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July 3 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's move to temporarily cap how many posts Twitter users can read on the social media site could undermine efforts by the company's new Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino to attract advertisers, marketing industry professionals said. Under the new cap, unverified accounts were initially limited to 600 posts a day with new unverified accounts limited to 300. Verified accounts could read 6,000 posts a day, Musk said in a post on the site. Hours later, he said the cap was raised to 10,000 posts per day for verified users, 1,000 per day for unverified and 500 posts per day for new unverified users. Kai-Cheng Yang, researcher at Indiana University in Bloomington, said that the limits appeared to be effective in blocking third parties, including search engines, from scraping Twitter data like before.

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☆ A New Kind of Disaster Aid: Pay People Cash, Before Disaster Strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Somini Sengupta | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the United States, cash assistance to mothers for the first year of their children’s lives strengthened their babies’ brain development. Dozens of American cities have pilot projects to give poor residents no-strings-attached cash. Now comes the additional pressure of extreme weather, both slow and fast, aggravated by the burning of coal, oil and gas. Proponents of cash relief say it’s a more efficient way to use aid money because cash incurs fewer logistical expenses and funnels money directly into the local economy. “Cash transfers help families survive climate disasters,” said Miriam Laker-Oketta, research director for GiveDirectly, an aid group that does just that.

Persons: Cash, ”, Miriam Laker, “, Wanjira Mathai, Hurricane Julia Organizations: ”, World Resources Institute, International Federation of Red Locations: United States, Guatemala, Honduras

☆ Japan's Prime 150 index will have a different price movement from the Topix, Japan Exchange says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailJapan's Prime 150 index will have a different price movement from the Topix, Japan Exchange saysJapan's newly launched JPX Prime 150 Index is a curated list of the 150 constituent listings on the Tokyo Exchange. Takahiro Miura, Japan Exchange Group's market innovation and research director of index business, talks about the index's main features.

Persons: Takahiro Miura Organizations: Japan Exchange, Tokyo Locations: Japan

☆ Japan launches Prime 150 stocks benchmark to help investors identify value
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Japan launched a new stock index on Monday, making it easier for investors to identify corporate value in the equity markets, in a move to strengthen corporate governance reforms in the world's third-largest economy. The new JPX Prime 150 Index is a curated list of the 150 constituent listings on the Tokyo Exchange, which includes the likes of tech giants like Sony Group , Hitachi , Nintendo and Warren Buffet-backed trading houses Marubeni , Itochu and Mitsui & Co . The index excludes automakers such as Toyota Motor and Nissan Motor . "Increasing the value of listed companies is essential for the expansion and revitalization of the market," Takahiro Miura, Japan Exchange Group's market innovation and research director of index business, told CNBC Monday. The Prime 150 index constitutes about half of the Japan stock market and are of similar quality to the S&P 500, Miura said.

Persons: Warren Buffet, Takahiro Miura, Miura Organizations: Tokyo, Sony Group, Hitachi, Nintendo, Mitsui & Co, Toyota Motor, Nissan, Japan Exchange, CNBC Locations: Japan, Itochu

☆ Cybersecurity experts have become targets for board seats
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Bob Violino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The research also showed that 90% of public companies lack even one qualified cyber expert, showing a significant cyber board supply-demand gap. A recently released report on CISO board readiness conducted by IANS Research in collaboration with Artico Search and The CAP Group, found that less than half of the CISOs stand out as board candidates. So, what skills do CISOs need — aside from cybersecurity expertise — to be considered credible board members? CISOs also need to understand risk to speak to a board. In addition, CISOs must understand business risk.

Persons: Kakolowski, Nick Kakolowski, Steffen, Chris Steffen, Larry Whiteside, CISO, Ember, Whiteside, CISOs Organizations: IANS Research, CAP Group, Enterprise Management Associates, Cloud Security Alliance, University of South Locations: RegScale, University of South Florida

☆ Elon Musk's Twitter rate limits could damage the company's 'last best hope,' CEO Linda Yaccarino, ad experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

On Saturday, Elon Musk introduced a controversial limit on how many tweets users can view daily. Ad experts told Reuters that could this undermine Linda Yaccarino's attempts to salvage the company. Elon Musk's controversial Twitter rate limits could damage CEO Linda Yaccarino's work to improve the company, ad experts told Reuters. And Mike Proulx, research director at Forrester, told Reuters the limits are "remarkably bad" for users and advertisers already agitated by Musk's "chaos." The Twitter CEO took over the role from Musk last month, a couple weeks before she was initially scheduled to start leading the company.

