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☆ Here are the nominations for the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Tufayel Ahmed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Oppenheimer" leads the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards nominations with 13 nods. The 2024 BAFTA Film Awards take place on February 18. Advertisement"Oppenheimer" is the one to beat at the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards, scoring 13 nominations, it was announced Thursday. "Poor Things" has 11 nominations, and "Killers of the Flower Moon" has nine. The 2024 BAFTAs, hosted by former "Doctor Who" star David Tennant, are set to take place on February 18 in London.

Persons: Oppenheimer, —, Who, David Tennant, Napoleon, Fantasia Barrino, Sandra Hüller, Carey Mulligan, Maestro, Vivian Oparah, Margot Robbie, Barbie, Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, Colman Domingo, Rustin, Paul Giamatti, Barry Keoghan, Cillian Murphy, Teo Yoo, Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, Claire Foy, Rosamund Pike, Da'vine Joy Randolph, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr, Jacob Elordi, Ryan Gosling, Paul Mescal, Dominic Sessa, Andrew Haigh, Justine Triet, Alexander Payne, Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Glazer, Arthur Harari, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, David Hemingson, Josh Singer, Celine, Cord Jefferson, Tony McNamara Organizations: Service Locations: London

☆ BAFTA Film Awards nominations 2024: See the full list of nominees
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The nominees for the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards have been announced, with “Oppenheimer” leading the charge with 13 nominations. There were few surprises from the British Academy, with strong awards season favorites faring well, including Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” with 11 nominations and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” with nine. Standing out from the crowd was “The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer’s unique film about the Holocaust, which achieved nine nominations. “Barbie” received nods in five categories, including Margot Robbie for best actress, but did not land a best picture nomination. The awards ceremony, hosted by actor David Tennant, will be held at the Royal Festival Hall, in London, on February 18.

Persons: “ Oppenheimer ”, Martin Scorsese’s, Jonathan Glazer’s, “ Barbie ”, Margot Robbie, “, ”, Lily Gladstone, David Tennant, “ Oppenheimer, Napoleon ” “, Wonka, Michael J, Andrew Haigh, Justine Triet, Alexander Payne, ” Bradley Cooper, “ Maestro ” Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Glazer, Cord Jefferson, ” Christopher Nolan, Tony McNamara, Arthur Harari, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, “ Barbie ” David Hemingson, Josh Singer, “ Maestro ” Celine Song, Barry Keoghan, Saltburn ” Bradley Cooper, “ Maestro ” Cillian Murphy, “ Oppenheimer ” Colman Domingo, “ Rustin ” Paul Giamatti, ” Teo Yoo, Carey Mulligan, “ Maestro ” Emma Stone, “ Barbie ” Sandra Hüller, Vivian Oparah, Dominic Sessa, Jacob Elordi, Saltburn, Paul Mescal, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr, “ Oppenheimer ” Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Danielle Brooks, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Emily Blunt, Rosamund Pike, Sandra Hüller, Robbie Robertson, Ludwig Göransson, Jerskin, ” Anthony Willis, “ Saltburn ” Daniel Pemberton, Jacqueline Durran, “ Barbie ” Jacqueline West, Dave Crossman, Janty Yates, “ Napoleon ” Ellen Mirojnick, Holly Waddington, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer, “ Barbie, Jack Fisk, Adam Willis, Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman, Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa, Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś, Katarzyna Sikora, Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper, Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Alex Wuttke, Henry Badgett, Charley Henley, Ewen Martin, “ Napoleon ” Simon Hughes, Hair Kay Georgiou, Thomas Nellen, Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy, Bell, “ Maestro ” Jana Carboni, Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber, Julia Vernon, “ Napoleon ” Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston, Laurent Sénéchal, Thelma Schoonmaker, Jennifer Lame, Yorgos, ” Paul Watts, Rodrigo Prieto, Matthew Libatique, Maestro ” Hoyte van, Robbie Ryan, Kahleen Crawford, Susan Shopmaker, Isabella Odoffin, Ellen Lewis, Rene Haynes, Angelo Bonanni, Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff, Bernard Weiser, “ Ferrari ” Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, Dean Zupancic, Maestro ” Chris Burdon, James H, Mather, Chris Munro, Mark Taylor, Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Gary A, Rizzo, Johnnie Burn, ” “ Gorka, Phoebe Dynevor Ayo, Jacob Elordi Mia Mckenna, Bruce Sophie Wilde Organizations: CNN, British Academy, Royal Festival Hall, “ Society, Fox, “ Guardians, “ Locations: London, British, “

