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☆ Remembering the Rappers We Lost
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Danyel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

That same year, the Recording Academy finally included a rap category in the Grammy Awards, and Will Smith, a.k.a. And then, in September 1996, Tupac Shakur died at 25 in Las Vegas, having been shot four times. Hill’s was the first hip-hop album to win album of the year (along with four other Grammys). In 1999, Big L of Harlem (Lamont Coleman) was shot nine times in the face and chest on West 139th Street near his Harlem home. On Oct. 30, 2002, Run-DMC’s D.J., Jason Mizell, known as Jam Master Jay, was killed in his Queens recording studio at age 37.

Persons: Will Smith, a.k.a, DJ Jazzy Jeff, “, ”, Tupac Shakur, Roland Bishop, Ernest Dickerson’s, Christopher Wallace, poolside partyer, DJ Quik, Gen, Biggie Smalls, Shakur, Will, Biggie, ’ Raymond Rodgers, Evans’s, Kirk Franklin, Cheryl James, Lauryn Hill ”, Jay, Z’s, Hill’s, Big, Harlem, Lamont Coleman, Jason Mizell, Mizell, Rap Organizations: Recording Academy, Billboard, Motown, Queens Locations: Florida, Las Vegas, God’s, Harlem

☆ Six Ways to Experience Athens Like a Local
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Iliana Magra | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

First, avoid the long entrance lines by booking your tickets online (20 euros, or about $22, for a single-entry adult ticket). Another booking option, the Athena’s Combined Ticket (adults, €30), provides access to six more sites in Athens, including the nearby Agora. Rhamnous, about an hour’s drive from downtown Athens, is a less crowded archaeological attraction — and it has ocean views (adults, €4). Eat like a GreekWith the sizzling summer temperatures, follow the local traditions when it comes to eating. For an upscale option by the sea and the best views of the Athens Riviera, go to Ithaki restaurant.

Organizations: SIA, Mavros Locations: Athens, Agora, Piraeus, Yperokeanio, Psyri, Mavros Gatos, Pangrati

☆ Smash-and-grab robberies are out, organized cargo theft is surging up 57% higher than last year, and the thieves are targeting your Nikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

While smash-and-grab robberies still happen, organized cargo theft is becoming more prevalent. Cargo theft has surged up 57% compared to 2022, with industry leaders calling thieves "emboldened." The Wall Street Journal identified Nike shipments as one of the most commonly targeted for theft. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. The Wall Street Journal reported one type of shipment is particularly popular with thieves: Nikes.

Persons: Louis Vuitton, Drake, CargoNet, Nick Stewart Organizations: Street Journal, Nike, Service, Nordstrom, CargoNet, Street, CNBC News, Walmart, Target, Los Locations: Wall, Silicon, California, Canada, Angeles, California , Texas, Florida, Illinois, Chicago , Portland, Albuquerque, Minneapolis , Philadelphia, Los Angeles County

☆ A Multiracial, Hip-Hop-and-Bluegrass Band Wants to Fix Hate in America - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Farah Stockman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The free publicity, complete with an online post by Donald Trump, spurred a surge in record sales. I recently spent two days with Gangstagrass, a band that is making music that actually unites us, and reflecting on why it isn’t better known. A version of the group produced the theme song of the TV drama “Justified.” (The song, “Long Hard Times to Come,” was nominated for an Emmy in 2010.) The multiracial band was created by Rench, a Brooklyn-based musician and producer. When he isn’t making music, Mr. Whitener is a stay-at-home dad.

Persons: Jason Aldean’s, ”, Aldean’s, Donald Trump, “, M.C, Dan Whitener, Farrow, Whitener, Dolio Organizations: Gangstagrass, Times, Phillies, Adidas Locations: Brooklyn, Pensacola, Fla, New Jersey, Omaha

☆ What Mike Epps Learned From ‘Sanford and Son’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Chris Kornelis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When you’re a Black man and you see a Black movie like that that is macho, you know, you want to be a part of it in some capacity. When people see me riding it, they look at me like I’m crazy and say: “What the hell you doing? Killer Mike is one of those guys that has been blessed to have that voice for our people. 9Treasure HuntingWhen I’m out on the road telling jokes, the first thing I want to hit is a vintage store. I want to hit the vintage clothing store, and I want to hit the antique furniture store.

