DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

While Kamala Harris made history, Vivek Ramaswamy became a household name, and Usha Vance debuted to a tepid national audience, many everyday South Asian Americans were experiencing something altogether different. As these political leaders saw their profiles rise, everyday South Asian Americans experienced increased racism, with anti-South Asian posts online doubling over the campaign season, a new report found. Threats of violence against Asian Americans are up 17% from the baseline, and a vast majority of those threats were directed at South Asian Americans, the data revealed. Still, his Indian American identity has drawn fire. “South Asians, we don’t voice, we don’t make noise, we just silently are suffering,” she said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Vivek Ramaswamy, Usha Vance, “, ”, Pawan Dhingra, it’s, Manjusha Kulkarni, Harris, ’ ‘, ’, ” Sona, ‘, ’ ”, Donald Trump ., Laura Loomer, JD Vance, Marjorie Taylor Greene, ” Dhingra, —, “ Kamala Harris ’, Sangay Mishra, she’d, Trump, Harris “, Vivek, Nick Fuentes, Ramaswamy, Ann Coulter, Elon Musk, Dhingra, It’s, Payal Sawhney, she’s, Sawhney Organizations: Amherst College, South Asian, Trump, Democratic National Convention, Republican National Convention, South, Drew University, NBC, GOP, Elon, Indian, “ Locations: South, India, Georgia, “, New Jersey, Indian, Indian American, U.S, ” Los Angeles

☆ Blackstone reveals how to make money in India and mistakes to avoid
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | In Ying-Shan-Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

India's economic growth story is a stunning one — but the question of where investors should park their money is not always straightforward, with one Blackstone executive highlighting a common mistake. However, focusing too much on the macro story can be dangerous for investors, according to Blackstone Private Equity's head of Asia, Amit Dixit. I think you go to India for the macro, everybody knows," Dixit said at the Milken Institute's recent Asia Summit in Singapore. While the list of companies Blackstone invests in India are extensive, he spotlighted the likes of information technology service firm Mphasis , IT service management company R Systems and automotive components manufacturer Sona Comstar . "I think, either end of the spectrum, you can make a lot of money as an investor," he said.

Persons: Blackstone, Blackstone Private Equity's, Amit Dixit, Dixit, Sona Comstar, it's, Manraj Sekhon, Sekhon Organizations: Blackstone Private, Milken, Summit, CNBC, Blackstone, Systems, Templeton Global Investments, Milken Asia Summit Locations: India, Hong Kong, Asia, Singapore

We asked seven pro investors to identify the best trades of their careers and explain how the lessons from those decisions still apply today. The CBOE Volatility Index, also known as the VIX, shot above 40, essentially meaning traders were betting that the stock market would be exceptionally rocky over the following month. Jeff Muhlenkamp, lead portfolio manager at Muhlenkamp & CompanyJeff Muhlenkamp Muhlenkamp & CompanyJeff Muhlenkamp's namesake Muhlenkamp Fund (MUHLX) has been in the top 3% of its category in the past half-decade, thanks to trades like one he pulled off on Chinese internet firm Baidu (BIDU). "I pretty much expected, 'OK, if I get a double out of this in five years, I'll be happy' — that's pretty decent money," Muhlenkamp said. He noted that industrials within the Russell Mid Cap value index have returned 116% over the previous five years.

Persons: —, That's, Michael Burry, Warren Buffett, Berkshire, Rob Arnott, Tim Boyle, Arnott, I'd, Bob Elliott, Bob Elliott's, Elliott, Jeff Muhlenkamp, Jeff Muhlenkamp Muhlenkamp, Jeff Muhlenkamp's, Muhlenkamp, you've, Sona Menon, Cambridge Associates Sona Menon, Bryant VanCronkhite, Allspring Bryant VanCronkhite Allspring Bryant VanCronkhite, VanCronkhite, Russell, industrials, James Davolos, Davolos, George Patton, Harley Bassman, Harley Bassman's, Bassman, Merrill Lynch, I'm Organizations: Service, American Express, Business, Research, Bloomberg, Getty, Bridgewater Associates, Treasury, Securities, Muhlenkamp, Baidu, Google, North, Cambridge Associates, Allspring, Horizon Kinetics, Opportunities Fund, Credit Suisse Locations: industrials, West Africa, New York City, Guinea

☆ India rice export ban, explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But for importers and loyal consumers of Indian-grown non-basmati varieties, the ban has been disruptive, including in the United States. Internationally, the ban is causing an upheaval in the market and could especially impact places that rely on Indian rice exports. “So we’re looking to have a really healthy, robust US rice crop.”The United States primarily imports specialty and fragrant rice, he said, like arborio rice used to make risotto; jasmine rice; basmati rice and other varieties. “We are completely dependent on non-basmati rice,” said Kiran Kumar Pola, director of Deccan Foods, an importer and distributor of non-basmati Indian rice that operates out of Arizona. “We at India Bazaar understand the concerns raised in light of the recent ban on Indian Non-Basmati Raw Rice,” the post reads.

Persons: We’ve, USA Rice, what’s, “, ”, Tanner Ehmke, Anupam Nath, Ehmke, Joseph Glauber, it’s, Glauber, El Niño, “ There’s, Peter Bachmann, Charles Hart, ” Rice, Rory Doyle, Kiran Kumar Pola, Sona Masoori, Kerala Matta, Rice Organizations: New, New York CNN, ” USA Rice Federation, ”, International Food Policy Research, International Food Policy Research Institute, USA Rice Federation, BMI, Bloomberg, Deccan Foods, Facebook Locations: New York, United States, USA, India, CoBank, Asia, ” India, Guwahati, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal, West Africa, Pakistan, South Asia, California, Pace , Mississippi, Arizona, Kerala, South India, Pola, Dallas

☆ A fund manager for institutional clients shares the offensive and defensive strategies she uses to build portfolios that can navigate all conditions and last generations — plus what all investors can
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Menon has discretion over several institutional clients' portfolios including endowments, foundations, pensions, and healthcare institutions. Regardless of expectations, Menon emphasizes that it's hard to build a portfolio around any particular macroeconomic outcome. This means creating a portfolio that prioritizes offensive assets through equities while adding defensive securities, she noted. When it comes to defensive positions, the two most important things a portfolio needs protection against are inflation and deflation. "Private equity would fall more in the space of offense in terms of generating long-term growth in a portfolio," Menon said.

