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☆ How One Reaction to a Mural Tore a New England Town Apart
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Jenna Russell | John Tully | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Few were present at the select board meeting in Littleton, N.H., last August when Carrie Gendreau, one of its members, began to talk about a mural that had recently been painted on the side of a building downtown. Its subject matter — a blooming iris, dandelions, birch trees — did not seem controversial. But for Ms. Gendreau, 62, who was also a state senator representing northern New Hampshire, the mural had set off alarms. She was certain there were subversive messages in its imagery, planted there by the nonprofit group that had planned and paid for it. The group was North Country Pride, founded four years ago to build more visible support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the rural region.

Persons: Carrie Gendreau, Gendreau Organizations: North Country Pride Locations: Littleton, N.H, New Hampshire

☆ Russell Brand announces he is getting baptized as a Christian, describing it as an 'opportunity to leave the past behind'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Russell Brand is getting baptized after spending several months exploring the Christian faith. Brand, who was previously Buddhist, said he saw baptism as an opportunity "to die and be reborn." AdvertisementBritish comedian and actor turned political influencer Russell Brand has announced his plans to be baptized, culminating a monthslong journey exploring the Christian faith. "I'm getting baptized." He said that baptism had been explained to him as an "opportunity to die and be reborn."

Persons: Russell Brand, Brand, —, influencer Russell Brand, I'm Organizations: Service

☆ The Comfortable Problem of Mid TV
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A few years ago, “Atlanta” and “PEN15” were teaching TV new tricks. In “PEN15,” Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle created a minutely observed, universal-yet-specific picture of adolescent awkwardness. In February, Glover and Erskine returned in the action thriller “Mr. But I would never have wasted an episode of “Atlanta” or “PEN15” on in-flight entertainment. Keri Russell, a ruthless and complicated Russian spy in “The Americans,” is now in “The Diplomat,” a forgettably fun dramedy.

Persons: PEN15, ” Donald Glover, ” Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Glover, Erskine, Smith, Keri Russell, ”, Natasha Lyonne, ” Idris Elba, Stringer Bell, “ Organizations: Atlanta, Amazon Prime Locations: Atlanta, America, The, Russian

One of the architects of that plan for a Trump second term said as much in a video last year for the Heritage Foundation. Reissuing Schedule F is part of a roadmap, known as Project 2025, drafted for a second Trump term by scores of conservative groups and published by the Heritage Foundation. The new rules would not fully block reclassifying workers in a second Trump term. Greene said she worries for federal workers who might face the same choice in a second Trump term. The project includes a personnel database for potential hires in a second Trump administration.

Persons: Donald Trump, it’s, —, Trump, Joe Biden, Donald Moynihan, Georgetown University's, ” Donald Moynihan, ” Moynihan, “ It’s, ”, Russell Vought, “, you’re, Doreen Greenwald, Moynihan, Kenneth Baer, Barack Obama, ” Kenneth Baer, Peter Orszag, Pete Souza, Robert Shea, Eva Shea, George W, Bush, Laura Bush, Tina Hager, ” Biden, Baer, George Frey, ” Trump, Max Stier, Verna Daniels, ” Daniels, Catherine Greene, ” Greene, Tom Bewick, NIFA, ” Bewick, we’ll, Greene, Biden, “ We’ve, He’s, Hillary Clinton, he’d, James Comey, Bill Barr, Barr, Jeffrey Clark, Clark, Mark Meadows, Stephen Miller, Peter Navarro, he’ll Organizations: CNN, United, Republican, Democratic, Trump, ”, Georgetown, Georgetown University's McCourt School, Public, Georgetown University, Heritage Foundation, Management, Budget, of Justice, FBI, Environmental Protection Agency, Vought, National Treasury Employees Union, OMB, White, Personnel Management, Land Management, Department of Agriculture, Kansas City, Partnership for Public Service, Government, Office, GAO, Economic Research Service, National Institute of Food, Agriculture, USDA, National Institute for Food, NIFA, Applied Economics Association, BLM, Getty, Department of Justice, Justice Department, Univision, Justice, Department, U.S . Justice, Center, Washington Post, National Security and Intelligence, of Homeland Security, of Education and Commerce, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission Locations: United States, Washington, Georgetown, , Colorado, DC, Kansas, Colorado, Virginia, America, Grand Junction, Washington ,, New York City, New York, Georgia

