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KQED/KFF Health News —A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting medication for a debilitating illness. Miriam McDonald, who developed severe postpartum depression and suicidal ideation after giving birth in late 2019, battled Kaiser Permanente for more than a year to find effective treatment. Her doctors refused to prescribe brexanolone, the only FDA-approved medication specifically for postpartum depression at the time. Insurers’ policies for zuranolone will be written at a time when the regulatory environment around mental health treatment is shifting. In the meantime, Burkhard said, patients suffering from postpartum depression should not hold back from asking their doctors about zuranolone.

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☆ Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Stealing A.I. Secrets for Chinese Firm
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Glenn Thrush | Nico Grant | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Chinese citizen who recently quit his job as a software engineer for Google in California has been charged with trying to transfer artificial intelligence technology to a Beijing-based company that paid him secretly, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Wednesday. Prosecutors accused Linwei Ding, who was part of the team that designs and maintains Google’s vast A.I. supercomputer data system, of stealing information about the “architecture and functionality” of the system, and of pilfering software used to “orchestrate” supercomputers “at the cutting edge of machine learning and A.I. technology.”From May 2022 to May 2023, Mr. Ding, also known as Leon, uploaded 500 files, many containing trade secrets, from his Google-issued laptop to the cloud by using a multistep scheme that allowed him to “evade immediate detection,” according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of California. Mr. Ding was arrested on Wednesday morning at his home in Newark, Calif., not far from Google’s sprawling main campus in Mountain View, officials said.

Persons: Linwei Ding, Ding, Leon Organizations: Google, Prosecutors, Northern, Northern District of Locations: California, Beijing, Northern District, Northern District of California, Newark , Calif, Mountain View

☆ Google Settles Smaller Lawsuits as It Prepares for More Antitrust Fights
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Nico Grant | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In December, Google spent $700 million to resolve states’ claims that its Play Store had strong-armed app makers into high fees and tough terms. About six weeks after that, Google paid $350 million to end a lawsuit accusing it of improperly sharing users’ private information. On Monday morning, a Massachusetts company called Singular Computing said it had resolved its lawsuit with Google, involving claims that the tech giant had stolen its chip designs. Singular said in a news release that it had “entered into a settlement and patent license agreement with Google.”Google is also on the verge of a fourth legal settlement in three months to end claims that it has misrepresented the privacy settings of its Chrome web browser. In just a few months, Google has spent well over $1 billion to clear the decks for court fights that could prove far more damaging to the company and that could reshape the entire internet industry: two federal suits brought by the Department of Justice, targeting Google’s search engine and its advertising business.

Persons: ’, “ Organizations: Google, Department of Justice Locations: Massachusetts

☆ Your VO2 max is like a '401(k) for longevity' — here's how to invest in it for better heart health and a longer life
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Having a higher VO2 max is good, but more important for health is how the number changes over time. There's a way to use VO2 max to improve heart health and fitness without getting too bogged down in the data. So you have a higher VO2 max, you have a better endurance capacity," Blander said. Men tend to have a slightly higher VO2 max, so an example for an active man could be around 42 mL/kg/min. "If you have higher VO2 max you have a much better chance based on our data analysis to live better, longer, which is amazing," Blander said.

Persons: —, Bryan Johnson, Gil Blander, It's, Blander, Archibald Hill, Hartley Lupton, Edo, Louw, Paz, Mike Thomson, Kate Baird, Baird, Thomson, Nico De Pasquale Organizations: Service, Apple, Cleveland Clinic, White Plains Hospital, Getty Locations: Edo Paz, White

☆ 41-year-old and her family left the U.S. for Costa Rica and live on less than $30,000 a year: 'We're a lot happier' and never moving back
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Morgan Smith Valentina Duarte | Morgan Smith | Valentina Duarte | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

But in 2018, after Hurricane Harvey destroyed her Houston home, a trip to Costa Rica with her husband Nicholas Hopper and then 9-year-old daughter Aaralyn became a permanent move. From Hopper's perspective, moving to Costa Rica was a no-brainer. Fast-forward six years later, and the Ward-Hoppers are now permanent residents of Costa Rica, with no plans to move back to Texas. The Ward-Hoppers live in Costa Rica with their daughter Aaralyn, 15, and son Nico, 3. Photo: Alejandro FerliniNico's arrival also introduced another element of stability to their lives by making the entire family eligible for citizenship in Costa Rica.

