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ROME, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Italian authorities on Wednesday said forty-one migrants are thought to have died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, according to accounts by survivors who have been taken to the island of Lampedusa. Local public prosecutor Salvatore Vella confirmed media reports that four people who survived the shipwreck told rescuers they were on a boat carrying 45 people, including three children. They were then transferred onto an Italian coast guard vessel and disembarked in Lampedusa, where they shared their story. The Italian coast guard did not respond to a request for comment. A source with knowledge of the matter said it was unlikely that the shipwreck experienced by the survivors was one of two the coast guard had reported on Sunday.

Persons: Salvatore Vella, Tunisia's, Vella, Federico Maccioni, Federica, Keith Weir, Crispian Balmer, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Watch, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Lampedusa . Local, Italian, Lampedusa, Sfax, Italy, Europe

☆ Norway evacuates thousands from worst floods in decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A person walks in mud after extreme weather Hans hit Valdres, near Oslo, Norway August 8, 2023. NTB/Cornelius Poppe via REUTERSOSLO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Norway evacuated thousands of people as rivers swelled to their highest levels in at least 50 years on Wednesday and homes and businesses were submerged or swept away by landslides. Innlandet county, one of Norway's worst hit areas, said many people were isolated by the floods and that first responders may not be able to reach those in need. On Monday, a Swedish train derailed when a railway embankment was washed away by floods, injuring three people. Authorities in Norway and Sweden maintained red alerts, their most severe flood warnings, for several regions on Wednesday.

Persons: Hans, Valdres, NTB, Cornelius Poppe, Terje Solsvik, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: REUTERS, Hove, TV2, Authorities, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Oslo, Norway, REUTERS OSLO, Innlandet, Nordic, Finland, Sweden, Swedish

☆ Drought in Spain empties reservoirs, forces limits on water use
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Horaci Garcia | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Residents enjoy Boadella reservoir, which is 20% of its capacity, as Spain braces for the third heatwave of the summer near the Spanish-French border, in Darnius, Spain, August 6, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho DoceAGULLANA, Spain, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Artur Duran holds his hand out by his waist to show the level of water he remembers two years ago at the Darnius Boadella reservoir in northeastern Spain. Catalonia's authorities last week imposed new water usage restrictions on 22 villages around the reservoir, near the French border, as the aquifer supplying them is also emptying. Several heatwaves recorded in Spain and wider Europe this summer have worsened the drought, lowering reservoirs' levels as water evaporation and consumption increased, said Ruben del Campo, spokesperson for Spain's meteorological agency AEMET. The village of Agullana with 900 residents has been keeping its water usage below the 200-litre cap for several months, but its mayor said further steps will be implemented.

Persons: Doce, Artur Duran, sunbathed, Ruben del Campo, Josep Jovell, Horaci Garcia, Joan Faus, Andrei Khalip, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Authorities, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Spain, Spanish, Darnius, Catalonia, Spain's Andalusia, Europe, Agullana

☆ Graffiti artists tag Milan's famed Galleria arcade
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A general view of graffiti on the arch of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the prestigious shopping arcade at the heart of Milan, Italy August 8, 2023. REUTERS/Viviana VenturiMILAN, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Graffiti artists have scaled and tagged the soaring stone entrance to Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the prestigious shopping arcade at the heart of the city. Local police said the group were spotted around 10:20 p.m. (2020 GMT) on Monday night but disappeared before officers could catch them. The 19th century Galleria is home to shops, restaurants and hotels that could have been used to gain access to the site. Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari Writing by Keith Weir, Editing by Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Vittorio Emanuele II, Viviana Venturi MILAN, Emanuele II, Matteo Salvini, Giulio Piovaccari, Keith Weir, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: REUTERS, Galleria, Local, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Milan, Italy

☆ The Wide World of Puppetry Converges on New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Laurel Graeber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Saturday, the festival will host a round-table discussion with Lee’s troupe, the Mettawee River Theater Company. “What I want people to experience while they’re here is that the world is whatever you decide to make it for yourself,” said Matthew Sorensen, who curated the shows of Lee’s work. And everywhere, Lee gave castoffs new life: Piano keys serve as puppet teeth, and can lids as eyes. An open mailbox becomes the head and jaws of a dragon; the ribs of a baby carriage form its body. Many, she added, illustrate Lee’s method of taking “what’s just right there” and “exploring what it can do.”

