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☆ Pablo Reyes' walk-off slam propels Red Sox past Royals
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/48] Aug 7, 2023; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Kansas City Royals catcher Freddy Fermin (34) on the field before the start of the game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. It was the first home run of the season for Reyes, who collected three hits and scored three times in the win. He gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits, walked one and struck out a career-high 11. Masataka Yoshida's sacrifice fly in the third inning scored Reyes with the game's first run. The Royals tied the game with three consecutive hits after there were two outs in the seventh.

Persons: Freddy Fermin, David Butler II, Pablo Reyes, Carlos Hernandez, Reyes, Matt Quatraro, Luis Urias, Rafael Devers, Casas, Hernandez, Kenley Jansen, Brayan Bello, Bello, Cole Ragans, MJ Melendez, Masataka Yoshida's, Connor Wong, Kyle Isbel, Maikel, Bobby Witt Organizations: Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, Fenway, Boston, Kansas City, Royals, Thomson Locations: Boston , Massachusetts, USA, Garcia

☆ MLB roundup: Red Sox end skid, sink Royals on walk-off slam
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

[1/4] Aug 7, 2023; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Red Sox shortstop Pablo Reyes (19) hits a grand slam to end the game against the Kansas City Royals in the ninth inning at Fenway Park. Winning pitcher Pablo Lopez (7-6) scattered five hits and didn't walk a batter while recording eight strikeouts in seven innings. Pirates 7, Braves 6Jared Triolo hit a two-run single during a six-run third for Pittsburgh, which topped visiting Atlanta. Enyel De Los Santos (4-2) started the eighth for the Guardians after rookie right-hander Gavin Williams had blanked the Blue Jays on one hit over seven innings. Smyly allowed seven runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five over five-plus innings.

Persons: Pablo Reyes, David Butler II, Carlos Hernandez, Reyes, Matt Quatraro, Hernandez, Kenley Jansen, Cole Ragans, MJ Melendez, Freddy Peralta, Peralta, Ezequiel Tovar, Elvis Peguero, Andrew Chafin, Mookie Betts, Betts, David Peralta, Jason Heyward, Luis Campusano, Ryan Jeffers, Carlos Correa, Correa, Pablo Lopez, Nick Maton, Joey Wentz, Brandon Williamson, Christian Encarnacion, Joey Votto, Jorge Soler, Jazz Chisholm, Eury Perez, Jared Triolo, Connor Joe, Andrew McCutchen, Henry Davis, Liover, Spencer Strider, Ozzie Albies, Cavan Biggio, Hyun Jin Ryu, Tommy John, Oscar Gonzalez, Enyel De Los Santos, Gavin Williams, De Los Santos, Daulton, Biggio, Pete Alonso, Alonso, Drew Smyly, Tucker Barnhart, Kodai Senga, Cody Bellinger, Smyly, Andrew Vaughn, Gerrit Cole, Mickey Moniak, Moniak, Joc, Carlos Estevez, San Francisco, Mitch Garver, Travis Jankowski's, Zack Gelof Organizations: Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, Fenway, Boston, Kansas City, Royals, Brewers, Rockies, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, National League Central, Dodgers, Padres, San, The Dodgers, Tigers, Minnesota, Detroit, American League Central Division, Reds, Marlins, Miami, Pirates, Braves, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Blue Jays, Cavan, Cleveland, Jays, Mets, Cubs, New, Chicago, White Sox, Yankees, Giants, Angels, San Francisco, Rangers, Athletics, Oakland, Texas, American League West, Thomson Locations: Boston , Massachusetts, USA, Colorado, Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami, Toronto, New York, Chicago, Anaheim , Calif, Texas

☆ MLB roundup: Astros' Framber Valdez no-hits Guardians
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

Elias Diaz had three doubles and Jurickson Profar also had three hits for the Rockies, who have lost five of their past seven games. Eugenio Suarez homered and drove in three runs for the Mariners, who lost for just the second time in their past seven games. Pirates 4, Tigers 1Liover Peguero hit a two-run homer and Johan Oviedo pitched seven strong innings as Pittsburgh topped visiting Detroit. He set the record with 130 innings pitched last year and broke it on Tuesday at 123 1/3 innings. Orioles 13, Blue Jays 3Anthony Santander was 3-for-4 with a grand slam and right-hander Kyle Bradish pitched seven innings to lead visiting Baltimore past Toronto.

