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☆ Show don't tell: Harris lets her potential to make history speak for itself
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

CHICAGO — The delegates wore Suffragette white; Vice President Kamala Harris wore black. But she does not speak about what it would mean to have a Black woman president in her speeches or TV ads. On Monday, wearing Suffragette white, Clinton placed Harris and herself in the nation’s long struggle for gender equity. Benjamin Lowy / Getty Images fileMoreover, the electorate has shifted, thanks to Clinton, Trump and the fall of Roe v. Wade. After the 2016 election, the Democratic National Committee conducted extensive focus-group and polling research to try to understand what happened.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Eva Longoria, Harris, Hillary Clinton, ” Harris, ”, Tom Perez, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, “, Nancy Pelosi, David Axelrod, ” Pelosi, —, Drew Angerer, Clinton, “ We’ve, ” Clinton, Doug Emoff, Gretchen Whitmer, Harris “, who’s, Trump, Harris hasn’t, They’re, Benjamin Lowy, Roe, Wade, Court’s Roe, Biden, ’, Perez Organizations: CHICAGO, Democratic, Convention, Democratic National, University of Chicago, Michigan Gov, Center for Women, Politics, Democratic National Convention, Getty, Democratic National Committee Locations: White, United States, Philadelphia

☆ Opinion: Jon Stewart’s brilliant return
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Opinion Bill Carter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images Stewart waves goodbye backstage after taping the last episode of "The Jon Stewart Show" in 1995. M. Caulfield/WireImage/Getty Images Stewart appears on an episode of CNN's "Crossfire" with Paul Begala, left, and Tucker Carlson in 2004. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Stewart signs an autograph on the Emmys red carpet in 2009. Zach Gibson/Getty Images Stewart appears on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in 2019. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS/Getty Images Stewart smiles as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks by him on Capitol Hill in 2019.

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☆ Jon Stewart marks ‘The Daily Show’ return
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images Stewart waves goodbye backstage after taping the last episode of "The Jon Stewart Show" in 1995. Corey Sipkin/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images Stewart holds an award won by "The Daily Show" in 2003. M. Caulfield/WireImage/Getty Images Stewart appears on an episode of CNN's "Crossfire" with Paul Begala, left, and Tucker Carlson in 2004. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS/Getty Images Stewart smiles as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks by him on Capitol Hill in 2019. Matt Wilson/Comedy Central's The Daily Show Jon Stewart is back on "The Daily Show."

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☆ Captured Hamas weapons hint that if Israeli forces invade Gaza, they could face a deadly improvised bomb that US troops feared in Iraq
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A video released by the IDF shows captured Hamas weapons from the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel. EFPs were some of the deadliest explosives US forces faced in Iraq, ripping through troops and armor. That could be a problem for IDF troops in a ground offensive in the strip. Israeli forces could still face EFPs hidden in the rubble, complex tunnel networks, or roads. That could spell trouble for IDF troops, of which hundreds of thousands have volunteered or been called up to serve over the past weeks.

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Reuters analysis shows a massive jump in the assets of emerging market (EM) mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) that exclude China as U.S. and European investors turn more wary of being exposed to the Asian giant. Other investors are simply moving to markets with better growth prospects, such as Brazil. The scale of change needed in global supply chains could drive such capital flows for the next decade, he said. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex-China ETF , the world's largest emerging market ex-China ETF whose biggest holdings are firms in Taiwan, South Korea and India, attracted a record $1 billion net inflow in the first half of 2023, the data showed. "China is the one major country that investors are most concerned about in EM," said John Lau, portfolio manager for Asia Pacific and emerging market equities at SEI.

Persons: Aly, Malcolm Dorson, John Lau, Goldman Sachs, Jeffrey Jaensubhakij, ”, Benjamin Low, Donald Trump, Joe Biden's, Biden, Wong Kok Hoi, Summer Zhen, Vidya Ranganathan Organizations: REUTERS, Global, China ETF, China, Asia Pacific, SEI, Stock Connect, Morningstar, China Opportunity Equity Fund, Fund, Boston, Cambridge Associates, CSI, Nikkei, Investors, Reuters Graphics, APS Asset Management, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China, HONG KONG, U.S, Mexico, India, Vietnam, Brazil, New York, Taiwan, South Korea, Asia, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Canada, “ U.S

Other investors are simply moving to markets with better growth prospects, such as Brazil. The scale of change needed in global supply chains could drive such capital flows for the next decade, he said. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex-China ETF , the world's largest emerging market ex-China ETF whose biggest holdings are firms in Taiwan, South Korea and India, attracted a record $1 billion net inflow in the first half of 2023, the data showed. "China is the one major country that investors are most concerned about in EM," said John Lau, portfolio manager for Asia Pacific and emerging market equities at SEI. “U.S., Canadian, and some European investors are exiting China due to political pressure.

☆ Asia hedge fund losses grow in Q3, poised for worst year since 2008
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Summer Zhen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

“It’s a very painful third quarter for (Asia) hedge fund managers’ performance. Repeated lockdowns in many Chinese cities, a risk-off mode ahead of the party congress and geopolitical risks affected market sentiment. The magnitude of central bank policy moves and frequent macro headlines created profitable trading opportunities for macro hedge funds globally, analysts said. The HFRI Asia ex-Japan Index tracks funds that target more than 50% of their investments in the Asia ex-Japan region. Japan-focused hedge funds fared relatively well, with the HFRI Asia index that includes Japan, down just 3.3% in September and 3.9% this year.

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