☆ Video: See aftermath of tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Lacey Russell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Bitcoin showing similarities to small caps as it struggles to break through $70,000, says Wolfe Research
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"Bitcoin continues to demonstrate its inability to successfully get through that stubborn $70k resistance level," Wolfe's Rob Ginsberg said in a note Wednesday. "It reminds us of another group that has been unable to overcome its own resistance level ... small caps," he continued. Now, bitcoin has retested its highs while small caps have barely proved they can stay above $2,000 in [the Russell 2000 ]." BTC.CM= .RUT 6M mountain Bitcoin and Russell 2000 Bitcoin has been meandering in the $60,000 level since the beginning of March. All of the major stock indexes are down for the month, and the small-cap Russell 2000 is tracking for a deeper loss of about 6%.

Persons: Bitcoin, Rob Ginsberg, bitcoin, Russell, Ginsberg, Michael Bloom Organizations: Wolfe Research, Federal Reserve

☆ Dividend stocks are poised to outperform, says Bank of America. Here are names on its list
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The U.S. economy is flashing a sign that's favorable for dividend stocks, according to Bank of America. In this environment, investors want to own dividend stocks with above-market yields, she said. For those characteristics, she looks to quintile two of the Russell 1000 by trailing dividend yield. Her screen guards against owning distressed companies that might move into the first quintile, the highest dividend yield group, if prices fall ahead of potential dividend cuts. APA has a 3.1% dividend yield, while HF Sinclair yields 3.5%.

Persons: Savita Subramanian, Subramanian, Russell, Jeffrey Martin, CNBC's Jim Cramer, John Christmann Organizations: Bank of America, Bank of, AES, APA, Sinclair, Callon Petroleum, CNBC, Citigroup, Citi Locations: U.S

☆ CEOs are quitting at record rates, and women are twice as likely as men to leave
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

But turnover rates are worse for women. CEOs are quitting at record rates, and the small share of women at the very top are leaving the fastest. Roughly 1 in 4, or 24%, of women CEOs leave their post within two years, according to RRA data going back to 2018. That's more than twice the share of the 10% of men who leave their CEO job in that window. With an even shorter timeline, women CEOs are four times as likely as men to leave the role within a year.

Persons: Russell Reynolds, Ty Wiggins, Wiggins Organizations: Global, Russell, Russell Reynolds Associates, McKinsey & Company Locations: LeanIn.org

☆ Photos shine a light on Taiwan’s ‘betel nut beauties’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Emma Russell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

To meet her sales targets, the betel nut “must be delicious.” she told CNN in an email. A betel nut stall in Taipei. “I loved driving there because there were the betel nut girls,” she recalled in a phone interview. One of Han's subjects, Ju Ju, is pictured at a booth in the city of Taoyuan. But Ju Ju has since grown to value the stability of the job.

Persons: Mong Shuan, Mong, Constanze Han, “, ”, we’d, Han, Han “, ’ ”, Susan Meiselas, Xiao Hong, Ju, Ju Ju, —, Constanze Organizations: CNN, Mong, ”, island’s Ministry of Health, Welfare Locations: Taiwan, Asia, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and New York, America, New England, New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Constanze

☆ TikTok creators fear for their livelihoods after U.S. lawmakers pass bill that could lead to ban
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Zach Vallese | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"TikTok allows small businesses and creators to find their people in their community," Nichols told CNBC, ahead of the bill's signing. watch nowNichols joined a number of other TikTok creators in traveling to the Capitol to oppose a potential ban. TikTok creators and influencers, living far out of the realm of politics, have a very different concern. Tony Youn, a plastic surgeon with 8.4 million TikTok followers, said finding a big audience is difficult. WATCH: Senator Markwayne Mullin talks passage of Tiktok ban

Persons: Craig Hudson, Ophelia Nichols, Nichols, Biden, TikTok didn't, Shou Zi Chew, TikTok, Markwayne Mullin, CNBC's, Mullin, they'll, Zi Chew, Sen, John Fetterman, Anna Moneymaker, livestreams, Adam Mosseri, Tony Youn, Youn Organizations: Foreign, Capitol, Washington , D.C, CNBC, Oxford, TikTok, America Survey, Lawmakers, Communist Party, Russell Senate, ByteDance, Getty, YouTube, Meta, Facebook Locations: Washington , U.S, Alabama, Washington ,, Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, It's, American, U.S, TikTok, United States