Persons: Lee, Henry Hudson, Brendan Schweda’s “ Barnacle Bill, ”, “, Ralph Lee’s, Ralph Lee, Matthew Sorensen, Kitamura ”, Casey Compton, Lee’s, “ what’s Organizations: Theater Company

Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. regulations define milk as a “lacteal secretion” obtained by milking “one or more healthy cows.” — Got Almond Milk? Those chemicals, the researchers said, may be especially irritating to the lungs and can cause damage when inhaled. — Dozens of Young People Hospitalized for Breathing and Lung Problems After Vaping (Aug. 14, 2019)3. titmice — any of several small birds:But enterprising birds can be mischievous. Like the titmice and other Parids that steal hair from dogs, raccoons and even humans, probably to fortify their nests.

Persons: lacteal, acetal, Duke, Young, —, unceded —, ecocide ”, ”, Vergollo, — Michael Batayeh, trimaran, Barth, Erick Clement, “, ” — Alexander Toradze Organizations: Food and Drug Administration, Yale, Art Schools, Johnsons, Racing Locations: New, Hudson, St

☆ Russia is jamming 'sophisticated' US weapons being used in Ukraine, making them useless, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Both sides are waging a battle to jam the electronics of missiles and other weapons. Clark told the BBC that Russian technologies were able to jam missile GPS coordinates, disable Ukrainian drones, and suppress Russian radar signals that were used by Ukraine to identify targets to attack. Like many long-range missiles, they rely on GPS coordinates to be guided to their target. They have a greater range than the HIMARs long-range missiles that Ukraine used to drive back Russian forces in a counteroffensive last year, The Defense Post reported. They were also one of a number of weapons that Ukraine's Western allies hoped could help Ukraine in its new counteroffensive to drive back Russian invaders.

Persons: Bryan Clark, Clark, Mr Clark, It's Organizations: Service, Hudson Institute, BBC News, BBC, Royal United Services Institute, Defense Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, US, Ukraine

☆ Hedge fund performance in July was muted. But Citadel distanced itself from Point72, Millennium, and other competitors.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Top multi-strategy hedge funds trailed the stock market in July. Citadel led the pack, gaining 1.3% last month and pushing its 2023 tally to 8.6%. Verition bested most of its peers, gaining 1.2% in July. The world's largest hedge funds, meanwhile, posted more muted gains. Among its multi-strategy hedge fund peers, Ken Griffin's $59 billion Citadel remains second to none, gaining 1.3% in July in its flagship Wellington fund.

Persons: Verition, Ken Griffin's, It's, Marshall Wace Eureka Organizations: Citadel, Citadel Wellington, Hudson, International, Representatives Locations: Wellington

☆ MLB roundup: Marlins rally repeatedly, beat Phils in 12
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Webb (9-9) went seven innings and allowed only a pair of first-inning runs. Matt Wallner hit a three-run homer for the Twins, who lost for the sixth time in seven games. Yankees starter Gerrit Cole (10-2) settled down after a shaky beginning and allowed two runs on four hits in seven innings. Dylan Cease (4-5) was knocked out after 1 2/3 innings, having matched a season worst by allowing seven runs. Ragans (3-3), who was recalled from Triple-A Omaha prior to the game, gave up seven hits and one walk while striking out a career-high eight.

