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LONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - If financial markets bore the brunt of this year's interest rate shock, housing now stands in the firing line. With long-term U.S. fixed mortgage rates above 7% for the first time in 20 years, and more than double January rates, U.S. housing sales and starts are already feeling the heat. "We see a relatively greater risk of a meaningful rise in mortgage delinquency rates in the UK," Goldman said this month. While Australia and New Zealand have higher variable mortgage rates, British mortgage holders also have a higher vulnerability to rising joblessness. All of which bodes ill for UK house prices - although forecasts are still far from apocalyptic.

☆ How Recurrent Ventures went from media darling to another publisher hit by layoffs and struggles
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Steven Perlberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Recurrent Ventures made a digital-media splash with acquisitions like The Drive and Popular Science. In May of last year, Recurrent Ventures announced its flashiest deal yet: a $300 million fundraising round led by the private-equity giant Blackstone. To make a more appealing parent brand to house a growing fleet of media properties, they eventually created a new entity called Recurrent Ventures. Recurrent Ventures expanded as it acquired well-known publishers like the 150-year-old Popular Science. Recurrent Ventures shut down MEL Magazine, the men's lifestyle publication it once planned to make the centerpiece of a new lifestyle vertical of sites.

REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File PhotoNEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday has blocked the rappers Drake and 21 Savage from using fake copies of Vogue magazine to promote their new album. Conde Nast said Drake and 21 Savage had no permission to create the counterfeit magazine, which features them on the cover, to promote their album "Her Loss," or suggest Vogue's longtime editor-in-chief Anna Wintour supported them. Wednesday's order requires Drake, a Toronto native, and 21 Savage, from Atlanta, to stop distributing the fake magazine and cover, including on social media. Conde Nast said the defendants distributed the bogus Vogue issue in major metropolitan areas, with posters plastered on streets and buildings. The publisher, also known as Advance Magazine Publishers Inc, is seeking at least $4 million in damages.

☆ Alabama’s Three Largest Newspapers to Stop Printing Next Year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Alexandra Bruell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The print readership of the three Alabama newspapers has been shrinking rapidly. A view of downtown Birmingham, Ala.One of the nation’s biggest publishers has decided to stop printing Alabama’s three largest newspapers and make them digital-only, the latest in a long string of local paper closures across America. Advance Publications , which owns 24 newspapers as well as the Condé Nast magazine-publishing empire, plans to announce it will end the print operations of the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times and Mobile’s Press-Register in February.

☆ Kanye West’s antisemitism did what his anti-Blackness did not. And some people have a problem with that
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —On the surface, the case of Kanye West seems pretty cut and dry. But the million-dollar question is why this didn’t happen a long time ago, given West’s history of making anti-Black statements. Journalist Ernest Owens recently tweeted, “FACT: Before Kanye West was ‘the face of Anti-Semitism,’ he was one of the hip-hop faces of misogynoir, anti-Blackness, Trumpism, and slavery-denial.”FACT: Before Kanye West was "the face of Anti-Semitism," he was one of the hip-hop faces of misogynoir, anti-Blackness, Trumpism, and slavery-denial. “Shame.”Author and Washington Post Magazine contributing writer Damon Young told CNN the situation is a more nuanced discussion than it sometimes appears to be on social media. “The reason we never really completely shut Kanye down is because we are hanging on to this essence of what he used to be,” Baptist told CNN.

With the release of director Chinonye Chukwu’s “Till,” the conversation of the nation’s racist history and violence toward Black people is being revisited. Deadwyler told NBC News that the telling of Till’s story today is just as important as it was decades ago. “In the United States, we tend to think of our history in romantic terms,” Glaude told NBC News. The Senate passed a bill in January posthumously awarding Till and his mother the Congressional Gold Medal. But, Glaude said, even with these initiatives, without a racially just America, Till “died in vain.”“We can never forget,” he added.

☆ McDonald's beats sales estimates on boost from pricier menu
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 27 (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) beat quarterly comparable sales estimates on Thursday, helped by higher menu prices and an increase in restaurant traffic from inflation-weary customers looking for value meals. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (CMG.N) on Tuesday also beat quarterly sales and profit estimates as it passed on higher prices to customers. Comparable sales for McDonald's in the United States, the company's biggest market, rose 6.1% in the reported quarter helped by higher prices. Analysts have noted that an easing in gas prices also boosted third-quarter restaurant sales in the United States in general after a slowdown in June. That still beat estimates of $5.69 billion.

