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☆ The ‘Star Wars’ timeline is confusing. Here’s when ‘The Acolyte,’ ‘Ahsoka’ and more take place
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Worry not, padawans: CNN has laid out a comprehensive timeline of the “Star Wars” canon so you can follow all of the franchise’s time-jumps without getting lost in space. These details are pulled from the official “Star Wars” resources “Ultimate Star Wars” and “Star Wars Character Encyclopedia,” as well as a chart of the eras explored throughout the franchise. ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ (animated series)Ahsoka is Anakin's padawan in "The Clone Wars," and he lovingly calls her "Snips." ‘Star Wars Rebels’Kanan Jarrus, Zeb Orrelios and Sabine Wren take on the Empire in "Star Wars Rebels." ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’Heroes attempt to find the plans to blow up the Death Star in "Rogue One."

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☆ Cutting in line used to be rude. More places now let you pay to skip it
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Cutting in front of someone who’s been waiting patiently in line used to be unethical, bad manners, taboo. Dating app Tinder offers a new $499-a-month membership with a “skip the line” feature that prioritizes a dater’s profile. Snowbird and other ski resorts, in a controversial change, allow visitors who pay extra to access expedited ski lifts. Paying for privilegesPaying to skip the line is part of a booming industry of advantages — if you can afford them. There have always been VIPs and perks for wealthier customers: orchestra seats at theaters, boxes at stadiums and first class seats on airlines.

Persons: who’s, there’s, ”, Killington, Joe Raedle, Edward Tenner, Tenner, “, Don Munsil, Disney, it’s, Sen, Ron Wyden, Gad Allon, Allon, that’s, ” Edward Tenner, “ You’re Organizations: New, New York CNN, TSA, Universal Studios, Disney, Oregon, University of Pennsylvania Locations: New York, Bachelor’s

☆ How Miuccia Prada Reinvented Fashion
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Nick Haramis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

A few seasons earlier, for Miu Miu’s spring 2022 collection, Prada delivered raw-edge chino micro-miniskirts belted below the hip bone. Firstview (8); courtesy of Prada PRADA STILL resides in the Milanese apartment where she and her two older siblings, Marina and Alberto, grew up. In 1993, her days of on-the-ground protest behind her — she’d long stopped handing out flyers at rallies — Prada and Bertelli created Milano Prada Arte, which later became the Fondazione Prada. Styled by Suzanne Koller FOR THE PAST few years, Miuccia Prada hasn’t had to do quite as much all by herself. © TriStar/Everett Collection Bening and Warren Beatty in “Bugsy.” Everett Collection Bening in “American Beauty” (1999).

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Prada, Prada PRADA, Luisa Prada —, Sozzani —, Miuccia’s, Luigi Bianchi, she’d, Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bertelli, we’re, Lorenzo Bertelli, Giulio Bertelli, they’re, ” Francesco Risso, ” Risso, Fabio Zambernardi, “ Bottega, Gaetano Pesce, Saint Laurent, Pedro Almodóvar, Rem Koolhaas, ” James Jean, Frédéric Sanchez, Sanchez, cardigans, Marc Jacobs, Robert Gober, Louise Bourgeois, there’s, Gober, Suzanne Koller Prada pongee, — Prada, Milano, Damien Hirst, ” Koolhaas, Koolhaas, “ I’d, Wes Anderson — who’s, Bar Luce, Fondazione Prada —, ” “, Hirst, Prada sighed, ’ ” Prada, Miuccia Prada hasn’t, Raf Simons, Prada’s, Simons, ” Simons, Dior, Calvin Klein, Jil Sander, ” he’d, Miuccia, ’ ”, Andrea Guerra, Lorenzo, who’d, ” Miu, Antoneta Alamat, ” Miuccia Prada, Elio Berenett, Saunders, Awar Odhiang, Jonas Glöer, Chloe Nguyen, Estrella Gomez, America Gonzalez, Marie Duhart, Rafael Medeiros, Stefano Poli, Ariel Sadok, Cameron Koskas, Vassili, Alexandra Adams, Vincent Brière, Vira, Natsuki 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☆ Annette Bening Knows a Thing or Two About Difficult Women
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Ligaya Mishan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

