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☆ Alaska Airlines passenger accused of trying to open cockpit door has been charged in federal court
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Rashard Rose | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight this month repeatedly tried to open the cockpit door, prompting flight attendants to barricade the door and have the man restrained until landing, court documents filed in federal court allege. Jones got up from his seat several times during the flight and made three attempts to go to the front of the plane and open the cockpit door, an air marshal wrote in an affidavit. When a flight attendant asked why he tried to access the cockpit, Jones replied that he “was testing them,” the affidavit reads. The cockpit was locked down and barricaded with a beverage cart for the remainder of the flight, according to the affidavit. The passenger had tried to access the cockpit in a “nonviolent manner” and “appeared confused,” Alaska Airlines said on Wednesday.

Persons: Nathan Jones, Jones, “, Robert Jenkins, ” Jenkins, Anne Zalewski, CNN’s Elizabeth Wolfe Organizations: CNN, Alaska Airlines, Dulles International, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, United Airlines Locations: San Diego, Virginia, Alaska, Alexandria , Virginia

☆ ESG investing is dying on Wall Street. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN —The market for environmental, social and corporate governance, or ESG, investing is fundamentally broken. “ESG investing … entering the final quarter of 2023 continues to be a story of declining flows and assets under management,” said Robert Jenkins, head of global research at Lipper. Before the Bell spoke with Jenkins about the future of ESG investing in the US and globally. What trends did you see regarding ESG investing last quarter? Before the pandemic, we had kind of a nice, natural looking growth line to ESG products.

Persons: “, ”, Robert Jenkins, Jenkins, he’ll, it’s, Bell, ESG, I’ve, we’ve, Elliott Gotkine, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Satya Nadella, ” Sundar Pichai, Sonnenfeld, , Susan, ” Susan, ” Richard Griffiths, Citigate Dewe Rogerson, Shawn Fain, “ We’ve, Chris Isidore, Vanessa Yurkevich Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, CNN, Lipper, Netflix, Yale School of Management, ”, Microsoft, Google, ” Disney, Reuters, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Eclipse, “, London, United Auto Workers, ’ United Auto Workers, GM, UAW Locations: New York, Ukraine, Israel, America, United States, United Kingdom, Gaza

☆ Premarket stocks trading: ESG has lost its meaning. One advocate says let's throw it in the trash
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Dedicated ESG funds have also lost popularity with investors. Total assets under management in ESG funds fell by about $163.2 billion globally during the first quarter of 2023 from the year before, according to data provider Lipper. According to the latest Fed projections, officials forecast just one more interest rate hike this year — and rate cuts next year. When members of his board ask him whether interest rates could really go that high, his answer is always “yes,” he told Bloomberg. There are a lot of “potential bad outcomes,” Dimon said, but the worst-case economic scenario would be stagflation, with low growth and high interest rates.

Persons: “ ESG, ESG, What’s, Lipper, Lynn Forester de Rothschild, ESG “, ”, Rothschild, King Charles II, Bill Clinton, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, ’, Stephen Hall, Philip Morris, “, Robert Jenkins, Jenkins, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, It’s, ” Dimon, “ you’re, Satya Nadella, Brian Fung, Nadella, ” Nadella, else’s Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, Fox News, Republican, Biden, Council, Inclusive Capitalism, “ Investment, Better, CNN, Jamie Dimon JPMorgan, Federal, Bloomberg, Times, Microsoft, Google Locations: New York, Times of India, United States

☆ Factbox-Travis King: What Happened to Other US Soldiers Who Defected to North Korea?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

(Reuters) - Private Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea in July, is in U.S. custody after North Korea expelled him into China, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, following rare diplomatic cooperation between the U.S., North Korea and China. A U.S. military spokesman later said an investigation indicated that White crossed into North Korea of his own free will. In a video released by the North, White denounced the United States and praised North Korea and its then leader Kim Il-Sung. - Charles Robert Jenkins walked into North Korea when on patrol on the DMZ in 1965. - James Joseph Dresnok was a 21-year old U.S. army private stationed in South Korea in 1962 when he fled to the North.

Persons: Travis King, Joseph T, White, Kim Il, Charles Robert Jenkins, Jenkins, Hitomi Soga, Soga, James Joseph Dresnok, Dresnok, Jerry Wayne Parrish, Larry Allen Abshier, Kim Jong, Dresnok's, Josh Smith, David Brunnstrom, Phil Stewart, Chizu Nomiyama Organizations: Reuters, U.S, North, Korea Times, United Nations Command, Washington Post Locations: U.S, North Korea, China, China . U.S, South Korea, Pyongyang, United States, Vietnam, Japan, Korean

☆ Travis King: What happened to other US soldiers who defected to North Korea?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sarah Leslie/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 27 (Reuters) - Private Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea in July, is in U.S. custody after North Korea expelled him into China, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, following rare diplomatic cooperation between the U.S., North Korea and China. A U.S. military spokesman later said an investigation indicated that White crossed into North Korea of his own free will. In a video released by the North, White denounced the United States and praised North Korea and its then leader Kim Il-Sung. - Charles Robert Jenkins walked into North Korea when on patrol on the DMZ in 1965. - James Joseph Dresnok was a 21-year old U.S. army private stationed in South Korea in 1962 when he fled to the North.

