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☆ Cairo: The capital of capitals evolving in the shadow of ancient mysteries
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Richard Quest | Joe Minihane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —There are cities, there are capitals and then there is Cairo. Chaotic, enchanting and magnificent, the Egyptian capital is awe inspiring and home to a raw energy that’s all its own. A world-class museumThe Grand Egyptian Museum has been decades in the making. Fadel Dawod/Getty ImagesAway from the bustle of central Cairo is something equally, quintessentially Egyptian. Close to Aswan, around 140 miles south of Luxor, lies Philae, an ancient temple with an equally amazing modern history.

Persons: Khan el, Sui Xiankai, Karim El Hayawan, “, ”, El Hayawan, ” El, –, Fadel Dawod, Tayeb Abbas, King Ramses II, Abbas, you’ve, Luke Mackenzie, Tutankhamun, Dr, Betsy Hiel, she’s, Egypt’s, Hiel, Aznar, iStock, “ Philae, Monica Hanna, Hanna, Peter Adams, Isis, Philae Organizations: CNN, Getty, Egyptian, GEM, Kings, UNESCO Locations: Cairo, Xinhua, Luxor, Giza, Salvador, Aswan, Philae, Egypt

☆ At Venice Film Festival, Trapped Women and Controlling Men
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jessica Kiang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The press room at the Venice Film Festival has to be the most beautiful film festival press room in the world. On a clear day — which it almost always is — you imagine that, were it not for the curvature of the earth, you could see forever. Or at least to Croatia. Some of these men were towering real-life figures. In both these cases — and arguably to the detriment of both well-made but strangely evanescent films — the portrayal of genius pales in comparison to the portrait of a woman who supported and nurtured that genius, even when it threatened to engulf her.

Persons: hunched, Eugenio Miozzi, Penélope Cruz, Michael Mann’s “ Ferrari ”, Adam Driver, Carey Mulligan, Leonard Bernstein’s, Felicia, “ Maestro, ”, Bradley Cooper Locations: Venice, Croatia

☆ At Taser maker Axon, ex-staff say loyalty meant being tased, tattooed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Scottsdale | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +34 min

Reuters also interviewed 63 current and former Axon employees, including nine former executives. No one with whom Reuters spoke was aware of deaths or lawsuits stemming from tasings of Axon staff. Axon has faced fewer lawsuits since 2009, the year it introduced a new Taser model with a lower charge. Screenshots from an Axon promotional video show CEO Rick Smith taking a Taser hit in 1993, the year he co-founded the business. And that’s off-putting.”Gorman, the former Axon lawyer, said he “vividly” remembers an executive asking him if he was going to be tased.

Persons: Ross Blank, Blank, Steve Tuttle, Shawn Gorman, ”, Jennifer Chatman, Rick Smith, Andrea James, ” James, Axon’s, tasings, ” Blank, Tuttle, Staff tasings, “, Valencia Gibson, Gibson, Reuters –, Axon’s “, Bro, Josh Isner, Isner, James, –, Ann Rosenthal, Rosenthal, ” Rosenthal, Sigma Chi, Smith, ” Smith, ” Michael Church, Hans Marrero, Marrero, ” Marrero, “ I’m, ’ ” Smith, “ It’s, ” Gibson, ” ‘, impressionable, squinting, Keara, Rylan, Mihir Shah, ” Shah, Mario Barth, “ Willing, It’s, Isaiah Fields, Wayne Guay, Lamar Cousins, Cousins, Kevin De Rosa Jr, De Rosa, ” Isner, Smith’s, De Rosa bellowed, They’re, ” Gorman, You’re, Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave Art, John Emerson, Julie Marquis Organizations: Enterprise Inc, Reuters, Haas School of Business, University of California, Staff, Scottsdale, Yorker, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, . Occupational Safety, Health Administration, federal, Safety, Health, Labor, Sigma, Harvard, Sigma Chi, Boston Magazine, Harvard’s Sigma Chi, U.S . Marine Corps, YouTube, Employment, Los, Keara Berlin, ” Employees, Los Angeles Police Department, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, strapping, Culture Locations: Berkeley, Rome, United States, Arizona, U.S, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, “, Berlin, Sacramento, San Jose , California, tasings, Mandalay, Scottsdale, wasn’t

