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☆ How the Turkey earthquake tore a 300-kilometre rupture in the Earth’s surface
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The day the Earth moved How the Turkey earthquake tore a 300-kilometre rupture through the Earth’s surfaceThe ground in Turkey and northern Syria was torn, cracked open, and dragged in different directions after the massive 7.8 magnitude quake and its aftershocks on Feb. 6. The map below illustrates how far the surface moved during the quake. Add a description of the graphic for screen readers. Images from Planet Labs show a surface rupture running straight through the middle of a village near Nurdagi, Turkey, with the ground clearly moving a few metres on either side. The surface has moved to the southwest on one side of the rupture and northeast on the other.

☆ Smartphones Are Changing the War in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Stephen Fidler | Thomas Grove | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Cellphones have been a crucial tool for civilians as the fighting has raged in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine. Smartphones are making the war in Ukraine the most intensively documented in history, changing the shape of the conflict and transforming the world’s understanding of it. Each of the millions of devices in and around Ukraine are sensors that can provide data located to place and time. Their microphones and cameras can record and transmit sounds and images that depict the facts of war or provide tools for propaganda. These records are allowing investigators to build extensive visual archives of the conflict that could eventually provide a reckoning for war crimes.

☆ Tuesday Morning says it wants to close 265 stores as part of its bankruptcy filing. See if your local store is on the list.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

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ADANA, Turkey—Rescue efforts turned grim Thursday as fewer survivors were found amid the rubble four days after two devastating earthquakes rocked Turkey and Syria and people turned instead to burying the dead, now more than 21,000 people across both countries. In Turkey, the death toll was 17,674 by late Thursday evening local time, according to figures provided by Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay to the country’s state news agency. This surpasses the toll of a devastating 1999 earthquake that traumatized the nation and changed Turkish politics for decades. Authorities in Syria reported 3,377 deaths. Thousands more people were injured as thousands of buildings collapsed when Monday’s earthquakes—magnitude 7.8 and 7.5—hit the Syrian-Turkish border.

☆ Under Turkey’s Earthquake Wreckage, Voices Go Silent
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Thomas Grove | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ELBISTAN, Turkey—Shortly after midday, Deniz Kilinc was staring at the devastation of his sister Dilek’s collapsed apartment block when he heard her voice calling from under the cold concrete slabs. It was weak but clear; she was crying for help.

☆ Death Toll in Turkey and Syria Tops 20,000 as Hope Dwindles for Finding Quake Survivors
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Thomas Grove | Rory Jones | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ELBISTAN, Turkey—The death toll in the earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria passed 20,000, as hopes dwindled of finding people still alive under collapsed buildings and rescuers focused on recovering bodies and finding shelter for survivors. Late Thursday, Turkey’s disaster agency increased its tally of the dead to 17,134, surpassing a traumatic 1999 earthquake that is seared into the memory of millions of Turks and helped reshape Turkish politics for decades. Authorities in Syria have reported 3,317 deaths, taking the total toll across the two countries to 20,451.

ANTAKYA, Turkey—The death toll in Turkey and Syria from powerful earthquakes surged Wednesday to more than 11,700 people as rescue teams’ hopes diminished and bad weather left survivors stranded in freezing temperatures. The scale of the devastation came into focus across cities and towns along the Turkey-Syria border regions where earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 left apartment blocks, office towers and hospitals in twisted ruins. A sense of dread spread among rescuers and families with missing loved ones as it became clear that the thousands of people trapped in the wreckage couldn’t survive much longer.

☆ Billionaire Ken Griffin is raising alarm over his desire to move a 100-year-old home off his $107 million Miami estate
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The billionaire Ken Griffin bought a historic Miami property for about $107 million in September. If the HEPB rejects the plan, Griffin could appeal to the Miami City Commission. A Citadel representative, Zia Ahmed, told the Journal that if Griffin were to move the house, "the utmost care and every precaution" would be taken. To Varas, the idea of moving the property to another piece of land was tantamount to "redacting history." Coconut Grove, the neighborhood in Miami where Griffin purchased a $107 million estate.