Persons: Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino's, Lou Paskalis, Elon Musk's, Yaccarino, Mike Proulx, Forrester, Musk, she's, Kali Hays, Jack Dorsey, Twitter Organizations: Reuters, Morning, Bank of, AJL, Twitter, BBC, The New York Times, Financial Times Locations: NBCUniversal

☆ Opinion: The Supreme Court rewrites American society once again
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Opinion Cnn Contributors | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +25 min

But learning the facts - that affirmative action is critical for fostering equal access and opportunity in our academic institutions -cemented my belief that affirmative action is necessary if we want to create an equitable nation. The court’s decision Thursday is consistent with its view that race-based preferences should and would have a limited shelf life. Jon Wang, who revealed himself as a plaintiff in this Supreme Court case, was rejected by Harvard but was accepted at and is now attending Georgia Tech. Affirmative action enabled my ability to experience different ways of thinking and to form the lasting friendships I have made. Affirmative action has been a tool used by many countries to ensure underrepresented communities are included in areas they normally are not.

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☆ Four more Chinese developers get refinancing approval
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

HONG KONG, June 28 (Reuters) - Four more property developers listed in mainland China said they have received approval to refinance via share placements totalling 19.9 billion yuan ($2.8 billion), in a sign of the regulatory effort to improve liquidity in the embattled sector. Tuesday's announcements of fundraising approval came as investors expect Beijing to unveil more stimulus to revive the crisis-hit property market as part of its broader goal of shoring up the economy. State-owned China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone (001979.SZ) was the first to receive such approval on June 16. According to state media, for developers traded on the Shanghai bourse alone, 12 companies have announced plans to seek approval for equity refinancing totalling 40 billion yuan. ($1 = 7.2277 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Clare Jim; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Yan Yuejin, Clare Jim, Stephen Coates Organizations: China Merchants, Developments, Holdings, Greattown Holdings, Hubei Fuxing Science, Technology, D Institute, Shanghai bourse, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, China, Beijing, State, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hubei

☆ India's gearing up to be the new China, but even Elon Musk is finding it hard to crack into the market. Here are 5 reasons why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

India has overtaken China as the world's most populous country, and it's pushing for foreign investments. But foreign investors keen to enter the Indian market face various barriers to entry. Earlier this year, India overtook China as the world's most populous country. Among investors keen on investing in India are Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and tech giant Apple. But given the huge Indian market, Tesla isn't giving up.

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☆ White Gladis, the killer whale who could be behind orcas attacking boats, was pregnant when she started the 'uprising'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Scientists believe the orca White Gladis was pregnant when she started ramming into boats in 2020. White Gladis later gave birth to her calf in 2021, following a 16-18 month pregnancy. White Gladis is just one among many orcas in this apparent uprising. White Gladis first started ramming boats in the summer of 2020 and later gave birth to her calf in 2021, according to LiveScience. Many orca experts that Insider has spoken to maintain that White Gladis' behavior isn't rooted in trauma or revenge.

Persons: White Gladis, —, she's, Mónica González, Alfredo López Fernandez, LiveScience, Forbes, White, Renaud de Stephanis, Deborah Giles Organizations: Service, University of Aveiro, Orca Working, Orca, BBC Locations: Spain, Portugal

☆ 3 major companies trying to move supply chains out of China, and how they're faring in their attempts to move away from the factory of the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ted Cannis, a senior executive at Ford, told the Financial Times in December that there is a "large-scale rethinking of logistics operations" across the auto supply chain. "The supply chain is going to be the focus of this decade," Cannis said. Among the companies Apple is relying on to make the Vision Pro is Taiwan's Foxconn — which is the main supplier shifting its supply chain away from China. The move was made after China's COVID-19 lockdowns rocked supply chain and production timelines, but prices are the real driving reason behind the move. "Right now, robustness of our supply chain also needs to be considered to ensure the stable procurement of parts."

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However, the golf simulator transaction appears to have been structured to avoid Florida’s rigorous ethical disclosure requirements, said two governance experts in Florida. Florida state law requires public officials to file quarterly reports listing all gifts received with a value over $100. Uthmeier wrote that the loan was “permissible” according to state law and the Governor’s Ethics Code. Trump paid for his own golf simulator, according to the Washington Post. According to the list, the “acquisition cost” of both the treadmill and the golf simulator are listed as $1.

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June 21 (Reuters) - Oil prices rebounded early on Wednesday, recovering after two straight sessions of losses, as expectations of hawkish Fed talk later in the afternoon and possible U.S. crude stock draws in outweighed China demand worries. Concerns about demand recovery in China, the world's top oil importer, limited price gains as its economy struggles. "The only reason why I think prices are not climbing (steadily) yet is because the data from China is still unclear. "As for the Fed (meeting), that is also uncertain but with latest inflation data coming in a 4%, they have room to be dovish," Galimberti added. Looking to boost growth, China on Tuesday cut its benchmark loan prime rates (LPR) for the first time in 10 months, with a smaller-than-expected 10-basis-point reduction in the five-year LPR.