☆ Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jill P. Capuzzo | Claudia Gryvatz Copquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Maria Hayes, Diane Turton Realtors, 718-702-2048, dianeturton.comCostsTaxes: $16,464 a yearProsThe unfinished basement includes a temperature-controlled wine cellar that can hold 2,000 bottles. The house is just up the street from the Manasquan River Golf Club. Despite the name of the road it is on, this house is well inland from the ocean and has no water views. Given the fast pace of the current market, some properties may no longer be available at the time of publication. For weekly email updates on residential real estate news, sign up here.

Persons: Maria Hayes, Diane Turton Organizations: Diane Turton Realtors, Golf Locations: Monmouth, Brielle, N.J

☆ Driver Plows Car Into Migrant Workers in ‘Intentional Assault,’ Police Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | More About Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

plowed into a group of six migrant workers outside a Walmart in Lincolnton, N.C., on Sunday in an “intentional assault,” the police said. with a luggage rack, steered toward the group, according to a statement released on Sunday evening by the Lincolnton Police Department. The episode was caught on video, and the department was asking the public for help in identifying the vehicle or the driver. All six of the workers were transported to Atrium Health Lincoln with “various injuries” that were not life-threatening, the police said. “None is in critical condition,” Maj. Brian R. Greene of the Lincolnton Police Department said by telephone.

Persons: Maj, Brian R, Greene Organizations: Walmart, Lincolnton Police Department, Health, Lincolnton Police Locations: Lincolnton, N.C

☆ New Yorkers Got Broken Promises. Developers Got 20 Million Sq. Ft.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Urvashi Uberoy | Keith Collins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

These agreements allow developers to build larger towers and earn more revenue in exchange for providing public spaces. “Developers received something that was disproportionately valuable,” said Jerold S. Kayden, a lawyer and professor of urban planning and design at Harvard University and an advocate for keeping privately owned public spaces open to the public. Bonus Building Space The additional space that developers received is often far larger than the public spaces they provided. Here are the 392 buildings with privately owned public spaces. The violations fall under three main categories:Reduced Access In 2021, the plaza at 835 Sixth Avenue was fenced off.

Persons: Jonathan J, Miller, Richard J, Roddewig, ”, Jerold, Kayden, Gale Brewer, ” Ms, Brewer, “, Larry Silverstein, Mr, Silverstein, Melissa Grace, David Rubenstein Organizations: of Buildings, Advisory Services, “, Harvard University, New York’s Department of City Planning, Municipal Art Society of New, The Times, greenwich, madison, Database, New York City Department of City Planning, Department, Environmental, Buildings, Department of, Planning, City, The, of City Planning, Department of City Planning, Wall, Lincoln Center, Times, MANHATTAN BRONX, Yorkers, Real, Board, New, Google Locations: New York City, Central, Municipal Art Society of New York, pennsylvania, greenwich, lincoln, “, Manhattan, MANHATTAN BRONX QUEENS BROOKLYN, New York, AKAM, Brooklyn

☆ See how Sweden is planning to create a 'wooden city' with thousands of homes and offices
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Developers in Stockholm announced a project with offices and homes made of wood. The developers said the project would be the world's largest wooden city. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest on the culture & business of sustainability — delivered weekly to your inbox. Loading Something is loading. The developer, Atrium Ljungberg, said in June that the Stockholm Wood City project would total more than 250,000 square meters — some 2.7 million square feet — and include 7,000 office spaces and 2,000 homes.

Persons: Ljungberg Organizations: Service Locations: Stockholm, Stockholm Wood City

☆ The MGM Sphere in Las Vegas is a futuristic concert venue with the world’s biggest LED screen
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Brandon Griggs | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —It squats on the Las Vegas skyline like an enormous spaceship, black and mysterious – until night falls, when it will glow like the Earth from space. The MSG Sphere at The Venetian is pictured on March 20, 2023, in Las Vegas. The globe seats almost 18,000 people, sits one long block east of the fabled Las Vegas Strip and will be connected by a pedestrian walkway to the Venetian resort complex. But Sphere’s main draw may be as a venue for live music – especially the marquee residencies for which Vegas is known. An artist's rendering of the audience bowl inside Sphere, with undersea imagery projected on its wraparound LED screen.

