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☆ Maryland Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore says MAGA can't 'define what it means to be a patriot'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Maryland gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore is seeking to reshape how patriotism and service are discussed in the public arena. Moore, a Democrat, told Insider he won't cede the definition of patriotism to any one group or movement. Leave no one behind, ever," Moore told the crowd. "Wes Moore's campaign in so many ways is so different from the last Democratic nominee, who really focused on the progressive wing of the party. "From a political standpoint, it has also insulated Wes Moore against Dan Cox trying to say he's some sort of far-left socialist.

☆ Jan. 6 defendant spared prison after judge finds his Asperger's Syndrome played a part in him joining the riot
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A January 6 defendant who broke two windows in the Capitol was spared prison on Wednesday. A federal judge sentenced Nicholas Rodean to home confinement instead, Politico reported. The judge said that Rodean's Asperger's Syndrome influenced him to join other rioters that day. But on Wednesday, US District Court Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced him to 240 days of home confinement instead, saying that his Asperger's Syndrome made him "particularly susceptible" to the influences that day, Politico reported. "I am really sorry about breaking the window," Rodean told McFadden, according to Politico.

☆ Hit by game delays and cancellations, Ubisoft posts half-year net loss
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 27 (Reuters) - French video game maker Ubisoft (UBIP.PA) said on Thursday its net result turned into a loss in the half-year, citing lost research and development expenses and related game cancellations. The firm has been dogged by game delays, on top of project cancellations and heavy sector competition. The maker of the blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" franchise posted a net loss of 190.2 million euros ($190.6 million)in the half-year ended on September 30, compared to a slight profit of 1.6 million euros in the same period last year. Ubisoft nonetheless on Thursday confirmed its full-year guidance and projected third quarter net bookings of around 830 million euros, on the back of a still unspecified mobile licensing deal. The "Prince of Persia" franchise maker posted net bookings down 2.6% to 699.4 million euros for the six months ended in September.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq (.IXIC) jumped more than 2% in the session as the 10-year Treasury yield hit the day's low of 4.05% before bouncing slightly. 3M (MMM.N), on the other hand, fell 0.4% as it cut its full-year revenue and profit forecasts due to a stronger dollar. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 5.56-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 4.32-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq. The S&P index recorded 12 new 52-week highs and one new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 61 new highs and 101 new lows. Reporting by Amruta Khandekar and Shreyashi Sanyal in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel and Arun KoyyurOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Meta refuses to give up on campaign to disqualify FTC chair
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Alison Frankel | Thomson Reuters | Alison Frankel Has Covered High-Stakes Commercial Litigation As A Columnist For Reuters Since A Dartmouth College Graduate | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Her previous expressions of her policy views about alleged big tech monopolists, Boasberg said, did not require Khan’s recusal under the standard for federal prosecutors. (The petition and stay motion are not in the FTC docket but are exhibits in the preliminary injunction case.) We know this from an Oct. 6 letter from the FTC to Weil Gotshal in the administrative proceeding. Remember, Meta is not asking Davila to order Khan off either the preliminary injunction case or the administrative proceeding. We’ll know more about whether the stratagem accomplished anything when the preliminary injunction case goes to a hearing in December.

☆ Factbox: Britain's shortest-serving prime ministers
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Liz Truss resigned as prime minister on Thursday 44 days after starting the job, making her Britain's shortest-serving premier. * The Duke of Devonshire - 225 daysWilliam Cavendish, the 4th Duke of Devonshire and a Whig, was seen as de facto prime minister during a caretaker government and stepped down in June 1757. * The Earl of Shelburne - 265 daysDublin-born William Petty, the 2nd Earl of Shelburne, was in office when the treaty of Paris, which ended the American War of Independence, was signed. * The Earl of Bute - 317 daysJohn Stuart, third Earl of Bute, was the first prime minister from Scotland after the Acts of Union in 1707. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterCompiled by Andrew Heavens; Editing by Andrew CawthorneOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Factbox: Liz Truss resignation: who were the UK’s shortest serving prime ministers?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Liz Truss resigned as prime minister on Thursday 44 days after starting the job, making her Britain's shortest-serving premier. * The Duke of Devonshire - 225 daysWilliam Cavendish, the 4th Duke of Devonshire and a Whig, was seen as de facto prime minister during a caretaker government and stepped down in June 1757. * The Earl of Shelburne - 265 daysDublin-born William Petty, the 2nd Earl of Shelburne, was in office when the treaty of Paris, which ended the American War of Independence, was signed. * The Earl of Bute - 317 daysJohn Stuart, third Earl of Bute, was the first prime minister from Scotland after the Acts of Union in 1707. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterCompiled by Andrew Heavens; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne and Jon BoyleOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ I’ve been following a woman around the internet. Turns out she was created by artificial intelligence.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Evan Ratliff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

