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☆ 2 women chasing a climbing record across 14 mountains both died in avalanches on their last peak
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two climbers vied to become the first US female to reach the peak of the world's 14 tallest mountains. They were hit by avalanches on their final peak in southern Tibet and died, per reports. AdvertisementAdvertisementGutu wrote about her adventures on Instagram, including mountain climbing, skydiving, and paragliding. In the post, she said the mountain was known to have a "curse" for female climbers. "I am happy to see that in recent years this curse has been broken by many female climbers," she said.

Persons: —, Anna Gutu, Gina Marie Rzucidlo, Shishapangma, Gutu, Rzucdilo, Christy Rzucidlo, Suzan Rzucdilo, Exped, Anna, Mingmar Organizations: Service, New York Times, Xinhua, Facebook, NBC Locations: Tibet, China, Shishapangma, Nepal, Pakistan, Romania, Albania, Italy, Japan

☆ India is a growing defense powerhouse, and now it's looking to cash in on it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But it has been investing heavily in its domestic arms industry with the goal of equipping its own forces and increasing its arms sales around the world. Recent arms sales and exercises illustrate how India seeks to turn that domestic arms production into foreign sales and perhaps even take some of that market away from its biggest supplier. The leaders discussed "defense platforms" and "equipment-related linkages" and deepening cooperation between their militaries and defense industries. (Egypt and India collaborated on development of the Helwan HA-300 light supersonic interceptor in the 1960s, but that project was ultimately canceled.) After all, Indian defense exports in recent years were negligible compared to heavyweights like the US and France, and New Delhi remains heavily reliant on imports.

Persons: —, JEWEL SAMAD, Swathi, Modi, Abdel Fattah al, Egypt's, Abdel Fattah el, Sisi, Narendra Modi, MANJUNATH KIRAN, Paul Iddon Organizations: Service, Getty, Armenia —, Armenia, Indian Press, Anadolu Agency, Indian, Indian Air Force, Tejas, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Locations: India, New Delhi, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Armenia, East, Egypt, France, Cairo, Brahmos, Bangalore, China

☆ Ramos gifts Barca win over Sevilla amid boardroom tensions between clubs
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BARCELONA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Barcelona moved provisionally top of LaLiga with a 1-0 home win over Sevilla on Friday after veteran defender Sergio Ramos accidentally bundled the ball into his own net in the second half. But a loud cheer rang out at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium, Barca's temporary home ground, after the 37-year-old's own goal. "When the opponent accumulates so many people in the box it's very difficult to defend for so long without making a mistake. Sergio (Ramos) was there to clear the ball, it was a whimsical goal," said Sevilla coach Jose Luis Mendilibar. The result moved Barca one point clear of Girona, who are second with a game in hand, while Sevilla are 12th.

Persons: Sergio Ramos, Ramos, Sergio, Jose Luis Mendilibar, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira, Sevilla, Joao Felix, Gavi, Lucas Ocampos, Robert Lewandowski, Juanlu Sanchez, Barca, It's, Sergio's, Xavi Hernandez, Rohith Nair, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Sevilla, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Barca, Thomson Locations: BARCELONA, Barcelona, Girona, Sevilla, Bengaluru

☆ Djokovic and Wozniaki make winning returns to US Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

On the women's side, Coco Gauff was made to work for her place in the second round. Djokovic, prevented from playing in last year's U.S. Open due to being unvaccinated against COVID-19, began his latest campaign to match Margaret Court's all-time record haul of 24 Grand Slams with a 6-0 6-2 6-3 win over Alexandre Muller. read more"This court has seen so much history and so many battles," Djokovic told the New York crowd. SPARSE CROWDWhile Djokovic played in front of a packed house, Swiatek performed to a sparse sleepy morning audience. In contrast to Gauff's laboured win, Danielle Collins, the 2022 Australian Open finalist, turned on the jets to dispose of Czech Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2 6-0 in a lightning quick 52 minutes.

