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☆ Britney Spears shared a photo of her bruised ankle and said she felt 'harassed' after paramedics responded to a 911 call to her hotel
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Multiple sources reported that early on Friday, Spears was seen barefoot outside the Chateau Marmont after an ambulance was called to the hotel in response to an injury. Paparazzi photos published by TMZ show Spears, 42, wearing just a pair of shorts, with a blanket wrapped around her, clutching a pillow in her arms. According to a LAFD spokesperson, the paramedic crew departed the Chateau Marmont just over 30 minutes later at 1:17 a.m. with an empty ambulance, as no one required transport to a hospital. AdvertisementIn the post's caption, Spears appeared to accuse her mom, Lynne Spears, of calling the paparazzi on her. Representatives for Spears and her mom did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ Coterra's smart pivot to oil from natural gas leads to an excellent first quarter and sweeter outlook
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Coterra Energy Why we own it: Formed by the merger of Cabot Oil & Gas and Cimarex, Coterra Energy is an exploration-and-production company with a high-quality, diversified asset portfolio. In addition, we were pleased to see Coterra raise its full-year oil production outlook without moving its capex guidance. Coterra's mix of oil and natural gas acreage gives it the flexibility to adjust its drilling focus. However, the oil guide was higher and natural gas production was lighter than anticipated. Permian Basin rigs in 2020, when U.S. crude oil production dropped by 3 million a day as Wall Street pressure forced cuts.

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☆ Corporate earnings solid so far, despite threats from a slowing economy and sticky inflation
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Valuations coming down So if earnings are up, why is the S & P off its highs? Today, a month later, 2024 earnings estimates are essentially the same but the multiple has declined to 20.8. The S & P 500 hit a low of 4,117 on Oct. 27 and only recovered when rates came down in early November. There are some big drags on earnings Some companies are seeing large declines in earnings estimates that are weighing on their sectors. When including this one-time item, the S & P 500 earnings growth rate for the first quarter declines to 5.6%, from 8.7%, LSEG has noted.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Christopher Suh, Stephen Squeri, Hess, Nick Raich, LSEG, Hal Lawton, Brian Niccol, CNBC's Kate Rogers, Horton, Paul Romanowski, Kimberly, Clark, Michael Hsu Organizations: Companies, Netflix, JPMorgan, GE Aerospace, Caterpillar, Microsoft, Merck, Ford, Waste Management, Royal, Consumer, American Express, Energy, Marathon Petroleum, Apache, Valero Energy, Oil, Occidental Petroleum, Devon Energy, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Scout, Bristol Myers Squibb, Karuna Therapeutics, Boeing, Nvidia, Meta, AMD Locations: financials, industrials, Royal Caribbean, North America

☆ 10 Years, 100 Stories: The Work That Defines the Upshot
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( The Upshot Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

Ten years ago this week, The New York Times introduced the Upshot, a section devoted to explaining “politics, policy and everyday life.” That’s a wide scope, by design. As a result, more than 5,000 articles later, the Upshot has been many things to many readers. To mark our 10th birthday, we’ve collected 100 stories that embody the Upshot. WordleBot Eden Weingart/The New York Times When Wordle first became popular, several people on the internet claimed, plausibly, that they had come up with the “best” opening word. Force of Ship Impact Was on the Scale of a Rocket Launch Erin Schaff/The New York Times We think of the Upshot as a place where back-of-the-envelope calculations can be both helpful and welcome.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talked about what it will take to maintain Ukrainian independence, his soldiers’ morale, and the country’s next presidential election in an exclusive video interview with German media house Axel Springer.

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☆ A City Tries to Measure the Violence It’s Preventing
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Mark Obbie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +31 min

Headway A City Tries to Measure the Violence It’s Preventing In Baton Rouge, a public safety experiment could help to answer a critical question: Do community efforts to reduce street violence work? Like Ms. Robinson, Ms. Tate-Alexander, 48, raised her family in Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge became the first city outside New Jersey to be tutored in the Newark method. Calming the urge to retaliateBy June 2021, when Ms. Tate-Alexander started assembling the street team, Ms. Robinson joined up. At first, Ms. Robinson and Ms. Tate-Alexander seemed wary when I asked about him.

