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The operator of the Keystone Pipeline System, which carries a form of crude oil from Canada to multiple states for refining, said over the weekend that its largest-yet breach has been contained for now. TC Energy, the Canadian parent of day-to-day pipeline operator TC Oil, said in a statement Saturday that the spill was no longer moving downstream. It mobilized 250 crews to handle cleanup and has deployed booms and vacuum trucks to stop the oil, the company said. The failure along a 96-mile segment in parts of Washington County, Kansas, Clay County, Kansas and Jefferson County, Nebraska, brings renewed concern over pipeline safety following the demise of the contentious Keystone XL pipeline project. Mayberry wants TC Oil to determine the root cause of the breach and name decision-makers who might have contributed to the spill, according to the letter dated Thursday.

☆ Democrats’ plan to give Iowa the boot from top primary spot is great news
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Joshua Spivak | Joshua Spivak Is The Author Of | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

This year, it’s the Democrats with a noteworthy shakeup to the 2024 primary and caucus calendar. Biden finished a distant fourth in Iowa and fifth in New Hampshire and was seen as dead in the water. Perhaps what makes Iowa even more problematic for Democrats is that it has moved out of the political center. In 1988’s Democratic caucus, it is still arguably unknown who really won: the declared winner, Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt, or Illinois Sen. Paul Simon. Perhaps what makes Iowa even more problematic for Democrats is that it has moved out of the political center.

☆ How did Democrats make it so close in the House midterm elections?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +18 min

While the GOP did still take the House, the close margin of victory was a performance well below what was possible. Here are eight perspectives from across the ideological spectrum on why the Democrats were able to make it so close. And this reality was essential given the defection of Black and Latino voters to the Republican Party and its candidates. America can credit Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s obstruction of a democracy bill and an economic bill for the narrow Republican House majority. But now, America needs to deal with a Republican House, thanks in good part to Manchin’s obstruction.

☆ Padraig Harrington: Golfer gives fans $100 to buy beers for moving out of shadows
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Surging towards an emphatic victory at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship – the PGA Tour Champions season finale – drinks were already set to flow for the Irishman, but Harrington seemed determined to start the party early. Approaching one fan at the sideline, Harrington handed over a wad of cash – to be spent specifically on beers. In May, Justin Thomas admitted to being blown away by the eye-watering $18 price of beer at the PGA Championship in Tulsa, and it seems similar calculations were on Harrington’s mind in Arizona. In carding 27-under, the Irishman matched the PGA Tour Champions record score in relation to par, equaling Jack Nicklaus’ effort at the Kaulig Companies Championship in 1990. Harrington poses with the Charles Schwab Cup Championship trophy.

☆ Some Twitter staff say they were locked out of their company Slack and email accounts the evening before mass layoffs were due to be announced
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some Twitter workers reported being locked out of their company Slack and email accounts late Thursday. Twitter is expected to announce layoffs of up to 50% of the company's workforce on Friday. Twitter emailed staff Thursday saying layoffs would be announced at 9 a.m. PST on Friday, and that all the company's offices were being "temporarily closed." Rumman Chowdry, a director at Twitter, tweeted a picture Thursday evening appearing to show a company Google account login page saying his password w changed less than an hour ago. More than 1,000 Twitter staff had been cut from the company's workforce by around 11 p.m. PST on Thursday, according to staff and messages obtained by Insider's Kali Hays.

☆ Defence manufacturer Saab to set up new facility in India, make weapons system
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Devjyot Ghoshal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe logo of Swedish manufacturer Saab is seen on a car in Prague June 13, 2012. REUTERS/David W CernySept 27 (Reuters) - Swedish defence products company Saab (SAABb.ST) will set up a facility to manufacture its Carl-Gustaf M4 weapons system in India, a top executive said on Tuesday, as the company looks to ramp up production. The facility will begin production in 2024, Senior Vice President Gorgen Johansson told reporters at a news conference. From around 10 billion rupees ($122.62 million) of defence exports some eight years ago, India is now exporting more than 130 billion rupees of military equipment, Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. "We have set a target of 1.75 trillion of defence production by 2025, which includes export of 350 billion," Singh told a gathering of defence manufacturers.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: FedEx, Adobe, Boeing and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

FedEx received its first five of an order of 500 electric Light Commercial Vehicles (eLCVs) from BrightDrop. Snowflake - Shares of the cloud computing company dropped more than 6% as growth stocks led Friday's sell-off. The decline came even as Needham initiated coverage of Snowflake with a buy rating, as the Wall Street firm sees potential new uses for its platform. Adobe – Adobe's stock built on Thursday's declines, sinking just over 3% after a slew of downgrades from Wall Street analysts. Bank of America downgraded the technology stock to neutral as it awaits further clarity on Adobe's Figma acquisition.

☆ The Ayahuasca Diaries
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-26 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +37 min

But please understand: I didn't drink ayahuasca so I could write an article about it. I wrote an article about it so I could drink ayahuasca. I was desperate to drink ayahuasca — I had been for several months, in fact — and the formality of an assignment would help me out at home. Instead, a friend of a friend linked me up with an ayahuasca sangha, a Buddhist word for a spiritual community. I thought of my old friend, Scott, who, many years before, had declined an opportunity to drink ayahuasca.

☆ A law firm built investor networks for women-led startups that have gone on to raise more than $85 million. Here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-14 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Davis Wright Tremaine is training women founders and creating networking opportunities. The law firm's programs "sought to provide us with a holistic overview of the social impacts of careers in tech, and the practical considerations that were important for success," she said. The law firm's programs linked founders to investors, helping to forge valuable connections for when her company strategizes for growth, Hosey said. The initiative was launched by Lynn Loacker, a partner at the firm and a longtime mergers-and-acquisitions attorney who now works full time on the firm's programs for women entrepreneurs. Helen Adeosun, the CEO of the home-care-training platform CareAcademy, participated in the firm's Women in Entrepreneurship Bootcamp and closed a $9.5 million series A round in 2020.

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