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☆ I gave my son a common name — I have no regrets
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Hannah Nwoko | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewIt took a while for me to realize a common name was the best type of name for my son. On one hand, my son could stand out immediately like a rockstar — memorable, fun, free-spirited; on the other, he could seamlessly slot into society, a Daniel among Daniels. While unique names reflect a shift in our society toward a culture of individualism, they also have drawbacks that I was keen to avoid. And ironically, in a sea of unconventional names, Daniel stands out in an understated way. Firstly, my son has never been the only Daniel in school, so when someone calls his name, every Daniel within earshot turns around.

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☆ There's no fiscal 'bazooka' that China can aim at all of its economic troubles, Citi strategist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Aruni Soni | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

There isn't a fiscal bazooka that can be aimed at all of China's economic issues, a Citi strategist says. The idea that China's government will be able to steer the economy towards prosperity is an assumption that needs to be revised. "We know that fiscal is the number one lever, but it's still very troubled waters for the Chinese economy." AdvertisementChina's economic situation is far too anemic for a big fiscal spending package to save the day. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ Silicon Valley's elite are moralizing about the future of AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It has reignited the savior complex of Silicon Valley's biggest personalities too. AdvertisementThough some questions are being asked about how much of a case Musk has here, the whole saga has offered plenty of incentive to Silicon Valley's more opinionated leaders to moralize on the future of AI. The open option — in theory at least — champions AI models that are transparent about how they're trained and collectively developed by a global community of developers. (2) Big companies, small companies, independent developers, and open source communities should be free to pursue AI. But which side of the battle the rest of Silicon Valley's AI leaders fall on will be watched just as closely.

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☆ ‘Dune: Part Two’ can inspire you to revisit these other timeless sci-fi sequels
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Twentieth Century Fox/Courtesy Everett CollectionWhat better way to start off than with one of the greatest sequels – and sci-fi films in general – ever made, with a screenplay that’s been taught in film schools. ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ (1982)DeForest Kelley, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in 1982's "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ (2014)Andy Serkis in 2014's "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." ‘Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back’ (1980)"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" (1980). “Dune: Part Two” is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, which, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros.

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☆ She'd heard her step-grandfather was a monster. But was he also the Zodiac Killer?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Max's "The Truth About Jim," directed by Skye Borgman, follows Sierra Barter's investigation into her step-grandfather. Jim Mordecai, who died in 2008, was accused of harassment and sexual assault by multiple women. But was Jim Mordecai an infamous serial killer too? AdvertisementWas Jim Mordecai the Zodiac Killer? Judy Mordecai, Barter, and Shannon Barter.

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☆ Premarket stocks: Why you can feel good about your job prospects for a while longer
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

A cyclical slowdown has to come unless you’re in the camp that thinks structural growth of the economy has risen dramatically. We don’t think that’s the case. Do you think that’s the case? The jobs market is a byproduct of GDP growth. I think that this should make people feel a little bit better about the prospects for the year.

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☆ US Supreme Court prepares to hear landmark social media cases
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Monday’s Supreme Court showdown in NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice will determine whether states can forbid social media companies from blocking or removing user content that goes against platform rules. The Florida and Texas laws are broadly written, but officials from both states say the laws will keep social media sites from unfairly silencing conservatives. Social media platforms have insisted for years that they don’t discriminate against right-wing speech. It also allows individual social media users to sue platforms if they believe they have been unfairly censored or “deplatformed.”Florida Gov. The NetChoice cases reflect a deep divide in how many people see social media.

Persons: Paxton, Moody, Ron DeSantis, Florida’s, Carl Juste, Greg Abbott, Donald Trump, Biden, David Paul Morris, “, ”, ” David Greene Organizations: Washington CNN, Facebook, YouTube, Social, Gov, Florida Gov, Miami Herald, Texas ’, Circuit, Republican, Texas, Bloomberg, Getty, Frontier Foundation, EFF, CNN, Freedom, Press Locations: Texas, Florida, . Texas, NetChoice, Miami, Walnut Creek , California

☆ Opinion: Alexey Navalny, one man who stood up to a dictatorship
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. “In his courageous and too short life,” wrote Russia scholar Daniel Treisman, “Navalny became a symbol of hope for the younger generations of his compatriots. “He never gave up on the prospect of what he called ‘the beautiful Russia of the future,’” Treisman noted. “For a ‘beautiful Russia of the future’ to emerge in coming years, Putin must lose the war he started. Navalny understood this.”“Navalny’s death represents the extinguishing of all hope for Russia’s turnaround,” wrote Sasha Vasilyuk.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s medical board on Thursday approved some guidance abortion providers would need to follow if the state’s ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy is upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court. The restrictive abortion law is currently on hold as the court considers Gov. That would be a stark change for women in Iowa, where abortion is legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Most Republican-led states have drastically limited abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and handed authority on abortion law to the states. Fourteen states now have bans with limited exceptions and two states, Georgia and South Carolina, ban abortion after cardiac activity is detected.

