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In Arizona Senate, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly is ahead of Republican Blake Masters by 115,000 votes with 80% in. On Dobbs, the national exit poll showed 27% of voters picking abortion as their No. And remember that our final NBC News poll found Trump as one of the most unpopular political figures we measured, especially compared with President Biden. In each state, those Democratic secretaries of state nominees were running against Republicans who cast doubt on the 2020 election result. Two of those five feature Democrat vs. Democrat contests, thanks to the state’s Top 2 primary, so those will stay in the Democratic column.

Rep. Dina Titus defeated Republican Mark Robertson in Nevada's 1st Congressional District. RenoNorth Las Vegas MayorLongtime Democratic Rep. Dina Titus won another bid for reelection against Republican Mark Robertson in Nevada's 1st Congressional District. 2022 General EmbedsNevada's 1st Congressional District candidatesTitus is serving her 6th term in the US House of Representatives. In 2013, Titus returned to Congress after winning in the 1st Congressional District. Voting history for Nevada's 1st Congressional DistrictOnce in the heart of Las Vegas, Nevada's 1st Congressional District now encompasses more of Clark County.

☆ 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.

☆ EU gas emissions end post-COVID rise on cleaner supply, energy-saving-study
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Avi Asher-Schapiro | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Steam rises from the cooling towers of the coal power plant of RWE, one of Europe's biggest electricity and gas companies in Niederaussem, Germany, March 3, 2016. "The post-COVID rebound in the EU's fossil fuel use and emissions has come to an end in the past few months, due to the growth in clean energy supply led by solar power, and energy saving measures precipitated by the fossil fuel supply crunch," said CREA lead analyst Lauri Myllyvirta. "Clean energy investments and policies have expanded dramatically, which will lead to a sustained and accelerated fall in emissions in the next years." Hydropower generation is now closer to historical averages, and nuclear underperformance should recover, easing Europe's reliance on pollutants, it said. World leaders are expected to discuss increasing clean energy production facilities in emerging countries during the annual United Nations climate summit in Egypt from Sunday.

And the House Democrats’ campaign arm last week deployed hundreds of thousands of dollars to save its chairman in a Biden district north of New York City. “And I think that right there explains why this red wave is going to be so big.”The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign arm for House Democrats, said it isn't throwing in the towel. “Nearly a week from Election Day, House Democrats are well positioned to retain the majority despite a Republican gerrymandered map and MAGA Republicans’ dark money-fueled campaigns. Connecticut’s 5th District: Democrats have already spent $4.5 million to re-elect Hayes in a district that backed Biden 54.6% to Trump's 43.9% in the last election. Between now and Election Day, Democrats said they plan to spend an additional $1.5 million in ads to combat comparable spending by Republicans.

☆ Air France-KLM beats quarterly estimates on travel recovery
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Dina Kartit | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 28 (Reuters) - Air France-KLM's (AIRF.PA) quarterly core profit beat expectations on Friday, as the airline company reported favourable demand recovery despite lower capacity and inflationary pressure on costs. Quarterly revenue came in 8.11 billion euros, above 2019 levels. These disruptions resulted in 60 million euros additional compensation costs compared to the same quarter in 2019, Air France-KLM said. Third-quarter traffic and passenger numbers for Transavia, the group's low-cost subsidiary, increased by 45.4% and 41.8%, driven by demand recovery in North Africa and Europe, despite record-high eurozone inflation. Air France-KLM expects seat capacity levels in the fourth quarter, full-year 2022 and the first quarter of 2023 at about 85%, 80% and 90%, respectively, confident that the recovery context will continue.

Interpol's member countries have raised concerns about how to prepare for possible metaverse crime, Madan Oberoi, Interpol's executive director for technology and innovation, told Reuters. "Some of the crimes may be new to this medium, some of the existing crimes will be enabled by the medium and taken to a new level," he said. Phishing and scams could operate differently when augmented reality and virtual reality are involved, Oberoi said. Virtual reality could also facilitate crime in the physical world, Oberoi said. Users may also create virtual worlds with "extremist rules," the report said.