Persons: ’, “, ”, Michael B, Jordan, you’re, Denzel Washington, Jackson, Mike It’s, Mike Organizations: Denzel, Detroit Locations: Miami, America, Detroit

☆ Man of the People? Jolted by a Mutiny, Putin Works the Crowds.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Paul Sonne | More About Paul Sonne | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He worked a throng of screaming fans in Dagestan. He hoisted a young girl onto his hip in Kronstadt. He posed shoulder-to-shoulder with seven young siblings, shaking their father’s hand after a naval parade. The isolation persisted until well after politicians elsewhere had dispensed with such precautions amid receding fears about Covid-19. And once Russia invaded Ukraine, Mr. Putin’s distance stood in stark contrast to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who made regular visits to frontline positions, crowded ceremonies and cramped hospital rooms.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky Locations: Dagestan, Kronstadt, Russia, Ukraine

☆ How the Artistic Director at SummerStage Spends Her Sundays
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Alix Strauss | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It is no surprise that Erika Elliott, the executive artistic director at SummerStage, celebrates New York through music. “There’s this cathartic, exciting and energetic feeling in an all-green public space when the audience and the artist and the stage all come together.”The music festival, run by the City Parks Foundation, started in 1986. This summer there are nearly 80 SummerStage shows in 13 parks across the city. The season, which started on June 3 with a performance by the band Hippo Campus in Central Park, ends Oct. 2 in Coney Island with the Yeshiva Boys Choir. In between are some standout superstars: Grandmaster Flash in Crotona Park; Tanya Tucker in Central Park; and Grand Wizzard Theodore and Monie Love, who are part of the festival’s 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop celebration.

Persons: Erika Elliott, “, ”, Elliott, Grandmaster Flash, Tanya Tucker, Theodore, Monie Love, Estarlin Trejo, Ethan, Ellie Organizations: SummerStage, City Parks Foundation, Yeshiva Boys, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Locations: New York, California, Central Park, Coney Island, Crotona, Mott Haven, Bronx

☆ A Love Letter to Hip-Hop
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Veronica Chambers | More About Veronica Chambers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is also a weekly newsletter. To celebrate hip-hop’s birthday, the Projects and Collaborations team asked Mahogany L. Browne, Lincoln Center’s first-ever poet-in-residence and an acclaimed author, to write a love letter to the genre, composed entirely of lyrics both oft recited and obscure. In the resulting interactive piece, which is full of stunning archival photography, we’ve annotated the lyrics with information about the artists, songs and their significance in the history of hip-hop. “Each of the audio clips represents a voice, a feeling, a moment in the 50-year evolution of the music. “From the start we knew the conceit was to use lyrics and this found poetry structure, but how does that look on the page?” Fang said.

Persons: Mahogany, Browne, Lincoln Center’s, Browne “, ” Marcelle Hopkins, Alice Fang, Antonio de Luca, ” Fang, Fang, de Luca

☆ Was Hip-Hop Really Invented 50 Years Ago?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Dan Charnas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The music world has been gearing up for Aug. 11, which will be widely celebrated as the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop. The story goes like this: On that date in 1973, in the rec room of an apartment building on Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, a teenager named Cindy Campbell threw a party, charging admission to raise money so that she could buy clothes for the coming school year. This gathering, one of many that her brother Clive would DJ as “Kool Herc,” is counted by many as the birth of the yet-nameless genre, in part because Herc is said to have honed its foundational musical impulse there.

Persons: Cindy Campbell, Clive, Kool Herc, ”, Herc Locations: Sedgwick, Bronx

☆ See inside Drake's collab with Shopify, a messy virtual mansion stocked with exclusive merch curated and designed by the rap star
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Dominick Reuter | Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fans can explore and buy exclusive products through a digital rendering of Drake's Toronto mansion. Shopify's latest tool allows the rap star to partner with other brands for unique merch drops. Rather than scroll through the same-old grid of product listings, fans can explore various virtual rooms strewn about with items to buy, all powered by Shopify's e-commerce platform. "We can actually match incredible content creators that have massive audiences with incredible brands," Shopify President Harley Finkelstein said on the company's second-quarter earnings call. Shopify Collective is one of several new business-to-business initiatives the company has announced recently, and on Wednesday's call Finkelstein highlighted the launch of dozens of new B2B features in the last year alone.

Persons: Drake, Harley Finkelstein, Finkelstein Organizations: Service, Shopify's Locations: Toronto, Wall, Silicon, Canadian, Embassy

☆ US man pleads guilty to laundering crypto stolen from Bitfinex hack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Photo illustration of Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange website taken September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationWASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - A New York technology entrepreneur pleaded guilty on Thursday to laundering funds stolen from Bitfinex, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, with his wife, an online rapper, expected to follow. His wife Heather Morgan, who used the hip-hop alias "Razzklekhan" to promote her music, is expected to enter her own plea later on Thursday. Lichtenstein and Morgan had been arrested in February 2022 on charges of laundering more than 100,000 bitcoin that was stolen after a hacker attacked Bitfinex in 2016. A docket entry in late July shows that Lichtenstein and Morgan reached their plea deal with the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington.

