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☆ Final Trades: Corning, Apple, JPMorgan and the Russel 2000
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFinal Trades: Corning, Apple, JPMorgan and the Russel 2000The Investment Committee give you their top stocks to watch for the second half.

Persons: Russel Organizations: JPMorgan Locations: Apple

☆ Road to November election
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRoad to November electionStef Kight, Axios political reporter, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss her latest reporting on why Trump ally Russel Vought is urging Senate Republicans to delay this year's government funding fight to 2025.

Persons: Stef Kight, Russel Vought Organizations: Trump

☆ Fact Check: Video creator’s food art mislabeled as Bill Gates’ lab-grown meat
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A clip showing a “lab-grown drumstick” moving unnaturally was created by an artist who frequently shares videos of food in motion, despite posts online that suggest the clip shows synthetic meat made by Bill Gates. The posts refer to Gates’ advocacy for richer countries switching to synthetic meat, as described in a 2021 interview with MIT Technology Review about his book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster”. Gates, who has backed meat alternative companies, has received criticism for his proposal that shifting to synthetic meat could reduce carbon emissions. Cameron, a video creator and artist according to the account bios, frequently shares videos of unnaturally moving food, including those not made from live animals. The clip was created by an artist who frequently creates videos of unnaturally moving food and is unrelated to meat alternative brands backed by Bill Gates.

Persons: Bill Gates, Gates, Bill Gates ’, Russel Cameron, Cameron, Melinda Gates, Read Organizations: MIT Technology Review, Facebook, YouTube, Reuters, Thomson Locations: ”, New York

☆ ‘How Life Works’ Review: More Than a Box of Chocolates
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Adrian Woolfson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The frontispiece of the first edition of “Systema Naturae” (1735) depicts the botanist Carl Linnaeus as an Adam-like figure, liberally dispensing names to the newly generated creatures of the natural world. The notion reflected here, that living organisms are the immutable products of divine creation, was challenged in 1858 by the naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. They argued that the apparent design of living things resulted, instead, from the incremental accumulation of innumerable small heritable changes over vast expanses of geological time. This and various other constraints—including the need to maintain sufficient plasticity for adaptability—mean that organisms are compromised, inevitably incorporating numerous vulnerabilities. These result, in the case of humans, in an assortment of ailments and a precarious relationship with mortality.

Persons: Carl Linnaeus, Adam, Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace Organizations: Systema

☆ The mystery of how the moon formed is still puzzling scientists. The secret could lie deep within our planet.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementHere are four leading theories of how the moon was formed, and why the secret to uncovering the truth could lie deep within our planet. The moon wandered by the Earth and was captured into its orbitAccording to the capture theory, the moon was wandering through the universe like a giant asteroid. NASA/NOAAThe moon formed alongside the EarthThe accretion hypothesis ties the moon to the birth of the Earth. The problem is that while the moon and the Earth share isotopes, the way they put them together is very different. The moon also pulls as the earth, scientists have found.

Persons: we're, —, Elon Musk, Sara Russell, Russell, Russel, it's, Vincent Eke, Jacob A, Theia, Deng, Artemis Organizations: Service, NASA, Elon, Apollo, NOAA, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ESA Locations: Theia

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden promised to visit Africa this year, but 2023 is drawing to a close with no trip in sight yet. “I’m eager to visit your continent,” Biden said at the summit almost a year ago. “We’re hoping that President Biden will also be here to restore that trajectory,” he said. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan told Harris that her country was excited for a Biden visit. “Tanzanians are now anxiously waiting for President Joe Biden’s visit in Tanzania,” she said to the U.S. vice president.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, “ I’m, ” Biden, “, ”, Jideofor Adibe, John Kirby, Xi Jinping, ramping, Daniel Russel, Inger Andersen, “ Joe Biden, Mohamed Adow, Kamala Harris, Jill Biden, Antony Blinken, Janet Yellen, Lloyd Austin, Harris, Nana Akufo, Donald Trump —, —, Barack Obama, George W, Bush, Bill Clinton, “ We’re, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Joe Biden’s, Seth Borenstein, Chinedu Asadu, Asadu Organizations: WASHINGTON, Africa, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Nigeria’s Nasarawa State University, White House, Administration, Associated Press, Pacific, Hollywood, Asia Society Policy Institute, U.S ., Republican, Biden Locations: Africa, Dubai . U.S, Israel, Vietnam, Ukraine, Washington, U.S, California, Glasgow, Scotland, Egypt, China, Dubai, United States, Ghana, Tanzania, ”, Abuja, Nigeria

