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Unable to afford a flight to Egpyt from Guinea, he drew a map of Africa in his spiral notebook and set off on a second-hand mountain bike. Four months and seven countries later, he is in Cairo with a full scholarship to Al-Azhar University, one of the world's oldest and most renowned Sunni Muslim learning institutions. Thousands of West Africans like Barry undertake risky journeys across the Sahara desert each year, searching for a better life. Barry arrived in Cairo on Sept. 5 and days later secured a full scholarship to Al-Azhar. He intends to return to Guinea when his studies are complete, to spread the faith that has taken him so far.

Persons: Mamadou Safaiou Barry, Barry, Barry pedalled, Azhar, Cooper Inveen, Alison Williams Organizations: Al, Azhar University, International Organization for Migration, CFA, Thomson Locations: Guinea, El Marg, Cairo, Egypt, CAIRO, N'DJAMENA, Egpyt, Africa, West, Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Niger, N'Djamena, Chadian, Sudan

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it was considering waiving data export security assessments for activities such as international trade, academic cooperation, cross-border manufacturing and marketing that do not contain personal information or important data. Alex Roberts, a Shanghai-based lawyer at Linklaters, said the new rules are "a great signal for foreign investment and trade into China". You Yunting, a lawyer with Shanghai-based DeBund Law Offices, said the new rules "represents a certain degree of relaxation in data export regulation" in China. He added that the new rules could keep the cross-border transfer of human resources data low for companies. The previous rules were causing consternation among international businesses in China as some fear they could be cut off from assessing their human resources data from within China.

Persons: Alex Roberts, Brenda Goh, Josh Ye, Christina Fincher, Alison Williams Organizations: Cyberspace Administration of China, European, Reuters, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, China, Shanghai, Linklaters, Hong Kong

Some 50,000 Serbs who live in north Kosovo, do not recognise Pristina institutions and see Belgrade as their capital. Vucic told Reuters that Belgrade condemned the killing of the policeman, adding Serbia "will launch proceedings before appropriate judicial bodies" and investigate suspects. Belgrade finances schools, public health system, and most of other institutions in parts of Kosovo where Serbs constitute a majority. Vucic accused Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti of wanting to expel Serbs from Kosovo and of stalling a compromise solution needed for mending the ties between Belgrade and Pristina. "For us the position (in Kosovo) is clearly dreadful, but ... we have to be with our people, ... (and) try to preserve peace," Vucic said.

Persons: Aleksandar Vucic, Vucic, Veton Elshani, ”, Vjosa Osmani, Milan Radoicic, Albin Kurti, Kurti, Ivana Sekularac, Aleksandar Vasovic, Fatos Bytyci, Alison Williams Organizations: Reuters, BELGRADE, Kosovo police, Kosovo Albanian, Kosovo, Pristina, EU, NATO, Serbian, United Nations Security, of, Serbia, Thomson Locations: Reuters Belgrade, Serb, Serbia, Kosovo, Pristina, Belgrade, Serbian, Banjska, Albanian, Vucic, Russia, China, of Serb Municipalities

☆ BBC updates social media rules for star presenters like Gary Lineker
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Britain's BBC said its top stars such as Gary Lineker could opine on political issues on social media but must stop short of campaigning, in new guidelines prompted by a row over the sports presenter's comments about immigration policy earlier this year. He was reinstated after a public backlash and near mutiny at the broadcaster, which has struggled to balance impartiality with its employees' ability to speak to millions of people on social media platforms. Lineker said on X, formerly know as Twitter, that the new guidelines were "very sensible". The BBC's journalists and others working in news and current affairs will continue to have to abide by the strictest rules on impartiality, the guidance said. Other BBC staff or freelancers will not be required to uphold the BBC's impartiality, but they must be civil and not bring the broadcaster into disrepute.

