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☆ Factbox: List of squads for the 2022 World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Midfielders: Aaron Mooy (Celtic), Jackson Irvine (FC St. Pauli), Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona), Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian), Riley McGree (Middlesbrough), Keanu Baccus (St Mirren). Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City), Weverton (Palmeiras). Midfielders: Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle United), Casemiro (Manchester United), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United), Lucas Paqueta (West Ham United). Midfielders: Thomas Delaney (Sevilla), Mathias Jensen (Brentford), Christian Eriksen (Manchester United), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur). JAPANDefender Yuta Nakayama was called up but will miss the World Cup after suffering an Achilles injury.

☆ IMF chief says rich countries alone can 'never close' the funding gap for climate change
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Su-Lin Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

watch nowPublic aid and funding from governments of developed countries alone won't be enough to close the funding gap on climate change initiatives in developing countries, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva told CNBC. More private investments are needed to help developing countries to meet their climate change targets, said the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Public aid and funding from governments of developed countries alone would not be enough to close the funding gap on climate change initiatives in developing countries. Stability in developing countries also secures trade between advanced and developing countries, Georgieva said. Disruptions in supply chains caused by climate change events could pose a bigger risk than the one posed by the pandemic, she added.

☆ NHL roundup: Red Wings rally to edge Rangers in OT
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Nov 6, 2022; New York, New York, USA; Detroit Red Wings left wing Dominik Kubalik (81) skates down ice on a breakaway in the third period against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Detroit won its third straight when Kubalik waited at the right side of the net for a pass from David Perron and tipped in the puck past goaltender Jaroslav Halak. Officials briefly reviewed the play to see if the Red Wings were offsides and did not change the call, allowing Detroit to end its three-game road losing streak. Matt Luff and Pius Suter scored in the second period for Detroit, which also beat Washington and the New York Islanders before Sunday. The Ducks entered allowing an NHL-high 478 shots on goal -- and have yielded at least 44 in four straight games.

☆ COP27 climate summit: Here's what to watch
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Given countries’ current promises, Earth’s temperature will climb to between 2.1 and 2.9 degrees Celsius by 2100. “No country has a right to be delinquent,” US Climate Envoy John Kerry told reporters in October. It is likely loss and damage will have space on the official COP27 agenda this year. And US officials often stress they want to also unlock private investments to help countries transition to renewables and deal with climate effects. Getty ImagesCOP27 is intended to hold countries’ feet to the fire on fossil fuel emissions and gin up new ambition on the climate crisis.

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Andersen Capital Management's Peter Andersen
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Andersen Capital Management's Peter AndersenPeter Andersen, chief investment officer at Andersen Capital Management, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss Fed guidance, stocks that show interest rate resilience, and investments in innovative technologies.

☆ Three stocks that allow investors forget about the Fed, according to strategist Peter Andersen
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThree stocks that allow investors forget about the Fed, according to strategist Peter AndersenPeter Andersen, chief investment officer at Andersen Capital Management, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss Fed guidance, stocks that show interest rate resilience, and investments in innovative technologies.

☆ NHL roundup: Tage Thompson's 6 points help Sabres blast Wings
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Oct 31, 2022; Buffalo, New York, USA; Hats are thrown on the ice to celebrate Buffalo Sabres right wing Tage Thompson (72) third goal of the game during the third period against the Detroit Red Wings at KeyBank Center. The franchise record is seven points, set by Gilbert Perreault on Feb. 1, 1976. However, the Sabres' defense clamped down and Dahlin, Dylan Cozens, Thompson and Rasmus Asplund each followed with goals. The Red Wings won all four games against the Sabres during the 2021-22 season. Hurricanes 3, Capitals 2 (SO)Andrei Svechnikov scored the decisive goal in a shootout as host Carolina beat Washington.

☆ Andersen Global CEO Discusses Legacy of Defunct Audit Giant, Overseas Expansion and EY’s Planned Split
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Mark Maurer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +8 min

Back then, Arthur Andersen was convicted by a Houston jury of obstructing the government’s investigation into Enron. Mr. Vorsatz—who worked at Arthur Andersen from 1979 to 2002, including as a partner—and several other former partners bought the rights to the name in 2014. WSJ: Andersen Global, unlike Arthur Andersen, has no audit business. Arthur Andersen had a training facility in St. Charles, Ill. WSJ: Do you consider it ironic that Arthur Andersen became the biggest firm and ultimately folded?

☆ U.S. plans to deploy B-52 bombers to Australia's north, ABC reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The United States is planning to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to an air base in northern Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) reported on Monday, amid heightened tensions with Beijing. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia engages with the United States on defence alliances "from time to time." Australia's Northern Territory is already host to frequent military collaborations with the United States. Last year, the United States, Britain and Australia created a security deal that will provide Australia with the technology to deploy nuclear-powered submarines, riling China. This year, the U.S. deployed four B-52s to its Andersen Air Force base in Guam.

