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☆ Two more Los Angeles Times editorial board members resign amid turmoil over blocked Harris endorsement
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Jon Passantino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board resigned Thursday after the newspaper’s owner blocked an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, a contentious decision that has engulfed the publication in turmoil. Robert Greene, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer, resigned from his position over billionaire Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong’s decision to veto the planned endorsement, he confirmed to CNN. The departures come one day after Mariel Garza, the leader of the Times’ editorial board, resigned over Soon-Shiong’s directive not to endorse Harris in the presidential race. Done.”The Los Angeles Times is California’s most widely circulated newspaper and one of the nation’s largest, with a Sunday print circulation of 1.6 million. “We remain deeply concerned about The Times’s owner’s decision to block a planned endorsement, and his statement that unfairly shifts blame onto editorial board members.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Robert Greene, Patrick Soon, Greene, holistically, “, ”, Harris, Donald Trump, ” Karin Klein, Klein, Mariel Garza, Shiong, Trump, Barack Obama, she’s, Garza, craven, — Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Times, ”, Facebook, Trump, White, Columbia Journalism Locations: Angeles

☆ Russia can rely on China for the yuan, but China can't rely on anyone else
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Western sanctions have forced Russia to rely on the Chinese yuan for reserves and trade. China's financial system is deeply tied to the greenback, limiting diversification options. These include the entrenched role of the greenback in the global commodities trade and much larger foreign reserves than Russia, wrote Greene, a former senior advisor at the US Treasury. However, many CIPS participants are highly connected to the dollar financial system and potentially subject to the reach of US sanctions. The dollar is still kingIn short, China just can't copy Russia's sanctions-proofing playbook and is likely to continue orbiting around the dollar financial system in the near-term.

Persons: —, China —, Robert Greene, Greene, China's, It's, dollarization, James Lord, Morgan Stanley's, Michael Zezas Organizations: Service, Carnegie Endowment Asia, US Treasury, Patomak Global Partners, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Locations: Russia, China, Beijing, Russia's, Ukraine

☆ The US has supplied Ukraine with over 4 million shells, as well as tanks and helicopters of Russian origin
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

TanksA US-made M1 Abrams tank (L) and a Russian-made T-72 (R) Getty ImagesThe US delivered 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine in the fall of last year. More surprisingly, Ukraine has received 45 tanks of Russian origin from the US, 14 more than the US's own Abrams. These T-72B tanks are cheaper and less advanced than the US-made Abrams. The Abrams were a major addition to Ukraine's arsenal of mostly aging Soviet armor and augmented previous deliveries of the German-made Leopard tanks and British Challengers. Robert Greenway, a Hudson Institute expert who served in the Army with the Abrams, previously told Business Insider that the Abrams "can do other things, but it's built to kill tanks."

Persons: Abrams, Robert Greenway Organizations: Abrams, British, Hudson Institute, Army Locations: Russian, Ukraine

☆ Don't call them DINKs. Many childfree adults are ALICEs, living paycheck to paycheck without government assistance
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A growing number of child-free adults, however, are falling through the cracks of the US economy. Many low-income childfree adults fall into the ALICE category — people who are asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed. The majority of these adults don't receive any state or federal rental assistance. AdvertisementMany Social Security and Medicare programs also primarily offer assistance to older adults, excluding adults under 62. He suggested expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to benefit more adults without children, along with removing the extra qualifications childfree adults must meet to access SNAP benefits.

Persons: —, childfree, Robert Greenstein, Greenstein Organizations: Service, Business, Brookings Institution, Brookings, The Hamilton, Security, SNAP, Social Security Locations: Brookings

☆ Inside a prison healthcare company's ownership shell game
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Dakin Campbell | Nicole Einbinder | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has criticized Corizon successor company YesCare for its opaque corporate structure. Yet Geneva's track record is scant; it only incorporated in November 2021, six months before it got the YesCare contract. AdvertisementOnly one agency with a YesCare contract told BI it was aware of the extent to which YesCare had outsourced its operations. AdvertisementAn October 2022 YesCare bid document, submitted to the Alabama Department of Corrections, says PharmaCorr will dispense all prescription medications for YesCare. AdvertisementThe agreement between Geneva and prison healthcare provider YesCare requires YesCare to pay at least $500,000 a month to Geneva.

