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☆ Hamas' new political leader Yahya Sinwar is seen as more extreme — and less willing to compromise
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Yahya Sinwar (C), Palestinian leader of Hamas in Gaza Strip, greets people during an event marking the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Hamas in Gaza City, Gaza on December 14, 2022. Ali Jadallah | Anadolu | Getty ImagesHamas on Tuesday appointed Yahya Sinwar as the leader of its political wing following the assassination of its former political chief, Ismail Haniyeh. The Middle East has been on edge following the killing of Haniyeh in Iran on July 31, which Iran and Hamas blamed on Israel. In 2015 he was designated a terrorist by the U.S. government, and in 2017 he was elected the leader of Hamas. Yahya Sinwar chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, April 13, 2022.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Ali Jadallah, Ismail Haniyeh, Michael Horowitz, Le, Sinwar, –, Victor Tricaud, Tricaud, Butcher, Khan, Gilad Shalit, Adel Hana, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Anadolu, Getty, intel, Le Beck, Palestinian, Israel, Hamas, CNBC, U.S ., Criminal Court Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Haniyeh, Iran, Israel, Qatar

☆ 'Sell the first rate cut': Bank of America's top global strategist warns stocks could be in for trouble as the economy heads toward a hard landing and the Fed gets set to slash rates
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In an August 1 note to clients, the bank's top global strategist urged investors to sell stocks when the Federal Reserve issues its first rate cut. Hartnett and his team studied the last 12 rate-cutting cycles going back to 1970 and identified three varieties of rate cuts. Hartnett said surging global central bank rate cuts are signs that the economy is in for a rough stretch. Investors expect the Fed to cut rates for the first time this cycle at its September meeting. "Emergency Fed rate cuts being priced in makes little sense given the economic backdrop in the U.S. and would only serve to destroy policy maker credibility."

Persons: —, America's Michael Hartnett, Hartnett, Louis, Jean, Louis Nakamura, Michael Kantrowitz, Piper Sandler, Kantrowitz, Hartnett's, Jim Smigiel Organizations: Service, America's, Federal Reserve, Business, Bank of America Bank of America, Bank of America, Louis Fed, Bank of America's, Global, SEI Locations: U.S

☆ Everyone Who Made This Happen: Meet the Many People It Takes to Produce One Thing
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Kate Guadagnino | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Even works of art that we think of as coming from the minds of lone creative geniuses were group efforts: Michelangelo, for example, recruited some 11 painters to assist him with the Sistine Chapel. Still, it’s only in the past few decades that attitudes around labor and the power of collectivism have shifted, making artists not only quicker to collaborate but also to give credit where credit is due. No matter the field, though, certain projects require an outsize number of bodies. Then, too, there’s the practical if unstated fact that, as artists and creative types, these people are in the business of pursuing perfection. Often, combining forces is the only way to get them closer to it.

Persons: Michelangelo, Michael Heizer, ”, Judy Chicago, Miriam Schapiro, Schapiro, Judith E, Stein, Toby Olié, “, It’s, Miles Greenberg, that’s Organizations: California Institute of, Arts Locations: Nevada, Los Angeles, Canadian

☆ Study Puts a $43 Billion Yearly Price Tag on Cancer Screening
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Gina Kolata | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The United States spent $43 billion annually on screening to prevent five cancers, according to one of the most comprehensive estimates of medically recommended cancer testing ever produced. The analysis, published on Monday in The Annals of Internal Medicine and based on data for the year 2021, shows that cancer screening makes up a substantial proportion of what is spent every year on cancer in the United States, which most likely exceeds $250 billion. The researchers focused their estimate on breast, cervical, colorectal, lung and prostate cancers, and found that more than 88 percent of screening was paid for by private insurance and the rest mostly by government programs. For Karen E. Knudsen, the chief executive of the American Cancer Society, the value of screening for the cancers is clear. It’s the right thing to do for individuals.”

