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☆ Beethoven’s hair reveals lead poisoning
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” is one of the first songs I learned to play on the violin. While his doctor’s notes were lost to time, scientists sequenced Beethoven’s genome from locks of his hair last year. Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesA new analysis of Beethoven’s hair has shown the composer experienced lead poisoning toward the end of his life. Tests revealed incredibly elevated levels of lead, as well as arsenic and mercury, in two of his locks, likely from drinking wine that was sweetened with lead. Researchers don’t believe lead poisoning would have been enough to kill him, but it could have contributed to the composer’s well-known gastrointestinal issues and deafness.

Persons: CNN — Ludwig van Beethoven’s, Joy ”, I’ll, Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven, don’t, ”, William Meredith, Umm Jirsan, Lady Elliot, Rebecca Wright, Kate Quigley, “ We’re, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Symphony, Hulton, “, Arabia, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Minderoo, Energy, CNN Space, Science Locations: Alabama, Saudi Arabia, Umm Jirsan, Lady, Australia

☆ Taiwan earthquake: ‘Roger,’ overly playful dog who failed police academy, becomes star of quake response
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Chris Lau | Wayne Chang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

While other dogs also played similar roles and were paraded for the media, Roger captured the island’s imagination — partly because of his backstory of an initial career failure. But his ebullient personality and intelligence made him a much better candidate to be a rescue dog, which was the career that was then chosen for him. Kaohsiung Fire DepartmentChen Chih-san, captain of the rescue dog unit of the Kaohsiung Fire Department, told reporters that Roger was transferred to the rescue training school when he was 1 year old. According to the Kaohsiung City Government, Roger was certified by the International Rescue Dog Organization in 2022, an accolade last achieved by a Taiwanese rescue dog in 2019. But retirement is looming for Roger, with the Kaohsiung Fire Department sending rescue dogs to a suitable home once they reach age 9, CNA said, citing Chen.

Persons: Roger, Kaohsiung Fire Department Roger, Chen Chih, “ I’m, ” Chen, ” Roger, Chen Organizations: Taiwan CNN, Central News Agency, CNA, Kaohsiung Fire Department, Kaohsiung Fire, Kaohsiung City Government, Dog Organization Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, lunged, Kaohsiung

☆ 5 Takeaways From Trump’s Big Win Over Nikki Haley in South Carolina
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Shane Goldmacher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald J. Trump lapped Nikki Haley in the Midwest. And now he has trounced the former two-term governor in her home state of South Carolina. The race was called the moment the polls closed, and within minutes an ebullient Mr. Trump took the stage, avoiding a mistake he made in New Hampshire when Ms. Haley spoke first and, even in defeat, gave a rousing speech that had irked him. “It’s an early evening,” Mr. Trump beamed. But Ms. Haley, the former United Nations ambassador, is still vowing to plow on, warning her party that sticking with Mr. Trump and the distractions of his four criminal indictments is a pathway to defeat in November.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Nikki Haley, Haley’s, Haley, “ It’s, ” Mr Organizations: United Nations Locations: South Carolina, New Hampshire

☆ Rivian gets a double downgrade from UBS, which says profitability will be harder to achieve
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

UBS issued a rare double-downgrade on Rivian , waving the warning flag amid signs of trouble for the battered electric vehicle stock. Analyst Joseph Spak lowered his rating to sell from buy and slashed his price target to $8 from $24. Spak's price target implies shares will fall 30.1% from Thursday's close. RIVN YTD mountain Rivian, year to date Rivian stock lost nearly 1% before the bell Friday. JPMorgan lowered its rating on the stock to underweight from neutral and cut its price target to $11.

