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☆ ‘An Act of War’: Inside America’s Silicon Blockade Against China
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Alex W. Palmer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

With the Oct. 7 export controls, the United States government announced its intent to cripple China’s ability to produce, or even purchase, the highest-end chips. The logic of the measure was straightforward: Advanced chips, and the supercomputers and A.I. “The key here is to understand that the U.S. wanted to impact China’s A.I. The outcome will likely shape U.S.-China competition, and the future of the global order, for decades to come. No technology in the history of human civilization has ever matched the breathtaking ascent of computing power.

Persons: ”, Gregory C, Allen, ” Allen, C.J, you’d, would’ve, “, Chris Miller Organizations: United, Wadhwani, A.I, Technologies, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Evercore ISI, Moore’s, Fletcher School, Tufts University Locations: United States, Washington, China, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Revisiting ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ Plus the Art of Literary Translation
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On this week’s episode of the podcast, Gilbert Cruz talks to Juliana Barbassa and Gregory Cowles about the Book Review’s special translation issue, and to Tina Jordan and Elisabeth Egan about the novel “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” which was published in the U.S. 25 years ago this summer. What makes translation an art? Why do we see so many translations from some countries and almost none from others? Before coming to the Book Review, she spent years reporting and editing international news, and says, “I would often find myself turning to the fiction produced in that place” to really get a sense of it. Also on this week’s episode, Elisabeth Egan and Tina Jordan discuss “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” published in the U.S. 25 years ago this summer.

Persons: Gilbert Cruz, Juliana Barbassa, Gregory Cowles, Tina Jordan, Elisabeth Egan, Bridget Jones’s, Cowles, “, ”, Egan, Bridget Jones Locations: U.S

☆ Windrush Day: Manchester United great Andy Cole opens up about Jamaican roots and racism
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Darren Lewis | James Oware | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

On one of the first voyages, 492 Caribbean islanders onboard the HMT Empire Windrush arrived in the UK on June 22, 1948. That generation of immigrants became the namesake of that ship, and their arrival date is now celebrated as Windrush Day. However, Cole says racist abuse and a lack of acknowledgement for his achievements meant that in adulthood, he recognized his father was right. Speaking on the inevitability of racist abuse that Black footballers face when missing penalties Andy outlined, “I think we’re just waiting, okay, what’s happening on social media? A clinical striker in his playing career, maybe one day Andy can transfer his wealth of knowledge to the boardroom.

Persons: Andy Cole, “, Darren Lewis, Cole reminisced, ” Andy, Windrush, Cole’s, Cole, Douglas Miller, ” Cole, Norma Gregory, Lincoln, ”, Caribbeans, Mark Leech, Andy, Devante, George Wood, Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford, Vinícius, Romelu, Tom Jenkins, Vinicius Organizations: CNN, League, Champions League, CNN’s, Commonwealth, Caribbean, Hulton, Coal Miners, Heritage, English League, Barnsley, English, England, Inter Milan, FIFA, UEFA, Italy, Real Locations: Britain, Nottingham, Jamaica, Commonwealth, Runnymede, British, England, Real Madrid, Italian, Brazil, European

☆ When will the Supreme Court rule on Biden's student loan forgiveness? What borrowers need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

For a number of reasons, Dan Urman, a law professor at Northeastern University, also predicts that student loan forgiveness won't survive the Supreme Court. Striking down forgiveness will add to growing skepticism that the conservative justices vote for conservatives, and the liberal justices vote for liberals. Dan Urman law professor at Northeastern UniversitySuch a politically fueled decision, however, is likely to further damage the public's perception of the judicial branch, Urman said. "Striking down forgiveness will add to growing skepticism that the conservative justices vote for conservatives, and the liberal justices vote for liberals," Urman said. Fordham law professor Jed Shugerman had tweeted after the February arguments that he was "struck by SG Elizabeth Prelogar's brilliant performance."

