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Learn moreIt's time for UFC 301, which will see Brazilian Alexandre Pantoja defend his title against Australian Steve Erceg. ET / 3 a.m. BST (Sun) / 10 a.m. AWST (Sun)How to watch UFC 301 in the USAs usual, UFC 301's main event will stream tonight at 10 p.m. Shop at ESPNWhere to watch UFC 301 everywhere elseIf you're not in the US, you can catch the fights in the UK via TNT Sports. Canadian UFC fans can purchase the PPV fight through most major TV services, as well as through UFC Fight Pass for $65. UFC 301 Fight Card: Pantoja vs. ErcegMain card - 10 p.m.

Persons: Alexandre Pantoja, Steve Erceg, Aldo, Jonathan Martinez, we've, ExpressVPN, José Aldo, Anthony Smith, Vitor Petrino, Michel Pereira, Ihor Potieria, Paul Craig, Caio Borralho, Brito, Jack Shore, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Iasmin, Myktybek, Joaquim Silva, Drakkar Klose, Mauricio Ruffy, Jamie Mullarkey, Dione Barbosa, Ernesta, Ismael Bonfim, Vinc, Alessandro Costa, Kevin Borjas Organizations: Business, UFC, ESPN, TNT, US, TNT Sports Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ExpressVPN, Canada

☆ Opinion: I’ve seen too many young journalists pay the ultimate price. It’s them I’ll be thinking of today
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Opinion Jon Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

When a journalist is killed, it is not just their voice that is silenced: Press freedom is your freedom. Over 30 years ago, the United Nations recognized May 3 as World Press Freedom Day: a global reminder of the importance of press freedom and an opportunity to assess its health around the world. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) found that at least 100 journalists and media workers have been killed since we last marked World Press Freedom Day. Tragically, on this World Press Freedom Day, our work is needed more than ever. On this World Press Freedom Day, the fallen who gave their lives for the truth should serve as a reminder as to why press freedom is really your freedom.

Persons: Jon Williams, Rory Peck, Read, Jon Williams Rory Peck, Bayeux, ”, Simon Cumbers, Simon, Al, Louise, Cumbers, Johnny Green, Thomas Jefferson, ” Jefferson, it’s, Dom Phillips, Phillips, Aldeia Maloca, Bruno Pereira, Joao Laet, don’t Organizations: Rory Peck Trust, BBC News, ABC News, CNN, 1st Cavalry, Canadian, BBC, The Washington Post, United Nations, Protect Journalists, Getty, United, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Bayeux, Northern France, France, Omaha Beach, Europe, Nazi Germany, Normandy, Paris, “, Saudi Arabia, Al Qaeda, Saudi, Riyadh, Ireland, London, South, Indonesia, Turkey, India, Madrid, Irish, Kabul, Afghanistan, Gaza, Ukraine, Honduras, Sudan, Philippines, Brazil, Aldeia, Roraima, AFP, Britain, United States, Israel, Egypt

For the first time in the history of the United States, billionaires had a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans. Opinion Guest Essay Make Billionaires Pay (Their Taxes)Until recently, it was hard to know just how good the superrich are at avoiding taxes. Let’s agree that billionaires should pay income taxes equivalent to a small portion — say, 2 percent — of their wealth each year. Billionaires who already pay the baseline amount of income tax would have no extra tax to pay. The idea that billionaires should pay a minimum amount of income tax is not a radical idea.

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☆ Brazil floods: At least 29 people killed as heavy rain and flooding lashes Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Michael Rios | Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —At least 29 people have been killed and a further 60 are missing as heavy rain and flooding hit the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul this week. Residents and a dog are evacuated from a flooded area in the city center of São Sebastião do Cai, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, on May 2, 2024. Rio Grande do Sul has been increasingly hit by extreme weather events in recent years. Volunteers use a fishing boat to rescue residents trapped inside their houses in São Sebastião do Cai, Rio Grande do Sul state. The proportion of high-intensity hurricanes, or tropical cyclones, has increased due to the warmer global temperatures, according to the UN.