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☆ 'Best thing' is for everyone to stay 'puzzled' on last week's odd retaliation strike on Iran, Israeli president says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jake Epstein | Paul Ronzheimer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I think the best thing would be for everybody to stay puzzled," Herzog said during an interview with Axel Springer media outlets on Sunday. Military equipment displayed at the Army Day ceremony in front of the President of Iran and high-ranking military commanders on April 17, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. The bold strike killed several high-ranking military officials, including two generals in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. AdvertisementThe incidents of the past few weeks have dragged a decades-long shadow war between Israel and Iran into broad daylight. However, Tehran has signaled that it won't retaliate over the Isfahan strike after appearing to dissociate itself from the attack.

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☆ Opinion: Mike Johnson is testing to see if the MAGA Republican fever can be broken
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Julian Zelizer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —House Speaker Mike Johnson is moving forward with a legislative package to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been beating the drums to vote Johnson, who is himself also an extreme right-wing Republican, out of office. When GOP House members adopted this lower threshold in exchange for accepting McCarthy, experts understood that the rule would create extreme instability within the Republican caucus. On July 28, 2015, Tea Party Republican Rep. Mark Meadows from North Carolina filed a motion to vacate but the House never voted on the resolution. The time of Republican speakership keeps shrinking as right-wing ousters have become increasingly common.

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☆ Mike Johnson: Doing ‘the right thing’ may cost the speaker his gavel
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —It took less than six months for Speaker Mike Johnson to reach his existential moment. His tiny majority means he can’t afford to lose more than one GOP vote to pass a bill on a party-line vote. But a GOP speaker dependent on Democratic votes will be seen by many Republicans as a tool of the minority party and would be on borrowed time. In this way, those who oppose Ukraine aid on principle could vote against it, allowing Democrats who support it to ensure its passage. These are important responsibilities,” Johnson told Tapper.

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☆ Trump’s extreme rhetoric is a mainstay of his 2024 campaign. Much of it could become a reality if he wins another term
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Phil Mattingly | Andrew Seger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

His pledge to direct Justice Department investigations is backed by allies who view his second term as driven by a maximalist theory of a president’s authority. But it also underscores why a second Trump term would be dramatically different. Some in Washington saw them as guardrails for a White House intent on fracturing not one, but all three branches of government. Yet Trump, should he secure a second term, would enter the White House with his most powerful Republican critics on Capitol Hill almost all gone. That would be a position that isn’t backed by his second term policy plans, or his private impulses during his first term in office – or, for that matter, in the decades prior.

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We'll show you everything you need to know about streaming the series, including where to watch Friends from anywhere for free. Keep reading to learn how to watch the show from anywhere, including a free streaming option. How to watch Friends in the USAll 10 seasons of Friends are available to stream on Max. How to watch Friends in New ZealandFriends is available to stream through TVNZ+ in New Zealand. Watch Friends.

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☆ A new study reveals the states where private equity has the most influence on housing, health care, jobs and pensions
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Gretchen Morgenson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Since that ownership change in 2018, involving a hospital chain known as LifePoint Health, care at the health system has declined, three patients say. In recent years, private-equity firms have taken over broad swaths of the nation's economy, extending well beyond health care. The analysis, called the Private Equity State Risk Index, details private equity's involvement in those arenas in all 50 states. The index shows "the private equity threats in our own backyard and gives state leaders the tools to protect the people they serve," said Chris Noble, policy director at Private Equity Stakeholder Project. "By providing transparent data on the risks associated with private equity investments, we empower communities, working families, and policymakers to advocate for change and protect their states from the threats posed by unchecked private equity firms."