SYDNEY, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The United States is planning to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to an air base in northern Australia, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, amid heightened tensions with Beijing. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia engages with the United States on defence alliances "from time to time." Australia's Northern Territory is already host to frequent military collaborations with the United States. Last year, the United States, Britain and Australia created a security deal that will provide Australia with the technology to deploy nuclear-powered submarines, riling China. This year, the U.S. deployed four B-52s to its Andersen Air Force base in Guam.

Representatives from around the world will meet from Nov. 6-18 at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt to try to agree pledges to limit warming to below 2C above pre-industrial levels and ideally to 1.5C (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). Policies in place, without strengthening, will likely lead to a 2.8C rise in temperature by the end of the century, 0.1C higher than was estimated last year. Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster," UNEP executive director Inger Andersen said. The gap between pledges and limiting warming to 2C is 15 GtCO2e a year and for 1.5C it is 23 GtCO2e a year. read moreOn Wednesday, the World Meteorological Organization said greenhouse gas concentrations climbed at above-average rates to new records last year.

These "conditional" pledges, if implemented fully, could reduce expected warming to a 2.4C rise, while unconditional pledges could lead to a 2.6C rise, the report said. "We still aren't anywhere near enough to cut greenhouse gas emissions (to the levels required)," UNEP executive director Inger Andersen told reporters at a briefing. The gap between pledges and limiting warming to 2C is 15 GtCO2e a year and for 1.5C it is 23 GtCO2e a year. According to a separate U.N. report earlier this week analysing the latest pledges submitted by countries, 2.5C of warming is likely by the end of the century. read moreOn Wednesday, the World Meteorological Organization said greenhouse gas concentrations climbed at above-average rates to records last year.

☆ Beware of fad stocks. Truly owner, Snap & Zoom have plunged
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Paul R. La Monica | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Sam Adams brewer, which also owns the hard seltzer brand Truly, is struggling as the popularity of alcoholic seltzer appears to be fading fast. “The continuing decline of the hard seltzer segment … is deeper than previously expected,” said Boston Beer founder and chairman Jim Koch on the company’s earnings call in July. Sam Adams owner Boston Beer made a big bet on Truly Hard Seltzer. Sales have slowed, the company is still losing money, its founders have left, and the stock has plunged nearly 80% this year. E-signature software company DocuSign (DOCU) and virtual health company Teladoc (TDOC) have also plunged this year after getting huge boosts from Covid in 2020.

☆ Baker Hughes Recruits New CFO as It Seeks Cost Savings
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Mark Maurer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

Baker Hughes Co. hired a gold-production executive to be its next finance chief as the oilfield-services company seeks to reduce costs and boost profit through a reorganization into two business units. Ms. Buese is set to succeed Brian Worrell, who was Baker Hughes’s CFO since 2017. Baker Hughes in recent months has faced high supply-chain costs and volatility in global currencies. Baker Hughes named Nancy Buese as chief financial officer, effective Nov. 2. Photo: Baker Hughes Co.

☆ NHL roundup: Alex Ovechkin, Caps overtake Canucks
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

With 7:16 remaining in regulation, Ovechkin slid the puck onto the stick of Sheary, who converted the go-ahead goal. Ovechkin, who had one assist in the first three contests, added some tip-in insurance with 2:58 left to play. Tyler Seguin, Jani Hakanpaa, Joel Kiviranta and Miro Heiskanen each scored a goal and Mason Marchment added two assists for Dallas. Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe each had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who earned their second win in a row. Linus Ullmark made 37 saves for his second win of Boston's three this season.

☆ Soman Chainani Creates Complex Fantasy Tales
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Emily Bobrow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Growing up as a gay Indian kid on the posh island of Key Biscayne, Fla., outside of Miami, Soman Chainani sensed he didn’t fit in. He felt alien among his mostly white peers, and overlooked by the Disney films he watched until he knew every frame. “I remember not seeing myself in anything,” he says over video from his home in Manhattan. He found in the grisly yarns of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm a more nuanced appreciation of good, evil, luck and hubris. “I realized that fairy tales were meant to do something other than engender jealousy or resentment in those of us who don’t get the happy ending,” he says.

☆ Trump sues CNN, Herschel Walker threatens Daily Beast and America loses
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Ronnell Andersen Jones | Prof. Ronnell Andersen Jones Is The Teitelbaum Chair In Law At The University Of Utah | An Affiliated Fellow At The Yale Law School Information Society Project. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Once a relatively rare move for public officials, threatening a libel suit is fast becoming a go-to tool for some who hope to influence public narratives, if not right wrongs. The odds that any elected official or candidate emerges victorious in a defamation suit are exceedingly low. Trump has a longstanding pattern of threatening libel actions that he either does not bring or does not continue. Others, including recent Trump campaign lawsuits against the Times and CNN, have been filed but dismissed by judges in state and federal courts. Trump knows that this is about the court of public opinion more than it is about the court of law.