Persons: Michael Halpern, Karen E, Knudsen, ” Organizations: United, Internal, Cancer, American Cancer Society Locations: United States

☆ 2 recession indicators with perfect track records show the US just entered a downturn — opening the door for stocks to plummet as the Fed gets set to cut rates
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementSt. Louis FedDespite the Sahm Rule's impressive history, it is sometimes criticized because it fails to account for rising labor participation, which can raise the unemployment rate. In addition to downcast labor market data, the ISM Manufacturing Index fell further into contraction territory this week, signaling that US manufacturing continues to slow. The market's direction also depends on how investors interpret interest rate cuts alongside future data. Fed funds rate futures markets are now pricing in a 50-basis-point cut in September, according to the CME FedWatch Tool. AdvertisementHartnett and his team analyzed Fed rate-cutting cycles and identified three different types of rate cuts — cuts into a soft landing, cuts into a hard landing, and panic cuts, which are due to a credit event or some sort of Wall Street crisis.

Persons: —, Claudia Sahm —, Louis Fed, Piper Sandler, Tom Essaye, Jack McIntyre, Lara Castleton, Janus Henderson, Michael Kantrowitz, we've, Kantrowitz, Michael Hartnett, Hartnett Organizations: Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business, Labor, Brandywine Global, ISM, Nasdaq, Fed, Janus, Janus Henderson Investors, Bank of America, Fund

☆ US government sues TikTok for allegedly violating children’s privacy law
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The lawsuit accuses TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by allowing children to create accounts without their parents’ knowledge or consent. TikTok also collects and retains personal data from children, such as email addresses, phone numbers and location data, and fails to to comply with requests from parents to delete their children’s information, the suit alleges. The Justice Department claims that TikTok has continued to violate the law, as well as that 2019 court order. TikTok has also faced previous allegations that it failed to keep young users safe , and was fined in Europe for violating children’s privacy protections. The FTC began investigating potential violations of COPPA by TikTok earlier this year, sources told CNN at the time.

Persons: New York CNN — TikTok, TikTok, “ TikTok, Lina Khan, ”, Michael Hughes, “, TikTok “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, US Justice Department, US Federal Trade Commission, COPPA, The Justice Department, FTC, TikTok, CNN, Department, Federal Trade Commission Locations: New York, TikTok, California, United States, Europe

☆ Your coffee’s getting pricier – and climate change could keep it that way
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Erika Tulfo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Roasters and coffee experts are also signaling that prices could remain higher for longer, as factors like climate change reduce the coffee global supply. Climate change drives prices up“Coffee is more sensitive to changes in temperature than many other crops,” said Michael Hoffmann, professor emeritus at Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. “Climate change is getting worse. According to Delany, coffee prices are typically between 100 to 140 cents, but have stayed consistently above that range for the past three years. “There’s a drum beat in the background that is climate change, and that is causing problems,” he said.

Persons: CNN —, Tomas Edelmann, ”, Hamburgo, Miranda, Ryan Delany, there’s, Michael Hoffmann, “, Brazil sneezes, Delany, Arabica, ” Neil Rosser, Lavazza, Miranda Edelmann, Giuseppe Lavazza, Nestle, Sharon Zackfia, William Blair, Rosser, ” Delany, you’re Organizations: CNN, Coffee, International Coffee Organization, United Nations, Coffee Trading Academy, Cornell University’s College of Agriculture, Life Sciences, US Department of Agriculture, Commodities, Financial Times, Nestle Locations: Chiapas, Mexico, Brazil, Arabica, Vietnam, Ukraine, Red

☆ Katie Ledecky: The rise of an Olympic great
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

The teenager who achieved the unthinkableIn the dining hall of London’s Olympic Village, a few hours before her first Olympic final, Ledecky is eating lunch on her own. Katie Ledecky poses on the podium after winning gold in the women's 800m freestyle final at the London 2012 Olympics. Katie Ledecky and her mother Mary Gen Ledecky during the 2023 Golden Goggle Awards on November 19, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Katie Ledecky swimming to gold in a new world record of 15.25:48 in the women's 1500m freestyle final on August 4, 2015 in Kazan, Russia. Katie Ledecky celebates after she broke the world record to win the women's 800m freestyle final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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☆ Las Vegas transit system is nation's first to plan full deployment of AI surveillance system for weapons
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Las Vegas Review-journal | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesOn your next visit to Vegas, an extra set of eyes will be watching you if you decide to hop onto the local transit system. Violent crime on transit systems, specifically, remains an issue in major metro areas, with a report released in late 2023 by the Department of Transportation detailing concerns from transit agency officials around the U.S. about rising violence on their transit systems. Atteberry stressed that the ZeroEyes system is not designed to detect lawful, legal firearms that might be in a holster or packed in a purse. "AI technology comes from the data; if we do not capture the data, there is no successful AI," Dei said. ZeroEyesThe Las Vegas transit system is not the only in the nation to use ZeroEyes, but is the first to plan full deployment.