Persons: Framber Valdez, Troy, Oscar Gonzalez, Valdez, Kyle Tucker, Gavin Williams, Dansby Swanson, Cody Bellinger, Mike Tauchman, Nico Hoerner, Patrick Wisdom, Miguel Amaya, Justin Steele, Tyler Stephenson, Matt McLain, Cincinnati's Ben Lively, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr, Jake Cronenworth, Robert Suarez, Ryan McMahon, Elias Diaz, Jurickson Profar, Peter Lambert, Alex Verdugo, Reese McGuire, Brayan Bello, Bello, Kenley Jansen, Eugenio Suarez, Bryce Miller, Lance Lynn, Enrique Hernandez, Clayton Kershaw, Mookie Betts, Chris Taylor, Ken Waldichuk, James Outman, Tayler Scott, Waldichuk, Hernandez, Peguero, Johan Oviedo, Endy Rodriguez, Josh Palacios, Akil Baddoo, Matt Manning, Zach Eflin, Randy Arozarena, Yandy Diaz, Carlos Rodon, Michael Harris, Spencer Strider's, Patrick Sandoval, Ozzie Albies, Matt Olson's, Donovan Solano, Louis, Pablo Lopez, Jhoan Duran, Tyler O'Neill's, Miles Mikolas, Bryce Harper, Nick Castellanos, Sandy Alcantara, David Robertson, Philadelphia's Seranthony Dominguez, Gregory Soto, Luis Arraez, MJ Melendez, Francisco Alvarez, Carlos Hernandez, Bobby Witt Jr, Brooks Raley, Maikel Garcia, Witt, Josh Walker, Melendez, Pete Alonso, Garcia, Brice Turang, Joey Wiemer, Andruw Monasterio, William Contreras, Freddy Peralta, Josiah Gray, CJ Abrams, Jake Alu, Anthony Santander, Kyle Bradish, Gunnar Henderson, Hyun Jin Ryu, Tommy John, Danny Jansen, Mitch Garver, Adolis Garcia, Andrew Heaney, Heaney, Josh Sborz, Aroldis Chapman, Will Smith, Jesse Scholtens, LaMonte Wade Jr, Brandon Crawford, Lourdes Gurriel Jr, Alek Thomas, Ketel Marte, Miguel Castro, Wade, Ryan Walker Organizations: Houston Astros, Cleveland Guardians, Cubs, Reds, National League Central, Wrigley Field, Padres, Rockies, Colorado, Red Sox, Mariners, Boston, Dodgers, Athletics, Los Angeles, Oakland, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Tigers, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Pirates, Oviedo, Yankees, Tampa Bay, Rays, Braves, Angels, Atlanta, Cardinals, Minnesota, Phillies, Marlins, Philadelphia, Miami, New York Mets, Royals, Mets, Kansas City, New York, Brewers, Nationals, Milwaukee, Washington, Orioles, Blue Jays, Baltimore, Toronto, Brandon, Rangers, White Sox, Texas, Chicago, Giants, Diamondbacks, San, National League West, Thomson Locations: Houston , Texas, USA, Troy Taormina, Cincinnati, Chicago, Diego, Denver, Seattle, Angeles, Los Angeles, Tampa, New York, Atlanta, Los, New, Toronto, Arlington , Texas, San Francisco, Arizona

☆ Twins sneak by Cardinals, 3-2
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

August 2 - Donovan Solano delivered a decisive two-run, pinch-hit single in the seventh inning as the visiting Minnesota Twins edged the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Tuesday to snap their five-game losing streak. Tyler O'Neill hit a solo home run for the Cardinals, who lost for the eighth time in their last 11 games. With one out, Jordan Walker hit a ground ball to third baseman Jorge Polanco and raced to third after a wild throw. Taylor Motter hit a leadoff single, took second on Lars Nootbaar's one-out single and scored on Nolan Arenado's two-out single. Nootbaar and Paul Goldschmidt hit two-out singles in the eighth inning before Arenado flied out to strand both runners.

