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☆ Tank battles of the kind the Abrams was built for are rare in Ukraine, where tanks aren't often killed in fights with enemy armor
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Chris Panella | Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

US-made M1A1 Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine, but the war may not give it the opportunity to do what it does best. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Abrams tanks had arrived and were "preparing to reinforce our brigades." View of American M1A1 Abrams tanks as they cross the desert during the Gulf War, Iraq, 1991. U.S. Army M1A1 Abrams tank fires during NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group military exercise Crystal Arrow 2021 in Adazi, Latvia March 26, 2021. AdvertisementAdvertisementBeyond enemy threats, Ukraine will still face a major challenge operating the Abrams on the battlefield — and that is keeping it there.

Persons: Abrams, —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Biden, Allan Tannenbaum, there's, hasn't, Moscow's, INTS KALNINS Organizations: Wall Street, Service, Royal United Services Institute, Army, New York Times, US Army, U.S . Army M1A1, NATO Locations: Ukraine, Soviet, Iraq, Russia, Ukrainian, Adazi, Latvia

The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are seen in Washington, July 6, 2009. One said some firms could pay as much as $50 million. The SEC has previously negotiated two other large group settlements as part of its "off-channel" communications probe. In August, regulators fined nine Wall Street firms, including Wells Fargo (WFC.N) and Societe Generale (SOGN.PA), a combined $549 million over employees' use of personal messaging apps. In September 2022, it fined 16 firms, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Bank of America, $1.8 billion for similar lapses.

Persons: Jim Bourg, Spokespeople, Oppenheimer, Voya, Wells, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Chris Prentice, Carolina, Michelle Price, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, REUTERS, Reuters, Truist Financial Corp, US Bancorp, Voya Financial, LPL, Interactive, Oppenheimer, Fifth Third Bancorp, Fifth, Truist, Wall Street, Societe Generale, Citigroup, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Thomson Locations: Washington

☆ Twins hand A's record 109th loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/28] Sep 26, 2023; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Twins left fielder Matt Wallner (38) hits a grand slam against the Oakland Athletics in the first inning at Target Field. Donovan Solano went 4-for-4 with a walk, a double and three runs, and Christian Vazquez had a three-run double for American League Central Division champion Minnesota (84-73). Seth Brown homered, Jordan Diaz had an RBI double and Brent Rooker and Allen each had two hits for Oakland (48-109). The 109th loss broke a tie with the 1979 A's squad that finished 54-108 for most losses in a season since the team moved to Oakland in 1968. Paul Blackburn (4-7) took the loss, allowing five runs on four hits and four walks over three innings.

Persons: Matt Wallner, Jesse Johnson, Alex Kirilloff, Donovan Solano, Christian Vazquez, Bailey Ober, Ober didn't, Chris Paddack, Tommy John, Ober, Nick Allen, Paddack, Seth Brown, Jordan Diaz, Brent Rooker, Allen, Connie Mack, Paul Blackburn, Edouard Julien, Jorge Polanco, Blackburn, Kyle Farmer, Wallner, Solano, Kirilloff, Mason Miller, Diaz Organizations: Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, USA, American League Central Division, Minnesota, Oakland, Philadelphia Athletics, Blackburn, Solano, Twins, Thomson Locations: Minneapolis , Minnesota, USA, Minneapolis, Oakland, Diaz . Minnesota

☆ Mark Zuckerberg unveils new AI assistants embodied by celebs like Tom Brady and Kendall Jenner that have individual personalities
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Many of the AI assistants resemble celebrities including Kendall Jenner and Tom Brady. Meta's AI assistants will be able to act as an older sister, opinionated sports debater, and a golf instructor. Enter the celebsMany of the AI assistants even have celebrity personas that can talk and sound similar to them. AdvertisementAdvertisementMeta's other AI assistants are played by celebrities like Tom Brady, Kendall Jenner, Naomi Osaka, Chris Paul, Charli D'Amelio, Israel Adesanya, and Roy Choi. AdvertisementAdvertisementZuckerberg said the AI assistants will begin rolling out in beta on Wednesday, ramping up to a wider release in the coming days.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Kendall Jenner, Tom Brady, —, Zuckerberg, Victor, Dwyane Wade, Amber, Paris Hilton, Snoop, Naomi Osaka, Chris Paul, Charli D'Amelio, Israel Adesanya, Roy Choi, aren't, ramping Organizations: Meta, Service, NBA, Paris, Street Journal, Facebook

