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Some developers are building homes like Paulson's with an eye toward making them more resilient to the extreme weather that's increasing with climate change, and friendlier to the environment at the same time. Solar panels, for example, installed so snugly that high winds can't get underneath them, mean clean power that can survive a storm. Recycled or advanced construction materials that reduce energy use as well as the need to make new material. Pearl Homes' Mirabella community in Bradenton, Florida, consists of 160 houses that are all LEED-certified platinum, the highest level of one of the most-used green building rating systems. “We’re building the same old stuff that got blown away.”Babcock Ranch is another sustainable, hurricane-resilient community in South Florida.

Persons: Hurricane Michael, Bonny Paulson's, ” Paulson, Steve Linton, “, Marshall Gobuty, ” Gobuty, Paulson, she's, ”, ” Babcock, Syd Kitson, Ian, Kitson, you’re, Nature, Natalia Padalino, Alan Klingler, ” Klingler, ” Padalino, Laura Bargfeld, Gerald Herbert Organizations: Hurricane, Florida Panhandle, Homes, Pearl Homes, University of Central, Babcock, Florida Keys, Associated Press, AP Locations: Mexico Beach , Florida, Bradenton , Florida, University of Central Florida, Florida, Mexico Beach, South Florida, U.S, New Orleans

☆ Huey Lewis and the News Musical Is Coming to Broadway in March
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“The Heart of Rock and Roll,” a new musical powered by the songs of Huey Lewis and the News, is coming to Broadway in the spring. The show, which had an initial run in 2018 at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, is a comedy about a couple whose romance must navigate their rock band and corporate life aspirations. The musical is scheduled to begin previews March 29 and to open April 22 at the James Earl Jones Theater. Casting has not yet been announced. Marketed as a “feel-great musical,” the show features the upbeat songs of Huey Lewis and the News, a pop-rock band whose heyday was in the 1980s, and whose hit “The Power of Love” is also featured on Broadway in “Back to the Future: The Musical.”

Persons: Huey Lewis, James Earl Jones, ” Organizations: Broadway, Old Globe Theater Locations: San Diego

☆ ‘Lempicka,’ New Musical About Art Deco Artist, to Open on Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Lempicka,” a new musical about the painter Tamara de Lempicka, will open on Broadway next spring after a decade in development. An Art Deco portraitist who was married and had female lovers, Lempicka was born in Poland in 1898 and lived in Russia, which she fled because of the Russian Revolution; France, which she fled because of World War II; and then the United States and Mexico. Though her art and her social life glittered for a period, she later faded from prominence, and died in 1980. In recent years, her art has sold strongly; contemporary collectors of her work include Madonna. The director is Rachel Chavkin, the Tony Award-winning director of “Hadestown,” and choreography is by Raja Feather Kelly.

Persons: “, Tamara de Lempicka, Lempicka, glittered, Madonna, Matt Gould, Carson Kreitzer, Rachel Chavkin, Raja Feather Kelly Organizations: Broadway, Art, Longacre Locations: Poland, Russia, Russian, France, United States, Mexico

☆ ‘Tommy,’ the Who’s Rock Opera, Will Return to Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Tommy” is returning to Broadway. A Chicago-born revival of the classic rock opera, which got strong reviews and sold well at Goodman Theater over the summer, will open at the Nederlander Theater in March. The musical, whose full title is “The Who’s Tommy,” began as a concept album in 1969, and the original stage production opened on Broadway in 1993. It won five Tony Awards, including for its score by Pete Townshend of the Who. Writing in The Chicago Tribune, the critic Chris Jones called the revival “truly a ready-for-prime-time stunner” and said “Broadway has nothing else like this wizardry going on.”

Persons: Tommy ”, Tommy, ”, Tony, Pete Townshend, Townshend, Des McAnuff, Chris Jones Organizations: Broadway, Goodman Theater, The Chicago Tribune Locations: Chicago, London

Jacksonville gave the Saints numerous chances to stay in the game, losing two fumbles in the first half and committing several untimely penalties throughout the game. Lonnie Johnson recovered for New Orleans, which stalled on the Jaguars 5 and settled for Grupe's field goal. After their seventh third-down failure of the half, the Saints settled for another Grupe field goal to make it 14-6. Saints: Carr appeared to finish the game in pain, but it was not immediately clear what was ailing him. ... Alontae Taylor left the game briefly in the first quarter with an apparent cut on his nose and returned for the next series.

