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☆ Rock ’n’ Soul: The Amazing Story of Sly & the Family Stone
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Alan Light | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN): A Memoir, by Sly Stone with Ben GreenmanIt is difficult to convey just how astoundingly unlikely it is that this book exists. Sly Stone is one of pop music’s truest geniuses and greatest mysteries, who essentially disappeared four decades ago in a cloud of drugs and legal problems after recording several albums’ worth of incomparable, visionary songs. “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” — named for Sly & the Family Stone’s monumentally funky 1969 No. 1 hit — is the first title from Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s new publishing imprint, and even the drummer/author/filmmaker acknowledges that it isn’t a definitive story. “There is plenty, too, that is not here,” writes Questlove, who is currently working on a Sly Stone documentary, in the foreword.

Persons: Sly Stone, Ben Greenman, Amelia Earhart, Ness, ” —, ”, Questlove, Sly, “, Jackson, Prince, Miles Davis, D’Angelo, Janet Jackson, LL Organizations: YOU, Roll Hall of Fame, Sly, Beastie

☆ In diamond centre Antwerp, Russian gems are already shunned
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Julia Payne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] Cut diamonds are seen at the diamond exchange in Antwerp, as the G7 weighs a ban on Russian diamond imports to reduce revenues for Moscow's war in Ukraine, Antwerp, Belgium, October 30, 2023. Other diamond firms in Antwerp, the world's biggest centre of trade in rough diamonds and cutting of the biggest gems, were asked to avoid Russian stones. Now, Western powers want to make the boycott official with a formal ban on Russian stones. Imports of Russian rough diamonds are now at less than 5% of pre-war levels, the source said. Most proposals under consideration by the G7 now focus on rough diamonds of 1 carat and above initially.

Persons: Johanna Geron, Thierry Tugendhaft, Van Cleef, Tugendhaft, De Beers, It's, Julia Payne, Elaine Hardcastle Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, European, World Diamond Council, EU, Thomson Locations: Antwerp, Ukraine, Belgium, Rights ANTWERP, Russia, Paris, Tiffany's, Cartier, Canada, Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana, India, United States, Japan, European Union, France, Antwerp . New

☆ Best son ever Jeff Bezos is moving to Miami to be near his parents, definitely not to avoid taxes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jeff Bezos announced he is moving from Seattle to Miami, in part to be close to his parents. Moving from Washington state to Florida could save Bezos a yachtload in taxes. Now, he's off to Miami where there's no capital gains tax and zero state income tax. They don't worry too much about income tax, but they do focus a lot on capital gains tax. Those holdings will probably be exposed to capital gains tax, too.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Bezos, fiancé Lauren Sanchez, —, Miguel Bezos, Jeff, Lauren, Miami, McKenzie Scott, Brad Stone's Organizations: Service, Seattle, Miami Palmetto, GO, Amazon, SEC, Tech Locations: Seattle, Miami, Creek , Florida, Washington, Florida, , Florida, Biscayne, Amsterdam, New York City, California , New York, Texas

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The United States will provide $425 million worth of additional arms and equipment to Ukraine for its ongoing fight against Russia's invasion, the Biden administration announced on Friday. The package uses the last of the funds in the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), a more than $18 billion fund that allowed the Biden administration to buy weapons from industry, rather than pull from U.S. weapons stocks. Biden, a Democrat, is calling on U.S. lawmakers to approve more aid for Kyiv. Since the Russian invasion in February 2022 the U.S. has sent about $44 billion worth of security assistance to Ukraine. Reporting by Mike Stone and Susan Heavey; editing by David Ljunggren, Jonathan Oatis and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Jonathan Ernst, Biden, Joe Biden, congressionally, Mike Stone, Susan Heavey, David Ljunggren, Jonathan Oatis, Leslie Adler Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, L3Harris Technologies, U.S, Reuters, Authority, Pentagon, Air Missile Systems, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, Biden, Democrat, Kyiv, Republican, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Tel Aviv, United States, Ukraine, U.S, Kyiv, Russian

☆ HBO Chief Calls His Effort to Attack Critics a ‘Very, Very Dumb Idea’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( John Koblin | More About John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Casey Bloys, the chairman of HBO, enjoys a reputation in the entertainment industry as an effective programmer and an easygoing executive who stays above the fray. All of which made his appearance at a news conference on Thursday, addressing his role at the center of a media tempest, quite striking. Mr. Bloys acknowledged his involvement in an effort to create fake Twitter accounts to respond to television critics who had unfavorable views of HBO’s programs. The article caught the attention of much of the entertainment industry, with several rival executives privately musing how the HBO executive could be so thin-skinned. New York Magazine described it as a “mini-scandal” that “is perhaps the funniest thing to happen in media in years.”

