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☆ 'Yellowstone' will have the 'best series finale in history,' according to one of its stars. Here's what we know about season 5, and whether Kevin Costner is returning.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"Yellowstone" has been hit by several setbacks, delaying the release of its final episodes. There's a question mark over whether Kevin Costner will reprise his role as protagonist John Dutton. AdvertisementAfter months of speculation, it's official: "Yellowstone" is expected to return to wrap up its fifth and final season later this year. The first eight episodes of season five began airing on the Paramount Network in late 2022 before the cliffhanger midseason finale dropped on January 1, 2023. Now, it's been confirmed that the Dutton family saga will come to a close this year, with the final episodes scheduled to begin airing in November 2024.

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☆ Europe saved its bears from extinction. Now some countries want more rights to shoot them
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Billy Stockwell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Wild brown bear populations across Europe have bounced back from the brink of extinction, and animal conservationists are thrilled. Some countries are arguing that law lies too far in the bears’ favor at the expense of human lives. Several European Union (EU) countries who are in favor of watering down bear protections are now taking their fight to the bloc’s headquarters in Brussels. How to deal with bear attacks have been on the political agenda of some of the EU’s 27 member countries for years. But some people argue that there are more humane ways to prevent bear attacks.

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☆ China's economy looks like a mess — but some sectors are quietly doing well in its '2-speed economy'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Meanwhile, its financial markets are bleeding, the property market has gone up in smoke, local government debt appears alarming, and foreign investors are exiting in droves. Real estate — which was a huge part of China's economy — has been hit badly, he said. AdvertisementTravel has picked up after years of pandemic lockdownServices is another pillar of China's economy that Beijing has been trying to build up. AdvertisementThis is in part because new growth industries are not able to take the place of real estate — yet. Because the property market accounts for one-quarter of China's GDP and more than two-thirds of household wealth, its overall drag on China's economy is much greater than whatever is doing well right now.

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☆ AllianceBernstein discusses Chinese firms and exports to Global South
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSome Chinese industrial firms 'drawing strength' from exporting to Global South: AllianceBernsteinJohn Lin, chief investment officer of China equities at AllianceBernstein, says "that's really a bright spot. The bus makers, the forklift makers … are really doing quite well in that sort of export market."

Persons: AllianceBernstein John Lin, that's Organizations: Global Locations: China

The idea behind the Ryder Cup task force that was formed after the 2014 matches was to build some continuity among the U.S. teams. He had been an assistant four times in the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup. The key is to see whom Furyk, the 2018 Ryder Cup captain and now the Presidents Cup captain for 2024 in Montreal, selects as his assistants for next year. Former PGA champion David Toms was overlooked as a Ryder Cup captain, just like another PGA champion, Larry Nelson, was before him. DIVOTSRickie Fowler is one of four Americans to have been on a losing Ryder Cup team in Europe at least four times.

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☆ Researchers from Stanford and Google have made an entire AI village. The 25 bots that live there gossip, work, and plan Valentine's Day parties.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Stanford and Google researchers created a virtual village where 25 AI bots live and form relationships. Memory and reflection enable these bots to believably plan parties, discuss elections, and select birthday gifts, per the researchers. A group of Stanford and Google researchers has created a virtual village where 25 AI agents lead lives that are eerily reminiscent of our own. These bots "wake up," chat about the latest town gossip, and even plan events like Valentine's Day parties. These tools help AI bots to produce conversations that mirror human interactions.

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☆ Uganda to reopen century-old rail link after China fails to fund new line
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Elias Biryabarema | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The line, which has been out of use for roughly 40 years, is part of the East Africa rail network that stretches from Kenya's Indian Ocean seaport of Mombasa. It was built by Kenya and Uganda's former colonial ruler Britain around the beginning of the 20th-century. Uganda decided to revamp the old network after plans to build a separate modern standard gauge railway (SGR) failed to secure financing from China. The European Union funded construction of the Gulu hub, completed in late 2021, as part of the effort to revamp Uganda's railway network, which fell into disrepair during the country's economic collapse in 1970s and early 80s. Ugandan officials hope once the link is restored, rail will replace trucks in shipping transit goods to South Sudan and northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Persons: Thomas Mukoya, John Linnon Sengendo, Sengendo, Elias Biryabarema, George Obulutsa, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Democratic, Uganda Railways Corporation, Reuters, China Harbour, Engineering Company, Bridge Corporation, European Union, Thomson Locations: Kenya, Uganda, Kibera, Nairobi, South Sudan, DRC Kenya, KAMPALA, Democratic Republic of Congo, East Africa, Mombasa, Britain, China, Ugandan, Tororo, Uganda's, Gulu, Kampala

