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☆ Spain 2 Germany 1: Mikel Merino’s late, late winner dumps out Euro 2024 hosts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Dermot Corrigan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +18 min

Spain thought they had beaten Germany after Dani Olmo’s 51st-minute finish to a fine team move. Having beaten the hosts in dramatic fashion, some will now consider Spain the favourites to win Euro 2024. Spain had never previously beaten a host nation in a knockout tie at either a World Cup or European Championship. What Germany had to remember was that De la Fuente’s Spain are far more versatile in the way they play. His final game in professional football was mixed.

Persons: Dani Olmo’s, Julian Nagelsmann’s, Florian Wirtz, Manuel Neuer, Mikel Merino, Dermot Corrigan, James McNicholas, Mark Carey, Sebastian Stafford, Bloor, They’d, Merino, tonight’s, Maximilian Mittelstadt, Toni Kroos, Carl Recine, Tom, Marc Cucurella, Kroos, Pedri, Lamine Yamal, …, Martin Rickett, Yamal Pedri, Luis de la Fuente, Anthony Taylor’s, Taylor, Antonio Rudiger, Robin Le Normand, Germany’s Emre, Rodri, Jamal Musiala, Le Normand, Dani Carvajal, Carvajal, Rudiger, Robert Andrich, Alvaro Morata, Unai Simon, Ilkay, Fabian Ruiz, Simon, Nico Williams —, Aymeric Laporte, Jonathan Tah, —, Olmo, Dani Olmo 🇪🇸 h, Bo, ove, Ger, abi l, hal f, sid, bac, dou, tod, tim e, Rea, bui, hal, ed pre, bea Organizations: European, Croatia, Georgia, Olmo, France, Barcelona, UEFA, Manchester City, la, Germany, Sunday, pla, DFB, cri, usu, Spa Locations: Spain, Germany, Stuttgart, tonight’s Portugal, Berlin, Bloor, Real Madrid, Yamal, It’s, Spain’s, goa, abo, Wil

☆ France scores late winner against Belgium in gritty victory to reach Euro 2024 quarterfinals
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —France scored a late winner to book its spot in the Euro 2024 quarterfinals thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Belgium on Monday. Franck Fife/AFP/Getty ImagesA tight affairFrance started more confidently in Düsseldorf, dominating possession early on, though Les Bleus was unable to meaningfully trouble Koen Casteels in the Belgium goal. Eventually Domenico Tedesco’s Belgium team was able to get a foothold in the game, with captain Kevin De Bruyne’s freekick almost sneaking in. France players celebrate with their fans after scoring the only goal of the game to beat Belgium and advance to the quarterfinals of Euro 2024. Nothing but respect for how that Slovakia team played tonight.”This story has been updated with additional information.

Persons: Randal Kolo, Jan Vertonghen, Kylian Mbappé –, Vertonghen, Kolo Muani’s, Kolo Muani's, Franck Fife, Les Bleus, Koen Casteels, Domenico Tedesco’s, Kevin De Bruyne’s, Marcus Thuram, Jules Koundé, Aurélien, Kenzo Tribouillard, Tchouaméni, Casteels, Thuram, Didier Deschamps’s, Belgium’s Yannick Carrasco, Mike Maignan, Theo Hernández, Romelu Lukaku, Maignan, Clive Mason, Jude Bellingham Organizations: CNN — France, Belgium, France’s, Getty, France, UEFA, Slovakia, Sunday, European, Slovakian Locations: Belgium, France, Portugal, Slovenia, Frankfurt, Vertonghen, AFP, Düsseldorf, Domenico Tedesco’s Belgium, England, Bellingham

☆ How many alarms should you set in the morning?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

If you are clogging your clock app with all those morning alarms, you’re setting yourself up for a groggy morning, experts say. He recommends setting one alarm, allowing for deep sleep to continue uninterrupted until you need to wake up in the morning. Most of the time, however, someone who needs multiple alarms to wake up in the morning is sleep deprived, she said. Goldstein recommends students use summer break to find how many hours of sleep they get naturally after a few weeks. Instead, Peters recommends trying to fall back asleep until it feels as though 15 to 20 minutes have passed.

