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☆ Wall Street analysts are conflicted on AMD after its earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

AMD may be nearing the end of its rally, according to some Wall Street analysts. Following the earnings report, Bank of America reiterated its neutral rating on the stock while lifting its price target by just $2 to $132. Although the firm raised its price target to $115 from $110, it still remains 2.2% below Tuesday's close. We also thought investors would eventually tire of the expensive valuation of AMD stock and we were wrong on that count as well. AMD shares gained 1.2% Wednesday during premarket trading.

Persons: Vivek Arya, Harlan Sur, Sur, Ross Seymore, Goldman Sachs, Toshiya Hari, Morgan Stanley, doesn't, Joseph Moore, Moore, Christopher Danely, Danely, —, Michael Bloom Organizations: AMD, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Data, Citi Locations: 2H23

☆ Russia and Iran's 'unprecedented' military ties worried the US, but it's starting to look like Russia can't hold up its end of the deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Iran has supported Russia by providing it with arms to use in Ukraine. Kirby said "support is flowing both ways," with Moscow providing Tehran "an unprecedented level of military and technical support." As part of this burgeoning partnership, Iran expected to receive an unspecified number of Russian Su-35 jets, along with helicopters and even advanced S-400 air-defense systems. REUTERS/FARS NEWS/Ali ShayeganWhile Iran has never armed Russia to the extent it has in recent months, Moscow has sold Tehran considerable military hardware in the past. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist and columnist who writes about Middle East developments, military affairs, politics, and history.

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☆ The Question After Every Mass Shooting: How Much Do We Deserve to Know?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Elizabeth Williamson | More About Elizabeth Williamson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Shortly after the shooting, Colleen Murphy, executive director and general counsel of Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Commission, received a call from a state legislator convinced that the filmmaker Michael Moore was seeking crime scene photos of the children. But Ms. Murphy told the lawmaker that her office, which fields all public records requests, had received no such inquiry. Some Sandy Hook families interpreted Mr. Moore’s remarks as “a horrific campaign to make the crime scene photos public,” Jennifer Hensel, whose 6-year-old daughter Avielle Richman died, wrote in The New Haven Register. “We cannot stand the thought of seeing the graphic depiction of our child’s death promoted to serve anyone’s political purposes.”Mr. Moore publicly clarified his view that no one should release photos without the families’ permission. Yet even today those requesting Connecticut homicide-related records must demonstrate that the release does not constitute an “unwarranted invasion of privacy.”

Persons: Colleen Murphy, Michael Moore, Murphy, Moore, Columbine ”, Mamie Till, Emmett Till, Sandy Hook, Moore’s, ” Jennifer Hensel, Avielle Richman, Mr Organizations: Information Commission, Columbine, JET, New Haven Register, The Hartford Courant Locations: Colorado, Mississippi, Hartford, The Connecticut

More than two weeks later, the Kremlin disclosed that Mr. Prigozhin and other Wagner leaders had met with Mr. Putin for three hours in the days after the rebellion ended. “I think he probably feels under some pressure,” Mr. Moore said of Mr. Putin, speaking at the British ambassador’s residence in the Czech capital. Mr. Prigozhin is known to have spent several days in Russia afterward, and video posted on the Telegram messaging app on Wednesday appears to show him in Belarus. “He is clearly under pressure,” Mr. Moore said of Mr. Putin. Mr. Cleverly said the rebellion underscored the falsity of Mr. Putin’s assertions that Russia would be more committed to a long war in Ukraine than the West would be.

Persons: Richard Moore, Vladimir V, Putin, Yevgeny V, Wagner, Prigozhin’s, Prigozhin, “, Mr, Moore, “ Prigozhin, ” Mr, ’, James, ”, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Politico, Kremlin, Mr, Prigozhin, The New York Times, ”, Russian Army, British, Aspen Security Locations: London, Prague, Russia, British, Czech, “, Belarus, Moscow, Belarusian, Minsk, Ukraine, Rostov, Afghanistan, Russian

☆ A British spy chief who goes by the code name 'C' says MI6 channels 'more resources to China than any other mission'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

MI6 chief Richard Moore told Politico that the British spy agency views China as a key concern. "We now devote more resources to China than any other mission," Moore told Politico. The spy chief previously said that the "rise of China is the single greatest priority for MI6." Moore, officially codenamed "C," made these remarks to Politico after delivering his second public speech as MI6 chief at the British embassy in Prague. During his first public speech as MI6 chief, Moore said the "rise of China is the single greatest priority for MI6."