Persons: Joseph Spak, Spak, there's, Rivian, Ryan Brinkman Organizations: UBS, UBS wasn't, JPMorgan Locations: Thursday's, Rivian

☆ Russia was ridiculed at the start of the war. Two years on, it has reasons to be confident
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Internal political frictions and the replacement of popular military chief General Valerii Zaluzhnyi has also fueled concerns over military strategy going forward. "I think for Ukraine, there's really quite minimal difference between a president who can't deliver lethal aid and a president who won't deliver lethal aid. Russia's President Vladimir Putin listens while then-U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, in 2019. Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles while visiting an aviation plant on February 21, 2024, in Kazan, Russia. "The dispute over mobilization is happening at a time when most authorized U.S. military aid is close to exhausted and Congress has yet to pass a new aid package."

Persons: Moscow —, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, there's, James Nixey, that's, Putin, Donald, Trump, Nixey, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Brendan Smialowski, Alexei Navalny, Kurt Volker, he'd, Avdiivka, Volker, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, David Kirichenko, Kirichenko Organizations: Anadolu, Getty, Kyiv —, U.S, Russian, AFP, NATO, CNBC, Analysts, Institute for, Russia, Manpower, Kremlin, Center for, Armed Forces of, Bloomberg Locations: Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Kyiv, Avdiivka, Eurasia, Helsinki, Finland, West, U.S, Russian, Kazan, Donetsk, Armed Forces of Ukraine

☆ My name is so common my husband even dated someone with the same name before meeting me
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Emily Grosvenor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Call it the John Smithification of naming: What was once a distinctive, literary-leaning name with nuanced shades of meaning has started to feel common and empty. AdvertisementEmily may mean “industrious, eager, ” but what I took from her is that to be an Emily (Emily Ratjakowski excluded) is to be a rule follower — at least publicly. AdvertisementMy husband dated an Emily before meBut once I joined the media world, they were everywhere — on all the magazine mastheads, in my ear as NPR reporters, sitting behind news desks, getting nominated for Oscars (Emma Stone is actually Emily, by the way). So, I’ve tasked myself with identifying a plural form for that moment when I discover several Emilys in one room.

Persons: —, Emily, “, It’s, John Smithification, I’ve, Susan, Emily Jean, ”, Karen, Emilys, Emily Dickinson, Emily Bartlett, Beverly Cleary’s, Emily Post’s, Emily Ratjakowski, Emily Good, Goods, Emma Stone, Smith ”, Em Henderson, Charitably, you’re Organizations: Service, LinkedIn, Facebook Locations: United States, America

☆ ‘El Otro Oz’ Review: There’s No Place Like (Your Ancestral) Home
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Laurel Graeber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Every dramatization of “The Wizard of Oz” seems to offer a pilgrimage to the Emerald City. But “El Otro Oz,” the inspired and imaginative interpretation now playing at Atlantic Stage 2, introduces additional journeys that are ultimately more poignant and profound. When I first saw this Latin-flavored retelling of L. Frank Baum’s tale two years ago, I was most impressed by its comic inventiveness. More an admirer of Beyoncé than of merengue, the American-born Dora deeply resents her Mexican immigrant mother’s plans for a quinceañera, the traditional celebration of a girl’s 15th birthday. After she reluctantly dons a voluminous pastel dress for the occasion, Dora wails, “I look like cotton candy!” (Stephanie Echevarria designed the vivid costumes.)

Persons: Oz ”, El Otro, Frank Baum’s, “ El, ”, Oz, Melissa Crespo’s, Mando Alvarado, Tommy Newman, Newman, Jaime Lozano, Dora, Nya, Beyoncé, Dora wails, Stephanie Echevarria Organizations: Atlantic, Atlantic for, Atlantic Theater Company Locations: Emerald City, Chihuahua, Toquito, Oeste, Chicago, American

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets opened the week on a positive note, with Chinese regulators announcing measures to support the country’s teetering stock markets while heavily indebted property developer China Evergrande was ordered to undergo liquidation. China's securities regulator announced on Sunday that beginning Monday, China will suspend the lending of specific shares for short selling, a move to support the country’s declining stock markets. The Federal Reserve’s meeting this week will likely end with no change to interest rates, but traders are split on whether it could begin cutting rates in March. It's trying to slow the economy and hurt investment prices enough through high interest rates to get inflation fully under control. Traders are betting the Fed will cut interest rates as many as six times this year, according to data from CME Group.