Even in their first efforts, the GAN images were quickly on par with those made by any other, less intelligent software. You can find the results on the Generated Photos site, where you can filter by ethnicity, age, sex, eye color, and other attributes. Generated Photos' GANs tend to match conventional beauty standards, a product of the models that have been fed to the software. I'm not sure anyone would be surprised to find fake images accompanying testimonials on an Estonian bitcoin exchange or an online CBD seller. Are they real people deploying fake images, or fake people deploying fake images?

Earlier in the day the British central bank said it would continue to buy bonds this week. The pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) lost 0.56% and MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe (.MIWD00000PUS) shed 0.97%. Emerging market stocks (.MSCIEF) lost 2.28% after hitting an April 2020 low and were set for a near-30% tumble year-to-date, their biggest decline since 2008. read moreGILT RESPITEBonds globally have been sideswiped by the rout in UK government bonds, known as gilts, pushing yields on U.S. Treasuries up sharply. Bond market trading was volatile with longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields hitting multi-year highs.

☆ S&P 500, Nasdaq end lower; BoE comments add to market jitters late
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Caroline Valetkevitch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Trading was volatile, with investors cautious ahead of key U.S. inflation data and the start of third-quarter earnings later this week. The S&P banks index (.SPXBK) was down 2.6% ahead of quarterly results from some major banks later this week. The reports are expected to kick off the third quarter reporting period for S&P 500 companies. read moreDeclining issues outnumbered advancing ones on the NYSE by a 1.50-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.51-to-1 ratio favored decliners. The S&P 500 posted one new 52-week high and 104 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 33 new highs and 590 new lows.

☆ How structural racism plays a role in lowering credit scores
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Nathaniel Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Credit scores, which represent how likely a person is to pay his or her bills, affects almost every aspect of an American's financial life. "Credit scores are based on past performance," said Aaron Klein, senior fellow in economic studies at The Brookings Institute. Forty-two percent of Americans said their credit scores prevented them from accessing financial products like credit cards or loans. "If the information is not on a credit report, it is systematically impossible for your credit score to be influenced by it," said John Ulzheimer, a longtime expert in the credit industry. Watch the video to find out more about how credit scores can help — and hurt — consumers.

☆ The Teen Mental Health Industry Is Failing Them - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Alexander Stockton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +26 min

Sometimes they are treated in ways that are illegal to treat prisoners, let alone kids seeking mental health treatment. But former patients from residential treatment facilities whom Times Opinion interviewed said they received one-on-one therapy only once a week, if that. The company owns dozens of hospitals and hundreds of behavioral health facilities and makes about $11 billion a year. In 2017, when he was 15 years old, his mother, Renee Hanania, sent him to a UHS facility in Virginia. America’s patchwork mental health treatment is still insufficient.

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterMajor U.S. banks are set to kick off the third-quarter earnings season in earnest on Friday, amid anxiety about the impact of inflationary pressures, rising interest rates and geopolitical uncertainties on their profit. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans on Monday joined the chorus of other central bankers backing the Fed's attempt to lower inflation without a sharp rise in unemployment even as it continues raising interest rates. read more read moreAt 9:53 a.m. Tech behemoths Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) fell 0.9% and 1.5%, respectively, weighing down the S&P 500 technology sector index (.SPLRCT). The S&P index recorded one new 52-week high and 22 new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 33 new highs and 200 new lows.

