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I recently spent four days in Athens, Greece, while traveling around Europe. On the other hand, I'm not sure the Roman Agora or Hadrian's Library are worth a visit. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementIn October, I traveled to Athens, Greece, for the first time since I was 18 months old. I spent four days exploring some of the city's amazing landmarks and sites.
Persons: I'm, Organizations: Service, Delta Air Locations: Athens, Greece, Europe
Direct-to-consumer brands – household names like HelloFresh, Peloton, Allbirds, Stitch Fix, Warby Parker and Rent the Runway, which cut out traditional retailers, wholesalers and other middlemen – have been falling. Investors shied away from high-growth stocks and retreated into companies with solid fundamentals and, most importantly, lots of profit. The problem is that none of these direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies have managed to make the transition to profitability themselves. Rent the Runway was down $114 million, and mattress company Purple lost about $121 million. Other companies, like SmileDirectClub, which went public in 2019, and Winc, a wine subscription company that went public in 2021, have declared bankruptcy.
Persons: Allbirds, Warby Parker, don’t, they’ll, , Ben Cogan, they’ve, Cogan, Casper, , it’s, Sesame, Michael Botta, Tesla, Chris Isidore, Elon Organizations: New, New York CNN, Agora, CNN, Hubble, Venture, , Companies, Wonder Group, Durational Capital Management, Costco, Western, Tesla Locations: New York
The Google corporate logo hangs outside the Google Germany offices on August 31, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Alphabet 's Google was hit with a 2.1-billion-euro ($2.3 billion) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted on Wednesday, alleging that they had suffered losses due to the company's practices in digital advertising. "Without Google's abuse of its dominant position, the media companies would have received significantly higher revenues from advertising and paid lower fees for ad tech services. Crucially, these funds could have been reinvested into strengthening the European media landscape," the lawyers said. Others in the group include Austria's Krone, Belgian groups DPG Media and Mediahuis, Denmark's TV2 Danmark A/S, Finland's Sanoma, Poland's Agora, Spain's Prensa Iberica and Switzerland's Ringier.
Persons: Axel Springer, Schibsted, Stek, Big, Austria's, Finland's Organizations: Google, Geradin Partners, Publishers, DPG Media, Denmark's TV2, Spain's Prensa Locations: Berlin, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Europe, Austria's Krone
The new book, "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend" — which Dalio and his lawyers have pushed back against — describes everything from Bridgewater's investment process to internal grudges and backstabbing to allegations of sexual harassment. Here are the places where the dozens of Bridgewater employees and consultants named in the book ended up. Dalio, the book said, wrote into the firm's bylaws that he could never hold that title again. Before that, she was the head of investment research and a co-chief investment officer for sustainability. He's worked at different funds since leaving in 2006, including Larch Lane Advisors and Bonaccord Capital as an investor and business-development professional.
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Nearly a third of that renewable energy should come from wind and solar power, said the report by researchers of Berlin-based Agora Energiewende. In 2021, they had installed a total of just 11.9 gigawatts of solar energy and 1.5 gigawatts of wind energy. As of the end of 2022, the U.S. had installed capacity of more than 144 GW of wind power and 110 GW of solar photovoltaic power. The report calls for a “paradigm shift” to speed up the transition to wind and solar power. At the same time, power grids need to be upgraded to allow for the variability and unpredictability of wind and solar power, it said.
Persons: , Mathis Rogner, Antonio Guterres, Kanika Chawla, Chawla Organizations: United Nations, Agora, Agora Energiewende, U.S ., Sustainable Energy, U.K, AP Locations: HANOI, Vietnam, Berlin, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, China, India, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Taiwan, U.S, Korea, . South Korea
She does so not in an especially nostalgic or imitative fashion, but more as a decoration. Doja Cat also varies her rapping technique in ways that recall these bygone eras. “Love Life” nods to the mid-90s proto neo-soul of Groove Theory, and Doja Cat matches it with a percussive flow that recalls Ladybug Mecca of Digable Planets. Lyrically, “Scarlet” has two primary topics: Doja Cat’s dominance and her lust. And her songs about sex, like “Agora Hills” and “Often,” are bawdy and lighthearted.
