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☆ Israel-Hamas war live updates: Blinken in Turkey for Gaza talks; Israel says it's taken control of Hamas outpost
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) shakes hands with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas during their meeting in Jordan's capital Amman on October 13, 2023. Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom, said Sunday that the United States has not taken a hard enough stance in support of Palestinians. But Blinken and Abbas still diverged when it came to demands for an immediate ceasefire. Blinken has expressed support for "humanitarian pauses" of the violence in order to ease aid deliveries and hostage rescues. "Unfortunately, we haven't heard that and that's why we did not come up with a joint statement," Zomlot said.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Mahmud Abbas, Husam Zomlot, Zomlot, Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas, Blinken, — Rebecca Picciotto Organizations: CBS, West Bank, U.S Locations: Jordan's, Amman, Palestinian, United Kingdom, United States, U.S, Ramallah, Palestine, Israel

☆ India's toxic smog season shuts down schools, revives 'odd-even' vehicle limits
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"The situation arising out of air pollution in the City is extremely worrying," Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena said in a Friday post on X, formerly Twitter. Good or satisfactory air quality corresponds to an index somewhere between zero and 100. The air quality index in Delhi on Monday was roughly 450, according to India's Central Pollution Control Board. Prolonged exposure to an air quality index above 300 can lead to respiratory illness and long-term health problems. According to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, these crop-burning fires cause pollution to peak in Delhi from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15.

Persons: Vinai Kumar Saxena, Saxena, Gopal Rai Organizations: Pollution Control, Control, Aam Aadmi Party Locations: New Delhi, India, Delhi, City

☆ SAG-AFTRA says studios’ latest offer falls short of union’s AI demands
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 31: Rebecca Damon joins SAG-AFTRA members on strike during Halloween on October 31, 2023 in New York City. The strike, which began on July 14, entered its 100th day on October 21st as the actors' union and Hollywood studios and streamers failed to reach an agreement. (Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images)SAG-AFTRA actors aren't totally on board with Hollywood studios' latest labor agreement pitch. Studios put forth this "last, best and final offer" over the weekend, with top executives making clear that they would not make further concessions. Later in the month, talks resumed again, but so far, SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP have been unable to reach a deal.

Persons: Rebecca Damon, John Nacion, aren't, AFTRA Organizations: NEW, SAG, Hollywood, Getty, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Alliance, Television Producers, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Netflix, Warner Bros ., Television, Comcast, CNBC Locations: New York City, NBCUniversal

☆ How Rebecca Yarros Packed Dragons, Magic and Steamy Sex Into a Blockbuster Fantasy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Alexandra Alter | More About Alexandra Alter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Rebecca Yarros pitched her publisher a sexy fantasy about telepathic dragons and their riders, she thought it might be a tough sell. She’d built a career and a dedicated following writing romances, often drawing on her experience as a military wife. What she was proposing was wildly off-brand: an epic fantasy series with dragons, griffins, magic and political intrigue. To Yarros’s surprise, her publisher, Entangled, loved the idea, and wanted to launch a new fantasy imprint with it. Over a feverish few months, Yarros crash-wrote “Fourth Wing,” an intricately plotted 500-plus-page narrative that takes place at an elite war college, where two dragon riders feud, then fall in love.

Persons: Rebecca Yarros, She’d, Yarros —, ” Locations: Colorado Springs, vise

☆ GM-UAW agreement expected to include more affordable Bolt EUV
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Paul Lienert | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

General Motors assembly workers connect a battery pack underneath a partially assembled 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicle on the assembly line at Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S., March 19, 2018. GM said on Monday it would not comment on the tentative agreement pending ratification by the UAW. The UAW summary did not specify products or timing for GM's Fairfax and Lansing plants. GM currently builds the Chevrolet Malibu and Cadillac XT at Fairfax and the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 and Chevrolet Camaro in Lansing. Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra has said the current Bolt will be phased out of production at the end of this year.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, GM's Fairfax, Mary Barra, Ford, ”, Bill Rinna, “ BEV, Sam Fiorani, Stellantis, Paul Lienert, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Motors, Bolt, Orion Assembly, REUTERS, Rights DETROIT, General Motors, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Reuters, UAW, GM, Chevrolet Malibu, Fairfax, Ford, AutoForecast Solutions, Thomson Locations: Lake Orion , Michigan, U.S, Kansas, Michigan, Lansing, Fairfax , Kansas, Fairfax, Lansing ., Detroit

☆ Elon Musk debuts 'Grok' AI bot to rival ChatGPT, others
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk announced his new company xAI which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Meet Grok, the first technology out of Elon Musk's new AI company, xAI. Leading up to the release, Musk posted on X, formerly Twitter, an example of Grok responding to a request for a step-by-step cocaine recipe. Musk, on Sunday, posted a side-by-side comparison of Grok answering a question versus another AI bot, which he said had less current information. Eventually, Musk said on X, Grok will be a feature of X Premium+, which costs $16 per month.

