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☆ His Porsche Looks Like a Glass of Rosé on Wheels
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( A.J. Baime | Photographs Winni Wintermeyer For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

John Paolo Canton , 40, head of communications at Polestar (an electric-vehicle brand recently launched by Volvo Cars), who lives in San Francisco, on his 1968 Porsche 912, as told to A.J. In 2005, I met a new friend named Pete at the Road America racetrack in Wisconsin. He had a Ducati dealership and was involved in racing, and I worked with racing motorcycles. On the day I met him, he had this Porsche 912 with him. He had restored the car and painted it a strawberry-red that was highly unusual, not just for a Porsche, but for any car.

☆ Chinese EV startup Jidu plans to use ChatGPT-like tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Visitors look at a Jidu Robo-01 electric SUV during the 20th Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition at Canton Fair Complex on Dec. 30, 2022 in Guangzhou, China. BEIJING — Baidu's ChatGPT-like product is set to come to electric, assisted-driving cars, startup Jidu said Tuesday. Jidu, backed by Baidu and Geely , is using Baidu's Apollo system for the in-car user interface and assisted driving tech. The startup plans to deliver its first car this year. Jidu plans to use Apollo with Baidu's ChatGPT-like product, called Ernie bot in English, the startup said.

☆ Tuesday Morning says it wants to close 265 stores as part of its bankruptcy filing. See if your local store is on the list.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

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☆ American cacti are rapidly colonizing the slopes of the Swiss Alps as snow disappears, says report
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Prickly pear cacti, native to the arid regions of the Americas, are now thriving in the Swiss Alps. The plants are typically seen in hot, dry areas, such as the Grand Canyon. So, diminishing snow cover provides a fertile environment for them to thrive. Snow cover in the Alps has been plummeting. Another study said the number of days where there is snow cover under 2,600 feet has halved since 1970.

☆ Switzerland's solar dam: Sun and snow the perfect mix for green energy drive
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Industry Insight | Reuters Professional | Europe Turns Up Heat Under Chemicals Industry To Clean Up Its Climate Act | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The dam's almost 5000 solar panels produce 3,3 million kilowatt hours of energy per year, enough to supply around 700 houses. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 1 2 3 4 5"The reflection from the snow also helps," Schranz said, "and solar panels like the cold and have a higher yield in cooler temperatures". Switzerland's government is also making it easier for solar energy to become more prevalent. The country's drive towards more green means of energy production is tied to its decision to phase out nuclear power. “Alpine solar plants can also make an important contribution here,” she said.

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced it will eliminate 10,000 employees, reducing its workforce by 5%, and Amazon began conducting layoffs that will eventually slash 18,000 jobs. Microsoft and Amazon are joining tech industry peers including Alphabet and Meta which have also cut staff in recent months. But an underappreciated factor is how rapidly tech companies ramped up hiring over the last two years. In 2020, widespread Covid lockdowns made internet applications more important to people, supercharging business for many tech companies. Apple is a major exception: It did not appreciably increase its rate of hiring over the last two years, and also has not announced any layoffs.

[1/6] Skiers pass on a small layer of artificial snow amid warmer-than-usual winter temperatures in the Alps in Leysin, Switzerland, January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseLEYSIN, Switzerland, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Deprived of snow by unusually mild weather, Switzerland's world-renowned ski slopes have proven a disappointment to winter sports aficionados and resort managers eager to make the most of the holiday season. Norah Sweeney, a tourist from Boston, had prepared for a snowy Swiss sojourn, but her hopes quickly melted at the sight of yellowed grass on the slopes. MeteoSwiss, the country's federal office for meteorology and climatology, said Switzerland's average temperature of around 7.4 Celsius in 2022 was by far the warmest year since records began in 1864. Sophie Ruchet, a resident of the Vaud canton who learned to ski at Leysin, wonders if it's even worth having her children learn to ski.

☆ From Amazon to The Trade Desk, experts predict these companies will be the most active acquirers of advertising businesses next year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

There's a strong interest from acquirers in hot trends like commerce media and data consultancy. Experts predicted the companies most likely to be acquirers of advertising businesses in 2023. Many industry observers expect advertising industry M&A deal volume and value to be down next year due to volatile macroeconomic conditions. Experts across the advertising industry — from consultants, to agency executives, analysts, investors, and adtech leaders — named the companies likely to be active in the advertising M&A market in 2023 and why. Apple could make an under-the-radar adtech acquisition for its sleeping giant advertising businessIndustry insiders predict Apple has big plans for its $5 billion-and-growing advertising business next year.

