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☆ 15 of the best modern Shakespeare adaptations to watch now
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

"Anyone but You" incorporates direct quotes from "Much Ado About Nothing." Brook Rushton/SonyIt wasn't marketed as such, but 2023's "Anyone but You" is a relatively straightforward adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing," Shakespeare's comedy about scheming and falling in love. The main characters are named Ben (Glen Powell) and Bea (Sydney Sweeney) after Benedick and Beatrice from the play. That line is from the first scene of "Much Ado About Nothing" and spoken by Don Pedro. In the film, Don Pedro is turned into Pete, Ben's best friend.

Persons: Brook Rushton, Glen Powell, Bea, Sydney Sweeney, Beatrice, Ben, Don Pedro, Ben's Organizations: Sony

☆ The 75 most impactful TV moments are debuts, farewells and historic firsts
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

These and more indelible moments appear on the Television Academy’s new list of the 75 most impactful moments in TV history, spanning introductions, endings and history-making events. MTV premieres with its first music video – “Video Killed the Radio Star,” 198113. “All in the Family” – viewers meet the working-class Bunker family, 197135. 8.” M*A*S*H” series finale, 198326. But these classic TV moments that stirred audiences when they first aired are still resonant and frequently referenced in contemporary culture.

Persons: Martin Luther King Jr, Mister Rogers, Clemmons, Whitney, George Floyd’s, Lucy ”, Neil Armstrong, O.J, Simpson, Ford Bronco, Walter Cronkite, John F, Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr, Nixon, Barack Obama’s, Rodney King’s, Princess Diana’s, Queen Elizabeth II’s, Rodney King, William Shatner’s Captain Kirk, Nichelle Nichols, Uhura, Nichols, Ellen DeGeneres, “ Ellen ”, Sammy Davis , Jr, Archie, “, Lucy ” – Lucy Ricardo, Little Ricky, Lucille Ball, “ Maude ” – Bea Arthur’s Maude, Kelly Clarkson, – Kirk, Kunta Kinte, LeVar Burton, ”, Matt Zoller Seitz, Kunta, Levar Burton, George Carlin, Gordon, Walter White, Bart, Homer, Ted Turner, Sophia, Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, it’s, hallucinating, King Cole, White Walker, ” – Julia Child, boeuf, “ Julia ” –, Julia, “ Will, Grace ”, James Farley, Tony Soprano, Will Hart, It’s, Hawkeye, “ Newhart, Robert Hartley, Bob Newhart, –, “ Mary Tyler Moore, Mary, Ted Danson’s Sam, Bette Midler, Johnny Carson, weren't, Robb, Catelyn, Ed Sullivan, Elvis, “ Charlie Brown, – Linus, Charlie Brown, Carol Burnett, Lucy ” – Lucy, “ Dallas, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary can’t, Chuckles, “ Seinfeld, Jerry, Will Smith, Chris Rock, Harry Bemis, Kinte, Toby, Elmer Fudd, Siegfried, Bugs Bunny, Michael Jackson’s, Oprah ”, Oprah Winfrey, Robb Stark, Hooper, Big, Mr, offscreen, Bill, Frank, Justin Timberlake, Janet, Luke, Laura get, – Whitney Houston, “ Peter Pan ”, “ Walt, Disney Organizations: CNN, The, Television, “, Space Shuttle, NFL, Ford, Capitol, MTV, Radio Star, ABC, Getty, Variety, Oceanic Airlines, Democratic National, HBO, Super, “ Dallas, Beatles, US, Nazi, Pontiac Locations: Angeles, New York, Southern, Monica, “, Valhalla

☆ Spanish museum may keep Pissarro painting looted by Nazis, US court rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Reuters —A US appeals court said on Tuesday that Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza museum may keep a painting by the French impressionist Camille Pissarro that the Nazis looted from a Jewish woman, rejecting an ownership claim that her heirs have pursued for more than two decades. The 3-0 decision by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, came in one of the oldest Nazi art theft cases, which began in 2005 and reached the US Supreme Court two years ago. After learning where the painting was, Neubauer’s grandson, Claude Cassirer, petitioned for its return in 2001, and sued four years later. The painting (far right) on display at Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum, which acquired the work in 1993. The decision came two years after the Supreme Court threw out an earlier 9th Circuit decision because it misapplied choice-of-law rules.

