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That is especially concerning for parents of younger kids and those whose disabilities can make finding child care an extra challenge. One failed legislative proposal would have let students in four-day districts transfer or attend private schools, with their home districts picking up the tab. “If everybody becomes a four-day school week,” she said, “that is no longer a recruitment strategy.”In some communities, a four-day week is better for families. “They’re making the shift to the four-day week because all the districts around them have adopted a four-day week,” he said. However, the Rand Corporation found achievement differences in four-day districts, while initially hard to spot, became apparent over multiple years.

Persons: — It's, Callahan, contorts, Keegan, ”, Hudson, Brandi Pruente, “, Paul Thompson, Harry Truman, Dale Herl, Jon Turner, Margie Vandeven, Tony Warren, Warren, Thompson, Karyn Lewis, Will Pierce, hasn't, Frank James Perrone Organizations: French, Oregon State University, Economic Commission, Missouri State University, Rand Corporation, Indiana University, Associated Press, Carnegie Corporation of New, AP Locations: Mo, U.S, Independence , Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, Independence, Turner, Montana, Denver, 27J, ”, Carnegie Corporation of New York

☆ Opera Philadelphia Cuts Its Budget, but Not Its Ambition
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Joshua Barone | More About Joshua Barone | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

And opera needs works like “10 Days,” which treats the medium with affection and respect while also chafing at its tropes throughout history. For this is an opera that jerks between beauty and terror — seamlessly under the baton of Daniela Candillari, leading an ensemble of about a dozen instrumentalists. The patients (members of Opera Philadelphia Chorus, led by Elizabeth Braden) can sing the same hymn with serenity in one scene and chaotic dissonance in the next, with few indications of which is the truer rendition. The most tragic of the patients is Lizzie (the mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis, who sings with a lush and moving elegance that would make her ideal for mid-20th century American opera). Her repetitive ramblings come into logical focus with a long, crushing aria about the death of her daughter.

Persons: Nellie Bly’s, —, Bly, Daniela Candillari, Elizabeth Braden, Josiah Blackwell, Will Liverman, Joanna Settle’s, Andrew Lieberman, Kiera Duffy, Lauren Pearl, Raehann Bryce, Davis, Lizzie doesn’t, She’s Organizations: Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music Locations: Roosevelt

☆ India reassures confidence in Aadhaar after Moody's questions its reliability
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A woman goes through the process of finger scanning for the Unique Identification (UID) database system, also known as Aadhaar, at a registration centre in New Delhi, India, January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal Acquire Licensing RightsSept 25 (Reuters) - The Indian government on Monday reassured confidence in its digital identification system, Aadhaar, after a Moody's report last week highlighted concerns about it like establishing authorization and biometric reliability. India's ministry of electronics & IT said the Moody's report "does not cite either primary or secondary data or research in support of the opinions presented in it". The Aadhaar card, which is issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), has a unique number tied to an individual's fingerprints, face and eye scan. Moody's in its report had said that Aadhaar's system often results in service denials, and questioned the reliability of biometric technologies, especially for manual laborers in hot, humid climates.

Persons: Saumya, Aadhaar, Akanksha, Maju Samuel Organizations: REUTERS, Indian, IT, of India, Gandhi, Rural, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, Bengaluru

FILE PHOTO-Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, attends the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland February 27, 2023. Hanoi police on Sept. 15 detained Ngo Thi To Nhien, Executive Director of the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition (VIET), an independent think tank focused on green energy policy, Reuters reported last week citing a charity and a source. Nhien had worked for the World Bank, with the United Nations Development Programme and the United States aid agency (USAID), according to her profile on LinkedIn. She "has participated in international and national events, including consultations organized by UNDP on the topic of energy transition," the UNDP in Vietnam confirmed in an email message to Reuters. Phil Robertson, Deputy Asia Director at Human Rights Watch, said Manh had a strong alibi which was disregarded.