Birkenstock believes it can obtain the final sign-off from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission even during a shutdown when the financial regulator would operate with only essential staff, the sources said. SEC Chair Gary Gensler said on Wednesday that a shutdown would reduce his agency's staffing to "skeletal" levels, blocking it from approving companies' IPO filings and hindering the agency's ability to respond to any market turmoil. An SEC spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Birkenstock's IPO plans. Companies less advanced in their IPO preparations, including healthcare software vendor Waystar, healthcare services firm Brightspring and car-sharing platform Turo, could be affected by a government shutdown. They did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Persons: Birkenstock, Kevin McCarthy, Gary Gensler, Abigail Summerville, Anirban Sen, Chris Prentice, Echo Wang, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: U.S, U.S . Securities, Exchange, Republican U.S, SEC, Companies, Thomson Locations: Washington, New York

☆ New video shows how Ukrainian pilots are figuring out how to fly the F-16 in between their combat missions
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A new video shows how Ukrainian pilots are training to fly F-16s with VR and trainer aircraft. Some pilots are training in person abroad while others learn the F-16 in between flying combat missions. Ukrainian Air Force pilots are adjusting to differences between their Soviet-era jets and US-made F-16s. "While our brothers master the F-16s abroad, the Ukrainian Air Force fighter pilots continue to protect the Ukrainian sky and destroy the occupiers on the ground. Even in the VR training, pilots notice an immediate difference between their Soviet jets and the Western plane.

Persons: —, Andrii, PIROSCHKA VAN, they'll Organizations: VR, Ukrainian Air Force, Service, NATO, Air Force, YouTube, Soviet Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Kyiv

☆ Abrams tanks were 'built to kill' Russian armor, but Ukraine has its work cut out for it keeping them in the fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Chris Panella | Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Ukraine has received a first batch of US-provided M1A1 Abrams tanks. It's heavy-duty, combat-proven armor that was built with a very specific mission in mind: killing Russian tanks. The promise to deliver American-made Abrams tanks to Ukraine followed plans from the UK, Germany, and other European partners to provide Ukraine with Challenger and Leopard tanks. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The Abrams was built, A1 and A2 alike, knowing we had to kill many more Russian tanks. AdvertisementAdvertisementUS M1A1 Abrams tanks needed for training the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrive by rail at Grafenwoehr, Germany, May 14, 2023.

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☆ Insider Today: Finance's next generation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter. Tech: An Amazon exec told employees the tech giant's RTO plans could take up to three years. An Amazon exec told employees the tech giant's RTO plans could take up to three years. Insider is again highlighting some of the brightest young minds in finance with our annual list of Wall Street's rising stars. The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, senior editor and anchor, in New York City.

Persons: —, Harrison, Alyssa Powell, Michelle Abrego, Luna McKeon, Michael Dunn Goekjian, Anne, Victoire Auriault, Goldman Sachs, Jack Dillon didn't, Thom Browne, Dillon, Patrick McGoldrick, Pat, Liu Jie, That'll, Jeffrey Epstein, Jes Staley, Epstein, Bill Tompkins, Donald Trump, it's, Austin Harris, Chris Pizzello, Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Mark Zuckerberg, Lil Wayne, Avril Lavigne, Jenna Ortega, Gwyneth Paltrow, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Tech, Amazon, Jack Dillon didn't nab, Vista Equity Partners, New England Patriots, Morgan Asset Management, Getty, Verizon, JPMorgan, US Virgin Islands, SVP, Microsoft, FTC, Federal Trade Commission, AP, Fox Business, Florida Gov, Meta, Publishing Locations: Xinhua, Delta, Northern California, San Francisco, Florida, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

☆ Russia's inflatable decoy tanks are 'not credible' and need to be way better to trick Ukraine, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russia is using inflatable tanks as decoys in Ukraine. The Russian decoys are too obvious and unlikely to trick Ukraine, he said. However — the imagery becomes a lot less intimidating once you realize that they are inflatable decoys and not real war machines. A Ukrainian UAV spots Russian inflatable decoys of T-72 tanks. Decoys — whether they're inflatable, wooden knockoffs , or high-quality lookalikes — can be highly effective on the battlefield, de Bretton Gordon continued.

Persons: —, Hamish de Bretton Gordon, they're, de Bretton Gordon, Bretton Gordon, Corbis, Gordon, Chris Panella, Anton Gerashchenko Organizations: Service, British Army Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian

☆ Scotland's McInally retires after injury ends World Cup hopes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The former skipper was cut from Gregor Townsend's final squad for the tournament in August, but an injury to Dave Cherry at the team hotel saw the forward drafted in to join the squad in France. "It was a privilege to end my career being part of the 2023 Scotland Rugby World Cup squad and, for now, my rugby story is over. Former Scotland fullback Chris Paterson said McInally should be proud of what he has achieved. "It's horrible and it's all happened to one of the best guys you could ever meet - a brilliant bloke. Scotland are third in Pool B at the World Cup after losing to South Africa in their opener and beating Tonga on Sunday.