Persons: — Travis Etienne, Foyesade Oluokun, Trevor Lawrence, Kirk’s, Foster Moreau’s, Chris Olave, Taysom, Michael Thomas, Derek Carr's, Alvin Kamara, Carr, Lawrence, Blake Grupe's, Kirk, Paulson Adebo, Carl Granderson, Tevaughn Campbell, Jamal Agnew, Lou Hedley's, Lonnie Johnson, Etienne, Logan Cooke, Tim Jones, Brandon McManus, Safety Andre Cisco, Alontae Taylor, ___ Organizations: ORLEANS, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints, Jaguars, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, New Orleans outgained Jacksonville, Saints, Houston, New, New Orleans . New Orleans, Safety, NEXT, Travel Locations: Jacksonville, New Orleans, New Orleans outgained, New Orleans ., Pittsburgh, Indianapolis

☆ ‘Suffs’ Heads to Broadway With Hillary Clinton as a Producer
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

She has been a first lady, a United States senator, a secretary of state, a Democratic nominee for president, and, most recently, a podcaster and a Columbia University professor. Now Hillary Rodham Clinton is adding some razzle-dazzle to her résumé: She’s becoming a Broadway producer. Clinton has joined the team backing “Suffs,” a new musical about the women’s suffrage movement, as has Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. The producing team announced Wednesday that the show, which had an Off Broadway run last year at the Public Theater, will transfer to Broadway in the spring, opening at the Music Box Theater on April 18. “Suffs” explores the early-20th-century struggle for women’s voting rights in the United States; the dramatic tension involves an intergenerational struggle over how best to hasten political change.

Persons: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Clinton, “ Suffs, “, ”, Shaina Taub, Taub Organizations: United, Democratic, Columbia University, Public, Broadway Locations: United States, Pakistani

☆ ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ Is This Season’s Most-Staged Play
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“What the Constitution Means to Me,” a challenging exploration of American legal history sparked by a student oratory competition, will be the most produced play at U.S. theaters this season, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The play, written by Heidi Schreck, will have at least 16 productions around the country, according to a count by American Theater magazine. The survey covers theaters that are members of the Theater Communications Group, the national nonprofit organization that publishes the magazine. “What the Constitution Means to Me” was staged on Broadway in 2019, with Schreck starring, and it was filmed for Amazon. (The play has a three-person cast, including a young person who debates the lead actress about the merits of the Constitution.)

Persons: Heidi Schreck, Carol ”, Shakespeare, ”, Schreck Organizations: American Theater, Theater Communications Group, Broadway, Amazon

☆ Elite investor John Paulson claims in a new lawsuit that his ex-business partner duped him out of millions to fund Louis Vuitton shopping sprees and Las Vegas parties
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

John Paulson is suing his former Puerto Rico business partner. Ghaffar used the scheme to fund his shopping at Chanel and partying in Las Vegas, Paulson alleges. AdvertisementAdvertisementJohn Paulson is suing his former business partner in Puerto Rico, alleging that he and several family members duped the investor out of millions of dollars to fund luxury shopping sprees, Las Vegas parties, and other expenditures. Ghaffar sued Paulson earlier this month, claiming he'd been cheated out of a 50% stake in a luxury car dealership. Ghaffar joined the firm as a junior analyst and eventually rose to become a senior manager in Puerto Rico.

Persons: John Paulson, Fahad Ghaffar, Ghaffar, Paulson, —, Fahad, Paulson's, Saint Barthélemy, he'd, didn't Organizations: Chanel, Service, Paulson, Louis Locations: Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, San Juan, Louis Vuitton, Saint, New York City

☆ Harvard shouldn't cave to CEOs' demand for names of students who signed a letter blaming Israel for Hamas attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

CEOs called on Harvard to release the names of students who signed a letter blaming Israel for Hamas attacks. Multiple Harvard students and groups have retracted their support for the letter, claiming they never saw the statement before it was published. On Wednesday, a truck drove around Harvard's campus with a digital billboard that claimed to show the names and faces of students associated with the letter. Just as Harvard students have the right to condemn Israel, so too does Ackman have the right to call on the university to release their names, Paulson said. AdvertisementAdvertisementA protest against the Vietnam War takes place in Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, MA on Feb. 11, 1966.