Persons: Madrid’s Thyssen, Camille Pissarro, “, “ Rue Saint Honore, pluie, Rue, Rue Saint Honore, Lilly Neubauer, Thyssen, Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen, Neubauer’s, Claude Cassirer, David, Madrid's Thyssen, Susana Vera, Judge Carlos Bea, Consuelo Callahan, ”, Spain’s, Thaddeus Stauber Organizations: Reuters, 9th, Supreme Court, “ Rue Saint, Rue Saint, Bornemisza, United Jewish Federation of San Locations: Bornemisza, Pasadena , California, Paris, Nazi Germany, United Jewish Federation of San Diego County, California, Spain, Nazi

The economy was even hotter in the third quarter than initially believed, according to an update Wednesday from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Increased investment and government spending drove the higher estimate. in 3Q23, up from initial estimate of +4.9% … personal consumption revised lower while business investment revised higher,” Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, posted on social media. “Ultimately, excess savings accumulated during the pandemic helped boost consumer spending and delay the onset of recession,” BCA Research wrote on Wednesday. “However, the tailwind from excess savings is ebbing.

Persons: ann, Liz Ann Sonders, Charles Schwab, Consumers, Monday’s Organizations: Gross, BEA, “, Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta’s, Research, San Francisco Fed, BCA, Federal Reserve, Fed Locations: 3Q23, U.S

☆ US economy grows 5.2% in third quarter; higher interest rates eroding momentum
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

The growth pace, which was the quickest in nearly two years, however, likely exaggerated the health of the economy last quarter. Economists polled by Reuters had expected GDP growth would be revised up to a 5.0% rate. Inventory investment added 1.40 percentage points to GDP growth, instead of the 1.32 percentage points estimated last month. Higher wages contributed to the economy growing at a 1.5% rate last quarter, the fastest in a year, when measured from the income side. That suggested trade could be a drag on GDP growth this quarter after being a neutral factor in the April-June period.

Persons: Elizabeth Frantz, Christopher Rupkey, There's, Conrad DeQuadros, Jeffrey Roach, Lucia Mutikani, Chizu Nomiyama, Paul Simao, Andrea Ricci Organizations: REUTERS, Commerce Department, Gross, Commerce Department's, Analysis, Reuters, Federal, United Auto Workers, Treasury, Brean, BEA, Fed, LPL Financial, Thomson Locations: Arlington , Virginia, U.S, WASHINGTON, New York, Charlotte , North Carolina

☆ The US economy's safety net is bigger than anyone thought
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Americans' excess household savings are much higher than previously thought. The household savings rate was revised from an annual average of 7.9% between 2017 and 2019 to 6.5%. This could be good news for the economyPrior to the revisions, though, many economists thought excess savings would run out quickly. A San Francisco Fed study updated in August estimated excess savings would likely be depleted during the third quarter of 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementPerhaps more excess savings than previously thought could cheer up some Americans gloomy about the economy.

Persons: —, Société Générale, Bankrate Organizations: Service, Bureau, JPMorgan, BEA, San, San Francisco Fed Locations: San Francisco

☆ The market has shaken off government shutdowns in the past. Here's what Wall Street expects
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

A government shutdown looming on the horizon could dampen sentiment to start October even as Wall Street wraps up what's been a challenging month and quarter. Many market participants expect that the financial markets and economy will broadly shake off concerns from a shutdown as they have in the past. "The market's probably going to set it aside until or unless it starts to have a larger impact on behaviors." Economic impact Historically, government shutdowns have been relatively short-lived, though they have been longer and more disruptive recently. Meanwhile, Jay Woods, chief global strategist at Freedom Capital Markets, expects the government shutdown is "all bark and no bite" when it comes to market reaction.

