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☆ A paramedic who treated victims of Hamas' attack in Israel said the hospital he worked in looked like a scene out of a war movie
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A 27-year-old Israeli paramedic was working in a hospital when Hamas attacked on Saturday. He said the hospital looked like a scene out of a World War II movie. "People were dying like flies," Yan Gorjaltsan told Insider. Gorjaltsan described the hospital as a scene out of a World War II movie — nurses and doctors frantically taking care of patients while others scream for help. "Even though we always have our differences, when something like this starts, everybody just stops talking and starts working," Gorjaltsan told Insider.

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☆ A friend of a 25-year-old woman filmed begging militants not to kill her says no one can escape the videos and firsthand accounts of Hamas' attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An Israeli paramedic said it's impossible to escape videos of Hamas' attacks on Israel. "And then someone sent me the video," Gorjaltsan told Insider on Wednesday. In the now-viral video, Argamani is seen begging Hamas militants not to kill her as she's whisked away on a motorbike. After he saw the video, Gorjaltsan said he went to the hospital with a friend and found Argamani's parents. In the recording, Gorjaltsan said Man could be heard "begging" for more ambulances to come to the kibbutz.

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Butler, a Democratic insider and former labor leader, had never held public office before joining the Senate. Under California election rules, the two candidates who receive the most votes advance to the November general election, regardless of party. But to Democratic consultant Garry South, who has run six statewide campaigns in California, including for former Gov. Then, on the campaign side, Butler could talk about Democratic legislative wins and building on Feinstein’s legacy. National Democratic fundraising could pose a challenge in 2024, since the California Senate seat is expected to stay in Democratic hands when control of the chamber will be decided elsewhere.

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☆ China’s Country Garden Succumbs to Debt Crisis After Sales Plunge
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Feng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ California may build solar panels alongside highways to power homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Gavin Newsom on Saturday gave the greenlight for the state's transportation and energy officials to figure out how to install solar panels, battery storage and other renewable energy sites along highways. According to the state's Department of Transportation, California has 250 state highways containing more than 15,000 miles of road. The empty land alongside those roads could be used to generate one gigawatt of potential solar energy, which could power over 270,000 California homes, according to a joint report from Environment California, a nonprofit backer of SB 49, and highway solar advocate The Ray. In 2008, Oregon became the first state to develop a solar highway project, which now has nearly 600 solar panels. Using empty space along highways to install clean energy sites would help alleviate pressure on the state's deserts where many solar panels are currently housed.

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☆ IDF says Hamas fighters killed and decapitated babies at one kibbutz near the Gaza border
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Joshua Zitser | Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Israel soldiers say they found dead babies at a kibbutz near the Israel-Gaza border. A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told Insider on Tuesday that its soldiers found the decapitated corpses of babies at Kfar Aza, a kibbutz near Gaza. Reports started to emerge on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers had made the grisly discoveries at the self-sustaining rural community near Gaza. Hamas targeted multiple kibbutzim near the border with Gaza after the militants broke through the gate separating the territory from Israel. Israel's retaliatory airstrikes have also killed at least 830 people in Gaza, The Washington Post reported, citing the Health Ministry in Gaza.

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☆ Shani Louk's mother believes her daughter, whose body was paraded on a Hamas truck, is still alive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Shani Louk's mother told Bild on Tuesday that she believes her daughter is still alive. Israeli, German, nor Palestinian officials have confirmed Shani Louk's location or whether she's alive. Shani Louk's mother said she received information leading her to believe that her daughter is still alive. Neither Israeli, German, nor Palestinian officials have confirmed Shani Louk's whereabouts or whether or not she is alive. Ricarda Louk told Bild that when she last spoke to Shani Louk, she encouraged her 22-year-old daughter to take cover in a nearby shelter.