☆ Take a look inside the US' Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a Cold War-era crewed spy satellite that never made it to space
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Manned space operationsAn illustration of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory. Then-US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara publicly unveiled the program in December 1963, and President Lyndon B. Johnson formally approved the project in August 1965. "This program will bring us new knowledge about what man is able to do in space," Johnson said at the time. It will develop technology and equipment which will help advance manned and unmanned space flights. "The system was resource-limited because it was a film system, not electronic like we have now.

Persons: Robert McNamara, Lyndon B, Johnson, Richard Truly Organizations: Manned, Laboratory, US Air Force, National Reconnaissance Office, Cuban Missile, MOL Locations: Vietnam, America, Soviet Union

☆ Bond yields will come down from their fever pitch in 2024. How to prepare your portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Expect to work a little harder for those fixed income returns in the new year. As a result, it may be time to start unwinding those big cash positions and adopt a longer-term mentality for fixed income investments. A runup in bond yields is accompanied by a decline in prices, and the two move inversely to one another. The sector "remains well positioned to maintain its high credit quality, driven by solid state credit quality and strong state financial support, despite soft enrollment trends," analyst Kathleen McNamara wrote last week. Consider dollar cost averaging into those longer-dated positions, incrementally building up exposure to intermediate duration bonds.

Persons: Jerome Powell, it's, Kathy Jones, Shannon Saccocia, Jones, Nicholos Venditti, Kathleen McNamara, Schwab's Jones, Barry McAlinden, Michael Bloom Organizations: Schwab Center, Financial Research, Bond, SEC, Muni Bond ETF, Allspring Global Investments, UBS

☆ Opinion: ‘The Golden Bachelor’ women gave me what I needed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Opinion Amy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Yet I was one of the millions tuning into “The Golden Bachelor” premiere because I wanted to know how they would handle aging. As an older mom, I am fascinated by the media’s portrayal of older women. Consider this: the women of “The Golden Girls” — Blanche, Dorothy and Rose — were in their 50s in 1985, when the show about old women began. “Is anyone watching ‘The Golden Bachelor’ and thinking, ‘maybe I shouldn’t be so scared to get older…. “I feel like as someone in her 20s it’s scary, like how am I going to look when I’m older?

Persons: Amy Klein, “, Amy Klein Mira Zaki, Gerry Turner —, —, it’s, Mary McNamara, Michelle Cottle, They’re, they’re, Xer, I’m, ” Cottle, John Fleenor, Vladimir ”, she’s, frailty, Alice, — Blanche, Dorothy, Rose —, Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, Manolo Blahnik, ” Charlotte, Galit Nimrod, ”, ” It’s, Gerry, ’, Eva Gutowski, ” Ellen Goltzer, Marina Perera Organizations: CNN, Nation, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Walt Disney Company, Max, verve Locations: Worth

☆ London’s Black Cabs Can Soon Join Uber. But Will They?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Isabella Kwai | More About Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Uber said it needed several hundred drivers to sign up in order to launch the service. But many London cabdrivers had a scathing response. “We don’t need a partnership with Uber,” said the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, a union that represents a majority of the city’s nearly 18,000 cabdrivers, in the headline of a release on Wednesday. There was “no demand” for such a partnership from taxi drivers, the union’s general secretary, Steve McNamara, said in a statement, adding that their members were unlikely to even consider joining the platform. “If they were offering double the meter and no commission, I still wouldn’t sign up with them.”

Persons: sweetening, Uber, London cabdrivers, ”, Steve McNamara, Howard Taylor Organizations: Taxi Drivers Association Locations: London

FanDuel Sportsbook on Sunday listed Iowa as a 22 1/2-point underdog for Saturday night's game in Indianapolis. “Yeah, we’ve been here before,” coach Kirk Ferentz said Sunday. Iowa began the season with a number of players suspended and facing legal action for underage sports wagering. Offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz, son of Kirk Ferentz, was told by the athletic administration a month ago that he would not return next season. “Rings from my ears, Bo Schembechler — the team, the team, the team,” Harbaugh said.

