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☆ Nighttime footage shows a fire-breathing Ukrainian drone setting Russian positions ablaze
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA Ukrainian battalion shared nighttime footage of one of its "dragon drones" breathing fire on a Russian position in Ukraine, setting a line of trees ablaze. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Nighttime footage of a Ukrainian dragon drone covering a Russian-held treeline with molten thermite, setting multiple Russian positions ablaze. However, news reports suggest Russia may also have produced its own version of the "dragon drone," DW reported. AdvertisementJames Patton Rogers, a drone expert and executive director of the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute, told Business Insider this month that the tactic can force a retreat.

Persons: —, it's, James Patton Rogers, Patton Rogers Organizations: Service, 205th, Territorial Defense Forces, Business, 241st, 92nd Assault Brigade, Russian, Deutsche Welle, Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine's, Donetsk, Kursk, Russia

☆ Is the U.S. stock market too ‘concentrated’? Here’s what to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe U.S. stock market has become dominated by about a handful of companies in recent years. Some experts question whether that "concentrated" market puts investors at risk, though others think such fears are likely overblown. The so-called "Magnificent Seven" — Apple , Amazon , Alphabet , Meta , Microsoft , Nvidia and Tesla — make up about 31% of the index, it said. Why stock concentration may not be a concernThe S&P 500 tracks stock prices of the 500 largest publicly traded companies. When there were big market crashes, they generally don't appear to have been associated with stock concentration, he added.

Persons: Jensen Huang, David Paul Morris, Morgan Stanley, Charlie Fitzgerald III, John Rekenthaler, Rekenthaler, Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, Mike Staunton, We've, Goldman Sachs, Fitzgerald, Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo, Charlie Fitzgerald Organizations: Nvidia Corp, Blackwell, Nvidia, Technology, Bloomberg, Getty, Microsoft, Tesla, U.S, Finance, Morningstar, Big U.S, Goldman, Goldman Sachs Research Locations: Orlando , Florida, U.S, Switzerland, France, Australia, Germany, South Korea, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Canada

☆ This is the easiest way for newbies to start investing, financial experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

For many people, investing is a necessity to grow one's savings and provide financial security in retirement. A 'fabulous, simple solution' for beginnersTarget-date funds, known as TDFs, are the simplest entry point to investing for the long term, according to financial pros. TDFs are based on age: Investors choose a fund based on the year in which they aim to retire. Other 'solid choices' for novice investorsInvestors who want to be a bit more hands-on relative to TDF investors have other simple options, experts said. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Christine Benz, Lee Baker, Baker, Carolyn McClanahan, Benz, Charles Schwab, Rowe Price, it's, McClanahan Organizations: Getty, Berkshire, Fidelity Investments, Morningstar, Apex Financial Services, Investors, Benz, Planning Partners, Fidelity, Vanguard Group, BlackRock, Finance, Young Locations: Atlanta, Jacksonville , Florida, U.S

☆ What to Know About This Crazily Crowded Broadway Spring Season
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Is Broadway facing a bonanza or a blood bath? For potential ticket buyers, there will be a dizzying array of options. In early April, about 38 shows should be running on Broadway (the exact number depends on unexpected closings or openings between now and then). “From a consumer point of view, we’re excited about the amount of choice there is on Broadway,” said Deeksha Gaur, the executive director of TDF, the nonprofit that runs the discount TKTS booths. But the density of late-season openings — 11 plays and musicals over a nine-day stretch in late April — has producers and investors worried about how those shows will find enough ticket buyers to survive.

Persons: —, ”, Deeksha Gaur, TDF Organizations: Broadway

☆ Gilead Sciences Is the Target of a Bizarre Legal Theory
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones Organizations: pharma Locations: gilead, taf

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - French telecoms firm TDF is studying options for its fibre business including a sale, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters, in a deal that could value the fibre unit upwards of 1 billion euros. The sellers are looking for as much as 1.3 billion to 1.6 billion euros for the fibre unit, according to one of the people, a price that buyers may find difficult to swallow. TDF - a former unit of France's leading telecoms operator Orange - provides broadcasting, fibre and telecoms infrastructure with some of its radio antennas sitting on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The fibre unit's EbitdaAL, which deducts the cost of the leases from EBITDA, reached 28.7 million euros last year up from 21.6 million euros a year earlier, while revenues grew 42.8% to 52 million euros, according to TDF’s latest annual results. Two of the sources said the fibre unit's valuation will depend on the number of homes connected to fibre, market penetration and growth rate.

