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☆ America’s Seniors and the Challenges of Old Age - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

America will no longer bea young nation but an old one. Opinion Can America Age Gracefully? America may still think of itself as a young nation, but as a society, it is growing old. A demographic shift this significant calls for a broad-based response, and the longer the challenges go unaddressed, the more formidable they become. Many older people in the United States say they feel invisible in a country that has long been obsessed with youth, avoiding the inevitability — and possibilities — of old age.

Persons: Maira Kalman Organizations: Census, Social, Great Society, Social Security Locations: America, Japan, United States

☆ How big banks won the banking crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Before the Bell: Now that the dust is hopefully settling on this year’s regional banking crisis, are there clear winners and losers in the banking sector? David Kotok: There’s no question the [global systemically important banks, G-SIB] won and the middle-sized banks — let’s call that banks with between $50 billion and $250 billion in assets — were the losers. So if you stand back from the immediate 2023 banking crisis, and you say, how many banks were there 20 years ago in the United States, how many banks are there today? The UK economy is bigger than we thoughtThe UK economy recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic much faster than previously thought, reports my colleague Hanna Ziady. For many office workers around the United States, it also means more return-to-office mandates.

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☆ The state of return-to-office policies: a post-Labor Day reset?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Some big-name employers are signaling they will get tough on enforcing their return-to-office mandates after Labor Day. It’s hard to say whether such moves by well-known companies signal a broader trend of employers getting serious about enforcing RTO policies. Meanwhile, one study suggests the hours employees spend at work on the days they do go in may be changing. The state of enforcementFor all the various data and research that seeks to capture the reality and impact of hybrid work policies, it’s hard to find nationally representative, statistically significant samplings of HR executives detailing their organization’s return-to-office policies or enforcement strategies. For example, the HR team at Gartner, which helps clients design and implement workplace policies, did a live poll survey of 225 of its HR clients during a webinar on May 31.

Persons: Andy Jassy, unaddressed, haven’t, webinar, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Labor, Amazon, Meta, Business, Merck, Kastle, Kastle Systems, Survey, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo, Stanford University, The University of Chicago, Gartner, ” Locations: New York, Kastle, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico

☆ The Iten killings: Deaths of elite athletes casts spotlight on domestic violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Iten, Kenya (CNN) Martin Tirop pumps his fists in the air as Faith Kipyegon wins her third 1,500-meter gold medal at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday in Budapest. Instead, on October 13, 2021, Martin Tirop made a gruesome discovery inside his sister's three-bedroom bungalow in Kenya's capital of distance running. In October 2021, Martin Tirop found the body of his sister, Agnes Tirop. In fact, their March 2016 marriage had been a secret, with Agnes' family only finding out after her death at 25. "Agnes Tirop.

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☆ Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum: Fox News debate moderators didn't mention Trump for nearly an hour. It wasn't an accident
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

What do you think it means?” MacCallum asked in the opening question of the evening. The first question wasn’t about former Republican President Donald Trump, indicted four times, about to face arraignment in Georgia in less than 24 hours. And even when Baier and MacCallum confronted the candidates with some of their more strenuous questions, they themselves appeared to do so reluctantly. Take the issue of Trump, a topic that went noticeably unaddressed for nearly the first hour of the debate. Of course, it is clear why Fox News preferred to avoid the topic of Trump.

Persons: Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, “ Rich, Richmond ”, Ron, DeSantis, ” MacCallum, Donald Trump, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Sean Hannity, MAGA, MacCallum, Trump, Baier, Tucker Carlson, doesn’t, Fox Organizations: CNN, Republican Party, Fox News, North, Richmond, GOP, Trump Locations: Georgia, Russia, Moscow, Maui

☆ The clash of sustainability and AI is creating a challenge for Dell, IBM and others
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"From our perspective, AI looks like a really big data problem," said Ben Golub, CEO of decentralized cloud storage company Storj. This startup is joined by legacy enterprises like Dell and IBM in tackling data storage efficiency for economic and environmental sustainability. For those that do go decentralized, Lewis says it's still important to maintain what he calls "centralized management of a decentralized architecture." IBM recently launched its Cloud Carbon Calculator, an AI-informed dashboard designed to give clients access to standards-based greenhouse gas emissions data and help manage their cloud carbon footprint. Which workloads are best suited for a decentralized data storage model?