☆ Don't despair, here are five US counties where homeownership won't cost you more than 15% of your paycheck
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cambria County, PennsylvaniaPercent of wages needed to afford a home: 14.1%Typical annual wage: $44,746Typical mortgage payment per month: $5254. St. Lawrence County, New YorkPercent of wages needed to afford a home: 13.6%Typical annual wage: $55,172Typical mortgage payment per month: $6233. Peoria County, IllinoisPercent of wages needed to afford a home: 13.5%Typical annual wage: $69,238Typical mortgage payment per month: $7802. Schuylkill County PennsylvaniaPercent of wages needed to afford a home: 12.8%Typical annual wage: $50,336Typical mortgage payment per month: $5361. Macon County, IllinoisPercent of wages needed to afford a home: 12%Typical annual wage: $62,686Typical mortgage payment per month: $625

☆ I'm an archivist at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I've given tours to Bill Belichick and shown Tom Brady his own draft card.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Vince Guerrieri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jon Kendle wanted to work in sports so got a summer internship at the NFL Hall of Fame in 2005. Kendle is now the vice president of museum and archives for the Hall and met Tom Brady on the job. I was born and raised in Canton, Ohio, the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I was able to run down to the archives and find Tom Brady's draft card and show it to him. The draft card is just a piece of paper with a name written on it, but it means so much more.

CHICAGO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Cooks may have to put away their oversized platters for serving turkey this Thanksgiving. If a farm has an outbreak, producers must disinfect their barns after culling turkeys and wait about six months before restocking. The National Turkey Federation acknowledged that cooks in some geographic areas could see limited supplies of big turkeys. On the U.S. East Coast, Baldor sees a shortage of the bigger sizes as large Thanksgiving celebrations make a comeback, Lindgren said. Shoppers are resuming traditional purchases of turkeys around 18 pounds, after downsizing their birds for smaller gatherings over the last two years, he said.

☆ Communities Offer Kids First-Aid Training for Gun Violence
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Dan Frosch | Photographs Amber N. Ford For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

CANTON, Ohio— Don Ackerman was checking on some vacant homes that his church is refurbishing when a 6-year-old boy in the neighborhood began talking about how gunfire doesn’t frighten him. “My mom tells me to stay back, because gunshots can go through the wall,” the boy said, standing in his yard strewn with bikes and toys on a recent October afternoon. “I don’t get scared at all. They’re not very loud.”

☆ Georgia Senate Runoff Starts With Herschel Walker Bus Tour, Democrats’ Fresh Spending
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Joshua Jamerson | Lindsay Wise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker began his Georgia runoff bid the same way he ended his general election campaign earlier this week: with a bus tour. On Thursday evening, it began with a stop in Canton, Ga., featuring Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas). “We’re in overtime,” Mr. Walker, a former Heisman Trophy winner at the University of Georgia, said. “I was built for this. God prepared me for this moment right here.”

☆ Rising Rates Boost Companies’ Focus on Working Capital Management
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Nina Trentmann | Kristin Broughton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Higher interest rates are putting more pressure on companies to free up cash from their operations, a cheaper option than relying on credit. PREVIEWRising financing costs are one of several factors pushing companies to improve how they manage working capital, alongside high inventory levels and persistent inflation. “The only difference now is that with your cost of capital being higher, sometimes the economics change, but we’re always looking at working capital,” he said. “Working capital management comes more in focus,” Mr. Fracassa said, as it costs more for companies to draw on their revolving lines of credit with today’s higher rates. “It was kind of the unique rebuild period for working capital,” Mr. Wells said.

☆ Rising Rates Boosts Companies’ Focus on Working Capital Management
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Nina Trentmann | Kristin Broughton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

☆ Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Tim Ryan avoids talking about Trump on the trail as he paints GOP opponent JD Vance as extreme
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Insider spent a day following Rep. Tim Ryan across Ohio as campaigned for US Senate. He's running a tight race against GOP nominee JD Vance, despite Trump winning Ohio twice. "You are grounded, go to your room," Ryan mock-replies, before drawing his story back to the reality of his Senate campaign. Republican Senate candidate JD Vance at a GOP unity event in Canton, OH on October 27, 2022. Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio at a rally for Ryan in Cleveland, OH on October 27, 2022.

☆ Ray Guy: Pro Football Hall of Fame punter dies at the age of 72
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Pro Football Hall of Fame punter Ray Guy has died at the age of 72, the National Football League and the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Thursday. Former NFL punter Ray Guy with his bust during the NFL Class of 2014 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Fawcett Stadium on August 2, 2014, in Canton, Ohio. Jason Miller/Getty Images“Fittingly, much was written when Ray Guy was enshrined in Canton about how his election as the first true punter created a ‘full roster’ of players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Guy was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2000, the Ray Guy Award was first awarded to the nation’s best collegiate punter.

☆ Swiss National Bank loses nearly $143 billion in first nine months
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( John Revill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Gold holdings lost 1.1 billion francs in value. "The problem is the stagflationary environment where equities lose, bonds lose, gold loses and the Swiss franc becomes stronger. The loss could, however, mean that the central bank halts payouts to the Swiss federal and cantonal governments next year. Continued massive losses could wipe out the SNB's equity, which stood at 204 billion francs at the end of 2021. It helps the credibility of a central bank if it is well capitalized."

