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☆ Southport stabbing: Riot police, protesters clash during vigil for three girls killed
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Helen Regan | Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Riot police armed with shields and batons attempt to restore order in Southport, England on July 30, 2024. The North West Ambulance Service said it treated 39 police officers injured in the violence, 27 of whom were taken to hospital. Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesPolice have said the suspect is from the village of Banks, near Southport, and was originally from Cardiff, Wales. More must be done to tackle Islamophobia and offer reassurance at this time.”On Tuesday, police named the three girls killed in the stabbing as Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9. Taylor Swift, whose music was the theme of the dance class targeted in the attack, said Tuesday she was “completely in shock.”

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☆ A small-cap fund manager who's beaten 90% of his peers over the last year shares 5 stocks he's betting on now — and how he weeds out downside risk in a volatile area of the market
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Investors look to small-cap stocks for big upside potential. 5 stocks Harden is betting on nowHarden shared five holdings that he's put through this process and are among those he's most bullish on right now. Next, Harden listed two regional banks: Metropolitan Bank (MCB) and Merchants Bancorp (MBIN). The iShares US Regional Banks ETF (IAT) is down 26% year-to-date. "I don't think there's any money in having a calendar," he said.

☆ Reflecting sunlight to cool the Earth must be studied before climate change gets much worse, urges group of 60 scientists
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Greenhouse gas emissions must be immediately and urgently reduced, as that's the only permanent way to limit global warming. "Even with aggressive action to reduce GHG emissions it is increasingly unlikely that climate warming will remain below 1.5-2°C in the near term," the scientists wrote. "Aerosols from human activities are currently estimated to be offsetting about a third of greenhouse gas climate warming," the scientists wrote. Cirrus cloud thinning, CCT, which involves putting aerosols into cirrus clouds to reduce the amount of infrared radiation that the Earth retains. In some cases, they might be less harmful if used in some combination, the scientists wrote.

☆ Regional lender Metropolitan Bank to exit crypto-related asset vertical
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp (MCB.N) said on Monday it will exit the cryptocurrency related asset vertical, as the digital assets industry slips deeper into a crisis. It has four active institutional crypto-asset related clients that account for about 1.5% of its revenues and 6% of deposits. The crypto world's woes have continued into this year marked by plunging deposits, layoffs and multiple legal hurdles. Last week, crypto-focused bank Silvergate Capital Corp (SI.N) reported a sharp drop in fourth-quarter crypto-related deposits as investors spooked by the collapse of FTX pulled out more than $8 billion. MCB said it has no loans outstanding to any of its crypto-asset related clients, and that it does not hold crypto-assets on its balance sheet.

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