Persons: Bitfinex, Dado Ruvic, Ilya Lichtenstein, Colleen Kollar, Heather Morgan, Lichtenstein, Morgan, Lisa Monaco, Luc Cohen, Andrea Ricci Organizations: REUTERS, WASHINGTON, U.S, U.S . Department of Justice, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: York, Washington, United States, U.S

☆ Those Hip Surgeries Are Now Mostly Priced Into Insurers’ Stocks
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( David Wainer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The Promise of Prison Music - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Maurice Chammah | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

For wardens running bigger and fuller prisons, letting in people and technology was one more avoidable security risk. The racial prejudice that underpinned the War on Drugs infected how a lot of prison music was perceived. Throughout the 1990s, a rising victims’ rights movement framed any creativity behind bars as a moral affront to crime survivors. Much of society lost interest in hearing the voices of people inside prisons, but they didn’t stop creating and often they used music as a form of resistance. There are hopeful signs that our prison system could return to seeing music as a way to maintain hope inside — and prepare society to accept the people they’re going to release.

Persons: Merle Haggard, ”, Darrell Wayne Caldwell, Earlonne Woods, Antwan, Banks ” Williams, Jim Crow, — Organizations: Black, San, Jim Crow Records Locations: Angeles County, San Quentin

☆ The microphone that Cardi B hurled at a fan is up for auction on eBay, and the bids are at nearly $100K
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The microphone that Cardi B threw at a fan in a viral video is now up for auction on eBay. The microphone that Cardi B threw at a fan during a show in a now viral video is up for auction on eBay, and the bidding has skyrocketed to nearly $100,000 since it was listed on Tuesday with an initial price of $500. "Shure Axient digital Mic Cardi B threw at a person," the listing reads. Scott FischerIn the video in question, Cardi B is performing onstage when an audience member throws their drink at her, splashing her with liquid and ice. Cardi B did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

Persons: Scott Fischer, —, Fischer, Hey Scott, I'm, he's, it's, It's, Cardi Organizations: eBay, Morning, Shure, Las, Las Vegas police Locations: Las Vegas

☆ Murray wins first match in Washington since tearful 2018 appearance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Aug 2, 2023; Washington, D.C., USA; Andy Murray (GBR) reacts after a point against Brandon Nakashima (USA) (not pictured) on day five of the Mubadala Citi DC Open at Fitzgerald Tennis Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsAug 3 (Reuters) - Three-times Grand Slam champion Andy Murray showed he is still relishing competition at the elite level after battling to his first victory at the Washington Open since his tearful pullout ahead of the 2018 quarter-finals due to exhaustion. I was in a terrible place," said Murray, who had further surgery on his troublesome hip in 2019 and has since resurrected his career. "I wasn't able to enjoy the wins, because I couldn't sleep in the evenings after matches because of my hip and everything. World number 44 Murray, who lost his Wimbledon second-round match to Stefanos Tsitsipas in five sets last month, is gearing up for the U.S. Open which begins on Aug. 28.

Persons: Andy Murray, Brandon Nakashima, Geoff Burke, Taylor Fritz, Murray, Marius Copil, Scot, It's, Stefanos, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Christopher Cushing Organizations: D.C, Citi DC, Fitzgerald Tennis, USA, Washington, Wimbledon, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Washington, USA, Bengaluru

☆ Rising costs, declining demand, massive consolidation and government scrutiny: the death industry is changing, maybe for good
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

More and more Americans are choosing to move away from the traditional burial process after they die. As the 2022 NFDA Cremation & Burial Report explained, "Typically, cremations cost 40% less than funerals with burials." As of 2022, the aquamation process, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, is legal in 24 states and legislation to legalize it is circulating in several other states. But while these two innovative funeral homes offer their price lists on their websites, they are not required to. The potential rule change is also being monitored by the Funeral Consumers Alliance, which has been pushing for the change for decades.