Persons: Brookfield, Sweden's, Les Echos, Andres Gonzalez, Amy, Jo Crowley, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: TDF, Reuters, Brookfield Asset Management, BNP Paribas, BNP, Brookfield, Orange, Eiffel, Sweden's EQT Partners, PSP Investments, APG, Management, Arcus Infrastructure Partners, Agricole, CAA, Thomson Locations: Paris, Europe, TDF, EBITDA

☆ You may be overlooking an important point about target date funds
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Meanwhile, the John Hancock Preservation Blend and American Funds Target Date Retirement 2055 funds had lower average allocations — 80% and 84%, respectively, Morningstar said. The idea that everyone in a five-year age cohort should have the same asset allocation, it's just not correct. David Blanchett managing director and head of retirement research at PGIMOf course, TDFs can vary in many ways aside from asset allocation. For example, some are known as "through" funds, which continue to get more conservative throughout retirement; others are "to" funds, whose stock-bond proportions stay steady in retirement. Why asset allocation is more important for retireesPaying attention to asset allocation is particularly important for investors in or near retirement, Pacholok said.

Persons: Lourdes Balduque, John Hancock, Morningstar, Rowe Price, that's, Megan Pacholok, David Blanchett, Pacholok Organizations: John, John Hancock Preservation, Morningstar, of America, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Locations: BlackRock, TDFs

☆ A lawyer-turned-fighter codenamed 'Witch' has gained viral fame defending Ukraine as a mortar commander in the fiercest battlefronts of the war
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar is better known in Ukraine by her callsign "Witch." Junior Lieutenant mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. A baptism of fireJunior Lieutenant mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. Junior Lieutenant mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. Junior Lieutenant mortar platoon commander Olga Bigar of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces.

☆ 'My call sign is 'Grandad.'' The retirees who are frontline fighters for Ukraine against the Russian invaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Some volunteer fighters in Ukraine are considerably older than the average age of a typical soldier. 63-year-old Leonid Onyschenko, for example, is fighting for Ukraine near the city of Bakhmut. While the classic image of a soldier in battle evokes a fit young person with a chiseled jawline, the diverse volunteer fighters in Ukraine defy this expectation. The Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) — a volunteer military reserve — said that Onyshchenko had been serving the country for nine years since Russia's invasion and illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. Many of the older volunteers the news outlet spoke to appeared eager to stay in eastern Ukraine at the time.

☆ A decade of quiet preparations helped Ukraine turn the tables on Russia's bigger, better-armed military, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Constantine Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Following Russia's 2014 attack, Ukraine's military set out to improve and modernize its forces. In the years that followed, Ukraine's military underwent a period of preparation that helped it blunt the full-scale invasion that Russia launched in February 2022. Training for artillery troops was also intensified. However, Russia's tanks still outnumbered Ukraine's nearly four to one when the invasion started. Prior to 2022, Ukraine's military had struggled to retain troops, but high turnover during those years meant Ukraine had a large pool of civilians with military training.

☆ Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Dawit Endeshaw | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Abandoned ammunition boxes lie on the ground following a battle between the Ethiopian military and Tigray forces along the road between the village of Sheweate Hugum and Yechila town in south-central Tigray, Ethiopia, July 10, 2021. REUTERS/Giulia ParaviciniADDIS ABABA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia's federal government, began handing over heavy weaponry to the national army as part of an African Union-led peace process on Tuesday. The demobilisation of Tigray forces is seen as central to the Nov. 2 ceasefire agreement, alongside the restoration of services, resumption of humanitarian aid and withdrawal of Eritrean troops, who fought alongside Ethiopia's army but were not party to the truce. The conflict created famine-like conditions for hundreds of thousands of Tigray's population, killed thousands and displaced millions across northern Ethiopia. At the ceremony, Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) representative Mulugeta Gebrechristos said the start of the disarmament would play a major role in restoring peace.

