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☆ Watery, Peaceful, Wild: The Call of the Mangroves
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Elisabeth Goodridge | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It was a sunny afternoon in February at the height of the high season on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, but my partner, Aaren, and I were far from lounging on a white-sand beach, snorkeling over a coral reef or strolling among the Easter-egg-colored buildings of Willemstad, Curaçao’s capital and a UNESCO World Heritage site — typical activities for travelers to this former Dutch colony. Instead, on a kayak tour with Serlon St Jago, a guide from the Curaçao Rif Mangrove Park, we were learning about the country’s mangrove restoration, and the vital role mangrove habitats play in coastal resilience, protection for marine and bird species, and fighting the effects of climate change.

Persons: Serlon St Jago Organizations: UNESCO Locations: Curaçao, lounging, Willemstad, Dutch

☆ Morocco's hashish dealers boycott Israeli traffickers in solidarity with Gaza, says report
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dealers of highly-prized Moroccan hashish are severing ties with Israeli drug smugglers. They are boycotting Israeli dealers in protest at the killing of Palestinians in Gaza, said a report. AdvertisementMoroccan hashish dealers are severing ties with Israeli drug smugglers amid the ongoing war in Gaza, per a report in Israeli media. "The hashish dealers in Morocco are not willing to sell us more hashish either directly or through intermediaries," a drug offender from Sharon told Mako , an Israeli news portal, reports. The Moroccan hashish boycott echoes the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Persons: —, Sharon, Mako, siad, Abu Mustafa, Merchants Organizations: Service, Cannabis Museum, Hamas, REUTERS, IDF Locations: Gaza, Morocco, Israeli, Amsterdam, Israel, Gaza City, Moroccan

☆ ‘World’s first off-road solar SUV’ just drove across Morocco powered only by the sun
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | Mark Tutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Stella Terra could change that. The khaki-green SUV uses solar panels on its sloping roof to charge its electric battery, meaning it can drive long distances powered entirely by the sun. Stella Terra making an impression in Morocco. At just 2,645 pounds (1,200 kilograms), Stella Terra weighs around 25% less than the average mid-sized SUV. The Stella Terra team said their Morocco trip allowed them to test the car on a huge range of landscapes.

Persons: Stella Terra, Thieme Bosman, ”, Bosman, Bart van, Bob van Ginkel, ” van Ginkel, van Ginkel, Bart van Overbeek, Lightyear, “ Organizations: CNN, Eindhoven University of Technology, —, Ford Locations: Morocco, “ Morocco, Tangier, Fes, STE

☆ Reddit throughout the years: Its rise to prominence, recent revolts and IPO plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Katie Brigham | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The price hikes have led some beloved third-party Reddit apps such as Apollo to shut down, instigating an uproar among the website's community of volunteer moderators, who often rely on third-party apps to run the site's 100,000+ discussion communities, called subreddits. But tensions remain high, and some say that if Reddit doesn't rebuild trust, its most passionate users will go elsewhere. Ohanian rejoined Reddit as executive chairman in 2014 and Huffman rejoined as CEO the next year. But it's not just tech giants who use Reddit's API. These third-party apps are largely just alternatives to Reddit's official mobile app, which didn't even exist until 2016.

Persons: Reddit, David DeWald, Alexis Ohanian, Steve Huffman, Paul Graham, Ohanian, Huffman, Y Combinator, Condé Nast, Debra Aho Williamson, George Floyd's, it's, Apollo, Jakub Porzycki Organizations: University of Virginia, Advance, Facebook, Insider Intelligence, GameStop, AMC, Google, Getty

☆ What You Should Know About the Potential Risks of Kratom
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Dani Blum | More About Dani Blum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Across gas stations, smoke shops and the internet, consumers can easily buy kratom — an herbal substance that some users claim is an antidote to opioid dependence and a lifeline for alleviating mental and physical pain. In 2021 alone, roughly 1.7 million Americans used kratom, although the F.D.A. has not approved it for any medical use. Despite those warnings, kratom largely remains legal and accessible across the United States. It’s up to consumers to weigh the allure of what some consider a more “natural” alternative to opioids against the stark warnings from health officials.