Persons: CNN —, Brandon Peters, “, ” Peters, Cathy Goldstein, Goldstein, ”, Alicia Roth, a.m, Roth, Peters, ” Goldstein, you’re Organizations: CNN, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Disorders, University of Michigan Medical School Locations: Virginia, Seattle, Michigan, Ohio, ”

☆ A Storied Harlem Church Has a New Leader. Its Members Have Questions.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When the Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who presided over the church for three decades, died two years ago at the age of 73, his legacy was felt both at the level of spiritual inspiration and material advantage. As chairman of the Abyssinian Development Corporation, he delivered roughly $1 billion to residential and commercial projects in Harlem, brought a new high school to the neighborhood and worked to blunt the sharpest edges of gentrification. As former Mayor Michael Bloomberg put it when the pastor died, “Reverend Butts took the idea of building the kingdom of God literally.”Perhaps because of this outsize imprint, the process of naming his successor has been divisive, raising questions among some congregants around transparency and bias and whether the church, with a few thousand members, can sustain its prominence, or even stability. Over the past two years, the search for a new leader has been consuming.

Persons: Adam Clayton Powell Jr, ’, Calvin O, Butts III, Michael Bloomberg, “, Butts, Kevin R, Johnson, C, Vernon Mason, ” Organizations: Abyssinian, Abyssinian Development Corporation, Inc, Baptist Locations: New York, Harlem, Philadelphia

☆ Ukraine exits Euro 2024 after goalless draw with Belgium as all four teams in Group E finish with four points
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Belgium narrowly made it through to the knockout stages of Euro 2024 after a 0-0 draw with Ukraine, qualifying second behind Romania in a tight Group E that finished with all four teams on four points. It was a heartbreaking end to the tournament for Ukraine, which exits Euro 2024 after finishing bottom of the group, despite picking up more points than some of the teams that qualified third from other groups. Romanian midfielder Razvan Marin (L) celebrates scoring his team's first goal from the penalty spot during the Euro 2024 Group E football match against Slovakia at the Frankfurt Arena in Frankfurt am Main on June 26, 2024. Kevin De Bruyne of Belgium crosses the ball during the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match against Ukraine at Stuttgart Arena on June 26, 2024 in Stuttgart, Germany. It was a cruel way for its Euro 2024 adventure to come to an end, making history but for all the wrong reasons.

Persons: Domenico Tedesco’s, Kevin De Bruyne, Trubin, Razvan Marin, Angelos Tzortzinis, Serhiy Rebrov, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Andriy Yarmolenko, Mykhailo Mudryk, Roman Yaremchuk, Koen Casteels, Artem Dobvik, De Bruyne, Lukaku, Clive Mason, Yannick Carrasco, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Casteels, Georgiy Sudakov Organizations: CNN —, Ukraine, Romania, Devils, France, Red Devils, Slovakia, Frankfurt, Getty, Chelsea, UEFA, Stuttgart Arena Locations: CNN — Belgium, Slovakia, France, Belgium, Ukraine, Frankfurt, AFP, Stuttgart, Germany, Romania, Trubin

☆ Who Was Harriet Tubman? A Historian Sifts the Clues.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Jennifer Szalai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“Where others saw shut doors and unscalable brick walls, she dreamed into being tunnels and ladders,” the historian Tiya Miles writes in “Night Flyer,” a short biography of Tubman that is the first in a new series, called Significations and edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr., about notable Black figures. For decades after her death in 1913, Tubman’s extraordinary life was mostly relegated to books for children and young adults. Thorough, probing biographies by the historians Catherine Clinton and Kate Clifford Larson were published two decades ago. More recently, Tubman was the subject of a Hollywood biopic and “She Came to Slay,” an illustrated volume by the historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar, featuring a drawing of a pistol-toting Tubman on the cover. Perhaps inevitably, all the pop-cultural attention has been double-edged, commemorating Tubman’s formidable accomplishments while also making it harder to discern who she actually was.