☆ Any kind of detente between the U.S. and China will be fragile, says Asia Society Policy Institute
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAny kind of detente between the U.S. and China will be fragile, says Asia Society Policy InstituteDaniel Russel, vice president of international security and diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, discusses the meeting of U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Persons: Daniel Russel, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping Organizations: U.S, Policy, Asia Society Policy Institute, Economic Cooperation Locations: China, Asia

☆ A handful of PMs have exited $20 billion Balyasny following departure of global equities head
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Four stock-picking PMs have recently left Balyasny Asset Management. The departures follow the exit of global equities chief Jeffrey Runnfeldt in October. Balyasny is up 2.8% this year, lagging most of its peers. A handful of long-short equities portfolio managers have departed $20 billion Balyasny Asset Management, which parted ways with its global equities chief in October. Four stock-pickers have recently left the fund, according to people familiar with the matter, including TMT investor Rob Bevegni, consumer PMs Jeff Russel and Matthew Gardner, and healthcare PM Chris Kuehnle.

Persons: Jeffrey Runnfeldt, Balyasny, Rob Bevegni, Jeff Russel, Matthew Gardner, Chris Kuehnle Organizations: Asset Management, Management

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is welcomed in the Indo-Pacific region and needs to update its approach to have stronger presence there to counter China's influence, said the top American diplomat to Tokyo. “The region wants all of America, not just part of America, economically, militarily, diplomatically, politically,” Emanuel said. “Because they know, an untethered China is a real risk to them, and they need America, all of America, its presence." In August, President Joe Biden formed a trilateral partnership with Japan and South Korea in Camp David over shared security challenges posed by North Korea and China. At the Asia Society Policy Institute, Emanuel called the partnership “a seismic shift in the plates in the Indo-Pacific".

Persons: Rahm Emanuel, ” Emanuel, Daniel Russel, Wang Yi, ” Wang, Joe Biden, Camp David, Emanuel, “, ”, Russel Organizations: WASHINGTON, Asia Society Policy, U.S, East China, Washington, China, North, Asia Society Policy Institute Locations: United States, American, Tokyo, New York, U.S, Japan, China, America, South, East, Taiwan, Beijing, South Korea, Qingdao, Camp, North Korea

☆ Some demand for energy in Europe could be 'lost forever' after a terrible year for oil and gas, exec says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Some of the lost demand for energy in Europe may be gone for good, the CEO of Vitol said. Global gas prices soared in 2022 after Russia cut off its gas supply to Europe, disrupting the energy sector. "We can expect some of that lost demand to stay lost forever." AdvertisementAdvertisementTurmoil and soaring prices in the energy sector have crimped demand in Europe, and the chief executive of Vitol warned that some of that demand may never return. Hardy, speaking at the Energy Intelligence Forum, added: "We can expect some of that lost demand to stay lost forever."

Persons: Vitol, —, Russel Hardy, Hardy, Fatih Birol, Birol Organizations: Global, Service, Reuters, Energy Intelligence, International Energy Agency, Financial Times Locations: Europe, Russia, London, Ukraine, Moscow, Israel

☆ Former Ohio State University wrestlers speak out against Jim Jordan: 'He doesn't deserve to be House speaker'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A group of former Ohio State University wrestlers said Jim Jordan shouldn't be the next speaker. The wrestlers have accused Jordan of ignoring reports of sexual abuse by a team doctor. Each of the wrestlers competed for Ohio State University at the same time that school doctor Richard Strauss worked with the program and have alleged that Strauss sexually abused them. Yetts, who has said that he and several teammates personally told Jordan on repeated occasions about Strauss' sexual abuse, now says that Jordan "doesn't deserve to be House speaker." Jordan has repeatedly denied that he had any knowledge of the sexual abuse against Ohio State wrestlers until the wrestlers themselves began speaking out about it in the media.

