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SEOUL, March 20 (Reuters) - North Korea's presumed use of a silo in its latest missile test was aimed at boosting the speed and reliability of launches, and could be used in future flights of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), analysts said on Monday. "And without launch preparations being detected in advance, you can just press a button." Unlike the KN-23, liquid-fuelled missiles such as North Korea's Hwasong-17 ICBM require time for fuelling. With a silo that can take place underground, out of sight. North Korea typically relies on mobile launchers, but the country's lack of infrastructure could make launches from such trucks challenging, Yang said.

☆ ‘Ted Lasso’ Cast Visits White House to Discuss Mental Health
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Skilled Workers Shortage Threatens Biden’s Plans For U.S. ChipmakingChipmaker Micron will have to overcome a massive shortage of skilled workers in order to open its planned semiconductor-manufacturing campus in the suburbs of Syracuse, N.Y. WSJ reporter Joseph De Avila joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how the company is dealing with the shortage and what it says about the Biden administration's goal of increasing chipmaking in the U.S. Photo: KAI PFAFFENBACH/REUTERS

☆ Lance Reddick, Actor in ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick,’ Dies at 60
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Joseph De Avila | Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Lance Reddick , an actor and musician known for his role in “The Wire” and currently starring in the “John Wick” movie franchise, has died. He was 60 years old. He died Friday morning from natural causes, said Mia Hansen , his publicist.

☆ NASA Spacesuits: How Astronaut Fashion Has Evolved Over the Decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Joseph De Avila | Gareth Vipers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In 1973, NASA launched its first space station, Skylab, where astronauts wore spacesuits designed to provide a life-sustaining environment outside the spacecraft or during unpressurized spacecraft operation. The spacesuits were similar to those used on Apollo missions, but were connected to the space station with a hose like the earlier Gemini suits.

☆ YouTube Restores Donald Trump’s Channel After More Than Two-Year Ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Donald Trump’s channel was suspended in January 2021 after the riot at the Capitol. YouTube said it reinstated Donald Trump’s channel, following other social-media companies that have removed bans on the former president’s account. “Starting today, the Donald J. Trump channel is no longer restricted and can upload new content,” YouTube said in a tweet Friday. “We carefully evaluated the continued risk of real-world violence, while balancing the chance for voters to hear equally from major national candidates in the run up to an election.”

☆ Corporate Climate Targets Get Lift Under Rosier U.S. Government Emissions Outlook
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Dieter Holger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

A new government projection says the U.S. climate bill will speed up cuts to greenhouse-gas emissions this decade, helping ease the burden on corporate climate targets but still falling short of Paris Agreement ambitions. The EIA considers only energy-related emissions, not the entire economy, and uses 2005 as the baseline because the Paris Agreement also targets that year. The EIA attributed most of the improvement to the 2022 climate bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act. It also remains to be seen if the rosier outlook will spur companies to raise their climate ambitions. “I’m not sure it will lead to more ambitious corporate climate targets, many of which are already targeting net-zero emissions—a goal that will require policy and technology adoption well beyond that included in EIA’s new projections,” Mr. Newell said.

CLAY, N.Y.—A shortage of skilled workers in places such as this Syracuse suburb is posing a major challenge for the Biden administration’s ambitious plan to spur chip manufacturing in the U.S.Micron Technology Inc. plans to invest $100 billion to open a semiconductor-manufacturing campus here, with construction starting in 2024 and production beginning in the latter half of the decade.

[1/3] A security guard walks in the ATM lobby of a Signature Bank branch in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2023. The proposed class action against Signature and its former chief executive officer Joseph DePaolo, chief financial officer Stephen Wyremski and chief operating officer Eric Howell was filed in the federal court in Brooklyn. Silicon Valley Bank is the largest. On Sunday, U.S. regulators decided to make Signature and Silicon Valley Bank depositors whole regardless of how much they held in their accounts. The case is Schaeffer v Signature Bank et al, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, No.

☆ Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over East Palestine Train Derailment
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Elizabeth Warren says the millions in bonuses Silicon Valley Bank executives took home last year should be recovered by regulators: 'We should claw all that back'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Silicon Valley and Signature banks were shut down this week by regulators. Their chief executives made millions, but "we should claw all that back," Warren argued in an op-ed. Joseph DePaolo of Signature got $8.6 million," Warren writes, taking aim at the executives of the collapsed banks. "We should claw all of that back, along with bonuses for other executives at these banks." The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has become the country's largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis.

March 12 (Reuters) - State regulators closed New York-based Signature Bank (SBNY.O) on Sunday, the third largest failure in U.S. banking history, two days after authorities shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB.O) in a collapse that stranded billions in deposits. All of the depositors of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank will be made whole, and "no losses will be borne by the taxpayer," the U.S. Treasury Department and other bank regulators said in a joint statement. Signature's failure followed Silicon Valley Bank's Friday shutdown, the second largest in U.S. history behind Washington Mutual, which collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis. Signature Bank's depositors and borrowers will automatically become customers of the bridge bank, the FDIC said. Signature Bank cut ties with Trump in 2021 following the deadly Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill, and urged Trump to resign.

The U.S. Treasury Department and other bank regulators said in a joint statement on Sunday that all depositors of Signature Bank will be made whole, and "no losses will be borne by the taxpayer." Signature Bank reported deposit balances totaling $89.17 billion as of March 8. Representatives for Signature Bank did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The FDIC on Sunday established a "bridge" successor bank to Signature Bank, which will enable customers to access their funds on Monday. Signature Bank's depositors and borrowers will automatically become customers of the bridge bank, the FDIC said.

