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☆ VIEW UAW expands strikes against GM, Stellantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The escalation comes as the labor group and the automakers remain apart on terms of a new contract covering 146,000 workers. DANIEL IVES, ANALYST AT WEDBUSH SECURITIES:"This becomes a full on tidal wave of strikes for GM and Stellantis. "This is like union 101 in terms of divide and conquer and put more pressure on GM and Stellantis. "I think GM and Stellantis are going to fight this. But I am less confident Stellantis can work it out because they are by far the worst of the three with labor relations."

Persons: Sheila McGee, Michael Swensen, BRANDON PIZZURRO, DANIEL IVES, Ford, ARTHUR WHEATON, TODD VACHON, Ankika Biswas, Peter Henderson, Bianca Flowers, Anil D'Silva Organizations: Ford, UAW, REUTERS, United Auto Workers, General Motors Co, Ford Motor, GM, Motors, RUTGERS, Thomson Locations: Louisville , Kentucky, U.S, Bengaluru

It's just too early to tell," said George Glassman, president of Glassman Automotive Group, which sells five automotive brands outside Detroit. Since then, VinFast shares have retreated, and were down 17.2% at $24.92 at midday on Thursday. The new hybrid sales plan is just another challenge and the luxury carmaker is already talking to dealers. U.S. dealers said there are too many unanswered questions, including how VinFast will distribute parts needed to make repairs. Several dealers said VinFast may need to offer sweetened profit margins to dealers to account for the added risk.

Persons: It's, George Glassman, VinFast, Le, Thuy, Scott Fink, I'm, Tesla, Andrew DiFeo, Augustine, Warren Browne, Rhett Ricart, Dealers, it's, Ricart, Beau Boeckmann, Boeckmann, Ben Klayman, Phuong Nguyen, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Nasdaq, U.S, Reuters, Glassman Automotive, Ford, General Motors, U.S ., Fink Automotive Group, VW, Subaru, GM, Hyundai, Ricart Automotive, Toyota, Honda, Galpin Motors, Thomson Locations: U.S, North America, Detroit, VinFast, Tampa , Florida, St, Jacksonville , Florida, Columbus , Ohio, Los Angeles, VinFast's, Vietnam, Hanoi

My mortgage broker demystified the homebuying process and guided me step by step. Here's how my mortgage broker and I worked out a plan to make my dreams of homeownership a reality and how I'm preparing for mortgage renewal in the not-too-distant future. See Insider's picks for the best mortgage lenders »My mortgage broker ran the numbers for different scenariosI spoke with a few mortgage brokers before deciding to work with the brilliant Lisa Okun. Compare today's 30-year mortgage rates »I know renegotiating my mortgage will be complexI like to know how much I'm going to need to spend. Because the interest rates in Canada were so low at the time (around 2.5%), I felt good about locking into that rate.

Persons: Lisa Okun, Lisa, They've Organizations: Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ontario, Canada

☆ iPhone Photography Awards 2023: Winners unveiled
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Organizers announced the winners of the 2023 iPhone Photography Awards on Monday. Scott Galloway/iPhone Photography Awards"Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana,"Rome, Italy, by Leon Wang (United States) won 3rd place in Architecture. Sofia Ershova/iPhone Photography Awards"Duet," Zhejiang, China, by Zhang Xiaojun (China) won 3rd place in Children. Zhang Xiaojun/iPhone Photography Awards"Kapkungkap Tadau" Phuket, Thailand by Juan Castaneda (United States) won 2nd place in Series. Juan Castaneda/iPhone Photography Awards"Bi Mo," Zhaojue County, China, by Jian Wang (China) won 2nd place in People.