Persons: Paul Ricci, Ricci, Conemaugh, Chris Noble Organizations: Broadway Capital, Apollo Global Management, Allegheny Independent Media, NBC, NBC News, MetLife, Equity, Private Equity Locations: Chelsea , Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Johnstown, Hastings, Meyersdale, United States, Allegheny Region, New York City, Conemaugh, U.S, Arizona, Georgia, New Mexico, West Virginia, Alabama, Massachusetts, Washington, Louisiana, Michigan

☆ Zelenskyy bashes the idea Ukraine would cede land to Russia — the core of Trump's reported secret plan to end the war
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Paul Ronzheimer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Trump's reported secret plan to end Russia's war. According to The Washington Post, Trump favors Ukraine ceding territory to Russia to end the war. "If the deal is that we just give up our territories, and that's the idea behind it, then it's a very primitive idea," Zelenskyy said in an interview with Axel Springer media outlets. AdvertisementIn a statement to the Post, Trump's campaign cast doubt on any claims that the former president has formulated a way to end the war. "President Trump is the only one talking about stopping the killing."

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☆ All the deadly drones Ukraine is building to fight Russia can't make up for the weapons it really needs but doesn't have, Zelenskyy says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Jake Epstein | Paul Ronzheimer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine has built up a formidable arsenal of drones capable of attacking Russian forces everywhere. But these systems are no alternative to the other weapons Kyiv needs, President Zelenskyy said Tuesday. Ukraine needs air defenses, missiles, and artillery, he told Axel Springer media outlets. That said, Kyiv's drone program does not make up for the weapons that the country really needs but doesn't have in its arsenal. Advertisement"If we don't have air-defense systems and the appropriate long-range weapons to match Putin, he will destroy our country," Zelenskyy said Tuesday.

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☆ Russia 'knew where we were going to attack,' Zelenskyy says in reflection on why Ukraine's big counteroffensive stumbled
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Chris Panella | Paul Ronzheimer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russia knew where Ukraine's big counteroffensive last year was going to attack, Zelenskyy said Tuesday. Ukraine has said its 2023 counteroffensive plans were leaked to Russia before the operation began. Along with Russia learning about Ukraine's plans ahead of time, Zelenskyy said some of the issues were Ukraine's fault. AdvertisementOne of Ukraine's sea drones, funded by the large-scale volunteer collection platform UNITED24. Ukraine's drones have also been upgraded over time, some carrying larger, more powerful warheads to do more damage.

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☆ A Party in Exile Is the Best Hope for Anti-Trump Republicans - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Jonathan Rauch | Peter Wehner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A few weeks ago, Mike Pence did what no other vice president in the modern era has done: He refused to endorse the re-election of the president under whom he served. When it comes to alumni of Donald Trump’s administration, Mr. Pence is hardly alone; the list of high-ranking officials who worked for Mr. Trump and have implied or outright stated that they can’t support their former boss under any circumstances has grown to an astonishing length. The list of prominent Republican figures who did not serve under Mr. Trump and who regard him as unacceptable is equally impressive. More than a fifth of voters in the Republican primaries supported Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina; among many of them, there is intense opposition to Mr. Trump’s presidential run. So two things are happening at once: The Republican Party is thoroughly MAGA and will be for the foreseeable future, and there is a small but influential number of Republicans who are deeply opposed to what their party has become but not prepared to shed their political identity and join the Democrats.

Persons: Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s, Pence, Trump, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Liz Cheney, Dick Cheney, Donald Trump, ”, Trump’s, Nikki Haley, MAGA Organizations: Mr, Republican, Washington Post, Republican Party Locations: South Carolina

☆ A roundtable with LeBron James and SpringHill Company interns helped shape his new men's grooming line inspired by 'The Shop'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewLeBron James and Maverick Carter's company has launched a men's grooming collection inspired by "The Shop." "There was even a moment where we had Travis Scott as a guest, where he said he Googles face routines and men's grooming routines." According to data from market research company Grand View Research, the global market for men's grooming products was valued at $202.6 billion in 2022. AdvertisementCarter told BI that young consumers willing to ignore stereotypes surrounding men's grooming have helped bolster that growth. Purchase The Shop grooming collection at Walmart now.