Persons: Gary Lineker, Lineker, John Hardie, Paul Sandle, Alison Williams Organizations: BBC, Thomson Locations: Germany

☆ London hotspots brightened with colourful new artwork
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Sarah Mills/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Busy spots in London are being brightened up by the work of British-born artist and designer Adam Nathaniel Furman who is on a mission to create quality background art. "I have a great passion for colourful interventions in public space that are beautifully crafted," Furman said. In the London Bridge area, another of Furman's projects "A Thousand Streams" is taking shape on a long concrete wall being decorated with an intricate handmade mosaic. Furman designed the piece for the London School of Mosaic, whose volunteers are working on it with completion expected in 2024. As for the future, Furman would like to add to the landscapes of cities around the world, saying it is often artwork people value in their surroundings the most.

Persons: Adam Nathaniel Furman, Sarah Mills, Furman, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, London School of Mosaic, Thomson Locations: Canary Wharf, London, Britain

☆ Dries Van Noten shows layered tailoring at Paris Fashion Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Elizabeth Pineau | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/7] Models present creations by designer Dries Van Noten as part of his Spring/Summer 2024 Women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Dries Van Noten unveiled a layered collection for spring, mixing patterns and sparkles into a line-up of tailored coats and loosely worn dress shirts at Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday. After the show, Van Noten trotted out for his bow, waving at the crowd, who erupted into applause. Paris Fashion Week runs until Oct. 3, featuring some of the world's biggest brands including Hermes, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Dior. Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau; Writing by Mimosa Spencer; Editing by Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Van Noten, Johanna Geron, strode, Ami Suzuki, Aya Suzuki, Lea Drucker, Puig, Paco Rabanne, Jean Paul Gaultier, Nina Ricci, Carolina Herrera, Charlotte, Hermes, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Elizabeth Pineau, Mimosa Spencer, Alison Williams Organizations: Paris, REUTERS, Rights, Antwerp, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Dior, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Bermuda, Charlotte Tilbury

☆ Forced to flee war, Sudanese band spreads musical message
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( El Tayeb Siddig | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] General Kidi, a member of the Nuba Mountain Sound band, trains children to dance, in Port Sudan, in Sudan, September 26, 2023. One day they hope to tour the whole country to spread their message, said General Kidi, 29. "We want to deliver the voice of the people of the Nuba Mountains to the rest of the people in Sudan, through music," he said. "We show the world that this is Sudan, Sudan is not just war, Sudan has diverse traditions and music. Reporting by El Tayeb Siddig; Writing by Mai Shams El-Din; Editing by Aidan Lewis and Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kidi, El Tayeb, General Kidi, Ganja Farmer, Omar al, Bashir, Mai Shams El, Aidan Lewis, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Rapid Support Forces, Ganja Farmer, Thomson Locations: Port Sudan, Sudan, El, PORT SUDAN, Red Sea, Ganja, South Kordofan, Khartoum

☆ Ukraine asks UN court to hear genocide case despite Russian objection
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Stephanie Van Den Berg | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

She said Ukraine needed the court's protection because Russia was not respecting international law as laid out in the 1948 Genocide Convention. Ukraine brought the case before the ICJ days after the Russian invasion on Feb. 24 last year. Kyiv argues Russia is abusing international law by saying the invasion was justified to stop an alleged genocide in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine says there was no risk of genocide in eastern Ukraine, where it had been fighting Russian-backed forces since 2014. In Ukraine, Russia has continued to show its true colours," Zolotaryova said, listing alleged Russian attacks on civil infrastructure and grain supplies.

Persons: Anton Korynevych, Oksana Zolotaryova, Alexander Vasilievich Shulgin, Gennady Kuzmin, Zolotaryova, Stephanie van den Berg, Toby Chopra, Alison Williams Organizations: Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Law, Russia's, HAGUE, Wednesday, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Russian, Netherlands, Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, The Hague Russia, Moscow

☆ Azerbaijan arrests former top Karabakh minister as exodus tops 50,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Felix Light | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but populated mostly by ethnic Armenians who broke away in the 1990s in the first of two wars there since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Karabakh authorities said more than 50,000 had left so far, out of an estimated ethnic Armenian population of 120,000. Azerbaijan rejects Armenian accusations of ethnic cleansing, but images of tens of thousands of desperate people on the move have provoked widespread international alarm. Germany added its voice to U.S. calls for Azerbaijan to allow international observers into Karabakh. Karabakh authorities said they lost at least 200 people in Azerbaijan's offensive last week.

