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☆ Emily Glazer — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Emily Glazer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Emily GlazerEmily Glazer is a reporter focusing on large public company CEOs, board members and corporate governance for The Wall Street Journal's corporate bureau in New York. Her stories often delve into companies going through major changes, such as CEO succession, board shakeups, regulatory investigations or structural shifts. She has covered the evolving role of business leaders impacted by the pandemic and Environmental, Social and Governance factors. Emily also contributes to the Journal’s Personal Board of Directors columns and CEO Council events. Emily has reported for Dow Jones since 2008 in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Persons: Emily Glazer Emily Glazer, Emily, Morgan Chase, Wells, George Polk, Gerald Loeb, Dow Jones Organizations: The, Social, Procter, Gamble, New York Press Club, News Media Alliance, Society of American Business, Facebook, Business, Beat, Public Service, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University Locations: New York, Wells Fargo, Avon, Herbalife, San Francisco, Los Angeles

☆ The Year Lou Reed Gave Up on Music
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Will Hermes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Lou Reed strode onto the stage at Max’s Kansas City late on a Sunday night in August 1970. “We’re called the Velvet Underground. Danny Fields, a regular at Andy Warhol’s Factory who would soon discover the Ramones, was there, as he was virtually every night. Like Warhol, she was an obsessive taper, and had recorded a number of Velvets shows that summer. The tape would soon be passed around the underground and would eventually be released as an album — since Reed had decided this would be the last Velvet Underground show.

Persons: Lou Reed strode, “, ”, “ We’re, Sid, Toby Reed, Danny Fields, Andy Warhol’s, Brigid Berlin, Richard E, Brigid Polk, Warhol, Jim Carroll, Reed Organizations: Max’s Kansas City, Hearst Corporation, Sony Locations: Max’s, Long, Berlin

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officials on Thursday approved plans for the expansion of a solar energy project that a utility says will be one of the largest in the country with the capability of powering more than 150,000 homes. The state Public Utilities Commission approved Xcel Energy's expansion of the Sherco Solar project, adding a 250-megawatt array to a 460-megawatt array now under construction. The solar generation will be near an existing coal-fired plant in Becker, Minnesota, northwest of Minneapolis. Political Cartoons View All 1173 ImagesThe commission also approved a plan for Xcel to buy electricity from a planned 100-megawatt solar project in northwestern Wisconsin. The Apple River project in Polk County, northeast of the Twin Cities, is one of the largest solar projects in Wisconsin.

Persons: Xcel Organizations: —, Public Utilities Commission, Twin Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, — Minnesota, Becker , Minnesota, Minneapolis, Becker, Wisconsin, Polk County, Twin Cities

Like most lobstermen, the Maine House Republican leader scrambled to complete his work ahead of the remnants of Hurricane Lee. Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham was rushing home from sea when a giant wave rose up, seemingly from nowhere, and towered over his boat. Suffering a black eye, facial fracture and stitched lip, Faulkingham counted Polk and himself lucky to be alive Monday. In the meantime, the Coast Guard, responding to the beacon, alerted Faulkingham's wife at 12:20 p.m. and the search was on. He hauled them onto his lobster boat and rush to shore, where an ambulance took them to the hospital.

Persons: Hurricane Lee, Rep, Billy Bob Faulkingham, Alex Polk, ” Faulkingham, Faulkingham, Polk, It’s, ”, Faulkingham's, Mikie Faulkingham, Lee, Diolanda Caballero, “, — it’s, ” Caballero Organizations: Maine House Republican, Atmospheric Administration, . Coast Guard, lobstermen, Coast Guard, Associated Press, National Weather Service Locations: Hurricane, Winter, Desert Island, Acadia, Gulf of Maine

Jenny StrasburgJenny Strasburg is a reporter in London, where she writes for The Wall Street Journal about oil and gas, climate, the transition to lower-carbon energy and the people, money and politics setting the global energy agenda, in conflict with it, or left behind because of it. Jenny previously covered global investment banks in the U.S. and Europe, as well as hedge funds, trading and markets, with a focus on in-depth investigations, before pivoting to Covid-19 vaccines and geopolitical responses to the pandemic. Jenny has shared collaborative-reporting honors including the George Polk Award, Gerald Loeb Award, New York Press Club Award, National Headliner Award and Sabew Best in Business Award. She completed the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in economics and business journalism at Columbia University before writing about private investment funds at Bloomberg News. She joined the Journal in 2008 in New York, before moving to the U.K. in 2013.