Persons: Israel, —, Alex Morey, Bill Ackman, hasn't, Claudine Gay, Ken Paulson, it's, Paulson, Winston, Strawn, Morey, Charles Dixon, there's Organizations: Harvard, Service, Foundation, Rights, Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups, Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee, Harvard University, Scott Eisen Universities, Free, Center, Middle Tennessee State University, Business, Palestine, New York University Student Bar Association, New York Times, NYU, Boston Globe, Getty Images Colleges Locations: Israel, Harvard Palestine, Harvard's, Harvard, Philadelphia, Vietnam, Cambridge, Ukraine, Palestine

☆ Why Harvard shouldn't cave to CEOs and share the names of students who signed a letter blaming Israel for Hamas attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

☆ We've been posting our way through the Israel-Hamas war. But should we be?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThe past six days on social media have been a heartbreaking and deeply disturbing experience. "Trying to explain the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in one picture is almost like a Second City sketch. Before social media, conversations like this would typically happen over coffee or at the workplace — likely still with some disagreement. But many social media users fall victim to misinformation, which has spread like wildfire even in the first week of this war. Dagnes said that just by virtue of posting something, anyone can be an expert to social media users — never mind that person's actual qualifications or life experience.

Persons: —, Alison Dagnes, It's, Dagnes, Ken Paulson, they're, Mohammed Abed, Charlie Warzel, Rachel E, Greenspan, Tweeting, Paulson Organizations: Service, Free, Center, Middle Tennessee State University, Getty, MSNBC, Instagram Locations: Israel, Gaza, al, Karama, Gaza City, AFP

Five hotels in West Maui were accepting reservations again, according to their websites and the Maui Hotel and Lodging Association. Many local residents have objected to resuming tourism in West Maui, which includes Lahaina town and a stretch of coastline to the north. Thousands of tourists staying in beachfront hotels north of the burn zone left Maui in the days after the fire. Some 11,000 hotel rooms in West Maui have since either sat empty or housed displaced Lahaina residents under a program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross. Four of the five reopening hotels were in the northernmost section of West Maui, including the Ritz-Carlton at Kapalua.

Persons: Josh Green, Green, Laura Paulson, Richard Bissen, ” Bissen, Bissen, “, ” Paulson Organizations: Maui, Lodging Association, Hawaii, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Wellness, Resilience, Ritz, Carlton Locations: HONOLULU, Maui, Lahaina, West Maui, Maui County, Paia, Maui's, Hana, Kapalua

☆ How Complete Was Stephen Sondheim’s Final Musical?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The book, on the other hand, has been revised since Sondheim’s death by its writer, David Ives, and director, Joe Mantello. Mozart’s Requiem, Puccini’s “Turandot” and Berg’s “Lulu” were all left unfinished when their composers died and are now considered classics. “The work that David and Stephen did should absolutely be seen,” said Oskar Eustis, the artistic director of the Public Theater, which was working with Sondheim to develop the show until a few years ago. “I really trust David and Joe, and don’t think they would be putting up something they didn’t feel was finished — not on this scale,” he said. “They’re smart cookies, and if they wanted to do a workshop because it wasn’t finished, they could.

Persons: David Ives, Joe Mantello, Mozart’s, Puccini’s, ”, Lulu ”, David, Stephen, Oskar Eustis, Sondheim, ” James Lapine, George, “, Joe, wasn’t, Steve Organizations: Public

☆ I'm a freshman at NYU, living in the school's newest dorm building. From modern rooms to large study spaces, here's a tour of my dorm life.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Zoe Applebaum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I'm a freshman at NYU, and I live in the school's newest dorm building. I share a spacious room with two other girls, and we all share the bathroom. The new building has a café, a gym, and a large study space. Since it's the newest residence hall at NYU, my dorm building has a lot to offer. From big dorm rooms to great study spaces, the Paulson Center is unparalleled among the other NYU dorms in my opinion.