Persons: Volker Turk, Denis Balibouse, U.N, Joe Biden, Ngo Thi, Nhien, Le Van Manh, Phil Robertson, Manh, Francesco Guarascio @fraguarascio, Michael Perry Organizations: United Nations, Human Rights, REUTERS, Rights, Vietnam Initiative for Energy, Reuters, UN, World Bank, USAID, LinkedIn, UNDP, European, Asia, Thomson Locations: Geneva, Switzerland, Rights HANOI, Hanoi, United States, Vietnam

CHENNAI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Apple supplier Pegatron temporarily halted iPhone assembly at its facility in south India on Monday after a fire on Sunday night, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Pegatron accounts for 10% of Apple's iPhone production in India, according to research firm Counterpoint. Apple has bet big on India since it began iPhone assembly in the country in 2017 via Wistron (3231.TW) and later Foxconn (2317.TW), as the Indian government pushed for local manufacturing. Pegatron, which started iPhone assembly in India in September last year, is also in talks to open a second Indian contract facility for Apple near the existing one in Tamil Nadu. In February, a fire at a south Indian facility of Foxlink for iPhone charging cables forced it to halt production.

Persons: TW, Pegatron, Ben Blanchard, Praveen, Munsif Vengattil, Aditi Shah, Sarah Wu, Toby Chopra, Susan Fenton, Mark Potter Organizations: Apple, Pegatron, Reuters, Local, Thomson Locations: CHENNAI, India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Wistron, Indian

☆ Prices tumble for cobalt used for electric vehicle batteries
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Pratima Desai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Vincent West Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Prices of the cobalt hydroxide used to make chemicals for electric vehicle batteries have plummeted due to an upsurge of supplies from top producer Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt hydroxide is produced in Congo, where it is a byproduct of copper. According to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence (BMI), payables in August dropped to 46% of the cobalt metal price compared with around 90% in late 2021 and early 2022 when cobalt metal traded around $60,000 a metric ton. "These developments pose long-term challenges to cobalt demand," analysts at Morgan Stanley said in a note. "We see cobalt prices remaining under pressure as supply growth and CMOC destocking come through."

Persons: Vincent West, Roman Aubry, Tenke, Morgan Stanley, destocking, Pratima Desai, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Democratic, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, BMI, China's CMOC, Thomson Locations: Bilbao, Spain, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, payables, Indonesia, DRC

People sit and work on their laptops at Deloitte's office in Gurugram, India, June 13, 2023. Last month U.S. trade chief Katherine Tai raised concerns with India over the move, which would also affect companies such as Dell (DELL.N) and HP (HPE.N). The new 'imports management system' will need companies to obtain 'registration certificates' for imports of laptops, tablets and personal computers, instead of licences proposed earlier by the Aug.3 order, one of the officials said. The ministry conveyed the proposal to industry officials in a meeting on Friday, they added. India's electronics imports, including laptops, tablets and personal computers, stood at $19.7 billion in the April to June period, up 6.25% year-on-year.

Persons: Anushree, Katherine Tai, Munsif Vengattil, Acharya, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Apple, Samsung, Reuters, Dell, HP, India's, Thomson Locations: Gurugram, India, DELHI, China, New Delhi

☆ Costco, Lowe's, Best Buy, and Tractor Supply are winning the battle against retail theft in a strikingly similar way
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Retail executives generally agree that retail theft is worse than they've ever seen. Even so, leaders from Costco, Lowe's, Best Buy, and Tractor Supply have said their businesses aren't so affected. The companies have five striking similarities that are helping them win the war on retail theft. "Organized retail crime is worse now than I've ever seen it," Tractor Supply CEO Hal Lawton told Insider in August. Meanwhile, a typical Tractor Supply location may have as many as eight people working in a relatively small, 20,000 square-foot store.

Persons: Hal Lawton, I've, Marvin Ellison, Corie Barry, Richard Galanti, We've, Lawton, Dominick Reuter, John Tlumacki, Ben Tobin, they're, Paul Hennessy, Lowe's, Mario Tama, Barrie, Ellison Organizations: Costco, Lowe's, Tractor Supply, Service, Goldman Sachs, Conference, Supply, Massachusetts Costco, Boston Globe, Getty, Electronics, Retailers, Tractor Locations: Wall, Silicon, Massachusetts, Costco, Orlando

☆ 5 ways to rest your brain
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Andrea Kane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Each episode will focus on one of those states – the distracted brain, the frightened brain, the nourished brain, etc. And you’ll feel better the next day because our brain cells are having a chance to rest and regenerate and replenish,” she said. And we think that’s really important because a lower total brain volume is linked to certain diseases, earlier mortality and higher stress levels,” she said. Get some exerciseSleep and napping aren’t the only ways to give your brain a break. “It’s really important, again, to emphasize that these things are really individual, and it depends on the person,” she said.