Persons: Jack Mitchell, cremation's, Mitchell, Sara Williams, Hunter Beattie, Beattie, aquamation, Spade, that's, We're, Williams Organizations: Service, Federal Trade Commission, Director's, Public Religion Research Institute, Kaiser Family Foundation, Census Bureau, Consumers Alliance, Directors, FTC Locations: Wall, Silicon, North Carolina, aquamation, Washington

☆ The partial skeleton of an ancient whale shows it could've weighed nearly as much as a Boeing 747, making it one of the heaviest animals ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It may have weighed twice as much as a blue whale because of its dense bones. That's nearly as heavy as a Boeing 747 or twice as much as a blue whale, which typically weighs between 72 and 180 tons. That means the other fossils retrieved from the area may not offer clues to how P. colossus lived. A 3D model shows what a complete skeleton of Perucetus colossus would look like, above a blue whale and smaller Cynthiacetus peruvianus skeletons. No limbs were found near the P. colossus skeleton, but fossilized evidence suggests it likely had both front and back legs.

Persons: Mario Urbina, Olivier Lambert, Giovanni Bianucci, Cynthiacetus, colossus, colossus isn't, Lambert, Florent Goussard, Marco Merella Organizations: Service, Boeing, Santa Barbara Museum of, History Locations: Wall, Silicon, Pisco, Peru, London

☆ Whale fossil may be the heaviest animal ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A colossal ancient whale discovered in Peru might be the heaviest animal on record, according to a new study. What’s more, Perucetus likely weighed two to three times more than the blue whale, which today weighs a maximum of 149.6 metric tons (330,000 pounds). Giovanni Bianucci“Discoveries of such extreme body forms are an opportunity to re-evaluate our understanding of animal evolution,” wrote J.G.M. “It seems that we are only dimly aware of how astonishing whale form and function can be,” they added. The lifestyle of a colossal whaleThe findings suggest that gigantism or peak body mass among cetaceans had been reached around 30 million years earlier than previously thought, according to the study.

Persons: Giovanni Bianucci, “, ” Bianucci, Perucetus, ”, ’, Bianucci, pacificus, Mystacodon selenesis, Mario Urbina Schmitt, Schmitt, Thewissen, David A, Waugh, weren’t, Ingalls, Brown, ” Thewissen Organizations: CNN, University of Pisa’s, sirenians, Peru “, National University of San, Ohio Medical University Locations: Peru, Italy, Ica, Peruvian, National University of San Marcos, Lima

☆ South Africa book spot in knockout stages with last-gasp win over Italy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"They fought like warriors," said an emotional coach Desiree Ellis, who was a founding member of the South Africa women's side in 1993. "They fought like the heroines that we know that they are. They fought to be historically remembered and they've made history not just getting our first win, but going to the round of 16 and that is freaking amazing." South Africa equalised in the 32nd minute through an own goal from Benedetta Orsi, who did not check where goalkeeper Francesca Durante was before making a back pass. Reporting by Amy Tennery in Auckland, editing by Nick Mulvenney and Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kgatlana, Amanda Perobelli WELLINGTON, Thembi Kgatlana, Striker Kgatlana, Arianna Caruso, Desiree Ellis, they've, Karabo Dhlamini, Chiara Beccari, Caruso, Benedetta Orsi, Francesca Durante, Banyana Banyana, Amy Tennery, Nick Mulvenney Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, Wellington Regional, Sunday, Africa women's, South Africa, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Wellington , New Zealand, Netherlands, Sydney, Africa, Sweden, Auckland

☆ Ancient whale from Peru may be most massive animal ever on Earth
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Giovanni Bianucci/Handout via REUTERSAug 2 (Reuters) - Move over, blue whale. The biggest-known blue whale weighed around 190 tons, though it was longer than Perucetus at 110 feet (33.5 meters). Its skeletal mass alone was estimated at between 5 and 8 tons, at least twice that of the blue whale. The researchers suspect Perucetus lived like sirenians - not an active predator but an animal that fed near the bottom of shallow coastal waters. The researchers said it was unlikely Perucetus was a filter-feeder like today's baleen whales including the blue whale.

Persons: Giovanni Bianucci, Perucetus, Bianucci, Olivier Lambert of, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, University of Pisa, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Thomson Locations: Peru, Handout, Italy, Argentina, sirenians, Brussels, hoofed, Washington

☆ Medical device maker Zimmer Biomet lifts profit forecast as surgeries rebound
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc (ZBH.N) on Tuesday raised its full-year profit forecast, anticipating demand to hold up for its medical devices following a rebound in knee and hip replacement procedures. Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N) attributed its strong quarter to hospitals addressing bottlenecks from the pandemic while Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) said it expected to top profit estimates with surgeries bouncing back. The company now expects full-year profit of $7.47 to $7.57 per share, compared with its previous forecast of $7.40 to $7.50. The Indiana-based company's second-quarter revenue rose nearly 5% to $1.87 billion, beating analysts' estimates of $1.83 billion. Zimmer also expects reported revenue to grow between 6.5% and 7% this year, compared to its prior forecast of between 5% and 6%.

