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☆ U.S. back racking up gold while Pan Am Games problems mount
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Problems began early on Sunday when it was discovered the route for the women's 20 kilometre race walk won by Peru's Kimberly Garcia was nearly three kilometres short. After hitting the pause button the United States gold medal machine was back in gear on Sunday adding seven to their total. The Americans opened the Games piling up 59 gold over the first five days but managed just two over the next three. The U.S. also won three of the six gold on offer at the canoe slalom while the other three went to Brazil. Brazil finished the day claiming the gold in women's handball beating their great rivals Argentina 30-18 and in women's basketball with a 50-40 win over Colombia.

Persons: Ashley Twichell, Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil's Viviane, Pan, Peru's Kimberly Garcia, Garcia, Ana Marcela Cunha, Brennan Gravley, Twichell, Lauren Stephens, Ecuador's Jhonatan Narvaez, Steve Keating, Michael Perry Organizations: Santiago, Lima Pan Am, Pan American Athletics Association, Vina, Brazil's Tokyo, U.S, Pan Ams, Guadalajara Games, U.S . Olympic, Tokyo Games, Argentina, Colombia, Thomson Locations: Morros, Santiago, Chile, SANTIAGO, United States, Lima, Brazil, Mar, Paraguay, States, U.S, Mexico, Paris

He taught (“The best leaders overcommunicate” and “Always keep score; there’s always a winner and loser in life”). They made a substantial, substantial investment in me and my family, to combine with them and try to resurrect Georgetown basketball,” said Cooley, whose first regular-season game is Nov. 7 against visiting Le Moyne. I’ve seen the lows,” said Cooley, who went to seven NCAA Tournaments in 12 seasons at Providence. “There’s not an organization — maybe outside of Kansas — that didn’t go through a change, a downfall, a dip. But I think we will improve.”___Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 Basketball Polls throughout the season.

Persons: Ed Cooley, John R, Thompson Jr, “ Let’s, ”, Cooley, Providence —, We’re, overcommunicate ”, “, there’s, Ivan Thomas, Uncle Ed, Patrick Ewing, Thompson, Ewing, It’s, Le Moyne, “ I’ve, I’ve, “ There’s, it’s, ’ It’s, “ I’m, I’m, ” Cooley, Georgetown, Ismael Massoud, LaDontae Henton, ” Thomas, Thomas, you’ll, Coach Cooley, he’s, ” Massoud, John III, ” “ We’re, Jay Heath, “ We’ve, we’ve, “ It’s, ___ Organizations: WASHINGTON, —, Georgetown, Intercollegiate Athletic Center, Big East, Providence, Associated Press, Hoyas, NCAA, ’, Kansas State, Cooley, Arizona State, AP Locations: Hoya, Georgetown, Kansas, Washington , Maryland, Virginia, Providence, Washington, Arizona

☆ Garcia golden after Pan Am Games race walk comes up short
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SANTIAGO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Peru's Kimberly Garcia won gold in the Pan American Games women's 20 kilometre race walk on Sunday but her time was voided after it was discovered the course was several kilometres short. Ecuador's Glenda Morejon took silver and Peru's Evelyn Inga bronze after completing a route which athletes believe was about 3km short. With women's event completed and the men's race about to get underway organisers delayed the start for over an hour to quickly remeasure the route to the official distance. Ecuador's Alexander Hurtado would win the men's gold in 1:19.20 just four seconds ahead of world championship bronze medallist Caio Bonfim of Brazil. "The expert commissioned by APA, Mr. Marcelo Ithurralde, did not take accurate measurements of the route the athletes took during the race.

Persons: SANTIAGO, Peru's Kimberly Garcia, Garcia, Ecuador's Glenda Morejon, Evelyn Inga bronze, Ecuador's Alexander Hurtado, Caio Bonfim, Marcelo Ithurralde, Steve Keating Organizations: Pan American, Lima Pan Am, Pan American Athletics Association, APA, Pan American Sport Organisation, Thomson Locations: Lima, Brazil, Parque O'Higgins, Santiago

☆ Colombia strike gold on Pan Am Games diamond
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

But in the end it was two teams that had never before even reached the final playing for gold, while Mexico beat Panama 10-2 for the bronze. Brazil also bagged two of three gold on the tennis court. Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani beat Colombia's Fernanda Herazo and Paulina Perez 7-5 6-3 to win the women's doubles, while Gustavo Heide and Marcelo Demoliner defeated Chile's Tomas Parrios and Alejandor Tabilo 6-1 2-6 10-7 in the men's doubles final. Once again the mighty United States was shut out of the gold medals but continue to hold strong at the top of the table on 61 gold and 154 total medals. Mexico sit second on 35 gold and 84 total medals followed by Canada (32/88) and Brazil (26/87).