Persons: Sanjay Gupta, –, “ What’s, Victoria Garfield, Garfield, ”, “, ” Garfield, Michael Pollan Organizations: CNN, Medical Research, Unit, Lifelong Health, Aging, University College London, Sleep Health, “

“The idea of the hysterical woman trope really does persist today,” the soprano said ahead of Thursday night’s premiere of Rene Orth’s musical adaptation at Opera Philadelphia. An all-woman creative team was commissioned to develop the work by Opera Philadelphia and Toronto’s Tapestry Opera. “I have a lot to say about women’s rights being taken away and how women are treated,” director Joanna Settle explained. Bryce-Davis views Roosevelt Island quite differently following her immersion in the traumatic story. “My sister lives on Roosevelt Island and so whenever I’m in New York, that’s where I am,” she said.

Persons: — Kiera Duffy, Nellie Bly, Rene Orth’s, “, you’re, ” Siobhan Duffy Gaffney’s, Bly, Joanna Settle, Britney Spears, Orth, ‘ ” Orth, Hannah Moscovitch, Moscovitch, David Devan, Harold Pinter’s, ”, ” Moscovitch, ” Duffy, Bess, Missy Mazzoli’s, Lars von Trier, “ I’m, Susannas, Mozart, Donizetti, Judith Blegen, Kathleen, I’m, Will Liverman, Josiah Blackwell, Raehann Bryce, Davis, Lizzie, Anthony Davis ’, Malcolm X, ” Soprano Laurel Pearl, Ratched, Daniela Candillari, Jeanine Tesori’s, Liverman, ” Liverman, ” Candillari, Andrew Leiberman, Bryce, Roosevelt Organizations: PHILADELPHIA, Opera Philadelphia, New York, Toronto’s, Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera, Opera, Washington National Opera, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wilma Theater Locations: New York, Vegas, Roosevelt, that’s

A worker holds a Lava mobile handset at its manufacturing plant, in Noida, India, October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Homegrown Indian mobile phone firm Lava will launch 4G feature phones as it aims to corner a third of the market share for the entry-level devices within a year, while also gradually boosting its budget smartphones, a top executive said. Since it was set up in 2009, Lava has become popular for the budget phones, which have a keypad but no high-end features. Research firm Counterpoint estimates that Lava has a share of less than 1% in the world's second-biggest smartphone market, with 650 million such devices. Lava also plans to boost its smartphone offerings in the budget segment.

Persons: Anushree, Sunil Raina, Mukesh, Raina, Munsif, Aditya Kalra, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, International, Reuters, Samsung, HK, Thomson Locations: Noida, India, China, Bengaluru

☆ More 120° Days Are Coming. Outdoor Workers Aren’t Ready.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Chao Deng | Photographs Huda Abdulmughni For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Daber’s go-to method to cool down is sticking his head over the icebox. He also keeps a blue towel in there to wipe his sweat and chill his eyes. “I pray to God,” he said. He also relies on his friend who works in an air-conditioned electronics store opposite when things get too much.

Persons: Daber’s, ”

☆ South Korea asks US to resolve chip trade issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Sept 22 (Reuters) - South Korea on Friday said it has asked the United States to resolve uncertainties regarding U.S. export controls in the chip sector and subsidies for chip investment. The waiver allowed the South Korean pair to supply equipment for their chip production facilities in China without additional licensing requirements. Bang has sought "active cooperation" from the U.S. Department of Commerce to resolve issues relating to export controls, South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a statement without elaborating. Samsung Electronics has NAND flash memory production in Xian, China whereas SK Hynix has DRAM chip production in Wuxi and NAND Flash production in Dalian. The companies together control nearly 70% of global DRAM and 50% of NAND flash markets as at June-end, showed data from TrendForce.

