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☆ Foreign workers killed working on U.S. bases likely didn't get compensation required by U.S., report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Andrew W. Lehren | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Tens of thousands of workers from Nepal, the Philippines and other developing countries took jobs at U.S. military bases in Afghanistan. Called third-country nationals, or TCNs, because they were not from the U.S. or Afghanistan, they worked as cafeteria workers, janitors and often armed guards for the bases. When a car bomb or other Taliban attack occurred, Afghans and TCN contractors “were far more likely to be killed or injured,” said the report. During the interviews, Coburn and Gill found 12 different contract workers injured or killed who did not appear to have received proper compensation. When contractors are found to have violated insurance requirements, there is little punishment, according to the report.

☆ 'She Said' review: Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as the New York Times reporters who helped break the Harvey Weinstein story
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“She Said” nevertheless joins a long tradition of movies about dogged reporters exposing injustice, and in this case helping spawn a sweeping movement. The film is adapted from the book by New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, which might explain why the work of Ronan Farrow is mentioned but conspicuously shortchanged. Setting that aside, the heart of “She Said,” which begins with Twohey (Carey Mulligan) reporting on Donald Trump, centers on her collaboration with Kantor (Zoe Kazan) to lay bare the predatory behavior of Harvey Weinstein. Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan play New York Times reporters in the fact-based movie "She Said." (The film’s producers include Brad Pitt, who has spoken of confronting Weinstein back when he was dating Gwyneth Paltrow.)

☆ Chinese Property Bonds Set Record Lows as Investors Lose Faith
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Rebecca Feng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

HONG KONG—The bottom has fallen out of the market for bonds from Chinese property developers. The dollar bond prices of real-estate companies in China have plummeted to new lows, with some trading below 10 cents on the dollar. That reflects a loss of investor confidence in the sector, following a series of bond defaults that have shortchanged international investors, and a unrelenting downturn in the country’s property market.

☆ Finance CEO Sallie Krawcheck is so convinced you should 'buy the f---ing latte' that her company Ellevest now sells a $23 reusable cup that says it
▼ + stars: | 2019-07-24 | by ( Tanza Loudenback | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Former Wall Streeter Sallie Krawcheck railed against a common personal finance trope encouraging people to stop buying their morning coffee in an op-ed published by Fast Company in May. Krawcheck's company Ellevest, a digital investing platform for women, recently began selling a $23 ceramic cup emblazoned with the phrase "buy the f---ing latte" on its website. "You have our permission to drink whatever you like from this cup: latte, iced latte, unicorn latte, green tea matcha latte, chai tea latte, water, whiskey, feminist power. To drive the message home, Krawcheck's company Ellevest, a digital investing platform for women, has begun selling a cheeky coffee cup on its website, artfully emblazoned with the phrase "buy the f---ing latte." "You have our permission to drink whatever you like from this cup: latte, iced latte, unicorn latte, green tea matcha latte, chai tea latte, water, whiskey, feminist power.

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