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☆ Jeep's first EV just won Europe's Car of the Year award — but you can't buy the Avenger in America
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Jeep Avenger has been named European Car of the Year for 2023 – but it's not on sale in the US. The Jeep Avenger was named European Car of the Year at the Brussels auto show on Friday. Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty Images)The Avenger is part of Jeep's drive to become a leader in electric SUVs. The Jeep Recon and Wagoneer S will be the first fully-electric Jeep SUVs available to American buyers, but they're not scheduled to go into production until 2024. In France, for example, buyers can receive up to 7,000 euros ($7,590) towards an electric car that costs less than 47,000 euros ($50,964).

[1/3] An excavator clears out rocks into a dumper at the gold mine, operated by Endeavour Mining Corporation in Hounde, Burkina Faso February 11, 2020. Acquired by Burkina-based firm Néré Mining from Endeavour Mining (EDV.L) in March, Karma is one of at least four gold mines that halted production this year because of security risks. Gold is Burkina Faso's main export, accounting for 37% of total exports in 2020, and mining is a leading source of jobs. At current rates, Burkina Faso is set to produce 13% less gold this year than in 2021, in part because of mine closures, government statistics show. The Burkina Faso mines ministry did not respond to Reuters' questions.

☆ Walmart was ordered to pay $420,000 after firing a worker with Down syndrome. It tried to get a fresh trial, but just had that request denied.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A judge ordered Walmart to pay the worker $420,000 and rehire her, citing disability discrimination. Walmart requested a new trial, but that request has now been denied. In March, Walmart was also ordered to pay Spaeth a further $119,660, including back pay, and to rehire her. "Wal-Mart failed to accommodate Ms. Spaeth, unlawfully disciplined her, terminated her employment, and failed to rehire her," the EEOC wrote. William C. Griesbach, district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, denied Walmart's request for a new trial and to remit damages on Monday.

☆ Another interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve is on the way: Here's how it may affect you
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowWhat a rate hike means to youThe federal funds rate, which is set by the central bank, is the interest rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another overnight. From your credit card and car loan to mortgage rate, student debt and savings, here's a breakdown of some of the major ways rate increases impact you:1. Still, it's not the interest rate but the sticker price of the vehicle that's causing an affordability crunch, McBride said. It won't budge until next summer: Congress sets the rate for federal student loans each May for the upcoming academic year based on the 10-year Treasury rate. Of course, anyone with existing education debt should see where they stand with federal student loan forgiveness.

☆ Kanye West's unsold Yeezy merchandise: Where will it all go?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNNBusiness —Yeezy merchandise has no place to go. So where will the mounting glut of Yeezy products — sneakers, sweatshirts, sweatpants, jackets, T-shirts, bags — wind up? Morningstar analyst David Swartz said Gap will probably have to destroy or otherwise dispose of — perhaps through donations — its unsold Yeezy merchandise. Environmental impactThe options for dealing with unsold Yeezy gear pose big challenges. “Exporting it looks to be the last and final best solution to make Yeezy products disappear,” said Flickinger.

☆ Inside the $4 billion family office of Walmart Heir Lukas Walton
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Lukas Walton, the billionaire grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton, is reinventing the family office — building a multi-billion-dollar funding machine that powers charities, tech start-ups, public companies and activists seeking global change. Walton, 36, last year launched Builders Vision, a one-stop-shop of impact investing based in Chicago with more than $4 billion in assets. While most family offices separate philanthropy and investing, Walton has stitched them together into an impact-investing superstore – funding social and environmental causes through start-ups, public companies or charities. The Builders Vision venture capital fund, called S2G, is in the top quartile of venture capital funds by returns, according to Cambridge Associates benchmarks. Climate change, the food supply and ocean health are, after all, also investment risks, he said.

☆ Forțele franceze au ucis un important lider Al-Qaida într-o operațiune cu elicoptere
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Forţele franceze l-au ucis pe Bah ag Moussa, un lider militar important al filialei nord-africane a reţelei teroriste Al-Qaida, în timpul unei operaţiuni desfăşurate în nord-estul statului Mali, a anunţat vineri ministrul francez al forţelor armate Florence Parly, potrivit Reuters, informează Agerpres. „Figură istorică a mişcării jihadiste din Sahel, Bah ag Moussa este considerat responsabil pentru câteva atacuri împotriva forţelor maliene şi internaţionale”, a menţionat Parly într-o declaraţie. Bah ag Moussa, care se afla pe lista teroriştilor urmăriţi de SUA, a fost lichidat marţi într-o operaţiune la care au participat trupe la sol elicoptere şi survine unei serii de misiuni în care forţele franceze au ucis zeci de combatanţi islamişti în ultimele săptămâni. „Acesta este un succes major în lupta împotriva terorismului”, a adăugat Florence Parly. Fostă putere colonială, Franţa are peste 5.100 de soldaţi în Africa subsahariană a căror principală misiune este combaterea militantismului islamist în regiune.

Persons: - Qaida, Florence Parly Organizations: ag, Agerpres, Bah, Bah ag Locations: ag Moussa, Mali, Islam wal - Muslimin, Mali şi Burkina Faso, Bah ag Moussa, SUA, Franţa, Africa subsahariană

☆ Franța anunță lichidarea unui lider important al filialei nord-africane a rețelei Al-Qaida
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-22 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Radiochisinau | ) radiochisinau.md time to read: +1 min

Forțele franceze l-au ucis pe Bah ag Moussa, un lider militar important al filialei nord-africane a rețelei teroriste Al-Qaida, în timpul unei operațiuni desfășurate în nord-estul statului Mali, a anunțat vineri ministrul francez al forțelor armate Florence Parly, potrivit Reuters. Fostul colonel în armata maliană, cunoscut și sub numele Bamoussa Diarra, era 'mâna dreaptă' a lui Iyad Ag Ghali, liderul celei mai active grupări jihadiste din Mali, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), care a comis numeroase atacuri contra unor militari și civili în Mali și Burkina Faso. ''Figură istorică a mișcării jihadiste din Sahel, Bah ag Moussa este considerat responsabil pentru câteva atacuri împotriva forțelor maliene și internaționale'', a menționat Parly într-o declarație. ''Acesta este un succes major în lupta împotriva terorismului'', a adăugat Florence Parly. Fostă putere colonială, Franța are peste 5.100 de soldați în Africa subsahariană a căror principală misiune este combaterea militantismului islamist în regiune.

Persons: - Qaida, Florence Parly Organizations: ag, Reuters, Bah, Bah ag Locations: ag Moussa, Mali, Islam wal - Muslimin, Burkina Faso, Bah ag Moussa, SUA, Franța, Africa subsahariană

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