☆ St. Louis school gunman was armed with AR-15-style rifle and over 600 rounds of ammunition, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Mirna Alsharif | Mirna Alsharif Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The 19-year-old gunman who killed two people at a St. Louis high school Monday was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and over 600 rounds of ammunition, and left behind a note referencing mass shootings, police said. St. Louis Police on Tuesday showed an image of the rifle used by Orlando Harris, who died after exchanging fire with authorities. People gather outside after a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts high school in St. Louis on Monday. Jordan Opp / St. Louis Post-Dispatch via APA vigil for the victims of a school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Monday. After a gunfight with authorities minutes later, the gunman was taken into custody and later pronounced dead, a St. Louis police official told reporters.

☆ Leslie Jordan death in car accident is tragic loss for my autistic son and other fans
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Karin Crompton | Karin Crompton Is A Writer In Southeastern Connecticut | Where She Lives With Her Son | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

For much of 2021, my 11-year-old son and I had a bedtime ritual: brush teeth, watch Leslie Jordan videos, read. Our nightly Leslie Jordan check-ins had become more than just punchlines and stories. A gay actor and comedian, Jordan would toe the line with sexual innuendo one day (have you seen his Back Door Donuts post? With all due respect to social skills therapists, a Jordan video proved much more fun than our usual lessons about tone of voice and body language. “But is he married or is he gay?” Daniel asked, and around and around we went one night.

☆ Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue near where white men kidnapped and killed Black teen decades earlier
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

“It’s beautiful to be here,” said Webster, attending the ceremony on a sunny afternoon during a visit with Mississippi relatives. In 2007, a Mississippi prosecutor presented evidence to a grand jury of Black and white Leflore County residents after investigators spent three years re-examining the killing. This year, a group searching the Leflore County Courthouse basement found an unserved 1955 arrest warrant for “Mrs. Roy Bryant.” In August, another Mississippi grand jury found insufficient evidence to indict Donham, causing consternation for Till relatives and activists. The Till statue in Greenwood will be watched by security cameras.

☆ For months, Trump has 'repeatedly' discussed choosing Marjorie Taylor Greene as his 2024 running mate: journalist
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump has "repeatedly" discussed choosing Marjorie Taylor Greene as his running mate, a journalist said. He's been discussing it since February, NYT magazine reporter Robert Draper told the Daily Beast. "It's been discussed repeatedly," he said, per the Daily Beast. Earlier this week, Greene told Draper that she's discussed with Trump the possibility of serving as his running mate. Rolling Stone reported that Trump is interested in giving Greene a job in his administration if he wins in 2024.

☆ Mississippi community with Confederate monument gets Emmett Till statue
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, decades after white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager for allegedly whistling at a white woman in a country store. In 2007, a Mississippi prosecutor presented evidence to a grand jury of Black and white Leflore County residents after investigators spent three years re-examining the killing. This year, a group searching the Leflore County Courthouse basement found an unserved 1955 arrest warrant for “Mrs. Roy Bryant.” In August, another Mississippi grand jury found insufficient evidence to indict Donham, causing consternation for Till relatives and activists. The Till statue in Greenwood will be watched by security cameras.

☆ Lettuce 1, Liz Truss 0
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Henry Austin | Henry Austin Is A London-Based Editor For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON — Liz Truss lost to a head of lettuce. The leafy vegetable's decay was more gradual than Truss' crumbling tenure as British prime minister, which ended with her resignation Thursday. Her decision provided an unlikely victory for the lettuce, which had been pitted against her by a tabloid newspaper last Friday. Amer Ghazzal / Shutterstock“The lettuce outlasted Liz Truss,” the caption declared as a remix of “Celebration” by Kool & the Gang kicked in, lights flashed in the background and bottles of alcohol were added to the scene. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tweeted “congrats to lettuce” shortly after Truss’ speech.

☆ Our lettuce outlasted Liz Truss, British paper declares, as PM quits
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - To the strains of Britain's national anthem, a national newspaper on Thursday declared a lettuce the victor in a race to see if it could outlast Liz Truss, after the under-fire prime minister resigned. The tabloid Daily Star set up a live feed on Friday showing the unrefrigerated iceberg next to a photo of Truss, asking readers: "Which wet lettuce will last longer?" Moments later, as viewer numbers hit 21,000, "God Save the King" rang out as a hand reached across the table and set Truss's photo on its back and the caption "The lettuce has outlasted Liz Truss" appeared. In a column published last week titled "The Iceberg Lady", the Economist magazine described Truss as having "the shelf-life of a lettuce". Truss's political role model, 1980s prime minister Margaret Thatcher, was widely known as the Iron Lady.

