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☆ Peregrine lunar lander to make fiery reentry after failed misison
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

For the vast majority of the mission, the Peregrine lander has been controlled solely by its attitude control thrusters, which are tiny engines mounted to the side of the lander and designed to maintain stability or make precision movements. What Peregrine could and couldn’t accomplishAstrobotic was able to power on some of the science instruments and other payloads on board the lander. The Peregrine lander was also able to activate a new sensor, developed by NASA, that was designed to help the spacecraft land on the moon. Likewise, an array of other payloads designed specifically to operate on the moon remain trapped aboard the Peregrine lander. The Peregrine spacecraft is also carrying various mementos, letters and even human remains that customers paid to fly on the mission.

Persons: —, Peregrine’s, Peregrine, ”, John Thornton, Astrobotic, Joel Kearns Organizations: CNN, Payload Services, Astrobotic Technology, Peregrine, NASA, U.S . Government, LRA, Carnegie Mellon University, Mexican Space Agency Locations: Pittsburgh

☆ Long Island’s Scallops Keep Dying. Not Everyone Has Given Up Hope.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Mike Tehan pilots a fishing boat called Nibbles out of Shelter Island. But you hope.”He bashed north against the waves, toward the protected bay off Orient, at the far northeast corner of Long Island. He dropped four rusty dredges into the water, just as the bay turned pink with sunrise. He let the outboard rumble the boat around for five minutes. Then he pulled the dredges back up and dumped the contents into a sorting tray.

Persons: Mike Tehan, Tehan, ” Locations: Shelter, Peconic, Orient, Long

☆ The US's moon mission now has 'no chance' of landing on the moon after a fuel leak that started hours following the launch
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A spacecraft meant to land on the moon in February has been leaking fuel. The Peregrine lunar lander now lacks the fuel to successfully land on the moon. That means the Peregrine Mission One won't reach its target. AdvertisementThe first private mission to land on the moon is still up for grabsA ULA Vulcan rocket launches into space on Monday, carrying the Peregrine Mission One lunar lander. AstroboticPeregrine launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday, attempting to be the first private mission to land on the moon.

Persons: —, ULA, Peregrine, Astrobotic Organizations: Service Locations: Cape Canaveral, Florida

☆ The most exciting new trains coming in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Ben Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —Around the world, travelers are flocking back to trains, and demand is increasing across the board for high-speed trains, luxury “land cruises” and long-distance day and night trains. Here are some of the best new trains you’ll be able to take in 2024. Laurie Dieffembacq/Belga/AFP/Getty ImagesLinks between two of Europe’s most visited capitals have traditionally been pretty poor, with no direct trains since the 1990s. Ian Clarke/Alamy Stock PhotoFour continents, 13 countries, and seven luxury trains across 80 days – the ultimate experience for rail travel connoisseurs is due to depart in late 2024. BelmondOne of the world’s greatest luxury train journeys is returning to the rails in 2024 after a four-year gap.

Persons: Laurie Dieffembacq, Dimorestudio, Vita ”, Riva Aquarama, itineraries, Jeroen Berends, Gabriel Bouys, it’s, Jesus Hellin, That’s, Trenitalia, Luigi Ferraris, France –, Railbookers, Ian Clarke, we’ve, ”, Frank Marini, Alex Halada, There’s Organizations: CNN, Orient, Getty, ÖBB, Austrian Federal Railways, SNCF, Eurostar, National, Europa Press, French, Renfe, FS, Rocky Mountaineer, Royal, Orient Express, Oriental, ”, Oriental Express, Austrian Railways, Swiss Locations: Swiss, Venice, Paris, Berlin, AFP, Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Italy, Rome, Matera, Palermo, Sicily, Messina, Europe’s, Istanbul, Split, Brussels, Prague, Europe, Dutch, Dresden, Belgian, Roman, Naples, Madrid, Spain, France, Spanish, Barcelona, Lyon, Marseille, Canada, Central Europe, India, South Africa, Eastern, Vancouver, Malaysia, Singapore, Malaysia’s, Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, Penang, Bangkok, Vienna, Innsbruck, Hamburg, Switzerland, Germany, Zürich, Gornergrat Bahn, Zermatt, Gornergrat, Riffelalp

☆ I spent $9,000 for a night on an iconic luxury train. It was so luxurious, I felt like I was staying at a 5-star hotel.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I traveled on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, a train made up of historic Orient Express cars. I only stayed on the luxury sleeper train for a night, but I felt like a VIP the whole time. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But none of those experiences could come close to my $9,000, one-night ride from Paris to Venice on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express — one of the most luxurious sleeper trains in the world. It was my first time experiencing the upscale Belmond train, made up of original Orient Express carriages from the 1920s and 1930s.