SummarySummary Companies Q3 RevPar up 14% from same period in 2019Average pricing in Q3 was 23% above 2019 levelDemand in Asia will "correct itself"Oct 26 (Reuters) - Europe's biggest hotel group Accor (ACCP.PA) reported higher than expected third-quarter revenue per available room (RevPAR) on Wednesday, continuing a sharp improvement in activity since the start of the year after a "gorgeous" summer season. U.S. tourists travelling to Europe took advantage of the dollar's strength against the euro and other currencies, Chief Financial Officer Jean-Jacques Morin said on a call with journalists. Accor's average pricing in the third quarter has been 23% above 2019 levels, the CFO said, adding the capability to earn more fees through inflation needed to be accounted for. However, the situation in Asia will "correct itself", with recovery in China and Southeast Asian countries next year possibly making a difference to the group's performance, Morin added. ($1 = 0.9930 euros)Reporting by Diana Mandia and Dina Kartit; Editing by David Holmes, Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Defendant in NJ deli stock fraud case makes $2,500 a month from similar shell company
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Med Spa, which wasn't named in the indictment, also pays $2,500 a month in consulting fees to Patten's firm Benchmark Capital. Patten's name hasn't appeared in Med Spa filings. Authorities also said they artificially inflated the market value of Hometown International and E-Waste by 939% and 19,900% respectively. Like the other two shell companies, Med Spa Vacations had an initial business goal—in this case, "specialized wellness vacation packages"—that was abandoned in favor of initiating a reverse merger. Med Spa is currently in search of a company with which to complete a reverse merger.

☆ Rep. Dina Titus, six-term Democratic congresswoman, faces off against Republican Mark Robertson in Nevada's 1st Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Dina Titus is running against Republican Mark Robertson in Nevada's 1st Congressional District. The 1st District is located in Clark County, covering many Las Vegas suburbs. Nevada's 1st Congressional District candidatesTitus is serving her 6th term in the US House of Representatives. In 2013, Titus returned to Congress after winning in the 1st Congressional District. Voting history for Nevada's 1st Congressional DistrictOnce in the heart of Las Vegas, Nevada's 1st Congressional District now encompasses more of Clark County.

☆ Covid was a contributing factor in 25% of maternal deaths in 2020 and 2021
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

It finds that pregnancy-related deaths have spiked nearly 80% since 2018, with Covid-19 being a factor in a quarter of the 1,178 deaths reported last year. “We were already in the middle of a crisis with maternal mortality in our country,” said Karen Tabb Dina, a maternal health researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The maternal death rate is particularly stark for Black women, who have long faced worse maternal outcomes than their peers. Pregnancy-related deaths for every 100,000 births climbed from 44 in 2019 to 68.9 among Black women last year. More than half of rural counties didn’t have a hospital offering pregnancy care as of 2018, the review found.

☆ Factbox: Europe's alternatives if Russia shuts off gas supply
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Germany halted certification of the new Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia because of the Ukraine war so it never went into operation. Germany, Europe's biggest consumer of Russian gas, can import gas from Britain, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands via pipelines. Southern Europe can receive Azeri gas via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline to Italy and the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) through Turkey. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to Europe have increased from producers such as the United States, Qatar and other countries. OTHER OPTIONS TO COPE WITH A GAS SUPPLY CRUNCH?

☆ Robin Hood Foundation picks Goldman Sachs executive Dina Powell McCormick as new chair
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Dina Powell, former deputy U.S. national security advisor, speaks during the Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Goldman Sachs executive Dina Powell McCormick has been named chair of the Robin Hood Foundation, a nonprofit backed by Wall Street executives and other business leaders that aims to combat poverty. McCormick, who was the group's vice chair, was elevated by the board to chair on Wednesday, the foundation announced in a statement. "For 35 years, Robin Hood has been fighting to elevate New Yorkers out of poverty. Being elected chair by her peers is a powerful recognition of Dina's history of service, leadership, and commitment to our mission," Robin Hood CEO Richard R. Buery, Jr. said in a statement.

