivers Canadian and U.S. oil to major refineries across America. \"Our primary focus right now is the health and safety of onsite staff and personnel, the surrounding community, and mitigating risk to the environment through the deployment of booms downstream as we work to contain and prevent further migration of the release,\" TC Energy said in a statement.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "TC Energy", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 342}, {"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 526}, {"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 1220}, {"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 1414}, {"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 1599}, {"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 2296}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "TC Energy", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 342}, {"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 526}, {"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 1220}, {"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 1414}, {"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 1599}, {"position_text": "TC Energy", "length": 9, "offset": 2296}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "America", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "America", "length": 7, "offset": 2024}, {"position_text": "America", "length": 7, "offset": 949}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Calgary", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Calgary", "length": 7, "offset": 512}, {"position_text": "Calgary", "length": 7, "offset": 1585}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Kansas", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Kansas", "length": 6, "offset": 313}, {"position_text": "Kansas", "length": 6, "offset": 1384}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Nebraska", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Nebraska", "length": 8, "offset": 324}, {"position_text": "Nebraska", "length": 8, "offset": 643}, {"position_text": "Nebraska", "length": 8, "offset": 1395}, {"position_text": "Nebraska", "length": 8, "offset": 1716}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "U.S", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 180}, {"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 180}, {"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 652}, {"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 913}, {"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 1251}, {"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 1726}, {"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 1988}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1319, "text": "Southern Co (SO) Partners with Atlanta Institutions for Sustainability Initiatives\nFox Theatre and City of Refuge Join Georgia Natural Gas's Greener Life for Business Program On December 20, 2024, Southern Co announced that two prominent Atlanta institutions, the Fox Theatre and City of Refuge, have joined the Greener Life® for Business program by Georgia Natural Gas® (GNG), a subsidiary of Southern Company Gas. This initiative aims to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint by offsetting emissions from natural gas usage through certified projects. The announcement was made during the \"Merry Mighty Mo and More\" event at the Fox Theatre, highlighting the commitment of these organizations to sustainability and community enrichment. Fox Theatre and City of Refuge are taking significant steps towards sustainability by joining the Greener Life for Business program. The initiative supports community enrichment and environmental stewardship in Atlanta. 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How? The grocery store and delivery service Amazon Fresh debuted a plant-based product line this week! Making Vegan Food Accessible This past Monday, Amazon announced its Fresh Plant-Based Product line, featuring 15 vegan meat and dairy alternatives at affordable prices. All of the products are also SNAP EBT eligible, which is a huge step for making vegan food accessible to all communities. Amazon's New Fresh Plant-Based Product Line Amazon Fresh's plant-based milk portfolio includes Original, Original Unsweetened, Vanilla, Vanilla Sweetened, and Chocolate Almondmilk varieties—all of which are available in 64oz cartons at under $3 each. With 50% more calcium than cow's milk per serving, this plant-based milk is the real deal. The meat alternatives in Amazon's new Fresh Plant-Based Product line range from vegan meatballs, ground beef, and sausages to burger patties, chicken patties, and chicken nuggets. Using bases like wheat, soy, and pea, these products are packed with protein (the Plant-Based Patties have 21g per serving). The current prices of Amazon's meat alternatives range from $3.39 to $8.29. 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Airtel has reported significant financial setbacks due to currency devaluations. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Airtel Africa, Nigeria's second-largest telecoms company has reported significant financial setbacks due to currency devaluations in several of its key markets, notably Nigeria and Malawi, resulting in a staggering $1.7 billion in derivative and foreign exchange losses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. This Nigeria news platform understands that despite robust growth in service revenues when measured in constant currency, with a reported increase of 20.9% overall and accelerating to 23.1% in the fourth quarter, Airtel's financials in reported currency tell a different story. The company witnessed a decline in group revenue by 5.3% to $4,979 million, and a 5.7% drop in EBITDA to $2,428 million. These figures primarily reflect the severe impact of the Nigerian Naira and Malawian Kwacha's devaluation against the US dollar. ALSO: FG Set To Conduct Fresh Audit of NNPCL Over Mele Kyari's N2.8tn Fuel Subsidy Claim The Nigerian Naira devalued drastically from 461 to 1,303 per US dollar during the year, deeply affecting Airtel's financial outcomes. The devaluation led to a loss of $1,042 million in reported revenue and a $554 million decrease in EBITDA for the company. Finance costs soared to $1,703 million, significantly influenced by $1,259 million in losses from derivatives and foreign exchange revaluations, of which $770 million was due to the Naira's devaluation. In his statement, the CEO of Airtel highlights the effectiveness of the company's strategic approach in mitigating the adverse effects of currency fluctuations and driving revenue growth. \"The consistent deployment of our 'Win with' strategy supported the acceleration in constant currency revenue growth over the recent quarters which has reduced the impact of currency headwinds faced across most of our markets. This strong revenue performance is a reflection not only of the opportunity that is inherent across our markets, but also the resilience of our affordable offerings despite the inflationary pressure many of our customers have experienced.\" Further elaborating on the company's operational focus, the CEO noted the critical role of investments in distribution and technology in facilitating growth, alongside a strategic emphasis on financial prudence. \"Facilitating this growth has been, and will remain, fundamental to our performance. The investment in our distribution to catalyse growth, and the technology required to support this growth has been key,\" he explained. Addressing financial strategies, he pointed out efforts to minimize risks associated with currency devaluation, including reducing US dollar debt and maintaining sufficient cash reserves to cover outstanding debts. \"Furthermore, our rigorous approach to de-risking our balance sheet and our capital allocation priorities has materially reduced the risks that the currency devaluation has had on our business,\" he affirmed. Operation highlights In terms of operational highlights, Airtel reported strong performance in mobile services and mobile money segments. Mobile services revenue grew by 19.4% in constant currency, driven by a 29.2% surge in data revenues and an 11.9% increase in voice revenue. The mobile money sector was particularly buoyant, with a 32.8% rise in constant currency revenues, underpinned by substantial growth in East Africa. 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One of them is the East Japan Railway Company. It estimates cancellations and service reductions due to Typhoon Hagibis will cut its October sales by about 110 million dollars. Flooding caused by the storm damaged some cars on the Hokuriku bullet train line. That has led to reduced service on the route. The West Japan Railway Company says the damage could push down sales for the year through March by about 26 million dollars. The Central Japan Railway Company estimates damage caused by Hagibis will reduce its annual revenues by about 27 million dollars. And Tokyo Electric Power Company or TEPCO, is posting an extraordinary loss of about 108 million dollars. That includes the cost of repairing utility poles and power distribution facilities damaged by Typhoon Faxai in September. The storm caused extensive power outages, mainly in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo. TEPCO is booking the loss for the April to September period. The firm says costs include travel and accommodation expenses for other utilities that sent employees to help recovery efforts. TEPCO says the monetary loss is the biggest it has sustained due to a natural disaster since 2011. 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(NASDAQ: ADSK) today released The Future of Work is Now: Is APAC Ready? research study by Deloitte, commissioned by Autodesk Foundation. Exploring the state of automation and the future of work across 12 APAC countries including Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan,the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, the report aims to help identify the labour markets most vulnerable to technological disruption in APAC and propose solutions to help workforces thrive as automation becomes a reality. The research finds India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan are most atrisk and least prepared for the coming wave of automation. In particular, India ranks fifth highest in terms ofthe impact from automation and ninth in terms of their level preparedness for this impact. The country faces a greater likelihood of being impacted by automation due to larger employment shares in agriculture, manufacturing, and construction, all identified as high-risk industries by the report.COVID-19 has greatly accelerated the adoption of automation across the world. According to the report, close to half of all businesses intend to increase their adoption of robotic process automation over the next year. \"Automation creates opportunities for new,more meaningful types of work as it replaces mundane or repetitive manual tasks, but the state of preparedness of countries and industries will determine whether they benefit from these advances. Improving digital literacy, supporting disadvantaged workers, and putting in place the right infrastructure and skills will help create new roles that workers can transition into,\" said Rajeev Mittal, Regional Director, India & SAARC, Autodesk. Construction, agriculture and mining most at risk of automatio n Construction Though India's construction sector is most likely to be automated, its construction sector is the fifth most vulnerable, ahead of Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladeshand Myanmar and the Philippines, respectively due to these countries greater extent of disadvantage. With a high proportion of routine and manual tasks and low year-on-year global productivity growth (1%, over the past 20 years to 2017), the construction industry is the most likely to be one of the hardest hit by automation across all countries in APAC. Agriculture India, the Philippines and Indonesia have a higher likelihood of automation for the sector, even as Pakistan's agri-sector was at the highest risk of impact from automation. Increased demand for food and sustainable farming methods is expected to lead to higher adoption of automation and digital solutions.Technologies such as AI can also help reduce spoilage, increase productivity, and add US$9 billion to farmer incomes. Mining India's mining sector has the second-highest risk of impact from automation after Bangladesh. The sector's vulnerability to automation stems from its relatively low skill requirements, its high degree of routine and manual tasks, and use of direct physical activity to operate machinery. Mining comprises less than 1% of the workforce in 10 out of 12 countries analysed, suggesting that automation in mining is well-underway. \"The pandemic has accelerated demand for automation across sectors, which will greatly transform how companies in India do business. Autodesk's view has long been that automation creates opportunity, but only if we are deliberate about giving workers the skills they need to thrive in a new era of automation. That means new credentialing and certification programs to give them the skills they need to succeed, partnerships across the public and private sector to make workforce development a priority, and much more,\" Mittal added. Getting Proactive To Address The Risks of Automation As well as identifying the challenges facing regions and industries in APAC, the report also highlights a series of proactive steps that should be taken to harness the benefits and address the risks, including: Increasing awareness of the need to adapt , changing the narrative in these regions to focus on the opportunities created in terms of higher, value-add activities rather than the risk of job losses created by automation Fund industry-specific programmes for digital transformation helping smaller businesses to access new, digital technologies to help accelerate automation usage and adoption Invest in learning programmes to help disadvantaged workers and build resilience, promoting the uptake of reskilling or upskilling courses to help workers continually reinvent themselves in an ever-evolving environment of disruption Implementing these initiatives can smooth the transition to a more adaptable and resilient workforce to thrive in the future of work.APAC is a diverse region and the challenges facing individual countries when it comes to automation are vastly different. 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The gangway is designed to be deployed for multiple operations to various offshore platforms by the dual-purpose solution. Aker BP will primarily use the gangway for walk-to-work operations to unmanned platforms in the Yggdrasil area and the Fenris area, both located in the North Sea. The SMST Telescopic Access Bridge will be the main evacuation route from the unmanned platforms. Therefore, the gangway is equipped with cone mode, which is designed and certified as DNV type 1. The gangway is also equipped with the traditional bumper mode, which is certified as DNV type 2. This dual-purpose solution ensures optimal flexibility in operations. An advantage of the cone mode is the minimal energy usage of long-term connections, reducing carbon emissions. The Telescopic Access Bridge will be installed on a new type modular Access & Cargo Tower that provides the system with extra reach, forward storage and a large operational slewing area. The new tower is outfitted with an elevated staircase, allowing for continuous access and ensuring the evacuation route. 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Discovered last week, the bug allowed anyone to call a phone or Mac and listen in before the other person picked up. Apple has now fixed the flaw that let you add yourself to a FaceTime call before the recipient picked up, tricking FaceTime into thinking it was an active call. Apple quickly disabled its Group FaceTime feature on the server side to prevent people from exploiting this flaw, after the details emerged publicly last week . It later emerged that Apple was warned about this major FaceTime flaw a couple of weeks ago, but that the company was slow to respond through its official channels. It's still not clear how long this security flaw existed in iOS 12, given that Group FaceTime was introduced three months ago with the iOS 12.1 update. While Apple had promised to release a fix for the problem last week, it delayed the update until today. Apple is now \"committed to improving\" how it deals with bug reports in the future, to avoid situations where bug reports may be ignored. 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Details here\nBanking and ATM services have been hit by the two-day nationwide strike call given by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine bank unions with over 10 lakh bank employees and officers. The employees of several public sector banks, including State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), and Bank of Baroda, are on a two-day strike -- December 16 and 17 -- to protest the proposed privatisation of the state-run lenders. Earlier, PSBs had informed their customers that services might be hampered during the bank strike. The unions operating under the aegis of UFBU are All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC), National Confederation of Bank Employees (NCBE), All India Bank Officers' Association (AIBOA), Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI), Indian National Bank Employees Federation (INBEF), Indian National Bank Officers Congress (INBOC), National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW) and National Organisation of Bank Officers (NOBO). Earlier, SBI, and three more banks, Punjab National Bank, Central Bank of India, and RBL Bank, had said their operations will be affected due to the bank strikes on December 16 and December 17. \"While Bank has made all arrangements to ensure normal functioning in its branches and offices, it is likely that work in our Bank may be impacted by the strike,\" PNB had said. SBI also said its normal functioning is likely to be impacted by the two-day strike. 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long-term growth and stability. The public equity offering is designed to ensure diversified ownership, enhance transparency, and build a fair governance system, reducing the concentration of shares among specific shareholders following recent tender offers. This shift also aims to prevent instability in core materials such as zinc, lead, gold, silver, copper, semiconductor-grade sulfuric acid, indium, cobalt, and strategic minerals like bismuth and antimony. On October 30 , Korea Zinc's Board of Directors convened an interim board meeting where they resolved to proceed with a public offering. The upcoming offering will involve issuing 3,732,650 new shares—equal to 20% of outstanding shares excluding treasury stock acquired through the recent tender. Funds raised will support investments in national strategic industries like secondary batteries, with a portion allocated to debt repayment. 80% of the newly issued shares will be open to public subscription, with 20% allocated to Korea Zinc's Employee Stock Ownership Association as legally required. Furthermore, in line with efforts to foster a broad shareholder base, Korea Zinc plans to cap individual and related-party share allocations at 3% of the offering total (111,979 shares), a practice seen in several large-scale public offerings. The offering price will be based on the weighted average share price over the 3-5 trading days before the subscription, with a 30% discount as per issuance regulations. Through this public offering, Korea Zinc anticipates multiple benefits, including: Establishing itself as a \"national enterprise\" through diversified ownership and a broadened shareholder base Reducing delisting risks from low trading volume, improving liquidity, and stabilizing share price to protect shareholders Mitigating risks related to exclusion from the MSCI Korea Index, which would otherwise cause stock price fluctuations and reputational harm Strengthening Korea Zinc's long-term growth potential and financial stability through secured funding Supporting employee welfare and labor-management cooperation by allocating shares to the Employee Stock Ownership Association These actions address recent disruptions following the hostile M&A attempt by MBK Partners and Young Poong , which sharply reduced Korea Zinc's available shares, doubling stock prices within 18 trading days and sparking concerns of excessive volatility and potential delisting or designation as a managed stock. Funds raised through this public offering will support Korea Zinc's long-term initiatives, including secondary battery investment and its Troika Drive strategy for renewable energy, battery materials, and resource recycling. This will enhance Korea Zinc's corporate value and reinforce its commitment to shareholder value. Finally, through this national public offering, Korea Zinc is set to protect its long-term value, shielding the company and stakeholders from hostile M&As, technology leaks, and risks of overseas sales. 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The fall came after it posted a wider loss in the quarter compared to the same period one year ago, even though it topped Wall Street's estimates. Cloudflare's shares were down almost 12%, following an 18% surge in the regular session. The San Francisco-based company, which sells tools that help websites deal with security, video streaming and traffic management issues, reported a net loss in the first quarter of $32.7 million, or 11 cents a share, compared to a net loss of $17.1 million, or 20 cents a share, one year ago. Cloudflare's adjusted loss came to 4 cents a share on revenue of $91 million, up 48% from a year ago. Analysts had forecast an adjusted loss of 6 cents a share on revenue of $87 million. Cloudflare Chief Executive Officer Matthew Prince (pictured) said in a statement that he and his team are helping to build a better internet. \"Our scalable global network is solving digital transformation needs for our customers in hours or minutes, faster than hardware could even ship to vacant offices,\" he said. Prince briefly became a billionaire on paper earlier in the day after Cloudflare's stock jumped ahead of its quarterly results. Analysts speculated the early surge was likely due to investors' expectations of a much stronger quarterly performance due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many technology companies have benefited from the COVID-19 crisis, with security firms such as Zix Inc., Fastly inc. and Fortinet Inc. all seeing their stock rise Wednesday after posting better-than-expected quarterly earnings. Writing in Motley Fool, analyst Anders Bylund said security companies were benefiting from COVID-19 because remote work connections need to be protected from malicious network attacks, and that's exactly what those companies do. He said the market had failed to spot those earlier robust earnings reports coming in, hence the speculation on Cloudflare. But the bigger loss seems to have taken those investors by surprise, leading to the after-hours sell-off. For the second quarter, Cloudflare said it's forecasting an adjusted loss of 6 cents per share on sales of $94.5 million. Wall Street had earlier forecast a loss of 5 cents per share on revenue of $92 million for the second quarter. 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Under the plan, the company would pivot away from lending and offer crypto asset custodial services instead. Celsius is currently in the middle of a bankruptcy process. Share this article Celsius executives believe the company can undertake a redemption arc by rebranding to a custodial services provider. Mashinsky's Grand Idea Celsius is plotting a comeback that nobody asked for. According to the New York Times , the crypto lending company's CEO, Alex Mashinsky, floated on September 8 the idea of relaunching the firm, this time with a primary focus on crypto custody. The plan would involve rebranding Celsius to another unit of temperature, \"Kelvin.\" The report stated that Mashinsky had compared his proposed pivot to the ones undertaken by world-famous brands, such as Pepsi and Delta Airlines, when they were faced with their own bankruptcies. \"Does it make the Pepsi taste less good?\" Mashinsky reportedly asked employees. \"Delta filed for bankruptcy. Do you not fly Delta because they filed for bankruptcy?\" Celsius chief compliance officer Oren Blonstein reportedly backed Mashinsky's plan, comparing the company's recent woes to a \"hero's journey,\" a common trope in storytelling. \"This hero has a mission—something that they want to accomplish. They experience an initial success, they stumble, fall short in some way and have this dark moment,\" he stated. \"If we are successful, it's going to be a success story like one that's never been seen before.\" Once one of the largest lending companies in the crypto space, Celsius paused client fund withdrawals in early June, citing \"extreme market conditions.\" When the company later filed for bankruptcy, court documents revealed it was suffering from a $1.19 billion hole in its balance sheet—which was partially due to Mashinky directionally trading Bitcoin with customer funds against the advice of senior traders at the firm. This is a situation neither Pepsi nor Delta Airlines ever found themselves in. News of the company's bankruptcy filing in July was met with outrage and threats of suicide from customers, some of whom claimed to have lost their life savings to the firm—a fact that Blonstein failed to address when talking about the company \"[falling] short in some way.\" Mashinsky's plan—rebranding Celsius to Kelvin and providing custodial services—would entail customers regaining such a high level of trust for the firm that they'd rather give their funds to it than keep their money in non-custodial wallets. It's not the first time the company has had funny ideas: after all, it has already admitted in court that it was just waiting for the bull market to resume to repay its customers. Disclaimer: At the time of writing, the author of this piece owned BTC, ETH, and several other cryptocurrencies. 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Investors have until October 19, 2021 to seek an active role in this litigation. It is alleged in this complaint that Generac made misleading and false statements to the market. Generac's portable generators had suffered from an unreasonable risk of injuring their operators, as well as the general public. Generac had received reports of at least seven amputations of fingers and one crushed finger in relation to its generators. In June 2021, Generac ended sales of certain generators in the U.S. and Canada, and subsequently recalled generators that were already sold. These actions were taken before the busy hurricane and wildfire seasons which Generac touted as strong sales periods. Generac's public statements were false and materially misleading throughout the class period, based on these facts. Investors suffered damages when the market learned the truth about Generac. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 19, 2021. Please visit our website to review more information and submit your transaction information. The Portnoy Law Firm represents investors in pursuing claims arising from corporate wrongdoing. The Firm's founding partner has recovered over $5.5 billion for aggrieved investors. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes. Lesley F. Portnoy, Esq. 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SecurityWeek's cybersecurity M&A database includes information on 455 deals announced in 2022, a slight increase compared to the 435 cataloged in 2021. A majority of the deals involved organizations in the United States, followed by the United Kingdom. Financial details were made public for 62 deals, with transactions totaling more than $63 billion in disclosed deal value. Ten companies were acquired for more than $1 billion, roughly the same as in 2021. The most significant deal for the cybersecurity industry was Google's acquisition of Mandiant for $5.4 billion. Private equity firms continued to invest big in cybersecurity, with 19 deals announced in 2022. Thoma Bravo acquired SailPoint ($6.9 billion), Ping Identity ($2.8 billion), and Forgerock ($2.3 billion), and sold Barracuda Networks to KKR ($4 billion). Vista Equity Partners acquired two companies: KnowBe4 ($4.6 billion) and Citrix ($16.5 billion, with Evergreen Coast Capital). Many cybersecurity M&A deals in 2022 involved companies that provide managed security services (MSSP), surpassing governance, risk management and compliance (GRC), which was the top category in 2021. Many deals also involved network security, identity, and data protection firms. Nearly 40 mergers and acquisitions involved government contractors. The full report , which includes additional data and comparisons to 2021, is available on SecurityWeek.com. About SecurityWeek SecurityWeek helps cybersecurity professionals do their jobs better by providing timely news, information, analysis and insights from experts in the trenches. Created by industry professionals and a seasoned news team, SecurityWeek produces actionable content and a portfolio of industry-leading events to help cybersecurity professionals around the globe defend their organizations from increasingly complex cyber threats. 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Brussels: The European Union and the UK have launched antitrust investigations into Facebook's use of advertising data in its classified ads business, probes which could force it to change its business model on top of hefty fines.The European Commission and Britain's Competition and Markets Authority are investigating whether Facebook uses data from advertisers to compete with them.The opening of European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager's first antitrust probe into the world's largest social network marks her latest fight with one of the U.S. tech giants. The EU probe confirmed what a person familiar with the situation told Reuters on May 26.Vestager has slapped more than 8 billion euros ($9.7 billion) in fines on Alphabet unit Google and is also investigating Amazon and Apple Vestager will zoom in on Facebook's vast trove of data from the near 7 million companies that advertise on Facebook.\"We will look in detail at whether this data gives Facebook an undue competitive advantage in particular on the online classified ads sector, where people buy and sell goods every day, and where Facebook also competes with companies from which it collects data,\" she said \"In today's digital economy, data should not be used in ways that distort competition,\" Vestager said.Britain's Competition and Markets Authority also announced its own investigation into whether the network is abusing its dominant position in social media or digital advertising through its collection and use of data.Facebook said it will cooperate fully with both the EU and UK investigations \"to demonstrate that they are without merit\". It said its \"marketplace and dating offer people more choices, both products operate in highly competitive environment with many large incumbents\". (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) 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The fireplace on the warehouse, situated close to Albany within the city of Schodack, started round 10:50 p.m. and lasted till shortly after midnight, based on Schodack police . It's the third fireplace at an Amazon warehouse this week. Amazon described the incident as a small fireplace contained to a compactor situated simply outdoors the doorways of a loading dock. Responding companies stopped the hearth from spreading to the construction of the constructing, Schodack police mentioned. They mentioned the hearth was seemingly attributable to mechanical failure. Staff had been evacuated and no accidents had been reported. Fireplace division officers declared the constructing secure following a preliminary investigation, Amazon mentioned. \"Out of an abundance of warning, we despatched evening shift workers house with pay and canceled Thursday's day shift,\" Amazon spokesperson Paul Flaningan mentioned. The employees whose shifts had been canceled can even be paid, he mentioned. In a tweet Thursday, the Amazon Labor Union mentioned it was glad employees got day off, however known as it \"concurrently infuriating\" the corporate suspended employees at one other facility this week for demanding comparable compensation. On Tuesday, Amazon suspended dozens of warehouse employees who refused to work following a cardboard compactor fireplace at a facility on Staten Island that voted to unionize earlier this 12 months. Union organizers mentioned day-shift employees at that warehouse had been despatched house with pay after Monday's late-afternoon fireplace. Night time shift employees didn't get the identical possibility, although many raised issues the air wouldn't be secure to breathe due to smoke and fumes ensuing from the blaze. Flaningan mentioned on Wednesday that the corporate requested all evening shift workers on the Staten Island warehouse to report back to their shifts after fireplace officers licensed the constructing as secure. However dozens refused and held a sit-down protest on the facility's essential workplace, demanding to be despatched house with pay. Individually, one other fireplace broke out Monday at a facility in Alabama. 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He added that the cuts were made to improve profitability and decision-making speed. The company will also evaluate its real estate footprint, he said. Goodman began leading San Mateo, California-based Coupa on May 1. Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm, completed the $6.2 billion acquisition in February. Coupa, a maker of software that helps companies track and manage the purchasing of goods and services, employed 3,076 people as of January 2022, according to regulatory filings. A Coupa spokesperson declined to say how many roles were affected by the workforce cuts, saying \"as notifications are ongoing, we're not in a position to provide a specific number.\" More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com By Brody Ford | Bloomberg Coupa Software Inc., the enterprise firm acquired by Thoma Bravo earlier this year, announced job reductions, becoming the latest technology company to prioritize profit in an uncertain economy. \"We aren't doing this because of new ownership; we're doing this to put Coupa on a stronger footing for long-term success,\" interim Chief Executive Officer Charles Goodman wrote Tuesday in a letter to employees. He added that the cuts were made to improve profitability and decision-making speed. The company will also evaluate its real estate footprint, he said. Goodman began leading San Mateo, California-based Coupa on May 1. Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm, completed the $6.2 billion acquisition in February. Coupa, a maker of software that helps companies track and manage the purchasing of goods and services, employed 3,076 people as of January 2022, according to regulatory filings. A Coupa spokesperson declined to say how many roles were affected by the workforce cuts, saying \"as notifications are ongoing, we're not in a position to provide a specific number.\" More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Quick Telecast is an automatic aggregator of the all world's media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials, please contact us by email – info@quicktelecast.com . 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The two companies announced during the sidelines of the AfricaCom 2022 trade fair that they will deploy Eutelsat's KA-band satellite connectivity, Konnect, to reach remote communities throughout Nigeria and provide fast, and affordable internet services. Despite 44.5 percent broadband penetration, covered largely by Mobile Network Operators, reliable internet connectivity is still limited to a few states. The partnership between Tizeti and Eutelsat will provide a complementary solution that leverages satellite broadband infrastructure and Tizeti's community Wi-FI management platform to deliver a fast and affordable public wi-fi hotspot service, especially in remote areas that are difficult to reach by terrestrial broadband infrastructure. Philippe Baudrier, Eutelsat's General Manager - Connectivity for Africa said \"Eutelsat's ambition is to connect one million unserved people across sub-Saharan Africa to high-speed internet over the next 5 years and this partnership with Tizeti will help bridge Nigeria's digital divide and unlock the wealth of social and economic opportunities that the internet brings\". Speaking on the partnership, Tizeti's Chief Executive Officer of Tizeti, Kendall Ananyi, said that satellite broadband will complement Tizeti's existing initiatives and lay a foundation for a robust and thriving digital ecosystem across Nigeria. \"Our partnership with Eutelsat extends our mission of bringing affordable and reliable internet to more Nigerians and provides us with the opportunity to accelerate the expansion of broadband internet via satellite, to bridge the digital gap and improve digital transformation for more Nigerians\", Ananyi said. Konnect's Community Wi-Fi (Konnect Wi-Fi) initiative has already seen considerable success across Africa with hundreds of sites providing internet access to tens of thousands of people every week. For many countries in Africa, there is still a huge digital divide. This boundary between connected and unconnected translates into clear consequences for employment, education, family and social life, and access to information. Partnerships such as this play a significant role in addressing the digital infrastructure deficits in emerging economies, leveraging innovative technology and capabilities, to improve development outcomes for millions of people. About Konnect Konnect is the Eutelsat Group entity in charge of retail marketing for a new generation of superfast satellite broadband services. As its implementation accelerates, Konnect is redefining the connectivity expectations of people who live and/or work outside the geographical boundaries of fiber, enabling them to access an immediately available service with ultra-fast, unlimited, and competitive offers of up to 100Mbps. To find out more about Konnect's offers, visit www.konnect.com About Tizeti Tizeti is a fast-growing Wireless Internet service provider in Lagos, Nigeria, delivering high-speed unlimited Wi-Fi Internet access to residential and business customers using wide-area Wi-Fi. Its services are available in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Edo and Rivers States. It is also expanding rapidly to other African countries, with successful launches in Accra and Tema, Ghana. To find out more about Tizeti, visit www.tizeti.com About Eutelsat Communications Founded in 1977, Eutelsat Communications is one of the world's leading satellite operators. With a global fleet of satellites and associated ground infrastructure, Eutelsat enables clients across Video, Data, Government, Fixed and Mobile Broadband markets to communicate effectively to their customers, irrespective of their location. Around 7,000 television channels operated by leading media groups are broadcast by Eutelsat to one billion viewers equipped for DTH reception or connected to terrestrial networks. Committed to promoting all facets of sustainable development across its business activities, Eutelsat leverages its in-orbit resources to help bridge the digital divide while maintaining a safe and uncluttered space environment. As an attractive and socially responsible employer, Eutelsat assembles 1,200 men and women from 50 countries who are dedicated to delivering the highest quality of service. 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Investors to Secure...\nNEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of Class A common stock of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) between November 29, 2023 and July 29, 2024, both dates inclusive (the \"Class Period\"), of the important September 30, 2024 lead plaintiff deadline. SO WHAT: If you purchased CrowdStrike Class A common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the CrowdStrike class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=27534 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email case@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 30, 2024. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers. DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) CrowdStrike had instituted deficient controls in its procedures for updating its Falcon software platform, and was not properly testing updates to Falcon before rolling them out to customers; (2) this inadequate software testing created a substantial risk that an update to Falcon could cause major outages for a significant number of the CrowdStrike's customers; and (3) such outages could pose, and in fact ultimately created, substantial reputational harm and legal risk to CrowdStrike. As a result of these materially false and misleading statements and omissions, CrowdStrike stock traded at artificially high prices during the Class Period. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages. No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff. 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The union said Friday that nearly 9,000 workers at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville will strike on Feb. 23 if the local contract dispute is not resolved. If there's a strike, it would be the second time the union has walked out at the sprawling factory in the past year. In October, UAW workers shut down the plant during national contract negotiations that ended with large raises for employees. The plant, one of two Ford factories in Louisville, makes heavy-duty F-Series pickup trucks and the Ford Excursion and Lincoln Navigator large SUVs, all hugely profitable vehicles for the company. The union says that workers have been without a local contract for five months. The main areas of dispute are health and safety issues, minimum in-plant nurse staffing, ergonomic issues, and the company's effort to reduce the number of skilled trades workers. Ford said that negotiations continue and that it looks forward to reaching an agreement at the plant. 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Customers will enjoy the easily accessible new location in the Redfield Promenade shopping center, next to World Market_ at 4983 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV. Community members are invited to celebrate the big day with a Grand Reopening event including giveaways, fabulous savings, a prize wheel, samples and much more. Natural Grocers' good4u_ Crew will kick off the festivities at 8:15 AM with a $2,500 donation presentation to the Food Bank of Northern Nevada?its local food bank partner, followed by an official ribbon-cutting ceremony with the store Crew. Doors will open at 8:27 AM with exciting giveaways and celebratory savings within a larger, brighter and friendly atmosphere. has been proudly serving the state of Nevada since 2014 when we opened our first store in Reno,\" said_Raquel Isely, Vice President of Natural Grocers. \"We have been thankful for our loyal customer base and our amazing Crew, all of whom helped us establish solid roots in the state of Nevada. 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With the USA and China on a collision course, a good number of companies get absorbed in the aftermath of decisions. The one company that takes the hardest beating has to be Huawei. TSMC announced that it will stop supplying processors to the company all due to legislation set by the United States, even though TSMC is based in Taiwan, its foundries employ machinery made from components made in the United States. Huawei is seeking royalty payments for hundreds of patents. In particular, sources claimed that this event could also be exploited by the Chinese company to compel courts to uncover confidential information from Verizon and its suppliers. This turn of events was unexpected, since the United States Government, in particular, did not consider Huwaei to use the United States patent law against American companies. 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Getty, which holds the rights to millions of photographs, earlier sued Stability AI, the company that popularized the image generator Stable Diffusion, for using images without permission. Getty's new product, developed with chipmaker Nvidia Inc., will be trained Getty's own data and will endeavor to sidestep thorny legal issues, in part, by limiting what images will power the generator. The new tool will tap Getty's bank of creative images, but not its news photo collection, part of an effort to prevent the creation of deepfakes, Chief Executive Officer Craig Peters said. The new image generator won't allow users to incorporate trademarked material or assets they don't own — so there's no way to create something like the viral Pope Francis wearing a Balenciaga puffer coat image, Peters said. In order to cater to businesses looking to create ads and other content, Getty will allow customers to add their own proprietary data or branding. Content generated through the product, which will create images based on text prompts, won't be added back into Getty's own libraries. The AI-generated images will receive Getty's usual license to use the content, as well as indemnification against suits. The company also said it plans to compensate artists and contributors whose work was used to train the AI model. The growing popularity of text-to-image AI — such as OpenAI's Dall-E, Stable Diffusion and the Midjourney service — have raised questions about whether those tools benefit from the work of artists, photographers and designers without getting their permission or compensating them. In addition to Getty's suit against Stability AI, various artists have also sued services including Stable Diffusion and Midjourney. Getty will continue to invest in its legal action against Stability AI in the US and the UK, Peters said. Uncertainty around the technology means that companies that want to use AI software to create new images for uses like ad campaigns or social media posts worry they may open themselves up to legal jeopardy and fines, said Peters, who noted that Getty's customers have repeatedly raised this concern. \"There are real risks here,\" he said. \"Customers want to use generative AI but do not want to run into this sort of minefield of, 'We don't even know if we own this thing.'\" The new Getty service shows that AI companies that say they can't develop the technology while respecting intellectual property rights are not being truthful, Peters said. \"It fundamentally undercuts one of the arguments of those that put these generative models out there without compensating,\" he said.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Bloomberg", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bloomberg", "length": 9, "offset": 141}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Getty", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Getty", "length": 5, "offset": 431}, {"position_text": "Getty", "length": 5, "offset": 620}, {"position_text": "Getty", "length": 5, "offset": 695}, {"position_text": "Getty", "length": 5, "offset": 844}, {"position_text": "Getty", "length": 5, "offset": 1308}, {"position_text": "Getty", "length": 5, "offset": 1494}, {"position_text": "Getty", "length": 5, "offset": 1554}, {"position_text": "Getty", "length": 5, "offset": 2047}, {"position_text": "Getty", "length": 5, "offset": 2165}, {"position_text": "Getty", "length": 5, "offset": 2516}, {"position_text": "Getty", "length": 5, "offset": 2753}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Stability AI", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Stability AI", "length": 12, "offset": 502}, {"position_text": "Stability AI", "length": 12, "offset": 2068}, {"position_text": "Stability AI", "length": 12, "offset": 2223}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Midjourney", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Midjourney", "length": 10, "offset": 1846}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Balenciaga", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Balenciaga", "length": 10, "offset": 1192}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Nvidia Inc", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Nvidia Inc", "length": 10, "offset": 666}, {"position_text": "Nvidia", "length": 6, "offset": 666}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Getty Images", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Getty Images", "length": 12, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Getty Images", "length": 12, "offset": 70}, {"position_text": "Getty Images Holdings Inc", "length": 25, "offset": 173}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Getty Images", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Getty Images", "length": 12, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Getty Images", "length": 12, "offset": 70}, {"position_text": "Getty Images Holdings Inc", "length": 25, "offset": 173}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "UK", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "UK", "length": 2, "offset": 2254}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "US", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 2243}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1343, "text": "New Zealand rushes to identify Christchurch terror attack victims\nIn addition to the people killed in the attack Friday, an additional 50 others were wounded in the shootings, authorities said. Of the injured victims, 34 remain in Christchurch Hospital, including 12 in intensive care. Islamic tradition calls for a person to be buried as soon as possible after death — ideally within 24 hours. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Sunday that authorities had started returning identified bodies to families, and all bodies will be returned by Wednesday. Six disaster victim identification experts have traveled from Australia to help hasten the process, she said. New Zealand police described efforts to identify the victims as \"detailed and complex work\" that must be completed thoroughly. \"It's vital we have certainty around cause of death for any future court proceedings,\" Detective Superintendent Peter Read said. Chief Coroner Deborah Marshall addressed the difficulties faced by authorities in correctly identifying the bodies of the victims of Friday's terror attack. \"There could be nothing worse than giving the wrong body to the wrong family,\" Marshall said. \"This is not going to happen here.\" Speaking at the same press conference, deputy police chief Wally Haumaha said that authorities are working closely with imams and the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand. \"We acknowledge that the last 48 hours have been the most horrific in these families' lives. We understand it is an added trauma for them that they have not been able to bury their loved ones quickly, according to their religious duty,\" said Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha. \"This is an unprecedented event and the support of the Muslim leaders and their community has been invaluable.\" The victims' names were not made public but a preliminary list has been shared with families, New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush said Sunday. Two days after the shootings, Brenton Harris Tarrant, 28, appears to be the only person in custody who has been linked to the attack. Three other people who were initially detained were not involved in the attacks, Bush said, but authorities are not ruling out the possibility of other suspects. \"I will not be saying anything conclusive until we are absolutely convinced as to how many people were involved, but we hope to be able to give that advice over the next few days,\" the police commissioner said. British police arrest four over comments about the attack Police in northern England have made a series of arrests related to offenses relating to comments about the New Zealand attack. Greater Manchester Police have three people in custody, according to a police statement. A 33-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were arrested early Sunday morning local time on suspicion of racially aggravated public order offenses. That followed reports they were abusing and threatening a taxi driver in the town of Rochdale, referencing the New Zealand attacks. Police also arrested a 38-year-old woman over online comments about the violence. And a 24-year-old man was arrested and later released on bail over online comments on the mosque shootings. Graphic video raises questions over offensive content Tarrant live-streamed the attack on Facebook and the graphic video was copied and reshared by users of the platform. Facebook removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand mosque attack in the first 24 hours, the social media company tweeted Sunday. Of the 1.5 million deleted videos, Facebook says over 1.2 million were blocked at the point of upload. Additionally, all edited versions of the video that don't show the graphic content were also removed \"out of respect for the people affected by this tragedy and the concerns of local authorities,\" Mia Garlick, of Facebook New Zealand tweeted. Friday's horrendous video has reignited questions about how social media platforms handle offensive content, with many questioning if companies are doing enough to try to catch this type of hate-filled content. Tarrant also sent an 87-page manifesto to Ardern minutes before the attack began. The document, also posted on social media before the shooting, was filled with anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim screeds. Authorities have declined to discuss potential motives for the attack. Tarrant, who is facing one murder charge, made a hand gesture associated with white supremacists when he appeared in court Saturday. He was remanded in custody and will reappear in court April 5. Some victims had found refuge in New Zealand A Syrian refugee, a Pakistani academic and their sons were among the 50 people killed, family members and nonprofit organizations confirmed. Syrian refugee Khaled Mustafa and his family moved to New Zealand in 2018 because they saw it as a safe haven, Syrian Solidarity New Zealand said on its Facebook page. He was at the mosque with his two sons for Friday prayers when the shooter opened fire. His older son, Hamza Mustafa, 14, was killed and his younger son was wounded. Victims hailed from around the world. Nine Pakistanis were killed in the attack. Six of them will be buried in New Zealand, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told reporters Sunday. Three bodies will be brought back to Pakistan to be buried, he said, adding that he has asked New Zealand to hasten return of the bodies. Another Pakistani person remains hospitalized and in a critical condition, Qureshi added. Makeshift memorials have sprung up around the mosques, with flowers and notes bearing messages of hope and love. \"They may take our innocence but we will show the world the meaning of love and compassion,\" said one note taped to flowers left on a road divider. Survivors tried to warn others Before two lightly armed community police officers ended the attack by running the gunman's car to the side of the road, some attempted to elude the suspect, according to survivors. Survivor Ahmed Khan, after dodging a bullet fired by the shooter, ran to a mosque to warn others. Inside he found a friend bleeding — he had just been shot in his right arm. \"I said to him, 'Calm down, the police is here now,'\" Khan recalled. \"And then the gunman came through the window and shot him — when I was holding him — in the head. And he was dead.\" In video of the attack posted online by the shooter, he is greeted as he arrives at the first location, the Al Noor mosque, by a man who says \"hello brother.\" Less than a second later, the attacker raises his semi-automatic shotgun and fires his first shots. Suspect traveled to Turkey and Pakistan Tarrant is an Australian citizen who had been living in the southern city of Dunedin, about 225 miles from Christchurch, Ardern said. He had traveled around the world and was in New Zealand sporadically, she added. Officials said he had no criminal history in New Zealand or Australia and had not drawn the attention of the intelligence community for extremist views. Tarrant visited Pakistan last October and a senior Turkish official told CNN that Tarrant traveled to Turkey a number of times and spent \"an extended period of time\" there. Turkey is \"currently investigating the suspect's movements and contacts within the country,\" the official told CNN. The suspect may also have traveled to other countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, the official added. Lawmakers will meet for policy changes \"I can tell you one thing right now — our gun laws will change,\" Ardern told reporters on Saturday. She said the Cabinet will meet Monday to have preliminary policy discussions on gun policy issues. The Prime Minister confirmed that her office received an email with Tarrant's hateful, racist manifesto nine minutes before he shot worshipers at the Al Noor mosque. However, the email did not include a time, location or specific details of the attack, Ardern said, and it was given to security within two minutes of receipt. CNN's Nicole Chavez, Angus Watson, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Susanna Capelouto and Sophia Saifi contributed to this report. 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Airbus said work to ready its CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL for AAM and air taxi use in Japan's Kansai region will transpire under a partnership with Hiratagakuen, a leading provider of helicopter services. As part of that activity approved by the Osaka Prefecture, the companies will map out and test optimal flight routes, establish operational and safety systems, and organize a demonstration flight before the end of the year. In addition to pursuing the groundwork – and airspace preparation – for AAM transportation , Airbus says the partnership will explore other kinds of uses of its eVTOL plane, including medical activities, emergency response, ecotourism, a variety of public services, and flights beyond the urban confines of most air taxi operation . Read: EHang stages EH216 UAM demo flights in Japan ahead of Expo 2025 As part of that exploratory project, Hiratagakuen will use one of its H135 helicopters to test advanced navigation and communication technologies for the safe operation of eVTOL craft in city environments, and simulate CityAirbus NextGen's flight configuration. The current prototype of the piloted, three-passenger fixed-wing CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL was unveiled in September, with the company recently saying it will also build a dedicated center to test the AAM craft on its journey through certification and air taxi production launch. The company hopes to begin trial flights in 2023, and awaiting that, has rolled out initiatives to prepare for next-generation air mobility in Italy and Germany . Read more: UAM partnership to promote Airbus eVTOL air taxis in Italy Expansion of those AAM activities into Japan is a logical step for Airbus, which hopes to transform its past success in traditional air transport into similarly productive eVTOL AAM and air taxi sales. Over the past 60 years, the manufacturer has delivered over 600 fixed-wing planes and rotorcraft to Japanese operators – including Hiratagakuen. Along with the US and European Union nations, Airbus is looking to Japan as one of its most promising markets for next-generation aircraft . \"We are honored to further our long-standing collaboration with Hiratagakuen by working on this exciting journey towards zero emission flights,\" said Airbus head of UAM strategy execution and partnerships Balkiz Sarihan. \"Their expertise in commercial air transport and air medical services operations makes them an ideal partner for defining the operational framework for advanced air mobility with CityAirbus NextGen in Japan\". 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Atlanta Braves executives say business will continue as usual under a new ownership structure following a spinoff from Liberty Media. Perhaps most notable is fans will be able to purchase stock in the newly created Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc., and become owners of the team. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) Braves executives say it's business as usual following spinoff from Liberty Media CHARLES ODUM July 18, 2023 Atlanta Braves executives say business will continue as usual under a new ownership structure following a spinoff from Liberty Media. Perhaps most notable is fans will be able to purchase stock in the newly created Atlanta Braves Holdings Inc. and become owners of the team. Plans for the spinoff were announced last year and made final in a vote by Liberty stockholders, led by chairman John Malone, on Monday. Braves chairman Terry McGuirk and president Derek Schiller will continue their lead roles in the team and The Battery Atlanta, the mixed-use development adjacent to Truist Park that includes business, a hotel, restaurants, a concert venue and other properties. So no surprises here, no changes really, McGuirk said Tuesday. The purpose here today is we absolutely want to tell you that its business as usual. There are no changes to how we operate. I am still the control person of the team. The mantra of business as usual also was relayed by general manager Alex Anthopoulos, who said he has been given approval to spend before the Aug. 1 trade deadline. Basically the same trade deadline conversation Ive had with them all the time, Anthopoulos said. \"'Hey, what do you think about adding payroll?' A quick yes. Payroll has climbed each year because of the way the operation is going with the fan base and the business side doing a great job. Things are exactly the same. Payroll has gone up every year. Ive always had money at the trade deadline. Its great. No changes on our end. Attendance has climbed each year since the Braves opened Truist Park in 2017, including last season's total of 3,129,931. Profits also have risen, especially after the Braves' 2021 World Series championship , the first for the franchise since 1995. The split from Liberty Media could make it easier for the Braves to be sold to a private buyer. There's been no conversations and no indications whatsoever of that direction, McGuirk said. This season's average attendance of 39,265 ranks third in the majors and is the Braves' highest since 2000. The profits have enabled the team to sign many of its core players to long-term contracts. Now fans will have an opportunity to claim a piece of the team. Its a unique novelty where if youre a fan of this team, you can also become an owner of the team and own stock, Schiller said. \"That in a way is very exciting. 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And this time, the blow could be fatal to him. The San Francisco start-up, which manages an online platform for renting accommodation between individuals, awaits, with some trepidation, the decision that the governor of the State of New York should take in the coming days. In question: a lack of transparency in the management of the system, the non-respect of rules existing since 2010, and the anger of the hoteliers. At stake: the end of the Airbnb model in the Big Apple. At least that's what the Wednesday insinuated Financial Times . Concretely, the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, will have to decide by October 29 on a bill he received on his desk Tuesday. After this period, and without opposition from him, the law will come into force. She plans to be able to impose a fine of up to $ 7,500 (around 7,465 francs) on those who help to illegally rent their accommodation through Airbnb. Short-term rentals are targeted. For the past six years, it has been illegal in New York to rent an entire apartment for less than 30 days. Unless the permanent resident is there at the same time as his guests, or if he declares himself a hotelier. A rule that would be regularly broken on the side of Airbnb. It is for these reasons that the Senate of the State of New York, which validated the law on June 17, decided to brandish the weapon of deterrence: a fine for fraudsters. Up to $ 90 million tourist tax Are we going to get there? Airbnb has already threatened to take legal action if the law is enforced. But for now, it is a game of arm wrestling that the various players in the file are engaged in. Negotiations are underway. The debates are heated: critics of Airbnb blame the online service for the shortage of affordable housing and accuse it of fostering a black market in illegal hotel offers. In a column published Wednesday in the New York Daily News , Chris Lehane, expert in political communication and crisis management, a close friend of Bill Clinton recruited at a gold price by Airbnb, has already proposed several adaptations. As of November 1, Airbnb could therefore limit the number of rentals offered per guest to one apartment. And definitively rule out those who do not respect the rules after the third warning. Better: outright help set up a register to track down fraudsters. There is also talk of a hotline that would allow neighbors of Airbnb apartments to report irregularities. Finally, the company makes it known that it would be prepared to pay a tourist tax in New York. Which would represent, according to his estimates, the equivalent of 90 million dollars per year. In Paris, Airbnb has donated 5.5 million euros (around 5.95 million francs) in tourist tax to City Hall over the past twelve months. Co-author of the anti-Airbnb bill, Democrat Linda Rosenthal, for whom the company's business model is based on a violation of the law, is not really seduced by these sketches of last-minute compromises. \"Those who break the law don't make the law,\" she told the Financial Times. Governor Cuomo has already hinted that he supports the text. Response by October 29. More than 2000 ads deleted Airbnb's difficulties in New York are not new. Already in April 2014, the site had carried out a spring cleaning, removing more than 2,000 ads. The company had taken the lead in the face of threats from New York State, and attorney Eric Schneidermann in particular, who was at war with illegal rentals. The slingshot extends beyond the Big Apple. Elected officials from nine American cities, including San Francisco, want to force the company to be transparent, and made it known in a letter sent Thursday to Governor Andrew Cuomo. Today, New York is one of the most flourishing markets for Airbnb. With more than 46,000 offers, mainly concentrated around Manhattan and Brooklyn. More than half of these rental proposals would concern entire apartments and could be covered by the new law. 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Investec will work alongside Numis Securities Limited, the companys existing corporate broker. Funding Circle: Investor Relations ir@fundingcircle.com Investec Bank plc (Joint Broker) +44 (0) 207 597 4000 Mark James St John Hunter Numis Securities (Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7260 1000 Mike Smith / Stephen Malthouse About Funding Circle: Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) is a lending platform for small business borrowers. Established in the UK in 2010, and now the leading lending platform to SMEs, the Group also has a material and growing presence in the US. Globally, Funding Circle has provided £15bn in loans to c.135,000 businesses. For small business borrowers, Funding Circle provides a leading-edge customer experience, delivered through its technology, machine learning, and data science, coupled with a human touch. Its solutions continue to help customers access the funding they need to succeed. 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Russia's president told an energy conference in Moscow that accusations Gazprom was using energy as a \"weapon\" to speed up approval of the recently built Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany were \"politically motivated blather\". He said the company had already exceeded its contractual obligations to the bloc. \"We're increasing [supply] as much as our partners ask. There hasn't been a single refusal. Not one,\" Putin said. Putin also said Russia was targeting achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, underlining the Kremlin's growing appreciation of the threat from climate change. Russia, whose Arctic region is warming three times faster than the global average, has gradually begun to address the threat from climate change after years of questioning whether greenhouse gases were causing the planet to warm. But Putin also said that natural gas, as well as hydrogen and ammonia, would play a greater role in the energy mix, implying that Russia would continue to exploit its huge natural resource base. Russia supplies 40 per cent of Europe's gas. Putin tempered surging gas price rises last week by saying Russia was prepared to intervene to stabilise a \"speculative craze\" on volatile energy markets. The country has limited pipeline gas sales to exports under long-term contracts this year, a move that industry insiders have said has contributed to low levels of gas storage in Europe ahead of the winter months, when demand rises sharply. Gas analysts have pointed out that while Gazprom has fulfilled long-term contracts it has let its own storage facilities in Europe fall to low levels, contributing to the tightness in supplies. Deputy energy minister Evgeny Grabchak told reporters on Wednesday that Gazprom would continue filling domestic storage facilities until November 1, a sign that Russia was in no rush to divert supplies to Europe. European gas prices have eased slightly since Putin's comments last week, but are still well above previous years. The benchmark contract for November delivery was trading above €90 per megawatt hour on Tuesday, more than 5.5 times the level of a year ago. The International Energy Agency, which is primarily funded by OECD members, said last week it believed Russia could increase exports to Europe by around 15 per cent and has called on Moscow to demonstrate that it is a \"reliable supplier\". Putin indicated on Wednesday that no additional gas was likely to be sent to Europe in the short-term, however, arguing that Russia has already reached capacity for sending exports under current routes. Extra supplies will probably have to come from new long-term pipeline contracts, rather than the spot market mechanisms favoured by the EU, he added. Putin said Nord Stream 2, which bypasses Ukraine to supply gas to Germany, would help \"significantly relieve tensions on the energy market, and that would have an effect on prices\" if it were approved by German regulators. But he said it was being held up by EU \"red tape\", including a requirement that Gazprom surrender its monopoly on Russian gas exports and give third parties access to 50 per cent of the pipeline. 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Spotify needs \"all the advantages of the App Retailer however do not assume they need to must pay something,\" an Apple spokesperson mentioned, including that the EU's case was \"the opposite of fair competition.\" Apple was charged by EU antitrust regulators of abusing its dominance within the music streaming market through restrictive guidelines, the primary case out of 4 that would result in a hefty positive and modifications in its profitable enterprise mannequin. iPhone maker Apple discovered itself within the European Fee's crosshairs following a criticism by Swedish music streaming service Spotify two years in the past, which mentioned that Apple unfairly restricts rivals to its personal music streaming service Apple Music on iPhone handsets. The EU competitors enforcer in its so-called assertion of objections setting out the cost mentioned the difficulty associated to Apple's restrictive guidelines for its App Retailer that pressure builders to make use of its personal in-app cost system and stop them from informing customers of different buying choices. \"By setting strict rules on the App store that disadvantage competing music streaming services, Apple deprives users of cheaper music streaming choices and distorts competition,\" European Competitors Commissioner Margrethe Vestager mentioned in an announcement. \"This is done by charging high commission fees on each transaction in the App store for rivals and by forbidding them from informing their customers of alternative subscription options,\" she mentioned. That is the primary EU antitrust cost towards Apple, a transfer that would result in fines of as a lot as 10 p.c of its international turnover. Reuters was the primary to report concerning the imminent EU antitrust cost in March. Apple could have the chance to reply to the EU prices earlier than the EU competitors enforcer makes a last ruling. It could possibly supply concessions to stave off the positive with none discovering of wrongdoing. The EU cost comes per week earlier than Apple's face off with Epic Video games in a US antitrust trial following a lawsuit by the Fortnite creator alleging that Apple has abused its dominance out there for cell apps. Epic has complained to the Fee on the identical points. Final month, the UK Competitors and Markets Authority opened an investigation into Apple after complaints the iPhone maker's phrases and circumstances for app builders have been unfair. We dive into all issues Apple — iPad Professional, iMac, Apple TV 4K, and AirTag — this week on Orbital , the Devices 360 podcast. Orbital is out there on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , and wherever you get your podcasts. 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Titan is said to have offered investment services to retail investors through its mobile trading app between August 2021 to October 2022. As part of its advertising campaigns, it misrepresented the fund's hypothetical performance and promised investors an annual return of 2,700% for its crypto fund. The SEC alleges that these representations misled clients because Titan failed to inform potential investors that the \"annualized\" performance results were based on projections from the fund's performance in its first three weeks, and there was no assurance that it would enjoy such positive results throughout the year. As such, the agency stated that Titan violated the marketing rule \"by advertising hypothetical performance metrics without having adopted and implemented required policies and procedures\" and also failed to adhere to the guidelines stipulated in the Commission's marketing rule. SEC's Marketing Rule The Commission updated Rule 206 (the marketing rule) of the Investment Advisers Act in 2020, and part of the amendments focused on disclosures made by investment advisers like Titan. As in this case, the amended rule made provisions for using hypothetical performance metrics. However, these advisers were required to comply with requirements that the SEC had designed to prevent fraud. As part of these requirements, Titan was meant to have provided potential investors with certain information underlying the hypothetical performance. However, it failed to do so and rather painted a \"misleading picture of certain of its strategies for investors.\" Titan was also charged with other violations, including making \"misleading disclosures\" to clients about the custody of their crypto assets. Titan also gave clients the impression that they couldn't bring certain causes of action against the company as the client agreements contained non-waivable clauses. 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Additionally, the EU implemented similar penalties on Belarus for assisting the Russian war-like regime. The Bloc Extends Its Sanctions Similar to the USA, the European Union vowed not to deploy military troops to Ukraine and, as of the moment, stands away from a direct conflict with Russia. Nevertheless, the organization slammed the largest country by landmass with severe monetary sanctions aiming to lessen its power and cut its financial connection with the rest of the world. Such penalties included freezing the assets of giant Russian banks and expelling certain institutions from the major payment system SWIFT. According to a recent announcement , the EU expanded its measures against Russia by targeting 160 local oligarchs who might be part of Putin's inner circle. Specifically, those individuals were banned from trading digital assets in the EU. \"The EU confirmed the common understanding that loans and credit can be provided by any means, including crypto assets, as well as further clarified the notion of 'transferable securities,' so as to clearly include crypto-assets, and thus ensure the proper implementation of the restrictions in place,\" the organization added in its statement. Not surprisingly, the EU extended its sanctions to Belarus, too. The Eastern European country has aided the Russian \"special military operation,\" and for that reason, many local banks were expelled from SWIFT. In addition, EU central securities depositories will no longer accept transfer deposits exceeding €100,000 made by Belarussian nationals. Sberbank's Departure From The European Market As a result of the sanctions, Russia's biggest bank – Sberbank – announced it will withdraw from the European market. 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The NGO, Deutsche Umwelthilfe, is calling for Volkswagen Golf vehicles to be recalled because of software manipulation to emissions mechanisms, alleging the KBA authority should never have allowed these vehicles to be released to the market. \"The case was effectively successful,\" a court spokesperson said, meaning the decision by the authority to release the vehicles must be revoked....", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Deutsche Umwelthilfe", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Deutsche Umwelthilfe", "length": 20, "offset": 356}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Volkswagen", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Volkswagen", "length": 10, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Volkswagen", "length": 10, "offset": 393}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "KBA", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "KBA", "length": 3, "offset": 504}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 1353, "text": "Florida Drought Causes Operational Changes at Walt Disney World: Could Fireworks be Changed or...\nSunday, April 9, 2023 - 05:30 Though Walt Disney World may feel like a magical place far from reality, unfortunately, when central Florida gets hit with severe weather, the resort has to act. Generally, this means being prepared for thunderstorms, tornadoes, and of course, hurricanes. However, there is a lesser-known weather condition that has begun affecting operations at the resort that visitors might not immediately know is even happening: drought. And while the effects currently being felt around the resort are relatively minor, there could be some big changes on the horizon if Central Florida doesn't get some substantial rainfall soon. Drought, Walt Disney World, and the current Central Florida burn ban Image: Disney According to the Orlando Sentinel , Orlando has only gotten two inches of rain since the new year and is currently in its second driest stretch from Jan. 1 to April 5 since the late 1800s. The Drought Monitor also shows 55 percent of Florida is under severe drought now, up from 20 percent at the start of this year and less than 1 percent last year at this time. Combine the dry conditions with the state's record temperatures in the 90s, and you've got what could be a very dangerous situation at theme parks. Currently, the resort, as well as the larger Orange, Osceola, and other surrounding counties, are under an open flame burn ban. This means that guests are prohibited from using sparklers, firepits, or grills on Disney property, even those that are connected to their resort. All activities involving an open flame have also been immediately modified to not include fire as well. This mostly affects the Fort Wilderness campground, where all campsites have a firepit area as well as outdoor grills. However, other resorts like Disney's Polynesian Village Resort that have fire pit areas have also been affected by the burn ban. And while the slight modification of activities may not affect guests too much in the short term, further changes could be made in the near future if central Florida doesn't get some rain soon. Walt Disney World has modified its fireworks shows in the past due to drought conditions Image: Disney Just as fireworks shows are modified when there are severe weather conditions like rain, lightning, or wind, Disney can also modify fireworks shows due to drought conditions. In 2017, which was another dry year in Central Florida, Disney changed the sizes of types of fireworks it used in its parks in an effort to help mitigate the risk of nearby brush fires. This move was met with some criticism at the time, as firefighter union representatives said that they needed to keep watch for long hours to ensure that there were no fires. Firefighters also encouraged Disney to clear out brush and install sprinklers in wooded areas to help further decrease fire risk. Some even said that Disney continuing their nightly fireworks show was a violation of the larger burn ban (which was similar to the one in effect now). However, according to WFTV , fireworks displays are specifically exempt from the burn ban, as long as the correct permits have been filed. Though there were some reported flare-ups that year which resulted in outside help being needed to quell fires on Disney property in 2017, the drought period that year largely passed without incident, and no fireworks were canceled due to dry conditions. However, that could change in 2023, especially if this historic drought last for much longer. 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The newspaper reported Wednesday that Bob Baffert-trained Justify tested positive for the drug scopolamine after winning the Santa Anita Derby, one of the final prep races for the Kentucky Derby. Justify went on to win the Derby and took the Preakness and Belmont stakes to complete the Triple Crown. The Times said instead of a speedy disqualification, the California Horse Racing Board took more than a month to confirm the results. The newspaper also reported that instead of filing a public complaint, the board made decisions behind closed doors as it moved to drop the case and lighten the penalty for horses found to have scopolamine in their systems. The newspaper said test results, emails and internal memorandums show how California regulators waited nearly three weeks, until the Kentucky Derby was only nine days away, to notify Baffert of the positive test. Then, two months after the Belmont victory, the board disposed of the inquiry altogether during a closed-door executive session. Explore where you live. 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Here's the list for Barkly, listed by postcode in date order: 4825 Q Hospitality Group Pty. Ltd. Trading As Brew & Scoop, ABN: 31611773918, Main Business Location: QLD 4825, Notice Date: August 20, 2020, Liquidator: Mitchell Herrett Liquidators are appointed to wind up the affairs of a company when it closes down. They can be appointed in a voluntary winding up of a business; whether initiated by members or creditors; or as part of a court-ordered winding up. Their role is to sell off the business's assets and use the resulting funds to pay off debts, if there is any. 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Japanese general trading company Sumitomo Corporation revealed plans to launch a full-scale project to design and develop an ammonia-fueled dry bulk carrier jointly with compatriot shipbuilder Oshima Shipbuilding. As informed, the duo will work on the design and development of an ammonia-fueled dry bulk carrier with the aim of completing the ship in 2025. Specifically, Sumitomo Corporation will design and develop the bulk carrier, improve the navigation environment, and ensure the supply of ammonia as fuel, in cooperation with Oshima Shipbuilding and other external partners as well as with the involvement of the internal cross-organizational project team for ammonia, which was launched within Sumitomo Corporation this July. With a length overall of 229 meters and a beam of 32.26 meters, the ship will have a deadweight tonnage of 80,000–81,000 MT. A dry bulk carrier of equivalent size to that of the carrier to be built. Image Courtesy: Sumitomo After the completion of the bulk carrier, Sumitomo Corporation will own and operate it, thereby helping users of the ship's transportation service to reduce their GHG emissions across their supply chains. Since this March, jointly with external partners, Sumitomo Corporation has been examining the launch of an ammonia supply business to fuel ships in Singapore. In addition to building an ammonia supply chain, the company is making adjustments with the Singaporean government for the formulation of operation guidelines and the establishment of the necessary regulations. Sumitomo Corporation is implementing initiatives for the entire ammonia supply chain of the maritime industry, such as developing the ammonia-fueled ship and making ammonia fuel available at ports, thereby contributing to the decarbonization of the industry. 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According to S & P's aggregate assessment, the country's fiscal and external positions remain strong and economic growth expectations are seen as favorable, despite the long-term structural constraints. The positive outlook for the rating reflects the significant likelihood that Bulgaria will join the Currency Mechanism II (MP II) over the next 12 months. The rating agency expects GDP to rise steadily at 3.3% in 2019, then slow down to 3% in 2022. Private consumption and government investment will have a major impact. Export growth is expected to recover, despite weaker external demand in 2019 due to slower economic activity in major European trading partners. According to S & P, the progress of the Action Plan for Accession to ERM II is estimated to be significant, with most of the commitments being undertaken or being implemented. The Agency would raise Bulgaria's credit rating when entering ERM II. Further progress in structural and institutional reforms would also increase the country's creditworthiness, notes the analysis. S & P may reconsider the outlook to a stable one if pressure on the balance of payments or the financial sector, for example due to the accumulation of macroeconomic imbalances. 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Tamara Basic Vasiljev, senior economist in Oxford Economics, who compiled the study, said China has beaten its previous record in exports value. According to figures issued on Sept. 30 by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China, the sub-index measuring new export orders gained 1.7 points in September from the previous month to 50.8, above the boom-bust line of 50 for the first time this year. With the implementation of policies on stabilizing foreign trade, the export and import of the manufacturing sector saw further improvements, said NBS senior statistician Zhao Qinghe. Vasiljev said at the begining of the pandemic outbreak, most expected that the advanced countries with larger services share would be more resilient to lockdowns blow, but \"this hasn't played out so far.\" \"Tourism losses have certainly played a role, putting countries like France, Spain and Italy in precarious positions,\" Vasiljev added. By comparison, China's tourism witnessed a robust recovery in particular during the country's first National Day holidays starting Oct. 1 since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic. China saw 425 million domestic tourist visits in the first four days of an eight-day national holiday, with total tourism revenue hitting 312 billion yuan (about 45.8 billion U.S. dollars), according to a report issued Sunday by China's Meituan Research Institute, a social science research agency under major e-commerce platform Meituan. Consumption at tourist attractions nationwide during the holiday is expected to rebound to around 90 percent of that in the same period last year, added the Meituan. Given renewed lockdown measures across Europe and fears of a second pandemic wave more widely, \"there is little in global trade trends to suggest that the AEs (advanced economies) recovery will be swift or pervasive,\" noted Vasiljev. \"With tourism income gone and services trade wobbling, AEs are bracing for more scarring on global markets this winter,\" added Vasiljev. The study came as countries, such as Britain, China, Russia and the United States, are racing against time to develop coronavirus vaccines. According to a recent report from the World Bank, China's economy is expected to grow by 2 percent in 2020, up from the 1-percentage growth projection released in June. 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The Prime Minister said the UK could attribute blame with a \"very high degree of probability\" to the Islamic republic as he declined to rule out military intervention. The PM told reporters on board the RAF Voyager to New York that he would meet with the Iranian leader at the United Nations General Assembly. He said he would also raise the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during discussions on Tuesday afternoon. READ MORE: A new Cold War is on the boil The US and Saudi Arabia have already accused Iran of being behind the September 14 raids on the world's largest oil processor and an oil field, causing a spike in prices. Tehran has issued denials. But Mr Johnson gave the first attribution of blame from the UK before landing in the US in the early hours of Monday UK-time. \"I can tell you that the UK is attributing responsibility with a very high degree of probability to Iran for the Aramco attacks,\" he said. \"We think it very likely indeed that Iran was indeed responsible for using both UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), both drones and cruise missiles. \"Clearly the difficulty is, how do we organise a global response? What is the way forward? \"And we will be working with our American friends and our European friends to construct a response that tries to deescalate tensions in the Gulf region.\" The PM said he would \"follow very closely\" American proposals to do more to defend Saudi Arabia, with Tehran's ire being further provoked by the US-led coalition patrolling the region's waterways. \"And clearly if we are asked either by the Saudis or the Americans to have a role then we would consider in what way we could be useful,\" he said. Asked if military action was possible, he replied: \"We will consider in what way we could be useful if asked and depending on what the exact plan is.\" Sanctions also remained on the table. READ MORE: Price of petrol to soar after attack on oil facilities The PM was speaking ahead of a joint meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkle at the UN. It was billed as an E3 meeting to discuss the Aramco attacks, but Brexit talks are also expected to be dominant. Mr Johnson is also set to meet US President Donald Trump . They have already discussed the need for a \"united diplomatic response\" to the attacks. The PM said he would bring up the case of Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual nationals being held in Tehran when he meets Mr Rouhani. Mr Johnson has come under intense criticism over his handling of the British-Iranian mother's case as foreign secretary. She is midway through a five-year jail sentence for spying charges, which she has always denied. \"In the course of my conversation with President Rouhani, I will not only be discussing Iran's actions in the region, but also the need to release not just Nazanin but others who in our view are being illegally and unfairly held in Tehran,\" he said. The UK was dismissing claims by Yemen's Houthi movement that it was behind the Aramco attacks. 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Zodia Custody is the first crypto custodian to sign up for the initiative. Task Zero has over 300 leading tech firms as members. As a task force member, Zodia will report its scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions annually. It will also disclose its plans to reach net zero within a year and appoint an executive to oversee its progress. The company will also communicate its climate goals and achievements to its website, board, and customers. Zodia to reduce environmental impact Zodia will implement a range of measures to achieve net zero, such as setting a long- and short-term environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda, assessing supplier sustainability, incentivizing green clients, and adopting a carbon offsetting strategy aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative. The company has already taken steps to reduce its environmental impact, such as recycling office waste and technology equipment and aiming for a carbon-neutral office. The Tech Zero Taskforce, launched in 2021, is a group of leading UK tech companies pledged to measure and reduce their carbon emissions and achieve net zero by 2030 or earlier. They aim to accelerate the UK's progress towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by supporting as many tech companies as possible in joining the effort. According to Julian Sawyer, the CEO of Zodia Custody, the platform hopes to demonstrate that climate accountability is the way forward and vital in an industry that has long been criticized for its negative environmental impact. We are proud to be the first digital asset custodian to join Tech Zero and take action against climate change. The digital asset industry has a responsibility and an opportunity to lead by example and become more climate-conscious . Julian Sawyer – CEO of Zodia Custody Zodia is making headway in Japan Zodia's nod towards a more eco-friendly business model comes after the company expanded its business footprint after partnering with SBI Digital. They will create a crypto storage platform for institutional clients in Japan. In late April, SBI led a $36m series A investment round to become the second-largest shareholder in Zodia. According to reports, this will fund Zodia's global expansion and increase token coverage. There will also be advancements to Interchange, the platform's settlement solution. Elsewhere, Standard Chartered, Zodia's majority owner, recently made headlines for its bullish bitcoin (BTC) prediction. According to a note to investors, the bank predicted BTC's price to reach $100,000 by the end of 2024. The lender pointed to the coin's status as a safe haven, improvement in miner profitability , and the expected supply shock after next year's halving. 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We are continuing to do things in real estate. (This story originally appeared in on Aug 21, 2020) Blackstone Group, with investments in Indian businesses and real estate worth $40 billion, is one of the top 10 business groups in the country and largest office space owner with 118 million sqft of real estate. Stephen Schwarzman, its founder-chairman, is the guest of honour at IIT-Bombay 's 58th convocation ceremony and will be speaking to the students over video on Sunday. In an interview with TOI, he speaks of why India still looks good to Blackstone as an investor... What is your advice to students who are graduating amid the Covid crisis? Those in IITs are in a lucky position. Globally, it is the technology companies that have done the best with the world moving to virtual in a way that would never have happened. India in 2014 was barely virtual. But in 2020, there is a huge number of people who are linked into the system. IIT graduates are in the right neighbourhood. For younger people generally, as I say in my book 'What it Takes', it is important to step back, see how the world has changed, see new patterns and take advantage of where the world is going. How do you see India's response to the health and economic crisis? It is hard to comment on India's response because I am not there. The expectation for India is to be down 3% in GDP, according to World Bank estimates. I remember when India was growing at 9%, so this seems very dramatic. But India is going to have one of the best experiences with growth, even if it is negative. Around the world, it will take two to three years before you reach 2019 levels — that will be a normal pattern. When you have the largest population below 35, increasing levels of education and have a continuation of this explosive trend to connectivity, that is the recipe for higher levels of growth and I think India will get on that track. What is the mood in Blackstone? Are you conserving cash or do you see opportunities? We have $560 billion of assets, but we have $156 billion that can be put to work. Our attitude is driven by thematic investments — this is a time if you put your money into the areas that are doing best, they will continue to do well. Our real estate is primarily in technology and their businesses are doing great, so putting more money into these areas for us is very good. This is also an opportunity to be lending money to good companies that are just having a tough time, but will do well when people come back to the workplace. There is talk about a new normal of people working from home and shopping online... The pandemic hasn't given you an opportunity to choose. You have been trapped in your house, so people make the best of it. There are certain types of collaborative activities where having human beings gather is much better. We are now experiencing a double shock of people realising they can do some things at home and at the same time being scared to be in large groups. The second phenomenon will go away over time. I tend to think that most people's homes are relatively small, wouldn't want to stay home, and they will miss a broader array of human interaction. In two years, when there is a likelihood there will be a vaccine and more progress to herd immunity, I think people will go back to their historic way of working. Not necessarily 100%, but the type of world we have now which does not have any balance will not continue. Will you continue to invest here? This week we approved another investment in India. We are continuing to do things in real estate. Our life has been commercially very busy in India. India has been our most successful country in the world for investment at Blackstone. Do you see risks to financial markets arising out of monetary policy decisions? Equity valuations are high but not in bubble territory. In the debt markets, interest rates are incredibly low by historical standards, but the issue for debt markets is not interest rates but whether companies will pay back. Most financial institutions, without experiencing large losses, have taken very big charges for anticipated losses. The banking system is in pretty good shape, having repaired itself from the global financial crisis. I do not see any prospect of a large-scale financial crisis like in 2008-09. Despite GDP contraction, equity valuations are close to pre-Covid levels. Do you still see an opportunity? That is the biggest inhibition for investment globally. Stocks have recovered to pre-Covid levels because of the enormous liquidity that governments have put into the system as well as the surprising strength of some of the largest companies that have financial stability because they are providing services that people still want. There are lots of areas that have driven up economic value. Even if you take out these well-performing companies, the rest are having high valuations because of the liquidity. So, it is a bit harder to buy bargains. Do you foresee a correction or consolidation? Lots of companies have reduced the number of employees. When that happens, it gives you the opportunity to continue to have pretty good earnings. In the US, for example, it is almost shocking that large retailers — Walmart , Target or Amazon — are having exploding earnings. Although these are relatively few companies, they are giant-sized. The smaller companies have been much more adversely affected. Usually what happens is that companies do not buy other companies unless they have confidence in their own business. So, you have some consolidation, but it is hard to get those type of things done if businesses are not performing well. 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As of today, the Company has increased unrestricted cash to more than $600 million , nearly double the Company's unrestricted cash as of its previous market update on April 2, 2020 . \"Ladder Capital was built during the financial crisis of 2008, and maintaining financial strength and risk mitigation have always been part of our company's DNA,\" said Brian Harris , Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ladder Capital . \"We have taken proactive steps in the face of these unprecedented times in order to enhance our liquidity position and preserve the flexibility we need to continue to operate and succeed in the present market environment. With over $600 million of unrestricted cash, a sizable portfolio of unencumbered assets and positive cash flows from ongoing operations, we are confident that we are well-positioned to weather the current market volatility and capitalize on the wide range of investment opportunities we see ahead.\" The Company's sources of increased liquidity in March and April included regular cash inflows on Ladder's portfolios of loans, securities, and income producing real estate investments, the repayment of $203 million of maturing loans, financing of assets in ordinary course and the sale of $380 million of loans and securities at an average price of 96% of par. As part of Ladder's focused efforts to enhance liquidity and preserve financial flexibility in the face of uncertain macroeconomic conditions, Ladder has also reduced expenses, including by modifying selected vendor contracts and employee benefits and reducing headcount. Ladder expects its cost reduction efforts will result in annualized savings of approximately $3 million . As previously announced, on January 30, 2020 , Ladder closed its offering of $750 million senior unsecured notes due 2027, which represented the largest single-tranche senior unsecured notes offering issued in the commercial mortgage REIT sector since Ladder's inception in 2008. This offering enabled Ladder to unencumber a significant portion of its assets, and repay outstanding secured debt financing. As of today, Ladder has $1.9 billion of unsecured corporate bond debt outstanding, with its earliest maturity not until August 2021 . The Company currently has over $6 billion of assets, including more than $2.3 billion of unencumbered assets, predominantly comprised of first mortgage loans that serve as a source of potential additional liquidity. About Ladder Ladder Capital Corp (NYSE: LADR) is an internally-managed commercial real estate investment trust with over $6 billion of assets. Our investment objective is to preserve and protect shareholder capital while producing attractive risk-adjusted returns. As one of the nation's leading commercial real estate capital providers, we specialize in underwriting commercial real estate and offering flexible capital solutions within a sophisticated platform. Ladder originates and invests in a diverse portfolio of commercial real estate and real estate-related assets, focusing on senior secured assets. Our investment activities include: (i) our primary business of originating senior first mortgage fixed and floating rate loans collateralized by commercial real estate with flexible loan structures; (ii) investing in investment grade securities secured by first mortgage loans on commercial real estate; and (iii) owning and operating commercial real estate, including net leased commercial properties. Founded in 2008, Ladder is run by a highly experienced management team with extensive expertise in all aspects of the commercial real estate industry, including origination, credit, underwriting, structuring, capital markets and asset management. Members of Ladder's management and board of directors are highly aligned with the Company's investors, owning over 10% of the Company's equity. Led by Brian Harris , the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Ladder is headquartered in New York City with regional offices in California and Florida . Forward-Looking Statements & Coronavirus Risk This press release contains \"forward-looking statements.\" Statements regarding our annualized savings and the impact of market volatility on our future business, results of operations and financial position are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or future results. These forward-looking statements are only predictions, not historical fact, and involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions. Actual results, levels of activity, performance, achievements and events could differ materially from those stated, anticipated or implied by such forward-looking statements. For example, we may not be able to realize our expected cost savings on a timely basis, or at all, and we cannot predict the severity or duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or its impact on our business, results of operations or financial position. While Ladder believes that its assumptions are reasonable, it is very difficult to predict the impact of known factors, and, of course, it is impossible to anticipate all factors that could affect actual results. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements made herein including, most prominently, the risks discussed herein and under the heading \"Risk Factors\" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 , as well as its consolidated financial statements, related notes, and other financial information appearing therein, and its other filings with the SEC . Such forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this release. Ladder expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or changes in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based. View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200420005467/en/ Investor Ladder Capital Corp Investor Relations (917) 369-3207 investor.relations@laddercapital.com Source: Ladder Capital Corp The post Ladder Capital Corp Provides Business and Liquidity Update appeared first on AdvisorNews .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "LADR", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "LADR", "length": 4, "offset": 206}, {"position_text": "LADR", "length": 4, "offset": 2889}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Ladder Capital", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 151}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 595}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 816}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 2862}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 6589}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 6688}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 6717}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "AdvisorNews", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AdvisorNews", "length": 11, "offset": 6794}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Ladder Capital Corp", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Ladder Capital Corp", "length": 19, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital Corp", "length": 19, "offset": 151}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 151}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 595}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 816}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 2862}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital Corp", "length": 19, "offset": 6589}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 6589}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital Corp", "length": 19, "offset": 6688}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 6688}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital Corp", "length": 19, "offset": 6717}, {"position_text": "Ladder Capital", "length": 14, "offset": 6717}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Ladder", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 173}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 1451}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 1726}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 1858}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 1987}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 2140}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 2345}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 2395}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 2512}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 3313}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 3879}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 4120}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 4314}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 5428}, {"position_text": "Ladder", "length": 6, "offset": 6185}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "California", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "California", "length": 10, "offset": 4380}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "New York City", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "New York City", "length": 13, "offset": 4341}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1363, "text": "Indian Oil probes allegation of US firm bribing its officers\nNew Delhi, Dec 22 (PTI) State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has begun a probe into allegations of a US speciality chemicals firm bribing its officials 15 years back to obtain contracts to supply catalysts, according to a company's regulatory filing. Albemarle Corporation, a global speciality chemicals supplier that develops and sells catalysts used in the operation of oil refineries, allegedly \"paid approximately USD 1.14 million in commission to India intermediary company relating to Indian Oil Corporation business and obtained approximately USD 11.14 million in profits on that business between approximately 2009 and 2011,\" according to a US SEC order dated September 28, 2023. Albemarle was caught for bribery by the US authorities in 2017 and then settled the case in September 2023 by paying a hefty fine of more than USD 198 million to avoid prosecution. In a filing, IOC said it is \"neither party to nor is there any allegation against the company in relation to the proceedings\" in the US SEC. \"However, the company has initiated an internal fact-finding review concerning the incident, which allegedly occurred in 2009 to thoroughly understand the facts surrounding these allegations and to determine the appropriate steps to be taken,\" IOC said. The state-owned firm said it has \"always upheld and is steadfastly committed to maintaining the highest standards of governance, transparency and regulatory compliance across all jurisdictions of its operations\". The firm and its subsidiaries own, and operate 10 out of India's 22 oil refineries. These have a total capacity to refine 80.8 million tonnes per annum of crude oil into fuels like petrol and diesel. It also controls about 40 per cent of the fuel market. \"We assure our stakeholders, partners and employees that we are a law-abiding company, fully compliant with all laws,\" India's largest oil firm said in the filing. According to the SEC order, an Albemarle consultant and sales agent paid bribes to unnamed decision-makers at IOC between 2009 and 2011 and to a private sector customer between 2009 and 2017 to obtain and retain catalyst orders and secure sensitive, non-public information for Albemarle. The agent came into play after the Indian firm threatened to place Albemarle on a \"holiday list\" as a sanction for purportedly failing to meet a performance guarantee, which would have barred the US firm from future business in India. \"India agent contacted Albemarle Middle East personnel to advise that it was aware of the 'holiday list' issue and that it could help Albemarle avoid the 'holiday list'. Albemarle, contracting through Albemarle Netherlands, then engaged India agent as a consultant and later sales agent, despite the high probability that India agent would use a portion of its compensation to bribe a senior decision-maker at India state-owned customer,\" SEC order said. The agent, who was not named in the SEC order, claimed that its board of directors included two former senior IOC officials. \"An Albemarle subsidiary regional director alerted an Albemarle sales executive, who was employed directly by Albemarle and based in the United States, of his understanding, based on a July 2009 call with an India agent, that the agent would make corrupt payments to keep Albemarle off the holiday list and obtain business from the Indian oil company and other customers,\" it said. The regional director warned the sales executive by email that it was \"clear to [him]\" that the India agent intended to use a portion of its commission to \"handle\" the senior India official, as well as officials \"many levels below\". \"The regional director expressed his concern that engaging an India Agent would cause Albemarle to violate the FCPA,\" the order said. \"On August 13, 2009, despite the regional director's warning, sales executive signed a backdated consulting agreement between Albemarle Netherlands and India agent.