Persons: Ivan Silva, Heroe, Lionel Messi, Thea Mihu, Ba Jia Jiang, Surong Zhu, Scott Galloway, Leon Wang, Sofia Ershova, Zhang Xiaojun, Juan Castaneda, Jian Wang, Sasa Borozan, Beata Krowicka, Barry Mayes Organizations: CNN — Organizers, Italiana, Diesel Locations: Mexico, Sweden, Hanoi, Vietnam, Germany, Fujian, China, Ohio, USA, United States, Rome, Italy, Architecture, California, Zhejiang, Phuket, Thailand, Zhaojue County, People, Nature, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Grande, Argentina, Poland, Travel, Sierra Leone, United Kingdom

☆ Why Russia's defenses are so effective: Deep minefields, adaptable drones, and electronic warfare are proving formidable in Ukraine, experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russia's defenses are proving effective in frustrating the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Its use of mines, adaptable drones, and electronic warfare are particularly formidable, experts said. He said there were often more than four rows of minefields in front of the Russian defensive lines. A retired Australian general Mick Ryan appears to agree with Lewis, telling The Economist on Monday that Russia's defensive lines are "much more complex and deadly than anything experienced by any military in nearly 80 years." Justin Bronk, a senior research fellow with RUSI, told Newsweek that Ukraine's "Beaver" drones appear to be vulnerable to Russia's electronic defense systems.

Persons: Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Maxar David Lewis, Mick Ryan, Lewis, it's, Steve Wright, Wright, ALEXANDER NEMENOV, Justin Bronk, RUSI, Russia doesn't, Mark Milley, Birmingham's Jaroslava Barbieri Organizations: Service, BBC, Royal United Services Institute, Storm, Ukrainian, Police, Moscow International Business, Getty Images, Newsweek, Moscow Sunday, Reuters, Associated Press, University, Birmingham's, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russian, Kherson, Dnipro, Russia's, Australian, RUSI, AFP, Ukrainian, Kyiv

☆ Meet Ted Pick, the hard-charging 'deal junkie' who rose to the top at Morgan Stanley the old-fashioned way — and looks poised to succeed James Gorman as CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Employees knew they were getting promoted if Pick told them to wear a tie the following day, an ex-managing director recalled. While Morgan Stanley currently trades at a premium among its Wall Street peers, its enviable success isn't thanks to Pick. Succession has traditionally been a bloody sport on Wall Street, and Morgan Stanley is no exception. Gonzalo Marroquin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Show less Morgan Stanley investment management head and dark horse in the race for CEO, Dan Simkowitz. Despite enjoying the stock price gains under Gorman's reign, plenty of longtime employees want another dyed-in-the-wool Morgan Stanley loyalist, according to a former senior executive.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Ted Pick, Pick, Gucci loafers, Blackstone, Tony James, Morgan, James Gorman, Gorman, Andy Saperstein, Dan Simkowitz, John Mack, Ted, James, Phil Purcell, Mack, Purcell, Merrill Lynch, Paul Taubman, Colm Kelleher, coheads, Gonzalo Marroquin, Patrick McMullan, Saperstein, Euromoney, Parker Gilbert, He's, John, cohead, Bolu, Goldman Sachs, Pablo, tony, Betsey Kittenplan, Smith Barney, James cochairs, Jim Breyer, Anna Wintour, John Mack pranking Pick, John Waldron, Goldman, I'm, Howard Marks, Bill Parcells, atta, Brian Moynihan, aren't, David Solomon, Jamie Dimon's, Eaton Vance, he's, you've, Richard Drew, — Organizations: Employees, Archegos Capital Management, Blackstone, McKinsey, Getty, Middlebury College, China Construction Bank, Harvard Business School, Mitsubishi, Wall, Autonomous Research, Anguilla, Agricultural Bank of China, Capital Management, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vogue, New York Rangers, Oaktree Capital Management, Bloomberg, Staten, Disney, JPMorgan, Trade, AP Locations: China, Beijing, Manhattan, New York City, Caracas, Venezuela, Brookville, tony Long

