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☆ Meet the average CEO of the top UK companies: He's white, rich, and probably named Andrew
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The average CEO of a top UK company is white, rich, and probably named Andrew. That's according to an analysis by People Managing People of the CEOs of the top 100 companies on the LSE. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe average CEO of a top UK company is probably named Andrew, according to an analysis of the CEOs of the FTSE100 companies published by human resources publication People Managing People on Tuesday. People named Andrew don't just make up a large slice of these top executives, however — twelve FTSE100 CEOs were named Andrew or Simon, outnumbering the total 11 female CEOs as of September, per the report. The report also found that the average CEO of a FTSE100 company makes over 127 times the median UK salary in 2022 — which was £33,000.

Persons: Andrew, That's, —, Andrew don't, Simon, Finn Bartram Organizations: People Managing, LSE, Service, London Stock Exchange, University of Cambridge, BBC, Fortune, Pew Research, Economic Policy Institute Locations: —

☆ Cognizant appoints former Wipro finance chief Jatin Dalal as CFO
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 28 (Reuters) - Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH.O) on Thursday named former Wipro (WIPR.NS) chief financial officer Jatin Dalal as its CFO, a week after his resignation from the Indian information technology (IT) major. The pace of executive churn has picked up in the Indian tech industry in recent months. Dalal became Wipro's CFO in 2015, and with CEO Thierry Delaporte steered the company through the pandemic as demand for digital services boomed. "We are pleased to welcome Jatin to Cognizant and confident he will help us achieve our goals as we continue to focus on driving revenue growth," Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S said in the statement. Cognizant projected third-quarter revenue above estimates in August as more businesses turned to the IT services provider to digitize their operations.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Jatin Dalal, Ravi Kumar S, Dalal, Jan Siegmund, Rajesh Gopinathan, Mohit Joshi, Wipro's, Thierry Delaporte, Jatin, Cognizant, Jaspreet Singh, Hritam Mukherjee, Varun Organizations: REUTERS, Technology Solutions, Wipro, Cognizant, Infosys, Indian, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

An election official hands a ballot to a voter at a polling station in Ridgeland, Mississippi, U.S., November 27, 2018. A spokesperson for the office of Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Circuit Judge Carolyn Dineen King in reversing a lower-court judge's ruling. Circuit Judge Edith Jones, an appointee of former Republican President Ronald Reagan, was also on the panel and had dissented. Twelve of the 16 currently active judges on the court were appointed by Republicans.

Persons: Jonathan Bachman, Jonathan Youngwood, Lynn Fitch, James Dennis, Dennis, Carolyn Dineen King, Edith Jones, Ronald Reagan, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Circuit, U.S ., Democratic, Republicans, Thomson Locations: Ridgeland , Mississippi, U.S, Mississippi's, Mississippi, U.S . Civil, New York

☆ X CEO Linda Yaccarino had a car-crash interview at Code Conference where she seemed undermined by Elon Musk and couldn't state precise user numbers or whether users will pay
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | Hasan Chowdhury | Shona Ghosh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

X CEO Linda Yaccarino had a rough time being interviewed onstage on Code Conference. What actually followed was the unfurling of a CEO who appeared not to have a full handle on the company. AdvertisementAdvertisementHere's one bizarre exchange: Was Musk serious about charging all users a fee to use X, Boorstin asked. Asked about X's daily active user numbers, Yaccarino appeared to respond only in estimates, according to The Verge and the Wall Street Journal. Yaccarino and X did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Linda Yaccarino, —, Elon Musk, Yaccarino, CNBC's Julia Boorstin, Boorstin, Musk, Apptopia, Insider's Lara O'Reilly, Kali Hays, Insider's Ben Bergman, Mark Zuckerberg, Insider's Bergman, — Yoel Roth, Roth, Kara Swisher, Swisher, she's Organizations: Service, Conference, Twitter, MediaRadar, Wall Street Locations: California, Meta

☆ X CEO says the platform could turn a profit next year — and that most top advertisers have returned 'in the past 12 weeks'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

X CEO Linda Yaccarino said her company could be turning a profit in early 2024. Yaccarino added that 90% of the platform's top 100 advertisers have returned in the "last twelve weeks." Yaccarino previously said that X was close to breaking even — echoing Musk's comments in April. AdvertisementAdvertisement"90% of the top 100 advertisers have returned to the platform in the last twelve weeks alone," Yaccarino added. Yaccarino appeared to be referring to the exodus of advertisers from the platform after its acquisition in October last year.