HOUSTON, July 27 (Reuters) - Oilfield service providers on Thursday signaled a recovery in rig count, an indicator of future production, later this year, citing an uptick in oil and gas prices. However, with U.S. crude prices climbing back to $80 per barrel, service companies are betting on a recovery in demand. Lindsay said he expects rig count activity to hit a bottom in the quarter ending September, and a recovery in the following quarter. Rival Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN.O) also forecast a rise in rig count and fracking activity later this and next. "We believe the industry rig count is near a bottom," said Andy Hendricks, CEO of Patterson-UTI Energy, adding that the company expects additional rig releases in the next few weeks before drilling activity recovers later in the year.

Persons: John Lindsay, Lindsay, Payne, Patterson, Andy Hendricks, Hendricks, Arathy Somasekhar, Jonathan Oatis, Matthew Lewis Organizations: UTI Energy, Thomson Locations: U.S, Houston

☆ King Charles III and Queen Camilla's coronation marked in Scotland with day of pageantry
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Scotland has concluded a day of festivities celebrating British monarch King Charles III’s recent coronation. King Charles III is presented with the Crown of Scotland at St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh on July 5, 2023. Jane Barlow/ReutersThe service was preceded by a “people’s procession” and a royal procession to the cathedral, and rounded off with a gun salute. Danny Lawson/Getty ImagesCharles arrived at the cathedral in the royal procession in the state Bentley, accompanied by Queen Camilla. King Charles III and Queen Camilla during the service Andrew Milligan/ReutersCamilla wore a long white dress by British designer Bruce Oldfield.

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An upcoming study from researchers at Stanford University offers a new way to trace far-flung smoke and pollution back to individual wildfires of origin. What’s burning in a wildfire determines what kind of pollution is in the smoke. Dr. Ford and others have studied wildfire smoke patterns, as well as the resulting exposure to particulate matter pollution. But the Stanford researchers have pulled off something new by putting the two together, she said, especially over so many years and so much land area. Aside from that, Dr. Lin thought the Stanford study would be very useful in figuring out the real human toll of wildfire smoke.

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☆ Fact Check-Photo of Nicola Sturgeon in a police vehicle is edited
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An edited photograph showing Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon in the back seat of a police vehicle was widely circulated online after she was arrested as part of a police investigation in June 2023. Examples of the altered image, shared as showing Sturgeon’s arrest, are visible on Facebook (here), (here) and Twitter (here). The image was edited to include the car with the yellow-and-blue checkered pattern, typical of police vehicles in Scotland (here). A photo showing Nicola Sturgeon in the back of a police car is edited and unrelated to her June 2023 arrest. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Nicola Sturgeon, Sturgeon, John Linton, Read Organizations: Police Scotland, Scottish National Party, Reuters, Facebook, Twitter, Bute House, Getty Locations: Bute, Edinburgh, Scotland

☆ Bigger decline than expected in China exports is due to "normalization": CIO
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBigger decline than expected in China exports is due to "normalization": CIOJohn Lin, CIO of China Equities at AllianceBernstein says the bigger than expected decline in Chinese exports in May shows the government needs to do more to support the economic recovery.

Persons: John Lin Organizations: China, AllianceBernstein Locations: China

☆ US must stem 'iron river' of guns flowing to Latin America, activists say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Sarah Morland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 18 (Reuters) - U.S. guns, many of them exported legally, are flowing into Latin America in an "iron river" ending in the hands of drug cartels and abusive security forces, activists said Monday, calling for greater oversight from U.S. law and federal agencies. More than half of "crime guns" recovered and traced in Central America are sourced from the United States, according to U.S. gun control agency ATF. Burke called for rules preventing manufacturers from selling to dealers with lax distribution practices. Manufacturers should also stop selling armor-piercing weapons and guns that can easily be modified to shoot hundreds of bullets at a time, she said. U.S government figures show last year that income from legal firearm shipments to Latin America increased 8%, with most sales going to Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia.