Persons: —, LeBron James, Maverick, James, Carter, Paul Rivera, LeBron James himself, Rivera, Travis Scott Organizations: Service, SpringHill Company, Business, View Research, Walmart Locations: New York, SoHo

☆ Mike Tyson says he is still a huge draw despite age
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Mike Tyson will be 58 when he takes on Jake Paul on July 20 in Texas but he said fans are still clamouring to see the former heavyweight champion in action. I’m getting billions of views from just talking to somebody about fighting,” Tyson told Reuters. “Everybody, even most of the athletes, they’re jealous, that’s whack … I say in your prime you couldn’t draw a million people, man. “Why you think he wants to fight me and not anybody else?” Tyson said of Paul, who has a 9-1 record with six knockouts. “The other guys, their parents might not even come watch them.

Persons: Mike Tyson, Jake Paul, Paul, ” Tyson, they’re, Mike, ’, “, Tyson, Roy Jones Jr Organizations: CNN, T, Netflix, Reuters, USA Locations: Texas, Arlington

☆ Opinion | The Great Tension Inside the Trump G.O.P.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

How might these commitments be paid for if these pro-government Republicans had their way? A different poll, from Bloomberg and Morning Consult, suggested one possible answer: Surveying voters in seven swing states, it found that 58 percent of self-described conservative Republicans strongly or somewhat supported raising taxes on Americans making $400,000 or more a year. These populist perspectives — tax the upper class and spend on health care and income support — aren’t especially surprising, given the Republican Party’s slow transformation into a more downscale coalition, a process in which it has gained blue-collar and non-college-educated supporters and lost affluent suburbanites to the Democratic Party. But good luck finding evidence of this populist transformation in the party’s current policy proposals. Consider, for instance, the latest budget proposal from the Republican Study Committee, the conservative House caucus that claims about 80 percent of Republican representatives as members.

Persons: Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan Organizations: American Compass, Republican, Social Security, Republicans, Bloomberg, Morning, Democratic Party, Committee, House, Trump

☆ Byron Donalds, potential VP pick, once attacked Trump and praised outsourcing, privatizing entitlements
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Andrew Kaczynski | Em Steck | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“President Trump is considering Byron as his running mate because of the Congressman’s steadfast support for the 45th President and his historic policy agenda. Donalds rose to prominence in Trump world last year when the Florida congressman endorsed Trump over Florida Gov. While Trump has asked allies their thoughts on Donalds as vice president, advisers have acknowledged the complications of this scenario given they both are residents of Florida. But Donalds’ embrace of Trump when running for Congress was a far cry from his tea party activism a decade ago. During his 2012 campaign for Congress, Donalds heavily embraced calls to privatize Social Security and Medicare – two programs Trump (and Donalds) now promise not to cut.

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☆ The Dali Is a Big Ship. But Not the Biggest.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Ella Koeze | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Empire State Building Approximate width 1,454 feet long MSC Irina Biggest container ship in the world 200 feet wide 24,346 containers 1,312 feet Ever Max Biggest container ship to sail into Baltimore 167 feet 15,432 containers 1,201 feet Eiffel Tower 410 feet 1,083 feet Dali 157 feet 9,971 containers 984 feet Container ship of the 1970s ~2,500 containers 66 feet 705 feet Football field Shapes are approximate. 160 feet 360 feet Empire State Building Approximate width 1,454 feet long MSC Irina Biggest container ship in the world 24,346 containers 200 feet wide 1,312 feet Ever Max Biggest container ship to sail in the Port of Baltimore 15,432 containers 167 feet 1,201 feet Eiffel Tower 410 feet 1,083 feet Dali 157 feet 9,971 containers 984 feet Container ship of the 1970s ~2,500 containers 66 feet 705 feet Football field Shapes are approximate. 160 feet 360 feet 1,454 ft. 1,312 ft. 1,201 ft. 1,083 ft. 984 ft. 24,346 containers 705 ft. 15,432 containers 9,971 containers ~2,500 containers 360 ft. 66 ft. 200 ft. 167 ft. 410 ft. 157 ft. 160 ft. Approximate width Empire State Building MSC Irina Biggest container ship in the world Ever Max Biggest container ship to sail into Baltimore Eiffel Tower Dali Container ship of the 1970s Football field Sources: “The Geography of Transport Systems,” by Jean-Paul Rodrigue; VesselFinder; the Empire State Building; the Eiffel Tower; ShipHub; Maryland Port Administration Note: Widths shown are for the widest point for each ship.