☆ Factbox: Energy crisis revives coal demand and production
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

France - The Emile Huchet coal power plant restarted in early October, only six months after it closed, according to local media. Netherlands - Dutch energy minister Rob Jetten said in June the Netherlands will remove a production cap at coal-fired energy plants to preserve gas. In June, it said it plans to "increase thermal coal production from existing mines this year maximum by 1.5 million tonnes". Spain - The ministry for the ecological transition requested in May the delay of Endesa's As Pontes coal power station closure. (** Note that Ukraine's government has stopped releasing coal production data since the start of the war).

☆ EU emergency oil stocks still low in July after IEA's joint releases
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 18 (Reuters) - The European Union's emergency oil stocks, including crude oil and petroleum products, recovered slightly in July after two coordinated releases drained the levels to a record low in June, the bloc's statistic office said on Tuesday. The EU held 103.6 million tonnes of emergency oil stocks in July, up 2.5% from the historical low of 101.1 million tonnes in June, Eurostat data showed. To stabilise the market, the International Energy Agency (IEA) allowed two emergency oil stock releases in March and April. Current emergency stocks are mostly composed of crude oil at 45.5 million tonnes, gas and diesel oil at 35.9 million tonnes, and gasoline at 9.8 million tonnes, Eurostat said. The countries with biggest commercial stocks were Germany with 9.3 million tonnes, the Netherlands with 8.9 million tonnes, and Italy with 5.8 million tonnes, Eurostat said.

☆ $100 million is the new frontier for South Florida luxury homes, says agent Dina Goldentayer, who sold $750 million in real estate last year via chauffeured car, helicopter, and golf cart
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Griffin's $100 million buy is more than double the 2019 record for Miami's priciest single-family home. A Golden Beach compound is on the market for $100 million — and is being marketed as a gut job. "Now $100 million seems to be the threshold that captures the public's imagination. While Miami's ultraluxury market thrives, its less-pricey sectors are beginning to normalize, Miller said. Douglas Elliman's South Florida market reports, which Miller compiles, point to a slowdown in new signed contracts, but that's in comparison with the supercharged market of 2021.

☆ Walmart's secretive fintech ONE is the new disruptor in consumer banking, and the retailer has nabbed talent from Wall Street mainstays like Goldman Sachs.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Aaron Weinman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In January last year, the retailer said it was pursuing a partnership with venture-capital firm Ribbit Capital, which backed Robinhood. The next month, Walmart lured Omer Ismail and David Stark, two executives from Goldman Sachs' Marcus, over to work on a fintech initiative. Insider's Ann Gehan, Carter Johnson, and Ben Tobin have identified the key people shaping this effort at its fintech called ONE. Done deals :Acrisure, a fintech company that operates an insurance broker and real-estate services company, has acquired B2Z Insurance. Aditxt, a biotech company developing tech around monitoring the immune system, raised $20 million after selling 3.33 million shares on Nasdaq.

☆ How a 34-year-old investor moved from Wall Street to psychedelics and raised $10.5 million for a new depression treatment
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Freedom Biosciences is a new startup focused on a ketamine treatment for depression. In 2021, Burkitbayeva founded a psychedelics company, Freedom Biosciences, with Dr. John Krystal, the chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University. Freedom Biosciences, which focuses on ketamine and psychedelics as treatments for depression and other mental illnesses, announced on Tuesday that it had raised a $10.5 million seed round from investors. Burkitbayeva spoke with Insider about how she moved from Wall Street to psychedelics and went from angel investor to company CEO. Burkitbayeva used her background as an investor to help Freedom Biosciences raise its seed roundWith her background as both an investor and a founder, Burkitbayeva spearheaded the fundraising efforts for Freedom Biosciences.