Persons: ” Organizations: Drug Administration, Drug, Administration, Disorders, University of Louisville School of Medicine Locations: United States, ”, Rif

☆ Reddit CEO says app founders who are shutting down in protest over API charges made millions: 'These aren't like side projects or charities'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told The Verge that popular third-party app developers have made millions. They've made millions," Huffman said. In an interview with The Verge, Steve Huffman, Reddit's CEO, has doubled down on the policy change, which could cost popular third-party apps millions. Additionally, he emphasized that apps like Apollo and RIF, another popular third-party app that gives users access to Reddit, aren't "side projects or charities." Apollo's Selig did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment regarding the "millions" Huffman claims he has made.

Persons: Steve Huffman, They've, Huffman, Christian Selig, Apollo's Selig, Selig, Andrew Shu Organizations: Morning, Reddit's, Ars Technica, Apollo Locations: Reddit

☆ The Reddit blackout shows no signs of stopping
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A widespread Reddit blackout affecting some of the site’s largest communities has continued into its third day with no signs of stopping, as a number of groups on the site vowed to remain closed off indefinitely to protest changes to the platform’s data policies. The blackout includes popular forums such as r/aww, r/videos and r/music, each of which claims more than 25 million subscribers on the platform. For Reddit, the stakes are also high to grow revenue, as the company reportedly looks to go public later this year. Huffman reportedly dismissed the blackout in a leaked internal memo obtained by The Verge. As of Wednesday morning, many groups participating in the blackout had lifted their self-imposed restrictions.

Persons: didn’t, Reddit, Steve Huffman, ” Huffman, Elon Musk, Huffman Organizations: CNN Locations: Reddit

☆ Piper Sandler says Coinbase may capitalize on FTX bankruptcy, sees shares more than doubling
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Carmen Reinicke | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Piper Sandler is reaffirming its bullish outlook on Coinbase even amid chaos in the cryptocurrency space given the fallout at FTX. On the other hand, Robinhood reached profitability sooner than expected because of aggressive cost cutting, which Coinbase may want to consider, Repetto noted. Crypto winter contingency Still, signals point to the current crypto winter being near an ending point that could help boost Coinbase. "Using history as a guide and ignoring macroeconomic (interest rates), regulatory, geopolitical factors, we could be near a bottom in this crypto winter," said Repetto. And, if the crypto winter is not over soon, Piper Sandler noted that Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas said the company has contingency plans in place to weather the storm.

Vessels linked to Russia’s largest grain trader shipped thousands of tons of stolen Ukrainian grain to global buyers, using a sophisticated system of feeder vessels and floating cranes, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal. The ships are linked either through their management or ownership to companies controlled by Russian businessman Peter Khodykin , who in turn owns RIF Trading House LLC, the country’s largest grain exporter and a big player in global grain markets, according to corporate and legal documents reviewed by the Journal.

☆ Proptech startup Ribbon plans more layoffs as economic uncertainty lingers, according to CEO's email
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The CEO of Ribbon told employees by email that impending layoffs would be "deeper" than expected. The all-cash offers company already laid off 40% of its employees in July. Shah and a spokesperson for Ribbon did not provide a comment to Insider on the email or layoffs by the time of publication. Tech company layoffs have ballooned far beyond the niche covered by Ribbon, Opendoor and Redfin, too. Read the rest of Ribbon's email here:Team,First and foremost, thank you for your patience through this challenging time for Ribbon.

☆ Layoff memos from tech companies illustrate how leaders need to show authentic regret over job cuts — and how damaging it can be when they don't
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | Rachel Durose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Job cuts are never easy, but leaders' actions can lessen the sting of layoffs. Cuts at Meta, Twitter, and Stripe offer examples of what works — and what doesn't. Those contrite statements stand in contrast to a November 3 email that went to some 3,700 laid-off Twitter employees, about half of the company's workforce. Instead of apologizing, Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, doubled down on his claims that the business was losing too much money to avoid workforce cuts. Twitter didn't tell employees why they were losing their jobsThe email to laid-off Twitter employees didn't explain the rationale behind the job cuts, though HR experts said that kind of clarity around what businesses sometimes call a "reduction in force," or RIF, is important.