Persons: , Diamond, Doja, Ladybug Mecca, She’s, , Versace Organizations: York, Theory
Wriston's financial innovations helped create the modern Eurodollar market — a vast offshore realm of financial transactions in US dollars happening outside of US borders. As he explained in 1979, the "current banking network, with its Euromarkets and its automated payments system" seemed dull and technical, but it had immense political consequences. Wriston helped rebuild this clanking machine into an engine of transformation, welding disjointed national markets into a true world economy. It began to develop a new kind of sanction, which used its control of "dollar clearing" to force international banks to implement US policy outside its borders. Instead of the stateless, government-less world that Wriston envisioned, the internationalization of the US dollar became the precedent for a massive transformation of America's financial power.
Persons: Walter Wriston, Wriston, Friedrich Hayek's, Banks, Eric Sepkes, Eric Helleiner, Henry Holt, Helleiner, Henry Farrell, Johns Hopkins SAIS, Friedrich Schiedel, Abraham Newman Organizations: Citibank, Staff, of, Technology, Bankers, JPMorgan, Warburg, Federal Reserve, buccaneers, US Department of, Treasury, SWIFT, Society, Worldwide Interbank, Johns Hopkins, Politics, The Washington Post, School of Foreign Service, Government Department, Georgetown University, Henry Holt and Company Locations: London, of London, Europe, Argentina, New York, United States, Eurodollars, Italy, Japan, Soviet Union, America, Iran, Russia, Ukraine
Xuxa era a Barbie do Brasil. Será que foi um erro?
  + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Ana Ionova | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
Durante seu reinado, que coincidiu com a expansão econômica do Brasil, as taxas de cirurgia plástica dispararam para as mais altas do mundo, com muitas pessoas se submetendo a ela ainda na adolescência. Mas o Brasil e seus guardiões da cultura agora adotam novas definições de beleza, que celebram cabelos cacheados e crespos, corpos curvilíneos e tons de pele negros.
Six Ways to Experience Athens Like a Local
  + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Iliana Magra | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
First, avoid the long entrance lines by booking your tickets online (20 euros, or about $22, for a single-entry adult ticket). Another booking option, the Athena’s Combined Ticket (adults, €30), provides access to six more sites in Athens, including the nearby Agora. Rhamnous, about an hour’s drive from downtown Athens, is a less crowded archaeological attraction — and it has ocean views (adults, €4). Eat like a GreekWith the sizzling summer temperatures, follow the local traditions when it comes to eating. For an upscale option by the sea and the best views of the Athens Riviera, go to Ithaki restaurant.
Organizations: SIA, Mavros Locations: Athens, Agora, Piraeus, Yperokeanio, Psyri, Mavros Gatos, Pangrati
On Ibiza, a Celebration of Summer Love
  + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Sophie Bew | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Video Credit Credit... For our 2023 Summer Entertaining Issue , T stops by dinner parties from Ibiza to Long Island — and shares recipes for the best warm-weather snacks and spritzes. - Three Easy Summer Dishes: The French chef Yann Nury elevates classic seasonal recipes with fresh flavor combinations and a few luxurious additions. - Host Gift Guide: What T’s editors and contributors are bringing to thank their hosts this summer, including surreal serving spoons and cozy quilts. The attendees: “It was about bringing our love for the island, love for each other, love for our friends and the business all together,” Rajani, 37, said. He and Shapiro, 42, invited friends including the publicists Nan Richards, 62, and Bruno Busson, 34; the stylist Rahi Chadda, 30; and the magazine editor Tobias Frericks, 45.
