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☆ Looks like Elon Musk just added Melinda French Gates to his list of billionaires' ex-wives who 'might be the downfall of Western civilization'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Melinda French Gates endorsed President Joe Biden on Thursday and Elon Musk isn't happy about it. "Might be the downfall of Western civilization," the mercurial billionaire said in response. AdvertisementMelinda French Gates has given her first-ever presidential endorsement, and Elon Musk isn't too happy about it. "Might be the downfall of western civilization," Musk said in response to an X post by The Babylon Bee staffer Ashley St. Clair on Gates' endorsement of Biden. Gates formally endorsed Biden in an X post published Thursday.

Persons: Melinda French Gates, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Musk, MacKenzie Scott, —, Elon Musk isn't, Ashley St, Gates, Biden, I've Organizations: Service, Babylon Locations: Clair

☆ NatWest swoops on retailer Sainsbury's banking business
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The disposal by Sainsbury's mirrors this year's deal by rival supermarket chain Tesco to offload most of its banking activities to Barclays for 600 million pounds. The assets acquired include 1.4 billion pounds in unsecured personal loans, 1.1 billion pounds in credit card balances and about 2.6 billion pounds of customer deposits. The deal is expected to close in March 2025 and NatWest will receive an additional 125 million pounds payment from Sainsbury's at completion. Argos Financial Services (AFS) is also excluded from the deal, the retailer said, adding that its plans for this business will be announced at a future date. Sainsbury's expects to return excess capital of at least 250 million pounds to investors after the disposal and its future model for AFS is in place.

Persons: Jose Sarmento Matos, Paul Thwaite, Thwaite, Sainsbury's, Simon Roberts Organizations: National Statistics, Bloomberg, Getty, NatWest, Sainsbury, NatWest Chief, Tesco, Barclays, Argos Financial Services Locations: London

☆ Putin arrives in Vietnam as Russia seeks support in face of Western isolation
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Considered a pariah by the West, Putin is looking to boost economic ties with friendly countries and show that Western isolation is not having an impact. Vietnam was among several Southeast Asian countries that abstained from joining a global summit on Ukraine in Switzerland last week. Last week, Vietnam sent a delegation led by its Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs to attend the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Summit in Russia. Analysts say Russia is likely to get more out of the visit than Vietnam, and Hanoi may even suffer reputational damage by hosting Putin following his trip to North Korea. “If no substantive deals are made, the visit will mainly be symbolic and a means for Putin and Russia to show the world that Western sanctions against Russia are not working,” said Le.

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☆ Almost half of Dell's full-time US workforce has rejected the company's return-to-office push
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Unless they agree to change their classification, those US Dell workers are now ineligible for promotion. The benefits of WFHFor several Dell employees, the personal and financial benefits of working remotely were too good to give up. I'm not willing to give that up if I don't have to," one employee told BI. "My meetings are now with people in different conference rooms across the country by themselves," a remote employee told BI. Errich Petersen/Getty ImagesAs the reality of Dell's new working culture has set in, several employees told BI they were looking to leave the company.

Persons: —, Dell, hasn't, Brandon Bell, anecdotally, I'm, Jeff Clark, Kevork Djansezian, Getty, Clark, I've, haven't, Michael Dell, Errich Petersen, doesn't Organizations: Service, Business, Dell, Getty, BI Locations: RoundRock , Texas, India, Malaysia

☆ Inside Europe's tech hubs: Does London have what it takes to remain No. 1?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +32 min

But it will remain a big, big trend. How has if at all, Brexit, affected the U.K. tech scene? Arjun KharpalAre there other challenges at the moment, as you see them to the U.K. tech landscape? I'm gonna go with the amount of VC funding in U.K. tech startups for 2025. Sanjot MalhiI would say that is the amount of funding in U.K. AI startups.

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☆ Buy these 8 stocks before a robust rebound for the 'abnormally weak' healthcare sector
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The healthcare sector's 7% return this year is less than half of the S&P 500's 14.9% gain. At first glance, the lack of interest in healthcare stocks seems justified, given the group's subpar earnings growth. However, the upcoming earnings rebound for healthcare stocks isn't accounted for in valuations. Fortunately for investors, BMO has done that legwork by highlighting a slew of top healthcare stocks in its US model portfolios. Below are the eight outperform-rated healthcare stocks in BMO's model portfolios, along with the ticker, market capitalization, and group or groups that each is in.