Persons: Andriy Onufriyenko, Ben Golub, Arthur Lewis, Lewis, Golub, Dell, it's, Ermengarde Jabir, Jabir, Alan Peacock, Peacock Organizations: Dell, IBM, Dell Technologies, Infrastructure Solutions, IBM Cloud

☆ No clear winner in US, China contest in the Pacific
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Kirsty Needham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The United States and PNG signed a defence cooperation agreement in May. STRATEGIC CHESSBOARDThe events in Vanuatu this week highlighted the challenges Pacific nations face in seeking to benefit from both the United States and its allies, and China. The U.S. Coast Guard has yet to gain clearance to enter Vanuatu's port, as it does in other Pacific Islands, Coast Guard officials said. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare is also reluctant to accept U.S. support. The project was the largest infrastructure donation China had made to the Pacific Islands so far, Chinese ambassador Li Ming said at the ceremony.

Persons: Joe Biden, Louis Mapou, Hu'akavemeiliku Siaosi, Surangel Whipps, Kausea Natano, Samantha Power, Power, Washington, Lenora Qereqeretabua, Qereqeretabua, Ratu Jone Logavatu Kalouniwai, Denghua Zhang, Ishmael Kalsakau, Manesseh Sogavare, Sogavare, Li Ming, Kirsty Needham, Miral Organizations: U.S ., Country, New, Tonga's, Tuvalu's, United States, USAID, Pacific, Fiji Military Force, Australian National University, Vanuatu's, U.S . Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Solomon Islands, White, Solomon Islands National University, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, Federated States, SYDNEY, China, Taiwan, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, United States, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Pacific, Australia, Vanuatu's, Solomon

☆ Key takeaways from China's politburo meeting on the economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

July 26 (Reuters) - China pledged to step up stimulus measures as the economy faces what it described as "new" difficulties and a "tortuous" recovery, following a meeting of the powerful politburo of the ruling Communist Party this week. Below are the key takeaways from the official readout of the meeting on the direction China's economic policy will take in the second half of 2023, which left many issues unaddressed. PROPERTYThe politburo removed a key phrase from the readout of its meeting in April, that cited President Xi Jinping as saying "houses are for living, not for speculation," sparking a rally in the shares of battered property firms. While markets are expecting further easing of property market regulations to slow the giant sector's downturn, the politburo flagged a "city-based" approach rather than nationwide changes. HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONThe politburo reiterated it wants to turn it into a key driver of growth.

Persons: Xi Jinping, meeting's, Marius Zaharia, Lincoln Organizations: Communist Party, Investors, Beijing bailouts, Thomson Locations: China, Beijing

☆ China's politburo meeting leaves many economic headaches unaddressed
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Encouraging higher wages requires unleashing the private sector from tight Communist Party controls, as well as boosting workers' bargaining power. Another headache for the Communist Party is youth unemployment surpassing 20%. The onus is on the private sector to provide those jobs, but many businesses lack confidence after years of crackdowns on the tech, financial and other industries. Chinese courts answer to the Communist Party. More profound structural reforms will have to wait until a key Party conference in December.

Persons: weren't, Marius Zaharia, Lincoln Organizations: Communist Party, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, CHINA, China, United States, Japan, Beijing, crackdowns

☆ US officials almost altered plans for Ukraine's NATO membership timeline after Zelenskyy's fiery tweet: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Zelenskyy called the invitation "unprecedented and absurd," but his tone changed during the summit. He expressed frustrations at NATO's proposed timeline for Ukraine's membership — which, given the final copy of the summit's communiqué, isn't really a timeline at all. "It's unprecedented and absurd when time frame is not set neither for the invitation nor for Ukraine's membership. "This means that a window of opportunity is being left to bargain Ukraine's membership in NATO in negotiations with Russia. Prior to Kyiv arriving, there were informal discussions on how best to respond, leading to US officials suggesting they revisit or remove any mention of Ukraine's invitation to membership at all.

Persons: invitiation, Zelenskyy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's, —, NATO's, isn't, George W, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Washington Post, White House, NATO, Service, Alliance, Kyiv Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Lithuania, NATO, Russia, Kyiv, Crimea, Ukraine's

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☆ More firms report on deforestation, yet few have plan to stop it - CDP
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Simon Jessop | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Summary 1,043 companies report on deforestation to CDP in 2022Less than 10% have a 'robust' plan to end it by 2025Collective $80 bln hit flagged by 269 companiesLONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - The number of companies reporting on their management of deforestation risk has risen 300% over the last five years, yet most have no plan in place to stop it, environmental disclosure platform CDP said on Thursday. A total of 1,043 companies responded to an annual survey by CDP covering their operations in 2022. Of those to report, 269 firms estimated the potential cost of leaving risks unaddressed at almost $80 billion combined, or an average of $300 million per company, CDP added. Estimates on the cost of responding to risks from 342 companies totalled $5.9 billion or an average of $17.4 million each. Thomas Maddox, Global Director, Forests and Land Use at CDP, said the "record-breaking" year for disclosures was encouraging for transparency.