☆ Welcome to the dangerous Swiss golf-baseball hybrid you've never heard of
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Sean Coppack | Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

(CNN) To most people, the words Swiss sport and Emmental might trigger thoughts of Roger Federer eating cheese. Sending projectiles hurtling through the air at 200 miles per hour, all rise -- and then duck -- for Hornussen. Scoring starts if they reach the 100-meter line, with an additional point awarded for every 10 meters past the marker. "It's really dangerous if you don't see the Nouss or if one hits the bat and, two meters before the face, the Nouss changes direction," Kummer explained. Around 260 teams are active across a multi-league pyramid in Switzerland, with the top teams fighting it out for the Swiss Championship.

☆ Lastminute.com execs have detention extended as probe continues
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ZURICH, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The chief executive and chief operating officer of Lastminute.com , subjects of a criminal investigation into the possible abuse of state aid for firms hit by pandemic lockdowns, have had their period in investigative custody extended up to Nov. 29, the online travel company said on Monday. Both Chief Executive Fabio Cannavale and Chief Operating Officer Andrea Bertoli were suspended from the company for three months on July 25, after the probe was launched by prosecutors in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino. The probe is also trying to identify whether there have been any irregularities concerning short-time work allowances to certain Swiss subsidiaries related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"This investigation involves current and former employees of such subsidiaries as well as some current and former members of various boards of directors," Lastminute.com said in a statement. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by John Revill; Editing by David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Mexico braces for Hurricane Roslyn surge
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Hurricane Roslyn was expected to deliver a treacherous storm surge to parts of Mexico Sunday after plowing over the Pacific as a powerful Category 4 storm just offshore from the resort of Puerto Vallarta. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Sunday that Roslyn had become “extremely dangerous” with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. The storm was forecast “to bring damaging winds, a life-threatening storm surge and flooding rains to portions of west-central Mexico today,” the hurricane center said at 12 a.m. Sunday. Everything is calm, it’s all normal,” said Jaime Cantón, a receptionist at the Casa Maria hotel in Puerto Vallarta. and the U.S. hurricane center warned of dangerous storm surge along the coast, as well as 4 to 6 inches of rain.

☆ A member of the billionaire Safra family who owns the Encyclopedia Britannica might be about to lose his $204 million Napa Valley vineyard after defaulting on a loan
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-30 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But one of his top holdings — Spring Mountain Vineyard, valued at $204 million — could be seized. But that may not stop a private lender from grabbing a prized California vineyard owned by Jacob E. "Jaqui" Safra, a colorful investor and member of the family who lives in Switzerland. With interest accruing at 16%, as of late July, the balance on the loan is $192 million, Safra's lawyer Marc Kasowitz said in court papers. Atmosphere at Live In The Vineyard on Day 1 at Spring Mountain Vineyard for music, food and wine on November 6, 2014 in St Helena, California. "Applicant seeks to restrain defendants from exercising their rights…with respect to a California vineyard," he wrote.

☆ As Cantonese language wanes, efforts grow to preserve it
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Or worse, the Cantonese language and culture won’t survive another generation. Ceci Pang, a former kindergarten teacher, runs classes for children at Rainbow Seeds Cantonese school in London. Some turn to social media for advice and camaraderie — a Facebook group called “Cantonese Parents” has thousands of members sharing tips on everything from Cantonese books to YouTube videos. After more than 20 years, the school opted not to renew her contract, which effectively eliminated the Cantonese language program. Aleyda Poe has been overseeing the Cantonese kindergarten at Merit Chinese School in Plano, Texas, for over a decade.

☆ I made $900,000 in sales last year through my brick-and-mortar boutique. Here's how I turned my side hustle into a business.
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-29 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

She hustled her way into building a business by going to trade shows and getting into wholesale. Our gross sales went from about $27,000 a month to $78,000 a month. It's just now kind of stabilized again by getting us close to our pre-pandemic sales of $80,000 to $100,000 per month. She responded and said, "You won't believe it, but my business partner also owns a space by the original Postino restaurant." It turned out that Scottsdale space resembled our Dallas space.

☆ ‘BS High’ Review: When the Football Coach Is a Con Man
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-29 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Players for Bishop Sycamore Photo: HBOOn Aug. 29, 2021, Florida-based IMG Academy, perhaps the most feared football factory in the Wild West of sports-centered prep schools, played a nationally televised Hall of Fame Stadium game in Canton, Ohio. Its opponents were the Bishop Sycamore Centurions, in a contest so lopsided the ESPN announcers were openly concerned about the health and safety of the inept underdogs (who lost 58-0). As we learn in “BS High,” there were several reasons for the game being such a blowout. Chief among them: Bishop Sycamore didn’t really exist.

Persons: Sycamore Organizations: Bishop Sycamore, IMG Academy, of Fame, Bishop Sycamore Centurions, ESPN Locations: Florida, West, Canton , Ohio

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