Persons: I'm, John A Organizations: NYU, Service, New York University, Paulson Center, Paulson Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ André Bishop to Step Down After Three Decades Running Lincoln Center Theater
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

On Wednesday, Carole Rothman, the president and artistic director of Second Stage Theater, said that after 45 years she would be leaving that institution, which she co-founded; Second Stage operates the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway. And Roundabout Theater Company currently has an interim artistic director following the death in April of Todd Haimes, who led that organization for four decades; Roundabout operates three Broadway houses, including the American Airlines, the Stephen Sondheim and Studio 54. Lincoln Center Theater, which is a resident organization at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, has three stages of varying sizes, and has produced a wide variety of work. The company currently has an annual budget of $34.5 million and 55 full-time employees; Bishop received $783,191 in total compensation during fiscal 2022, according to an I.R.S. Lincoln Center Theater’s other Tony-winning productions during Bishop’s tenure include “Carousel,” “The Heiress,” “A Delicate Balance,” “Contact,” “Henry IV,” “Awake and Sing,” “South Pacific,” “War Horse,” “The King and I” and “Oslo.”

Persons: Carole Rothman, Helen Hayes, Todd Haimes, Stephen Sondheim, Bishop, Vivian Beaumont, ”, Tom Stoppard’s, Tony, ” “ Henry IV Organizations: Broadway, Nonprofit, Lincoln Center, Helen Hayes Theater, Roundabout Theater Company, American Airlines, Lincoln Center Theater, Performing Arts, Vivian Beaumont Theater, Radio City Music Hall, Metropolitan Opera Locations: New York, Utopia, “ Oslo

☆ Why former Goldman Sachs partners say they left the firm
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

Goldman Sachs partners are leaving — some 202 during David Solomon's five years as CEO by Insider's calculation. In particular, before Solomon, Goldman nurtured many fiefs and then spread the wealth from the most successful ones across the firm. Of the former Goldman executives that Insider interviewed, here are the most cited reasons they gave for leaving Goldman. When both men struggled, senior partners left, and Goldman stumbled in its efforts to wind down its balance-sheet investments. Goldman Sachs partners are paid well by any standard: $950,000 in base salary and often multiples of that in annual bonuses.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, David Solomon's, Solomon, Goldman, David Solomon, John Waldron, Goldman's, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Mike Mayo, Andrew Toth, Devin Ryan, Ryan, Waldron, Tony Fratto, Mike Blake, Eric Lane, Julian Salisbury, Lane, Luke Sarsfield, Sarsfield, Marc Nachmann, he's, Fratto, Stephanie Cohen, Cohen, Kathy Ruemmler, Charles Dharapak, Barack Obama's, Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, Ruemmler, Unbeknown, Jeffrey Epstein, dealmaking, David S, Holloway, Mayo, David doesn't, GreenSky, Brendan McDermid, It's, Alison Mass, Hank Paulson, Russell Horwitz, David, it's, Emmalyse Brownstein Organizations: Wall, JPMorgan, Wells, Wells Fargo Securities, Investors, Goldman, AWM, Sarsfield, BAE Systems, Justice Department, Street Journal, Bloomberg, Employees, Partners, Federal Reserve, United Capital Financial Partners, Reuters, GreenSky Locations: New York, Wells Fargo, Salisbury, Manhattan, Texas, Plano, London, Paris, Chicago

Jones replaced the injured Jamaal Williams late in the first half and ran for 34 yards on 12 carries. It was big for him and big for us.”The Saints' defense did the rest, holding Panthers rookie Bryce Young to 153 yards passing in his home debut. New Orleans limited Carolina (0-2) to 239 yards and sacked Young, the top overall pick in the draft, four times. In the third quarter, the Panthers brought in Young's backup, Andy Dalton, presumably to run a quarterback sneak on fourth-and-inches. You make a few plays and you’re at 28 points.”INJURIESSaints: Williams left the game in midway through the second quarter and did not return.