Persons: Thomas Maddox, Maddox, Simon Jessop, Emma Rumney Organizations: Global, European Union, Britain, Companies, Thomson Locations: Montreal

☆ Myanmar Supreme Court to hear Suu Kyi appeal this week - source
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 3 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar will hear an appeal this week by former leader Aung San Suu Kyi against two of her convictions, a source familiar with the case said on Monday, as the Nobel laureate seeks to reduce her 33 years of jail time. The 78-year-old has been convicted of a litany of offences from incitement and election fraud to multiple counts of corruption since the military arrested her during a February 2021 coup against her elected government. Suu Kyi's allies and Western governments have condemned her incarceration as a junta play to prevent any comeback by the popular figurehead of Myanmar's decades-long struggle for democracy. The Supreme Court has announced it will hear appeals on Wednesday against Suu Kyi's conviction for a breach of the official secrets act and for electoral fraud. The source, who declined to be identified because of sensitivities over her cases, said a decision could take two months.

Persons: Aung San, Aung San Suu Kyi, Suu Kyi's, Suu, Martin Petty, Kanupriya Kapoor Organizations: National League for Democracy, Reuters Staff, Thomson Locations: Myanmar, Aung San Suu

☆ Congress has the power to forgive student loans, but it’s exceedingly unlikely to do so.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Kayla Guo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday striking down President Biden’s student debt cancellation initiative effectively punts the issue to Congress, where it is all but certain to go unaddressed. In overturning Mr. Biden’s $400 billion proposal to cancel student loans for 40 million Americans, the court said that he had overstepped his authority and that such an expansive program needed explicit approval by Congress. Republicans had said they would block the proposal if the Supreme Court did not, though their multiple efforts to do so have not succeeded. In their initial bill to lift the debt ceiling, approved along party lines in April, House Republicans included a measure that would have axed the debt cancellation plan and lifted a temporary pause on payments put in place during the pandemic. But that bill died once debt ceiling negotiations began between the White House and Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Persons: Biden’s, Kevin McCarthy Organizations: Congress, Republicans, White

☆ Jeffrey Epstein likely rehearsed his suicide on July 23, but he was still left to accomplish the real thing weeks later, federal inspectors found
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jeffrey Epstein likely rehearsed his suicide weeks before he died, an inspector's report says. Epstein was placed on suicide watch, but was later left unmonitored and with excess linens in his cell. The report documented a number of errors from jail staff, including "significant misconduct." The jail's chief psychologist had determined Epstein likely rehearsed his suicide in the early morning hours on July 23, 2019. Epstein initially told staff his cellmate had tried to kill him, but the cellmate told staff that he felt something hit his legs while he was asleep.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, —, Mary Altaffer, unmonitored Organizations: Service, Metropolitan Correctional Center, Staff, Metropolitan Correctional, Associated Press, Reuters

☆ Why some central banks are rushing to hike rates now
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Even though inflation is slowing in many countries after more than a year of interest rate hikes, it remains above the 2% level many central banks are targeting. Raising interest rates is the primary tool central bankers have at their disposal to get inflation down. That’s why the Federal Reserve paused interest rate hikes at its June meeting after 10 consecutive hikes since last March. It’s harder for central banks to clamp down on inflation when it becomes sticky, or persistently high. That’s because research shows that inflation, if unaddressed, could become even more sticky and harder for central banks to control with rate hikes.

Persons: Andrew Bailey, Bailey, don’t, Christine Lagarde, ” Lagarde, it’s, Michael Bordo, “, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, ” Bank of England, Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Center for Monetary, Rutgers University, CNN Locations: New York

But it sent the case back to a lower court to determine whether the contested agreement violates asylum seekers' right to equal treatment under the law. But the court also found an unaddressed question when it comes to whether the agreement violates equality rights. The agreement stands and the case will return to federal court to determine whether the agreement violates asylum seekers' right to equal treatment under the law. Refugee advocates claimed the agreement violates that right because they argue the United States is less receptive to refugee claims predicated on gender. In March, Royal Canadian Mounted Police intercepted 4,173 asylum seekers on their way to file refugee claims in Canada after crossing irregularly.

Persons: Jamie Chai Yun Liew, Anna Mehler, Denny Thomas, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: TORONTO, Rights, Refugee, Supreme, Reuters, Freedoms, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada Border Services Agency, U.S . Customs, Border Patrol, U.S . Border Patrol, Customs, Thomson Locations: Canada, United States, Canada's, U.S

Those weaknesses were previously verified by federal cybersecurity officials, who urged election officials across the country to update their systems. Georgia election officials insist it is highly unlikely that the vulnerabilities will be exploited in real attacks. Georgia officials have dismissed the potential for these weaknesses to be exploited. But Georgia has not implemented the recommended security patch and state officials said they are waiting to do so until after 2024. The report was placed under seal by a judge “given the serious election security concerns” raised by its potential release, according to court records.