Persons: China Evergrande, Evergrande, Australia’s, It's Organizations: China Evergrande, Hong, Hong Kong High Court, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Intel, Fed, Treasury, Traders, CME Group, New York Mercantile Exchange, Brent, U.S Locations: HONG KONG, China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, South Korea, Bangkok

☆ ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ Review: Sutton Foster as a Perfectly Goofy Princess
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Elisabeth Vincentelli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Such is the case with Sutton Foster as the eccentric Princess Winnifred in the Encores! revival of “Once Upon a Mattress,” which opened Wednesday at City Center. The central role in this broadly goofy musical was exuberantly, indelibly originated by Carol Burnett in 1959. And Winnifred, described by another character as “a strangely energetic swamp girl,” is an ideal outlet for that sensibility. “Once Upon a Mattress” is nobody’s idea of a great musical, but it is many people’s idea of a fun one.

Persons: Sutton Foster, Winnifred, Carol Burnett, Foster, — she’s, “ Sweeney Todd ”, Janet Van De Graaff, Reno Sweeney, Mary Rodgers’s Organizations: City Center, New York Times, Broadway, CBS Locations: “

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular order. “Monaco,” Bad BunnyBad Bunny’s 2023 album, “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana,” is a reclamation of his past sound, the hard-hitting rap that preceded his mainstream superstardom. And it is part of the reason why his 2023 single and first No. “OMG,” NewJeansIn 2023, girl groups dominated the K-pop conversation. At the fore is NewJeans, with their Y2K-nostalgic sound that pulls from the turn of the millennium's R&B and pop music.

Persons: Maria Sherman, Victoria Monét Buckle, Victoria Monét, Ariana Grande, Chloe x Halle, Monét’s, doesn’t, “, ”, ” Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus ’, ” PinkPantheress, PinkPantheress, Leo ”, What’s, ” Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan, ” Paramore Long, Paramore, Hayley Williams, “ Rush, ” Troye Sivan, Sivan, Laura Les, Dylan Brady, NewJeans, ” Danny Brown Danny Organizations: ANGELES, Associated Press, Fifth Harmony, Bronx Locations: “, “ Monaco, Monaco, The Tennessee, Australian

☆ AI Mania Powered Stocks This Year. Can Nvidia Spark More Gains?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Charley Grant | Gunjan Banerji | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

There is a lot riding on the earnings report this week from Nvidia , both for the company’s ebullient investors and the entire stock market. Nvidia has been the big winner of the bet that artificial intelligence is the next big thing in tech, the so-called AI trade that surged in popularity after OpenAI’s release of its ChatGPT app. The chip maker’s shares have more than tripled this year, contributing to a sizable portion of the S&P 500’s 18% rise.

Organizations: Nvidia

☆ How Virginia’s Elections Came Down to the Wire
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Review and Outlook: A wake-up call for the Democratic Party, as a Siena College-New York Times poll of six 2024 battleground states shows Mr. Biden losing to Donald Trump in Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Images: AP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyDemocrats had a good election night on Tuesday, and the left is especially ebullient about blocking statewide Republican control in Virginia. But a closer look at the returns shows that GOP Gov. Mr. Youngkin threw his full political weight behind holding the House of Delegates and flipping the state Senate, part of why Democrats were so relieved he failed. The Democratic upper chamber has blocked his priorities such as a cut in the state’s corporate and personal income tax rate.