Persons: Sportsbook, we’ve, Kirk Ferentz, “ We’ve, We’ve, Jim Harbaugh, Chris Partridge, Cade McNamara, Luke Lachey, Erick All, Cooper DeJean, Brian Ferentz, Ferentz, we've, ” Harbaugh, Sherrone Moore, Sarah, Rod Moore's, Harbaugh, Bo Schemechler's, Bo Schembechler, ” Organizations: Big, Hawkeyes, Saturday, Wolverines, Iowa, Purdue, College Football, West, Harbaugh, Nebraska, Ohio State, AP Locations: Iowa, Michigan, Indianapolis, ” Michigan, Chris Partridge . Iowa

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California police officer involved in a controversial shooting last year has resigned after the discovery of racist text messages he wrote, including some making light of the shooting, a police chief says. Mark McNamara, who joined the San Jose Police Department in 2017, quit last week after being notified of an investigation into his offensive messages, Police Chief Anthony Mata told the Bay Area News Group. McNamara shot and wounded Green, who is Black, after Green appeared to have quelled a fight that broke out inside an eatery near San Jose State University. Political Cartoons View All 1234 ImagesIn a text message dated the day after the shooting, McNamara appears to refer to Green with a racial slur. Other messages from June 2023 appear to have been sent while McNamara was being interviewed by the City Attorney’s Office and Green’s legal team, which sued the city over the shooting.

Persons: Mark McNamara, Anthony Mata, Mata, McNamara, “, K’aun, Green, San Jose State University . Green, Adanté Pointer, Steve Slack Organizations: JOSE, Calif, San Jose Police Department, Police, Bay Area, San Jose State University ., City Attorney’s, San Jose Police, ’ Locations: California, San

☆ Haleon CEO Brian McNamara sits down with Jim Cramer
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Haleon CEO Brian McNamara sits down with Jim CramerHaleon CEO Brian McNamara sits down with 'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer to talk quarterly earnings, the consumer healthcare industry, consumer trends and more.

Persons: Brian McNamara, Jim Cramer

"Some are still just coming down that final stretch to open, especially for the fall-winter season, but we've come a long way and town is ready for the winter season. “We’re open for business and ready to go,” Mark Verespy, owner of The Killarney pub, said of the town. He isn’t sure yet what he will do with the flood-damaged Mr. Darcy’s Bar & Burger next door, but if he rebuilds, it won’t be ready for the winter season. After the flooding, Okemo, which sits on higher ground, was able to reopen its bike park, summer camp and scenic lift rides in late July. Now it’s preparing for the winter season and plans to start snowmaking next month.

Persons: Ludlow, Brendan McNamara, we've, Mark Verespy, McNamara, Troy Caruso, Darcy’s, ” Caruso, snowmaking, ” Courtney DiFiore, you’d, they’d, ”, David Del Tufo, It’s, Lisa Del Tufo, —, “, we’re Organizations: Vail Resorts, “ Locations: LUDLOW, Vt, Vermont, ” Ludlow, Killarney, “

NEW YORK (AP) — Errol Morris has just sat down with a reporter when his wife calls. The film, which opens Friday in select theaters and on Apple TV+, is based on le Carré's 2016 memoir of the same name. AP: The central, mysterious metaphor of le Carré's, “The Pigeon Tunnel" — a tunnel that funnels pigeons to shotgun-wielding men — looms throughout the film. Morris: I’ve often compared the writing to a Kafka parable, except John le Carré wrote it. I say to (le Carré) at some point: “History is chaos.” And he agrees, “History is chaos.”