Persons: —, There's, Brian Belski, Belski Organizations: Service, BMO Capital Markets, Business, BMO, Healthcare, BMO doesn't Locations: Montreal

☆ Amazon Union Workers Join Forces With the Teamsters
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Noam Scheiber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After years of organizing Amazon workers and pressuring the company to bargain over wages and working conditions, two prominent unions are teaming up to challenge the online retailer. The partnership was made final in voting that ended on Monday after members of the Amazon Labor Union, the only union formally representing Amazon warehouse workers in the United States, voted overwhelmingly to affiliate with the 1.3-million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The vote was overseen by the Amazon union. Leaders of both unions said the affiliation agreement would put them in a better position to challenge Amazon and would provide the A.L.U. will fight fearlessly to ensure Amazon workers secure the good jobs and safe working conditions they deserve in a union contract,” Sean O’Brien, the Teamsters president, said in a statement early Tuesday.

Persons: “, fearlessly, ” Sean O’Brien Organizations: Amazon Labor Union, Brotherhood of Teamsters, Amazon, Teamsters, A.L.U Locations: United States, Staten Island

☆ New AI deepfake porn bill would require big tech to police and remove images
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Emily Wilkins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are scrambling to address the boom in deepfake AI pornographic images, which have targeted everyone from celebrities to high school students. Now, a new bill will seek to hold social media companies accountable for policing and removing deepfake porn images published on their sites. The measure would criminalize publishing or threatening to publish deepfake porn. Additionally, the sites would also have to make a reasonable effort to remove any other copies of the images, including ones shared in private groups. They will be joined in the Capitol by victims of deepfake porn, including high school students.

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☆ Biden to announce new executive action protecting immigrant spouses and children of US citizens
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Michael Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Under current federal law, an undocumented person who enters the United States and marries a US citizen must first request parole before applying for legal residency. Lawful permanent residency, commonly known as obtaining a green card, allows immigrants to live and legally work in the United States. Some Democrats in the Senate praised Biden’s executive order while those in vulnerable seats tried towing a line. Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat in a vulnerable seat, also declined to say if he supports Biden’s executive order. However, he did praise Biden’s executive order from earlier this month aimed at restricting border crossings.

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☆ Biden to Give Legal Protections to Undocumented Spouses of U.S. Citizens
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Zolan Kanno-Youngs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden on Tuesday will announce sweeping new protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have been living in the United States illegally for years but are married to American citizens, officials familiar with the plan said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a policy that had not been formally announced. Under the policy, undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens will be shielded from deportation, provided work permits and given a pathway to citizenship. Officials briefed on the conversations said it could affect up to 500,000 undocumented spouses, although the exact scale of the program remained unclear. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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☆ Nikhil Gupta: Indian suspect in plot to kill Sikh separatist extradited to US
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Nikhil Gupta has been accused by U.S. federal prosecutors of plotting with an Indian government official to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a U.S. resident who advocated for a sovereign Sikh state in northern India. Gupta traveled to Prague from India last June and was arrested by Czech authorities. Canada said in September its intelligence agencies were pursuing allegations linking India’s government to the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023 in Canada. India’s government has dissociated itself from the plot against Pannun, saying it was against government policy. New Delhi has long complained about Sikh separatist groups outside India, viewing them as security threats.

Persons: Nikhil Gupta, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, Gupta, Jeffrey Chabrowe, India’s, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Pannun, ”, Narendra Modi, Washington Organizations: Washington Reuters, U.S, of Prisons, Indian, Metropolitan Detention Center, U.S . Justice, Sikh, Reuters Locations: An, United States, Czech Republic, U.S, India, Prague, Czech, Brooklyn, Brooklyn ., Canada, Washington . New Delhi

☆ Key holdouts at a Ukrainian diplomatic summit are proof that Putin's diplomatic playbook is working
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewOver the weekend, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rallied countries from around the world to support his call for Russia to end its invasion. It has been especially effective in the "global South" of non-Western powers whose wealth and influence on world affairs is growing. AdvertisementHowever, powerful non-Western countries refused to take part. Russia has also seized on claims that Western support for Israel in its war against Hamas is evidence of hypocrisy. AdvertisementIt is to Putin's advantage when those countries see Russia vs. Ukraine and Israel vs. Hamas as equivalent struggles, both complex enough to avoid taking a side.