Persons: Jenny Strasburg Jenny Strasburg, Jenny, George Polk, Gerald Loeb Organizations: Wall Street, New York Press, Columbia University, Bloomberg News Locations: London, U.S, Europe, New Mexico, West Texas, Corpus Christi, San Francisco and New York, New York

See below for some of the red carpet’s best looks so far. Johnny Nunez/Getty ImagesTinashe Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty ImagesChloe Bailey Andrew Kelly/ReutersMåneskin mastered ensemble dressing in a selection of complementary outfits by Rick Owens. Jamie McCarthy/WireImage/Getty ImagesOlivia Rodrigo brought the sparkle in a low-cut bejeweled Ludovic de Saint Sernin silver gown made of 150,000 Swarovski crystals. Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty ImagesColton Haynes Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesKarol G embraced the see-through trend in a sparkling sheer beige dress by French label Ashi Studio. Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesOffset Evan Agostini/Invision/APDemi Lovato Jamie McCarthy/WireImage/Getty Images

Persons: ’, Mariah Carey’s risqué, Jared Leto, Emily Ratajkowski, Cardi, Dilara, Dipasupil, Selena Gomez Doug Peters, Shakira Noam Galai, Tiffany Haddish Gilbert Flores, Jared Leto Andrew Kelly, Doechii Jason Kempin, Billy Porter Kevin Mazur, Evan Agostini, Gilbert Flores, Anitta, Noam Galai, Bebe Rexha Angela Weiss, Stephen Sanchez, tote, Johnny Nunez, Tinashe Gilbert Flores, Chloe Bailey Andrew Kelly, Måneskin, Rick Owens, Angela Weiss, Ballerini, Jamie McCarthy, Olivia Rodrigo, Ludovic de Saint, Roger Vivier, Christopher Polk, Anthony Harvey, Megan Thee, Brandon Blackwood, Jacob &, Colton Haynes Dimitrios Kambouris, Karol G, Dia Dipasupil, Demi Lovato Jamie McCarthy Organizations: CNN, Prudential Center, Variety, Schiaparelli's, Couture, Getty, New York, Jewelry, Ashi, Dia Locations: Newark , New Jersey, Turkish, British, New

☆ 18 times US presidents told lies, from secret affairs to health issues to reasons for going to war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( James Pasley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Every US president has told a lie — from war and taxes to health conditions and extramarital affairs. When Dwight D. Eisenhower was caught lying by Russia, he said it was his greatest regret in office. "Every president has not only lied at some time, but needs to lie to be effective," Ed Uravic, who wrote "Lying Cheating Scum," told CNN. From President James Polk lying to invade Mexico in 1846 to then-presidential candidate George H.W. Bush famously promising no new taxes, here are some of the most famous lies US presidents have ever made.

Persons: Dwight D, Eisenhower, Donald Trump, Richard Nixon, Ed Uravic, James Polk, George H.W, Bush Organizations: Service, CNN Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Cambodia, Mexico

☆ Disney's wildest ride: Iger, Chapek and the making of an epic succession mess
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +88 min

Iger told Chapek that he lived for those "two-shower days," according to people familiar with the conversation. In January 2020, Iger told Chapek the plan was back on. During his 27 years at the company, Chapek had only attended one annual meeting — as a guest in the audience. Bob Iger, Disney CEO, during a CNBC interview, Feb. 9, 2023. WATCH: Disney CEO Bob Iger's exclusive July 2023 CNBC interviewTake the 'A'During Chapek's tenure as CEO, Disney lost more than a quarter of its market value.