Persons: — Errol Morris, “ I’m, ” Morris, ”, Morris, John le Carré, “, “ Tinker, le, David Cornwell, It's, Ed Gein, Robert Bloch’s, Alfred Hitchcock’s, … Morris, It’s, Ed Gein’s, Didn’t Freud, I’ve, Robert McNamara, vindicating, —, Saul Kripke, David, Steve, Bannon Organizations: Apple, Research Locations: British, Waushara County , Wisconsin, Morris

☆ Errol Morris Did Not Like This Q&A About His le Carré Film
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Talk Errol Morris Did Not Like This Q&A About His le Carré FilmJohn le Carré’s spy novels traffic in the philosophical, emotional and practical ambiguities complicating concepts like truth, deceit and self-awareness. “The reason that I made ‘The Pigeon Tunnel,’” he said about le Carré, “is that he is interested in philosophical questions. I say to le Carré that for him the world divides into two groups: string-pullers and dupes. Mark Lipson, via Fourth Floor ProductionsWhat does John le Carré say about your position as an interviewer at the beginning of the film? I have a question about this idea that le Carré has: that the world divides into string-pullers and dupes.

Persons: Errol Morris, John le Carré’s, David Cornwell, Morris, ”, le, John le Carré, Igor Martinovic, le Carré, I’m, —, “, Rudolf Hess’s, Robert McNamara, You’ve, ” —, Louise, Geez Louise, someone’s, Satan, Mark Lipson, Barack Obama’s, you’re, you’ve, David Cornwell’s, coy, Godard, It’s, David, Cornwell, Errol, David Marchese, Alok Vaid, Menon, ordinariness, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Downey Jr Organizations: Apple, Sony Pictures, Everett, Whitney Biennial, Marvel Locations: British

☆ Biden, Trump and the 2024 Field of Nightmares - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A half-dozen at-bats later, a Mookie Wilson ground ball went through Buckner’s wobbly legs, sending the World Series to Game 7 and a certain 6-year-old Red Sox fan to bed in desperate tears. Those tears were my first acquaintance with the harsh truth of a baseball aphorism: The ball will always find you. Obviously, this is a column about President Biden’s age. But not only about Biden, because America has been running a lot of Buckner experiments of late. And she almost did — but in the end, her legacy was reshaped and even unmade by a decision to stay too long on the political field.

Persons: John McNamara, Bill Buckner —, Dave Stapleton, Biden’s, Buckner, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s, Donald Trump, Dave Stapleton —, Mike Pence — Organizations: Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Red Sox, Biden, Trump Locations: America

☆ Bank of America says it's an official economic recovery now so history points to these stocks outperforming ahead
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

There appears to be an economic rebound taking place — and history shows ways to play it in the market, according to Bank of America. "It's official: we're in a Recovery," wrote strategist Savita Subramanian in a note to clients Sunday. An average recovery lasts nine months, though shorter durations seen in recent history raise concern that this one may not have staying power, she said. Still, the average analyst has a hold rating on the stock, according to LSEG. The average analyst has a hold rating on the stock, but price targets imply an upside of more than 7% on average.

Persons: Savita Subramanian, Subramanian, FactSet, Piper Sandler, John Barnidge, Barnidge, AIZ, Newell, Canaccord, Brian McNamara, McNamara, Molson Coors, Bud, Invesco, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Bank of America, Wall, Newell Brands, LSEG, destocking, Anheuser, Busch InBev, Bud Light, TAP BUD, Molson Coors, Busch Inbev, Molson, ZOA Energy Locations: U.S

☆ ‘Poor Things’ Takes Top Prize at Venice Film Festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Nicolas Rapold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Poor Things,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, was awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on Saturday by a competition jury led by Damien Chazelle. The film stars Emma Stone in a virtuoso performance as a woman with an initially childlike understanding of the world who comes into her own through a sexual and philosophical journey. Bella Baxter, the main character in the film, “wouldn’t exist without Emma Stone,” Lanthimos said. Like many other actors in films screened at the festival, Stone was not in attendance, as the strike by SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents television and movie actors, continued. Set in a partly fantastical 19th-century Europe, “Poor Things” follows Bella (Stone) on her eye-opening adventures in Tony McNamara’s adaptation of the 1992 Alasdair Gray novel.