Persons: Zimmer, Johnson, Jeff Johnson, Mariam Sunny, Sriraj Organizations: Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Abbott Laboratories, Baird Equity, Thomson Locations: Indiana, Bengaluru

☆ CoCo Lee: Funeral held for singer and actress in Hong Kong
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Hong Kong CNN —Family and fans bade farewell to singer and actress CoCo Lee at her funeral in Hong Kong on Monday, celebrating a decades-long career that included dozens of successful albums, movies and television shows across the globe. The hearse carrying the casket of singer and songwriter CoCo Lee departs from a funeral home in Hong Kong. Tyrone Siu/Reuters‘Always sunny’Born in Hong Kong and raised in the United States, Lee launched her music career in her birthplace after winning a singing contest. Marvis Lu, 35, was among many fans from mainland China who traveled to Hong Kong for the memorial. Fans leave the funeral of singer and songwriter CoCo Lee, in Hong Kong.

Persons: CoCo Lee, Nancy, “, ’ ” Nancy Lee, Lee, Tyrone Siu, Fa Mulan, Mulan ”, Ang Lee, David Tao, Wang Leehom, Vanness Wu, Jin, MC Jin, “ Singer, ”, Marvis Lu, “ CoCo, Catherine Yang, “ CoCo Lee, Jonathan Serbin Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Reuters, Getty, Weibo, Warner Music Asia Locations: Hong Kong, United States, Asia, Taiwan, Shanghai, China

☆ Mahogany L. Browne's Love Letter to Hip-Hop
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Mahogany L. Browne | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Latto, “Put It on da Floor Again” (2023)The video for this song featured, among others, the L.S.U. ), Lil’ Kim shot to stardom with her debut solo single, “No Time,” which was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Benzino, “Rock The Party” ft. Mario Winans (2002)Might this be the only rap single recorded by a magazine mogul to hit the Billboard charts? The rapper Benzino, real name Raymond Leon Scott, was a co-owner of the iconic hip-hop magazine The Source. Benzino, “Rock The Party” ft. Mario Winans (2002)I’m a boss in a skirt, I’m a flirt.

Persons: Warren G, Tupac Shakur, Michael McDonald’s “, Lil Wayne, Lil Wayne’s “ Tha Carter, phenom, Rip, Angel Reese, “, ”, MC Lyte, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Missy Elliott, Slick Rick, Slick Rick’s, Eric B, Momma, Miss Ivana, Lil ’ Kim, Charlie Wilson, Big Sean, Mario Winans, Benzino, Raymond Leon Scott, Anna Wintour, spinnin, I’m, York ” Organizations: New, Tigers, Party, Public, Biz, Recording Industry Association of America, Pitchfork, YG, VH1 Locations: New Orleans, Manhattan, :, York

☆ Hip-Hop Is Turning 50. Here’s How It Got Its Name.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Ben Zimmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The story goes that a friend of theirs was shipping out to the Army. At a party sending him off, Cowboy poked fun by chanting syllables like a drill instructor: “Hip-hop-hip-hop-hip-hop.” Cowboy and Starski were soon trading variations on the theme. Cowboy performing with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in Munich in 1984. Photo: Fryderyk Gabowicz/DPA/Everett Collection

Persons: Cowboy, Starski, Grandmaster Flash, Fryderyk Gabowicz Organizations: Army, Everett Locations: Munich

☆ Tenet Healthcare lifts annual forecast, bets on rebound in surgical procedures
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 31 (Reuters) - Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC.N) on Monday raised its annual core earnings forecast after a strong second quarter, betting on a recovery in surgical procedure volumes and improved contract labor costs as staffing shortage eases. The hospital operator sees its 2023 core earnings in the range of $3.31 billion to $3.46 billion, compared with its previous forecast of $3.2 billion to $3.4 billion. It expects adjusted profit per share in the range of $5.18 to $6.03 in 2023, compared with a prior forecast of $4.92 to $6.09. Larger rival, HCA Healthcare (HCA.N), the biggest for-profit hospital U.S. operator, also raised its full-year adjusted core earnings forecast to between $12.3 billion and $12.8 billion, from prior expectations of between $12.1 and $12.7 billion. On an adjusted basis, Tenet reported a net income of $1.44 per share for the quarter ended June, beating estimates of $1.25 per share.

Persons: Tenet, Sriparna Roy, Maju Samuel Organizations: Tenet Healthcare Corp, Tenet, UnitedHealth, HCA Healthcare, Thomson Locations: United States, U.S, Texas, Bengaluru

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