Persons: Elham, Bob Iger, Bob Chapek, Iger, wasn't, Chapek, Michael Eisner, —, who's, he's, Clint Eastwood, Eastwood, Arthur Bochner, Jackie Hart, Kareem Daniel, Chapek —, Eisner, Michael Ovitz, Ovitz, Bob, Disney's, Kevin Mayer, Mayer, Bryan van der Beek, he'd, Tom Staggs, Staggs, Staggs —, Steve Jobs, cajoled Ike Perlmutter, George Lucas, Rupert Murdoch, Iger's, Susan Arnold, Arnold, Peter Rice, David Paul Morris, Rice, CNBC's Julia Boorstin, Mark Parker, Mary Barra, Michael Froman, Willow, Parker, John Donahoe, Roy Disney, Walt Disney, Stanley Gold, David A, CNBC Eisner, Big Bob, Little Bob, Christine McCarthy, Patrick T, He'd, McCarthy, Iger —, Coronavirus, Gavin Newsom, Michael Kovac, curtly, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Ben Smith, Smith, Disney, Randy Shropshire, Agnes Chu, Ricky Strauss, Chu, Strauss, Kevin Feige, Kathleen Kennedy, Who's, Alan Bergman, Bergman, Bob Kyncl, Daniel —, Iger didn't, Daniel rankled, Daniel, Chapek didn't, James Pitaro, Jesse Grant, CNBC Chapek, Jimmy Pitaro, Zenia Mucha, didn't, Mucha, Barbara Walters, Charles Eshelman, Scarlett Johansson, Scarlett Johansson —, Florence Pugh, Natasha, Yelena, " Johansson, Bryan Lourd, Johansson, Lourd, Steven Spielberg, Al Michaels, David Muir, Robin Roberts, Michael Strahan, Spielberg, Geoff Morrell, Alan Braverman, Alan Horn, Jayne Parker, Bochner, Claire Lee, Paul Richardson, Josh D'Amaro, Ron DeSantis, Morrell, Disney Animation —, George Floyd, Reba Saldanha, Reuters Chapek, DeSantis, Nicholas Maldonado, Octavio Jones, Chapek she'd, we're, " Morrell, CNN's Chris Wallace, Kristina Schake, John Skipper, Daniel steamrolled, Latondra Newton, Newton, Charles Krupa, Pitaro, NBCUniversal's Peacock, Dana Walden, Thomas Murphy, Josh Kushner, Privately, Schake, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama's, David Dee Delgado, Kara Swisher, hadn't, Netflix's, overhiring, McCarthy hadn't, Safra Catz, Kareem, DMED, Horacio Gutierrez, Justin Warbrooke, Alexia Quadrani, Bryan Castellani, Michael Buckner, Quadrani, Lindsay Lohan, Winnie, Nelson Peltz, Catz, Donald Trump's, they'd, Walden, Gutierrez, D'Amaro, Rich Polk, Walden he'd, Iger she'd, Mickey Mouse, Mark Rightmire, haven't, Indiana Jones, Halle Bailey, Ariel, Hamilton Faber, Rich Greenfield, Bob Iger's, — Mayer, McCarthy —, doesn't, they'll Organizations: Disney, Marvel, CNBC, Bloomberg, Getty, Walt Disney, Indiana University, Michigan State University, Shanghai Disney, Man, Hong Kong Disneyland, Walt Disney Parks, Resorts, Pixar, Fox, Chapek, Nike, General, Mastercard, Foreign Relations, University of Pennsylvania, Grogan, Disney's, Fallon, ABC, ESPN, ABC News, California Gov, New York Times, Disney confidants, Hollywood, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Television, Walt Disney Studios, Hulu, HBO Max, Walt Disney Company, YouTube, Companies, Netflix, Apple, Disney Media, Entertainment, Stanford, Rights, Junior, petulant, Filmmagic, Brunswick Group, Covid, CAA, onetime Defense Department, Century Fox, Human, Florida Gov, Republican, Disney Animation, Reuters, Human Rights, HRC, Walt Disney World, Employees, American Foundation for Equal Rights, AP, Amazon Prime, Paramount, South Pacific, Capital Cities, Dow Jones, CVS, Kingdom, Variety, Trian Partners, Charter Communications, U.S, Comcast, Charter's, MediaNews, Orange, Allen, Co, Candle Media, Advisors Locations: Burbank , California, Midwestern, Brentwood, Los Angeles, Westlake Village, Iger, Hammond , Indiana, Shanghai, China, Hong, Fox, Willow Bay, Raleigh , North Carolina, Orlando, U.S, Hulu, Iger's Brentwood, coronavirus, Brunswick, Hollywood, Hawaii, Disney's, Marvel's, Anaheim , California, Montana, Florida, Rye , New Hampshire, Chapek, Hong Kong, California, missteps, South, DMED, Burbank, New York, India, Atlantic, Sun Valley , Idaho, America

