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New York University officials will move to discipline student demonstrators who remain in a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, the university announced in a statement on Monday. The encampment was erected on Friday, as similar sites spread on college campuses across the country, following Columbia University’s lead. Students removed their tents on Friday as N.Y.U. demanded but continued to stay overnight at the encampment. By Monday afternoon, students had not responded and had remained at the site, John Beckman, a university spokesman, said in the statement.

Persons: Columbia University’s, John Beckman, ” Organizations: New York University Locations: Columbia

☆ Danaher shares jump 7% as the turnaround in biotech spending finally arrives
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Shares of Danaher popped more than 7% on Tuesday after the life sciences company delivered beats across its three main businesses — a sign the long-awaited turnaround in the biotech industry is finally here. Danaher Why we own it : Danaher is a best-in-class life sciences and diagnostics company, with a management team who have proven time and again their ability to find new ways to grow. The turnaround is now in effect, with bioprocessing orders up on a sequential basis. Within the segment, bioprocessing sales fell a "high teens" percentage, while discovery and medical declined 20% year over year. Diagnostics sales advanced 7.5% on a core basis to $2.53 billion.

Persons: Danaher, Blair, Beckman Coulter, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Igor Golovnov Organizations: LSEG, Bloomberg, Biotechnology, Management, CNBC, Getty Locations: bioprocessing, China, North America, Europe

☆ How GKids Became the A24 of Animation
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Carlos Aguilar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The hand-drawn movie has a real shot at winning and becoming the first GKids release to do so. How has a small outfit focused on animation managed to have such an outsized effect in Hollywood? Eric Beckman, a former music industry executive, founded GKids with the intent of redefining American audiences’ perception of animation as more than a children’s medium. At the time, family-friendly, computer-generated and stylistically similar studio productions had an even tighter stronghold on animation in the United States than they do today. GKids has since filled a precious gap by consistently releasing bold animated work from around the world.

Persons: Kells ”, Hayao Miyazaki’s, Eric Beckman, GKids, ” Organizations: Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Sciences, Ghibli Locations: GKids, Hollywood, United States

☆ Danaher shares hit a 1-year high after earnings and we're increasing our price target
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

DHR 1Y mountain Danaher 1 year Shares of Danaher rose as much as 5% to a 52-week high of $245.40 each. Core sales, not shown on the table, were down 22.5%. Core sales were down 4% year over year as strength from academic and life science research customers was more than offset by weakness from pharma and biopharma customers. Core sales fell about the same as strength in clinical diagnostics, driven by Beckman Coulter Diagnostics was more than offset by lower respiratory revenue at Cepheid. In this photo illustration, Danaher Corporation logo is seen displayed on a smartphone and PC screen.

Persons: we've, Danaher, Beckman Coulter, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Pavlo Gonchar Organizations: Revenue, LSEG, JPMorgan Healthcare, Sciences, Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Management, pharma, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, CNBC, Getty Locations: Danaher, China, Biotechnology, North America, Europe, Asia, Pacific, Cepheid

☆ Students are lawyering up in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Hafez, who CNN has reached out to for comment, is now suing Accuracy in Media for defamation and emotional distress, and the violation of his civil rights. Hafez is among the politically and ethnically diverse students across the country who are filing lawsuits in the wake of October 7. Some are invoking the Civil Rights Act, claiming their schools aren’t protecting them from religious discrimination. “We believe that a number of universities are violating Title VI in this moment. “We have had a massive and unprecedented spike since October 7.”The legal standard for Title VI cases is high, Cron said.

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☆ U.S. Investigates Colleges for Antisemitism and Islamophobia Complaints
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Protests by pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups on college campuses have intensified tensions between students groups, faculty and administrations in recent weeks. Universities have struggled to contain the blowback as students and faculty raise concerns over both security and free speech. On Tuesday, about 400 students gathered at Columbia University to protest the war and to criticize university leaders for suspending two pro-Palestinian student groups through the end of the semester. The university said it would cooperate with the investigation and said it was taking steps to address antisemitism. Three Jewish students sued New York University this week over what they said was a hostile environment that had allowed antisemitism to go unchecked.