Persons: Colombia's Yuliana Lizarazo, Nicolas Barrientos, Pilar Olivares, Dilson Jose Herrera, righthander Victor Vargas, Alexia Vilhalba Souza Nascimento, Larissa Cincinato, Rafaela Lopes Silva, Michel Natan Felix Augusto, Laura Pigossi, Luisa Stefani, Colombia's Fernanda Herazo, Paulina Perez, Gustavo Heide, Marcelo Demoliner, Chile's Tomas Parrios, Yuliana Lizarazo, Brazil's Stefani, Steve Keating, William Mallard Organizations: Centro deportivo de Tenis, Rights, Pan American Games, Colombia thumped, United, Panama, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Thomson Locations: Santiago, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Colombia thumped Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, United States, Canada

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Peru's Kimberly García thought she set the world record in the women's 20 kilometers walk race at the Pan American Games. They blamed the Association of Pan American Athletics for the mistake. The gross mistake adds to Santiago's woes in the organization of the Pan American Games, which started on Oct. 20 and finish on Nov. 5. García finished her race in a cold and damp morning in 1 hour, 12 minutes and 26 seconds. Political Cartoons View All 1223 ImagesEleven other competitors seemingly finished their race below the world record.

Persons: — Peru's Kimberly García, García, China's Jiayu Yang, ”, Lyra, “, Marcelo Ithurralde, didn't, Garcia, ___ Organizations: Pan American, Association of Pan American Athletics, Pan American Games, Association of Pan, Argentina Locations: SANTIAGO, Chile, Santiago's, del Mar, Santiago, Brazil

☆ Molly Carlson was in a ‘dark place’ prior to Rio Olympics. Now she is inspiring millions to talk about mental health
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Aimee Lewis | Martynas Ruseckas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Cliff diving helped the 25-year-old recover from what she calls a “year from hell,” overcoming loneliness and a binge eating disorder. “When I’m cliff diving, nothing matters other than me and the air, really. “I have the biggest passion for mental health, and I’ve learned so much from my personal experience that now it’s kind of become like my future,” she said. “What I learned during my experience was as soon as you talk about mental health with one person, it becomes real,” Carlson said. Quinn Rooney/Getty ImagesFor Carlson, competing in high diving at the Olympics would be more than just representing her country on the national stage.

Persons: Molly Carlson, Cliff, “, “ I’ve, ”, it’s, Carlson, Instagram, I’ve, ” Carlson, Romina Amato, Red Bull, ’, ’ Carlson, John Proctor, ” Proctor, Proctor, Dean Treml, Rhiannan Iffland, Valery Hache, messaged Carlson, people’s, BraveGang, –, “ We’ve, we’ve, Quinn Rooney, dethrone Iffland Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Pan, Team Canada, Olympic Games, Janeiro Games, Canadian, Olympics, Florida State University, FSU, Florida State Seminole, Atlantic Coast Conference, Getty Locations: TikTok, Fort Frances , Ontario, Canada, Thunder Bay, Nanjing, Montreal, AFP, South Africa, Los Angeles

☆ A woman is suing SharkNinja for claiming that its frying pan is made at temperatures hotter than the sun
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

SharkNinja says its frying pans have a stronger nonstick coating because they're made at 30,000°F. SharkNinja claims that its nonstick pans are manufactured under a maximum temperature of 30,000°F, which is almost three times hotter than the surface of the sun. The company says the super hot temperature ensures that the nonstick coating on its pans is more resistant than competitor pans made at lower temperatures. Brown purchased two 12-inch, nonstick frying pans made by SharkNinja in 2021, according to the lawsuit. As Brown's case unfolds, Mon said he's waiting to see whether SharkNinja will present evidence on additional foods they've tested.