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☆ Civilians in Gaza could run out of food in 6 days and don't know where to seek refuge from Israel's counterattacks, advocacy group says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Civilians in Gaza worry they may run out of food in as little as six days. Israel is engaging in a counterstrike against Gaza after Hamas' deadly attack on Saturday. As of Tuesday, 830 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, the Gaza Ministry of Health said. The Israeli death toll has surpassed 1,000 people since Hamas invaded Israel on Saturday, Israeli officials said. Hamas is also holding Israelis hostage — the militant group said it had about 100 people captive in Gaza.

Persons: —, counterstrikes, Ivan Karakashian, Karakashian Organizations: Service, Israel, Gaza, Norwegian Refugee Council, Associated Press, Gaza Ministry, Health, NBC News, Israeli Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israel, Jerusalem

☆ Scientists named a new snail after Jimmy Buffet's song 'Margaritaville' because it doesn't move but is somehow bright yellow
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The bright yellow snail inspired its name Cayo margarita — a nod to Jimmy Buffet's song "Margaritaville." Scientists aren't sure why the snail is so yellow but think it may be a defense mechanism. AdvertisementAdvertisementScientists discovered a mysterious new species of sea snail in the Florida Reef, and named it as a tribute to Jimmy Buffet's famous song "Margaritaville." The new species is called "Cayo margarita," according to a paper published by a group of scientists in Peer J journal. But, strangely, when fish approached the bright snail, they didn't eat it.

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☆ An Israeli couple hid in their home for 58 hours during Hamas' attack, and their family thought they were dead until the army found them
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An Israeli couple was found alive hiding in their shelter after Hamas attacks on Saturday. Their family feared they were dead or kidnapped once communication with the couple was cut off. The IDF eventually found the couple, who had been hiding for 58 hours in their shelter. As Hamas launched brazen attacks across towns in Israel bordering Gaza, one Israeli couple took shelter in their kibbutz near the border, hiding so well that their family feared they were missing or dead. The IDF returned and found David and Denise Heiblum still hiding in their shelter in their home, some 58 hours later.

Persons: —, David, Denise Heiblum, David Heiblum's, Pepe, Jacques Butbol, Butbol Organizations: IDF, Service, Hamas, NBC News, NBC Locations: Israeli, Israel, Gaza

☆ Next EU chief will need cash more than trade wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Christie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

What she sidestepped was how to find more cash and convince member states to pay up. Von der Leyen, or her successor, will have to figure out how to pay for enlargement. Von der Leyen tapped into trade frustrations with her pledge to investigate and possibly punish Chinese subsidies for car and battery makers. During her first term, von der Leyen succeeded in connecting the EU with bond investors via the 800 billion euro NextGenerationEU borrowing programme. A second term will require even more finesse to convince EU member states to raise money not just from markets, but from themselves.

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☆ The CEO of Airbnb says Barack Obama gave him one piece of advice about love and friendship after a breakup
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Brian Chesky says Barack Obama gave him some post-breakup advice, saying he didn't need another relationship. AdvertisementAdvertisementAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he received a piece of advice about love and friendship from the former president after a breakup in 2021. Speaking on the Diary of a CEO podcast on Monday, Chesky recounted how he sought advice from Obama in 2021. The two have known each other since at least 2015, when Obama named Chesky a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship. Chesky and Obama did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Canadian autoworkers strike against General Motors, joining UAW
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Richard Lautens | Toronto Star | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Labor strikes are now an international issue for General Motors after the Detroit automaker failed to reach a tentative agreement by Monday for roughly 4,300 workers represented by Canadian union Unifor. The Canadian autoworkers will join roughly 9,200 United Auto Workers members who are on strike in the U.S. at two assembly plants and 18 parts and distribution centers for GM. Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan September 29, 2023. Rebecca Cook | ReutersUnifor, which represents 18,000 Canadian workers at the Detroit automakers, took a more traditional approach to its negotiations than its U.S. counterpart. The Canadian union is negotiating with each automaker separately and using a deal first reached last month with Ford as a "pattern" for GM and Chrysler parent Stellantis .

