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☆ Paramount sued for $500 million over 1968 'Romeo & Juliet' nude scene
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Two stars of the 1968 film adaption of "Romeo & Juliet" have sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million over a nude scene the actors shot when they were teenagers, according to a copy obtained by CNBC. At the time of filming, Whiting, who portrayed Romeo, was 16, and Hussey, who portrayed Juliet, was 15. The pair filed the suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging sexual abuse, sexual harassment and fraud. Paramount has not made any public statement about the suit and did not respond to request for comment from CNBC. The attorney for the actors say they're seeking $500 million in damages to match the amount the film has earned since 1968.

To fix contacts not showing up on your iPhone, try restarting your phone or showing all contacts. You can also try to sync your contacts with connected email accounts or your iCloud contacts. When you add someone to your iPhone's Contacts app, you expect that person to forever be at your fingertips. While there are many reasons why this might happen, you can fix contacts not showing up on your iPhone in eight ways. Quick tip: The lists in the Contacts and Phone app are linked, so showing all contacts in one app will reveal them in the other as well.

☆ How 2022 shocked, rocked and rolled global markets
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The main drivers have been the war in Ukraine, combined with rampant inflation as global economies broke out of the pandemic, but China remained shackled by it. U.S. Treasuries and German bonds, the benchmarks of global borrowing markets and traditional go-to assets in troubled times, lost 17% and 25% respectively in dollar terms. Ten-year Treasury yields jumped to 1.8% from less than 1.5%, knocking 5% off MSCI's world stocks index (.MIWD00000PUS) in January alone. The Fed has delivered an eye-watering 400bps of rate hikes and the European Central Bank, a record 250bps, despite saying this time last year it was unlikely to budge. "What has gone in global markets this year has been traumatic," said EFG Bank Chief Economist and ex-Deputy Governor of Ireland's central bank, Stefan Gerlach.

To fix an iPhone that is not receiving texts from Android phones, try toggling Airplane mode on and off. Restarting your iPhone, updating it, and resetting your network settings can also fix the problem. Even so, you should generally be able to exchange texts between iPhone and Android seamlessly — iPhones can receive SMS messages just as easily as Android. If you have trouble getting texts from Android devices on your iPhone, here are nine ways to troubleshoot the problem. Tap Messages.

☆ Liverpool's Klopp hails 'unstoppable' Nunez despite lack of goals
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Klopp said he had been around long enough in football not too lose any sleep over Nunez's recent scoring record. "There are so many other things that are much more important because we look back at strikers and you cannot imagine some of the chances strikers who I worked with missed," he said. "The work rate he put in, the spaces he creates, he's unstoppable in the moment. Klopp said he is being patient with the 23-year-old, who also failed to score in three games at the World Cup. "He will score goals, I have no doubt about that," said the German.

☆ Liverpool beat Aston Villa 3-1 to go sixth in league
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Liverpool beat Aston Villa 3-1 on Monday thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Stefan Bajcetic to go sixth in the Premier League during a game littered with chances. Striker Salah tapped in the visitors' opener in the fifth minute after a sublime passing move from marauding wing-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson. Goalscoring opportunities came aplenty for both teams as they peppered each other with high balls over the defences. The result left Aston Villa in 12th place on 18 points, while Liverpool are on 25 points, one behind old rivals Manchester United in fifth but a daunting 12 behind Premier League leaders Arsenal, who were playing later on Monday. Reporting by Andrew Cawthorne, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson said her 'QAnon fans' aunt and uncle considered refinancing their home to help pay her legal bills so she could stay away from 'Trump world'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified she was "scared" about getting a lawyer from Trump world. Hutchinson told the January 6 committee she contacted family she didn't even speak to to get help. Hutchinson described the situation in testimony she gave on September 14, a transcript of which was released by the committee on Thursday. In her testimony, Hutchinson said Passantino pressured her to withhold information from the committee, and that others connected to Trump dangled the possibility of a job over her. "I believed Ms. Hutchinson was being truthful and cooperative with the Committee throughout the several interview sessions in which I represented her."

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson Said Trump Allies Urged Her to Limit Jan. 6 Testimony
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Scott Patterson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—The Jan. 6 select committee released a transcript of oral testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson pointing to efforts by lawyers and others in former President Donald Trump’s orbit to urge her to protect Mr. Trump in her testimony before the committee. Ms. Hutchinson, an aide to Mr. Trump’s last White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows , had dismissed her first lawyer, Stefan Passantino, by the time she provided some of the most dramatic live testimony before the committee in June, when she said she was told that Mr. Trump wanted to be driven to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and wrestled for the steering wheel with the Secret Service when his order was refused.