☆ This is what happened when 25 AI avatars were let loose in a virtual town
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Researchers let 25 AI avatars loose in a virtual town. "To be honest, I don't like Sam Moore," the AI Tom said. Jaime Sevilla, an AI researcher not involved in the study, told Insider the models behind the study could be applied to non-player characters in video games. After all, the AI agents in the study were prone to hallucinations — like failing to recall certain events — which he attributes to how the model was trained. While researchers concluded their AI agents displayed emergent human behaviors, Woolridge said "we need to be skeptical" and "question" what AI tells us at face value.

☆ As Wall Street turns bearish on the U.S., here's where the pros say to invest
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Zavier Ong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Within Europe, Goldman prefers companies in value sectors that pay dividends , as well as select defensive and growth stocks in the market. Emerging markets Several Wall Street analysts are putting their money on emerging markets, with most bullish on China, the world's second-largest economy. While the bank expects just 1% earnings growth for emerging market stocks, it said the sector's valuation looks attractive at a 23% discount to global peers. Philip Blancato, CEO at Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management, is also bullish on emerging markets. He added that the case for adding to emerging market allocations is growing, particularly given the "near guarantee" of a softer dollar in the short- to medium-term.

☆ The Fed's going to have to come down hard on consumer demand to tame inflation
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But remember, a strong consumer means high demand, which helps inflation stick around. Higher-for-longer rate hikes don't bode well for the stock market. In JPMorgan's view, the stock market has yet to come to terms with that possibility. (It's worth noting that just a couple months ago, markets were expecting interest rate cuts by late 2023.) The stock market bubble has burst and those betting on a rebound are in denial, according to Richard Bernstein Advisors.

☆ Buy these 7 value stocks to help your portfolio thrive during 'economic purgatory,' according to the manager of a $17 billion fund
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Detailed below are seven top stocks to buy now, according to the $17.5 billion value fund manager. The silver lining is that most Wall Street firms think the economy will experience a soft landing, which would be characterized by a mild downturn. This means buying value stocks that will both succeed amid a soft landing, as well as those poised to benefit from the more extreme event of a full-blown recession. Overall, he sees the group as attractively valued, especially in a soft landing scenario. Below are seven of Linehan's favorite value stocks to own in this environment along with the ticker, market capitalization, sector, and thesis for each.

☆ U.S. mattress maker Serta Simmons files for bankruptcy protection
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Doraville, Georgia-based company, whose roots date to 1870, filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors on Monday night with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas. Serta Simmons also lined up $125 million in financing to keep operating, including to pay its 3,600 employees. The company's brands include Serta, Simmons, Beautyrest and Tuft & Needle. Serta Simmons' advisers include the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Evercore Group LLC and FTI Consulting Inc. The case is In re Serta Simmons Bedding LLC et al, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas, No.

☆ Here's how to spot high-quality dividend stocks and manage risk in an unprecedented bear market, according to a 33-year investing veteran who runs a $16 billion fund
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

John Linehan of T. Rowe Price shared how he manages over $16 billion in assets. John Linehan, the chief investment officer for equities at T. Rowe Price, has encountered plenty of different investing landscapes in his 33-year career. Linehan, who manages over $16 billion in assets in the T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund (PRFDX), is currently attempting to thread the needle between playing offense and defense. High, reliable dividend yields are vital to the T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund, Linehan said, but the size of the quarterly payment is far from his only consideration on that front. "We're looking for companies that have both an attractive yield but also attractive attributes beyond the yield," Linehan said.

☆ North Hollywood strippers set to vote on joining a union
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Natasha Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Los Angeles CNN —Strippers at the Star Garden topless dive bar in North Hollywood will soon receive ballots to hold an election for collective bargaining, which may result in the first stripper union in the US in more than a decade. On Nov. 7, the NLRB will count the votes from Star Garden dancers, entertainers and DJs, determining if they will join the Actors Equity Association, a union of performers and other show business professionals. The facts are clear: The workers at Star Garden are entitled to a union election,” said Andrea Hoeschen, assistant executive director and general counsel for Actors’ Equity Association. “Most of the purportedly eligible voters have never been employees of Star Garden; they were in fact, and in law, merely lessees with no employment relationship,” Gaylord and Linker wrote. Since then, the dancers have been picketing most weekends outside the Star Garden, dressed in themed costumes, urging patrons to go to different clubs.

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