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump, Mark Kelly Democrats, Glenn Youngkin, aren’t, Youngkin, Trump’s Organizations: Democratic Party, Siena, New York Times, Republican, GOP Gov, Dominion, Republicans, Democratic, Gov Locations: Nevada , Georgia, Arizona , Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia

☆ ‘Like Winning the Lottery’: Mike Johnson’s Ascent Excites Conservative Christians
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Ruth Graham | More About Ruth Graham | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, a little-known congressman named Mike Johnson took the stage at Christian Center Shreveport to celebrate. “This is a day we’ve been waiting on for a half-century,” he told the ebullient congregation, adding that there was no place he would rather be than with them. He beamed as he read portions of Louisiana’s new law punishing abortion providers with a minimum of one year in prison and a fine of at least $10,000. He closed with a prayer that cited scripture and Ronald Reagan. Mr. Johnson’s sudden ascent last month to speaker of the House, second in line to the presidency, was a surprising turn in a career built quietly in courtrooms, as a lawyer representing socially conservative causes, and through the Louisiana Statehouse and the House of Representatives, to which he was elected in 2017.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Mike Johnson, ”, “, Ronald Reagan Organizations: Christian Center, Louisiana Statehouse, Representatives Locations: Christian Center Shreveport

☆ ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Movie Review: Look What We Made Her Do
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Wesley Morris | More About Wesley Morris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

We could talk, I suppose, about all Taylor Swift’s done for the economy, friendship bracelets, seismology and Travis Kelce. Nor is her show — produced as discrete segments devoted to nine of Swift’s 10 albums — the cultural gymnasium Madonna requires. Swift plays to her enhanced strengths: candied pitch, arresting stature, toothsome songwriting, winking, the very idea of play. Rapt in a movie theater, I felt the song’s heart-wrung pique in a new way. Some of that comes from watching Swift’s face register the ache, tsking recrimination.

Persons: Taylor Swift’s, Travis Kelce, ”, Sally Field, “ Taylor Swift, it’s, Swift, SoFi, zing, She’s, Jackson, Streisand, Carey, Dion, Knowles, Carter, winking, we’ve, Lionel Richie Organizations: SoFi, MetLife Locations: Los Angeles, East Rutherford, N.J

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Late-night talk shows are returning after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike, while actors will begin talks that could end their own long work walk-off. ” and NBC's “ The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ” were the first shows to leave the air when the writers strike began on May 2, and now will be among the first to return on Monday night. “So, the writers guild went to strike and thankfully won. Discovery, which owns HBO, is among the studios on the other side of the table in the writers and actors strikes. They teamed up for a podcast, “ Strike Force Five,” during the strike.

Persons: CBS's “, Stephen Colbert, ” ABC's, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon ”, John Oliver, exuberantly, Oliver cheerily, ” Oliver, Colbert, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Kimmel, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Matthew McConaughey, ebullient Colbert, Ed Sullivan, Fallon, AFTRA Organizations: ANGELES, Hollywood, HBO, Warner Bros, Network, “, Force, Writers Guild of America, Union, Screen, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Alliance, Television Producers, SAG

Paramilitary police officers stand guard in front of the headquarters of the People's Bank of China, the central bank (PBOC), in Beijing, China September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 15 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian markets are set to end the week strongly following risk-friendly moves in the U.S. and Europe on Thursday, although a deluge of top-tier economic data from China on Friday could sour the mood at a stroke. The latest indicators from the region's largest economy to be released include house prices, fixed asset investment, retail sales, industrial production and unemployment, all for August. However, all that could be parked for another day if investors decide to run with Thursday's bullish momentum.

Persons: Tingshu Wang, Jamie McGeever, Josie Kao Organizations: People's Bank of China, REUTERS, European Commission, PMI, Thomson, Reuters Locations: Beijing, China, U.S, Europe, Asia, Japan, Indonesia, New Zealand

NEW DELHI (AP) — G20 leaders agreed Saturday to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal. Even at the last meeting of the G20 climate ministers before the summit, disagreements had remained. Global leaders and climate experts say the declaration had largely taken the conversation forward, setting the stage for an ambitious climate agreement when they meet at the global climate conference, COP28, in Dubai later this year. For the first time, the G20 countries agreed on the amounts required to shift to clean energy. “However, it’s disappointing that the G20 could not agree on phasing down fossil fuels.”"Increasing renewables and reducing fossil fuels need to necessarily happen together – we need stronger bolder action from leaders on both.