Persons: Wells Fargo, Rob Haworth, Wells, Michael Pugliese, Bank's Haworth, Aditya Bhave, Jay Woods, Woods, Jeff Hirsch, Hirsch, Lamb Weston Organizations: RBC Capital Markets, Federal Reserve, U.S . Bank, Nasdaq, BEA, Bank of America U.S, Labor, Freedom Capital, Atlanta Fed's, PMI, Manufacturing, McCormick, ADP, Services PMI, Constellation Brands, Conagra, Consumer Credit Locations: Wells Fargo

☆ US GDP revised down in every first quarter from 2020 to 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

This was most prevalent in first-quarter GDP data, before the government resolved the problem in 2018. GDP in the first quarter of 2020 was revised down to show it contracting at a 5.3% annualized rate, instead of the previously reported 4.6% pace. In the first quarter of 2021, GDP increased at a 5.2% rate rather than the previously published 6.3% pace, with consumer spending revised lower. In 2022, GDP contracted at a 2.0% rate in the first quarter, revised down from the previously reported 1.6% pace. The gap was less than 0.1% of GDP in 2022, revised from −0.6%.

Persons: Dave Wasshausen, Lucia Mutikani, Andrea Ricci Organizations: Analysis, BEA, Gross, Federal Reserve, Thomson

☆ US government shutdown would delay release of key economic data, official says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Lucia Mutikani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

That means the unemployment insurance weekly claims data will also not be published during any shutdown this time. “Most services provided by the Census Bureau would cease, including production of Economic Census data, production of economic indicators, and work on the American Community Survey,” the official said. That means delays in the release of key data, including the retail sales, housing starts and new home sales reports for September. Depending on the duration of the shutdown, the release of the first estimate of third-quarter GDP due in late October could also be delayed. As a self-funding agency, the Fed would continue to release data, policy statements and other reports.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, ” Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S, United States Capitol, REUTERS, Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, Commerce, Analysis, Federal Reserve, Republican Party, Leaders, Republican, House, of Labor Statistics, Biden, Reuters, “, Labor Department, BLS, Training Administration, American Community Survey, Fed Locations: Washington , U.S, Commerce Department’s, U.S

☆ Stock market weakness could continue in week ahead as looming government shutdown adds to fears
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Headwinds are piling up for the market heading into the final week of the month, as September lives up to its reputation as a horrible month for Wall Street. Wolfe Research's Rob Ginsberg pointed out in a note this week that the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) doesn't suggest much fear in markets. "We have a potential shutdown in Washington, as well as the UAW strike, which could potentially create some volatility in jobs data in particular." But investors heading into the final trading week of September will likely see a continuation of those losses, if history is any indication. "We could see the market experience additional weakness over the next several weeks," said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA.

Persons: Wolfe, Rob Ginsberg, VIX, Amy Wu Silverman, Aditya Bhave, Shannon Saccocia, Saccocia, there's, RBC's Wu Silverman, what's, Goldman Sachs, Scott Rubner, Sam Stovall, Michael Bloom, Jeff Cox Organizations: Wall, Dow Jones, Reserve, Bank of America U.S, UAW, CFRA, Costco Wholesale, Nike, Chicago, Dallas Fed, New, Richmond Fed, Costco, Micron, . Kansas City Fed Manufacturing, BEA, Auto, PCE Deflator, Chicago PMI Locations: Washington, Detroit, . Kansas, Chicago, Michigan

☆ BEA Foundation poll shows 78% of Americans support active diversity efforts, says CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | 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 EmailBEA Foundation poll shows 78% of Americans support active diversity efforts, says CEOCharles Phillips, Recognize co-founder and managing partner, and Dr. Tony Coles, The Black Economic Alliance CEO and Regeneron board member, join 'Squawk Box' to discuss a recent poll on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in corporate America, if DEI efforts have been categorized with the word 'woke', and what the public wants companies to do.

