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☆ Premarket stocks: The Fed isn’t vexing markets. Here’s what might
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But with practically all of Wall Street in agreement that no changes will be made, investors are focused on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s afternoon press conference where he’ll answer questions about his outlook for monetary policy. Conflict in the Middle East and the Red Sea in particular “poses a risk to global trade,” said EY Senior Economist Lydia Boussour on Tuesday. That’s a huge blow to trade: As much as 15% of global trade and 25%-30% of global container shipments transit through the waterway. “For now, we don’t expect the situation in the Red Sea to substantially alter the outlook for global inflation and global monetary policy this year,” said Boussour. The company reported earnings per share of $2.93, beating Wall Street expectations of $2.79.

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The firm’s monthly survey showed 107,000 jobs were added, well below the 145,000 estimate. “Progress on inflation has brightened the economic picture despite a slowdown in hiring and pay,” said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP. The ADP report comes two days ahead of the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report for January, with consensus estimates for about a 180,000 gain in payrolls after December’s better-than-expected 216,000 increase. “The January jobs report will likely show that the labor market started the year on a solid note,” said Lydia Boussour, EY senior economist. The strong job market and U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter led the International Monetary Fund to boost its projections of global economic growth this year.

Persons: ”, Nela Richardson, December’s, Lydia Boussour, EY, “, Jerome Powell, José Torres Organizations: ADP, Labor, Federal Reserve, Observers, Interactive, International Monetary Fund, IMF Locations: U.S, payrolls, hawkish, –

Global inflation is expected to fall to 5.8% in 2024 and to 4.4% in 2025. “The global economy begins the final descent toward a soft landing, with inflation declining steadily and growth holding up. That is not to say the global economy is without challenges. It also raises concerns about a revival of global inflation pressures as importers face surging shipping costs,” said Lydia Boussour, senior economist at EY-Parthenon. “For now, we don’t expect the situation in the Red Sea to substantially alter the outlook for global inflation and global monetary policy this year,” she added.

Persons: ” Pierre, Olivier Gourinchas, ”, Lydia Boussour, Gourinchas, ” Gourinchas, Eric LeCompte, LeCompte Organizations: Monetary Fund, IMF, Federal Reserve, . News, USA Locations: U.S, China, –, Ukraine, Iranian, Suez, EY, India, Russia, East, Central Asia, Saudi Arabia, “, Brazil

☆ Nelly Korda rallies to sudden-death hometown victory at LPGA Drive On Championship
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Nelly Korda pulled off a stunning late rally to clinch a dramatic hometown victory at the LPGA Drive On Championship in Florida on Sunday, edging Lydia Ko in a playoff to prolong the New Zealander’s wait to join the LPGA Hall of Fame. “The amount of support I received this week was unbelievable,” Korda told reporters. Good ol’ Nelly fashion making it dramatic.”Ko and Korda embrace after a dramatic battle. Steve Nesius/APVictory marks Korda’s ninth title on the LPGA Tour, and her first since she defended her Pelican Women’s Championship crown in November 2022. The $262,500 winner’s purse sees her cross the $9 million mark for LPGA Tour career earnings.

Persons: CNN — Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko, Korda’s, parred, Ko, Korda, ” Korda, “ I’m, Nelly, ” Ko, Steve Nesius, Jessica Korda, Jessica, ’ ” Korda, ”, old’s, “ Organizations: CNN, LPGA Hall of Fame, Bradenton, LPGA Tour, Hilton, LPGA, Hall of Fame, of Fame Locations: Florida

BRADENTON, Fla, (AP) — Nelly Korda rallied to win her hometown LPGA Drive On Championship and delay Lydia Ko's LPGA Hall of Fame entry, outlasting the New Zealander on the second hole of a playoff after overcoming a three-stroke deficit with an eagle-birdie finish. Korda won with a 4-foot par putt on the par-4 18th after Ko's 5-footer caught the lip and spun out. On the second playoff hole, Korda went long to the wall and chipped to set up the winning putt. “Obviously, I three-putted the second playoff hole, but other than that I don’t feel like I lost the tournament,” Ko said. “I think even when I was down they were so, so positive and keeping me in it,” Korda said.

