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Rust is seeking to run against U.S. Rep. Jim Banks for the seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Mike Braun. The county’s Republican Party chair said in a July meeting with Rust that she would not certify him, according to the lawsuit. Rust filed a lawsuit in September against Secretary of State Diego Morales, the Indiana Election Commission and Jackson County Republican Party Chair Amanda Lowery challenging the law. Rust officially filed with the office Feb. 5 to run as a Republican, according to state records. Should he prevail in his quest to get on the primary ballot, Rust faces an uphill challenge for the nomination.

Persons: John Rust, Rust, Jim Banks, Sen, Mike Braun, “ I’ve, ” Michelle Harter, ” Harter, Banks, State Diego Morales, Amanda Lowery, Donald Trump Organizations: INDIANAPOLIS, The Indiana Supreme, Republican, GOP, Marion Superior, U.S . Rep, U.S, US, Indianapolis Star, State, Jackson County Republican, Senate Locations: U.S, Marion, Indianapolis, Marion County, Acre, Jackson County, Indiana, Jackson

☆ Short sellers increasing their bets against regional banks amid NYCB's woes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

New York Community Bank 's ongoing struggles have increased investors' anxiety around the regional bank sector. Official short-selling data from the exchanges that would encompass the latest regional bank fallout has not yet been released. The short crowding on NYCB shares surged to 70% in the week ended Feb. 2, up from 45% the prior week. S & T Bancorp 's short crowding score has jumped to 83% in the week ended Feb. 2, which marks a 37% increase from the prior week. and CrossFirst Bankshares ' short crowding scores have risen 30% each to 69% and 71%, respectively.

Persons: Hong Li, Li, Simmons, CrossFirst, Norman Lowery, —, Michael Bloom Organizations: York Community Bank, Citi Research, Citi, T, P Global, T Bancorp, LSEG, Financial Corp, CrossFirst, Financial, CFB Locations: Midwest, CFB YTD

☆ 6 troubling questions about the Corizon bankruptcy deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Dakin Campbell | Nicole Einbinder | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

The bankruptcy of prison health provider Corizon has faced pressure from senators and a federal regulator in recent weeks. Other troubling questions surrounding the bankruptcy involve payments to insiders, "dishonest" testimony, and a secret data breach. The other company, Tehum, was saddled with most of Corizon's liabilities and, in February, filed for bankruptcy. AdvertisementAdvertisementNine US senators have written to Corizon successor companies Tehum Care Services and YesCare demanding answers about Corizon's efforts to "manipulate bankruptcy law." AdvertisementAdvertisementLefkowitz repeatedly said under oath during a June creditor call that he didn't know who owned Geneva Consulting — the company Corizon paid $5.5 million.

Persons: Corizon, —, Christopher Lopez, David Jones, Elizabeth Freeman, YesCare, Jones, Tehum, Judge Jones, Freeman, Ian Cross, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Dick Durbin, Lopez, they're, Kevin Eckhardt, Hector Garcia Jr, Hector Garcia, Belen Lowery, Garcia's, Jeff Sholey, Isaac Lefkowitz, Lefkowitz, Sara Tirschwell, Jeffrey Scott King, Ayodeji, Michelle Rice, Jennifer Finger, Sholey, Edward Janger, Janger, he's, didn't, Geneva, Russell Perry, Baker, Hostetler, Tehum's, Tracey Grissom, Grissom, Julia Tutwiler, Roman, Sannikov, CISA, Tehum hadn't, What's, it's Organizations: Service, Tehum Care Services, Justice Department, Corizon, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, Geneva Consulting, Tehum, University of Missouri Health Care, Brooklyn Law School, Geneva, Genesis Healthcare, Department, US, Court, Southern, Southern District of, Baker, FBI, Infrastructure Security Agency, of Health, Human, CISA, HHS, HIPAA, Women Locations: Houston, Texas, YesCare, Reorg, New Mexico, Corizon, Geneva, Southern District, Southern District of Texas, Alabama, Wetumpka , Alabama, Rivers, bitcoin, Tehum

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Eyewitness testimony Tuesday in the continuing trial three police officers, who are white and Asian American, charged with the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man, starkly contradicted the picture the officers’ lawyers painted. The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled the March 3, 2020, death of Ellis, 33, a homicide caused by lack of oxygen during physical restraint. Collins told Pierce County sheriff’s detectives that Ellis had attacked him by hurling him through the air to land on his back. Burbank was almost instantly on top of Ellis and swung up to three times to punch Ellis, according to Lowery. As Lowery left the scene, he said it appeared the officers had apprehended Ellis and were in control of him.