Persons: CHARLOTTE, — Tony Jones, Chris Olave, Jones, Blake Grupe, Jamaal Williams, Dennis Allen, “, ”, Bryce Young, Young, ” Young, Adam Thielen, Thielen, Derek Carr, Carr, Olave, you’re, Allen, ” Olave, Jones ’, Taysom Hill, ” Carr, Carolina couldn't, Miles Sanders, Andy Dalton, Dalton, Cade Mays, Eddy Pineiro, Carl Granderson, Paulson Adaebo, ” Allen, Frank Reich, “ It’s, ” Reich, Williams, Shaq Thompson, Reich, Thompson, Trevor, DeShawn Williams, ___ Organizations: New, Saints, Carolina Panthers, Panthers, . New, Tennessee, Atlanta, NFC, ” Panthers, Veteran, Sunday, Seattle Locations: N.C, New Orleans, ., . New Orleans, Carolina, Tampa, Green

☆ ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ Musical to Open on Broadway This Winter
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Days of Wine and Roses” began its life as a teleplay in 1958; it was then adapted into a film in 1962. The musical features a score by Adam Guettel and a book by Craig Lucas; they previously collaborated on the 2005 musical “The Light in the Piazza,” and both of them have spoken about their own struggles with substance abuse. Guettel said he’s not sure when he first encountered the film, but that it immediately resonated. “It seemed like the right role for her, even then, in terms of the tenderness and the strength,” he said. James joined the project in the earliest days as well; he and O’Hara are friends who performed together in “Sweet Smell of Success.”

Persons: ”, Adam Guettel, Craig Lucas, Guettel, he’s, “, James Locations: ”

☆ Rep. Lauren Boebert Is Ejected From ‘Beetlejuice’ After a Disturbance
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Representative Lauren Boebert, a Republican firebrand from Colorado, was ejected from a touring production of the “Beetlejuice” musical in Denver last weekend, making her the latest case study in an evolving debate over how theaters should respond to raucous audience behavior. Ms. Boebert was accused of “causing a disturbance” at the show, according to an incident report from the city of Denver. The accusation is not an unfamiliar one for Ms. Boebert — last year she heckled President Biden during the State of the Union, and the previous year she refused a search of her bag by Capitol security. The incident in Denver, which was previously reported by The Denver Post, occurred during a performance of “Beetlejuice,” which, like the film on which it is based, is about a gleefully devious ghost haunting a suburban home. The musical had a rocky run on Broadway, but became a fan favorite, and has been enjoying a strong tour around the country.

Persons: Lauren Boebert, Boebert, Boebert —, Biden, “, ” Organizations: Union, Capitol, The Denver Post, Denver Center, Performing Arts, Buell Theater Locations: Colorado, Denver

☆ Jessica Lange Leads Starry Cast of New Paula Vogel Play on Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger will return to Broadway next spring to star in a new family drama by the acclaimed playwright Paula Vogel. The show, called “Mother Play,” begins outside Washington in 1962, and is about a strong-willed mother raising two children as the family relocates. Lange, 74, will play the mother. She is a two-time Oscar winner (for “Tootsie” and “Blue Sky”) who won a Tony Award in 2016 for playing another difficult mother — Mary Tyrone in a revival of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.”Keenan-Bolger, 45, is a four-time Tony nominee who won the prize in 2019 for “To Kill a Mockingbird”; she will play the daughter. Parsons, 50, who last appeared on Broadway in a 2018 production of “The Boys in the Band,” will play the son.

Persons: Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons, Celia Keenan, Bolger, Paula Vogel, ”, Lange, — Mary Tyrone, “, ” Keenan, Tony, Parsons Organizations: Broadway Locations: Washington

☆ Biocredits Could Help Save the Earth. But a Market Is Some Way Off.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Joshua Kirby | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

Biodiversity credits could be key to funding the conservation of the Earth’s ecosystems, but setting up a functioning market to buy and sell these payment tokens won’t be easy. The World Economic Forum is working on bringing together stakeholders, but admits that a scaled-up market is still some way in the future. It follows the lead of so-called voluntary carbon credits that allow firms to buy credits to offset their own emissions. Those global carbon credit markets are now worth some $2 billion, up from $200 million five years ago, according to environmental-finance data provider Ecosystem Marketplace. “I feel a bit of ‘carbon envy’ when I look at the carbon markets,” Cornell’s Tobin said, noting that biodiversity markets lack a universal metric that can apply to every project, unlike carbon markets where each credit represents one metric ton of carbon dioxide.