Persons: Jim Jordan shouldn't, Jordan, —, Jim Jordan, Mike Schyck, Dunyasha Yetts, Rocky Ratliff, he's, Richard Strauss, Strauss, Yetts, doesn't, Jordan's speakership, Schyck, Russel Dye, Nancy Mace, McCarthy Organizations: Ohio State University, Service, Representatives, NBC News, Ohio State, NBC Locations: Ohio

In that case, Britain accused Russia of an assassination attempt on its soil and expelled 23 Russian diplomats from the country. For its part, the U.S. expelled 60 Russian diplomats and ordered the closure of Russia's consulate in Seattle in solidarity with its British ally. If asked by Canada to expel a large number of Indian diplomats, these officials said, the U.S. would have little choice but to comply. This week, India told Canada to remove 41 of its 62 diplomats in the country, ramping up the confrontation. Trudeau and other Canadian officials, including Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, have hinted that Canada won't take reciprocal measures.

Persons: —, Biden, Justin Trudeau's, Narendra Modi, Joe Biden, Sergei Skripal, Trudeau, “ I’m, we're, ”, Danny Russel, Barack Obama’s, Modi, Melanie Joly Organizations: WASHINGTON, Publicly, Canadian, U.S, NATO, Asia Society Policy Locations: Canada, India, U.S, Vancouver, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Pacific, United States, Ukraine, China, Australia, Japan, Salisbury, England, Britain, Seattle, St . Petersburg, Indian, British, New York, New Zealand, New Delhi, Washington

☆ Russell Brand's management agency terminates ties to him following sexual assault allegations
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Mirna Alsharif | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Russell Brand's management agency terminated all professional ties to the actor and comedian after sexual assault allegations were published Saturday following a joint investigation by the Times of London, The Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches. Four women have come forward with allegations against Brand that include rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. The allegations against Brand were published Saturday following a joint investigation by the Times of London, The Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches. The U.K. Metropolitan Police Service said they "are aware of the media reporting of a series of allegations of sexual assault." U.K. women's charity, Trevi Women, announced that they cut ties with Brand after the documentary aired on Channel 4 Dispatches.

Persons: Russell Brand's, Russell Brand, Brand, Russel Brand, — Organizations: Times, Sunday Times, Tavistock Wood Management Agency, TW, Tavistock Wood, Tavistock Wood's, Metropolitan Police Service, Brand, BBC, Trevi Women, Stay Free Locations: London, Tavistock

☆ Overlooked No More: Chick Strand, Pioneering Experimental Filmmaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Sean Malin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“She rejects the classification of ‘feminist artist,’” the film scholar Gene Youngblood told The Santa Fe New Mexican in 1999, when some of Strand’s films were being shown at the College of Santa Fe. Chick Strand was born Mildred Totman on Dec. 3, 1931, in Berkeley, Calif., to Russel and Eleanor Totman. She first developed an interest in film while studying anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. In the 1960s, inspired by the growing free speech movement, Strand began hosting makeshift screenings in her backyard with her first husband, Paul Anderson Strand, an artist, and the experimental film impresario Bruce Baillie. As word spread, they quickly became carnivalesque productions, with Strand, Baillie and other regulars dressing in costumes and performing live while the films were shown to an increasingly large group of strangers.

Persons: ’, Gene Youngblood, Barbara Hammer, Shirley Clarke, Chick Strand, Mildred Totman, Russel, Eleanor Totman, Chick, Strand, Paul Anderson Strand, Bruce Baillie, Baillie Organizations: Santa Fe New, College of Santa, University of California Locations: Santa Fe New Mexican, College of Santa Fe, Berkeley, Calif, Strand

After months of acrimony, administration officials have recently begun visiting Beijing in a bid to reestablish regular communication. “The most intense, the most focus that I’ve ever seen President Biden is in advance of these engagements with President Xi,” the official said. And the extent to which their personal relationship will impact US-China relations overall has yet to be determined. “This summit is formalizing and institutionalizing a major strategic shift of the region,” explained a third senior administration official. “The Biden administration has always been clear that talking is best, they will keep showing up, and communication is necessary.