Persons: Manuel Ellis, Keyon Lowery, Ellis didn't, ” Lowery, “, Matthew Collins, Christopher Burbank, Ellis, Timothy Rankine, Ellis ’, George Floyd’s, Casey Arbenz, Collins, Lowery, Sara McDowell, Pierce, Burbank, McDowell Organizations: Pierce County Superior, Tacoma, Tacoma Police Department, Medical, Collins Locations: TACOMA, Pierce County, Tacoma , Washington, American, Pierce, Minneapolis, Burbank, Washington

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An egg farmer seeking the Republican nomination for Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2024 filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of a state law that could prevent him from getting on the ballot. Rust told The Indianapolis Star he hopes the lawsuit will allow Indiana residents that identify with their party to run for office without following requirements in Indiana law on political party affiliation. Rust faces an uphill battle for the GOP nomination against U.S. Rep. Jim Banks, who has received the endorsement of the Indiana Republican Party. “No one is trying to keep him off the ballot, he just thinks he’s above the law and can throw his money around to buy a U.S. Senate seat,” Banks said. The U.S. Senate seat is being vacated by Sen. Mike Braun, who is running for governor.

Persons: John Rust, State Diego Morales, Amanda Lowery, Rust, ” Rust, he’s, Lowery, Morales, Jim Banks, Banks, Rust’s “, ”, “, ” Banks, Sen, Mike Braun Organizations: INDIANAPOLIS, Republican, Senate, Seymour, State, Jackson County Republican, Indianapolis Star, Indiana, Marion Superior Court, Democrat, Democratic, GOP, U.S . Rep, Indiana Republican Party, U.S Locations: Acre, Indiana, Jackson, Marion Superior, Indianapolis, Jackson County

☆ Hidden investors took over Corizon Health, a leading prison healthcare company. Then they deployed the Texas Two-Step.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Nicole Einbinder | Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +63 min

The nurse practitioner on duty that day was employed by Corizon Health, Inc., one of the nation's largest private prison healthcare providers. Under federal law, a bankruptcy judge may respond to evidence of self-dealing or perjury by appointing a trustee to take control of the bankrupt company, bankruptcy experts told Insider. Just six months before the Garcia family was scheduled to have their day in court, Corizon filed for bankruptcy. "The Corizon bankruptcy is presently in a court ordered mediation, and we are seeking a global resolution for all the parties involved." Goldberger's attorney, Joseph Haspel, responded to queries with a statement saying that "Mr. Goldberger is a passive investor" in Corizon, Tehum, YesCare, Perigrove, and Perigrove 1018.

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☆ H&M to grow third-party brand strategy as online rivalry intensifies
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

STOCKHOLM, June 29 (Reuters) - H&M (HMb.ST) plans to sell more third-party brands online and in stores, CEO Helena Helmersson said on Thursday, as one of the world's top fashion retailers ramps up its effort to take on e-commerce rivals. Its marketplace strategy, launched last year, is aimed at challenging online rivals like Zalando, ASOS, and fast-fashion giant Shein as competition intensifies. Inditex-owned (ITX.MC) Zara features other brands only for exclusive collaborations, such as with South Korean label Ader Error and British shoemaker Clarks. "This has been really well received by customers who also complement the H&M assortment with other brands," Helmersson said. "Inditex's thinking is focused on its own brands, own stores and own online," said Lowery.

Persons: Helena Helmersson, M's, Zara, Clarks, Helmersson, Geoff Lowery, Inditex's Zara, Lowery, Marie, Helen Reid, Josephine Mason, Emma Rumney Organizations: Adidas, South, Marie Mannes, Thomson Locations: STOCKHOLM, Cos, Swedish, Monki, Hong Kong, Stockholm, London

☆ Newly Published, From Susan Sontag to the Black Working Class
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

AMERICAN WHITELASH: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress, by Wesley Lowery. (Yale, $35.) A historian explains how California “welcomed, honed and legalized” human bondage for 250 years, from the legalized enslavement of Native Americans to forced labor in today’s prisons. RIVERMOUTH: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration, by Alejandra Oliva. Reflecting on her family’s fluid relationship to the southern U.S. border and her experience working with asylum seekers, Oliva meditates on the seemingly insurmountable barriers migrants face today.

Persons: Wesley Lowery, Barack Obama, Lowery, Jean Pfaelzer, California “, Itamar Vieira Junior, Johnny Lorenz, Alejandra Oliva, Oliva meditates Organizations: Yale, Astra House Locations: CALIFORNIA, California, Brazil, U.S

☆ As sales decline, Adidas faces pressure to find Yeezy fix
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Helen Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Gulden in March said the company could donate the proceeds of the Yeezy sale to charities, but Adidas has given no updates since. The Anti-Defamation League, an international Jewish non-governmental organisation based in New York, told Reuters it "stands ready and prepared to work with Adidas". The American Jewish Committee met with Adidas executives in December to discuss their commitment to reject antisemitism. Shareholders want Adidas to draw a line under the Yeezy episode and develop ways to reboot the brand. "Being successful with Yeezy probably made Adidas lazy on finding other growth drivers," said Cedric Rossi, nextgen consumer analyst at Bryan Garnier in Paris.

Peter Pan & Wendy, the newest live action spin on the classic story of Never Land, is now streaming on Disney Plus. Barrie, Peter Pan & Wendy follows the three Darling children on a journey to the magical Never Land with the help of Peter Pan. Lowery also serves as co-writer of the screenplay for Peter Pan & Wendy, alongside Toby Halbrooks. How to watch Peter Pan & WendyYou can watch Peter Pan & Wendy at home worldwide with a Disney Plus subscription. Watch the trailer for Peter Pan & WendyWhat other Peter Pan movies can I watch?