☆ Will Liz Truss outlast a lettuce? British PM faces jokes after ditching tax cut plans
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

President Joe Biden even joined the criticism with a rare comment on an ally’s economic policies in which he called the tax cut plan a “mistake.”Truss admitted fault Monday night. “I do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the mistakes that have been made,” she told BBC News. “Anyone could have seen that this wasn’t going to fly — how could they have not seen that coming?” Ford said. As critics had predicted, markets tanked and the pound fell to its lowest level against the dollar in 30 years. “It wasn’t just a total disaster with the markets, it was a total disaster electorally,” Ford said of Truss’ economic plan.

☆ Can Liz Truss outlast a lettuce, UK tabloid asks in Twitter post
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - A British newspaper on Friday pitted Liz Truss in a race against a lettuce, asking readers if they thought the under-fire prime minister would lose her job before the vegetable decayed. loadingThe tabloid Daily Star set up a live feed of an unrefrigerated iceberg next to a photo of Truss. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe stunt echoed a comment at the other end of Britain's journalistic spectrum. Truss's political role model, 1980s prime minister Margaret Thatcher, was widely known as the Iron Lady. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by John Stonestreet; Editing by Andrew HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ A $150 million beach home for sale would be the Hamptons' priciest ever — if it can find a buyer
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Ray Parisi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

watch nowAn oceanfront estate in Southampton, listed at $150 million, stands as the priciest home for sale in the Hamptons — and is struggling to move off the market. The pair of beachfront homes with two pools and a tennis court in the foreground of the photo are the La Dune estate. Aerial view of the La Dune estate from over the ocean. Liam GifkinsThe estate is situated on 400-plus feet of super-prime beachfront along Gin Lane, sometimes referred to as "billionaire's beach." She relisted La Dune in August with a new brokerage firm and raised the ask to $150 million.

☆ A $150 million beach house is still seeking a buyer for what would be the biggest sale in Hamptons history — see inside
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

La Dune, a 4.2-acre compound in Southampton, is currently on sale for $150 million. The property includes two residences situated near the beach, with a total of 19 rooms and 18 bathrooms. A sprawling beach house situated on 4.2 acres of coastal property in Southampton could be the biggest sale ever in the Hamptons — if it manages to find a buyer. According to CNBC, the last owner was art magazine owner Louise Blouin, who put it up for sale in 2016 for $140 million. Now, La Dune is back seeking a new owner once more, with the help of Nest Seekers International, a luxury real estate residential and commercial brokerage firm.

☆ McDonald's hikes prices in Japan on higher input costs, weaker yen
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterCustomers are seen through the windows of a McDonald's store (top) in Tokyo, while others stand in line in front of cash registers, July 22, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya ShinoTOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Japan's McDonald's fast food restaurants will raise prices on about 60% of offerings to customers, fuelled by rising input costs and exchange-rate fluctuations, the company said on Monday. From Friday, the cost of the signature Big Mac hamburger will increase to 410 yen ($2.85) from 390 yen, McDonald's Holding Company Japan Ltc (2702.T) said in a statement, reflecting increases of 10 to 30 yen on many items. A Big Mac costs $5.15 in the United States, according to the Economist magazine's index of prices worldwide. ($1=143.8000 yen)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Rocky Swift; Editing by Clarence FernandezOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

During the game, she said, the crowd nearby began chanting “F--- the Mormons.” Over and over. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, BYU’s sponsoring institution, Aubrey wanted the chanting to stop. Latter-day Saints have a fair track record when it comes to cheek-turning. There’s of course a balance to strike in the case of the Oregon chants. And yet, if you can publicly chant “F--- the Mormons” with only minimal social consequences, it’s time for Latter-day Saints to collectively push, as Aubrey sought to do, for greater and more immediate action.

☆ 56% of Americans think the U.S. is already in a recession. These 4 steps can help protect your finances in a downturn
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

There are steps you can take now to ward off any negative impact a downturn could have on your finances. "This can help weather the storm without having to tap into retirement assets or using high interest rate credit cards or loans," Wallace said. Paying down credit cards generally comes after establishing an emergency fund, due to the relief extra cash can bring in a downturn, Wallace said. The Federal Reserve's continued interest rate hikes will push the cost of unpaid balances even higher. Even asking your current credit card company for a lower interest rate may work.