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☆ Here's another reason for Elon Musk to support Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

He also seems increasingly interested in Donald Trump, though he won't come out and say he's formally backing him. So here's another reason for him to move more firmly into the Trump camp: The US Securities and Exchange Commission, currently run by Biden appointee Gary Gensler, keeps dogging him. Caveats: The last time the SEC went after Musk, Trump was in the White House, and Trump appointee Jay Clayton was running the SEC. AdvertisementJust as important: The Journal piece includes lots of to-be-sures from legal experts about the difficulty of the SEC winning a case against Musk. But Musk would certainly prefer not having to go to court to find out.

Persons: —, Elon, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, he's, Trump, Biden, Gary Gensler, Tesla, Musk, Jay Clayton Organizations: Service, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Business, SEC, Twitter, SEC hasn't, Musk, Trump

☆ Russia's war in Ukraine began in Crimea. It could end there, too, defense experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewIf there is one place Ukraine is winning in the war against Russia, it's Crimea, experts say. Ukrainians have since referred to the Black Sea peninsula as "occupied Crimea," and Zelenskyy has continually stated that any peace agreement must see it returned to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine, which lost its traditional naval fleet during the annexation of Crimea, has targeted Russia's Black Sea fleet with great success using sea drones. Ukraine even claimed to have sunk the Black Sea Fleet's flagship, the Moskva. "Crimea allows for power projection over the rest of the Black Sea.

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☆ Nigel Farage: The US-style migration debate taking over Britain’s election
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

“It’s a bit like God’s waiting room.”But Clacton is the front line of Britain’s migration debate. The Reform leader uses divisive language on migration, warning supporters of what he calls an "invasion" of asylum seekers. Despite years of tough rhetoric and policies aimed at deterring the arrival of asylum seekers – devised largely to placate Farage’s supporters – Britain’s asylum system is creaking. Laws prevent most asylum seekers from working, so while taxpayers fund their accommodation, they cannot contribute formally to the economy. That could widen even further the chasm in understanding between his voters and Britain’s asylum seekers, experts fear.

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☆ Where every major character ends up in season 3 of 'Bridgerton'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Olivia Singh | Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington get married and have a baby. Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington and Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton in season three, episode seven of "Bridgerton." But Penelope's Lady Whistledown secret threatens their relationship. Cressida Cowper (Jessica Madsen), who pretends to be Lady Whistledown for the reward, also finds out Penelope's secret and attempts to blackmail her. The finale ends with Penelope retiring her literary persona, and formally introducing herself as Penelope Bridgerton in her column.

Persons: Colin Bridgerton, Penelope Featherington, Nicola Coughlan, Luke Newton, Liam Daniel, Colin, Colin's unkind, Penelope, Whistledown, Cressida Cowper, Jessica Madsen, Queen Charlotte, Golda Rosheuvel, Lady Whistledown, Penelope Bridgerton Organizations: Netflix

☆ Meet the Professors Whose Porn Careers Cost Them Their Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Hallie Lieberman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +28 min

The porn videos had titles like "Juicy Anniversary" and "Bedroom Shenanigans." In search of a man for Wilson, Gow sought advice from his therapist, who suggested joining a swingers club. In the background, Video Gow is moaning "Oh yeah" as IRL Gow says, "I've always had some ED issues." As the video ends with the big finale — the money shot, as it's known in the industry — Video Gow stands above kneeling Video Wilson, arms outstretched. The termination letter said he had failed to properly report his income from the porn videos and had violated "prohibitions for using one's public position for private benefit."

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☆ Clooney and Roberts help Biden raise $30 million-plus at a star-studded Hollywood gala
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

U.S. President Joe Biden and former U.S. President Barack Obama share a laugh during a star-studded campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, on June 15, 2024. The fundraiser included singing by Jack Black and Sheryl Lee Ralph, and actors Kathryn Hahn and Jason Bateman introduced Kimmel, who himself introduced Biden and Obama. The president was fundraising "with out-of-touch elitist Hollywood celebrities," Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said. But Biden told the crowd in California that "we passed every major piece of legislation we attempted to get done." Earlier in the program, Kimmel noted Biden's campaign promise to restore the soul of America and said "lately it seems we might need an exorcism."