\" The agreement called for payment of a 3 per cent commission to the India agent, a rate three times higher than that paid to Albemarle's existing agent for India. Shortly after Albemarle retained India agent, the threat to place Albemarle on the \"holiday list\" was withdrawn. Between 2009 and 2017, Albemarle also paid Indian agent an excessive commission to obtain catalyst orders from Indian private customers. According to the SEC, Albemarle, who has dealings with around 700 refineries in the world, bagged several contracts with IOC and companies in Indonesia and Vietnam through corrupt practices and bribery of more than 63.5 million dollars. 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As a mobile command and service module, the Gateway provides a communications relay for human and robotic expeditions to the lunar surface, starting at the Moon's South Pole. This firm-fixed price award includes an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity portion and carries a maximum total value of $375 million. The contract begins with a 12-month base period of performance and is followed by a 26-month option, a 14-month option and two 12-month options. Spacecraft design will be completed during the base period, after which the exercise of options will provide for the development, launch, and in-space flight demonstration. The flight demonstration will last as long as one year, during which the spacecraft will be fully owned and operated by Maxar. Following a successful demonstration, NASA will have the option to acquire the spacecraft for use as the first element of the Gateway. NASA is targeting launch of the power and propulsion element on a commercial rocket in late 2022. \"We're excited to demonstrate our newest technology on the power and propulsion element. Solar electric propulsion is extremely efficient, making it perfect for the Gateway,\" said Mike Barrett, power and propulsion element project manager at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. \"This system requires much less propellant than traditional chemical systems, which will allow the Gateway to move more mass around the Moon, like a human landing system and large modules for living and working in orbit.\" Charged with returning to the Moon within five years, NASA's lunar exploration plans are based on a two-phase approach: the first is focused on speed ? landing on the Moon by 2024 ? while the second will establish a sustained human presence on and around the Moon by 2028. We then will use what we learn on the Moon to prepare to send astronauts to Mars. 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The program will result in costs of around 1.1 billion euros ($1.21 billion), which will mainly be incurred between 2019 and 2022, the company said after a meeting of its supervisory board. The slowdown in the auto sector has prompted profit warnings from various suppliers, including Continental, in recent months. [nL8N24O27Y] Following a review of its strategy, Continental said it will discontinue business at two of its German plants, as well as at locations in Italy, Malaysia and the U.S.. Continental did not say how many jobs would be lost but estimates that globally 20,000 of its 244,000 positions will be affected by job cuts or job creation and the sale or transfer of parts of the business. It said there were a number of reasons for the cuts, including \"lower business volumes as a result of weaker markets and the discontinuation of operating activities.\" The supplier sees savings in gross costs of about 500 million euros a year from 2023. 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Train cars seen in images released by first responders appeared to be carrying freight and other materials. After officials and emergency crews assessed the scene, it was determined that no hazardous substances had spilled into the river, according to reports and no evacuations were ordered. Further information on the exact damage caused was not immediately released, but authorities said there were no injuries. The Nancy Run Fire Company released images on social media confirming a rescue engine had been sent to the scene at Riverside Dr. in Lower Saucon, and that multiple cars were derailed. The area of the crash is situated north of Philadelphia, just under two hours by car. At least some of the train cars had toppled over into the moving water of the Lehigh River. Images appeared to show at least two locomotive cars partially in the river. The Lower Saucon Fire Rescue department worked with the Northhampton County Emergency Management Service to help local and state agencies recover sections of the train and assess damage. Authorities didn't immediately release an exact cause for the derailment but said at least three trains were involved in what what was described as a collision and derailment, the Associated Press reported. Norfolk Southern told Scripps News the company appreciates \"the quick, professional response by local emergency agencies,\" and said, \"crews and contractors are on-scene and assessing with first responders,\" to create a clean up plan. The derailment was reported at about 7:45 a.m. before first responders arrived to find multiple trains derailed. The National Transportation Safety Board reported an eastbound Norfolk Southern train collided with another Norfolk Southern train that had stopped on the same track. Wreckage that fell onto another track from that collision was hit by a westbound Norfolk Southern train, the NTSB confirmed to the Associated Press. A resident of the area, Gary Weiland, told the The Morning Call he heard a large crash, then a moment of silence and then another crash. \"As the second one was happening, I went upstairs and looked out the window and saw a splash. I said to my wife, 'I think a train derailed,'\" he said. The incident comes just one year after Norfolk Southern's disastrous train derailment in East Palestine , Ohio, where hazardous material caught fire in that crash. The resulting plume of black smoke it caused and reports of negative health effects on residents became national news as people in the area were displaced. 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The jury awarded Qualcomm $31 million in damages for infringement of the patents from July 6, 2017, the date the lawsuit was filed, through the end of the trial. \"Today's unanimous jury verdict is the latest victory in our worldwide patent litigation directed at holding Apple accountable for using our valuable technologies without paying for them,\" said Don Rosenberg, executive vice president and general counsel for Qualcomm. \"The technologies invented by Qualcomm and others are what made it possible for Apple to enter the market and become so successful so quickly. The three patents found to be infringed in this case represent just a small fraction of Qualcomm's valuable portfolio of tens of thousands of patents. We are gratified that courts all over the world are rejecting Apple's strategy of refusing to pay for the use of our IP.\" Qualcomm stated that the three infringed patents support different popular smartphone features. 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This comes after Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek reaffirmed the value of ESPN to the media company. \"We believe that ESPN is an asset that is well placed within the Walt Disney Company,\" Chapek told Reuters. The investor said in a tweet on Sunday that he looks forward to seeing ESPN Chairman James Pitaro execute on the growth and innovation plans, \"generating considerable synergies as part of\" Disney. Loeb, who runs Third Point, in August disclosed a stake of roughly $1 billion in Disney and announced plans to push the company to make a string of changes, from spinning off ESPN to buying back shares and adding board members. Chapek said that Walt Disney values ESPN as an asset, stating the sports broadcasting brand is \"well placed\" within the company. REUTERS Loeb, who runs Third Point, in August disclosed a stake of roughly $1 billion in Disney and announced plans to push the company to make a string of changes, from spinning off ESPN to buying back shares and adding board members. On Loeb's plan to push Disney to add new board members, Chapek defended the board, saying it had a broad \"range of skillsets\" and that the average tenure on it was four years. Third Point, which owns roughly 0.4% stake in Disney, has also proposed that Disney accelerate the timetable for buying the remaining stake in streaming service Hulu from minority stakeholder Comcast Corp ahead of the planned 2024 acquisition. Chapek told Reuters he has been in conversation with Comcast about accelerating the timetable for the acquisition. \"I would think it would make sense to them because it's inevitable,\" he said. 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The seaborne assaults attributed to the Iran-backed Houthis have been part of their pressure campaign over the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Gaza Strip. The Houthis have attacked vessels in the Red Sea and launched drones and missiles targeting Israel. In recent days, they have threatened to attack any vessel they believe is either going to or coming from Israel, though several vessels targeted had no apparent link at all. The missile fired Thursday splashed harmlessly in the water near the Maersk Gibraltar, a Hong Kong-flagged container ship that had been traveling from Salalah, Oman, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the U.S. official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters. The official's comments came after the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which monitors Mideast shipping lanes, put out an alert warning of an incident in the strait, which separates East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula. Later Thursday, a Houthi spokesperson claimed the rebels had hit the Maersk Gibraltar with a drone strike, after its crew allegedly failed to respond to the rebels' call to surrender. The spokesperson for the Iran-backed fighters, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, also claimed the vessel was heading to Israel. Saree did not provide any details about the purported strike to the ship or any damage inflicted. Maersk, one of the world's biggest shippers, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Earlier in the day, the private intelligence firm Ambrey said the ship had also been called over the radio by 'an entity claiming to be the 'Yemeni Navy' ahead of the missile being launched towards the vessel.' 'The 'Yemeni Navy' demanded the vessel alter course to head for Yemen,' Ambrey said and assessed the entity to be the Houthis. On Wednesday, two missiles fired from Houthi-held territory missed a commercial tanker loaded with Indian-manufactured jet fuel near the key Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Also near the strait, a missile fired by Houthis on Monday night slammed into a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea. Global shipping has increasingly been targeted as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to become a wider regional conflict - even during a brief pause in fighting during which Hamas exchanged hostages for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. The collapse of the truce and the resumption of a punishing Israeli ground offensive and airstrikes on Gaza have raised the risk of more sea attacks. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is only 29 kilometers wide at its narrowest point, limiting traffic to two channels for inbound and outbound shipments, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Nearly 10% of all oil traded at sea passes through it. An estimated $1 trillion in goods pass through the strait annually. In November, Houthis seized a vehicle transport ship linked to Israel in the Red Sea off Yemen. The rebels still hold the vessel near the port city of Hodeida. Separately, a container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean. A separate, tentative cease-fire between the Houthis and a Saudi-led coalition fighting on behalf of Yemen's exiled government has held for months despite that country's long war. 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With a $500 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and additional investment from GM, Lansing Grand River will now be prepared for electrification. This funding is part of a federal Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant program, which supports the production of efficient hybrid, plug-in electric hybrid, plug-in electric, and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in the U.S. This announcement aligns with GM's broader commitment to building a resilient supply chain and offering a diverse range of vehicles. Since 2020, GM has announced over $12 billion in investments for North American EV manufacturing and supply chain development. Lansing Grand River will join other GM plants on this EV journey, including Factory ZERO Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center and Orion Assembly in Michigan, Spring Hill Manufacturing in Tennessee, Fairfax Assembly in Kansas, and Toledo Propulsion Systems in Ohio. Additionally, GM continues to invest in various component, stamping, and propulsion plants. These initiatives are creating thousands of jobs across states like Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Nevada, Louisiana, Texas, North Carolina, and California. The investments by GM, its suppliers, and joint venture partners focus on onshoring the production of EV raw materials, processed materials, and components such as battery cells. \"GM's investment and this Department of Energy grant underscore our commitment to U.S. leadership in manufacturing and innovation,\" said Camilo Ballesty, GM vice president of North America Manufacturing and Labor Relations. \"Our Lansing Grand River team produces incredible vehicles for our customers, and we're proud to bring our commitment to performance and quality into our EV future.\" Lansing Grand River will continue producing the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 (including V-Series) while represented by UAW Local 652. More details regarding timing, future products, and volume will be shared later. General Motors' Vision General Motors (NYSE:GM) is dedicated to advancing an all-electric future that is inclusive and accessible to everyone. Central to this strategy is the Ultium battery platform designed to power a wide range of vehicles from mass-market models to high-performance ones. General Motors sells vehicles under several brands including Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Baojun, and Wuling. More information about General Motors and its subsidiaries can be found at https://www.gm.com. The recent developments build upon GM's ongoing efforts to enhance its supply chain resilience while providing customers with a variety of vehicle options. The company has been making significant investments since 2020 to support North American EV manufacturing. The collaboration between GM's various plants highlights the company's dedication to electrification across its operations. This includes substantial investments in component production facilities that support the overall goal of an all-electric future. The federal grant received by Lansing Grand River is part of a broader initiative aimed at promoting domestic manufacturing capabilities for advanced vehicle technologies. 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NASA now says they may not return until February. NASA officials on Wednesday held a media briefing, during which stakeholders revealed that confidence in Starliner's ability to return the astronauts is waning. According to Ken Bowersox, associate administrator of the agency's Space Operations Mission Directorate, teams are \"getting more serious about evaluating our other options.\" The primary alternative, officials said, is to fly SpaceX's upcoming Crew-9 mission with two astronauts rather than four, leaving room for Wilmore and Williams to hitch a ride when that mission concludes in February. They estimated that NASA will make a decision by mid-August. \"We could take either path,\" Bowersox said. Boeing and SpaceX representatives were not present on the call, the intention of which, NASA said, was to provide the agency's perspective on the mission. On its way up to the ISS, Starliner suffered two main issues that are giving crews pause over how to return the astronauts. A set of helium leaks that emerged on the spacecraft have since stabilized, according to NASA. However, the other issue, which involves five faulty reaction control system (RCS) thrusters on Starliner's expendable service module, is still being evaluated. Officials on Wednesday said ground testing of an identical thruster at White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico revealed that the problem is linked to a tiny Teflon seal on an oxidizer poppet, which controls the flow of propellant into the thruster. Teams theorize that the extreme heat the thrusters experienced during Starliner's rendezvous with the ISS caused the Teflon to expand, inhibiting flow and causing them to fire at weaker-than-expected levels. According to Steve Stich, who manages NASA's Commercial Crew program, a July 27 Starliner hot fire test showed that the affected thrusters—with the exception of one, which has been deactivated—are now firing as expected. This has led engineers to hypothesize that the teflon seals contracted and are no longer blocking propellant from reaching the thrusters. Now, the task is to understand how and why. Teams are working to better understand how those seals might behave during Starliner's return trip, but there is not yet consensus on whether they are good to go. According to Bowersox and Stich, there is internal disagreement about returning the astronauts on Starliner versus Dragon, which was amplified with the discovery of the faulty teflon seal. \"We heard enough voices [on the program control board] that the decision is not clear,\" said Bowersox. The officials explained that Boeing, which on Friday asserted it has high confidence in Starliner, is viewing risk based on previous missions and flight performance, while NASA wants to understand the root cause of the issue before it has confidence in returning with crew. Ultimately, NASA administrator Bill Nelson will have the final say. \"Reasonable people could have different views on which path we should take,\" said Bowersox, who acknowledged that the chance of an uncrewed return has risen in recent weeks. \"I don't think anyone has taken a view that you could prove is wrong or right.\" NASA will have until mid-August to decide whether the Dragon contingency plan should be put into action. The ISS has two docking modules that are occupied by Starliner and SpaceX's Crew-8 capsule, meaning Starliner would need to autonomously undock before Crew-9 launches on September 24. Crew-8 would then depart the space station with the crew of NASA's Expedition 71, and the Crew-9 Dragon would take its place, leaving one docking port open for the next SpaceX cargo mission. Wilmore and Williams would stay for the duration of Crew-9, flying home with the two-person Expedition 72 crew in February. The problem, though, is that Starliner's flight software is not currently capable of an autonomous undocking despite having achieved the feat during an uncrewed mission in 2022. For the CFT, the software was configured for a crewed undocking, as per the mission profile. Now, Boeing and NASA must modify the mission data load to reconfigure the system for an uncrewed undocking, which sources say could take up to one month. NASA said the spacecraft has built-in fault tolerance that would prevent it from colliding with the ISS should its thrusters not perform as expected during that maneuver. The agency said it has been in daily communication with Wilmore and Williams and that the astronauts are prepared for whatever path it ultimately takes. If they stay along with Crew-9, they will assist personnel with scientific research, including spacewalks. Additional materials, such as spacesuits, would be sent up with the Dragon. \"Butch and Suni are ready to support whatever we need to do,\" said Dana Weigel, manager of NASA's ISS program. Officials insist that despite the internal conflict around Starliner, the vehicle could still be used to return the astronauts in the case of a contingency on the ISS. In those scenarios, Bowersox said, NASA is willing to tolerate a higher level of risk—one that is jeopardizing teams' ability to complete the CFT as intended. The worst-case scenario, according to NASA, would be if the helium leak and thruster issues converge during Starliner's deorbit burn, the maneuver that will place it back in Earth's atmosphere. An unlikely combination of technical failures could impact the ability of the RCS thrusters to maintain the capsule's orbital trajectory, though agency research predicts that it could complete the maneuver even with multiple failures. Like this story? 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The trio are accused of conducting a hacking campaign to break into computer systems of \"Hundreds of victims\" in the US, UK, Israel, Iran and other countries, according to court documents [PDF]. The Google-owned threat intel firm's VP John Hultquist told The Register the indictment \"Focused on the criminal activity of Iranian actors Mandiant has tracked for some time. We believe these organizations may have been moonlighting as criminals in addition to their status as contractors in the service of the IRGC.\". In addition to the criminal charges, the three Iranian residents are among 10 slapped with sanctions by the US Treasury Department for their alleged affiliation with Iran's IRGC and related criminal deeds - including facilitating ransomware attacks. The sanctions come less than a week after the US Treasury Department issued sanctions against a different group, Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security, and its Minister of Intelligence. A joint cyber security advisory from the Department of the Treasury, FBI, NSA, USCYBERCOM, Australia's Cyber Security Centre, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, and the United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre highlights \"Continued malicious cyber activity by advanced persistent threat actors that the authoring agencies assess are affiliated with IRGC.\" .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "IRGC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "IRGC", "length": 4, "offset": 984}, {"position_text": "IRGC", "length": 4, "offset": 1165}, {"position_text": "IRGC", "length": 4, "offset": 1796}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Register", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Register", "length": 8, "offset": 736}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "FBI", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "FBI", "length": 3, "offset": 1504}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "NSA", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NSA", "length": 3, "offset": 1509}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Department of the Treasury", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Department of the Treasury", "length": 26, "offset": 1476}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "National Cyber Security Centre", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "National Cyber Security Centre", "length": 30, "offset": 1626}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Mandiant", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Mandiant", "length": 8, "offset": 812}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Canadian Centre for Cyber Security", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Canadian Centre for Cyber Security", "length": 34, "offset": 1565}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Register", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Register", "length": 8, "offset": 736}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "NSA", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "NSA", "length": 3, "offset": 1509}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "United Kingdom's", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "United Kingdom's", "length": 16, "offset": 1609}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1376, "text": "ENN Energy shares surge following take-private offer from Xinneng\nENN Energy shares surge following take-private offer from Xinneng Investing.com -- Shares of ENN Energy (HKSE:2688) rose 11% today after the company received a privatization offer from its unit, Xinneng, which currently holds a 34% stake. The restructuring proposal would merge ENN, an H-share listed company, with A-share listed ENN Natural Gas , creating a dual-listed entity with a market capitalization of approximately US$20 billion. Under the terms of the deal, ENN shareholders would receive HKD24.5 in cash and 2.9427 shares in ENN Natural Gas for each share held. The transaction is expected to result in a 24% increase in ENN's 2024 basic earnings per share (EPS). However, based on the latest closing prices, the premium for ENN shareholders would be 1% if a 30% H-share discount is considered and 27% without any H-share discount. Despite the upbeat news on the privatization front, ENN also disclosed that its 2024 earnings are projected at RMB6.0 billion, marking a decrease of 12% YoY and falling 10% below consensus and analyst estimates. Nonetheless, ENN has increased its dividend to HKD3.0 per share, a slight 1.7% YoY increase, suggesting a 56% payout ratio and a 5.0% dividend yield. The company's segment profit from city gas sales saw a modest 2.9% rise to RMB6.2 billion, comprising 46% of the total gross profit. While city gas sales volume grew by 4.2% YoY, missing the target of over 5% YoY growth, commercial and industrial gas sales volumes expanded by approximately 5% YoY. Bernstein commented on the transaction, stating, \"Fundamentally the transaction is aimed at creating an integrated gas and LNG company in China with scale. We see that as positive.\" This article was generated with the support of AI and reviewed by an editor. For more information see our T&C. 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The Delaware Court of Chancery recently grounded a GoPro Inc. investor suit over the troubled launch of the Karma camera drone for failure to show the directors faced liability for allegedly concealing product development and revenue problems that they knew would cause a major stock price drop in the matter styled In Re GoPro, Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litigation , No. 2018-0784-JRS, memorandum opinion issued (Del. Ch. April 28, 2020). The Court's April 28 memorandum opinion dismissed a consolidated breach-of-duty action because it failed to clear the pre-suit demand threshold hurdle by casting sufficient doubt that the directors could fairly review the charges either because of their action or inaction regarding the disastrous 2016 launch. Not obliged to doubt He found that the board, which got persistently optimistic development projections in the face of repeated setbacks, \"was under no obligation to disclose what it did not know or did not believe to be true. Nor was it obliged to doubt the information it was receiving from GoPro's management.\" The directors were not conflicted by a related federal securities suit over disclosures because they faced no liability in that action, and they were not beholden to CEO/founder Nicholas Woodman just because his 76% control of GoPro's stock enabled him to remove them \"at will,\" the Vice Chancellor said. According to the opinion, GoPro, a Delaware-chartered motion camera and software developer based in California announced early in 2016 that it would produce a drone to house the latest version of its HERO camera series; but it repeatedly delayed the launch due to production ramp-up issues, inventory shortages, abnormally high product returns and ultimately, a recall of the drone. However, management's revenue guidance remained unchanged during that period and the board eventually revised its estimate down from $1.5-$1.3 billion to $1.25-to $1.3 billion, but the company only generated $1.185 billion which resulted in a 12% stock price decline. The securities action That triggered a consolidated shareholder securities action in federal court in California claiming GoPro officers and directors hid an expected revenue shortfall through false and incomplete disclosures under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act. Bielousov v. GoPro Inc. , 2017 WL 3168522 preliminary settlement approved (N.D. Cal. Oct. 30, 2017). Attorneys for those plaintiffs announced a tentative $6.75 million settlement in October 2017. The derivative action The Court of Chancery consolidated suit charged breach-of-duty, disclosure violations and insider trading on non-public information by some directors who exploited their non-public company information as first addressed in Brophy v. Cities Service Co., 70 A.2d 5 (Del. Ch. 1949). By November, the full release of the Karma drone and Hero camera had been pushed back to December 2016 but even that promise was compromised by battery defects and supply chain problems in the first 2,500 drones that lowered GoPro's 2016 revenues to $1.185 billion. Eventually the company issued a recall of the drones. In May 2019, GoPro asked the Court to dismiss the combined Chancery suit for failure to first either seek board review of the charges or to show why the directors were too conflicted to do so. Arguments for excusal The Delaware plaintiffs argued that: (1) a majority of the defendants faced a substantial likelihood of personal liability for allowing and failing to correct false statements, (2) a majority of the board is beholden to Woodman, (3) the directors would be conflicted about any suit against the Brophy defendants and (4) the Bielousov action renders a majority of the directors interested. The problem with those four arguments, the vice chancellor said, is that the plaintiffs lack sufficient factual particularity to support their false statement assertions \"either as an affirmative choice to mislead stockholders or as a matter of poor oversight.\" There is ambiguity as to which type of claim they want to pursue, but whether they claim an intentional misrepresentation or a failure to supervise, the suit fails because of the deference of the business judgment rule and the protection of the exculpatory clause in the GoPro charter, the vice chancellor said. That clause, authorized under 8 Del. C . § 102(b)(7), bars money liability for directors for any ordinary breach of the duty of care, and cannot be overcome without proof that the directors face a threat of liability, such as for a breach of the duty of loyalty; but only one member of the GoPro board – Woodman – is alleged to have personally made a false statement, the opinion says. 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Turkey, Czech Republic, Pakistan and Hungary – are now at a high risk of currency crises. The Japanese bank said that 22 of the 32 countries covered by its in-house 'Damocles' warning system have seen their risk rise since its last update since May, with the largest increases in the Czech Republic and Brazil. It meant the sum of the scores generated on all 32 by the model had increased sharply to 2,234 from 1,744 since May. \"This is the highest total score since July 1999 and not too far from the peak of 2,692 during the height of the Asian crisis,\" Nomura economists said, calling it \"an ominous warning sign of the growing broad-based risk in EM currencies\". The model crunches 8 key indicators on a country's FX reserves, exchange rate, financial health and interest rates to give an overall score. Based on data from 61 different EM currency crises since 1996, Nomura estimates that a score above 100 indicates a 64% chance of a currency crisis in the following 12 months. Egypt, which has already devalued its currency heavily twice this year and sought an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, now generates the worst score at 165. Romania is next on 145 having been propping up its currency with interventions. Default-stricken Sri Lanka and currency crisis-regular Turkey both generate scores of 138, while the Czech Republic, Pakistan and Hungary notch 126, 120 and 100, respectively. Pakistan's perceived default risk worsens 'owing to IMF uncertainty' Nomura also ran the Damocles model on the G7 group of leading economies, with the results showing that all but Japan now have Damocles scores above the 100 threshold, led by the United States and Britain. EM economies are still more vulnerable. Most have not fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic and now face high inflation, limited fiscal space, negative real interest rates, a weaker balance of payments and diminished FX reserve cover. \"It is somewhat surprising that there have not been more full-blown EM currency crises this year,\" Nomura added. \"Then again, EM challenges are far from over… The late Professor Rudiger Dornbusch once said, A crisis takes a much longer time coming than you think, and then it happens much faster than you would have thought\". 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The injunction issued by U.S. District Judge James Donato will require Google to make several changes that the Mountain View, California, company had been resisting. Those include a provision that will require its Play Store for Android apps to distribute rival third-party app stores so consumers can download them to their phones, if they so desire. The judge's order will also make the millions of Android apps in the Play Store library accessible to rivals, allowing them to offer up a competitive selection. Donato is giving Google until November to make the revisions dictated in his order. The company had insisted it would take 12 to 16 months to design the safeguards needed to reduce the chances of potentially malicious software making its way into rival Android app stores and infecting millions of Samsung phones and other mobile devices running on its free Android software. The court-mandated overhaul is meant to prevent Google from walling off competition in the Android app market as part of an effort to protect a commission system that has been a boon for one of the world's most prosperous companies and helped elevate the market value of its corporate parent Alphabet Inc. to $2 trillion. Google said in a blog post that it will ask the court to pause the pending changes, and will appeal the court's decision. Donato also ruled that, for a period of three years ending Nov. 1, 2027, Google won't be able to share revenue from its Play Store with anyone who distributes Android apps or is considering launching an Android app distribution platform or store. It also won't be allowed to pay developers, or share revenue, so that they will launch an app in the Google Play Store first or exclusively, and can't make deals with manufacturers to preinstall the Google Play store on any specific location on an Android device. It also won't be able to require apps to use its billing system or tell customers that they can download apps elsewhere and potentially for cheaper. The Play Store has been earning billions of dollars annually for years, primarily through 15% to 30% commissions that Google has been imposing on digital transactions completed within Android apps. It's a similar fee structure to the one that Apple deploys in its iPhone app store—a structure that prompted video game maker Epic Games to file antitrust lawsuits four years ago in an effort to foster competition that could help drive down prices for both app makers and consumers. A federal judge mostly sided with Apple in a September 2021 decision that was upheld by an appeals court . Still, a jury favored Epic Games after the completion of a four-week trial completed last year and delivered a verdict that tarred the Play Store as an illegal monopoly. That prompted another round of hearings this year to help Donato determine what steps should be taken to restore fair competition. Google argued that Epic Games was seeking some extreme changes, saddling the company with costs that could run as high as $600 billion. Epic contended Google could level the playing field for as little as $1 million. It's unclear how much the changes ordered by Donato will cost Google. Although Epic lost its antitrust case against Apple, Donato's ruling could still have ripple effects on the iPhone app store as another federal judge weighs whether Apple is making it easy enough to promote different ways that consumers can pay for digital transactions. Apple was ordered to allow in-app links to alternative payment systems as part of U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers' decision in that case, but Epic contends the provision is being undermined with the creation of another commission system that stifles consumer choice. The forthcoming Play Store shakeup could be just the first unwelcome shock that antitrust law delivers to Google. In the biggest antitrust case brought by the U.S. Justice Department in a quarter century, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in August declared Google's dominant search engine to be an illegal monopoly, too, and is now getting ready to start hearings on how to punish Google for that bad behavior. Google is appealing Mehta's ruling in the search engine case in hopes of warding off a penalty that could hurt its business even more than the changes being ordered in the Play Store. \"Provided the ruling survives the appeals process, Google will almost certainly take a revenue hit,\" said Emarketer analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf. \"No doubt some of the largest app developers like Epic Games will start encroaching on Google Play Store's market share, meaning Google will lose out on its usual cut of subscription and in-app purchases.\" The analyst added that, while the Google Play Store will likely continue to benefit from brand recognition since it was the default Android app store for so long, \"some consumers may defect if they can get better deals on their favorite apps elsewhere.\" And app developers will likely take advantage of the opportunity to let consumers know about direct downloads. \"So Google may see fewer Play Store revenues even among the Android users that stick to the default,\" Mitchell-Wolf said. Alphabet's shares fell $4.08, or 2.4%, to close Monday at $162.98. Citation: Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition (2024, October 8) retrieved 8 October 2024 from https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-federal-google-android-app-competition.html This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. 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The first product from the venture called Canopy is a system that uses cameras, radar, global positioning and artificial intelligence to spot a potential thief and notify ADT, which will monitor the feeds and notify the customer or authorities if needed. The system will be offered as accessory on Ford and other top-selling vehicles starting next year. The company expects to integrate it in factory vehicles and offer it to other manufacturers over time. The first cameras will be available in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, including Ford pickups and commercial vans. The companies say in a statement Tuesday that they can be installed easily by customers. The systems also can send smartphone alerts to customers of criminal activity including breaking glass, metal cutting sounds or suspicious motion near vehicles. But the artificial intelligence is designed to distinguish true threats from animals or other benign events, the companies said. Ford, headquarted in Dearborn, Michigan, is putting up about $60 million to start the venture during the next three years, with $40 million coming from ADT. Initial funding is expected to close between April and June of this year. Ford shares were down just over 2% in afternoon tradin as the broader markets slumped. 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And that even though the Switch 2 is just around the corner. This is also due to great exclusive titles like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or Zelda, which still cost full price years after publication. It's therefore hard to believe what was recently announced: Nintendo is giving away Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and up to three other games to more than 1 million players. As compensation for a drastic step. Nintendo is shutting down the Eshop for Switch On November 27, 2026, Nintendo will shut down the Switch eshop. Online purchases can still be made until March 31, 2026. To compensate for this drastic step, Nintendo is giving away up to four of the best Mario games for the Switch. What sounds completely absurd at first is actually becoming reality in China. Because there the Nintendo clocks are ticking different. The PS5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch business in China is extremely complicated. Consoles are not very common there. With over 1 million devices officially sold However, the Switch is extremely successful in China's small console market. But why is the Eshop switched off here? Advertisement Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo is giving away Mario Kart 8 and Super Mario games Nintendo cannot operate itself in China due to regulations. Here he takes over Gaming giant Tencent the sales. The online services have also been provided by one external, Chinese provider cared for. This partnership apparently ends in 2026. As compensation for that Nintendo offers to switch off the eshop in collaboration with Tencent, offers considerable compensation. Read too Switch 2 Hammer: Nintendo wants to create something Sony with the PS5 completely wasted Shortly before Christmas, the Nintendo Switch 2 is once again creeping into the rumor mill. New Zelda for the Switch : Finally the big secret is revealed Nintendo has revealed a big secret about the new Zelda game for the Switch. Finally the one Release date for Switch 2: Get annoyed Millions of Nintendo fans if that's true? The Nintendo Switch 2 could be coming much sooner than expected. Every player who has purchased an official Switch in China can up to four free games demand. These include great exclusive titles like Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or New Super Mario U Deluxe . It would be absolutely unthinkable for Nintendo to give away these full-price titles in this country. It is not yet known whether the Switch 2 will be released in China, despite these early release rumors. 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Pro-Palestine protest outside Glasgow factory (Image: Supplied) We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. are stood outside the Thales site in Govan this morning (May 15) as they continue to call for the UK Government to stop supplying arms to Israel. They have also demanding an immediate ceasefire to stop what they believe is the genocide of Gaza. READ MORE: Baby swan 'attacked by dog' in Glasgow park rushed to sanctuary for treatment READ MORE: Lennoxtown family issue warning as funeral scam link created for beloved dad The recent demonstration comes on the 76th anniversary of the Nakba which was the violent displacement of Palestinian people in the 1948 war which established the state of Israel. 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Mr. Lofton will serve on the following committees of the board: Audit, Compensation, and Quality. \"Kevin Lofton has made a broad impact across the healthcare industry and is a practiced and experienced board member,\" said Omar Ishrak, executive chairman and chairman of the Board, Medtronic. \"His experience leading healthcare provider organizations and ability to successfully navigate evolving commercial, regulatory and public policy changes over time will provide the Medtronic Board with valuable perspective and insights – we are glad to have him join us to help guide Medtronic into the future of healthcare.\" Mr. Lofton is a veteran healthcare executive, innovator and strategist. He has spent 25 years as the Chief Executive Officer of some of the largest hospital systems in the United States. Recently, he retired as Chief Executive Officer of CommonSpirit Health, previously serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Health Initiatives from 2003 until it merged with DignityHealth to form CommonSpirit in 2019. Throughout his career, Mr. Lofton has had a broad impact across the healthcare landscape. He particularly focused on addressing disparities in healthcare and finding solutions to eliminate them. He was the founding chair of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Equity of Care Initiative and a founding board member of the Institute for Diversity. His work has led to an increase in the number and influence of minority physicians and healthcare executives in the U.S, as well as improving overall health of people and communities. He has been recognized 15 times by Modern Healthcare as one of the industry's 100 Most Influential People. And in 2015, he was awarded the Gold Medal Award by the American College of Healthcare Executives, the highest honor the organization bestows on outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions to the healthcare profession. \"We are delighted to have Kevin Lofton join our Board of Directors,\" said Geoff Martha, Medtronic chief executive officer. \"Kevin's deep expertise in leading healthcare systems that serve a broad base of communities across the country will bring new perspectives and insight. His diverse experience, background, and expertise will be invaluable as we work to fulfill our Mission of alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life.\" Mr. Lofton currently serves as the lead independent director of Gilead Sciences, and on the boards of Rite Aid Corporation and the Georgia State University Foundation. 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According to Zacks, \"Chimera Investment Corporation is a publicly traded real estate investment trust, or REIT, that is primarily engaged in real estate finance. It invests, either directly or indirectly through its subsidiaries, in RMBS, residential mortgage loans, Agency CMBS, commercial mortgage loans, real estate-related securities and various other asset classes. The company has elected and is organized and has operated in a manner that enables it to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. \" CIM has been the topic of several other reports. Royal Bank of Canada began coverage on shares of CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. They set an \"outperform\" rating and a $21.00 target price on the stock. Credit Suisse Group lowered shares of CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW from an \"outperform\" rating to a \"neutral\" rating and set a $19.50 target price on the stock. in a research report on Wednesday, August 21st. They noted that the move was a valuation call. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company's stock. The stock presently has an average rating of \"Hold\" and an average target price of $20.38. Shares of CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW stock opened at $20.20 on Wednesday. CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW has a 52-week low of $16.88 and a 52-week high of $20.54. The company has a quick ratio of 0.02, a current ratio of 0.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.99. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $20.04 and its 200-day simple moving average is $19.38. The firm has a market cap of $3.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.63 and a beta of 0.58. CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW (NYSE:CIM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.55 by ($0.05). CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW had a return on equity of 12.22% and a net margin of 13.14%. The firm had revenue of $141.59 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $142.50 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.60 earnings per share. Equities research analysts anticipate that CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW will post 2.1 EPS for the current year. A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of CIM. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC acquired a new position in CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW during the second quarter worth about $25,000. Brand Asset Management Group Inc. acquired a new position in CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW during the second quarter worth about $36,000. Kistler Tiffany Companies LLC acquired a new position in CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW during the second quarter worth about $54,000. Carroll Financial Associates Inc. grew its position in CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW by 50.0% during the second quarter. Carroll Financial Associates Inc. now owns 3,000 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $56,000 after buying an additional 1,000 shares during the period. Finally, NEXT Financial Group Inc grew its position in CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW by 963.9% during the second quarter. NEXT Financial Group Inc now owns 4,415 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $83,000 after buying an additional 4,000 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 51.59% of the company's stock. CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW Company Profile Chimera Investment Corporation operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. The company, through its subsidiaries, invests in a portfolio of mortgage assets, including residential mortgage loans, agency and non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities, agency mortgage-backed securities secured by pools of commercial mortgage loans, commercial mortgage loans, and other real estate related securities. 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Portland Press Herald On Red Cup Day, Starbucks fans receive a free reusable red cup with purchase of a holiday drink. The event, dubbed Red Cup Day, is one of the busiest days of the year for the chain. But customers might experience long waits as hundreds of employees plan to walk off the job. Starbucks customers might face longer than usual wait times for their daily caffeine fix – and potentially cafe shutdowns – as baristas plan to strike on November 16, Red Cup Day . During the annual event, Starbucks customers receive a free reusable 16-ounce red cup when they purchase a fall or holiday beverage. It's one of the busiest days of the year at Starbucks as fans flock to stores to collect this year's limited-edition cup, described by the chain this year as a \"whimsical mod design.\" Starbucks Workers United, the union representing more than 360 stores that have voted to unionize, said workers are walking out for the second year in a row on Red Cup Day. They are protesting what they say is the chain's inability to staff appropriately during big promotional events. The planned walkout comes as negotiations between the union and Starbucks have stalled. Both sides have accused each other of being unwilling to negotiate a contract. The union is calling the walk-out Red Cup Rebellion. Baristas are expected to walk off the job at 9 am local time. Rallies are planned in various cities, including New York, the union said. On Wednesday, the union said about 30 stores launched a surprise strike as well. The 'surprise strikers' will remain out of work on Thursday, the union said. Last year, Starbucks workers from over 100 stores walked off the job on Red Cup Day. The union said they expect twice the number of stores to participate this year with a potential for hundreds of stores to shut down. Starbucks has about 38,000 stores. The union is also asking Starbucks to turn off mobile orders for the promotional event. \"Starbucks workers can't keep working with such short staffing,\" said Neha Cremin, a barista in Oklahoma City. \"At my store, we're expected to make drive-thru orders, walk-up orders, mobile orders, and delivery orders. This is difficult enough to manage with a fully-staffed floor, but we're often expected to manage all these things with only three workers.\" When asked if they plan to increase staffing on Red Cup Day, a Starbucks representative told Insider: \"Our store schedules are thoughtfully based on anticipated and historical trends, and created three weeks in advance with our partners' availability and preferences at the forefront.\" Mobile ordering decisions are made at the store level. Starbucks said store leaders monitor access to mobile ordering and can adjust it based on things like staffing and customer traffic. Are you a Starbucks worker with insight to share? Got a tip? Contact this reporter via email at nluna@insider.com or via Signal encrypted at 714-875-6218. 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Diamond & Diamond's suit seeks compensation for Canadians who applied for credit cards from Capital One between 2005 and 2019. \"This data breach could have very serious ramifications for those affected with regards to their future finances,\" said Jeremy Diamond, managing partner at the firm, in a statement. WATCH: How to keep your personal data safe from hackers Story continues below The suit's representative plaintiff is Rina Del Guidice of Bolton, Ont., who obtained a Costco Wholesale MasterCard through Capital One. It notes that Capital One also operated credit cards offered by other merchants including the Hudson's Bay Co. Darryl Singer, the firm's lead lawyer on the suit, said in a statement that the stolen information could pose a risk to identity theft for years. \"What makes this breach so egregious is that it includes identifying information such as someone's name and social insurance number that cannot be changed.\" READ MORE: Canadian class action lawsuit launched over Capital One data breach The statement of claim seeks that the lawsuit be certified as a class action calling for more than $350 million in financial compensation and other forms of relief for the plaintiffs. Capital One has said that as many as six million people in Canada may have been affected by the breach, and that one million social insurance numbers were among the leaked sensitive information. The breach also exposed the data of roughly 100 million U.S. clients, including about 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 linked bank account numbers. The company said it would start to inform Canadians affected by the breach this week either by letter or email, but not by phone. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada said last week that it had launched an investigation into the data breach. The Diamond & Diamond suit has been filed with Ontario Superior Court in Toronto. Vancouver-based Charney Lawyers said last week that it planned to file a similar class action against Capital One. 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The development comes as a major relief for the investors of Yes Bank after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had rejected the bank's request to extend Rana Kapoor's tenure for three years and said he could continue until January 31. The RBI approved Gill's name for the post, the bank said in a regulatory filing after the board's meeting on Thursday. Gill will replace Kapoor, whose term ends on January 31. The bank's board will convene on January 29 to finalise the interim transition, the fourth largest private bank said in a statement. Gill, who has been mentored by industry leaders like former Deutsche Bank CEO Anshu Jain and HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh, has worked with the Indian operations of the German lender since 1991. \"He is a well-known banker with an illustrious career spent spearheading all key banking functions including corporate banking, capital markets and treasury solutions (CMTS), investment banking, retail and private banking at Deutsche Bank AG,\" Yes Bank said. The banker, who spent his childhood playing tennis ball cricket with former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, is an alumnus of Delhi's Modern School and holds a Masters in Political Science from Hindu College, University of Delhi. He began his journey at Deutsche Bank in private wealth management before moving on to corporate banking in 1993 where he grew from a relationship manager to becoming the CEO in 2012. He was also a member of Deutsche Bank AG's Asia-Pacific Executive Committee. In 2003, he took over as head of corporate banking coverage and held the position till December 2008, when he was appointed head of coverage for global markets. In 2011, he took charge as Head of Capital Markets and Treasury Solutions, India and oversaw the successful integration of corporate treasury sales, debt capital markets and corporate banking coverage. \"He has ensured one of the lowest NPAs in the industry, and delivered one of the highest post tax returns on equity amongst all banks in India with a team of over 14,000 employees,\" the bank said. Under Gill's leadership, Deutsche Bank has been a recipient of many international and domestic awards and recognitions. 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REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Britain's culture minister said she had asked social media company Tik Tok and Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms if they could prevent access to Russian state-owned television network RT in Britain. Meta said on Monday it would restrict access to Russian media outlets RT and Sputnik on its platforms across the European Union. Britain's media regulator Ofcom said on Wednesday it was considering whether RT should retain its licence in the country, after it stepped up investigations into a channel the government has accused of being a tool of a Kremlin disinformation campaign. \"I was very glad to see yesterday that the channel is now officially off air on British televisions after it was shut down on Sky, Freeview and Freesat … I've written to Meta and Tik Tok asking them to do everything that they can do to prevent access to RT in the UK, as they've done in Europe,\" Nadine Dorries told parliament on Thursday. \"We will not stop until we have persuaded every organisation, based in the UK or not, that is the wrong thing to do to stream Russian propaganda into British homes.\" In response, RT said it had long stopped expecting any legitimacy or reason in Britain's attempts to curtail media freedoms. \"Now it seems it has forgotten Brexit and is seeking to force influence over the rest of Europe too,\" Anna Belkina, RT's deputy editor in chief, told Reuters. Britain's government has said an outright ban could lead to reciprocal action by Moscow against the BBC and other British media organisations. 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Reuters Health Information This post was syndicated from Medscape Medical News Headlines. Click here to read the full text on the original website. 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China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office has reposted two state media commentaries over the past week depicting the deal, which includes the sale of assets near the Panama Canal, as a betrayal of China and contrary to its national interests. The deal could give BlackRock control of 10.4% of global container throughput, making it the world's third largest port operator, Chinese state media reported, which could result in higher port and logistics costs for Chinese entities and pose a risk to Chinese supply chains. Here's a look at what potential legal or policy levers Beijing and Hong Kong could deploy against the company. HOW COULD CHINESE AGENCIES SCRUTINIZE THE DEAL? While some analysts say China's regulatory reach is limited as none of the ports being sold are in China or Hong Kong, some legal experts say Beijing could still review the transaction. The State Administrative Market Regulation Authority could have extra-territorial jurisdiction by applying the anti-monopoly law, if a deal outside mainland China has the effect of eliminating or restricting competition in China's domestic market. Authorities could also use the Measures for Security Review or Foreign Investments, implemented in 2021, to examine foreign direct investments in important fields relating to national security, including infrastructure. Felix Ng, a partner at law firm Haldanes, said the measures removed the exclusion of acquisitions of interest held by foreign companies, \"suggesting that PRC authorities may have the power to review foreign-to-foreign transactions if the target involves PRC-related entities\". While CK Hutchison is registered offshore, it has businesses and a presence in China and Beijing may be able to use this as justification for weighing in, Ng said. The company did not respond to questions about the potential scrutiny. COLLUSION WITH FOREIGN FORCES? Lawyers said Hong Kong lacked regulations requiring government screening of sales of strategic assets, reflecting its traditional role as a free-wheeling entrepot. That left the government with few options beyond the blunt and broad instrument of the 2020 National Security Law to probe foreign deals involving local firms. The Beijing-imposed law punishes terrorism, collusion with foreign forces, subversion and secession with possible life imprisonment. \"Given the sensitivities, there would be room for further investigation under the broad sweep of the National Security Law, particularly over collusion or espionage,\" said Simon Young, a professor at the University of Hong Kong law school. The offence of collusion would have to involve a person or company intending to disrupt the policies of the Chinese or Hong Kong governments to create serious consequences, Young said. Likewise, espionage would have to involve a person intending to endanger national security by communicating or providing information useful to an external force. \"I don't know if there is evidence of an intention to endanger national security by entering into the ports agreement,\" he said. The Hong Kong government did not respond to a request for comment. WHAT OTHER SECURITY LAW PROVISIONS MAY BE USED? While some politicians and analysts also say it's hard to see how the deal could violate security laws, the Secretary for Security can give notice that relevant persons or organisations must not, directly or indirectly, deal with a property that is reasonably suspected to be related to offences endangering national security. The Secretary for Justice, the Secretary for Security or a police officer may exercise the power to freeze, restrain, confiscate and forfeit property relating to the commission of an offence endangering national security. Article 29 of the law states that an act \"seriously disrupting the formulation and implementation of laws or policies\" by the Chinese and Hong Kong governments \"which is likely to cause serious consequences\" could constitute an offence under collusion with foreign forces. The law also has an extrajudicial scope, and applies to both residents and non-residents. Hong Kong authorities used the security legislation and the implementation rules in 2021 to freeze the assets of Next Digital, invoking powers to force the liquidation of the listed company of jailed pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai. 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Several environmentalist groups behind the protest issued statements demanding TotalEnergies immediate withdrawal from Russia and a halt to new fossil fuel projects. Protesters were blocking the entrance to Salle Pleyel in Paris, where the meeting was due to take place, since 8 am. The protest follows a similar action at Shell's Annual General Meeting in London that was disrupted by climate protesters on Tuesday, forcing the Dutch energy company's board to pause the meeting for several hours. Statements by Greenpeace France and Friends of the Earth on the protest at Total's meeting are here and here. 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The company has grown into one of Kenya's largest courier operators, with 114 branches, 600 vehicles and more than 4 000 employees. The company sought a system that could fully integrate with client systems and enable improved controls. In addition, senior management needed access to real-time reports to enable improved forecasting, KPI tracking and other metrics to drive better business performance. Working with experienced implementation partners, Fargo Courier implemented SAP S/4HANA across the business, enabling the company to tighten controls in warehousing, clearing, and forwarding operations while bringing immediate improvements to critical financial processes. Fargo Courier processes more than 30,000 transactions per day, and the number is growing year-on-year. The countries in which the company operates are also implementing new requirements for businesses to create a real-time link between their electronic tax invoice system and the revenue authorities, which has created a need for new systems and processes. \"We are leveraging our new system to develop a real-time interface between each transaction and the relevant tax management system and ultimately the local revenue authority,\" says Cullen. \"In addition, SAP S/4HANA enables us to develop seamless payment and reconciliation processes through API integrations with our core banking partners, improving both our performance and our efficiency. In fact, one of the greatest advantages of our SAP S/4HANA platform is the ability to build and use solutions that enable us to scale much quicker than our competitors.\" Fargo Courier was supported by experienced SAP partners, A-SofTech. Cullen says the partner support was invaluable during the implementation. \"The journey would not have been possible without the expertise of A-SofTech, whose support we relied on heavily during the rollout process. Many of the additional solutions were designed and developed thanks to their initiative.\" Despite only recently going live with the new system, Cullen says the impact has been instant. The company has fully integrated with its first large multinational client and the S/4HANA platform has allowed Fargo Courier to put much tighter controls in place. The company now has a single source of data for all financial planning and reports, and enjoys improved customer stock reconciliation and availability. Management has also gained access to dashboards powered by Fiori which has improved the company's ability to track KPIs. \"The implementation of SAP S/4HANA in our business has given us a competitive advantage and access to technical solutions that are simply unmatched by other vendors,\" says Cullen. \"By automating certain processes, we have reduced costs, while group reporting and real-time access to financial reports have improved our decision-making capabilities. Critically, it has given us a blueprint for success that we can replicate in other countries as our business grows.\" Hardeep Sound, Regional Sales Director for East Africa at SAP, says: \"The best-run African enterprises know how to leverage powerful technologies to bring greater control and transparency to core business processes, while opening the door to greater innovation and efficiency. Fargo Courier with the support of A-SofTech has established a strong foundation for the company's ambitious growth plans that will give it a welcome competitive advantage in the years ahead.\" Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of SAP Africa. Visit the SAP News Center . Follow SAP on Twitter at @SAPNews . About SAP SAP's strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: SAP customers generate 87% of total global commerce. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers' businesses into intelligent enterprises. SAP helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want – without disruption. 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While this strategy boosts sales volume and customer frequency, it results in a lower average selling price. Amazon aims to balance low prices with fast delivery and maintain profitability. Amazon 's strategic shift towards offering everyday essentials like Toothpaste and Detergent has reportedly had a dual impact on its business. While it has boosted sales volume and customer frequency, it has also led to a decline in average selling prices (ASP). According to a report by news agency Reuters, this move is said to be a strategic response to increasing competition from Chinese fast-fashion retailers like Shein and Temu, who have disrupted the market with ultra-low prices and rapid shipping times. By stocking up on everyday items, Amazon aims to maintain its competitive edge and capture a larger share of consumer spending. \"The strength in everyday essentials revenue is a positive indicator that customers are turning to us for more of their daily needs,\" said Amazon's Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky. \"We see that when customers purchase these types of items from us, they build bigger baskets, shop more frequently and spend more on Amazon.\" People are shopping more frequently at Amazon, adding more low-priced items with each checkout, Amazon said on Thursday, after it reported third-quarter revenue and profit that beat Wall Street expectations. The Chinese challenge: Shein and Temu Over the last few years, Shein and Temu have quietly joined the ranks of the most popular shopping websites in the US. While Shein specialises in low-end women's fashion, Temu focuses on home decor and household items. According to SensorTower data, Temu had 47 million US monthly active users in April, while Shein had 29 million. By focusing on trendy fashion items and leveraging a low-cost manufacturing model, Shein and Temu have captured a significant market share, particularly among younger consumers. Taking notice of this rising competition from China, Amazon has reportedly shifted focus away from traditional rivals like Walmart and Target and toward Shein and Temu. In December 2023, Amazon announced a sharp reduction in the fees it charges sellers for clothing items under $20, a move said to be aimed to ensure its prices were competitive with Shein. Now as Shein expands its product range to include everyday essentials, it could further erode Amazon's market share. Earlier this year, Shein entered skincare and personal care brands such as Colgate-Palmolive to sell more household names on the platform. It launched a third party marketplace in 2023 to expand its product selection to include beauty and personal care products, household items and furniture. Counter Plan: Lower ASP and more To mitigate the impact of lower ASPs, Amazon is leveraging its extensive logistics network to reduce costs and improve delivery times. By optimising its supply chain and warehouse operations, the company can offer competitive prices while maintaining profitability. To further navigate this complex landscape, Amazon plans to continue investing in technology, innovation, and customer experience. By offering personalised recommendations, seamless checkout, and fast delivery, the company can differentiate itself from competitors and maintain its position as a leading e-commerce platform. However, this strategy is not without its challenges. As Amazon prioritises volume over value, it risks diluting its brand image and eroding profit margins. The company must carefully balance its focus on everyday essentials with its core strength in high-margin electronics and premium products. About the Author TOI Tech Desk The TOI Tech Desk is a dedicated team of journalists committed to delivering the latest and most relevant news from the world of technology to readers of The Times of India. TOI Tech Desk's news coverage spans a wide spectrum across gadget launches, gadget reviews, trends, in-depth analysis, exclusive reports and breaking stories that impact technology and the digital universe. 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The mainboard-listed company had sought SGX's clearance for the initial public offering (IPO) prior to submitting its pre-admission notification, but was advised that the proposed spin-off does not comply with requirements under Rule 210(6) of the listing manual, based on the company's representations and the group's financial information for the past 3 financial years. Under the rule, SGX will normally not approve the listing of a subsidiary of a listed issuer if the assets and operations of that subsidiary are substantially the same as that of the listed issuer. mm2 Asia had said on August 10 that it would pursue the Catalist listing of its cinema business – which operates under the Cathay brand – in parallel with its proposed sale. The company on Aug 30 inked a non-exclusive sale and purchase agreement with local investment firm Kingsmead Properties to sell its cinema business for $84.8 million. Cinemas have been badly hurt by closures and restrictions arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and mm2 Asia's cinema business was to be sold at an expected loss of $84.7 million, representing the deficit of proceeds over the book value. In its Wednesday filing, mm2 Asia said it will not submit a pre-admission notification \"at this point of time\" and will revisit the IPO process in the future \"if appropriate\". In the meantime, it plans to look to continue developing its business and exploring other avenues to maximise shareholder value. The company added that it will announce material developments on the proposed spin-off as and when appropriate. The group's cinema business is currently conducted through its wholly-owned subsidiary, mm Connect, and its subsidiaries. In December last year, mm2 had planned to spin off the business to allow it to be financially independent and raise funds for new growth opportunities without relying on the group. mm2 Asia bought Cathay Organisation's eight cinemas across Singapore for $230 million in November 2017, adding to the 19 movie theatres it already operated across the Causeway. It looked to Cathay after its bid to take a 50 per cent stake in Singapore's Golden Village cinema business for $184 million was blocked by Hong Kong's Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment (Holdings). 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The UAW is fighting hard to regain the things they gave up before and during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Eric Mullins, a third-generation UAW worker picketing outside the massive Michigan Assembly Plant near Detroit, wasn't itching to strike. Some of his colleagues were sleepless with excitement the night before the strike began, eager to make history. Not Mullins; he would much rather be working. But he only needed to glance a few feet to the side for a reminder of why he's as determined as anybody to see this strike through. Mullins has worked at Ford for over three years. He still remembers his first day on the line, vividly. He was scrambling to keep up as he heaved heavy wheels and tires onto vehicles and torqued the lug nuts down — and he only had one minute per car. As he stands near one of his factory's gates, holding a sign, most of the drivers that pass by honk in support. But the occasional heckler drives by, too, and then Mullins would remember wrestling with those very same tires. \"'We're lazy and we don't work hard,' \" he scoffs. \"They've never worked like we've worked.\" Mullins now works in material handling, driving a high-low – a forklift. He works just as hard as the coworkers picketing next to him on a crisp fall morning. But he doesn't get the same pay. \"Rob has been here since '88 and Sofus has been here just as long,\" he says. \"They make double what I do, double. And I do the same job. I work with Rob all the time. Same job, same skillset.\" Decades ago, equal pay for equal work was a sacrosanct UAW right. But before and during the Great Recession, the union accepted lower pay for newer workers. It was one of many concessions the UAW agreed to in order to help automakers stay afloat. And this is fundamentally what the union's push is all about as the UAW embarks on an unprecedented strike against all Big Three automakers at once. It's an attempt to reset the relationship with the Big 3 automakers, roll back the clock, and bring back the pay and benefits that previous generations of autoworkers enjoyed. A multi-prong fight The UAW is demanding pay increases of over 30% in the latest contract negotiations with the Big Three automakers — but that's not the only fight. The gap in pay between new and older workers is also a big reason for the strikes. These days, workers who are at the companies for long enough can eventually earn the same pay as their colleagues hired before 2007. But the union wants that timeline to be faster. And they want new hires to get the same retirement benefits as years past, too. Mullins, for instance, will get a 401k in retirement. That's commonplace in today's workforce, but it used to be different for UAW workers. 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Less than 1% of all vaccine side effects are ever reported to VAERS. ( Source .) One of those deaths was a 2-year-old girl from New Hampshire who was injected with the Moderna COVID-19 shot along with the GlaxoSmithKline Flulaval Quadrivalent Flu shot on December 15, 2022, and then died the next day. Here is her record in the VAERS database . Her name was learned from social media posts, Elizabeth Rose Ragonese, although apparently those posts have now been deleted, as has her obituary from the funeral home. The obituary can still be accessed via archive.org , however. White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha, M.D. is the person responsible for telling Americans to go out and get both the COVID-19 and Flu shots together and inject them into their children. He stated that the reason God gave us 2 arms was so that we could get a COVID shot in one arm, and a flu shot in the other. Biden COVID advisor Ashish Jha: \"I really believe this is why God gave us two arms — one for the flu shot and the other one for the COVID shot!\" pic.twitter.com/1dC9ChvD5R — Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) September 6, 2022 Not surprisingly, the FDA is now looking into increased strokes among seniors who take both the COVID and Flu shots at the same time. ( Source .) As we reported last year , just the experimental COVID shots alone have increased the rate of strokes an incredible 68,000% compared to all previously approved FDA vaccines from the previous 30 years. ( Source .) 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Discovery over their recently announced sports streaming joint venture, citing what the company calls \"extreme suppression of competition in the U.S. sports-focused streaming market,\" according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNBC. The joint venture, announced earlier this month , aims to offer viewers a new way to access marquee live sports. It's slated to roll out this fall, but several questions remain around its pricing and structure. \"These horizontal competitors are colluding to create a JV that will cause substantial harm to competition and consumers,\" the complaint reads. The lawsuit also names Disney-owned ESPN and Hulu as defendants. A spokesperson for the joint venture declined to comment. This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. 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The fire, which sent a plume of black smoke across the city's eastern half and was visible from 10 miles (16 km) away, began Sunday morning in a giant storage tank containing naphtha, a volatile component of gasoline. No evacuations or injuries were reported. No employees at the facility were missing and no injuries were reported, Intercontinental Terminals Co (ITC) the operator of the storage facility, said in a statement. The risk of explosion was \"minimal\" but ITC was attempting to drain naphtha from one of the burning tanks, it said. A leak in a pipe in one storage tank ignited and flames spread to nearby tanks, ITC reported to a Texas regulator on Monday. Its report did not say what caused the leak to catch fire. School officials in Deer Park, population 32,000, and nearby La Porte, Texas, with about 34,000 residents, suspended classes and told employees not to report to work on Monday. The city of Deer Park lifted a shelter-in-place order by midmorning. Tanks containing naphtha and xylene, petrochemicals used to make gasoline and base oils commonly used as machine lubricants, were burning, ITC officials said. On Monday, a tank containing Toluene also caught fire. Toluene is used to manufacture nail polish remover and paint thinner. The burning tanks are surrounded by other storage tanks within a spill containment dike. Firefighters used a foam fire retardant on nearby tanks to try to limit the fire from spreading. The fire will likely continue to burn for another two days, a local fire official said. \"ITC officials continue working with local first responders to contain the fire,\" the company said in a statement. \"The safety of our employees, the surrounding community and the environment is our first priority.\" Ships continued to cross the 50-mile-long channel, which is part of the Port of Houston linking refineries and chemical plants in Houston and Texas City, with the Gulf of Mexico. \"There has been no affect on vessel traffic other than at the two terminals,\" said JJ Plunkett, port agent at the Houston Pilots, whose members guide ships in and out of the channel. Ship access to docks at the ITC and Vopak terminals was restricted by the U.S. Coast Guard, he said. Air emissions tests detected the presence of a volatile organic compound six miles away from the facility. Levels were below those considered hazardous, ITC said. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and state and local authorities were responding to the blaze, ITC said. The fire was not affecting operations at the nearby Royal Dutch Shell Plc joint-venture refinery in Deer Park, said Shell spokesman Ray Fisher. 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A serial bomber was killing and maiming random victims with home made explosives. May legislation enforcement cease the bomber earlier than extra individuals misplaced their lives? FBI brokers reveal the unprecedented effort to cease the human destruction in \"'The FBI Declassified': 20 Days of Terror: The Austin Bomber,\" airing Tuesday, October 20 at 10/9c on CBS. MARCH 2, 2018 Simply earlier than 7 a.m. on Friday March 2, 2018, FBI analyst Jordana Nesvog was on her solution to work on the FBI's Austin workplace when her telephone rang with an pressing name: A bomb had exploded at a house on the east facet of town and she or he wanted to get there instantly. \"I used to be going to that scene as an proof collector,\" Nesvog stated, \"any individual that will go there and work very systematically to gather no matter gadgets may need been left behind from this explosion.\" Along with her duties as an analyst, Nesvog serves on the FBI's Proof Response Crew in Austin. When she arrived on the small, one-story brick house in a quiet residential neighborhood, it was already buzzing with investigators from the Austin Police Division, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and colleagues from the FBI. Anthony Stephan Home, 39, was killed on March 2, 2018, when a package deal he picked up exterior of his house exploded. Norrell Waynewood What they discovered was a horrific scene. Anthony Stephan Home, a 39-year-old father of an 8-year-old daughter, was lifeless. The lobby close to his entrance door was in shambles. The businessman had begun his Friday morning as he typically did by stepping exterior his house to smoke a cigarette. That is when he observed a package deal sitting on the entrance step. When he picked it up, it exploded. His physique took the brunt of the blast. His daughter, inside the home, discovered her father on the entrance yard and ran to the neighbors to get assist. Bomb technicians discovered bomb parts strewn across the scene: items of a mousetrap, ACDelco model AA batteries and items of galvanized pipe. \"As an analyst, when I'm on scene I am beginning to construct these items of the puzzle. Each a part of that bomb comprises details about the bomber,\" Nesvog stated. Within the subsequent 10 days, two extra bombs would explode, killing one other Austin resident and injuring a 3rd. For investigators, it was clear there was a serial bomber on the unfastened. For 13 years, Jordana Nesvog has labored as an FBI Employees Operations Specialist, generally often called an analyst. Nesvog joined the bureau straight out of faculty and was assigned to the FBI's Seattle division, working white-collar crimes. \"I've at all times needed to be within the FBI since I used to be a baby and loving mysteries and determining that I used to be fairly good at fixing issues,\" Nesvog stated. She moved on to Denver working gang and drug circumstances earlier than settling in Austin in 2014 as a part of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Activity Drive, specializing in worldwide and home terrorism. In contrast to FBI brokers, analysts do not carry a badge and a gun. Her job is to search out the needle in a haystack, to sift by way of advanced proof and knowledge to assist FBI brokers clear up crimes. \"I analyze and analysis any kind of knowledge that we will pull for an investigation to establish people which are committing crimes or discovering and producing new leads for investigators in order that they will exit into the sphere and acquire proof so as to convey felony investigations to prosecution,\" Nesvog stated. \"As an analyst, when I'm on scene I am beginning to construct these items of the puzzle. Each a part of that bomb comprises details about the bomber,\" stated FBI Operations Specialist Jordana Nesvog. CBS Information \"Loads of issues can occur from a tidbit of data that I give you. So I at all times really feel that duty, that burden of doing my job proper.\" Nesvog had labored many troublesome investigations in her profession, however the Austin bombings case was in contrast to any she had seen earlier than. \"This case is a kind of that … it adjustments you,\" Nesvog stated. March 12, 2018 After three bombs in 10 days, Jordana Nesvog relocated to an enormous 24-hour command middle, the place the FBI, ATF, Austin Police and dozens of different companies mixed their efforts to function across the clock. \"Data is flying [in] all kinds of instructions. All of these shifting components are being analyzed and making an attempt to be made sense of by all of the analysts sitting behind a pc someplace and making an attempt to only discover some form of identification, whether or not or not it's a telephone quantity or an IP tackle or a car description that will rise to the highest and would assist us finally establish who's behind all of those bombings.\" March 18, 2018 On the night of March 18, the investigation took one other violent flip. Initially, the FBI believed the primary three bombs had been focused assaults purposely positioned exterior the houses of African American and Hispanic households in East Austin. Now, there was a fourth explosion, and it was a tripwire. The booby entice was positioned on the sidewalk of a Southwest Austin neighborhood and people injured had been younger white males. \"We had been pursuing a pair completely different individuals of curiosity and people people, from what I understood, had been below surveillance and impulsively a tripwire bomb goes off in part of city that we weren't aware of — hadn't been on the radar,\" stated Nesvog. It was again to sq. one. The FBI needed to analyze the entire proof that was collected for the reason that first bomb. However Nesvog says, this was virtually \"a blessing in disguise.\" The tripwire was anchored on a crimson yard signal that learn, \"Drive Like Your Youngsters Stay Right here.\" A label on the again of the signal enabled Investigators to find the shop the place the bomber made the acquisition and acquire video surveillance. March 20, 2018 Investigators believed they lastly caught a break. For practically three weeks that they had been poring by way of buy data from shops throughout Austin making an attempt to establish people who might have purchased the gadgets that they had recognized on the varied crime scenes to make the bombs. Now, with that video from the yard signal buy and different clues, brokers would quickly have a picture of the bomber. On the night time of March 20, 18 days after the primary bomb exploded, federal brokers received a name a few fifth bomb exploding on a conveyer belt at a FedEx distribution middle about an hour away from Austin. No one was injured in that blast. Investigators had been in a position to decide the monitoring quantity for the package deal and that it was shipped from a FedEx retailer again in Austin, together with a second package deal nonetheless ready to be delivered the very subsequent day. Technicians from the Austin Police Bomb Squad had been in a position to intercept that second package deal earlier than supply and located it contained one other bomb, nonetheless intact. \"Pulling data, discovering out the place that that package deal had been shipped and by who — now impulsively we had an precise witness to speak to that had been nose to nose with the bomber. All of these issues, as an analyst, I instantly began feeling that vitality of OK, we're gonna get momentum right here,\" Nesvog stated. March 21, 2018 On the morning of March 21, investigators with the FBI interviewed a FedEx retailer worker who was in a position to give an outline of a younger man who shipped the 2 packages. They usually instantly pulled surveillance footage from inside and out of doors the shop. By way of interviews and extra video surveillance, federal investigators decided that the suspect might have been driving a crimson Ford Ranger pickup truck. A surveillance picture of the suspected bomber in disguise, proper, sending a package deal at a FedEx retailer FBI As extra particulars crossed Nesvog's desk, she says one thing lastly clicked. \"So I'm … a retailer receipt for any individual that has bought a element of one of many bombs. After which a car report that claims that this particular person owns a Ford Ranger that is crimson in shade. It was 2002 and he lives within the Austin space. I simply instantly felt that goose bump, you understand, intestine feeling that that is good. That is the man and I feel my preliminary thought was I received him. I received him.\" Now it might be a race towards the clock to seize the bomber earlier than he might strike once more. 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Amazon.com, Walmart, Target Inc, Ikea AB [IKEA.UL] and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc were accused of infringing four of the university's patents related to \"filament\" LED light bulbs, which use less energy and last longer than traditional light bulbs. The university also asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to open a probe into the retailers' conduct related to the importing of light bulbs. Tuesday's lawsuits are intended \"to spearhead a broader, national response to the existential threat to university technology transfer\" posed by the \"widespread disregard\" for universities' patent rights, the complaints said. The lawsuits filed in with the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles seek unspecified damages, including royalties. 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The Columbus, Ohio-based discounter, which had 1,392 stores in 2023 according to Furniture Today's 2024 Top 100 report, revealed more in the June 13 filing. As of May 4, it had an aggregate borrowing base of $956.7 million under the 2022 Credit Agreement and Term Loan Facility with $578.2 million in aggregate borrowings outstanding under the agreement and $53.6 million committed to outstanding letters of credit, leaving $324.9 million of aggregate availability, subject to certain borrowing base limitations. It noted that in the first quarter of FY2024, its long-term debt increased by $72.2 million year-over-year to $573.8 million. The April 18 multi-million-dollar loan facility it signed through an affiliate of Gordon Brothers Capital (notated as the ABL Amendment in the filing), which boosted its borrowing capacity by up to $200 million, included as collateral a mortgage on the company's corporate headquarters in Columbus. After giving effect to the ABL Amendment, the 2022 Credit Agreement requires Big Lots to maintain minimum excess availability (\"Excess Availability Covenant\") of at least the greater of $80 million or 10% of the lesser of the aggregate commitments under the 2022 Credit Agreement (currently $900 million) and the ABL Borrowing Base (the \"Maximum Credit Amount\") (without giving effect to the Term Loan Pushdown Reserve). A violation of these covenants would result in a default under the 2022 Credit Agreement, which would permit the lenders to restrict Big Lots' ability to further access the 2022 Credit Agreement for loans and letters of credit and could require the immediate repayment of any outstanding loans under the 2022 Credit Agreement. Among its options for improving available liquidity, Big Lots is considering leveraging owned real estate property through outright sale or sale-leasebacks; monetizing certain pending litigation claims to which it is a plaintiff; driving improvements in sales and profitability through its key strategic actions, which include actions to increase penetration of extreme bargains and closeouts, improve merchandise presentations that highlight best deals and encourage basket growth and visit frequency; and drive productivity and efficiency in business by aggressively pursuing operating expense and capital outlay reductions, which includes continuing to achieve savings through its Project Springboard initiative. It noted that the plans have not been finalized and are subject to market conditions that are not fully within its control. However, management believes that, in aggregate, those plans have the potential to maintain its compliance with the Excess Availability Covenant. 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The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, and the rig is expected to be transferred to ADES following the completion of its current drilling programme with Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. (\"BSP\"). Maersk Convincer is a Baker Pacific Class 375 cantilever jack-up rig which was delivered in 2008. It has been operating offshore Brunei Darussalam since 2017, and Maersk Drilling has reached an agreement with BSP to release the rig from its current contract upon completion of Maersk Convincer's current drilling programme, which is expected to be completed in August 2022 and in any case not later than 15 September 2022. \"This transaction will contribute to the optimisation of our fleet in line with Maersk Drilling's strategic priorities of maintaining a fleet of modern, high-end assets and concentrating our jack-up activities in the harsh environments of the North Sea. 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US President Donald Trump (File Photo). Image Credit: ANI Washington [USA], Sept 19 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said that his earlier decision not to attack Iran was a sign of strength as it's always easier to attack than to withhold a strike. The US president said that he had many options on the table regarding how to respond to Tehran's alleged involvement in the attack on Saudi refineries on 14 September, Sputnik reported. His remarks came days after the US pointed fingers on Iran being responsible for the attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, a claim which Iran has denied. Trump said Washington has not learned much recently about the strikes on the Saudi Aramco facilities last week and claimed that the US already knows what exactly happened that day. The President said the US would wait to decide on response until after Riyadh finishes its own investigation and identifies the \"culprit\". Sputnik also quoted the Saudi Defence Ministry as saying that an Iranian cruise missile and Delta Wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were used in the attack on Saudi Aramco facilities. 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On February 23, 2024, American Airlines flight 292, operated by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York at 20:42 local time, bound for Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) in New Delhi, India. While overflying the Caspian Sea, the crew requested an emergency diversion because of a security issue. Flightradar24 data indicates that the aircraft made a sudden 180-degree turn back to Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO). American Airlines did not specify the nature of the threat, but the Italian Air Force confirmed it was due to a potential bomb on the aircraft. The Italian Air Force issued a statement saying that two Eurofighter Typhoon jets were scrambled from Grosseto Airport (GRS), home of the 4th Wing (4° Stormo), to identify and escort the American Airlines aircraft. This order was given shortly after 16:00 local time by NATO's Combined Air Operation Centre in Torrejon, Spain. The Italian Air Force reported that the two Eurofighters reached the aircraft and safely escorted it to Rome's Fiumicino airport, where it landed around 17:30 local time without any issues. Video footage of the escort circulated on social media, showing the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner being followed by two Italian Eurofighter Typhoon jets. INSIDE THE ESCORT MISSION: This stunning footage from an Italian Air Force Eurofighter shows American Airlines #AA292 intercepted mid-air and escorted to Rome-Fiumicino after a bomb threat forced an emergency diversion. Must-see footage #AA292 #Breaking NewYork-Delhi pic.twitter.com/rTTdQiLIAY — Antony Ochieng,KE (@Turbinetraveler) February 23, 2025 After landing, all 199 passengers exited the aircraft using staircases while security teams carried out detailed inspections of the baggage. As reported by local media sources, the checks on the aircraft and its cargo returned negative. Operations at the airport were not disrupted. As the investigation is ongoing, American Airlines has issued a statement, reassuring passengers that it is \"working closely with local authorities\" to evaluate the situation. Flights to and from India have seen an increase in bomb threats in recent months, resulting in several emergency landings. For example, in October 2024, an Air India flight from Mumbai to New York had to divert to Delhi due to a similar threat . 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Its release marks a milestone for the decommissioning, which is expected to take decades. But it's just the beginning of the challenges ahead, such as the removal of the fatally radioactive melted fuel debris that remains in the three damaged reactors, a daunting task if ever accomplished. Here's a look at what's going on with the plant's decommissioning: WHAT HAPPENED AT FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI? A magnitude 9.0 quake on March 11, 2011, triggered a massive tsunami that destroyed the plant's power supply and cooling systems, causing three reactors to melt and spew large amounts of radiation. Highly contaminated cooling water applied to the damaged reactors has leaked continuously into building basements and mixed with groundwater. The water is collected and treated. Then, some is recycled as cooling water for melted fuel, while the rest is held in tanks that cover much of the plant. WHY RELEASE THE WATER? Fukushima Daiichi has struggled to handle the contaminated water since the 2011 disaster. The government and the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, say the tanks must be removed to make way for facilities needed to decommission the plant, such as storage space for melted fuel debris and other highly contaminated waste. WILL THE WASTEWATER RELEASE PUSH DECOMMISSIONING FORWARD? Not right away, because the water release is slow and the decommissioning is making little progress. TEPCO says it plans to release 31,200 tons of treated water by the end of March 2024, which would empty only 10 tanks out of 1,000 because of the continued production of wastewater at the plant. The pace will later pick up, and about 1/3 of the tanks will be removed over the next 10 years, freeing up space for the plant's decommissioning, said TEPCO executive Junichi Matsumoto, who is in charge of the treated water release. He says the water would be released gradually over the span of 30 years, but as long as the melted fuel stays in the reactors, it requires cooling water, which creates more wastewater. Emptied tanks also need to be scrapped for storage. Highly radioactive sludge, a byproduct of filtering at the treatment machine, also is a concern. WHAT CHALLENGES ARE AHEAD? About 880 tons of fatally radioactive melted nuclear fuel remain inside the reactors. Robotic probes have provided some information but the status of the melted debris remains largely unknown. Earlier this year, a remote-controlled underwater vehicle successfully collected a tiny sample from inside Unit 1's reactor — only a spoonful of the melted fuel debris in the three reactors. That's 10 times the amount of damaged fuel removed at the Three Mile Island cleanup following its 1979 partial core melt. Trial removal of melted debris using a giant remote-controlled robotic arm will begin in Unit 2 later this year after a nearly two-year delay. Spent fuel removal from Unit 1 reactor's cooling pool is set to start in 2027 after a 10-year delay. Once all the spent fuel is removed, the focus will turn in 2031 to taking melted debris out of the reactors. But debris removal methods for two other reactors have not been decided. Matsumoto says \"technical difficulty involving the decommissioning is much higher\" than the water release and involves higher risks of exposures by plant workers to remove spent fuel or melted fuel. \"Measures to reduce radiation exposure risks by plant workers will be increasingly difficult,\" Matsumoto said. \"Reduction of exposure risks is the basis for achieving both Fukushima's recovery and decommissioning.\" HOW BADLY WERE THE REACTORS DAMAGED? Inside the worst-hit Unit 1, most of its reactor core melted and fell to the bottom of the primary containment chamber and possibly further into the concrete basement. A robotic probe sent inside the Unit 1 primary containment chamber found that its pedestal — the main supporting structure directly under its core — was extensively damaged. Most of its thick concrete exterior was missing, exposing the internal steel reinforcement, and the nuclear regulators have requested TEPCO to make risk assessment. CAN DECOMMISSIONING END BY 2051 AS PLANNED? The government has stuck to its initial 30-to-40-year target for completing the decommissioning, without defining what that means. An overly ambitious schedule could result in unnecessary radiation exposures for plant workers and excess environmental damage. 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Blackstone Group acquired a 2.27% stake, while ADIA got 1.25%. Other investors in the deal include Invesco Mutual Fund and Morgan Stanley. The deal is valued at 14 billion rupees or US$ 185 million. Keywords: Blackstone Group LP. 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FILE PHOTO: Trucks carry raw nickel ore near Sorowako, Indonesia's Sulawesi island, January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/File Photo The planned sale was flagged by the Indonesian government last week as Vale Indonesia seeks to comply with rules that require foreign controlled miners to reduce their ownership to 49% or below within 10 years of starting operations. Vale Indonesia is currently around 59% owned by Brazil's Vale SA and around 20% by Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd. \"The (shareholder) structure is still being discussed, but foreign participation will be reduced to 60% or less,\" Rendi Witular, a spokesman for Mining Industry Indonesia, told Reuters by text. Asked about the sale price, Witular said it would be a \"fair market value.\" Vale Indonesia's share price rose as much as 2.4% after the announcement, to touch 3,920 rupiah, its highest in a month, giving the company a market capitalization of 38 trillion rupiah ($2.69 billion), according to Eikon Refinitiv data. Mining Industry Indonesia said in a statement that its stake in Vale Indonesia would give it strategic access to the raw material needed to expand Indonesia's downstream nickel industry. The Indonesian government is keen to build an holistic onshore electric vehicle (EV) industry, covering everything from the production of nickel chemicals needed for batteries, through to producing those batteries and eventually building vehicles domestically. Vale Indonesia, which produced 74,806 tonnes of nickel in matte last year and expects to produce 70,000-72,000 tonnes this year, said the deal positions the company to \"contribute to the development of Indonesia.\" Mining Industry Indonesia changed its name from PT Inalum in August to distinguish its holding company function from its smelting operational business. 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Volvo said the decision had been made because of \"potential risks associated with trading material with Russia, including the sanctions imposed by the EU and US.\" \"Volvo Cars will not deliver any cars to the Russian market until further notice,\" the company said in a statement on Monday. A Volvo spokesman said the carmaker exports vehicles to Russia from plants in Sweden, China and the U.S. According to industry figures, Volvo sold around 9,000 cars in Russia in 2021. Earlier on Monday, the RIA news agency said Volkswagen has temporarily suspended deliveries to local dealerships of cars already in Russia. The news agency cited a VW statement. Swedish truck maker AB Volvo said it had halted all of its production and sales in Russia due to the Ukraine crisis. German truck maker Daimler Truck also said on Monday it would freeze its business activities in Russia with immediate effect, including its cooperation with Russian truck maker Kamaz. 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LOUIS — A south St. Louis County man who sued Ford Motor Co. over his exposure to asbestos has been awarded $20 million. In his lawsuit , William Trokey, 76, alleged that his exposure to asbestos while working on Ford brakes as a gas station mechanic in the 1960s led to him being diagnosed with mesothelioma, a form of cancer . This Feb. 15, 2018, file photo shows a Ford logo on display at the Pittsburgh Auto Show. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File / AP Newsroom) After a two-week trial, a St. Louis jury on Thursday ordered Ford to pay $10 million to Trokey and $10 million in punitive damages to his wife, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported . UNPAID MEDICAL BILLS ACCOUNT FOR 58% OF DEBT IN COLLECTIONS: CFPB REPORT Under Missouri law, $5 million of the punitive damages goes to the state Tort Victims' Compensation Fund. A Ford spokesperson said \"Our sympathy goes out to the Trokey family and while we respect the jury's decision, we plan to appeal.\" GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Ford Motor Co", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Ford Motor Co", "length": 13, "offset": 118}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Ford", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Ford", "length": 4, "offset": 24}, {"position_text": "Ford", "length": 4, "offset": 118}, {"position_text": "Ford", "length": 4, "offset": 285}, {"position_text": "Ford", "length": 4, "offset": 440}, {"position_text": "Ford", "length": 4, "offset": 597}, {"position_text": "Ford", "length": 4, "offset": 900}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "St. Louis Post-Dispatch", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "St. Louis Post-Dispatch", "length": 23, "offset": 684}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Ford Motor Co", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Ford Motor Co", "length": 13, "offset": 118}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Ford Motor Co", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Ford Motor Co", "length": 13, "offset": 118}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Missouri", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Missouri", "length": 8, "offset": 798}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1413, "text": "Arrests made after climate protests outside Amazon warehouses on Black Friday\nArrests made after climate protests outside Amazon warehouses on Black Friday Arrests have been made after climate protesters staged blockades at a number of Amazon warehouses across the country during the busiest day of the retailer's year. Extinction Rebellion (XR) said its Black Friday demonstration took place at sites in Doncaster, Darlington, Newcastle, Manchester, Peterborough, Derby, Coventry, Rugeley, Dartford, Bristol, Tilbury, Milton Keynes and Dunfermline. Activists arrived in the early hours of Friday to set up bamboo structures and \"lock-ons\", and held banners urging Amazon to cut its emissions. Some people could also be seen wearing masks of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and setting up tents on the road as police officers began to move in. At least 13 people have been arrested in three of the locations, police forces have confirmed. The group, which is also drawing attention to alleged exploitation of Amazon workers, said it planned to remain at the scene for at least 48 hours. An XR spokesperson said: \"The action is intended to draw attention to Amazon's exploitative and environmentally destructive business practices, disregard for workers' rights in the name of company profits, as well as the wastefulness of Black Friday. \"The blockade is part of an international action by XR targeting 15 Amazon fulfilment centres in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, aimed at highlighting Amazon's 'crimes'. \"This is happening in solidarity with activists and workers from the global Make Amazon Pay campaign, demanding better working conditions, clear environmental commitments and for Amazon to pay their fair share of tax. \"Amazon continues to lobby the US government to fight against climate legislation while telling the public they are committed to green initiatives. \"They are committing the very definition of greenwash.\" Thirteen sites across the UK have been targeted (Joe Giddens/PA) At the Dartford site, around 20 activists set up the blockade on a road at just before 5am. Kent Police said: \"Those present are situated in front of two entrances where some are locked on to concrete and wooden structures. \"Officers are in attendance and are working to end the protest whilst liaising with partner agencies, and the managers at the business, to minimise traffic disruption in the area.\" The force later arrested five people on suspicion of aggravated trespass before they were taken into custody. The other attendees dispersed by 2.30pm. Two men and two women were also arrested on suspicion of public nuisance at the site in Manchester. Bamboo structures have been set up, on which the XR protesters have attached themselves (Ian West/PA) Greater Manchester Police said: \"The protest has since concluded and Sun Bank Lane has reopened.\" A further four were arrested by Durham Police following a demonstration outside the Amazon depot in Darlington. XR's spokesperson at the Dunfermline blockade, Meg Paton-Jones, said: \"The police have one van on site and they are watching us. \"We started here at about 4am but are not blocking the employees' car park so the night shift can leave. \"We have good vibes and music.\" Officers from West Midlands Police were at the scene of the Coventry blockade from 4am and said they have been \"managing traffic\". A number of other forces including Avon and Somerset, Staffordshire and Police Scotland said officers had been \"engaging\" with protesters. Amazon said it is working to minimise any potential disruption to customers. 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By integrating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and premium content, SK Telecom is poised to revolutionize its venture in the metaverse and the broader industry. Big news from South Korea! SK Telecom, a major telecom giant, just unveiled \"Stone\" virtual currency in its metaverse platform Ifland. Embracing metaverse tech! In July 2022, the telecommunication giant joined forces with other blockchain companies to build a digital… pic.twitter.com/50JPHKrFuu — Safello (@SafelloAB) October 16, 2023 Stone: A New Currency for the Metaverse SK Telecom's introduction of the \"Stone\" currency is nothing short of visionary. While \"ifland\" previously relied on a free currency system, the addition of \"Stone\" marks a pivotal moment in the platform's evolution. Unlike its predecessor, \"Stone\" is a for-fee currency that can be purchased through in-app payments, offering users a seamless and convenient way to access a range of exclusive experiences and items according to The Korea Economic Daily . This dual-currency system is set to create a two-tiered ecosystem within ifland, allowing users to access both basic items with the free currency (\"Points\") and premium, high-value assets with \"Stone.\" This strategic division opens up a world of possibilities for both users and the platform itself, as it caters to diverse user preferences and financial capabilities. Empowering Users and Creators With the introduction of \"Stone,\" SK Telecom empowers users to make more meaningful choices within ifland . Whether it's acquiring unique items, supporting hosts, visiting exclusive ifHomes, or participating in large meet-up events in ifSquare, \"Stone\" opens up a multitude of avenues for users to enrich their digital experiences. The most profound impact, however, may be felt by ifland's influencers. This innovative economic system presents a golden opportunity for them to amplify their earnings. Now, they can monetize their creativity by producing costumes and items, enhancing the incentive to contribute to the ever-growing metaverse community. Premium Content Galore SK Telecom's commitment to ifland's growth is evident in the introduction of over 16,000 new premium contents. This diverse range of offerings includes four themed custom items for personal spaces in ifHome, encompassing camping, parties, space, and home styling. Furthermore, motion goods such as famous idol group dances, challenges, and a plethora of emotional expressions have been integrated into ifland, enriching the user experience with a variety of engaging interactions. The sheer volume of premium content speaks to SK Telecom's determination to offer users an expansive and engaging metaverse. By catering to diverse interests and tastes, ifland becomes an even more appealing virtual destination. NFTs: A Game-Changer for ifland The integration of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into ifland demonstrates SK Telecom's forward-thinking approach to metaverse development. Through its partnership with the NFT marketplace TopPort, ifland users now have the unique opportunity to acquire NFT-related items. These NFT items serve as avatars' costumes or decorations in ifHome, offering users a novel and exciting way to express their individuality within the metaverse. SK Telecom also plans to introduce NFTs for cultural assets, such as Kansong Art Museum's celadon and national treasures , further enriching the platform's cultural and historical offerings. Final Thoughts SK Telecom's venture into the metaverse with the introduction of \"Stone\" and NFTs is poised to send shockwaves throughout the industry. By addressing the needs and preferences of diverse users, this groundbreaking economic system redefines the metaverse's potential, bridging the gap between free and premium experiences. The company's commitment to offering a wide array of premium content and integrating NFTs positions ifland as a metaverse leader, setting new industry standards. This innovative approach not only enhances the user experience but also creates a vibrant, multifaceted virtual ecosystem where creativity thrives and digital commerce flourishes. 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It's a stunning boost in protection against COVID-19 compared to for people between 16 and 25 years old, who benefit from a 95% reduction in infection risks after receiving their second, final dose, the companies said Wednesday in a statement. Side effects in children such as arm pain, fatigue, headache and joint pain were comparable to those in adults. No serious allergic reactions were reported among the kids in the study. But the companies note that some cases have occurred in adults during mass vaccination outside of clinical trials, so such reactions \"may become apparent with more widespread use\" of the vaccine. Top officials in the companies said they hope to start vaccinating this age group before the next school year starts this fall. \"Across the globe, we are longing for a normal life. This is especially true for our children. The initial results we have seen in the adolescent studies suggest that children are particularly well protected by vaccination, which is very encouraging given the trends we have seen in recent weeks regarding the spread of the B.1.1.7 UK variant,\" Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of BioNTech, said in the statement. \"It is very important to enable them to get back to everyday school life and to meet friends and family while protecting them and their loved ones.\" The trial included 2,260 children between 12 and 15 years old in the U.S. with or without histories of past coronavirus infections. Among the kids who received a placebo shot, 18 developed COVID-19, while none who got the vaccine developed the disease, demonstrating \"robust antibody responses.\" The companies did not mention how well its vaccine worked against the more contagious coronavirus variants, but the variants have been spreading during the late stage trial period. Side effects were similar to those experienced in adults and included injection site pain (84%), fatigue (63%), headache (55%), muscle pain (38%), chills (32%), joint pain (24%), fever (14%), injection site swelling (10.5%) and nausea (1%). What's next? There's been a fierce focus on what the remaining and upcoming school year will look like as the coronavirus and its variants continue to spread, and as millions of Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19 every day. Mounting evidence suggests coronavirus transmission in school settings is low, as well as the likelihood a school-aged kid will become severely ill from COVID-19. Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance for K-12 schools, saying students can maintain a distance of at least 3 feet instead of 6 in classroom settings if everyone, including staff, is wearing face masks. Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told the New York Times she's not sure how many parents will feel comfortable vaccinating their kids, but the new results could likely reassure some who have been wary of the shot's safety. \"While I don't think we have to wait until children are vaccinated to fully reopen schools, being able to vaccinate children may help some families feel safer about returning to school,\" Nuzzo said. And kids matter, too, when it comes to herd immunity — when enough people have protection against COVID-19 that the virus can no longer spread easily between people. Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, said during a Senate hearing with the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that \"we don't really know what that magical point of herd immunity is, but we do know that if we get the overwhelming population vaccinated, we're going to be in good shape.\" He added that \"we ultimately would like to get and have to get children into that mix,\" especially high school students who are capable of spreading the coronavirus at a higher rate than younger kids. Pfizer and BioNTech also said they vaccinated the first group of kids in its study among children between 6 months and 11 years old last week. This study is separated into three age groups: children aged 5 to 11 years, 2 to 5 years, and 6 months to 2 years. All the kids in the study will \"continue to be monitored for long-term protection and safety for an additional two years after their second dose,\" the companies said, adding that they plan to submit the data for scientific peer review and to the Food and Drug Administration \"as soon as possible to request expansion of the Emergency Use Authorization.\" The Pfizer vaccine is currently authorized for emergency use in people 16 and up. 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Krispy Kreme will offer its melt-in-your-mouth fresh doughnuts to Brazilian consumers through a network of Krispy Kreme shops and AmPm convenience stores. \"We are thrilled to share the joy that is Krispy Kreme in Brazil,\" said Raphael Duvivier, Krispy Kreme, Chief Development Officer. \"Our fresh doughnuts will be a great fit in a country well-known for its culture and enjoyment of sharing meals and sweets with family and friends.\" Each Krispy Kreme doughnut is made fresh daily, hand-crafted, and hand-decorated to ensure consumers around the world come back for more. \"In addition, we are very pleased to partner with AmPm,\" continued Raphael. \"They have built a strong retail presence along with deep experience for iconic brands like ours.\" Bringing happiness through doughnuts, Krispy Kreme's strategy is clear: make our fresh doughnuts available in more places and keep reminding people of the joy that is Krispy Kreme. Buzzworthy favorites like its Valentine's Day doughnuts are bringing love to consumers around the world. Brazilian consumers will now have the chance to not just eat these special doughnuts, but they'll be able to share and give them to others. Brazil represents a priority growth market for Krispy Kreme and this news follows its successful December 2023 launch in Paris. The company anticipates launching in Brazil between the end of 2024 and early 2025. The joint venture is subject to approval by the Brazilian antitrust authority. 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The sanctions could carry far-reaching implications for European and global energy markets. Meanwhile, U.S. officials issued their most dire warnings to date that Russian forces could engage in a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the coming days. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said U.S. officials believe Russia is ready for major military action. A senior Defense Department official told The Washington Times on the condition of anonymity that Russia has in place nearly all of the combat power it needs to move deep into Ukraine, well beyond the two breakaway regions Russian forces have entered that were controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. With Russia having massed some 190,000 troops on Ukraine's border, the official said roughly 80% of necessary units were ready to go forward and were positioned as close as 3 miles from the border. U.S. officials assessed that the Russian forces included more than 120 battalion tactical groups, dozens of battleships, jet fighters and ballistic weapons. Ukraine's government declared a nationwide state of emergency and called up 36,000 military reservists. Citizens were advised to avoid traveling to Russia and to flee immediately if already there. SEE ALSO: Republicans push Biden to curb Russian energy grip by increasing natural gas exports to Europe The Kremlin said late Wednesday night that Ukrainian separatists had sent a request for Russian military assistance in the face of \"aggression\" by the Ukrainian government. The Biden administration quickly called out the claim as propaganda and an attempted \"false flag\" for Moscow to create a pretext for an invasion. Nord Stream 2 The flurry of developments threatened to overshadow Mr. Biden's announcement of economic sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG, as well as against corporate officials of the Swiss company that built the pipeline. The move followed a tranche of economic sanctions that Mr. Biden imposed Tuesday against two top Russian banks and a collection of Russian elites. The U.S. took the measures after Russian President Vladimir Putin formally recognized the two Moscow-backed regions of eastern Ukraine as independent countries. \"These steps are another piece of our initial tranche of sanctions in response to Russia's actions in Ukraine. As I have made clear, we will not hesitate to take further steps if Russia continues to escalate,\" Mr. Biden said in a statement announcing the Nord Stream 2 sanctions. Although the president had signaled that sanctions on Nord Stream 2 were likely, the move was a surprise to some. The administration waived Trump-era sanctions against the company building the pipeline last year. The sanctions dovetail with German actions Tuesday to halt certification of the Nord Stream 2 project as the Ukraine crisis escalated. Berlin's move was a blow to Mr. Putin's plan to expand Russian control over Europe's energy supply. Russia provides about one-third of the energy European nations use. Construction of Nord Stream 2 was completed last year, although the pipeline was awaiting certification from German regulators before going online. It was built to deliver more than 50% of natural gas that Germans consume annually and generate as much as $15 billion to Gazprom, Russia's state-controlled energy corporation. Moscow appeared unmoved and said Germany was just hurting itself. Analysts say the Nord Stream 2 sanctions also could backfire on Mr. Biden, given that Russia is one of the top oil exporters to the United States. Although a major economic hit to Moscow's energy operations could cause economic pain for Mr. Putin, it may also impact energy consumers in the U.S. and Europe. Oil and energy markets strategist Dan Dicker predicted Wednesday that most of the impact is likely to be felt in Europe and in Russia, which is widely regarded as a petroleum-based economy. \"It's very delicate right now with oil prices going up, and it's a political disaster here in the United States for Biden, as it would be for any president,\" Mr. Dicker said in an interview, although he added that \"in Europe, they have an even more critical problem because they're short on energy supplies.\" White House press secretary Jen Psaki has said the Biden administration is considering tapping the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve if oil and gas prices rise any further. Potential Invasion Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his citizens Tuesday night to fight for their country and that he would \"raise the preparedness of the Ukrainian army to all possible changes in the operational situation.\" \"We need to quickly replenish the Ukrainian army and other military formations,\" Mr. Zelenskyy said. \"As the supreme commander in chief of the armed forces of Ukraine, I issued a decree on the conscription of reservists in a special period.\" He made the comments amid fears that Russia may also carry out cyberattacks as part of its action against Ukraine. Just hours before Mr. Zelenskyy declared a state of emergency, several Ukrainian government websites became inaccessible. At the Pentagon, Mr. Kirby told reporters that U.S. officials believe the Russians are \"close to some sort of action\" in Ukraine. \"Russian forces continue to assemble closer to the border and put themselves in an advanced stage of readiness to act,\" Mr. Kirby said. \"Virtually any time now,\" he said. \"We believe they are ready.\" • Tom Howell Jr. and Ryan Lovelace contributed to this article, which is based in part on wire service reports. 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Bill Larkin, a board member on the city's Harbour Commission, helped deliver 100 air purifiers to those affected by the Eaton Fire. Cross-country donations But people from all over the country, including Oregon, Tennessee and as far away as Florida and North Carolina, have chipped in, Lauren Gruel said. Many have been using Amazon and Wal-Mart to ship their donated purchases to the restaurant. The Gruels have arranged to drop off the truckloads at a few community centers serving as donation hubs, including the Dream Center in Central LA and the Pasadena Convention Center. \"There's a huge line there of people needing supplies, which obviously they would need because their entire worlds were shattered,\" Lauren Gruel said. She said some of the biggest needs right now for the scores of displaced Angelenos, many of whom have lost most of their belongings in the blaze, are socks, underwear and baby formula. But it's not just the bare necessities, she said. \"Kids still need to play with things, you know? So, toys would be great, coloring books would be great,\" Lauren Gruel said. \"These people have lost everything.\" Calico is also offering a free meal to people affected by the fires. As of Thursday night, more than 50 groups of people had dropped in to take the owners up on the offer, said co-owner Andrew Gruel. \"If you need to stay here, grab a bite to eat, figure out your next step, you're more than welcome to just hang out here for a few,\" he said. Alex Ordorica, who lives just down the street, brought his truck by to help out with the hauling. \"I just thought it was going to help out, you know? 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Samsung jumped 4.5% in early buying and selling within the greatest one-day rise since September, whereas rival SK Hynix Inc's shares surged 5.6%(REUTERS) The uncommon output reduce by the world's greatest reminiscence chipmaker – with no earlier announcement recalled by Samsung officers and analysts – got here after it flagged a worse-than-expected 96% plunge in first-quarter revenue. Investors dismissed the revenue miss, betting the transfer by the business chief would assist chip costs that had fallen by about 70% during the last 9 months. ALSO READ: Samsung to speculate $230 billion via 2042 in South Korea chipmaking base Samsung jumped 4.5% in early buying and selling within the greatest one-day rise since September, whereas rival SK Hynix Inc's shares surged 5.6%. Smartphone and private pc makers had stocked up on chips throughout the pandemic when demand for client units surged, however they're now working down inventories as customers in the reduction of on purchases amid rising inflation. Samsung stated reminiscence demand had dropped sharply due to a weak world financial system and clients slowing purchases as they targeted on utilizing up their shares. \"We are lowering the production of memory chips by a meaningful level, especially that of products with supply secured,\" it added, in a reference to these with ample inventories. Samsung didn't disclose the dimensions of the deliberate manufacturing reduce, nevertheless it despatched a powerful sign for a corporation that had beforehand stated it will make small changes like pauses for refurbishing manufacturing traces however not a full-blown reduce. \"The fact that the No. 1 market share firm is joining production cuts lifted shares… SK Hynix and Micron have declared production cuts, but only Samsung had not, so the market was watching for it,\" stated John Park, an analyst at Daishin Securities. \"Today's production cut signal casts a positive outlook for a memory chip rebound in the second half of the year.\" Although slicing short-term manufacturing, Samsung stated it was nonetheless making long-term investments in infrastructure and analysis to safe wanted clear rooms for chip manufacturing and broaden its technological lead. It didn't say how its 2023 funding plans can be affected, having beforehand flagged capital spending much like the 53.1 trillion received funding in 2022. SK Hynix stated in October it will greater than halve its capital spending in 2023 versus 2022, whereas Micron reduce fiscal 2023 funding plans by greater than 30% in September. Record chip loss Samsung estimated its working revenue fell to 600 billion received ($455.5 million) in January-March, from 14.12 trillion received a 12 months earlier, in a brief preliminary earnings assertion. It was the bottom revenue for any quarter in 14 years. The first-quarter revenue fell wanting a 873 billion received Refinitiv SmartEstimate, weighted towards analysts who're extra persistently correct. Multiple estimates have been revised down earlier this week. Its chip division is prone to report a document lack of 2.1 trillion received ($1.6 billion), based on a median of analyst forecasts, and publish one other 2 trillion received loss within the present quarter, a serious divergence for what had been Samsung's most essential money cow, producing about half of its earnings in higher years. Analysts stated Samsung's manufacturing reduce would possibly enhance its efficiency barely within the present quarter and will additionally cement or hasten the rebound of reminiscence chip costs. \"Samsung talking about production cuts is evidence of how bad the current slump really is,\" stated Greg Roh, head of analysis at Hyundai Motor Securities. The firm is because of launch detailed earnings, together with divisional breakdowns, later this month. 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LM Wind Power plans to set up and operate this plant which will be dedicated to the production of its 107-meter- long offshore wind turbine blades , a key component of GE's Haliade-X , the most powerful offshore wind turbine in operation today. Terms of the construction and financing of the new plant are in advanced stages of negotiation between the interested parties. GE Renewable Energy estimates that this new plant, set to open and start production in 2023, could create up to 750 direct renewable energy jobs and up to 1,500 indirect jobs in the area to support the entire value chain needed to operate this facility. This announcement and commitment support the UK government's plan to develop jobs, infrastructure, and supply chains to reach its goal to commission 40 GW of offshore wind power by 2030 and become a global leader in green energy. As part of that plan, Teesside has just been designated as one of the UK's newest freeports. GE Renewable Energy's new blade manufacturing plant will be located on Teesworks , an ideal location to serve the vast offshore wind potential of the North Sea. Jerôme Pécresse , President and CEO of GE Renewable Energy said \"This new plant will contribute to the development of an industrial cluster dedicated to offshore wind in the North East of England. We are delighted to announce such a commitment for the renewable energy industry, we believe it will help develop a strong talent pool through the hiring and more importantly training of future colleagues. The UK's target to commission 40 GW of offshore wind by 2030 is ambitious and requires that we invest in local production capabilities to accompany this effort.\" This announcement is the result of strong partnerships built with key stakeholders such as the UK Government, the Tees Valley Mayor, Teesworks and its municipality. Commenting on the investments it made for the new port of Teesside, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said \"Teesside will continue to drive forward our green industrial revolution as we capitalise on new opportunities to produce clean energy through a brand new offshore wind port on the River Tees. It will not only create thousands of jobs and harness the skills and expertise of this great industrial heartland, but also boost investment into the area as we build back greener.\" Hugh McNeal , CEO of Renewable UK said \"GE Renewable Energy's new blade turbine manufacturing plant will transform a former steelworks site on Teesside into a high-tech clean energy powerhouse, creating thousands of highly-skilled jobs in our UK supply chain. This announcement marks the start of the next generation of offshore wind manufacturing.\" The Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm , which is located between 125 km and 290 km off the east coast of Yorkshire, would benefit directly from the blades produced at this new plant. The three phases of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, powered by GE's Haliade-X offshore wind turbine, will have a combined installed generation capacity of 3.6 GW, enough to power six million UK homes. When complete in 2026, it will be the world's largest offshore wind farm. Dogger Bank Wind Farm Project Director, Steve Wilson , said: \"We're incredibly proud to say Dogger Bank Wind Farm is the anchor project for the blade facility announcement by GE today. Dogger Bank Wind Farm is a world-leading development pushing the boundaries of offshore wind development and playing a key role in delivering the ambition to increase UK supply chain capacity and capability. Through our turbine supply order with GE, the Dogger Bank project is the catalyst for this important GE investment in Teesside, harnessing skills and expertise in the local area and delivering long-term benefits in the UK's offshore wind sector.\" GE Renewable Energy already employs close to 1,500 people at its UK facilities, with the majority located between Stafford (GE Grid Solutions) and its LM Wind Power engineering center in Southampton. GE Renewable Energy has already announced an investment of $20 million in R&D and testing activities for its Haliade-X offshore wind platform – mainly in the UK – and continues to partner with ORE Catapult in Blyth on areas such as innovation, R&D and testing major components. With this plant, the company is further expanding its renewable energy industrial footprint in the country and confirms its ambition to become a key actor in the offshore wind industry in the UK. GE is also working closely with its suppliers to develop a local sourcing base in the UK for some critical components of offshore wind turbines. ### About GE Renewable Energy GE Renewable Energy is a $15.7 billion business which combines one of the broadest portfolios in the renewable energy industry to provide end-to-end solutions for our customers demanding reliable and affordable green power. Combining onshore and offshore wind, blades, hydro, storage, utility-scale solar, and grid solutions as well as hybrid renewables and digital services offerings, GE Renewable Energy has installed more than 400 gigawatts of clean renewable energy and equipped more than 90 percent of utilities worldwide with its grid solutions. With nearly 40,000 employees present in more than 80 countries, GE Renewable Energy creates value for customers seeking to power the world with affordable, reliable and sustainable green electrons. Follow us at www.ge.com/renewableenergy , on twitter.com/GErenewables or on www.linkedin.com/company/gerenewableenergy . 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Photo: Getty Images According to RT (Russia), when asked whether Warsaw would take any action against Kiev's joining the EU, as Poland had imposed a ban on Ukrainian wheat, the Minister of Telus answered that although the Polish Government Lan supports Ukraine joining the bloc, there are certain issues that must be met. resolved before it becomes a reality. \"Ukraine cannot join the EU unconditionally. We have conditions and the same should apply to Ukraine,\" Telus told Polish news agency PAP. He noted that agriculture is a very important issue in relations with Kiev, as Ukraine's agricultural sector has a very different structure compared to Poland and the European Union. \"We need to take a closer look at this issue, because Ukrainian agriculture is a threat to the agriculture of frontline countries as well as all of Europe,\" he added. Earlier this week, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki also stressed that Warsaw would not allow cheap Ukrainian wheat to \"flood\" the Polish market and disrupt the country's agricultural sector. He added that regardless of what the EU says, Poland will close its borders to Ukrainian grain to protect the interests of farmers in the country. In May, five Eastern European EU members – Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia – imposed a ban on Ukrainian grain imports. The move comes after Brussels lifted quotas and tariffs on Ukrainian grain exports to support the Kiev government in the early months of the conflict with Russia. However, this policy ultimately backfired on Eastern European countries, which faced fierce opposition from local farmers. The EU then banned five EU member states from selling Ukrainian wheat, corn, oilseed rape and sunflower seeds on their domestic markets, but allowed Ukrainian grain to transit for export. The European Parliament will discuss extending the embargo on September 15. Commenting on Brussels' decision to possibly lift the ban, the Telus Minister said that this move is political and that there are forces in Europe that want to further destabilize the Polish market. Meanwhile, Kiev protested the above wheat ban. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the embargo a departure from \"European values\". Zelensky threatened to sue an international arbitration court if Brussels decides to extend the ban beyond September 15. 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The world's largest diamond producer Alrosa has also been sanctioned and six more banks are targeted, including Alfa Bank whose cofounders include previously sanctioned oligarchs Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan. Individuals sanctioned include the billionaire oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler, founder of Tinkoff bank Oleg Tinkov, Herman Gref, the CEO of Russia's largest bank Sberbank, the Foreign Minister Lavrov's step daughter Polina Kovaleva and Galina Danilchenko, who is the first individual to be sanctioned for collaboration with Russian forces currently in Ukraine. For more information, see: This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 24 March 2022 and is published with permission. 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This caused her to experience \"serious trauma.\" Candie Frazier was employed by a third-party contractor, Telus International. Through this company, we have moderated videos that users have uploaded to TikTok to ensure they meet community guidelines. She said she developed depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms because she was exposed to a video containing \"thousands of extreme and violent acts of violence.\" She claims that she is currently suffering from \"severe and debilitating\" panic attacks and \"horrible\" nightmares because of the horrifying content she was expected to see at work. Frazier has filed a class action in the California Central District Court against TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, alleging that TikTok does not meet industry-recognized standards for protecting mental health. TikTok moderators sued the company for \"serious trauma\" after claiming that they had to watch videos including rape, animal cruelty and mass slaughter (stock photo) Tik Tok Community guidelines Content such as violent and violent behavior, suicide, self-harm, adult nudity, sexual activity, and sexual exploitation of minors is prohibited. By stopping and removing these violations, Frazier claims to have been \"constantly\" exposed to violence such as shootings, child rape, animal mutilation, cannibalism, gang murders and genocide in Myanmar. And according to The Verge The proceedings state that'TikTok and its partners failed to meet industry-recognized standards aimed at mitigating the harm of content moderation. \"This includes providing moderators with more frequent breaks, psychological support, and technical protection such as blurring or reducing resolution of the video being reviewed.\" Frazier explains that she and her colleagues are moderating so much content that they had to watch 3-10 videos at the same time to catch up with the 12-hour shift. She said she was allowed to take only one 15-minute break in the first four hours of the shift, followed by another 15-minute break every two hours. According to Frazier, TikTok \"will severely punish you whenever you are deprived of watching graphic video.\" Frazier has filed a class action proceeding against TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, saying it did not do enough to protect mental health. In the proceedings, she claims she now has sleep problems and often wakes up at night to play videos. What she saw in her heart. \" TikTok spokesman Hilary McQuaide said the company is working to support moderators. \"I will not comment on the proceedings, but I am working to promote a compassionate work environment for employees and contractors,\" she told The Verge in a statement. \"Our safety team has partnered with third-party companies on the key work of helping protect the TikTok platform and the community, so that moderators feel mentally and emotionally supported. We continue to expand our wellness services. \" Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Telus International, who is not a defendant in the proceedings, Washington post They are \"proud of the valuable work our team does to support a positive online environment,\" and the company \"has a strong resilience and mental health program.\" of. In 2018, Facebook faced a similar proceeding when it was sued by a group of third-party contractors alleging that it failed to protect Facebook from harmful content, including material on child sexual abuse. In May 2020, they reached a settlement in a class proceeding, and the social media platform agreed to pay $ 1,000 each to the moderators who are part of the proceedings. father New York post Workers \"diagnosed as having a job-related condition\" reported an additional $ 50,000 in damages. Facebook also paid for the necessary treatment. 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(Lester Graham/Michigan Radio) Michigan crews prepare for a Great Lakes oil spill Ever since the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, companies that move or transport petroleum have been required to regularly practice for emergency spills. A recent spill test in Rogers City shows how crews prepare for the worst. If someone mentioned something about an oil spill in the Great Lakes, a lot of people likely would think about the 70 year old Enbridge Energy oil pipeline sitting on the lake bed between Lakes Michigan and Huron. But, there are many potential places and sources that could result in petroleum spills around the lakes. The year after the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Prince William Sound in Alaska and spilled 11 million gallons of oil, Congress passed a law. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 gave the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency more authority to prevent and to respond to oil spills. Now, any company that moves or stores a lot of petroleum has to have an emergency plan. And it has to be tested regularly. That's why training exercises like one recently held in Rogers City are required. The worst case scenario drill in Rogers City was outlined as a crane puncturing this double-walled container with 76,000 barrels of ultra low sulphur diesel fuel (3.192 million gallons), spilling the contents into the harbor and beyond to Lake Huron. (Lester Graham/Michigan Radio) \"So we'll have federal, state, local and tribal entities come in as well as OSROs -those are the oil spill removal organizations- they come in and we work together in order to make sure that should something happen, we know how to respond to that and we test our plans,\" said Brian Streichert, an emergency manager with the Coast Guard based in Sault Sainte Marie. Judge orders segment of Enbridge's Line 5 shut down and moved off Native American land Why Line 5 will likely remain open despite Democratic control of Lansing He said the methods and technology are improving. A drone was on site. In some cases submersibles and autonomous vessels on the water can be used. One of those oil spill removal organizations is MPC, Marine Pollution Control based in Detroit. MPC crews were getting ready for some simulated oil spill exercises in a Lake Huron harbor. Bill Hazel, VP of Marine Services of Marine Pollution Control (MPC). It is one of the oil spill removal organizations that participate in deployment exercises. (Lester Graham/Michigan Radio) \"We will be deploying some boom and recovery devices, simulating recovery to to a simulated spill here in Rogers City this morning,\" said Bill Hazel, MPC Vice President for Marine Services. Companies that handle large amounts of petroleum have to do drills every year, but on the third year, it has to assume a worst case scenario. That's going to be different for each site. \"It depends upon the facility. It will be the largest tank or the amount of oil that a vessel can hold. It's a term that is used in the regulatory body to look at what would be the potential worst situation that a facility could look at,\" Hazel explained. He said the trick is not just to be prepared, but to use tactics in a manner that addresses, \"the trajectory and fate of any type of release in the Great Lakes.\" In the Rogers City exercise this year, the scenario was a storage tank holding 76,000 barrels (3.192 million gallons) of ultra low sulphur diesel fuel is punctured by a crane. A boat pulls a boom across the harbor as it would in an actual spill. The floating boom helps contain petroleum. 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The newspaper reported Wednesday that Bob Baffert-trained Justify tested positive for the drug scopolamine after winning the Santa Anita Derby, one of the final prep races for the Kentucky Derby. Justify went on to win the Derby and took the Preakness and Belmont stakes to complete the Triple Crown. The Times said instead of a speedy disqualification, the California Horse Racing Board took more than a month to confirm the results. The newspaper also reported that instead of filing a public complaint, the board made decisions behind closed doors as it moved to drop the case and lighten the penalty for horses found to have scopolamine in their systems. The newspaper said test results, emails and internal memorandums show how California regulators waited nearly three weeks, until the Kentucky Derby was only nine days away, to notify Baffert of the positive test. Then, two months after the Belmont victory, the board disposed of the inquiry altogether during a closed-door executive session. The Times said Baffert didn't respond to multiple attempts seeking comment. 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For the past 14 years, Alex has been helping leading manufacturers improve their performance with Additive Manufacturing in the Asia-Pacific Region. Before joining Optomec, Alex served as the General Manager for BigRep Asia Pacific. Prior to that, Alex held different roles at Stratasys, including Territory Manager ANZ & Thailand, regional Customer Support management, and Applications management. Alex has developed wide-ranging expertise in a variety of Additive Manufacturing technologies and has earned a reputation for diligently supporting his customers in their quest to lower cost and improve quality with additive technology. \"Optomec is a pioneer and true innovator of Industrial Metal AM and Printed Electronics solutions,\" said Alex. \"I am very excited to join the Optomec family and further expand our regional footprint together with our growing team in Singapore and our Channel Partners in the different markets in Asia Pacific.\" Optomec is a privately-held, rapidly growing supplier of Additive Manufacturing systems. Optomec's patented Aerosol Jet Systems for printed electronics and LENS 3D Printers for metal components are used by industry to reduce product cost and improve performance. Together, these unique printing solutions work with the broadest spectrum of functional materials, ranging from electronic inks to structural metals and even biological matter. Optomec has more than 300 marquee customers around the world, targeting production applications in the electronics, energy, life sciences and aerospace industries. For more information about Optomec, visit https://optomec.com . LENS is a registered trademark of Sandia National Labs; Aerosol Jet is a registered trademark of Optomec. 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In a Facebook post, Meta Platforms chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said: \"This will be a defining year for AI. This is a massive effort, and over the coming years it will drive our core products and business.\" With this investment, the company aims to strengthen its position against competitors OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon and Google in the AI technology race. As part of this investment, Meta intends to increase hiring for AI roles and construct a 2GW data centre, which would large enough to accommodate a considerable portion of Manhattan. The company plans to conclude 2025 with more than 1.3 million graphics processor units (GPUs), which are critical for powering AI workloads, and aims to bring about 1GW of computing power online in 2025. 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The subsequent era of cellular connectivity remains to be a couple of decade away earlier than being carried out however the innovation within the know-how continues to realize traction. According to studies, 6G would require dramatic advances in communications know-how to realize 10 to 100 occasions larger speeds and capacities than 5G, with an ultra-low energy consumption of 1/100 and protection that reaches from the depths of the ocean to the heights of outer house. In the Asia Pacific, a number of tech corporations, universities, and analysis institutes are already working in the direction of creating real-world use instances with 6G know-how in addition to finding out how the know-how can reshape connectivity on this planet sooner or later. For instance, in Singapore, Keysight Technologies' software-centric check and measurement options to advance 6G know-how primarily based on terahertz frequencies have been chosen by the Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies. The heart selected Keysight's options to validate on-chip terahertz electronic-photonic units akin to transceivers. Located at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), the middle leverages terahertz frequencies to develop a novel electronic-photonic hybrid strategy. It can be utilized to design cellular units able to effectively working at information charges of as much as a number of terabits per second (Tbps). Many rising functions and future 6G use instances, together with augmented actuality, holographic communication, and cellular edge computing depend on such excessive information price speeds. According to Boon Juan Tan, vice chairman, and normal supervisor of Keysight's normal electronics measurements options (GEMS) group, Keysight is happy to contribute to breakthroughs in 6G know-how by offering NTU with a 6G testbed that precisely analyzes unchartered terrain spanning electronics and photonics applied sciences for his or her TeraX Lab. Keysight's built-in software program and {hardware} instruments, with superior efficiency in measurement science relevant to 6G know-how, allow NTU to precisely characterize complicated transceiver modules. Keysight combines the corporate's high-speed arbitrary waveform generator (AWG), optical modulation analyzer with extremely detectable image charges, community analyzer (PNA), PSG analog sign generator with compact upconverters and downconverters from Virginia Diodes Inc. (VDI) and PathWave Vector Signal Analysis software program to create a turnkey resolution for complete testing and validation of on-chip terahertz electronic-photonic units. From Singapore to Japan, innovation continues in 6G know-how Meanwhile, in Japan, NEC is collaborating with NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO), and NTT on 6G experimental trials . NEC will work with DOCOMO and NTT on a distributed MIMO know-how for using the mid-band of 6GHz or larger to the sub-terahertz band, and OAM multiplex transmission know-how that realizes giant capability by spatial multiplexing of high-frequency band radio waves. NEC may even conduct R&D on system applied sciences for decreasing the dimensions and energy consumption, in addition to high-precision beamforming applied sciences, transmission strategies, and propagation fashions appropriate for high-frequency bands. This is along with the event of optimization and sign processing applied sciences using AI. NEC goals to develop and notice these applied sciences for supporting the beginning of 6G companies by DOCOMO and NTT close to 2030. For NEC, 6G know-how is just not solely a dramatic evolution in radio know-how, but additionally a social infrastructure that mixes the usage of optical communications, operational sophistication by means of IOWN, an idea for realizing new sensible societies that aren't but attainable with at this time's web, and repair/utility infrastructure akin to distributed computing and AI. Through actions with DOCOMO and NTT, NEC will speed up the R&D of communications applied sciences for 6G and work to create social worth by realizing 6G companies. Naoki Tani, Executive Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer at DOCOMO commented, \"NEC and DOCOMO have been collaborating since 2014 to confirm wi-fi applied sciences and create new use instances for the business launch of 5G. We are delighted to collaborate with NEC as a accomplice in these trials of 6G know-how. DOCOMO and NTT will now begin verification of applied sciences that allow steady communication in new frequency bands, akin to sub-terahertz bands, notice giant capability and contribute to 6G commercialization with vertical trade companions.\" DOCOMO and NTT are additionally partnering Nokia to collectively outline and develop key applied sciences in the direction of 6G. The collaboration will concentrate on demonstrating two proof-of-concepts for rising 6G applied sciences: the advantages of AI-based discovered waveform within the transmitter with a deep studying receiver within the mid-band, in addition to to check excessive information price indoor communications within the sub-THz band. Both Nokia and DOCOMO have an extended historical past of pioneering analysis that brings new wi-fi applied sciences to life. With this announcement, Nokia, DOCOMO and NTT will proceed to form subsequent era applied sciences collectively. The plan is to arrange environments for experiments and demonstrations in DOCOMO and NTT premises in Japan and Nokia premises in Stuttgart, Germany, and to start performing the specified assessments and measurements in 2022. Tani defined that DOCOMO and NTT will now begin the experimental trials of two 6G proof-of-concepts with Nokia for high-rate transmission within the sub-THz band and AI native air interface, and contribute to 6G commercialization with vertical trade companions. Apart from Singapore and Japan, different nations within the Asia Pacific are additionally in R&D phases of 6G know-how. 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The commentariat is talking up an \"American Renaissance\" in a nation that on Sunday marked its 245th Independence Day. But there is a problem: America just went through an economic renaissance. It's not likely to be reborn again. A decade ago, in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Standard & Poor's downgraded US government debt for the first time ever, triggering dire forecasts of American decline. Instead, the 2010s saw an expansion of American economic power, driven by its tech prowess and its relatively quick resolution of the debt crisis. The US share of global gross domestic product rose from a 2011 low of 21 per cent to 25 per cent last year. Average incomes started the decade 26 per cent higher in the US than in Europe and finished more than 60 per cent higher. The US income lead over Japan grew even more dramatically. By early 2020, despite talk of \"despair\" in the jobless middle classes, US consumer and small business confidence hit highs unsurpassed since the 1960s. As a financial superpower, the US reached even greater heights. Its share of global stock markets increased in the 2010s from 42 per cent to 58 per cent. The dollar emerged more dominant than ever, helping the US extend its lead over other developed nations. By late 2019, 75 per cent of all overseas loans to individuals and corporations were denominated in dollars, up from 60 per cent before the crisis of 2008. Six of every 10 countries used the dollar as their \"anchor\" — the currency against which they measure and stabilise the value of their own currency — near a record high. China's efforts to challenge the dollar as the world's favourite reserve currency also failed utterly during the 2010s. After a comeback decade, America is unlikely to rise anew in the 2020s. As I argued at the start of the pandemic, booms that are potent are almost always followed by a long hangover. The US economy led the world in the 1960s, but in the 70s it worried about falling behind the oil-fuelled Soviet Union. In the 1980s it fretted over an ascendant Japan. The US came roaring back during the tech boom of the 1990s, but the 2000s were all about the rise of emerging markets led by China. Forecasts for another US surge rest in part on faith that it can keep extending its lead in technology. But the US internet giants already face challengers in emerging markets from Asia to Africa, where local entrepreneurs are building national and regional market leaders in ecommerce, e-banking and search. Europe is closing the innovation gap in fields such as robotics and AI, and European start-ups are attracting more private equity money than ever before. Booms are often killed by complacency, which grips the US now. Significant voices in both political parties have argued that America should continue to borrow and spend freely, thanks to the unrivalled status of the dollar as the world's most wanted currency. But easy money flowing out of the Fed is threatening to weaken the dollar and feeding the rise of zombies — companies which earn too little to make even interest payments on their debt. They barely existed in the US 20 years ago, but accounted for 6 per cent of listed companies by 2010, and almost 20 per cent by last year. The federal government and corporations are now so deep in debt, it is hard to imagine how they can further boost the economy. In 2010, the US owed the rest of the world $2.5tn, a sum equal to 17 per cent of US GDP. By early last year, those liabilities had risen to $10tn and more than 50 per cent of GDP — a threshold that has often triggered currency crises in the past. Currently they are $14tn and 67 per cent of GDP. 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The spill released 21,000 tonnes of diesel into rivers and subsoil near the city of Norilsk in Siberia, where the company is based. Greenpeace has compared the incident to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska and Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced fury over the leak. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team . Nornickel ordered to pay $2 billion over Siberian Arctic fuel spill Back to video Nornickel did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment. Its shares were down 0.7% in Moscow after the decision by the court in Russia's Krasnoyarsk region, underperforming the benchmark index, which was up 0.7%. The court action was initiated by Russia's environment watchdog, which sought 148 billion roubles from Nornickel's power business, NTEC, for the damage. The company's own estimate of the environmental cost was far lower, at 21.4 billion roubles. The level of the court damages is unprecedented for Russia, in terms of an environmental penalty, and could send a message to industry that underinvestment in maintenance is unacceptable, analysts said. \"One has to answer for what has been done,\" Putin said in December, when asked about Nornickel and the spill. Nornickel had already set aside $2 billion for possible payment of the damages which hit its net profit for the first half of 2020. 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One analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 1,618 ($21.14). A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on ICP shares. Shore Capital reaffirmed a \"hold\" rating on shares of Intermediate Capital Group in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on shares of Intermediate Capital Group from GBX 1,600 ($20.91) to GBX 1,790 ($23.39) and gave the company a \"buy\" rating in a research report on Tuesday. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Intermediate Capital Group from GBX 1,530 ($19.99) to GBX 1,580 ($20.65) and gave the company an \"overweight\" rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Intermediate Capital Group from GBX 1,635 ($21.36) to GBX 1,720 ($22.47) and gave the stock an \"overweight\" rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, Canaccord Genuity lifted their price target on shares of Intermediate Capital Group from GBX 1,329 ($17.37) to GBX 1,650 ($21.56) and gave the stock a \"buy\" rating in a report on Friday, September 20th. In related news, insider Michael (Rusty) Nelligan acquired 10,000 shares of Intermediate Capital Group stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 17th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 1,415 ($18.49) per share, for a total transaction of £141,500 ($184,894.81). Shares of LON:ICP opened at GBX 1,533 ($20.03) on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.45 billion and a PE ratio of 21.71. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 90.87. Intermediate Capital Group has a 12-month low of GBX 911 ($11.90) and a 12-month high of GBX 1,614 ($21.09). The business's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 1,472.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 1,383.70. The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, January 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a dividend of GBX 15 ($0.20) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. This represents a yield of 0.99%. Intermediate Capital Group's dividend payout ratio is presently 0.71%. About Intermediate Capital Group Intermediate Capital Group plc is a private equity firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct it specializes in private debt, credit and equity investments. 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Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team . S&P Upgrades Barrick to BBB+ with Stable Outlook Back to video TORONTO, March 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX) today announced that S&P Global Ratings (\"S&P\") has upgraded Barrick's long-term corporate credit rating to BBB+ from BBB, with a stable outlook. This follows a similar upgrade to Baa1 by Moody's Investors Service in October 2020. In a news release announcing the upgrade, S&P noted that the upgrade reflects Barrick's significant financial flexibility, their favorable view of Barrick's operating efficiency and breadth, and their expectation that the company's credit profile should remain highly resilient in the event of lower gold prices. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 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The medication has been used by millions of Americans since the FDA granted it emergency use authorization in late 2021. The agency has the final say on giving Pfizer's drug full approval and is expected to decide by May. A panel of outside experts voted 16-1 that Paxlovid remains a safe and effective treatment for high-risk adults with COVID-19 who are more likely to face hospitalization and death due to the virus. \"We still have many groups that stand to benefit from Paxlovid, including unvaccinated persons, under-vaccinated persons, the elderly and the immuno-compromised,\" said Dr. Richard Murphy of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The FDA said using Paxlovid in high-risk patients could prevent 1,500 COVID-19 deaths and 13,000 hospitalizations per week. The panel's positive vote was widely expected, given that Paxlovid has been the go-to treatment against COVID-19, especially since an entire group of antibody drugs has been sidelined as the virus mutated. The U.S. continues reporting about 4,000 deaths and 35,000 hospitalizations weekly, the FDA noted. The agency asked its panel of independent medical experts to address several lingering questions involving Paxlovid, including which people currently benefit from treatment and whether the drug plays a role in cases of COVID-19 rebound . The panel agreed with assessments by both the FDA and Pfizer that found no clear link between the use of Paxlovid and returning symptoms, but said more information is needed from studies and medical records data. High-profile cases drew attention to the issue last year, including President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden . Between 10% and 16% of patients across multiple Pfizer studies had symptoms return, regardless of whether they'd received Paxlovid or a dummy pill. Such cases \"likely reflect natural COVID-19 progression,\" the FDA concluded. The federal government has purchased more than 20 million doses of Paxlovid and encouraged health professionals to prescribe it aggressively to help prevent severe COVID-19. But that's led to concerns of overprescribing and questions of whether some patients are needlessly getting the drug. Pfizer originally studied Paxlovid in the highest-risk COVID-19 patients: unvaccinated adults with other health problems and no evidence of prior coronavirus infection. But that doesn't reflect the U.S. population today, where an estimated 95% of people have protection from at least one vaccine dose, a prior infection or both. The FDA reviewed Pfizer data showing Paxlovid made no meaningful difference in otherwise healthy adults, whether or not they'd been previously vaccinated. But when FDA teased out data for high-risk adults — regardless of their vaccination or infection history — Paxlovid still showed a significant benefit, reducing the chance of hospitalization or death between 60% and 85%, depending on individual circumstances. Patients in that group included seniors and those with serious health problems, such as diabetes, obesity, lung disease and immune-system disorders. With so many different factors, panelists said prescribing Paxlovid will remain a case-by-case decision. Dr. Sankar Swaminathan of the University of Utah and other panelists stressed the importance of managing potentially dangerous drug interactions between Paxlovid and other commonly used medications. The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Science and Educational Media Group. 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The announcement Wednesday does not give any details on the value of the deal or set a timetable for completing the switch to electric vehicles. The partnership falls under the Vatican's \"Ecological Conversion 2030\" plan, which aims to pursue sustainable, carbon-neutral projects and technologies in the 109-acre city state in the center of Rome. Pope Francis has made caring for the planet a hallmark of his papacy. He will become the first pope to address a U.N. climate conference when he attends the upcoming COP28 meeting in Dubai. Before Francis, Pope Benedict XVI also pursued sustainability initiatives in Vatican City, which included the installation of solar panels. 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Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Americans receive the updated 2024-25 vaccine when it becomes available later this year. Health officials have used the term \"updated vaccines\" in anticipation of needing to formulate a new vaccine every year to match circulating variants as is done for the flu shot. \"Historically, when we're talking about COVID vaccines, we're talking about boosters that would happen at some time post your previous vaccine,\" said Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor. \"Now we're targeting annual vaccines for COVID-19 that is similar to flu. It's a reformulation based on what's circulating, and this is why we're talking about an annual campaign rather than a booster,\" he continued. Here's what you need to know about the updated COVID vaccines: What variants does it target? The updated 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccines will target the JN.1 lineage of the virus, an offshoot of the omicron variant. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked manufacturers to formulate a vaccine that closely matches the KP.2 strain of JN.1. Who is eligible? The CDC recommends everyone ages 6 months and older receive an updated vaccine. Vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna will be available for those 6 months old and older while the Novavax vaccine will be available for those aged 12 and older. When will the vaccines be available? Updated vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax will be available in either August or September. The CDC has said that it is safe to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as a flu shot or an RSV vaccine, for those who are being eligible. For those who decide to get multiple vaccines in one appointment, \"we suggest probably using different [arms] so you don't exacerbate tenderness at the injection site,\" Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a professor of medicine and infectious disease specialists at University of California, San Francisco, told ABC News. \"But essentially, you can get all three at the same time.\" Are the vaccines free? Those who are covered by Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance will receive coverage for the updated vaccines. In previous years, the CDC had a Bridge Access Program that provided free COVID-19 vaccines to adults without health insurance and adults whose insurance does not cover all COVID-19 vaccine costs. The program is ending in August 2024. \"This year we won't have the luxury of having the Bridge Program be a safety gap,\" Chin-Hong said. \"Those who have no insurance, which comprises millions of Americans, will have to be covered by different states' safety net programs.\" For children whose parents or guardians cannot afford vaccine coverage for them, there is the federally funded Vaccines for Children Program, which provides access to vaccines. Why should I receive a vaccine? Data has shown that COVID-19 vaccines can reduce the risk of severe disease, hospitalization and death as well as lower the risk of developing long COVID. A September 2023 analysis by the CDC suggested making the COVID-19 vaccine recommendation universal could prevent about 400,000 hospitalizations and 40,000 deaths over the next two years. \"We have to remember that this virus is constantly changing, and that your protection from previous infection or from previous vaccines declines over time,\" Brownstein said. \"Making sure that you receive the most updated formulations of vaccine will ensure that you have the most recent protection and we of course assumed that like previous years.\" He added that protection from the updated vaccines will likely last through the winter months, when cases typically increase and, as a result, hospitalizations and deaths increase as well. Chin-Hong said it's important for those who are at risk of serious disease and hospitalization to get vaccinated including those who are older and immunocompromised as well as those who live with high-risk individuals to prevent spread. Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. 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It is being claimed that the video shows people infected with the contiguous novel coronavirus in India. The one-minute six-second video has been shared all over Facebook . \"The way Indian people suffered due to taking corona for a joke and disregarding safety measures before the epidemic was eradicated (Translated to English),\" reads the caption of one such post. It has been viewed over 1400 times. 78,003 total cases of COVID-19 has been reported in India as of May 14 of which 49,219 are active. The deadly virus has claimed 2,549 lives in the country. Claim: Viral video shows Indians infected with COVID-19 lying unconscious on roads. Fact Check: The claim is false. The videos are actually footages from the gas leak incident which occurred in Vishakapatnam last week. A Google Reverse Image search was done by breaking the viral video into individual frames using the tool InVid for the same. This led to a video uploaded on Youtube on May 7, titled, ' Toxic Gas Leakage from LG polymers | Creates High Tension @ Vizag | Vizag Gas Leak Video | NRA'. Scenes from the viral video was also found in a report by New Indian Express . Further, the registration number of the car seen at the 22-second timestamp of the viral video reads, 'AP31'. According to the Government of Andhra Pradesh website , AP is the characters assigned for vehicle license plates in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, where the gas leak incident occurred. Reportedly , 11 people, including two young children, were killed and over 1,000 are sick after gas leaked overnight at a chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh's Vishakhapatnam. According to the National Disaster Response Force, who declared the incident a chemical disaster, up to 25 are critical. Toxic styrene gas had leaked out from an LG Polymers facility that had been shut for over 40 days due to the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. People were found lying motionless in lanes, ditches and near houses. Around 3 surrounding villages were evacuated and officials went house-to-house, breaking in to pull out unconscious victims. If you have any news that you believe needs to be fact-checked, please email us at factcheck@thelogicalindian.com or WhatsApp at 6364000343. 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Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty spinoff is moving forward at Amazon. The retail giant/streamer has handed out series order for its college-set spinoff from Eric Kripke 's breakout superhero drama. As part of the pickup, Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters — who previously oversaw ABC Marvel drama Agent Carter — have boarded the untitled series as showrunners. The longtime writing duo take over for Craig Rosenberg, who departed the drama following creative differences with Amazon and producers Sony Pictures TV. In the works for more than a year, the untitled series is set at America's only college exclusively for young-adult superheroes (run by Vought International). It's described as an irreverent, R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive superheroes as they put their physical, sexual and moral boundaries to the test, competing for the best contracts in the best cities. It's part college show, part Hunger Games — with all the heart, satire, and raunch of The Boys. Jaz Sinclair (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Lizze Broadway (Here and Now), Shane Paul McGhie (Unbelievable), Aimee Carrero (Elena of Avalor), Reina Hardesty (Brockmire) and Maddie Phillips (Teenage Bounty Hunters) will play the young superheroes. Additional castings are expected to be announced later. Fazekas and Butters (Law & Order: SVU, Reaper, Emergence, The X-Files) exec produce alongside The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Pavun Shetty, Ken Levin, Jason Netter, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson and Michaela Starr. \"Much like Mork & Mindy spun-off from Happy Days — which is an insane and true fact — our spinoff will exist in the Vought Cinematic Universe, yet have a tone and style all its own. It's our take on a college show, with an ensemble of fascinating, complicated and sometimes deadly Young Supes,\" said Kripke. \"Michele and Tara are stone-cold geniuses, we're thrilled to have them steer this ship, and grateful to Sony and Amazon for the opportunity. We love this show and can't wait for you to see it. Also, Baywatch Nights spun-off from Baywatch, and it had vampires. Vampires!\" The Boys has become a rare breakout and awards player for Amazon Studios . The flagship scored a surprising nomination for best drama series as part of a total of five Emmy nominations earlier this year. The Boys recently wrapped production on season three; a premiere date has not yet been announced. The Boys is one of many streaming series that was turned into a franchise after cutting through the clutter and being embraced by viewers. Other streaming series to get speedy spinoffs include Netflix's The Witcher, which expanded to multiple shows after its first season. 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Detectives are understood to have written three banks for details of the alleged accounts of the suspended CJN. The banks are Standard Chartered Bank, Union Bank and Heritage Bank, according to a preliminary report on the activities of Onnoghen by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and other agencies. The CJN is accused of false declaration of assets. A six-count charge has been filed against him. Further investigation into Onnoghen's accounts notwithstanding, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Commission (EU) yesterday urged caution on the part of the federal government in its handling of his case. The US called for due process to be followed in the matter while UK faulted the timing of the suspension. Sources knowledgeable about the investigation of Onnoghen's finances revealed to The Nation yesterday the turn-over in the alleged accounts of the CJN as follows: USD account from October, 2012 to September, 2016 — $1,922,657.00 GBP (£) account from 2012 to September, 2016 — £138, 439.00 Euro account as at September 30, 2016 — €55,154.00 Naira account from September, 2005 to October, 2016 — N91, 962.362.49 A document sighted by The Nation correspondent states: \"Upon receipt of the report, a preliminary investigation was conducted during which the following actions were carried out: \"A request was sent to the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) for a report on the suspect. \"A letter of investigation activities was sent to Standard Chartered Bank, Union Bank and Heritage Bank to provide the statements of accounts of the suspect; \"A BVN search through the NIBSS platform was conducted on the suspect and six (6) more accounts were found to be linked or connected to the suspect; \"The statements of accounts of the suspect were analyzed and further to that, a letter was written to Standard Chartered Bank requesting for additional information on suspicious activities in the account.\" There was anxiety yesterday over alleged restriction on the movement of Justice Onnoghen. Security was tightened at the official quarters of the Justices of the Supreme Court. Journalists were turned back from gaining access to the quarters in the three arms zone. A reliable security source said: \"Yes, the security around the quarters was enhanced but I doubt your insinuation of restriction of movement of the CJN. \"With the tension generated by the suspension of the CJN, security agencies are only taking pre-emptive action to prevent the judges from harm.\" There were also strong indications last night the battle over Onnoghen's fate would shift to the court tomorrow. A counsel in the defence team of the CJN said: \"We will go to court to challenge the illegal suspension of His Lordship. \"We hope the Federal Government will respect any court order reinstating the CJN. Anything otherwise is a judicial anarchy.\" We're concerned — US Reviewing the Onnoghen saga, the US Embassy said in a statement in Abuja yesterday that Washington was \"deeply concerned by the impact of the executive branch's decision to suspend and replace the Chief Justice and head of the judicial branch without the support of the legislative branch on the eve of national and state elections.\" It added: \"We note widespread Nigerian criticism that this decision is unconstitutional and that it undermines the independence of the judicial branch. That undercuts the stated determination of government, candidates, and political party leaders to ensure that the elections proceed in a way that is free, fair, transparent, and peaceful – leading to a credible result. \"We urge that the issues raised by this decision be resolved swiftly and peacefully in accordance with due process, full respect for the rule of law, and the spirit of the Constitution of Nigeria. Such action is needed urgently now to ensure that this decision does not cast a pall over the electoral process.\" UK: Timing of CJN's suspension gives cause for concern London, in a similar statement said: \"The British High Commission expresses serious concern over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria. \"We have heard a wide range of credible and independent voices, including in the Nigerian legal profession and civil society, who have expressed concern over the constitutionality of the executive branch's suspension of the chief officer of the judiciary. \"We respect Nigeria's sovereign authority and its right to adjudicate on constitutional provisions but as friends of the Nigerian people, we are compelled to observe that the timing of this action, so close to national elections, gives cause for concern. It risks affecting both domestic and international perceptions on the credibility of the forthcoming elections. We, along with other members of the international community, are following developments closely. \"We encourage all actors to maintain calm and address the concerns raised by this development through due process, demonstrating their commitment to respecting the constitution and the impartial administration of the rule of law. \"We further urge them to take steps to ensure that elections take place in an environment conducive to a free, fair and peaceful process.\" It can impact on credibility of votes, says EU election monitoring mission The EU Election Observation Mission also faulted the timing of the suspension of the CJN. It called on all parties to follow the legal processes provided for in the Constitution It said: \"The European Union was invited by the Independent National Electoral Commission to observe the 2019 general elections. \"The EU Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) is very concerned about the process and timing of the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Walter Onnoghen, on 25 January. \"With 20 days until the presidential and National Assembly elections, political parties, candidates and voters must be able to have confidence in the impartiality and independence of the judicial system. \"The decision to suspend the Chief Justice has led to many Nigerians, including lawyers and civil society observer groups, to question whether due process was followed. \"The timing, just before the swearing in of justices for Electoral Tribunals and the hearing of election-related cases, has also raised concerns about the opportunity for electoral justice. \"The EU EOM calls 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Fortress' patent portfolio of LTR and ground retardant formulations has been developed primarily using essential minerals supplied from Compass Minerals' solar evaporation site on the Great Salt Lake near Ogden, Utah, which was the foundation of the strategic alliance between the two companies. Led by CEO Robert Burnham alongside a team of multi-disciplined, veteran fire professionals, Fortress is the first new company in more than 20 years to pass all testing protocols and certifications for qualifying two new LTR products. LTRs are highly specialized formulations designed specifically for aerial drops to control the spread of wildfires. \"Since we began working closely with the entrepreneurial Fortress team approximately 18 months ago, we have been excited about the growth potential of their innovative products in what has historically been a stagnant and sole-sourced market,\" said Kevin S. 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The alleged email exchanges between Staley, who was CEO of Barclays, and Epstein in 2009 and 2010 are contained in a lawsuit filed by the United States Virgin Islands against Staley's former employer, JPMorgan. The US Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned two private islands, alleges that JPMorgan facilitated and sustained Epstein's sex-trafficking over two decades. The lawsuit claims Staley had a close personal relationship with Epstein and that emails between the two \"even suggest that Staley may have been involved in Epstein's sex-trafficking operation.\" \"That was fun. Say hi to Snow White,\" Staley emailed Epstein in July 2010, according to filings on Wednesday with the US District Court in Manhattan. The alleged email exchanges between Jes Staley, who was CEO of Barclays, and Jeffrey Epstein in 2009 and 2010 are contained in a lawsuit filed by the United States Virgin Islands against Staley's former employer, JPMorgan. REUTERS Epstein was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. REUTERS \"What character would you like next?\" Epstein replied. \"Beauty and the Beast,\" Staley allegedly responded, to which Epstein replied: \"Well one side is available,\" according to the filing. Reuters could not determine what \"Snow White\" or \"Beauty and the Beast\" referred to. A London-based lawyer for Staley, who is not a defendant in the lawsuit, declined to comment. JPMorgan, which also declined to comment on Thursday, has said the case is \"legally meritless and should be dismissed.\" Barclays declined to comment on Thursday. In a statement announcing Staley's resignation on Nov. 1, 2021, the British bank said the preliminary conclusions of investigations by British financial regulators into how Staley characterized his relationship with Epstein made \"no findings that Mr Staley saw, or was aware of, any of Mr. Epstein's alleged crimes.\" Britain's Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority both declined to comment on Thursday. The regulators have not published the results of their investigation, although they have said previously that it was focused on how truthful Staley was about his ties to Epstein. Staley is contesting the findings. According to the lawsuit, Staley exchanged around 1,200 emails with Epstein from his JPMorgan email account between 2008 and 2012. Staley allegedly wrote to Epstein on Nov 1, 2009, describing his relationship with Epstein as \"profound.\" JPMorgan has said the case is \"legally meritless and should be dismissed.\" REUTERS \"I'm in the hot tub with a glass of white wine … I owe you much. And I deeply appreciate our friendship. I have few so profound.\" One month later, Staley allegedly wrote to Epstein to say how great it had been to give him \"a long, heartfelt hug,\" after which Epstein allegedly sent Staley two pictures of young women. Epstein was a client of JPMorgan from about 2000 to 2013. Staley served in a variety of senior private banking and wealth management roles at JPMorgan until leaving the bank in 2013. Epstein was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. A separate lawsuit brought by Epstein victims against JPMorgan contains an allegation that Staley had \"personally observed\" Epstein's abuse of the named plaintiff, known as Jane Doe 1. Staley is not a defendant in that case. 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The attack was said to be carried out using websites which would discreetly implant malicious software to gather contacts, images and other data. Google's analysis suggested the booby-trapped websites were said to have been visited thousands of times per week. Apple did not respond to the BBC's request for comment. The attack was shared in great detail in a series of technical posts written by British cybersecurity expert Ian Beer, a member of Project Zero, Google's taskforce for finding new security vulnerabilities, known as zero days. \"There was no target discrimination,\" Mr Beer wrote. \"Simply visiting the hacked site was enough for the exploit server to attack your device, and if it was successful, install a monitoring implant.\" Mr Beer and his team said they discovered attackers were using 12 separate security flaws in order to compromise devices. Most were bugs within Safari, the default web browser on Apple products. 'Sustained effort' Once on a person's iPhone, the implant could access an enormous amount of data, including (though not limited to) contacts, images and GPS location data. It would relay this information back to an external server every 60 seconds, Mr Beer noted. The implant also was able to scoop up data from apps a person was using, such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram. Mr Beer's list of examples also included Google products such as Gmail and Hangouts, the firm's group video chat app. The attackers were able to exploit \"almost every version from iOS 10 through to the latest version of iOS 12\", Mr Beer added. \"This indicated a group making a sustained effort to hack the users of iPhones in certain communities over a period of at least two years.\" Apple's fix Google's team notified Apple of the vulnerabilities on 1 February this year. A patch was subsequently released six days later to close the vulnerability. Apple's patch notes refer to fixing an issue whereby \"an application may be able to gain elevated privileges\" and \"an application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges\". iPhone users should update their device to the latest software to make sure they are adequately protected. Unlike some security disclosures, which offer merely theoretical uses of vulnerabilities, Google discovered this attack \"in the wild\" – in other words, it was in use by cybercriminals. Mr Beer's analysis did not speculate on who may be behind the attack, nor how lucrative the tool may have been on the black market. Some \"zero day\" attacks can be sold for several millions dollars – until they're discovered and fixed. _____ Follow Dave Lee on Twitter @DaveLeeBBC Do you have more information about this or any other technology story? 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A., as the former banker can only be named, died in April 2023 following a long-running illness, complicating the appeals process. The Swiss Criminal Appeals Court ruled on Wednesday (Nov 27) that it \"in view of A.'s death, it was not possible to examine the bank's\" alleged breach \"without violating the presumption of innocence of the deceased.\" Therefore, the court said, the bank should be acquitted and compensation it was ordered to pay of 19 million Swiss francs (S$29 million) cancelled. Under Swiss law, prosecutors can press criminal charges against banks if they believe those institutions did not do enough to screen clients and prevent criminal wrongdoing. Credit Suisse was the first Swiss bank convicted of money laundering at trial for such an offense while commodities-trading giant Trafigura faces trial on Monday in Switzerland on charges its Dutch unit failed to prevent bribery. Credit Suisse's conviction was one of a number of court cases and lawsuits that UBS had looked to resolve since the takeover of its troubled former rival last year. 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Microsoft had said before that the hackers had accessed somesource code, but had not said which parts, or that any had beencopied. U.S. authorities said Wednesday the breaches revealed inDecember extended to nine federal agencies and 100 privatecompanies, including major technology providers and securityfirms. They said the Russian government is likely behind thespree, which Moscow has denied. Initially discovered by security provider FireEye Inc, the hackers used advanced skills to insert softwareback doors for spying into widely used network-managementprograms distributed by Texas-based SolarWinds Corp. At the most prized of the thousands of SolarWinds customersthat were exposed last year, the hackers added new Azureidentities, added greater rights to existing identities, orotherwise manipulated the Microsoft programs, largely to stealemail. Some hacking also used such methods at targets which did notuse SolarWinds. Microsoft previously acknowledged that some ofits resellers, who often have continual access to customersystems, had been used in the hacks. It continues to deny thatflaws in anything it provides directly have been used as aninitial attack vector. Microsoft declined to answer Reuters' questions about whichparts of its code had been downloaded or whether what thehackers discovered would have helped them hone techniques. The company also declined to say whether it was changing anyof its code as a result of the breach. The Department of Homeland Security did not respond toquestions. The company said Thursday it had completed its probe andthat it had \"found no indications that our systems at Microsoftwere used to attack others.\" Nevertheless, the problems with identity management haveproved so pervasive in the recent attacks that multiple securitycompanies have issued new guidelines and warnings as well toolsfor detecting misuse. President Joe Biden has promised a response to theSolarWinds hacks, and an inquiry and remediation effort is beingled by his top cybersecurity official, Deputy National SecurityAdvisor Anne Neuberger. 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State Bank of India (SBI) launched its digital banking app YONO for customers of SBI (UK) Limited, by Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, SBI at an exclusive event hosted in coordination with the UK India Business Council (UKIBC). SBI has now decided to take YONO globally, starting from the United Kingdom. YONO SBI UK offers its customers numerous features like easy UK money transfers or payments, remittances to India – available 24×7 with attractive exchange rates on remittances to India and so on. The facility of online account opening through the app will be made available soon. Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, SBI said \"YONO SBI UK is one of the highlights of SBI's technological capabilities. I am delighted to launch YONO for our UK customers, after its success in India. I am sure the easy-to-use features and refreshing design will ensure that the app offers a positive customer experience and showcases Bank's strong focus on digital banking\". Available on both App Store and Google Play Store, YONO SBI UK is an enhanced mobile app which is simple, intuitive, and user friendly for customers to carry out almost all their banking needs. The app will allow customers with accounts at both SBI UK and SBI in India to access both accounts through one app, thereby improving the customer experience and ease-of-use. The app would also allow customers to change their address, e-mail, mobile numbers online. YONO SBI UK also comes with a strong cordon of device binding to protect the security of customer funds. Richard Heald, Group CEO, UK-India Business Council, said \"It is exciting to see how passionate SBI is in its determination to deliver innovative technological products for its customers, particularly here in the UK which has a large Indian diaspora.\" Launched in 2017 by SBI in India, YONO has become very popular, especially among the youth, as it caters to their banking and lifestyle needs simultaneously. 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For the first time in over three years, there were no mega deals valued over $10 billion during the third quarter, according to the latest M&A report by Willis Towers Watson . There were only 49 large deals valued over $1 billion during the quarter, as compared with 67 large deals closed in the same period a year ago. related investing news Despite global recession fears, geopolitical tensions and expectations for inflation and interest rates to keep rising in 2023, WTW predicts dealmaking activity will continue. \"An unprecedented number of disruptive forces have created headwinds for dealmakers, but they are also generating opportunities,\" said Massimo Borghello, head of human capital M&A consulting, Asia Pacific at WTW. \"The fundamentals that drive dealmaking are still in place and, with valuations moderating after the historic levels reached in 2021, strategic and financial buyers alike will take advantage of better-priced opportunities for growth.\" 2023 outlook Willis Towers Watson predicted recession fears could trigger a \"lipstick\" effect next year, where buyers increasingly focus on smaller deals, rather than big-ticket deals. The challenging operating environment will also drive companies to sell off non-core assets, WTW said. For example, energy firms could continue to divest carbon intensive assets. Read more about tech and crypto from CNBC Pro \"This can create opportunities for buyers to expand product lines, services or supply chains at a reduced rate,\" the report said. The tech sector could see a wave of acquisitions in the AI and machine learning markets in 2023 with the need for speed in digital transformation across all industries. Persistent, pandemic-era supply chain disruptions could drive companies to look to M&A to boost operational resilience. Asia-Pacific trends WTW said China's dealmaking will increasingly focus on domestic consolidation, ahead of outbound ambitions. In Asia-Pacific, momentum from deal activity in renewable energy will flow into next year, as environmental, social, and corporate governance continues to be a driver. \"As we move into 2023, economic uncertainty will continue to define and challenge M&A activity, but there will also be opportunities. In Asia Pacific, digital transformation, energy transition and the process of adapting to geopolitical impacts will continue to provide impetus for dealmaking, as strategic buyers seek to realise transformational growth,\" said Borghello. Bioscience companies Novozymes and Chr. Hansen are set to merge in biggest-ever Danish deal by the fourth quarter of 2023. This year, Malaysia's telco conglomerate Axiata Group Berhad, Telenor Asia and Malaysian telco provider Digi completed a merger of telco operations to form Celcom Digi. 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FILE PHOTO – The lobby of New York City's Apple Inc. flagship store is adorned with the Apple Inc. logo on January 18, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Segar (Reuters) -Apple Inc stated Tuesday that it had halted product sales to Russia as a result of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Apple (NASDAQ) stated in a statement that it was deeply worried about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It also expressed solidarity with the victims of violence. We are providing support for humanitarian efforts and aiding in the ongoing refugee crisis. And we will continue to help our team members.\" In response to the invasion of Iraq, the company listed a variety of measures including halting all foreign exports through its channels. The company stated that Apple Pay and all other services were limited. Sputnik News (Russian state media) is no longer available on the Apple Store. Russian users were still able access Apple's website on Tuesday. However, attempts to order an iPhone proved unsuccessful. 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Manufacturing. From the report: Samsung will fabricate at least some of Qualcomm's X60 modem chips, which will connect devices such as smart phones to 5G wireless data networks. The X60 will be made on Samsung's 5-nanometer process, the sources said, which makes the chips smaller and more power-efficient than previous generations. One of the sources said TSMC is also expected to fabricate 5-nanometer modems for Qualcomm. Samsung and Qualcomm declined to comment, and TSMC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday the measures target those \"who are believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, the detention and abuse of Uighurs, Kazakhs, or other members of Muslim minority groups\" in Xinjiang, China. The Trump administration has denounced China's actions in Xinjiang for a little over a year, but no official action had been taken till now. Last week, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) issued a detention order against a Chinese apparel company with ties to the United States, claiming the company produced its products using forced labor in Xinjiang. On Monday, U.S. Department of Commerce announced export restrictions on 28 Chinese entities, including regional government agencies, local police and security technology companies. The State Department announced on Wednesday it would ban certain Chinese officials and their immediate family members from obtaining U.S. visas, citing their ties to human rights violations in Xinjiang. The Chinese government is accused of turning Xinjiang into a mass-surveillance state -- where the U.N. says it has detained over a million Muslims, some of whom are allegedly subject to forced labor according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The re-education camps Located throughout Xinjiang are what the Chinese government calls \"vocational centers.\" These centers were established \"to eradicate the breeding soil of extremism and terrorism,\" according to the Chinese government. Contrary to their title, human rights experts refer to these centers as \"re-education camps,\" while others call them \"internment\" or \"concentration\" camps. These camps currently house over a million Muslim people, according to the United Nations. \"These are truly internment camps where these people are being treated in ways that are fundamentally inconsistent with what China would have you believe, and in ways that — when the world finds out -- we will all regret,\" U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told ABC News earlier this year. ABC News has spoken to several sources who claimed to have been in the camps. Each described different forms of torture -- ranging from sleep deprivation to starvation. The Chinese government has denied all allegations of torture within these facilities. Forced labor CBP issued detention orders on goods imported from five countries based on allegations that people producing those items might be children or adults subjected to forced labor. The orders are used to hold shipping containers at U.S. ports of entry until CBP can investigate the claims of wrongdoing. Additionally, the Washington-based Worker Rights Consortium published further evidence this year that Heitan Taida was doing business both inside a camp and at nearby state-subsidized factories where detainees are allegedly sent once they are released. Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan said the detention order \"shows that if we suspect a product is made using forced labor, we'll take that product off U.S. shelves.\" A surveillance state The 28 entities blacklisted Monday by the Trump administration include companies that specialize in artificial intelligence, voice recognition and data collection that have allegedly helped construct mass-surveillance state in Xinjiang. One of the companies involved \"in the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention and high-technology surveillance,\" as stated in the filing, is Hikvision, a video surveillance manufacturer with an estimated market value of $42 billion, according to Reuters. Hikvision considers itself the world's largest maker of video surveillance gear. Earlier this year, it was rumored the company would find itself on a U.S. blacklist due to the Trump administrations' rising concern that Hikvision had a role in turning Xinjiang into a mass-surveillance state. A Hikvision spokesman told ABC News the company \"strongly opposes\" the Commerce Department's decision, stating that in January it retained a human rights expert and former U.S. ambassador to advise the company on human rights compliance. \"Punishing Hikvision, despite these engagements, will deter global companies from communicating with the U.S. government, hurt Hikvision's U.S. businesses partners and negatively impact the U.S. economy,\" the spokesperson said. A recent Human Rights Watch report found that a mobile app used by Chinese authorities in Xinjiang to communicate with a network used to store citizens' personal information and report \"suspicious activity\" -- such as collecting money for a mosque \"with enthusiasm.\" The report also claimed the Chinese government collects data on its ethnic Muslim population through unscheduled home visits, widespread security checkpoints and security cameras located throughout Xinjiang. The Department of Commerce announced the 28 additions to its entity list just days before high-level Chinese and American officials meet in the nation's capital to discuss trade war remedies. U.S. officials said the announcement was not tied to trade talks. China's response and trade war China's Foreign Ministry found the reasons for the Department of Commerce's announcement to be \"nothing more than fact-distorting gibberish, which only further reveals the country's malicious intention to impede the counter-terrorism efforts in Xinjiang and stability and development in China,\" according to spokesperson Geng Shuang. The Chinese embassy in U.S. tweeted a response to the visa bans Tuesday, stating, \"Xinjiang does not have the so-called human rights issue claimed by the U.S.\" The embassy went on to say that any actions the government has taken in Xinjiang fall within Chinese law and international practices. \"The counter-terrorism and de-radicalization measures in Xinjiang are aimed to eradicate the breeding soil of extremism and terrorism,\" the tweet said. U.S. officials told ABC News these actions are separate from the administration's trade talks with China. Investors, however, find the timing of these sanctions questionable, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics. \"The [sanctions] may or may not be related to the trade war, but investors think they are,\" said Zandi. \"Moreover, they are likely complicating the trade negotiations, which are already a Rubik's cube.\" According to Zandi, the trade war has already cost close to 350,000 U.S. jobs. If President Trump follows through with tariff hikes on China in the next few months, followed by China's retaliation, Zandi said employment could be down by 900,000 jobs by the end of 2020. \"It is likely that if there is another round of tariff hikes in the next few months, the trade war will escalate even further, and a recession would ensue,\" said Zandi. 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day of the retailer's year. Extinction Rebellion (XR) said its Black Friday demonstration took place at sites in Doncaster, Darlington, Newcastle, Manchester, Peterborough, Derby, Coventry, Rugeley, Dartford, Bristol, Tilbury, Milton Keynes and Dunfermline. Activists arrived in the early hours of Friday to set up bamboo structures and \"lock-ons\", and held banners urging Amazon to cut its emissions. Some people could also be seen wearing masks of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and setting up tents on the road as police officers began to move in. At least 13 people have been arrested in three of the locations, police forces have confirmed. The group, which is also drawing attention to alleged exploitation of Amazon workers, said it planned to remain at the scene for at least 48 hours. An XR spokesperson said: \"The action is intended to draw attention to Amazon's exploitative and environmentally destructive business practices, disregard for workers' rights in the name of company profits, as well as the wastefulness of Black Friday. \"The blockade is part of an international action by XR targeting 15 Amazon fulfilment centres in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, aimed at highlighting Amazon's 'crimes'. \"This is happening in solidarity with activists and workers from the global Make Amazon Pay campaign, demanding better working conditions, clear environmental commitments and for Amazon to pay their fair share of tax. \"Amazon continues to lobby the US government to fight against climate legislation while telling the public they are committed to green initiatives. \"They are committing the very definition of greenwash.\" Thirteen sites across the UK have been targeted (Joe Giddens/PA) At the Dartford site, around 20 activists set up the blockade on a road at just before 5am. Kent Police said: \"Those present are situated in front of two entrances where some are locked on to concrete and wooden structures. \"Officers are in attendance and are working to end the protest whilst liaising with partner agencies, and the managers at the business, to minimise traffic disruption in the area.\" The force later arrested five people on suspicion of aggravated trespass before they were taken into custody. The other attendees dispersed by 2.30pm. Two men and two women were also arrested on suspicion of public nuisance at the site in Manchester. Bamboo structures have been set up, on which the XR protesters have attached themselves (Ian West/PA) Greater Manchester Police said: \"The protest has since concluded and Sun Bank Lane has reopened.\" A further four were arrested by Durham Police following a demonstration outside the Amazon depot in Darlington. XR's spokesperson at the Dunfermline blockade, Meg Paton-Jones, said: \"The police have one van on site and they are watching us. \"We started here at about 4am but are not blocking the employees' car park so the night shift can leave. \"We have good vibes and music.\" Officers from West Midlands Police were at the scene of the Coventry blockade from 4am and said they have been \"managing traffic\". A number of other forces including Avon and Somerset, Staffordshire and Police Scotland said officers had been \"engaging\" with protesters. Amazon said it is working to minimise any potential disruption to customers. Police have moved in to deal with the demonstrations (Ian West/PA) A spokesman said: \"At Amazon, we take our responsibilities very seriously. \"That includes our commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040 – 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement – providing excellent pay and benefits in a safe and modern work environment, and supporting the tens of thousands of British small businesses who sell on our store. \"We know there is always more to do, and we'll continue to invent and invest on behalf of our employees, customers, small businesses and communities in the UK. \"We're proud to have invested £32 billion in the UK since 2010, creating 10,000 new permanent jobs across the country this year alone, and generating a total UK tax contribution of £1.55 billion in 2020.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Amazon", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 44}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 122}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 236}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 665}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 742}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1003}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1151}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1400}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1492}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1592}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1690}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 1730}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 2938}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 3502}, {"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 3668}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "XR", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "XR", "length": 2, "offset": 1084}, {"position_text": "XR", "length": 2, "offset": 1384}, {"position_text": "XR", "length": 2, "offset": 2703}, {"position_text": "XR", "length": 2, "offset": 2966}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Greater Manchester Police", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Greater Manchester Police", "length": 25, "offset": 2756}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Durham Police", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Durham Police", "length": 13, "offset": 2886}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Kent Police", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Kent Police", "length": 11, "offset": 2090}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "West Midlands Police", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "West Midlands Police", "length": 20, "offset": 3246}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "XR", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "XR", "length": 2, "offset": 1084}, {"position_text": "XR", "length": 2, "offset": 1384}, {"position_text": "XR", "length": 2, "offset": 2703}, {"position_text": "XR", "length": 2, "offset": 2966}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Avon", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Avon", "length": 4, "offset": 3398}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Darlington", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Darlington", "length": 10, "offset": 416}, {"position_text": "Darlington", "length": 10, "offset": 2954}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Doncaster", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Doncaster", "length": 9, "offset": 405}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Manchester", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Manchester", "length": 10, "offset": 439}, {"position_text": "Manchester", "length": 10, "offset": 2642}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "Newcastle", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Newcastle", "length": 9, "offset": 428}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 12, "entity_text": "Staffordshire", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Staffordshire", "length": 13, "offset": 3417}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 13, "entity_text": "US", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 1437}, {"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 1760}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1455, "text": "Facts About C. Harper Honda Revealed\nFacts About C. Harper Honda Revealed Facts About C. Harper Honda Revealed The 4-Minute Rule for C. Harper Honda As a vehicle buyer, it's additionally your right to have a mechanic evaluate the cars and truck before you make an acquisition. While you will certainly need to spend for the vehicle assessment, a relied on auto mechanic can explain potential problems that may cost you hundreds of bucks down the roadway. Think about buying and leasing as having versus renting. If you select to lease an automobile, you pay the expense for the size of time that you have it, calculated by subtracting the auto's worth at the end of your lease from its value when you first acquired the vehicle - https://disqus.com/by/disqus_OLSsrZrj9i/about/ . When deciding to lease or purchase a lorry, you need to ask yourself some concerns Do you maintain your cars and truck in good form? With a lease, you may have to pay a fine for returning a car that's not in great condition. Is there a possibility of significant life adjustments happening throughout the term of your lease? There's usually a cost associated with terminating a lease contract early. Not known Details About C. Harper Honda Review evaluations from other customers to learn what experiences they have actually had. Ask your family members, pals, and next-door neighbors for suggestions. They ought to be able to route you to a dealership or perhaps a sales person that supplies an outstanding client experience. Once you have actually done your study, examination drive the automobiles you want at several dealerships, there may be one car dealership that will certainly use you a much better rate on the vehicle you are intending to acquire. Remember your budget plan and stick to your ground. If the sales person asks for your leading dollar, estimate a number that's lower so you at some point clear up someplace near your target cost. You want to ensure that you fit with the month-to-month payment - honda belle vernon. With great deals of preparation and research study, you will obtain your desire vehicle in no time! As we function with each other to make it through these ever-changing times, allow us know how we can assist! We have vehicle car loan alternatives available to assist you fund or re-finance your dream cars and truck. We are below to aid you on your financial journey. 