Persons: Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Corizon, YesCare, —, Dick Durbin, Raphael Prober, Prober's nonanswer, Warren, Christopher M, Lopez, Robert Green, Corizon —, Green, Lori Mayer, Aaron Kaufman, Chris Atkinson, Joel Landau, Tehum, Martin Horn, Alabama Department of Corrections YesCare, Thomas Mailey, Bryan Baker, Isaac Lefkowitz, Perigrove, — Lefkowitz, Lefkowitz, David Gefner, Gefner, Storm Harper, PharmaCorr, Jeff Sholey, Steven Weiss, Atkinson, Sara Tirschwell, Zalman Shapiro, Tirschwell, Michael Farrier, Jeffrey Sholey, Judge Lopez Organizations: Service, Corizon Health, Business, Getty, YesCare Holdings, Justice Department, Tehum Care Services, Geneva Consulting, Genesis Healthcare, BI, Geneva, American Correctional Association, . Maryland Department of Public Safety, Correctional, CHS, PharmaCorr, University of West, of Health, Allure, New York State Department of Health, Public, New York City Department of Correction, Alabama Department of Corrections, Alabama, New York State Department of Corrections, Community Supervision, Doña, Okaloosa, LinkedIn, YesCare, YesCare . Alabama Department of Corrections, Gefner, Court, Western, of, Corizon's, Florida's, Florida's Hillsborough County Sheriff's, Tehum's Locations: Missouri, Houston, Texas, Geneva, Florida, Alabama, New Jersey, YesCare, University of West Florida, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Riker's, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Okaloosa County , Florida, Wyoming, Maryland, Colorado , Florida, North Carolina, Suffern , New York, YesCare's Alabama, of Missouri, Florida's Hillsborough County

☆ Russia is likely using Ukraine's freezing winter to ramp up its front-line assaults — but its losses are soaring, British intelligence says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But Russia's mounting attacks are leading to huge losses to its military vehicles and personnel, the MoD said, citing data from the Ukrainian General Staff. From January 14 to January 18, it said the data suggested that Russian military vehicle losses had climbed 88%, while tank losses had soared 95%. 'When roads stop existing'A military vehicle in Bakhmut, February 2023. The mud season causes problems for Russia and Ukraine, with artillery and military vehicles trapped in the sodden, heavy clay soil. Butm experts previously told Business Insider that Ukraine's US-provided Abrams tanks could be key during the mud season fighting.

Persons: —, Marek M, Abrams, Robert Greenway, Greenway Organizations: Service, UK Ministry of Defence, MoD, Business, Ukrainian, Staff, CNN, 110th Mechanized Brigade, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images, Guardian, Hudson Institute Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Ukrainian, Russia, Bakhmut, Europe

NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by U.S. prisons, according to a new report from PEN America. In its report, PEN found parallels between the frequency of prison bans and book bannings in schools and libraries. Texas, another frequent site of library bannings, had more than 10,000 prison book bans, second only to Florida. "Prison book programs have mostly tried to raise awareness locally when prisons implement new censorship restrictions for communities they serve," the report reads. In Idaho, Amazon and Barnes & Noble are not among the nine approved sellers, which include Books a Million and the Women's Prison Book Project.

