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CNN —Israeli strikes on northern and central Gaza killed at least 87 Palestinians in 24 hours, local health authorities said, as the death toll in the enclave surpassed 44,000. At least 65 people were killed in Israeli strikes on northern Gaza overnight, a medical official in the enclave told CNN on Thursday, adding that the toll expected to rise. Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, told CNN on Thursday morning that casualties were still being brought to the hospital. The strikes come as the death toll in Gaza climbs after Israel’s renewed offensive in the north of the territory. Meanwhile in Lebanon, Israel launched airstrikes on the southern suburb of Beirut early Thursday, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA).

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☆ Scores killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza; suspects arrested for firing flares at Netanyahu's house
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Freddie Clayton | Freddie Clayton Is A Freelance Journalist Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Israeli air strikes overnight and into Sunday have killed scores in Gaza, according to local health officials, as police in Israel arrested three suspects after flares were fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the city of Caesarea. Basal said 60 people were killed after the IDF bombed houses in the city Sunday morning, and that "dozens are under the rubble." Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the incident crossed “all red lines” in a post on X early on Sunday. According to Lebanon’s health ministry, Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,400 people in the country. Hezbollah attacks have killed about 100 civilians and soldiers in northern Israel, the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and southern Lebanon over the last year, according to Israel.

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☆ Lebanese cease-fire efforts inch ahead as Israel keeps up fierce bombardment
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Months of U.S. efforts to broker a deal between Washington’s ally Israel and Hezbollah have so far failed. In another potentially promising sign, a senior Lebanese official signalled that Hezbollah would pull its forces away from the Lebanese-Israeli border under a ceasefire. Its terms require Hezbollah to remove fighters and weapons from areas between the border and the Litani River, which runs about 20 miles from Lebanon’s southern border. After 2006, Israel complained Hezbollah fighters and weapons remained in the border are while Lebanon accused Israel of violating the resolution by sending warplanes into its airspace. Hezbollah attacks have killed about 100 civilians and soldiers in northern Israel, the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and southern Lebanon over the last year, according to Israel.

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☆ Why a second Trump presidency would hurt the global economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

For Chinese imports, Trump has proposed an even steeper 60% tariff. Many economists have warned that tariffs planned by Trump will hurt global economic growth and drive up inflation in the US, as well as abroad if other countries introduce higher levies on US imports in response. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) also sees a hit to global gross domestic product from increased tariffs around the world, according to its latest World Economic Outlook. Mario Tama/Getty ImagesA rise in protectionism around the world means open trade is already under threat and the ability of its champion, the World Trade Organization, to settle international trade disputes is severely constrained. “What we’d see in Trump 2 is far more radical than what we saw in Trump 1.”

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But even some who managed to escape Israel’s offensive in the north and head farther south toward Gaza City did not survive. The Jerusalem-based human rights group B'Tselem echoed the accusation Tuesday, calling on the international community to "stop the ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza." He also said the "General's plan," a proposal calling for Israel to force the evacuation of residents from northern Gaza through starvation, had not been adopted as Israeli policy. Images released by the IDF of Monday show what it says is a crowd of civilians fleeing the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. Images published by the Israel Defense Forces over the weekend, showing dozens of men being detained in northern Gaza as thousands of people fled the area en masse, have also sparked alarm.

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☆ Dutch government to reduce its stake in ABN Amro by a quarter
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( April Roach | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Dutch government on Tuesday said it will reduce its stake in lender ABN Amro by a quarter to 30% through a trading plan. Shares of the Dutch bank traded 1.2% lower at the market open and was last down 0.6% as of 9:15 a.m. London time. The Dutch government, which currently holds a 40.5% interest in ABN Amro, announced via its investment vehicle firm NLFI that it will sell shares using a pre-arranged trading plan set to be executed by Barclays Bank Ireland. ABN Amro was bailed out by the state during the 2008 financial crisis and later privatized in 2015. The U.K. and German administrations have both made moves this year to reduce their respective shareholdings in NatWest and Commerzbank.