Persons: —, I've Organizations: Orient, Orient Express, Service Locations: Venice, Paris

☆ Israel army publishes map it says advises Gazans of safe evacuation areas
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Palestinians flee their houses due to Israeli strikes, after a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel expired, in the eastern part of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 1, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The Israeli army said on Friday that with the resumption of fighting it had published a map to advise Gazans of safe areas for their evacuation. Its statement linked to an Israeli army website in Arabic showing an Evacuation Zone Map. It said an Arabic-language video had been released on social networks and the map was being distributed by the army in Gaza. "This divides the territory of the Gaza Strip into areas according to recognizable areas to enable the residents of Gaza to orient themselves and understand the instructions, and to evacuate from specific places for their safety if required," the statement said.

Persons: Khan Younis, Abu Mustafa, Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Blinken, Israel, reneging, Howard Goller, Ari Rabinovitch Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Palestinian

☆ The world’s most expensive cities in which to live in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Inflation predictionsZurich, Switzerland (pictured) tied with Singapore as the world's most expensive city on the Worldwide Cost of Living Index from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Maremagnum/Corbis Documentary RF/Getty ImagesThe city-state of Singapore and Switzerland’s Zurich were named as the most expensive cities in the world. Movers and shakersHong Kong, the "Pearl of the Orient," came in fifth on the list of the world's most expensive cities to live in. The 2023 Worldwide Cost of Living surveyed 173 major cities, comparing more than 400 individual prices across 200 products and services. The world’s 10 most expensive cities for 20231.

Persons: who’s, Pol Albarrán, Price, ” Upasana Dutt, Dutt, Chunyip Wong, San Francisco Organizations: CNN, Economist Intelligence Unit, Economist Intelligence, Getty, Denmark's Copenhagen, Switzerland’s, New York, Singapore, Tel, Denmark’s, Orient, 171st, Venezuela’s, Paris, ., San Locations: Zurich, Switzerland, Singapore, China, Israel, El, –, Tel Aviv, Switzerland’s Zurich, Swiss, Switzerland’s Geneva, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, Denmark’s Copenhagen, San Francisco, Moscow, St, Petersburg, Ukraine, Beijing, Damascus, Syria, Tehran, Iran, Tripoli, Libya, Western, Venezuela’s Caracas, York, Geneva, . Tel Aviv, Copenhagen

☆ I spent a night on one of the world's most luxurious trains for $9,000. Here's a look inside my cabin.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The Venice-Simplon Orient Express is one of the world's most luxurious overnight trains. For $9,000, I spent one night in the train's least expensive accommodation, a cabin with two beds. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementI've spent 120 hours on six sleeper trains, and my cabin on the Venice-Simplon Orient Express was unlike any overnight train accommodation I've ever booked. The Venice-Simplon Orient Express is a luxury train made up of cars from the historic Orient Express train fleet of the 1920s and 30s, according to a fact sheet shared with Business Insider.

Persons: —, I've Organizations: Orient, Service, Orient Express, Business Locations: Venice, Paris, France, Italy

☆ SpaceX Starship: World’s most powerful rocket ready for takeoff
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —After months of rebuilding and clearing red tape following the April explosion of the Starship system’s first test flight, SpaceX is set for its next attempt. The Starship spacecraft stacked atop the Super Heavy booster is intended to play a key role in the NASA Artemis III moon mission, currently slated for 2025. After its fuel is spent, the Super Heavy will detach from the Starship spacecraft and fall back toward the ocean. “These delays may seem small in the big scheme of things but … delays in each and every test flight adds up. One group of activists sued the FAA in May, alleging regulators had failed to comply with federal environmental law when they greenlit Starship’s April test flight.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, they’re, NASA Artemis, ”, Musk’s, SpaceX’s, NASA’s —, Jim Free, “, ” Musk, William Gerstenmaier —, we’re, ” Gerstenmaier, Jared Margolis Organizations: CNN, SpaceX, Super, NASA, International Astronautical, “, NASA’s, Systems, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Center for Biological Locations: Riding, Boca Chica , Texas, South Texas, Texas, Padre, of Mexico, Hawaii, Baku, Azerbaijian, China