Persons: Kema, Hopper, Hurricane Harvey, Nicholas Hopper, Aaralyn, let's, —, Heidi, Dan Buettner, Buettner, Nico, Alejandro Ferlini Nico's, Costa Rica's, Costa Ricans, Krishnan Organizations: CNBC, U.S . Ward, American Cancer Society, CAJA, Costa Rica didn't, Gas Locations: Costa Rica, Houston, Texas, Costa, Nicoya, Playa San Miguel, U.S, United States, Nicaragua, Spanish

☆ Judge denies lawyers' request to freeze the assets of Wealth Assistants and its executives amid ongoing fraud case
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe judge overseeing a case brought by more than 60 former clients of Wealth Assistants has denied their lawyers' request for a preliminary injunction against the company. Lawyers representing Wealth Assistants' former clients sought to freeze assets belonging to CEO Ryan Carroll, his mentor and business partner Max K. Day, Day's nephew Max O. AdvertisementMany Wealth Assistants clients said they were drawn by the opportunity to generate passive income through an Amazon store. Business Insider previously reported that Wealth Assistants filed a lawsuit on January 5 against Thread Bank, a digital bank based in Tennessee. Several former Wealth Assistants clients filed a motion to intervene in that suit earlier this month.

Persons: —, Ryan Carroll, Max K, Day's, Max O, John Pacheco, Nico Banks, Carroll Organizations: Service, Lawyers, Business, Amazon, Amazon . Business, Court, Banks Law, Thread Bank Locations: California, San Bernardino County, Washington, DC, Tennessee, mstone@businessinsider.com

☆ Judge bars NCAA from enforcing parts of its NIL policy for student-athletes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Jamiel Lynch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A Tennessee judge has temporarily blocked the NCAA from enforcing parts of its interim policy that would have restricted how student athletes negotiate compensation for their names, images and likeness. The so-called NIL policy included NCAA bylaws that would have prohibited student athletes from negotiating with any third-party entity, including schools or boosters. To be sure, it is pure speculation to assume that student-athletes would receive more lucrative NIL deals in an open market. Fair market value may be equal to or less than the NIL deals student-athletes can currently receive after selecting a school. But without the give and take of a free market, student-athletes simply have no knowledge of their true NIL value.

Persons: CNN —, “, Jason Miyares, Chancellor Donde Plowman, Nico Iamaleava, Clifton L, Corker, ’ ”, ”, CNN’s Jacob Lev Organizations: CNN, Virginia, University of Tennessee, UT, Spyre Sports, NCAA, ” CNN Locations: Tennessee, Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia

☆ Reports of Cabaret’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Elysa Gardner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Cabaret has been integral to New York nightlife for more than a century, but every so often, reports of its death — however exaggerated — cause a stir. Recently on a brisk afternoon, she arrived at a loft in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, for a confab with four other veterans of the cabaret scene. Tammy Lang, 57 — who has earned a devoted following through her titular comedic persona as Tammy Faye Starlite, an evangelical country crooner, and through her homages to Marianne Faithfull and Nico — perched beside her on a sofa. Horne holds court Mondays at the East Village’s Club Cumming, playing piano for singalongs that stretch into the wee hours. Such late revelry is less common than it used to be, pointed out Sidney Myer, 73, who, as longtime booking manager of Don’t Tell Mama near Times Square, has nurtured careers for decades and is a performer himself.