Ali Alexander said he believed White House wanted him to lead rallygoers to Capitol "Stop The Steal" organizer Ali Alexander believed the White House wanted him to lead attendees of Trump's Jan. 6 rally to the Capitol, the report said. Alex Jones, who has claimed the White House told him to lead the march, texted Wren at 12:27 p.m. Finally one of the staffers told Trump they thought he should focus on his speech. Trump told Jan. 6 demonstrators at the Capitol in a Twitter video that he loved them but that they should go home. The information was expected to be available as soon as Thursday — the day the House Jan. 6 committee is set to issue its final report on the riot.

☆ Trump Allies Urged Her to Limit Testimony, Cassidy Hutchinson Told Jan. 6 Committee
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Scott Patterson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson secretly back-channeled with the Jan. 6 committee before blindsiding her Trump-aligned lawyer in a bombshell deposition
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Hutchinson told the panel that her Trump-aligned lawyer advised her to mislead lawmakers. ""Look, we want to get you in, get you out," Hutchinson said Passantino told her before the appearance. Reach out to them," Hutchinson told the panel, paraphrasing what Passantino told her of a job offer connected to former top Trump aide Jason Miller. Hutchinson said she told Farah, who was also a former House aide, to back channel with the January 6 committee. Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson arrives for her public testimony in front of the January 6 committee.

☆ Capitol riot panel's final report sets out case to try Trump
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Evelyn HocksteinWASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The congressional panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol released its final report late on Thursday, outlining its case that former U.S. President Donald Trump should face criminal charges of inciting the deadly riot. The House of Representatives Select Committee also made public the transcripts of a number of its interviews and witness testimonies earlier on Thursday and on Wednesday. "Rather than honor his constitutional obligation to 'take care that the laws be faithfully executed,' President Trump instead plotted to overturn the election outcome," the House panel had said earlier in a 160-page summary of its report. In comments posted on his Truth Social network after the final report's release, Trump called it "highly partisan" and a "witch hunt". The 2020 election results were being certified by Pence and lawmakers when the Capitol was attacked after weeks of false claims by Trump that he had won that election.

☆ Marijuana's black market is undercutting legal businesses
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Thriving, unregulated marijuana businesses across the United States are undercutting legal markets awaiting banking and tax reform. Unlicensed businesses are "taking a pretty hefty percent of the potential market share," according to Amanda Reiman, a researcher at cannabis intelligence company New Frontier Data. The problem is particularly cumbersome in New York City, Knowles said. Besides cease-and-desist letters, New York City has begun cracking down in other ways, too. "We will not let the economic opportunities that legal cannabis offers be taken for a ride by unlicensed establishments," the mayor said at a news conference.

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson knew she was going to be 'nuked' for turning on Trump. She did it anyway.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

“I was scared,” she told committee investigators last September in sworn testimony. “I almost felt like at points Donald Trump was looking over my shoulder.”“I was scared. “I want to make this clear to you: Stefan never told me to lie," she told the committee. Her Trumpworld lawyer, Passantino, was not happy, she said, and began frantically calling his colleagues to do damage control. “I’m about to be f------ nuked,” she said she told a committee staffer as she left that third meeting.

It could be worse, the president could have tried to kill’ — he didn’t say kill — ‘the president could have tried to strangle you on Jan. 6,’” Hutchinson said. Hutchinson recalled how during a drive to New Jersey she began wondering whether any aide in the Richard Nixon administration had held a position similar to her own during the Watergate scandal. In remarks, she thanked the Jan. 6 Committee for its work ahead of the final report's release. Hutchinson, who delivered bombshell testimony to the Jan. 6 committee this summer, had previously been represented by Stefan Passantino, who had also worked as a lawyer in the Trump White House. Share this -Link copiedCommittee releases Cassidy Hutchinson transcripts The committee released more transcripts on Thursday, making public the closed-door interviews with White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.

☆ Lawyer urged White House aide to 'downplay' Jan. 6 knowledge -testimony
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dec 22 (Reuters) - A former lawyer for ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson told her to “downplay” her knowledge of events leading to the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, telling her “the less you remember, the better,” according to a transcript of her testimony released on Thursday. “The less the committee thinks you know, the better,” Hutchinson recalled Passantino telling her, the transcript released by the committee showed. She is now represented by law firm Alston & Bird. Passantino’s biography has been removed from the website of Washington, D.C., law firm Michael Best & Friedrich, where he led the firm’s political law practice. Passantino told CNN he was on leave from the firm “given the distraction of this matter,” but remains a partner at the law firm Elections LLC.

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson says she initially lied to the January 6 committee about Trump allegedly grabbing the steering wheel of his SUV and lunging at a Secret Service agent
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hutchinson said she initially told the committee she had not heard of Trump lunging at a Secret Service member. But soon after her deposition, she said she told her attorney, "I lied, I lied, I lied." I just lied," Hutchinson said she told Passantino. "I lied, I lied, I lied." In a later deposition, Hutchinson told the committee she continued to be wracked with guilt after not being entirely truthful to the committee in her first deposition.

