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☆ BTS 10th anniversary: Superfans make pilgrimage to South Korea to celebrate the K-pop band that conquered the globe
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Kathleen Magramo Yoonjung Seo Paula Hancocks | Kathleen Magramo | Yoonjung Seo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Scroll through the gallery to see how the K-pop group went global. ilgan Sports/Multi-Bits/Getty Images BTS fans at the "Love Yourself" North American Tour at the Staples Center on September 9, 2018 in Los Angeles. Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/Getty Images BTS won all three awards they were nominated for at the 2021 American Music Awards held in Los Angeles. Theo Wargo/Getty Images BTS addressed Asian inclusion and representation at the White House in Washington, DC on May 31, 2022. “Being in America and not seeing that much of Asian representation, when I saw that seven Asian guys were trending … that totally like piqued my interest immediately.

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☆ Abdul Wadud’s Cosmic Cello Music Gets Another Moment in the Sun
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Hank Shteamer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But less than three months after Wadud handed over the “By Myself” master tapes, he died at age 75 from complications of multiple illnesses. Image “By Myself” was first released in 1977. Credit... Gotta Groove RecordsThe cellist’s son, the R&B singer Raheem DeVaughn, sees the new edition of “By Myself” as key to preserving his father’s legacy. “I think it’s going to warm his heart,” he said, clarifying his belief that those who have died are still spiritually present. In 1977, when he entered the Manhattan studio Blank Tapes to record “By Myself,” he was ready to synthesize his various musical dialects. On “Expansions,” he sounds like a jazz bassist, walking a brisk line, before switching to arco and summoning scraping cries and heaving groans out of the strings.

☆ A mysterious website exposed Oatly conspiracies and scandals. It turns out, the company was behind it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Plant-based milk brand Oatly created "F*ck Oatly," a website outlining its own scandals. It detailed the company's PR mess-ups and scandals, including its legal battle with a smaller plant-based brand and its sale of oat residue to pig farms. The homepage of F*ck Oatly OatlyVisitors to the website can click through to webpages outlining several of Oatly's missteps over the years. Another page, called "The Residue Ruckus," explains a 2018 incident when Oatly sold oat byproducts from its production line to a pig farm. If you don't like F*ck Oatly, there's F*ck F*ck Oatly, another website where visitors can click a button confirming their disapproval of website.

☆ Homeless in the City Where He Was Once Mayor
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Mike Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over the next couple of months, he would pick up Mr. Coyner from the shelter from time to time, and they would go out for drives. They stopped to get Mr. Coyner an overdue haircut at King’s Razor. They talked more about the future than the past, with Mr. Coyner wondering how he could find a more permanent place to live. But Mr. Coyner was also starting to regain the optimism that had long defined his view of the city. In the early 1900s, his great-grandfather was mayor of Bend, then a newly incorporated outpost in central Oregon where timber prospectors were scooping up forestlands.

☆ Tech bulls are flirting with disaster as banking pressures threaten to crash the stock market, a markets guru warns
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Larry McDonald has warned carefree tech investors are "smoking in the dynamite shed." The founder of "The Bear Traps Report" expects further banking turmoil to tank the stock market. Early signs of a credit crunch and ongoing turmoil in the regional-banking sector suggest there's more trouble ahead, he said. "From credit cards to all different types of companies, credit default swaps are rising on many different financial institutions," he continued. Credit default swaps (CDS) serve as insurance against a company defaulting on its debts, and become more expensive as the perceived risk of a default grows.

☆ A huge win in Wisconsin shows Dems how fiercely defending abortion rights can kneecap the GOP in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Expect Democrats to make abortion rights a dominant theme in 2024. The Democratic party chair there says it's "vital" that party members convey their position. Expect Democrats to make sure of that, especially after a recent Wisconsin election further demonstrated the power of abortion rights at the ballot box. Abortion rights advocates protest outside the White House in July 2022. Dems shift to talking openly about abortionThe Democratic Party has rapidly changed its views on abortion.

☆ Auditors Didn’t Flag Risks Building Up in Banks
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Jean Eaglesham | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When KPMG LLP gave Silicon Valley Bank a clean bill of health just 14 days before the lender collapsed, the Big Four audit firm flagged potential losses on loans as a so-called critical audit matter. But the audit opinion was silent on what actually brought down the bank—its unrealized bond losses and ability to hold them given a reliance on potentially flighty deposits. “The auditors failed to mention the fire in the basement or the box of dynamite on the first floor, but they did point out the peeling paint on the flower box,” said Erik Gordon , a University of Michigan business professor. “How could they miss the interest-rate risk?”

☆ A Utah miner blasted his own cave home with dynamite and now rents it out on Airbnb for $1,000 per night: 'Nothing has been in this space since the dinosaurs'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In 1995, Grant Johnson purchased 40 acres of land and used dynamite to blast a cave in a boulder. Now he rents out a room in the cave for $350 or the whole space for $1,000 a night on Airbnb. The living room is "E."You can rent the property on Airbnb for $1,000 per nightThe cave now even welcomes visitors on Airbnb. The "west end" room, with its own staircase leading up to a private balcony, rents out for $350 per night. He recommends every guest climbs out to the patio on the west end at night, and watch the still, desert night.