Persons: Tom Atteberry, Brian Miller, Miller, Stephen Paddock, Sam Alaimo, Alaimo, ZeroEyes, Wei Dai, Dei, Paul Gratton Jr, Gratton, Michael Hasse, Hasse, there's, Atteberry Organizations: Regional Transportation, Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Tribune, Service, Regional Transportation Commission, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Purdue University Northwest, Zero, Purdue Northwest's Department of Computer Science, Seattle, Purdue Northwest, SEPTA, NYPD, TSA, Systems Locations: Las Vegas, Vegas, Southern Nevada, Hammond , Indiana, Nevada, Lafayette , Louisiana, Clark County , Nevada

☆ U.S. Olympian cheat sheet: Top athletes to watch in Paris beyond the best-known stars
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Alex Andrejev | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

He won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Judo — Maria LabordeLaborde, 33, is the highest-ranked U.S. judoka qualified for the Paris Games — at No. He won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games and qualified in speed climbing for the Paris Games, his first Olympics. Carissa Moore participates in a training session ahead of the Paris Olympics this week in Teahupo’o, French Polynesia. Knibb obtained quotas in both triathlon and road cycling for the Paris Games, which will make her a rare multi-sport Olympian.

Persons: Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, LeBron James, Barry, Kareem Maddox, Dylan Travis, Dearica Hamby, Rhyne Howard, Cierra Burdick, Hailey Van Lith, Casey Kaufhold, Kaufhold, she’s, Luann Ryon, Dean Alberga, Anita Alvarez Alvarez, Alvarez, Andrea Fuentes, Fuentes, Beiwen Zhang Zhang, She’s, Zhang, Kelly Cheng Cheng, nee Claes, Sarah Sponcil, Cheng, Sara Hughes, They’re, Brazil’s Ana Patricia Silva Ramos, Eduarda “ Duda ” Santos, United States ’ Taryn Kloth, Kristen Nuss, Jahmal Harvey Harvey, USA’s, Harvey, — Victor Montalvo Montalvo, Montalvo, Boy Victor, ”, Paris Victor Montalvo, He’ll, Kenzo Tribouillard, — Nevin Harrison Harrison, Casey Eichfeld, Jennifer Valente Valente, Valente, Andrew Capobianco Capobianco, Michael Hixon, Capobianco, Carson Tyler, Mike Ruiz, Delaney Schnell, Jessica Parratto, — McLain Ward Ward, Ward, Sapphire, — Lee Kiefer Kiefer, Gerek Meinhardt, Lee Kiefer, Matthias Hangst, Amanda Golini, Ashley Hoffman, Golini, Hoffman, — Maria Laborde Laborde, Laborde, Jess Davis Davis, Meghan Musnicki, Lisa Schlenker’s, Musnicki, Kevon Williams Williams, Williams —, Houston —, Kevon Williams, Yong Teck Lim, Daniela Moroz Moroz, Moroz —, —, — Vincent Hancock Hancock, he’s, Al Oerter, Carl Lewis, Michael Phelps, TeamUSA.com, Jagger Eaton Eaton, Tom Schaar, Eaton, Sam Watson Watson, Carissa Moore Moore, Moore, Carissa Moore, Jerome Brouilett, Lily Zhang It’s, China, — CJ Nickolas Nickolas, Jessica Stevens, — Taylor Knibb Knibb, Knibb, — Jordan Larson Larson, Toru Hanai, Maggie Steffens Steffens, Steffens, Flav, Olivia Reeves Reeves, Reeves, — Aaron Brooks, Brooks, David Taylor, Spencer Lee, Lee, Iran’s Hassan Yazdani, Aaron Brooks, Fabrice Coffrini Organizations: Paris Olympics, Olympic, Paris Games, BYU, Games, Tokyo Games, Getty, Badminton, USA, USC, Trojans, Eduarda “ Duda ” Santos Lisboa, United, U.S, Pan American, USA Boxing, Red Bull, Paris, Madison, U.S . Olympic, Tokyo, Athens Games, Beijing, University of Kentucky, FIH, Team USA, Pan American Games, NBC Sports, Rio, Rugby, rugby, Olympics, Fiji, New Zealand, HSBC SVNS Singapore, USA.com, Los Angeles Games, X, —, Tokyo Olympics, Nebraska, Sydney Games, Beijing Games, Brazil, Team USA’s Locations: Paris, Tokyo, U.S, women’s recurve, Berlin, Russia, Ukraine, Budapest, Barcelona, China, Indonesia, Mexico, United States, Santiago , Chile, Belgrade, Serbia, Florida, AFP, Rio, Japan, Athens, Ranchi, India, Germany, Lima , Peru, Cuba, London, Houston, Wujiang, Hawaii, Teahupo’o, French Polynesia, Beijing, Penn