Persons: Brent, Powell, Jerome Powell, Claudio Galimberti, Galimberti, Katya Golubkova, Trixie Yap, Sonali Paul, Kim Coghill Organizations: Fed, . West Texas, ANZ Research, Market Committee, U.S . Federal, Federal Reserve, Reuters, American Petroleum Institute, Energy, Administration, Thomson Locations: China, Washington, U.S, Tokyo, Singapore

☆ From ice cream to cattle feed: Here are the winners and losers as the summer heat bears down
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

With temperatures hitting all-time highs, consumers are turning to ice cream and chilled drinks to beat the heat — and analysts say some sectors could benefit. Several Southeast Asian cities hit record high temperatures in May as global climate change exacerbates heat waves and air pollution in the region. A street vendor selling bottles of chilled water amid high temperatures in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. "Use of air-conditioning will skyrocket, benefiting the HVAC industry but leading to extremely high levels of energy usage," said Allison Malmsten, public research director at Daxue Consulting. Cattle feeding at a cattle farm on December 13, 2020 in Pingliang, Gansu Province of China.

Persons: Bain, Zara Lightowler, Kuo, David Kuo, Allison Malmsten, Daxue, Rice Organizations: Getty, Company's, Vitasoy, Cola, PepsiCo, Bloomberg, Unilever, Smart Investor ., Daxue Consulting, Visual China, Co's, Sustainability Locations: Srinagar, Indian, Kashmir, Asia, El, Southeast Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Pingliang, Gansu Province, China, Laos, Malaysia

☆ US and China are decoupling, and it is permanent: podcast
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Forget de-risking or containment. In this Exchange podcast, Gavekal research director Chris Beddor explains the political framing of the slogans, unpicks changing trade and financial flows between the world’s two biggest economies and explains why China hasn’t retaliated more. Listen to the podcastFollow @ugalani on TwitterSubscribe to Breakingviews' podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. Editing by Katrina HamlinOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Chris Beddor, China hasn’t, Katrina Hamlin Organizations: SYDNEY, Reuters, Twitter, Thomson Locations: China

☆ Killer Whales Targeting Boats Could End Badly for the Orcas
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Killer whales near Spain and Portugal have been confronting, and even sinking, boats. The killer whales typically approach the ship from behind and then try to strike the rudder until the boat is immobilized. People online have joked the killer whales are "orcanizing" an "orca rebellion," with many social media users rooting for the whales. But the result could be an increase in fear of killer whales in the popular imagination, similar to what the movie "Jaws" did for sharks. In reality, killer whales — which got their names from hunting other whales — do not pose a significant risk of harm to humans.

Persons: —, Andrew Trites, Trites, Deborah Giles, Evan Brodsky, Luna Organizations: Service, Marine Mammal Research, University of British, NBC, Area, Nootka Locations: Spain, Portugal, University of British Columbia, Monterey Bay, Monterey, West, British Columbia, Canada, —

☆ Evictions are roaring back as landlords raise rent and affordable housing supply stalls
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Eviction filings are more than 50% higher than the pre-pandemic average in some cities. After a lull during the pandemic, eviction filings by landlords have come roaring back, driven by rising rents and a long-running shortage of affordable housing. There was also $46.5 billion in federal Emergency Rental Assistance that helped tenants pay rent and funded other tenant protections. Forty of the state's 62 counties had higher eviction filings in 2022 than before the pandemic, including two where eviction filings more than doubled compared to 2019. But as protections went away, housing prices skyrocketed in Austin, Dallas and elsewhere, leading to a record 270,000 eviction filings statewide in 2022.

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☆ Scientists report creation of first human synthetic model embryos
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The research raises critical legal and ethical questions, and many countries, including the US, don’t have laws governing the creation or treatment of synthetic embryos. “Unlike human embryos arising from in vitro fertilization (IVF), where there is an established legal framework, there are currently no clear regulations governing stem cell derived models of human embryos. “I just wish to stress that they are not human embryos,” Zernicka-Goetz said. Right now, the synthetic model human embryos are confined to test tubes. “There is much work to be done to determine the similarities and differences between synthetic embryos and embryos that form from the union of an egg and a sperm.”