Persons: Scotland's Stuart McInally, Lee Smith, Gregor Townsend's, Dave Cherry, McInally, Chris Paterson, he's, Peter Rutherford, Sonali Paul Organizations: Rugby Union, Six Nations, Scotland, England, BT, Calcutta, Scotland Rugby, BBC, South, Tonga, Sunday, Thomson Locations: Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, France, South Africa, Romania, Ireland, Seoul

The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. DWS Investment Management Americas made "concerning" misstatements regarding its ESG investment process, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a statement. Separately, the SEC found DWS failed to develop a mutual fund anti-money laundering program as required by law. Reuters in July reported that the SEC was preparing to slap DWS with a fine after a two-year probe into allegations of "greenwashing". Under Democratic leadership, the SEC has pledged to crack down on the inflating of ESG credentials to attract investors.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, DWS, Goldman Sachs, BNY, Chris Prentice, Chizu Nomiyama, Emelia Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Deutsche Bank, DWS Investment Management, SEC, Regulators, Democratic, BNY Mellon, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, Germany

In those cases, the SEC asked companies to review staff messages and report to the agency how many discussed work. SEC staff reviewed only a sample of messages themselves, according to three sources with knowledge of the previous investigations. As with broker-dealers, the SEC initially sought details on investment advisers' record-keeping policies. The SEC later demanded that the investment advisers hand over the messages, the sources said. The agency is ignoring important differences in investment advisers' recordkeeping requirements, said Jennifer Han, the MFA's executive vice president and chief counsel.

Persons: Carlo Allegri, Wall, Carlyle, Gary Gensler, Jaclyn Grodin, Storrs, JPMorgan Chase, Wells, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Jennifer Han, Chris Prentice, Michelle Price, Marguerita Choy Organizations: New York Stock, REUTERS, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Reuters, Carlyle Group, Apollo Global Management, KKR, Co, TPG, Blackstone, Citadel, Apollo, Goulston, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Association, Bloomberg, Carolina, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S

☆ What are legacy admissions — and do colleges need them?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Since the Supreme Court’s decision on race-based admissions, Wesleyan University and the University of Minnesota dropped legacy admissions. A 2022 report from nonprofit think tank Education Reform Now found that colleges were turning away from legacy admissions. Eighty-nine percent of college admissions directors did not support the use of legacy admits, and three-quarters of public colleges and universities didn’t even provide a legacy preference. “In that admission process, that legacy extra boost really can make a difference.”Donations, donations, donationsSome colleges say that legacy admissions play a financial role in keeping donors engaged. Casey added that getting rid of legacy admissions won’t change the compositions of the nation’s most elite colleges overnight.

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By comparison, its closest mainstream cousin, the Google-owned video service YouTube, has billions of monthly logged-in users, a spokesperson said. In an emailed response, they said the leaderboard rankings are generated from the most liked recent videos on the site. However, YouTube, unlike Rumble, has said it will continue to remove content that tries to deceive voters in the 2024 elections. The RNC said it was taken down to direct users to the debate livestream and avoid confusing viewers with multiple videos. Other comments on his recent videos told Trump to “execute” Democrats and suggested that someone should “build a lot of gallows.”Rumble said it removed those comments in response to AP's inquiry.

Persons: Ronna McDaniel, ”, Peter Thiel, Republican Sen, J.D, Vance of Ohio, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Rumble, Joe Biden, Trump, Chris Pavlovski, Jared Holt, “ It's, Holt Organizations: Fox Business Network, Univision, GOP, Republican National Committee, Facebook, YouTube, Big Tech, RNC, Republican, Google, Florida Gov, Democratic, Meta, Associated Press, US, Institute for Strategic, AP Locations: London

☆ Ukrainian drone video captures inflatable Russian tanks on the battlefield, highlighting the role decoys and deception are playing in the war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new video shows a Ukrainian drone spotting a field full of inflatable Russian T-72 tanks. It's not the first time either side has employed decoys to confuse the enemy and waste weapons. Ukraine previously saw deflated Russian rubber tanks in Zaporizhzhia and lured Russian missiles with wooden HIMARS last year. AdvertisementAdvertisementA new aerial video from the war in Ukraine captured by a drone shows what appears to be inflatable decoys of Russian tanks on the battlefield. AdvertisementAdvertisementEven before the war, Moscow prioritized the development of rather uncanny stand-ins — even entire radar stations — that can be inflated and transported quickly on the battlefield, deceiving enemy forces.

