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☆ What to see at the Venice Biennale 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Nicole Mowbray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —This week sees the opening of the Venice Biennale, an 8-month-long festival of art and culture staged every other year. For 2024 — the show’s 60th iteration — Brazilian curator Adriano Pedrosa has chosen the topic of “Foreigners Everywhere,” and announced an intention to spotlight artists from diverse and historically marginalized backgrounds. With the main event running from April 20 to November 24 2024, here’s our pick of what to see if you’re headed to Venice. “Willem de Kooning e l’Italia” — Willem de KooningThe show at Gallerie dell’Accademia will include 75 Willem de Kooning works, including "Screams of Children Come from Seagulls (Untitled XX)," 1975. Yoo Youngkuk Art FoundationThe first exhibition in Europe of one of Korea’s most influential artists, including many works never exhibited before outside Korea.

Persons: Adriano Pedrosa, ”, Pedrosa, —, you’re, “ Willem de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Kooning, Gallerie, Nick, Berlinde De, Abbazia, Ewa Juszkiewicz Juszkiewicz, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Palazzo, Palazzo Cavanis, Ai, Peter Hujar, della, Carolina, Marcel Duchamp, Franchetti, Cindy Sherman, Louise Bourgeois, Sarah Lucas, Irving Penn, Palazzo Franchetti, Marco “, Zoe Saldana, Marco Perego, Corita, Maurizio Cattelan, Pope Francis, Inuuteq Storch, Louise Wolthers, “, John Akomfrah, John Akmofrah, Yoo, Yoo Youngkuk, Stampalia, M.F, Husain, Picasso, Viktoria Bavykina, Max Gorbatskyi, Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei, Ela Bialkowska, Ai Weiwei, Palazzo Smith, Koo Jeong, Koo, Rick Lowe, Lowe's, Lowe Organizations: CNN, Venice Biennale, Palazzo, Sun, Danish, British, Bangkok Art Biennale Foundation Locations: Venice, Italy, “, Refuge, ” City, San Giorgio Maggiore, San, New York, Santa, San Marco, Marco, Giudecca, Corita Kent, American, Greenland, Europe, Korea, India, Sale, Ukraine, Continua, Bangkok, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapore, Houston

☆ Photos: Meet the dogs in Puppy Bowl XX
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ China reports disappointing GDP, retail data — what it means for 3 of our stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

New economic data out of China on Wednesday shows the world's second-largest economy is still struggling to bounce back from the pandemic. China's GDP for the last three months of 2023 grew by 5.2%, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics. But the latest disappointing economic data puts pressure on policymakers to act again to boost the economy. The 2023 bounce back from Covid-19 restrictions did not go as expected, but we believe the stocks' declines already reflect China headwinds and that the Chinese economy will regain its footing in time. We simply can't sell this casino operator because once it's clear the Chinese economy has stabilized, the stock is going to rally.

Persons: Estee Lauder, Morgan Stanley, It's, Wynn, Jim Cramer's, WYNN, Jim Cramer, Jim, Pan Jianyong Organizations: Wynn Resorts, China's, National Bureau of Statistics, Reuters, Starbucks, CNBC, Co, Getty, Visual China Locations: China, Covid, U.S, Mainland China, Macao, Las Vegas, MEISHAN, CHINA, Sichuan, Meishan, Sichuan Province

☆ I'm a former Microsoft VP of HR. Here's what I would do in the first 48 hours of being laid off from a job.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-07 | by ( Chris Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Chris Williams was the VP of HR at Microsoft and is now an advisor and consultant. It's everything I've learned about how a company can make a layoff work for everyone involved as much as it can. You'll be told you're laid off, and almost instantly, there will be a flurry of paperwork shoved at you. Of course, they know you're only reaching out because you're out of work. Yes, of course, you should consider applying for jobs from people you don't know, but never sell your connections short.

Persons: Chris Williams, Williams, —, I've, I'm, we've, Read, You'll, There's, I'd, It's, They'll Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Spotify, LinkedIn

☆ Mike McDaniel, mastermind behind the NFL’s most exciting offense, started out as a Broncos intern
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —Back in September, the Miami Dolphins put up a historic scoreline. “The Dolphins offense has underperformed and been in the shadow of the clubs’ defense for decades,” Joe Schad, a Dolphins journalist for the Palm Beach Post, told CNN Sport. “They’re feared for the first time since legendary quarterback Dan Marino was under center.”The Mike McDaniel effectOften decked out in aviator sunglasses and white sneakers, Coach McDaniel is part-quote machine, part-football geek, part-stand-up comedian and part-offensive guru. McVay became the youngest NFL head coach when he was hired by the Los Angeles Rams at the age of 30 in 2017. Tua Tagovailoa, the NFL's only left-handed starting quarterback, spearheads the Dolphins offense.

