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☆ Sean Paul Is Still Busy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Iva Dixit | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Long before he became the bandannaed and cornrowed Sean Paul who entranced the American public, Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques was just another young offshoot of Jamaica’s famous Henriques clan, one of the oldest Jewish families on the island, who immigrated there from Portugal in the 17th century. Kingston is a city that takes parties seriously, and the sound system was a key 20th-century innovation — a portable setup of amplifiers, turntables and mountains of speakers, all orchestrated by a D.J. Paul and his younger brother, Jason, were both enamored of this family business; Jason actually recalls falling asleep in a bass box as a child. When Paul was 13, his father was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years in prison. This devastated Paul — not because his father had been much of a presence in his life but because what little he had of him would now be gone.

Persons: Shaggy, Paul, bods, Sean Paul, Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques, Jamaica’s, Henriques, Jason, Michael Jackson, Garth, Frances, Paul —, “, I’ll, ” Organizations: YouTube, Uptown Locations: sighs, Long, Portugal, Uptown Kingston, Kingston, Mexico

☆ Huuuge plans to release first PC games in H2
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 31 (Reuters) - Polish mobile games developer Huuuge (HUGP.WA) plans to release its first PC games on the Steam platform in the second half of the year, Deputy CEO Maciej Hebda said on Wednesday. Steam is the biggest distributor of PC-based video games. Huuuge also plans to release in the second half of this year browser versions of two flagship titles, "Huuuge Casino" and "Billionaire Casino". In the first quarter, "Huuuge Casino" and "Billionaire Casino" were responsible for generating as much as 95% of the group's revenue. Reporting by Maria Gieldon in Gdansk; editing by Jason Neely and Emelia Sithole-MatariseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Maciej Hebda, Huuuge, Hebda, Maria Gieldon, Jason Neely, Emelia Organizations: Steam, Thomson Locations: Polish, Gdansk

Spain has one swimming pool for every 37 residents, and these, too, are now in the spotlight. While her swimming pool has been empty for five years since her children grew up, Garcia, 61, said the town has been stigmatised unfairly for its pools. Pools are being used as a scapegoat for a lack of coherent water policy in Spain, she said. It is a sentiment shared by Gonzalo Delacamara, director of the IE Centre for Water & Climate Adaptation in Madrid. While the use of water to fill swimming pools during a drought is irresponsible, the bulk of Spain's water resources are taken by the agriculture sector, accounting for 70% of water usage, he said.

☆ Analysts see even more gains ahead for Meta Platforms after latest earnings report
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Analysts liked what they saw from Meta Platform 's latest earnings report. The company projects revenue between $29.5 billion and $32 billion, while analysts expected sales of $29.5 billion, per Refinitiv. Goldman's Eric Sheridan also hiked his price target to $300, noting Meta maintained its momentum from the fourth quarter of 2022. Meanwhile, Bank of America's Justin Post noted that Meta's revenue recovery can drive the next leg higher for the stock. He also hiked his price target on Meta shares to $305 from $270, implying upside of 45.6%.

☆ JPMorgan Chase thought it had $1.3 million worth of nickel stored in a warehouse. A closer examination revealed bags of stones.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

JPMorgan Chase kept bags of stones in a Dutch warehouse thinking they were nickel, according to the WSJ. The owner of the bags is reportedly JPMorgan Chase, according to the Journal. Had they contained nickel, the bags would have been worth $1.3 million at current prices, representing 0.14% of nickel inventories, Bloomberg reported. JPMorgan Chase reportedly bought the bags years ago and remains an active player in big metals, the Journal said. JPMorgan Chase and the LME also did not immediately respond to Insider's request for a comment.

☆ I thought I was an introvert, but what if I'm just a shy narcissist instead?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Insider's new work-advice column centers on a shy introvert who worries she might be a narcissist. I always thought that because I wasn't aggressive or self-aggrandizing, I couldn't possibly be a narcissist. To be clear, I'm not a professional shrink — and I'm not above getting carried away by the gospel of online personality quizzes (ahem! You're an introvert or, perhaps, a highly sensitive person, depending on the theory you subscribe to. "You might not like your manager's solution, but they may have identified a problem that you hadn't thought of.