© TriStar/Everett Collection Bening and Warren Beatty in “Bugsy.” Everett Collection Bening in “American Beauty” (1999). © DreamWorks/courtesy of Everett Collection Bening and Jeremy Irons in “Being Julia” (2004). © Sony Pictures Classics/Everett Collection Bening and Julianne Moore in “The Kids Are All Right” (2010). Suzanne Tenner/© Focus Features, via Everett Collection Bening and Billy Crudup in “20th Century Women” (2016). Firstview (8); courtesy of Prada PRADA STILL resides in the Milanese apartment where she and her two older siblings, Marina and Alberto, grew up.

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Fairuza, “ Valmont ”, “ Bugsy ”, “ Bugsy, ” Everett, Jeremy Irons, Julianne Moore, Suzanne Tenner, Billy Crudup, Merrick Morton, “ Nyad ”, ” Liz Parkinson, Liz Parkinson, Angela Bassett, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Rather, you’re, Pete Zuccarini, Jodie Foster, Nyad’s, Tracy Letts, ” Letts, — “, Beatty, ” Mills, Ella Beatty, “ She’s, ” Vasarhelyi, Dale Carnegie’s, Sophie Buhai, Vasarhelyi, they’re, I’ve, slathering, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Harrison Ford, Julia, callow, Shaun Evans, Corey Stoll, Howard Hughes —, “ I’m, it’s, Jesse Hoffman, Cam Lindfors, Christian Scutt, Ronna Jones, Francesca Martin, Susie Kourinian, Rachel Pollen, Jazmine Robinson, MIUCCIA PRADA, David Cronenberg, Jean, Luc Godard, Dara Birnbaum, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Mario Prada, Patrizio Bertelli, Miu Miu, Guy Marineau, Condé Nast, Homer, “ Prada Marfa, Lauren Weisberger’s, Wears, Drake, Prada hasn’t, Carsten Höller, Suzanne Koller Prada, Suzanne Koller, Gerhard Richter, — Rei Kawakubo, Martin Margiela, Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana, Donatella Versace, Suzanne Koller “, Francesco Vezzoli, Olivier Rizzo, Ferdinando Verderi, Theaster Gates, Uma Thurman, Frank Ocean, Carla Sozzani, Corso, Vivienne Westwood, Yves Saint Laurent, jolie laide, It’s, Lotta Volkova, Miu Miu’s, Guido Palau, they’d, ‘, Tom Ford, prim, ” Prada, Prada PRADA, Luisa Prada —, Sozzani —, Miuccia’s, Luigi Bianchi, Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bertelli, we’re, Lorenzo Bertelli, Giulio Bertelli, ” Francesco Risso, ” Risso, Fabio Zambernardi, “ Bottega, Gaetano Pesce, Saint Laurent, Pedro Almodóvar, Rem Koolhaas, ” James Jean, Frédéric Sanchez, Sanchez, cardigans, Marc Jacobs, Robert Gober, Louise Bourgeois, there’s, Gober, Suzanne Koller Prada pongee, — Prada, Milano, Damien Hirst, ” Koolhaas, Koolhaas, “ I’d, Wes Anderson — who’s, Bar Luce, Fondazione Prada —, ” “, Hirst, Prada sighed, ’ ” Prada, Miuccia Prada hasn’t, Raf Simons, Prada’s, Simons, ” Simons, Dior, Calvin Klein, Jil Sander, ” he’d, Miuccia, ’ ”, Andrea Guerra, Lorenzo, who’d, ” Miu, Antoneta Alamat, ” Miuccia Prada, Elio Berenett, Saunders, Awar Odhiang, Jonas Glöer, Chloe Nguyen, Estrella Gomez, America Gonzalez, Marie Duhart, Rafael Medeiros, Stefano Poli, Ariel Sadok, Cameron Koskas, Vassili, Alexandra Adams, Vincent Brière, Vira, Natsuki Oneyama, Joel Phillips, Manicurist’s, Akane Kanazawa, Marek Dague, QUEEN LATIFAH, DANA OWENS, She’d, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane, D.J.s, Owens, Nikki Giovanni, Octavia E, Butler, M.C.s, Latifah, Jazzy Joyce, MC Lyte, Lyte, ” Latifah, We’re, Shakim Compere, Norma Kamali, David Yurman, David Webb, Ian Bradley Louis Vuitton, Monie, Gary Gray’s, Tracy Oliver, Kenya Barris, Megan Thee, Viola Davis, LATIFAH, Michael Jackson, who’ve, Shakim, Rita Owens, Compere, Rita, scions, Amina, Amiri Baraka, Lauryn Hill, Latifah wasn’t, Lyte’s, Roxanne, Roxanne Shanté, Dana Owens, Danyel Smith, Queen Latifah —, Latifah ”, Tommy Boy, Jada Pinkett Smith, I’d, ’, ” Pinkett Smith, Al Pereira, Michael Ochs, 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New York City, NoHo, New York City, Lafayette 148 New York, New Jersey, Newark, Jersey, Baltimore, Chicago, Milwaukee, Queens, “ Chicago, Watts, Koreatown, Philando Castile, St, Paul, Oxnard, California, Mississippi, U.S, San Quentin, Castile, bro, Naples, East Texas, Ardmore, Alabama