Persons: Cai, Carlos Fabal, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “, ”, Eduardo Leite, Anselmo Cunha, Lizzy Yee, Omar Fajardo Organizations: CNN, Authorities, Getty, Volunteers, UN Locations: Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, AFP, Dubai, Asia, Kenya, São

☆ China's automakers must adapt quickly or lose out on the EV boom in the face of regulatory scrutiny abroad and competition at home
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The automaker is the joint venture partner of Honda and Toyota in China, and has an electric car brand called Aion. Expanding outside ChinaLike other automakers in China, GAC is also turning overseas. China's overseas car sales surged last year, putting the country on par with Japan as the world's largest exporter of cars. Dyer expects that to drive overseas demand for Chinese electric cars. Chinese consumers placed almost twice as much importance on tech features compared with U.S. consumers, Dyer said, citing AlixPartners' survey.

Persons: Evelyn Cheng, Tesla, Feng Xingya, Feng, Wei Haigang, Wei, Stephen Dyer AlixPartners, There's, Stephen Dyer, AlixPartners, Dyer, BYD, Nio, CATL, Zhong Shi Organizations: CNBC, GAC, Labor, Huawei, Honda, Toyota, China Passenger Car Association, EU, U.S, Factories, Greater China Business U.S, Ministry of Commerce, Tech, Volkswagen, SAIC Motor, Battery, China Automobile Dealers Association, Automotive, Robotics, Lotus Technology, Geely Locations: Beijing, Evelyn Cheng BEIJING, China, East, Mexico, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt, Brazil, Turkey, Amsterdam, Greater China, Asia, U.S, Europe

☆ At Venice Biennale, Artists Make a Case for Returning Looted Artifacts
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Alex Marshall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Glicéria Tupinambá, an Indigenous Brazilian artist, first visited the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, she had an encounter that would change her life. It was 2018 and museum officials had invited Glicéria — a member of the Tupinambá people — to see a mantle, or feathered cape, that her ancestors had made hundreds of years ago. Glicéria expected to simply study the artifact, she recalled in a recent interview. But upon seeing its plumage, she said, she started experiencing spectacular visions. “Suddenly, I see myself facing an ancestor,” Glicéria recalled, “and this ancestor shows me images from the past, and speaks to me with this vast and female energy.”Glicéria set out to learn everything she could about the capes, including how to make them herself.

Persons: Glicéria, Glicéria —, ” Glicéria, ” Organizations: Quai Branly Museum Locations: Brazilian, Paris, Bahia, Brazil

☆ Torrential Rains Leave at Least 13 Dead and More Missing in Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Ana Ionova | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At least 13 people have been killed and 21 are missing after heavy rains drenched southern Brazil, prompting a state government to send rescue helicopters in search of stranded residents, the authorities said on Thursday. The torrential rains that poured over the state of Rio Grande do Sul in recent days were well above normal for this time of year, according to experts. The rains swelled rivers across the state’s low-lying central valley region, flooding towns, causing a bridge to collapse, blocking roads and setting off mudslides. One town, Canudos do Vale, was left isolated with no electricity or communication. In the town of Candelária, residents awaited rescue helicopters on the roofs of their flooded homes.

Organizations: National Institute of Meteorology, The New York Times Locations: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Canudos, Candelária

☆ The Protests Help Trump - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( David Brooks | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

These days, I think a lot about Donald Trump. When the monthly economic reports come out, I think: Will this help elect Donald Trump? In the 1960s, for example, millions of young people were moved to protest the war in Vietnam, and history has vindicated their position. In 1968, Richard Nixon celebrated the “forgotten Americans — the nonshouters; the nondemonstrators” and was elected to the presidency. Far from leading to a new progressive era, the uprisings of the era were followed by what was arguably the most conservative period in American history.