☆ Rocketing energy costs are savaging German industry
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“We don’t need a crystal ball to see a further weakening of German industry in the coming months. The full impact of higher energy prices will only be felt in the last months of the year,” he said. Energy prices started rising last fall, and then shot even higher when Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, sparking an energy standoff between Europe and Moscow. Energy costs at Prysmian’s six German factories are expected to soar to €20 million ($20 million) this year from just €5 million ($5 million) in 2021. “German industry, the so-called ‘Mittlestand’, the small and medium [sized] companies, are quite resilient and adaptable,” he said.

☆ Danielle Pinnock went from spoofing Hollywood to starring in one of its hottest comedies
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Danielle Pinnock can thank her mother’s wig for helping her get the role of a lifetime. Pinnock won the role and has been winning raves for her comedic timing and singing on the series which was quickly crowned the most popular new comedy on broadcast television. Danielle Pinnock visits the #IMDboat At San Diego Comic-Con 2022: Day One on The IMDb Yacht on July 21, 2022 in San Diego, California. “We had just moved to LA and it felt like the acting Olympics,” Pinnock said of the inspiration for Hashtag Booked. “She’s over the top, but she also has a vulnerable side to her as we dive deeper into the season,” Pinnock said.

☆ Fact Check-Photo does not show Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa driving bus to Queen Elizabeth II funeral
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Some social media users have shared a photo depicting Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa behind the wheel of a bus, claiming it shows him driving African leaders to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in London. African Presidents were driven in a bus. Driver: Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa. The Beast was flown to London for US President Joe Biden while African Presidents are driven by bus by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The photo does not show Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa driving a bus with his African counterparts to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, as it dates back to at least 2019.

☆ Fact Check-Letter rejecting Zimbabwean president’s alleged request to attend funeral of Queen Elizabeth is fake
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A letter rejecting an alleged request from Zimbabwe’s president to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral has been circulating on social media. However, the British Embassy in Harare said the letter is fake and that Mnangagwa had indeed been invited to the funeral. “President Mnangagwa has been invited to attend the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Monday,” the embassy added (here ). He was pictured on Sept. 16 signing a book of condolence for the queen at the British Embassy (here ) and (here ). Shava, meanwhile, attended the funeral on the president’s behalf and was pictured in London the night before (here ).

☆ Analysis: Rally in U.S. consumer stocks teeters with Fed, inflation in focus
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( David Randall | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe gains in the consumer discretionary sector may prove fleeting. read moreStill, some investors believe inflation and growth woes may already be largely reflected in many consumer discretionary shares. "But we're seeing a lot of consumer stocks that we think will hold up and come out of this in a better position." Consumer stocks are rallying despite looming Fed hikes. Global fund managers have remained bearish on consumer discretionary stocks despite recent gains, with nearly 25% of those surveyed by BofA Global Research this month underweight the sector - the most of any group.

☆ Cancer victims urge court to end J&J bankruptcy roadblock to lawsuits
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Dietrich Knauth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The Johnson & Johnson logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 29, 2019. But J&J countered bankruptcy court allows all current and future talc lawsuits to be settled together, which it says is the fastest and fairest way. The cancer victims are asking the appeals court to overrule a New Jersey bankruptcy judge who allowed LTL's bankruptcy to continue. LTL's bankruptcy filing automatically stopped lawsuits from proceeding against it, and U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan in Trenton, New Jersey ruled in February that LTL's bankruptcy should also stop talc lawsuits from proceeding against parent company J&J. In refusing to dismiss the case, Kaplan said the bankruptcy court is better equipped to handle mass tort litigation than other courts.

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☆ Instacart rolls out high-tech shopping carts aimed at helping grocery stores compete with Amazon Go. Here are the strategies the company is investing in ahead of a reported IPO.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Alex Bitter | Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

One analyst described the goal as being a "one-stop shop" for grocery technology. Instacart is getting ready to go public, making new sources of revenue more important than ever for the grocery delivery startup. On Monday, the company rolled out an upgraded version of its smart shopping carts, Caper Cart. InstacartSubscriptionsNow called Instacart+, Instacart's subscription service costs about $10 per month or $99 per year. The startup makes checkout technology for both online and in-store use, including a smart shopping cart with scanning technology.

NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters Breakingviews) - If only FedEx delivered profit as reliably as parcels. Boss Raj Subramaniam blamed macroeconomic trends, but the performance at United Parcel Service (UPS.N) suggests poor judgement made matters worse. FedEx raised wages amid Covid-19, when delivery people were putting in overtime to get toilet paper and hand sanitizer onto doorsteps. Founder Frederick Smith is presiding as executive chairman after Subramaniam ascended to be chief executive in June. FedEx plans to cut back flights, reduce working hours, defer hiring and close some of its office locations to save money.

☆ Jim Cramer's Guide to Investing: Principles to help you manage your portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-06 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +40 min

At the CNBC Investing Club, we strive to help members manage their own portfolios by showing them how we do it. Principles 1-5 Principles 6-10 Principles 11-15 Principles 16-20 Principles 21-25 1. The reality is, you want to buy stocks that you believe will go higher, and sell those you believe will go lower. Don’t buy all at once; arrogance is a sin Accept that you will never be correct 100% of the time and use that knowledge to your advantage. Expect corrections; don’t be afraid of them When it comes to the stock market, eventually a correction will happen.

☆ How psilocybin, the psychedelic in mushrooms, may rewire the brain to ease depression, anxiety and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-11 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Shrooms, Alice, tweezes, mushies, hongos, pizza toppings, magic mushrooms — everyday lingo for psychedelic mushrooms seems to grow with each generation. Yet leading mycologist Paul Stamets believes it’s time for fans of psilocybin mushrooms to leave such childish slang behind. “The SSRI did not increase brain connectivity, and it actually did not improve well-being as much as psilocybin,” Nutt said. A typical microdose is 0.1 to 0.3 grams of dried psilocybin mushrooms, as compared with the 25-milligram pill of psilocybin that creates the full-blown psychedelic experience. “Our hope is that we can use this information to ultimately make drugs that mimic the benefits of psychedelic drugs without the psychedelic experience,” Roth said.

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☆ Байден начал свое первое зарубежное турне с Великобритании
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

Первое зарубежное турне Джо Байдена стартовало с Великобритании. Принимающей стороной стал премьер-министр Борис Джонсон, с которым Байден обменялся подарками в честь первой встречи. Премьер-министр Джонсон подарил Байдену фотографию фрески в рамке, на которой изображен американский аболиционист Фредерик Дуглас (Frederick Douglass), в знак уважения к движению Black Lives Matter. В свою очередь президент США подарил Джонсону новый велосипед и шлем как «жест дружбы и знак признания их общего интереса к велоспорту». «Джо Байден подарил велосипед американского производства и велосипедный шлем, изготовленный на заказ компанией Bilenky Cycle Works, небольшим семейным предприятием, расположенным в Филадельфии.

Persons: Frederick Douglass, Джо Байден, Борис Джонсон, Байден, Премьерминистр Джонсон, Фредерик Дуглас, Дуглас, Роберт Блэр, Мелиссой Хайтон, Джонсон, Кэрри Джонсон, Джилл Байден, Дафны дю Морье, Путин, Кэрри, Джилл Organizations: ABC Locations: Великобритания, Ирландия, США, Филадельфия, Пенсильвания, Белый дом, Корнуолл

☆ Virusul le-a venit de hac: Criminalii în serie, uciși de COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-14 | by ( ) emedicina.md time to read: +6 min

Deși a fost interogat de nouă ori în cadrul anchetei, Peter Sutcliffe a fost capturat abia în 1981. El a mărturisit că a ucis 13 femei și a susținut că Dumnezeu i-a spus să ucidă femeile. A fost condamnat la cinci ani într-o instituție pentru infractorii minori, dar a fost eliberat după doar trei ani. „Este adevărat că Steven Avery a fost testat pozitiv pentru virusul COVID-19 – el se va recupera complet”, a scris ea pe Twitter. Cu toate acestea, Avery a fost condamnat din nou în 2007, împreună cu nepotul său Brendan Dassey.

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