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☆ How Ukraine's closest allies turned the tide on sending advanced tanks, and could do the same for military jets
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Their success, an expert told Insider, shows how Europe's balance of power has shifted eastwards since Russia's invasion in February 2022. Sergei Grits/APEstonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu told Insider that Ukraine's allies had been "too slow" when deciding to send weapons to Ukraine. AP Photo/Martin Meissner, FileReinsalu, Estonia's foreign minister, told Insider that he had repeatedly engaged with his German counterpart about the decision. Kallas and Šimonytė, the two prime ministers, both told Insider that they support Ukraine getting military jets. "Ordinarily, on less critical matters, peer pressure happens but the public sees very little of it or none of it," he told Insider.

☆ Lordstown Motors says it still has $220 million in cash as it grapples with production issues and an EV pivot
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( John Rosevear | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Lordstown Motors said Monday that it still had over $220 million in cash at the end of 2022, despite ongoing challenges that halted production of its Endurance electric pickup after just six were delivered. Lordstown began deliveries of its first EV, the Endurance pickup truck, in November. Through the end of February, it had built about 40 trucks and delivered six to customers. As of Dec. 31, Lordstown had $221.7 million in cash and short-term investments on hand. Lordstown delivered three Endurance pickups to customers during the fourth quarter.

☆ Britain's coronation throne gets revamp ahead of King Charles' crowning
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] The inside of Westminster Abbey in central London is seen in this general view taken April 20, 2011. Charles will follow some of his famous forebears, such as King Henry VIII, Queen Victoria and his own mother Elizabeth II, in being crowned on the chair. It has featured in coronation ceremonies since 1308, and has been the chair used to crown monarchs since Henry IV in 1399, the Abbey says. "The coronation chair is extremely fragile. It has a complex layer structure which means that the gilding layers on it often flake off," Blessley said.

☆ Lordstown halts production, shipments of Endurance electric trucks to address quality issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Lordstown Motors gave rides in prototypes of its upcoming electric Endurance pickup truck on June 21, 2021 as part of its "Lordstown Week" event. Lordstown Motors said Thursday it will suspend production and deliveries of its all-electric Endurance pickup to address performance and quality issues with certain components. Lordstown said it is working with suppliers to implement a solution that the company believes will address the issue. The company declined to forecast how long production will be idled at the Ohio plant, which Lordstown purchased from General Motors in 2019. The recall and production problems add to a long list of issues at Lordstown since the company went public nearly 2½ years ago.

☆ An 81-year-old brain doctor's 7 'hard rules' for keeping your memory 'sharp as a whip'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Richard Restak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Neglecting your brain health can make you vulnerable to degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. As a neuroscientist, I've spent decades guiding patients with memory problems through brain-enhancing habits and exercises — many of which I practice, too. Here are seven brain rules I follow to keep my memory sharp as a whip:1. Eat brain foods. Get in the habit of converting anything which you find hard to remember into a wild, bizarre or otherwise attention grabbing image.

☆ A bored hacktivist browsing an unsecured airline server stumbled upon national security secrets including the FBI's 'no fly' list. She says what she found reveals a 'perverse outgrowth of the surveill
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Easily accessible secretsCrimew told Insider it took just minutes for her to access the server and find credentials that allowed her to see the database. When looking at the list, Crimew told Insider, "you start to notice just how young some of the people are." crimew told Insider. The outcome of the 2021 case is still pending, crimew told Insider. And that really just shows like where the priorities lie," crimew told Insider: "I just hope they maybe learned their lesson the second time."

☆ A bored hacktivist browsing an unsecured airline server stumbled upon national security secrets including the FBI's 'no-fly' list. She says what she found reveals a 'perverse outgrowth of the surveill
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

A Swiss hacker says she found a copy of the FBI's "no-fly" list on an unsecured server. "The ever-expanding scope of these lists are due to the revelations of people in the course of investigations," Gray told Insider. When looking at the list, crimew told Insider, "you start to notice just how young some of the people are." crimew told Insider. "I just hope they maybe learned their lesson the second time," crimew told Insider.