Persons: — Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko's, Korda, ” Korda, ” Ko, “, Ko, “ Gosh, Nelly, Megan Khang, Lucy Li, Ayaka Furue, ___ Organizations: BRADENTON, Hall of Fame, Bradenton Country Club Locations: Fla, Zealander, Orlando

☆ In 100 Victims of the Lahaina Fire, Legacies That Live On
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Anna Betts | Alex Lemonides | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Terri Thomas was a beloved aunt who loved outdoor adventures. Po’omaika’i Estores-Losano, a musician and father, was trying to rebuild his life. They were among the 100 known victims of the wildfire that tore through Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii on Aug. 8. The identification of Ms. Coloma on Friday brought to a quiet close the somber task by authorities of identifying individuals believed to have died in the blaze. “Our hearts go out to the families, friends and community affected by this devastating event,” Maui officials said in the news release announcing the identification of the 100th fatality.

Persons: Terri Thomas, Po’omaika’i, Tony Takafua, Buddy Jantoc, Lydia Coloma, Coloma Locations: Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii

☆ Private Equity Is Starting to Share With Workers, Without Taking a Financial Hit
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Lydia Depillis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 2018, Anna-Lisa Miller was working with agricultural cooperatives in Hawaii, helping them reinvest in their communities through shared ownership. Then she came across an investor presentation from a different universe: KKR, one of the world’s largest private equity firms. In it, a KKR executive, Pete Stavros, discussed a model he had been developing to provide employees with an equity stake in companies it purchased, so the workers would reap some benefits if it was flipped for a profit. By that time, Mr. Stavros had decided to start an organization to promote his model more broadly, hoping to reach the 12 million people who work for companies that private equity firms own. Ms. Miller saw it as a way to move much faster.

Persons: Anna, Lisa Miller, Miller, Pete Stavros, Stavros Organizations: Project Equity, KKR, KKR doesn’t Locations: Hawaii

BRADENTON, Fla, (AP) — Hometown favorite Kelly Korda shot a 3-under 68 with an eagle-birdie finish Saturday to take a three-shot lead into the final round of the LPGA Drive On Championship. Trying to complete a wire-to-wire victory at Bradenton Country Club, Korda rebounded with the late flurry after making consecutive bogeys on Nos. “Being in Florida I always get a lot of support, but hometown, it’s crazy. “It was really windy,” said Ko, a victory short of entering the LPGA Hall of Fame. It didn’t really die down until we were pretty much on the last hole.”___

Persons: Kelly Korda, Korda, “ I’m, I’ve, ” Korda, “, It’s, Lydia Ko, Megan Khang, Ayaka Furue, ”, Ko Organizations: BRADENTON, Bradenton Country Club, Hall of Fame Locations: Fla, Florida

Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon MusicIt’s an old truism that Americans don’t care about foreign policy when it’s time to cast their ballots. But with the crisis in Gaza, a prolonged conflict in Ukraine and a trade war brewing with China, could 2024 be the year that American voters finally care about what’s going on beyond the water’s edge? The “Matter of Opinion” hosts take a look at the importance (or lack thereof) of foreign affairs in American elections. Plus, Lydia Polgreen recommends a film Oscar nominations were wrong to skip. (A full transcript of the episode will be available midday on the Times website.)

Persons: Lydia Polgreen Organizations: Spotify, Times Locations: Gaza, Ukraine, China

The overall personal consumption expenditures price index rose 2% for the month, as did the core index that omits food and energy costs. On an annual basis, the overall index remained unchanged at 2.6% while the core fell to 2.9% from 3.2% in November. The rise in the core index was the slowest since the spring of 2021. The core index is often cited by Fed officials as their barometer for inflation. “The meeting statement is likely to drop the hawkish bias from its forward guidance, but stop short of signaling rate cuts.

Persons: ”, Robert Frick, “, Lydia Boussour, Jerome Powell, Jeremy Schwartz, Ruchir Sharma Organizations: Federal, Economic, Fed, Navy Federal Credit Union, Federal Reserve, Reserve, Nomura Securities, Nomura, Aichi Amemiya

1 shot a 6-under 65 on Thursday to share the first-round lead with Nelly Korda at the LPGA Drive on Championship. “Yeah, you are obviously coming in with good momentum, and it’s nice that we’re going from Florida to Florida. “So it’s nice that we can play a couple weeks and it’s a drive for me, because I live in Orlando. 1 who went winless on the LPGA Tour last year — a campaign that was interrupted by a back injury. Her second shot into the par-5 eighth hole was as good as it gets.