Persons: Travis T, Sarah Leslie, Handout, Travis King, Joseph T, White, Kim Il, Charles Robert Jenkins, Jenkins, Hitomi Soga, Soga, James Joseph Dresnok, Dresnok, Jerry Wayne Parrish, Larry Allen Abshier, Kim Jong, Dresnok's, Josh Smith, David Brunnstrom, Phil Stewart, Chizu Organizations: Security Area, REUTERS, U.S, North, Korea Times, United Nations Command, Washington Post, Thomson Locations: Panmunjom, South Korea, U.S, North Korea, China, China . U.S, Pyongyang, United States, Vietnam, Japan, Korean

☆ Factbox: Travis King: What happened to other U.S. soldiers who defected to North Korea?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SEOUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) - North Korea on Wednesday confirmed it is holding U.S. Army Private Travis King after he crossed the border from South Korea last month while on a tour, but did not elaborate on what his future might hold. A U.S. military spokesman later said an investigation indicated that White crossed into North Korea of his own free will. In a video released by the North, White denounced the United States and praised North Korea and its then leader Kim Il-Sung. - Charles Robert Jenkins walked into North Korea when on patrol on the DMZ in 1965. - James Joseph Dresnok was a 21-year old U.S. army private stationed in South Korea in 1962 when he fled to the North.

Persons: Travis King, KCNA, King, Joseph T, White, Kim Il, Charles Robert Jenkins, Jenkins, Hitomi Soga, Soga, James Joseph Dresnok, Dresnok, Jerry Wayne Parrish, Larry Allen Abshier, Kim Jong, Dresnok's, Josh Smith, Chizu Organizations: Wednesday, U.S, Army, North, Korea Times, United Nations Command, Washington Post, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, North Korea, South Korea, State, U.S, Pyongyang, United States, Vietnam, Japan, Korean

☆ The responsible investing boom is over. Can anything replace ESG?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Environmental, social and corporate governance, or ESG, investing is on a downward spiral. But in 2022, the pace of inflows quickly eased as a confluence of political, geopolitical and market events severely damaged interest in ESG investing. ESG investing took off and became a buzzword — the “artificial intelligence of six years ago,” said Jenkins. Alphabet reported revenue of $74.6 billion, marking a 7% jump compared to last year and beating Wall Street’s estimates. Banc of California reported a much smaller decline in net income of $2.4 million last quarter.

Persons: ESG, Larry Fink, ”, Robert Jenkins, Jenkins, “, ” Jenkins, he’s, What’s, Clare Duffy, Catherine Thorbecke, Wall, ” Thomas Monteiro, —, Elisabeth Buchwald, Jared Wolff, Wolff, PacWest Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, BlackRock, CNN, Lipper, Pleiades Strategy, Google, Microsoft, Wall, Bancorp, Western Bank, Beverly, Santa, Bank Locations: New York, YOLO, Ukraine, Banc, California, Santa Ana, United States

King, an active-duty U.S. Army soldier serving in South Korea, sprinted into North Korea while on a civilian tour of the Demilitarized Zone on the border between the two Koreas. Washington is fully mobilized in trying to contact Pyongyang about him, U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said on Thursday, but North Korea had yet to respond. At that time, U.S. officials had just concluded an initial nuclear agreement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il. Warmbier was eventually returned to the United States in a coma in 2017, but died days later. "Here's the response we got: one missile launch after another," referring to repeated North Korean missile tests.

Persons: Travis King, Christine Wormuth, Joe Biden, Trump, It's, Thomas Hubbard, Bobby Hall, Kim Jong Un's, Kim Jong Il, Hubbard, King, Mickey Bergman, Bill Richardson, Bergman, Jenny Town, Charles Robert Jenkins, ‘, Tae Yong, Otto Warmbier, Warmbier, Otto’s, Fred, He’s, Antony Blinken, Biden, Blinken, Simon Lewis, David Brunnstrom, Idrees Ali, Don Durfee, Stephen Coates Organizations: Army, U.S . Army, U.S, North, Koreans, United Nations Command, Richardson, . Army, Reuters, Aspen Security, Korean, Thomson Locations: United States, North Korea, South Korea, . Washington, Pyongyang, U.S, Washington, North, Korea, Koreans, Sweden, New York, Jenny, Korean, Korea's

☆ US soldier in North Korea not the first to flee to the secretive state
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Ed Davies | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A U.S. military spokesman later said an investigation indicated that White crossed into North Korea of his own free will. In a video released by the North, White denounced the United States and praised North Korea and its then leader Kim Il-Sung. - Charles Robert Jenkins walked into North Korea when on patrol on the DMZ in 1965. He later expressed regret for fleeing and explained at his court marital that his motive was to avoid hazardous duty in South Korea and combat in Vietnam. - James Joseph Dresnok was a 21-year old U.S. army private stationed in South Korea in 1962 when he fled to the North.