Persons: Richard Moore, Moore, Politico's Anne McElvoy, Alex Younger Organizations: Politico, Service, Privacy, BBC, UK Security Service MI5, Street Journal Locations: China, Wall, Silicon, Prague, Russia, Ukraine, Cuba

The chief of Britain’s intelligence agency, MI6, said on Wednesday that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had “cut a deal” with Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group, during Mr. Prigozhin’s failed rebellion last month. The Wagner leader staged a mutiny against Russia’s military last month, which saw his mercenary forces marching toward the capital before abruptly halting. More than two weeks later, the Kremlin disclosed that Mr. Prigozhin and other Wagner leaders had met with Mr. Putin for three hours in the days after the rebellion ended. “I think he probably feels under some pressure,” Mr. Moore said of Mr. Putin, speaking at the British ambassador’s residence in the Czech capital. He really didn’t fight back against Prigozhin; he cut a deal to save his skin using the good offices of the leader of Belarus.”

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, Yevgeny V, Wagner, Prigozhin’s, Richard Moore, Prigozhin, “, Mr, Moore, “ Prigozhin, ” Organizations: Politico, Kremlin, Mr, Prigozhin Locations: Russia, Prague, British, Czech, “, Belarus

☆ Looking to Trade a Cat for a Burial Plot? Tune In to Tradio.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Sarah Baird | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The core listener population skews older, however, and hosts are sensitive to what a how important their programs have become for individuals who may feel alone and isolated as they age. “For some of these people, this is more than just buying and selling something,” Mr. Moore said. “There are a lot of characters who call in on the show. You get a mental picture of what they look like, and you form opinions about aspects of the people,” he said. “It’s a human interest show, really.”Audio produced by Sarah Diamond .

Persons: Mr, Moore, Mike Henderson, ”, “, Sarah Diamond Locations: Niota, Tenn

☆ Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Marcus J. Moore | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Lately The New York Times has asked jazz musicians, writers and scholars to share the favorites that would make a friend fall in love with Herbie Hancock, New Orleans jazz, Sun Ra or Mary Lou Williams. Now we’re putting the spotlight on avant-garde jazz, a challenging subgenre born out of the desire to do something that wasn’t as prescribed as bebop or post-bop, a sound carried by the fire of spontaneity by players who weren’t considered to be in the upper echelon of jazz. The definition of avant-garde jazz has been a point of contention since its inception. Perhaps its biggest public advocate was the saxophonist and bandleader John Coltrane, who took an interest in free jazz — a subset of avant-garde jazz — in the mid-1960s and pushed for the saxophonists Albert Ayler and Pharoah Sanders to release their music on the mainstream label Impulse! Today, the rules for what is and what isn’t avant-garde are still being written.

Persons: Herbie Hancock, Sun Ra, Mary Lou Williams, weren’t, Amiri Baraka —, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders, ◆ ◆ ◆ Ana Roxanne, “ Longview, Barre Phillips, John Surman, I’ve Organizations: New York Times, Association for, Advancement of Creative Musicians, Area Locations: Herbie Hancock , New Orleans, “ Longview ”, France, Longview, ”

Jefferies says it's "all revved up" on car rental company Hertz . The firm initiated coverage on Hertz with a buy rating and a $24 price target, implying shares jumping 30% from Monday's close. We see structural benefits from a maintenance and pricing perspective related to [a] higher mix of EVs," Moore said. In this blue sky scenario, we see the potential for another $1bn+ in EBITDA opportunity at 20-30+% margins," the analyst added. Hertz shares were up 1.4% Wednesday before the bell.

Persons: Jefferies, it's, Stephanie Moore, Moore, Hertz, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Hertz, EV Locations: Monday's

Representative Blake D. Moore, Republican of Utah, is pushing for changes to federal law that would allow more nonstop flights between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Salt Lake City. Those flights, he said, would increase tourism between Utah and the nation’s capital. They would also offer Mr. Moore a more efficient commute. “We need more direct flights out of DCA,” he said. In recent weeks, dozens of lawmakers have joined the push for 28 new round-trip flights per day at Reagan National.

