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☆ Automakers report earnings this week. GM is set to be the standout
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

That compares to LSEG estimates for Ford Motor that call for adjusted earnings per share of 68 cents for the second quarter, down 5.2% from the second quarter of 2023. Ford is scheduled to report Wednesday afternoon after markets close, followed by Chrysler parent Stellantis , which reports earnings biannually, releasing its first-half results Thursday morning. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon GM, Ford and Stellantis stocks in 2024. "Both are expected to raise 2024 guidance." Evercore still expects a "solid" second quarter for Ford, though, trending toward the upper half of its previously announced 2024 guidance.

Persons: Mary Barra, Ford, Dan Levy, Chris McNally, Itay Michaeli, Jim Farley, Michael Wayland, Carlos Tavares, Natalie Knight, Stellantis Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, NYSE DETROIT —, Motors, Detroit, America's, GM, Ford Motor, Chrysler, Ford, Barclays, Citi, CNBC Locations: Detroit, North America, Europe, Auburn Hills, Mich

☆ Prenatal marijuana use linked to serious risks for mother during pregnancy, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —More and more people are using marijuana before or during pregnancy to ease nausea, pain, stress and help with sleep. What about the potential danger to the mother if she uses cannabis before or during early pregnancy? People who used marijuana in early pregnancy also had a “19% greater risk of placental abruption,” Young-Wolff said. Using at least once a month or more was linked to a greater risk of placental abruption, the study found. “More studies are needed to understand whether and how cannabis use in pregnancy may impact risk for gestational diabetes,” Moore said.

Persons: CNN —, ”, Kelly Young, Wolff, ” Young, Brianna Moore, Moore, ” Moore, Dr, Deborah Ansley, “, Young Organizations: CNN, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Colorado School of Public Health, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser, Kaiser Permanente Locations: Pleasanton , California, Aurora , Colorado, Northern California, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, California, United States

☆ Korean Air orders at least 40 Boeing wide-body planes in a vote of confidence for the manufacturer
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Boeing 777X airplane takes off during its first test flight from the company's plant in Everett, Washington, January 25, 2020. FARNBOROUGH, England — Boeing won orders for at least 40 wide-body jetliners from Korean Air, including the yet-to-be-certified 777X jetliner, in a vote of confidence for the struggling manufacturer. The order, announced at the Farnborough Airshow outside of London, includes 20 777X planes, the largest in Boeing's commercial jet lineup, and 20 787-10 Dreamliner planes, both long-range jets. Korean Air CEO Walter Cho said he expected to start receiving the planes later this decade. "If I wasn't assured, I would not have ordered it," Cho said at a news conference of Korean Air's order.

Persons: Walter Cho, Cho, whoever's Organizations: Boeing 777X, England — Boeing, Korean Air, U.S . Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Airbus Locations: Everett , Washington, FARNBOROUGH, England, Korean, Farnborough, London

☆ Boeing 'disappointed' customers but is on the path to 'transformational change,' commercial jet CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Pope said Boeing is on the right path to improving its manufacturing quality, safety and predictability of deliveries, a "transformational change" that she said will take years. "It still doesn't take away the reality that we've disappointed" our customers, she said at a press conference before the Farnborough Airshow, outside of London. "This plan is not a three month plan," said Pope. As part of the leadership shakeup that promoted Pope to head the commercial unit, Boeing's CEO Dave Calhoun said he would step down by year's end. Boeing reports quarterly results on July 31 and is set to report charges from that unit, Colbert said at the same press conference.

Persons: Stephanie Pope, Max, Pope, haven't, Dave Calhoun, Ted Colbert, Colbert Organizations: Boeing, MAX, LONDON, Federal Aviation Administration, Farnborough, FAA, Air Force One Locations: Renton , Washington , U.S, London

☆ Residents stage rare protest over power cuts in Russia’s Krasnodar
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Radina Gigova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Residents in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar staged a rare protest on Saturday over electricity cuts and water supply interruptions due to a power grid failure amid record-high temperatures. Angry residents gathered on the streets near residential buildings shouting “Give me light,” after experiencing power cuts for several days, videos posted on social media show. Work to repair the accident is underway and residents are being supplied with drinking water, the city’s mayor Evgeny Naumov said Saturday. The power cuts came as the city is experiencing unusually high temperatures and on Friday a daily record was set for the fourth day in a row, according to Russian state news agency TASS. The government has introduced war censorship laws that can result in severe punishment, including imprisonment, for discrediting the military.