Persons: SharkNinja, they're, —, Patricia Brown, SharkNinja's, Brown, Gonzalo E, Kelley Drye, Warren, Mon Organizations: Service, New, Court, NASA, Washington Post, National Advertising Locations: New Jersey, Danish

☆ Brazil finds Pan Am gold at the beach and in the ring
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The silver was Canada's first medal in women's beach volleyball at a Pan Am Games. A silver medal came with a bonus prize with every fighter in the finals having secured a quota spot for the Paris Olympics. In the women's 75-kilogram Canada's Tammara Thibeault added Pan Am gold to her world and Commonwealth Games titles with a unanimous 5-0 decision over Panama's Atheyna Bylon. "Out of all the tournaments I've been to, I've been able to capture gold and I was missing Pan Ams," said Thibeault. That contribution helped power Mexico into second place on the medal table with 35 gold and 80 total medals.

Persons: Brazil's Ana Patricia Ramos, Eduarda, Silver, Canada's Melissa Humana, Patricia Ramos, Duda Lisboa, Andre Stein, George Souto, Beatriz Ferreira, Ramos, Melissa Humana, Brandie Wilkerson, Canada's, Andre Loyola, Cuba's Jorge Alayo, Noslen Diaz, Marco, Esteban Grimalt, Logan Webber, Hagen Smith, Ferreira, Angie Paola Valdes Pana, Caroline Barbosa, Jucielen, Barbara Maria Dos Santos, Julio Cesar La Cruz, Arlen Lopez Cardona, Joshua Edwards, Jahmal Harvey, Thibeault, Bylon, Wyatt Sanford, I've, Emiliano Hernandez, Duilio Carrillo, Steve Keating, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: Eduarda Santos Lisboa, Pan American, United, Lisboa, Pan Am, Paris, Boxing, Cuba, Olympic, Commonwealth Games, Canada, Pan Ams, Thomson Locations: playa, Santiago, Chile, Brandie, SANTIAGO, United States, Brazil, Chilean, Canadian, Lima, Canada, Mexico

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Once a sports superpower, Cuba now celebrates every gold medal at the Pan American Games. Heavyweight Julio César La Cruz beat Brazil's Keno Machado 4-1 in the final and became the first ever athlete of the sport to win a fourth Pan American gold medal. Dominican Yunior Alcántara reduced the deficit in the Caribbean bout with a gold medal that didn't make him sweat in the final. Cuba is the country with most medals for boxing in the history of the Pan American Games. But that position in Santiago was passed on to Brazil, with four gold medal winners.

Persons: Julio César La Cruz, Brazil's Keno Machado, Arlen López, Wanderley de Souza Pereira, “, La Cruz, ” La Cruz, ”, Saidel Horta, Jahmal Harvey, Alcántara, didn't, Michael Douglas Trindade, ___ Organizations: Pan American, Pan, Cuban, Paris Olympics Locations: SANTIAGO, Chile, Cuba, Communist, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Paris, Barranquilla, Colombian, Cuban, Santiago, Brazil

The Employee Retention Credit was intended to be a financial lifeline to small businesses struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic. Innovation Refunds — a consulting firm that focuses on the ERC — was one of the most visible advertisers during the tax credit's heyday. How Innovation Refunds worksOn its website, Innovation Refunds makes it clear it is not a tax professional. Innovation Refunds markets to clients, determines if they are viable candidates for the credit and then collects businesses' documentation. Some former employees said this could insulate Innovation Refunds from potential liability if ineligible businesses claimed the credit.

Persons: Danny Werfel, Andrew Kelly, Howard Makler, Ty Burrell, Burrell, Rob Domenico, Werfel, Tom Williams, Makler, Kate Rogers, Domenico, Slack, Jenn McCabe, Armanino Organizations: Companies, ERC, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, ERC —, CNBC, Reuters, CPA, Senate, Washington , D.C, CQ, Inc, Getty, LinkedIn, Justice Locations: New York, Washington ,, Des Moines