☆ JPMorgan downgrades electric vehicle stock Nio, says expectations are too high
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

It's time to step to the sidelines on Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio after its latest quarter, according to JPMorgan. Analyst Nick Lai downgraded Nio to neutral from overweight, saying it will be increasingly challenging for the electric vehicle maker to deliver on high expectations. He said that the firm's fourth-quarter results were a miss because of vehicle margin contraction. The analyst's new December-2023 price target is $10, down from $14, which implies upside of roughly 13%. The firm reduced its price target to $10, from $18.

☆ Reshoring is accelerating—These stocks should benefit as companies return to the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Reshoring declarations are amping up, as more companies look to return operations to the United States from overseas. Corporate reshoring announcements jumped 17% in the fourth quarter compared with the prior quarter and are now tracking nearly 300% higher than the fourth quarter of 2021, according to UBS. In fact, reshoring and foreign direct investments jobs reached a record of at least 360,000 jobs last year, according to the Reshoring Initiative. The move back to the U.S . can also be seen in corporate earnings, said Ron Graziano, managing director of global accounting and tax for Credit Suisse. The company's equipment is needed for big semiconductor manufacturing plants as companies test chips as they are produced, Snyder said.

☆ Biden's State of the Union Address was 'an agenda for a new presidency,' professor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBiden's State of the Union Address was 'an agenda for a new presidency,' professor saysGayle Allard, associate professor of economics at IE, says he "sounded like a man launching his campaign."

The difference with TikTok is that the app has kept out of the crosshairs of commercial interests in Europe. "The user base of TikTok is a lot bigger than a lot of people in Europe think," he said. More than half of people aged 16 to 24 in France and Germany use TikTok, according to data.ai. He is worried the platform poses "several unacceptable risks for European users," including "data access by Chinese authorities, censorship, [and] tracking of journalists." Why Europe's tone is changingLast month, ByteDance admitted to using two journalists' TikTok data to locate their physical movements, according to a widely-reported internal memo.

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Apple, Roku, Peloton, Plug Power, Target & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Piper Sandler initiates coverage of Albemarle as overweight Piper said in its initiation of the lithium company that it sees "sharp" earnings increases. Jefferies reiterates Alphabet as buy Jefferies said Alphabet's multiple is near a "15-year trough," which makes for an attractive risk/reward. Goldman Sachs reiterates Tesla as buy Goldman said it likes Tesla's "strong orders at lower prices" after the company's earnings report on Wednesday. Bank of America reiterates Peloton as buy Bank of America said it's bullish on Peloton heading into earnings next week. Needham reiterates Roku as buy Needham said it's bullish on Roku's decision to build its own TV.

☆ A Parasite May Explain Why Some People Are Driven to Start a Company
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

When wolves in Yellowstone National Park get infected with a cat parasite called Toxoplasma gondii, they become more likely to leave their packs and start new ones. The Yellowstone wolf data hints that it's just the side effect of a protozoan inhabiting our brains in a failed attempt to make more protozoa. So why would any of this make an infected wolf want to start its own pack? That was the suggestion of an influential 2006 paper titled "Can the Common Brain Parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, Influence Human Culture?" Just because Toxo might drive an alpha male to start a company, that doesn't mean it'll be a successful company.

☆ Pixaera is vying to be the Roblox for the corporate world. It used this 11-slide pitch deck to raise $5.7 million for its VR platform used by BP and General Electric.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A startup aiming to be the Roblox for the corporate world has raised $5.7 million. Pixaera develops games that companies can use to offer employees more engaging training. Check out the 11-slide pitch deck the London-based startup used to raise the funds below. A British gaming startup that wants to become the "Roblox for professional learning" has raised $5.7 million in fresh funding. "What I saw is from 2014, 2015, when I started trying VR, the companies that were looking at this space were either learning companies or technical companies that aren't gaming-first," he said.

☆ Read Shopify's leaked email to staff detailing a new talent review to root out a fresh 'baseline' for performance
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Shopify announced plans to revamp its performance management tools in a company-wide email. Silas said in a company-wide email on Friday that the new performance evaluation product is a continuation of that work. At one point, Silas' email refers to Shopify as a "high-performing sports team," which could be a nod to CEO Tobi Lütke's past notes about company culture. News of the revamped performance system comes as Shopify's workforce reels from the company's July layoffs of roughly 1,000 people. Other upcoming releases leading in to 2023Launching our New Performance Management approachConsistent internal taxonomy around job titles, groups and our structure.