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☆ US automakers increase strike layoffs by more than 800
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 9 (Reuters) - Chrysler-parent Stellantis (STLAM.MI) said on Monday it is laying off another 570 workers and General Motors (GM.N) announced cuts of nearly 200 employee due to the United Auto Workers strike. Ford said Monday another 70 workers had been laid off in Michigan, bringing the total at the automaker to 1,865 since the strike began. Stellantis, which has had a total of 640 layoffs, said the latest include 520 at its Trenton, Michigan engine plant as well as 50 at an Indiana casting plant. GM increased its layoffs by 200 to 2,300, affecting six plants including its Lansing, Michigan, stamping plant and a Toledo, Ohio, plant.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Ford, Stellantis, David Shepardson, Mark Porter, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Michigan, Trenton , Michigan, Indiana, Lansing , Michigan, Toledo , Ohio

☆ UAW workers strike Mack Trucks after rejecting contract
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 9 (Reuters) - Union workers at Volvo Group (VOLVb.ST)-owned Mack Trucks went on strike on Monday after overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed five-year contract, the United Auto Workers said, the latest tentative labor agreement to be voted down. In online forums, some Mack workers complained the raise was too small to keep up with inflation. Canadian workers at GM also face a contract talk deadline at midnight on Monday that could lead to another strike. Mack President Roy said the company "clearly demonstrated our commitment to good-faith bargaining by arriving at a tentative agreement that was endorsed by both the International UAW and the UAW Mack Truck Council." "UAW members and workers across the economy are mobilizing to demand their fair share," the UAW said in a letter to Mack.

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☆ GM expands strike layoffs by nearly 200 workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 9 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N) on Monday said it was laying off nearly 200 additional workers due to the United Auto Workers strike, adding a sixth impacted plant. The Detroit automaker last week said about 2,100 workers had been impacted by the strike of two of its assembly plants in Missouri and Michigan and 18 parts distribution centers. GM on Monday said about 2,300 workers are now impacted, including 70 layoffs at its Lansing, Michigan, stamping plant and about 70 additional layoffs at a Toledo, Ohio, plant. GM said workers are not expected to return until the strike is resolved.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, David Shepardson, Mark Porter Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, United Auto Workers, Detroit, GM, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Missouri, Michigan, Lansing , Michigan, Toledo , Ohio

"The most serious outcome for crude is that the conflict escalates into a more devastating proxy war which could affect crude supply," said Rebecca Babin, senior energy trader at CIBC Private Wealth US. Israel's port of Ashkelon and its oil terminal have been shut in the wake of the conflict, sources said. Goldman Sachs said the conflict reduced the likelihood of normalization of Israel's relations with Saudi Arabia, and the associated boost to Saudi production over time. The conflict is likely to lead to higher volatility and speculation in oil markets, the CEO of Brazil's Petrobras (PETR4.SA) said. High oil price due to the conflict could bolster inflation, analysts said, forcing rate hikes that could dampen demand.

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☆ Evergrande Investors Warn of ‘Uncontrollable Collapse’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Frances Yoon | Rebecca Feng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ UAW workers reject Mack Trucks contract, go on strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A United Auto Workers union member holds a sign outside Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023. About 73% of workers - covering 4,000 workers in Pennsylvania, Florida and Maryland - voted against the deal, the UAW said. After Mack workers voted down the deal, the UAW sent a strike notice to the company saying "many topics" remain at issue, including wage increases, cost-of-living allowance, job security and wage progression. "We clearly demonstrated our commitment to good faith bargaining by arriving at a tentative agreement that was endorsed by both the International UAW and the UAW Mack Truck Council," Roy said. "UAW members and workers across the economy are mobilizing to demand their fair share," the UAW said in a letter to Mack.