Persons: Lydia Ko, Nelly Korda, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Ruoning Yin, Sei Young Kim, It’s, ” Ko, Korda, Korda birdied, Gosh, ” Organizations: BRADENTON, LPGA, Lake Nona, Bradenton Country Club Locations: Fla, Lake, Korea, Gulf, Florida, Houston, Orlando

☆ Extreme greed is back on Wall Street
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That’s all heralded the return of extreme greed to Wall Street. The S&P 500 is up 2.6% and the Dow is 0.6% higher. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are both on pace to score their sixth-straight winning sessions. CNN’s Fear and Greed Index, which tracks seven indicators of market sentiment in the United States, tipped into “Extreme Greed” this week, marking a stunning turnaround from just a few months ago, when the index was in Extreme Fear territory. The idea of a soft landing (when inflation rates ease and the economy avoids recession) is likely playing a big part.

Persons: we’re, ”, Lydia Boussour, “, Christopher Waller, Bill Gates, Henry Allen, Allen Organizations: New, New York CNN, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Dow, Gross, Commerce Department, Consumer, Federal, National Association for Business Economics, Fed, ” Financial, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, Investment, Deutsche Bank, Big Tech Locations: New York, United States

☆ ‘We’re All Climate Economists Now’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Lydia Depillis | More About Lydia Depillis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

There were papers on the local economic impact of wind turbine manufacturing, the stability of electricity grids as they absorb more renewable energy, the effect of electric vehicles on housing choices, how wildfire smoke strains household finances. Janet Currie, the incoming president of the American Economic Association, chose an environmental economist, Michael Greenstone of the University of Chicago, to deliver the conference’s keynote lecture. He focused on the global challenge of shifting to renewable energy and the corresponding potential to alleviate air pollution that is particularly deadly in developing countries like India and Indonesia. “This isn’t just a series of topics, but it’s a big, interrelated problem,” Dr. Currie said. “Not only economists but everybody else is realizing that this is a first-order problem, and it’s affecting most people in some way.

Persons: Monika Piazzesi, Janet Currie, Michael Greenstone, Dr, Currie, “ Organizations: American Finance Association, American Economic Association, University of Chicago Locations: Venice, India, Indonesia

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — It took only four rounds for Lydia Ko to put a dismal 2023 LPGA Tour season completely behind her. Ko, who finished at 14-under 274, won for the 20th time on the LPGA Tour. The 26-year-old from New Zealand became the seventh woman to win 20 LPGA titles before turning 27. Each regular LPGA win is worth one point. Sunday’s final margin was two shots, but Ko remained in control throughout the final round, played amid unseasonably cool temperatures that dipped into the 40s.

Persons: Lydia Ko, Ko, “, ” Ko, Ko tugged, Grant Thornton, Jason Day, ”, Jody Ewart, Shadoff, birdies, Pano, Canada’s Brooke Henderson, Cheyenne Knight, Ally Ewing, Ayaka Furue, Laura Davies, Cristie Kerr, Juli Inkster, Jeff McNeal, Annika Sorenstam, McNeal, ___ Organizations: Alexa, LPGA, Hall of Fame, Grant Thornton Invitational, Nona, Business, Cheyenne, Lake Nona, New York Mets, Hall of Famer, Hilton Locations: ORLANDO, Fla, Lake Nona, New Zealand, Bradenton, Northern Ireland, Lake

Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon MusicThis week on “Matter of Opinion,” the hosts take apart why Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis can’t seem to form competitive coalitions against Donald Trump, and whether Haley, DeSantis, the Supreme Court “or God himself” can keep the former president from becoming the Republican nominee. Plus, Michelle Cottle reveals her Plan B if her political reporting career doesn’t work out. (A full transcript of the episode will be available midday on the Times website.)