Persons: Casey Bloys, Bloys, Rolling Stone, ” Organizations: HBO, Twitter, New York Magazine

☆ Dating is hard. Have apps made it worse?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“Dating on the apps, it’s ruined dating a bit,” Nguyen-Don, who works as a digital marketing manager, said. “The… design of those dating apps should definitely be held accountable for this kind of dating culture,” Zhou said. His experiences on dating apps were positive, he said, and he valued the ways they introduced him to new people and new experiences. Dating apps know this. For all their flaws, dating apps are unlikely to disappear any time soon.

Persons: Jenny Nguyen, Don, Nguyen, didn’t, WhatsApp, hadn’t, he’d, texted, ” Nguyen, “, Alexis Dougé, Tinder, ”, Dougé, who’s, Benson Zhou, Zhou, ” Zhou, Brian, they’ll, CNN he’s, Foyin Ogunrombi, Ogunrombi, she’s, —, Who’s, Silas Stein, “ It’s, ” Ogunrombi, David Argetsinger, Argetsinger, ” Alissa Wilson, ” Wilson, Maxine Simone Williams, WeMetIRL, ” Williams, Williams, Bumble Organizations: CNN, Twitter, New York University Shanghai Locations: London, TikTok, Atlanta, Johannesburg, South Africa, Everett , Washington, Arlington , Virginia, New York, cologne

☆ HBO's CEO admits he used fake Twitter accounts, including one of a vegan Texas mom named Kelly, to troll critics who left negative reviews
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

HBO's CEO admitted to using fake Twitter accounts to hit back at critics' negative reviews. One of the fake accounts was reportedly for a fake Texas mom named Kelly Shepherd. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Bloys admitted Thursday that he made secret Twitter accounts to take digs at critics' negative reviews of HBO's programming. One of the troll accounts was created in the name of a fake Texas mom named Kelly Shepherd, whose bio describes her (ahem, Bloys) as a vegan, aromatherapist, and herbalist.

Persons: Casey Bloys, Kelly Shepherd, —, Bloys, Sully Temori, Stone, Kathleen McCaffrey, McCaffrey, Temori, James Poniewozik, Joss, Shepherd, Hale, Mike Hale, — Kelly Shepherd, Alan Sepinwall, Alan Organizations: Service, HBO, Max, Variety, Bloys, New York Times, Times Locations: Texas, York

Arctic-2 LNG has been expecting to start exporting soon and it is uncertain how much Russian LNG would be blocked by the new measures. The largest Russian LNG producer Novatek (NVTK.MM) said in September it would start shipments from Arctic-2 LNG early next year. The State Department said Zakharov is the creator and designer of the drones. "And every sanctions decision must work in full, so that there is no chance for Russia to bypass them." The State Department also imposed sanctions on multiple defense-related entities and procurement companies in the UAE.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Joe Biden, Doug Mills, Biden, Vladimir Putin, Antony Blinken, Aleksandr Zakharov, Zakharov, Andriy Yermak, Yermak, Daphne Psaledakis, Timothy Gardner, Alexandra Alper Mike Stone, Karen Freifeld, Yuliia Dysa, Ron Popeski, Nick Zieminski, Diane Craft Organizations: U.S, White, Rights, Moscow, State Department, Commerce Department, United Arab, Treasury Department, Systems, Treasury, Russian LNG, European, ZALA Aero, Russian Ministry of Defense, The State Department, Russian Federation, Washington, Turkish, UAE . Construction, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, United States, Ukraine, Siberia, Washington, Russian, U.S, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, China, Russia, Moscow, Crimea, Europe, European Union, Ukrainian, ZALA, UAE, New York, Gdansk, Beijing

☆ Wholesale marketplace Faire, which raised $416 million 18 months ago, laid off 250 workers in a company-wide restructuring
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Faire, the wholesale marketplace company, laid off about 250 employees on Wednesday. This is the second time in just over a year that the company has laid off workers, although this second restructuring appears to be bigger. Faire is an online marketplace that connects independent brands with retailers that can stock their products in their stores. Faire recently announced a partnership with Shopify that established Faire as the preferred wholesale marketplace for Shopify merchants. Shopify also became a shareholder in Faire as part of the deal, which Insider first reported on in July.