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☆ Tyson is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds of its dinosaur-shaped nuggets
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A bag of Tyson Foods Inc. frozen chicken is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, May 5, 2016. Tyson Foods is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds of one of its products — dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets — after some consumers reported finding small metal pieces, the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday. The recall is specifically for the 29-ounce plastic bags of the product officially called Fully Cooked Fun Nuggets Breaded Shaped Chicken Patties, the FSIS said in a release. Approximately 29,819 pounds of the Fun Nuggets are impacted, according to the release. FSIS is urging anyone who might be keeping a bag of the Fun Nuggets in the freezer to throw them out and to avoid eating them.

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☆ GM cancels 1,245 layoffs at factories in Brazil, union says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 4 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N) will cancel 1,245 layoffs at its factories in Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Caetano do Sul and Mogi das Cruzes in the state of Sao Paulo, the union representing metalworkers said on Saturday. Saving the jobs was a "historic victory" following a 13-day strike, the Sindmetal union said in a statement, adding that GM representatives will meet union leaders on Monday to confirm the decision. Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Paul SimaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Sao Jose dos Campos, metalworkers, Anthony Boadle, Paul Simao Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, Sul, U.S, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Sao Jose, Sao Caetano, Sao Paulo

[1/2] United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain greets workers at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023. The UAW released more details of its tentative 4-1/2 year deal with GM <on Saturday. Temporary workers will have a faster path to full-time status and could see wages rise by about 50% immediately. The GM agreement will move more than 7,000 UAW workers in GM component plants, service parts warehouses and what GM calls "subsystems" operations up to the higher wage levels paid to assembly plant workers. "This contract has wage increases and economic gains like nothing we've ever seen before," UAW Vice President Mike Booth said.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Rebecca Cook, Mike Booth, Fain, Joe White, Ben Klayman, Matthew Lewis Organizations: United Auto Workers, Sterling Heights Assembly, REUTERS, Rights DETROIT, General Motors, UAW, GM, Detroit, Ford, Chrysler, Auto, Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Tesla, Thomson Locations: Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights , Michigan, U.S, Lordstown , Ohio, Orion, Michigan, Spring Hill , Tennessee, Detroit, Bengaluru

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☆ Live updates: Israel admits airstrike on ambulance in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Chris Lau | Andrew Raine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Aliza Samuel, 24, returned to the site of the deadly Nova festival attack by Hamas militants, in southern Israel, on October 7. But Samuel and her friend didn’t want to take any chances, so they started running. Panicking, the pair sprinted across the open farmland surrounding the festival site and dived into a ditch behind a line of large trees. Others were also hiding behind the trees, “trying not to breathe,” she said. “I saw Hamas take a bunch of people and went to their commander, and asked if to kill them or to take them,” she said.

Persons: Aliza Samuel, Rebecca Wright, Samuel, didn’t, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Nova Music, Hamas Locations: Israel, Re’im, Gaza, Panicking

“I hear the screaming, I hear the bikes, and I hear the gunshots.”Aliza Samuel, 24, returned to the site of the deadly Nova festival attack by Hamas militants, in southern Israel, on October 7. “Enjoy,” the Hamas militants said in English, as they laughed, before shooting the three men and one woman at point-blank range, she said. Israel subsequently announced a war against Hamas, the militant group that governs Gaza and launched the coordinated assault. Rebecca Wright/CNNPanicking, the pair sprinted across the open farmland surrounding the festival site and dived into a ditch behind a line of large trees. Rebecca Wright/CNNNow, as Israel wages war across the border, Gensler is following the unfolding humanitarian disaster.

