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☆ Jeffrey Wright: ‘I Just Let the Phone Tell Me What Had Happened’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Kathryn Shattuck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Jeffrey Wright had taken precautionary measures as he awaited news of the Oscar nominations for best actor on Tuesday morning in Brooklyn. “I didn’t have screens on beyond my phone, which I kept an eye on,” the “American Fiction” star said. “I was afraid that I might do damage to one of the screens if the news were different. Still, “I’m really proud of this film and the work that all of us put into it. We thought while we were making it that we might be onto something good and something interesting and topical, but also buoyant.

Persons: Jeffrey Wright, “, Wright, Thelonious Ellison, ”, “ I’m Organizations: Golden Globe Locations: Brooklyn

A local buyer taking over a struggling newspaper in the 21st century is normally cause for some celebration. “Have no fear of me,” Smith told the Sun newsroom on Tuesday, according to someone who was there and relayed the statement on condition of anonymity because it was a private meeting. Smith told the newspaper he had one partner: Armstrong Williams, a commentator who hosts a show on Sinclair’s affiliates. In 2018, Smith told New York magazine that he dislikes and fundamentally distrusts print media. Skene reported from Baltimore.

Persons: David D, Smith, “, ” Smith, Donald Trump, Smith’s, Julian Sinclair Smith, Sinclair, Armstrong Williams, Brandon Scott, ”, Jim Shea, Kathy Szliga, Rupert Murdoch, Marty Kaiser, Alden Capital, Tim Franklin, Stewart Bainum Jr, —, Medill’s Franklin, ” Franklin, Olivia Nuzzi, David Simon, television’s, ” Simon, Abell, ___ Bauder, Skene Organizations: Sinclair, Baltimore Sun Media, Alden Global Capital, The, Associated Press, Sun, Sinclair Broadcasting Inc, Chesapeake Television Corp, Fox, Democratic, Project Veritas, Republican, Capital News Service, University of Maryland, Tribune Publishing, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Medill Local, Initiative, Northwestern University, Baltimore, New York Locations: Baltimore, Maryland, “, New York

After an anemic showing in the Iowa caucuses, long-shot GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson abandoned his bid for the presidential nomination Tuesday, saying he was “driving back to Arkansas” and suspending his campaign. And he angered GOP primary voters with his criticism of Trump. "Asa Hutchinson would have been a relevant and potentially competitive presidential candidate in the pre-MAGA era. In mid-November, Hutchinson crowed about making the Michigan GOP primary ballot, suggesting he was in it for the long haul. Hutchinson was one of the most outspoken GOP critics of Trump.

Persons: Asa Hutchinson, ” Hutchinson, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, DeSantis, Haley, Hutchinson, –, Bill Clinton, Trump, MAGA, David Cohen, Hutchinson's, Cohen, Ryan Binkley, Mike Pence, Rob Burgess, Chris Christie, who’s, “, ” Organizations: Hawkeye State, Republican, Trump , Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, Florida, Trump, Department of Homeland Security, Drug, Republican Party, GOP, University of Akron, Des, Register, NBC, Suffolk University, Boston Globe, USA, Michigan GOP, New, New Jersey Gov, Florida Republican, Summit Locations: Iowa, Arkansas, Hawkeye, Trump , Florida, New Hampshire, Congress, U.S, Michigan, Miami, New Jersey, Kissimmee

☆ Lightning Round: I'm pulling the plug on Plug Power, says Jim Cramer
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLightning Round: I'm pulling the plug on Plug Power, says Jim Cramer'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer weighs in on stock including: Plug Power, Cleveland-Cliffs, Super Micro Computers, InterDigital, Ferroglobe and more.

Persons: Jim Cramer Organizations: Micro Computers Locations: Cleveland

☆ Fewer shoppers in Burberry stores complicates design overhaul
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

With fewer shoppers heading to Burberry stores, clinching a sale will be key. The label has filled its stores with new styles across a wider price range, including a renewed emphasis on its staple outerwear. At Burberry he has applied colourful dandelion prints to garments and rolled out advertising campaigns with fuzzy ducklings. "We like what Burberry is doing with product and range architecture, however, the timing is not ideal," said analysts at RBC. Burberry Chief Financial Officer Kate Ferry said the company was "absolutely committed to protecting all of the consumer-facing areas".