Persons: Josh Bell, Rich Storry, Jesus Sanchez, Sanchez's, Alec Bohm, Brandon Marsh slugged, Miami's Jorge Soler, Dansby Swanson, Jeimer Candelario, Christopher Morel, Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki, Drew Smyly, Michael Fulmer, Buck Farmer, Ronald Acuna Jr, Austin Riley, Matt Olson, Acuna, Lucas Giolito, Riley, Olson, Davis, San Francisco, Logan Webb, Webb, Camilo Doval, Tyler Gilbert, Rosario, Miguel Rojas, Mookie Betts, Jason Heyward, Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles, Tony Gonsolin, Shea Langeliers, Devin Williams, Alex, Andruw Monasterio, Christian Yelich, Chas McCormick, McCormick, Yainer Diaz, Phil Maton, Oscar Gonzalez, Nick Sandlin, Alec Burleson, Lars Nootbaar, Louis, Tyler O'Neill, Jordan Walker, Dakota Hudson, Jack Flaherty, Matt Wallner, Joe Ryan, Ryan, Julio Rodriguez's, Cal Raleigh, Matt Brash, Andres Munoz, John Schreiber, Gary Sanchez, Juan Soto, Seong Kim, Fernando Tatis Jr, Xander Bogaerts, Joe Musgrove, Nick Martinez, Ray Kerr, Zack Short, Riley Greene, Jake Rogers, Javier Baez, Eduardo Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Yusei Kikuchi, Grayson Rodriguez, Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Volpe, Shane McClanahan, Gerrit Cole, McClanahan, Corey Seager, Josh Jung, Marcus Semien, Dane Dunning, Dylan, Seby Zavala, Cole Ragans, Michael Massey, Aroldis Chapman Organizations: Miami Marlins, gatorade, Philadelphia Phillies, Marlins, Phillies, Cubs, Reds, Chicago, Braves, Angels, League, Atlanta, Giants, Diamondbacks, Arizona, The Giants, Dodgers, Oakland, Nationals, Brewers, Washington, Milwaukee, Astros, Houston, Cardinals, Twins, Minnesota, Mariners, Red Sox, Seattle, Boston, The Mariners, Cal, American League, Padres, Rockies, Diego, Colorado, Triple, El, Tigers, Pirates, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles Dodgers, Blue Jays, Orioles, Toronto, Baltimore, Yankees, Rays, York, Tampa, Rangers, White Sox, Texas, Royals, Mets, Kansas City, Thomson Locations: Miami , Florida, USA, loanDepot, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Angeles, Los, Cleveland, Boston, Denver, El Paso, Texas, Arlington , Texas, York, Omaha

☆ Pilots at Australia's national airline made sexist, misogynistic remarks about female colleagues and the company's CEO in an online forum, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some Qantas Airways pilots made sexist remarks about female colleagues in an online chatroom. Pilots at Australian national airline Qantas made disparaging, sexist comments about female colleagues and the company's CEO Vanessa Hudson in an online forum, the Herald Sun reported Tuesday. The forum hosted misogynistic comments and remarks dating back as far as 2018, the outlet reported. In a statement to Insider Qantas' chief pilot Dick Tobiano said: "These comments are completely unacceptable. He added: "We have many talented female pilots at Qantas and we want to encourage a lot more of them.

Persons: Vanessa Hudson, Hudson, Dick Tobiano, Aviation hasn't, Davida Foreshaw, Foreshaw Organizations: Qantas Airways, Qantas, Australian, Pilots, Herald Sun, Aviation

[1/8] Pope Francis speaks as he meets with authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in the Cultural Centre of Belem during his apostolic journey to Portugal on the occasion of the XXXVII World Youth Day, in Lisbon, Portugal, August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo MangiapaneLISBON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Pope Francis promised on Wednesday to continue to "stir things up" in the Catholic Church as he moves on with reforms and changes that could leave a lasting legacy. The 86-year-old pope is making his first trip since intestinal surgery in June and uses a wheelchair and cane. A huge billboard raising awareness of clerical sexual abuse was put up overnight in Lisbon hours before Francis' arrival. Francis will also visit Fatima, the town north of Lisbon where the Church believes that the Virgin Mary appeared to three poor shepherd children in 1917.

Persons: Pope Francis, Guglielmo Mangiapane LISBON, Francis, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Filipa Almeida, Almeida, Coracao Silenciado, Fatima, Virgin Mary, Philip Pullella, Catarina Demony, Patricia Rua, Alexandra Hudson, Alison Williams Organizations: Cultural, Belem, REUTERS, Catholic Church, Sunday, Thomson Locations: Portugal, Lisbon, Rome, Brazil, Ukraine, Europe, Western

PARIS, Aug 1 (Reuters) - France plans to evacuate hundreds of French and European citizens from Niger over the next 24 hours, its foreign minister said on Tuesday, days after a junta seized power in the west African country. She estimated that hundreds of French citizens and hundreds of citizens from other EU countries wanted to be evacuated. The United States, Germany, and Italy have troops in Niger on counter-insurgency and training missions. Colonna said France had talked with authorities in Niger to make sure the evacuation could proceed safely. A spokesperson for the EU Commission said EU utilities had sufficient inventories of natural uranium to mitigate any short-term supply risks.