Persons: Dali, Jean, Paul Rodrigue, Francis Scott Key, Theo Notteboom, Athanasios Pallis, ”, Rodrigue, “ Organizations: ., Eiffel, Transport Systems, Empire, Francis Scott Key Bridge, Container, Port Economics, Management, Eastern Seaboard, Texas, M University, Galveston, Baltimore . Locations: Baltimore, Port, ShipHub, Maryland, Panama, Eastern U.S, Suez

☆ New Florida bill lets parents sue social media companies for $10K for failing to remove the account of a child under 14
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ron DeSantis signed a Florida bill prohibiting children under 14 from joining social media. Parents can sue social media companies for $10k for not promptly deleting an account of a child under 14. AdvertisementA new Florida bill could open the floodgates for parents to sue for up to $10,000 if social media companies fail to remove flagged accounts of their underage children in a timely manner. AdvertisementNetChoice is a major coalition of social media platforms opposing these restrictions and it includes TikTok, Meta, Google, and X among others. The latest bill follows a series of legislative attempts from the government to place restrictions on social media.

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The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed on Tuesday. After the 1980 collision, he argued, more substantial dolphins or a fendering system should have been added to the Key Bridge. “You knock out one of the support posts, the entire bridge collapses.”The Key Bridge is hardly unique among large bridges in its age. Some other bridges that cross major shipping routes are designed with more extensive protections than the Key Bridge’s. In the wake of the Key Bridge collapse and with the rise of larger container ships, some experts said that engineers should reassess necessary bridge safety features.

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☆ Buy these 2 global stocks as inflation fades, HSBC says — giving one 85% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As high inflation appears to be waning, a long-neglected set of stocks stands to benefit as consumers settle into a "new normal" of spending, according to HSBC. The investment bank's latest consumer survey suggests positive signs amid the economic uncertainty of the past two years. Inspired by the survey results, HSBC named two companies it sees benefiting from these emerging consumer trends: French video game giant Ubisoft and Swiss travel retailer Avolta . Ubisoft HSBC said its research pointed to resilient consumer spending on video games, which will benefit video game developer Ubisoft . The bank has a buy rating on the stock with a price target of 35 euros ($37.90), representing more than 85% upside from the current share price of around 18.84 euros.

Persons: Paul Rossington, Pankaj Agarwala, Michael Bloom Organizations: HSBC, Ubisoft, Avolta, Ubisoft HSBC, Mar, AAA, U.S Locations: Swiss, U.S

☆ RFK Jr. set to announce his vice presidential pick in California
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Eva Mckend | Aaron Pellish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The event marks a critical moment for Kennedy’s White House bid that could accelerate his efforts to gain ballot access in all 50 states. His vice presidential pick will also be tasked with broadening Kennedy’s appeal and helping raise money for his big-spending campaign. Kennedy campaign ballot access attorney Paul Rossi suggested Nevada Democrats were attempting to block Kennedy from gaining ballot access in the state – a claim the secretary of state’s office rejected. “Vice presidential candidates don’t tend to push elections very far, even for the major-party candidates. “I would never choose a vice presidential candidate based on how much money they have,” Kennedy said in a NewsNation interview last week.

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