Persons: Evgeny Naumov, Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev, Kondratyev, “, ” Kondratyev Organizations: CNN, Residents, TASS, Rostov Nuclear Locations: Russian, Krasnodar, Krasnodar Governor, Rostov, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Whoopi Goldberg said she spread her mother's ashes while on a Disneyland ride: 'Don't do it'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewDuring an appearance on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" last week, Whoopi Goldberg said she honored her late mother — who died in 2010 — by scattering her ashes at Disneyland. "My mother loved Disneyland, and so we took her to Disneyland," Goldberg told Meyers. "And when I was a kid, the World's Fair was here, and it was the introduction of 'Small World,' and she loved 'Small World.'" Goldberg then went on to describe how she spread her mother's ashes while on the ride. Representatives for Goldberg and Disneyland did not respond to requests for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: —, Seth Meyers, Whoopi Goldberg, Goldberg, Meyers Organizations: Service, Business, Disney, Street, LA Times, BI

☆ 9 foods that can boost your brain health — and don't cost more than $1 per serving
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"Lifestyle has the most profound effect on brain health, more than anybody could imagine." "We think that if you take care of brain health, you've taken care of all health," he said. 9 evidence-backed foods for brain healthGreensSpinach, kale, "the darker the better," Sherzai said. But since a serving of berries is only half a cup, you can still probably squeeze in a serving for $1 or less. AdvertisementHerbs and spicesShutterstockCost: penniesEvidence: There are various reasons that seasonings can boost cognitive health.

Persons: —, Ayesha, Dean Sherzai, Sherzai, krblokhin, Brent Hofacker, chia Organizations: Service, Business, Publishing, Getty Locations: Chicago, chard, Brussels

☆ How the world’s tech crashed all at once
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —When computers and tech systems around the world went down Friday, snarling airports, closing Social Security offices and limiting jail operations, many people had one question: How on Earth could this happen in 2024? CrowdStrike is everywhereNumerous Fortune 500 companies use CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity software to detect and block hacking threats. Computers running Microsoft Windows — one of the most popular software programs in the world — crashed because of the faulty way a code update issued by CrowdStrike is interacting with Windows. Anne Neuberger, a senior White House tech and cybersecurity official, spoke of the “risks of consolidation” in the tech supply chain when asked about the IT outage on Friday. The infamous hack of the US government using SolarWinds software in 2020, which US officials blamed on Russia, came through a tampered software update.

Persons: Costin, CrowdStrike, Munish Walther, Puri, “, ” Walther, Anne Neuberger, ” Neuberger, ” Tobias Feakin Organizations: CNN, CrowdStrike, Windows, White House, Aspen Security Locations: New York, Russia, Russian

☆ Listeria in Milk Alternatives Kills Two Canadians, Sickens 10 More
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Ian Austen | More About Ian Austen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two Canadians died from infections caused by listeria after drinking popular milk substitutes based on almonds, oats, cashews and coconuts that were sold under the Silk and Great Value brands, the country’s health department said Wednesday night. Another 10 infections, most of them affecting residents of Ontario, have been confirmed by laboratory tests, the department, Health Canada, said in its health notice. But she said the plant is in Ontario and that none of the products were distributed outside of Canada. Because of Canada’s privacy laws, no personal information about the victims was released. The refrigerated plant-based products are sold in milk cartons and are viewed by some as a healthier alternative to cows’ milk.