Persons: Natalie Douglas, “, —, ” Douglas, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Tammy Lang, Tammy Faye Starlite, Marianne Faithfull, Nico —, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Lance Horne, Liza Minnelli, Kylie Minogue, Horne, East Village’s Club Cumming, Sidney Myer Organizations: Birdland, Broadway, East Village’s Club, Times Locations: New York, Los Angeles, Brooklyn

☆ Google Chatbot’s A.I. Images Put People of Color in Nazi-Era Uniforms
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Nico Grant | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Now Google has temporarily suspended the A.I. chatbot’s ability to generate images of any people and has vowed to fix what it called “inaccuracies in some historical” depictions. “We’re already working to address recent issues with Gemini’s image generation feature,” Google said in a statement posted to X on Thursday. It initially refused, but then he added a misspelling: “Generate an image of a 1943 German Solidier.” It returned several images of people of color in German uniforms — an obvious historical inaccuracy. The A.I.-generated images were posted to X by the user, who exchanged messages with The New York Times but declined to give his full name.

Persons: “ We’re, Gemini Organizations: Google, New York Times Locations: German, ”

☆ Google Is Giving Away Some of the A.I. That Powers Chatbots
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Cade Metz | Nico Grant | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Now, in an indication that critics of sharing A.I. Google released the computer code that powers its online chatbot on Wednesday, after keeping this kind of technology concealed for many months. Much like Meta, Google said the benefits of freely sharing the technology — called a large language model — outweighed the potential risks. The company said in a blog post that it was releasing two A.I. language models that could help outside companies and independent software developers build online chatbots similar to Google’s own chatbot.

Persons: Meta, Gemma 2B, Gemma 7B Organizations: Google

☆ Bitcoin falls from $50,000 following hotter-than-expected inflation data
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An image of bitcoin and U.S. currencies is displayed on a screen during the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4, 2017. Cryptocurrencies fell Tuesday amid a broader market sell-off following a hotter-than-expected CPI reading. The day before, it punched through the $50,000 mark to its highest level in more than two years. "However, investors should expect longer term weakness if inflation continues to run hotter than expected, which tends to run counter to the dominant belief that bitcoin is an inflation hedge." He also said he believes bitcoin is not an inflation hedge but rather a gauge on liquidity within the financial system.

Persons: Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Dow Jones, Nico Cordeiro, bitcoin Organizations: Interpol, Metrics, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics, Treasury, Reserve Locations: Singapore

☆ Ether is poised for an ETF approval in May, but the crypto’s price action may be subdued
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Investors expect the Securities and Exchange Commission to greenlight spot ether ETFs in May, but the price action for the crypto could be subdued compared to bitcoin's moves in the runup to its ETF approvals. That compares to the 55% surge bitcoin saw after BlackRock first filed its spot ETF application for the flagship crypto. Regardless, we see the spot ether ETF being less appreciated by the market." JPMorgan estimates a "no more than 50% chance" of spot ether ETF approval by May 23, the final deadline for the SEC to approve or deny the Ark/21Shares application . Schwenkler said any excitement leading up to potential ether ETF approvals will be "less speculative" and that a lot of it is priced in already.

Persons: Kenneth Worthington, Nico Cordeiro, there's, Owen Lau, Oppenheimer, Gustavo Schwenkler, Bitcoin, Solana, Schwenkler, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Securities and Exchange Commission, JPMorgan, BlackRock, BTC, ETH, SEC, CNBC, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, of Locations: Southern, of New York, bitcoin

☆ ‘Suncoast’ review: Nico Parker, Laura Linney star in Laura Chinn’s deeply personal coming-of-age story
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A little movie with a dour theme, “Suncoast” had no chance of basking in the theatrical sunshine, but deserves to be seen on Hulu. Writer-director Laura Chinn tells the semi-autobiographical story about her dying brother and understandably crazed mother, with no-dry-eyes left performances by Nico Parker and Laura Linney, plus an assist from Woody Harrelson for good measure. “I’ll learn how to be fun again,” the mom tells the daughter in a rare moment of sobriety, acknowledging just how un-fun life has become for both. “Suncoast” premieres February 9 on Hulu. It’s rated R for teen drug and alcohol use.

