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☆ Caitlin Clark: Indianapolis Star columnist Gregg Doyel apologizes for his awkward moment with Caitlin Clark
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Michael Nam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The discussion began with Gregg Doyel, a columnist for the Indianapolis Star newspaper, making a heart with his hands to Clark, a gesture Clark often used during her college basketball career. I sincerely apologize.”In a separate post on X, he added: “Caitlin Clark, I’m so sorry. Caitlin Clark Introductory Press ConferenceDoyel’s back and forth with Clark was almost universally panned online. — I now realize what I said and how I said it was wrong, wrong, wrong. “Caitlin Clark, I’m so sorry.”But users on X accused him of using the incident as a way to produce content and of missing the point of the offending behavior.

Persons: Caitlin Clark’s, Gregg Doyel, Clark, ” Doyel, “, we’ll, emoji, ”, “ Caitlin Clark, I’m, Doyel, Caitlin Clark, Nicole Auerbach, Dave Portnoy, — I’m Organizations: New, New York CNN, University of Iowa, Indiana Fever, Indianapolis Star, “, Indy, Press, Media, The Athletic, NBC, Sports, Indy Star Locations: New York

☆ Will Taylor Swift Be at the Super Bowl? Stay Tuned.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Benjamin Hoffman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs will be making the team’s fourth Super Bowl appearance in the last five seasons. players go their entire career without playing for a championship, one of Kansas City’s newcomers had their ticket punched after only 12 games. As Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic said on X, shortly after the Chiefs’ championship win: “Taylor Swift makes the Super Bowl in her first year in the league. Swift, who has been dating Travis Kelce, Kansas City’s star tight end, has changed the N.F.L. conversation all season, attracting a new audience for the league and inspiring strong emotions (both positive and negative) among fans.

Persons: Nicole Auerbach, “ Taylor Swift, Ms, Swift, Travis Kelce Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, The Athletic, Chiefs Locations: Kansas, Travis Kelce , Kansas

☆ These authors interviewed 18 Harvard startup founders: Here’s the No. 1 trait that made them successful
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The only founders who do it successfully share one trait in common: the resilience to navigate a rocky path filled with unforeseen twists and turns. That's a key lesson that Catalina Daniels and James Sherman took from researching for their new book, "Smart Startups: What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know — Advice from 18 Harvard Business School Founders." "Having resilience is absolutely essential [for] the emotional makeup of a person in terms of becoming an entrepreneur," Sherman tells CNBC Make It. "If they don't have that type of resilience, they need to learn how to build it up." In fact, every founder the authors spoke to agreed that resilience was the biggest key to their success, even more than prior experience or a winning business idea.

Persons: That's, Catalina Daniels, James Sherman, Daniels, Sherman, Harvard alums, Josh Hix, Nick Taranto, Kevin O'Leary, — Anna Auerbach, Auerbach, …, they're, Hix, Warren Buffett Organizations: Smart, Harvard Business School, Harvard, Groupe, CNBC, Werk, American Psychological Association

Hundreds of protesters calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war streamed into Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on Friday, in one of the largest protests New York City has seen since the start of the conflict three weeks ago. The demonstration, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, came as Israel ramped up its military operations inside Gaza. The protesters filled the train station, chanting, “Cease-fire now” and “Let Gaza live.” Most wore black shirts that read “not in our name.” One police officer estimated that there were as many as 1,000 protesters. Steve Auerbach, a pediatrician in the city, said he was concerned about the children caught in the middle of the conflict. “Calling for a cease-fire should be considered a mainstream, normative position.”Banners declaring “Palestinians should be free” and “Israelis demand cease-fire now” were unfurled over stairwell banisters in the terminal.

Persons: Israel ramped, ”, Steve Auerbach Organizations: Central, New, Jewish Voice, Peace, “, ” Locations: Israel, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, Gaza

☆ Why nursing schools are turning away applicants amid a major staffing shortage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —At a time when registered nurses are going on strike to protest staffing shortages, thousands of applicants who want to enter or advance in the profession are being turned away from nursing schools. Nearly 78,200 qualified applications were not offered spots at nursing schools last year, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, which represents schools with baccalaureate and advanced degree programs. Staffing shortages are the main reason why nursing schools are not able to accept more students who want to become registered nurses. Staffing shortages are also a major factor in the current strike by more than 75,000 unionized employees, including registered nurses, at Kaiser Permanente. The national median salary for nursing school professors with master’s degrees is just under $89,000, according to the nursing college association.