Persons: Donovan Solano, Tyler O'Neill, Pablo Lopez, Emilio Pagan, Griffin Jax, Jhoan Duran, Miles Mikolas, Ryan Jeffers, Joey Gallo's lineout, Michael A, Taylor, Tommy Edman's, Jordan Walker, Jorge Polanco, Walker, Taylor Motter, Lars Nootbaar's, Nolan Arenado's, Nootbaar, Polanco, Matt Wallner, Solano, Paul Goldschmidt, Arenado, Louis, Duran Organizations: Minnesota Twins, Louis Cardinals, Cardinals, The Twins, O'Neill's, Thomson

☆ Meet Ted Pick, the hard-charging 'deal junkie' who rose to the top at Morgan Stanley the old-fashioned way — and looks poised to succeed James Gorman as CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Employees knew they were getting promoted if Pick told them to wear a tie the following day, an ex-managing director recalled. While Morgan Stanley currently trades at a premium among its Wall Street peers, its enviable success isn't thanks to Pick. Succession has traditionally been a bloody sport on Wall Street, and Morgan Stanley is no exception. Gonzalo Marroquin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Show less Morgan Stanley investment management head and dark horse in the race for CEO, Dan Simkowitz. Despite enjoying the stock price gains under Gorman's reign, plenty of longtime employees want another dyed-in-the-wool Morgan Stanley loyalist, according to a former senior executive.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Ted Pick, Pick, Gucci loafers, Blackstone, Tony James, Morgan, James Gorman, Gorman, Andy Saperstein, Dan Simkowitz, John Mack, Ted, James, Phil Purcell, Mack, Purcell, Merrill Lynch, Paul Taubman, Colm Kelleher, coheads, Gonzalo Marroquin, Patrick McMullan, Saperstein, Euromoney, Parker Gilbert, He's, John, cohead, Bolu, Goldman Sachs, Pablo, tony, Betsey Kittenplan, Smith Barney, James cochairs, Jim Breyer, Anna Wintour, John Mack pranking Pick, John Waldron, Goldman, I'm, Howard Marks, Bill Parcells, atta, Brian Moynihan, aren't, David Solomon, Jamie Dimon's, Eaton Vance, he's, you've, Richard Drew, — Organizations: Employees, Archegos Capital Management, Blackstone, McKinsey, Getty, Middlebury College, China Construction Bank, Harvard Business School, Mitsubishi, Wall, Autonomous Research, Anguilla, Agricultural Bank of China, Capital Management, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vogue, New York Rangers, Oaktree Capital Management, Bloomberg, Staten, Disney, JPMorgan, Trade, AP Locations: China, Beijing, Manhattan, New York City, Caracas, Venezuela, Brookville, tony Long

[1/5] Boards displaying the exchange rate of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar are pictured outside exchange houses in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico July 27, 2023. But emergence of the phenomenon known as the "super peso" means those dollars no longer go as far as they did. "The purchasing power of remittances has deteriorated due to peso appreciation," said Carlos Serrano, chief economist at bank BBVA Mexico. "You can see it hitting lower-income families ... in states that bring in most remittances." Georgina Cardenas, 34, said the $1,200 a month she receives from her builder husband in the United States "used to be enough for my two children" and other expenses.