☆ A Tesla, 37-Acre Property, A Plane: The Purchases Allegedly Made in a $250 Million Covid-Aid Fraud Scheme
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The office of Feeding Our Future, which was allegedly involved in the scheme. The Justice Department charged 10 additional people in connection with a scheme that allegedly stole more than $250 million from a Covid-19 aid program that fed low-income children. The 10 defendants, who were allegedly part of a broader scheme announced in September, face charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering and bribery, the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota said Monday. The defendants participated in a scheme to defraud the Federal Child Nutrition Program by misappropriating and laundering millions of dollars intended as reimbursements for the cost of serving meals to children, prosecutors said.

☆ Amazon Pausing Construction of Washington, D.C.-Area Second Headquarters
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Sebastian Herrera | Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A rendering of part of Amazon’s planned second headquarters in Arlington, Va.Amazon .com Inc. is pausing construction on a massive corporate real-estate project near Washington, D.C., that the company calls a second headquarters, following extensive cost-cutting measures that have included thousands of layoffs. The Seattle-based company said Friday it will temporarily hold off on breaking ground on the second phase of its Arlington, Va., construction complex, where it promised to spend $2.5 billion through 2030 and bring more than 25,000 jobs to the region.

☆ Michigan AG Dana Nessel Says She Was Targeted By Man Threatening Jewish Officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she was targeted by a man who threatened to kill Jewish government officials. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has accused Jack Carpenter III of making death and injury threats on social media against Jewish Michigan government officials, according to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Eastern Michigan on Feb. 18. He has been charged with transmitting an interstate threat.

☆ New York City Reaches Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Police Conduct During George Floyd Protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Talal Ansari | Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A protest in the Bronx in 2020 over arrests during a demonstration after the death of George Floyd. New York City has agreed to settle with protesters who said they were cornered by police during a demonstration soon after the 2020 death of George Floyd . The city will pay at least $21,500 to each person who alleged they were arrested, detained or subject to force from police officers during the protest in the Bronx. Protesters said they were boxed in by police, a tactic known as kettling, and some were beaten.

☆ Her Cheer Squad Quit Days Before the State Championships. So She Went Alone.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Katrina Kohel went to high-school football games with her family as a child, dreaming of becoming a cheerleader. Making history by becoming the first cheerleader to perform solo at the Nebraska State Cheer and Dance Championships, however, wasn’t in the plans.

☆ TikTok Introduces 60-Minute Daily Time Limit for Children
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TikTok is adding a new 60-minute screen-time limit for users under the age of 18 in an effort to get young people to become more aware of how much time they spend on the app. The popular short-form video app, owned by ByteDance Ltd., will automatically add the new limit to every account belonging to young users in the coming weeks, TikTok said Wednesday. Minors will have to enter a passcode if they want to stay on the app beyond the 60-minute limit, the company said.

☆ Actor Tom Sizemore’s Family Weighing End-of-Life Matters
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tom Sizemore in 2022. He is best known for supporting roles in movies from the 1990s and early 2000s. The family of Tom Sizemore , best known for supporting roles in films including “Saving Private Ryan” and “Black Hawk Down,” is deciding end-of-life matters for the actor. Mr. Sizemore, 61 years old, was rushed to the hospital earlier in February with a brain aneurysm that occurred due to a stroke, according to a statement issued by his manager Charles Lago on Monday. He is currently in a coma and in intensive care in a Los Angeles area hospital, Mr. Lago added.

☆ Three Mountain Climbers Killed in Washington After Triggering Avalanche
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Cascade Mountains located in Washington. Three people died in an avalanche after attempting to scale a 8,700-foot summit in Washington’s Cascade Mountains, officials said. The climbing party of six set out Sunday to climb Colchuck Peak located about 70 miles east of Seattle, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

☆ Elon Musk Picks California for Tesla’s Global Engineering Headquarters
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tesla Inc. said it would establish its global engineering headquarters in California, a state that Chief Executive Elon Musk has at times criticized. The facility once served as the home of computer-maker Hewlett-Packard .

☆ Microsoft Softens Limits on Bing After User Requests
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Microsoft launched the new Bing search engine in February. Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it is loosening some caps it introduced last week on its new Bing search engine after requests from users. The initial limits unveiled last week came after testers discovered the search engine, which uses the technology behind the viral chatbot ChatGPT, sometimes generated glaring mistakes and disturbing responses. In some cases, the search engine seemed to express anger and love.

☆ People of Color Fill One Out of Five Corporate Board Seats for the First Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Some large institutional investors, state legislators and regulators have pushed for more diversity on corporate boards. Racial and ethnic minorities now hold 20% of all board seats at the nation’s largest public companies for the first time, according to a new study. Black people have experienced some of the biggest gains, according to ISS Corporate Solutions Inc., an analytics firm that provides corporate governance data to companies and a unit of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. Black directors now hold 8.3% of all board seats, up from 4.4% four years ago.

☆ Hyundai, Kia Make Fix To Thwart Thefts Fueled by Social-Media Challenges
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hyundai and Kia have faced lawsuits seeking class-action status by car owners in several states. Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have created new theft-deterrent software for millions of their vehicles in response to a surge of thefts fueled by social-media challenges. The software update requires the key to be in the ignition to turn the vehicle on, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said. It also extends the duration of the car alarm from 30 seconds to one minute.

☆ What’s Going On in the Sky? What We Know About UFOs and the Balloon Saga
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The U.S. has shot several objects out of the sky over the past two weeks. U.S. officials have said they know the most about the first one, which they have described as a Chinese spy balloon outfitted with equipment to collect intelligence and communications. The other objects are still somewhat of a mystery.

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