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☆ Hong Kong officials demand answers for Lionel Messi no-show
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Hong Kong CNN —The Hong Kong government’s repeated requests for Lionel Messi to play in a sell-out soccer match went unanswered Sunday, a city official said, as cheers turned to jeers for the Argentine soccer legend. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong government, which provided more than $2 million in grants to the match organizer, also said it was “extremely disappointed” the star did not play. Fans make their feelings clear after Lionel Messi's Hong Kong no-show. ‘We do feel a bit scammed’“Messi mania” had captured Hong Kong with Inter Miami’s arrival on Friday as fans swarmed the Major League Soccer team’s hotel. Meanwhile, the stadium reached full capacity during the Inter Miami’s open training session the evening before the match.

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☆ Meet the warrior interns: College students hell-bent on winning the CV arms race, who'll stack all the jobs they can to make their resumes shine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

This is becoming a rite of passage for those who want good jobs, one career counselor told Insider. Advertisement Advertisement Watch:Singaporean undergraduate Amelia Yamato Leow told Insider that she started interning right after secondary school. Ong told Insider she's done an internship every summer break, and has worked during the college semester, too. You see from the inside how things work, and how people work, and most importantly, you can build rapport," Chin told Insider. This is especially so for complex industries like banking, Ted Teo, an adjunct assistant professor at the National University of Singapore, told Insider.

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☆ Hong Kong's heaviest rain in at least 140 years floods city streets, metro
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

watch nowTorrential rain deluged Hong Kong on Friday leading to widespread flooding across the densely packed city, submerging streets, shopping malls and metro stations, as authorities shut schools and asked workers to stay at home. The Chinese special administrative region saw the highest hourly rainfall since records began 140 years ago. The city's cross harbour tunnel, one of main arteries connecting Hong Kong island to Kowloon, was also inundated with water, while photos showed a waterlogged shopping centre in the Chai Wan district. Police officers clear a storm drain as a taxi stands stranded in floodwaters during heavy rain in Hong Kong, China, early on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Hong Kong, which was battered by a super typhoon last week, faces the prospect of another day of disruptions caused by intense rain from a different storm.

Persons: Justin Chin, Haikui, John Lee Organizations: Police, Bloomberg, Getty, Hong Kong Observatory Locations: Hong Kong, Kowloon, Chai Wan, China, Territories, China's Guangdong, City

☆ Larry Fink: BlackRock is not the 'environmental police'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Laurence "Larry" Fink, chairman and chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., pauses as he speaks during the BlackRock Asia Media Forum in Hong Kong, China. Justin Chin | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAsset managers like BlackRock are not "the environmental police," Larry Fink said in his annual chairman's letter to investors, which was published on Wednesday. In fact, it's hard to find a part of our ecology – or our economy – that's not affected," Fink wrote. Blackrock has customers who want to invest in the energy transition and others who do not, Fink said, and Blackrock serves both types. BlackRock is investing in natural gas pipelines, with efforts made to mitigate methane emissions from those natural gas pipelines, Fink said.

☆ We still see Estee Lauder shares as a buy on weakness despite downbeat guidance
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Estee Lauder (EL) reported a better-than-expected fiscal first quarter, but a downbeat forecast for the rest of its fiscal year sent shares lower Wednesday. If the U.S. dollar is peaking here and starts to pullback, Estee Lauder will also see a huge pressure point on its business gradually ease. Even though foot traffic may be down in stores, we think Estee Lauder is seeing solid growth from its direct-to-consumer channels. Shares of Estee Lauder have dropped 13% since we started a position back near the end of September. Capital Returns Separately, Estee Lauder announced that it's increasing its quarterly dividend payment by 10% to 66 cents per share.

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