☆ Film 'Peter Pan & Wendy' reimagines familiar tale
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Cast member Alexander Molony attends the world premiere of the film 'Peter Pan and Wendy' in London, Britain April 20, 2023. "Peter Pan & Wendy" is based on Scottish author J.M. Barrie's beloved characters and the 1953 Disney animation "Peter Pan". Directed and co-written by David Lowery, the film stars Jude Law in the role of Captain Hook, Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell, Ever Anderson, 15, as Wendy, and Alexander Molony, 16, as Peter Pan. "Peter Pan & Wendy" starts streaming on Disney+ on April 28.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 12 (Reuters) - Local government officials in Memphis, Tennessee, voted on Wednesday to return the second of two Democratic state lawmakers who were expelled last week for protesting gun violence on the chamber floor. Seven of the board's 13 councilors were present for the meeting, and all seven voted in favor of Pearson's return. He is expected to return to the State Capitol in Nashville on Thursday to be sworn back in. Democrats in the U.S. Senate have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether the expelled lawmakers' constitutional rights were violated. Before marching with supporters to the commissioners' meeting, Pearson, joined by Jones and Johnson, addressed a crowd of about 500 outside the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.

☆ Memphis may send second expelled Tennessee lawmaker back to statehouse
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Jonathan Allen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

April 12 (Reuters) - Local officials will meet in Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday to decide whether to return the second of two Democratic state lawmakers who were expelled last week for protesting gun violence on the chamber floor. In a rare rebuke, Republicans who control the state House of Representatives voted to kick out Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, two Black men who had recently joined the legislature, over their rule-breaking protest on the House floor on March 30. "I believe the expulsion of State Representative Justin Pearson was conducted in a hasty manner without consideration of other corrective action methods," Lowery said in a statement. Johnson, who unlike Jones and Pearson did not use a megaphone during the protest, narrowly escaped also being expelled. Tennessee's House Republicans, who have a supermajority, have said this week they will "welcome" back any expelled state lawmakers returned by county-level governments, so long as those members follow the legislature's rules.

REUTERS/Karen Pulfer FochtApril 9 (Reuters) - Two Tennessee Democrats who were expelled from the Republican-dominated state House of Representatives last week over their participation in a gun control protest said on Sunday that they hoped to soon reclaim their seats. Metro Council Member Kevin Rhoten said on Twitter that he had been bombarded with emails since Thursday asking him to vote to appoint Justin Jones for the District 52 seat, and that he planned to do that. "I would be honored to accept the appointment of the Shelby County Commission and to run in a special election," Pearson told NBC on Sunday. Videos posted to Twitter showed the two Black lawmakers, Representatives Jones and Pearson, shouting through a bullhorn on the House floor, saying "No action, no peace!" Only two other Tennessee state representatives have been expelled by their colleagues since the Civil War era: one in 1980 for soliciting a bribe in exchange for blocking legislation and another in 2016 after being accused of sexual misconduct by numerous women.

☆ It's not easy being a bicyclist in the US. Better infrastructure could help.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Eliza Relman | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Advocates are asking for more funding for bike safety measures, in addition to e-bike tax credits. The best way to address biking safety concerns, advocates say, is to build better bike infrastructure, including a robust system of bike lanes. If passed, the law wouldn't directly address the most pressing safety and infrastructure concerns facing bicyclists, but advocates say it could help. At the same time, this growing community of new bicyclists would likely demand better bike lanes and other infrastructure. Ultimately, advocates say it's about return on investment: More bikes, and better bike infrastructure, could lead to big savings for commuters and a rethinking of how everyone navigates their landscape.

☆ A Texas superintendent ordered school librarians to remove LGBTQ books. Now the federal government is investigating.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Mike Hixenbaugh | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

The U.S. Education Department’s civil rights enforcement arm has launched an investigation into a North Texas school district whose superintendent was secretly recorded ordering librarians to remove LGBTQ-themed library books. The comments, combined with the district’s subsequent decision to remove dozens of library books pending a review, fostered a “pervasively hostile” environment for LGBTQ students, the ACLU wrote in its complaint. Last year, voters in Granbury elected a pair of school board members who campaigned against LGBTQ-affirming school curricula and library books. “These comments, combined with the book removals, really send a message to LGBTQ students in the districts that: ‘You don’t belong here. Lou Whiting, a student at Granbury High School, becomes emotional after speaking against the removal of LGBTQ books at a Granbury school board meeting in March.

☆ One of the most popular courses among Stanford MBA students is informally named 'Touchy Feely' — here's why
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-23 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The popular course "Interpersonal Dynamics" was nicknamed "Touchy Feely" by professors and students. Stanford GSB shared with Business Insider that 95% of Stanford GSB students take this beloved course, even though it's not required. Courtesy of Ian CinnamonCinnamon added that now, whenever he's in any difficult situation, it's become "instinct" to think back to what he learned from the "Touchy Feely" course. "'Touchy Feely' has been influential in much of our work at Impact Experience," she said. "'Touchy Feely' and the courses in leadership that build from its approach … helped me develop the tools I now employ on a daily basis."

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