Persons: Harriet Tubman, Tiya Miles Harriet Tubman, —, Tubman, Mason, Dixon, Tubman’s, Tiya Miles, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Catherine Clinton, Kate Clifford Larson, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, toting Tubman, Miles, Tubman “, “ resizes Tubman Organizations: Underground Railroad Locations: Canada, Chesapeake, Maryland, Pennsylvania

☆ Biden wants to paint Trump as a threat to democracy. But new swing-state polling shows voters think otherwise.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewPresident Joe Biden has staked a major tenet of his reelection campaign on painting former President Donald Trump as one of the biggest political threats to democracy in the US. "We're often not faced with questions of whether the vote we cast will preserve democracy," he said at the time. In a survey conducted by The Washington Post and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University among registered voters from mid-April to late May, Trump led Biden 44 percent to 33 percent on the democracy issue.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, — Trump Organizations: Service, GOP, Business, Senate, The Washington Post, Schar School of Policy, Government, George Mason University, Biden, White, Trump, Capitol, Republicans

☆ The US Navy's turning to its third carrier strike group as its warships react to Middle East conflicts with no end in sight
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is currently in South Korea, but it will soon depart for the US Central Command area of responsibility. US Navy photo via APA carrier strike group is a naval formation that includes a carrier, its air wing, and several other warships such as cruisers and destroyers. Eisenhower strike groupThe Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group first deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean in October, bringing in more firepower alongside the Ford. Roosevelt strike groupSlated to replace the Eisenhower is the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group. As for the other crises, the incoming Roosevelt carrier strike group has its work cut out for it.

Persons: —, Theodore Roosevelt Carrier, Gerald R, Ford refuels, Arleigh Burke, Thomas Hudner, Ramage, USS Carney, Roosevelt, Carney, Eisenhower, Dwight D, Ike, Theodore Roosevelt, Kyung, Maj, Pat Ryder, Ryder, Israel Organizations: Service, US Navy, Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike, US Central Command, CSG, Business, Pentagon, Ford Carrier Strike Group, AP, Ford, Ticonderoga, Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, Eisenhower, British, European Command Locations: —, Gaza, South Korea, Gulf of Aden, Israel, Lebanon, Laramie, Normandy, Iran, Persian, Gulf, Aden, Yemen, Busan

☆ Betting scandal inside the UK's ruling Conservative Party mars election race
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( April Roach | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — Britain's ruling Conservative party has become embroiled in a scandal concerning allegations that senior officials used inside knowledge to win bets on the date of the general election. Nick Mason, chief data officer for the Conservative Party, is the latest Tory official to be probed by the Gambling Commission, according to a report in The Sunday Times. CNBC was unable to immediately confirm this and the Conservative Party has not yet responded to a request for comment. Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire Craig Williams, who is also a close aide to the prime minister, was the first to face questions regarding a bet on the election date. The Conservative Party's campaign director Tony Lee, and his wife, Laura Saunders — the party's candidate in Bristol North West — are also being looked into by the Gambling Commission.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Sunak, Nick Mason, Sunday Times . Mason, Montgomeryshire Craig Williams, Williams, Tony Lee, Laura Saunders —, Lee, Saunders Organizations: Conservative, Conservative Party, Tory, Gambling, Sunday Times, British, CNBC, Montgomeryshire, Bristol North, Commission, Independent, Metropolitan Police, Professional, Independent Office, Police

☆ AI stock frenzy resembles dot-com bubble and may explode disastrously, experts warn
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Experts say the AI mania has shades of the dot-com and housing bubbles and could end painfully. AdvertisementExperts say the frenzy around AI stocks resembles the last two major market bubbles — and could end in disaster if investors get spooked. "This is the goofiest and likely most dangerous concentration of overvaluation I've seen in 34 years investing and throughout financial history," Bloomstran said. Some experts have compared Nvidia to Cisco, the network hardware company whose stock ballooned during the dot-com bubble before ultimately crashing. No one can predict if the AI craze will end with a devastating crash like the dot-com and housing bubbles, or usher in a new market regime led by Nvidia and its kin.