Persons: Jose Luis Gonzalez, Adriana Sanchez, Sanchez, it's, Andres Manuel Lopez, Carlos Serrano, Pablo Lopez Sarabia, Manuel, there's, Veronica, They're, Georgina Cardenas, Lizbeth Diaz, Noe Torres, Dave Graham, Aurora Ellis Organizations: U.S ., REUTERS, BBVA Mexico, Reuters, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Thomson Locations: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, TLAXCALA, United States, Asia, Tlaxcala, Mexico City, U.S, California

☆ Spanish Socialists lose seat, after expat vote count, making it harder to form government
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Graham Keeley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Counting of votes from over 233,000 Spaniards living abroad handed one seat in Madrid to the PP that had been awarded to the Socialists in the initial vote count, the PP and Socialists said on Saturday. To form a government, an absolute majority is needed in a parliamentary vote in the 350-seat Congress. This meant Sanchez only had to persuade Junts to abstain, to be voted back into power with a simple majority. Alberto Nunez Feijoo, the PP leader, is still determined to try to form a right-wing coalition. Sumar leader Yolanda Díaz called on all "progressive forces" to support Sanchez.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Juan Medina, Sunday's, Esquerra, Junts, Sanchez, EH, Vox, Pablo Simon, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Feijoo, Pedro Rollan, Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, Graham Keeley, Alvise Armellini, Frances Kerry Organizations: Socialist, REUTERS, Spain's Socialists, Reuters, ERC, Socialists, Vox, Union of, Canarian Coalition, Basque Nationalist Party, Galician Nationalist Bloc, UPN, Canaries, PP, Carlos III University, Italian, Repubblica, Thomson Locations: Madrid, Spain, BARCELONA, Catalan, Basque, Junts, Catalonia, Spanish, Rome

☆ McDonald's earnings top estimates as mascot Grimace fuels U.S. sales
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

McDonald's on Thursday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts' expectations as its China sales rebound and mascot Grimace drives U.S. visits. The company's global same-store sales climbed 11.7%, topping StreetAccount estimates of 9.2%. All three of McDonald's divisions reported double-digit growth for same-store sales. In the U.S., its largest market, same-store sales climbed 10.3%. McDonald's also reported that visits to its U.S. locations grew for the fourth consecutive quarter.

Persons: Grimace, Chris Kempczinski, McDonald's Organizations: Refinitiv Locations: San Pablo , California, McDonald's, China, U.S

☆ Factbox: Key moves in Justin Trudeau's cabinet shuffle
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

OTTAWA, July 26 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, appointing new heads at 30 of the 38 ministries, adding seven new faces. Bill Blair took over as defense minister, his fourth cabinet post under Trudeau since 2018, where he will oversee military efforts to help Ukraine and reinforce NATO. The former Toronto police chief, 69, had previously been in charge of border security, public safety and then emergency preparedness. Marc Miller, 50, was promoted to immigration minister from crown indigenous relations. Fraser, 39, had been immigration minister since October 2021.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Anita Anand, Anand, Bill Blair, Trudeau, Dominic LeBlanc, Marco Mendicino, Marc Miller, Sean Fraser, Mark Holland, Jean, Yves Duclos, Pablo Rodriguez, Arif Virani, David Lametti, Mona Fortier, Mendicino, David Ljunggren, Steve Scherer, Deepa Babington Organizations: OTTAWA, Canadian, WHO, Treasury Board, NATO, Toronto police, Liberal, Canadian Heritage, Treasury, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Fraser, Ontario

☆ Review: Wagner Would Have Liked AR, but Not This ‘Parsifal’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Zachary Woolfe | More About Zachary Woolfe | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After a squabble within the notoriously squabbling Bayreuth Festival about funding the expensive augmented reality, or AR, glasses, money was allotted for 330 sets in a theater of 1,925 seats. A much smaller group, including critics, gets the glasses, which superimpose on that live staging a crowded AR environment that is constantly in motion. They miss the space between them and the stage seeming to fill with twinkling stars as the soft prelude begins. The fly that seems to land on the outside of the AR lenses. The rocky ledge that appears to fill the area beneath the seats in the third act.