Persons: Ruben Vardanyan, Veronika Zonabend, Morris Tidball, Binz, Annalena Baerbock, Matthew Miller, Washington, Irakli, Ilham Aliyev, Zonabend, Miller, Vera Petrosyan, Daphne Psaledakis, Mark Trevelyan, Gareth Jones, Philippa Fletcher, Alison Williams Organizations: Twitter, U.S . State Department, REUTERS, Reuters, Local, Russian, Russia, State, Washington, Thomson Locations: Azerbaijan Karabakh, Germany, GORIS, Armenia, Nagorno, Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Baku, Soviet Union, Kornidzor, Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, United States, Washington

☆ Canada's Trudeau Apologizes After Nazi Veteran Praised in Parliament
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By David LjunggrenOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday formally apologized after the speaker of the House of Commons praised a Nazi veteran in the chamber while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was present. Trudeau also said Ottawa had already reached out to Kyiv and Zelenskiy through diplomatic channels to apologize. Hunka, 98, was a Polish-born Ukrainian who served in one of Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS units during World War Two. Trudeau said the Liberal government had no responsibility for vetting who the speaker had invited. The official opposition Conservatives say Trudeau was ultimately responsible for what happened, given he had invited Zelenskiy to address the Canadian parliament, and accused him of negligence.

Persons: David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Justin Trudeau, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Trudeau, Anthony Rota, Yaroslav Hunka, Adolf Hitler's Waffen, Zelenskiy, Hunka, David Ljunggren, Alison Williams, Paul Simao Organizations: Canadian, Wednesday, Commons, Nazi, Ottawa, Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS, Ukrainian, Liberal Locations: Kyiv, Polish, Ukrainian, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Western, Rota's

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to media outside his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 25, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday formally apologized after the speaker of the House of Commons praised a Nazi veteran in the chamber while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was present. Trudeau also said Ottawa had already reached out to Kyiv and Zelenskiy through diplomatic channels to apologize. The Kremlin earlier in the day said the whole Canadian parliament should publicly condemn Nazism. The official opposition Conservatives say Trudeau was ultimately responsible for what happened, given he had invited Zelenskiy to address the Canadian parliament, and accused him of negligence.

Persons: Justin Trudeau, Blair Gable, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Trudeau, Anthony Rota, Yaroslav Hunka, Adolf Hitler's Waffen, Zelenskiy, Hunka, David Ljunggren, Alison Williams, Paul Simao Organizations: Canada's, REUTERS, Rights, Canadian, Wednesday, Commons, Nazi, Ottawa, Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS, Ukrainian, Liberal, Thomson Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, Kyiv, Polish, Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, Western, Rota's

[1/2] A suspected illegal migrant is searched after he was detained by German police during their patrol along the German-Polish border to prevent illegal migration, in Forst, Germany, September 20, 2023. In August, registered illegal border crossings to Germany reached 14,701, up 66% on the same month last year, police data shows. Czech police have increased random checks on the Slovak border as well as on highways to Germany, Czech police president Martin Vondrasek said. LAMPEDUSA CRISISAs well as the increase in illegal border crossings, Germany has also taken in around 1 million Ukrainian refugees over the past year. Previously, there have been random police checks on the borders and Germany has maintained stationary controls on the Bavarian border with Austria since 2015.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Nancy Faeser, Martin Vondrasek, Markus Soeder, Rome, Faeser, Piotr Muller, Alexander Ratz, Sarah Marsh, Alan Charlish, Anna Wlodarczak, Jan Lopatka, Rachel More, Kirsti Knolle, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Faeser, Social Democrats, Reuters, Warsaw, Thomson Locations: Forst , Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, BERLIN, Germany, Berlin, Czech, Bavaria, Hesse, Bavarian, Austria, North Africa, Lampedusa, Italy, EU, Europe