Persons: —, Nathan Burks, Adetokunbo Fadahunsi, Ann Marie Hibbert, Burks, Hibbert, Chris Bloomstran, Semper Augustus, I've, Bloomstran, John Chambers, Robert Galbraith, it's Organizations: Service, George Mason University, Big Tech, Nvidia, Microsoft, Cisco, REUTERS, Wall Street Journal Locations: West Virginia

☆ The Supreme Court’s approach on ‘history and tradition’ is irking Amy Coney Barrett
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Devan Cole | John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Though Justice Clarence Thomas’ decision in a major trademark case last week was unanimous, it prompted a sharp debate led by Justice Amy Coney Barrett over the use of history to decide the case. “There definitely is the potential formation here of an alternative or several alternative approaches to history that ultimately draw a majority,” Wolf said. “What we could be seeing is a more nuanced approach to using that history,” said Elizabeth Wydra, president of the progressive Constitutional Accountability Center. But in a striking concurrence that captured support from both liberal and conservative justices, Justice Elena Kagan asserted that the court’s historic analysis need not end with the late-18th century. Barrett’s concurrence said the dispute could have been dealt with based on the court’s past precedent with trademark law and stressed that just leaning on the nation’s trademark history wasn’t good enough.

Persons: Clarence Thomas ’, Amy Coney Barrett, Barrett, Thomas, “, ”, Tom Wolf, Brennan, ” Wolf, Trump, Thomas ’, Antonin Scalia, Elizabeth Wydra, ” Wydra, Ilya Somin, there’s, Bruen, Sonia Sotomayor, … Bruen, –, Elena Kagan, Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, Sotomayor –, Wolf, Roe, Wade, Vidal, . Elster, Sotomayor, ” Thomas, Kavanaugh, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Barrett’s Organizations: Washington CNN, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, Trump, George Mason University, “, Inc, CNN, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Locations: New, Bruen, United States

☆ I run a 7-figure online business and half my sales come from TikTok. Here's how I'm preparing for the worst if the app gets banned.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Krista Krumina | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mason Kuhr, a 25-year-old business owner living in the US, about the potential TikTok ban. I'm skeptical about a TikTok ban in the US. But if it were to happen, I estimate that my $3.8 million business would be cut by half. Last year, I made $3.8 million in sales, with a third from TikTokMy company's revenue is evenly split between TikTok Shop, Amazon, and Shopify store sales. If you're freaking out about the TikTok ban, I'd suggest you choose a back-up platform and start to make yourself familiar with its users.

Persons: —, Mason Kuhr, I've, I'd, TikTok, doesn't, They've, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, The Stampede Network, TikTok, Stampede, YouTube

☆ McDonald's to end AI drive-through test with IBM
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Kate Rogers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The drive-through menu at a McDonald's restaurant showing various meal options and promotions, in Buttonwillow in Kern County, California, on 23, 2024. The fast-food giant will end a test run of its AI drive-through technology partnership with IBM in more than 100 restaurants. In a statement, McDonald's told CNBC it is not ruling out potential AI drive-through plans in the future, even though it ended the IBM partnership. In statement, IBM said it will work with McDonald's on "a variety of other projects" as the test ends. While McDonald's AI plans for the future are unclear, all eyes will be on Alphabet 's Google.

Persons: Mason Smoot, McDonald's, Sundar Pichai, Peter Saleh, Saleh Organizations: IBM, CNBC, McDonald's, Yum Brands, Mastercard, Google Locations: Buttonwillow, Kern County , California, Del Taco, Barcelona

☆ 35-year-old making $11,400 a week in passive income: The 3 questions I asked myself before quitting my day job
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Hogue was a senior web developer at a nonprofit called CharityEngine and an adjunct web developer professor at George Mason University in northern Virginia. In 2018, those businesses out-earned his full-time income: He made nearly $135,600. In retrospect, he could've done both sooner, he adds: The more time you dedicate to building passive income streams, the more money you can make. Now, Hogue makes $11,400 per week in mostly passive income, according to documents reviewed by Make It. Here's his advice on when to leave your full-time job in favor of a side hustle, and when it's smarter to stay.

Persons: Ryan Hogue's, hustles, Hogue, —, CharityEngine Organizations: George Mason University, CNBC Locations: Virginia

☆ Andy Sieg is quickly shaking up Citi's wealth business. At least 21 senior execs have left since his arrival.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But the leadership of its ailing wealth unit is continuing to undergo major changes under its new boss Andy Sieg. Citi's wealth unit has seen at least 21 senior executives exit since Merrill Lynch veteran Sieg joined in September. The latest is Julia Carreon, global head of wealth platform and experiences. Sieg also plans to expand Citi's already successful wealth business in Asia. Here is our running list of senior departures from Citi Wealth.