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☆ The UAW’s Next Challenge: Getting Workers to Vote Yes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Nora Eckert | Ryan Felton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The United Auto Workers union said it reached a tentative deal with General Motors on Monday, more than six weeks after workers went on strike. The company was the last of the three Detroit automakers to reach a new tentative labor deal. Photo: Rebecca Cook/ReutersUnited Auto Workers leaders bargained for months and called a historic strike before clinching tentative agreements with Detroit’s automakers. UAW members at local chapters across the country begin voting as soon as this week on the labor pacts with Ford Motor , General Motors and Chrysler parent Stellantis . The proposed contracts, which include a 25% wage hike and a return of cost-of-living adjustments, increase pay more than several contracts over the past two decades combined.

Persons: Rebecca Cook Organizations: United Auto Workers, General Motors, Detroit, Reuters United Auto Workers, Detroit’s, UAW, Ford Motor, Chrysler

☆ How the UAW's drive to 'end tiers' will change GM
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The tentative 4-1/2 year deal will pull more than 7,000 UAW workers in GM component plants, service parts warehouses and what GM calls "subsystems" operations up to the higher wage levels paid to assembly plant workers. As at Ford and Stellantis, GM will raise pay for temporary workers and give them a faster path to full-time status and wages. Eliminating tiers of lower-paid UAW workers at the Detroit Three was a top priority for Fain and UAW bargainers. Fain and UAW members would often wear red t-shirts printed with the slogan "End Tiers" at rallies and on picket lines. GM "has been the worst actor" in creating tiers of lower-wage UAW employees within its operations, Booth said in an Oct. 20 video address.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Rebecca Cook, Shawn Fain's, Fain, Mike Booth, Booth, Joe White, Peter Henderson, Josie Kao Organizations: United Auto Workers, REUTERS, Rights DETROIT, General Motors, UAW, GM, Workers, Holdings, Ford, Tesla, Detroit, automaker . Workers, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, , Ohio, Stellantis .

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☆ Noah Kahan’s Rootsy Rock Revival
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Noah Kahan’s song “Stick Season” currently sits at No. But it’s more remarkable because “Stick Season” is the title track of an album released just over a year ago. That success arrives a few years into Kahan’s career, which began with more straight-ahead pop and shifted into rootsier territory during the pandemic. He inflects his songs with bits of Vermont attitude and lore, and has collaborated with Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves. On this week’s Popcast, a conversation about how Kahan’s niche stardom has given way to pop acclaim, how Vermont figures into his songwriting and sound, and how he revisits the rustic mainstream rock of the early 2010s.

Persons: Noah Kahan’s, Kahan, Zach Bryan, Kacey, Rebecca Jennings, Vox Jason Lipshutz, Jon Caramanica Organizations: Billboard, Facebook, Twitter Locations: rootsier, Vermont

☆ UAW’s Six-Week Strike Was Barely a Speed Bump for Jeep’s Hometown
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Harriet Torry | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The United Auto Workers union said it reached a tentative deal with General Motors on Monday, more than six weeks after workers went on strike. The company is the last of the three Detroit automakers to reach a new tentative labor deal. Photo: Rebecca Cook/ReutersThe city that has been home to Jeep since World War II largely shrugged off a six-week strike that mothballed a hulking factory with thousands of workers. Jeep-maker Stellantis ’s Toledo, Ohio, assembly plant was one of the first to face walkouts when the United Auto Workers strike against that company, Ford Motor and General Motors started on Sept. 15.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Stellantis ’, General Motors Organizations: United Auto Workers, General Motors, Detroit, Ford Motor, General Locations: Toledo , Ohio

☆ Car Companies Agree to Pay Striking Workers in Unusual UAW Win
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Nora Eckert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The United Auto Workers union said it reached a tentative deal with General Motors on Monday, more than six weeks after workers went on strike. The company is the last of the three Detroit automakers to reach a new tentative labor deal. Photo: Rebecca Cook/ReutersFord Motor , General Motors and Chrysler-parent Stellantis agreed to pay striking workers for their time on the picket lines, as part of new labor deals reached late last month with the United Auto Workers to end the union’s walkout. The move is an unusual one in the union’s history of negotiating with the car companies, according to people familiar with the talks.

Persons: Rebecca Cook Organizations: United Auto Workers, General Motors, Detroit, Reuters Ford Motor, Chrysler

☆ Goldman Sachs just promoted 608 employees to the coveted role of managing directors. See the full list here.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Goldman Sachs announced its 2023 class of managing directors Thursday afternoon, giving 608 employees the coveted title. It's a smaller cohort than the bank's 2021 MD class, down 5% amid a dealmaking slowdown. Still, Goldman appears to have taken pains to promote employees in revenue-generating divisions like investment banking and trading. Goldman says the percentage of women it promoted as part of the 2023 MD class sets a record, up 1% from 2021. Two years ago, Goldman promoted the largest managing director class in its history, naming 643 employees to the designation in 2021.