Persons: UniCredit, Commerzbank Organizations: ABN Amro, Barclays Bank Ireland, NatWest, Commerzbank Locations: London, Europe

☆ How to play AI in a cheaper way without owning stocks like Nvidia, according to a fund manager
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Weizhen Tan | Nicole Teo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Buying shares of Nvidia or other semiconductor and Big Tech stocks is just one way to play the artificial intelligence theme. There's a cheaper way to play it, Sean Peche of Ranmore Fund Management told CNBC Pro Talks last week. "Most investors over the last couple of years have thought that the only way to play AI is to own Nvidia and a few of the other peers," the portfolio manager said. AI is going to help these banks, but investors are "not paying for" the AI factor given that these stocks are trading at only six times earnings, he pointed out. Shares of Nvidia are trading at around 57 times earnings.

Persons: Sean Peche, Peche, You've, it's, I've, Unicredit Organizations: Nvidia, Big Tech, Ranmore Fund Management, CNBC, BNP Paribas, ABN Amro, UniCredit

☆ Hezbollah leader’s killing creates another balancing act for Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Kevin Liptak | Mj Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2024. “It’s welcome,” one senior administration official told CNN after both the Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah confirmed Nasrallah’s death. But Hezbollah has been “decimated,” and Iran — which backs the militant group — has also been “much weakened,” the official said. Angry senior US officials were convinced that Netanyahu was reacting to backlash at home from far-right members of his government. Israeli officials, meanwhile, attributed the confusion to a “miscommunication.”Whatever the case, by Friday any talk of an imminent ceasefire had quieted as Israeli warplanes dropped bombs on Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut.

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☆ Pro Talks: After the Fed cuts rates, one fund manager reveals where to invest right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Investors should stay away from overvalued U.S. stocks in 2025, fund manager Sean Peche has cautioned. The value investor at Ranmore Fund Management told CNBC's Silvia Amaro on CNBC Pro Talks about where he sees undervalued stocks and opportunities, especially now the U.S. Federal Reserve has cut interest rates. Pesh highlighted his fund's holdings, including Carrefour , Petrobras , Alibaba , and Baidu as value plays. Peche, who set up Ranmore Fund Management in 2008, also shared some of the worst trades of the year, as well as his most successful yet. Since inception, the fund has gained 10.9% on an annualized basis, slightly more than the 10.6% posted by its MSCI benchmark.

Persons: Sean Peche, CNBC's Silvia Amaro, Pesh Organizations: Ranmore Fund Management, CNBC Pro, U.S . Federal, Carrefour, Petrobras, Alibaba, Baidu, Ranmore, Equity, ABN Amro, Ranmore Global Equity Fund Locations: overvalued U.S, Hong Kong, United States, Carrefour, China

Tens of thousands of people fled southern Lebanon on Tuesday as Israel intensified an aerial assault that inflicted the country's deadliest day since war nearly two decades ago, while Hezbollah launched a new barrage of cross-border fire. Nearly 500 people were killed in Lebanon on Monday, according to local health officials, marking the deadliest Israeli bombardment of the country since Israel's 34-day war with Hezbollah in 2006. Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP - Getty ImagesThe Israeli military had issued warnings for residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate certain areas, spurring thousands of people to flee their homes. Scenes of families fleeing southern Lebanon and of fiery explosions filling the skyline fueled global fears of an all-out regional conflict. However, in a briefing Monday, an Israeli military official said a halt in fire from Hezbollah would not be enough to end Israel’s strikes on Lebanon.

Persons: Fadel Itani, Mahmoud Zayyat, Josep Borrell, ”, EFE, Israel Organizations: Hezbollah, Getty Images, Getty, European Union, Reuters, Vehicles, Ibrahim Amro, Israel Defense Forces, Northern Arrows Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Beirut, AFP, Sidon, Monday, European, Ghazieh, Damour, Lebanese, Ibrahim, Gaza

☆ 'We have much more on the way, if they will continue,' Israel's president says as death toll from Lebanon attack tops 550
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Asked if Israel will launch a full-scale ground operation in Lebanon, Herzog insisted that his country did not want war. watch nowHezbollah has continued firing rockets into northern Israel since the attack, most of which have landed in open areas or been intercepted by air defenses. On Saturday, the group launched a salvo of more than 100 missiles into northern Israel, wounding at least five people, Israeli authorities said. Lebanon's health ministry said Israel's strikes on Monday killed at least 558 people, including 50 children, and injured more than 1,800. Israel's leaders have vowed that evacuated residents of northern Israel will be able to return to their homes.