☆ Deborah Acosta — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Deborah AcostaDeborah Acosta reports on Florida real estate for The Wall Street Journal. She previously covered national and international news at the New York Times, using innovative forms of visual storytelling. Ms. Acosta was part of a team of reporters that won the 2020 George Polk Award for International Reporting for a series of visual investigations.

Persons: Deborah Acosta Deborah Acosta, Acosta, George Polk Organizations: Wall Street, New York Times Locations: Florida

☆ Ukraine sends the powerhouse 82nd Air Assault Brigade into battle, as generals decide 'to put all their chips on the table,' says defense analyst
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's 82nd Air Assault Brigade has officially joined the counteroffensive against the Russian invasion forces, the Kyiv Post reports. Leaked documents from earlier this year revealed the 82nd Brigade was a formidable unit with about 150 NATO-supplied armored infantry carriers. Forbes called the 82nd Brigade "almost comically powerful" as it represents half of its best NATO-delivered infantry armored vehicles. The 82nd Brigade, and its sister air-assault unit, the 46th Brigade, had previously been held in reserve. The 82nd Brigade is reportedly active in the village of Robotyne, in the southern Zaporizhzhia Region of Ukraine.

Persons: Michael Clarke, Forbes, They're, Shane Charles Ukraine's, Clarke, they've, it's, Jimmy Rushton, Victor Ayala Clarke, Rushton Organizations: Air Assault Brigade, Service, 82nd Brigade, NATO, Stryker, British Challenger, Politico, Challenger, Forbes, Brigade, British, Royal United Services Institute, 46th Brigade, US Army Stryker, US Army, Spc, Ukraine, The Locations: Wall, Silicon, Russian, Ukraine, London, Kyiv, Fort Polk, Louisiana, Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia Region, Urozhaine, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

☆ Ukraine sends its US-supplied Stryker combat vehicles into battle for the first time in the counteroffensive against Russia, say reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Stryker combat vehicle is officially in action near the Zaporizhzhia frontline. The US-supplied vehicles can be outfitted with various weapons and move quickly while carrying soldiers. Its impressive arsenal includes 90 US-supplied Stryker vehicles, 40 German-produced Marders, 24 US M113 infantry carriers, as well as 14 British Challenger tanks, Politico reported. A US Army Stryker armored vehicle fires a Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided missile at Fort Polk in Louisiana in June 2009. There are 18 variants of the combat vehicle, and more than 4,900 have been built in the last 20 years by General Dynamics.

Persons: –, Jimmy Rushton, Michael Clarke, Victor Ayala Organizations: Stryker, Service, Air Assault Brigade, Kyiv Post, 82nd Brigade, NATO, US, British Challenger, Politico, Challenger, US Army Stryker, US Army, Spc, Pentagon, Kyiv, General Dynamics, New York Times, Ministry of Defence, Russian Federation Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russian, Zaporizhzhia Region, Kyiv, Fort Polk, Louisiana, Zaporizhzhia

☆ Cruise robotaxi gets in accident with San Francisco fire truck, one injured
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company's headquarters in San Francisco. A Cruise self-driving car was involved in an accident with a San Francisco Fire Department truck just one week after California regulators approved 24-7 robotaxi service in San Francisco. The San Francisco Police Department was not immediately available for comment on the matter. California's Public Utility Commission voted 3 to 1 last week to approve the rollout of driverless, fare-collecting vehicles in San Francisco. Self-driving cars from Cruise and Alphabet -subsidiary Waymo had already become regular sights on San Francisco roads in the preceding months.