3 Easy Facts About C. Harper Honda Shown Acquiring a vehicle can be both exciting and frustrating, especially if it's your very first time making such a large acquisition. With so lots of factors to consider, from the make and version to the rate and funding options, it's very easy to really feel lost in the sea of information. Jointly, the Kelley Directory team has gone via the car-buying procedure multiple times over, and there are points we desire we had actually understood beforehand. Test driving a car before acquisition aids you to examine the automobile's performance and handling. He claims the examination drive is your chance to inspect out the vehicle's technology and comfort features and make sure the car satisfies your assumptions. C. Harper Honda Fundamentals Explained Kelley Directory Search Engine Optimization Web Content Expert Trevor Spedden has an essential piece of recommendations for examination drives: Make certain the automobile is comfy. \"Examination drives can be brief and often frustrating when refining a massive amount of details in a brief period. Even if you aren't enabled an extended examination drive, simply resting in the auto for even more than 10 or 15 mins will certainly assist you much better comprehend exactly how comfortable it will certainly get on longer drives. You might be tall and discover that you need to look down a bit to see out the windscreen. Andy Bornhop Trevor discusses that you need to likewise think about the convenience and ease of access degree of other passengers: \"Regularly having rear-seat travelers in a 2-door car gets old quickly. If an auto has a hands-on transmission, it could restrict the ability of others to drive your automobile if the need should develop.\" Trevor Additionally, think concerning ease of access for your guests and their convenience. Elderly Advice Editor Chris Hardesty suggests moms and dads examine youngster safety seats even prior to taking an examination drive. How C. Harper Honda can Save You Time, Stress, and Money. Adjust the front seats and the seatback to see that the baby seats do not interfere with your regular driving position. Keep in mind, too, that children expand and will need a lot more legroom in a couple of years.\" Chris Hardesty Andy also recommends against buying a used automobile during the night or in the rain: \"It hides any kind of inferior paint or bodywork that may have been done on the vehicle,\" he discusses. Avoid nighttime purchasing if you're in the marketplace for a used vehicle. As soon as the sun sets, pack it up and resume your quest one more day. While daylight is important for taking a look at the vehicle's outside, Senior Vehicle Reviews Editor Joseph Tralongo claims there are some benefits to checking it out at night: \"Take the car to a dark place, like a garage, and see what the dashboard and instrument panel looks like when illuminated. He suggests online buying to prevent a few of the stress of the car-buying process. \"Do as much online as feasible,\" Jason stated. \"First-time customers are particularly vulnerable to getting raked over the coals.\" Trevor has one big acquisition tip: Know your spending plan. \"If you've conserved $10,000 to purchase a used car, you shouldn't consider autos setting you back greater than $8,000. What Does C. Harper Honda Mean? It is essential to leave area in the allocate oil changes, tires, brakes, and various other worn things that will certainly require substitute .\" Trevor Sean Tucker, Kelley Directory's Elder Information Editor, advises conserving money and acquiring browse around this site the appropriate dimension lorry for your everyday demands. \"If you utilize no greater than 4 seats 361 days a year yet need 2 more when Mom and Dad go to for the vacations, you don't need three rows of seats Report this page", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Honda", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Honda", "length": 5, "offset": 22}, {"position_text": "Honda", "length": 5, "offset": 59}, {"position_text": "Honda", "length": 5, "offset": 96}, {"position_text": "Honda", "length": 5, "offset": 143}, {"position_text": "Honda", "length": 5, "offset": 1213}, {"position_text": "honda", "length": 5, "offset": 1999}, {"position_text": "Honda", "length": 5, "offset": 2417}, {"position_text": "Honda", "length": 5, "offset": 3151}, {"position_text": "Honda", "length": 5, "offset": 4377}, {"position_text": "Honda", "length": 5, "offset": 5708}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "C. 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The former UBS banker was planning to sell most stakes owned by the bank through marketed follow-ons while bank staff preferred to sell shares through the development bank's equities desk in Rio de Janeiro. He also tried to change internal rules regulating asset sales to accelerate the divestiture of a 120 billion-real ($29 billion) stock portfolio. $1 = 4.1634 reais Reporting by Tatiana Bautzer in Sao Paulo and Rodrigo Viga Gaier in Rio de JaneiroEditing by Chris Reese and Cynthia Osterman", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "UBS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "UBS", "length": 3, "offset": 856}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Banco do Brasil SA", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Banco do Brasil SA", "length": 18, "offset": 825}, {"position_text": "Banco do Brasil", "length": 15, "offset": 825}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Reuters", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 213}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Banco do Brasil SA", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Banco do Brasil SA", "length": 18, "offset": 825}, {"position_text": "Banco do Brasil", "length": 15, "offset": 825}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Banco do Brasil SA", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Banco do Brasil SA", "length": 18, "offset": 825}, {"position_text": "Banco do Brasil", "length": 15, "offset": 825}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Brazil", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Brazil", "length": 6, "offset": 9}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "SAO PAULO", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "SAO PAULO", "length": 9, "offset": 179}, {"position_text": "SAO PAULO", "length": 9, "offset": 1247}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1457, "text": "Gas Pipelines Project - Bayelsa, Rivers Landowners Protest Eviction By Shell\nSome angry landowners have protested the alleged eviction from their lands by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, for its ENGL Pipelines Enwhe, Gbarain Phase 3A Project (Akenfa/Okarki axis) in Bayelsa and Rivers states.The landowners, who stormed one of the project sites located in Okarki, a boundary community in Rivers State, yesterday, lamented that they have been subjected to inhumane treatment by SPDC for property that they acquired legitimately from the community. The protesters, including women and youths, wielded placards with different inscriptions such as \"Shell pay us compensation for our land,\" \"Shell has refused to pay us for our buildings they destroyed\",\"Shell pay compensation before you work\",\"Shell is wicked\",\"SPSC stop oppressing us with military,\" among others. Landowners cry foul While some of the landowners alleged that they were yet to be given a dime as compensation, others claimed they were threatened to receive a paltry sum or risk losing their lands for nothing. A landowner, Ms Ebipadei Ariwei, an indigene of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, said: \"I am protesting today on this land because Shell has refused to pay me compensation on my land. \"Without even my knowledge, they came to my land destroyed my buildings and started laying their pipes. I am here to protest for them to pay me adequate compensation before they carry on with their jobs.\"I bought this land (one hectare) from Okarki community in 2011, I have the documents with me. Sometimes in 2015, some neighbours called to inform me that they saw some people clearing my land, I immediately rushed down and I saw the people clearing the land and demolished my buildings and when I started asking questions, they told me that they were from Shell and that they were going to pay compensation, but that they want to acquire the land first. \"They called me for negotiation but the negotiation has not yielded any result, only for me to wake up one day to see that without any notification or information, they have invaded my land, destroyed my buildings and economic trees and started laying pipes. \"Another landowner, simply identified as Mr Trending, said: \"The same thing happened to my building. I bought a land, put a structure. Shell's coming to the Niger Delta is supposed to be a blessing but now they are forcing us into poverty. \"As I talk with you now, I have land here but I was forced to collect peanuts and let go because they threatened me that they were going to use force to take the land whether I take the money or not. 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Ltd. has fired the latest salvo in an escalating patent fight, asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to block telecom giant Ericsson from importing 5G network equipment after licensing negotiations between the parties faltered. South Korea-based Samsung claimed in a complaint filed Thursday at the ITC that Ericsson's Street Macro base stations, which provide network coverage to cellphone users, infringe four patents. The complaint also says Ericsson induces infringement by network service providers that deploy the allegedly infringing products. The complaint pointed to Ericsson's contracts with 5G providers — including AT&T, Verizon and Sprint — to install 5G... Stay ahead of the curve In the legal profession, information is the key to success. You have to know what's happening with clients, competitors, practice areas, and industries. Law360 provides the intelligence you need to remain an expert and beat the competition. 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The industry has embraced a goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. Experts who track the issue are skeptical. Until the COVID-19 pandemic caused travel to slump, airlines were on a steady course of burning more fuel, year after year. Today's aircraft engines are the most efficient ever, but improvements in reducing fuel burn are agonizingly slow — about 1% a year on average. At Monday's opening of a huge aviation industry show near London, discussion about climate change replaced much of the usual buzz over big airplane orders. The weather was fitting. The Farnborough International Airshow opened as UK authorities issued the first extreme heat warning in England's history. Two nearby airports closed their runways, one reporting that heat caused the surface to buckle. As airlines confront climate change, the stakes could hardly be higher. Jim Harris, who leads the aerospace practice at consultant Bain & Co., says that with airlines recovering from the jolt of the pandemic, hitting net-zero by 2050 is now the industry's biggest challenge. \"There is no obvious solution, there is no one technology, there is no one set of actions that are going to get the industry there,\" Harris says. \"The amount of change required, and the timeline, are big issues.\" Aviation releases only one-sixth the amount of carbon dioxide produced by cars and trucks, according to World Resources Institute, a nonprofit research group based in Washington. However, aviation is used by far fewer people per day. Jet fuel use by the four biggest U.S. airlines – American, United, Delta and Southwest — rose 15% in the five years leading up to 2019, the last year before air travel dropped, even as they updated their fleets with more efficient planes. Airbus and Boeing, the world's two biggest aircraft makers, both addressed sustainability during Monday's opening day at Farnborough, although they approached the issue in different ways. Europe's Airbus and seven airline groups announced a venture in West Texas to explore removing carbon dioxide from the air and injecting it deep underground, while Boeing officials said sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, will be the best tool — but not the only one — to reduce emissions. Last September, airline leaders and President Joe Biden touted an agreement to cut aircraft emissions 20% by 2030 by producing 3 billion gallons of SAF by then and replacing all conventional jet fuel by 2050. Climate experts praised the idea but said the voluntary targets are overly optimistic. Current SAF production is around 5 million gallons per year. Sustainable fuel is biofuel made from cooking oil, animal fats, municipal waste or other feedstocks. Its chief advantage is that it can blended with conventional fuel to power jet engines. It has been used many times on test flights and even regular flights with passengers on board. Among SAF's drawbacks are the high cost — about three times more than conventional jet fuel. As airlines seek to buy and use more of it, the price will rise further. Advocates are lobbying for tax breaks and other incentives to boost production. Policymakers see SAF as a bridge fuel — a way to reduce emissions until more dramatic breakthroughs, such as electric- or hydrogen-powered planes, are ready. Those technologies might not be widely available for airline-size planes for two or three decades. Several companies are designing and starting to build electric-powered planes, but most are small aircraft that take off and land vertically, like helicopters, and they are about the same size — with room for only a few passengers. Electric-powered planes big enough to carry around 200 passengers — a medium-size jet by airline standards — would require much bigger batteries for longer flights. The batteries would weigh about 40 times more than jet fuel to produce the same amount of power, making electric airliners impractical without huge leaps in battery technology. Hydrogen, on the other hand, \"is a very light fuel,\" says Dan Rutherford, who leads the study of decarbonizing cars and planes for an environmental group, the International Council on Clean Transportation. \"But you need a lot of volume to store it, and the fuel tanks themselves are heavy.\" Despite that, Rutherford remains \"cautiously optimistic\" about hydrogen. His group believes that by 2035, there could be hydrogen-powered planes capable of flying about 2,100 miles (3,380 kilometers). Others, however, see obstacles including the need for massive and expensive new infrastructure at airports to store hydrogen that has been chilled into liquid form. Airlines face the risk of increasingly tough emissions regulations. The U.N. aviation organization reached an agreement — voluntary until 2026, then mandatory — in which airlines can offset their emissions by investing in projects to reduce greenhouse gases in other ways. However, some major countries didn't sign it, and environmentalists say the scheme won't reduce emissions. Even some in the airline industry, such as United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby, have mocked carbon offsets, which companies can get for things like paying to plant trees. The European Union has its own plan to slash emissions 55% by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050 while bringing aviation under the goals of the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change. It is trying to finalize an emissions-trading system and impose higher taxes on fossil fuels including jet fuel. The rules would apply only to flights within Europe. \"The taxation policies that are already in place, particularly in Europe, are going to drive the cost of operations for airlines way up,\" says Harris, the Bain consultant. \"Ultimately, fares rise whether it be paying more for sustainable aviation fuel or it's taxes on fossil fuels.\" Airlines also face the risk of flight shaming — that more consumers could decide to travel by train or electric vehicle instead of by plane if those produce lower emissions. That does not seem to be inhibiting many travelers this summer, however, as pent-up travel demand has led to full planes. Whether changes in fuel and planes can cut emissions fast enough to hit the industry 2050 target — and whether airlines act on their own or under pressure from regulators — remains to be seen. But it won't be easy. \"We're not on a path to deliver those goals,\" Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says. \"We need the energy producers to invest in sustainable product for us, (which) is going to require government to come in.\" Rutherford, the transportation expert, notes that net zero \"is a really challenging target.\" \"If we aren't clearly on a trajectory of down emissions and massive uptake of clean fuels by 2030 and 2035, we are not going to hit net zero in 2050,\" he says. Koenig reported from Dallas. 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Through the partnership, RF Code's intelligent software-enabled wire-free hardware is integrated with Schneider Electric's data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution EcoStruxure IT. \"Building upon EcoStruxure IT's existing partner ecosystem, this integration provides real-time visibility into asset data for both IT and facilities managers, enabling a key next step in automated service deliveries and data center service optimization,\" said Kevin Brown, Senior Vice President, EcoStruxure Solutions, Secure Power Division, Schneider Electric. \"We're excited about the integration of our EcoStruxure IT DCIM solution with RF Code and continue on the path towards holistic management of IT and facilities.\" Easy to install and configure, RF Code's solution includes patented real-time, wire-free sensor technology integrated with RF Code CenterScape software, a simple and easy-to-use cloud-based asset management portal. \"At RF Code, we are constantly enhancing the breadth and depth of our active, wire-free RFID sensors and CenterScape software to help enterprise data centers\" About Schneider Electric Schneider Electric purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On. Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries. 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The TDVCO015 & TDVCO027 are built in GaAs InGaP Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) process technology. They integrate resonators, negative resistance devices, and varactor diodes and offer excellent phase noise performance over temperature due to the oscillator's monolithic structure. The TDVCO015 operates from 13.32 – 15.20 GHz and provides a typical phase noise of -115 dBc/Hz @ 100 kHz offset. The TDVCO027 operates from 23.32 – 27.34 GHz and provides a typical phase noise of -98 dBc/Hz @ 100 kHz offset. Both parts are available in a 5 mm x 5 mm, 32 lead Ceramic QFN package. \"With the need for higher and higher frequencies, many of our customers have been requesting the ability to provide RF synthesizers in various higher frequency bands. These VCOs are the first in a family of devices that can support the increasing requirements of our customers for space qualified devices,\" said Mont Taylor, Vice President and Business Development Manager at Teledyne e2v HiRel. For more information on all of Teledyne e2v HiRel's space offerings, review our portfolio of RF, Power, and semiconductors, and related services here on the Teledyne Defense Electronics website. Devices are available for ordering and shipment today, from Teledyne e2v HiRel or an authorized distributor . They are shipped from our DoD Trusted Facility in Milpitas, California. ABOUT TELEDYNE e2v HIREL ELECTRONICS Teledyne HiRel's innovations lead developments in space, transportation, defense, and industrial markets. HiRel's unique approach involves listening to the market and application challenges of customers and partnering with them to provide innovative standard, semi-custom or fully custom solutions, bringing increased value to their systems. For more information, visit http://www.tdehirel.com ABOUT TELEDYNE DEFENSE ELECTRONICS Serving Defense, Space and Commercial sectors worldwide, Teledyne Defense Electronics offers a comprehensive portfolio of highly engineered solutions that meet your most demanding requirements in the harshest environments. 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In this report, Forrester assessed 15 API management solutions against a set of pre-defined criteria, reporting that good API strategy and design are a key foundation for digital transformation. In addition to being named a leader, Sensedia received the highest possible scores in the Beyond-REST API Management, Formal Lifecycle Management, Product Vision, Planned Enhancements, Supporting Services, and Market Approach criteria. 'Sensedia's powerful vision for API management focuses on ecosystem business models supported by a multicloud architecture and integration patterns beyond only REST, including event-driven protocols. It provides strong supporting services from its API specialty consulting services division, including both technical and business workshops to define and execute an API-led business model… Sensedia's market approach is strong, focused on organisations transitioning to digital business models with modern architecture. Its roadmap emphasises adaptive API governance, business insights, and API product management', according to the Forrester report. The report also noted, 'Sensedia is a solid choice for buyers seeking a strong product and services partner to transform into an API-led digital business utilising protocols beyond just REST'. \"We're honoured by the solid analysis that Forrester has provided of our API management solutions,\" Sensedia CEO Kleber Bacili said. \"We believe this reflects our commitment to preparing our customers for the future and ensuring they have their integration strategies covered from every angle.\" Bacili added: \"We think organisations like Forrester and our customers around the world recognise that a powerful API Management platform gives organisations an agile, modern, and integrated architecture that allows them to deliver faster digital experiences, consolidate and monitor digital channels, and boost partner ecosystems.\" Hundreds of global brands rely on and trust Sensedia for their API management, including HSBC, C&A, Electrolux, Natura, BRF, Cinemark, Essilor, Honda, HDI and Travelex. For more information about Sensedia and to download the full The Forrester Wave: API Management Solutions, Q3 2022 report, visit here Sensedia has been supporting companies with technical solutions since 2007, and its products and services include an API Management Platform, Adaptive Governance, Events Hub, Service Mesh, Cloud Connectors, and Strategic Professional Services teams. The company has offices in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Lithuania, Peru, Brazil, and the US. About Sensedia Sensedia supports companies to become more digital, connected and open through a technology platform and expertise in APIs and Microservices. Whether aiming to integrate channels, enable partner ecosystems or create modern multi-cloud/hybrid architectures, innovative enterprises rely on Sensedia as a partner in API Management, Microservices, Service-Mesh, Open Banking and enabling rapid legacy integration. 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He plays David Budd, a combat veteran working as a bodyguard for England's Home Secretary. This tension-driven drama opens up with a bomb threat on a train that Budd happens to be on with his children where Budd finds the bomber in the bathroom and expertly negotiates the situation to prevent a disaster. After saving a train full of people from the bomb, he is chosen to protect England's Home Secretary and things only grow more chaotic from there. Keeley Hawes, plays the steely Home Secretary Julia Montague, a politician who thrives on fearmongering and Islamophobia. Budd finds himself in the position of protecting a woman that believes in the very war that left him riddled with scars and PTSD. While Budd does what he can to protect the Home Secretary he finds that himself caught up in the train bombing investigation and political espionage. Bodyguard is a gripping series that leaves viewers wondering what will happen next in each drama-packed episode, however because the show is so heavily focused on turning the tension up to an 11, it fails to create believable relationships between some of the characters. As the narrative progresses, Budd becomes involved with one of the other characters despite the sheer absence of chemistry or really any tangible relationship other than that their beds are in close proximity to each other. It seems that the relationship is used only as a means to an end in a larger plot point and for the sake of giving the audience a few scenes with a scantily clad Budd. The heavy-handed tension causes the few moments that should be light and touching to feel vacant and hollow because they're thrown into the earlier episodes to ensure the events of the explosive finale take place. As a side note, recycling the same racist and villainous tropes feels rather tired. Instead of having a terror cell of Muslims (or the earlier big bad, the Russians) it would be interesting to see a group of white supremacists or radical Canadians (just for a change of pace) as the suspects in a bombing plot. Bodyguard has six episodes available on Netflix. The show is rated TV-MA and does depict explosive attacks and self harm. Fans might also enjoy Broadchurch, a British cop drama, or for something a little lighter press play on The Great British Bake-Off. 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The Hill has reached out to Fain and UAW. As workers continue to stand on the picket line , demanding wage increases and benefits from Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, Trump will deliver prime-time remarks to current and former union workers in Detroit instead of attending the second Republican presidential primary debate Sept. 27. Trump, who won Michigan narrowly in 2016 but lost the state in 2020, may attempt to appeal to union workers, a critical voting block for President Biden and Democrats. But Fain said UAW's message directly contrasts with who Trump is and what he represents. Sign up for the latest from The Hill here Union workers have long been seen as a key cog of the Democratic base, but polling from the last presidential election indicates these voters may be shifting allegiances. While Biden garnered the most votes from union households (56 percent) compared to 40 percent for Trump, according to exit polling by CNN , Trump won the support of workers with less than a college degree in 2016 and again in 2020, by 7 and 8 percentage points respectively, according to The Pew Research Center . Biden has repeatedly claimed he is the most pro-union president, but Fain has yet to endorse the president, saying last week that endorsements have to be earned and members need to see \"actions not words,\" from Biden. \"Our endorsements are going to be earned. We've been very clear about that, no matter what politician.\" Fain's decision not to endorse Biden is driven by concerns about federal electric vehicle (EV) policies. 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The report, Global Economic Prospects , published Monday, compares the current economic crisis to the 13 other recessions that have hit the global economy since 1870. This recession is the first to be triggered solely by a pandemic, and it is enormous. Here are five major takeaways from the report — four pessimistic and one guardedly optimistic: 1. Historically, this is the worst global recession in several ways. The overall global economy is expected to shrink 5.2% this year, according to the report. That puts us in the midst of the deepest recession since the end of World War II, the last time there was a comparable drop. And it's affecting more countries than any recession going back to 1870, even at the height of the Great Depression. For countries that the World Bank characterizes as \"emerging market and developing economies,\" this is the first time they've experienced a recession as a group in at least 60 years. This goes to show \"how deep, how wide and how synchronized this crisis is,\" says Ayhan Kose , the director of the World Bank's Prospects Group. Shoppers queue for food outside a supermarket in the township of Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa, on day 9 of the country's coronavirus lockdown. Economists are also concerned by how quickly the economic outlook has deteriorated compared to prior recessions. In February, forecasters were still expecting economic growth this year. But in a matter of weeks, that changed, as countries suddenly locked down and economic activity ground to a halt. By April, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the global economy would \"contract sharply\" by 3%. Now, two months later, the forecast is 5.2% – 70% worse. These rapid changes could be partially due to how much more information is available to economists now than in the past, but the report says it's also a reflection of how much uncertainty remains about the pandemic – which means the economic fallout could still get much, much worse. In fact, another new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is already projecting worse numbers: economic losses of 6% that will drop further to 7.6% if a second wave of coronavirus hits. OECD is calling it the worst recession in nearly a century. All this is despite \"unprecedented policy support\" from governments and lending institutions that has \"already far exceeded\" those enacted during the 2008-09 financial crisis, the report says. Many countries have implemented large-scale social safety net programs and lowered interest rates. Financing and loans from institutions like the IMF and World Bank have also been \"exceptional and out of the ordinary,\" says Danny Leipziger , a professor of international business at George Washington University and former vice-president of the World Bank. \"So far, what we have seen on the part of policymakers has been truly extraordinary,\" says Kose, \"but this is a truly historical contraction, however you look at it.\" A boy checks his phone outside a shuttered hair salon in the township of Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. 2. Tens of millions of people will be pushed back into poverty. The World Bank forecasts that emerging market and developing economies will on average shrink by 2.5% this year, which doesn't seem as bad as the global average (5.2%) or high-income countries (7%). But that number masks huge regional and country-level differences, says David Evans , a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. Latin America and the Caribbean, for example, is included in that category but is projected to contract by 7.2%. \"The other really important point is that in lower-income countries, you have far more people that are right around the poverty line --– under it and just above it,\" says Evans. \"So a much smaller shock in a low-income country can have a much bigger effect on putting people into poverty.\" The World Bank anticipates up to 60 million people who were on their way out of poverty could be pushed below the extreme poverty line because of income losses due to the pandemic. It doesn't help that many developing countries entered 2020 already in a vulnerable position, says Leipziger: highly indebted to other countries and lending institutions, and overly reliant for income on exporting oil and metals, the prices of which have collapsed in the pandemic. This leaves even fewer economic resources for safety nets, such as cash support, small-business loans, food banks and unemployment insurance. 3. Because rich countries are being hit, poorer countries will suffer more in the long-run. According to Leipziger, developing countries are facing three major risks as result of the pandemic: \"There's the immediate health risk, there's the secondary economic and debt-management risk and there's the third risk that the global system changes in a way that is even less favorable to developing countries.\" Even before the pandemic, Leipziger says, some richer countries were moving away from global trade and cooperation, which hurt developing countries by reducing investments and cutting off markets for exporting oil, metals and other goods they provide. With this recession hitting rich countries just as hard, if not harder, the worry is that investments, trade and tourism in lower-income countries will decrease for longer than usual. This will make it even harder for lower-income countries to fight poverty and invest in things like education, which build their economies' future potential to grow. \"When you have these types of deep recessions, they will leave long scars on the economy, and they will remain for an extended period of time,\" says Kose. Homeless peope recieve food at a camp set up to house them during the corona virus lockdown in Cape Town, South Africa. Many are unhappy with the conditions of their confinement, and worry that overcrowding poses a major risk of catching the virus. 4. Even under the best case scenario, the numbers are \"devastating.\" Let's assume all lockdown measures in advanced economies are lifted by July (and emerging markets and developing economies somewhat later, because many are experiencing a lag in outbreaks). Kose says this upside scenario would still result in the global economy shrinking by 4%, which is twice the pace of the 2009 global recession. \"The bottom line is: Even if you try to be optimistic, the numbers you see are quite devastating,\" says Kose. He says the report should make it clear that however you slice it, \"we have a very serious crisis on our hands,\" and policy makers should be ready to provide support, particularly to developing countries that do not have the capacity to control the pandemic as well as some advanced economies were able to do so. 5. This crisis provides the opportunity to rebuild better. \"What this crisis shows us is that health is the number one priority,\" says Kose. \"If there are serious comprehensive [health] measures that come out of this episode, maybe this crisis will not be wasted.\" Handwashing stations, for example, have become more widely available as a result of the pandemic. Evans says there are many opportunities to build back better: He's hopeful that because the pandemic has been so widespread, it will galvanize a wide range of countries to implement pandemic preparedness systems. Remedial education programs are being rolled out to help students catch up from school closures, but he says these can be folded into regular education systems to improve learning. And the social safety net programs that so many countries have set up can be extended or strengthened to address poverty and inequality. \"There's a temptation to say, 'We've spent a lot,'\" says Evans, \"and countries have spent a lot. But this is an unprecedented economic crisis. Given that, we need an unprecedented response.\" Joanne Lu is a freelance journalist who covers global poverty and inequity. Her work has appeared in Humanosphere, The Guardian, Global Washington and War is Boring. 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Suncor Energy price prediction for November\nSuncor Energy is a stable company that is in Berkshire's portfolio Production guidance for 2020 has been revised downward and the company will cut 15% workforce If the price jumps above $14 it would be a \"buy\" and the next target could be located around $16 The price of Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU) stock has weakened from $21.4 to $11.11 in less than six months and the current price stands around $12. In my opinion, Suncor Energy is a stable company that pays a very good dividend. Fundamental analysis: Suncor Energy is in Berkshire's portfolio Suncor Energy primarily focuses on developing petroleum resource basins in Canada's Athabasca oil sands but the company also trades in crude oil, natural gas, byproducts, refined products, and power. According to the latest news, the company will cut 15% workforce over the next year amid oil weakness. Are you looking for fast-news, hot-tips and market analysis? Sign-up for the Invezz newsletter, today. This will be accomplished through a combination of voluntary buyouts, early retirements and layoffs. This stock is attractively valued currently and according to analysts, Suncor Energy is positioned to weather the COVID-related storms. Suncor has a few competitive advantages when it comes to oil, the company is saying that, with oil at $35, it can still make money, pay a dividend, and wait for better times. Very important information for potential investors is the fact that Berkshire Hathaway increased its position in this company and added around 5,000 new shares in 2019. Berkshire Hathaway has paid between $28-$33 per share which is much above the current price of the stock. The company increased its revenue in 2019 to $29.5B from $28.23B in 2018 and the growth projects will ensure that the numbers will be moving up in the future. If we compare total stockholders' equity of $26.89B and the market capitalization of $17.50B, we can notice that this stock is not overvalued and maybe now could be a good time to buy this stock. Suncor Energy has paid more than $5B dividends to its shareholders in the last three years and this number can be even bigger in the future. There are some obvious risks when it comes to investing in Suncor Energy stock and there are several negative facts that are connected with this company. The negative fact is that Suncor Energy reported a larger than expected Q2 adjusted loss and a 58% Y/Y decrease in revenues. The negative results were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic but the business of this company is not compromised. Production guidance for 2020 has been revised downward and costs upward. Suncor Energy reported that expects to achieve full mining rates of ~300,000 bbls/d by the middle of Q4. The company expects that total production in 2020 will be (boe/d): 680,000–710,000 and capital spending for full-year is expected between $3.6B and $4.0B. The new investments will not be profitable if oil prices are not at a certain level which will depend on demand and competition. Technical Analysis: $10 represents a very strong support level Data source: tradingview.com When trading Suncor Energy, you should have in mind that the price could weaken even more in the upcoming weeks. On this chart, I marked important resistance and support levels. The important support levels are $11 and $10, $14, $16 and $18 represent the resistance levels. If the price jumps above $14 it would be a signal to buy Suncor Energy stock and we have the open way to $16. Rising above $18 supports the continuation of the bullish trend and the next price target could be located around $20. On the other side, if the price falls below $10 it would be a strong \"sell\" signal and we have the open way to $8. Summary Shares of Suncor Energy could be a very good investment option and most financial analysts are also expecting its price to rise considerably in the next several years. According to the latest news, the company will cut 15% workforce over the next year amid oil weakness. Despite this, the company is preparing for a safe and staged return to normal operations and the revenue will probably raise in the future. Article Source Our Partner invezz The post Up or down? 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This was announced by the US International Trade Commission (ITC), which issued this verdict. Therefore, new Apple products in the US will not yet be presented on the market. The reason for the ban was a patent lawsuit by Masimo, a medical technology company. She claimed that Apple used her developments and also poached workers. Apple categorically denied these accusations, but was unable to convince ITC. As a result, the ITC banned the import of watches into the country and Apple stopped selling them a few days ago. The watch is still available in other countries. Apple said it will soon appeal the ITC's decision to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In addition, the company is allegedly trying to change the sensor algorithms of the new watches to avoid patent infringement, but Masimo doubts the effectiveness of these measures. \"At Apple, we work tirelessly to create products and services that have a meaningful impact on users' lives. That's what drives our clinical, design and engineering teams to spend years developing science-backed health, fitness and wellness features in Apple Watch, and we're inspired by the millions of people around the world who have benefited from this product. \"We strongly disagree with the ITC's decision and the resulting no-sale order and are taking every action to return Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 to US customers as quickly as possible.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Apple", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Apple", "length": 5, "offset": 66}, {"position_text": "Apple", "length": 5, "offset": 168}, {"position_text": "Apple", "length": 5, "offset": 340}, {"position_text": "Apple", "length": 5, "offset": 508}, {"position_text": "Apple", "length": 5, "offset": 562}, {"position_text": "Apple", "length": 5, "offset": 711}, {"position_text": "Apple", "length": 5, "offset": 803}, {"position_text": "Apple", "length": 5, "offset": 1090}, {"position_text": "Apple", "length": 5, "offset": 1339}, {"position_text": "Apple", "length": 5, "offset": 1568}, {"position_text": "Apple", "length": 5, "offset": 1593}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "US Court of Appeals", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "US Court of Appeals", "length": 19, "offset": 860}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Masimo", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Masimo", "length": 6, "offset": 453}, {"position_text": "Masimo", "length": 6, "offset": 1035}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Masimo", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Masimo", "length": 6, "offset": 453}, {"position_text": "Masimo", "length": 6, "offset": 1035}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "ITC", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "ITC", "length": 3, "offset": 292}, {"position_text": "ITC", "length": 3, "offset": 635}, {"position_text": "ITC", "length": 3, "offset": 657}, {"position_text": "ITC", "length": 3, "offset": 838}, {"position_text": "ITC", "length": 3, "offset": 1483}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Masimo", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Masimo", "length": 6, "offset": 453}, {"position_text": "Masimo", "length": 6, "offset": 1035}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Masimo", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Masimo", "length": 6, "offset": 453}, {"position_text": "Masimo", "length": 6, "offset": 1035}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "US", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 91}, {"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 362}, {"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 1616}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "United States", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "United States", "length": 13, "offset": 216}, {"position_text": "United States", "length": 13, "offset": 216}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1468, "text": "Ubisoft Apologizes for Government Shutdown Joke in Email Promo\nOn January 31, 2019, Ubisoft sent out a promotional email regarding the upcoming private beta for Tom Clancy's The Division 2 . The subject line was a political joke regarding the recent government shutdown in the United States that stated, \"Come see what a real government shutdown looks like in the private beta.\" This did not go over well with many and resulted in Ubisoft issuing a follow-up apology email. We recognize the very real impact of the United States government shut down on thousands of people and did not intend to make light of the situation. The recent 35-day government shutdown was the longest one in American history and occurred because President Donald Trump demanded over $5 billion to fund a border wall between the United States and Mexico, which Democrats refused to pay for. During this time, approximately 800,000 U.S government workers either worked without pay or were furloughed, i.e were out of work without pay. This created a ripple effect of consequences. To name just one example, the Food and Drug Administration had to stop routine safety inspections of seafood, fruits, vegetables, and other foods at high risk of contamination as a result. Even now that the government shutdown has ended, it may resume again on February 15, 2019, if a deal is not reached. The Division 2 Logo The Division 2 The Division 2 The Division 2 It's a heavy, ongoing subject in the United States. For a team that claims their game is not political and that \" politics are bad for games \" their original email makes quite the statement. 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The police intensified their probe on Saturday after registering an FIR in connection with the bomb threat to Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air flight carrying 180 people. Officials have also launched a probe in several other similar cases reported at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport this month. A dedicated team has been formed to investigate these bomb threat cases, with the cyber cell of Delhi police and Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) also joining the probe. Police suspect that the perpetrator used a Virtual Private Network (VPN) or dark web browser to set up multiple accounts and post threatening messages. Police has approached the social media platforms to suspend the handles that posted threatening messages and remove the posts. \"It is suspected that the handler used VPN (Virtual private network) or dark web browser to set up the accounts on X and then posted the messages from more than one account,\" a police officer told news agency PTI \"To get the IP addresses, we have written to the social media platform,\" the officer said. Rising bomb threats This week alone, more than 70 domestic and international flights have been reported to receive bomb threats, with most proving to be unfounded. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) convened a meeting with airline CEOs and representatives to address the escalating crisis. The situation escalated on Saturday when over 30 flights operated by various Indian airlines received bomb threats, leading to heightened alertness among security agencies and significant disruptions for passengers and airport staff. 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Rallies, one held on Wednesday at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, and another Thursday near Google's corporate offices in New York City, came after the company announced the largest reduction in its history — 12,000 positions, or 6% of its global workforce. Other major tech firms including Microsoft Corp., Salesforce Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have also recently announced layoffs. The protest in New York, which drew about 50 employees outside a Google store on Ninth Avenue, began just minutes after parent company Alphabet Inc. reported fourth-quarter results, including $13.6 billion in profit. \"Today, Google has debunked its own rationale for laying off 12,000 of our co-workers,\" said Alberta Devor, a software engineer. \"It is clear that the menial savings the company is pocketing from laying off workers is nothing in comparison to the billions spent on stock buybacks or the billions made in profit last quarter.\" Both demonstrations were organized by the labor group Alphabet Workers Union — a \"minority union\" that doesn't have collective bargaining rights, and whose members include Google subcontractors as well as employees. \"Today shows that some of the issues we're talking about affect all workers regardless of what their actual job title or job status is,\" Devor, who has worked at Google for more than three years and is an AWU member, said in an interview. At Wednesday's rally in California, dozens of subcontractors spoke out against what they called substandard conditions, including what they said were \"poverty wages and no benefits.\" Their tasks include reviewing content to help train the company's AI-powered algorithms, as well as screening YouTube clips and searching ads for offensive or sensitive material. 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The smooth movement of logistics plays a pivotal role and the automated robotics involvement can be of huge advantage when we talk of huge volumes. Into the picture comes the AgileX Robotics RANGER which is an unmanned platform for the movement of logistics under the roof or even deliveries in not-so-ideal terrain outside. According to the makers, the electric-powered rig will be useful for inspection, agriculture, security and energy sectors. So, the intent here is to make RANGER capable of most industrial applications and carry loads weighing up to 150 kg anywhere in the city or suburbs. Designer: AgileX The omnidirectional navigation robot propelled by a 48V brushless geared hub motor fed by the 600W*4 battery gets a 560 mm track and an 890 mm wheelbase capable of orienting in any direction. Mind you, the platform robot can go at a top speed of 2.6m/s which is impressive. Add to that the IP5 water resistance, and the RANGER can tread any terrain with ease. So, we can add autonomous home deliveries also to the equation. AgileX Robotics has tested the four-wheeled autonomous robot in a diverse set of conditions – for example, hilly roads, gravel paths, and even stairs. In the prototype test runs, the RANGER easily took on slopes of 10 degrees and 10 cm high obstacles. The flatbed platform EV has a very good prospect of turning into a widely used commercial robot for a wide array of applications in the industrial avenues as well as routine applications. How it will be priced is ultimately going to determine the adaption in B2B models. The post This omnidirectional robot capable of ferrying 150 kg load is made for autonomous home deliveries first appeared on Yanko Design .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Amazon", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Amazon", "length": 6, "offset": 182}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Yanko Design", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Yanko Design", "length": 12, "offset": 1994}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Alibaba", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Alibaba", "length": 7, "offset": 104}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "AgileX Robotics", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AgileX Robotics", "length": 15, "offset": 1346}], "label": "positive"}]}, {"id": 1474, "text": "Peter Obi and SABMiller investment: TheCable is guilty of junk journalism — Moses Ochonu | NN NEWS\nPeter Obi is not the first governor to invest his state's funds in a new, promising private company. Akwa Ibom, Lagos, and Delta states invested in the newly licensed and then new entrant into the Nigerian telecoms industry, ECONET. Governors sometimes see an opportunity in a new venture and invest their state's funds in it to grow and yield dividends as part of a future rainy-day investment. So, such investments are not in and of themselves a problem. The case of Peter Obi's investment in SABMiller is being sensationalized for obvious political reasons because his family's holding company, NEXT International, also bought shares in the new brewing venture. The Cable is guilty of reckless and perhaps paid hack journalism by doing a shockingly fuzzy and misleading analysis of the state investment in question. The Cable takes an investment that was made in in Naira 2011 (at a time when a dollar exchanged for N155) and for reasons known only to it and God appraised the value of that investment in dollars in 2022 when the naira exchanges for $600). What is the value of the N3.1 ($20 Million in 2011) investment in Naira today? The Cable fails to provide that all-important number. What about the fact that, in 2018 (9 years after the initial investment), even with the Naira struggling at 380 to a dollar, the value of the N3.1 billion investment stood at N26.1 billion (or $72.4 Million)? The Cable leaves that crucial detail out. What happened between 2018 and now to bring the dollar value of the investment to around $6 million is called Buhari-APC economic management, a combination of the Naira's collapse and the collapse of the Nigerian stock market following double-dip recessions and other economic calamities. It's the same thing that happened to Nigerians' Naira savings, which they realize when they're making purchases in this hyper-inflationary economy or when they're trying to purchase dollars to pay school fees for their wards abroad or to pay for imported goods. It's the same thing that happened to Nigerians with stock holdings in Nigerian public companies. The value of these stocks has been wiped out. None of these pesky little details makes it into The Cable's specious analysis. This is scandalous enough, but The Cable then neglects to collate and publish the yearly dividends (from profits) that Anambra state has reaped from the investment for the past 11 years. This is scandalous journalism designed clearly to damage the growing Peter Obi phenomenon. Candidate scrutiny is great, but it should be based on transparent disclosures and truth—the whole truth. I am personally not convinced that Peter Obi can win the 2023 presidential election. I don't think he enough time to grow his support nationwide, and his party does not have the in-built advantage of having elected officials at all levels to help mobilize votes across the country. Many of his ardent supporters support this realistic position, but it's not just about winning for them, and there are scenarios in which Peter Obi and his supporters win even by losing. I am of course eager for my prognosis to be proved wrong and for him to pull the shocking political upset of the century. Regardless of where you stand on Obi, however, you cannot accept this cash and carry journalism as a work of research or reportorial rigor, and you certainly cannot be dignifying it by sharing it approvingly. Now, let's return to the main issue of Peter Obi's decision to invest Anambra funds in SABMiller-Nigeria. It was a well-intentioned decision. He saw a promising opportunity in a new company and decided that Anambra State should benefit from it. He didn't recklessly risk Anambra money where he or his family was not prepared to risk theirs. And the investment has made money for Anambra, yielding a modest return for Anambra State even without factoring in the annual dividend over a decade and even in the face of acute Naira depreciation and other macroeconomic headwinds. Obi did not personally profit from the investment, and I have not seen any evidence that the investment did not follow due process of approval by the state legislature. Yet, good intentions and profitability aside, Obi should not and would probably not do the investment under the same circumstances today. There is no evidence that there's anything illegal or fraudulent about the investment, but it doesn't pass the ethical smell test. A cynical, prejudiced interlocutor could argue plausibly that, given the fungibility of shares, funds, and assets in a publicly trades company, Anambra State's N3.1 billion investment helped to boost the share value of SABMiller-Nigeria, thereby indirectly and hypothetically benefiting Next International, Obi's family holding company which also invested in SABMiller-Nigeria. That said, if this indirect, far-fetched, and hypothetical scenario is all the APC-PDP political establishment can come up with against Obi's 8-year sojourn in public office as Governor then the man may be as good as advertised and is certainly an angel compared to his opponents in the APC-PDP establishment. Moses Ochonu is a Nigerian-American based renowned scholar. Follow us on social medias platform – Twitters – NN News – NN News Team – Facebook pages/group – NN News – NN News Team – NN News Group Comment on the article for thoughtful opinions will count. 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Animal Rebellion protestors have earned the wrath of the public after pouring milk onto the floor in high-end shops across the country on Saturday (October 15) amid ongoing cost of living crisis that plunged many into poverty in their attempt to create a 'plant-based future'. The animal activists coordinated the action in five supermarket locations in London that include Waitrose, Whole Foods, Harrods, and Marks and Spencer along with other stores in Manchester, Norwich and Edinburgh just before 12pm. The action, which was filmed and has now gone viral on social media, shows several protesters pouring milk from the shelves in the Norwich Marks and Spencer in front of horrified shoppers. Norwich Police confirmed that four people had been arrested for offences of assault and criminal damage. In Knightbridge, one group of protestors poured milk into Harrods' food hall, while another was seen pouring milk bottles onto the floor and onto a cheese-laden table in Piccadilly's Fortnum and Mason. 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The boy was arrested at a home Tuesday afternoon and booked into the Martin Hall Juvenile Detention Center in Medical Lake on suspicion of felony threats to bomb, Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner said. A Facebook post by the sheriff's office said the boy made \"serious threats against the school, including threats of a shooting and bomb attack targeting staff, students, and the facility.\" The sheriff's office wrote that it believed the boy acted alone. His identity has not been disclosed. Police found a list of what appeared to be named targets of the suspect, according to a statement from the Ritzville Police Department. Parents were notified if their child was one of the named persons on the list. The sheriff's office requested assistance from the Hanford Patrol K-9 unit, and a specialized explosives detection team conducted a sweep of the high school, confirming it was free of any explosives, the sheriff's office said. Law enforcement executed search warrants at a Ritzville residence, but didn't specify whether it was the residence where the student lived, according to the sheriff's office. Lind-Ritzville Cooperative Schools closed all schools in its district Tuesday \"out of an abundance of caution,\" according to a Facebook post by the district. \"These threats included names, methods, and times, and we are taking them very seriously,\" according to a letter Tuesday from Lind-Ritzville School District Superintendent Don Vanderholm to Lind-Ritzville parents, students and staff. \"In collaboration with local law enforcement, we are actively investigating the situation to determine the credibility of the threats and whether any additional precautions are necessary.\" The letter said district administrators were alerted to the threats Monday night via Snapchat, a social media messaging app. The district will consult law enforcement to help determine when schools will reopen, the letter said. Police continue to investigate. Local journalism is essential. Give directly to The Spokesman-Review's Northwest Passages community forums series -- which helps to offset the costs of several reporter and editor positions at the newspaper -- by using the easy options below. Gifts processed in this system are not tax deductible, but are predominately used to help meet the local financial requirements needed to receive national matching-grant funds.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Spokesman-Review's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Spokesman-Review's", "length": 18, "offset": 2278}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Adams County", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Adams County", "length": 12, "offset": 438}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1477, "text": "X says The Onion can't have Alex Jones' Infowars accounts\nAnother legal complication may have surfaced in The Onion's bid to buy the Infowars empire from bankrupt conspiracy media mogul Alex Jones. X filed a limited objection to the transfer of Infowars' X accounts to the satirical media empire in a federal Bankruptcy Court on Monday. The objection claims that X Corporation's terms of service states \"the Trustee cannot sell, assign or otherwise transfer such license absent X Corp.'s consent,\" according to court records. X Corporation cites its own Terms of Service (TOS) agreement in its objection. The TOS states accounts cannot be transferred, gifted, sold or assigned to other parties \"without X's express written consent.\" \"Because the X accounts are governed by the TOS, the TOS make clear that X accounts are X Corp.'s 'exclusive property,\" according to X's court filing. Jones' assets including the Infowars website went into a liquidation auction earlier this month to raise money for the nearly $1.5 billion in damages he accrued in civil trials brought by the family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Jones was found liable for spreading rumors about the victims' family members that the Sandy Hook shooting was staged as a false flag attack. The Onion's parent company Global Tetrahedron stepped in to purchase the Infowars site after receiving permission from the families to accept a lower bid and forgo a portion of the sale to pay Jones' other creditors. Onion CEO Ben Collins announced the deal on his Bluesky account as well as the newspaper's plans to turn Infowars.com into \"a very funny, very stupid website.\" US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez halted the deal calling for an evidentiary hearing to review the auction process. The auction's trustee Christopher Murray said in court that Global Tetrahedron's bid was not the highest offered but the sale price included a legal clause citing its deal with the families. The Associated Press reported Monday that Lopez will hear arguments on the trustee's sale of Infowars to The Onion on December 9 or 17 in order to ensure \"a fair and transparent process.\" This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/x-says-the-onion-cant-have-alex-jones-infowars-accounts-000006993.html?src=rss The post X says The Onion can't have Alex Jones' Infowars accounts appeared first on Derek T McKinney - A Web Expert .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Associated Press", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Associated Press", "length": 16, "offset": 1971}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Bluesky", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bluesky", "length": 7, "offset": 1544}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Engadget", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Engadget", "length": 8, "offset": 2191}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "X Corporation's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "X Corporation's", "length": 15, "offset": 363}, {"position_text": "X Corporation", "length": 13, "offset": 363}, {"position_text": "X Corporation", "length": 13, "offset": 526}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Jones", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Jones", "length": 5, "offset": 1472}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "US", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 1656}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1478, "text": "Moderna Says New Data Shows Its Covid Vaccine Is More Than 90% Effective Against Virus Six Months...\nBy Berkeley Lovelace Jr., CNBC • Published 56 mins ago • Updated 42 mins ago Moderna said its Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective at protecting against Covid-19 and more than 95% effective against severe disease up to six months after the second dose. The new data includes cases through April 9 and evaluated over 900 cases of Covid-19, including more than 100 severe cases. The update brings Moderna a step closer to filling its vaccine for full U.S. approval. Moderna 's Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective at protecting against Covid-19 and more than 95% effective against severe disease up to six months after the second dose, the company said Tuesday, citing updated data from its phase three clinical trial. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. The update brings Moderna a step closer to filling its vaccine for full U.S. approval, a more rigorous review process to show the shot is safe and effective for its intended use. Once it gets full approval, Moderna can begin marketing the shots directly to consumers and selling them to individuals and private companies in the U.S. The new data includes cases through April 9 and evaluated over 900 cases of Covid-19, including more than 100 severe cases, it said. The vaccine is currently authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration for people who are age 18 and older and the agency can always revoke the EUA at anytime. Moderna submitted only two months of follow-up safety data for the EUA. The FDA usually requires six months for full approval. The company said its results are preliminary. Moderna said throughout the year it will share updated data on efficacy against asymptomatic infection as well as the persistence of antibodies. The new data comes after a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed antibodies induced by the Moderna vaccine were still present six months after the second dose. It also comes after Pfizer said earlier this month its vaccine, which uses similar technology to Moderna's, was also shown to be highly effective six months after the second dose. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious disease specialist who has sat on several drug data and safety monitoring board, called Moderna's update \"amazing news,\" adding it's great to hear that both mRNA vaccines are highly effective at six months. \"I think it is fair to estimate that they will both have decent efficacy for many months beyond this,\" he said. Moderna is still evaluating its vaccine in kids ages 17 and younger. The company said Tuesday its trial testing adolescents between ages 12 to 17 is now fully enrolled with about 3,000 participants in the U.S. It said its trial testing the shot on 6-month to 11-year-old children is currently enrolling. It expects to enroll 6,750 healthy pediatric participants in the U.S. and Canada. 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Apple, which recently stepped up efforts to guarantee malware is tracked and blocked before it can infect its Macs, has acknowledged the first breach of its notarization process. A trojan Adobe Flash downloader made it past Apple's automated security system designed to scan new programs for malicious content and potentially harmful code. The malware was detected by a college student who inadvertently typed the wrong web address while working on an open source online Mac development tool. He wound up being surreptitiously redirected to a fake Adobe Flash update page. Exploring the curious misdirection, the student, Peter Dantini, downloaded the phony installer. When he ran the program, instead of its being blocked as malware by Mac defenses, the standard Mac Gatekeeper notification screen popped up, asking only if the user was sure he or she wanted to proceed with installation. Installation of third party software on a Mac always triggers Gatekeeper as a precaution. Dantini clicked yes and proceeded with installation. The malware, Shlayer, is not new. It in fact is the most common threat to Macs, according to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, and is believed to have infected one out of 10 Mac machines over the past two years. This is the first time Shlayer was confirmed to have bypassed Macs' notarization system. Shlayer hides in a user's machine and can be activated by hackers to accept and execute future spyware and malware programs. Dantini notified Patrick Wardle, a macOS security researcher, of his findings. \"I had been expecting that if someone were to abuse the notarization system it would be something more sophisticated or complex,\" Wardle said after confirming the malware activity. \"But in a way I'm not surprised that it was adware that did it first. Adware developers are very innovative and constantly evolving, because they stand to lose a ton of money if they can't get around new defenses. And notarization is a death knell for a lot of these standard ad campaigns, because even if the users are tricked into clicking and trying to run the software, macOS will block it now.\" In its earliest years, Macs were seen as nearly invulnerable. In a well-known ad campaign Apple once boasted that a Mac computer \"doesn't get PC viruses. A Mac isn't susceptible to the thousands of viruses plaguing Windows-based computers. That's thanks to built-in defenses in Mac OS X that keep you safe without any work on your part.\" But those days are long gone. In fact, it was reported earlier this year that for the first time the number of malware infections on Macs is greater than on PCs. Security specialists warn that complacency by Mac users could be risky. \"There is a rising tide of Mac threats hitting a population that still believes that 'Macs don't get viruses,'\" said Thomas Reed, a contributor to Malwarebytes February security report revealing Mac malware problems are getting worse. \"I still frequently encounter people who firmly believe this, and who believe that using any kind of security software is not necessary, or even harmful. This makes macOS a fertile ground for the influx of new threats, whereas it's common knowledge that Windows PCs need security software.\" After Wardle contacted Apple developers, they immediately revoked programs carrying the Shlayer code. However, a new version of the trojan was detected days later. Apple again acted promptly to block the new malware, but it's clear the battle will continue. 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Adam Selipsky will return to Amazon in May, and then become the head of Amazon Web Services later this year. He's replacing Andy Jassy, who will become CEO of Amazon when founder Jeff Bezos steps down from that role and becomes executive chairman. AWS, which powers video-streaming site Netflix and many other companies, accounted for more than 60% of Amazon's profits last year. AWS is also the No. 1 provider of cloud-computing services, but it faces growing competition, especially from Microsoft, which has aggressively sought to sell big contracts to businesses and governments. Last year, Amazon lost a multi-billion dollar contract with the U.S. government to Microsoft. Amazon is fighting that decision in court. Seattle-based Amazon said that Selipsky worked at AWS for 11 years before leaving in 2016 to run software company Tableau, which was later bought by cloud-based software company Salesforce. Joseph Pisani, The Associated Press The post Amazon brings back former executive to run cloud business appeared first on MyMcMurray .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Salesforce", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Salesforce", "length": 10, "offset": 1135}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Tableau", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Tableau", "length": 7, "offset": 1071}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "AWS", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AWS", "length": 3, "offset": 484}, {"position_text": "AWS", "length": 3, "offset": 616}, {"position_text": "AWS", "length": 3, "offset": 1007}], "label": "positive"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Associated Press", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Associated Press", "length": 16, "offset": 1166}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "MyMcMurray", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "MyMcMurray", "length": 10, "offset": 1268}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1481, "text": "How Aussie stopped huge bomb detonation\nFirst female bomb squad member reveals how she stopped Mother of Satan bombing style in Australia Charles Miranda, News Corp Australia Network A childhood obsession with Dick Smith electronics helped prevent a Mother of Satan London bombing style detonation in Australia, this nation's first and most experienced female bomb disposal expert has revealed for the first time Police Inspector Jodie Pearson was sitting at her desk in the police bomb squad room when in 2013 a bag was found in an estuary 150km south of Perth with 3kgs of white crystalline powder that resembled methamphetamine or sugar. It was taken back to a police headquarters in Perth for storage and later routine drug analysis when officers made the horrifying discovery it wasn't drugs but TATP – triacetone triperoxide also known as Mother of Satan and one of the most volatile explosives on the planet. It was TATP that has been used in Europe for terror attacks notably the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005 which killed 56 people and more recently by ISIS in the November 2015 Paris attacks, 2016 Brussels attacks, 2017 Manchester Arena bombing and various bombings across Iraq and Syria. \"We got the confirmation it was TATP, (the explosive used in the London bombings) so that changed everything,\" she said. \"…We evacuated everybody from the entire building. We evacuated everybody from the neighbouring building. \"In the London bombings, a policeman stood on some granules on the ground and it exploded under his foot. So when you've got three kilos, we were thinking, oh, my goodness, it was pretty much unheard of, it was the largest amount in the southern hemisphere ... So this was really something significant,\" said Inspector Pearson. Now in a new podcast series of Police Tape, Insp Pearson speaks at length for the first time about the day she donned her bomb suit as several blocks of the city were evacuated and what was going through her mind as she walked away from the command post staring straight out through her small face window screen in the heavy suit with only the sound of her own breathing. It was never going to be this way but she recalled it all started with a childhood love of electronics. Download and listen to the podcast here: Pearson was a police tactical analyst, helping plan for tactical police raids and bomb squad assignments when she offered a job cleaning the bomb squad shed, doing audits of kit and charging equipment. \"I thought oh well that's a start … but I had a secret weapon,\" she said. \"One part of the selection process was showing your competency in electronics and my dad was an electronics technician in the navy and so were my two brothers. So on the weekends when we were growing up, my dad's idea of fun if it was a rainy day was to do all the Dick Smith's electronic things. So I thought, \"Oh my God, I've got this in the bag. \"So, my aptitude testing was quite good and so they put me through the (bomb technician) selection process. And in the end, they kind of thought, \"Well, we're probably going to have to give her a go because she's been successful. \"So, it wasn't until I actually completed the training that during the graduation speech, he said, \"Oh, she's the first female bomb technician in Australia.\" And I thought, \"Oh, okay. That's pretty exciting.\" But to me, it was just a kind of sort of a job that I wanted to do. And I thought, \"Well, I'm going to kind of do it by any means.\" Australia has 64,000 police officers and more than a quarter of them are women. Hosted by crime reporter Natalie O'Brien, the five part Police Tape Blue Sirens series hears from five top policewomen from around the country detailing their careers including countering bombings, battling gangs and how they cope dealing with the aftermath of violence, deaths and murders. 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Many people who actually understand what an API is, have explained why that is absolutely ridiculous, but tons of non-technical (always non-technical) people keep insisting that an API is just as copyrightable as software. Indeed, they often insist that an API is no different than software itself. This includes Oracle's main lawyer on the case, Annette Hurst, who just a few months ago insisted that APIs were executable code (they are not). However, Charles Duan, over at the R Street Institute (disclosure: we've partnered with R Street on a variety of projects over the years) has written up quite an incredible article highlighting that Oracle, of all companies, appears to have copied Amazon's S3 API . Lots of companies have. But that's because copying APIs is done all the freaking time in software, because it's how you make compatible systems: Consider Amazon's popular data storage platform , S3. To allow programmers to store and retrieve files on S3, Amazon built a comprehensive, detailed API for interacting with the service. To get a list of stored files, for example, one sends the command name GET with the folder name as a grammatical object, along with cryptically tagged information such as encoding-type , continuation-token , and  x-amz-date . Software must use these exact, cryptic terms and a bevy of others to work with Amazon S3. Unsurprisingly, competitors have sprung up to Amazon's market-leading cloud services. To convince programmers to switch away from Amazon's offerings, those competitors reimplement S3's API. In doing so, the competitors must mimic the command names, parameter tags, \" x-amz \" phrasing, grammatical structure, and overall organization of the S3 API—in other words, exactly the kind of thing Oracle argues is protected by copyright. To be sure, a competitor may use a different programming language than Amazon did so the internal software code might not look like verbatim copying. But implementing an API in another computer language is simply an act of translation, and translating a copyrighted work into another language is specifically known to be a copyright infringement. Among the companies offering a copy of Amazon's S3 API is Oracle itself . In order to be compatible with S3, Oracle's \"Amazon S3 Compatibility API\" copies numerous elements of Amazon's API, down to the x-amz tags. I can't wait to see Annette Hurst's analysis of how Oracle is infringing on Amazon's copyright... Of course, Oracle, in its typical Oracle fashion, insists that this case is different . It claims that it's okay, because of the Apache 2.0 license that Amazon uses. Except that's not right. Amazon's SDK (Software Development Kit) is licensed under Apache, but the API is not. And, as such, it appears to undercut the key point that Hurst is arguing regarding Oracle's Java API in the Google case: However, the Amazon SDK is code that uses the S3 API, not code that implements it—the difference between a customer who orders hash browns and the Waffle House cook who interprets the orders. Code that uses an API will be organized completely differently from code that implements one; it may not even contain the whole API. And Oracle has for years argued that using an API is unrelated to reimplementation and not an infringement of copyright (or else every app developer using Java would infringe). Oracle can't simultaneously argue that API-using code does not embody copyrighted material from an API, and yet API-using code embodies all copyrights in the API necessary to give Oracle the right to reimplement S3. Even if the Apache license does apply, Oracle doesn't appear to comply with the terms of the license. Section 4 of the Apache license requires notices and attribution statements attached to derivative works. Yet I find no attribution to Amazon or relevant mention of an Apache license on Oracle's documentation or anywhere on the site. In short, Oracle is doing what lots of companies do regarding APIs all the time, and what every company (including itself) has always believed to be non-infringing, because an API is not code itself, but a set of instructions on how to interact with the code. It's only in this case where Oracle, jealous of Google's success with mobile (while its own attempts flopped miserably), wants to claim this is infringing. It shouldn't surprise anyone that Oracle is being hypocritical here. But it should concern everyone that if Oracle's interpretation of the law is upheld by the Supreme Court that it will fundamentally damage the very way in much a ton of software -- including Oracle's own products -- are developed. 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Picture shows the virtual signing ceremony, with Mr. Shazad G Dada, President & CEO UBL, (3rd left) & Ms. Ammara Masood, CEO & President NdcTech, (3rd right) along with senior executives of both organizations. Bottom picture (left to right:) Mr. Juan Cejudo, MD MEA - New Business Development, Temenos and Mr. Jean-Paul Mergeai, President Asia & MEA Temenos. UBL, Pakistan's fastest-growing digital bank, has signed an agreement with Temenos (SIX: TEMN) and National Data Consultant (NdcTech) to provide and implement a next-generation digital banking solution. As the pioneer of innovation in the Pakistani Banking industry, UBL, earlier this year, launched Pakistan's first Islamic Digital Account and the first of its kind 'UBL Pay', where customers can use their phones as debit cards. Through this agreement, the bank has embarked on a digital transformation journey across all channels, products and segments, including retail, SME and corporate, for its domestic and international markets. Once executed, the bank expects to hyper-scale its digital footprint and provide a modern online banking platform with an integrated, seamless customer experience, covering the entire customer lifecycle from customer onboarding, deposit, loan originations, and digital servicing. Temenos Infinity is the leader in driving customer acquisition and digital banking engagement with its scalable platform, deep analytics, and AI scoring models. The platform enables banks to increase digital revenues and reduce customer onboarding time significantly. Built on a micro-services architecture, Temenos Infinity is the most open and agile cloud-native product allowing banks to continuously extend and expand their solution for all or portions of the customer lifecycle. Mr. Jean-Paul Mergeai, President for APAC and MEA, Temenos, said, \"UBL is leading the way in digital banking, and we are proud to support the bank in the next phase of its digital journey. With Temenos Infinity, UBL can take customer experience to the next level, delivering digital experiences that delight customers and make banking better across every channel. Temenos Infinity is the world's best-selling digital banking platform and our selection, together with NdcTech, reflects our market leadership but also our success working with banks in Pakistan to deliver a rapid implementation and time-to-value.\" At the event, Ms. Ammara Masood, CEO & President from NdcTech, said, \"We look forward to this collaboration which will allow UBL to make incredible leaps forward in its Digital Banking transformation and customer experiences across various segments. The Temenos Infinity platform and NdcTech expertise will provide the bank new capabilities and a great platform for future innovation.\" Mr. Shazad G Dada, President & CEO UBL commented, \"Customer centricity is at the heart of everything we do. 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TotalEnergies tweeted that due to activists impeding access to the meeting, \"it unfortunately won't be possible for our shareholders to join us.\" It said interested viewers could follow the meeting on the company's website. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Protesters representing Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and other environmental organizations denounced TotalEnergies for its huge presence in Russia as well as an oil pipeline project in Uganda and Tanzania that the protesters denounced as a \"climate bomb.\" TotalEnergies, a subsidiary of Total, published in March its \"principles of conduct\" in Russia, which said the company would \"gradually suspend its activities in Russia\" and strictly comply with European Union sanctions \"no matter what the consequences on the management of its assets in Russia.\" The statement said TotalEnergies does not operate oil or gas fields or liquified natural gas plants in Russia but has numerous stakes in various Russian companies. It said the company continues supplying Europe with liquefied natural gas from a plant in Russia's Yamal Peninsula to honor long-term contracts \"as long as Europe's governments consider that Russian gas is necessary.\" Read more: France's TotalEnergies to stop buying fuel and fuel products from Russia", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "TotalEnergies", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 25}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 103}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 284}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 696}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 851}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 1167}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 1550}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "European Union", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "European Union", "length": 14, "offset": 1046}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Google News", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Google News", "length": 11, "offset": 548}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Total", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Total", "length": 5, "offset": 882}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Greenpeace", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Greenpeace", "length": 10, "offset": 615}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "TotalEnergies", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 25}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 103}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 284}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 696}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 851}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 1167}, {"position_text": "TotalEnergies", "length": 13, "offset": 1550}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Europe", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Europe", "length": 6, "offset": 1352}, {"position_text": "Europe", "length": 6, "offset": 1468}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Paris", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Paris", "length": 5, "offset": 50}, {"position_text": "Paris", "length": 5, "offset": 141}, {"position_text": "Paris", "length": 5, "offset": 141}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Uganda", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Uganda", "length": 6, "offset": 780}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1485, "text": "Canada Bans Keeping Whales And Dolphins In Captivity\nVW Pics / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Canada's Parliament has passed legislation banning whales, dolphins and porpoises from being bred or held in captivity — a move that was hailed by animal rights activists. Violations are punishable by fines of up to 200,000 Canadian dollars (about $150,000). The bill contains some exceptions: Marine mammals already held will be allowed to remain in captivity. And the animals can be kept during rehabilitation from injury or for the purposes of licensed scientific research. Animal rights activists, who have long argued that containing marine mammals and training them to entertain amounts to cruelty, celebrated the news, tweeting under the hashtags #EmptyTheTanks and #FreeWilly. Nothing fantastic ever happens in a hurry. But today we celebrate that we have ended the captivity and breeding of whales and dolphins. This is news to splash a fin at. Former Sen. Wilfred Moore of Nova Scotia introduced the measure, known as the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, in 2015, said in a statement from Humane Society International/Canada that phasing out the animals' captivity was a \"moral obligation.\" Canada's Senate's passed the measure last year, and the House of Commons voted to approve it on Monday. The legislation now goes through a process known as royal assent before it can become law. The CBC reports that the measure \"notably impacts Marineland, the Niagara Falls [Ontario] amusement park and zoo that is considered the last Canadian park committed to keeping cetaceans in captivity.\" Marineland has some 61 cetaceans: \"55 beluga whales, five bottlenose dolphins and one orca, according to the CBC , citing data from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The park had initially opposed the ban, saying it would hurt attendance as well as conservation efforts. But in a statement Monday, Marineland said its operations have been evolving since its founding in the 1960s and that it would comply with the legislation. The Vancouver Aquarium bowed to public opposition last year and said it would no longer keep dolphins and whales for display. At the time, it had one dolphin in captivity. \"The public told us they believed the continuing importation and display of these intelligent and sociable mammals was unethical and incompatible with evolving public opinion and we amended our bylaws accordingly,\" park board Chair Stuart Mackinnon said in a statement . In the U.S., SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, which has SeaWorld parks in California, Florida and Texas, announced in 2016 that it would stop breeding captive killer whales and shift its focus to marine mammal rescue operations. Three years earlier, the documentary Blackfish sparked a public outcry over the treatment of captive orcas. The film documented the killing of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau by an orca named Tilikum in 2010. Nearly 60 orcas are in captivity at parks and aquariums worldwide. \"A third of the world's captive orcas are in the United States, and all but one of those live at SeaWorld's three parks in Orlando, San Diego, and San Antonio,\" National Geographic reports . And while SeaWorld has shifted attention to other attractions, it has continued to put on dolphin shows, to the chagrin of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a longtime critic . The animal rights group maintains that such displays can harm the animals. SeaWorld's vice president of animal health and welfare, Hendrik Nollens, recently defended the practice , saying the dolphins \"are faster than us, they are stronger than us.\" \"They are in charge. 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Once production begins in the first half of 2026, the site will have the capacity to produce up to 45,000 tons of cathode active materials (CAM) per year. This new facility — Ford's first investment in Québec — is part of the automaker's plan to localize key battery raw material processing in regions where it produces EVs. \"Ford has been serving customers in Canada for 119 years, longer than any other automaker, and we're excited to invest in this new facility to create a vertically integrated, closed-loop battery manufacturing supply chain in North America designed to help make electric vehicles more accessible for millions of people over time,\" says Bev Goodman, president and CEO of Ford of Canada. \"We're excited for the opportunity for our first-ever investment in Québec with a new facility that will help shape the EV ecosystem there.\" EcoPro CAM Canada LP will manufacture cathode active materials and, more precisely, high quality Nickel Cobalt Manganese (NCM) for rechargeable batteries that are targeting greater performance levels and improved EV range compared to existing products, thanks in part to EcoPro's core shell gradient (CSG) technology. Construction has begun on the more than 3 million-square-foot site and will include a six-floor building that will house approximately 345 new jobs for Canada — from engineers and sales and service professionals to co-op positions for students from local universities and colleges in Québec. EcoPro CAM Canada LP also will pursue research and development activities aiming at increasing battery safety and performance as well as increasing productivity and minimizing the environmental footprint of its manufacturing process. EcoProBM established EcoPro CAM Canada LP in February. SK On and Ford will become investors once the deal is closed; the joint venture is subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals. EcoProBM will oversee the day-to-day operations of the facility. For SK On, the new facility is part of its efforts to secure a stable supply of key battery materials in North America. The South Korean battery maker has been actively developing its battery supply chain in the region where demand for EVs is growing fast. The latest investment also shows that SK On, which currently operates two battery plants and is adding four more plants with its partners in North America. SK On's annual production capacity in North America is expected to reach more than 180 GWh after 2025, which is enough to power about 1.7 million EVs a year. \"Through the cathode JV, the three companies can have a stable supply of battery raw materials in North America,\" says SK On Min-suk Sung, chief commercial officer for SK On. \"We will continue to work with our partners to lead electrification of the global auto market.\" For EcoProBM, Canada is the second global market expansion after Hungary and marks the company's entry into North America. Through the joint venture, the Québec facility will become a key landmark for EcoProBM's pioneering of the North American market. EcoProBM will invest to mass produce and supply 45,000 tons of cathode materials, supporting production of up to 225,000 electric vehicles annually. In 2021, EcoProBM established a complete cathode material ecosystem in Pohang, Korea – handling everything from recycling waste batteries to producing lithium, precursors, and cathode materials. \"By expanding here in North America, EcoProBM looks forward to globalizing our growth in cathode materials, which has been a unique strength of our company,\" says Jae-hwan Joo, CEO of EcoProBM. \"We also are prepared to contribute to the community in Canada and Québec and contribute to the development of the local economy, including by hiring locally.\" The post Ford, SK On, EcoProBM Building Cathode Plant to Secure North America EV Supply Chain appeared first on DBusiness Magazine .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "DBusiness Magazine", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "DBusiness Magazine", "length": 18, "offset": 4369}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "EcoProBM", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": 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In a letter addressed to employees, and obtained by NPR, Isom wrote that he wanted to address an \"unacceptable incident\" where eight Black male passengers were removed and later reboarded from an American flight in January. He says that the unfortunate incident that took place \"contradicts\" the airline's values and what it stands for. \"I am incredibly disappointed by what happened on that flight and the breakdown of our procedures,\" Isom wrote. \"We fell short of our commitments and failed our customers in this incident.\" Last month, as NPR reported, three Black men came forward and filed a federal lawsuit against American Airlines, alleging they were victims of \"blatant and egregious racial discrimination\" after being removed from a Jan. 5 flight from Phoenix to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The three plaintiffs — Alvin Jackson, Emmanuel Jean Joseph and Xavier Veal — say that they and five other Black male passengers were removed from the flight \"without any valid reason, based solely on their race.\" The eight men did not know each other and were not seated together on the flight. Isom's letter outlines a series of steps that the airline will take to \"strengthen diversity and inclusion\" at the company. The steps include: Creating an advisory group that will focus on improving the travel experience for Black customers, Reviewing and enhancing the company's internal reporting process for cases involving allegations of discrimination or bias, Reevaluating its policies, practices, protocols and organization culture to recognize and identify areas for growth and improvement, And, educating its employees to \"recognize and address bias and discrimination.\" In addition, Isom wrote in his letter that he spoke with Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, about the civil rights organization's concerns amid the most recent lawsuit against the airline. Isom thanked Johnson for sharing his concerns and viewpoints, adding that discrimination of any kind is \"unacceptable\" and will not be tolerated within the company. In a statement to NPR, Johnson said he is pleased to see that American has taken initial steps to \"forge a path towards a more inclusive experience for all.\" \"While it is unfortunately common for Black consumers to experience racism and discrimination at the hands of corporations, it is not common to see such swift and decisive action,\" Johnson said, adding that he hopes that this approach will serve as a model for other corporations who may find themselves in similar situations. American Airlines did not respond to NPR's request for comment on the letter or whether or not the employees involved in the incident would be terminated. Representatives for Jackson, Joseph and Veal also did not respond to NPR's request for comment. Concerns involving instances of racial discrimination have followed American Airlines for several years, which resulted in the NAACP issuing an advisory warning in 2017 for Black travelers to be cautious about flying on the airline. 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The theatrical gesture revealed the proud slogan \"Made in Yemen\" spray-painted onto the weapons' bodywork. The moment was a celebration of sorts for Yemen's Houthi fighters. Despite years of air strikes against them, the militia now boast drones and missiles able to reach deep into Saudi Arabia, the result of an armament campaign pursued and expanded energetically since Yemen's war began four years ago. Whether or not the Iran-aligned group carried out Saturday's crippling raid on a Saudi oil plant-as it asserts-its capabilities mean it can feasibly claim responsibility for the strike, a humiliating blow against its top adversary. Much remains unclear about the attack: Some Western officials believe responsibility lies with Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, or Iran itself. What is certain is that Houthi weapon capabilities have evolved rapidly in the past couple of years in accuracy and distance, analysts, UN data and Houthi media indicate. Their growing abilities also exemplify the threat Iran's other regional allies – be they in Iraq, Syria or Lebanon – pose to their foes and the global powers that seek to contain them. In one unverified Houthi video, a covert launch vehicle rises robotically out of the desert floor and fires off missiles thousands of feet into a clear blue sky, before retracting into its hiding place. Accuracy \"They are getting better on accuracy,\" a Saudi-based security source said. \"The message they're sending is: We are getting through and we are hitting the right locations.\" \"As these technologies – long range drones or cruise missiles – spread, it really adds to the distance of warfare. It also adds to the deniability of the perpetrator,\" said James Rogers, assistant professor in War Studies at University of Southern Denmark. The Houthis' growing military clout has checked Saudi ambitions in Yemen. Riyadh leads a coalition that intervened in 2015 to restore the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, which the Houthis ousted from power in the capital Sanaa in late 2014. The Houthis have built their arsenal using local manufacturing, foreign expertise and parts smuggled in from Iran, their ally, and elsewhere. They also took over large swathes of Yemen's conventional military, including Scud missiles, when they seized the capital in late 2014. The Saudi-led coalition said in June the Houthis had fired 226 ballistic missiles and 710,606 \"projectiles\" during the war. This proliferation has taken place despite a years-long air and sea blockade on Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen and years of strikes the coalition say are against weapons depots, drone manufacturing locations and military communications hubs. The Houthis' reach has been getting longer. A new type of Houthi drone appeared in mid-2018 which the UN has said can fly up to 1,200-1,500 km- putting Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai within range. A 2018 study of Houthi's military by Michael Knights of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said the clearest example of direct Iranian help with advanced Houthi weaponry was the Burkan 2-H medium-range ballistic missile. He said wreckage from 10 Burkan missiles suggested they were smuggled into Yemen in pieces and welded back together by a single engineering team, whose \"fingerprint non-factory welding technique\" was found on all the missiles. Iran denies arming the Houthis and says it played no part in Saturday's strike, which raised already simmering tensions in the region between Tehran and its Gulf and U.S. adversaries. Drones, missiles, rockets President Hassan Rouhani said the attacks were carried out by \"Yemeni people\" in response to the Yemen war. The Houthis, who have this year also hit smaller oil targets and airports in southern Saudi, said they carried out the Aramco strikes with unmanned aerial vehicles. The UN says the Houthis' arsenal now also includes anti-ship cruise missiles, waterborne improvised explosive devices, ballistic and cruise missiles and rockets. The group seized some of the Yemeni armed forces' arsenal when it invaded Sanaa in 2014. But none of these had the range seen today, said Jeremy Binnie, Middle East and Africa editor for Jane's Defense Weekly. Analysis of weapons captured or seen in Houthi images show a combination of home-grown designs, entire foreign items and components brought in from outside to upgrade existing stock, a January 2018 UN panel of experts report said. \"They now increasingly rely on imports of high-value components, which are then integrated into locally assembled weapons systems, such as the extended-range unmanned aerial vehicles,\" the report said. Informers A Western diplomat said there are noticeable reductions in Houthi attacks after big coalition strikes, but new supplies seem to keep coming in and home-grown production continue. \"You see this everywhere where you have Iranian groups – one of the first things will be to try to get their local manufacturing capability up and running. That might start with very basic artillery rockets and then progress,\" Binnie said. Iran and the Houthis have close relations, and analysts say some of their weapons technology resembles Iranian designs. A Houthi delegation visited Tehran in August and the two sides exchanged ambassadors for the first time. A senior regional official, who has close ties to Iran's decision-makers, told Reuters around 35 senior Houthi fighters were on that trip and received missile and drones training. The coalition has said Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah has experts on the ground in Yemen assisting the Houthis. Hezbollah has denied that it helps the Houthi war effort. The Houthis also indicated that Saturday's attack on Aramco was made possible by on-the-ground informers. \"It came after an accurate intelligence operation, advance monitoring and cooperation from honorable and free people inside (Saudi),\" the group's military spokesman said.- Reuters The post Yemen Houthi drones, missiles defy years of Saudi air strikes appeared first on Kuwait Times .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "University of Southern Denmark", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "University of Southern Denmark", "length": 30, "offset": 2051}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Washington Institute for Near East Policy", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Washington Institute for Near East Policy", "length": 41, "offset": 3240}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Kuwait Times", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Kuwait Times", "length": 12, "offset": 6307}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "UN", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "UN", "length": 2, "offset": 1222}, {"position_text": "UN", "length": 2, "offset": 3088}, {"position_text": "UN", "length": 2, "offset": 4126}, {"position_text": "UN", "length": 2, "offset": 4692}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Reuters", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 5660}, {"position_text": "Reuters", "length": 7, "offset": 6210}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Abu Dhabi", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Abu Dhabi", "length": 9, "offset": 3146}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Gulf", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Gulf", "length": 4, "offset": 3796}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Lebanon", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Lebanon", "length": 7, "offset": 1364}, {"position_text": "Lebanon", "length": 7, "offset": 5784}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Sanaa", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Sanaa", "length": 5, "offset": 194}, {"position_text": "Sanaa", "length": 5, "offset": 194}, {"position_text": "Sanaa", "length": 5, "offset": 2320}, {"position_text": "Sanaa", "length": 5, "offset": 4358}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Tehran", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Tehran", "length": 6, "offset": 3781}, {"position_text": "Tehran", "length": 6, "offset": 5504}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1489, "text": "Accenture Announces U.S. Innovation Challenge Support for Challenged Athletes Foundation\nA team of undergraduate students - Ashley Ho and Julia Pepper from New York University, Kaiji Uno from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Polina Yakubova from Baruch College - has won the annual U.S. Accenture Innovation Challenge . This year's nonprofit partner is the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), providing opportunities and support to people with physical challenges so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220523005048/en/ Student teams developed proposals to help CAF scale its High School Adaptive Sports Program to introduce more middle and high school students with physical disabilities to the value of physical activity and being part of their school track and field teams. The winning team was a collaborative effort by students from the three schools and their proposal was selected following three rounds of competition during the winter semester. Nearly 700 students applied to participate in the Challenge and 47 student teams from 80 undergraduate programs across the United States competed. Th winning team's solution calls for intensifying community engagement efforts by establishing a student volunteer program and alumni network and by expanding CAF's social media presence. CAF program presence would be elevated through a new networking portal and digital marketing featuring influencer engagement and support (E.g., from Paralympians, and other accomplished adaptive athletes by sport), user-generated content, media coverage, and spotlight achievements. \"We are thankful for this opportunity to rally innovative ideas from university students to help address needs and aspirations of the 21 million Americans who are physically challenged,\" said Marty Rodgers, senior managing director of Accenture's U.S. South Region and executive sponsor for the Accenture Innovation Challenge. \"As we emerge from the pandemic, with growing digital and networking capabilities, it is an especially exciting time to boost and expand efforts to support healthier and more active lives for millions of individuals living with physical challenges.