Persons: Mohamed Bazoum, Catherine Colonna, France's, Colonna, France, DESTABILISATION, France's BFM, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russia's Wagner, Orano, Bazoum, Michel Rose, Sudip Kar, Layli, Blandine Henault, Charlotte van Campenhout, Ingrid Melander, Nellie Peyton, Christina Fincher, Alex Richardson, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Islamic, Kremlin, EU Commission, Nigerien, Regional, ECOWAS, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: France, Niger, West, Central Africa, Russia, Islamic State, al Qaeda, Sahel, Niger's, Niamey, Italy, United States, Germany, Russian, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea

☆ Niger coup: Europeans evacuated from West African country as neighboring juntas warn against intervention
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Joseph Ataman Larry Madowo Caitlin Hu Shirin Faqiri Sana Noor Haq | Joseph Ataman | Larry Madowo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —France was preparing to evacuate French and European citizens from Niger on Tuesday after a presidential coup plunged the West African nation into a political crisis that polarized neighboring countries in the region. A message from the French embassy to French citizens in Niger, seen by CNN, instructed those wishing to be evacuated to bring food and water with them while they wait before boarding. Stringer/ReutersFrance and the European Union also cut off financial aid to Niger following the coup. Niger has “endemic problems, poverty, and terrorism, so there are many factors contributing to instability in the country,” Hudson added. In the wake of the deposition, some Nigeriens expressed their anger against the legacy of French colonialism and its continued influence in the West African country.

Persons: Catherine Colonna, Antonio Tajani, Mohamed Bazoum, Major Amadou Abdramane, Stringer, insurgencies, Bazoum, Cameron Hudson, ” Hudson, Issifou Djibo Organizations: CNN —, French, LCI, Embassy, CNN, Italian Foreign Ministry, West African States, Getty Images Security, Reuters, European Union, Nigerien, Niger, Center, Strategic, International Studies, World Bank, French Armed Forces, National Assembly Locations: CNN — France, Niger, West, France, Niamey, ”, Nigerien, Italy, Burkina Faso, Mali, Sahel, AFP, Reuters France, Guinea, Niger ., Niger’s, Africa’s Sahel, Nigeria, Western, Russia, Elysee, Moscow

☆ Instacart drivers say they'd rather quit and work for McDonald's or DoorDash after the company slashed their minimum order pay from $7 to $4
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Instacart shoppers are considering leaving the platform after it cut base pay for filling orders. Last week, Instacart started paying its gig workers as little as $4 in base pay per order, Insider reported on Monday. Base pay is an amount that Instacart shoppers and drivers are guaranteed to make if they accept an order, though they can earn more from customer tips. Daniel Danker, Instacart's chief product officer, told Insider that the company pays "guaranteed batch earnings that are 2x higher than other app-based companies." On a Reddit page for Instacart shoppers, some workers say a traditional job is starting to look more appealing.

Persons: Instacart, Daniel Danker, aren't, InstaCart, they've, That's, Alexia Hudson, I've Organizations: Service, Base, McDonalds, Workers, Instacart Locations: Wall, Silicon, Charlotte , North Carolina

☆ A Senator’s New Wife and Her Old Friends Draw Prosecutors’ Attention
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Tracey Tully | More About Tracey Tully | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But their whirlwind romance has taken a sudden dark turn. Mr. Menendez, the 69-year-old Democratic chairman of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, is under investigation by the Justice Department for the second time in less than a decade. And this time, his wife is also in prosecutors’ cross hairs. Unlike her husband, who took a seat on a New Jersey school board as a 20-year-old and rose to prominence in Hudson County’s famously sharp-elbowed political scrum, Ms. Menendez, 56, has lived a mainly private life. She is described by friends, acquaintances and two former lawyers in much the same way: social, smart and highly fashion-conscious.