Persons: Cruise, Waymo, Kyle Vogt, San, San Francisco firefighters, Jeanine Nicholson, Nicholson Organizations: General Motors Corp, San Francisco Fire Department, Twitter, ABC, San Francisco Police Department, CNBC, San Francisco, Francisco Fire, NPR, Cruise, General Motors, Microsoft, Honda, Walmart Locations: San Francisco, California, Tenderloin, Polk, Turk

Sam SchechnerSam Schechner covers technology, based out of The Wall Street Journal's Paris bureau, focusing on the intersection between technology, business and society. His stories have often tackled the role large technology platforms play on topics like privacy, competition and internet censorship. Previously, Sam covered business in France, and along with his colleagues in the Paris bureau shared in a New York Press Club award for their coverage of the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. He joined the Journal in 2005 as an entertainment columnist in New York, and later covered the business of television, including large media and cable companies such as Viacom and Comcast. Sam has a bachelor's degree from Brown University and lives in Paris with his wife, their two children and his childhood pet turtle.

Persons: Sam Schechner Sam Schechner, Sam Organizations: Facebook, Polk, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, New York Press, Viacom, Comcast, Brown University Locations: Paris, France, New York

☆ Keach Hagey — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Keach Hagey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Keach HageyKeach Hagey is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal’s Media and Marketing Bureau in New York, where she focuses on the intersection of media and technology. Her investigation into the inner workings of Google’s advertising-technology business won recognition from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (Sabew). Previously, she covered the television industry for the Journal, reporting on large media companies such as 21st Century Fox, Time Warner and Viacom. She led a team that won a Sabew award for coverage of the power struggle inside Viacom. Before joining the Journal, Keach covered media for Politico, the National in Abu Dhabi, CBS News and the Village Voice.

Persons: Keach, George Polk, Gerald Loeb, “, Sumner, ” Organizations: Journal’s Media, Marketing Bureau, Facebook, Google, George, George Polk Award, Business, Beat, Society for, Century Fox, Time Warner, Viacom, CBS, HarperCollins, Politico, Village, Stanford University Locations: New York, Abu Dhabi, Irvington, N.Y

☆ Deepa Seetharaman — Tech Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Deepa Seetharaman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Deepa SeetharamanDeepa Seetharaman is a reporter covering artificial intelligence from The Wall Street Journal’s tech bureau in San Francisco. Previously, she covered the intersection of technology and politics and was the Journal's beat reporter covering Facebook (now Meta). She's covered antitrust issues and profiled some of the most influential executives in Silicon Valley. Deepa joined the Journal in 2015 from Reuters, where she covered e-commerce, focusing on Amazon, as well as the U.S. auto industry and labor unions. She's won several awards for her coverage including the George Polk Award for Business Reporting and the Gerald Loeb Award in Beat Reporting.

Persons: Deepa Seetharaman Deepa Seetharaman, She's, Deepa, She's, George Polk, Gerald Loeb Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, George Polk Award, Business Locations: San Francisco, Silicon Valley

☆ U.S. Steel explores options after rejecting $7.3 billion offer from Cleveland-Cliffs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Jyoti Narayan | Akanksha Khushi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

(Reuters) -United States Steel Corp on Sunday launched a formal review of its strategic options, after rebuffing a takeover offer from rival steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. FILE PHOTO: Steel workers at U.S. Steel Granite City Works in Granite City, Illinois, U.S., May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File PhotoThe unsolicited cash-and-stock offer from Ohio-based Cliffs values U.S. Steel at about $7.3 billion, representing a 43% premium to its closing price on Friday. Cliffs said its offer to acquire U.S. Steel had received the support of the United Steelworkers union, which is North America’s largest steel industry union. In a separate statement later Sunday, U.S. Steel confirmed it received an offer from Cliffs and other interested parties.

Persons: rebuffing, steelmaker, Lawrence Bryant, ”, Lourenco Goncalves, Davis Polk, Milbank, Lipton, Katz Organizations: Reuters, United States Steel Corp, Sunday, Cliffs, U.S . Steel, U.S . Steel Granite City, REUTERS, Steel, U.S, China . U.S . Steel, AK Steel Holding Corp, United Steelworkers, Company, UBS, Wardwell, . Steel, Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs Group, Milbank LLP, Wachtell, Rosen Locations: steelmaker Cleveland, U.S . Steel Granite, Granite City , Illinois, U.S, Ohio, China . U.S, steelmaker, North, Wells Fargo, J.P.Morgan, Cleveland