Persons: Daniel Lee's, Jonathan Akeroyd, Akeroyd, Riccardo Tisci, Lee, Tisci, Marco Gobbetti, Kering, LVMH, Louis Vuitton's womenswear, Nicolas Ghesquiere, Kate Ferry, Mimosa Spencer, Paul Sandle, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Burberry, Shoppers, JPMorgan, Bond, Bottega, RBC, Gucci, Citi, Thomson Locations: United States, Europe, China, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Omotesando, Tokyo, London

☆ Asia stocks hang onto weekly gains as yields, oil fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Wayne Cole | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The market is pricing in 98 basis points of cuts next year, compared with 73 basis points a week ago. "We forecast the policy rate to drop 100 basis points in 2H24 to end the year at 4.5%, before settling on hold at 3.5% by 1Q25." Treasury investors were looking to price in a little of that right now with yields on two-year treasuries down a whopping 21 basis points for the week at 4.85%. Ten-year note yields stood at 4.44%, having fallen 18 basis points for the week so far, a rousing rally from the 5.02% high hit just a month ago. It fared better against commodity-linked currencies such as the Canadian dollar , which were hampered by the slide in oil.

Persons: Brent, Xi Jinping, Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida, Xi, Wayne Cole, Sam Holmes Organizations: SYDNEY, Dealers, Walmart, Equity, Nasdaq, Japan's Nikkei, Bank of Japan, Japanese, APEC, Federal Reserve, JPMorgan, 1Q25, Treasury, Fed, Thomson Locations: Asia, Japan, Pacific, U.S, United States, China, 2H24

☆ Found document suggests Iran sought to help Hamas make its own weapons ahead of attack, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Jake Tapper | Katie Bo Lillis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Israeli government declined to comment on the document, though sources in the government confirmed its authenticity on background. Israeli officials say this is the first known instance of Iran attempting to fund this kind of university-hosted training for Hamas operatives, a claim US officials said they could not confirm. Current and former US officials say the program is part of a well-known training program Iran provides to students from allied countries and groups to project soft-power influence across the region. As of now, Israeli intelligence has identified only a few Hamas military operatives who have already arrived in Iran. One candidate is marked to study “technologies,” one to study “physics,” one to study engineering,” one to study “programming,” one to study “law” and two to study “management.”

Persons: Jonathan Panikoff, ”, Panikoff, ” Panikoff Organizations: Washington CNN, CNN, Hamas, Lebanese, United Nations, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Locations: Gaza, Iran, Israel, East, Tehran, “

REUTERS/Chris Helgren Acquire Licensing RightsNov 13 (Reuters) - Canada's Sun Life Financial (SLF.TO) on Monday reported better-than-expected quarterly profits, helped by growth at its wealth and asset management unit and higher fees. The insurer, however, reported a fall in underlying earnings hurt by weakness in the United States and fewer sales of personal health insurance. "The dental business reported middling results this quarter... short-term volatility is a part of this business, from a long-term perspective, the investment should be positive," Morningstar analyst Suryansh Sharma said. Sun Life said underlying earnings from its U.S. segment were down 19%. Underlying net income from wealth and asset management rose 9% to C$457 million.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Sunlife, Suryansh Sharma, Pritam Biswas, Shilpi Majumdar, Shounak Dasgupta, Lincoln Organizations: Sun, REUTERS, Morningstar, DentaQuest, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, United States, DentaQuest, U.S, Asia, Bengaluru

☆ Exclusive: Exxon aims to begin lithium production by 2026 in Arkansas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Ernest Scheyder | Thomson Reuters | Ernest Scheyder Is An Award-Winning Senior Correspondent Covering The Green Energy Transition | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

For Exxon and other oil companies, lithium production offers the prospect of selling a new product with relatively little added cost. OTHER ACREAGESeparate from its Tetra partnership, Exxon also controls more than 100,000 acres in Arkansas from which it plans to begin lithium production by 2027, according to the source. It was not clear whether Exxon plans to expand lithium operations outside Arkansas. Like all oil producers, Exxon extracts water containing traces of lithium as part of fossil fuel production. The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission, which overseas lithium operations in the state, has said it plans to hold hearings on the matter.

