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☆ Faucets poised to run dry for hundreds of Arizona residents by year's end
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Deon J. Hampton | Deon J. Hampton Is A National Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Scottsdale residents also were urged to reduce their usage as a first step toward more stringent restrictions. Some Rio Verde Foothills residents said they don't know how such an important issue could have dragged on so long without a resolution. Rio Verde Foothills resident Jennifer Simpson. Rio Verde Foothills. “I’m sure that if there’s no access to water, we’d be up in arms.”Many Rio Verde Foothills residents say they feel abandoned.

☆ Reactions to Trump announcing 2024 White House bid
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

SINGAPORE, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's aides filed paperwork for his 2024 White House bid on Tuesday as the former president launched a run to regain the title, aiming to pre-empt potential Republican rivals. Republicans are meanwhile closing in on the 218 seats they need to take a majority in the 435-seat House of Representatives. COMMENTS:ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI, FOUNDER, SKYBRIDGE CAPITAL, SINGAPORE (FORMER WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR)"You know how you have a zombie that you can’t kill, like in the Night of the Walking Dead? If any one of those other candidates can present themselves with some of the Trump messaging without the Trump drama, there might be opportunities." Neil Young said 'it's better to burn out than fade away'...feels like Trump will go down this time with little glory."

☆ Attabotics raises $71 million as startups vie with Amazon over robotic warehouse of the future
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Attabotics' all-in-one automated fulfillment system is condensed into a single vertical structure, using robotic shuttles to pick goods and then deliver to workers. Attabotics, a 3-D robotics supply chain company, has raised $71.7 million in new funding to continue its push into automatizing warehouses. The raise comes amid the push to further optimize shipping fulfillment and warehouse technology as e-commerce continues to grow. Amazon has steadily added to its fleet of warehouse robots since it acquired Kiva Systems for $775 million in 2012, which has now become Amazon Robotics, the company's in-house incubator of robotic fulfillment systems. In June, Amazon unveiled its first fully autonomous robot that can operate alongside warehouse workers, in addition to other systems that can sort and move packages.

☆ Tom Brady makes history as Tampa Bay Buccaneers win first-ever regular season game in Germany
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Tom Brady has become well-accustomed at making history over his long and illustrious NFL career. Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-16 at the Allianz Arena in Germany, the NFL’s first regular season game in the country. With the victory, Brady became the first quarterback to win an NFL game in three different countries outside of the US. And now, he can add Germany to the list as the NFL’s most decorated player adds another accolade to his ever-expanding collection. “It felt like a pretty hyped up game when we came out for warm-ups.

☆ ‘Power Slap’: UFC president launches new open-handed striking venture
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The longtime president of the UFC announced a new striking competition called Power Slap during a press conference on Friday. Alongside the new series, which is set to launch in early 2023, White announced a deal with TBS for an eight-part television series. Friday’s press release states competitors will vie to earn a place in “the cast house” and Power Slap rankings. “The sport of slap fighting is about to go to a whole new level,” White said at the Power Slap press conference at Radio City Music Hall. Like boxing and MMA, Power Slap judging is based on a “10-point must system,” with a round winner scoring 10 points and the opponent scoring 9 or fewer.

☆ France's Veolia's nine-month revenue jumps nearly 50% on Suez acquisition
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Dina Kartit | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Revenues at France's Veolia (VIE.PA) jumped 49.1% in the nine months to the end of September, the company said on Wednesday, mostly driven by its takeover of rival Suez earlier this year. The waste and water company's revenues for the period climbed to 30.71 billion euros ($30.92 billion), while its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 5.2% year-on-year to 4.53 billion euros. The acquisition of Suez in February contributed 7.12 billion euros to revenues, with organic growth totalling 13.2% for Veolia and Suez together. "This very good performance is also the result of an integration of Suez ahead of schedule." ($1 = 0.9930 euros)Reporting Dina Kartit Edited by Christian Schmollinger and Mark PotterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russia's hopes for a Republican landslide to hurt Ukraine are vanishing fast
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Shift in power ... and Ukraine support? Russia could well hope that a shift in power after the the midterm elections could herald a cooler attitude toward Ukraine. "Further, most Republicans remain staunchly committed to Ukraine support, despite House minority leader Kevin McCarthy's announcement of 'no blank check' for the Ukrainians under a Republican-led House. Russia's President Vladimir Putin listens while then-U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, in 2019. "The war in Ukraine must provide the U.S. with the best chance for regime change in Russia, of taking Putin out.