☆ Dua Lipa must face lawsuit claiming she copied 'Levitating'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File PhotoNEW YORK, Aug 8 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan said the British pop star Dua Lipa must face a lawsuit accusing her of copying her 2021 megahit "Levitating" from a 1979 disco song. The lawsuit, filed in March 2022, claimed that "Levitating" shared "compositional elements" with "Wiggle," most significantly by duplicating its opening melody. Defense lawyers argued that it was implausible to believe that Lipa, 27, heard "Wiggle" before writing "Levitating." Failla's opinion does not cover the plaintiffs' claim that "Levitating" copied another song, "Don Diablo," to which they owned a copyright. The case is Larball Publishing Co et al v Lipa et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Dua Lipa, Maja Smiejkowska, Katherine Polk Failla, L, Russell Brown, Sandy Linzer, Failla, Jason Brown, Don Diablo, Lipa, Bosko Kante, Jonathan Stempel, Leslie Adler Organizations: Dua, REUTERS, U.S, Warner Records, Larball, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Manhattan, British, Lipa, Los Angeles, Florida, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ Peter Thiel paid staff an extra $1,000 a month if they lived close to the office so they were more likely to work late, book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Peter Thiel paid staff an extra $1,000 a month if they lived near the office, a former worker said. The billionaire investor offered it so staff "were more likely to stay late," Michael Gibson wrote. Gibson made the claim in his book "Paper Belt on Fire: The Fight for Progress in an Age of Ashes." Peter Thiel offered his staff a monthly bonus of $1,000 if they lived close to the office, according to a former employee of the billionaire investor. It also offered employees with families a one-off payment of at least $15,000 for housing.

Persons: Peter Thiel, Michael Gibson, Gibson, Thiel, Meta, Davis Polk, Wardwell, they're, Insider's Aaron Mok, Meta didn't Organizations: Employees, Palantir Technologies, Guardian, Bloomberg, Facebook, Street Journal, ARC Locations: San Francisco, Menlo Park, Silicon Valley, ZipRecruiter

☆ What 'Shark Week' can teach investors about a money 'survival instinct'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Aaronp/bauer-griffin | Gc Images | Getty ImagesIt's "Shark Week," the annual television-programming event on Discovery that stars the ocean's apex predators. Specifically, investors have a tendency to get swept away by the fear or euphoria of the recent past. This is called "recency bias," and it's often accompanied by financial loss. "People need to understand that recency bias is normal, and it's hard-wired," said Charlie Fitzgerald III, an Orlando, Florida-based certified financial planner. Investors are most vulnerable to recency bias, he said, when on the precipice of a major life change such as retirement, when market gyrations may seem especially scary.

Persons: bauer, Charlie Fitzgerald III, Steven Spielberg's, Omar Aguilar, Fitzgerald, I'm, Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo, FOMO Here's, Aguilar, Christopher Polk Organizations: San Diego Convention Center, Aaronp, GameStop, Schwab Asset Management, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Filmmagic, Getty, Finance Locations: Orlando , Florida

☆ Elon Musk cambia el logotipo de Twitter a una X
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Noam Scheiber | Ryan Mac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Ahora enfrenta a un competidor bien financiado en Threads, el servicio similar a Twitter recientemente presentado por Meta, la compañía que es dueña de Facebook. Musk ha tenido una larga afinidad por la letra X. Es el autor de The Escape Artists. Más sobre Noam ScheiberRyan Mac es un reportero de tecnología enfocado en la responsabilidad corporativa en la industria tecnológica mundial. Ganó un premio George Polk en 2020 por su cobertura sobre Facebook y vive en Los Ángeles.

A negotiating team representing the South American country has held settlement talks with some of those creditors and holders of defaulted PDVSA bonds. The U.S. has shielded Houston-based Citgo from creditors since the company in 2019 severed ties with its ultimate parent, Venezuela's state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA.UL), which is controlled by President Nicolas Maduro. Horacio Medina, chief of the board that supervises Citgo, did not immediately reply to a request for comment. A sales process for Citgo shares that could begin as soon as September is under consideration by a U.S. judge in Delaware. Venezuela this month lost a separate appeal trying to block new creditors from attaching to the Delaware case.