Persons: John Tobin, de la Puente, Tobin, don’t, Cornell’s Tobin, ” Tobin, JULIAN HABER, Zoe Balmforth, ‘, ’ ”, Balmforth, ”, ” Nestlé, Nestlé, biocredits, Markus Mueller, ” Mueller, Joshua Kirby, joshua.kirby@wsj.com Organizations: Economic, Paulson Institute, Cornell University, Credit Suisse, Companies, UN, REUTERS, Sustainable Business, Unilever, Deutsche Locations: Australia, Switzerland, biocredits

☆ Have You Met My Collaborator? He’s So Classic, He’s Dead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Jesse Green | More About Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

On Broadway, Off Broadway, in special events and out of town, living authors are collaborating with dead ones. Some otherwise viable shows, like “Annie Get Your Gun,” need surgery because their racial or gender assumptions are now unacceptable. Others, like “Show Boat,” are merely falling out of copyright, with heirs eager to find a way to remonetize their property. And some — well one — are “Here We Are,” the musical Stephen Sondheim was working on when he died in November 2021. Directed by Joe Mantello and with a book by the comic playwright David Ives, it will reflect a very unusual collaboration indeed.

Persons: Amber Ruffin, Oz, Richard LaGravenese, Daniel Koa Beaty, John O’Hara’s, “ Pal Joey ”, Rodgers, Hart, John Weidman’s revisal, Annie, Stephen Sondheim, Michael Paulson, Sondheim, Luis Buñuel, ”, Joe Mantello, David Ives

☆ Olive oil is in trouble as extreme heat and drought pushes the industry into crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —There is a crisis brewing in the olive oil industry. The situation is all the more concerning as it comes on the heels of a bad olive harvest last year, following Europe’s hottest summer on record. In Spain, the world’s biggest olive oil producer, production plunged to roughly 620,000 metric tons, compared to the five-year average of around 1.3 million metric tons, said Holland. This summer, heat gripped swaths of the Mediterranean region, bringing a “heat hell” scientists say would have been virtually impossible without climate change. “It’s getting to the stage where the concerns are significant not just for olive oil but for a lot of crops,” Holland said.

Persons: Kyle Holland, “, ”, Walter Zanre, Filippo Berio, Carlos Gil, Farmer Cristobal Cano, Jorge Guerrero, Holland, Zanre, ” Holland, It’s, Corey Lesk, Lorenzo Bazzana, Bazzana, Claudia Greco, Burger King, Nicholas Paulson, ” Paulson, “ We’re, ” Lesk Organizations: CNN, Getty, International Olive Council, Dartmouth College, “, Reuters, University of Illinois Locations: Europe, Spain, Holland, Jaen, AFP, Italy, Greece, Emilia, Romagna, Forli, India, South, University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign

☆ Ken Griffin's Citadel is having another good year as its flagship fund surges 9%
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Citadel is having a good year, with its flagship fund Wellington up about 9%, Bloomberg reported. The strong performance follows Citadel's record profits of $16 billion last year. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyBillionaire Ken Griffin's hedge fund Citadel is notching up another strong year. Citadel's strong numbers build on 2022's record profits of $16 billion for investors. It also helps offset a 35% plunge in trading revenue for Citadel during the first half of this year amid a decline in market volatility.

Persons: Ken Griffin's, John Paulson Organizations: Citadel, Wellington, Bloomberg, Service, Privacy, Energy Locations: Wall, Silicon, Wellington, Ukraine, Chicago

People walk in the Goldman Sachs global headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew KellyAug 10 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (GS.N) shareholders cannot go forward with a class action alleging the bank misled investors about its business practices ahead of the subprime mortgage crisis, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in three pension funds' long-running case accusing the bank of unlawfully hiding conflicts of interest when creating risky subprime securities, costing investors more than $13 billion. The investors said that the bank's fraudulent statements kept its stock price artificially high. Goldman argued that these "aspirational" statements were too vague and general to have had any impact on the stock price.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Andrew Kelly, Goldman, John Paulson, Jody Godoy, Jonathan Oatis, John Stonestreet Organizations: REUTERS, The, Circuit, U.S, Goldman, Abacus, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Supreme, Appeals, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York, U.S, The New York, Arkansas, New York

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