☆ COP27 Climate talks must wrench attention from competing crises
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Kate Abnett | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"The attention of many leaders has been going to other issues," said Espinosa, who led the U.N. climate change body - called the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC - from 2016 until July this year. "This is a very important conference in order to really get again the issue of addressing climate change very, very high up on the agenda," she told Reuters. Countries' national climate pledges put the world on track to warm by 2.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, overshooting the 1.5C threshhold beyond which scientists say climate change impacts will significantly worsen. Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Patricia Espinosa speaks during an interview with Reuters at a United Nations Information Center offices in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2021.

☆ Putin's time in the KGB taught him 'how to lie' and to think like a terrorist, ex-spies say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Putin's time in the KGB helps explain his worldview and brutal approach to warfare, ex-spies say. A former KGB agent told Insider the biggest thing Putin learned from the Soviet spy agency was "how to lie." But ex-spies and Russia experts told Insider that Putin's time in the KGB — the Soviet Union's primary and much-feared security agency — played an instrumental role in shaping his mindset. "Putin's KGB background tells us a lot about how he thinks and how he sees the war. He is a creation of the KGB, and the KGB was a terrorist organization," John Sipher, a former CIA officer who served in Russia, told Insider.

☆ Why this CEO says new grads should ditch social media to get ahead at work: 'Find somebody to talk to you in the flesh'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

According to Indeed, new graduates struggle to get hired after college due to high competition, inadequate work experience and little networking. Here are three ways young professionals can stand out, according to Lisa Lewin, CEO of education company General Assembly. According to Lewin, these skills include software engineering, data analytics, data engineering, data science, digital marketing skills and digital product management. And technical skills don't "just apply to IT-based roles," Lewin says. "They include whatever hard skills you've obtained through education and practice, and young professionals should remember to highlight them in their job application materials."

The headscarf was once a source of deep discord in Muslim but secular Turkey, but ceased to stir controversy after reforms by the Islamist-rooted AKP during its 20 years in power. "We are ready to take other steps including a referendum," Erdogan told AKP deputies in parliament. The AKP was to hold talks with three opposition parties, including the largest Republican People's Party (CHP), broadcaster CNN Turk said. When Leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu announced the CHP's planned legislation on the headscarf in early October, Erdogan responded by saying the issue had already been resolved. Erdogan and AKP lawmakers have toughened their rhetoric against LGBT+ people in recent years, frequently labeling them "deviants" or "perverts" and raising concerns among members of the community.

☆ Aid spending soared to record level in Pacific islands as COVID-19 hit
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Lowy Institute's annual Pacific Aid Map showed Chinese aid to the region dropped to $187 million in 2020, its lowest since the institute began tracking aid flows in 2008. Chinese aid, predominantly loans for infrastructure, had peaked in 2016. The project director of the Pacific Aid Map, Alexandre Dayant, said development assistance remained a diplomatic tool for Beijing, with regional aid focusing on Kiribati and Solomon Islands, which switched diplomatic ties from Taiwan to Beijing a year earlier. Australia last week said it would spend another A$900 million ($576.99 million) in Pacific aid. The United States has also pledged $800 million more after hosting a dozen Pacific islands leaders at a White House summit in September.

☆ Intel's Mobileye unit valued at $22 bln as shares cruise higher
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The debut comes after a turbulent period when Mobileye settled for merely a third of the $50 billion valuation it was targeting earlier in its IPO. But there was a lot of value in gaining that public company platform now,” said Dan Galves, chief communications officer at Mobileye. Galves added it is important for Mobileye to generate product visibility now as that filters back to customers. Before being acquired by chipmaker Intel in a $15.3 billion deal in 2017, Mobileye had been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 2014. Mobileye develops autonomous driving technologies and competes with Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Waymo, General Motors Co's (GM.N) Cruise and other automakers who have moved to design in-house driving assistance technology.