Persons: Donald Trump, I’ve, —, Ronald Reagan, “, Berkeley ”, Richard Nixon, Vincent Bevins Organizations: Berkeley Locations: Israel, Gaza, Vietnam, California, Egypt, Turkey, Brazil, Ukraine, Hong Kong

☆ This family traveled for a year. Here are the biggest mistakes they made
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Vivien Soo | Poonam Binayak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Life-changing experiences, unforgettable memories and beautiful pictures — these are things that come to mind when people think of a year-long family trip. The Sullivan family, shown here at Machu Picchu in Peru, ran into several unforeseen circumstances throughout the year. Source: Margaret Bensfield Sullivan"We had packed every conceivable medication, and it never occurred to me that we would encounter lice," she said. After a year abroad, Sullivan, shown here in Egypt, said her family returned home with a stronger bond. Margaret Bensfield Sullivan

Persons: Margaret Bensfield Sullivan, Sullivan, Teddy Organizations: Sullivans Locations: piranhas, Brazil, Mozambique, New York, Tanzania, South America, Africa, East, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Beijing, Peru, Berlin, Machu Picchu, Germany, Sullivan, Vietnam, Cambodia, France, Japan, Egypt

☆ Brazil, India, and China are top emerging market picks, says Malcolm Dorson
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | 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 EmailBrazil, India, and China are top emerging market picks, says Malcolm DorsonMalcolm Dorson, Head of Emerging Markets at Global X, discusses how to invest in the international and emerging markets.

Persons: Malcolm Dorson Malcolm Dorson Organizations: Emerging, Global Locations: Brazil, India, China

☆ Estee Lauder is punished for its light guidance. Here's why we are not joining the sellers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Estee Lauder tumbled Wednesday as investors focused on the company's weak fiscal fourth-quarter outlook instead of its strong third-quarter numbers. Estee Lauder Why we own it: We see profitability improving as management executes on its turnaround plan and works to improve gross margin performance. These are signs the worst should be behind Estee Lauder. While full-year adjusted earnings are still expected to decline on an annual basis, Estee Lauder encouragingly bumped up its outlook. An Estee Lauder pop-up store is seen inside daimaru Department Store on Nanjing Road Pedestrian street in Shanghai, China, August 6, 2021.

Persons: Estee Lauder, Fabrizio Freda, Freda, Estee Lauder encouragingly, we're, That's, Estee, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: Revenue, LSEG, L'Oreal, Chanel, Body, Street, Management, Wall, Japan, CNBC, daimaru, Getty Locations: LVMH, —, Asia, North America, Latin America, Mexico, Brazil, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Mainland China, Nanjing, Shanghai

☆ Google lays off hundreds of 'Core' employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Just ahead of its blowout first-quarter earnings report on April 25, Google laid off at least 200 employees from its "Core" teams, in a reorganization that will include moving some roles to India and Mexico, CNBC has learned. The Core unit is responsible for building the technical foundation behind the company's flagship products and for protecting users' online safety, according to Google's website. Core teams include key technical units from information technology, its Python developer team, technical infrastructure, security foundation, app platforms, core developers, and various engineering roles. Many Core teams will hire corresponding roles in Mexico and India, according to internal documents viewed by CNBC. Asim Husain, vice president of Google Developer Ecosystem, announced news of the layoffs to his team in an email last week.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Asim Husain, Husain, Ruth Porat, Prabhakar Raghavan Organizations: Inc, Government, Society, Google, CNBC, Mexico City, U.S Locations: Stanford , California, India, Mexico, Sunnyvale , California, Bangalore, Brazil

☆ Trump says he wants huge tariffs if elected. That could send inflation spiking.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But research from the bipartisan Tax Foundation suggests otherwise, and says Trump's 2018 trade war was also economically damaging. The non-partisan Tax Foundation would beg to differ. Tax Foundation estimates that the tariffs then imposed have amounted to an $80 billion tax increase on Americans. Nobody else ever did anything on China," Trump explained. More tariffs under Trump could be poorly timed, as US monetary policy is already struggling to clamp down on current inflation levels.

Persons: Trump, —, Donald Trump, Biden, Kenneth Rogoff Organizations: Time Magazine, Foundation, Service, Time, Republican, Trump, Federal Reserve Locations: China, India, Brazil, United States, Beijing

☆ This emerging market fund has outperformed over 1, 5 and 10 years. Here's how
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The global emerging markets fund managed by Aubrey Capital has achieved impressive returns over the past decade. This approach has helped the Aubrey Global Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund to post returns of 13.8% over the past year, nearly double the MSCI Emerging Market Index 's 8.2% gain. Aubrey's investment approach is based on its Global Emerging Markets Strategy , which oversees nearly $600 million of assets. Out of about 2,000 consumer-facing companies in the emerging markets universe, Aubrey is only invested in about 35. Nearly half the Aubrey Global Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund is invested in India.