Persons: Isaac Herzog, stoking, Herzog, CNBC's Dan Murphy, Rabih Daher, Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Joe Biden Organizations: Hezbollah, Afp, Getty, 79th United Nations General Assembly, Pentagon, Ibrahim Amro Locations: Israel, Lebanon, Iranian, Lebanese, Gaza, Marjayoun, Beirut, New York, U.N, U.S, The U.S, Damour, Ibrahim

☆ CNBC Pro Talks: After the Fed cuts rates, one fund manager will reveal where to invest right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

After the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a bumper 50 basis points , investors have been left wondering whether growth or value stocks are the best bet. On CNBC's upcoming Pro Talks , Silvia Amaro will ask value investor Sean Peche where he sees opportunities in the current market. Peche is portfolio manager at the U.K.-based Ranmore Fund Management and manages its $329 million Ranmore Global Equity Fund . As of Aug. 31, the Ranmore Global Equity Fund has returned 21.6% over the last year, underperforming its benchmark MSCI World Index's 24.4%. CNBC Pro subscribers can watch Pro Talks live on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 7 a.m.

Persons: Silvia Amaro, Sean Peche, He'll, Warren Buffett, Eli Lilly, ager, CNBC's Silvia Amaro Organizations: U.S . Federal Reserve, Ranmore Fund Management, Global Equity Fund, Investors, Ranmore, Equity, Petrobras, Baidu, ABN Amro, Ranmore Global Equity Fund, Decillion Fund Management, Orbis Investment Advisory, CNBC, Beyond Locations: Carrefour, China, U.S, London

☆ The Hezbollah pager attacks reveal a textbook covert operation, ex-spies say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementThe chaos and carnage began on Tuesday when pagers used by Hezbollah members started beeping before they exploded en masse across Lebanon. A photo taken on September 18 in Beirut's southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers. AFP via Getty ImagesThe back-to-back attacks killed at least 30 people and injured some 3,000 more, including Hezbollah fighters, and overwhelmed local hospitals. Hezbollah, Lebanon, and Iran all blamed Israel for the deadly attacks. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERSThe pager and walkie-talkie attacks were certainly disruptive and would have made Hezbollah vulnerable to immediate Israeli military action, experts say.

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☆ Doctors overwhelmed by blast injuries as civilian impact of device explosions sparks outcry
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Charlene Gubash | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Yuliya-Talmazan-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

BEIRUT — Hospitals in Lebanon are packed with people whose hands and eyes have been dealt serious injuries. The streets of Beirut appeared largely back to normal Thursday, but people NBC News spoke with expressed fear and concern. Relatives mourn 9-year-old Fatima Abdallah, who was killed after hundreds of pagers exploded in a deadly wave across Lebanon. He went on to call it an act of war against Lebanon, but did not specify how or when Hezbollah would retaliate. Although designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel, Hezbollah is also a political party in Lebanon, embedded in the country’s civilian structures.

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☆ What buying Commerzbank would mean for UniCredit — and the banking sector
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( April Roach | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Last week, UniCredit announced it had taken a 9% stake in Commerzbank, confirming that half of this shareholding was acquired from the government. Commerzbank shares jumped 20% on the day UniCredit's stake was announced. A cross-border styled merger between UniCredit and Commerzbank would be more preferential than a domestic merger between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, according to Reint Gropp, president of the Hall Institute for Economic Research. "The German banking structure is long overdue for a consolidation process. The German bank also has less excess capital than UniCredit and therefore "cannot really afford" a takeover, Alloatti said.