Persons: Nicolas Maduro, Horacio Medina, Citgo, PDVSA's, PDVSA, Katherine Polk Failla, Marianna Parraga, Gary McWilliams, Matthew Lewis Organizations: U.S . Treasury Department, Treasury, Crystallex International, ConocoPhillips, Siemens Energy, Tree Investments, U.S, Huntington Ingalls Industries, ACL1 Investments, Rusoro, Koch Industries, New, Thomson Locations: Venezuela, Petroleum, U.S, Houston, Petroleos, Delaware, New York, Manhattan

☆ Iowa Judge Temporarily Suspends New Abortion Ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Colbi Edmonds | More About Colbi Edmonds | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Friday, Iowa’s Republican governor signed a strict new abortion ban into law. Until Monday afternoon, when a district judge put the ban on hold. Joseph Seidlin, a district court judge in Polk County, said that the new ban would be suspended while the larger legal case against it moved forward. That means that abortion in Iowa is once again legal up to around 22 weeks of pregnancy, at least for now. “We are also acutely aware that the relief is only pending further litigation and the future of abortion in Iowa remains tenuous and threatened.”

Persons: Joseph Seidlin, ’ ’, Abbey, Emma Goldman, ” Organizations: Iowa’s Republican, American Civil Liberties Union, Abbey Hardy, Emma Goldman Clinic Locations: Iowa, Polk County, Fairbanks

Potential buyers and sellers are also being deterred by the long wait for deal approvals by regulators, the experts said. The uncertainty over capital rules has created a "chilling effect" that could put a lid on mergers, while rising interest rates and a looming economic downturn could also damp activity, Adams said. That compares to $3.9 billion in bank deals for non-stressed institutions, the lowest seen over the first half of a year since 2010. "Instead of evaluating mergers based on competition and the needs of the community, political factors have become too important," she said. Regional banks will "have incentives to merge and reach larger scale since they will be subject to more regulatory scrutiny and capital,” Johnson said.

Persons: ”, Timothy Adams, Adams, Michael Barr, “, Meg Tahyar, Davis Polk, Janet Yellen, Tim Johnson, ” Johnson, Tatiana Bautzer, Saeed Azhar, Nupur Anand, Pete Schroeder, Lananh Nguyen, Deepa Babington Organizations: YORK, Institute of International Finance, Global, Federal, Treasury, Dominion Bank, First, KPMG, Thomson Locations: U.S, Canada's Toronto

CNN —After months of probing and multiple investigations, authorities in northwestern Oregon now believe the mysterious deaths of four young women are connected, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. “The last known area that Perry was known to frequent was downtown Portland … at the beginning of March,” the sheriff’s office said. The body of Bridget Leann (Ramsey) Webster was found on April 30 near Mill Creek, which is about 50 miles southwest of Portland, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. “The last known area that Webster was known to frequent was the Portland metro area, particularly Portland, Oregon City, and Milwaukie,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post. Real had been reported missing to Portland police on April 4, according to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office.

Persons: Kristin Smith, Ashley Real, Lynn Perry, Bridget Leann, Ramsay, Webster, ”, Melissa Smith, “, Perry’s “, Perry, Diana Allen, ” Allen, Ramsey, Real Organizations: CNN, Attorney’s, Authorities, Portland Police Department, KPTV, Multnomah County Sheriff’s, Portland …, KATU, Sheriff’s Office, Portland police, Attorney’s Office Locations: Oregon, Multnomah County, Portland, Mill, Polk, Portland , Oregon City, Clackamas County

☆ Essence Magazine was meant to be a place for 'Black girl magic.' Internally, some employees say it was more like 'Black girl tragic.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

"Essence is the most deceptive Black media company in America. Essence Magazine was first published in 1970 at a time when Black business and civil rights leaders called for greater self-determination and empowerment. The magazine was the brainchild of a group of four Black businessmen who identified a lack of publications for Black women in America. "And that is to serve Black women deeply, to serve women of color in a way that no one else has thought about." Essence CEO Michelle Ebanks, Richelieu Dennis, and Essence chief content & creative officer Moana Luu at the 2020 13th Annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood luncheon.

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