A wave of pro-Palestinian protests spread and intensified on Wednesday as students gathered on campuses around the country, in some cases facing off with the police, in a widening showdown over campus speech and the war in Gaza. University administrators from Texas to California moved to clear protesters and prevent encampments from taking hold on their own campuses as they have at Columbia University, deploying police in tense new confrontations that already have led to dozens of arrests. At the same time, new protests continued erupting in places like Pittsburgh and San Antonio. Students expressed solidarity with their fellow students at Columbia, and with a pro-Palestinian movement that appeared to be galvanized by the pushback on other campuses and the looming end of the academic year. Protesters on several campuses said their demands included divestment by their universities from companies connected to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, disclosure of those and other investments and a recognition of the continuing right to protest without punishment.

Organizations: University, Columbia University, Columbia, Protesters Locations: Gaza, Texas, California, Pittsburgh, San Antonio

☆ Opinion | New York Is Turning 400. We Should Celebrate. But How?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Russell Shorto | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This spring is the 400th anniversary of the founding of New York — or, to be precise, of the Dutch colony that became New York once the English took it over. That settlement gave rise to a city unencumbered by old ways and powered by pluralism and capitalism: the first modern city, you might say. Yes, New Netherland, the Dutch colony, and New Amsterdam, the city that became New York, created the conditions for New York’s ascent, and helped shape America as a place of tolerance, multiethnicity and free trade. But the Dutch also established slavery in the region and contributed to the removal of Native peoples from their lands. Efforts to commemorate the occasion have been slowed, in part, by controversy and confusion because we can’t agree on what our past means.

Organizations: New, York Historical Society Locations: New York, New Netherland, New Amsterdam, Independence

☆ How to change your career after 40
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Lacey Russell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Buy these 'AI revolutionaries' trading at a discount, Evercore ISI says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The artificial intelligence revolution is just getting started, and that means there are opportunities for investors to scoop up some names at a discount, according to Evercore ISI. Yet adoption is low, with less than 5% of U.S. firms reporting using AI, he said, citing U.S. Census Bureau data. To find "AI revolutionaries" that are trading at a discount, Evercore ISI looked for companies in the Russell 1000 with strongly trending AI mentions — either surpassing the index or the company's sector average. One of the names on the list is Uber Technologies , which mentioned AI 17 times last year. The company is also using AI to increase productivity.

Persons: OpenAI's ChatGPT, Julian Emanuel, Emanuel, Russell, —, Uber's, Dara Khosrowshahi, they're, CNBC's, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Solomon, Goldman's, Penny, Glenn Fogel, Fogel Organizations: ISI, Census, Nvidia, Nasdaq, Uber Technologies, Holdings Locations: U.S

☆ Miles Russell: The US 15-year-old golfer who’s making history – and then some
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But Miles Russell is no ordinary 15-year-old. In doing so, high school freshman Russell became the youngest player on record (since 1983) to notch a top-25 finish on the PGA Tour or the Korn Ferry Tour. Before turning 18, players are not eligible for non-member Korn Ferry Tour Points toward Special Temporary Membership. As the youngest player at the tournament by far, there was plenty of pressure on Russell throughout. “But good play is always good, and [it’s] definitely confidence-boosting to finish where we’re going to finish today.”

Persons: Miles Russell, Gipper Finau, Russell wasn’t, Russell, Korn, ” Russell, “, Douglas P, ”, ” Russell –, – Organizations: CNN, Lakewood, Jacksonville Beach, PGA Tour, Veritex Bank, Texas Rangers Golf Club, American Junior Locations: Utah, Saturday’s, Arlington

☆ This AI startup that helps stores catch shoplifters just bagged $1.5 million in pre-seed funding without using a pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

MokSa.ai uses general-use models and customizes them to detect suspicious activity at store locations. The company also pays college interns in India to watch footage for suspicious activity and annotate it — a process called data labeling. The dashboard shows reports of suspicious activity at a glance. MokSa.aiThe Android of the surveillance marketBefore MokSa.ai, Kolli worked as a quality manager at a company producing parts for high-speed rails. While these two tout their abilities to detect suspicious activity and send alerts, they both require customers to use their cameras and sensors.