☆ Airbnb CEO urges Parisians to put homes up for rent for Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Elizabeth Pineau | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Paris' tourism office expects some 16 million people to visit the wider Paris region for the Olympics and Paralympics. If they put their (homes) on Airbnb and there is enough housing, prices will stay within reason," Chesky said. "If not enough people put their homes on Airbnb and people don't have enough ... hotels and they can't build more hotels, that's going to increase prices." "So while hotel prices are going up, I will make sure that Airbnb is more affordable than hotels for the equivalent amount of space when people are travelling for Paris for the Olympics. Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau; Writing by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Emmanuel Dunand, Brian Chesky, Chesky, Elizabeth Pineau, Ingrid Melander, Alison Williams Organizations: Olympics, Rights, Reuters, Games, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Airbnb

"The UK has been one of the real leaders in climate diplomacy and in their own emissions reductions," Ireland’s climate minister Eamon Ryan told Reuters. But according to the Climate Change Committee’s June 2023 progress report to parliament, to hit mid-way climate targets, Britain must quadruple its annual emissions reductions outside the electricity supply sector by 2030. He said he was changing the policy because previous governments had moved too quickly to set net zero targets, without securing the support of the public. Delaying net zero transition investments could prove politically popular, analysts observed, if an election was on the horizon. But "this framing only works if you think climate policy is a burden", said Bob Ward, a climate policy researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science, adding that avoiding short-term costs was likely to lead to a greater bill for taxpayers down the road.

Persons: Eamon Ryan, Rishi Sunak, Bob Ward, Britain's, Simone Tagliapietra, Sunak’s, Philip Dunne, Susanna Twidale, Gloria Dickie, Kate Abnett, Elizabeth Piper, Ed Osmond, Alison Williams Organizations: Reuters, United Nations, London School of Economics, Political, Global, Thomson Locations: Britain, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Netherlands, Brussels, U.S, London

Kosovo authorities say around 30 heavily armed Serbs stormed the village of Banjska on Sunday, battling police and barricading themselves into the Serbian Orthodox monastery. Police recaptured the monastery late on Sunday after three attackers and one police officer were killed. Kosovo has accused Serbia of backing the armed militants; Serbia says Kosovo is to blame for mistreating residents in the Serb-majority area. It said one of them was Milan Radojcic, a Kosovo Serb politician and one of the leaders of the Serb List party. Serb List was the dominant Serb party in Kosovo's parliament before Serbs from the north and those loyal to Belgrade boycotted Kosovo's institutions nearly a year ago.

Persons: Milos Vucevic, Bjoern Arild Gram, Ognen, Aleksandar Vucic, Albin, Kurti's, Milan Radojcic, Dejan, Dusan Maksimovic, Fatos Bytyci, Aleksandar Vasovic, Ivana Sekularac, Christina Fincher, Alison Williams Organizations: Kovoso Police, Kosovo police, Police, ", Kosovo Serbs, REUTERS, KFOR, Kosovo, Reuters, Belgrade, Kosovo's, Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party, Thomson Locations: PRISTINA, BELGRADE, Kosovo, Banjska, Serbian, Serbia, NATO, Belgrade, Pristina, Serb, Zvecan, United States, EU, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Kosovo Serb, Kosovo's

☆ Hollywood writers reach 'tentative agreement' with studios after 146 days
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Huileng Tan | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Writers Guild of America reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios on Sunday. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The WGA and AMPTPT have reached a tentative agreement," the AMPTP email said; the WGA's version was typo-free. The tentative agreement comes after the guild and the AMPTP — which represents major studios and streaming services, including Warner Bros. They were joined on the picket lines by over 160,000 union members of SAG-AFTRA, the actors' union, on July 14. Broadcast networks' fall TV schedules were loaded with reality series, whose writers aren't subject to the WGA agreement.

Persons: Bob Hopkinson, Netflix —, they've, Alex O'Keefe, O'Keefe, Keefe, Drew Barrymore, Barrymore, Insider's Reed Alexander, Alison Brower, TUSC Organizations: Guild of America, Hollywood, WGA, Service, Alliance, Television Producers, Warner Bros, Disney, Netflix, SAG, Guild, Union Solidarity Coalition Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Poland to check vehicles crossing Slovak border amid migrant surge
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWARSAW, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Poland will introduce checks on vehicles crossing the border from Slovakia, the prime minister said on Monday, in measures to stem the flow of immigrants. Meanwhile, Slovakia has been struggling with a surge in illegal migrants. The number of illegal migrants detained in Slovakia has increased nine-fold from a year ago to more than 27,000 so far this year, according to the country's interior ministry. Morawiecki said that Scholz's words could be a preparation for closing the border with Poland. Muller had said that the government does not rule out also strengthening controls on the border with Germany.