Persons: straightforwardly, Pablo Heras

☆ Venice Film Festival unveils a star-studded lineup amid strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its lineup amid the ongoing SAG-AFTRA actors and WGA writers strike. While the movie lineup is filled with A-list actors and big-name directors, it remains unclear which talent will be allowed to actually attend the festival amid the strike. Festival director Alberto Barbera said in his opening speech if the strike is still ongoing there will likely be premieres without the film’s cast on the red carpet. In the meantime, producers can apply for SAG-AFTRA waivers so the stars of their films can attend and not break strike rules. See the full in competition lineup for the 2023 Venice International Film Festival below.

Persons: Bradley Cooper, Sofia Coppola, Yorgos Lanthimos, Michael Mann, Ava DuVernay, ”, Edoardo De Angelis, Pierfrancesco Favino, “, Bayona, Cooper’s, “ Maestro, Cooper, Emma Stone, Damien Chazelle, Jane Campion, Martin McDonagh, Laura Poitras, Alberto Barbera, Barbera, ” Edoardo de Angelis, ” Stefano Sollima “, ” Bertrand Bonello “, ” Luc Besson “ El Conde, ” Pablo Larrain “, ” Pietro Castellitto “, “ Ferrari, ” Michael Mann “ Finalmente, ” Saverio Costanzo “, Agnieszka Holland “ Holly, ” Matteo Garrone “, ” David Fincher “ Lubo, ” Giorgio Diritti “ Maestro, ” Bradley Cooper, ” Michel Franco “, ” Ava DuVernay “, Lanthimos, Priscilla, ” Sofia Coppola “, ” Nikolaj Arcel, Allem, ” Timm Kroger, Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert Organizations: CNN, WGA, “ Society, SAG Locations: Venice, J.A, La

That would cost the EU its figurehead in international climate negotiations and the politician who drove through Europe's toughest measures yet to cut planet-warming emissions. The move was at odds with the U.S., and faced ire from some EU countries who felt it gave too much away. Ribera's role at the helm of Spain's green agenda is on the line after a snap election on Sunday ended with gridlock. The EU wants to pass at least two more green policies before EU elections next year - the nature law and electricity market reforms. Spain - whose current government typically backs ambitious EU climate policies - holds the EU's rotating presidency, and will chair EU countries' negotiations on all new laws until 2024.

Persons: gridlock, Frans Timmermans, Michael Bloss, Timmermans, Teresa Ribera, Linda Kalcher, Ribera's, She's, Kalcher, Ribera, Emmanuel Macron, Pablo Simon, Carlos, Kate Abnett, Pietro Lombardi, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: EU, European, UN, Green, U.S, SECOND, gridlock, People's Party, Carlos III University, Thomson Locations: Spain, lurch BRUSSELS, Dutch, Santiago, Chile, Ribera, Europe, Italy

☆ Terra Firma Capital Partners founder Guy Hands steps down from company's helm
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - British financier Guy Hands has stepped down as CEO and chairman of private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners, according to a company statement sent to Reuters. Richard Hands and Paul Hatter will lead the company as managing director and chief operating officer, respectively. "Guy wants to change the focus of his life giving him more time to work on his and his wife Julia's philanthropic interests whilst continuing to be involved in the portfolio businesses that are Hands Family Investments, as well as in the legacy Terra Firma fund investment Annington, sitting on the boards that work with those investments," the statement read. Guy Hands founded Terra Firma in 2002 through the spin-out of Japanese bank Nomura's Principal Finance Group (PFG), which he used to lead. Reporting by Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Editing by Louise HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Guy Hands, Richard Hands, Paul Hatter, Guy, Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Louise Heavens Organizations: Terra Firma Capital Partners, Reuters, Investments, Terra Firma, Nomura's, Finance Group, Thomson Locations: British

☆ Terra Firma founder Guy Hands steps down from company's helm
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"When I founded Terra Firma over 20 years ago, I vowed that I would retire from the firm 'when I'm 64', as per the eponymous Beatles song. Terra Firma will be led by Guy's son and managing director Richard Hands and its chief operating officer Paul Hatter, the company said in a statement. Guy Hands founded Terra Firma in 2002 through the spin-out of Japanese bank Nomura's Principal Finance Group (PFG), which he used to lead. Terra Firma is now invested in 39 companies with an aggregate enterprise value of 51 billion euros ($56.7 billion), according to the company's website. Other business backed by Terra Firma include Australian cattle company CPC.