Persons: —, Nikhil Teja Kolli, Kolli, Jay Farner, MokSa.ai, MokSa.ai Kolli, Shruti Gandhi, Gandhi, It's Organizations: Service, Business, Array Ventures, Quicken Loans, The Fund, Ventures, Royal Ozarks Locations: Kansas, India, Detroit

☆ FAA investigating safety breaches after Colorado Rockies coach sat in a plane cockpit and joked about landing it during a United Airlines charter flight, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Flying the plane, here to Toronto," Meulens says as he gestures toward a pilot sitting beside him. Carlton said that United Airlines removed the pilots from service during the investigation. United Airlines and the FAA are yet to respond to Business Insider's request for comment, sent outside of regular working hours. On March 4, United Flight 1118 from Houston to Texas was forced to turn around after one of the plane's engines caught fire after take-off. A post-flight inspection revealed that United Flight 433 from San Francisco to Oregon on 15 March had lost an external panel.

Persons: —, Hensley Meulens, Meulens, Russell Carlton, Carlton, Chris Mullooly, Mullooly, Bud Black, Black Organizations: Service, Colorado Rockies, United Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Business, Rockies, The Denver Post, Airlines, Denver Post, United Airlines Boeing, Getty, United, Los Angeles International Airport, Boeing Locations: Denver, Toronto, Houston, Texas, San Francisco, Japan, Oregon

☆ Tunde Onakoya: Nigerian chess champion breaks world record for longest chess marathon
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Ifeanyi Abraham | For Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate Tunde Onakoya has broken the record for the longest chess marathon after playing for an extraordinary 60 hours nonstop under the bright lights of New York City’s Times Square. The Guinness World Record organization has not yet confirmed Onakoya’s attempt, which can sometimes take weeks, but for many Nigerians, the 29-year-old is already considered something of a national hero. Onakoya played against Shawn Martinez, a US chess champion, in accordance with the Guinness World Record guidelines that any attempt to break the record must be made by two players who play continuously for the duration. Onakoya founded Chess in Slums Africa, which seeks to empower children in underprivileged communities by using chess to enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills, in Lagos. People celebrate as Tunde Onakoya marks 46 hours for consecutively playing a chess game in Times Square, Friday, April 19, 2024, in New York.

Persons: Tunde, Onakoya, Hallvard Haug Flatebø, Let’s, Shawn Martinez, Martinez, Davido, Adekunle, Bola Tinubu, Ajuri Ngelale, “, Tinubu, Yuki Iwamura, Solomon Passy, Russell Makofsky Organizations: CNN, New York City’s, Guinness, Nigeria’s, Champion, People, Times Locations: Nigerian, New York, Africa, Norway, Manhattan, Nigeria, Lagos, Berlin, Bulgarian, US

☆ Live updates: Israel weighs response to Iran as war devastates Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

More than 13,800 children have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7, according to UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. And "one child is injured or dies every 10 minutes" in Gaza, the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women said in a statement. More than 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since the war began, 6,000 of whom left 19,000 orphaned children behind, the statement said. CNN cannot independently verify these numbers due to a lack of media access to Gaza. Here are the latest developments in the region:

Persons: Catherine Russell Organizations: UNICEF, UN, Equality, Women, CNN Locations: Gaza

☆ BP trims down executive team, picks new head of its gas and low carbon energy business
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A general view of the BP logo and petrol station forecourt sign on January 22, 2024 in Southend, United Kingdom. British oil major BP on Thursday trimmed its executive team down to 10 members and announced William Lin as the new head of the firm's oil and low carbon energy business. BP said it was simplifying its organizational structure to help "grow the value" of the business. "These changes will help us do just that, reducing complexity within bp, allowing our team to focus on delivering our priorities and growing the value of bp," he added. The energy major said the financial reporting structure of the firm remains unchanged and that it will continue to have three businesses: production and operations, gas and low carbon energy and customers and products — enabled by trading and shipping.