☆ Wall Street analysts see short-term pressure for Alphabet following earnings miss
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Carmen Reinicke | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Revenue also came in short at $69.09 billion where Wall Street analysts anticipated $70.58 billion. Those weaker-than-expected results were driven by a slowdown in ad spending and a slip in revenue at YouTube, areas where analysts expected growth. Citi analyst Ronald Josey cut his price target on the company to $120 from $140 to reflect slower revenue growth and margin pressures. A leaner Alphabet Alphabet announced that it would slow hiring in the coming quarter in a move to increase efficiency. "We believe advertising, content and product sales are converging, and GOOGL appears to be ahead of this trend, which is promising."

☆ Inside a college student's 'abusive' summer from hell on Wall Street
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A college student shared his experience as an investment banking intern. Insider recently spoke to an intern whose dreams of working on Wall Street were squashed after he spent the summer of 2022 working for a midsize investment bank in Chicago. The analyst recalled seeing a full-time analyst on his team get reamed out by an managing director on email for a mistake that wasn't his fault. But despite having disciplined the analyst over email with whole deal team copied, the managing director never apologized, the intern said. He recalled, for example, being at the gym after 8 p.m. one night when a managing director emailed him to start work on something.

☆ 2 of Russia's most modern multi-role fighters are leading Putin's air war over Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Sebastian Roblin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Two of Russia's most modern fighters have led its air war over Ukraine: the Su-30SM and the Su-35S. Two of Russia's most modern multi-role fighters have spearheaded Moscow's air war over Ukraine: the two-seat Sukhoi Su-30SM (code-named Flanker-H by NATO) and its successor, the single-seat Su-35S Flanker-E. Su-35S units active in UkraineSu-35S jet fighter of the Russian Air Force taking off, Kubinka, Russia. Artyom Anikeev/Stocktrek Images via Getty ImagesThe Russian Air Force (VKS) is currently receiving the last of 128 Su-35s ordered, most now committed to the war in Ukraine. Russia evidently lacks enough longer-range/endurance surveillance and combat drones to hunt Ukrainian air defense assets through laborious optical scanning.

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Persons: Read, —, I'd, doesn't Organizations: Service, Southwest, Southwest ®, Rapid, FDIC Locations: rideshare

☆ Ia românească, sărbătorită și pe timp de pandemie
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-04 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +4 min

Organizatorii evenimentului și-au propus nu doar valorificarea costumului autentic popular românesc, ci și a portului etniilor conlocuitoare din R. Moldova, cunoașterea pieselor componente ale costumului și ale simbolurilor acestuia, precum și promovarea tehnicilor de confecționare a costumului popular pe plan național și internațional. Cu același prilej, în incinta Muzeului, a avut loc conferinţa ştiinţifică „Portul popular românesc: asumarea tradiţiei ca practică socială şi cercetare”. Astfel, piesa principală a costumului popular românesc este cămașa, termenul de ie fiind atribuit doar cămășii femeiești. Cămașa este croită în formă de cruce, dintr-o singură bucată de pânză și cu o deschizătură în partea de sus. Ia este o cămașă tradițională românească de sărbătoare, confecționată din pânză albă, bumbac, in sau borangic și împodobită cu mărgele și broderii la mâneci și la gât.

Persons: stan, Elisabeta, Maria Organizations: Ziua Universală, Etnografie, Român, Universală Locations: Moldova, Chișinău

☆ "Ziua Portului Popular", organizată la UTM
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-27 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Tradiţiile au renăscut la Universitatea de Stat din Moldova, unde a fost organizată în premieră "Ziua Portului Popular". "Gala Performanţei, care se află la a zecea ediţie, a devenit o parte integrantă foarte frumoasă şi s-a îmbinat armonios cu sărbătoarea portului popular. "Profesorii spun că evenimentul este axat pe promovarea culturii naţionale, a costumului popular şi educaţiei. "Sunt foarte emoţionat, dar în acelaşi timp sunt mulţumit că într-adevăr am primit studii de calitate şi cum este o tradiţie frumoasă să purtăm port naţional, aşa este o tradiţie a unui USM-ist adevărat să ducă faima universităţii. ""Anii de studiu au fost foarte plăcuţi şi foarte productivi, încărcaţi, dar au adus rezultate pe măsură."