Persons: —, Andy Sieg, Merrill Lynch, Sieg, Julia Carreon, Naz Vahid, Carreon, David Bailin, Fraser, Andy, Mark Mason, Shyam Sambamurthy, Merrill, Don Plaus, Hale Behzadi, Dawn Nordberg, Morgan Stanley, Citi David, Francesco Bertoni, Alfonso Camacho Bustillo, Hoyt, Paul Hodes, Robert Hoffman, Keith Lee Hong, Li, Liu, Fernando Lopez Munoz, Alex Marshall, Eduardo Martinez Campos, Luigi Pigorini, Fernando Senso, Jeff Sutton, Naz, Vahid, Eduardo, Seamus Yin, Hayley Cuccinello Organizations: Service, Citi, Citi Wealth, Business, Bankers, Citi Global Wealth, North America, Francesco Bertoni EMEA, Hoyt Gier Global, South, Asia, Fernando Lopez Munoz Head, Tate, Eduardo Martinez Campos Head, Mark Mills Regional, Fernando Senso Castilla Global, Jeff Sutton Global, Eduardo Ventura, West Locations: Asia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Paul Hodes Asia, South Asia, Keith Lee Hong Kong, Asia Pacific, Shyam Sambamurthy South Asia, Fernando Senso Castilla, America, West China, hcuccinello@businessinsider.com

☆ How a Depression-era law could be used to make your booze cheaper
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Southern Glazer’s, based in Miami and operating in 44 US states, is the largest wine and spirits distributor in the United States. Abandoned antitrust law from 1936The FTC lawsuit, previously reported by Politico, could come in the next few weeks and would rely on the Robinson-Patman Act of 1936, the source said. That Depression-era law prohibits suppliers from providing deeper discounts to large chains than to smaller stores. At the time, the antitrust law was aimed at helping smaller grocers survive when A&P and other chains dominated with lower prices. However, a person familiar with the matter said Southern Glazer’s discounts are available to all retailers where permitted by state law.

Persons: Lina Khan, Beam, Robinson, it’s, McCormick, “ It’s, It’s, hasn’t, Alden Abbott, Trump, ’, ”, Abbott, George Mason University’s, “, Patman, Ed Schwartz, Reed Smith, Lee Hepner, Hepner, Chris Jones, Jones, Schwartz, Khan Organizations: CNN, Federal Trade Commission, Southern, Biden, FTC, Politico, Walmart, Patman, RPA, Congress, American Economic Liberties, National Grocers Association, Street Competition Coalition, Southern Glazer’s Locations: Miami, United States, Southern

☆ ValueAct increases Salesforce stake to nearly $1 billion, sending shares up
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Mason Morfit, Salesforce board member and co-CEO of activist investor ValueAct, has increased his stake in Marc Benioff's software firm to just under $1 billion, acquiring $99 million worth of shares earlier this week, just days after the company reported its first revenue miss since 2006. The trade was disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday, sending Salesforce shares up around 3.5% on the news in morning trading. The other activists eyeing Salesforce at the time included Elliott Management, Dan Loeb's Third Point, and Starboard Value. Earlier this year, Salesforce's widely reported pursuit of data management firm Informatica sent shares see-sawing before the putative target said it was not considering a sale. Salesforce shares briefly eclipsed their previous 2021 highs earlier this year, but have since given back those gains and are down 4% year-to-date.

Persons: Mason Morfit, ValueAct, Marc Benioff's, Morfit, Benioff's, eyeing Salesforce, Elliott, Dan Loeb's, Benioff, Salesforce's, Jeff Ubben, Bob Iger, Trian's Nelson Peltz, Ike Perlmutter, Salesforce Organizations: ValueAct, Elliott Management, Informatica, Microsoft, Marvel Locations: New York, U.S, Benioff

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Five Below, Salesforce, Lululemon, Instacart and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

For the current quarter, Five Below said it expects between $830 million and $850 million in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG expected $883 million. The move was made earlier this week and comes just days after the company reported its first revenue miss since 2006. Lululemon issued weak guidance for the current quarter, but its full-year earnings per share guidance was above expectations. The company recorded earnings of $2.66 per share, which is better than the LSEG consensus estimate of $2.33 in earnings per share. The bank cited its earnings per share potential and discounted valuation as reasons for the call.