Persons: Don Shula, Dan Marino, Mike McDaniel, ’, McDaniel, ” Joe Schad, “ They’re, “ Mike McDaniel, ”, I’ve, Mike Shanahan, Gary Kubiak, Kubiak, Troy Calhoun, ” Calhoun, “, Calhoun, ” McDaniel, Shanahan, Sean McVay, Matt LeFleur, Kyle Shanahan, McDaniel’s, McVay, he’s, Erik Spoelstra, Spo’s, 🐬🇩, Mc, Su Organizations: CNN, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, Miami, The Dolphins, Washington, Dolphins, Palm, CNN Sport, NFL, Houston Texans, OC, Getty, National Football League, United States Air Force Academy football, Sacramento Mountain Lions, United Football League, Washington Redskins, Los Angeles Rams, 49ers, Athletic, Yale, Miami Heat Locations: Miami, Aurora , Colorado, Houston, Cleveland, Atlanta, San Francisco, Germany

☆ Four goals for Egypt's Salah but shock setback for Nigeria
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Mark Gleeson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

CAPE TOWN, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Mohamed Salah scored four times and took his goal tally for Egypt past 50 as they began their World Cup qualifying campaign with an expected victory over tiny Djibouti while Nigeria were held to a shock home draw by Lesotho on Thursday. Nigeria, without injured Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, were held to a 1-1 draw at a rainy Uyo by the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho, who are 113 places below them in the FIFA rankings. Burundi also won in Group F, edging the Gambia 3-2 in their match played in Tanzania because of Burundi’s lack of a suitable stadium. The first two rounds of African qualifiers are played from Wednesday to next Tuesday, and will resume next June. Editing by xxOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mohamed Salah, Victor Osimhen, Motlomelo Mkhwanazi, Jose Peserio, Jonathan Muiomo, Riyad, Djamel Belmadi, Denis Bouanga, Kevin Denkey Organizations: Egypt, Lesotho, Qatar, Napoli, FIFA, Africa, Nations, football, Kenya, Major League Soccer, Belgian, U.S, Thomson Locations: CAPE, Djibouti, Nigeria, Cairo, Egypt, Lesotho, London, Kelechi, Mozambique, Botswana, Algeria, Somalia, Algiers, Gabon, Franceville, Burundi, Gambia, Tanzania, Sudan, Togo, Benghazi, Libya, Canada, Mexico

☆ Celine Dion makes rare public appearance to attend NHL game
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Singer Celine Dion was spotted at an ice hockey game in Las Vegas on Monday, in a rare public appearance. The NHL game was her first public outing in more than three years, according to media reports. Celine Dion visited the Montreal Canadiens after their game against the Vegas Golden Knights. celinedion/InstagramDropping in on the Canadian side after the game, Dion shared photos of herself and her three sons in the locker room with Canadiens head coach Martin St-Louis and some of the players. A video posted on the Montreal Canadiens’ Instagram page shows the “My Heart Will Go On” singer laughing and joking with the players after congratulating them on a good game.

Persons: CNN — Singer Celine Dion, “, Celine Dion, Dion, Martin St, Louis, Pope, ‘, ”, Pope John Paul II, it’s, We’ve, “ We’ve Organizations: CNN, NHL, Montreal Canadiens, Vegas Golden Knights, Canadiens, Montreal Canadiens ’, ”, “ Locations: Las Vegas, Canadian, Canada, ” St

Hostess, the maker of snack classics like Twinkies and HoHos, is being sold to J.M. Hostess Brands Inc. shareholders will receive $30 in cash and 0.03002 shares of The J.M. Smucker Co. stock for each share of stock that they own. The rest, including Twinkies and other Hostess cakes, was acquired by Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo, for $410 million. Smucker Co. and Hostess have both approved the deal, which is expected to close in Smucker's fiscal third quarter.