Persons: Amitabh Kant, al, Jaber, ”, Harjeet Singh, Singh, Madhura Joshi Organizations: DELHI, Indian, Global, Climate Action, Global Energy Monitor, AP Locations: Dubai, Mumbai

Col. Yurii Ihnat, Ukraine’s air force spokesman, believes that two squadrons, each of 12 planes, would begin to turn the tables. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/ReutersBut the F-16 has never gone up against Russian air defenses in the real world. “Russian air defenses are very formidable.”Rapid trainingTraining programs are getting underway for the first batches of Ukrainian pilots – in Denmark, Romania and the United States. Ihnat says about 30 Ukrainian air force pilots have adequate English, the absolute minimum required to stand up two squadrons. The Ukrainian Air Force has long been working on improving and protecting airfields that would accommodate the F-16s.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Piroschka van de Wouw, Yurii, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Mette Frederiksen, Mads Claus Rasmussen, Ritzau Scanpix, ”, Mark Cancian, ” Ihnat, Oleksii Reznikov, Ihnat, Cancian, ” Cancian, James B, Hecker, ” Hecker, Frank Kendall, it’s, Mykola Oleshchuk, Su, Kendall, Biden Organizations: CNN, Air Force, Reuters, Denmark's, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Rapid, Reuters Ukrainian Defense, Ukrainian, Air Missiles, Radiation, CSIS, NATO, US, Accounting, US Air Force, US Air Forces Europe, SA, Ukrainian Air Force Locations: Danish, Russian, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Ukraine, Romania, United States, Greece, Israeli, Russia

☆ A Stroke Stole Her Ability to Speak at 30. A.I. Is Helping to Restore It Years Later.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Pam Belluck | More About Pam Belluck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At Ann Johnson’s wedding reception 20 years ago, her gift for speech was vividly evident. In a milestone of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, implanted electrodes decoded Mrs. Johnson’s brain signals as she silently tried to say sentences. Technology converted her brain signals into written and vocalized language, and enabled an avatar on a computer screen to speak the words and display smiles, pursed lips and other expressions. The research, published in the journal Nature, demonstrates the first time spoken words and facial expressions have been directly synthesized from brain signals, experts say. Mrs. Johnson chose the avatar, a face resembling hers, and researchers used her wedding toast to develop the avatar’s voice.

Persons: Ann Johnson’s, ”, Johnson —, —, Johnson Organizations: Technology

Just as important will be persuading people like Mr. Marohn that electric cars, renewable energy and electric heaters and stoves are practical, economical and exciting. Many, conservatives in particular, chafe at the prospect of the government forcing them to buy electric cars or ditch their natural gas appliances, polls show. By The New York TimesA clean energy future will require painstaking and individually tailored persuasion campaigns. “Even if some of them deny the science of climate change, they can’t deny good-paying jobs,” he said. “I just want to change the perception that electric cars are not as good as big, noisy muscle cars,” Mr. Lawson said.

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☆ Analysis: Rising bond yields emerge as pressure point for US stock rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Lewis Krauskopf | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

This year, it’s largely been a different story, with bond yields rising on better-than-expected economic data. The S&P 500 (.SPX) has rallied over 16% from its March lows, despite a roughly 50 basis point increase in the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note over that time. That dynamic has changed in recent days, however, as Treasury yields have approached last year’s high while the S&P 500 has fallen 2% from its July peak. The bank’s analysts called rising yields "an underpriced risk" for the equity market. The S&P 500 fell 2.3% last week, its biggest weekly drop since March.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, it’s, Keith Lerner, Moody's, Peter Tuz, Refinitiv, Lerner, Matthew Miskin, Lewis Krauskopf, Ira Iosebashvili, Grant McCool Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Federal Reserve, U.S ., BofA Global Research, Advisory Services, Fitch, Apple, Chase Investment, John Hancock Investment Management, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, United States, China, Charlottesville , Virginia, Truist