Persons: Mateusz Morawiecki, Kamala Harris, Jonathan Ernst, Morawiecki, Piotr Muller, Muller, Olaf Scholz, adressing Scholz, Alan Charlish, Anna Koper, Andrew Cawthorne, Hugh Lawson, Alison Williams Organizations: Poland's, U.S, White, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Rights, Law and Justice, Slovak, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, Poland, Slovakia, Warsaw, Polish, Germany

[1/5] Models present creations by the creative studio of Pierre Cardin fashion house for their Spring/Summer 2024 Women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 25, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Paris Fashion Week kicked off on Monday with a Pierre Cardin show in the headquarters of France's Communist Party, which was bathed in blue light to conjure up the colour of the ocean. It was the French label's second show at Paris Fashion Week since founder Pierre Cardin died in 2020, building on its space-age catwalk in March after a gap of more than two decades. Fashion Week, which runs until Oct. 3, will feature more than 100 designers, including Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Hermes, dozens of new international designers, as well as French fashion house Balmain whose show will go ahead despite the theft of part of its collection. Thieves seized the vehicle carrying some 50 items between a Paris airport and the label's headquarters in the French capital.

Persons: Pierre Cardin, Stephanie Lecocq, Rodrigo Basilicati Cardin, Oscar Niemeyer, Fabien Roussel, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermes, Dior, Saint Laurent, Van Noten, Lanvin, Sandra Auger, Elizabeth Pineau, Geert De Clercq, Alison Williams Organizations: Paris, REUTERS, Rights, France's Communist Party, Paris Fashion, French Communist Party, Espace Niemeyer, Balmain, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, French, Givenchy

☆ Bahrain Says Two Soldiers Killed in Houthi Drone Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

CAIRO (Reuters) - Two members of Bahrain's army were killed and others were injured in a Houthi drone attack on Monday during a deployment in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, the state news agency quoted the Bahraini army as saying. The Houthis have been fighting against a Saudi-led military alliance since 2015 in a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and left 80% of Yemen's population dependent on humanitarian aid. Last week the Saudi government welcomed what it described as “positive results” from the first direct talks it had with the leading Houthi officials who spent five days in Riyadh. The army statement said an officer and a soldier were killed and "a number" from the force were injured. The U.S. embassy in Bahrain sent a message of condolence to the families of those killed and said it stood by its long-term ally.

Persons: Omar Abdel, Chizu Nomiyama, Alison Williams Organizations: Saudi Locations: CAIRO, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Saudi, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, U.S, Bahrain

☆ Companies turn to crisis PR firms when money, reputation is at risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“A scandal breaking on a Tuesday is very different than one breaking on a Friday, because on Tuesday you’re going to have the rest of the week for stories to drop and snowball. You need to stick with the stance you’re taking, and it might mean you’re going to lose a subset of your audience. Dylan Mulvaney/InstagramThe most prominent case study experts pointed to was the Bud Light public relations fiasco in April, when America’s erstwhile No. “Oftentimes, now, the bigger risk is the social media spread.”“Prior to social media, people felt less empowered to share their opinions,” said Jennings. Often for crisis communication, you’re not trying to counter the reality, you’re trying to counter the perception.”However, as much as social media stokes the flames of PR crisis, the platforms can be effective mitigation tools.

Persons: “, ”, Ben Kaplan, ’ ”, Lauren Jennings, Alison Brod, Jennings, Rather, Evan Nierman, Deborah Hileman, Kaplan, we’re, We’re, Nierman, Dylan Mulvaney, Bud Light, Bud, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Mulvaney, Bud Light’s, Brendan Whitworth, ” …, you’re, Johnson, ” “, stokes, that’s Organizations: CNN, Top Agency, Alison Brod Marketing, Communications, Institute for Crisis Management, InBev, Anheuser, Busch, Facebook, YouTube Locations: “

☆ Microsoft, Broadcom, and more: CNBC's 'Halftime Report' traders answer your questions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Alison Conklin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMicrosoft, Broadcom, and more: CNBC's 'Halftime Report' traders answer your questionsCNBC's Halftime traders Rob Sechan of NewEdge Capital Group and Bryn Talkington of Requisite Capital Management answer investment-related questions from CNBC Pro subscribers. Look out for an email where you can submit your questions directly to the Halftime team.