☆ The night train revolution has been hailed as an alternative to airplanes. Here’s how that’s going
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Ben Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Wherever they run, night trains are complicated, labor intensive and expensive to operate – one of the major reasons they went into decline in the first place. The $770 million contract could eventually see up to 370 new overnight carriages introduced to update Italy’s entire overnight train fleet. “Politicians must be clear: the night train market will be effectively closed for a very long time,” he says. So, what does all this mean for the much-vaunted night train revolution? With the honorable exception of government-subsidized Nightjet, which plans to expand rapidly over the next five years, European night train services have yet to match the hype.

Persons: Love, James Brown, David Bowie, Ray Charles, –, they’ve, Charisius, Agatha Christie, James Bond, Mark Smith, ”, “, ÖBB, “ Superliner, Kuleshova, Smith, it’s, Alex Halada, Nick Brooks Organizations: CNN, Orient Express, Austrian Federal Railways, Swiss Federal Railways, Deutsche Bahn, Italian State Railways, Amtrak, California Zephyr, European, Bloomberg, Getty, Regiojet, Compagnie Internationale des, VIA Rail, European Union, Frankfurt, Eurostar, EU Rail, EU Locations: Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, Vienna, Hamburg, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, France, Sweden, Milan, Sicily, Messina, Europe’s, United States, Berlin, Stockholm, Denmark, Czech, Prague, Croatia’s, London, Dresden, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Spain, Venice, Florence, Rome, Madrid, Porto, Portugal, Edinburgh, Zurich, AFP, EU

☆ France to give armoured vehicles to Lebanese army - defence minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - France will send dozens of armoured vehicles to the Lebanese army so it can properly carry out patrol missions in the country, France's defence minister said in remarks published on Monday. "We will pursue our partnership with military equipment, notably for the transport of troops protected by armour, which is key to maintain patrols," he said, adding that several dozen armoured vehicles would be given to the Lebanese army soon. "Our support for the Lebanese army is for the long-term whatever the current difficulties," Lecornu added. Paris will also provide medicines and is setting up a joint programme to purchase medical supplies at reasonable prices for the Lebanese army in the future, he said. France has sought to use its historical relationship with Lebanon to try to defuse tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, but violence has spiked.

Persons: Lebanon's, Sebastien Lecornu, Lecornu, John Irish, Gareth Jones Organizations: Lebanese, United Nations, UN Interim Force, Thomson Locations: France, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Paris, United States

☆ Mummified baboons found in Egypt have puzzled scientists for 118 years. Now we finally might know how they got there and why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Mummified remains of baboons in Egypt found over a century ago have long puzzled researchers. AdvertisementAdvertisementNew research on the mysterious remains of mummified baboons, found far from their natural habitat over a hundred years ago in Egypt, has shed light on the sacred significance of the primates in the ancient Arabian Peninsula. Kopp's discovery is the first time ancient DNA from a mummified non-human primate has successfully been analyzed to this extent. The exact location of Punt, Kopp told Insider, has long puzzled researchers due to references to the town being found in significant texts and artwork but not found on existing maps. And they even mummified baboons, which any primatologist will tell you is puzzling."

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Overall, China's 2023 imports are likely to reach around 12 million tons, two Singapore-based traders said, topping 2022's record 9.96 million tons, and the avid buying is expected to continue into 2024. read moreBeijing has not provided a crop quality assessment. MORE TO COMEChina's January-September wheat imports jumped 53.6% to 10.17 million metric tons, customs data showed, including 6.4 million tons from Australia and 1.8 million tons from Canada. Chinese wheat purchases have stabilised global wheat prices, one of the Singapore traders said. Given lower output in Australia, traders and analysts said China is likely to import significantly higher volumes of French wheat in the coming months.