Persons: Travis T, King, Joseph T, White, Kim Il, Charles Robert Jenkins, Jenkins, Hitomi Soga, Soga, James Joseph Dresnok, Dresnok, Jerry Wayne Parrish, Larry Allen Abshier, Kim Jong, Dresnok's, Ed Davies, Lincoln Organizations: U.S, North, Korea Times, United Nations Command, Washington Post, Thomson Locations: North Korea, South Korea, U.S, Pyongyang, United States, Vietnam, Japan, Korean, Sydney

☆ Premarket stocks: ESG investing is dead. That's not a bad thing.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A new, more efficient system is taking shape that incorporates ESG standards into the bedrock of stock valuations, he said. ESG investing as a separate entity could be on its way out, but the approach was wrong to begin with, said Jenkins. Instead, a confluence of political, geopolitical and market events has severely damaged interest in ESG investing. Increased scrutiny also played into political differences around ESG investing and opened the door to vocal critics. Responsible investing funds also came up against mighty economic headwinds last year.

☆ Premarket stocks: ESG funds had a terrible year but traders kept investing anyway
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —ESG funds — investments that evaluate companies using environmental, social and governance factors — just survived a tumultuous 2022. That increased scrutiny also played into political differences around ESG investing and opened the door to vocal critics. Responsible investing funds also came up against mighty economic headwinds. These funds’ outsized investments in tech stocks and lack of energy stocks (which was the only positive sector this past year), led to a noticeable losses for ESG funds in general last year. On a global scale, ESG funds also attracted positive investment flows even as money was pulled from broader funds, according to Refinitiv Lipper data provided exclusively to Before the Bell.

☆ Premarket stocks: Why investors aren't going green
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

ESG funds in September saw their largest outflow of investor cash since the March 2020 recession. These ESG and responsible investing funds saw assets under management peak above $8.5 trillion in late 2021. That’s because ESG ratings agencies tend to rate companies against others within their industry, so oil and gas companies are rated separately from automotive companies. A debate over how to regulate ESG funds is also adding to the noisy picture. But the hurdles facing ESG investing show that doing so is easier said than done.

☆ Premierul britanic, Boris Johnson, s-a căsătorit. Cine este soția acestuia
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-30 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Boris Johnson şi Carrie Symonds s-au căsătorit, în secret, la Catedrala Westminster. Boris Johnson, 56 de ani, s-a căsătorit cu Carrie Symonds, 33 de ani, în catedrala catolică din Westminster, în faţa prietenilor apropiaţi şi a rudelor, a raportat TheGuardian. Aproximativ 30 de invitaţi au participat la slujba religioasă – maximul permis în prezent – în centrul Londrei, după ce au fost invitaţi în ultimul moment. Boris Johnson a mai fost căsătorit de două ori anterior. Carrie Symonds, fost responsabilă pe probleme de de comunicare a Partidului Conservator, a dat naştere fiului lor la câteva săptămâni după ce Boris Johnson a ieşit de la terapie intensivă după un caz grav de coronavirus.

Persons: Boris Johnson, Carrie Symonds, Robert Jenkinson, Cuplul, Marina Wheeler Organizations: Catedrala Westminster, Evenimentul, Partidului Conservator Locations: Westminster, britanic, Londrei

☆ UNICEF: 320 milioane de copii, privaţi de şcoală din cauza pandemiei
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-08 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

La nivel mondial, aproape unul din cinci copii de vârstă şcolară, adică 320 milioane, nu a putut merge la şcoală la începutul acestei luni. Aceasta înseamnă o creştere cu aproape 90 de milioane începând din noiembrie, arată UNICEF, citând date strânse de UNESCO. UNICEF îndeamnă guvernele să evite închiderea şcolilor la nivel naţional şi, în schimb, să dea prioritate redeschiderii acestora, făcându-le cât mai sigure posibil. „Asistăm la o tendinţă alarmantă prin care guvernele închid încă o dată şcolile ca prim recurs în loc de a o face în ultimă instanţă', a adăugat el. Planurile de redeschidere a şcolilor trebuie să includă acces extins la învăţământ la distanţă, mai ales pentru grupurile marginalizate, mai subliniază UNICEF.

Persons: UNICEF, Robert Jenkins Organizations: UNICEF, UNESCO

Persons: UNICEF, Robert Jenkins Organizations: UNICEF, UNESCO

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