Persons: Rob Sechan, Talkington Organizations: Microsoft, Broadcom, NewEdge Capital, Management, CNBC Pro

☆ Microsoft, Broadcom and more: CNBC's 'Halftime Report' traders answer your questions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Alison Conklin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

On Friday's "Ask Halftime," traders answered questions from CNBC Pro subscribers about which stocks and exchange-traded funds to buy, hold or sell right now. NewEdge Wealth's Rob Sechan talks about why right now may not be the best time to enter new positions in Microsoft and Broadcom because he sees more downside to come before they go higher. Bryn Talkington of Requisite Capital Management recommended the Invesco S & P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSPG) for exposure to energy names because it is more diversified than the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE ).

Persons: NewEdge, Rob Sechan, Bryn Talkington Organizations: CNBC Pro, Microsoft, Broadcom, Management, Energy

☆ Why former Goldman Sachs partners say they left the firm
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

Goldman Sachs partners are leaving — some 202 during David Solomon's five years as CEO by Insider's calculation. In particular, before Solomon, Goldman nurtured many fiefs and then spread the wealth from the most successful ones across the firm. Of the former Goldman executives that Insider interviewed, here are the most cited reasons they gave for leaving Goldman. When both men struggled, senior partners left, and Goldman stumbled in its efforts to wind down its balance-sheet investments. Goldman Sachs partners are paid well by any standard: $950,000 in base salary and often multiples of that in annual bonuses.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, David Solomon's, Solomon, Goldman, David Solomon, John Waldron, Goldman's, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Mike Mayo, Andrew Toth, Devin Ryan, Ryan, Waldron, Tony Fratto, Mike Blake, Eric Lane, Julian Salisbury, Lane, Luke Sarsfield, Sarsfield, Marc Nachmann, he's, Fratto, Stephanie Cohen, Cohen, Kathy Ruemmler, Charles Dharapak, Barack Obama's, Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, Ruemmler, Unbeknown, Jeffrey Epstein, dealmaking, David S, Holloway, Mayo, David doesn't, GreenSky, Brendan McDermid, It's, Alison Mass, Hank Paulson, Russell Horwitz, David, it's, Emmalyse Brownstein Organizations: Wall, JPMorgan, Wells, Wells Fargo Securities, Investors, Goldman, AWM, Sarsfield, BAE Systems, Justice Department, Street Journal, Bloomberg, Employees, Partners, Federal Reserve, United Capital Financial Partners, Reuters, GreenSky Locations: New York, Wells Fargo, Salisbury, Manhattan, Texas, Plano, London, Paris, Chicago

☆ Hollywood is bracing for a 'land grab' for production studios and a scramble to restart films and TV shows once the strikes end
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Some Hollywood studios have long-term leases in place at soundstages and can control what they film and when, but most producers book stages for specific productions. And until the strikes are resolved, it's difficult to plan ahead, so most productions are waiting to move forward. But several high-level studio execs, studio investors, and producers told Insider the gears are starting to turn, with some productions beginning scenario planning. Of course, no one's expecting spending on new entertainment to be what it once was once the strikes end. Some projects were ready to start production, with sets already built, or were in mid-production on a TV series.

Persons: that's, Elsa Ramo, Ramo, Hal Rosenbluth, he's, Atlanta's, Steve Greenberg, Christian Simonds, Reed Smith, they'll, Rosenbluth, it's, They're, Alison Brower Organizations: Hollywood, Guild of America, Alliance, Television Producers, SAG, Kaufman Astoria Studios, New York's, Netflix, Warner Bros, Wall Locations: soundstages, Hollywood, New

☆ Staffing Shortage at Air-Traffic Control Means More Cuts of New York Flights
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Alison Sider | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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