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☆ China’s Country Garden Succumbs to Debt Crisis After Sales Drop
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rebecca Feng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ UAW workers reject Mack Trucks contract, will strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A United Auto Workers union member holds a sign outside Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023. About 73% of workers voted against the deal covering 4,000 workers in Pennsylvania, Florida and Maryland, the UAW said. The proposed Mack deal had included a 19% pay hike, a $3,500 ratification bonus, improved retirement benefits, additional vacation for some employees and a reduction in the time needed to get to top pay. "We clearly demonstrated our commitment to good faith bargaining by arriving at a tentative agreement that was endorsed by both the International UAW and the UAW Mack Truck Council," Roy said. "As you are aware, UAW members and workers across the economy are mobilizing to demand their fair share," the UAW said in a letter to Mack.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Mack Trucks, Mack, Shawn Fain, Stephen Roy, Roy, Fain, Ford, David Shepardson, Jacqueline Wong, Jamie Freed, Michael Perry Organizations: United Auto Workers, Sterling Heights Assembly, REUTERS, Volvo Group, UAW, Unions, FedEx, Detroit Three, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, International UAW, UAW Mack Truck Council, Volvo, Detroit, Kaiser Permanente, Thomson Locations: Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights , Michigan, U.S, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland, North, United States

☆ A woman who escaped Hamas' attack on her kibbutz says she isn't sure that she has a home to go back to
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An Israeli woman who fled Hamas' attack said she doesn't know if she has somewhere to return to. Danielle Biton, who lives on Kibbutz Karmita near the Gaza Strip in Israel, fled her home on the kibbutz on Saturday after Hamas began its deadly attack against Israel over the weekend. Biton described hearing Iron Dome bomb sirens starting around 5:00 a.m. that lasted about an hour. But Biton said she and her friend decided to go back to their kibbutz to try to rescue his parents. AdvertisementAdvertisementShe said they took "whatever we had in our home because we didn't know — we still don't know — if we will have somewhere to go back to."

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☆ Saudi oil giant Aramco announces pilot project to suck CO2 out of the air, but some scientists are skeptical
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Saudi oil giant Aramco on Monday announced a partnership with Siemens Energy AG to develop a small-scale direct air-capture "test unit" in an attempt to manage emissions. The test unit will be built in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and finished in 2024, according to a statement from Aramco on Monday. The DAC collaboration between Aramco and Siemens Energy is still in early phases. Given DAC's adolescence, both oil companies are invested in other clean energy technology projects. The spokesperson for Siemens Energy said that the company has invested in hydrogen, wind, nuclear fusion and others.

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☆ Shani Louk's mother said she found out her daughter was kidnapped by Hamas from video circulating on social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Shani Louk's mother found out that her daughter was missing because of a social media video. Shani Louk was at the festival in the south of Israel where Hamas killed at least 260 people. AdvertisementAdvertisementRicarda Louk didn't know her daughter, Shani Louk, was kidnapped by Hamas militants in Israel until she saw a video of the attack on social media, she told CNN's Anderson Cooper. "We stopped talking, and since then I didn't hear anything from her anymore and then she wasn't responding on her phone," Ricarda Louk told Cooper. It wasn't until a few hours later that Ricarda Louk saw her daughter in a disturbing video online.

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☆ 2 General Catalyst health-data startups are joining forces to create a $6 billion AI colossus and lay the groundwork for an IPO
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The General Catalyst-backed startups Commure and Athelas are merging in a deal to bring more artificial-intelligence tech to hospitals and health systems. The new company, which is keeping the name Commure, plans to stack Athelas' software on top of Commure's data platform for health systems. General Catalyst is investing $70 million in the new firm at a $6 billion valuation, and Tanay Tandon, the founder and CEO of Athelas, will lead the combined company. Commure will consider companies making those tools in a range of categories, including credentialing, contracting, and patient engagement, he said. The company has about 100 open positions, Tandon said, and expects to hire hundreds more people in 2024.

Persons: Tanay Tandon, Hemant Taneja, Tandon, Commure, Catalyst, Athelas Organizations: Catalyst, General

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