Persons: It’s, ”, Bizuayehu, Rich Claffey, “ I’ve, I’ve, I’m, Darren Aronofsky, They’re, Bono, … ”, you’re, ” Claffey Organizations: CNN, Eiffel, Western, Apple, Las Vegas, Bellagio, Allegiant, ” Locations: Vegas, Las Vegas, New York City

☆ Stockholm Wood City: World’s largest ‘wood city’ to be built in Sweden
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Jacquelyn Palumbo | Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Singapore, meanwhile, can lay claim to the largest timber building in Asia with a sprawling 468,000-square-foot college campus that opened in May. Now, real estate developer Atrium Ljungberg has announced plans to build the world’s largest “wooden city,” which will be constructed in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, from 2025. Stockholm Wood City will feature 7,000 office spaces and 2,000 homes in the city’s southeast, and will offer “a vibrant, urban environment with a mix of workplaces, housing, restaurants and shops,” according to a press release. Stockholm Wood City's developers say it will be the largest timber construction project in the world. The first buildings in Stockholm Wood City, which is being designed by architecture firms White Arkitekter and Henning Larsen, are set to complete in 2027.

Persons: Ljungberg, ”, Annica Ånäs, ” Ånäs, White Arkitekter, Henning Larsen Organizations: CNN, Ljungberg, Stockholm Wood, McKinsey Locations: Norway, Switzerland, Australia, Singapore, Asia, ”, Stockholm, Stockholm Wood, Sickla, Sweden, Stockholm Wood City

☆ Hundreds of activists packed Atlanta's City Hall to protest 'Cop City', but lawmakers approved $67 million in funding for it anyway
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( R.J. Rico | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Hundreds of activists packed Atlanta's City Hall to protest the funding of "Cop City." But the City Council approved $67 million in funding for the police training center anyway. Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via APThe training center was approved by the City Council in September 2021 but required an additional vote for more funding. Though more than 220 people spoke publicly against the training center, a small handful voiced support, saying they trusted Dickens' judgment. Protestors gather in the atrium of Atlanta City Hall to protest the proposed police training center on Monday, June 5, 2023.

Persons: —, Andre Dickens, Dickens, Jason Getz, Manuel Paez Terán, Matthew Johnson, Johnson, Arvin Temkar, Councilmembers, Natrice Miller, Sen, Raphael Warnock, Devin Franklin, Franklin, Sara McClintock, councilmembers, McClintock, It's Organizations: Council, Service, ATLANTA, Atlanta City Council, City Council, Atlanta Police Foundation's, Atlanta, Beloved Community, Protesters, Hall, Atlanta Police Foundation, Atlanta City Hall, AP, Atlanta Solidarity Fund, Prosecutors, Democratic, Civil Rights Movement, Southern, For Human, City Hall, Emory University Locations: Atlanta, DeKalb County, City

☆ Best Buy shares rise on earnings beat, even as CEO says shoppers are showing 'recessionary behaviors'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Televisions are seen for sale at a Best Buy store in New York City. As people buy fewer TVs, smartphones or home theater systems, Best Buy has looked for other ways to make money. It recently relaunched its membership program, My Best Buy, which charges a subscription fee and includes features like tech support, extended returns and early access to hot products. As of the end of January, Best Buy had more than 90,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada. She added that Best Buy wants to move more employees to roles where they interact with customers.

☆ Disney to close Star Wars hotel that opened in Florida last year
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] "Star Wars" Stormtroopers stand guard inside the atrium of the Halcyon starcruiser at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, U.S., February 24, 2022. Disney announced the closing of the two-night "Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser" hotel and experience on Thursday but did not provide a reason. The hotel debuted with fanfare at Walt Disney World in March 2022. Some Star Wars fans had complained that the cost of staying at the Starcruiser was too high. The price included two days and two nights in one of 100 Starcruiser cabins, galactic-inspired food and drink, and a visit to Batuu, the "Star Wars" planet inside the Disney World theme park.