Persons: LSEG, ValueAct, Mason Morfit, Lululemon, Sprinklr, Smartsheet, Smucker, Goldman Sachs, —, Samantha Subin, Michelle Fox, Lisa Han, Alex Harring Organizations: LSEG, Revenue, Old Dominion, Fluence Energy, Guggenheim, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, JPMorgan

☆ Why the market is in a holding pattern, plus updates on 3 key portfolio stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

One up, one down: Club stock Eaton is is down, despite being added to Jefferies' "Franchise Picks" list on Thursday. Please remember that when people get extra shares they tend to sell them, not buy them, but ultimately split stocks do well. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Mason Morfit, ValueAct, Salesforce, Eaton, Jefferies, Jim, Eli Lilly, payrolls, Jim Cramer's, Justin Sullivan Organizations: CNBC, Food and Drug Administration, Nvidia, Tech, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: San Francisco

☆ Coco Gauff reaches French Open semifinals after coming from behind to defeat Ons Jabeur
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Coco Gauff came from behind to defeat Ons Jabeur at the French Open on Tuesday and advance to the semifinals. After losing a tight opening set, Gauff recovered to win 4-6 6-2 6-3 against the eighth-seeded Jabeur, who continues her chase for a first grand slam title. The 20-year-old Gauff, meanwhile, is hoping to add to the US Open title she won last year. She was playing really well the whole match,” Gauff said in her on-court interview. “I got a little bit tight on the last couple of match points, but I think I did what I needed to do to win the match,” Gauff admitted.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Gauff, Jabeur, Roland Garros, ” Gauff, “, Clive Mason, Opta, Maria Sharapova, Świątek, Vondroušová Organizations: CNN, Czech Locations: American

☆ Coco Gauff says she wants to win ‘as many slams as possible’ as she cruises into French Open second round
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Coco Gauff raced into the second round of the French Open on Monday, taking just 52 minutes to defeat Russian qualifier Julia Avdeeva 6-1 6-1. Next up for the American is Czech qualifier Tamara Zidanšek, who reached the semifinals of the French Open three years ago – by far her best-ever run at a grand slam. Speaking to the Tennis Channel after her fifth first-round win at Roland Garros, Gauff reflected on some of the long-term goals for her career. Świątek celebrates her 15th consecutive win at the French Open. 1 is also unbeaten since April having won in Rome and Madrid ahead of this year’s French Open.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Julia Avdeeva, Gauff, Roland Garros, ”, “, Tamara Zidanšek, Serena Williams –, Iga Świątek, Leolia, Naomi Osaka, Clive Mason, Justine Henin, “ She’s, ” Świątek, haven’t, Naomi, I’m Organizations: CNN, Tennis Channel, Świątek, Getty, Osaka Locations: Russian, Czech, Rome, Madrid

☆ French Open draw: Nadal’s nightmare draw with Zverev? And who will stop Swiatek?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Follow live coverage of the first day of the French Open 2024 today and game-by-game coverage of Stan Wawrinka vs Andy MurrayOnce upon a time, there was a tennis tournament called the French Open. When it was over, the greatest clay-court player of all time learned that he would have to play a rematch of the 2022 French Open semi-final, where Zverev tore ligaments in his ankle after pushing Nadal to his limits. They’re French Open finalists the past three years, and two of the best clay-court players in the world. She has won three of the past four French Open titles, and has become nearly unbeatable on clay. Ostapenko won the French Open in 2017 (Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images)Ostapenko has beaten Swiatek all four times they have played, and won this tournament in 2017.