Persons: Florence Lo, Commerce Don Graves, Bang, Joyce Lee, Heekyong Yang, Christopher Cushing Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Industry, U.S, Commerce, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, U.S . Department of Commerce, Korea's Ministry of Trade, Energy, TrendForce, Samsung, Thomson Locations: Rights SEOUL, South Korea, United States, Seoul, China, U.S, Korea's, Xian , China, Wuxi, Dalian, Texas

REUTERS/Bianca Flowers Acquire Licensing RightsSept 22 (Reuters) - Jeffrey Aznavorian has already cut output about 6% at his small auto parts factory outside Detroit due to the United Auto Workers strike. If the strike expands, it would only be a matter of weeks before some smaller suppliers faltered, said Marick Masters, a professor of business at Wayne State University. He estimates 30% of smaller suppliers carry too much debt to survive a long strike. Other measures also point to a supply base that was strained even before the strike. RapidRatings calculates "core health scores" for privately owned auto parts companies - based on a 100-point scale - which looks at their returns, cost structures, and capital structure.

Persons: Bianca Flowers, Jeffrey Aznavorian, Pittsburgh steelmaker, Laurie Harbour, Marick, James Gellert, Gellert, Timothy Aeppel, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Ford UAW, Detroit, REUTERS, United Auto Workers, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, GM, Anderson Economic, Auto, CIE, Spain’s CIE Automotive, . Steel, Pittsburgh, Reuters, Harbour, Inc, Wayne State University, Thomson Locations: Chicago , Illinois, U.S, Detroit, Michigan, Midwest, Illinois, Southfield , Michigan, Plymouth , Michigan

☆ BYD says talk of leaked commercial secrets 'purely rumours'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

People stand next to BYD Company vehicles, at the 2023 IAA Mobility auto show, in Munich, Germany, September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies BYD Co Ltd FollowBEIJING, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Online discussions saying BYD workers leaked commercial secrets are purely rumours, the Chinese automaker said in a social media post on Friday. BYD also said the person responsible for spreading the rumour has been apprehended by police and that the firm plans to take legal action. In the statement, BYD posted screenshots of social media posts of the rumour which said an employee at the company's semiconductor foundry division had leaked a client's chip engineering drawing to U.S. politicians. BYD is the top-selling auto brand in China by sales in the first eight months of the year with pure electric and plug-in hybrid models.

Persons: Angelika Warmuth, BYD, Liz Lee, Jason Neely Organizations: BYD Company, REUTERS, BYD, Beijing, Thomson Locations: Munich, Germany, BEIJING, China

☆ EU antitrust regulators set Oct. 23 deadline for Arcelik, Whirlpool deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Arcelik AS FollowWhirlpool Corp FollowBRUSSELS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide by Oct. 23 whether to clear Turkish domestic appliances maker Arcelik's (ARCLK.IS) proposed purchase of Whirlpool's (WHR.N) European domestic appliances business, an European Commission filing showed on Thursday. Under the deal announced in January, the companies will set up a new entity made up of Arcelik's European units such as major domestic appliances, small domestic appliances and consumer electronics and Whirlpool's European business. The EU competition watchdog can either clear the deal with or without seeking remedies after its preliminary review or it can open a four-month investigation if it has serious concerns. The UK competition agency is also assessing the deal, with a decision due by Sept. 28.

Persons: Yves Herman, Arcelik, Blomberg, Foo Yun, Mark Potter Organizations: European Commission, REUTERS, Whirlpool, Commission, EU, Zenith, Thomson Locations: Brussels, Belgium, BRUSSELS, Arctic, Altus, Grundig

A VinFast VF8 electric SUV is displayed during CES 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 5, 2022. If fulfilled, Europe would become VinFast's biggest overseas market this year. The company had shipped about 2,100 EVs earlier this year to the United States. Should the EU probe conclude that punitive duties on China-made EVs are warranted, VinFast could find its cars are more competitively priced. VinFast, which is part of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup (VIC.HM), was formed in 2017 and began making EVs in 2021 after dropping its manufacturing of cars with internal combustion engines.