Persons: Linda Yaccarino, Yaccarino, X, —, CNBC's Julia Boorstin, Musk, Twitter —, Elon Musk Organizations: Service, BBC, Twitter, Elon, Media, New York Times Locations: NBCUniversal

☆ Smithsonian Acquires Major Collection About Enslaved Poet
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Jennifer Schuessler | More About Jennifer Schuessler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In September 1773, Phillis Wheatley, a young enslaved woman from Boston, boarded a ship home from London, where she had gone to promote her forthcoming book of poems — the first ever published by an American of African descent. It was not the first time Wheatley had sailed to Boston. But on this second voyage, Phillis — now a literary celebrity — picked up a pen and wrote “Ocean,” a 70-line ode full of dreaming, wonder and longing for freedom. “Ocean” went unpublished and was seemingly lost until 1998, when the manuscript surfaced at an auction. Now it has been acquired by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, as part of what the museum says will be the largest collection of Wheatley material in public hands.

Persons: Phillis Wheatley, Wheatley, Phillis —, —, ” Organizations: Smithsonian’s National Museum of Locations: Boston, London, Africa

The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday it settled fraud charges against Hyzon Motors (HYZN.O) of misleading investors. In the second quarter of 2023, Hyzon accrued a $22 million loss contingency, based upon its management's assessment of the SEC investigation. Knight and Mark Gordon, Hyzon's former chief financial officer, each reimbursed Hyzon $252,000 and $122,500, respectively, for bonuses they received during the twelve-month period after Hyzon misstated its financial statements, the SEC said. Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Leslie Adler and Sonali PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Craig Knight, Max Holthausen, Hyzon, Knight, Mark Gordon, Hyzon's, Kanishka Singh, Leslie Adler, Sonali Paul Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Rights, Exchange, Hyzon Motors, SEC, Hyzon's, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, Washington

The Eagles led 25-3 by the time the Bucs finally got into the end zone on Baker Mayfield's 1-yard TD throw to Mike Evans. A 2-point conversion trimmed Philadelphia's lead to 14 with 9:22 remaining, but Hurts and the Eagles never let Tampa Bay get the ball back. A week after rushing for a career-high 175 yards, D'Andre Swift ran for 130 yards on 16 attempts for Philadelphia. Brown finished with nine receptions for 131 yards for the Eagles — one of just three NFL teams that remain unbeaten, along with Miami and San Francisco. Buccaneers: CB Carlton Davis III (toe) and DL Calijah Kancey remained sidelined after sitting out the previous week against Chicago.

Persons: Baker, Mike Evans, Mayfield, D'Andre Swift, Brown, Evans, Ronde Barber's, Quez Watkins, RB Boston Scott, Justin Evans, CB Carlton Davis III, Calijah Kancey, ___ Organizations: Eagles, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFC, Philly, Bucs, Minnesota, NFL, Tampa, Tampa Bay, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Fame, RB Boston, Buccaneers, CB, Chicago, NFC East, Washington, Sunday, NFC South, New Orleans Locations: TAMPA, Fla, Tampa, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco, Philadelphia, UP

☆ In Her Fiction, Ayana Mathis Refuses to Ignore Black History
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Honorée Fanonne Jeffers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I, for one, submit that Black history will always hover over American literature, whether or not the author intends it to. Why is the boy running toward instead of away from Alabama, as so many Black folks have done since the Great Migration? — before jumping back a few years, to 1985, when Ava drags 10-year-old Toussaint into a homeless shelter in Philadelphia. The mother and son have been thrown out of the home they shared with Abemi, Ava’s abusive husband and Toussaint’s stepfather, in New Jersey. Mathis renders Ava and Toussaint’s time in the shelter in poignant, heartbreaking detail.