☆ Roger Stone sentencing proposal change was ‘highly unusual’ but politics didn’t play an improper role, DOJ watchdog says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The investigation was launched after the Justice Department issued a second sentencing memo for Stone called for a prison sentence “far less” than the 7-9 year recommendation his trial team initially put forward. Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison, but that sentence was ultimately commuted by Trump. However, the inspector general found in Wednesday’s report that even career department lawyers believe “reasonable minds” can disagree on whether the initial sentencing recommendation for Stone was too high. “Thus, we found that Barr had articulated his position about the sentencing recommendation both before and shortly after the first sentencing memorandum was filed, and before the President’s tweets,” the inspector general said. The comments during these deliberations formed a “substantial basis” for Zelinsky’s congressional testimony, the inspector general said.

Persons: Roger Stone, Donald Trump, Stone, Aaron Zelinsky, General Michael Horowitz, ” Zelinsky, Bill Barr, Barr, Trump, Timothy Shea, Shea, ”, Joshua Matz Organizations: CNN, Justice Department, Trump, DOJ, DC, Attorney Locations: DC

☆ Photo Appears to Capture Path of Bullet Used in Assassination Attempt
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( John Ismay | More About John Ismay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In documenting the Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday afternoon that turned into an attempt on a former president’s life, Doug Mills, a veteran New York Times photographer, appeared to capture the image of a bullet streaking past former President Donald J. Trump’s head. That is the assessment of Michael Harrigan, a retired F.B.I. special agent who spent 22 years in the bureau. “It absolutely could be showing the displacement of air due to a projectile,” Mr. Harrigan said in an interview on Saturday night after reviewing the high-resolution images that Mr. Mills filed from the rally. “The angle seems a bit low to have passed through his ear, but not impossible if the gunman fired multiple rounds.”Simple ballistic math showed that capturing a bullet as Mr. Mills likely did in a photo was possible, Mr. Harrigan said.

Persons: Doug Mills, Donald J, Michael Harrigan, Mr, Harrigan, Mills Organizations: New York Times Locations: Pennsylvania

☆ Video: See how this team removes massive piles of trash and bodies from Mount Everest
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Michael Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely rare, and normally aren’t an option for people with active cancer. “People need to keep their voice,” Kedian, 59, told The Associated Press four months after his transplant – still hoarse but able to keep up an hourlong conversation. Dr. Michael Hinni, center left, Dr. Payam Entezami, center, and Dr. David Lott, center right, operate on transplant patient Marty Kedian in Phoenix in February. But Belafsky said there’s “still a shot” for larynx transplants to become more common while cautioning it likely will take years more research. Mayo Clinic via APKedian was diagnosed with a rare laryngeal cartilage cancer about a decade ago.