Persons: —, Kyiv's Organizations: Service, Mobility Artillery Systems Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, Russian, Russia, Moscow

☆ Russia's desperate need for weapons in Ukraine could be a big win for the North Korean military
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The partnership could be big for North Korea, and experts told Insider both sides would benefit while standing against the West. Both sides stand to gain, but a partnership could be a big win for North Korea. North Korea could also receive petroleum products and food, which, according to a United Nations Security Council meeting this past August, North Korea desperately needs as its people starve. A 2010 North Korean artillery strike on Yeonpyeong Island, for instance, saw an estimated 20 of 80 rounds fail to detonate. Although North Korean production efforts would likely need additional resources of raw materials and/or energy to be increase output in substantial quantities," Town told Insider.

Persons: Kim Jong, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, that's, Chun, Putin, he'd, Elizabeth Salmón, Kim prioritizes, Jenny Town, Henry L, Kim, Sergei Shoigu, John Kirby, it's, Joseph S, Bermudez Jr, Bermudez, Kim Il, KIM, It's Organizations: Service, North, Putin, BBC, South Korean Army, United Nations Security Council, UN, Stimson Center, Russian, White, DPRK, Ukraine, National Security, Democratic People's, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Korean, Getty, New York Times, North Korea Locations: Russia, North Korea, Ukraine, Korea, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Moscow, DPRK, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Korean, Pyongyang, AFP, South Korea, Japan, North

☆ Machine gun-wielding judges fight off Russian drone attacks from Kyiv rooftops, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Thirty-five judges are part of Mriya, a volunteer paramilitary squad, The Wall Street Journal reported. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. He told the Wall Street Journal that the Mriya squad had taken down five Iranian-made Shahed drones. "If I do not do this now," he told The Wall Street Journal, "my children and grandson will not have a peaceful future." Judge Chumak, 48, told The Wall Street Journal that when the drones get close, "they're noisy.

Persons: Yuriy Chumak, Chumak, —, YASUYOSHI CHIBA, Viktor Fomon, Judge Chumak, Vladimir Putin's, Chris Panella Organizations: Street Journal, Service, Street, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Getty, Wall Street, Ukraine's Locations: Mriya, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Soviet, Czechoslovakian, AFP

☆ Russia's battered Black Sea Fleet is having another bad day after a Ukrainian missile struck its headquarters in Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia said its Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Crimea was hit by a Ukrainian missile on Friday. Intelligence and experts have said it's part of Ukraine's counteroffensive, and the goal is to make Crimea "untenable" for Russia. On Friday, Russia's Ministry of Defense said on the social media platform Telegram the fleet's headquarters in Sevastopol was damaged by a Ukrainian missile. The hit is the latest in a recent series of blows to Russia's Black Sea Fleet. Photos obtained by the Conflict Intelligence Team — an open-source intelligence operation — and shared by OSINT platforms like Oryx, showed the Kilo-class sub, a formidable element of the Black Sea Fleet, with a large hole in along the waterline.

Persons: —, it's Moscow's Organizations: Fleet, Intelligence, Service, Russia's Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Defense, Conflict, Kilo, Black Locations: Russia, Crimea, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Sevastopol, Crimean, Rostov, Ukraine, Minsk

☆ Earth's mysterious core is weirder than you think, and we're only just beginning to uncover its secrets
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Earth's core has baffled researchers for decades, and it still contains many secrets. AdvertisementAdvertisementA diagram shows the Earth's magnetic field deflecting waves of energy coming from the sun. The strength of Earth's magnetic field in 2020, as measured by the European Space Agency's SWARM satellites. The Earth's inner core may be spinning and might sometimes flip backwardThe core itself is not uniform. A graphic showing how iron crystals may be distributed and moved around the Earth's inner core.