Persons: Guy Hands, Guy's, Richard Hands, Paul Hatter, Terra, Hands, Julia, Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Iain Withers, Louise Heavens, David Holmes Organizations: Terra Firma Capital Partners, EMI, Terra Firma, Reuters, Sky News, Nomura's, Finance Group, Citigroup, CPC, Thomson

☆ MLB roundup: O's pass Rays for division lead with 10-inning win
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Felix Bautista (5-1) pitched scoreless ball in the ninth and 10th innings for Baltimore, which won for the 10th time in 12 games. Yandy Diaz hit a two-run double that tied the game 3-3 for the Rays but he struck out three times. Abbott (5-2), the first Cincinnati pitcher to work eight innings this season, retired the final 12 batters he faced. Lorenzen's streak now stands at 23 2/3 scoreless innings dating to June 30. Kopech, who picked up his first win in eight starts, walked four and struck out five in 5 2/3 innings.

Persons: Colton Cowser, Tommy Gilligan, Colton Cowser's, Aaron Hicks, Rutschman, Ryan O'Hearn, Felix Bautista, Adam Frazier's, Hicks, Robert Stephenson, Luke Raley, Bautista, Randy Arozarena, Brandon Lowe, Yandy Diaz, Andrew Abbott, Abbott, Luke Maile, Will Benson, Wilmer Flores, Alex Cobb, Austin Riley, Matt Olson, Kirby Yates, Miguel Castro, Zac Gallen, Orlando Arcia, Gallen, Atlanta's Spencer Strider, George Kirby, Teoscar Hernandez, Mike Ford, Kirby, Pablo Lopez, Christian Yelich, Corbin Burnes, Yelich, Taijuan Walker, Michael Lorenzen, Nick Maton, Akil Baddoo, Zack Greinke, hasn't, Andy Ibanez, Eric Haase, Ibanez, Chris Bassitt, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Alejandro Kirk, Bassitt, Jordan Romano, Xander Bogaerts, Blake Snell, Elvis Andrus, Michael Kopech, Omar Narvaez, Kopech, Jose Quintana Organizations: Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Oriole, Camden Yards, Tampa Bay Rays, Orioles, American League East, Baltimore, Rays, Reds, Giants, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Braves, Diamondbacks, Atlanta, Mariners, Seattle, Minnesota, Twins, Brewers, Phillies, Philadelphia, National League, Tigers, Royals, Kansas City, Blue Jays, Padres, Toronto, Diego, White Sox, Mets, Chicago, New York . White Sox, Thomson Locations: Baltimore , Maryland, USA, St . Petersburg, Fla, Tampa Bay, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Arizona, Milwaukee, Detroit, San Diego, New York

☆ Dutch SPAC in advanced talks to acquire electric vehicle group
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - SPEAR Investments I (SPR1.AS), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), is in advanced discussions to acquire QEV Technologies, a Spanish electric vehicle firm, at a valuation of 209 million euros ($234 million), the companies said on Thursday. The deal will see QEV Technologies, which recently won a tender to operate a former Nissan manufacturing facility in Barcelona, merge into SPEAR Investments I and trade on the Amsterdam bourse. SPEAR Investment I, backed by corporate finance houses STJ Advisors and AZ Capital, listed in Amsterdam in late 2021. The planned merger will see QEV Technologies' existing shareholder Inveready make a further investment in the company alongside new investors to help support its growth. ($1 = 0.8929 euros)Reporting by Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro in London; editing by Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Pablo Mayo, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Investments, AS, QEV Technologies, QEV, Nissan, Amsterdam bourse, STJ Advisors, AZ Capital, El, Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Spanish, Barcelona, Amsterdam, London