Persons: Jennifer Vincent Organizations: Value, Health, Danone, Canada Food Inspection Agency, Canadian, Evian Locations: Ontario, Health Canada, Canada

☆ Airlines are scrambling to fix the unsustainable crisis caused by too many cheap flights
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Benjamin Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIt may not feel like it, but there are a lot of cheap flights to be had this summer — and the influx of low-priced, often money-losing economy seats has airlines scrambling. "The unprofitable capacity is just not sustainable," United Airlines' chief commercial officer Andrew Nocella told investors Thursday. Low-cost airlines are bearing the brunt of the painDelta CEO Ed Bastian also questioned the long-term financial viability of the business strategy of low-cost carriers during the airline's earnings call last week. Delta CEO Ed Bastian, pictured onstage at CES in 2019, questioned the long-term viability of money-losing low-cost airlines. In addition, Alaska Airlines announced this week that it's retrofitting its Boeing 737 fleet to add 1.3 million first-class and premium economy seats annually.

Persons: —, Andrew Nocella, Scott Kirby, LOGAN CYRUS, Kirby, Nocella, CCO, Ed Bastian, Bastian, Steve Marcus Organizations: Service, United Airlines, Business, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Delta, CES, Reuters Southwest Airlines, Frontier, Polaris, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Alaska Boeing, American Airlines Locations: Boeing's, Carolina, Alaska

☆ Ford to spend $3 billion to expand large truck production to a plant previously set for EVs
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

DETROIT – Ford Motor will expand production of its large Super Duty trucks to a Canadian plant that was previously set to be converted into an all-electric vehicle hub. The new plans include investing about $3 billion to expand Super Duty production, including $2.3 billion at Ford's Oakville Assembly Complex in Ontario, Canada, Ford said Thursday. The remaining investment will be used to increase production at supporting facilities in the U.S. and Canada, the company said. Ford currently produces Super Duty trucks – the larger siblings of the F-150 full-size pickup used largely by commercial and business customers – at plants in Ohio and Kentucky. Ford said the Canadian plant, which is expected to come online in 2026, will add capacity of roughly 100,000 units annually.

Persons: Ford, Jim Farley Organizations: DETROIT, Ford, Kentucky, Plant, Ford Pro Locations: Canadian, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, U.S, Ohio, Kentucky

☆ Ford Will Make Gasoline Trucks, Not Electric Vehicles, in Ontario Plant
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Neal E. Boudette | More About Neal E. Boudette | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ford Motor said on Thursday it would retool a plant in Canada to produce large pickup trucks rather than the electric sport-utility vehicles it had previously planned to make there. The Ford plant, in Oakville, Ontario, recently stopped making the gasoline-powered Ford Edge S.U.V., and was slated to shift to new electric versions of the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator, both three-row S.U.V.s. Instead, Ford will turn the factory in Oakville into a third production location for its Super Duty pickup trucks, which are among its most profitable models. Jim Farley, the chief executive of Ford, said the company’s two other Super Duty plants, in Kentucky and Ohio, were running at full capacity but couldn’t produce as many vehicles as its commercial customers wanted. Super Duty trucks are typically used to haul heavy equipment and materials by building contractors, oil and gas companies and other businesses.

Persons: General Motors, Ford, Jim Farley Organizations: Ford, General, Ford Edge, Ford Explorer, Lincoln Aviator, Duty Locations: Canada, Oakville , Ontario, Oakville, Kentucky, Ohio

☆ Futuristic designs unveiled for ‘world’s greenest highway’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Not content with Dubai having the tallest building, the deepest pool or the highest hotel, urban design firm URB hopes to add one more superlative feather to the city’s cap: the world’s “greenest” highway. The green highway, pictured in this render, would also include a network of footpaths and green community spaces. URB‘A unique set of challenges’Creating the world’s “greenest” highway in a desert city isn’t easy, though. Pictured in this rendering, designs for the Nexgen Sustainable City, which URB has designed for Cairo. URB A Dubai developer is creating green designs for the city Prev NextAn urban utopiaThis isn’t URB’s first foray into utopian future city design.