Persons: Biden, Catherine E, Lhamon, Ben Chang, Kathy Hochul, banged, N.Y.U, John Beckman Organizations: Columbia, Cooper Union, Cornell, Hamas, U.S . Department of Education’s, Civil Rights, Wellesley College, University of Pennsylvania, Lafayette College, Maize, Office, Civil, Israel, Universities, Columbia University, Cornell University, Gov, New York University Locations: New York, Israel, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Kansas

☆ Who You Calling Dumb Money? Everyday Investors Do Just Fine
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Hannah Miao | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jeff Beckman knew he wouldn’t get rich working at a nonprofit, so he invested in the stock market. For nearly four decades, Beckman has steadily contributed to an employer-sponsored retirement plan allocated almost entirely to stock funds. He also bought shares of Apple , Berkshire Hathaway and Meta Platforms through a brokerage account. Now, the 63-year-old’s portfolio is worth roughly $1 million—and he has no plans to sell his stocks or rotate toward safer assets, such as bonds, anytime soon.

Persons: Jeff Beckman, Beckman, Berkshire Hathaway Organizations: Apple, Berkshire

☆ Insider Today: Tech's biggest lie
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In recent years, some members of Congress have lacked a basic understanding of technology, let alone something as complex as generative AI. Marc Benioff spent much of the annual Dreamforce conference sounding the alarms on how untrustworthy generative AI is right now. Marc Benioff spent much of the annual Dreamforce conference sounding the alarms on how untrustworthy generative AI is right now. It's International Equal Pay Day. The UN General Assembly created this day in 2019 with "equal pay for work of equal value" in mind.

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☆ Listen to This American Life: House on Loon Lake
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( New York Times Audio | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The New York Times Audio app is home to journalism and storytelling and provides news, depth and serendipity. If you haven’t already, download the app here and sign up for our weekly newsletter. Our new audio app includes “This American Life,” the award-winning program hosted by Ira Glass. The app includes a “Best of ‘This American Life’” section with some of our favorite bite-size clips, so you can enjoy the show even if you don’t have a lot of time. Image Credit... Adam Beckman/This American LifeOn This Week’s Episode:The true story of an abandoned house, discovered by a young boy in the 1970s, and the mysterious family who disappeared without a trace.

Persons: Ira Glass, Adam Beckman Organizations: New York Times Locations: Freedom

☆ 7 Decades Later, Arthur Miller’s ‘The Hook’ Comes Home to Brooklyn
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Rose Adams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a barge in Red Hook, Brooklyn, dockworkers chant against their corrupt union boss. “We’re striking this ship!” yells the group’s leader. This is a scene from Brave New World Repertory Theater’s production of “The Hook,” the first American staging of an adapted Arthur Miller screenplay. The show, which opens at the Waterfront Museum on Friday, follows Marty, a longshoreman in 1950 who fights against the union corruption that controlled Red Hook’s waterfront. Now the show returns to the neighborhood in which it is set, staged aboard a docked ship straight from Panto’s time.

Persons: “, ”, Arthur Miller, Marty, Miller, Pete Panto, Claire Beckman Organizations: Waterfront Museum Locations: Red Hook , Brooklyn

☆ News startup Messenger launches with Trump 'exclusive' while advertisers expressed skepticism ahead of debut: 'We can't have another Quibi'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Jimmy Finkelstein's startup The Messenger launched today with a Trump interview leading the site. Advertisers said it'll be tough to sell ads on a site without an established audience. The site led with an interview with former President Donald Trump and ads from the American Petroleum Institute. The Messenger said it'll roll out seven other verticals including business, entertainment, and sports later in the year. Image from The Messenger's launch ad campaign.

☆ The Messenger, Jimmy Finkelstein's digital news startup, meets advertiser skepticism ahead of May 15 launch: 'We can't have another Quibi'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Jimmy Finkelstein's startup The Messenger will roll out an ad campaign touting its mission to provide unbiased news. An ad campaign by Publicis unit Le Truc will kick off May 22 and is designed to provoke, with copy like "Agendas are for meetings. Image from The Messenger's launch ad campaign. The Messenger said it'll have three to four big advertisers at launch as well as a significant amount of programmatic advertising. The Messenger's ad campaign promotes its ambitions to provide unbiased news.

☆ The first-time founder's ultimate guide to hiring top talent, from a Greylock partner, a former Googler, a Stanford lecturer, and a consultant to Spotify and JPMorgan
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-19 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

We asked a series of entrepreneurship experts — including founders, investors, and business professors — to outline some best hiring practices. Read more: The first-time founder's ultimate guide to pitching a VCNow, your goal in hiring the company's first few employees is to get the product or service to market. Patty McCord, former chief talent officer at Netflix, previously told Business Insider that managers should regularly evaluate whether their current team is equipped to tackle the next big challenge. Break down your organization into different levels: the senior management team, director-level managers, key employees, and employees in non-critical functions. As Sophie Kahn, cofounder of the sustainable jewelry company AUrate, told Business Insider, you can also consider your employees' personal preferences.

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