☆ Fact Check-Dancer in social media video is not Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A man dancing in a sparkly one-piece in a video circulating online is belly dancer Pablo Acosta, not Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, contrary to suggestions made by social media accounts. Users shared the clip of Acosta dancing, implying it shows the Ukrainian president because of a purported likeness between the individuals. The video appeared on Facebook after being published on TikTok on June 29, gathering more than 192,000 views on the platform here . Pablo Acosta, a belly dancer, teacher and choreographer from Argentina, posted the video on Instagram on June 1 here and has shared several similar dancing videos on the platform here . The video does not show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but belly dancer Pablo Acosta.

Persons: Pablo Acosta, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Acosta, Read Organizations: European Union, Facebook, Reuters Locations: Ukrainian, Britain, United States, Ukraine, TikTok, Instagram, Argentina

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Data centres are facilities that host IT systems and applications. In April, Brookfield Infrastructure acquired French data centre group Data4 in a deal said to have valued the company at close to 3.5 billion euros, including debt. Asterion formed Nabiax in 2019 through the acquisition of 11 data centres from Telefonica across Spain and Latin America. In March, the group sold its Latin American operations to British infrastructure fund Actis, with a view to focusing on its home market. A sale of Nabiax could help Telefonica pay down debt, a focus for the Spanish telecoms giant.

Persons: Nabiax, Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Amy, Jo Crowley, Andres Gonzalez, Jesus Aguado, John O'Donnell, Louise Heavens Organizations: Reuters, Infrastructure, Asterion Industrial Partners, BBVA, Citigroup, Telefonica, Brookfield Infrastructure, Thomson Locations: Madrid, Telefonica, Spain, Latin America, British, London

Now it is at the epicentre of a property crash that threatens to engulf the Nordic state's economy. It has said it plans on selling roughly 6 billion Swedish crowns worth of assets this year. Speculators are betting that the stock price has further to fall. SBB shares are subject to more short-selling - a bet that the stock price will drop - than any other Swedish company, according to data from the financial regulator. "If, on the other hand, the SBB will be bought up, then the small shareholders will probably lose everything."

Persons: Maria De Geer, who've, Ilija Batljan, Batljan, Robert Bergqvist, SEB, Leiv Synnes, pare, De Geer, Pablo Mayo, Elaine Hardcastle Organizations: SBB, Swedish Shareholders Association, Organisation for Economic Cooperation, Development, Asset Management, SBB Treasury Oyj, Reuters, Thomson Locations: STOCKHOLM, FRANKFURT, Sweden, Swedish, Cerqueiro, London

☆ Summer has become a survival test as heat gets more extreme
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But lately, as extreme temperature records pile up, she said the heat has made her work more unbearable. Outdoor workers, particularly those in the farming and construction industries, are just one of the groups for which summer is now a survival test. Even desert residents accustomed to scorching summers are feeling the grip of an extreme heat wave smacking the Southwest this week. “When it comes to protecting the health of outdoor workers during extreme heat events, there are really just three fundamental pieces — water, shade and rest,” Dahl told CNN. Then they need to start early again.”People who work outdoors have a much higher risk of becoming ill or dying because of extreme heat, experts say.

Persons: CNN — Estela Martinez, ” Martinez, “, Martinez, It’s, Matt York, David Hondula, Phoenix’s, —, we’ve, ” Hondula, ” Kristina Dahl, ” Dahl, Concerningly, Dahl, she’s, Pablo Ortiz, ” Ortiz, Brandon Bell, Vivek Shandas, Shandas, ” Organizations: CNN, National Weather Service, Phoenix, Union of Concerned, ”, Portland State University Locations: Florida, Texas, Arizona, Rio, Pacific Northwest, Phoenix, Maricopa County, White