☆ ‘Get Out’ and ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Producer Is Buyer of $91 Million Malibu Home
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Katherine Clarke | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. Edward H. Hamm Jr., a movie producer and heir to the Hamm’s Beer fortune, is the buyer of a $91 million mansion in Malibu, Calif., according to people familiar with the transaction. The deal was one of the most expensive home sales in the U.S. last year, records show.

LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Bank of England looks like it's being outed as the weakest link. The primary reason was that two of the nine-person MPC voted to end the Bank's rate rise campaign right away as the recession the Bank thinks is already underway will get entrenched next year. But with the median economist forecast for the Bank's terminal rate somewhere around 4.25%, markets still seem aggressively positioned for a hawkish surprise and the pound may be more vulnerable to that revision as the winter progresses. Significantly, the implied Fed terminal rate edged higher to 4.9% after its policy setpiece on Wednesday - even if is still below the 5.1% the Fed indicated. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsReuters GraphicsReuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsThe opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.

☆ VIEW Bank of England raises rates to 3.5%, says inflation has peaked
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Bank of England on Thursday raised interest rates by a widely expected 50 basis points (bps) to 3.50%, in its ninth straight increase - and its eighth this year. UK rates began rising in December 2021, making the BoE the first of the world's major central banks to kick off a monetary policy-tightening cycle. MONEY MARKETS: Interest rate swaps showed investors expected rates to peak at 4.46% by next August, compared with an anticipated terminal rate of 4.53% just before the decision. Their own numbers have been pointing to a recession for a little while, and they've still materially hiked interest rates. EDWARD HUTCHINGS, HEAD OF RATES, AVIVA INVESTORS, LONDON:"The Bank of England duly delivered on financial markets expectations of a 0.50% hike.

☆ Indonesia’s Parliament passes law criminalizing adultery
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Parliament passed a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code Tuesday that criminalizes extramarital sex for citizens and visiting foreigners alike. After ratification, the new criminal code must be signed by the president, according to Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights Edward Hiariej. The criminal code will not apply immediately. Widodo had instructed Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly to get input from various communities while lawmakers discussed the articles. “These laws let police extort bribes, let officials jail political foes, for instance, with the blasphemy law,” Harsono said.

☆ It may be one of the last countries to let travelers in — and it's not China
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Edward Harris | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesFurthermore, North Korea's reopening depends on two countries — China and Russia. Mark Edward Harris | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBeard agreed, saying travelers still send requests to visit North Korea. North Korea's tourism revenue rose around 400% between 2014 and 2019, according to the North Korea analysis database 38 North. "Our guess is that the DPRK will be one of the last countries to let travelers in," said Vega. Travel brochures promoting North Korea, Tibet and China at a stand at the CMT travel trade fair in January 2020.

☆ Foxconn ramps up EV push with stake in U.S. truck maker Lordstown
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File PhotoNov 8 (Reuters) - Foxconn, the world's biggest contract electronics maker, has extended its drive into electric vehicle (EV) business with a deal to take a near-20% stake in loss-making U.S. electric truck maker Lordstown Motors Corp (RIDE.O) for up to $170 million. It said on Tuesday the latest deal would deepen Lordstown's ties with Foxconn's EV development platform MIH, or Mobility in Harmony. Lordstown Chief Executive Officer Edward Hightower, speaking via video at an MIH event in Taipei, said the truck maker and Foxconn were eyeing production for other original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, as well. Foxconn shares traded up 0.5% on Tuesday. Lordstown CEO Hightower said the vehicle maker aims to deliver the first Endurance trucks to customers in the current quarter.

☆ Lordstown aims to boost EV production with Foxconn investment, seeks new automaker partner
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( John Rosevear | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Lordstown said in late September that it hoped to build 50 trucks by year-end. Once those investments are completed, Foxconn will own about 18% of Lordstown and will have the right to designate two members of its board of directors. Lordstown said it will use part of that investment to develop a new vehicle together with Foxconn. The investment helps address a lack of capital that has hindered Lordstown's efforts to get the Endurance into production. Lordstown said on Tuesday that it is actively seeking an automaker partner to help scale up production of the Endurance.