Persons: Blake D, Moore, Ronald Reagan, ” Organizations: Republican, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Capitol, Delta Air, Reagan National, Little League, Reagan Locations: Utah, Ronald Reagan Washington, Salt Lake City, Washington

☆ NFL underlines gambling policy for players with six ‘key rules’ after recent spate of violations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Ben Morse | Wayne Sterling | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The NFL has stiffened its gambling policy for players by introducing six ‘key rules’ after a recent spate of violations. Don’t bet on the NFL;2. And don’t bet when you’re at work, wherever work happens to be in that moment. Rodgers added he made an “error in judgment.”In April, the NFL suspended five players for violating the league’s gambling policy. Moore of the Detroit Lions and Shaka Toney of the Washington Commanders were suspended indefinitely for betting on NFL games during the 2022 season.

Persons: Don’t, ” Jeff Miller, “ Don’t, That’s, you’re, ” Miller, Isaiah Rodgers, Rodgers, ”, Quintez, . Moore, Shaka Toney, Stanley Berryhill, Jameson Williams, Calvin Ridley, Roger Goodell, ” Goodell, “ We’ve, foolproof Organizations: CNN, NFL, Indianapolis Colts, Detroit Lions, Washington Commanders, Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Falcons, Spring League Locations: Minnesota

☆ The Tropicana, a Relic on the Las Vegas Strip, Could Be Demolished
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In an interview, Mr. Kim said that the renovation was ultimately an opportunity to grow employment. Not all of the casino’s workers, however, are in the union. I welcome change.”The looming stadium deal is not the first time the Tropicana has been threatened. By the 1970s, the resort was already struggling to compete with larger operations like Caesars Palace, and at the end of that decade, the F.B.I. The Tropicana has since changed hands several times.

Persons: Kim, Mr, ”, Ted Pappageorge, “ They’re, Pappageorge, Tawana Moore, “, Ms, Moore, we’ve, Frank Costello Organizations: Culinary Workers Union Local, Tropicana Locations: Nevada

☆ A 16-year-old pocketed $50,000 for her award-winning discovery in the brains of people who died by suicide
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Adam Barnes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

She researches the brains of people who died by suicide to identify biomarkers. Identifying biomarkers of suicide in the human brainKulviwat found differences in the brains of 10 people who died by suicide compared to the control group: 10 people who died of other causes. The brains of those who died by suicide, which were donated for study by their next of kin, contained higher numbers of inflammatory cytokines. Though treatments for suicidal behavior exist, including psychotherapy and medications, suicide rates have mostly increased over the last 20 years. Hearing different perspectives and questioning why suicide research isn't progressing as much as other fields — like cancer or infectious diseases — inspired her research, she said.

Persons: Natasha Kulviwat, —, Gordon E, Moore, Natasha, it's, Kulviwat, she's, Dr, David Feifel, Feifel, What's, I'm Organizations: Regeneron, Science, Engineering, Service, Columbia University, Society for Science, Centers for Disease Control, University of California, Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute —, National Institute of Health, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Locations: claudin, University of California San Diego

☆ Lorrie Moore’s Intimate Secrets
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Dan Kois | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

In Moore’s stories, funny people banter with their loved ones as playfully as we all do, creating little bubbles around our relationships. After the publication of “Self-Help,” she became one of the most intriguing young writers in America, but her real life felt different. Loving Moore’s work, in those days, felt like belonging to a kind of secret society. “I call her the It Girl,” said Victoria Wilson, Moore’s editor of nearly 40 years at Knopf. Moore’s characters only sometimes resemble her, but the crises they’re undergoing always mirrored her own life, and thus the ongoing lives of the readers who loved her the most.

Persons: Cornell —, —, ”, Sidik Fofana, Moore, ” Moore, Dana Spiotta, “, ” Spiotta, Victoria Wilson, Lorrie, ” Ann Patchett, ” Patchett, ” Wilson, — women’s, Carver Organizations: Cornell, University of Wisconsin, Knopf, Iowa, ’ Locations: America, Manhattan, Madison, Wis

☆ Horace Tapscott Was a Force in L.A. Jazz. A New Set May Expand His Reach.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Marcus J. Moore | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Along the way, noted musicians and vocalists like Nate Morgan, Kamau Daaood, Adele Sebastian and Phil Ranelin played in the band. Trible came across Tapscott in the late 1980s as a singer in another group who wanted to work with the Arkestra. Six decades since Tapscott formed the band, Session said the group’s mission hasn’t changed, and he vowed to continue pushing forward. I want to get back to how Horace did shows at prisons and high schools and colleges for free,” he said. “We could sell out Carnegie Hall and then come home and do the same set for 50, 60 cats.