Persons: Yann Nury, ” Rajani, Shapiro, Nan Richards, Bruno Busson, Rahi Chadda, Tobias Frericks, Patrick Cox, Johanna Carlsson, Daniela Agnelli Organizations: Credit Locations: Ibiza, Long, French, Amsterdam
Berlin's ruling coalition last month agreed that almost all newly installed heating systems in Germany should run on 65% renewable energy from 2024, both in new and old buildings. Houses could also use heat pumps that run on renewable electricity, district heating, electric heating or solar thermal systems as acceptable alternatives to fossil fuel heating, according to the bill, which was seen by Reuters. Such a shift could cost Germans around 9.16 billion euros ($10 billion) annually until 2028, the draft bill showed. Germany's push to phase out gas in heating became more urgent after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine prompted Berlin to halt Russian fossil fuel imports. Heating uses up more than 40% of Germany's annual gas consumption as almost half of the country's 41 million households heat with natural gas while almost 25% use heating oil.
Construction-tech startup Suppli has raised $3.1 million in seed funding led by Equal Ventures. But his new startup, Suppli, is also at the forefront of a hot investment trend this year. Suppli, which makes credit-management tools for companies that sell and procure construction materials, has raised a $3.1 million seed round led by Equal Ventures. Having that customer list turned out to be critical a year later as they raised their seed round, Ayers said, given the shift to caution among investors. That's the same opportunity Skafidas and Ayers saw when they decided to take the plunge into entrepreneurship.
Parafin, launched in 2020, works with so-called platform partners, or companies that other small businesses sell their products through. All the cofounders knew was that they wanted to build technology that would help small businesses. And they may not get their first contract payment from the government for as long as 120 days," Reed, the startup's CEO, told Insider. Helping small businesses manage their taxesComplYant's founder Shiloh Jackson wants to help people be present in their bookkeeping. HoneyBookWhile countless small businesses have been harmed by the pandemic, self-employment and entrepreneurship have found ways to blossom as Americans started new ventures.
Even with edtech funding down this year, A16z is still "betting heavily" on the space. Here's why general partner Katherine Boyle thinks edtech is worth betting on over the next decade. Andreessen Horowitz is still "betting heavily" on education-tech investing, despite signs that overall funding in the space is slowing. Global venture-capital funding to edtech startups has soared since 2019 and saw a marked jump during the pandemic. More recently, though, there have been signs that the rate of edtech investing is slowing down with market uncertainty: PitchBook estimates that total edtech funding for 2022 stands at $7.9 billion as of November 3.
Parafin, launched in 2020, works with so-called platform partners, or companies that other small businesses sell their products through. All the cofounders knew was that they wanted to build technology that would help small businesses. And they may not get their first contract payment from the government for as long as 120 days," Reed, the startup's CEO, told Insider. Helping small businesses manage their taxesComplYant's founder Shiloh Jackson wants to help people be present in their bookkeeping. HoneyBookWhile countless small businesses have been harmed by the pandemic, self-employment and entrepreneurship have found ways to blossom as Americans started new ventures.
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin delivers a speech during a session of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia April 7, 2022. Sputnik/Alexander Astafyev/Pool via REUTERSMOSCOW, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Russia's parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to toughen punishments for a host of crimes such as desertion, damage to military property and insubordination if they are committed during military mobilisation or combat situations. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterAccording to a copy of the bill, seen by Reuters, voluntary surrender would become a crime for Russian military personnel, punishable by 10 years in prison. read moreBut some Russian politicians and some nationalists have called for a full mobilisation. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterEditing by Guy FaulconbridgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Апелляционная палата Кишинева 8 июля постановила сократить количество избирательных участков для избирателей в приднестровском регионе. Решение было принято после обращения в суд со стороны Платформы "Достоинство и правда". Теперь ЦИК либо принимает решение АП, либо обжалует его в ВСП, передает Noi.md со ссылкой на point.md. Платформа DA и другие проевропейские партии ранее выражали озабоченность тем, что избирательные участки для избирателей на левом берегу Днестра могут быть использованы для фальсификации выборов путем организованного голосования. Ранее АП отменила решение об открытии еще трех участков в населенных пунктах, контролируемых властями Приднестровья, и ЦИК выполнила его.