Persons: Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis can’t, Donald Trump, Haley, DeSantis, ”, Michelle Cottle Organizations: Spotify, Republican, Times

☆ How unregulated radio stations out of Mexico fueled the country music boom in America
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Known as "border radio," the unregulated American radio industry sprung up on Mexico's northern border in the 1930s. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesIn the years that followed, other border radio stations sprung up in Mexico. Hank Thompson, another country music star who grew up in Waco in the 30s, said border radio stations were the only stations where one could listen to country music most of the time. But the legacy of border radio stations continued to live on in the country music they helped popularize, as well as its cousin genres. According to American honky-tonk star Webb Pierce, country music "might not have survived if it hadn't been for border radio."

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☆ Why America hates its children
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-07 | by ( Lydia Kiesling | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Time and again, I was struck by a public attitude toward children I seldom encountered in America: unequivocal support. In America, we socialize our children to see strangers not as helpers but as threats. Virtually every other industrialized nation provides more government aid for their children than America does. Children who are neglected — a loose term inextricably tied to poverty — are thrown into a foster-care system known for its propensity to harm children. From the tumult of the pandemic, the calls for America to care more for its children are getting louder.

Persons: George Washington, Jesse Zhang, Charlie Shepherd, Shepherd, Richard Nixon, Nixon, Franklin Roosevelt, leery, unironically, Sen, Joe Manchin, Serabi Medina, Serabi, Sandy, —, Lydia Kiesling Organizations: United Nations, hasn't, UN, Senate, National Government, Social Security, Jet, Centers for Disease Control, Business, Child Protective Services, Pediatrics, Black Panthers, National Domestic Workers Alliance, State, Mobility, New York Times Magazine, New Yorker Locations: Greece, America, Sweden, Oregon, Idaho, Athens, Chicago, Sandy Hook , Connecticut, Uvalde , Texas, Portland , Oregon, New Mexico

☆ Spotify's former podcast boss calls out the company for setting 'money on fire' with costly celeb deals
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Spotify 'lit money on fire' with celeb podcasting deals, says the former boss of its podcast studio. Lydia Polgreen, formerly managing director of Gimlet Media, criticized Spotify's decision to cancel two hit podcasts. AdvertisementSpotify "lit money on fire" with celebrity podcast deals, says a former exec at Spotify's podcast studio Gimlet Media. Lydia Polgreen, a New York Times columnist and former managing director of Gimlet Media, criticized the company's decision to cancel its "Heavyweight" and "Stolen" podcasts. Lydia Polgreen used to be managing director of Spotfiy's podcast studio, Gimlet Media.

Persons: Lydia Polgreen, Spotify's, —, Sean Mathis, Bloomberg's Ashley Carman, Daniel Ek, Kim Kardashian, Emma Chamberlain, Barack, Michelle Obama, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Duke, Duchess of Sussex Organizations: Spotify, Gimlet Media, Service, New York Times

☆ 'Beetlejuice 2' is coming in 2024. Here's everything we know about the long-awaited sequel, from the movie's cast to release date.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tim Burton recently revealed that the sequel to his 1988 classic "Beetlejuice" had finished filming. The sequel, titled "Beetlejuice 2," stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O'Hara. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The strike ended in early November 2023, and Burton revealed on Instagram on November 30 that they'd finally finished filming.

Persons: Tim Burton, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, —, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Beetlejuice, Keaton, Ryder, O'Hara, Lydia Deetz, Delia Deetz, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe, Theroux, haven't, Dafoe, Burton, I've, they'd Organizations: Service, Warner Bros, Variety Locations: Instagram

Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon MusicStrongmen are making a comeback. The hyperlibertarian Javier Milei in Argentina and the anti-immigration Geert Wilders in the Netherlands are among a growing group of recently elected leaders who promise to break a few rules, shake up democratic institutions and spread a populist message. Or is there something else behind the appeal of these misbehaving men with wild hair? This week on “Matter of Opinion,” the hosts debate where the urge to turn to strongmen is coming from and whether it’s such a bad thing after all. Plus, young listeners share their formative political moments, even in the middle of class.