☆ Rising bond yields emerge as pressure point for US stock rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Lewis Krauskopf | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

☆ Berlusconi leaves control of business empire to two eldest children
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Elvira Pollina | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Eleonora Berlusconi, , Pier Silvio Berlusconi, Barbara Berlusconi, Luigi Berlusconi, Marina Berlusconi walk to attend the funeral of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the Duomo Cathedral, in Milan, Italy June 14, 2023. Marina, 56, chairs Fininvest while Pier Silvio, 54, has been in charge of the MFE-MediaForEurope (MFEB.MI) TV business which their father founded. Forbes estimated that the overall Berlusconi family assets, which include luxury properties in Milan, Rome and Sardinia, were worth around $6.8 billion. Brash, ebullient and a four-time prime minister, Berlusconi was a media mogul and political showman whose financial and sexual scandals made him the most polarising figure in modern Italy. Barbara, Eleonora and Luigi Berlusconi, his three children from his second marriage, have been less involved in the family business.

Persons: Eleonora Berlusconi, Pier Silvio Berlusconi, Barbara Berlusconi, Luigi Berlusconi, Marina Berlusconi, Silvio Berlusconi, Claudia Greco, Marta Fascina, Dell'Utri, Silvio Berlusconi's, Marina, Pier Silvio, Fininvest, Brash, ebullient, Berlusconi, Silvio, Barbara, Eleonora, Paolo, Marcello Dell'Utri, Fascina, Milan's, Giorgia Meloni's, Giulio Piovaccari, Federico Maccioni, Keith Weir, Alvise Armellini, Mark Potter Organizations: Italian, Cathedral, REUTERS, MILAN, Marina, Italian Serie A, AC Monza, Banca Mediolanum, Forbes, Fininvest SpA, Reuters, MARTA Berlusconi, Forza Italia, Thomson Locations: Milan, Italy, Italian, Rome, Sardinia, Raffaele

☆ Opinion | Mississippi’s Many Education Lessons
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Mississippi Is Offering Lessons for America on Education,” by Nicholas Kristof (column, “How America Heals” series, June 1):Mississippi schools prove that all the reasons for the failure of children to learn how to read and excel have been excuses. Critics will no doubt claim that its success is an aberration, but the evidence is clear. Walt GardnerLos AngelesThe writer taught for 28 years in the Los Angeles Unified School District and was a lecturer in the U.C.L.A. Graduate School of Education. To the Editor:“Thank God for Mississippi” is both the beginning and the exuberant ending of Nicholas Kristof’s article.

Persons: Nicholas Kristof, Walt Gardner, Nicholas Kristof’s, Kristof Organizations: America, Education, ”, Los Angeles Unified School District, Graduate School of Education, Harvard Locations: Mississippi, Walt Gardner Los Angeles, Arkansas, Alabama

☆ Retailers are preparing for a discount heavy, down holiday season: CNBC survey
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Many retailers are still drawing down inventories now as peak season for orders begins. Based on the concerns about cutbacks by consumers, 77% of all items being ordered this holiday season are middle-price point items, including jackets. Traditionally, retail sector orders for peak season items are placed in late winter, or early spring. Trucking, ground, rail profit hits For ground logistical firms, rail companies, and short-haul trucking, moving holiday products during peak season is a lucrative and critical time of year for making money. The largest subgroup of survey respondents who predict placing higher freight orders (42%) pegged the increase in a range of 6%-10%.

Persons: Patrick T, Cleary, Stephen Lamar, Jon Gold Organizations: Fallon, Bloomberg, Getty, CNBC Supply Chain Survey, Target, Walmart, CNBC, American Apparel & Footwear Association, American Footwear and Apparel Association, National Retail Federation, Council of Supply Chain Management, United National Consumer Suppliers, CNBC Fed Survey, Wall Street, Survey, Retailers, Chain, Labor Locations: West Coast, West

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