☆ United States takes gold medal breather at Pan Am Games
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Paul, who had Trinidad and Tobago's only gold at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, successfully defended his title beating training partner Jair Tjon En Fa of Suriname in two consecutive races in the best-of-three final. Mexico had a productive day picking up four gold medals to leap frog Canada and move back into second on the table. The Mexicans continued their domination of the modern pentathlon winning the women's relay event to claim their fourth gold medal of the competition. There were also gold medals taken in the racquetball women's team event while Alejandra Zavala topped the podium in the women's 10 metre air pistol and Yareli Acevedo Mendoza won on the cycling track in the women's Omnium. Editing by Christian SchmollingerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Penaloen, Tobago's Nicholas Lee Paul, Silver, Suriname's Jair, Colombia's Kevin, Nicholas Paul, James Hall, Alexis Lagan, Rachel Tozier, Paul, Jair, Alejandra Zavala, Yareli Acevedo Mendoza, Steve Keating, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: Trinidad, United, United States Pan American Games, Games, Pan Am, Thomson Locations: Santiago, Chile, SANTIAGO, United States, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S, Mexico, Canada, Trinidad, Lima, Fa, Suriname

☆ China's Sept industrial profits extend gains helped by policy support
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Gabriel Crossley/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Profits at China's industrial firms extended gains for a second month in September, adding to signs of a stabilising economy as the authorities launched a burst of supportive policy measures. For the first nine months, profits slid 9% from a year earlier, narrowing from a 11.7% decline in the first eight months, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Friday. A fall in producer prices last month indicated that some industrial firms were still cutting prices to promote sales, putting a drag on overall industrial revenues and profits, Zhou said. The improvement in industrial profits is expected to sustain in the coming months, partly due to the lag effect in domestic macro pump-priming, he added. Industrial profit numbers cover firms with annual revenues of at least 20 million yuan ($2.73 million) from their main operations.

Persons: Gabriel Crossley, Yu Weining, Zhou Maohua, Zhou, Pan Gongsheng, Qiaoyi Li, Ryan Woo, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: II, REUTERS, Rights, National Bureau of Statistics, Graphics, NBS, China Everbright Bank, Thomson Locations: Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, Rights BEIJING

☆ Pan Am Games triggers dreamy talk of Chile Olympics bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"All the lights are green for an excellent Pan American Games in Santiago 2023," said Bach. "And among them could be the Olympic Games or other events of this nature." Brazil parlayed the 2007 Rio de Janeiro Pan Am Games into a successful bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Bubka seemed to indicate Chile and Santiago could do the same. "I think these Pan American Games are a really big step for future goals," Bubka told reporters. UNDER CONSTRUCTIONWhile Olympic talk is flattering it is premature with Santiago yet to prove it can successfully deliver a Pan American Games that in some places still appear under construction.

Persons: Dylan Martinez, Sergey Bubka, Thomas Bach's, Bach, Bubka, Eric Myles, Myles, Steve Keating, Ken Ferris Organizations: Estadio Nacional, Pan, Rights, Pan American, Olympic Committee, Games, Olympic Games, de Janeiro Pan Am, Olympic, Argentina, South, Pan American Games, Parque Estadio Nacional, Canadian Olympic Committee, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Santiago, Chile, Chilean, Brazil, de Janeiro, Uruguay, Paraguay, Spain, Portugal, Morocco

☆ Shiffrin can reach her 100th win this season, says Miller
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Alan Baldwin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 26 (Reuters) - U.S. ski great Bode Miller expects compatriot Mikaela Shiffrin to have another dominant season and would not be surprised if she crowns it by becoming the first Alpine skier to win 100 World Cup races. Shiffrin has 88 career wins after breaking Ingemar Stenmark's long-standing record 86 last season, when she also took 14 victories over the course of the year. Miller, in Austria for the European launch of his Peak Ski Company's recreational skis, said it was not like Shiffrin was some flash in the pan. Miller, who won 33 World Cup races in all five disciplines, said that carried risks but Shiffrin was different. "For me, low on the priority scale is whether or not we can have World Cup races.

Persons: Mikaela, Mike Segar, Bode Miller, Mikaela Shiffrin, " Miller, Shiffrin, Miller, Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, Odermatt, Alan Baldwin, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Austrian, Shiffrin, American, Soelden, Austria, London

BAREFOOT AND WRAPPED in a robe in a hushed Paris hotel suite, 26-year-old entrepreneur and reality star Kylie Jenner is seated at her altar: a vanity. Her longtime hair and makeup artists—who are also her confidantes—hover around her like discreet, black-garbed hummingbirds, making imperceptible tweaks to her long dark hair and flawless skin. It’s several hours before she has to be at the Acne fashion show, but for Jenner, getting ready is half, if not the whole, point. But it’s bigger than that: Do glam, be glam, and you’re ready to conquer the world. No one has profited more from the concept of glam than Kylie Jenner, the youngest of the siblings and the creator of a cosmetics empire that has been valued at over $1 billion.