☆ Stripe and Meta's layoff memos are a lesson in accountability and empathy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Rachel Durose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Stripe's and Meta's memos are excellent examples of how leaders can handle layoff announcements. Similarly, on November 9, Meta cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a public, company-wide message about the impending lay-off of 11,000 employees. Why these memos are resonating with workersIn one case, employees at the human-resource platform Compt discussed Stripe's memo in their company Slack. Stripe's memo praises the laid-off workers, stating that they would make "fantastic additions at almost any other company." "This was handled, in my opinion, the best way possible," Amy Spurling, the CEO and founder of Compt, said of Stripe's memo.

☆ A memo from Stripe's cofounders announcing sweeping job cuts is a lesson for companies everywhere on how to conduct layoffs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Rachel Durose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Cofounders Patrick and John Collison break down what led to the decision and apologize to workers. Still, Patrick and John Collison, the cofounders of Stripe, laid off 14% of the payment company's workforce in one of the best ways possible. On the same day the Collisons shared their message with employees, Twitter sent an unsigned memo to its workers announcing sweeping layoffs and office closures. Why the memo is resonating with workersIn one case, employees at the human-resource platform Compt discussed Stripe's memo in their company Slack. Patrick Collison serves as CEO, while John Collison is president.

☆ АПС объявило два аукциона по продаже государственных активов
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-15 | by ( Super User | ) mybusiness.md time to read: +2 min

На аукцион «с молотка» выставлены объекты стоимостью около 110 млн леев: 20 объектов недвижимости/комплексов имущества и доля государства в уставном капитале кишиневского «IT-Cafe» (3,53 млн леев). Ю. Гагарина в Кишиневе (9 млн леев); комплексы имущества, расположенные в Кишиневе по ул. Еще три объекта общей стоимостью около 1 млн леев планируется продать в ходе аукциона «на понижение». Доля государства в этих обществах составляет от 30,083% до 99,637%, а общая сумма выставленных активов составляет порядка 1,3 млрд леев. В их числе госпакеты акций государства в АО «Metalferos» (78,282%) – 843,2 млн леев, в АО «Alimentarmaș» (30,083%) – 40,3 млн леев, Институт научных исследований «Rif-Acvaaparat» (92,908%) – 16,06 млн леев, АО «Гостиница Chișinău» (60,179%), 10 предприятий по ремонту и содержанию автодорог.

Persons: Пэдурий, Ю. Гагарин Organizations: Агентство публичной собственности (АСП), Агентство публичной собственности, АПС, Фондовая биржа, Институт научных исследований, АО «Гостиница » Locations: Кишинев, Гренобля, Хынчештское шоссе, АлбаЮлия

☆ APP anunță o nouă rundă de privatizare; Se vând acțiuni de la Metalferos și Hotelul Chișinău
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: BizlawAPP anunță o nouă rundă de privatizare; Se vând acțiuni de la Metalferos și Hotelul ChișinăuAgenția Proprietății Publice anunță desfășurarea unei runde de privatizare a bunurilor proprietate publică de stat. Se vor vinde acțiunile statului, la licitații cu strigare, din „Metalferos”, „Hotelul „Chișinău”, „Alimentarmaș”, „Institutul de cercetări științifice „Rif-Acvaaparat”, care sunt în proces de insolvabilitate. Potrivit unui comunicat de presă al Agenției Proprietăți Publice, licitațiile vor avea loc în perioada 12 – 23 iulie 2021, pe piața reglementată, prin intermediul Bursei de Valori. De asemenea, la data de 30 iunie 2021, ora 10.00, va avea loc licitația cu strigare pentru privatizarea a 21 bunuri proprietate publică de stat și licitația cu reducere pentru privatizarea a 3 bunuri proprietate publică de stat. Termenul limită de depunere a cererilor – 29 iunie 2021, ora 15.00.