☆ I Visited Miami After the Stock Market Crash, Crypto Bubble Pop
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

And if any city is the city where you can see just how remarkably things have shifted, it's also Miami. If the draw in the 1920s was imaginary land, Miami's bubble in the 2020s was driven by imaginary money — crypto. The newcomers — and the crypto kids, especially — believed they could master Miami as easily as they had mastered the markets. The new Miami money party started to run out of libations. "There were a lot of true believers in the Miami crypto scene.

☆ Use this simple math principle to make better decisions—it's hiding in plain sight, says bestselling author
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The British mathematician, professor and bestselling author writes and speaks about how simple bits of math can benefit people's day-to-day lives. "The math you learn in school is so, so different to what the subject actually is," Fry says. "You leave school with the impression that math is this subject that belongs in dusty textbooks, over there in the nerd corner." The Fermi problemThe Fermi problem might sound familiar, because it's become popular in job interviews. Ahead of the Manhattan Project's first nuclear test, Fermi grabbed a piece of paper and tore it into pieces.

Worldwide boy-band sensation BTS may be on hiatus, but refreshing new financial acts threaten to upend the world of K-pop, and perhaps South Korea. The battle over 28-year-old SM Entertainment, the $2.3 billion force behind Girls' Generation and EXO, is at heart a family feud. It helps, too, that K-pop has turned into one of South Korea’s strongest exports, thanks largely to “Butter” and “Dynamite” singers BTS. "We oppose all aggressive outside mergers and acquisitions, including Hybe," SM said in a statement, according to Reuters. Separately, internet conglomerate Kakao said on Feb. 7 it would acquire a 9.05% stake in SM via 112 billion won of new shares and 105 billion won of convertible bonds.

☆ BTS’s New Lego Collaboration Tests Influence of the Band’s Fans
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Yati Sanghvi | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The BTS band members are working solo these days. A new deal with Lego A/S will put the K-Pop sensation’s historically strong influence and marketability to the test. Lego said Thursday it was collaborating with the South Korean band on a so-called BTS Dynamite set. It features blocks that replicate some scenes from the group’s music video for the hit song “Dynamite,” including a doughnut shop, record store, basketball court and stage. Geared toward adults, the set includes miniature figures of the seven members and has a mechanism that allows them to move in sync when they’re positioned on the stage.

☆ 'No Straight Lines' unearths the hidden history of queer comic books
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Dan Avery | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Independent Lens“No Straight Lines” also profiles Mary Wings, who is credited with publishing the first known queer comic book, “Come Out Comics,” in 1973. San Francisco, where Wings now lives, was home to many of the earliest LGBTQ comic books and strips — most of which were made by queer women. “Stuck Rubber Baby” was one of the first queer comics to get mainstream critical acclaim. His generosity of spirit and intellect brought this community together.”Cruse died of cancer in 2019, while “No Straight Lines” was still in development. “It’s very exciting.”“No Straight Lines” premieres on PBS’ “Independent Lens” Monday at 10 p.m.

☆ The 3 best tanks on earth
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Brent M. Eastwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The three best tanks on Earth, let the debate begin: Are tanks still useful in the 21st century? I can offer three tanks that deserve clear recognition as the three best tanks on Earth, although I will admit, there is room for debate. Here are all of the reasons why:3 best tanks on earth: Meet the M1 AbramsAn M1A2 Abrams fires a sabot round. 3 best tanks on earth: Meet the K2 Black PantherA South Korean K-2 tank in June 2012. 3 best tanks on earth: the German LeopardGerman army Leopard 2 tanks in Munster in October 2015.

☆ ExxonMobil's secret projections of the climate crisis were astonishingly accurate, and a legal expert says that's 'a stick of dynamite' for the oil giant's court battles
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

ExxonMobil scientists knew about the coming climate crisis in precise detail, a Harvard study found. The analysis is "dynamite" for an array of lawsuits against ExxonMobil, legal experts told Insider. A growing wave of 'unassailable' evidence suggests Exxon lied about what it knewDespite having accurate predictions about global warming, the oil giant denied it would happen. That's exactly the track global warming is on right now. Those "stranded assets" are now a real possibility, due to global climate goals outlined in the Paris Agreement.

☆ Harvard senior fellow Marshall Lux calls buy now, pay later 'financial dynamite'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | 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 EmailHarvard senior fellow Mashall Lux calls buy now, pay later 'financial dynamite'Marshall Lux, Harvard senior fellow, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss alternate economic indicators like Americans having no savings and buy now, pay later companies.