Persons: Marty Kedian, –, ” Kedian, “, ”, David Lott, Mayo’s, Michael Hinni, Payam, haven’t, ” Lott, Mayo, Marshall Strome, Peter Belafsky, UC Davis, Belafsky, there’s “, Girish Mour, AP Kedian, wouldn’t, Gina, Lott, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Kedian, he’d, Charlotte Organizations: Washington AP, U.S, Surgeons, Mayo Clinic, Associated Press, Cleveland Clinic, University of California, American Cancer Society, UC, AP, Mayo, CNN, CNN Health Locations: Massachusetts, Arizona, Phoenix, Mayo, U.S, Davis, Cleveland, Haverhill , Massachusetts, Boston

☆ Trump's increasing election odds after debate already affecting financial markets
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Financial markets are slowly starting to absorb the possibility that what was once a toss-up presidential election campaign has taken a notable turn. That has put investors in a quandary of how to handicap what a Trump presidency would look like from an economic and market standpoint. .SPX mountain 2024-06-28 S & P 500 performance since the debate However, the bond market has had a bit more of a reaction. The first Trump presidency and some of his campaign rhetoric nevertheless has led to guesswork about what could be ahead. "This particularly favors financials and there will be an expectation of more M & A approval in a Trump presidency.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, specter, Biden, Trump, Mark Malek, Siebert AdvisorNXT, Handicapping, Michael Hartnett, Hartnett, Ed Mills, Raymond James, Kamala Harris, Harris, Chris Krueger, TD Cowen, Krueger, ABC's George Stephanopoulos, —, Sarah Min Organizations: Republican, Trump, Treasury, Bank of, White, Reading, New York Times, Biden, Democrat Locations: Washington

☆ Democrats are freaking out after Biden's debate performance
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden wanted the earliest major presidential debate in history. Biden turned in a performance so disastrous that prominent Democrats are questioning if the president can even go on. Advertisement"It was a really disappointing debate performance from Joe Biden," Kate Beddingfield, Biden's former White House communications direction, said shortly after Axelrod. I loved Joe Biden, I worked for Joe Biden," Jones said. Related storiesOne former White House aide told Politico that Biden's performance was "terrible."

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Biden, Obama White, David Axelrod, Axelrod, Biden's, Kate Beddingfield, Van Jones, Jones, Kamala Harris, Harris, Anderson Cooper, Donald Trump, Robert Hur, Michael Hardaway, Hakeem Jeffries, — Michael Hardaway, Quentin James, James, Andrew Yang, it's, Eugene Daniels, wasn't, Biden relishes, Hur, Obama didn't, Obama's, David Plouffe Organizations: Service, Fox News, Obama, CNN, Business, White House, Major, Trump, White, Politico, Union, Collective PAC, New York Times, Times, Democratic, Georgia Tech's Locations: Iowa, Georgia

☆ Asia's answer to Chipotle is now a $1.5 billion public company
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAsia's version of Chipotle — a Mexican fast-casual chain called Guzman y Gomez — just went public in Australia. The initial public offering brings GYG's valuation to 2.2 billion Australian dollars, or $1.47 billion. The US-based Mexican fast food chain is valued at $94 billion and posted a revenue of nearly $10 billion last year. Chipotle owns and operates all of its restaurants, unlike GYG, which follows a franchise model. They are only available to institutional investors, eligible employees and franchise holders, and retail clients of brokerages who have been allocated GYG shares, the company said in a pre-IPO release.

Persons: —, Guzman y Gomez —, GYG, Steven Marks, Marks, Chipotle, Michael Hutchens, didn't, Hutchens, brokerages Organizations: Service, Australian Securities Exchange, Business, Morningstar, Growth Partners, Barrenjoey, Cooper Investors, Hyperion Asset Management, Firetrail Investments, QVG Locations: Mexican, Australia, Sydney, Singapore, Japan, North America, Europe

☆ Land Art in Malibu Gets a Second Chance
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Jori Finkel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Lita Albuquerque made a strange sort of painting in 1978 that changed her course as an artist. An abstract painter at the time, she had felt the urge to get out of her studio and work directly on the land where she lived, an artist’s colony on the bluffs of Malibu. She dug a narrow, shallow, 41-foot-long trench in the ground, running perpendicular to the Pacific Ocean, and poured powdered ultramarine pigment into it. She called it “Malibu Line” and it was the first of her many earthworks exploring the body’s relationship to land and cosmos, using bold pigments on natural materials like rocks and sand. Albuquerque, though, had a light touch, and the original “Malibu Line” disappeared within two years, overgrown by grass and wildflowers.