Persons: Laura Chinn, Nico Parker, Laura Linney, Woody Harrelson, Chinn, Terri Schiavo –, Doris, Parker, Tim Burton’s, Paul, Harrelson, Schiavo, mom’s, –, Doris ’, Linney’s, “, Keyla Monterroso Mejia Organizations: CNN, Suncoast, Hulu ., “, “ Suncoast, Hulu Locations: Clearwater , Florida

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — When writer-director Laura Chinn was a teenager in 2005, her mother moved her and her terminally ill brother to Florida. The circumstances provided the inspiration for Chinn’s directorial debut, “Suncoast,” starring Nico Parker as the teenager in question and Laura Linney as her mother. “It’s important to know that while Kristine is certainly archetypally based on Laura’s mother, while there may be some similarities here and there, I was not intentionally playing her mother,” Linney said. “It’s really a perfect song,” Chinn said,The “Suncoast” world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last month was a teary occasion. Chinn’s own mother ran out of tissues and a stranger was right there with another to hand off.

Persons: Laura Chinn, they’d, Terri Schiavo, ”, Nico Parker, Laura Linney, it’s, Chinn, she’d, Schiavo, ” Chinn, Kristine, ” Linney, Parker’s Doris, Woody Harrelson, ” Parker, Thandiwe Newton, Ol Parker, “, Linney, Harrelson, Parker, —, Laura, he’s, don’t, ’, ” Este Haim, Chris Stracey, Monica Martin, Doris, She’d, Matt Berninger, Chinn’s, there’s Organizations: “ Suncoast, Hulu, Suncoast, Sundance Locations: CITY , Utah, Florida

☆ Google’s Once Happy Offices Feel the Chill of Layoffs
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Nico Grant | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Diane Hirsh Theriault’s co-worker returned from lunch to Google’s Cambridge, Mass., office one afternoon in October, his work badge couldn’t open a turnstile. He quickly realized it was a sign that he had been laid off. Ms. Hirsh Theriault soon learned that most of her fellow Google News engineers in Cambridge had also lost their jobs. More than 40 people in the news division were cut, a company union said, though a number of them were later offered jobs elsewhere inside Google. Ms. Hirsh Theriault’s experience is increasingly common at Google, where rolling job cuts in recent months, after a year of significant layoffs, have employees on edge.

Persons: Diane Hirsh Theriault’s, Hirsh Theriault, Hirsh Theriault’s Organizations: Google Locations: Cambridge

☆ Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari from Mercedes is a gamble but it could be a masterstroke
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

For Mercedes, it is a devastating loss, unable to retain a generational talent and the face of its entire motorsport brand. He has been so successful with Mercedes that it’s almost hard to imagine the 39-year-old Briton racing for any other team. Hamilton holds the all-time record for F1 wins (103), achieving 82 of those with Mercedes and 21 with McLaren. It also reunites him with Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur, who Hamilton raced for at junior level. Last season, a Mercedes driver failed to win a race across a whole season for the first time since 2011.

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Lewis Hamilton surprised Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff when he broke the news over breakfast that he was leaving the F1 team for Ferrari but there is “no grudge” between them, Wolff said Friday. Hamilton is leaving Mercedes at the end of the upcoming season to join Ferrari for 2025 in a move announced Thursday. Hamilton has raced for Mercedes since 2013 and won six of his seven titles with the team. Wolff said he has no concerns about involving Hamilton with Mercedes’ car development, even with Hamilton due to join a rival. In more recent times, Mercedes has also been a key supporter of Hamilton's efforts to improve diversity in F1.