☆ Sign-language interpreter says he was ousted from job on Broadway's 'The Lion King' because he is white
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Wann said he was asked to not intrepret 'The Lion King' Broadway show in April because he is white. "To me, just seeing that discrimination, it doesn't matter if I'm white or black," Wann said. According to the lawsuit, Carling asked Wann and another white interpreter, Christina Mosleh, to step down from the show so TDF could replace them with Black sign-language interpreters. "To me, just seeing that discrimination, it doesn't matter if I'm white or Black," Wann said, the New York Post reported. Wann's career as a Broadway interpreter spans a decade.

☆ Cristiano Ronaldo, o nouă achiziție extravagantă. Modelul exclusivist pentru care a plătit 1.6 milioane de euro
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-12 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesCristiano Ronaldo, o nouă achiziție extravagantă. Modelul exclusivist pentru care a plătit 1.6 milioane de euroCristiano Ronaldo traversează o perioadă mai puțin fastă din punct de vedere profesional, însă și-a găsit timp pentru o vizită la fabrica Ferrari. Ferrari Monza SP2 este un model inspirat din navele din anii '50, care atinge o viteză de 100 km/h în doar două 2.6 secunde. În ceea ce privește costul de achiziție, pentru Ferrari Monza Sp2 Cristiano Ronaldo trebuie să achite aproximativ 1.6 milioane de euro. Cu Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo luptă în acest final de sezon pentru ocuparea unui loc de Champions League.

Persons: Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Ferrari Monza, Bugatti, Chiron, McClaren Senna, Andrea Pirlo Organizations: Ferrari, Juventus, Mercedes, Champions League, A, AC Milan Locations: Ferrari Monza, portughez, Napoli

☆ 3,5 миллиона французов остались без телевидения из-за пожара на телевышке
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-02 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: 1 min

Около 3,5 миллионов человек на юго-востоке Франции остались без телевидения и радио во вторник после того, как платформа Télédiffusion de France (TDF) возле Марселя была разрушена в результате пожара, сообщает AFP. Сотрудники платформы считают, что это был поджог, передает Agerpres«Это, несомненно, имеет преступный характер (пожар)», – заявил для AFP региональный директор TDF Sud-Est Патрис Баргас. По словам местных пожарных, пожар вспыхнул с вечера понедельника на вторник в зале вещания и распространился по кабелям. Расследование по этому делу начала прокуратура Экс-ан-Прованса. После пожара на четверти территории было прервано вещание 25 из 30 каналов ТНТ (цифрового наземного телевидения) и 19 FM-радиостанций, уточнили в TDF.

Persons: Патрис Баргас Organizations: ТНТ Locations: Франция, Марсель, эксанпрованс

☆ 3,5 milioane de francezi au rămas fără televizoare în urma unui incendiu la o platformă radio-tv
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Aproximativ 3,5 milioane de locuitori din sud-estul Franţei au rămas fără televiziune şi radio marţi, după ce platforma Télédiffusion de France (TDF), de lângă Marsilia, a fost devastată de un incendiu în noaptea predecentă, relatează AFP, preluată de Agerpres. Oficialii platformei vorbesc despre un incendiu provocat. „Este fără îndoială natura criminală (a incendiului)”, a declarat pentru AFP directorul regional al TDF Sud-Est, Patrice Bargas, care a vorbit despre „urme de efracţie”. O anchetă în acest caz a fost deschisă de parchetul din Aix-en-Provence. După incendiu, emisia a 25 din cele 30 de canale ale TNT (televiziune digitală terestră) şi a 19 posturi de radio FM a fost întreruptă pe un sfert din teritoriu, a precizat TDF.

Persons: Patrice Bargas Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Franţei, Marsilia, Sud, Est, Aix - en - Provence

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