\" \"The thoughtful evaluation and recommendations from this talented pool of college students was very impressive. The ideas and forward thinking on how to raise awareness and reach more student athletes with physical challenges will lead us all to a more inclusive world,\" said Nancy Reynolds, Chief of Strategic Partnerships for CAF. Launched in 2012, the Accenture Innovation Challenge is an annual case competition providing college students from across the United States an opportunity to offer ideas and solutions to support a priority goal of a nonprofit organization. About Accenture Accenture (NYSE:ACN) is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services and Accenture Song - all powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 699,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at accenture.com . About Challenged Athletes Foundation The Challenged Athletes Foundation® (CAF) is a world leader in helping people with physical challenges lead active, healthy lifestyles. CAF believes that participation in physical activity at any level increases self-esteem, encourages independence and enhances quality of life. Since 1994, more than $147 million has been raised and over 40,000 funding requests from people with physical challenges in all 50 states and over 70 countries have been satisfied. Additionally, CAF's outreach efforts impact another 60,000 individuals each year. Whether it's a $2,500 grant for a handcycle, helping underwrite a carbon fiber running foot not covered by insurance, or arranging enthusiastic encouragement from a mentor who has triumphed over a similar challenge, CAF's mission is clear: give opportunities and support to those with the desire to live active, athletic lifestyles. To learn more, visit challengedathletes.org or call 858-866-0959. 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This is the Japanese company's maiden investment in the Indian real estate market. The companies will start by developing a 3.5 million sqft office space in Bengaluru's Outer Ring Road, one of the most coveted micro markets in India and one which is dotted with multinationals, including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs , ANZ Bank, Cisco, Intel and Accenture. RMZ plans to have AUM of 85 million sqft This venture is in line with our 'Hyper Growth - Vision 2025',\"Arshdeep Sethi, MD of RMZ Corp said. RMZ plans to have 85 million sqft of assets under management (AUM). It currently has 15 million sqft of projects under development across major cities in the country and16 million sqft of completed projects generating rental income of Rs 1,200 crore annually. The joint venture is expected to add 15 million sqft to the portfolio. TOI reported in November that RMZ was in discussions with Mitsui and Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to get them as investors on board. Mitsuiowns properties across Asia, North America and Europe such as 527 Madison Avenue in New York City and1Angel Court in London. \"Ecoworld 30 marks our first collaboration with RMZ, as we look forward to enhancing our portfolio in India. Mitsui Fudosan, along with RMZ Corp is looking to redefine commercial assets that are bolstered with technology,\" Tetsuya Matsufuji, MD, Mitsui Fudosan (Asia) said. 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The addition of generative AI capabilities will support stc's commitment to driving digital transformation across its operations. Espoo, Finland - Bell Labs Consulting and Saudi Arabia's leading digital enabler, stc Group, announced today the successful trial of a pioneering generative AI solution that will streamline service provision, reduce time to market, lower costs and significantly increase overall efficiency. The provision of services is a critical factor in preparing and equipping network offerings and ensuring the quick delivery of services to customers. Prior to the development of Nokia's newest generative AI solution, stc Group's provision of services involved a complex process of configuring several systems and resources in unison for seamless delivery. With the generative AI solution, stc Group's complex network of multi-technology and multi-vendor systems will be more efficient, saving time, money and resources for customers, businesses and communities. The collaborative \"AI for Provisioning Services\" project with Bell Labs Consulting means stc Group can minimize the time required to introduce new services across their network offerings, so that stc Group network users can get stronger world-class connectivity faster. Bell Labs Consulting engages with leading global clients to inspire and drive the industry's transformation through the accelerated adoption of future technologies with actionable, client-specific, cutting-edge solutions. The use of generative AI solutions approximately halves the time to market and development costs. This aligns with stc Group's mission to provide innovative digital products and solutions to improve the lives of its customers. Tariq Al-Harbi, Vice President, Cloud and Network Services Global Business Center, Saudi Arabia at Nokia, said: \"By introducing generative AI, we hope to revamp the service provisioning process. We look forward to developing more ground-breaking solutions with stc Group that can unlock new business opportunities for industrial operations in Saudi Arabia and beyond.\" Stefan Wilhelm, Head of Bell Labs Consulting at Nokia, said: \"We are excited to collaborate with stc Group for this cutting-edge proof of concept using generative AI, enabling it to improve its efficiency and time to market.\" Yazeed Abdulaziz Alfaris, Vice President of Applications at stc Group, said: \"stc Group is proud to partner with Nokia again as we continue to advance our technological solutions and further elevate our services using Generative AI. This is a bold move in implementing a practical use case.\" Resources and additional information Webpage: Bell Labs Consulting About Nokia At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs. With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future. About stc Group stc Group is a digital enabler, offering advanced solutions and driving a role in the digitalization process. The group provides a comprehensive suite of services encompassing digital infrastructure, cloud computing, cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), digital payments, digital media, and digital entertainment. The group comprises 13 subsidiaries across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. 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Many neighbors are concerned, as the long outage means many groceries have gone bad--a difficulty during a time when grocery store visits are often more expensive and more challenging than usual. A portion of Lead Mine Road is still closed between North Hills Drive and Philcrest Drive, while power crews work to repair a downed power line after a crash Thursday night around 7 p.m. According to the Duke outages map, power has been restored. However, many residents are saying their power is still out. Raleigh police said the vehicle crashed into the pole last night, becoming trapped in their vehicle by the fallen power lines. Fortunately, the driver was rescued with only minor injuries. There was no word on the cause of the accident or if charges would be filed. Click here to get the latest information from Duke Energy on the power outage. Raleigh police capture suspect wanted in shooting after search of area near Crabtree Valley Mall The crash was not related to a similar accident in the area on Thursday where police eventually found a suspect in a shooting that happened earlier in the day. Police found the suspect's vehicle had crashed on Lead Mine Road. 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Chandrashekhar reportedly said that he can ensure Shivinder's bail. Delhi Police also alleged that Chandrashekhar and his wife used hawala Routes and mask companies to park the proceeds of the alleged crime overseas. Read also | At least 12 actresses met Sukesh Chandrashekhar in Tihar Jail, conman paid Rs 1 crore per month as bribe to jail staff: ED sources In response to questions asked by ED officials, Jacqueline Fernandez He said he first came to know about Chandrasekhar in early 2021 when he started getting calls from \"somebody\". The actress said her make-up artist Shaan Muthatil asked her to receive the call, \"because she was asked to do so by a senior government official.\" He said that the thief claimed that his name is Shekhar Ratna Vela. \"I did not know Sukesh Chandrashekhar. I only know him by the name of Shekhar Ratna Vela..He introduced himself as Shekhar Vela.' According to the tapes and audio clips, Fernandez told the agency that 'Shekhar' claimed to be the owner of Sun TV and that he was related to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. \"Shekhar told me that he is a huge fan. Soon he told me that I should make films in South India and Sun TV is making many such films. I was in touch with him since February. He gave me his number… and asked me to call this number,\" Fernandez said. When asked if there was any monetary transaction between her and Chandrasekhar, the actress told authorities that the thug gave a financial loan of $150,000 to her sister Geraldine, who lives in the United States. He said that Chandrashekhar also transferred Rs 15 lakh to his brother Warren, who lives in Australia. The actress said that she has been living in India since 2009 and her third brother, a brother named Ryan, also lives in Australia, while her parents Elori and Kim Fernandez live in Bahrain. Read also | Conman's gift to Jacqueline Fernandez: Jewellery worth Rs 7 crore, BMW to her sister, Porsche to mother Detailing the list of gifts he personally received from Chandrasekhar, Fernandez said that he gave her expensive gifts, including a horse named Espuella, three designer bags from Gucci and Chanel, two Gucci gym wear, Louis Vuitton shoes. One pair of earrings, two pairs of diamond earrings, a bracelet made of multicolored stones and also two Hermes bracelets. The actress further claimed that Chandrashekhar had given her a Mini Cooper car, but he returned it. This List of gifts received by Jacqueline Fernandez It is also mentioned in the ED's chargesheet filed in a Delhi court this week. The chargesheet states that Chandrashekhar also arranged private jet trips and hotel stays for Fernandez on different occasions. It also mentions the gifts received by actress Nora Fatehi, who has also been questioned by the ED. 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DNC CEO Seema Nanda made the allegations in a Tuesday interview with CNN just a week after the tech giant announced that it would not remove posts or advertisements from politicians if they happen to violate the company's community rules. Nanda told CNN that Facebook's move will allow Trump to \"mislead the American people on their platform unimpeded.\" \"We know that Trump has an utter disregard for the truth,\" she said. \"Social media platforms have a responsibility to protect our democracy and counter disinformation online. This is a serious missed opportunity by Facebook,\" Nanda added. Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill on Nanda's remarks. Trump has frequently used platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to lash out at political opponents and promote his administration's talking points. The Trump campaign has also spent almost $20 million on Facebook ads since May 2018. Many of the advertisements surfaced on the platform have inaccurately accused Democrats of trying to repeal the Second Amendment or warned of an \"invasion\" at the southern border. More than 2,000 ads warning of an invasion were posted between January and May, according to a review of Facebook's ad archives by The Hill . Trump and his campaign's strong presence on the platform has led to debates about the authority Facebook may have to police possible misinformation from lawmakers. Last week, Facebook's vice president of global affairs and communications, Nick Clegg , announced that it would roll out a policy treating \"speech from politicians as newsworthy content that should, as a general rule, be seen and heard.\" He said during a speech in Washington, D.C., that Facebook does not submit posts from politicians to its third-party fact-checking program, which lets outside organizations flag content as misleading or false. \"We don't believe that it's an appropriate role for us to referee political debates and prevent a politician's speech from reaching its audience and being subject to public debate and scrutiny,\" Clegg added in a blog post . Facebook will still require advertisers, including political campaigns, to adhere to its community guidelines, which include prohibitions on hate speech and extremism. While some critics have urged the platform to do more, Facebook has largely pushed back against the idea that the company should hold authority over what speech is acceptable. \"Would it be acceptable to society at large to have a private company in effect become a self-appointed referee for everything that politicians say?\" Clegg asked last week while announcing the new policy. \"I don't believe it would be. 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Belarusian air traffic control refused a request by a Ryanair pilot to contact the airline after being told of an alleged bomb threat, leaving him with no alternative but to land in Minsk, the Irish carrier said in a letter seen by Reuters. Belarus scrambled a warplane on Sunday and used the bomb alert, which turned out to be fictitious, to divert the flight, which was en route from Greece to Lithuania. When it landed in Minsk, a dissident journalist and his girlfriend were arrested. In a letter to the Belarus transport ministry dated May 26, Ryanair Chief Executive described previous correspondence from Belarusian officials as \"false and inaccurate\" and said the plane had been \"unlawfully diverted under false pretences\". \"The pilot in command was left with no alternative but to divert to Minsk, when he was advised by Minsk ATC (Air Traffic Control) that there was a credible bomb threat to the aircraft, yet Minsk ATC refused to contact Ryanair, falsely claimed that Ryanair Ops would not answer the phone,\" the letter said. The pilot repeatedly requested information about the alleged bomb threat before ultimately agreeing to land in Minsk, according to a transcript released on Tuesday by authorities in Belarus. 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It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... 's Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s have grabbed credit for drone attacks on two Saudi Aramco factories, the group's front man said in a statement broadcast by Al Masirah TV. The spokesperson went on to say that the rebels deployed 10 drones overall in both attacks. He also vowed that the scope of Houthi attacks against the kingdom would be broadened. Earlier, a front man for Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's interior ministry stated that the fire at two Saudi Aramco oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais was caused by drone attacks. The official added that the blaze was brought under control by the company's security forces. \"The industrial security teams of Aramco have started dealing with fires at two of its facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais as a result of... drones\", local media quoted the front man as saying. \"The two fires have been controlled.\" The ministry official did not identify those responsible for the attack in his comment. Earlier in the day, the Saudi-owned satellite channel al-Arabiya reported the earth-shattering kaboom and fire at the Saudi Aramco Abqaiq facility in Buqyaq, near Dammam, in the kingdom's Eastern Province. According to videos posted by social media users, gunfire was heard in the background. Saudi Aramco is a state-owned oil enterprise which operates and controls the majority of the kingdom's refinery production and oilfields. It is one of the largest firms globally in terms of revenue and is believed to be the most profitable company in the world. Last month, another drone attack targeted Saudi Arabia's major oil field, Shaybah, causing no interruptions to its activities. Yemen's Houthis were reportedly responsible for the incident. Related:Houthis: 2019-09-13 Ansarallah forces capture several sites along Saudi-Yemeni border after launching big offensive Houthis: 2019-09-12 Yemen's Houthis kill suspected 'Saudi agent' assassin of leader's brother Houthis: 2019-09-11 Satellite images show US-pursued Iran tanker still off Syrian coast Related:Saudi Aramco: 2019-08-18 Yemen rebel attack sparks fire in Saudi gas plant: Aramco Saudi Aramco: 2019-05-20 Yemen's Houthi militia says will target UAE, Saudi vital military facilities Saudi Aramco: 2019-05-15 Saudi Arabia claims oil pipeline was attacked by drones Related:Dammam: 2018-08-02 Yemen rebels announce temporary Red Sea ceasefire Dammam: 2018-07-29 Did the Houthis sink a warship or hit an oil tanker? 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The dividend is payable on July 7, 2021 to holders of Common Shares of record at the close of business on June 30, 2021. The dividend on Common Shares is an \"eligible dividend\" for Canadian income tax purposes. About FirstService CorporationFirstService Corporation is a North American leader in the property services sector, serving its customers through two industry-leading service platforms: FirstService Residential, North America's largest manager of residential communities; and FirstService Brands, one of North America's largest providers of essential property services delivered through individually branded franchise systems and company-owned operations. FirstService generates more than $2.8 billion in annual revenues and has approximately 24,000 employees across North America. The Common Shares of FirstService trade on the NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol \"FSV\". For the latest news from FirstService Corporation, visit www.firstservice.com Forward-looking StatementsThis press release includes or may include forward-looking statements. Much of this information can be identified by words such as \"expect to,\" \"expected,\" \"will,\" \"estimated\" or similar expressions suggesting future outcomes or events. FirstService believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements should not be unduly relied upon. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements contemplated in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include: (i) general economic and business conditions, which will, among other things, impact demand for FirstService's services and the cost of providing services; (ii) the ability of FirstService to implement its business strategy, including FirstService's ability to acquire suitable acquisition candidates on acceptable terms and successfully integrate newly acquired businesses with its existing businesses; (iii) changes in or the failure to comply with government regulations; and (iv) other factors which are described in FirstService's annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2020 under the heading \"Risk factors\" (a copy of which may be obtained at www.sedar.com) and Annual Report on Form 40-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (a copy of which may be obtained at www.sec.gov), and subsequent filings (which factors are adopted herein). Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof and are subject to change. All forward-looking statements in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, we do not intend, nor do we undertake any obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release to reflect subsequent information, events, results or circumstances or otherwise. COMPANY CONTACTS: D. 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(NYSE: BRBS) (\"Blue Ridge\") on behalf of the company's long-term shareholders. Recently an amended securities fraud complaint was filed against Blue Ridge on behalf of investors who purchased shares of the company's stock between February 3, 2023 and October 31, 2023. According to the complaint, during that time period Blue Ridge and certain of the company's senior executive officers issued a series of false and misleading statements about the company's business, operations and prospects. On April 27, 2023, Blue Ridge issued a press release reporting its First Quarter 2023 financial and operational results. Therein, the company reported that nonperforming loans had increased from $18.6 million as of the end of 2022 to $30.7 million as of the end of the First Quarter 2023, primarily because of two commercial loans which Blue Ridge had belatedly recognized as nonaccrual in Q1 2023. Following this news, shares of Blue Ridge's stock fell $2.80 per share, or over 28% in value, over the following week to close on May 4, 2023 at $7.14 per share. Then, on July 31, 2023, Blue Ridge issued a press release reporting its Second Quarter 2023 financial and operational results. Therein, the company reported that it had categorized $86.1 million in loans as non-performing as of June 30, 2023. Following this news, shares of Blue Ridge's stock fell an additional 8.5% in value, to close on July 31, 2023 at $8.43 per share. Finally, on October 31, 2023, Blue Ridge filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission instructing investors not to rely on its previously issued financial reports for Fiscal Year 2022, First Quarter 2023 or Second Quarter 2023. On this news, shares of Blue Ridge's stock fell an additional 33% in value, to close on November 1, 2024 at $2.09 per share. 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It is the country's latest effort to advance its space programme amid tensions with the West over its tattered nuclear deal. The failed launch earlier this month, at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran's Semnan province, is confirmed by satellite images, a US official and a rocket expert. The attempt comes as Iran's space programme has suffered a series of high-profile losses, while its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard runs its own parallel program that launched a satellite into orbit last year. A satellite image showing preparations at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport (Planet Labs, James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies via AP) Iran's telecommunications minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi denied on Wednesday that Tehran had a failed satellite launch, but offered no explanation for the activity at the spaceport. Iran's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment early on Wednesday. Satellite photos from Planet Labs and Maxar Technologies show preparations at the spaceport on June 6. These images include what appears to be fuel tanks alongside a massive white gantry that houses a rocket, while scientists fuel it and prepare for launch. Before the launch, workers tow the gantry away to expose the rocket. The number of fuel tanks, based on their size, appear to have been enough to fill the first and second stages of an Iranian Simorgh rocket, Jeffrey Lewis, an expert at the James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, said. The Simorgh is a satellite-carrying rocket that has been launched from that same area of the spaceport, he said. Later satellite images on June 17 showed a decrease in activity at the site, and Mr Lewis said analysts believe Iran launched the rocket at some point in that window. Mr Lewis said: \"Nothing had blown up. There wasn't a giant stain — like they had dumped the fuel — and the vehicles had kind of just moved around. \"The overall level of activity at the site was much lower. So to our mind, that looked like a launch.\" American broadcaster CNN, which first reported on the failed launch, quoted Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Uriah Orland saying that \"US Space Command is aware of the Iranian rocket launch failure which occurred early June 12\". It was not immediately clear why Iran would have picked June 12 for a launch, as Tehran typically schedules such events for national commemorations. But it did come in the run-up to Iran's presidential election last week, in which the Islamic Republic had hoped to boost turnout. A new satellite image from Planet Labs on Sunday showed renewed activity at the site. A satellite image of the spaceport (Planet Labs, James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies via AP) The image showed a mobile platform previously used to secure a Simorgh rocket at the gantry, a support vehicle seen at previous launches and a new line of fuel containers lined up at the site. Mr Lewis said the equipment suggested that another launch was imminent. Iran has sent several short-lived satellites into orbit over the past decade, and in 2013 it launched a monkey into space. But the programme has experienced troubles recently. A failed launch this month would be the fourth in a row for the Simorgh programme. A separate fire at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in February 2019 also killed three researchers, authorities said at the time. The launch comes after the landslide election of Iranian president-elect Ebrahim Raisi, the country's hard-line judiciary chief tied to the mass execution of thousands in 1988. The vote saw the lowest turnout in a presidential election since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. The US has alleged such satellite launches defy a UN Security Council resolution and called on Iran to undertake no activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. 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Bayer was ordered by a jury in Georgia to pay about $2.1 billion to a plaintiff who claimed the company's Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the plaintiff's law firms said on Friday. Bayer said on Saturday it would appeal the verdict, which is one of the largest legal settlements issued in a Roundup-related case. Bayer told U.S. lawmakers it could stop selling Roundup unless they strengthened legal protection against product liability litigation. Bayer was ordered by a jury in the U.S. state of Georgia to pay about $2.1 billion to a plaintiff who claimed the company's Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the plaintiff's law firms said late on Friday. The verdict, which Bayer said on Saturday it would appeal, is one of the largest legal settlements issued in a Roundup-related case and is the latest setback for the group, among the world's largest seeds and pesticides makers. ORACLE'S LARRY ELLISON ON AI CANCER DETECTION GAME-CHANGER Bayer has paid about $10 billion to settle disputed claims that Roundup, based on the herbicide glyphosate, causes cancer. Over 60,000 further cases are pending for which the group has set aside $5.9 billion in legal provisions. Bayer's Roundup is shown for sale in Encinitas, California, U.S., June 26, 2017. (REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo) (REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo / Reuters Photos) The German pharmaceutical and biotechnology group acquired Roundup as part of its $63 billion takeover of U.S. agrochemical company Monsanto in 2018. The Georgia verdict includes $65 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages, according to a statement emailed to Reuters by the plaintiff's law firms Arnold & Itkin LLP and Kline & Specter PC. Bayer said in a statement it disagreed with the jury's verdict, as it conflicted with the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence and the consensus of regulatory bodies and their scientific assessments worldwide. Bayer has set aside $5.9 billion in legal provisions for its more than 60,000 pending cases alleging that Roundup causes cancer. (Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo / Reuters) GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE \"We believe that we have strong arguments on appeal to get this verdict overturned and the excessive and unconstitutional damage awards eliminated or reduced,\" it said. It said that damages in cases that have reached final judgments have been reduced by 90% overall compared with the original jury awards. Earlier this month, Bayer told U.S. lawmakers it could stop selling Roundup unless they strengthened legal protection against product liability litigation , a financial analyst and person close to the matter told Reuters. 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ChatGPT's future could be on the line\nA sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, Thursday, May 6, 2021, in New York. The New York Times filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, seeking to end the practice of using published material to train chatbots. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo A group of news organizations, led by The New York Times , is taking ChatGPT maker OpenAI to federal court on Tuesday in a hearing that could determine whether the tech company has to face the publishers in a high-profile copyright infringement trial. Three publishers' lawsuits against OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft have been merged into one case. Leading each of the three combined cases are the Times , The New York Daily News and the Center for Investigative Reporting. The hearing on Tuesday is centered on OpenAI's motion to dismiss, a critical stage in the case in which a judge will either clear the litigation to proceed to trial or toss it. The publishers' core argument is that the data that powers ChatGPT has included millions of copyrighted works from the news organizations, articles that the publications argue were used without consent or payment — something the publishers say amounts to copyright infringement on a massive scale. \"[OpenAI's] unlawful use of The Times's work to create artificial intelligence products that compete with it threatens The Times's ability to provide that service,\" the newspaper's attorneys wrote in an amended complaint filed in August 2023. \"Using the valuable intellectual property of others in these ways without paying for it has been extremely lucrative for [OpenAI].\" OpenAI has argued that the vast amount of data used to train its artificial intelligence bot has been protected by \"fair use\" rules. That is a doctrine in American law that allows copyrighted material to be used for things like educational, research or commentary purposes. In order to clear the fair use test, the work in question has to have transformed the copyrighted work into something new, and the new work cannot compete with the original in the same marketplace, among other factors. Writing in a motion to dismiss, lawyers for Microsoft, OpenAI's largest investor, wrote that it was not illegal for OpenAI to ingest that journalistic text. \"In this case, The New York Times uses its might and its megaphone to challenge the latest profound technological advance: the Large Language Model, or LLM,\" lawyers for Microsoft wrote in the court filing, describing the technology that underpins ChatGPT. \"Despite The Times's contentions, copyright law is no more an obstacle to the LLM than it was to the VCR (or the player piano, copy machine, personal computer, internet, or search engine).\" Other publishers, like the Associated Press, News Corp. and Vox Media, have reached content-sharing deals with OpenAI, but the three litigants in this case are taking the opposite path: going on the offensive. The news organizations argue that not only has ChatGPT's global success hinged in part on vacuuming up troves of copyrighted articles, but that ChatGPT is now effectively a competitor as a source of reliable information. According to the complaint filed by the Times , OpenAI should be on the hook for billions of dollars in damages over illegally copying and using the newspaper's archive. The lawsuit also calls for the destruction of ChatGPT's dataset. That would be a drastic outcome. If the publishers win the case, and a federal judge orders the dataset destroyed, it could completely upend the company, since it would force OpenAI to re-create its dataset relying only on works it has been authorized to use. Federal copyright law also carries stiff financial penalties, with violators facing fines of up to $150,000 for each infringement \"committed willfully.\" \"If you're copying millions of works, you can see how that becomes a number that becomes potentially fatal for a company,\" Daniel Gervais, the co-director of the intellectual property program at Vanderbilt University who studies generative AI, told NPR in August 2023 , when the Times was considering legal action against OpenAI before filing suit that December . \"Copyright law is a sword that's going to hang over the heads of AI companies for several years unless they figure out how to negotiate a solution.\" Copyright 2025, NPR", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Center for Investigative Reporting", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Center for Investigative Reporting", "length": 34, "offset": 837}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "AP Photo", "entity_type": "company", 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However, recent data from Bank of America (BoA) analysts suggests that this surge might just be starting as there is still gas for more rallies. The analyst reveals a growing trend of investors withdrawing their assets from exchanges and moving them to personal wallets, which is an indication of a long-term bullish outlook for the cryptocurrency as well as room for more rallies. Bitcoin Still Has Gas For More Rally Despite Bitcoin recently tapping into a major high of $30,000 up by over 80% since the start of the year, the BoA analysts believe the asset could still hit another major high sooner or later. Related Reading: Bitcoin Investors Beware: Crypto Market Crash Imminent, According To This Finance Expert According to a note from Bank of America strategists Alkesh Shah and Andrew Moss, an amount of $368 million BTC was sent to personal wallets in the week through April 4, coinciding with the second-largest net BTC outflow from crypto exchanges this year. The report notes that the trend of moving tokens from exchanges to personal wallets basically suggests that investors are looking to hold them for the long term, indicating a decrease in selling pressure. The analysts stated: Investors transfer tokens from exchange wallets to their personal wallets when they intend to hold them (or HODL), indicating a potential decrease in sell pressure. According to the report, concerns about regulatory crackdowns in the US may have played a role in the recent outflow of Bitcoin from exchanges. Major crypto firms in the US, such as Coinbase and Binance, have faced increased scrutiny from regulators, leading some investors to move their assets off of these platforms. Despite these regulatory concerns, the overall trend of investors moving Bitcoin from exchanges to personal wallets suggests a bullish outlook for the cryptocurrency. This trend indicates that investors are confident in BTC's long-term potential and are not concerned about short-term price fluctuations. While some analysts have warned of a potential price correction in the short term, the growing trend of investors moving Bitcoin to personal wallets suggests that the cryptocurrency still has a long way to go in its rally. Most BTC Are For Long-Term? Backing up the BoA analysts, Glassnode's data recently revealed that many Bitcoin holders have chosen to leave their BTC dormant in their wallet indicating their willingness to want to hold their Bitcoin asset for the long term. Related Reading: Bitcoin Critic Warren Buffett Slams Crypto Again, Calls It A 'Gambling Token' According to Glassnode, there are now more BTC that is dormant than there are available Bitcoin for purchase on exchanges. Nearly 29% of all BTC in circulation have not moved in the last 5 years , which is over $200 billion in market cap that hasn't moved in half a decade. BTC price moving sideways on the 4-hour chart. Source: BTC/USDT on TradingView.com Notably, Bitcoin has started to ignore negative news in the crypto industry and has continued to move in a bullish trend. Over the past 7 days, the asset is up by more than 7% pushing the global market cap to nearly $1.3 trillion. Bitcoin has a trading price of $30,254, at the time of writing. 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I pre-ordered a copy myself. When the book's release date was first announced by Breitbart and Axios, via publisher HarperCollins on Thursday, it was #822,128 on Amazon. In less than 48 hours it skyrocketed up to #1 across all book genres. If you've read any of Peter Schweizer's past books, Clinton Cash, Secret Empires, Throw Them All Out, or Extortion, you know that he's a hard-hitting investigative force to be reckoned with, and whenever a new book is mentioned by this author Washington insiders start to cringe and change their schedules for the immediate future. Not a lot is known about Profiles in Corruption, except that the Government Accountability Institute President and Breitbart News senior contributor Peter Schweizer and his investigative team have spent a year and a half doing research for the book. A source close to HarperCollins said the book will \"upend official Washington\" and that revelations that were bombshells about Hunter Biden and his father were \"just the tip of the iceberg.\" One thing that did sneak out is that this book contains new evidence that five people in Joe Biden's crime family received tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer cash and loans that were guaranteed by the taxpayers backing them up. From Breitbart : Mike Allen of Axios , who exclusively announced HarperCollins' forthcoming release of Profiles in Corruption , reported that the book's table of contents includes chapters on leading progressives, including: Joe Biden Eric Garcetti Cory Booker Elizabeth Warren Sherrod Brown Bernie Sanders Amy Klobuchar If Schweizer's next book is anything like his four previous consecutive New York Times bestsellers, Washington will feel its shockwaves. Secret Empires exposed Joe and Hunter Biden's Ukraine and China dealings, touching off a firestorm of coverage about Hunter Biden's $83,000 a month work on behalf of Ukranian energy giant Burisma while Joe Biden led U.S.-Ukraine policy as vice president . Clinton Cash sparked an FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation and uncovered the Uranium One scandal. Extortion led to lawmakers retiring. And Throw Them All Out pulled back the curtain on insider trading by members of Congress and led to the passage of the STOCK (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge) Act. Joe Biden gives us the persona that he's just a regular guy like us. Lunch Bucket Joe he likes to be called, but in the dark of scandal he is a person who has always abused whatever office he held to enrich his family, and himself. And most of it has been at taxpayer expense. He's gotten away with it for years because he's a Democrat, and Democrats get away with a lot since they all cover for each other and have the mainstream media covering for them as well. And Biden is just one target of this book. 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Google Maps Five tons of acetic acid leaked at a Texas plant Tuesday, leaving two people dead and 30 more injured, officials say. The leak at LyondellBasell in La Porte was reported at 7:35 p.m. Tuesday and all individuals inside the facility at the time are accounted for, according to site manager Stephen Goff. Out of the 30 people who were injured, one person suffered serious burns and the others had respiratory complications, Goff said in a news briefing streamed by KTRK . LyondellBasell describes itself on its website as \"one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world.\" Its facility in La Porte is about 25 miles east of Houston. The leak occurred in a unit that had been partially shut down due to planned maintenance, according to the site manager. The leak of 100,000 pounds of acetic acid was quickly stopped and is believed to have been contained. \"Yesterday was a devastating day for our site and our La Porte family,\" Goff said Wednesday. The current conditions of the employees hurt are unknown and the identifies of the two people who died have not been publicly disclosed. The cause of the leak is being investigated. The Harris County Fire Marshal's Office said late Tuesday the leak was isolated and air monitoring showed no impact to the surrounding communities. Prolonged skin contact to acetic acid can cause tissue destruction, according to the Virginia Department of Health. 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Known for his control over the telecommunications giant America Movil, Slim's acquisition of a 3.2 per cent stake in BT Group marks a noteworthy development in the telecom sector. Investment Details and Market Impact Carlos Slim's investment, valued at approximately £408 million (equivalent to $522 million), was executed through his financial company, Inbursa, alongside two other group companies. According to The Guardian , this purchase positions Slim as the third-largest shareholder in BT, trailing behind fellow billionaire Patrick Drahi, who holds a 24 per cent stake via his subsidiary Altice UK, and Deutsche Telekom, which owns a 12.06 per cent share. The market responded positively to Slim's investment, with BT's shares experiencing a 4 per cent rise on Thursday. This boost underscores the confidence that Slim's involvement has instilled in investors, likely influenced by his extensive track record in the telecommunications industry. Several factors may have attracted Carlos Slim to invest in BT, Britain's largest broadband and mobile operator. One possible reason is BT's strong cash flow, a critical factor for any investor looking for stable returns. Additionally, the company is under new management led by Allison Kirkby, which might have presented an opportune moment for Slim to invest. Carlos Slim's Background and Business Ventures Carlos Slim Helú was born to Lebanese immigrant parents on January 28, 1940, in Mexico City. His father, Julián Slim Haddad, was a successful businessman who taught Carlos finance and management principles from a young age. By 11, Slim had already bought shares in a Mexican bank. He pursued a degree in civil engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he taught algebra and linear programming. Slim's investment portfolio spans various sectors, including telecommunications, manufacturing, retail, energy, and aviation. Slim's most valuable asset is his majority shareholding in America Movil, followed by stakes in holding company Grupo Carso and in banking and insurance firm Grupo Financiero Inbursa. Despite a decline in his ranking among the world's wealthiest individuals, his net worth has grown to an estimated $93 billion. Carlos Slim, once named the \"richest man in the world\" by Fortune in 2010, continues to be a formidable figure in the business world. Although his wealth, estimated at $93 billion, now places him behind billionaires like Bernard Arnault, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos, Slim's strategic investments and business acumen remain highly influential. Unlike many billionaires who indulge in a lavish lifestyle, Slim is known for his frugality. He has resided in the same house for 40 years, does not own yachts or private planes, and avoids the ostentatious displays of wealth commonly associated with individuals of his financial stature. This lifestyle is reminiscent of Warren Buffet, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, who is also known for his modest living despite immense wealth. Implications for BT Group Slim's investment in BT Group is seen as a vote of confidence in the company's prospects. His track record of successful investments suggests that he sees substantial potential in BT's operations and market position. The influx of capital and increased investor confidence could provide BT with the resources needed to expand and enhance its services. For BT, this investment comes at a crucial time. With the telecommunications industry rapidly evolving and competition intensifying, having a strategic investor like Carlos Slim could be advantageous. 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The moderators, who filtered out violent and graphic content, allege they were laid off for organising a union. They were made redundant from Sama, a local subcontractor. Sama has previously told the BBC it has no opposition to unionisation. The moderators are suing Meta, Sama and another outsourcing firm, Majorel. Meta uses artificial intelligence to help spot and remove graphic Facebook content, but it also still relies on thousands of human workers to spot problematic posts. Several moderators have spoken out about the traumatising nature of the content they worked to filter out of people's feeds, for which they were paid about $630 (£515) per month, according to Sama. One moderator involved in the legal action told the BBC of his distress at seeing a video in which a man took his own life in the presence of a child. Sama has always maintained it provided good salaries in local terms, as well as mental health support. In an interview with the BBC in August, the chief executive of the firm, Wendy Gonzalez, denied it had any opposition to unionisation, saying it was \"not a concern\". The BBC has approached Sama for comment. In total 260 moderators were laid off when Sama ended its contract with Meta. The 184 moderators bringing the legal action allege that they were laid off in retaliation for complaints about working conditions and attempts to form a union. They also allege they were unfairly refused work at Majorel, the contractor chosen to take on the African moderation work after Sama's exit. But on Monday it emerged that Meta's work with Majorel will not be going ahead. \"A recent court order means it is not possible for Meta to start planned content moderation work with Majorel in Kenya,\" Meta told the BBC. It blamed a court order resulting from the case which banned the firm starting any planned content moderation work with other contractors while the legal action continued. \"We remain committed to Africa, and our content review work in local languages, so we're exploring options with our partners who have a presence on the continent to ensure that we can continue to help keep people safe on our platforms,\" the company said. 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The retail giant entered into a fresh multi-year agreement with CVS, under which it will continue to cater to the latter's customers across the market by participating in its pharmacy benefit management program. The settlement came after extensive discussions between the managements of the companies. However, they did not disclose the details of the deal. Earlier this month, the tie-up faced a potential split after the dispute between the companies, over the cost of filling prescriptions, reached the tipping point. Had the partnership fallen apart, it would have affected not only the companies but thousands of Walmart customers who depend on the CVS Caremark pharmacy network and the Medicaid customers who avail CVS coverage. According to the CVS management, the reimbursement rates demanded by Walmart would have resulted in higher costs for its customers. However, the participation of Walmart unit Sam's Club in the CVS pharmacy network was not affected by the impasse. Had the partnership fallen apart, it would have affected not only the companies but thousands of Walmart customers Being one of the leading pharmacy benefits managers, CVS' prescription plans are very popular among the public due to the relatively low pharmacy costs. Its association of Walmart has been in the best interest of the beneficiaries as the tie-up ensured network stability. Amazon is thrashing Walmart in the great Indian e-commerce war The market was quick to respond to Friday's announcement and CVS shares moved up about 3% in early trading, after closing the previous session lower. Walmart started 2019 on a positive note, recovering steadily from the lows seen towards the end of last year. The stock made modest gains when the day's session started. Walmart, which currently plays a major role in facilitating the delivery of pharmacy services, last year extended its reach in the market by forging a partnership with health insurance company Anthem (ANTM), with a special focus on senior citizens. The retailer is also having a prescription drug partnership with healthcare firm Humana (HUM). With CVS recently adding Anthem's rival Aetna into its fold, the broadened network now offers seamless delivery of multiple healthcare services. 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AP Beta V.1.0 - Powered by automated translation The war in Ukraine and rising global demand for natural gas helped to speed up a US-mediated maritime border deal between Lebanon and Israel, a prominent Lebanese legislator allied with the militant Hezbollah group has said. The agreement is expected to bring stability to the eastern Mediterranean. Gebran Bassil, who is under US sanctions, also said on Monday that \"it would be a crazy act\" if caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati did not form a new government before President Michel Aoun's six-year term ends on October 31. Disagreements between Mr Aoun and Mr Mikati have delayed the formation of a new Cabinet since May 15, following parliamentary elections. Since then, the government has been in a caretaker capacity. Parliament failed during two sessions in recent weeks to elect a president and it is highly unlikely that a new head of state will be voted into the country's top job before Mr Aoun's term ends, leaving the country without a president. What's next for Lebanon with no government and soon no president? Mr Bassil is Aoun's son-in-law and heads the Christian nationalist Free Patriotic Movement founded by the president, and has yet to endorse a candidate. He leads a 21-member bloc in the 128-member Parliament. Despite media reports, Mr Bassil does not see himself as a candidate. \"We do not need, in addition to our financial and economic crisis, a political crisis that splits the people on how to deal with the government,\" Mr Bassil said about the possibility of the government taking over once Mr Aoun leaves office. Not forming a Cabinet will lead to \"constitutional chaos\", he said. \"We will not accept that such a government runs the country. This is a Cabinet that did not win a vote of confidence and lacks constitutional legitimacy,\" Mr Bassil said. Israel and Lebanon both have accepted the US-mediated sea border deal after months of negotiations and a signing ceremony is expected along the two countries' border by the end of the month. \"Although this agreement is not a normalisation process with Israel, but it helps us, you know, to restore more stability in the region where we need to attract the investors,\" Mr Bassil said. Lebanon is in the grip of its worst economic and financial crisis in its modern history. In July, the Israeli military shot down three unarmed drones over the Karish gasfield. The drones belonged to Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group. At the time, Lebanon said the downing of the drones was in a disputed area. Hezbollah's leader also issued warnings to Israel over the maritime dispute and said \"any arm\" that reached out to steal Lebanon's wealth would \"be cut off\". \"I think that the equation established with the strength or the force of Hezbollah and the threat to use it is what helped,\" Mr Bassil said about the heavily armed group that fought Israel in 2006. Lebanon hopes that demarcating maritime borders will pave the way for gas exploration that will help to lift it out of its crippling economic crisis, while Israel wants to exploit gas reserves and hopes the deal will reduce the risk of war with Hezbollah. Mr Bassil, a former energy minister, said the deal with Israel should lead to Lebanon launching negotiations with Syria to solve the dispute of more than 900 square kilometres between the two countries, as well as reviewing Beirut's maritime borders with Cyprus. \"It is the gas era and Lebanon should not be outside of it,\" Mr Bassil said. Growing demand for gas around the world, triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, helped to seal the deal, he said. \"We had the guarantees, clearly, from the US and also from France and Total that once this is done … Total as block operator will restart its petroleum activities offshore Lebanon,\" Mr Bassil said. He was referring to French oil company TotalEnergies, which hopes to start drilling in block number 9 along the border once the agreement is signed. In 2017, Lebanon approved licences for an international consortium including TotalEnergies, Italy's ENI and Russia's Novatek to move forward with offshore oil and gas development for two of 10 blocks in the Mediterranean Sea. Novatek recently withdrew and officials, including Energy Minister Walid Fayad, have said that Qatar is interested in filling that gap. Mr Bassil, who also served as foreign and telecoms minister in the past, said he was put under US sanctions in 2020 because of his alliance with Hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist organisation by Washington. The US government designation, under the 2012 Magnitsky Act, said Mr Bassil was \"at the forefront of corruption\" in Lebanon, was involved in the \"misappropriation of state assets\" and \"the expropriation of private assets for personal gain\". 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Theoretically, borrowers lose and depositors win. Thus, raising the Bank's base rate last Thursday to 0.5 per cent should have been welcomed by some and disapprovingly. However, this is not as black and white as the theory suggests. Some borrowers do not charge higher interest rates, while many depositors will feel no less outraged than a week ago. Why? Well, many homeowners are now benefiting from their insightful blocking when they have taken advantage of record low interest rates to block fixed-rate home loans. Pig in the middle: despite the base rate increase, savings institutions are not playing Thus, doubling the base rate will not affect one of their main household costs – relief in light of growing electricity bills (some households still use tariffs fixed before energy prices began to move up). Only those who have variable rate housing loans will experience the pain of higher interest rates if they support mortgage payments. Credit card borrowers will also feel the heat as interest fees rise. For depositors, many of whom are elderly, higher interest rates should mean an increase in the income they receive from the cash they have deposited in a bank or construction company account. But, as we reported, since the December increase in the base rate to 0.25 percent, savings institutions are not playing. So, our company Give Savers A Rate Rate – the desire to put pressure on providers to give their depositors the full benefits of raising rates. With the notable exception of some of the country's local construction companies, rate increases were less frequent than chicken teeth. According to betting expert Savings Champion, only one-fifth of all providers have raised rates since December – and many have increased only individual accounts. Savers with money in instant access savings accounts or Isas cash have been posted to dry. For example, the interest rate on Santander's Easy Isa and Everyday Saver accounts remains at 0.01 percent, the rate paid when the base rate rose from 0.1 percent to 0.25 percent in December. In pounds and pensions it is 1 pound of interest for every £ 10,000 of savings balances. Of course, other major banks – NatWest, Lloyds and HSBC – pay the same ridiculous rates on similar accounts. But I single out Santander only because its financial results, published last week, highlight how banks profit from limiting savings rates. Announcing a profit of £ 1.85 billion in 2021, Santander said a big factor that contributed was his decision to widen the gap between what he does by charging borrowers and depositing payments. He confirmed that this margin increased last year from 1.63 percent to 1.92 percent, and investors felt the most pain due to low interest rates. Due to a number of further base rate increases this year, I believe Santander will take the opportunity to further expand that percentage. Unprotected? Well, in terms of business, the answer is no – Santander, like all major banks, seeks to maximize profits for its shareholders. But from a consumer perspective, the answer is a big \"yes\". Santander enjoys the fact that most customers won't jump because none of the other banks on the street offer anything better. Like Santander, they are busy accumulating profits. Outrageous behavior. New rules are welcome We have been campaigning for a long time to maintain access to cash on our streets – be it through bank branches, post offices, a national network of free ATMs or general bank branches. Therefore, we welcome the new rules aimed at ensuring that communities are not hung out to dry out when their last bank branch closes. But, as we report the opposite, the new regime is not without major rifts. Who is to blame? Yes, again these damn profiteering banks. Advertising Share or comment on this article: Some of the links in this article may be affiliate. If you click on them, we can earn a small commission. It helps us fund This Is Money and keep them free to use. We do not write articles to promote products. We do not allow any commercial relationship to affect our editorial independence. 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The man, who was riding a Kawasaki Vulcan bike, was airlifted to hospital after he collided with a Honda Jazz car on the A692 in Consett. Emergency services were called to the scene at about 4.30pm and the road was closed between the Villa Real Garage and Delves Lane. Read more: Consett A692 motorcycle crash: Person airlifted to hospital The Great North Air Ambulance and North East Ambulance Service were dispatched to the scene, where they treated a man before he was flown to hospital. The driver of the car, a woman in her 80s was unharmed. The road remained closed for several hours while collision investigators inspected the scene. A Durham Police spokesperson said: \"Police were called to reports of a two-vehicle road traffic collision on the A692 in Consett at around 4.45pm yesterday (June 22). \"The incident involved a Honda Jazz car and a Kawasaki Vulcan motorbike. Read more: Consett A692 crash LIVE: Person airlifted to hospital \"The motorbike rider, a man in his 70s, sustained a serious leg injury and was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle for treatment where he remains. \"The driver of the car, a woman in her 80s, was unharmed. \"The road was closed for several hours before being reopened at around 10pm. Enquiries are ongoing.\" When the Northern Echo attended the scene there was a motorcycle in the road at the junction of the A692 and Leadgate Road. Four police patrol cars and a van were at the scene, along with a vehicle from the collision investigation unit. A spokesperson for the North East Ambulance Service said: \"We were called to reports of a road traffic collision on the A692 in Consett shortly after 4.30pm this afternoon. Read next: If you want to read more stories, why not subscribe to your Northern Echo for more quality journalism. Click here . \"We dispatched one ambulance crew, a rapid response paramedic and a clinical team leader, and requested support from Great North Air Ambulance Service. \"One patient was flown to the RVI for further treatment.\" Durham Police have been contacted for further information.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Honda", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Honda", "length": 5, "offset": 403}, {"position_text": "Honda", "length": 5, "offset": 1137}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Royal Victoria Infirmary", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Royal Victoria Infirmary", "length": 24, "offset": 1342}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "North East Ambulance Service", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "North East Ambulance Service", "length": 28, "offset": 678}, {"position_text": "North East Ambulance Service", "length": 28, "offset": 1831}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Durham Police", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Durham Police", "length": 13, "offset": 947}, {"position_text": "Durham Police", "length": 13, "offset": 2318}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Northern Echo", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Northern Echo", "length": 13, "offset": 1580}, {"position_text": "Northern Echo", "length": 13, "offset": 2052}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Kawasaki", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Kawasaki", "length": 8, "offset": 6}, {"position_text": "Kawasaki", "length": 8, "offset": 330}, {"position_text": "Kawasaki", "length": 8, "offset": 1158}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Northern Echo", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Northern Echo", "length": 13, "offset": 1580}, {"position_text": "Northern Echo", "length": 13, "offset": 2052}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "North East Ambulance Service", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "North East Ambulance Service", "length": 28, "offset": 678}, {"position_text": "North East Ambulance Service", "length": 28, "offset": 1831}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Consett", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Consett", "length": 7, "offset": 46}, {"position_text": "Consett", "length": 7, "offset": 433}, {"position_text": "Consett", "length": 7, "offset": 1066}, {"position_text": "Consett", "length": 7, "offset": 1936}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Newcastle", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Newcastle", "length": 9, "offset": 1370}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1514, "text": "Why Qantas boss Alan Joyce's $19million Sydney Harbour palace in Mosman was attacked with eggs\nWhy Qantas boss Alan Joyce's $19million Sydney Harbour palace in Mosman was attacked with eggs Neighbours worry a creepy serial noise vigilante could also be behind the 'disgusting' egg and bathroom paper assault on Qantas CEO Alan Joyce's $19million waterfront mansion. The airline chief's residence within the ritzy Sydney suburb of Mosman was mysteriously plastered with eggs and bathroom paper in a single day on Tuesday. It was initially suspected to be the work of a disgruntled passenger or offended former employee after Qantas was bombarded with complaints over cancelled flights, ticket refunds, misplaced baggage, and employees sacked or stood down through the Covid pandemic. Neighbours worry a creepy serial noise vigilante could also be behind the 'disgusting' egg and bathroom paper assault on Qantas CEO Alan Joyce's $19million harbourside mansion Video of an earlier assault on a neighbour's residence in Could 2021 appeared to disclose the vandal as a middle-aged lady disguised in a heavy jacket and baseball cap However now one neighbour has revealed how he has suffered three comparable assaults prior to now 18 months after he has hosted raucous Christmas and New 12 months's Eve events. And the strikes on his property have dramatically escalated from egg and flour bombs to his automobile and entrance door being spray painted with outrageous accusations falsely branding him a drug supplier. The neighbour advised Every day Mail Australia he put in CCTV cameras after the primary assault in January 2021 which peppered his residence with eggs after which splattered it with flour and bathroom paper. Video of the subsequent assault in Could 2021 appeared to disclose the vandal as a middle-aged lady disguised in a heavy jacket, baseball cap and face masks. She might be seen carrying a service bag which seems to be full of the eggs, flour and bathroom paper that was then used to bombard the native's automobile and residential. However she returned once more in January 2022 and this time got here armed with spray paint. She is seen clearly wanting into the digital camera in a single clip earlier than abruptly spray-painting its lens to dam the recording. Though she is once more disguised in a baseball cap, ski masks and hoodie, she could be seen carrying very distinctive glasses. The house proprietor later discovered his automobile and door spray painted with the messages 'BUY COCAINE HERE', 'BUY COCAINE' and 'BUY COCAINE FROM ME'. She might be seen carrying a service bag which seems to be full of the eggs, flour and bathroom paper that was then used to bombard the native's automobile and residential And the strikes on his property have dramatically escalated from egg and flour bombs to his automobile and entrance door being spray painted with outrageous accusations falsely branding him a drug supplier Police mentioned there was not sufficient proof to pursue a prosecution, says the neighbour The neighbour revealed he is suffered three comparable assaults prior to now 18 months after he has hosted Christmas and New 12 months's Eve events The automobile needed to be resprayed below insurance coverage after the most recent assault. 'By the point you are having a automobile resprayed, it is a little bit bit greater than some eggs on the doorstep,' mentioned the proprietor who requested to not be named. The native says he took the footage to police however was advised it was inadequate proof to pursue a prosecution. 'Despite the fact that she's lined up her face, she's very distinctive,' he mentioned. 'You may see her top, dimension, physique form, the way in which they stroll and he or she's bought these fairly distinctive gold glasses on. 'It is like one thing out the flicks – you see her stroll as much as the digital camera with a can of spray paint and spray it out. It is actually creepy. 'Everybody who watches the footage will get creeped out by it.' He added: 'It took us some time to work it out, nevertheless it used to occur after we would had noise on through the day, like music or a pool celebration or one thing like that. 'At first we did not realise, as a result of we might then go to mattress at 10pm and the digital camera footage would have it occur about 2.30 or 3am. 'It took us many incidents to place all of it collectively and realise that it is somebody upset by the noise. 'However there are various different methods to cope with noise complaints – and who stays up till the midnight to hunt revenge?' He believes the attacker has been stalking out his residence to determine the occupants and their vehicles to focus on which has added to the unease in regards to the incidents. 'We have checked with our neighbours about noise ranges after we have had events to see if there was any points, however they've all mentioned there was no downside,' he added. 'This type of behaviour does not really feel good and it is actually upset plenty of our neighbours. They do not really feel protected with this form of stuff occurring.' Now the attacker has believed to have struck once more and focused the Qantas boss, in an onslaught his different neighbours have condemned on-line as 'disgusting'. Joyce, 55, and his husband Shane Lloyd purchased the palatial 1908 Federation residence in Mosman, buying and selling up from their internal metropolis penthouse at The Rocks Qantas boss Alan Joyce has had his sprawling $19million waterfront mansion plastered with eggs and bathroom paper because the airline continues to be embroiled in a collection of livid rows with passengers, crews and former employees", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Qantas", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Qantas", "length": 6, "offset": 4}, {"position_text": "Qantas", "length": 6, "offset": 99}, {"position_text": "Qantas", "length": 6, "offset": 311}, {"position_text": "Qantas", "length": 6, "offset": 624}, {"position_text": "Qantas", "length": 6, "offset": 904}, {"position_text": "Qantas", "length": 6, "offset": 5183}, {"position_text": "Qantas", "length": 6, "offset": 5452}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Mosman", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Mosman", "length": 6, "offset": 65}, {"position_text": "Mosman", "length": 6, "offset": 65}, {"position_text": "Mosman", "length": 6, "offset": 430}, {"position_text": "Mosman", "length": 6, "offset": 5368}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1515, "text": "Where child cancer rose, some want polluted land left empty\nThis is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of12A sculpture of a grieving mother sits at a memorial garden, Feb. 21, 2023, in Toms River, N.J. for children who died from any cause. Many residents of Toms River, where the former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant dumped toxic waste into the Toms River and directly onto the ground, oppose a settlement with the site's current owner, BASF Corp. to restore natural resources at the site as inadequate and ill-advised.Wayne Parry/AP Show More Show Less 2of12A sculpture of a grieving mother sits at a memorial garden, Feb. 21, 2023, in Toms River, N.J. for children who died from any cause. Many residents of Toms River, where the former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant dumped toxic waste into the Toms River and directly onto the ground, oppose a settlement with the site's current owner, BASF Corp. to restore natural resources at the site as inadequate and ill-advised.Wayne Parry/AP Show More Show Less 4of12FILE - A gate at the entrance to the former Ciba Geigy chemical plant in Toms River,N.J., is filled with warning, Jan. 24, 2023, regarding the contaminated area, which is on the Superfund list of the nation's worst toxic waste sites. A proposed settlement to restore natural resources damaged by the company's dumping is widely opposed as insufficient by residents of Toms River, where childhood cancer rates from the late 1970s through 1990s occurred at elevated rates.Wayne Parry/AP Show More Show Less 5of12This Feb. 21, 2023 shows a fence on the property of the former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant in Toms River, N.J. For decades, the company dumped toxic waste into the Toms River, shown in foreground. Many residents oppose a settlement with the site's current owner, BASF Corp. to restore natural resources at the site as inadequate and ill-advised.Wayne Parry/AP Show More Show Less 7of12A stone memorial to childhood cancer victims is shown on Feb. 21, 2023. in Toms River, N.J. Many residents of Toms River, where the former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant dumped toxic waste into the Toms River and directly onto the ground, oppose a settlement with the site's current owner, BASF Corp. to restore natural resources at the site as inadequate and ill-advised.Wayne Parry/AP Show More Show Less 8of12A heart hangs on a tree next to the Toms River in Toms River, N.J. on Feb. 21, 2023. Many residents of Toms River, where the former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant dumped toxic waste into the Toms River and directly onto the ground, oppose a settlement with the site's current owner, BASF Corp. to restore natural resources at the site as inadequate and ill-advised.Wayne Parry/AP Show More Show Less 10of12Summer Bardier speaks at a public hearing, Monday, March 13, 2023, in Toms River N.J., at which she advocated letting the former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant site be reclaimed by nature and kept off-limits to people. A proposed settlement with New Jersey environmental regulators would have current owner BASF carry out nine environmental remediation projects including walking trails and an education center at the site of one of America's worst toxic waste sites.Wayne Parry/AP Show More Show Less 11of12A sculpture stands a memorial garden for children who died from any cause, Feb. 21, 2023 in Toms River, N.J. Many residents of Toms River, where the former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant dumped toxic waste into the Toms River and directly onto the ground, oppose a settlement with the site's current owner, BASF Corp. to restore natural resources at the site as inadequate and ill-advised.Wayne Parry/AP Show More Show Less TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant poisoned the ground and water in Toms River, New Jersey, where the rate of childhood cancer cases rose significantly in the 1980s and 1990s. It was one of the nation's worst toxic waste sites, was added to the federal Superfund cleanup list, and still has a vast plume of chemically contaminated groundwater beneath it. But state officials and the current owner of the site, German-based BASF Corp., think the fenced-off land, with some restoration work, could once again be fit for the public. Under a proposed settlement with New Jersey environmental regulators, BASF would carry out nine environmental projects including restoring wetlands and grassy areas; creating walking trails, boardwalks and an elevated viewing platform; preserving woodlands and building an environmental education center at a cost of about $30 million. If two emotional public hearings are any indication, most residents of Toms River, an upscale Jersey Shore community about 55 miles (89 kilometers) north of Atlantic City, want the state to scrap the deal and start over. Danbury backs building 100 Main St. apartments to save courthouse In addition to a widespread feeling that the settlement fails to punish BASF for the conduct of Ciba-Geigy (something it is not designed to do), many residents still voice deep distrust not only of the company but of government as well, citing decades of neglect and lax oversight that allowed Ciba-Geigy to dump chemicals and dyes into the Toms River and directly onto the ground for years with impunity. As longtime environmental activist Peter Hibbard put it, \"It was like they had a golden ticket to pollute.\" And during a hearing Monday that lasted nearly six hours, several residents said the site is too toxic — chemically and symbolically — to ever be used for anything again. \"Why not just re-wild the area?\" asked Summer Bardier, whose uncle worked at the plant and would sweat the color of the dye he was working when he came home on hot days. \"Why potentially cause other people to be harmed, exposed, injured and possibly killed? That land is off-limits now; people don't want to go back there.\" \"The public is not going to want to use this for passive recreation,\" added resident Phil Solomon. Sean Moriarty, a deputy commissioner with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, grew up next to the Ciba-Geigy plant; he and his friends would hop the fence and play in the plant's woods, much to the dismay of his mother, a cancer nurse at the local hospital. \"I wouldn't stand here tonight in front of a place that I still say that I am from if I didn't personally believe in the settlement the DEP is proposing,\" he said. In response to a question about whether he would build a house on the site and move his family there, Moriarty said he plans to bring his children to walk the trails once the projects are completed. Starting in the 1950s, Ciba-Geigy Chemical Corp., the town's largest employer, had been flushing chemicals into the Toms River and the Atlantic Ocean, and burying 47,000 drums of toxic waste in the ground. This created a plume of polluted water that has spread beyond the site into residential neighborhoods. While it has been reduced in size, the plume remains, and cleanup efforts will need to continue for years. Officials say Toms River's water is currently safe to drink. The state health department found that 87 children in Toms River, which was then known as Dover Township, had been diagnosed with cancer from 1979 through 1995. 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Monetary policymakers have front-loaded interest rate cuts before stabilising inflation, meaning they are having to fight capital outflows and mounting pressure on prices, Danske Bank said in a report on Tuesday. With the central bank's foreign currency reserves eroding, only a small push is needed to tip the lira over the edge, the Nordic financial institution said. \"Only after a stable inflation path is ensured, lowering interest rates is a viable path,\" said Lars Sparresø Merklin, senior analyst for FX strategy, and Jakob Ekholdt Christensen, head of emerging markets research. \"It goes without saying that the current Turkish path looks very unstable and we see a high probability of a currency crisis in coming months.\" Turkey's central bank has exhausted its foreign currency reserves, net of liabilities, by defending the lira just short of 7 per dollar in recent weeks. The lira weakened less than 0.1 percent to 6.987 on Wednesday after touching 7.005 on Tuesday. The Turkish currency could fall towards 8 per dollar before recovering somewhat, Merklin and Christensen said. \"While we may well end the year with USD/TRY in the low-to-mid 7s, overshooting near term seems highly likely right now,\" they said. The central bank has used up about a third of its gross foreign currency reserves since March. They have dropped to just over $50 billion from $78 billion early in the year. Meanwhile, it has slashed interest rates to 8.75 percent from 24 percent last July. Turkish monetary policymakers see a strong tapering in inflation pressures, putting it at odds with the market, according to Danske Bank. The central bank cites lower commodity prices for its assumptions, but in high inflation countries such as Turkey and Argentina, it is not commodity prices that matter, Danske Bank said. Inflation in Turkey stands at 11.9 percent. \"High inflation becomes embedded in expectations and wage formation and thus ends up much stickier,\" Merklin and Christensen said. To tackle inflation, a deep and prolonged recession would probably be required, then rates could be lowered, but Turkey has jumped the gun, they said. \"At this stage, it is not at all obvious that CPI will turn lower - but interest rates most surely will if recent central-bank actions are anything to go by,\" the analysts said. \"That leaves the central bank having to fight capital outflows to stem the TRY decline and mounting inflation pressure. \"At this point, in our view, we just need a small push in the wrong direction to lean into an outright currency crisis.\" In an optimistic scenario, the central bank's strategy may still succeed should sentiment across emerging markets turn strongly positive and the dollar starts to decline, Merklin and Christensen said. \"However, we do have our doubts when/if this will happen.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Danske Bank", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Danske Bank", "length": 11, "offset": 44}, {"position_text": "Danske Bank", "length": 11, "offset": 188}, {"position_text": "Danske Bank", "length": 11, "offset": 378}, {"position_text": "Danske Bank", "length": 11, "offset": 1812}, {"position_text": "Danske Bank", "length": 11, "offset": 1994}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Argentina", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Argentina", "length": 9, "offset": 1943}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1517, "text": "Coyote strike on the runway forces United Airlines flight back to Chicago's O'Hare\n7:56 AM on Thursday, January 16 A United Airlines passenger jet struck a coyote on the runway during takeoff in Chicago, forcing the flight to return to O'Hare International Airport to have the landing gear examined. None of the 167 passengers or six crew members aboard the Boeing 737 MAX 9 were injured in the incident on Sunday, which forced the Phoenix-bound United Flight 1727 to make a swift return, the airline said Thursday in an email. \"We arranged for another plane to take our customers to their destination later that afternoon,\" the airline said. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating, saying Thursday that the crew initially reported that the plane had struck a bird. Collisions between aircraft and wildlife are a growing concern for aviation safety, according to the FAA. The FAA said that between 1988 and 2023 wildlife strikes with civilian and military aircraft killed more than 491 people and destroyed more than 350 aircraft across the globe. In the United States, wildlife strikes with civilian and military aircraft killed 76 people and destroyed 126 aircraft between 1988-2023. Most collisions involve birds, but between 1990-2023 there were 882 reported civilian aircraft strikes with coyotes and 1,301 with white-tailed deer in the U.S., according to the FAA. Coyotes are finding a niche in many urban and suburban communities across the U.S. On Monday, a coyote was found inside a Chicago grocery store before it was captured and removed by authorities. In 2020, two people — included a 6-year-old boy — were reportedly attacked by a coyote or coyotes in the city's downtown area. A coyote sighting also prompted the lockdown of two schools in the city's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Coyotes are particularly active January through March, the animals' mating season, officials have said. This content is used here with permission. To view the original visit:", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Boeing", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Boeing", "length": 6, "offset": 358}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Federal Aviation Administration", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Federal Aviation Administration", "length": 31, "offset": 647}, {"position_text": "FAA", "length": 3, "offset": 881}, {"position_text": "FAA", "length": 3, "offset": 890}, {"position_text": "FAA", "length": 3, "offset": 1379}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Chicago", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 66}, {"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 195}, {"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 195}, {"position_text": "Chicago", "length": 7, "offset": 1506}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "United States", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "United States", "length": 13, "offset": 1069}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1518, "text": "Berkshire news Royal Mail strike action to cause significant disruption PremierLeague-News.Com\nPremierLeague-News.Com - Industrial action will start this coming Friday, August 26 PremierLeague-News.Com - Breaking Sport Transfer News ! Royal Mail workers are set to go on strike for four days in the coming weeks. The first day of industrial action will take place this Friday, August 26. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called on members who collect, sort and deliver parcels to take strike action over four days. Royal Mail has apologised ahead of the action for the disruption this will cause. The company 'will do everything' they can to minimise disruption and get services 'back to normal as quickly as possible'. Customers are to expect significant disruption due to the strike action. News source = PremierLeague-News.Com . There will be less collections on days when strike action is taking place. In a statement they have said: \"Royal Mail has well-developed contingency plans, but they cannot fully replace the daily efforts of its frontline workforce. We will be doing what we can to keep services running, but customers should expect significant disruption.\" They will not be delivering letters, with the exception of Special Delivery. On the days when strike action is taking place, they have promised to: Deliver as many Special Delivery and Tracked24 parcels as possible Prioritise the delivery of COVID test kits and medical prescriptions wherever possible Read next: Domino's could open at former high street bank site Right to Roam trespassers target Berkshire estate Berkshire properties hit with closure orders after antisocial behaviour Reading Festival music fans urged to be green and take tents home Water leaks caused by clogged wig leave mum living in hotel Read More Related Articles Reading Festival music fans urged to take tents home and avoid single-use plastics Read More Related Articles British Airways flights from Heathrow amongst thousands cancelled over the coming months", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "PremierLeague", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "PremierLeague", "length": 13, "offset": 72}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Special Delivery", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Special Delivery", "length": 16, "offset": 1240}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "PremierLeague-News", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "PremierLeague-News", "length": 18, "offset": 179}, {"position_text": "PremierLeague-News", "length": 18, "offset": 816}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Domino's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Domino's", "length": 8, "offset": 1494}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Communication Workers Union", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Communication Workers Union", "length": 27, "offset": 392}, {"position_text": "CWU", "length": 3, "offset": 421}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "CWU", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "CWU", "length": 3, "offset": 421}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Royal Mail", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Royal Mail", "length": 10, "offset": 15}, {"position_text": "Royal Mail", "length": 10, "offset": 235}, {"position_text": "Royal Mail", "length": 10, "offset": 524}, {"position_text": "Royal Mail", "length": 10, "offset": 948}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Berkshire", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Berkshire", "length": 9, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Berkshire", "length": 9, "offset": 1579}, {"position_text": "Berkshire", "length": 9, "offset": 1596}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1519, "text": "Russian-Linked Megayacht Scheherazade May Escape Sanctions\nThe $700 million megayacht Scheherazade may escape EU sanctions on Russia's wealthiest and most powerful citizens, despite suspicions that her true owner is Russian President Vladimir Putin himself. The Scheherazade , a $700 million megayacht currently located at Marina di Carrara, Italy, is under scrutiny for potential connections to a sanctioned Russian owner. U.S. officials reportedly believe that this could be Putin himself. Scheherazade was in a long drydock period at the outset of the invasion, making her a tempting (and immobile) target for sanctions enforcement. Ownership is often difficult to prove for high-value megayachts, which are usually titled to an offshore holding company (or several). Consistent with this pattern, Sheherazade is owned by an anonymous holding company in the Marshall Islands. However, the yacht's pattern of port calls in the Black Sea align with Putin's travel itinerary over the past two years, according to the New York Times. In addition, researchers working for Russian politician Alexei Navalny claim to have obtained records that suggest that half of Scheherazade's crew were employed by Putin's personal security service, the FSO. Flight records show that these personnel regularly rotated between Russia and Italy. \"We can't think of better proof that this yacht belongs to Putin. Even in Italy, thousands of kilometers from Moscow, people are working on it who are officially listed as Putin's bodyguards and personal staff,\" investigator Maria Pevchikh said in a video version of the report. Italian investigators reportedly believe that the beneficial owner is former Rosneft executive Eduard Khudainatov, an oil magnate and associate of Putin. Though wealthy and well-connected, Khudainatov is not yet named on any sanctions list. Khudainatov's reported net worth has not put him among the top ranks of Russian businessmen. However, his holding companies concluded an $11 billion oilfield rights sale to Rosneft in 2020, according to the Warsaw Institute - about the same timeline as the delivery of the $700 million Scheherazade . Khudainatov's name has also appeared in connection with the seized yacht Amadea, currently located in Fiji. Amadea's lawyers told a Fijian court that Khudainatov - not a different, sanctioned Russian oligarch - was the vessel's true owner. The court disagreed and allowed U.S. authorities to proceed with seizing the vessel. Though the Scheherazade might be another valuable opportunity for sanctions enforcement, it may yet escape the grasp of investigators. The New York Times reports that Scheherazade is now back in the water, and may soon depart for sea trials - or leave Italy altogether. Tracking is not currently available: the vessel's AIS signal has not been received by commercial services since March, consistent with a yard period shutdown. Putin's name has also been associated with a much smaller yacht, the Graceful , which slipped away from Hamburg for the Russian territory of Kaliningrad shortly before the invasion.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Rosneft", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Rosneft", "length": 7, "offset": 1683}, {"position_text": "Rosneft", "length": 7, "offset": 2020}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "FSO", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "FSO", "length": 3, "offset": 1237}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Warsaw Institute", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Warsaw Institute", "length": 16, "offset": 2054}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "New York Times", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "New York Times", "length": 14, "offset": 1017}, {"position_text": "New York Times", "length": 14, "offset": 2612}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Rosneft", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Rosneft", "length": 7, "offset": 1683}, {"position_text": "Rosneft", "length": 7, "offset": 2020}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Black Sea", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Black Sea", "length": 9, "offset": 929}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Italy", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Italy", "length": 5, "offset": 342}, {"position_text": "Italy", "length": 5, "offset": 1320}, {"position_text": "Italy", "length": 5, "offset": 1401}, {"position_text": "Italy", "length": 5, "offset": 2725}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Marshall Islands", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Marshall Islands", "length": 16, "offset": 861}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "U.S", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 424}, {"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 2420}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1520, "text": "Schneider Electric announced the latest version of its award-winning software, EcoStruxure Power...\n– Updates maximize uptime and reduce safety risks for power-critical facilities with new levels of cybersecurity and graphics customization. Schneider Electric, the global specialist in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced the latest version of its award-winning software, EcoStruxure Power SCADA Operation 2020. Designed to provide real-time vision and control for timely response, this newest update to the EcoStruxure Power edge control portfolio keeps demanding operations running with new levels of cybersecurity and graphics customization. A key element within the EcoStruxure Power platform, Power SCADA Operation digitizes and simplifies complex electrical distribution systems to enable safety, reliability and compliance. This 2020 edition of Power SCADA Operation significantly augments its industry-leading edge control offers. It helps to reveal risks and opportunities, extend network and diagnostic support, and adds new control capabilities. \"If you run a large, power-critical facility, every second of downtime comes with huge business interruptions and financial losses, puts lives at risk, or can potentially damage an organization's reputation,\" said Mark Nolan , director offer and strategy, Digital Power, Schneider Electric. \"Power SCADA Operation 2020 is engineered to help power-critical facilities like data centers, oil and gas operations, semiconductor, and airports maximize their uptime. The built-in architectural redundancy offers our customers the peace of mind that their networks will be reliable even if a worst-case scenario occurs.\" Enhancements for Power SCADA Operation Include: Modern Graphics + Alarms — allows the user to access their system anywhere, anytime, and with any browser while complying with HTML5 web browser standards Microgrid Ready – View runtime graphics including animated electrical 1-lines modeling even the most complex multi-source electrical distribution systems via any HTML5 compliant web browser Cybersecurity Ready – Maintain optimal security with certified compliant with global cybersecurity standard ISA/IEC-62443; role-based access control via Windows Active Directory + two-factor authentication to guard against \"zero-day attacks\" World-Ready Translatable Software – Fully translatable runtime, design tools, and documentation Simpler Multi-site Deployments – Monitor and control multiple independent systems from single runtime client for geographically co-located customers Benefits to large and power-critical facilities Power SCADA Operation enables facilities teams in Power Critical Facilities to monitor, control, and troubleshoot issues in real-time with their MV and LV distribution systems to maximize power availability and operational efficiency and minimizing downtime and safety risks. In critical buildings, uptime and reliability is paramount. For example, power quality issues can cause outages that cost as much as $1 million+ per day, while operations and maintenance costs can represent as much as 80 percent of the total lifecycle cost over a 50-year period. Plus, reliability ensures productivity and operational efficiency, so when equipped with the proper data and insight provided by EcoStruxure Power SCADA Operation, these facilities can realize new operational efficiencies, opening new avenues of innovation. One Schneider Electric customer, a large data center, installed an EcoStruxure Power SCADA Operation system combined with its connected products. While this customer's previous system left them in the dark for several minutes before even alerting about an event, Power SCADA Operation provided millisecond timestamp accuracy and power event analysis for rapid identification of electrical root causes. Further, it integrated easily with the customer's third-party devices, handling a multi-source electrical distribution network, which included live monitoring of Ethernet connected meters and PLCs with refresh rates of less than one second. An EcoStruxure™ Power connected offer Power SCADA Operation is a key element in the EcoStruxure Power platform, part of Schneider Electric's open, interoperable, IoT-enabled system architecture delivering enhanced value around safety, reliability, efficiency, sustainability and connectivity for building, grid, industry, and data center customers. The software is a significant addition to the company's industry leading connected products offers and is a valued new platform within a connected and integrated power distribution network. About Schneider Electric Schneider Electric is leading the Digital Transformation of Energy Management and Automation in Homes, Buildings, Data Centers, Infrastructure and Industries. With global presence in over 100 countries, Schneider is the undisputable leader in Power Management – Medium Voltage, Low Voltage and Secure Power, and in Automation Systems. We provide integrated efficiency solutions, combining energy, automation and software. In our global Ecosystem, we collaborate with the largest Partner, Integrator and Developer Community on our Open Platform to deliver real-time control and operational efficiency. 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An archived replay of the webcast will be available on this website for a limited time after the call. About Q2 Holdings, Inc. Q2 is a leading provider of digital banking and lending solutions to banks, credit unions, alternative finance, and fintech companies in the U.S. and internationally. Q2 enables its financial institutions and fintech companies to provide comprehensive, secure, data-driven digital client engagement solutions – from consumers to small businesses and corporate clients. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Q2 has offices throughout the world and is publicly traded on the NYSE under the stock symbol QTWO. To learn more, please visit Q2.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter to stay up-to-date. 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The report further cited sources saying that the other candidate being speculated about, Mehli Mistry, may likely be appointed as a Permanent Trustee on the Tata board.Tata Trusts has not responded to queries, despite multiple reports on the matter.Noel Tata, the Top ContenderAt the time of his death, Ratan Tata was Chair of Tata Trusts, which owns a majority share of 66 per cent in Tata Sons, the holding entity for all Tata Group companies. The $165 billion multi-national conglomerate operates across 10 countries and Ratan Tata's successor \"would wield massive influence on the business\", the Bloomberg report said.Notably, Ratan Tata never married and has no children. He also did not name a successor at Tata Trusts. The report noted that it is not clear if there were any provisions made for succession.Noel Tata has been the chairman of the group's apparel retailer, Trent, since 2014. The company's shares surged over 6,000 per cent in the past decade. It has expanded its store count and workforce even as peers cut jobs and has been one of the most successful Tata companies in recent years. He is already a trustee on the Sir Dorabjee and Sir Ratan Tata Trusts. Noel Tata became vice chairman of Titan Company in 2018, was inducted onto the Sir Ratan Tata Trust board, one of the main trusts that hold significant influence over Tata Sons and the Tata Group, in 2019, and was appointed vice chairman of Tata Steel in 2022, further solidifying his presence within the group. He has previously helmed Tata International from 2010-21, during which the commodity trading firm's revenue jumped from $500 million to over $3 billion. He is also on the boards of several listed Tata firms, including Tata Steel and Voltas. His children — Maya, Neville and Leah — are also trustees of some of the family-linked charities, according to the Tata Trusts website.Other Names That May Make Noise Mehli Mistry: A board trustee for the two main Tata charities and a close confidante of Ratan Tata, Mistry is part of the executive committee that oversees the Tata Trusts. He is a director of the Meher Pallonji Group. Darius Khambata: A senior lawyer who advised Ratan Tata on succession matters, Khambata is also a board trustee. Vijay Singh / Venu Srinivasan: Both are vice chairmen for the main Tata Trusts and worked alongside Ratan Tata in running the charities. Singh is a former defense ministry bureaucrat, while Srinivasan is the chairman emeritus of Sundaram Clayton and TVS Motor Co. They are however not from the Parsi Zoroastrian community and would be non-traditional picks. 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Nuffield Health and GE HealthCare announce £200m AI collaboration Nuffield Health and GE HealthCare have announced a £200m collaboration, which will equip Nuffield Health's hospitals with the latest diagnostic imaging technology from GE HealthCare. With access to innovative AI-enabled systems, the collaboration will support Nuffield Health's ambition to deliver an industry-leading diagnostic service in the UK. Through the 20-year Managed Equipment Service (MES) agreement, GE HealthCare will take responsibility for the ongoing acquisition, installation, maintenance, and staff training for medical technology utilised by Nuffield Health. The technologies and solutions within the agreement are aimed at providing the best possible care for patients and improving efficiencies for clinicians and other staff for years to come. In 2025 more than 100 devices are scheduled for delivery across Nuffield Health's national network of hospitals, and nearly 800 pieces of equipment are expected to be delivered over the course of the collaboration across imaging, ultrasound, surgery, and x-ray. Medichecks acquires Leger to transform testosterone treatment accessibility Leger Clinic, a provider of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), has joined the Medichecks Group, to make high-quality TRT more accessible and affordable for men across the UK. Now, as part of the Medichecks Group, it will streamline access to testing, treatment, and expert-led care. As blood testing plays a vital role in TRT, ensuring patients receive safe and effective treatment, Medichecks' advanced blood testing services will be fully integrated into Leger's care model, meaning patients will no longer need to source external tests. Dr Douglas Savage, medical director at Leger, commented: \"Testosterone deficiency is a real issue. Patients tell us they've lost their get-up-and-go, they're miserable, and their partners are noticing it too. \"I've seen firsthand how TRT can transform men's lives. It's not just about increasing testosterone – it's about giving men back their energy, confidence, and drive. By joining Medichecks, we can make monitoring simpler, more affordable, and ensure men get the care they need without unnecessary barriers.\" Twelve new companies join BII's Venture Lab programme BioInnovation Institute (BII), a non-profit foundation incubating and accelerating world-class life science research, today announces that twelve new companies have entered its Venture Lab acceleration program for early-stage start-ups. The cohort is strategically aligned with BII's focus on supporting innovative early-stage start-ups that can improve human and planetary health. The 12-month Venture Lab programme is designed to support start-up companies with business acceleration, scientific, and team development, and provides a founder-friendly convertible loan of €500,000, plus access to labs and offices at BII in Copenhagen. In becoming a part of the Venture Lab programme, the early-stage companies also get an exclusive opportunity to apply for EUR 1.3M in follow-up funding through BII's Venture House programme. The new companies BII has accepted into the Venture Lab programme in human health are: 3Sonic, Proxi Biotech , Akasi Pharma, Beech Biotech, Incipiam Pharma, Synuca Therapeutics, Gefjon Pharma, Navira and Xterna. US$230M to accelerate development of large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers to revolutionise pharmaceuticals QuEra Computing, a neutral-atom quantum computing company, has raised more than US$230m. The funds will be used to accelerate the development and production of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, which the company says could revolutionise industries such as pharmaceuticals. Of the US$230M, US$60m will be received in the near future upon satisfying a prerequisite funding condition, currently in progress. With this funding, QuEra will accelerate the development of fault-tolerant quantum computer technology, expand its team of scientists and engineers, strengthening build and test capacity to scale up and meet growing demand for high-performance neutral-atom computers, and broaden its portfolio of application co-design, cloud, and on-premises engagements with global research organisations, Fortune 500 companies, and government programmes. Oxford Drug Design awarded £1m PACE funding to progress uUTI treatment Oxford Drug Design has been awarded £1m in funding to progress its uUTI (uncomplicated urinary tract infection) antibacterial programme from Pathways to Antimicrobial Clinical Efficacy (PACE) – the UK's largest public-private initiatives targeting early-stage antimicrobial medicines and diagnostic discovery. Oxford Drug Design is using AI computational methods to discover and develop novel therapeutics across a range of challenging diseases with high unmet medical need. This funding will allow the pre-clinical drug discovery company to build on a substantial body of earlier work that has already identified potent antibacterial compounds. The current project will identify improved candidates that accumulate in the bladder to treat the infection locally, while also enabling Oxford Drug Design to generate the safety and efficacy data that is needed for entry into clinical trials. The uUTI programme will progress Oxford Drug Design's work on the novel target leucyl-tRNA synthetase, belonging to the tRNA synthetase enzyme family. EG 427 raises €27m to finance on-going clinical study and platform development EG 427, a biotechnology company developing pinpoint genetic medicines for chronic diseases in neurology, has raised €27m. The funding will be used to finance the Phase 1b/2a development of its lead genetic medicine product, EG110A, for the treatment of neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. According to the company, the US study could open the way for clinical development across a series of medically important but neglected neuro-urology pathologies affecting millions of patients. The financing will also support expansion of EG 427's pipeline, with several therapeutic vectors based on its HERpes Modular Expression System (HERMES) technology. 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The video was recorded shortly before Ghosn was rearrested last week by prosecutors in Tokyo on new allegations. He had been out on bail while facing three charges of financial misconduct. In the brief video, played by his lawyers at a press conference, Ghosn repeated that he was \"innocent of all the charges that have been brought against me.\" He denounced a \"conspiracy\" against him and said events had been \"twisted in a way to paint a personage of greed, a personage of dictatorship.\" This screen grab from handout video released on April 9, 2019 by representatives of former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn shows Ghosn speaking in a video message recorded before his rearrest earlier this month in Tokyo. Japanese prosecutors rearrested Ghosn on April 4, who was out on bail, over an additional allegation that he transferred Nissan money to a dealership in Oman but siphoned off millions for personal expenses—including the purchase of a luxury yacht. \"This is about a plot, this is about conspiracy, this is about backstabbing,\" he said in the video. Ghosn did not however name specific individuals at Nissan, with his lawyer saying that the defence team had opted to cut parts of the recording that pointed the finger at particular figures. Ghosn was rearrested by prosecutors last week while out on bail in Tokyo after they announced they were investigating new allegations against him. A court has extended his detention until April 14, when prosecutors can apply to hold him for an additional 10 days before they must release him unless they bring charges or file new allegations. Prosecutors said Ghosn had been detained over transfers of Nissan funds totalling $15 million between late 2015 and the middle of 2018 to a dealership in Oman. They suspect around $5 million of these funds were siphoned off for Ghosn's use, including for the purchase of a luxury yacht and financing personal investments. Prosecutors accuse Ghosn of having \"betrayed\" his duty not to cause losses to Nissan \"in order to benefit himself.\" Ghosn already faces three formal charges: two of deferring his salary and concealing that in official shareholders' documents, and a further charge of seeking to shift investment losses to the firm. Ghosn's case has defied expectations from the start, with his shock November 19 arrest after he landed in Tokyo on a private jet. He spent 108 days in a detention centre in northern Tokyo before being dramatically released on bail of around $9 million on March 6, emerging from incarceration dressed in a workman's uniform and face mask in an apparent bid to avoid the media. He then lived in a court-appointed apartment in Tokyo without commenting on his situation despite huge international and Japanese media interest in his case that has shocked and surprised from the beginning. However, just as reports began to surface that he could be rearrested, Ghosn emerged on Twitter to announce plans to hold a news conference on April 11. His rearrest came just days after news that Renault, which Ghosn also once headed, had handed French prosecutors documents showing suspicious transfers worth million of euros authorised by the auto tycoon. Shortly after his arrest, his wife Carole –who had been living in Tokyo with Ghosn while he was on bail—left Japan. She told a French newspaper she had been forced to flee Tokyo with support from the French ambassador and was able to use her US passport after having to surrender her Lebanese one to prosecutors.