Persons: Tradiţiile, studenţie Organizations: Universitatea de Stat, Popular, Arte Locations: Moldova

☆ „Cu mândrIE, dor de IE”: Ziua Națională a Portului Popular, la Chișinău // Fotoreportaj
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-27 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Jurnal.md„Cu mândrIE, dor de IE”: Ziua Națională a Portului Popular, la Chișinău // FotoreportajCămăși, ii și alte piese ce fac parte din costumele populare specifice întregului spațiu românesc, confecționate cu drag de basarabence pasionate de frumos, au putut fi azi admirate, dar și procurate, la Muzeul Național de Etnografie și Istorie Naturală din Chișinău. Evenimentul a fost organizat cu ocazia Zilei Naționale a Portului Popular, zi instituită prin lege în Republica Moldova cu șase ani în urmă, care se serbează în fiecare ultimă duminică din luna iunie. În acest an evenimentul a fost organizat în contextul elaborării și depunerii de către Ministerul Educației, Culturii și Cercetării al Republicii Moldova și Ministerului Culturii al României, pe 29 martie anul curent, a dosarului „Arta cămășii cu altiță-element de identitate culturală în România și Republica Moldova", spre a fi înscris în Lista Reprezentativă UNESCO. Jurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.mdJurnal.md

Organizations: Ziua, Etnografie, Evenimentul, Ministerul Educației, Culturii, Cercetării, Ministerului Culturii, UNESCO Locations: Chișinău, Republica Moldova, Republicii Moldova, României, România

☆ Ia moldovenească a devenit un element vestimentar popular în garderoba oamenilor contemporani
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Cusută cu multă iscusință, ia moldovenească a devenit un element vestimentar popular în garderoba oamenilor contemporani. De Ziua Universală a Iei, promotorii costumelor tradiţionale au prezentat autenticitatea cămășilor naţionale adaptate tot mai des la viaţa de zi cu zi. ", a spus meşterul popular, Raisa Lungu. Şi Stela Moldovanu, cea care a lansat comunitatea "MăiestrIA", este o promotoare a iei moldoveneşti. În ultimii ani, ia moldovenească a devenit un trend şi la ceremoniile festive.

Persons: . Raisa Lungu, Meşterul, Raisa Lungu, Stela Moldovanu, Mariana Stepuleac Organizations: Universală Locations: Chişinău, moldoveneşti, ţării

☆ Comitetul Naţional Olimpic şi Sportiv a prezentat echipamentele membrilor delegaţiei moldoveneşti care vor participa la Olimpiada de la Tokyo
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Olimpicii moldoveni vor avea trei ţinute la competiția din Japonia. Este un costum foarte frumos. "Aceste costum va fi purtat de Maria Olărașu, care va concura în proba de caiac-canoe. Este un costum foarte ușor din cămală albă, sacou și o pereche de pantaloni. Este ușor și comod.

Persons: Anastasia Nichita, Nicolae Juravschi, Cristina Badica, Georgeta Blanaru, Maria, Daniela, Georgeta Organizations: Național Olimpic Locations: Japonia, Republica Moldova

☆ Comitetul Naţional Olimpic a prezentat echipamentele membrilor delegaţiei moldoveneşti care vor participa la Olimpiada de la Tokyo (FOTO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Persons: Anastasia Nichita, Nicolae Juravschi, Cristina Badica, Georgeta Blanaru, Maria, Daniela, Georgeta Organizations: Național Olimpic Locations: Japonia, Republica Moldova

☆ UE// La Colibași se produc ii datorită suportului GAL
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +2 min

Iaconi Elena, din s. Colibași, raionul Cahul, câțiva ani în urmă a creat un atelier de croitorie și reparție a hainelor. Atelierul este solicitat atât de locuitorii s. Colibași cât și cei din satele învecinate. Datorită suportului GAL Lunca Prutului de Jos din banii oferiți din fonduri europene, Elena oferă încă un serviciu – coaserea ielor tradiționale. „Înaintea proiectului am deschis acest atelier ce prestează servicii de croire și coasere a hainelor în satul Colibași. De aici și a venit denumirea proiectului „Ie de Colibași”.

Persons: Elena, Colibași ”, Elena Iaconi Organizations: A.O, Cahul, Uniunii Europene, Uniunea Europeană, UE, Agenția, Cooperare, Germaniei, Presei Locations: Colibași, Cahul, Raionul Cahul, Republica Moldova

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