Persons: Andy Callahan, Twinkies, Hostess, XX, Wonder, Leon Black, Carl’s, Chef Boyardee, Bee, Morgan Stanley's Pam Kaufman Organizations: Hostess Brands Inc, Associated Press, Flowers Foods, McKee Foods, Metropoulos, Apollo Global Management, Pabst Brewing Co, Hostess Locations: Smucker, America, , Kansas

☆ Romy Madley Croft Is (Finally) Dancing on Her Own
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Foster Kamer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

She mentioned Everything but the Girl — which Madley Croft’s parents raised her on — or even Cher’s “Believe,” which she cited as her favorite song. Between xx releases, she worked in the background on songs for artists like Dua Lipa and King Princess. When the producer Mark Ronson once asked her if she wanted to sing a song they’d written together, she declined. But she couldn’t picture herself singing a pop song. She unfurled herself to him almost immediately, and he became a trusted collaborator who helped write the majority of the songs on “Mid Air.”

Persons: D.J.ing, Madley, “, ”, Jamie xx, there’s, Madley Croft, King Princess, Mark Ronson, —, I’ve, Fred Gibson, a.k.a, Fred Organizations: Mid Locations: Soho, Lipa, King

☆ Scientists have completely sequenced the human Y chromosome for the first time, with huge implications for heath and evolution research
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Researchers published two new papers on the human Y chromosome. That's because the Y chromosome is "the most complex, most repetitive chromosome," said Monika Cechova, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz. AdvertisementAdvertisementKaren Miga was one of the researchers involved in fully sequencing the human Y chromosome. The worldwide Y chromosomeFor the single-sequence paper, researchers sequenced the Y chromosome of a single individual of European descent, known as the HG002 genome. Because of all the gaps in the Y chromosome genome reference, researchers haven't fully understood how the chromosome contributes to overall health.

Persons: Karen Miga, Monika Cechova, Carolyn Lagattuta, Pascal Gagneux, wasn't, Gagneaux, Evan Eichler, Cechova, Miga, Gagneux, haven't Organizations: Service, Telomere, University of California, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, Center for Academic Research, Human Genome Research Institute, Jackson Laboratory, Genomic Medicine Locations: Wall, Silicon, Nature, Santa Cruz, Anthropogeny

[1/3] A man looks at an artwork depicting Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, who died at the age of 56, known for her chart-topping hit 'Nothing Compares 2 U', in Dublin, Ireland, July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Damien StoranDUBLIN, July 27 (Reuters) - Ireland on Thursday mourned the death of Sinead O'Connor, the singer who was remembered for a stirring voice that stopped people in their tracks on stage and told uncomfortable truths off it. O'Connor, best known for the 1990 chart-topping hit "Nothing Compares 2 U", died on Wednesday aged 56 after police found her unresponsive at an address in London. "My mam rang me last night and she said did you hear about Sinead and she didn't even have to say the second name. She gave two fingers to the church, who at that time in the 90s had such a hold over Ireland.

Persons: Sinead O'Connor, Damien Storan DUBLIN, O'Connor, Michael D, Higgins, Sinead, Michelle Beatty, Una Mullally, O'Connor's, Pope John Paul II, Stephen Faloon, Graham Fahy, Padraic Halpin, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Metropolitan Police, Dublin, Ireland, Irish Times, Thomson Locations: Dublin, Ireland, London, Bray , County Wicklow

☆ At least 15 killed, 19 missing in ferry sinking in Indonesia
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, July 24 (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities were searching for missing passengers on Monday after a ferry sank off Sulawesi island, killing at least 15, the national search and rescue agency said. Of 40 passengers on board, 19 were still missing, while six survived, the agency said in a statement. The cause of the sinking, which occurred at about midnight, was still unclear. Photos shared by the rescue agency showed victims' bodies covered in cloth on the floor of the local hospital. Reporting by Ananda Teresia, Gayatri Suroyo; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor, XXOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Arafah, Ananda Teresia, Gayatri Suroyo, Kanupriya Kapoor Organizations: Thomson Locations: JAKARTA, Muna, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Ferries, Indonesia

Tesla CEO Elon Musk pledged in 2014 not to "initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology." The company says the legal action comes in response to a lawsuit that Cap-XX originally filed against Tesla subsidiary Maxwell Technologies in 2019 for patent infringement. Like Cap-XX, Maxwell makes capacitors for electric vehicles that increase their energy-storage capabilities. The patents that Cap-XX allegedly infringed relate to electrodes used in supercapacitors, which Tesla called the "primary source of the device's power capabilities." Tesla said the electrodes used in Cap-XX's supercapacitors work in the same way as Maxwell's patented technology.