Persons: David, Joe Biden, –, Xi Jinping Biden, ” Biden, “, ”, Xi, Biden, CNN’s Arlette Saenz, “ You’re, Hikariko Ono, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, “ Xi, Narendra Modi, ’ Biden, “ I’ve, “ That’s, we’re, “ Biden, Obama, Danny Russel, Camp David, Fumio Kishida, Yoon Suk, Antony Blinken, Janet Yellen, John Kerry Organizations: CNN, Korean, Democratic, Foreign Ministry, White House, Biden, State Department, Camp, Japanese, South, ” Locations: China, Utah, Beijing, Bali, US, Tokyo, Seoul, mending, Asia, Sunnylands, Palm, Taiwan, India, San Francisco, Japan, South Korea

☆ Biden’s Camp David Summit Is a Pivotal Moment for Asian Security - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Daniel Russel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

By choosing to hold the summit at Camp David, Mr. Biden has signaled that he understands the gravity of the moment. The good news for Mr. Biden is that the relationship between Tokyo and Seoul is improving. As President Barack Obama’s special assistant and later assistant secretary of state for East Asia, I saw firsthand the disruptive effects of friction between Japan and South Korea. China and North Korea have proven themselves adept at exploiting such differences. North Korea has in the past dangled the possible return of Japanese citizens said to have been abducted by Pyongyang decades ago, partly in an effort to curry favor with Tokyo and get it to ease some sanctions imposed on North Korea.

Persons: Camp David, Mr, Biden, David, Yoon, Kishida, Barack Obama’s Organizations: David Accords, South Koreans, Korean, U.S Locations: Camp, Washington, Israel, Egypt, Tokyo, Seoul, Japan, China, East Asia, South Korea, North Korea, American, Korea, Pyongyang, Beijing, Okinawa

☆ Bank of America: Make these 35 cheap options trades now to profit from earnings surprises this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Mark Reeth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Earnings season is underway, and investors can use options to profit from beats and misses alike. Bank of America compiled a list of 35 buy-rated stocks reporting earnings in the coming days. Earnings season is in full swing, which means earnings surprises have begun to crop up — giving investors an opportunity to profit. In a separate note published on July 24, Subramanian outlined her strategy for how to position for earnings surprises, either positive or negative, using options. Second, she contrasted Bank of America's EPS estimates with consensus estimates heading into earnings season.

Persons: Subramanian, Russell, Russel Organizations: Bank of America

☆ Goldman Sachs shares 24 stocks to buy and ride higher as they catch up to the market's powerful rally through year-end
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Mark Reeth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The S&P 500 has entered bull-market territory thanks to a small handful of tech stocks. Goldman Sachs says that could actually mean good things to come for the rest of the market. Goldman Sachs analysts led by Chief US Equity Strategist David Kostin set out to answer that question. It's no wonder, then, that Goldman Sachs has upped its guidance for where the market will end the year. Below are the 24 stocks that Kostin found which have YTD EPS revisions above the median of 9%.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, David Kostin, Kostin, YTD Organizations: Investors, Big Tech, Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Chief US, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research

And while Musk has mentioned the trip in two posts since leaving, he didn't tweet once while in China. That said, after three years of harsh COVID curbs that hampered entry into China, foreign CEOs appear eager to get the lay of the land. Sixty-seven foreign business leaders attended the high-profile China Development Forum this year, although that is still 20 fewer than in 2019. The few known comments by foreign CEOs whilst they were in China have been in line with Biden's stance that he is not seeking to decouple the world's two largest economies. The foreign ministry quoted Musk as saying he was opposed to a decoupling of the U.S. and China economies which he described as "conjoined twins".

Persons: Elon Musk, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Musk, Goldman's Solomon, wariness, Xi, Noah Fraser, Tesla, Goldman, Joe Biden, Tim Cook, Patrick Gelsinger, Mary Barra, Stephen Schwarzman, Jamie Dimon, Christopher Johnson, JPMorgan's Dimon, Daniel Russel, Brenda Goh, Joe Cash, Selena Li, Zhang Yan, David Brunnstrom, David Shepardson, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Media, Twitter, Canada China Business Council, EU Chamber of Commerce, U.S . Department of Commerce, U.S, flashpoints, General Motors, China, China Strategies, U.S ., JPMorgan, Blackstone, Intel, JPMorgan Global China Summit, Asia Society Policy Institute, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, BEIJING, China, Shanghai, U.S, Washington, Beijing, Blackstone's, East, Hong Kong

Relations between the superpowers are increasingly acrimonious, with friction over issues from Taiwan and China's military activity in the South China Sea to U.S. efforts to hold back China's semiconductor industry. China's leaders, by contrast, have been slow to establish military contacts and quick to shut them down during periods of diplomatic tension. This has frustrated the United States. Then there is China's view of how military talks fit into the broader U.S.-China relationship. From that perspective, military talks are something to bargain with.