☆ Remy Cointreau to enter perfume market at 5,500 euros a bottle
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Dominique Vidalon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A view shows a Baccarat crystal perfume bottle made for Maison Psyche fragrance, a luxury perfume by French spirits group Remy Cointreau in this picture released by Remy Cointreau on October 21, 2022. Alice Fenwick - Remy Cointreau/Handout via REUTERSPARIS, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Known for its prized Louis XIII cognac, Remy Cointreau (RCOP.PA) is entering the luxury fragrance market with the launch of Maison Psyche, an upscale perfume house that will sell scents starting at 5,500 euros a bottle. The French spirits group will draw on its experience in blending and ageing spirits, as well as marketing to high end clientele, as it seeks to tap into affluent consumers' thirst for exclusivity. The new business could be “potentially strategic,” Remy Cointreau chief executive Eric Vallat told Reuters. Remy Cointreau's Maison Psyche was born from the collaboration of Baptiste Loiseau, Cellar Master of Remy Martin and Sophie Labbe, Principal Perfumer of Switzerland's fragrance group Firmenich.

☆ Mexican buy now, pay later app Nelo lands $100 mln credit line
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Kylie Madry | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Transactions made with buy now, pay later firms, through which consumers pay in often interest-free installments over weeks or months, surged during an e-commerce boom triggered by coronavirus lockdowns. At the moment, that growth will be within Mexico's borders, where credit card penetration is less than 12%, Miller said. In April, Nelo launched a virtual credit card with Mastercard (MA.N), which allows users to generate a one-time card for purchases through the app. Miller said the company uses an underwriting algorithm to determine credit limits and interest rates, and checks users' credit history with Mexico's credit bureaus. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Kylie Madry; Editing by Sarah Morland and Richard PullinOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ 'Werewolf by Night' gives Marvel a chance to show off its monster-ous side
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Flexing different muscles, Marvel’s “Werewolf by Night” is a nifty Halloween-timed special designed as a black-and-white homage to the Universal monster movies of the 1930s and ’40s. A brisk 50-ish minutes, the program assumes a fair amount of comic-book knowledge and hits the ground running, with an assembly of monster hunters brought together to compete for the Bloodstone, a supernatural artifact. He’s pursuing a very different agenda – and thanks to Man-Thing, another Marvel character from the early 1970s, not the only monster unleashed. Seen in that light, in fact, “Werewolf by Night” could be the dawn of an intriguing new day. “Werewolf by Night” premieres October 7 on Disney+.

☆ The podcast 'Serial' got Adnan Syed conviction vacated. But injustices continue
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Andrey Spektor | Maryclaire Kennedy | Andrey Spektor Is A Litigation Partner At Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

It also shed light on the deficient representation Syed received from his counsel, who was disbarred just a year after Syed’s conviction. A judge in Maryland granted Syed a new trial, and an appellate court upheld that decision. It agreed that the performance of Syed’s trial counsel in investigating the case was unacceptable but concluded that the proof presented against Syed at trial was too strong for that deficiency to have made a difference. They have the right to see the prosecutors’ evidence before trial and to confront their witnesses in court. For convicted defendants like Syed, journalists are often the only remaining hope.

"Dancing with the Stars" season 31 starts streaming September 19 on Disney Plus. How to watch 'Dancing with the Stars'You can watch "Dancing with the Stars' season 31 exclusively on Disney Plus starting September 19 at 8 p.m. Disney Plus is available to stream on mobile devices, media players, and smart TVs from most major brands. "Dancing with the Stars" received a two-season pickup when it was announced for Disney Plus, so the show will return for at least one more season after season 31 concludes. The following celebrities and dancers will all vie for the Mirrorball trophy in season 31 of "Dancing with the Stars":

☆ Inside a college student's 'abusive' summer from hell on Wall Street
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A college student shared his experience as an investment banking intern. Insider recently spoke to an intern whose dreams of working on Wall Street were squashed after he spent the summer of 2022 working for a midsize investment bank in Chicago. The analyst recalled seeing a full-time analyst on his team get reamed out by an managing director on email for a mistake that wasn't his fault. But despite having disciplined the analyst over email with whole deal team copied, the managing director never apologized, the intern said. He recalled, for example, being at the gym after 8 p.m. one night when a managing director emailed him to start work on something.

☆ The ultimate guide to cannabis legalization in New York: The key dates to know, and which stocks could benefit the most.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-19 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In the Empire State, recreational marijuana sales could balloon to $7 billion once the market is fully established. The state's limited medical cannabis program has also seen expansion under the new adult-use bill. The list of qualifying medical conditions for medical cannabis was expanded, along with product options. The exceptions to this may be existing medical operators wishing to transition to adult-use and microbusinesses. Analysts say this makes sense as the industry matures and cannabis companies begin to think of themselves as consumer product companies.