Persons: Darren Woods, Mike Blake, Albemarle, Ernest Scheyder, Caroline Humer, David Gregorio Our Organizations: ExxonMobil, Milken, Global Conference, REUTERS, Exxon Mobil, Exxon, Tetra Technologies, EV, Reuters, Tetra, Chevron, Battery Metals, EnergySource Minerals, Energy, Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission, Benchmark Minerals, Thomson Locations: Beverly Hills , California, U.S, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Albemarle, Louisiana, Los Angeles

☆ Blinken brings a notable shift in US language toward Israel as pressure mounts at home and abroad
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Paul Leblanc | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lamented the civilian death toll in Gaza on Friday, it marked a subtle but notable shift in US language toward the Israeli government. Administration officials argue they have had success in some areas as they work to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The White House said Thursday that Israel had agreed to move forward with daily four-hour pauses of military operations in areas of Northern Gaza. That’s a rise from 32% saying Israel should negotiate while fighting when the survey was last conducted about two weeks earlier. At a news conference Wednesday, Blinken sought to make that posture clear, even as pressure continues to mount at home and abroad.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, we’ll, Blinken, Israel, ” Mustafa, Al Nasr, ”, Kahlout, Netanyahu, ” Netanyahu, “ Biden, John Kirby, that’s, ” Kirby, “, –, Jennifer Hansler, Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Alex Marquardt Organizations: CNN, Israeli, Administration, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Al, Pediatric, IDF, Hamas, Public, Research, Israel Democracy Institute, National Security Locations: Gaza, New Delhi, Israel, Northern Gaza, Ramallah, Tel Aviv, London, Istanbul, New York, Baghdad, Rome, Washington ,, Iraq, Syria, India, Blinken

☆ Indian diplomat says high-level Canadian official damaged probe into Sikh's murder
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Canada has alleged Indian involvement in the murder in a Vancouver suburb of Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whom India called a "terrorist." "I would go a step further and say now the investigation has already been tainted," Verma told the newspaper. "A direction has come from someone at a high level to say India or Indian agents are behind it." Canada withdrew 41 diplomats from India after New Delhi in September asked Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence following Canada's allegations over Nijjar's killing. Verma said that India has not been shown concrete evidence by Canada or Canada's allies that Indian agents were involved in Nijjar's killing.

Persons: Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Nanak, Chris Helgren, India's, Sanjay Kumar Verma, Verma, Justin Trudeau, Gursimran Kaur, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Globe and, Thomson Locations: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Vancouver, India, New Delhi, Ottawa, Bengaluru

☆ Less Pollution, More Global Warming
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( David Gelles | More About David Gelles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some of the particulate matter in all that pollution was actually exerting a cooling effect on the climate by blocking solar radiation. In doing so, it was effectively preventing some of the global warming driven by the burning of fossil fuels. Scientists are now taking a closer look at this trade-off and arriving at a sobering conclusion: As we clean up the air, we also seem to making global warming a bit worse. Cleaner air means healthier peopleBefore we examine the trade-offs, let’s acknowledge the obvious: Less pollution is a good thing. The tiny particles can become lodged in the lungs and even enter the bloodstream, causing problems in the heart and beyond.

Persons: let’s Organizations: World Health Organization

GENEVA (AP) — The near certainty that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 men's World Cup unites two of the most influential men in world sports: the leader of soccer's governing body and the kingdom's crown prince. In the case of Saudi Arabia, U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi was slain inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018. The men’s World Cup should earn Switzerland-based FIFA more than $10 billion in almost entirely tax-free revenue. “Mohammed bin Salman wants Saudi Arabia to be a hub of anything and everything,” Middle East expert James Dorsey said. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic and FIFA canceled the planned June 2021 relaunch in China of its Club World Cup event.

Persons: Gianni Infantino, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, sportswashing, Jamal Khashoggi, Prince Mohammed, Infantino, King Salman, Prince Mohammed's, “ Abraham, ”, Donald Trump, ” Infantino, Mohammed's, Cristiano Ronaldo, “ Mohammed bin Salman, James Dorsey, Greece —, —, Australia –, they’ve, James Johnson, “, Yasser Al Misehal –, – Organizations: GENEVA, FIFA, Australia, Qatar, White House, “ Abraham Accords, United Arab, Soccer, Newcastle, Russia, Saudi, ” Football Australia, ” FIFA, FIFA Council, Fox News Locations: Saudi Arabia, Persian, Saudi, U.S, Istanbul, Riyadh, Switzerland, Gulf, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Europe, Swiss, China, Qatar, United States, Canada, Mexico, Egypt, Greece, Africa, South America, Asia, Oceania, Saudi Arabian, Australia