Persons: Serbia's Novak Djokovic, France’s Alexandre Muller, Mike Segar, Novak Djokovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Swiatek, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Coco Gauff, Margaret Court's, Alexandre Muller, Carlos Alcaraz, Djokovic, Frenchman, Arthur Ashe, Daniil Medvedev, Barack Obama, Michelle, Serena Williams, Swede Rebecca Peterson, mercifully, Daria Saville, I'm, Wozniacki, Tatiana Prozorova, Andy Roddick, Fritz, Tiafoe, Steve Johnson, Christopher Eubanks, South Korea's Kwon, Laura Siegemund, Gauff's, Danielle Collins, Czech Linda Fruhvirtova, Steve Keating, Pritha Sarkar, Shri Navaratnam, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Tennis, France’s Alexandre Muller REUTERS, U.S, Djokovic, COVID, Cincinnati, New, U.S ., Djokovic's, Russian, Wimbledon, South, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, U.S, New York, Flushing, American, Cincinnati, Czech

☆ Here's what fireballs are and how to best spot them at the Perseid meteor shower's peak
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Hannah Getahun | Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Viewers of Saturday's Perseid meteor shower might see up to 100 "fireballs" per hour at its peak. To best see them, move away from the city and let your eyes adapt to the night sky for half an hour. That's because fireballs are just what they sound like: exceptionally brilliant meteors that are rarer the brighter they are, according to the American Meteor Society. Lucky for meteor enthusiasts of all ages, the popular Perseid meteor shower , set to peak August 13, could bring up to 100 fireballs an hour, Insider previously reported. According to previous reporting from Insider, you have the best chance of seeing the shower in the pre-dawn hours.

Persons: Bill Cooke, Insider's Marianne Guenot, Cooke Organizations: Service, American Meteor Society, AMS, NASA, NBC Locations: Wall, Silicon, EarthSky

☆ NASA’s new telescope could spot thousands of exoplanets and hundreds of Earth-size rogue planets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —When NASA’s next-generation space observatory launches in a few years, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will expand the search for exoplanets as well as rogue planets, or worlds that travel through space without orbiting stars. Understanding these rogue planets could shed more light on the formation, evolution and disruption of planetary systems. This illustration shows what the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will look like in orbit. But rogue planets are likely much smaller. Telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope have enabled astronomers to observe large, glowing gas giant exoplanets called hot Jupiters.

Persons: NASA’s, Nancy Grace, Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's, —, ”, David Bennett, Microlensing, Takahiro Sumi, “, Naoki Koshimoto, ” Sumi, Hubble, Vanessa Bailey, Roman’s, James Webb, Bailey, coronagraph, “ It’s, ” Bailey Organizations: CNN, Hubble, NASA's Goddard Space, Mount John University Observatory, Goddard Space Flight, Osaka University, Engineers, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Locations: New, Greenbelt , Maryland, Pasadena , California, Webb

☆ The more New Hampshire voters see of DeSantis, the less they like him: polling
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ron DeSantis is losing his grip on his supporters in New Hampshire, polling shows. His support may be dwindling because of Trump's indictment, DeSantis' position on abortion, or simply his charisma. After visiting the state and hobnobbing with locals, DeSantis' support has only dropped. Still, DeSantis hasn't been doing so hot nationally, either, and has seen his polling average dip by around ten points over the same period we're looking at in New Hampshire. Voters in New Hampshire, however, may not be the most enthused by DeSantis' legislation.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, —, DeSantis hasn't, Donald Trump, Roe, Wade, Trump, he's Organizations: Florida Gov, New Hampshire, Service, Republican, Reuters, Anselm College, Politico, GOP, Trump Locations: Florida, New Hampshire, New, Hampshire, Trump

☆ Total solar eclipse: What to expect during the 2024 event
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Sky-gazers across North America are in for a treat in 2024 when a total solar eclipse will pass over Mexico, the United States and Canada. The last total solar eclipse visible from the US occurred on August 21, 2017. During a total solar eclipse, the sky will darken as it would at dawn or dusk, and there are several stages of the eclipse that sky-gazers anticipate. The total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Mexico, Canada and more than 10 US states, while the partial solar eclipse is expected to appear in 49 states — weather permitting. A map shows the path of the annular solar eclipse in October in yellow circles and the 2024 total solar eclipse in blue circles.