Organizations: Hotelul Chișinău Agenția Locations: Chișinău, Cimișlia, Căușeni, Orhei, Soroca, Criuleni, Rîșcani, Cahul, Ialoveni, Strășeni, Edineț

☆ APP anunță o rundă de privatizare a bunurilor proprietate publică de stat. Acțiunile statului de la „Metalferos” și „Hotelul Chișinău”, scoase la vânzare
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( Daniela Calmis | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Agenția Proprietății Publice (APP) anunță despre desfășurarea unei runde de privatizare a bunurilor proprietate publică de stat. Astfel, în perioada 12-13 iulie vor fi organizate licitații cu strigare pentru vânzarea pachetelor de acțiuni proprietate publică de stat, în loturi unice, din 14 societăți pe acțiuni. La data de 30 iunie 2021, ora 10:00, se va desfășura:licitația cu strigare pentru privatizarea a 21 bunuri proprietate publică de stat;licitația cu reducere pentru privatizarea a 3 bunuri proprietate publică de stat. Informații suplimentare referitor la modul de familiarizare cu documentele privind bunurile expuse la vânzare pot fi solicitate la Agenția Proprietății Publice (camera de date), tel/fax +373 (22) 221-457, tel. +373 (22) 238-089, +373 (22) 234-589.

Organizations: Agenția Proprietății Locations: Cimișlia, Căușeni, Orhei, Soroca, Criuleni, Rîșcani, Cahul, Ialoveni, Strășeni, Edineț, S.A, Chișinău, .

☆ APP anunță o rundă de privatizare. Se vând acțiuni de la Metalferos și Hotelul Chișinău
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +1 min

APP anunță o rundă de privatizare. Se vând acțiuni de la Metalferos și Hotelul ChișinăuAgenția Proprietății Publice anunță desfășurarea unei runde de privatizare a bunurilor proprietate publică de stat. Se vor vinde acțiunile statului, la licitații cu strigare, din „Metalferos”, „Hotelul „Chișinău”, „Alimentarmaș”, „Institutul de cercetări științifice „Rif-Acvaaparat”, care sunt în proces de insolvabilitate, transmite IPN. De asemenea, la data de 30 iunie 2021, ora 10.00, va avea loc licitația cu strigare pentru privatizarea a 21 bunuri proprietate publică de stat și licitația cu reducere pentru privatizarea a 3 bunuri proprietate publică de stat. Termenul limită de depunere a cererilor – 29 iunie 2021, ora 15.00.

Organizations: Hotelul Chișinău Agenția Locations: Chișinău, Cimișlia, Căușeni, Orhei, Soroca, Criuleni, Rîșcani, Cahul, Ialoveni, Strășeni, Edineț

Potrivit unui anunț al APP, la data de 30 iunie 2021, ora 10:00, se va desfășura:licitația cu strigare pentru privatizarea a 21 bunuri proprietate publică de stat;licitația cu reducere pentru privatizarea a 3 bunuri proprietate publică de stat. Termenul limită de depunere a cererilor – 29 iunie 2021, ora 15:00. În perioada 12 – 23 iulie 2021, pe piața reglementată, prin intermediul Bursei de Valori, se vor desfășura licitații cu strigare pentru vânzarea pachetelor de acțiuni proprietate publică de stat, în loturi unice, din 14 societăți pe acțiuni, inclusiv: pachetele de acțiuni din 10 societăți de întreținerea drumurilor (S.A. „Drumuri-Cimișlia”; S.A. „Drumuri-Căușeni”; S.A. „Drumuri-Orhei”; S.A. „Drumuri-Soroca”; S.A. „Drumuri-Criuleni”; S.A. „Drumuri-Rîșcani; S.A. „Drumuri-Cahul”; S.A. „Drumuri-Ialoveni”; S.A. „Drumuri-Strășeni”; S.A. „Drumuri-Edineț”), precum și acțiunile statului din S.A. „Institutul de cercetări științifice „Rif-Acvaaparat”; S.A. „Metalferos”; S.A. „Hotelul „Chișinău”, S.A. „Alimentarmaș” (în proces de insolvabilitate). Informații suplimentare referitor la modul de familiarizare cu documentele privind bunurile expuse la vânzare pot fi solicitate la Agenția Proprietății Publice (camera de date), tel/fax +373 (22) 221-457, tel. +373 (22) 238-089, +373 (22) 234-589.

Organizations: Agenția Proprietății Locations: Cimișlia, Căușeni, Orhei, Soroca, Criuleni, Rîșcani, Cahul, Ialoveni, Strășeni, Edineț, S.A, Chișinău, .

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