☆ Queen Latifah Redefined Being a Multihyphenate — and Made It Look Easy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Emily Lordi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

© Miramax/courtesy of Everett Collection Latifah and LL Cool J in “Last Holiday” (2006). © Paramount/courtesy of Everett Collection Latifah in “Bessie” (2015). David Lee/© Fox Searchlight Pictures, via Everett Collection Latifah on “The Equalizer” in 2023. Firstview (8); courtesy of Prada PRADA STILL resides in the Milanese apartment where she and her two older siblings, Marina and Alberto, grew up. © TriStar/Everett Collection Bening and Warren Beatty in “Bugsy.” Everett Collection Bening in “American Beauty” (1999).

Persons: Queen Latifah Annette Bening Henry Taylor Miuccia Prada, I’m, Queen Latifah, Henry Taylor, D’Angelo Lovell Williams, Miuccia Prada, Collier Schorr, Annette Bening, Katy Grannan, Delphine Danhier, Rob Talty, Sara Tagaloa, Rahim Fortune, Ian Bradley, Iasia Merriweather, Raisa, Prada, you’ve, YANAGIHARA, QUEEN LATIFAH, DANA OWENS, “, She’d, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane, she’d, D.J.s, Owens, Nikki Giovanni, Octavia E, Butler, M.C.s, Latifah, Jazzy Joyce, MC Lyte, Lyte, ” Latifah, We’re, She’s, Shakim Compere, ”, Norma Kamali, David Yurman, David Webb, Ian Bradley Louis Vuitton, Monie, Gary Gray’s, Tracy Oliver, Kenya Barris, Megan Thee, Viola Davis, it’s, LATIFAH, Michael Jackson, who’ve, Shakim, Rita Owens, Compere, Rita, scions, Amina, Amiri Baraka, Lauryn Hill, Latifah wasn’t, Lyte’s, Roxanne, Roxanne Shanté, Dana Owens, Danyel Smith, Queen Latifah —, Latifah ”, Tommy Boy, Jada Pinkett Smith, I’d, ’, ” Pinkett Smith, Al Pereira, Michael Ochs, Raymond Boyd, Getty, D’s, Gray, 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☆ These are D.A. Davidson's favorite stocks for the fourth quarter
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Davidson listed its favorite long-term plays, giving investors a way to stick it out as markets face a tough month and quarter. Equities have dropped in recent months as investors worry about the possibility — and impact — of persistent interest rate hikes. As of Wednesday's close, the S & P 500 is slated to finish the month down 5.2% and the quarter is off by about 4%. The stock has seen some of the highest year-to-date gains on the list, up more than 54% in 2023. The stock has plunged nearly 19% so far this year, putting it at an attractive entrypoint for long-term gains, according to the firm's investment philosophy.