Persons: Lita Albuquerque, Robert Irwin —, Michael Heizer, Robert Smithson, ” Locations: Malibu, Albuquerque

☆ Caitlin Clark Is a Rorschach Test for Sports Fans
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Lindsay Gibbs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But nothing that Clark does — or that is done to Clark — is treated as normal. That was just the latest bulletin in a months-long news cycle trailing everything Clark does. ESPN's Stephen A. Smith said WNBA players should go easier on Clark in games if they want to keep up record viewership: "Protect the golden goose." Related storiesThese days, watching Caitlin Clark play basketball has become a Rorschach test for a deeply divided country. Four years ago, WNBA players actually helped flip a Senate seat in Georgia.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, —, Clark, Clark —, Angel Reese, ESPN's Stephen A, Smith, Nikki Haley, Cathy Engelbert, Wilson, Michael Jordan Michael Hickey, she's, we've, Megan Rapinoe, Donald Trump, Brittney Griner, Matt Leinart, Reese, Pat McAfee, Eminem, Chennedy Carter, Carter, That's, I'm, Dijonai Carrington, Carrington vocalized, Emilee Chinn, Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, A'ja Wilson, Clark Caitlin Clark, — infantilize, James Boyd Organizations: WNBA, Business, Chicago, CNN, Fox News, ESPN, Olympic, GOP, Chicago Sky, That's, Connecticut Sun, Getty, Black, Nike, The Locations: Iowa, Hollywood, Indiana, America, Georgia, Russia, Chicago, Washington ,, Connecticut

☆ Investors are the most bullish since November 2021, a widely followed survey shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Investors are the most bullish they've been since November 2021, according to the global fund manager survey (FMS) released Tuesday from Bank of America Securities. Halfway through 2024, the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite are each at records , on Monday closing once again at all-time highs. .SPX YTD mountain S & P 500 in 2024. In November 2021 — the last time Wall Street was this bullish — the S & P 500 capped off a strong year, advancing more than 26%. 1 risk on investors' minds (according to 32% of investors, down from 41% in May), followed by geopolitics (22%, up from 18%), and the U.S. presidential election (16%, up from 9%).

Persons: they've, Michael Hartnett Organizations: Investors, Bank of America Securities, Nasdaq, Bank of America, Federal Reserve, U.S, CNBC

☆ RV sales are picking up. That’s a good sign for the economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

When consumer sentiment falters or the economy starts to teeter, RV sales follow suit, said Michael Hicks, an economics professor at Ball State University and director of Indiana University’s Center for Business and Economic Research. “People don’t make these large, luxury purchases unless they’re actually feeling better about the economy,” said Hicks, who follows the RV industry closely. “It’s so sensitive to interest rate changes, which often precede a downturn.”A Winnebago travel trailer at Motor Sportsland RV dealership in Salt Lake City on April 6, 2020. Nika Shneyder and her father and business partner, Alex Shneyder, standing by a Chill RV in Malibu RV Park, California, in 2019. They moved down to a historically strong, but noticeably smaller, 493,000 the next year, according to data from the RV Industry Association.

Persons: That’s, Nika Shneyder, “ We’re, ” Shneyder, “, Michael Hicks, ”, Hicks, George Frey, bode, ” Michael J, Happe, hasn’t, We’ve, we’ve, Covid, Alex Shneyder, Nika, they’d, Monika Geraci, David Titus, Ty Wright, there’s, Ball State’s Hicks, ’ Titus, they’re, we’ll, Titus, ” Titus Organizations: CNN, Ball State University, Indiana University’s Center for Business, Economic Research, Bloomberg, Getty, Winnebago Industries, RV Industry, Dealers, RVs, Consumers, HL Enterprise, Manufacturing, of Labor Statistics Locations: Los Angeles, teeter, Salt Lake City, YOLO, Malibu, , California, Elkhart , Indiana, The Northern Indiana, South Bend, Elkhart, “, Elkhart .

☆ Anthony Michael Hall says he and longtime friend Robert Downey Jr. are developing a 'Succession'-like TV series
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Robert Downey Jr. and Anthony Michael Hall are developing a TV series called "Singularity." Hall told Business Insider that Downey Jr. plans to direct the pilot episode, which would mark the Oscar-winner's directorial debut. AdvertisementAnthony Michael Hall and Robert Downey Jr.'s friendship goes back to the mid-1980s when the two met on the set of the John Hughes classic "Weird Science" and soon after were cast members on "Saturday Night Live." Though their career trajectories diverged — Hall went from '80s teen idol to character actor, Downey Jr. from unknown to "Iron Man" — the two have remained close friends. In fact, Hall is the godfather of Downey Jr.'s son.