Persons: Charles Phillips, Tony Coles Organizations: BEA, Black Economic Alliance Locations: America

☆ The Rising Trend in Private Education: Teeny, Tiny Schools
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Megan Tagami | Photographs Bea Oyster For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Chris Gordon, who has worked at Yellow for 17 years, most recently as a truck driver, said he wasn't informed by supervisors or given any notice about his employment status on Monday when he reported for work. Chris Gordon

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☆ Béa Fertility wants to provide an at-home alternative to IVF. Check out the 9-slide pitch deck the startup used to secure $3.2 million.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The startup aims to develop a more affordable at-home alternative to IVF. A startup that has created an at-home fertility treatment device for consumers has just secured $3.2 million from Octopus Ventures. "A lot of options are out of alignment — so we've opened the fertility pathway and created a treatment that's more affordable." The startup is offering a medical device and treatment kit that delivers ICI. The startup is gearing up to launch a pilot program with the UK's National Health Service and enroll its users in a fertility treatment study.

Persons: Tess Cosad, we've, It's Organizations: Octopus Ventures, ICI, UK's National Institute of Health, National Health Service, UK, Vira Health, Forward Partners, Q Ventures, NHS Locations: COVID, Vira, JamJar

☆ The US economy is surging
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Real gross domestic product, or real GDP, grew at an annualized rate of 2.4%. That advance estimate for the second quarter beat the 1.8% increase expected. A recent GDP preview from Gregory Daco, chief economist of EY, also highlighted strength in the US economy and what it may mean. "Still, the economy continues to face significant headwinds from persistently elevated prices and costs, tightening credit conditions and rising interest rates. That's also much higher than the 3.2% seen in the second quarter of 2022.

Persons: Bill Adams, Jerome Powell, Powell, Gregory Daco, Daco, That's Organizations: Service, BEA, Consumer, Federal Reserve, Comerica Bank's, Fed Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Sinéad O’Connor paid dearly for criticizing the Catholic church. History proved her right
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Following the announcement of Sinéad O’Connor’s death aged 56 Wednesday, her life and music with all their complexities and convulsions have been put back into the spotlight. At first, the act drew widespread condemnation, but in subsequent years this eventually gave way to admiration as the Catholic Church acknowledged and apologized for the sexual abuse perpetrated by members of the clergy, often toward children. Ripping up that photo of the pope defined her career in a “beautiful f**king way,” she told the Guardian in 2021. Joe Pesci hosted the show the following week and in his opening monologue said that O’Connor “was very lucky it wasn’t my show. As the years passed, however, the public’s stance toward O’Connor softened as sexual abuse by members of the clergy became a matter of record.

Persons: Sinéad, Pope John Paul II, Bob Marley’s, ” O’Connor, John Paul II, “, O’Connor, ”, O'Connor, Stringer, Bob Dylan, Joe Pesci, she’s, Joey Buttafuoco, Amy Fisher, Pope Benedict XVI, O’Connor’s, Aisling Bea, sayer, Morrisey Organizations: CNN, Catholic Church, Rolling Stone, SNL, Guardian, Defamation League, Smiths Locations: Irish, United States, London, Antigua, Australia, Ireland

☆ Airport Delays Drive Fliers to Travel by Bus
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Ethan M. Steinberg | Photographs Bea Oyster The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Traveling by Bus Is No Longer a Plan B for Many Americans
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Ethan M. Steinberg | Photographs Bea Oyster The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The Summer Bus Travel Got…Cool?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Ethan M. Steinberg | Photographs Bea Oyster The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Author Jenny Han on How Barbie Inspired Her Writing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Marc Myers | Photographs Bea Oyster The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ See How Much Rain Fell in the Northeast
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Judson Jones | Lazaro Gamio | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

See How Much Rain Fell in the NortheastA slow-moving, unnamed weather system meandered through the Northeast, releasing astounding amounts of water that led to the worst flooding in New England since Tropical Storm Irene. Bridges were washed away and streets in downtown Montpelier, Vt., looked like a Venice canal. River levels over the past four days Winooski River at Montpelier, Vt. 0 ft. 5 ft. 10 ft. 15 ft. 20 ft. Flood stage Winooski River near Essex Junction, Vt. 0 ft. 5 ft. 10 ft. 15 ft. 20 ft. Flood stage Lamoille River at Johnson, Vt. 0 ft. 5 ft. 10 ft. 15 ft. 20 ft.