Persons: Ayana Mathis, I’m, Toni Morrison, ” Ayana, “, Hattie ” —, Mathis, Ava, Toussaint, Toussaint’s, Cass Organizations: Black Locations: Philadelphia, Dutchess, Ava’s, Alabama, Bonaparte, Ala, Ava, New Jersey

☆ The Ghost in the Mirror
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Soman Chainani | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If Hatke’s “Basement” is a quiet, haunted museum, Remy Lai’s graphic novel GHOST BOOK (Holt, 320 pp., $14.99, ages 8 to 12) is a crackle-pop of melodrama. Twelve-year-old July Chen can see ghosts that aren’t visible to anyone else — a useful skill during Hungry Ghost Month, when ghosts invade the world of the living. A boy ghost her age named William is at once friend and foe (turns out he’s not dead but in a coma; for him to live, she must die). (The bureaucracy here is worthy of New York City Building Code: a Birth Register, a Death Register, a Life Register, an Underlings Register.) All these scenes are drawn with a dreamlike zaniness, hewing closer to anime than Lai’s past work (“Pawcasso,” “Pie in the Sky,” “Fly on the Wall”).

Persons: ”, Milo, Remy Lai’s, Chen, William, he’s Organizations: New Locations: New York

The very existence of the No Labels group is fanning Democratic anxiety about Trump’s chances against an incumbent president facing questions about his age and record. If even a small number of those voters were to back a No Labels candidate next year, Biden could fall short. No Labels party members skew younger. Twelve percent of them live in the 4th Congressional District, which includes Arizona State University. Such a poll would be meaningless because a large swath of voters won’t know anything about the No Labels candidate before a campaign is run, he said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, hasn't, ”, Rodd McLeod, Biden, Adrian Fontes, Fontes, Richard Grayson, Kamala Harris, Republican Sen, Jeff Flake, Cindy McCain, Sen, John McCain —, Ross Perot, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, Jill Stein, Hillary Clinton ’, Stein, Trump, Matt Bennett, Benjamin Chavis, Sam Almy, they've, they’ll, Democratic Sen, Joe Manchin, Joe Lieberman, Jon Huntsman, Larry Hogan, Larry Hogan of Maryland, Ryan Clancy, we’re, ” Clancy Organizations: PHOENIX, Trump, White, Democratic, Biden, Democratic Party, Phoenix, Trump Republicans, Republican, Green, NAACP, Republicans, Congressional, Arizona State University, Super, Republican Gov Locations: Arizona, Pinal County, George H.W ., Michigan , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona , Georgia, Washington, Phoenix, Tucson, Dallas, West Virginia, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Utah, Larry Hogan of

☆ CarMax just promoted a longtime employee to CMO. She tells Insider how she went from search analyst to marketing chief.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Ryan Joe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

CarMax just promoted its long-time employee and VP of marketing Sarah Lane to the role of CMO and SVP. Lane started as a search analyst at the company at the age of 22 and in the early aughts, when the company was in only a handful of markets. "We haven't permeated culture in the way that brands today want to and need to, to have that lasting legacy," Lane told Insider. I want to be the only place to consider when you buy a used car." She's also monitoring the United Auto Workers strikes to figure out how they could potentially drive more demand to the used car market.