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Nissan", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Nissan", "length": 6, "offset": 14}, {"position_text": "Nissan", "length": 6, "offset": 142}, {"position_text": "Nissan", "length": 6, "offset": 835}, {"position_text": "Nissan", "length": 6, "offset": 1080}, {"position_text": "Nissan", "length": 6, "offset": 1358}, {"position_text": "Nissan", "length": 6, "offset": 1900}, {"position_text": "Nissan", "length": 6, "offset": 2241}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "AFP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AFP", "length": 3, "offset": 92}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Japan", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Japan", "length": 5, "offset": 3530}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "US", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 3663}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1525, "text": "Netflix 'Gay Jesus' filmmakers suffer petrol bomb attack\nearlier reported that the 45-minute special had caused a heated backlash, with prominent figures charging users to delete the streaming service's app from their devices. In a new development, two petrol bombs were thrown at the Rio de Janeiro headquarters of Porta dos Fundos, in the early hours of December 24. While the comedy group said the incident \"put several innocent lives at risk,\" it added in a Facebook post that there were no injuries sustained as security staff were able to put out the fire outbreak. \"In the early morning of December 24, on Christmas Eve, the headquarters of Porta dos Fundos was the victim of an attack. Molotov cocktails were thrown at our building,\" the comedy group wrote. \"We will move on, more united, stronger, more inspired and confident that the country will survive this storm of hatred and love will prevail alongside freedom of speech.\" Speaking on the incident, the Brazilian police authorities confirmed that the video of a group claiming responsibility for the attack is being investigated and that it doesn't rule out classifing the attack as terrorism. The attack comes after \"over 2.3 million people\" had signed a petition to have the film removed from Netflix among several other similar campaigns as regards the movie. Copyright 2019 TheCable. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from TheCable. Follow us on twitter", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "TheCable", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "TheCable", "length": 8, "offset": 1343}, {"position_text": "TheCable", "length": 8, "offset": 1570}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Netflix", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Netflix", "length": 7, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Netflix", "length": 7, "offset": 1260}], "label": "negative"}]}, {"id": 1526, "text": "Yemeni drones target southwestern Saudi Arabia in retaliation for war 5min - Press TV\nYemeni Armed Forces have launched a new drone operation against Saudi targets in the kingdom's southwest in response to Saudi Arabia's ongoing military aggression on its southern neighbor. In a statement released early on Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition invading Yemen claimed that Saudi Arabia's air defenses had intercepted and destroyed two explosive drones that were launched by the Houthi Ansaullah resistance movement toward the city of Khamis Mushait. On Sunday, the Yemeni Armed Forces launched missile and drone strikes against Aramco oil facilities in the city of Ras Tanura, situated in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, and other locations. The Yemeni Armed Forces regularly target positions inside Saudi Arabia in retaliation for the bloody war, which was launched in March 2015 with arms and logistics support from the US and several other Western countries. The aim was to return to power the former Riyadh-backed regime and crush the Ansarullah movement which has been running state affairs in the absence of an effective government in Yemen. The war has stopped well shy of all of its goals, despite killing tens of thousands of Yemeni civilians and turning entire Yemen into the scene of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Yemeni forces have vowed to continue their retaliatory attacks on Saudi targets until the protracted war and crippling all-out siege on the impoverished country come to an end. Saudi aerial assaults On Wednesday, the Saudi-led coalition attacked At Tuhayat district of Yemen's western Hudaydah Province, in violation of a ceasefire agreement. The Yemeni Army and allied Popular Committees managed to thwart the raid, al-Masirah TV channel reported. Over the 24 hours to Thursday, the Saudi coalition has committed 232 violations of the Hudaydah truce. Additionally on Wednesday, the coalition warplanes carried out a total of 12 airstrikes on Rahabah, Sirwah and Jabal Murad districts of Ma'rib Province. Since the establishment of the Hudaydah ceasefire within the framework of the Stockholm Agreement in 2018, Saudi Arabia has failed to adhere to it.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "At Tuhayat", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "At Tuhayat", "length": 10, "offset": 1578}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Jabal Murad", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Jabal Murad", "length": 11, "offset": 1995}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Rahabah", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Rahabah", "length": 7, "offset": 1975}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Sirwah", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Sirwah", "length": 6, "offset": 1984}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1527, "text": "Brit police feared 'massive' bomb blast\nLondon police feared terrorist bomb blast AP, News Corp Australia Network Armed police officers who shot three men to end a terror attack at London Bridge believed the men were about to detonate explosives, an inquest heard. A London Metropolitan Police officer, known only as BY28, has told the Old Bailey he feared for his life as he made his way to the scene on June 3, 2017. BY28 told the inquest that as his vehicle arrived he spotted a man who \"looked like he'd been painted in blood\". In the space of 10 minutes, Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, had ploughed into pedestrians on London Bridge and run amok around London's Borough Market with knives and fake suicide belts. All three were shot dead in nearby Stoney St, bringing to an end a rampage that left eight people dead — including Australians Kirsty Boden and Sara Zelenak — and 48 seriously injured. BY28 said as the vehicle he was in turned into Stoney St he heard gun shots and \"the whooshing sound\" of bullets. He said he believed he saw improvised explosive devices (IEDs) attached to the suspects, describing them as six to eight packages on the chest with wires and cords. BY28 told the inquest that another officer also noticed what they believed were IEDs and they started to withdraw immediately. \"If they detonated they would have killed everyone there including us and members of the public,\" BY28 said. BY28 said he stood next to a vehicle, which provided some protection. \"From an IED I knew I was in the blast radius. It was all we had,\" he said. The officer said he fired two shots at one of the suspects, Redouane, because he believed he was attempting to detonate the IEDs. \"He continued to move so I've taken a third shot aimed at his head,\" BY28 said, adding that Redouane was still trying to tug or get hold of the cord. Another officer, known only as AY14, told the inquest about the moment he was told Operation Plato — an operation declared when there is a marauding terrorist attack under way — was declared. \"It's one of those words you hear on the radio that you never expect to hear,\" he said. \"I've trained for it but never actually expect to hear it.\" AY14 said he noticed silver packages and a brown belt with wires strapped to the suspects. He recalled shouting at Butt: \"Stay down! Don't move! Stay still!\" The officer said he opened fire after Butt appeared to push himself up. \"I thought he was raising himself up to activate his device,\" he said. AY14 said he aimed two shots at Butt's torso, before aiming at his head. 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So I believe we're simply in a really distinctive house and we do not actually see geopolitics enjoying a job in doing enterprise in China,\" Aradhana Sarin informed CNBC's \"Squawk Field Europe.\" The Monetary Occasions reported on June 18 that AstraZeneca had drawn up plans to spin off its China enterprise and probably listing it in Hong Kong, so as to defend it from China's strained relationship with the U.S. and Europe. The identical report famous that the plans weren't a certainty, and {that a} Shanghai itemizing was one other risk. Sarin stated she wouldn't touch upon \"rumors\" concerning a possible China breakaway. She added that AstraZeneca has been working in China for a decade and is its largest pharmaceutical firm. \"China has truly been an incredible enterprise for us,\" Sarin stated, observing that the corporate's China department had recorded 4 successive quarters of progress. \"However what's actually attention-grabbing about China isn't just the industrial enterprise, which is doing very well, however truly all of the innovation that's popping out of China after we run our…world medical research. And a number of the research are additionally working in China,\" she stated. \"There's additionally the flexibility to faucet into native innovation. And it isn't simply us, even a lot of our friends have achieved licencing offers with actually progressive biotech corporations in China,\" she added. \"So it is actually not simply industrial [interest], however having the ability to faucet into that innovation.\" AstraZeneca earnings on Friday confirmed income progress forward of estimates at 6% within the second quarter, following 1% progress within the first half. Core earnings per share rose by 25% to $2.15. The corporate's China revenues expanded by 7%, barely above the 6% recorded in Europe, however beneath the ten% progress within the U.S., together with Covid-related figures. 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According to Zacks, \"In the past 12 months, shares of AES Corp have gained significantly compared to its industry. The company continues to streamline its portfolio by divesting assets and exiting markets, wherein it does not have or cannot develop a competitive edge. AES Corp is focused on preserving its financial flexibility by reducing costs. Also, the company is rapidly expanding its renewable footprint overseas. Besides asset divestment, the company is teaming up with other companies to expand its footprint in potential markets. However, focus on long-term supply contracts exposes the company to commodity price risks. The political landscape in Brazil remains unstable and has caused a delay in AES Corp's reform plans. AES Corp's subsidiary, Alto Maipo experienced construction difficulties in its 531-MW hydroelectric project, which resulted in increased projected costs.\" Shares of AES stock traded down $0.12 on Friday, reaching $16.93. The company had a trading volume of 7,534,308 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,114,250. The stock has a market cap of $11.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.15, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.14. AES has a 1 year low of $11.66 and a 1 year high of $18.52. AES (NYSE:AES) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $2.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.06 billion. AES had a return on equity of 19.43% and a net margin of 11.20%. The company's quarterly revenue was down .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.43 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that AES will post 1.34 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Arcadia Investment Management Corp MI purchased a new position in AES during the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. We Are One Seven LLC purchased a new position in AES during the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. purchased a new position in AES during the 1st quarter valued at $30,000. Covington Capital Management boosted its holdings in AES by 55.7% during the 4th quarter. Covington Capital Management now owns 2,335 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 835 shares during the period. Finally, Liberty Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in AES during the 1st quarter valued at $36,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.42% of the company's stock. AES Company Profile The AES Corporation operates as a diversified power generation and utility company. It owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries. The company also owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market. 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The GMB urged the firm to scrap a threatened \"fire and rehire\" plan rather than just delay it to the new year. The union said British Gas has retreated on its original plan which it believed could have seen thousands of employees being told before Christmas they would lose their jobs. GMB officials said owners Centrica continued to threaten to \"set fire\" to the terms and conditions of its workforce. Darren Jones, chairman of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee wrote to the company with concerns about the \"extreme measure\". Justin Bowden, GMB national officer, said: \"It is welcome that Centrica management have woken up, smelled the gas and put a pause on their despicable plan. \"Working with, not against, the workforce and focusing now on serious negotiations that talk about growth not just cuts, is how to address the crisis created by past Centrica leaderships. \"This temporary retreat comes after sustained pressure, condemnation and public and political outcry over the proposal to sack the entire British Gas workforce. \"The company should now do the decent thing and take this fire and rehire threat off the table for good. \"Centrica's problems were not caused by the loyal engineers, call centre workers and back office staff who have done everything asked of them over years of boardroom mismanagement but have found their jobs in the firing line.\" The GMB had been planning an industrial action ballot among its members before today's development. A Centrica spokesman said: \"Transforming and restructuring our business to meet changing consumer demands is difficult but we must take action to become more competitive and win back customers. \"We believe reaching an agreement with our unions to modernise our company will unlock the potential to not only protect existing well-paid jobs but also create additional jobs – particularly skilled green jobs – in the future. \"We believe our proposals, which include improvements in productivity and flexibility, asking engineers to work 40 hours per week, 25 days annual leave, private healthcare for all colleagues, and generous sick pay proposals are both fair and very competitive in the market and we continue to hope this allows us to reach agreement with our colleagues. \"We are not changing base pay and pensions, but we need to become more flexible in how we deliver for our customers and we need consistent employment terms for our colleagues. \"Currently we have over 80 different employee 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The steam leak occurred at around 1 PM on Tuesday during inspection work at the plant and affected workers and engineers. \"Of the 18 burn cases admitted to a private hospital in Cuttack, two remain in intensive care… The other injured persons are in stable condition, receiving continuous, high-quality care. \"Another person initially admitted for a panic attack at the incident site, is now in good health and expected to be discharged shortly,\" Tata Steel said in a statement. Steam leak at Tata Steel plant in Odisha | Of the 18 burn victims admitted to a private hospital in Cuttack, two remain in intensive care under the vigilant watch of medical professionals, including a team from Tata Steel. The other individuals are in stable condition, receiving… pic.twitter.com/SwHECZ6TTC — ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2023 Dhenkanal SP Gyanaranjan Mohapatra on Tuesday said that around 19 persons were injured in the incident. The injured persons were immediately shifted to the Occupational Health Centre inside the plant premises and then to Cuttack for further treatment. Also Read Farmers end protest in Kurukshetra's Pipli after assurance from Haryana govt over sunflower MSP Meanwhile, the Directorate of Factory and Broilers has started investigation into the cause of the steam leak at the blast furnace section where engineers and workers were undertaking an inspection. The steam line busted and hot water fell on the workers during the inspection, an official of the directorate said. Also Read Odisha: Now get housing loan up to Rs 3 lakh under Naveen Patnaik govt's new scheme The company has also started its internal probe to ascertain the cause of the accident. 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Kocchar had approached the high court after a special court in Mumbai rejected his bail in December last year. Justice P D Naik of the high court granted bail to him on merits on Thursday. Kocchar was arrested by the ED in September last year under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Act in the alleged ICICI Bank-Videocon money laundering case. The ED registered the money laundering case following an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the Kochhar couple, Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot, and others for allegedly causing loss to the ICICI Bank by sanctioning loans to the Videocon Group of companies in contravention to the policies of the ICICI Bank. Kochhar had argued that the ED had taken note of all the alleged proceeds of crime in the case, so there was no chance of him creating any third party rights, or interfering with the probe if out on bail. 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People still want to go into their local bank branch to seek human advice amid cost-of-living pressures, despite increasingly being able to do so digitally, the survey found. While 44% of over-55s said they would rather visit a branch, the survey found it is not just the older generations who are hesitant to fully switch to mobile banking. A fifth of 18 to 34-year-olds said they prefer to do all their banking in person, according to the survey of more than 2,400 banking customers by professional services company Accenture. Meanwhile, more cash was handled by the Post Office in March than any month since last September, excluding Christmas when withdrawals are usually at their highest. New figures from the company showed cash deposits and withdrawals over the counter reached £3.29 billion during the month, across its 11,500 branches. People are increasingly utilising their local post office to manage money as a result of banks shutting branches, which often make it \"the only location where consumers and businesses can do their banking\", it said. It comes as two of the UK's biggest high-street banks, NatWest Group and Lloyds Banking Group, revealed plans last month to close more than 80 branches between them across the country. Lloyds Banking Group is closing more branches (PA) The latest plans mean that in the first three months of this year, banks have already earmarked 213 sites for closure, with NatWest closing the most, followed by Barclays. Nationwide, TSB and Virgin Money have also announced a smaller number of closures each. Banks say they are cutting branches because they have noticed big drops in the number of customers visiting, as people opt for using their mobile phones or computers to manage their money instead. Many now offer services such as mortgage calculators, mortgage offers before credit score checks, and information hubs online, as well as being able to switch current accounts, freeze a card or take out new savings products through mobile apps. But Accenture's research found that a significant proportion of people still want to visit their bank to access human advice, from setting up a savings account to taking out a mortgage or life insurance. Furthermore, while 38% of Britons now have a digital-only bank account, just a tenth use it as their main bank, it found. People still want the option to visit a branch or speak to staff, or have concerns about data security and the financial stability of digital banks, Accenture found. Tom Merry, managing director of banking strategy for Accenture, stressed that the desire for human interaction and reassurance at branch visits do not come \"at the expense\" of digital banking. 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The officer said the teenager sent the mail \"just for fun\" and to find out whether he could be traced or not. On June 4, at 10:50 P.M., the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) office at IGI Airport received an email stating that there was a bomb on an Air Canada flight which was scheduled to depart for Toronto. Following standard security protocols, a thorough inspection was conducted and nothing suspicious was found. During the probe, on verification of the sender's email ID, it was revealed that the said e-mail ID had been created just 1-2 hours before the threat email was sent and had been deleted soon after sending the mail. \"Despite initial challenges, relentless investigation and technical efforts led the team to Meerut in Uttar Pradesh (UP), where the source of the email was traced. A minor was found involved in sending the hoax bomb threat email. He was apprehended in the case,\" said Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Usha Rangnani. On questioning, he revealed that he got the idea of sending a hoax bomb threat from some news reports about another fake bomb threat in a flight at Mumbai Airport. \"When he saw the news, he wondered if he could be traced by the police if he made the hoax call in a secret manner. Hence he created a new e-mail ID on his mobile phone and he used the Internet services of his mother's mobile through Wi-Fi for sending the hoax threat email,\" said the DCP. \"After sending the mail, the minor immediately deleted the email ID. He also revealed that the next day, he saw the hoax bomb threat news at Delhi Airport in the media and he felt very excited. However, he did not share any information with his parents out of fear,\" said the DCP. After being apprehended, the juvenile was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and his custody was handed over to his parents as per the JJB's order. \"All citizens are requested to refrain from making hoax calls for amusement or without understanding the consequences, as this can attract grave penal sections which may lead to imprisonment,\" the DCP added.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "DCP", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "DCP", "length": 3, "offset": 2398}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Delhi International Airport Limited", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Delhi International Airport Limited", "length": 35, "offset": 473}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Air Canada", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Air Canada", "length": 10, "offset": 252}, {"position_text": "Air Canada", "length": 10, "offset": 592}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "JJB", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "JJB", "length": 3, "offset": 2125}, {"position_text": "JJB", "length": 3, "offset": 2188}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "DIAL", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "DIAL", "length": 4, "offset": 510}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Delhi International Airport Limited", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Delhi International Airport Limited", "length": 35, "offset": 473}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Meerut", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Meerut", "length": 6, "offset": 1069}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Uttar Pradesh", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Uttar Pradesh", "length": 13, "offset": 1079}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1535, "text": "All Tesla Administrators However Musk Settle Traders' SolarCity Fits\n(Bloomberg) — All Tesla Inc. administrators besides Chief Government Officer Elon Musk agreed to a $60 million settlement to resolve shareholder lawsuits over the corporate's buy of SolarCity, in response to courtroom filings.Insurers overlaying Tesla's administrators and executives will foot the invoice as a part of a so-called spinoff settlement, two folks aware of the accord stated Wednesday, declining to be recognized as a result of they aren't approved to talk publicly in regards to the deal. Musk and the board have been accused of duping traders in 2016 into backing the $2 billion buyout of the solar-panel installer, which was co-founded by Musk and his cousins. Critics of the deal known as the acquisition a bailout of SolarCity and questioned the corporate's company governance. Pension funds that objected to the deal are prone to press forward with a March trial towards Musk over his alleged failure to reveal that SolarCity was in deep monetary hassle when he urged shareholders to again the buyout. Learn Businessweek's story on Musk's photo voltaic guarantees The settling defendents are administrators who have been on the board in 2016: Robyn Denholm, Ira Ehrenpreis, Antonio Gracias, Stephen Jurvetson and Kimbal Musk, in response to a submitting in Delaware Chancery Court docket. Since then, the composition of Tesla's board has modified: Buss, the previous chief monetary officer of SolarCity, is not on the board, whereas Larry Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson joined the board in December 2018.Tesla and Denholm didn't reply to requests for remark Wednesday on the partial settlement. In earlier courtroom filings, Tesla officers defended the administrators' work in reviewing the SolarCity deal, claiming that \"each the method and the value of this acquisition have been inherently truthful to Tesla's stockholders.\" The settlement comes as Tesla turns a nook with back-to-back experiences of better-than-expected earnings, which have despatched shares hovering. The inventory gained 10.3% in New York. The accord leaves Musk, Tesla's largest shareholder, to battle alone towards traders who complain the billionaire overpaid for SolarCity, and that administrators rolled over as an alternative of correctly scrutinizing the deal. Decide Joseph Slights III will hear the case in Wilmington with no jury, which is regular within the Chancery Court docket. The 10-day trial is scheduled start March 16, in response to a submitting. Learn extra on Tesla's earnings right here In courtroom filings made public Thursday, legal professionals for Tesla's board stated if Slights rebuffs the corporate's efforts to have the case thrown out, \"Mr. Musk intends to proceed to trial and defend towards the claims asserted towards him.\" Traders' legal professionals famous in their very own submitting that the partial settlement gained't have an effect on the size of the March trial. Musk painted the SolarCity deal as a no brainer that will mix the main U.S. electric-car maker with what was then the most important supplier of rooftop photo voltaic panels.Tesla now has roughly 400,000 photo voltaic prospects, one of many greatest U.S. renewable-energy portfolios. It ran right into a stumbling block when Walmart Inc. sued final 12 months, saying the corporate's rooftop panel techniques prompted fires at shops and warehouses. The businesses later reached a settlement.Efforts to combine SolarCity coincided with Tesla struggling to ramp up manufacturing of its all-electric Mannequin Three sedan, and that put the corporate below monetary stress, Musk acknowledged in emails unsealed as a part of the traders' fits.In a single electronic mail, Musk stated he was pressured to shift SolarCity employees to assist with Mannequin Three manufacturing points. If he hadn't carried out that, Tesla would have confronted chapter, he stated. He admitted in a pre-trial deposition he most likely wouldn't make the identical deal once more. \"On the time I assumed it made strategic sense for Tesla and SolarCity to mix. Hindsight is 20/20,\" he stated. \"And if I may wind again the clock, you understand, I might say I most likely would have let SolarCity execute by itself; would have let Tesla execute by itself.\" The case is In Re Tesla Motors Inc. Stockholders Litigation, No. 12711, Delaware Chancery Court docket (Wilmington). (Updates with particulars from courtroom filings in ninth paragraph) To contact the reporters on this story: Jef Feeley in Wilmington, Delaware at jfeeley@bloomberg.internet;Dana Hull in San Francisco at dhull12@bloomberg.internet To contact the editors liable for this story: David Glovin at dglovin@bloomberg.internet, Peter Jeffrey bloomberg.com \" data-reactid=\"32\">For extra articles like this, please go to us at bloomberg.com Subscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.\" data-reactid=\"33\"> Subscribe now to remain forward with essentially the most trusted enterprise information supply. ©2020 Bloomberg L.P. https://finance.yahoo.com The post All Tesla Administrators However Musk Settle Traders' SolarCity Fits appeared first on News For Forex .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "News For Forex", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "News For Forex", "length": 14, "offset": 5186}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Bloomberg", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bloomberg", "length": 9, "offset": 70}, {"position_text": "Bloomberg L.P", "length": 13, "offset": 5049}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "SolarCity", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 54}, {"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 251}, {"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 804}, {"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 1004}, {"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 1481}, {"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 1785}, {"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 2235}, {"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 2995}, {"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 3487}, {"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 3782}, {"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 4092}, {"position_text": "SolarCity", "length": 9, "offset": 4235}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Chancery Court", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Chancery Court", "length": 14, "offset": 2437}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Businessweek", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Businessweek", "length": 12, "offset": 1096}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Walmart Inc", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Walmart Inc", "length": 11, "offset": 3303}, {"position_text": "Walmart", "length": 7, "offset": 3303}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Delaware Chancery Court", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Delaware Chancery Court", "length": 23, "offset": 1345}, {"position_text": "Delaware Chancery Court", "length": 23, "offset": 4377}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Walmart Inc", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Walmart Inc", "length": 11, "offset": 3303}, {"position_text": "Walmart", "length": 7, "offset": 3303}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Bloomberg", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bloomberg", "length": 9, "offset": 70}, {"position_text": "Bloomberg L.P", "length": 13, "offset": 5049}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "Bloomberg", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bloomberg", "length": 9, "offset": 70}, {"position_text": "Bloomberg L.P", "length": 13, "offset": 5049}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Bloomberg", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Bloomberg", "length": 9, "offset": 70}, {"position_text": "Bloomberg L.P", "length": 13, "offset": 5049}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 11, "entity_text": "Walmart Inc", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Walmart Inc", "length": 11, "offset": 3303}, {"position_text": "Walmart", "length": 7, "offset": 3303}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 12, "entity_text": "Delaware", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Delaware", "length": 8, "offset": 4557}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 13, "entity_text": "U.S", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 3049}, {"position_text": "U.S", "length": 3, "offset": 3228}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1536, "text": "Havens Advisors LLC Takes $202,000 Position in Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DBDR)\nPosted by Eileen French on Feb 5th, 2021 Havens Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DBDR) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 20,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $202,000. Havens Advisors LLC owned 0.27% of Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition at the end of the most recent reporting period. Separately, Mizuho Securities USA LLC bought a new stake in Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,350,000. DBDR stock traded up $0.05 during trading on Friday, hitting $10.50. The company had a trading volume of 190 shares, compared to its average volume of 191,105. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $10.29. Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp. has a one year low of $9.45 and a one year high of $10.75. Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Profile Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp. focuses on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or business combination with one or more businesses. It intends to focus on companies in the technology, media, and telecom sectors. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Burlingame, Colorado. Further Reading: How to track put option volume Want to see what other hedge funds are holding DBDR? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DBDR). 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Rumoured date for next Nintendo Direct\nNINTENDO could be about to lift the lid on its heavily rumoured Switch Pro console this week. Here's the date for the next Nintendo Direct, according to one industry insider. A Nintendo Switch Pro reveal is rumoured for this week (Image: NINTENDO) Sign up for FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. A Nintendo Direct could be taking place this week which finally reveals the heavily rumoured Nintendo Switch Pro console. Rumours have been swirling around for some time now that the House of Mario has a mid-generation upgrade in the works for its hugely popular hybrid console. The Switch Pro is rumoured to be capable of 4K gaming in docked mode, have an OLED display which will offer crisper visuals in handheld mode and be powered by a speedier NVIDIA graphics chip under the hood. Nintendo Switch Pro reveal date, release plans and price NEWS Nintendo Switch Pro leaks: Console upgrades make new device a must-buy And after years of rumours and speculation, we might just be days away from getting an official unveiling. Twitter user @Shpeshal_Nick , the co-founder of the XboxEra Podcast, has given Nintendo fans an update about the Switch Pro. Shpeshal_Nick has claimed that the Switch Pro could be getting revealed this week on Thursday June 3. If that's the case we may get an announcement about the upcoming Direct on Wednesday. Splatoon 3: Nintendo tease release of upcoming game Breath of the Wild 2 hits BIG milestone...but the good news ends there Or, alternatively, Nintendo may drop a Direct out of the blue on Thursday as they did with the Switch Lite. Updating fans about the potential Switch Pro reveal date, Shpeshal_Nick posted: \"At the moment, I'm told the Super Nintendo Switch (that's what I want the name to be damn it) Direct/Mini Direct/Announcement is scheduled for Thursday. But it's been pushed before, could be again.\" The XboxEra co-founder has previously leaked accurate industry information before. Earlier this year @Shpeshal_Nick (formerly known as Shpeshal_Ed) revealed that Final Fantasy 7 Remake would be available as a free PS Plus game. While the XboxEra co-founder has also revealed plenty of other rumours that other insiders have backed up, such as Persona 5 coming to Xbox in the future. According to the latest Switch Pro rumours, the mid-generation upgrade will launch with a number of exclusive games. The Nintendo Switch Pro is rumoured to get revealed during a new Direct on Thursday (Image: REDDIT) Nintendo has form in doing this, with the New Nintendo 3DS getting exclusive games such as Xenoblade Chronicles 3D and Fire Emblem Warriors. However, it would be a surprise if Ninty did this with the Switch - given how many people have already picked up the vanilla version. According to latest stats, the Nintendo Switch has sold 84.59million units as of March 31 2021. That's a huge userbase that would have to pick up a Switch Pro to play any exclusive games that are in the works. We'll have to wait and see whether that ends up being the case or not, but thankfully we shouldn't have too much longer to wait. If this week comes and go without a Switch Pro announcement then there's still hope for news later this month. 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Paytm becomes the country's first platform to accept international remittances directly into a digital wallet, and Ria becomes the first money transfer company to connect with Paytm's approximately 333 million wallet users1 significantly increasing its customer reach in the region and creating a new delivery channel for the Indian diaspora to send money back home. NOIDA, India and BUENA PARK, Calif., Sept. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ria Money Transfer, a business segment of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT) and global leader in the cross-border money transfer industry, and Paytm Payments Bank, India's homegrown leading payments company today announced a partnership to enable customers to send money in real time – virtually instantly – through Ria's extensive network to Paytm's prominent mobile wallet. \"As we consider the importance of remittances to families in India, Ria has continually sought out new ways to get money where it matters, leading us to this important partnership with Paytm Payments Bank,\" said Juan Bianchi, CEO of Euronet's Money Transfer Segment. \"Considering the needs of our customers and leveraging the technology that is already in their hands, Ria is proud to offer them greater digital access and convenience by being the first in India to offer direct payments to the popular Paytm mobile wallet, bringing Indian families closer together by putting money at their fingertips. This agreement is also a significant addition to the Ria network which supports more than 3.6 billion bank accounts and 410 million mobile and virtual accounts and is being expanded to enable consumer and corporate payments over the same network.\" Customers abroad can now conveniently transfer money to fully KYC'd Paytm wallet users in India from the comfort of their homes through the Ria Money Transfer app or website or by visiting any one of the 490,000 Ria retail locations available worldwide where the service is available. Every money transfer will be made in real time, offering advantageous security features such as account validation and name matching, which ensures customers will enjoy a safe and convenient user experience. Story continues Satish Kumar Gupta, MD and CEO – Paytm Payments Bank Ltd said, \"In our continuous efforts to empower citizens with seamless, digital banking services, we are now offering direct transfer of international remittances into the Paytm Wallet, a first in India. We are pleased to partner with Ria Money Transfer, which is an established brand for fast, secure, and affordable global money transfers. This launch will offer unmatched convenience and flexibility to the Indian diaspora across the world to send money home in real-time.\" This alliance builds on Ria's digital expansion strategy as it continues to broaden its services to mobile wallets globally, increasing penetration and customer reach across emerging markets. The mobile wallet industry processes around US$2 billion a day, with experts estimating that US$1 trillion will be transacted annually by 20232. Mobile wallets are widely available in 96% of countries where less than one-third of the population possess a bank account, representing an unprecedented opportunity for financial inclusion. Adding mobile wallets to Ria's extensive network not only enhances the omnichannel experience for customers but creates greater convenience and added value. About Ria Money Transfer Ria Money Transfer, a business segment of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT), delivers innovative financial services including fast, secure, and affordable global money transfers. With the second most extensive cash settlement network and the largest direct bank deposit network in the world, Ria gets money to where it matters. Ria's connection to Euronet Worldwide's REN payments platform provides access to state-of-the-art fintech products and services, advancing the company to the forefront of its industry. Bridging the gap between digital and physical transactions, Ria's omnichannel products and services, together with the company's rapidly expanding alternative global payout capabilities, provide unprecedented consumer choice, including agents and partners, real-time payments, home delivery, mobile wallets, and cardless ATM payout (exclusively with Ria). Ria's global infrastructure facilitates financial access to customers and partners alike, promoting economic growth around the world by opening new market opportunities. Ria opens ways for a better everyday life. 1 At present, an estimated 120 million of the 333 million Paytm wallet users are fully KYC'd.2 https://www.gsma.com/sotir/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/GSMA-State-of-the-Industry-Report-on-Mobile-Money-2019-Full-Report.pdf About Paytm Payments BankPaytm Payments Banks has the largest scale among all Payments Banks in India, in terms of mobile transactions. 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Allows you to create erotic chatbots\nThe artificial intelligence market has grown in recent months, offering unique tools to its users. However, of all things for what is the use of the new AI of Meta , called LLaMA, nobody expected that one of its uses would be to make erotic calls or \"sexbots\". According to a report by The Washington Post, after this artificial intelligence was released with its open source package earlier this year, people have been using it steadily. And, a sector of people are developing their own graphical sexbots powered by this tool. Although this news is not entirely surprising. Users have already been using various AI models for inappropriate purposes (NSFW). The report highlights the growing tensions between those who support keeping language models like LLaMA open source and those who advocate a more cautious and closed approach. And, in fact, it is not its only use. In addition to these erotic purposes, people can develop their own text generators to answer questions or generate continuous communication by pretending to be a person. Which can make life easier for those who need them. What is the new Meta AI for? As we mentioned, the new Meta AI is used to generate different text generation tools, such as these erotic chatbots . One of them is \"Allie,\" who is introduced as an 18-year-old girl with long curly hair. Plus, she claims to have \"tons of sexual experiences.\" Allie tells users that because she \"lives for attention,\" she will share details of her adventures. In fact, the creator of Allie, who preferred to remain anonymous, defends the use of it. He argues that her bot provides a healthy and safe space to \"explore\" sexuality without having to evade or manipulate barriers. However, users on social networks have pointed out some of its problematic points, since this chatbot includes scenes of sexual violence and abuse. Having a safe, nonjudgmental space to explore sexuality is not inherently bad. However, technology specialists like Maggie Harrison point out that having an uncontrolled environment to engage in violent fantasies with realistic chatbots isn't exactly ideal. Furthermore, this is already leading to real problems in some very worrying cases. According to another Washington Post report, experts warn of another misuse. They have noticed that predators are using open source image generators, such as Stability AI's powerful Stable Diffusion model, to create realistic AI-generated child sexual abuse content. Being open source, Meta's AI serves to have free development. Artificial intelligence ethical issues Earlier this month, US Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressing concern about potential misuses of LLaMA. They mention that they could include spam, fraud, malware, privacy violations, harassment, and other harmful acts. For this reason, they requested information on the measures that Meta was implementing to prevent this type of abuse. According to these senators, Meta's AI serves not only as a text generator, but also as a tool to harm third parties. Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, recognized that open source tools are used for these purposes . He referenced a model called GPT-4chan, who had been intentionally trained with toxic content and had been removed by Hugging Face, a community of AI users. Unfortunately, developers have used AI-based text generators to generate sexbots. While the Hugging Face rules do not prohibit AI projects that generate sexually explicit content, they do prohibit sexual content that involves minors or that is \"used or created to harass, intimidate, or without the explicit consent of the individuals depicted.\" ». Earlier this month, the New York-based company released an update to its content policies, emphasizing \"consent\" as a \"core value\" that guides how people can use the platform. What do you think? Do you think Meta's AI is good for more than just generating text? Do you think it should be regulated? Leave us a comment and subscribe to our Newsletter. The post What is Meta's AI for? 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The merger between the fully owned Tata airline Air India and sister airline Vistara had raised concerns about market power. The merged airline, which will have a combined fleet of 218 aircraft, is expected to pose a challenge to local rival IndiGo. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday approved the merger of Tata SIA Airlines into Air India , subject to certain conditions. The long pending merger of fully owned Tata airline Air India and sister airline Vistara , came through weeks after the watchdog raised concerns about market power. The CCI was scrutinising the planned merger of Air India, which Tata Group took over last year, with Vistara, a 51: 49 joint venture between Tata and Singapore Airlines. The merged airline may pose a challenge to local rival and market leader, IndiGo. The said consolidation will make Air India, India's leading domestic and international carrier with a combined fleet of 218 aircraft, making it India's largest international carrier and second largest domestic carrier, the airline said in an announcement relating to the merger. \"As part of the merger transaction, SIA shall also invest Rs 2,059 crore in Air India. Post the consolidation, SIA shall hold 25.1% shareholding in Air India,\" the Tata group said during the merger announcement. Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan said last month Air India-Vistara merger was expected to receive all regulatory approvals by April 2024, news agency Reuters reported. The competition watchdog's concerns with regard to the merger were that the market share of the Tata Group could be more than 50% in at least seven domestic markets, raising competition concerns. Notably, for the first half of 2023, IndiGo's market share stood at 58%, while the Tata Group airlines, including AirAsia India, accounted for 25%. 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[ZH: Critical race theory is a Marxist-based philosophy that suggests society is a class struggle between oppressors and the oppressed, labeling white people as the oppressors and all other races as the oppressed.] Predictably, the re-education program was launched in response to the police killing of career criminal, drug addict and arrest-resistor George Floyd. \"According to a senior employee, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity, managers at AT&T are now assessed annually on diversity issues, with mandatory participation in programs such as discussion groups, book clubs, mentorship programs, and race reeducation exercises. \" White employees are mandated to confess their \"systemic racism\" and enjoyment of \"white privilege\" or face penalties (they're so \"privileged,\" they get to enjoy one of America's biggest corporations openly discriminating against them for their skin color). White staffers are also asked to sign a loyalty pledge indicating their submission to the brainwashing while also vowing to 'challenge others' if they hear 'hateful language'. \"If you don't do it,\" the senior employee says, \"you're [considered] a racist.\" On the first page of AT&T's Listen Understand Act internal portal, the company encourages employees to study a resource called \"White America, if you want to know who's responsible for racism, look in the mirror.\" The article claims that the United States is a \"racist society\" and lays out its thesis plainly: \"White people, you are the problem. Regardless of how much you say you detest racism, you are the sole reason it has flourished for centuries.\" The author, Dahleen Glanton, writes that \"American racism is a uniquely white trait\" and that \"Black people cannot be racist.\" White women, she claims, \"have been telling lies on black men since they were first brought to America in chains,\" and, along with their white male counterparts, \"enjoy the opportunities and privileges that white supremacy affords [them].\" Employees are also forced to take a '21-Day Racial Equity Habit Challenge' during which they have to perform yet more self-hating white guilt trips while also \"promoting fashionable left-wing causes, including \"reparations,\" \"defund police,\" and \"trans activism,\" with further instruction to \"follow, quote, repost, and retweet\" organizations including the Transgender Training Institute and the National Center for Transgender Equality.\" This is yet another example of how institutionalized racism lives on, only its exclusive target is now white people. It's not only acceptable but openly encouraged, in the media, government, academia and within the corporate world, to discriminate against white people, particularly white men, because of their skin color. As we highlighted yesterday, a sign that this may be starting to change is the fact that an executive who was fired for being a white male and replaced by two women, one of whom was black, was awarded a $10 million dollar discrimination payout. * * * Brand new merch now available! Get it at https://www.pjwshop.com/ In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch. I need you to sign up for my free newsletter here . Support my sponsor – Turbo Force – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown. Get early access, exclusive content and behinds the scenes stuff by following me on Locals . 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San Francisco-based Unity has been seeking strategic investors to join it in a venture valued at more than $1 billion (about Rs 7,800 crore) during the talks, two of the people said, declining to be identified as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Unity declined to comment. The talks come as strained US-China relations are heightening sensitivities around technology transfer and data processing across borders, prompting tech companies to reassess their operations in China. At the same time, there is growing interest in extending game-making software to new technologies such as the so-called Metaverse, an immersive three-dimensional Internet. Unity entered China in 2012 and its eponymous software, known as the game engine, powers many of the country's most popular games, such as Honor of Kings from gaming leader Tencent and Genshin Impact from miHoYo. Rivals include Epic Games, backed by Tencent, the US developer of the increasingly popular Unreal Engine 5. Unity's spin-off plan is driven by a desire to see its software used more widely in China in areas as diverse as modeling smart cities to industrial design, as well as in the metaverse, two of the people said. The potential investors Unity talked about made big bets on the Metaverse, they said. As China tightens data handling regulations, Unity believes a split would facilitate this expansion as it would give the unit more local ownership and autonomy over how it operates in the country, which could also increase its appeal to local government and state-owned partners. , people said. The spin-off is believed to be one of China's biggest tech deals this year as investment activity has slowed due to weak economic growth, COVID-19 outbreaks and regulatory tightening. China Unit general manager Zhang Junbo has been working on the plan for at least a year, two of the interviewees said. Progress was further slowed by Unity's share price which has fallen 80% since its peak in November 2021 amid weakness in US tech stocks, and a product falling short of performance expectations. they stated. Zhang revealed Unity's China expansion ambitions last month to local tech outlet 36Kr without mentioning a spin-off, saying Unity was exploring ways to make its technology \"safe and controllable\" in China – a benchmark. government mandate to control important technology. domestically. He also said Unity would likely hire more than a thousand engineers in the coming years while expanding its offices in Beijing and Guangzhou in addition to its main office in Shanghai. Two of the people said that Shanghai-based Unity employees have been asked to sign contracts with the new entity, and talks about an operating budget separate from that of its parent company are underway. © Thomson Reuters 2022 Affiliate links may be generated automatically – see our ethics statement for details. 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(NYSE:GWH) (\"ESS&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote;), a number one global manufacturer of long-duration energy storage systems, and LEAG, a significant German energy provider, signed an initial agreement to speed up the clean energy transition through the deployment of renewable generation and long-duration energy storage (LDES) using ESS iron flow battery technology. Following the execution of definitive agreements and normal financial close, anticipated in Q3 2023, LEAG and ESS plan to construct a 50 MW / 500 MWh iron flow battery system on the Boxberg Power Plant site, to be commissioned in 2027. The resulting 50 MW/500 MWh module is anticipated to change into a standardized constructing block in LEAG&CloseCurlyQuote;s plan to deploy 2-3 GWh of storage within the transformation of the LEAG power plant locations. LEAG and partners plan to take a position €200 million with further support anticipated from additional investors and stakeholders. ESS has developed an iron-based LDES technology which uses protected and sustainable battery chemistry to deliver low-cost, utility-scale energy storage. ESS technology is currently manufactured at the corporate&CloseCurlyQuote;s facilities near Portland, Oregon, USA. ESS systems have already been deployed in industrial microgrid systems, with utility-scale projects underway within the USA and Australia. \"We look ahead to partnering with LEAG to develop the model for utilities and communities worldwide transitioning from coal to wash, renewable energy,&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote; said Eric Dresselhuys, CEO of ESS. \"The deployment of renewables and long-duration energy storage won't only deliver reliable, clean energy to effectively replace the baseload power currently provided by coal, it should deliver economic opportunity and a cleaner environment for Germany.&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote; LEAG is a number one operator of large-scale lignite mining and coal-fired generation in Eastern Germany that's implementing a vision to rework the coal-dependent region into Germany&CloseCurlyQuote;s Green Powerhouse. The corporate plans to develop 7-14 GW of renewable generation paired with 2-3 GWh of energy storage and a pair of GW of green hydrogen production. Combined, these technologies will create a net-zero-carbon baseload energy system. When fully operational, LEAG expects to reveal a renewable energy system at scale which not only replaces baseload coal generation, but uses short-duration storage, LDES and hydrogen to interchange natural gas for grid balancing. \"A key requirement for our transformation into Germany&CloseCurlyQuote;s Green Powerhouse is the deployment of cost-effective Long-Duration Energy Storage. We're energized to reveal the worth of iron flow battery technology at scale,&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote; said Thorsten Kramer, CEO of LEAG. \"The Energy Resilience Leadership Group and Breakthrough Energy have provided a super framework to drive rapid technology development and deployment to fulfill emissions goals as soon as possible.&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote; LEAG and ESS have joined the Energy Resilience Leadership Group ( ERLG ), a multi-stakeholder initiative led by Breakthrough Energy and Siemens Energy that brings together corporate CEOs, political leaders, financial institutions, and startups on the technology frontier. The Group was launched on the 2023 Munich Security Conference with the goal to boost Europe&CloseCurlyQuote;s energy resilience by rapidly bringing emerging climate technologies to scale. ERLG forges partnerships between startups and corporates to work towards deploying commercially viable projects inside 24 months. The project of LEAG and ESS is one in every of the projects that the ERLG network helps to speed up. \"We're pleased to support a long-term strategic relationship between energy and technology experts LEAG and ESS through the Energy Resilience Leadership Group,&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote; said Philipp Offenberg, Senior Manager, Europe at Breakthrough Energy. \"Delivering green baseload power because of scalable, long-duration energy storage won't only solve a significant challenge to decarbonization. It can also enhance Europe&CloseCurlyQuote;s energy resilience, because less natural gas shall be needed for backup power generation in the long run.&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote; Summary: U.S. energy storage technology manufacturer ESS Tech, Inc. and German energy provider LEAG cooperate to scale up iron-flow technology to supply long-duration energy storage as a part of LEAG&CloseCurlyQuote;s technique to change into Germany&CloseCurlyQuote;s Green Powerhouse. Breakthrough Energy supports the cooperation / project throughout the programme of Energy Resilience Leadership Group (ERLG). First phase: demonstration of fifty MW / 500 MWh iron flow battery system on the Boxberg Power Plant to be operational by 2027. Project expected to catalyze the sustainable transformation of a significant German coal mining and energy generation region. In regards to the Energy Resource Leadership Group: The Energy Resilience Leadership Group is a multi-stakeholder initiative led by Breakthrough Energy and Siemens Energy that brings together corporate CEOs, political leaders, financial institutions, and startups on the technology frontier. The Group was launched on the 2023 Munich Security Conference with the goal to boost Europe&CloseCurlyQuote;s energy resilience by rapidly bringing emerging climate technologies to scale. ERLG forges partnerships between startups and corporates to work towards deploying commercially viable projects. About ESS Tech Inc.: At ESS (NYSE: GWH), our mission is to speed up global decarbonization by providing protected, sustainable, long-duration energy storage that powers people, communities and businesses with clean, renewable energy anytime and anywhere it&CloseCurlyQuote;s needed. As more renewable energy is added to the grid, long- duration energy storage is important to providing the reliability and resiliency we want when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing. Our technology uses earth-abundant iron, salt and water to deliver environmentally protected solutions able to providing as much as 12 hours of flexible energy capability for industrial and utility-scale energy storage applications. Established in 2011, ESS Inc. enables project developers, independent power producers, utilities and other large energy users to deploy reliable, sustainable long-duration energy storage solutions. For more information visit www.essinc.com . [Forward-Looking Statements] This communication incorporates certain forward-looking statements regarding ESS and its management team&CloseCurlyQuote;s expectations, hopes, beliefs, or intentions regarding the long run. The words \"estimate&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote;, \"expect&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote;, \"will&CloseCurlyDoubleQuote; and similar expressions may discover forward-looking statements, however the absence of those words doesn't mean that an announcement isn't forward-looking. Examples of forward-looking statements include, amongst others, statements regarding the Company&CloseCurlyQuote;s ability to execute on orders and the Company&CloseCurlyQuote;s relationships with customers. These forward-looking statements are based on ESS' current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments. Many aspects could cause actual future events to differ materially. Except as required by law, ESS isn't undertaking any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether consequently of latest information, future events or otherwise. 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Japan (AP) — The operator of the tsunami-devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will begin releasing the first batch of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean later Thursday, utility managers said. Junichi Matsumoto, director of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, said final preparations and tests have passed safety standards and release will begin early afternoon. The release will begin more than 12 years after the collapse of three reactors at the plant, which was severely damaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan's northeast coast on March 11, 2011. Radioactive water – both seeping groundwater and water used to cool the earth. reactors — have since accumulated at the site, and TEPCO and the government say the massive amounts of water have hampered the daunting task of removing the deadly toxic molten debris from the reactors. The final step before release began Tuesday when just 1 ton of treated water was sent from one of the site's many storage tanks to be diluted with 1,200 tons of seawater. The mixture was kept in the primary basin for two days before final sampling. said Matsumoto. The tritium levels from those samples were significantly safer than the legally releaseable levels, Matsumoto said. The water purification process can reduce the amounts of more than 60 other radionuclides to government-determined levels, with the exception of tritium, which the government and TEPCO say is safe for humans when consumed in small amounts. On Thursday, a batch of 460 tons of water will be sent to the mixing bath for the actual discharge. Thursday's release would begin with the least radioactive water to ensure safety, Matsumoto said. The Japanese government announced the release of the water into the sea in 2021, and faced fierce protests, especially from Japanese fishing groups, while groups in South Korea and China also raised concerns, turning it into a political and diplomatic issue. Conservation groups and other activists were among those protesting outside TEPCO's Tokyo headquarters and a number of locations in Fukushima as the announcement was made that final preparations had been completed. The water that has accumulated in the plant since the 2011 disaster is being recycled in part to keep the damaged reactors cool, as the tsunami destroyed the plant's cooling systems. But the rest of the water is stored in about 1,000 large tanks, which are already filled to 98% of their capacity of 1.37 million tons. Those tanks cover much of the plant complex, which needs space to build new facilities that will be needed to continue the plant's decommissioning, officials said. They also said the release is necessary to prevent accidental leakage of the untreated, undiluted water, which exceeds government safety limits. TEPCO plans to release 31,200 tons of the treated water by the end of March 2024, which would drain just ten tanks as the contaminated water continues to build up, though the rate of release will increase later on. Japanese fishing groups fear the release will further damage the reputation of their seafood. The current catch in Fukushima prefecture is only about one-fifth of its pre-disaster levels, due to a decline in the fishing population and smaller catches. 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He previously served as the Director- Marketing, Product, and Customer Experience at Nissan India. Before joining the motor vehicle manufacturing company, Wilson was associated with INFINITI Motor Company for five years. He joined the company in July 2017 as the Head of Global Cross-Car Line Product Marketing and was elevated to Head of Global Marketing Planning in April 2020. Prior to this, Wilson was associated with Audi AG as Global Product Launch Manager between September 2014 to June 2017. Previously, he worked with Audi India for more than seven years. While there, he held different positions within the company. He started as Manager – Marketing Communications in August 2007 to December 2008. Later, he transitioned into the role of Manager – Product and Price Planning from January 2009 to January 2011. Later, in February 2011, he was promoted to the position of Head of Interactive Marketing (Customer Experience, Digital, Social, and Market Research) and was then elevated to the role of Head of Corporate Strategy and Managing Director's Office in May 2013. In 2002, he was looking after e-commerce , online campaigns, direct marketing campaigns, and online sales at AXA for almost five years. Prior to this, he held the position of trainee at Gothaer AG from August 1999 to August 2002. 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The Chinese giant cited concerns over US export curbs over chips being used for AI, which has created uncertainty for many companies while simultaneously increasing the pressure on China's domestic production. Alibaba has also halted plans to IPO its groceries business, Freshippo, claiming that it wants to evaluate market conditions to ensure maximum value. Alibaba's reversed decision is also troubling Although a spinoff might have been problematic for the company amid geopolitical tensions, reversing its decision has also proven to be an unpopular decision – shares in the company were down 9% in Thursday trading. Thomas Hayes , chairman of the Great Hill Capital hedge fund, noted on X: \"The market does not like surprises… Investors had hoped to receive separate shares of the cloud business in hopes the segment would achieve a higher multiple in the public markets due to its growth potential.\" AliCloud has a cloud market share in China of around 38%, says Hayes. The company's most recent quarter saw revenue for its Cloud Intelligence Group climb 2% year-on-year. AWS and Azure, two of the world's leading cloud providers, are also owned by their parent companies. Looking ahead, group chairman and company co-founder, Joseph Tsai, confirmed that Alibaba will continue to focus on growing its cloud business and invest in artificial intelligence. 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Jets taxi after sunset June 21st, 2001, at Los Angeles International Airport. More than two years ago, the man who is now acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Dan Elwell, got a work email from one of his former lobbyist colleagues. She wanted an update on the airline industry's push to roll back rules on mishandled baggage and extra fees, among other Obama-era regulations. \"We are anxious to know when we'll have a yes or no,\" wrote Sharon Pinkerton, the top lobbyist for Airlines for America, in a February 3rd, 2017, email. Elwell, a former airline lobbyist himself who had worked with Pinkerton at Airlines for America, wrote back 31 minutes later. He said he had \"checked with\" the Department of Transportation's top lawyer. \"We'll keep an eye on them.\" Elwell was working at the time on a secretive deregulation task force . Weeks after the emails, the industry got a yes and the regulations were nullified. A month later, Elwell initiated another exchange. He emailed JetBlue executives, asking them for help with \"an airport privatization issue.\" He later asked if the airline had \"any luck finding a JetBlue exec we can throw to the lions, er, I mean, introduce to a nice reporter to say nice things about airport privatization?\" JetBlue, the airline lobbyist and the FAA then coordinated on talking points for a story about privatizing management of St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Political appointees typically aren't allowed to participate in issues that involve their former employer or clients they have worked for, as part of President Donald Trump's ethics rules . But the rules did not apply to Elwell during his first few months at the FAA when he worked on the deregulatory team . He had been classified as a kind of government consultant—a \"special-government employee\"—who isn't bound by the ethics rules. In a statement, the FAA said that Elwell \"has no reportable conflicts of interest\" and, as a special-government employee, \"he was subjected to and complied with the same, stringent requirements and was engaged in no activities that posed a conflict of interest.\" ( Read the agency's full statement. ) Airlines for America said in a statement: \"As the voice of the United States airline industry, we wouldn't be doing our jobs if we didn't interact with certain regulatory and legislative agencies that work regularly with the carriers we represent. It is our responsibility to educate and communicate with organizations that work to make this the safest aviation system in the world.\" Elwell's designation as a special-government employee also allowed him to continue his private consulting business even as he worked for the government. It's unclear if Elwell did that. Virginia state records show his business was still incorporated through April of last year, but his financial disclosures don't list any private income while he was in government. What is clear is that Elwell continued strategizing with his former lobbyist colleagues even after he was no longer a special-government employee and rose up to the top ranks of the agency. Elwell was named the FAA's deputy administrator in June of 2017. A month later, Pinkerton emailed Elwell, asking him to \"weigh in on directly\" on compliance issues contained in the FAA's five-year funding bill. Elwell wrote back that he would be \"Happy to do it,\" and he asked a subordinate to help \"set it up.\" The emails offer a detailed picture of the tight connections between the airline industry and the government, while the FAA is facing increased scrutiny over its oversight after two crashes of the Boeing's 737 Max. \"These emails underline why there's a prohibition on private communications between new federal officials and old lobbying clients,\" said Kathleen Clark, a government ethics expert and law professor at Washington University in St. Louis. \"The tone, the clubbiness. The issue is that the inside group appears to be not the flying public. The inside group appears to be the airlines.\" Unlike most other oversight agencies, the FAA has a dual mission to both regulate and promote the airline industry, a combination that many observers have criticized as an inherent conflict. Elwell is scheduled to testify Wednesday afternoon at a Senate committee hearing on airline safety . The emails were provided to ProPublica by the non-profit Democracy Forward Foundation, which obtained them following a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit last year with the Department of Transportation. Elwell began his career as a military pilot before spending 16 years flying for American Airlines. After stints on Capitol Hill and at the FAA during the George W. Bush administration, Elwell worked for two industry groups, including at Airlines for America. He started his own firm, Elwell & Associates, in 2015. Elwell's federal financial disclosure lists his earnings at his consulting firm as $282,500 in 2016 and 2017 combined. It's not clear who paid him. His federal financial disclosure forms do not identify individual clients, though doing so is required by law. \"That's garbage,\" said Clark, the ethics expert. \"The rules are clear. He should have reported those.\" The FAA did not respond to questions about the omissions. The disclosure estimates his net worth at between $2.1 million and $7.8 million. After Elwell arrived back at the FAA under Trump, his wide-ranging email discussions with industry players included a push by lobbyists to intervene in government research. In May of 2017, the FAA's assistant administrator for government and industry affairs, Katherine Howard, asked two of her government colleagues about the number of communities that had lost air service since deregulation. After wondering whether airlines might have the data, someone forwarded the email to Pinkerton, the airlines lobbyist. Pinkerton forwarded the email chain to another Department of Transportation official, Geoff Burr, who is also a former lobbyist , writing: \"I share this with you as I believe we have a problem with the folks at the bottom of the chain. ... I'm a bit skeptical about why these chicas are urgently trying to answer this question.\" Pinkerton seemed to referencing Howard and her two, female colleagues. Elwell was then looped in and said he would look into it. (Elwell, Pinkerton, and Burr did not respond to questions about the exchange.) The emails also show Elwell's admiration for industry players during some of their more challenging moments. He chimed in after United was forced to apologize in the wake of a viral video showing a passenger being physically dragged from a flight to make room for the airline's own employees. In an exchange with a United official following the confidential settlement between the airline and the passenger , Elwell wrote: \"Looks like you guys have really taken leadership on this.\" \"Crossing my fingers for a denied boarding flight. ? ,\" he continued, an apparent reference to the kicked-off passenger getting a settlement. This post originally appeared on ProPublica as \"' Happy to Do It': Emails Show Current FAA Chief Coordinated With Ex-Lobbyist Colleagues on Policy \" and is republished here under a Creative Commons license . 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The SEC said in a statement that the company's Mexican subsidiary paid over $4 million in bribes to Mexican government and union officials in exchange for business lending to government employees. The South Carolina-based company agreed to the penalty without admitting or denying guilt. The company agreed to overhaul its internal operations, as well as pay $17.8 million in disgorgement, nearly $2 million in interest, and a $2 million penalty. \"This long-running bribe scheme did not happen in a vacuum. Through a lack of adequate internal accounting controls and a culture that undermined its internal audit and compliance functions, World Acceptance Corporation created the perfect environment for illicit activity to occur for nearly a decade,\" Charles Cain, a senior SEC enforcement official, said in a statement. The SEC said that the company's Mexican subsidiary would deposit money into bank accounts linked to the officials or distribute bags of cash. The expenses were then recorded as legitimate business expenses. The SEC charged that the company's internal controls were insufficient to detect the activity, and management \"lacked the appropriate tone\" on compliance. A defense attorney for the company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has permanently restrained the use of the \"Vigoura\" mark by a homeopathic drug manufacturer for selling its medicine for sexual disorders. The court's decision came on a lawsuit for trademark infringement filed by Pfizer Products Inc., which sells a well-recognised erectile dysfunction allopathic drug under the \"Viagra\" trademark. Stating that there was a \"strong potential\" for confusion between the two names because of their resemblances and overlap in commercial operations, Justice Sanjeev Narula directed Renovision Exports Private Limited not to use \"Vigoura\" or any other mark that is \"deceptively similar\" to Pfizer's trademark \"Viagra\". It also ruled that the petitioner shall be entitled to nominal damages of Rs 3 lakh, recoverable jointly and severally from the defendant entity. \"The defendants or anyone acting on their behalf are permanently restrained from manufacturing, selling or offering for sale, marketing, advertising or in any other manner using the mark 'VIGOURA' or any mark deceptively similar to the plaintiff's trademark 'VIAGRA' in relation to any of their goods as would amount to infringement or passing off of the plaintiff's registered mark 'VIAGRA',\" the court said in its order passed on Wednesday. \"Plaintiff's trademark 'VIAGRA' is highly recognised by its name in the sphere of erectile dysfunction drugs. They have invested heavily in building a brand and owing to its success, 'VIAGRA' has acquired national and global repute. Consequently, the defendants' subsequent adoption of the impugned mark with the knowledge of the plaintiff's existence warrants an award of damages in the plaintiff's favour,\" the court said. It observed that there was material that successfully proved Pfizer's status as the proprietor of the \"Viagra\" trademark and the company's successful registration in India further proved its exclusive ownership over the mark here. The court said \"Vigoura\" and \"Viagra\" exhibited a high degree of phonetic similarity that could mislead consumers into believing that the former was either a variant of or endorsed by the makers of \"Viagra\". Further, the overall length of the words and their similar letter arrangements can cause confusion at a glance, especially in environments where consumers make quick decisions, such as online searches or pharmacy purchases, the judge added. \"This initial confusion can occur regardless of the consumer's overall awareness or knowledge of the differences between allopathic and homeopathic remedies. 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Horner, 31, was arrested Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, on kidnapping and murder charges after confessing to killing a 7-year-old Texas girl and telling authorities where to find her body, according to Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin. The girl's stepmother had reported her missing on Wednesday from the family home near Paradise, Texas. This undated photo from Wise County Sheriff's Office shows Tanner Lynn Horner. Horner, 31, was arrested Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, on kidnapping and murder charges after confessing to killing a 7-year-old Texas girl and telling authorities where to find her body, according to Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin. 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This month, Epic games, makers of the immensely popular game Fortnite, released an update allowing mobile players to conduct purchases directly in Fortnite rather than through the Apple or Google app stores. In a public blog post , the game maker said consumers would get a currency discount by using their in-game store rather than the Apple or Google app stores. Hours later, both Google and Apple removed Fortnite from their app stores, claiming Epic games violated their terms of service by allowing players to circumvent their payment system. For any app developer this would be crushing, as a blanket ban from these two mobile operating systems represents losing 3.8 billion worldwide consumers! The catch — Epic Games knew this would happen. In one of the most gangster examples of corporate jiu-jitsu, Epic countered with a 60-page lawsuit against Google and Apple, accusing both of predatory monopolistic pricing against app developers. One of the lawyers filing the suit was Christine Varney, a veteran of the Justice Department's anti-trust division during the Obama administration. To add insult to injury, Epic simultaneously released a video satirizing Apple's 1984 inspired ad that ran when Apple was battling to unseat IBM as the dominant personal computing company. However, the tit-for-tat between Epic and app store owners represents one battle in a larger, hidden war about who owns the digital pipes that affect us all as consumers. The outcome of these individual battles will determine the future of how we consume media forever. The Mobile State-of-Play — The Operating System (OS) Duopoly Epic's claims that Google and Apple practice predatory monopolistic behavior are not without merit or precedent. Similar lawsuits have been filed by other third-party applications. In 2019, Spotify filed a similar complaint with the EU commission over Apple's business practices, saying that its operating system discriminated against their app in favor for its proprietary and, in this humble writer's opinion inferior, Apple Music app. The founders of new email software Hey.com testified in front of Congress for anti-competitive app store practices after Apple disabled updates and threatened to remove them from the app store. When Airbnb and ClassPass began to offer virtual products in the midst of the pandemic, Apple pressured both to pay for access to consumer via their app store. The main grievance against Google and Apple from most third-party developers has been the 30% cut both OS providers levy on every application in their store. That means if you pay Spotify $10 a month for their music streaming service, $3 of those dollars go to Apple or Google. This can be a painful price, especially for smaller developers trying to get their app distributed to consumers. This market power stems from the fact that Apple and Google control the pipelines of how digital services reach over half the world's population. 3.8 billion people now own a smart phone with 99.82% of those devices controlled by Apple and Google . As the gatekeepers to 3.8 billion consumers worldwide, Google and Apple are able to pressure developers to submit to outsized fees and terms that favor the OS owners. Their market share power is compounded by skyrocketing time spent on mobile device screens. In 2019 mobile screen time surpassed television in the U.S. This trend is forecast to only increase. With 99.8% control over how more than half of the world population spends the majority of their media time, Apple and Google have achieved monopoly distribution power over consumers. To be fair, consumers have reaped the benefits of network effects which have concentrated app development in two operating systems. Limited mobile OS systems have provided a uniform platform for millions of applications to be built. But if you are one of those app developers, you can either comply with Google's and Apple's terms or suck eggs. Enter Epic games. Epic's Battle Royal with the App Stores Jiu-jitsu is a fighting technique that uses your opponent's body weight to gain a dominant position over them. By anticipating their opponent's moves, Epic may have pulled off the most bad-ass corporate jiu-jitsu move of all time. Here's how they did it. Google and Apple are the one-ton gorillas of the tech world. Their dominant positions have drawn the ire of regulators while their anti-competitive business practices have increasingly come to light in the public consciousness. In June, the Apple App Store became the target of an EU anti-trust probe as a result of Spotify's and other developers' lobbying efforts. In July, Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook testified before congress , defending their position against accusations of anti-competitive, monopolistic behavior. Epic has long decried what they saw as similar punitive app store terms and decided to throw down the digital gauntlet. In their August 2020 mobile update, they purposefully included in-game purchases that allowed players to circumvent the app stores which included the 30% fee to Google and Apple. They did this knowing full well that it violated the app stores' terms of services and would likely result in their ban. When the ban came, they used the market power of Apple and Google against them, filing a premeditated anti-trust suit and a pre-produced public relations campaign against the two companies. By using their own game as bait, they took Apple and Google to the mat, pointing to another poignant example of anti-competitive behavior to pressure the app stores into submission. The Future of Digital Distribution Last year, I predicted that the big 4 tech firms, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google would face imminent regulations as a result of their monopolies. I initially thought Facebook and Google would be forced to divest as a result of coordinated privacy breaches among their different business lines and Amazon for using data from their marketplace to copy competitors' products. While I was right on the imminent regulatory action, I failed to foresee that the mobile OS market dominance would be the impetus for anti-trust action against Google and Apple. The word is still out on my Facebook and Amazon predictions! How these anti-trust cases play out will determine the future of how we receive all future information. Do we like that Google and Apple are the ultimate arbiters on what we can access on our own mobile devices? Given the big four's market dominance in digital distribution, I don't foresee any meaningful challengers until regulatory action is taken. If these anti-trust suits move forward, expect pressure to break these companies into their component parts. As digital distribution closes the gap between company and consumer, these questions bring our relationship with tech into stark focus. 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Rosebank oil field\nEquinor offices targeted by climate protesters over Rosebank oil field Climate protesters want Norwegian oil giant Equinor to abandon its plans to expand oil and gas infrastructure in UK waters and elsewhere (Gabriel Davalos/Uplift/PA) Climate protesters have gathered outside Norwegian oil giant Equinor's London offices to oppose the company's plans to develop the Rosebank oil and gas field. Rosebank, which lies west of the Shetland Islands, is one of the largest such fields in the North Atlantic, capable of producing up to 500 million barrels of oil. The International Energy Agency has previously said there must be no new investment in oil and gas if the world is to become net zero by 2050, while the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said emissions from existing fossil fuel infrastructure are already set to push global temperatures beyond safe limits. We're outside London @Equinor HQ demanding they get #EquinorOut of oil & gas ⏩ Their shareholders are meeting in Norway to decide its future today. They want to open new oil & gas projects in Argentina, Canada, the UK & Brazil. This is not compatible with climate limits pic.twitter.com/F2PgJdGWaK — #StopRosebank (@StopCambo) May 10, 2023 Campaigners from Stop Rosebank, Greenpeace, Fossil Free London and Parents For Future arrived at Equinor's central London headquarters on Wednesday morning to try to persuade Equinor to abandon its plans. Equinor said Rosebank will have a lower carbon footprint than other fossil fuel projects on the UK Continental Shelf, but its calculations relate only to its operations and exclude emissions from burning the fuel itself. The company also said that investing in oil and gas will help the UK's energy security and it is unhelpful for Western democracies to stop developing their resources. An international delegation of climate protesters plans to \"challenge\" Equinor at its AGM in Stavanger in Norway on Wednesday afternoon, a spokesman for campaign group Uplift said. As well as Rosebank, campaigners are protesting against Equinor's fossil fuel expansion plans in Canada, Brazil and Argentina. Scottish Stop Rosebank campaigner Lauren MacDonald, who is attending Equinor's AGM, said: \"Equinor's oil projects in the UK and in the rest of the world threaten our common future and, as an international community, we cannot stand by and watch that happen. \"I am joined in Stavanger by anti-Equinor campaigners from Canada, Brazil and Argentina to demand that Norway, a supposed climate leader, stop its state-owned oil company from developing all new fossil fuel infrastructure including Rosebank in the UK. \"Norway needs to set an example to the rest of the world and stop profiting off oil and gas during a climate emergency.\" The plans to develop Rosebank must be approved by the UK Government and a decision is expected soon. Climate protesters targeted the London offices of Norwegian oil giant Equinor to oppose its plans to develop the Rosebank field (Gabriel Davalos/Uplift/PA) If it goes ahead, the Government will give Equinor a tax break of £3.75 billion, meaning the company will only have to invest £350 million. Campaigners, along with shadow climate change secretary Ed Miliband, say that up to 80% of the oil and gas produced will be sold abroad so Rosebank will only be of limited economic value to the UK. Hundreds of scientists and academics have also written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urging him to block the development, saying it will undermine the UK's attempts to be a climate leader. An Equinor spokesman said it is estimated it will bring £26.8 billion to the UK through tax payments and investment. He added: \"Rosebank is a project that can help counteract the decline in domestic UK oil and gas production. \"As long as there is a need for oil and gas, we think it is important that we continue to invest in fields that can contribute to energy security with a low carbon footprint while creating jobs and value for society. \"The project will be developed in line with the North Sea Transition Deal, UK net zero targets and Equinor net zero ambitions.\" Tessa Khan, executive director of Uplift, said: \"The Rosebank oil field will do nothing to secure Britain's energy supply or lower household bills, but it will blow through our carbon budget all while costing the taxpayer £3.75 billion thanks to extremely generous government subsidies. \"This Government must join the thousands of people, represented by these campaigners at Equinor's AGM, that are saying no to Equinor's profiteering at our expense.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Rosebank", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Rosebank", "length": 8, "offset": 1502}, {"position_text": "Rosebank", "length": 8, "offset": 2069}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Greenpeace", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Greenpeace", "length": 10, "offset": 1316}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Equinor", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 71}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 186}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 368}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 966}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 1381}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 1459}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 1489}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 1948}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 2114}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 2254}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 2276}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 2987}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 3116}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 3603}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 4142}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 4546}, {"position_text": "Equinor", "length": 7, "offset": 4583}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "AGM", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "AGM", "length": 3, "offset": 4556}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change", "length": 41, "offset": 782}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Greenpeace", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Greenpeace", "length": 10, "offset": 1316}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 6, "entity_text": "Argentina", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Argentina", "length": 9, "offset": 1136}, {"position_text": "Argentina", "length": 9, "offset": 2174}, {"position_text": "Argentina", "length": 9, "offset": 2521}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 7, "entity_text": "Brazil", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Brazil", "length": 6, "offset": 1164}, {"position_text": "Brazil", "length": 6, "offset": 2163}, {"position_text": "Brazil", "length": 6, "offset": 2510}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 8, "entity_text": "Canada", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Canada", "length": 6, "offset": 1147}, {"position_text": "Canada", "length": 6, "offset": 2155}, {"position_text": "Canada", "length": 6, "offset": 2502}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 9, "entity_text": "London", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "London", "length": 6, "offset": 378}, {"position_text": "London", "length": 6, "offset": 958}, {"position_text": "London", "length": 6, "offset": 1399}, {"position_text": "London", "length": 6, "offset": 2949}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 10, "entity_text": "Shetland Islands", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Shetland Islands", "length": 16, "offset": 499}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1553, "text": "Philadelphia Works Welcomes New Leadership to Board | State\nPhiladelphia , July 30, 2021 / PRNewswire /- Philadelphia Works Co., Ltd. The city's Labor Development Commission (PhilaWorks) has announced the appointment of six skilled experts to the board of directors.New member decided and appointed by the mayor Jim Kenny , Each serve a three-year term. The organization says goodbye to the current former president to welcome the latest board members. William Strahan , Comcast, Executive Vice President of Human Resources. William Strahan He worked diligently on the board of directors of PhilaWorks for eight years, on behalf of the chairman of the board. Daniel Fitzpatrick , PA / NJ / DE Citizen Bank Governor. PhilaWorks also thank the board members and say goodbye. Norma Romero-Mitchell , Peter Tubolino , When Thomas (Bad) Tyler , Each served an eight-year term. \"On behalf of all Philadelphia Works staff and stakeholders across the city's workforce system, I welcome the new appointment to the Board of Directors and thank Mayor Kenny for his appointment,\" H said. .. Patrick Clancy , President and Chief Executive Officer of Philadelphia Works. \"Our board's new leadership brings fresh perspectives and innovative solutions that prove to be essential to the continuation of economic recovery.\" The Philadelphia Works Board of Directors consists of a mandatory combination of private, non-profit, labor, and government sector leaders.They are responsible for guiding both strategic and financial decisions that provide financial opportunities Philadelphia Sustainable growth to residents and local employers. The new members of the Philadelphia Works Board of Directors are: Stephanie L. Costa Vice President of Government and Regulatory and Community Impact on Comcast's Free Zone. Joining Comcast in September 2016, she leads a talented team that supports key advocacy and compliance initiatives. New jersey , Eastern Pennsylvania , When North Delaware .. Stephanie is also responsible for Comcast's regional community investment partnerships and programs, including Internet Essentials, Leaders & Achievers Scholarships, and Comcast Foundation grants. Ed Krauchik Is the administrator of the JAC (LU14) Training Center of the International Thermal and Frost Insulators and Related Workers Association and is the recording secretary of the union. Ed began his apprenticeship career at Local 14 in 2000 and completed apprenticeship training in 2004. He, Philadelphia range. NS Philadelphia As a resident, Kimmel is committed to strengthening city-wide community access to effective educational opportunities. Kimmell aims to combine 20 years of experience in education, strategic partnerships and non-profit services to narrow the gap in achievement and provide all learners with the knowledge, tools and resources essential to success. As CIS Executive Director for over 30 years, Susan has overseen the institution's remarkable growth from a university pilot program to the region's largest supported employment institution serving more than 2,000 people annually. Southeastern Pennsylvania When Delaware .. Susan has become a \"reliable\" source of information and expertise in employment services for people with disabilities. Jasmine Sesom Citizen, charity and political leader Philadelphia City .. She is a lifelong Philadelphia and has a real passion for The City. Jasmine is currently Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Hiruko Redevelopment Partner. In this role, Jasmine oversees community and government outreach activities. Philadelphia City .. Sarah Steltz is Deputy Director of Commerce and Chief of Staff of the Department of Commerce. Philadelphia City .. Prior to joining the city in February 2021, Sarah was Vice President of Labor Solutions at the University City District (UCD) and Secretary General of the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative (WPSI). About Philadelphia Works: Philadelphia Works, Inc., the city's Labor Development Commission. Is a non-profit quasi-public organization that serves employers and connects job seekers with employment and training opportunities. We invest public resources in a variety of workforce solutions that promote economic growth, influence public workforce policies, optimize funds and resources to build a skilled and prosperous workforce. For more information, please visit: philaworks.org .. Our mission: Develop and manage smart workforce solutions that meet your business needs and increase financial opportunities for everyone Philadelphia residents. Our vision: Prosperous Philadelphia Labor force, stronger regional economy. 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In the complaint, first reported by Bloomberg, the NLRB official writes that Amazon \"has been interfering with, restraining, and coercing\" workers as they try to exercise their right to organize under federal law. During Amazon's attempt to stifle pro-union workers at the Castleton-on-Hudson, New York facility last year, the company \"prohibited staff from discussing the union during their work time while allowing them to discuss other non-work topics,\" according to Bloomberg. The corporate giant also subjected workers to mandatory \"captive audience\" meetings aimed at dissuading workers from unionizing and \"promulgated a policy prohibiting employees from being on the property before or after their shifts in order to discourage union organizing,\" the outlet reported. Seth Goldstein, Amazon Labor Union's attorney, told Bloomberg that \"Amazon was so outrageous in their attacks on the union that it was impossible to successfully organize\" at the Castleton-on-Hudson facility. Employees at the warehouse voted 406-206 against unionization, a result union leaders said was heavily affected by Amazon's relentless union-busting. The vote came months after Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York voted to form the company's first union in the United States. Amazon is still trying to overturn that election despite an NLRB ruling dismissing the challenge, and the company has since been accused of unlawfully refusing to bargain with the union. The new NLRB complaint against Amazon alleges that, last August, the company illegally fired an Albany-area employee for engaging in protected union activity. The complaint says Amazon should have to reinstate the terminated worker with back pay and read aloud a notice informing employees of their right to organize—something the company had to do late last year. 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SKYSCRAPER-01 is a global Phase III, randomized, double-blinded study evaluating tiragolumab plus Tecentriq compared to Tecentriq alone in 534 patients with PD-L1-high previously untreated, locally advanced unresectable or metastatic NSCLC. Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive either tiragolumab plus Tecentriq or placebo plus Tecentriq, until disease progression, loss of clinical benefit, or unacceptable toxicity. The study did not reach the primary endpoint of overall survival at the final analysis. The overall safety profile observed remained consistent with longer follow-up, and no new safety signals were identified. The detailed data will be presented at a medical meeting in 2025. Genentech continuously reviews its study programs to determine if any adjustments are necessary for the purposes of ongoing research. Genentech will apply the same principles to this program, with additional data from Phase III studies across different settings or tumor types anticipated next year. About tiragolumab Tiragolumab is an investigational immune checkpoint inhibitor with an intact Fc region. Tiragolumab selectively binds to TIGIT, a novel inhibitory immune checkpoint which suppresses the immune response to cancer. About Tecentriq® (atezolizumab) Tecentriq is a monoclonal antibody designed to bind with a protein called PD-L1. Tecentriq is designed to bind to PD-L1 expressed on tumor cells and tumor-infiltrating immune cells, blocking its interactions with both PD-1 and B7.1 receptors. By inhibiting PD-L1, Tecentriq may enable the re-activation of T cells. Tecentriq may also affect normal cells. Tecentriq U.S. Indications Tecentriq is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with: Adults with a type of lung cancer called non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 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This development comes just a week after the Thoothukudi-based bank made headlines for erroneously crediting ₹9,000 crore to a taxi driver's account. Krishnan assumed the role of MD & CEO on September 4, 2022. The bank released a statement saying, \"We would like to inform that S Krishnan, MD & CEO of the bank, on September 28, tendered his resignation citing personal reasons. The Board, in the meeting held on Thursday, has accepted his resignation and forwarded the same to RBI. Krishnan shall continue to be the MD & CEO till the guidance/advice is received from the RBI, which shall be intimated in due course of time.\" Krishnan's resignation letter stated, \"Although I still have about 2/3rd of the term to go, due to personal reasons, I have decided to resign as Managing Director & CEO of the bank. However, in as much as the bank has only one whole time Director, I will seek the guidance of RBI in this regard.\" Before joining TMB, Krishnan held the position of MD & CEO at Punjab and Sind Bank from September 2020 to May 2022. He also served as the Executive Director of Canara Bank from April 2020 to September 2020 and as Executive Director of Syndicate Bank from November 2017 to March 2020. Tamilnad Mercantile Bank recently made headlines for an erroneous financial transaction, where ₹9,000 crore was mistakenly deposited into a car driver's bank account in Chennai. The bank explained that the error occurred due to issues with the NACH (National Automated Clearing House) credit file received from NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India), which contained invalid account numbers. This led to the incorrect amount being credited, but the bank promptly reversed the entries upon discovery of the mistake. 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The intervening months haven't brought much calm; the company continues to face significant challenges amid the broader troubles in Hawaii's vacation rental market. In Hawaii, as of today, their website reflects a total number of Hawaii properties as 879. That is down another 25% since we last reported on their inventory last year . Recent developments at Vacasa, including 13% further layoffs. Vacasa's ongoing crisis appears to be escalating with CEO Rob Greyber's announcement of further layoffs and a \"significant restructuring.\" The details of the changes were just revealed when Vacasa announced its latest financials. The company said it expects booking weakness is likely to persist through 2024. They said they hope to become profitable in the future. Another 13% of the workforce, will again be shed, it was just announced. For the first quarter of 2024, gross bookings, were down 18%. The financial picture at Vacasa remains grim. Vacasa's last financials reflected three consecutive quarters with declining reservations. Year-over-year, gross booking value and revenue were down 19%, with the year's total bookings also down 10% to $2.3 billion. It is not surprising that Vacasa reported a reduction in the total number of properties it manages. Impact on the Hawaii vacation rental customers and Vacasa stakeholders. The implications of Vacasa's struggles are profound for Hawaii homeowners and vacation renters. Homeowners, on one hand, continue to be uncertain regarding property management and the profitability of their properties under Vacasa's guidance. Renters continue to contend with inconsistent service quality. 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BCW is renowned for its Earned-Plus capabilities, a comprehensive approach that combines traditional PR with digital, social, and experiential marketing. As TCL's global communications partner, BCW aims to employ these capabilities to bolster TCL's brand recognition across the globe. The team plans to roll out inspiring campaigns that aim to resonate with customers worldwide and reinforce TCL's commitment to bringing smart products and services to its users. Also Read: Japan-China Foreign Ministers Set for Key Talks Amid ASEAN Meetings The appointment comes as BCW continues to enjoy robust growth in the Asia-Pacific region. For four out of the past five years, the agency has recorded double-digit growth rates. This success is attributable to BCW's transformation into an integrated communications operation, a move that is increasingly resonating with clients. These businesses seek out BCW's creative storytelling capabilities to tackle challenges they encounter as they scale their operations globally. Polka Yu, Deputy President, Asia-Pacific at BCW, expressed her excitement about the collaboration. She noted, \"BCW's ongoing investment in integrated communications expertise and tech sector experience is attracting top industry talent. This, in turn, leads to an increasing number of clients choosing to collaborate with us. We're thrilled to partner with TCL.\" This article is based on information from Marketing Interactive. 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FILE PHOTO: Reddit app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) -Reddit is evaluating a letter from Nokia (HE:) Technologies alleging it infringed some of the telecom and cloud network firm's patents, the social media platform said on Tuesday, ahead of its high-profile initial public offering (IPO) this week. The disclosure follows an inquiry by the Federal Trade Commission focused on Reddit's sale, licensing and sharing of user-generated content with third parties to train artificial intelligence models. \"Nokia is seeking compensation for the use of (its) key inventions and will reinvest the royalties in the development of next-generation communication and multimedia technologies,\" the company said in a statement. Reddit, which has been involved in patent infringement litigation in the past, is targeting a valuation of up to $6.5 billion for its IPO in one of the most-anticipated share sales in recent years. \"As we face increasing competition and become increasingly high profile, the possibility of receiving more intellectual property claims against us grows,\" Reddit warned in its statement. The IPO is between four and five times oversubscribed, Reuters reported on Sunday, making it more likely to attain the target valuation. It is expected to debut on the New York Stock Exchange on March 21. Reddit's 100,000 online forums, dubbed \"subreddits,\" are known for the \"meme-stock\" saga of 2021 when retail investors collaborated on its \"wallstreetbets\" forum to buy shares of highly shorted companies such as video game retailer GameStop (NYSE:). To tap into its popularity among retail investors, the company has reserved 8% of the total shares on offer for eligible users and moderators on its platform, certain board members and friends and family members of its employees and directors. 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Italy's antitrust fines Apple 10 mln euros | Photo Credit: Reuters Apple advertised that several iPhone models were water-resistant without clarifying they were only so under certain conditions. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) Italy's antitrust authority said on Monday it had fined Apple 10 million euros ($12 million) for \"aggressive and misleading\" commercial practices regarding its iPhones. The regulator said in a statement the company advertised that several iPhone models were water-resistant without clarifying they were only so under certain circumstances. It added that the company's disclaimer, saying that its phones were not covered by warranty in case of damage from liquids, tricked clients, who were also not provided support when their phones were damaged by water or other liquids. 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FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 3 – Lessons Learned\nThis week I have been exploring the KT Corporation settlement Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) via a Cease and Desist Order (the Order) for \"disgorgement of $2,263,821, prejudgment interest of $536,457, and a civil money penalty in the amount of $3,500,000\" bringing the total fine and penalty to just over $6.3 million. In prior blog posts, we looked at the background and considered the bribery schemes in some detail. In this post we conclude with some lessons learned for the compliance professional. Culture It really is all about culture and one can only conclude from reading the Order, that KT Corp. had one of the most corrupt cultures around. First was the length of the bribery schemes detailed in the Order, which stated, \"From at least 2009 through 2017, high-level executives of KT maintained slush funds, comprised of both off-the-books accounts and physical stashes of cash, in order to provide items of value to government officials, among others.\". Next, it all started at the top where the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) himself was running a slush fund for the payment of bribes from 2009-2013. How was the pot of money created to pay bribes? The CEO simply created fake bonus payments for other senior execs, who cashed in those fraudulent payments and proceeded to return them to the CEO. He then kept the cash in a company safe on premises of the corporate headquarters. When the slush fund story was broken open by the Press in South Korea, the company did not take the opportunity to self-disclose, remediate the deficiencies discovered or even stop the bribery and corruption. Instead, KT Corp. officials \"devised a new method to continue generating a slush fund.\" Clearly this was a company that was committed to feathering its nest via bribery and corruption. That next method was to order gift cards from a vendor who laundered the payments from KT Corp. This vendor literally delivered cash in manilla envelopes to his designated bag man at KT Corp. in the parking lot of the corporate headquarters. This money was kept in a series of locked strong boxes. Who ran this fraud and money laundering scam? The Corporate Relations Group. Clearly this was an organization with corruption burned into its DNA. Lesson – If your CEO is corrupt, it will flow all the way down the organization. This is the direct responsibility of the Board of Directors to terminate the CEO and oversee the required changes. Here the Board was on full notice as late as 2013 and did nothing. Hiring Another feature of the bribery scheme was hiring close associates of corrupt government officials. While this does not neatly fit into a Princeling claim as it was not apparently a family member, the connection was close enough to be \"something of value\". Moreover, KT Corp also directed millions of dollars in marketing work to an agency that was so inept, it could not pass KT Corp. vendor retention requirements. As the Order somewhat dryly noted, \"without conducting due diligence on the individuals or the agency, KT paid the two individuals a total of $454,009 in salaries and the advertising firm a total of $5.88 million in fees.\" Lesson – Human Resources (HR) and Supply Chain (SC) both have a role in any best practices compliance program. If a hiring candidate cannot meet the hiring criteria, it should be the end of the process, full stop. Similarly, if a third-party cannot meet your vendor requirements, you should not hire them. If you have to rewrite the rules to bring on a new vendor, that is a red flag that usually cannot be cleared. Business Ventures Most compliance professionals are aware of the risks of joint ventures (JV). But risk and their management must go beyond the technical form of a legally created JV to all types of business ventures. In Vietnam, KT Corp. participated with a consortium to bid on the Vocational Colleges Project. KT Corp. learned from its original consortium partner that a corrupt agent was to be paid a fee of 10% of the project cost. This corrupt agent would then pass on 7% of the project cost to a corrupt government official for sending the business their way. However, this consortium partner did not want to be responsible for the agent's fee due to the risk involved. KT Corp. reorganized the consortium and assumed responsibility for paying the agent's fee. KT Corp. also negotiated with the corrupt agent that the fee would be 8.5% of the project cost, which included $550,000 for Official 1. KT Corp. did not end there as it arranged for a subcontractor in the consortium to become its new consortium partner and tasked them with the responsibility of paying the agent fee. The purpose of the arrangement was to distance KT Corp. from the agent, as well as to conceal the agent from their internal review process. The agent review process was a financial risk review, not an anticorruption review, the KT Corp. managers wanted to avoid any questions about the relationship with the agent. Paying the agent through Partner 2 enabled KT Corp. managers to bypass the review. Lesson – Your full risk management strategy must be used in all different types of business ventures, not simply legally formed JVs. Consortiums, teaming agreements and other types of informal partnerships are all subject to the FCPA and present different types of risks which must be managed. Jurisdiction Finally, a word about FCPA jurisdiction. You might reasonably wonder how a private South Korean company, paying bribes to South Korean politician as well as Vietnamese government officials could generate US legal jurisdiction. The answer is relatively straight-forward and was stated in the Order, \"KT Corporation (\"KT\") is South Korea's largest comprehensive telecommunications operator, with its principal executive offices in Seoul, South Korea. KT's American Depositary Shares (ADRs) are registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and trade on the New York Stock Exchange. KT files periodic reports, including Form 20-F.\" ADRs refers to a negotiable certificate issued by a US depositary bank representing a specified number of shares—usually one share—of a foreign company's stock. ADRs trade on the US stock market as any domestic shares would. ADRs allow foreign entities to attract American investors and capital without the hassle and expense of listing on US stock exchange. The tradeoff is that by listing ADRs, a foreign firm subjects itself to US jurisdiction. In this case it was FCPA jurisdiction, and it generated a requirement for accurate books and records and effective internal controls. KT Corp. has neither. Lesson – If you are a non-US entity you should check with your legal department to see if your company is listing ADRs and determine how your organization will meet the books and records and effective internal controls requirement. 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The BBC submitted a data request to Amazon, which confirmed the issue, and it also confirmed that it records the exact time the motion is detected, down to the millisecond. It comes after the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of the UK intelligence agency GCHQ, warned about the dangers posed by 'smart' cameras, and it urged consumers to consider the privacy and security implications of their use. Ring solar-powered floodlight. Ring Ring logs Last month Ring confirmed it had tightened up the security of its smart home devices by making two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatory. A month prior to that in January Ring had introduced new control features to the Ring app. Ring said a Control Centre feature would allow users to manage which devices can access Ring services, and to opt-out of receiving video requests from police departments. That came after Ring had made headlines last year following a number of incidents in which unauthorised third parties were able to access Ring devices. In some cases the hackers were able to view the users' children and even speak to them via a Ring device speaker. But now the BBC has reported that Amazon also stores every interaction with Ring's app, including the model of phone or tablet and mobile network used. Amazon says it uses the information to evaluate, manage and improve its products and services. Amazon has also been facing criticism over the amount of data it gathers via its Alexa intelligent assistant and its Echo-based smart speakers. Amazon's Echo Spot smart speaker. Image credit: Amazon Last August MPs on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, urged tech firms \"to come clean about how often this is happening and what is happening to the data.\" Amazon did not help matters when it admitted in a letter to a US senator that it keeps Alexa user voice recordings indefinitely. Valuable data One security expert warned that the data these smart devices collect, are often very valuable to tech firms, even when it is anonymised. \"This development unfortunately doesn't surprise me,\" said David Emm, principal security researcher at Kaspersky. \"Home assistants and other smart technology – i.e. devices that have the power to monitor aspects of our everyday lives – gives huge companies access to lots of data, which is valuable even where that data is anonymised.\" \"However, they can be a serious threat to people's privacy – consumers are handing valuable information over freely and often without realising it. In today's digital era, such information could be used by companies directly or shared with third parties, or stolen and misused by cybercriminals,\" said Emm. \"Therefore, it's vital that companies selling such products are open and explicit about the data they collect, and how they will use it,\" Emm added. \"People should also think carefully when they are considering buying smart devices.\" And he recommended that people implement some basic safeguards. \"If they do purchase these products, they should always ensure that updates are available, create hard-to-guess passwords for the device, and disable any feature they do not intend to use, or which causes them any privacy concerns,\" said Emm. Privacy jitters In May last year Amazon was hit with two lawsuits alleging that its Alexa-powered smart speakers were recording children. Those lawsuits alleged that \"Alexa routinely records and voiceprints millions of children without their consent.\" That legal action came after it was revealed that a global team of people at Amazon reviewed audio clips of people speaking to their Alexa-powered smart speakers, to help improve its functionality. Jitters were raised again about Amazon again in May 2019 when the e-commerce giant filed a patent that would allow Alexa to record everything a person says, before the wake 'Alexa' command is actually issued. Think you know all about Amazon? Try our quiz! 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The NYSE, which is owned by Intercontinental Exchange Inc , closed its stock and options trading floors in New York and San Francisco in March 23 after traders and an ICE employee tested positive for the virus. Rivals CME Group, Cboe Global Markets Inc and Nasdaq Inc also closed their options and futures pits in Chicago and Philadelphia. Despite the move to all-electronic trading, none of the exchange operators experienced any major technical glitches amid record volumes, and all of them reported first-quarter profits that beat analysts' expectations. Cboe aims to reopen its options trading floor on June 1 after acknowledging that some customers were frustrated by the exchange's electronic trading tools and were unable to get the most risky and complex types of orders completed, it said on Friday. At the same time, Chief Executive Ed Tilly said Cboe will soon roll out new electronic solutions that will replicate benefits of the floor for those more complex orders, prompting analysts to question the need to reopen the spaces at all. \"Our position has always been that when our customers tell us that there's no utility in the trading crowd, when brokers provide no service to their customers, the electronic solution will close the trading floor, not Cboe and not its management team,\" Tilly said. The NYSE is the only U.S. exchange that still operates stock trading floors alongside electronic trading. It released a study on Thursday showing that floor traders dampen volatility by providing tighter bid-offer spreads, especially at the market close, saving investors millions of dollars a day. While the floor distinguishes NYSE from its competitors, the closure has not led to a significant drop in market share, according to an analysis released Friday by industry trade group, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. \"Only time will tell if investors feel the difference in execution of their trades with or without the human interaction on the floor,\" the study said. The NYSE plans to reopen its San Francisco-based options floor on Monday. It has not given a date for the reopening of its iconic floors at 11 Wall Street. CME, which runs the world's largest futures exchange, said on Wednesday it was unclear when it would reopen its trading floors, where about 10% of its business was done. \"We will not do anything irrational either way until we know exactly where health officials and government officials are going to come down as far as multiple people getting together in a single location,\" CEO Terry Duffy told analysts on a call. The closure had little effect on trading activity, CME said. \"Participants can trade any strategy today as easily as they could prior to the closure of the floor,\" said Sean Tully, a senior managing director at the exchange. 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Barrick Gold Corp. announced this week it will try to acquire Newmont Mining Corp. in an approximately $18 billion all-stock deal that would create a corporate giant worth about $42 billion. Colorado-based Newmont has rejected any talk of a buyout from the Canadian miner so far and the unsolicited bid from its fierce rival appears likely to become hostile. Elko Mayor Reece Keener told the Elko Daily Free Press that \"operationally\" the merger may make financial sense. 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The main product is the V3 supercharging pile. Furthermore, in addition to the existing Beijing R&D center, Tesla will also establish a new R&D center in the Tesla Giga Shanghai focusing on vehicle, energy products and charging development. By the end of 2020, Tesla pledged to open 650 supercharging stations and more than 5,000 supercharging piles in 250 plus Chinese cities. We know you don't want to miss any news or research breakthroughs. Subscribe to our popular newsletter Synced Global AI Weekly to get weekly AI updates. 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The privatization of companies such as airports group ADP and FDJ are integral to President Emmanuel Macron's plans to raise money to fund innovation projects and boost the overall economy. In July, France named a host of investment banks to work on its planned privatization of the FDJ. 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Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Alibaba Cloud said on Thursday it released the latest version of its large language model after more than 90,000 deployments by companies. Jingren Zhou, chief technology officer of Alibaba Cloud, said in a statement the firm has seen \"many creative applications of the models from across the industries,\" including consumer electronics and gaming. \"We look forward to collaborating with our customers and developers in seizing the immense growth opportunities presented by the latest surge in the generative AI development,\" said Zhou. Alibaba Cloud said the latest version of its Tongyi Qianwen model, Qwen2.5, possesses \"remarkable advancements in reasoning, code comprehension, and textual understanding compared to its predecessor Qwen2.0.\" Large language models power artificial intelligence applications like OpenAI's ChatGPT. They are trained on vast amounts of data to generate humanlike responses to user prompts. The latest Qwen model fares better than OpenAI's GPT-4 model in language and creation capabilities, but fell short in other categories like knowledge, reasoning and math, according to a March analysis by large language model evaluation platform OpenCompass. Alibaba released Tongyi Qianwen in April 2023 after ChatGPT took the world by storm following its November 2022 launch. An upgraded version was released in October with improved capabilities in understanding complex instructions, copywriting, reasoning, memorizing, among others. Alibaba Cloud said more than 2.2 million corporate users have accessed Qwen-powered AI services such as DingTalk – Alibaba's answer to Slack. The firm also said it has launched a series of new Qwen models to the open-source community and upgraded Model Studio, its generative AI platform, with new AI development resources. Other Chinese tech giants such as Baidu and Tencent have released similar chatbots and AI models amid explosive demand for generative AI. Baidu in April said its Ernie bot has exceeded 200 million users after obtaining the green light for public use in August. Generative AI is accelerating development of humanoid robots in China where these robots could help with factory work or labor. Reference Eugen Boglaru Eugen Boglaru is an AI aficionado covering the fascinating and rapidly advancing field of Artificial Intelligence. From machine learning breakthroughs to ethical considerations, Eugen provides readers with a deep dive into the world of AI, demystifying complex concepts and exploring the transformative impact of intelligent technologies. 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In response to an attack on Saudi Aramco oil infrastructure for which Houthi rebels in Yemen have taken credit , the US government has responded in the only possible rational way: by blaming Iran and deploying troops to act as security guards for Middle Eastern oil companies. \"In response to the kingdom's request, the president has approved the deployment of U.S. forces, which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense,\" Defense Secretary Mark Esper informed the press yesterday . \"We will also work to accelerate the delivery of military equipment to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UAE to enhance their ability to defend themselves.\" So you can breathe easy, my friend. Freedom and democracy are safe once more. JUST IN: Pentagon to will deploy additional troops and military equipment to Saudi Arabia: \"In response to the Kingdom's request, the president has approved the deployment of U.S. forces, which will be defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense.\" pic.twitter.com/qORbgWHoeP — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 20, 2019 A lot of delusional, unpatriotic democracy haters like to argue that the US military doesn't actually defend the freedom of the American people, and that it isn't really used to defend freedom at all, and that it isn't even really used to defend any rules-based international order as sometimes claimed, and that even to use the word \"defend\" to describe anything the US military does is inaccurate since it is consistently on the attacking and aggressing side of any given conflict, and that actually the US military functions as nothing other than a blunt object wielded by the rich and powerful for the advancement of plutocratic interests and the geostrategic dominance of opaque and unaccountable government agencies, and that it can in fact be accurately said that the only difference between the US military and any other band of armed thugs is funding… I forget where I was going with this. Ah, yes. Defending your freedoms. If sending a platoon of Paul Blarts to act as mall security for foreign oil corporations isn't enough to get you saluting every American flag flying over every McDonald's you see, then you should know that the US military's freedom fighting doesn't end at mere corporate asset protection. They're also defending your freedom by killing Afghan farmers in their sleep . A U.S drone strike just slaughtered 30 civillian farmers in Afghanistan. You probably didn't hear about it. https://t.co/tbSMwTiPEG — Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) September 19, 2019 Why did the armed forces of the United States kill dozens of civilian farmers in Afghanistan while they rested in the field after a hard day's work? That's a good question. But an even better question is, what were those Afghan farmers doing lying on top of your freedom? Obviously the compassionate US military would never dream of killing non-combatants under any circumstances whatsoever, but the unfortunate fact of the matter is that you can't make an omelet without cracking a few civilians. Those dead farmers were collateral damage, caught in the crossfire of a a life-or-death struggle for freedom and democracy in a nation that surely has something to do with defending those things somehow. It is certainly a loss that civilians perish in this way on a regular basis in Afghanistan, but that's a small price to pay for everything we've gained as a result of that eighteen-year occupation, such as [research what's been gained and put here in second draft]. Yes, whether they're defending Saudi Aramco profit margins, bombing field laborers, encircling the planet with hundreds of military bases, stockpiling nuclear weapons, funneling weapons to extremist militias, toppling governments, destabilizing large regions, inflicting siege warfare upon civilians via starvation sanctions, or just generally dominating the entire world using the carrot of military alliance and the stick of military retribution, you can rest assured that the US military is giving your freedoms the best protection that petrodollars and war profiteering can buy. Thanks for reading! The best way to get around the internet censors and make sure you see the stuff I publish is to subscribe to the mailing list for my website , which will get you an email notification for everything I publish. My work is", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "McDonald", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "McDonald", "length": 8, "offset": 2538}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Public Citizen", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Public Citizen", "length": 14, "offset": 2880}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1569, "text": "James Bond spin-offs, origin stories, reality shows? After Amazon takeover, what happens to 007?\nSpeculation about the next James Bond was rife even before Daniel Craig confirmed once and for all that he was stepping down. Aaron Taylor-Johnson? Idris Elba ? Henry Cavill? James Norton? A female 007? Three-and-a-half years on from No Time To Die , already delayed due to COVID and other problems, there has not been a scrap of confirmation. But now – plot twist – comes the announcement that Bond 's long-time producers and custodians Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson are handing creative control to Amazon MGM Studios . Image: Daniel Craig in his first outing as Bond, Casino Royale, in 2006. Pic: Rex/Shutterstock It's likely that all the behind the scenes wrangling to get to this deal announcement is why a new 007, whoever that may be, is yet to be named. And speculation now shifts from the next Bond to the entire future of Bond. Broccoli and Wilson are the daughter and stepson of Albert \"Cubby\" Broccoli, the man responsible for the start of the franchise's success, and have always been fiercely protective of the world's most famous secret agent. During Craig 's tenure there have been just five films since his first, Casino Royale, was released almost 20 years ago in 2006. Pierce Brosnan starred in four between 1995 and 2002. Broccoli and Wilson did not want to give the world too much Bond. Fans have been kept waiting, and always wanting more. Now, with Amazon at the helm, will we see origin stories for Miss Moneypenny or Q? Or what about the baddies? A sensitive deep dive into the early years of Jaws or Blofeld or Goldfinger – maybe even all three and more – to discover how they turned to the dark side? Will Jeff Bezos get involved? He certainly didn't waste time in posting on X to ask fans for their thoughts. Perhaps we could see a cameo in the future? Image: Roger Moore as Bond aongside Richard Kiel's Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me. Pic: Moviestore/Rex/Shutterstock Amazon acquired MGM, including the rights to distribute James Bond films, in 2022. Back then, the streaming service said it was \"honoured… to usher in the next phase\". And in 2023, it released a Bond reality show. Asked for her thoughts on potential spin-offs by Sky News after that announcement, Broccoli said: \"Well, I don't think so… we've focused on making the films for theatrical release and we have not wanted to do spin-offs. \"So I think that's our position. They certainly have told us that that the films will be theatrical films in the future and we'll see what happens.\" Could that be about to change? 'Don't cinematic universe Bond' Image: Sean Bean and Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye in 1995. Pic: Rex/Shutterstock In December, the Wall Street Journal published an article headed \"Where Is James Bond? Trapped in an Ugly Stalemate With Amazon\", featuring interviews with more than 20 people familiar with the \"feud\". When one executive referred to Bond as \"content\", one friend reportedly told the newspaper, it was like a \"death knell\" to Broccoli. \"It's kinda sad to see the last family-owned movie franchise handed over to the suits, and I'm sure Amazon MGM is salivating,\" posted filmmaker Joe Russo (not the Russo who has worked on some Marvel films, we should point out) on X. \"BUT… DON'T cinematic universe James Bond. It is one of our last, great theatrical events. Don't dilute that with a plethora of streaming spin-offs.\" Another X user wasn't as polite: \"RIP James Bond.\" Read more: Brian Cox on Bond reality A look back at 007 in pictures You only need to look at what has happened to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the last few years to see why there would be concerns. While there are still plenty of fans, there has been obvious disenchantment – reflected at the box office – as more and more spin-offs and origin stories have been churned out in recent years. Beetlejuice star Jenna Ortega is one actress who doesn't want a spin-off – or a female Bond, at least. \"I love that there's a lot more female leads nowadays, I think that's so special,\" she said in an interview with MTV last year. \"But we should have our own. I don't like it when it's like a spin-off – I don't want to see like 'Jamie Bond'. You know? I want to see another badass.\" Responding to a post shared by the British James Bond Fan Club, one fan replied: \"End of an era! Just have to hope that in future the Bond output is still all about quality rather than quantity.\" There is also the issue of copyright, which has made headlines recently. Austrian property developer Josef Kleindienst is challenging the trademark ownership of the James Bond name in the UK and the EU, The Guardian revealed earlier in February. This is possible after five years of \"non use\" under trademark law. \"James Bond will not die on our watch,\" he reportedly said. The previous longest gap between Bond outings is six years and four months; the way things are looking, this next one could be longer. These are uncertain times for Bond. Which is enough to leave fans more than a little shaken and stirred. Checkout latest world news below links : World News || Latest News || U.S. News Source link The post James Bond spin-offs, origin stories, reality shows? 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Garena began selling Free Fire in Singapore in 2017, shortly after the launch of PUBG, according to the lawsuit (via The Verge ). That apparently led to a complaint and settlement, but that settlement did not include any sort of licensing deal or permission to distribute the game. Despite that, a mobile version of the game appeared on the App Store and Google Play that same year, followed by Free Fire Max in 2018. The suit claims both games duplicate PUBG features including the \"unique game opening 'air drop' feature, the game structure and play, the combination and selection of weapons, armor, and unique objects, locations, and the overall choice of color schemes, materials, and textures.\" Krafton alleges that Garena has earned \"hundreds of millions of dollars\" globally through sales of the apps and in-app purchases. It also points a finger at Apple and Google, who have made bank on in-app purchases (each takes a percentage of purchases through their in-game payment processing systems) while refusing Krafton's requests to stop distributing the games. YouTube is also named as a defendant, for hosting (and refusing to remove) videos featuring Free Fire and Free Fire Max gameplay, as well as the Chinese feature film Biubiubiu, \"an unauthorized adaptation of Battlegrounds, depicting a live-action dramatized version of Battlegrounds gameplay.\" Videogame analyst Daniel Ahmad actually pointed out the possibility of copyright infringement in July 2021: Here's the official poster, which uh, might be infringing on copyright? Who knows tbh. But PUBG (PC) and Peacekeeper Elite (Mobile) are extremely popular in China and it's not surprising to see a movie like this be made. It's releasing August 6 on Youku (Chinese only) pic.twitter.com/bfmKb0JCKe July 24, 2021 See more Interestingly, the suit claims that prior to its efforts to have Biubiubiu removed, Krafton filed a copyright infringement notice over another PUBG-like film called Run Amuck . In that case, YouTube took action (although the film remains available), which Krafton sees as evidence of a double-standard at work: \"Unlike with respect to Biubiubiu, the Run Amuck videos were posted by individual users who no doubt lack the deep pockets necessary to fully indemnify YouTube from liability for copyright infringement,\" the suit states. Krafton also cites a similar action filed by Ubisoft against Google, Apple, and game developer Ejoy in May 2020 over a Rainbow Six Siege mobile clone. \"Apple and Google refused to comply with a videogame developer's demand that they remove an infringing game from their respective stores,\" the suit states. \"It was only after the developer filed suit against the infringing developer and Apple and Google that the infringing developer removed the app itself. Significantly, neither Apple nor Google ever took any action on its own.\" In that case, Ubisoft withdrew its legal action against all parties after the Rainbow Six Siege clone was removed from sale, and it's possible the same could happen in this case. For now, though, Krafton is seeking injunctions against the sale of Free Fire and Free Fire Max, the posting of videos featuring either game and the Biubiubiu film, and all kinds of financial damages. 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However now, we're seeing many exhibitions being performed just like the Truist Atlanta Open which is one thing John Isner was once very enthusiastic about as he wrote in a tweet. On the other hand, many of us criticized this as lovers are being allowed to look at the development. Isner replied to 1 such remark and ended up responding to many extra. Test it out. You coronabros can keep on your basement all you wish to have. I select to reside my lifestyles and play/advertise the game I really like in a protected way. — John Isner (@JohnIsner) July 1, 2020 John Isner Responds To Feedback As you'll see within the above submit, John Isner instructed the 'coronabros' that they may be able to keep of their properties up to they would like however he's going to reside his lifestyles and advertise the game of tennis. As you'll be expecting, this remark were given a large number of important responses and Isner replied to a large number of them. Test it out. I'm certainly not making gentle of that reality. It's tragic. I additionally consider we will proceed on with lives in a protected way with out any other complete lockdown — John Isner (@JohnIsner) July 2, 2020 In any other remark, an individual wrote about how other people wish to keep of their properties as differently other people gets inflamed and likewise unfold the virus. He also referred to as Isner egocentric. The American replied to this and defined why he feels that individuals shouldn't keep at house. He mentioned, \"We would possibly not have a vaccine for some time and the sector can't come to an entire standstill. Fact is, we're going to have to be told and adapt to this virus within the most secure way imaginable.\" It's no longer a giggling topic in any respect. We would possibly not have a vaccine for some time and the sector can't come to an entire standstill. Fact is, we're going to have to be told and adapt to this virus within the most secure way imaginable. — John Isner (@JohnIsner) July 1, 2020 Learn Extra – \"I'm 100% in Want\" – John Isner Voices Give a boost to for US Open Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Isner has additionally mentioned that he feels the Truist Atlanta Open may also be performed in an excessively protected way and that they're going to nonetheless placed on a just right display for tennis lovers. On the other hand, there are nonetheless a large number of individuals who don't seem to be ok with the development and the reason being almost definitely what took place on the Adria Excursion. The Adria Excursion additionally allowed lovers and lots of gamers were given inflamed with the coronavirus. Individuals are nervous that the similar factor would possibly occur in Atlanta and because of this they're in opposition to the development. With a bit of luck, it'll no longer occur. 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The message further states that the scammer is in possession of a photo or video of the victim looking at pornography websites, ostensibly obtained through a hacked webcam. In other cases, the author of the email claims to be a member of law enforcement who found child pornography on the receiver's device. The author of the email further intimates that — if the receiver of the message does not send a requested amount of Bitcoin to the address provided — the embarrassing images will be shared with the victim's friends, relatives or colleagues. Usually, the scammers ask for hundreds of dollars. A message published by Symantec asks the receiver to send $708. Bitcoin extortion with bomb threats Syantec also notes similar emails containing bomb threats, claiming that a concealed bomb has been planted in the place where the victim conducts business, which will explode unless Bitcoin is sent by the end of the working day. In this case, the screenshot shows the scammer asking for $20,000. Example of bomb scare email scam. Source: Symantec According to Symantec, the scams are not targeted and the aforementioned passwords were likely obtained through one of the recent massive data dumps of potentially sensitive information. Per the report, in May 2019, 63 wallets associated with such scams received a total of 12.8 BTC, worth $106,240 at the time. Symantec estimated the yearly income of $1.2 million by taking the example of May as a likely monthly average. Symantec recommended that individuals take extra email security measures to protect against such scams, and advised not to open emails from unknown sources or open links and attachments in scam emails, should they receive one. As Cointelegraph reported last month, the South Korean Justice Ministry estimated that cryptocurrency-related crimes caused 2.69 trillion won (about $2.28 billion) of financial damage between July 2017 and June 2019. Visit the USSA News store! 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During and subsequent to quarter end, we continued to strengthen our balance sheet for future growth by raising $50.1 million in total proceeds. As we expect to ramp up sales of our TRACER 1000tm explosives trace detector (ETD), launch the AgLAB-1000-D2tm, and develop, in partnership with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland Clinic), the BreathTest-1000tm, the financings will provide capital for continued operating expenses, working capital, and capital expenditures. In addition, the capital raises have given us flexibility to think more strategically about how to grow most efficiently, whether it be through strategic partnerships, mergers, or acquisitions. \"We believe that we are now sufficiently capitalized to pursue our current business plan,\" said Thomas B. Pickens III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Astrotech Corporation. \"With the resources to scale quickly and meet significant potential demand as we commercialize our products, we believe we are well positioned to explore opportunities for growth that were not available to us prior to raising this additional capital.\" In March, Astrotech announced an agreement between its Astrotech Technologies, Inc. subsidiary and Sanmina Corporation to manufacture its mass spectrometry products. As part of the relationship, Sanmina will manufacture 1st Detect's TRACER 1000. They have also agreed to manufacture AgLAB's AgLAB-1000 and BreathTech's BreathTest-1000 once those products are officially released. We anticipate that the relationship will allow us to scale manufacturing quickly with an asset-light operation while also offering us the opportunity to reduce our real estate footprint and related overhead costs of our manufacturing facility in Houston. We are currently consolidating all operations into a new, small research and development facility in Austin. In April, we also announced that our BreathTech subsidiary signed an Investigator-Initiated Study Agreement with Cleveland Clinic. Under this agreement, BreathTech's BreathTest-1000tm will be used to compare exhaled breath from individuals who have tested positive on a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test against subjects who have had a negative COVID-19 PCR test. The goal of the pilot study will be to analyze different VOCs from the breath to evaluate the correlation with different disease states. \"We are excited to have engaged in partnerships with two leaders in their respective industries. Sanmina, as a Fortune 500 company, has demonstrated the ability to help companies scale manufacturing, reduce cost, and optimize their supply chain, giving us comfort that they will be able to keep pace with our planned and potential growth while helping us expand our profitability. With Sanmina's level of sophistication and technical expertise, we believe that they are a great fit for Astrotech,\" continued Mr. Pickens. \"We are also thrilled to kick-off the study with Cleveland Clinic, one of world's leading hospitals and one of the most experienced breath analysis institutions in the world. Due to the numerous mutations of the COVID-19 virus, we are hopeful that the BreathTest-1000 will prove to be useful as a screening tool for COVID-19 in hospitals, nursing homes, the workplace, schools, airports, sporting and performing arts events, conferences, commercial venues, and other large gatherings,\" concluded Mr. Pickens. Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Highlights We continued efforts to add financial flexibility, optimize our resources, and position Astrotech for success as our products mature. Since the beginning of our third fiscal quarter, we raised $50.1 million in gross proceeds through a registered direct offering, an underwritten, firm-commitment public offering, and an at-the-market (\"ATM\") offering through H.C. Wainwright. Year to date through March 31, 2021, our operating expenses, excluding certain one-time items, decreased 22.3%, compared to the same period last year. Anticipated monthly cash outlay, excluding working capital, is approximately $500 thousand. About Astrotech Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) is a science and technology development and commercialization company that launches, manages, and builds scalable companies based on innovative technology in order to maximize shareholder value. 1st Detect develops, manufactures, and sells trace detectors for use in the security and detection market. AgLAB is developing chemical analyzers for use in the agriculture market. BreathTech is developing a breath analysis tool to provide early detection of lung diseases. Astrotech is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For information, please visit www.astrotechcorp.com . About AgLAB-1000tm and BreathTest-1000tm This press release contains information about our new products under development, the AgLAB-1000 and BreathTest-1000. Product development involves a high degree of risk and uncertainty, and there can be no assurance that our new products will be successfully developed, achieve their intended benefits, receive full market authorization, or be commercially successful. In addition, FDA approval will be required to market BreathTest-1000 in the United States. Obtaining FDA approval is a complex and lengthy process, and there can be no assurance that FDA approval for BreathTest-1000 will be granted on a timely basis or at all. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, trends, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from the forward-looking statement. These factors include, but are not limited to, the severity and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the U.S. and worldwide economy, the timing, scope and effect of further U.S. and international governmental, regulatory, fiscal, monetary and public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company's use of proceeds from its recent financings, whether we can successfully complete the development of our new products and proprietary technologies, whether we can obtain the FDA and other regulatory approvals required to market our products under development in the United States or abroad, and whether the market will accept our products and services, as well as other risk factors and business considerations described in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our annual report on Form 10-K. Any forward-looking statements in this document should be evaluated in light of these important risk factors. In addition, any forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views only as of the date of its publication and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. 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Sharjeel Imam's Facebook post calling off the chakkajaam at Shaheen Bagh He said that despite non-intervention of the Delhi Police, they have decided to 'call off' the 'protests' so that they can plan the 'second phase' of protests, that would be Hong Kong style flash mob strategy. The 'Hong Kong style' strategy was also discussed by Reetam Singh, NSUI National RTI Cell Coordinator, in his WhatsApp group for ' anti-CAA protests ' coordination. NSUI is the National Students Union of India which is a Congress Students arm. The true mentality of NSUI. Now, they want to a) conduct Hong Kong like protests b) Protest on Rajpath c) distribute 'police brutality' images abroad to ensure 'world knows'. It's almost like reading a Pakistani's message. @HMOIndia pic.twitter.com/166x1f6yQo — Nupur J Sharma (@UnSubtleDesi) December 21, 2019 Sharjeel Imam , who studied Computer Science at IIT Bombay, is currently pursuing Modern History at JNU. A WhatsApp conversation of Sharjeel and some of his acquaintances accessed by OpIndia had revealed how after the pronouncement of Ram Janmabhoomi verdict he wanted to burn the Constitution on JNU campus. Sharjeel Imam was also found inciting Muslims to take to streets and bring the cities across north India to a standstill. In his Facebook post, Sharjeel mentions that hundreds of volunteers and women have withdrawn from the protests at Shaheen Bagh. However, other supporters of the 'chakkajaam' seem to be still protesting. i have just received this video. the protest is on. #ShaheenBagh pic.twitter.com/PfXKX0KICf — Surekha (@surekhapillai) January 2, 2020 The woman recording at Shaheen Bagh could be heard saying how 'some people' are spreading rumours that the protests are called off. hena, a #ShaheenBagh local who has been sitting up all nights confirms the protest is on pic.twitter.com/0KqKaWgQUn — Surekha (@surekhapillai) January 2, 2020 Other conflicting messages on social media also say that the road blockade is still on. According to CNN News 18 journalist SaahilMurli Menghani, Imam has 'called off' the blockade 'under pressure' as one of them is named in an FIR. UPDATE- One faction has called off the protest at Shaheen Bagh. The other faction is still sitting. This other faction tells me that the faction which has called off the protest is doing it under \"PRESSURE\", as one of them has been named in FIR — SaahilMurli Menghani (@saahilmenghani) January 2, 2020 One faction which is continuing the blockade reportedly believe it is 'divide and rule'. Imam, in his inciting speech outside Jamia Millia Islamia campus on 14th December, 2019, a day before violence broke out, had urged fellow Muslims to be ready for taking blows of the lathis of police for the Quran as the constitution is fascist. In his Facebook post, Imam had alleged that the 'movement' was being hijacked by political parties and those who want to mint money out of it. While one can only speculate who could be these thugs, amongst those who visited Shaheen Bagh to 'express solidarity' are Congress veteran leader Salman Khurshid, daughter of former Censor Board member and Bollywood entertainer Swara Bhasker, controversial journalist Barkha Dutt and 'stand-up comic' Sanjay Rajoura who gets quite easily riled up when criticised. On 15th December, a day after Imam called for bringing India to a standstill, Delhi Traffic Police put up an alert on Twitter that traffic movement was closed from Sarita Vihar to Kalindi Kunj due to protests at Shaheen Bagh. On 15th December is when the violence escalated in Jamia and Police had to use force to contain the rioting mob. Shaheen Bagh is in close proximity to Jamia Millia Islamia. Police have maintained that the rioting mobsters entered Jamia premises and they had to enter the varsity to flush the rioters. 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Photo by the Sturbridge Police Department A woman is suspected of huffing fumes before her car exploded outside a shopping center in Massachusetts, police say. Fire rescue crews responded at about 3:50 p.m. Saturday, July 22, after a report of an explosion near a Walmart, the Sturbridge Police Department said in a July 25 news release. They arrived to find a black sedan with all the windows blown out and the doors flung open but still attached, authorities said. Photos shared online showed shattered glass and debris littering the ground. Emergency responders treated a woman for minor injuries, but she refused a trip to the hospital for further evaluation, according to the release. Prior to the blast, investigators said they believe the woman was inhaling \"highly flammable\" fumes from cans of compressed air in her car with the windows rolled up. That's when she tried lighting a cigarette, according to police. \"The buildup of these fumes inside the car followed by the attempt to light the cigarette appears to have caused an explosion resulting in the injuries to the female and the damage to the vehicle,\" police said in the release. Authorities also reported damage to cars nearby. What's huffing? Huffing is a form of substance abuse that involves breathing in fumes from aerosols, gases and other substances to get high, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Everyday products such as lighter fluid, glue and felt-tip markers can be misused as inhalants, the institute said. \"Although the high that inhalants produce usually lasts just a few minutes, people often try to make it last by continuing to inhale again and again over several hours,\" health experts say. Health effects — both short-term and long-term — include: Authorities said the investigation into the explosion is ongoing. Sturbridge is about 60 miles southwest of Boston. 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More than 500 workers at a Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay area have told the company they will go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday, March 21, 2022. The United Steelworkers union says Sunday, March 20 that members of Local 5 voted down Chevron's most recent contract offer and gave notice of intent to go on strike. The statement says Chevron refused to return to the bargaining table. RICHMOND, California (AP) — More than 500 workers at a Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay area have told the company they will go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Members of United Steelworkers Local 5 voted down the company's most recent contract offer and gave notice of intent to go on strike, the union said in a statement Sunday. The statement says Chevron refused to return to the bargaining table. Messages were left Sunday seeking comment from Chevron. If the strike shuts down the Richmond, California, refinery, it could crimp gasoline supplies in the state, which has the highest regular gas price in the nation at $5.847 per gallon, according to AAA. The union said in its statement that it reached a pattern agreement with the oil industry Feb. 25 on wages and working conditions. 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(Image: News18/File) Dhirendra Prasad, 52, worked for 10 years as a buyer in Apple's Global Service Supply Chain department. PTI Last Updated: March 20, 2022, 14:57 IST FOLLOW US ON: A former Apple employee has been charged with defrauding the tech giant out of more than USD 10 million by taking kickbacks, stealing equipment and laundering money, federal prosecutors said. Dhirendra Prasad, 52, worked for 10 years as a buyer in Apple's Global Service Supply Chain department. A federal criminal case unsealed Friday alleges that he exploited his position to defraud the company in several schemes, including stealing parts and causing the company to pay for items and services it never received. A court has allowed the federal government to seize five real estate properties and financial accounts worth about USD 5 million from Prasad, and the government is seeking to keep those assets as proceeds of crime, the US Attorney's office in San Jose said in a news release. Prasad is scheduled to appear in court next Thursday to answer to charges of engaging in a conspiracy to commit fraud, money laundering and tax evasion. It's unclear whether he has retained a lawyer. A phone number listed for him was disconnected. Two owners of vendor companies that did business with Apple have admitted to conspiring with Prasad to commit fraud and launder money, prosecutors said. Prasad is scheduled to make a first appearance in US District Court in San Jose next week on Thursday. Fraud, money laundering and tax evasion each carry maximum sentences of five to 20 years, but sentencing guidelines and judges' discretion mean most people convicted of fraud in federal court receive less than the maximum sentence. (AP) . . Read all the Latest News , Breaking News and Ukraine-Russia War Live Updates here. . 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Twitter's settlement covers allegations that it misrepresented the \"security and privacy\" of user data between May 2013 and September 2019, according to the court documents. The company will pay $150 million as part of the settlement announced by the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In addition to the monetary settlement, the agreement requires Twitter to improve its compliance practices. The complaint said that the misrepresentations violated the FTC Act and a 2011 settlement with the agency. \"Specifically, while Twitter represented to users that it collected their telephone numbers and email addresses to secure their accounts, Twitter failed to disclose that it also used user contact information to aid advertisers in reaching their preferred audiences,\" the complaint said. Twitter's chief privacy officer, Damien Kieran, said in a statement that with the settlement \"we have aligned with the agency on operational updates and program enhancements\" to protect user privacy and security. Twitter is a free service that makes money primarily through advertising. Billionaire Elon Musk, who is buying the service for $44 billion, has criticized its ads-driven business model and pledged to diversify its revenue sources. \"If Twitter was not truthful here, what else is not true? This is very concerning news,\" Musk said in a tweet late on Wednesday, commenting on the social media company's ad practices and the fine. U.S. officials pointed out that of the $3.4 billion in revenue that Twitter earned in 2019, about $3 billion was from advertising. The company made $5 billion in revenue for 2021. It said in a filing earlier this month that it had put aside $150 million after agreeing \"in principle\" upon a penalty with the FTC. \"Twitter obtained data from users on the pretext of harnessing it for security purposes but then ended up also using the data to target users with ads,\" said FTC Chair Lina Khan in a statement. \"This practice affected more than 140 million Twitter users, while boosting Twitter's primary source of revenue.\" The complaint also alleges that Twitter falsely said it complied with the European Union-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks, which bar companies from using data in ways that consumers do not authorize. Twitter's settlement follows years of fallout over the privacy practices of tech companies. Revelations in 2018 that Facebook, the world's biggest social network, was using phone numbers provided for two-factor authentication to serve ads enraged privacy advocates. Facebook, now called Meta, similarly settled with the FTC over the issue as part of a $5 billion agreement reached in 2019. 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Now even companies can't afford fares that have soared as the world tries to reconnect in the wake of Covid-19. A return business-class flight on the longest routes, between New York and Sydney for example, can cost more than US$20,000 (S$28,000), about double the price from pre-pandemic days. \"Demand is clearly outstripping supply,\" said Nick Vournakis, executive vice president at corporate travel management firm CWT. \"At some point, corporates are going to say enough is enough.\" Tight travel market As Covid restrictions eased around the world, airlines struggled to reactivate their fleets and bring back staff fast enough to cope with the growing appetite for air travel. That's limited capacity and seat availability. Higher fuel costs have also pushed up fares. According to CWT and the Global Business Travel Association, business-class air fares will be up 45 per cent in 2022 and another 6.2 per cent next year. Business-class tickets for flights leaving the US jumped 52 per cent between January and August, a steeper increase than in economy and premium-economy, travel manager TripActions said. With companies balking at the costs, corporate travel is back on shaky ground, having not yet recovered from virus-related lockdowns. That's bad news for airlines. Business travelers represent 75 per cent of a carrier's profit but only 12 per cent of passengers, according to travel software firm Trondent Development Corp. \"We are seeing a hyper-awareness around spend,\" said Marcus Eklund, global managing director at corporate travel-management company FCM. Has to be economy Checking fares to fly colleagues to a team gathering in Bangkok, Sydney-based management consultant Dhruv Sharma found his budget couldn't stretch to business class, the usual choice, without doubling to US$6,000 a person. \"It has to be economy,\" he said. Mr Sharma is trying to soften the blow for those who go to Thailand by offering time off when they get back to Australia. Even so, he expects 20 per cent of colleagues to pull out because they'll be flying coach. Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder, predicted in late 2020 that more than 50 per cent of business travel would disappear after the coronavirus. Qantas Airways chief executive officer Alan Joyce put the possible decline nearer 15 per cent. Whatever the final figure, travelers have been largely weaned off business trips because Zoom has shown what can be achieved without getting on a plane. The recent surge in fares is putting the benefits of video calls into even sharper relief. Boston-based consulting firm Refine and Focus, which works on projects across the globe, was wary of paying for unnecessary trips even before the pandemic. Rising air fares and an inflationary spike in expenses have pretty much grounded the whole company. \"We have almost stopped traveling,\" said Purnima Thakre, the firm's co-head. \"For any given project, I'd rather pay people better than spend that money on air tickets.\" Fares are fluid and some routes are more extravagantly priced than others. Delta Air Lines and IAG-owned British Airways are charging more than US$10,000 to fly London-New York return in business class next month, according to travel portal kayak.com. Return London-Sydney business-class flights with Singapore Airlines are going for about US$12,000. Nearer the top of the market, Qantas and United Airlines Holdings want more than US$22,000 for premium return New York-Sydney seats. SYDNEY – Flying business class has always been beyond the means of most mortals. Now even companies can't afford fares that have soared as the world tries to reconnect in the wake of Covid-19. A return business-class flight on the longest routes, between New York and Sydney for example, can cost more than US$20,000 (S$28,000), about double the price from pre-pandemic days. \"Demand is clearly outstripping supply,\" said Nick Vournakis, executive vice president at corporate travel management firm CWT. \"At some point, corporates are going to say enough is enough.\" Tight travel market As Covid restrictions eased around the world, airlines struggled to reactivate their fleets and bring back staff fast enough to cope with the growing appetite for air travel. That's limited capacity and seat availability. Higher fuel costs have also pushed up fares. According to CWT and the Global Business Travel Association, business-class air fares will be up 45 per cent in 2022 and another 6.2 per cent next year. Business-class tickets for flights leaving the US jumped 52 per cent between January and August, a steeper increase than in economy and premium-economy, travel manager TripActions said. With companies balking at the costs, corporate travel is back on shaky ground, having not yet recovered from virus-related lockdowns. That's bad news for airlines. Business travelers represent 75 per cent of a carrier's profit but only 12 per cent of passengers, according to travel software firm Trondent Development Corp. \"We are seeing a hyper-awareness around spend,\" said Marcus Eklund, global managing director at corporate travel-management company FCM. Has to be economy Checking fares to fly colleagues to a team gathering in Bangkok, Sydney-based management consultant Dhruv Sharma found his budget couldn't stretch to business class, the usual choice, without doubling to US$6,000 a person. \"It has to be economy,\" he said. Mr Sharma is trying to soften the blow for those who go to Thailand by offering time off when they get back to Australia. Even so, he expects 20 per cent of colleagues to pull out because they'll be flying coach. Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder, predicted in late 2020 that more than 50 per cent of business travel would disappear after the coronavirus. Qantas Airways chief executive officer Alan Joyce put the possible decline nearer 15 per cent. Whatever the final figure, travelers have been largely weaned off business trips because Zoom has shown what can be achieved without getting on a plane. The recent surge in fares is putting the benefits of video calls into even sharper relief. Boston-based consulting firm Refine and Focus, which works on projects across the globe, was wary of paying for unnecessary trips even before the pandemic. Rising air fares and an inflationary spike in expenses have pretty much grounded the whole company. \"We have almost stopped traveling,\" said Purnima Thakre, the firm's co-head. \"For any given project, I'd rather pay people better than spend that money on air tickets.\" Fares are fluid and some routes are more extravagantly priced than others. Delta Air Lines and IAG-owned British Airways are charging more than US$10,000 to fly London-New York return in business class next month, according to travel portal kayak.com. Return London-Sydney business-class flights with Singapore Airlines are going for about US$12,000. Nearer the top of the market, Qantas and United Airlines Holdings want more than US$22,000 for premium return New York-Sydney seats. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Quick Telecast is an automatic aggregator of the all world's media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. 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The school then issued an English-only policy\nBy Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times The Tribune Content Agency LOS ANGELES - A Fontana preschool that implemented an English-only policy for its employees agreed to a $200,000 settlement with California after a teacher's aide claimed management retaliated against her for speaking Spanish. The money could be distributed to former and current employees affected by the policy. The issue started with a pen, the California Civil Rights Department announced in a news release on Thursday . The state watchdog investigates claims of abuse by employers and has filed lawsuits against Tesla , video game giant Activision Blizzard , Microsoft and the Ralphs supermarket chain. In 2023, the state agency began its investigation into Leaps and Bounds, a private preschool and elementary school with locations in Escondido, La Puente and Fontana. An employee of the school claimed her hours were drastically cut and that she felt discriminated against based on her cultural background. After someone overheard an employee speaking Spanish - they were asking a co-worker for a pen - the school implemented an English-only policy at work, the Civil Rights Department said. The person claimed the employees were gossiping in Spanish, so management responded by requiring employees to sign an agreement that blocked them from speaking Spanish at work, unless they needed to communicate with a parent who did not speak English, according to the settlement agreement. \"Educators deserve to feel celebrated for their heritage, but instead Leaps and Bounds' alleged language ban fostered a hostile work culture that made staff feel unvalued and unwelcome,\" Kevin Kish, director of the California Civil Rights Department, said in a statement. California civil rights laws prohibit employers from discriminating against its employees based on their national origin, race or ethnicity, according to the Civil Rights Department. The employee who filed the complaint was able to enter into a mediation with the state agency and their employer. Leaps and Bounds agreed to end its English-only policy and train its staff on California's civil rights laws. Leaps and Bounds did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokesperson for the California Civil Rights Department could not be reached for additional information about the case. 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Investors are running for the exits as a result, with the shares down as much as 27% on Wednesday morning. So what Triumph is a manufacturer of a range of components focused primarily on the commercial and military aerospace markets. The company is a longtime turnaround story, with its shares down more than 70% over the past decade. Triumph has spent the last few years trying to restructure or sell unprofitable businesses, but the pandemic and its impact on commercial aviation has stunted its progress. Image source: Getty Images. On Wednesday morning, Triumph reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $0.39 per share on revenue of $385.65 million, falling a little short of analyst expectations for $0.42 per share in earnings on sales of $405 million. CEO Dan Crowley in a statement noted the company \"continued to deliver improving operating margin and cash flow, both sequentially and year over year.\" In the now-finished fiscal 2022, Triumph completed several important milestones in its turnaround, including divesting its build-to-print metallic structures unit and streamlining the organization. But investors were more focused on Triumph's anemic initial fiscal 2023 forecast. The company said it expects earnings of $0.40 to $0.60 per share in the new fiscal year, on revenue of $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion. Analysts had forecast earnings of $1.09 per share on revenue of $1.5 billion. Now what It should be noted that is unclear whether the guidance and analyst estimates are aligned on Triumph's recently announced deal to sell its Stuart Aerostructures business to Daher Aerospace, so it is hard to know what to make of the comparisons. It appears part of this dramatic move downward could be attributed to market confusion about the comparison. But although Triumph's forecast might not be as bad as it first appears, there isn't a lot to get excited about either. Organic sales in the quarter continued a trend of negative growth, though the negative 2% figure this quarter is an improvement over the negative 5% in the fiscal third quarter. Since the 2016 launch of Crawley's transformation plan, Triumph has sold off 16 noncore businesses, dramatically shrinking the overall company with the hope of turning it into a collection of assets more intriguing to investors. The restructuring is nearly completed, but given the company's difficult recent history investors are going to want to see proof the plan is showing results before going along for the ride. Lou Whiteman has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. – What happened Long-struggling Triumph Group (NYSE: TGI) put out a full-year forecast that came in well short of analyst expectations. Investors are running for the exits as a result, with the shares down as much as 27% on Wednesday morning. So what Triumph is a manufacturer of a range of components focused primarily on the commercial and military aerospace markets. The company is a longtime turnaround story, with its shares down more than 70% over the past decade. Triumph has spent the last few years trying to restructure or sell unprofitable businesses, but the pandemic and its impact on commercial aviation has stunted its progress. Image source: Getty Images. On Wednesday morning, Triumph reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $0.39 per share on revenue of $385.65 million, falling a little short of analyst expectations for $0.42 per share in earnings on sales of $405 million. CEO Dan Crowley in a statement noted the company \"continued to deliver improving operating margin and cash flow, both sequentially and year over year.\" In the now-finished fiscal 2022, Triumph completed several important milestones in its turnaround, including divesting its build-to-print metallic structures unit and streamlining the organization. But investors were more focused on Triumph's anemic initial fiscal 2023 forecast. The company said it expects earnings of $0.40 to $0.60 per share in the new fiscal year, on revenue of $1.2 billion to $1.3 billion. Analysts had forecast earnings of $1.09 per share on revenue of $1.5 billion. Now what It should be noted that is unclear whether the guidance and analyst estimates are aligned on Triumph's recently announced deal to sell its Stuart Aerostructures business to Daher Aerospace, so it is hard to know what to make of the comparisons. It appears part of this dramatic move downward could be attributed to market confusion about the comparison. But although Triumph's forecast might not be as bad as it first appears, there isn't a lot to get excited about either. Organic sales in the quarter continued a trend of negative growth, though the negative 2% figure this quarter is an improvement over the negative 5% in the fiscal third quarter. Since the 2016 launch of Crawley's transformation plan, Triumph has sold off 16 noncore businesses, dramatically shrinking the overall company with the hope of turning it into a collection of assets more intriguing to investors. The restructuring is nearly completed, but given the company's difficult recent history investors are going to want to see proof the plan is showing results before going along for the ride. Lou Whiteman has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy . 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The deal has received regulatory approval, and the consideration is undisclosed. Thompson and Co is a family-owned commercial insurance broker, based in Solihull in the West Midlands. The business was founded in 1987 by Paul Thompson, who is still with the firm, alongside fellow directors Baljit Thompson and Jennie Sutcliffe. The business will remain in its current location, and all members of the team, including the three directors, will move across under new ownership. Thompson and Co will become part of GRP's Retail North division. Stephen Ross, GRP's head of M&A, said Thompson and Co \"is a well-run intergenerational family broker with very close links to the community it serves. 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Genius Who Called Crash and...\nThe legend called Peloton's stock rally to $170, and the crash down to $24 also predicted Peloton's jump over 30% on Friday's session. In today's webinar, he will tell investors what the stock will do and whether Amazon is buying Peloton. Unbelievable, isn't it? Your ATM! Did you hear about Jeff Bezos and the bridge? The Amazon billionaire's new superyacht, under construction in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is so big that the city might have to partially take down a historic bridge so that it can reach open water. I believe you will love this video, especially if you have no money. It is perfect for dumb people. Peloton's (PTON) share price jumped over 30% on Friday's session after-hours on rumors that Amazon might be interested in buying the company. If you purchased Alex Vieira's most recent Peloton stock analysis released late 2021, you are going to find another immersive genius call . The genius who called Peloton's stock rally from $19 to $170, and the crash down to $24, did it again! Marvelous, indeed! Alex Vieira Urges Selling Short Peloton Today on Earnings Preview Stock Crash Forecast The visionary bull market legend predicted Peloton's Interactive stock rally to $165, but now he urges investors to go short, forecasting a crash. Watch Alex Vieira Live on Peloton ahead of the upcoming earnings report. Autonomous Elena Having said this, Alex Vieira is performing a special session tonight for Peloton investors; it's going to start within a couple of hours, London time. Count me on! Are you going to miss this historic event? Billionaires and hundreds of investors are joining, but don't worry; the Livestream will be recorded; therefore, you can purchase it from the autonomous AI bot. Alex will respond to investors' questions, telling them what Peloton's share price will do in the following months. Furthermore, he will cover Peloton's next earnings. Unbelievable, isn't it? Your ATM Now, learn how to get into Nirvana state. Free Yourself from Joe Rogan Mental Slavery. Alex Vieira Teaches Nirvana Freedom Celebrating Spotify Crash Today Ignorance is the most significant enslaver in the universe. We taught everyone how to use celebrities like Joe Rogan, Cathie Wood, Kim Kardashian to become rich, investing in the stock market betting against the naive crowd, while we set you free from American capitalism and mental slavery. Autonomous Luis Autonomous AI RPA Trading Robots By using autonomous AI trading, you benefit from Alex Vieira's insight, expertise, and experience investing in the markets and native integration with Intuitive Code solutions , which enable efficient end-to-end digital transformation by integrating AI and robotic process automation. 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The seizures Friday at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport were the third and fourth by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers in Minnesota since mid-December involving counterfeit items that authorities say could have sold for more than $1.2 million to unwitting buyers. \"CBP officers play a critical role in the nation's efforts to keep unsafe counterfeit and pirated goods from harming the American public,\" Augustine Moore, area port director in Minneapolis, said in a statement accompanying Monday's announcement. In fiscal 2020, CBP nationwide seized 26,503 shipments containing goods in violation of intellectual property rights. The agency estimated that the total retail value of the seized goods, had they been genuine, was nearly $1.3 billion. Watches, jewelry and computer equipment are the more common counterfeit items seized. The two seizures last week involved shipments from Laos, according to CBP. Federal inspectors determined the handbags, wallets, fanny packs and phone cases were in violation of trademark and copyright codes. The items sported logos of fashion houses including Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Chanel and others. One shipment with 146 items was destined for a home in Minneapolis, while the second with 84 items was heading to a residence in Superior, Wisconsin, just across the border from Duluth. If the goods were authentic, the retail value would have been $562,719, the CBP estimated. The agency explains that it targets counterfeit merchandise for seizure because it is often made of inferior materials, manufactured under uncontrolled and unsanitary conditions, and labeled with false information, \"potentially threatening the health and safety of buyers and users.\" On Dec. 16, federal agents intercepted a shipment of knockoff designer handbags and wallets from Laos destined for St. Paul that would have sold for nearly $406,000. On Jan. 15, Border patrol agents in International Falls, Minn., seized a shipment of 780 counterfeit space heaters that could have commanded more than $260,000 had they made it to market. 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Known internally as the \"performance recovery plan\", the proposed steps mark a sharp break with Nissan's strategy under ousted leader Carlos Ghosn, who pursued ambitious vehicle sales targets in the United States and other major markets. The plan is the Yokohama-based automaker's latest attempt to pull itself out of crisis after Ghosn was arrested for financial misconduct - charges he denies. The scandal has further strained an already dysfunctional alliance with Renault SA <RENA.PA> and thrown Nissan into disarray as it finds itself on course to book its lowest operating profit in 11 years. The sources said Nissan will likely kill loss-making variants for the Titan full-size pickup. Unprofitable variants include the single-cab and diesel versions. A planned shuttering of under-utilised production lines will most probably hit plants in emerging markets building Datsun and other small cars hardest, they added. \"We need to chart a recovery but the rot goes deep,\" one of the sources said of the many problems facing Nissan. The second source said all markets with factories except China were being looked at for possible reductions in production capacity. That source also said, however, that there were no plans to close an entire plant or withdraw completely from any country. In the United States, one of Nissan's biggest markets, the plan calls for fresh efforts to weed out the practice of buying market share by selling vehicles to rental car and other fleet operators at heavy discounts - a practice which destroyed profitability and undermined Nissan's brand image. \"We're trying to clean up what had happened in the past,\" one of the sources said, adding that under Ghosn, Nissan sought to meet sales objectives at any cost, including \"practically giving away cars\" to fleet customers. A team led by Jun Seki, a senior vice president and incoming vice chief operating officer, is expected to unveil the wide-ranging plan this month though some aspects are still being finalised, said the sources, who were not authorised to speak to media and declined to be identified. Nissan declined to comment. Seki is part of a new management team that will see Makoto Uchida, Nissan's head of China operations, take the helm - an appointment that is expected to take effect by Jan. 1. The new steps follow plans unveiled in July to cut headcount by 12,500 globally by early 2023 and which also flagged cuts to production capacity. At the time, then-CEO Hiroto Saikawa said 14 facilities would be affected. EMERGING MARKET WOES Overall, the plan's aim is to free up resources to focus more on the United States and China, the sources said. To that end it will roll back an aggressive expansionist strategy Ghosn set in motion under a five-year plan called Power 88 which aimed to raise profit margins and global market share to 8 percent by fiscal 2016 - goals which were never achieved. The Datsun brand - revived for emerging markets under Ghosn after being phased out in the 1980s - will likely bear the brunt of the restructuring. The models are manufactured in Indonesia, India and Russia. The sources said problems emerged after Nissan began deploying the no-frills cars in 2014 in small markets such as Indonesia, India, Russia and South Africa where it also sells vehicles under its mainstay Nissan brand. In Indonesia, for example, after a relatively good start, Datsun cars soon began eating into Nissan sales. \"We ended up pushing two mainstream brands in a market where you have a one or two percent market share. You cannot do that,\" one of the sources said, adding that there had been similar outcomes in India, South Africa and Russia. In its bigger markets, a steady supply of new or significantly redesigned models – starting with the redesigned Altima which was launched in the United States late last year – is expected to help Nissan reset the way it prices its vehicles. \"Still, it takes about a year to get any sort of tangible results,\" one of the sources said, adding that until then the Japanese automaker would continue to see sales by volume fall in the U.S. market. 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(NASDAQ: CMTL), a world leader in secure wireless communications technologies, announced today, that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, its Government Solutions segment was awarded a $3.2 million follow-on contract from the Brazilian military to supply additional satellite equipment and services for its Air Traffic Control network. \"We are pleased that this customer continues to deploy our advanced satellite communication solutions to support their critical infrastructure,\" said Fred Kornberg, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. \"We look forward to continuing to work with the Brazilian military on this and future opportunities.\" Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is a leader in the global communications market headquartered in Melville, New York. With a passion for customer success, Comtech designs, produces and markets advanced secure wireless solutions to more than 1,000 customers in more than 100 countries. For more information, please visit www.comtechtel.com . Certain information in this press release contains statements that are forward-looking in nature and involve certain significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from such forward-looking information. The Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings identify many such risks and uncertainties. Any forward-looking information in this press release is qualified in its entirety by the risks and uncertainties described in such Securities and Exchange Commission filings. PCMTL Contacts Media Contact: Michael D. Porcelain, President and Chief Operating Officer Comtech Telecommunications Corp. 631-962-7000 info@comtechtel.com The post Comtech Telecommunications Corp. 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BREAKING: The 8,700 UAW members at Ford's iconic and extremely profitable Kentucky Truck Plant have joined the Stand Up Strike after Ford refuses to make further movement in bargaining. Workers are walking off the job right now. STAND UP! — UAW (@UAW) October 11, 2023 For the first time in the history of the 150,000-member United Auto Workers Union, members went on strike against the \"Big 3\" manufacturers last month after no deal was reached. The \"Big 3\" include Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, the newly-formed merger of Fiat Chrysler and the PSA Group. \"Key demands from the union have included 40% hourly pay increases; a reduced, 32-hour, workweek; a shift back to traditional pensions; the elimination of compensation tiers; and a restoration of cost-of-living adjustments. Other items on the table include enhanced retiree benefits and better vacation and family leave benefits,\" CNBC reported. Kentucky Truck Plant workers shut it down this week. WATCH: Local 862 is shutting it down at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant! Workers have now walked off the job and are joining the Stand Up Strike! #StandUpUAW pic.twitter.com/NVqlbunZMH — UAW (@UAW) October 11, 2023 \"Who are we? U-A-W!\" striking auto workers in Kentucky shouted this week. WATCH: \"Who are we? 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NEW YORK (June 20, 2023)—The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has elected Charles A. Smith, executive vice president and chief risk officer at Morgan Stanley, to its board of directors. The LISC board guides the organization's national strategy around equity and opportunity, including billions of dollars in programs and investments to fuel affordable housing, economic development, health, safety and quality jobs. Smith previously served as managing director and head of business development for Morgan Stanley's Institutional Securities Group (ISG). He has also held a variety of other management positions over his more than 26 years with the firm, including chief financial officer of ISG, president of Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A., and head of firm strategy and execution. Earlier, he was managing director in the firm's Investment Banking Division, working in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department. Charles A. Smith, Execucitive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, Morgan Stanley \"Charles brings a tremendous range of financial experience to our board and will be a strong voice for strategies that drive creative, financially sound, high-impact community development investments,\" said Lisa Glover, LISC CEO, citing LISC's more than $2.8 billion in 2022 investments as example. \"That insight is critical right now, as economic challenges threaten the well-being of low- and moderate-income families, as well as the future of critical community development projects,\" she continued. \"Charles' expertise will be invaluable as we address those concerns, while we also continue our work to bridge racial gaps in health, wealth and opportunity.\" Smith received his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his BBA from Southern Methodist University. \"It is incredibly gratifying to be able to work on issues that affect the social and economic outlook for the entire country—with a particular focus people and places that have not had sufficient access to opportunities,\" Smith said. \"LISC is leading the way on many of those questions, and I'm excited to help support this important work.\" The LISC board is comprised of some of the nation's top financial and community leaders. Led by former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, its 20 members represent investment companies, community-based nonprofits, health organizations, foundations and academia. For more on the board, visit lisc.org/about-us/board-of-directors/ About LISC LISC is one of the country's largest community development organizations, helping forge vibrant, resilient communities across America. We work with residents and partners to close systemic gaps in health, wealth and opportunity and advance racial equity so that people and places can thrive. Since our founding in 1979, LISC has invested $29.7 billion to create more than 489,000 affordable homes and apartments, develop 81.4 million square feet of retail, community and educational space and help tens of thousands of people find employment and improve their finances. 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The Phoenix-bound plane turned around after experiencing mechanical issues caused by birds hitting the plane's engine. A video shared to Twitter by The Weather Channel shows flames coming out of one of the Boeing 737's engines after the strike, with one passenger reporting that the plane \"went through a flock of geese.\" The fire occurred shortly after take-off, and the plane safely returned to the John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Ohio. No injuries were reported, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the incident. \"American Airlines flight 1958, with service from Columbus (CMH) to Phoenix (PHX), returned to CMH shortly after takeoff due to a mechanical issue,\" an American Airlines spokesperson told Newsweek, confirming that the mechanical issue was caused by a bird strike. \"The flight landed normally and taxied safely to the gate under its own power. The aircraft was taken out of service for maintenance.\" The spokesperson added that the American Airlines team also worked to get passengers back on their way to Phoenix on a different flight. \"Safety is our top priority and we thank our customers for their understanding,\" the spokesperson said. What is a bird strike? A bird strike occurs when birds hit an aircraft. Birds most often hit the plane's engines, but can hit any part of the plane, such as the windshield or the nose of the plane. Bird strikes are common for airplanes, but are rarely fatal. On its website, Boeing said bird strikes occur most frequently either on the ground or at low altitudes. It identified Canadian geese—possibly the cause behind Sunday's strike—as one of the most hazardous birds to flight. \"In the United States, a list of birds most hazardous to flight has been identified: large flocking waterfowl (Canada goose); gulls; pigeons and doves; blackbirds, starlings, and sparrows; and raptors (hawks and kestrels),\" Boeing wrote on its website, adding that waterfowl accounted for 31 percent of bird strikes between 1990 and 2009. The flight on Sunday was able to return safely, but bird strikes don't always have happy endings. At a minimum, they can cause excessive damage to an aircraft—with Boeing reporting that bird strikes are estimated to cause $650 million in damage to aircraft each year. The well-known landing of U.S. Airways flight 1549 on the Hudson River in New York was the \"dramatic result of dual engine thrust loss arising from an airborne encounter with a flock of Canada geese,\" Boeing reported. 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Key points: The US wants Belarus to properly explain the… Click here to view the original article. 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One week after Donald Trump's presidential election victory, banking industry experts gathered in New York and were focused on his leadership picks and plans for deregulation. But financial crimes would stay in focus as a bipartisan issue, attendees said. Blocking criminals from using banks for financial crimes \"has been a priority area and you are going to see enforcement actions\" that highlight compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act, said Whitney Case, associate director of the enforcement and compliance division at the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. \"In the BSA/AML universe, we have a broad remit so we are going to continue to see a variety of actions against a variety of financial institutions,\" she added. Officials have heightened scrutiny of banks' operations and risk management practices, while also taking more disciplinary action against lenders for their programs to detect and prevent money laundering, regulatory and bank sources said. Weaknesses are emerging in these areas and require attention, Greg Coleman, senior deputy comptroller for large banks at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. That focus is expected to continue after Canadian lender TD Bank was hit with a record $3 billion fine last month for violating a U.S. law aimed at preventing money laundering. \"In the TD Bank case, there were significant gaps in the monitoring that leaves all of us, supervisory and enforcement colleagues, in a situation where we have to take action,\" Case said. TD, Canada's second biggest bank, pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money and received a rare asset cap from U.S. regulators for its failures. Beyond TD, regulators are also scrutinizing other lenders' efforts to combat money laundering. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in September said it was putting restrictions on Wells Fargo's ability to expand into risky businesses after it found the bank had insufficient safeguards against money laundering and other illegal transactions. Separately, Bank of America, the second-largest U.S. lender, said last month that it could face regulatory actions over its programs to identify money laundering and sanctions evasions. (Reporting by Nupur Anand in New York, editing by Lananh Nguyen and Lincoln Feast.) 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This launch marks Banorte's first venture into Mexico's digital banking sector. The Bineo app is available for iOS and Android, allowing users to perform various banking operations. The platform currently offers no-minimum, commission-free savings accounts and personal loans ranging from approximately $250 to $10,000, with an average weighted Annual Total Cost (CAT) of 46.5%. As a digital extension of Banorte, a well-established financial institution in Mexico, Bineo leverages its parent company's reputation for reliability. This strategic move into digital banking reflects a wider industry trend towards more accessible and low-cost banking solutions, potentially challenging traditional banking norms in Mexico. 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This finding suggests a universal principle may govern brain structure, which could inspire new computational models to emulate brain complexity. The brain exhibits structural criticality near phase transitions, consistent across species A species is a group of living organisms that share a set of common characteristics and are able to breed and produce fertile offspring. The concept of a species is important in biology as it is used to classify and organize the diversity of life. There are different ways to define a species, but the most widely accepted one is the biological species concept, which defines a species as a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce viable offspring in nature. This definition is widely used in evolutionary biology and ecology to identify and classify living organisms. \" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">species , potentially guiding the development of new brain models. When a magnet is heated, it reaches a critical point where it loses magnetization, known as \"criticality.\" This point of high complexity is reached when a physical object is undergoing a phase transition. Recently, researchers from Northwestern University Established in 1851, Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university based in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Northwestern is known for its McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Kellogg School of Management, Feinberg School of Medicine, Pritzker School of Law, Bienen School of Music, and Medill School of Journalism. \" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Northwestern University have discovered that the brain's structural features reside near a similar critical point — either at or close to a structural phase transition. These results are consistent across brains from humans, mice, and fruit flies, which suggests the finding might be universal. While it remains unclear which phases the brain's structure is transitioning between, these findings could enable new designs for computational models of the brain's complexity. Their research was published in Communications Physics . 3D reconstruction of select neurons in a small region of the human cortex dataset. Credit: Harvard University/Google Brain Structure and Computational Models \"The human brain is one of the most complex systems known, and many properties of the details governing its structure are not yet understood,\" said senior author István Kovács, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern. \"Several other researchers have studied brain criticality in terms of neuron dynamics. But we are looking at criticality at the structural level in order to ultimately understand how this underpins the complexity of brain dynamics. That has been a missing piece for how we think about the brain's complexity. Unlike in a computer where any software can run on the same hardware, in the brain the dynamics and the hardware are strongly related.\" 3D reconstruction of select neurons in a small region of the human cortex dataset. Credit: Harvard University/Google \"The structure of the brain at the cellular level appears to be near a phase transition,\" said first author Helen Ansell, a Tarbutton Fellow at Emory University who was a postdoctoral researcher in Kovács's lab during the study. \"An everyday example of this is when ice melts into water. It's still water molecules, but they are undergoing a transition from solid to liquid. We certainly are not saying that the brain is near melting. In fact, we don't have a way of knowing what two phases the brain could be transitioning between. Because if it were on either side of the critical point, it wouldn't be a brain.\" Applying Statistical Physics to Neuroscience Although researchers have long studied brain dynamics using functional magnetic resonance imaging ( fMRI Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a neuroimaging technique that measures and maps brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow. This method relies on the fact that cerebral blood flow and neuronal activation are coupled; when an area of the brain is in use, blood flow to that region also increases. fMRI is particularly valuable in psychology and cognitive neuroscience because it allows researchers to observe the brain while it is processing information, thereby helping to identify which parts of the brain are involved in specific mental processes. Non-invasive and requiring no exposure to radiological agents, fMRI has become a fundamental tool in the understanding of brain functions, aiding in clinical diagnosis and medical research. \" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">fMRI ) and electroencephalograms (EEG), advances in neuroscience have only recently provided massive datasets for the brain's cellular structure. These data opened possibilities for Kovács and his team to apply statistical physics techniques to measure the physical structure of neurons. Snapshot of select neurons from the human cortex dataset, viewed using the online neuroglancer platform. Credit: Harvard University/Google Identifying Critical Exponents in Brain Structure Kovács and Ansell analyzed publicly available data from 3D brain reconstructions from humans, fruit flies, and mice. By examining the brain at nanoscale The term \"nanoscale\" refers to dimensions that are measured in nanometers (nm), with one nanometer equaling one-billionth of a meter. This scale encompasses sizes from approximately 1 to 100 nanometers, where unique physical, chemical, and biological properties emerge that are not present in bulk materials. At the nanoscale, materials exhibit phenomena such as quantum effects and increased surface area to volume ratios, which can significantly alter their optical, electrical, and magnetic behaviors. These characteristics make nanoscale materials highly valuable for a wide range of applications, including electronics, medicine, and materials science. \" data-gt-translate-attributes=\"[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">nanoscale resolution, the researchers found the samples showcased hallmarks of physical properties associated with criticality. One such property is the well-known, fractal-like structure of neurons. This nontrivial fractal-dimension is an example of a set of observables, called \"critical exponents,\" that emerge when a system is close to a phase transition. Brain cells are arranged in a fractal-like statistical pattern at different scales. When zoomed in, the fractal shapes are \"self-similar,\" meaning that smaller parts of the sample resemble the whole sample. The sizes of various neuron segments observed also are diverse, which provides another clue. According to Kovács, self-similarity, long-range correlations and broad size distributions are all signatures of a critical state, where features are neither too organized nor too random. These observations lead to a set of critical exponents that characterize these structural features. \"These are things we see in all critical systems in physics,\" Kovács said. \"It seems the brain is in a delicate balance between two phases.\" Examples of a single neuron reconstruction from each of the fruit fly, mouse and human datasets. Credit: Northwestern University Universal Criticality Across Species Kovács and Ansell were amazed to find that all brain samples studied — from humans, mice and fruit flies — have consistent critical exponents across organisms, meaning they share the same quantitative features of criticality. The underlying, compatible structures among organisms hint that a universal governing principle might be at play. Their new findings potentially could help explain why brains from different creatures share some of the same fundamental principles. \"Initially, these structures look quite different — a whole fly brain is roughly the size of a small human neuron,\" Ansell said. \"But then we found emerging properties that are surprisingly similar.\" \"Among the many characteristics that are very different across organisms, we relied on the suggestions of statistical physics to check which measures are potentially universal, such as critical exponents. Indeed, those are consistent across organisms,\" Kovács said. \"As an even deeper sign of criticality, the obtained critical exponents are not independent — from any three, we can calculate the rest, as dictated by statistical physics. This finding opens the way to formulating simple physical models to capture statistical patterns of the brain structure. Such models are useful inputs for dynamical brain models and can be inspirational for artificial neural network architectures.\" Moving forward, the researchers plan to apply their techniques to emerging new datasets, including larger sections of the brain and more organisms. They aim to find if the universality will still apply. Reference: \"Unveiling universal aspects of the cellular anatomy of the brain\" by Helen S. Ansell, and István A. Kovács, 10 June 2024, Communications Physics . DOI: 10.1038/s42005-024-01665-y Funding: This study was partially supported through the computational resources at the Quest high-performance computing facility at Northwestern. 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The approval for merger would result into removal of all restrictions on the customers of Lakshmi Vilas Bank. To ease the hardship for account holders and investors having accounts in Lakshmi Vilas Bank, caused by the restrictions on withdrawals due to the moratorium imposed by the Reserve Bank of India , approval has been given for merger of the 94-year bank into the Indian arm of Singapore-based DBS Bank. \"Lakshmi Vilas Bank was put under moratorium principally because of it not being a going concern. RBI and government acted swiftly to protect set of depositors and public at large,\" said S Ravi, Former Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange, Managing Partner at Ravi Rajan & Co. After Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank and Yes Bank , it's the third time in relatively quick succession that the RBI has to act to save the interest of customers and investors by imposing moratorium on Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB). However, apart from the equity investors, who have invested in the shares of the bank, the LVB crisis will have relatively lesser impact on mutual fund (MF) and other investors due to lack of exposure in its bonds and equity. \"After the failure of PMC Bank and Yes Bank government had to take quick remedial measures so that the confidence of the depositors is not shaken. In the past also Global Trust Bank was taken over by Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC). The merger with DBS Bank is initiated primarily to protect and safeguard systemic issues arising out of failure of any bank,\" said Ravi. Approval of the Union Cabinet came nearly a week after a 30-day moratorium on LVB was put by the RBI. \"The issue of LVB and its governance has to being causing concern to all stakeholders since a long time. Government and RBI had to find a suitable bank which has the bandwidth to absorb such an entity,\" said Ravi. \"The choice of DBS surely would have been evaluated by the RBI for deciding the course of action. There how many viewpoints which are being expressed including the rights of existing shareholders etc,\" he said. Following the merger, DBS India will get access to 563 branches of the 94-year old Lakshmi Vilas Bank. \"There was no plan which was offered by the existing shareholders, which could instill confidence that the bank would be turned around under the same management,\" said Ravi. The approval for merger would result into removal of all restrictions on the customers of LVB, including withdrawal cap of Rs 25,000, with the removal of moratorium on November 27. \"LVB merger with another bank is a very prudent step in order to save the depositors and to mitigate the systematic disruption associated with it. 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Sun Valley media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 11, 2019. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes' firm Grok Ventures said on Wednesday it settled an 11.28 percent stake purchase in AGL Energy worth A$650 million ($455.33 million) with J.P. Morgan. Cannon-Brookes, the co-CEO of software firm Atlassian and a vocal climate activist, had gained the AGL stake earlier this month by converting a part of his derivatives-based holding in the company, having failed in a takeover attempt with Brookfield Asset Management. AGL is looking to split into two companies called Accel and AGL Australia following a 75 percent slump in the group's value over the past five years, hammered by an influx of cheap solar and wind power and government pressure on utilities to slash power prices to households. The stake purchase by Cannon-Brookes was aimed at blocking the country's biggest power producer and polluter from going ahead with the demerger – one of which would be a bulk power generator and the other a carbon-neutral energy retailer. AGL's plan needs 75 percent of votes cast to be in its favor to pass. With Cannon-Brookes holding 11.28 percent of the shares, only a further 14 percent would be needed to oppose the split and block the demerger. The billionaire's investment company said in a statement it had instructed JPM to carry out a series of trades to \"simplify\" its interest in AGL by converting them into physical shares. \"Grok is confident they will be able to vote the full 11.28 percent at the relevant time, against the demerger,\" the company's spokesperson said. The shareholder's vote on AGL's proposed demerger is due on June 15. 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They say the ban on the social media site is proof of their political persecution. A few thousand demonstrators, clad in the yellow-and-green colours of Brazil's flag, poured onto Av Paulista, with references to the ban on X and images of Mr Musk abounding. One banner praising the tech entrepreneur read: \"Thank you for defending our freedom.\" A protester mocks Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes (AP) Saturday's march is a test of Mr Bolsonaro's capacity to mobilise turnout ahead of municipal elections next month, even though Brazil's electoral court has barred him from running for office until 2030. It is also something of a referendum on X, whose suspension has raised eyebrows even among some of Mr Bolsonaro's opponents, while stoking the flames of Brazil's deep-seated political polarisation. \"A country without liberty can't celebrate anything this day,\" Mr Bolsonaro wrote on his Instagram account on Wednesday, urging Brazilians to stay away from official independence day parades and instead join him in Sao Paulo. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X's nationwide ban on August 30 after months of feuding with Mr Musk over the limits of free speech. The demonstrations were spearheaded by former president Jair Bolsonaro (AP) The powerful judge has spearheaded efforts to ban far-right users from spreading misinformation on social media, and he ramped up his clampdown after die-hard Bolsonaro supporters ransacked Congress and the presidential palace on January 8 2023, in an attempt to overturn Mr Bolsonaro's defeat in the presidential election. The ban is red meat to Mr Bolsonaro's allies, who have accused the judiciary and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government of colluding to silence their movement. \"Elon Musk has been a warrior for freedom of speech,\" staunch Bolsonaro ally and legislator Bia Kicis said in an interview. \"The right is being oppressed, massacred, because the left doesn't want the right to exist.\" Mr Musk, a self-proclaimed \"free speech absolutist\", has also urged Brazilians to turn out in droves for the rally, resharing someone else's post claiming that X's ban had awakened people \"to the fact that freedom isn't free and needs to be fought for\". He has also created an X account to publish sealed court orders directing X to shut down accounts deemed unlawful. The ban has provoked a free speech protest (AP) But Judge De Moraes' decision to ban X was far from arbitrary, having been upheld by fellow Supreme Court justices. And while expression, online and elsewhere, is more easily censored under Brazil's laws than it is in the US, Mr Musk has emerged as both a cause celebre and a mouthpiece for unrestricted free speech. Since 2019, X has shut down 226 accounts of far-right activities accused of undermining Brazil's democracy, including those of legislators affiliated with Mr Bolsonaro's party, according to court records. But when it refused to take action on some accounts, Judge de Moraes warned last month that its legal representative could be arrested, prompting X to disband its local office. The US-based company refused to name a new representative – as required in order to receive court notices – and Judge de Moraes ordered its nationwide suspension until it did so.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Instagram", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Instagram", "length": 9, "offset": 1303}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "US", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 3017}, {"position_text": "US", "length": 2, "offset": 3498}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1599, "text": "Elon Musk urges Tesla employees to reduce cost of vehicle deliveries\nTesla's Model Y compact crossover vehicles at a showroom in Shanghai, China, on January 18, 2021. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Amid ongoing port constraints and rising shipping costs , Tesla CEO Elon Musk urged employees Friday, in a company-wide email obtained by CNBC, to look for ways to reduce the cost of delivering electric vehicles to customers, rather than rushing orders out last-minute to hit its end of quarter sales goals. This year, Tesla has struggled to deliver new cars to customers in the U.S. in line with originally promised date ranges. As CNBC previously reported, some Tesla customers here experienced delivery delays of months , leaving them paying out of pocket for rentals and ride-hailing apps, and needing to re-apply for loans due to slipped deadlines. Tesla is not alone in leaving customers waiting longer than they had hoped for their new, fully electric cars. Last week, for example, newly public competitor Rivian Automotive notified people who had reserved their R1S, a sport utility vehicle, of delivery delays. Still, sales have grown this year for Tesla seemingly unbowed by unpredictable delivery dates. Vehicle deliveries, which are the closest approximation to sales reported by Elon Musk's electric vehicle and renewable energy business, amounted to about 500,000 total in 2020. During the first three quarters of 2021, Tesla had already reported deliveries of 627,350 vehicles . Since the start of 2021, the company has not provided a clear target for 2021 vehicle deliveries. But Tesla has reiterated its loose guidance for \"50% average annual growth in vehicle deliveries\" over a multiyear horizon, including on its third-quarter earnings call. JL Warren Capital's CEO and Head of Research, Junheng Li, wrote in a note to investors last week that she expects Tesla sales to continue to rise, at least in China this quarter. \"Soaring gas price benefits all new energy vehicle brands,\" in the country she noted. Some 1.3 million electric vehicles were sold in China in 2020, according to Canalys research . The firm predicted that the number would grow to 1.9 million EV sales in China by the end of this year. China remains the world's largest market for new cars, with strong government support for going electric. To: Everybody Subj. Q4 deliveries vs. cost efficiency Date: Nov. 26, 2021 [time stamp redacted] Per my email several weeks ago, our focus this quarter should be on minimizing cost of deliveries rather than spending heavily on expedite fees, overtime and temporary contractors just so that cars arrive in Q4. What has happened historically is that we sprint like crazy at end of quarter to maximize deliveries, but then deliveries drop massively in the first few weeks of the next quarter. 