Persons: Shopify, We're, who've, Layoffs.fyi Organizations: Dragoneer Investment, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Forerunner Ventures, Tech Locations: mstone@insider.com

☆ Amazon and Shopify sellers are using AI to save time, better understand their customers, and improve their profit margins
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

They're using AI to write product descriptions and analyze reviews to understand their customers. Sellers using e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Shopify are experimenting with AI to help them write product descriptions, optimize for SEO, and collate reviews so they can better understand how customers feel about their products. Matt Rollens owns a drinking-glass brand called Dragon Glassware and sells his wares on Amazon, Shopify, Etsy, and Walmart. Matt RollensHe told Insider he uses Perci, which uses AI to generate optimized product listings for Amazon sellers. Amazon, Shopify, and eBay have all launched their own AI tools and integrated them directly into the platform.

Persons: —, Matt Rollens, Rollens, there's, Mikey Kim, Olivier Toubia, Toubia, Robert Gomez, Gomez, hasn't, Kaffe, they're, Miqdad Organizations: Service, Walmart, Columbia Business School, Target, QVC, eBay Locations: Shopify

☆ Casey Bloys apologizes for using fake twitter accounts to troll critics of HBO shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

“I have progressed over the last couple of years to DMs,” Bloys said Thursday at the HBO and Max 2024 Slate Presentation in New York. In a statement, HBO did not deny the social media campaign and said it intended to defend itself in Temori’s suit. “HBO intends to vigorously defend against Mr. Temori’s allegations. We are not going to comment on select exchanges between programmers and errant tweets,” a spokesperson said. In the meantime, we wish Mr. Temori, a former HBO employee, well in his future endeavors.”

Persons: Casey Bloys, Stone, Sully Temori, Bloys, ” Bloys, ” “, Temori, ” Organizations: CNN, HBO, DMs, Max, Warner Bros Locations: New York

☆ I dedicated my life to biology until I went on 'Naked and Afraid' and realized I could make a bigger difference doing TV instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Forrest Galante was a biologist and worked in field research before he went on "Naked and Afraid." AdvertisementAdvertisementBeing on "Naked and Afraid" is the least interesting thing I've ever doneA few weeks later I was on a plane. It was right then and there that I called my boss and told her I was going to pivot to pursuing conservation media. AdvertisementAdvertisementBasically I pivoted the public interest I was getting from "Naked and Afraid" into what I'm doing now. Dreams coming to fruitionBefore working in wildlife media, Forrest Galante worked in conservation biology.

Persons: Forrest Galante, Galante, who'd, —, It's, I'd, that's, I'm, who's, lightbulb, Eric Evangelista, I've Organizations: Service, UC Santa Barbara Locations: Southern California, California, Panama, Fernandina

☆ Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Broke Up With Her Boyfriend, and It Matters - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Mattia Ferraresi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Giorgia Meloni broke the glass ceiling again. After becoming the first woman and the first post-fascist leader to be prime minister of Italy, she recently became the first head of government to announce on social media that she had dumped her boyfriend. The strange addendum made clear that behind the personal announcement was a political battle. The ending of Ms. Meloni’s relationship may seem like a trivial — or at least personal — concern. It says a lot about how the country is run.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, “, Andrea Giambruno, ” Organizations: Twitter Locations: Italy

☆ Swedish architects are building skyscrapers out of wood laminates glued together. The material is shockingly sturdy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In Sweden, architects are attempting to journey back to the days before concrete, bricks, and steel, and building impressive towers made with timber, The Washington Post reported. The architects told the Post that, at least in the heavily forested areas of Sweden, wood-based architecture is the future of sustainable building for several reasons. The building material's emissions have grown faster than most other single sources of carbon dioxide thanks to their increased demand and production, Inside Climate News reported. In places like West Africa , architects like Diébédo Francis Kéré are turning back to traditional building materials like soil, stone, and vegetation as sustainable building materials . "The built environment — as it is built now — is not sustainable," Michael Green, the author of "The Case for Tall Wood Buildings," told the Post.