☆ What it was like to live at the Los Alamos lab site during the Manhattan Project
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Los Alamos National LaboratorySituated 7,300 feet above sea level and roughly 35 miles from Santa Fe, the Los Alamos site seemed ideal for a secret laboratory. Constant constructionCompared to the Chicago labs, where some of the work on the Manhattan Project was being done, Los Alamos was starting from scratch. The commissary is where many Los Alamos residents did most of their grocery shopping during the Manhattan Project. Mary Palvesky is the daughter of Harry Palevsky and Elaine Sammel, who both worked at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. After the US dropped the bombs, the site became the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Persons: J, Robert Oppenheimer, he'd, Oppenheimer, Abraham Pais, Laura Fermi, Enrico Fermi's, Robert Wilson, Leslie Groves, John Henry Manley, would've, McAllister Hull, Richard Feynman's, Groves, you'd, Robert Serber, Serber, John Manley, Leon Fisher, Phyllis, Emile Segré, Leon, Phyllis Fisher, wouldn't, Ruth Marshak, Elsie McMillan, Enrico Fermi, Jane Wilson, Charlotte Serber, Kitty Oppenheimer, Los Alamos, Lucie Genay, they'd, Edward Teller, Bernice Brode, Robert Brode, Jean Bacher, Thomas Mann's, Fisher, Mary Palvesky, Harry Palevsky, Elaine Sammel, Palvesky, Joseph Rotblat, Hans Bethe, Pavlevsky, Bethe, couldn't, Marcos, Maria Gómez Organizations: Manhattan Project, Service, Manhattan, Trinity Test, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National, Los Alamos Ranch School, Manhattan Project . National Security Research, Los Alamos, Alamos lab's Tech Area, National Security Research Center, Residents, Carpenters, Tech, Security Research, Los, Nuclear Weapons Industry, couldn't, Trinity, Chicago Met Lab, Japan Locations: New Mexico, Los Alamos, Wall, Silicon, Alamos, Santa Fe, Chicago, Los, Mexican, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Berkeley, New York

☆ These Bill Gates-backed startup founders turn water from the shower drain into beer: 'Rest assured with the science'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Take, for example, Epic OneWater Brew: a Kölsch-style ale made from purified shower, laundry and sink water. It's the brainchild of Epic Cleantec, a San Francisco-based water reuse technology company born from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's "Reinvent the Toilet Challenge." The company primarily creates wastewater reuse and treatment systems, not beer. Epic Cleantec can't sell its beer, made in partnership with Devil's Canyon Brewing Company, due to strict federal and state laws. But it can give the ale away for free to spread awareness and "showcase the untapped potential of water reuse," Aaron Tartakovsky, the company's CEO, tells CNBC Make It.

Persons: Melinda Gates, — Ilan Levy, Oded Halperin, Igor, Aaron Tartakovsky —, Aaron Tartakovsky Organizations: Gates Foundation, Devil's, Brewing Company, CNBC Locations: States, San Francisco

☆ The doctor who drove his Tesla off a cliff with his family inside says he was pulling over to check his tire pressure, but his wife says he was trying 'to kill everyone:' report
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The doctor accused of driving his family off a cliff told officials he was checking his tire pressure. But his wife said the crash was intentional, per The San Francisco Chronicle citing court documents. All four family members in the car, including the couple's 7-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son miraculously survived the steep fall. But Patel's wife, Neha Patel, told first responders "multiple times" that her husband intentionally drove the car off the cliff, the outlet reported, citing court records. In February, an attorney for Patel said in court that the man's wife did not want him to be prosecuted.

☆ CEO coach shares the No. 1 reason you buckle under pressure—and 4 ways highly successful people avoid it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Your decisions go awry when you allow the pressure of the moment to affect you, says Mailander. Know your blind spotsForming a network of devil's advocates can help you avoid blind spots. Mailander says one of his clients, a startup, uses a quarterly blind spot check-in exercise to avoid that fate. In other words, pressure decisions become more manageable when you can break them down into replicable steps. Look at how commanders of nuclear submarines prepare, Mailander says: They have to anticipate future problems, design processes to handle them and practice them until they become routine.

LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - The London Metal Exchange (LME) has discovered that some of its registered nickel is missing. Bags of stones shouldn't pass any inspection, whether at original load-in or during the annual audit of registered stock required by the LME's warehousing agreement. But it folds into the bigger issues around the exchange's governance and regulatory capacity after the blow-out of the nickel contract this time last year. BROKEN NICKELThe latest scandal will also intensify the question of whether the LME nickel contract is fulfilling the function of efficient price discovery forum. The nickel market was already looking for different pricing solutions before the March 8, 2022 suspension of LME nickel trading.

