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☆ A riot of colors and religious iconography, this home was designed for apocalyptic times
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Allison C. Meier | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Calling himself the Prophet Isaiah, Robertson spent years painting elaborate wooden cut-out shapes with symbols, including stars and crosses in a riot of colors, to adorn his home — inside and out. He said it was God moving his hand.”Preserving ‘something magical’Born in Jamaica in 1947, Robertson moved to Canada as a young adult before relocating to Niagara Falls in 2004. Despite having one of the country’s leading tourist destinations, the city of Niagara Falls has experienced a population loss since the 1960s, alongside the economic fallout experienced by many Rust Belt communities. Randy Duchaine/Alamy Stock PhotoAfter Kohler Foundation acquired the site, the art preservation company B.R. In October 2023, the site was gifted to the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area (NFNHA) for its future stewardship.

Persons: Isaiah Robertson, Isaiah, Robertson, “, ”, Fred Scruton, Isaiah’s, Scruton, Liesl Testwuide, God, Randy Duchaine, Christ, Braeden Howard, Sara Capen, Capen Organizations: The Art, CNN, Kohler Foundation, Howard & Associates, Seven Seals, Niagara, Heritage Area Locations: Niagara, Jamaica, Canada, Niagara Falls, Wisconsin, Western, York, Ontario

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Shares of financial services firm B. Riley (RILY.O) plummeted nearly 35% on Monday, extending losses for the fourth consecutive session, after it disclosed unrealized investment losses and S&P Global Ratings downgraded a key asset. That markdown resulted in B. Riley reporting a net loss of $75.8 million in the third quarter, compared with a profit of $45.8 million a year earlier. "We do not believe that the recent movement in our share price is warranted based on the fundamental strength and performance of our diversified platform," a B. Riley spokesperson said in a statement. B. Riley has also been targeted by a short seller. "Although B Riley attempted to address short seller concerns on their recent earnings call, the information they provided was limited," said Rick Meckler, partner at Cherry Lane Investments.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Riley, Brian Kahn, Kahn, John Hughes, Bryant Riley, Rick Meckler, Meckler, Chibuike Oguh, Medha Singh, Niket, Deepa Babington, Stephen Coates Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Reuters Graphics, Group's, Bloomberg, Reuters, Wolfpack Research, Cherry Lane Investments, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Los Angeles, New York

☆ ‘Made In Heaven’ creators dispute claims they appropriated author Yashica Dutt’s story
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The show’s creators responded with a statement saying the character of Pallavi is fictional and denying any claim that they appropriated Dutt’s life or work. Throughout the episode, Pallavi brushes up against how her choices to publicly embrace her caste have affected her brother and parents. The creators of "Made In Heaven" said in a statement that they deny any claim that they appropriated Dutt's work. Prime VideoThe statement goes on to point out that the character Pallavi is fictional and details the ways that her story differs from Dutt’s. It continues, “None of the above is drawn from Yashica Dutt’s life or her book — ‘Coming Out As Dalit’.

Persons: Pallavi Menke, “, Yashica Dutt, ”, ” Dutt, Dutt, ” Zoya Akhtar, Reema, Tara Khanna, Karan Mehra —, —, Pallavi, Neeraj Ghaywan, Prakash Ambedkar, B.R . Ambedkar, — Dutt isn’t, Ghaywan, ’, ” Ghaywan, Instagram, Sumit Baudh, Akhtar, Kagti, Alankrita Shrivastava, “ Neeraj, Yashica, I’m, they’ve, Ghaywan’s Instagram Organizations: CNN, Amazon, Columbia University, Pallavi, US, Dalit, ” CNN, Prime Video India Locations: India, Dutt’s, Delhi, Britain

After the Supreme Court's ruling, the lower house of parliament should now formally reinstate Gandhi. Lower courts and the high court in Gujarat, where the BJP holds power, had rejected appeals by Gandhi to suspend the conviction, prompting the appeal to the Supreme Court. Besides seeking suspension of the conviction, Gandhi has also sought to overturn it. That challenge has yet to be heard by the lower court in Gujarat. Gavai said the lower court had not given any reasons for handing down the maximum sentence of two years' jail which led to his disqualification from parliament.

Persons: Rahul Gandhi, Anushree, Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi's, Narendra Modi, Modi, B.R, Gavai, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Chowdhury, Purnesh Modi, YP Rajesh, Arpan Chaturvedi, Shivam Patel, Sakshi Dayal, Kim Coghill, Simon Cameron, Moore, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Supreme, Developmental, YP, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, DELHI, Gujarat, Manipur

☆ TipRanks reveals the top 10 services sector analysts of the past decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

TipRanks recognized the 10 best analysts in the services sector for identifying the best investment opportunities. TipRanks leveraged its Experts Center tool to zoom in on analysts with a high success rate, and analyzed every recommendation made by analysts in the services sector over the past decade. TipRanks' algorithms calculated the statistical significance of each rating, the average return, and analysts' overall success rate. Top 10 analysts from the consumer goods sectorThe image below shows the most successful Wall Street analysts from the services sector. Jake Bartlett - Truist FinancialJake Bartlett has the 10th spot on the list, with a success rate of 66%.