Persons: China's, Muyuan, Stefan Meyer, Ma Wenfeng, Price, Rosa Wang, Jeffrey McPike, Naveen Thukral, Dominique Patton, Peter Hobson, Gus Trompiz, Julie Ingwersen, Tony Munroe, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Traders, Russia, Reuters, El, Beijing Orient, Shanghai JC Intelligence Co, U.S, WASDEA Commodities, Thomson Locations: China, SINGAPORE, BEIJING, Chicago, Singapore, Australia, Beijing, Sydney, StoneX, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, North America, U.S, Canberra, Paris

☆ Mike Johnson is the first Republican House speaker from the South since Newt Gingrich, putting the region back in the driver's seat of GOP politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Rep. Mike Johnson's ascent to the House speakership last week took most in the GOP by surprise. He's now the first House speaker from the South since Newt Gingrich held the gavel in the 1990s. "This happened sort of suddenly," the Louisiana Republican said last Wednesday after succeeding Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California as speaker and as the new leader of the House GOP conference. Rep. Mike Johnson takes the oath of office to become the next House speaker on October 25, 2023. Challenges to Republican-drawn congressional districts across the South could give Democrats a significant opening to flip the House in 2024.

Persons: Mike Johnson's, He's, Newt Gingrich, —, couldn't, Kevin McCarthy of, Johnson, Bill Clinton, Sen, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, Mike Johnson, Alex Brandon Cue McConnell, Steve Scalise, Gingrich —, Drew Angerer, Gingrich, Donald Trump, Kim Chandler, McCarthy Organizations: GOP, Service, Louisiana Republican, Southern Republican, Republican, White House, House Republicans, AP, Democratic, Kentucky Locations: Washington, Louisiana, Kevin McCarthy of California, Georgia, Kentucky, Southern, Ukraine, New York, Chicago, Denver, Johnson's, Kim Chandler In Alabama, Black, Alabama's, Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina , Tennessee

☆ Nomura reassesses mainland China business plan as losses mount
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of Nomura Securities is seen at the company's Head Office in Tokyo, Japan, November 28, 2016. Nomura's majority-owned joint venture has struggled to grow since its launch in 2019, dragged down by the pandemic and a slowing economy. In 2022, the joint venture lost 225 million yuan ($30.75 million), after losing 84 million yuan in 2021, according to Nomura's filings. Nomura's China joint venture headcount has dropped to 259 from 281 in July, far short of the original target of increasing it to 500 by this year. The joint venture is 51% owned by Nomura, 24.9% by Orient International Holding, and 24.1% by Shanghai Huangpu Investment Holding Group.

Persons: Toru Hanai, Nomura, headcount, Goldman Sachs, Makiko Yamazaki, Selena Li, Sonali Paul Organizations: Nomura Securities, REUTERS, Rights, Nomura Holdings, Bloomberg, Reuters, Citigroup, Nomura Orient International Securities, Nomura, Orient International Holding, Shanghai Huangpu Investment Holding Group, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, China, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Asia

☆ When the Skyscraper You Hate Blocks the Skyscraper You Love
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Michael Kimmelman | More About Michael Kimmelman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When I reached the plaza I turned to admire the Flatiron, as usual. But the view north had changed. The Empire State Building is gone, or almost. From much of the plaza, yet another anorexic supertall for squillionaires, rising at 29th Street, now blots it out. Ever since Henry Hudson sailed through the Narrows, change has been New York’s mantra and bugaboo.

Persons: Henry Hudson Organizations: downer, State, Empire State Locations: Madison, York

☆ NASA launches a spacecraft to visit Psyche, an unseen metal world
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Psyche mission lifted off at 10:19 a.m. The Psyche mission lifted off Friday morning. “This will be our first time visiting a world that has a metal surface. The Psyche spacecraft will arrive at Mars in May 2026 and use the planet’s gravity to effectively slingshot its trajectory to Psyche. Psyche may have little metal spikes, spires and even tiny pieces that resemble a type of metal sand within the crater, said Elkins-Tanton.