"But after years of dithering, the German 5G network is deeply dependent on Chinese suppliers. Huawei, ZTE and China's government reject these claims, saying that they are motivated by a protectionist desire to support non-Chinese rivals. The government would ban operators from using certain controlling elements from Huawei and ZTE in 5G networks. The German government was last month unable to answer a recent parliamentary request about how many Huawei components operators were using in their 5G networks. The deadline to remove all Huawei gear from Britain's 5G networks by the end of 2027 remains unchanged.

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Higher manufacturing prices gave markets a bad start to March
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Hawkish sentiment from Federal Reserve officials weighed on stocks and buoyed Treasury yields, giving markets a disappointing start to March. Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Wednesday he's "open-minded" about raising interest rates by either 25 or 50 basis points. Kashkari, who is a voting member on the Federal Open Market Committee, added he might hike rates even further. Subscribe here to get this report sent directly to your inbox each morning before markets open.

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Markets reeled as Fed officials confirmed commitment to high interest rates
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

☆ Wave of poison attacks on schoolgirls alarms Iranians
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The poison attacks at more than 30 schools in at least four cities started in November in Iran's Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Qom, prompting some parents to take their children out of school, state media reported. His deputy, Younes Panahi, said on Sunday "it was found that some people wanted schools, especially girls’ schools, to be closed", according to IRNA state news agency. One boys' school has been targeted in the city of Boroujerd, state media reported. Several senior clerics, lawmakers and politicians have criticised the government for failing to end the poison attacks and giving contradicting reasons for them, with some warning that frustration among families could ignite further protests. A judicial probe into the poisoning cases is under way, state media reported.

☆ Column: The devil's metal strikes again in Trafigura nickel fraud case
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Andy Home | Thomson Reuters | Senior Metals Columnist Who Previously Covered Industrial Metals Markets For Metals Week | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Appearances can be deceptive when it comes to nickel, as Trafigura has just found out half a millennium later. Just as it's impossible to say whether some of the recent price volatility on the LME nickel contract was down to Trafigura restructuring hedge positions. The problem is that LME nickel trading has been volatile and unpredictable ever since last year's meltdown. There is now also a growing crisis of confidence in the world of physical nickel trading. Nickel could really do with a reputational break but recent history suggests it's just a matter of time before the devil's metal strikes again.

☆ The wife of the doctor accused of driving his family off a cliff in a Tesla doesn't want him to be prosecuted. A domestic violence expert says this kind of behavior isn't uncommon.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The wife of a man accused to driving his family off a cliff in a Tesla doesn't want him prosecuted. A domestic violence expert told Insider this type of behavior in victims is not uncommon. Prosecutors handling the case are treating it like a domestic violence case, a local DA said. A domestic violence expert and the local district attorney handling the case told Insider on Tuesday this type of behavior in victims is not uncommon. San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe told Insider that his office is "viewing" the case as a domestic violence case.

☆ Wife of doctor accused of driving his Tesla off a cliff with his family inside shouted to rescuers 'he intentionally drove the car over' edge, DA alleges
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The wife of a man accused of driving a Tesla off a cliff said he "intentionally" did it, the DA said. The woman shouted to medics that her husband "intentionally drove the car over," the DA said. "She just said to the paramedics that he intentionally drove the car over the cliff," Wagstaffe said. He is accused of intentionally driving a Tesla off a notorious 250-foot cliff in Northern California with his wife and two young kids inside on January 2. The district attorney's office has not yet spoken to the suspect's wife, who remains hospitalized, said Wagstaffe.