☆ What to know about the booming psychedelics industry, where companies are racing to turn magic mushrooms and MDMA into approved medicines
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-30 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

In the early days of the industry, nonprofits and scrappy startups made up the psychedelics space. Research on compounds like psilocybin, the active compound found in magic mushrooms, and MDMA is resurfacing after years of neglect amid the war on drugs. Soon, VC firms focused on psychedelics companies began to emerge. Some psychedelics VCs, however, are still wary about entering the newest psychedelics space: Oregon's soon-to-be-legal magic mushroom market. Insider published a list of the psychedelics startups that raised the most cash in 2020.

☆ How much Netflix pays employees, according to salary data
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-02 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

2022 was a year of disruption for Netflix, but the streamer is still hiring as it expands into gaming and other areas. Insider analyzed public data to get a snapshot of how much Netflix employees in the US make. We combed through public data to get a snapshot of Netflix salary levels and updated the story with the latest data available. The data, released by the US Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification, shows how much Netflix offered to pay employees who it wanted to hire in the US through work visas. Netflix offered certain staffers between October 2020 and September 2022 base salaries ranging from $40 per hour to $800,000 per year for a variety of different roles, according to the data.

Netflix has overhauled key leadership, naming a co-CEO, talent chief, and heads of TV and marketing. Insider identified 71 of the most powerful execs at the streamer, in an interactive org chart. Insider identified the 71 of the most powerful executives now at Netflix, following the recent executive changes. Netflix has many leaders — not all of whom are included here — but the chart below gives an inside look at who to watch in 2021. The executive shuffle came as Netflix's global audience reached 209 million paid subscribers in March, driven mainly by international viewers.

☆ Guvernul va discuta azi alocarea a 67 de mil. de lei pentru „Arena Chișinău”, nu și despre pagubele din agricultură
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: gov.mdGuvernul va discuta azi alocarea a 67 de mil. de lei pentru „Arena Chișinău”, nu și despre pagubele din agriculturăMembrii Guvernului interimar se întrunesc azi într-o nouă ședință pe ordinea de zi a căreia sunt incluse cinci subiecte. Unul dintre proiectele de hotărâri prevede alocarea a 22 milioane 468 de mii de lei din fondul de rezervă pentru alegerile de pe 11 iulie, iar cel de-al doilea, prevede alocarea a 67 de milioane 739 de mii de lei pentru controversatul proiect „Arena Națională”. ssPrintre proiectele care urmează a fi discutate nu figurează niciun document referitor la solicitarea ministrului Agriculturii, Ion Perju, care a anunțat la 2 iulie, curent, că e nevoie de cel puțin 246 de milioane de lei din fondul de rezervă al Guvernului pentru compensarea parțială a prejudiciilor cauzate de ploile torențiale și grindină agricultorilor din Ștefan Vodă, Fălești, Orhei, Hâncești și Ștefan Vodă. Potrivit lui Ion Perju, până la data de 28 iunie au fost afectate importante segmente atât de infrastructură, cât și culturi agricole.

Persons: Ion, Ștefan, Ștefan Vodă, Ion Perju Organizations: Chișinău, Arena, Agriculturii Locations: Ștefan Vodă, Fălești, Orhei, Hâncești

☆ Ședința Guvernului, amânată din lipsă de cvorum; Urmau să fie alocate 67 de mil. de lei pentru Arena și bani pentru alegeri
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: gov.mdȘedința Guvernului, amânată din lipsă de cvorum; Urmau să fie alocate 67 de mil. de lei pentru Arena și bani pentru alegeriMembrii Guvernului interimar urmau să se întrunească azi în ședință pe ordinea de zi a căreia erau incluse cinci subiecte. ssBanii pentru proiectul „Arena Chișinău” urmează a fi alocați la solicitarea Agenției Proprietăți Publice, condusă de fostul avocat al lui Igor Dodon, Ghenadie Țepordei. Amintim că Guvernul a mai alocat 71 de milioane de lei pentru majorarea capitalului social al „Arenei Chișinău” în vara anului 2020. „Arena Chișinău” figurează într-un dosar penal inițiat de PG.

Persons: Igor Dodon, Ghenadie Țepordei, Ion, Ștefan, Ștefan Vodă, Ion Perju Organizations: Arena, Agriculturii Locations: Chișinău, Ștefan Vodă, Fălești, Orhei, Hâncești

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