Persons: JACK CELH TFII, Simon Dawson, TipRanks, Jason Seidl, Cowen Jason Seidl, Patrick Brown, Raymond James Patrick Brown, Scot Ciccarelli, Brian Nagel, Oppenheimer Brian Nagel, Carlo Santarelli, Gary Prestopino, Barrington, Helane Becker, Cowen, Walter Spracklin, Spracklin, Jeff Van Sinderen, Jake Bartlett Organizations: Deutsche Bank, Reuters, Truist, FIVE, Caesars Entertainment, United Airlines Holdings, RBC, RBC Capital, TFI, Holdings Locations: London, Britain, Canadian

☆ The Inflation Reduction Act Will Allow an Asset Manager Takeover of Our Infrastructure - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Brett Christophers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Inflation Reduction Act will reshape the physical and economic landscape of the United States over the next decade, including in ways that might surprise a lot of people. will help accelerate the growing private ownership of U.S. infrastructure, and in particular its concentration among a handful of global asset managers like Brookfield. This is taking the United States into risky territory. and 2021’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, President Biden’s other key legislation for infrastructure investment, is that they represent a renewal of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal infrastructure programs of the 1930s. Public ownership of major infrastructure has remained an American mainstay ever since.

☆ Regional bank stocks edge higher after two-day slump
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Medha Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PacWest Bancorp (PACW.O) shares rose 6.5% in early afternoon trading after tumbling 28% to close at their lowest level on record on Tuesday. Western Alliance Bank (WAL.N) advanced 4.2%, while Comerica (CMA.N) and Valley National Bankcorp (VLY.O) added nearly 1% and more than 2%, respectively. The KBW Regional Banking Index (.KRX) rose 2% after closing at its lowest level since December 2020 on Tuesday. The plunge in regional bank stocks came after U.S. regulators seized First Republic Bank and sold off its assets to JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) for $10.6 billion. The bank selloff indicates investor unease over their outlook following the First Republic deal, Brown Brothers Harriman analysts wrote in a note.

☆ Employee Monitoring and Surveillance
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +50 min

Ensuring Employee Safety and Systems SecurityEmployers may use electronic workplace monitoring and surveillance to protect their:Worksites. Potential Liability for Electronic Workplace Monitoring and SurveillanceEmployers that engage in electronic workplace monitoring and surveillance must comply with various federal and state laws, including:The Wiretap Act. Best Practices for Electronic Workplace Monitoring and SurveillanceTo avoid violating relevant state and federal laws, before conducting workplace monitoring and surveillance, employers should:Consider the purpose and appropriate scope of their monitoring and surveillance activities and what methods will help them achieve their objectives. Determine the Purpose of Workplace Monitoring and SurveillanceBefore conducting any workplace monitoring or surveillance, best practice is for employers to identify the purpose and goals of these activities to:Ensure that there is a legitimate business purpose for the planned monitoring and surveillance activities. Determine the scope of monitoring and surveillance necessary to accomplish the business purpose, and conduct only the minimum monitoring and surveillance necessary to meet that business need.

☆ An Earth Day Elegy for an Altered Planet - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Christopher Valentine | Lydia Millet | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Geologists have aterm for boulders heldaloft by other boulders. Some are drawn to these formations and make pilgrimages to see them. is the abbreviation, like Pabst Blue Ribbon. Precariouslybalanced rocks.

☆ Retail investors flock to small-cap AI firms as Big Tech battles for share
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Medha Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Feb 7 (Reuters) - Retail investors are piling into small-cap firms that employ artificial intelligence amid intensifying competition between tech titans Google parent Alphabet and Microsoft to secure leadership in the next big driver of growth. The $3-billion AI software firm C3.ai was the fifth most actively traded on Fidelity's platform for small investors on Monday, while drawing record daily retail inflows worth $31.4 million, as per Vanda Research. "Small-cap firms have AI as a much larger part of their business than the larger ones," said Matthew Tuttle, chief executive officer of Tuttle Capital Management on the reason behind retail investors' focus on the smaller firms. SoundHound AI (SOUN.O), which offers a voice AI platform services, and Thailand's security firm Guardforce AI (GFAI.O) have more than doubled so far this year, while analytics firm BigBear.ai gained nine-fold in value. Google-owner Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) on Monday said it would launch a chatbot service Bard and more artificial intelligence for its search engine as well as developers.

Since the early days of the invasion, Mr. Putin has conceded, privately, that the war has not gone as planned. “I think he is sincerely willing” to compromise with Russia, Mr. Putin said of Mr. Zelensky in 2019. To join in Mr. Putin’s war, he has recruited prisoners, trashed the Russian military and competed with it for weapons. To join in Mr. Putin’s war, he has recruited prisoners, trashed the Russian military and competed with it for weapons. “I think this war is Putin’s grave.” Yevgeny Nuzhin, 55, a Russian prisoner of war held by Ukraine, in October.

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