Persons: Kylie Jenner, —, Jenner, Kardashian, Lindsey Vonn, Kris Jenner, Robert Kardashian, Kourtney, Kim, Caitlin Jenner, Kendall, Kylie, there’s, Rob Locations: Iceland, Hulu

☆ Andrade and MacNeil take Pan Am Games spotlight
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

With marquee names in short supply, Olympic champions MacNeil and Andrade commanded the Pan Am stage, the Canadian tying American Gabi Albiero for first in women's 50 metre freestyle while Andrade soared to the top of the podium in the vault. Simone Biles aside, Andrade might just be the most intriguing athlete competing in her sport in Santiago. Biles may be recognised as the greatest gymnast of all-time but Andrade is the queen of the vault, holding the Olympic, world championship and now Pan Am Games crowns on the apparatus. MacNeil's fourth win in Santiago tied the record for most gold by a Canadian swimmer at a Pan Am Games while her six total medals (four gold, a silver and bronze) also equalled a single Games national mark. Chile enjoyed their best day of the Panamerican Games scooping up three gold to push their total to five while Argentina's struggles continued.

Persons: Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, Agustin Marcarian, Rebeca Andrade, Maggie MacNeil, MacNeil, Andrade, Gabi Albiero, Simone Biles, Biles, Jordan Chiles, Zoe Miller, ”, I’m, Argentina's, Steve Keating, Lincoln Organizations: Centro, deportes colectivos, Rights, Pan American Games, Olympic, Tokyo, Pan Am, Pan, Santiago, Pan Am Games, Canadian, Aquatic, Thomson Locations: Santiago, Chile, United States, Santiago ., Antwerp, Biles, Canadian, Argentina, Grande, U.S, Mexico, Canada

Investors were also excited by Tuesday's approval of an additional 1 trillion yuan ($136.76 billion) of sovereign bond issuance. Drawing investors back into China's $10.5 trillion stock market, particularly the foreign buyers that have fled in droves this year, would stem further slides in a market which fell to its lowest since 2019 earlier this week. "China's central government is endorsing the stock market," said Qi Wang, chief investment officer of UOB Kay Hian's wealth management division in Hong Kong. Huijin last bought ETFs during the 2015 stock market crash, and during the money market liquidity crunch in 2013. Still, China's stock markets have to overcome earlier heavy selling from foreigners, burnt by Xi's previous crackdowns on internet companies and other sectors, and its earlier stringent zero-COVID policy.

Persons: China's, Huang Yan, QiuYang, Huang, Pan Gongsheng, Qi Wang, UOB Kay, Huijin, Fabiana Fedeli, Fedeli, Goldman Sachs, Samuel Shen, Ankur Banerjee, Brigid Riley, Vidya Ranganathan Organizations: Central Huijin Investment, Shanghai QiuYang, People's Bank of China, Sino, CSI, Huijin, China Asset Management Co, Singapore's United Overseas Bank, G Investments, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, SINGAPORE, Shanghai, China, Hong Kong, Tokyo

☆ The best places — and best times — to take a safari
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Harriet Akinyi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

KenyaFor more than 25 years, professional safari guide Geoff Mayes has taken tourists to the best parks in Africa. Amboseli National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is known for its massive elephant population and spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro. In those three, one can track mountain gorillas in Mgahinga National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Another park to consider is the Kidepo Valley National Park, with its sweeping plains and valleys overshadowed by the brooding Mount Morungole. ZimbabweApart from the renowned Hwange National Park, I have also visited Matobo National Park, which has a wide diversity of fauna and plenty of white rhinos.