Persons: Lloyd Austin, China's, ", Ely Ratner, National Defense Li Shangfu, Li, Zhu Feng, Zhu, Jacob Stokes, Yun Sun, ”, Daniel Russel, William Burns, it’s, Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, David Brunnstrom, Michael Martina, Yew Lun Tian, Martina Pollard, Laurie Chen, Don Durfee, Alistair Bell Organizations: Pentagon . U.S . Defense, U.S . Army, U.S, National Defense, School of International Studies, Nanjing University, Center, New, New American Security, Stimson, East Asia, Obama, Asia Society Policy Institute, CIA, Washington, Pentagon, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, BEIJING, Singapore, Beijing, United States, China, Taiwan, South, U.S, Austin, New American, East Asia, Washington, Ukraine, States, East, Hainan

☆ Japan PM Kishida visits Seoul to forge closer ties amid N.Korea threats
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

South Korean officials are hopeful that Kishida will make some kind of gesture in return and offer some political support, although few observers expect any further formal apology for historical wrongs. But the historical differences between South Korea and Japan also threaten to cast a shadow over the blossoming ties between its two leaders. The majority of South Koreans believe Japan hasn't apologised sufficiently for atrocities during Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of Korea, Lee said. "They think that Prime Minister Kishida should show sincerity during his visit to South Korea, such as mentioning historical issues and expressing apologies," she added. Still, South Korea is an "important neighbour that we must cooperate with on various global issues," Japan's foreign ministry has said.

☆ ‘God’s Time’ Review: Out for Revenge on New York’s Streets
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Ben Groh Photo: IFC FilmsThere’s nothing nostalgic, per se, about “God’s Time”—the characters walk and talk and bike and roll and spatter each other with vulgarities within a very contemporary New York; they shatter the fourth wall with impunity; they occasionally instruct the camera. God’s Time Friday, AMC+Mr. Antebi may have a very casual attitude about structured narrative, but there’s little room for formality in “God’s Time,” which the writer-director has clearly based on his exposure to 12-step meetings and the occasional windbag therein: Regina (the startling Liz Caribel Sierra ) holds forth regularly about her addiction and—more persistently—about her unspeakable boyfriend. And the apartment from which he evicted her. And her dog, which he appropriated. After vowing to kill him, she inevitably reverses course, saying she’s going to pray that Russel ( Jared Abrahamson ) gets what’s coming to him “in God’s time.”

☆ Sonic world of animals: Listen to an extinct bird's mating call
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

What’s sometimes lost in this feast for the eyes is the sonic world of animals — audible to humans in the case of birdsong. Source: British Library“Animals: Art, Science and Sound” showcases the British Library’s wildlife collection, which contains over 250,000 recordings of animals from around the world. Source: British LibraryThe species was declared extinct in 2000. The song of a nightingale Published by the Gramophone Company Ltd. in 1910, it was the first published recording of any animal. Source: British LibraryThe groundbreaking release marked the beginning of commercial wildlife recording that culminated in the 1970s.

☆ Cramer says a much-needed Fed pause could ignite a stock market rally like we haven't seen in decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Fed rate hikes: They were so quick that they left any bank that bought too many longer-duration bonds, in an attempt to pick up a little more yield, heavily underwater. The Powell Fed sees the current problems. The fact is, though, we need a strong banking system and without one, you can forget about getting credit without paying too high a price for it. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

"This is not a good moment for American diplomacy," said William Kirby, a professor of Chinese studies at Harvard University. A source familiar with that conversation called it the most antagonistic U.S.-China engagement since contentious talks in Alaska early in the Biden administration. Name me one," Biden said in his speech, evidently referring to a host of domestic and foreign policy challenges facing China. However, Biden is likely to find Xi emboldened in any call after a Chinese-brokered rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran and his meetings with Putin. Reporting by David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina Editing by Don Durfee and Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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