☆ Storylines Residential Cruise Faces Backlash From Investors, Ex-Employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Kate Taylor | Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

Storylines' first cruise ship was initially scheduled to launch in 2019; it's now set for December 2026. Nine former employees, consultants, and investors told Insider that they'd come to doubt the MV Narrative would ever be built. The only existing residential cruise ship is The World. Many Storylines buyers remain optimistic about the residential cruise ship. "The ball is in your court," Punton told buyers in July in a video that's since been taken down.

Persons: Alister Punton, Punton, Shannon Lee, Mike Kasperzak, Jim Holt, Holt, Angela Nuran, Paul Cosentino, Cosentino, We're, Lee, it's, Alexandre Caillol, Condé, superyachts, Sean Fremder, Weeks, Caillol —, —, Marco Polo —, PitchBook, Alexandra Zodian —, Caillol, Michael Edwards, Edwards, he'd, Martin Buggy, Melissa Edyvean, Edyvean, Paul Read, Salvatore R, Mercogliano, Pat Helmers, Helmers, Michael Perisi, Andrew Lentz, didn't, Lentz, Wrocław . Lentz, Andrew, I'm, Lee ., Dick Rosman —, Lee —, Krzysztof Kontek, Kontek's, Michal Jackiewicz, Brodosplit, Brian Martin, Read, Nuran, We've, he's, New Zealand —, Kasperzak, " Lentz Organizations: Punton, Army, West —, Industry, CNN, Brodosplit, Regent Seven Seas, Wall Street Journal, Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries, Utopia, Beverly Hills, Rock City, The Raiders, Raiders, Holland America's, Mariners, New Zealand Locations: massages, Croatian, Beverly, Punton, Queensland, Australia, Broadbeach, California, Rock, Brisbane, Netherlands, Caillol, Polynesia, French Polynesia, France, London, Australian, British, Delaware, Sweden, Tahiti, Perth, Ecuador, Poland, Wrocław, Mexico, Florida, New

☆ BlackBerry CEO John Chen to depart - The Globe and Mail
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Blackberry CEO John Chen takes part in an event at the BlackBerry QNX headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies BlackBerry Ltd FollowOct 30 (Reuters) - BlackBerry's (BB.TO) CEO John Chen has resigned and will exit the company on Friday, the Globe and Mail reported on Monday citing a source familiar with the matter. Chen joined BlackBerry in November 2013 and led the company's turnaround efforts in pivoting it from consumer hardware business to one that focused on enterprise software. Earlier this month, the company said it would separate the IoT and cybersecurity units and target a subsidiary initial public offering for the IoT business next fiscal year. Last year, it pulled the plug on its smartphones business and has since been trying to sell its legacy patents related to its mobile devices.

Persons: John Chen, Chris Wattie, Chen, Yuvraj Malik, Chavi Mehta, Shailesh Kuber, Krishna Chandra Organizations: BlackBerry, REUTERS, Globe and Mail, U.S, Thomson Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, Canadian, Bengaluru

☆ Why Exxon and Chevron are doubling down on fossil fuel energy with big acquisitions
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The largest oil and gas producers in the United States see a long pathway for oil demand," Cahill told CNBC. "There's a major difference between what the big oil companies believe the future of oil is and the governments around the world." "The large companies — nongovernment companies — do not see an end to oil demand any time in the near future. Oil and gas are relatively cheap and easy to move around, particularly in comparison with building new clean energy infrastructure. "By the way, that means the large financial oil companies will be able to weather that environment better than the smaller companies."