Persons: Aubrey Gemignani, NASA That’s, It’s, Prince Edward Island, Ross, Bill Ingalls, you’re, ”, Kelly Korreck, “, Carla Thomas, Joel Kowsky Organizations: CNN, NASA, Astronauts, Space Station, NASA Armstrong, Research, Gulfstream, Amateur, Telescope Locations: North America, Mexico, United States, Canada, Madras , Oregon, Ocean, Texas , Oklahoma , Arkansas , Missouri , Illinois , Kentucky , Indiana , Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York , Vermont , New Hampshire, Maine, Ontario, Quebec , New Brunswick, Prince, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Central, South America, Oregon, Texas, Gulf, Oregon , Nevada , Utah, New Mexico, California , Idaho , Colorado, Arizona, Belize, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Natal, Brazil, Ross Lake, Northern, Washington

☆ June full moon: When and how to see the strawberry moon
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Kristen Rogers | Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The strawberry moon will light up the night sky this weekend. The strawberry full moon isn’t your last chance to catch a cool celestial event this year. Here are the full moons remaining in 2023, according to the Farmer’s Almanac:● July 3: Buck moon● August 1: Sturgeon moon● August 30: Blue moon● September 29: Harvest moon● October 28: Hunter’s moon● November 27: Beaver moon● December 26: Cold moonLunar and solar eclipsesAn annular solar eclipse will occur on October 14 and be visible for people across North, Central and South America. This is when the moon passes between the sun and Earth at or near its farthest point from Earth — making the moon appear smaller than the sun and creating a glowing ring around the moon. In this type of event, the sun, Earth and moon don’t completely align, so only part of the moon passes into shadow.

Persons: ripens, ”, Mike Hankey, “, Juno, Alpha Capricornids, Perseids, Orionids, Leonids, Geminids, Ursids Organizations: CNN, NASA, American Meteor Society, Venus, Aquariids, Alpha Locations: Argentina, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, North, Central, South America

☆ Webb telescope spies evidence of hidden planets around nearby star
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The revelation of the Fomalhaut’s two inner rings has suggested that planets hidden deeper within the star system may be affecting the dust belt’s shape. Stars form from gas and dust, and then a ring of leftover material called a protoplanetary disk orbits the star, where planets are born. Once the planets form around a star, debris belts form and become shaped by the gravity of the planets. Studying the dust belts can help unlock more of the secrets behind how planetary systems form. “I think it’s not a very big leap to say there’s probably a really interesting planetary system around the star.”

☆ Arsenal keeps slim Premeir League title hopes alive with crucial victory against Newcastle
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Arsenal stayed in touch with Manchester City at the top of the Premier League after a crucial 2-0 victory against third-place Newcastle. The result sees the Gunners move a point behind Manchester City having played one game more than the defending champion. Despite Newcastle’s bright start, Arsenal took the lead through Ødegaard’s brilliant shot from outside the box – the Norwegian’s 15th league goal of the season. Alex Dodd/CameraSport/Getty ImagesWith that own goal, Arsenal could see out the remainder of the game in a more comfortable fashion. “Today, we had to do it here and we did everything we had to do to win the game.”