Persons: Elon Musk, Maxwell, Tesla, Blake Brittain, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Australian, Tesla, Maxwell Technologies, Eastern, Eastern District of Texas, Thomson Locations: Texas, U.S, Eastern District, supercapacitors, Delaware, Washington

☆ Millennials struggled to get jobs in the Great Recession. Right now, it's even worse for Chinese Gen Zers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sirena Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Youth unemployment in China has reached 21.3%, which is really bad. It's even worse than when millennials were trying to get jobs amid the Great Recession. There are 280 million Gen Zers in the world's second-largest economy. "Youth unemployment" was the buzzword. In 2022, there were 72 million millennials in the US; there are 280 million Gen Zers in China.

Persons: millennials, Zers, Gaga's, That's, Hillary Hoffower Organizations: Service, Pew Research Center, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: China, Wall, Silicon, COVID

☆ Inside the Shed’s Sonic Sphere
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Zachary Woolfe | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The xx remix did nicely separate the bass, coming up palpably but not too heavily out of the bottom of the sphere, from the voices around and above. For all the souped-up spiffiness of the Sonic Sphere, the programming on Saturday felt like a retread of artists who were more interesting when Alex Poots, the Shed’s artistic director, presented them during his stint at the Park Avenue Armory uptown. Levit, the following year, played Bach as part of an ornate concentration exercise orchestrated by Marina Abramovic. Both of them on Saturday were under 40 minutes, but I found myself getting antsy well before time was up. Perhaps the audiences at Burning Man, the techno-hippie hedonist bonanza in the Nevada desert where a Sonic Sphere was built last year, were more engrossed, experiencing it on harder drugs than the Coke Zero I’d had with dinner.

Persons: Mari ”, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Alex Poots, Bach, Marina Abramovic Organizations: Armory, Perelman Performing Arts Center Locations: Levit, Nevada

☆ Ferrari launches two hybrid models in limited series based on SF90 supercar
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Copyright Ferrari S.p.a./Handout via REUTERS TCompanies Ferrari NV FollowMILAN, June 29 (Reuters) - Luxury sports automaker Ferrari (RACE.MI) on Thursday unveiled two new plug-in hybrid models, produced in limited series and hitting the top end of the its price range. Based on 2019's SF90 Stradale supercar, the Prancing Horse's first ever series hybrid car, the two new road-homologated models are inspired by Ferrari's XX programme. The SF90 XX Stradale will have a starting price of 770,000 euros ($840,378) while the SF90 XX Spider, equipped with retractable top, of 850,000 euros, Ferrari said. Performance is boosted by an 8-cylinder, 4-litre combustion engine coupled with three electric motors capable of a total 1,030 horse power, 30 more than the SF90 Stradale. The lithium-ion batteries of the new SF90 XX Stradale and SF90 XX Spider will allow them for a 25 kilometre range in fully-electric mode.

Persons: Ferrari S.p.a, Ferrari's, Ferrari, Giulio Piovaccari, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: Ferrari, REUTERS, Companies, MILAN, Luxury, Thomson Locations: Europe

☆ A worker sued her boss for sexual harassment, claiming that when he renamed a work file with his initials it was actually an abbreviation of 'A Jumbo Genital'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A worker claimed that when her boss renamed a file with his initials it actually stood for "a Jumbo Genital." She sued the company for sexual harassment, which was rejected by an employment tribunal. She also alleged that his use of "xx," "yy," and "????" In her resignation letter, she claimed she was "subjected to conduct which amounts to sexual harassment." "Based on our factual findings, all of the Claimant's allegations of sexual harassment fail," Burns added.

Microsoft shares rallied 7.2% following upbeat quarterly earnings and sales, including of robust artificial intelligence products. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell 228.96 points, or 0.68%, to 33,301.87; and the S&P 500 (.SPX) lost 15.64 points, or 0.38%, at 4,055.99. The S&P 500 technology index (.SPLRCT) was the sole gainer among the benchmark's 11 major industry sectors, adding 1.7%. Of the 163 S&P 500 companies that reported first-quarter profit through Wednesday morning, 79.8% topped analysts' expectations, as per Refinitiv IBES data. It helped push the S&P 500 bank index (.SPXBK) down 1.4% on the day.