Persons: Steve Marcus, Thuy, Inovev, VinFast, Phuong Nguyen, Francesco Guarascio, Miral Organizations: Las Vegas Convention, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, European Union, Nasdaq, EU, Thomson Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S, Rights HANOI, Europe, France, Germany, Netherlands, VinFast's, Vietnam, United States, Israel, China, Indonesia, India, East, Africa, Latin America

☆ Toshiba says $14 bln takeover bid by JIP succeeds, set to go private
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Makiko Yamazaki | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

TOKYO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Toshiba (6502.T) said on Thursday that a $14 billion tender offer from private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) had ended in success - a deal which paves the way for the embattled industrial conglomerate to go private. "Activist shareholders and Toshiba were stuck with each other for years. Toshiba in March accepted the buyout offer valuing the industrial conglomerate at 2 trillion yen ($13.5 billion). Although some shareholders were unhappy with the price, Toshiba argued that there was no prospect of a higher offer or competing bid. Deals involving private equity have been particularly active, including a planned $6.4 billion buyout of materials maker JSR by a government-backed fund.

Persons: Travis Lundy, Taro Shimada, Androniki, Shimada, Lundy, JIP, Sony Group's, chipmaker Rohm, Makiko Yamazaki, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Toshiba, Japan Industrial Partners, Quiddity Advisors, Toshiba Corporation, REUTERS, Sony, Chubu Electric Power, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, Kawasaki, Japan, Asia

☆ Toshiba says $14 bln takeover bid by JIP has succeeded
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Makiko Yamazaki | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of Toshiba Corporation is displayed at the company's building in Kawasaki, Japan, April 5, 2023. The deal puts the electronics-to-power stations maker in domestic hands after years of battles with overseas activist shareholders. Toshiba in March accepted the buyout offer valuing the industrial conglomerate at 2 trillion yen ($13.5 billion). Although some shareholders were unhappy with the price offered, Toshiba argued that there was no prospect of a higher offer or competing bid. Although not well known overseas, JIP has been involved in corporate carve outs and spin offs from Japanese conglomerates, including Olympus' (7733.T) camera business and Sony Group's (6758.T) laptop computer business.

Persons: Androniki, Taro Shimada, JIP, Sony Group's, Shimada, chipmaker Rohm, Makiko Yamazaki, Christopher Cushing, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Toshiba Corporation, REUTERS, Rights, Toshiba, Japan Industrial Partners, Olympus, Sony, Chubu Electric Power, Thomson Locations: Kawasaki, Japan

At Kokusai's indicative price of 1,890 yen per share, the company will offer 111.2 billion yen ($749.88 million) worth of shares and have a market value of 435.5 billion yen. A successful listing would follow the blockbuster New York IPO of SoftBank-owned chip designer Arm , which investors hoped would lead to a wave of stock market launches. IPO activity has remained strong in Japan, where the stock market is at 33-year highs and interest rates ultra low. Kokusai reported operating profit fell by a fifth to 56 billion yen in the year ended March compared to the same period a year earlier. Sales were roughly flat at 245.7 billion yen.

Persons: Miho Uranaka, Kokusai, chipmaker TSMC, TW, Sam Nussey, Makiko Yamazaki, Christopher Cushing Organizations: REUTERS, KKR, Materials, Kokusai, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Industry, Reuters, Marelli Holdings, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, TOKYO, China, York

[1/2] A South Korea won note is seen in this illustration photo May 31, 2017. South Korean companies repatriated a record $33.13 billion of overseas earnings during the January-July period, 6.3 times the amount a year earlier, central bank data on current account balances showed. "The coming home of earnings retained abroad has been a big help for the won," a government official in charge of foreign exchange market said, asking not to be named due to internal policy. The automaker said on June 12 it plans to invest 7.8 trillion won ($5.82 billion) of retained earnings from overseas operations this year in electric car factories at home. The surge in repatriation also comes ahead of trading reforms planned for next year, when South Korea will extend onshore trading hours until 2 a.m. to improve access for foreign investors.