Persons: CarMax, Sarah Lane, Lane, Jim Lyski, Candace Parker, Sue Bird, Steph Curry, Usain Bolt —, we've, Joseph Kunkel Organizations: Automotive News, Circuit, National Women's Soccer League, WNBA, United Auto Workers, CMO Locations: CarMax

☆ Fed declines to hike, but points to rates staying higher for longer
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Markets had fully priced in no move at this meeting, which kept the fed funds rate in a targeted range between 5.25%-5.5%, the highest in some 22 years. That would put the funds rate around 5.1%. The projection for the fed funds rate also moved higher for 2025, with the median outlook at 3.9%, compared with 3.4% previously. Over the longer term, FOMC members pointed to a funds rate of 2.9% in 2026. "Chair Powell and the Fed sent an unambiguously hawkish higher-for-longer message at today's FOMC meeting," wrote Citigroup economist Andrew Hollenhorst.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Powell, we'll, Adriana Kugler, Andrew Hollenhorst Organizations: Federal Reserve, Markets, Nasdaq, Fed, Citigroup Locations: oscillated

Twelve manufacturers that employ hundreds of people in seven states have been awarded funding and will produce 200 million over-the-counter tests to replenish federal stockpiles for government use, in addition to producing enough tests to meet demand for tests ordered online, the department said. Federal officials said that will help guard against supply chain issues that sparked some shortages of at-home COVID tests made overseas during past surges in coronavirus cases. Political Cartoons View All 1171 ImagesThe tests are designed to detect COVID variants currently circulating, and are intended for use by the end of the year. Postal Service provided more than 755 million tests for free to homes nationwide. O’Connell said manufacturers would be able to spread out the 200 million tests they will produce for federal use over 18 months.

Persons: —, Dawn O’Connell, ” O'Connell, Grandma, O’Connell, “ We’ve, COVID’s, O'Connell, there’s, “ we’re, “, Xavier Becerra, Biden, Harris, Becerra Organizations: WASHINGTON, Biden, of Health, Human Services, United States Postal Service, Federal, HHS, U.S . Postal Service, Harris Administration Locations: U.S

☆ Fed signals it will raise rates one more time this year before it ends hiking campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 2023. The Federal Reserve stayed put on Wednesday but forecast it will raise interest rates one more time this year, according to the central bank's projections released Wednesday. The rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee projected two rate cuts in 2024, which is two fewer than its forecast in June. The change to fewer projected rate cuts next year has more to do with Fed officials' optimism about economic growth than concerns about stubborn inflation, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in a press conference. "Broadly, stronger activity means we have to do more with rates, and that's what that meeting is telling you," Powell said.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Powell Organizations: Federal Reserve, Washington , D.C, Fed Locations: Washington ,

☆ How Hudson River Park Helped Revitalize Manhattan’s West Side
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Jane Margolies | Lucía Vázquez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Twelve hundred tons of sand arrived last month in Hudson River Park, the sliver of green space on the western edge of Manhattan, and it took only a quarter-century to get there. George E. Pataki signed the law authorizing the creation of the park, he vowed it would have a beach. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the Hudson River Park Act — which turned a strip of dilapidated warehouses and rotting piers along the city’s mightiest river into a sprawling park network — West Siders will finally get to wriggle their toes in the sand. The beach is part of a larger effort to complete the park and knit together its disparate sections, which have been developed in bits and pieces over the years. The newest projects expected to open soon are Gansevoort Peninsula, a recreational area off Gansevoort Street that includes the beach as part of a $73 million overhaul, and Pier 97, a $47 million project off 57th Street that will have a big playground.

Persons: George E, Pataki, Siders Organizations: Gov Locations: Hudson River, Manhattan, Hudson

☆ Moscow has been surrounded by air defenses for a century, but they were never designed to stop the drones Ukraine is using now
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( David Hambling | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

In recent months, Moscow has seen high-profile drone attacks thought to be launched by Ukraine. Moscow has had air defenses for a century, but they haven't been designed for what Ukraine is doing. This is actually the inner defensive ring: The A135 system originally had an outer ring of 51T6 Gorgon missiles with megaton-class warheads. STR/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesAs far back as this January, Russian planners realized that Moscow was wide open to drone attacks. AP PhotoThe first drones hit Moscow in May, with waves of subsequent attacks continuing through July, August and September.