Persons: —, Kim Reynolds, ”, Roe, Wade, Geoff Mulvihill Organizations: DES, Iowa Supreme, Republican, Texas Supreme, Supreme, Associated Press Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa, Texas, U.S, Georgia, South Carolina, Cherry Hill , New Jersey

☆ Opinion: The crux of Israel’s challenge
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. Rafah encapsulates the perverse genius of the Hamas strategy, and the unwinnable moral dilemmas it created with the war it deliberately provoked. The crux of the matter remains how to make Hamas relinquish power in Gaza. If Hamas leaders leave, surrender, or lay down their arms, the war could end. Hamas leaders vow that massacres like they committed on October 7 will happen “again and again,” that Israel cannot be allowed to exist.

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☆ Frustrated White House sends letter to press corps, skewering coverage of Biden’s handling of classified files
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The White House is making its frustration over recent press coverage known. In a letter Tuesday to the White House Correspondents’ Association, Ian Sams, spokesperson for the White House Counsel’s Office, expressed concern over how the news media has covered Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified material. Sams’ letter is yet another step White House officials have taken to push back against press narratives about the report. It’s not just the White House making such arguments though. The White House, of course, knows that it will not be successful in getting news organizations to walk back previous coverage.

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☆ El-Erian, Krugman and other economists have very different opinions on China’s struggling economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Chinese leader Xi Jinping said on New Year's Eve that the nation's economy had grown "more resilient and dynamic this year." Meanwhile, famed hedge fund manager and founder of Dallas-based Hayman Capital Kyle Bass said the country's heavily indebted property market has triggered a wave of defaults among public developers. That's a problem, given China's real estate market can account for as much as a fifth of the nation's GDP. "This is just like the U.S. financial crisis on steroids," Bass said, referring to China's default-ridden property market. The Institute of International Finance said Beijing has the policy capacity to push China's economy toward its growth potential and stuck to its above consensus forecast for 2024 growth at 5%, in a recent blog post.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Even as Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition, one of the most prominent religious orders in the United States — the Jesuits — is strengthening a unique outreach program for LGBTQ+ Catholics. James Martin, a Jesuit who is one of the country's most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. On Tuesday, there was another milestone for Outreach — the appointment of journalist and author Michael O'Loughlin as its first executive director. The latest expansion of Outreach occurs amid a time of division within the global Catholic Church as it grapples with LGBTQ+ issues. “It’s a special grace for LGBTQ Catholics to know that the pope is praying for them," Martin said.

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☆ A hearing to see if Alex Murdaugh gets a new murder trial begins today
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Dakin Andone | Dianne Gallagher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The South Carolina Attorney General’s office, which led the prosecution against Murdaugh, has urged the courts to deny the motion. The evidentiary hearing Monday is expected to include the testimony of 11 jurors from the original murder trial and Hill. Murdaugh’s attorneys had indicated they also wanted to call alternate and dismissed jurors, as well as prosecutors and Judge Clifton Newman, who presided over the murder trial, as witnesses. Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill listens as prosecutor Creighton Waters makes closing arguments in Alex Murdaugh's murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse on March 1, 2023, in Walterboro, South Carolina. Alex Murdaugh's defense attorneys Dick Harpootlian, left, and Jim Griffin before a hearing on January 16 at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia.

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☆ Streaming profitability is 'the crux' of Peltz's Disney argument, says Michael Nathanson
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | 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 EmailStreaming profitability is 'the crux' of Peltz's Disney argument, says Michael NathansonMichael Nathanson, MoffetNathanson founding partner & senior research analyst, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of Disney's proxy battle, the company's streaming profitability trouble, what CEO Bob Iger needs to do, and more.

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☆ A dangerous undercurrent is pulling Americans toward the political extreme. The media is turning a blind eye to it
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —There is a dangerous undercurrent dragging Americans who wade into the political waters out toward the extreme. But much of the national press, basking ashore on the sun-soaked beach, refuses to acknowledge it in a serious manner. Instead, many journalists have grown comfortable glossing over the treacherous rip tide lurking beneath the surface of the water before their very eyes. Embarrassingly, Ron DeSantis has done more in recent days than most in the press to call attention to the matter. For one, it is still perhaps uncomfortable to acknowledge the depths of dishonesty in which much of right-wing media now operates.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, —, Ron DeSantis, assailing Trump, Breitbart, Trump, it’s Organizations: New York CNN, Republican Party, Trump, Fox News Locations: New York, Iowa, Overton, Florida

☆ How Cramer makes sense of the 'great bottom' of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

We've seen a stock rally that can't seem to quit. Probably when the supply of stock comes to market through IPOs and we get a weak bond auction that causes the bond market to hiccup. So now, you just got my best lesson about the great bottom of 2023. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. The New York Stock Exchange is seen during morning trading on December 01, 2023 in New York City.

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☆ Uranium prices top $80 for the first time in 15 years as demand for nuclear power surges
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Aruni Soni | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Prices topped $80 a pound as demand for nuclear power gains momentum. Uranium production has recently run into hurdles, but investor interest remains solid. AdvertisementA nuclear power renaissance is fueling investor interest in uranium, helping to drive the price of the key energy commodity to a 15-year high. Uranium futures tracking a form of uranium called "yellowcake" hit $80.25 a pound on Monday, Bloomberg reported. Prices have been on the rise this year after a decade of trading sideways, due to growing demand for nuclear power.