Persons: ”, Yorgos Lanthimos, Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, Bella Baxter, ” Lanthimos, ” Stone, Lanthimos, Stone, Tony McNamara’s, Alasdair Gray, Willem Dafoe, Bella’s, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo Organizations: Lion, SAG Locations: Venice, Europe, Bella

☆ Venice Film Festival: Emma Stone Is a Bizarro Barbie in ‘Poor Things’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | More About Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And you thought Barbie’s creation myth was head-spinning! “Poor Things,” which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, often plays like a wild, art-house remix of Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster doll opus. But this is no family film: As baby-brained Bella starts to come of age, her lack of inhibitions steers her toward sexual situations that had the Venice moviegoer next to me squirming in his seat. Quite literally a child in a woman’s body, Bella can barely string words together and is given to shocking outbursts. Even gaining control of her limbs is a challenge: Bella lurches through Baxter’s mansion like a zombie dressed in drag, which I suppose she kind of is.

Persons: Billie Eilish, “ Barbie, Bella Baxter, “, ”, Emma Stone, Yorgos Lanthimos, she’s, Willem Dafoe, Greta Gerwig’s, brained Bella, Alasdair Gray, Tony McNamara, Bella, Dafoe’s Dr, Godwin Baxter, McCandles, Ramy Youssef, Bella lurches Locations: Venice

☆ Hundreds join largest Loch Ness monster hunt in 50 years in Scotland
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Volunteers get ready to take off in the Loch Ness Project Research Vessel, Deep Scan, as they take part in the largest Loch Ness Monster hunt for 50 years in Scotland, Britain, August 27, 2023. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne Acquire Licensing RightsLOCH NESS, Scotland, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of hopeful volunteers joined a two-day hunt for Scotland's fabled Loch Ness monster on Saturday and Sunday, in what organisers described as the biggest search for the elusive "Nessie" in more than 50 years. The Loch Ness Centre, which partnered with voluntary research team Loch Ness Exploration to organise "The Quest", said they would be using surveying equipment that had not previously been tried at the loch, including thermal drones. "We all got a bit excited, ran to go make sure the recorder was on and it wasn’t plugged in." "I chose the Loch Ness monster as my essay assignment, and I thought, 'oh 20 years later it comes full circle so I might as well come and join the hunt' since I heard it was happening," she said, adding that so far they had not found any evidence.

Persons: Russell Cheyne, Alan McKenna, St Columba, Caroline McNamara's, Nessie, Kylie MacLellan, Giles Elgood Organizations: Volunteers, Research, REUTERS, Loch, Thomson Locations: Loch Ness, Scotland, Britain, NESS, London

☆ Are office buildings the next 'Big Short' or the next widow-maker trade? The trader behind the ubersuccessful mall short shares his playbook for making money without flaming out.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Dan McNamara's Polpo Capital is shorting office real estate, a risky move that could be lucrative. If you're looking for a doomsday vision of commercial real estate, you can find it there. "I don't think this is the 'Big Short,'" McNamara told me. This doesn't mean he doesn't have a game plan to make money off cultural shifts that could forever change the state of commercial real estate. Lucas Jackson/ReutersWhere he's going longOne risk of shorting real estate is that it's more susceptible to what's known in real-estate circles as "extend and pretend."

Persons: Dan McNamara's, McNamara, it's, It's, shorting, Carl Icahn, Jim Chanos, Brendan McDermid, Dan McNamara, McNamara's, Braver Stern, Dan McNamara McNamara's, suede loafers, McNamara didn't, Josh Nester, Polpo, he's, Morgan Stanley, Kamil Sadik, Lucas Jackson, Manus Clancy, You've, David Tepper's, Trepp's Clancy, Clancy, David Tepper Organizations: Central Park, New, Polpo, New York University, Columbia, Kynikos Associates, Enron, Asset Management, Reuters, UBS, Co, Societe Generale, Securitized Credit Partners, Credit Suisse, MP, Fund, Bloomberg, of America, Simon Property, Federal Locations: Manhattan, Sixth, Central, New York City, New York, MatlinPatterson, America, China, Italy, Westchester , New York, Tribeca, York, Westchester, Waterford , Connecticut, Baltimore, San Francisco

☆ Investors look beyond Turkey rate hike disappointment, for now
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jorgelina Do Rosario | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"There is a huge gap between rates and inflation, but investors still have faith in this policy shift," Peach said. "They will tolerate a gradual tightening cycle if the key rate rises towards 30% at the end of the year." International bonds are still widely held by foreign investors, though much less so the domestic ones exposed to the lira currency's wild swings. BETTER BUFFERSRising central bank reserves are another positive sign. JPMorgan raised its inflation outlook for Turkey after the rate hike, now expecting year-end inflation at 57% versus 50% previously.