Persons: Elmore Leonard, ”, Moira Marquis, Marquis, Michigan's, Frederick Forsyth's “, Charles de Gaulle, Amy Schumer’s, ” Barrington Barber's, Robert Greene's, Greene, ” Marquis, Noble, —, “ Organizations: PEN America, PEN, Michigan Department of Corrections, ”, Power, Barnes, Idaho Department of Correction, AP, Marshall Locations: Cuba, Spanish, Florida, Texas, Kentucky, New Mexico, Maine , Michigan, Idaho, Amazon, United States, State

☆ Ukraine could soon be a muddy mess, but its new Abrams were made for this fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The first batch of US-provided Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine. The heavy tanks are joining the battle just in time for the infamous muddy season, which has bogged down some systems. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine's infamous mud season is on the horizon, raising questions about how the country's new Western-made armor, like the heavy US-provided M1A1 Abrams tanks, will perform in the coming muddy mess. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn Abrams tank from 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment pulls security during Combined Resolve XIII at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center Hohenfels, Germany, on Feb. 02, 2002. In order to maintain the Abrams' Honeywell AGT1500 engine, Ukraine will need a consistent support and a solid supply chain able to provide sufficient spare parts.

Persons: Abrams, —, Robert Greenway, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, YEVHEN TITOV, George Barros, Vladimir Putin's, Barros, they've, It's, Omar Marques, Mark Cancian, They're, Greenway, Douglas R, Bush, it's Organizations: Service, Hudson Institute, Army, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, US Army, Soviet, Getty, Institute for, ARIS MESSINIS, Nowa, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Marine Corps, Abrams, Honeywell, US Locations: Ukraine, Germany, Russia, AFP, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Donbas, Southern Ukraine, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Nowa Deba, Poland, Soviet, Soviet Union, Latvia

☆ Abrams tanks were 'built to kill' Russian armor, but Ukraine has its work cut out for it keeping them in the fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Chris Panella | Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Ukraine has received a first batch of US-provided M1A1 Abrams tanks. It's heavy-duty, combat-proven armor that was built with a very specific mission in mind: killing Russian tanks. The promise to deliver American-made Abrams tanks to Ukraine followed plans from the UK, Germany, and other European partners to provide Ukraine with Challenger and Leopard tanks. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The Abrams was built, A1 and A2 alike, knowing we had to kill many more Russian tanks. AdvertisementAdvertisementUS M1A1 Abrams tanks needed for training the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrive by rail at Grafenwoehr, Germany, May 14, 2023.

Persons: Abrams, it's, —, Robert Greenway, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Biden, M1A1 Abrams, Lance Cpl, Scott Jenkins, Joe Biden, M1A1s, Pat Ryder, Gian Gentile, RAND's, Gentile, Leo, Challenger, Allan Tannenbaum, Greenway, Charlie Company ,, Brendan Mullin, there's, It's, Tylon Chapman, Douglas R, Bush, we've Organizations: US Army, Service, Ukraine, Soviet, Hudson Institute, Army, New York Times, M1A1, Iraq's, Special Forces, Marine Corps M1A1, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Marine Expeditionary Force, US Marine Corps, Kyiv, Pentagon, Challenger, Leopard, Leopards, RAND's Arroyo Center, US, Charlie, Charlie Company , 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, United Arab Emirates, Armed Forces, US Air National Guard, Honeywell, Abrams, Acquisition, Logistics, Technology, M1 Abrams Locations: Ukraine, Soviet, Pohjankangas, Niinisalo, Finland, Scott Jenkins Ukraine, Germany, RAND's Arroyo, Russian, Iraq, Soviet Union, U.S, Kuwait, Grafenwoehr

☆ JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon just sounded off on what it takes to be a good CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has a take that might surprise you. Succession plans for the unofficial face of Wall Street have long been speculated on. One of the biggest issues we see on Wall Street, or in business more broadly, is an executive not knowing when to cut ties. Want to know what a Wall Street hiring raid looks like? Here's Wall Street's plan if the US defaults on its debt.

The United States and England fought to a goal-less draw in Qatar on Friday night, as America kept hope alive for advancing to World Cup knockout action. A well organized U.S. team pressed well and frustrated England and could feel disappointed in the end after creating the better chances in the game. Then the United States escaped with a 1-1 draw against the Three Lions, in South Africa, in 2010. That point proved crucial to the United States in 2010, as Landon Donovan scored a famous stoppage-time winner in his team's final group match against Algeria. The U.S. match against Iran is set to kickoff at Tuesday at 2 p.m. EST at Al-Thumama Stadium.