☆ Former Goldman Sachs partner launches fund of up to $550 mln in Portugal
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Sergio Goncalves | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LISBON, May 9 (Reuters) - Fortitude Capital, founded by former Goldman Sachs (GS.N) partner Antonio Esteves, Brazilian bank BTG Pactual (BPAC3.SA) and Portuguese asset manager Atrium, has launched its first fund with a target size of up to 500 million euros ($550 million). He said that, contrary to the majority of funds in Portugal, the first Fortitude fund would be mostly funded by private investors and its founders will be the fund's biggest investors. He added that Portugal, only sporadically on the radar of global private equity funds and international investment banks, was always short of private capital and very dependent on national banks. In Portugal, private equity funds are normally funded by public money and tend to be up to 100 or 200 million euros. The first investment should be 50 million euros in the agricultural sector "in the next two months", with an investment of 350 million euros also in the pipeline by the end of the year.

☆ Go Ahead, Judge This Book by Its Cover. There’s Nothing Inside.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The tomes are all “rescue books,” ones that would otherwise be discarded or recycled for paper pulp, said Charles Roberts, the president of Books by the Foot’s parent company, Wonder Book. There are other, sometimes counterintuitive, uses for fake tomes as well. Instead, perforated aluminum plates emblazoned with images of books can be found, primarily on the upper shelves of the atrium. Tina Ramchandani, an interior designer in New York, said that her firm has used fake books in both commercial and residential settings. For a dressing room in a members-only club in New Jersey, “where nobody was really going to read the books, but where there were bookshelves, we got all fake books,” Ms. Ramchandani said.

☆ The Yoga Regimen That Keeps an N.B.A. Forward Centered
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Scott Cacciola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The sun was beginning to burn through a hazy sky as Looney propped his iPad against a small metal column, unrolled his black yoga mat and greeted one of the more important figures in his professional life. It belonged to Jana Webb, the creator of a self-styled brand of yoga known as Joga, which she originally conceived as yoga for athletes. Moses Moody, one of Looney’s teammates, was also on the call, dialing in from his apartment near the arena. It was 8:30 a.m., about four hours before Game 4 of Golden State’s first-round playoff series against the Sacramento Kings. “Reach, reach, reach,” she said as Looney, who is 6-foot-9, stood on his toes and extended his arms, a small pool of sweat forming on the mat below.

[1/4] French railway workers on strike demonstrate against BlackRock company inside an office building as part of the eleventh day of nationwide strikes and protests against French government's pension reform, in Paris, France, April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie LecocqPARIS, April 6 (Reuters) - Dozens of trade unionists railing against French President Emmanuel Macron's pension overhaul briefly invaded the central Paris building in which U.S.-based investment firm BlackRock has an office, chanting slogans and setting off firecrackers. The union action in the historical Centorial building near Paris' Grand Boulevards area, targetted BlackRock because of its private pension fund activity, protester Françoise Onic, 51, told Reuters. Thomson Reuters has an office in the same building. The government says change is needed to keep the pension system in the black.

☆ Saddam Hussein's yachts were once signs of luxury. Now, one is a wrecked picnic spot for fishermen and the other was almost turned into a hotel.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Saddam Hussein's yachts were once luxurious signs of the dictator's power. The 'Al Mansur,' Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's private yacht, lies at the dockside in central Basra April 10, 2003. Iraq stepped in and courts decided the "Bashrah Breeze" belonged to the government. In 2018, reports that "Bashrah Breeze" would be made into a hotel for pilots made international headlines. The 'Bashrah Breeze' superyacht owned by Saddam Hussein.

☆ Best Buy teams up with Atrium to install home health-monitoring system
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBest Buy teams up with Atrium to install home health-monitoring systemCNBC's Melissa Repko reports on news from Best Buy and Atrium.

☆ Best Buy will set up in-home hospital care through a new deal with Atrium Health
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Melissa Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Best Buy is best known for installing TVs and home theater systems. Best Buy began setting up virtual-care systems in mid-February for 10 hospitals in and around Charlotte, North Carolina. Best Buy and Atrium did not disclose specific financial terms, but said Atrium will buy the devices from Best Buy and use Geek Squad services for installation and retrieval when the patient is cleared from care. For Best Buy, the hospital-at-home program represents the latest push to turn health care into a more meaningful revenue driver. Best Buy, like retailers including Walmart and Target , has seen consumers buy fewer big-ticket and discretionary items as they pay more for food and housing.