Persons: Menendez, Ms, Hudson County’s Organizations: Foreign Relations, Justice Department, U.S, New York University Locations: Manhattan, New Jersey, New, Bergen County, N.J

☆ She bought an airplane ticket she thought was a scam. Then her future husband was on board
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Like Martina, Leslie was skeptical – the price seemed too good to be true. There was a seat next to Martina, but Leslie didn’t want to overstep any boundaries by inviting himself to sit there. Martina Johnson and Leslie JohnsonOver the next week, Martina and Leslie enjoyed their respective adventures in and around Nairobi. Leslie JohnsonA few days later, once Martina and Leslie were both home in the US, Martina sent him a text. Around a year and a half after their airplane meeting, in December 2016, Leslie and Martina traveled to London together.

Persons: Martina Jones, Martina, “, ”, Leslie Johnson, Leslie, who’d, They’d, Leslie –, –, he’d, ” Leslie, He’d, Martina Jones Johnson, Leslie didn’t, nudging Martina, Martina Johnson, ’ ” Leslie, fretting Leslie, she’d, Martina's, DeRonn Kidd, Leslie texted, She’d, they’d, ” Martina, Daniel Johnson, Will, Holly, Leslie’s Organizations: CNN, Washington D.C, CNN Travel, Schiphol Airport, Familia, Newark Airport, San, Leslie Johnson Travel, Martina, Black Locations: Washington, New York City, Nairobi, Kenya, London, South Korea, Southeast Asia, New Jersey, Hudson, Amsterdam, Barcelona, he’d, ”, African, Midtown, Newark, Ohio, Michigan, San Francisco, Delaware, Costa Rica, Maldives, “ London, Columbus , Ohio

☆ Obsessed With the Ocean, Susan Casey Takes the Plunge
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Alexandra Alter | More About Alexandra Alter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Her deep sea adventures were exhilarating, and occasionally harrowing. Given how massive and important it is, why do you think we’ve paid so little attention to the deep ocean? It took a really long time for people to understand that there is life throughout the entire water column. When you hit the seafloor, there’s a whole other ecosystem that extends even below the seafloor. So, this vast, vast, vast, vast majority of our world is down there in the dark.

Persons: Casey, Vescovo Locations: Hawaii, Bahamas, Hudson

☆ Instacart just slashed pay for delivery drivers — from a minimum of $7 per order to $4. Now they're more reliant on your tips.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Alex Bitter | Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Instacart has cut its minimum base pay to $4 from $7 per order, angering many who work for the app. The cut affects base pay, or an amount that Instacart workers are guaranteed to get if they accept an order. Instacart announced the lower base pay in a July 20 blog post entitled "creating new ways to earn." In the post, Instacart said orders that involve picking and delivering many items "may pay $10 or more" in base pay. Lower base pay means more reliance on tipsBoth Hudson and the driver in Tennessee said that the base pay cut makes customers' tips a more important source of income.

Persons: Instacart, Daniel Danker, Danker, I've, Alexia Hudson, she's, it's, Sergio Avedian, Guy, That's, Uber Organizations: Service, Instacart, Shoppers Locations: Wall, Silicon, Instacart, Tennessee, Indiana, South Carolina, Charlotte, she's, Los Angeles

☆ ‘Blair Witch Project’ Actor Lists 200-Year-Old Hudson Valley Home for $4.275 Million
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Sarah Paynter | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, blair Locations: hudson

☆ Niger response: 'Washington has to thread a very difficult needle'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —The United States and its Western allies are faced with a difficult conundrum as they navigate potential responses to the military takeover in Niger if democratic rule is not restored. Experts told CNN that punitive measures could push Niger toward Russian mercenary groups like Wagner and away from its partners in the West. US officials have said there are no indications that the organization was involved in the military takeover. We don’t really know who this new general is” who has seized power, she told CNN. Felbab-Brown told CNN that Prigozhin is trying to “personally” take advantage, given his “precarious” place following his failed revolt.