☆ Billionaire Ken Griffin wants to relocate a historic Miami home he purchased for $107 million. Preservationists say it could set a dangerous precedent.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The billionaire Ken Griffin bought a historic Miami property for about $107 million in September. A Citadel representative, Zia Ahmed, told the Journal that if Griffin were to move the house, "the utmost care and every precaution" would be taken. To Varas, the idea of moving the property to another piece of land was tantamount to "redacting history." Coconut Grove, the neighborhood in Miami where Griffin purchased a $107 million estate. Preservationists told the Journal that the home was a testament to the grand-estate days of Miami's early history when Coconut Grove experienced an economic boom.

☆ Berkshire stock is trading at 20% discount, a level where Buffett typically ramps up buyback, UBS says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway are now trading at a significant discount to the conglomerate's intrinsic value, which may prompt the "Oracle of Omaha" to buy back more of his stock, according to UBS. "BRK's shares are trading at more than a 20% discount to its intrinsic value based on the methodology outlined in BRK's 2018 Annual Letter to Shareholders," UBS' Berkshire analyst Brian Meredith said in a note. The conglomerate's stock held up well in 2022 with a 4% gain as investors favored more stable pockets of the market. The fifth grove of Berkshire is its insurance operations, which are not included in the calculation. Meanwhile, Berkshire suffered a $63.9 billion loss on its investments last year through September amid the broader market selloff.

☆ F1 drivers need clarity on political statements, says Albon
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Alan Baldwin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GROVE, England, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Formula One drivers need more guidance from the governing FIA on what they can say at races this season after a rule change caused concern, Williams driver Alex Albon said on Monday. The FIA updated the International Sporting Code last December with a clause requiring prior written permission for drivers to make or display "political, religious and personal statements or comments". The move has been a pre-season talking point, with uncertainty about how it might be applied in practice. "It seems quite a broad subject ... we need clarity from the FIA on what they are trying to tell us," Albon told reporters during a livery launch at the team's factory. We need to be open in dialogue about what they are trying to do.

☆ F1 seat means more time in the gym for Sargeant
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Alan Baldwin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"More hours in the gym," he grinned. "I've just stayed exactly as I was last year in terms of I'm still living in the same place in London. On my own, enjoying the hours in the gym, enjoying the time on the sim (simulator). "F1 in America is clearly at its peak and its still on the way up, which is a massive positive. You can see how many questions from friends and family and how curious people are about the sport.

☆ Billionaire Ken Griffin Wants to Move a Historic Home Off His Miami Property. Preservationists Aren’t Happy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

When hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin announced plans to relocate his company Citadel to Miami last year, some predicted his presence—and subsequent bet on the local real-estate market—would shape the future of the city. Now, some local preservationists say Mr. Griffin is being cavalier about protecting the city’s past. A proposal by Mr. Griffin to relocate a historic home on a site he purchased in Miami’s Coconut Grove for $106.875 million last year has become controversial in the community. Preservationists say a property of that level of historic designation, built around 1913 for three-time presidential candidate and onetime Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, shouldn’t be moved, outside of extreme circumstances. Mr. Griffin says moving the home, possibly to a city-owned site, would allow the public access to it for the first time since it was built over a century ago.

☆ Billionaire Ken Griffin Wants to Move a Historic Home off His Miami Property. Preservationists Aren’t Happy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

☆ Ukraine Calls for Western Warplanes Despite U.S. Refusal
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Thomas Grove | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ukraine renewed its calls for Western weaponry including new aircraft to replace its Soviet-vintage fleet, despite a refusal from President Biden to send U.S. F-16s. Less than a week after Kyiv secured pledges for more than 300 U.S. and German-made tanks from Washington and its European partners, Ukraine is looking for more powerful weapons, including F-16 jet fighters and longer-range missiles like Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, that can strike deeper into occupied territory and even hit targets inside Russia.

Still, hedge funds piled into Shaw, betting the deal would go ahead. But now, together, the 12 hedge fund firms have made hundreds of millions over the nearly two-year period between Mar. POPULAR TRADEThe 12 hedge fund firms together owned 7.05% of Shaw's shares, or 33.6 million shares, according to Refinitiv Eikon data. Millennium, for example, is a multi-strategy firm - meaning it operates different hedge fund strategies. If the competition bureau had prevailed, analysts had predicted Shaw shares would have dropped to the pre-bid level of C$23, pointing to steep losses for the hedge funds.