Persons: Irene, Bea Malsky, “, Phil Scott, Vermont’s, Brian Snyder, Mr, Scott Organizations: Tropical, Weather, United State Military Academy, ”, Weather Service, Reuters Locations: New England, Bridges, Montpelier, Vt, Venice, New York, West, Vermont, Plymouth, Montpelier , Vt, Essex, Johnson, Vermont’s

☆ ‘Moonshine’ Review: CW’s Knockabout Nova Scotia Dramedy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Peter MacNeill in ‘Moonshine’ Photo: Michael Tompkins/Entertainment OneThe kernel of the conflict stirring the mixed nuts of “Moonshine” is that hippies had kids. Ken and Bea Finley-Cullen ( Peter MacNeill and Corrine Koslo ) have for years operated the ever-so-ramshackle Moonshine lake resort in fictional Foxton, Nova Scotia, where they reared their barefoot brood and watched them grow into various varieties of delinquency. Statistically, one of the many kids was bound to turn out “normal,” and the rest of the sibs resent her. It is a clever concept for a dysfunctional family dramedy, despite its echoes of “The Munsters.”

Persons: Peter MacNeill, Michael Tompkins, Ken, Bea Finley, Cullen, Corrine Koslo Organizations: Entertainment Locations: Foxton , Nova Scotia

☆ Take That turn 'Greatest Days' film premiere into a performance
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - British pop band Take That transformed London's Leicester Square into a concert stage on Thursday as they performed some of their tunes at the premiere of "Greatest Days", a film adaptation of their hit musical. A traumatic event pulls the fivesome apart but 25 years later they rekindle their friendship as they reunite for a show by the band. "I don't think it's hit home really what tonight actually really means for us," Barlow said on the red carpet. Barlow, Owen and Donald, who performed at a concert last month marking the coronation of King Charles, are executive producers on the film. Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald, Aisling Bea, Alice Lowe, Barlow, Owen, Donald, King Charles, we've, Robbie Williams, Singer Jason Orange, Hanna Rantala, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Thomson Locations: London's, Europe

☆ Photos show what it's like to be a clam digger in Spain, a profession that's passed down generations and takes about 3 hours a day, 15 days a month
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Alvaro Barrientos | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Other collectors don neoprene waterproofs or river-fishing clothing and wade waist-deep into the cold waters further out in the inlet. Clam diggers Bea Moledo, Ana Abreu and Marisol Rodriguez, from left, look for clams in the estuary of Lourizan, in Galicia, northern Spain, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. AP Photo/Alvaro BarrientosThey use a rake linked to a metal cage to scrape and sift the sand from the seabed before bringing up the catch.

Persons: neoprene, Bea Moledo, Ana Abreu, Marisol Rodriguez, Alvaro Barrientos Organizations: AP Locations: Lourizan, Galicia, Spain

☆ Wendy's customers could soon order from an AI chatbot at its drive-thru that's been trained to recognize customer lingo like 'biggie bags' and 'JBC'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Wendy's is automating its drive-through service and introducing an AI chatbot to take orders. The chatbot has been trained to recognize common abbreviations and lingo that customers use. The chatbot has been trained to recognize customers' lingo when they order items like burgers and fries from Wendy's menu. A spokesperson for Wendy's told Insider in a statement that because customers can fully customize their orders at Wendy's, it leads to multiple different order combinations. Since OpenAI launched its AI chatbot ChatGPT in November and became the fastest-growing consumer app in internet history, businesses have been deploying AI tools to streamline work and complete tasks more quickly.

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