Persons: Yuriy Shipilov, Sefa, David Hambling Organizations: Ukraine, Service, UK's Ministry of Defense, Central Press, Kremlin, Ballistic, US Safeguard, Sprint, Spartan, Anadolu Agency, Getty, 1st Air Defense Army, National Security, Russian Federation, Aerospace Defense, Ministry of Defense, SA, Defense Ministry, Arsenal, Fatherland, Moscow Investigators, AP, Aviation, Forbes, The, New, Popular Mechanics, WIRED Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Filatov Lug, Lug, American, North Dakota, Soviet, Crimea, Syria, Libya, Russian, London

☆ 5 common misconceptions about the US's $32 trillion debt mountain
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The US's $32 trillion debt mountain may not be as bad as it seems. Still, economists say debt problems could arise in the future given the current rate of spending. But experts say that there are major misconceptions floating around the US debt problem that could make the nation's debt load appear more dire than it actually is. America's debt problem is uniqueRising debt levels is a worldwide issue. "This is more of a broader sovereign debt problem that's starting to develop.

Persons: Paul Krugman, there's, that's, Mark Zandi, Zandi Organizations: Service, Congressional, Office, Management, Moody's, Atlanta Fed, International Monetary Fund Locations: Wall, Silicon, Great Britain

☆ Fernando Botero, Artist of Whimsical Rotundity, Is Dead at 91
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Stephen Kinzer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 1961, the New York curator Dorothy Miller bought a Botero work, “Mona Lisa, Age Twelve,” for the Museum of Modern Art. It was placed on exhibit while the original Mona Lisa was being shown uptown, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Modern’s attention to his work helped set Mr. Botero on a path to renown. “A perfect woman in art can prove banal in reality, like a photograph in Playboy,” Mr. Botero reasoned. “The critics have always written with rage and fury about me, all my life,” Mr. Botero groused.

Persons: Dorothy Miller, “ Mona Lisa, ”, Mona Lisa, Botero, ” Mr, “, Botero’s, Godfrey Barker marveled, Barker Organizations: Museum of Modern, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hirschhorn, Sculpture, Evening Locations: York, Washington, London, New York

☆ US junk debt deals carry higher guardrails for investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Matt Tracy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Twelve high-yield issuers have raised $9.6 billion this week, making it the busiest week since November 2021, according to JPMorgan. This stands in stark contrast to the same period in 2022, when only 25% of a total $81 billion was secured debt, according to Informa Global Markets data. According to rating agency Fitch, junk debt defaults are expected to reach 4.5% of all outstanding U.S. junk debt by the end of 2023, up from 2.8% in July. The extra level of protection and high investment returns are ensuring strong demand for new junk debt. The loans are part of a $9.4 billion debt package - the largest since last year's buyout of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Fitch, Anthony Canale, it's, Brian Gelfand, TCW, Goldman Sachs, Elon Musk, Jefferies, Simon, Matt Tracy, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Hugh Lawson Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, JPMorgan, Informa, Reuters, Covenant, ICE, Morningstar, GTCR, KKR, Jefferies, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S

☆ US junk debt issuers use window to extend liabilities but at higher costs, Morgan Stanley report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Matt Tracy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 15 (Reuters) - U.S. junk-rated companies are using a more favorable debt issuance window this year to extend billions of dollars of short-term liabilities. Twelve high-yield issuers have raised $9.6 billion this week, making it the busiest week since November 2021, according to JPMorgan (JPM.N). Ninety of these borrowers used the money raised to refinance, the report noted. Junk bond issuers are now paying roughly 100 to 300 basis points more in coupons on new refinanced debt relative to in-place coupons, according to the report. But the opportunity to refinance is not open to all junk-rated issuers.