Persons: preceptors, Preceptors, ”, Judith Jarosinski, Rick Garcia, David Auerbach, Cynthia McCurren, McCurren, Jarosinski, ” McCurren, Marie Ann Marino, Thomas, “, Marino, ” Marino Organizations: CNN, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Salisbury University’s School of Nursing, Community, Organization, Nursing, Brandeis University, Kaiser Permanente, Bureau of Labor Statistics, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Nurse.com, Thomas Jefferson University College of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University, US Department of Health, Human Services, Loan, Salisbury School of Nursing, Faculty Academy, Maryland Higher Education Commission, Jefferson College of Nursing, Jefferson Health, Jefferson Locations: Salisbury, Maryland, Kaiser, Flint, Philadelphia

☆ Taylor Swift: Australia to host academic conference on singer
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Due to be held in Melbourne from February 11 to February 13, 2024, just days before Swift’s “Eras” tour arrives in Australia, the conference is backed by seven universities across Australia and New Zealand. Swift's "Eras" tour has become a cultural phenomenon. Swift’s impact has already proven to be literally Earth-shaking. Fans attending her Seattle “Eras” tour concert at Lumen Field in July caused seismic activity equivalent of a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, according to seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach. Her “Eras” tour could gross a record-breaking $2.2 billion in North American ticket sales alone, according to August survey data from research firm QuestionPro provided to CNN exclusively.

Persons: CNN — Taylor, ”, “, Allen J, Lumen Field, Jackie Caplan, Auerbach, QuestionPro, Swift, William Shakespeare, John Keats, Taylor Swift Organizations: CNN, University of Melbourne, New Zealand, Organizers, Los Angeles Times, North, Ghent University, University of Texas, Austin, Arizona State University, Psychology Locations: Melbourne, Australia, New, Asia, Pacific, Seattle, Belgium

☆ The New Reality for College Dining Halls: Dozens of Dietary Restrictions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Priya Krishna | More About Priya Krishna | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The group has run on-campus trainings in how to use an EpiPen, and hosted discussions among students with allergies. Ms. Auerbach and Mr. Bajaj are already in contact with students at several other campuses to set up new chapters. “Colleges as a whole need to do more to support food allergy education and awareness,” Mr. Bajaj said. “The goal overall is to spread the club all over, to give a voice to food allergies.”Follow New York Times Cooking on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Pinterest. Get regular updates from New York Times Cooking, with recipe suggestions, cooking tips and shopping advice.

Persons: “, Kethan Bajaj, Julia Auerbach, Auerbach, Bajaj, Mr Organizations: Northwestern, College, Food Allergy, Colleges, New York Times, Facebook, YouTube Locations: Northwestern

☆ ‘Swift Quake’: Taylor Swift Fans Shake Ground During Seattle Concert
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Chang Che | More About Chang Che | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I shake it off, I shake it off,” Taylor Swift sang. A Taylor Swift concert in downtown Seattle last weekend shook the ground so hard, it registered signals on a nearby seismometer roughly equivalent to a magnitude 2.3 earthquake, seismologists said. “It’s certainly the biggest concert we’ve had in a while,” said Mouse Reusch, a seismologist at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, which monitors earthquake activity in the Pacific Northwest. “We’re talking about 70,000 people and all the music and paraphernalia associated with the concert.”The so-called “Swift Quake” recorded a maximum ground acceleration of roughly 0.011 meters per second squared, said Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a seismologist at Western Washington University. Seismologists use acceleration to measure ground vibrations, which are then converted to the more conventional Richter scale, the common measurement for earthquakes.

Persons: ” Taylor Swift, Taylor, seismologists, “ It’s, we’ve, ”, “, Jackie Caplan, Auerbach Organizations: Northwest Seismic Network, Western Washington University Locations: Seattle, Pacific Northwest

CNN —Taylor Swift fans are in their record-breaking era. The “Swift Quake” has been compared to the 2011 “Beast Quake,” when Seattle Seahawks fans erupted after an impressive touchdown by running back Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch. The ensuing celebration was detected on the same local seismometer as the Swift concert, Caplan-Auerbach told CNN. Seismograms compare seismic activity from the 2011 'Beast Quake' with activity recorded during one of Taylor Swift's July concerts in Seattle. While the magnitude difference between “Beast Quake” and “Swift Quake” is only 0.3, Caplan-Auerbach said the Swifties have the Seahawks fans beat.

Persons: CNN — Taylor Swift, Lumen, Jackie Caplan, Auerbach, ” Lynch, Caplan, Taylor, Auerbach “, they’re, Swift, “, ” Caplan, Taylor Swift's, Taylor Swift, ”, Chloe Melas Organizations: CNN, Lumen Field, Seattle Seahawks, Western Washington University, Facebook, Seahawks, “ Locations: Seattle, Pacific, Pittsburgh, Santa Clara, Northern California, Los Angeles, Mexico City

But the plunge in the deal pipeline prompted soul-searching and job-hopping among investment bankers accustomed to a feast. Barclays, which has struggled to retain bankers following a shake-up in the management of its investment banking division, has lost at least nine top technology bankers in recent weeks. Traditionally, smaller firms have been reluctant to offer investment bankers guaranteed compensation, in order to have more of their pay tied to performance. Alan Johnson, managing director of compensation consultancy Johnson Associates, said that first-year guarantees were common practice in the hiring of investment bankers, but second-year guarantee used to be rare. "You get paid a higher percentage of revenue than in a big bank, but you have to generate the revenue with perhaps less help," Johnson said.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Sam Britton, Britton, Anthony Keizner, Goldman, Nick Pomponi, Rob Chisholm, Troy Broderick, Goldman's, Perella Weinberg, Laurence Braham, Richard Hardegree, Steve Markovich, Ron Eliasek, Jason Auerbach, Alan Johnson, Johnson, Milana Vinn, Anirban Sen, Greg Roumeliotis, Jamie Freed Organizations: YORK, Goldman, Bank of America, Barclays, Qatalyst Partners, Jefferies Financial, Technology, LSEG, Intelligence, Search, Evercore, UBS, Centerview, Jefferies, SVB Securities, Bank, Reuters, Johnson Associates, Thomson Locations: Qatalyst, New York