☆ Top psychedelics VCs share the key challenges that are keeping them on the sidelines of the first legal magic-mushroom market in the US
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-23 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

While some companies are laying the groundwork to enter the market, leaders at four venture-capital firms focused on psychedelics told Insider they're skeptical about investing in the state. Palo SantoOne of Palo Santo's portfolio companies, Fluence, is preparing for the Oregon market. Two big reasons that psychedelics clinics could struggle to make money in OregonSchlidt laid out two reasons he thinks that psychedelics clinics in Oregon will struggle to be profitable. Plus, psilocybin clinics would face higher taxes. Burkitbayeva said that the companies she's seeing enter the Oregon market don't seem to have those attributes.

☆ An obscure law could jeopardize profits for startups racing to get in on the first legal magic-mushroom market in the US
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-20 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A tax rule will make it difficult for psychedelics companies to generate profits in Oregon. Because cannabis and psilocybin are federally illegal, 280E affects businesses even in areas where the substances are locally legal. According to Harris Bricken, an international law firm, psilocybin businesses in Oregon could face challenges like those that cannabis companies faced. "There's still a pretty big cloud around how to successfully manage a 280E tax liability," he said. Getty ImagesIt's still unclear which companies in Oregon 280E would directly affect.

☆ A British guy crashed her Thanksgiving dinner. They’ve been married for 20 years
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-26 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Thanksgiving 2021 and was updated and republished for Thanksgiving 2023. CNN —It was November 1997 and Dina Honour was hosting Thanksgiving dinner for the first time. Courtesy Dina HonourWhen he’d traveled to New York, Richard had been seeing someone back in London. Here's a recent photo of Dina, Richard and family in 2023. Courtesy Dina HonourWhen Richard and Dina first moved to Cyprus, they tried to recreate traditional US Thanksgiving traditions.

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☆ Chironda îi răspunde lui Ceban: „N-am fost pe unele șantiere, pentru că nu consider acele proiecte corecte”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Sursa foto: captură videoChironda îi răspunde lui Ceban: „N-am fost pe unele șantiere, pentru că nu consider acele proiecte corecte”Victor Chironda a răspuns într-o conferință de presă la acuzațiile aduse de Primarul General al Capitalei, Ion Ceban, precum că nu s-a implicat în procesul de reparație a mai multor străzi din Chișinău. Chironda va depune o plângere și la Procuratura Anticorupție în legătură cu ancheta de serviciu inițiată în privința sa de către primarul Capitalei, Ion Ceban. În preajma Hotelului Național avem mai multe blocuri locatirve atât vechi, cât și noi. La scurt timp, Chironda a aflat că pe numele lui a fost pornită o anchetă de serviciu pentru că ar fi lipsit nemotivat de la muncă. Ion Ceban i-a cerut să-și dea demisia, iar viceprimarul Victor Chironda a sesizat Procuratura Generală și Consiliul pentru prevenirea și eliminarea discriminării și asigurarea egalității, spunând că această anchetă de serviciu este un abuz pentru a-l hărțui și intimida.

Persons: Victor Chironda, Ion, Ion Creangă, Ion Ceban, Svetlana Dogotaru, Chironda Organizations: Hotelul, Procuratura Locations: Capitalei, Chișinău, Procuratura, Chișinăului

☆ Concurs de selectare a prestatorilor de servicii sociale pentru persoanele vârstnice, inclusiv pentru persoane victime ale violenței în familie
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +2 min