☆ Tesla driver taken from hospital to jail without bail after being accused of intentionally driving his family off a cliff
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A man accused of intentionally driving off a cliff was moved from a hospital to jail, local news reported. The San Mateo District Attorney's Office said the driver was booked without bail. Authorities are seeking to rule out any mechanical issues with the Tesla, including brake failure. The San Mateo District Attorney's Office did not respond to a request for comment from Insider ahead of publication. The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said in a tweet on January 2 that the children were "unharmed" at the time of rescue.

☆ Watch video of the helicopter rescue of the 4 Tesla passengers who survived a 250-foot plunge off a cliff
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Four Tesla passengers survived a 250-foot drop off the "Devil's Slide" cliff on Monday. California Highway Patrol posted a video of the helicopter rescue on Facebook on Tuesday. The video shows first responders dropping from a helicopter amid rough surf. The video shows first responders dropping from a helicopter to rescue the passengers from the wreckage amid rough surf and placing the passengers in gurneys that were raised into the air one-by-one. The two children were still secured in their car seats at the time of rescue, Pottenger said.

☆ Tesla driver who plunged his family off California cliff did so on purpose, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Phil-Helsel-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Phil Helsel | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A California man intentionally drove a Tesla off a 250-foot cliff in an attempt to kill himself and his family, officials said Tuesday. The driver and his wife and children survived and were rescued Monday at Devil's Slide in San Mateo County, the California Highway Patrol said. Four people were rescued after a Tesla plunged over a cliff in Calif., on Monday. Brian Pottenger, incident commander for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said that witnesses called 911 after the crash around 10:50 a.m. The car was traveling south on State Route 1 when it went over the cliff at Devil’s Slide, south of the Tom Lantos Tunnels, and landed near the water’s edge, the fire department said.

☆ California doctor who drove Tesla off cliff to be charged with attempted murder
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Industry Insight | Saw Law Firms Move Past The Pandemic Into A More Client-Focused Service Environment | Thomson Reuters Institute | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Patel was transported to hospital with serious injuries on Monday, the California Highway Patrol said. The children, who had minor injuries, were the first to be rescued, after which a helicopter hoisted the adults, who had more serious injuries, Pottenger said. "The children were secured properly in proper car seats, and the car seats were secured properly into the vehicle," Pottenger said. "The car seats saved the lives of those two kids, in our opinion." The Tesla driven by Patel was traveling on the main part of the roadway before it veered off the cliff, he said.

☆ Being in a Tesla helped save the 4 people who plunged 250 feet off a cliff, expert says. That and a lot of luck.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Four people emerged almost unscathed from a car crash off a 250-foot cliff on Monday. Professor Jahan Rasty cited several Tesla safety features that likely helped. If too much of a moving car's energy is suddenly directed into people's bodies, they will die. Car safety design is all about dissipating that energy away from the passengers. Tesla roofs "are about 30% stronger in terms of crash resistance" than a regular car, Rasty said.

☆ A doctor accused of intentionally driving a Tesla off a 250-foot California cliff with another adult and 2 kids inside the car has been arrested
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A doctor has been arrested after police accused him of intentionally driving a Tesla off a cliff. The man's wife and two kids were reportedly inside the vehicle at the time of the incident. They all miraculously survived and were rescued via helicopter after the Monday car wreck. The passengers inside the car were reportedly Patel's wife, his 7-year-old daughter, and 4-year-old son, KABC-TV reported. Robin Johnson, who said she witnessed the crash, told NBC on Monday that she saw the Tesla "driving extremely fast" toward an exit on California Highway 1 before the electric car went "over the edge and straight down" the cliff.

☆ 4 Tesla passengers survived a 250-foot plunge down a cliff called Devil's Slide
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Tesla plunged down a 250-foot cliff called Devil's Slide om Monday, Cal Fire said. A rescuer told Fox News it was "nothing short of a miracle" the four passengers survived the incident. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyFour Tesla passengers survived a 250-foot drop off a cliff known as Devil's Slide on Monday, according to Cal Fire. A Tesla that was carrying two adults and two minors plunged down the cliff on Monday morning, Cal Fire's San Mateo branch reported. Coastside Fire Protection Battalion Chief Brian Pottenger told Fox News that it was remarkable the passengers had survived the 250-foot fall.

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