Persons: agora.md DA, Noi.md point.md, Дин Плынгэу Organizations: Апелляционная палата, Платформа Достоинство, ЦИК, АП, ВСП Locations: Кишинев, Платформа, Днестр, Приднестровье
Руководство «Железной дороги Молдовы» представило новый механизм погашения задолженности по заработной плате, накопленной на госпредприятии. Согласно информации, представленной компанией, новый механизм призван обеспечить выплату задолженности по заработной плате, «не оказывая немедленного финансового давления на ЖДМ до восстановления экономической и финансовой ситуации». Таким образом, сотрудник компании получит доступ к потребительскому кредиту в размере задолженности по заработной плате на срок от 30 до 60 месяцев. В компании уточнили, что сотрудники компании не будут обязаны заключать потребительский кредит, это решение будет принимать каждый работник в отдельности. Однако предложенный ЖДМ механизм подвергся резкой критике со стороны юриста Дойны Иоаны Стрэйстяну заявившего, что на самом деле «ЖДМ предлагает сотрудникам занимать деньги только для того, чтобы вернуть деньги».
Persons: Дойны Иоаны Стрэйстяну Organizations: Железная дорога Молдовы, ЖДМ
В медиа-пространстве появились видеозаписи, в которых экс-президент Молдовы Игорь Додон стреляет в кабанов, находящихся в загоне. Видео было снято в то время, когда Додон занимал должность главы государства, остальные присутствующие обращались к нему с выражением «господин президент». После выстрела кабан упал, а Игорь Додон обернулся к присутствующим с довольной улыбкой и смехом. «Противники используют технологии производства видео-фейков. Это доказательство того, что правые прибегают к грязной кампании из-за отсутствия реальных и профессиональных решений для граждан», — ответил пресс-секретарь ПСРМ Карина Стерпук в интервью agora.
Persons: Игорь Додон, Додон, Карина Стерпук Organizations: ПСРМ Locations: Молдова
Sursa foto: Captură video/AgoraVIDEO: Altercații între membrii AUR și PSRM în fața sediului socialiștilor; Chirtoacă pălmuit chiar în preajma unui polițistVizita reprezentanților partidului Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor în fața sediului PSRM, unde aceștia au venit ca să-l invite pe Igor Dodon la o dezbatere, s-a încheiat cu altercații între membrii AUR și garda tânără a PSRM. Reprezentanții AUR s-au prezentat cu drapelul României în fața sediului PSRM și au scandat „Dodon, trădător”. De cealaltă parte, socialiștii au format un cordon ca unioniștii să nu pătrundă în interiorul clădirii. La un moment dat au izbucnit altercații, în urma cărora liderul PL, Dorin Chirtoacă, a fost lovit de către socialistul Alexandr Odințov chiar în fața unui polițist. ”, a comentat ulterior Dorin Chirtoacă.
Persons: Chirtoacă, Igor Dodon, Dodon, Dorin Chirtoacă, Alexandr Organizations: Alianța, Unirea, PL Locations: României
În cel mult şapte zile, moldovenii imunizaţi împotriva COVID-19 vor putea descărca certificatele de vaccinare digitale. Primul QR cod va fi pentru identificarea internaţională, cel de al doilea pentru autentificarea naţională. Informaţia va fi didponibilă în română, engleză şi rusă. AGORA amintește că Guvernele din Uniunea Europeană au convenit la 30 iunie, să adauge Moldova și alte zece țări pe lista statelor din care vor fi permise călătoriile neesențiale. Ministerul Afacerilor Externe și Integrării Europene al R. Moldova a precizat ulterior că decizia are caracter de recomandare.