Persons: CNN —, ” James Briscoe, Francis Crick, Dr, Magdalena Zernicka, Goetz, Zernicka, ”, ” Zernicka, “, haven’t, Sanjay Gupta, ” Roger Sturmey Organizations: CNN, Francis, Francis Crick Institute, International Society for, CalTech, University of Cambridge, The Guardian, CNN Health, University of Manchester Locations: United States, United Kingdom, Boston, Israel

☆ There is 'a lot of room' for Oracle to take market share in Cloud Infrastructure: Citi
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | 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 EmailThere is 'a lot of room' for Oracle to take market share in Cloud Infrastructure: CitiTyler Radke, Research Director & Co-Head U.S. Software at Citi Research says there's a lot of momentum in Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure business, and thinks the company can benefit from the AI wave.

Persons: Citi Tyler Radke Organizations: Oracle, Cloud Infrastructure, Citi, U.S, Software, Citi Research

☆ A subsection of tech is set to be worth $1 trillion. But taboos are holding it back
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Hannah Ward-Glenton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowInvestors are ignoring a huge subsection of tech because it's considered "taboo" – despite the fact that it is set to be worth $1 trillion by 2027. But just 3.3% of digital health investment in the U.S. went towards women's health between 2011 and 2020, according to digital consultancy Rock Health. Research by Women's Health Access Matters suggests that a $300 million investment into improving female health could generate around $13 billion. It is now one of the largest companies in the FemTech space and has a revenue of $100 million. The issue of not understanding women's health – and the importance of female-specific health solutions – has deeper roots.

Persons: it's, Agostini, Karen Taylor, Tania Boler, Boler, Valerie Evans, they're, hasn't, Deloitte's Taylor, Brittany Barreto, we're, Barreto Organizations: Rock Health, Women's, Research, Getty, Centre for Health Solutions, Deloitte, CNBC, European Women, McKinsey & Company Locations: U.S

☆ LGBTQ community celebrates Pride in the face of online and offline attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Christina Anagnostopoulos | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] Parents and pro-LGBT counter protesters face off outside of an elementary school over a Pride Day assembly in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 2, 2023. REUTERS/David SwansonJune 11 (Reuters) - Millions of LGBTQ Americans are taking part in this year’s Pride celebrations against a backdrop of increasing attacks, both online and offline. LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD has already recorded eight instances of 2023 Pride events that had to modify their plans due to threats of violence by June 1, said spokesperson Angela Dallara. Online, slurs like “groomer” – a trope that LGBTQ people are “child groomers” or pedophiles – have traveled from the fringe into mainstream discourse. “An event, like the ‘Don’t Say Gay bill,’ can increase the online chatter.

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☆ Remote jobs are moving overseas and to smaller U.S. cities: ‘The same skills for 60% of the cost'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Remote jobs aren't disappearing — they're just moving out of expensive coastal metros like New York and San Francisco. Faced with labor shortages and rising wages, companies are hiring for more remote jobs overseas and in smaller U.S. cities. Where remote jobs are goingRemote hiring is expanding beyond its traditional strongholds, like India, creating new "Zoomtowns" overseas and in pockets of the U.S. Midwest. The number of North American companies with remote workers in Central America and the Caribbean, for example, has grown 300% between 2020 and 2023, according to new research from Lightcast. How to stand out in a more competitive remote job market

Persons: Nicholas Bloom, Kim Rutledge, Rutledge, George Denlinger, Robert Half, Layla O'Kane, Bloom Organizations: Companies, U.S . Midwest, Stanford, U.S, U.S ., Lightcast Locations: New York, San Francisco, Phoenix, Asheville, Boise, India, U.S, Mexico, Philippines, Central America, Caribbean, Lightcast, Austin, Monterrey, Bengaluru, California, Robert Half . Illinois , Ohio, Nebraska, Denlinger

☆ Deciding what to do when your employer changes the rules on remote work
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —If you’ve organized your life around a fully remote or highly flexible hybrid work schedule over the past three years, it can feel jarring if your employer decides to change the rules on remote work and require or enforce more on-site attendance. This, despite the company previously telling staffers most of them would be working remote full time, according to the Wall Street Journal. In addition, according to CNBC, it also said it hopes that employees working remotely full time will consider working a hybrid schedule instead if they live near a Google office. “Changes in remote work policies can certainly create significant risk to employee retention and engagement, depending on how drastic the changes are and how effectively they are executed by managers,” Wigert noted. What do you need to do your best work?

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☆ The U.S. economy keeps skirting recession, but consumer sector might slowly be splitting apart
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The signals that economists lean on to gauge the odds of a recession are contradictory at the moment. The yield curve remains deeply inverted, and manufacturing surveys have been flashing recession signals for months. On Tuesday, Goldman Sachs lowered its odds of a U.S. recession in the next 12 months to just 25%. watch nowBut can the strong consumer sector continue to hold up as the pandemic-era savings fade away and interest rates remain elevated? Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Dollar General's stock fell sharply after the retailer cut its full-year outlook.

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