Persons: Thomas White, Yoon Suk, Hong Sung, kook, Min Gyeong, 1,340.7400, Jihoon Lee, Cynthia Kim, Joyce Lee, Heekyong Yang, Vidya Ranganathan Organizations: South, REUTERS, Rights, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, Kia Corp, Reuters Graphics Bank of Korea, Woori Bank, Hyundai, Hyundai Motor Group, Shinhan Bank, Yena, Thomson Locations: South Korea, Rights SEOUL, Korea

Asian shares are lower, tracking a slump on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve said it may not cut interest rates next year by as much as it earlier thought. U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it may not cut interest rates next year by as much as it earlier thought, regardless of how much Wall Street wants it. The Fed held its main interest rate steady at its highest level in more than two decades, as was expected. Wednesday on Wall Street, the S&P 500 fell 0.9% to 4,402.20. Shares of Klaviyo, which helps advertisers market over email and text messaging, rose 9.2% in their first day of trading.

Persons: Jerome Powell, it’s, ” Anderson Alves, ActivTrades, Hang Seng, Australia's, Grant Robertson, Fonterra, Powell, ” Powell, Instacart, Brent, Nick Perry Organizations: Federal Reserve, Fed, Nikkei, Toshiba Corp, Statistics New, Finance, Zealand, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Treasury, Big Tech, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Arm Holdings, New York Mercantile Exchange, U.S Locations: U.S, Shanghai, Seoul, Statistics New Zealand, China, Wellington , New Zealand

☆ Kenya Pledges Security Boost as It Commemorates 2013 Mall Massacre
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Duncan MiririNAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya pledged on Thursday to reinforce security measures against Somali militants as it commemorated a deadly mall attack which security analysts say led to improvements in the country's readiness to counter threats. Kenyan security forces were widely criticised by the public and local media at the time for their chaotic, uncoordinated response to the attack. After the siege, Kenya worked to improve its security agencies' coordination and readiness to respond to emergencies. Kenyan security forces were praised for ending that siege in less than a day. The government has also been deploying the military and other security forces to fight cattle rustlers and armed bandits in several counties in East Africa's Rift Valley.

Persons: Duncan Miriri, Raymond Omollo, Richard Maige, al, Nicolas Delaunay, Estelle Shirbon, Emelia Organizations: Somali, East, Southern Africa, Crisis Locations: Duncan Miriri NAIROBI, Kenya, Somalia's al Shabaab, Westgate, Nairobi, Somalia, al Shabaab, Kenyan, Southern, Lamu, East

☆ Toshiba is set to delist in Japan after 74 years as part of $14 billion deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Tokyo Reuters —Toshiba said on Thursday that a $14 billion tender offer from private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) had ended in success — a deal which paves the way for the embattled industrial conglomerate to go private. The deal puts the 148-year-old electronics-to-power stations maker in domestic hands after years of battles with overseas activist investors. Toshiba in March accepted the buyout offer valuing the industrial conglomerate at 2 trillion yen ($13.5 billion). Although some shareholders were unhappy with the price, Toshiba argued that there was no prospect of a higher offer or competing bid. It will mark the largest M&A deal in Japan this year.

Persons: —, ”, Travis Lundy, Taro Shimada, Toshiba “, Shimada, “, ” Lundy, JIP, chipmaker Rohm Organizations: Tokyo Reuters, Toshiba, Japan Industrial Partners, “, Quiddity Advisors, ” Toshiba, Sony, Chubu Electric Power Locations: Tokyo, Orix, Japan, Asia

☆ S.Korea's antitrust watchdog fines Broadcom for unfair supply deal to Samsung Electronics
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] A smartphone with a displayed Broadcom logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Sept 21 (Reuters) - South Korea's antitrust watchdog said on Thursday it will tentatively fine Broadcom Inc (AVGO.O) and affiliates 19.1 billion won ($14.24 million) for forcing a long-term supply deal that was unilaterally disadvantageous to Samsung Electronics (005930.KS). The country's Fair Trade Commission will also issue a corrective order to Broadcom, it said in a statement. A representative of Broadcom could not be immediately reached. ($1 = 1,340.9300 won)Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, 1,340.9300, Joyce Lee, Kim Coghill Organizations: Broadcom, REUTERS, Rights, Broadcom Inc, Samsung Electronics, Trade, Samsung, Thomson Locations: Rights SEOUL

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