Persons: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Toto Wolff, Wolff, Hamilton, “, I've, ” Wolff, Hamilton’s, Peter Bonnington, ‘ Bono ’, George Russell, Mercedes ’, Nico Rosberg, we’ve, Nico, ”, ” Hamilton, —, Ferrari —, Lewis Organizations: Ferrari, Mercedes, Hamilton, McLaren Locations: Oxford, England, Abu Dhabi, Sao Paulo

The N.C.A.A. Having the booster group pay for the trip by the quarterback, Nico Iamaleava, would be a violation of N.C.A.A. The inquiry comes after the N.C.A.A. penalized Tennessee for different recruiting violations and signals the N.C.A.A.’s growing concern about the scale and influence of the money being injected into college sports by donor collectives. News of the investigation into Tennessee’s athletic program was first reported by Sports Illustrated.

Persons: —, Nico Iamaleava Organizations: University of Tennessee’s, Sports Illustrated Locations: Tennessee

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because both the school and the NCAA were not immediately releasing information regarding an investigation. The person said Tennessee has not received a notice of allegations from the NCAA. The NIL collective that supports Tennessee athletes, Spyre Sports Group, was among the first and most well organized to emerge around the country after the NCAA lifted its ban on athletes making money off their fame. The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million last July to cap an investigation started by the university in November 2020. The head of the panel ruling on the investigation called the violations “egregious and expansive” with Tennessee failing to monitor its football program.

Persons: Jeremy Pruitt, Pruitt, Josh Heupel, Nico Iamaleava, Iamaleava Organizations: NCAA, Associated Press, Tennessee, Spyre Sports Group, AP Locations: Tennessee, California, Iowa

☆ Billionaire Jeff Bezos still uses a homemade scrappy door desk from the early days of launching Amazon
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewJeff Bezos might be a billionaire, but to this day, he still uses a homemade scrappy door desk from Amazon's early days in the 1990s. The Amazon founder's fiancée Lauren Sanchez posted a photo on Instagram over the weekend, which shows Bezos working from a laptop on the door desk. The door desk was invented by Bezos in 1995, a year after founding the e-commerce giant, according to a blog on Amazon's website . "We built door desks because it was the cheapest way we could support a desk. The door desk has since become a symbol of Amazon's culture and its core value of frugality.

Persons: —, Jeff Bezos, fiancée Lauren Sanchez, Sanchez, Bezos, Nico Lovejoy, Lovejoy, Marc Randolph, Randolph Organizations: Service, Business

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — New Jersey Devils coach Lindy Ruff was struck in the face by a puck Thursday night and wasn’t behind the bench for the third period of his team's 3-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. “Just wasn’t feeling right, but seems a little better right now than he was after the second, so that was great to see,” Devils associate coach Travis Green said after the game. Ruff, who turns 64 next month, was hit with about 6 1/2 minutes remaining in the second period, but was tended to and remained behind the bench after a brief break. The latter goal came with 2.3 seconds remaining, with the Devils using an extra attacker. Devils goalie Nico Daws was pulled after Carolina’s third goal early in the second period.

Persons: Lindy Ruff, “, Travis Green, Ruff, didn’t, ” Green, Justin Dowling, Jesper Bratt, Nico Daws, Vitek Vanecek, ___ Organizations: —, — New Jersey Devils, Carolina Hurricanes, Devils, NHL, ., Carolina Locations: RALEIGH, N.C, — New, . New Jersey

☆ Barcelona crashes out of the Copa del Rey in extra time, La Liga leader Girona also knocked out
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Barcelona suffered its second disappointing cup defeat in as many weeks on Wednesday, falling to a 4-2 quarterfinal away loss against Athletic Bilbao in extra time. The 16-year-old set a Copa del Rey record in the process, becoming the youngest player this century to score in the competition. Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty ImagesAn upset for the La Liga leadersThis season’s surprise package in Spanish football has been Girona, which is mounting the unlikeliest of title challenges in only the club’s fourth season of La Liga football. However, the Blanquivermells will not get the chance to do the league and cup double after losing 3-2 to Mallorca on Wednesday. Mallorca, which sits 14 places and over 30 points behind Girona in La Liga, raced into a 3-0 lead at home inside the first half to stun the league leaders.