Persons: NASA’s, Chandan Khanna, David Oh, ”, Lindy Elkins, Tanton, ” Elkins, “, Joe Skipper, Henry Stone, Oh, Elkins, Ben Weiss, Psyche, Weiss, It’s, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, NASA, SpaceX, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Falcon, Getty, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Arizona State University’s School of Earth, Exploration, JPL, Caltech, ASU Scientists, Hubble, Reuters, Cape Canaveral Space Force, Mars, Optical Communications, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Locations: Florida, Pasadena , California, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, California, Elkins, Tanton

☆ Inside Project Nile: Amazon's secret AI-powered plan to change the way you shop online.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"Project Nile is a confidential initiative wherein we're building a conversational shopping agent for Retail customers," one internal document explained. Wearing that "I love AI" t-shirt, Sirosh, VP of Amazon Search and Alexa Shopping, introduced Project Nile as a "super confidential" project. Project Nile isn't the only move Amazon has made in the popular generative AI space. For Amazon's retail side, Project Nile is one of the most important projects. Sirosh has told his team he's "staffing up very rapidly" as Project Nile is the "absolute top priority."

Persons: Joseph Sirosh, Sirosh, Stephen Lam, It's, they're, Andy Jassy, Doug Herrington, Jassy, Rohit Prasad, ChatGPT, Microsoft's Bing, Google's Bard Organizations: Amazon, Microsoft, Retail, Amazon Search, Alexa, Nile, ChatGPT, Google Locations: Anthropic, OpenAI

☆ Little Caesars knows what you're going to order before you do. With AI tools, soon more restaurants will.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AI tools are enabling some restaurants to get a jump on what customers want — and when. AdvertisementAdvertisementLittle Caesars, Darden Restaurants, and Jack in the Box are each tapping into troves of sales data. "If you forecast your traffic better, you order better, you receive better, you schedule better," Cardenas said. AdvertisementAdvertisementService is also better, Klopfenstein said, since the AI tools enable Little Caesars to hire more easily and train new employees more quickly — a big lift in a tight labor market. If tech isn't easy to use, customers won't come back, Anita Klopfenstein, Little Caesars' chief information officer, said.

Persons: —, Jack, Anita Klopfenstein, Danny Meyer, Ricardo Cardenas, Cardenas, Klopfenstein, Mike Glinski, Darin Harris, Harris, they're Organizations: Service, Darden, Little Caesars, Olive Garden, LongHorn, Caesars, Microsoft

☆ D.B. Cooper case: Eric Ulis is trying to solve the mystery behind the 1971 hijacking
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Cooper expert, Ulis says he was a professional blackjack player, a skill he says helps him focus on facts and avoid conspiracy theories. FBIThe tie and the found ransom money are the key pieces of physical evidence in the case, Ulis says. Larry Carr, a former FBI agent who worked on Cooper’s case, tells CNN he doesn’t believe the FBI took the spindle apart to process it. Cooper manhunt (2011) 01:44 - Source: KARECarr, the former FBI agent, lists several reasons why he believes Cooper didn’t survive the jump. Carr said the Cooper case is one of the most popular cases he worked on and he still thinks about it today.

Persons: Eric Ulis, Cooper, he’s, James Bond, ” Ulis, “, ”, Ulis, Dan Cooper, –, Dan, everybody’s, D.B, He’s, familiarized, It’s, “ It’s, ” He’s, minutia, let’s, CNN’s, Larry Carr, doesn’t, Carr, “ That’s, criminologists, Richard McCoy, Duane Weber, KARE Carr, Cooper didn’t Organizations: CNN, Northwest Orient, FBI, Netflix Locations: Portland , Oregon, Seattle, Mexico, Pacific Northwest, Phoenix , Arizona, Canadian, Tena, Washington, CooperCon, Washington , DC, Provo , Utah

☆ China bans Nomura senior investment banker from leaving mainland — sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Signage for Nomura Holdings Inc. displayed outside a Nomura Securities Co. branch in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, April 24, 2023. Authorities in China have ordered a senior Nomura Holdings banker overseeing the firm's investment banking operations there not to leave the mainland, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Charles Wang Zhonghe, China investment banking chairman at Nomura, is prohibited from travelling outside the mainland, said the sources, who sought anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to media. A Reuters analysis has found an apparent surge of court cases involving such bans in recent years, and foreign business lobbies are voicing concern about the trend. In August last year, he was also appointed as chairman of Nomura Orient International Securities, the bank's majority-owned securities business headquartered in the commercial hub of Shanghai.