☆ How a Food, Drink and Lifestyle Expert Spends His Sundays
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Kaya Laterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“Your eyes work differently when you become a parent, and you start seeing things in your city that you never saw,” Maneesh Goyal, the Manhattan businessman and restaurateur, said of fatherhood. Last year, he and his husband adopted a baby boy, now 20 months old. For many years he said he had a lot of identities, most of which seemed to circumvent parenthood and his Indian American roots. But in 1999, he moved to New York and became “an events guy, a marketing guy, an entrepreneur and a gay New Yorker,” he said. “Now I’m all about teaching what I took for granted from my cultural heritage.”

☆ I'm Conan O'Brien's assistant of 13 years. I nap on the job, expense things I shouldn't, and talk back — and I'll probably work for him forever.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Eboni Boykin-Patterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Sona Movsesian was an NBC page and landed her assistant job through an internal recommendation. But at times, I really don't act like it. I'm working with, in my opinion, the funniest person on television, and I'm working on a show that I'm proud of. I think I will be Conan's assistant until he dies — I'm going to ride this wave for as long as I can. Most people don't think of an assistant job in entertainment as a forever-job.

☆ China urges 'patience' as COVID cases rebound ahead of key congress
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Ryan Woo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

People line up to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a nucleic acid testing site, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Aly SongSummary Local COVID cases in China rise to highest since Aug. 20Covid epicentre in northern region of Inner MongoliaParts of Shanghai close leisure, entertainment venuesBEIJING, Oct 10 (Reuters) - China called for "patience" with its tough COVID policies and warned against any "war-weariness" as local cases soared to their highest since August, days ahead of a pivotal Communist Party congress. A few days into the Golden Week, the western region of Xinjiang also barred people from leaving as cases ticked higher. Tourists stranded in Xinjiang could seek temporary work as electricians, cooks and wood craftsmen, advised authorities in its capital Urumqi. Shanghai, which locked down its entire population of 25 million in April and May, reported 34 local cases on Oct. 9, the most in almost three months.

☆ With stocks falling again, here's how to protect your portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-29 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Now stocks appear to be reversing course, having fallen steeply in the wake of Powell’s address. While it may be a bumpy road ahead, there are ways to mitigate potential damage to your portfolio in the coming months. Forget timing the marketYou may be tempted to sell equities and move the proceeds into cash or a money market fund. You’ll tell yourself you will move the money back into stocks when things improve. So check to see that your current allocation to stocks and bonds matches your risk tolerance and your ideal retirement date.

☆ Сообщество пациентов с рассеянным склерозом (РС) в Молдове присоединилось к проведению Всемирного дня РС
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-01 | by ( ) newsmaker.md time to read: +5 min

Для привлечения внимания к проблемам, с которыми сталкиваются пациенты с рассеянным склерозом, на международном уровне, ежегодно 30 мая проводится Всемирный день РС. «Проведение таких мероприятий, как Всемирный день РС, является прекрасным поводом для объединения пациентов из разных стран, преодоления ощущения одиночества и изоляции, обострившихся на фоне пандемии COVID-19. Самой распространенной формой течения заболевания является рецидивирующий РС. Этот день объединяет мировое сообщество вокруг РС: люди делятся своими историями, повышается осведомленность об РС и проводятся различные кампании для пациентов с рассеянным склерозом. Для того чтобы преодолеть социальные барьеры, объединить сообщества вокруг РС, темой Всемирного дня РС с 2020 по 2022 год стали MS Connections (РС-контакты).

Persons: Merck Biopharma, Sona —, Виталий Стельянович Лисник, Роджер Элиа, Остап Купновицкий Organizations: Merck, РС, СНГ, Общество неврологов, Международная федерация РС () Locations: Sona, Молдова, Украина, Республика Молдова

Diagnosticul în timp util al SM în etapele inițiale ale bolii și prescripția timpurie a tratamentului individualizat necesar previn apariția exacerbărilor, încetinește progresia bolii și dizabilitatea pacienților. https://www.atlasofms.org/map/global/epidemiology/number-of-people-with-msZiua Mondială a Sclerozei Multiple este marcată anual pe 30 mai pentru a crește gradul de conștientizare a problemelor cu care se confruntă pacienții cu scleroză multiplă la nivel internațional. „Găzduirea unor asemenea evenimente, precum Ziua Mondială a Sclerozei Multiple este o oportunitate excelentă de a aduce împreună pacienți din diferite țări, pentru a depăși sentimentul de singurătate și izolare care s-a acutizat pe fondul pandemiei COVID-19. Ziua Mondială a SM este marcată anual pe 30 mai. Pentru a depăși barierele sociale și a uni comunitățile în jurul SM, tema Zilei Mondiale a Sclerozei Multiple pentru perioada 2020-2022 este dedicată SM Connections.

Persons: Nicolae Testemițanu, Roger Elia, Ostap Organizations: Universității de Medicină, Merck, SM, Ziua Mondială, Ziua, SM Connections, Federația Internațională Locations: Republica Moldova, CSI, Ucraina

Search resuls for: "Sona"

11 mentions found