Persons: Iñaki, Nico Williams, Iñaki Williams, “, Xavi, Ander Gillenea, Gorka Guruzeta volleyed, Yuri Berchiche’s, Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, Oihan Sancet, Nico, Juan Manuel Serrano Arce, Antonio Raíllo, Cristhian Stuani, Rafa Babot, Sávio Organizations: CNN — Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, Bilbao, Africa, of Nations, Mozambique, Spanish, archrival Real Madrid, La Liga, UEFA Champions League, Napoli, ”, Athletic, ” Barcelona, Getty, Barça, Copa, Rey, La Liga football, Mallorca, Wednesday, Girona Locations: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Spain, La, ” Barcelona, AFP, Girona

His sentence includes a 10-day suspended jail sentence, a mandatory evaluation and a victim impact panel. Rios' sentence is consistent with others for similar offenses, said criminal defense attorney Mark Friese, a long-time practitioner in DUI cases. He noted that Rios' driving privileges will be suspended automatically for 91 days. The House-Senate panel meets between legislative sessions for studies of topics related to law enforcement and the legal system for future or potential legislation. He also previously said he takes responsibility for his “disgusting actions," and apologized “to those I have hurt and disappointed," including law enforcement officers.

Persons: Nico Rios, Rios, Mark Friese, Friese, Mike Lefor, “ Organizations: N.D, North, Republican, Police, Republican Party, Committee, Representatives Locations: BISMARCK, North Dakota, Williston

☆ YouTube Cuts 100 Employees as Tech Layoffs Continue
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Nico Grant | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Google will cut 100 employees at its video platform, YouTube, on Wednesday, continuing piecemeal layoffs after shedding more than a thousand jobs in the past week. The tech giant notified workers from YouTube’s operations and creator management teams that their positions had been eliminated, according to an email reviewed by The New York Times. YouTube, the world’s most popular video service, employed 7,173 people on Tuesday, a person with knowledge of the total said. “We’ve made the decision to eliminate some roles and say goodbye to some of our teammates,” YouTube’s chief business officer, Mary Ellen Coe, wrote in a note to employees at the organization. The layoffs, which were earlier reported by the blog Tubefilter, primarily affect groups of employees who offer support to YouTube’s millions of content creators, two people with knowledge of the cuts said.

Persons: “ We’ve, ”, Mary Ellen Coe Organizations: Google, The New York Times, YouTube Locations: Americas, Asia

☆ Global shipping recession could end as freight rates soar on Red Sea troubles
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Stringer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesVessels transiting the Red Sea have faced attacks over the past several weeks from Yemen-based Houthis, prompting shipping companies to change routes, leading to a spike in freight rates. Alan Baer CEO of OL USAVessel-Operating Common Carriers (VOCC) are ocean carriers that own and operate vessels responsible for managing cargo and transporting them. Luis Boza/ | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesWhile the recent spikes in freight rates might not help shippers relive their glory days following the pandemic, they would substantially boost profitability. Brashier noted that both contracted rates for ocean carriers and spot market rates may rise further. Overall, container freight will still [find it] difficult to manage oversupply issue.

Persons: Stringer, Houthi, Alan Baer, Baer, Luis Boza, Nico Luman, Jefferies, Brashier, Daejin Lee Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, Houthi, U.S, U.S . Central Command, USA, CNBC, Evergreen, Shipping, Logistics, Head, Research, Fertistream Locations: Suez, Egypt, Yemen, South Africa, Gibraltar, Maersk, Lisbon, Portugal, Asia

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