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☆ Killing of Hamas leader leaves Gaza ceasefire hopes dangling by a thread
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The assassination of the political leader of Hamas has plunged the Middle East into fresh crisis and dented already slim hopes of an end to the war between Israel and the militant group that rules Gaza anytime soon. Here’s what the killing of the Hamas and Hezbollah leaders means for the Gaza war and the region. “Netanyahu has systematically sabotaged ceasefire talks because ending the war will likely end his political career,” said Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute, a US-based foreign policy think tank, in a post on X. A faltered negotiation process also extends the risk to the lives of the remaining hostages in Gaza. “This is the time for a deal.”There are 111 hostages still in Gaza, including 39 believed to be dead, according to data from Netanyahu’s office.

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☆ IDF targets Beirut suburb in retaliation for attack that killed 12 in the Golan Heights
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Mirna Alsharif | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Houssam Shbaro | Anadolu | Getty ImagesThe Israeli military said on Tuesday it had carried out an airstrike in a suburb of southern Beirut, targeting a commander they say was in charge of an attack on Israeli-controlled Golan Heights that killed 12 young people last week. "The IDF targeted in Beirut the commander responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams," the IDF said in a statement Tuesday. Bystanders surround vehicles covered in debris near the site of an Israeli military strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on July 30, 2024. The television station also said that a building targeted by Israel in the Haret Hreik area, a Hezbollah stronghold, had collapsed. Al Manar reported that two people had been killed in the strike, adding that "Ambulances have transported a number of casualties to the hospital."

Persons: Houssam, Majdal Shams, Israel, Netanyahu, Al Manar Organizations: Anadolu, Getty, IDF, Reuters, NBC, Anwar Amro, AFP, Israel Locations: Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon, Golan, Majdal, Israel, Gaza

CNN —A United Nations inquiry into the first few months of the war in Gaza has found both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes and grave violations of international law, in the body’s first in-depth investigation into the October 7 attacks and the ensuing conflict. Rockets are launched by Hamas from the Gaza Strip towards Israel on October 7, 2023. Hatem Moussa/APIn the first 2.5 months of the conflict, the commission found, Israel committed war crimes as well as crimes against humanity – the latter defined as a widespread, systemic attack directed at a civilian population. The International Criminal Court announced last month it was seeking arrest warrants for several top Hamas and Israeli leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. “It is imperative that all those who have committed crimes be held accountable,” said commission chair Navi Pillay.

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☆ ‘Where Is the Palestinian Gandhi?’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Nicholas Casey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Since Israel conquered the region in 1967, its military has forbidden nearly every form of protest, even things as small as gathering more than 10 people for a political conversation or simply waving the Palestinian flag. The simplest acts of defiance can be seen as a threat: Amro once organized and videotaped an effort by a Palestinian man to pass through an Israeli checkpoint while balancing on his shoulder a large watermelon — a longtime symbol of Palestinian nationalism because its colors are those of the Palestinian flag. In the video, soldiers confiscate the watermelon and, as the camera zooms in, eye it warily as though it might explode. He has repeatedly filmed Israeli soldiers at close range and been beaten and grabbed by the throat when he refused to stop. Amro himself lives in one such home, surrounded by some of the West Bank’s most violent settlers.

Persons: —, Mohandas K, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, “ He’s, ” Yehuda Shaul, ” Organizations: Amro, United Nations, West Bank Locations: Palestinian, Israel

☆ People in China are so spooked about the economy that even the weak yuan isn't stopping them from buying more gold
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

China's consumers and its central bank are snapping up gold, even as a falling yuan makes the metal pricier. AdvertisementChina's central bank has also been buying up gold, in much larger quantities than Gen Z's few grams of beans. Related storiesIn 2023, China's central bank bought 225 tons of gold, per the World Gold Council. The two economies have been jostled in the top spots for years, but China's buying spree last year put India behind. Advertisement"The amount of central bank buying is not justifying gold prices at current levels," she wrote.