Persons: URB, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, Baharash, ” Bagherian, ”, Baharash Bagherian, ’, Bagherian, — Organizations: CNN, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, European Union, “, Hub, Agri Locations: Dubai, ”, “ Dubai, URB “ Dubai, UAE, Hong Kong, URB, Yiti, Oman, Yas, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, City

☆ We Mapped Heat in 3 U.S. Cities. Some Sidewalks Were Over 130 Degrees.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Raymond Zhong | Mira Rojanasakul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Just consider this image, captured recently by satellite, of surface temperatures across Phoenix. On the city’s desert fringes, in territory governed by Native American nations, the land was even hotter, 150 degrees or more. Surface temperatures are just one of many factors that cities are thinking about as they try to protect residents from extreme heat, said Ladd Keith, an associate professor in the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning at the University of Arizona. Sacramento July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚F Sacramento July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚F Sacramento July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚F Sacramento, Calif. July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚FCitrus Heights AIRPORT North Highlands AIRPORT Aden-Arcade Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT Florin 2 miles Citrus Heights AIRPORT North Highlands AIRPORT Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles AIRPORT Citrus Heights North Highlands AIRPORT Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles Florin AIRPORT Citrus Heights AIRPORT Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles AIRPORT AIRPORT Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles Sacramento 2 miles Sacramento 2 miles Sources: U.S.G.S. In Portland, Ore., tree-filled areas like Forest Park, on the city’s west side, provided oases of cool last week.

Persons: Kevin Foster, Ladd Keith, Keith, ” Dr, ”, Victoria Vasquez, Vasquez, Vivek Shandas, Shandas, “ Organizations: U.S . Cities, Phoenix, Arizona Burn, of Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona, Sacramento, Arcade, Cordova Sacramento, AIRPORT Florin, Sacramento AIRPORT, Florin, AIRPORT, United States Forest Service, Park, Park Gresham, Portland State University Locations: U.S, Phoenix, MCDOWELL YAVAPAI, MARICOPA, Glendale, FORT MCDOWELL YAVAPAI, Maricopa County, Sacramento, Calif, Citrus, Aden, Citrus Heights, California, Portland, Ore, Vancouver, Wash, Park Portland, Gresham, Powell, Park Lake Oswego, Park Gresham Portland, Beaverton Lake Oswego, Gresham Beaverton, Oswego Vancouver, Gresham Beaverton Lake Oswego, Forest Park Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, Washington

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☆ Beloved in the US, Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel seasoning is illegal in South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —One of America’s most popular exports is illegal in South Korea – Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel seasoning mix. Recently, a blogger on Korean website Naver posted about their experience bringing Trader Joe’s products back from the US to South Korea. Experts say it would be all but impossible to eat enough poppy seeds to get high. “Poppy seeds don’t have nearly enough opiates to intoxicate you,” according to an article published by the University of Florida’s College of Medicine. In a 2023 poll, customers of Trader Joe’s listed Everything But the Bagel seasoning as one of their favorite products.

Persons: Naver, ”, “, Hong Kong, Joe’s Organizations: CNN, Travelers, Seoul’s Incheon, Twitter, Central Narcotics Bureau, country’s Health Sciences Authority, Pentagon, University of Florida’s College of Medicine, Hong Locations: South Korea, Korea, Singapore, East Asia, cannabidoil, California, United States

☆ Mediterranean diet found to improve children’s heart health, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The Mediterranean diet has been linked to many health benefits for adults. Now, a new study suggests it could be beneficial to children’s heart health as well. Here’s how parents and guardians could help their children benefit from the Mediterranean eating plan, according to experts. The Mediterranean diet is a way of eating that includes plant-based cooking with an emphasis on healthy fats. “The growing research shows the value (in the Mediterranean diet) to be the same for children and adolescents (as in adults),” Muth said.