Persons: William Lin, Lin, Isabel Dotzenrath, Emeka Emembolu, Ann Russell, Murray Auchincloss, BP's Organizations: United Kingdom ., IEC, London Locations: Southend, United Kingdom, Leigh

☆ The man who led Google Photos to 1 billion users is now the newest group partner at Y Combinator
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Lieb, having a background in semiconductors and not server management, reached out to his fellow Y Combinator founders for support. After a year and a half of advising at the accelerator, he's stepping up as a group partner, Y Combinator tells Business Insider exclusively. It was never released, but many of the ideas would later come back in the form of Google Photos. From there, he reached into the Y Combinator alumni network to find other promising upstarts. David Lieb, second from left, speaks to a group of Y Combinator founders.

Persons: David Lieb, Lieb, Alex Polvi, Combinator —, Garry Tan, Jared Friedman, Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel, Sam Altman, it's, Y Combinator, " Lieb, Dan Lieb, Y, Xoogler, Patrick, John Collison's, Mixpanel, Jake Mintz, Forbes, Kevin Systrom, Flock, Andy Huibers, Mary, 72m2YgJZq8 — David Lieb, Ryan Peterson, He's Organizations: Apple, Business, Investors, Google Locations: Cloudkick, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Flexport

Iran’s attack on Israel, an immense barrage that included hundreds of ballistic missiles and exploding drones, changed the unspoken rules in the archrivals’ long-running shadow war. In that conflict, major airstrikes from one country’s territory directly against the other had been avoided. Given that change in precedent, the calculus by which Israel decides its next move has also changed, said the Israeli officials who requested anonymity to discuss Iran. “We cannot stand still from this kind of aggression,” Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the spokesman for Israel’s military said on Tuesday. Iran, he added, would not get off “scot-free with this aggression.”

Persons: Israel, Daniel Hagari, “ scot, ” Locations: Israel, Iran

As sales of Teslas drop and demand for electric vehicles cools — even as more models enter the market — an increasing number of automakers are competing for a slice of a shrinking pie. Nearly 269,000 electric vehicles were sold in the United States in the first three months of this year, according to Kelley Blue Book. And amid the quarter-to-quarter slowdown in the industry, Tesla’s market share has fallen from 62 percent at the start of 2023 to 51 percent now. Elon Musk told employees on Monday that Tesla would cut 10 percent of its work force. Investors, in turn, have been spooked: Tesla’s stock price has dropped over 30 percent this year, erasing billions of dollars in market capitalization.

Persons: Kelley, Elon Musk, Tesla Locations: United States

☆ Two strategists explain their respective investment preference for the China and India market
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | 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 EmailTwo strategists explain their respective investment preference for the China and India marketAlexander Cousley of Russell Investments shares why he prefers the China market over the India market on a valuation basis while Bhaskar Laxminaryan of Bank Julius Baer says that the India market is a "compounding story" that is just getting started.

Persons: Alexander Cousley, Bhaskar Laxminaryan, Bank Julius Baer Organizations: Russell Investments, Bank Locations: China, India

☆ Why Hawaii is becoming a leader in U.S. EV adoption
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Alex Tai | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesU.S. consumers have been making the move to all-electric vehicles more slowly than many expected — but a growing leader in EV adoption is Hawaii. Power's "EV Adoption Score," which is weighted based on market, consumer preference and EV availability, among other conditions, with a score of 33.8. Hawaii also is the top state for EV adoption that hasn't agreed to the California Air Resources Board's Zero-Emission Vehicle program, according to J.D. (For reference, the "Hawaii Belt" around the Big Island, or Hawaii Island, is only about 260 miles.) Power reports the top-selling EVs in the state are the Tesla Model Y, Tesla Model 3 and Ford F-150 Lightning.

Persons: Alex Tai, Elizabeth Krear, hasn't, Ivan Drury, Edmunds, Drury, –, I'm, Scott Sageman, Hawaii Aloha Kia Russell Wong, Wong, there's, That's Organizations: Tesla, Getty, EV, California Air Resources, Hawaii that's, AAA, Ford, Aloha Kia, Hawaii Aloha, Aloha, Kia, Gallup Locations: Honolulu , Hawaii, Hawaii, Power, California, Washington, J.D, ., Washington , Oregon, Colorado, Waikiki, U.S, Waipahu, EVs, Edmunds

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