Persons: Autorităţile, . Organizations: Informaţia, Uniunea Europeană, Externe, Integrării Europene Locations: Moldova, . Moldova
Процесс аккредитации наблюдателей на досрочных парламентских выборах, назначенных на 11 июля, завершился. Всего ЦИК аккредитовала 2436 наблюдателей на парламентских выборах. Из них - 1800 национальных наблюдателей и еще 636 международных наблюдателей. В соответствии с положениями нормативно-правовой базы ЦИК аккредитует в качестве национальных наблюдателей представителей квалифицированных общественных ассоциаций Республики Молдова и представителей конкурентов на выборах, а также международных наблюдателей - представителей международных организаций, иностранных правительств и неправительственных организаций за рубежом, международных экспертов в области выборов. Срок подачи заявок на аккредитацию в качестве наблюдателя на досрочных парламентских выборах истек 3 июля.
Organizations: Центральная избирательная комиссия, ЦИК Locations: Республика Молдова
Валовой внешний долг Молдовы снизился в первом квартале 2021 года на 1,2% и на конец марта составил 8 253 890 миллионов долларов. Индекс показывает, что валовой внешний долг снизился на 104 миллиона долларов за первые три месяца этого года по сравнению с суммой на конец 2020 года, передает agora. По направлениям отметим, что в секторе «расширенное правительство» на конец года валовой внешний долг составил 2,255 млн долларов и снизился до 2,201 млн долларов. Необеспеченный частный внешний долг составил около 5 893 миллиона долларов, сократившись на 0,6% по сравнению с мартом 2020 года. Краткосрочный внешний долг снизился на 0,3% за первый квартал этого года и составил 2 379 миллионов долларов США.
Organizations: Нацбанк, НБМ, Всемирный банк, МВФ, ЕИБ Locations: Молдова, США
4 din 23 de concurenţi electorali au fost mediatizaţi în manieră neutră pe online, APIÎn perioada 21-30 iunie, doar patru din 23 de concurenţi electorali au fost mediatizaţi exclusiv în manieră neutră de către presa online. Așa arată ce-a de-a treia monitorizare a 10 portaluri online, realizată de Asociația Presei Independente (API) în cadrul Coaliției Civice pentru Alegeri Libere şi Corecte. Pe perioada monitorizării, cele 10 portaluri au avut 42 de categorii diferite de protagonişti. După repartizarea pe gen a surselor citate, 51% au fost bărbaţi, nici 10% femei şi, în rest, genul sursei nu a fost specificat. Cele 10 portaluri monitorizate sunt: Actualitati.md, Agora.md, Gagauzinfo.md, Kp.md, Newsmaker.md, Noi.md, Realitatea.md, Sputnik.md, Timpul.md şi Unimedia.info.
Persons: Petru Macovei Organizations: Asociația Presei, Coaliției Civice, Alegeri Locations: Coaliției, IPN, Agora.md, Gagauzinfo.md, Kp.md, Newsmaker.md, Noi.md, Realitatea.md, Sputnik.md
Petru Macovei: Unele portaluri continuă să favorizează deschis unii concurenţi electoraliDouă din 10 publicații online monitorizate, Actualitati.md și Kp.md, au avut, în perioada 21-30 iunie, un comportament editorial asemănător. Acest portal a avut în continuare o politică editorială tendențioasă, evenimentele electorale și concurenții fiind prezentați selectiv și cu o atitudine lipsită de echidistanță jurnalistică. Agora.md și Newsmaker.md au avut o politică editorială echilibrată în raport cu toți concurenții electorali, fără a favoriza sau defavoriza pe cineva. Agora.md a avut cea mai echidistantă atitudine în raport cu evenimentele electorale și concurenții. Newsmaker.md, la rândul său, a fost singura publicație care a citat în materialele publicate toți concurenții electorali înscriși în cursa pentru alegerile parlamentare anticipate.
Persons: Petru Macovei, Maia Sandu, Gagauzinfo.md, macovei Organizations: Asociația Presei, Coaliției Civice, Alegeri Locations: Republicii Moldova, Coaliției, IPN, defavorizând, favorizări, Kp.md, redacţia
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