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☆ Exclusive: How Calibrate stumbled from hot weight-loss startup to $20 million sale under threat of bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Facing the threat of bankruptcy, weight-loss startup Calibrate was forced to make a tough deal with private equity firm Madryn Asset Management, according to company documents reviewed by Insider. Under the terms of the deal, Madryn took a 70% stake in Calibrate in exchange for just $20 million, the documents show. Calibrate, Madryn, Kenyon, and the company's VC backers didn't immediately return messages seeking comment for this story. Some longtime patients have regained much of the weight they lost after Calibrate failed to get them medications, Insider reported on Thursday. Under the deal, Madryn exchanged $20 million of its loans for senior equity in Calibrate.

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☆ Once loyal Calibrate patients say they regained weight after the startup struggled to get them weight-loss meds on time
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Christina started taking Wegovy in September 2021 after getting a prescription through Calibrate, a startup that promises science-backed help with weight loss. She never received medication through Calibrate again, and she's since gained back all the weight she lost. Calibrate says its goal for Masters patients is to get them off weight-loss medications and help them maintain the weight loss they achieved. A former employee on Calibrate's clinical team said the startup allocated fewer doctors to second-year patients because those patients historically required less help from Calibrate. At least four second-year patients Insider spoke with said they sought refunds from Calibrate after they didn't receive the services they paid for.

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☆ A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Dionne Searcey | Delger Erdenesanaa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +18 min

UNCHARTED WATERS A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short The Times asked all 50 states how they manage groundwater. California’s State Water Resources Control Board provides a list of some 85 firms that help clients who have questions about water rights there. Irrigated acres 0 10 100 200 thousand 1987 2017 MISSOURI MISSOURI ARKANSAS ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA LOUISIANA Irrigated acres 0 10 100 200 thousand 1987 2017 MISSOURI MISSOURI ARKANSAS ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA LOUISIANA Irrigated acres 0 10 100 200 thousand 1987 2017 MISSOURI MISSOURI ARKANSAS ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA LOUISIANA Irrigated acres 0 10 100 200 thousand 1987 2017 MO. “When Tennessee pumps groundwater, it is pumping water located within its own territory,” the 2021 ruling said. One practical problem The Times’s research identified is that state water authorities are often small operations relative to their sprawling responsibilities and the growing danger of aquifer damage.

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☆ UAW Deal Shows Unions Are Winning. How Long Will It Last?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( David Harrison | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

General Motors was the last of the three Detroit automakers to reach a new tentative labor deal. Photo: Rebecca Cook/ReutersThe United Auto Workers’ tentative deals with Detroit automakers mark the latest union victory in a year of multiplying strikes and sizable gains in a robust labor market. The agreements could embolden other unions to take aggressive approaches to contract negotiations and fuel more strikes in coming months—as long as the economy stays strong.

Persons: Motors, Rebecca Cook Organizations: Detroit, Reuters, United Auto Workers

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS is laughing about the time she had to eat Death. Sitting in a Manhattan restaurant, waiting for her poached-eggs-no-home-fries, she’s talking about her role as a fiercely protective mother in her new movie, Tuesday, a visual effects–filled drama in which Death takes the form of a mystical parrot. At one point in the mother’s quest to protect her terminally ill daughter from the bird, she stuffs its entire body into her mouth. Louis-Dreyfus actually chewed black cotton candy to create the moment.

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☆ Toyota Gives 9% Pay Bump to Most U.S. Auto-Factory Workers, Following UAW Gains in Detroit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The United Auto Workers union said it reached a tentative deal with General Motors on Monday, more than six weeks after workers went on strike. The company is the last of the three Detroit automakers to reach a new tentative labor deal. Photo: Rebecca Cook/ReutersToyota Motor is giving most of its U.S. auto-factory workers a 9% pay bump and shortening the time it takes to reach the maximum pay, a sign that gains made by the United Auto Workers in Detroit are starting to have a ripple effect in other parts of the auto industry. Toyota, whose U.S. factories aren’t unionized, will increase pay for most assembly plant workers from $31.86 an hour to $34.80 an hour, starting Jan 1., a spokesman for the company said Wednesday.

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