Concurs de selectare a prestatorilor de servicii sociale pentru persoanele vârstnice, inclusiv pentru persoane victime ale violenței în familieCONTEXTHelpAge International în Moldova anunță Concurs de selectare a prestatorilor de servicii sociale interesați să dezvolte sau să extindă serviciile pentru persoanele vârstnice victime ale violenței în familie. Deși serviciile sociale existente în Republica Moldova includ și persoane vârstnice, acestea mai puțin ajung să fie asistate și mai puțin cunosc unde să se adreseze după sprijin. CRITERII DE ELIGIBILITATESunt eligibili să participe la concurs prestatorii publici sau privați de servicii sociale destinate victimelor violenței în familie sau persoanelor vârstnice, și planifică crearea sau extinderea serviciilor sociale pentru persoanele vârstnice victime ale violenței. Prestatorii de servicii sociale trebuie să fie direct responsabili de pregătirea și gestionarea proiectului, fără a acționa ca intermediar. DEPUNEREA DOSARULUIDosarul de aplicare poate fi depus la adresa de email: officehelpage@gmail.com cu titlul „Concurs servicii sociale HelpAge” în format electronic sau pe suport de hârtie prin poștă la adresa: Moldova, mun.

Persons: Bănulescu, HelpAge, Dina Ciubotaru Organizations: International Locations: Moldova, Republicii Federale Germania, Republica Moldova, Chișinău

☆ Alo, Telefonul copilului? Confidențial, despre dragoste, neglijență, viol, disperare sau singurătate
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-01 | by ( Alina Zlatov | Stagiară Erim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +19 min

În cei 7 ani de activitate, Telefonul copilului a recepționat peste 42.000 de apeluri. Discutăm și despre schimbările care apar odată cu pubertatea, despre contracepție, despre relații sexuale. Aceștia încep precoce viața sexuală sau fac cunoștință în internet cu adolescenți de sex opus, considerându-se un cuplu”, spune Dina Sârbu. Am aflat că este vorba despre o relație virtuală, offline, ei nu se văzuseră niciodată. În perioada pandemiei, la Linia copilului a survenit un număr record de apeluri despre stări depresive.

Persons: ZdG, Dina Sârbu, Gabriela Tudureanu, Dina Sârbu ., Sârbu, Apelanta, adolescenta ., adolescenta Organizations: Educației Locations: Moldova, Europa, abuzatorul, veceul, reanimare

univ., dr. hab. Membri ai Senatului UTM din partea facultăților, cadre didactice titulare – 32# Facultatea Electronică și TelecomunicațiiVasile TRONCIU, șef Departament Fizica, prof. SCEE (zi)# Senatul Studențesc UTMDaniel DASCĂL, vicepreședinte Senat Studențesc UTM, st. gr. RST-181, FET# Comitetul sindical studențiAna-Maria CÎRJA, președinte Senat Studențesc UTM, st. gr. TIA-191M, FCIM# Membru al Senatului UTM din partea Comitetului sindical colaboratoriViorica URSU, președinte Comitetul Sindical colaboratori UTM, conf.

Persons: Viorel BOSTAN, ., Serghei ANDRONIC, Larisa, Dinu ȚURCANU, Pavel, Victor GROPA, Vladislav REŞITCA, Sergiu DÎNTU, Sergiu BEJAN, Livia NISTOR, Rafael CILOCI, Sergiu TRONCIU, Dumitru, Ion BOSTAN, . hab, Spiridon RUSU, SAVA, Ghenadie, Ina DOBREA, Viorica, Ecaterina LOZOVANU, . Oleg LUPAN, Artur, Aurica CHIRSANOVA, Svetlana CATERINCIUC, Victor CEBAN, Leonid DOHOTARU, Valeriu DULGHERU, Sergiu MAZURU, conf, Valeriu, . Liliana PLATON, dr . Vera GUȚU, Ala, Svetlana Albu, Anatolie Taranenco, Ina Bostan, Business Rina ȚURCAN, Veaceslav BÂRDAN, Daniel, Zinaida PETROV, Ana, Maria, Valeria CEBOTARI, COZLOVSCHI, Crina GUȚU, st, Transporturi Damian PRUTEANU, Victor GUȘANU, Dmitri DUBINSCHI, Cristina EFREMOV, drd, Constantin BOROSAN, Viorica URSU Organizations: UTM, IF, Business, IBM, Transporturi Damian Locations: IM, Studențesc

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