Persons: Brad Raffensperger, Mike Hassinger, ” Gabriel Sterling, Alex Halderman, ”, Halderman, Mitre Organizations: Washington CNN, Republican, CNN, Dominion, Systems, University of Michigan, Mitre Corp Locations: Georgia

☆ Has America Ignored the Workplace for Too Long?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In that context, watching Sheila’s meeting spiral out of control feels almost as subversive and revelatory as Terkel’s book. The problem arises when the show attempts to explain what, specifically, has gone wrong to make that eruption possible. The series wants to hang around working people, as Terkel did, to understand their hopes and dreams and contradictions. This issue goes unaddressed, but the series does touch on the idea that popular media has long neglected the workplace. Neither are developments like the erosion of job security, the rise of erratic scheduling, the invasive workplace surveillance — changes that marked Obama’s very own era in the White House.

Persons: Obama, Milton Friedman, Terkel, Norman Lear, ”, Reagan, “, Henry Mayhew, London “, Barbara Ehrenreich, Dwight Macdonald Organizations: Television, “, Morning Chronicle Locations: ‘, London

☆ Social Security, Medicare reform fight shows divisions among Trump, DeSantis and Pence
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

DeSantis has since reversed himself, assuring in recent months that Republicans are "not going to mess with Social Security." Tens of millions of U.S. seniors depend on Social Security and Medicare benefits, and that number is growing as the population ages. Strong majorities of U.S. adults across the political spectrum consistently say they oppose cutting Medicare and Social Security benefits. But many others, including party leaders, have bristled at accusations that the GOP wants to gut Social Security and Medicare. "Social Security, I would do the same thing," he added.

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☆ Opinion: Ambitious, tech-savvy and jobless. Why India’s young people could reshape the internet
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Opinion Snigdha Poonam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Her book, “Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing Their World,” was longlisted in 2019 for the PEN America Literary Awards. Unlike China, which leveraged its demographic dividend through large-scale factory employment, India’s economic growth does not rely on young workers manufacturing goods. Catering to a market of 750 million smartphone users, India’s fast-growing gig economy is attracting young workers in great numbers. As incidents of abuse and exploitation pile up, many of India’s gig workers are questioning their career choice. Feeding the social media monsterThere are other ways in which India’s young people are shaping the future of technology.

Persons: ”, Raju Rai, Rai, “, ” Rai, Dhiraj Singh, Mithun Kumar, Kumar, hyperlocal, Jewel Samad, Mohit Yadav, Monu Manesar Organizations: PEN, CNN, Delhi CNN, Facebook, Catering, Bloomberg, Getty, YouTube, Big Tech, Twitter, New York Times Locations: Delhi, India, Thailand, Indian, Varanasi, Bangkok, Myanmar, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Southeast Asia, Europe, China, Mumbai, Bihar, Covid, AFP

☆ Fresh round of debt ceiling talks kick off as US default worries grow
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A failure to lift the debt ceiling would trigger a default that would shake financial markets and drive interest rates higher on everything from car payments to credit cards. Any deal to raise the $31.4 trillion debt limit must pass both chambers of Congress before Biden could sign it into law. A plan passed by the House last month would cut a wide swath of government spending by 8% next year. Biden has said he would consider spending cuts alongside tax adjustments but that Republicans' latest offer was "unacceptable." McCarthy told reporters debt ceiling talks have not included discussions about tax cuts passed under former President Donald Trump, a Republican.

Section Four of 14th Amendment, adopted after the 1861-1865 Civil War, states that the "validity of the public debt of the United States ... shall not be questioned." WHERE DOES THE WHITE HOUSE STAND ON THE 14TH AMENDMENT? HOW WOULD MARKETS REACT IF BIDEN USES THE 14TH AMENDMENT? Administration officials and economists have said that a default triggered by a debt-ceiling breach would roil the world financial system and plunge the United States into recession. That immediate catastrophe might be avoided if Biden invoked the 14th Amendment.

The union in the complaint said it will seek an order temporarily blocking the debt limit law while the case proceeds. The union said in the lawsuit that Congress cannot impose a debt limit "without at least setting the order and priority of payments once that limit is reached, instead of leaving it to the president to do so." The union is seeking to strike down the law setting a debt limit and to block the Biden administration from limiting borrowing in the event of a default so it can continue funding government agencies. The U.S. reached its debt limit in January, and Yellen at the time told Congress that she would suspend investments in federal government workers' retirement and health benefit funds to avoid an immediate default. But Biden and other Democrats have insisted that raising the debt limit should not be linked to budget talks.

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