Persons: Aubrey Capital, Mark Martyrossian, Aubrey, Martyrossian, Taiwan's, It's, Varun Organizations: Aubrey, CNBC, Aubrey Global, Fund, Global, PepsiCo, Companies, Arca Continental, Burger King, Arcos Dorados, DLF Locations: Turkey, South Africa, Hong Kong, China, India, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Delhi, Mumbai

☆ Inside the investing strategy of Hunterbrook Capital, the news-driven hedge fund. Can it succeed in a ruthless industry?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Bradley Saacks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Small team, limited scopeThe hedge fund makes trades based solely on news from Hunterbrook Media, its media sister company, sometimes getting advanced copies of the articles and placing trades before publication. AdvertisementThe hedge fund, however, has just one sole full-time employee. Before a story is published on Hunterbrook Media, the firm's general counsel reviews it to make sure there's not any insider information — such as leaked earning figures — in it. AdvertisementIf the general counsel and the executives green light the story to be shared, then it goes to the hedge fund — in other words, Dunlevie and Horwitz — prepublication. Opportunities few and far between so farInvestigations from Hunterbrook Media so far have less than a 50% hit rate on turning into trades for the hedge fund.

Persons: —, Nate Anderson's Hindenburg, Carl Icahn's, Nathaniel Horwitz, Matt Murray, Paul Steiger, Bethany McLean, That's, Courtney Dunlevie, Horwitz, Sam Koppelman, Brian Koppelman, Dunlevie, Horwitz — prepublication, isn't, It's Horwitz, Matt, Pulitzer, Tony Horwitz, Geraldine Brooks, Cash, Hunterbrook, Marc Lasry, David Fialkow, Matt Cherwin, we're, " Horwitz Organizations: Service, Business, Hunterbrook, Hunterbrook Media, Wall Street, Barclays, Commonstock, Phoenix Suns, Avenue Capital, Catalyst, JPMorgan Locations: Italian, Korean, Brazil

☆ Disgraced former Congressman George Santos says he's bringing his drag queen alter ego 'out of the closet' on Cameo
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

George Santos will be making Cameo videos as his drag persona, Kitara Ravache, he said. After being expelled from Congress, Santos has used Cameo to earn money. AdvertisementDisgraced former Congressman George Santos announced on Monday that he is bringing his drag persona Kitara Ravache "out of the closet" for a limited time. AdvertisementRochard said that she had known Santos as a drag queen and that he'd competed in drag in a beauty pageant as Kitara Ravache in 2008. AdvertisementFollowing his expulsion from Congress, Santos turned to Cameo as a source of income.

Persons: George Santos, Kitara Ravache, Santos, —, Y'all, I've, Roch, "Ru Organizations: Congress, Service, New, Acc, e, eni Locations: y

☆ Supreme Court gives SEC a win over Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Supreme Court rejected Elon Musk's bid to get rid of his 'Twitter sitter.' He has to get legal approval for any X posts about Tesla as part of an SEC agreement. Musk argued it limits his free speech, but the court shot him down. AdvertisementThe Supreme Court isn't going to step in to help Elon Musk get rid of his "Twitter sitter." Related storiesHe filed a petition with the Supreme Court to undo the settlement in December, arguing it limited his free speech.

Persons: Elon Musk's, Tesla, Musk, —, isn't, Elon Musk, Joe Biden Organizations: SEC, Service, Securities and Exchange, SpaceX, Musk, Bloomberg

☆ Why a Brazilian UFC star is championing a dead Austrian economist
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( David Shortell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In recent years, the free-market economist and the contrarian Austrian school he led midcentury have been turned into a hashtag deployed by tax-wary workers. Ludwig von Mises From Mises Institute“Ludwig von Mises is Latin America’s leading economist,” declared the headline of a Bloomberg opinion piece earlier this month by economist Tyler Cowen. His free-market policy prescriptions, framed by an economic thinking centered on human behavior and individual choice, were widely considered out of fashion at the time. “That is my jam!” Shapiro said of the Austrian school. “If you start to understand the concept of the Austrian economic school,” Moicano said in a recent YouTube video, “you’re going to understand that’s what I need: free market, liberties, and wealth, my brother.