Persons: D.A, Davidson, Rudy Kessinger, Goldman Sachs, Manuel Navas, Gary Tenner Organizations: CrowdStrike Holdings, Financial, . Corp, Axos, Axos Bank, Tractor Supply, Microsoft

☆ Analysts warn regional banks stocks are in a 'negative feedback loop' and detached from fundamentals
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The latest drop for regional bank shares is causing some Wall Street analysts to back away from their recommendations on the stocks, even if they still believe in the underlying fundamentals for the companies. Other regional banks also sold off, including a 19% drop for Western Alliance. The deposit update was not enough to reassure all Wall Street analysts about the health of regional banks, and there is concern that the drops in the stocks could reignite deposit flight. Meanwhile, RBC Capital Markets' analyst Jon Arfstrom stuck with his outperform rating on PacWest, but said only investors with strong stomachs should stick around. Western Alliance Another bank stock that has taken heavy loses in recent weeks is Western Alliance .

☆ In times of crisis these stocks are a 'core holding,' analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

They include: Costco, Estee Lauder, Pacific Premier Bancorp, ON Holding and Phillips 66. Still, with Pacific Premier shares down 23% this year, Tenner said investors should take advantage of the buying opportunity. "Pacific Premier is, in our view, a long-term core holding for institutional investors," Tenner said. ... .We still view PSX as a long-term core holding in energy. PPBI is, in our view, a long-term core holding for institutional investors.

☆ Group of Nanoco shareholders ask top bosses to step down over Samsung settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

March 27 (Reuters) - A group of shareholders of Nanoco Group Plc (NANON.L) have asked two top bosses to step down after alleging that the company gave misleading information related to settlement prospects in a litigation with Samsung Electronics Co (005930.KS). In February, Samsung Electronics had agreed to pay $150 million to Nanoco to settle patent lawsuits over technology used in Samsung's LED televisions. "Nanoco had settled on terms substantially less favourable than its prior statements had led shareholders to believe, and on less favourable terms than our clients understand had been previously offered by Samsung," the shareholder letter stated. The shareholders have identified the replacements for the CEO and CFO, the letter stated. Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Varun H KOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Pacific Western Bank raises $1.4 bln, says deposits have stabilized
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

March 22 (Reuters) - Pacific Western Bank (PACW.O) said on Wednesday it had raised $1.4 billion from investment firm Atlas SP Partners as regional banks rush to contain the fallout of a recent collapse of two mid-sized lenders. The bank said deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, including accounts eligible for pass-through insurance, exceeded 65% of its total deposits, as of March 20. Total deposits at the bank fell 20% to $27.1 billion from $33.9 billion as of Dec. 31. "The update that put out today versus the update that put out last Friday, the read on it is a little bit more negative," Tenner said. Reporting by Jaiveer Shekhawat and Manya Saini in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja DesaiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Davidson upgrades PacWest shares to buy as bank stock continues to crater another 37%
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

PacWest Bancorp shares continued to crater on Monday amid fears of contagion from the Silicon Valley Bank failure , prompting Davidson to say the sell-off represents a more attractive entry point for buyers. Citing the 54% decline in PacWest's stock on Thursday and Friday, Davidson upgraded shares to buy from neutral, while lowering its price target to $29 from $31. PACW 5D mountain PacWest shares have plunged after the SVB failure The Silicon Valley Bank failure has sent shockwaves through technology companies and venture capital firms, many of which had deposited their funds in the now-defunct bank. Tenner noted that PacWest's venture capital related deposits, currently 33% of its total deposits, have declined 27% from the end of 2021. PacWest stock has fallen about 72% during the past 12 months.