Persons: Douglas Rissing, Biden, Gregory Caldeira, wouldn't, Caldeira, Dan Urman, Urman, Elizabeth Prelogar, Jed Shugerman, SG Elizabeth Prelogar's, Shugerman, What's Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Istock, Getty, Republican, Ohio State University, CNBC, Northeastern University, Gallup, Fordham

☆ 500 Miles of Father-Son Bonding
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Gregory Cowles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It’s a good setup for a travel memoir, ripe with opportunities to revisit the past and measure his own faded youth against the full flourishing of his son’s young adulthood. And McCarthy — who wrote about his Brat Pack years in a previous memoir and has established a respectable second career as a travel writer — makes the most of them. He muses about his failed marriage to Sam’s mother, and his current marriage to the mother of his two younger children. Raised Catholic, he duly notes the pilgrimage’s churchly roots but evinces little religious impulse himself. But it makes Sam a singularly frustrating travel companion at times, for his father as much as the reader.

☆ Ocean temperatures are off the charts right now, and scientists are alarmed
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Ocean surface heat is at record-breaking levels. Since La Niña ended in March, ocean temperatures seem to be on a rebound, scientists say. Worrying impacts of ocean warmingWhatever the reasons behind the increase in ocean heat, the impacts are potentially catastrophic if temperatures continue to head off the charts. For now, ocean surface temperatures have started to fall, even if they remain high for this time of year. As scientists continue to analyze the reasons for record ocean warming, they are clear records will continue to be smashed as the climate crisis intensifies.

☆ Analysis: Grievances mount in Europe with future wealth in doubt
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Mark John | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

That year-old conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and an inflation-fuelled cost of living crisis have now brought things to a head. While many low-income U.S. workers discovered that post-lockdown labour shortages gave them leverage to negotiate solid wage increases, European workers initially prioritised job security over higher pay. Meanwhile the bump in corporate profits and shareholder gains started to aggravate a sense of inequality. The other option - allowing debt to rise further - looks tricky: European Union limits on deficits that were suspended after the pandemic will re-apply from 2024. The Macron and Scholz governments are seeking ways to allay the grievances, with Macron in particular suffering damage to his already weak personal popularity.

FHA mortgages and conforming mortgages have borrowing limits that vary by state and county. If you need to borrow more than $726,200 in South Dakota, you'll want to consider getting a jumbo loan. In South Dakota, the 2023 borrowing limit for FHA mortgages is $472,030. In some states, certain counties may have higher borrowing limits than others because it is more expensive to live in that area. South Dakota borrowing limits in 2023 for conforming and FHA mortgages by countyCounty Conforming mortgage limit (single-family home) FHA mortgage limit (single-family home) Aurora County $726,200 $472,030 Beadle County $726,200 $472,030 Bennett County $726,200 $472,030 Bon Homme County $726,200 $472,030 Brookings County $726,200 $472,030 Brown County $726,200 $472,030 Brule County $726,200 $472,030 Buffalo County $726,200 $472,030 Butte County $726,200 $472,030 Campbell County $726,200 $472,030 Charles Mix County $726,200 $472,030 Clark County $726,200 $472,030 Clay County $726,200 $472,030 Codington County $726,200 $472,030 Corson County $726,200 $472,030 Custer County $726,200 $472,030 Davison County $726,200 $472,030 Day County $726,200 $472,030 Deuel County $726,200 $472,030 Dewey County $726,200 $472,030 Douglas County $726,200 $472,030 Edmunds County $726,200 $472,030 Fall River County $726,200 $472,030 Faulk County $726,200 $472,030 Grant County $726,200 $472,030 Gregory County $726,200 $472,030 Haakon County $726,200 $472,030 Hamlin County $726,200 $472,030 Hand County $726,200 $472,030 Hanson County $726,200 $472,030 Harding County $726,200 $472,030 Hughes County $726,200 $472,030 Hutchinson County $726,200 $472,030 Hyde County $726,200 $472,030 Jackson County $726,200 $472,030 Jerauld County $726,200 $472,030 Jones County $726,200 $472,030 Kingsbury County $726,200 $472,030 Lake County $726,200 $472,030 Lawrence County $726,200 $472,030 Lincoln County $726,200 $472,030 Lyman County $726,200 $472,030 McCook County $726,200 $472,030 McPherson County $726,200 $472,030 Marshall County $726,200 $472,030 Meade County $726,200 $472,030 Mellette County $726,200 $472,030 Miner County $726,200 $472,030 Minnehaha County $726,200 $472,030 Moody County $726,200 $472,030 Oglala Lakota County $726,200 $472,030 Pennington County $726,200 $472,030 Perkins County $726,200 $472,030 Potter County $726,200 $472,030 Roberts County $726,200 $472,030 Sanborn County $726,200 $472,030 Spink County $726,200 $472,030 Stanley County $726,200 $472,030 Sully County $726,200 $472,030 Todd County $726,200 $472,030 Tripp County $726,200 $472,030 Turner County $726,200 $472,030 Union County $726,200 $472,030 Walworth County $726,200 $472,030 Yankton County $726,200 $472,030 Ziebach County $726,200 $472,030Note: In South Dakota, you'll need to get a jumbo loan if you want to borrow more than $726,200, regardless of which county you hope to reside in.