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☆ Marta: Brazil star to retire from international soccer
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Sammy Mncwabe | Duarte Mendonça | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Brazil and Orlando Pride star Marta will retire from international soccer this year, she told CNN Brasil in an interview which will air on Sunday, April 28. The 38-year-old is Brazil’s all-time record goalscorer, male or female, with 115 goals and has appeared in six World Cup tournaments. If selected for the Brazilian squad at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Marta could make her sixth appearance at the Games. There is no longer Marta in the national team as an athlete from 2025 onwards,” Marta told CNN Brasil. Three times Marta has come agonizingly close to glory with Brazil, losing the 2007 Women’s World Cup final to Germany and twice suffering defeat in the Olympic gold medal match.

Persons: Marta, I’ll, ” Marta Organizations: CNN —, Orlando Pride, CNN Brasil, soccer, FIFA, Women’s Champions League, Copa Libertadores Femenina, Copa América Locations: CNN — Brazil, Brazil, men’s, Germany, Paris

☆ American Airlines cuts some international flights into 2025 citing Boeing delivery delays
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, from American Airlines company, taking off from Barcelona airport, in Barcelona on 24th February 2023. "We're making these adjustments now to ensure we're able to re-accommodate customers on affected flights," American said in a statement. Flights from New York to Barcelona will be suspended Sept. 3. Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International to Dublin and to Rome, which were both scheduled as year-round flights, will now be suspended on Oct. 26. Flights from Chicago O'Hare to Paris will end Sept. 3 and resume next year.

Persons: John F, Boeing didn't Organizations: Boeing, American Airlines, Kennedy International, Fort Worth International, Dublin, Chicago O'Hare Locations: Barcelona, Europe, New, Athens, New York, Dallas, Rome, Chicago, Paris, Kona, Hawaii, Philadelphia, Miami, Montevideo, Uruguay, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Has South Africa Truly Defeated Apartheid? U.S.A., 2020 – 63% U.K., 2019 – 62% 60% 49% 40% 20% 1994 2004 2014 2019 Sources: Collette Schulz-Herzenberg, "The South African non-voter: An analysis"; Konrad Adenaur Stiftung, 2020 (South Africa); Pew Research (United States and U.K.)On a continent where coups, autocrats and flawed elections have become common, South Africa is a widely admired exception. −4% −6% Sources: Harvard Growth Lab analysis of World Economic Outlook (South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa) and World Development Indicators (upper-middle-income countries). 50% unemployment rate 40% Black unemployment rate 30% The unemployment gap between Black and white South Africans remains wide. In 2022, about 6 percent of South Africans aged 18 to 29 were enrolled in higher education, according to Statistics South Africa.

Persons: Nelson Mandela, they’ve, Collette Schulz, Konrad Adenaur Stiftung, —, Walter Sisulu, Joao Silva, New York Times Jack Martins, ”, Mandela’s, Wandile Sihlobo, Johann Kirsten, Sihlobo, Kirsten, haven’t, Zinhle Nene, Peter Mokoena, “, Mokoena, Nokuthula Mabe, Mabe, Jacob Zuma, Chrispin Phiri, Cyril Ramaphosa, Israel, Sibusiso Zikode, Zikode, Mr Organizations: African National Congress, Pew Research, Human Sciences Research, World Bank, Black South, Charter, New York Times, University of Cape Town’s Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Economic Empowerment, South, Harvard, Economic, Government, Black, Mr, Stellenbosch University . White, Statistics, Security, JOHANNESBURG Jobs, JOHANNESBURG Sandton Downtown, West University, Education, Statistics South, General Household Survey, of, Stellenbosch University, Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services, Institute for Security Studies, International Court of Justice Locations: Africa, South Africa, Black, States, Soweto, Kliptown, Johannesburg, South, Saharan Africa, Carletonville, JOHANNESBURG, Downtown Soweto, JOHANNESBURG Sandton, JOHANNESBURG Sandton Downtown Soweto, North, Mahikeng, Botswana, Statistics South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, African, Germany, Russia, India, China, Ethiopia, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Ukraine, New York Times South Africa, Gaza, Durban, South Africa’s