Persons: Hafize Gaye Erkan, Tayyip Erdogan, Nick Eisinger, Liam Peach, Peach, Paul McNamara, Emre Akcakmak, It's, Cagri Kutman, Jorgelina, Karin Strohecker, John Stonestreet Organizations: LONDON, Vanguard, Capital Economics, GAM Investments, Net, East Capital, JPMorgan, United Arab, KNG Securities, Thomson Locations: Turkey, London, United Arab Emirates, Rosario

☆ This stock could become a 'one-stop shop' for biopharma and rally more than 35%, RBC says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Avantor can show near-term resilience before outperforming in the long term, according to RBC Capital Markets. Analyst Conor McNamara initiated coverage of the health care products stock at outperform. His $27 price target implies a 37.4% upside from where shares finished Tuesday. AVTR YTD mountain Avantor Avantor is well-positioned for the long-term, McNamara said, as the life science tools sector is one of the most attractive in health care. Though the price target would require the stock to trade at historical multiples relative to peers, McNamara said that would be justified after the company's operating improvements in recent years.

Persons: Conor McNamara, McNamara, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: RBC Capital Markets

☆ How Daniel Ellsberg, who died at 92, went from being a disillusioned member of the government-military elite to a hero of anti-war movements
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower behind the Pentagon Papers, died at 92, his family said Friday. David Halberstam, the late author and Vietnam War correspondent who had known Ellsberg since both were posted overseas, would describe him as no ordinary convert. "Without Nixon's obsession with me, he would have stayed in office," Ellsberg told The Associated Press in 1999. Ellsberg's story was depicted in the 2009 documentary "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers." He and Marx wedded in 1970, the year before the Pentagon Papers were made public.

Persons: Daniel Ellsberg, Ellsberg, —, — Daniel Ellsberg, Richard Nixon, Julia Pacetti, Dan, Robert S, McNamara, Lyndon Johnson's, John F, Kennedy, David Halberstam, Johnson, Neil Sheehan, Henry Kissinger, Hannah Arendt, Nixon, Nixon fumed, H.R, Haldeman, Matthew Byrne, Gordon Liddy, Howard Hunt, Byrne, Daniel, Harry Truman, nodded, Ellsberg's, Rand, Anthony J, Russo, Robert, Kissinger, Sen, William J, Fulbright, George McGovern of, Marcus Raskin, Ralph Stavins, Sheehan, Raskin, Stavins, didn't, spry, George W, Bush, Obama, Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Snowden, Patricia Marx, Marx Organizations: Pentagon, Service, Supreme, Defense, Harvard, Democratic, Republican, The New York Times, Washington Post, The Associated Press, National Security, United, U.S, White, Democratic Party's, Washington , D.C, Associated Press, Coast, Rand Corp, Christian Science, Soviet Union overseas, Harvard University, Marines, Ivy League, Defense Department, State Department, Rand, Xerox, Arkansas, Foreign Relations Committee, Institute for Policy, Times, ., Army, New York Times, Massachusetts Institute, Technology's Center for International Studies Locations: Boston, Los Angeles, Vietnam, Indochina, U.S, France's, America, United States, Beverly Hills , California, Washington ,, Saigon, Santa Monica, Chicago, Detroit, Pearl, London, Germany, Japan, Santa Monica , California, George McGovern of South Dakota, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia

☆ Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked 'Pentagon Papers,' dies at 92
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Bill Trott | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

In his later years Ellsberg would become an advocate for whistleblowers and leakers and his "Pentagon Papers" leak was portrayed in the 2017 movie "The Post." Courtesy Daniel Ellsberg Papers, Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, UMass Amherst Libraries. Ellsberg secretly went to the media in 1971 in hopes of expediting the end of the Vietnam War. Courtesy Daniel Ellsberg Papers, Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center, UMass Amherst Libraries. He said he was inspired to copy the "Pentagon Papers" after hearing an anti-war protester say he was looking forward to going to prison for resisting the draft.