☆ Five centuries on, Milan still echoes with the genius of queer icon Leonardo da Vinci
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Dan Allen | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Since his death more than 500 years ago, multihyphenate genius Leonardo da Vinci and his spectacular works have inspired respect and wonder in generation after generation the world over. “Likewise in painting, I can do everything possible as well as any other, whosoever he may be,” da Vinci offered, not incorrectly. Today, his engineering genius and the advancements it inspired are showcased at Milan’s Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, the largest science museum in Italy. The museum’s Leonardo da Vinci Galleries, reimagined for the 2019 celebrations, use more than 170 historical models, artworks, codexes and installations to bring the artist’s story to life. Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" in the Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.

☆ Lordstown Motors begins production of its Endurance electric pickup truck
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( John Rosevear | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Lordstown Motors gave rides in prototypes of its upcoming electric Endurance pickup truck on June 21, 2021 as part of its "Lordstown Week" event. Lordstown Motors said that it has begun commercial production of the Endurance, an electric pickup truck designed for commercial-fleet use. "We will continue to build at a slow rate as we address remaining part pedigree and part availability issues," he said. "We expect to increase the speed of production into November and December." Lordstown hopes to increase its rate of production substantially in 2023.

☆ 'Venom' actor Tom Hardy is now a champion fighter after surprise entry at a UK Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Tom Hardy isn't just an action star on the big screen: He can throw down in real life, too. The "Venom" and "Mad Max: Fury Road" star entered the tournament under his real name, Edward Hardy, and according to tournament organizers was a "real pleasure" to have participate. "It was a real pleasure to have him compete at our event." In an interview with local media, one of Hardy's opponents said he was "shell shocked" to come face to face with the Academy Award-nominated actor. Everyone knows who Tom Hardy is, don't they?"

☆ Tom Hardy makes surprise appearance at martial arts tournament
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The 45-year-old English actor won gold at the 2022 UMAC Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championships on Saturday after quietly entering the competition, organizers told CNN. Sean Rosborough/SWNSMohamed Itoumaine, a referee and spokesman for the tournament’s organizer, Ultimate Martial Arts Championships, told CNN on Wednesday that Hardy had agreed to take part in the competition following his low-key appearance at the REORG Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship last month. Itoumaine said Hardy dominated his division and qualified through stages before taking home the top prize. Images posted on social media show a victorious Hardy holding his certificate made out to his real name “Edward Hardy.”“[Hardy] is a legit blue belt. I have over 10 years of experience as a ref and after I first saw him compete at the REORG championship, I knew he would smash it at my competition,” Itoumaine said.

☆ Opinion: The tyranny of Idi Amin -- and limits of a British welcome
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Opinion Lucy Fulford | Lucy Fulford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

She is the author of a forthcoming book, "The Exiled: Empire, Immigration and How Ugandan Asians Changed Britain." In early August 1972, Uganda's brutal military dictator Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of the country's entire Asian population -- including my grandparents. And a British welcomeBut when Amin gave his expulsion order, the British government didn't leap into action. Prince Philip meets Ugandan Asians at a British reception center in Kent, November 1972. Lucy FulfordFormer Prime Minister David Cameron has referred to Ugandan Asians as "one of the most successful groups of immigrants anywhere in the history of the world," a legacy many British Ugandan Asians are rightly proud of.

☆ In LA's Koreatown, coffee-shop owners gather to swap business strategies. It's acted as a pandemic lifeline.
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-15 | by ( Linda Chong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Several of the business owners take on the role of mentor and trainer, helping newcomers to the area build connections in Koreatown. Through the circle, Kim is well acquainted with more than 12 coffee businesses, some outside Koreatown. Through Yon, Kim also met dozens of business owners and baristas. "It wasn't difficult finding this business circle," Jo, who's only been in the business for a few years, told Insider. "You would think business owners are competing more during these tough times," she said, "until I met these business owners."

☆ (foto) Depresia, văzută în autoportretele unui fotograf
▼ + stars: | 2015-09-22 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

Fiecare om luptă diferit cu stările depresive. Edward Honaker, de exemplu, își face autoportrete. Fotograful în vârstă de 21 de ani a fost diagnosticat cu o tulburare depresivă cu doi ani în urmă. „Rațiunea ta te reprezintă și dacă ea refuză să funcționeze corect, atunci totul devine înfricoșător”. În perioada depresiei, orice emoție este dureroasă, dar arta, cu siguranță, poate să ajute omul”, susține Edward.

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