Persons: —, It's, Georgette Boele Organizations: Service, Bloomberg, People's Bank of China, Gold, World Gold Council, ABN AMRO Locations: China, China's, India, Poland, Singapore, Germany

☆ This fund beat the S&P 500 without holding any Magnificent 7 stocks. Here's what they're buying right now
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Picking great stocks and avoiding disastrous investments enabled the Ranmore Global Equity Fund to beat the S & P 500 over the past two years, according to its fund manager. The fund, run by portfolio manager Sean Peche, returned 31% in 2023 compared to 24% for the S & P 500 . The Ranmore fund also outperformed its benchmark with 1.8% total returns in 2022 when the S & P 500 and broader indexes nearly fell into a bear market. The fund manager says they take a probability-based approach with many small positions rather than a few big bets. However, according to the fund manager, the market appears to be undervaluing its cash and securities.

Persons: Sean Peche, Peche, Andrew, there's, Where's, Ranmore, it's Organizations: Ranmore Global Equity Fund, Microsoft, Meta, Petrobras, Japan's Nippon TV, GSK, eBay, of, Bank of America, UBS, Carrefour, ABN AMRO, Nippon Locations: Wall, of London, Europe, Ukraine, U.S, Japan, Holland, Netherlands

A TV presenter gets ready for the daily reporting from the floor of the German share price index DAX at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, November 15, 2023. LONDON — European markets were set for a lower open Wednesday as investors assessed incoming corporate earnings and inflation prints in both the U.S. and the U.K. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 was predicted to open 15 points lower at 7,492 points, the DAX down 40 points to 16,833 points and France's CAC lower by 15 points to 7,605, according to IG data. Losses deepened after new figures showed U.S. inflation rose by more than expected in January, as stubbornly high shelter prices squeezed consumers. Wednesday will see reporting from several major European businesses, including ABN AMRO and Capgemini.

Persons: DAX Organizations: LONDON, U.S, U.K, CAC, of Labor Statistics, Dow, U.S . Federal, ABN AMRO, Capgemini Locations: Frankfurt, Germany

☆ We're 'relatively optimistic' about Southeast Asian growth, AMRO economist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe're 'relatively optimistic' about Southeast Asian growth, AMRO economist saysHoe Ee Khor, chief economist at AMRO, says that's partly because "we're relatively optimistic about China's growth this year. Unlike most analysts, our forecast for China is 5.3%."

Persons: Hoe Organizations: AMRO Locations: China

☆ Volkswagen and more: Barclays names European 'conviction' stock ideas — and gives one 59% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Wall Street bank named the following five companies in its European "Conviction with Catalysts" list of stock ideas that offer strong upside potential. Enav Topping the list with the biggest upside potential is Enav , an air traffic controller company based in Italy. UCB Barclays believes Belgian biopharmaceutical company UCB can beat 2023 sales expectations thanks to its new psoriasis drug Bimzelx. Although the drug has struggled in the U.S. over side effect warnings, Barclays sees signs of healthy global demand. Volkswagen Barclays believes Volkswagen offers turnaround potential in 2024 after a disastrous 2023 and 2022.

Persons: Emmanuel Cau, Enav, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Barclays, UCB Barclays, Belgian, UCB, ABN Amro Dutch, ABN Amro, ABN, Vivendi, Volkswagen Barclays, Volkswagen Locations: Italy, U.S

☆ Dutch state to sell down stake in ABN Amro
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ABN AMRO logo is seen at the headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands May 14, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAMSTERDAM, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Thursday said it would sell some of its shares in lender ABN Amro (ABNd.AS) , reducing its stake to around 40%. The Dutch state currently holds 49.5% of the shares in ABN Amro, one of three dominant banks in the Netherlands, following a bailout in the 2008 financial crisis. The Dutch state sold down its holding in ABN Amro to below 50% earlier this year. ABN Amro shares traded down 2.2% at 12.25 euros ($13.38) in early trading on Thursday, around 30% below their 2015 introduction price.

Persons: de, Bart Meijer, Bernadette Baum, Sharon Singleton Organizations: ABN AMRO, REUTERS, Rights, ABN Amro, of America Securities Europe, Thomson Locations: Amsterdam , Netherlands, Netherlands

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