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☆ Mass Shootings in the U.S.: A Symptom of Despair - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Jillian Peterson | James Densley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

Seven killed and 46 injured in Highland Park, Ill., on July 4, 2022He suffered from severe back pain. Eight killed and seven injured in Indianapolis on April 15, 2021He was known for being paranoid with a short temper. Five killed and seven injured in Aurora, Ill., on Feb. 15, 2019He had expressed violent thoughts. Nine killed and seven injured in Red Lake, Minn., on March 21, 2005He had been noticeably depressed and angry at church. Seven killed and seven injured in Fort Worth on Sept. 15, 1999He killed his daughter’s cat because he was upset.

☆ Poland Formally Requests German Permission to Send Tanks to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Thomas Grove | Bojan Pancevski | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Poland asked Germany for permission to re-export Warsaw’s Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, raising pressure on Berlin to allow the supply of heavier weapons to Kyiv. “The Germans have already received our request for consent to transfer Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine,” said Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak. “I also appeal to the German side to join the coalition of countries supporting Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks.”

☆ Russia Presses Attack in Ukraine’s South While Kyiv Waits for Weapons
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Thomas Grove | Isabel Coles | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Fighting intensified in Ukraine’s strategically important south, where Moscow claims it is making advances, while Kyiv waits on heavier weapons from its Western allies. Russian forces pushed Ukrainian troops back from the front line in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia in a series of attacks east of the Dnipro River, said Russian-installed regional official Vladimir Rogov .

☆ You can rent out Daphne and Harper's Sicilian villa from 'The White Lotus' for around $6,000 per night on Airbnb
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Villa Tasca is available for around $6,000 per night with a three-night minimum on Airbnb. The Villa Tasca has inspired famous opera composers, according to its website. The Villa Tasca grounds include a 20-acre garden and citrus grove. Courtesy of the Airbnb Photographer CommunityIn "The White Lotus," the villa is located in the town of Noto, known for its baroque architecture. But the Villa Tasca actually is located in Palermo, Sicily's capital and where other tragic storylines in season 2 take place.

☆ LIV Golf reaches broadcast rights deal with CW Network
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Signage on a golf ball at the LIV golf tournament on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois. LIV Golf reached a multi-year deal to make CW Network the exclusive U.S. broadcast partner of the Saudi-funded professional golf tour that launched last year with dozens of golfers, including Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson. CW Network President Dennis Miller in a press release said the partnership "marks a significant milestone in our goal to re-engineer the network." As its name suggests, LIV Golf tournaments feature 54 holes instead of the more common 72. The PGA Tour previously suspended 17 players for playing in the inaugural LIV Golf tournament in June, which LIV called an "effort to stifle competition."

☆ Pyrex maker settles over false 'Made in USA' claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 18 (Reuters) - The maker of Pyrex kitchenware agreed to pay a fine and change its marketing practices to settle U.S. claims that it falsely advertised its popular glass measuring cups as "Made in USA" while importing some of them from China. Instant Brands LLC did not admit or deny wrongdoing in Wednesday's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which approved it by a 4-0 vote. Despite the shift, Instant Brands marketed the Chinese-made cups as "Made in USA" and as "American as Apple Pie" though the cups were marked "Made in China," the FTC said. Instant Brands did not immediately respond to requests for comment. In 2021, the FTC adopted a "Made in USA Labeling Rule" to protect businesses and consumers from what it called "rampant" fraud by marketers over their products' origins.

Indiana police, whose work was being broadcast live on cable TV, arrested a father after neighbors reported his toddler son was roaming apartment hallway with a loaded gun, officials said. Officers spoke to a neighbor who called police and then to the boy's father, 45-year-old Shane Osborne, who said there was no gun in his apartment, "Live" footage showed. The officers immediately went back to Osborne's apartment and eventually found a 9mm Smith & Wesson inside a closed roll top desk, according to the Reelz show. Curtis Wilson, a "Live" analyst, said he doubts the child randomly put the gun in that desk. Osborne was booked on suspicion of felony neglect of a dependent, police records showed, though more charges might be in the works.

A father spent most of the weekend in jail after his young boy was seen on security video waving a loaded handgun around an Indiana apartment complex, authorities said Monday. At first, the boy moves rapidly to a staircase and points the gun down its slope for a beat, the video shows. Officers responding to the report of the boy with a gun were being recorded for immediate broadcast on "On Patrol: Live" on cable network Reelz. The neighbor said she looked through her front door peephole and saw the boy standing above with the gun held behind his back. A woman with the same last name as the suspect lives in a separate apartment, according to the report.

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