Persons: Cahill, Ben Cahill, Goldstein, Larry J, Birol, Fatih Birol, Shon Hiatt, Hiatt, Marianne Kah, Kah, Amy Myers Jaffe, Jaffe Organizations: CNBC, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Petroleum Industry Research Foundation, Energy, Research Foundation, Chevron, Exxon, International Energy Agency, IEA, USC Marshall School of Business ., Columbia University's Center, Global Energy, ConocoPhillips, New York University, Climate Justice, Sustainability, NYU's School, Professional Studies, Exxon Mobil Locations: United States, Africa, Asia, America, U.S, Russia, Venezuela, Iran

☆ Where Hamas gets its money and why it's so hard to stop, even as the U.S. steps up efforts
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Jason Gewirtz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Nelson had a similar message for officials in Saudi Arabia, with whom he met Tuesday. He wouldn't comment specifically on whom his office might focus on next, but the Treasury Department is hinting more action is on the way. Still, it's a difficult and complicated effort, given the scope and intricacy of the Hamas funding network. Officials at the Treasury Department had been investigating these entities for years but didn't kick into gear until after the brazen attacks earlier this month. "After previous Hamas terror attacks you have big inflows to Hamas from across the globe and we wanted to act urgently to prevent that," Nelson said, pointing to the new urgency from the U.S.

Persons: Brian Nelson, Nelson Organizations: Brigades, Hamas, U.S . Treasury, CNBC, Treasury Department, Foreign Assets Control, West Bank Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, U.S, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkey, Algeria

☆ Meta's ad rebound gets huge assist from China even though its services are banned there
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A Facebook sign is seen at the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 6, 2019. Meta may be banned from operating in China, but the company is finding plenty of growth coming from the world's second-biggest economy. Susan Li, Meta's finance chief, told analysts on the earnings call that Chinese companies played a major role this quarter, continuing a theme from recent periods. Online commerce and gaming "benefited from spend among advertisers in China reaching customers in other markets," Li said. "Brazil was a strong contributor to the region's acceleration due in part to increased advertisers demand from China advertisers targeting users in Brazil," Li said.

Persons: Meta, Susan Li, Li Organizations: China, Facebook, North America, Google, Twitter, Meta Locations: Shanghai, China, Europe, Asia, Pacific, South America, Brazil, Israel

☆ Asia shares slip on Middle East woes, rising yields
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Wayne Cole | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Passersby walk past an electric monitor displaying the Japanese yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan October 4, 2023. Bonds were also under pressure as U.S. 10-year Treasury yields crept to within a whisker of 5.0%, pushing borrowing costs up across the globe and testing equity valuations. On Monday, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) slipped 0.4% to its lowest in almost a year. Both S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures added 0.2%, underpinned by hopes a rush of earnings reports this week will provide some support. Oil prices gave back some ground in the absence of any disruption to supplies from the Middle East, at least for now.

Persons: Issei Kato, Bonds, Israel, Bruce Kasman, outperformance, Gold, Brent, Wayne Cole, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, Nikkei, Washington, European Central Bank and Bank of Canada, Federal Reserve, Japan's Nikkei, FTSE, Nasdaq, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, JPMorgan, Bank of Japan, Swiss, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, China, SYDNEY, Gaza, Lebanon, Asia, Pacific

☆ The three-year cruise has been delayed because it doesn't have a ship
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. CNN —Due to set sail from Istanbul on November 1, the three-year cruise was meant to be a smooth sail across the globe and into nomadic living for its inhabitants. But with less than two weeks to go before the scheduled departure date, Life at Sea cruises is navigating choppy waters – as it still doesn’t have a ship. Two weeks ago, when asked whether the sale – which had been slated for late September – had gone through, it gave the same response. Meanwhile, some passengers are becoming increasingly concerned about the delays – and what they see as a lack of transparency from Life at Sea cruises.

Persons: –, ” Kendra Holmes, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, Miray Cruises, Amsterdam Passengers, Cruises Locations: Istanbul, Amsterdam –, “, Amsterdam, Freeport, Bahamas

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages, Greek Orthodox church in Gaza hit in airstrike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Hamas spokesman Hassan Yousef was arrested Thursday during raids Israel conducted across the West Bank, according to Israeli authorities. Yousef was arrested “on suspicion of acting on behalf of Hamas,” the Israel Security Agency Shin Bet told CNN on Friday. Yousef is a leading Palestinian political figure, serving as the official Hamas spokesperson in the West Bank and holding a seat on the Palestinian Legislative Council. CNN previously reported that Yousef was believed to be among more than 60 members of Hamas detained by Israel in raids across the West Bank, the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory that is increasingly feeling the impact of the fighting in Gaza. Some context: Yousef has been arrested by Israeli forces on several occasions and has spent a total of 24 years in Israeli jails on various charges of incitement, entering Jerusalem without permission and for being a Hamas member.