Persons: ”, José Francisco López, Gil, Stuart Berger, Robert H, Lurie, Berger, Natalie Muth, Muth, Tamara Hannon, Hannon, “, ” Berger, ” Muth Organizations: CNN, JAMA, Health Research, University of, Ann, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, American Academy of Pediatrics, Care Medical Group, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University Health, Indiana University School of Medicine Locations: Americas, Quito, Ecuador, San Diego, Chicago, Indianapolis

☆ Rising seas wiped out an entire US species for the first time. Scientists say it’s a sign of things to come
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A unique plant has become the first species in the United States to be exterminated from the wild by the compounding effects of rising seas, scientists say. The Key Largo tree cactus still exists in parts of the Caribbean, including Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, but the chances of it re-establishing naturally in the Florida Keys is basically “zero,” Gann said. The plant’s habitat was being swamped by saltwater from storms and high tides worsened by the rising sea. Sea levels around the Florida Keys have been rising by around an average 0.16 inches a year, or just over 8 inches since 1971, the researchers reported. Possley said more than 1-in-4 native plant species are critically threatened with regional extinction in South Florida.

Persons: ”, George Gann, ” Gann, ” James Lange, Jennifer Possley, Possley, smallfruit varnishleaf, Jennifer Organizations: CNN, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Institute for Regional Conservation, Botanic, ” Staff, Fairchild, Florida Department of Environmental Locations: United States, Florida, Caribbean, Cuba , Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Reef, South Florida

☆ I moved from New York to Maine 4 years ago. I'm still surprised at how friendly people are and how far away everything is.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Conz Preti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

At the time, my husband, our 2-year-old, and two dogs were already living in a cramped one-bedroom apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Here are the things that surprised me from moving from New York City, to Portland, Maine. Everyone is so friendlyMainers have a reputation for being friendly, but I was still surprised by how friendly people were when we first moved here. We have friends with kids the same age as ours but also intergenerational friendships with older people in the community. Living in Maine has left me wanting more cultural events to attend.

Persons: —, hasn't, we've, who've, I'm, it's Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Williamsburg , Brooklyn, Maine, New York City, Portland , Maine, South America, Buenos Aires, Portland, New York, Boston, Bangor

☆ I spent 3 days hiking Big Bend. The famous national park had some cool views, but I'd never go back.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Isobella Jade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewWhen my fiancé said he had a few days off from work at the end of May, we quickly planned a trip to Big Bend National Park. I hadn't realized just how massive Big Bend National Park would feel at 1,200 square miles of land or just how spread out its landmarks were. In Big Bend, temperatures can hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit by late morning in May. Many find Big Bend to be paradise, but I'm not sure it was for meThe Balanced Rock is a famous photo opportunity in Big Bend. I learned Big Bend is not a park where one can just "wing it."

Persons: —, Jade, hadn't, Ross Maxwell, I'd, Isobella Jade, it's, I'm, Big, we'd Organizations: Service, Big, Business Locations: Big Bend, Rio Grande, Houston, Santa, Rio, Mexico, Santa Elena, Texas

☆ 5 powerful ways tending to the gut boosts your health — from smoother digestion to better moods
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementPeople with an unhealthy gut microbiome might experience symptoms such as diarrhea, constipation, bloating, and excess wind, he said. Because of this wide-reaching impact, commercial companies are racing to roll out products claiming to boost our gut health, from yogurt to "gut-friendly" soda. AdvertisementBelow, top gut health researchers break down the ways that our gut affects our health. Mental healthThere's strong evidence that a good diet is linked to better mental health, brain health, and mood, likely because it promotes a healthy gut microbiome, Spector said. The benefits of gut health likely stretch even furtherThere's lots of emerging research that suggests the reach of the gut microbiome extends even further, too.

Persons: —, Tim Spector, ZOE, Goodman, Gabrielle Morse, Morse, Spector, Max Nieuwdorp Organizations: Service, Oxford, Stanford, UCLA, King's College London, Business, Luskin, Health Clinic, Research, Harvard Medical School Locations: Arpana

☆ Bronze Age-style ship recreates a 4,000-year-old journey
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Fast-forward to seventh century East Anglia in the United Kingdom, where an Anglo-Saxon warrior king was buried alongside exquisite goods within a massive ship. Researchers are hoping to reconstruct the ship — and it’s not the only vessel gaining new life centuries after disappearing from time. Emily Harris/Zayed National MuseumUsing a supply list written on a clay tablet, a team of experts in the United Arab Emirates has reconstructed a Bronze Age ship. Once upon a planetScientists excavated a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin from the Siberian permafrost. Love Dalén/Stockholm UniversityThe freezing temperatures of the Siberian permafrost preserved a piece of 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin so well that it contains a first-of-its-kind genetic treasure trove.