Persons: Lee Jae, Morgan Stanley, Matt Tracy, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, JPMorgan, CCC, Thomson Locations: Seoul

☆ Biden to starkly contrast his economic plan with GOP 'MAGAnomics' as shutdown looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the August U.S. jobs and employment report numbers in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, September 1, 2023. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday criticized congressional Republicans for not reaching an agreement. House Republicans in the spring refused to lift the debt ceiling without cost cutting concessions. "House Republicans have understandably been reluctant to tout the MAGAnomics budget — but the White House is going to spend much of this fall doing it for them," Dunn wrote. "[Biden] will use today's speech to hold House Republicans accountable for the full MAGAnomics agenda and contrast MAGAnomics with his economic vision."

Persons: Joe Biden, Karine Jean, Pierre, Jean, Pierre said, Biden, Kevin McCarthy, We've, Anita Dunn, McCarthy, Dunn Organizations: White, WASHINGTON, Democratic, Congress, House Press, Republicans, Caucus, Republican, Social Security Locations: Rose, Washington

☆ Cough syrup killed scores of children. Why no one has been held
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Ramnagar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Toxic cough syrup made and sold in India may have been the start of a recent global wave of contamination. Irfan was one of at least 16 children whom authorities in India’s northern region of Jammu and Kashmir found had been poisoned. Digital says there was no DEG in its syrup and its medicines are not to blame. The rash of poisonings has led to criminal probes, lawsuits and a surge in regulatory scrutiny in India and abroad. Still, despite intense lobbying on behalf of the families of the children in Jammu, no one has yet been found guilty in a court of law for the cough syrup deaths.

Persons: Jafar Din’s, Irfan, Din, –, ” Organizations: Digital Vision Pharma, Digital Vision, Digital, Reuters, World Health Organization, WHO Locations: India, Jammu city, India’s, Jammu, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Gambia, Uzbekistan, Cameroon

☆ A Theater Troupe That’s Also a Support Network for Exiles
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Alex Marshall | More About Alex Marshall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When the two founders of the renowned Belarus Free Theater claimed political asylum in Britain in 2011, they found themselves homeless, with few possessions and facing a bureaucratic labyrinth before they could work. Twelve years later, the company’s founders, Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin, are using that experience to help other artists fleeing political repression. The Belarus Free Theater’s political productions have often criticized Lukashenko’s authoritarian leadership and its troupe was long at risk of arrest. But as repression increased, the company decided it was no longer feasible for its other members to remain in Minsk. Since then, Kaliada said, she and Khalezin had been helping the actors to find housing, therapy and visas.

Persons: Natalia Kaliada, Nicolai Khalezin, Ukraine —, Aleksandr G, Lukashenko, Vladimir V, Putin, Kaliada, Khalezin Organizations: Belarus Free Theater, Skype, Belarus —, Belarus Free Locations: Belarus, Britain, British, Minsk, Belarus’s, East, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Top Wall Street analysts select these dividend stocks to enhance returns
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

To that effect, here are five attractive dividend stocks, according to Wall Street's top experts on TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. The analyst increased his price target for Verizon stock by $1 to $40, while maintaining AT&T's price target at $17. Also, he expects the prospects for improved free cash flow to lower net debt leverage and support the dividend payments. That said, with expectations of higher cash flow generation, Crum said that "the company should have more flexibility around growing its dividend going forward." (See Hasbro Stock Chart on TipRanks)Dell TechnologiesNext up is Dell (DELL), a maker of IT hardware and infrastructure technology, which rallied after its fiscal second-quarter results far exceeded Wall Street's estimates.

Persons: Hans Vestberg, Brendan McDermid, Wall, Michael Rollins, Rollins, MDT, Rick Wise, Geoff Martha, Wise, Drew Crum, Crum, TipRanks, Amit Daryanani, Daryanani, Dell Organizations: DELL, Verizon, New York Stock Exchange, Analysts, Verizon Communications, Citi, AT, Verizon Hedge, Hasbro, Dell Technologies, Dell, TipRanks, GPU, Walmart, &' $ Locations: New York, U.S

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