☆ Best Buy, Walmart, other major US retailers tout health services
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Katherine Masters | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Electronics retailer Best Buy recently kicked off a partnership with Atrium Health, part of Advocate Health, one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital systems, Best Buy Chief Executive Officer Corie Sue Barry announced Thursday on a call with analysts. The partnership combines Atrium's hospital-at-home program with Best Buy’s technological services, she said. Best Buy Chief Financial Officer Matthew Bilunas, however, predicted continued growth of the company's health services would contribute to gross profit rate expansion even as it anticipates cooling demand throughout 2023. "The role of technology within health care is becoming more important than ever, and our strategy is to enable care at home for everyone," Barry said. New sign-ups for Best Buy's health services are expected to help drive a 40 to 70 basis point improvement in gross margins this year, despite lower sales.

☆ ‘Boring is the new sexy’ as UK's stock index closes above 8,000 for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

An employee views a FTSE share index board in the atrium of the London Stock Exchange Group Plc's offices in London, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. LONDON — Britain's FTSE 100 index closed above 8,000 points for the first time on Thursday, with one analyst suggesting the reason behind demand for U.K. stocks is that "boring is the new sexy." Despite the U.K. facing the weakest economic growth outlook among all of the world's major economies, including Russia, the country's blue chip index hit record highs this week and closed at 8,012.53 on Thursday. The U.K.'s annual headline inflation dipped for a third straight month in January to 10.1%, though it remains well above the Bank of England's 2% target while the labor market remains unusually tight. Euro zone headline inflation also fell for a third consecutive month to 8.5% in January, coming back to earth at a slightly faster rate than in the U.K.

☆ I started an Instagram fan page for luxury watches and turned it into an $8 million resale business — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

He launched the company in 2020 and opened a brick-and-mortar store in a mall in Hong Kong in 2021. When I was being interviewed by Hypebeast in Hong Kong, I met my future cofounder and ecommerce expert Sean Wong. By July 2020, Sean had left his job, and I'd moved to Hong Kong to launch the brand. The Wristcheck store in the Landmark Atrium mall in Hong Kong. By November 2022, we'd raised $8 million, with our lead investors being Gobi Partners, who manage the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Investment Fund.

☆ I'm a general manager on a $450 million cruise ship. I'm on duty 24 hours a day, but it's worth it to travel the world in a floating 5-star hotel.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He is now the general manager for the $450 million Regent Seven Seas Explorer. Now I'm the general manager on the $450 million Regent Seven Seas Explorer. The Regent Seven Seas Explorer is called "the world's most luxurious" by the cruise line. I worked on MSC Cruises for four years until I became the food-and-beverage director for Regent Seven Seas in 2014. In December 2021, I was promoted to general manager for Regent Seven Seas Explorer.

☆ I'm a general manager on a $450-million cruise ship. I'm on duty 24 hours but it's worth it to travel the world in a floating 5-star hotel.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He is now the general manager for the $450-million Regent Seven Seas Explorer. Now I'm the general manager on the $450-million Regent Seven Seas Explorer. Courtesy of Six Star CruisesThe first time I joined a cruise ship crew was in Los Angeles in May 1997. I worked on MSC Cruises for four years until I became food and beverage director for Regent Seven Seas in 2014. In December 2021, I was promoted to general manager for Regent Seven Seas Explorer.

☆ The Art Behind Supply Chains Is Front and Center at a Museum Exhibit
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Liz Young | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

Newsletter Sign-up The Logistics Report Top news and in-depth analysis on the world of logistics, from supply chain to transport and technology. “What we wanted to do was to make the invisible visible, to look at the supply chain as a key part of how AI works,” Dr. Crawford said. “The best artists are all geometry and symmetrical work coupled with creativity, and that’s what supply chain is. Some of the artists on display in the MoMA gallery have gone on to create more work centered on supply chains. “When you start to do this research, you see everything differently and the precarity of the supply chain was made so clear to me,” she said.

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