☆ Your latte could get even more expensive, thanks to a drought in Vietnam that's strangling coffee bean production
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Robusta coffee futures hit a 16-year high because of a prolonged drought in Vietnam. The robusta coffee variety is the basis for both espresso and instant coffee. A long, El Niño-induced drought in Vietnam pushed up the price of robusta futures on Wednesday to the highest in at least 16 years, Bloomberg reported. This year's drought in Vietnam could continue the low-supply cycle, hurting next year's production. Vietnam is increasingly importing cheaper robusta from Brazil to satisfy soaring local demand from coffee drinkers, Bloomberg reported in March.

Persons: —, El Niño, Tran, Lan Anh Organizations: Service, Bloomberg, US Department of Agriculture, Co, International Coffee Organization Locations: Vietnam, Brazil, Asia, Europe, mocha

☆ Biden is fighting Trump's tough tactics by calling for tripled tariffs on Chinese steel imports
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewUS President Joe Biden last week called for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum imports, echoing former President Donald Trump's levies on a range of goods from China. Biden — who is the frontrunner for the Democratic Party's presidential nominee — said China's steel production was backed by state funds, which enable the commodity to be sold cheaply to the US. He wants to hike a key tariff on Chinese steel and aluminum from 7.5% to 25%. AdvertisementHowever, the US isn't a large Chinese steel importer. AdvertisementLin added that China's steel sector is geared toward meeting domestic demand and doesn't receive any export-oriented subsidies.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump's, Biden —, Trump, Chim Lee, Biden, Lin Jian, Lin, Janet Yellen, EIU's Lee Organizations: Service, Democratic, Business, Bloomberg, Economist Intelligence Locations: China, Beijing, Chile, Brazil

☆ In 'Tortured Poets' Lyrics, Taylor Swift Finally Criticized Her Own Fans
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Taylor Swift is not known to bite the hand that feeds her. Taylor Swift built her brand as a friendly and relatable pop starA young fan exchanges friendship bracelets with Taylor Swift during The Eras Tour" in Sao Paulo, Brazil. But nearly two decades into her career, the business of Being Taylor Swift has become a billion-dollar industry whose parasocial peanut gallery has grown in size to match. With 'The Tortured Poets Department,' Swift is telling fans they don't actually know herTaylor Swift greeting fans at the 2019 VMAs. John Shearer/Getty Images"The Tortured Poets Department" allows a peek into the inner turmoil of Being Taylor Swift, with all the attention, venom, and possessiveness she attracts.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Swift, Taylor, Little, that's, fame's downsides, Kanye, John Shearer, Matty Healy, Joe Alwyn, Healy, who'd, Swifties, Healy didn't, she's, Swift — Organizations: Recording Academy, Poets Department, Marvel, Department, Spice Locations: Sao Paulo, Brazil

☆ Airbnb's new chief business officer shares his top priorities for hosts and travelers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

As Airbnb's recently appointed chief business officer, Dave Stephenson is playing a crucial role in the company's future growth plans. He's also filling another role that is critical to that growth: an Airbnb host. An avid skier and hiker, Stephenson is quick to share details of the best trails with his guests. Airbnb is also looking to expand its services, making it easier to be a host as well as a guest. That could include helping hosts facilitate check-ins or helping them get the items they need for guests, like linens.

Persons: Airbnb's, Dave Stephenson, He's, Stephenson, Brian Chesky, Chesky, Airbnb Organizations: Airbnb, CBO, Netflix Locations: Ankara, Turkiye, Amazon, Seattle , Washington, that's, Germany, South Korea, Brazil, Bavaria, Washington

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