NEW YORK/LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - One of the world's top insurers is mulling offloading its property reinsurance business in a bid to cut its exposure to natural disasters like hurricanes, according to three people familiar with the matter. Prices for U.S. property catastrophe reinsurance rose by as much as 50% at a key July 1 renewal date, broker Gallagher Re said in a recent report. AXA has been trying to reduce the exposure of its AXA XL property and casualty (P&C) division - which houses XL Re - in an effort to make earnings more predictable. This has caused the reinsurance business to shrink, with revenues dropping by nearly a third last year to $3.2 billion, according to AXA's 2022 accounts. In May, American International Group (AIG.N) agreed the sale of its reinsurance arm Validus Re for roughly $3 billion, or about 1.4 times the unit's book value.

Persons: Reinsurers, Hurricane Ian, Gallagher Re, David French, Pablo Mayo, Amy, Jo Crowley, Carolyn Cohn, Echo Wang, Silvia Aloisi, John O'Donnell, Conor Humphries Organizations: AXA SA, XL, Covea, AXA, AXA XL, American International, Fidelis Insurance Holdings, Reuters, Hamilton Insurance, Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Thomson Locations: Bermuda, New York, London, Paris

☆ Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Jim Robbins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

— In the mountain streams of southern British Columbia and northern Montana, a rugged part of the world, fish with misshapen skulls and twisted spines have been caught over the years. Many scientists attribute the malformed creatures and declines in certain fish populations to five enormous open-pit coal mines that interrupt this wild landscape of dense forest flush with grizzly bears and wolves. Selenium is a naturally occurring chemical important in the environment as a trace element. But selenium pollution has long been recognized as an extremely hazardous byproduct of coal mining. The risk to human health from eating contaminated fish is not well understood.

Persons: PABLO Organizations: Teck Resources Locations: Mont, —, British Columbia, Montana, Teck, Canada, U.S

☆ At the All-Star Game, Learning Opportunities Abound
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Tyler Kepner | More About Tyler Kepner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The All-Star Game is baseball’s ultimate learning lab: the best of the best, teammates for a moment, swapping stories and secrets. The days of Bob Gibson snarling through the festivities, impervious to camaraderie with enemies turned teammates, are gone. “I’m looking forward to learning as much as I can.”López is not alone. The All-Star Game — scheduled for Tuesday at the home of the Seattle Mariners — was once the setting for Roy Halladay learning a cutter grip from Mariano Rivera. He was more of a shaman, a possessor of wisdom who inspired teammates by his mere presence.

Persons: Bob Gibson snarling, who’ve, ”, Pablo López, “, Seattle Mariners —, Roy Halladay, Mariano Rivera, Halladay, Rivera Organizations: Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners, Hall of Fame Locations: Cooperstown

☆ Far-Right Parties Are Rising to Power Around Europe. Is Spain Next?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Jason Horowitz | More About Jason Horowitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last month, after Spain’s conservative and hard-right parties crushed the left in local elections, the winners in Elche, a small southeastern town known for an ancient sculpture and shoe exports, signed an agreement with consequences for the future of Spain — and the rest of Europe. The candidate from the conservative Popular Party had a chance to govern, but he needed the hard-right Vox party, which, in return for its support during council votes, received the deputy mayor position and a new administrative body to defend the traditional family. They inked their deal under the cross of the local church. “This coalition model could be a good model for the whole of Spain,” said Pablo Ruz Villanueva, Elche’s new mayor, referring to upcoming national elections on July 23, which most polls suggest will oust the liberal prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party. The new deputy mayor from Vox, Aurora Rodil Martínez, went further: “My party will do everything that’s necessary to make that happen.”If Ms. Rodil’s wish comes true, with Vox joining a coalition with more moderate conservatives, it would become the first right-wing party since the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to enter the national government.

Persons: Spain —, ”, Pablo Ruz Villanueva, Elche’s, Pedro Sánchez, Aurora Rodil Martínez, Rodil’s, Francisco Franco Organizations: Popular Party, Vox, Spanish Socialist Workers ’ Party, Aurora Locations: Elche, Europe, “, Spain

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