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Appoints Randy Luth to Board of Directors\nSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- AMMO, Inc. (Nasdaq: POWW, POWWP) (\"AMMO\" or the \"Company\"), the owner of GunBroker.com, the largest online marketplace serving the firearms and shooting sports industries, and a leading vertically integrated producer of high-performance ammunition and components, today announced it has appointed Randy Luth, a firearm industry veteran, to serve on the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Luth previously served on AMMO's board from 2017 to 2021. Mr. Luth has been a driving force in the firearm industry for nearly 40 years and currently serves as the president of LUTH-AR, LLC, the company he founded in 2013 to create innovative products for the AR-15 market. LUTH-AR, LLC is a supplier and manufacturer of AR parts, handguards, grips and affordable accessories and components for AR-15 rifles. \"I am honored to rejoin AMMO, Inc.'s Board of Directors and am impressed with the company's rapid growth and focused direction,\" said Mr. Luth. Previously, Mr. Luth founded DPMS & Panther Arms in 1986 and led the company to become one of the leading manufacturers in the world. Holding nine patents and numerous industry-leading innovations, DPMS & Panther Arms is regarded as one of the pioneers behind the growth and popularity of the AR-15 market. \"We are pleased to welcome Randy back to our Board of Directors,\" said AMMO, Inc. Chairman and CEO Fred Wagenhals. \"Randy's constant drive to innovate has led the industry to develop, design and manufacture multiple firearms, components and manufacturing processes that are recognized throughout the industry today.\" About AMMO, Inc. With its corporate offices headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, AMMO designs and manufactures products for a variety of aptitudes, including law enforcement, military, sport shooting and self-defense. The Company was founded in 2016 with a vision to change, innovate and invigorate the complacent munitions industry. AMMO promotes branded munitions as well as its patented STREAK™ Visual Ammunition, /stelTH/™ subsonic munitions, and specialty rounds for military use via government programs. For more information, please visit: www.ammo-inc.com . About GunBroker.com GunBroker.com is the largest online marketplace dedicated to firearms, hunting, shooting and related products. Aside from merchandise bearing its logo, GunBroker.com currently sells none of the items listed on its website. Third-party sellers list items on the site and Federal and state laws govern the sale of firearms and other restricted items. Ownership policies and regulations are followed using licensed firearms dealers as transfer agents. Launched in 1999, GunBroker.com is an informative, secure and safe way to buy and sell firearms, ammunition, air guns, archery equipment, knives and swords, firearms accessories and hunting/shooting gear online. GunBroker.com promotes responsible ownership of guns and firearms. For more information, please visit: www.gunbroker.com . Forward Looking Statements This document contains certain \"forward-looking statements\". All statements other than statements of historical fact are \"forward-looking statements\" for purposes of federal and state securities laws, including, but not limited to, any projections of earnings, revenue or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies, goals and objectives of management for future operations; any statements concerning proposed new products and services or developments thereof; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; any statements or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward looking statements may include the words \"may,\" \"could,\" \"estimate,\" \"intend,\" \"continue,\" \"believe,\" \"expect\" or \"anticipate\" or other similar words, or the negative thereof. These forward-looking statements present our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made. We do not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the dates they are made. You should, however, consult further disclosures and risk factors we include in Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Reports filed on Form 8-K. Important Additional Information and Where to Find It The Company has filed a proxy statement on Schedule 14A, accompanied by a WHITE universal proxy card and other relevant documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (\"SEC\") in connection with its solicitation of proxies from the Company's shareholders for the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the \"Annual Meeting\"). BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO READ THE COMPANY'S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors may obtain copies of the Company's proxy statement, proxy card, any amendments or supplements thereto and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC when they become available at no charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov . Copies will also be available at no charge in the \"SEC Filings\" section of the Company's Investor Relations website at https://investors.ammoinc.com or by contacting the Company's Investor Relations Department at IR@ammo-inc.com after such materials are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Certain Information Regarding Participants to the Solicitation The Company, its directors and certain of its executive officers are participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company's shareholders in connection with matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting. Information regarding the direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, of the Company's directors and executive officers in the Company is included in the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the SEC on September 13, 2021, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on June 29, 2022, and in the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC from time to time. Changes to the direct or indirect interests of the Company's directors and executive officers are set forth in SEC filings on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4. These documents are available free of charge as described above. 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The acquisition further strengthens Accenture's connected planning capabilities using Anaplan, a platform that helps organizations see, plan and lead better business outcomes, and enhances its ability to help clients standardize planning practices across business functions for increased agility, productivity, and data-driven decision making. Founded in 2017, Allitix is headquartered in Irvine, California. As a trusted Anaplan partner, Allitix provides tailored Anaplan-based solutions across finance, sales, supply chain, and human resources functions, with specific competencies in the manufacturing, consumer, technology, media and telecom and financial services industries. \"Demand for connected enterprise planning is on the rise, given its ability to unlock business value and spur total enterprise reinvention,\" said David Leckstein, senior managing director and lead, Americas Technology at Accenture. \"Allitix's highly skilled talent, deep domain expertise, and agile approach to implementation complements our broader digital capabilities and further expands our ability to deliver integrated enterprise planning transformations for our clients that drive better, faster insights and bottom-line value.\" Allitix has significant experience in implementing scalable, flexible and impactful business planning frameworks that enable enterprises to adapt to dynamic market conditions. The acquisition adds 73 employees, including over 60 Anaplan functional and technical professionals to Accenture Technology in North America, with expertise across solution architecture, model building, integration, and data management. \"Joining Accenture is an exciting opportunity for us. Our shared vision for transforming the way organizations operate through connected planning makes this a perfect fit,\" said Mark Ishikawa, founder and managing partner, Allitix. \"By combining Accenture's technology and consulting capabilities and global reach with our deep expertise in Anaplan, we can offer unparalleled expertise, scale, and support to help our clients navigate complex planning environments and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving market.\" Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. 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Announced formally today — but actually quietly rolled out a few months ago — Flux-powered digital receipts are now available as an opt-in for all U.K. Barclays debit card holders within the bank's main mobile banking app. Previously, the functionality was only available within the Barclays Launchpad app, which is available for customers that want to try out experimental or upcoming features. Early last year, Barclays announced that it has invested in Flux, taking a minority stake, so the strengthening of its partnership isn't too much of a surprise. Flux also went through the Techstars-powered Barclays accelerator in its very early days. However, not all corporate accelerators lead to great outcomes as corporates are notoriously risk-adverse. This one certainly wasn't rushed but it's meaningful regardless, giving Flux a major shot in the arm in reaching mainstream banking customers beyond the existing challenger bank partnerships it has forged. \"Customers who pay using their Barclays debit card for future in store purchases at H&M, shoe retailer schuh and food outlets, which include Just Eat and Papa Johns, will see their receipts sent automatically to their app after making a purchase. They can then easily and securely view their receipts whenever they need by tapping on the transaction,\" says Barclays. Crucially, although opt-in, Barclays customers will receive a prompt to set up digital receipts when they purchase items from retailers currently on-boarded to Flux. Founded in 2016 by former early employees at Revolut, Flux bridges the gap between the itemised receipt data captured by a merchant's point-of-sale (POS) system and what little information typically shows up on your bank statement or mobile banking app. Off the back of this, it can also power loyalty schemes and card-linked offers, as well as give merchants much deeper POS analytics via aggregated and anonymised data on consumer behaviour, such as which products are selling best in unique baskets. On the banking side, along with Barclays, Flux has partnered with challenger banks Starling and Monzo. Once banking customers link their account to the service, Flux delivers digital receipts (and where available rewards and loyalty) for transactions at Flux retailer partners. Longer-term, Flux wants to become a standard for the interchange of item level digital receipt data — and the proprietary platform that powers that standard — but has always faced a chicken and egg problem: It needs bank integrations to sign up merchants and it needs merchant integrations to sign up banks. Barclays going live properly is another significant turn in the upstart's flywheel. 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A person familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, confirmed to The Associated Press that Musk and Putin have had contact through calls. The person didn't provide additional details about the frequency of the calls, when they occurred or their content. Musk, the world's richest man who also owns Tesla and the social platform X, has Musk's contacts with Putin raise national security questions, given his companies' work for the government, and highlight concerns about Russian influence in American politics. Here's what to know: Musk and Putin have spoken repeatedly about personal matters as well as business and geopolitics, The Journal reported Thursday, citing multiple current and former officials in the U.S., Europe and Russia. During one talk, Putin asked Musk not to activate his Starlink satellite system over Taiwan as a favor for Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose ties to Putin have grown closer , the Journal reported. Putin and Xi have met more than 40 times since 2013. Russia has denied the conversations took place. Two years ago, Musk said he'd only spoken to Putin once, in a call 18 months earlier focused on space. The Chinese Embassy in Washington said Friday that it was \"not aware of the specifics\" of any requests made by Putin on China's behalf. There was no immediate response to messages left with X and Tesla. What the talks mean for national security Musk's relationship with Putin raises national security questions given the billions of dollars in government contracts awarded to SpaceX, a critical partner to NASA and government satellite programs . Trump also has vowed to give Musk a role in his administration if he wins next month. The head of any large defense contractor would face similar questions if they held private talks with Putin, said Ben Friedman, policy director at Defense Priorities, a group that calls for restrained foreign policy. \"Aside from the national security implications, it seems quite indiscrete and dangerous\" to Musk's business interests, Friedman said. \"If it was an approved phone call set up with the knowledge of the board of directors with lawyers present, that would be one thing. But when it's off-the-cuff conversations with Vladimir Putin, who is obviously at odds with the U.S. government, that is going to cause a lot of concern.\" The request from Putin on Starlink as a favor to China is also likely to get attention, given U.S. support for Taiwan and concerns about the growing partnership between the Kremlin and Beijing. Musk, whose Tesla operates Gigafactory Shanghai, has over the years developed a close relationship with China's top leadership. Musk's remarks about China have been friendly and he's largely toed Beijing's political lines. He has suggested Taiwan cede some control to Beijing by becoming a special administrative region. Moscow also has growing ties to American adversaries, with the U.S. accusing it of sending ballistic missiles to Iran and North Korea sending troops to Russia , possibly for combat in Ukraine. On Ukraine, Musk's views have shifted since he initially supported Kyiv following Russia's invasion in 2022 and provided it with his Starlink system for communications. In 2023, Musk then refused to allow Ukraine to use Starlink for a surprise attack on Russian soldiers in Crimea. He floated a proposal in 2022 to end the war that would have required Ukraine to drop its plans for NATO membership and given Russia permanent control of Crimea, which it seized in 2014. The plan infuriated Ukrainian leaders . One person familiar with the talks between Musk and Putin told The Journal that there is no evidence the contacts between Musk and Putin represent a security problem for the U.S. Musk recently appeared at a Trump rally , sporting a Make America Great Again hat and delivered a ominous warning that if Trump lost the race \"this will be the last election.\" Last year, Musk mocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's request for aid for his country with a meme and said in February that the U.S. should cut its assistance because Ukraine couldn't win. Trump, who has praised Putin's leadership and criticized the NATO alliance and U.S. aid for Ukraine, has raised questions about what he would be willing to concede if he's elected in a negotiation over Ukraine's future U.S. intelligence officials and private tech analysts have concluded that Russia is working to covertly support Trump with disinformation and propaganda targeting his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Since he took over X, it has become a leading online source of Russian propaganda and disinformation aimed at Americans. Trump has faced scrutiny over his own recent contacts with Putin , outlined in a new book by Watergate journalist Bob Woodward. Woodward quoted an unnamed Trump aide who said the former president and Putin may have had as many as seven conversations since Trump lost reelection in 2020. Before one of the calls, the aide said they were asked to leave Trump's office to give the two privacy. The Trump campaign and the Kremlin have denied those calls occurred. In response to questions about Musk and Putin, Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the billionaire \"a once-in-a-generation industry leader\" whose ideas could benefit \"our broken federal bureaucracy.\" \"As for Putin, there's only one candidate in the race that he did not invade another country under, and it's President Trump,\" Leavitt said in a statement. \"President Trump has long said that he will re-establish his peace through strength foreign policy to deter Russia's aggression and end the war in Ukraine.\" Russia confirms one conversation Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday rejected The Journal's report as \"untrue\" and \"absolutely false information.\" Musk said in 2022 that he had spoken to Putin only once previously, a conversation about space that occurred about 18 months earlier. Peskov said Putin and Musk once held a \"medium-length phone conversation\" prior to 2022 that was \"as more of an introductory nature\" and that the two talked about \"visionary technologies, technological solutions for the future.\" \"After that, Musk had no contacts with Putin,\" Peskov said, dismissing The Journal's article as political. \"The election has entered its home stretch, and of course the opponents stop at nothing,\" Peskov said. \"Remember that a week ago they were saying that Putin allegedly talks to Trump all day long. Now he allegedly talks to Musk all the time. 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Written By: Hannah Shirley | TC Energy reported an oil spill in the rural Edinburg area, about 30 miles northwest of Grafton, N.D., on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Submitted photo GRAND FORKS — TC Energy has agreed to pay more than $52,000 for the Keystone Pipeline oil spill last year that released about 383,000 gallons of crude oil onto about five acres of farmland outside of Edinburg, N.D., in October. The settlement, dated Aug. 10, states that the Canada-based pipeline company formerly called TransCanada Energy agreed to pay a $32,000 administrative penalty as well as a $20,354 environmental emergency cost recovery fee to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality. DEQ Director Dave Glatt said the $52,354 payment was received on Aug. 10. When determining the administrative penalty for a pipeline company responsible for a spill on North Dakota soil, Glatt said factors, such as how much damage was done and how quickly the company acted to clean the oil, are considered. The cost recovery fee covers the cost of DEQ's own response to the spill. Glatt said the administrative penalty in this case is relatively low, because of how quickly TC Energy responded to the spill and how quickly it was able to remediate the site. \"(TC Energy) were able to shut down the pipeline very quickly, and that resulted in minimizing the impact and so they were able to clean this up in short order,\" Glatt said. \"Some sites, it may take years to clean them up, but that wasn't the case here.\" As of earlier this summer, the spill has been contained and the site remediated to the DEQ's satisfaction. Glatt said that, after the contaminated soil was removed and taken to a landfill, TC Energy workers reconfigured the land to its original contour and re-vegetated the site. DEQ will continue to monitor the site to make sure the grasses and plants return to their normal growth, but he expects there will be no long-term impacts to the land because of the spill or remediation work. \"At this point in time, we're following up to make sure all the site work they did is holding true and is protective of the environment and doesn't continue to have issues in the future,\" he said. Glatt expects DEQ inspectors will return to the site once later this year and again next year to check its progress. They are still waiting to hear from the farmer whose property was impacted about whether he has put the land back into production, Glatt said. Overall, Glatt said the whole process of cleaning up the Edinburg spill went smoothly. \"I would say this was kind of textbook — how we'd like to see them done — and probably one of the better sites for remediation that we've seen,\" he said.", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "TransCanada", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "TransCanada", "length": 11, "offset": 686}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "TransCanada Energy", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "TransCanada Energy", "length": 18, "offset": 686}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Canada", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Canada", "length": 6, "offset": 640}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Grafton", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Grafton", "length": 7, "offset": 311}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "Walsh County", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Walsh County", "length": 12, "offset": 59}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1606, "text": "GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS OP-ED: US's potential risk of a debt default amid regional banking woes...\nAmerican investor Ray Dalio describes nan US slope failures arsenic a \"canary successful nan ember excavation early-sign dynamic\" – and he whitethorn good beryllium correct successful seeing these arsenic a forewarning of what he calls a self-reinforcing debt-credit contraction. But it's not conscionable nan imaginable fallouts from ultra-hawkish monetary argumentation that are a problem. It's besides nan looming threat of a authorities indebtedness default aft nan US authorities reached its indebtedness ceiling successful January – a awesome imaginable consequence arena for world financial markets. Since nan indebtedness ceiling was reached earlier this year, nan US authorities has relied connected various \"extraordinary measures\" to meet its financial obligations, but these are only expected to tide authorities finances complete until astir June. Thereafter, if nan Democrats and Republicans haven't reached an statement to assistance nan indebtedness ceiling, which has happened galore times before, nan authorities is incapable to raise further backing from nan financial markets. In that event, nan authorities will look respective unpalatable options, nan worst of which would beryllium a sovereign indebtedness default that would shingle nan world financial markets and severely undermine nan US' position arsenic nan financial safe haven of nan world. The US has reached its indebtedness ceiling galore times successful history and has travel adjacent to breaching it connected a fewer occasions earlier an statement was reached successful Congress. According to nan Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Congress has permanently raised, temporarily extended aliases revised nan meaning of nan indebtedness limit 78 times since 1960, astir of which occurred nether Republican presidents. The closest illustration of what could dishonesty up this twelvemonth is nan 2011 indebtedness ceiling standoff betwixt House Republicans and President Barack Obama, which resulted successful an eleventh-hour statement to trim expenditure. Though nan indebtedness ceiling was accrued and nan imaginable of a indebtedness default averted, Standard & Poor's downgraded nan US's in installments standing for nan first clip successful history, a determination that is estimated to person accrued nan government's costs of backing that twelvemonth by $1.3-billion. The standing agency specifically cited nan governmental brinkmanship and inability to work together connected raising nan indebtedness ceiling successful a timely mode arsenic reasons for downgrading nan in installments standing to AA+ from AAA. The PIIE says: \"While default was narrowly avoided, nan surrounding chaos sparked nan astir volatile week for financial markets since nan 2007-09 financial crisis.\" This twelvemonth nan stakes are overmuch higher because nan world system is successful a acold much precarious position, and financial markets are connected edge. The Fed is successful a reliable bind, committed to fighting ostentation but cognisant of nan financial stresses emerging, arsenic reflected successful nan illness of 2 location banks and heightened fears that these would lead to a broader financial liquidity crisis. These prompted nan authorities to measurement successful and guarantee nan depositors' costs of nan grounded location banks. Right now, President Joe Biden is insistent connected negotiating a cleanable woody pinch nan Republicans that does not see nan stiff spending cuts nan statement is demanding successful return for their statement to raise nan indebtedness ceiling. Says nan PIIE, \"The management is adamant astir opposing thing that normalises nan usage of nan threat of default arsenic a bargaining chip.\" However, his unbudgeable stance intends location will beryllium exceptional marketplace volatility arsenic nan alleged X-day nears, and, successful a worst-case script of nan indebtedness ceiling being breached, nan consequences will beryllium disastrous not only for nan US but besides for nan remainder of nan world. Treasury has respective options that alteration successful severity if they tin nary longer entree world enslaved markets for backing aft nan indebtedness ceiling has been breached – nan past of which would beryllium to default connected its authorities indebtedness repayments successful nan world enslaved market. The Brookings Institution notes that Treasury had a contingency scheme to header pinch nan aforesaid script successful 2021, which gives a bully denotation of nan options disposable to them if, arsenic it says, nan indebtedness limit were to hindrance this year. Treasury would proceed to salary liking connected Treasury securities and, arsenic these matured, would salary nan main by auctioning caller securities for nan aforesaid amount. In this event, nary indebtedness default would beryllium successful nan offing. It would besides hold payments to agencies, contractors, Social Security beneficiaries and Medicare providers. The Brookings Institution estimates that non-interest national spending would person to beryllium trim by astir 20% successful an mean period depending connected nan gross inflows, which alteration period to period and could emergence to 35% aliases more. The institution outlines a worst-case script successful which nan Treasury is forced to hold liking aliases main repayments connected US debt: \"Such an outright default connected Treasury securities would very apt consequence successful terrible disruption to nan Treasury securities market, pinch acute spillovers to different financial markets and to nan costs and readiness of in installments to households and businesses. Those developments could undermine nan estimation of nan Treasury marketplace arsenic nan safest and astir liquid successful nan world.\" UBS's editorial team, successful their study of nan effect of nan US indebtedness ceiling statement connected financial markets, says nan astir probable script is that Congress reaches an eleventh-hour discuss \"within days aliases hours of nan deadline\". However, they be aware that investors should beryllium prepared for a play of volatility arsenic nan deadline approaches and opportunity nan anticipation of a nonaccomplishment to scope an statement cannot beryllium discounted and that this would consequence successful \"abrupt financial marketplace distortions\". Hopefully, sanity will prevail and nan politicians won't return it down to nan wire, recognising nan gravity of a US system already astatine consequence of different economical dislocations emerging successful consequence to nan shift, wrong conscionable a year, from a zero-rate to a 5% liking complaint economical environment. And for nan remainder of nan world, their decisions matter because, arsenic nan adage goes, \"when nan US sneezes, nan remainder of nan world catches a cold\". 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By Kiran N. Kumar When cryptocurrency company Alameda Ventures of Sam Bankman-Fried bailed out Voyager and the embattled exchange BlockFi, the crypto entrepreneur has visibly emerged as a saviour of the tumbling sector striking a similarity with what J.P. Morgan did during a 1907 financial crisis. Morgan, the US banker who bought up the stock of troubled companies in an effort to halt the collapse of the businesses in the 1907 financial crisis, was mainly known for reorganizing and making them more profitable and stable. He is also known for reorganizing major railroads and financing industrial consolidations that formed General Electric, US Steel, and International Harvester. Read: Indian American indicted in cryptocurrency money laundering scheme (March 11, 2022) Back to the present, Alameda Research was Bankman-Fried's launch pad into the crypto ventures to exploit crypto arbitrage opportunities and became one of the crypto landscape's trading behemoths, that went on to book $1 billion profit in 2020, just in three years after its launch. Crypto leader Bitcoin's market cap now accounts for about 45% of total crypto value, down from 90% at the start of 2016. Already more than $40 billion wiped out in its market value, ushering in a wave of layoffs across the market, while crypto lending platform Celsius Network halted withdrawals amid liquidity crunch. Has the crypto winter or Ice Age for crypto set in? Mizuho analyst Dan Dolev goes beyond the term winter when he said, \"It's a crypto Ice Age. I think this is going to be very deep, very prolonged, and many cryptocurrencies will not survive.\" Some, however, argue that since its launch in 2009, Bitcoin's price has tumbled more than 50% six times and will overcome this hurdle too. But this time, the real reason cited for the crash in the cryptocurrency market was the first encounter with the Federal Reserve's move to tighten an inflation outbreak. Apart from Bitcoin, about 19,000 digital currencies are facing the impact vividly. Read: Is cryptocurrency the next Internet Bubble waiting to burst? (October 16, 2021) Rise of Almeda and Bankman-Fried Ever since the year 2022 opened with a downturn in the crypto world, Alameda has emerged as savior to the crypto market similar to the way Citadel and Susquehanna are for traditional equities – playing the role of a behind-the-scenes quant-trading giant. Shunned by the latter two giants, Bankman-Fried entered the crypto domain aggressively and even launched the world's fourth-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, FTX in 2019. The 30-year-old son of Stanford Law School professors, known as a math wizard who studied in MIT before entering the vibrant but volatile crypto market at the age of 27, has emerged as a crypto billionaire and the expectations are high that he would be the saviour of the crypto market now. Read: Bitcoin billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried bails out embattled crypto firms BlockFi and Voyager (June 22, 2022) Born in America but based out of Hong Kong, Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange FTX reached nearly a $20 billion valuation this year. While the future for the young wizard is promising, his domain is facing the worst upheaval since January 2022. The task ahead shows how many cryptocurrencies survive and how Bankman-Fried rescues them, the way J.P. 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Investors of Important February 19...\nPosted by: GlobeNewswire in Top News 32 mins ago NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of ACM Research, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACMR) between March 6, 2019 and October 7, 2020, inclusive (the \"Class Period\"), of the important February 19, 2021 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action. The lawsuit seeks to recover damages for ACM investors under the federal securities laws. To join the ACM class action, go to http://www.rosenlegal.com/cases-register-2013.html or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] or [email protected] for information on the class action. According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) ACM'S revenue and profits had been diverted to undisclosed related parties; (2) accordingly, ACM had materially overstated its revenues and profits; and (3) as a result, defendants' statements about ACM's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than February 19, 2021. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. If you wish to join the litigation, go to http://www.rosenlegal.com/cases-register-2013.html or to discuss your rights or interests regarding this class action, please contact Phillip Kim, Esq. of Rosen Law Firm toll free at 866-767-3653 or via e-mail at [email protected] or [email protected] . NO CLASS HAS YET BEEN CERTIFIED IN THE ABOVE ACTION. UNTIL A CLASS IS CERTIFIED, YOU ARE NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL UNLESS YOU RETAIN ONE. YOU MAY RETAIN COUNSEL OF YOUR CHOICE. YOU MAY ALSO REMAIN AN ABSENT CLASS MEMBER AND DO NOTHING AT THIS POINT. AN INVESTOR'S ABILITY TO SHARE IN ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE RECOVERY IS NOT DEPENDENT UPON SERVING AS LEAD PLAINTIFF. Follow us for updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosen-law-firm, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosen_firm or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenlawfirm/. Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 3 each year since 2013. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm's attorneys are ranked and recognized by numerous independent and respected sources. Rosen Law Firm has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. Attorney Advertising. 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Wise Road Capital will hold a \"small majority\" in the new entity, according to an AMS spokesman, while AMS shifts its focus to optical, image and audio sensors. Austrian chipmaker AMS AG has agreed a joint venture for its environmental sensor business with private equity fund Wise Road Capital, effectively offloading the unit as part of its plan to focus on other business segments. AMS has suffered from slow demand for Apple's latest iPhones, which it supplies with face recognition technology sensors, resulting in a nearly 60 percent drop in fourth-quarter core profit. Wise Road Capital will hold a \"small majority\" in the new entity, according to an AMS spokesman, while AMS shifts its focus to optical, image and audio sensors. The private equity fund buys into European and North American high-tech companies and helps them grow in China, according to its website. It was part of the consortium that bought NXP Semiconductors' Nexperia business in 2016 before selling it in the largest buyout-backed exit outside of the US market in 2018. \"Wise Road Capital sees immense potential in marketing the excellent technology and products developed by AMS,\" said Michael Zhang, Managing Partner at Wise Road Capital. Environmental sensors detect temperature or moisture and can be used in autos, buildings and air quality monitoring applications. AMS's units for ultrasound-based flow sensors — used in smart metering solutions for utilities — and pressure sensors for identifying fluid and gas flows will also be transferred to the joint venture, it said. Investments in the new entity, which is valued at approximately USD 120 million, will be made according to the shareholding, the AMS spokesman said. \"This new JV will...(focus) on further advancing and developing AMS' award-winning environmental, flow and pressure sensor solutions, for which we see the largest market opportunity in China,\" said Chris Feige, Executive Vice President at AMS AG. Stefan Raible, currently general manager of AMS's environmental sensors business, will head the JV. The staff will continue to work in Eindhoven, Netherlands, where the JV will also be headquartered, according to the spokesman. Asked how many employees were affected, he said \"more like 100 than 1,000\". Shares in Swiss-listed AMS gained as much as 2.3 percent to 29.26 Swiss francs, while the European tech index was flat. AMS shares traded at around 115 Swiss francs a year ago. 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Justice Pratibha M. Singh, drawing from a previous judgement in Universal City Studios LLC. & Ors. v. Dotmovies.baby & Ors., issued what is referred to as a \"Dynamic+ injunction\". This type of injunction not only protects the existing content of the plaintiffs but extends its coverage to future works. In the case of Universal City v. Dotmovies.baby, a Dynamic+ injunction was deemed necessary to effectively curb piracy, particularly as copyrighted films, TV series, and other content could be uploaded to rogue websites immediately upon release. Justice Singh, stressed on the need for such an injunction to prevent the viewing, replication, and communication of pirated content, safeguarding both economic and moral rights of the plaintiffs. Noting the dynamic nature of the content produced and distributed by the plaintiffs, including films, TV series, and motion pictures, the judge pointed out the substantial monetary loss incurred due to unauthorised reproduction, hosting, uploading, streaming, downloading, broadcasting, telecasting, or making available of this content. Expressing dismay over the unauthorised availability of the plaintiffs' content on rogue websites, the court addressed the ease with which domain names could be registered and the privacy protection feature, allowing the operators of these websites to hide behind registrations. The court noted that such operators were not subject to monetary damages or compensation, granting them immunity to engage in piracy. It also noted that some of the impugned websites were newer versions of previously injuncted rogue websites. 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The firm said global sales in April and May were 95% below the previous year's. SSP has 580 outlets across the UK, mostly at railway stations and airports, but fewer than 10 are currently open. The company expects only one-fifth of its UK stores to be open by the autumn. It joins a growing list of companies slashing jobs as the UK economy suffers its worst contraction in 41 years. In the past few days, a number of firms have announced UK job cuts: Aerospace giant Airbus has said it wants to cut 1,700 jobs in the UK , as part of plans to shed 15,000 posts across the whole company Cutbacks at EasyJet mean nearly 1,300 UK crew members and 727 pilots are at risk of losing their jobs at the airline, unions say About 600 workers at shirtmaker TM Lewin will lose their jobs as the firm's 66 stores are closed 'Slow' recovery \"Covid-19 continues to have an unprecedented impact on the travel industry and on SSP's businesses in all geographies,\" said SSP Group chief executive Simon Smith. \"We are beginning to see early signs of recovery in some parts of the world and are starting to open units as passenger demand picks up. However, in the UK the pace of the recovery continues to be slow,\" he said. The company added: \"If the pace of the recovery continues at the current level, this could lead to up to c. 5,000 roles becoming redundant from within the head office and UK operations.\" While SSP operates across more than 30 countries, including the US, India and China, the job cuts are only being made at its UK business. At this time of year, the company would normally employ about 9000 people across the UK. Staff have been enrolled on the government-paid furlough scheme throughout the coronavirus crisis. The company said it had planned to reopen UK outlets as passenger demand returned, adding: \"The reality is that passenger numbers still remain at very low levels.\" Mr Smith said the firm would swiftly reopen UK units if there were improved sales over the summer. In a statement, the company said it had access to around £750m in liquidity and it was confident it had sufficient funds to allow it to operate \"throughout even its most pessimistic scenario\". SSP employs around 39,000 staff worldwide across 2,800 outlets. Last month, it said it had suffered \"extremely low sales\" after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to shut some branches. 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The hospital will employ up to 200 and will be located at 17931 Von Karman Ave., in Irvine, Calif. The UCI Health Rehabilitation Hospital will serve the growing clinical needs of the Orange County region. The hospital will treat patients recovering from conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, as well as trauma, burn and orthopedics patients. KRS will manage the hospital's day-to-day operations, and patients will receive leading care provided by UCI Health physicians and clinical staff, all in private rooms and state-of-the-art rehabilitation facilities. The partners expect construction on the approximately $80 million inpatient hospital to begin by December 2022 and begin admitting patients in late 2025. KRS has national track record of providing high-quality care as reflected by outstanding patient outcomes and experiences. Nearly 90% of its inpatient rehabilitation hospitals rank in the top quartile nationally in patient care performance metrics. \"We are excited to collaborate with UCI Health to build and operate a new facility that will improve access to high quality rehabilitative care in Orange County,\" said Russ Bailey, president of Kindred Rehabilitation Services. \"This partnering with a premier academic healthcare system will create a hospital that leverages the clinical innovations and best care practices to deliver outcomes and experiences that improve patients' lives, and in the process, advances our mission of making healthier communities.\" The rehabilitation hospital will serve patients across the region, including eligible patients treated at UCI Medical Center in Orange, which features Orange County's only Level I trauma center and regional burn center, in addition to a large orthopedic and neurological surgery service and a comprehensive stroke center. The hospital will also serve patients from the new UCI Health ? Irvine medical complex, now under construction at the UCI campus. The facility, expected to open in 2025, features a 144-bed acute care hospital and will specialize in orthopedic and neurological surgery. \"UCI Health and Kindred have a shared vision to create the most innovative and comprehensive rehabilitation center on the West Coast,\" said UCI Health CEO Chad T. Lefteris. \"As Orange County's only academic health system, UCI Health provides leading critical care to a region of more than three-and-a-half million people ? they deserve a state-of-the-art rehabilitation center that offers advanced technologies to help them get back to their lives faster.\" The initiative expands the UCI Health inpatient rehabilitation capacity from its existing 14 rehabilitation beds at UCI Medical Center in Orange and locate them between the two UCI medical complexes. \"The new rehabilitation hospital will be more than just a patient care facility,\" said Jay Han, MD, chief of physical medicine & rehabilitation for UCI Health and the hospital's medical director. \"It will enable clinicians to conduct clinical research, including clinical trials, and advance new rehabilitation technologies to improve healing for patients and help them return to their lives following surgeries and inpatient treatment.\" UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system in Orange County. Patients can access UCI Health at primary and specialty care offices across Orange County and at its main campus, UCI Medical Center in Orange , Calif. The 459-bed acute care hospital, listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 21 consecutive years, provides tertiary and quaternary care, ambulatory and specialty medical clinics, behavioral health and rehabilitation services. UCI Medical Center is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center , high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County. Follow us on Kindred Rehabilitation Services (KRS) ? with its 30 stand-alone inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) across 18 states ? is a partner of choice for many major hospital systems in the creation of joint-venture operations that are industry-leading in clinical and operational outcomes. KRS brings proven rehabilitation management and services expertise to help the nearly 30,000 patients we see each year in our specialty hospitals recover and return home quickly from any of a number of conditions, including stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, orthopedic injury, neurological conditions, amputation and trauma. Kindred Rehabilitation Services is a business unit of Brentwood, Tennessee-based LifePoint Health . LifePoint Health is a leading healthcare provider that serves patients, clinicians, communities and partner organizations across the healthcare continuum. Driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier, the company has a growing diversified healthcare delivery network comprised of more than 50,000 dedicated employees, 65 community hospital campuses, more than 30 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals and 170 additional sites of care, including managed acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. 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REUTERS/Arnd WIegmann (Reuters) – Credit Suisse will pare back its investment bank and focus on building its wealthy client base, the Swiss bank said on Thursday, as it regroups following a string of scandals. Chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio, who joined in April from Britain's Lloyds Bank to help stop the rot, has said the scandals are the gravest he has seen. Here are some details about the main crises to beset the bank in recent years: TUNA BOND FRAUD Credit Suisse pleaded guilty to defrauding investors over an $850 million loan to Mozambique meant to pay for a tuna fishing fleet and is paying U.S. and British regulators $475 million to settle the case under a deal announced in October. About $200 million of the loan went in kickbacks to Credit Suisse bankers and Mozambican government officials. The bank was aware of a huge shortfall between the funds raised and the value of boats bought but failed to disclose this to investors when the loan was restructured in 2016, the regulators said. Credit Suisse also arranged a loan that was kept secret from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). When Mozambique admitted to $1.4 billion in undisclosed loans the IMF pulled its support, sending the southern African country's economy into a tailspin. ARCHEGOS DEFAULT Credit Suisse lost $5.5 billion when U.S. family office Archegos Capital Management defaulted in March. The hedge fund's highly leveraged bets on certain technology stocks backfired and the value of its portfolio with Credit Suisse plummeted. An independent report into the incident slammed the bank's conduct, saying its losses were the result of a fundamental failure of management and control at its investment bank, and its prime brokerage division in particular. The report said the bank was focused on maximising short-term profits and failed to rein in voracious risk-taking by Archegos, despite numerous warning signals, calling into question the competence of its risk personnel. GREENSILL FUNDS COLLAPSE Credit Suisse was forced to freeze $10 billion of supply chain finance funds in March when British financier Greensill Capital collapsed after losing insurance cover for debt issued against its loans to companies. The Swiss bank had sold billions of dollars of Greensill's debt to investors, assuring them in marketing material that the high-yield notes were low risk because the underlying credit exposure was fully insured. A number of investors have sued the Swiss bank over the Greensill-linked funds. The bank said on Sept. 27 it had recovered and returned about $6.3 billion to investors but has warned it may struggle to recoup $2.3 billion of the total. SPYING SCANDAL Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam was forced to quit in March 2020 after an investigation found the bank hired private detectives to spy on its former head of wealth management Iqbal Kahn after he left for arch rival UBS. The bank repeatedly played down the episode as an isolated incident. In October, however, Switzerland's financial regulator (FINMA) said Credit Suisse had misled them about the scale of the spying. It said the bank planned seven different spying operations between 2016 and 2019 and carried out most of them. In a rare rebuke, it said there were serious organisational shortcomings at Credit Suisse and that the bank had even tried to cover its tracks by doctoring an invoice for surveillance. In response, Credit Suisse said that it condemned the spying and had taken \"decisive\" steps to improve its governance and strengthen compliance. 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The redesigned fifth-generation 2023 Prius was just revealed in Japan , with a sportier coupe-like look to hide that it's still a four-door compact with hybrid and plug-in hybrid options. It's certainly prettier, no doubt — the 1997 Prius was the first mass-produced hybrid electric vehicle, but it wasn't very visually appealing, nor were any of the successive iterations. Toyota says this new one follows the \"monoform silhouette\" design introduced in the second-generation Prius (2003-2009), and the development team started from scratch to create a \"Hybrid Reborn\" concept that heavily informs this new Prius. The new Prius also uses the automaker's second-generation TNGA platform that's lighter and shares parts with other Toyota vehicles. Previously, the 2016 Prius was the first model to adopt the old TNGA. But the Prius is still a Prius. It's got 1.8 / 2.0-liter combustion engine options on the new hybrid-only system that can output 144kW of drivable power. The plug-in version comes with a 2.0-liter engine, has a power output of 166kW, and can achieve a 0–62 mph acceleration in 6.7 seconds, thanks to a bigger battery. When driving all-electric, the new plug-in Prius achieves about 50 percent higher range than the previous model. In the US, the latest Prius Prime has about a 25-mile range, so the new Prius may achieve around 37.5 miles in all-electric mode. Toyota plans to release North American version details soon. a:hover]:text-gray-63 text-gray-63 dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray\">Image: Toyota a:hover]:text-gray-63 text-gray-63 dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray\">Image: Toyota Toyota has had a tough time getting real fully electric vehicles off the ground, though. Last month, it said it's going back to the drawing board on its e-TNGA flexible EV platform after releasing a mediocre at best bZ4X EV that became subject to a major recall to keep its wheels attached (the issue has been resolved). So while Toyota looks to sort all that out for next year, it decided to continue doing what it does best: make more hybrids. Environmentalists are less than thrilled. \"The sale of more hybrid vehicles, including the Prius, drags us further into the climate crisis,\" said Greenpeace East Asia climate and energy campaigner Daniel Read in an emailed statement. \"When the Prius was first released, it was on the cutting edge of low carbon transport. However, 25 years later, it is clear that hybrid vehicle technology is not sufficient to cap global heating at 1.5C.\" (Greenpeace recently knocked Toyota, as well as GM, Volkswagen, and Hyundai, for continuing to sell internal combustion engine vehicles at a rate that will make it impossible to rein in the worst effects of climate change.) Beyond Toyota's disappointing EV track record, the Prius is getting some interesting features. There are cameras at the front and rear of the car, a digital rear-view mirror, and a built-in recorder as well (though Toyota says it records to the internal computer and won't have a removable SD card). And like Toyota's bZ4X EV, there are solar panels present on the new Prius plug-in. It can charge the main drive battery while stationary and the accessory battery while in motion. a:hover]:text-black text-gray-13 dark:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63\"> Use your Prius like an portable battery pack, and keep out the elements out with this cover. a:hover]:text-gray-63 text-gray-63 dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray\">Image: Toyota You can also use the Prius as a portable battery pack with 100-volt AC power plugs in the rear center console and in the cargo area. It can take a load of up to 1,500W solely on the battery, or you can switch it to hybrid to generate electricity using the gas engine. Toyota even supplies a window jam accessory that lets you run a power cord into the cabin and still keep the car secured from the elements. The 2023 Prius, with its new looks and features, is an appealing hybrid that will certainly get plenty of attention. Toyota is reportedly considering hitting the reset button on its EV plans for investing $17.6 billion in battery tech, but it hasn't publicly laid out a new path yet. It may be too late to successfully lobby the government to slow down EV adoption (again), but it's never too late to build something new. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Swift Telecast is an automatic aggregator of the all world's media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials, please contact us by email – swifttelecast.com . 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The post Toyota's 2023 Prius gets an attractive redesign, but still burns gas appeared first on swifttelecast .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Volkswagen", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Volkswagen", "length": 10, "offset": 3112}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Greenpeace East Asia", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Greenpeace East Asia", "length": 20, "offset": 2766}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Hyundai", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Hyundai", "length": 7, "offset": 3128}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Greenpeace", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Greenpeace", "length": 10, "offset": 3061}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "GM", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "GM", "length": 2, "offset": 3108}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "Japan", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "Japan", "length": 5, "offset": 280}, {"position_text": "Japan", "length": 5, "offset": 280}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1615, "text": "Disney board axed X-rated, liquor stores; forgot about jails\nORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Before allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis took over, Disney World's governing district, which at the time was controlled by Disney supporters, reached an agreement in February with the company to prohibit a long list of businesses from ever being operated on its property. Forbidden establishments included tattoo parlors, liquor stores, adult entertainment, oil refineries and trailer parks. But they didn't include prisons, which the Florida governor recently mused could be built there, when talking in a trolling tone about his year-long feud with the entertainment giant. \"What should we do with this land? And so, you know, it's like, OK, kids — I mean, people have said, you know, maybe have another — maybe create a state park. Maybe try to do more amusement parks. Someone even said, like, maybe you need another state prison,\" DeSantis said last month. \"Who knows? I mean, I just think that the possibilities are endless.\" The agreement, which the DeSantis allies say stripped them of power by giving Disney control of design and construction of the theme park resort, is at the center of dueling lawsuits between the DeSantis-appointed board and Disney, as well as a new law seeking to rescind the deal that the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature passed last week. Among the wide-ranging businesses prohibited by the agreement were establishments that sell X-rated items, gun stores or ranges, bowling alleys, hotels, lumberyards, massage parlors, head shops, nursing homes, marijuana dispensaries, doctors' offices and anything taller than four stories. The board of the governing district, made up of DeSantis allies since March, was meeting Wednesday to discuss hiring a new district administrator. Disney and DeSantis have been engaged in a tug-of-war for more than a year that has engulfed the GOP governor in criticism as he prepares to launch an expected presidential bid in the coming weeks. The fight began last year after Disney, beset by significant pressure both internally and externally, publicly opposed a state law that bans classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades, a policy critics call \"Don't Say Gay.\" As punishment, DeSantis took over Disney World's self-governing district through legislation passed by Florida lawmakers and appointed a new board of supervisors that would oversee municipal services for the sprawling theme parks and hotels. But before the new board came in, the company made agreements with members of the previous oversight board that stripped the new supervisors of their authority when it comes to design and construction. Disney sued DeSantis and the five-member board two weeks ago, asking a federal judge to void the governor's takeover of the theme park district, as well as the oversight board's actions, on the grounds that they were violations of company's free speech rights. The board sued Disney last week in state court in an effort to maintain its control of construction and design at Disney World. It claimed the agreements between the company and previous board members \"reek of a backroom deal.\" The creation of Disney's self-governing district by the Florida Legislature was instrumental in the company's decision in the 1960s to build near Orlando. The company had told the state at the time that it planned to build a futuristic city that would include a transit system and urban planning innovations, so the company needed autonomy in building and deciding how to use the land. The futuristic city never materialized and instead morphed into a second theme park that opened in 1982. ___ Follow Mike Schneider on Twitter at @MikeSchneiderAP Mike Schneider, The Associated Press The post Disney board axed X-rated, liquor stores; forgot about jails appeared first on Loonie Politics .", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Disney", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 128}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 199}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 1086}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 1232}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 1795}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 2025}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 2284}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 2694}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 2970}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 3069}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 3199}, {"position_text": "Disney", "length": 6, "offset": 3777}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Associated Press", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Associated Press", "length": 16, "offset": 3751}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Loonie Politics", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Loonie Politics", "length": 15, "offset": 3856}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "ORLANDO", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "ORLANDO", "length": 7, "offset": 3329}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1616, "text": "Uber says doesn't need to pay drivers more, forecasts profit ahead of Wall Street\nAn Uber office is shown in California By Tina Bellon (Reuters) -Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday beat expected operating earnings and forecast a strong second quarter, saying it had no need to offer extra incentives to boost its driver supply, unlike its smaller rival Lyft. The ride hail giant brought forward its results to Wednesday morning from the afternoon after Lyft Inc shares sank 26% on Tuesday when it said it needed to pay more to get drivers, dragging down Uber's stock in its wake. Uber shares were down 2.1% in pre-market trading, paring some of the losses made Tuesday after-hours following Lyft's earnings release. Uber reported a dip in monthly active users in the first three months of the year from the previous quarter, a common trend in the industry during the colder winter months, but was keen to set itself apart from its smaller competitor. \"Our driver base is at a post-pandemic high and is more engaged on Uber than on other platforms. Importantly, we expect this trend to continue without significant incremental incentive investments,\" Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said in prepared remarks. Uber reported first-quarter adjusted EBITDA, which excludes stock-based compensation and other expenses, of $168 million. That surpassed the average analyst expectation of $132 million, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. Uber's second-quarter adjusted EBITDA forecast of between $240 million and $270 million also topped the average analyst expectation for $237 million. At $6.9 billion, total first-quarter revenue rose 136% and exceeded estimates for $6.13 billion. Uber also said it expected to generate \"meaningful positive cash flows\" for the full year, which would mark the first time it achieved this goal in the company's 13-year history. However, on a net basis, Uber's first-quarter loss surged to $5.9 billion from $108 million a year ago, driven by $5.6 billion in drops in the value of stakes in other, poorly performing companies, primarily Chinese ride-hail company Didi Global Inc. Uber Chief Financial Officer Nelson Chai in a statement said Uber had the liquidity to sit on the loss-making positions and wait for a better time to sell them. Uber's ride-hail business appears on track to top pre-pandemic levels in the second quarter, with April mobility bookings exceeding 2019 levels in all global markets. The return of riders did not come at the expense of Uber Eats customers, who continued ordering food deliveries from restaurants. But monthly active platform consumers, a metric that includes both ride-hail and food delivery users, dropped from 118 million in the fourth quarter to 115 million in the three months ending March 31. (Reporting by Tina Bellon in Austin, Texas; editing by Peter Henderson, Richard Pullin and Chizu Nomiyama) Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. 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Foss expressed his support for \"hard assets\" such as real estate, gold, and bitcoin. He believes that bitcoin, the leading crypto asset, is one of the best hard assets available. According to Foss, bitcoin provides insurance against \"the failure of a basket of fiat currencies.\" Foss Supports Holding Hard Assets Like Real Estate, Gold, and Bitcoin In less than two months, chaos has erupted in the U.S. banking industry following the second, third, and fourth-largest bank failures in the country's history. During a conversation with Kitco's lead anchor and editor-in-chief, Michelle Makori, Greg Foss weighed in on Fed chairman Jerome Powell's recent statement that the U.S. banking system is \"sound and resilient.\" \"I think Jerome Powell is a horrible poker player,\" Foss opined to Makori. \"There's another shoe to fall [in the banking industry], or as Elon says, it could be an anvil,\" Foss added. The Validus Power executive added that he thought Powell's body language \"reeked of desperation.\" Foss insisted that the Fed tightened too much because they \"waited too long to tighten at the outset.\" According to Foss, the possibility of more banks collapsing is high. While the largest banks are considered \"too big to fail\" and will likely receive bailouts, shareholders may not be so lucky. This is where significant financial losses can occur, the Validus Power executive emphasized to Makori. Foss estimates that there is \"at least $10 trillion of bank equity globally that can literally be wiped out if the system fails.\" In his interview, Foss expressed his support for \"hard assets\" and specifically mentioned real estate, gold, and bitcoin. While Foss believes that bitcoin (BTC) is the best hard asset, he also recognizes the value of gold as an investment. However, Foss advises against selling gold to purchase bitcoin. Instead, he suggests selling a portion of one's bond portfolio to invest in bitcoin. According to Foss, if a person doesn't own bitcoin they are \"actually taking on more risk.\" \"You can look at bitcoin as being insurance on the failure of a basket of fiat currencies,\" Foss told the Kitco anchor. \"$200 trillion is the liability just of the United States. You take 160 [basis points] times $200 trillion and you get … $3.2 trillion would be the implied insurance value on the United States … What is bitcoin trading for? Well, about half a trillion dollars,\" he added. Foss concluded his conversation with Makori by noting that \"bitcoin is a free and open market,\" while the \"Fiat Ponzi is manipulated by guys like Jerome Powell.\" Tags in this story $10 trillion, bank failures, Banking Industry, Fed, Federal Reserve, fiat collapse, Fiat Ponzi, gold, Greg Foss, Greg Foss bitcoin, hard assets, jerome powell, Michelle Makori, Real estate, Validus Power executive What are your thoughts on Greg Foss' support for hard assets like real estate, gold, and bitcoin? Do you agree with his assessment of the banking industry's potential failures and the need for alternative investments? Share your opinions in the comments section below. Jamie Redman Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. 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It's also removing the RT News and Sputnik News applications from App Stores outside of Russia and has disabled traffic and live-incident features in Ukraine as a \"safety and precautionary measure\" for citizens there. The action followed a plea by Ukraine for Apple to stop selling products in Russia, with Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov saying the move could help turn Russian youth against the invasion. He also called on the company to shutter its local App Store. Apple has operated an online store specific to Russia for the last several years, as well as an App Store tailored to the country. This isn't the first time Apple has cut off a country. Apple stopped sales briefly in Turkey last year because of economic turmoil and currency fluctuation. In Russia, the company also limited its Apple Pay service and other online offerings in recent days. Nike Inc., another iconic U.S. brand, has halted sales in Russia as well, saying Tuesday that it \"cannot guarantee delivery of goods to customers.\" Apple shares dipped to session lows following news of the move in Russia, before recouping some of the losses. The stock closed down 1.2% to $163.20 on Tuesday. \"We are deeply concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine,\" Apple said in its statement. \"We are supporting humanitarian efforts, providing aid for the unfolding refugee crisis, and doing all we can to support our teams in the region.\" The Cupertino, California-based company also said it will continue to evaluate the situation and that it is in communication with governments on the actions that it's taking. \"We join all those around the world who are calling for peace.\" Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook expressed his concern last week about the \"situation in Ukraine,\" without naming Russia. \"I am thinking of the people who are right now in harm's way and joining all those calling for peace,\" he tweeted. (Updates with more details on Apple's response to invasion in Ukraine.) 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Google's new assessment process asks that researchers seek the advice of with authorized, coverage, and public relations groups earlier than pursuing subjects reminiscent of face and sentiment evaluation and categorisations of race, gender or political affiliation, in line with inside webpages explaining the coverage. \"Advances in know-how and the rising complexity of our exterior surroundings are more and more resulting in conditions the place seemingly inoffensive initiatives elevate moral, reputational, regulatory or authorized points,\" one of many pages for analysis workers said. Reuters couldn't decide the date of the publish, although three present staff stated the coverage started in June. Google declined to remark for this story. The \"delicate subjects\" course of provides a spherical of scrutiny to Google's commonplace assessment of papers for pitfalls reminiscent of disclosing of commerce secrets and techniques, eight present and former staff stated. For some initiatives, Google officers have intervened in later levels. A senior Google supervisor reviewing a research on content material suggestion know-how shortly earlier than publication this summer time informed authors to \"take nice care to strike a optimistic tone,\" in line with inside correspondence learn to Reuters. The supervisor added, \"This does not imply we must always cover from the actual challenges\" posed by the software program. Subsequent correspondence from a researcher to reviewers exhibits authors \"up to date to take away all references to Google merchandise.\" A draft seen by Reuters had talked about Google-owned YouTube . 4 workers researchers, together with senior scientist Margaret Mitchell, stated they imagine Google is beginning to intrude with essential research of potential know-how harms. \"If we're researching the suitable factor given our experience, and we aren't permitted to publish that on grounds that aren't according to high-quality peer assessment, then we're getting right into a major problem of censorship,\" Mitchell stated. Google states on its public-facing web site that its scientists have \"substantial\" freedom. Tensions between Google and a few of its workers broke into view this month after the abrupt exit of scientist Timnit Gebru , who led a 12-person crew with Mitchell centered on ethics in synthetic intelligence software program (AI). Gebru says Google fired her after she questioned an order to not publish analysis claiming AI that mimics speech might drawback marginalised populations. Google stated it accepted and expedited her resignation. It couldn't be decided whether or not Gebru's paper underwent a \"delicate subjects\" assessment. Google Senior Vice President Jeff Dean stated in a press release this month that Gebru's paper dwelled on potential harms with out discussing efforts underway to deal with them. Dean added that Google helps AI ethics scholarship and is \"actively engaged on bettering our paper assessment processes, as a result of we all know that too many checks and balances can develop into cumbersome.\" 'Delicate subjects' The explosion in analysis and improvement of AI throughout the tech trade has prompted authorities in america and elsewhere to suggest guidelines for its use. Some have cited scientific research displaying that facial evaluation software program and different AI can perpetuate biases or erode privateness. Google lately included AI all through its companies, utilizing the know-how to interpret complicated search queries, resolve suggestions on YouTube and autocomplete sentences in Gmail . Its researchers revealed greater than 200 papers within the final yr about growing AI responsibly, amongst greater than 1,000 initiatives in whole, Dean stated. Finding out Google companies for biases is among the many \"delicate subjects\" underneath the corporate's new coverage, in line with an inside webpage. Amongst dozens of different \"delicate subjects\" listed have been the oil trade, China, Iran, Israel, COVID-19 , house safety, insurance coverage, location information, faith, self-driving autos, telecoms, and techniques that suggest or personalise net content material. The Google paper for which authors have been informed to strike a optimistic tone discusses suggestion AI, which companies like YouTube make use of to personalise customers' content material feeds. A draft reviewed by Reuters included \"issues\" that this know-how can promote \"disinformation, discriminatory or in any other case unfair outcomes,\" and \"inadequate range of content material,\" in addition to result in \"political polarisation.\" The ultimate publication as an alternative says the techniques can promote \"correct info, equity, and variety of content material.\" The revealed model, entitled \"What are you optimising for? Aligning Recommender Programs with Human Values,\" omitted credit score to Google researchers. Reuters couldn't decide why. A paper this month on AI for understanding a international language softened a reference to how the Google Translate product was making errors following a request from firm reviewers, a supply stated. The revealed model says the authors used Google Translate, and a separate sentence says a part of the analysis technique was to \"assessment and repair inaccurate translations.\" For a paper revealed final week, a Google worker described the method as a \"long-haul,\" involving greater than 100 electronic mail exchanges between researchers and reviewers, in line with the interior correspondence. The researchers discovered that AI can cough up private information and copyrighted materials – together with a web page from a Harry Potter novel – that had been pulled from the web to develop the system. A draft described how such disclosures might infringe copyrights or violate European privateness regulation, an individual aware of the matter stated. Following firm evaluations, authors eliminated the authorized dangers, and Google revealed the paper. © Thomson Reuters 2020 Is MacBook Air M1 the transportable beast of a laptop computer that you simply all the time needed? 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Those results are about as good as Pfizer and Moderna's initial trial results in 2020. However, the pandemic and the public health response are in a very different place today than in 2020, which presents Novavax with immediate challenges if the FDA authorizes its vaccine. About 70% of people eligible for vaccination in the U.S. have already received their first two doses, overwhelmingly with Pfizer's or Moderna's shots. And the world is now battling the omicron variant, which is very different from the original strain of the virus that emerged in Wuhan, China in late 2019. Novavax's adult trial was conducted from December 2020 through September of 2021, before the omicron variant became dominant. There is no data available to assess Novavax's effectiveness against omicron, which continues to mutate into more transmissible versions of the virus, according to FDA briefing documents published ahead of Tuesday's committee meeting. However, FDA officials said the two-dose vaccine would more likely than provide meaningful protection against severe disease. Novavax published a lab study in December that showed people who received two doses had an immune response against omicron, though the antibodies that block infection dropped about fourfold against the variant compared to the original Wuhan strain of the virus. However, a booster increased the protective antibodies about 20-fold against omicron compare to the peak response from the first two doses against the Wuhan strain, according to the study data. The higher antibody levels suggest, though do not guarantee, that a third dose would provide high levels of protection. Though a majority of the U.S. population is already vaccinated, Novavax executives believe the company's shots can play an important role as a booster for adults and a primary vaccination for teenagers 12 to 17. Right now, only Pfizer's vaccine is available for teens, though the FDA will review Moderna's shots for that age age group on June 14. About 50% of adults have not received a third shot yet, and 40% of teenagers are not fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To be clear, the FDA committee is only reviewing Novavax's two-dose primary series for adults on Tuesday. However, Novavax plans to ask the FDA to authorize a third dose for adults as well as the primary series for teenagers 12 to 17 if the agency clears two doses for adults, Taylor said. 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The formal notice follows an investigation prompted by requests from several non-governmental organizations that the broadcasting watchdog should take action against Eutelsat. \"These channels are controlled by the Russian company JSC National Media Group, whose financial resources have been frozen … which entails a ban on their distribution,\" Arcom said in a statement on Friday. National Media Group, Russia's largest private media holding company, has been subject to European sanctions since December 2022. \"Eutelsat scrupulously respects ARCOM's directives, and this request will be implemented as soon as possible,\" the group said in an emailed statement. Eutelsat added National Media Group was not its direct customer, but that of an intermediary distributor. STS and Channel 5 are broadcast through Eutelsat's capacity on the Eutelsat 36C satellite, operated by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). The company has three days to stop broadcasting them, Arcom said, after which the regulator could trigger a sanction procedure leading to an eventual fine. During the investigation, Arcom also notified several internet providers of the presence of irregular content on their platforms, which was then withdrawn, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The regulator is still investigating several other channels that were reported to it as not conforming with sanctions, the source said. Eutelsat said that to its knowledge, there were no other channels targeted by Arcom at the present. French NGO Comité Diderot welcomed Arcom's decision, but noted it applied only to 21 of the 190 frequencies it had indicated to the watchdog in November. \"In our view, priority should have been given to the Russian army's three Zvezda channels and the Orthodox Church's Spas channel,\" Comité Diderot's coordinator André Lange told reporters. In 2022, Eutelsat stopped broadcasting three Russian TV channels after Arcom urged it to do so. 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The expansion will include an addition of 12,00,000 square feet of space spread over nine states, including Gujarat, Telangana, Karnataka, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, Deepak Sharma, President-Greater India Zone and MD & CEO of Schneider Electric India, said in an interaction with ET Energyworld. Deepak Sharma also highlighted that Schneider Electric India is not just expanding its footprint but also looking to delve deep into the future of energy storage by expanding its battery manufacturing portfolio and developing newer technologies and chemistries for batteries. \"This strategic investment is a testament to our commitment to innovation and our vision for a sustainable future. We are not only expanding our manufacturing capabilities but also focusing on the development of cutting-edge battery technologies and chemistries,\" he stated. Highlighting the company's focus on supporting the rapidly expanding data center market in India, Sharma mentioned the inauguration of a new facility in Bengaluru dedicated to producing cooling solutions for data centers. With nearly ₹100 crore invested in this state-of-the-art factory, Schneider Electric aims to address the growing demand for cooling products, a sector witnessing exponential growth due to the surge in digital transformation and cloud computing adoption. \"The data center industry's demand for advanced cooling solutions is on a rapid rise, fuelled by the digital economy's expansion and the cloud computing boom. Our new Bengaluru facility is a testament to our efforts to meet this demand, not just in India but globally,\" Sharma stated. About Schneider Electric Schneider's purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On . Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries. 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He expressed concerns that the currency was collapsing and would soon cease to be the international standard, which he described as a significant defeat for the US. The US dollar is one of the world's most widely used currencies and the primary reserve currency due to the size and stability of the US economy. Some analysts have questioned the status of the US dollar as a safe-haven currency during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The recent banking crisis after the collapses of Silicon Valley and Signature Bank has highlighted systemic risks when large centralized institutions fail. 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Autodealer 0 2 minutes read Toyota South Africa is slated to introduce its all-new Corolla Cross to the South Africa market in the fourth quarter of the year. The brand new Toyota Corolla Cross will be manufactured in Durban and will be based on the TNGA platform. It will be built alongside the Corolla Quest. This move follows the company's announcement in 2019 that it was investing R2.43 billion in the production of a new passenger vehicle in South Africa. \"As announced at the Presidential Investment Summit in November 2019, Toyota pledged to invest R2.43 billion in the production of a new passenger model, and I am so pleased to say that we are making good on that promise. We will be manufacturing this very model [Corolla Cross] in both right- and left-hand drive…on schedule…for South Africa and the rest of Africa… right here at Prospecton! The Corolla Cross is based on the acclaimed new Corolla TNGA platform and will be built on our passenger car production line alongside the Corolla Quest,\" says Kirby. TSAM's Executive Vice President of Manufacturing and Manufacturing Support Group, Nigel Ward, adds that the manufacturing of the new model will also include the development of three new Tier 1 and a number of Tier 2 suppliers, which is a significant step towards the transformation of the automotive value chain. In addition to the investment, the local production of the Corolla Cross also ushers in a couple of \"firsts\" for TSAM's manufacturing team at the Prospecton Plant. \"This is a significant milestone for Toyota South Africa. It's not often that we get to produce a brand-new body shape in our factory; plus it is the very first time that we will be manufacturing a Hybrid model which I believe will fast become a very popular choice. And it's the first time for us to manufacture using the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) – which allows us to keep up with global technology and trends.\" says Ward. \"This new model has allowed us to develop our staff. After we launched the new-generation Hilux in 2016, we recognised the need to upskill our team in all areas – sending them on extended assignments in Japan, Thailand and Europe. These opportunities allowed them to support other projects within the global Toyota network – thus skilling up on best global practices,\" says Ward. In terms of strategy, the Corolla Cross aims to build on the legacy of Hilux Toughness and will be exported to 43 countries in Africa. The new model is also expected to push Toyota export volumes to about 15-20% per annum. Toyota is projecting growth of 7% per annum in the SUV market in Africa – offering significant growth opportunities to expand production of this new model. With the Prospecton-built Hilux already dubbed \"built for Africa\" in some parts of the continent, the Corolla Cross has been strategically positioned to expand the local SUV line-up of Fortuner and C-HR. While the Corolla Cross shares the same TNGA (Toyota New Global Architecture) C platform with its namesake Corolla, it boasts a higher ground clearance and other attributes normally associated with an SUV (a comprehensive specification, including pricing, of the local models will shared upon product launch in the fourth quarter of 2021). 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On March 21, 2022, a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 jet plunged into a hillside in the southwestern region of Guangxi about an hour after takeoff, killing all 132 people on board in China's deadliest air disaster in three decades. The Civil Aviation Administration of China issued a preliminary report and two anniversary updates on the crash of China Eastern flight MU5735, but the updates were only a few paragraphs, offering scant details. CAAC has said it would release relevant information based on the progress of the investigation. But on Saturday, after the third anniversary of the crash, relatives were still waiting to learn what caused the plane to nosedive from cruising altitude. CAAC and China Eastern did not respond to requests for comment. Global aviation guidelines call for an initial report within 30 days of an accident and a final one ideally within a year. Failing that, investigators should issue statements on each anniversary. Final reports are a major tool used by the aviation industry to help prevent new accidents by learning lessons from previous tragedies. Aviation bodies have raised the alarm over the number of delayed or non-existent final reports globally, blaming scarce investigation resources, judicial interference or a lack of political willingness to disclose certain narratives. CAAC has maintained that no faults or abnormalities were found in the aircraft or engines before takeoff from Kunming, bound for Guangzhou, or with the weather or communications. The crew held valid licences, adequate rest and passed health checks on the day of the flight, and there was no dangerous weather or dangerous goods on board the plane, the regulator has said. Investigators examined the crew's actions after finding no malfunctions, two people briefed on the matter said at the time. In May 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported that \"black box\" data indicated someone had intentionally crashed the plane, citing a preliminary assessment from U.S. officials. CAAC has previously said speculation surrounding the crash had \"gravely misled the public\" and interfered with accident investigation work. Chinese lawmakers are considering significant changes to the country's civil aviation law, including measures against spreading rumours about aviation safety, CAAC said last month. Some users of Chinese social media platforms Xiaohongshu and Weibo took note of the lack of a report. \"Three years… no results? Does nobody remember?\" a Weibo user wrote. Others expressed hope it would be released so as to give the public and family members of victims an explanation. \"Not releasing in itself is a type of report,\" a Xiaohongshu user wrote Saturday. 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US Army photo Fort Bragg Army base in eastern North Carolina reports on Facebook that it is facing a \"blackout\" due to a widespread power outage. The post, which the Army says is the world's largest military base , remains open but many facilities are closed, officials said. Army officials have not said what caused the outage. Duke Energy declined to comment on reports saying the sudden power loss is an \"unannounced military drill.\" However, TV outlet WTVD is reporting Fort Bragg arranged the outage in advance with Duke Energy as an exercise. It is unclear how long the power will remain out. \"Driving in Fort Bragg is extremely hazardous at this time especially at the intersections so use caution when approaching them. If you observe any suspicious activity call 911,\" base officials said in a 5 a.m. Facebook post. The base was instructing service members to contact their chain of command for \"instructions on when to report for duty.\" The outage was impacting not only military facilities, but restaurants and commissaries on the base, which is home to 52,280 soldiers spread across 163,000 acres . Womack Army Medical Center, which is also on the base, reported on Facebook that it is \"operating under reduced capability today \" because of the outage. The hospital announced shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday that all morning appointments for clinics were being rescheduled \"due to continued power outage.\" \"Please be patient as we sort this out and get a clearer picture of what is going on and what is available,\" Fort Bragg officials posted on Facebook. Fort Bragg's Family and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Directorate also posted a warning about \"a power outage on Fort Bragg,\" and asked the public to \"use caution when coming in to post.\" The base, just outside of Fayetteville, is home to the U.S. Army airborne and special operations forces. 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(Shutterstock) Google offers concessions in effort to avoid US antitrust lawsuit The tech giant has reportedly offered to split part of its online advertising business into a separate company operating under parent Alphabet, among other things It remains to be seen whether the offer will satisfy the Department of Justice, whose antitrust chief has stated he would rather go to court than accept settlements DUBAI: Google has offered to make concessions, including splitting parts of its online advertising business into a separate company under parent Alphabet, in an effort to avoid a second lawsuit from the US Department of Justice, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The first lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleged that Google had weaponized its dominance in online search and advertising to kill off competition and disadvantage consumers. \"This lack of competition harms users, advertisers and small businesses in the form of fewer choices, reduced quality (including on metrics like privacy), higher advertising prices, and less innovation,\" US Attorney General William P. Barr said at the time. The latest offer is part of multiple concessions the tech giant has suggested to avoid lawsuits that allege anti-competitive practices, the report added. It is unclear whether the offer will satisfy the Department of Justice. Its antitrust chief, Jonathan Kanter, previously stated he would rather go to court than accept settlements. In a speech to the New York State Bar Association's Antitrust Section this year, he said: \"After the ink has dried and the press cycle has faded, does a settlement in fact restore competition? Does it preserve the competitive process? Most importantly, does our overall approach to remedies, carried out across cases and industries, protect competition as the law demands? We are law enforcers, not regulators.\" Google has come under fire from governments and watchdogs in other countries and territories, too. The EU, for example, has raised three antitrust cases against the tech giant. The company petitioned a European court this year to dismiss a &euro;1.49 billion ($1.5 billion) fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators three years ago. Altogether the three cases have resulted in fines totaling &euro;8.25 billion. And in May, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority launched a second antitrust probe into Google's advertising technology business. The company has stated that it does not intend to sell it. It said: \"As we've said before, we have no plans to sell or exit this business, and we're deeply committed to providing value to a wide array of publisher and advertiser partners in a highly competitive sector.\"", "entities": [{"entity_id": 0, "entity_text": "Shutterstock", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Shutterstock", "length": 12, "offset": 215}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 1, "entity_text": "Wall Street Journal", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Wall Street Journal", "length": 19, "offset": 881}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 2, "entity_text": "Alphabet", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Alphabet", "length": 8, "offset": 204}, {"position_text": "Alphabet", "length": 8, "offset": 429}, {"position_text": "Alphabet", "length": 8, "offset": 768}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 3, "entity_text": "Google", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "Google", "length": 6, "offset": 0}, {"position_text": "Google", "length": 6, "offset": 66}, {"position_text": "Google", "length": 6, "offset": 229}, {"position_text": "Google", "length": 6, "offset": 630}, {"position_text": "Google", "length": 6, "offset": 949}, {"position_text": "Google", "length": 6, "offset": 2075}, {"position_text": "Google", "length": 6, "offset": 2579}], "label": "negative"}, {"entity_id": 4, "entity_text": "New York State Bar Association's", "entity_type": "company", "positions": [{"position_text": "New York State Bar Association's", "length": 32, "offset": 1682}], "label": "neutral"}, {"entity_id": 5, "entity_text": "UK", "entity_type": "location", "positions": [{"position_text": "UK", "length": 2, "offset": 2501}], "label": "neutral"}]}, {"id": 1628, "text": "Investors retreat from Chinese equities as geopolitical risks escalate\nChinese stocks face mounting challenges despite initial optimism fueled by strong corporate performance and hopes for government stimulus. Major firms like Tencent and Contemporary Amperex Technology ( CATL ) ended 2024 with notable gains, reflecting investor confidence in China's economic outlook. However, recent developments have cast doubt on the sustainability of this bullish sentiment. The U.S. Department of Defense added Tencent and CATL to a list of companies allegedly linked to China's military, triggering immediate market reactions. Both companies denied the allegations, with Tencent calling the designation a \"clear mistake.\" While the listing does not impose immediate restrictions, it raises concerns about future regulatory actions and reputational damage. Shares of Tencent plummeted as much as 7% in Hong Kong following the announcement, highlighting investor sensitivity to geopolitical risks. With Tencent accounting for over 16% of the MSCI China Index, the fallout poses challenges for global funds tracking Chinese equities. Similarly, CATL's blacklisting raises questions about its partnership with Ford , which is developing a U.S. battery plant using CATL's licensed technology. Despite Beijing's efforts to stabilize markets in 2024, the benchmark CSI 300 Index fell more than 5% in the first week of 2025. Investors are wary of sluggish economic growth and potential policy shifts under U.S. President-elect Donald Trump , whose administration could impose further trade restrictions. While some companies, such as facial recognition software provider Megvii, have managed to exit similar U.S. blacklists, others remain constrained by broader restrictions. Megvii was removed from the Defense Department's list but continues to face limitations under the Commerce Department's entity list, barring access to U.S. products. The recent downturn underscores the fragility of China's stock market recovery, which had gained over 15% last year. Analysts warn that any escalation of tensions between Beijing and Washington could dampen investor confidence and derail prospects for sustained growth. Market observers are now closely watching Beijing's next moves to counteract external pressures. Measures to support domestic demand and stimulate investment may play a crucial role in determining whether Chinese equities can regain momentum in 2025. However, persistent geopolitical risks remain a significant hurdle for investors navigating the region. – By MENA Newswire News Desk. 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File | Photo Credit: AFP Shares of Adani Enterprises tumbled 10.4% on the BSE on Wednesday to close at ₹1,404.85 after a post in Wikipedia's online daily 'The Signpost' alleged that an employee of the Adani Group had likely manipulated information about the group in entries on the volunteer-contributed online encyclopedia. Other Adani Group stocks also slumped. The conglomerate's 10 listed firms suffered a combined erosion of ₹51,294.04 crore in their market valuation on Wednesday, Press Trust of India reported. Shares of Adani Ports declined 6.25%, while those of Adani Power, Adani Transmission, Adani Total Gas, Adani Green Energy and Adani Wilmar slumped by 5%, or almost 5%, each. In the broader market, the BSE Sensex fell 927.74 points, or 1.5%, to settle at 59,744.98 points. Adani Group stocks have taken a beating on the exchanges after U.S.-based short seller Hindenburg Research last month alleged that the group had indulged in fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation. The Adani Group has refuted all the allegations as false and misleading. Stay connected with us on social media platform for instant update click here to join our T witter , & Facebook We are now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@TechiUpdate) and stay updated with the latest Technology headlines. For all the latest Business News Click Here For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News . Read original article here Denial of responsibility! NewsAzi is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. 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The acquisition terms include a premium valuation for Jet.AI's aviation business, with flyExclusive set to pay between 115% and 120% of the net cash value. This translates to an expected purchase price ranging from $12-22m, based on current projections. The deal structure requires Jet.AI to maintain a minimum net cash position of $12m which will factor in the company's available cash, including deposits with Textron Aviation. To ensure adequate financing for both the closing conditions and ongoing operations, Jet.AI has secured a $50m non-binding term sheet with Hexstone Capital LP. This new financing arrangement reportedly mirrors the economic terms of the company's existing $16.5m facility with Ionic Ventures LLC. flyExclusive said that the transaction will be carried out once Jet.AI sets up a new company which would be acquired by flyExclusive. Jet.AI shareholders will retain their Jet.AI stock and receive new Class A common shares in flyExclusive as part of the transaction. The company said that the acqusition of Jet.AI is a natural fit for flyExclusive as both companies operate planes from Textron Aviation and HondaJet and the acquired assets will help support company's 2025 growth plans. \"The transaction benefits flyExclusive investors and will augment our continued growth and market share expansion as an industry leader. Additional growth capital and new shareholders provide an early tailwind in 2025 as we onboard additional high-performance aircraft and serve strong demand for our differentiated customer service,\" said Jim Segrave, founder and chief executive officer, flyExclusive. The acquisition of the new company will be in the form of a number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class A common stock of flyExclusive equal to the quotient of the purchase price, divided by the average volume-weighted average price of the stock for the thirty trading days immediately prior to the effective date. \"This business combination with flyExclusive offers our shareholders the opportunity to benefit from growth in both private aviation and AI,\" said Jet.AI founder and executive chairman Mike Winston. \"flyExclusive, the fifth-largest operator in the industry by hours flown, is a natural fit, with clear synergies given the common aircraft we operate.\" The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025, subject to various closing conditions, including but not limited to Jet.AI financing, regulatory review, and shareholder approval. To note, flyExclusive in September 2024 entered into an aircraft management services (AMS) agreement with Volato agreeing to take in its customers and fleet as the two companies chalk out details of a potential merger. At the time of acquisition, flyExclusive anticipated that Volato's revenues, excluding aircraft sales, will transfer to flyExclusive at an estimated rate of approximately $75m per year. 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On the firm's earnings call, Robinhood CFO Jason Warnick explained that \"a processing error caused us to sell shares short into the market, and although it was detected quickly, it resulted in a loss of $57 million as we bought back the shares against a rising stock price.\" CEO Vlad Tenev called the episode \"really disappointing.\" Indeed: At Barron's , Avi Salzman notes the breakdown cost Robinhood 7 cents a share -- \"the difference between beating and missing expectations.\" Analysts expected a 15-cent loss, but the company instead lost 19 cents a share. Robinhood's earnings announcement provided a more detailed breakdown of the fiasco: \" Delays in notification from third parties and process failures within Robinhood's brokerage systems and operations in connection with the handling of a 1-for-25 reverse stock split transaction of Cosmos Health, Inc. ( COSM )... allowed customers, for a limited time, to execute trades selling more shares than they held in their accounts. This caused a temporary short position...which Robinhood covered out of corporate cash within the same trading day. The resulting loss of $57 million is recorded within brokerage and transaction in the consolidated statement of operations.\" Cosmos Health is a pharmaceutical company. As its shares nearly tripled to $23 that day on record volume, \"online traders looking for heavily shorted companies accused exchanges of not allowing them to sell their shares into the updraft,\" recounts MarketWatch 's Jeremy Owens. The stock then collapsed, closing at $7.59 the next day. On Wednesday, it traded around $5. Robinhood's $57 million loss on the disaster was $4 million more than Cosmos Health's current market cap. This guy's fired up, though! $COSM starting to see a lot of buzz around the forums and twitter regarding Cosmos Health, after the $HOOD Robinhood fiasco. I'm thinking today was the last day we saw it trade in the 4's. Onwards and upwards! — T-Dot (@_AutomationGuru) February 9, 2023 Separately, Robinhood disclosed it is negotiating with the Department of Justice to buy $575 million worth of its own stock that had been purchased by disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried , and then seized by the U.S. authorities. The 55 million shares represent 7.6% of the firm's equity. Robinhood shares rose about 4.8% in Wednesday's after-hours trading, closing near $11. In the past year, it's traded between $6.81 and $16.49. 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The drop came on news that the U.S. Justice Department indicted the company on fraud and conspiracy charges. Indivior makes the drug Suboxone, widely used to treat people suffering from opioid addiction. Federal prosecutors now claim the company falsely marketed Suboxone as safer and less prone to abuse than cheaper generic drugs. North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports. BRIAN MANN, BYLINE: The 28-count indictment filed in a Virginia court claims Indivior executives lied when they claimed dissolvable Suboxone films placed under the tongue would be safer, harder to misuse than generic tablets that were about to come on the market. Government investigators say, in some cases, Indivior's version of the drug was more risky. The indictment claims taxpayer-funded programs like Medicare and Medicaid were cheated out of billions of dollars. Justice Department officials declined NPR's request for an interview. Robert Bird is a professor of business law at the University of Connecticut who follows opioid cases closely. He says this criminal indictment sends a powerful signal to a drug industry already snared in the opioid addiction crisis. ROBERT BIRD: Not only the companies that are being indicted but also other organizations and competitors who will look at these prosecutions and say, I don't want this to happen to me. MANN: Indivior executives also declined to be interviewed by NPR. But company spokesperson Jennifer Ginther read from a prepared statement, denying any wrongdoing and describing the federal indictment as misguided. JENNIFER GINTHER: Indivior's top priority has always been the treatment of patients struggling with opioid addiction. No other company has done more to fight the opioid crisis. MANN: This point - Indivior's central role treating people addicted to opioids - represents a fascinating wrinkle in this case. The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against other opioid makers in the past, winning a guilty plea in a $600 million settlement from Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin in 2007. But Indivior doesn't actually make prescription painkillers. It makes drugs like Suboxone designed to treat people suffering from opioid dependency. ALAN LESHNER: It's a highly effective medication that we endorse in our report. MANN: Alan Leshner chaired a panel for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that released a new study last month finding that drugs like Suboxone are being underutilized. He worries that all the bad publicity surrounding drug companies and their products will make it harder for people struggling with opioid addiction to get treatment drugs. LESHNER: So there's a tremendous amount of stigma surrounding everything related to addiction. And the stigma and misunderstanding has kept a tremendous number of people from getting the treatment that they need. MANN: These recovery drugs matter because more than 100 Americans are still dying from opioid overdoses every day. But like other medications that contain opioids, Suboxone can be abused. This federal indictment claims that while Indivior downplayed the risks of their drugs, the company also boosted profits by helping create a black market connecting patients suffering from addiction with doctors writing too many prescriptions for Suboxone at too strong a dose. In its statement, Indivior rejected that claim, saying the company never deliberately diverted its product to increase sales. The stakes here are high. If Indivior is found guilty, prosecutors say the company should forfeit at least $3 billion in penalties. Indivior and other big drugmakers, including Purdue Pharma and Johnson & Johnson, already faced hundreds of civil lawsuits stemming from the opioid crisis. 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Dozens of Indian students protested across the country, Feb. 10, 2022, against a hijab ban imposed by the southern state of Karnataka. In New Delhi, police detained some students, while women wearing burqas held a protest in eastern Kolkata city with Indian national flags and posters bearing slogans like \"hijab is our right.\" Local media reported last week that several schools in Karnataka had denied entry to Muslim girls wearing the hijab citing an education ministry order, prompting protests from parents and students. (Reuters) » Subscribe to VOA News: https://bit.ly/3KIPysi » Watch more VOA News video: https://www.youtube.com/c/VOANews Voice of America (VOA) is the largest U.S. international broadcaster, providing news and information in more than 40 languages to an estimated weekly audience of 236.8 million people. VOA produces content for digital, television, and radio platforms. It is easily accessed via your mobile phone and on social media. It is also distributed by satellite, cable, FM and MW, and is carried on a network of approximately 3,000 affiliate stations. Since its creation in 1942, Voice of America has been committed to providing comprehensive coverage of the news and telling audiences the truth. Through World War II, the Cold War, the fight against global terrorism, and the struggle for freedom around the globe today, VOA exemplifies the principles of a free press. 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Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) from across the UK congregated outside Parliament in central London to voice their anger about the proposed changes they believe would turn them into \"gig\" economy workers. CWU general secretary Dave Ward told the PA news agency: \"They're fighting for their jobs, their livelihood, and the service that they provide to the public. \"What the company are asking postal workers to agree is that we sack thousands of them whilst at the same time bringing in self-employed drivers, new recruits … and whilst retaining agency workers.\" He said the company's demands for workers to start up to three hours later \"will destroy the future of Royal Mail\". \"We're not prepared to accept that under the banner of modernisation.\" Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, joins Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, during a rally in Parliament Square (Jonathan Brady/PA) Mr Ward said the action was aimed at securing job security for postal staff, who were classed as key workers during the coronavirus pandemic. \"It's about keeping postal workers, decent working people, in work and making sure that this company has a successful future and that it doesn't just get turned into just another parcel courier,\" he said. 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