Persons: Stan Wawrinka, Andy Murray, Andres Gomez, Carlos Moya, Thomas Muster, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Gaston Gaudio, Rafael Nadal, Nadal, Alexander Zverev, David Ramos, Novak Djokovic, Zverev, Rafael Nadal's, It’s, Carlos Alcaraz, Monte, Andrey Rublev, JJ Wolf, Next, hasn’t, Julian Finney, Pierre Hugues, Herbert, Luca Nardi, Alejandro Tabilo, Tomas Machac, Roland Garros, Chris Eubanks, there’s, Casper Ruud, They’re, Tsitsipas, Marton Fucsovics, Ruud, Jakub Mensik, Felipe Meligeni Alves, Nicolas Jarry, . Jarry, Corentin Moutet, Tabilo, Men’s, Ra, s 🇨🇿 Toma, Macha, Ben Shelto, 🇬 🇧Dan Evans, She has, Elen, Leo l ia Je, ike Nosk, ina, Ry, aki, Sara S orri, 🇰🇿 Yulia Putin, Cornet 🇷🇴 Sor, lina (15) Organizations: Nadal, Getty, Monte, adal Locations: German, Berlin, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Rome, Madrid, Geneva, Italy, Chile, Czech, Ost

☆ Op-ed: How activist investors are deactivating with proxy battle losses
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Jeffrey Sonnenfeld | Steven Tian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Whether today's activist investors contribute any genuine economic value is open for debate. As this year's proxy season draws to a close, defeat after defeat for activist investors in proxy fights this year – most prominently at Disney and Norfolk Southern – raises the question: Are activist investors increasingly getting de-activated, losing their credibility and power? These self-styled "activist investors" are distinct from the original activists who helped catalyze needed governance reforms two decades back. Many of today's activist investors are a far cry from the original, heroic crusaders for shareholder value who pioneered the activism space decades ago. However, given the failing financial performance of many of today's activist investors, their losing streak in proxy fights and increasing public rejection of their bullying tactics, the credibility and value of activist investors writ large is increasingly imperiled.

Persons: Nelson Peltz's, Ed Garden, Ralph Whitworth, John Biggs of TIAA, John Bogle of, Ira Millstein, Weil, Nell Minow, Bob Monks, Harvard's Stephen Davis, Carl Icahn's, Aubrey McClendon, –, Bill Cohan, Jamie Dimon, Glass Lewis, resoundingly, Mason Morfit's ValueAct, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Lester, Steven Tian Organizations: CNBC, Salesforce, Dow Jones, Disney, Norfolk Southern, Relational Investors, John Bogle of Vanguard, Services, Chesapeake, Norfolk, JetBlue, Elanco, of Institutional Investors, United Shareholders Association, Responsibility Research, ISS, Lester Crown, Management, Yale University, Yale's, Institute Locations: Norfolk Southern, greenmailers, America

☆ Chelsea players react to Mauricio Pochettino’s surprise sacking as manager
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Chelsea’s players have been full of praise for departed manager Mauricio Pochettino, who somewhat surprisingly left his position by mutual consent on Tuesday after only 11 months in the job. Pochettino also took Chelsea to the League Cup final, where it lost to Liverpool, and the semifinals of the FA Cup. The majority of the players Chelsea have purchased in the Boehly era have been young and inexperienced, while key senior players – including César Azpilicueta, N’Golo Kanté, Mateo Kovačić and Mason Mount – left before the season started. Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty ImagesDespite Chelsea’s rollercoaster season, Pochettino clearly remained well-liked among the squad, with several players expressing their thanks to the Argentine, as well as surprise at his departure. “Gaffer, thank you for everything you have done for me & making my dreams come true,” Palmer wrote on Instagram.

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☆ Opinion: Trump’s defense got one last shot at Michael Cohen. Did they make their case?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Opinion Norman Eisen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The biggest drama in the trial of former President Donald Trump on Monday came not, as expected, in the cross-examination of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. His testimony wrapped without any moments approaching the significance of last week’s defense hits on the star witness. Cohen had already admitted that he lied to Costello, and indeed lied more broadly to protect Trump before cooperating with the government. But Cohen has already testified that he lied about Trump’s knowledge of the payment to Daniels before cooperating with prosecutors. It culminated before the lunch break with a bit of razzle- dazzle to bolster Cohen’s testimony about what happened on that phone call with Schiller and Trump.

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