☆ Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski and two human rights groups win 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Belarusian human rights activis Ales Bialiatski speaks after he and the Belarusian human rights organization Vjasna were awarded the 2020 Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm on December 3, 2020. Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties have been awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee said he had "devoted his life to promoting democracy and peaceful development in his home country." The Center for Civil Liberties was set up in 2007 to support Ukrainian civil society, promote human rights and campaign for full democracy in the country. The final recipient, Russian rights group Memorial, was founded in 1987 in the former Soviet Union to honor victims of political oppression.

☆ Fauci says the Chinese government is 'probably' hiding something about the origins of COVID, but he's not sure it's a lab leak
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dr. Anthony Fauci said he's "keeping a completely open mind" about the origins of the pandemic. Fauci told an audience the Chinese government is "probably" hiding something about the origins of the virus. Fauci recalls the painstaking efforts it took to get information on that outbreak from Chinese officials. Hiding information creates a perfect breeding ground for conspiracy theories, Fauci said"It's natural, totally natural for conspiracy people who are thinking it's a conspiracy to say, 'see? And, "they probably are," Fauci said, but it may not have anything to do with a lab leak at all.

☆ Duke Energy is one of the top leakers of a gas that is 25,000 times more polluting than carbon dioxide, EPA records show
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Phil Mckenna | Inside Climate News | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +22 min

The emissions were equal to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of more than 59,000 automobiles, according to the EPA’s greenhouse gas equivalency calculator. Under such a scenario Duke Energy would likely have years of low emissions punctuated by a single year of high emissions. While other utilities have participated for decades in a voluntary program with the EPA to reduce SF6 emissions to next to nothing, Duke Energy has not. Brooks said Duke Energy is also targeting its most leaky equipment for faster replacement. The figure is roughly half of 1% of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, far smaller than yearly emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary driver of climate change.

☆ Fauci says 400 US deaths a day is 'not an acceptable number' despite President Biden declaring the pandemic 'over'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Days after President Biden said "the pandemic is over," his chief medical advisor is adding context. "400 deaths per day is not an acceptable number," Fauci told The Atlantic. "400 deaths per day is not an acceptable number as far as I'm concerned, we've gotta get it down much, much lower," Fauci told The Atlantic's Ross Andersen on Wednesday. President Biden told CBS "the pandemic is over" as he walked the floor at the Detroit Auto Show last week. This is not the time to call the game and get a hot dog, Fauci saidDeclaring the pandemic over is now a "double-edged sword," Fauci added.

☆ NFL roundup: Tua Tagovailoa tosses 6 TDs as Dolphins rally past Ravens
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Tagovailoa completed 36 of 50 passes for 469 yards and six TD passes, tied for the second-most in a single game in NFL history. Buccaneers 20, Saints 10Tom Brady threw a tiebreaking touchdown pass to Breshad Perriman as visiting Tampa Bay defeated New Orleans. Lawrence completed 25 of 30 passes and Christian Kirk caught both touchdown passes for the Jaguars (1-1). Marcus Mariota pulled the Falcons (0-2) to within 31-17 with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Olamide Zaccheaus with 8:14 left in the game. Rush tossed a 9-yard touchdown pass to Noah Brown to cap a 12-play, 75-yard drive in the first quarter.

☆ Further interest rate hikes will depend on data, ECB's de Guindos says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterVice-President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Luis de Guindos gives a statement during the second day of the Informal Meeting of EU Ministers for Economics and Financial Affairs in Berlin, Germany September 12, 2020. Odd Andersen/Pool via REUTERSMADRID, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The exact number of further interest rate increases by the European Central Bank will depend on upcoming macroeconomic data, ECB Vice-president Luis de Guindos said on Monday. read more"Monetary policy always tries to act to fight inflation, that will have an effect on consumer spending and investment by companies...and further interest rates increases will depend on economic data," de Guindos told a financial event in Madrid. "Inflation is the biggest pain for European population," he added. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Jesús Aguado and Emma Pinedo, editing by Andrei KhalipOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Analysis: Why racist 'The Little Mermaid' arguments don't hold up
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Claim: ‘The Little Mermaid’ is a Danish story, therefore Ariel should be WhiteThe original “Little Mermaid” story was written by Hans Christian Andersen and first published in 1837. (Also “The Little Mermaid” isn’t real.) Also, “The Little Mermaid” isn’t real.) Disney’s 1989 “The Little Mermaid” is still available to watch, own and share. Also – and this is very important – “The Little Mermaid” isn’t real.

EY’s leaders last week approved separating the professional-services firm’s consulting and auditing businesses. The consulting firm, which doesn’t have an official name yet, has to make sure its branding doesn’t confuse prospective or existing clients, she said. EY trailed Deloitte and PwC in both its total revenue, $39.96 billion, and consulting revenue in the 2021 fiscal year. EY’s planned split has drawn comparisons to when Andersen Consulting separated from defunct accounting firm Arthur Andersen in 2001 and subsequently rebranded as Accenture. Companies could be inclined to stick with their existing consulting firm, rather than try out a new one, if they are uncertain about their outlook, Mr. Tellis said.

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