Persons: Tapscott, Nate Morgan, Kamau Daaood, Adele Sebastian, Phil Ranelin, Trible, “, ‘, ” Trible, Horace, Michael Session, Azar Lawrence, ”, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, “ It’s, We’re, Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin —, Kendrick Lamar, hasn’t Organizations: Carnegie Hall Locations: Tapscott, Little Africa, Brooklyn

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Persons: —, I've, adjuster, I'm Organizations: Service Locations: Atlanta

According to court filings, Caspersen in 2015 closed a major deal to recapitalize a private equity fund and then embezzeled an $8.1 million fee the fund had paid to PJT. To recoup the money owed to PJT, Caspersen defrauded Moore, which supports environmental nonprofits, into investing $25 million in the deal even though it had already been completed. The foundation sued PJT the following year, claiming the bank had been negligent in failing to more closely supervise Caspersen after he delayed in remitting the $8.1 million fee to the bank. Caspersen's fraud should have been foreseeable in light of the missing $8.1 million fee "and Caspersen’s purportedly sloppy attempt to cover up his embezzlement," Cannataro wrote. The case is The Moore Charitable Foundation v PJT Partners Inc, New York Court of Appeals, No.

Persons: Andrew Caspersen, Anthony Cannataro, Moore, Caspersen, PJT, Cannataro, Madeline Singas, Singas, Michael Garcia, Stephen Shackelford, Susman Godfrey, Aidan Synnott, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton, Garrison Read Organizations: Bank, NY, The New, Appeals, PJT Partners, Moore Charitable, Park Hill Group, Caspersen, New, Thomson Locations: The New York, PJT, Caspersen, New York

☆ Doctors Are Using Chatbots in an Unexpected Way
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Gina Kolata | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

There’s a reason doctors may neglect compassion, said Dr. Douglas White, the director of the program on ethics and decision making in critical illness at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. “Most doctors are pretty cognitively focused, treating the patient’s medical issues as a series of problems to be solved,” Dr. White said. That is what happened to Dr. Gregory Moore, who until recently was a senior executive leading health and life sciences at Microsoft, wanted to help a friend who had advanced cancer. The result “blew me away,” Dr. Moore said. Late in the conversation, Dr. Moore wrote to the A.I.

Persons: Douglas White, Dr, White, Gregory Moore, ” Dr, Moore, Moore’s, ChatGPT “ Organizations: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Microsoft

☆ A New Era of Wedding Dress Shopping
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Shannon Sims | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“It is about a wedding wardrobe for them right now.”That was the case for Ms. Moore, the Dallas bride. Although she found her wedding dress only a few months before the main celebration, she had bought multiple bridal outfits since getting engaged in September 2021. First, there was the engagement party dress, then another dress for the bridal shower, then two more for a separate elopement in Las Vegas. “I went into it knowing I wanted to set aside a part of my budget that wasn’t for my wedding dress, but for other looks,” she said. “I feel like for me, it’s just that time in your life when you’re the center of attention, and wedding dress shopping felt so high-pressure,” she added.

Persons: ”, Chapman, Moore, “, it’s, Amy Trinh Locations: Dallas, Las Vegas, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, London

☆ Aja Monet, a Musical Poet of Love
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Marcus J. Moore | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A crowd that included musicians and actors filled the Gagosian Gallery on Madison Avenue earlier this spring to hear the poet and community organizer Aja Monet speak about the subtleties of Black love, joy and uncertainty. But for Monet, there was only one celebrity in the room: Bonnie Phillips, her former college adviser, who sat rapt in the front row. “I remember her suggesting what schools to go to and it wasn’t Harvard, you know what I mean?” Monet said in a recent video interview from her home in California. Recalling her high school years in New York, Monet said she asked a lot of questions in class but didn’t have the best grades: “I think I was way more just opinionated and outspoken.”She remains both on her debut album, “When the Poems Do What They Do,” a fluid mix of jazz and poetry out Friday that evokes the spirit of 1990s spoken-word scenes. Featuring a who’s who of instrumentalists she’s known over the years — Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah on trumpet, Samora Pinderhughes on piano, Elena Pinderhughes on flute, Weedie Braimah on djembe and Marcus Gilmore on drums — the LP is a nuanced exploration of Blackness.