Persons: —, Robert Schmitz, Therese Kreisel, Sara, JONATHAN NACKSTRAND, White Arkitekter, Sara center's, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Michael Green Organizations: Service, Washington Post, Post, Sara Cultural Center, Getty, Sweden doesn't, Climate, University of Rochester, World Steel Association Locations: Sweden, Skelleftea, AFP, Stockholm, Europe, Asia, West Africa

☆ From moon landing to hosting world leaders, Indians are ‘conquering the world,’ says Nita Ambani
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

After overtaking China to become the world's most populous nation, India could also leapfrog its neighbor to also become the world's second-largest economy by 2075. Nita Ambani founder, Reliance FoundationA slew of deals came out from their meeting, with much focus placed on improving defense and technology partnerships between the two countries. Among the A-list attendees at the White House state dinner was Ambani and her husband, Mukesh Ambani — Asia's wealthiest man. "Indians are conquering the world. You can see that, you can feel that in the room … I get goosebumps even thinking about it now."

Persons: Peter Adams, Nita Ambani, CNBC's Tanvir Gill, Ambani, Narendra Modi, Joe Biden, Mukesh Ambani — Organizations: China, Stone, Getty, Reliance Foundation, CNBC, India's, Reliance Industries, Reliance, White House Locations: India

☆ Five modern-day ghost towns
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Elissa Garay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Think of “ghost towns” and images of dusty, lost-to-time towns, like those in America’s Wild West, may come to mind. “Climate change will undoubtedly cause death of landscapes where we shall mourn our environmental decline.”Visiting such places now can shine a critical light on the effects of climate change and, in so doing, offer educational experiences to the contemporary visitor. “Visiting such places now can shine a critical light on the effects of climate change and, in so doing, offer educational experiences to the contemporary visitor.”Here are five global ghost towns that have been created as climate change reshapes the world – the likely harbingers of many more to come. Chacaltaya Ski Resort, BoliviaBolivia's abandoned Chacaltaya Ski Resort closed in 2009. Luke Chen/iStock Editorial/Getty ImagesOnce the world’s highest ski resort, the 17,388-foot-high lodge on Mount Chacaltaya opened in the 1930s as a popular – and only – ski resort in Bolivia’s Andes.

Persons: ”, Gaia Vince, “, Jack DeWaard, “ They’re, it’s, Vince, ” Vince, DeWaard, Philip Stone, Stone, Christoph Sator, de Jean Charles, Jean Charles’s, Cotul, Luke Chen, Chacaltaya, Kile Brewer, – Organizations: CNN, Population Council, United Nations, University of Central, for Dark Tourism Research, Institute, Dark Tourism, Fijian, Louisiana Communities, Valmeyer , Illinois Old, Valmeyer, School, The New York Times Locations: Wild, Hawaii , California, Australia, Bangladesh, Lahaina, Hawaii, Spain, University of Central Lancashire, Vunidogoloa, Fiji, Pacific, Fijian, Vanua Levu, Louisiana, Gulf, Mexico, New Orleans, Cotul Morii, Moldova, Morii, Europe, Bolivia, Andes, La Paz, Valmeyer , Illinois, Mississippi, North, Illinois, Valmeyer, –

☆ 9 Moves to Help You Pay Off Credit Card Debt
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Kerri Anne Renzulli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +14 min

More than half of all Americans are currently aren’t managing to pay their credit card bills in full each month, J.D. Power found recently, helping explain why we now owe a record $1 trillion in credit card debt. Request an interest rate reductionCall each of your credit card issuers and ask for a lower APR, advises Todd Christensen, education manager with Debt Reduction Services, a nonprofit debt counseling agency. Work with a nonprofit credit counseling agencyIf you’re struggling to make the minimum credit card payment required each month or already behind, reach out to a nonprofit credit counseling service for assistance. These organizations, typically members of the Financial Counseling Association of America or the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, will review your finances and credit card debt to help you better manage your budget and repayments.