Persons: Javier Milei, Geert Wilders Organizations: Spotify Locations: Argentina, Netherlands

☆ We Aren’t Failing Trans Kids by Giving Them the Freedom to Choose - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Lydia Polgreen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

For those liberals and progressives who fret about the rapidly changing gender landscape, the agonized argument over gender-affirming care for children is different. The possibility that children might make irreversible decisions on this particular question that they later regret is, for many people, simply intolerable. So what are we saying, really, when we worry that a child will regret this particular decision, the decision to transition? For a binary identity that is supposedly so fixed and powerful, gender eludes and confounds us constantly. Efforts to define the terms “man” and “woman,” so popular on the campaign trail as gender identity has become a white hot issue in our politics, inevitably end in unsatisfying tautologies.

Persons: Gallup, ” It’s, Webster Organizations: Merriam

Helping these countries, which face some of the biggest risks from climate change, access these will be a key aim during the COP28 climate talks underway in Dubai. Ambitions for results at COP28 got off to a good start on the opening day on Thursday when countries approved plans for the climate disaster fund, after months of negotiations. About 60% of low-income countries are either in or at high risk of debt distress, the CDP said. The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program, for example, aims to agree a disaster relief bond issuance and a regional risk transfer facility, the ADB's Principal Disaster Risk Insurance and Finance Specialist, Thomas Kessler, told Reuters. "We are ready to scale up climate protection through early warning systems, anticipatory cash, climate insurance and community-based resilience projects," said Gernot Laganda, director of Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction at the United Nations World Food Programme.

Persons: COP28, Ekhosuehi Iyahen, IDF's Iyahen, Michèle Plichta, Lydia Poole, Odile Renaud, Basso, Thomas Kessler, Otis, Gernot Laganda, Alessandro Parodi, Simon Jessop, Libby George, Karin Strohecker, Susan Fenton Organizations: Insurance, Forum, PAF, Disaster, European Bank for Reconstruction, Global, Swiss, Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation, Finance, Reuters, UN, University of Cambridge's Institute for Sustainability Leadership, United Nations, Food, Thomson Locations: GDANSK, LONDON, Dubai, London, Mexico

☆ Even Most Biden Voters Don’t See a Thriving Economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Lydia Depillis | More About Lydia Depillis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But the White House has addressed a few specific costs that matter for families, by releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to contain surging oil prices in late 2022, for example. The more the administration talks about its concrete efforts to lower prices, the more Mr. Biden will benefit, Mr. Doss said. “When I talk about the economy, it’s just inflation, and to me inflation is systemic and coming from the Trump administration,” Ms. McDowell said. Moreover, she sees the situation healing itself, and thinks Mr. Biden is doing the best he can given the challenges of the wars in Ukraine and now Gaza. Because they’ve got jobs,” Ms. McDowell said.

Persons: Biden, Doss, —, Kendra McDowell, Trump, ” Ms, McDowell, they’ve, Ms, “, ” Organizations: Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Medicare Locations: Harrisburg, Pa, Ukraine, Gaza

☆ 5 essential books and articles that are required reading for Hollywood up-and-comers, according to a top TV agent at WME
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In the end, though, motivated by his fascination with the business side of entertainment, he'd choose a different path: to become an agent at WME, the powerhouse Hollywood talent agency he joined through its storied mailroom training program. Singer advises industry newcomers to read as much as they can to get ahead. WME partner Bradley Singer maintains a list of must-read books and articles for industry newcomers. "When Hollywood Had a King by Connie Bruck" (2004): "You can't understand modern Hollywood without understanding Lew Wasserman, who revolutionized both the talent agency business and the studio business between MCA and Universal. "The Agency: William Morris and the Hidden History of Hollywood" is one of WME partner Bradley Singer's must-read book recommendations.

Persons: Bradley Singer, he'd, Singer, Lydia Barry, Kaitlin Collins, Symone Sanders, Linsey Davis, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, hadn't, — Singer, Read, William Morris, Frank Rose, Connie Bruck, Lew Wasserman, Connie Bruck's, EJ Kahn, Abe Lastfogel, Lastfogel, Sue, Peter Biskind, Sue Mengers, Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, Sue …, Mark McCormack —, Swift, McCormack, Wasserman, Ovitz, Emanuel, Bradley Singer's Organizations: Carnegie Mellon University, Bradley, Hollywood, WME, Business, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, Street Journal Studios, Bloomberg Media, Puck, —, MCA, Universal, Lindy's, Yorker, East, Sports, IMG Locations: WME, New York City, Hollywood

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