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☆ Heart-shaped beds and champagne hot tubs: Inside America’s adults-only hotels
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Heart-shaped hot tubs surrounded by rose petals, circular beds with ceilings that replicate a starry night sky and jaw-dropping, seven-foot-tall champagne-glass whirlpools for two. Margaret and Corey Bienert/Courtesy Artisan BooksThe Cove Pocono Resorts premiered its heart-shaped hot tub in 1963. For Margaret and Corey, these images of the champagne tub became the thesis statement of their hotel project. Not all the hotels Margaret and Corey frequent are 20th century relics. Margaret and Corey Bienert/Courtesy Artisan BooksWhile most of the hotels Margaret and Corey highlight are in the US, the book also spotlights a few elsewhere in the world.

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[1/4] Weapons and equipment which Israel's army says it found at Al Shifa hospital complex in the Gaza Strip, as seen in a handout picture released by the Israel Defense Forces on November 15, 2023. The army released a video it said showed a tunnel entrance in an outdoor area of Al Shifa, Gaza's biggest hospital. The United States is confident in an assessment from its own intelligence agencies on Hamas activities in Al Shifa hospital and will neither share nor elaborate on it, White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday. The body of a woman hostage was recovered by troops in a building near Al Shifa on Thursday, the army said. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, on his first visit to Israel since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, called on Israel to do more to protect civilians in Gaza.

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☆ Stock futures are little changed after Moody’s downgrades U.S. outlook: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock exchange during morning trading on November 10, 2023 in New York City. U.S. stock futures inched down Sunday night after Moody's Investors Service lowered its U.S. credit rating outlook to negative from stable. Moody's on Friday underscored the U.S.' "very large" fiscal deficits and partisan gridlock in Washington as contributing factors for the downgrade. The ratings agency reaffirmed America's credit rating at AAA, the highest level. The S&P 500 rose 1.3% the previous week, while the Dow and Nasdaq gained about 0.7% and 2.4%, respectively.

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☆ These luxury stocks won't lose their luster even as sales growth slows to pre-pandemic levels
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

After three years of record growth, luxury companies are feeling the pain as sales slow to a more normal pace. Nowhere have the struggles of the luxury sector been more prominent than in the French conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton , the group's bellwether. This dynamic tends to hurt the less-prestigious luxury brands more, according to Rogerio Fujimori, an analyst at Stifel. "Chinese [consumers] are back to Southeast Asia and Japan, but there's still a long way to go in terms of Europe. LVMH and other European luxury brands have been market leaders among European equities since 2021 until the first half of 2023.

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☆ Palestinian envoy criticises West for Gaza stance, calls for more support
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Emma Farge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Israeli attacks by air, land and sea were triggered by deadly Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7. that killed 1,400. When it comes to us they are put aside, they're violated, they're not used, they're belittled," he told a gathering of diplomats and reporters. Israel says it abides by international humanitarian law at all times and blames Hamas for civilian deaths, saying it uses people as human shields. In the same speech, Khraishi also asked democracies for more support for a ceasefire, and to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, saying humanitarian aid was not enough. Countries are considering calling a special session of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council to debate the Gaza crisis, he said.

Persons: Ibrahim Khraishi, Denis Balibouse, Geneva Ibrahim Khraishi, they're, Ursula Von der, Khraishi, Emma Farge, Nick Macfie Organizations: Human Rights, United Nations, REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, Ukraine, European Union, EU Commission, Thomson Locations: Palestine, Geneva, Switzerland, Israel, Gaza . Palestinian, Gaza, Ukraine, East, Dutch

☆ Waffle House workers are demanding a $25 hourly wage and 24/7 security to protect them from the 'constant threat' of violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Waffle House workers want their wage to go up to $25 an hour. AdvertisementAdvertisementWaffle House workers are demanding a $25 minimum hourly wage and constant security in restaurants. The Union of Southern Service Workers, which is supported by the Service Employees International Union, is organizing Waffle House workers. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs well as concerns about workplace safety, wages are a major point of contention for Waffle House workers. "I can't get the things I need for my family off a Waffle House check," Kasiyah Giles, a Waffle House worker and USSW member, said in a statement published by the union.

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☆ A blistering bull run is underway in the market for uranium
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Anil Varma | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Uranium and shares in companies that mine it have enjoyed a scorching rally on soaring demand. Nuclear energy is back in fashion as more reactors are planned amid a shift away from fossil fuels. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . A blistering bull run is underway in the market for uranium, the radioactive element used to produce nuclear energy. The widening demand-supply gap will continue to drive uranium prices higher, according to John Ciampaglia, CEO of Sprott Asset Management, which specializes in precious metals and real assets.

Persons: —, John Ciampaglia, Ciampaglia, Rohan Reddy Organizations: Service, Uranium Miners, Crux, Sprott Asset Management, CNBC, Global Locations: China, India, Russia, Japan

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