☆ In the N.B.A. Playoffs, Flopping Is a Welcome Sideshow
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Kurt Streeter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

playoffs, LeBron James got in on the act. The upstarts, upsets and dominance. The Miami Heat putting the kibosh on the comeback of comebacks in the Eastern Conference finals. Welcome to the National Basketball Floppers Association. In the 1970s, Red Auerbach, the Boston Celtics’s fabled and curmudgeonly leader, railed on national television against the “Hollywood acting” that was sullying the game.

Persons: LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid, Kyle Lowry, Nikola Jokic, Malik Monk, Flopping, Red Auerbach Organizations: Miami Heat, Eastern Conference, Sacramento Kings, National Basketball Floppers Association, Boston, Hollywood

☆ Spring training roundup: Astros pound Cardinals 24-1
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Astros starter Jose Urquidy scattered four hits over four innings, allowing the lone run on a multiple-error play in the second that scored Oscar Mercado. Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty yielded six earned runs on four hits and three walks over 3 2/3 innings. Wil Myers hit an RBI double and Michael Siani added an RBI single for the Reds. Elehuris Montero hit his fifth homer of the spring, a two-run shot, and Brenton Doyle went 2-for-3 with an RBI triple for the Rockies. Padres starter Michael Wacha went five innings and yielded eight hits, two walks and four runs.

☆ How SVB employees are coping after being ordered to leave the office, from polishing their resumes to hitting the bar: 'We're pretty much in the dark'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | Rebecca Ungarino | Carter Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It read: "Operations of the SVB Securities broker dealer are distinct from the receivership of SVB Financial." The SVB Securities employee called the whirlwind leading up to SVB's meltdown as "scary, scary stuff." Kevin Heal, senior analyst at Argus Research, said he sees both SVB Securities and SVB Private being sold. SVB bought the healthcare investment bank Leerink Partners in 2018, renaming it SVB Leerink and then SVB Securities. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty ImagesHeal thinks the investment banking operations could be purchased by a smaller investment banking firm that doesn't have tech or healthcare prowess, like US Bancorp or PNC.

☆ Explainer: What is at stake for investors in Nigeria's election?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Rachel Savage | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Multiple exchange rates, widespread insecurity and low oil production due to massive crude theft are all problems that worry investors. Another focus is soaring fuel subsidy costs that devour government revenues and drive up debt. "No investor's going to want to buy into a market where you can't sell stock and get your money out," he said. Foreign investors held 16% of shares on Nigeria's stock exchange last year, sharply down from 58% in 2014, Nigerian Exchange Group data showed. Many investors, however, were cautiously optimistic that Nigeria would see improvements, whoever wins on Feb. 25.

☆ Even as New York nurses return to work, more strikes could follow
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

NYSNA nurses walk off the job, to go on strike at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, U.S. Jan. 9, 2023. Last year, six unions representing a total of 32,000 nurses launched strikes outside of hospital systems around the country, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Those strikes represented about a quarter of all the major strikes in the U.S. last year, an increase from the year before. The number of nurses working in the profession is starting to rebound to pre-pandemic levels, said Dave Auerbach, the director of research at the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. April Hamilton, a 55-year-old food writer, cooking teacher and mother from Baton Rouge, La., will walk into her first class when that new nursing program starts Tuesday.

☆ Investors may soon be able to replicate stock trades by Republican and Democratic lawmakers with the NANC and CRUZ ETFs
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Carla Mozée | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two proposed exchange-traded funds would mimic stock trades made by members of Congress and their spouses. If approved, the ETFs would track trades by Democrats and Republicans, under tickers NANC and CRUZ. The House of Representatives may vote next week on legislation to ban Congress members from trading stocks in reforming the STOCK Act. In July, the California representative denied her venture capitalist husband uses information she provides to make stock trades. 70% of likely voters want new legislation to ban stock trades by Congress members, according to a poll shared with Insider in June by Data for Progress.

☆ Nasdaq bets big on digital assets despite crypto turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe Nasdaq logo is displayed at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York City, U.S., December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah MoonSept 20 (Reuters) - Nasdaq Inc (NDAQ.O) is placing a big bet on the cryptocurrency market, with the launch of a digital assets business that is aimed at tapping institutional investors. The new unit, Nasdaq Digital Assets, will offer custody services for cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ethereum, potentially pitting it against firms such as Coinbase (COIN.O), Fidelity Digital Assets and Winkelvoss twin-owned Gemini that offer similar products. Bitcoin has crashed nearly 60% this year, driving companies such as Celsius Network and Voyager Digital Ltd to file for bankruptcy. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'SilvaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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