Persons: Kerri Anne Renzulli, Power, you’ve, You’ll, Experian, Beverly Harzog, ”, Todd Christensen, John Ulzheimer, you’ll, you’re, Bruce McClary, Says Organizations: Mint, Debt, Surveys, TK, nab, Consumer Financial, Financial, Association of America, National Foundation, Credit, Credit Counseling Locations: FICO

☆ Horse racing-Breeders' Cup contender dies at Santa Anita, Arcangelo scratched from Classic
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

According to race officials, Practical Move's rider was uninjured and the 3-year-old colt was immediately tended to by veterinarians from the California Horse Racing Board, 1/ST Racing, and Breeders' Cup. Practical Move had returned to action in early October at Santa Anita where he romped to a four-length victory. Arcangelo, who was made the second choice at 7-2 and drew the inside post for the Breeders' Cup Classic, had been dealing with a hind hoof issue since losing a shoe over the weekend. "And as we've talked about from day one, this will always be horse first, no matter what. "We need to do right by him and missing a race is going to be what it's going to be this time."

Persons: Tim Yakteen, Matt Stone, Arcangelo, Jena Antonucci, Javier Castellano, Frank Pingue, Toby Davis Organizations: Kentucky Derby, Churchill, USA, Breeders, Belmont, California Horse Racing Board, Santa Anita, racing's Triple Crown, Thomson Locations: Louisville , KY, USA, Louisville, Ky, Arcadia , California, Kentucky, Santa, U.S, Toronto

☆ An ancient Egyptian book of spells to guide the dead in the afterlife was found buried with mummies
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Archaeologists have uncovered a copy of the "Book of the Dead" in an ancient Egyptian cemetery. The document was used by Egyptian priests to guide the dead to the afterlife. AdvertisementAdvertisementArchaeologists excavating a 3,500-year-old cemetery have discovered an ancient Egyptian "Book of the Dead" filled with spells to guide the deceased in the afterlife. A picture shows a sarcophagus found at the Tuna al-Gebel site, presented to journalists on October 15, 2023. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and AntiquitiesThe find also uncovered rare canopic jars made of alabaster, used to store spiritually important organs during mummification, and "thousands" of amulets, per the statement.

Persons: —, Sara Cole, Gebel, Isa, Foy Scalf, Scalf, Lara Weiss, Roemer, John Taylor Organizations: Service, Antiquities Department, Paul Getty Museum, The New York Times, of Tourism, Antiquities, Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, University of Chicago, Science, Pelizaeus Museum Locations: Egypt, Tuna, Kingdom, Germany, Sudan

☆ These are the 10 best places to buy a vacation house in the U.S. based on rental performance, yearly expenses and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Evolve, a vacation rental company, ranked the best places in the U.S. to buy a vacation house right now. In October, Evolve, a vacation rental company, released its ranking of the best places to buy a vacation house right now. 1 place to buy a vacation house right now, according to Evolve. 2 best place to buy a vacation house right now. The Evolve report states that the median rental revenue for Holland is $44,577, the example cap rate is 8.8% and the median listing price is $355,544.

Persons: Peter Unger, , New York Holland , Michigan Hocking Hills , Ohio Palo, Deb Snelson Organizations: Stone, U.S . News, , New York Holland , Michigan Hocking Hills , Ohio Palo Pinto , Texas Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Savannah , Georgia Michigan City, Evolve, Holland State, Istock, Getty Locations: U.S, , New York, New York, Lake Ontario, Finger, Napa Valley, HomeToGo, , New York Holland , Michigan Hocking Hills , Ohio, , New York Holland , Michigan Hocking Hills , Ohio Palo Pinto , Texas, Wisconsin Savannah , Georgia Michigan, Wisconsin Savannah , Georgia Michigan City , Indiana Vernon Township , New Jersey Dover , Vermont Sevierville, Tennessee Holland , Michigan, Holland, Lake Michigan, Southeast Ohio, Hocking Hills

Over the last century Gaza passed from British to Egyptian to Israeli military rule. 1950s & 1960s - Egyptian military ruleEgypt held the Gaza Strip for two decades under a military governor, letting Palestinians work and study in Egypt. 1967 - War and Israeli military occupationIsrael captured the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Middle East war. Hamas formedTwenty years after the 1967 war, Palestinians launched their first intifada, or uprising, after an Israeli military truck crashed into a vehicle carrying Palestinian workers near Gaza's Jabalia refugee camps, killing four. [1/4]A view shows the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza Strip, November 6.