Persons: Robert Downey Jr, Anthony Michael Hall, Downey, Hall, —, John Hughes Organizations: Hall, Business, Service

☆ Oil prices on pace for best week in more than two months as forecasts point to tighter market
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Oil prices are up more than 4.5% for the week, the strongest gains since early April, when futures rose on boiling geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Crude oil futures rose for a fifth day Friday, on pace for the best week in more than two months as analysts see a tighter market heading into the third quarter. Deutsche sees the oil supply deficit expanding to nearly 1 million barrels per day in the third quarter, which should support Brent prices rising to the mid-to-upper $80s per barrel range. "It would only take a minor overshoot to bring Brent to around USD 90/bbl at some point during the second half," Hsueh told clients. Citigroup also sees a tighter market in the third quarter, though the market will likely enter a surplus in 2025 on solid production growth and slowing demand, according to the bank.

Persons: Benny Gantz's, Helima Croft, Michael Hsueh, Brent, Hsueh Organizations: RBC Capital Markets, RBC, OPEC, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, bbl, Citigroup Locations: Israel, Lebanon

☆ Anthony Michael Hall on His Best Movie Roles: 'Breakfast Club,' 'Sixteen Candles' & More
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

On doing 10 auditions for 'Sixteen Candles' and casting John Cusack himselfJohn Cusack, Hall, and Darren Harris in "Sixteen Candles." Is it true that you were the one who cast John Cusack for the role of Bryce, one of Ted's geek friends? I remember John was doing post-production on "Sixteen Candles," and he wanted to show it to me. This is six or eight months later because he did "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," and "Weird Science" consecutively. On Christopher Nolan's on-set uniform and developing a 'Succession'-like TV series with Robert Downey Jr.(L-R) Roberty Downey Jr. and Anthony Michael Hall.

Persons: Anthony Michael Hall, Chase, John Candy, John Hughes, Hall, Bill Gates, Christopher Nolan's, Michael Myers, Jessica Alba's, Stanley Kubrick's, Robert Downey Jr, John Candy Anthony Michael Hall, I'm, Eugene Levy, Michael, Uncle Buck, John Cusack, Darren Harris, Ted, Jackie Burch, John, Bryce, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Ilan Mitchell, Smith, Hughes, Ferris, Chateau Marmont, Mike Tyson, —, I'd, Tim Burton, Edward Scissorhands, Matthew Modine, Davis, Stanley Kubrick, Kubrick's, Kubrick, that's, Chaplin, Winona Ryder, Fox, Jim, Tim Burton's, Tim, Walt Disney, Roberty Downey, Eric Charbonneau, WireImage, Christopher Nolan, Burton, Nolan, it's, Downey, It's, he's, You've, I've Organizations: Business, Netflix, Warner Bros, Hall, Columbia Locations: Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Polish, New York, Manhattan, Beverly Hills, Tampa

☆ OPEC calls for more fossil fuel investment to prevent shortfall, dismisses peak oil demand prediction
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The head of OPEC said Thursday the world will need to invest in fossil fuels for decades to come in order to prevent an energy shortage, dismissing predictions that oil demand will peak in the near future. The OPEC chief called for "continued oil industry investment, today, tomorrow, and many decades into the future given the products derived from crude oil are essential for our daily lives." Oil supply capacity will rise to 114 million per day by 2030, 8 million barrels more than global demand, according to the IEA. Deutsche Bank and Citi, however, see OPEC coming under pressure in the coming years. Citi analysts see a substantial oil surplus in 2025 as production keeps growing in North America, Brazil and Guyana, while demand slows due to energy efficiency improvements and electric vehicle adoption.

Persons: Haitham Al Ghais, Al Ghais, Fatih Birol, OPEC's Al Ghais, Helima, Croft, I'm, Robert McNally, McNally, EVs, Michael Hsueh Organizations: OPEC, International Energy Agency, IEA, IEA ., RBC Capital Markets, Rapidan Energy, Deutsche Bank, Citi, Brent Locations: China, India, North America, Europe, Northeast Asia, Asia, U.S, OPEC, Brazil, Guyana

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