☆ There's bound to be legal drama when Batman and Superman enter the public domain in coming years — but experts caution there's 'no precedent' for the thorny issue
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-25 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After the next decade, though, DC characters like Superman and Batman will enter the public domain. In the case of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, they made their first published appearances in 1938, 1939, and 1941, respectively. Therefore:Superman would enter the public domain on Jan. 1, 2034. There are similar cases to DC's future public-domain fightWhile there's no precedent on par with what could transpire from these DC characters being in the public domain, there are similar cases. "Steamboat Willie," the first iteration of Mickey Mouse, is set to enter the public domain in 2024.

Aceştia au împărţit premiul pentru „Jurnalism explicativ” cu Ed Yong, de la The Atlantic, care a fost apreciat de comitetul Pulitzer pentru „o serie de articole lucide şi definitorii despre pandemia de Covid-19”. În categoria „Serviciu public”, a fost recompensată publicaţia The New York Times pentru relatarea „profetică şi extinsă” a pandemiei de coronavirus. Dineul dedicat câştigătorilor, care în mod tradiţional are loc imediat după ceremonia de decernare, şi este găzduit de Universitatea Columbia, a fost amânat pentru toamnă. Premiile Pulitzer, cele mai prestigioase distincţii din jurnalismul american, au fost create de ziaristul american de origine maghiara Joseph Pulitzer şi se acordă începând cu anul 1917. Pulitzer se acordă în 21 de categorii, dintre care 14 sunt dedicate jurnalismului, iar şapte recompensează realizări deosebite în domeniul artelor.

Persons: George Floyd, Reuters, Yong, Marques, Robert Greene, scriitoarei Louise Erdrich, Pulitzer, Joseph Pulitzer, Matt Rocheleau, Coleman, Laura Crimaldi, Evan Allen, Brendan McCarthy, Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jackie Botts, Kathleen McGrory, Neil Bedi, Alison, Mitchell S . Jackson, Michael Paul Williams, Wesley Morris, Morenatti, Hagen, Chris Haxel, Graham Smith, Robert Little Organizations: Star, The, Associated Press, Comitetul, New York, Boston Globe, Universitatea Columbia, Public, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Tampa Bay Times, Marshall, Chicago Jurnalism, News, Magazine, Richmond Times, Los Angeles Times, Associated, National Public Locations: Atlantic, Agerpres, Los Angeles Times, New, New York Times, american, The New York, Minneapolis Jurnalism, Tampa, AL.com, Birmingham, IndyStar, Indianapolis, Chicago, New York, California, Los Angeles

☆ Premiile Pulitzer 2021. Lista completă a câștigătorilor și câștigătoarelor din acest an
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Publicaţiile The New York Times, The Atlantic şi Star Tribune, precum şi agenţia de ştiri Reuters s-au numărat vineri printre câştigătorii premiilor Pulitzer, cele mai prestigioase distincţii din jurnalismul american. Au fost premiate articole despre pandemia de COVID-19 și despre inechităţi rasiale în acţiunile forţelor de ordine din Statele Unite, subiecte care au dominat ceremonia desfășurată online, scrie digi24.roPremiile Pulitzer, cele mai prestigioase distincţii din jurnalismul american, au fost create de ziaristul american de origine maghiara Joseph Pulitzer şi se acordă începând cu anul 1917. Câştigătorul fiecărei categorii primeşte 15 000 de dolari, cu excepţia laureatului pentru Public Service, care primeşte o medalie de aur. Pulitzer se acordă în 21 de categorii, dintre care 14 sunt dedicate jurnalismului, iar şapte recompensează realizări deosebite în domeniul artelor. Literatură, dramaturgie, muzică

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