Persons: Daniel Ellsberg, Ellsberg, Long, Edward Snowden, Robert S, Henry Kissinger, Robert McNamara, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Baines Johnson, CourtesyDaniel Ellsberg, John F, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Gordon Liddy, Howard Hunt, Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Carol Cummings, Patricia Marx, Bill Trott, Kanishka Singh, Dan Grebler, Diane Craft Organizations: U.S, Wikileaks, University Archives Research Center, UMass Amherst Libraries, Nixon, State Department, Harvard, Marine Corps, Pentagon, RAND Corporation, Ellsberg's, Chiefs, Staff, RAND, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York Times, The Times, Washington Post, Times, FBI, UMass, Libraries, National Security Agency, WikiLeaks, Thomson Locations: Vietnam, Kensington , California, America, Saigon, United States, Boston, U.S, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, American, Chicago , Illinois

☆ Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers leaker and anti-war activist, dies at 92
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Washington CNN —Daniel Ellsberg, a former military analyst and anti-war activist whose disclosure of the so-called Pentagon Papers revealed systemic US government deception about the Vietnam War, has died, his family announced in a statement. As part of his work with RAND, Ellsberg had access to classified documents that demonstrated how the US government had systemically lied to the public about the war, and Ellsberg felt compelled to reveal the information. In a letter to his friends that he shared on social media in March, Ellsberg reflected on his decision to leak the Pentagon Papers. “It was a fate I would gladly have accepted if it meant hastening the end of the Vietnam War, unlikely as that seemed (and was). “No organization really wants to show how the sausage is made or legislation is made, and they prefer to be the only voice on policy to the public,” Ellsberg told NPR.

Persons: Washington CNN — Daniel Ellsberg, Ellsberg, ”, “, ” Ellsberg, “ Daniel, systemically, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Robert McNamara, Lyndon B, John F, Ngo Dinh Diem –, Nixon, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, “ It’s, Chelsea Manning, Roe, Wade, Patricia, Robert, Mary, Michael Organizations: Washington CNN, New York Times, Press Foundation, RAND Corporation, RAND, The New York Times, Times, Washington Post, Pentagon, Committee, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Harvard University, Marine Corps, Harvard, International Security Affairs, State Department, White House, WikiLeaks, NPR Locations: Vietnam, Kensington , California, Chicago, Detroit, United Kingdom, Amherst, Iraq

☆ The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Eyal Press | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Dean’s essay caught my eye, too, because I spent much of the previous few years reporting on moral injury, interviewing workers in menial occupations whose jobs were ethically compromising. There are, of course, plenty of doctors who like what they do and feel no need to speak out. But more and more doctors are coming to believe that the pandemic merely worsened the strain on a health care system that was already failing because it prioritizes profits over patient care. They are noticing how the emphasis on the bottom line routinely puts them in moral binds, and young doctors in particular are contemplating how to resist. They’re the instruments of betrayal.”Not long ago, I spoke to an emergency physician, whom I’ll call A., about her experience.

Persons: roustabouts, I’d, “, Will, Ming Lin, Lin, Robert McNamara, ” Dean, Jonathan Shay, ”, couldn’t, she’d Organizations: St, Joseph Medical Center, Blackstone Group, Temple University Locations: Bellingham, Wash, Philadelphia, United States

☆ Turkish lira crashes as new government sets sights on ‘rational’ policies
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Markets are also waiting for the appointment of a new central bank governor to replace Sahap Kavcioglu, who spearheaded interest rate cuts under Erdogan’s unorthodox policies. Bankers say the lira’s continued gradual depreciation will lead to improved market conditions and halt a decline in central bank reserves. But it sparked a record lira crisis in 2021 and sent inflation to a 24-year high above 85% last year. Erdogan is considering appointing Hafize Gaye Erkan, a senior finance executive in the United States, as central bank governor, Reuters reported Monday. Erkan would be the country’s fifth central bank chief in four years, after Erdogan fired previous governors as part of frequent policy shifts.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Erdogan, Mehmet Simsek, Simsek, Sahap Kavcioglu, ”, Tim Ash, “, Hafize Gaye Erkan, Erkan, Paul McNamara Organizations: BlueBay Asset Management, Bankers, Reuters, Simsek, GAM Locations: Turkish, United States, Ankara, Turkey

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