Persons: Biden, Vedant Patel, John Kirby, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, ”, Cameron Hudson, ‘, Antony Blinken, Vanda Felbab, Brown, Bob Menendez, Jim Risch, Kirby, Mohamed Bazoum, Gen, Abdourahamane Tiani, Bazoum, “, ” Hudson, Kamissa Camara, Camara, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, We’re, ” Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, “ It’s, Prigozhin, Putin, shouldn’t, ” Kirby, Blinken, United Nations Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Kamala Harris, Bola Tinubu, African Affairs Molly Phee, Hassoumi Massoudou, Mahamadou Issoufou “, Patel Organizations: CNN, US State Department, Nigerien, State Department, National Security Council, Experts, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Central African, West, Brookings, Senate Foreign Relations, Democratic, US Institute of Peace, Russian Foreign Ministry, African Union, Economic, West African States, United Nations, African Affairs, Nigerien Foreign, ” State Department Locations: United States, Niger, Russian, Africa, “ Washington, Sahel, Mali, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Niamey, “, Hudson, Russia, St . Petersburg, Moscow, Sudan, New Zealand, Nigeria

☆ With quarterly beat, Procter & Gamble flexes its ability to win in any economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Procter & Gamble (PG) showed once again its ability to raise prices on its many household staples without damaging sales volume — one of the key reasons to own this stock in an uncertain economic environment. The company also delivered organic growth in all product categories and across all geographies in which it operates. Foreign exchange was a 3 percentage point headwind not reflected in organic growth. At the company level, the team has now notched seven straight quarters of 5% or better organic sales growth. Notably, all 10 major product categories posted organic sales growth in the quarter, with five growing double digits.

Persons: Gillette —, it's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Proctor, Tiffany Hagler Organizations: Procter, Gamble, Tide, Management, Enterprise, CNBC, Gamble Co, Geard, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: buybacks, U.S, China, Europe, America, Hastings, Hudson , New York

☆ Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson on Q2 results: Our underlying growth is still high-single digit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | 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 EmailSanofi CEO Paul Hudson on Q2 results: Our underlying growth is still high-single digitSanofi CEO Paul Hudson joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's quarterly results after its earnings beat estimates, new drug launches, rest of the year outlook, and more.

Persons: Paul Hudson Organizations: Sanofi

☆ Review: Young Bros and Maidens Harmonize in ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Jesse Green | More About Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And this production, directed by Amanda Dehnert for the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, intensifies the youth-crush factor with 10 emo songs. Let’s start with the charming: The catchy songs, by Dehnert and the Chicago-based composer André Pluess, tap the sappy heart of summer and are danceable to boot. That the songs don’t match the story structurally is probably an insuperable problem. “Love’s Labor’s Lost,” with or without the British “u,” is a very youthful, disjointed text, its thin thread of plot repeatedly cut by clowns, dullards, puns, pomposities and noodling that goes nowhere. By the time you get to the masque near the end, featuring impenetrable spoofs of the nine classical “worthies,” you may doubt young Shakespeare’s judgment of worthiness.

Persons: Shakespeare, callow, Amanda Dehnert, Hudson, Dehnert, André Pluess, ” Organizations: Shakespeare Locations: Chicago

☆ Why Pure Grade A Maple Syrup Is So Expensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Pj Rickards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Once pierced, century-old maple trees drip sap referred to as liquid gold. It will take roughly 50 gallons of these drops to make one 1 gallon of 100% pure Grade A maple syrup. Farms in the Hudson Valley, New York State, can sell that gallon for over $200, almost 29 times more than popular imitation syrup. Despite the price, Grade A maple syrup is incredibly sought-after. So much so that C$18 million worth of it was stolen in one of the largest heists in Canadian history.

Locations: Hudson Valley , New York State

☆ Beyond the City, Summertime Theater That’s Worth the Drive
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Laura Collins-Hughes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This company has a knack for magnificent vistas. Its new home is high above the Hudson River in Garrison, N.Y., with breathtaking views. Picnicking, should you care to, is very much part of the preshow experience, and performances are alfresco, under a sturdy, festive, big white tent. But productions here often use the landscape just outside for striking tableaus, with the tent’s wide, arced entrance framing bits of action on the sloping lawn. (hvshakespeare.org)

Persons: Henry V ”, Davis McCallum, Amanda Dehnert, André, Penelope ”, ”, Eva Steinmetz, Alex Bechtel, Grace McLean, Steinmetz Locations: Garrison, N.Y

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