☆ Gregory Conigliaro, co-owner of compounding pharmacy, sentenced over role in 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Samantha Beech | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A former co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy was sentenced Thursday for what authorities said was his role in a deadly, multistate fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012. Conigliaro was co-owner, vice president and general manager of the now-defunct New England Compounding Center, which authorities said was behind the outbreak. Nearly 800 people in 20 states were diagnosed with fungal meningitis or other fungal infections in 2012 after receiving injections from contaminated vials of medicine manufactured by the NECC, the US Attorney’s Office said. More than 100 patients have died, making it the largest public health crisis caused by a pharmaceutical drug, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Through that deceit, the company was able to “operate in a slipshod, unsafe manner, ultimately leading to a tragic outbreak of fungal meningitis,” the Office said.

BOSTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A co-owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose mold-tainted drugs sparked a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison for deceiving regulators to avoid federal oversight before the tragedy. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Strachan said his lies to regulators in the decade beforehand ensured NECC remained open, allowing the tragedy to unfold. A jury in 2018 found Conigliaro guilty, but Stearns threw out his conviction, saying it was legally impossible for Conigliaro to have impeded the FDA's functions. In addition to prison, Conigliaro must pay a $40,000 fine. Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston Editing by Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

A white father and son have been indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges, including attempted murder, 10 months after a Black FedEx driver alleged he was chased and shot at after dropping off a package in a Mississippi city. The population of Brookhaven is about 59% Black and 39% white, according to the most recent census data. Gregory Case was originally arrested in February on investigation of conspiracy and Brandon Case on suspicion of aggravated assault. As he was leaving, he said, a man in a white pickup truck began following him closely while honking his horn. The white men — including a father and son — were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

☆ This company wants to make air travel sustainable
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Clare Duffy Cnn Business Video John General | Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Already, some of the world’s biggest airlines are signing on to Air Company’s vision. Jet Blue Ventures, the airline’s investment arm, also invested directly in Air Company’s $30 million Series A funding round earlier this year. Air Company's carbon-neutral, CO2-derived fuel was successfully used in August 2022 during a test flight in partnership with the US Air Force. Air Company“How we think about what the company does is trying to solve humanity’s toughest problems,” Gregory Constantine, co-founder and CEO of Air Company, told CNN in an interview last month. But Air Company’s production process starts by pulling harmful carbon emissions out of the air.

☆ Trump's secret, ugly breakup with Deutsche Bank is revealed in new allegations by NY's attorney general
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Deutsche Bank, Trump's largest single lender, forced him into a 'managed exit' last year. An excerpt from Deutsche Bank's October 29, 2020 letter to Donald Trump, Jr., raising concerns about Donald Trump's allegedly fraudulent financial statements. And then, nothingSo where's that response, Deutsche Bank's lawyer asked Trump's lawyer in an email sent on January 8, 2021, three weeks and one Capitol siege later. As for Deutsche Bank's final request for a response, "ultimately, none was forthcoming," the AG's filing from Thursday said. A Deutsche Bank spokesman told Insider he could not comment on legal claims or on client accounts.

With interest rates back then already close to zero, they had run out of conventional ammunition to ward off the threat of outright deflation they feared would choke off the economic recovery. As one Danish bank vaunted the world's first negative rate mortgage, it is likely that cheap borrowing added steam to house price spikes across the region. "It's the central bankers who have taken interest rates to a level where we attach no value to the future," he said. As the negative rate era closes, the global pool of assets with negative yield has shrunk to less than $2 trillion from a 2020 peak of some $18 trillion. "I am very doubtful anyone here is ready to say never again for negative rates."

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