Persons: Charles Wang Zhonghe, Wang, Nomura, Bao Fan, Cong Lin, Bao, Cong, Nomura's Wang, Wang Wenbin, Mintz, Zhong Organizations: Nomura Holdings Inc, Nomura Securities Co, Nomura Holdings, Nomura, Financial Times, China Renaissance Holdings, ICBC, Commercial Bank of China Ltd, Reuters, Bain & Company, Group, Beijing, European Union, Deutsche Bank, Securities, Nomura Orient International Securities Locations: Tokyo, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai

☆ China bans Nomura senior investment banker from leaving mainland -sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The logo of Nomura Securities is pictured at the company's Otemachi Head Office in Tokyo, Japan, November 18, 2016. Charles Wang Zhonghe, China investment banking chairman at Nomura, is prohibited from travelling outside the mainland, said the sources, who sought anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to media. Asked why the Nomura banker was barred from leaving, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said he did not have knowledge of the situation at a regular news briefing on Monday. A Reuters analysis has found an apparent surge of court cases involving such bans in recent years, and foreign business lobbies are voicing concern about the trend. In August last year, he was also appointed as chairman of Nomura Orient International Securities, the bank's majority-owned securities business headquartered in the commercial hub of Shanghai.

Persons: Toru Hanai, Charles Wang Zhonghe, Wang, Nomura, Bao Fan, Cong Lin, Bao, Cong, Nomura's Wang, Wang Wenbin, Mintz, Zhong, Selena Li, Kane Wu, Makiko Yamazaki, Liz Lee, Sumeet Chatterjee, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Nomura Securities, REUTERS, Authorities, Nomura Holdings, Nomura, Financial Times, China Renaissance Holdings, HK, ICBC, Commercial Bank of China Ltd, Reuters, Bain & Company, Group, Beijing, European Union, Deutsche Bank, Securities, Nomura Orient International Securities, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, HONG KONG, China, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai

☆ Nomura is merely first in line for new China risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Una Galani | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

After all, Nomura is a minnow in China, ranking 82nd in investment banking in the country by net revenue in 2021, data from Dealogic shows. Like most of its more successful global investment banking peers, Nomura has an eye on deepening its business in China. It acquired a license for a majority-owned securities joint venture, Nomura Orient International Securities, in 2019. Follow @ugalani on TwitterCONTEXT NEWSAuthorities in China have barred Charles Wang Zhonghe, China investment banking chair at Nomura, from leaving the mainland, Reuters reported on Sept. 25 citing two sources with knowledge of the matter. Beijing’s investigation into Cong, former president of China Renaissance Holdings, resulted in the investment bank’s founder Bao being taken away by Chinese authorities in February.

Persons: Charles Wang Zhonghe, Nomura, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Wang, Bao Fan, hasn’t, Xi Jinping, Banks, Cong Lin, Bao, Cong, Nomura’s Wang, Antony Currie, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, Financial Times, UBS, HK, China Securities, Nomura, Commercial Bank of China, China, Apple, Nomura Orient International Securities, Authorities, China Renaissance Holdings, ICBC, Commercial Bank of China Ltd, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, China, Hong Kong, It’s, Singapore, People’s Republic

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren't enough to save “ Expend4bles ” from a debut box office flop. The Lionsgate and Millennium's film, also known as “Expendables 4,” pulled in a mediocre $8.3 million for the big-budget project. It starred several popular names, including Stallone, Statham, Curtis “50 Cent" Jackson, Megan Fox and Dolph Lundgren. It's been nearly a decade since the franchise released a film, which opened with $15.8 million and eventually grossed $214 million globally. But times have certainly changed, as the film barely placed second behind “The Nun 2," a horror movie that earned $8.4 million in its first week.

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☆ Travel news: This airport has more global flight connections than anywhere else in the planet
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. Airports flying highSome airports rank highest for passenger volume, such as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, which served close to 94 million travelers last year. Others excel in passenger satisfaction in North America, such as those in Detroit and Minneapolis, which triumphed in a new study by J.D. However, there are three international airports that punch above their weight when it comes to their rich array of connecting flights around the world. Destination inspirationWhen planning vacation itineraries, you really can’t go wrong by checking out local UNESCO World Heritage sites: It’s the unofficial stamp of a quality day out.

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