Persons: Hassan Yousef, Yousef, “, Israel Organizations: West Bank, Israel Security Agency Shin Bet, CNN, Palestinian Legislative Council Locations: Israel, Gaza, Jerusalem, Globe

☆ Canada's Conservative leader urges rejection of RBC's offer for HSBC Canada -media
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A sign for the Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 19 (Reuters) - Pierre Poilievre, Canada's Conservative party leader, called for the federal government to reject Royal Bank of Canada's (RY.TO) C$13.5 billion ($9.84 billion) offer to buy HSBC's (HSBA.L) domestic unit, the Globe and Mail reported on Thursday. "If the biggest bank in Canada simply buys up a growing smaller player, then there's no hope of ever having more competition in Canadian banking," he told the newspaper. Last month, Canada's Competition Bureau said that RBC's takeover of HSBC Canada was unlikely to hurt competition, clearing the way for the country's largest bank to push ahead with its biggest acquisition. Still, the regulator found that the deal would "result in a loss of rivalry between Canada's largest and seventh-largest banks."

Persons: Carlos Osorio, Pierre Poilievre, Poilievre, Gnaneshwar Rajan, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: Royal Bank of Canada, REUTERS, Conservative, Royal Bank of Canada's, Globe and Mail, HSBC, HSBC Canada, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada

☆ Christine Sinclair: Record goalscorer announces retirement from international soccer
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Christine Sinclair, one of the most decorated soccer players of all time, has announced her retirement from the international game, effective at the end of the year. “You’ll learn Canadian women’s national team players were playing for $10 a day. “You will stand up to your federation to push forward on a landmark equal pay agreement for the national team. “Here I am preparing to tie the bow on an unbelievable international career shared with so many incredible teammates, coaches, support staff, fans and of course family. While Sinclair will be retiring from international football, the Portland Thorns star hints at an encore for her NWSL side.

Persons: Christine Sinclair, Sinclair, “, ” Sinclair, “ You’ll, Julie Ertz, Martin Bernetti, ” Organizations: CNN, Canadian, Globe, Olympic Games, Canadian national, women’s, Getty, ”, Brazil, Portland Thorns Locations: Vancouver, Canada, US, AFP, ” Canada, – Portland

OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — American actor Meryl Streep on Friday received Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Arts Award at a ceremony presided over by the Spanish royal family in the northern city of Oviedo. “Empathy may be a radical form of outreach and diplomacy useful in other theaters of endeavor” she said. Others honored at the ceremony were bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami, who won the literature prize and U.S. biologists Jeffrey Gordon, Peter Greenberg and Bonnie Bassler, who received the scientific and technical research prize. Sports award winner, Kenyan marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge, said in a speech that running for him was much more than a physical exercise. “We must make our world a running world, because a running world is a happy world.

Persons: Meryl Streep, Streep, “, Haruki Murakami, Jeffrey Gordon, Peter Greenberg, Bonnie Bassler, Gordon, Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, Nuccio Ordine, Eliud Kipchoge, ”, Joan Miró, Princess Leonor, _____ Ciarán Giles Organizations: Asturias Arts, Diseases, Sports, Kenyan Locations: OVIEDO, Spain, American, Oviedo, Scottish, Spanish Catalan, Madrid

CNN —A Hamas spokesman is reportedly among more than 60 members of the militant organization that Israel arrested in overnight raids across the West Bank, the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory that is increasingly feeling the impact of the fighting in Gaza. Hassan Yousef, a leading Palestinian political figure who served as the official Hamas spokesperson in the West Bank, was arrested in his home, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club, an NGO representing Palestinian detainees. “Occupation forces arrested Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef from his home in Beitunia, as part of a wide-scale arrest campaign in the occupation (sic) West Bank,” the Palestinian Prisoners Club statement reads. Three Palestinians were shot dead in clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health. Israel views the West Bank as “disputed territory,” and contends its settlement policy is legal.

Persons: CNN —, Israel, Hassan Yousef, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, Yousef, Hassan Yousef’s, ”, Mustafa Barghouti, ” Barghouti, “ They’re, they’re, They’re Organizations: CNN, West Bank, Palestinian Prisoners Club, Bank, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Prisoners, Palestinian National Initiative, Hamas, Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health Locations: Gaza, Beitunia, Jerusalem, Globe, Judea, Samaria, Israel, Jordan

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