☆ Read the Q&A guideline Amazon shares with managers on how to answer pay-related questions from employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

To prepare managers to discuss pay with employees, Amazon shares a lengthy Q&A guideline that addresses some of the most pressing questions, according to internal documents obtained by Insider. This includes base pay, variable pay, other cash, and equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) or stock. A: We plan employee's total compensation in outlook years. Q: Why am I positioned at XX in my pay range and how can I increase my pay? Clearly and directly explain the reason there was no base pay increase:"Employee A, you are at the base pay max."

☆ The US Navy's Super Hornets are having trouble keeping up with the rest of the military's fighter jets
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

F/A-18E/F Super Hornets have mostly replaced F/A-18 Hornets as the US Navy's carrier-based fighters. The Super Hornet — which includes the single-seat F/A-18E and the two-seat F/A-18F — made its maiden flight in 1995. Super Hornet availability is now about 41% compared to about 26% for the Hornet, whose readiness dropped sharply at about the 25-year mark. But the CBO asked a more specific question: How did Hornets compare to Super Hornets at a similar age? Was the discrepancy caused by Super Hornets flying more hours than Hornets?

☆ The US military has 6 new air-to-air missiles in the works
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Alex Hollings | Sandboxx News | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

The US military has at least six new air-to-air missiles in active development. The US's current air-to-air missiles are effective, but they aren't designed for the newest US jets. Russia and China are fielding missiles with incredible rangeChinese-made PL-9C, left, and PL-5E air-to-air missiles at the Airshow China exhibition in November 2000. Peregrine Air-to-Air missileRaytheon's Peregine air-to-air missile has actually been around for a few years already. Modular Advanced Missile (MAM)The Modular Advanced Missile (MAM) is among the newest additions to this list.

☆ Scientists have created mice with two biological fathers. They say the technique could one day be replicated in humans.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Speaking at a conference, they said they made female eggs from male cells. He then used that technique to make female eggs, called oocytes, from male cells and fertilized them to create seven mice with two biological dads. REUTERS/Alan Trounson/California Institute for Regenerative Medicine/HandoutThey then deleted the Y chromosomes in the cells and duplicated the cells' X chromosomes, before prompting the cells to turn into egg cells with two X chromosomes. The technique could also help women and people with two X chromosomes who have a genetic issue with one of the X chromosomes to have children, he said. Human reproductive cells are very complex and much less well-known than mice cells.

☆ Why China's and Russia's 5th-generation stealth jets don't quite live up to the hype, according to a former US Navy pilot
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Peter Suciu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Those jets have advanced features but aren't quite as advanced as US stealth jets, a former Navy pilot says. However, a copy of a fifth-generation fighter does not actually make it one. Russia's Sukhoi Su-57Russian Su-57 fighter jets. A Russian Su-57 fighter jet. Associated PressThough the Chinese and Russian aircraft are likely highly capable warbirds, some US aviation experts have suggested they shouldn't rightfully be considered "fifth-generation."

☆ Only 3 countries have managed to build 5th-generation fighters, but nearly a dozen are already working on 6th-gen jets
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

(The recently unveiled B-21 bomber is billed as the world's first sixth-gen aircraft, but little is known about its capabilities.) Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, and Boeing are believed to be competing to build the jets, and all have released illustrations of sixth-gen aircraft. FCAS/SCAFA full-scale model of the Future Combat Air System at the Paris Air Show in June 2019. An illustration of Japan's next-generation fighter aircraft concept. While China is making heavy investment in military aviation, Russia's ability to develop next-generation jets may be shrinking.

☆ Levi's got its start making clothes for cowboys — now it's a Gen Z status symbol. Here's how the 169-year-old retailer became the world's most iconic denim company.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Jeans as we know them today were born decades later when Strauss teamed up with a tailor to create riveted pants. The Levi Strauss factory in San Francisco in 1882. He purchased fabric from Strauss and made button-fly pants, which were such a hit among customers, he decided to patent them. Modern-day jeans were born, though at the time, they were called "waist overalls" or simply "overalls." The name comes from the French word "Gênes," meaning Genoa, an Italian port city where sailors often dressed in denim, Vice reports.

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