☆ Cassidy Hutchinson Googled "Watergate" to help decide whether to cooperate with January 6 committee
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The committee released a 138-page interview with Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide in the Trump White House. According to Hutchinson's testimony, released by the committee this morning, Passantino had pushed Hutchinson to give the committee as little information as possible. Hutchinson felt guilty that she wasn't giving the committee the whole truth. "So then I'm like, 'Oh shit," the 26 year-old Hutchinson told the committee. "The emphasis he placed on the moral questions that he was asking himself resonated with me," Hutchinson told the committee.

☆ Jan. 6 committee says a Trump-connected lawyer advised Cassidy Hutchinson to mislead the committee on what she knew, CNN reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The January 6 committee claimed a witness had been advised to alter their testimony, CNN reported. The attorney denied the allegations to Insider, saying he represented Hutchinson "honorably." Two sources told CNN that Hutchinson had relayed the incident to the Department of Justice. Sources told CNN that Trump's Save America PAC paid for Passantino to represent Hutchinson through Passantino's law firm Elections LLC. Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, the law firm that listed Passantino as a partner, told CNN it was not involved in the situation.

☆ H&M removes Justin Bieber merchandise following criticism from pop star
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Bieber arrives for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022. H&M will no longer sell a line of Justin Bieber merchandise after the musician told fans he didn't "approve" of the clothing bearing his name and likeness. H&M said Wednesday it will be removing the line from its stores and its website out of "respect" for Bieber. A representative for H&M told CNBC it pulled all items from the line including t-shirts and hoodies. Many of the products featured Bieber himself or lyrics to hit songs like "Ghost" from his 2021 album "Justice."

You can find your Twitch stream key in your account's stream settings. If someone gets your Twitch stream key, you should reset it, change your password, and enable 2FA. In the Stream Key & Preferences section, locate the Primary Stream key option and click Copy on the right. In the Stream Key & Preferences section, locate the Primary Stream key option and click the Reset button on the right. Streaming with Twitch StudioIf you regularly stream on Twitch, you're new to the platform, or don't want the hassle of setting up a Twitch stream on another app, you can download Twitch Studio.

☆ Olive Garden parent company Darden beats estimates, raises outlook
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The company also raised its earnings outlook for fiscal 2023 to a range of $10.3 billion to $10.45 billion from its previous range of $10.2 billion to $10.4 billion. Revenue: $2.49 billion vs. $2.43 billion expected. Darden's total sales rose 9.4% compared with the same quarter last year. Olive Garden, which accounts for nearly half of Darden's revenue, saw same-store sales increase 7.6%, while overall same-store sales rose 7.3% for the company. Darden said it had 1,887 locations open as of the end of the quarter, compared with 1,852 last year.

☆ Germany's half-a-trillion dollar energy bazooka may not be enough
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Christoph Steitz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Almost half a trillion dollars, and counting, since the Ukraine war jolted it into an energy crisis nine months ago. The money set aside stands at up to 440 billion euros ($465 billion), according to the calculations, which provide the first combined tally of all of Germany's drives aimed at avoiding running out of power and securing new sources of energy. That equates to about 1.5 billion euros a day since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Energy rationing is a risk in the event of a long cold spell this winter, Germany's first in half a century without Russian gas. There's no security in sight either, with the push to build up of two alternatives to Russian fuel - liquefied natural gas (LNG) and renewables - years away from targeted levels.

☆ FTSE 100 tracks glum global sentiment ahead of BoE rate decision
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Johann M Cherian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SummarySummary Companies FTSE 100 down 0.7%, FTSE 250 off 0.6%Currys drops to bottom of FTMCHSBC slumps on shareholder's campaign for spinoffDec 15 (Reuters) - UK's export-driven FTSE 100 fell on Thursday, tracking glum global sentiment, while traders avoided bets on risky assets ahead of the Bank of England's monetary policy decision. The blue-chip FTSE 100 (.FTSE) fell 0.7%, while the FTSE 250 (.FTMC) shed 0.6% by 9:29 GMT. After the Fed's hawkish commentary on Wednesday, traders now await the BoE's monetary policy meeting at 1200 GMT. "The split within the Monetary Policy Committee could give a hawkish edge to the meeting. Besides the 50 basis point hike on Thursday, Koopman expects BoE's terminal rate to be 4.75% by mid-2023.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged seven social media influencers with securities fraud, saying Wednesday that they were part of a $100 million scheme to use social media platforms Twitter and Discord, as well as podcasts, to manipulate the price of certain stocks. Discord is a private chatroom and messaging platform that is popular with gaming influencers and, more recently, financial influencers. According to the SEC, seven of the defendants promoted stocks to their hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers and in stock trading rooms on Discord since at least January 2020. They would then promote the stock to their followers and inflate the share price, announcing price targets and teasing upcoming news about the company. Those stocks are often ripe for manipulation because they receive less attention and have lower trading volumes.

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