Persons: I've, revel, Harriet Akinyi, Geoff Mayes, Mara —, Masaai Mara, Mara, you'll, Barack Obama, It's, Luis Davilla, There's, Kruger, Addo, Nogaya, Jason Edwards, Dennis Kahungu, Christopher Kidd, Photodisc, Weaver, Clair, Nxai, Patrick J, Cecil Rhodes, Westend61 Organizations: Mara, Reserve, Kenya —, UNESCO, Heritage, Netflix, National Parks, Kruger, Park, Photodisc, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Queen Elizabeth, Lake, CNBC Travel, Getty, Nature, Kalahari Game Reserve, Kenya, Tourists Locations: Africa, Mugie Conservancy, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Nairobi, Mount Kilimanjaro, Solio Conservancy, Africa Kenya, Johannesburg, iMfolozi, Addo, Uganda Uganda, Kyambura, Lake Mburo, Mburo, Ihema, Inti St, Botswana Botswana, Okavango, Matobo

☆ U.S. casts big net into Pan Am pool in quest for Olympic gold
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Americans finished with a bang, picking up five medals including gold in the women's 1,500m freestyle and the men's 4x100m medley relay. "We cast a huge net the year before the Olympic trials and Olympic Games trying to make sure we give a lot of people opportunity to get international experience which only sets us up to be better in 2024. The Pan Am pool was not without a few big fish. Olympic butterfly champion Maggie MacNeil was the swimmer in the spotlight, claiming five gold medals (100 butterfly, 100 freestyle, 50 freestyle, 4x100 freestyle relay, 4x100 medley relay), the most by a Canadian athlete at a single Pan Am Games. Her total medal haul of seven (five gold, a silver and bronze) is also a single Games high for a Canadian swimmer.

Persons: Rachel Stege, Dylan Martinez, Brent Arckey, Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky, Arckey, LEN European, Brooks Curry, Paige Madden, Jay Litherland, Maggie MacNeil, MacNeil, Steve Keating, Ed Osmond Organizations: Acuatico, U.S, Rights, Pan American, Aquatic Center, Reuters, Olympic Games, Olympic, Pan Ams, Am Games, Thomson Locations: Santiago, Chile, Morros, U.S, Indianapolis, LEN European Ireland, Canadian, Canada, United States

☆ US 'frankly raised' disagreements with China at first financial working group meeting
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 25 (Reuters) - U.S. officials "frankly raised areas of disagreement" with China at the first meeting of a new financial working group, where financial stability, supervision and regulation were discussed, the U.S. Treasury said on Wednesday. Attendees included senior officials from China's central bank and the U.S. Treasury Department, according to a Treasury statement. "The two-hour virtual meeting included a substantive and wide-ranging discussion on domestic and global financial stability, financial supervision and regulation, sustainable finance, and anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism," the Treasury said. The financial working group and a parallel economic working group were launched last month after U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's visit to Beijing in July aimed at fostering regular communications between the world's two largest economies. The economic working group, led by senior officials from the Treasury and China's Finance Ministry held its first meeting on Monday.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Janet Yellen's, Yellen, Pan Gongsheng, Ismail Shakil, Costas Pitas, David Lawder, Paul Grant, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Treasury, U.S . Treasury Department, Treasury, U.S, China's Finance Ministry, People's Bank of China, International Monetary Fund, Bank, Reuters, Thomson Locations: China, China's, Beijing, Marrakech, Morocco, U.S

☆ Earnings will 'make or break' European stocks — here's what to watch, according to analysts
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Investors will look to the upcoming earnings season to see whether stocks can recover from recent losses or if more declines are ahead. "All year, we've seen the steady weakening in European soft data and, more recently, hard data. In a note titled "Q3 Earnings - Make or break," Barclays analysts echoed that sentiment, suggesting that despite resilient earnings thus far, more mixed third-quarter economic indicators hint at equally varied results. UBS analysts have identified stocks that could surprise, both positively and negatively, when their earnings results are released in the coming weeks. Fowler said UBS analysts have historically been pretty accurate at predicting surprises, especially when combined with a value investing bias, which has tended to outperform.

Persons: Gerry Fowler, we've, Fowler, CNBC's, Fowler isn't, Emmanuel Cau, Stocks Organizations: UBS, Barclays, Santander, Ryanair, Siemens Energy, Nordic, Universal Music, AstraZeneca Locations: Europe

☆ Dov Charney is fighting over his Silver Lake mansion in bankruptcy court. Only problem: The court can't get rid of squatters like Milo Yiannopoulos and Ye's hanger-ons.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Dov Charney is trying to prevent his Silver Lake mansion from being sold in bankruptcy proceedings. A sprawling, 20-room estate, the Garbutt House is located in the gated Hathaway Hills Estates community in a residential neighborhood of Los Angeles. The structure was built with its original owner's deathly fear of fire in mind, the Times reported. He declined to respond to the Times reporter's questions about the Garbutt House, calling the requests "audacious and impertinent." It remains unclear whether he lives or has lived at the Garbutt House.