Persons: it’s, Emily Harris, Shipwrights, Jacob, Alex Braczkowski, Griffith University Jacob, Tibu, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, James Webb, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, East, Zayed National, United Arab Emirates, Zayed National Museum, Griffith University, Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth, International Space Station, NASA, Boeing, European Space Agency, James Webb Space, Penguin, —, CNN Space, Science Locations: Siberia, East Anglia, United Kingdom, Persian, Mesopotamia, Zayed, Abu Dhabi, Sweden, Denmark, Peru, Machu Picchu, Uganda’s, Stockholm, Western Australia

☆ As cartels take a stake in ‘green gold,’ US and Mexico rethink how avocados reach American kitchens
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( David Shortell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —When two US avocado inspectors were assaulted and detained at a police roadblock in the Mexican state of Michoacán last month, it sparked a costly international crisis. ‘Green gold’Avocados, the creamy fruit with the industry nickname “green gold,” are big business. Nearly three-quarters of Mexican avocados come from Michoacán, a state along the country’s Pacific coast with a volcanic belt running through it that makes its soil ideal for farming. The office of the Michoacán state prosecutor told CNN last month that they’ve opened an investigation into the incident. In 2022, exports of Mexican avocados were similarly halted for several days after one of the US inspectors working in Michoacán received a threatening phone call.

Persons: Weeks, “, Ario de, Cristopher Rogel, ” Romain Le Cour, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, Mexico Ken Salazar, they’ve, ”, Le Cour, Michoacán, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Victor Villalobos, Ken Melban, Brian, Melban, Brad Adams, ” Adams Organizations: CNN, US, US Department of Agriculture, Global, Transnational, Local, USDA, Plant Health, Service, Agriculture, ”, US State Department, AP, Climate Rights, US Forest Service Locations: Mexican, Michoacán, Mexico, Ario, Ario de Rosales, avocados, California, Michoacan

☆ Volatile yen keeps markets on edge as intervention risks swirl
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A sheet of newly-designed Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes at the National Printing Bureau Tokyo plant in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The Japanese currency swung between gains and losses in early trading before trading slightly weaker. It spiked nearly 3% to as high as 157.40 immediately after the consumer inflation report on Thursday. "Currency interventions should certainty be rare in a floating rate market, but we'll need to respond appropriately to excessive volatility or disorderly moves," Kanda said. Tokyo intervened at the end of April and in early May, spending roughly 9.8 trillion yen ($61.55 billion) to support the currency.

Persons: Masato Kanda, Kanda, It's, Siong Sim, Charu Chanana, Matt Simpson, Menon, Donald Trump, Sterling Organizations: National Printing Bureau, Asahi, Nikkei, Bank of Singapore, U.S, CPI, Saxo, Federal Reserve, City, Traders, Presidential, Trump Locations: National Printing Bureau Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, U.S

☆ Why the Iranian Navy keeps losing warships in accidents, after its Sahand frigate capsized and sank
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

It was the third navy ship Iran has lost in an accident since 2018. AdvertisementIn June 2021, it lost the 680-feet-long Kharg support ship, the Iranian Navy's largest by tonnage, in a fire, injuring 33. Furthermore, it could also "be a small reflection of government prioritization" of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy over Iran's Navy. "Budgets are training, maintenance, and personnel." Iran has two navies: its Navy, known as the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, and the naval arm of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps paramilitary organization.

Persons: —, Bryan Clark, Clark, Steven Horrell, Horrell, Damavand, Shahid Hassan Bagheri, Morteza Nikoubazl, Hudson's Clark, Nadimi Organizations: Service, Iran's Navy, Business, Hudson Institute, Transatlantic Defense, Security, Center for, UK, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Navy, Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC Navy, US Navy, Supreme, IRIN, Washington Institute for Near East Locations: Bandar Abbas, Iran, Iranian, Bandar, United Kingdom, Islamic Republic of, Hormuz

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