Persons: Andrew Z, Colvin, Lutz Rastaetter, Christopher C, Finlay, al, Edward Garnero, Li, Lindsey Kenyon, Samantha Hansen, Insider's Morgan McFall, Johnsen, Chris Panella, John Vidale, UC Berkeley seismologist Daniel Frost, LiveScience Organizations: Service, NASA, Modeling, NASA Goddard Space, Wikimedia, German Research Center, Geosciences, European Space Agency, Arizona State University, Lindsey, University of Alabama, University of Southern, Washington Post, UC Berkeley Locations: South America, Antarctica, University of Southern California, Banda

☆ Listen to the confusing 911 call made by a homeowner and the Marine pilot who landed in his backyard after ejecting from an F-35 stealth fighter
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Navy pilot ejected from his F-35 stealth fighter jet over South Carolina during an apparent "mishap" on Sunday. That's just an excerpt of the bizarre 911 call that came in after a Marine pilot parachuted into a South Carolina backyard on Sunday. "We have a military jet crash. "Ma'am, I'm a pilot in a military aircraft, and I ejected. When the dispatcher asks the pilot about the cause of his 2,000-foot fall, he responds: "An aircraft failure."

Persons: we've Organizations: Navy, Service, Joint Base Charleston, US Marine Corps, Authorities Locations: South Carolina, Wall, Silicon, I'm, Charleston

☆ Ukraine trolls Russia for losing an attack submarine to a country that hardly has a navy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A new video from Ukraine's defense ministry pokes fun at Russia for losing the Rostov-on-Don submarine. The video trolls Russia for losing a submarine "in a land war" to a country "without many warships." The video, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, pokes fun at Russia for having "lost a submarine in a land war." "Well, among other things... we're a country without many warships, and we just destroyed a Russian submarine." And, according to warfare expert Franz-Stefan Gady, it's the first combat loss of a Russian submarine since 1945.

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☆ The Marine Corps' version of F-35 has a unique feature that could have played a role in the South Carolina crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The debris of a crashed F-35 was found Monday in South Carolina after its pilot ejected during a mishap Sunday. It's unclear why the pilot ejected, but the jet may have flown on autopilot for some time afterwards. On Sunday, Joint Base Charleston reported a "mishap involving an F-35B Lightning II jet" in which the pilot ejected from the fifth-generation fighter aircraft. Two U.S. Marine F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters complete vertical landings aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1) during operational testing May 18, 2015. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is a highly advanced fifth-generation fighter aircraft known for high-end capabilities and stealth.

Persons: it's, there's, Lance Cpl, Remington, Martin, Baker, It's, Lockheed Martin Organizations: Service, Associated Press, Joint Base, NBC News, Authorities, Marine Corps, U.S, USS Wasp, REUTERS, U.S . Marine Corps, Naval Air Station, Base Fort, AP, US Air Force, Navy, Lockheed Locations: South Carolina, Wall, Silicon, Williamsburg County, Joint, Base Fort Worth in Texas

☆ When Your Workout Stops Working
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Connie Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first weeks of a new exercise routine can be hard — your muscles tremble, your lungs burn, your heart races. But after a month or two, it gets easier: You’re running faster and longer, or lifting weights with more ease. You’ve hit a workout plateau. After just a few training sessions, the brain can become more skilled at telling muscles to move. For example: “The heart gets stronger and better at pumping blood to the muscles,” said Jeff Horowitz, an exercise physiologist at the University of Michigan.

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☆ US SEC charges investment firm linked to Russian billionaire
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are seen in Washington, July 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Concord Management, Ltd FollowWASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday charged Concord Management and its owner with failing to register with regulators while operating as an investment adviser to an unidentified billionaire former Russian official. Concord Management LLC of Tarrytown, New York, and owner Michael Matlin were operating as unregistered investment advisers to a single client, a former Russian official with apparent connections to the Russian Federation, the SEC said in a statement. Matlin founded Concord in 1999 to provide investment advice and supervise investments in U.S. private funds, the SEC said. The firm monitored investments for the Russian individual until March 2022, when the United Kingdom and European Union sanctioned the unidentified client, it said.

Persons: Jim Bourg, Michael Matlin, Matlin, Abramovich, Chris Prentice, Rami Ayyub, Katharine Jackson, Josie Kao, Mark Potter, David Gregorio Our Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, REUTERS, Concord Management, WASHINGTON, Russian, Russian Federation, Concord, New York Times, Reuters, European Union, Thomson Locations: Washington, Tarrytown , New York, United Kingdom, New York

☆ Video of a cheap drone destroying an exposed T-72 hints Russian crews are still working out how to hide their tanks from a growing threat, former US general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A video surfaced online showing a seemingly exposed Russian T-72 tank struck by an FPV drone. One former US Army general told Insider it may speak to larger issues within the Russian military. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe lack of such efforts and the certainly fatal results may reflect deeper, underlying issues for the Russian military. Russian and Ukrainian FPV drones are pummeling tanks while other drones drop bombs on soldiers. "This has never been a strong suit in the Russian Army, but they've lost so many of their experienced soldiers by now that the problem is even worse," he added.

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