Persons: Dov Charney, Milo Yiannopoulos, —, Dov Charney slogs, Ian Connor, Milo Yiannopoulos —, Frank A, Charney, Connor, Brad Krasnoff, Krasnoff, Yiannopoulos, Eric Israel, Ye — Yiannopoulous, Bruce Marks Organizations: American Apparel, Service, Kanye West, Charney's, Los Angeles Times, Estates, Times, Los Angeles Apparel, Apex Locations: California, Hathaway, Los Angeles

☆ GoStudent, the $3 billion edtech darling, scaled fast and partied hard. The result was a mess.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

These people were employees of GoStudent, an Austria-based online-tutoring startup that had quickly become the darling of the European tech scene. But 28 current and former GoStudent employees and tutors said they experienced a poorly run organization with clumsy management. Edtech companies "rarely have any major competitive advantage other than scale," a European venture capitalist who's not affiliated with GoStudent said. A GoStudent employee threatened to track down the petition's author using tutors' IP addresses, according to the German publication Handelsblatt. According to public documents updated in December 2022, GoStudent had shrunk to 15 markets and 1,500 employees, including its acquisitions.

Persons: Felix Ohswald, Gregor Müller, GoStudent, who'd, I'm, Heinz, Peter Meidinger, cofounders, Ferdinand von Hagen, Prada, GoStudent's, Dave Benett, Müller, —, Ohswald, Anthony Canavan, Canavan, Brutkasten, Norbert Wess, Harry Murphy, Duncan McIntyre, McIntyre, Neel Gupta, Anna Tuchy, Patrick Nadler, Nadler, Sarah Heuberger, Ross Slater Organizations: German Teachers ' Association, Employees, GoStudent, Conseil, prud'hommes, DBS, Safety Officers, Web, Getty, JP Morgan, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, TechCrunch, Organisation for Economic Cooperation Locations: Vienna, Austria, Silicon Valley, North America, South America, Europe, London, France, Soho , London, Dock, DACH, Germany, Switzerland, Spanish, Sweden, Swedish, GoStudent, Ukraine, Ibiza, GoStudent's, Deliveroo

☆ Panama protesters detained in mine contract clashes, police injured
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

View of the Cobre Panama mine, of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, in Donoso, Panama, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Aris Martínez/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies First Quantum Minerals Ltd FollowPANAMA CITY, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Police arrested nearly 50 protesters in Panama in confrontations over a new government-approved contract for a major copper mine, officials said on Tuesday, adding that five police officers were injured in the clashes. Last week, lawmakers gave final approval for the extended concession covering the Cobre Panama mine operated by Canada's First Quantum (FM.TO). Some locals and civic organizations have opposed the contract due largely to concerns about the mine's environmental impact. The police noted two officers were wounded by gunshots on Monday night in Panama City, while three others where beaten in a street blockade in Chiriqui.

Persons: Laurentino Cortizo, Elida Moreno, Sarah Morland, David Alire Garcia, Rod Nickel Organizations: Minerals, REUTERS, Aris, Quantum Minerals, PANAMA CITY, Police, Pan, Thomson Locations: Panama, Donoso, Colon, Chiriqui, Central America, Panama City

☆ Japan's factory, service sector activity under pressure in Oct - PMI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsTOKYO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity shrank for a fifth straight month in October while the service sector saw its weakest growth this year, a survey showed on Tuesday, amid growing uncertainty over the outlook for the world's third-largest economy. The au Jibun Bank flash Japan manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) remained flat at 48.5 in October. However, the October PMI data indicated further softening in the service sector, which anchored Japanese economy over recent quarters. The au Jibun Bank flash services PMI fell further to 51.1 in October from 53.8 in September last month, marking the slowest rate of growth since the beginning of this year. The au Jibun Bank Flash Japan composite PMI, which combines both manufacturing and service sector activity, fell to 49.9 in October from 52.1 in September, dropping below into contractionary territory for the first time since December.

Persons: Toru Hanai, Jingyi, Satoshi Sugiyama, Sam Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, PMI, P Global Market Intelligence, Jibun Bank Flash Japan, Thomson Locations: Kawasaki, Japan

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