☆ Jamie Houghton Came Back for a Second Shot at Running Corning
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( James R. Hagerty | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

During his second stint as CEO of Corning, James Houghton put a renewed focus on quality and hired a psychologist to coach senior managers on teamwork. Jamie Houghton liked to joke that he “failed retirement.”When he stepped down as chief executive of Corning Inc. in 1996 after 13 years of running the company founded by his great-great grandfather, Mr. Houghton said Corning’s outlook was bright. “We’re concentrating on communications, environment and life sciences, all of which are dynamite areas to be in,” he said.

☆ 'Coup-mongering' Bolsonarista's battle cry reveals a radicalized Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Gabriel Stargardter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Lots of people realized this wasn't a safe place," said Lucas Mello, a 22-year-old TikToker who has lived in the camp since Dec. 5. Three days after the riots, Moraes released Baldin, sent him home with an ankle bracelet, and barred him from talking to the media. "The heavily violent (protests) ... occurred in exactly the same context that motivated the temporary arrest of Milton Baldin," Moraes wrote in his sealed ruling. Bolsonaristas deride Moraes as an unelected despot who has censored free speech and trampled on the president's executive power. On Dec. 9, Bolsonaro broke weeks of post-election silence with an ambiguous message many viewed as encouragement to his protesting supporters.

George Washington de Oliveira Sousa was arrested on Saturday, the day after police said they foiled his plot to set off an explosive device near the Brasilia airport. A 54-year-old gas station manager from the northern state of Para, Sousa told police that Bolsonaro's sowing of election doubts inspired his Dec. 12 journey to the capital. He added that he planned to share his weapons with other CAC-holders in the Brasilia camp. After the Dec. 12 attack, he said police and firemen near the camp told him they would not arrest any protesters for vandalism, as long as they did not attack cops. That same day, Sousa saw on the news that police had found the bomb near the airport.

☆ Chaos cooking is taking over the dining room as restaurants unleash ambitious culinary concoctions from Big Mac pizzas to masala mac & cheese
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But now restaurants and TikTok are elevating food mashups to a level dubbed chaos cooking. Ambitious culinary concoctions range from Big Mac pizzas to curry-fajitas sold at TGI Fridays. Indie restaurants and chains are unleashing ambitious and improbable culinary concoctions, from Big Mac pizzas at a Washington DC restaurant to curry fajitas at TGI Fridays. On Instagram and TikTok, chaos cooking is showing up in different forms: a pizza slathered with refried beans, zucchini fettuccine, and a vegan peppermint pattie cake. The article asked: Is chaos cooking a pathway to inner peace?

☆ Nobel awards to take place in Stockholm with full glitz and glamour
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NTB/Haakon Mosvold Larsen via REUTERSSTOCKHOLM, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Nobel laureates congregated in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Saturday for the first fully in-person award ceremonies complete with a formal banquet since the COVID-19 pandemic that curtailed events in the past two years. Five of the six Nobel prizes are awarded in Stockholm every year after a nomination process that is kept secret for the next 50 years. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo where separate festivities are held. The Nobel Foundation has also snubbed the ambassadors of Russia and Belarus, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

☆ Mohamed El-Erian paints markets as fixated on a 'dynamite' rate-hike slowdown by the Fed as he imagines a heart-to-heart between the two
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mohamed El-Erian believes the Fed and financial markets aren't listening to what the other is signaling. He believes markets are fixing on the news they want to hear and not on the Fed's warnings. You are definitely going to slow the pace of interest rate hikes starting as early as this month!" Powell signaled at Brookings that the Fed could slow the pace of interest rate hikes as soon as this month. But the Fed's messages just aren't getting through to markets on just hearing the good news — and that's not good for the health of the US and global economies, Mohamed El-Erian believes.

Small-scale copper miners are now challenging Big Copper for territorial control of rich deposits of the red metal. In Peru, artisanal mining permits have doubled to 80,000 since 2020, government records show. Peru's leftist administration presented a new framework for artisanal mining last week that declared artisanal mining is "as important" as big mining. "Where we have concessions we can't have (artisanal mining permits)," Rojas said. The number of valid artisanal mining permits in Tapairihua has fallen from 100 to 32 since May, according to government records.

Here are the live standings:So far Wednesday, teams were coming up empty in Qatar, with scoreless matches in France vs. Tunisia and Australia vs. Denmark going into halftime. The United States needed late dramatics to beat Iran on Tuesday and finish second in Group B. Oranje won Group A with two victories and a draw. An Australian victory locks up advancement , while a win by Denmark will likely put Danish Dynamite into knockout play. The United States will play in the round of 16 against the Netherlands at 10 a.m. EST on Saturday in a game that’ll be televised in Spanish on Telemundo and streamed on Peacock. Making knockout play was a major achievement for the United States, which failed to qualify for the 2018 tournament in Russia.

☆ Cramer's lightning round: Crestwood Equity is a dynamite stock
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

The Williams Companies Inc : "Don't look, buy. Loading chart...Crestwood Equity Partners LP : "That is one dynamite stock. I do not want you to do a thing other than ride it." Loading chart...Biohaven Ltd: "It's the right thing to buy." Loading chart...Anavex Life Sciences Corp : "It is so speculative at a time when I really don't think that you want to be as speculative."

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