Persons: Aja Monet, Monet, Bonnie Phillips, ” Monet, she’s, Xian aTunde Adjuah, Samora Pinderhughes, Elena Pinderhughes, Weedie, Marcus Gilmore Organizations: Madison, Harvard Locations: California, New York, djembe

☆ Cisco Swank ‘Is Black Music. All of It.’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Marcus J. Moore | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“He’s sitting right in the center of a lot of points,” said the noted trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire in a telephone interview. He is Black music. (He returned to Crown Heights, Brooklyn, from the Berklee College of Music, where he studied piano performance and contemporary writing and production when the pandemic took hold.) “I try to smile through it,” Haye raps with an exhausted tone. While growing up in Flatbush, he was exposed to all of this music by his mother, Adriane, who directed the youth choir at Emmanuel, and his father, Frank, who was the director of music there.

Persons: “ He’s, ”, Ambrose Akinmusire, It’s, ” Haye, “, ’, Haye, bro, I’m, — Beethoven, Bach, Kirk Franklin, Richard Smallwood, Adriane, Emmanuel, Frank Organizations: Berklee College of Music Locations: bro, ” “, Heights , Brooklyn, Haye, Flatbush

☆ TipRanks reveals the top 10 consumer goods sector analysts of the past decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

TipRanks recognized Wall Street's 10 best analysts in the consumer goods sector for identifying the best investment opportunities. TipRanks used its Experts Center tool to identify the pros with a high success rate, and analyzed each stock recommendation made by analysts in the consumer goods sector over the past decade. TipRanks' algorithms calculated the statistical significance of each rating, the analysts' overall success rate and the average return. Top 10 analysts from the consumer goods sectorThe image below shows the most successful Wall Street analysts from the consumer goods sector. Mark Astrachan - Stifel NicolausMark Astrachan has the 10th spot on the list, with a success rate of 65%.

☆ An 11-Year-Old Boy Called 911. Police Then Shot Him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Mckenna Oxenden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A family has demanded that a Mississippi police officer be fired after shooting an 11-year-old boy who was trying to follow the officer’s orders after calling 911 for help, a lawyer for the boy’s family said. The officer shot the boy, Aderrien Murry, in the chest, resulting in numerous injuries, including a collapsed lung, lacerated liver and fractured ribs, on May 20, said Carlos Moore, a lawyer representing the Murry family. After spending several days in the hospital and intensive care, Aderrien is home and “doing as well as he can be after being shot in the chest,” Mr. Moore said. “Little Mr. Murry came within an inch of losing his life in the wee hours of Saturday morning because of the actions of a cop,” Mr. Moore said at a news conference this week. “He was an unarmed, young Black man who was simply following his mother’s directions.”

☆ For a Better Workout, Trick Your Brain
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Connie Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For example, Milo Bryant, a performance coach in San Diego, uses an exercise grab bag for his group classes. “They’ll draw an exercise from one bag and a rep count from the other and whatever comes up, that’s what they do,” he said. — a cross between a fitness tracker and an episode of “The Last of Us” — take this to a new level. The app Rouvy connects to a smart trainer, which converts your regular bike into a stationary one, for a virtual ride through different city streets around the world. In a recent study, athletes who believed they had received a customized workout plan outperformed those who thought they were following a generic one.

☆ Color of Change, pioneering racial-justice nonprofit, is plagued by allegations of sexual assault and bullying, ineffective leadership, and deep layoffs say sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Sean Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Misconduct by senior leadership was often ignored or glossed over, and choas led to high turnover. But behind the scenes, some staff members say the organization has been wracked with internal turmoil, ineffective leadership, and deep layoffs. Many sources said allegations of misconduct by senior leadership seemed to be ignored or glossed over, and a chaotic environment led to high turnover. The following day, Color of Change eliminated another 12 positions, and again, many of them were part of the union. (Color of Change did not report executive salaries on its 2020 tax filings and has not released its 2021 returns.)

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