Nanoco and Chicago-based litigation funding firm GLS Capital said in a release that the settlement, which includes a license agreement and the "transfer of certain patents," resolves litigation in the United States, Germany and China. Nanoco's quantum dots improve the backlighting of LED displays without the use of toxic heavy metals like cadmium. The Texas lawsuit said Samsung began incorporating Nanoco's technology into high-end QLED TVs launched in 2017. Third-party funding of lawsuits has becoming increasingly common in recent years, though details about specific investments are rarely publicized. The case is Nanoco Technologies Ltd v. Samsung Electronics Co, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, No.

☆ Abandoned shopping carts cost taxpayers thousands of dollars
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Abandoned shopping carts are a scourge to neighborhoods, as wayward carts block intersections, sidewalks and bus stops. There is no national data on shopping cart losses, but US retailers lose an estimated tens of millions of dollars every year replacing lost and damaged carts, say shopping cart experts. They pay vendors to rescue stray carts and fork over fines to municipalities for violating laws on shopping carts. “It is the shopping cart.” Another New York Times article in 1957 called the trend “Cart-Napping.”There’s even a book, “The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification,” dedicated to the phenomenon and a system of identification for stray shopping carts, much like guides for bird-watching. Coin-lock shopping cart systems are popular in Europe, and Poulos said more US companies are requesting coin-lock systems in response to the costs of runaway shopping carts.

☆ 411 is going out of service for millions of Americans
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Starting in January, AT&T customers with digital landlines won’t be able to dial 411 or 0 to reach an operator or get directory assistance. The human telephone operator, a job that came to be dominated by White women during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 2021, there were fewer than 4,000 telephone operators, down from a peak of around 420,000 in the 1970s, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. “0” became universal for operator assistance and “411” was the number for directory assistance. By 2004, at the dawn of the smartphone age, 56,000 people were employed as telephone operators.

☆ Topul anului 2018. Ce cărți au citit și recomandă cei mai influenți oameni de afaceri din lume
▼ + stars: | 2018-12-19 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Topul anului 2018. Ce cărți au citit și recomandă cei mai influenți oameni de afaceri din lumeRevista Bloomberg a realizat un top al celor mai citite și recomandate cărți de către cei mai influenți oameni de afaceri din lume. În anul 2018, multe cărți care au ajuns în top abordează subiectele legate de tehnologii și rețelele de socializare și modul cum acestea influențează viața oamenilor. Cea mai recomandată carte de liderii lumii, pentru Bloomberg, este The Coddling of the American Mind (Codificarea minții americane), de Greg Lukianoff și Jonathan Haidt. Pe locul doi s-a clasat Bad Blood (Sânge Rău), de John Carreyrou.

Persons: Topul, În, de tehnologii, Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt, John Carreyrou, Gil, de James, Deborah Fallows, Tara Westover, de Tyler Cowen, Leonardo da Vinci, de Walter Isaacson, de Alan Gratz, Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Edward Tenner, Dan Barber, de Marty Cagan, Grant, de Ron Chernow, de Ray Dalio, de Daniel Coyle, Satya Nadella, Jill Tracie Nichols, Greg Shaw, de Paul Volcker, Christine Harper, Jeremy Heimans, Henry Timms, Ulysses S, de Ulysses S, Pearl, Dana Mackenzie, Patty McCord, Be, de Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, de Brené, John Marshall, de Joel R, Paul, de Denis Johnson, Mark Helprin, de Graham Allison, de Lisa Brennan, Max Tegmark, Paula McLain Organizations: lume Revista Bloomberg, Bloomberg, of, Society of Free, Food, Tech, Sound, Good Government, Intelligence Locations: jos, of America, Paris, America, China

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