☆ Here are the 6 proposals Berkshire Hathaway investors will vote on this weekend - including removing Warren Buffett as chairman and requiring the company stay out of political discussions
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

At the meeting, the company will vote on 6 shareholder proposals that include removing Warren Buffett as Chairman. Buffett recommends investors vote against all of the shareholder proposals. These are the six shareholder proposals Berkshire Hathaway investors are expected to vote on this weekend. Proposed by: National Legal and Policy CenterBerkshire Response: "Warren Buffett, Berkshire's CEO, currently has a 31.5% voting interest in Berkshire. The Board believes that as long as Mr. Buffett is Berkshire's CEO, he should continue as Board Chair and as Berkshire's CEO.

☆ Second ‘Impossible’ Ring Found Around Distant Dwarf Planet
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Like the first ring around Quaoar, announced by a team of astronomers in February, the second ring lies beyond what is known as the Roche limit. Thus, a ring within the Roche limit would tend to remain a ring, while a ring of debris outside the Roche limit would usually coalesce into a moon. For Quaoar, the Roche limit is calculated to be 1,100 miles. The second ring, at a distance of 1,500 miles from the center of Quaoar, is closer than the ring announced in February, which has a radius of about 2,500 miles. The observations also revealed the second ring.

☆ Bright Start to Year for Bonds Eases Market Pressures
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Sam Goldfarb | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Another strong week for the U.S. bond market is giving investors increasing hope that they can turn the page on a brutal 2022. Yields on U.S. Treasurys, which fall when bond prices rise, have plunged this year even more than they shot upward last January, at the start of what ultimately became the worst year for bonds on record.

☆ Bright Start for Bonds to New Year Eases Market Pressures
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Sam Goldfarb | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Commodity-linked stocks push FTSE 100 higher; retailers slide
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Shashwat Chauhan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The blue-chip FTSE 100 (.FTSE) gained 0.6% to hover near a more than four-year high scaled on Wednesday, while the more domestically focused FTSE 250 mid-cap index (.FTMC) rose 0.9%. Retailers Tesco (TSCO.L) and Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) slipped between 0.3% and 1.6% despite strong sales, as both companies warned of inflationary pressures. Financial stocks were among the top gainers on the FTSE 100, with banks like HSBC (HSBA.L) and Barclays (BARC.L) rising 0.9% and 1.4%, respectively. The FTSE 100 has had a bright start to the year so far, rising in almost every session. Centrica (CNA.L) climbed to the top of FTSE 100, jumping 6.1% after the British Gas owner raised its full-year earnings forecast.

☆ Miners push FTSE 100 to over 4-year high, Direct Line tumbles
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Shashwat Chauhan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SummarySummary Companies Direct Line drops after scrapping final dividend for 2022JD Sports rises after reporting high revenue growthReach slumps after saying annual profit to miss expectationsU.S. CPI awaitedFTSE 100 up 0.5%, FTSE 250 adds 0.7%Jan 11 (Reuters) - UK's exporter-heavy FTSE 100 hit an over four-year high on Wednesday, buoyed by gains in mining stocks, while insurer Direct Line plunged after cancelling its final dividend for 2022. The blue-chip FTSE 100 (.FTSE) advanced 0.5%, its highest since August 2018, while the more domestically focused FTSE 250 mid-cap index (.FTMC) gained 0.7%. Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said overnight that the central bank will have to raise interest rates further to combat high inflation. The commodity-heavy FTSE 100 has had a bright start to the year so far, rising for five of the previous six trading sessions, after it outperformed major global peers in 2022 as commodity prices jumped. Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Shailesh KuberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Morning Bid: Minutes come, minutes go
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Now, how fast that recovery will be is something that remains to be seen, especially with rising infections taking a toll. Market focus will switch to Friday's U.S. payrolls data but before that a clutch of European data could provide more clues as to where inflation is headed in Europe. French inflation, which unexpectedly dropped below 7%, added to the hope that the worst of the cost-of-living crisis in Europe is over. Over in the corporate world, the tech industry's layoffs, which amounted to more than 150,000 workers in 2022, don't seem to end. Salesforce Inc (CRM.N) says it plans to eliminate about 10% of staff, while Amazon.com (AMZN.O) will cut more than 18,000 jobs.