Persons: Napoleon, Samson, Alexander the Great, shutdowns, Yasser Arafat's, Arafat, Israel, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Israel evacuates, Mahmoud Abbas, Stephen Farrell, Nidal, Rosalba O'Brien, Peter Graff, Alistair Bell Organizations: Crusaders, Ottomans, United Nations, UNRWA, West Bank, Hamas, Brotherhood, Fatah, Oslo Accords, Palestinian Authority, REUTERS, Islamic, Palestinian, Gaza International, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Asia, Africa, Gaza City, Islam, Ottoman Empire, British, Palestine, Israel, Sinai, Ashkelon, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Israeli, Gaza's, Oslo, Palestinian, Jericho, Authority, Deir Al, United States

1967 - War and Israeli military occupationIsrael captured the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Middle East war. Seizing the angry mood, the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood created an armed Palestinian branch, Hamas, with its power base in Gaza. [1/3]Smoke rises after Israeli strikes on the seaport of Gaza City, in Gaza, October 10, 2023. Israel stopped tens of thousands of Palestinian workers from entering, cutting off an important source of income. Conflict cycleGaza's economy has suffered repeatedly in the cycle of conflict, attack and retaliation between Israel and Palestinian militant groups.

Persons: Napoleon, Samson, Alexander the Great, shutdowns, Yasser Arafat's, Arafat, Israel, Mohammed Salem, Israel evacuates, Mahmoud Abbas, Abdel Fattah al, Stephen Farrell, Nidal, Rosalba O'Brien, Peter Graff Organizations: Crusaders, Ottomans, United Nations, UNRWA, West Bank, Hamas, Brotherhood, Fatah, Oslo Accords, Palestinian Authority, REUTERS, Islamic, Palestinian, Gaza International, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Asia, Africa, Gaza City, Islam, Ottoman Empire, British, Palestine, Israel, Sinai, Ashkelon, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Israeli, Gaza's Jabalya, Oslo, Palestinian, Jericho, Authority, United States

The Category 5 hurricane damaged nearly all of Acapulco's homes, left bodies bobbing along the coastline and much of the city foraging for food. She and hundreds of thousands others lived two hours of terror last week, and now face years of work to repair their already precarious lives. Living in a two-room concrete house with no potable water and unpaved roads, that glamor never reached their doorstep. —Otis intensified within hours from a tropical storm into the strongest hurricane to hit the Eastern Pacific coast, taking many by surprise. García Ramirez and other fishermen pulled the boats onto the city’s Manzanilla Beach when Otis was still a Category 2 storm.

Persons: — Estela Sandoval Díaz, Hurricane Otis, Sandoval, l, ” Sandoval, “ They’ve, They’ve, Otis, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ”, they'd, — Sandoval, glamor, Viverista, “, I’ve, López Obrador, — Otis, Jim Kossin, Eleazar García Ramirez, there’s, García Ramirez, They’re, Seth Borenstein, Félix Márquez Organizations: Associated Press, Military, AP, Avid, Residents, Authorities Locations: ACAPULCO, Mexico, Acapulco, chicest, Washington

☆ Cramer: This market has put investors in a box. This is how we break out of it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

How can you not keep the federal funds rate higher for longer when you get a U.S. GDP number that surpasses the real GDP of China. He sees the three Oreos taken out of the bag and the higher price nonetheless. The average person hurt by higher rates is collateral damage to the greater anti-inflation mission. All the market has to do is reach a price level that is too darned compelling. And who says we won't see higher rates until the horizon is at last upon us?

Persons: aren't, Estee Lauder, Jerome Powell, Powell, it's, He's, calvary, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Squawk, Virginia Sherwood Organizations: Treasury, Signature Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, First, Bank, Federal Reserve, Disney, Fed, Costco, Homes, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC Locations: U.S, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia

☆ The No. 1 soft skill you get working in fast food 'can help you excel in any job,' says McDonald's HR exec
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A successful career could start behind a cash register or at a drive-thru window. More than 3 million people work at fast food restaurants across the U.S., according to the latest numbers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Working in fast food offers opportunities to cultivate "critical soft skills" including time management, customer service, communication and adaptability, Boyd says. But the most important skill you develop as a fast food employee is learning to work quickly and efficiently under pressure. "It was the first opportunity that gave me a strong work ethic and started me on my way to my career," Rigsby, 36, said.

Persons: Tiffanie Boyd, McDonald's, Boyd, Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama, Queen Latifah, Cody Rigsby, — Rigsby, he's, Rigsby, it's Organizations: Bureau of Labor Statistics, CNBC, Amazon, Global Locations: U.S, McDonald's, Greensboro , North Carolina, New York City

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