☆ She pays $1,000 per month for a 1-bedroom apartment in New York City — take a look inside
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-02 | by ( Cory Stieg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

She pays $1,000 per month for the apartment, where she's lived for nine years. The median asking rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the Bronx is $1,750, compared to $3,000 in Manhattan, according to StreetEasy data. In addition to her rent, Mooney pays about $200 per month for her internet, phone and cable, plus $45 per month for electricity. "I just love arts and crafts, I love TV, I love projects… it's all just one huge conglomeration of all the things that I love to do." In the living room, Mooney displays TV memorabilia and souvenirs like fleece blankets, stuffed animals, action figures and framed posters.

☆ O grupare infracțională din nordul țării, specializată în comercializarea drogurilor, destructurată de către poliţie
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Polițiștii și procurorii din Bălți, au destructurat activitatea ilegală a unui grup infracțional, specializat în comercializarea drogurilor în zona de nord a țării. Membrii grupului, patru tineri din Bălți, cu vârste cuprinse între 18 și 20 de ani, au fost reținuți pentru 72 de ore.În cadrul acțiunilor de urmărire penală, polițiștii au stabilit că din luna ianuarie și până în prezent, tinerii implicați au creat magazine online prin aplicația ”Telegram”, utilizând terminale valutare, plasau drogurile în ascunzișuri, astfel evitând contactul direct cu consumatorii. În rezultatul perchezițiilor efectuate la domiciliile și automobilele acestora, oamenii legii au depistat și ridicat 57 de pachețele cu droguri, 19 120 de lei, cartele bancare, documente bancare, telefoane mobile de pe care erau administrate magazinele virtuale, carnete cu înscrisuri a drogurilor realizate, cartele SIM, sticuri, un cântar electronic, precum și materiale pentru ambalarea substanțelor narcotice. Pe acest caz, oamenii legii au inițiat o cauză penală pentru ”Circulația ilegală a drogurilor, etnobotanicelor sau analogilor acestora în scop de înstrăinare”. Conform legislației penale în vigoare, aceștia riscă închisoare de la 7 la 15 ani.

Locations: Bălți

☆ FOTO // Bălți: Vindeau droguri prin Telegram; Patru tineri au fost reținuți
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: politia.mdFOTO // Bălți: Vindeau droguri prin Telegram; Patru tineri au fost reținuțiPatru tineri din Bălți, cu vârsta între 18 și 20 de ani, care vindeau droguri, au fost reținuți pentru 72 de ore.Potrivit poliției, infractorii din luna ianuarie și până în prezent, au creat magazine online prin aplicația „Telegram”, utilizând terminale valutare, plasau drogurile în ascunzișuri, evitând contactul direct cu consumatorii. În urma perchezițiilor, oamenii legii au găsit 57 de pachețele cu droguri, 19 120 de lei, cartele bancare, documente bancare, telefoane mobile de pe care erau administrate magazinele virtuale, carnete cu înscrisuri a drogurilor realizate, cartele SIM, sticuri, un cântar electronic, precum și materiale pentru ambalarea substanțelor narcotice. Poliția continuă căutările pentru identificarea altor persoane implicate. Pe acest caz a fost inițiată o cauză penală, iar tinerii riscă închisoare de la șapte la 15 ani.

Locations: Bălți

În cadrul acțiunilor de urmărire penală, polițiștii au stabilit că bănuiții, în perioada de timp, din luna ianuarie și până în prezent, au creat magazine online prin aplicația „Telegram”, utilizând terminale valutare, plasau drogurile în ascunzișuri, astfel evitând contactul direct cu consumatorii. Pe acest caz, oamenii legii au inițiat o cauză penală pentru ”Circulația ilegală a drogurilor, etnobotanicelor sau analogilor acestora în scop de înstrăinare”. Conform legislației penale în vigoare, aceștia riscă închisoare de la 7 la 15 ani. Totodată, au fost demarate acţiuni speciale de investigaţii și de urmărire penală în vederea documentării tuturor circumstanțelor și identificarea altor persoane implicate. Acțiunile de reținere au avut loc cu sprijinul angajaților BDS „Scorpion” a IGC.

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