☆ From books on the science of sleep to fantasy football strategy podcasts, here's what Wall Street's bright stars are reading and listening to
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Alex Morrell | Alyson Velati | Asia Martin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Insider selected 25 young professionals 35 and under for its rising stars of Wall Street list. We asked the up-and-comers to tell us what book they last read and their takeaways. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest stories in hedge funds, PE, fintech, and banking — delivered daily to your inbox. We asked 2022's rising stars of Wall Street about the books they most recently picked up and the podcasts they turn to regularly. Their selections range from books on building "your second brain" to fantasy football strategy shows.

☆ Germany salvages draw against Spain but World Cup hopes still hang in the balance
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Niclas Füllkrug’s late strike was enough to salvage a point for Germany against Spain as qualification from Group E goes down to the wire. Germany needs to beat Costa Rica and hope Spain defeats Japan or, if Japan earns a draw, ensure it has a superior goal difference. Álvaro Morata celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Germany. But just when it looked as though Germany was growing into the match, Spain found the breakthrough thanks to substitute Morata, who ran onto Jordi Alba’s low cross and poked the ball past Neuer. Germany will know only a victory against Costa Rica will do – but even that might not be enough.

☆ For Stacey Abrams, Beto O’Rourke, Encore Campaigns Yield More Losses
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Aaron Zitner | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Beto O’Rourke became a Democratic Party sensation by nearly winning a Senate race in Republican-dominated Texas. Stacey Abrams became a national Democratic figure by nearly winning the governor’s office in GOP-leaning Georgia. That was in 2018. This year, both Ms. Abrams and Mr. O’Rourke tried again for statewide office—and ended up losing by far larger margins than in their first attempts. In doing so, they raised a question that also looms over several other nationally known figures who lost in this year’s elections: Can a bright star in politics, once dimmed by defeat, find a way to shine again?

☆ Webb telescope finds two of the most distant galaxies ever observed
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The James Webb Space Telescope has spied one of the earliest galaxies formed after the big bang, about 350 million years after the universe began. Webb’s capability to look deeper into the universe than other telescopes is revealing previously hidden aspects of the universe, including astonishingly distant galaxies such as these two finds. Two distant galaxies were observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. Just a few hundred million years after the big bang, there were already lots of galaxies. Detection of light invisible to the human eyeThe new findings about the two galaxies might mean there are other bright galaxies waiting to be found in the distant universe.

☆ New image from one of Earth's largest telescopes shows a 'star factory' nebula in stunning detail
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new picture shows a nebula 2,500 light-years away in spectacular detail. The Cone Nebula was snapped by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. An annotated picture shows the nebula on a wide field picture of the sky. At about 2,500 light-years from Earth, the Cone Nebula is relatively close to us, which makes it easy to observe. The Cone Nebula can be found at the tip of the Monoceros (unicorn) constellation ESOThe unicorn constellation is visible in the winter sky from the Northern Hemisphere.

☆ Impressive Everton thrash Palace 3-0 to end losing run
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LIVERPOOL, England, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored his first goal of the season as Everton ended their three-match losing streak in the Premier League with an impressive 3-0 win over Crystal Palace at home on Saturday. "For the team and for myself to get the win today it went exactly how I hoped," Calvert-Lewin said. The result ended Palace's unbeaten run of three league games and also means that they are yet to win an away league game this term. "I think we were second best in every department of the game," Palace manager Patrick Vieira told the BBC. "We saw a team who played with determination to win the game and we didn't match that level.

☆ Tesla and Truss, 5% and 150
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A Tesla model 3 car is seen in their showroom in Singapore October 22, 2021. read more The latest European tech sector earnings on Thursday were downbeat, too. Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent said the BoE would respond to changes in Truss's tax and spending policies. read moreKey developments that should provide more direction to U.S. markets later on Thursday:* European Union summit in Brussels* U.S. Oct Philadelphia business index. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

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