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☆ King Charles' birthday isn't until November. So why is it being celebrated in the summer?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewKing Charles III was born on November 14, 1948, so you likely wouldn't expect him to be thinking about his birthday in the summer. According to the royal family's website, Trooping the Colour has been the British sovereign's official birthday celebration for over 260 years. AdvertisementTrooping the Colour is the monarch's official birthday celebrationThe annual celebration occurs in the summer, regardless of when the reigning monarch's actual birthday is. King Charles and Queen Camilla at Trooping the Colour 2023. Nowadays, the event typically takes place on a Saturday in June.

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☆ South Africa’s governing alliance emerges as the new parliament convenes
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Reuters —The African National Congress has agreed to form a government of national unity for South Africa with three other parties including its largest rival, the pro-business Democratic Alliance, public broadcaster SABC reported on Friday. The SABC report came as the newly elected parliament was convening for the first time and lawmakers were in the process of being sworn in. The chamber will later elect its speaker, deputy speaker and the country’s president. SABC said the unity government would include the ANC, the DA, the socially conservative Inkatha Freedom Party and the right-wing Patriotic Alliance. The session was taking place in a Cape Town convention centre as the parliament complex was damaged by fire in 2022.

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☆ MLB umpire Pat Hoberg disciplined for violating gambling rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Ken Rosenthal | Evan Drellich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Major League Baseball said Friday night it has disciplined umpire Pat Hoberg for violating the league’s gambling rules, and that he is being held out of games during this season while an appeal is considered. Multiple players have been punished for gambling violations, including Tucupita Marcano, who got a lifetime ban for betting on baseball. Now, an umpire has been punished, with Hoberg becoming the only known umpire in recent history to have been disciplined for a matter related to gambling. “During this year’s Spring Training, Major League Baseball commenced an investigation regarding a potential violation of MLB’s sports betting policies by Umpire Pat Hoberg,” MLB said in a statement. AdvertisementThe most severe is that anyone found to have gambled on a baseball game they are directly tied to — “any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform,” as the rules formally put it — is to be banned permanently from the game.

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☆ Bitcoin miners at Donald Trump's closed-door event say he thinks bitcoin can help win AI arms race
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +17 min

Less than four hours after Trump's roundtable wrapped, the former president took to social media to extol the virtues of the bitcoin mining business. "Bitcoin mining may be our last line of defense against a CBDC," Trump posted shortly before midnight on Tuesday. "That's where you've got all these ancillary jobs; it's not just the bitcoin mining directly," said Cook. Enter bitcoin miners. Adding bitcoin miners to the portfolio of energy buyers has helped to improve the core economics of renewable power production.

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☆ Elon Musk says Tesla shareholders have re-approved his pay package worth billions that a judge struck down
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk said late on Wednesday that Tesla shareholders have re-approved a pay package worth billions that was already thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year in a vote that also approved moving Tesla to Texas. “Both Tesla shareholder resolutions are currently passing by wide margins! He famously bought social media platform Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, selling $22.9 billion of his Tesla shares to help fund that purchase. But perhaps a more serious concern among Tesla shareholders is the pioneering electric car company itself. Even with Musk’s pay package again endorsed by shareholders, the Delaware court could still have the final say.

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“I never loved him,” Trump said of Valadao, according to a GOP member. Trump did not shy away from acknowledging the bad blood between House Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who unsuccessfully tried to oust Johnson against Trump’s wishes. House Republicans voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress on Wednesday. In his meeting with GOP lawmakers, Trump called the Department of Justice “dirty no good bastards,” according to another source in the room. In a news conference after the meeting, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said that the former president’s felony convictions have only energized the party that will propel them to victory in November.

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☆ Trump insulted Milwaukee and then things got strange
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewFormer President Donald Trump on Thursday reportedly insulted Milwaukee, the site of the Republican National Convention in just a few weeks. "Milwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city," Trump told House Republicans during their closed-door meeting, according to PunchBowl News. President Trump did not say this," Rep. Bryan Steil of Wisconsin, wrote on X, quoting PunchBowl reporter Jake Sherman's initial tweet. AdvertisementSteil later told a local TV station that Trump "wasn't talking about the city, he was talking about specific issues in the city." "We were having broad conversation about the challenges we face in as a country, in particular the challenges we've seen in Milwaukee," Steil said mentioning issues with elections, crime, and public schools.

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